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@shorepine I love your kitten!! Blackberry is a great name. Happy birthday to all you Scorpios!

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days Oct 15-21: 9.5 drinks, 2 AF days Oct 22: 5 drinks It's been a brutal couple of days. I had my appt with doctor to talk about surgery, and he ended up referring me to someone else because 1) my symptoms are atypical and he's not convinced surgery will fix my…

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days Oct 15: 1 beer Oct 16: 3.5 wine Oct 17: AF Oct 18: 1 wine Oct 19: AF Put in a full day yesterday and then had to work for 2 more hours after dinner. Right now the ease of working from home feels a bit like a curse. @dawnbgethealthy definitely feeling you on…

This site is useful in showing that people at the same height and weight can look pretty different and be very different clothing sizes. Weight alone doesn't tell you very much about a person. https://www.mybodygallery.com/

What's your estimated TDEE? How big of a deficit is 1500 calories for you? What's your average protein intake? With regard to your training, what kind of workouts does your trainer have you doing, and why does he say you're losing strength?

Here's some older information discussing the phenomenon of gaining less than expected with alcohol. Some highlights: -Replacing X number of calories of carbs with the same number of calories of alcohol results in weight loss (Pubmed study) -Alcohol is 7.1 calories per gram, but its thermic effect translates into only being…

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days Oct 15: 1 beer Oct 16: 3.5 wine Oct 17: AF Oct 18: 1 wine Got a bit wild on Friday night. I kinda regret the calories, but I don't regret indulging in something as delicious as that particular wine was. Just wish the cat hadn't decided to start banging cabinet…

I try to make vegan dishes once or twice a week, and I never opt for fake meat substitutes. I make my own burger patties with chickpeas and lentils. I've made vegan bolognese with finely chopped mushrooms (include porcinis, they're so rich). My favorite chili uses three kinds of beans (plus pumpkin for texture). Plants can…

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8-14: 4 drinks, 4 AF days Oct 15: 1 beer Had a beer while watching this Astros live to fight another day. Skipped the town halls because there's no way I would have stuck to one drink watching them, but kinda bummed I missed Savannah Guthrie being awesome/the kind of journalist we've…

Agree with comments saying you need to address the mental challenges/blocks you have with healthy weight loss. There's one point I want to drive home, and if I could post this in big shiny letters everywhere around you I would: weight loss is not linear. WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT LINEAR!!! You are not going to see the scale go…

You say your goal is set to a 1/2 lb a week, but what's been your actual weight loss average? If you're losing more than that, maybe you can afford to eat a little more. Are you tracking fiber? Fiber is HUGE in me not feeling ravenous. Oatmeal is a good start to my day. We also buy radishes, carrots, and bell peppers every…

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8: AF Oct 9: 1 beer Oct 10: 2 wine Oct 11: 1 wine Oct 12: AF Oct 13: AF Thank you for the hugs everyone <3 As much as I have *feelings* about my body and my husband's habits and work and Covid and US politics, I've logged a couple of easy AF days. @forestdweller1 There *may* have been a…

1) If your company allows it, get a standing desk. Standing is better for you than sitting, and maybe you can fidget a little easier. 2) Take 2-5 minute breaks every hour and walk around. Take the longest route possible to refill your water or coffee. 3) Get a desk treadmill or under-desk bike. 4) Bathroom squat challenge…

Warning: long post ahead. Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8: AF Oct 9: 1 beer Oct 10: 2 wine Oct 11: 1 wine Had all my drinks this weekend, guess I'm AF through the weekdays this week. Beer with baseball on Friday night, rose with sushi for takeout night, and red wine with pizza on Sunday. Saturday was frustrating.…

Oct 1-7: 12ish drinks, 4 AF days Oct 8: AF There's something mentally challenging about NEEDING to not drink instead of CHOOSING to not drink. There was a 12-hour ban on alcohol after my procedure, so the earliest I could have had a drink was 11pm (bedtime). The procedure was diagnostic, and the hope was it would…

@flossyruby1 It's never too late to join! This challenge is what you make of it; set your own goals and post as often as you need to to stay on track. I fell victim to @looneycatblue 's 3rd day craving last night. Work was physically brutal, and by the end I was craving a whole pizza and a whole bottle of rich red wine…

