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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I haven't eaten ice cream in 4 days!😉12
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Today I was eating chips in my car. A large bag. I had one of those 'what the... Am I doing?' moments. However today I wasn't feeling well and I had two naps. I didn't have dinner because I wasn't hungry. That's just because of the two naps. Tiredness = hunger.7
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I'd like to post my daily intake number here until the start of August. My concern is that I'll just overeat until then. My intake goal is 6,000 kj or less. If I achieve my 3 special activities I am allowed something nice to eat, so it's going to be more than 6,000.4
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I'd like to post my daily intake number here until the start of August. My concern is that I'll just overeat until then. My intake goal is 6,000 kj or less. If I achieve my 3 special activities I am allowed something nice to eat, so it's going to be more than 6,000.
Hi Three Wins.
It has been my experience, I have been losing the same 50 pounds and gaining them back for the past 30 years, food is not a good reward. I try and look at all foods as being good. It's just how much and when we eat them.
I try to reward myself with little things as I go through the loss process. So, if I make an exercise goal, i.e. I am going to walk every day for 30 minutes for 2 weeks, I may reward myself with a new pair of trainers or an online exercise class. My goals are usually set at pounds lost and I usually select small, clear, achievable goals such as I will buy a new shirt when I lose 5 pounds.
I think when I look at foods being good and bad it sets me up with a bad food relationship. Right now I am fighting with getting to my maintenance weight. I am trying to reprogram myself to increase activity if I want a more calorie dense food or know I am going out for dinner.
You can always join the July group and start logging there. There is no time limit to join each month. I think you will find the group very supportive.
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Good Morning Group
Does anyone know why the tickers aren’t working? If there is a way to correct them? Thanks.0 -
@ourbestlife I am having the same issue. I hope it gets fixed soon.1
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@ourbestlife I am having the same issue. I hope it gets fixed soon.
Me Too! 🙂0 -
On your marks .......... get READY ....... GO!
(some of you are already "in August" or practically there! So I figured I would fire the Starting Gun here, so to speak)5 -
Good Morning, what's everyone having for breakfast??
From tracking the past month what I have learnt works for me is "pimping up" my meals with extra Protein and Fibre so I'm fuller for longer and then it stopps the cravings for naughty things. This morning i had eggs and tofu and breakfast veggies medley. It was spicy so added natural yoghurt. Usually have 2eggs2toast.4 -
ourbestlife wrote: »Good Morning Group
Does anyone know why the tickers aren’t working? If there is a way to correct them? Thanks.
It’s been my experience that those awesome little tickers have been broken for a good while. I miss mine, as well. It’s nice to have a visual reminder of my progress, especially when install for a week or two.
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That was supposed to read “I stall” but on mobile so can’t edit.1
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hellybelle88 wrote: »Good Morning, what's everyone having for breakfast??
From tracking the past month what I have learnt works for me is "pimping up" my meals with extra Protein and Fibre so I'm fuller for longer and then it stopps the cravings for naughty things. This morning i had eggs and tofu and breakfast veggies medley. It was spicy so added natural yoghurt. Usually have 2eggs2toast.
Almost going-to-bed on the last day of July here ... but high protein breakfasts keep me going longer too.
If I am just not hungry yet, I will have greek yogurt (2% fat) with berries stirred in plus (home made in my breadmaker) toast and coffee.
If "willing to eat more". 2 eggs with melted cheese plus toast and coffee, and the yogurt & berries for lunch.1 -
Almost going-to-bed on the last day of July here ... but high protein breakfasts keep me going longer too.
If I am just not hungry yet, I will have greek yogurt (2% fat) with berries stirred in plus (home made in my breadmaker) toast and coffee.
If "willing to eat more". 2 eggs with melted cheese plus toast and coffee, and the yogurt & berries for lunch.
I agree. A high protein breakfast is my best bet. I seem to have better control over my eating if I start with protein. I have been doing a smoothie with berries, protein powder, and soy milk paired with an egg or an apple with peanut butter. I'm vegetarian, so adding meat to breakfast is not an option. Your homemade toast sounds awesome.
