Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 148

Round 148
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 60 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 106 FOR ME.

“Today….I am choosing Me”


MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R147 EW= 207.0
R148 EW= 206.6


Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.
Day/Weight/Comment
04/21 …..207.0….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
04/22 …..207.2 ….. After travel yesterday. Meal out was small and healthy but I could have done without the dense dessert. I should have resisted harder. I hope more will not creep up on the scale in the days to come since it sometimes shows up later. More travel today for Covid shot #2. Only about 3-4 hours out total so I will keep my meals at home which will really help. Time to get this done!

04/23 …..208.6 …..

04/24 …..206.6 ….. I’m feeling much better today. I was very disoriented yesterday and bloated with the extra water intake after the vaccination. A full day planned today including a tree service cutting down some trees. I will be part of the clean-up crew so I will get in lots of movement today.

04/25 …..206.0 ….. Just over 27,000 steps, over 11 miles and nearly 4000 calories burned so I worked hard in the yard for this downward trend. Downside? Got eat up with gnat bites. No sleep last night. Nothing I tried stopped the itching. I am high allergic to their bites so I am miserable right now with another full day of outside work ahead of me. My right eye is swollen shut. Joy!

04/26 …..204.0 ….. Wow! I was pleasantly shocked at the scale. This extensive yardwork after the trees were removed is really paying off. It’s also keeping things moving right along in the TMI (bathroom) dept. Finished with the clean up now so I won’t be burning 4000 calories a day anymore, but there’s always something I can do out there. I just often need help and I need to keep the crew on the reno projects. I’ll still get my rear end out there and burn something extra everyday. Rain and thunderstorms next 3 days though. Maybe I’ll just do the happy dance inside about the scale progress!

04/27 …..205.4 ….. I think the sudden drops just adjusted themselves so I am okay with this. Weight is still down 1.6 lbs from challenge start. Fat percentage is down (including overnight). My trend weight is continuing down, even with today’s scale read. I had a glucose drop yesterday that I caught quickly before it raged out of control. I corrected it easily and without too many calories or carbs. I slept very good last night with 6 hours which is about 2 hours more than normal. So I know all is well. There was less movement due to rainy weather and some outdoor work being done by the excavating company. However, overall, I am so very very pleased with the progress. My birthday is coming in May. My gift (I hope) to myself is continued progress. Thai food is scheduled for dinner tonight. I will split it in half and eat the rest tomorrow. Pushing water for the impending sodium.

04/28 …..205.6 ….. I didn’t get my Thai food afterall. Apparently the restaurant was closed for a deep cleaning. Divine intervention? I think so! Was starving with no meal planned but I managed to eat proper foods, (just a bit much on the quantity). My son and I took a nice little walk to go pick up my car that was back in the shop. We checked out our new neighborhood. I didn’t realize the horrid incline to get back out. My legs and feet were fine. Even my knees were okay. But my breathing was tough. I had to stop a few times. Very different than my old neighborhood but it offers me a challenge and a goal. My weight trend continues to improve. I am down 1.9% in my body fat in just 2 weeks. My weight is continuing to trend down. Now it says I will reach my goal by 2023 instead of 2054 and 2036 and all those other ridiculous numbers. My trend weight is at its lowest in 13 weeks!

04/29 …..207.2 ….. What?????? Oatmeal for breakfast yesterday, all non-starch veggies for dinner with lite sour cream on some sweet potato. The only thing I can suspect is the sunflower seed kernals (carefully measured out) that were salted for my night snack. Tomorrow will tell if this is temporary water retention from the salt or weight from the fats in the sunflower kernals.

04/30 …..206.2 ….. So frustrated with this process! Middle of the night I experienced a very severe glucose episode. At first it felt like a drop. It started with the unreasonable savage hunger then I went into the feeling drunk and staggering mode. I quickly checked my sugar before stuffing face and it’s a good thing I did. The last thing I needed was food! My sugar was at 565 (should be 80-90). Feeding a low sugar is easy but lowering it when you’ve already taken your meds is very difficult, especially when you cannot think straight. I gulped some apple cider vinegar and went outside in the dark and walked back and forth in my yard. Finally I remembered some old meds I still had (from before weight loss) and took one of those in combo with my regular meds. Finally I lowered to 200. Obviously no sleep last night. Everytime I try to tweak my diet a bit more, I have to deal with these diabetic issues which can be very scary. I’ve got to get past these obstacles, these hurdles. Weight loss will only help my diabetes, if only my body would stop going into survival mode! My scale is at a one pound drop today which I kind of expected after the salty snack caused an increase yesterday. I will celebrate the loss and tread lightly today. Hair appointment day today so there will be lots of sitting. I will try to get in some movement tonight.

05/01 …..206.6 ….. 0.4 loss for the round which is goal (any loss). I hope to do better next round and hope that my diabetic fluctuations will begin to subside. Nice job to everyone who saw the challenge through. See you next round!