@AustinRuadhain Congrats on 60 lbs down!

Hello my SlimPeeps! My name is Jennifer and I am a 49 year old single mom of 3 adult children. I live in beautiful Southwest Michigan, right across the Lake from Chicago. My son, Marcus, is 27 and a Navy Recruiter. He and his wife are going to give me my first grandDAUGHTER this month (due in 17 days!). My oldest daughter, Sydney, is 26 this month and is catching Baby Fever LOLs. My youngest daughter, Hunter, is 23. She and her hubby are going to give me my first grandSON in June. Picture of my Hunter on the left and my DIL Ashley on the right.


I am enjoying my quiet time with my sweet American Blue rabbit (her name is Kismet). I love to rubber stamp (I’m a Stampin’ Up demo) and make cards. I'm an active member of my church (Board member), and also love horror movies. I have worked in Community Development at my County for over 18 years. I’m trying to break free of my food addictions and self-sabotage (yes, I’m working with a therapist). As a vegan of 11+ years, I fell into the lazy habit of too many faux meats and cheezes. I am trying to get back to unprocessed, whole foods. When I ate “clean” like that a few years ago, I was able to lose about 40 pounds. Yes, gained it back. Bad choices. I just switched up my Healthi app food plan to Carb Conscious, so looking forward to seeing how the month goes!

Creating cards is one way that I keep my hands busy and snack-free. If you’d like me to send you a random card, just send me a friend request. After I accept the friend request, then we can private message so I can get your name and mailing address. (Permission previously received for this.) To my other peeps on here that have already allowed me to send cards to, thank you! Your Easter cards are probably not going to make it to you before Sunday…but you WILL get them

No Zero Days logging for 4/2:
1. Weigh/Measure all food:
2. Log all food:
3. 15 minutes activity:
4. Stop eating when pleasantly full:

2023 Mantra: NO WISHES!

trooworld wrote: »

@broncobuddee Did you get my weigh-in? I lost 5 lbs this week, which I thought would have gotten me on the leaderboard because I see the 3rd place by pounds individual lost 3.8 lbs. I'm kind of confused lol

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So sorry for the issue!! I sent you a PM explaining what happened - but you did indeed have a rock star week!

@AustinRuadhain congrats on the 60lb loss!
@vegan4lyfe2012 such a cute picture. How lucky to have cousins so close in age
@shaunarlr83 I use a similar app in the summer. It’s called Run Trainer. It starts off at super basic. Can’t wait for the snow to bugger off and the temp to warm up. I much prefer running outside than on a treadmill.

Looks like lots of losses this week. Way to go team. I’m trying to focus a bit more on eating better foods and less of it. I seem to have a strong urge for chocolate these days. As the weather improves, I can go for longer walks until the ground is dried up. We just had another big dump of snow yesterday, so we are very much looking forward to real spring around here.

@laurelfit57 We've been in a drought so we aren't used to all these storms, I lost 2 fences over the last few months. Wow I bet you're sore after all those spin classes! Is “Vannie” still subbing here and there? The yoga class sounds awesome! I look forward to hearing how you enhoy the summer festival sitting cross legged with your family, love that goal. Great NSV too! Oh a cast iron pizza was just cooking pre-made dough from Trader Joe's in a cast iron pan, I made a vegetarian one yesterday and the crust comes out real good and crispy.

@AustinRuadhain Great seeing you back and awesome no zeros! Have you been using your step at all lately?

@sleepygirl79 I hope you get a real spring soon, it seems easier to fight cravings when the weather is nice.

@micaroo4 Wow that's a long day! I hope your migraine is completely gone now, are your feet feeling any better today? Woohoo on none of the chocolate at work, you did awesome!

@FushiaKat I like the idea of a doable goal like filing one thing a day, do you find if you start it's easier to do? Hey are the strawberries in stores good yet? That stunk not being able to eat seeds for half of summer last year with my gum surgeries! I think I'll double my strawberry intake this year to make up for it, I remember you got them before I usually do and they were good then, I think that was around May perhaps?

Hi team! I spent some time in the greenhouse, went to Costco, Walmart pickup, then sat out on the deck repotting the veggies in smaller containers, they need to be hardened off fast because there's way too many to bring in and out of the house without the cats escaping! Did great on food and lifted weights before the greenhouse, I started a few kinds of lettuce then okra in the time I was there. Not much else to report, I'm pretty worn out. I'm reading a book based on Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, did one of you recommend it to me? Probably @trooworld ? I'm off to read that now and get to bed early. Have a great Wednesday! I'm in charge of a veggie platter for Easter which is a little annoying as I can't stand in long lines but I can't buy stuff until closer to Sunday as it will spoil, grrr.

No Zero Days
ate healthy and under calorie
great water
weights, stretching, walking in Costco, greenhouse, and repotting seeds

@Jactop @shaunarlr83 congrats on the losses!

