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From the city of beer and cheese - this might be hard!

d3va
Posts: 19 Member
Hello MFP community!
Yes I have been a member for over 2 years but as of this year I joined a program called Retrofit - and now I'm more motivated to chronicle my meals, exercise, goods and bads.
I live in Milwaukee, WI - Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated ( hope you recognize that ! )
Actually - i live around the corner from a brewery and one of 3 urban cheese factories in the country that make good cheese, and they share a building with and ice creamery
Check out www.mkebrewing.com and clockshadowcreamery.com and www.purpledooricecream.com
I love supporting local, small businesses that use locally sourced ingredients and have highly "green" eco-friendly buildings
but GEEZ - beer and cheese - its a devilishly good combo!
AND - a good friend has a business across the street - a pizzeria and homemade gourmet chocolate shop !
I love supporting all these businesses in my neighborhood - but now I have to do so with my dieting strategies in hand.
Well, not exactly diet strategies - but better living and eating tips.
This is what drew me to my new program Retrofit. They give me a year to learn how to be a healthier person - with 4 helpers:
a program director, a nutriionist / reg dietitian, a physiatrist / exercise person, and a behavioral coach. All are real healthcare professionals ( all are nurses except for certified physiatrist. )
I chose the lose 10% of my weight program - they gave me a Fitbit One and a WiFi scale and with MFP as a good tool to monitor food - I have lost 10 pounds since starting 3 weeks ago! More than expected - due to all the calculations with calories and estimated activity burning calories - I should be losing about 1 lb a week.
If I hit 45 pound weigh loss by December 31st - its a celebration with beer and cheese tours!
Oh yeah - I also have a boyfriend of 18 years who will hopefully join me on this healthy journey
Our 20 year anniversary date is 12/13/14 - so maybe I can work on looking good in a white dress if you know what I mean!
Feel free to friend me - motivation helps us all!
I will continue to update my status with the Retrofit program and will answer questions if I can.
BTW - I like my Fitbit One and recommend it! Their free site to monitor your steps, and stairs, and sleep is nice ( you can upgrade to premium but since I have Retrofit - I just use the free site for now ) and I started using earndit.com to earn points and rewards just for wearing my Fitbit - awesomeness!
Thanks for reading - looking forward to working with y'all!
And...some of the goals I am working on now:
i'm one of those people that like to eat what's convenient - my oven is not working - and I'm not happy with my kitchen so I usually eat on the run or things in packages. One thing i am working on now is trying to incorporate real fruits and veggies into my meals.
I made guacamole for the first time with 4 avocadoes and a jar of Frontera guac sauce - mmm
And the hard thing right now is the amount of sodium in the foods I choose - would have never realized until i started using MFP.
again - thanks for reading !
Yes I have been a member for over 2 years but as of this year I joined a program called Retrofit - and now I'm more motivated to chronicle my meals, exercise, goods and bads.
I live in Milwaukee, WI - Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated ( hope you recognize that ! )
Actually - i live around the corner from a brewery and one of 3 urban cheese factories in the country that make good cheese, and they share a building with and ice creamery
Check out www.mkebrewing.com and clockshadowcreamery.com and www.purpledooricecream.com
I love supporting local, small businesses that use locally sourced ingredients and have highly "green" eco-friendly buildings
but GEEZ - beer and cheese - its a devilishly good combo!
AND - a good friend has a business across the street - a pizzeria and homemade gourmet chocolate shop !
I love supporting all these businesses in my neighborhood - but now I have to do so with my dieting strategies in hand.
Well, not exactly diet strategies - but better living and eating tips.
This is what drew me to my new program Retrofit. They give me a year to learn how to be a healthier person - with 4 helpers:
a program director, a nutriionist / reg dietitian, a physiatrist / exercise person, and a behavioral coach. All are real healthcare professionals ( all are nurses except for certified physiatrist. )
I chose the lose 10% of my weight program - they gave me a Fitbit One and a WiFi scale and with MFP as a good tool to monitor food - I have lost 10 pounds since starting 3 weeks ago! More than expected - due to all the calculations with calories and estimated activity burning calories - I should be losing about 1 lb a week.
If I hit 45 pound weigh loss by December 31st - its a celebration with beer and cheese tours!
Oh yeah - I also have a boyfriend of 18 years who will hopefully join me on this healthy journey
Our 20 year anniversary date is 12/13/14 - so maybe I can work on looking good in a white dress if you know what I mean!
Feel free to friend me - motivation helps us all!
I will continue to update my status with the Retrofit program and will answer questions if I can.
BTW - I like my Fitbit One and recommend it! Their free site to monitor your steps, and stairs, and sleep is nice ( you can upgrade to premium but since I have Retrofit - I just use the free site for now ) and I started using earndit.com to earn points and rewards just for wearing my Fitbit - awesomeness!
Thanks for reading - looking forward to working with y'all!
And...some of the goals I am working on now:
i'm one of those people that like to eat what's convenient - my oven is not working - and I'm not happy with my kitchen so I usually eat on the run or things in packages. One thing i am working on now is trying to incorporate real fruits and veggies into my meals.
I made guacamole for the first time with 4 avocadoes and a jar of Frontera guac sauce - mmm
And the hard thing right now is the amount of sodium in the foods I choose - would have never realized until i started using MFP.
again - thanks for reading !
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Hey d3va,
Sounds like a lot of fun where you are. All the best in your journey!0 -
Laverne and Shirley! Haha I never knew how that was spelled but I'll never forget how they say it! Friend me! I love beer and cheese! yummmmmm but I've been doing well keeping those things to very sparse frequency in my diet.0
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As an American woman living in Britain that has visited France, Italy and Spain... I can assure you, 100%, that American cheese is the worst of the cheeses, if that helps you at all :P. Be strong, resist that ice cream and cheese!
For me the hardest thing to resist is the sweet stuff, so if I lived anywhere NEAR and ice creamery... I'd probably be there right now instead of here!
Feel free to friend me if you need loads of love and support! I log in every day and am always willing to give advice on things that I know about and accept advice on things that I don't!
Live long and prosper!0 -
"American" cheese is processed most of the time. Good cheese is known for the following and the following only: if you turn it around, the label should only say "Ingredients: milk, salt". If you got anything else in there it is NOT cheese!
("culture" is allowed)
greeting from Switzerland, the land of chocolate and cheese :bigsmile:0
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