JUST FOR TODAY... One day at a time .. Daily Commitment for 2024
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JFT for 5/26/24 (tomorrow)✔️more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/25/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29✔️
5) No hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.✔️
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)✔️Didn't eat today.
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) No bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)✔️
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/22)✔️
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) Turkey patties ok today.✔️
17) Can eat dinner early, if needed, with FIL. Can eat what I want, but no dessert.✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/22)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today.
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/26/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/22)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) Turkey patties ok today.
Hour commitment - After my coffee, I won't eat again until after 12 pm.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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It took me Forever to find my post where I am recording my weight for the challenge.
I need to get back to doing this. I've gotten so off track this month... with house quest for 5 days and eating whatever I wanted to.. and not recording my weight in I don't know howlong!
So back to recording. I had ONE WEEK where I consistenly drank a lot of water, and kept my calories between 1400-1500. That week I saw the scale move. So I think its the water more than anything. So why do I struggle so much with water. I know why. I am busy. I work in the garden. I sew. I am constantly on the go. And I just don't bring a water bottle with me.. so I don't drink.
So this week I am going to try and concentrate on drinking 2 cups of water with each meal. That would at least get me to 6 cups of water, without me realizing at 9 pm that I haven't drank any water for the day.
Its late in the day... and we are having homemade lasagna for dinner tonite.. hubbys request. I made it up last nite, so I hope its good. Tomorrow for Memorial day we are griling... but I got some chicken so I don't eat bratwurst. I'm going to try and watch my portions.. chicken is healthy.. ha... not french fries though!
I hope you are all having a great memorial day weekend.. as we all remember the true meaning of this special holiday.Name is Joan. Age 73; 5'11". Been married 47+ years, 2 children, 2 grandkids ( + 3 step grandkids)Weekly Weigh-ins
Lives in Missouri. I love to garden, go for long walks, quilt, sew charity stuff. My goal is to stay as "young" as I possibly can... to not only look good, but to feel good, have energy, be able to continue to get up and down gardening, biking, and walking.
Goals for 2024:
Staring weight: Jan 7, 2024: 209.0
Goal weight at the end of 2024: 175-180, and learn to maintain
Goal to lose 25-30 lbs this year to be in healthy range
Weight Goals:
1st goal weight: 199 - reach this by March
2nd goal weight: 185 - reach this by July
Ultimate goal weight: 175- reach this by SeptemberJan 7: 209.05 pound challenge
Feb 1: 206.2 (goal was 205)
March 3: 206.2 (Goal was 199)
March 10: Did not weigh in
March 17: 207.2 -- not going anywhere!! Starting the 5 pound challenge
March 24: 205.8 -- did pretty good all week until yesterday. Hoping to get back on track today!!
March 31: Did not weigh ... Easter sunday, and we were out of town.
April 7:
204. 1. Down 2 pounds in 2 weeks... but not feeling well, and not eating nearly as much, but also not exercising.
April 14: 206.8 -- no exercising at all, spending most of my days just sitting around. Hoping soon to feel better.
April 21: Did not weigh .. still was feeling sick.
April 28:
205. 7. Week 1 of "reporting" my food to my neighbor. Calories all week have been around 1500. Challenge will end on Tuesday, so I will record that weight before starting the next 5# challenge on May 1st.
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Totally lost my last post where I was recording my weight, so starting again today. I can't even remember what I started at for the May challenge. But ... ha.. from the beginning of the year I can say I'm down almost 5 pounds. That averages about 1 pound a month.. not that good.
May 19 - sunday.. 203.85 pound challenge
SW 3/17/24: 207
GW for May 1st end of challenge: 202
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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Going to have some street vendor mango with DH. Earlier than normal.1
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Recap 5/25 Sat.
1) Get up when alarm rings ~ sort of lol / first farmers market of the season / buy herb & tomato plants
Yay!
