ConnieT1030 Member

wow you guys are fast :) Did I accidentally place this in the Price Is Right, with the bidding wars there? :smiley:

I hear you. I found that I could wear a tshirt yesterday that Im sure is a size smaller than i think I am now, that I hadnt been able to fit for two years, but am still bummed because I can't get the scale to move down 1 pound. I usually am down 1 more by now, and instead, the scale crept down one pound for one day only…

This. I know this is tangential, but I rarely even venture into the forums anymore, because everything becomes a earth-shattering argument and hairsplitting semantics. Some of my friends on here refuse come in at all anymore. I tend to be more stubborn though and sometimes can't look away from the trainwrecks. =P Back to…

Have to agree with the others, Id probably go for some no or low calorie drink, hot tea when its cool, or diet soda when it's hot. I use stevia in my tea, so that has no calories. In some I use a a little bit of cashew milk but thats very low cal. If I eat candy its extremely hard to stop =/

Just had to chime in on this, although it's probably been talked to death in later pages (Im on page 7 what can i say) that regardless of whether you can consider it a "handicap", I was in a public ladies room a few months ago, and they made the stall so freaking small I literally could not fit through the door... it was…

I hope you are confident that is the reason before dropping your long-time friend. :( I know for me, I often dont even see hair style/color changes on friends and family until someone brings attention to it, and it takes a while for me to pay attention to any weight change, and i say very little about it- because the…

Thanks @Grey_1, your story is also inspiring! I do use my elliptical, just havent worked it up very far yet. I realize it isnt impressive to anyone but me, but for me to go from the 30 seconds which was all I could originally last to 11 minutes today is a major accomplishment to me. Just dont know how much I can do with…

Wow guys. Just wow. Major tears. I have been looking up and playing the videos of every single one of these over-50-wonders you all have shared and Im just so awed, amazed and inspired. I just turned 53 and while I fully intend to lose the extra weight, I figured there wasn't much hope for me fitness-wise, because Im not…

Well I was peri, but then I got a total hys, and am on estrogen patches, so for the most part I dont have any issues that way, but I do still get "phantom ovary" pains about monthly O.o ....can't explain that, but they are slowly decreasing, it's been 14 months now, no idea how long it will take for my body to realize they…

I didnt used to be able to stand diet drinks/colas, but ever since they made the no aspartame diet pepsi, I can drink it and enjoy it. No hangup on aspartame (lets not go there!) just dont like the taste. Its not the same as sugar pop by a long shot, but it is palatable, so i can sometimes drink something bubbly and not…

No.

There doesn't seem to be an option to select a range, that's the issue. However when you put your weight in for 1 year ago (I just used my maximum weight, even though I dont know when precisely that was) it adjusts properly. It seems to need a years worth of data to calculate a range (it only requires two entries 1 year…

Its not the diet soda thats the issue, it's the rest of the items (calories) that make the difference. I suspect anyone getting "hungry" from diet soda may be suffering from suggestibility, but that's just a guess. I dont prefer the taste of anything with aspartame (aftertaste-yuck!) but I often like the ones with the…

I noticed it actually doesnt do this on the (android) app version, I guess it's not the same option thats available in the web version. Interesting workaround, thanks for that @CyberTone . Obviously Im a newb and didnt know it was a known issue :o People certainly will be harmed if they try to reach a zero minimum! ;) But…

First, even if someone could help you wave a wand and change your weight to satisfy him, it would NOT be the end of his demands. There will always be something else. If he cannot love you exactly as you are (at any weight) then he does not love YOU at all, because we are more than simply bodies. You are showing YOU…

When i started ( a month i guess) i thought the UPC went directly to the manufacturer for nutrition stats! O.o Then i saw one where I realized the calories didnt match the package, and checked others and saw other variances, and realized I have to be picky about what it selects with the code. Some days i get pretty annoyed…

Mine is an "Eatsmart" glass one also, from amazon, Im guessing the same one then? I started to wonder like pyro_guy7 if it was accurate because I went about 3 weeks without losing a pound!! O.o But then suddenly the scale started moving yesterday....so .. I guess it's just me. I am womndering about a kitchen scale though.…

I tried there first, the particular groups I was most interested in hadn't had activity for like 2 years =( There's WAY too many groups, they can't even list them you have to be searching for them to find them. I did see find that an interesting thread gets like 10 pages of answers in 2-3 days- way too much!! So i just…

<does her best wheel of fortune impression complete with claps> "Good answer! Good answer!" My bad not thinking OP meant Windows Phone, but that's something I wish I had thought of when I had issues with syncing, and can help with the newsfeed issue I have. I should have thought of it, that's what I do with facebook on my…

I hear ya I am in the same boat! (53 today!!) I would like some more friends to socialize with. I can be encouraging and/or supportive but Im too old to be a "cheerleader" and didnt care for that when I was younger either, so anyone who's looking to wake up to motivational posters from me is going to be disappointed! Just…

Im not sure what you mean by WP but I know my app couldnt sync with the desktop for a several days (android). It is fixed now, apparently since an update. Now Im just trying to figure out how to get the newsfeed back on my app since I took it off (when I had no friends on it, there was no point). Have you looked at the…

Your calorie goal was 1200 because you asked MFP for an aggressive weight loss. Go back to your goals and ask for a slower weight loss and your calorie allowance will go up. And/or use online calculators for TDEE and (take an average if they are too far apart), and just stay below that to prevent weight gain. Use the…

Is anyone doing weightlifting? I have been reading that lifting is superior to cardio for losing weight because you will build muscle, while with pure cardio you will lose fat AND muscle, maybe more muscle than fat. That way you will end looking toned and fit, and not what they call "skinny fat"- not overweight, but very…

I was looking for something related to arthritis, so i just found it, but thing is, people will not know the group exists unless they specifically search for it. It seems mfp only highlights "popular" groups, except its hard for a group to *become* popular if no one knows it exists! =/ A list of groups people can browse…

Thanks! I enjoyed reading your story, I definitely know what it is to have gone this route before, although previously I wasnt actually attempting to lose weight. I know I should drink more water, but I never did like water, and I just am rarely thirsty, so i struggle to get through one bottle a day. =/ I have been tempted…

Im not sure if it's bad form to not read the whole thread, I read some but.. 13 pages ?!... so I apologize if someone said this better, but I believe that the reason people will find "sugar making them fat" is not the sugary item itself per se, but that when you eat something with sugar that isn't coupled with enough fiber…

LOL @ DogWhisperer. I used to watch that alot. I think my dog doesn't believe in him . :D According to what Ive learned from him, my dog is NOT a match to me or my lifestyle, but i didnt get to pick, my dog showed up under our car abandoned, and we just took him in as no one claimed him. (Later I found out people abandon…

My husband is 12 years younger than me. I dont think it's the gap so much as the maturity. Once (both) are at least approximately 30, then age matters much less, up to a point where the generation gap becomes intrusive. Where that falls is an individual subjective matter. As for me preferring a younger man, I actually…

I found out about lowering & raising your metabolism in my research, and it only makes sense. Your body does its best to adapt to the amount you are feeding it, trying to stay at the same weight, homeostasis. I looked around and thought, who knows the most about weight loss and fitness? Bodybuilders. They can't afford not…