Just give me one month - July 2019

Starting weight 143.8
Start weight this month 143.8
Goal weight this month 138
Target goal weight 133


Day/Weight/Comment
July 1 143.8
July 2 143.2
July 3 142.0 (must be water weight but I'll take it)
July 4 142.0
July 5 141.4
July 6 141.4
July 7 141.0
July 8 141.8
July 9 141.6
July 10 141.4
July 11 141.4
July 12 141.0
July 13 141.4
July 14 140.4 (I have never been happier to lose a pound in my whole life…)
July 15 141.4 (Time for a Monday reboot if I'm going to hit 138 this month)
July 16 142.0 (TOM – nothing to be done about the bloat)
July 17 142.0
July 18 141.2
July 19 142.4
July 20 143.8
July 21 143.6
July 22 144.0 (This is my highest weight in more than 10 years – really not sure what’s going on aside from TOM and maybe a little sodium as I have been pretty much on track give or take a few hundred calories. Really frustrating to be back at square one).
July 23 142.0
July 24 141.6
July 25 141.0
July 26 140.0
July 27 140.0 (If I can just get into the 130s by next Wednesday, I will be thrilled)
July 28 141.4 (Spoke too soon…)
July 29 143.8
July 30 143.2
July 31

Starting weight 212.6
Start weight this month 211.2
Goal weight this month 205
Target goal weight 150



Day/Weight/Comment

July 1 - 211.2 (+1.2) - I still dunno what's going on. Today I'm restarting and have all my food logged! I am saying NO to the pantry and will not snack after dinner! I'm still thinking I'm holding onto water from being so sore, but I dunno. I was in vacation from work last week, so I wasn't moving much. Today I'm back at work and drinking my usual 96oz of water and eating all my logged food. Hopefully all the moving here will help me drop some of this dang water weight. Here's to July being a better month!

July 2 - 209.6 (-1.6) - Yay! Finally going back down! And I feel like I ate a bunch yesterday, but I was still within my goal. I managed 45 min on the treadmill, hit my daily 10k step goal, and drank 112oz of water, so all in all yesterday was a good day! I decided to stop doing the 30 day challenge for now and just stick to eating right/within my limit and using the treadmill since that seems to be working okay-ish. Today will basically be the same food except dinner of course. But it's all logged!

July 3 - 208.6 (-1.0) - Still going down! I didn't use the treadmill last night because I had a raging headache, but I still stayed within my goal and was happy to see a lower number this morning. Tonight I will use the treadmill though and hopefully will still see another dip in the morning!

July 4 - 206.8 (-1.8) - New low! Yay finally was able to break out of the 207s! I even broke from what I had logged and had pizza for lunch yesterday. I made sure I only ate what first into my goals and made sure I used the treadmill last night too. Today will be interesting too, as were going to MIL house for a bbq and swimming with the kids. I am going to behave myself! And I will use the treadmill tonight too! Have a great day everyone. Keep it up!

July 5 - 207.2 (+0.4) - Was expected. I wasn't very active yesterday, ans I didn't drink enough water, but I ate okay. And I got 30 min in on the treadmill!

July 6 - 208 (+0.8) - We had McDonalds for dinner. It was within my goals, but it still made me go up. No treadmill as we were at a Basketball game that eventually got postponed because we had to deal with and earthquake. I worked today and did real well with my food. Weighed and logged my entire dinner. Will use the treadmill tonight though.

July 7 - 208 (+0.0) - No loss, no gain. Guess ots better than no gain. I'm starting to feel swollen in my legs a feet, so I think my body is starting to get ready for TOM that should be here within the next week. I drank my normal amount of water yesterday and it didn't do much for me. All I can do its wait it out and make good choices.

July 8 - 209.2 (+1.2) - Well, this was slightly surprising. But I've got all my meals prepped for the week for breakfast and lunch, and I'm making sure I get 96oz of water a day. I did another 30min on the treadmill and hit my 10k step goal for the 2nd day in a row! I already can tell I'll be lower I'm the morning vs what I was this morning so that's good. All I can do is take it one day at a time. Gotta get back to 206s and under!