2) Supper? sauteed scallops & pasta salad / log all food / 64+ oz. water
3) Walk dog too busy, then tired... over 11,000 steps anyway and dog got lots of backyard time
4) Figure out pots ~ brought up from basement & out from storage / need soil? bought some at garden center / plant ~ hubby did his tomato plants and I planted all the herbs / go to nursery for annuals? no time / grocery shop? yes / other? picked up all the sticks from trees in week's storm, made overnight oats ta-da! a good day
JFT 5/26 Sunday
1) Church 9:00
2) Walked dog 3.68 miles & dog got treats from Al happy dog & happy me
3) Log all food / 64+ oz. water
Glad I took advantage of good weather yesterday, and that I walked dog when I did after church today. Rain has moved in & hasn't stopped. Feeling really lazy right now but that's ok.
5# Challenge (May):
SW 184.5
5.4.24: 186
5.11.24: 184.5
5.17.24: 185
5.25.25: 187.5
Challenge Goal 179.5
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first cookbook) ~ very good, I want to try other fruit this summer
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2xa [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May
- Registered early on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ rats, no waiver of fee
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too
(middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt. - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until tomorrow.2
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Hey everyone, little update from me!
Since having the car I don't think we've exercised once 😂 we've been out every single day.
However, Ash joined the gym yesterday!
My membership is still processing, fortunately, the gym were using allows me to have a Carers membership at a reduced cost and they even said I can use the equipment.
Some gyms don't allow the carers to use the equipment because youre meant to be caring for someone. But this gym it's managers discretion, and they said I could use it because Ash doesn't need any physical help.
So I'm waiting for that but it will be two weeks before I get myself in the gym anyway because the kids are off school. And tbh I'm too nervous to go myself first time so I'm just gonna wait until I can go with him first time
I really want to get back to logging. I know I say this like every 3 weeks but I keep getting off track. I suppose the positive is atleast I always get back on track and I'm mindful of it but I often wonder how nice it would be if I didn't have to start over again and again 😂2 -
JFT for 5/27/24 (today)✔️more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/26/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29✔️
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️Didn't eat today.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.✔️
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)✔️Didn't eat today.
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)✔️Didn't eat today.
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/22)✔️
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) Turkey patties ok today.✔️Didn't eat today.
**Need to be flexible eating today, so that's ok.
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/26)
14) (flexible) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) Turkey patties ok today.
Hour commitment - After my coffee, I won't eat again until after 12 pm.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true2 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until DH wants to. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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Recap 5/26 Sunday
1) Church 9:00
2) Walked dog 3.68 miles & dog got treats from Al happy dog & happy me
3) Log all food / 64+ oz. water
net calories still RED but at least I logged best guess & 80 oz. water is always good
JFT 5/27 M
1) Make asparagus shrimp pasta for supper / log all food / 64+ oz. water
2) Walked dog 3.94 mi. even with more rain threatening but we stayed dry happy dog & happy me
3) Fill/run dishwasher / refill oriole feeder, make hummer food & refill feeder, refill seed birdfeeders / refill watering cans from rain barrel / need decisions for volunteer requests & replies / read / other?
Rain gauge said we got 1.65" yesterday. That's on top of the rain barrels already being full. After a drought-like spring, I'll take it. Our sump pump even ran yesterday, we haven't heard that run in ages.
5# Challenge (May):
SW 184.5
5.4.24: 186
5.11.24: 184.5
5.17.24: 185
5.25.25: 187.5
Challenge Goal 179.5
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first cookbook) ~ very good, I want to try other fruit this summer
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2xa [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May
- Registered early on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ rats, no waiver of fee
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too (middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt. - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/27/24 (today)✔️
**Need to be flexible eating today, so that's ok.
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29✔️
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/22). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.✔️
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)✔️Didn't eat today.