I make my own yogurt and add a packet of skim milk powder to each batch to up the protein/calcium content.
Good luck to everyone as we have a chance for a new beginning. Happy August!2 -
Hello everyone. I like protein for breakfast, so make a quick frittata by sautéing veggies, adding spinach, egg whites, maybe some feta cheese, & popping the fry pan under the broiler for a few minutes. If breakfast in front of the computer; then 2 hard boiled eggs (no yokes) and fruit.2
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Every month, this What's On Your Mind thread ends up evolving a different character .... depending on who posts most often and what about. I wonder what this month's will end up featuring?
(And does anybody have a make-at-home recipe for a Peach Smoothie? Still sighing over the one McDonald's had a few years back - other fruit smoothies but not the peach one again in following years .... rumored to be back again this year, but I am still avoiding even drive-through windows for now)1 -
What's on my mind: I'm a little nervous that I'm losing weight too fast! I lost 4 pounds in the last week. I know I'm not eating enough
I need to work on that. My macros are a mess. I always go over in fat (and usually carbs due to fruit) but I don't reach nearly enough protein. I'm going to cook up some chicken breast tonight.
I'm on the migraine diet right now (eliminates migraine triggers, can be re-introduced one at a time later), trying to get some control over vestibular migraine. It allows some dairy, but I'm not eating dairy right now due to my stomach not loving it. Anyone else have migraine?6 -
Every month, this What's On Your Mind thread ends up evolving a different character .... depending on who posts most often and what about. I wonder what this month's will end up featuring?
(And does anybody have a make-at-home recipe for a Peach Smoothie? Still sighing over the one McDonald's had a few years back - other fruit smoothies but not the peach one again in following years .... rumored to be back again this year, but I am still avoiding even drive-through windows for now)
I usually go for a handful of frozen sliced peaches, some spinach, low-fat plain Greek yogurt and a few ice cubes. I do the same with berries. Hope this helps.1 -
thanks, @juliemouse83 - frozen peaches are already on my next shopping list. Right now I have frozen pre-sliced strawberries.
https://allrecipes.com/ is my go-to place for discovering recipe variations. Imagine that people from all over dumped all their fave home-recipe boxes into one giant database (with an excellent search-engine interface)
you can search by combinations of- meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts etc)
- menu considerations type if desired (vegan, glucose intolerant, low sodium, diabetes, etc)
- a basic name (casserole, smoothie)
- ingredients on hand (what can I DOO with these "two-days-till-grocery-pickup" odds and ends???"
- ingredients TO AVOID (will filter out any recipe variants that include that one thing you are allergic to or just plain WON'T eat )
- and you can post your own recipes or link-in a personal variation you made to something already there
We don't stray from our basic meal-options very often, but I like to wander around there from time to time, and pretend that I am an accomplished and adventurous cook ....2 -
A few years ago, I lost 50 pounds and was ONE pound away from my healthy goal weight. I have never been at my healthy goal weight in my life, I have always been a "few extra pounds". I am ready to start again and achieve my healthy goal weight, which is a great motivator for me to actually reach my healthy goal weight.
How I lost the weight before, was that I finally understood the math behind counting calories, and started tracking my calories. I went on a strict 1,200 calorie a day diet and that worked along with walking on my treadmill. The problem happened when I stopped the tracking. I also stopped smoking at this time too. Needless to say, the weight all came back plus a little more. The good news is that I have been smoke-free since May 2017!! So its time to hit my healthy goal weight finally. And I have graduated and earned my degree, so I have more time to focus on my weight goals.
