Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 236

Round 236 (my 69th)
September 19, 2023 - September 28, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds: RSW: 134.3 pounds 8/18/23, EO Round 235)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
9/19: 133.8 -
9/10: 133.2 -
9/21: 134.3 - I took a couple of rounds off because I was traveling for a majority of them and hand no scale. I’ve been having difficulty getting back into the groove of things since I’ve been back and found that the daily reporting here helps me focus on what I need to do.
9/22: 133.4 -
9/23: 134.7 -
9/24: 134.9 -
9/25: 134.9 -
9/26: 133.4 -
9/27: -
9/28: -

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: - 0.9 pounds

@quiltingjaine, You are correct. Most doctors DO NOT want to help you if you are diabetic. Partly because people are complacent and believe they will always be diabetic. They will only help you if they realize you are helping yourself. Also, what I think is ludicrous, they tell you to lose weight, but eat carbs and not just fruit and vegetable carbs. My husband lost 10lbs last month and his doctor said that was too much. I told him it was not too much. BTW, SHE is overweight.

Female, 6'0"
Age: 60

RSW: 299
RGW: 296

R235: SW: 306 EW: 299

SW Round 236: 299

9/19: 299
9/20: 299.6
9/21: 298.2 (-1.4 lb)
Because of poor circulation, I've been having problems with water retention. I guess I'm holding onto about 10 lb of water. Just doesn't want to release, once it does my weight will show an good amount of weight loss. I've been sick the last few days, unable to eat much. I thought because of not being able to eat, I'd really show weight loss, guess not. I'm happy with what I've lost, I just want all the excess water to be gone.

9/22: 294.8 (-3.4 lb) Finally some of the excess water is coming off.
The last few days I haven't been feeling good and not eating much. It has been nearly a week since I started feeling poorly, hpefully I'll start feeling better soon.

9/23: 291.4 (-3.4 lb) Most of the lbs I'm losing is water weight. My legs are going down from how swollen they were. Few more days and then hopefully the excess water weight will be gone. Just happy it's finally started to release from my body, after months of being swollen. I keep a gallon jug of water by me, to remind me to continue to drink water. Don't always drink the whole gallon, but most times I do. Most be working. 😸

9/24: 284.6 (- 6.8 lbs) I know!! This is a shock. 😱 But, a good one. 😂
I got on the scale and then off the scale again. Once it shut off, I started over again each time. The scale said (talking scale) the same weight each time and this is a brand new scale. The only thing I can think of is my body is finally starting to release more of the excess fluid it's been retaining. The spot on the back of my right leg, just above the knee, has been swollen so bad and it's starting to go down. I'm grateful my body is starting to release the fluid, that it's held onto for several months. Still have some more fluid that needs to come off, hopefully, in the next few days or weeks my body will release the last of the fluid. I think all the lbs I've lost over the last three days has mostly been from the fluid coming off. 😸

9/25: 286 (+1.4 lbs) This is from dinner last night and I know to never have pasta for dinner. For some reason when I do my weight goes up the next morning. I'm ok with this, it'll come right back down. Since I was sick for over a week and barely ate, sometimes I didn't eat anything for the day at all. I was craving some pasta and now cravings over. Back to healthy eating again.

9/26: 286.6 (+0.6 oz)
9/27:
9/28:

Thank you @quiltingjaine for another round. (R2)

Round 236

Age: 37
Height: 162.5cm | 5'4
SW: 95.65kg | 210.87lbs
SBF%: 41.3%
RSW: 90.35kg | 199.18lbs
RSBF%: 40.1%
RGW: 88.0kg | 194.00lbs
RGBF%: 39.5%

Daily Weigh In:
Tues.19.09: 89.30kg | 196.87lbs | 39.9%
Weds.20.09: 89.45kg | 197.20lbs | 40.0%
Thurs.21.09: 89.70kg | 197.75lbs | 40.0%
Fri.22.09: 89.30kg | 196.87lbs | 39.9%
Sat.23.09: 89.10kg | 196.43lbs | 39.8%
Sun.24.09: 88.50kg | 195.11lbs | 39.7%
Mon.25.09: 88.60kg | 195.33lbs | 39.7%
Tues.26.09: 88.10kg | 194.23lbs | 39.6%
Weds.27.09: 88.4kg | 194.89lbs | 39.6%
Thurs.28.09:


Daily Details:
My Info :
Previous Rounds:

Back for another round.