July 9 - 207.4 (-1.8) - Yay, I went back down! Walked for 30 min on the treadmill and stayed within my goal. Hope it keeps going down!

July 10 - 208.0 (+.6) - Well, I had jack in the box for lunch. Stayed in my goal and even walked 35 min on the treadmill. Maybe too much sodium yesterday even though I had my 96oz of water. Tomorrow is another day!

July 11 - 207.6 (-0.4) - Going down again. Did 30 min on the treadmill last night.

July 12 - 207.8 (+0.2) - Not too bad. Staying in the 207's and that's better than going up. I walked for 35 min on the treadmill last night. I'm keeping at it. I just wish my weight would go down more.

July 13 - 206.6 - (-1.2) - Yay, and unexpected surprise! Last night was a rest day. Didn't use the treadmill, dinner was light, but I did have ice cream after, so I was expecting to either stay the same or go up. So when it was lower, I was excited. Hopefully I can get to my 205 goal this month!

July 14 - 206.0 (-0.6) - Yesterday was a weird eating day for me. I had my malto meal and blueberries at 830am then had a class from 10 to 2pm. Had to drop paperwork off after class that took another hour and a half, so it was almost 4 before I got home. We decided that Saturday was our eat out night. I had a pot roast sandwich (so good, but I only ate half) fries and a side salad with ranch. I was super full by the end. I know for a fact I was over my calories for the day, so i was super stoked to see the scale go down again today! I'm so close to 205! 205.0 will me my 10lbs lost mark and I can't wait. I've been working hard and it's been a roller coaster (you should see my graph from the last two months. Very hilly, but trending downwards). I'm so excited you guys!

July 15 - 207.0 (+1.0) - Two words: Italian food. Yesterday was my MIL birthday so went went to dinner. She wanted Italian food. I'm actually happy I'm only up a lb from yesterday considering I logged everything as best as I could. I'm drinking tons of water today, but I think I'll be back to where I was very shortly. We have plans to eat put tonight too, but I'm gonna make sure I know where we are going before hand so I can log everything accordingly. Happy Monday!

July 16 - 206.0 (-1.0) - I was really surprised this morning! I was bad yesterday and went waaaaay over my calories, though I did log everything! I did walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill too. Hoping to see 205's tomorrow!

July 17 - 207.0 (+1.0) - Back up I go. Talk about roller coaster. But my graph is finally starting to trend downward even though my weight is still, literally, up and down. Just gotta keep on keeping on!

July 18 - 206.6 (-0.4) - See previous day comment. Haha. I was a today and ate a huge piece of cake. It made me feel like afterward, so I almost immediately regretted it. I also had a s'more tonight too. Tomorrow is another day and I WILL do better. I still have a week and a half-ish to get to my 205 mark. I did walk on the treadmill tonight for 50 min. Hopefully that put a small dent in the bad decision I made earlier in the day. On to tomorrow!

July 19 - 206.4 (-0.2) - So I guess that huge piece of cake I ate didn't really do anything. I was down a tiny bit this morning! Today was sort of better. Still ended over my goal for the day, but I've been eating over the 1290 MFP says I should eat and I'm losing steadily. I may need to change my settings on here so I'm not in the red everyday. I think I'm going to be in the 205s finally tomorrow! I think I may be coming down with something though. I'm super tired and have a headache. Plus during an ultrasound today, it was discovered I have an enlarged lymph node in my neck that looks "off" so I'll do 5 days worth of antibiotics and have it rechecked in 7 days. So now I'm a nervous wreck. Wish me luck!

July 20 - 206.6 (+0.2) - Wasnt at 205s like I wanted, but I'll take it. TOM showed up today, 6 days late. I think the weightloss combined with the consistent treadmill use threw everything off. So I'm just waiting for the scale to shoot up. Today we did a community give back event outside in the 95 degree heat (made sure I had a ton of water) then went to lunch after and ate a bunch. So I am really expecting my number to jump tomorrow. Oh well, such is life, just gotta keep on going.

