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I'll go first again. Two weeks in a row, this time it isn't a heavy lift. I logged a lot this last week so I was able to have some scale success. GW: 144.7 lbs Weigh In Info - Mar 14, 2024 Last: 244.5 lbs TW: 240.4 lbs Variance: - 4.1 lbs As I wrote elsewhere I was prescribed an older obesity drug Qysemia…

Your point here isn't clear, to wit: The day before the Olympics an athlete is given a diagnosis of metastatic brain cancer and a prognosis of six months to live. The next day they go and win the gold medal and set the world record. Are they healthy? Do they have a disease? What do you mean you can't have both. What's your…

Our very own Rita 'bootilicious" is doing some good training and racing to support World Vision. Kick down some if you are able: https://www.teamworldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=392351

💯Informed consent. Adult doing adult things.

Viagra was developed for blood pressure. Your statement "Thing is" while true, doesn't mean much. It isn't the "Thing." Digging deeper into the basic science who knows what's there. You went on to make many other good points and Wegovey (Ozempic) is FDA approved for obesity, it is for sale in the US, and a hundred MFPers…

I logged consistently and lost weight. ( but there is the burden of the commitment and the disappointment when I miss an entry.) I stopped a couple years ago. About three years ago I started using an online home budget tracker (mint.com) I have been very consistent, made my budget every month, manage all my debts, bought a…

Thank you, and congratulations. I read your first MFP post from a million years ago, where you were calling out wings and beer. Apparently that is not the issue, as you're still indulging, but you have taken care of the galaxy of things around them. Again, your doing something right, I'm inspired, thanks for showing up…

Does anyone here think that carefully logging all of your food here in MFP is good, but struggle to actually do it? Forgetting, and dismissing it, and stopping before building up a good routine? Sometimes I think pessimistically, that it is a practice that is too unnatural, or too fussy, too obsessive, too 'many things.'…

It worked super well for me too, and for going on four years now not logging has not worked super well for me. Slow learner? Self defeating behavioralist? Lazy? Undisciplined? Lashing myself more harshly doesn't seem to flick the switch. Lastly the voice in my head says "you are whining," and that I should go away and…

So, MFP tells me you've daily logged for seven straight years. You seem to be fit, run a lot, have a loving family, have fun, remain optimistic, helpful, encouraging, any correlation? How about a little speech? What's the story? Congratulations on seven years of consistency, that's remarkable.

Rita, You are making such consistent progress. Have you set a goal weight for yourself? Or, some activity, or other type of goal?

I am appreciating how the wet weather is gone, there's a lot more day light too. I gardened (dealt with weeds) a bunch this week. It felt good. Spring cleaned my house too. GW: 144.7 lbs Weigh In Info - Mar 14, 2024 Last: 243.6 lbs TW: 244.5 lbs Variance: +1.1 lbs

Hey, nice new profile pic!

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vLes9r1w404 Untame the Tiger

Funny, I never went to WW, but I had friends who had, and some who spoke highly of it. The part that resonated with me was going to their building and jumping up on the scale infront of everyone once a week. That's why I found @tinkerbellang83 and this group all those years ago. I felt the act of having a supportive place…

Please take care. Yov've been hammering it and discretion is the better part of valor. I hope you recover quickly.

Dang...I was going to send this the other day then thought, "nah, Texans don't need my snark." You get two days each year where there is not much to say, sandwiches between the bitter cold and the brutal heat. 🥵🏃🏼‍♀️🥶 One in March, one in September.

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Sure Cheri you've come to the right place, there are hundreds of us here with Fitbits connected up. It might take a couple go rounds to get it right. Is this a good spot here for you to work through it? I see you are new to MFP. Which model of Fitbit do you have? You have an IPhone, correct?

I had a nice pep talk with a friend. I'm not in AA, but the ideas around addiction with regards to food and eating just resonate. It seems like I'm in addiction when I'm not eating carefully/logging/weighing/measuring etc. and I'm in recovery when I do those and maintain some daily calorie amount...and lose weigh. I know…

Very nice! If you ever find yourself slipping away, refer back to this post 😁

Seems a bit broken, I'm getting 'gateway timeouts' etc.

Quickly and stealthily stolen and send around to my other friends. HA!

Thanks. I have had my stitches out for almost three weeks. It's 100%. I never stopped running. But I quit going to my yoga class. I really should have gone two weekends ago, and definitely should have gone last weekend. I'm just a locked down creature of momentum and entropy. I pray the great driver of things gets my…

On track and logging....good on you, that usually works for most people.

Very nice, mine are the GT-2000 10, and I'm due for an upgrade. I'm just coming off a long run (no pun intended) with New Balance and bought these Asics. I don't really need a stability shoe I'm going to consider their Cumulus (and New Balance too) for my next pair. Good luck. Mine fit right out of the box....the shoe tech…

You are back! Very good. Is being on MFP part of your plan? Shall we do the "P" part Pal in MFP? I'm running a little bit, and the things I am not doing well on right now are my food diary...that's the area were I could really change things up. How about you @gwoolie ?

Hey Congratulations! Great time to go an travel, right. Have both a great time, and take care.

I've always had the bulk up to goal weigh recomp fantasy. Get to X lbs. below goal weight, then go for adding up this X pounds in muscle to end up at goal. Personally or esthetically I don't care about musculature. I especially don't want any additional bulk. Just enough to keep my balance, and keep my metabolism/immune…

Me too Marissa, without your 31.7 lbs gain though. It's all part of the process. ;) GW: 144.7 lbs Weigh In Info - Mar 6 , 2024 Last: 241.4 lbs TW: 245.7 lbs Variance: +4.3 lbs I did a typical Monday morning weigh in and was up about three and thought, ah I'll give it a day, something is up. Tuesday up a bit more, this…