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"and it seems that very religious (in this case catholic) people believe that the mind shouldn't ever be calm or free of other interference and it should be always "busy" and only open to the Christian though and god of worship." What? Just a google search of "Catholic Meditations" will prove you wrong there. BTW, those…

Gatorade!

Got one for Christmas and I love it! Our oven take WAY too long to heat to a good roasting temp, then takes forever to do it. When feeding two busy people, it's just not practical. The AirFryer fixes that and we are eating our veggies and also airfrying vs oil frying meat and other things. Not exactly "low calorie," but…

@DebCountsAll the Blackhawks were my high school mascot in Iowa B) I didn't know about the hockey team until a few years ago when I first joined MFP :D Thank you for the welcome! o:)

So long ago I used to be a regular of this thread, the I fell away from MFP in general for about four years. It's awesome to see it still alive! A lot has happened since I disappeared--I graduated from 4 year college, lost an uncle, got a husband, and most recently graduated from grad school! In these four years my weight…

Signs of life!

-I think keto/paleo/etc. are unsustainable fad diets. -You're not going to keel over if you enjoy fast food responsibly. -Ditto with pop/soda (diet and regular). -There are good carbs and bad carbs, good fats and bad fats. -Treat is treat, regardless of keto/paleo/low-fat/sugar-free/etc, some are just "less bad" than…

you're doing absolutely fantastic! great job! :flowerforyou:

Hello, everyone! I have been watching the Olympics for several hours every day since Friday (LOVED LOVED the Opening Ceremony, with the JK Rowling:heart: and the Voldemort and the sound of the TARDIS arriving, probably meaning there were, once again, ALIENS in London!!:glasses: ). The Olympics always makes me want to…

Something about me: If I have nothing to do, I get nothing done. That is, no school means nothing to procrastinate, which means I have very little drive to get beyond just keeping up with everyone on the MFP iPhone app, lol! I miss the forums, to be completely honest, though. Keeping up on the challenges and with you all…

Hello everyone! Long time no see! I wish I could say I have been busy, which is the truth for the most part, but there have also been lazy days where I just don't feel like getting my iPad/computer out......:indifferent: I haven't really LOST anything since Easter... Three months of agonizing plateaus and maintaining and…

Bad choices and complete lack of exercise starting at a very young age, Kindergarten-ish, and I ballooned from there. I was 150 by 4th/5th grade, 250 by 8th grade, and 310 by the start of my freshman year in college (fall 2010). Between depression, anxiety, food addiction, low self-esteem, a bad break-up, and pure…

Core exercises...ugh! Those will kill me! :sick: lol better get started.... Hello, everyone! I feel bad for not being here for quite a while :ohwell:. It's hard to keep up with school being really busy right now. Six more weeks till summer!!!! I love the pre-package idea. I have a problem with portions and sticking to…

Checking in! Lost 4.6 this week :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Granted, most of it was water weight from TOM, buf still :bigsmile: Did not do too well with OWLS though, only two exercising ones :embarassed: I'll be better, though! And I really like the upcoming challenge--I really need to work on my protein! 250's here I…

Back above 265 :frown: Even though I made many excellent chioces this week and got my OWLS (5) and points (90) in, I made four very bad choices: 2 slices of pizza as a SNACK, a bunch of Chinese food, and a big fruit smoothie,and a lot of desserts and sides at my church's fish fry last night. If I would have done just one…

Love the dumbledore quote!! Checking in...lost NOTHING! Stuck at 267 :grumble: well, we'll just have to see how it goes this week!!

Beautiful pictures!! I lost 1 lb on the home scale, 3.2 on the doctors scale. Although they had different starting numbers (by 13 lbs!) there was the same amount of time between them and weighed at the same time of day as the previous week. I'm logging the -1 to be consistent with the one at home, but I really wish I could…

AAAAMEN!!! :laugh: I am loving "Map My Walk" (www.mapmywalk.com) because now I can track how long my walks are when walking around campus and in the neighborhood. For example, the walk I took today (down the big steep lane, five blocks up, and back) was just under 1.5 miles, which is very convenient to know when I don't…

Hi, Ravenclaws! Last week I lost 1 lb (maybe...the scale was acting a bit off), but assuming its correct, not only did I make my -5 lb monthly goal, I BEAT it by 1.2 lbs, making it a total loss of 6.2:glasses: no OWLS this week, though...:ohwell: 197 house points, though!:smile: Love you all, and DON'T LET ANYTHING GET IN…

Checking in (info already on the google doc): Weighed in at 269.8--UNDER 270!!! Loss of 2.6 for the week :glasses: OWLS: this week was hard--only got 3. Points: 175 I consider that a great NSV, bethany! :smile:

I checked in on the spreadsheet but not on here! silly me :smile: TOM moved out until next time, so all of that water weight is gone and then some! Lost 2.2 lbs, but I'm .2 up from my last weigh-in right before Christmas. Not too shabby!! :smile: Some may have noticed that I changed by Jan. starting weight from 272.4 to…

@mish3131: you're right to look at things in the long-term perspective! Today might not have been an A+ day, but it still is much better than where you were before now. Keep that chin up :smile: That reminds me: I was thinking to myself today---Im not the same person I was 31 lbs ago. Just under a year ago, I was…

Hello, Ravenclaws! psb13: I was dead asleep at 3:45 dreaming about eating fried chicken...would have been a good time to join you and exercise, lol!! The only thing standing in the way of my -0.4 lb loss between now and tomorrow morning is the choices I make today. After being up for a bit and having a small breakfast, I…

Quick check in-- Exercise: 319 OWLS: 1 spirit, 3 food, 5 exercise (9 total) Current weight: 272.4 (-1.6!!!) :bigsmile: Be back later for a proper post lol

I could definitely be doing so much worse, but my mind and body aren't letting me, lol. I'm a bit behind on exercise, but did really well with my workout today. My stomach is having issues with my change of diet since I got home. At school in the cafeteria, they always had amazing healthy choices that I always loaded up on…

Happy Saturday, everyone! :drinker: checking in.... Weight: 274(-1) finally on the other side of 275 :glasses: Owls: 4 House points: 125 (could have been better, but glad its not worse, lol)

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!:drinker: got checked out of the dorm room this afternoon, so I am now officially on break! I'll be around MFP a lot--nothing keeping me away :wink:

Get better soon, karinane! It has been wet, foggy, and terribly depressing here in NW Iowa the past three days. Two weeks ago we got 4" ofsnow dumped on us. NBD, typical Iowa weather. But this week, it's been above freezing (very uncharacteristic of Iowa in December) and rainy. It feels and looks more like March than…

BTW, I'm not sure where to post this, but my goal weight for December is 272. GO RAVENCLAW! :bigsmile:

Thank you! I hope you get well, soon--being sick, especially during the holidays, sucks :frown: