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and that’s why we see so many “I’m back!” posts from lifers, doomed to repeat the cycle like Prometheus. Don’t ask me why he came to mind.
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all this to say…..you don’t have to give up things you like, just be smarter making them!
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hi Joanne. Welcome back. Curious? Are these baked goods you’re buying, or some you’re baking yourself? I love taking baked good recipes and seeing where I can trim them. I made scones yesterday, and reduced the sugar by half and the butter by 1/3. They were still lovely and enjoyable. Actually, I use margarine because it’s…
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We dropped into the very windy 20’s this morning. Tickly throat. Since I’ve had severe issues related to strep several times in the past, I utterly freak out over tickly throats. I think today is going to be an R&R day with chicken broth, and hot water with honey and lemon. My appetite seems to have plummeted since…
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Welcome back! Please don’t back track, and please don’t regain! What is it about ordering out that you’re finding tempting? Saturday, we were shocked to spend almost $50 at a hole in the wall tacqueria for three street tacos, a flauta plate, 2 diet cokes, a bowl of guac that included four large fried corn tortillas to…
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hi Pavlov. Welcome to MFP. I was old. I was out of shape. I had a hundred pounds to lose. I also was new to MFP. I’m still old (can’t help that). I’m active. I’m in shape. I’ve lost the hundred pounds. I’m also an old hand at MFP. Like the Reddit thing, “Ask Me Anything”!
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welcome to MFP! I like your description. That described (still does!) me after weight loss. It really will change your life. Let us know how we can gently shove you along the path to success!
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smoked pork loin with BBQ sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans.
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whoops, forgot the serving of dried berries in my scones. Almost back to par!
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oooooh. The blues are so intense. What a beautiful color! And what a beautiful dog. Like a bigger version of my High Anxiety Dog.
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so now, on top of all your other attributes, you’re the Plant Fairy, too!!!!! Wierd morning. Temperature dropped from 75 yesterday, to below freezing this morning. The High Anxiety Dog was rattled by the wind and the Kiwanis flags (for Veterans Day) snapping in the wind, so I took him out at 3am, no point going back to…
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man, can you believe Beanies are over 30 years old?!!!!!!
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ok I looked this up after it showed up in my newsfeed today and then you mentioned it @BigDfromNJ I can’t think of a worse shape to try to clean and reuse. It’s going to sit proudly on someone’s shelf for about a month, til they realize what a PITA it is to clean/carry a glass mug to Starbucks to refill/ the plastic lid…
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I sincerely think I would have fainted - and probably called my lawyer to brace myself- if at any time my husband had ever utter the words: Whoa, mama, you're smokin'hot!" he’s a sweetie pie, but sort of like that absent minded professor movie. At least he never noticed when I was fat. 😅
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well dang. Having issues with MFP, linking to its own darn self, for heavens sake. Go here:
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here’s the link:
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rob, simply go to the Challenges page, find one you like and join. It’s no problem if you join in the middle of one. Also, if you’re using a fitness tracker, many of them have challenges. Apple Watch has a bunch- one week, one month, individual, team, anonymous or you can create a team with friends. There’s a thread on…
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@AnnPT77 your plant devotion is lovely. I kill via neglect. Which reminds me, I haven’t watered plant since before we left to travel and that was almost two months ago. Hey, Siri, remind me to…..
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Freeze warning for tomorrow night. High today is 72. Tomorrow’s high is 65. Wait. What? 🤷🏻♀️ Said in my oldest, raspiest, crotchetiest voice: Why I remember when it was 70’s one day and we had that record blizzard the next.
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street tacos and fresh guac from teensy hole in the wall around the corner.
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MFP food entries are crowdsourced. Much like the reason many of us are here, MFP is “garbage in, garbage out”, too. I think you are a new user. Unless you have a medical necessity to track iron, don’t get lost in the details. It can be overwhelming. Focus on calories to start with, and get your weighing and logging down.…
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Well explained. There’s so many people here chasing poor choices, it’s hard to tell sometimes.
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sorry I’m going to kick your “I don’t want advice” request in the teeth. I was 125 on my wedding day. When I started losing weight at 56, (5’7” like you, and over 225) I honestly didn’t expect to be successful. I kept blowing through goals. So I thought “wedding day weight will be the perfect goal!”’ I got within a couple…
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and btw, strength training typically isn’t a large burn. I set my Apple Watch in “Functional Fitness” when I work with my trainer, and I’m having a good (extra tough) day when it goes over 200 in an hour. It’s slow, calculated movement, with rest periods, and time taken to load/unload equipment. However, strength training…
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I have to admit, I only came here because I thought the title was “Library of Excuses” to Select” Hang around these parts a while, and that would have been a terrifically refreshing thread to browse! If you’re serious about weight loss, an investment in a fitness tracker is an investment in yourself. My Apple Watch…
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PS when I have space in the freezer, my absolute favorite meal “prep” is a giant pan of lasagna. I knead Italian seasonings into a couple of pounds of ground chicken and let it sit in the fridge a couple of days. You’d never guess it wasn’t sausage, and it’s a fraction of the calories of ground beef or Italian sausage. I…
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I don’t mean the be disingenuous, but I just don’t get “meal prepping”. I simply make more of whatever I’m cooking, divide and freeze it in two portions (for husband and me). Soon, I’ll have a nice freezer full of extra meals I can rotate. Right now I have scratch spaghetti sauce (could easily be frozen with cooked pasta),…
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when you logged back in was it via user name/password? Or did you maybe use a Google or Facebook login?
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Boneless skinless smoked chipotle chicken breast, coconut rice and black beans.
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I bought a bunch of kits and beadery when we visited Ukraine. This is a “scarf”. In the Ukranian Greek Orthodox tradition, women create and decoratively drape elaborate hand embroidered or beaded “scarves” over icons. The centers are plain, and the ornate ends sort of hang below the icons. I assume it’s a way of providing…
