Back To It Stats-It began on 23 March, 2019
Start day of IF 3/23/19
Start Weight: 223.2 lb
Current Weight: 210.2
Monthly Goal: 210 lb
Overall Goal Weight: 130 lb
Today’s Date: 4/30/19
Today’s Plan: mini fast... garlic herb tuna w/mayo and a bullet proof coffee
Weight Goal May: 199
Today’s Weight: 210.2
Height: 5’5”
Today’s Water Consumed: Plenty
Sleep: 6 1/2 hours (took a trozadone with 2 valerian root pills that contain melatonin)
Description/Photo of Meals:description below
Total cals – I don't count calories

I knew I was risking a gain by eating garlic mashed potatoes and sweet peas yesterday, as well as some snack crackers. It's all good though, I'm OKAY that I'm just .2 pounds off my monthly goal (or, I am at goal if I @Brendalea69 and round down hehe). This may not have happened IF not for the following scenario: Although I prefer homemade mashed potatoes (and I make killer ones, I must say), I decided to do an easy peasy Easter meal and bought the dairy section garlic mashed potatoes that you microwave, which my MIL (mother in law) always buys when we go there for dinner and everyone likes them. What does your MIL do when you say you're having mashed taters for Easter dinner? Say you're bringing nasty A S S store bought potato salad! Makes total sense! HAHAHAHA **Sigh** Suffice it to say, I never made those potatoes and I only took a little spoonful of the store bought salad which I did only to be polite. So, anyway, every time I opened my fridge over the past week or so those taters were staring at me and I finally caved. The whole thing says 4 servings, I maybe had 2 1/2ish and threw the rest out or I'd have totally killed off the rest in my single sitting. :-)

Here's to a successful May for all of us! I know I may be pushing an 11 pound loss, but I want out of the 200's, again, and hopefully it's the last I'll be in them for the rest of my life. :-)

@volgirl1322 You are just the absolute sweetest and I love all the smiley's :-)

I'm considering changing the start date and ultimate goal, from here on out, to the present month. I want to try and trick my brain into seeing each new goal as ten pounds. After I reach my real goal, I'll post that at the end. Rather than "seeing and dreading" the fact I still have 80.2 pounds to go, I'll just focus on ten pound increments. Does that make sense or sound stupid?

@volgirl1322 thank you! I will do just that. 234 was my highest weight ever, I kept ten of it off for the past decade, not like 224 was much better, but still. lol

Start day of IF 3/23/19
Start Weight: 223.2 lb
Current Weight: 210.2
Today’s Date: 05/01/19
Today’s Plan: Clean fast... black coffee, water, black tea, green tea
Weight Goal May: 199
Height: 5’5”
Today’s Water Consumed: Plenty
Sleep: 3 1/2 to 4 hours (took a trozadone with 2 valerian root pills that contain melatonin)


My end of May goal is to lose 11 pounds, which would put me at 199. I’m so ready to leave the 200’s behind, and for good this time—it’s happened to others who’ve lost and regained a gazillion times over the years where they finally keep it off for good, so why the hell not me? 🙂

I said, “So long” to April last night and also indulged in a craving I’d been having for 3 days--which totally wrecked my plans for a mini fast day lol... I had to have a Little Caesar’s Hot N Ready pepperoni pizza. I hate nearly all of the pepperoni and cheese with a couple bits of the crust (normally how I eat those anyway because the rest is too dough-y for my liking, but I love the flavor of the sauce and toppings), as well as a 20oz Pepsi. This was at 8pm last night. I dreaded getting on the scale this morning, but I shouldn’t have. I weighed the same as yesterday and I’m still in ketosis. 😂

I give myself to permission to indulge without guilt, I just limit the indulgences so they aren’t close together. It’s not something I even do weekly. When you don’t feel guilty and know you can indulge again, you’re far less likely to throw in the towel and say, “Well, I messed up eating a ton of x, y, z so back to eating *kitten* again I go; I’ll start again on Monday!” On the contrary, at least for me, it’s more, “That was great! Time to carry on with my healthier lifestyle”

I’m still really struggling with my sleep. The trazodone has worked a couple of times, not consistently though. She told me to give it a week before upping to 2 pills at bedtime. I feel really depressed and sad about it. I feel good in my body, but lack of sleep is taking its toll on my energy and such. I really hope it starts working. I know I’d feel like a new woman if I had proper sleep. I'm ordering a weighted blanket tomorrow, I hope that helps!

mistymeadows2005 wrote: »

I love thatttttttttt - I'm the same way with Little Caesars! I have ZERO interest in the crust, but I'll eat a whole pizza's worth of toppings LMAOOOOO ESPECIALLY if I'm on low carb! NOM NOM NOM

LOLOL, I'm glad I am not alone! Yeah, it was pretty much all of the cheese and pepperoni of their standard size pizza, so not really as nearly as I made it seem. Not sure I got all the cheese near the crust line though. hahah I thought for sure the Pepsi would push me out of ketosis though, but it didn't, so... YAY!

mistymeadows2005 wrote: »

hope your sleep gets better That's just the worst! Great mentality on your indulgences, and I see May giving you your 11 pounds!!!!

Thanks all around, my friend :-)

@mistymeadows2005 lololol, same exact thing my way :-)