100 day Challenge July 19 – October 26.24

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
240’s 230’s 220's 210's 200's 190's 180’s 170's 160's 150's


2019 SW: 245 BMI 43.4 (1/2/2019) Lost 15 lbs in 2019 then regained 5
2020 SW: 235 BMI 41.6 (1/1/2020) Then back up to 241 before refocusing in Aug
2021 SW: 212 BMI 37.6 (1/1/2021) NOTE: Low 201.1 in August 2021
2022 SW: 209 BMI 37.0 (1/1/2022) Lost focus on myself while helping with 2 new grand babies (Jan & June); also started teaching ESL on Tues & Thurs morning and no longer went to in person Strong & Fit class … EXCUSES EXCUSES
2023 SW: 232 BMI 41.1 (1/1/2023) Lowest 226
2024 SW: 230 BMI 40.7 (1/1/2024) Refocus 6/22/2024
2025 SW: ⁉️ It’s totally up to you and within your control


Strategy:
Bike 30 min 3-4x weekly
Strong & Fit 1 hr class 2x weekly
Water 72+ oz daily
Journal every bite focusing on low net carb <100g
Weekly weigh in on Mondays


226.6 - Ending weight last round on 7/11/2024 before vacation.
7/11-7/25: DNW - Vacation Iceland & Norway
7/26: 229.2 / 229.0 - Gained 2.6 lbs on vacation at first weigh in. I expect some of this to be travel bloat and disappear by tomorrow but not all! I did walk most days 2-6 miles which I'm proud of! Pushed through the knee pain. And one day I actually got on the bike in the gym on the boat.
Not surprised that my weight is up. After a day of travel leaving at 3am Thursday morning from the hotel in Oslo … hour drive to the airport… flights to Paris, Detroit, Houston (airplane food on each leg of the journey and 3 bags of chips on the last flight) … landed in Houston at 6pm … picking up our dog & dinner with our son’s family at 7:30pm, another hour driving home finally home at 10:00pm Thursday night (which was 5am Friday morning Oslo time). So all in all a 26 hour travel day.
Broke my promise to myself so vacation eating plan was a fail in that I ate the bread basket every night at dinner and dessert at lunch, dinner and 4pm tea time on a 11 night cruise! Oh boy such bad habits on vacation to over come. Otherwise my eating was really healthy with small portions and no snacking. Lots of room to improve on my next cruise in October.
Now to tackle these pounds and not let them continue to slip back into the 230s.
7/27: 227.5 / 228.6 - The real weight gain from my trip is .9 lbs! Less than a pound. Shedded the bloat from the long 26 hours of travel and got my body reset to this time zone. I’ll take it and tackle that little gain before it slips away from me. 😊 Now to make progress … meaning I need to focus on WATER, exercise and journaling every bite remembering small portions pay off big dividends helping me toward my goals.
Biked 30 min, journaled, water 80+ oz
7/28: 226.0 / 227.8 - Back to clean living and better habits. Grocery shopping was huge since before leaving due to the hurricane electrical outage for 3-4 days we had to throw EVERYTHING out of our 2 fridge/freezers. So lots of fresh food and very few temptations or snacks in the house. DH didn’t even buy cookies so there are no sweets to add calories after dinner. Created menus and bought only what was needed though I did forget salad dressing … guess the selection balsamic my sister gave me for Christmas will due in a pinch. LOL
Bike 30 min, journaled, water 80+ oz
7/29: 225.5 / 227.1 - Didn’t make strength training class since DH has Covid and I had to deal with the AC guy for our annual checkup. He was early and showed up when my class was suppose to start. So after he left I got on the bike instead.
Bike 30 min, journaled, water 80 oz

Weekly Goal: Lose any vacation pounds and ensure I’m back < 227
Actual Weight: 225.5 - BMI = 40
Challenge Weight Loss: 1.1
🎯 Returning from vacation and getting myself started back on the healthy journey was key this week. I’m happy with my focus and determination. Now to focus on no longer being labeled “morbidly” obese.


7/30: 224.8 / 226.2 - Bike 30, journaled, water 80 oz. Focusing on getting the 7 hrs recommended sleep.
7/31: 224.5 / 225.5 - Since I missed strength training Monday I’ll tune into her private YouTube channel and do a make up session. I put it off not feeling my best so probably will test for Covid later today. Skipped all exercise instead this Wednesday. First time in the red since I had not activity to burn off extra calories. 1228 cal and 70 net carbs. Felt so awfully full in the evening that I had to stretch out and go to bed early. Journaled and 80 oz water.
8/1: 224.4 / 225.0 - Feeling good this morning but still have an uncomfortably full sensation. Otherwise feel normal. Negative Covid test! Biked 30 72+ oz water. Journaled a big bowl of red beans and rice but the surprise was the 31 carbs in my store bought prepackaged salad! Roundtrip 3 hours to north part of Houston to watch my granddaughter for 2 hrs. DH is considering moving to be closer.
8/2: 224.1 / 224.5 - Today’s focus … after my exercise class … prep for the party. Buying everything for the charcuterie board I’m making for the party, bake dark chocolate brownies, an then picking up wine & special iced cookies for the party tomorrow. The other grandmother is having tea sandwiches made, buying a dip, wine, variety of sparkling waters and she hired someone to act as bartender and to keep the place picked up during the party (la-di-da but that is how she rolls in her world … the party is at her house in a very nice upscale area inside Houston).
Only did 20 min of my strength training class because I became dizzy and almost fainted. Had to lay down. Journaled. 72+ oz water.
8/3: 224.8 / 224.4 - Not at all surprised by the up tic on the scale. Lunch out with my daughter yesterday and though we split the meal I let her order … chips with spinach artichoke dip, chicken strips, French fries. Nothing healthy about it! Then I ate brownies because they made a crumbled mess out of the pan and didn’t get a clean square … probably ate 2.
Today I need to be a little more cautious in my eating! Sip & See for my new granddaughter. Myself and the other grandmother are hosting a large party of our lady friends (45-50) to meet all 3 of my grandchildren. No exercise, no journal but did drink my water. Didn’t eat anything at the party but did have a slice of brisket at my son’s and a cookie when I returned home.
8/4: 223.5 / 223.9 - Nothing planned today but the bike and painting. May get out and weed some though the heat is stifling. Way too much charcuterie and cookie leftovers in the house. DH & I could have charcuterie for lunch or dinner every day this week LOL
Bike 30 min, water definitely but not sure of the oz, no journal.
8/5: 223.7 / 223.7 - I successfully made my goal this week!!!
20 min strength training, not enough water and no journaling.

Weekly Goal: Obese stage 2 BMI 39.9 @ <225 No longer 🚫 morbidly obese!
Actual Weight: 223.7 - BMI 39.7
Challenge Weight Loss: 2.9
🎯 I moved out of Morbidly obese stage 3 and into obese stage 2! ✔️
Now to work my way down to obese stage 1 around 197 but I’ll first have to hit many milestones to get there.
NSV - I “slid” my cellphone into my front pocket of my pants with lots of room to spare. (Aug 2024) ✔️


8/6: 224.6 / 223.8 - Bike 30 min, no journal.
8/7: 223.4 / 223.5 - No planned exercise for Wed! Need to focus on water. Though I’m not journaling my portion control has been spot on and no time for snacking the last few days.
8/8: 223.5 / 223.4 - Bike 30 min, water, but only half journaling and way over my net carb limit of <100 due to snacking on crackers.
8/9: 224.4 / 223.5 - Strength training 40 min, water, but still no journaling.
8/10: 222.9 / 223.2 - No exercise or journaling.
8/11: 224.2 / 223.4 - No exercise or journaling.
8/12: 223.0 / 223.2 - Pre-journaled my food plan. Slight change in food plan for lunch. No exercise … forgot how time consuming a 2 month old is!

Weekly Goal (until I hit it): < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 223.0
Challenge Weight Loss: xx
🎯 Many poor food choices, no journaling for the entire week, exercise also thrown off since DD & grandkids stayed with us while her husband had pneumonia. Cannot let grandkids be the reason I regain the weight like 2022!

