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One of my favorite salads is spinach+red onion+roasted beets+orange segments+almonds+feta cheese. Don't eat the awful beets from a can - just roast them in the oven (skin on) at 400F for about an hour in a foil packet with a little olive oil. Let them cool in the packet until you can touch them, then the peels come right…
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Last time something similar happened to me, I thanked them heartily, had a bite to satisfy them, and the dropped off then remainder at the local homeless shelter/food pantry for their volunteers. It was a double feel-good!
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Hey cqp1 - everybody has those "friends" or family members who don't have the sense to keep their comments to themselves. My former Mother in Law was one of those, who would turn a compliment into an insult ("Have you lost some weight? You look soooooooooooo much better (read: less disgusting), but maybe you got some new…
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I don't have a huge amount to lose - somewhere in the 10-15lbs range - but for me it's helping to focus on the the micro-goal: 1lb/week. It took several years to put the weight on, and so it will take time to work it back off. When I think about the small goal of a weekly loss, rather than how long it will take me to get…
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Ya know, I'm no fitness guru but I can tell you what I've observed in my own body. I run 3-4x/week (15-20 ttl miles) and was happy that running helped me drop 15 lbs and keep them off for over a year. By last spring, my weight loss stalled so I decided to add yoga 2-3x/week as my cross-training. I've only lost about 5 more…
