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However, I truly do not think I'm lightly active. Before, I was using sedentary numbers and only adding back about half of my exercise calories, and I was barely getting the 2 lbs a week I was expecting. And right now, I'm not getting regular exercise and sitting way too much because of my desk job. Later this summer, when…

And we do use cauliflower rice, but it definitely is NOT anywhere close the same, nor does or work the same. It's fine in most cases, but sometimes there just is no substitute for the real deal. Hubby definitely has a much higher baseline than I do - over 1,000 calories more. Another thing we recently discovered was…

I appreciate the suggestion, but my husband is trying to avoid soy because of the estrogen that soy has in it. There's a lot of debate on whether it actually raises a man's levels or not, but he's already been diagnosed and put on medication for high levels as it is, so he doesn't want to take chances. But I am happy to…

I'm still looking for a decent low carb pasta recipe to try out. I've tried a few but none really tasted all that great, and for me, zoodles of various kinds just don't substitute for pasta. I can have pasta, but the hubby in his attempt to get back low carb cannot. And the vegetable pastas in the grocery stores are just…

I think March got together with April for a big April fools joke on us all, since it is currently snowing outside and lightly sticking to the ground *grrrr* My plum tree is in full bloom right now, the one that should produce this year for the first time ever, but the freeze last weekend and this dip into the upper 20's…

That is why I'm not confident WLS would work because I see too many long term stories where it doesn't work, and the studies are pointing that way, too. For instance: I've seen the studies on the sleeve surgery which is very popular these days, and the long long results are not good; most, in order to keep their weight…

the paneer did turn out good, and ricotta is rather easy since you just use citric acid or vinegar to curdle the milk. And homemade buttermilk from culture is fantastic stuff! Much thicker than the store bought quarts, and helps things rise so much better! I'll be keeping that culture for sure! the one time I got mozz to…

I am using distilled water, and making sure that I don’t have ultra pasteurized milk too

that's why I'm hanging on to my washer and dryer. Kenmore bought in 2004 and still both are working! Top loader washer, too :) I have a tube TV in my bedroom that I've had since 1994 and it still works - as does the VCR on it (the last I checked, anyway!) I prefer to keep things that last, too. Part of why I want to learn…

I'm back again after falling off the wagon AGAIN. *sigh* It's rather wet here at the moment, and warm for now, but its going to get colder again tonight. It's not suppose to be colder than 26 this weekend over night, and I hope they are right, because my plum tree is in full bloom right now and my peach tree is coming out.…

still needing to count calories is what I've finally started to get through my husband's head when it comes to KETO dieting. I finally got him to see that even keto foods will contribute to weight gain if you don't count the calories; that a calorie is nothing more than a measure of energy, and losing weight still boils…

I"m still trying, even though I'm not seeing any success. I was doing well earlier in the week - had energy to do all kinds of chores including dusting! (gasp!) Made snowmen outside, swept and steam mopped the house, cleaned bathrooms, fixed my wagon's wheels, carried in pellets....It was probably a boost from the…

I'm going to try again to get a long fast in, or at least not eat anything until dinner time. This week hasn't been all that good, though it hasn't been as bad as it could have been. I've been in a deficit on all days except yesterday, when Hubby and I had Chinese to celebrate his finally getting a job! Considering…

I'm trying a Tahini Chicken salad with Napa cabbage tonight. The recipe is in a South Beach cookbook I have. Though I don't have plain greek yogurt, so I'm subbing in sour cream and a little cream cheese for the dressing base. I'll add some roasted carrot sticks in to go with.

so I managed to be somewhat busy today! Got my dishes washed up, my Christmas decorations taken to the shed and put away (in their proper containers!), the new tires put on my wagon so I can pull the pellets around to the front door instead of having to carry them one bag at a time.... The birds were fed (and the deer from…

I love beet pickled eggs! And I introduced my husband to them too :) They are especially interesting when they've been in the fridge long enough to even pink the yolk! I was going to fast today, but it ended up being a fairly active day, so I made butternut squash curry soup out of some butternut squash I had canned, and…

I still have my washer dryer set I got in 2004 when I moved to PA for my first job out of college :) I love that washing machine - regular old top loader, but she's stood up to 18 years of wear and tear and I've only had to replace the lid switch and the water pump once each. The repair tech told me they didn't make 'em…

I'm finding myself craving cream of wheat or cocoa wheat, but hubby can't eat it and I know its not the most filling of foods for me anyway :) I was supposed to fast today, but after going to the doctor to figure out what I did to my hand (x-ray results should be back tomorrow to tell if I broke it or not) and going…

I wanted something easy and quick, so ground turkey taco salad it is!

Got more snow shoveled today, as well as carried in pellets AND finally FINALLY put away the clean clothes that have been sitting in baskets in the laundry room since before Christmas :persevere: The good news is that the exercise I got in the last 2 days will cover the missing fast day from yesterday. So yeah? lol

Here's a question for those who are deep into the science side of diet and exercise (Pav? lol) My husband mentioned to a friend of his online yesterday about my having burned 800 calories according to MFP shoveling snow for an hour, and the guy responded with "too bad the body limits the expenditure to only 200 calories".…

:) My husband LOVES to swim and would be very envious to know you can do that! The closest pool to us is going to be 25 miles away, if it every opens..... Still, we are considering a membership to see if that can encourage us to get more activity in!

The 60 lbs I lost in 2020 was done through a lot of walking, though. I was getting in at least 1 1/2 hours of walking 5 days a week or more, with some cardio thrown in as well. My problem that I've found is that I couldn't sustain it - I hate the amount of time it took to keep it going and then when the weather turned I…

well, fasting today is no longer on the agenda after the energy expenditure I put out this afternoon :) That's a good thing as far as I'm concerning - I don't think trying to do a day long fast of less than 300 calories while putting in a 800 calorie burn shoveling snow is a good idea lol Turns out there is 9 inches of…

I didn't have a good weekend at all, diet-wise. :( I did so well Monday through Thursday last week, but Friday, Saturday, and Sunday fell apart. I found myself extremely hungry too early in the day, so while I let myself have a sensible, reasonable breakfast on those days, once I started eating, the drive to keep munching…

I learned to embroidary and cross stitch when I was younger, and I do sew my own curtains, clothes, toys for my niece and nephew, etc. I can do a crochet chain but that's about it :) Crochet never really inspired me, but I did want to learn to knit. Sadly, I'm left handed and could not find anyone to show me, and I tried…

We ended up at Ruby Tuesday's for dinner tonight, so I'm over my calorie limit for the day and closer to maintenance. However, all we had was soup and salad, and while I had 2 cups of soup and 2 trips to the salad bar, I did load up on lots of leafy greens and cut down on the amount of dressing I used. And I had…

I grew up in a loving home but in a family that came from hard working farmer stock and who cooked liked farmer's wives though we no longer lived on farms or worked hard enough to need those excess calories. Portions sizes were always large, which makes it hard for me this day to accurately judge what is a true portion. I…

Quantity is a big deal for me, too, though I dont' mind using real rice if I have enough veggies to go with it. I've learned to substitute out my fats and calorie dense things in recipes, too, to try to compromise with myself, such as this morning in my Keto pancakes for my husband - I have CarbQuik to keep the carb count…