mochaphobic Member

Hi, first time doing a challenge with MFP. I started several years ago, actually gained weight instead of losing and quit after several months. I'm back, again trying to reverse the numbers. I was at the highest ever when I started June 3rd. I am almost 54 and really struggling to lose anything. Of course, as a full-time…

Someone posted this link recently on my Facebook wall. Some of you will find lots of humor here: http://blog.grammarly.com/

Another thought, more about the feeling full than anything else... try to make notes on when you feel the fullest and if those full feelings are accompanied with gas or bloating or any kind of intestinal issues. If so, you could be suffering from a food allergy and it's giving you just enough problems to not feel well.…

If we had one million dollars... Before spending anything we'd take a vacation and consult with a really good investment consultant then Pay off the house, get new car for my dh and decent ones for the teens to drive, give % to charity or a my son's high school that is really tiny and old and needs to be rebuilt and invest…

I just had several weeks of pt on my ankle due to injury to the tendons and they had me warm up with 10 minutes on the bicycle then 20 - 30 minutes of strengthening exercises. But they said the key thing was to make sure when I am done with exercising that I ice the area for 10 minutes and elevate it to alleviate swelling.…

I might have to try this ~ it sounds yummy! Plus, it has the carbs that I'm supposed to eat before bed to keep my blood sugar levels stable during the night. My wheels are def. thinking here...

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I am working on cutting out the diet soda (I can see where it def triggers cravings!) and I realized that sweetened cereal for breakfast also triggers cravings. I'm trying out a few new breakfast foods to see how they help since that is a trigger for me. I don't eat a lot of fruit…

My girls would love this! Any thoughts on what I could use to substitute for the banana tho?

I love fruit smoothies ~ I'll have to try having some of those more often. I wish I could still eat bananas! I did, up until this spring when I was diagnosed with a banana allergy. Still not sure if I am really truly allergic or not but I haven't challenged it yet. I'm also allergic to egg whites (not that they are sweet)…

What he said. You are working hard, you're meeting your goals and it's really hard and self-defeating to look at someone else who appears to have it easier than you do and feel good about this. Try keeping it all in perspective. Acknowledge that you are envious or even jealous and then use that emotion to renew your…

Another idea ~ jello with cool whip (if you like it.) My kids love it and it's mostly water. I make the sugar free kind so I can have it too.

While you were sick, were you able to stay hydrated? If so, you should be fine. If not, then that needs to be your first priority and just eat what you can. I was told that if you gain a little bit of weight after being sick it could be just your body rehydrating and holding onto every little bit it can but as soon as it…

Technically, isn't bread processed then too? It's made with a variety of ingredients that I personally do not have at my disposal, I do not grind my own oats or wheat and make it from scratch so it's a convenience to buy it ready made. I don't eat white bread but am not sure that the higher fiber breads are actually made…

I'm not sure the witchcraft poster even *read* the article... considering it says nothing about exercise or starving.

I've read some of this before but not all of it. I found it interesting because some of it definitely goes against what my mother taught me as a child and what even my dietician told me when I was forced to go see her after my pre-diabetes diagnosis. I found a few things I might change in my family's diet. Thanks for…

That word does have bad connotations in some areas of the US ~ I think it's used to describe a certain group of people? Not sure, just remember hearing someone a long time ago correct a student in my school and say that we don't call people that. With that being said, my Walmart is pretty nice and the only reason I don't…

Hang in there and try to relax about it. We've all had what we've viewed as setbacks. It's not possible to gain 3 pounds of fat overnight so there have to be other factors as everyone pointed out. Try setting a different mental motivator for yourself. What do you enjoy doing? Maybe your motivation can be something like, if…

My favorite date with my husband was during our first year together and he cooked a teriyaki stir fry and strawberry mousse for dessert in my tiny apartment kitchen. Yum! Absolutely cook for her! If you can do it, go for it! It's been over 25 years and I *still* remember it. :)

I just found out today that I have an egg allergy and wheat allergy so they said basically to go gluten free. I'm searching the internet but any first hand advice would be great, too!

The first weeks (3 maybe 4) I had the same thing and if I adjusted my calories I wouldn't lose a thing so it wasn't that I was eating too many calories. I did realize I was way over eating prior and my body took a long time to adjust. So when you have a low blood sugar episode, what are you eating to bring it back up vs.…

I take days off ~ good ones and bad ones both. I get forgetful. I get busy. My cell phone dies and I have no tablets that can access and my kids are on the computers at home... (I have a larger family). It's not that I don't want to log them in usually, I just know it won't serve me emotionally to try and log in the bad…

Mochaphobic came from the fact that I can't stand coffee, even the smell of it makes me queasy, so I stay far away and phobic meaning a fear of. My fear is that I'll come in contact with it and get sick. LOL! (I have to stay out of the kitchen when we go visiting relatives because everyone, absolutely everyone, serves…

Sometimes recommendations from the "experts" actually are for other reasons than just to lose weight. For example, if you are diabetic. Or worse, if you are diabetic and don't know it yet. It might be okay to eat all your calories in just one part of the day for weighttloss but this could cause other health issues. The…

I had to laugh at this. The dr 's PA is fairly slim but my dr has gained at least 20 pounds over the past couple of years, maybe more. :D (The nurse that called me I've not met before but most of his staff is overweight, many by more than me so maybe you are right and they get into the routine of saying things... didn't…

No one can relate, huh?

I would like to join in May also. Sounds like just the thing to keep me going!

Amazing! Congrats on your loss!

I love Pandora and usually set it to 50's - 60's rock and roll. I didn't know they have workout stations though... will have to check it out. I just love the oldies though. :)

LOL! My kids are nuts about Pi Day too and asking for pie for supper. I'm thinking of a pot pie maybe...

5'3" with a large frame, apple shape SW 182 (178 on MFP) CW 161 GW 140 About 10 years ago I joined WW and got down to 130 pounds but never exercised ~ lost it easily because I was breastfeeding. Once my little one weaned, I immediately gained 10 -15 pounds back. But I was happy for the most part. Had two more babies and…