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@PAV8888 - I tracked down & read your post too and found it extremely helpful! I actually sat and pondered/journalled some of your provocative, self-reflective questions. Did it help poster in that thread?? Could've, even should've, but no guarantees. I say - spout away at will!

Wow Laurie, play with 🔥...those tuxedo cakes are dang good. I feel for ya. And I now want some. I just ate 3 servings of ginger snap cookies, if we're confessing - granted only 420 calories but still not my plan...can I not trust myself with a n y thing in??

Thanks Yooly! You too!

Hello, back last week from sunny Mexico, where I logged my food every day (as best I could, lots of guessing lol)! And I was only up 3 lbs when I weighed in at home day after return, and now only a lb or so left to get back into losing territory. Last 24 hours of vacation were a doozy though as high winds hit Holbox island…

We travelled around the Yucatan peninsula - flew into Cancun, bused down to Bacalar, met up with friends and then drove together to Chichen Itza, then onto Chiquila and took ferry over to Isla Holbox. Spent 5 days there (friends had to leave a couple days before us). Last 24 hours were a doozy though as high winds hit the…

Hello, back from my Mexican vacation on Wednesday, and only up 2ish lbs as of today from my weight before I left, so feeling good about the choices I made while away. Hoping those 2 lbs disappear and I can get back on the losing train next week. By rights though I really should be down, given all the activity I engaged in…

Interesting that it was cookies PAV that got you - it was also cookies (chocolate covered biscuits) that were irresistible to me after 3 in the morning recently, to the tune of 1000 calories. Didn't stop until I finished the box...more accurately, stopped with 3 cookies left and then thought WTH and ate them too - so they…

Hear, hear!

I was the same, saved things to carry upstairs for one trip, etc and while I'm not embracing a 'one item at a time on purpose ' lifestyle, I am certainly more willing to make extra trips in the moment and just be more fidgety in general. And pace more when the opportunity presents 😆.

Happy new year all 😊 Copied this over from another thread, post was made by mtaratoot: The trick for weight management is calories. The trick for being healthy is nutrition. If you can do both, you win! Isn't that a great summary? I want to be a winner in 2024! 😉

Welcome to all returning or new folks - lots of wisdom here! Copied this over from another thread, post was made by mtaratoot: The trick for weight management is calories. The trick for being healthy is nutrition. If you can do both, you win! Isn't that a great summary? I want to be a winner in 2024! @tnh2o - get fully…

Happy belated New Year to you all, very much looking forward to 2024 and am optimistic I will be more successful than last year (net gain of 7 lbs, year over year). Live & learn, right 😉? And I'm still here, not allowing myself to fully fall away, so that's something. I am hanging onto a loss since joining MFP August 2021…

Hello folks! Lovely to check-in with you all. I have a nagging leg injury that has worsened since my Bursitis recovery - it's not the same pain at all but still painful nonetheless and has really derailed me and my feeble attempts to get 'back at it'. Couple that excessive inactivity with increased access to holiday foods…

But - "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" No, it's not. While I love breakfast food, it doesn't mean it must be consumed before 10am...and be hearty to boot. I bought into this one for a while, but eventually realized the earlier I broke my fast, the more hours in the day I had for eating! New 'rule' - break…

Welcome back, and while yoyoing is never good, at least you stopped the regain before putting on any more! In the past, I would yoyo ever higher, which is why this time it is FOR LIFE. You know what to do - now find a way to do it that hurts the least lol 😅

I've lost a couple of pounds recently (since vacation) and am back in the "decade" I was at the beginning of the year - my revised goal is to get down to the next decade to welcome in next new year! Lame-o granted, slow progress... absolutely, but I am still in the game so don't count me out 😜. Doing this FOR LIFE after…

Welcome @KerryBSoCal, @Ladydimadison, and anyone else who has posted or is lurking lol - post away with thoughts, comments, questions, updates, gripes, celebrations, whatever is on your mind and you'd like to share! Great, diverse group here brought together by our pursuit of healthy aging.

Perhaps the beer incentive allure will wear off, and he'll want to mix it up with a good coffee or a good view. If not, the CICO should probably be highlighted, then at least a longer walk might entail and won't even take longer if the pace picks up. I must say the plan does have (diabolical) appeal, as is, though! Got me…

Gosh, thank you for the kind words 😊 - my daughter takes some great pictures, mine are all #crap#, so I rarely take any anymore. To be clear, I am the old fart in the passenger seat...

Hey all - keep at it, whether losing or maintaining - or even barely maintaining when you should be losing (me), it is so much better than the gaining alternative 😉 and we know we are eating healthier, so that's always a plus! Ann, your river looks like a lake in that picture, reflecting the sky like glass! Beautiful.

Aloha - I am back, up a mere 3lbs, and ready for yet another kick at this weight-loss can! Great cruise across the Pacific, and then spent a few days 'cruising' Oahu by land before flying home yesterday. 😉 For some reason, every year I think Summer is going to be a good season to lose weight (I suppose because of all the…

Hope springs eternal...I am back, up a mere 3lbs, and ready for yet another kick at this weight-loss can! Great cruise acrossthe Pacific, and then spent a few days 'cruising' Oahu by land before flying home yesterday. 😆

Did you access from MFP site vs app, and look on a computer vs phone/tablet? Pretty sure there is a key on the spreadsheet but using my phone just now so can't check for you.

Excellent point! I am on vacation right now, cruising to Hawaii 😍

Hello pals! Stopping by from somewhere on the Pacific, 28 hours out of Seattle, cruising our way to Hawaii. This has been good for me working on improving my step count after my long bout with bursitis! I am pretty wobbly, and very glad to have brought one of my trekking poles with me for stability but really (finally,…

Oops, meant to comment on @AnnPT77 flower pics - so cool how it looks still in the bud stage AND at the flower stage - love it! Is this grown outdoors in your garden or inside? And welcome back @SbetaK, what a challenging food environment you were in! You can't kill us off that easy 😉

Hello, hello 👋 My (mild) concussion is much improved, so allowing myself more screen time lol. Still having headaches but not severe and more sporadic, yay! And my Bursitis is also much improved, to the point where I went to physiotherapy yesterday, and my leg pain has predictably been agitated, but more so my knee than my…

MUCH better, thank you! Still have a headache, but mild to moderate vs severe 😁 My Dr advised I limit my screen time (!!) - aghast I advised her due to the physical limitations, I estimate I am either watching TV, playing games or browsing 22 of 24 hours just now...even my kindle is a screen! (Can't sit long in most chairs…

I am pleased to report a much better day today, pain-wise - leg pain trumped headache 😁

That's not too bad of a time bump, and your plan 'to use the time wisely' sounds solid to me 😀 It is disturbing about the MRI report though.