60 yrs and up
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@SbetaK Great pic! Haven’t seen Northern Lights since moving to the L-48. Thanks for posting!0
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I was having a little pity party for myself yesterday because this winter has just been relentless. The ice won't be fully off the lake for another two months and that seems so long to wait for dragon boating 🙁. But then look what a gift today ended up being. Freshly groomed xc ski trails, brilliant blue sky, and my two best ski buddies.♥️
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Hi, my name is Marci, and I'll be 66 in a few weeks. I've enjoyed reading your posts and I love this picture above of the snow and the cute dogs and also the gorgeous Northern Lights! My goal is not really weight related but more getting my health back. I have asthma and allergies and got Covid late last year. It really kicked my butt and I am still somewhat recovering and haven't been able to do too much. I've been on here tracking my food since last Saturday and I'm finding it somewhat challenging to keep the carbs and fat numbers down. If I adjust the foods I'm eating to get the carbs and fats down, then I'm not eating enough calories for the day. I've done a little research on eating foods with less carbs and fats but still can't seem to figure it out. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I'm also curious as to how to add the steps from my Fitbit to my food diary. I've connected My Fitness Pal to my Fitbit but is still isn't working. I want some credit for exercise since I can't do much other than walk a little right now. Thanks so much!2
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@marci320 Welcome!
Is there a particular reason why you feel the need to keep your carbs and fats low? I'm just interested (in a totally non-judgemental way) because many people find that the macro breakdown that MFP suggests works well for them. Personally, I feel better if my carbs are a bit lower than the suggested amount, but that's just me. Do you have weight to lose? Or are you just interested in tracking what you eat?
With regards to Fitbit...I can't honestly say what worked for me because I remember quite a bit of going back and forth. It seems to me that I saw more success by doing it via myfitnesspal.com on my lap top instead of the app on my phone. But make sure that your phone's Bluetooth is on. Also, you have to give Fitbit permission to share your data with MFP, not just connect MFP to Fitbit. So go into your Fitbit app and make sure that that's been done. Sorry.....I'm not being very helpful. I'm sure there's someone else on here who can give you step by step instructions that make more sense.4 -
Hi, @marci320 - glad you've joined the group!
Can I ask a question? If so: How is your protein intake compared to your goals?
As context, protein and fats are essential nutrients, in the sense that our bodies can't manufacture some of their subcomponents out of any other nutrient. (Subcomponents = essential fatty acids (EFAs) in fats and essential amino acids (EAAs) in protein.) Carbs are more flexible, though of course some people need to manage them carefully, such as people with diabetes.
For myself, I think of my fats and especially protein goals as minimums to hit, but it's OK to exceed. Because I don't have any relevant health conditions these days, I just use carbs as the balancer to hit my calories, pretty much. (Some people do find that carbs spike their appetite, but I don't - maybe because most of my carbs are veggies and fruits? Also, some people find that going low carb hinders their energy level. I'm not sure if that's true for me, because I love my fruits and veggies!
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Protein in particular is really important as we age. You probably know that many of us have declining muscle mass as we get older, and that that can link to declining health. Protein is one key thing to prevent or reverse that (another is activity/exercise, of course). It's super common for seniors not to be getting enough protein, at least here in the US.
In general, if carbs and fats are higher than you want, it implies that protein may be low. If that's the case, this thread is helpful for getting more protein:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10247171/carbs-and-fats-are-cheap-heres-a-guide-to-getting-your-proteins-worth-fiber-also
I'd also say that it's really not important to be exactly exact every single day on your macronutrients, even if improving nutrition is one of your key goals. Yes, if there's a pattern over many days of always being over/under on one thing at the expense of others, then it's worth trying to chip away at improving that. But close, when averaged over a small number of days, is just fine.
You also don't need to be spot on right away: Fine-tuning is a bit of a process, and it takes time. Most of us eat well enough that we won't be instantly malnourished in a dangerous way, so it's OK to take some time working it out. If you keep reviewing your diary, and adjusting your routine eating patterns gradually (using tasty and convenient choices for you), you'll get there.
Also do keep in mind that the food database here is crowd-sourced, i.e., entered by average MFP users like you and me. There are some inaccurate entries there as a consequence! I've even seen entries for things with high meat/fish content that don't have any protein grams, for example, and that can't be right! So, it may be worth taking a look at your diary, noticing whether some entries have implausibly many zeros in carbs, fat, and protein. (If you consume alcohol, that should be zeros, because alcohol is its own thing, not carbs, fat or protein. Most other foods you eat in significant quantities should not be all zeros, though a super-tiny serving of something might be.)
