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KeriA Member

I am a long time member. I miss the personal blogs and the feeds showing friends status and posts but realized I can post updates here. Also my About Me has disappeared and yet it says not much happening here. Well that is because it has been deleted. So to start off I just retired and my 1st goal is to get healthier and fitter than I was able to get working fulltime. I have lost about 5 lbs, I had really gotten weak. Today I walked 30 minutes and I have been getting in more NEAT. I find it isn't so much how much I eat but what I eat that helps me and exercise helps too.

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  • I did it! I walked around Greenlake. I ran into an old friend and talked so was standing or walking for over 2 hours.
  • Good morning! Read your posts since last I posted. I am hovering weight wise before hopefully losing. I realized that last week I walked 2.8 miles so that is just about the length of the walk around Greenlake which is one of my goals so today I plan to walk around Greenlake despite the rain. I will let you know how it goes.
  • I haven’t made any real weight loss progress but some exercise progress. I thought I would check to see how you all are doing. I keep getting to 245 and then pop up a few pounds then get back down to 245 pounds but don’t seem to be making any progress. All I can say is that I started January in the very low 250s and I have…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: A quick one today since I lost since I posted yesterday 12/5/2024: 246 1/2/2025: 248 1/26 244.8 2/3/2025: 246.6 2/4: 245.8 2/5:…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: A quick one today since I lost since I posted yesterday 12/5/2024: 246 1/2/2025: 248 1/26 244.8 2/3/2025: 246.6 2/4: 245.8 No walk…
  • Thank you @RavenStCloud! Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 💕How did January treat you and how have you been treating yourself? Are there any new resolutions you've…
  • I was reading your posts and kept realizing I was not reading the latest ones so I kept having to revise my replies. That is what I get for not posting most of the month. @CupcakeCrusoe Nice to see the averages going down this month for you. I need to figure out how to get more protein too. I didn’t plan too much last week…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 12/5/2024: 246 1/2/2025: 248 1/26 244.8 January Goals: • 30 minutes of exercise 6 days a week. Have longer walks until I can walk around…
  • I haven’t made any progress losing weight yet this year. I am still trying to get below my lowest recent weight. Also I have lost ground as to the length of my walks since during the holidays our walks weren’t regular but we did walk and we did go to Aquafit. So that now I have only been able to walk our minimum walk last…
  • I decided that a schedule for the year would help me. I feel that 4-5 lbs a month is a healthy weight loss goal in general. Weight loss Goal Schedule: January - Low 240s February - High 230s March - Mid 230s April - Low 230s May - High 220s June - Low 220s July - High 210s (220 is the weight I got to during the Pandemic.…
  • Thank you @RavenStCloud Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 12/5/2024: 246 1/2/2025: 248 January Goals: • 30 minutes of exercise 6 days a week. Have longer walks until I can walk…
  • Went down a small bit again today to keep after the Christmas lbs. Most of the leftovers are meats and cheeses now but still have some pecan pie and the goodies sent to us in the house. We went to aquafit yesterday, a walk the day before and plan a walk today. What has helped is a chicken soup I made since N was sick…
  • Well I turned the corner down just a bit weight wise but I need to watch out for the goodies sent to us. The ones we make are almost gone. I have most of a pecan pie though. It is a chess pie with pecans, coconut and raisins so their is some good nutrition mixed in with the sugar and it also has eggs and no corn syrup.…
  • @jenbroussard71 I had always straight hair. It is fine but full in that I had a lot of hair. When I turned grey my hair got more curly. It is either wavy or soft curls. My Dad had curly hair and I've heard that curly hair can often be fine. I decided that if I dyed my hair it would have to be my favorite color (red). I…
  • @rorymason Nice progress. @mmatcha_latte Nice progress for you too. When we went to France last year I couldn’t walk as long as I wanted to but the travel helped. I lost weight even eating all that French food. Happy Boxing day, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and holidays! Well I lost the weight gain for my husband’s…
