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I cook the beans first for chili so that I can control how much liquid is in the final product. I'm usually all for dumping everything together, but some dishes come out better with a little fiddling. The half-cooked idea sounds worth trying.0
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Cook the beans most or all of the way before adding anything acidic, like tomatoes. You can add the spices so they get inside the beans, but my gut tells me wait to add acidic things.
How long until someone from Texas chastises you for even considering putting beans in chili?0 -
Lol, to me it's not chili without the beans!
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Yesterday I told my dogs that we'd go for a ski. They get super excited when they see me put on my "fun boots" (xc ski boots), especially the border collie. He does these funny hippity hops. But when I opened the front door I noticed that ice pellets were now coming down . Yuk! But the dogs were looking at me with those big brown eyes and I couldn't disappoint. Our xc ski area takes less than 10 minutes to drive to but there is a slight elevation change. Just enough that it was snowing there instead of yukky ice pellets. So we ended up having a wonderful ski with a bit of fresh snow on the trails.
Yesterday reminded me: a) why I have dogs, and b) that lots of days I don't feel like exercising. But quite often, if I push through that feeling, those are the times I am most rewarded.10 -
So true, @ridiculous59! I've been mostly doing indoor exercise out of some sense of duty (kind of on the same basis as tooth-brushing, treating it as a thing I Just Do, not something I have a choice about
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Today, I got out for a short walk (little over 3 miles) with one of my friends. It was a little warmer than usual (around 40F / 5C) and a rare sunny day, really nice to be outdoors. There were surprisingly many bicyclists on the trails, making me think maybe I've been too hesitant about getting out my bike on these rare nicer days, and instead stationary biking indoors.
How is everyone else doing?
New folks, how is the "learning MFP" thing going? Have you found a way to make some progress? If you're having challenges, can others here help in some way? Speak up!
Long timers, what's going on with you?
I hope everyone's doing great!
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Greetings. Haven't checked in here in about three weeks.
Typing this on my phone, and I can't insert pictures. AARRGGHH! Oh well. I went snowshoeing a couple of weeks ago. Very enjoyable and a good workout. Will certainly do that again. The trip was capped with an one hour soak in a hot springs. A bald eagle flew by the end of the pool. It was a glorious day!
No changes here with my wife's situation. Just the day after day grind for everyone involved.
Weight is holding steady. It's good practice for maintenance when I finally reach my goal.
I do read the posts here from time to time. Y'all are an inspiration. Keep up your great efforts!10 -
alteredsteve175 wrote: »Greetings. Haven't checked in here in about three weeks.
Typing this on my phone, and I can't insert pictures. AARRGGHH! Oh well. I went snowshoeing a couple of weeks ago. Very enjoyable and a good workout. Will certainly do that again. The trip was capped with an one hour soak in a hot springs. A bald eagle flew by the end of the pool. It was a glorious day!
No changes here with my wife's situation. Just the day after day grind for everyone involved.
Weight is holding steady. It's good practice for maintenance when I finally reach my goal.
I do read the posts here from time to time. Y'all are an inspiration. Keep up your great efforts!
I was actually wondering about you yesterday. Glad you had an enjoyable day and are hanging in there with your day to day.1 -
Welcome BB0
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Hey all, checking in. I am down 9 lbs since Dec 31, and a smidge lower than my pre-Christmas/cruise weight.
I think I mentioned I was working on increasing my fasting time after New Year's, had already developed a regimen of minimum 12 hour fasts overnight, which I was working on bringing to 16/8.
I found this relatively easy to do, and found myself morphing to 18-20 hour fasts in the last week or so.
I decided I will work towards 20/4 as my new "normal" and fall back to 16/8 when schedule/life interfere.
I also decided to try to incorporate a full day fast, or even 36 hours, maybe like 1x a month.
All of this is for weight-loss sure, but more importantly for reducing insulin levels, increasing other hormones and improving fat burning for energy and autophagy.
Anyway, the idea of 24 hours was BIG and daunting in my mind.
Then, to my surprise, I managed a full day fast with ease this week!
What happened was I finished eating earlier than normal one evening, then had a great 'catch-up' sleep so got up later than normal, then had a shower and fiddled around for a while, not feeling all that hungry yet and no reason to leave the house, when it dawned on me I was only 3-4 hours away from a full day! So I stayed upstairs (away from the kitchen lol) until 23 hours, then went down and broke my fast (didn't want to be too late eating and muck up the next day).
So - mission accomplished, and feeling great! Next will be actually executing a 36 hour fast, and consistently meeting my new 20/4 everyday goal on most days.
Will keep you all apprised of how my weightloss goes. So far, 2023 is going great! 👍6 -
@BCLadybug888 Well Done! Great news about your IF progress. I’ve seen a few articles lately questioning the efficacy of IF for weight loss, but none mentioned insulin levels etc. I think that’s the main benefit of IF. Again. Well Done!1
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Please, please add me. I need all of the motivation I can get. I am getting married in August and would like to be down at least 20 to 30 pounds before then.0
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Welcome, @listvanek61. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. You're in the right place for some support and sensible advice.2
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It's been awhile but I think I'm starting to get my head back in the "right mindset" again. I've lost 5 lbs so far this month.6
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Hi, I couldn’t post for ages, but still logging. Hit a plateau, but slowly beginning to lose again. . I wish I had snow.
I have been swimming a lot which I love.4 -
@sandramarshall200 Feel free to come to CO and take all of my snow!2
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@MaggieGirl135 . I would love to. Where is CO? I am in England.2
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Sorry, CO is Colorado. I live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, southwest of Denver, at slightly less than 8,000’. Denver promotes itself as the mile high city (which it is!), but I live half of that again, lol. Actually, we got probably a bit less than a half a foot two days ago with no more anticipated for ~5 days. It will probably melt off in the next couple days in the blazing Colorado sun, so come quickly! (Of course, there’s plenty more a bit west—at the ski resorts!)3
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Opened a cough drop early this AM. The wrapper has some inspirational sayings and I think they apply to us.
-Conquer today
-Let's hear your battle cry
-Push on
-Be resilient
-Don't give up on you
-Impress yourself today.
All of these on a little cough drop wrapper!!!!4 -
Wow Maggiegirl. That sounds lovely. We are possibly going to have some snow next week, so I may get mywish without the long flight( I hate flying!) won’t get mountains though, I live in the flat Midlands.2
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