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  • I guess I'm so old that I don't understand. I can't tell if you 'kids' are putting us senior citizens down, making fun of us, or what. I have 2 pair of white tennis shoes (that's what we called them 60 years ago when they were black). I have my shirt tail tucked in all the time. Looks better; check the pic of Mr. Eastwood…
    in What is it with 50+ y/o men & white sneakers? Comment by DonM46 October 2016
  • Every day; sometimes twice in the same day if I happen to walk by the scale in our warehouse. Write the results on a small notepad on my desk. When the page gets full of numbers -- about once a week or so -- I'll average these numbers & log it. This avoids a sawtooth graph due to the influence of normal daily fluctuations.…
    in How often do you step on the scale? Comment by DonM46 October 2016
  • Low 60s
    in Resting heart rate! Comment by DonM46 October 2016
  • Nope, and I never will. HYE been bitten by a snake?
    in Have you ever ___________? Comment by DonM46 October 2016
  • Cut a softball, baseball, croquet ball, or similar in half. Cut a circular piece of 1/2" thick plywood about 2 feet in diameter. Glue the half-ball to the plywood, centered. The assembly should look like Saturn, cut in half at the equator, with the rings being the outer edge of the plywood. Place the assembly, with the…
    in How to strengthen a weak ankle Comment by DonM46 September 2016
  • steam
    in Change one of 5 letters or rearrange them Comment by DonM46 September 2016
  • Last 2 posts should have gone on T/F thread.
    in Have you ever ___________? Comment by DonM46 September 2016
  • No, but willing to start
    in Have YOU every Secretly crushed on the person above ? Comment by DonM46 September 2016
  • I don't cheat. If I go over my budget, it's an accident, & I make it up in the next few days.
    in Do you plan your cheat meals/days? Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • A friend posted the question on Facebook: If you could stay in one season from now on, which one would you pick. I said answered autumn because it would always be football season. :-) My first love: High School. Hey, I live in Texas! Second: College. Hook 'em Horns. Third: NFL. Cowboys.
    in NFL/College football?? Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • He is 55; she was 57. Second marriage for both; no children from THIS union, but both had grown children from prior unions. He is a piping flexibility analyst; she was a nurse. Jim had a serious motorcycle accident a couple of years ago and miraculously survived. His wife took early retirement to care for him during his…
    in A Death in the MFP family Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • OP, I'm an engineer. So, in our world, two and two equals four. Every time. No matter how large the numerals are, no matter if you used a pencil or a calculator, no matter what. It's four. Unfortunately, this site must also adhere to that law, but our bodies do not. Sometimes, it's 3.9; others it's 4.1. Did you REALLY burn…
    in Can we settle this calorie debate??? Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • A friend sells plexus. My wife bought into it, bought the little jug that you drink it from, the whole nine yards. I had just reached my goal through MFP, but my wife insisted on going the Plexus route. Not just for weight loss, but for all the other "health" advantages. Fast forward a year. I'm still logging, maintaining,…
    in Is Plexus.... a cult or what? Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • No logging for spices, medications, tasting, water. Everything else, yes.
    in Is there anything you don't bother to log? Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • Custom orthotics worked for me. Felt like a golf ball in my shoe at first, but I got used to it. No pain for 12 yrs now. Cheap? Heck, no. Worth every penny.
    in Plantar facinitis...... #$&%$@ Comment by DonM46 August 2016
  • OP, you have my permission to ignore the gung-ho lifters who say lift heavy or you are wasting your time. I started lifting in 1963 in high school. I took olympic lifting as a PE requirement in college, so lifting heavy was "the" way to go to prepare for competitions. I started officiating football in 1970 & needed a good…
    in I keep seeing "you NEED to lift heavy" Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • Think of it in the opposite direction: If you eat more calories than you burn in a day, what happens? You gain weight, with the excess calories being stored in your body as fat. So then the converse, eating fewer calories than you burn, means you'll lose weight.
    in Burn more calories then you eat to lose weight? Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • Haven't eaten breakfast since junior high. On weekends, I like a bowl of cereal when I get up ... about noon. But daily, no. BTW, I noticed no difficulty (related to lack of breakfast) in losing 35 pounds in 10 months.
    in How many of you eat breakfast? Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • You have my permission.
    in Breakfast question Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • The blood-mobile comes to our office about every 8 weeks, & I always donate. I don't do anything different except consume the fruit juice & cookies that they give you as you leave. Never had a problem.
    in Donating Blood? Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • Weather.com says it's 99 right now with a Heat Index of 103. What to do? Sit in the den with the A/C blowing. Don't dare go outside. My hearing aids quit when I perspire, and I do that ... heavily.
    in It's soooooo hot outside!! Comment by DonM46 July 2016
  • 44 to 36
    in What is your Jeans size (before/after) Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • no
    in Should junk food be taxed? Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • Yes, I include donuts, cinnamon rolls, and other "forbidden" items. I just try to compensate on those days by cutting back elsewhere.
    in Donuts Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • C'mon everyone. We all know it's ...... SEX
    in normal fetish... Comment by DonM46 June 2016
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    in Post a picture of your Favorite Tattoo Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • Intentionally? No. I just got back from vacation yesterday, and with all the dining out, I gained 1.5 pounds in eleven days. Fortunately, I started the vacation 2 pounds under my goal weight. There are no benefits. If you are in the 'losing' stage, reaching your goal will take longer. If you are 'maintaining' like me, your…
    in How often do you cheat? Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • @nph1960. She was my first friend when I signed up 5 1/2 years ago. We've become close just thru emails, exchanging family pics and discussing things that good friends would talk about. Never met in person; probably never will.
    in If you could meet anyone from mfp ... Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • I'm not on a diet. Dieting never worked for me. First, I couldn't stay on it. Second, I couldn't stay with it. When I tried MFP, the weight came off easily and steadily. As others have said, I eat whatever I want, just observing the portions to control the calorie intake. Pizza? Donuts? Sure. No deprivations. Ten months…
    in What kind of diet are you on?? Comment by DonM46 June 2016
  • My son is an avid hunter -- turkey, pheasant, deer, wild boar, quail, duck -- just about anything. His first step is to soak the meat in milk at least overnight in the refrigerator. After that, season the meat as you would "normal" beef, pork, or chicken. He smokes most of the meats. [His chicken-fried venison is to die…
    in How to rid ground turkey of game flavor Comment by DonM46 June 2016
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