July 21 - 209.4 (+2.8) - TOM plus bad food choices obviously do not go together. We were at waterpark all day and ate 3 chicken fingers, some fries, and some nachos. Then came home and had pistachios, a left over potato skin amd soft pretzel from the day before, and some bbq chips. Also had a ton of water today. Tomorrow will be a light food day. Will have my normal malto meal with blueberries, then my fruit and protein shake, and hamburgers for dinner. Maybe throw in some snacks. Tuesday I'll go back to my normal schedule and hopefully I'll start to go back down.

July 22 - 211.2 (+1.8) - Well that's disheartening. But I knew it was coming. Drank all my water and ate better.

July 23 - 208.8 (-2.4) - All the water and the light food intake helped. Now to keep going down. TOM is really weird this month, but it's basically over. Hopefully I'll keep going down. I need to get back on the treadmill as I haven't used it since Friday. Tonight will be the night!

July 24 - 209.4 (+0.6) - Back up I go. I hate that TOM. I didn't use the treadmill last night either, but I should have. I will tonight. Hopefully this will all pass and I'll get back to 206 before the end of the month. Otherwise I'll feel like I made NO progress this month.

July 25 - 208.8 (-0.6) - Cant wait for this TOM to go away so I can level back out! I think I'll be lower in the morning so that's good. I need to get back on the treadmill. I haven't used it in a few days. Tomorrow I'll do it no matter what. We are eating out on Saturday so the workout will be needed. I'm hoping I'll get back to 206 before the month is over. If not, I'll be back at it / lower the beginning of August.

July 26 - 208.2 (-0.6) - Still going back down. I WILL use the treadmill tonight too! I haven't used the thing in about a week, so I really need to use it again. Hopefully it will help get some of this bloat off. TOM should hopefully be gone soon, I'm on day 6 and am ready for it to leave. Id really like to get back to 206 before the month ends. 205's would be ideal, but I will take 206 and use that as my starting point for August. On a different note, I won DISNEYLAND tickets by calling into one of our local radio stations yesterday. My kids are very excited. This is the 2nd time that I have won tickets. We were just there in May because I won park tickets back in November. We will probably go next summer again, once school lets out. So, I have a new goal, be slimmer for our next Disneyland vacation. 5 more days of July to go!

July 27 - 208.6 (+0.4) - TOM is finally over. Hopefully the water retention will subside. I finally used the treadmill last night for 30 min. Plan on doing that again tonight. Still hoping for 206 before the end of the month.

July 28 - 207.6 (-1.0) - Yay! I'm excited! TOM water weight is finally going away! I didn't make it onto the treadmill tonight, but I did go swimming with the kids. I'm also planning (and have 2 whole weeks planned (this week and the next))for keto/low carb. I've managed to keep everything under 25 net carbs and practically no sugar, like maybe 5 grams for the whole day. I've tried low carb in the past and had some success, but I really didn't try too hard. Hoping this time it's better.

July 29 - 206.8 (-0.8) - Yay! Almost back to where I was pre-TOM. Today is my first day of keto and I'm pretty sure its gonna go well. Having my next 2 weeks planned out will really help. My problem is going to be the weekends. Those are always the hardest. BUT, I told myself I'd try it for 2 week and see where it gets me. I've tried keto before and had some success but not much, but I really wasnt trying. At the end of the 2 weeks, I'll see where I'm at and reassess. Hopefully withdrawls wont be too bad. I'm still gonna use the treadmill nightly too. Hopefully the combination of exercise and diet will get me going. 2.5 days left of July! August is gonna be a good month!

July 30 - 205.6 (-1.2) - OMG I did it! Tomorrow will be the real test to see if I stay or go down more. I'm getting the Keto headache though. I was in under 20g net carbs and had like 5 grams of sugar total for the day, so my body is hating me right now. Hopefully this will only last for a few days. I used the treadmill for 35 min last night too. I've found that if I watch a show or read a book on my tablet, the time goes by a lot faster.

