Cesse - age 72 - Check-In

308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
295.4 lbs - weighin on 04/30 -- (-13.2 Total Loss to date)
291.2 lbs - weighin on 05/30 -- loss = 4.2 lbs for month of May (17.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
293.2 lbs - weighin on 06/27 -- gain = 2.0 lbs for month of June (15.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
291.1 lbs - weighin on 07/04 -- loss = 2.1 lbs -- (17.5 lb total loss to date)
290.8 lbs - weighin on 07/11 -- loss = 0.3 lbs -- (17.8 lb total loss to date)

July Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 8.2 lbs or approx. 2 lb/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs

JULY GOALS ---
(1) Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 10+ water [week 1 challenge = MEASURE IT!]
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps)
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter

STEP CHALLENGE --- 07/13 - 3000

SELF-CARE CHALLENGE --- 07/13 - Create complete ToDo list; prioritize 2; set goals to accomplish

TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals -- done
Collect all recyclable & put in bin; take bin to curb
Collect all trash (including from frig), put in bin, take bin to curb
Yardwork: water hanging plants, prune weeds/tree suckers from front of house
Create grocery order for delivery from Kroger

So, first day back at it! First day finally free of pain. Going to take it easy for next day or two; get back into doing stretches, walking, and tomorrow add back in yoga. I've lost track of all the things I need to get done so will create a master To-Do list today. There are a couple of items I really need to get started on so will set goals for those two items.

Not even going to try to catch up with all the posts I've missed. Will go back a page or two maybe.

Hope Y'all have a great day!! 🌞

Marigorringo wrote: »

19shmoo69 wrote: »

I overate today. With that said I bought a large exercise ball to help with crunches. I used to be the sit up king. After I started losing weight it literally got harder to do anything close to a sit up. I'm not sure what's up with that. Tomorrow is a new day. Let the adventure begin.
I'm not sure if anybody in this group prays but if you could lift my wife up in prayer. She fell and it's bad enough the doctor said it's not broken but treat it as if it is.

I will do ho'oponopono for her

What is a ho'oponopono?

@19shmoo69 ...your wife is in my thoughts

@lindamtuck2018 ..... I have always loved water ...but drinking tea, coffee ...counts as water too ..... I love adding berries, lemon or lime to my water .... I bought a 24oz cup with a straw .... I fill it will ice ...add lemon or lime juice and fill that baby up 4-6 times a day .... I drink approx. 120 oz of water ...Hoping to see you get your water on

19shmoo69 wrote: »

This may seem insensitive but after a bit of reading on Google I should have been a bit clearer on the prayer request. Actually a lesson learned is I should not have asked for prayer. Sometimes I forget we all do not believe the same. With that said do not offer any prayer. I will keep this less personal and more on weight loss.

There is nothing wrong with asking for a prayer or whatnot ... we are a team and we should be there for each other

Question of the Day:Do you eat your breakfast 🍳, lunch 🥙, and dinner 🥘 at a certain time every day?
Breakfast and Lunch are fairly routine during the week:
Breakfast is at 7:00 and Lunch b/t 12:00-12:30.
Dinner varies depending on work but I typically walk the dog and then do my exercise and then eat dinner b/t 7-8.

What is everyone's favorite exercise ? It doesn't just have to be 1 ....Mine are walking my dogs (which I haven't done in awhile due to fracturing my foot and having foot surgery) Love swimming and doing aerobics (which I have had to stop since twisting/spraining my ankle last week ) so now I swim almost everyday in my pool ....and I use my "total gym" 3 days a week .....Looking forward to hearing about everyone else's favorite exercise

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Marigorringo wrote: »

Good morning family!
Or as we say in my family Egun on!
I just came from the dietist. Poor woman, she is having struggles with me.
She told me that in doing everything really good except for one thing: I NEED TO MANAGE TO EAT THE 1600 Calories
We have been brainstorming to see how can I manage to eat that many calories (in a healthy way of course) And we end up with the idea of eating 6 times a day instead of 5.
See, for breakfast I can eat a breakfast buffet and still have room for more, but the rest of the day I'm almost pushing food trough my mouth. I can drink and drink and drink but not eat.
So my big Huge challenge this week will be to eat EVERYTHING that is in my diet. EEEEEEEVEEERYYYTHIIIINNGG.
That's going to be a tricky one but I will manage 💪

I know one thing that helped me when I was trying to get into a routine of eating regularly was I actually scheduled the time of my meal and snacks. The night before I would plan out what I was going to eat so I knew I was eating enough. It is kind of strict at first but after awhile I was able to do this without being so rigid.

I planned everything. I even did a nice menu and everything but I dont follow it.

Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »

What is everyone's favorite exercise ? It doesn't just have to be 1 ....Mine are walking my dogs (which I haven't done in awhile due to fracturing my foot and having foot surgery) Love swimming and doing aerobics (which I have had to stop since twisting/spraining my ankle last week ) so now I swim almost everyday in my pool ....and I use my "total gym" 3 days a week .....Looking forward to hearing about everyone else's favorite exercise

Dancing. I love dancing in all the varieties.