Alatariel75 Member

Welcome :) I'm a former WWer too. Just remember that on MFP, everything has calories, there's no zero foods ;)

Woo, it feels good to be back on track :) I had a bittersweet NSV yesterday, I have these 2 really cute skirts that I've been holding onto, waiting to fit back into them and… I missed it haha. I missed window and they're too big, and they're not worth having altered. BOO!

I admit, for all that I get frustrated with the "sugar is as addictive as cocaine and is poison!!" rhetoric, I have to avoid straight up sugary foods, or I will just binge them til they're gone. It won't matter how sick I feel or if I don't really enjoy them, if they're there, they get eaten. But on the flip, I've got no…

Not to be dismissive of the good stuff MFP offers, but it's just not that smart. What it is is customisable. You can adjust your calorie and macro goals, your step goals etc in line with your needs but unless your needs are those of the average person, you're going to have to source that information from elsewhere and plug…

Thank you so much for your insights, all! @Lietchi it sounds like your skin and mine are quite similar, which is why I'm steeling myself to just having to put up with the sag haha. I guess the chips will fall where they may, and I can't undo rapid loss now (I'm not about to put it back on to fill the sag!) but it's hopeful…

I completely agree.

While I completely acknowledge that either of these extremes would be silly (though I wouldn't put it past some YouTuber to try) I'd actually be interested in who would be healthier, long term - the person eating their daily maintenance calories in only apples, or the person eating their daily maintenance calories in apple…

Thank you so much Ann! I should have known you would be all over this already, you're such a legend for the amount of work you put in to being informative and supportive here :) I'm reassured that you had noticeable tightening in the years after loss, I'm hoping for the same. Genetically, I have my mum's rather papery skin…

I stopped looking for motivation and seeing weight loss as something 'extra' and optional, and put it in the same basket as going to work, cleaning the bathroom, scooping the kitty litter etc etc. It's not an optional extra to get dropped when I get busy, or tired or CBF, it's a necessary part of my life if I want to have…

I was going to add - can you see an exercise physiologist? They're great for assessing your abilities and risks and advising a routine which will work for you.

I feel like you are taking some fairly complex, nuanced issues and trying to make them very black and white and contained to a couple of sentences, which actually isn't very helpful.

I just scrape in at 45 (for the next 3 months haha), I'm from Australia and to date I have lost 43.1kg/95lbs :)

Hiya, I have MS, I was diagnosed in 2016 after a bout of optic neuritis. I am lucky - I got my diagnosis very early when I hadn't sustained much damage and through treatment since then I'm maintained a pretty good level. I'm currently just past my first round of Mavenclad, and hoping that will work its magic for the next…

There's a hundred answers to this question, and "whatever you will enjoy" is my favourite, but I'm much like you, I was walking a lot and hiking, and then I also started running, and now I've mixed them all together and have started trail running. It's challenging and I just love it. It combines some of my favourite hikes…

Honestly, the one I'm going to enjoy and stick to. All the numbers in the world don't mean anything if I'm going to hate having to do it, or struggle to find time etc.

I'm not a fan, but I'm generally not at all a fan of this move to change web layouts to tablet/phone friendly layouts with lots of extra space etc. I'm a desktop user for a lot of things, and having to scroll and scroll irks me. I do understand why they do it, because that's where tech is going. My bigger issues are the…

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48663398/#Comment_48663398 It's temporary while they fix a bug.

It's not permanent. The official line is that they identified a 'bug' and will bring back the new look when it's fixed.

@MaddawgMadsen omg that looks amazing!! I'm so envious!! I'd love to do a trip like that. Thank you everyone for the encouragement and support. PW: 82.8 CW: 81.3 Woo, finally seeing it go down!! Boo, I have a cold. I actually stayed in bed til 11 today, but the real miracle was the puppy let me and seemed to enjoy having…

^^^ This. MFP is just another tool, and if you use it well, it can help you reach your goals. And despite the name, it's more about the food side of things than the fitness side of things - you track your exercise and it will tell you how many extra calories you could/should eat, and there are some exercise videos…

I'm pretty sure this is a foot fetish account.

Thank you so much for the encouragement and support, team, it really has meant a lot to me. I'm so up and down these days, and this really has been a comforting place to hide out, for all that I don't interact a huge amount. I had a lovely weekend, it was 2 of my closest friends' 40ths and also solstice, so we went to a…

I love that fried cheese smell haha

I'm a former WW and I'm much happier on MFP. Honestly, the WW program has just gone nuts. The 0 point food list means I can have a 1600+ calorie day and still be chastised by the app for not eating any of my allocated points, which encourages… what? Smashing a block of chocolate to get my blue dot? It makes no sense…

I agree with Fursian. Not saying your mom doesn't have weight issues of her own, but you are already at a very low BMI, though still in healthy range, and your goal weight is below healthy range. Sometimes when we are in the throes of unhealthy habits, concern can look like sabotage. Can I respectfully and kindly suggest…

It's amazing how little it can take to wipe out days of deficit. A reasonable, sustainable deficit is 500 calories a day. Unfortunately, an ice cream, a decent slice of pizza, some fried food…. any of those can also be 500 calories! I am like you, quite "all or nothing". I have had to work very hard to get to a point where…

I finally harvested the last of my trombocino for the season, I'm definitely planing them again in Spring! I'm pulling in decent harvests of golden beets, radishes and leeks, and my broccoli is starting to heart :) It's unseaonsably warm here, which is confusing the garden, but it's doing its best.

Update: I did it. I went to the gym at lunch. Only for 45 minutes, but it's better than not going at all. I'm going to aim for M-W-F at lunch for 45 minutes as a minimum. I have no excuse not to.

I'm very much trying to adopt this mindset. I was saying in my other thread that I've been leaving or avoiding the gym because I've been getting confused about my routine and I get overwhelmed and just leave. I think I'm going to adopt a rule that I must do 45 minutes when I'm there, regardless of what it is. No second…

Caramel and honey and maple syrup??