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Totally agree. Do you think lifting weights is helpful with weight maintenance even if you're not doing it "to failure"? (I'm 66 and really afraid of strains, sprains, etc., or god forbid cracking thin bones, so I set resistance weights only to where the effort is uncomfortable and annoying, not to where I couldn't…

Thanks for sharing experience on this. Sounds like you're on the road to success this time, good luck. Your narrative reflects some of the weight-related pitfalls of exercise, for sure. I know when I work out, which I try to do 3x/week but often fail, I get the hungries almost the minute I'm done. I have to be a lot more…

Same here, hip flexors and glutes. I’ve felt by far the most punishment from skipping those stretches. One time after I skipped the glute stretch (which I believe also stretches the muscles involved with the hip joints) I felt crippled for several days. Painful to walk.

That makes a lot of sense to me. Probably protects against overstretching injury.

Oh god just shoot me. LOL… I used to be a fan of physical therapy (j/k)

No, not heavy/stable enough for the most important stretches for me. Has to be something that’s nailed to the floor.

Another good reminder. I do see these used a great deal at the gym. And I have one here at home. Hiding under my mini-couch :) Needs to come out more.

Thanks @Cherimoose —that is definitely an alternative for me to consider. And it will help when I don’t make it to the gym until I have barely enough time to do my workout before they close. On those days I usually cut the resistance/weight training portion short, which is obviously not a good thing, because I’m afraid to…

Thank you @TavistockToad, @amusedmonkey and @lorrpb for your help. I knew I’d be glad I asked that question here. The trainer who taught me most of what I *thought* I knew about stretching never expressed any concern about my complaints of pain. Neither has any other trainer to whom I’ve mentioned it in passing. Then again…

It’s tough. So tough that I completely blew it off for the entire 4th quarter ‘17, which, of course, contributed to weight gain that forced me to come back to MFP. There are many ways to support your self-motivation that others have described above. One particularly relevant for me is knowing that I feel better when I’m…

BREAKING: For brunch at one of the great (and non-greasy) local joints, I just ordered an omelette WITH NO CHEESE. Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply here for kicking my butt. Difficult as this is for me, I’m impressed with the value of MFP and hopeful for success. Another new low on the scale this morning, to…

Sounds like a smart choice. Unfortunately when my brain says “omelette” it always says “cheese” no matter what other ingredients may be available. :D When I have an omelette anywhere other than this one neighborhood place where I am so stuck on the chili-cheese version, I normally do include veggies. Broccoli-and-cheddar…

Thank you @mortuseon_ You understand my feelings quite exactly and the "taking the joy out of eating" hazard is a serious one. Wishing you good luck and plenty of joy.

Here I sit at one of the other local diners, a hugely popular one where I haven’t been in a while. Resisted the omelettes and ordered 2 eggs “over well,” but decided I needed the sausage, too. LOL. Subbed corn for the potatoes. No toast. Black coffee. And I’m here to tell ya, I might as well have had my fave thing at the…

Many thanks @CyberTone for the links update. Those are “must” bookmarks for me!

Thanks! Your strategy makes huge sense and reminds me of something to look forward to as part of getting better at this. Still too early for me to have a handle on what my maintenance level is.

OMG fried foods. Got to be one of the hardest things to get right. Of course when restricting calories we can’t eat them much anyway. I should thank my stomach for becoming intolerant of fried foods around the time of menopause. My indulgences in deep fried treats (including donuts for example) went to the “almost never”…

@CyberTone your lesson in manipulating the MFP database was awesome. I do also use web based MFP much more than the app but I clearly have more to discover about what it can do. Did not know, for example, that you could enter negative values. A question: when you mention “the USDA database” are you referring to the…

For my particular temperament this is really good and succinct advice that I appreciate better after taking two days off from logging. Thanks.

Thanks for further comments everyone! I am SO behind on all forms of writing and recording. I haven’t even done my food diary for 2 days now. However I am still being careful and I did see a new low weight on the scale this morning so I’m doing alright I guess. I didn’t record that weight here because I know it’s a little…

I wouldn't sweat it so much if the component reduced by rinsing were anything other than oil, which is the most calorie-dense thing on the planet. I'm trying to adhere to 1430 kcal/d, and at that level, overestimating can pretty quickly leave you with nothing in the bank by 5:00 or so—which for me tends to trigger the…

Keep in mind that the writer of a post like mine knows best exactly what she ate, based on the appearance and flavor of the food and the degree of satiety after eating it. And that everybody who’s ever counted calories for more than a week knows the number of calories in an egg. ;) I put plenty of thought into this,…

Thanks everyone for your thoughts along this rocky road. I need to read more of the wealth of posts here to learn how members are keeping their journeys moving forward when the winds of discontent are blowing every which way. For me I think there may have to be one day a week of rest from the food diary. I’m taking that…

Here's an ounce of the olives I like to eat: Based on this little bite of personal reality and on the brief write-up from Livestrong (not that they are any paragon of accuracy) linked below, I think 10 calories per olive is probably okay. My original gut feeling of 25 calories for 2 may be closer to the mark. When I eat…

Oh yes!!! I used to buy the dried packaged tomatoes, different brand but same idea as in @kam26001 's photo. Talk about a bucket of salt, OMG. A lot of it does come out if you soak them a while. Then I'd dry them with paper toweling and add a little bit of olive oil and maybe some garlic and herbs to them. Yum!!!

That's hard to swallow… pun intended. Even if accurate for market bar olives I think I'd cap it at 15 calories based on rinsing off some of the oil. There was an entry in the database from "Jason's Deli" that gave 25 calories for 2 olives, which my gut said was the right number, but I couldn't use the entry because it also…

That's a helpful thought, thanks. We do have a little group of Italian-themed markets I haven't had a chance to visit much lately (used to live closer to them). Hmmmm, tomorrow is a non-gym day so maybe I can work one of them in :D Browsing their aisles might also spark some new meal or snack ideas for my regimen.

Thanks for the giggle, I needed that! :)

And another hat tip :)

Another tool I have started building is this index card bundle where I make a card every time I weigh and count a favorite snack (like Beanitos <3 ) so I don’t have to repeat the process. I do most things on my desktop computers or iPad, but I like this physical tool.