Terytha Member

I'm back at work and I don't wanna be. 98 emails... -_- Hope everyone is having a good Monday.

Many thanks to @jugar and @conleywoods for your advice, I feel like I owe it to you that things turned out well with the cake. And boo to myself for collapsing the second layer with my impatience. :tongue: Fortunately caving it in did not change the flavor.

The exciting conclusion to the cake saga! With pictures! It came out very moist and chocolatey, as I knew it would if I did it right since I've had this before. I probably ate an extra serving of icing off the spatula too tbh. -_- I'm VERY BAD at icing cakes! A huge mess was made. XD I didn't put enough frosting between…

Haha! I dunno yet, we'll eat it after dinner. I'll update with pics and such after. The simple buttercream icing I made, however, is fantastic. I think I did an OK job making everything from scratch for someone who has only ever made box cake before.

My cake collapsed in the middle but otherwise seems to be doing ok now that it's out of the oven. Baking is hard. D:

CW: 179.8 We're making breakfast but after that's done I'm gonna get started with the cake. I will post pictures. :)

There are no directions. It's a hand written recipe from my mother in law. The sole direction is how long to put it in the oven for. XD But this is his favorite so I'm gonna give it my best shot.

My app has completely died and is unusable and I'm struggling to access the web version. Sorry if I miss my weigh in but this sucks and I'm angry.

Tomorrow I'm going to try bake a cake from scratch for my husband's birthday. I've never done this before. So uh. Wish me luck. :0

You're confusing two separate concepts here. Nutrition is a huge subject that encompasses the vast amounts of numbers involved in figuring out the balance of macros, micros, vitamins, minerals and other that our bodies need to operate optimally. A calorie is a unit of measurement of energy. A calorie is a calorie…

Of course not. You need adequate protein for six packs, plus some other stuff you won't get from pastry. You could get a flat stomach though. If you could handle how hungry a donut only diet would leave you for long enough anyway. Most can't. I refer you to the Twinkie Diet as evidence. Google it, dude lost 30-something…

I have lost 90+ pounds eating basically tons of junk food over a little more than a year. I've lost 2 lbs on my 2 week vacation eating out. If your experience is science then so is mine, yet they're directly contradictory. So now what? Additionally: The first and longest stall in weight loss I had was after getting drunk…

Finally, finally broke my plateau. No idea if it'll hold but I saw 179 on the scale this morning after hovering around 181 for like 5 weeks. Obviously not reaching whatever goal I set for June since I've been stuck but at least I'm moving down again. That's a win. I'm happy. I don't like my body exactly but all my clothes…

I finally broke my plateau. It was a long 5 weeks but I persisted. I didn't give up though I wanted to a bit. It may have helped that I've been eating closer to maintenance while I've been on vacation. Trying to reduce my stress levels. I wish I could have gone bathing suit shopping this year, but that just means next year…

Here's the garden we were walking around in today. Very pretty and peaceful. We did SO much walking.

After looking at all the pictures of the last few days, we got soooooo lucky. People were getting hit with egg sized hail. Their roofs and siding torn off, windows shattered, flooded, etc. We got away with a few dents and a tiny trickle of water in the basement that quickly dried. Its bright and sunny today. We're heading…

As of this morning I've lost 92 lbs in the last 14 months. And that's after gaining then plateauing for the last 5-6 weeks, and honestly eating way too much the last few days since I'm on vacation. Perseverance wins through. If you take it day by day all the little wins add up.

Sometimes when my husband hugs me now, he picks me right up and spins me around. I haven't been light enough to be lifted in forever. :blush: It doesn't hurt either. When I was heavier, attempts to lift me were often painful.

Just home. We had to take a staycation since we can't travel still. The dude waist deep in water there is the head of our condo board, he's trying to clear the manhole so it'll drain. Plus a plumber was called. So hopefully they clear it up soon. Problem is, I hear thunder again. I'm worried a second cell is about to hit.…

So, a storm hit and now we're trapped. This is half melted. It was bigger when it fell. My poor car. :(

Lots of stuff. Mostly chicken for dinner and usually yogurt or eggs for breakfast. I eat very few veggies and fruit because I can't tolerate fiber well. :( I've been trying and mostly managing 1400 calories per day, though I've definitely been up around 1600-1700 while I've been on vacation. I can't bring myself to be too…

I'm frustrated but not too upset. I seem to have lost another inch off my waist and I can feel so many new bones that it's weirding me out a bit lol. I've always said I'd happily see a scale weight of 300 lbs if my waist was 20 inches. I wanna be small, not necessarily light. ;P Still, the two are related. Seems like the…

CW: 180.4 Man, I have been hovering above the 70's for a month now.

Today's plan is 2500 calories. But the week has been as low as I could safely be, and it's my anniversary so I deserve cake and wine! We spent 2 hours walking around the zoo, I got 10,000 steps in and got roared at by a lion. It absolutely floors me that a living creature can produce a sound like that. Jeez. I'm really…

Today is our 9th wedding anniversary. :blush: We went to the zoo. I'm so glad it was open. Definitely got my 10,000 steps in!

Giving myself a shout out for walking over 10,000 steps today. :) We didn't end up going anywhere or doing anything yesterday due to the lightning storm but the sun came out today so we took a long walk.

Please help. I want to wear this outfit, I think, but I'm scared it looks bad/stupid. I need some honest opinions from other women because my husband would tell me I looked great in a lime green and purple polka dot burlap sack and that is kind but unhelpful. Please excuse the dirty mirror. D:

I got a haircut! I hate wearing masks but I also hated having my hair nearly to my butt. I could hardly brush it, and it was always tangled. So now it's up above my shoulders and feels so much nicer. But, I failed in my second mission today. I didn't buy clothes (I wanted a dress). The mall the way it is now with all the…

I've been stuck at the same weight for three weeks now. Guess this is that rumored plateau thing. Ugh. But I am down another inch off my waist so I'm not panicking. I failed in my second mission today. I went to the mall for a haircut, lost like 6 inches of hair and feel like I can finally move my head again lol. But I…

CW: 181.6 I've been bouncing up and down the same three or four pounds for three weeks now. Very frustrating. :/