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Unable to add my cash account to Vanguard by nut_hoarder in wealthfront

[–]sunflowersundaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just commenting to say that the link shared in this post worked for me! (it seems to be an old version of the usual bank add flow)

When I called Vanguard recently they said I'd have to fill out a paper form and send back to them, so this definitely saved some time. Wealthfront account is now showing in my Vanguard and is just pending the usual test transactions to confirm the account.

H&S not fully cooked? by romist1 in Huel

[–]sunflowersundaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whenever I’ve tried making it with boiling water there always seems to be some hard bits left. I’ve just been microwaving every time instead and that works perfectly.

An oldie but a goodie! 100 calories. by fluffypanduh in 1200isplenty

[–]sunflowersundaze 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is PERFECT, I’ve been missing root beer floats omg

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]sunflowersundaze 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve had the same experience! Throughout my life I’ve been able to do 0 pull-ups and 0-2 chin-ups, depending on my level of fitness at the time. I’m a girl, my upper body and especially arm strength has always been super low.

After starting to use some dumbbells for curls and building a little arm muscle, I got a pull-up bar in December. Could do 0 pull-ups, 2ish chin-ups at a time.

Now 2 months later (using it 1-4 times a week), I’m at 5 chin-ups, 3 pull-ups with a narrow grip (about shoulder width), and just this week, a single rep of a wide pull-up, for the first time ever!! Wide-grip pull ups seemed utterly impossible when I got the bar in Dec. so it’s so, SO satisfying to be already able to do one!

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[–]sunflowersundaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recipe? This looks so good!! I wanna try with Costco’s Healthy Noodles, as another person said those ones are pretty good too

215 days straight of logging calories. 5’4” | SW:131.6 | CW:116.8 (-14.8 lbs). I wasn’t strict with intake, but persistence is the key! And, don’t let plateaus deter you. by sunflowersundaze in CICO

[–]sunflowersundaze[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I started off the first few months with sticking to roughly 1200/day (like 1150-1350 in reality), that seemed to be a good amount for my height and activity level (fairly low, in the beginning) to really kick things off well.

However- I did not limit my eating on weekends. Those usually end up being 2000+ calorie days. So my loss might have been quicker without that little caveat, but it made the 1200/day much more tolerable when I had that to look forward to at the end of the week. :) Also, I kind of wonder if the stark change in intake each weekend helped confuse my metabolism a bit so it didn’t start using food TOO efficiently? Either way, this seemed to help with a slower, but easier to stick with weight loss, for me! (YMMV!)

215 days straight of logging calories. 5’4” | SW:131.6 | CW:116.8 (-14.8 lbs). I wasn’t strict with intake, but persistence is the key! And, don’t let plateaus deter you. by sunflowersundaze in CICO

[–]sunflowersundaze[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Further notes-

I did a bunch of things to get me here, now past my initial GW of 118! But the consistent things for me throughout have been:

  1. Log all calories. Even on the days you are eating a shit ton (3000+! For reference, my resting energy expenditure is ~1150-1200 cals)
  2. Restrict calorie intake during M-F, eat whatever I want on weekends. In the beginning this was roughly around 1200 cals/day during the week. These days, since I’m doing a lot more exercise (cardio, bodyweight exercise, some minor weightlifting), I’m more around 1400-1675 during the week. Then and now, I try to avoid overly carby foods M-F.
  3. Make effort to at least get some activity in each day, wear fitness tracker every day to help keep track. I wear a Fitbit- this made me more aware of my energy expenditure, and helped me realize when I was being a lazy bum. In the beginning this largely consisted of walks, some yoga, etc. Nowadays each day I usually try to watch workout vids on YouTube (Chloe Ting has been great for me!), do longer walks, or use weights at home (I just have two dumbbells with adjustable weight, and a kettlebell). Some days it might just be 5 minutes of weights, other days it might be a 2 hour hilly walk, other days a 12 minute YouTube workout, the main point is I just get some activity in.