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@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!…

Hi there! I am late to the party but will be playing this week. I did get steps in yesterday on the tradmill. I did a 3.25 brisk walk/jog on a treadmill and got my steps well over my 10,000 step goal. I did an outdoor walk with my husband this morning before thingsd got hot, and will tackle the indoor videos later! I, too,…

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…

I am continuing to focus on eating fruits and vegetables, and on stacking most of my calories early in the day. Yesterday's big salad dinner was spectacularly good: romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, fresh sliced radishes and two chopped green onions made the base. The I added 1/2 cup warm lentils, mushrooms steamed with…

How are folks doing today? I am continuing to focus on eating fruits and vegetables. Today's big salad: romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, 1/2 cup warm lentils, mushrooms steamed with diced shallots, all sprinkled with smoked paprika and apple cider vinegar. I also had a side of fresh pineapple. I am choosing some new salads…

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,…

Dinner today was my huge and tasty bok choy, tomato and lemon onion salad, plus more apple Yum! I got in fruits and vegetables at every meal!

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!

@lauren_989 I definitely didn't fill my plate with good options today 🫤 While I'm still in my calorie range, I definitely need to increase my fruits and veggies. I had bananas in pancakes for dinner…does that count 😂 Ha! You have reminded me if when my son was little. I hid so many vegetables and fruits in his pancakes.…

For me to lose weight, I need to concentrate on eating vegetables, mostly fresh. Today's highlight is 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 criteria. I started with "Tomato Wedges, Lemon Onions and Bok Choy." I cut…

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

Just a quick update — the gingerlemon water rocks. I about to finish the last glass, and will have to make it again. The tuermic and pepper were great additions.

DISCUSSION QUESTION: How do you reset after a day or week that didn’t go as planned? I love that "day or week" is part of the question. Setting up life so that I am thinking about a plan and checking in with other people is so key. Otherwise, that off-plan behavior quickly drifts into becoming the new normal. (I am digging…

Hi Bisky! Austin here. I am so glad to reconnect! Bisky, your time in Alaska sounds amazing! I am in the midst of a toasty Texas summer, and only feel cool when I come in to the AC after a long sweaty walk. LOL I just checked out a newish audiobook on plant-based eating, just because I find that kind of reminder inspiring.…

@baodell17724 - The term "fibermaxxing" is new to me, but I do pay attention to eating a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits, and I do have a fiber goal set on MFP. Re. canned beans: I do buy canned as a shortcut. Here in Texas, at least, I can get “no fat refried beans,” both pinto and black. I sometimes cook from dry and…