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Yep. I don’t drive for medical reasons, and public transit is a time consuming hassle. My preference at one time was aquatic fitness classes, but getting to the pool in the next town over is a challenge. There are lots of exercise classes at my town’s rec center, but it’s impossible to get there by bus from my house even…

Tracking food and being at a calorie deficit actually works for losing weight. In this context, you actually can control the outcome - the opposite of the mantra I’ve heard so often.

I have a recipe for a delicious mushroom-asparagus risotto that I can share if you’re interested.

I do have the advantage of living alone, but in line with Ann’s point about extremes, I find it helps to have alternatives to “contraband” on hand that I enjoy so I don’t feel deprived. I love nuts and chocolate, so my go-to daily snack is 10-20 grams of cashews and a half (or sometimes whole) square of Baker’s 70%…

Please don’t beat yourself up. You’re here, after all. You’re ready to do things differently. Don’t let it be a punishment; let it be an act of self-love. And as I’ve learned from folks here, so what if you went off course yesterday? Today is a new day. On a practical note, a few things have really helped me: getting a…

@widgit808 That’s the one I went for! So simple, tasty, and filling.

I just saw a blog post that somebody on MFP posted - was it @kshama2001 - arguing that what we need is not motivation but discipline. I think there's something to it. I'm a terrible procrastinator, but as a friend pointed out the other day, I'm very disciplined about certain things. I suspect the things I avoid are things…

Still deciding: - McCann's quick-cooking oatmeal with some thawed-out raspberries from my garden - Toasted bagel with chive cream cheese (sadly, bagel is tasteless and therefore not worth the calories, so maybe not) - Corn tortilla with over-medium egg, dollop of refried beans, sliced red onion and tomato, bit of part-skim…

I can't do anything high-impact or high-intensity due to various medical things, so mostly I use my little no-frills stationary bike and do physiotherapy exercises. I've also been experimenting with videos from the YouTube channel SeniorShape with Lauren; she has a bunch that are for chair or floor that include light…

This sounds absolutely delicious. Yesterday was extremely unhealthy; whatever possessed me to eat four heavy, greasy potato latkes that a friend brought from Big City? Ugh. But I just had a tuna salad sandwich (with hard-boiled egg, chopped red onion, chopped sweet gherkins, and half-fat mayo) with a bit of part-skim…

Just a few thoughts about not using a food scale because of getting too obsessed with the numbers: I worried about this too, at first. But this process is all about numbers; you won’t lose unless you’re in a calorie deficit, and you need to know the numbers to get to that point. I continue to be amazed at what I learn from…

I looked for suggestions in the discussions here and ended up getting: EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale with Extra Large Backlit 3.5-Inch Display and Step-On Technology. So far, so good - but my bathroom tile is wavy so I have a foot square piece of wood under it.

Not a quote, but a wonderful Eric Bibb song, “Just Keep Goin’ On,” that I found very motivating to walk to while in rehab after major surgery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zRtpX60XD0

This is why I limit nut snacking to 6 at a time (about 10 grams). I love cashews and keep a small tub in the cupboard at all times, but once I discovered that 1/3 cup was 300 calories, I had to pay much closer attention to intake.

What an awe-inspiring read - actually both of yours (there’s a link to Ann’s in there). Thanks for sharing your stories.

Oh, I just realized that the print story doesn’t include a key piece of information from the audio interview that really struck me - and is really why I posted it: the owner says she has lost 70 pounds since starting the bakery. Definitely worth listening; not sure why CBC chose to leave that out in the text summary.

Thanks for bumping, @AnnPT77; this thread deserves pride of place. And since ‘tis the season, I’ll take this opportunity to promote my favourite chocolate provider, Peace By Chocolate, founded by a Syrian refugee family who made a new life in small-town Nova Scotia after losing everything, including their chocolate…

Maybe I’m just weird, but I feel fortunate that a lot of what’s posted in these photos doesn’t look appetizing to me at all. Again, could be that I’m an outlier. No offence intended. That said, there’s half of a single-serving dark chocolate pecan pie sitting in my fridge. It might not look appealing in a photo either, but…

I don’t mean this as snarky, but I see people referring to a healthy lifestyle or healthy meals and really am not sure what that means. I guess I got cynical when I had a craving for pancakes a while ago and found a bunch of recipes online claiming to be for “healthy pancakes.” Having said that, my main suggestions are to…

All of this. I might be able to keep one or two pieces of cake in the freezer but probably would have to give the rest away.

Congratulations! I have scoliosis, and when I gain weight, the flab sort of congregates on my left side and my lower lumbar back pain is so much worse. As I lose, that pain lessens significantly and exercising is so much easier. Thanks for the reminder.

Not exactly mini, but I’m on leave from work and want/need, when I return in five weeks, to be able to fit into some of my normal pairs of pants. For the last two years, I’ve been living in bamboo, elastic-waistband pants. They’re very comfortable, but winter is coming and lightweight bamboo ain’t gonna cut it. If I can…

This will seem weird for an NSV, but I overdid it on sweet stuff yesterday (ordered some pre-made items from a place, by mistake they included a full-size cherry pie instead of the single-serving size I ordered, yadda yadda), and as a result slept very badly and now feel kind of gross. Talk about negative reinforcement!

@kshama2001 Yes, that’s it - and the plain version is here: https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/banana-bread/ Both are delicious. I’m a chocolate fanatic but actually slightly prefer the plain. Whatever doesn’t go to the neighbours keeps well in the fridge or freezer. I also love baking. I guess you could eke out 12…

Yeah, I’d go with about 350-400. I make a regular banana bread from the Two Peas and Their Pod website, and with 8 servings in a single loaf pan, it comes out to 313 calories per serving, which is a lot more than what the site’s nutritional info says. (It’s an amazing recipe, by the way.) Their chocolate chip version is…

I quit smoking on July 3, 1998, at 1 a.m. after smoking about 1 1/4 packs a day for 19 years. I had tried the year before but only made it to 5 months. I quit cold turkey, but what really helped was an internet discussion board. Those were just starting to appear, so after dialing up my internet connection (yep, it was.a…

Grilled cheese sandwich with sautéed sliced apple and onion. Yum.

For an example, I use a recipe for chicken tikka masala that has the following ingredients. I have it under Recipes at five servings of one cup each. Each ingredient is in the MFP database, and the total comes out to about 330 calories per serving. Since I’m trying to lose weight, I cut back on the butter and oil and use…

Another ice cream person here. Recently I discovered a delicious gelato sold in single-serving sizes and bought two; those were manageable and reasonable calorie-wise. I have high hopes that this will change someday, because I have mostly successful in limiting intake of other things I love, like no more than about 20…

@KerryBSoCal Thanks; accepted and message sent.