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What’s one small habit that could greatly impact your health journey? Without a doubt moving first thing in the morning, every morning, in pajamas, before coffee or doggie care or anything else: 20 squats, 20 pushups, 20 sit-ups, 20 jumping jacks. Gets the blood flowing and I have no aches and pains to speak of throughout…

@trooworld So happy with the results!!! Thank you!

What does "percentage of members in the green mean"? Percentage of members that did what?

Finally got my home gym set up. We've been doing major renovations for the past seven weeks and it's been rough. Replacing all your floors limits what rooms you can walk into as the floors set. Meal-planning has also been a mess; imagine your stove, fridge, kitchen island being moved to a living room. The work is done and…

Username: An Absolute Diva Weight-in: Mondays PW: 191.8 CW: 191.3

I watched a most interesting video from a bodybuilder/trainer I follow on YouTube. He's an exercise physiologist with a Doctorate so he isn't gimmicky and just pulling stuff out of thin air. He said that we focus to much on "exercising" when we should focus on our daily lives and moving. He said if you don't move, you get…

@AnAbsoluteDiva PW 191.1 CW 190.1 Monday Weigh-in

I agree. Apple Watch is not tracking either. I've tried it on the app and on the desktop versions and nothing. Also, on desktop, when I go to Exercise settings, it loads the Food settings. I'm still on the trial period. If this can't get worked out, I'm cancelling the Premium subscription. This is ridiculous!

@AnAbsoluteDiva PW 187.6 CW 191.1 Monday Weigh-in

@nansbones7708 The landscape fabric will impede nothing and you'll have weeds growing on top of and through a plastic that will be a nightmare to remove. Plant thyme. It will choke out the weeds, grow to only three inches high or so, and give you nice tiny white flowers that will handle light foot traffic and give a nice…

AnAbsoluteDiva PW: 189.5 CW: 187.6 Monday Weigh-in

@jessicakrall8 Thank you for telling me about the Chat thread. I think I'm all set now and ready to roll!

AnAbsoluteDiva Weigh-in on Mondays PW: 189.5 CW: 189.5

I just saw I was supposed to report my starting weight. It's 189.5. Also, when we weigh in (I weigh myself on Mondays), is there a special place I'm supposed to report this? @lauren_989, would I be reporting to you directly? I'm new to this. Thanks!

You're lifting so go with a protein powder you can make with almond milk (make your own.... it's easy). Don't go the low-fat, non-fat route. They strip the fat out and add sugars for texture. No one ever strips fat to replace it with protein. Marinated chicken breast kabobs, salmon, anchovies, tuna, with a hefty salad…

Soak the beans overnight in salted water in the fridge. They'll be as ready to use as canned by morning. Make sure you have enough water in the pot in which they're soaking (two inches above the beans at least) as beans will absorb all that water and plump out. Garbanzos (chickpeas) are the bomb! I grow black garbanzo…

Less volume in unsprouted oats than in sprouted oats. That husk takes up more space than you know. Don't measure by volume, measure by weight.

Long-term goal: Lose 60 to 70 pounds by December 3, 2025 Objectives: Workout 6x/week No sugar, flour, processed foods, alcohol

@Katmary71 I just checked and I am definitely on the Slimpossibles page. I'm the first one and there's another user right below me. Can you see it? And thank you for the warm welcome. Much appreciated.

Disregard my last comment. I AM on this team. I'll correct the spreadsheet now.

Okay. Thank you. I'll let the group chat know I'm in and fix the spreadsheet. Unfortunately, I read the newest messages first so my comments may not make sense.

Good morning. I believe I've been moved to another Team (Downsizers) and I removed my info from the Slimpossibles Excel sheet. I don't want to break the rules so if you'll remove me from this thread, I would appreciate it. Wishing you all the very best this coming year; I look forward to what lies ahead.

Put me in whatever group you see fit. Can I go to the spreadsheet and just delete my info on the Slimpossibles tab and add it to the Downsizes tab?

I went to the Tracker and signed up under Mission Slimpossible (it's a Tom Cruise thing). I didn't see where I could "save" my entries. If I'm doing this wrong, please let me know. I'm on a Mac and have zero experience with Google drive. Thank you for setting this up - looking forward to it!

MFP USER NAME. AnAbsoluteDiva YOUR CHOSEN WEIGH-IN DAY Monday YOUR CURRENT WEIGHT 189.5 YOUR ORIGINAL STARTING WEIGHT 189.5 TEAM PREFERENCE (if you have one). I'll let you choose

Lifting weights does not make you gain weight. It takes an average woman who trains well a full year to add ten pounds of muscle. Lifting weights increases muscle mass and increased muscle mass raises your metabolism which in turn burns more fat. Lift weights and watch that weight come off.

Wrap them in parchment and cook on the grill with a sprig or rosemary, oregano, and lemon balm. The vacuum stuff is rather nasty but better than nothing. Buy fresh if you can.

Your weight is 69 kg? If so, that's 152 pounds but if your mind is so distressed over this, professional help is something you should seek out. Best to you.

With a tape measure. Most accurate scale out there.

They can look at me all they want. I never notice if they do or not. Focus on your own stuff. Forget the rest. It's all noise.