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@SherryRueter That's a smart way of looking at eating, and somewhat similar to my plan when I'm not actively trying to lose. But I'm also really good at saying "it's just a small snack" repeatedly until it adds up. So for me, tracking helps me to keep the snacks under control. I do try to log as much ahead of time as I can…
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Hello everyone! I've been trying (and mostly failing) to get back on track now that my Dr appointment and wait for news is over. But I find it hard to start again once I stop tracking for more than a few days. During my 3 week break from counting, I gained a little weight, but not a ton. I kept exercising (sometimes a…
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So far at 15.12 miles for February. I'm on track to meet my 40 mile goal if I can keep up this rate.
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@SparkSpringtime69 It really was a busy food day! I saved half of my dinner to bring home, and I only ate a small amount of the delicious Chinese food for lunch. So could have been much worse! I did a good job of avoiding all of the multitude of treats at work during January. In addition to the random events like today, we…
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Got good news from the dr office this week, so no more excuses! Well, no more excuses starting tomorrow.... today is apparently national bagel day, so a parent dropped off bagels for the teachers. And another family is bringing us lunch for Chinese new year. And then anniversary date with my husband tonight. So back on…
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@CeeBeeSlim Thanks for the positive thoughts! I had some irregular test results in the summer, and they were still weird at my 6 month in January. So being sent to a specialist for extra tests and trying to figure out exactly what's going on and if it's anything to worry about.
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Happy Saturday, everyone! My follow-up dr appt is Monday, so any good thoughts would be appreciated! Hoping that the new dr says everything is okay, but dreading the possibilities. I'm just trying to focus on the fact that I'm taking the day off work Monday, so I have a 3 day weekend. :) Husband has a work event all day…
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Hello everyone! I vanished from the January thread mid-month, but I'm back! For January, I started with a goal of a totally dry month. That went out the window two weeks in, when I got some medical news that we're still anxiously waiting for an answer (follow-up appt is FINALLY almost here, so hopefully we will get good…
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Hello everyone! I'm a little late, but I'd like to join in this challenge for February! My goal is to track at least 40 miles of walking or running. In January, I tracked 28 miles, but I had 5 treadmill sessions where I accidentally turned the machine off before I got a distance recorded... I have since calibrated my watch…
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Hi everyone! Wishing you all success in February! January was a little bumpy for me, but successful overall. Down 5 lb from Jan 1 to Jan 31. Cut way down on alcohol and on overeating. Started exercising again, which I had been seriously neglecting. Now, looking to keep it up in February. I would love to lose another 5, but…
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@SparkSpringtime69 Great job on the partial dry January! I'm in the same boat of going from basically 100% wet to less, so I get how challenging that can be!
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@SherryRueter your comment that I know I haven't eaten 7000 extra calories in one fay to gain the 2 lbs made me laugh out loud! Lost 1.7 of the 2 so I'm on my way back down. Taking longer than I wanted, but I'm not the most patient person. I think I use up all of my patience with the teenagers at work so I don't have any…
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Back up 2 pounds today, which is frustrating. We ate out for dinner last night, so definitely higher sodium in that. I'm going to blame the sodium and hope it's back down soon. Still doing well on the exercise. Seeing some progress with running/walking on the treadmill. My treadmill has preset programs, and two weeks ago I…
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Good morning everyone! Happy Saturday! @Kitri2020 The snacks in the house are definitely my downfall! When I lived alone, I had more control over what I brought in, but my husband loves to snack, so we always have snacks around the house. @CeeBeeSlim My phobia is one that has been hard to avoid, so it's not as…
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@CeeBeeSlim I love your idea of dancing the extra steps in! I never have trouble with steps on work days (it's lunch and I'm already at 6k), but on weekends I sometimes struggle. I'll have to try that! My weight was trending downward most of the week, but now is up 1 pound since yesterday. I know it's just random…
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Thank you for the kind thoughts, everyone! My next appointment to try to figure out what's going on is in 2 weeks, so I have to keep myself from obsessing about it until then. It's very possible that the test results could be nothing bad, but it's hard to stop thinking about what ifs. Have been AF for 7 days now, so…
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Hi everyone! Just read through everything that I've missed in the past week... Hope everyone's doing well today! I took a break from MFP for the past 6 days. Got some medical test results back that weren't what I expected, so being sent to another dr in a few weeks. I couldn't deal with tracking calories AND the anxiety of…
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Took a break from MFP for a few days this week. Still dealing with medical news that we got, but at a point of just waiting for the next appointment. The anxiety of waiting for answers is making dry January much less appealing. Since my update last Friday (2 glasses wine), I was dry Saturday but then couldn't fall asleep…
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Back on track tonight. Still very stressed, and was craving wine pretty much all evening. But I resisted the urge. So far 2 days A and 11 days AF.
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All of my progress briefly came to a halt last night. I haven't really been wanting to drink most days, but last night we got some unexpected news that we can't do anything about until Monday. So husband suggested that it might be a good weekend to take a break from dieting, AF, etc just to give me a little break. So I had…
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@SherryRueter I agree about intentional movement every day! When I mentioned working out too much, I mostly meant that I don't want to overdo it pushing myself too hard every day. I don't want to accidentally injure myself pushing too hard at running or anything when I haven't been as active lately. But less active for me…
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Thanks for the words of support! It's nice to have a place to vent! I just want instant gratification for my efforts haha :D
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Doing well so far. AF every day except for 1 glass of wine with company. Feeling proud of myself, but also pretty frustrated. I always read things about how much better you will feel while AF and all of these benefits, but I don't seem to notice them. I did a dry August and I had the same experience. Maybe I'm just not…
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It's been a few days, so checking back in. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm doing okay with fitting foods into my calories and mostly staying either at my 1500 goal or at least within my exercise calories which MFP seems to overestimaye based on my watch. But at least that's some self control. Husband and I have a date…
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Jan 1-2: AF Jan 3: 1 glass wine with company Jan 4-8: AF
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Ran errands this evening, which is often a trigger for me to "just stop by" the store and pick up wine. I often buy smallish amounts (enough for 1 or 2 days), because I know that if it's in the house I'll drink it. So often when I'm running errands in the evening, it will cause me to crave wine. Small victory, but feels…
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@SherryRueter I've seen people talk about alternating days with higher and lower calorie goals. That would probably not be a bad idea for me to try, since I've had some 2000 calorie days this week (goal of 1500ish). Last year, when I was losing, I had about 1 day a week where I just didn't care about tracking, which…
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@Cora0477 Good luck with your event tonight! I totally understand the social anxiety aspect of that! @Kitri2020 and @Zaxa2021 I can't even imagine trying to parent AND eat right/exercise/everything else. It's hard enough for me, and it's just me and a super supportive husband. You guys are AMAZING!
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Hello everyone! Hope you have all had a good week! I have been reading posts, but haven't kept up with posting during the work week. This week had not been perfect, but I would say I am mostly successful and making big improvements. Definitely room to continue improving, but I am pleased with this week as a start. Sorry…
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Happy Saturday, everyone! Back on track here. Last night, husband and I decided after work to walk to a nearby shopping center (about 1 mile walk) to go to dinner and do some shopping. Normally, we stop at the winery there and get me a bottle of wine, but we skipped that on this trip. Watching the waiters walk by with…