@shaunarlr83 It was! I hope it goes traveling so you can see it. Wow I couldn't function on 4.5 hours of sleep! I'm glad you had fun with your family.

@AmbersWay I didn't know you are Hungarian/Belgian on the one side, I am Hungarian/Romanian on one side!

@vegan4lyfe2012 I love receiving your cards, you are so talented! Great job with your no zeros!

@fairymange I loved Educated. Oh no, I hope the busted pipe gets fixed okay! Good luck! Your "Munchbox": @vegan4lyfe2012 just started doing "Snackleboxes" kind of like yours. I love the idea! I need to copy you guys.

@broncobuddee Thanks but I didn't receive a PM or an email. Uh oh, are the gremlins of MFP at work here? LOL I will try to PM you and also include my email and maybe you can respond to that? I have trouble with MFP sometimes!

@Katmary71 Thanks! A vineyard would be nice. Do you get along with that neighbor? Yummm...cast iron pizza is so good. Have a great day! Great no zeros! What's the name of the book, I may have?

@laurelfit57 I think because they are very popular (at least here?) and so it's a numbers game. She is not reactive to us and once she is around someone for about 10 minutes, she stops barking. It's just that 10 minutes that is hard to bear! She definitely has taken a shine to us and us to her! Wow, 745 cals of exercise, you must have rocked it! Sounds like you do indeed have a great reason to become more flexible. What great motivation. Congrats on fitting into those jeans again! Thanks about the 5 lbs! Good luck with the cooking today. That's a lot of people to cook for!

@AustinRuadhain I'd say that's a pretty good weigh-in considering you were traveling! I hope you had a nice visit with your family.

@micaroo4 Oh man that's a long day. How's your head today? I hope better. Good job avoiding the cookies and cupcakes!

@FushiaKat I also see a difference in my hunger levels when I don't drink enough water.

Hi all. I am having trouble with the MFP website, it is very slow to respond on my PC. That's why I didn't post yesterday. I'm doing "OK". The tracking didn't stick, I need to get back at it. My problem is that I track RECIPES and recipes need to be built in my tracker of choice (Healthi app). It's a pain. I will get back to it.

MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: Drank a decent amount of water (75 oz), resisted going to the cafe at work for lunch and ate what I brought.

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

@trooworld my app has been slow too. Sometimes it freezes on the diary and others it takes a long while to see the community comments.

@trooworld I think you are right about the numbers, now that I think of it. We have so many rescues here right now, during the pandemic, so many people got dogs for company, and now they longer fit their lifestyles. It’s very sad for the pups. I have also been having problems with the app on my iPad. I sometimes can’t get our chat up at all. I got a new Internet provider and thought it was that L OL.

Welcome @hbrooksvassilou6!

I had a strange day. I started out, just great, pleased with my weigh in this morning :-). I finished my grocery list ready and took off to get the last of the groceries to start some cooking for Sunday dinner. Just before I left, I grabbed a handful of grapes thinking I would be smart and not go to the grocery store hungry. I think those grapes were off🥴. About half an hour later, my stomach was definitely in knots and I had a splitting headache. I push through the day, got the groceries done, and made the scallop potatoes. I typically eat a very low carb diet, today was all about the carbs lol. I had a piece of toast for lunch, and I had two pieces of toast with poached eggs for supper, my headache is finally diminishing and my stomach is feeling better for sure. My super productive day turned out to be a day of just the basics. Oh well, tomorrow will be better! I hope everyone’s day was a bit better than mine :-)

@laurelfit57 Congrats on the loss! Yes, I think during the heart of the pandemic, when people were home, they were getting dogs left and right and then went back to work and didn't want them anymore. Very sad! Bummer about the MFP problems. Oh no, bad grapes do NOT sound fun! I'm sorry about those bad grapes. I hope you are feeling better today!

@sleepygirl79 I'm glad it's not just me but how frustrating.

@hbrooksvassiliou6 Welcome to the team! I'm glad you joined and can't wait to get to know you a little bit!

@Katmary71 Oh that's the neighbor you hang out with, that's good. I've been meaning to read T Kingfisher. I may have to add that one to my list. Yes, that's what I mean, I click on the link to our chat here and it takes a few minutes to load. I'm sorry you had stuff to vent about, please feel free to vent here! I'm glad your friend is okay.

@DrewsAnna I hope you feel better soon. Aww, your best buddy is so cute!

@micaroo4 I'm glad your head is feeling better.

Hi all. I had a pretty decent day yesterday, I tracked most of what I ate and I was pretty hydrated. What I decided to do with the recipe tracking is to find something similar that is already in my tracker's database and use that. It may not be a perfect match but it's better than tracking nothing. Have a great day!

MY NO-ZERO DAY WIN FROM YESTERDAY: Drank a decent amount of water (75 oz), tracked 80% of what I ate.

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."