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Be still my heart! Freshly baked bagels? Your neighbours must love you, @pamperedlinny! :) Sometimes I use the three-bite approach to deserts that I can't say no to, just get enough to have three bites for taste and enjoyment, but I don't know that I could stop after three bits of a freshly baked bagel. Yum. Every Friday I…

Yep, I knew the daily thing was going to be a challenge. :) checking in with my step count this week: Monday: 11,349 steps or 5.1 miles Tuesday: 13,439 steps or 6.04 miles Wednesday: 12, 826 steps or 5.76 miles Thursday: 13,736 steps or 6.17 miles * consecutive days with exercise: 25 I was dealing with a really stubborn…

Checking in with my step count numbers since Thursday (not doing so great on the daily thing, clearly): Friday: 7,907 steps for 3.55 miles Saturday: 11,585 steps for 5.21 miles Sunday: 10,487 steps for 4.71 miles* consecutive days with exercise: 21 I know I'm in the early euphoric phase that comes from embarking on a new…

Good morning, beautiful people. Checking in on a sunny Friday with* yesterday's step count: 10,299; 4.63 miles * consecutive days with exercise: 18 days Always in the past I linked walking (or whatever exercise of the day) with dieting, so it was all part and parcel of the big change: food and exercise. And when I got…

HW 355 lbs (March 2021) CW 234 lbs (April 2023) WL 121 lbs My name is Michele. I'll be 61 in June/23. I got serious after a couple of health-related scares in 2020 and 2021. That's what motivated me to get serious and it seems to be holding steady. I hit 760 consecutive MFP log in days this morning with a total weight loss…

10/4 SW: 298.3 (Oct.1) Exercise: No. (3,391 non-exercise steps for the day) Calorie goal: blew it with late night snacking - one of those nothing satisfies me grazing sessions (feeling just defeated this morning) :'(

10/3 SW: 298.3 (Oct.1) Exercise: 30 min of moving heavy stuff in my mom's garage and garden shed (incl a total of 3,209 steps for the day) Calorie goal: under (but used half of the calories earned in exercise)

125 g of cottage cheese and 100 g of canned peaches or pears would be 150 calories

10/2 SW: 298.3 (Oct.1) Exercise: 80 min workout: 25 min bike, 30 min weights, 25 min treadmill (incl a total of 11,830 steps for the day) Calorie goal: under (and used 10% of the calories earned in exercise) * (gold star for honest accurate logging)

10/1 SW: 298.3 Exercise: 60 min light housework - if I don't break a sweat or run short of breath, it's light (exercise incl a total of 4,936 steps for the day and 10 trips up and down stairs to the laundry room but no gym workout) Calorie goal: under (because I had extra from exercise)

@tammyfranks2. Wonderful difference. Hon, the clothes in your after pic are hanging. You need more new clothes. :)

I'm in. I'd really like to get in a disciplined month or two before we get into the Christmas season. We have Thanksgiving this upcoming weekend (Canada) and I also have a weekend away the weekend after that, but those two events aside I'd like to button October down tightly. Thanks for getting the challenge started.

My fiber count is easily double the MFP default recommendation without trying. I eat predominantly fresh foods in simple combinations and recipes. My average day includes at least 10 servings of fruits and vegetables because I enjoy them and like to eat this way, and because the added volume fills me up. I add 1 to 2…

I got my first Woo when I posted my starting weight on a weight loss challenge thread. I was very new to MFP, but I knew what Woo meant, and it upset me very badly. I cried. I was sure that someone was telling me I didn't deserve to live or that I was too disgusting to participate in their challenge. I got my second Woo on…

It's Girl Guide cookie season here in my office. Chocolate covered mint cookies offered and shared at every coffee station. This is where having developed a no-food-but-what-I-bring-from-home discipline pays off. I haven't sampled a single one. I considered having one -- at 60 calories each they would easily fit in to my…

Yes. Me too. I'm seeing a registered dieititian who is available at my doctor's office on Mondays. I printed out some of my MFP food days as a sample and left them with her on our first appointment. I also told her my MFP user name and told her my diary is public and I invited her to just poke around in my food diary. She…

Typically, calories only. But my dietitian suggested I up my protein count at breakfast and then journal its effect on my satiety and cravings. I soon noticed a correlation on days where my breakfast protein is low and impulse snacking in the evening, whereas on days where my breakfast protein is in the high teens or 20s,…

Nice work @jst1986.

Yes. Agree. A new challenge would be good. And maybe we can all post some discussion topics as well or more frequently. You know? I like the people in this group. I've grown to care about most of you and am interested in your challenges and your successes. I dare say that our feeds are fairly active (at least mine seems to…

Is there a YMCA near you? As a non-profit community-based organization, they offer subsidized memberships (you may qualify) and opportunities to volunteer which comes with membership options.

Forget the spoon. (cleaning PB out of a measuring spoon is a pain) Weigh your knife, tare the scale to zero, run your knife through the PB to pull out the amount you think looks like a tablespoon, and weigh the knife and PB. Adjust portion as needed and weigh again. :)

Haloooooooo. Yep. You're right, @RunaMarti, there's definitely a lonely echo in here. :) I kind of miss having a challenge to check in with everyone this month. I've also been trying to catch my breath. In the summer I was working 3-day weeks (using up some banked overtime), but I'm back to more normal hours now in…

I've only recently come to this same notion, and it's turning out to be a winning strategy for me. It occurred to me that I don't want to have to make endless treat decisions in the spur of the moment based on the attractiveness of the temptation and risk making my success dependent on my mood or how tired I might be…

You are talking my language. I love soup. If you're looking for easy to assemble but interesting variety to inspire your soup-making creativity, I can recommend the soups at BudgetBytes as easy, uncomplicated, and delicious soups. https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/recipes/soup/ I whipped up a batch of Chicken and…

No resources to suggest. Sorry. I just kept logging my foods, and gave some print outs of my MFP food diary to my dietitian. My diary is public, so I also gave her my user name and she was able to just poke around my MFP diary. She made those few suggestions in response to my telling her I had hunger problems. I…

What an inspiring post, @Mellykay88. Your before and after pics are so dramatic. Your smile radiates confidence.

I had a hunger issue and an evening snack-attack problem. I'm seeing a registered dietitian and when I mentioned it to her, she recommended I experiment by increasing changing my carb-heavy breakfast to a higher protein count one instead. (I now aim for > 15 g protein) and also suggested I try adding a serving of whole…

Yup, there's a reason that a doctor's professional work is traditionally referred to as a practice and not an expertise. :) I have a good doctor, one that listens when I talk rather than looking over my shoulder or down at her files and getting lost in her own thoughts. I hope she considers me a good patient, one that…

@VUA21 Oh dear! Those may actually be too beautiful to eat.

And it's a beautiful thing! Excellent blog post.