Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 215

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE
2/21 197.8
2/22 194.0 Yesterday I had fasting labs scheduled for about 1 pm, then didn't get home till dinner time. Bad health news so I MUST buckle down so see consistent loss. This am my dh got on the scale and had the exact same weight, he doesn't exercise at all and essentially eats what he wants.
2/23 194.6 hoping this is the sodium from last night
2/24 193.6
2/25 193.6
2/26 DNW
2/27 198.0 yikes
2/28
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MFP SW: 297
R200 EW: 291
R201 EW: 286.4
R202 EW: 283
R203 EW: 280.2
R204 EW: 273
R205 EW: 274.4 (yikes!)
R206 EW: 268.2
R207 EW: 265.6
R208 EW: 260.2
R209 EW: 256
R210 EW: 252.4
R211 EW: 248.6
R212 EW: 249.2 (booooo)
R213 EW: 245
R214 EW: 241.4
2/21: 241.2
2/22: 240.6. Also down 35 inches today overall, woot woot!
2/23: 239.8
2/24: 239.4
2/25: 239.2
2/26: 239.6
2/27: 239.2
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47 F - Ultimate Goal weight 160

SW Round 211: 198.0 (-1.8)
EW Round 212: 198.2 (+.02)
EW Round 213: 197.8 (-.04)
EW Round 214: 198.6 (+.08)

Goal 1 for this round: Use the "day completed" button at the end of every day to make sure I log everything.

2/21：198.8
2/22 195.8
2/23：194.7 finally some progress!
2/24: 195.8
2/25: 195.6
2/26: 195.6
2/27: 196.6 Annoying to go up, but I started taking creatine to help with headaches and it has an associated weight gain. Hopefully it will stabilize in the coming days. Stayed under my calories and check off my journal.
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Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
5th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
Heaviest Weight: 345+ lbs (my highest known weight prior to gastric bypass in Aug 2005)
Weight in March 2022: 220 lbs
Weight beginning this Round: 150.6 lbs
Goal: Maintain 150 lbs

This round's daily goals:
1. <1500 cals per day - ☹☹☹<3<3<3<3
2. Jog/walking with dog every day - ☹<3☹☹<3<3<3<3
3. Zero work absences - ☹<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

