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@TeresaW1020 Wow! Your kitchen looks gorgeous, especially those lovely counters! 🤩 I am SO inspired! @Leonadixon Hugs as to the misbehaving hormones. 👐👐👐 Salads can be challenging. Are there other ways to eat veggies that work better? If you want to work on it, you could try doing some of the things that moms do with kids…

@Carla_wfpb Interesting! You make me want to go check out rosemary essential oils, so see if I can smell a difference. I know there are different variations of rosemary, with different shapes and flowers and, yes, maybe some aroma differences. Your adventures on the riding lawnmower sound grand! "breaded in green…

Username: AustinRuadhain Weigh-in Day: Monday PW (Previous Weight): 144.2 CW (Current Weight): 144 Right. Working harder this week. I am at least contributing to the green team! @eahrenee Can I offer an alternative viewpoint? Let me rephrase that -- I will. And you can take it or leave it, as suits you! If your mom came to…

Woohoo! Congratulations @apple852hk @19shmoo69 and @digger61 ! Great job hitting the leaderboard for the last week! And @19shmoo69 --- hurray for holding steady with today's weigh-in! @TwistedSassette I just love your toddler pics, and that glittery purple rock looks so pretty! And, hey, I had lost track of your being an…

Howdy, and happy Sunday! It has been a long busy day, and I am a bit wonky-tired. I did not sleep well last night and was up early. I have an elderly car that gets hungry at 4 or 5 AM and do not always get back to sleep after that. Hurray to all the vaccination news! My husband and I took a long drive to get an…

Username: AustinRuadhain Weigh-in Day: Monday PW (Previous Weight): 144.0 CW (Current Weight): 144.2 Arg! Not terrible, but not in the green. Onwards! And ugh, I have been working away at the Big Project (big progress!!) and the Medium Sized Project today. And I made progress on taxes! BUT I had fruit instead of salad for…

Happy Thursday, awesome Slimsters! @trooworld I am glad the Plum Village meditation was a contribution. I too find the body scans helpful. Having your dog's stitches come out AGAIN is something just about anybody would find overwhelming. I am glad you were gentler and kind with yourself. 🏆 Not stress eating in the midst of…

Happy Wednesday! It has been a good day. It started by realizing that we had not put out both trash cans last night, sprinting to get #2 out there, and getting it to the curb before the track arrived. Woohoo! I am on track to get my checkmarks in for the day. I still need to meditate and promise to do that before bed.…

@Jactop I am super impressed at how careful you are being about sugar. Hurray to your very inspiring consistency! I loved how you ate your dainty slice of cake off a plate, and then enjoyed it so much that no more was needed! @TeresaW1020 Hurray for being *happy* to be back on plan! It's great that you can enjoy the…

Happy Tuesday, all! @Mihani - I have a simple basket steamer. I have heard good things about the electric ones, too. And a big WOW to being down 14 pounds this year! Even with those off days, you must be averaging out well! @Carla_wfpb - I hope you are doing well today! Your pumpkin pie sounds divine! This is a quick…

I did indeed leave the kitchen closed last night. Yay! I was letting myself eat "after hours" last month, and it was starting to be a bad habit for me. I saw this and it seemed perfect -- cooking (and eating, I would say) by appointment only. Cravings and trigger foods... @laurelfit57 and @Apple852hk and @trooworld have me…

Hurray to everyone on Team Slimpossibles for being 50% in the green last week! And special congratulations to @Jactop @eahrenee and @caitlingfry for being our "Loss Leaders" for the week! And double congrats @eahrenee for getting into Onederland! That's such an exciting accomplishment! @trooworld - Zowie! Thank you for…

Username: AustinRuadhain Weigh-in Day: Monday PW (Previous Weight): 145.3 CW (Current Weight): 144.0

Hi, Slimsters! Happy holiday to those celebrating today. Happu end of the week and start of a new week to all! Quick check-in here. I got through the holiday for me today without consuming any of the don't-work-for-me foods that were offered, and I just go in from a walk with my husband. Woohoo! ✔️Food on plan (Dr F)…

Happy Sunday, all! And Happy Easter @hawksgirl229 and to all who celebrate it! The bike was just a cute thing I found. My bike is up and running again, and it called to me. @Mihani - Your panic at the idea of not having enough broccoli to get through the week is FABULOUS! And all your food prep sounds awesome! @Carla_wfpb-…

