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Thanks, HLM and PAV! Now just looking forward to the nice weather!

Thanks, Ann! I hope the rowing is still going well! Hey Kshama! It’s a very meaningless name, but a lyric from Oh My Darling Clementine (her shoes were “herring boxes without topses”) which my kid was learning to play on the piano at the time lol. Well, I do like clementines, the fruit!

For me, yeah, 2lbs covers it. I think 5lbs might be suitable for other people, or even 10lbs. But for whatever reason, I just don’t seem to vary all that much. I don’t go out to eat, I eat similar things day to day, I’m not a drinker, so I don’t have much reason to suddenly take on a lot of water weight from a big meal out…

In my OPINION If 1– you have no history of or risk of eating disorder and 2– you are indeed feeling just fine I wouldn’t worry about it. Appetite can wax and wane for various reasons including hormones, and sometimes changing the way you eat can also do it. You’ll probably have a bigger appetite again soon. Do be aware…

Hey Tony, just want you to know something. You’re a smart guy, a thinker, a problem solver. You’ve got a great attitude. You keep your eye on the ball and don’t get waylaid by the little stuff. And you’re an optimist, which is not at all inconsistant with being a realist. You can see the situation but find reason to keep…

When you find yourself eating when you’re not hungry, do you know why? Because other people are eating? Because a snack was tempting? Because you always eat when you’re watching TV? Because you get comments and pushback from other people if you don’t? Because you’re not sure what hunger feels like? Because you feel crabby,…

Don’t go there. Your husband’s weight is his business.

It’s about 4 weeks later, and I think this will be my last update on this. I weigh myself daily. Fluctuations upwards do not upset me (and I don’t fluctuate much anyway), but I realized I was subconsciously reducing my intake when the scale went up. (I do not calorie count). So it seems this is how I was actually in a…

Yeah, but fruit doesn’t have the same effect on me as cane sugar et al. Gonna try the banana and tea.

Bananas hit good? Ok, I’ll try it 👍

You could set reminders on your phone a few times a day to be sure you’ve remembered. If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way.

The most important two things: 1- weigh in the morning, after using the toilet, before eating or drinking, in the same state of dress/undress each time. 2- do NOT weigh yourself at any other point in the day. If I recall correctly, you were weighing yourself multiple times daily. Maybe I remember wrong, and I think you’ve…

I don’t know anything about turmeric (except it’s a tasty part of many curries), but I do like math. The referenced item does not say absorption increased to 2000% but by 2000%. So if absorption is normally 0.3%, it could increase to an absorption of 6%.

The OP is having difficulty with 12:12 and probably won’t benefit from comments about how 12:12 is nothing.

I like the idea of looking at what you’re eating to see if you can improve satiety - so you can feel better. If what you eat is nourishing for your body, your body can feel calmer and not feel like it has to demand so much. Things that are bad for satiety include sweets, soda, dessert drinks, chips/crisps, and other highly…

You’re doing GREAT! Keep it up! If you haven’t already, I’d like to encourage you to do 2 things: 1) take selfies, front and side. For no eyes but your own. You will appreciate them down the road to confirm your progress. 2) take measurements. For example, waist and thigh. Again, you’ll have something to compare against if…

You’re not sedentary ;)

Internet Mommy here. Eat your veggies. For anyone who is interested in healthier eating in theory but not really into it in reality, let me share my story. As a kid, I ate Kraft mac n cheese, plain white rice, any kind of bread, cereal, Pop Tarts, and pb&j. When I was a young adult, around 18-19, I wanted to eat like a…

For the record, I’m sedentary. Not proud of it or anything, but it’s definitely not true that “nobody” is sedentary.

It’s time to start lifting weights. Come on. Get started. “I don’t want to.” Literally lifting weights rn. “Kill me.” Done lifting weights. “THAT WAS AWESOME CANNOT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN 💪💪💪”

I was always the skinny but soft girl picked dead last for any sport team. I’ve had a little muscle on arms and sometimes calves but never in my life had anything but squish for thighs or abs. After some weight lifting, I finally have some muscle in my upper legs, abdominal area, and back. It’s alien to me. My abs are not…

The benefit, if any, to IF is by cutting snacking, boredom eating, etc. Definitely effective for some people. But it still runs on the engine of calorie restriction. Some people will notalorie restrict on IF - and therefore will not lose weight. Certainly worth a shot if you’re interested and if you think your eating…

My guess is the number would be more accurate if you ignored the first week of loss (some water weight there). But would only be accurate if you in fact consistently ate the 1200 calorie goal in that span of time.

My two cents. I think nothing is more motivating than results. Success. The issue then is sticking with it long enough to be able to get some success. Maybe that length of time is six weeks. Can you do this for six weeks? Just six weeks. Come on. At the end of six weeks, if you can look and say “hey, I lost 5 pounds” and…

I’m quoting this because, yup.

The issue isn’t about how you track your calories. The reason you got only 70 extra calories from reducing your weekly weight loss goal is because your previous goal was so aggressive that it put you under the minimum calories that MFP will give you. The MFP math works out right, it just factors in a minimum that changed…

My kid and I take a daily one mile walk, but lately we’ve additionally been taking an easy two mile hike at the foot of a local mountain. The weather is lovely this time of year. Just finished a Stronglifts workout and feel pretty beat head to toe - not complaining, though! Busted through a stall with dumbbell bench press…

Motivations: Age better - I’m afraid of aging like many people I’ve seen who just kind of give up using their bodies. I see people buying chairs that stand them up, who can’t walk even short distances, can’t enjoy activities, who are in pain. Of course we can’t all avoid that kind of thing but most of us can improve it, I…

Acknowledging this is an old thread, I agree based on my own experience. The first of two times I got Covid, I tried exercising maybe a week after recovering. I had felt fine. But trying to exercise revealed noticable weakness in the heart. It scared me. The weakness continued for months, maybe six months. I didn’t do…

Great work!