January-March challenge

@deepwoodslady are you going to take some reference information from the diabetes association with you to your next dietician appointment? The dietician sounds dangerous and needs to be called out. Can you ask for a different dietician?

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@deepwoodslady are you going to take some reference information from the diabetes association with you to your next dietician appointment? The dietician sounds dangerous and needs to be called out. Can you ask for a different dietician?

@refactored Unfortunately, she is the only dietician in the area and I travel over an hour just to see her. I live in a very rural Amish area. However, taking some of the information with me is an excellent idea! I still have not decided whether I am even going to keep the 3 remaining appointments. But I don't want to get a bad "grade" on my "report card" with the endo or with cardiac rehab who both pushed for this. So I'm not sure yet. I think I will print some things and have them ready in case I follow thru. Thanks so much for the idea!

MFP Starting Weight: 297
Challenge Goal Weight: 238

January 1: 256
January 8: 254.8
January 15: 253.4
January 22: 250
January 29: 248.4

January Goal: 250
January Actual: 248.4
January Loss: -7.6

February 5: 244.8
February 12: 244.4
February 19: 240.4
February 26: 239.6

February Goal: 244
February Actual: 239.6
February Loss: -5.2

March 5:
March 12:
March 19:
March 26:

March Goal: 238
March Actual:
March Loss:

Weight loss for this week: -0.8
Current challenge loss: -16.4

My name is Donna. I am 62 years old, 5' 5" tall. I live in the Midwest of USA. I am in remission for breast cancer, have Type 2 Diabetes, an under active thyroid, high blood pressure and cholesterol, some osteoporosis and coronary heart disease with a stent in my heart. I am working to get healthier. I know losing weight and exercising more will help all of these issues.


CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM Dec 31, 2021): 199.8
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 184.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


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



Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.



01/01-199.2-(Trend Weight: 199.2)-

01/08-200.2-(Trend Weight: 199.3)-

01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

01/22-197.4-(Trend Weight: 197.8)-

01/29-195.6-(Trend Weight: 197.5)-

01/31-194.8-(Trend Weight: 197.0)-



Jan Start: 199.8
Jan Actual: 194.8
Jan Goal: 194.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 5.0 lbs Lost



02/01-194.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/05-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)- Well, darn it anyway! I lost a little progress but nothing I can’t quickly make up if I stick to it and give it the old college try! I am still doing well from my challenge start weight so I will focus on that. We don’t want to get too upset and fall into emotional eating! My goal this month (5 lb loss) would put me into a new decade—the 180’s. It’s like a dream……. Can I really do THAT?

02/12-193.6-(Trend Weight: 195.5)- It’s been a very good week of following plan for me. Not perfect for sure, but so much better. I have also worked on improving water intake and using my exercise machines I have at home (exercise bike and treadmill). I did have one or two mini-binges so I am trying to find replacements for my cravings that will be enough. It’s certainly a process! My mini goal was to lose 10 pounds between Dec 10th and April 9th (Easter). Even an older person like me with lots of excuses (though most are valid) should be able to do that! So far, so good. My weight was 198.4 on Dec. 10th. I’m giving it everything I’ve got!

02/19-195.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)- I saw a dietician in the past week for my Type 2 Diabetes and she has turned my world upside down. She is pulling me away from Intermittent Fasting, asking for 3-6 small meals per day and upping my carbs from 90 to 190-250 !!! I am in total shock and am so very scared about all this advice. It seems so counter-productive and against all the research I have done over the years. It’s even against what my family doctor has recommended. She assures me that this is approved by my endocrinologist and will be effective for my blood glucose numbers as well as my weight. I tried yesterday to at least reach a 45% goal of 158g in carbs but I couldn’t do it without going over my 1400 calories (she approved of the calories). She wants my carb macros to reach 65% and I couldn’t even reach 45. She wants my protein very low (to protect kidneys ?) and my fats limited due to my heart issues. I don’t eat the low calorie things like veggies or fruits so it is making this almost impossible. I tried to explain to her my aversions to so many foods and my eating disorders but she doesn’t get it. Yesterday I tried really hard to tweak the menu in so many ways to at least get the 158 but I only made it to 117g and that put me over by one calorie at 1401. This is going to take some creativity and a lot of work. I do feel that I may still be able to lose some weight because of the 1400 calorie limits, but it won’t be as dramatic as the lower carb version of my 1400 calorie in-calorie out diet I was practicing. She promises this will be safer for me as I am a cardiac patient with heart disease too. We shall see. I’m really worried that it will make my blood glucose numbers worse. I’ve always been told to lower my carbs as a T2D person!


02/26-190.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)-I tried the dietician’s advice for 4 days and my weight shot back up to 197 and my glucose to almost 300, just like I knew it would. I stopped the idiosy and went back to my own plan which is working again. As you can see my weight is down and my glucose is going back down from the dangerous rise she caused. I am not arrogant, or one to doubt a professional, but her advice was against everything that a diabetic has otherwise been taught. It is against EVERYTHING my family physician has advised. It is against everything I was taught at the last dietician’s office (though that was about 15 years ago, so I gave this a chance.), it is against everything I’ve researched from prominent and trustworthy sources like Mayo Clinic, Harvard School of Medicine and the American Diabetes Association. Lower carbs are what a diabetic needs to do, like it or not. I have 3 more appointments with her and if I go, she won’t be happy with me. My endo has given me 90 days to improve my glucose or go on insulin shots. This was not the time for her to mess with my glucose numbers and my weight. I couldn’t afford the experiment or the damage during this time. I’m happy with my decision and so are all my numbers (weight, glucose and blood pressure). Yesterday I hit February’s goal of exactly 189.8. Today it is up a pound with a normal fluctuation. My plan is working.

