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About to send you a friends request!

Hey, I don’t keep an open diary but I’m an RN from the US (who was just over in Auckland in December!) who’s looking for some new interactive friends. I’m just getting back into the swing of MFP again, too.

Night RN here, and I feel your pain. Just trying to get back into self care, and being and tracking here on MFP after a long break. If anyone is interactive and wants to send me a FR, please feel free!

Welcome! Chocolate is also my kryptonite.... 🙄😁. The struggle is real!

5'4" and started at 290.6. Currently 249.1. My long term goal is around 150, but once I get closer and see how I feel.....150 isn't set in stone :wink:

Most recent? Being able to jog 2 min/walk 1 min, and repeat for 10 minutes total. That's today. Another recent that I'm ecstatic about is that when I first started at the gym a few months ago, I couldn't do but 3 minutes on the elliptical and my heart rate would be 150-155. Now (my speed is actually faster), I go about 20…

^^THIS.

Yeah, some people are just plain condescending *kitten*. I don't deal with that in real life, and I see no reason to deal with it here. I'm wide open to constructive criticism -- emphasis on constructive. Just not plain assholish. That's why I keep my circle small IRL (of people who will support me, yet call me out when…

HAH, "DTs" of sugar cravings. Nice analogy ;)

Thanks for your replies everyone. And exactly, TheLittleFangs. I don't want it to be a waste of time on everyone's part and money. I've been making changes a bit at a time, with the goal of making them more sustainable, since the two year anniversary of my MS diagnosis, because.....After a bad first year, my second year…

My favorite movie (and also book) of all time is without question, Gone With the Wind. Rent. Water for Elephants.

Congrats! and....tehehe, BMI or not I -- for the record -- will NEVER be normal :laugh:

It's not a variation of the MS hug is it? :( That sounds higher than mine, but.....I had gone to the doctor and they couldn't find a good reason for mine (it was tightness and breathing for me). But. Tuck your chin to your chest when you swallow. It seems backwards at first, but it makes things safer and it (at least for…

Y'know what....you're a rockstar! :glasses: I'm sorry you struggle with ED, but am so proud of your will to be healthy. Thank you for sharing such a candid account of what you go through and why it isn't as perfect or as wonderful as ED glamorizes it to be :heart:

Wow, great progress! And I love that this is a great example of -- it's not all just the scale :smile: Congrats!

Generally clean 'though on some (not many guys) the scruff is just ridiculously sexy! BUT. That being said, I totally can -- and have -- been into guys who are outside my "normal" preference. Other things can make people very very appealing, and it's silly to limit yourself if something ends up right..... :smile:

^^ agree.

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Best. Ever. :glasses:

290.6lbs at 5'"5" when I started on MFP. Almost to my 1 year anniversary here, and almost at -50lbs. Aiming to get in the 140-150ish range ultimately. Will see how my physical exams are and my body feels as I get closer to that, and make a more concrete goal :wink:

1. Health 2. Happiness 3. Security Easy peasy 3 for me.

Welcome to my daily world, thanks to a medical condition I have :frown: It's a pain in the *kitten*, haha. But. Before I'd consider anything more.....I'd consider stuff like -- enough fuel. Getting the proper quality of fuel. And.....dude. The fact that everyone has those days from time to time :flowerforyou: Hope tomorrow…

Be honest with yourself. You can tell yourself and others whatever you want to tell them, and log whatever you do or do not want to log here, but no matter what, your body is keeping track. That, and make sure you've seen a doctor to make sure everything is in order to give you the best chance, if you're doing what you…

Inspiring! Congratulations girl :)

Observation from looking at the first page -- it's interesting to see the trend (not set in stone) and differences between what men and women say they're having for breakfast. Myself -- I got a later start, so today I brunched it up with some leftover ribeye, some toast, 2 eggs, I shredded up some leftover red skinned…

Good job, facing and trying your fear food! I'm proud of you :)

^^ This!

I love me some fungus! YUM! :love:

Women's pant sizing can be SUPER frustrating.....no consistency whatsoever. This is why I never leave the store without trying on. And....I'm learning not to take the size too personally because honestly -- women's sizing is crap ;)