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@theslightedgeforever @cbabie @trooworld - Hi! I seem to be back. I got back on MFP to journal my food almost a month ago, and finally wandered to the community board. I hit "favorite" and it took me back to where I left off....exactly one week and one year ago today! I'm not going to try to read and catch up! I hope y'all…

Hi everyone! Last week/weekend was stressful. Managed to get back on track (and tracking) and staying there now since Oct 6, so it's getting back to being a habit. Your stroganoff recipe looks yummy. Have you ever tried the meatballs at Ikea? I think they are less calories, even their beef ones. I can only eat the chicken…

Hi gemwolf, good to see you back too. You probably wasn't gone as long as me, lol. I started tracking my food again a few days ago. It's making a difference.We have a Bunco group that meets once a month. Tonight was my turn for hosting. I made my butternut chili, and a green salad with a yummy Cherry Balsamic that found at…

@trooworld @theslightedgeforever @cbabie - I'm home! Gosh, I missed you guys. I've been crazy busy and stressed out, not eating right, missing the gym more than hitting it. You don't know how good it is to see you all here keeping each other going. @trooworld it was sooo great to meet you in person even though it was for…

@lore11a - to answer your question as one of the somebodies that used to post...I'm back! I keep thinking I'll need to backread to catch up and life happens and I miss you guys, so I finally decided that it's better to just jump in where we're at, instead of avoiding all that backreading! @cbabie - I hope you weren't…

To answer your question...and why I'm here looking for a support group in this direction...I originally went off gluten with a celiac disease diagnosis, and within 2 weeks my nighttime leg pain, neuralgia, and RLS were gone. After years of suffering, gone. I tended to eat mostly paleo, but not entirely...a sugar monster…

@mmmcrane - whatever the naysayers say, don't worry about it. Some people just need to lose weight. Calorie deficit will do that for them. Some people have organs that aren't working correctly, and need to eat differently to support that organ. Dr Gundry's protocol is not unlike many others prescribed by traditional…

@trooworld I'd throw away the scale, it sounds broken. ;-) Go ahead and vent, that's why we're here. Now that you got that out of your system, you can focus on finding a solution. Did you track every day? If not...maybe you didn't make as good of choices as you thought. If you did...look at that tracker. Did you stay at…

@trooworld (and anyone else if you'd like) find me on Facebook. If you friend me, send me a message that you're from MFP so I know who you are, lol. https://www.facebook.com/kfreeman92 It's after midnight , so just a quick check in. Final "score" for February weight loss in our house: Hubby 11 lb, me 5 lbs. YAY! We both…

When does our week start? I weigh every day, lol.

@trooworld There's a game convention down your way at the end of April called KingdomCon. We're going to that one for the first time. Come by and I'll teach you Munchkin (or one of my friends will!). It's funny you should mention Munchkin. I've been demoing for Steve Jackson Games for 10 or 11 years. Our demo guys are…

@HappyBride917 Good luck on your job interview! Did you find a good dress for it? I"m teaching part time right now, and probably will next year too, but I'm thinking of trying to get a job with a bank in May or June. I'll need business suit attire for the interview, which I don't have. My 19 yo daughter is also considering…

I just got caught up on reading...sorry I haven't checked in for (eek) like 2 weeks. The game convention that is held 3 times a year in L A is a big deal for us...we volunteer lots of hours and I have several responsibilities, so I'm a stressed out mess the week before, and a recuperating mess the week after, lol. The…

After 6 days of tracking on MFP and trying to stay close to the sodium guidelines (not going into low sodium yet), and drinking no soda, I noticed that hubby's belly has shrunk! His BP was high, and all his numbers were bad, except blood sugar, so he isn't eligible for the discount on insurance his company provides. It was…

Got up this morning and made hubby (and myself) oatmeal. That probably doesn't sound like a magnificent feat, but it was, truly. I can't stand eating in the morning, but I have recently discovered I can tolerate, and even enjoy, morning oatmeal with one teaspoon of raw local honey. Hubby usually leaves for work with no…