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/22)✔️
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/26)✔️
14) (flexible) No more than 600 calories for lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
16) Turkey patties ok today.✔️
JFT for 5/28/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) Peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29
5) No hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) No bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/26)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) No turkey patties ok today.(last 5/27)================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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I really want to get back to logging. I know I say this like every 3 weeks but I keep getting off track. I suppose the positive is atleast I always get back on track and I'm mindful of it but I often wonder how nice it would be if I didn't have to start over again and again 😂
On the other hand @Bex953172, I sometimes wonder how much larger I would be if I didn't keep starting again and again and again! At least we've not given up completely.
I'm not intending to log again until my visitors leave in a weeks time.
I didn't realise the kids were on holiday in England. They don't get a May holiday in Scotland.
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Heaviest Weight: 210
END OF MONTH Goal Weight 199.9 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
May Goals:
Continue to recover from Knee surgery and build leg strength
Get in cardo and strength training 4 times per week
[ Get scale closer to 200 by end of month.(whatever that number might be as long as its not going the other way)
(Beginning late)
May 14 208.6
May 15- 209
May 16- 208
May17-__DNW
May 18 __ DNW (VERY BAD FOOD DAY BUT WAS VERY ACTIVE ALL DAY)
May 19 _ DNW too afraid to get on the scale
May 20- 204.3
May 21- 202.9
May 22 202.6
May 23- 202.5
May 24 -201.8
May 25 202.5
May 26th- 201.9
May 27th 201.9
May 28th 202.3- Back up we go. I tired to go on a hike with hills but my elderly dog ran out of gas before me so we only walked for about 30 minutes. My afternoon I got the cravings for salty/sweet. Then SO came home from his trip and we went to the brewery I had two beers.We ate dinner at home. I was so so tired late afternoon /evening..felt like I had been hit by a train.. body sore, tired and just so incredibly tied, So I went to bed by 7:30 pm . Overall my calories weren’t excessively over but I didn't feel like I did great yesterday.
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littleblackskirt wrote: »
I really want to get back to logging. I know I say this like every 3 weeks but I keep getting off track. I suppose the positive is atleast I always get back on track and I'm mindful of it but I often wonder how nice it would be if I didn't have to start over again and again 😂
On the other hand @Bex953172, I sometimes wonder how much larger I would be if I didn't keep starting again and again and again! At least we've not given up completely.
I'm not intending to log again until my visitors leave in a weeks time.
I didn't realise the kids were on holiday in England. They don't get a May holiday in Scotland.
Me: *Starts making plans to move to Scotland* 😂😂
Yeah two bloody weeks!!
For the Whit holiday? Whatever the frig that is.
Tbh it's more annoying that the weather's rubbish. When they're in school it's really nice weather. And when they're at home it's awful so we're all just stuck in so I can't get them to any outdoor parks or anything. Unless we want to pay lots of money to take them out somewhere.
For.most stuff round here, play centres cost around £20 for them all, which used to be fine but Saskia is now too big for them. And me and ash have to sit there bored out of our minds.
And then anything other than that like Jump Heaven or Inflata-nation (trampoline and inflatables parks) they cost £60-70 for us all... For an hour.
I need to find local things that aren't expensive, there's loads of farms near us but again, you kind of want the weather for it rather than getting p!ss wet through
Sorry rant over! The holidays do my head in because I have a really good routine for when they're in school but it just goes to pot when they're out of school.
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more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/28/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) Peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/29
5) No hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) No bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/26)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until lunchtime, which can be early today.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Started building a cardboard submarine for the vacation bible school (VBS) at church. This year's theme is scuba. The submarine is rather large and needs to be collapsible to fit through the doors at church. We have it so 3-4 kids can play in it at a time. We have the basic structure built, but now I need to paint. It will take forever. Well I only have 9 days until VBS so it will likely take 8 days to finish then 1 day to disassemble it and put it together in the church.
