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Some thoughts of easy stuff you can make in a big batch in advance for yourself even if your family doesn’t want to eat it are things like soups (instead of using dairy to make them creamy purree a potato or cannelini beans), veggie chili, various casseroles based on veggies that you can easily eat throughout the week…

Do some strength training/ cross training particularly for your core and posture like pilates so that your muscles get stretched out on alternate days from your long training runs and so that when you get tired from running your posture doesn’t go to h3ll and you don’t mess up your back. Also if you are doing this as part…

Hi. I am really sorry for your loss. I hope you have friends and family for support too, but you will find helpful people here who are positive and facing their own challenges. Its good that you were able to see even through your pain that your feelings are affecting your eating habits. By taking a realistic, long term…

If you are asking for no calorie drinks you are not going to find much beyond club soda or tea/coffee or diet soda at most places. Even non alcoholic drinks generally have some calories, just usually a lot fewer than the alcoholic counterpart because you are having only the mixer. Unless someone concocts some drink…

Read and participate in the forums and you will learn that you are not alone and that there is nothing to be afraid of, everyone struggles with similar issues and many people have great success stories. The success stories all seem to take the long view and be patient and methodical in their approach to weight loss. They…

Just came across these mocktail recipes for Dry January and they sound both good and doable with things one can actually find in the grocery store. https://apple.news/A1RLLoX1_R2CMpxMLMiJyng I am devoted to GOYA ginger beer as a replacement for alcohol in drinks to give them a kick/lift. It is so super spicy it makes me…

Look at the alcoholic cocktails made with vodka or gin and ask them to make you a virgin version replacing the alcohol with some ginger beer or tonic or just sparkling water

Agree with the above advice to check with dr. Swelling is wrong, especially if the knee is hot/warm to the touch and/or red it could be infected and you dont want that to spread.

Aqua faba - the liquid from chick peas - is an amazing substance if you are cooking beans. It can be used as you would use egg whites and is an excellent mimic for things like merringue and super useful to make things creamy or fluffy like mousse or hummus. You can make a ton of baked desserts with it if you are interested…

Hmm i will take the retired widowed military doctor please instead ….

Rancho Gordo is a wonderful company that specializes in heirloom bean varieties. Whether or not you choose to buy their products (they are available in some good grocery stores as well as from their website) they have a great blog and collection of recipes for beans, grains and salads and the like. Here is their basic info…

Congratulations on the little one, and even more on doing something healthy for yourself. If you are really hungry — eat something healthy that will help you power through But if you are emotionally exhausted —recognize that and feed your soul with whatever it is that is important to you as an individual human being (not a…

@joans1976 I had triple negative breast cancer that had spread to my lymphnodes 5 years ago. That’s a very aggressive type. I sympathize with your feelings of sadness and nerves and also know that sometimes people trying to tell you that things will be ok or that they have been through the same or know someone who has…

A great way to use grits or polenta once cooked and cooled so that it can be cut into cakes is to top with a bit of tomato sauce and some veggies and a sprinkle of cheese and then bake or broil. Like a mini parmigiana something Also good coated in corn starch (to make it crispier) and baked/broiled as fries or croutons…

Oops here is the blog https://thetakeout.com/make-homemade-kvass-from-your-sourdough-starter-1844801564

So I kept having the thought that your description of kvass sounds a lot like how some people jump start sourdough starter with bread or fruit sugar and I found the blog below describing kvass as a use for discard from sourdough starter, the recipe seems a lot like yours except the starter takes the place of the active…

A boiled egg is pretty much the perfect food if I need something quick and filling. It is also not something most people are likely to ever binge on! I also often grab single serving baby bell or laughing cow cheeses or a piece of string cheese because those are relatively low cal and not good enough to eat a lot of but I…

Here are three crazy ones from the past to add to the list to make us feel better that it is not just us who are nuts about weightloss and succumb to scams or unhealthy practices … Smoking. — i am sure many of us remember smoking being used informally as a tool to keep from eating but cigarettes were actually promoted as…

What is it that you dread? You might find that it is possible to lose the weight you want to lose without anything to dread if you are willing to go about the process methodically, patiently, and just weigh and record everything you eat keeping within the calorie limit suggested by mfp. If you don’t try to lose too fast or…

I looked up the values for various kvass brewed in Eastern Europe (Poland, the Baltic countries, Ukraine) where my family is from and the commercially available info has calories at between 30-37/100g and carbs at 6-8g.. This sounds plausible to me as it is in the range for kombucha which is a similarly fermented drink…

@AnnPT77 on hormonal changes I think men go through menopause too but society calls it a mid life crisis and men are supposed to use it as an excuse to act younger than they are (and perhaps mask weight gain by buying a fancy sportscar?) … this is one area where perhaps we should take a lesson from that playbook and use…

I had horrible hot flashes esp at night for a while. I was put into menopause prematurely by chemo so they were a combo of getting it all at once and the effects of chemo combined (chemo can also give you night sweats). My oncologist put me on effexor - an antidepressant- which really helped for a while. I ultimately…

Original question was whether anyone is doing anything sustainable - yes— weighing everything I can and recording calories here daily and adjusting what I eat as needed to keep at or below maintenance. I lost 79lbs that way. I confess I did also make a major lifestyle change around the same time - I cut way back and then…

@enopau start by following recommended portion sizes on the nutrition labels for the foods you eat and weighing those out before you eat them so that you know you are only eating as much as you intend to. That also helps you develop a sense of portion sizes for when you eat out (and portions are often oversize and out of…

I also lost almost 80 lbs (79) after menopause. Of course I first gained it after menopause too!! But it was mostly possible to lose by reversing what I did to gain it…. I became attentive to calories in calories out. I was a bit more active and I didn’t try to lose it quickly bc I didn’t gain it too quickly either. Took a…

Thanks! I am trying to gain back a bit of weigh having lost a bit too much but don’t want to go overboard either!

So i am confused - you are 15 pounds underweight and trying to eat at a deficit? You should be eating to gain weight no?

Thanks for starting this optimistic and inspirational thread, @panda4153 ! I will join you with those same good wishes to people starting out. I lost past any goal I set for myself (79 lbs total - a bit over 40 prior to joining mfp and 38 since) over the span of a couple of years and have been in the process of maintaining…

Are you weighing everything you are eating on a digital scale and recording it accurately? There are a lot of inaccurate entries in the database and if you aren’t weighing everything you eat you may be eating more calories than you think you are eating. Measuring cups are notoriously inaccurate, and measures like one piece…

Happy 2023 to everyone! I lurk for the periodic alcohol free cocktail tips and enjoy hearing of everyone’s successes (and I have also experienced your downs). I am posting to say that December 30 was my 1 year totally completely sober anniversary. Meaning not a drop of alcohol passed my lips all year - even for a taste or…