One year to goal (daily check ins)
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Day 48 ~ April 28
- Sleep ~ 8h 48m
- Steps ~ 16.891
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1656 calories / 101 protein / 47 fiber
- Walk 1 ~ 53 minutes / 3.93 km
- Walk 2 ~ 45 minutes / 3.20 km
The morning was nice and cool again, though I only went for a short walk. I had to get a bunch of groceries and there was a vet visit at 11:30. My kitty needed his painkiller shot again, but he had also scratched himself open after his last flea treatment and he wouldn't leave it alone. I have had vet wrap around his neck for 3 weeks and it has healed up several times, but as soon as I take it off, he is scratching again. The vet gave us a gel cream to apply twice a day for 5-6 days. It is already looking better so hope this nonsense is done soon.
It was pretty hot already when I walked to the vet, so I decided to do my second walk inside. I put on a youtube video of one of my favourite hiking channels to watch so it wasn't too bad. In the evening I cut down a grape plant. It is on the fence line with my neighbour, but on my side. I agreed to let it grow last year because they wanted the grapes, but I really hate that plant, lol. It grows crazy wild and big and even if they guide it along their fence, it is still annoying in my garden. Well, my neighbours are moving out in 2 days so I decided now would be the perfect time to hack it down again. There is like a metal trellis as a fence piece and my plan is to just cover it up. I sit outside a lot with my cat and I don't like looking in someone elses garden, and don't enjoy them being able to see me either. Maybe I can get something for it when my dad visits Saturday, we will see.
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@RunawayCurves Nice goals and steps! Portion sizes are hard, I can nearly always eat more…
@200Karen Love the pictures and glad you enjoy your shake! Protein is hard for me since I don't eat animal products, so I also have a protein drink in my day. It's not bad, but still my least favourite food of the day so I just chug it, lol. I have been in a similar challenge group as the biggest loser. They can be pretty fun. Feel free to share, but I have my hands full with 75 hard, so I likely won't be doing anything extra on top of it! 😀
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Today I walked 17'420 steps while on a belated birthday outing with friend. I enjoyed meals out and managed to still be in a calorie deficit by doing lots of walking.
I am also signed up to the summer BLC , I have not done it before but hopefully will be able to navigate the site it is linked to ok.
I was vegan for 8 years and also on and off in younger years. I went back to eating eggs, dairy and fish but I still enjoy tofu most days and eat lots of edamame beans. Most days I eat mountains of veg, today was not so much veg but looking forward to my giant veg portions tomorrow.1 -
Thank you,I chose Resolute Renagades. I am looking forward to getting started, the more accountability the better.
Laura 😊1 -
Laura 😊 My BLC group is Powerful Prism Panther, we'll have to check in with each other.
April 29
Steps: 10K inside on my trampoline
FOOD: top end range
Karen 🐾
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@200Karen That sounds like a good smoothie! I just mix my powder with water because that is the easiest and cheapest. My cat is already doing much better with the cream, I am very happy about that. I was part of the Fat 2 Fit group. From what I have seen, the BLC seems a bit more strict about things.
@RunawayCurves Great job with the walking and food. Vegan for 8 years is a long time. My only struggle with it is cheese. They just can't make good vegan versions of it. When my diet is not on track, I can eat piles of rice cakes with cheese; it's so addicting. Good luck with the BLC. I hope you will get some benefit from joining them.
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Day 49 ~ April 29
- Sleep ~ 8h 21m
- Steps ~ 12.772
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1646 calories / 105 protein / 46 fiber
- Gym at 8:30
- Bike ride for 60 minutes
I had a nice gym workout in the morning. I will ask for a new schedule soon. My gym also has an inBody scale you can use, but I am currently still heavier than when I started at the gym, so it would feel a little crappy to get on it now. I think I will give it two more weeks, maybe by then I will be back around the same weight.
Since it is still too warm for me to walk, I decided to bike instead. Not sure why it took me so long to think of that. Maybe because my bike is electric so I feel like it doesn't really count as a workout, but I am still moving and my feet really appreciated the break. It was a little busy on the bike paths, but I still had a good time and it felt so much better than walking in the heat. The little butterfly is called a green hairstreak. They were flying around all over.
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Weekly Wednesday Weigh in!
Week 7
Last week: 224.8 lbs
Today: 222.8 lbs
Loss ~ 2 lbsHighest weight: 247 lbs
Total loss: 24.2 lbs2 -
Weekly Weigh In
April 30
Last week 124
Today 123.8
Release 0.2 🥁⭐️⭐️🎯
Didn’t think I would see a release. Time to get serious about my nutrition plan. I’m going to concentrate on fresh vegetables and more vegetables 🥕 🫑🥒🫛🍅🧅
Hufflepurr my BLC group is more laid back most are near their goal weight. I was thinking about taking a break but I didn’t.