Other than that we didn't do much over the holiday weekend. Invited the in-laws over for dinner yesterday, but nothing fancy.2 -
Hour commitment - I won’t eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.1
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@HappyDonkey75 By the looks of your scale, you are doing great! Keep it up. Unfortunately for me, I am stuck recently in going the other way. Oops!
Recap 5/27 M
1) Make asparagus shrimp pasta for supper ~ yum! / log all food / 64+ oz. water
2) Walked dog 3.94 mi. even with more rain threatening but we stayed dry happy dog & happy me
3) Fill/run dishwasher / refill oriole feeder, make hummer food & refill feeder, refill seed birdfeeders / refill watering cans from rain barrel / need decisions for volunteer requests & replies ~ yes to each / read / other? made overnight oats TA-DA!
JFT 5/28 T
1) Log all food / 64+ oz. water
2) PT exercises
3) Update budget s/s / schedule monthly bank xfer / LCEF online info / respond to Packers parking email (we have been assigned Sept. 15 noon game, thankfully) / update online calendar / call Mom / wash dishes / read / other?
More rain last night but not nearly as much. Sigh. I would love a day with sun! Not much in the mood for dog walk today, more clouds, even think distant thunder. Bah!
On a sunnier note, today I finally received my "Notice of Award" from the SSA (Social Security) on my benefits. Now I can budget with known facts. Even with the booklet I rec'd as well, still no answer found to my Medicare Advantage premiums question, since I've been paying that for 1 1/2 years already and have paid quarterly through June. Tried online chat, only got links to basic questions. For first time, called "local" office, only on hold for 15 minutes, which was good. John was very helpful, and answered my questions exactly how I wanted. I now know I'll get reimbursed for one month of double-payment once my benefits start next month. Yay!
5# Challenge (May):
SW 184.5
5.4.24: 186
5.11.24: 184.5
5.17.24: 185
5.25.25: 187.5
Challenge Goal 179.5
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first cookbook) ~ very good, I want to try other fruit this summer
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2xa [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May
- Registered early on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ rats, no waiver of fee
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too (middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt. - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship2 -
@cschmitz110515 that is exciting on the SS award notice. Congrats on meeting the retirement milestone. It looks like you have been getting in some nice distance walks. I am still not able to walk that far with the post knee soreness. I can do about 2 miles and then things get achy.
Everything I am reading on here and elsewhere is that we should expect fluctuations >I am trying to accept those increases and not let it deter me.. as it has in the past..
guess we just have to keep on keeping on !3 -
more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/28/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) Peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/22)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 5/30✔️
5) No hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.✔️
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)✔️Didn't eat today.
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) No bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)✔️
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/26)✔️
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
JFT for 5/29/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/28)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/30
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/28)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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Here I am again!
I have been eating terribly and my weight which had dropped to 195.4 last week was back up to 198 this morning. Ugh.
Well I’ll get back at it again.
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HappyDonkey75 wrote: »Heaviest Weight: 210
END OF MONTH Goal Weight 199.9 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
May Goals:
Continue to recover from Knee surgery and build leg strength
Get in cardo and strength training 4 times per week
[ Get scale closer to 200 by end of month.(whatever that number might be as long as its not going the other way)
(Beginning late)
May 14 208.6
May 15- 209
May 16- 208
May17-__DNW
May 18 __ DNW (VERY BAD FOOD DAY BUT WAS VERY ACTIVE ALL DAY)
May 19 _ DNW too afraid to get on the scale
May 20- 204.3
May 21- 202.9
May 22 202.6
May 23- 202.5
May 24 -201.8
May 25 202.5
May 26th- 201.9
May 27th 201.9
May 28th 202.3- Back up we go. I tired to go on a hike with hills but my elderly dog ran out of gas before me so we only walked for about 30 minutes. My afternoon I got the cravings for salty/sweet. Then SO came home from his trip and we went to the brewery I had two beers.We ate dinner at home. I was so so tired late afternoon /evening..felt like I had been hit by a train.. body sore, tired and just so incredibly tied, So I went to bed by 7:30 pm . Overall my calories weren’t excessively over but I didn't feel like I did great yesterday.
