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Me too, and I am really limiting fat and carbs. I like salads, I like vegetables, I like chicken and fish but.... it would be nice if a low-calorie diet based on lean protein and vegetables actually showed some results on the scale! :-) But, we all know that it can take the scale two weeks to catch up with our good eating…

3GH, go running anyway! If you are drained after the counseling session, it will be an emotional/higher-brain fatigue. Going running will trigger different pathways in your brain, physical and (say the following in a sexy voice... this burns more calories) ...... primitive...... Getting the primitive mental and physical…

Well, I had a beef shortrib (just one), and strawberry jello with whipped cream for breakfast. I think that's what the nutrition gurus mean by breakfast of champions, don't you? :-) Anyway, salad and vegan/GF squash soup for lunch, and fortunately dinner won't be a challenge.

And yes, 3greyhorses, you are melting to nothing inside those tent-like clothes. Great work!!! Good on you!!

I struggle with the geological pace of weight loss. I don't know how, realistically, with work/family/a gazillion opportunities to eat, I can eat less. But, I see that I can't hike or xc ski or ride my wonderful horse as well as I would like, at my current weight. And I'm so lumpy-looking! Cute outfits that used to be…

Wow! That is amazing proof of all your hard work paying off!

Congrats on getting back to your pre-break weight! See? You got this.

CW: 202.5 Goal weight: 130. Scale will not move, I have decided, unless I cut out bread and pasta. We'll see if that works. I can live with small amounts of bread and pasta, if the scale will just reward me for it. :-) I know it will take two weeks to see anything, so, hunkering down for two weeks of discipline.

Also, greyhorses, my horse says that things are looking up! He is shedding (two months early, for him) and fur is coming off of him in sheets. The birds are happy with this early arrival of nesting material. Not so great if you have on chapstick or wear contact lenses, though. Good thing I have on a mask so I'm not getting…

I can't blame the weather, as it was bright and sunny in Massachusetts this morning -- though now it's grey and windy.... But. I cannot for the life of me remember what I ate for breakfast, if anything. Does anyone else have this issue? Did I not eat anything (possible.... dog was insisting on a walk Right Now Mom!)? Did I…

Of course it's here or there! I am all in favor of occasionally unleashing the evil twin.

I keep being defeated by bread. :-) The place I get lunch a few days a week has really good bread. I think I have to go way down on carbs, and then maybe the scale will move. I'm usually within my calories, but, the pie chart always shows alot of fat and carbs. I think it's supposed to show more protein, fewer carbs.

I meant, ladies and gentlemen, to say, "my fat a-s-s." I thank the computer for inserting "kittens," but, let's call it like it is.

What are your horse plans for the weekend? I've been chickening out of riding, saying, "Oh, I'll wait until I've gotten under 200," but horse has been carrying my fat *kitten* around, at over 200#, for three years. True, he is older now, but we do very light work. We've been long-lining, we do liberty work, we longe, I…

1) On a big piece of paper, draw a "start" circle for where you are in your health/fitness journey, and then at the opposite side of the paper, draw a "finish" circle. Then, draw a simple map or a flow chart or whatever of how you are going to get there. This can help you feel grounded and like it's not all up to invisible…

I don't know any of the songs anyone is mentioning, either. But, for me personally, it is very hard to stay in a bad mood, or to NOT dance, to: Popcorn song (by Hot Butter) I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Scissor Sisters) Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) What you Need (INXS) The Bad Touch (Bloodhound Gang) (This one is…

Okay, BB; will jump in for 2021! The thing about MFP is that you really see why you can't eat that hunk of bread that came with the soup, and why you need to get the cup of soup, not the bowl, etc. The calories pile on so quickly! I feel like realistically, at least one meal has to be a salad made with just vegetables, or…

Stay within calories..... Stay within calories.... Stay within calories.

Goals are to stay under calories, not get pulled off track by work-related emotions lurking for tomorrow. :smile:

But aren't our sloppy fluffy bodies still amazing, for how much capacity they have to change? I'm only able to be this peppy Pollyanna because everyone else inspires me to keep on going. I'm personally sick of seeing no results even though I'm within calories, getting exercise, etc. I get discouraged too, 3greyhorses!…

Cold and rainy here, with a few inches of slush on the ground. But, I have wasted enough of the day lying on the couch under a blanket with the dog, so, heading out to clean horse's paddock, maybe actually ride aforesaid horse. The couch and the warm sleeping dog, who is lying on her back with all four paws in the air, are…

Go, greyhorses! You have already achieved so much success, as far as we're all concerned. Good luck with that last half a pound. You're awesomely in charge of your journey!

SW: 212 (a few weeks ago) CW: 204 (today) GW: 130 Scale up, scale down every day -- it doesn't seem to have much connection to my calories in/calories out. I have really been being diligent about walking 2-4 miles just about every morning, which means the dog is getting in better and better shape, and then she wants more…

A busy day, some emotional eating, but within my calories, thanks to dinner being... well, gross so I didn't eat it. I ask you, WHY must people go overboard with exotic spices when the classics can't be improved upon? In any case, still hanging in there with walking the dog several brisk miles a day, shoveling out the…

Wishing everyone a warm and joyous holiday season! It's suddenly unseasonably warm in Massachusetts, so it will be good to get out for a walk before we get another major storm tomorrow --- wind and rain, on top of the heavy snow of a few days ago. Maybe the road to the supermarket will flood! :-)

Scale says I gained 7 lbs in one week. I don't think so (or, at least some of it has to be a hydration/dehydration thing). Anyway, will keep looking for trends. I am within my calories, etc. but with me, nothing happens day to day; it can take two weeks to see any effect, by which time it's tempting to give in to the…

I feel like alot of things that I used to look forward to as treats don't taste as good anymore. KFC and the avocado turkey BLT from Panera come to mind. I was so looking forward to each of these things, and threw both of them out after a few bites. They just didn't taste worth it. (I do not have COVID.... get tested every…

Today: Stay under calories Drink water Avoid bread Clean the den, which looks like several tornadoes converged on the home of a hoarder.

Good walk in the snow today; have some running around to do that should keep me out of the refrigerator today. Goals are to stay under calories, drink more water,and avoid mindless eating of stuff that doesn't even taste that good.

Okay, you guys have already motivated me to get on the treadmill as soon as I get out of a meeting. We have fresh deep unbroken snow and the dog and I did get out for a walk this morning, but, the dog is from the south and this is her first major snowstorm, and she was not quite feeling the deep snow, so she decided it…