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:
Previous Rounds:
RND 229 - SW: 287.8; EW: 280.4 (-7.4)
RND 230 - SW: 280.4; EW: 276.0 (-4.4)
RND 231 - SW: 276.0; EW: 267.2 (-8.8)
RND 232 - SW: 267.2; EW: 262.0 (-5.2)
RND 233 - SW: 262.0; EW: 252.8 (-9.2)
RND 234 - SW: 252.8; EW: 248.2 (-4.6)
RND 235 - SW: 248.2; EW: 243.4 (-4.8)

Goals:
* track food every day
* walk for at least one hour and/or 3 miles every day

Round 236
heaviest: 294 (7/4/23)
SW: 243.4
GW (short term): 235
RGW: 240

9/19 - 243.4 - 2.98 miles - Today has been a roller coaster. Started okay and then I realized around 10:30 that the water had been turned off. I then started walking to the store to get some cheese and coffee creamer before the sale ended (today). At noon, my daughter texted me frantic because she couldn't find one of our kittens. Got home and spent the next 4 hours looking for the kitten all over the neighborhood. Finally found her in the neighbor's open garage. But we still don't have water because my husband is refusing to pay the bill and says our daughter (23yo) needs to pay it but she doesn't have enough money for it ($260). So we just don't have running water anymore. She went to buy jugs of water to drink and use for washing hands but I have no idea how we're going to flush the toilets. I'm so stressed out. I can't wash the dishes or cook or take a shower. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom since I can't flush. He doesn't care and will not pay the bill. I had to use all the water in my bottle to fill the cat's dish. Now I'm thirsty but we currently only have 1 gallon of water between the six of us (at least until my daughter gets home).

9/20 - 243.4 - 3.17 miles - Well the water is back on so that's good. This will probably replay again in November when the next bill is due. Sigh. I was up late discussing things with my oldest daughter so I didn't get to sleep until around 11pm (which is late for me). I was not happy when I woke to my alarm this morning at 7. And I've been dragging every since. I went on my walk like normal but I noticed I was walking much slower than usual and was just aching when I got home so that sucked. On top of that, I've been stuck at 243 for five days now. Like I can't eat less than I am now so... I don't know. Sigh. I'm not in a good place mentally so I was munching on my snacks today since what difference does it make if I'm not going to lose more? Which is obviously ridiculous thinking. Maybe I just need to take the week off and relax. I probably won't though.

9/21 - 244.2 - 3.29 miles - Well, after I posted my last update, I just couldn't resist anymore and just ate a whole bunch of Veggie Straws and decided at 8pm that it was a cheat day. At the worst it was going to make my weight go up a bit and then at least it will have changed because seeing the same number day after day was maddening, lol. And that's what happened. I went up .8lbs. Today I decided to be good and stick to my goals and didn't snack. But I was so hungry all day. The hunger pains had mostly gone away once I got used to the way I was eating now, but all of a sudden, they've been awful. I was thinking maybe it's just been the stress of the last few days. Well, whatever. I'll just work through it as best I can. What works the best is to keep myself occupied with other things (usually writing... unless I start writing about food and then I'm just starving).

9/22 - 245.8 - 3.25 miles - Oops. After I posted yesterday, I let the stress and cravings get the better of me again and ate a whole lot of veggie straws and look at my weight now. Ugh. Oh well. I did enjoy the snack at the time although I felt a bit guilty afterwards. I'm already over it and looking ahead. I was very good today. Didn't eat any veggie straws but I did have some smores with my kids and grandson. I made mine much smaller with one little square of chocolate and only 2 small graham cracker pieces instead of the much bigger ones the kids had. Well worth it.