You did do good yesterday. You got some exercise in, 30 mins is still 30 mins. And only two beers? That's moderation!
Okay you may have not been in you're calorie limit but at the same time it could have been much worse.
Sometimes life happens, like the dog getting too tired and then ending up at a brewery! But you can still maintain some form of control!
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Super tired today. Already made a poor choice for breakfast. Tonight is typically a trivia night, but I think I need to stay home and start designing/painting the submarine.
JFT Wednesday
- Work by 8:00
- Protein bar for breakfast
- Meetings
- Lunch under 400 cals
- Leave work early to design/draw
- Dinner under 500 cals
- Paint some more
- Bed by 10:002 -
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 12 pm.more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/29/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/28)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/30
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/28)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.================== 4DW started =============
4DWs (4 Day Wins) are here, in a shared file:
Sample
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hrtqbsOInIWeA9sl8FLnEv-ignY21p8m/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=108259155343870939869&rtpof=true&sd=true
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A little late in the day, but I need to get my goals posted for accountability. So many I want to reply to but don’t have time right now. Hope you’re all well! Hangs all around!
JFT, 5/29:
1. 24H plan & assess
2. Close 2 activity rings
3. Admin stuff/paperwork
4. Show my home some love…dust, floors, laundry, clean fridge, wash & prep produce
5. Walk to Stop sign and/or PT exercises
6. Log all my food and close food diary at the end of the day
7. 64+ oz water before 6:00 pm
8. Evening routine
June WOTM: Strength. Mentally, physically & Spiritually.
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.2
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HappyDonkey75 wrote: »
Heaviest Weight: 210
END OF MONTH Goal Weight 199.9 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
May Goals:
Continue to recover from Knee surgery and build leg strength
Get in cardo and strength training 4 times per week
[ Get scale closer to 200 by end of month.(whatever that number might be as long as its not going the other way)
(Beginning late)
May 14 208.6
May 15- 209
May 16- 208
May17-__DNW
May 18 __ DNW (VERY BAD FOOD DAY BUT WAS VERY ACTIVE ALL DAY)
May 19 _ DNW too afraid to get on the scale
May 20- 204.3
May 21- 202.9
May 22 202.6
May 23- 202.5
May 24 -201.8
May 25 202.5
May 26th- 201.9
May 27th 201.9
May 28th 202.3
May 29th- 202.9- OK, can we please stop going this direction? Am I doing this all wrong??
Yesterday I got an extra 100 calories from my exercise of walking (30 minutes) and I ended up eating all of those and a few more so Total calories yesterday was 1620 . But that still puts me below the recommended BMR for me.. I have not historically been this much over but I have been eating some of those extra calories I get for excercise.. Thinking maybe that might be part of the issue?
Here is what I have figured out as far as my numbers, maybe I am wrong?
MY BMR from the BMR calculator is 1549 + the added number for activity level = 2270Kcal is where I land.
Right now I have daily calories set to 1500.
( Which I had week ago set to 1400 but that seemed too restrictive because I was eating more like 1500 anyways (even though somehow I was losing still and now I am not???)
If I reduce my calories by 500 which is what is recommended for slow 1 lb of weightloss a week, that is 1770 calories.
I really am trying to stick to 1500 KCal . My physician thought that was reasonable given the menopause thing..
Going to give it a few more days and see if scale starts going down again.
Today was back to 40 minutes cardio + a weight session and walk with my dog.. so here's hoping we starting trending down again by end of week.
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Yay! Today was sunny all day, and man, does that give me energy. Late in day to post, but for my own accountability.
Recap 5/28 T ~ another cloudy day with a few rain showers *sigh*
1) Log all food / 64+ oz. water Net calories RED but my daily w-i has been steady all week (only measures to nearest half-pound, and I'm too cheap to get new scale LOL). I always eat my activity calories back (that's what exercise is for IMHO haha). So that tells me I just need to get my net calories down to what MFP calculates, by eating fewer calories. Seems so simple!
