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good to see you back!
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Camping! I've been hovering around forty pounds lost for a while, as life runs me through a wringer (and then another one...) but I can camp often now because I can get in and out of my tent. It's great bc I love it, my kids love it, my roommate left home to have some peace and quiet loves it...and it's inexpensive, as…
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hello, new people! This thread has been pretty quiet this month, and I've definitely been contributing to that. Here's hoping we are all back on this wagon together next month! That's definitely my plan--to be here, to be trying. On we go.
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I tell them "well, that's a choice," and then they get mad at me. :D
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still here, still trying. Still cheering you all on!
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Hi, @mdmcmillon and welcome back! Everyone is over in the May thread. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10889731/women-200lb-lets-have-a-magical-may congrats on staying on target, working like that! that's quite the accomplishment.
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goodness, no posts yesterday? Is MFP having issues? Checking in. I seem to have at least stopped the backslide. I hope this med kicks in soon--or at least that the tired goes away just a bit more. I *think* it's been a little less each day, but that might also be wishful thinking.
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@pamperedlinny I had not thought of that! I got one of those emails and I will make sure to stress that the boards are what keeps me around! I would have fallen so hard these past few weeks without you all calling me back. I'm working my way back. I swear I've been eating a little under maintenance (though not as far under…
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I'm here, and less sleepy. I started this med on Friday, so I'll give it a few more days to see how things go. Once the sleepy wears off (if it does) we'll see if it actually does the job I'm taking it for. Yesterday a friend got me Panda Express for lunch, and I *still* managed to come in at maintenance. I'm calling that…
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I am, once again, here. I'm giving myself some grace right now. I keep going over my calorie goal, but as long as I'm at or under maintenance, I'm not going to worry about it. Things are rough, and also I'm on a new med that's making me very sleepy. it's hard to meal plan or exercise when you can barely stay awake.…
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I'm here! It was a rough weekend life- and brain-wise, but i'm here. please do keep holding me accountable! This is something I *need* to do, and this way works for me. thank you, all of you, for being here. Especially thank you to those who called me out to get back in the ring! Now to go read your posts that I missed…
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I have NOT been making wise choices this last week. Today I saw a number on the scale that I haven't seen since last year, and I *refuse.* I know what to do. I just need to do it.
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1. I actually would have thought there'd be more calories in a pound. 2. that puts a new perspective on something I've been struggling with, where I get a pint of ice cream "for emergencies" and then eat the whole thing then buy another "for an emergency." That's...almost as many calories as a pound of sausage!
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My kids absorbed that I come home from the gym happy--so first one, and then the other, started going with me. Now we all come home with that endorphin glow!
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Welcome! I suck at self-discipline. My best success has come from making it EASY to make the healthier choice, and making the unhealthy stuff harder to get. I'm lucky in that my family all creates food separately--so when I don't buy bread, I can't *have* bread (unless I steal it. And I'll be honest--sometimes I do.) I…
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Hi! I'm the same, gotta have my coffee and I am not drinking it black. What I've done is tweak my routine, pushing the coffee a bit later. I started out having it at 8, on my way to work, and now I have it at 10, in a natural break in my morning at work. Just something that worked for me.
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Hi, @JzzyB4! That's a good reason. there are lots of threads of folks trying to do the same thing, I would recommend finding one and jumping in. People will be glad to give you all the pointers they wish they'd known, good ideas, all that stuff. We are all here to help each other!
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My biggest one is to take a well-traveled trail, then you're not ACTUALLY alone. if you get into trouble somehow, someone will be along shortly to help. Every time I go hiking, I am amazed anew at how friendly everyone on the trail is. We all share something, after all--a love of nature and a joy to be out there. It's more…
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Hi, @coffeerose55 ! The gang has moved on to the February thread, linked right above your post. I think a lot of us can empathize with consistency issues!
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Fantastic job! you have changed your life.
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still here, still reading. Still cheering you all on.
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Welcome! My best advice would be that if it's hard to figure out how to eat well, make it as easy as possible. I make overnight oatmeal on Sunday, and eat it for breakfast all work week. I make different flavors, so it's not the same thing day after day. Premade, super easy, and I don't have to talk myself out of a…
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I just wanna know why I can gain four pounds in twenty-four hours, but it always takes a flipping week to go the other way... *grumble*
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You're amazing, OP. I am cheering you on.
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Last year I lost 40 pounds and gained a heart condition. And still my cardiologist says in that you're not going to do it but I'll say it way that losing some weight would help. So my goal is to lose 20 pounds by my next visit in March. I'd rather prove him right that it will help, than prove him right that I won't listen.
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I am trying to decide if participating in this thread helps me or not (sometimes I avoid posting bc it's too much effort to check in, and then I feel FREE TO EAT WHATEVER) but I am still cheering all of you on!
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Met a new health-care provider yesterday, and as she went through my file, she read out loud that I'm diabetic. Except I've never received that diagnosis, so I questioned it (unfortunately, it is NOT uncommon for doctors to not tell me things...) She went and looked at my last labs, and asked "why is that in there? Your…
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Grumpy not-tangent: exactly what help do they think yelling at you would be, if you WERE anorexic? No eating disorder (or any other disorder!) has EVER been cured by someone yelling at the sufferer! For fish's sake, people, THINK. @Helen_Xen It is mentioned, sometimes! Try these threads--…
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You haven't failed anyone. you're doing what you're supposed to do! It's hard when your body doesn't cooperate. One thing that helped me when I stopped losing, was upping my protein. Not saying that's what you need--but maybe something similar is going on with you? Someone else mentioned their B12 was deficient. Maybe you…
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food prep! I got back from an AMAZING trip on Monday where I ate far too much for a month. I didn't manage to eat much better Tuesday. Or Wednesday--but I did make overnight oatmeal for Thu and Fri back at work. And I already had homemade soup in the freezer. Yesterday all my coworkers kept bringing me treats (and…