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Friday 8/5 133.0 - still staying in my range I've been organizing with a senior client in her 70s and I've been impressed how easily and quickly she sits on the floor as we sort things out. She's always been active and looks to be at a normal BMI. She continues to belong to the local TOPS group. She's an inspiration! I…
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On Monday I was surprised to see the scale hit a number high enough to shock me - 135.8. Above 136 puts me into the overweight BMI. Probably due to a couple Blackberry Blueberry Galettes and Peach Cobblers and some unnecessary snacking. Continued my hour/day on the treadmill, though Tues my kdrama episode was so engrossing…
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July 8th 133.4 A co-worker has renewed her efforts to lose weight after meeting with her new doctor. In spring 2014 She was the one who showed me the barcode reader on MFP after I had been running up the stairs to my PC for 6 months (which when you think about it is a benefit!). After that I rewarded myself with finally…
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Hurray for your successes! I also like the method of only logging in the 'new low' weight. It keeps the graph looking pretty - and I was very motivated to keep pushing it down. It's funny meeting someone new that never knew us when we were heavy. Yesterday I was at Best Buy and the salesgirl (probably in her 20s) and I…
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Fri June 24: 133.8 Cheering everyone on for your one-week all day/all log challenge. I guess I was so simple minded that it never occurred to me not to log when I started MFP. At that time a friend asked if I took the "weekends off". I was puzzled. Off from what? I want to lose weight - that would be two steps forward and…
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June 17 - 132.0. My maintenance range (130-134) streak is 400 days now. Years ago I had a t-shirt quilt made with my too small (size medium) shirts. They did a beautiful job. Now I can wear medium t-shirts again. But I have a drawer full of L and XL t-shirts, more than I can ever wear for sloppy. I'm thinking of a 550…
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A bit late checking in .. or maybe I am early this week! Last Thursday DH and I drove out to Indiana to visit older son. Almost 12 hours driving each way - no chance for much exercise. I did find a folkdance group at Indiana University and joined them Friday night. DH and I walked around the neighborhoods on Sat and Sun -…
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May 27th - 133.4 Frankly I'm a bit surprised- my sister is visiting and we are indulging a bit. But we take turns on the treadmill :) I am doing my Korean homework - mostly just trying to memorize my lines for our skit in the school assembly. My mind goes blank...!
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Just had the largest gathering of kdrama fans in Cecil County! My sister, DH,folkdance friend and I had dinner and watched the entire Dramaworld. There is something extra nice when a group is laughing and shouting at the show together!
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I meant to get back to this thread earlier. I certainly agree that there is a big difference with larger pounds lost. And without exercise I wouldn't be where I am today. I worry too if I can't exercise that it will all come back. But there must be something missing with the math because 700 calories is unsustainable and…
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Because I haven't subscribed to viki yet I can't get Dramaworld on my roku, but I can watch it on my computer and it's without commercials. It's been fun. I don't think of it as an introduction to kdramas because I doubt that a non-kdrama fan would get all the memes. I recommended Splash Splash Love today to former…
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I don't think my pedometer is going to be much help on the step challenge. I can't remember to look at it each hour. I look at my daily totals from starting on Wed. afternoon=6900, Thurs=8632, Fri=17,138 (treadmill, organizing with a client for 5.5 hrs and folkdancing), Sat=9972. This week I've been creeping up to 134.6…
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I've been looking forward to this after reading the discussions online. Probably will wait till it's all up so I don't have a long wait between episodes. DH and I have started Daebak, and I'm treadmilling to Thumping Spike. Have you seen the youtube clips of Conan O'Brian in S.Korea? I watched One More Happy Ending and…
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I'm due for my 10-year colonoscopy now too. I didn't want to schedule it during the winter - I imagined all that prep and then maybe being cancelled due to snow.. so now I need to get my *kitten* in gear and call. I like the idea of an hourly step challenge. I just got out my omron pedometer and see that it needs a new…
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Soleil was truly a sunny spirit. Even people afraid of dogs could feel comfortable around her. Because I lost my previous male golden Tate at 8.5 yo I was very glad to get my current 3 yo male golden Hachi in the Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. They've enrolled 3,000 dogs and each one gets an…