Your electric bike sounds perfect for the heat of summer. Best wishes getting the resent weight off. It always amazes me how easy it comes on to releasing.Thanks for the beautiful views and butterfly close up 🦋 still to early here. Glad your fur baby is getting better ❤️🩹
Happy trails to All🍎Karen
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Wednesday
Steps 10K
Food in range
Today’s photos in the canyon.
The stairs are to the left
🐾 Karen
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Day 50 ~ April 30
- Sleep ~ 8h 41m
- Steps ~ 16.682
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1605 calories / 102 protein / 46 fiber
- Walk 1 ~ 81 minutes / 4.97 km
- Walk 2 ~ 45 minutes / 3.40 km
Lovely morning walk, this time I took my camera. I have been too lazy for that because my camera is pretty heavy so I wear a harness to take the pressure off my neck. I don't always feel like the extra weight, but I enjoy taking pictures so it is worth it sometimes. Most birds were hiding and/or far away so not much success there. Still had a good time. I walked indoors in the afternoon which was not very fun. Living room was pretty warm, but better than outside.
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Nice pictures Karen, and yay for a tiny loss. I like that you call it release. I have also wished many a time that losing was as easy as gaining, but alas. It is still pretty early for butterflies here, but several types are around already, though not a lot of things flowering yet. I think the common brimstone is the one that always shows up first here, as early as February if we have a good sunny day.
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Hufflepurr
What great photos. The birds closeup are fantastic 😍
I always wanted to join a bird watching group with the big binoculars, fanny pack, and knee high shorts. Just love nature and the calmness it gives. My camera is on my phone so light and handy.
Have a great dayKaren 🦋🐦⬛🐦⬛
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Photographing birds is my absolute favourite. It is also pretty difficult though. A phone is great for landscape shots, but not to zoom in on stuff far away. Might depend on your phone, though I still think you will always get better results with a camera. The weather is still pretty nice tomorrow, so I will probably drag my camera along again. Hopefully I will see more fun stuff than last time!
Oh yeah, I forgot to write this in my previous post, but my name is also Laura, lol.
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Yesterday I walked 14'338 steps, today so far I have walked 26'882 steps. Food has been good and in a deficit both days.
I love all the pictures.
Here are a couple from my walk abouts today. My friend and I went out and walked around two different gardens.
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LOL so this should be easy for me with two Lauras
But how should we distinguish between you both?
Laura #1 thanks for sharing your name 😁
Yes in the 1970's, I had a Canon 35 millimeter zoom lens 💞 I also lived in the primitive area of Idaho, as a caretaker of an old mining claim. Snowed in for 80 miles. Lots of photos that I need to hire a digitization service to get them organized.
Laura #2 😁
WOW where do you live? So bright and beautiful. The rich colors and size of the flowers are striking. What a great outing with your girlfriend. Love the old castle/church and purple tree in bloom AMAZING.
How did your first BLC day go?
Here’s my weekly goals? I kept them simple because I like a 100% 🤣
Weekly Goals:
🏋🏼♂️ ST- 3X 30 minutes, sets can be split into shorter times
⛹🏻♀️ Cardio- 3X 40 minutes, sets can be split into shorter times
😴 Sleep- 7 hrs restful sleep
🍗 Personal A- 5X Intermittent Fasting 12 hours + 3 daily veggies
😇 Personal B- 3X daily be kind to self and /or others
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today’s photos around my neighborhood 😊
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I am Laura M if that helps
Lovely tree blossom and cones. Is the tree blossom near where you live? The cherry blossom just finished in my area. We are having an unusually hot spring in England so everything has come early and gone over early. It feels more like July weather at the moment than May.
Your BLC goals look good.
I live in Hove on south coast of England UK. My friend drove us to two gardens. My friend took the picture of me with all the flowers. One named Nymans national trust and the other was Leonardslee lakes and gardens. I am fortunate to have so many beautiful places I can get to.
I am getting on ok with the BLC tracker practice week.
I have fibromyalgia , bad back and often extreme exhaustion with bipolar. I have too many health issues to list them all so I am also setting my goals to be manageable so I stand some chance of reaching them on my not so good weeks also, hopefully I will be more well for a while now as not long come out of the 8 month really bad bit. I am in a better spell at the moment so making most of it but I spent 8 months mostly in bed between August 2024 and end of March 2025.
