One year to goal (daily check ins)

Weekly Wednesday Weigh in!

Week 10

Last week: 217.3 lbs
Today: 215.3 lbs
Loss ~ 2 lbs

Highest weight: 247 lbs
Total loss: 31.7 lbs

Day 73 ~ May 23

• Sleep ~ 8h 9m
• Steps ~ 14.965
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1660 calories / 111 protein / 49 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 50 min / 3.80 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.51 km

I was pretty tired so went for a short outdoor walk in the morning. The weather was all over the place, but I managed to stay dry. I really appreciate the drop in temp. I got some fun packages delivered since this month I received vaction money so I treated myself to four jigsaw puzzles and two new books. I also ran out of laundry soap and while looking online, I found eco egg so I am going to try them out. I walked indoors for my afternoon workout. I usually walk at 4.5 km/h, but I am starting to add blocks of 5 km/h because otherwise my heart rate stays in the warm up zone instead of fat burn.

Day 75 ~ May 25

• Steps ~ 15.339
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1592 calories / 92 protein / 48 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 53 min / 4.11 km
• Walk 2 ~ 46 min / 3.70 km

Not going to be tracking sleep here anymore. Huawei is pretty bad at it and I always go to bed on time so it doesn't matter. It was raining in the morning, but I didn't feel like waiting with my outdoor walk so I just went. It was very windy and warm, a bit weird. I walked inside on the pad in the afternoon. I was very tired and ended up going to bed around 19:45.

Day 77 ~ May 27

• Steps ~ 14.258
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1578 calories / 111 protein / 46 fiber
• Gym at 8:30
• Walk ~ 48 min / 3.86 km

A rainy day, good workout at the gym. Did 3 sets for almost everything. I got a package with 3 new teas, love all of them. It was dry in the afternoon so my outdoor walk wasn't bad. Still pretty warm with a lot of wind. I got groceries after and picked up something from the vet. The rest of the day it was raining non stop. Good thing is that my rain barrels are getting refilled since 3 of the 5 were completely empty. I was very tired so I had an early night.

Day 78 ~ May 28

• Steps ~ 16.971
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1663 calories / 113 protein / 49 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 49 min / 3.82 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.52 km

My body felt a little tired and achey from the gym, though nothing too bad. It could also just be from doing two workouts a day for quite a while now. I got two walks done, outside in the morning and inside in the afternoon. The walk on the pad felt like a giant slog; I had no energy. I got some packages delivered with vitamins, foot butter, protein powder, two new bands for my Huawei and a mat with plastic spikes that I plan to put under two plants to hopefully keep the cats from sitting under them to hunt my birds. Though I have to say that after putting up the fence, I have not seen either cat in my front garden. I also moved water from the rainbarrels outside to the ones in my garage so those are full again and the ones outside can catch some more water. An annoying little chore to scoop out one bucket at a time, but I am glad to have free water for the garden so it's fine.

Day 80 ~ May 30

• Steps ~ 17.082
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1639 calories / 110 protein / 50 fiber
• Bike ride ~ 95 min
• Walk ~ 46 min / 3.7 km

Decided to give my feet a break and bike in the morning since I also have new crack in my heel. It is more on the side thankfully so it could be worse. It was very windy and grey out which isn't the greatest for taking pictures. I still saw a few fun birds and I got really lucky with a pied flycatcher who flew on top of some foxglove. The picture would have been even better if it was sunny out, but not going to complain.

I made food when I got home and after that I finally picked up another lice spray, but from a different brand. Still eco because I don't want poison in my garden of course. She also said it wouldn't be a bad idea to cut out the parts of the plant that are affected the most since butterfly bushes are pretty strong and will just grow again. So I cut a bit out and then used the new spray. I could already see a huge difference after an hour so I am happy this one is working. I might grab one more bottle today because my plants are pretty big and I just want to make sure I got everything covered.

I walked inside on the pad in the afternoon, really enjoying the new YT channel I found to watch. It makes my tiny workout feel like nothing. I was extremely tired, but I still wanted to get some more things done. It was not easy, but I kicked myself out of the house to work in the garden in the evening. I did a bunch of weeding, I cleaned up my path to the front door, I mowed the front yard, I cleaned the bird baths and put fresh water in and I set up the prickly mats under two of my plants to discourage the cats from sitting there. Another positive is that I noticed both cats now wear collars with bells so I hope they won't catch birds anymore. Anyway, the garden stuff took me over 75 minutes so by the time I was done I had to get ready for bed. I was pretty proud of everything I managed to do despite being so tired and it goes to show once again that we are capable of more than we think.

