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Abstinent "Birthday"
Yesterday I had 3 years of abstinence out of relapse :) YaY me! I will be going to a meeting Thursday to take a candle and demand singing in my honor. MFP is a tool that helped me achieve a healthy body weight. I was not able to track my food for the first several years in program, but I have been able to use this tool for…
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OA phone meetings
Heard on a phone meeting last night; "Am I allowing myself to have a sloppy thought life, eating from the trash can of the past?" Lots of good stuff on the meetings every night. There are over 150 OA phone meets every week. I often call in while driving or folding laundry, etc. I don't always share, but I always hear…
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Linking Apps
I have had mfp and Fitbit linked for a few months now, with great success. I recently found I could also link mapmyride to these apps. I am hoping these tools will all play nicely together and reduce the amount of time/energy used to input info and increase accuracy. I have been in OA since 2005 and it has only been in the…
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Spiritual Awakening/ Step 12
There is a point that I have heard emphasized about Step 12 A LOT. That point is "Having had a spiritual awakening as THE result of these steps..." Well...that irritates me every time. I would emphasize it differently. "Having had A spiritual awakening..." I have had many spiritual awakenings. The most profound, when I…
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Fitbit/ OA FB
Anyone here using Fitbit and/or on any of the FB groups?
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non weight related goal
I rode my bike 45 miles in recognition of my upcoming 45th birthday. This is the first fitness goal I ever made that did not involve food or weight. I am very satisfied with myself that I was able to train and achieve my goal. :) Anybody here have a fitness goal that they want to share? My current goal is just to stay…
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Holidays/Phone meetings
Remember you don't have to do this alone! Every U.S. holiday there is a marathon phone meeting @ 712.432.5200 code 4285115#. A new meeting starts at the top of every hour. You don't have to share, you can just listen. Happy Labor Day!
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Step counters
Anyone here using a step counter? How is it effecting your program, if at all? I started using a Fitbit about a month ago, instead of joining a gym for the summer. I am interested to see how the numbers change when I go back to work in a few weeks. Right now I'm averaging 12K a day, with a few days over 20K. Since I'm new…
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Intention for today.
My intention for today is to: ~stay within MFP goal ~do 20K steps ~call in to a phone meeting ~check in with OA FB group
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Fitbit
There is now an OA group on Fitbit if anyone needs support there.
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OA Skype meeting Sun Feb 17 7am PST
On Sunday Feb 17 @ 7am PST there will be a speaker meeting on Skype. If you would like to join us, please send a contact request to michellesema before the meeting starts. Please have a copy of the steps & traditions, we will be asking for volunteers to read. You do not have to have your camera on or speak if you don't…
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If every day were like today, you'd weigh _________. UGH!
Every time I finish my food diary, there it is. In 5 weeks I will weigh 200. Great. Next day; in 5 weeks I will weigh 203. Whaaaa??? I am staying within 300 of the recommended cals (meaning not eating less than 300, not going over). If the projected # goes up I feel like I've gained or I am doing something wrong. It is…
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calorie spikes and plummets...normal? healthy?
I've been doing mpf for a few weeks now and notice that every 3 or 4 days my cals are WAY up. It seems to even out over time, because some days (usually following the spikes) my cals are way down. Is this normal? Should I try to keep it more even, or not be concerned? I was trying not to stay within 300 of my goal, but…
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The Open Diary
I decided to leave my diary open, so I could practice honesty with my food. I was/am concerned that it will lead to comparing, judging, restricting, etc. Last week I made a post about being surprised about a food content and was mentally scratching it off of my grocery list. A friend looked at my diary and suggested I…
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The Open Diary
I decided to leave my diary open, so I could practice honesty with my food. I was/am concerned that it will lead to comparing, judging, restricting, etc. Last week I made a post about being surprised about a food content and was mentally scratching it off of my grocery list. A friend looked at my diary and suggested I…
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Staying out of the results?
I have been in program for 7 years, just joined mfp 2 days ago. I wonder, if you guys are coming in at or slightly below what mfp suggests, are you really losing weight? If not, how are you dealing with it? Is there anyone here who is just using mfp as a way to share their food plan? I am, in part, doing it for that…
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The Benefits of an Open Diary
Yesterday I had 6 strawberries with my lunch. The database said that was 250ish calories. I didn't question it because I am new to calorie counting. I did, however, mentally scratch strawberries off of my future grocery list. One of my friends looked at my food diary and suggested that I recheck that info. She was right.…
