JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ROUND 216

Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
6th 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: 148.4 lbs
Goal Weight: 145 lbs

This round's daily goals:
1. <1500 calories 10/10 days - ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹😊
2. 14K steps 6/10 days - 😊😊😊☹☹☹☹☹😊😊
3. Attend work 6/6 days – 😊☹☹😊😊☹☹☹☹😊
4. Gym/strength-training 3/10 days - ☹☹😊☹☹☹☹☹☹😊
5. 7 cups fluids 10/10 - ☹😊😊☹☹☹☹☹😊😊
6. 5 mins affirmations 10/10 days - ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹😊
7. 10 mins meditation 10/10 days - 😊☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹😊
8. Iron 5/10 days - ☹😊☹😊☹☹☹☹☹☹😊
9. Vitamins/supplements 10/10 days - ☹😊☹☹😊☹☹☹☹😊
10. 60+ grams protein 10/10 days - 😊😊😊😊☹☹☹☹☹😊

3/3 – 148.4 lbs – Well, I am really pleased with my progress! I was looking back and I started these challenges on January 13, 2023 and I have lost 9.2 lbs since that time! Thanks @quiltingjaine! Considering the time of year (poor mental health + bad weather usually = annual weight gain, for me), and the fact that I am pretty close to my goal weight, this is wonderful! I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am TWO HUNDRED POUNDS LESS THAN I WAS IN 2005. Like wth? That is so bizarre. So bizarre. I mean it has been a roller coaster of losing and gaining since gastric bypass, for sure, but still. And now I have a glimmer of hope of being able to maintain this weight (145-150 lbs) by just continuing to log my calories, and walking every single day. I mean, it’s a pretty simple formula. It’s not rocket science. LOL! Anyhow, honestly, if I can lose 0.8 lbs by the end of this challenge, that would mean I have lost 10 lbs in 2 months, and that is more than okay by me! 😊 You will see that I have set A LOT of goals for this round. What I did was look back over the last 5 rounds and put together every single goal I have attempted since January 13th. (I left out a goal I had originally set about calming down on ice-cream sammiches, as I have completely stopped eating those.) Some goals I have been very successful at, some I didn’t achieve even once. So, I thought that for this round I’d try to go all in and challenge myself! The only new goal I’ve added is getting to the gym. I have reinstated my gym membership and I want to get back into the habit going 2-3 times per week. Anyhow, in the spirit of the success I have had over the last few days by posting this up in the morning and then feeling like I need to live up to all the “happy faces” I’ve projected for the day ahead, I am going to give myself all happy faces above and then do my absolute best to stay the course. Let’s go people! Let’s do this!! 😊
3/4 - 149.2 lbs – First of all: HAHAHA at myself for being so raring to go yesterday morning and then finding myself eating McDonald’s chicken nuggies and fries by the end of the day!! Like what the heck!! Where did my motivation go??? I only got 4/10 happy faces yesterday, AND I ate over 2500 calories!! Sheesh! Well, I guess you win some, you lose some. Let me try to do better today. However, I am a bit concerned because we are in the middle of another frickin’ blizzard and I am not even sure how I am going to take my dog out for pee-breaks, let alone walk him (and he is used to 1-2 hours of walking per day – pray for my sanity). It’s treacherous out there and I can see it is white-out conditions and I can hear the wind howling. So… this is going to be an interesting diet/exercise day. I don’t think am going to hit my 14K steps goal today. Wish me luck. Today is supposed to be a gym/strength training day according my schedule. I haven’t been there since before I rescued Goliath on January 2nd. This is going to HURT. Luckily my gym is just about a block away so I can walk over, if I can trudge through the snow on the sidewalks. I could use the weather as a reason to skip it, but I had planned to go today and I am really looking forward to starting up again. Because I had gastric-bypass, I am at high-risk of developing osteoporosis, so in addition to taking my supplements I am also supposed to be doing regular weight-bearing exercise to try to keep up my bone density. So it’s important to build this into my weekly schedule and stick with it. Oh, and you will see that my weight is up today. I am very close to going over the upper-level of my goal range. This is VERY motivating. I do NOT want to creep up. I need to nip this in the bud. With all your support, I know I can do it. 😊 I put in my pre-planned “happy faces” above and now I am going to post this so you all can hold me accountable! HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