9/23 - 244.4 - 3.11 miles - Well, I was doing good all day. My walk was a little late due to computer problems in the morning so I didn't have lunch until after 2pm. I had planned to make dinner a little later than normal to make up for it but apparently my 13yo son skipped eating all day while gaming and was starving at 3:30 so I made burgers, fries and Kraft mac & cheese at around 4:30. I had added up my calories already but didn't account for the mac & cheese that I decided to have. Things would have been fine if I had only eaten half the burger but I ended up eating the whole thing without thinking. And I definitely felt it. It's been 2 1/2 hours and I'm still stuffed. Ugh. So my weight will probably be up again tomorrow. At least I don't feel the guilt of binging this time. It was just an honest miscalculation (it's been a long day trying to figure out the computer problem and I'm worried about my cat being sick). This has been my toughest week in regards to weight loss since I started, but I know I'll get past it eventually.

9/24 - 245.0 - 2.37 miles (walk) - 5.0 miles (bike) - So it was raining today and I didn't feel like walking for an hour and getting soaking wet so I headed over to the HOA clubhouse where they have a gym in the basement. I haven't worked out on gym equipment since college (almost 30 years ago) so I started with the bike. I made it about 20 minutes before my butt was falling asleep and very uncomfortable. It happened to be a little over 5 miles doing an interval pattern between level 2 and 4. I have no idea what those levels mean and just picked them because the screen made it seem like there wouldn't be too much difference between them. I could definitely feel it every time level 4 came back up. After that, I figured out how to start the treadmill (took me way too long to realize there was a power button on the front at the bottom. I then did 30 minutes at 2.5mph which is a leisurely pace for me (I've been averaging 2.7mph on my regular walks). At first it was pretty hard and I nearly disconnected the emergency stop thing because I got too far away from the controls. It also measured my heart rate and it went all the way up to like 144 at the beginning but somewhere around the halfway point, it got a lot easier and I felt almost like it was too slow. My heart rate evened out at around 137 for the rest of the walk. If it's raining tomorrow, I'll be going back but this time I'll be prepared with a movie to watch on my phone (I played around on Facebook while I rode the bike but couldn't really use the treadmill without holding on. I usually like to get lost in my head when I walk so that's what I did on the treadmill as well. Al in all a good experience. I got 1.3 miles on the treadmill in 30 minutes, .4 walking to the clubhouse and .67 on the way home.

9/25 - 244.8 - 2.55 miles (walk) - 3.75 miles (bike) - It was raining again today so I went over to the clubhouse. I went the long way so it took 15 minutes to walk there. So I did 15 minutes on the bike and a low setting (will do that until level 4 starts to feel too easy). Then I did 30 minutes on the treadmill while I watched anime on my phone. I set it exactly like I did yesterday but had no difficulties with it at all. In fact after the first mile, I upped it to 2.7mph. That was still way too easy and my heart rate was only in the low 120s so I increased the incline two taps (couldn't really tell the difference) and put the speed to 2.8mph. I was sweaty but nothing like yesterday. Might try more of an incline tomorrow or do the hills setting instead of the flat track. I then left but it was raining harder so I didn't take the long way home. I still got in my hour of exercise I wanted. I'm liking the gym even if I feel weird when there are other people there. Today I just stuck my ear buds in and ignored everything going on around me.

9/26 - 243.8 - 2.73 miles (walk) - 3.7 miles (bike) - It was actually not raining when I left for my walk today and the forecast said it would be dry for the next hour or so, but I decided to go to the clubhouse anyway. I was completely alone today which was weird. I rode the bike for 15 minutes but set it for levels 3-4 which was a little harder without the level 2s between then harder levels. I just occupied my time reading Facebook and Twitter nonsense. Then I did 30 minutes on the treadmill while watching something on my phone. I started at 2.5mph then increased it to 2.7 at the 1/4 mile mark then increased the incline 2 taps at a half mile and then increased the speed to 2.9mph at 3/4 miles. The heart rate monitor was unfortunately not working so I couldn't tell what that was but I was really pushing it. My knee started to ache trying to keep up with the 2.9mph pace but I didn't want to back down (probably something I should work on). I finished with nearly 1.5 miles, but I was very sluggish and slow walking home partly because my knee was bothering me. I made garlic-rosemary pork chops and gravy for dinner and they turned out so good. I wish I could eat more, but I'm going to be good and hopefully I'll get below 243 by the end of this round.

