August Daily Weigh In and Logging Challenge!

@deepwoodslady Sending virtual hugs all the way from Australia! I'm glad the other blockages weren't as severe as first thought, hopefully you see/feel some improvement soon with the new meds - I know these things can take some time.

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 62 years old and from the Midwest USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Starting Weight (from July 31): 201.6
Goal: 196.6 (Five lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain. Black is no change.



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08/03-201.6-(Trend Weight 201.4)- The heart surgeon I met for the first time when I was in the OR. He said that he will not triple stent me, if it becomes 100% necessary, he will do a by-pass but he wasn’t in the mood to crack open any ribs that day. Yikes! He thought that two of the blockages could be managed with new meds for now but one was further blocked than the CTA test indicated. It was 76% blocked instead of 50%. So he stented that one, changed my cholesterol meds to 80 mg instead of 10 mg. Added the blood thinner recommended for those specifically with stents, added another heavy-duty blood pressure med to go with my other and gave me an emergency script for nitro just in case. He said my breathing on exertion should improve but it’s still rough breathing so far. Gotta heal up I guess. No exercise for a week and then light moderate like walking or bike. Breathing was worse yesterday instead of better but so far today, I feel a little improvement. Glad it’s over. Thanks again to all of you for the well wishes, personal IM’s and hugs. You are all the best friends a girl could ever ask for!


08/04-200.6-(Trend Weight 201.3)- I am done with the 2 days of extreme light duty. I go back on all diabetes medications today and start 5 days of light duty that is a tiny bit less restrictive. Still no exercise allowed, bu I can now carefully (under 5 lbs) use my right hand. I took my son out to a local restaurant last night mainly because I felt sorry for myself. Just being honest. We even split a dessert. Food doesn’t fix anything, of course, it’s just a band-aid. Feeling much better today and I can’t wait to be able to take walks again and get on my stationary bike! Weight dropped but it was probably fluid loss from the water pill. I can see my ankle bones again this morning and my feet look normal. They always do when I get rid of the water. I know this is not easy for any of us. We’ll get there folks if we keep showing up for ourselves in the day-to-day and for each other because support is one of the ingredients of success!


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I'm Christie, an Aussie, mum to the BEST three year old in the world (I am not even biased). I absolutely need to get serious about my weight and stop "treating myself". I had lost 15kg from my initial starting weight, but then started working from home and became less active through the day as a result. I'm finding it hard to get my rhythm back even though I'm back to working on site now. I've gained back too much of that 15kg loss. I plan to go back to basics because I KNOW it works for me!

Initial Starting Weight: 138.3kg (304.9lbs)
August Starting Weight: 131.9kg (290.8lbs)
August Goal Weight: 129.9kg (286.4lbs)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 64kg (141lbs)

AUGUST GOALS (DAILY):
👟 Walk 5000+ steps
💦 Drink 2L+ plain water
📔 Log all calories
🐨 Social media <60 mins
⚖️ Weigh in daily

DAILY LOG:
August 1: ⚖️ 132.2kg 👟 5,500 steps 💦2L 📔 1,786 calories 🐨 28 mins
August 2: ⚖️ 131.7kg 👟 6,121 steps 💦 2.5L 📔 1,940 calories 🐨 53 mins

August 3: ⚖️ 131.5kg 👟 5,360 steps 💦 2.5L 📔 2,746 calories 🐨 54 mins | Another busy day at work (the end and beginning of the month is always busy for me as an accountant)! Barely got any steps in all day as I was just chained to the desk, but made sure I did some walking in place to hit my target before bed time. Went a little over on calorie goal but still tracked everything which is all I'm actually aiming for at the moment - had great deficits so far this week so one day at maintenance is not going to undo all that.

August 4: ⚖️ 131.3kg 👟 5,384 steps 💦 2L 📔 2,973 calories 🐨 52 mins | My work colleagues held a morning tea for my birthday, which was nice. I did overindulge though! Everything tasted so nice and I felt a lot of peer pressure! Back to normal tomorrow. Feeling really exhausted and fatigued - this I think is still remnants of covid, maybe "long covid" though I hope not.

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Mary 65 from Pennsylvania. Goal weight 122 lbs. Was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for about 5 years and got lazy. I do low Carb 15+/- 3 Net Carbs/day(My body seems to hang on to Carbs/not burn them),1000-1200 calories daily, 2 meals on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days (4, long hours) and I only exercise on my days off due to the long work days.
Heaviest weight: 255 lbs, twice :-(

9/14/20-255 lbs. Started a new job without a micromanager.
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs. Started MFP, low carb and calorie restricted diet while recovering. Actively trying to lose now.
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212 lbs
9/1/21-200 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22-155 lbs
4/1/22-156.4 lbs
5/1/22-158.8 lbs :-(
6/1/22-152.2 lbs :-)
7/1/22-157.4 lbs :-(
8/1/22-167.2 lbs :-(
Current weight: 167.2 lbs (Lowest recent weight was 147.6 lbs on 4/6 & 4/7)
August wt loss- +1.4 lbs :-(

Daily Goals:

🌱Drink @ least 90 ounces of water
🌱Plan meals and log in advance
🌱Log honestly and consistently
🌱Eat at or under my calorie goal
🌼 Weigh in each morning
🌼 Post each day under this challenge
🌼 Continue weight lifting.
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8/1/22-167.2 lbs :-( Elliptical 214 minutes for 14.22 miles
8/2/22-168.6 lbs :-( The extra carbs and sodium show. Elliptical 233 minutes for 16.47 miles.
8/3/22-171.8 lbs :-( Still climbing from the extra carbs and sodium while I was off. Was in the BR almost ever half hour today peeing at work. Hopefully the scale will start back down.

8/4/22-168.4 lbs :-) Heading the right way.

Highest Weight 204lbs
Current weight 185lbs
Goal to lose 5lbs
Movement 1lb ⬆️

8/1: 185lbs
8/2: 186lbs ⬆️
8/3: 184.5 lbs ⬇️ Wednesday is my usual weigh-in. Nothing to add. A bit overwhelmed by pending appointments this month. Then travel by air with my 83 dad with Parkinsons. Fretting already. I know that is not helpful healthwise. But take a deep breath and move one foot forward.
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@joans1976 Thank you! It's Saturday evening here in Australia now so I've had a great day and been spoiled by my boys

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