2) PT exercises Wahoo! I finally did them, and boy, did some of those stretches test me! I'll try doing them 3x per week and see how much I improve.
3) Update budget s/s / schedule monthly bank xfer / LCEF online info / respond to Packers parking email (we have been assigned Sept. 15 noon game, thankfully) / update online calendar / call Mom nice half hour chat / wash dishes / read / other? made overnight oats TA-DA!
JFT 5/29 W
1) Leftovers for supper / log all food / 64+ oz. water
2) Walked dog 3.92 mi
happy dog & happy me
3) Put clean dishes away / smash aluminum cans in garage (I pick up cans along roadside & at park on dog walks, I hate when people litter & can't bother to recycle; had quite a stash in bags) / put basic birdseed in garage bins / refill basic seed birdfeeders / deadhead front yard flowers / help hubby with mower (he has to sharpen blade to get through tall grass from No Mow May) / rearrange storage shed (hubby didn't think through where he put snowblower, blocking over half the double doorway) / empty kitchen compost bucket into bin / fill gallon jug & watering cans from rain barrels / read / other?
5# Challenge (May):
SW 184.5
5.4.24: 186
5.11.24: 184.5
5.17.24: 185
5.25.25: 187.5
Challenge Goal 179.5
About me:I'm Carmela
This is my lifestyle. It's. Not. A. Diet.
Height 5'4"
66 yrs old
Reside in Green Bay, WI, USA
2024 Goals:1) Ultimate goal weight 150#... I'll be thrilled if I can get back down to 160# this year- Post weekly weigh-in on MFP for accountability. Saturday a.m. is my "official" weigh-in day, and I track daily on a separate app (for the visual). My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale.
- Take measurements & log on MFP every month end
- Try new recipes Unfortunately, no wall oven until mid-Feb or later & sad me, but try slow cooker & stove recipes... wall oven installed 2/26 but no new recipes yet.
* lentil rice sausage tortellini soup ~ very good, recipe is keeper
* glazed lemon cookies ~ everyone loved them at Easter dinner
* rhubarb cobbler (in my first cookbook) ~ very good, I want to try other fruit this summer
January: 5 days x2wks, 4x1, 3x1, 1x1 [1 wk lots of snow & 1 wk bitter cold so shoveling, treadmill & PT, 1 wk 4 day trips out of town]
February: 6 days x1wk, 5x1, 4x1, 2x1 [2 wks overnight trips to visit parents]
March: 5 days x1wk, 4x1, 3x1, 0x1 [ack... prep house & food for Easter dinner; 1 wk overnight trip to visit parents]
April: 4 days x2wks, 3x1, 2xa [lots of lousy weather, plus 1 wk overnight trip]- Walk dog 3-4 miles, treadmill when necessary in winter, weights/my home version of circuit & other x-training
- PT (physical therapy) exercises to strengthen arthritic knees & hip flexor
- In 2023 I logged 726.88 miles, or 1,169.8 km & completed yearly challenge 11.14.23
- In 2022 I logged 500.4 miles, or 805km (knee issues).