9/27
9/28

Round 236


Sept 19 – Sept 28, 2023

61 year old female, 5’5”. I am married, semi-nomadic (we live in three states, Mass, Maine, Florida).

SW WW Sept 29, 2001 - 168.8 (initially lost 29.8, became staff, then weight up and down 18 years with low of 126.8)
SW MFP Sept 14, 2020 – 153 (lost 40, then stress took off another 2.2 lb with low of 120.8, then stress became gain)
SW MFP Jan 1, 2023 – 146.6
GW Maintaining between 124 - 126

SW: 127.4

Day/Weight/Comment

9/19 - (Mass) 126.6 Yesterday was fully tracked and numbers were good. Today is first post with my abbreviated version using an edited “note” Rounds 236 and 237 will be done this way in an attempt to actually post throughout my travels. Still 6 days until I leave, but need to put those skills together.

9/20 - (Mass) 126.0 posting from my iPad for practice/ Still ate some things extra yesterday, but likely in maintenance range. Though I have been lower, I would be pleased if I actually maintain this weight.

9/21 - (Mass) 125.4 all tracked yesterday and were at “weight loss” numbers. It would be good if I can do this for these next few days before I travel.

9/22 - (Mass) 125.6 still easier to post from laptop, but this seems to be working, and glad I am getting used to it. Have to entertain tonight. Calories will be a little dicey, and I am already hungry at 7 am.

9/23 - (Mass) 126.0 - Renpho - Yes, the entertaining had me eating a little more than planned as the guests brought unexpected items and I felt that I should respect their efforts. Today will actually be my more challenging day as there are lots of leftover sweets. Already had two cookie bars as “breakfast”. I may need to put them down the disposal.

9/24 - (Mass) 126.8 - Renpho - I handled the leftover sweets relatively well. Gave lots away in limited portions to not cause others dietary harm, but I did eat 3 or 4 total along the way. during the day was out with parents doing medical equipment shopping and they wanted fast food on the way home. I made a reasonable selection. Got home, and went on a bender that lasted until I went to bed. Bummer. Today will be in control and as will tomorrow. Travel begins tomorrow evening.

9/25 - (Mass) 126.2 Calories went well yesterday. Try to balance today as I would normally have had my regular three meals. But flight leaves a little after 9 PM and they plan to serve dinner (what at 10 pm?) and then it appears they will also serve a breakfast that will be at the equivalent of 2:20 AM to me. I am debating just turning down their late night dinner. Maybe have the dessert? I know this is only one day of the trip, but I could do lots of damage in two weeks if I am not thoughtful.

9/26 - DNW made it to Scotland. Not sure I slept last night, and dining times were all off. But I’m very hungry for dinner having last eaten at 7 am Glasgow time (on the plane)

9/27 - (Glasgow) - Renpho - 126.6 Yesterday was a mix of over and under eating. This morning’s weight does not yet concern me as my digestive system has not caught up with the time changes (no morning TMI). But I will be facing lots of food thrown at me as this is a tour with many pre-eat dining experiences. Such as, I already have to pick out tomorrow’s lunch, which included a dessert, or at least a full calorie one, it not typical of. Healthy eating day for me. Travel scale is nifty keen. It’s going to help my stressing (imagining worse than I am) and help with the reality of possible gains. Maybe I won’t do a “just don’t care”. Doing a private walking photo tour of Glasgow today, then our Tauck tour starts this evening.