Starting weight: 12.05
Start weight this month: 11.7
Goal weight this month: 10.13
Target goal weight: 9:10

DOING THE KETO DIET AND INTERMITTENT FASTING 👍🏻

Day/Weight/Comment
July 1 11st 7lbs
July 2 11st 8lbs 🙄 good start!
July 3 11st 8lbs
July 4 11st 6lbs
July 5 11st 6lbs
July 6 11st 6lbs 🙄
July 7 11st 4lbs 1 STONE LOST 🙌🏻🙌🏻
July 8 11st 4lbs
July 9 11st 5lbs
July 10 11st 4lbs
July 11 11st 3lbs
July 12 11st 4lbs
July 13 11st 3lbs
July 14 11st 4lbs 🙄
July 15 11st 4lbs 😩 feel like I’m on a plateau
July 16 11st 4lbs 🙄😒
July 17 11st 4lbs 🤬 annoying! Ate badly this morning because of it!
July 18 11st 4lbs no surprise there!
July 19 11st 3lbs finally!!
July 20 11st 4lbs seriously??! My lucky number 😒😫
July 21 11st 4lbs This is getting boring! 😫
July 22 11st 4lbs when you want to give up...😔
July 23 11st 5lbs I’m going on holiday now for a week with no way to weigh in! Be back in the August challenge! Good luck everyone!
July 24. HOLIDAY
July 25 HOLIDAY
July 26 HOLIDAY
July 27 HOLIDAY
July 28 HOLIDAY
July 29 HOLIDAY
July 30 HOLIDAY
July 31 11st 10lbs whoops! Have eaten the world in food on holiday, but also TOM and water weight I hope! Not a great July, but looking forward to starting the August Challenge 👍🏻

Starting weight: 180
Start weight this month: 152.8
Goal weight this month: 146
Target goal weight: 125 (pre-pregnancy weight)

Struggling with pregnancy weight for past 2 years. Been stuck at the 155 range for the past year and a half.

Day/Weight/Comment
July 1 - 152.8 lbs
July 2 - 152.8 lbs
July 3 - 151.9 lbs - hope all this is not just water weight.
July 1 – 152.8 lbs – fell off the wagon and binged on carbs – going to be stuck for a while
July 5 – 152.8
July 6 – 152.8
July 7 – 152.8 (Arghhh – one week in this is not going as expected)
July 8 – 151.9 – at this rate, I will settle for just getting under 150 this month.
July 9- 151.9
July 10- 150.6 - TOM yesterday. May explain the stall last week. Doubt I'll achieve my target but keep trying.
July 11- 150.4 - if only weight gain came on so slowly.
July 12 - 150.4 - not gaining, at least that's something
July 13 - 148.8 Yay! - That was a pleasant surprise. Had to step on the scale 3 times to make sure!
July 14 - 149.9 - like a roller coaster. Ate a lot of salty snacks yesterday, so hoping this is mostly water.
July 15 - 149.7 - nope, not just water 2 weeks in and have lost 3 lbs. Slow but not bad.
July 16 - 149.6 - Had to change the scales last evening. Old one died. Doesn't seem to be much of a difference.
July 17 - 149.6 - And the struggle continues....
July 18 - 148.8
July 19 - 149.6
July 20 - 149.0 - This is getting depressing.
July 21-148.8 - Hardly any loss, but no gain I guess I should he happy. I'd settle for just one more lb this month.
July 22 - 149.2- Spoke too soon
July 23 - 150 lbs - I just want to say f*** it. I am not eating more so I don't know what the heck is happening.
July 24 - Out camping, next weigh in on 29th
July 25 -
July 26 -
July 27 -
July 28 -
July 29 - 149.6 still stuck. Nowhere near my goal. In this plateau for 2 weeks. Depressing.
July 30 - 147.8 - a bit in shock over that. Hope it sticks. 5 lbs so far this month. Happy with that
July 31 - 146.6 - Yay! Close enough to my goal for the month. Must have been holding on to a lot of water for past two weeks! Hope we have another one of these threads for next month! Goal for August 142. Keep it realistic.

