Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218

TerriRichardson112

In maintenance
JGM10Ds Round 218
🍎🍓🍇🥝🫐🥝🍇🍓🍎
🍎🥝 MARCH 2023 🥝🍎
🍎🍓🍇🥝🫐🥝🍇🍓🍎
Mostly over Covid but still one or two niggly symptoms hanging on.

• In Maintenance since July 2019
• Smart BMI - optimal weight.
• Muscle/Fat %ages in normal range

Just because Covid restrictions aren’t compulsory doesn’t mean they’re not necessary.
😷Take care! Stay safe!😷
March focus:

* maintain weight < 140 (I have been maintaining since July 2019)
* Maintain Daily Solid Habits

I liked this so much I'm borrowing it.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
Stats

Terri: Female; 76; Northern Ireland; married > 56 years; ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age - life-long learning charity)
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
LW: 130.9(14 March 2023)
GW: < 140

I am - MINDFUL - of making heathy choices
to - MAXIMISE - the achievement of my goals!
Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
JGM10Ds ROUND 218
Round 217: EW: 132.3
Day/Weight/Comment
23/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
24/03: 132.6: Daily Habits💚
25/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
26/03: 132.7: Daily Habits💚
27/03: 132.5: Daily Habits💚
28/03: xxx: Daily Habits
29/03: xxx: Daily Habits
30/03: xxx: Daily Habits
31/03: xxx: Daily Habits
01/04: xxx: Daily Habits
Daily Habits - 2023
Update - March 2023

1. Log ALL CI/CO (Daily)
2. Stay under goal (Daily)
3. Balance macros/micros (Daily)
4. Hydrate adequately (Daily)
5. Choose healthy options (Daily)
6. Steps > 6000 (Daily)
7. Stretch before/after workouts
8. 15+ minutes Cardio > 5 days a week
9. 15+ mins Strength > 5 days a week
10. 15+ mins Flexibility > 5 days a week
11. Active hours > 6
12. Practice self-care (Daily)
13. Stay up to date with accounts (monthly)
14. Mindfulness Practice/meditation ((Daily - morning/evening)
15. 1 > 15 mins Declutter sessions (Daily)
16. Be creative
17. Purchase essential items only
18. Read a book > 15 mins
19. Work on ongoing craft projects
20. Learn something new
21. Develop Healthy Habits
https://www.random.org/colors/hex

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

• Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
• A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
• Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
• The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
• Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
• The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
• When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
• Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!


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cory17

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE

SW RND 218

3/23
3/24
3/25 193.8
3/26 194.6
3/27 194.2 Time is going by way, way too fast.
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
4/1

cpanus

Thank you, @quiltingjaine !
72 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 152.0
UGW: 132.2
03/21 - 156.0 at 6:45 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then ...zero
03/22 - 155.1 at 5:45 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/my trainer
Day/Weight/Comment
03/23 - 157.2 at 6:15 a.m. ...Grandson duty in the morning then 6.16 miles in 119 mins
03/24 - 156.8 at 5:45 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/my trainer
03/25 - 156.2 at 8:50 a.m. ...7.45 miles in 141 mins
03/26 - 157.0 at 7:00 a.m. ...rest day
03/27 -
03/28 -
03/29 -
03/30 -
03/31 -
04/01 -
Chris

JacquelineC53

Looking forward to joining this challenge. My goals for the challenge are to log consistently and to avoid snacking after dinner.

SW RND 218 152.4 lbs

3/23 152.4 lbs
3/24 151.6 lbs
3/25 150.4 lbs
3/26 150.6 lbs
3/27 150.6 lbs
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
4/1

gomifune

Highest weight: 206
Goal weight: 146

Round 212 end weight: 200.7
Round 213 end weight: 198.7
Round 214 end weight: 196.9
Round 215 end weight: 191.9
Round 216 end weight: 190.0
Round 217 end weight: 187.5

3/23 188.5
3/24 187.9
3/25 188.2
3/26 188.5
3/27 187.0
3/28 186.2
3/29
3/30
3/31
4/1

musicsax

64 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 218 (my 149th). As always, thank you. @QuiltingJaine you are a star!
Goal for this round; again I'm not looking at a specific number, any loss and keep my binge free streak going – it is helping me keep mindful when I’m tempted! Keep within calories & macros. I can do this but, consistency is paramount, let’s do it again for just 10 days as the reward is great!!

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, It’s taken me 75 rounds to achieve my under 130 target; back to maintenance again!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 130. Healthy life style has to be a permanent way of life.
End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
End of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 (2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8 down from end of last round)
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 - 134.8 (2.4 pounds up)
End of round 125 - 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down
End of round 128 - 133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 - 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 - 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 - 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not binging can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy for Christmas period, lower than at this time for many years!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up ugh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 (2.8 pounds down)
End of round 139 – 130.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 140 – 132.4 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 141 – 131 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 142 – 129.8 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 143 – 130.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 144 – 130.2 (0.6 pounds down)
End of round 145 – 132 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 146 – 133.8 (1.8 pounds up – again!!)
End of round 147 – 133.2 (0.6 down)
End of round 148 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 149 – 132.4
End of round 150 – 133.8 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 151 – 135.8 (2 pounds up)
End of round 152 – 134 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 153 – 135.4 (1.4 pound up)
End of round 154 – 132.2 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 155 - 133.6 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 156 - 134 (0.4 pounds up)
End of round 157 - 133.6 (0.4 pounds down)
End of round 158 – 135.4 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 159 – 134.4 (1 pound down)
End of round 160 – 135.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 161 – 134.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 162 – 133.6 (0.6 down)
End of round 163 – 136.2 (2.6 up)
End of round 164 – 136 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 165 – 135.8 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 166 – 136 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 167 – 138 (2 pounds up)
End of round 168 – 135 (3 pounds down)
End of round 169 – 134.4 (0.6 pound down)
End of round 170 – 133 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 171 – 135.4 (2.4 up)
End of round 172 – 135.6 (0.2 up)
End of round 173 – 137.6 (2 pounds up)
End of round 174 – 135.2 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 175 – 138 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 176 – did not complete (away on family holiday)
End of round 177 – 138
End or round 178 – 137.8 (0.2 down)
End of round 179 – 139.4 (1.6 pounds up)
End of round 180 – 137 (2.4 pounds lost)
End of round 181 – 139.2 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 182 – 135.6 (3.6 pounds down)
End of round 183 – 138.2 (2.4 up)
End of round 184 - 136 (2.2 pounds down)
End of round 185 – 136.4 (0.4 gain)
End of round 186 – 136.4 (same)
End of round 187 – 138.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 188 – DNW (away for Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations)
End of round 189 – 139.2
End of round 190 – 139.8
End of round 191 – 139.8
End of round 192 – 138.8 (1 pound lost)
End of round 193 – 138.2 (0.6 lost)
End of round 194 – 136.4 (1.8 lost)
End of round 195 – 139.2 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 196 – 138 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 197 – 138.2 (0.2 up)
End of round 198 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 199 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 200 – 138.8 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 201 – 138.2 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 202 – 137.8 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 203 – 137.6 (loss of 0.2)
End of round 204 – 135.8 (1.8 pounds lost)
End of round 205 – 135.6(0.6 pound lost)
End of round 206 – 135.4 (0.2 pound lost)
End of round 207 – 136.4 (1 pound gain) (Caravan Christmas Party Rally)
End of round 208 - 137.2 (0.8 pound gain)
End of round 209 - 137.4 (0.2 pound gain) (Christmas period)
End of round 210 – DNW (Lanzarote holiday)
End of round 211 – 138.2
End of round 212 – 139.8
End of round 213 – 139
End of round 214 – 138.2 (1.2 pounds loss)
End of round 215 – 139.2 (1 pound up)
End of round 216 – 136.6 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 217 – 137.8 (1.2 pounds up)