9/28 - (Glasgow)

9/19 129
9/20 129.4
9/21 132
9/22 131.2
9/23 129.8
9/24 129.6
9/25 129.2
9/26 129.6
9/27 129.8
9/28

Round 236
SW: 130.2# before vacation.
9/19 - 9/24 vacation at cabin - off line
9/25 130.8# not bad for post vacation
9/26 129.8#
9/27 130.2#
9/28

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
09/18 - 155.1

Round Goal: 152.x
Workout: Walks with dogs daily, weather permitting - morning and evening, when possible. Run 3x/week (weather permitting) for 5k training. Kettlebell/strength 2x/week for muscle maintenance.
Water: 90oz
Day, Weight, Comment
9/19 - DNW
9/20 - 154.4
9/21 - 153.2
9/22 - DNW
9/23 - DNW
9/24 - 154.4
9/25 - 152.9
9/26 - 152.6
9/27 - 152.8 - I'm sore today, particularly my hamstrings and I'm guessing that's the reason for the uptick this morning. I did splurge on that ice cream (sandwich) for lunch and forgot to take my lactose pills until much later so that may also be a reason for increase as well. I'm getting ready to take the dogs (yes, both, I'm taking a risk this morning) on a very very very slow run together. I'm doing time-based at 20 minutes since I feel time-based are far more doable than distance-focused runs with 2 dogs. Wish me luck. Today I will have a slice of my apple coffee cake for breakfast (that's my dessert for the day), chicken and orzo soup for lunch, and garlic parmesan chicken pasta for dinner (as requested by the boys). I've pre-logged lunch and dinner, just need to input recipe into MFP to log breakfast and I'm set! I'm feeling pretty good about today and my progress overall this week. It's not ideal, but it's an improvement from last week and I'm happy with that. I have 2 days of posts to catch up on during my work breaks today so I'll be looking forward to that!
9/28

Previous Day's Comments

R236
My 6th Round

Good luck everyone! You inspire me!

F, 5’6”, almost 65 😉, Married, Retired. MawMaw Proud!

Starting R236 at 137lbs - (⬇️ 8lbs from 145 mid-July.) Not bad.

Goals: Relax, TRUST the process, Celebrate making healthy choices. Taste buds are overrated. NEVER let the ⚖️ impact my mood or determination.

UGW: Make choices to weigh 128 again & MAINTAIN.

🛑🎢
Adjusted Daily Goals:
70-80💦, Cal (1225-1325) Macros% 3-72-25, (Ketovore) 12k steps, Burn 600+ activity calories, 90+ Activity minutes.

Next 10 days: 12-3-30 3x and 🏋️‍♀️3x (I’ve been neglecting this, and it needs to be a top priority!)

R236⚖️: Let’s get the ⚖️ down 1.5- 2lbs to 135x! Relaxed but focused. Breathe and pause.

9/19 ⚖️ 137.0lbs 🤔(again!) Yesterday, 200+ exercise minutes, 1225 move calories, 18k+ steps. Crazy day. Woke up stiff but worked it out. Short walk this morning, then tennis again tonight. Probably will not reach anywhere near that activity today because I obviously overdid it yesterday. Trying to nap this afternoon - did not sleep well last night – too wound up. What do I need to keep doing or change while on this part of my journey?! I think I’m making progress, because the scale is not bothering me anymore… It is what it is I just have to keep focused and taking care of myself.

9/20 DNW Good day yesterday. ✅ 103 active min, 780 move calories, ✅macros, 1258 calories. 🚫 steps-just 9k. Finally slept well last night. Today: not sure yet what or how…. but will hit targets. No tennis so I’ll go on a hike/walk and maybe go to the gym for 12–3-30. 🏋️‍♀️today! Hoping to have a motivated/ grateful day. Oh, Even though I thought I had enough electrolytes yesterday, I had BAD leg cramps early this morning before I got up… It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had cramps, so I have to make sure I get enough, magnesium, potassium, and sodium everyday.

