What's On Your Mind Today?
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Mrs_Hoffer
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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 for 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 for 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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Before I forget, I want to give a shout out and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to @DebyS137 who made our cute little owl banner for this month! And in Nov when they changed the format/look of the groups - which made our banner look more than a little 'wonky' - Deby jumped right in there and made a new one! Thanks again Deby! I appreciate you!10
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~🦉~ Welcome ~🦉~ I am Happy to help... AND ~ THANK YOU ~ for all you do ...
I KNOW this group has helped me to stay on track with the info... & Support ~ THANK YOU ~
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While we’re still in November I challenged myself to see if I can do it and day one was successful5
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@WhatMeRunning hi. You say you can’t exercise because of plantar. Understand you can’t stand but have you tried chair exercise if you’re allowed? Believe me it’s not as easy as it sounds. My friend took me to a class she went to and I thought this will be a dawdle! Couldn’t move for days, without feeling muscles I didn’t know I had.
Sherry Zak Morris has some on YouTube.3 -
@Lessennan Thanks, I'll check that out and see if I'm cleared to do that.0
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@WhatMeRunning speaking of chair exercises and Youtube ... there is a very wide variety of intensities, length and areas of focus too ... so maybe you would be cleared for a less energetic one at first (due to other healing) and be allowed into more energetic versions soon enough even before you are eventually cleared for standing /weight-bearing choices.3
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Important news just discovered on another of my bookmarked discussions ...Bulk Editing of Food Diary .. How To on iOS and android devices!springlering62 wrote: »From the School of Head Smack:
It’s always driven me crazy that I couldn’t bulk edit my food diary when I changed plans (I sometimes log as far as a week in advance.)
I often put in a meal that has ten or twelve ingredients, or have to change serving size on all. That means I have to delete every entry (swipe left to delete) to correct portions or replace with new meal.
Well today I accidentally discovered how to do it easily and it’s via the honking big EDIT button at the top of the page.
Simply hit the EDIT button (smacks head yet again!)….
…..and edit as needed, quickly and efficiently (may add a head bang or two here)
Duh duh double DUH!
How did I never notice this button before? Familiarity breeds contempt, old dog new tricks etc etc etc.
Hoping this will help some other numpty like moi.
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️goal06082021 wrote: »NB: for Android users, the "Edit" button is a little pencil icon in the upper right, instead of the word "edit" in the upper left like on iOS. Which I *did* see before right this very second, but never bothered to tap on it to see what it was, maybe I assumed it was like...a quick-access Notes button? Idk. But it is indeed the Edit feature. Heck.
Next you'll tell me there's a way to copy the whole day at once, or use recipes as ingredients in other recipes.goal06082021 wrote: »NB: for Android users, the "Edit" button is a little pencil icon in the upper right, instead of the word "edit" in the upper left like on iOS. Which I *did* see before right this very second, but never bothered to tap on it to see what it was, maybe I assumed it was like...a quick-access Notes button? Idk. But it is indeed the Edit feature. Heck.
Next you'll tell me there's a way to copy the whole day at once, or use recipes as ingredients in other recipes.
Pencil button, check mark at the top to select the whole day and then tap on the the dots and you'll see 'copy to date' as an option 😉
Please let me (and all of us) know if there is a website counterpart .... I don't use either phone app, and I might not be the only one.2 -
Starting 2 day trial run before December challenge4
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Alrighty... got that out of my system... had a treat today - logged it... my kids...are stressed...and I'm stressed about their stress...and so the cycle goes... but .... exercising is now going to have to be where my stress eating would be...and I've vowed to go to bed earlier...and TURN OFF ALL SCREENS... I'm on tamoxifen now...and frankly worried about the side effects that could be pretty harsh soon. So - no worrying allowed... just get busy living! Thankful to still be here! So - I'll take my med and move on!6
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This will be a pass day. No exercise planned nor time for it2
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My intention for December: Reinforce positive, sustainable habits that will help me stay committed during maintenance. As I close in on my weight goal (10.5 to go) I’m about to enter my second full month of my third stint on MFP over the last ten years. The first two times I just wanted to get to my goal weight and come back after gaining some weight. But this time I want to stay plugged in, focusing more on lifestyle than weight. Although I’d like to reach and stay at target too. :-)
Let’s be real, December for many of us can be a real challenge. I’m hoping what I’ve learned so far, along with support from participating here, will help me stay focused. I’m thinking if I can win December, I’m in a good place in terms of habits, choices and lifestyle. If not, I hope I come aways with more lessons to help get there.