2/21 – 150.6 lbs – WELP. I felt too gross to jog this morning, and I logged off work after lunch today because I felt so hateful (I didn’t sleep last night at all and when I did I had a lot of bad dreams – PTSD). I did manage to stay below 1500 calories, so let me try to focus on the positive. I have decided to keep my goals for this round very similar to last round. I have raised my calories up from 1300 to 1500, as I could not for the life of me stay at 1300 for some friggin mind-boggling reason. I kept the jogging goal as that is a new skill I am trying to incorporate into my life and I need to keep practicing it. It is my hope/belief that if I can do jogging every day, I may be able to maintain this weight for the foreseeable future (which I have never in my entire life been able to do). Also, I need to continue to work on not being absent from work, as the role I am currently doing is temporary and due to my absences, my manager is thinking about bumping me back down to my permanent role, which I would rather not do. (My current role is a more senior role; it is more challenging and aligns with my career goals and pays more.) I want to give myself a “shout out” for not missing any days last week. In the coming 10 days of this challenge I am scheduled for 8 days of work… please wish me luck/give me support to try to attend on those days. I really want to prove to my manager and teammates that I am worth keeping around. I am cutting myself some slack in that my goal is to just “attend”… not even to be 100% productive for those days. Just show up and do my best. Finally, you may notice that I have changed my goal weight from 145 to 150. I have been at this weight since February 2nd. Maybe I need to just accept that this is maintenance… ? Open to any thoughts or suggestions on this topic. 😊
2/22 – 150.4 lbs – Well, I attended the entire day of work, logged in on time and actually was a bit productive! I am really proud of that! I also did my walk/jogging, before the massive storm started. Unfortunately, I was SO hungry all day, I ate the entire house. And there likely won’t be much opportunity to exercise tomorrow, as the storm is expected to continue all through Thursday. I should do a “Grow with Jo” exercise video. I will still need to find a way to exercise my high-energy dog, nonetheless!
2/23 – 151.2 lbs – Okay, that is a problem. I was potentially adjusting to the idea of “maintaining” at 150 lbs. But I am NOT letting the scale go up. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I am NOT getting back on the emotionally draining merry-go-round of losing weight and then gaining it and then losing it and gaining it again… Yesterday I ordered Jenny Craig food. Not because I want to lose more weight, exactly. But more because my mental health has been all over the map lately and cooking has not been high on my list of priorities. I find that I have mostly been eating snacks, and the same things over and over again. I am hoping that using the Jenny food will help me have more of a variety of foods/nutrients, but also not go overboard on calories. In terms of my daily goals: it was too crappy for me to jog/walk this morning - too cold and also super icy. I also did not stay under my 1500 calories for the day. However, I did attend work and was able to do some work I was actually happy with. So there is the positive for the day. 😊
2/24 – DNW – Well, all I can say is that I woke up at midnight and did not get enough sleep and therefore felt kind of murderous all day. I did do my day of work and did as much actual work as I could and I got some positive feedback from my manager, so that was nice. I did not do my jog/walk as it continues to be very cold and icy. For the first time in months, I lost track of how much I ate and failed to log everything. I got so discouraged that I deleted all my entries for the day and now it’s a bunch of zeros. I know my calories were WAY over 2,000. Augh. TGIF.
2/25 – 151.4 lbs – Okay, the scale is headed in the wrong direction. I need to take action NOW. It continues to be cold and icy, so I can’t do my jog/walk. (I am too old to be falling on the ice.) So today I will bundle up and do a bunch of short walks with my dog. He didn’t get enough exercise yesterday and drove me up the wall with his whining and barking and shenanigans. (Poor dog.) I will also do a Grow with Jo video (she is on YouTube and I really enjoy her videos!). I also need to do a bunch of cleaning. So, that will hopefully help me get my steps in. (My daily Fitibit goal is 14K per day.) I will also pre-log my food and stick to the plan no matter how sore my stomach gets. (My body is doing this new thing where my stomach starts to hurt and nothing helps unless I eat something?) I’m going to post this now for accountability. (I usually only post the day after.) I need to at the very least get back down to 150.0 lbs by the end of this round. Feel free to cheer me on/chastise me. 😊 FTR, my TOM has been very irregular this last year, as I am hopefully approaching menopause. I am kind of hoping that the intense hunger/rage/fatigue I've felt over the last few days plus the weight gain is indication that I am premenstrual...
2/26 – 151.4 lbs – Well, the scale is the same as yesterday, but I am telling myself that if I hadn’t had a good eating/walking day yesterday my weight may have been even higher today, so I’m going to look at it that way. (I think we call that “reframing”! Ha!) I have 4 more weigh-ins this round to get back down to 150.0 lbs. I can do this! I did have a good day yesterday, as I had promised in yesterday’s post. I did stay under 1500 calories, I did pre-log my food and stuck with it, I got my steps in (over 20k steps), and did some cleaning. I also remembered to take my supplements, and got in decent fluids and protein, for which I should get extra brownie points. The only thing I did not do from my list yesterday was a Grow with Jo exercise video, but I actually got in a pretty good 90-min dog walk first thing in the morning, despite the weather, so I am okay with that. Actually, I just decided to give myself a “<3” on my chart above, as I did a good walk and jogging was not an option due to how icy the sidewalks are. Therefore, since I reached all my goals, I get to put a sticker on my calendar. Yes, I am five years old, why do you ask? 😊 The goal for today is to do exactly the same as yesterday: pre-log my food, stay under 1500 calories, jog and/or walk the dog, reach my step goal (14K), and finish my cleaning. I don’t think I’ll need to do a Grow with Jo video, as it is pretty decent out (-3 Celsius, or 26.6 Fahrenheit for my American friends!). I think it is still too icy out there to jog, unfortunately. I’m getting too old to fall, man!! I guess we are half way through this challenge, as of today. I was talking to my hubby last night and wondering aloud if I should actually be trying to get down to 145 lbs so that if I do happen to gain a pound I’m not so freaked out (and not over my goal weight). I am going to ponder that before we start the next round. I guess I’d have to lower my daily caloric goal, in that case. Mathematically, I’d need to stick with 1250 cals per day (if I did no exercise) to lose 0.5 lbs per week, which means it would take me 13 weeks to reach my goal. Holy hell. I hate math. Unfortunately, I tried to do 1300/day last round and was spectacularly unsuccessful. Augh. I’ll think about it. Anyway, let me focus on today. Like yesterday, I will post this now, so I feel compelled to follow through with what I posted here. Wish me perseverance! (Luck has nothing to do with this, y’all!!)
2/27 – 149.6 lbs – Now that’s more like it! I did all the things yesterday: ate under 1500 cals, did my 90-min walk with the dog and beat my 14K step goal for the day, pre-logged my food and stuck with it, and finished my cleaning. And it looks like it paid off! 😊 I’m so excited that I had two good days in a row! I think the Jenny Craig food is making things easier for me, too. No cooking and not much in the way of decision making. The weather was better yesterday and also I know that getting my walk in usually dramatically lifts my mood. I am all ready to start the week. Now I think the hard part for the next 4 days is going to be to attend my work and also try to actually do the work that’s necessary. I’ve been put in charge of a project and I think this is a little test on my boss’s part. (It’s a low stakes project, for the most part.) I will do my best to rise to the challenge. Okay, so for today: I’m going to pre-log my food and stick with it, eat under 1500 calories, get my 14K steps in, (I still can’t jog, it’s still too icy and people aren’t clearing their sidewalks properly), attend all 7.25 hours of work, and try to get at least a few things done. I am also going to post this early because it has helped me stick to the plan the last 2 days. Here goes!! 😊 Oh, and btw, I was right: TOM arrived. Explains a lot. LOL.
2/28 – 149.4 lbs – WooHoo! I’ve been sticking to plan the last three days and the scale is doing what I want it to! If I can end this challenge with even a tiny loss, it will be a major win! Considering the weather, my mental health and the fact that I have been needing to make my work a priority, I am really happy with my recent efforts. 😊 The plan for today is to keep it going: pre-log and stick to my food, come in under 1500 calories, attend all 7.25 hours of work and try to do a much as I can in terms of being productive, and attempt to get my 14k steps in. The only wiggle room I am giving myself today is that we are in the middle of a major snow storm and I don’t think the sidewalks are cleared yet (it has been snowing for at least 11 hours straight, at this point). So I may not be able to get much of a walk in. I’ll really only know once I get out there. If I can’t walk much, I will do a Grow with Jo YouTube video, but that will only get me about 2500 steps. So, we’ll have to play that one by ear. Again, I’m going to post this early so that I feel I have to stick with it! Wish me luck! Oh, yesterday I emailed my gym about reinstating my membership. When I first got my rescue dog on January 2nd, I put my gym membership on hold, because at that point he was needing a lot of time and energy (he wasn’t house-trained, he didn’t know how to walk on a leash, resource guarding, biting, and pretty much zero self-control). I knew I wasn’t going to be able to leave him alone to go to the gym 2-3 times a week, and that I was going to be investing a lot of time in training him and bonding with him. Well, fast forward to 2 months later, and he is doing great! I think at this point I can leave him at least 2 times a week for 45-60 minute sessions (he stays alone a lot longer than that when I go in to the office for work). Originally I had put my membership on hold until March 18th – hopefully the gym can work it out for me to come back sooner!
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**thoughts for next challenge: journalling, meditation, affirmations, band/strength exercises, Grow With Jo videos on cold days, get back to the gym, X pages of reading

