Living The Lifestyle - Monday 10/14/24

crewahl
crewahl Posts: 4,562 Member
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Today's Topic: Evolution

What have you done or tried in the past three months to lose weight, manage your weight or manage your health that you would NOT have done ten years ago?

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  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 4,562 Member
    Two things come to mind.
    1. I have set an alarm and gotten up earlier just so I’d be able to get in my daily strengthening and stretching routine. Since I’m retired, I treasure not setting an alarm, so that’s a pretty big sacrifice.
    2. I tried chicken sausage breakfast patties. I’ve always been in the “if ever it was attached to fealthers, it ain’t sausage” camp. However, I did migrate from bacon to Canadian bacon one day a week - and the Canadian bacon I like has disappeared from stores, so I tried the chicken sausage patty. To paraphrase Thomas Edison, “I now know of ten thousand things that are not sausage”.
  • whathapnd
    whathapnd Posts: 1,322 Member
    At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'll say:

    Not doing a weekly weigh-in and just trusting the process and trusting myself to do the process.

    I have an EXCELLENT recipe for turkey breakfast sausage. I think I've posted it previously.

    https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229989/turkey-breakfast-sausage/
  • Flintwinch
    Flintwinch Posts: 1,168 Member
    1. I plan more consistency. It's hard to execute a plan if there is no plan. 2. I've swapped out butter for olive oil in cooking. 3. I eat more mindfully in the evening, usually centered around a protein smoothie a couple of hours before bed. 4. I've upped my fruit and vegetable intake ( I aim for 2 1/2 cups of each daily. 5. I read health newsletters from reliable sources (I guess Harvard and Cleveland Clinic are not engaged in fake health news yet). 6. I track diet for protein, fiber, sat fat, and added sugar. 7. I set aside the hour before bedtime to decompress, which aids getting to sleep sooner. 8. I track walking every day. 9. I've added a few minor destressing tools. 10. Tried Halo Top dessert (Sorry, it's a no go, but Healthy Choice Fudge Bars are here to stay).
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 4,562 Member
    Flintwinch wrote: »
    10. Tried Halo Top dessert (Sorry, it's a no go, but Healthy Choice Fudge Bars are here to stay).

    Most of the Halo Top are a no go for me; some are just bad. The Mint and the Birthday Cake are the exceptions that I like.
  • Flintwinch
    Flintwinch Posts: 1,168 Member
    crewahl wrote: »
    Flintwinch wrote: »
    10. Tried Halo Top dessert (Sorry, it's a no go, but Healthy Choice Fudge Bars are here to stay).

    Most of the Halo Top are a no go for me; some are just bad. The Mint and the Birthday Cake are the exceptions that I like.

    I’m not a mint ice cream fan, but will give the birthday cake flavor a try,
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 8,823 Member
    A number of people at our WW meetings like Enlightened ice cream.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 4,562 Member
    Al_Howard wrote: »
    A number of people at our WW meetings like Enlightened ice cream.

    Is that a Breyers product?
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 8,823 Member
    crewahl wrote: »
    Al_Howard wrote: »
    A number of people at our WW meetings like Enlightened ice cream.

    Is that a Breyers product?

    No clue