Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 152

6/1 116.0 Happy with this number and looking forward to seeing where it goes from here. Started the day with a 2 mile run and then a 2 mile walk on my munch. The dinner I made last night was kind of a fail, I attempted a curried butternut squash soup and then roasted Bratwurst on the side as the protein. The soup was a fail. I pushed through it but my husband couldn’t, so he ended up with chicken steamed pot stickers from Trader Joes and some of the Bratwurst. Tonight’s dinner will be sauteed chicken tenderloins with basic spices, brown rice and mashed turnip (I have CSA turnip to cook so the rice is for my husband in case he’s not a fan of the turnip). Breakfast today was an egg, 100 gms of the Bratwurst, sauteed spinach and toast with cream cheese. It was solid and very filling. My snack were strawberries and grapes plus a sliced up cucumber with Everything But the Elote seasoning from TJ’s. Have a good night!
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6/3 115.2 Did not post but was very excited about this number. (Did a 2 mile run in the morning and a super short walk during the day.)
6/4 115.6 Did not post but was cool with this.(20 minute spin bike workout and only a mile walk during a work break.)
6/5 Did not weigh this morning but everything was good foodwise yesterday. For an easy dinner, I ordered out from B. Good and got a Chipotle chicken sandwich for around 600 calories and tried their eggplant ball things with hummus. Having that for dinner put me right at maintenance level which was a good treat after being in a deficit all week. I have a lot on my agenda for today and designing a strength training program for myself is one of them. I also have to blanch and then freeze a bunch of spinach we have from the CSA. We have 5 8 oz bags of it in the fridge and I’ve eaten so much over the past month or so. I’m so sick of the fuzzy weird feeling your teeth get from the oxalic acid in it, that I just need a break from it. Have a good day all!
Ps. A break through has been made with my husband…after him working in a rehab hospital for almost 3 months and seeing the lifelong effects of a poor diet on essentially all of his patients, he’s truly decided to continue eating healthy and stress eat less! He also watched some Youtube video clip explaining how the brain creates new neuro pathways whenever you eat an unhealthy meal (think high in unhealthy fats, salt and sugar meal). So, then after eating that unhealthy meal, it causes you to want more unhealthy/bingey types foods. So, he has decided to limit the amount of not the greatest takeout he gets.

6/6 Did not weigh. But ended up weighing later on Saturday morning and clocked in at 115 😊.
6:7 115.8 Did a strength straining workout this weekend and my legs are still sore, so I’m thinking this is a blip up and the heat we had this weekend doesn’t help swelling either. I’m currently tweaking my diet to add more protein throughout the day as well now that I’m adding another layer of exercise to my routine. Started the day with a 20 minute spin bike ride and will go for my lunch walk and I’ll end my work day with a strength session. I’m starting the program in the book “Strong” by Lou Shuler and Alwynn Cosgrove because it seems very doable for me. I’ve had the book for a while and never committed to it, but now I’m intrigued and think it will be a good fit for me. Food was good the past two days and if I ended up going a little over maintenance it was only by a couple hundred calories. So, I’ll call this past weekend a win. TOM is arriving next weekend, so I expect to only stay around this weight.

R43 through R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/24/18) = …..19.4 LOST (Ending weight 179.0)
R53 through R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/02/19) = …..4.1 GAINED (Ending weight 183.1)
R63 through R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/12/19) = …..8.1 GAINED (Ending weight 191.2)
R73 through R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/21/19) = …..5.5 GAINED (Ending weight 196.7)
R83 through R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/29/19) = …..8.7 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)
R93 through R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/06/20) = …2.0 GAINED(Ending weight 190.0)
R103 through 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = …..14.9 GAINED (Ending Weight 204.9)

R113 through 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/24/20) = [color=blue)…..4.7 GAINED [/color=blue] (Ending Weight 209.6)

R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = ……1.5 LOST (Ending Weight 208.1)

R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/02/21) = ……0.7 LOST (Ending Weight 207.4)

R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = ……1.0 LOST (Ending Weight 206.4)

2021 Focus:

• Maintain weight < 150
• Strengthen strategies to reframe the tendency to use unhealthy snack food as a reward/treat.
• Make sure I have prepared healthy snacks available
• Cut down on eating between meals by keeping busy

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Never give up! Never give in!
Recent Back Story:

• 2018 goal: get back down to 160 ✅
• 2019 goal: proceed down to 150 ✅ with 2 months to spare
• 2020 goal: maintain below 150 dropping slowly down to 145 ✅ Strength training has slowed progress, but that’s okay.
• That's a WIN in my book!
  
• 2021
• Focus: maintenance! I might even manage to lose a bit more ever so slowly.
  
• (One good thing about Covid is that I don't have to traverse the minefield of family celebration meals.)

• Round 145 EW: 145.1🌻
  
• Round 135 EW 146.8🌻
  
• Round 120 EW 150.1🌻
  
• Round 110 EW 148.2🌻
  
• Round 109 EW 147.2🌻
  
• June 2017: Round 8 EW 169.9
  
• This was my first round!!! I faffed about for 2 1/2 years before I got back on track!!!

Food
🔹log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Exercise:
🔹Steps daily > 7500
🔹30 + minutes intentional exercise
Mind/Body/Soul/Spirit
🔹Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation
🔹Practice Self-care
🔹Positively reframe thoughts
🔹Learn something new
🔹15 mins Daily Declutter session

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Purple: #ff4968.

• Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
• A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
• Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
• The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
• Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
• The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
• When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
• Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, It's took me 75 rounds to achieve my under 130 target; back to maintenance again!! A healthy life style has to be a permanent way of life.

End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
End of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (+5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 ( 2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8 down from end of last round)
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 – 134.8 (2.4 pounds up )
End of round 125 – 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down
End of round 128 –133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 – 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 – 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 – 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not binging can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy for Christmas period & lower than at this time for many years!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up ugh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 ( 2.8 pounds down)
End of round 139 – 130.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 140 – 132.4 ( 2.2 pounds up)
End of round 141 – 131 ( 1.4 pounds down)
End of round 142 – 129.8 ( 1.2 pounds down)
End of round 143 – 130.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 144 – 130.2 (0.6 pounds down)
End of round 145 – 132 ( 1.8 pounds up)
End of round 146 – 133.8 (1.8 pounds up – again!!)
End of round 147 – 133.2 (0.6 down)
End of round 148 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 149 – 132.4
End of round 150 – 133.8 (1.4 pounds up )
End of round 151 – 135.8 (2 pounds up)