Diana I am sending prayers for Matthew to move on out to sea. I know what you mean about expecting a reward for doing the right thing. Lately I've become a lot more aware of how food makes me feel. Maybe it's aging-related, but I just feel off when I eat the foods that tempt me. So there is a reward of staying in a good mental place--not necessarily happy, but more tuned into life, if that makes any sense.
Your description of how you approached the lunch with your friends cracked me up. And I will keep it in my mind to do just that, no compromise. Thank-you for the inspiration!!! Maybe no one commented because they were going through their own internal dialogue about how to manage the food thing. Who knows, maybe you will see some others with tupperware!
MonteCristo Thanks for the support! How's that new ride?
I think it's good that you balanced out that functional exercise with a day off. Hope you enjoyed the movie night .
Zoniegirl Thank-you! I was wondering what your username meant
I really love Arizona and want to visit other parts, but am hooked on the monsoon season in the southeast. Even the harsh desert is beautiful to me. And full of life--just amazing.
I'm so glad that you got some good sleep--there's nothing like it. fwiw, I have a minimum threshold of carbs. If I go below for more than a few days, my sleep gets messed up. I hope the political meetup went well! It can be a fine line between lively discussion & verbal mud wrestling
Chunkahlunkah Linner?
Thanks for your comment re the chicken cals. I agree, I think it's inaccurate. I look up all manner of chicken in MFP and nothing comes close. Yes I am a car namer. I think my car might be an animate being of some sort. I pat the dashboard and thank her sometimes, after a long trip, or if I have slam on the breaks, etc. And Diana thinks
she's weird?
My car names are not imaginative, just taken off the license plate. DQL= Diquil. What is your car's name?
snapple Not TMI! This IS the place. Re your sandwich question, I love myfitnesspal.com for tracking and looking up things. I enter each item separately. You can save it as a meal or as your own food so you don't have to look it up again. Or just to get a ballpark of the cals. Some things have been eye openers as to calories.
I think that exercise is good if it makes you feel good. Moving around as much as possible without it being a formal workout counts too, though. My experience has been I can lose just fine with zero exercise. It's mostly about the cals. In maintenance, exercise seems to matter more. What if you tried those little things like parking further away when you shop? I love to listen to music so if I have something I like, it will get me on the treadmill or out for a walk, just to have an excuse to enjoy the music and get into a nice 'zone'.
WTG with your sticking to your diet!
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Teri000! Great job on your accomplishments! I have best results with water weight if I avoid processed food and eating out. But if I have those things, I either wait until the water leaves, or flush it out by drinking a lot water (flushing out the sodium, that is. It's my usual culprit with water weight). Well, outgrowing TTOM has helped too
nicoley Great job on your day
Good luck with SBD.
kelijpa I spent an hour up the wall, on the phone. It felt good
Flower Oh my, that sounds very stressful re your eyes. I hope your new ophthalmologist can give you a definitive answer, and one that is in synch with your own intuition. It's so natural to turn to food for comfort when there is a big stressor like that. I hope the food addict recedes. A piece of carrot cake is not such a bad thing imho. It's that more more more voice. I got into trouble with an innocuous breakfast sandwich---that English muffin led me down a long, dark path all summer long. I still feel a longing when I see those sandwiches winking at me.
IdealProteinNewbie Thank-you for that input! It's always good to see you pop up here. I love your moniker, having been an IPN myself
The thing about that chicken is the label also said the whole thing weighed 10 oz. So they are saying 2.5 oz = 760 cal. Even if it was all fat, the math would be 2.5 oz x 28 g/oz= 70 grams. 70g x 9 cal/gram of fat = 630 cals. But I gotta admit, I ate all the fatty parts with skin, saved breast meat for today. Oh well, better than pastries for this sugar addict.
Check in Weight 168, up .8, not worried. Cals yesterday about 1300, but who knows, with that mystery chicken
B tofu roll ups, cashew milk, coffee
L yam, chicken, arugula salad with homemade dressing
D whey shake, braised Brussel's sprouts
S chicken