64 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 214 (my 146th). As always, thank you. @QuiltingJaine.
Goal for this round; again I'm not looking at a specific number, any loss and keeping clear of binges, keep within calories & macros.
SW 138.6
2/21 138.6 – 8.81 miles walked, two thirds of exercise calories eaten back.
2/22 138 - 8.99 miles walked, 90% exercise calories eaten back.



2/23 140.2 – ughhr! Binged yesterday ☹, why? 9.62 miles walked, all exercise calories eaten back ---and more ☹
2/24 141.6 – I don't know why I do this to myself, I feel awful & got practically no sleep last night due to the binging, definitely have a bad sugar hangover again this morning. I’ve got 6 days to turn this around. No structured walking, childminding little DGS.2/25
2/26 142 – 9.32 miles walked, good food up to evening meal which we ate late; SIL cooked for us and all food was high fat content ☹. I’m really hoping for a lower number tomorrow, pre-logged all food and I am determined to stick with it, getting out for a walk later - but it’s bitterly cold in the North wind.
2/27 140.6 – a much better number: I kept to the pre logged foods, I’ll do that again today, it does work! And I’m in control of all my food again today. 8.96 miles walked yesterday, just under 50% exercise calories eaten back. I'm going to try hard to get back to my round start weight.
2/28 140.2 - 10.09 miles walked yesterday around our nearest AONB, stopped off at Shugborough Hall for our picnic and a delicious latte coffee, it was such a fresh spring day, made me feel so alive and exhilarated!! A fraction over 50% exercise calories eaten back.
3/1 139.4 – 11.6 miles walked, a third of exercise calories eaten back. Bit of a tall order to expect to get down to round start weight, but will do my best today.
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I'M WORTH IT !!
👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

