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Enjoying all the plant talk! I thought maybe i was just way too strange that my house is full of plants. :)

Haven't been here in several days, glad to see so many of you posting! @AnnPT77 I saw your comment on the amount of snow in my pic, hahaha. It's been a very light snow winter where I was hiking (Alaska) and in the higher mountain elevations the winds just blow a lot of the dry powdery snow off the mountains so it is…

@BCLadybug888, Just saw the chart you posted for rating walking times by age for a mile. I did a 5K (3 mile) Turkey Trot and fell into the "fair" range, bummer! But....it was 3 degrees out, and we were walking on slippery packed ice, with studded boots. (And big puffy coats, hats, gloves, snow pants.....) Guess I'll wait…

Happy late Birthday, @AnnPT77. Take your time on the road to recovery, look at the positive things such as that you have lots of time to get ready for rowing next summer. Glad you had friends take you out for your birthday, they can be a wonderful distraction at times. Take care, and let that kitty enjoy your lap, great…

@AnnPT77 Thank you for updating us, we all are concerned and care! I hope you don't try to do too much after you are discharged, nothing is as important as just taking it slow and letting your body heal. Staying at the cat's home is a good idea, and I'd have your friends currently feeding the cat come over every day for a…

@AnnPT77: Wow, not in the plan, so sorry about your fall! Were the steps icy? Not sure what your weather is like, but we have to watch for black ice where I live. So glad you were able to drive yourself to the hospital, I'm sure the ER was a bit incredulous that you did that. Sounds like you are in good hands, don't try to…

@springerling62: I am sad for you, and hope things improve with your family. As we age, we find routines that work well for us, things that maximize our health, happiness, and fulfillment, and it doesn't always agree with the views of our adult children! They are still finding their way in life, and don't have the…

@BCLadybug888, @mtaratoot - I like reading about what others are retired are enjoying, the things they are doing, in retirement. I waited to the last age limit to file for SS so I would get the maximum pay, and have dropped my job to casual, part time work. So not really retired yet, but it is so nice, because as a casual…

@mtaratoot "We have a local chocolatier that makes See's look more like Hershey's. Family business. They've only been at it since 1938. I do sometimes have one of theirs when offered. For a while, the woman who cut my hair had a studio upstairs from their retail shop. I never went in.[/quote]" I peeked at your profile, I…

I didn't know that besides the news feed, they also removed the blogs! I used to read yours. I sure wish the new "investors" of this site would sell it to a different entity, a group who listens to their members, sees that most of us really liked and used the features that the current group removed, and reinstates them.…

@BCLadybug888, @ridiculous59: I like your positive attitudes! I was gone for 3 months at a remote off grid bush camp, with people who mostly eat meat, fatty foods and very little vegetables or grains. Of course all delicious, salty and lots of fat. My goal was to maintain. I was thrilled when I got home to step on my scale…

@Evamutt Glad you had a nice meet up with a friend. Sometimes I eat something out too, that is not on a list and I have to make my best guess on the calories and macros. I look in the list for a similar generic entry, and pick something on the higher end of calories and macros I'm trying to watch, hoping I catch it with…

Nice to see everyone here! There were no posts for 10 days, thought everyone abandoned MFP! Good news on your medical front, @AnnPT77. You can breathe easier now, even though you said you had no issues on that, meant in a relaxation way :) . And @alteredsteve175 glad to see you here. I've finally focused on a better…

Googling MFP, here is the new CEO, come aboard in January 2024: https://athletechnews.com/myfitnesspal-appoints-new-ceo-collabs-with-kate-hudson/#:~:text=Private%20equity%20firm%20Francisco%20Partners,countries%20since%20launching%20in%202005. This site shows the company profile. I can't read it all because you have to log…

I am not reading anything positive about the format change in MFP from everyone. specifically their removal of the activity feed. Connections with friends have become way more difficult. The community forums and individual messaging are too broad or cumbersome, and who has time to keep individually messaging all their…

I was waiting for someone else to say they were being asked to verify if you are human. EVERY single time I add entries to my food diary. So annoying! Then, when I went to read the forums here, it says "Looks like you are new here, please log in"!!!!!! It signed me out, and I had to sign in again! What is happening to…

The news feed was the first thing I looked at, and enjoyed celebrating friend's successes and posting my own. It gave us a human touch, motivation, and empathy. Please reconsider. The whole program/app is not as attractive now.

@ridiculous59 Ah, retirement. I'm on the cusp, am just filling in as a casual a couple days a week at my winter medical job. Loving it, as I can tell them when I'm available, instead of "begging" for some time off. It's a good arrangement, as I'm in a small town on an island, and if they have a greater need for help I can…

He'll be a fat bear by the end of summer, he's right next to a salmon stream

Just checking in to see if everyone still around! Spring has finally arrived where Iive, flowers are starting to bloom, trees leaves are starting to bud out, and the landscape is finally starting to turn from brown to green. The big Kodiak grizzly bears are starting to come out and search for food. They are so skinny right…

I just got back from a month long vacation in the South Pacific. Endless food. I tried to eat sensibly, and exercise as I found time. Only gained a handful of pounds, but nothing to discourage me. I passed into a new decade on this trip, and the most decadent thing i ate was a birthday dessert of chocolate mousse with a…

Hi Joy! I like to do walking videos on Youtube with Leslie Sansone. There are quite a few with different paces, basic speeds with 1 mile walks, and others with increased speeds and "distances" (times), some with arm movements, some with resistance stretch bands for added strength workouts. You can go through them and pick…

Hi @AnnPT77 Sure hope you find a source that is minor for your health issues. Gets scary when we get older. I'm jealous of your weather! It warmed up into the 40's (F) where I live, all the snow and ice disappeared except for on the mountain tops. Then a couple days ago, a big windstorm hit us, 50-60 knot winds, and now…

@Gisel2015 Hahaha, I read your post and entirely related to it. Yesterday I was looking for an item upstairs in my house, and seems there were LOTS of things in the way of getting to it. So, being the easily distracted person that I am, I started going through that stuff and wondering WHY I had all those things I'm not…

Hi @KerryITD! I check in here every day, it's just been so quiet I wondered how everyone was doing! I'm consistently logging my food too, and especially keeping my worst habit of too much salt in check. I've been hovering around the same weight for about 3 weeks, despite following my macros/goals, and I am just now finally…

It's lonely here! Anyone home?

I grew up in Oregon, hiked the Silver Falls trails just about every year. @mtaratoot I recognized the falls in your pictures before I read your post, now I want to hike it again next time I go home. I love the trails were I am now, but always a good idea to have a friend or 2 along, and a dog, to keep our eyes out for our…

@BCLadybug888 Your soups look delicious! I absolutely love making and enjoying many varieties of soup, but I have to be so careful with salt, which makes it so tasty but bad for me. Trying to change my salt addiction is so hard! I'm going on a long group vacation in April, and my travel mates keep raving about all the food…

I can relate to this! I have an embarrassing amount of clothes, of varying sizes. I finally woke up and looked at myself, that of all these clothes I've bought over the years, most of them are not really flattering. I was trying to "hide" in them and hopefully look less fat. I am now going through them as I lose weight and…

This came across my Facebook feed, thought it was cute...