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Well, I made the decision to take step back from MFP and calorie counting. I can feel the internal pull of my past disordered habits the last few months and I know that the longer I engage with intentional dieting, the harder it will be to not fall into those habits. I've made a lot of progress in some ways—I have a great…

@conniewilkins56 @eliezalot Basically we have a gadget that will bring a pot of water up to a specific temp. You vacuum seal whatever you're cooking and then leave the bag in the pot of water for a few hours while it slowly matches the water temperature. I did 145 since the long cooking time makes a lower internal temp…

I've got a bunch of chicken breasts cooking sous vide right now. The immersion circulator is my partner's kitchen gadget but it was pretty easy to set up and get to temp! My plan is to cook them sous vide then just sear them in a pan right before I eat. If this works out well, I think I'll do this once every week or two…

@lauriekallis I've read through lots of Evelyn Tribole's work on IE and I honestly think it's how I'd ideally live my life someday. I also come from a past of disordered eating (yo-yoing between binging and orthorexic restriction) so I know that calorie counting has been a very slippery slope for me in the past and it's…

I made a little homemade granola with my lunch and it was cute. (Also I was photographing it for my business website—I don't usually dress up my bowls, haha.) I don't remember what thread we were discussing lighter alternatives to cream sauces on but I had a mad craving for creamy pasta tonight with nothing in the house…

@rieraclaelin I monitor my heart rate occasionally. I don't wear a monitor unless I'm exercising and I don't have a fitbit/apple watch so my RHR is something I take monthly with my measurements. It's been steadily measuring between 48 and 52 for a while now and I'd be surprised if that changed too much. It started at 68. I…

It absolutely feels like a science experiment! I think that's a good way to look at it—when the numbers are just data/information for you to use, there's not much you can get upset about! I've been a lot looser with myself since the holidays. Basically, I was just eating more but still eating fairly sensibly. Prior to…

Welp, I thought I was maintaining but the last few days I had that thing where my body puffs up for a day and deflates. Checked the scale and sure enough: whoosh. Whooshing is so weird. Anyways, I'm down another two and a half pounds which puts me right at that 80 pound down loss that was evading me. I've been eating way…

@_inHisGrace I'm so proud of you for telling us and for telling your husband. It's so hard to privately hold onto trauma, especially for so long, and sharing is such an important step towards healing. You're doing a fantastic job.

@tinkerbellang83 @eliezalot If you're looking for another rec in the land of veg pithivier, I wholeheartedly recommend Erin McDowell's recipe on Food52. It's so good. I used up a couple of my garden squash making it!

@lauriekallis Thanks for the motivation! I hadn't thought of my weight staying the same as achieving something and that gave me a much-needed pick-me-up today! @conniewilkins56 I'm in Minnesota, near the Twin Cities! Right now, I'm licensed within the state and can do pick-up or drop-offs. Thanks for the good luck and…

Well, I'm still here! I'm having a mildly successful, mildly unsuccessful diet break right now. Mildly successful because I'm learning that my body feels best somewhere between 1700 and 2100 calories, which is ultimately where I'd be totally fine winding up, and the fatigue/obsessive thoughts have been put aside just…

Today I made it through 108 sun salutations! I wanted to try this practice to mark the new year but convinced myself I wouldn’t be physically able to right now. I sort of gave it a shot on a whim and while it took me over three hours—I did it!

All signs are pointing toward a deficit break in the near future for me. I've been feeling kind of blah and low energy for a couple of weeks, getting a little too obsessive with the slow-moving scales, and I think a bit of refeeding could do me some good in both body and brain. I get really anxious when I think about…

@amart4224 First of all, happy early birthday! I'm so happy that you're able to celebrate with your loved ones. (Also we have a robot vacuum and it's a total game changer. Just don't let it run out of battery under the bed, haha.) In terms of the stuff with your parents—I 100% could have written that whole thing. Most if…

@eliezalot Soup is totally one of those things, haha. In the brain it's like "this is a perfectly reasonable amount of beets." That's when an Arrested Development-esque narrator comes in with "It was, in fact, not a perfectly reasonable amount of beets."

@eliezalot My partner made a bunch of borscht a few months ago and I feel like we only just finished it! We're definitely fans but we like beets sooo. Report back with what you think of it!

Well, this week is another big holiday baking week for me and my business. I have two of them in December—this one is the holiday cookie box week. The actual holiday is closer to how Thanksgiving was with a seemingly random assortment of pies, tarts, cake rolls, a few more batches of cookies, bread rolls, sourdough, and…

This is a journey and no journey that's worth doing is linear. You learned, you came back, and the best thing you can do is extend some kindness to yourself. You recognized the pattern, made this post, and that's awesome. You 100% didn't let any of us down—I think most of us have probably been in your shoes—I can speak for…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ll also probably OMAD today but I won’t punish myself if I wind up having a snack beforehand. I’ve spent three days baking and delivering 12 batches of pastries, 25 pies, and 120 bread rolls and I’m sure I burned a decent amount of calories considering how active rolling out cold puff pastry…

@bmeadows380 Isn’t anything that makes your heart rate increase teeeeechnically exercise? :)

Sort of a scale victory but also sort of not—yesterday I weighed in at the weight it says I am on my driver’s license. Only took 6 months and 73 pounds to get there, haha.

@_inHisGrace Not warm, but Carnation has a really good light creme brulee recipe that really hits the spot. My favorite warm dessert that's super easy to lighten up is apple crisp. Load up on the apple and go light on the butter in the topping and you can easily have a decent scoop for under 200 cal! I also recently made…

Age: 29 Height: 5’8" SW: 348 lbs CW: 277.8 lbs I haven't been weighing since I wanted to give myself a little time to adjust after a lowered deficit so today was the first time I'd stepped on the scale in a while. I was surprised with hitting that 70lb loss! This feels totally bonkers. Bodies are pretty cool!

One of my partner's coworkers came into work a couple of days ago unmasked and showing symptoms, after having known COVID exposure a week ago that she didn't tell anyone at work about. I get that you need to go into work and make rent but when there are systems that your job has in place to make getting paid during…

@bmeadows380 I don't know if you have a Nordstrom Rack around you but I have a styling client that takes a women's 12W and we've had some good luck shopping in-store there together!

@eliezalot My studio went virtual when the pandemic hit and I love it so much! I do a couple of online subscriptions to supplement my weekly classes but it's nice to be able to do it in my own space and mostly on my own time. It's my favorite way to transition from work to the rest of my day!

Another entry in the saga of me trying to replace my favorite pairs of jeans! My size down Madewell jeans are still working but my American Eagle jeans are finally to the point where it's impossible to wear them. I started at a 24 and resisted buying a 22 until last week. They came today and that 22 is still too big.…

@conniewilkins56 I love aerobics videos! I went to see how Richard compares to my usual plyometric/jump training dance aerobics. I didn't intend to do one but the video I clicked started with Soul Man and I couldn't resist, haha. Thanks for the info! It's nice to have another fun workout in the arsenal!

@amart4224 I've had giant breed fosters who were leash reactive and totally get the feeling. It's probably my biggest pet peeve, especially when it comes to off-leash owned dogs. My struggle for the week is that my partner took the week off of work. They love to cook but having worked in restaurants for years, they still…