F42, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5th July '21)
RGW: 152.4lbs
UGW: 140lbs (trend)
UUGW: 122.4lbs

Past Rounds
R177-R210 DNW regained 26.6lbs 😵 Never again!
R211 SW:165.0 GW:163.0 EW:160.8 (-4.2)
R212 SW:161.4 GW:159.0 EW:157.6 (-3.2)
R213 SW:158.0 GW: 156.0 EW: 156.8 (-1.2)
R214 SW:154.4 GW:153.4 EW:154.4 (0.0)
R215 SW:153.4 GW:152.4 EW:
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2/19 155.6 (trend 156.1)
2/20 154.4 (trend 155.9)

2/21 153.4 (trend 155.5) Last round's goal weight reached today, nice!
It's Pancake Day today so I have made banana protein pancakes for breakfast for the week, really tasty and satisfying as they feel a bit naughty but only 130 cals each, 10g protein, 15g carbs.
The recipe in case anyone wants to try them:
Into a blender put
3 ripe bananas
110g rolled oats
110g chocolate protein powder
8 egg whites
4 whole eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
Blend until smooth
Divide batter into 12 equal amounts and cook individually in a non-stick frying pan, flipping to cook both sides until golden. No oil necessary.

Feeling pretty shakey this morning after exercising for 10 days in a row, so I could really do with a recovery day. Think I'll eat a couple of hundred more calories today and try not to do anything too active.

2/22 152.8 (trend 155.2) Had a rest day yesterday. 30 mins walking to the hair dressers and back then stayed at home. I've pulled a muscle in my back, I think from doing lateral pull downs at the gym on Monday. OH tried to give me a massage but he's so bad at it, it was like torture! I found a nifty trick to press the muscle by standing against a wall with a tennis ball trapped against the painful area and using my back to move it around in small circles, it really works!
Job interview tomorrow, eeek!

2/23 152.6 (trend 154.8) Enjoying my new fitness watch but it was a shock to see my body fat percentage which was over 40% and apparently I'm obese. I know these gadgets can be unreliable but still, it was a wake up call! Well 10lbs to go until I'm within a normal weight range so will keep on keeping on. I have decided to up my calories a couple of hundred as I'm worried about losing too much muscle, will try to make it 200 cals of extra protein.

2/24 152.8 (trend 154.6) Yesterday was a good day, I met my food and fitness targets and am feeling a lot stronger and less deprived already after adding 200 extra cals. The job interview went well, fingers crossed I get it.

2/25 153.0 (trend 154.4) I think the uptick the last 2 days is because I have just started training legs at the gym and have had muscle soreness from that. I was avoiding doing legs as I already have really large thighs and I put on muscle there easily and yet take forever to lose fat from that area. I don't want my thighs to get any bigger and my jeans were just starting to feel loose, but large muscles burn more calories and wobble less, so I am giving it a go. I met all my fitness goals yesterday but didn't do so well with food. I got bored in the evening as everyone was out so got the dreaded munchies. Why is peanut butter so bloody tasty?

2/26 152.6 (trend 154.1) Gym in the morning, then met up with my mum for a walk. We went to a really lovely woods garden nearby that is famous for it's spring bulbs. Gorgeous swathes of snowdrops, narcissi, cyclamen and crocus as far as the eye can see. We drove to another woods for a bit more adventure but it started hailing as soon as we arrived so went to a cafe instead, which of course meant cake!
Planned on having a stir fry for dinner but instead munched on biltong and a protein bar because I felt like having treats. I had a few gin and tonics and this morning I'm regretting it as I didn't sleep well and feel rubbish. Eggs for breakfast and a cup of tea should sort me out.

2/27 153.2 (trend 154.0) Not a great effort from me this weekend. OH came back from his trip and the sun was shining so we went fire a walk by the canal and then had a couple of pints at a pub by the water. Back home I made a healthy stir fry but then OH and DD ordered pizza which I had a slice of and a tub of coleslaw, hence the gain. Feeling really sluggish today, need to snap out of it and get back on track.

