Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 264

1. ✅Avg. close to 10k steps per day for 8+ mos. Not bad. It’s no longer a “daily goal” because it’s now a daily healthy habit - 👏🏻🤩
2. ✅Healthy Habit: 🙆‍♀️ I stretch daily and that has greatly improved my attitude & confidence.
3. ✅HH: I play 🎾about 4-5x per week.
4. ✅HH: Z2 💕avg 60 min/day
5. ✅HH: zero to 15g of net carbs/ day
6. ✅Clean P:E 115-130g Protein (this is new)
7. ✅HH Naturally IF 18/6. Eating window=noon to 6PM. (At least 5 days/wk)
8. ✅💦80oz daily
9. ✅Alcohol limited to rare occasions.
10. 7 to 8 hours sleep per night is a goal. Sleep is still inconsistent the last few rounds…

Tremendous progress since last July, but still “skinny-fat”. I want 🏋️‍♀️to become a healthy habit too. … 🏋️‍♀️20 min per day or 30 min 3-4x per week. Continue to journal📝 and to strive to ID unhelpful habits & replace with helpful ones.

Staying in the present moment is key to mental health and healthy choices.

Rotating 115g to 130g of protein per day is now a non-negotiable. In my dreams, I want to be 130lbs #HSF … 😎 I want to be Healthy, Strong & Fit to live out “Chapter 3” enjoying a full range of mobility, flexibility & activities… !

Let’s do R264!!🙌🏻

6/25⚖️ 132.0
✅Pg 137 P:E. 1.7 :1 🏋️‍♀️20 min 📝🚶‍♀️11k 🛏️💤 6hrs
Solid day. Slept yucky. Not enough water. So darn hot yesterday… need more 💦 today- even tho 80oz feeling dehydrated….
Really want to sleep better /feeling cortisol levels still high.
This week DGS coming over after soccer camp each day for an hour or so…. He is my “why” - #HSF Focus on balance, mobility & functional training.
Let’s Go!

6/26⚖️129.8lbs
✅Pg 123 P:E 2:1 🏋️‍♀️20 min 📝🚶‍♀️6.5k 🛏️💤 5hrs
Up too early but slept like a rock for 5 hrs. Tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t. Will make lemonade.
P:E going well. Hitting macro “ratios” is an interesting experiment. Will continue thru this round then assess.
Solid 🏋️‍♀️ yesterday. Feeling it. (Good!) Still pushing myself to “DO IT” cuz it certainly is not a habit yet! Typical summer heat here. Today might be a rest day. Will see how I feel when the rest of the world wakes up. 😃.
Oh, the scale? More 💦💦💦 than usual and kept my routine. My body adores routine! I “surged” two days 6/24 & 6/25 and after reviewing my 6 mo stats, 130-131 is “my zone”. (What else am I going to do at 4a.m.?) Anything out of that range is a “systems fluctuation”. Still striving to build functional strength, agility & balance.
Let’s strive today! #HSF#helpfulhabits

6/27 ⚖️ 129.6lbs
✅Pg 123 P:E 1.3:1 🏋️‍♀️20 min 📝🚶‍♀️10.5k 🛏️💤 9hrs 😄
This morning all I can think about is that I slept nine hours! No nap yesterday … I fell asleep on the couch around 7 PM… Slept straight through the night -feel great! Good day 💪🏻yesterday! Let’s hope the 💤 continues!
(I have a tennis match this evening and whenever I play at night I can’t sleep🤞🏻)

Scale⚖️thoughts: Weirdness.
I have no explanation… same as when the scale jumps up … must be my “systems”

6/28 ⚖️ 129.6lbs
✅Pg 122 P:E 2.9 :1 📝🚶‍♀️10.k 🛏️💤 5hrs 😄 🚫🏋️‍♀️
Slept very poorly last night due to late 🎾Tennis. Too much adrenaline. My team is on the road to state again! Hopefully I can take a nap today. InBody @ 9:30am. Will report back.

