JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 222

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  • fmfdfa2020
    fmfdfa2020 Posts: 1,065 Member
    CamandJarvis wrote: »
    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; R218: 159.0; R219: 159.6; R220: 157.6; R221: 156.5

    Last weight
    05/01 - 156.5

    Round Goal: 155.x
    Workout: 3x/week - M-W-F C25K training, JTues/Thurs strength or yoga, regular walks with pups (weather permitting)
    Nutrition: Log daily

    Day, Weight, Comment
    5/02 - 157.0
    5/03 - 157.8
    5/04 - 157.3
    5/05 - 156.5
    5/06 - 155.7
    5/07 - 157.3 - This is 100% last minute late night pizza and eating near maintenance. I simply hope the bloat and such drops off as much as possible for tomorrow, I have a weekly weigh in for 12 weeks and I'm up nearly a pound from last Monday as of right now. I'd like to stay the same, if not lower - no increases! Pizza was our fault- we didn't pull anything from the freezer to thaw in time for dinner. The last minute late night? We had a fire call right as I was making the dough (it was done, just needed to be shaped) so we left to go assist. Small grass fire, but it pushed dinner back and we didn't finish eating until about 8-8:30pm. Oof. I did stay up and march in place to hit 10k steps, though. It is my new May goal to do so. I missed May 1st and 2nd, but I'm marching in place before bed to get it now. Once I post I'm taking these pups for a nice morning walk. Not sure plans today other than my walk and my plan to stay mindful and careful of my intake with plenty of water. Going to be a warm one, too, so extra water is important.
    5/08
    5/09
    5/10
    5/11

