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You make me laugh... Keep it up!
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I really thought I was probably the only terrible horrible borderline-psychopath whose chain jerks at that very spectacle. I think you've just pulled me up to one of the very edges of the normal spectrum... Thank you.
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You can do this! I'm 53 & I work as a school sub. I have two daughters, one in college, and in addition to subbing I'm a weekend caregiver and I manage our family rental cabin. So: busy! I joined MFP in mid August and lost a little over 20 lbs by December. I have a little under 30 to go. Start small by doing things you…
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I have an open food diary, but it is a little behind at the moment. I need to enter two days. I usually complete it daily, but holiday travel got the better of me. It's not always pretty but it's 100% real! I lost a little over twenty pounds between August and December. Looking to lose just a little under 30 more.
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I shall smile serenely and pass without comment all posts titled 'Can't lose weight!' when it involves two weeks of dieting and three days of being the same weight... I shall shudder, avert my eyes, and place a dollar in a jar when 'defiantly' is used in place of 'definitely' on these boards. Correcting is useless & I…
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I'm just about over a flare up of plantars. Sorry... I know what you mean. I love walking & try to walk 100000 steps a week and i have to say rest helps a lot. I hate not walking! But it got better during the holidays when I walked less. I wear orthotics all the time. And I'm very careful about shoe choices. I stretch, ice…
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Miss my walkers! Great recap Alpha. What a year you have had!! I'm not even going to tally December. It was disappointing, but character building. Happiest of New Years to all. Is there a new thread up? I'll see you there! xoxo
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Fortunately we don't have to date ourselves! I would say an hourglass would be the most desirable woman's shape because like you I have one of those straight up and down shapes. My husband on the other hand thinks slim hips are cute and likes long athletic legs and a nice rack more than curvey-curves. There's a lid for…
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I think your description of 'all or nothing' catastrophizing thinking has a lot of affinities with anxiety disordered thinking, and one of the best paths through that morass is desensitization. So rather than quitting I think you need to continue and build imperfection into your practice in small preplanned, manageable…
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Great advice!
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Oh that's awful! Here in southern Oregon there's been a terrible snow drought the last few years. I didn't even get my skis out once last year. And the year before that we went caving instead of skiing at New Years!
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People wanting to lose weight super fast show up all the time here, and you know 21 days comes and goes and we never know what happened because poof! they've deactivated and disappeared... But there are literally HUNDREDS of people here on 100, 200, 300, 400 day streaks who have lost weight gradually and realistically who…
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Start enjoying the process and stop thinking about the result or the product.
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We had enchiladas! Southern Oregon is not exactly a taco vortex. We brought the ingredients with us... And I didn't shovel. Maybe tomorrow. I snowshoed yesterday. Today I just walked paths at the Running Y on Klamath Lake while my family ice skated. Tomorrow I have the chance to xcountry ski or snowshoe. One knee has been…
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Just keep plugging along. I'm your opposite: down in jeans but no big changes up top.
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I don't think I could ever throw pie away! I admire you! I'm just east of Ashland in the Cascades. So really just a little over the CA border as the crow flies... Very near Lake of the Woods if you know that place, an old timey resort from the teens and 20's. I love Portland. A favorite city. A former neighbor of mine…
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Happy New Year! I'm up at my cabin in OR in deep snow. Let's keep in touch & start a fun thread together for the new year... I'm eating A LOT. I know because I still track. (I think I caught a little case of food poisoning earlier this month because I haven't felt like food is passing thru me normally + I actually lost a…
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I think at 19 it's time you start being responsible for what you do or don't eat & mom needs to stay out of it.
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If I win the lottery I'll be taking the car ferry to Skagway! LOL
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Yeah I am always working for practical items that make my work out life more fun and interesting. So far I've earned: an aria scale, waterproof hikers, a really good goretex coat, several pairs of running tights, a workout hoodie. In the new year I'll be working for: a Fitbit HR, summer hikers, time with a trainer on free…
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Yeah, I'm sorry but you would have a hard time gaining 10 lbs in a month. You would have to eat like Christmas Day every day for about 30 days straight to make such a big impact. I would say 75% of us on MFP are slightly up at the moment. And 90% of us understand that water, sodium, glycogen replenishment, hormones & gut…
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I also think I might be shoveling a deck, LOL...
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Here's the view out my door...
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This is so true, but man does it ruffle the feathers around here! I see how much more lax I am over time, and as I continue to lose its really rather moot FOR A WHILE... but eventually everyone has to figure out a maintenance game, and these are the tricks we'll have to sharpen to figure out our ideal intake. I never…
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I can't weigh because I'm at my cabin! I'm hoping 4 days of snowshoe and XCountry ski penance will compensate for a multitude of sins...
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My understanding is you'll get fit twice as fast, but you'll also run the risk of spontaneously splitting into two living organisms. (Couldn't resist...)
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And I said I was tired of thinking about food. ~falls off chair laughing at self~
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Oh man. You didn't even see a picture! I was in NOLA last April and had john besh' version at one of his restaurants; then in October I had it again a little differently at a restaurant in old town Alexandria VA when I visited my husband who was working back there. Out west here we've been getting the most luscious plump…
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That's great advice! What you are talking about sounds to me like a version of 'all or nothing' thinking. And that one is insidious because it gives us an easy out (well, I ate one piece of cheesecake so now why bother all?) when actually just eating that one piece of cheesecake and getting right back on track is a very…
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Yes! I'm actually tired of thinking about food, period. Austere January never looked so good! I have one last big festive dinner - shrimp & grits - for my dad when he visits on the 1st and then I'm putting myself in spa mode...
