What's on your mind today?
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@SModa61
I listened to the podcast this morning very insightful and I am considering making a few changes in my routine. Maybe this is my stuck at a particular weight range. I need to think about increasing the resistance work and possibly increasing some good calorie choices that’s the slippery slope but it may be worth a try. Thanks for sharing along with @Mrs_Hoffer.1 -
I've gone totally off the rails this week! Yikes! Time to reset and restart.
On the plus side I've started listening to the Half-Size Me podcast and I like it. Lots of good information. Oh, and the scale is down a pound from last week!
☮️ Happy weekend y'all!6 -
I increased my calories by 170 calories a day I dare say it is working I have dropped some but had fried rice last night so I think the sodium helped add some water weight. I have also increased my strength training work and feel like I can spin faster. Will keep,you posted6
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This is my wild garden 🥰.
Everything is growing by itself somehow 🤣5 -
This letter made me almost cry
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Winner_in_Life wrote: »This letter made me almost cry
@Winner_in_Life Thank you for posting this!
I had a huge ah-ha related to this recently. I’m mid 23’s BMI.
I have one body part that really really bugs me.
So an idea popped in my head after 5.4 years at this LOL.
What if that part was slim? I held it in with my hands as I looked in the mirror.
Oh then that other one would bug me.
Imagined that one trim
And realized I’d want a little off a third...etc.
So I stopped. Every time I’m annoyed by the first. I say thanks! You made it so I love the rest of my body! LOL And I just decided to love the one that bothered me the most. Exactly what your precious post suggested!
PS My husband has been a huge help, saying: “I don’t notice it. You look normal/slim! I love having an active wife!” Etc.
I think this is an impact of our culture & media.
I read horrible numbers of young girls/women will only post to social media after using filters that make their eyes & lips larger & their noses & chins narrower.
I love my body, and I’m grateful to have it & to be alive!
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Maddie6 -
New NSVs that are really too fun so I have to share. I know I can't be the only person working on this that has someone who lives with them also tagging along. For me, it is my mother.
Mom has typically weighed less than me ... difference in muscle mass, but looks heavier than me. It's all a function of her years. There are regular doctor visits for her that come with maintenance meds, etc. I'm sure you all know the story. Since I have told her what I am working on, she has come along with me. She exercises every day but does not track her calories. She just tags along with what I do, eating mostly what I eat, just different amounts.
Today, Mom saw a doctor she hasn't seen since maybe last October. She's lost about 15 pounds since then. The nurse and then the doctor saw her and both were incredibly impressed with what she has been able to do losing weight. The visit was very favorable and Mom had fun watching their jaws drop.
For me...that size smaller pants I celebrated a little more than a month ago are big on me and I went down a size in underwear. Who knew?4 -
@MadisonMolly2017
Our body is a wonderful creation willing to go through everything we might imagine to ourselves. I was 48 when I thought that running could be a good thing for us both-- And we did it from the couch to half-marathon -- And then I was still a chain smoker--- A cigarette instead of warm-up and 2 cigarettes for cooling-down
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@Winner_in_Life love this, just wat im sure alot of us need to be reminded of. Thank u for sharing. @fractaltiger wat an amazing influence u hve been on ur mother!!! Thats so awesome! @MadisonMolly2017 ur hubby sounds so sweet and supportive! @MizSpiffy i also listen to half size me and just love her! Xox0
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Can i get a bit more info as to how u all handle pass days. I thought i had my eating under control, i was doing sooooo great with habits and routine but had one planned pass day which turned into 5 unplanned pass days. How do u guys keep it under control? And do u guys put a calorie limit on ur pass day? Xox0
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donna25trinity wrote: »Can i get a bit more info as to how u all handle pass days. I thought i had my eating under control, i was doing sooooo great with habits and routine but had one planned pass day which turned into 5 unplanned pass days. How do u guys keep it under control? And do u guys put a calorie limit on ur pass day? Xox
@donna25trinity i’m not much help. I don’t like the idea of cheat or pass days, but I know they work for others.
I don’t let myself get into that frame of mind as I’m hoping by avoiding it, the overeating habits will go away - and they largely have!! But I know they are just a dormant giant whom I never want to re-awaken!
