Chat room - what's on your mind?
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Happy New Year everyone
Glad it is a new year - ready to have a better year than 2023 but am so thankful I am still alive as the doctors didn't think I would make it this far due to kidney failure. Boy have I fooled them.
Have made a commitment that this year I will eat 100% better than I did last year in order to help out my stressed kidneys and praying that the kidney number will go back up so I can avoide diaylsis for even longer
January goals are as follows
1) Eat the foods that aid my kidneys, 3 meals, no snacks, sugar and flour to be reduced greatly
2) Drink 72 oz of water daily
3) No salt at all for kidneys
4) Track all food
5) Walk on the treadmill 30 minutes each day
6) Write out the menu for the day the night before and stick with it.
7) Read through the Bible this year (again) with my husband
8) Quality time re praying
** 9) Goal is to lose 5 pounds this month
Today's weight 239.8 so goal for January 31 is to weigh in at 234.8 or less
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@Marilynsretired these are great goals! Very proud of you for sticking around and fighting!
Why don't you and @SparkSpringtime69 join the accountability group both Maya and I have been in for a few months, it's great...
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/145828-ultimate-accountability-challenge-january-2024
@Maya440 - I almost never eat refined sugar. It's a matter of practice - your palate will change and you will develop other go-to foods, and I don't have craving for it anymore. I eat a lot of fruit, but do ok with sugar in my diary.
I have also reduced my sodium to less than 1.8 g per day (from over 3g/day) and its going well. Yesterday I mis-measured the reduced sodium soy sauce on my dinner (used more than I wanted) and I struggled eating it, my palate has already recalibrated somewhat. Doing this to support @Marilynsretired but also for my own health.
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Yes I know it is feasible to get used to eat without refined sugar.
But I don’t have any motivation to do so.
I am very happy with eating chocolate every day !!
I believe I eat very healthy otherwise so I am taking care of myself.
Of course I find it great that some people do avoid all sugar (and or flour), it is just not for me.1 -
as someone who routinely eats more than 300g carbs a day I’m not going to argue 😜. For me this was more of a natural evolution, I crave more salt than sugar.2
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@Maya440 half ironman is very impressive!
@henridw2095 I'm working towards an unassisted pullup too. It's been slow progress, probably because I wasn't 100% with my ST workouts last year. The challenge you mentioned above looks interesting, but I think my January is going to be a bit hectic so I might look into it for next month.
@Marilynsretired good to hear you haven't been put on dialysis yet. I'll be rooting for you to get your number up this year.
My 2024
Early 60s, 5'-8" (ish)
SW (02.10.22) - 150 lbs
CW - 151.4 (01.01.24)
January GW - 146.0
Final GW - 125 lbs (or may possibly stop at 130, depending on how I feel and look)
I had lost about 15 pounds last year, but the last couple months I have really not been taking such good care of myself and the scale is showing it. I posted on the December thread, but I'll repeat here.
I'm making a commitment to start in January vegan-forward - basically 100% vegan at home and as vegan as I can when out. I've done it for weeks at a time, but just always fall back to eating cheese. I'm also going to cut out the processed food - it might be giving me a lot of protein, but it's also giving me a lot of sodium, sugar and preservatives. So 2024 is my year to truly go Whole Food, Plants Only!
I also have to commit to a regular gym routine - it's been pretty inconsistent since mid-September and I need my workouts back! A couple days of step classes, couple days of treadmill, ST 2x/wk and a few yoga and Tai Chi classes.2 -
@SparkSpringtime69
Good weight goal. I found that for myself not going too fast was key to stay consistent and happy.
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Happy New Year my lovely herbivores!! Hope you all had a fantastic Festive season and excited for the new beginnings this year.
Sorry I've been MIA - December is a busy old month for me at work...coupled with extra home/life issues and it was pretty full on. Something had to give and inevitably it was food logging & MFP. I honestly don't think I went far off track though. Possibly a few handfuls of pretzels etc over the season I could have done without but this year felt so healthy compared to years gone by, as my 1st Xmas as a vegan. No Baileys, no ham in cola, no pigs in blankets and no puddings (as they all contained dairy). Was I hungry? No! Did I feel like I was missing out? No! Did I save money? Yes! Did I save kcals? Yes! Did I lose weight? Hmm...well I put on 1lb from 25Nov to 25Dec, so not too bad considering it is probably all Prosecco weight!!!
Trying to catch up on all the chats I missed, but too much to reply to all at once, so I'll just say It's great to be back and Hello to Spring! Nice to have another friendly team member 😀
Goals for 2024:
SW: 147lb
GW: 140lb
Sleep - 7-8hrs
Water - 2L
Steps - 15k day
Strength train/HIIT 3x week
Dance & laugh whenever possible!
Monitor all my nutrition & supplements, make sure I meet daily requirements
Cut alcohol down
Continue to grow & eat my own veggies
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@maya440 I agree about the goal weight. I usually set goals for 8-10 a month and then get disappointed and frustrated when I don't meet them.