As far as the Fitbit connection, a couple of things. One thing to know is that Fitbit and MFP won't give you extra calories to eat until your activity (as your Fitbit sees it) is more than what MFP expected (based on the activity level in your profile). So, if calorie adjustments aren't showing up, that's one possibility.
I don't have a Fitbit myself (I'm a Garmin gal), and I don't even link my Garmin to MFP (long story, good reasons, not a technical problem with linking). However, there is a great group here for Fitbit users that you might want to check out: Lots of very knowledgeable, helpful, experienced Fitbit users there, and I'd bet someone can help you make sure things are set up right. (Sometimes there are bugs that affect connections, but that group will probably know more about that subject, too.)
Here's a direct link to the MFP Fitbit group:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
Again, welcome . . . and best wishes for success with your nutrition and health improvement goals!6 -
@marci320 Welcome to the thread. I am 70 yr old and also have asthma along with COPD and some other health issues. I, too, am recovering from Covid which I had in January and then a rebound case a couple weeks later. I have slowly been trying to get back into activity. Trying to do a little more each week. I love water aerobics and usually go 5 days a week. I cut that down to 2 days at first after covid, then 3 days and this week will be my first week back to 5 days. I also restarted strength training this week, starting with just one set and a very reduced amount of weight. It's best to listen to your body and do what you can do.
You didn't mention if or how much weight you'd like to lose. If you let us know your height and weight, we might be able to give you more help. For me personally, the only macros I'm tracking are protein and fiber. I have a minimum daily amount for each of those. Currently, I am letting carbs and fats fall where they may within my calorie limit. I am not diabetic or I'd be tracking carbs to keep them lower.
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@ridiculous59 Thanks so much for the welcome and you were really very helpful! I do have weight to lose, have high blood pressure, and am pre-diabetic and I do have weight to lose but I'm more concerned about eating healthy and keeping track of what I eat. I find if I focus on the weight I get manic LOL. I'm mostly concerned about sodium and sugar and seem to have those under control in my food diary. Maybe I'm looking too much at the numbers. For instance, today I was trying to figure out what to eat to get more calories in. My percentages are 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fats and because the carbs were too high I ended up eating 916 calories rather than 1,200. I'm not hungry but I don't think that is enough to eat. The two things that tossed my carbs over the edge were a banana and a container of vanilla low fat yogurt and everything else is healthy (a lot of vegetables). I've only been doing this about a week so I guess I will figure it out! Thanks for your help though! I really appreciate it!1
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@AnnPT77 Wow! Thank you for the welcome and for such great information! I think you are right that it is going to take a bit for me to for me to fine tune setting up my menus so that I can get more accurate numbers. It is actually fun to plan meals but I have had issues with not eating 1,200 calories a day because I'm mostly eating too many carbs. But those carbs aren't necessarily unhealthy. As I said in another post my carb percentage was ruined by a banana and a container of low fat yogurt. I know I will get it one of these days but, in the meantime, I'm feeling good just eating healthier. I'm going to read over your post a few more times but wanted to thank you before too much time went by.1
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@Pdc654 Thank you for your welcome. It is sure good to talk to someone who knows how awful it feels to be held back by asthma and Covid. I'm glad you are starting to exercise again. I sure wish I could find a place that had water aerobics by me after work but they seem to schedule those classes during the day. I'm just trying to walk more each day right now. If I wasn't pre-diabetic I think I wouldn't be as anxious about the carbs. I'm going to do some more research to see if I can find more foods to eat with protein. I'm always under on protein. But I am a work in progress. I'm hoping to get this all figured out so I can feel healthy and get back to my normal self! I wish you the best in your journey as well.1
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@AnnPT77 Wow! Thank you for the welcome and for such great information! I think you are right that it is going to take a bit for me to for me to fine tune setting up my menus so that I can get more accurate numbers. It is actually fun to plan meals but I have had issues with not eating 1,200 calories a day because I'm mostly eating too many carbs. But those carbs aren't necessarily unhealthy. As I said in another post my carb percentage was ruined by a banana and a container of low fat yogurt. I know I will get it one of these days but, in the meantime, I'm feeling good just eating healthier. I'm going to read over your post a few more times but wanted to thank you before too much time went by.
You don't have to stop eating just because carbs are high. Because you are prediabetic, high carbs might be a problem. But you should be able to eat fats or protein?