8/13: 223.3 / 223.1 - No exercise, no journaling
8/14: 223.8 / 223.2 - Travel day round trip to granddaughter’s ~3 hrs and caring for her today. Bad food choices, no journaling, no exercise, lacked water.
8/15: 225.1 / 223.7 - Bike 30, no journal and lacked water. I have today all to myself … so plenty of time to work on my own goals, exercise and make great decisions!
8/16: 223.5 / 223.6 - Thought that spike might have been temporary. Glad to see the number come back down! Baby duty today for my 2 month old. She starts daycare on Monday. So I’m planning to enjoy all the snuggles I can get though I will miss my strength training class. No exercise or journaling and still need to work on water. But my meals were barely there … like I took some turkey deli meat and that was it for lunch. Not one single snack all day!
8/17: 222.8 / 223.4 - Good the trend is going back down! Tonight I babysit but today is mine for exercise and painting. Bike 30 min and drank more water.
8/18: 222.3 / 223.0 - Today roundtrip car trip to my son’s to help unload and move furniture they bought. My goal is to bike this morning since we don’t have to be there until noon. DH & I decided to eat at home for both lunch and dinner and it makes a huge difference. No snacking. 30 min bike! 80+ oz water.
8/19: 220.5 / 222.1 - WOW! Controlling what I put in my body makes a huge difference … something I need to remember. Opportunity to eat out before and after our roundtrip to my son’s home to help move furniture. Instead of lunch out for burgers & fries at a new place DH & I made open faced sandwich and a few olives for salty. Returning from my son’s we almost went to an Italian restaurant but came home cooked a steak and romaine lettuce on the grill with a homemade lemon parmesan thyme dressing.
📚 tonight + strength training today 40 min. AF ✔️

Weekly Goal (until I hit it): < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 220.5 - BMI 39.1
Challenge Weight Loss: 6
🎯 Getting back on the bike, water and watching what I eat always pays off focusing Thurs-Sun. I need to remember this when my schedule goes crazy like it did in the earlier part of the week! I was able to bounce back. Aug 10 last Saturday I was in the 222 range but then let life happen and it slipped away. The old me would have avoided the scale at all cost after Wed after a really bad eating day and travel. But I did the daily stepping on registered it and moved on. Yeah me! It was mostly temporary due to time in a car and eating out processed food / sodium … so I had hoped I could reel it back in and I did. Ignoring things never got me anywhere. Got back down again not letting my weekend dictate slacking off. Full steam ahead started on Thursday and it paid off for my weekly weigh in. Now to not let up or slip up! I have dinner with book club ladies Monday and Wednesday night at restaurants this next week.

8/20: 220.9 / 221.6 - Okay into the stretch shooting for the teens! Bike 30 min, water 80 oz. ✔️
8/21: 221.3 / 221.3 - Today will be challenging. Driving to care for my granddaughter. Eating out lunch and dinner. Leaving at 9am returning at 9pm. Mexican food and chips temptation at bookclub. 📚 Dined out at Mexican restaurant for both lunch and& dinner. Tried to keep my portions down and not eat everything on my plate and counted chips. Did not order any rice, beans, etc and ate only 2 of 3 enchiladas at lunch and half order of quesadillas at dinner. AF. No exercise Wednesday but lots of water. ✔️
8/22: 220.8 / 220.9 - Prep day for procedure only clear liquids which thank goodness includes black coffee, tea, chicken broth. Alcohol Free (AF)! Still feeling full from all the chicken enchiladas and chicken quesadillas yesterday. Met with design team on remodeling our downstairs. Next week we meet with the contractors and appliance people. Lunch out with DD & DH. While they ate I sipped on my chicken broth in a Yeti cup that kept it warm for the trip and more water. No exercise but plenty of water.✔️
8/23: 219.3 / 220.3 - Lacking sleep. This is definitely not a diet to lose weight!!! Love that I touched the teens but positive it is a temporary loss. Scheduled Colonoscopy & Endoscopy. Results are fine. No exercise, lots of water, regular meals. Slept most of the afternoon. ✔️
8/24: 223.4 / 221.0 - I knew it would be up from yesterday’s low but this is ridiculous! Still resting no exercise, lots of water. Not snacking and meals have not been that bad but did indulge in ice cream after dinner when watching a movie.
8/25: 222.0 / 221.2 - Cannot believe how off kilter I am on the scale … you would think after a colonoscopy the numbers would be down. Dinner at my son’s cancelled since DIL is sick. Bike 30 min.
8/26: 221.8 / 221.4 - Glad the number is coming back down but disappointed that I let it get out of hand. Not really sure why or what happened. Driving 2+ hr to pick up my granddaughter so she can spend the days and nights here so my son can work and my DIL can recover from fever, upper respiratory infection, etc … she needs rest, fluids, antibiotics. Walked outside 1/4 mile with stroller.✔️

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Glass of water before coffee ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.8
GAINED this week: 1.3
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.8
🎯 Disappointed that I let it get out of hand. Not really sure why or what happened. I didn’t snack but were my portions larger than I thought? Need to focus on journaling every bite again.

8/27: 220.2 / 220.9 - Finally back down to 220 again. Maybe my body has finally rid itself of all the bloat after the colonoscopy. Now to continue and break through the 220s! Granddaughter duty today. No exercise. Did not journal my food at all … not one single bite.
8/28: 220.5 / 220.8 - Okay today focus! Not traveling today and no granddaughter duty since my son said he would stay home and work and care for her so I don’t have to make the drive again. Bike 30 min, lacked water and still not journaling.
8/29: 221.1 / 220.7 - No excuses today! Bike 30 min
8/30: 220.3 / 220.5 - Plans to bike, menu plan, grocery shop, drink more water! No bike. UTI so meds and water!
8/31: 219.7 / 220.1 - Plans to bike … and today I will just do it! Plenty of water in my plan as well. 2nd time seeing 219.x! Can I keep the scale from slipping up again into the 220s and soon mark it off as a scale victory? To check it off my list I need to see it multiple days in a row … so here we got trying to hold on to 219 through the weekend! Biked 30 min. Snacking go to me for the first time in a while during the afternoon.
9/1: 220.1 / 220.0 - Bounced back into the 220s. Darn! Today we are having family over for fajitas. No exercise except chasing a toddler. Too much food!
9/2: 220.8 / 220.1 - I need the brownies my sister brought yesterday out of the house! I ate 3 yesterday. Today my goal is not even a nibble. Ate them anyway and they are still not gone! 30 min on bike. Still not journaling.

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Journal every bite! ✔️ Notice that I didn’t even attempt this habit once this past week. Really becoming a problem.
Actual Weight: 220.8
Challenge Weight Loss: 5.8
🎯 Wasn’t able to hold on to the 219.x after all. I need more discipline in my life.

9/3: 220.6 / 220.2 - No art class today. DH started auditing graduate level Math Economics classes at Rice Univ on Tues & Thurs (w/ labs Tues night & Friday day). So I have plenty of time to myself today for exercise, weeding, reading and painting. Bike 30 min. ✔️
9/4: 221.7 / 220.6 - Wrong direction! ✔️Drive to babysit granddaughter and birthday celebration dinner for my sister. No exercise.
9/5: 221.0 / 220.7 - Wrong direction! ✔️ Plans to bike today! Biked 30 min.
9/6: DNW - Girls weekend with old college friends ... need to wrap my head around food and drink before diving into the situation.
9/7: DNW
9/8: DNW
9/9: 222.7 / 221.9 - Fun weekend but obviously went overboard on the food front. Bike 30 min. Journaled for the first time in a month!

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Water before coffee ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.7
Gained this week: .9
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.9
🎯 I really need to get serious if I want to hit 215 before my birthday at the end of October. I need to get back to journaling every bite. If I don’t get one other thing right this week it needs to be that.

