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I went to the gym TWICE yesterday. I think that might be a first for me. I had gone first thing in the morning, then was working from home and finding that I just wan't being productive, so since the mental side wasn't cooperating I decided to use that time doing something physical. It was just some treadmill walking and a…

I first started losing with MFP in May 2017 and was around 60 pounds down by May 2018. Kept it off until the lockdowns and gym closures began, which brought be back up by 25 pounds by this past holiday season. Having finally had enough of feeling out of control and I resolved to get back on it and am back down by 10 now.…

That's fantastic, congratulations!

Resolutioner bump. Happy New Year everybody!

Resolutioner bump. Happy New Year everybody!

Resolutioner bump. Happy New Year everybody!

Resolutioner bump. Happy New Year everybody!

As far as what to eat them with (e.g., toast, tortilla chips, etc.) I guess that's up to the eater. For flavouring agents, besides the go-to guacamole or other spreadable preparations I will often dice it and toss it with lemon juice and red pepper flakes (someone upthread also mentioned cayenne), or I like to slice it in…

Yes by the way what IS that? I've started to see it on other people's pages but don't understand what I'm looking at.

The following may or may not be in any way helpful—the suggestions from @PAV888 and @anubis609 are more constructive—but at least please understand it's not meant in a snarky way: It occurs to me that we sometimes can't see ourselves in the mirror 'accurately', if not due to a diagnosable dysmorphic syndrome then in the…

A diamond! Yes Re that's me too—I'd always gone with 'apple' since diamond wasn't available until now :) Or sometimes I think I'm shaped like an octopus, all bulbous in the middle with tapering extremities.

Catching up on last week's Silicon Valley in anticipation of this week's ep.

I agree with @Shortgirlrunning people have probably noticed and didn't want to be rude. OR they know at some level that there's a difference but can't put their finger on it. You see comments on the boards here all the time where someone's friends or coworkers think they got a haircut or a new outfit or something. For me,…

Weekdays with no alcohol for a month. I tend not to stop at just one once I've started, so I just want to see what kind of difference it makes, as far as both calories and broader health impact.

Well I couldn't say that it's a thing as such (which is why I was curious if anybody else had experienced it), and as @rheddmobile pointed out, if it is a thing it could be for any number of reasons, Keto BO being a likely one for many MFPers. For me I had this vague memory of seeing a documentary that explained that the…

To almost quote Ice Cube, "[Weight loss] ain't a track meet, it's a marathon (*kitten the cemetery that a *kitten* get buried on)." ETA: I'm thinking of the attitude that many of us have—at least when we start—of "I just have to restrict my eating for a little while then I can go back to eating 'like normal'." It just…

I'm in a similar situation; I'll join you in that challenge.

Somewhat related, based on your story and also that picture I'd say you not only did a great job losing fat but that you got pretty lucky in the loose skin department too. Bonus!

Ah, that's a good thought, though no it wouldn't have been what was causing my situation. I was still, for example eating pasta and potatoes as a pretty regular staple and have never intentionally done low-carb and/or high fat at any stage of the process. What you said about the smell difference does resonate, though, in…

That you might 'off gas'. I was just remembering how a few months after I started dropping the weight suddenly my sweat started stinking like crazy. This lasted a couple of months then went away. I'm not sure what it was, really. Maybe there was a hormonal shift? Or maybe it was toxins from a crappy diet that my body had…

Count me among those who not only accepts but embraces the idea of logging indefinitely. I actually kind of like coming here on MFP not just for the logging but for the forums, which helps keep my head in the game while losing and keep me from getting complacent in maintenance. Also, I am a short, older, sedentary (outside…

Actually I did know that about sizes once being smaller. What was in the back of my mind while I was writing the two sidebars is how sometimes I see on the boards people who seem to be denying vanity sizing (and other shifts or de-standardisations in sizing) over the decades. The extreme example of such denial would be…

You look just wonderful

With the glasses only in the 'before' picture this seems very much a Clark Kent/Superman situation. Nice one.

I love the meta nature of how the thread where people tell about things they belatedly learned was the source of said learning. That's not the first time that's happened on this thread either. Quite a while back someone posted about how they randomly figured out that turning their phone to 'landscape mode' meant that they…

I joined a gym with two girlfriends last winter. We were all going through personal traumas at the time and used working out as a therapeutic group activity. Well in the last couple of months our schedules have started to fall out of sync and we find we can't go together so often anymore. And in fact the other two have—at…

What @alteredsteve175 said. As I think they say, it's less about motivation and more about developing habits, so well done. It's not about wanting to do it as much as it is about doing it, right?

@middlehaitch Good info, thanks.

Sidebar 2: I was just (re)watching a Season 1 episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (so circa 1970) on YouTube. In the ep Mary was supposed to be the maid of honour at a friend's wedding and at the last minute was replaced by another woman, who also co-opted her bridesmaid dress. Rhoda quipped that it must be a prerequisite…

Without a 'before' picture, and without knowing anything about your routine at the gym other than how often you are going (but for how long? what are you doing there: treadmill? weight lifting? if weights then which program?) it's hard to assess whether you're on the right track or not. Maybe in a couple more months you…