@Curvykinkycurls good to see you back. Glad to hear you weathered the issues. Like you I also have had some life stuff going on, unlike you I gained about 10 Prosecco pounds not just one
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1st three days of January have been great - following a plan for eating to help with my kidney failure. The plan is from a fellow whose kidney failed 5 years ago, he was told he needed dialysis immeditaly as he was in ICU. He asked for 2 months to do some research and to make some changes. In that time he talked to many doctors throughot the USA - top doctors in the field - changed up his eating completetly, started walking 30 minutes every day and drank 2 -3 L of water every day and uses absolutely no salt. He has a website with lots of information that he willing shares for free for others in the same condition. In that 2 months he asked the doctors for his kidney numbers went from 13 to 37 and has not had any dialysis in 5 years. He suggests a couple of books to read and on his website is a family cook book of 144 pages that a person can either download or just go to to get healthy foods that are all ok for the kidneys.
On Monday I made some soup from that cookbook - Beef (I used chicken) and Vegetable Soup. It was delicious though we put just a little chicken in it but had lots of vegetables and well spiced. We are having it for lunch today -there is no salt in it but the spices and herbs suggested made it so tasty.
Anyway am doing well and have lost 0.7 pounds since the 1st of January (3 days)
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@Curvykinkycurls I remember our first parties as vegetarians. What a pleasant surprise to be able to digest so easily and to feel light even the day after. Love your 2024 goals.
@Marilynsretired just curious about you adding chicken back to your meal (not judgemental, you do as you please of course). Were you missing meat during your 12 days challenge in December ?
On my side, I am on holidays with friends and I eat too much chocolate. I will have to detox a bit when I come back home as I have found out that I get used to eating that much chocolate and then miss it badly (I eat about 20-30g after each meal here).
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@Maya440 what type of chocolate do you like? Before I became dairy free 10 years ago I enjoyed milk chocolate. I don't really enjoy oat milk chocolate too much & it is harder to find & more expensive! So I only have very dark chocolate occasionally now and it's hard to eat a lot of it because it's more bitter than sweet.
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Re taking back some chicken. I have more days with no animal protein but do have some with a little chicken. As for the 12 day program I did - I enjoyed it but did not lost any weight and was surprised at that. Also found it somewhat difficult to keep all nutrients where they should be as well as protein in order to keep the kidneys working better. I believe it is a good way to eat but difficult for me as I am not one who loves a variety of veggys. As time goes by with the way I am eating now for my kidneys with the increase of veggys I could see then being all in. But till I can get the amount of veggys in without having an IBS attack I need to do what is good for my health as I don't want to be on dialysis at least now yet.
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Curvykinkycurls wrote: »@Maya440 what type of chocolate do you like?
I eat all kinds of chocolate. I am vegetarian not vegan so I do eat those including dairy.1 -
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I don't know these. Maybe not available in Europe.
I do like black chocolate 70%. Milk chocolate with caramelized nuts. And even white chocolate which is no chocolate at all ahah.
It was my turn to have an insomnia this night. I finally slept around 4am but was awake at 8am. Because I was tired and there is a lot of snow where I am now, I replaced my run session with a hike but in the snow it was quite hard. I have overeaten a little bit this afternoon on bread and chocolate.
Tonight is the last holiday evening before we go home. I will probably have a drink, some chips and call it a pass day...2 -
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Happy Monday everyone !
In Belgium it is really cold (-5°C) and we had a little bit of snow this morning.
It is my "Monday without refined sugar". Not easy, I had a lot of cashews but still within my calorie goal.1 -
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Happy Monday. Here (Chicago), the weather is not so bad right now, but next week we are going to see some winter (down to -20C, not unusual for January here). I have a very nice winter coat from “Save the Duck”
I renewed my subscription to a weekly veggie box from a company that sells surplus produce (probably went overboard a bit) and am now thinking about in which order to cook things…mushrooms, bok choy, and kale first I think!
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oh that's great !
OMG -20C !!1 -
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Hello my friends !
I'm leaving this morning for a 3-day weekend with some friends. It's for my sister-in-law's bachelorette party. It's going to be fun. I hope I'll eat well though, and not come home too tired on Sunday
Diet-wise, I'm not very happy with myself at the moment. I feel tight in my clothes and I snack a lot. I'd like to do better.
I wish you a good weekend. Take good care of yourself!3 -
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@Maya440 , I hope you had a great weekend!
@henridw2095, that food looks great. I want to see if there's something like that around me this year.
I haven't been doing so wonderful on the eating front either. Too much stress and boredom snacking - especially boredom! I'm at my BIL's for another week with my hubby and their sister. There is literally nothing to do (we cleaned out the clutter in practically every drawer and closet the last time we were here). BIL has dementia (not too bad yet, but no one wants him living alone) so we're working on cleaning up his home to sell it soon. He'll be staying with their sister for a few months while we get an additional bedroom added to our house, then he can come and permanently live with us.
Anyway, I can't drive anywhere because there's just one car here for the three of us (we've hidden BIL's keys from him because we don't want him driving). There really isn't much in walking distance, though I did go for a 30-min walk on Friday around the neighborhood just for exercise. Today I want to do some ST, probably push-ups, sit-ups, planks and squats. I really miss my gym and can't wait to get back home next week and get back into a regular exercise routine.
Sorry to the long-winded post
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