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I like your attitude. Embrace life. It is good and bad. I think I could be much worse, if I didn't take care of my health and pay attention to the science as well as my own body. That's the sweet spot, so to speak. Like you, I cannot imagine life another way in the sense of paying attention and doing what I can based on…

That is a wonderful attitude and practical approach. What is the most interesting thing you have learned while using MyFitnessPal?

Keep going. I cheer foy your baby steps. I am back at it myself now. Logging is a big help. I need to start exercising again. Just walking. I agree that stopping when your tired is critical with ME/CFS. Then restarting later in the day, if I can. Calling it a day if I am too tired. Because I pushed it too far once, And…

Congratulations! You look so much younger. You are an inspiration to me. Way to go.

I feel for you. Maybe rest at your original goal weight for a while. Keep exercising and eating healthfully. See how you look in your clothes and how you feel after some time has passed. Then reevaluate where you are, how your body is handling it, and what you want. Meanwhile, enjoy your success! A 75 pound weight loss is…

I wish time travel were real! ⌛ First I'd flip it. Then I'd trip it. SHAZAM!

I am blowing a gasket in your behalf! That was dreadful. I had a chiropractor brag to me, "I bet you didn't think I could do that," because he had managed to roll me over or something, which I took to be a quip about my weight. An oaf is an oaf, even in a white coat. Hold your head high and keep working your health plan.…

Thank you for the encouragement and for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I have found it challenging to be unable to do the exercise I loved when I was younger, running. But I did find a work-around that's really working, using a stepper while sitting down. It is so easy to do an hour a day, that I look forward to…

Hilarious!

When given contrasting "compliments," does anyone else feel defensive for their formerly less energetic, comely, etc. self?

Thank you, Nightingale! We're in this Zoom cacoon until we can fly out! 🦋

Good for you! Some of us were not made to eat sugar. One lovely thing that happens is that after a while you don't miss it. If you are able to tolerate substitutes, it can give you that feeling that sweets do, but without sugar's craving, crash, infections or whatever your body does when it's riding the sugar train. Hang…

I am no fan of Chinese parsley AKA cilantro AKA coriander.

My birthday is on Friday and I received a gift from a close friend. She meant well, but doesn't know how serious my food sensitivities are. She managed to hit all of them with a fancy food gift. I guess she thought it would be a "fun cheat." So I sent my son off with the items I cannot eat to share with his girlfriend, who…

It can be downloaded, almost certainly. But it will cost you. I have been there. Good Luck and lots of sympathy! 🍀🤞

26.5 pounds down today! I am overjoyed to see that exercise is working. I am up early to see that I comete it before the day unrolls.

To Heather: There was just news saying that vitamin D may be helpful to some suffering from vertigo. It might be worth following up with DH's doctor.

I am with you in looking forward to crisp fall days and to the end of "Stupid CIVID.!" I also work out while doing some Zen activity like watching TV or an instructional video. Perfect to put you in that headspace of keeping calm and carrying on.

Congratulations 🎉 You are awesome! Keep up the good work and enjoy the feeling of losing weight. I can identify with your knitting and sewing projects.

So true! Very insightful and I hope this will be helpful to others. Breastfeeding along with taking my baby on long walks and healthy eating helped me get down to a size eight. Which, since I had been slightly overweight or worse my entire life, was quite an accomplishment. When I had to stop breastfeeding due to a health…

Please be kind to yourself. Often, you will be all you've got.

My pettiest reason is that I might have to see an ex in a year. But petty reasons abound! I would like to stop dressing defensively. I would like to stop being the fat sister. I would like to not go into the next phase of my life looking older than my years.

The best compliment I got was from a friend, "You're *wearing* that dress." The worst was at my sister's wedding by someone I barely knew, "You look like a different person." They didn't mean to be mean, but it upset me nonetheless and on a day when I wanted to feel my best. Honestly, if you aren't close, I think it's best…

I really loved your post lisaharrington01 💕. I have been on a similar journey. MFP has been on the refining end of a years-long series of self experiments. Like you, I concluded that my body has its own series of deadbolts, Mortisse locks, and so forth. For me: 1. High-nutrient, low caloric-density vegetables are a must to…

I'm so happy you have recovered and delighted that you actually lost weight. You mentioned that you have been diagnosed as bipolar. If you are on medication and are losing weight, possibly weight loss itself could affect the amount of medication or even the balance. From my own struggles with depression, I can attest that…

SW 222 CW 196 Age 64 I just read a comment from another MFP member excited to have graduated from obese to overweight. So I started to wonder, am I still obese? The overweight category tops out at a BMI less than 30. So, what am I? I am 5'4.5" And celebrating getting down to 196. Using an online BMI calculator, my BMI is…

To bust out of my Zoom box looking unrecognizable! This respite from public life is a cacoon where I can develop more structure and hone my purpose. Meanwhile, my most immediate goal is to hit the 30 pounds loss marker. Four more pounds to ring that bell🔔!

This is an old thread. There must not be many of us. I am salt-sensitive. I hold water so easily. It used to just be my legs. But now I awaken with a swollen face if I have too much salt. I have multiple food sensitivities, so eating dairy substitutes, for example, can put me in fluid retention mode. While generally trying…

SW: 222 HW: 222 CW: 197 GW: 135 Tried keto. Uric acid got to me. Switched to emphasis on more vegetables. Fell in love with cooked spinach. Discovered low fat teriyaki sauce marinade. Trying to emphasize polyphenols, while decreasing sugar and protein. For me, I have discovered that MFP logging is key to any success I have…

Thanks for the insight and inspiration Oldpeculyr and Springlering62. Today feels easier. Planning to take the retirement plunge into "me time," and looking forward to that. Holding back from a lifetime of going all-in, and enjoying that freedom. Glad to hear you are both doing so well!