Still no news on the job application, it was a much tougher interview than I had expected, lots of 'Tell me about a time at work when you...' type questions, which required me to really delve into my memory banks as I've been out of employment for 4.5 years! The interview lasted 1hr. I did have a good answer for each question though, so I think that part was OK. I had to fill out an availability sheet, showing what days and times I would be available to work. In hindsight I think I should have made myself more available than the 6am to 5pm Mon-Fri shots that I selected. I think they are looking for people willing to work late and weekends too so this will probably be the reason if I don't get selected. Ah well.

2/28 152.8 (trend 153.8) Glad to see the weekend bloat is leaving as fast as it came. Totm is due so my energy is a bit down today. I had a really good first half of the day yesterday, with extra gym time and feeling really positive. Then the wind got knocked out of my sails as I found out I didn't get the job, boo. I got a bit emotional (thanks, hormones!) and had to battle to not beat myself up with negative self talk (you can't even get a job stacking shelves blah blah blah) So I moped about for the rest of the day. I went grocery shopping with OH so that I could do a load of batch cooking, but he got into the kitchen first with his own batch cooking and now the freezer is rammed full with his stuff and I have loads of fresh food in the fridge in danger of wasting! One win for yesterday, I didn't eat or drink my feelings for once!

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You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before

31, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2 164.5 164.9 Dec 31, 2022 165.5 Jan 5, 2023
GW: 130-135

Previous Rounds:
Last weight
02/20 - 162.1

Round Goal: 159.x Water goal: 75oz min/90oz

Day, Weight, Comment
2/21 - 161.4
2/22 - 161.3
2/23 - 162.6
2/24 - 161.2
2/25 - 161.0
2/26 - 160.2
2/27 - 160.6
2/28 - 160.3 - 159.9 flashed on the scale real quick which made me quite happy. My body is fighting me tooth and nail, it seems, to stay in the 160s but I'm sticking strong to my habits. I'm not holding on to it real tight, but I am holding a tiny sliver of hope a nice woosh into the 150s is in the cards for me soon. Ate back some exercise calories yesterday but still under goal on both MFP and Fitbit. Today is Taco Tuesday so I'll pre-log the most calorie-dense meal we have on Tuesdays so I can base lunch around it properly. Lunch is more leftovers. Today is cardio, I think I'll stick with the stationary bike on Tuesdays and rower on Thursdays.
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Previous Day's Comments

Just because Covid restrictions aren’t compulsory doesn’t mean they’re not necessary.
People are still dying out there……… and the numbers are on the rise again.
😷Take care! Stay safe!😷
FEBRUARY focus: I liked this so much I'm borrowing it.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
Stats I am - MINDFUL - of making heathy choices
to - MAXIMISE - the achievement of my goals!
Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
JGM10Ds ROUND 215
Round 214: EW: 132.9
Day/Weight/Comment
21/02: 133.6: Daily Habits🫶
22/02: 133.1: Daily Habits🫶
23/02: 133.8: Daily Habits🫶
24/02: 133.6: Daily Habits🫶
25/02: 132.6: Daily Habits🫶
26/02: 132.4: Daily Habits🫶
27/02: 132.5: Daily Habits🫶
28/02: 132.7: Daily Habits🫶
01/03: xxx: Daily Habits
02/03: xxx: Daily Habits
Daily Habits - 2023
Update - February 2023
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you. Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

got care free in maintenance and the scale went up one lb at a time. Now I’m turning it around one lb at a time.

2016- 245lbs
2019- 142lbs
9/12/22- 185lbs
R214 EW 187

2/21- 187.2
2/22- 187.2
2/23- 185.6
2/24- 184.8
2/25- DNW
2/26- DNW
2/27- DNW
2/28- 187.2 Happy to be home! It’s a beautiful snowy day here but roads look decent enough to get to the gym, which I NEED! .
I own and operate a small fine gardening business so part of my commitment at the gym is because I need strength and endurance everyday April-November.
Gardening season starts in about a month so if I can hold steady, I should be able to drop considerably once my activity level goes through the roof.
All of my weight gain the last few years has been winter time. This year I worked on my diet in September and lost consistent until gardening stopped. I did gain back that loss but not more, so it’s a win!