If you're using accurate database entries, and totaling to be high on carbs, you must be low on either protein or fats or both. (That's because, approximately, carbs and protein have 4 calories per gram, fats have 9 calories per gram, so the total of your macros' calories should add up to something close to your total calories - maybe not exact, but close).
If you want to balance your macros, you'd eat something that is high in whatever macro is low, right? There are lots of charts like this on the web to give you ideas:
Source: https://www.workingagainstgravity.com/articles/17-macro-tracking-tips
I'm not endorsing that specific site, in general. I don't use it, know nothing about other things on that site. It's just an example of a reasonable chart for this kind of purpose, IME.5 -
Welcome Marci!1
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@Pdc654 Thank you for your welcome. It is sure good to talk to someone who knows how awful it feels to be held back by asthma and Covid. I'm glad you are starting to exercise again. I sure wish I could find a place that had water aerobics by me after work but they seem to schedule those classes during the day. I'm just trying to walk more each day right now. If I wasn't pre-diabetic I think I wouldn't be as anxious about the carbs. I'm going to do some more research to see if I can find more foods to eat with protein. I'm always under on protein. But I am a work in progress. I'm hoping to get this all figured out so I can feel healthy and get back to my normal self! I wish you the best in your journey as well.
Marci, I too, was pre-diabetic when I first started. Just barely over the line but doctor had me diagnosed as pre-diabetic. He told me getting my weight down would take care of that and it did. I started at 240 pounds in Aug 2021. By my next doctor appt it was down. However, keeping carbs down also would help with that. Listen to your doctor on that. If you do lower carbs you will need to increase your protein and fats to not go too low in calories. I do drink a daily protein shake to help keep my protein high. But you can get it other ways. Try Greek yogurt and cottage cheese along with lean meat like chicken, fish, and turkey. I also like chia seeds and beans for additional protein and fiber. Chia seeds also have healthy fat which you need. It's a learning process. Stay with it and you'll get there. Reading a lot of these community posts helped me a lot.2 -
@marci320 Now I understand why you want to keep your carbs lower. My husband is type 2 and though he has no weight issues, he's always concerned about balancing his carbs. It's good that you identified "the culprits" for your higher carb day (banana and vanilla yoghurt). I always have yoghurt in my fridge. It's one of those food items that I love and am never without. But instead of buying flavoured yoghurts, I prefer plain Greek yoghurt. It has a bit more protein than regular yoghurt and is much more versatile. I can use it in dips, I mix it half and half with mayo for tuna or chicken salad, in place of sour cream with my burrito, etc. My breakfast just about every day is plain Greek yoghurt, frozen berries of some kind (thawed, of course!), and a bit of stevia. More protein/more food/less calories. Always a win in my books!
One thing that caught my eye is that on that particular day you mentioned all the other foods you ate were healthy. Healthy foods still have a salary cap. I have always eaten healthy foods. Rarely do I eat "junk food", fast food, or processed foods. I even spent a year eating 100% plant based (as an experiment for myself). That's just the way I've always been. And yet......somehow I reached 232 pounds haha
Many of us have been at this a long time. For me personally, I've been on MFP for 10 years. I lost 90 pounds, kept it off for several years, and then saw a slow creep which I jumped on in earnest in January. I'm back to doing what I know is successful for my journey: logging honestly and exercise. And guess what...the weight is coming off again. Funny how that works!
You're doing it right: you saw a problem (your health), searched for a solution (created an MFP account), reached out to a community (us!!). You've got this 🙂
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@marci320 hang in there! I was diagnosed last year as pre-diabetic and had landed in the BMI Obese Class II along with ominous lipid panel lab results, all of which got my attention and resulted in me finding my way back here to MFP after 10 years away.
Six months later, the changes in my life (made possible by tracking my calories-in and calories-out here on this app) are encouraging: I've just entered the BMI Overweight range, my A1c etc is within a normal range, and my cholesterol numbers look great.
I started by "cleaning up" my diet...sort of like picking up all the obvious trash before you start a deep clean+organize in your home. Chips, dips, crackers, cookies, sodas, etc. Next came a tune-up on macros: set a goal of more than 50 grams of carbs along with at least 50 grams of protein daily; when I added daily activity and exercise the protein increased to 75 grams in three meals.
Some low-carb protein sources: Icelandic style skyr yogurt; chicken breast (cooked ahead and then used to build meals); liquid egg whites (egg bites amde in muffin tins, fritattas, omelettes)
I recommend using the green-checked entries in MFP's foods database, as I understand these are verified. A $20 food scale helped me relearn what a portion could look like, which was game-changing.
