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I'll be following this with interest since I'm in my own rut, but it's different from yours. I eat a lot of homemade ratatoille (ground tomato as the base with whatever veggies I have, simmered up with basil, bay leaf, oregano, parsley and served with a sprinkle of feta cheese on top) and even though it is winter I make…

I mostly just walk for exercise. I get up early and go for a woodsy walk. I started with a 20 minute walk and now walk about 45 minutes. I love it. I added some swimming to help unfreeze a frozen shoulder and am keeping up with that through the winter. I am now considering adding some weight training. But walking helped me…

You are amazing. This gives me hope after a weight loss stall.

True, by golly, true!

I have always been warmer than my husband and kids and could keep the heat nice and low in the winter. This year I weigh35 pounds less than last fall, and I am definitely chillier. I guess my 'natural insulation' has diminished.

I've lost just over 30 pounds and almost no one has noticed... but that's OK. I believe that people who really care about you notice HOW YOU ARE when they look at you, not HOW YOU LOOK. I once neglected to notice for days that my husband had shaved off his mustache. However, I can tell in an instant that he has a migraine…

I cut my carbs WAY back since I had moved from pre-diabetes into the diabetes range.... so I started eating way fewer carbs/sugars than MFP recommended, and my dietician also suggested increasing them a bit. The most painless changes were snacking on lo-fat cheese and if I wanted a sandwich, having it as an open-face…

I am so glad to read about people whose weight loss is not linear. I've lost about 30 pounds since Easter (27 while logging everything on MFP). Some weeks I lose two or even three pounds. Most weeks I seem to lose about one, but I was totally stuck for the month of September, and then lost 3-4 pounds last week. September…

My story is somewhat similar to your friend's story. I am 57 and was told my sugar numbers put me in the diabetic range, and my blood pressure was significantly higher, even with a blood pressure med. I had been losing weight slowly for the previous year and a half (13 pounds from a starting point of 220 on my home scale…

Greetings, one and all. September goals went OK. I added 10 minutes to my daily walk and signed up for the pool at my PT place and, in the self-improvement category, was more mindful of being patient with my 90 year old mother. I lost a couple of pounds, but not at the rate of the previous four months. So, for October, I…

Hurray! I reached that same milestone a week or so ago, and it is a great feeling. Along with feeling happy, I also found that my blood tests suddenly came back either much improved, or in the normal range. So I'm healthier too. Still many pounds to lose, but celebrating success along the way is lots of fun!…

Hi Michelle -- I've heard that asparagus is a natural diuretic, but have never weighed myself the day before and the day after eating it, so I do not speak from experience, just from hearsay. It's tasty and nutritious, so it won't do any damage..... Maybe it would be a good idea to check into why the ankles decided to…

I'm new to posting anything, but I do have some plans for September. They are: to join the pool at my physical therapy place to add some distance and more hills to my morning walk to continue to walk five mornings each week to have patience with my mother as she struggles with growing cognitive decline My weight loss goal…