What's on your mind today?
RangerRickL
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This is where you can share what's on your mind. Recipes, ideas, workouts, anything that you think might be helpful to others.
Maybe, you've tried something that has worked for you in the past and would like to share it with the group. Maybe, you have a NSV (Non Scale Victory) that you would like to share with the group. Anything that you feel comfortable sharing or anything that you feel comfortable asking the group with help....this is the place to come.
The GOOD!! What NSV did you have this week!!
The BAD!! So what....you ate the whole thing!!
The UGLY!! That darn scale went through the window this week....it deserved it too!!
So, what's on your mind today??
Maybe, you've tried something that has worked for you in the past and would like to share it with the group. Maybe, you have a NSV (Non Scale Victory) that you would like to share with the group. Anything that you feel comfortable sharing or anything that you feel comfortable asking the group with help....this is the place to come.
The GOOD!! What NSV did you have this week!!
The BAD!! So what....you ate the whole thing!!
The UGLY!! That darn scale went through the window this week....it deserved it too!!
So, what's on your mind today??
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The Good: Stayed within my calories
The Bad: Skipped breakfast
The Ugly: Have not weighed on the scale for a week and a half2 -
I do not like missing breakfast due to a med test....it's thrown me off a bit mentally...onward and focused!2
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dsgoingtodoit wrote: »I do not like missing breakfast due to a med test....it's thrown me off a bit mentally...onward and focused!
@dsgoingtodoit
(Love your name)
I have to fast for morning labs. I also don’t like my breakfast routine disrupted.
I bring my breakfast with me & eat right after!
The one I find more problematic is colonoscopy prep. I can do one day, but next time I need to do 2.5 days of not eating. Usually I don’t eat the jello & other sugar drinks etc or broths (salty or tasteless) but this time I might have to.
I hope your results are great!2 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »dsgoingtodoit wrote: »I do not like missing breakfast due to a med test....it's thrown me off a bit mentally...onward and focused!
@dsgoingtodoit
(Love your name)
I have to fast for morning labs. I also don’t like my breakfast routine disrupted.
I bring my breakfast with me & eat right after!
The one I find more problematic is colonoscopy prep. I can do one day, but next time I need to do 2.5 days of not eating. Usually I don’t eat the jello & other sugar drinks etc or broths (salty or tasteless) but this time I might have to.
I hope your results are great!
Hi MadisonMolly - I like your thinking on the breakfast. If it becomes a routine lab thing for me...I will follow suit.
I haven't had to deal with repeat testing like you have. Thank you for sharing your hard earned wisdom. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as you continue on your journey to better health.2 -
Did it! Yes x3 with calories left over. Getting over this flu finally!2
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Great day gleaning. Weather was perfect and the volunteers picked just under 1000 pounds of peppers for the food insecure.
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@SuziQ113 wow! this is great! where is this? Those peppers are better than my home grown. Glad they aren't wasted
Hi Ketch.
I am in south Florida. Those particular fields are located in Delray Beach and the land is leased by Bedners' Farms. Bedners is a very generous local farmer and has been allowing gleaning of its fields for years.
It's crazy - the group organizing the gleanings calculated over 600k pounds of produce was picked last year that would normally just get plowed in to the ground when the fields are prepared for the next crop.
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@SuziQ113 wow! this is great! where is this? Those peppers are better than my home grown. Glad they aren't wasted
Hi Ketch.
I am in south Florida. Those particular fields are located in Delray Beach and the land is leased by Bedners' Farms. Bedners is a very generous local farmer and has been allowing gleaning of its fields for years.
It's crazy - the group organizing the gleanings calculated over 600k pounds of produce was picked last year that would normally just get plowed in to the ground when the fields are prepared for the next crop.
wow amazing! and what a great find for you! I've never heard of gleaning2 -
Nice kudos to your hard work2
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@SuziQ113 I think this is amazing! I know that we have sweet potato farmers in our area that open their fields to those that want to come out after the commercial harvest.2
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@juliemouse83 - The organization coordinating the gleanings started with a one-time deal on one field. It has turned in to providing produce to multiple soup kitchens and food banks throughout Palm Beach County. Groups can schedule a session and the bounty from that group goes directly to its food bank.
I went with a group last year and it was a tremendous eye-opener. I try to go at least twice a month during the growing season. I got spoiled yesterday because the farm allowed one commercial and one gleaning field to be picked. I ran to the commercial field.
A friend from work went with me yesterday as a girl's morning out. We are going to attempt to organize a work group of volunteers and schedule monthly events. Since it's gleaning season we will start there and throw in some beach cleanings and maybe a day for Habitat for Humanity.2 -
@bold_rabbit - How long ago? If it's been a while you would not recognize it. Bedners is the farm allowing the gleanings - I am sure you're familiar with the farm/family living in that area.0
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@bold_rabbit - How long ago? If it's been a while you would not recognize it. Bedners is the farm allowing the gleanings - I am sure you're familiar with the farm/family living in that area.