SW RND 218

3/23 137.8 – 12.69 miles walked yesterday, just less than 50% exercise calories eaten back.
3/24 137.38 – no structured walking hence ate at maintenance.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting February 25….=1 day.
⭐️⭐️=27 days ****

3/25 141 – oops oops oopsie, fell off the wagon big time, just don’t ask!!! Leaving yesterday’s chocohorror behind, trying to move on & make a new start today. Shame I broke my binge free streak, but !! A week to try to get back to start of round weight. 8.13 miles walked yesterday.
3/26 139.8 – That’s a start! A perfect day yesterday, I pre-logged in the morning and stuck to it. 14.48 miles walked. Noticed that me last binge was 4 weeks ago, I know I am well post menopause, but wondering if my hormones still keep going on it’s cycle, could this possibly be the cause of that heinous binge? I’m going to keep this in mind for the future.



3/27 139.8 – no structured walking during day meeting up with family, hence no structured walking, but so lovely to see all DGC interacting and playing together.
3/28 139.8 – 10.97 miles walked. I am struggling at the moment, but still ate under maintenance. Today I celebrate one of my sister’s birthdays with afternoon tea, but I shall make that my lunch rather than have in additional.
100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 24….=1 day.
⭐️= 3 days ****

3/29
3/30
3/31
4/1

I'M WORTH IT !! 👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

TheBoldCat

Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 200
3/24 198
3/25 202.8 Went for a day walk with friends yesterday, I know weight goes usually up the day after,
hopefully tomorrow it goes down again.
3/26 201 After last night dinner out, I am glad scale went down a bit
3/27 199.6 Moving the right direction, yday i went running and this morning I just finished climbing session

3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
4/01

clprieur

Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 8th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
June 2005: 345 lbs (Highest known weight before WLS Aug 2005)
June 2017: 241.8 lbs
January 2022: 220 lbs
January 2023: 157.6 lbs (When I Started “Just Give Me 10 Days”)
Weight Beginning this Round: 144.2 lbs
Goal Weight: 135 lbs

This round's daily goals:
1. 1500 calories 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹
2. 15K steps 10/10 days - ☹😊😊😊😊
3. Attend work 5.5/5.5 days – 😊😊😊
4. 8 cups fluids 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹
5. 8:00 P.M. bed time 10/10 days - 😊😊😊😊😊
6. 4:00 A.M. wake time 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹😊😊