3/5 – 148.8 lbs – Well, yesterday was a decent day – 5/10 happy faces - and I am glad the scale is down a smidge. I did go over my calories yesterday by 330 cals, but I also walked almost 26K steps so I am not too worried about that. What I am worried about is the fact that I invited my sister, her daughter and daughter’s fiancé over for lunch today, and I said I’d order Chinese food. Now I am worried about the calories in Chinese food and wondering if I should a) just eat my Jenny Craig food while they eat Chinese food or b) try to cook us all something healthy. I am not much of a cook but I recently purchased a Ninja 13-in-one which is pretty easy to use. I’ll keep thinking about that and let you know how it goes. I mean, I know “treats” are okay sometimes, but on the other hand, I can enjoy their company and feed them healthy food instead of salty, greasy, (delicious) Chinese food which will result in a bump up on the scale tomorrow. I still haven’t been to the gym and I am actually motivated to go right now, which I think I will do, even though I feel weird about it because I have walked my dog every day at this time since I brought him home from the shelter. I feel bad leaving him behind. Also, I usually enjoy my walks with him around 4-5 AM as he is dog-reactive and we don’t run into many other dogs at this time, so it is our best walk of the day. So if I gym now and walk him later, being a Sunday morning, we will definitely run into other dogs, which is inevitable but also markedly less fun. Anyway, I am not going to pre-log my happy faces this morning, as I have no idea how the day is going to go. Obviously, I am a little indecisive this morning. LOL. Wish me luck.
3/6 – 148.6 lbs – Well, the Chinese food lunch yesterday did not go as planned. Let’s just leave it at that. On the flip side, I am super proud of myself for getting back to the gym yesterday morning. And I am also impressed with myself for being proud of getting back to the gym instead of fixating on the fact that I didn’t do my entire routine or beat myself up for the fact that I needed to do less weight and fewer reps. I was just happy with myself for making it there. That is a HUGE improvement in my attitude and I feel like it shows significant progress. 😊 In addition to going to the gym, I also got in 23k steps. So overall it was a good day for exercise. I am a bit concerned with the fact that at some point yesterday I just gave up on logging my calories. I lost track with the Chinese food and after that things kind of went to hell in a handbasket, which is NOT a sign of progress. LOL. It is that old mentality of “oh well, the day is already ‘ruined’, I might as well eat anything and everything now, especially since I stopped logging for the day!”. It is not a wise approach, as I have learned time and time again in my weight loss journey. Er, weight-gain journey.
3/7 – 148.8 lbs -
3/8 - DNW
3/9 - 142.2 lbs – One word: gastroenteritis. 10/10 would not recommend.
3/10 – 142.8 lbs – Well, I guess poor hubby did not wash his hands enough while he was caring for me because now he is sick as a dog and I am still not recuperated enough to care for him. This is not going well, folks. Counting calories and steps is about the last thing on my mind. Just trying to get rehydrated.
3/11 – 145.2 lbs – Okay, I guess by the scale it looks like I am getting rehydrated. I am feeling better this morning, although still feeling weak. Apparently, I will feel weak for some time, according to my GP. Nonetheless, I have decided to get back to my usual diet and exercise today. I put my Fitbit back on and I got my Jenny Craig food all organized for the week. I am worried about walking my dog this morning. The dog walker has been walking him since I got sick on Tuesday, but I said I would do it today. However, last night I took him out for 2 quick pee breaks and I could barely walk around the block. I was exhausted. Plus, yesterday was a big friggin blizzard so I was trudging though snowbanks, so that didn’t help. So I am concerned about getting out there with him and not being able to (a) control him – he is a crazy maniac – and (b) walk him for 60-90 mins, which is what he is used to every morning, and another 60-90 mins later in the day. It is times like these that I wonder if I have over-conditioned my dog. LOL. In any case, I am interested to see where my weight will land once I am back to normal with hydration. I really have no idea what my goal weight should be and no medical professional seems to be willing to give me a number. They say stuff like “whatever you feel comfortable with” and “you’ll know when you get there” and “something that you can maintain” etc. That is just not helpful to someone with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder. I need a number! Well, actually, my pharmacist, (who is awesome), did give me a number. I was picking up my Saxenda (which is used off-label as an appetite suppressant) and she looked at me and said, “You aren’t going to lose any more weight, are you?” I told her that I have having a hard time knowing when to stop. She whipped out a calculator, did a bunch of math, looked up at me