@SuziQ113
Practically a lifetime ago!1 -
Well. I am very frustrated today. My scale and I are having words. Readings are high, then low...then expected... So - if you like your scale and trust the accuracy, what brand and style do you have? Love the gleaning story... that is true community...3
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I have the aria by Fitbit sometimes to accurate lol never had a problem synced to my phone worth the purchase logs weight body fat3
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I weighed myself Sunday and it was not good so, I need work on my diet and exercise. Cardio Kickboxing is my favorite workout so, I am trying to make myself a daily routine around that because I know that I will be more motivated... I am using a Cardio Kickboxing DVD that has 10 minutes of 5 intensive cardio workouts but I broke it down to two cardio workouts daily... that is 20 minutes a day..Monday-Friday and Saturday I will use my home gym...hopefully I will keep it up but diet is another thing...I usually stay under my calories but my weight says that I am still not eating well enough or exercising enough. I think that I need help with my diet and I welcome any suggestions.3
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I weighed myself Sunday and it was not good so, I need work on my diet and exercise. Cardio Kickboxing is my favorite workout so, I am trying to make myself a daily routine around that because I know that I will be more motivated... I am using a Cardio Kickboxing DVD that has 10 minutes of 5 intensive cardio workouts but I broke it down to two cardio workouts daily... that is 20 minutes a day..Monday-Friday and Saturday I will use my home gym...hopefully I will keep it up but diet is another thing...I usually stay under my calories but my weight says that I am still not eating well enough or exercising enough. I think that I need help with my diet and I welcome any suggestions.
When I began, the food part was the most work. I went down the list of macros. You need to know whats normal grams of xyz for you and then pick the foods that match that. Use the goals setting tab on mfp. Find out what your carb/protein/fat % should be and also make sure your getting the micronutrients in check as well. Be forwarned depending on your age etc. the micros might be off on mfp. Use the TDEE calc to help also. You need to fuel your body not only with calories but the right calories and the mfp micros help to show you where you go wrong (ie too much fat or sugar not enough fiber etc). Takes a bit of effort at first but then it's old hat. Good luck -hope this helps 4 -
@WMEJA
When you say that you stay under your calories, are you weighing nearly all of your food on a kitchen scale in grams? And checking the accuracy of the database entries? Often people are eating more than they think by making super common mistakes.
For example, today I decided to have some cereal as a snack. I almost never eat cereal. But I was really surprised weighing it how little a serving is. It would be super easy to pour twice as much but select the entry for one serving. Or, another example, I've found that what I consider a "medium" bell pepper is 3 times the size of the entry for a medium in the database.2 -
A food scale is your best friend. I put the plate on it, zero it out, add food, note weight, zero it out again, add another food, etc. I know that it makes me a whole lot more confident about my intake when I know exactly how much I’m eating. 👍🏼1
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bold_rabbit wrote: »@WMEJA
When you say that you stay under your calories, are you weighing nearly all of your food on a kitchen scale in grams? And checking the accuracy of the database entries? Often people are eating more than they think by making super common mistakes.
For example, today I decided to have some cereal as a snack. I almost never eat cereal. But I was really surprised weighing it how little a serving is. It would be super easy to pour twice as much but select the entry for one serving. Or, another example, I've found that what I consider a "medium" bell pepper is 3 times the size of the entry for a medium in the database.
Completely agree eyeing it is not good practice (at least for me). I have not yet invested in a food scale but do measure everything. A food scale is my next investment because I feel weight is a much better measuring device than measuring cups and spoons.2 -
bold_rabbit wrote: »@WMEJA
When you say that you stay under your calories, are you weighing nearly all of your food on a kitchen scale in grams? And checking the accuracy of the database entries? Often people are eating more than they think by making super common mistakes.
For example, today I decided to have some cereal as a snack. I almost never eat cereal. But I was really surprised weighing it how little a serving is. It would be super easy to pour twice as much but select the entry for one serving. Or, another example, I've found that what I consider a "medium" bell pepper is 3 times the size of the entry for a medium in the database.
Completely agree eyeing it is not good practice (at least for me). I have not yet invested in a food scale but do measure everything. A food scale is my next investment because I feel weight is a much better measuring device than measuring cups and spoons.
When you purchase one, get one large enough that you can see the display when you put a plate on int. My first one (which I now use in my soap room to measure lye an oils) was too small, so when you pop even a small-ish plate, I couldn't see the display. Weighing everything is an extra step, and having to try and finnegle the plate/bowl/whatever to see the display.1 -
juliemouse83 wrote: »bold_rabbit wrote: »@WMEJA
When you say that you stay under your calories, are you weighing nearly all of your food on a kitchen scale in grams? And checking the accuracy of the database entries? Often people are eating more than they think by making super common mistakes.
For example, today I decided to have some cereal as a snack. I almost never eat cereal. But I was really surprised weighing it how little a serving is. It would be super easy to pour twice as much but select the entry for one serving. Or, another example, I've found that what I consider a "medium" bell pepper is 3 times the size of the entry for a medium in the database.
