Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 229

@itladyee sorry to hear of your loss of your beloved Yoda. Pets are family members and the feeling of loss is deep. I still think about my pet who passed away when I was a teenager.

@SModa61 Sending you strength and prayers to get through this difficult time.

I am about 12 kg along the way to lose 32 kg. I use multiple tape measurements (cm) around my body because they aren't affected by salt intake. Apparently I've been trying to lose weight since September 2012, the last time I was at goal weight. Let's see if stopping eating sugary food is going to change things.

Heaviest ever 1st Jan 2021, goal+31.8 kg

March 2022, started measuring system 867.0 cm total

Here are my measurements, bolded means a column number has dropped by 0.5 cm from a previous bolded number, and the number is used to sum the total measurement

100.5 90.5 102.0 57.0 46.5 56.5 46.0 101.5 92.0 102.5 16th July
100.0 91.5 101.0 55.5 46.0 55.0 45.0 101.0 93.0 101.5 17th
100.0 91.0 101.5 57.0 46.0 56.5 45.5 100.5 92.5 102.5 18th
101.0 91.5 101.0 55.5 45.5 56.0 44.5 100.0 91.0 102.0 19th
101.0 90.5 101.0 56.0 45.5 55.5 45.0 100.0 91.5 101.5 20th


Total is 788.5 cm.

How things are going: unfortunately my weight has been stable for 11 weeks now, 20 kilograms above goal weight. So I'm not gaining, but I'm definitely not losing.

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:
RND 229
heaviest: 294 (7/5/23)
SW: 287.8
GW (short term): 275
RGW: 285?

7/11 - 287.8 - 1.33 miles - after walking over 9 miles the past seven days, my legs are killing me. I started with a goal of 1 mile every day but quickly pushed up to 1.5+ but after three of those days in a row, I started noticing more pain and stiffness. I'm definitely overdoing it after not walking much for years (thanks chronic fatigue). I'm also getting stress pains in my shins in one certain spot on each side that I've tracked down to the way I walk while crossing over the numerous driveways in our neighborhood causing one foot to be at an odd angle. I've decided to reverse directions every other day so one side doesn't get more of a workout (also considering maybe just walking in the street but there are a lot of parked cars and a bit of traffic). As a reward for my hard work this last week, I had two mini ice cream cones for dessert today (~120 calories total).

7/12 - 287.0 - 1.07 miles - cut back on my walk today to start giving my legs a bit of a rest and tried to really focus on eating well. Had a delicious sandwich for lunch with lots of healthy stuff on the side (grape tomatoes, baby carrots and a pickle) then had extra meat with dinner and still came in under enough that I could have some popcorn if I wanted (which I'm considering as I'm finally sitting down to watch a show that caught my eye the other day... I haven't watched TV in months)

7/13 - 286.8 - 1.22 miles - a little bit longer walk but at a much slower pace. Didn't feel so worn out after. Managed to only snack on some healthy stuff (okay, there were 8 rice chips thrown in but otherwise just carrots). I feel good about today.

7/14 - 286.2 - 1.38 miles - today is my youngest son's 13th birthday. I no longer have children... only teens and young adults. Sigh. I spent over three hours in the kitchen making pizza for dinner. My feet are so sore I can't even sit still from the pain. I cleaned up the mess from cooking but still need to put all of the pizza in the fridge and clean the counters where they were cut. Also had to clean up an entire spilled cup of lemonade (ugh) and then we did cake before I went to sit down. Ate 3 slices of pizza and had a small slice of carrot cake (no idea how many calories that had, forgot to weigh it because I was so tired and sore). I inputted my pizza into MFP as best I could and somehow managed to come under my calorie limit somehow. But that didn't include the cake. I did better than I thought I would. Pizza is one of my weaknesses. I just love it. Especially cold for breakfast the next day so I'm going to have to resist the urge to eat more tomorrow but then I feel like I did all that work and I get just 3 slices... one for each hour I worked. Oh well. I'm looking forward to having some more leftover pork roast, rice and mushrooms for dinner tomorrow night. Yum.

7/15 - 287.0 - 1.12 miles - I was up .8lbs from yesterday thanks to the pizza and cake, but it was well worth it. Even had a couple smaller slices of pizza for lunch today along with half of a sausage sandwich for breakfast that my grandson didn't get a chance to finish before he left for his dad's house and a filling dinner of pork roast, rice, mushrooms and broccoli and still had room calorie-wise for a tiny bowl of low-cal ice cream. I found a new walking route that seemed a little easier in regards to elevation changes (the walk uphill on the way home was killing me with my normal route). I just got out too late today to go any farther because it was already getting super hot after 15 minutes outside so I turned around pretty quick. I also finally got my laundry done as I was running out of clean everything but any time I thought about putting laundry in, someone (there are 6 other people in the house) beat me to it.

