At Goal & Successfully Maintaining. So Why Am I Doing This All Over Again?

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  • Pdc654
    Pdc654 Posts: 317 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Hiawassee88 wrote: »
    Did you ever go through the marble phase. When it feels like marbles under the skin, on your stomach.

    Yes!!!!! I got hard marbles near my biceps. I was convinced something was wrong, or it was a cyst or something. I poked at it and felt my arm all the time for a year or two.

    Weird stuff happens. The morning my thigh cellulite popped was insane. They literally looked like a popcorn ceiling.

    I was absolutely flipping out. “I busted my *kitten* to lose weight to get this?!!!” And 24 hours later it was gone and my thighs looked like I’d had a chemical peel, they were so pretty and smooth. It was the damndest thing.

    @springerling62. Really!? Did your cellulite actually pop and then disappear? I find this so interesting. My thighs look awful, and worse as I've lost weight. I've always had cellulite even as a young 20-something. Now not only is it on the back of my legs but the front also is dimpled and rippled. When I'm sitting down it's not noticeable so much ( I think that's because as I've lost weight the skin is looser and the fat moves around with gravity) but when I stand up my legs have those folds and dimples in front as well as in back. How far into your weight loss did it pop?

    @springerling62.
  • Hiawassee88
    Hiawassee88 Posts: 35,754 Member
    edited September 2022
    It was tragic, but I go back and pay my respects. I can't say anything more. It scared the hell right out of me. I've never run so fast in my entire life. I could feel someone watching me on a hillside. I believe, I was correct. They were watching me. It was more than adrenaline. I'd been hiking 5-7 mi aday UP steep mountainsides. Never doubt, what you're doing has a real purpose. Some day, you might have to pull it all together. You will draw upon all the strength in your body. It's so worth it. Momentum will take you much further than motivation every will. Motivation is a limited resource. It runs out.

    I want to get that level of fitness back. It takes solid hard work, every day. As you know @quiksylver296, our quality of health is serious business. Without it, we're limited. Sometimes, I do pop off. I know when people are simply trying to pull the wool over our eyes and mess with our heads. We're allowed only so many heartbeats and none of this is really funny or a joke.

    My Jack Russell is fierce and mighty. She would die for me. She's all heart.
  • Pdc654
    Pdc654 Posts: 317 Member
    @springlering62 Bodies can be both strange and amazing things!
  • ridiculous59
    ridiculous59 Posts: 2,919 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Brief pause to thank MFP and all the good people here for the unbelievable changes wrought in our lives.

    Amen to that!
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    steveko89 wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »
    NSV: BL and I can go down the stairs at the gym, side by side.

    That’s pretty cool.

    Grateful for the small things.

    On that note, I was just having to travel for business this week, got plenty of compliments from remote coworkers I hadn't seen in a while, and overheard many folks complaining about fitting into airplane seats as well as a flight attendant spouting pseudoscience about needing to remove toxins to be healthier. Grateful for the health and knowledge this platform has supported over the years.

    Ugh. I work with one of these. She's going to a naturopath (sp?) for her cervical cancer!!! Thankfully she is also going to an oncologist, but she trusts the naturopath more. :s
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    steveko89 wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »
    NSV: BL and I can go down the stairs at the gym, side by side.

    That’s pretty cool.

    Grateful for the small things.

    On that note, I was just having to travel for business this week, got plenty of compliments from remote coworkers I hadn't seen in a while, and overheard many folks complaining about fitting into airplane seats as well as a flight attendant spouting pseudoscience about needing to remove toxins to be healthier. Grateful for the health and knowledge this platform has supported over the years.

    Ugh. I work with one of these. She's going to a naturopath (sp?) for her cervical cancer!!! Thankfully she is also going to an oncologist, but she trusts the naturopath more. :s

    Thank heavens she has enough sense to continue the oncologist as her backup plan. Cancer fear does terrible things to peoples heads. I had a dear dear friend who would not utter the word, and would become really angry if others did in her presence. A motorcycle club pooled together to gift her a handmade wig, and showed up unexpectedly on their bikes to present her the certificate. After they left she cried with anger, and also guilt, over being angry.

