KUMEcyclingteam
Friday weigh in
Week 3
pw 233.0
cw 231.4

Been kinda rough this week, I had fasted from 1:00 am Tuesday until 9:am Wednesday With a "Prep" for an age related screening. So much fun getting old! lol Have a great week Team!

Username: 1theresamcvean
Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Friday
Previous weight: 150.0
Today's weight: 150.1

Sorry, everyone. I know we are trying to stay in the green this month. I was up and down like a roller coaster this week and netted out at 0.1 lb gain.

I'd also like to apologize for being mostly absent. I'm still having a lot of specialists' appointments and tests (for anyone new, I have a recent diagnosis of Meniere's disease which is moving quickly) and more next week. Plus still launching a start-up. My daughter's cancer came back and my mother is doing so poorly that she has to move from the retirement home to a nursing home. Usually, I have so many more happy things to report.

I did enjoy an outing yesterday to the Legoland Discovery Centre with my 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter, Pippa, and 8-month old grandson, Gilbert. I thought Pippa would like it the best, but Gil did. It must have been all the primary colours. To sum it up, we showed Pippa this pink and mauve Lego convertible car with a white Lego cat in the back seat, just the size for a couple of toddlers to hop in and pretend to drive. She got in and took the 'Lego' steering wheel. Immediately she noticed that it wouldn't turn, so jumped out of the car and looked 'under' it, saying, "This car doesn't drive," with a very perturbed look on her face. Really the look was, 'WTF.' When we left, she said in her little 2 1/2-year-old voice, "I don't like Legoland." Fair enough.

I've been so tardy getting back to you all. My apologies if I missed you this time or if my comments seem out of date. I think about you all the time and try to do better because you are all working so hard.

@KUMEcyclingteam Great loss! I hear you on getting old. I've been poked and prodded all month and will be back for more next week.

@lennoncpa Jimmy is so cute. I don't know how you can let the fosters go. Sharing my dog, Xavier (Xavy) here with his beer pong toys.

@GingerPwr Great loss!

@hope002 Same to you - what a loss! I love that you did a black diamond and your ski photos are awesome - before and after! But I see what you mean

@Cafelelia Congratulations on breaking your plateau and getting into the 140s. I hope to see that soon. I loved your post with the little dog in a bathrobe and sunglasses enjoying Saturday. Just show me a dog pic and I feel just the way that pup did in the pic. Ahhh.

@pacsnc6 Congratulations on your loss this week. I saw your question asking if our Smartwatch tracks biking. Mine does automatically. That automatic feature can be hilarious though. When I put my grandchildren to bed (they are babies), if I'm rubbing their back when they're in their cribs, which can go on for 30 minutes straight, my Fitbit records Elliptical. When I go for a good walk with the jogging stroller, it thinks I'm cycling. It has to do with arm movements with no distance traveled (Elliptical) and distance traveled plus heart rate up but no arm movements (Cycling). I hear you on the dizziness. I've got complex vertigo due to Meniere's Disease.

@rosieposiesrl Small loss, but what I'd give for your reading on the scale. I'm so close and yet so far. What scale do you have with such an accurate reading to two decimals?

@phoebe112476 Clementines are really sweet when you avoid sugar! Also peeling them is like opening a candy or other treat. Great congratulations on your loss and normal BMI. I loved looking at your charts. What an accomplishment!

@Fi45 and @Cafelelia Even though I would love to just rely on clementines, I do save calories so that every evening I can give into either a sweet or salty craving. Snacking means a lot to me. Some ways I do this are to divide all 4-serving recipes into 5 and then freeze the ones we don't eat immediately. Anything that's supposed to be a cup, I eat 3/4 or 2/3 cup. Lately, I've been making cauliflower rice and mixing one cup of it with two tablespoons of actual rice.

@nstephenson01 Even though I haven't been here, I have wondered how your barn building was going. I was wondering how you do it considering it's winter. Glad to hear your FIL is there to help. I love wine too and plan ahead to fit it in...dare I say, every day. Not too much, but still.

@amsandos I'm in Canada and we are pretty British in our lingo (heck, we now have one of the princes living here and I live just blocks from where Meagan lived when she was in Toronto), but I get the biggest kick out of the weight loss in stones. So lovely to be able to follow your journey!

@Mrsbell8well I hear you about the busy. I feel so bad when I'm not here and so soon after I joined. But don't you worry, you share so much of your awesome journey with us and I get so many ideas when you are here.

@jmilner89 Great loss and terrific activities this week. I thought I was on the wrong page when you mentioned summer school holidays but quickly tuned in.

@Freeglerock I'm so sorry to hear about your brother and then your step sister. Big, big hugs.

@twyla77 Great week 2 loss and step numbers.

@kirsten11872 I lost you at pudding shots. Just kidding. I hope you had a great birthday celebration!

@sleepymom5 I took my tree outside the same day as you. I felt a great sense of accomplishment, though I hate taking it down. I wish we had them up all year long. I'm sorry to hear about MK. I hope it reassures you to know that my wild child is the most responsible adult. Her medications probably don't help her handle her alcohol, but she needs them and she also needs to be young.

@JillyBT I try to sleep over 8 hours a night and according to my Fitbit this can take longer than 9 1/2 real hours. Drinking all this water/herbal tea can get me up in the night but I don't turn on the lights or look at the time. My doctor once told me not to worry if you can't get to sleep or wake up and can't fall back to sleep. As long as you lay there and relax (like meditating) your body is restoring itself. I love sleep and so does my daughter. Whenever we need a secret password, our question is 'favourite thing in the world?' and the answer is 'sleep.'

@tryingagain5 I'm glad you made it through the colonoscopy and sorry to hear you're dealing with an unknown. The good thing is that you're living a healthy lifestyle. It often takes two years to get to the bottom of medical issues. Stay positive!

@sleepymom5 I love Dr Fung. I haven't read his books, but I watched a lot of his videos. He is amazing!!!
I'm doing OMAD now(one meal a day), hunger is not bothering me anymore, I eat because I want to nourish my body. Carbs cravings - GONE. This was my biggest problem. I don't do Keto, but pretty low carb diet.

Had to cancel hike. I’m feeling really strange muscle fatigue, brain fog, heart flutters and feeling off balance. I was afraid it was this diet. My nurse daughter thinks I’m showing classic signs of B12 deficiencies. I will go Monday to check my levels and maybe get a shot. Looking for answers on my Facebook group as well. A certain amount can be attributed to detox but something feels wrong. I have lost 5 1/2 pounds in 13 days. I’m eating a lot. But Molly is questioning the calorie level. Who knows. Staying on course for now but holding off on exercise till I feel better