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I'll be heading home today from my New Year's visit to my parents house. Today is my first day back on plan after 3 or 4 days of going way, way over. I've dropped my goal to 1 lb per week and will plan to stay there for about half of the year before further dropping to .5 lb per week. I was able to have a really good…

This is something I'm concerned about if/when I go back to work at the office. I'm proud of the weight loss I've accomplished and would be happy if my coworkers noticed, but I also know that several employees in my group struggle with their weight as well and wouldn't want to make them feel bad if they've had a different…

I'm 34 pounds down in the last 5 months. The first three of those months was during warm weather and I would get out and walk 1-5 miles most days, with no other exercise. The last two months, it's gotten cold and I haven't even been walking. Still losing!

188.8 this morning! Hit my goal and then some!

My exercise level has also fallen off a cliff since the weather turned cold. I'd get out and walk in 90 degree weather but when the temperature goes below 50 I just want to curl up on the couch under the afghan. Due to my car having broken down for the 7th time in 5 months, I'll be taking a stroll around a few car lots…

I have the Tanita BF-679. I only use the scale function, as everyone says the body fat measure isn't accurate on scales anyway, but it's been working great for the past 8 years. Simple, inexpensive, does what I need it to do.

For me, these fall in the category of "anything tastes good if you put enough cheese on it." 😂😂

@MsHappyAss77 What a transformation! Love your outfit, love your hair, you look fabulous!

We did this too, and I think it was brilliant of my parents to do this. My brother and I left home knowing how to cook at least a few meals, which is such a valuable life skill!

@emmyjaykay Thank you, I'm already loving the robot vacuum! I could've swept, used the swiffer, and mopped, and the floors still would have more dog hair than they do after 2 hours of the robot vacuum 😅 I've been realizing that much of my troubled relationship with eating may have been picked up from my parents. They are…

My birthday is in a few days, so my parents came to visit today to celebrate with me. They took me to lunch, we played board games at home, and they gave me my present (robot vacuum to help in the fight against dog hair!). It was nice, all except for them finally asking if I've lost weight. I had avoided telling them,…

Peppermint bark!

@bmeadows380 Just chiming in to say that my brother's relationship was much like yours in the beginning - he lived in Tennessee, she in Alaska, and he definitely did not get support from family, from the time he announced that he was talking to her right up until their marriage. They've been married four and a half years…

Not just today, but something that's had me feeling good all week: after my phone interview for a very promising job last week, I was invited for an on-site interview scheduled for Tuesday of next week. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high in case I don't get it, or in case I get there and find it's not as great as…

Or perhaps not eating them and just adding to their stockpile for the end of the world. I noticed when this first started, grocery stores here were cleaned out of all dry pasta and canned goods. I assumed it was people buying them for long term storage, not just everyone suddenly having a pasta craving 😂

Anything rainbow colored or those bright pink/purple Starbucks drinks that occasionally pop up on my Instagram feed. I don't want to ingest that much food coloring!

Millennials "have never been through an economic downturn"? I beg to differ. Millennials currently make up adults ages 24-40, approximately. A good number of us were already out in the workforce when the 2007-2008 recession hit.

Nope, owned my own car since the age of 16. I've never lived in an area where public transport was a big thing.

My company has tossed around a similar possibility and I have to say, the thought of sitting at a desk that some other random person sat at the day before makes me gag. There's the in-office nail clippers, the people that eat all kinds of greasy or crumbly food at their desks, etc. There are not enough sanitizing wipes in…

I've said from the beginning that if nothing else good comes out of COVID, maybe it will at least kill the open floor plan office trend that so many companies adopted in the last few years. I don't want to be packed into a big room with 150 co-workers. It's too loud, there's no privacy, there's no sense of individuality,…

You look great!

Oh my goodness, this made me laugh out loud, thank you for that!

I'm not one of the disagrees, but I will say those comments come across as wet blanket-y and irrelevant to the thread. Posting that you don't do anything different on your birthday, on a thread specifically asking about eating differently on your birthday, is a bit like me going to a "what do you put in your coffee" thread…

My birthday is also coming up and this year I've decided to have a meal at Outback that I've been craving and isn't too bad on calories. I'll be counting as usual that day but won't be upset if I go a little above my goal. Probably won't be having cake or other sweets just because it doesn't sound that good to me at the…

A couple months ago I went to Outback and had pork medallions with grilled pineapple, mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli. The pork was basted in some kind of tangy sauce and the whole plate was incredibly satisfying. I've been thinking about it ever since and plan to go have that same meal for my birthday celebration…

My favorite: Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now. -Peter Bismark It's definitely made me re-think things like... do I want that piece of cheesecake that'll make me feel good for 15 minutes, or do I want to lose the weight and feel good for life?

I didn't expect calorie counting and getting familiar with the nutrition facts of various products to make me very picky about how certain things are used. I was visiting my parents over Thanksgiving and I went to make my usual breakfast one morning, which involves frying an egg. My mom pulled out the pan and began to prep…

Today has been both exciting and frustrating. Exciting, because I've set up two phone interviews for possible jobs, and at least one of them looks like it could be a much better situation than what I'm in now. (Unfortunately, that one is in a town two hours away, so I would have to move again, but if it gets me into a good…

We have a similar situation, it will be just me and my parents this year, and that's not really different from non-COVID times. My brother and extended family has always lived too far away to spend holidays with regularly. Growing up, the 4 of us would have our special Christmas Eve dinner which consisted of all the snacky…

I don't have an answer for you - my first thought was that they were canned in different things, some in oil, some in water, etc. but if the ingredient list is the same then I don't know. I'm really just commenting to say definitely double check the nutrition info once you have the actual item. I can't tell you the number…