3/23 – 144.2 lbs -
3/24 – 143.8 lbs – Well, looks like I didn’t have much to say yesterday! I haven’t been doing very well in terms of eating the past two days. Figures, after I wrote about “not bingeing” in my last entry in the last round! The day after I wrote about that I started feeling an extreme hunger, especially for carbs!! I seem compelled to keep eating, all day long! I am not “bingeing” per se, but close to it, if that makes sense to anyone else on here who has binge eating disorder. I think (hope) that I am just premenstrual… Work has been super busy but I am feeling really good about the work I’ve been able to crank out over the last two weeks. I haven’t missed any days out of the last 10 working days (since I recovered from gastro) and I was able to provide my boss with documentation from my doctor proving that I am under her care etc. with regards to all the absences I had over the past few months (depression). I have had a bit of positive feedback from my boss, and I think the only reason she hasn’t been able to provide more constructive feedback is that she is swamped (and I feel for her). So anyway, hopefully I can finish the week off strong, today! I have 1.5 days vacation booked next week, which I am looking forward to. On Tuesday it is hubby’s 41st birthday (yes, he is 12 years younger – all my cougars in the house!!) and we have a few fun things planned. We are going to get mani-pedis, we are going to take the dog to a “sniff spot” to play (which btw, if you are a dog owner, I really recommend this app!! You can “rent” out places for an hour or two to let your dog play off-leash, which is amazing for owners of reactive dogs!), then we are meeting my niece and her fiancé for dinner. I also want to buy him a gift but I have no idea what to get him. He will be buying a new “trucking specific” GPS, but that is really a work thing, not a birthday present. If anyone has any suggestions for gifts for a super-hot 41-year-old guy, holla. 😉 Okay, uh, why am I going on about this, in a weight-loss related forum? I am 100% not sure. LOL. I guess I have a lot on my mind and I think when that happens, I tend to lose focus on my eating/exercise, which I bet some folks on here can relate to. It’s almost as if I have to be obsessive in my thinking in order to keep it front of mind to achieve any success. I bought another week’s worth of Jenny Craig yesterday. I am finding it helpful to have around, just because I have zero interest in cooking, this past while, so this allows for some sort of “nutrition”, and I use the word loosely. Lol. Better than living off of cheese strings and Diet Pepsi! So when I went on their website to order my Jenny food, it asked me to state a goal weight. So… I put in 135 lbs. Like a crazy maniac. LOL!! I am not sure what possessed me to put that in there!! But it is less than 10 lbs away, so… potentially achievable?? If I can stop eating the whole damn house… I will try to dial it in a bit today. I have recently bumped my step goal up to 15K/day, which I was doing good with last week but haven’t achieved in the last two days. I work from home today so I should be able to get those steps in. And I really need to get some fluids in – the last few days have been terrible (as in, all I drank was a coffee in the morning… that’s it…). Wish me luck. And if you have read this far, thanks for listening.
3/25 – 141.8 lbs – OMG! OMG! OMG! I can’t believe it. How is this even possible? How? How is my body doing this? Maybe I’m terminally ill? I have no concept of my weight being this low! I mean I know it will bounce back up and I will need to be okay with that and just be patient. But still!! Here I am!! Yesterday I did not meet my calories or fluids goal, but I came darn close (1599/1500 cals and 7/8 cups fluids). I also walked 29,943 steps, however, which I am super proud of. So I guess that is how my weight is down today. Now, to keep it down. Lol. That is the hard part, for me!! Btw, if anyone is asking me for “tips” the best advice I can give is to stop setting goals about losing a specific amount of weight in a specific time-frame. I know it seems counter intuitive, but for me, it has been very freeing. Instead of constantly being disappointed that my body isn’t doing what I am demanding it to do, I instead have given up that careful “math” and instead just weigh myself every day and consider it “data ONLY to monitor trends over time”. I try to not get upset if the weight goes up. Instead I just think “it will go down eventually”. So yes, the weight loss is a lot slower than I would like! IE, I would prefer that every day I step on the scale it would be lower! LIKE COME ON BODY!! LOL. Instead, I just see things like “Oh, I am down 1 lb since 16 days ago, yay me!” It is completely the opposite of what I have been doing since I started dieting when I was 11 (and my mother put me on caffeine pills and my hair started falling out... we didn't play, in the 80s!!)…. For my entire life I have been pressuring myself to lose faster and faster! And I was always so annoyed/depressed/impatient when my body didn’t do what I wanted it to! I find that this way, if I attach less pressure to my weight, and I just force myself to be more patient, eventually, over time, it does trend downwards. It just takes longer than I have always expected, and I have learned to be okay with that. And I am a lot less crazy about it. LOL. I dunno, does that even make sense? Isn’t it just CICO? Aren’t we supposed to set SMART goals? I have no idea. All I know is that I have learned to accept that weight loss is just not as fast (for me!) as I have always thought it should be. And I have stopped labelling myself "a failure" when the number on the scale doesn't do what I wish it would. On July 30th of last year, I was 182 lbs. So it has taken me 8 months to lose 40-ish pounds. I think most people would be totally annoyed by how slow that has been. But shockingly, I am not! I am happy with that progress!! 😊 And that is my tip of the day! LOL! Have a great day, everyone!!
3/26 – 142.2 lbs – Yup, there is the bounce-back that I mentioned that I should expect, yesterday. I am TRYING not to let it bother me, but on some level it does. I do feel a bit like a failure because yesterday my calories topped out at 2574… and I only had 4 cups of fluid. ☹ According to MFP I was still “under” because of the 22K steps I did, but I know the exercise burn is inflated. So, I’m annoyed with myself. I’m trying to take my own advice, though, and not get mad at my body for not doing what I want it to. I started scrolling through my weights over the years in my MFP progress chart, and I remembered that in 2017 I was 241.8 lbs. So to cheer myself up I am changing my starting weight to 241.8 lbs in all my apps. Lol. Also, if I want to get into the Way Back Time Machine, I was 345 lbs when I was weighed before weight-loss surgery in 2005 (and I am sure my weight went even higher that that, but I was not weighing myself in those days). So… if I think of it in those terms… I am pretty successful and my body kicks butt. Honestly, when I think of it in those terms, how can I feel “annoyed with myself” and like “a failure”? The truth is that I have been doing the best I can, all these years. I absolutely have been doing the best I could with the skills that I had. And bingeing eating was a coping skill that I developed very early on after being sexually abused by an older babysitter from 3-6 years old and physically assaulted in my home on a regular basis from 10-18 years old and emotionally abused all my life by both parents in addition to having my mother hate me from the day I was born (which she made sure to tell me on the regular: “I wish you were never born”, “You’re so lazy the only job you will ever be able to have will be a prostitute”, etc.). When you consider all of that, it is actually a wonder that I am even STILL HERE, let alone dealing with disordered eating behaviours (as well as a personality disorder, an anxiety disorder, PTSD and substance abuse disorder). My body has gotten me through all of that. My body has helped me survive everything. Even with that abysmal start in life, I have somehow gotten myself though university, worked in non-profits helping adults improve their literacy skills for 20+ years, secured a great government job working on the provincial adult literacy file, developed a beautiful relationship with an absolute angel of a man (my knight in shining armour), made myself a lovely home in a spacious 15th floor apartment with a view of beautiful Lake Ontario… and here I am complaining that I ate too much yesterday (which is likely because of hormones due to my stupid TOM taking forever to show up). I really need to check myself. I really, really do. So, I am gonna instead say: My body is strong enough to walk for several hours a day, with no problem; my body lets me jog for a couple of minutes at a time; my body lets me lift weights in the gym; my brain is super creative and helps me problem-solve; and my heart is HUGE, and even though I have been hurt in very terrible ways, I still have the ability to love so much (animals, friends, my sister, my niece, my husband, and my students I helped all through my non-profit days). I have a lot to be grateful for. So I am going to try to focus on that today – being thankful for what I have and what I have been able to achieve in life, thus far, and being thankful for having the opportunity to keep going, and keep learning and working on improving my skills. I mean, I’m still here, aren’t I? That is enough. I AM ENOUGH. And so are you.
3/27 – 141.8 lbs – So yesterday’s post was a bit dramatic. LOL. It reminds me of a meme I saw: “You can still be mysterious after over-sharing because everyone will be thinking ‘Why would she say that?’” Haha! Anyway. So I ate 2500+ calories again yesterday, but my weight is back down to where it was a couple of days ago. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: BODIES ARE WEIRD. I took a look back and my calories have been kind of out control (with 2 days of not logging at all!) since March 18th. I’m not sure why, since, before that I was solidly eating around 1600ish for a long time. And my TOM still has yet to make an appearance. So don’t ask me. Meanwhile, I took a selfie yesterday to send to my hubby as I thought it was funny that I was doing my cleaning with just pants and a sports bra on. When I sent him the pic I was like: “HOLY HELL, I’M SKINNY.” It’s weird how you can’t really see your weight loss in a mirror but in photos you really can. Well, it’s like that for me, anyway. I did get 24K steps yesterday, and I think all my walking is the only thing that is saving me, at this point. I got all my cleaning done over the weekend which for me is really mentally satisfying (I’ve written in here before how I have a hard time logging in to work if my apartment is messy) so I’m really happy about that. I was looking back over my entries here (I have them all saved to a Word doc) and I see that in the past I have pre-logged my day as a way to help during the times I’ve been struggling so I guess I will go ahead and do that today. I think I should also try to get my snacking in check – I have been eating cheese strings and turkey “pepperonis” like they are going out of style, not to mention the dark chocolate I have bragged about in here before: “Ooh, look at me, I’m so amazing, I am able to eat only 1-2 squares per day!” … um, well, so much for that. And lastly, I think if I could increase my fluids intake that would help with my hunger as well. So those will be my goals for today. Let’s do this!!! 😊
3/28 – 141.6 lbs – Uh, I am not sure how that is possible, as I ate pizza and “mini cinnabons” last night… well, I am sure it will show up on the scale tomorrow! Things went so sideways yesterday that I gave up on trying to track what I was eating and just deleted the day. (There is that perfectionism kicking in that is not helpful at all!!) Anyway, I have decided that I am not going to track calories today or tomorrow. It is my hubby’s birthday today and I am going to make it about him. He LOVES eating and I am going to let him choose where we go and what we eat (we already have plans for a pub for dinner tonight, so I’m sure it will burgers or fish n chips, etc.). Side note: He has often told me over the 9 years we’ve been together that one of things he loves about me is that I love to eat and he loves eating with me! HAHAH! Of course, he has never struggled with his weight at all (thanks to several years of competitive sprint canoeing as a young man he is PACKED with muscle and can eat whatever he wants) and does not have an eating disorder so he doesn’t understand how my brain works. But you know what, it is not going to kill me to not track for a few days. He leaves on Thursday morning (he is a trucker and will be off to San Diego) so I know I will get back on track then and deal with any damage at that point. I am happy that I can see a sort of “middle ground” on this. Not black and white thinking, you know? I feel like black and white thinking is what got me into this cycle of losing and gaining in the first place… but now I am confident that taking a break from compulsively tracking everything that goes into my mouth is okay, and that I can start it up again on Thursday, and that of course my weight will bounce up a little, and that will be okay, too, and I can inch it back down a little over time without starving myself etc. I am really making progress with this, guys. I am super proud of myself. 😊 One good thing is that the dog isn’t going anywhere so I will still likely get 15-20K steps today and tomorrow. Lol! Speaking of dogs, it’s LATE!! ACK!! I better go walk him!! (I got 8 hours of sleep last night. I always sleep better when hubby is home.) Have a great day everyone.
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Edit: Sorry if I am MIA for the next few days. I will try to catch up on Thurs.