9/10: 220.5 / 221.6 - Busy day ahead … Learn English Ministry volunteer teaching for adults in the community starts back up for today. I teach level 2 out of 4 levels. Then art class after lunch and a sorority alumni craft party this evening in town. Journaled yesterday for the first time in forever! Plans to do that again today No exercise. Avoided journaling. Snacked in the afternoon when I was not really hungry, then dinner out with DH and couldn’t finish my real meal, skipped the food at my evening meeting.
9/11: 220.7 / 221.3 - No excuses today. Need to both exercise and journal. Bike 30. Did not journal. Baked cookies instead.
9/12: 220.7 / 221.1 - Today ESL class, garden, and bike. Talked to contractor yesterday about remodeling entire downstairs using my daughter’s plans ... she's a professional interior designer. Biked 30 min. Did not journal.
9/13: 220.2 / 220.8 - Too many homemade cookies Wed and Thurs with no journaling. Today my goal is to say NO to the cookies! Biked 30 mins.
9/14: 221.7 / 221.0 - Where oh where is my focus? Biked 20 min
9/15: 222.0 / 221.3 - Lost all incentive and let things go a little too far. Bike 20 min
9/16: 221.7 / 221.4 - Well this week has been a disappointment. Bike 30 min

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Journal every bite! ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.7
No Loss or Gain this week
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.9
🎯 I really need to pull myself together. My calendar had a reminder this morning that I wanted to be under 220 by this date. I set up that reminder back in July. I’ve been so close and under a couple of times yet just still hanging out in the low 20s.

9/17: 222.1 / 221.7 - Need to stop it right here from going up up up. No exercise.
9/18: 222.1 / 221.5 - Yesterday … Snacking in the afternoon … I was feeling empty and just couldn’t stop basically having a second lunch of a half sandwich around 3pm. Where did this bottomless pit feeling come from? Healthy salmon dinner around 6pm then stayed up till 11pm not snacking at all.
9/19: 222.8 / 221.5 - Bike 20 min
9/20: 222.0 / 222.0 - Bike 20 min
9/21: 221.3 / 221.9 - Bike 20 min
9/22: 220.6 / 221.5 - Bike 20 min
9/23: 219.0 / 221.5 - Right direction and a surprise! I know I did much better with my food over the weekend and it shows. I’ve hit 219.x twice this summer and couldn’t hold on to claim bye bye to the 220s. So my goal this week is to keep it under 220 and work on the 14 day trend to come down as well. Bike 20 min

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 219.0
Challenge Weight Loss: 7.6
🎯 Out of control week followed up by a great weekend. Seem to be back in the 219-220 area again like early September / late August. I thought I had wasted all my September hanging out at 221-222 in recent times. Glad to see the drop. Now to keep it under 220!!

9/24: 219.5 / 220.2 - Held 219.x 2 days in a row! Yeah!!! No exercise really busy day teaching ESL, art class and helping my daughter with the babies while her husband is out of town.
🎯Weigh less than DH: He is up to 222 so I’m under him this morning. (Sept 2024) ✔️

9/25: 220.0 / 220.0 - Lost it … darn pizza and popcorn! My trend is getting closer to being under 220 No excuses today!
9/26: 219.9 / 219.9 - Back under 220 but this time so is my 14 day trend!! Spent yesterday cleaning out my closet of everything to small or big. Tossed what I didn’t like. Put away in bin anything that didn’t fit that I really like so that later I can shop there first I believe 10 more pounds and I’ll be looking through the bin since most fit but was either too tight across the bust or hips. Now my closet has much fewer options but I can wear everything! I love how decluttered the closet is now!!
9/27: 219.0 / 219..5 - Today I need to get back on the bike. I’ve noticed that I’ve pushed it off almost everyday this week! Baked double batch of pumpkin cookies and only at 2 I call that a win. Bike 20 min.
9/28: 218.9 / 219.2 - Talked to another contractor yesterday and thinking this might work. Yesterday I started cleaning out my kitchen cabinets and drawers … to toss and give away. Bike 20 min
9/29: 217.9 / 218.7 - Finally seeing the drops. This low is probably because I slept in til 7:30am instead of weighing in at 4am. LOL Not snacking and portion control seem to be working. Bike 20 min
9/30: 218.0 / 218.4 - I still have lots of homemade cookies in the house but I’ve limited myself. Looking forward to another good week.

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens and keep it under 220 … 220's
Actual Weight: 218.0
Challenge Weight Loss: 8.6
🎯 Early August I set my goal to break 220 and 8 weeks later I did it! Did it take a long time with many ups and downs … of course. Am I glad I didn’t quit and hang in the towel … YES! Now to strive for 215 which is my goal for this challenge and my birthday at the end of October!

Start on Day 6.
Day 06—07/24 –216.7
Day 07—07/25 –217.6
Week 1 actual weight: 217.6 (+.9)

Day 08—07/26 – 217.8 - Vacation 7 weeks ago & I've been off the rails since then, so gained recently.
Day 09—07/27 – 216.5 - Healthy eating today & tracked it all.
Day 10—07/28 – 214.7 - Finally back on track with eating better. Now to keep it up!
Day 11—07/29 – 213.4 - Still on track with my eating. Staying under 1800 calories.
Day 12—07/30 – 213.4 - Another on-track day. Thought it would be up due to salty red beans & rice:)
Day 13—07/31 – 212.9 - Yet another good day yesterday. This morning I went for a long walk.
Day 14—08/01 – 212.5 - So happy that I made good choices this week, even at a restaurant last night.
Week 2 actual weight: 212.5 (-5.1)

Day 15—08/02 – 212.2 - Out to eat at a steak restaurant tonight.
Day 16—08/03 – 212.7 - Only two bites of dessert last night! Movies today (popcorn). Dinner out.
Day 17—08/04 – 212.9 - Conscious of my choices when eating out. Lunch out. Tough food week.
Day 18—08/05 – 213.1 - Finally all meals at home. All of those restaurant days make it hard.
Day 19—08/06 – 212.9 - Daughter made brownies last night. Had small one; wanted more so bad.
Day 20—08/07 – 212.0 - Had only one tiny brownie yesterday. Made shrimp tacos for dinner.
Day 21—08/08 - 211.6 - Another good day with good choices. Out to play trivia last night. Fun!
Week 3 actual weight: 211.6 (-.9)

Day 22—08/09 – 210.9 - Out to eat lunch w/ family at Cracker Barrel.
Day 23—08/10 – 212.4 - Not unexpected with the salty meal yesterday (fluid) & more food than usual.
Day 24—08/11 – 211.2 - Could have finished my day well under cals, but sweet tooth got me last night.
Day 25—08/12 – 211.4 - Out w/ my daughter last night - Chinese food/dessert. Pizza tonight. So hard.
Day 26—08/13 – 211.6 - Ate at home, so no increased sodium. Hoping it shows on the scale tomorrow.
Day 27—08/14 – 211.2 - Bad news about our dog today:( Ate a bunch of pizza and some dessert.
Day 28—08/15 – 212.0 - Up and down. So it goes.
Week 4 actual weight: 212.0 (+.4)

Day 29—08/16 – 211.8 - Dog to the vet. Out for Mexican food last night. Ate too much (stress).
Day 30—08/17 – 210.7 - Feels good to see that number. Birthday today, so Chinese & tiny cheesecake.
Day 31—08/18 – 210.3 - Got Moo Goo Gai Pan yesterday for Chinese b/c it's healthier:)
Day 32—08/19 – 209.8 - Seeing the scale move motivates me to make better choices.
Day 33—08/20 – 210.4 - Got a free tiny portion of ribs (bd reward) from Roadhouse. Only ate four fries:)
Day 34—08/21 – 207.8 - AM pack boxes at the food bank then a lakefront walk in the PM. Lots of sweat!
Day 35—08/22 – 207.9 - Wednesday night church dinner started up last night. So sodium Thursdays.
Week 5 actual weight: 207.9 (-4.1)

