🥰❤️February Daily Logging and Weigh in Challenge😍❤️

andreajlnhe

Hi All,
Happy February!

I am a 47-year old mom of five. I'm working to lose my last few pounds. I hit my goal last year but promptly began a slow gain over the course of about seven months. I rejoined this group last month, and I've been taking babysteps towards better habits!

The most helpful babysteps for me have been: exercising first thing in the morning; using my timer for exercising and household tasks; and continuously working to improve my sleep.

My goal for February is to keep that momentum.

Ultimate starting weight: 160 lbs
January weight loss: 1.0 lbs
Ultimate goal weight: 121.0

February 1: 127.6 💗 I logged!
February 2: 128.6 I've been doing very well with logging lately, so I'm not sure why there's a gain today. I will just stay the course.
February 3: 129.6
February 4: 129.2 💗 I logged! Yesterday I had a setback! Did not exercise upon waking because I was up late the night before with the older kids for a movie night. That's fine; I figured I would exercise later in the day. Well then on the way to take my daughter to school, at the bottom of a flight of stairs, stepping onto the ground, I twisted my ankle and fell. Yikes; my ankle hurt pretty badly all day. I pretty much had to sit all day and keep my ankle up. This was really disappointing. I was kinda discouraged. But, it feels a whole lot better today. Upon waking I did a few minutes of arm & abs exercises. I plan to get back into the groove.

February 5: 128.0 💗 I logged! My ankle seems to be fine now, so I exercised (carefully) first thing this morning.👍
February 6: 127.8
February 7: 127.4 I did not do well with calories/logging yesterday. There is something about Thursdays. I always get reaaallly hungry on Thursdays and then give up and way overeat. Next Thursday I plan to increase my calorie goal for the day substantially; maybe eat at maintenance for the day.

February 8-27 MIA!

February 28 126.6


Well, I did not meet my goal of keeping up the momentum. Went MIA for weeks! What can I say.... losing weight is hard. The demands of daily life can be distracting and sometimes a little overwhelming. For the last several days, I have seen some improvement though. Even yesterday, a Thursday, I logged everything and didn't go overboard like I often do on Thursdays. I think I'm also dealing with my meal timing and portions better, overall.

Sleep has continued to be a challenge. For most of the month I had some real problems. I highly suspect that menopause (or rather "perimenopause") is the underlying cause for the sleep problems. I'm *definitely* going through perimenopause, lol.

andreajlnhe

@deepwoodslady I'm sorry to hear about your dear friend. Sending you hugs. 💐

@ozdeelite I'm sorry about your job. I hope things start to look up. So many times I hear people say that after they lost their job, they found the best job they ever had. (Come to think of it, that happened to my husband too.) I hope that happens to you also!

deepwoodslady

Link to the March Round: See You There!

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10933834/march-daily-logging-and-weigh-in-challenge#latest