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Thanks all, but don't admire too much, it's only been a week or so! 🤣 At the very least, this will be a fantastic experiment and plenty of lessons. I sincerely hope it's more successful - it would be an exceptional breakthrough for me. The idea that's been mentioned of "trusting myself" has long been a struggle for me,…

@Bella_Figura - thank you! I don't think this will be the approach to get to the finish line, by any stretch. I'm sure I'll have to start tracking again at some point, then repeat at a lower weight, etc. Despite my intrigue of numbers, and wanting to crack the code for my personal best results - calorie counting and strict…

So - with the caveat that this may not be precisely the way others approach intuitive eating... I'm essentially giving my body a trial run at proving that I can be mindful, listen to what it tells me it needs, and also that I've learned some degree of self-control in 9+ months of mostly consistent logging. Breakfast and…

Checking back in four days later - still sticking with the "old reliables" earlier in the day and eating intuitively for dinner & dessert. I tracked today, just to see what a typical day "might" have looked like (depending on if the motto of the day was "life is short, work is ridiculously stressful, eat the cookie!") -…

I can never quite get over how lucky I am to have found such a supportive group, that even worries when people are a little quieter than usual! Work has just been chaos - our department is less than 10 people, and three of them have resigned for greener pastures in the last three weeks!

I absolutely LOVE looking at all the numbers & charts this group ends up discussing - strangely, even moreso when I've been in a bit of a funk toward logging and actively working toward losing weight! I think I've finally identified the culprit - and I suspect it's also why I mentioned I got stuck right in the 225-230lb…

Baaaaa indeed for me. I definitely overdid it this weekend, hauling myself back onto the wagon this morning.

Cheers to new puppy friends! Furbabies are just the best. 😍

It's interesting to me how many travelers (including myself) have such opinions about particular places - that don't always require more than one experience to create! I've not been to Texas, but I can wholeheartedly say that I would take the entire supposed zoo of maskless philistines anyday over spending even one more…

Height: 5'6 / Age: 37 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 3/18/22: 227.2 lbs CW 3/19/22: 226.6 lbs Loss: 0.6 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 66.8 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 10.6 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 41.6 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 72.6 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

Height: 5'6 / Age: 37 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 3/17/22: 227.6 lbs CW 3/18/22: 227.2 lbs Loss: 0.4 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 66.2 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 11.2 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 42.2 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 73.2 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

Height: 5'6 / Age: 37 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 3/15/22: 228.6 lbs CW 3/17/22: 227.6 lbs Loss: 1.0 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 65.8 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 11.6 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 42.6 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 73.6 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

@jenniferelizabethwiseman - ok, you're two for two the last couple days!! (Three if I recall you mentioning cruising in your intro, or one of your early pics being on a cruise ship...?) That video truly made me miss being on stage. I stopped everything while I was in college due to the sports med program I was in at the…

Quiet day around here! Keeping a good thought for everyone, and hoping the day has treated you well!

Height: 5'6 / Age: 37 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 3/14/22: 229.0 lbs CW 3/15/22: 228.6 lbs Loss: 0.4 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 64.8 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 12.6 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 43.6 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 74.6 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

@jenniferelizabethwiseman - fellow "wanted to be a marine biologist" here!! All I can say is that I'm sorry that humans have the ability to be so callous - it's probably part of why I dreamed of spending my life working with animals. While it doesn't reduce the trauma...just keep in mind that people that vile are not the…

Height: 5'6 / Age: 36 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 2/26/22: 230.6 lbs CW 3/14/22: 229.0 lbs Loss: 1.6 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 64.4 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 13 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 44 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 75 lbs Goal (150 lbs) lose 79…

It looks fantastic!! I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of the Amazon swimwear I've purchased over the last year - we just won't talk about if I made it to the pool more than once over the combined three weeks! Not for lack of confidence in said suits - I simply don't "relax" well on vacation unless I'm…

Oh, how I wish the middle of nowhere had a Thai restaurant! Most times, I love being somewhere where there are more cows than people. However, when I start wanting something like Thai or Indian... It's a solid 40+ minute drive. I'll be living vicariously through you!

I'll leave the fishy things to the rest of you... There are plenty of other fantastic options to go around!! 🤣

I have...challenges...with coffee. I'm a bit of a snob, but not in the sense of brand loyalty or expense. It's really...whatever doesn't taste like an ashtray to me on any given day. Unfortunately, Folgers ALWAYS tastes that way to me. Tim's home-brew coffee sometimes does (yes, we have them in parts of NY!) - but if they…

Oh, and there go my waterworks. 😭♥️♥️♥️ (Not sure why the page turned my hearts black...seems wrong...) Happy belated birthday, sweet girl! Very happy to continue celebrating you today on mine... Whisper-singing a little "happy birthday to us" right now before my next meeting. I'm getting back on track tomorrow - not that…

Not much to speak of, here - I've taken a couple of days around maintenance. Lots of stress recently outside the deficit, which I'm sure along with normal hormonal stuff has exacerbated the feeling of "getting nowhere." It's been a nice recharge... I felt far more productive in my workout tonight than I have in a bit, and…

Congrats, ABD!!! Hoping to start posting again soon, I've been very thankful for that thread about not letting the scale get in your head the last couple weeks - it has only recently become a "not-odd" point in the cycle for things to stall/increase. Should be on the other side of all that within a few days....just…

PAV - Sorry if I kicked off the perfect storm for you! It seems to have been a rough week across the board?! Meanwhile, I'm trying to decide if losing enough weight to have lost my ring is a NSV or not. Given where I last remember seeing it on my hand... I'm assuming it's down in the depths of the couch. Ugh, Monday. 🤣

I hear that loud & clear, @lauriekallis - I'm trying to remember to be gentle with myself, since it looks like the combination of stress, insomnia, and "work sucks" may have derailed what I thought to be a ridiculously achievable goal for February. Taking my own advice has never been a strong suit, lol 😂

Height: 5'6 / Age: 36 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 2/20/22: 231.0 lbs CW 2/26/22: 230.6 lbs Loss: 0.4 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 62.8 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 14.6 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 45.6 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 76.6 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

@conniewilkins56 - fantastic job staying the course!!! My hamsters may be a bit jealous... They're very numerically motivated. 🤣 If I recall, my last time around the weight loss mountain, I got stuck where I am now... So they're feeling a little bit of deja vu and lodging complaints. Time to shake things up!!

Height: 5'6 / Age: 36 Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22 LW 2/19/22: 231.8 lbs CW 2/20/22: 231.0 lbs Loss: 0.8 lbs Loss from HW (July 2021) = 62.4 lbs Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 15.0 lbs Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 46.0 lbs Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 77.0 lbs Goal (150 lbs)…

Thank you!! There should still be a bit of a mini-whoosh waiting in the wings from my "stuck time," but I will absolutely celebrate the trend over the last two weeks! Hmm, I'll have to take a look and see what the best options are - either way, LoseIt isn't "sparking much joy" anymore...so it's time to at least get…