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The best of times, the worst of times.
Four days ago – December 7, 2021 – was the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. But for me personally, December 3, 2021 was a day that will live in infamy. After almost 3 years of sedentary life (one due to a severe hamstring strain and almost 2 years of "work from home" COVID quarantine), last Friday, I found…
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Daily Calories different on desktop MFP and smartphone MFP. Help!!!!!
My MFP account is logged in to both my Windows desktop computer and my Samsung S20 Ultra smartphone. Here's the problem. My "Calories Remaining" is consistently 500 more per day on my desktop than it is on my smartphone. I verified that my current weight, weekly goal, activity level, and fitness goals are the same on both…
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The Race is On (with apologies to George Jones)
I want to apologize to all my longtime MFP friends for being so incommunicado for so long. For the past year or two, I've allowed my eating to control me. As a result, earlier this summer, I zoomed up to my highest weight ever. Two things happened in July to change that. Our oldest son announced his engagement with a…
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Please help an old married guy make his amazing wife smile on her birthday.
Today, January 30th is my wife's 53rd birthday. Normally, I would say something cutesie like "it's her 29th birthday plus," or "it's the mumble-mumble anniversary of her 25th birthday." But she has her age right on her MFP profile. 53 years old. It's right there. So I'm not giving away any state secrets here. Anyway, she…
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The Scariest One
Here are the basics you need to know to understand this post. I weigh 460 pounds. I am 53 years old. On February 11, 2014, I had a heart attack due to two blocked coronary arteries. The main blockage was opened by a stent. The other remains blocked but is not of concern to my cardiologist due to its location and the age of…
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Sometimes, just do the best you can do.
Was feeling hungry at 2pm. In the middle of a busy workday, sometimes, KFC is the best I can do to get a bite of something semi-nutritious but not overly junky. My "go-to" snack/meal is a grilled breast and wing (both without skin) plus a side order of green beans. Around 200 calories total, plenty of protein, and it…
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Hangry
3pm and I was REALLY hungry. Had planned to use my remaining 700 or so calories on a sandwich from a local sub place around 6pm. But I was hungry at 3pm. However, if I ate the sandwich at 3pm, I'd be hungry again before bedtime. So I reformulated my plan. Had a cup of non-fat cottage cheese with a cut up honeycrisp apple…
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Help an old married guy make his wife smile.
January 30th-- about 47 minutes away here in central standard time-- is my wife's 52nd birthday. Normally, I would say something cutesie like "it's her 29th birthday plus," or "it's the mumble-mumble anniversary of her 25th birthday." But she has her age right on her MFP profile. 52 years old. It's right there. So I'm not…
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Balls!
This site is crawling with 20-something and 30-something guys who are fit, buff and ready for action. But guys, there's a dark, hidden secret that no one shared with me until it was too late. So, as your 51+ year old guide to the future, I thought I'd give you a sneak preview. My first information about this problem came…
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Newbie drinking game.
Ok... we're t-minus 3 days, give or take, from the flood of New Year noobs who will flock to this board and log in faithfully for about, oh, I dunno... 34 days. Time for a healthful drinking game. Everyone takes a shot of water when we hear the following worn out promises, oaths, declarations and statements of intent....…