and said, “The lowest you should go is 143, at our age.” LOL. I was like, okay, that was my first direct answer. She went on to explain that as we age we need to protect our bones, and that if we don’t have enough muscle and fat, if we fall we are more susceptible to fractures. That makes sense to me. I still feel like I have blubber on my torso and butt. But some of that is probably excess skin that after a 200 lb weight-loss is only going to be fixed by a plastic surgeon. Ahh, to be rich!! Anyhow, I apologize for going on about this incessantly but there is nobody in my life that can bear to hear me talk about this anymore. LOL! Well, I better get out there and walk my dog. Wish me luck and hopefully I don’t end up face first in a snowbank…
3/12 – 145.6 lbs – Stupid time change. Stupid dog. Stupid weak body. Stupid winter. Okay, got that out of my system. (Pretty sure that does not count as “affirmations”, btw.) Alright, it is the end of this round. Loss of 2.8 lbs for the round, loss of 12 lbs since I started with these challenges on January 13th, 2023! Holy Heck! @quiltingjaine, you’re a genius! You should start your own app! I’d buy the premium version of that! Giving myself all happy faces above for today because you know what? I deserve it! 😊 Not sure if I was super accurate with my calorie counting for yesterday. I will be more diligent today, even though it is going to be another very busy day, trying to get caught up on everything I missed while was sick. For that reason, tomorrow is going to be a nightmare at work, so I want to make sure that I am all set here at home (laundry, cleaning, getting hubby ready to hit the road, etc.). I am very tired this morning but I am in a pretty good frame of mind. I am super impressed with my weight loss efforts and how I’ve been being pretty consistent for the last 12 months, and I’m down 75 lbs in that time, but more so with how I’ve been able to move away from disordered eating/exercising behaviours and thought patterns and move to a more positive and moderate mindset. There is a lot that I am pleased with, honestly. I am proud of how up-to-date I am with our finances and my ability to keep on top of things and manage any ups and downs that come our way. I am pleased with how far both my husband and I have come with our careers, despite last year being very challenging for me emotionally (I was off for 4 months for mental health reasons) and despite the fact that I have been struggling with my new senior role and I have a lot of “proving myself” ahead of me. I am super stoked that I have been able to maintain sobriety since July 30th, 2022 - I am definitely killing it in that department! I am impressed with my attitude shift about going to the gym: instead of hating it because I feel everyone is judging me, I enjoy going there because you know what, maybe they are judging me, but I feel compassion for them, because I too, struggle with too many judgements, and maybe they are doing the best they can, just like me. I am proud of all the counselling I’ve done, and how I have incorporated some good self care strategies into my life, and continue to strive toward implementing more. I have moved to almost a place of acceptance about having to rehome my dog last March, and I am thrilled with my decision to adopt Goliath on my birthday. (Golly is helping to mend my heart, and Bandit is in a wonderful and loving home that is more appropriate for a Border Collie X GSD.) I’m proud of all the walking I’ve done in the last year! I am a walking machine! And I’m proud that I actually tried jogging! I have always wanted to do it, and it turns out I can! And it’s fun! Anyway, it’s been a pretty successful year for me, overall. For me, it is WAY easier to go to the negative and be like, “I’m gonna gain this weight back, I am gonna get fired from this senior role, hubby is going to leave me because I’ve been so mean an selfish for the last longest while, my friends hate me because I don’t make enough time for them, I’m a terrible person for rehoming my dog, I’m too old to jog or go to the gym, my body looks freakish with all this hanging skin everywhere and I should cover up all the time, I am too old to dress “sexy”, I am a failure because I miss too much work due to health reasons, I am not professional enough at work”, etc. Perhaps some of you can relate. But I am trying SO HARD to do better in all of those areas, but most of all, to try to be more “positive” (and when I say positive I mean curious about other possibilities than the obvious negative one) and try to create some new neural pathways and build new habits and just open myself up to some damn joy. I am too old to worry so damn much. I need to chill out. Well, that was way longer than I intended. But maybe someone reading (maybe YOU!) will find that helpful in some way. It’s been a good year. I made it. I am still here. So, success. 😊 See ya in the next round!

