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Thanks for the check-in @alteredsteve175 and your words of wisdom and encouragement! May we encourage you also. I assume the pie is no longer an issue 🙃? @AnnPT77 those toothy grins are so funny! Clever you having orchids bloom for you, thanks for the pics. Hope everyone has a nice weekend and has something or someone to…
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Hey all, has been glorious Fall weather where I am, sunny & breezy, colder overnight (right around freezing) but reasonably warm by afternoon (like 9C or 48F). I must say though that I have been mostly witnessing it all through a window, I am in a bit of a funk lately and not sleeping until close to sunrise, then sleeping…
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Happy belated birthday Ann - hope you enjoyed your day! 🌼 🌻 💐 🌹 💜
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@Pdc654 - fantastic results, you did it - you went on vacation, enjoyed yourself, and did not gain - you should feel very proud of this accomplishment and what it bodes for your future. 👏 👏 👏
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Just wanted you to know that we ARE (all) special cases, including you, and have our unique quirks of genetics & circumstances to personally navigate in our shared battle, and who among us hasn't wondered at some point if they were not uniquely doomed to obesity and failure while the rest of the world figures it out?? Or…
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Shout out to @swimmom_1 - how's it going Mary? Still working and working out on your elliptical?? Thinking of you 👋
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Hedonism? Car-based society? Bountiful supplies of incredibly varied ingredients at all times? Restaurant food + sedentary lifestyles? All of the above? I know they all apply to me 😋 🤣
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Yup, resonates with me too! After I retired, I had to destress first and then when I felt mentally stronger, that's when I started this weight-loss chapter in my life - the penultimate chapter - to be followed by the final chapter titled 'Lifelong Weight Management'! Not ever shipping all the way back, ever again.
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It's a dark, gloomy, rainy fall afternoon here - exactly as it should be, which is such a relief after our prolonged Summer weather. When you live in a rain forest, prolonged dry spells are unnerving 😯 ...not to mention extended forest fire season and farmer's concerns. All is well folks now 😜!
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Yooly, I didn't have any flying issues but you're right about people potentially not behaving in public anymore - at the Elton John concert, a couple rows back, a brouhaha developed that involved several people in 2 rows, security staff and a lot of shouting over what we gathered was someone's jacket on someone's…
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I am definitely not an "Eat the same thing everyday" person, and my diet has only grown more varied since I retired and started focusing on my health and weight. That being said, there are some inherent pitfalls in my ever changing, ever trying ways - pitfalls to overeating, for me, such as finding a new tasty dish or…
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Aloha! As most of you know, I just got back from Oahu & Maui, but I would happily return tomorrow to that tropical paradise 🥰 The Manta ray experience sounds intriguing, I will have to look into that for next time. We might check out the big island next trip - I have visited it briefly once but my daughter (aka my regular…
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Hey @Yoolypr, great to have you aboard! I have been on MFP just over 1 year and totally love this tool - like you, obese for many years and off/on serial dieter. I retired last year and finally feel like I have no reason not to be able to focus on my weight/health and many reasons to get on with it! I have lost 45 lbs but…
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Hey - today I tried a small ripe banana mashed then stirred in 1/2 cup rolled oats - it seemed a bit dry so I decided to add 2 tablespoons water too, and I sprinkled with cinnamon (as I love cinnamon, but debated peanut butter) then microwaved for 2 minutes. It came out pretty good! Ate it with 1/2 cup milk poured on top.…
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Hey all - checking in, hope your weekend is going as planned 😀 Last night I went to Elton John concert on his Farewell tour. He announced this was his last concert in Canada, and boy did he rock the place out! I so appreciated that his whole band was made up of energetic & talented old men (one of the drummers first did a…
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You know, I think this is really good advice - so important to make changes you can live with, vs adopting changes that are too hard to live with and we give up or regain or both! However, I too believe low carb can be good for insulin resistance and metabolic issues especially - but don't have to go 'full keto' to get…
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Aloha @Pdc654! Did not make it to the big island last trip, will have to visit it soon. Just wear your mask in busy spots, especially indoors; fortunately almost everything is outdoorsin Hawaii - you will be in the minority (wearing a mask) but it does give that extra layer of protection. Let us know how it goes and have a…
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@Pdc654 - happy belated birthday 👏 and thanks for sharing your story! Very encouraging 👍, as is yours @ridiculous59. I have only lost about 12 lbs this year, 45 total since starting MFP and have another 90 to go but focusing on the next 50. By focusing I apparently mean wishing it to be so and really working hard not to…
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Welcome Mere! Feel free to post your goals or struggles and we can try to help. I am home (yesterday) from my cruise & extra days in Maui - but unfortunately my daughter and I both came down with Covid after getting off the ship. We still toured around Maui in our rental car as that was in isolation anyway and just didn't…
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@Pdc654 - we are on a large ship, largest class of Royal Caribbean fleet, and there is SO much to do we are running out of time and making some hard choices lol. This afternoon at 5pm went to a Thomas Kincaid art exhibit at gallery, then we listened to classical guitarist at the bar, watched the sunset then we ate, now…
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Checking in from somewhere in the Pacific Ocean...what a great cruise this is! End of Day 4, we are having 3x 25 hour days in a row to switch us over from Pacific time to Hawaii time - what a treat to have an extra hour sleep each night! We will lose the time again on our red eye flight back home, well worth it 👌…
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@sandramarshall200 good for you getting a swim in! I too really have to focus on including protein with every meal/most snacks otherwise my day end total is not where I want it to be. Thanks Ann for the summary, no way would I get through that article, but the info is certainly important for us to consider. Reinforces &…
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We love Kauai and it is our normal go-to island, but this time we're doing it a bit differently as we are taking a repositioning cruise to Hawaii from Vancouver, BC and will visit Maui & Oahu from the ship, then stay an extra few days in Maui & renting a car to check it out properly before flying home. Whereabouts in…
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Hey all, so much quiet! Have a great weekend and check in anytime 😊 How are all the newbies doing? My food is slowly coming back under control and my vacation gain slowly leaving...which I am super grateful for. But still up about 5 lbs from vacation a month ago, and I leave in 2 weeks for Hawaii!! Which I am delighted to…
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@ridiculous59 - what beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing 😘 @sandramarshall200 - when I am hungry and not much calories left, I find what fills me up is an apple (dried apple slices especially as take longer to eat), baby carrots, beef jerky + I drink some more water! I also try to have low-calorie veggie soup on hand…
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Lol so glad someone could it explain it 😅 Now for the sorta new thing for this day: The symbols above the box we type messages in has a B for bold and then an I for italics...you just highlight the text you want to use it on and press the symbol and the formatting is generated for you. The next symbol looks like a…
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Hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of Summer, we had another mini heatwave where I am but since it cools off better at night, so much more enjoyable!
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I think sometimes using the spoiler feature is useful for really long posts, easier to skip over but easy to open up to read fully too. Just a suggestion to not overpower the thread but still provide a very detailed (and valuable) response. 🥰
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Hello! Welcome and thanks for the chuckle 😃, we have several fit 'seasoned ones' that post here but most of us have had, or are now, trying to lose a significant amount of weight. I am one of the 'lost a bunch but still have a significant amount to lose' folk. It's so hard (for me) to keep my head in the game longterm, but…
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OMG - does it never end??? I mean honestly, how much more of this can we take...there has to be a limit...😭 🤣 I have not been measured but I just realized that I know I'm shorter...I am so unobservant but yup, I'm shorter, sigh. And I think the waist measurement thing is happening to me too - I have also lost 40-80 lbs a…