SW: 148.6

Hi All - Robyn here in SE Virginia. I'm doing strength and Pilates workouts while continuing to recover from foot surgery. I've been going up and down weight-wise the last few rounds. My strategy for this round is to strictly track food and skip the weigh-ins until day 10.

Day/Weight/Comment
2/21: 148.6
2/22: DNW
2/23: DNW
2/24: DNW
2/25: DNW
2/26: DNW
2/27: DNW
2/28: DNW - I almost broke and weighed today but I'm holding off until Thursday. I am trying hard to break the habit of rewarding myself with food on days that my weight is down. I'm pretty sure I've done okay this round with my food intake. I've tried to plan and have tracked my food. I've gone over calorie budget at times but the tracking is keeping me from going all out. Who was it who said that they're going to stop tracking?!? I know. It was me. I tried briefly and it didn't work.
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@GirlOnTheRebound @RockinRobyn672 @clprieur
Protein recommendations can be all over the place. I personally found that once I stopped trying to eat tons of protein, and just kept to at least 10 grams per meal/snack I was able to get to at least 50 grams per day and I've been able to gain muscle with that amount of protein. My average day of low calorie eating has me between 40-60 grams of protein. If I am low on protein because I had a carby breakfast or something I'll just eat a $1 bumblebee tuna packet that has about 70 calories and 13 grams of protein. I also like peas a lot and they're surprisingly high in protein and fiber.

I follow the 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight rule as my protein goal. Any protein above that is okay but keeping it to the .8 grams per kilogram recommendation really helped me achieve that goal with a normal healthy diet. Also, I fear gallstones.

Round 215 goals:

#1 Diet goal: No alcohol, added sugar, ultra-processed foods
#2 Exercise goal: Strength training or yoga for 10 minutes every day.
#3 Me goal: Journal gratitude and desires in the morning. Read for 30 minutes before bed.

Round 214 end weight: 128.2

2/21 125.2 Kuchisabishii last night
2/22 DNW Enjoyed both a glass of wine and dessert at a social gathering. Otherwise, my exercise goal and journaling part of "me" goal were both achieved. I completed a big project and the toasting myself on Fat Tuesday of all days to go off my diet goal seemed perfectly appropriate.
2/23 125.8 Felt blah all day yesterday. The sugar definitely ruined my sleep Tuesday night. Restless night made Wednesday feel like a hangover and that effect is what initially led to my suspicion of sugar as the culprit to my sleep problems. I sleep so poorly when I have sugar at night. This morning I feel much better. Last night's kuchisabishii feeling was anticipated. I made a whole batch of air fried Brussels sprouts for dinner but didn't include any on our dinner plates so that I didn't fill myself too quickly just due to my habit of having to clean the plate as quickly as possible. I'm trying to slowly train my stomach not to like the feeling of being overly full. Some people hate that feeling and some people are comforted by it. I'm the latter. Then, after dinner, when my stomach wasn't too full but the feeling of wanting "something" struck, I had the plate of tasty roasted Brussels sprouts for us to munch on while watching TV. We both liked having them. I was like a happy little pig in a trough with the plate of caramelized sprouts and I slept so well last night!
2/24 DNW long story short I completely overdid it on dairy yesterday and my head is killing me today. I'm cutting dairy for the rest of this round to see if reintroducing with kefir will negatively affect me. I hope not.
2/25 DNW successfully avoided any and all dairy.
2/26 128.2 So, a 3 LB scale weight gain since the 21st but a 0 LB weight gain since the 20th. I'm glad I posted the last round's end weight to show myself this isn't a big setback. Aside from Fat Tuesday I've stuck to my diet and haven't gone 10,500 calories over maintenance (a pound of fat is 3,500 calories) so I know this is not fat gain. I have to tell myself again, this is not fat gain. I think I was better off not weighing myself everyday last round.
2/27 DNW I ate well over maintenance but kept with whole foods.
2/28 128.8 Ate over maintenance again yesterday. The extra calories have given me a lot of energy to put into my strength training exercises. I'll reframe this round as my "bulking" round since my calories have been higher and next round can be my "cutting" phase where I'll be strict with just under maintenance calories, but not too low that it messes with my energy or mood. My husband knows I've been trying to gain muscle and I held a yoga chair pose asking him to critique my form and he said, "your thighs look huge!" We need to work on how he phrases his compliments.
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