Oh gosh my husband does so much. This would be so much harder if I didn't have him on my team facilitating my good habits. -I used to do all of the cooking because I love it and I like being 100% in control of what I'm eating, but these days there's a lot of times I just can't be on my feet that long. Instead of cooking…

Oct 1: 7 drinks (last day in Colorado, drank everything we had left...) Oct 2: AF Oct 3: 3 drinks? 4? We opened 2 bottles of wine, but husband was drinking a lot faster than I was, and he was doing the pouring. Oct 4: AF Oct 5: AF @globalhiker Your pics are gorgeous! It looks like a lovely place to explore, I'm adding it…

My go-to tuna salad has olive oil, dijon mustard, cornichons, and shallot. I don't hate mayo, but I don't love it, and the dijon adds a nice kick. Cornichons > gherkins because they're not syrupy sweet.

What are you doing for your core beyond the glute focus? It's hard to talk about progressing and worrying about shaping your butt if your core isn't rock solid. Protecting your back needs to be your #1 priority. I'm not sure it's really safe for strangers on the internet to be suggesting a training program for you. Great…

Hey everyone, hope life's been treating you well enough in these crazy times. Got back from my vacation Friday night and have been getting my head around real life again. I didn't meet my AF goal for September, and drinks on vacation were a lot (4 on average spread out throughout the day). We didn't go super light on the…

Hunger is very normal at the beginning of a diet for many people. I've found that slowly decreasing my calories from maintenance to my deficit goal helps with those initial hunger signals. Knocking off 100 calories every day or two is less obnoxious and headache-inducing than going straight to 500 less, but it does take…

Sept 1-7: 4 days AF, 3 drinks total Sept 8-14: 5 days AF, 4 drinks total Sept 15-21: 4 days AF, 10 drinks total Sept 22: 3 wine My anxiety has been through the roof, and I'm having trouble sleeping and eating. Even with those 3 glasses of wine, I barely made my calorie goal yesterday. Husband poured me the wine without me…

I have bad degenerative disc disease, so I basically can't exercise. All high impact cardio is completely off the table. The elliptical, old people Zumba, swimming, etc. has proven to be too aggravating. Resistance training like pilates or with light free weights hasn't gone well either, and I'm not going to the gym for…

@Doxmum I do have plans to check out the legal offerings in Colorado! I need guidance from an expert. I *might* know a guy who knows a guy, and I *might* have obtained some medical-grade stuff to cope with my back pain, but while it knocked me out, the high that I had to endure for about 30 minutes was really unpleasant.…

Salmon: Miso Glazed Salmon (probably my favorite recipe) https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/miso_glazed_salmon/ Parmesan-Crusted Salmon: https://addapinch.com/baked-salmon-with-parmesan-herb-crust-recipe/ Wasabi Salmon Skewers: https://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/a502651/wasabi-salmon-skewers/ Soy-Glazed Salmon:…

Sept 1-7: 4 days AF, 3 drinks total Sept 8-14: 5 days AF, 4 drinks total Sept 15: AF The altitude thing: I've traveled a lot, and I've never had a problem with altitude. Husband has never complained about it either. Most recently I went to Denver a couple of years ago and drove up in the mountains north of Boulder to do…

Sept 1-7: 4 days AF, 3 drinks total Sept 8: AF Sept 9: AF Sept 10: AF Sept 11: 2 wine Husband and I work together in different departments. I got assigned a project a while back that really should not have been tasked to me alone, so yesterday I enlisted husband's help. It's a high-pressure project - if it's not done…

This is data pulled out of the Biggest Loser study: Initial Weight: 148.9 kg +/- 40.5 kg Weight after 30 weeks (competition duration): 90.6 kg +/- 24.5kg Weight after 6 years (post-comptetion): 131.6 +/- 45.3 kg RMR in kcal/day: Initial predicted RMR: 2577 +/- 574 Predicted RMR after 30 weeks: 2272 +/- 435 Predicted RMR…

A quick Google search tells you 80% of the people who have lost weight regain that amount or more; that comes from a 2005 study that estimated 20% of people who lose 10% or more of their body weight successfully keep it off: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/82/1/222S/4863393 From this 2018 study…