9/21 DNW Up too early. I had a crummy, crummy day out of nowhere yesterday. Not mindful or grateful. Just plain tired. NO 🚫 or few ✅. No gym. Overly tired still from Monday and Tuesday. A reminder to know my activity/exercise limits and to stay hydrated. Over-doing it Monday and Tuesday ruined my Wednesday but hopefully not today too. I hope I’m not petering out!!!! After lunch, I laid on the couch and vegged out. Zero energy. 1343 BAD calories and only 5k steps. My brain was also dead. I wasn’t prepared for the tiredness. At least I tracked my day. I want to have a better day today. Taking care of myself also means avoiding physical exhaustion. Feeling out-of-sorts but not terribly so. This morning: will reflect, journal and make a few positive plans. Just do it.
🛑🎢!!!

9/22 ⚖️ 135.8 👀
Is THIS my whoosh?! 😀I’ll take it! However… I’m experienced enough to know that it’ll disappear for the next ⚖️, so at least I’m slowly going in the right direction. Whoosh or no whoosh. Not feeling any kind of a “high” so that’s a form of winning and conquering the 🎢. Once again… I don’t want the scale to impact my emotions, commitment, or determination. Just keep with the plan and the process.✌️!

Yesterday: 1213 cal, 120 active min, 682 move cal burned, macros ✅. Was still tired yesterday. Wow. But I did manage to get my exercise minutes and 8k steps. Will do more today as I have more time AND I’m more rested. Enjoying my coffee and hoping to push to be more active this weekend. Just moving! DH just left - will be out of town till late Sunday night so I can enjoy a couple of days of “me” time. Will head to the grocery store after tennis this morning to plan my eats for the weekend.

9/23 DNW Almost forgot to post this morning so I guess that’s a good thing! Yesterday was just about a perfect day… attitude and discipline.
1270 cal, ✅ macros, 132 movement minutes 817 Movement calories. 9k steps. My steps have been off lately because I just haven’t felt like going for a long walk… Hoping I meet 12 K today! I’ve decided to up my protein again… been reading a lot about it. While DH is away this weekend I’m going full carnivore. Yesterday I had a big juicy ribeye. Half for lunch and half for dinner. 100% satisfied… And that’s it for the day! This morning, two eggs over easy with grated cheddar cheese on top and two pieces of “healthy”bacon… I’m ready for the day! If I feel good, I may keep it going… Spending the day with my grandson at his soccer matches… We’ll walk /circle the fields to get in my steps!

NSV- While the scale is not cooperating, as much as I had hoped, I can visually tell my body is changing… Not that much, but enough for me to notice. I’ve lost only eight or 9 pounds, but it looks like I’ve lost a little more… And I’m feeling really good!

9/24 DNW Enjoyable day yesterday. Did not get my steps in because I mistakenly wore flip-flops for the soccer matches and did not pack any walking shoes… Registered 6k steps.

I read up on health/nutrition yesterday, and I realize I am just NOT walking enough! I need to work walks into my day, 45-1hr in the morning and same in the evening no matter what my step count is in between … It’s just healthy! Will definitely pick up my strength training. Will try my best to do that this week and see how it goes! Yesterday I ate chuck steak, eggs, cheese & bacon = 1273 cal, 0 carbs, 40% protein, 60% fat. Feel 100% satiated and feel great! I enjoyed a wonderful day with my grandson! Hoping to weigh in the 135s tomorrow but if I don’t it’s no big deal… Sticking to my process!

Oh, an old friend is coming into town from Australia and we’re hosting a small gathering for her. Will be about 12 ladies with tons of food, libations and temptation… I will be strong!

9/25 ⚖️ 135.9 Yesterday I was strong throughout the party, but when my friend brought out the homemade Dolce Leche, I had to have one little bitty taste… Ended up having two tastes! So I’m Counting that as a win for calories, but I went off carnivore.
Did not walk yesterday. Will get back on track today.

NSV yesterday- My lady friends, “You look great… so thin”! I dressed right yesterday 😀😎🤣. Love my high-waisted jeans!