After losing 45 pounds since last summer, my next challenge in getting off this plateau...evening snacking is sabotaging my daily planning!
I read something recently which has really rung true for me: it's not a problem of knowing, it's a problem of doing: how to figure out a way to consistently - day after day and week after week - do what will deliver results if we can just keep at it.5 -
momzilla11 wrote: »(snip lots of really excellent, insightful advice)
I recommend using the green-checked entries in MFP's foods database, as I understand these are verified.
(snip)
"Verified" means that a small number of other MFP-ers (I think it's 5?) have clicked that the entry is correct. Personally, I don't trust the green-checked entries lots more than others.
Weirdly, one thing that's resulted in higher odds of a good entry for me - when I'm looking for one to check against a product label - is looking for one that's got the full manufacturer and product name all typed out, with proper capitalization and such. Maybe meticulous people are meticulous? No guarantees, though.
Another thing that helps is finding the USDA entries that were loaded at MFP's start up. I could do a long essay on how to find them, but a couple of key indications are a name only a bureaucrat could love ("Tomatoes, red, ripe, year-round average"); and a default serving size in cups, even when that's stupid (like watermelon or hard-boiled eggs), but there will be different types of servings in the drop-down list (like volume measures such as cups/liters, counts such as 1 cherry tomato, weights such as grams/pounds, plus sometimes even including inch measures like 2-1/2 inch apple).I read something recently which has really rung true for me: it's not a problem of knowing, it's a problem of doing: how to figure out a way to consistently - day after day and week after week - do what will deliver results if we can just keep at it.
That is so true. So true!
And (IMO) even that is the things we can keep up consistently on average with rare exceptions.
The majority of our days determine the majority of our outcome, I'm convinced. One rare off day can sometimes discourage people to the point of giving up, but a rare day is a drop in the ocean. Routine daily habits are the big deal.6 -
momzilla11 wrote: »(snip lots of really excellent, insightful advice)
I recommend using the green-checked entries in MFP's foods database, as I understand these are verified.
(snip)
"Verified" means that a small number of other MFP-ers (I think it's 5?) have clicked that the entry is correct. Personally, I don't trust the green-checked entries lots more than others.
I was pretty sure someone would point this out. The other thing that makes the green checks problematic, is once an item has one, it cannot be edited. Sometimes product labels change, and the green checked one that was accurate in the past no longer is. You can make edits for an unchecked item, but you can't change any of the data on checked ones. I wish they'd get rid of the green check since it's almost as likely to be incorrect as some of the others. I try to fix entries if I see errors because... I think I might be one of those meticulous people.....
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momzilla11 wrote: »(snip lots of really excellent, insightful advice)
I recommend using the green-checked entries in MFP's foods database, as I understand these are verified.
(snip)
"Verified" means that a small number of other MFP-ers (I think it's 5?) have clicked that the entry is correct. Personally, I don't trust the green-checked entries lots more than others.
I was pretty sure someone would point this out. The other thing that makes the green checks problematic, is once an item has one, it cannot be edited. Sometimes product labels change, and the green checked one that was accurate in the past no longer is. You can make edits for an unchecked item, but you can't change any of the data on checked ones. I wish they'd get rid of the green check since it's almost as likely to be incorrect as some of the others. I try to fix entries if I see errors because... I think I might be one of those meticulous people.....
I've done the same thing, making corrections. And never knew you couldn't edit the green checkmark ones. Now I understand why it wouldn't then edit them. Thanks for the education.0 -
I still trust the green checked ones more, but not blindly, that's for sure.
And I do think old information is to blame sometimes for inaccuracies.
