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Renegade Playground
Anyone done this ? A friend of mine signed me up for one Aug 9th. What has she gotten me in to ?
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Winter NSV
Being able to wear long underwear under my jeans and not feel like an overstuffed sausage !
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Lunch Sandwiches - what's your favorite
During the summer I eat fresh veggies ans hummus (I got carrotitis this summer), then in the winter I switch to compost soup. I got away from sandwiches due to the bread calories, now they make so many delicious lo-cal breads I feel I can again look at it as a nice lunch option. What are your favorites...
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I vowed to move more and eat less
Move more - Eat Less - I decided to start weighing my portions and following what MFP suggested for me AND walking to work every day. That's it. Oh and slowly - very slowly - doing a C25K but my shins are vehemently against it. Also did the 30 day crunch challenge and am half-way through the 30 day plank challenge. June 4,…
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Odd NSV
I've had to tighten my baseball hats - so I had a fat head ?
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Starting today - Keep me accountable !
Naturally the hottest and humidest day of the summer so far, but bronchitis put me down for the past weeks beautiful cool mornings. Just gotta get the hubby off to work, lace up my new shoes and I'm off. I'm a little nervous. All through my planning and my slight delay I never thought I would not be able to do it. Now I'm…
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Snacks and Timing
So lately I've been super craving snacks. I get up around 5:15 and have a cup of coffee. Walk a mile to be at work by 7am. I eat breakfast around 7:45am - I drink a cup of coffee and three glasses of water before lunch - I'm dying for lunch by 11:30am and have to struggle to make it there - lately I've been nibbling (not…
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Small NSV of will power
We have this coffee cake at work which I have not put in the rotation since March because it has this divine topping of brown sugar, walnuts, coconut with a delightful drizzle of white chocolate on top. As it bakes it gets a little caramelized and is so delicious. All the other coffee cakes I can resist with no problem and…
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Food Diary - review please ?
So I'm on day 70 here on MFP. Having some troubles meeting my protein macros. I don't track sodium since I'm usually way under the 2500. I seem to be in a mushroom, onion, red pepper rut. I am looking to lose another 10 pounds before I go on maintenance and that would leave me still smiling with my five pounds…
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Still bums me out...
Although I anticipated this - it still bums me out :( Old scale dying, bought a new scale. Stepped on them both and I'm 4 pounds heavier on the new scale. Granted I did anticipate this and thought I'd gotten over the fact it would say a different weight. For a few seconds I even hoped I might turn up a little lighter, but…
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Slipping back to old habits - oh nooooooo !
Shoot - shoot - shoot Just noticed I'm slipping back into my non-measuring, non-weighing, constantly nibbling, lazy ways . Shoot - shoot - shoot ! That looks like a half cup. That looks to be about 4 oz - not to mention the 3 oz I ate while preparing the food. That looks like too much, so I take off the plate the small…
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Fitbit Flex
Really - 6 - 8 weeks backordered...aarrgghhhhh ! I spent days researching between Fitbit flex and Jawbone Up and finally decided on Fitbit due to all the horrible reviews of Jawbone breaking all the time and the horrible customer service they received after it broke. But 6 - 8 weeks from now I might get it. Boooo ! If you…
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No 5k races near me - need another goal
So I'll be starting c25k soon and I searched for a 5k race in my area and there aren't any by the time I'll be ready or available (I have to work weekends through October - maybe a Turkey Trot will open up). So until then I need another goal and time is all I can do by myself. So what is a reasonable goal for running time…
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My first 30 Days - sort of
I have been needing to do this for a long time. I had been very slowly easing my way into squishy couch slug territory. I have always eaten well, but too much and constantly. I prepped myself when I found MFP. I told myself that as of today (May 16) I would start moving more and logging my food. Then on June 1 start my…
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Today's Cravings are NOT going to win ! I AM !
Mentally STARVIN' MARVIN today - Breakfast did NOT satisfy, AM snack helped. Being at work is not helping, I work at a Bed & Breakfast and am staring at three kinds of scones, the cinnamon chip ones are fantastic, Lemon Poppyseed Coffee Cake, Cranberry Orange muffins (delightful), Healthy Harvest Muffins (Nothing healthy…
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Cardio on an empty stomach - so when can I eat ?
I do my cardio in the morning on an empty stomach, presumably to burn the calories I'm holding on to. I've read that calorie burning continues for a bit after you're done exercising. So I'm not sure when I should eat my breakfast so the workout on an empty stomach does what it is supposed to. An hour after, half hour,…
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Favorite Cookbook ?
What's your favorite Cookbook for your new way of eating. I am loving the Eating Well cookbooks - a nice variety or foods, flavors and cooking methods.
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I need new Rollerblades - any suggestions
OK - I need new rollerblades. I have been spoiled with my original Zetra 303 Rollerblades that I bought back in 1990, I love them, but alas 22 years of draggin' my butt along they have parts that are wearing out that can't be raplaced (I can relate). It was easy to choose in 1990 - there were two kinds. Now there are…
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Absolutely loving this
I started on May 16th with limited hopes. I lose weight much better when I track things so that is all I was looking for in an app. My husband supports me, but he doesn't know how. He works very hard physically so he doesn't have to watch what he eats and doesn't understand why I do. He loses and gains 5 - 10 pounds in a…
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How do you reward yourself ?
I used to reward myself with food, mostly high quality chocolate, nuts and craisins mix - yummy. But I need to get out of that habit. What do you all reward yourselves with after minor or major successes ? I have a ten pound mark coming up and I will need to reward myself and my first thought was chocolate. Thankfully my…