    On a happier note, yesterday BL and I went to a very nice local men’s boutique. I’ve never been in a place like this before. The owner had books of fabric, like an interior designer would, and was putting together outfits like a wizard.

    BL wanted to leave, but I encouraged him to stay. He needed something for a wedding in a couple of months, and something quicker and stylish for family photos next week.

    When the guy started fitting him, professionally, we found he’d dropped out of the 40’s waistline and into the 30’s. The clothes fit him like a dream, even before altering. He looked slender in them, and very classically stylish. Something clicked and after verifying they can take everything in even more when he loses more weight, he treated himself. I’d venture to say he spent more on himself in one blow than in the past ten years combined.

    He even got cool leather tennis shoes that made him look like a teenage skater dude.

    I sent pictures of him being fitted to the kids, and they immediately responded “Whoa!!!!” “Diddy lookin’ fly!” “You should get slim fit!”

    I thought he’d kick and scream, but he ponied up, and told me “I deserve this” when we left. Darn tootin’ right!!!

    He was as happy as I’ve ever seen him when we left, pleased how nice he’ll look in the family pictures, and how he can wear the beautiful sports coat to meetings.

    He’s always been anti-fashion, bee-lining for sale or clearance only, as his wardrobe of faded neon clearance shirts will attest to. I always say I can find him in a crowd in those godawful shirts of his. The rest of his closet is Eddie Bauer polo shirts in Black blue or grey. That and a few jeans are the sum total of his wardrobe. I guess this is the male version of fat hiding tunics?

    Now I’ll have to look for the best dressed man. Hoping he will treat himself to a new shirt there every two or three months and built up a small, choice wardrobe.

    Maybe then I can get rid of some of the neon garb. 🫣


    I love this!
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    ... polo shirts in Black blue or grey. That and a few jeans are the sum total of his wardrobe. I guess this is the male version of fat hiding tunics?
    🫣

    Ouch, shots fired. I have favored polos in white and marroon, too. Does that help my case?

    On an unrelated note, the Mrs. and I impulse bought a dual basket air fryer that was on sale at Costco last week. Any favorite air fryer recipes from the group here?
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,943 Member
    edited September 2022
    @steveko89

    Plain unseasoned steak

    Pork loin cut into steaks with a little plum chutney on top. Or teriyaki or a little marmalade whipped with Dijon and Italian herbs or herbes de provence

    Chicken breast seasoned with just about anything. Buc’ees sells a really good seasoning, and Victoria Taylor slices has an absolutely killer honey Aleppo seasoning. You can find it at TJMaxx sometimes dirt cheap.

    Any kind of frozen breaded fish stick becomes magic in an air fryer.

    Coconut shrimp. Hmmmm we’re in the way to Trader Joe’s for shrimp burgers right now. Adding that to the menu.

    Btw the shrimp burgers are fantastic and super low cal, even cooked with a little garlic and butter. I loved them. Husband was put off by the pollock mixed in. He thought it looked unappetizing. More for me. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I bet they’d be good in the air fryer, too.
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,394 Member
    steveko89 wrote: »
    Thanks @springlering62 we'll have to try some of those. It's been a while since we hit up our Trader Joe's.

    Some additional context for the purchase, my in-laws bought one a few weeks (months maybe?) ago and will not shut up about theirs. One evening last week I cut the grass, did not have dinner with the Mrs. and 3 y/o so by the time I showered and we got him to bed I was ravenous. We've been getting the "Air-fried" branded frozen Tyson chicken breasts for quick "break glass" sort of dinner option so I go to throw those in the oven and notice that the air fryer instructions for those are significantly shorter, which I noted outloud. The next day we get the Costco sale email and I see this Ninja air fryer for like $140 marked down from $250... while my wife is at Costco. The ensuing text exchange was comical as after I sent her the link Lauren replied "this is because the oven took longer last night, isn't it..." which was factually correct.

    The air fryer will change your life! I literally have not turned on my oven since Christmas.
  • DoubleG2
    DoubleG2 Posts: 124 Member
    edited September 2022
    Longtime lurker here...I enjoy reading your updates. Kudos to BL for treating himself. There is nothing as sublime as a perfectly tailored suit/trousers/jacket. Congrats to both of you!
  • pridesabtch
    pridesabtch Posts: 2,506 Member
    You rock!

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