Thanks Ann for the tip about "finding the USDA entries that were loaded at MFP's start up." - didn't even know those existed!2 -
@AnnPT77 @trekkie123 @Pdc654 @ridiculous59 @BCLadybug888 @swimmom_1 @mtaratoot I had a horrible time finding this thread again! Thank you so much for the welcomes, information, advice, and encouragement. You made my journey so much easier. I'm still playing with food plans and doing a little better but it takes me FOREVER to make a plan and try to get all the nutrients I need. Ran into a few hiccups as well. On Fridays my boss brings donuts to the office. He knows which ones we like and puts them on our desks. He kept walking by and asking me when I was going to eat the donut and I had no backbone so I didn't eat the lunch I prepared and just ate that stinkin' donut for lunch and tracked it. I felt awful the rest of the day. Then my birthday is 3/20 so everything started a little early. Went out to both lunch and dinner on Saturday and when I tracked my food it was a sea of red numbers I'd gone over. Seriously over. At the bottom of the diary it said if I kept eating like that day I would gain 5 pounds in 5 weeks. The next day I was scared to death when I weighed in but I lost 6 pounds, even though I probably lost a lot of water weight. And I went right back on track with my food the next day. However, more birthday celebrations are coming up. Why do they always have to involve food??? But, rather than giving up eating healthy until my birthday is over, I'm going to be in control of where we go and what I eat. I will be back once my birthday celebrations die down but I didn't want to go another day without thanking you all.5
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@AnnPT77 @trekkie123 @Pdc654 @ridiculous59 @BCLadybug888 @swimmom_1 @mtaratoot I had a horrible time finding this thread again! Thank you so much for the welcomes, information, advice, and encouragement. You made my journey so much easier. I'm still playing with food plans and doing a little better but it takes me FOREVER to make a plan and try to get all the nutrients I need. Ran into a few hiccups as well. On Fridays my boss brings donuts to the office. He knows which ones we like and puts them on our desks. He kept walking by and asking me when I was going to eat the donut and I had no backbone so I didn't eat the lunch I prepared and just ate that stinkin' donut for lunch and tracked it. I felt awful the rest of the day. Then my birthday is 3/20 so everything started a little early. Went out to both lunch and dinner on Saturday and when I tracked my food it was a sea of red numbers I'd gone over. Seriously over. At the bottom of the diary it said if I kept eating like that day I would gain 5 pounds in 5 weeks. The next day I was scared to death when I weighed in but I lost 6 pounds, even though I probably lost a lot of water weight. And I went right back on track with my food the next day. However, more birthday celebrations are coming up. Why do they always have to involve food??? But, rather than giving up eating healthy until my birthday is over, I'm going to be in control of where we go and what I eat. I will be back once my birthday celebrations die down but I didn't want to go another day without thanking you all.
- Ignore that thing on the bottom when you close your diary. There's no way every day will be "exactly like today."
- Birthday celebrations are good. It is YOUR birthday, so YOU get to decide what the celebration is. If you don't want food for that, it's your gift to yourself; just let everyone else know.
- It sounds like you need to tell your boss that currently your favorite doughnut is "no doughnut please."
And to repeat; ignore that "in five weeks" thing.2 -
@AnnPT77 @trekkie123 @Pdc654 @ridiculous59 @BCLadybug888 @swimmom_1 @mtaratoot I had a horrible time finding this thread again! Thank you so much for the welcomes, information, advice, and encouragement. You made my journey so much easier. I'm still playing with food plans and doing a little better but it takes me FOREVER to make a plan and try to get all the nutrients I need. Ran into a few hiccups as well. On Fridays my boss brings donuts to the office. He knows which ones we like and puts them on our desks. He kept walking by and asking me when I was going to eat the donut and I had no backbone so I didn't eat the lunch I prepared and just ate that stinkin' donut for lunch and tracked it. I felt awful the rest of the day. Then my birthday is 3/20 so everything started a little early. Went out to both lunch and dinner on Saturday and when I tracked my food it was a sea of red numbers I'd gone over. Seriously over. At the bottom of the diary it said if I kept eating like that day I would gain 5 pounds in 5 weeks. The next day I was scared to death when I weighed in but I lost 6 pounds, even though I probably lost a lot of water weight. And I went right back on track with my food the next day. However, more birthday celebrations are coming up. Why do they always have to involve food??? But, rather than giving up eating healthy until my birthday is over, I'm going to be in control of where we go and what I eat. I will be back once my birthday celebrations die down but I didn't want to go another day without thanking you all.
In my understanding, we don't need to be exactly exact on every nutrient every single day. Pretty close, on average, over a small number of days - that should be fine. If something's a little over one day one day, a little under another day, but it averages out where you want it , that should be fine. Humans are adaptive omnivores. "Close, on average" is fine.
You can also start out kind of close, and fine-tune your routine habits and patterns over time to get even closer. If you didn't start out with some major diagnosed deficiency, close and improving is OK for a while, too.
As far as over days, please try not to stress out too much. There again, averages matter.
I don't advise people to "make up for" an over-goal day on subsequent days, because that doesn't work for me. (It can set up a restrict/binge cycle for me - not good.)
