Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[TiggerTrigger]

Weights are hard for me. I have a really bad relationship with the scale, to the point that I have had to back away from weigh ins so that I stay in a mentally healthy place with tracking my weight. I go for my annual check up next week and while I'm sure the doctor will be thrilled at my progress, I'm already worried about the scale and how it's going to read a few pounds higher than it will at my normal weigh in time when I know I'll be at my lowest for the day...to the point that I am already pre-forming conversations with her on the subject. I'm still weighing in at home but it's usually once or twice a month vs. daily or weekly. I had flipped to daily for a while since weekly can be so devastating to someone like me if that weekly weigh in day happens to coincide with some water retention or other reasons you might weigh more that aren't actually attributed to you gaining fat. In fact, the scale has been in the same normal flux 5lb range since Christmas week but my hips and waist (among other things) are several inches smaller with the same scale weight. Again...really bad relationship with the scale. So, I am going to try a different angle on this...at least for a couple of them.

1. Pound Cake - My base recipe for pretty much all of my cakes is a pound cake. While it is technically a pound cake by measures, it is a flavored one which can be modified to a variety of flavors. The original recipe was an apple pie spiced pound cake with apple pie filling, but it has been everything from coffee flavored with mocha frosting, coconut with tropical fruit fillings, cookies and cream, s'mores, chocolate covered banana, wine, etc.

2. Kitchen Scale - It's ironic how weighing my food and being honest about what I'm consuming has such a profound impact on the scale that measures my personal body weight. Still, it's a cheap yet tremendously helpful tool and compact enough to go on the road.

3. Gym Weights - I don't think any of the machines let you add in increments less than 2.5 lbs, but even boosting your lifts by 2.5 lbs means you're working harder and growing your muscles towards your goals.

 

[clappyclaps]

Evening all,

I'm probably very similar to Tigger atm and have quite a bad relationship with the scale and weight in general. I've been within pounds of my goal weight and the past few months I've been struggling to shift any weight according to the scales, despite the fact that my diet is on track and I feel I'm being healthier than ever before. It's frustrating. so I'm not feeling particularly grateful for pounds at the moment!

1. Kitchen scales - I second Tigger on these too, these too. These have been great for me to help me be realistic about what I'm eating.

I'm not good with weights in general so haven't a clue what is equivalent to either a pound or half a kilo, so have gone rooting in my cupboards!

2. Cereal - a box of my usual blueberry wheats cereal weighs 500g, and this is one of my popular breakfasts throughout the week.

3. Butter - a standard tub of unsalted butter weighs 500g too and this is mandatory when making things like toast or putting on savoury hot cross buns!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Items I'm grateful for that weigh approx. 1 pound -

a jar of peanut butter
a bottled water when I'm on the go
the really big box of crayons (96)

 

[NannyBeBe]

1. Butter -- because butter makes everything better
2. Sugar -- makes life sweeter
3. Velveeta -- so melty and yummy

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I love your crayon answer, dear PollyannaMom

 

[bluecastle]

I think my container of cottage cheese weighs about a pound
Hand weights that come in one pound increments
Pound cake! Specifically, Entenmann's. We always celebrated my DD's half birthday with one and she frosted it and decorated it herself.

 

[WLWildlife]

A book!
A pound of chocolates!
A pair of Hey Dudes that I wear as slippers to keep my feet toasty warm in the winter.

 

[PollyannaMom]

In honor of:

Today's Topic (Thu, 3/5) - 3 orange things you're grateful for

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Tigger is partly orange

Dad enjoys orange juice fresh squeezed

Orange in God's sky at sunrise and sunset

 

[leebee]

Orange things...

DH got his PhD at Syracuse University, so we were BIG football and basketball fans during those years (1986-1991) and beyond. Go, ORANGE, GO!!

Macaroni-and-cheese... My favorite food, be it orange or white!

Peaches- While not a fan of the fresh fruit unless they are from Colorado (we get terrible peaches here in Maine, all mushy by the time they ripen), I love peach "stuff:" pie, jam, tea, ice cream, etc.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’m horrible with weights so I have no clue but I will agree
Butter
Pound of sugar
Anything past that point I’m totally clueless I just don’t pay attention to what it weighs I pay attention to what I weigh but not what item I purchase or pick up not when it’s that small stuff starts getting over 10 pounds then I start paying attention

Orange items
Pumpkins
Sweet potatoes
I’m at a loss for a third one I’d say my Halloween decorations there’s a lot of orange items in those it’s just not one of my favorite colors

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Flower Bulbs - I probably shouldn't express gratitude until I receive the bulbs, get them to grow and see them produce flowers BUT I put in a belated order for bulbs the other day so I can spruce up several of our flower beds. It's already a little late in the season, but it should be OK. One of the things I picked is this really stunning variety of Asiatic lilies with orange tipped petals. I'm not the best with plants, but I'm better with outside stuff and I think these (along with a few other things) will add a nice punch of color against the giant elephant ears and hostas I'm going to try.



All of my orange sneakers - It's one of my favorite colors (probably the Syracuse alum part) and I usually have one orange pair in rotation. I just retired a pair of neon orange Brooks I hate doing it but the pain I experienced on Sunday told me I pushed them past their prime. They've served me well. I still have a light orange pair of brooks in the mix as well as some orange Adidas gazelles and some orange New Balance that are one of my more favorite pairs for the gym. They're nice and flat for lifting.

Mbuna African Cichlids - I used to have a community tank. Mbunas were the dominant variety. In the early phases, I had this big bright orange one and it became the dominant breeder in the tank. I had all different colors of cichlids, especially the mbuna variety, but because of this one I wound up with a lot of orange or orange calico fish. These fish are really aggressive and unlike most of the captive fish world, the advice to keep them peaceful is overcrowding. Seriously! It helps keep them from monopolizing territory. So, my tank was usually a beautiful whir of fish with A LOT of orange in the mix (had a lot of blues, yellows, whites, but orange was dominant). Just picture a lot of these in varying sizes.