🍁🦃November Dailly Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🏈🍂

Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a few months now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). Been with this group since the spring - my favorite group for support!

My goals for 🦃November🦃 - simplifying them this month - too hard to keep track of everything last month

⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - bringing me out of the obese category and into overweight
👣 17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range

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Highest Weight: 228
October Ending Weight: 169.6

Nov 1: 171 - 👣 📝 🥗 17K Steps Not off to a good start - but it's temporary!
Nov 2: DNW - 📝 4K Steps Tough day for eating and exercise yesterday. It was our monthly visit to my husband's 91 year old cousin who lives about 2 hours away. Leave at 5:30 AM - have breakfast and lunch with her (not good choices) and then a long drive back home later in the afternoon. We got back home at 6:00. Lovely visit, but it makes for a long day and I am exhausted when I get home. I hit the left over Halloween candy for dinner, no exercise at all, couldn't sleep (probably too much sugar). It's just a temporary situation (didn't I say that yesterday?)! Will get back to it today!
Nov 3: 170.4 👣 📝🥗 23K Steps Good day yesterday; everything on track and on my way back. As a reward for making my 2,023 goal hubby said to get the new Garmin Fitness tracker that I have been eyeing. It came a couple of days ago and I've been trying to figure it out; wearing both the Fitbit and Garmin. Today will switch to totally Garmin. Hubby is getting the Fitbit.
Nov 4: 170.2 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A slow creep in the right direction. Girls day at the casino today - my sisters and aunt are going. Wish me luck! I should still be ok. I'm eating my breakfast before I go, will bring a protein bar and fruit for my lunch and will be home for dinner. And I won't be drinking (I have to drive home).
Nov 5: 170.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps
Nov 6: 170.6 👣📝🥗 21K Steps Ugh - I've been struggling to see a decrease this week. The only thing I can think of is that I haven't been reaching my water goal. Will concentrate on that today and hope for a whoosh!
Nov 7: 169.6 👣📝🥗 20K Steps Finally back to my October ending weight. Now to keep it below the 170s for good.
Nov 8: 168.4 😁 👣📝🥗 23K Steps My first smile this month! Woo Hoo! Guess who is no longer "obese"! 😉
Nov 9: 169.8 👣📝🥗 21K Steps Expected an uptick, and am actually glad that it is not more. Trivia Night last night (took 2nd place) - over my sodium goal and used all my calories from exercise.
Nov 10: 169.6 👣 📝 🥗 20K Steps
Nov 11: 169.8 👣 📝 🥗 22K Steps A slow creep in the wrong directiion. Went out to dinner, self sabatoge. Time to get back to it!
Nov 12: 169.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A beautiful day in Connecticut yesterday. After my morning walk, spent the day cleaning up the yard - harvested the last of the herbs (froze for later), cleaned up the garden, put away the summer yard stuff. Then relaxed the rest of the day. I'm reading Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes again before I go see the movie next week.
Nov 13: 169.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A chilly start to the day, but beautiful. Got in 20K steps all week - I love walking in the cold weather. It's bingo night with Mom tonight - I HAVE to resist the desserts that everyone brings - gotta get that scale to move!
Nov 14: 168.4 😁 👣📝🥗 19K Steps
Nov 15: 168.8 👣📝16K Steps
Nov 16: 168.6 👣📝 23K Steps A rough couple of days. Going to visit my Aunt this afternoon (she will have dessert), so having a light breakfast and lunch before I go. Then picking up dinner on the way home. So one more challenging day. Fingers crossed it doesn't do any more damage.

Hi, I'm a 50+ yo married female, 5'6", and tired of looking and feeling like I do. I’m making changes to get out of the Obese category, to look good in my clothing, and to have confidence in public again.

Heaviest Weight: 221 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165

Nov 1: 208.3
Nov 2: 209.3
Nov 3: 207.8
Nov 4: 207.0
Nov 5: 207.7
Nov 6: 207.8
Nov 7: 208.3
Nov 8: 206.1
Nov 9: 204.5
Nov 10: 204.6
Nov 11: 204.7 -- I biked for 15 min, and danced for 40 minutes at 120 bpm, which I think I want to continue with. It was good movement and it was fun.
Nov 12: 204.5 -- 1 hour of dancing. 3.5 miles biking/15 min.
Nov 13: 204.4
Nov 14: 204.4
Nov 15: 205.4 -- I slept about 4 hours last night, and had sleepy tea at 3am. Both those things spiked the number, because I ate pretty healthy yesterday. Not stressing it.
Nov 16: 205.9 - Only 4 hours sleep. I'm dealing with stomach issues and it has been keeping me up at night. It also requires food at odd hours, which I'm not happy about. I'm angry the scale number is going up too.

Here we go with week 3 of November already.

Week 1: 2.0 Lb Loss
Week 2: 0.0 loss/gain
Nov 16: 186.6

Hi everyone! Updating...

| Day        | kg (morning) | Total cal | Cal remaining |
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
| Mon Nov  6 | 125.5        | 1336      | 542           |
| Tue Nov  7 | 124.4        | 1554      | 295           |
| Wed Nov  8 | 124.0        | 1635      | 15            |
| Thu Nov  9 | 123.4        | 1657      | 201           |
| Fri Nov 10 | 123.4        | 1870      | -220          | 
| Sat Nov 11 | 123.8        | 2088      | -238          |
| Sun Nov 12 | 124.3        | 1721      | -71           |
| Mon Nov 13 | 123.5        | 2044      | -236          | 
| Tue Nov 14 | 123.3        | 1614      | 36            |
| Wed Nov 15 | 122.8        | 1616      | 34            |
| Thu Nov 16 | 122.9        |           |               | 

Hello my names Brenda and live in Muskoka Ontario Canada 6 months and Bluffton South Carolina 6 months. Two grown children, one married and one teaching in the uk, and our 11 1/2 year old white lab Tucker. I lost 45 lbs and kept it off but it’s starting to creep. I’m committing to weighing in daily. We have company starting tomorrow for the week , not a great time to start but there never is.

Nov 05 169.6
Nov 06 168.4
Nov 07 167.8
Nov 08 168.6 18 holes golf, out for dinner, Dave Matthew's concert
Nov 09 168.4 good day, felt on point, yoga and over 10k steps
Nov 10 167.4 walked 18 holes 18068 steps
Nov 11 167.4
Nov 12 168.4
Nov 13 167
Nov 14 167
Nov 15 166.8 😁
Nov 16 167
Nov 17 166.4 👏👏👏
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I have struggled the last week with not seeing the scale move how I wanted it to move. I have done well telling myself that the scale is a tool not a dictionary-it doesn't define me. But the last few days I feel the pull of giving up. That is what I typically do, and I don't want to do that anymore.