Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 224

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  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 2,865 Member
    edited May 2023
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    musicsax wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    @musicsax I am finally going to ask, after wondering, like forever. How do you fit in all that mileage each day? Taking a 10 mile day, for example. I walk pretty darned fast, and that would take me over two hours. Doing that as often as you, is a lot lot of walking time. Is some formal, and some incidental? You are amazing!

    I am retired although do have a seasonal part time job as an exam invigilator and also volunteer at a National Trust property (Moseley Old Hal - the home that helped to save a King). Yes 10 miles does take me well over 2 hours; sometimes I do the walking in chunks of either 2,3 or even 4, but I do organise my life around walking, e.g. I'll walk to the local secondary school to do my seasonable job, I can do it in a minimum of 25 minutes, but by leaving early and taking the very long way round I can bump that up to just over an hour and 4 miles & then an even longer route to return home, in addition sometimes if the exams are short I can walk back home for a quick lunch & then return.
    Wherever I'm going if at all possible I'll walk; nail or dentist appointment, to yoga, visit MIL, the only time I don't walk is if it's more than 6 miles each way/haven't got time with other commitments on that day/I'd have too much to carry/it's raining/definitely going to rain. Weekends are different as DH is not at work & walks with me and we enjoy the whole day walking, travelling further afield from home & usually carrying a picnic with us. It's cheaper than a gym, saves petrol & gives me time to plan/mediate etc. when walking on my own. With DH it is quality time to chat without distractions of media etc. & to connect with nature. We both just love walking !!!

    @musicsax truly wonderful and inspiring! I'll try and channel your philosophy! (I did walk to dairy queen last night. One block. :P ............)

    (details I will add: in the Keys I walk in a group. its very social. For hubby, lots of walking is an issue. His left foot has a plate and 7 screws from a ladder fall many years ago. So rarely DH, and up north I have no walking friends. All ok though. )
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 2,865 Member
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    clprieur wrote: »
    Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊

    5/29 – 145.0 lbs – Well this is going well! 10 lbs from goal. I can do this!! I haven’t been hitting my goals above (which may be a bit unrealistic, but helpful for me to strive to). But I did get over 33k steps on both Sat and Sun, which I’m sure helped! I didn’t get “under” 1500 cals either day but I did stay “under” since I got so much walking in. The weather was amazing so I was happy to stay outside with the dog. My weight is back to where it was when I started my diet break, which is a big phewf. The lowest my weight ever got to was on April 14th, which was 138.6 lbs. Like I said in my last entry, the next thing will be to get back down to 140, I think. But then it will be to get under 138.6. I can do it, I just have to keep trying, and never give up. I have to remember that I have the disease of obesity and I have to manage it every day until I die, much like diabetes. I can’t just ignore it. I need to do all the things to manage this condition – which are logging my calories and exercising every day. Sometimes I forget, and think that obesity is a character flaw, and that I can overcome it with pure logic. Lol. No, it has to be addressed with appropriate actions. Which means moving my body and counting calories. Simple as that. Of course I would love it if I was just “normal” (IE, not have obesity), but that is not the case. So I have to remember that I need to do all the necessary things to take care of my health. Sometimes I get angry towards the perpetrators of the sexual, physical and emotional violence in my childhood – if not for them, perhaps I would not have obesity, various mental health conditions and chronic pain. (Not to mention difficulty managing full-time work, which of course impacts me financially.) But the fact is that the anger (while justified) does not get me ANY CLOSER TO THE LIFE I WANT TO LIVE. In fact, it pushes me in the opposite direction (causes friction between me and my partner, causes me to struggle with sleep, flares up my fibromyalgia, makes me have difficulty concentrating and communicating at work – AND causes me to overeat to try to escape my big emotions). So as you read everywhere about trauma – even though I did not cause all of these issues, it is my responsibility to work on addressing them. I have been working hard on developing skills to do this, but I am not always good at remembering to use them when I need to. (And I keep expecting to wake up every morning and be “normal”, so that if I just try hard enough, I won’t have all of these health conditions). So while I am currently at the point of sometimes remembering to use some of my skills when I am feeling a bit overwhelmed/overstimulated at work (IE, I log off and go for a walk, etc.), for some reason I don’t think to use my skills when I am feeling “hungry”. So anger = overeating. Anger at them but also anger at the fact that I struggle with my health as an adult, because of them. And then anger makes me go backwards, not forwards to my goals. Hmm. Interesting.

    @clprieur i get the associating food with comfort and eating when angry, frustrated, etc. I have a terrible time breaking that connection as well. My best suggestion for that is building to connections/relief systems. Your "going for a walk" is perfect. The only other idea going through my head addressed your references to anger. Would a sport that benefits from that such as boxing/kickboxing, or the like, be a win win venting outlet? Or, going a different direction, music can be a great mood changer. Maybe a playlist of happy favorites into your phone and have your earbuds at the ready (maybe that could even eliminate logging off from work?). I mainly use music as my walking driver, but it definitely changes my mood/motivation. It's obvious you are making changes and working hard to better yourself. I am confident that because of your desire, you will succeed.