9/26 DNW played tennis twice yesterday-4 hrs on court and another match this morn. Hit 12.5k steps and want that again today. Still haven’t done treadmill 12-3-30 for a while. Did 🏋️‍♀️-only 15 min yesterday. I get bored. I had to really push myself to eat 1200 calories yesterday. Eggs, Chuck steak, cheese, my ACV drink and hot tea. TONS of water. I feel stong and determined! Because of two tennis matches, I didn’t walk extra. ALSO, it’s hard to get “moves” in for more movement on days I play tennis….. I need to strengthen and stretch! Will do that today. I’m challenging myself to get an established routine for strength training to complement moves. I’ve been seriously lax and I need to do that for long-term health.

9/27 DNW Yesterday: 13k steps ✅ 160 exercise minutes, burned 979 move cal, 1327 calories, macros in-line. Walked 2.0 mi with with DH after dinner. Did not work in extra strength training or 12-3-30. Too tired after tennis today. Still feeling strong. Hoping for some positive ⚖️ scale action tomorrow. Tennis again this morn then several days without…..Planning to get in 3-4 days of 4-5 mi walks, 💪🏻 🏋️‍♀️and 12-3-30! NGL- If no scale ⚖️ loss, I will definitely be sad, but not debilitatingly so.

NSV: I’ve been tracking EVERYTHING since mid July… I’m very proud of myself! It’s a great habit to have. I don’t track water because I know intuitively how much I’m drinking and it’s between 70 / 80 ounces a day. Pretty sure I can maintain this lifestyle but I would definitely like to have a treat every now and then… I need to figure out what that treat will be… I’m realizing it does NOT need to be food or drink!

9/28 ⚖️

Let’s do this! 💪🏻🙌🏻
🛑🎢!
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Hi, I'm Charissa

Thank you, again, QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

I am ready to get back on track. I can do this! Started this week by resuming my mandatory treadmill M-F 30 minute minimum!!

62 y/o female
OSW 2022-03 230.3
1SW 2023-01 221.8

Goals This Round per Day:
- Tracking to the best of my ability 🍎and staying under calorie budget (just say NO!)
- Water (Goal 64 oz/SS and 96oz M-F) : ✅
- Walk/Steps: 🚶🏽


Stats and Previous Rounds
SW: 214.5

9/19 214.5
9/20 215.5
9/21 215.9
9/22 216.5
9/23 215.5
9/24 DNW
9/25 215.9
9/26 216
9/27 215.9 Oh, well....round 236? I succeeded with getting back on the treadmill but haven't reeled in the meal selections. Not necessarily over in calories but not the best of food choices.
9/28

SW Round 236: 127.4
GW Round 236: 125.0
Non-scale goals (tracked for the previous day):
💧minimum 64oz of water 9/10 days
✏️ track intake 4/10 days (setting this one low since I have been so bad about this lately)
💪🏻 work out 8/10 days
⏰ intermittent fast 16 hours 7/10 days

9/19 - 💧💪🏻 128.0. Alright alright, time to rein it in. Gave myself enough leeway with the half marathon (thanks all for the congratulatory words!!!). Hopefully some of this is water. Recovery is over so time to get back on track. Today will be an endurance Peloton ride and probably a dog walk since my husband couldn’t do it before he went to work.

9/20 - ✏️💧💪🏻 126.8. Phew, got rid of some of the water my carbs were holding on to, and I managed to actually track yesterday, though admittedly I tracked dinner this morning. Better than never thinking about it at least. I was supposed to be doing a cycling-only challenge now but I accidentally selected the 2 rides/2 runs option on the website, so now I'm due for an interval run today. It's basically the last thing I want to do, haha. Ah well. Hoping to stack it with some upper body strength. I can't seem to build much arm strength and always have to life below the weight the Peloton classes call for, so I really need to make sure I'm doing some arms/chest/back training each week.

9/21 - ✏️💧💪🏻⏰ 126.6. Overdid it a bit yesterday but I'm glad I tracked. Going to stay the course today and make sure I get that water in. I've been cutting it close and not paying too much attention. My husband seems to have left the dog walking to me this week so I guess I'll be doing that today, as well as a 30-minute Peloton ride. At least the weather is nice and the doggies will get me outside. I would really like to lose a couple pounds in the next month before my friend's wedding in Colorado! I'll be seeing a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time, so it seems like a good motivator to look and feel my best & most confident. I also want to be in good cardiovascular shape for hiking and/or running at a higher altitude, so I need to keep moving!