I have read about the maintenance phase with calorie counting after people reach their goal weight, and I was thinking maybe this time I should start with my "maintenance" calories and just learn how to have a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable for the rest of my life. I remember I read an article that it takes 11 to 13 calories to maintain one pound of weight, depending on the person's lifestyle. So I was thinking for the sake of "easy math" I will use 10 calories to maintain one pound of weight, and that for my height the charts list 130 to 144 pounds is the healthy weight range for me. So with that said my calorie range should be 1,300 to 1,440, so I will use the 1.440 calories per day to learn how to have a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
I wanted to post this and see what others thought. I have read a study of people who learned how to count calories by "maintenance" versus the strict 1,200 calorie diet actually reached their goal and kept off the weight.
Thanks for everyone's thoughts!
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As encouragement to those of you who have a ways to go yet .... I thought I might mention that 3 years ago, (May 2017) I was just over 180 pounds (5 ft 3 / 5 ft 2) BMI obese for my age and height.
141.2 or so is the borderline between BMI overweight and BMI normal for me. Being over 60 and not "super-active default lifestyle" (even before work-from-home became my norm) aiming for the dead-center of normal BMI (124) was not even CONSIDERED as a target. You youngsters who are getting smart about getting healthy at a much younger age may well choose a closer-to-cent re point within your own BMI normal range.
Short Summary of the past three years, that might encourage you to see ... or you can skip over.It took two years of slow&steady, but I made it to 135. (didn't discover UAC until maybe halfway through - but it was a HUGE element to my eventual success)
In April 2019, I declared myself at maintenance (the first time) - headed off on my own in May or June 2019 (too-loose tracking though the summer and fall, but still weighing in everyday) and all stayed nicely within target range until the Holly Daze season (Christmas / New Years 2019 / 2020) when I started staying a bit too high above what I had chosen as the top end of my maintenance range, and flirting toooo close with that borderline back out of normal into overweight.
So I came back here in March 2020 (two weeks before Canada Shut Down) which REQUIRED tightening up on tracking and therefore higher self-awareness / reality checks and by mid-April I could declare "working to stabilize again" (added the difference between shedding-calorie intake and maintenance-calorie intake in small increments over a 6 week period instead of all at once) and I am still sitting nicely within an average daily weight variant of lower-to-upper 133.X
The days that are over into 134.X or even low 135s are the day-afters where I had eaten within calorie goal, but had a heavier or higher salt meal, like stew-on-toast or a national-brand oven-ready pot-pie or something.
Planned Pass Day events are Special Meals / outings that are savored and become Special Memories. I no longer tend to treat the entire day leading up to the event-meal as a free-for-all - like auto-overloading on the bbq pre-meal high-fat-but-nothing-special bowels of chips&snacks nibbles that are usually spread out ... I save all the "already pre-planning-to-go-over" room for an extra cob of corn (which we never have at home because DH can't eat it), seconds of MEAT, and two different desserts instead.
I know from experience (and am easily reminded as required by a graph of 3 years of accumulated daily weigh-in data on my Wii Fit Plus) that simply resuming "normal eating / activity" the next meal or day WILL result in auto-self-correction within just a few days.
From the time I started "stabilization-into Maintenance" here in April 2020 I have remained steady week-to-week.
Keep in mind ... this isn't a race. Faster (unless under direct medical supervision for some specific reason / life-threatening condition) is NOT the best long or even short-term strategy.
It WILL happen. You WILL get there. Just stick to the "Just For Today" perspective of the UAC program as long as it takes as you discover/uncover/practice/ reinforce whatever YOUR personal best-fit sustainable life-style definitions of "normal going forward" (or as 'normal' as the world around you is gonna permit just now) turn out to be.
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We just had a tornado warning alert delivered to our cell phone (the last one to touch down locally was 2 years ago ... I have lived here all my life and I can't remember ANY farther back than that!)
Odds are it WON'T happen to go right through the power station again .... but if i don't show up late this evening or for a few days that would be why.
