Steps 11/13-6415

Wednesday Check-in
Calories: under, all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: 115 min platform stepping

Steps
Wednesday 11/12 - 19,117

5 for 90 for Wednesday
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ✔️
5. Thankful ✔️ for the patience and love of my spouse

Thursday/Today - Goals and Improvements!
- Stick with food plan
- Work on home office decluttering/organization
- Progress on school work
- Get in steps
- Do some Martial Arts Practice

Check in

Username: Renaegry
Week: 2
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW: 154.2
CW: 155

raleighgirl09
Weigh in week: 2 (14Nov2019)
Weigh in day: Thursday
Previous Weight: 196.9
Current Weight 202.2
Steps: 11/1 1,431 - 11/2 9,375 - 11/3 9,021 - 11/4 9,363 - 11/5 10,774 - 11/6 19,047 - 11/7 13,295 - 11/8 8,023 - 11/9 12,376 - 11/10 11,992 - 11/11 7,283 - 11/12 7,213 - 11/13 7,143

5 for 90
Make time for yourself: I took time to enjoy my time away in NYC this week, it was great as a first time there but too short and no sightseeing
Exercise 30 minutes a day: this has been lacking focus and intentional action the last week
Hydrate: slipping
Give up a trigger food / behavior: seriously - I just gave myself permission to eat things I normally wouldn't but I wish I had had more fortitude than that; not really regret but more like knowing I need to work on that because it doesn't align with my goals
Thankful for: my hubby who was wonderful while I was sick and now that I'm well - thank goodness for THAT!!!

Remember the good, be the good, encourage others on their journey - poignant this week. I work in clinical research and attended a conference that had several patient advocates with a lean to those patients who enter trials for their illnesses. Each person who agrees to be in a trial truly does humanity good, and we who work in the industry, in any one of a million capacities, must do everything we can to make the process the best it can be for them....for us.

So, I learned something really, really important about my eating. When I *think* I am eating less due to illness or time or whatever - I overcompensate because I think I have more disposable calories to my name than I do in reality....and then I ate them thinking I was under which caused me to not be under. What a stupid hamster wheel _that_ is! But I saw it happen after the fact at first and then a couple of times, caught myself in the act and once - I avoided doing it because I heard myself tell myself about hardly eating and then turning toward a more calorific choice. So, before my trip, I used this revelation to the good and I'm going to keep this at the top of the brain. However, on the trip Mon-Wed, well, that was just eating too much and poor choices. And today just tagged along for the ride.

I was mindful to also pay attention to my hunger before and during eating. I naturally don't overeat now (too full tummy), having conquered that many years ago, but I do tend to just eat what is on my plate and unless I am keeping calories low on purpose, I eat more than I need to, to maintain a lower weight so I need to start taking body cues and begin the process for a new normal (when the new normal called maintenance arrives) and getting to a natural process of eating what is needed which happens to be less. Woo - I know - not new news for me or anyone but I need to learn to stop a little sooner, even if I have a few bites left. I can see how it is that I just slowly gain the weight back when I stop logging and carefully minding myself.

Welp. Tomorrow is a new day, troops. => Let's welcome it with open arms and minds.

11/14 steps: 10,053

Hello - checking in for Thursday.

Calories - oh no, red over again! I had to estimate some of the portions I ate yesterday, so erred on the side of caution. I'm not worried. I'm very sure the weekend will sort this.
Water - 13/14 so close.
Exercise - 15032 steps

Currently, my planner is allowing for a large slice of chocolate cake and I still have 200 calories to play with, so we can do this!

Hang in there @TeresaW1020. You really are making such good changes to your diet and exercise. Those NSV’s sometimes mean more than the scale!

Username:kres567
Weigh in week: 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous weight: 211.2
Current weight: 213.2

Doing okay everyone. Just need to get some consistency going.

steps 11/14-3996

@mrmcgrath - Hurray for being down! You keep scooching closer to onderland, despite having a lot going on!

@kres567 - I so agree about the value of consistency. Little daily practices add up!

@TeresaW1020 -
Hurray to your clothes fitting better! That's great! And how smart to be looking at that measure, too, instead of just the number on the scale.
It sounds like you are doing all the right things with eating (I always thing doing well with eating is key!) and exercise (your new routine sounds great!), so hang in there!

@Wishusdonna - What a great day!

@davors19 - Great job stepping and logging! ( @TeresaW1020 , copying you to make sure you see that davors19 is in the steps challenge!)

STEPS NOV 14 6665
NOV 15 11749

Gym challenge- yesterday I was with trainer, we did upper body it was good.
Today I went for a run- I haven't run for a while and I'm back to square zero with it. But I did maybe 45 mins of walk run. Went to the gym to get my 30 mins in, but just did mobility work.

Hydration has been good.

Cals- on track- I bought a very big piece of cake yesterday which wasn't on plan, btu I split it in half and ate it today and yesterday. But still under weekly cals. Haven't had much appetite this week really, not sure why. Very rare for me!

@its_cleo sounds like you put in good training time getting back into running and with your gym workout. Oh, cake! Great job splitting it up and fitting it in your calories!

Friday check-in
Calories- under, ate a lot in the afternoon then wasn't hungry after work out so I skipped dinner
Exercise- bike, elliptical, weights
Water over

5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs a week- done
2. At least 30 minutes exercise a day- done
3. Decluttering- none today
4. Social media- checked in, did ok
5. Trigger foods- good job today

Daily check in
Thurs Nov 14
Tracked yes
Calories under
Exercise walk
steps 12810

4965 steps

@AustinRuadhain thanks for the constant encouragement! I am really pleased with this weeks weigh in. I have been listening to a podcast regarding maintenance (not that I am ready to maintain) but learned that I needed to learn how to maintain my current weight before trying to eat at a deficit simply because if I do not learn to maintain then what will happen when I reach my magic weight goal. I will gain it back like all the times before. This week I have been working on finding the sweet spot of maintenance. I am feeling really good with where I am at in this journey!

hinemoa2088
Week 2
Weigh in day: Saturday
PW: 162
CW: 160.8