- I can earn $10 every month on my Medicare Advantage Plan with 10+ days of 7,500 steps:
Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May
- Registered early on 12.29.23 for Bellin 10K race on 6.8.24 ~ rats, no waiver of fee
- Register for my other usual events, and add other possible events
- Always a good idea
- Visit parents 1-2 times each month, phone calls in between ~ they're in their late 80s and live 85 miles away
canceled visit 1.12-1.13 due to blizzard
canceled visit 1.21-1.22 due Mom's bad cold
Mom's bday visit 1.31 with all siblings, in-laws & aunt
overnight visit 2.12-2.13 / breakfast out with Mom/ladies & aunt, youngest brother stopped over
overnight visit 2.27-2.28 / eldest brother stopped over
overnight visit 3.14-3.15 / eldest brother visited
overnight visit 4.18-4.19 / took Mom to eye appt. in Beaver Dam
overnight visit 5.2-5.3 / aunt B/uncle R stopped over for visit so that was fun
Mother's Day visit 5.12.24 / sister/BIL, youngest brother/SIL & 2 nieces there too (middle brother/SIL visited day before bc they went to her parents Sun., eldest brother in PA for work)
overnight visit 5.17-5.18 / drove Mom to Bunny's funeral/luncheon in Brown Deer 5.18 & youngest brother/SIL & eldest brother visited after moving 2 nieces to new apt. - Monthly contact with former colleagues/others, now that I'm retired
1.7.24 HH came over & visited at my invitation
1.28.24 great-nephew's baptism affirmation in Oakfield, followed by luncheon
1.29.24 Greenville: BIL's 2nd cataract surgery (hubby was his driver) / lunch at IHOP
2.2.24 cousin's funeral & saw parents, 2 brothers, most aunts/uncles, few cousins
2.16.24 pub food from McGeorge's & wine at La Vie with P&B / The Dirty Martinis played
2.18.24 Greenville: visit w/ hubby's brother, SIL & niece / lunch at Olive Garden
3.8.24 Darboy: tax docs & long visit with MJSW
3.19.24 messaged H (his job recently downsized)
3.25.24 Darboy: tax returns with hubby & MJSW, shorter visit this time
plans 4.6.24 with PZ canceled b/c she forgot they're going to OH to watch total solar eclipse
4.15.24 unexpectedly sat & visited w/ CAS at AVB concert
5.6.24 lunch with CAS
5.20.24 lunch with LL & LWB
- Not as much progress as I hoped last year, but not worse.
Keeping my Word for the Year: Tenacity ~ persistent determination; the mental strength to resist opposition, danger or hardship1 -
more_freggies76 wrote: »JFT for 5/29/24 (today)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)✔️
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).✔️
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/28)✔️
4) Won't weigh again until 5/30✔️
5) Up to 2.0 oz hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/27). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.✔️
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)✔️
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.✔️
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)✔️
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)✔️Didn't eat today
10) Only 1 ice drink today.✔️
11) Bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/27)v
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)✔️
13) No Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/28)✔️
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.✔️
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.✔️
Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
JFT for 5/30/24 (tomorrow)✔️
1) No desserts today unless I want sugarfree or no sugar added. (last 5/19)
2) None of DH's stash ok today (including chocolate truffles, candy, chocolate raisins, peeps, ice cream).
3) No peanut butter ok today, 2.5 to 3 T (last 5/28)
4) Won't weigh again until 5/30
5) No hard cheese ok today (trying not to have cheese everyday) (last 5/29). Note: some grated parmigiana cheese has always been allowed and doesn't count towards hard cheese. Hard cheese at restaurant ok. Can have cheese with restaurant meals.
6) No honey ok today(1-3 Tbsp.), unless it's my dessert as per #1. (last 4/21) (a little in honey mustard ok)(last)
7) Nuts ok (22-30 g) or 12-14 in-the-shell nuts. (last 1/20) Additional nuts in a meal are ok. Like almonds already in green beans. No peanuts today.
8) No Vienna sausage ok today (trying not to have higher sodium stuff everyday)(last 5/22)
9) Sweet potato and/or pumpkin ok today.(last 5/1)
10) Only 1 ice drink today.
11) No bakers chocolate ok today.(last 5/29)
12) A few tic-tacs as needed everyday. (No max for now, unless it's a problem)
13) Harvest Snaps(22-30 pieces) ok today. (last 5/28)
14) No more than 600 calories for lunch.
15) No real butter today, unless in cooking.. Can have at restaurants.
16) Can eat lunch early due to meeting.================== 4DW started =============
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