7/16 - 286.4 - 1.36 miles - And I recovered nicely from my pizza escapades, lol. I still have enough sauce for one more pizza so might make another one for lunch one of these days. I'm almost out of pork roast, though, and it's been the most filling thing I've been eating. Not sure what I'll when it's gone other than make myself another roast (have another package in the freezer so that's doable).

7/17 - 284.6 - 1.44 miles - Well, I'm out of pork roast (someone ate half of what I had left so I only had enough for lunch today). Not sure what I'm going to eat now that will really fill me up without adding a ton of calories. I made turkey tacos last night. I could have two small tacos but it barely felt filling so I had some popcorn later in the night (I had the calories to give). Tonight I had a turkey/chicken/provolone sandwich but someone ate all of my chicken slices (had 1/2 of one slice left) and I'm almost out of sliced turkey, too. No one else seems interested in eating the tacos, so I'll be forced to eat them all so they don't get thrown away. It's going to take me a full week while I'll also have to cook other meals for my husband and kids to eat. It's a constant struggle in this house...I cook big meals for my big family, everyone refuses to eat it, and I'm expected to eat the leftovers because I was the one that cooked them and my husband gets mad if they're thrown away. It's one of the reasons my weight got so out of control in the first place--I was constantly stuffing my face with huge portions of leftovers before they had to be thrown out. Sigh.

7/18 - 284.6 - 1.41 miles - No change in weight today which is better than going up so there's that. I've also officially hit my goal for this round! I'm under 285lbs. Had a nice walk this morning before it got too hot and I managed to get some chores done including the dishes and cleaning up my whole room, washing bedding and cleaning up the bathroom some. I feel like I actually accomplished something today. Now I just need to drag the vacuum upstairs to finally do my floors. My grandson stays with me a few days out of the week and eats in my room and just gets crumbs everywhere. It's gotten really bad but I didn't have the energy to pick everything up to vacuum until today. I just noticed my youngest daughter cleaning the bathroom so maybe she'll decide to vacuum her room and/or the hallway and I won't have to get the vacuum myself, lol.

7/19 - 282.0 - 1.33 miles - Was smokey this morning on my walk from a fire an hour north of us. Then I had to spend the last few hours combing my daughter's very long, thick hair for lice. Ugh. My meds give me RLS and it's now kicked in and I can't sit still to finish up my tasks I didn't get to do because of the hair thing. On a brighter note, I finally thought up a plot for a book/story after not being able to come up with new ideas in years. I brainstormed it for hours today, and it felt really great to get a small part of my creativity back which seemed to disappear once my bipolar was stabilized.

7/20 - 280.4 - 1.48 miles - Well, ended up my grandson (4yo) also had lice so I had to help my daughter treat and comb out his hair as well. I also found out my daughters (23 and 17) got two kittens behind my back. My husband is going to be very angry. He barely tolerates the two cats we have and they stay outside or upstairs most of the time. Now I'm just super anxious because eventually he'll find out about them. At least dinner (cajun tilapia with black bean & corn salsa) turned out amazing and I made the cajun seasoning myself. And I far exceeded my goal for this round when I saw 280lbs on the scale this morning. I weighed myself three times to be sure, lol.

@SModa61~ sending calming thoughts and positive vibes your way. Please take care of yourself as well.

Thanks all for the thoughts re Yoda. It will be a tough weekend...

UkinBtheSun wrote: »

UkinBtheSun wrote: »

Greetings!


HW 135
GW 118

7/12 129.1 *
7/13. 127.5 *
7/14. 130.5 *
7/15. 128.3 *
7/16. 129.9 * Have been weighing myself at night before bed.

7/17. 126.2 - I was pleasantly surprised when I weighed myself this morning. What a difference! I’m curious to compare the two stats, so I will weigh only in the AM for the next 3 days.
7/18 127.2
7/19 127.8
7/20 125.2

Round 229
Starting Weight- 147
Current weight- 140.6
10 Day Goal-I would love to see a loss. Try to stay positive.
Ultimate Goal Weight: Sub 130
7/11 DNW Travelling.
7/12 DNW Travelling.
7/13 DNW Travelling. Climbed Mount Snowden!!!
7/14 DNW Travelling. Managed to get a walk in despite my legs killing me.
7/15 DNW Travelling.
7/16 DNW Travelling. Managed to get a very wet walk in.
7/17 DNW Travelling
7/18 142.6
7/19 141.5
7/20 141.3
Sorry for late posting this! I wanted to have a record of it for myself.