Thanks @tishsmith101! The scale is slowly creeping down. I took some measurements this week and increased my bicep measurement by 1/4”, decreased waist and thigh by 1/4” each and 1/2” in the hips. So the progress is small but still progress. I have to remember I can’t outrun my fork so that is my focus this month. Believe me the internal struggle is real with trying to justify a snack when I’m not hungry. Especially with my saboteur waiting in the wings to offer up goodies!

Got over 8 miles walking yesterday. Thank goodness because I ate too many carbs and needed to burn them.

As I suspected, not the best day yesterday, but I am still easing back into all this. Busy/draining work day, and didn't get sufficient activity in. Also, didn't eat all that much, just under 1200 cals, which was not planned.

Goal for August: (1) log daily; (2) under 70 g net carbs; (3) at least 30 g fiber; (4) at least 100 g protein; (5) close my Apple watch rings daily; and (6) work out at least 5x per week.

(1) Yes (4 of 5 for the week)
(2) Yes (53 g net carbs, 4 of 5)
(3) No (only 21 g, 3 of 5)
(4) No (not far off, 97 g, 4 of 5)
(5) No -- low on the calories bit (3 of 5)
(6) No (had planned to, but was exhausted and hungry when I got home, so just read and made dinner, even though I know a work out or even just a walk outside would have energized me)

HELLO 👋
The last two days have gone well.
Daily, I have logged 10K steps, morning yoga, and ST with hand weights and bands. My calorie intake has been a little high so tomorrow I’ll add extra veggies and high protein.

Today I worked at our train club, raking pine needles and ballast. Hard Labor 🏋️‍♀️


@lemurcat2 thanks for the ‘welcome’
great finish to your day on Wednesday and week’s measurements
Best wishes identifying your digestive troubles

@taylok23 great evening goals
Those late night snacks can quickly derail a good day

@lemurcat2 sending prayers all is well for your fur baby and stay at the vet


💗 Karen 🐆

Glad to be back and Thank you @baconslave for this thread. Great support here!
Mary from Pennsylvania 65 now, Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(

UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. For challenges my official weigh in day is Sunday. I weigh daily.

9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 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 100 lbs lost of 133 lb goal
4/1/22-156.4 lbs (Lowest weight 4/6 & 4/7-147.6 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

Been MIA almost all of July on this thread. I've been struggling with my Carb intake from my normal and it shows. :-( Still doing my Elliptical on my off days and started using weight equipment that I have in my basement. My weekly weigh in day is Sunday.
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs Elliptical 214 minutes for 14.22 miles

8/7/22- 167.2 lbs Still been doing my Elliptical on my off days. I may have broke it Friday. Got stiff and couldn't move it. 2 of my sons cleaned and oiled it. Worked ok today for my first 2 hours then screeched and got stiff then eased up for my third hour then got stiff again and I stopped even though I still had 30 minutes left in the movie I was watching. THIRTEEN LIVES about the Thai soccer team cave rescue in 2018. Very good and kept my elliptical pace up even though I knew the outcome as I followed it on the news then. Its on Amazon Prime. Done by Ron Howard. I recommend it and it received 5 out of 5 stars.

I found a local Fitness Equipment Repair company(if they are still in business) to call tomorrow to see if they can fix my Elliptical. A comparable one to mine is now $1200-1600. I'm thinking it's the bearings, bushing or something. It's only used by me. Bought it in 2010 I think. Only been really used regularly the last year. I know I've put 2000+ miles on it since 1/3/22. Conservative as I found out 2 months ago that my I Phone only captures half of my Elliptical or daily steps. I've since added the extra mileage. Charity Miles I started 1/3 and they say I've done almost 2000 miles.

@lemurcat2 so sorry to hear your sweet fur baby passed

I’ve had a few good days in a row with movement, NEAT and calories in check. Today was more carby than I’d like but still within my calorie goal. I did eat back my exercise gains but was under most days last week. I’m feeling pretty good so hope to make this a streak!

@lemurcat2 it sounds like you gave your baby a good life. My thoughts are with you.

Thanks, all. I will definitely miss him, but he did have a good long life.

Back to focusing on diet and exercise.

Yesterday I logged (1/1 for week 2). Carbs were net 44 (goal is below net 70, but in general I think I'm going to try for below net 50). Fiber was below 30, and I think I'm going to drop that as a goal for the time being as I focus on the lower carb goal -- so long as I eat lots of veg I don't care so much. Protein was 99 g, so close to my 100 g goal. Exercise wasn't great -- I'd planned to go to the gym but couldn't go at lunch bc work was busy and ended up staying late. I need to get back in the habit of working out first thing in the morning.

Despite getting home late, I made a delicious stew for dinner with things I happened to have on hand -- some brats I needed to cook, plus onions and garlic and then a lot of kale and chard. I tossed in some potatoes that I also needed to use up, since I had the carbs to spare, but it would have been tasty without them too.

8/9 I’m trying to kick the week off right so NEAT was pretty good and I’m beating my move goals each day. Food is staying in check. I ate dinner last night a bit early and started getting the niggling in the back of my mind to have a snack. I pushed it aside a couple of times by checking my true hunger and knew I was fine. Man that is hard! I was down 4.8 pounds yesterday from a week ago but had a bounce up this morning likely from higher sodium the night before. Fingers crossed!