Fortunately, the next loaf of bread-maker bread will be finished in about 30 minutes and THIS time we have a little coleman camp stove for boiling water for tea / coffee (trying to do that on the bbq last time just DIDN'T work well ... )3 -
I have read about the maintenance phase with calorie counting after people reach their goal weight, and I was thinking maybe this time I should start with my "maintenance" calories and just learn how to have a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable for the rest of my life. I remember I read an article that it takes 11 to 13 calories to maintain one pound of weight, depending on the person's lifestyle. So I was thinking for the sake of "easy math" I will use 10 calories to maintain one pound of weight, and that for my height the charts list 130 to 144 pounds is the healthy weight range for me. So with that said my calorie range should be 1,300 to 1,440, so I will use the 1.440 calories per day to learn how to have a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
I wanted to post this and see what others thought. I have read a study of people who learned how to count calories by "maintenance" versus the strict 1,200 calorie diet actually reached their goal and kept off the weight.
Thanks for everyone's thoughts!
I'm with you. Last month, I tried to cut too low on the calories, couldn't do it, got discouraged, and gave up. This month, I'm eating around maintenance which for me is about 1430-40. I'm going to eat my exercise calories. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.2 -
@KCJen
First of all... CONGRATULATIONS on quitting smoking!!!!! The #1 thing you can do for your health!!!!
I think I can help with your question!
I gave myself 3 years to lose what I thought would be 59 lbs. I then found I was shorter than I thought, so lost 5 more for *just*!being in normal BMI. Then realized I wanted a margin of error before I’d be out of normal BMI. Ended up going 78lbs down. I maintain around 70-72 lbs down.
I began with the customary 1200 cal diet. Early water loss allowed me to overlook hunger, but not for long. I looked at some charts & up’d my calories to around 1600
5-8.5” 61 years old then & walking 10K steps daily. Lost ~ 2lbs per month. Everyone else was losing SO MUCH faster than I was ...I didn’t care. I wasn’t hungry & I had energy for exercise & daily activity.
I had to release the anger I felt around being told my former 20 year old 5’9-1/4?/“self should be eating 1200 cals. All that does is take my muscles.
So
My approach has been more calories & even more exercise. I’m not in this to be lightest or smallest...I’m in this to be my HEALTHIEST.
Slow weight loss
Daily exercise
Lots of water
Sleep
Stress reduction
Eat primarily at home.
If you want to share your current weight/height/build, I can help more.
What helped me when I began was even losing 5% of one’s wt helps health outcomes. So I focused on tracking & portion size & losing that. Then 10% down goal. I added in walking & limited sweets (a trigger for me) to once a week...
Etc.
Baby steps.
Every 10-20 lbs I maintained. I didn’t want to lose more than I could maintain.
I applaud your approach & wisdom.
I look forward to cheering you on your same approach!!11 -
@MadisonMolly2017 , this post is very helpful.2
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I did reasonably well for last month's challenge until the very last week. One night I ended up working late. Unfortunately this was the week that I didn't have much of a meal plan nor much groceries in the house. I told myself I was too tired to cook or exercise. So I ordered a pizza and gorged myself for 24 hours straight. Since I ruined my chance of being in the July winner's circle I gave myself permission to overeat for the rest of the week, including eating junk like ice cream & popcorn. Well 3 pounds later, I am solving this problem for myself. I now have 7 frozen meals in my freezer to pop in the oven. And several 1 or 2 servings of meat packages that can be taken out and thawed in a couple hours to BBQ along with a potato - always easy to add a canned/frozen vegetables or boil a cob of corn. There are a few side dishes in the freezer also like arancini (rice balls), frozen herbed potatoes, etc. I am so done with my excuses: life happens, I need to learn to deal with it properly. These habits of my past will change! Tbh, there were some quick meals I could have pulled out of the freezer and pantry last week: like make an omelette, thaw some smoked salmon and eat it on toast with cream cheese, etc. But ofc I didn't think of that, I just reverted to old habits. I'm learning lots with this challenge, thank you!5
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@BMcC9 @MadisonMolly2017 Thank you. The posts by both of you have been very helpful. I am so glad that the UAC is still active and thankful for both of you and everyone else in this group. When I told my doctor I was upset about my weight gain, he told me that the best thing I did for my health was to quit smoking. He said that I can re-lose the weight, but quitting smoking was the best choice out of the two. I am very encouraged to start my weight loss journey again with the UAC group.