My BLC goals are
* 3500 cal plus deficit each week
*Walk 30'000 steps / 15 miles plus each week
* 300 min plus intentional exercise which for me is walking
* With my back and other pain issues I have not found strength training realistic for me in past,tend to get hurt easily. I often am carrying a back pack when walking and I carry my food shopping home so am counting those as strength training for now and aim to do those 3 times plus per week.
* Eat 75 % wholfoods across week
*I am thinking to add in some stretching exercises as baby step goals0 -
Day 51 ~ May 1
- Sleep ~ 8h 14m
- Steps ~ 12.902
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1628 calories / 103 protein / 47 fiber
- Gym at 8:30
- Bike 60 minutes
Yesterday was the hottest day of the week. I woke up very dizzy and it lasted over an hour which wasn't ideal. Took it a little easy at the gym. Went for a bike ride in the afternoon which was busy again. I was not in the greatest mood because of the heat! I also barely get any steps when I do gym and bike on the same day so I had around 4k steps to go after biking, not fun. No pictures from me today; just wanted to get the biking over with. I am very tired today but I will try to reply to you ladies later. 💜
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@Hufflepurr, I just today read your journal here. How interesting that you live in the Netherlands! My daughter and son-in-law are in Utretch! I'm from Kentucky, USA. I understand your journey and have one of my own. I started 8 months ago on my birthday at 216.5 lbs and am now at 174.6. It's been slow and the winter didn't help. I don't get in nearly as many steps/day as you log, but have tried to keep my calories as low as I can (within reason). There's an Arboretum nearby that's great for walking. and I've a big dog that needs walking.
Keep up the good work - it's possible. BTW, I love seeing all your photos!
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@RunawayCurves I am sorry to hear you have health issues, me too! I feel very lucky that I have never been bedbound, but I have been house bound. Life is not very fun when you have lots of time but zero energy to do anything. The gardens look beautiful and it's great you have a friend to come along to enjoy them. I am glad you are feeling better, but be careful not to overdo it! I personally get tempted to do a lot when I have a better day, but that just means I am paying it for it the next day, lol. Not super helpful. I am sure you know what is best for you though, I hope your better spell will last a long time. Walking is the best thing you can do for fat loss, so I hope you don't feel bad that you can't do 'more' because it is awesome. ❤️
@200Karen Great pictures again! 💛 The town looks pretty peaceful to me. Having old pictures digital is very nice to have. My dad went through all our old family photos years ago and gave everyone a cd with them on it. It is cool to look back at them sometimes.
@teriD816 Thanks for your nice comment! I used to live pretty close to Utrecht, but I am very happy to be in a small town now with lots of nature. I think you have done an awesome job in 8 months time. Slow and steady is always better! Maybe I will find out my goal was too optimistic, but I will still do my best. Love having an arboretum to walk around in and dogs are great! I hope you will continue being successful on your journey. 💚
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Day 52 ~ May 2
- Sleep ~ 9h 25m
- Steps ~ 15.599
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1628 calories / 103 protein / 47 fiber
- Walk ~ 94 minutes / 5.58 km
- +/- 90 minutes of gardening
Good morning. Had some time before I have to go to the gym to catch up on posts. Feeling much better today. Yesterday I went for a walk with my camera again. Since I am looking for stuff to photograph, my speed suffers a little! But that is fine, I still got plenty of stepping done. I wish we could still put pictures under a spoiler so the thread doesn't get miles long, but oh well. I keep trying to make the pictures medium sized, but that also stopped working recently. Not much special to see, a couple of common birds, some roedeer while I was biking to my walk and a huge dragonfly.
For my second workout I decided to count my gardening. It was mainly pulling a lot of weeds and grass. My new neighbour has two cats and I am very unhappy about it. Even though I have closed off most of the fence line, somehow one of the cats manages to squeeze through and comes in my garden. It is causing my cat a lot of stress which I hate. I am glad my dad is visiting today so we can buy some stuff to do a better job of keeping them out. I also think the lady is very irresponsible by already letting the cats outside one day after moving. She is very lucky if they don't get lost. I think I will look for a spray bottle so I can keep them away and out of my garden until they learn it is off limits. This probably sounds really silly and not like a big deal, but I was pretty upset about it! Have a good day everyone 💜
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@Hufflepurr/ Laura, I love your pictures, I love everyone's pictures whatever size the pics. Bike and gym sounds like plenty of exercise to me. I wish you luck with new neighbour and cats.
@Karen I am looking forward to the BLC challenge and think I understand the tracker page my team uses now.
