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Picky eater here, I'm a lot better than I was as a kid but still gag at the thought of eating a salad. And, sorry to say, I've tried roasted veggies and dislike them. While I try to work more fruits and veggies into my diet, it's not mandatory in order to lose weight. I eat full fat cottage cheese almost every day because…
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Mine came early on the 3rd month into my diet. I chalked it up to my body being stressed by the calorie deficit, but could also just be weirdness 🤷🏻♀️
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I've been repeating this to myself all day: you are not hungry, you are just bored. The cabin fever is hitting hard today. Spent an hour wandering around a bookstore just to get out of the house, and somehow still have hours to kill before bedtime....
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Blood oranges Strawberries Navel oranges Pineapple Pink lady apples
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"Don't sacrifice what you want MOST for what you want NOW."
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A decade ago when I worked there as a teenager it was the 2 cheeseburger meal... not sure if they change the numbers over time though...
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Trying new food! I made spaghetti squash for the first time tonight and I loved it! Will definitely add it to my rotation of easy, healthy meals.
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Okay here's my whine for the day: stray dogs make it impossible to walk my dogs around the neighborhood! My preferred form of exercise is walking, and I always take at least one of my two dogs with me. If I'm staying in my neighborhood, both dogs can go, but if I drive to a park or trail to walk, only one gets to go…
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Welcome to the group! We have similar starting weights and I am also going for a goal of 135! I am so glad I'm still working from home - my boss was constantly passing out candy and that would be tough to resist.
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I can relate. I had always been skinny throughout my childhood and teenage years. When I went to college I gained some weight and at age 20 I ended up 7 pounds above the "healthy" range for my height. That year, for my birthday, my dad got me a bathroom scale and my step-grandmother got me a gym membership. Subtle, right?…
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Personally, as a newbie to doing weight loss in a sustainable and healthy way, I know there are foods that I am not able to eat in moderation right now. Because I want to eat the whole pizza, I absolutely will not buy a whole pizza. I can have pizza but I must purchase it in a single serving. This will be my strategy until…
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@emmyjaykay all good suggestions, thank you! I think most of the reason why this scenario has me more freaked out than anything I've encountered so far is that my typical eating style is "grazing" on numerous low cal meals/snacks each day. So the idea of blowing over 1,000 cals on a single meal is foreign. But I WILL plan…
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@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 thanks for the reminder that I do NOT have to eat the entire portion. I've been looking at the nutrition facts and freaking out over 1,000 calories per entree and completely ignoring the fact that I can take half of it home.
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I was having car trouble again (4th time in less than 3 months 😖) and had an appointment to get it into the shop today. The shop is a little over two miles from my house and the weather is nice, so after dropping the car off, I declined their offer to call me a ride and walked home. When it was ready to pick up this…
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I got catcalled walking down the street today. Last time that happened I was probably 4 years younger and 50 pounds lighter so it was flattering to know I'm moving back in that direction 😂
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I've thought the same thing about myself - I always thought I would love to start my own business, the problem being that I can't actually DO anything. And when asking a friend what job he thought I would be good at, he replied "well you like to clean, so maybe...a maid?" 😂 But when you drill down on my tidiness, you…
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@bmeadows380 From one unhappily-employed person to another: If you're struggling to come up with a career idea that really seems like a fit, try looking at job options from different "angles." I recently started googling "jobs for people with ____ skills" and filling in my top strengths (organization, time management, etc)…
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G Zero Gatorade. I drink a 12oz every day. The 12oz bottle says 0 calories but the 20oz says 5 calories, so I guess the 12oz would be about 3 calories. I would have to drink one every day for over 3 years to make one pound of unlogged calories 😂 Fun to think about!
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In my experience, sometimes the number of servings is a little off. For example, the tubs of cottage cheese that I buy say a serving is 113g and there are 4 servings in the container. But a lot of times after I've weighed out the first 3, the last serving comes up a few (4 or 5) grams short. Maybe it's a slight inaccuracy…
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I've lost 23 and can see it on myself but due to the pandemic the only people I see regularly are my parents and they haven't said anything whether they noticed or not.
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Had a surprise waiting for me on the scale this morning: ONEDERLAND! 199.8! I wasn't expecting to see that until at least next week (and I know I won't stay there between now and then so I suppose I WILL see it again next week 😂). I have been in the 200s for nearly two years - this is my lowest weight since December 2018.…
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I won't be celebrating Halloween this year - I have no kids and in previous years I would've dressed up and gone to a party with other childless 20 and 30 somethings, but I moved here just 3 months before the pandemic hit and haven't really had a chance to make friends here yet. Thanksgiving will probably be just me and my…
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We had mashed potatoes 6 days a week year round when I was a kid! Guess it was cheap and could be served with everything my mom cooked so 🤷🏻♀️
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Today makes 3 months since I started my lifestyle change. I've lost 21.8 pounds and am just .2 pounds away from hitting the 25% mark of my weight loss goal.
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It'll probably just be me and my parents as the rest of the family is too far away. My mom will be cooking and I'm sure it will be all the traditional staples we have every year: Turkey Stuffing Gravy Cranberry sauce (fresh, not canned) Devilled eggs Rolls Mashed potatoes Sweet potatoes Waldorf salad (so many different…
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I feel you. I've gotten so stir crazy that occasionally I just go out on a long drive. Nowhere to go, but at least I'm out of the house 🤷🏻♀️
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Yes, I can tell I'm whooshing when I have to get up twice overnight to pee, vs 0 times normally.
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@hgycta I looked for that Cheesecake Factory ice cream after seeing your post about it, and I agree - it's delicious and the flavor is unique! I also loved that there seemed to be chunks of chocolate, which you don't usually have in regular Cookies and Cream flavor.
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Hang in there, @bmeadows380 give yourself some grace and know that this is a temporary bump in the road. My TOM has been screwy the last couple of months and I've been attributing it to the diet as I know any stressors, physical or otherwise, can cause changes in my cycle. Maybe after you get through this month your body…
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I took my dog for a walk yesterday, on a trail with a lot of tree roots coming up out of the path. A ways in, I stepped wrong on one of those roots and started to fall - a couple months ago I *would've* fallen. But this time I dropped into a squat and instead of continuing downward and landing on my butt in the dirt, I…
