joyanna2016 Member

70 lb wt loss = losing an Irish Setter! 😀

I've been doing IF for the first time ever about 4 months now. I like it a lot. Let me offer one word of advice. Usually during my fast time I dont struggle with hunger too much. The times when I notice that I struggle is when ive consumed more sugar/carbs during my last eating period. So my advice to a beginner is watch…

One thing I would say is to be as kind to yourself as you would be to your bestie. If you have a setback-as we all will eventually have- encourage yourself instead of beat yourself up about it. Truly it's not any "setback" that makes us fail, its what we do next. When I treat myself with love, everything is brighter!

I know what you mean. Some days are just like that. You feel fatter than before you started! Don't let the devil play tricks with your mind. Know that you ARE doing great!

It concerns me that you say you eat the same thing every day...I've heard that thatbis not the best way and can lead to nutritional deficits.

One thing that I think would be difficult about this plan is that it keeps your body confused. I fast every day in the same window of time. Most days I dont get hungry until my eating hours are about to start...my body knows the routine. It has worked really well for me without excessive hunger.

Good for you!...and your dog! Remember dont let your dog drink ocean water...it can kill him.

Sunflower seeds in the shells or I get some gum.

What is HAES?

I'm 49, been overweight my whole life. I am determined to lose the weight this time but I must admit I am worried about this. My face is plump and wrinkle free. I think its already started. The bags under my eyes have mostly deflated and now I have about a half inch patch of several wrinkles under each eye. Great.

Corona Happens and Nobody Departs ICBTD

A digital scale is the best investment you will make. You can zero out what's already in the bowl and keep building and weighing your meal. Incredibly helpful tool!!

And half the time they put it on there anyway because they just cant help themselves 😵

Since 2/13 I have been doing intermittent fasting for the first time in my life and I ❤ it. It goes against everything I've believed my whole dieting life and I think it may be a Godsend for me. I know I'm somewhat in the honeymoon phase still and that I'll have struggles with it as well as any other plan, but I just like…

That you'll kick yourself for not starting this wt loss journey sooner because it's really not as hard as you thought it would be!! Oh well, at least I'm doing it now 😁

My app doesnt have "sedentary as an option. It has "not very active" as the lowest option.

1. Being able to get out of bed without pushing myself up with my arms. 2. My arms not resting on my fat sides when they are at rest. 3. Clipping/painting my toenails with less effort. 4. Seeing myself as an adult who is not overweight...I've never seen her but I'm pretty sure she's 🔥!!

My triglycerides last year = 200 My triglycerides this year = 99 (Big smile!!)

...and that was definitely a shirt worth saving...love it!

I can happen anytime.Be encouraged though. Just as true as your weight jumping up pounds, it sometimes seems to jump down. 😀

Well, ive heeded everyone's advice and decided to eat a minimum of 1200 calories and usually a little bit more instead of before when I was eating a maximum of 1200 calories and usually a little bit less. This may seem minor to someone else but it's major to me. It's very hard changing my mentality about at the end of the…

I did. I didnt mean that. I just meant all the unexpected controversy and hateful posts it caused... some of them have been deleted somehow. But yes, thanks to all for the insights.

This left an impression on me. Powerful testimony. Thank you. I think its funny that it makes me think of Doc in Cars when he's talking to Lightning McQeen about racing cars in dirt and he says to go right you've got to turn left. It's counterintuitive. Just like dieting slowly. I need patience.

Geez! Forget I ever asked.

Dont worry. One morning soon you will step on the scale and it will have gone down 4 lbs overnight 😀

What worked for me today was saving calories for my homemade chicken Alfredo supper...yu-um!

...so I meant to bold one word not half my paragraph!

You dont have to answer any personal question that makes you uncomfortable, weight related or not. There are 100 ways to skirt that question ( my favorite answer is "more than a few") and if they get very direct, then you get very direct back.

I have never seen myself as an adult at my ideal BMI range. I just want to see her. I bet she's so hot!

Yes, mfp is especially great because everyone on here is as obsessed with their food/health as you are! Because sometimes people around us just dont want to hear about it as much as we want to talk about it!