Day 36—08/23 – 206.9 - Handled my cravings last night & didn't snack while dh was. Feels good.
Day 37—08/24 – 207.6 - Texas Roadhouse last night. Ate too much, so was uncomfortable:(
Day 38—08/25 – 207.3 - Helped my dd bring everything back to her college apartment & I slept over.
Day 39—08/26 – No scale this morning. Didn't eat lots of snacks at my daughter's this time! Home now.
Day 40—08/27 – 207.4 - Had a pretty good day food wise. My Tuesday shift at the food bank today.
Day 41—08/28 – 207.0 - Lunch function today & then Wed. night church dinner tonight. Oh my!
Day 42—08/29 – 207.6 - Thought it would be worse from sodium. Up/down, up/down all week:)
Week 6 actual weight: 207.6 (-.3)

Day 43—08/30 – 210.0 - Expected:) Fun Bingo last night with some salty foods & chocolate!
Day 44—08/31 – 208.6 - Good day yesterday food-wise and a nice long walk in the rain:)
Day 45—09/01 – 208.6 - Out w/family & ate at restaurant yesterday. Not good choices. Today was good.
Day 46—09/02 – 207.6 - Within my calorie limit yesterday & will be today. Feels good.
Day 47—09/03 – 206.3 -All meals at home for three days in a row & the scale shows it.
Day 48—09/04 - 205.9 - My son & his girlfriend flew here for a week. Hope I set a good example.
Day 49—09/05 – 205.2 - They brought banana bread & canolis. I had some. Doing good though.
Week 7 actual weight: 205.2 (-2.4)
Halfway Progress Report/Pounds Lost so Far: - 11.5

Day 50—09/06 – 205.0 - Still doing well though my daughter made muffins for a potluck tonight.
Day 51—09/07 - 208.1- Played Bunco w/ neighborhood ladies last night. The + pounds are crazy.
Day 52—09/08 - 207.3 - Out w/ family today. Ate at a restaurant.
Day 53—09/09 - 206.6 - Pretty good day. Hurricane coming our way.
Day 54—09/10 – 206.5 - Lots of stress. A hurricane is heading our way. Spent the day prepping for it.
Day 55—09/11 – 206.3 - Hurricane will be hitting tonight. My dad is here w/ us. Stress.
Day 56—09/12 – 207.4 - No power for 12 hrs., then boil water advisory. Not logging today or yesterday.
Week 8 actual weight: 207.4 (+2.2)

Day 57—09/13 – 207.4 - Been a rough week. Homemade cookies here now. Ups and downs.
Day 58—09/14 – 207.2 - More on track today w/ logging. Going out tonight to see a comedian.
Day 59—09/15 – 207.2 - Good food day today. Stayed under cals & had room for 2 oatmeal cookies!
Day 60—09/16 – 205.9 - Out for dinner. Had a good hamburger - skipped fries/drink- full & satisfied!
Day 61—09/17 – 205.4 - Will be home for most of the day. So should be a good food day:)
Day 62—09/18 – 204.3 - Ate over cals today. Wed. night church dinner & munchies.
Day 63—09/19 – 205.0 - Met a friend for coffee (cinnamon toast nitro latte). All meals at home today.
Week 9 actual weight:205.0 (-2.4)

Day 64—09/20 – 203.7 - Quite a drop there. Can't imagine it will last, but nice anyway.
Day 65—09/21 – Forgot to weigh this morning! Out to eat breakfast w/ family. Feeling hungry today.
Day 66—09/22 – 206.7 - No logging yesterday or today. Cirque du Soleil tonight, so food/dessert there.
Day 67—09/23 – 205.6 - The only way to keep going down is to stay home & eat at home! So hard!
Day 68—09/24 - 204.3 - My weekly food bank shift today - snacks for volunteers always get me:)
Day 69—09/25 – 203.4 - Stayed in cals yesterday. Might skip big church dinner tonight & eat healthier.
Day 70—09/26 – 202.9 - Another good food day today. Hungry tonight but too late to snack.
Week 10 actual weight: 202.9 (-2.1)

Week 1 Goal: 150
Week 1 actual weight: 153.2
Wk + 0.2 👎

Day 08—07/26 – 153.2
Day 09—07/27 – 152.8
Day 10—07/28 – 152.4
Day 11—07/29 – 155.4
Day 12—07/30 – 155.8
Day 13—07/31 – 155.2
Day 14—08/01 – 155.2

Week 2 Goal: 150
Week 2 actual weight: 154.8
Wk +1.6 Total +1.8👎

Day 15—08/02 – 154.8
Day 16—08/03 – 154.9
Day 17—08/04 – 155.0
Day 18—08/05 – 156.2
Day 19—08/06 – 155.8
Day 20—08/07 – 156.6
Day 21—08/08 – 157.8

Week 3 Goal: 150
Week 3 actual weight: 155.8
Wk +1.6 Total +2.8👎

Day 22—08/09 – 155.8
Day 23—08/10 – 155.0
Day 24—08/11 – 154.2
Day 25—08/12 – 155.4
Day 26—08/13 – 153.2
Day 27—08/14 – 153.2
Day 28—08/15 – 157.8

Week 4 Goal: 150
Week 4 actual weight: 154.6
Wk +1.6 Total +1.6👎

Day 29—08/16 – 154.6
Day 30—08/17 – 154.4
Day 31—08/18 – 154.8
Day 32—08/19 – 154.2
Day 33—08/20 – 154.8
Day 34—08/21 – 154.6
Day 35—08/22 – 154.2

Week 5 Goal: 150
Week 5 actual weight: 154.5
Wk -0.1 👍Total +1.5

Day 36—08/23 – 154.5
Day 37—08/24 – 154.9
Day 38—08/25 – 155.8
Day 39—08/26 – 153.8
Day 40—08/27 – 155.2
Day 41—08/28 – 155.2
Day 42—08/29 – 154.6

Week 6 Goal: 152.0
“recalculating”: I sound like a GPS 😆
Week 6 actual weight: 154.8
Wk +0.3 Total +1.8👎

Day 43—08/30 – 154.8
Day 44—08/31 – 152.6
Day 45—09/01 – 152.4
Day 46—09/02 – 152.4
Day 47—09/03 – 153.4
Day 48—09/04 – 151.6
Day 49—09/05 – 152.4

Week 7 Goal: 152.0
Week 7 actual weight: 151.4
Wk -3.4 🥳 Total -1.6 🥳

Day 44—09/06 – 151.4
Day 45—09/07 – 151.8
Day 46—09/08 – 151.2
Day 47—09/09 – 152.4
Day 48—09/10 – 151.8
Day 49—09/11 – 152.3
Day 50—09/12 – 152.3

Week 8 Goal: 150.0
Week 8 actual weight: 152.8
Wk +1.4 👎 Total - 0.2👍

Day 51—09/13 – 152.8
Day 52—09/14 – 152.8
Day 53—09/15 – 152.8
Day 54—09/16 – 152.8
Day 55—09/17 – 153.0
Day 56—09/18 – 154.4
Day 57—09/19 – 154.4

Week 9 Goal: 150.0
Week 9 actual weight: 154.6
Wk +1.8 👎 Total +1.6 👎

Day 58—09/20 – 154.6
Day 59—09/21 – 152.2
Day 60—09/22 – 152.2
Day 61—09/23 – 152.6
Day 62—09/24 – 152.4
Day 63—09/25 – 151.8
Day 64—09/26 – 152.2

Week 10 Goal: 150.0
Week 10 actual weight: 151.8
Wk -2.8 👍 Total -1.2 👍

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
240’s 230’s 220's 210's 200's 190's 180’s 170's 160's 150's


2019 SW: 245 BMI 43.4 (1/2/2019) Lost 15 lbs in 2019 then regained 5
2020 SW: 235 BMI 41.6 (1/1/2020) Then back up to 241 before refocusing in Aug
2021 SW: 212 BMI 37.6 (1/1/2021) NOTE: Low 201.1 in August 2021
2022 SW: 209 BMI 37.0 (1/1/2022) Lost focus on myself while helping with 2 new grand babies (Jan & June); also started teaching ESL on Tues & Thurs morning and no longer went to in person Strong & Fit class … EXCUSES EXCUSES
2023 SW: 232 BMI 41.1 (1/1/2023) Lowest 226
2024 SW: 230 BMI 40.7 (1/1/2024) Refocus 6/22/2024
2025 SW: ⁉️ It’s totally up to you and within your control