Highest Weight: 304lbs (nov 2013)
Lowest Weight: 130lbs (June 2015) [I didn't like this weight)
June Started with 196lbs and finished with 180lbs
July Started with 182
MSW: 182lbs
MGW: 175lbs
UGW: 160 (this is the weight I want)
CW: 173

Day/Weight/Comment
July 1 - 182 Starting Keto and IF!
July 2 - 181
July 3 - 180 I like Keto!... I feel great, NO Keto flu for now.. A little carb craving around 5pm everyday, but tolerable. Accountability HELPS ME a lot to keep focus.
July 4 - 180 I made Low-carb Pizza last night...AND ATE THE WHOLE THING! It was VERY easy to make and super tasty.
July 5 - 179 Here we go!
July 6 - 178 Yes!
July 7 - 177 Definitely keto works for me, weekends always are difficult to keep on track, but this Saturday wasn't ...I walked a lot and and only 15gr carbs all day.
July 8 - 176 Zero cravings this weekends...and a lot of exercise.. Yay Keto!... Can't believe I'm 1 lbs away from my MGW
July 9 - 175 YAY This was thanks to Keto, I think I'm gonna push myself to loose another 3 pounds this month. (172 lbs) (probably one more week in Ketosis, then just low carb.. around 50-80gr daily,now I'm around 15gr a day)
July 10 - 175 I had a difficult day at work....and around 10pm I just needed sugar, so I ate 8 cookies... BYE KETOSIS
July 11 - 175 It's ok.....
July 12 - 175
July 13 - 🐷 lots of cookies
July 14 - 🐷 lots of cookies and carbs
July 15 - 🐷 lots of everything
July 16 - 🐷 why am I doing this!!!
July 17 - 179 HOLY S**T
July 18 - 178 ok....
July 19 - 177 Good...
July 20 - 176 1 more pound to MGW (again!)
July 21 - 176 cheat meal yesterday
July 22 - 176 cheat meal again .. weekends are hard... business trip for a couple of days... hoping I can deal with eating out all day for two days .. won’t weigh in till Wednesday...
July 23 - I'm on a business trip, so NO weigh in...BUT I did great yesterday my first OMAD!. This morning I walked a LOT in a park near the hotel, so I guess the scale is gonna smile me tomorrow!!
July 24 - 174 Yay!!! So glad!
July 25 - 173 Yes!!!.... I think doing OMAD Monday helped me a lot....I wonder if it is a good idea to do it every Monday
July 26 - Holyday
July 27 - Didn't Weigh in
July 28 - Didn't Weigh in
July 29 - 174 Better than I thought
July 30 - 174 Well I think It is safe to say today that I made, because is one day left and I'm pound under my goal.
July 31 - 173 Good... 9 lbs los this month... My goal was 7 lbs.

0 lbs to my MGW!!
13 lbs to my UGW

Starting weight 212.6
Start weight this month 211.2
Goal weight this month 205
Target goal weight 150



Day/Weight/Comment

July 1 - 211.2 (+1.2) - I still dunno what's going on. Today I'm restarting and have all my food logged! I am saying NO to the pantry and will not snack after dinner! I'm still thinking I'm holding onto water from being so sore, but I dunno. I was in vacation from work last week, so I wasn't moving much. Today I'm back at work and drinking my usual 96oz of water and eating all my logged food. Hopefully all the moving here will help me drop some of this dang water weight. Here's to July being a better month!

July 2 - 209.6 (-1.6) - Yay! Finally going back down! And I feel like I ate a bunch yesterday, but I was still within my goal. I managed 45 min on the treadmill, hit my daily 10k step goal, and drank 112oz of water, so all in all yesterday was a good day! I decided to stop doing the 30 day challenge for now and just stick to eating right/within my limit and using the treadmill since that seems to be working okay-ish. Today will basically be the same food except dinner of course. But it's all logged!

July 3 - 208.6 (-1.0) - Still going down! I didn't use the treadmill last night because I had a raging headache, but I still stayed within my goal and was happy to see a lower number this morning. Tonight I will use the treadmill though and hopefully will still see another dip in the morning!