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- Lots of emotional eating ans self-sabotage.



Feb Start: 194.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Goal: 189.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 8.2 lbs LOST



03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- It was nice touching 189.8 the other day but this is EXACTLY why I don’t claim and embrace a new decade until I reach the 7 (as in 187). The ups and downs and all arounds are enough to drive you crazy. Round and round and round we go, where we’ll stop, nobody knows. Have a nice hump day everyone!


03/05-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/12-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/19-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-



Mar Start: 191.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Goal: 186.6

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

01/01- 287
01/06-285.3
01/13-282.4
01/20-279.9
01/27-278
01/31-276.8
Goal- 275
Jan Finish: 276.8
Jan +/-: -10.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 50.2
02/01- 276.8
02/03-276.6
02/10-275
02/17-271.1
02/24-269.5
02/28-268.9
Goal- 265
Feb Finish:268.9
Feb +/- -7.9
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 58.1

03/01- 268.9
03/03- 268.7
03/10-
03/17-
03/24-
03/31-
Goal- 255
Mar Finish:
Mar +/-Goal:
Cumulative Weight Loss So Far:

I weigh in every day and calculate weekly averages. Target: lose 12 lbs / 12 weeks.

• Week 0 (up to January 8th): 96.8 kg / 213.4 lbs
• Week 7 (February 26th): 95.2 k / 209.9 lbs
• Week 8 (March 5th): 95.5 kg / 210.5
• Total loss: 2.9 lbs / 8 weeks

Not the result I hoped for this week and not sure what is going on that I did not lose any weight. Keeping to my meal plan quite well (although cut myself some slack here and there). And got in a lot of excecise this week: over 60 miles of cycling. Maybe it is all muscel build-up :-)

My name is Donna. I am 62 years old, 5' 5" tall. I live in the Midwest of USA. I am in remission for breast cancer, have Type 2 Diabetes, an under active thyroid, high blood pressure and cholesterol, some osteoporosis and coronary heart disease with a stent in my heart. I am working to get healthier. I know losing weight and exercising more will help all of these issues.


CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM Dec 31, 2021): 199.8
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 184.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


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



Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.



01/01-199.2-(Trend Weight: 199.2)-

01/08-200.2-(Trend Weight: 199.3)-

01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

01/22-197.4-(Trend Weight: 197.8)-

01/29-195.6-(Trend Weight: 197.5)-

01/31-194.8-(Trend Weight: 197.0)-



Jan Start: 199.8
Jan Actual: 194.8
Jan Goal: 194.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 5.0 lbs Lost



02/01-194.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/05-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/12-193.6-(Trend Weight: 195.5)-

02/19-195.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)-

02/26-190.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)-

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- Lots of emotional eating ans self-sabotage.



Feb Start: 194.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Goal: 189.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 8.2 lbs LOST



03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- It was nice touching 189.8 the other day but this is EXACTLY why I don’t claim and embrace a new decade until I reach the 7 (as in 187). The ups and downs and all arounds are enough to drive you crazy. Round and round and round we go, where we’ll stop, nobody knows. Have a nice hump day everyone!


03/05-194.0-(Trend Weight: 193.2)-Clearly it has not been a good week after all. I can do better.

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03/19-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-



Mar Start: 191.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Goal: 186.6

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

MFP Starting Weight: 297
Challenge Goal Weight: 238

January 1: 256
January 8: 254.8
January 15: 253.4
January 22: 250
January 29: 248.4

January Goal: 250
January Actual: 248.4
January Loss: -7.6

February 5: 244.8
February 12: 244.4
February 19: 240.4
February 26: 239.6

February Goal: 244
February Actual: 239.6
February Loss: -8.8

March 5: 237.2
March 12:
March 19:
March 26:

March Goal: 238
March Actual:
March Loss:

Weight loss for this week: -2.4
Current challenge loss: -18.8

01/01- 287
01/06-285.3
01/13-282.4
01/20-279.9
01/27-278
01/31-276.8
Goal- 275
Jan Finish: 276.8
Jan +/-: -10.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 50.2
02/01- 276.8
02/03-276.6
02/10-275
02/17-271.1
02/24-269.5
02/28-268.9
Goal- 265
Feb Finish:268.9
Feb +/- -7.9
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 58.1

03/01- 268.9
03/03- 268.7
03/10- 267.7 Not sure if this is real... a lot of scale bouncing lately.
03/17-
03/24-
03/31-
Goal- 255
Mar Finish:
Mar +/-Goal:
Cumulative Weight Loss So Far:

24th December 2022 (start date): 78.5 kg / 172.7 lbs
January Start Weight: 77.9 kg / 171.38 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 57 kg / 125.4 lbs

January 1: 77.9 kg / 171.38 lbs
January 8: 76.5 kg / 168.65 lbs
January 15: 76.4 kg / 168.43 lbs
January 22: 75.2 kg / 165.79 lbs
January 29: 75.9 kg /167.33 lbs

January Weight Loss: 2 kg / 4.4 lbs
Total Loss: 2kg / 4.4 lbs

February 5: 75kg / 165.35lbs
February 12: 74.5kg / 164.24lbs
February 19: 74.4kg / 164.02lbs
February 26: 74.5kg / 164.24lbs

February Weight Loss: 1.4kg / 3.1lbs
Total Loss: 3.4 kg / 7.5 lbs

March 5: 73.3kg / 161.60lbs
March 12: 74kg / 163.1lbs Knew this would be a bad week. TOM and i've had a work meal and a party this weekend!
March 19:
March 26:
March 31:

March Weight Loss: (since last Feb weigh day) 0.5kg / 1.1lbs
Total Loss: 3.9kg / 8.6lbs since Jan

Since Dec 24th start date: 4.5kg / 9.9lbs