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I haven't posted for a couple of weeks; but I have come to MFP daily to record my food, weight, and read the posts. Everyone seems to be progressing according to their plan, give or take 'Life Happens' type stuff along the way. For me also. I just finished a furious round of all sorts of medical specialities and an looking…
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Today is off to being a good day. I slept well last night, saw the surgeon for my post surgery mammogram and exam office visit and did grocery shopping. It was chilly and raining outside, but I didn't mind. The surgeon said my surgery area is healing as expected and that my mammogram showed no active cancer at this time.…
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Happy Easter to everyone. I am one of the lucky ones who grew up with both a Western and an Eastern religious bend, both Christian .. I got to know and follow the Eastern traditions long before the Western ones and so to me I always associated the Western one with lighthearted fun and the Eastern one with a somber and…
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AFM ... Happy Day! I had my 6-mo post surgery mammogram results this morning, anything left is currently benign. I'm good for another 6 months before testing again. I didn't post my work-in-progress stats for a while, I was too stressed out waiting for testing and results to feel motivated enough to post. However, I am…
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@Yoolypr ... so glad my comment wasn't what sparked you thought pattern in your post, after all. I wasn't heavy all my life, but even when I was skinny, I felt fat. Funny thing is, when I got fat, I never felt any different and thus didn't recognize what a 'cow' I was becoming! Luckily, no one ever tried to body-shame me,…
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@BarbMessimer ... You do not have an obligation to make your friends schedule be your own. If you want to continue this friendship, perhaps you might suggest meeting at a later time, and maybe not for 'lunch' or any meal at all, but for some other form of getting together for an hour or so. ... That's something I had…
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Yes, I certainly can relate to the sentiments about not feeling inside as old as you actually are ... until I realize that I AM a geriatric woman. I've found that when I am in the company of those in their 80's and 90's, however, that they don't feel or act any older than I do ...they just have more wrinkles and move…
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The original question was marked 'answered' ... yet I still wanted to add this: 1 teaspoon of table salt contains 2300 mg of sodium; according to the article from the FDA I just read. And while the term sodium is often used for salt, they are not the same; as already noted. Sodium is a mineral, salt is sodium chloride with…
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wk 3 stats - street ready before logging on day 3 of 5 - did it! No misses yet. It's getting easier now. Yesterday was a busy day for me, so I didn't check in here. Glad to read to the messages everyone posted. @BarbMessimer that's a good tip about the Magnesum; I'll need to clear it with my dr's. ... I take a lot of…
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Street ready before logging on Stats Week 3, day 1 of 5 ... did it! That said ... it doesn't mean that I am not somewhat let down. Circumstances. I had a 'bad sleep' night last night. Seems to be an every-other night occurrence the past few months. One night I sleep well, only briefly waking to use the potty 2 or 3 times…
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@BarbMessimer ; you are so correct! We each have to find what works for us, because we are all so individual. The 'diets' we read about (and all stats, I think) are compiled from a large database and so are 'averages'. None of us is average. LOL What I like about reading other peoples changes and methods is that is shows…
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Week 2 day 5 stats 5 of 5 street ready before logging on. ... Feels a little more natural to be 'presentable' and 'ready to exit if needed' before getting into the things I like to do with my morning coffee. ... My second addition on my focused item was to log my food and pay attention to the macros that resulted. I don't…
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Week 2 day 4 stats 4 of 5 street ready before logging on. @BarbMessimer ... I too, am a person who practices IF. For me, it wasn't something I started to do to lose weight; although it is a good way to help cut out some calories to aid in weight loss. I started to extend my non-eating window by stopping food intake earlier…
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Week 2 day 3 stats 3 of 5 street ready before logging on. It's starting to seem like the natural thing to do when I wake up ... hurry up and get dressed and ready for the world. But I'm not patting myself on the back about it. I'm marveling at it! And I'm still taking a 'let's let it roll some more', because I'm still in…
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@Corina1143 ... I don't close my diary any longer. For some reason, I reacted badly to the totals page; but I did like the ability to then see charts and weekly stats when I did. My 'bad' reactions to closing the daily log depended on if the results for the day were too low or too high. I do keep tabs of the results…
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Week 2 day 2 stats 2 of 5 street ready before logging on. I almost messed up this morning. That's because I went out into the living room with my nightclothes on and sat down in an easy chair. Before I knew it, I had switched on the TV ... and then I looked down on my lap and remembered I hadn't dressed yet! Then I…
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Week 2 day 1 stats 1of 5 street ready before logging on A SIL and I went out for a meal today to celebrate our birthdays; hers was last month and mine at the end of the week. We went to an authentic Mexican restaurant and had a tasty meal with dessert, which put me over my calorie goal for the day but it was well worth the…
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That's a tough question to answer. What has been your experience in the past with clothing sizes and body shape compared to your weight? And, are you doing fitness exercises that keep your body toned. You see, if you are just losing weight and now working on your body through regular effective exercises, you may find in…
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No Saturday Stats, as my goal is weekdays. However, practicing my new habit had me up and dressed faster than I have in the first week. I like that. I think I'm noticing some little changes in other areas of my lifestyle as well, but it's too early to say for sure. I'm in the 'honeymoon' stage of working on a goal; let's…
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Friday Stats 5 of 5 days street ready before logging on Well, that was pretty easy to do. But then, the only rule was not to log on until a certain physical condition. I purposely didn't put a time deadline on it because sometimes I wake up with the dawn, and other times that's not enough sleep because of a wakeful night…
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Thursday Stats: 4 of 5 days street ready before logging on. Today was the hardest so far. First I just wanted to stay in bed and luxuriate in the whole body wellness I felt this morning; that typically dissolves as soon as I get up and start moving around. Second, I was torn between two desires after I did step out of bed.…
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Wednesday Stats: 3 of 5 days street ready before logging on. It was easier today than on day 2, which was also easier than day 1 had been. Maybe soon I can tag on another item to my 5-day-a-week goals. In the past, I used to go 'all gung-ho' when starting a new challenge for myself. Most times it turned out I had bit off…
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@BarbMessimer ... Thanks for your encouragement. I was on one message board for most of the time I have been using MFP. At one time we had enough people posting on a regular basis that we were able to have challenges that we kept track of; not as a competition, but as a rah-rah-rah. I miss those MFP'ers and often wonder…
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Welcome aboard @jonni82014 ... yep! Keep yourself motivated and on track as much as you can manage. That's what we all try to be mindful to do. Tuesday Stats: 2 of 5 days street ready before logging on. It's been a busy day so far. On Tuesdays, some of us get together in the community room for some exercise/stretch for an…
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Monday Stats: 1 of 5 days up and street ready before logging on. As for my weekend: I had a sleepless night Saturday which had me very hungry way before it was my usual time to eat, and then the choice of food I prepared was very satisfying but also helped rack up my intake for the 24 hour period way beyond my allowance.…
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Start of March ... 31 days begins today, 31 days is long enough to build a new habit, a new habit could easily be an alteration of one that is already in place that could use some tweaking I have one 'off the top of my head' ... Get an earlier start to my day by getting ready to go out first thing instead of playing some…
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No tomato or marinara in the one I made. You can add anything you think you would enjoy having, and you can also serve as a main dish with or without starch sides. All depends on what else you may be having, the potions you will be serving, and what you have a taste for.