  • Machias1949
    Machias1949 Posts: 249 Member
    edited May 2023
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    74 years-old great-grandmother (5'2")
    ON 8/29/2022: I was 134 LBS and had a 33” natural waist-

    MAINTENANCE 114-117
    Lessons Learned for maintenance: 1) exercise at least 30 minutes five {5} days a week 2) try to walk no less than 10,000 steps a day 3) If/when my weight creeps up (117.5-118 LBS) increase the incline on the treadmill and add a burst of running to routine 4) eat a low-calorie salad before eating dinner 5) limit fried, breaded, and salty food 6) continue to add ice cubes to my daily 5 oz glass of wine 7) eat fish for dinner at least 2 times a week 8) eight to nine hours of sleep a night 9) Of the 64oz of water daily-drink 8oz of water a half hour before each meal 10) three (3) meals a day and 1-2 small snacks, nothing after dinner. 11) take my thyroid pill on an empty stomach an hour before drinking coffee and 4 hours before other pills 12) Average out the weight for the week so as to have a running record of the “Average weight recorded” for every maintenance month.

    Average weight recorded for 2022- 130 LBS
    Average weight recorded for January ‘23-117.5
    Average weight recorded for February ‘23-116.5
    Average weight recorded for March ‘23- 117.2
    Average weight recorded for April ‘23-116.8
    Average weight recorded for May ‘23-?????

    Round 223-ended 05/21 115.9
    Round 224 RSW 115.6 (goal to lose .4 pounds this round)
    05/22-115.6
    05/23-115.6
    05/24-115.6
    05/25-115.6
    05/26-116.4
    05/27-115.4
    05/28-115.2 getting very close to that elusive 115.0
    05/29-115.9 damn-this scale is playing games with me-as I am sure it had nothing to do with the pita/hummus app. or the birthday cake dessert, or the fact I did not drink much water!
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 10,814 Member
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    Round 224

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    MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 63 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
    ROUND 181 FOR ME.

    “Today….I am choosing Me”

    MY STATS:

    Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253
    Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0
    R223 EW= 196.4
    R224 EW= TBD


    Current New Goals:
    Weight:
    Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
    Special Challenge: To Lose 6 pounds between my birthday (May 10th) and the 4th of July. Starting Weight on May 10th: 195.1 Goal Weight on July 4th: 189.1 I hope I can step on the scales and see fireworks!!!!
    Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
    Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

    COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.

    ********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

    R43 thru R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/23/18) = -19.4 LOST (Ending weight 179.0)

    R53 thru R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/01/19) = -4.1 GAINED (Ending weight 183.1)

    R63 thru R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/11/19) = -8.1 GAINED (Ending weight 191.2)

    R73 thru R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/20/19) = -5.5 GAINED (Ending weight 196.7)

    R83 thru R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/28/19) = -8.7 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)

    R93 thru R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/05/20) = -2.0 GAINED(Ending weight 190.0)

    R103 thru 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = -14.9 GAINED (Ending Weight 204.9)

    R113 thru 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/23/20) = -4.7 GAINED (Ending Weight 209.6)

    R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = -1.5 LOST (Ending Weight 208.1)

    R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/01/21) = -0.7 LOST (Ending Weight 207.4)

    R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = -3.6 LOST (Ending Weight 203.8)

    R153 thru R162 (06/11/21 thru 09/18/21) = (b]-16.2 LOST [/b] (Ending Weight 187.6)

    R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = (b]-5.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 192.6)

    R173 thru R182 (12/28/21 thru 04/06/22) = (b]-7.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 199.6)

    R183 thru R192 (04/07/22 thru 07/15/22) = -1.4 LOST (Ending Weight 198.2)

    R193 thru R202 (07/16/22 thru 10/23/22) = -3.8 GAINED (Ending Weight 202.0)

    R203 thru R212 (10/24/22 thru 01/31/23) = -7.2 LOST (Ending Weight 194.8)

    R213 thru R222 (02/01/23 thru 05/11/23) = -0.5 GAINED (Ending Weight 195.3)

    R223 (05/12/23 thru 05/21/23) = -1.1 GAINED (Ending Weight 196.4)

    R224 (05/22/23 thru 05/31/23) = -xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)


    Day/Weight/Comment
    05/21 …..196.4….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

    05/22 -196.8- (Trend weight 195.2)

    05/23 -197.0- (Trend weight 195.5)

    05/24 -196.8- (Trend weight 195.6)

    05/25 -194.2- (Trend weight 195.5)

    05/26 -192.0- (Trend weight 195.1)

    05/27 -193.8- (Trend weight 195.0)

    05/28 -193.6- (Trend weight 194.9)I ate dinner too late last night, went back for a 2nd portion, didn’t drink enough water, didn’t move enough and only got 3 hours of sleep last night. I can’t seem to stop my eyes from tearing up/watering from being so tired. Shocked to see a tiny drop on the scale. I was under on calories but over quite a bit on my carbs. Miracles still happened all around us!

    05/29 -194.8- (Trend weight 194.9) Traveled yesterday to shop for the family BBQ today. That will make 2 days out of plan for me and it’s already showing up. As I celebrate the U.S. Memorial day holiday I would like to thank all the fallen heroes and their families as well as all who have served to protect freedoms and human rights.

    05/30 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

    05/31 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

    Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
    250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 10,814 Member
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    To all those celebrating in the U.S.

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  • quiltingjaine
    quiltingjaine Posts: 5,823 Member
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    Machias1949 wrote: »
    05/29-115.9 damn-this scale is playing games with me-as I am sure it had nothing to do with the pita/hummus app. or the birthday cake dessert, or the fact I did not drink much water!

    LOL I’m not a hummus eater but just looking at the pita gets me! Our SIL used to make fresh hummus for our daughter but when she realized how many carbs were in it, she stopped eating it.

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