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Hi everyone...I was quite moody today too...partly cuz contractor who's been blowing us off, opted to have his drywall guy come with no notice, partly cuz tomorrow (today now) I turn 60, and this contractor is coming again, which means disrupted household in multiple ways, and frail dad now has a head-cold and is a bad…
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My 3: 1) Made 40 garlic chicken in crockpot 2) still on track with coding 3) started organizing seeds & trying to do prep cooking (Saffron & Sweet Peas blog was final inspo)
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Hey everyone...hi! just checking in, but super tired...and it's only 12:43! so I'll say good night....
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Hey all, I decided to change my profile name here too. Hadn't thought about the SS in a couple; my bro-in-law, a financial adviser, advises to take it as soon as you can, but I usually disagree with almost everything he thinks, and I had assumed I would wait later & take a larger payout. Not sure what the next couple of…
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@MIssnewme9211 Love that graphic, and I think it's totally fine, no need to name numbers here; I was hesitant myself, but then disclosed other places, so then here. In terms of day, the 12 hour thing works for intermittent fasting, if that works for you; is that what you were saying? For me, who's usually a late nighter,…
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Welcome again Janene fellow Aquarian, you can call me Selene...happy early birthday to you, and I get it, my 60th is in a week. But I'm still in my 50's for that last week lol. Great you've found movement that works, and how lucky to never have to worry about car problems! All here are pretty active too. Dawn & Linny both…
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A key for me with protein in general, lately, for any meal/snack: greek yogurts...chobani (which I like as they have good human & earth-centered politics) has a 60 calorie, 11 g protein one; oikos(Dannon) has 2: 'Pro' that's 140cal & 20 g protein & 'TripleZero' that's 90cal & 15prot.; also Dannon 'Light and Fit' 80cal…
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Welcome NanaC! Now is a great time to get inspired. Part of *my* inspiration in this thread is that 2 of the main women posting, Dawn and Linny, have both had great weight loss...over 90 pounds each! This is a great place to discuss the day-to-day things in our lives; we are currently doing "3 things" that were daily…
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Dawn, I was just thinking before I read your post, re: my Sunday's calories, I was careful but normal, but even so only *just* a few calories under max., and that was with being careful, i.e.: small slices for bread at breakfast, veg & protein for dinner, only half a serving of dressing on my salad, a cheesestick and 3…
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Thanks Linny! Reading it all together was very helpful, and motivating. I know I can on going & do it too. My issue with boundaries may not be with boundaries at all, but with the over-arching concept, or even the word? Will have to think about that and about boundaries vs. meddling (is that the opposite?)...esp. meddling…
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Thanks Linny...congrats on over 90 pounds! and you keep on cranking on! What are your tips/tweaks/hacks? What's your plan? My 3 things today: 1) shoveled driveway again 55 min—which is ~850 calories burned—this time I did it in 2 sessions; 2) slept in (that's the positive) & advocated for the contractor not to be called…
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Hi everyone. Just checked...haven't posted here in 5 days. The interruptions by our destruction contractors and also getting ready for the next day's destruction on top of everyday stuff meant something had to give, and community posting was it. Some of the highlights of 3 points for the last 5 days in no order: I *have*…
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Tami, those are great photos. It looked like that here today, though not as sunny. I didn't hike it...I *did* shovel the driveway, however, which took almost an hour. Love the idea of 150 hikes for the year. I just discovered freezing grapes, which, to me, gives them a texture like ice cream. I've been back up to my mfp…
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Take care of yourself Dawn, it sounds like it was horrifying experience, at least I was a bit horrified while reading it. Maybe others wouldn't react as strongly...the war in Ukraine has been a daily bludgeon in the background of my isolated fam's lives. There's so much weird yet very stressing turmoil in society today…
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OH MY GOSH, Dawn, that sounds wretched!!! Glad you are better, and do heal quickly. Are they giving you anything besides pain killers? If you are into herbal medicine, check out yarrow. Back in ye olden times they used it to stuff in wounds in wars & as an internal blood flow staunch. Be careful as there may be bad…
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How's everyone? Today we got the call from the contractor we've been waiting to remodel the *other* bathroom, for over a year, & he's coming tomorrow, um, today, like in 5 hours. We, & the basement, aren't really ready for that. He'll start by literally tearing out the old shower that's leaked forever, & that'll be falling…
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The boundary thing is interesting, because, imho, we break boundaries to ourselves a lot, but then feel guilty, and also shame/d. Also, some of the boundaries we have are individual, but have been broken somewhat by society's agreements as a whole...like we can have 'super-size' foods exist, etc. A lot of the clearest…
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Welcome and good luck Lisa-Marie! Also big luck with the job interview tomorrow linsey!