HI everyone...had a crazy week...last weekend's convention was so busy, and I'm still recuperating. Hubby download the MFP app today. Yay! Hope this helps, both of us. Going to bed...trying to catch up on sleep. Karla :smile:

@healthypelican I feel your pain! I finally quit WW meetings. It was expensive support, and I wasn't really getting anywhere with the weight. Since I started tracking here, I am so much more aware of what I am putting into my body, nutritionally. This board is great support, really, and we meet every day, no charge! If you…

Just have to check in and report my day. I paid close attention to the smart choices I made, and congratulated myself each time. I did real well until this evening, when I made the mistake of grabbing a bag of oriental rice crackers on the way out the door. The whole bag. I ate 3/4 of the bag (6 servings!). And of course,…

I ate oatmeal for breakfast. This is important because I almost didn't eat breakfast. I am running late on my errands. So, since I was already late (no real appointments 'til 1 pm), I stopped before running out the door and made oatmeal. The last 2 days I didn't stick to healthful eating, nor did I track. Because...who…

@rickweinberg Being in So Cal, I don't have to do too much seasonal transitioning for exercise. Mostly I walk. I want to start taking my friend's pilates classes, but I need to get completely over this flu first, so I can breathe, lol. What you said about only cleaning the house when people are coming over....I soooo…

@trooworld Thank you…I love your visual about the flat tire. I have been slashing the rest of my tires for years….wow, what a realization. I’m printing that quote out and putting it up on my front door. I have motivational weight related things that speak to me on my door. I couldn’t figure out where to put them so I’d see…

@mmcjtink I think you got some good answers to your question, but I can share what I do. Besides the fact that I want to stay on track, I have dietary limitations (my daughter and I both have celiac disease, so that means absolutely no gluten). I tend to eat at places that I know I can eat at safely. I know their menu, I…

And for the new year I'm getting rid of all the junk food in the house. So I ate the rest of the peppermint bark today. Just wanted to share my accomplishment! Karla :wink:

Hello my wonderful "newbie" sisters whom I have missed this last month. I have been absent due to many factors, including guilt for falling from the "wagon", stress, lack of any time to just sit and relax, illness. I'm a week into the flu, finally seeing a turn for the better. I have gotten notifications all along where…

@trooworld - here are a couple photos of 2 of our game shelves. They're kind of a mess, due to the game day we just had and the fact that we are still organizing, but it gives you an idea of why I can't say "This is my favorite game"!

@lore11a - good for you taking piano lessons. We're never to old to learn stuff. I believe in lifetime learning. I play piano (at a basic level, in spite of years of lessons) and can read music, but when I was called to be a chorister at church I had to learn to lead music...it was so hard for me...I'm not too coordinated!…

Today went alright. Made some better decisions, and some not so good decisions, but at least I was conscious of what I was doing. My friend had to work this morning, so no walk. I tried to go to pilates, but the world was out to get me, lol. I don't have anything flexible to work out in, so I was going to use Pj bottoms.…

OK...so I'm checking in quick. Read some back, not too far back though. Super exhausting days the last 2 weeks, especially with fighting colds and cough. Trying to relax a bit and take care of myself this week now. Tomorrow is Bunco night - December is always a "potluck" (assigned), and I'm bringing a braised bacon brussel…

November goals? I think they went the way of the dodo. Yikes! Just checking in quickly...I started coming down sick Sunday night...had to teach Monday and got through it, but by the time I drove home I just went to bed for the duration. Only got up today to eat. I need to be better tomorrow, enough to get my class prep…

Cbabie, it’s really something how we feel when eating junk when we’ve been eating healthy. We think “wow, now that I’m eating healthy, the junk food really makes me sick”, but in reality, it was always making us sick…we were just used to it. Gemwolf, good for you not forcing yourself to eat everything on your plate! Not…