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@MadisonMolly2017 ha ha omg ur right its literally a dormant giant for me too!! Lol! I am sooo glad u responded with this as i thought i was the only 1!!! I think the pass days for me personally def trigger my overeating behaviors. Thank u sooo much for reinforcing this to me, deep down i think i knew this was the case but didn't want to admit it as those 3 pass days felt like heaven. Lol. I am going to try to do no more pass days from here on out and see how that goes! Xox
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@donna25trinity
I'm with Madison Molly here - I don't do "cheat" days - who are you cheating? Your body uses all the food you give it. I'm maintaining now but even when I was losing I always used weekly averages, even monthly if I had a holiday coming up. That way you don't have the feeling that "I've blown it, may as well have another day (or 2 or 3 ....)".
In terms of the rules of the UAC, I find I have a "pass day" when I can't log/track my food - usually because I'm away from home and it's too difficult to estimate. My weight has been stable for a couple of years now and I know that individual days over or under calorie budget are meaningless.
So instead of planning a pass day simply give yourself a higher calorie budget one day and lower another day.4 -
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@lesdarts180 Thanks for the suggestion! I hve seen fellow uacs mention weekly calories but never trully understood the benifits so thanks for making sense of it for me! I shall give it a try. Also ur spot on with regards to cheat days the body def uses all the food u give it and im living proof of that, putting on weight that ive lost every pass day!
Hope u ur dil and grandchildren are ok. My baby and i pray for u guys regularly and hope that the sun will shine again for you all one day in the very near future. Xox0 -
I don't plan pass days. They just happen
I only try to keep to the rule "Never 2 in a row".... 
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It might be a tough day today. Our Executive comes today to our branch office. We know that they are going to close our office. May be I will have to go. We don't have enough projects 😞. They kept us on payroll long enough. Almost one and a half year. I am really afraid of what is coming on me 5
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Winner_in_Life wrote: »It might be a tough day today. Our Executive comes today to our branch office. We know that they are going to close our office. May be I will have to go. We don't have enough projects 😞. They kept us on payroll long enough. Almost one and a half year. I am really afraid of what is coming on me
As your chosen handle declares, you're a winner in life. Live in this regardless of the turmoil around you.
All the best to you, my UAC cousin 🤗3 -
@Winner_in_Life Awesome rule and great discipline. Also absolutely love the words of support @MaltedTea gave u, shes sooo right ur a winner indeed and will def get thru this. Thinking of u today and hope ur ok! Xox1
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@MaltedTea @donna25trinity
Thank you so much for encouragement Ladies I have a choice: to search for a new job or move to our main office (about 200 km away). Slowly but steadily I am moving direction North. First Munich, now Frankfurt, Düsseldorf might be the next . This is good for me, but I don't understand why they are doing that--- We still don't have enough projects, but more than enough labour
I have time to decide till end of September
I would prefer a new job to avoid packing and looking for a new home to live. A new home will be definitely more expensive. And our main office is not that easy with respect to personal relations...
But with my German language level it is not that easy to find a job... I came to Germany under the contract with a big company as a technical translator (English/Russian), since 6 yeas I am working as a project assistant and German was not a MUST. And 53y/o woman has less chances anyway. Another thing is a salary... My unemployment compensation would be higher than an average salary offered currently on the market
The best strategy might be: start packing, search for a nice new home and then stay low and smile and hope that the company keeps you longer--- I still have 15 years till retirement in Germany
Win in a lottery would be of course the perfect thing 
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@Winner_in_Life Not an easy choice, but Frankfurt is a nice town. If you are allowed to travel in Germany, go and have a look there. I have had to pack up and move loads of times in my career, and it always feels worse beforehand. Afterwards I have always been happy I moved. You might be able to stay 15 years in Frankfurt, who knows, make lots of friends and be reluctant to move again when you retire. Also, you could work on your German language skills ...1
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@Chinkiri Frankfurt is where we live now. We (I and my husband who already retired and who moved back to Germany after 20 years in USA because of me ) moved to Frankfurt from Munich 6 years ago.
Now we are supposed to move to Düsseldorf
When I retire we will go back to Bavaria... Closer to the mountains and Italy 1 -
@Winner_in_Life Sorry, no idea about Dusseldorf. As you say yourself, you could just keep a low profile there for the next 15 years, make some friends, enjoy your life and then retire back to Munchen ...0
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@Winner_in_Life I was jumping on to say Frankfurt is nice, lol. I used to go there every year for the Frankfurt Book Fair. I sadly too have no idea about Dussledorf. Bavaria is gorgeous though!! I'd definitely hold out for 15 years to retire there. I hope they are paying for your moving expenses!0
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@Bovaryoo I don't even think asking about moving expenses I should probably pay them for keeping me 0
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