JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 222

RND 222

HW: 175

SW this round 161.2

Goals This round: It's gonna be a busy week. Gym 3 times at least. Extra steps wherever possible. Prioritize water and sleep.

5/2 DNW
5/3 161. 6
5/4 162.6 UGH. Wrong direction wrong direction. It's stress, poor sleep, not enough water more stress, and lack of time to exercise. Eating has been fine, and possibly even not enough. But I am super stressed, bloated, and icky feeling. This might not be the round I see 150s after all, which will be pretty disappointing.
5/5 161.8
5/6 DNW
5/7 159.4 Pretty ecstatic that I am finally hitting this on a day after the absolute busiest, most stressful week I have had in a long time. I didn't fit in exercise other than tons of steps naturally through my busy-ness. But I planned my food as best as possible and prioritized myself in getting what my body needs. So happy and ready to keep working my way down the 150s.
5/8 159.8 Slightly up but in a totally normal way. Don't think I will make it to the gym much in these extremely busy next few weeks but hope to continue focusing on food and getting more walks in.
5/9 160.8 I had an early dinner yesterday and then was starving at 9pm, so I ate again. I had the calories left, but rice, dumplings and soy sauce (carbs and salt) are definitely the culprit of this little blip up. Not worried.

5/10 159.6

5/11 159.8 I don't love when I end a round with a higher number than somewhere in the middle of the round, but at least it means my body is headed in that direction and I'm probably just dealing with water or salt. Any loss is a win.

Total lost this round: 1.4 lbs

Round 222!
I’m Amanda, 5’2” from Virginia

RGW: 122 (high end of maintenance range)
Non-scale goals:
⏱️ Intermittent fast >16 hours 7/10 days
💪🏻 Intentional exercise 7/10 days
✏️ track food 6/10 days

RSW: 123.6 (5/1)

5/2 - 123.2. 💪🏻✏️⏱️This week is so exciting! First, I love it when a round starts close to the beginning of the month, feels like a fresh start! Then I found out yesterday that my new cargo ebike has arrived at the bike shop and just needs to be assembled. And Thursday we close on the sale of our rental property and hopefully get our counters installed! Super exciting all around 😊 Trying not to get my expectations too high on any front but it’s hard not to!

5/3 - 123. 💪🏻✏️⏱️ My bike was ready yesterday! I jog/walked 4 miles-ish to the bike shop to pick it up yesterday afternoon. Riding it is a little tricky but I know I’ll get the hang of it. It’s awesome! On the negative side, the 2 year old popped a fever this morning which leads to a huge work/home life disruption. Thankfully I completed a big task at work yesterday so I can probably get by with minimal brain work today. My workout plans for the day are essentially out the window since any break I get from the kid will have to be for work. My mom is not able to come help because she has a hair cut and color tomorrow…which I find a little hard to comprehend but whatever. Priorities are priorities I guess.

5/4 - 123.6 💪🏻✏️⏱️ ugh. I think I actually did okay on calories yesterday based on what I tracked, but all of my food was from restaurants, so probably retaining some water and possibly underestimating. We were in survival mode with the 2 year old home and having to work. Thankfully his fever was super brief so he's back at daycare today! I don't have to be so salty toward my mom now, hehe. I did my first daycare pickup on my new ebike yesterday and it was really fun. I'm not sure how much of a workout it is, but that is highly adjustable, just requires me to actively reduce the e-assist. I'm struggling with parking/the weight of it but hopefully that comes together because everything else is great. I have 30 days to change my mind. We closed on the rental property this morning, and the counters for our kitchen remodel seem to actually be coming this afternoon. Sorry for rambling on but it really feels like everything is coming together right now. I managed to squeeze in a 20-minute Peloton ride during DS's nap time and hope to do a little more today. Definitely going to walk my poor neglected dogs today now that the weather has improved.

5/5 - 122.4! I did a longer fast yesterday that seems to have paid off. I still consumed a lot of calories. We were in a celebratory mood and drank too much, so some of this nice loss could be dehydration. I also just overindulged while trying to quell the slight hangover that is affecting my brain and body. Not my proudest Friday morning. Looking forward to the weekend, though!

5/6 - DNW
5/7 - DNW
5/8 - 💪🏻✏️⏱️ 125.4, ugh. Not even remotely surprised. Kicked off the weekend with unlimited pizza/wings/breadsticks and continued eating and drinking like the world was ending. Had Mexican for lunch yesterday so I know some of this is water but I feel really gross. Feeling unmotivated and overwhelmed in general. Think I'm going to get outside with the dogs after my 2pm meeting to get some vitamin D and a little movement. I really need to get my head right. I'm traveling for work for all of next week, then the following week I'm on vacation starting on Wednesday. My husband is having a party for some of his students tomorrow evening and I feel like I need to do a million things before people come to our house, but I can't seem to get started on that or work or being a healthier human. It's only 1:40 here and I've already had 942 calories, zero of them from a fruit or vegetable. Confessing here in hopes of doing better!

5/9 - 124.4, there went a pound of water anyway! I'll do better drinking water today in hopes of flushing my system out. We're having a big barbecue for my husband's college students today. I'm making some delicious crockpot mac & cheese, quinoa salad, and a spinach & strawberry salad to go with my husband's barbecue chicken. We just got an induction stove yesterday, and we don't have any saucepans to go with it yet, so I'm putting my instant pot to good use for the macaroni and the quinoa (can recommend for quinoa, the pasta turned into a big disk in the bottom of the liner). DH cleaned for hours last night while I put the kids to bed so I can tell he's wanting to make it look like functional adults live here. It's stressing me out, but I'm sure we can pull off the illusion, at least if we close the bedroom doors. I already blew my fast for today because I'm also making brownies and couldn't resist tasting the batter!

5/10 - 123.2. At least I'm back where I was at the beginning of the challenge...but still over a pound above the high end of my maintenance range. I really have to crank on work today since yesterday I was so focused on party prep! The ability to work and prep at the "same time" is one of the advantages and pitfalls of working from home. Unfortunately, DS has a check-up so I'll be a little sidetracked by that, not sure if I'll get a chance to work out at all. I didn't update here but the ebike that I was so excited about last week ended up not working out. I returned it and ordered a much cheaper ebike that is due to arrive today. Fingers crossed it works out for me and the boys!

5/11 - 123.6. Very unsuccessful round for me. Gotta dig in a little more if I'm going to live in the maintenance range I established. See everyone in the next one!