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Phoebe112476 Tuesday PW: 152.8 CW: 151.2

343 unread messages. Wow! I am so sorry to have been away. After checking the site message boards and recording my weight every day for months and months - I have been struggling to stay in my groove. I am a person of routines. My life is made of up standard routines and back up routines and crisis routines. All of which I…

Phoebe112476 Week 2 PW: 153.4 CW: 152.2

Phoebe112476 Tuesday Week 1 PW: 152.6 CW: 153.4

Phoebe112476 Week 4? PW: 153.0 CW: 152.6

I have traveled to the great state of Texas for a few days due to a work conference. Made a plan for eating. Scheduled a yoga class at a nearby studio. Found some walking to do to see a few nearby sights. Glad I was prepared but I got the stomach flu which became quite apparent part way thru the yoga class and prevented me…

Phoebe112476 Week 3 PW: 152.6 CW: 153.0 Sorry fir delay again this week. Crazy morning yesterday. This is today’s weight.

Phoebe112476 Week 2 PW: 152.6 CW: 152.6 I thought I posted Tuesday (and the weight is from tuesdsy). Silly app.

Update: Today I am not hungry. Couldn’t even finish my dinner. Still have 400 calories left today. Thank goodness! It has been several days since I felt anything but starving. Hoping this lasts awhile. I haven’t felt hungry like that for a long long time and certainly not for most of my time in deficit.

I came across a few old photos today. There aren’t that many photos over the few months before I started in MFP. I never saw myself this way at that time, but today I can hardly recognize myself. I took a photo today for comparison. I have been normal BMI for a few weeks. What a difference! Recently I have really struggled…

Phoebe112476 Week 1 PW: 152.8 CW: 152.6

@tryingagain5 - The roasted broccoli is a favorite of mine and my kids. I use sesame oil, sesame seeds and garlic with some salt and roast it at 400F for about 14-15 minutes. I change the amount of extras based on how much broccoli I have. In the pan I posted the photo of I used a tablespoon of sesame oil, a tablespoon of…

@rundgrenrocks - I love your fitness goals. So specific and seem doable. Keep us posted. I would love updates. I need to try to find some time to think of similar clear and specific and obtainable fitness goals. My strengths are in eating plan. I am much less focused on or comfortable with the fitness/ exercise aspects of…

Team. This past week I have been so VERY hungry. Odd as this not my usual. Have had to increase my food on 3 days over the last week to stop the feeling of starvation. Seems a bit better today thus far. Will see how the next few days go. I may need to take a "diet break" and eat a maintenance for a while. Otherwise, things…

Phoebe112476 Week 4 PW: 153.8 CW: 152.8

@Fi45 - Diet Coke, mint gum, and sugar free jello help me a lot when I have cravings I don’t want to eat. I agree with the above about planning and eating sweets in moderation also. Plus grape tomatoes and mini bell peppers and clementines are so much sweeter now that I don’t eat sugar all the time. Often they will satisfy…

Phoebe112476 Week 3 PW: 153.4 CW: 153.8 Up 2 pounds from the last few days, but I am sure it will be a blip in the grand scheme. Have a great day team.

This morning my weight puts me in a normal BMI for the first time in my adult life. Wow! I am still processing. This has been my overall goal since starting with a BMI well into obese range 17 months ago. Great way to start my weekend. Next up - yoga. Extra glad on this colder rainy morning to have this studio only a few…

Phoebe112476 Week 2 PW: 154.6 CW: 153.4

Good evening team. What a good start to 2020. - I have now been to three yoga classes at the super close "2 blocks" away studio. I love it! And they have very helpful class times. I am quite excited. Have now done 10 yoga classes in 10 days. I will end my streak today because of heavy work load next three days (12-14 hour…

I love the app! This graph makes me happy.

I am so excited about these pickle brined chicken tenders!! They are marinating in my fridge now. Anyone else using skinnytaste? I have used more of their recipes lately. Enjoying it.

@Cafelelia - not quite at goal (145-150), but so close! @Mrsbell8well - love the photos! Yum!

- My compelling reason why this week: my health (for my girls) - My mini goal this week: more controlled snacking at night. This is the only time of day I eat things off kids plates or take just a few bites of foods I don’t record when I log. - How can I make weight loss easy this week: keep low calorie foods I love…

Phoebe112476 Week 1 PW: 156.4 CW: 154.6

Hello team. I am a 43 y/o single adoptive mom to 3 teen girls (all with special needs) and a current foster mom to an adorable 5 y/o girl. I also have 3 rescue dogs and we are dog people. I have always been "overweight" but not "obese" now that I better realize the categories but I never had any issue and like a fuller…

@gingerpwr - I love your January goals. They are small measurable things that will make such a difference. You have inspired me and I will make mine soon. May I ask what grounding exercises and strategies you are using? I would love some ideas.

@1theresamcvean - awesome plan for your marzipan. Thanks much for sharing. We can all learn from such goal with moderation type thought processes. Reminds me a lot of my maternal grandmother who always brought those marzipan treats from Mexico during my childhood. She has been gone more than 25 years now. Thanks for…

@Cafelelia - Yes. That is my mat after yoga this morning. I generally a peaceful place, minus all the hard work I expend to not fall over during several poses :smile: @sleepymom5 - I joined a month of unlimited classes at a place about 15 minutes away from my house. This was before I stumbled upon the place 2 blocks away.…

Five yoga classes in 5 days since 12/31. Feeling stronger, more motivated to be active, and less hungry. Weight is also down 3 pounds from last Saturday, but most of that is just settling back to my routines after holiday eating.