clevelandkat40 Member

I've just returned to MFP and was SO incredibly glad to see your post. I was diagnosed with an eating disorder a couple of years ago when I was 46 (I say that because, while many middle-aged women have eating disorders, it's not as common for us to figure out we need help). I'd had an unhealthy relationship with food and…

Ha! Someone already had my user name too. I do NOT live in Arizona!!!

I get it. I am an instant gratification seeker, and one of the MOST difficult things about making a true lifestyle shift to a healthy relationship with food and exercise has been coming to terms with not seeing results all the time, even when I think I should be seeing them the most. So what piece of motivation do I hold…

Let's put it this way: I weigh more than I did before I quit smoking four years ago (after 27 years as an addict). But I feel a million times better, and I LOOK a million times better, because I'm now able to work out instead of hacking up a lung every time I tried to do any kind of cardio. I'll take a few extra pounds,…

This. I crave peanut butter, salt and savory creamy things, so I devise snacks that play to my tastes. Then I actually look forward to them! As long as the nutrients and calories balance out at the end of the day, I'm good.

Hey, stop saying you're old! I'm "only" 43, but my husband just turned 51, and I'm sure as heck not married to an old man! LOL :-) I find that especially when I'm eating healthy food, I need to make sure I have frequent snacks. In fact, I set my Outlook calendar at work to remind me to have a snack mid morning and a snack…

I firmly believe that weighing daily vs weekly, or relying on measurements vs the scale, is a personal choice - nothing more, nothing less. I used to believe that daily weigh-ins were unhealthy, because at that time in my life, the number on the scale meant EVERYTHING to me, and I couldn't handle seeing those daily…

I'm also extremely sensitive to sodium, and as a result, weigh myself daily. It's not because I'm obsessive - it's just that I can fluctuate up to 5 pounds from day to day! So I'd rather see and understand the trends than be devastated because I happened to decide to eat a slice of salami the day before a weekly weigh-in,…

This worked for me as well. I hardly ever use the app either, but as soon as I changed the Steps setting, I came back and refreshed my home page, and the adjustment was what I expected it to be. Now, to see if it actually sticks, or if it gets messed up again. Somehow I don't have high hopes.

Just realized mine is doing something similar to this too.....if I look at the info pop-up by my fitbit calorie adjustment, it acknowledges how many calories Fitbit believes i've burned (yesterday was around 2700) - but it isn't updating my calorie consumption goal accordingly. So yesterday it said I should have consumed…

As others have noted, I can usually figure out how to allocate calories for alcohol if I want it (and I do enjoy a nice craft beer, a snifter of brandy, or a glass of wine). So that's not really the issue. It's more about the willpower, or lack thereof. Even after a couple of drinks, I'm much more likely to mindlessly…

Oh yay - I'm in! I've been hanging around MFP for a little while now, but haven't done much with the community so far. I'm glad to see there's a 40-something club. I'm 43, recently married (my husband and I have been together for almost 20 years, but just got married in September!). Mother to three cats. I'm 5'4, started…

I usually make extra of whatever we have for dinner, and then bring that to work with me for lunch. Sometimes my husband makes a big batch of hummus (for some reason he's the designated hummus-maker in our family, even though I'm the main cook!) and I cut up enough vegetables for the week, and we pack that for lunches…

I don't know what other folks do, but I'm shooting for a 500-calorie deficit most days, so when I see the adjustment for my Fitbit activity, I adjust my consumption to make sure I'm staying right around that deficit number. So yes - I use the extra calories if I'm feeling hungry, but also to make sure my deficit doesn't go…

Often when my fiance and I don't know what to have for dinner, especially in the summer when it is hot and veggies are prevalent, we make a big batch of hummus (the leftovers are great for snacking at work) and cut up a bunch of veggies to go with it. That's dinner - sometimes we have a pita with it as well, if we're…