lgumert

Thanks. I hope things get better for you, too. Lynn

I feel very tired too. I also come from a dysfunctional family and have low self esteem. I've been underemployed/unemployed for a long time (also self employed but not earning much that way) and that is very demoralizing, as well as making it very hard to eke by. My daughter has serious emotional issues; she's back in a…

Most of my recipes are from cookbooks, so I haven't tried importing any. It is a little easier putting them in now, being able to put the whole list of ingredients at once instead of looking up every ingredient one at a time.

Yep, that's where I'm at. I feel like I've got tea bags now.

I'm a composer, singer, recorder player, conductor. Music is my life :) I sing with a couple of groups, and arrange a lot of our music. And I keep on composing (chamber music, orchestra, chorus, opera). I also sing folk music (Sephardic, Latin American, and English) in duet with my husband. I've got some things up on my…

I just found this thread (a little late). I'm a composer, singer, conductor, recorder player. I direct a group that plays Sephardic music and Latin American Baroque. I compose for orchestra, chamber groups, choirs. I also sing folk music (English and Spanish/Latin American) in duet with my husband. www.lynngumert.com

Going on 53 this year. I definitely have noticed my metabolism slowing down! I've never eaten huge amounts nor junk food, but I'm only 5'1" and wasn't getting enough exercise so I gradually added pounds. I had my daughter rather late (age 39) after years of fertility treatments, followed in rapid order by an appendectomy…

I don't like regular brown rice, but I love brown basmati rice; it has a totally different flavor. I also eat Japanese rice that has part of the hull removed so it has more fiber than white rice but tastes more like white rice. If you don't have a rice cooker, you can get the same texture (and more nutritional value…

I have I have about 12 floor to ceiling shelves of books, many of them double-shelved, loosely organized into categories (fiction, science, music, philosophy, etc.). I guess that counts as a library! I'm currently reading Cloud Atlas, and just finished Amy Tan's latest book, The Valley of Amazement. I read all the time:…

I'm 5'1" and currently 134 pounds. I've lost 16 pounds since I started (beginning of August) and want to another 10 or so. I'm on daily. Feel free to add me!

Chocolate chips. When I was pregnant, I had gestational diabetes. I could eat 3 chocolate chips and stay within my sugar limits, and it satisfied my chocolate craving. I still eat them in small amounts when I need chocolate but low calorie. Also, I make meringue cookies (egg whites and sugar) with chocolate chips in them.…

Trying to figure out how to feed three people on $25 for the week! And one of them is a teenager who refuses to eat beans!

I'm 5'1". My starting weight was 150. I'm currently at 137. I'm aiming for 125. I was anorexic and borderline anorexic for a number of years, and I'm afraid if I aim lower than that I'll keep aiming lower(!). I want to be a healthy model for my 13-year-old daughter, so I'm trying to focus on eating right and exercising…

Definitely get professional advice. I did have an eating disorder when I was younger. When I was starting to eat again, I found it helpful to eat many small meals rather than try to eat a lot at once. If you don't feel hungry, try setting a clock or timer to remind you to eat every couple of hours.

Congratulations!

Well, I am a little intimidated to be adding a post, since I won't be going anywhere near as many miles as most of you! I have just started biking again; it's my favorite exercise, but I'm really a newbie at it. I have a 20-year old very heavy mountain bike and no access to indoor biking or spin classes. My goal for the…

I will definitely check out Pinterest. Thanks!

I'm 5' 1" (really, about 5' and 3/4 inch). I started out at 150 and have lost 10 pounds so far. It is harder, being short, because you can only cut calories by so much. I've been doing a LOT of cardio because otherwise it would take over a week to lose just one pound! I'm frustrated now because I can't seem to firm up my…

Good morning everyone. I'm new to the site (less than a week) and just found this group. I'm trying to lose 20 pounds that crept up over the last several years with menopause and stressful family issues. It's nice to have a place to be accountable! Looking forward to meeting some of you. Lynn