6/29 ⚖️ 129.8lbs
✅Pg 136 P:E 2.2 :1 📝🚶‍♀️3.6k (YIKES) 🛏️💤 8hrs 😄 🚫🏋️‍♀️

Food entry: I mixed up my eating routine - DH and I went to our favorite little health food café. Chose tri-color slaw mixed with chopped broccoli & cauliflower (no dressing)… topped with delicious, yummy fresh turkey salad w/ dab of Mayo, chopped carrots & black olives. They raise their own turkey- Que Delicioso! Divided for lunch and dinner … protein shake w/ yogurt/berries to top off my day. (Yes, I did suffer lots of gas🙃) but a Perfect P:E day.

Today = 💪🏻day. (I’ve had two rest days). Several 🇺🇸celebrations so will get my 🚶‍♀️💪🏻done early this morn. (But there’s another really good estate sale happening this morning so I might indulge!) I plan on enjoying whatever whole foods are served today - no alcohol. It’s going to be +100° - plenty of electrolytes.

6/30 ⚖️ DNW
✅Pg 125 P:E 1 :1 📝🚶‍♀️11k 🛏️💤 4-5hrs 🏋️‍♀️30min
Slept poorly. But….
Best 🏋️‍♀️ever. Incremental positives. I think this was the first time I actually “enjoyed” 🏋️‍♀️. I simply forced myself to just DO it, & after abt 10 min, I felt the endorphins / adrenaline kick in and viola-positivity took over.

Then…. A pool party! I stuck to no alcohol & my “whole foods” plan… I had two WHOLE pieces of FRIED chicken (one without skin and the second with what the heck skin) and two WHOLE pieces of PIE! Mildly disappointed in myself… that I did not stop at one piece of pie… because one was enough. Yes, there’s that. So this was my “no excuse” Saturday. Got home at 5pm and enjoyed 💦💦💦… Thinking the sugar is why I did not sleep well… Tossed all night… up @ 3:15. (DNW cuz Discombobulated. Enjoyed two cups ☕️ so will ⚖️ tomorrow).

A new day today 🎾& 🏋️‍♀️!

7/1⚖️ 130.8
✅Pg 117 P:E 1.1 :1 📝🚶‍♀️8k 🛏️💤 5hrs 🏋️‍♀️20min
Slept poorly. Again…. 🙃
Yesterday- solid day. Some emotional ruminating about SILLY Non-consequential stuff that happens when you’re a ruminator…. Looking for my helpful habits to kick in today. Stay present & grateful.

I love that it’s a new month! I’m going to spend additional time today reading, reflecting & journaling to come up with a full “leveling up/down” plan for July. I came across a graphic yesterday, that I will post in a separate posting… Maybe one person will benefit.

P:E is working for me. I like it. Shoot for 120-130 P.
Proteing ratio to Energyg (carbg + fatg) greater than 1:1. Whole food /clean only. 2:1 is best for me.

NSV: stayed the course 🏋️‍♀️even tho I DID NOT WANT TO!

7/2⚖️ 130.4
✅Pg 155 P:E 2.2 :1 📝🚶‍♀️4k 🛏️💤 8.5hrs 🏋️‍♀️10min
Slept like a rock last night… no idea why or what I did differently. Maybe lack of good sleep finally caught up with me.
Yesterday: Got a wild hair and decided to make low-carb, high protein, organic grass-fed ground venison/ribeye/brisket enchiladas … went all-in- even the wraps were individually created “egg-white” wraps -crafted individually…. Fresh ranchero /scratch sauce too. Everything whole & natural. Six hours. Delicious but EXPENSIVE and I’ll NEVER do that again. Went through 2 dozen fresh farm eggs because I messed up and had to start over…. Yes, super yummy and … worth the “experience”, but not the effort. Leftovers for an army!
😂
Super easy for me to get off track/distracted from 🏋️‍♀️🚶‍♀️🎾 … will be more focused today?(However, it will be 100° & Wimbledon has started!). Literally forgot to work on my “July” plan. I may not get to it today, but I’ll do it by the 4th.
5:30am and Wimbledon is on!

