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AustinRuadhain Checkin @Katmary71 - Tagging you to make this easy to find. Thank you very much for logging the numbers! Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 207.8 CW 206.4 Weight down 8.4 since June 30. I wish this moved faster, but things are headed in the right direction. I decreased my waist by 2 inches and my hips by 1 inch in…

Happy August, everyone! Is anyone else doing any reading on nutrition and exercise? I am being inspired this week by reading through the New Scientist Essential Guide Better You. My public library offers it through Libby. Inspiring factoids: "There's no substantiated clinical evidence for health benefits from extracted…

@Katmary71 - Wow, what a busy day you had! Hurray for the kittens doing well. I love that the shy one is becoming cuddly, and the feisty one sounds adorable. @trooworld - Congratulations on the car being back! That’s great! I hope the dentist trip went well. Just a cleaning, so hopefully all went smoothly! Hurray for being…

Bisky, your dogs are so, so cute! I love their names! Mr. Grubby Pants is an especially fabulous name. I love that he is sometimes white and sometimes grey brown. Congratulations on Brooks getting the contract for next summer — how amazing! Carla, thanks for the sympathy re. dentistry. I got my problem cleared up and am…

Hello, Carla and Bisky! Bisky, your Alaska stories have me wanting to visit someday. It sounds so great! Are you doing lots of walking? Berry season? Yum! Also — what are the names of your dogs? Carla, your meal plan sounded great (Asian Sesame salad topped with tofu and mandarin slices and a Thai salad with tofu)! I hope…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 208.6 CW 207.8 I am also happy with my stats. I track distance walked, hiked and run. Last week I logged 33.14 miles, up from 32.49 miles the previous week. Onwards!

Today's inspirational and on-topic (for me, at least) tidbit from James Clear: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley on the precursor to change: "Change is only possible through movement." https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-24-2025

What's one small daily habit you've built that has had a big impact over time? Thanks for this question, @trooworld! Food tracking is a key one for me, too. If I track, I start work on food and then other things follow. I am nopt sure this counts as a small daily habit. It's sure important! @TeresaW2024 - Congratulations…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 211.8 CW 208.6 @baodell17724, I thought about you and how you "worked it" before your last weigh-in, and tried to do that, too! And I have been buckling down on food logging ( @trooworld keeps posting reminders — thank you!) Things that worked this last week: I ate well…

Which good NUTRITION Habit will I start? After I finish a meal, I will take one vitamin, and then I will celebrate (dance move). (I am using The Tiny Habits recipe.)

@gemwolf110 @micaroo4 Congratulations on being in the green! @alimalli86 - Hurray for staying level this week. Keep at it! @digger61 — What a great weigh -in! Under 205! You’ll be in onederland soon! @DrewsAnna - Mmm, clean sheets! I love that, too! The plants are huge and pretty. The shrimp scampi adventure sounds great!…

ICE BREAKER QUESTION: What is your favorite seasonal summer vegetable? Tomatoes! I have a picture of me as a toddler, standing in our garden, tomato in hand with a bite taken out and drips down my front. The love has not worn off. These days, best are heirloom tomatoes, but I eaany I can get, except standard tasteless…

Hello, all! I am going to take a page out of @baodell17724's book, and share some inspiration. Mine today comes from James Clear's newsletter. "Be forgiving with your past self. What's done is done. Take the lessons with you and release the guilt. Be strict with your present self. Win the moment in front of you right now."…

Hey @hawksgirl229, nice to see you checking in! I hope all is well with you.

@FushiaKat - That's great news about your new trike. Your story about Mike is heartbreaking. I suspect many of us have people in our lives who aren't taking care of themselves, some or all of the time. I know I do. Hearing a story like that is a wakeup call. All we can do is take care of ourselves, and ask the people we…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 211.2 CW 211.8 Two weeks ago I was at 214.8. I was pretty sure I was dehydrated last Monday morning, so that the number was artificially low. Anyway, onwards! I am aiming to be back in the green next Monday! Plans: Meal Planning: Eating well for health and weight loss are…

Hello, healthy eaters! How is July going for you? My eating plans had a wrinkle thrown in them by a tooth thing, and I spent a little over a week eating fewer salads and smoothies, since chewing, cold and heat were all challenging. Things have been repaired, and I am heading back to plan. I ate a decent number of raw…

Great weigh-in! Keep up the great work this week! 🥳 @DrewsAnna Just a smidge up! Adjust course as needed. You got this! @lislisa123 @littlebabekitty - I am so sorry about the rough week. I hope this week you feel better and can tackle the food/fitness plan again. You have made great progress since your SW. Hang in there!…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 214.8 CW 211.2 @Katmary71 - Here you go. Thank you for keeping track of the spreadsheet!

WHAT DOES BALANCE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY? For me, a big thing is forgiving with myself when I eat off-plan or miss activity, but not giving myself permission to continue to go off-plan. It also looks like baby steps. It looks like trying to take a little ground in terms of doing well with health…

Hi all! Austin here. MY INTRODUCTION: I live in Austin, Texas, with my husband, Eric, plus a small menagerie (indoor cats Piku and Habibi; Beaver, a huge comet/goldfish; Fujin, a green cheek conure; and 5 backyard chickens including Blanca, the beauty; Elizabeth the bossy; and Amelia, my flyer). My hobbies include math,…

Happy Monday, all! Bisky, I love seeing your pictures! The birds are all lovely! *** Yesterday's WFPB highlight was a new salad. I picked this idea up from the book Saladish, which my local library has. I had to pick my way though to find salad ideas that meet my Dr F criteria. I started with "Tomato Wedges, Lemon Onions…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday Weigh-In SW 265.2 PW 217.0 CW 214.8 @Katmary71 - Thanks for keeping track of the spreadsheet! 🎉 Woohoo! Under 215!

Hello, all, I have a new WFPB recipe that I am obsessed by. The Vietnamese restaurant I go to calls it vegetarian hot and sour soup, and makes it with fresh herbs, bean sprouts, bits of pineapples, tomatoes, elephant ear stalk, and tofu, all in a big bowl of vegetarian broth. I decided to try making it. Here's the recipe I…

@askewcr - Hang in there! Now you have started a new week. Do you have weekend plans? @trooworld - Sympathies about the weigh-in. So frustrating when you are down, down, down, then up on weigh-in day! Ah, well, maybe things will shift by next week! Hopefully creatine is doing its job and helping oyu add muscle! How…

@MsPlantsPants Hi Carla! Nice to see you! Your VR headset workouts sound fun! What would help you get back into healthy eating more? Maybe read/listen to a book or podcast? Maybe tackle just one meal at a time, like making just breakfast great, as a start? I just picked up the How Not to Diet Cookbook for inspiration. I am…

@DrewsAnna Great weigh-in. Congratulations! @TeresaW2024 - You sound like you are being very smart about settiong boundaries on what you can do. How great that you got to hang out with your niece, even if some of the news was annoying. I hope today is being a good day! @trooworld - You video with the blazer sounds…

AustinRuadhain Checkin Monday SW 265.2 PW 219.1 CW 217.0

Hi MsPlantsPants! Welcome to the chat! So what brings you to MFP and to this conversation? I am here working to lose weight and also to make healthy food choices. I am hoping to be heathy enough to do some more adventuresome hiking over the next few years. I live in central Texas. I just came in from a long walk and am…

Hi there! I was excited to see that there's a discussion of Garmin badges. I find thrm fun and motivating. I have earned a small stack of badges this month. I will bookmark this and check in to share and see ho0w others are doingl