Strategy:
Bike 30 min 3-4x weekly
Strong & Fit 1 hr class 2x weekly
Water 72+ oz daily
Journal every bite focusing on low net carb <100g
Weekly weigh in on Mondays


226.6 - Ending weight last round on 7/11/2024 before vacation.
7/11-7/25: DNW - Vacation Iceland & Norway
7/26: 229.2 / 229.0 - Gained 2.6 lbs on vacation at first weigh in. I expect some of this to be travel bloat and disappear by tomorrow but not all! I did walk most days 2-6 miles which I'm proud of! Pushed through the knee pain. And one day I actually got on the bike in the gym on the boat.
Not surprised that my weight is up. After a day of travel leaving at 3am Thursday morning from the hotel in Oslo … hour drive to the airport… flights to Paris, Detroit, Houston (airplane food on each leg of the journey and 3 bags of chips on the last flight) … landed in Houston at 6pm … picking up our dog & dinner with our son’s family at 7:30pm, another hour driving home finally home at 10:00pm Thursday night (which was 5am Friday morning Oslo time). So all in all a 26 hour travel day.
Broke my promise to myself so vacation eating plan was a fail in that I ate the bread basket every night at dinner and dessert at lunch, dinner and 4pm tea time on a 11 night cruise! Oh boy such bad habits on vacation to over come. Otherwise my eating was really healthy with small portions and no snacking. Lots of room to improve on my next cruise in October.
Now to tackle these pounds and not let them continue to slip back into the 230s.
7/27: 227.5 / 228.6 - The real weight gain from my trip is .9 lbs! Less than a pound. Shedded the bloat from the long 26 hours of travel and got my body reset to this time zone. I’ll take it and tackle that little gain before it slips away from me. 😊 Now to make progress … meaning I need to focus on WATER, exercise and journaling every bite remembering small portions pay off big dividends helping me toward my goals.
Biked 30 min, journaled, water 80+ oz
7/28: 226.0 / 227.8 - Back to clean living and better habits. Grocery shopping was huge since before leaving due to the hurricane electrical outage for 3-4 days we had to throw EVERYTHING out of our 2 fridge/freezers. So lots of fresh food and very few temptations or snacks in the house. DH didn’t even buy cookies so there are no sweets to add calories after dinner. Created menus and bought only what was needed though I did forget salad dressing … guess the selection balsamic my sister gave me for Christmas will due in a pinch. LOL
Bike 30 min, journaled, water 80+ oz
7/29: 225.5 / 227.1 - Didn’t make strength training class since DH has Covid and I had to deal with the AC guy for our annual checkup. He was early and showed up when my class was suppose to start. So after he left I got on the bike instead.
Bike 30 min, journaled, water 80 oz

Weekly Goal: Lose any vacation pounds and ensure I’m back < 227
Actual Weight: 225.5 - BMI = 40
Challenge Weight Loss: 1.1
🎯 Returning from vacation and getting myself started back on the healthy journey was key this week. I’m happy with my focus and determination. Now to focus on no longer being labeled “morbidly” obese.


7/30: 224.8 / 226.2 - Bike 30, journaled, water 80 oz. Focusing on getting the 7 hrs recommended sleep.
7/31: 224.5 / 225.5 - Since I missed strength training Monday I’ll tune into her private YouTube channel and do a make up session. I put it off not feeling my best so probably will test for Covid later today. Skipped all exercise instead this Wednesday. First time in the red since I had not activity to burn off extra calories. 1228 cal and 70 net carbs. Felt so awfully full in the evening that I had to stretch out and go to bed early. Journaled and 80 oz water.
8/1: 224.4 / 225.0 - Feeling good this morning but still have an uncomfortably full sensation. Otherwise feel normal. Negative Covid test! Biked 30 72+ oz water. Journaled a big bowl of red beans and rice but the surprise was the 31 carbs in my store bought prepackaged salad! Roundtrip 3 hours to north part of Houston to watch my granddaughter for 2 hrs. DH is considering moving to be closer.
8/2: 224.1 / 224.5 - Today’s focus … after my exercise class … prep for the party. Buying everything for the charcuterie board I’m making for the party, bake dark chocolate brownies, an then picking up wine & special iced cookies for the party tomorrow. The other grandmother is having tea sandwiches made, buying a dip, wine, variety of sparkling waters and she hired someone to act as bartender and to keep the place picked up during the party (la-di-da but that is how she rolls in her world … the party is at her house in a very nice upscale area inside Houston).
Only did 20 min of my strength training class because I became dizzy and almost fainted. Had to lay down. Journaled. 72+ oz water.
8/3: 224.8 / 224.4 - Not at all surprised by the up tic on the scale. Lunch out with my daughter yesterday and though we split the meal I let her order … chips with spinach artichoke dip, chicken strips, French fries. Nothing healthy about it! Then I ate brownies because they made a crumbled mess out of the pan and didn’t get a clean square … probably ate 2.
Today I need to be a little more cautious in my eating! Sip & See for my new granddaughter. Myself and the other grandmother are hosting a large party of our lady friends (45-50) to meet all 3 of my grandchildren. No exercise, no journal but did drink my water. Didn’t eat anything at the party but did have a slice of brisket at my son’s and a cookie when I returned home.
8/4: 223.5 / 223.9 - Nothing planned today but the bike and painting. May get out and weed some though the heat is stifling. Way too much charcuterie and cookie leftovers in the house. DH & I could have charcuterie for lunch or dinner every day this week LOL
Bike 30 min, water definitely but not sure of the oz, no journal.
8/5: 223.7 / 223.7 - I successfully made my goal this week!!!
20 min strength training, not enough water and no journaling.

Weekly Goal: Obese stage 2 BMI 39.9 @ <225 No longer 🚫 morbidly obese!
Actual Weight: 223.7 - BMI 39.7
Challenge Weight Loss: 2.9
🎯 I moved out of Morbidly obese stage 3 and into obese stage 2! ✔️
Now to work my way down to obese stage 1 around 197 but I’ll first have to hit many milestones to get there.
NSV - I “slid” my cellphone into my front pocket of my pants with lots of room to spare. (Aug 2024) ✔️


8/6: 224.6 / 223.8 - Bike 30 min, no journal.
8/7: 223.4 / 223.5 - No planned exercise for Wed! Need to focus on water. Though I’m not journaling my portion control has been spot on and no time for snacking the last few days.
8/8: 223.5 / 223.4 - Bike 30 min, water, but only half journaling and way over my net carb limit of <100 due to snacking on crackers.
8/9: 224.4 / 223.5 - Strength training 40 min, water, but still no journaling.
8/10: 222.9 / 223.2 - No exercise or journaling.
8/11: 224.2 / 223.4 - No exercise or journaling.
8/12: 223.0 / 223.2 - Pre-journaled my food plan. Slight change in food plan for lunch. No exercise … forgot how time consuming a 2 month old is!

Weekly Goal (until I hit it): < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 223.0
Challenge Weight Loss: xx
🎯 Many poor food choices, no journaling for the entire week, exercise also thrown off since DD & grandkids stayed with us while her husband had pneumonia. Cannot let grandkids be the reason I regain the weight like 2022!