But for a planned event where I know there will be special yumminess, I'll eat a little (not lots) lower in calories for a few days before - like probably no more than 100 calories per day. Then, on the big day, I'd probably eat lighter other meals, maybe get a little extra activity in if it was convenient, and spend those saved-up extra calories on the special meal. For me, that isn't risky: The saving up of calories is a restriction, but the special meal stands in for the risky binge, and balances the books for going forward.
That may or may not be a psychologically good strategy for you, but it works for me. Certainly, if it averages out to the calorie goal over a few days, it's going to get you to about the same place in body weight. Bodies don't reset at midnight, even if MFP does. (There may be a water weight blip up on the scale right after the bigger day, but that'll drop off, too.)
Another useful thing to do is to figure out what calorie level is estimated to maintain your current weight. Now, I know that's not your goal! But with the knowledge, sometimes if you go somewhat over your regular calorie goal, but you're at or under the maintenance calories, you know you haven't gained weight. In fact, if you were over goal but under maintenance, you've likely lost, just a little slower than your plan. Knowing where you are, in that sense, can be calming. Weight loss is stressful enough, without stressing over a day where we ate a little over, so are going to reach goal weight 6 hours later than if we'd been perfect, y'know? (Literally, sometimes is is just a few hours!)
It's all about averages over short time periods (few days), in my experience - being reasonable, consistent, but not obsessed or compulsive to the point of over-stressing. Life balance!
P.S. I agree with Mtaratoot that it's good to ignore that "in 5 weeks" thing. It's not helpful, IMO. But if on that one day it said you'd gain 5 pounds in 5 weeks if you ate that way every day, that means it thinks you ate about 500 calories over your current maintenance calories on that one day. If you're set up in MFP to lose a pound a week, that means you'll get to goal weight about 2 days later than you would've if you hadn't had that over-goal day. Now, that's maybe regrettable, but it's not exactly a full bore disaster, if it isn't repeated very often. It's the majority of our days that determine the majority of our results, not that one rare day.
Losing any meaningful total amount of weight is going to take quite a long time. It's good to be disciplined and consistent, but in my view it's also important to roll with the waves a little bit (not capsize!), and try to keep any "learning experiences" in perspective. Over those weeks or months, some days here and there won't work out perfectly. If we learn from that, fine tune our plans, that's OK. It's not a failure . . . like I said, it's a learning experience. You'll be on top of these details in no time, as long as you hang in there and stick with it.
Oh, and Happy (upcoming) Birthday!3 -
@mtaratoot Birthday celebrations are good. It is YOUR birthday, so YOU get to decide what the celebration is. If you don't want food for that, it's your gift to yourself; just let everyone else know.
I love that! So if I want to invite people to go for a walk or a hike with me for my birthday, that's my choice. That idea had honestly never occurred to me before! And if there's a friend or family member that can't physically do that, then I could meet them for coffee somewhere special at another time.
Having said that, I'm going out for a birthday lunch today for a friend and I have already checked out the restaurant menu on line and know exactly what I am having (Cascadia salad with chicken = 534 calories). I'm alcohol free at the moment (for Lent) so empty calories from wine aren't an issue, so I think that's a pretty good lunch.
@marci320 And happy birthday from me too!5 -
@marci320 everyone is giving you great advice. Enjoy your birthday and don't stress being a few calories over. Then get right back on track when the celebration is over. It is a learning experience as Ann said, and she's right, it's what you do the majority of the time that counts!2
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We have had some beautiful days this past week or so 🌞❄️
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Hey, y'all. Just checking in.
No significant changes in my spouse's condition. Less pain meds, so that's a good sign. Still sleeping a lot and very sedentary. All we can do is keep her comfortable.
Saw Onederland for a few days last week. Maintaining around 200-205, though, so I'll take that. Have been stress eating a bit, and working to control that.
Getting more walking in, due to the time change. Yay! One positive aspect of DST.
Keep up the good efforts, all!12 -
@alteredsteve175 Sorry to hear but thankful for you that she seems more comfortable with less pain meds.0
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This weekend I reached a weight I had not seen in decades. I weighed in at 129.8. The last time I was at 130 was 1998. And the last time I saw the 120s was in the mid 1970s. I am down 110 pounds since August 1, 2021.18
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This weekend I reached a weight I had not seen in decades. I weighed in at 129.8. The last time I was at 130 was 1998. And the last time I saw the 120s was in the mid 1970s. I am down 110 pounds since August 1, 2021.
Yay! Yay! Yay!
That couldn't be more wonderful, @Pdc654: Go, you! :flowerforyou:6
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