Hey there, Slimsters! Quick check-in here. It has been a super busy day, but I stayed on track food-wise, and got in 2 walks and some weight lifting. Woohoo! ✔️Food on plan (Dr F) (7xwk) ✔️Breathing practice (7x wk) ✔️Cardio (6/wk) ⚪Meditation practice -- off to do this now! ✔️No food after 8/9 pm (added "/9" with /9 being…

Happy Saturday, all! I had another reasonably on-plan day yesterday. Not perfect but calling it good enough. I had such a busy evening that eating a salad for dinner was going to push eating way past 9 pm, so I settled for some fruit instead. I was under calories for the day and stuck with healthy choices. Looking forward…

Eeep! What a busy day! Here it is midnight, and I am just sitting down at the computer to check in. Today went pretty well, though this will have to be my cardio rest day this week. On the plus side, I did do resistance work and martial arts practice, so I did get in movement. And I had a good food day - yippee! ✔️Food on…

Hi @Mihani I am happy to know another fan of collards. Thank you for the reminder about liquid smoke. I just put it on my shopping list. It is a lovely touch and I had forgotten. (Does that ever happen to you? Stop eating something for a while and then you get to rediscover that you love it?) Hurray to those salads! I…

Good morning! The Babe Ruth quote inspired me this morning, so sharing. This group's conversation is such a great support in not giving up. Yesterday went well: ✔️Food on plan (Dr F) (7xwk) ✔️Breathing practice (7x wk) ✔️Cardio (6/wk) ✔️Meditation practice ✔️No food after 8/9 pm (added "/9" with /9 being Tuesday only) I am…

Woohoo to the Slimpossibles for hitting the Leaderboard! Extra big congrats to @Dignow96 @davidji82 @bmotisko and @eahrenee for being on the leaderboard! 🎉💐👍🏽👍🏽 @GabiV125 "changing how I eat, in small steps" -- such a smart way to do it! 😊 Oh, and by the way -- from here "maintaining* when under stress sounds like a huge…

Hey @Mihani Your story about the peas made me laugh, And I can so get than being exactly when you would want to eat them! Fresh peas don't need any help! I am sitting here eating my Dr F on-plan salad. Yay! I thought about skipping it and thought I would want to check in and say I did it. So thanks for being here so I…

Hi @Mihani Yes, I am super excited he is trying the 6 week plan. He has gone off and cooked himself a Dr F soup for lunch and is super happy to be on his way! He has also been excited he can now share food with me. Suddenly he snacks on apples, which I can eat (as opposed to, oh, a donut or Girl Scout cookies, not so much…

Good morning! I am doing a quick check-in. Today's an extra busy day. I just did a batch of food prep and am about to go finish that, so that I am set up for success there. It has been where I have been falling down on the job every Tuesday for several weeks. I have gotten a bunch of housework done and am going to get to…

🤠Howdy, I'm Austin! I'm a mom and live with my husband, our teenage son, and a not-so-small menagerie: elderly cat, young frisky cat, 2 immense goldfish, an opinionated indoor bird (green cheek conure), and a flock of backyard chickens (all beautiful and two of them are super friendly). More story if desired: @laurelfit57…

Username: AustinRuadhain Weigh-in Day: Monday PW (Previous Weight): 142.4 CW (Current Weight): 145.3 GW: 140

Happy Monday, all! Man, I misbehaved last week, and the scale told me so today loud and clear. I indulged in the blues, peanut butter and in Orgain protein powder, and am up. So, I got back on the Dr F plan yesterday and got my behind outside and moving: B - black coffee L - Beans & Greens (steamed turnip greens, white…

AustinRuadhain Weigh In Day: Monday PW (Previous Weight): 143.1 CW (Current Weight): 142.4 Quick check-in here. I am going to catch up reading in the morning. But yay to getting to be on the green team this week!

Good morning and Happy Monday! @magic71755 , your plan for yesterday looks like it was yummy and healthy! And I so get the part about clutter making my butt look big. I am out to do some decluttering this week. Also, "Black Coffee day 21" - - great work! I still add a bit of unsweetened plat milk to my coffee, so my hat's…

@Katmary Your sense of humor in the face of your hairdresser's error is... impressive. I really can't imagine that anyone wants lighter roots. Ever. And I am a girl who has done all kinds of things to my hair over the years. And as to the biopsy being a pain - arg! Um, you won the medical appointment lottery? Yay to scale…