8/13: 223.3 / 223.1 - No exercise, no journaling
8/14: 223.8 / 223.2 - Travel day round trip to granddaughter’s ~3 hrs and caring for her today. Bad food choices, no journaling, no exercise, lacked water.
8/15: 225.1 / 223.7 - Bike 30, no journal and lacked water. I have today all to myself … so plenty of time to work on my own goals, exercise and make great decisions!
8/16: 223.5 / 223.6 - Thought that spike might have been temporary. Glad to see the number come back down! Baby duty today for my 2 month old. She starts daycare on Monday. So I’m planning to enjoy all the snuggles I can get though I will miss my strength training class. No exercise or journaling and still need to work on water. But my meals were barely there … like I took some turkey deli meat and that was it for lunch. Not one single snack all day!
8/17: 222.8 / 223.4 - Good the trend is going back down! Tonight I babysit but today is mine for exercise and painting. Bike 30 min and drank more water.
8/18: 222.3 / 223.0 - Today roundtrip car trip to my son’s to help unload and move furniture they bought. My goal is to bike this morning since we don’t have to be there until noon. DH & I decided to eat at home for both lunch and dinner and it makes a huge difference. No snacking. 30 min bike! 80+ oz water.
8/19: 220.5 / 222.1 - WOW! Controlling what I put in my body makes a huge difference … something I need to remember. Opportunity to eat out before and after our roundtrip to my son’s home to help move furniture. Instead of lunch out for burgers & fries at a new place DH & I made open faced sandwich and a few olives for salty. Returning from my son’s we almost went to an Italian restaurant but came home cooked a steak and romaine lettuce on the grill with a homemade lemon parmesan thyme dressing.
📚 tonight + strength training today 40 min. AF ✔️

Weekly Goal (until I hit it): < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 220.5 - BMI 39.1
Challenge Weight Loss: 6
🎯 Getting back on the bike, water and watching what I eat always pays off focusing Thurs-Sun. I need to remember this when my schedule goes crazy like it did in the earlier part of the week! I was able to bounce back. Aug 10 last Saturday I was in the 222 range but then let life happen and it slipped away. The old me would have avoided the scale at all cost after Wed after a really bad eating day and travel. But I did the daily stepping on registered it and moved on. Yeah me! It was mostly temporary due to time in a car and eating out processed food / sodium … so I had hoped I could reel it back in and I did. Ignoring things never got me anywhere. Got back down again not letting my weekend dictate slacking off. Full steam ahead started on Thursday and it paid off for my weekly weigh in. Now to not let up or slip up! I have dinner with book club ladies Monday and Wednesday night at restaurants this next week.

8/20: 220.9 / 221.6 - Okay into the stretch shooting for the teens! Bike 30 min, water 80 oz. ✔️
8/21: 221.3 / 221.3 - Today will be challenging. Driving to care for my granddaughter. Eating out lunch and dinner. Leaving at 9am returning at 9pm. Mexican food and chips temptation at bookclub. 📚 Dined out at Mexican restaurant for both lunch and& dinner. Tried to keep my portions down and not eat everything on my plate and counted chips. Did not order any rice, beans, etc and ate only 2 of 3 enchiladas at lunch and half order of quesadillas at dinner. AF. No exercise Wednesday but lots of water. ✔️
8/22: 220.8 / 220.9 - Prep day for procedure only clear liquids which thank goodness includes black coffee, tea, chicken broth. Alcohol Free (AF)! Still feeling full from all the chicken enchiladas and chicken quesadillas yesterday. Met with design team on remodeling our downstairs. Next week we meet with the contractors and appliance people. Lunch out with DD & DH. While they ate I sipped on my chicken broth in a Yeti cup that kept it warm for the trip and more water. No exercise but plenty of water.✔️
8/23: 219.3 / 220.3 - Lacking sleep. This is definitely not a diet to lose weight!!! Love that I touched the teens but positive it is a temporary loss. Scheduled Colonoscopy & Endoscopy. Results are fine. No exercise, lots of water, regular meals. Slept most of the afternoon. ✔️
8/24: 223.4 / 221.0 - I knew it would be up from yesterday’s low but this is ridiculous! Still resting no exercise, lots of water. Not snacking and meals have not been that bad but did indulge in ice cream after dinner when watching a movie.
8/25: 222.0 / 221.2 - Cannot believe how off kilter I am on the scale … you would think after a colonoscopy the numbers would be down. Dinner at my son’s cancelled since DIL is sick. Bike 30 min.
8/26: 221.8 / 221.4 - Glad the number is coming back down but disappointed that I let it get out of hand. Not really sure why or what happened. Driving 2+ hr to pick up my granddaughter so she can spend the days and nights here so my son can work and my DIL can recover from fever, upper respiratory infection, etc … she needs rest, fluids, antibiotics. Walked outside 1/4 mile with stroller.✔️

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Glass of water before coffee ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.8
GAINED this week: 1.3
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.8
🎯 Disappointed that I let it get out of hand. Not really sure why or what happened. I didn’t snack but were my portions larger than I thought? Need to focus on journaling every bite again.

8/27: 220.2 / 220.9 - Finally back down to 220 again. Maybe my body has finally rid itself of all the bloat after the colonoscopy. Now to continue and break through the 220s! Granddaughter duty today. No exercise. Did not journal my food at all … not one single bite.
8/28: 220.5 / 220.8 - Okay today focus! Not traveling today and no granddaughter duty since my son said he would stay home and work and care for her so I don’t have to make the drive again. Bike 30 min, lacked water and still not journaling.
8/29: 221.1 / 220.7 - No excuses today! Bike 30 min
8/30: 220.3 / 220.5 - Plans to bike, menu plan, grocery shop, drink more water! No bike. UTI so meds and water!
8/31: 219.7 / 220.1 - Plans to bike … and today I will just do it! Plenty of water in my plan as well. 2nd time seeing 219.x! Can I keep the scale from slipping up again into the 220s and soon mark it off as a scale victory? To check it off my list I need to see it multiple days in a row … so here we got trying to hold on to 219 through the weekend! Biked 30 min. Snacking go to me for the first time in a while during the afternoon.
9/1: 220.1 / 220.0 - Bounced back into the 220s. Darn! Today we are having family over for fajitas. No exercise except chasing a toddler. Too much food!
9/2: 220.8 / 220.1 - I need the brownies my sister brought yesterday out of the house! I ate 3 yesterday. Today my goal is not even a nibble. Ate them anyway and they are still not gone! 30 min on bike. Still not journaling.

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Journal every bite! ✔️ Notice that I didn’t even attempt this habit once this past week. Really becoming a problem.
Actual Weight: 220.8
Challenge Weight Loss: 5.8
🎯 Wasn’t able to hold on to the 219.x after all. I need more discipline in my life.

9/3: 220.6 / 220.2 - No art class today. DH started auditing graduate level Math Economics classes at Rice Univ on Tues & Thurs (w/ labs Tues night & Friday day). So I have plenty of time to myself today for exercise, weeding, reading and painting. Bike 30 min. ✔️
9/4: 221.7 / 220.6 - Wrong direction! ✔️Drive to babysit granddaughter and birthday celebration dinner for my sister. No exercise.
9/5: 221.0 / 220.7 - Wrong direction! ✔️ Plans to bike today! Biked 30 min.
9/6: DNW - Girls weekend with old college friends ... need to wrap my head around food and drink before diving into the situation.
9/7: DNW
9/8: DNW
9/9: 222.7 / 221.9 - Fun weekend but obviously went overboard on the food front. Bike 30 min. Journaled for the first time in a month!

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Water before coffee ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.7
Gained this week: .9
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.9
🎯 I really need to get serious if I want to hit 215 before my birthday at the end of October. I need to get back to journaling every bite. If I don’t get one other thing right this week it needs to be that.

