JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 68

Height: 5’3
Original SW: 213 lbs
CW: 204.7
GW: 140 - 150 ( I’m not set on a number. Wherever my body settles is fine.)

Round 67 SW- 206.2 EW- 204.7 (-1.5 lb)
SW for round: 204.7 lbs
GW for round: 202.7 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
02/12: 204.7 Having one of those days that I want to eat a *lot*. Which means I’m not hungry but want to keep eating. But I’m fighting it and so far so good. Thankfully this doesn’t happen often.

02/13: 203.7 Back on track today. I’m 10 lbs down from my original start weight. Yay!

02/14: 203.7 Thank goodness cravings are gone. I’m happily skipping the candy this year. We had some at work and I was able to say no.

02/15: 203.0. Feeling good. Going to have some temptations tomorrow since we are going to visit relatives out of town. I’m just going to plan for a little extra calories and get right back to my healthy WOE the next day.

02/16: 203.4 Ate some peanut butter which I know always moves the scale up a bit.

02/17: 203.7 Visiting family and indulged a bit. Back to it today

02/18: 203.5 Eating better and tracking all food.

02/19: 203.0 I realized its not good for my WOE to have a cheat “day”. I can have 1 cheat item once a week, but having too much upsets my stomach. I like to plan on a cheat item on Saturdays but I don’t do it every Saturday. So far this is working for me.

02/20: 202.3 Yay! Made my goal weight for this round. Plan to keep going in this direction. Feeling good about my food choices.

02/21: 202.3 Stayed under calorie limit.

Lost 2 pounds this round. Happy with that!

* ROUND 68 *
GW 369 – Feb 28th
GW 299 – End of 2019 (6.2)

Day/Weight/Comment
02/12 375.2 - Glad to be back! Going to try to be consistent here on out. Today has been good so far foodwise. Not sure I will make my step goal of 7000. Still snowing in Shy town...snow, ice, snow, ice....SO tired of it already!! I updated my weight on MFP also. Gained 8 pounds!! smh..... NO more messing around if I want to get under 300 lbs by end of the year.
02/13 373.6
02/14 376
02/15 377
02/16 377.4 – I had a nuclear stress test today – which was 3 hours long and stressful! Lol
02/17 379.4
02/18 377.6 – Got a call from the DR. that the stress test was irregular and need to do an angiogram right away like tomorrow. Really?! Now grant you I ask about this myself because a lady on my job almost had a heart attack. Long story. I have low cholesterol, normal BP, not diabetic. The stress tests I took in 2003 and 2004 when I weigh 600 pounds and ate much worse were fine so this was puzzling to me since I eat much better now. So when I asked could it wait, they told me no, I need to do asap.
02/19 379.4 – Short story because no time. Did angiogram and it was normal, no blockages. So all the dramatics from health personal and doctors was for nothing. I am so glad I did not fall for it. Kinda wish I did so I could eat better, right? I am not being horrible, just not consistent if you know what I mean. So here we are again and I am up 2 pound! Uggg!
02/20 378.8
02/21 377 - First day back at work because I could not drive yesterday because angiogram.

”Consistency over a day - no problem. Consistency over a week - ehh. Consistency over a month is hard. Now think about consistency over six months or a year. That takes grit, accountability and preparation.”— Author Unknown

ROUND 68 (Round 13 for me)
5’5” 67 y/o Texas Lady
SW 178 lb.
GW 135 lb.
I started Round 54 and Keto WOE on September 24, 2018.
Cumulative weight loss for Rounds 54-67 = 38.4 lb.
NSVs: Besides wearing smaller clothing and my wedding band fitting now, my blood pressure has been lower on my last couple of doctor visits and when I’ve checked it at home.
I like you folks, and I really appreciate and enjoy your company. Besides, I’m not sure I can stay on track without you!