clprieur

refactored wrote: »

@clprieur my inspiration slide show is just a little app I wrote that allows me to add photos, images, and text quotes to slide shows. It's not anything that couldn't be achieved by creating a slide show using Google photos or the Apple equivalent. So I just load it up with photos of my progress, images of my weight loss graphs, and a bunch of motivational quotes. I put on some background upbeat music and watch it flip through the photos and quotes. I also find just updating it a bit helps me stay focused too.

@refactored WOW!!!! SUPER AWESOME IDEA!!! Thanks for sharing that, I am totally going to do that, too!!!

SModa61

GIVE ME 10 DAYS – ROUND 218

Round 218
March 23 – April 1, 2023

61 year old female, 5’5”. I am married, semi-nomadic (we live in three states, Mass, Maine, Florida).

Goal for round 218. So round 217, I reached an intermediate goal of getting down to below 135, which is back to where I was at last April (almost exactly a year) when my daughter, SIL, DGS came to visit us in the keys. Wearing a swimsuit in the pool with grandson is going to be more comfortable for me than it was going to be, and for that I am grateful. 218 is going to include a few challenges starting with traveling up to my MIL’s for two days to pick up DD and family, then we drive back down to our place and they stay with up til the end of round 218, April 1st. My goal is going to be to try and enjoy balance for the round. Maybe no loss, and hopefully no gain. I will exercise when and how I can, and I will track, and at a minimum be thoughtful, what I eat during the round. Fingers crossed!!

History:

Harry and Han are our cats, who travel with us. Have two “kids”, who are very much adults, and a DGS. We have three parents, 88(father), 86(mother), 84(MIL) still with us, and I have logically been needing to help them more as they age. I got my act in gear during COVID, somewhat inspired by NOT becoming my parents. I lost 30 lbs and was exercising daily. Unfortunately, I am an “all in or not” person. Selling family home distractions, plus medical incident with my father and all their new needs, became an excuse. A year and a half later, I gained 25 lbs and lost all my athletic improvements. I need to figure out balance and how to make health be a daily priority for life!

