Hello all. I'm Sylvia, 54, in Massachusetts, US, and have been with Waistaways since 2020 after decades of upswings in weight and intermittent success, only to swing up again. Had good progress in 2020 from a top of 196 or so, down to about 150 which felt marvelous. But up it's crept since then by about 25lbs and I'm determined to fight my way back to where I felt really good. The last couple of years have been challenging with family health scares and care needed. But the last of those, has just ended. My dad died last Sunday - 94, no pain ever and peaceful - I am really feeling okay about it. And I took a significant action that morning: the gallon of chocolate haagen dazs I'd bought - he ate a little & I ate a 1/2 gallon on Saturday...I took it and dumped it outside on the grass. Have done similar with 2 bottles of partially opened wine recently too. Maybe I'll add that to my habit tracker, ha! 'Dumped something out'.
Anyhow, I'm back, I'm serious, and I don't have any excuses. Only MY food and the cat's food in the fridge. Really need to focus on logging - obsessing with that last time, really worked.


✅ Why are you on this journey? What pushed you to start? Feeling very uncomfortable in my clothes, wanting to get healthy for the future me (lots of hiking in future retirement).

✅ What would your perfect weight loss day look like? For example, how would you start your day🌞, foods you would eat🥬🍎 and activities🚴‍♂️? up early, 15 minute stretching exercises, start with an egg/tomato on rye, half caff coffee (2-3), off to work, do the work stairs often, eat my packed lunch - soup or salad, almond snack, carrots, after work, do some yard work, then some baked fish supper with broccoli, and whole grain rice/quinoa mix, go for an evening walk...into bed by 9 where I pre-log the next day menu.