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I read the links and have been thinking about this since you posted. It does seem to throw a discouraging wedge into the hope of reaching and maintaining a goal. I never watched the show. It does seem that maintaining it afterward on their own would be difficult without all the attention and coaches that were part of the…
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Wow - Charlie and Beth - what a time you have had! You have so much to cope with and yet still manage to connect up and hold your goals in mind. Charlie - you have an amazing 1,400 posts to your name in what 2 years? That represents such dedication to encouraging others on MFP. We spent the week watching the unexpected…
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April 15 - 131.8 We're also going to have warmer weather this week. Sunday will be doggie spa day for our 2 goldens and 1 beagle - bath, nails, ears, trim... Last month we had a couple days in the 70s and I started to look at my summer clothes and then we had slushy snow and freezing temps. Since I've been in my goal range…
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March 4 - 132.2 April 2 - 132.6 Despite Easter and birthday celebrations (I also made carrot cake!) I'm keeping it level, though it probably helped that for a few days I was engrossed on the treadmill for 90 min - sometimes all at once or divided into two sessions. I checked my calendar and this is how much I weighed last…
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I totally agree with you!! I've lost 50 lbs and have maintained for 10 months +- 3 lbs. 1) Weigh every day: I compare it to driving down the road - you wouldn't look out the window only once every mile. 2) Find exercise with your passion. For me it is watching Korean dramas while on the treadmill. I logged 98% of what went…
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Charlie Re: senior BMI range. The studies are plentiful for the higher BMI but I was curious if it really changes someones goals. As you said it hasn't " My doctors both told me they thought I should stop at 141(slightly overweight), but I wanted 130". I'm concerned that while I've been hovering at 132.6 that I don't want…
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3/18: 132.4 / BMI 24.1 I keep seeing articles about healthy BMI for 60+ is in the 25-27 range. That would be 137-147 lbs. I am very comfortable being 130-133 and it hasn't been a struggle to stay here, though I haven't seen 130.0 in many months. Getting to 130 was based on where I was in my 30s, but getting to a healthy…
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Today is my 2 year kdrama-versary! I have watched 95 dramas and 13 movies. I couldn't have lost weight or kept it off without them! Looking forward to finishing Witch's Romance tonight. I'm also watching Bromance from Taiwan. It really was strange to hear Chinese - almost felt like I couldn't understand the subtitles at…
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After losing 50lbs. and hitting my goal I am also 29" waist, 40" hips and 22" upper thighs (just had to run and measure that since I never looked before). I've been happy with the Gloria Vanderbilt jeans at Costco - for $14.99 (sometimes $11.99 on sale). I was wearing size 18 Short when I started and now wear size 8 Short.…
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March 4th: 132.2 In my yellow flag zone, though I know it is perfectly healthy weight for me. I have a strong spring cleaning urge, despite the snow we got this morning, and will be upping my activity along with the usual treadmill/kdrama.
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I hadn't started Cheese but there was an article talking about the latter part of the show starting to fall apart and the ending was slammed. Evidently there was problems as they changed from with the ongoing webtoon, not consulting the author, and even the actors were disappointed (though they were very polite in saying…
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Friday 131.4 Staying in goal despite eating a wonderful Turkish dinner on Monday. My friend's mom doesn't speak English but we had a great time cooking together. I was reminded how much better dried/cooked chickpeas are compared to those in a can. I really have no excuse when they cook so quickly in the pressure cooker. In…
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quick Korean lesson: "ye", "nay", and one that sounds like "ohn" are all yes (can be confusing because in old english nay is no). Also it doesn't actually mean yes - more like I agree. In English we might say "you don't like garlic?", with the reply "No, I don't" but in Korean they would say "Nay" meaning "I agree with…
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I like seeing Dong Wook so much, but watching Bubblegum is a bit hard. It's well done but the topics are difficult and there isn't much levity, everyone is struggling. The opening credits are the cheeriest part. I've continued with Madame Antoine on the treadmill and might pick up Witch's Romance - a noona romance with a…
