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75 lbs down as of January. Kept it off so far this year.
Hello all. Though I have been less strict on my tracking (guessing more on restaurant meals without nutrition info listed, estimating some portions when the food scale isn't an option), I've been able to maintain my weight for the past 8 months. I had a friend once tell me he doesn't see how the MFP technique is…
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Any Smokey and the Bandit fans out there? Or do you have your own silly happy song?
For the last several dozen pounds, I found myself singing a little song to myself when I'd see a new low on the scale. To the tune of the Smokey and the Bandit theme: "Another pound down, rollin' on and truckin'. We're gonna do what they say can't be done." I've continued on with additional lines that I'll spare you from.…
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52 lost, 20 to go? Pics
In 2002, before MFP, I lost 50 pounds to get to 235. I have my dad's 5'10" stout frame on my 6'1" body, so that weight looks decent on me. It was a good thing, since I plateaued hard and could not get below that number. I met my soon to be wife that summer, and got back into bad habits. I was back up to 285 last October at…
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NSD - Non Scale Drawback?
A couple of months ago, I posted a tongue-in-cheek complaint about how my weight loss caused me to have to discard a new suit that I had only worn once. A second unfortunate aspect of it occurred again yesterday. People sit next to me on trains and airplanes now. Used to be my girth tended to cause people to keep walking…
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I now look forward to mowing the lawn
Last night, I got home from work and noticed the lawn was a little shaggy, so I strapped on my HRM and went at it. Banking the 380 the HRM said I burned for tonight's special dinner. Likely this summer my lawn will be the best kept in the neighborhood. No more, "neighbors haven't mowed yet, I can wait another day"…
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HRM Wow moment
I play pick-up basketball with a bunch of old farts (ages 35-70) on Tuesday and Thursday nights. It was always hard to figure out the best way to log it. We arrive at 8:30, warm up, and play until 10 or 10:30. Sometimes you have to sit out a game. MFP has the database item "Basketball-Game." I had been putting that in for…
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250 calories is like gold!
Hooray. MFP just recalculated my goals again after another 10 pounds gone. I had decided that when that happened, I'd adjust my goal from 2 a week to 1.5 a week. Getting those extra 250 calories has me more excited than it should. It'll be a veritable feast when I move to 1 a week!
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Expensive NSV
I was in a wedding last year, so I bought a new suit for the rehearsal dinner. Needed one anyway. Since then, I haven't had an occasion where I've needed the suit, and I've lost 22 pounds. I decided to wear it on my business trip to the home office today. I was swimming in the pants, and almost felt like Josh Baskin in my…