ETA: Hey, @HoopsGuy72 ! I am reframing like a mofo!

**thoughts for next challenge: journalling, Grow With Jo videos on cold days, X pages of reading, neck stretches, no devices for 60 mins before bed

69 yo female; 5’5”
Thank you @quiltingjaine
Starting wt: 142.2#
Round goal: 140.0#; follow plant based nutrition plan; focus on strength training

3/3 141.6#
3/4 141.6#
3/5 141.4#
3/6 141.4#
3/7 141.0#
3/8 141.0#
3/9 141.4#
3/10 140.4#
3/11 140.4#
3/12 140.2# not perfect but progress at least. I had a low fat soup at home before going out to eat last night. That helped a lot. No wine wasn’t too hard of a choice since it was an hour drive back home. I need to be more consistent with my strength training. See you all in the next round!

Thank you quiltingjaine for another round!

💪🏋️‍♀️🤸‍♀️🎵💃👗👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💗🌻🏖🙏

First Goal: Hit the 160's (again)
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170 👉 169

Round 216
I'm going to change it up a little this round, similar to shmmm3 and RockinRobyn672 . I'm going to weigh the last 3 days of the round only. I usually only have a weight goal to just lose. I'm going to set an actual weight goal this round to be below 176.

Number Days Binge Free: 6

3/03: DNW
3/04: DNW - Biggest snow storm of the year. I just got back in from shoveling the deck. I didn't shovel it last couple of storms, so with this storm added, I didn't want to take a chance. There had to be 2 feet of snow on it. Lots of calories burned and it's not even 9:30a - Yay!
3/05: DNW
3/06: DNW - The last 2 days have not been very good in any way (calories, water, exercise (except shoveling)). I'm off to a great start this morning and hope to post tomorrow that I hit all my goals for the day.
3/07: DNW - Good day yesterday. Rowed✔, Water✔, Calories✔. My calories were 1091. I'm going to start calorie cycling again where I eat lower calories one day and higher the next, mixing it up throughout the week with an average between 1200 - 1500 calories for the week. Hopefully this will keep my body from thinking I'm starving and slowing my metabolism. It also helps on those days where you just feel you need more calories.
3/08: DNW - Another good day. Biked✔, Water✔, Calories✔. Not weighing has been good and bad. When I'm doing all the right things, I miss it, because a small drop is encouraging, and as long as I am sticking to plan, the normal fluctuations don't get to me any more. However, when I binge the weight changes do get to me, and I like not weighing to give myself days to re-cooperate before having to see my weight. And I think it might stop the binge from going on for weeks/days by not getting depressed over my weight going up?? Not sure. I'll probably mix it up next round, OR (dare I say it) I could resolve this and just NOT binge and weigh every day. The games we play - but whatever works, right?!
3/09: 177.5 - Biked/Rowed✔, Water✔, Calories✔. I decided to weigh a day early and I'm glad to see 177.5, especially after the couple of bad days at the beginning of the round. I weighed 178.6, 178.6 &178.9 the last 3 days of round 215.
3/10: 177.9 - Biked/Rowed✔, Water✔, Calories✔. High end of my calorie cycling yesterday. Today's the low end. Beautiful day. Spring is coming! 🌻🌼🌷
3/11: 177.0 - Sticking to plan. Rowed✔, Water✔, Calories✔.

3/12: 176.7 - Walked/Rowed✔, Water✔, Calories✔. Very happy with this ending weight for the round. After starting off on a rough start, I had 6 really good days, including no bingeing. Whether you had a loss, gain, or stayed the same, I feel we always learn something each round to take with us to the next to be successful!

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
180s / 170s / 160s / 150s / 140s / 130s

SW: 144

Robyn here in SE Virginia. My goals this round WERE: 1) to continue planning/logging meals; and 2) NOT to reward my last round's success with extra food intake (this is what I normally do). I lost 4.6 pounds last round (yay!). My plan again is to hold off on weighing until the end of this round.

Day/Weight/Comment
3/3: DNW
3/4: DNW
3/5: DNW
3/6: DNW
3/7: 145.2
3/8: 144.8
3/9: DNW
3/10: DN
3/11: DNW
3/12: 148.2 - Back to the drawing board. Ugh. I gained back all lost during the last round. We had a marvelous time with our friends who left yesterday at around noon. Next time we have visitors, I'll better prepare. Too much dining out with appetizers and an extra glass of wine or beer for four days. Now to get back on track.

4.2 lb. gain this round

clprieur wrote: »

HoopsGuy72 wrote: »

I feel like you post the way I like to post. If people want to read it, they will. But just getting your thoughts out into the universe has ALWAYS felt helpful to me.