Day 82 ~ June 1

• Steps ~ 16.845
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1640 calories / 111 protein / 52 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 49 min / 3.76 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.61 km

I was still tired and it was pretty warm out so only did a short morning walk again. Did all my laundry and walked inside on the pad in the afternoon. Not a very interesting day. Going to try a little harder to get this issue with my heel resolved. Doing stretches, icing and using foot massager more. I have had this pain for 2 years now and it is not fun. If the increased efforts make no difference, I will go to the doctor.

@RunawayCurves Thanks for the tip! I didn't know those gel socks were a thing. I might grab some because that sounds a lot nicer than entire inserts.

Day 84 ~ June 3

• Steps ~ 17.699
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1623 calories / 110 protein / 50 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 49 min / 3.82 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.70 km

Tuesdays are normally gym days, but I had a sharp pain in my left shoulder and I also wanted to have energy left to clean. So I cancelled my gym time slot and went for an outdoor walk in the morning again. Around midday I vacuumed the whole house and mopped everywhere downstairs. Because of th the challenge I haven't been able to do a lot of cleaning so this was very needed. Really nice to have everything clean.

I did a walk on the pad after lunch. Had to increase my speed again because of too low heartrate. Now I do 5 min 4.5 km / 10 min 5 km / 5 min 5.5 km / 5 min 4.5 km / 10 min 5 km / 5 min 5.5 km / 5 min 4.5 km for a total of 45 minutes. My walking pad only goes up in steps of 0.5 but that is okay. 5.5 speed is still very doable to walk.

Day 85 ~ June 4

• Steps ~ 16.729
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1647 calories / 111 protein / 50 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 51 min / 3.81 km
• Walk 2 ~ 46 min / 3.80 km

Same walks again. I took my rain poncho with me on the outdoor walk, but that was a little overkill. Only got a few drops for a couple of minutes. Walk indoors went well, really enjoyed the video I was watching. Generally though, I was very tired, had a headache and I was also beyond grumpy most of the day. Not really fun. Went to bed before 20:00 again.

Day 87 ~ June 6

• Steps ~ 16.895
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1656 calories / 110 protein / 48 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 49 min / 3.80 km
• Walk 2 ~ 46 min / 3.76 km

Nice outdoor walk in the morning. Temp was good, weather looked a bit questionable. It was supposed to be dry, but that wasn't the case. Didn't get too wet and I didn't care either way. Picked up a package with some new underwear, a super fluffy one size winter dress that was discounted and two shorts to use for walking on the pad at home. It came in a big box so I dropped it off at home first and then went back for groceries. Walked inside on the pad later in the day.

I grabbed my puzzle table from upstairs two days ago and I am working on a jigsaw again. I have a lot of new ones that I still need to put together. Because I am so tired doing the challenge, it is really nice to have something relaxing to do that doesn't take much energy and doesn't involve a screen. Made some good progress on the current puzzle, love it.

Day 89 ~ June 8

• Steps ~ 14.795
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1615 calories / 109 protein / 49 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 52 min / 4 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.70 km

It was pouring rain when I got up, but when I left it was pretty much dry. Just a little bit of drizzle during the walk which was impressive because the clouds looked very scary. It was raining on and off the rest of the day. All my rain barrels are full again. I did more laundry and walked inside on the pad later. Despite the icing, stretching and massaging, my heel pain is getting worse. My mom is visiting this week, so next week I think I will go to the doctor. Finished reading 'the daily stoic' which was a really good book. Will come back to it for sure.

Day 91 ~ June 10

• Steps ~ 15.042
• Vitamins ~ done
• Food ~ 1616 calories / 109 protein / 48 fiber
• Walk 1 ~ 47 min / 3.70 km
• Walk 2 ~ 45 min / 3.70 km

The plan was to go for a bike ride, but the weather wasn't great, so decided to just walk again. At least my heel felt okay. It started pouring rain 5 minutes after I got home, so I timed that well. Bad headache, so I took some pills. Needed a bunch of groceries, but the whole day was pretty wet and I didn't feel like going so will grab them today. Had a late indoor walk, lots of laptime for my cat and I finished the puzzle. This week I will not be going to the gym at all. Didn't yesterday to save some energy and the rest of the week my mom is here which is exhausting enough, so just more walks coming up.