Go get ‘em everyone! It will be fun at month’s end to look at look back at the beginning and see what we’ve accomplished and learned.6 -
@dsgoingtodoit ((Hugs)) and congratulations on being a breast cancer survivor, and even more ((hugs)) for all that you've been through this year besides your diagnosis (I read your intro). I'm not sure of your age but you look young in your picture so am guessing your children are young which makes it all the more stressful. I was diagnosed at the age of 39, my boys were 8 and 5 at the time. That was actually 22+ years ago. After my lumpectomy, 6 mos chemo, and 6.5 weeks radiation, I went on Tamoxifen for 5 years. It was a long time ago, but from what I recall I didn't have any side effects from the Tamoxifen except that I didn't have a period for those 5 years (which actually I thought was a nice thing). Good for you taking charge of your health, working on losing weight, and using exercise as a stress reducer. Those are all important steps to help avoid a recurrence!6
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@slimtastesbetter - THANK YOU ...I LOVE HUGS! God bless you for saying I look young... It is just the camera...it is kind... I'm 50 as of Feb. 2021. Praise God that you are 22 yrs cancer free. My Mom is also a 22 yr survivor. What a battle you had! Thank you so much for the encouragement. On we march!
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I was proud of not turning to the Christmas goodies in the cupboard when I was stressed yday! One of those good old NSVs. I did not buy a soda for myself when I let the sons go through a drive thru yday after a nice long walk. However, I did drink some of the leftover soda from Tksgiving that was in the kitchen... Clean sweep now though. lol6
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Wen ppl tag my name in posts these days i am not getting notifications of it.. Do u guys know how to fix this? Xo1
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Inspired by @BMcC9 's question in Dec 4, I am going to ask for advice on what is currently derailing me. I've been doing this weight loss thing for a while and I have a wife and a 5 and a 9 year old, who are all not working on losing weight. In normal life, I watch them eat things and I eat different things and I am OK with that. I think their ordinary indulgences are not that tempting to me, because I am used to seeing them and I have tried them and know they are not that good.
However, watching them eat seasonal treats is just killing me! For Thanksgiving, I tried having a pass day for Thanksgiving and then maintenance calories for a week after and am now trying to get back to things. But the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah treats are still in the house, soon to be followed by Christmas treats. And even if I don't eat the treats themselves, then I feel deprived and cranky and it leads to me over indulging in other things instead.
I don't think I can just get this stuff out of the house - I want my kids to be able to enjoy their holiday. So I need to figure out a way to look past it like I do the ordinary treats we have in the house.
Any ideas from other people with kids, or maybe roommates or spouse other family members in your house who eat very differently from you? And the food is always there tempting you?
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@Caroline_slowandsteady -good question! I am dealing with that now! Had so much junk this weekend because my family was enjoying it and it was sound. But then I wore a shirt that was a little tighter than usual…3
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@Caroline_slowandsteady - you’ve brought up an issue I think is a common dilemma and has no easy answer. One thing I’ll bring up that will probably make you cringe: do your kids really “need” the treats to make their holiday a success? I say that as a mom of 3 adult children and I had your exact philosophy when they were young. I baked all the treats, set out ridiculous amounts of food, all in the belief that I was creating memories. While that’s true, and my daughters have some great memories, two of them struggle with a sugar/carb addiction and one is probably 30 or 40 pounds overweight. I often wonder if I could have set a better lifelong habit and example by focusing less on food and more on other traditions.
As for eating something different- My husband does all the cooking and doesn’t generally cook low calorie. I manage it by focusing on portion control. I just will not cook a separate meal nor ask him to do so. He does cook mostly from scratch and cooks lots of veggies so that helps. For example, I know what he has planned for tonight and will simply ask him to skip the potato for me, the chicken, noodles, and squash is plenty, I don’t need a baked potato as well. It doesn’t create more work for him, I still get a good meal, but I’ve just cut out some calories and made it manageable.
