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I do most of the shopping, since I'm retired and my wife is still working. Also, she hates it and I don't really mind it that much. I tend to wing it and go quite often. I really hate a refrigerator that is stuffed with food, as I feel it is quite wasteful, with things getting lost and spoiled. I try to match up items in…

I love it. Now that I'm retired I eat it most every day. I try to go heavy protein. So, my "go to" is 3 eggs and "4" sausages. My "4" sausages is actually one long Costco Greenwhich Farms all natural beef snack stick cut into 4 breakfast sausage sized pieces. Prior to cutting, it is 110 calories, so I image it is the same…

I don't track any nutrition. I try to get a lot of protein, but it's a struggle. I put a bottle of vitamins by the coffee maker, then forget to take them I build veggies into most dinners. I have fish once/twice a week for lunch. I have dairy for breakfast and maybe a snack with yogurt. Now that I see how little attention…

My worst ones are that I'm either "on" or "off". I can't seem to find a middle ground or "reasonable" I also tend to avoid getting on the scale if I know it is bad news.

I tend to start threads on things that I am struggling with, so the question is real. Our current plan is just to use pudding cups and fat free whipped topping. Not super satisfying though. My other issue is that once I pull the pin out of the grenade, it's go time and if there is a decent quantity of any sweet treat…

I shoot for once a day. For me the advantages are that it puts my mind in the right mode. - "Today, I will be mindful of what I eat and how I exercise, this is the start" I also like the data - for you factory guys - I get a run chart. I feel more data is better than less data. It helps me not freak out with a bad reading.…

I totally gained the Covid 19. Maybe the Covid 25 or so. Struggling to get back in the groove. Checking in here is helpful in that regard.

Thanks for looking into this for me. I just spoke with my wife and she does not want to zoom. She feels that she gets more out of in person meetings. Thank you.

Hi all, just got back from a trip to Oregon. Met my new granddog and went skiing for 3 days at Mt. Bachelor. Between Larry and George (my daughters pup), I have a bad case of puppy fever. Been checking the rescues for a German Shephard. George was very...busy while we were in Oregon. I forgot how much work a puppy is.

We powerwash our deck about every other year. I bought one a couple of years ago and figured that if I got three washes out of it before it crapped out, I was doing well. I think I got that. You are lucky to get somebody to even show up to do your deck build. I hear lots of complaints about that. We just got a granddog…

My sleep is a bit sucky. I usually fall asleep just fine, but then I wake up a 4AM and struggle to get back to sleep. Usually, I just go to another room so I don't disturb my wife.

My increased time in the gym has led to a decrease - almost total elimination - of back aches.

@kgmoody - We have a friend that my wife walks with a lot. She is a dentist and brings her dog to work. Most of her customers love him and are put at ease by his presence. - Raine what a cute dog! We are almost grandoggys. My daughter in Portland is in the process of adopting a German Shephard mix. He is really cute. We…

Today is easy to plan for - we aren't doing squat due to covid jail. Tomorrow we have a corned beef dinner planned. I will get a few Guinness Draft, rather than a 13% Stout, probably cut down on the size of the bread pudding, skip the slice of bread with dinner and limit my potatoes to a couple of small ones. That's all I…

Happy Birthday @Authenticity3. I was thinking back to the year I turned 50. I was in the middle of training for a half marathon. ... Now, my goal is to run 3 miles this year (Ugh). I think that was my first - as I had a goal of getting it in before I turned 50. Back then, it seemed like a rite of passage for a formerly fat…

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. @Authenticity3, I remember you from Goad as well. I think you were on TV a lot back in the day. @mcee1; I'm originally from Door County and still have Packer Season Tickets - passed down since 1961. @manladdvm - yes, same name. It's my last name followed my all my initials. Nobody else…

I'm with you, Charlie.

I use turbo tax. House is paid off and taxes are limited to 10k. We sure don't give 15k in charity, so it's the standard deduction for us. I own a metric s-ton this year. This, despite having additional withheld last year. I'm not too happy. Also, not in a hurry to pay up. My finances are in a huge state of flux with my…

I've probably mentioned this before, but my control is individual bags of treats. It really helps. Yesterday, my box of 40 bags of Fritos arrived from Amazon. Last night, I had a bit of a chip-a-thon with Doritos, but even then, I felt like enough of a fat-*kitten* eating two bags, that I stopped there. My binge stopped at…

@linmueller : Where did you go?

Down 1.2lbs for the week. This includes a trip to Big Sky. I tend to ski hard, so that always helps a bit. Due to all the Covid BS, we mostly ate at the condo and generally had healthy food. Airports and travel days are a bit of a challenge. One the plus side, I tried to quickly get back on the wagon and it seems to have…

Down 1.2#. Coming off a vacation, I'm ecstatic. Going to celebrate with beer, pizza and Doritos. More in the 10# thread.

Sometimes I remember to take one of my wife's one-a-days.

My plan to get back on the wagon is as follows. Day 1. Today - track everything Day 2. Hit the gym - my legs were quite sore today and I have gone back early, and it did not go well. Day 3. Day of reckoning - weigh in, count it up and cry. Continue tracking and working out.

No weigh ins is how I ended up posting the "I'm Back" post a month or so ago. So I know how that story ends.

Here, but gone shortly for a few days. See you all Tuesday.

Also, I'm down 11 lbs total in this incarnation of my weight loss journey. (Seems like this lifestyle must include reincarnation or some sort of Ground Hog Day thing...) So anyway, it looks like I'm starting on the second ten. I'm going on vacation for a bit, so I may see this patch of ground again as well. It's a ski…

Down 4.2 on the week. Additional details in the 10 lb thread.

Down 4.2 for the week. Today's weigh in was a bit suspect. Usually, I get up, go to the bathroom and then weigh myself. I had dropped a tiny bit yesterday. Today, my routine was interrupted and I forgot to weigh in until I had a Diet Mountain Dew and a Coffee. Then I remembered Steve's advice on the difference between a…

I'm quite tuned into it, since I'm doing MFP and it is a calorie based thing. I look at each can/box etc. and figure out which unit I'll use to track what I ate. Recently, @Al_Howard pointed out a screw up in MFP calories, but this was for a steak (no label). So that pointed out the necessity of confirming (or double…