Round 126 153.0 equivalent 9/14/20
Round 127 149.2 9/24/20
Round 128 147.2 10/4/20
Round 129 145.8 10/14/20
Round 130 144.4 10/24/20
Round 131 142.2 11/3/20
Round 132 139.4 11/13/20
Round 133 137.2 11/23/20
Round 134 136.4 12/3/20
Round 135 132.6 12/13/20
Round 136 132.0 12/23/20
Round 137 132.0 1/2/21
Round 138 131.0 1/12/21
Round 139 128.2 1/22/21
Round 176 138.2 1/26/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 177 134.8 2/5/22
Round 178 137.0 2/15/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 181 138.2 3/17/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 182 137.8 3/27/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 183 133.4 4/6/22 Harry 11 lb .5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 184 136.0 4/16/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 12.5 oz
Round 185 136.8 4/26/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 13 oz
Round 186 136.0 5/6/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 187 137.8 5/16/22 Harry 10 lb 14.0 oz Han Solo 11lb 11.5 oz
Round 188 135.8 5/26/22 Harry 10 lb 10.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 210 146.6 1/01/23 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 211 144.4 1/11/23
Round 212 146.6 1/21/23 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 213 143.4 1/31/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 214 142.4 2/10/23
Round 215 140.0 2/20/23 Harry 10 lb 12 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 216 138.0 3/2/23 Harry 10 lb 11.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6.5 oz
Round 217 136.0 3/12/23 Harry 10 lb 15 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 218 134.0 3/22/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 Han Solo 11 lb 7.5 oz

Exercise & Supplements

Supplements are to try and correct dry eye issues. See if they pay off.
3/23 – Walked with the girls, 4 laps.

3/24 – Walked with the girls, 3 laps. Convo about other building so cut it short

3/25 – Skipping this morning. Need to concentrate on packing.

3/26 – walked 3.5 miles at 4 MPR pace at MIL’s

3/27 – no time to walk, or exercise

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SW: 134.0

Day/Weight/Comment
3/23 – 134.6 Not surprised in the least AND not concerned. Yesterday, I started with a faster pace solo walk that turned into a group walk around mile 4. Then, when I got home, hubby wanted to clean our screened balcony. I crawled all 500 sq ft of it, using a whisk broom to remove the dried dirt so his following with a mop was more effective. Not sure how the dirt develops, but it forms on the screens and when it rains it washed the dirt onto the tile floor. My knees were black and I wore the skin off my left knee. THEN, hubby wanted us to go do some landscaping on the condo property grounds, that we had talked about. Goal was to remove leaves, trash and debris behind a hedge, along a wall. Guess who got to be BEHIND the hedge. That somehow gave quite a workout to my right butt check and thigh. To finish the day off, we tried a local Japanese/Thai restaurant for dinner. Yum! Between likely fluid retention in my muscles, and likely from sodium in the dinner, I fully expected a gain. Calories were not over, so not concerned. Oh, yes, I did not neglect the cats, they got their evening walk once we got home from the restaurant.

3/24 – Starting my comment Thursday night, before weighing Friday morning and seeing the result I got into the chocolate chips……. :’( But I did count them, then I scanned the bag and entered them into my diary. Calories higher than most days, but actually reasonable while I am still walking so much each day.

134.8 Yup, an up. Annoying but not concerned. The beauty of tracking!!!

3/25 – 134.0 arrive @MIL/afternoon, w/ kids Last weighing until Tuesday, and that needs to be ok. We’ll see what exercise I manage to do, and will do my best to track the meals my MIL makes. She does know that I have packed my own breakfasts and possibly lunch, so it is down to controlling quantities of her cooking at dinner, and limiting snacks, as I have been doing at home. Fortunately, I can use Invisalign as an excuse during the “between meal” times. Skipping walking this morning, I need to make sure everything is in order.

3/26 – no scale, @MIL, w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/27 – no scale, @MIL w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/28 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 132.6 Shocked. I did make a best effort while at MIL’s home and on the road, and then even once getting everyone back to our place. I only walked once, and it was for 3.5 miles. But I did do my best to accurately track and/or evaluate what I was eating. Tracking says I exceeded my calories some, but I was crazy hungry most of the time. I had NO expectation of a loss. My ONLY theory is that with the lessened walking, I flushed fluid out of my muscles and that created my loss. I don’t really know.

This round is going to be super hard for me to catch up and read everyone’s posts. Will do my best!

3/29 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
3/30 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
3/31 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
4/1 – DD, GS, SIL visiting

jspecies11

69 yo female; 5’5”
Thank you @quiltingjaine
SW 140.0#
GW 139.0#
Consistent strength training, plant based unprocessed food, increase hydration

3/23 140.2#
3/24 139.6#
3/25 138.6#
3/26 139.4#
3/27 139.2#
3/28 138.6# I am loving being out of the 40s but I have dinner with friends this Thursday at a place that serves fried pickles. I’m done for.
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SModa61

deepwoodslady wrote: »

03/26 -187.8- (Trend weight 189.3) Go figure! It was another very good day food-wise. Got in a bit of exercise but otherwise not a lot of activity as I still continue to baby my blood pressure so maybe that explains the uptick? Anyway….I travel today to my DGS’s 4th birthday in another town. I usually don’t log when the food (and dessert) is out of my control or too complicated (even though logging is NEVER a bad idea). I do plan to enjoy the day. I’ve actually saved a few calories and carbs back over these past few days to help offset the damage at least a little. In regards to my glucose numbers (since last seeing the idiot dietician). My morning fasting numbers (usually the lowest of the day before food) was running 300-525. Those are EMERGENCY ROOM numbers for many but my body got very used to it and I actually didn’t even feel that bad. Since ignoring my dietician by counting my calories AND my carbs, incorporating some Intermittent fasting (against her advice) and doing what I know works FOR ME, my morning glucose readings are now 130-165. I think I could get them even lower if I tried because I have been eating sugar-free jello almost every night with sugar-free cool whip but they contain artificial sugars (which are not Natural sugar-free sugars) so they spike my glucose. I recently found on the Walmart website that they sell a keto friendly whipped topping that is made with monk fruit so I will start buying that when I’m out of town. I also found on Amazon that the vitamin company Swanson sells a sugar-free jello made with Erythitol (spelled wrong) and Stevia, both of which do not spike the glucose. It is double the price of Jello brand (it’s about @2.50 per small 4 serv box I think), but it will help my glucose numbers so I’m ordering a bunch. What I can’t yet give up is my nightly piece of Russell Stovers sugar-free dark chocolate candy which uses an artificial sweetener. I’m just not there yet. But progress is progress, right? I did learn to really enjoy the 90% dark cacao chocolate when I was on Keto. It was the Sam’s club brand but I haven’t been able to find it at Walmart lately so it’s just been me and Russell.