9/10: 220.5 / 221.6 - Busy day ahead … Learn English Ministry volunteer teaching for adults in the community starts back up for today. I teach level 2 out of 4 levels. Then art class after lunch and a sorority alumni craft party this evening in town. Journaled yesterday for the first time in forever! Plans to do that again today No exercise. Avoided journaling. Snacked in the afternoon when I was not really hungry, then dinner out with DH and couldn’t finish my real meal, skipped the food at my evening meeting.
9/11: 220.7 / 221.3 - No excuses today. Need to both exercise and journal. Bike 30. Did not journal. Baked cookies instead.
9/12: 220.7 / 221.1 - Today ESL class, garden, and bike. Talked to contractor yesterday about remodeling entire downstairs using my daughter’s plans ... she's a professional interior designer. Biked 30 min. Did not journal.
9/13: 220.2 / 220.8 - Too many homemade cookies Wed and Thurs with no journaling. Today my goal is to say NO to the cookies! Biked 30 mins.
9/14: 221.7 / 221.0 - Where oh where is my focus? Biked 20 min
9/15: 222.0 / 221.3 - Lost all incentive and let things go a little too far. Bike 20 min
9/16: 221.7 / 221.4 - Well this week has been a disappointment. Bike 30 min

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Weekly Positive Habit Focus: Journal every bite! ✔️
Actual Weight: 221.7
No Loss or Gain this week
Challenge Weight Loss: 4.9
🎯 I really need to pull myself together. My calendar had a reminder this morning that I wanted to be under 220 by this date. I set up that reminder back in July. I’ve been so close and under a couple of times yet just still hanging out in the low 20s.

9/17: 222.1 / 221.7 - Need to stop it right here from going up up up. No exercise.
9/18: 222.1 / 221.5 - Yesterday … Snacking in the afternoon … I was feeling empty and just couldn’t stop basically having a second lunch of a half sandwich around 3pm. Where did this bottomless pit feeling come from? Healthy salmon dinner around 6pm then stayed up till 11pm not snacking at all.
9/19: 222.8 / 221.5 - Bike 20 min
9/20: 222.0 / 222.0 - Bike 20 min
9/21: 221.3 / 221.9 - Bike 20 min
9/22: 220.6 / 221.5 - Bike 20 min
9/23: 219.0 / 221.5 - Right direction and a surprise! I know I did much better with my food over the weekend and it shows. I’ve hit 219.x twice this summer and couldn’t hold on to claim bye bye to the 220s. So my goal this week is to keep it under 220 and work on the 14 day trend to come down as well. Bike 20 min

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens … 220's
Actual Weight: 219.0
Challenge Weight Loss: 7.6
🎯 Out of control week followed up by a great weekend. Seem to be back in the 219-220 area again like early September / late August. I thought I had wasted all my September hanging out at 221-222 in recent times. Glad to see the drop. Now to keep it under 220!!

9/24: 219.5 / 220.2 - Held 219.x 2 days in a row! Yeah!!! No exercise really busy day teaching ESL, art class and helping my daughter with the babies while her husband is out of town.
🎯Weigh less than DH: He is up to 222 so I’m under him this morning. (Sept 2024) ✔️

9/25: 220.0 / 220.0 - Lost it … darn pizza and popcorn! My trend is getting closer to being under 220 No excuses today!
9/26: 219.9 / 219.9 - Back under 220 but this time so is my 14 day trend!! Spent yesterday cleaning out my closet of everything to small or big. Tossed what I didn’t like. Put away in bin anything that didn’t fit that I really like so that later I can shop there first I believe 10 more pounds and I’ll be looking through the bin since most fit but was either too tight across the bust or hips. Now my closet has much fewer options but I can wear everything! I love how decluttered the closet is now!!
9/27: 219.0 / 219..5 - Today I need to get back on the bike. I’ve noticed that I’ve pushed it off almost everyday this week! Baked double batch of pumpkin cookies and only at 2 I call that a win. Bike 20 min.
9/28: 218.9 / 219.2 - Talked to another contractor yesterday and thinking this might work. Yesterday I started cleaning out my kitchen cabinets and drawers … to toss and give away. Bike 20 min
9/29: 217.9 / 218.7 - Finally seeing the drops. This low is probably because I slept in til 7:30am instead of weighing in at 4am. LOL Not snacking and portion control seem to be working. Bike 20 min
9/30: 218.0 / 218.4 - I still have lots of homemade cookies in the house but I’ve limited myself. Looking forward to another good week.

Weekly Goal: < 220 - Break through the 220s into the teens and keep it under 220 … 220's
Actual Weight: 218.0
Challenge Weight Loss: 8.6
🎯 Early August I set my goal to break 220 and 8 weeks later I did it! Did it take a long time with many ups and downs … of course. Am I glad I didn’t quit and hang in the towel … YES! Now to strive for 215 which is my goal for this challenge and my birthday at the end of October!

Goal weight - 64 kg. I really want to aim for reaching goal weight by the end of the year. I don't know if I can do it, but it would be nice to achieve it. So I need to track my intake, starting today, first of the month. That's about 150 days of tracking and estimating food needed. It would be nice to have a long period of continuous tracking because when I reach goal weight, that's it, no more tracking. I can't exercise right now due to the temperature, but I'm moving soon so I'll be in a cooler environment.
Day 15 75.7
Day 16 76.3
Day 17 76.1
Day 18 76.6
Day 19 75.8
Day 20 DNW
Day 21 DNW
Day 22 DNW
Day 23 75.6
Day 24 76.1
I'm now in a cool location, I can exercise such as running. If I'm running I need to track my intake, so I need to average between two intake numbers. If my average intake is between these numbers (unlikely that it'll be below the minimum but I'll put it in anyway) I'll post "eating okay".
Day 25 75.4
Day 26 75.1
Day 27 75.7
Day 28 75.3
Day 29 75.3
Day 30 75.5
Day 31 75.6
Day 32 74.7
Day 33 74.0
Day 34 75.6
Day 35 DNW
Day 36 DNW
Day 37 DNW
Day 38 DNW
Day 39 DNW
Day 40 DNW
Day 41 78.1, 3 minutes running on the treadmill, 27 minutes walking
Day 42 77.8, 4 min running, 26 min walking
Day 43 78.5, 5 min running, 25 min walking
Day 44 78.5, 6 min running, 24 min walking
Day 45 78.5, 7 min running, 23 min walking
Day 46 78.1, 8 min running, 22 min walking
Day 47 78.2, 9 min running, 21 min walking
Day 48 78.3, 10 min running, 20 min walking
Day 49 79.0, 30 minutes on elliptical
Day 50 78.8, 11 min running, 19 min walking
Day 51 78.7, 12 min running, 18 min walking
Day 52 78.4, 13 min running, 17 min walking
Day 53 79.0, 14 min running, 16 min walking
Day 54 79.0, 15 min running, 15 min walking
Day 55 79.0, 16 min running, 14 min walking
Day 56 78.9, 17 min running, 13 min walking
Day 57 DNW
Day 58 DNW
Day 59 80.4, 18 min running, 12 min walking

Round #1 --- 199,8
Round #2 --- 186.8

Round #3 --- 195.6
Round #4 --- 211.0
Round #5 --- 211.3
Round #6 --- 205.4
Round #7 --- 207.6
Round #8 --- 195.2
Round #9 --- 185.2
Round #10—195.2
Round #11---200.8
Round #12---200.4
Round #13---196.2
Round #14---191.2
Round #15---194.0
Round #16---188.0
Round #17---183.8
Round #18---182.2
Round #19---188.6
Round #20---


Thoughts at the beginning of this challenge:

Last round I had my normal goal of a 12 pound loss which is approximately 4 lbs per month. That comes to about 90 days leaving the other 10 open for special holidays and social occasions. In theory, it’s a good plan. In practice it is a Mountain to Crawl, uphill, both ways. However, each 100 day round I am extremely grateful for any progress I CAN make, no matter how big or small. Sadly, I gained a little over 6 pounds last round. I hope to turn all that back around this round. After all, here in Northern Michigan I wait a very long time each year to finally get to good weather and more outside activity. I really want to capitalize on the good weather in the summer months and increase activity and drop pounds. I’m failing miserably with this so far in 2024. Time to maximize the rest of summer and early fall with challenge #20 and make the magic happen! I am so very grateful for all the support from all of you that I get on a daily basis. Working on my health has become my #1 priority. My main goals are to maintain my remission by staying cancer free and to keep my diabetes in control. Losing weight is key to both goals.

Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.

