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One Year Anniversary--Are we dead yet? Help Wanted
Sooooo.... This MFP Group is officially One Year Old Today! It has been a long strange year. There have been cheers, jeers, tears, and even a few beers...but not too many, I'm watching my calories... I would like to shout out my congratulations to those of you who stayed the course and logged your good days and bad...and…
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Non Scale Victories--share the joy! Part 2
This is a continuation of the NSV thread started here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/post/new/1069160-milestones-other-than-the-scale But it has grown long and unweildy as more and more of you report the little things, other than raw numbers, that make what we are doing here so exciting. It could be old pants that fit again,…
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Weekend Challenge -- Spring Ahead
Okay Campers! For some of us, the spring has arrived. But first, let us spare a thought for our Pals on the prairies. We hope that spring gets to you quickly and without a fuss. Still...in the northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer, and it's time to get moving. And there are so many ways to get moving and…
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This week in Challenges...Sunday -- Holiday Stress Planning
ALRIGHTY THEN! I am back! My workload has abated, my clients are happy, my dawg is healthy, my girlfriend is mobile again, and YOU folks have been wonderfully patient. Let me start off by saying a GI-NORM-OUS thank you to the new moderator/admin team. Malia, Mike, Dan...you folks ROCK! * Alana--you will always be top of…
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Weekend Challenge--Report Card Time
Soft challenge this weekend-- Time to review the data you have collected. Go to the report function and run some graphs. Take a look at the trends. Take a look at the problem macros. Take a look at your exercise habits. Do you see cycles? My graphs look like waves, creeping up to the danger line...slipping over...then…
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Daily Challenge--Friday--SWEAT!
On Tuesday you were challenged to plan some activity and work it into your day. Words like "plan", "think", "meditate" and "consider" are used for challenges where the thoughts and ideas are of primary importance. And the reason such challenges are issued regularly is to hopefully nudge the more set and sedentary among us…
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Daily Challenge--Thursday--Green Across The Board...
The weekend is nearly here. Some of us may be doomed. (I hope it will be a nice doom; passed in good company,, enjoyed, and then brushed off after your guests go home, and not a boojum kind of doom.) SO...to perhaps save you from some kind of doom or another, today you are challenged to bring it all together--portion…
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Daily Challenge--Tuesday--Activity Planning
So today I am challenging those amoung us who have not quite yet incorporated regular activity into your logging routines. Yes, you may keep meticulous records of every crumb of food and every drop of water that passes your lips but that's still only part of the equation. You must increase your daily activity level too. So…
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Daily Challenge--Wednesday--Protein Day!
yes...It's Protein Day again! Although we do not advocate any fads, or "diets" or any kind here, we do believe in the power of protein! Protein fills you up and keeps you from feeling hungry for longer periods of time. And let's face it, for people who have 100 pounds to lose, feelin full is a real bonus! Most importantly…
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Daily Challenge --Monday--must be water and salt day
Okay campers! New month! Fresh resolve! Refined goals! Let's get it done. ...hooray? Yeah. I know. A bit too much for a Monday. Keep it simple. Watch your salt and drink your water today. (So says the guy who logged frozen pizza for breakfast this morning... * cough *) (And for salt you are free to swap whatever problem…
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October weigh-ins! It's Fall and We Are Getting Small!
Welcome to October! It is a SCARY month for all kinds of reasons. Not the least of which is HALLOWEEN! I love Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays, but for the last few years I have not really enjoyed it as much I used to because finding suitable costume ideas had become both difficult and depressing. NOT THIS…
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BIG BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
We are safe. MFP have added my name to the Admin list. So, my first act as admin was to appoint some more administrators and another moderator. So please post a big THANK YOU to 808malia and dward59--who are now my co-administrators. Malia and Dan have been instrumental this month holding things together while I wander…
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Re: The Sorry State of Moderation in This Group...
Well, hi there! Remember me? I used to be the moderator here... Okay...technically, I still am a moderator here...I just haven't been doing it much this past week. So far the MFP administration has been mum about granting me Administrator privileges to replace our beloved founder, Alana, who has disappeared into the…
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Daily Challenge 07/10/2013--Challenge Challenge
Okay... I admit it. My challenge well is a bit dry. Yes...I can schedule an endless loop of reruns. (Oh...it's Monday, must be fat macro day...) OR... You can meet today's challenge and list off your personal areas of weakness, or better still, places where a little reminder or a gentle push might be helpful now and again.…
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Daily Challenge 30/09/2013--Why are you here?
Good morning! (Or afternoon, or evening--whenever you read this...) Today you are challenged to review your motivations. Why are you doing this? Why are you bothering to do all this hard work, to make healthy food choices, maintain a modest calorie deficit, and do sweat exercisey stuff, when the world is full of tasty bad…
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Daily Challenge 26/09/2013--New food day...
