Hi everyone!!

Thank you sosososososo much for your support, it seriously helped me not be miserable, I didn't expect it to be that effective! ))

@mugginskate amazing progress, good job!! And you husband sounds just awesome )


Agree with @Pushkinnz would love to see the holiday decorations from anyone who's willling to share!

@CurvyCalorie woohoo!! Amazing job!!

@violetanderson39 alright, we are gonna power through it together! ) How is your week going so far?


In general, how's everyone?

I am not doing my regular exercise routine, but every time I skipped a workout this week, I went for a long walk(which is great progress, because my habit is to skip a workout and eat instead )) In terms of food - doing okay, I really want to start cooking my food, right now I live on deliveries, but I am in the middle of a big move, so I am aiming to start cooking once I'm in my new place.

Also, I'm gonna share the most embarrassing guilty pleasure with all of you ) I have downloaded Pokemon Go and that stupid game is actually forcing me to get out of the house and go for walks! So super helpful guilty pleasure ))

So, this week is going good for everyone, would love to hear more!

Morning everyone

@humanbean Pokemon Go - thats a great fun way to get some exercise

@violetanderson39 we can do this

@CurvyCalorie well done on sticking to the plan on your dinner, pasta one of my kryptonites also (bread and cheese aswell)

@Katerr1kk patience... horrible thing isn't it

@mugginskate hang on its nearly Christmas break, was thinking bout you hair munching cat, i had one that used to suck on my chin - very cute until he decided to try it in the middle of the night when i was asleep and gave me a scare lol, but anyway i hand raised him from when he was 2 weeks old and i was told he did it because he wasn't weened off his mum in a normal way. I gave him a soft toy and it seemed to help him, might be worth a try with your fur baby.

Yesterday i was checking 'Trade Me' (New Zealand version of eBay) and someone had a Total Gym for sale at a reasonable price(been looking for one for a couple of months), one of the larger ones that hold 400lbs, so instead of going to the pools my partner and I went and got It. Im about 3 lbs over its weight limit so cant use it straight away but real soon.

Yes! @Pushkinnz that's the one. Mine is a bit more basic (and 20 years older) but it's a great workout. Rosalie Brown has some videos on youtube that left me really sweating. I found one that used it a little like a pilates reformer, and my abs were so sore the next day.

Happy thanksgiving!
Happy Day!
Cheers!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Do the festivities carry on into the weekend?

I'm so pleased to see the weekend. I will hunker down at home (like there is anything else to do 🤣) and put our Christmas decorations up and watch a Christmas film or two. Have a wonderful weekend wherever you are.

Hello,

New to the group and very excited to get to know all of you. Hope all of my American friends had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday.

Due to quarantine, my local yoga studio closed so I'm going to try and find some good yoga videos online. The gym is still open but I'm hesitant to join.

I'm trying to overhaul my food intake. I've been eating terribly and have to put more thought into it.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Sam

@momofthree9845 welcome!
I’m recovered from Thanksgiving now my house is a wreck with Christmas! Haha Trying to decorate as we’re having a family cookie night next Sunday. It’s alway a fun day!

@momofthree9845 Have you tried any of the yoga workouts on here? I've been poking around a bit - trying to get more familiar with MFP and saw they have some.

I'm also curious if any of you guys are willing to share if you the premium version?

@violetanderson39 I have premium- what would you like to know? 😊

@violetanderson39

I looooooove that you renamed areas of your house it's genius!!!:))))
I honestly don't remember what features are not included in the premium version, I think I started using premium pretty much right away , but the things I use are logging and community, honestly everything else is not that helpful to me personally.
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So I came here to vent! I have lost about 3 kg since I started focusing on my health, I have another 6kg to go but I hit such a damn hardcore plateau, for almost 2 months I'm not losing any weight even though I'm mostly hitting my calorie goal and exercising quite regularly. And I do have a lot of weight to lose! I didn't even lose all of my covid-added weight yet.

I feel like I have to lower my calorie intake, but I really don't want to do it as I have food addiction history and when I get hard-core cravings, I lose my mind. It is so frustratiiiing and I don't know what I'm doing wrong ((

Anyways, just wanted to share with you guys and see if anyone has any tips or has been through something like that and overcame it.

Have a lovely day!!!

I'm in a similar plateau @human_bean it's so frustrating. I'm trying to focus on the NSVs (clothes feeling better, measurements dropping etc) but it is so hard when you know you are doing everything right. I just keep on keeping on and hope that something gives.

@human_bean Adding my support to the other comments here! Plateaus are ... awful to say the least. But, you do want to hang in there.

I listen to a podcast called Mind Pump - a group of trainers turned podcasters. They frequently will talk about (and I think Noom touches on this) the plateaus and how they can be addressed. Frequently cutting calories will get you into a hole. They can advocate for even upping your calories by a tiny bit (maybe 100 or so) and just changing the workouts so you body is challenged in a new way. Not MORE workouts - just different. So if you usually do long runs, doing some intervals for a bit .... or if you lift and usually do 3 sets of 15, try 5 sets of 5... etc. The body will respond to the new demands by having to adapt the muscle and oxygen use, etc. That can help with a stalemate - and can give a new boost in focus (At least it can help me).

Just food for thought! Our bodies get efficient at what we are doing - as it's supposed to because it's amazing!! So, we have to change it up sometimes.

@mugginskate I enjoyed Noom for a bit! It was helpful to get my mind focused again. The daily articles got me in a habit of thinking about everything early in the day and every day! Super helpful. And I think that skill and the focus on community is helping me use MFP effectively this time! So - thanks for helping us all find a space to do that!!!