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Yay! New Agent Carter episodes starting in January!

I actually had to cut way back on my ingress playing when I got serious and decided to lose weight. Too much driving around too many hours after work to level up, and too much stopping to play every 50 feet when I was on foot to get a really good walk in. Met some really nice people on my local team, though. :smile: I'm…

That was a thoroughly fun ride. Had a nostalgia moment in the middle with the vacuum cleaner scene since it was the same manufacturer as the vacuum my family had when I was a kid. A Kirby. And then the little hamster in the back of my head started running like mad on its little wheel and muttering "Kirby... Kirby...…

Slightly nerdyish motivation: when I head back to college for another degree, I want the rest of the students to be more distracted by my age (20+ years older than them) than my weight. Geeky twist: it's going to be a graduate degree in game design. I also recently bought a Captain America t-shirt that looks really good…

My family's pierogi dough recipe uses water rather than flour, but I think we go a bit heavier on the eggs (the recipe measures flour by the pound rather than the cup - we make pierogis in bulk when we make them :smile: ). And we use American cheese rather than farmer's cheese and mash the cheese, onion, and potatoes…

Keep in mind that they're trying to create a product that will appeal commercially to a mass market. And most average folk (aka non-geeks) only know Spiderman as Peter Parker. I can understand why they would want to hew to the familiar and mainstream to protect their investment. Which still leaves a fair amount of leeway…

Well, I discovered society6 and fell in love with a number of their artists. Here's hoping the fit is right! :smiley:

When I first heard about overnight oats, I really wanted to give it a try, but I didn't want to add a lot of calories by adding what I usually like in hot oatmeal to improve the flavor (dried cranberries, sugar free maple syrup, raisins, etc.). My tweak is to use Kroger carbmaster flavored yogurts instead of Greek yogurt.…

I will admit that when the remastered Star Wars trilogy came out and I realized that all three movies would be playing simultaneously at the local theater for a brief window that I gathered a group of friends and we all assembled our own Star Wars movie marathon (the poor ticket guy seemed baffled by us). But 11 movies…

If you can keep losing weight at the rate you want to without measuring everything, feel free to be a little more laid back about recording food. I'll have a couple of very small things each day I don't track, and I'm still losing 2-2.5 lbs/week. When I get to the point where I stall out, you can bet that that behavior…

Oooo.... Thanks for the ideas! I'm going to invite friends over for International Tabletop Day next month (I live alone; if you can't get human housemates to play, imagine how much I can get my two cats to play ;) ), and I've been looking for game ideas that will be family friendly. I've got 3 flavors of Fluxx, of course,…

Nice. I've already got a few of those: 3 flavors of Fluxx and the basic Munchkin.

If you know it's not hunger, that's half the battle. When you get the urge, look yourself straight in the face (literally or figuratively), and say, "I'm not hungry. I'm not going to eat. I'm going to win today. My will is stronger than this urge." And then find something to do that engages your brain to get it focused on…

Most days. But I'm abnormal in that I weigh in the evening right before dinner. I actually do this deliberately to help me with motivation. It's my "worst case" weight for the day (so I worry less about it going up), and if the number is really discouraging or I plateau, I hop on the scale for an "unofficial" weight in the…

Are you hungry when you eat over goal? I find that the random snacking was driven out of habit and boredom for me. Whenever I'm just sitting around and think I'd like to eat something when it's either not my meal time or isn't something I'd planned into the day, I stop myself and listen hard to figure out if I'm hungry or…

Hey, was the food good going down when you ate it? Are you ready to get back on the straight and narrow? Then it's all good. I fell off the wagon last month between social gatherings and whatnot, but the bacon wrapped venison brats and the good time with friends was worth every one of the 5 pounds I've worked off again.…

And because I'm excited to be posting on page 42.

Today I'm a nerd not because my hobbies include crocheting and marble making, but because I found homes for a crocheted cowl and handmade glass pendant in Ingress Resistance colors.

I stay less hungry through the day if I slowly graze so an average lunch consists of a couple of cups of bite sized celery chunks, an apple, a serving of dry fruity cheerios (just pretend you're a toddler; they're yummy - and it makes my coworkers laugh when I eat them), a serving of pretzels, and a light yogurt. I can…

To start, just log what you've been eating for a day or two so you can get a sense of how many calories you're consuming now and what foods are really high and which are lower. An easy way to start shifting your calories lower is to swap vegetables in for high sugar or high fat foods. Be sure that you're still getting lean…

^^this The other thing I love is a bowl of cereal for desert. Special K flavors or Cheerios flavors with unsweetened vanilla almond milk. A little sweet, a little creamy, a little nutty, and very filling.

Yep. Sounds like a new hobby is in order. What sort of things do you enjoy? Other than boredom food, of course. ;)

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Maybe stock up on some hearty canned vegetable or bean soups and chilis and heat one (or even two!) up when you get home? It's probably cheaper, faster, and healthier than eating a pizza.

Easiest of all: walking. No special equipment or training necessary. ;)

I weigh in right before dinner. It's my worst case scenario on my weight so if I plateau, I can hop on the scale the next morning for an unofficial weigh-in, get a lower morning reading, and find a little comfort and motivation in that.

Overnight oats is my reliable breakfast. I make it with low fat/calorie fruit flavored yogurt and almond milk to keep the calories down. It's super easy to just grab it and go the next morning.

If it were me, I'd see about subbing mashed or roasted potatoes for the fries and just enjoy it. Then again, I took some friends or to lunch today at a place I'd never been before and ordered the mountain of meat (which was every bit as wonderful as it sounds) and ate myself to the edge of sick. I had to use some major…