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Good morning! I'm finding these August resolutions very motivating. Thanks for posting them. We've got a big change coming soon. dh has accepted a transfer to Minnesota. We're all so excited! Minnesota is home. Almost all of the extended family is in MN or WI and we still own our home there. My MN girlfriends are getting…

Hello ! I'm back from vacation and ready to get back on track with diet and exercise. I gained 3.5 pounds while we were gone. Not too bad, but I want to get back on track and not regress to my old habits. We had a wonderful time on vacation. bil's wedding was beautiful and it was fun to catch up with dh's cousins and other…

Hello all - I got overwhelmed with all the new posts in May and stopped replying. I did read almost every day. Prayers for all who need them. On Sunday we're leaving for 10 days of camping, so I am knee deep in planning and organizing. Thankfully, dh pulled all the camping supplies out for me, despite working crazy hours…

who cares if you log wine for dinner? if it's such a big deal, set your diary to private.

Larisa- Good for you! It’s wonderful to feel in control of your health, isn’t it? Especially since you’ve had so much that you couldn’t control. Janetr – hahaha! I recently saw Sam Elliott in a show and he had shaved his mustache off. The allure was gone. Becca -beautiful view. I grew up on the shore of Lake Michigan and…

I make a menu each week, often 2 weeks at a time. Sunday - brats on the grill with corn on the cob, raw veggie platter, baked beans (this week's indulgence meal) Monday - hobo dinners (I put out ground beef, chicken with potatoes, celery, carrots, mushrooms, peas, onion, apple, and a variety of seasonings and each person…

Holy cow - you ladies were chatty this weekend! Carol - Good for you! I love my glass of wine in the evening, and find it a very difficult habit to break. It's just the way I tell myself the work of the day is done, now I can relax. As my doctor said, it's not the wine that is the problem for me, it's the snacking that I…

Thank you for the warm welcome. I do have 7 children, aged 9-21. I am trying hard to learn each of you and your stories. After 2 weeks of vacation it felt good to get back on plan today with diet and exercise. Barb in Colorado

Hi all - I'm new here. I'm 51 years old, have lost 28 pounds since January and have another 46 to go. My family and I have been living in western Colorado since 2013, when my husband changed careers. We love the climate and all the opportunities to get outside and be active. Before we moved here we lived in Minnesota. We…

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read the article. I'm losing at an average rate of 1.8 lbs per week. It will take me a good long time to lose 70 pounds at this rate, but along the way I am learning a lot about why I gained so much weight in the first place, how to make better food choices, and that I actually can…

LPflaum said what I was going to say. Instead of giving it up completely, use a tiny amount of very flavorful cheese. Extra sharp cheddar packs a lot of flavor into a little portion.

I like both sweet and savory: plain, with black pepper with chopped apples and cinnamon with pineapple with sliced green onion and black pepper on any mixed green salad as part of a salad with peaches and french dressing with tomatoes with broccoli, onion and red pepper in an omelet instead of ricotta cheese in pasta dishes

-Eat lighter throughout the day and/or add extra exercise so you have some calories to use without going too far over budget. -Order a lower calorie appetizer in addition to the high calorie ones your friends are ordering -Instead of waiting until you can't stand it any longer (which you admit doesn't work so well), take a…

half-way through the month and over half-way to y goal of 360,000 steps.

I found that the MFP number, calculated before I started exercising regularly, plus half my exercise calories is just about equal to TDEE minus 20% (within 50 calories). I average 1.8 lbs a week in weight loss.

Exercise will help. As we age, the metabolism slows. Regular exercise can help relight the fire of your metabolism.

I would not say it is cheating. Steps are steps!

I am meeting my goal of 12,000 steps a day

I'm ready!

Fit Star Back and Legs: 31 minutes, 266 calories

If you really feel oats are an essential part of your diet, look up recipes using oat flour. I try to eat oats several times a week, but I get tired of eating cooked cereal. I grind old fashioned oatmeal into flour in my blender and use it in muffins, pancakes or waffles. There are lots of good recipes oat there!

I let MFP set my calorie goal and it calculates my exercise burn. I log everything I eat, weighing or measuring portions and creating recipes for meals I make instead of relying on something close that's already in the database. I am short and over 50 that's just the way it is.

There are lots of good recipes online for making your own protein bars and muffins.

No. I do not lose weight when I eat them back, despite having properly set up my account.

This is so true for daughters and me. We love to decorate cakes, but no one here really wants to eat them. So we seek out people and places to donate our goods. Youth group having a fund raiser? I'll make a cake! Hubby's office celebrating an accident free year? We'll make cupcakes! A friend had a baby? We'll send a small…

Goal:310,000 Days logged: 10 Steps logged: 112,628