I don't know if this would be helpful to you, but years ago I was listening to a nutrition podcast. The nighttime food recommendation they had (for good sleep) was fresh raspberries with some heavy cream on top. I never ended up doing it last at night. In Italy that is "lampone e cream". We had it there as a dessert many years ago. Lovely! In the states, I cheat and add a little splenda to the heavy cream. :P

CamandJarvis

You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before

31, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2 164.5 164.9 Dec 31, 2022 165.5 Jan 5, 2023
GW: 130-135

Previous Rounds:

R69: 158.1; R70: 156.5; R71: 156.3 R72: 156.3; R73: 155.2; R74: 155.4; R75: 156.1; R76: 155.6; R80: 153.2; R81: 154.3; R82: 154.1; R84: 156.5; R89: 156.7; R91: 160.1; R93: 159.3; R94: 156.1; R98: 154.5; R99: 155.9; R100: 152.8; R101: 149.7; R102: 149.0; R103: 149.0; R104: 146.2; R105: 146.6; R106: 144.6; R107: 146.8; R108: 147.7; R109: 148.1; R110: 150.1; R111: 154.3; R112: 152.6; R113: 151.7; R121: 153.0; R122: 154.8; R123: 153.9; R124: 153.4; R125: 155.6; R126: 152.3; R127: 151.5; R128: 151.0; R129: 151.0; R130: 152.6; R131: 153.9; R132: 150.6; R133: 151.2; R134: 149.3; R135: 149.5; R136: 148.4; R137: 147.9; R138: 148.4; R139: 151.9; R140: 150.4; R141: 150.4; R142: 144.0; R143: 144.2; R144: 147.0; R145: 145.7; R146: 145.9; R147: 145.9; R148: 146.5; R149: 147.3; R150: 146.8; R151: 147.9; R152: 147.7; R153: 147.2; R154: 147.0; R155: 144.7; R157: 146.1; R158: 146.6; R159: 146.3; R160: 150.2; R161: 146.7; R162: 144.6; R163: 146.2; R164: 147.3; R165: 146.3; R166: 148.5; R167: 147; R168: 148.4; R169: 151.4; R170: 148.9; R171: 144.8 R172: DNW; R173: 146.1; R174: 147.9; R175: 145.9; R176: 150.5; R177: 149.3; R179: 150.5; R180: 151.6; R181: DNW; R182: 150.2; R183: 152.9; R184: 153.4; R185: 151.3; R186: 152.3; R187: 151.8; R188: 150.9; R189: 152.6; R190: DNW; R191: 154.8; R192: 155.5; R193: 155.2; R194: 156.5; R195: DNW; R196: 155.7; R197: DNW; R198: 156.1; R199: DNW; R200: DNW; R201: 159.8; R202: 159.7; R203: 160.5; R204: DNW; R205: DNW; R206: 161.7; R207: 163.6; R208: DNW; R209: 164.5; R210: 163.9; R211: DNW; R212: 163.1; R123: 162.1; R214: 162.1; R215: 160.4; R216: 160.4; R217: 159.6

Last weight
03/22 - 159.6

Round Goal: 158.x
Workout: 3x/week - M-W-F bodyweight and C25K training, regular walks with pups (weather permitting)
Nutrition: Log daily

Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 - 158.6
3/24 - 158.4
3/25 - 158.1
3/26 - DNW
3/27 - 159.9
3/28 - 159.1 - It flashed 158 a few times but settled here. That's alright, I tried a new recipe last night with plenty of cheese so I'm probably a tad bloated from that and I can't expect the weekend gain to drop off all at once, either. It was a spinach artichoke skillet lasagna. I used my dutch oven sans cover because you'd need a really large oven-safe skillet! I have several very big cast iron skillets, but I would've spilled half the food during stirring, eek! It wasn't very flavorful so I'll have to play around with seasonings should I ever make it again. It was, however, a calorie bomb so I might not. My poor knee is hurting so bad like it used to in the army. I need to get a patellar band type brace to help it. I'm not sure if it was the increase in running yesterday or I slept wrong on it (my neck and upper back are sore like I spent part of the night in a funky sleeping position). Today I'll stretch and put some CBD cream which really is the only cream that seems to help with pain for me. It's like icy hot, too. BF is up to work out so if he takes Harley, I might take Smoke for a short walk later once my knee calms down a little. My kneecaps are off track a bit so too much walking/running/anything that requires movement of my knee causes issues. There's nothing besides surgery to fix it, but I do know what to do to help limit/avoid damage and pain. 10 years of having this issue but still being required to do Army physical activities of all sorts makes you really really good PT for yourself hahaha I have some leftover lasagna for lunch which I'll likely figure out how to pair with some frozen veggies I have and dinner will be the usual high-calorie Mexican fare. I'll have to be really mindful of my intake today to squeeze in everything without going over.
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Previous Day's Comments