Last night I was looking thru the message boards and found more insightful posts from @MadisonMolly2017 and others. The problem is that I can spend hours looking thru the posts and join too many groups that I cant manage properly and still get my to-do list done for the day. I would like to find good educational information. I am currently limiting my message board reading, and of course, the UAC is the my main support group on MFP.
Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference information on health? Like exercise, weight loss, calories, healthy meal planning, and nutrition? I used to read the articles from Sparkpeople. I haven't found anything from MFP yet. Does MFP have a section for info educational articles?
Just a quick edit: I just found the MFP blog section!1 -
Finally am getting caught up with life in general. I have been very silent due to many projects, work, hurricane preparations, etc. The storm did not amount to much here. But, found a ton of water in my pantry (under the stairs) yesterday. After approximately 2 hours of clean up I discovered the water was leaking through the wall. Note our water heaters are also under the stairs and mine was replaced about 2 years ago (it has an alarm if water should leak in to the pan under it - new code).
Anyway, after shutting off the main line to my town home discovered the water was actually coming from the neighbor's unit. They were out so I had to continuously wipe up water for another 2 hours to make sure it did not damage my home. They were very thankful when they returned and I let them know. It could have been a disaster for both of us, but only clean up for both and a new water heater for them. He's a general contractor so not a big deal for him.
I am finding I have got to get back to basics with my meal planning and prep and sticking with the menu. I also need to go back to buying single servings of those trigger foods such as ice cream.
That all said we are all works in progress and I do find this group very supportive and filled with great ideas. Like most here I find protein in the morning usually sets me up for a good day. I have also done a lot of research that states woman (sorry guys) should start with a protein as it assists in regulating our hormones.
I also find eating full fat foods (think yogurt and milk here) are more satisfying to me. I find it fills me up for a longer period of time even though I am eating less.
Jana - please remember a slip is not a fall. We all slip and it helps to just look at the next meal/day as a new beginning. You are doing fine. Just log in every day and visit the group. There is no judgement - we are all works in progress.
Got to get back to work - oh, I love the freedom working remote provides. And, now we are all active on MS Teams so we get to see each other (if we want). I do not think we will all be going back to the office until sometime next year and even when we do it will not be full time.
Hope everyone has a great day!4 -
@SuziQ113 we have MSTeams too! And just last week there was a polling on who would CHOOSE to go on-site PART-TIME to some degree once it becomes available (even if they didn't have to), and who would PREFER to keep right on working off-site full time (if no operational reason required them to go in)
I chose 100% off-site for the time being.2 -
@BMcC9 @MadisonMolly2017 Thank you. The posts by both of you have been very helpful. I am so glad that the UAC is still active and thankful for both of you and everyone else in this group. When I told my doctor I was upset about my weight gain, he told me that the best thing I did for my health was to quit smoking. He said that I can re-lose the weight, but quitting smoking was the best choice out of the two. I am very encouraged to start my weight loss journey again with the UAC group.
Last night I was looking thru the message boards and found more insightful posts from @MadisonMolly2017 and others. The problem is that I can spend hours looking thru the posts and join too many groups that I cant manage properly and still get my to-do list done for the day. I would like to find good educational information. I am currently limiting my message board reading, and of course, the UAC is the my main support group on MFP.
Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference information on health? Like exercise, weight loss, calories, healthy meal planning, and nutrition? I used to read the articles from Sparkpeople. I haven't found anything from MFP yet. Does MFP have a section for info educational articles?
Just a quick edit: I just found the MFP blog section!
LOL I was JUST about to tell you where to find it!
For everyone else ... the "blog" sub choice on the Community Tab is full of blogs by individual members.
the Blog Main Tab (right beside the Community Main Tab) is the gateway to diverse and well written professional Blogs on all kinds of sub categories like Recipes, Nutrition, Fitness, Motivation, Weight Loss and more. It also leads to a video-blog tab for workouts, recipes, motivation etc.2