July 4 - 206.8 (-1.8) - New low! Yay finally was able to break out of the 207s! I even broke from what I had logged and had pizza for lunch yesterday. I made sure I only ate what first into my goals and made sure I used the treadmill last night too. Today will be interesting too, as were going to MIL house for a bbq and swimming with the kids. I am going to behave myself! And I will use the treadmill tonight too! Have a great day everyone. Keep it up!

July 5 - 207.2 (+0.4) - Was expected. I wasn't very active yesterday, ans I didn't drink enough water, but I ate okay. And I got 30 min in on the treadmill!

July 6 - 208 (+0.8) - We had McDonalds for dinner. It was within my goals, but it still made me go up. No treadmill as we were at a Basketball game that eventually got postponed because we had to deal with and earthquake. I worked today and did real well with my food. Weighed and logged my entire dinner. Will use the treadmill tonight though.

July 7 - 208 (+0.0) - No loss, no gain. Guess ots better than no gain. I'm starting to feel swollen in my legs a feet, so I think my body is starting to get ready for TOM that should be here within the next week. I drank my normal amount of water yesterday and it didn't do much for me. All I can do its wait it out and make good choices.

July 8 - 209.2 (+1.2) - Well, this was slightly surprising. But I've got all my meals prepped for the week for breakfast and lunch, and I'm making sure I get 96oz of water a day. I did another 30min on the treadmill and hit my 10k step goal for the 2nd day in a row! I already can tell I'll be lower I'm the morning vs what I was this morning so that's good. All I can do is take it one day at a time. Gotta get back to 206s and under!

July 9 - 207.4 (-1.8) - Yay, I went back down! Walked for 30 min on the treadmill and stayed within my goal. Hope it keeps going down!

July 10 - 208.0 (+.6) - Well, I had jack in the box for lunch. Stayed in my goal and even walked 35 min on the treadmill. Maybe too much sodium yesterday even though I had my 96oz of water. Tomorrow is another day!

July 11 - 207.6 (-0.4) - Going down again. Did 30 min on the treadmill last night.

July 12 - 207.8 (+0.2) - Not too bad. Staying in the 207's and that's better than going up. I walked for 35 min on the treadmill last night. I'm keeping at it. I just wish my weight would go down more.

July 13 - 206.6 - (-1.2) - Yay, and unexpected surprise! Last night was a rest day. Didn't use the treadmill, dinner was light, but I did have ice cream after, so I was expecting to either stay the same or go up. So when it was lower, I was excited. Hopefully I can get to my 205 goal this month!

July 14 - 206.0 (-0.6) - Yesterday was a weird eating day for me. I had my malto meal and blueberries at 830am then had a class from 10 to 2pm. Had to drop paperwork off after class that took another hour and a half, so it was almost 4 before I got home. We decided that Saturday was our eat out night. I had a pot roast sandwich (so good, but I only ate half) fries and a side salad with ranch. I was super full by the end. I know for a fact I was over my calories for the day, so i was super stoked to see the scale go down again today! I'm so close to 205! 205.0 will me my 10lbs lost mark and I can't wait. I've been working hard and it's been a roller coaster (you should see my graph from the last two months. Very hilly, but trending downwards). I'm so excited you guys!

July 15 - 207.0 (+1.0) - Two words: Italian food. Yesterday was my MIL birthday so went went to dinner. She wanted Italian food. I'm actually happy I'm only up a lb from yesterday considering I logged everything as best as I could. I'm drinking tons of water today, but I think I'll be back to where I was very shortly. We have plans to eat put tonight too, but I'm gonna make sure I know where we are going before hand so I can log everything accordingly. Happy Monday!

July 16 - 206.0 (-1.0) - I was really surprised this morning! I was bad yesterday and went waaaaay over my calories, though I did log everything! I did walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill too. Hoping to see 205's tomorrow!

July 17 - 207.0 (+1.0) - Back up I go. Talk about roller coaster. But my graph is finally starting to trend downward even though my weight is still, literally, up and down. Just gotta keep on keeping on!

