MimiOfTheFraserValley Member

Yup! haha The local A&W is used to me picking up both a breakfast wrap & a Beyond Meat burger a little after 7 AM, after I've gotten off work, every so often. They no longer bat an eye at this. haha

So true! haha

Me as well. Even though I live a mere minute & a half bike ride to work, I love biking to work & then taking a much longer route home. :smiley:

Hi, all! My name is Michelle, & I'm from the beautiful Fraser Valley in southwestern, BC. I live about an hour east of Vancouver. :smile: Like some others, I've never before been part of this group. I measure my weight in kg. I can't remember my starting weight, although I do know that it was lower than my weight is now.…

Hi, Beth! Welcome to MFP!! It can be a great tool if you use it well, & if you make friends, they can be the biggest form of support & help here. I hope that you find this place - app & website - as great a place as I have. :) I'm going to send you a friend request right now. <3

I'm single but quite happy. Since I have no idea what it's like to be married, & if I had to be UNhappy, I'd stay single. I've been there & I didn't have to spread the gloom around. I'd rather stay unhappy on my own without someone else joining me, as others have said. If someone else was unhappy because of me, then I'd…

Welcome back, with a new account!! You can do this & be successful. I've just started fresh again myself. As many others have said, I'm tired of the whole cycle. I've been here the whole time, but haven't always been nearly as active as I should've been; nor have I eaten as I should. I've made a fresh start again, though,…

This is what I use, & I never add salt, but then I'm not a real salt person. With an air popper, you can add as much or as little of what else you want, if you want anything else. Flavour to taste, really. :)

I think it is all exercise. After all, you're moving & keeping active. No, I wouldn't adjust my activity level, either, but I would log whatever I could. :)

I've read this thread with interest. It's something I've always wondered about, collecting maple sap & the whole maple syrup & maple sugar process. Plus the end product is incredibly wonderful. It's a good query you've brought forth about how to log it. There are so many activities that aren't listed that you have to guess…

I'm excited.

Oh, wow!! How beautifully sad!! Thank-you so much for sharing your lovely friend Lilli with us. I am so sorry for your loss. As a person with a very special cat in her life, I can relate to the relationship you & Lilli shared. I know it's horribly hard for you right now. Hugs!! <3 <3

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta love a cat in a window & a cat in a bowl. :smiley:

I don't find removing one kind of food from my diet to be helpful. So I don't eliminate anything & keep to a well balanced diet. I find that this is best for me &, well, for most people. I'd only remove something if my doctor said to do so, but all he's said to me is to reduce my caloric intake & to eat as healthy as…

Horseradish

Be in a really cramped space with absolutely no escape that I'd be forced to share with a clown that's right in my face & a crowd of people all around me, all the while being threatened with spiders & scorpions & wasps & hornets (allergic to these last two & bees) & venomous snakes (I'm fine with non-venomous ones) of all…

No, not really. I still wear dresses & skirts & shorts - love them! - but then again, I've always liked looser things as a rule, even when I've been thin. I love leggings & jeggings, no matter at what size I am, but when I wear them out of my home, I always wear a long top/tunic that covers my rear & belly. I don't like…

I don't workout in the sense of going to the gym or doing weight exercises or the like, aside from bodyweight exercises occasionally. When I exercise, though, I prefer to do it in the morning. I don't have a specific time right now, as I'm not working all that often, & so my days have been fairly flexible. I go for walks…

Very well done!! That's excellent!! To me, you don't look like you need to lose anymore than you already have, but of course, that's up to you. You've done a great job. :smile:

I'm consistent in logging ALL my exercise everyday, whether it's walking or hiking or cycling, or housecleaning or playing music (yes, you can log that here!) or dancing, or anything that MFP has for cardio or strength. It might not burn all that much, but every little bit does count. For me, the same applies to eating -…

I'm generally a creature of habit & have my favourite standbys that I rarely get tired of, especially for breakfast & lunch. Sometimes, though, I get truly exhausted by having the same ol' same ol', at least for supper. I do try to switch the last meal of the day up a bit, although sometimes I just don't have the variety…

I'm also a Christian, & it's great to see others here on MFP. :) <3

Well done on taking steps to get healthy!! I've had several points where I've needed to get serious about my health, but the last one was my doctor telling me that, if I don't make real changes & get healthy, I could have a stroke or heart attack - or both - within the next ten years. Well, 8 1/2 now, since it was about a…

I'm the same right now, too. Aaaarrgghh!! It's so frustrating to be constantly fixated on food!! :(

Congratulations on your weight loss! That's so cool!! B) I know a woman who was a few years older than you who'd lost a lot of weight, & she started running. She sought out the advice of a personal trainer at her local gym who knew about running, & now, a few years later, she runs almost every day, making sure to take at…

Well done for getting out there & doing something about it!! That's often the biggest step, & kudos to you for that!! You said that you've been "going to the gym for the past 2 weeks straight" - is that without any day off? A rest day at least once a week is very important so that you don't burn out. Also, you can't expect…

Most of Canada has really good water, too. I'm in southwestern BC, Canada, & the water's excellent in most of this area. In one small part of my region, the water's been treated so much with chemicals that the taste is horrible, but pretty well everywhere else here in the Fraser Valley is really good. Like others have…

Hi! Welcome here, from me in Agassiz, BC. :smile: If anyone from the Great White North wants to add me, please go ahead. :smile:

Way to go!! :smiley:

Coca~Cola, other pop & junk food. I'm a Coca~Cola addict, but I rarely miss it now. I had to give up the rest, too, because I was starting to just drink pop, & I have very little control when I eat junk food. So better to not have it at all than to have it & risk bingeing on it. Yes, it's totally worth it!! My health &…