June 25 - 174.8 - I'm going to try to drink 80oz of water each day this round. I've only been getting 40oz. Have a great round, everyone!!
June 26 - DNW
June 27 - 174.0 - 1st pound lost on my 14 Weeks - 14 Pounds Summer Challenge
June 28 - 174.0 - It has finally cooled down here in Maine. I hope wherever you are it's cooled down if you've been as hot as we have. My family is in Georgia and I think it was 99 degrees yesterday. Of course, it's all about the humidity. Here's a snapshot when walking this morning (Marginal Way between Ogunquit and Perkins Cove). If you're ever heading north from Boston into Maine, Ogunquit is worth a stop. Marginal Way is about a mile long and an easy walk, and there's a small beach as well. If you stay overnight, you don't need a car, you can walk or take the trolly car every where. When we would vacation in Maine before moving here, we would pass right by it heading to Portland, Kennebunkport, Camden, Bar Harbor, etc.

June 29 - 174.2
June 30 - 174.0
July 1 - 173.8 - I don't think the crackers (salt) from the 29th showed up on the scale because I was due for a drop - maybe would have dropped more, but either way, I'm glad to see 173.x. I'm marking 174 off my tracking regardless if I jump around for a few days. I'm just so damn happy that the binge on the cheese crackers did not derail me for days/weeks. This is a very big NSV for me!! I still haven't hit my goal of 80oz of water this round, but hit 64oz yesterday.

