MarisaLWood Member

I like salads and wraps, but I usually have my greens in green smoothies: fruit + greens + enough water to blend.

ITA with this! I'm the HR Specialist for a nonprofit organization. If I saw "personal health issues which have since been resolved" on an application that came across my desk, I would be VERY understanding and wouldn't press for further information. In fact, that's essentially the response I would use myself if I were…

Veggie delite on wheat, all the veggies (including jalapenos!), no cheese, with light mayo only.

I actually went UP in cup size when I lost band size, so I kept the boobs and look bigger now! I went from 40DD to 32DDD after losing 60 pounds. ( I have another 20 to take off.)

Robin Robertson's book Vegan on the Cheap has some great-tasting recipes that aren't so dependent on pasta or cheese (I like her Positively Pantry Chili, which uses 3 different kinds of beans and is really simple to make, as well as her Mexican Rice and Bean Bake and Deconstructed Enchilada Bake). Her Garden Rotini and…

Among other things, I got a digital camera... specifically to use on my hikes. My stepmom was tired of hearing about all these great hikes I was going on with no pictures to show for it! :-)

@Hikergirl and imaginaryplaces--you're in my territory too! My focus this summer was on elevation gain... although knee problems ended my hiking season at the end of September. In a three-month period (May through August 2012), I hiked up 5 peaks: West Tiger #3, #2, and #1 in a single day (May 2012)--7.3 miles RT, 2400'…

I've been drinking green smoothies almost every morning for breakfast for about a year and noticed some improvements in my general health: 1. I lost 4 pounds in water weight the first week after starting them. After several months on green smoothies, and no other major changes in my diet: 2. My blood sugar went down from…

TOTALLY THIS! My goal weight is at the high end of the 160's (165-170), but I'm hanging out in the upper reaches of One-derland (180's). Once my weight is low enough to put my BMI below 30, anything above that number will be something I never want to see on the scale again.

Seattle, where I live, has a very visible Pagan community with several Meetup groups, an ADF Grove, several metaphysical bookstores (including one specifically Pagan one) and (until 2008) it also had a CUUPS--Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans--group. I served for 7 years on the Seattle CUUPS Board. I've been…

My UPDATED avatar is a photo taken of me yesterday, standing on the Kendall Katwalk at the midpoint of an 8.5-hour, 11-mile hike!

If I had to stick with only 5 food items: 1. Baby spinach (so good in green smoothies!) 2. Frozen fruit (usually mango, strawberries, and/or pineapple--ditto) 3. Bananas (good in smoothies and as a snack by themselves, good source of potassium) 4. Black beans (good in soups and stews or in burritos, great source of plant…

Definitely A... based on past experience. :grumble:

A really obscure one from Nina Ricci called Deci Dela--especially when I layer it with Philosophy Raspberry Sorbet shower gel and body cream. Here's the info on Deci Dela, to give you some idea of what it might smell like. Top notes: Freesia, raspberry, peach, melon, boronia Heart notes: Hazelnut, freesia, May rose Base…

Yup--went from a 40D to a 34DD/32F(!)--depending on the style of the bra--with 60 pounds lost. Since the whole idea behind my losing weight was reducing the likelihood that I'd lose a breast to cancer, I guess I should have been careful what I wished for :wink: I definitely DID keep the breasts, so much so that a female…

None from me either. I'm bipolar and I HATE it when people with bipolar disorder use their illness as an excuse for jerk@$$ behavior. For what it's worth, I take my meds as directed by my doctor, and I've held down a good full-time job with benefits for the past four years. If your husband needs accommodations in order to…

Hi jezzydoll, we are almost weight twins! I'm 5'4.5". I started at 233, got down to 163 (but quickly gained back to 172, so a net loss of a little over 60 pounds) at one point, but am currently at 187. I want to get to 165-170 (170 to get my BMI below 30, 165 to give me some leeway for water retention). I'm large-framed,…

Me too! Grew up in Yakima, now living in Seattle.

A breast cancer scare when I was 40 (obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer). That was the initial motivator. I also have a family history of type 2 diabetes. My motivation now is to lower my risk of both.

In the past month, I've done four hikes: 1. Attempt on Bandera Mountain on August 4 (turned back 350 vertical feet from the summit, after a 1700'-in-one-mile Class 2 scramble, because I'd run out of water and it was a hot day); 2. A hike to Surprise Lake, off US-2 near Stevens Pass (about 9 miles RT, 2400' gain, with…

I'm quite muscular when I'm at or close to my ideal weight... yet according to the BMI charts I still have a BMI in the high 20's. Charts don't tell the whole story. Right now I'm at the low end of obese (BMI about 31)--but I can bench-press 90 pounds, can do 45 pushups before tiring out, AND regularly do moderate to…

I don't have problems with gluten, but I'm lactose-intolerant and have cut WAAAAAAAAY back on dairy. I usually drink soy or almond milk instead. Once in a while I'll have a scoop of Molly Moon's salted caramel ice cream, or an ounce of cheese or 6 ounces of Greek yogurt--but any more than that causes gas and bloating. (I…

A tempeh, lettuce, and tomato sandwich from the Highline (in Seattle), with fries Chicken-fried seitan with grilled asparagus and baby red potatoes, and a side of roasted heirloom carrots--BEST carrots EVER!-- from Plum Bistro Thai spicy eggplant A thick slice of New York cheesecake with lots of sour cream Sulawesi coffee

Typical order at Fourbucks: Grande nonfat latte. Or a grande Komodo Dragon on the Clover machine. In summer, a Grande Iced Coffee with nonfat milk, sweetened.

I'd rather be a bad influence on other people's children :laugh: I'm 43 and went from "not sure I ever want kids" as a teenager to "absolutely certain I don't want kids" in my mid-twenties. And yes, people did tell me I'd change, it would be different when they were my own, etc. etc. At 26 I was diagnosed with a chronic…

My starting weight was 233; I lost 60 pounds, then gained some of the weight back when I started slacking in my eating and exercise habits. Currently at 188 with a goal weight of 165-170, and a 1500-calorie-per-day limit. I try to eat pretty close to that limit, maybe closer to 1800-1900 on the days I exercise. And…

Lacto-ovo vegetarian for 2 years here, for health and ethical reasons. I'm not interested in pushing my diet on anyone else. If someone comes to me for advice (as in, "What are some good sources of plant-based iron or protein?"), then I'm quite happy to share information. Work lunches were a bit of a challenge in the…

43 here, evil sick and twisted sense of humor, serious about losing those last 15-20 pounds that refuse to budge! Feel free to add me :happy:

I'm extremely sodium-sensitive. One single high-sodium meal can lead to 4-5 pounds of water weight gain for me. The one thing that has helped me most is tracking my sodium intake and trying not to let it go above 2300 mg per day at the very most (I think the MFP guideline is a bit too high). I always lose the water weight…

It's a photo of me (I'm the only woman in the picture :wink: ) standing on the summit of Crystal Peak (~6500') near Mt. Rainier. Getting to the top of that mountain involved hiking 3000' up in 4 miles and crossing a 300-yard-wide, steep, VERY exposed snowfield (i.e. if I'd slipped and fallen, I wouldn't be here to tell the…