Day 01-07/19-188.0-(Trend weight 188.7)

Day 02-07/20-186.2-(Trend weight 188.4)

Day 03-07/21-188.0-(Trend weight 188.5)

Day 04-07/22-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 05-07/23-188.2-(Trend weight 188.8)

Day 06-07/24-188.6-(Trend weight 188.9)

Day 07-07/25-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)


WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: ?????[ /b]
Week 1 Ending Weight: ?????
Accumulated Loss or Gain: ?????




Day 08-07/26-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 09-07/27-189.4-(Trend weight 189.2)

Day 10-07/28-189.2-(Trend weight 189.5)

Day 11-07/29-189.4-(Trend weight 189.7)

Day 12-07/30-189.8-(Trend weight 190.0)

Day 13-07/31-188.4-(Trend weight 190.3)

Day 14-08/01-188.6-(Trend weight 190.2)


WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: Broke Even
Week 2 Ending Weight: 188.6
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0 Lost or Gained.



Day 15-08/02- DNW -(Trend weight DNW)

Day 16-08/03-188.4-(Trend weight 189.9)

Day 17-08/04-189.2-(Trend weight 189.8)

Day 18-08/05-188.2-(Trend weight 189.6)

Day 19-08/06-189.2-(Trend weight 189.6)

Day 20-08/07-188.2-(Trend weight 189.5)

Day 21-08/08-188.8-(Trend weight 189.4)

WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 Gain
Week 3 Ending Weight: 188.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 Gain



Day 22-08/09-190.2-(Trend weight 189.4)

Day 23-08/10-190.2-(Trend weight 189.4)

Day 24-08/11-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 25-08/12-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 26-08/13-190.6-(Trend weight 189.8)

Day 27-08/14-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 28-08/15-190.8-(Trend weight 190.3)


WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.0 Gained
Week 4 Ending Weight: 190.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 Gained

Day 29-08/16-191.4-(Trend weight 190.7)

Day 30-08/17- DNW -(Trend weight DNW )

Day 31-08/18- DNW -(Trend weight DNW

Day 32-08/19-192.2-(Trend weight 191.1)

Day 33-08/20- 189.4 -(Trend weight 190.9 )

Day 34-08/21-187.0-(Trend weight 190.5)

Day 35-08/22-189.8-(Trend weight 190.5)

WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb Lost
Week 5 Ending Weight: 189.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.2 lb Gained




Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


Day 36-08/23-190.0-(Trend weight 190.4)

Day 37-08/24-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 38-08/25-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 39-08/26-192.0-(Trend weight 190.8)

Day 40-08/27-191.0-(Trend weight 190.8)

Day 41-08/28-189.8-(Trend weight 190.7)

Day 42-08/29-190.2-(Trend weight 190.7)


WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.4 Gain
Week 6 Ending Weight: 190.2
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 Gained


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.

Day 43-08/30- DNW

Day 44-08/31-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 45- 09/01 DNW

Day 46-09/02-192.4-(Trend weight 191.5)

Day 47-09/03-192.0-(Trend weight 191.6)

Day 48-09/04-190.8-(Trend weight 191.5)

Day 49-09/05-190.8-(Trend weight 191.4)

WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.6 Gain
Week 7 Ending Weight: 190.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 Gained


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


Day 50-09/06-189.4-(Trend weight 191.2)

Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 0.8 Gained

Day 51-09/07-189.0-(Trend weight 191.0)

Day 52-09/08-189.6-(Trend weight 190.9)

Day 53-09/09-191.0-(Trend weight 190.9)

Day 54-09/10-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 55-09/11-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 56-09/12-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 Gained
Week 8 Ending Weight: 191.0
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.4 Gained


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


Day 57-09/13-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 58-09/14-192.8-(Trend weight 191.5)

Day 59-09/15-193.2-(Trend weight 191.6)

Day 60-09/16-193.6-(Trend weight 191.8)

Day 61-09/17-193.8-(Trend weight 192.2)

Day 62-09/18-192.4-(Trend weight 192.3)

Day 63-09/19-194.6-(Trend weight 192.6)


WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.6 Gained morning after a travel day
Week 9 Ending Weight: 194.6
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 6.0 lbs Gained


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.

Day 64-09/20-193.4-(Trend weight 193.4)

Day 65-09/21-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 66-09/22-193.8-(Trend weight 193.5)

Day 67-09/23-193.8-(Trend weight 193.6)

Day 68-09/24-193.4-(Trend weight 193.8)

Day 69-09/25-192.6-(Trend weight 193.7)

Day 70-09/26-191.8-(Trend weight 193.5)

WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.8 Lost
Week 10 Ending Weight: 191.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.2 Gain


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.

Day 71-09/27-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

Day 72-09/28-192.2-(Trend weight 193.4)

Day 73-09/29-193.6-(Trend weight 193.6)

Day 74-09/30-193.6-(Trend weight 193.8)

Day 75-10/01-193.6-(Trend weight 193.8)

Day 76-10/02-193.4-(Trend weight 193.7)
Day 77-10/03-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)

WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb Gain
Week 11 Ending Weight: 193.4
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 4.8 lb Gain

Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


Day 85-10/11-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 86-10/12-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 87-10/13-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 88-10/14-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 89-10/15-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 90-10/16-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 91-10/17-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

WEEK 13 LOSS OR GAIN: xxxxx
Week 13 Ending Weight: xxxxx
Accumulated Loss or Gain: xxxxx



Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


Day 92-10/18-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 93-10/19-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 94-10/20-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 95-10/21-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 96-10/22-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 97-10/23-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 98-10/24-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 99-10/25-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)

Day 100-10/26…..(Final Weigh- In)-xxxxx-(trend weight xxxxx)

WEEK 14 LOSS OR GAIN: xxxxx (9 days)
Week 14 Ending Weight: xxxxx
Accumulated Loss or Gain: xxxxx

Goal weight - 64 kg. I really want to aim for reaching goal weight by the end of the year. I don't know if I can do it, but it would be nice to achieve it. So I need to track my intake, starting today, first of the month. That's about 150 days of tracking and estimating food needed. It would be nice to have a long period of continuous tracking because when I reach goal weight, that's it, no more tracking. I can't exercise right now due to the temperature, but I'm moving soon so I'll be in a cooler environment.
Day 15 75.7
Day 16 76.3
Day 17 76.1
Day 18 76.6
Day 19 75.8
Day 20 DNW
Day 21 DNW
Day 22 DNW
Day 23 75.6
Day 24 76.1
I'm now in a cool location, I can exercise such as running. If I'm running I need to track my intake, so I need to average between two intake numbers. If my average intake is between these numbers (unlikely that it'll be below the minimum but I'll put it in anyway) I'll post "eating okay".
Day 25 75.4
Day 26 75.1
Day 27 75.7
Day 28 75.3
Day 29 75.3
Day 30 75.5
Day 31 75.6
Day 32 74.7
Day 33 74.0
Day 34 75.6
Day 35 DNW
Day 36 DNW
Day 37 DNW
Day 38 DNW
Day 39 DNW
Day 40 DNW
Day 41 78.1, 3 minutes running on the treadmill, 27 minutes walking
Day 42 77.8, 4 min running, 26 min walking
Day 43 78.5, 5 min running, 25 min walking
Day 44 78.5, 6 min running, 24 min walking
Day 45 78.5, 7 min running, 23 min walking
Day 46 78.1, 8 min running, 22 min walking
Day 47 78.2, 9 min running, 21 min walking
Day 48 78.3, 10 min running, 20 min walking
Day 49 79.0, 30 minutes on elliptical
Day 50 78.8, 11 min running, 19 min walking
Day 51 78.7, 12 min running, 18 min walking
Day 52 78.4, 13 min running, 17 min walking
Day 53 79.0, 14 min running, 16 min walking
Day 54 79.0, 15 min running, 15 min walking
Day 55 79.0, 16 min running, 14 min walking
Day 56 78.9, 17 min running, 13 min walking
Day 57 DNW
Day 58 DNW
Day 59 80.4, 18 min running, 12 min walking