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, it’s taken me 75 rounds to achieve target of 130 = back to maintenance!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 134. A healthy lifestyle must be a permanent way of life.
End of round 69 134.2 lbs 22.2.18 to 03.03.19
End of round 70 133.6 04.03.18 to 13.03.19
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
End of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 (2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 - 134.8 (2.4 pounds up)
End of round 125 - 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down
End of round 128 - 133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 - 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 - 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 - 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not binging can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy for Christmas period, lower than at this time for many years!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up ugh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 (2.8 pounds down)
End of round 139 – 130.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 140 – 132.4 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 141 – 131 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 142 – 129.8 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 143 – 130.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 144 – 130.2 (0.6 pounds down)
End of round 145 – 132 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 146 – 133.8 (1.8 pounds up – again!!)
End of round 147 – 133.2 (0.6 down)
End of round 148 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 149 – 132.4
End of round 150 – 133.8 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 151 – 135.8 (2 pounds up)
End of round 152 – 134 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 153 – 135.4 (1.4 pound up)
End of round 154 – 132.2 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 155 - 133.6 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 156 - 134 (0.4 pounds up)
End of round 157 - 133.6 (0.4 pounds down)
End of round 158 – 135.4 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 159 – 134.4 (1 pound down)
End of round 160 – 135.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 161 – 134.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 162 – 133.6 (0.6 down)
End of round 163 – 136.2 (2.6 up)
End of round 164 – 136 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 165 – 135.8 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 166 – 136 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 167 – 138 (2 pounds up)
End of round 168 – 135 (3 pounds down)
End of round 169 – 134.4 (0.6 pound down)
End of round 170 – 133 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 171 – 135.4 (2.4 up)
End of round 172 – 135.6 (0.2 up)
End of round 173 – 137.6 (2 pounds up)
End of round 174 – 135.2 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 175 – 138 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 176 – did not complete (away on family holiday)
End of round 177 – 138
End or round 178 – 137.8 (0.2 down)
End of round 179 – 139.4 (1.6 pounds up)
End of round 180 – 137 (2.4 pounds lost)
End of round 181 – 139.2 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 182 – 135.6 (3.6 pounds down)
End of round 183 – 138.2 (2.4 up)
End of round 184 - 136 (2.2 pounds down)
End of round 185 – 136.4 (0.4 gain)
End of round 186 – 136.4 (same)
End of round 187 – 138.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 188 – DNW (away for Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations)
End of round 189 – 139.2
End of round 190 – 139.8
End of round 191 – 139.8
End of round 192 – 138.8 (1 pound lost)
End of round 193 – 138.2 (0.6 lost)
End of round 194 – 136.4 (1.8 lost)
End of round 195 – 139.2 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 196 – 138 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 197 – 138.2 (0.2 up)
End of round 198 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 199 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 200 – 138.8 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 201 – 138.2 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 202 – 137.8 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 203 – 137.6 (loss of 0.2)
End of round 204 – 135.8 (1.8 pounds lost)
End of round 205 – 135.6(0.6 pound lost)
End of round 206 – 135.4 (0.2 pound lost)
End of round 207 – 136.4 (1 pound gain) (Caravan Christmas Party Rally)
End of round 208 - 137.2 (0.8 pound gain)
End of round 209 - 137.4 (0.2 pound gain) (Christmas period)
End of round 210 – DNW (Lanzarote holiday)
End of round 211 – 138.2
End of round 212 – 139.8
End of round 213 – 139
End of round 214 – 138.2 (1.2 pounds loss)
End of round 215 – 139.2 (1 pound up)
End of round 216 – 136.6 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 217 – 137.8 (1.2 pounds up)
End of round 218 – 140.4 (2.6 pounds up – need to reverse this trend!)
End of round 219 – 139.8 (0.6 down)
End of round 220 – DNW
End of round 221 – 140.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 222 – 139.8 (1 pound down)
End of round 223 – 140 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 224 – 139.2 (0.8 pound down)
End of round 225 – 139.4 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 226 – 141 (1.6 pound up)
End of round 227 – 139.8 (1.2 pound down)
End of round 228 – 139.6 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 229 – 140.2 (0.6 pound up)
End of round 230 – 139.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 231 - 138.2 (1.6 pounds down)
End of round 232 – 140.6 (2.4 pounds up)
End of round 233 – 138.8 (1.8 ponds down)
End of round 234 – 140.2 (1.4 pound up)
End of round 235 – DNW – on holiday
End of round 236 – 142
End of round 237 – DNW, staying at DS’s.
End of round 238 – 139.8
End of round 239 – 139.6 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 240 – 139 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 241 – 138.8 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 242 – 138.6 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 243 – 139.8 (1.2 pounds up)
End of round 244 – 141 (2.2 pounds up)
End or round 245 – DNW – away for Christmas with no scales
End of round 246 - 143.8
End of round 247 – 142.6 (loss of 1.2 pounds)
End of round 248 – 143.6 (gain of 1 pound) 26.01.24
End of round 249 – 141.6 (2 pounds down) 05.02.24
End of round 250 – DNW – away on holiday with family, Whitchurch.
End of round 251 – 242
End of round 252 – 242.6
End of round 253 – DNW but 142.2 the previous day
End of round 254 – 141 (loss of 1.2 pounds)
End of round 255 – 141.8 (increase 0.8)
End of round 256 – 141.6 (loss of 0.2 pound)
End of round 257 – 141.4 (loss of 0.2 pound)
End of round 258 – 140.6 (loss of 0.8 pound)
End f round 259 – 140 (loss of 0.6 pound)
End of round 260 – 140.2 (increase of 1 pound)
End of round 261 – 141.6 (increase of 1.4 pound)
End of round 262 – 139.2 (loss of 2.4 pounds) 03.06.24 – 14.06.24
End of round 263 – 140.8 (gain 1.6 pound) 15.06.24 -24.06.24

RND 252: SW-191.3, EW-187.6
RND 253: SW- 187.6, EW- 185.6
RND 254: SW- 185.6, EW-181.4
RND 255: SW-181.4, EW—181.4
RND 256: SW-181.4, EW—179.4
RND 257: SW- 179.4, EW—178.4
RND 258: SW—178.4, EW-177.4
RND 259: SW- 177.4, EW- 176.6
RND 260: SW- 176.6, EW: 174.0
RND 261: SW—174.0, EW: 174.2
RND 262: SW—176, EW: 173.4
RND 263: 173.4, EW: 173.8