Welcome Terri and lovely to have more pictures to see.
Yesterday I went to same gardens as day before because they are so lovely it was worth hours on bus to go by myself even though I just went with friend the day before. I walked 26'960 steps and am happy with my food. If I walk more I let myself eat a bit more but still stay in a deficit across the week.
I picked this flower up from the ground just to show how huge some of the flowers are. Leonardslee Gardens were created by a Victorian explorer who collected plants from his global travels. It feels like being in another country when walking around. It is like a tropical paradise at the moment with so many plants in flower.
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@ Karen Trampolining sounds fun,isometrics is something that interests me but I have not got around to exploring.
@Laura,I hope you are ok.
I got back in to focusing on improving health last Sunday 27th April 1 week ago @ 237.5 lb
Today I am 234.5 lb so 3 lb down this week. I have 3 different weigh days for different groups I am in but Sundays are my one. Mondays I attend a local evening group that is done on an old scale in KG so I do not take that too seriously, it started last Monday. I went along because I need a lot of motivation and check in points to stay focused. Then the BLC group has a Wednesday weigh in.
Saturday I walked part of a local walking trail called the south downs way, it is 100 miles long, I just did a small section of it then went on a detour along a river and caught a bus home. My joints were complaining a bit but I took rests along the way. In general my joint and tendon pain responds well to walks as long as take breaks. Being out in the lovely scenery also helps my mental health.
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Day 53 ~ May 3
- Sleep ~ 8h 37m
- Steps ~ 13.372
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1549 calories / 101 protein / 45 fiber
- Gym at 8:30
- Over 2 hours of work in the garden
Late post from me today. Yesterday was a super busy day and I am still very tired. I went to the gym in the morning, had a shower, some quick breakfast and my dad was here before I even finished. We went to the store first for chicken wire and some screws and plugs. Then we started with putting up the new roller shades. I thought it would be fast, but nope, the wall was extremely hard in places and did not want to be drilled in. For the 3rd curtain we had to try a different spot which thankfully did work, so I have 4 extra holes in the wall now. It's whatever, just happy that I can make my room nice and dark now which will also be great when I get migraines.
Then we worked on catproofing the backyard which I am also very happy with. My dad went home again around 15:00 so it was a long day. And by then I still had to tidy up some in the garden, cook dinner (I usually cook in the morning but had to switch meals around), fold my laundry, mop my bedroom which got very dusty from all the drilling, clean the waterfountain for my cat and go to the grocery store for potatoes. It was like the day never ended. My legs were so sore when I was just laying in bed, it took me an hour to fall asleep despite my exhaustion. I am still very unhappy with how messy the backyard is. I will do my best to slowly chip away at it one bit at a time.
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Here is a tiny caterpillar I found in the garden. It was the first time I saw this type, very funky!
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Day 54 ~ May 4
- Sleep ~ 8h 29m
- Steps ~ 16.833
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1643 calories / 100 protein / 47 fiber
- Walk 1 ~ 54 minutes / 3.94 km
- Walk 2 ~ 45 minutes / 3.31 km
Not a very interesting day. I was still very tired and decided on a short morning walk. Temperature was great. I did my second walk inside on the pad. I had no energy to leave the house again, bike and then walk. Besides those walks, I had a very chill day which I needed.
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Well done on getting so many jobs done.
I am having a lazy few days as my ankle has been sore since my walk the other day, so just taking it easy and re-charging for a bit. Been cold and windy here so another reason to stay in.1 -
Day 55 ~ May 5
- Sleep ~ 8h 14m
- Steps ~ 15.458
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1613 calories / 101 protein / 45 fiber
- Walk 1 ~ 51 minutes / 3.60 km
- Walk 2 ~ 46 minutes / 3.43 km
Another day with two walks, one outside and one inside. I also did a lot of weeding in the back yard. This will be year 3 of attempting to get a flower field. You would think it is easy, but for me things seems to go wrong every time! Anyway, the area I want the seeds in is mostly clear now, so I will be seeding soon.
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Day 56 ~ May 6
- Sleep ~ 9h 8m
- Steps ~ 15.627
- Vitamins ~ done
- Food ~ 1639 calories / 102 protein / 48 fiber
- Gym at 8:30
- Walk ~ 52 minutes / 3.97 km
Good workout at the gym, got a bunch of groceries after. It was pretty cool outside which was great for my walk in the afternoon. I also mowed the grass before dinner, very happy to have that done. Cleaned the waterbowls I have out for the birds. I wish I had money for new bird food, but they will have to wait a couple more weeks.
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