Today I challenge you all to eat a new food from the produce aisle. Walk to your store if you can, tell the produce person what you like, and ask them what they suggest, then ask them how to pick a good'un. I need to do this more often because I am a picky eater. Plus, I don't want to get scurvy. Expound on your feelings…
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Daily Challenge 25/09/2013--Fall Exercise
Welcome back to the show. SO TODAY... Now that fall has kicked in and the weather is poised to, if not quite turn nasty, then at least turn away from the pleasantness(ish) that is summer, it is time to make some more plans... My doctor said there was no such thing as bad exercise weather, only bad exercise clothing, and…
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Daily Challenge 23-24/09/2013 Water and salt
It is POURING rain on the weird coast today. It is a new week and a new season. I spent some time snooping in a few diaries...checking out what some of my pals are eating and how they are moving. And I am pleased to report that, first of all, there are some newly opened diaries--so I have some new insights into some of…
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Cheat Day! 18/09/2013--An apology
I don't know what the idea of Cheat Day means to you. For me, it's basically just a rationalization for a cop out. But hey, sometimes rationalizations are important. (Anybody remember Jeff Goldblum in The Big Chill?) Like Real Life getting in the way of Moderating, Challenging, and Cheering for all y'all. I am very sorry…
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Challenge yourself Sept 19-23
I am going to be asleep at the wheel for the next few days. So here is where you can post your own daily goals or objectives for all to see. Successes are great! But you can learn from your less than successful endeavors too. Do you need to tighten the slack? Do you need to let out a little slack? Do you need to move more?…
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Daily Challenge 17/09/2013 Mental Inventory
As people here are learning, only a small minority of the challenges associated with weight loss are physical, tangible, and objectively measurable. Poundage shed, inches lost, muscles shred-- these are not so much the challenges as they are the results of a good mental game. Today I challenge you not only to review your…
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Daily Challenge 16/9/2013--Mindfulness
Today is another simple challenge that may be very difficult. You are going to apply the principles of mindfulness that we try to practice with our food choices and eating habits to some other aspect of your daily lives. Once again, this is more of a meditation than an activity. Mindfulness means being fully present and…
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When I Get Stressed I...
used to reach for cigarettes...then it was potato chips... But neither smoking or comfort eating are compatible with my current goals...and YET...wouldn't you know it? There is still stress in my life! There are still emotional triggers that demand a physical response! Just because I declared that is was Time to Change and…
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Daily Challenge 12/9/2013--One Can or Less Thursday
Okay... We are going to work on one of my big problems...but I don't think I will be lonely... It's Selfish Moderator Thursday! (IT'S a thing...look it up...while you do that, the rest of us will get on with it...) CALLING ALL SODA FIENDS! You are to ration yourself to ONE CAN (355/12oz) of your chosen calcium leeching…
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Daily Challenge 11/9/2013--The Moderator Cop Out
Howdy and hey... As you might have guessed--I totally spaced on your daily challenge today. So today you must challenge yourself. Set yourself a DOABLE goal--then achieve it. Feel free to do choose something easy if you just need the boost of a quick win in the middle of a long week, or, if your time and inclination…
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Daily Challeng 10/9/2013 Planning Day!
Okay folks... For those of you working through the weekly challenge this week this challenge might be useful. Today you are challenged to do some meal planning. Open up that pantry. Open up the fridge. Open up the cupboards. Now...open up your food diary and draft in some meals for yourself for a day or two or three. You…
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Week Long Challenge Sept 9-15
You were warned it was coming! We are doing The Pantry Challenge this week. Now the parameters of this challenge have been suggested by your folks, and there is lots of room for personal modification and adaptation. Ideally, you are going to live off of current food stocks in the house--the weirdnesses at the back of the…
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Daily Challenge 09/09/2013--ATTENTION SILENT PARTNERS!
Okay Fitness Pals! New week. Fresh starts. More successes. The fall is nearly upon us... The light shifts deeper into the red each day in the northern hemisphere. The days grow shorter. Soon they will grow colder. It is going to get more difficult to find the will to get outside and play. The price of "clean food" may go…
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Week long Challenge Sept 2- Sept 8 Give 110%
This week's challenge is really straightforward-- a little MORE exercise. Whatever your current daily targets are set at--first off--get that done. Then do an extra 10%. Easy peasy. My current setting is 30 minutes every day--so all I have to do is an extra three minutes of something, and I am golden. This is the challenge…
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Daily Challenge 06/09/2013
So sorry to post this so late for you easterly folks...but we should be okay. Your challenge today is to review your macro reports (fat, protein, sodium, fiber, etc) and determine where you have been slack, or perhaps most unmindful. (Some of you don't know the meaning of the word "slack"!) And THAT macro is one you are…