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Plumber came today & installed a whole new toilet, so now thinking whole bath will be remodeled, in pieces. Has anyone used one of those 'bathtub replacement/resurfacing' in a day' kinda companies? Also *I* want a new stone counter (we have formica now) {I have a minor in geology, so *really* appreciate rocks & have wanted…
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Congrats Jill; binge-ing for me can be just as you said, hard to stop, a momentum, until I'm feeling nauseous. Good for you! Kathy-good for you getting back on the horse, & you are right, kindness begins with the self. Progress, not perfection. Linny, I hope your daughter had a great birthday! My niece cried when she…
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Good luck linsey! BIG life changes for you in '23. Tami-I don't do it often, the why: it takes supreme motivation, and I cut back on activity. I was feeling like such a slug...had a couple ~4k binge days the week before, and knew I needed to really get it together to have any sort of loss, in this, the last month of my…
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Happy 2023 pagan & pagan adjacent folk! You can call me Selene. I'm on a long road (planning on 200 pounds to lose). I've lost 100 pounds twice before but illness, injury, and life got in my way of staying there. I'm a Goddess-oriented Ukrainian North American, with a fairly regular practice of kitchen & hedge witchery.…
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Welcome everyone! I started Nov22 @ 344, 331 by NYrs, & down 1.6 yesterday. The anti-fatigue mat, and definitely batch cooking, and also shortcuts (pre-chopped frozen or salad bar veg (sometimes in regular produce section too) is key, since the calories in veg are so low and so important for our nutritious self-care. Also,…
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Also, take measurements...the delta of the before to after is how far the skin had to stretch.
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Still a tad queasy today, so very light food, BRATTY bland, but I may have some roast beef on toast for dinner for quick easy heme protein. 1) FINALLY got to sleep at a *more* reasonable hour last night: ~1:45am & slept for hours and hours and hours. 2) Had to call cable internet co. three times today as they kept shutting…
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Linny: excellent accountability-it can be hard to not indulge in extraneous calories, so good limit-setting. Also, it's great that you are moving too. Activity is not just for kids. Happy bday to your daughter! Jill-yep, great NSV re: good ice cream...ice cream is my true vice. Your vacay sounds fun too; we have a lake but…
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Hi Kathy! Welcome. Yep, tracking IS key. Pre-tracking can be both a time-saver but more importantly it really helps me plan my 'work', then I work that plan! Also key for me is allowing (& making) myself track when I go WAY off plan, which is totally new (that's when I would often stop) even though I've gained & lost 100…
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The 10 minutes a day thing was from sparkpeople which was the largest site (mfp was #2 then) for a decade or more but they opted to close the free site because there was no profit in it and focus on corporate. They suggested that you didn't even have to do it consecutively...you could do 1 min, take a break, and repeat, 9…
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Hi Kemeki, sorry I somehow missed your post a week ago; 10% is a great goal: do-able, motivating, and you immediately reap health benefits...good for you. I just figured out I'm also going for 10%, but trying to reach it by end of Feb, as that's my birth month, though not gonna stress if I don't reach it. I'm also focusing…
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-Linny, that recipe is innovative, & looks good! Glad head's getting better. -Italiana, wtg! Me today: 1) Created a recipe—slow cooker Tom Kha Gai: Thai Coconut Chicken Soup—with what I had on hand 2) More kitchen duty...had compliments about it 3) Day isn't done yet, so am about to get some coding done now Goals tomorrow:…
