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As usual, the voice of reason. Thanks, Ann.

@Beka3695, I just read this on the internet: https://buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials?utm_source=pocket-newtab

That is truly impressive! Good for you. Keep it going, you've got this! :)

Please thank your friend for his words of wisdom. They come at a really needed time.

Governor Sisolak of Nevada just closed all schools until at least April 6th. We have a large amount of very poor people here who make minimum wage. They literally live paycheck to paycheck and that's a stretch. I don't know what they're supposed to do with their children while they go to work. A great amount are single…

You could well be right. If so, I apologize. I'm not the person who originally suggested it however, so I'm not the only one who thought so.

Because we are. Click on his profile. Member since 2015? First visit 2018?

@kimny72, hahaha! Thanks for that bit of levity. :D

FYI, there is a program that you can register for with the USPS. I'm providing the link below. It's a volunteer program so you can check to see if it's available in your area. If not, you can check with your local government for senior programs available in your area that will send out people to check on you if you don't…

Gotcha. Thank you! :)

Okay, as a person who doesn't follow sports I have a question: WHY do they wipe their hands on the bottom of their shoes?

FYI: Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

@ryany230498, that's quite a bit of weight to lose in a short period of time. Plug your stats into MFP in the goals section and you'll see that you're going to have to have quite a large deficit to make that kind of weight loss. VLCDs (very low calorie diets) should really only be used for very short periods of time and…

I laughed so hard at you laughing so hard that I almost had an accident. :D :D :D (We'd better quit that as I don't think we can afford to waste the T.P.)

I know what you're saying. I haven't lost the same pounds before, but I also look at myself and see that I have so far to go yet. I've lost 12 pounds but, as you say, no visual change yet. It sure can be discouraging. My sole motivation to keep going is that, if I don't, I'm going to look like this forever. I just CAN'T…

@mom23mangos, thanks!

I agree with @mom23mangos. I started doing counter pushups and triceps dips as part of a NEAT challenge in the group I belong to. Every time I went into the kitchen I'd knock out 10 of each against the countertop. As that got easy, I simply upped the reps. I now do full pushups on the floor and triceps dips with legs fully…

Hi n2gardens56! It was my sister, but actually she lives about 30 minutes from Roanoke in a little place called Rocky Mount. I just say Roanoke because people recognize that and it's so close. I'm from Reno, Nevada. We've been having morning weather in the low 30's but it warms to high 60's in the afternoon. That's about…

@lynnchristy, I'm sorry to hear you've not been feeling well. Thinking of you and hoping tomorrow is a better day. :)

Hi @Evamutt. Did you know you can change your username once in the same account? Go to My Home, Settings, Change Username. You can then go into your profile and put in a new picture. As long as you've always used the name you're using now, you don't need a whole new account. This will retain all your other settings,…

@bacpath, way to go sticking to your plan! :)

@bacpath, look on this week as a "refeed" week and then get right back on track next week. It's only 2 dinners - enjoy. :)

@lindagalbreat577, perhaps adding a protein powder mixed with water would help? It would add calories but shouldn't fill you up too much.

Good morning, everyone! Happy Dance (just because). :)

Good morning, everyone! Well, I'm thoroughly over my bout with food poisoning now, but it threw off my weight loss efforts for the week. I've been doing the slow and steady, 1 lb. per week, and this is the first week that I didn't lose my one lb. since the beginning of the year. There's always this coming week though, so…

Just cut them in half. 140 calories then. :)

@AnnPT77, I'm hoping you'll chime in on this, as I'm sure you can explain a lot better than I can about eating back exercise calories, etc. Throwing this out to you. . .

@AnnPT77, thanks for the above info. I recently had a bad bout of food poisoning and my weight jumped up 3 lbs. overnight. It settled itself back down within the same week and I'm back on track, but had I not been reading posts on MFP about water/waste, etc., I would probably have freaked out. I imagine mine was caused by…

@getthebabeback , thank you for the above informative chart - some I knew about, some I didn't. I have to admit I had to google the word "spruiking". You learn something new every day. :)

Good morning, all! It's going to be a busy one with doctor's appointments for my husband, so I hope I can squeeze in some time for a walk. @lynnchristy, yes I've been having problems logging food. It either spins and spins or it says it logged, but nothing shows. At one point I logged my entire lunch (5 items) and hit…