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Need some POSITIVE friends to counteract one very NEGATIVE person in my life!
Hi everyone! My name is Christine. I'm 56 years old and I'm on my ... let's see (counts on fingers) ... oh well, let's just say "latest" attempt to get SERIOUS about getting fit! Here's my problem: I actually know what I need to do, and how I need to do it. But I'm semi-retired, and only have one friend that I socialize…
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Kind of down today and tempted to "self medicate" with food!
Hey everyone - I've been trying to get some reassurance on my own but I'm home alone and don't have anyone around to do this right now. So maybe someone reading this will understand and just tell me "It's ok, don't stress out about it!" The situation is that I trapped a stray cat in my yard yesterday, which I'd been…
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Exercise "Catch 22" - I need it but can't do it!
I have been going to physical therapy for several months due to sciatica in my left leg (pain that radiates out from the hip and backside). The "catch-22" is, they keep telling me the best way to ease the pain is to lose weight - but in order to lose weight, I need to exercise regularly, and because of the pain, it's hard…
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Anyone else have annoying scales?
Last year for my birthday, my husband bought me this beautiful brand new Weight Watchers scale, to show his support for my weight loss efforts. (Isn't he sweet??) :heart: I love him, so I use it, but sometimes it's really frustrating! :grumble: This morning is just the way it usually works: I step on the scales and see my…
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Portion Control Suggestion for Mac & Cheese
Hi everyone - I don't know about you but I have a real problem with PORTION CONTROL - and my big weakness is those prepackaged boxes of highly UNnutritious macaroni & cheese! I bought a few boxes of Fibergourmet "Mac mmm Cheese" from Amazon and I'm sure it's better for me, but even so, when I prepared the first box,…
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Dual Tracking on WW and Loving MyFitnessPal!
Hi Everyone! I've been doing Weight Watchers for a couple of years, just recently switched to Online only because I didn't want to go to meetings and couldn't afford almost $40 a month. Then someone recommended I check out this site, MyFitnessPal, and I really love it! I decided to try tracking on both sites for a few…