  • Make sure you are not eating too much fish (tuna, salmon, other fish). 2 servings a week is considered safe but more will be too much mercury. My niece was eating too much and her hair started to fall out. Her grandmother (my Mom) told her she was eating too much tuna. She was living in Africa and was pescatarian and…
  • I finally got down to close to my low from earlier in the month today after going up after birthday celebrations for my husband. I had a good day yesterday making a healthy meal and taking a walk. Tomorrow is our anniversary so hopefully I won't go up again. I find that if you go to better restaurants the food is healthier…
  • I did lose this morning but wasn’t going to post since I am just losing what I gained over the birthday weekend. I thought that was just going to be 1 night out and a breakfast after Aquafit. But then my youngest took us out to a great breakfast place Saturday morning too for their Dad’s birthday. His birthday dinner was…
  • I got on reports and found out that after the pandemic and before going to work again full time my weight was 245. So I have only 1 pound to reach my 1st goal. After that I want to reach. 220 which is what I weighed after the economic downturn when I was out of work and concentrated on losing before going to work…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 8/1: 254.8. 10/29: 248 12/2/2024 252 post trip weight 12/4: 247.4 12/5: 246 :) Weight loss since retiring almost 16 lbs. 4 more lbs to get to…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 8/1: 254.8. 10/29: 248 12/2/2024 252 post trip weight 12/4: 247.4 Weight loss since retiring almost 14.6 lbs. December Goals: • 30 minutes of…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 8/1: 254.8. 10/29: 248 12/2/2024 252 post trip weight 12/3: 251.2 coming back down Didn't have a walk but unpacked, and made a yummy healthy…
  • Keri 71 years old Challenge Starting Weight: 260, Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height) 5'6" Tall I do check-ins when I lose: 8/1: 254.8. 10/29: 248 12/2/2024 252 post trip weight Weight loss since retiring almost 13 lbs. December Goals: • 30 minutes of exercise 6 days…
  • I do check-ins when I lose: Just lost a bit. 8/1: 254.8 10/1: 249.2 I lost .4 lbs since yesterday. 10/29: 248 11/4/2024 252 Halloween weight gain 11/5 249.8 Halloween weight lost 11/7 249.2 11/19 248.5 11/20 248.2 I am with in 2/10s of a pound to my recent low at the end of October 248 lbs. and if I can't make progress…
  • I do check-ins when I lose: 8/1: 254.8 10/1: 249.2 I lost .4 lbs since yesterday. 10/29: 248 11/4/2024 252 Halloween weight gain 11/5 249.8 Halloween weight lost 11/7 249.2 11/19 248.5 Friday night I started seeing floaters and flashes in my eye and went to urgent care. Yesterday I saw the eye doctor. She says to take it…
  • Today I made another step toward my goal of being able to walk around Greenlake and more importantly improving my stamina. I walked just under a mile and then back with no rests and I did it in close to half the time I did on Tuesday. Tuesday I walked just over a mile and rested for an hour then walked back. I think I was…
  • I met my goal today of walking to the nearest cafe (1.1 miles) and having breakfast and walking back. I have walked there with N last week. but only walked a few blocks back before getting a ride home the rest of the way. So I am up to 2.2 mile walk but with a rest in between. Greenlake is 2.8 miles. There are places I can…
  • Friday I took a long walk but not longer than the ones earlier in the week. Saturday is my rest day. Sunday we couldn't go to Aquafit since we had to give my sister-in-law to the airport but since my husband had today off we went this morning. I did get some walking in later on Sunday. I plan to have a long walk tomorrow.
  • do check-ins when I lose: A little check-in since I lost a bit: 8/1: 254.8 10/1: 249.2 I lost .4 lbs since yesterday. 10/29: 248 11/4/2024 252 Halloween weight gain 11/5 249.8 Halloween weight lost :) 11/7 249.2 I did get my long walk yesterday and my husband took a break from work and walked with me. He needs the exercise…
  • Yesterday N and I went for an even longer walk. We walked to the nearest cafe and I walked partly back. It is over a mile away. I used my walking sticks again and that is going well. I have been eating lower calories now that I am back to my usual schedule. I made mushroom/lamb stroganoff last night with green beans and my…
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