July 18 - 206.6 (-0.4) - See previous day comment. Haha. I was a today and ate a huge piece of cake. It made me feel like afterward, so I almost immediately regretted it. I also had a s'more tonight too. Tomorrow is another day and I WILL do better. I still have a week and a half-ish to get to my 205 mark. I did walk on the treadmill tonight for 50 min. Hopefully that put a small dent in the bad decision I made earlier in the day. On to tomorrow!

July 19 - 206.4 (-0.2) - So I guess that huge piece of cake I ate didn't really do anything. I was down a tiny bit this morning! Today was sort of better. Still ended over my goal for the day, but I've been eating over the 1290 MFP says I should eat and I'm losing steadily. I may need to change my settings on here so I'm not in the red everyday. I think I'm going to be in the 205s finally tomorrow! I think I may be coming down with something though. I'm super tired and have a headache. Plus during an ultrasound today, it was discovered I have an enlarged lymph node in my neck that looks "off" so I'll do 5 days worth of antibiotics and have it rechecked in 7 days. So now I'm a nervous wreck. Wish me luck!

July 20 - 206.6 (+0.2) - Wasnt at 205s like I wanted, but I'll take it. TOM showed up today, 6 days late. I think the weightloss combined with the consistent treadmill use threw everything off. So I'm just waiting for the scale to shoot up. Today we did a community give back event outside in the 95 degree heat (made sure I had a ton of water) then went to lunch after and ate a bunch. So I am really expecting my number to jump tomorrow. Oh well, such is life, just gotta keep on going.

July 21 - 209.4 (+2.8) - TOM plus bad food choices obviously do not go together. We were at waterpark all day and ate 3 chicken fingers, some fries, and some nachos. Then came home and had pistachios, a left over potato skin amd soft pretzel from the day before, and some bbq chips. Also had a ton of water today. Tomorrow will be a light food day. Will have my normal malto meal with blueberries, then my fruit and protein shake, and hamburgers for dinner. Maybe throw in some snacks. Tuesday I'll go back to my normal schedule and hopefully I'll start to go back down.

July 22 - 211.2 (+1.8) - Well that's disheartening. But I knew it was coming. Drank all my water and ate better.

July 23 - 208.8 (-2.4) - All the water and the light food intake helped. Now to keep going down. TOM is really weird this month, but it's basically over. Hopefully I'll keep going down. I need to get back on the treadmill as I haven't used it since Friday. Tonight will be the night!

July 24 - 209.4 (+0.6) - Back up I go. I hate that TOM. I didn't use the treadmill last night either, but I should have. I will tonight. Hopefully this will all pass and I'll get back to 206 before the end of the month. Otherwise I'll feel like I made NO progress this month.

July 25 - 208.8 (-0.6) - Cant wait for this TOM to go away so I can level back out! I think I'll be lower in the morning so that's good. I need to get back on the treadmill. I haven't used it in a few days. Tomorrow I'll do it no matter what. We are eating out on Saturday so the workout will be needed. I'm hoping I'll get back to 206 before the month is over. If not, I'll be back at it / lower the beginning of August.

July 26 - 208.2 (-0.6) - Still going back down. I WILL use the treadmill tonight too! I haven't used the thing in about a week, so I really need to use it again. Hopefully it will help get some of this bloat off. TOM should hopefully be gone soon, I'm on day 6 and am ready for it to leave. Id really like to get back to 206 before the month ends. 205's would be ideal, but I will take 206 and use that as my starting point for August. On a different note, I won DISNEYLAND tickets by calling into one of our local radio stations yesterday. My kids are very excited. This is the 2nd time that I have won tickets. We were just there in May because I won park tickets back in November. We will probably go next summer again, once school lets out. So, I have a new goal, be slimmer for our next Disneyland vacation. 5 more days of July to go!

July 27 - 208.6 (+0.4) - TOM is finally over. Hopefully the water retention will subside. I finally used the treadmill last night for 30 min. Plan on doing that again tonight. Still hoping for 206 before the end of the month.