@HoopsGuy72 Thank you! I have only been here for 6 rounds but I am beginning to see the wisdom in writing it out! I notice that when I first started my comments were only a few words long. Now... not so much. Lol. I notice that you have recently "returned" and I am looking forward to reading more of your posts and following along with your progress!

When I first started with this group, it was crazy how short some posts were. I felt like I was monopolizing the group with my long posts. But nobody complained, many responded with advice, cheers, hugs, etc. I realized some are fine and don't need to write it out. I, however, do need to write things out. Sometimes it's a moderate amount, sometimes it's short, sometimes I write a little novella! It's good to see others taking advantage of this amazing group and getting all that off your chest in such a safe and loving place. The support I've gotten over the years absolutely cannot be replaced or replicated anywhere else for me.

🌷🌨️☔️🌹❄️🌤️

HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015) - 135
2023 Goals — no snacking
after dinner; move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes. 150 by the end of the year.


📆 2015–2023
R215 03/02/23: end weight 180 (+2 ☹️)
R216 03/12/23: end weight 178.8 (-1.2)

Day/Weight/Comment

3/03 - 180 💚 👟 🧊
I’m pretty disgusted with myself, which I know doesn’t help, but there it is. I had one great, no-snacking round in Jan and then completely lost the thread. I’m restarting journaling today—I think it helps—and will really try not to “night nosh.” I went for a long meandering “sniff walk” with the puppy yesterday, including his first walk in the woods. That was a lovely hour or so. Not the faster walking I need to get back to, but peaceful, and great for his mental and emotional development. Maybe mine, too! It’s really cold and windy this morning with freezing rain on its way, so I’m going to bundle up and go for a walk right now. Might improve my attitude. I have a little job to do that’I’ve been putting off for two months, and I realized last night that not doing it is freezing me up from doing other things, if that makes sense. So I’m starting it today, hoping to finish over the weekend. I’ve been reading and rereading all your inspiring posts about success on this journey to rev myself up. Thank you for those!

3/04 - 179.2 🥕🧊
Good Friday. I’m planning a good Saturday, too. And for all of you!

3/05 - 179.6 🥕 🧊
Went a bit off the rails yesterday, despite my plans. DH wanted KFC, so we had that for late lunch/early dinner. I removed the skin, so not too bad, but I was feeling really down about some things and really wanted cake, so I baked one and ate some. My calories still weren’t over goal, but so much fat and sugar! Then for some stupid reason this morning I had granola and almond milk for breakfast and now I feel yucky. Again, too much sugar, not enough protein (though I did add collagen powder, but it’s not the same as eggs). I’ve got to get back on track. Maybe salad for lunch, leftover skinless chicken for dinner. And better choices! I’m taking slices of cake to my neighbors! Happy Sunday!

3/06 - 179 🥕 🧊 👟
Ok, yesterday was more under control. Trying for a repeat.

3/07 - 179 🥕🧊👟
I behaved myself yesterday. 🙂

3/08 - 179 🥕🧊👟
Again? That’s ok, better than going up.

3/09 - 179 💚🥕🧊👟
I’m starting to feel like I’m trapped in Groundhog Day! Yesterday was good, and I had lots of fun with puppy Booker. It was his 4-month birthday, and we celebrated by taking a long sniff walk, and then taking the tests for his AKC Novice Tricks Dog, Virtual Home Manners—Puppy, and Virtual Home Manner—Adult (they have to be 4 months to take the first and last of those). He passed them all with flying colors. Good boy. He started doggy school this week—obedience fundamentals and scent work—and is by far the youngest dog in his classes. He did great. I’m having lots of fun with this guy — and he keeps me moving! Here’s his photo yesterday. ❤️

3/10 - 179.2 🧊👟
Woke up to snow—beautiful on the trees—but it won’t last long. I have a bunch of indoor things I need to do, so other than running the pupper, I think I’ll just stay snug.I think I’ll make my bread-free salmon pattie’s with salad for dinner—just canned pink salmon and egg. Yummy!

3/11 - 178.8 🧊
I went a little over calories and ate a small snack late, but otherwise I had a good day yesterday. Booker passes two more tricks tests for two more titles. 🙂 The training is not a lot of exercise for me, but at least I’m on my feet and moving around. It’s cold today, but I think I’ll bundle up a take him for a run. I’ll be so happy when it warms up! Soon! 🌷🌷🌷🌷

3/12 - 178.8 🧊
Great yesterday until bedtime, then I jumped off the wagon and had crackers and cheese. Oh, well, could have been worse. Not a spectacular round, but 1.2 pound loss is a success. Finally! Yay!