Completely agree eyeing it is not good practice (at least for me). I have not yet invested in a food scale but do measure everything. A food scale is my next investment because I feel weight is a much better measuring device than measuring cups and spoons.
When you purchase one, get one large enough that you can see the display when you put a plate on int. My first one (which I now use in my soap room to measure lye an oils) was too small, so when you pop even a small-ish plate, I couldn't see the display. Weighing everything is an extra step, and having to try and finnegle the plate/bowl/whatever to see the display.
I have one made by Oxo where the display part pulls out. I actually rarely need to use it when weighing food, but it's useful for mailing packages.2 -
bold_rabbit wrote: »@WMEJA
When you say that you stay under your calories, are you weighing nearly all of your food on a kitchen scale in grams? And checking the accuracy of the database entries? Often people are eating more than they think by making super common mistakes.
For example, today I decided to have some cereal as a snack. I almost never eat cereal. But I was really surprised weighing it how little a serving is. It would be super easy to pour twice as much but select the entry for one serving. Or, another example, I've found that what I consider a "medium" bell pepper is 3 times the size of the entry for a medium in the database.
Hello @bold_rabbit,
What I mean by under calories is that I did not go over my calorie count/ intake. When I am measuring how much to eat, I have to look at the labels and go off of that which is hard because most of the time I want more and I have to account for that... ie 27 cheezits crackers are 150 calories.. sometimes I use measurements cups or spoon. As for fruits and vegetables, I just use the data base and I am usually surprised at how much calories I am eating ie a large banana is 105 calories..I thought fruit and vegetables had the lowest amount of calories.. I know that might sound naive.1 -
Weighed myself today and it was not good..feeling like I need motivation like the song by Devo Whip it
"Now whip it
Into shape
Shape it up
Get straight
Go forward
Move ahead
Try to detect it
It's not too late
To whip it
Whip it good"
My theme for this week..whip my butt into to shape.. if you don't know this song..its a 80s song.. I know that is not what they are talking about though.. its about dealing with ones problem...well, my problem is I need to lose weight so..kind of similar...
to me..
🏋️♀️🧘♀️🏃♀️🚶♀️🤸♀️🤼♀️🤾♀️💪🙄🤔🤗😁
I want to thank all of you that replied to my previous response because I kind of felt alone in my journey before I joined this group..its still a struggle so, I appreciate the community.4 -
@WMEJA
So, I think what would benefit you the most is a digital kitchen scale. Weighing in grams on a scale is much more accurate than using spoons and measuring cups.
We are all here to support you. If you haven't done so, the stickies in the regular forum have excellent posts to help.3 -
@WMEJA - I try to weigh everything on my scale. I tend to “forget” to include things I haven’t weighed as I walk by a bag of chips or anything really. I have now made it a habit that if I don’t weigh it, I don’t eat it. This helps because if I’m on my way out and walk by the chips, I don’t snag a fistful because that would entail putting everything down, walking into the kitchen and then weighing. Way too much work for a few chips. Restaurants are harder but I do my best to estimate.3
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Topic of the day for me: Meal Timing
Found this on a MFP board or something:
"In another study, women with metabolic syndrome were asked to follow a 1,400-calorie diet, with one group eating most of those calories at breakfast and lunch, and the other group having at least half of that caloric intake at dinner. After three months, the first group’s participants lost an average of 19 pounds, and the second group only about 8 pounds each — despite everyone eating the exact same number of calories."
My Dad always stated that the routine of eating at a certain time was key to weight loss for a few men that he knew in basic training and suggested that it plays an incredible role in our own problem with weight loss in our country. While I have always agreed with him, I haven't ever been routine in my timing. However, based on the above quote and my Father's experiences - I think I'll give it a go.
Questions: How many of you have become routine about when you eat daily and do you feel it makes a big difference in your metabolism function?1 -
dsgoingtodoit wrote: »Topic of the day for me: Meal Timing
Found this on a MFP board or something:
"In another study, women with metabolic syndrome were asked to follow a 1,400-calorie diet, with one group eating most of those calories at breakfast and lunch, and the other group having at least half of that caloric intake at dinner. After three months, the first group’s participants lost an average of 19 pounds, and the second group only about 8 pounds each — despite everyone eating the exact same number of calories."
My Dad always stated that the routine of eating at a certain time was key to weight loss for a few men that he knew in basic training and suggested that it plays an incredible role in our own problem with weight loss in our country. While I have always agreed with him, I haven't ever been routine in my timing. However, based on the above quote and my Father's experiences - I think I'll give it a go.
Questions: How many of you have become routine about when you eat daily and do you feel it makes a big difference in your metabolism function?
My entire life we've eaten dinner at 6. I don't ever skip meals. Breakfast is at 6 and lunch noon. Routines, I find serve many purposes including calorie intake.1