3/23 - Internet is down so attempting this post from my little phone. All was good yesterday. I ended up shaving off a minute from my run between Wednesday and yesterday (same intervals for both). Today is a rest day so I'm very lightly pedaling the bike as I type this out and sip my coffee as a bit of active rest. I feel the soreness! Things may be more hectic as both BF and I have big things due today as we are both off work tomorrow so we may be going elsewhere to work (and therefore away from the house and towards tempting unhealthy options). BF is harnessing up Harley for a walk so I guess I'll also be taking a walk with Smoke once it's light out. Today's goal: stick to my good habits to get through!
3/24 - Not bad for late night, last minute pizza. We went to look at our friend's travel trailer that just got back from minor repairs. He wants to do a 1-for-1 trade on a motorcycle BF wanted to get rid of anyway. Been talking about getting a travel trailer since we both work from home, we could make life a little easier by working from wherever we've traveled to (within reason). Ended up staying in town chatting longer than expected so we pulled out frozen pizza. Today BF wants to go ride once it dries up a bit (I believe the storms forecasted missed us and it just finished raining) and I've got some errands in town I can prolong to keep me outside and entertained. We agreed with the forecasted storms and the desire to try a trail in town, to forego our workouts this morning and take the dogs on the trail tomorrow. I'll likely hop on the bike with a book once I'm done here to get a little active rest since it's too wet to take the pups on a walk right now.
3/25 - Slowly but surely! I was hoping a bigger drop but wondering if dinner out last night was a bit too salty. I didn't "workout" but I walked a ton yesterday and had a huge calorie deficit from it. I parked at the park and walked all the way down one side of main street, crossed the street, and walked all the way back up, making stops where I needed to complete errands (I could've parked closer and I certainly didn't have to walk all of main street, but I decided that's my "workout"/active rest so I made it a thing). Then, after the post to ship my mom fabric for a quilt, walked around the grocery store! Whew. That isn't accounting from 3pm onward! All I know for today is that I need to make up some baguettes as our friend is smoking a pork butt and we're all hanging out. I'll probably go make up the dough once I finish posting before I work out and get sweaty. Plus, it'll rise while I'm working out and showering, meaning I'm not stuck home on a beautiful day waiting on dough! I have bodyweight and 5k training today. BF decided, since we got home at 930 and didn't get to bed until 10, he wasn't going to wake up to go to the trail. I'm debating whether I just want to run the road outside our house again or if I want to drive out to the trail by myself. He's going riding with the boys for FamHub's birthday so he won't be waiting on me anyway and I'll be waiting on dough (rise, shape, rise, bake).
3/26 - DNP
3/27 - Yesterday I was woken up at 5am by a whining puppy only to realize I had a horrible knot in my back that made it hurt to move and breathe. I let the dogs out, put on some cream, and went back to bed with the pups in the step daughter's room so as not to disturb BF. That extra sleep gave me a crick in my neck and a headache bordering a migraine. I had a really rough start and certainly didn't care to weigh in or check in here haha This morning, I still have the knot which I'm sure will impact today's bodyweight strength and C25K training but I'm going to do it anyway. Even if I have to slow it down or ease up on things, I'm getting my workout in. I woke up mid-dream again so I'm dragging and slow anyway. I was bad and ate dinner out with the family despite not being hungry. Even worse- it was fried. Ugh. I felt so awful and overly full after. And it was a later-than-usual dinner so I went to bed still feeling too full. Not pleasant. The scale definitely shows it. Hopefully that'll drop off fairly quickly, though. I did discover, though, the trail we wanted to run doesn't open until 8am. I'm not 100% sure but I think access is free for veterans or active duty but otherwise costs $6 per person. I couldn't go since BF's motorcycle blocked both my vehicles to get out and I wasn't brave enough to try to move it (I'm short and can barely reach the ground sitting on it) so I ran the road to my house, but it's good to know on the trail thing anyway.
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LisaPower123

Good morning!

I have set a weight loss goal of .35 per day. My niece is getting married on September 16 & I would like to be happy to look at pictures of myself in her wedding pictures. I know that life happens & 52 year old, heading to menopausal bodies, do not always cooperate. If I have not reached my daily goal 2 days in a row, I will fast until I reach the goal to keep me on track.

This is the first time that I have set daily goals but I hope that breaking it down into tiny increments I will feel more motivated & remember to keep at it.

🍾👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️🍾 172 days until the wedding. 🍾 🎊🎉🍾

3/23. 232.4
3/24. 232
3/25 232.2
3/26 goal 231.85/actual 231.8 ✅
3/27 goal 231.5/actual 231.8 ❌

3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌. I weight lifted yesterday so this is normal, but I did set the rule, so I will be water (& coffee, maybe veggie soup) fasting until I get back to reaching my daily goal. I will still continue my normal routine & go to the gym & hot yoga. Hopefully I am back on my schedule tomorrow morning.


3/29 goal 230.8/actual
3/30 goal 230.45/actual
3/31 goal 230.1/actual
4/1 Goal 229.75/actual

clprieur

LisaPower123 wrote: »

Good morning!

3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌. I weight lifted yesterday so this is normal, but I did set the rule, so I will be water (& coffee, maybe veggie soup) fasting until I get back to reaching my daily goal. I will still continue my normal routine & go to the gym & hot yoga. Hopefully I am back on my schedule tomorrow morning.

4/1 Goal 229.75/actual

@LisaPower123 Hey, real talk: I hope when you say "go to the gym" you are not talking about lifting weights with no calories in your system, because I feel like that would be very hard on your body. There is no way for me to say this without sounding judgmental, but I feel like your approach (fasting until you reach a certain goal weight) is probably not medically advisable You may want to check in with your doctor or even a nutritionist. I say this only because I have often taken this kind of approach over the course of my 53 years (what I now feel is an impatient and unrealistic approach) and for me, it always backfired in the end, by causing me to feel frustrated with myself and like a failure because I couldn't achieve the unrealistic goals I'd set. Feeling disgusted with myself, I'd throw my hands in the air and then binge for about 6 months and pack on even more weight. That's just me, though. But I guess because I have had disordered food behaviours many time in the past, I am wondering if you think that possibly your approach may be disordered as well. I dunno, just being a concerned rando on the internet. Sorry if I offend. Please take good care.

shmmm3

SW RND 218 -

Diet goal: YES to: Whole foods and plant-based.............No to: Ultra-processed foods and added sugar, except for the really good desserts where it's worth it. Meat and animal products are out until the end of March to help me fast-track my progress on getting better at the whole foods, plant-based BASE that I want my diet to stay at long term.
Movement goal: Some gentle strength training and cardio every day. This round I'm counting house cleaning as cardio.
Weight goal: maintain between 120-125. I made it 123.4 lbs at the end of RND 217

3/23 DNW
3/24 DNW
3/25 DNW
3/26 DNW
3/27 DNW
3/28 DNW Road trip is finally over and I was able to stay whole foods plant-based. Victory! Having the pre set rule that all my food was packed in the cooler and eating mostly fruits the whole drive turned out to relieve the usual stress of temptation of fast food on road trips. I am glad I wasn't trying to log everything because I had as much as I wanted of berries, apples, bananas, clementines, and almonds and this morning I'm not bloated. Tomorrow I weigh in to see the result of not tracking plus vacation. I kept to one drink per day so hopefully there's not much gain. A friend recommended a diet book for me that gives tips and explanations about whole foods diets called, "How Not to Diet" by Michael Greger. I need the help since I'm still a newbie with whole foods cooking. I've changed so much from my early unhealthy approaches to weight loss and even though they worked it was unhealthy through and through and hard to maintain. This is the first time I truly feel good and satisfied and like I'm doing the right thing for my body. I'm excited about the book to come in. Edit, I split a piece of birthday cake that probably wasn't vegan but it was yummy but not the most delicious dessert I'd ever had. I rationalized that it fit into my diet because if I want this to be sustainable I can't make it too hard on myself and be too strict.