    Previous Day's Comments
    5/02 - No worries -- DOMS and/or sodium. I know dinner had quite a bit of salt included in it so I'm not too surprised if it's that. Wouldn't also surprise me if my muscles were holding on to a little extra from yesterday after a week off from workouts. Just because I don't feel sore, doesn't mean I'm not retaining anything in that regards. I am exceptionally sleepy this morning. The dogs and I had a rough night (they had a rough night and being a light sleeper, I was dragged into it involuntarily). I think I'll focus on yoga today as my "strength workout" since I am so sleepy. Maybe a little wake up one this morning and a little bedtime routine to help relax me before I curl up to read tonight? I'll aim for both, but will certainly knock out this morning's. Hopefully, too, a nice after dinner walk to help add movement for both the dogs and I.
    5/03 - Cheese, sodium, and BF sabotaged me hahaha!. He wanted to clean up the drink counter. There were 3 bottles with 1-2 drinks worth left in them. He had 3 drinks all night (small ones) and he made me a vodka soda (sparkling water - which I already had open to drink by itself prior to this brilliant clean up plan). I wasn't planning to drink, but I had the calories and I figured enjoying ONE with BF won't hurt. I had an unsweetened sparkling water, as usual, open but he prefers the sweetened. Only he discovered the sweetened ones taste horrible in his drink of preference so he took my unsweetened and gave me his sweetened one. Unfortunately, I realized just earlier this morning after researching - the sweetened sparkling water from HEB is artificially sweetened with sucralose. Between the cheese (which always causes bloat) from enchiladas last night, the alcohol (which disturbs my normal digestion), fizziness (which usually doesn't impact me in the small amounts I drink it but it could help contribute in this situation so I'm mentioning it), and then realizing that the artificial sweetener CAN indeed cause bloating or digestive issues, I'm not surprised I'm up. I look so bloated, especially at and below the belly button. I feel heavy in the intestine area, too. Unsure dinner tonight (hopefully healthier/more balanced) but I have leftover boiled chicken thighs. Thinking burrito bowl of sorts? I don't have much by way of veg (frozen potato/pepper mix I think) due to not being able to go to the store to stock up so I'm limited on including those. I'll figure something out that isn't terribly unhealthy. I do have one or two servings of fruit left to make my protein smoothie should I get hungry early enough after my run to have breakfast and not simply wait until lunch. If there are 2 servings, the other will be for Friday after my run. I'm off work Friday so I'll be headed to the store to stock up then and will likely need a breakfast that can hold me over until after my errands. Okay, it's bright enough for a run. 10 min run, 2 min walk, 10 min run and done today! Starting Friday it is straight runs, no walking breaks. Oof. Hopefully I can manage this (physically I've proven I can, mentally I struggle still). Once I'm back I'll catch up on all the posts I've missed between yesterday and this morning <3
    5/04 - May the Fourth be with you! Cheese dropped but sodium didn't. I requested garlic mashed potatoes with my steak for dinner and had no idea just how much sodium gets put into it. BF uses the garlic salt (and claims it's 95% garlic, 5% salt when, in fact, it's the opposite...sigh, there's no convincing him otherwise). He put a ton of garlic salt on the steaks, the amount in the mashed potatoes made me want to gag, AND EVEN THE CORN. No wonder I'm always bloated! I'm not a salt person, either. I don't add it to anything, really so my cooking all day vs his cooking dinner is a huge difference. I'll need to pay more attention to those things going forward if I hope to avoid the bloat. I'm about to take the dogs for a walk this morning as my legs are very sore from yesterday's run up those hills. I'm thinking, if I have time, I'll do a quick morning yoga before I hop on work or I'll do some yoga at my lunch break before we head to Thirsty Thursday. Also a debate I'll have this morning: order a chicken wrap and make myself stop at 1/2 a wrap OR eat before I leave and hope I don't get munchy and order something because I'm the only one not eating while there. I'll log both and see the impact on my day before I decide. I think I'll skip drinks, if I can, while out. Especially since at this time, I'm not sure if we're coming home to cook or if we're going to Fam's to eat after.
    5/05 - FamWife cooked dinner - crock pot beef ragu (first time I've ever had that! She made it with spaghetti noodles this time like a bougie spaghetti but she said she's made it before to use in her lasagna. Yum!) She also had the caesar salad kit - not the healthiest, but it's greens on the plate. Overall, it wasn't a totally unhealthy meal and light on salt! I spent about 10 minutes taking the last 4 bites of dinner trying to eat at a painfully slow pace. I'm trying to do that now - I leave several bites on my plate and eat them very slowly to allow my body to say "I'm content, you can stop now!" I did finish the plate, but I also chugged water. The water made me feel overly full for about 5 minutes and then I was satisfied. A win! Today is going to be crazy. Apparently FamWife is in this MOPs thing (Mothers of Preschoolers but it's moms off all ages helping each other out and getting together). As a "stepmom" I'm invited to tonight's "Mom Prom" and it's 90s theme. My 90s grunge/punk is showing in the fact that I have 2 different outfits that fit that profile already in my closet haha! It starts at 7 but the boys and kids (BF, FamHub, both kids) doing dinner so I guess I'm on my own for dinner? I'll figure it out. Today is 22 minute run which I'll do once I give my body time to settle after this coffee. Grocery run this morning and then I suppose just hanging out until "Mom Prom"
    5/06 - Oh my goodness! Though I can't say I'm too shocked. "Mom Prom" last night was lots and lots of movement. MFP said I had an extra 1,433 calories from exercise I could eat and still hit my deficit goals. Fitbit said I burned over 3,000 calories total through the day. Lots of dancing to old 90's songs and absolutely no sitting. The only time I sat yesterday was driving errands, then driving to the Mom Prom and home and when eating lunch and dinner. 16,272 steps and 7.34 miles. Whew. I'm sore and exhausted today. In an hour and a half we have Fire Department classroom training followed by hands-on. Not sure what or how intense hands-on training will be - I suppose it partially depends on how many people are available for it. I plan to eat some eggs and toast beforehand to ensure I have enough fuel in the tank for it. Especially since it lasts until about 12-1pm so lunch will be later than my normal as well. Depending on the training, I should get plenty of steps in this morning and it'll count as a "functional fitness" workout.
    5/07
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    5/10

    @CamandJarvis You served in the miltary and now serve as a fire fighter?? You are an inspiration! Thank you for all you do!!
  • SheilaBoneham
    SheilaBoneham Posts: 3,223 Member
    edited May 2023
    @SModa61 Busy busy! I hope the 5K was fun. I’m getting caught up on DEXA scan & mammogram the end of the month, too. What are the AI risk assessment and RMR? I googled but got some weird stuff!

    Just saw your 5K update—that’s a very respectable time, and great placements! Back when I was regularly running races, I look for yearly improvements in my time, even if only a few seconds. In the end we’re running against and for ourselves. Well done! You’re inspiring me to get back to running.
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,691 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
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    WTG, you! 🖐️👏📣🥳
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,691 Member
    quiltingjaine wrote: »
    5/7 127.0 Yesterday was a good day so may be the vinegar salt. At least I haven’t been awakened by foot cramps the last two nights!

    Foot cramps in the night! No fun 😩
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,691 Member
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    A little bit of inspiration, from another challenge 😊

  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,691 Member
    edited May 2023
    clprieur wrote: »
    Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊

    5/4 – 147.4 lbs – Realized this morning that I have been feeling like a failure these past few weeks. A failure at everything (weightloss, being a dog momma, being a “wife”, as an employee, everything). I’m not sure what is driving that narrative.
    5/5 – DNW -
    5/6 – 145.0 lbs -
    5/7 – 144.2 lbs -
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    Reaching through to give you a hug and support 🫂🩷.

