KeriA Member

I am a long time member. I miss the personal blogs and the feeds showing friends status and posts but realized I can post updates here. Also my About Me has disappeared and yet it says not much happening here. Well that is because it has been deleted. So to start off I just retired and my 1st goal is to get healthier and fitter than I was able to get working fulltime. I have lost about 5 lbs, I had really gotten weak. Today I walked 30 minutes and I have been getting in more NEAT. I find it isn't so much how much I eat but what I eat that helps me and exercise helps too.

Discussions

New focus on eating clean
I have found that the calories in calories out doesn't work for me. I have struggled with my weight when I work full-time especially when I was a full-time parent as well. When I cook my meals at home and get regular exercise I tend to lose weight. That is because we tend to eat healthy when we cook at home. Since recently…
50+ with 50+ To Lose Group
New open group - Hi I am Keri, I am 58 and live in Seattle. I have almost been on MFP for a year and when I joined I found a group called Join Me 100+ Pounds to Lose and it was a great group but only a few of us post on the thread now and I love them but I feel need a new group too. Groups are a great way to get support on…
Has anyone gone down a shoe size?
I have an interview and I needed some shoes for my outfit. I tried on some shoes in my size and they fit but the back was sort of slipping, I tried on another pair same thing. I got the first one that felt best. I went to another store and found some really comfortable and pretty cheap shoes. I tried on my size again same…
Vegetarian Low Calorie Shepards Pie
I don't make mashed potatoes any longer I make mashed vegetables (carrots, potatoes, cauliflower). Basically it tastes like a light version of mashed potatoes. You can put in some part skim ricotta cheese or low fat sour cream etc. I had some leftover after making turkey meatloaf recently. Tonight my pescatarian son was…
New runner question about food before and after running
I am starting week 2 of C25K and am wondering what I should know about eating before or after running assuming I get that far. I continue with my usual 2.8 mile walk after my C25k sessions.
Delicious lower calorie pizza - not recipe
It is obvious from the number of versions of this in the food database that others have discovered this but just in case some of you haven't Papa Murphy has great lower calorie Pizzas with thin crusts. We get the Herb Chicken Mediterrranean deLite that has feta cheese, sun dried tomatoes and spinach on it. I think I like…
I found it!
I have been thinking for a while there should be a site like this and I found one. Very grateful there is. It seems like everyone wants you to pay them to lose weight. Anyway I started to get more exercise about a year ago but the weight was not really coming off. I was trimming down a bit but I feel I only had half the…