3/29
3/30
3/31
4/1

LisaPower123

clprieur wrote: »

LisaPower123 wrote: »

Good morning!

3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌. I weight lifted yesterday so this is normal, but I did set the rule, so I will be water (& coffee, maybe veggie soup) fasting until I get back to reaching my daily goal. I will still continue my normal routine & go to the gym & hot yoga. Hopefully I am back on my schedule tomorrow morning.

4/1 Goal 229.75/actual

@LisaPower123 Hey, real talk: I hope when you say "go to the gym" you are not talking about lifting weights with no calories in your system, because I feel like that would be very hard on your body. There is no way for me to say this without sounding judgmental, but I feel like your approach (fasting until you reach a certain goal weight) is probably not medically advisable You may want to check in with your doctor or even a nutritionist. I say this only because I have often taken this kind of approach over the course of my 53 years (what I now feel is an impatient and unrealistic approach) and for me, it always backfired in the end, by causing me to feel frustrated with myself and like a failure because I couldn't achieve the unrealistic goals I'd set. Feeling disgusted with myself, I'd throw my hands in the air and then binge for about 6 months and pack on even more weight. That's just me, though. But I guess because I have had disordered food behaviours many time in the past, I am wondering if you think that possibly your approach may be disordered as well. I dunno, just being a concerned rando on the internet. Sorry if I offend. Please take good care.

Thanks for your concern. I do appreciate it.

I have been at this for years now. I gained weight quickly (80lbs in 12 months) after quitting smoking in 2007 & have not been able to lose it. This is just a new game to me. I fast smartly, with supplements & electrolytes. I will not push myself too hard, or ever feel bad. My longest fast was 10 days & I did weight lift & exercise throughout the entire fast & I felt good. This is not disordered eating for me at all, just a new game that I haven't tried & that I hope will work. When I exercise today, it will be like exercising without eating breakfast which is something that I always do. If I still have to fast through tomorrow it will be Yin Yoga, easy peezy.

I guess I will see from the responses if this is triggering for people in this group & may have to just do it on my own or in a fasting group.

shmmm3

clprieur wrote: »

LisaPower123 wrote: »

Good morning!

3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌. I weight lifted yesterday so this is normal, but I did set the rule, so I will be water (& coffee, maybe veggie soup) fasting until I get back to reaching my daily goal. I will still continue my normal routine & go to the gym & hot yoga. Hopefully I am back on my schedule tomorrow morning.

4/1 Goal 229.75/actual

@LisaPower123 Hey, real talk: I hope when you say "go to the gym" you are not talking about lifting weights with no calories in your system, because I feel like that would be very hard on your body. There is no way for me to say this without sounding judgmental, but I feel like your approach (fasting until you reach a certain goal weight) is probably not medically advisable You may want to check in with your doctor or even a nutritionist. I say this only because I have often taken this kind of approach over the course of my 53 years (what I now feel is an impatient and unrealistic approach) and for me, it always backfired in the end, by causing me to feel frustrated with myself and like a failure because I couldn't achieve the unrealistic goals I'd set. Feeling disgusted with myself, I'd throw my hands in the air and then binge for about 6 months and pack on even more weight. That's just me, though. But I guess because I have had disordered food behaviours many time in the past, I am wondering if you think that possibly your approach may be disordered as well. I dunno, just being a concerned rando on the internet. Sorry if I offend. Please take good care.

@LisaPower123 @clprieur
I'm a proponent of fasting only if it's smart and healthy and obviously not a recommendation for people already struggling with disordered eating. I used to have anxiety around feeling hungry as if I was going to die if I didn't eat something. That caused me to binge and overeat. A slow and controlled fasting protocol really helped me trust my body had enough nutrients that I could let the hunger wait until dinner. Strength training while fasted helps to not lose muscle mass but you aren't going to make any gains. Big plus: after fasting, healthy food tastes good enough to eat. That's the biggest thing for me. Don't usually like roasted broccoli? Try it after fasting for 36 hours

clprieur

LisaPower123 wrote: »

Thanks for your concern. I do appreciate it.

I have been at this for years now. I gained weight quickly (80lbs in 12 months) after quitting smoking in 2007 & have not been able to lose it. This is just a new game to me. I fast smartly, with supplements & electrolytes. I will not push myself too hard, or ever feel bad. My longest fast was 10 days & I did weight lift & exercise throughout the entire fast & I felt good. This is not disordered eating for me at all, just a new game that I haven't tried & that I hope will work. When I exercise today, it will be like exercising without eating breakfast which is something that I always do. If I still have to fast through tomorrow it will be Yin Yoga, easy peezy.

I guess I will see from the responses if this is triggering for people in this group & may have to just do it on my own or in a fasting group.

@LisaPower123 Oh dear, no, it was not my intent to make you feel like you should leave the group. Sorry about that, please stay and express yourself however you feel best. I truly know NOTHING about fasting as a purposeful tool. And your post did not trigger me except to worry that you might be struggling. If you know what you are doing then please continue. You know you best.

LisaPower123

@shmmm3 Thank you for making points that I did not. Learning to fast also helped me with meal time anxiety. When I was young I would cry if meals were out of schedule. I would not encourage anyone to just fast without doing research & knowing about electrolytes needed to fast safely