    You look like a star ⭐ to me!! No joke, as I was reading your post, I was thinking, wow she's doing GREAT! I guess I was identifying with you bc we're close in geography (hi, neighbor 🙋‍♀️, Mainer here 😁), and age (56f). But you're doing so much better than I! I just restarted, after regaining 30+ lbs that it took me 18 mos to lose, the first time 😝

    Be kind to yourself, and take notice of everything right about you, bc to this stranger, you look inspiring 😊

    Cheers!
    - mk (Maine)
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,691 Member
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    A little bit of inspiration, from another challenge 😊


  • CamandJarvis
    CamandJarvis Posts: 2,139 Member
    mkksemail wrote: »
    CamandJarvis wrote: »
    5/06 - 155.7 - Oh my goodness! Though I can't say I'm too shocked. "Mom Prom" last night was lots and lots of movement. MFP said I had an extra 1,433 calories from exercise I could eat and still hit my deficit goals. Fitbit said I burned over 3,000 calories total through the day. Lots of dancing to old 90's songs and absolutely no sitting. ..

    Sounds like Mom Prom was a blast! 😀. GL with Fire Dept classroom training!

    Cheers!
    - mk :)

    Thank you! It was a blast - so many throwback songs I forgot existed! I didn't stay terribly long (an hour and a half or so) but enough to get sweaty, my heart pumping, and to be sore which is better than I hoped for.

    Fire training went super well - enough that I was able to respond to a grass fire that evening. I guess I managed to not only learn, but retain, what was taught that morning. A win in my books and nothing like hands on experience when the adrenaline is pumping to really get things settled in my brain!
  • CamandJarvis
    CamandJarvis Posts: 2,139 Member
    fmfdfa2020 wrote: »
    5/05 165.8 I haven't posted since 4/27. I had a medical emergency - ICU/Hosp for 5 days. I can't exert myself, absolutely no exercise including treadmill, rower, weights, etc., for an entire 6 months. So, another adjustment in this unpredicatable life. I came out on the otherside, though, and very grateful! 🙏🙏🙏
    It will take days to catch up with everyone's progress, but look forward to reading thru all.
    05/06 165.8
    @mkksemail @musicsax Thank you for your kind comments! <3
    05/07 165.8
    @gomifune @deepwoodslady @SModa61 Thank you for your thoughtful comments!💚
    Right now, I'm trying to determine how in the world I can keep muscle mass while still losing weight but when I'm not exercising. I have an appt next Monday with the surgeon and will talk more about walking as long as my heart rate stays low. I'm trying to figure out if eating more protein will help, and how much.

    I hope you can find a solution that works for you and assists in a quick and healthy recovery. I am glad to see you back, though, and hope that there are no more frightening situations in the future for you or any of us <3
  • musicsax
    musicsax Posts: 4,593 Member
    39flavours wrote: »
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    @musicsax our bodies do stiffen up if we don't keep moving, that's for sure! I lift weights most days, but if I go more than 3 days without lifting then when I do I'm really suffering the next day. Walking 9 miles takes me around 3hrs, it's a big commitment and tricky with our UK weather, although we've had some really nice days recently. Do you get out for one big walk a day or do you break it up into smaller chunks?

    Either depending on what other commitments I have & also whether away in our caravan with DH. You're right about the UK weather, there are plenty times when I have to cut a walk short cuz of the rain and I never go out if it is already raining heavy. What I will say though is if wherever I go if it is feasible to walk then I will. To visit MIL, to my seasonal job, nails appt, DS's.
    This weekend we have come away for the weekend; brought our caravan up to Rhos on Sea, so plan on walking to Llandudno & Colwyn Bay before we return home.

    This was me yesterday, I used the rain we had here as an excuse to not go out and instead was shamefully lazy all day. I should have just chucked on a waterproof and got on with it.
    Your post has me yearning for Wales! I haven't been for a couple of years and being half Welsh it's not acceptable! I've not really ever explored North Wales, other than a day mountain biking in Bangor and climbing Snowden (not sure if that counts as North, and I should be calling it yr Wddfa now) but looking at Colwyn Bay on Google maps, it looks gorgeous! I must go there soon.
    Hope you're having a lovely time and the weather has been fair for you

    Thank you, I think Snowdonia does count as North Wales, and thank you we've had an amazing time. Hope you get back to your roots soon xx

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