Day/Weight/Comment
02/12 137.2 I only ended with a .2 lb. loss last round, but I’m starting this round 2.2 lb. lower than my weight yesterday. My scale likes to torment with me. On a high note, I’ve been experimenting with not logging calories, just following keto guidelines, and I think I can do it. Starting out, I had to track everything, but I think I’ve got the hang of it now. I keep experimenting with keto recipes that appeal to both me and my husband. I just add pasta or rice or potatoes to his meals. I’m trying to reach my GW by the end of this month.
02/13 137.8 Not bad, considering yesterday was a 2 lb. drop and I was up early this morning. After lunch with the Red Hat ladies, I did one tax return, then took Thor on a 6-mile walk. One of our Red Hat ladies, Ruby, celebrated her 85th birthday last week. Ruby is trim and let us know she jogs, because walking is boring. Ruby’s my new role model!
02/14 137.6 Better than nothing. Today, my hip was sore all day. It hurt when I started walking yesterday (from arthritis in back, per my doctor), but I hadn’t experienced hip pain since September, so it took me by surprise. I won’t have time to walk again until Sunday, so I should be all better by then.
02/15 137.4 Slowly, but surely. Hopefully, I’ll get below my start weight before the end of the round, but probably not tomorrow. It will be an early day to leave for a couple of concerts 2 ½ hours away. It will probably be close to midnight before I get home tomorrow evening—long day ahead. Time for bed now! Hope everyone has a great weekend of fun and relaxation, but not overeating or over-drinking! 😊
02/16 DNW I got up and raced out early yesterday morning. Yesterday was a good day, but we didn’t get home until almost midnight.
02/17 137 I see it’s going back down. When I saw the number this morning, I couldn’t remember if it was good or bad. There’s too much going on to keep my head straight. Other than my pushups and sit-ups, I’m not exercising today.
02/18 136.6 I worked this morning and did my sister’s tax return. She took me to lunch, and I had my favorite green salad with grilled shrimp. I ate half for lunch and had the rest for dinner this evening. My husband and I spent at least 3 hours working in the yard this afternoon, so Thor didn’t get a walk. Our yard is an acre, so Thor ran around while we worked. He sniffed every blade of grass, ate a little of the organic fertilizer, chased a squirrel, and warned the cows to stay away from the fence. My husband and I will have sore backs tomorrow, but we accomplished a lot.
02/19 136.6 No gain is good. I ate a big breakfast this morning, because I didn’t know if today’s women’s club luncheon would have anything I could eat. Fortunately, one of my low-carb friends brought a delicious soup her husband made. She even gave me some to bring home for dinner. 😊 I’m very close to goal now.
02/20 137.0 (sigh) I hope to be back under 137 tomorrow, but who knows? I’m happy to stay between 135 and 140, but I’d like to see the 135 before I begin maintaining. My hip still hurts and my foot doctor made a temporary adjustment to my orthotics today to see if it helps my alignment and eases the hip/back pain that started after the last orthotic adjustment. At least I’m no longer having a problem with the Morton’s Neuroma between my toes. The toe pain was my reason for visiting the foot doctor in the first place. One step at a time.
02/21 136.4 Yay! I’m down a little from the start of the round. I’m sort of enjoying this journey, and not sure I’m ready to see it end. When it does, maintaining will be another challenge. I started a crockpot keto gumbo before I left the house this morning. It wasn’t a real gumbo—no roux and no okra (I may add okra next time.). It was still a good recipe, and my husband loved it! I added rice to his bowl.

267 unread messages! This is my post for the last 4 days of this round. We’re in Long Beach until this afternoon.

Female 5’1” Age 69 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5 UGW ??? SW Rnd 68 129.0 AW 129.41 (6 days)

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

Recommended reading and viewing -
What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

Round 68
2/11 129.0
——————
2/12 130.0 I don’t know why I just wanted to eat all day yesterday. Hoping this is mostly due to salt from pizza in a bowl. Time to rein it in.
2/13 129.5
2/14 129.0 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Going to craft with my friend Amy.
2/15 128.5
2/16 129.0 Eating all of the leftovers in preparation for our trip! Odd combinations and not enough water. Greek salad today so leftover will be lunch before we go to the airport tomorrow. I’m so excited to meet puddlegoober!
2/17 130.5 Up too early. Not enough water yesterday. Flying to Long Beach today. Cruising starts tomorrow. Met @puddlegoober!
2/18 MY BIRTHDAY! * No scale! Boarding ship for 3 short back to back cruises, 11 days total. I may post tomorrow from Catalina and definitely will post when we get back to Long Beach. Ate bread and someone squealed and they brought a tiny birthday cake and sang happy birthday.
2/19 * Eating back on track except for the necessary little dish of Raisin Bran. OMG the carbs!
2/20 * Ensenada stayed on ship.
2/21 * Sea Day - special sea day brunch - I’ll have steak and eggs, no bread and no potatoes.