happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years ago

Has anyone found a yogurt brand that is nondairy, but also low sugar and high protein?? I can find nondairy, but loaded with sugar. I make yogurt, but that is the dairy version. My nondairy version is thin and at the moment I don't have time to find/re


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years, 1 month ago

So I have been at or under goal for years, and currently my weight is fine. My issue is that I do a good job eating the right amount of calories, but a lousy job of making the calories clean-eating. Enter weight watchers. I by happenstance realized tha


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years, 1 month ago

What the heck? For the last several months now Costco and Sams is only carrying vanilla and chocolate. Anyone else have trouble finding caramel or strawberry at a decent price?


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years, 4 months ago

Has a pretty awful night maybe 6-8 weeks back where I had severe severe abdominal pain, throwing up, rapid heart rate, sweating... the worst of it was over in 2 hours, but did a liquid diet for a few days due to residual pain and trying to rest the di


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years, 7 months ago

Not judging- just posting for information. Study found low carb diets cut lifespan by 4 years, but 1 year longer than a high carb diet. Here is an


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 5 years, 7 months ago

It has been a while since popping in. Thought I would share my latest obsession. I have tried to eat "real food" as much as possible, particularly since my forme obese state was largely dependent on processed crap food and a truckload of sugar. I cook


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 2 months ago

Nuff said.


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 2 months ago

Just replaced my Fitbit with the Alta HR. I found it was not logging steps well, found online where restarting it seems to take care of it. For now it did, but I am wondering if this is a glitchy kind of issue with the Alta HR and I will have to reset


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 3 months ago

Had a house fire and have not replaced the scale. I am very torn about this. Previously I would weigh myself several times a week. Given we only had the clothes on our backs we had to carefully prioritize purchases and the scale did not make the cut. F


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 4 months ago

Greetings all,

It has been a while since I have posted. Apologies for that, as up until the last few months I made an effort to read a few times a week and offer support where applicable. Posting today with a warning for our newer sleeved frien


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 5 months ago

I mill my own flour and am playing with my newest mill (Mockmill 200). It can grind very coarse so I offered to make my daughter some homemade Cream of Wheat. I tried maybe a quarter cup prepared. 20 minutes later I am like a crack addict. Holy heck fo


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 6 months ago

Every so often I wonder about what new toys and gadgets folks are using in the kitchen to help the weight loss/maintenance journey. I am hankering for a new gadget, but can't really think of anything that would be worth a purchase. I have kitchen gadge


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 6 months ago

I got a Fitbit years ago. Loved it. Lost it. Replaced it. Repeated that cycle 3 times. Gave up trying to keep track of it. Flash forward I am just not moving enough, so back to basics for me. I would like to avoid throwing away so much money though. Ca


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 6 months ago

Going into surgery the surgeon said he would fix a hernia if he found it- he did. 4 years or so later couldn't keep food down and terrible acid, and out came the gallbladder and a very large hiatel hernia repaired. No tissue left to work with warned th


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 6 months ago

I am just curious... I am wondering if when you (a school teacher) return in the fall if you lose weight without trying? Let me explain... back when morbidly obese and the norm being piling on pounds ,I noticed that every fall I lost 10 pounds without


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 7 months ago

I am 5 years out or so. During the weight loss phase I tracked and weighed portions daily. As I met goal I tracked less, weighed less. I found that I would always slowly work into "portion creep", where I thought I was eating less than I was. If my wei


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 7 months ago

If you are a Greek yogurt eater there is a super easy way to make your own yogurt! If you take a container of Fairlife milk and add in a TB of starter and incubate it for 8 hours. No need to boil and then cool it first! It also turns out super thick so


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 7 months ago

The Patch multivitamin with iron is a relative new kid on the block. I started using them a while back, and within 6 weeks my labs were all within normal ranges except my D3 bei


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 8 months ago

Just thought I post a quick and easy option to flavor yogurt. Take 1 cup greek yogurt, 1 cup boiling water, and 1 small box jello. Dissolve the jello in the water first, then stir it into the yogurt. It sets quite firm and the jello flavors it beautifu


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 8 months ago

Just came across one of those food how to videos on Facebook for Parmesean Egg Crisps. The stats on these are really good, no carb, and turn out like crunchy crackers. I have not made them yet (about to) but thought I would share. The recipe did not s


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 8 months ago

Maintenance is in the distance for most on these boards, but I thought I would toss out a post on the topic. Briefly, my history is surgery in 2011, goal hit (normal bmi) 8 months or so later. Check the ticker for more specific stats if interested. Mai


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 10 months ago

I posted a week or two ago that I started milling my own flour to make homemade bread. During my weight loss phase I ate minimal bread and continued that for some time. A year and a half ago I had my gallbladder out and a (second) very large hiatel her


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 10 months ago

During my weight loss phase a few years ago one item I ate a small amount was bread. I was choosy too- only Great Harvest whole grain type stuff, half a slice or a low carb tortilla wrap. Now my family is borderline empty nester and the hubby and I do


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 11 months ago

Wondering if anyone here makes cottage cheese. Tried for the first time tonight and liked it, but looking to trim back calories. I used 2% milk, strained out the whey, added in half and half with some salt. Wondering if I used fat free milk with dried


happyteacher posted a discussion topic 6 years, 11 months ago

Tried a new yogurt today, and the stats are spectacular on it so thought I would share. It is "skyr", or Icelandic yogurt. Thicker than greek, higher protein, and very tasty. I had the vanilla, which does have a little agave in it. With that though 100

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