Any Other Minnesotans Out There?

Khovde07
Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
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Shedding pounds in the North can be tough when it starts to get cold and you don't want to move. Personally I'm struggling with always wanting to make hot dish for dinner but that not being exactly healthy.

What's your Minnesota quirk that you're struggling to overcome in your weight loss journey?

Also, feel free to add me and we Minnesotans can help support each other through the long winter. It's already snowing in some places!
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  • ksmithmn1
    ksmithmn1 Posts: 5 Member
    Hi, another MN person here! I agree the weather makes it hard, also the holidays. I did ok last year but am working out more now so more local friends would be great!
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    I'm Minnesotan born and raised (you betcha) but live across the border in WI now.
  • Swanson83
    Swanson83 Posts: 226 Member
    I am from MN as well! I struggle with wanting to move from my couch when it is cold. I love snuggling with a blanket and a book. My goal is to do early morning workouts! We'll see if I can do it! I like walking on my lunch break but skipped it today because it was too windy...and there were signs of white flurries. Planning ahead make it easier for me. I also like the recipe builder on here. You can swap out ingredients in your hotdishes to make them healthier! Add me if you'd like!
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    I'm Minnesotan born and raised (you betcha) but live across the border in WI now.

    Does it smell like cheese all the time? Haha!
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Khovde07 wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    I'm Minnesotan born and raised (you betcha) but live across the border in WI now.

    Does it smell like cheese all the time? Haha!

    If it did, I'd never lose weight. This sums up my love affair with cheese:

    https://youtu.be/TMR8a8nCM4c
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Khovde07 wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    I'm Minnesotan born and raised (you betcha) but live across the border in WI now.

    Does it smell like cheese all the time? Haha!

    If it did, I'd never lose weight. This sums up my love affair with cheese:

    https://youtu.be/TMR8a8nCM4c

    I hear you...

    Grilled-Cheese-GIF-6.gif
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I am Canadian,,,, BUT my fav workouts are outside when it is minus 20!!! FUN FUN FUN!
  • steinbergshelly393
    steinbergshelly393 Posts: 5 Member
    I am also a Minnesotan, Northern Minnesotan at that. Just 100 miles south of Canada. Love hotdish as well.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    I'm born and raised in Minnesota, but have lived in Rome, Italy for 30 years---it's warmer here. However I will be going home in November to visit. It's nice to go home.
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
    You'll probably be coming home to a bit of a temperature shock! I bet it's been awhile since you've felt temperatures this low.
  • ravensdiet15
    ravensdiet15 Posts: 77 Member
    Minneapolis here... it's been snowing all day where my mom is at! (Near Alexandria).

    I've been fighting my comfort food urges with lo cal soups but the fight is on going that's for sure!!
  • jhenan
    jhenan Posts: 433 Member
    I understand how you are feeling. I live in Wisconsin and with the weather turning and getting cold you want to eat warm things
  • laurastrait21
    laurastrait21 Posts: 307 Member
    Me me me! A native Sconnie but now reside in Minneapolis :).
  • amiskell28
    amiskell28 Posts: 23 Member
    Me! Over in WI now but same struggles!!
  • 1JoshG
    1JoshG Posts: 120 Member
    Feel free to add me. I'm in the north metro area.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Grew up in Stillwater but in the Sierra now! I laugh when people complain about the cold or the mosquitoes. HA!
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
    ravensdiet15 wrote: »
    Minneapolis here... it's been snowing all day where my mom is at! (Near Alexandria).

    I've been fighting my comfort food urges with lo cal soups but the fight is on going that's for sure!!

    I grew up in Alexandria! Small world!
  • breccansmommy
    breccansmommy Posts: 32 Member
    I lived in Minnesota for 27 yrs of my life, until July of this year when I moved to North Carolina. I grew up in Apple Valley and lived in Blaine for abt a year or two, before I moved to NC. :-)
  • ghouli
    ghouli Posts: 207 Member
    edited October 2015
    Central MN here :) It snowed here all day yesterday, and for the first few hours nothing was sticking...then the ground kept getting whiter and whiter haha. I think I'm actually more active during winter than I am in summer - I can tolerate freezing cold, but haaaate the heat so I get outside more when it's cold.
  • mandymay01
    mandymay01 Posts: 758 Member
    Im from mid Minnesota. Glade to see other Minnesotans here
  • StrongLife
    StrongLife Posts: 525 Member
    West Metro here. Loving the snow and football.
  • Rachel0778
    Rachel0778 Posts: 1,701 Member
    I'm in Southwest MN. Thank goodness for indoor gyms and exercise DVDs or I'd be screwed over winter!
  • siouxhockey18
    siouxhockey18 Posts: 1 Member
    NW Metro....greetings all!
  • justvclark
    justvclark Posts: 24 Member
    Me! My son and I moved here from WI for me to finish my undergraduate at the U of M, and I stayed here for my M.Ed. My biggest challenge is exercising year-round. I used to work at a company that had an exercise studio and instructors who came in during lunch breaks. That's pretty much as convenient and inexpensive as it gets, and it's been hard to put in the extra effort to stay in shape since moving. I've also been finding that I tend to get nerve pain from cold, so exercising in cold weather or even swimming in our apartment's unheated pool haven't been great options. It might sound strange, but one thing that my kid and I have started doing is dancing to some of the Just Dance videos on youtube. It's obviously not scored since it's not the real game, but it's free and we both have fun.
  • PattiOestreich
    PattiOestreich Posts: 7 Member
    I'm from MN as well! Looking for any new, local friends that can support me and whom I can support in return!
  • ashleybreanna13
    ashleybreanna13 Posts: 249 Member
    Whoooo! MN Friends! I'm from south central MN, born & raised. How about them Vikes yesterday?!
  • lucasthoennes
    lucasthoennes Posts: 2 Member
    Minnesota boy living in New Mexico currently. Go VIKES!!!
  • hockeymom95
    hockeymom95 Posts: 157 Member
    Yep, born and raised in MN! Currently in the suburbs of Minneapolis.
  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    Born and raised in Minnesota but I've lived the last 26 years in Houston. I still root for the Vikes (and the Texans). If they met in the Super Bowl I'd be conflicted but I'd say I would secretly root for the Vikes to win in order to mend my broken heart (thank you Fran Tarkington). I have the opposite problem down here--outdoor workouts in the summer are impossible from the heat. Right now is prime running weather in Houston :-)
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    breccansmommy wrote: »
    I lived in Minnesota for 27 yrs of my life, until July of this year when I moved to North Carolina. I grew up in Apple Valley and lived in Blaine for abt a year or two, before I moved to NC. :-)

    Aaaaaah, I grew up in AV too! GO EAGLES. ;D Currently in St. Paul - my sole resolution this year is to walk more, and Lake Como is a cool 2.5mi jaunt for me if anyone else wants to meet up for a stroll some sunny weekend. :)

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