HappyAnna2014 Member

I'm a vegan who loves Trader Joe's. My favorite things there are their store brand (Trader Joe's) meatless meatballs, I like to eat them dipped in their guacamole, but they are also good on pasta and their spaghetti sauce. I like their store brand crispy chickenless tenders. Sometime I make a vegan salad from the salad bar…

Thank you for sharing! I'm going to wean myself in this direction. I am starving all the time, and eating more to compensate, and this has stalled my weight loss.

Congratulations!! I'm sure you feel much better. You look great!

I take Centrum multivitamins daily, regardless of how well I eat...I consider it an insurance policy against bad nutrition. :smile: I also take fish oil, Biotin for hair/nail health, Vitamin D (because my doctor told me to, I have a deficiency, common in people my age).

I would just like to add, my doctor says that a woman should aim for 8 lbs loss per month...you are doing well. :smile:

Hmmm...Sunday I got almost 16,000 steps, Monday I got over 10,000 (goal met) BUT yesterday (Tuesday), I was only able to get a little over 8,000 steps due to foot/ankle pain...still, that's a huge improvement from the ~3000 steps/day I was getting after my ankle/foot/right side started hurting in October...so I'll reset my…

Good idea about walking in small stretches!

Awesome challenge!! After I injured my foot/ankle last October, I greatly reduced my walking. After a lot of effort to become mobile again, I've been slowly working on increasing my step count, and was up to 7000 to 8000 steps per day. However, yesterday, while mowing the lawn, I got almost 16,000 steps...so I think I need…

You can lose weight without exercising, but you really don't want to, if you are physically capable. I was one of those people who hated exercise, and didn't want to do it, but I started exercising by walking, and a couple months later, I started yoga...and I loved it. I'll spare you the details, but I've lost 70 lbs and…

This has revved up my "sitting less." I'm fairly active, thanks in large part to the SLBC last May. But, I was reminded of a couple things I'd forgotten, like pacing in the hall when I talk on the phone, and picked them up again. <3 Thanks, Denise!!

I started my ISI Beta figure skating class today. This level is going to be difficult but I'm determined to pass the level by August 8. I forgot to take my Aleve in the morning, so I didn't do my best at the lesson or practice afterwards, but I usually do not forget. It's going to be a great summer!! There are so many less…

I totally agree!! And I think your Facebook page is great. I frequently send your posts out to my work exercise buddies, and I think it helps. We have a health and fitness group that was originally formed for most of us to lose weight. We still do fitness activities together. Some of the group have given up losing weight,…

I will do some deep cleaning in the kitchen...and my family will be happy, too . :smile:

How. Awesome!! I think I'm going to need to make multiple trips to London to see all this fabulosity!!

OMG...I've always wanted to go to London...now I REALLLLLY want to go to London!! But next on my bucket list is to play tennis. I hope to achieve that goal this summer!! :smiley:

I got in more walking today than I have in long time! I'm recovering from an old injury that I aggravated in October. I'm not sure if it is the physical therapy or the Aleve, but I am slowly getting back to where I was before October. I forgot how much I like walking, and getting in as many steps as I can each day.

What is this WorkRove?? I think that would be very helpful.

This is very helpful!! Both my son and I suffer from ADHD...he is medicated, I am not...as a result, I tend to struggle more than him. But, both of us would love to be able to control the ADHD with diet. (He is 25, and in his last year of an Electrical Engineering degree.)

Excellent challenge! I have many projects I've delayed that I can chose from. ;)

I agree, you would benefit from seeing a good therapist. You could get a recommendation from your doctor, who could also help you with the stimulant addiction. There is no harm in seeking help when something bad is happening, and this is all not good, nor normal, IMHO. For example, I have lost weight and did not become a…

Both are great challenges!!

This is a good challenge. I've noticed that I (figure) skate much better and am less stiff on days I don't spend in the office. I need to come up with a way to sit less at work. I do get up and walk at least once an hour, but I feel I need more. Or rather, I want more!!

He does make a good point...6 weeks after having my son, my belly looked like I'd never been pregnant. I am getting loose skin now, I think maybe it is because of age...and I am loosing slowly...VERY slowly...I hope over time it will be less...

Me me me please!!!

I could have written this. I've not worked out all week (except getting in my hourly steps on my Fitbit, I figure I need that to be healthy). I'm doing fairly well, and tomorrow I'm taking a short yoga class and going to my private ice skating lesson...I hope that goes OK so I can get back to "normal." It is amazing how…

That's what I did. Un-integrated the two. It made fitness A LOT easier. :smile:

So true! I'm vegan, and have lost 70 lbs...I have to eat a lot of protein to keep from getting hungry...but meat or no meat, you just need a calorie deficit to lose. :smile:

O M G. How true is that? I had an older male doctor for many years. In my mid-30's a gained 40 lbs (5 lbs a month for 8 months) on this drug that he prescribed to prevent migraines (it didn't work, I still got migraines)...and when I told him about the weight gain (he said NOTHING to me about it at my appointment), he…

One of the most important things (OK, well, two) for your milk supply is to get adequate rest and to drink lots of non-caffeinated fluids. I don't think you have to try very hard to lose weight when you are breastfeeding. I gained 36 lbs while pregnant, and without even trying, I lost 50 lbs in 4 months...and I was thin to…

I like this!! I fall a lot, although I'm getting better, so I got some extreme skateboarder kneepads...they help a LOT. I now need to get some extreme skateboarder elbow pads, then I think I'll be good to go. I don't mind falling, I've ridden horses a lot in the past so it doesn't bother or embarrass me too much. LOL, I've…