There was probably nothing I said that’s going to be helpful because this is such a struggle. But your comments really ring with me because I can completely relate and sympathize. Stay strong, stay focused, love your future self by taking care of today.5 -
@Caroline_slowandsteady - I'm afraid I have probably zero helpful advice. My health and diet has always been about me, with me being the deciding factor in my success or failure. I have never asked anyone else in the family to change anything other than perhaps them respecting any limits of what I personally would or would not do, and that if they missed some "old me" sharing something that they wished I would do again, to simply accept things for how they are now and to not take it personally.
All that said, sometimes I allow myself to celebrate.
I started all this 15 years ago, and it has not been a steady 15 years of constant diet, exercise, tracking, etc. It has been what pretty much all normal people go through, I think, "on" and "off". Periods where I am more focused, and periods where I am less focused (or even not at all interested in health for a while, taking a break, I guess). My goal is to make the "on" periods longer, and for my daily normal life during "off" periods to more closely resemble when I am "on" than they did in years past.
Over these last 15 years I now find when I am "off" that I have daily habits that are closer to "on" than when I started. So there has been a net gain for sure.
So as to your question, what I am saying is that I do allow myself time to celebrate and enjoy those things. BUT not always! I would prefer it be the exception rather than the rule.
I do better when I don't indulge, of course, but I have yet to go more than maybe a couple years even remotely close to "perfect" (trust me, no single year has been perfect, ever, and I am laughing at myself for even suggesting I had a couple perfect years, more like two fairly decent years). Sometimes I enjoy a little celebration in the middle of an "on" period for just one time. Sometimes it's longer, like when I'm not focusing all my energy on diet/health. But overall, such "indulgences" are less/fewer than before all this began. So I consider that a win. It's not the perfect win, but it's acceptable, and infinitely better than if I had never even tried. Hopefully in another 15 years I will be able to look back and say that things continued improving overall in those 15 years like I can for these last 15. So far the trend seems very positive and I am confident I am heading that way.4 -
Caroline_slowandsteady wrote: »Inspired by @BMcC9 's question in Dec 4, I am going to ask for advice on what is currently derailing me ...
... But the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah treats are still in the house, soon to be followed by Christmas treats. And even if I don't eat the treats themselves, then I feel deprived and cranky and it leads to me over indulging in other things instead.
I don't think I can just get this stuff out of the house - I want my kids to be able to enjoy their holiday. So I need to figure out a way to look past it like I do the ordinary treats we have in the house.
Any ideas from other people with kids, or maybe roommates or spouse other family members in your house who eat very differently from you? And the food is always there tempting you?
Thanks!
I don't know if this will help but:
(a) If Thanksgiving is over, can at least the Thanksgiving treats "disappear" (either straight out the door or to the very bottom of the back of the freezer on the way out the door ... until the next time you clean the freezer )
(b) are the Hanukkah and/or Christmas treats something made at home, or bought / brought in ? (I don't know Hanukkah traditions, and if the specific foods or treats have deeper meaning than just "goes with the Season", like holiday shaped cookie cutters and sugar cookie recipe at my house did. )
If any of the Hanukkah and/or Christmas treats are something made at home ..... then maybe you could concentrate on the "cooking / creating / baking together memories" BUT with a "Let's Experiment" twist. Find out which (only) one is THE "best of the best of the best" for each, and then together search out "new versions" (that you CAN have too!) to try making. Make quarter-batches of multiple variations, and hold taste-test competitions.
If the treats are bought / brought in, could you maybe take the "A Time For Giving Back" approach? Again, get them to each identify THE ONE 'best of the best of the best' to them .... walk them through the store(s) and show them the cost of "the rest" .... discuss and agree on where the money could be donated instead (wherever your family would deem "Best Destination for Outreach") Possibles include: local food bank; local animal shelter; snowsuit fund (if you are in a "cold at Christmas" part of the world) etc etc.
Depending on the $$amount and choice of recipient, it could even be a "Donation divided through the year" thing. Our Animal Shelter asks if a smaller-but-monthly donation can be made for a year instead of a single lump-sum, to help them make sure the animals keep getting what they need all through the year (and helps them budget)3