July 28 - 207.6 (-1.0) - Yay! I'm excited! TOM water weight is finally going away! I didn't make it onto the treadmill tonight, but I did go swimming with the kids. I'm also planning (and have 2 whole weeks planned (this week and the next))for keto/low carb. I've managed to keep everything under 25 net carbs and practically no sugar, like maybe 5 grams for the whole day. I've tried low carb in the past and had some success, but I really didn't try too hard. Hoping this time it's better.

July 29 - 206.8 (-0.8) - Yay! Almost back to where I was pre-TOM. Today is my first day of keto and I'm pretty sure its gonna go well. Having my next 2 weeks planned out will really help. My problem is going to be the weekends. Those are always the hardest. BUT, I told myself I'd try it for 2 week and see where it gets me. I've tried keto before and had some success but not much, but I really wasnt trying. At the end of the 2 weeks, I'll see where I'm at and reassess. Hopefully withdrawls wont be too bad. I'm still gonna use the treadmill nightly too. Hopefully the combination of exercise and diet will get me going. 2.5 days left of July! August is gonna be a good month!

July 30 - 205.6 (-1.2) - OMG I did it! Tomorrow will be the real test to see if I stay or go down more. I'm getting the Keto headache though. I was in under 20g net carbs and had like 5 grams of sugar total for the day, so my body is hating me right now. Hopefully this will only last for a few days. I used the treadmill for 35 min last night too. I've found that if I watch a show or read a book on my tablet, the time goes by a lot faster.

July 31- 205.4 (-0.2) - Yay down a little bit more! I still have a raging headache, but I think that's because I've been good these last 3 days and have been at 20g or less on carbs and 10g and less on sugar. I'm going through withdrawls and my body I'd protesting by making my head feel like its gonna explode. OTC stuff slightly dulls it, but not much. Hopefully this lasts only a few more days. I was bad and didn't use the treadmill last night but I will tonight. Here's to August!

Starting Weight: 194.6
Starting Wt this month: 190.3
Goal Wt this month: 185
Target Goal Wt: 128

July 1
July 2: 190.3
July 3
July 4
July 5
July 6: on vacation last 4 days
July 7
July 8
July 9: 193.5
July 10
July 11: 193.8
July 12
July 13
July 14: 194.1 (TOM starting soon)
July 15
July 16: 192.5
July 17: 193.0
July 18: 192.7
July 19: 191.2
July 20
July 21
July 22: 192.9
July 23
July 24
July 25: 190.7
July 26
July 27
July 28: 192.6
July 29: 192.6
July 30
July 31: 190.6

Starting weight: 10st 2lb
Start weight this month: 9st 4lb
Goal weight this month: 8st 13lb
Target goal weight: 8st 7lbs

Found tracking like this really helpful in June, so bring on July!

Motivation - less weight on problem knees, hiking in Canada, fitting into my favourite clothes again!

July 1 - 9st 4lbs
July 2 - 9st 4lbs
July 3 - 9st 3lbs
July 4 - 9st 2lbs
July 5 - 9st 2lbs
July 6 - 9st 4lbs
July 7 - 9st 4lbs
July 8 - 9st 3lbs
July 9 - 9st 3lbs
July 10- 9st 3lbs
July 11- 9st 2lbs
July 12- 9st 3lbs
July 13- 9st 3lbs
July 14- 9st 2lbs - feels like I'm not losing weight this month, not sure I'm on target for 8st 13lbs by end July, need to refocus and stick with it, really want to see 9st 1lbs on the scales!
July 15- 9st 2lbs
July 16- 9st 2lbs
July 17- 9st 2lbs
July 18- 9st 2lbs
July 19- 9st 2lbs - so stuck at this weight - haha!
July 20- 9st 2lbs
July 21- 9st 3lbs
July 22- 9st 2lbs
July 23- 9st 2lbs
July 24- 9st 2lbs
July 25- 9st 1lbs
July 26- 9st 2lbs
July 27- 9st 2lbs
July 28- 9st 2lbs
July 29- 9st 2lbs
July 30- 9st 2lbs
July 31- 9st 3lbs - so didn't manage to lose much weight this month, but scales finally started to shift at start of august.
Aug 1 - 9st 1lbs
Aug 2 - 9st 0lbs