Snugglebunny217

Yes, I have had quite a bit of anxiety over my changing body and it's one of the reasons it has taken me so long to lose the weight (and I'm still going - it's been 2 1/2 years to lose 45 pounds, I have 15 or so pounds to go). Each step of the way, I had to get acclimated to my new body and really wrap my mind around what…

Yelp says that there is a farmer's market there on Sundays as well. That sounds wonderful! Go for a walk around the park and then get to pick up some fresh, local, in-season veggies from the farmer's market to have for the week.

Yeah, I would log just because I'd want the data on what I couldn't keep down (and if anything made it worse, for example, if I just got glutened my ability to tolerate dairy goes down). Also, I know we're not 80 years old yet, but Ensure and Boost. They have them at every pharmacy and even some Family Dollar stores and…

Thanks for the link! I would not have guessed to avoid oranges or raw broccoli. That's probably the two I would have accidentally eaten without realizing it could be a problem. I know it's only for between 3 and 8 weeks, but truly enjoying my food is what keeps me away from cookies and brownies and such. I found about 4…

Find Me Gluten Free is the name of the app I use to find restaurants with Gluten Free options on them. Eventually I learned my area better and knew which ones were real and which ones gave me the option of the house salad. But it's a godsend for traveling. There are kinds of food that have naturally-gluten free traditional…

I'm of the idea that if you logged your food for the day, you get a congrats. Why? Because just that step alone will help you be more mindful about what you are eating and when - and why! It will help you identify trends and figure out what's helping you or getting in your way. Logging regularly is a goal in and of itself,…

So don't. Don't make it into a chore or something you "have" to do. Unless and until you are excited about something "oh my gosh, I'm so looking forward to seeing this waterfall everyone talks about at the end of this hike. I heard it's beautiful." or "I haven't gone rollerskating in ages. This is going to be so much fun!"…

A Lady Bug. For some reason, I have ~always~ wanted to be a Lady Bug, complete with tutu. I'm really excited about it!

I am completely and totally terrified of my scale. For a different reason than yours, but still. I weigh myself every morning. Some mornings my heart is beating like a hummingbird. Other times I feel calm about it. But I get up and do it first thing, before my brain has a chance to kick in and give me all the reasons why I…

That's super awesome. Congratulations!

It depends on what you put in for your "daily activity". When I said I was sedentary and then would walk 10,000 steps, it would give me a significant boost. Now that I put in "lightly active" the boost is not so great. I also enabled negative adjustments, so one day I lazed on my *kitten* all day and it took away calories…

I'm been going to the free weights section for several weeks now, and I have to be honest - sometimes I still get a little nervous when I notice on I'm the only woman over there. But just like it's easier for me to go over if there is a woman there already, I think it's easier for other woman to come over as well. In…

Um, this sounds yum. I will need to try it!

My favorite place in the world is that little hollow right next to the hip. I usually don't get to peek at it unless it's bikini season, but I think that's the sexiest place. Otherwise, I like necks. I like the elegance and the softness and burrowing my face in and smelling that delicious scent. Mmmm...yum.

My September Goals are: - Take 77,000 steps a week, minimum - Go to 3 yoga classes a week (I've been doing maybe one) - Do my 2 weight lifting sessions and 2 cardio sessions each week (no skipping!) - Stay under my weekly calorie goals I have an obstacle 5K coming up at the end of the month and I want to make sure I'm…

Pot lucks and spreads of food...it's so hard to accurately log what you ate and keep track on days like this past weekend! But letting loose occasionally reminds me that it's more about living a good life, long term, than anything else! I'm back to knowing everything that goes in my mouth and putting it down myself.…

Me too! I want to be a sexy lady bug. I've ~always~ wanted to be a sexy lady bug, but didn't really have the confidence for it. Today's weight: 131 Goal weight by Halloween: 126

I know it's junk food. But man, sometimes it's so blissful to be able to have a treat, as long as I'm good most of the time. We have a bakery in Austin that makes GF cake balls. It's a quarter-diameter piece of ~heaven~. And lots of people without celiac's find they feel better when they avoid wheat. You aren't a "poser"…

I stayed at a plateau for several months earlier this year, neither gaining nor losing. At some point, everyone started asking me if I had lost weight! I got really frustrated because *I KNEW* the scale hadn't moved!!! BUT, my body was busy doing other really healthy things for me, such as changing my body composition. And…

Hello :D Bisexual femme here! I've really enjoyed the support I've gotten and had the chance to give here, and looking for new friends. Please feel free to add!

Woot woot! Rock on with your bad self!

Ugh, It's so frustrating when you don't feel like the people closest to you really see and acknowledge all the effort you put in! It's such a basic need, to feel like the effort we put towards things is being appreciated, especially by the people we love most in the world and who are closest to us! And it's doubly hard…

If you can't afford or don't want the test, there is no harm in trying the diet. If you can't afford the test, the doctor will just put you on an elimination diet anyway (where you also take out gluten, lactose, certain nuts, and other items that are likely to cause problems and slowly add them back in one at a time and…

I started out at 176 and started getting a lot of comments that I looked like I lost weight around 145 pounds. It was after I had been at that plateau for about 2 months, and all of a sudden people started making comments. I think my body composition was busy changing during that plateau! Interestingly, even though I'm…

I'm really busy and admittedly pretty lazy. So I have a Jimmy Dean's egg white breakfast bowl. 240 calories, 22 grams of protein, and it costs me $2 a pop at my local grocery store. I add some hot sauce on top and I'm a happy Texan. I replaced buying a breakfast taco each morning which ran me about 380 calories and about…

Me too! Working on adding friends :-)

One of the things I do, let's say I make a big casserole, is I find out how many calories is in the whole thing and then figure out how many "servings" it is for me. So let's say, it makes me 5 meals, and the casserole was 2000 calories total. I put down 400 calories for each time I eat it, and try not to worry too much if…

I'm in North Austin!

Hello! I'm super excited to be joining this group. I do feel like polys have some unique challenges when it comes to dieting and weight loss, and I'm glad to have somewhere to discuss it. So, my story: - At my top weight in January 2012, I was 176 pounds. I clocked in this morning at 134. - I discovered in January 2012…