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Hi there, Happy New Year! I am looking forward to 2021. I'm good at starting things and working on finishing. The main word that is working for me as I look towards 2021 is DECELERATE. I've worked 2 jobs and been go go go running from pillar to post for 20+ years. I need to slow down, be more DELIBERATE and make some…

I'm not impressed with the paid version. I'm doing it on the one month trial. I may just cancel before the month is through. The only difference I see is less ads. And some of the ads are actually interesting!

I accept the challenge. I need to drop the cookies and sweets! It was easy to get into these over the holidays! I will try to do 60 minutes of exercise per day. This will probably work best in 2-3 segments. I have been doing 2 so can shift up to do 3 X 60 minute cardio workouts in a week. For the rest I will walk. I'm…

Hello from Atlantic Canada! I'll be 60 years old in April. I have 20 more pounds to lose. The last 20 are so hard. I'd love new friends for support and chatting!

January Start Weight:170 lbs January Goal Weight:165 lbs Ultimate Goal Weight: 150lbs ( or there about) Jan1 : 170 lbs Jan 8: Jan 15: Jan 22: Jan 29: Jan 31: To reach this goal I will: log ALL of the food I eat (total honesty) in MFP try to eat 5-7 fruit and veg servings/day (very challenging for me) drink 12 Cups of water…

Will you do this in October too? I'm scared I won't find this board again! What a great idea! I have been working on this challenge (LNS) on my own for 21 days but didn't exactly keep score. I love the idea!!!

Weight loss is not easy. It does require us to change. If your hubby loves your cooking perhaps you can find yummy things you both love that are healthier? I’ve finally got my darling on board with that. Today’s special was a detox broccoli veggie soup. It has red lentils in it which make it creamy and great for the…

Hey easyBayGal! If you resist going to the gym then is the gym the place you need to go? I found a fun exercise class that is 3x/week at my level with cardio, resistance and stretching. I enjoy it and don’t resist going. I am hoping to find another class 1x/week, plus a yoga class and to convince myself to go swimming…

For a couple of years, no matter what I did, I could not lose one. single. pound. Not one! Now... what seemed to jump start my metabolism is clearly not something everyone can do. I had an opportunity to go to JAPAN. I did a 12 hour flight each direction. I had a 12 hour time change each direction. And, in Japan, I did not…

I'm 5'7" and about 180 lbs. I would LOVE to lose 30 lbs by December. I'm 55 and weight does not want to come off. I need all kinds of strategies. I am counting steps. I try for 10K or 6K plus an exercise or cardio class. I'm trying to eat more protein, fewer carbs. Pizza and corn chips are part of my downfall, grazing and…

I am trying to eat more protein. My inner child is not convinced that white meat chicken cubes substitute for corn chips but we will get there. I have also started using the step counter on my iPhone. It is an imperfect but motivating system. I aim for 10,000 steps per day and don't beat myself up if I don't get there.…

I'm just getting started. Some days I've done 20,000 or more and some days closer to a couple thousand. I have pretty severe plantars fasciitis right now but I'm working on it. I have 129,335 steps so far. I think I can set the 300,000 step goal! I am glad I found this group! Feel free to send a friend request :smiley:

Happy Saturday everyone! So far this year my exercise has mainly consisted of climbing up and down from the attic, moving boxes, sorting, piling and trying to make sense of things. I have all my kids' stuff from their growing up -- toys, school papers, cards, and so many photos. I also have boxes of stuff that's ended up…

Hi everyone, I am back. I know what I need to do. I just need to do it. To start I plan: 1 smoothie (= 2 fruits), 1 salad (=2 veg) and one other vegetable per day minimum; 3 aerobics classes and 2-3 aquacise classes per week (I've signed up and PAID); Make and freeze "easy grab & go" lunches like vegetable pizzas, bean…

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Good morning everyone! I woke up a little sore today after walking home over an hour from the farm yesterday. I managed to remember to start my morning with my lemon water but haven't been able to face food. Eating breakfast isn't a goal specifically for me, but eating "regular meals" is one of my August goals. Well it's…

Today I took the mental health group I run to a local farm. We learned to use the herbs and some of the flowers and things growing there to make flavoured vinegars. We also made salad dressings and sampled a lot of different kinds of lettuces. Did you know there is such a thing as red romaine? It is a very deep purple. How…

I am a night binger too. It doesn't seem to matter what I do. It's not hunger like you say. And I too tend to crave salty crunchy things at that late hour. There are theories on why this is so. The main one is that there is some link to serotonin. Lack of serotonin available to the brain is a factor in anxiety and…

Hi everyone. Happy Canada Day! It was gorgeous here on the East Coast of Canada. We walked to town and we were dancing in the street to all kinds of oompahpah :D It took a lot of mindfulness to stick to my goal of eating regularly. Lunch would have been easy to skip or leave to "grabbing something" at the festivities.…

Hey Maggie 850! I am no paragon here. No expert. But I wonder if it's not so much how many calories you eat but where the calories come from? I am trying to make lunch an enormous salad. Chew chew chew and lots of fibre and stuff I figure is making my metabolism work harder? And you can load calories into a smoothie. A…

Hi all, Well June (ok and May... and maybe April) was a bit of a write off food wise. I think I got kind of depressed (losing interest in something important to you is a symptom right?) and know I was definitely discouraged and "deflated" by some stuff that happened at work. But so it goes and it's all part of this…

Hi everyone. This month I hope to keep up with my 3 cardio aerobics classes and one yoga class per week. Hopefully mother nature will cut back on the snow (a good goal for her) and I can start walking more too. I'm also trying to increase the veggie intake and do more recording on MFP. again. Most important, I hope to get…

It's hard to do the fitness and weight loss thing when we are prone to depression. It can quickly feel overwhelming and discouraging. Mood issues and how we think about things go hand in hand. So when I get off track I do start logging no matter what. But I focus less on what I am eating and how much and more on exercising…

We had those Elf ornaments growing up, but they weren't said to watch us. That was the job of the Blue Fairy. She was basically the reflection of my dad's dinner knife on parts of the ceiling. Little did we know! Somehow we didn't do any of this with my girls. I guess they didn't need to be scared straight?

Stalkers don't just watch. They menace. They threaten. I suppose saying "no gifties if you're naughty" is a threat of sorts, but with stalkers it's generally a physical threat. I don't think the Elves are down to that.

Hi all, I am back from a business trip/vacation. I needed to get away after this autumn of work craziness. I am also celebrating the birth of my first beautiful grandchild. I am delighted. Of course all huge events put life in a bit of a spin. So now it's time to focus again. My new goals to the end of November are simple:…

I have set new goals to the end of November. I love what BarbieCat said to me about "every day is a new beginning." Setting goals every day helps me. But if we're talking monthly, I figure I'll set some now and keep at these to the end of November: 1) Reduce to 3 structured aerobics classes per week, followed by epsom…

It is time for you to FLY (finally love yourself). I would recommend baby steps. Begin by finding positive things you like about yourself. Dress your current body as beautifully as you can. Take care of it. Bath it. Put on some lotion. Tell it you love every bit of it. Then start feeding it like you would feed someone you…

Excellent post Chablahblah. I agree with your summary. To elaborate, sugar (simple carbs) are currently thought to be among the most damaging things. They have replaced fats as being considered the culprits in the major diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. But "all things in moderation" right? I disagree with…

Hey there, I found this group thanks to many wonderful women who have become My Fitness Pals who are part of this. I am continuing along. I lose occasionally. I seem to manage not to gain. Not much anyway. I am getting healthier and healthier. It is taking a long time, but it took me a long time to get how I was. I have a…