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@Dianedoessmiles1, yeah, I watch a YouTube video that I enjoy when I am using the mini stepper. It helps a lot. Boredom is probably my biggest enemy when it comes to exercise. I know, the advice is to always do something you enjoy, but when it comes to things I can do in my house with my existing equipment there is only so…

I found more stuff to declutter! Extra kitchen tools that came in a set and I never use, or were replaced by something better. Old art supplies that are perfectly good but again were replaced by something better. Old clothes that are too big. Some of them are even still usable! A few racks/shelves that no longer have a…

@Tabatha_Cain - best wishes to your sister. That's a scary situation so I truly hope you have good results in that CT scan. So far my own challenge is doing okay, I was awakened this morning early so I knocked out my stint on the mini stepper. I've gotten a bit out of shape so am trying to do 10 minutes on it every day, in…

Reviving this thread in case it's helpful to anyone! The holidays are looming. I still don't have any parties to go to or any entertaining to do, which is helpful, but there are still a few challenges. Since it worked so well in other years I'm getting seasonal herbal teas to drink in the evening. Right now it's Apple…

Nice sunny morning! I harvested two beans. (Long beans again. About 12-18 inches long usually.) Shortly I'll go out and get more rat-tailed radish pods and some African huckleberries. They love my constant full sun! Mystery squash vine dropped one of the fruit so I dissected it, looks like a baby yellow squash of some…

Afternoon all! Hope you do enjoy the pumpkin muffin recipe - I think it's pretty forgiving and I did test it with the exact ingredients, etc. Sunny day, not getting quite as much movement as I'd like but at the same time I'm also in training for a new position since a recent transfer. Stress levels much lower at the new…

Hi all! Little late today. Yeah, canned beans taste totally different than fresh - agreed whether we are talking about green beans or whole beans. I generally cook mine from dried, it's a lot cheaper and I can make them much tastier with spices without adding any fat. My pumpkin muffin recipe: Pumpkin Muffins 1 can pumpkin…

Morning all! Sunny this morning. Cooler for us, actually 57 right now with the sun coming up. Later today it's supposed to be 90, which is about right. Decided to hold of on harvesting one of my purple long beans so I can save it for seed like I did last year. Very fine plants! The mystery vine continues to grow with one…

Here's my little monsters, Nishiko (the calico) and Hiroshi (the tabby)! They are way too smart for their own good. The other day Hiroshi was sitting at a door, carefully closing it then opening it with his paws. He knew not to let it latch. LOL. These pictures pretty much capture their purrsonalities.

It's early - sun is coming up. Another sunny day, soon it'll be time for work. Floofy calico wants on my lap but I know her true motive is to steal my chair. She'll get her chance. I'm leaving some of my long beans on the makeshift bamboo trellis so that they can become seed for next year. Did that last year and it worked…

My thoughts and best wishes are with you, Pam! I'm glad you are getting care for that issue and wish you a swift recovery.

@Tabatha_Cain: I know the feeling. Sometimes I just get what I call "an attack of the nibbles." I usually combat that by finding things that are good for me to eat but have low calories. My current favorite is something like an apple with cinnamon sprinkled on, or red bell pepper with dip made with fat free Greek yogurt.…

Grill update: Now works slightly better than before. All done! Looking forward to using it again. Picked more beans this morning, planted potatoes. Early October is a great time to plant potatoes if you are in Arizona. If I can set up a couple more buckets I may also plant peas, they are a common fall/winter crop here. Got…

Stories like this are what helped me see, back in the beginning, that I COULD do it - I'm 80 pounds down, roughly 30 to go, and so much of a difference has been made in my life. (Figured I'd come back to say this.) So thank you again for sharing!

Busy morning! I decided to continue with the trend of working on stuff early in the day, motivated or not, so it gets done. Weeded a bit, cleaned my extremely grungy patio, did some cursory cleaning on my grill and finally diagnosed it. It's not working and I miss it! Well since I assembled this 4 burner gas grill in the…

Now that I've gotten really serious about weight loss again instead of just loosely maintaining with a small overage, I'm on day 12 of being solidly back on plan. Even though I'm more limited in the exercise I have access to than I was, I have managed to move somewhat each day, started stretching again at bedtime, and not…

Hi all! Checking in at lunch which is the opening of my IF eating window. Not feeling the greatest (sleep was interrupted by multiple external factors last night) and it seems my body is fighting something off, so I made a sort of strategic meal. That is, one that is tasty, answers cravings, but has functional benefits as…

Thanks! It will. I've done this before and I know how it goes - I'm feeling differences in my body already and I'm pretty sure a lot of the weight I'm retaining is ummmmm... the result of eating enough fiber again. LOL

Just now my mini-goal is to get to my "Whoosh." I know it's coming, I've been at or under calorie goal for nearly two weeks and apart from an initial loss my weight has been holding steady. So I know some weight has got to drop soon and I'm looking forward to it. It's so much easier to restrict calories when I see changes…

Since MFP got rid of its blogs I'll be putting my random musings here instead. Random thought for the day: As I get back into really watching what I eat, I find that it's going along with both decluttering and getting on top of my financial budget. I am noticing that as I do one, the others get easier, and all three kind…

Hey there party people! Sunny again in southern AZ. I've been watching the happy little lizards running around on the wall outside my office. Growing coffee plants indoors, looks like three out of my five starts may make it, possibly even four. All too soon it'll be time to start some things for spring, it comes early…

I think I remember that one too but couldn't find it either. I'd be happy to join into a new one though! I'm doing some decluttering again as well. I notice that this and weight loss and health all go together for me. It's like - I get rid of toxic influences everywhere at once.

Not too bad, actually! When I put a pause on my weight loss efforts I was roughly 155 pounds. I then had many months of very high stress at work so I basically tried to maintain with occasional indulgences. After that, when I weighed in again I was about 165. That is just so much better than the last time this type of…

Hi all, I'm a newbie here. Here in AZ it's still comparatively cool but will be nice and hot later. Got the garden watered this morning, harvested two purple long beans. they were maybe 18 inches long? Nice to chop up, it's like a stringless string bean. So much less work. I like to grow strange vegetables that look like…

I'm a newbie so I'll take any team.

How many 5% Challenges have you done? None here though I would have one a weight loss contest had the pandemic not begun around then. I've lost about 82 pounds since starting with MFP. What do you like to do for fun? Gaming, watching YouTube, gardening, healthy cooking and baking, art. What major city do you live in or…

Y'know what? This looks fun. I'm in. And understand. :)

Agreed with cwolfman13 - I look at body fat percentage as probably my most important metric, the one I care about the most. I can't afford to have DEXA scans all the time and I know my scale is inaccurate but I sure know if there's a bigger or smaller pooch around my abdominal region! And I know how my clothes feel. So to…

One more yhing- they also cost half as much as the low cal tortillas I use so that was a real bonus.

I think there is a point where the body sort of wants to land. Part of it depends on bone structure and how active you are, and how much your body really needs to live well. When I started my weight loss fourney I was 5'3" and 245. I thought I would look slim and healthy in the 150 range. I've gotten to the 150 range and I…