9/22 - 💪🏻⏰ 126.4. Missed a couple of my non-scale goals yesterday so I want to make sure I hit those today! So thankful it's Friday. This week has felt LONG and I'm not sure why. I have some fitness-related analysis paralysis today. I have a 45-minute endurance run on the schedule. I'd rather sneak out for a mountain bike ride at lunch time. But also I feel like I could use a rest day. Decisions, decisions.

9/23 - ✏️💪🏻⏰125.8ish
9/24 - 128.4

9/25 - 💪🏻128.4. Weekend damage is done. One day I'll stop sabotaging myself over the weekends but that didn't happen for this one. We had a bunch of people over yesterday and made pizza and wings while semi-watching the Buffalo Bills football game - thankfully it was a very boring game as cooking and child-minding took a lot of our attention. Plenty of beer was consumed, too. Hoping a lot of this is retained water. Gonna hit all of my non-scale goals today to start the recovery.

9/26 - ✏️💪🏻⏰💧 126.8. I think this will spike tomorrow. Yesterday ended up being awful health-and-fitness-wise. I missed my workout because someone came to fix our well (we get both town and well water so it wasn't an emergency, but I am glad to have the water that goes to the refrigerator back in action because the well water tastes SO much better) at the exact time I was about to work out. I did 10 minutes of barre right before they got here so I'm giving myself credit for working out, BUT it wasn't great. Today I'm not sure how I'm going to work it in either. Our cleaner is coming, which I need to prep for in between work, the well people are coming back, and the dogs need a walk, so the walk may end up being my only exercise. Oh and we also got food from Sonic last night, and I did not hold back. There are literally no lower-calorie options there, so I just gave up and had a big chili dog. I even got a limeade. I don't know why. I ended the day 850ish over calories, but at least I attempted to track?? Today will be better!

9/27 - 💪🏻⏰ DNW. Not sure if I actually forgot to weigh or just didn't want to know. I'm having a tough week emotionally. Could be PMS, but I don't even know when my cycle begins or ends anymore. I got an IUD at the beginning of the month and I've had at least spotting every day since. If I don't see improvement by this time next month I'm having it removed. I was sooo snacky yesterday and craved carbs and sugar. Trying to rein it in today. I prepped a pot roast for dinner and got it going in the slow cooker so dinner is planned! Gonna get on the Peloton bike today for 45 minutes and also get some work done.
9/28

@deepwoodslady, It's shameful how many of the doctors and nutritionists just go along to get along, all to the detriment of the patient. I understand they have a tremendous patient load and its easier to just write prescriptions. BUT, when you have a patient that wants to learn what to do to improve their health, HELP THEM. Honestly, my husband fought against me and my advice. He told me I wasn't a doctor and the doctor knows what he's doing. I told him MAYBE. He got angry. I then told him your doctor is not diabetic, YOU ARE. Do you really think he cares? He prescribes you medication and then you're on your own. DH had a different doctor in the beginning and this man was not about helping him, because he knew that a lot of diabetics don't try to improve their situation. They just want the medication so they can continue on with their poor diets. His new doctor does care and has monitored him since May through his daily transmitting of his glucose readings. She still has a few old notions though, like the loss of 10lbs in a month. He's very obese and 10lbs a month is currently not too much. My husband messed up at the end of 2022. He was diagnosed prediabetic early in 2022. He was eating a lot of junk. I told him to eat only what I give him. He did it and lost 40lbs in 5 months. Then he began to eat the wrong things again and stopped losing weight. So, him being diagnosed as diabetic, having to take insulin and being told to eat the type of carbs that got him to this point in the first place was very frustrating and stressful for me.

Also, DH's doctor does not ask him what his diet is. She just tells him to continue doing what you are doing. I greatly appreciate that😊 You have to take your health in your own hands.

AND CONGRATS! CONGRATS! CONGRATS! on reaching the 180's! I think you'll certainly be back to the 170's soon.❤️