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
R215 EW 185.8

3/02- 187.6
3/03- 187.6
3/04- 187.8
3/05- 187.8
3/06- 189.6
3/07- 187.2
3/08- 188.2
3/09- 187.4
3/10- 185.6
3/11- 185.6
3/12- 185.8 I’m not mad at this. I’m starting to feel my Spring energy flowing. It’s amazing what some more minutes of sunlight each day does for me.
Next round has lots of socializing, I’d like to be able to bounce around but come back to a stable 185ish.
I’m looking at April- October to drop a bit. I’m playing the long game right now.

Round 216 Start Weight: 152.3
Round Goal: Weight out of the 150's into the 140's

3/3: 151.8 Overall good day yesterday, ate within my calorie allotment, and successfully stuck to my eating plan. I'm doing a little nutritional reset for the next 3 weeks & I am eliminating added sugar from my diet, I miss my morning hot cup of tea (won't drink it unsweetened) but other than that all is well. Had a good lower body Tabata workout but the remainder of the day was pretty low activity.

3/4: 150.7 Nice whoosh! Yesterday was a HIIT circuit workout and got in a little over 10,000 steps after a mostly inactive day before. Went to bed with a bit of a headache and still have it this morning, likely from not having the diet sodas (full of caffeine) that I am used to. Will see if it is still there after yoga and then take something but hoping to avoid having to do that.

3/5: 149.5 Yesterday's workout was a yoga sculpt with weights and partially through it, poof, my headache was gone, love that! Got in a little over 12,000 steps and was on target for food goals.

3/6: 148.7 Not a lot of steps yesterday but did get in an upper body weights workout + an ab workout. Switched up my dinner plans at the last minute and ended up a little too low on calories, being much more mindful today.

3/7: 148.3 A little over 11,000 steps yesterday plus a full body strength workout with weights, food/calories on point. Day 6 of no sugar and it was the 1st day without any cravings for a diet soda, progress!

3/8: 148.1 A low steps day again but did a lower body HIIT Tabata workout. Made a modified pork fried rice last night subbing in cauliflower rice (for rice) and coconut aminos (for soy sauce) to keep it within my current dietary goals. It actually seemed a little sweet, date 7 no sugar and the taste buds are changing.

3/9: 147.4 Yesterday was a rest day but still got in a little over 8,000 steps. Tried on some clothes for an upcoming trip (less than 2 weeks away!) and things are definitely fitting better which is encouraging. Also, pulled the plug & booked another fun trip for this summer, which gives me another goal to work towards once I reach my current one. I want to be in a bikini (and be happy & confident in it) for my summer trip.

3/10: 147.3 Did a lot of house cleaning yesterday and that added up to a little over 8,000 steps + did a full body HIIT Tabata workout with weights. Felted really full/bloated after dinner last night but was on the low end of all my target calorie/macro goals.

3/11: 147.2 Yesterday was a yoga sculpt workout with weights + a little over 11,000 steps. Slept in a little this morning but it's off to a busy day now.

3/12: 147.2 same as yesterday but posting a 5.1 loss for this round! I have 10 days until my trip and would need to lose 4 more lbs. to reach my goal (not ultimate goal) but will be happy to just drop into the "not overweight" BMI category...I know that is not really a great indicator of where I am but mentally it's an important goal for me, just 2.1 lbs. away from that. On to the next round.

@refactored @clprieur Thanks for the pep talk. It helped me not turn it into third day. To top off the emotional punishment I was giving myself I had a punishing IBS flair all day yesterday. I was so bloated that my belly was distended all day and measured 3 inches bigger in the lower belly than the day before. Yesterday was a good reminder that it doesn't have to be normal for me to always need to be running to the bathroom when I'm anxious...I lived my whole life thinking that was just normal and how it was when being around people. No bingeing means lower anxiety, IBS under control, and all around better feeling. Thanks for reminding me that I've still come a long way and I can regain control of these things. This morning is better and rereading my old posts does show me that getting back to my good diet will get me back to the new normal I prefer and a normal that is within my control to maintain. Sunday is a new week and tomorrow is a new round. I'm still in it with y'all and appreciate all the support. Thank you.