Saturday, July 27, 2019

Week 7 ~ The Struggle is Real!


Problem is, I LOVE the RED FOODS!

Ritz and cheese
Ice Cream
Hot Dogs
Hamburgers
Mayonaise
French Fries
Cakes
Cookies
Candy

And I could keep going, but I think you get my point.

And while life can include them, I just need to moderate them!

This challenge might take longer than a week for me, but I won't give up!




   



 

 Steps...


Weight...is still bouncing around 228-230. Hoping the exercising will help take me over the hump. I know it won't hurt!

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Week 6 ~ I'm On a Roll!

By the time we got home Sunday, I was wiped out.

Time to get back to our regularly scheduled programming...LIFE!

...And Noom!
And deeper we did...

Each day the lessons learned will begin to take root, and the chances of the weight coming back will be slim, along with me, hehe!

My calorie count continues to look fine, but it really isn't. 

My red food, the ones I can't seem to overcome, still tempt me. 



I need to pay more attention to the analysis of the count by clicking on the rainbow...




This is why my ounces go up and done, keeping my weight graph looking like a slithering snake, as it travels downward.


To help tip the scale more in my favor, it's time to get some exercise stuff rounded up!

As you can see, I update my noom scale to reflect the digital. Though my weight continues to be a challenge, watching the ounces bounce up and down, do continue to decline...

Sometimes the jump in my numbers is partially due to water retention and inflammation. Also, poop can change it as well. Yes, I just pointed that out. Since my gallbladder removal, it has taken time, but I'm with Dr. Oz. How you poop is says a lot about how we are feeling, how the foods we eat affect us, and I worked hard, no pun intended, to have pretty poops! Adjusting when I weigh myself helps with seeing the number go the direction that excites me.

Until then, I can...

Steps...I was moving a bit slow this week. It's normal after a busy vacation!






Ready to take on Week 7...

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Week 5 ~A Pleasant Interruption!

As week five began, we were already enjoying the much cooler weather over in San Diego!


We left midweek.

Packing the trailer for the trip was a breeze, only my fridge had the great healthy food in it, and there were no snacks in the pantry AT ALL to cheat with.

It actually freed up space as well.

It wasn't hard to find the time to do my daily log-in, only my daily weigh-in didn't happen. I decided to forgo the scale, adding some anticipation for when I get home!

      


I was also eating less in between the meals and snack has really helped. Though there is only one area for snacks, each time I ate something, I added it. By doing that, I would cause me to think before I ate, or I would just decide to wait until later.

I have to be accountable for my grazing if this program was going to work.

It will be worth it at the end of this journey, a new healthy eating lifestyle, created a little wealth in the savings on my grocery bill, and a lot wiser for the golden years ahead!

My steps for the week were awesome as well...


On to week 6...

Saturday, July 6, 2019

Week 4 ~ Own Your Food Environment!

Three down, thirty-three to go...

The scale arrived yesterday. It's digital. My old one had an adjustment screw to keep it balanced. Well, there was a bit of a difference in weights.


Five pounds to be exact!

Back in the beginning, my start weight should have been 235, not 230! I didn't lose 4 lbs since the doctors, I gained a pound.

It really messed with my progress!

I don't know what to do?

Do I go back and change my weights?

Since I like the digital, and I don't have to guess what line it is on like my old one, I will continue to use both for now or until I get it in sync. I gained some weight from my test, water weight that is, so I'm just going to let it ride for now.

6-29-2019 Day 22: Weigh-in          225 lbs (230.1)



Steps                2719

Calories           1141  (469 under)

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6-30-2019 Day 23: Weigh-in          225 lbs (231.6)



Steps                1085
                                 
Calories           1537  (39 under)

Each day there are about five to six lessons on top of logging our food, weigh-in, and our steps. I snapshot some of them to print to use as a reminder of my goal for the week.


Sometimes the postie notes and list, though efficient in me keeping track, I can get frustrated at using them, disappointed I didn't keep up, even mad that this isn't working and I ripe them all down!

But I am not giving up!

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7-1-219 Day 24: Weigh-in           226 lbs (230.9)


Steps                 2416 

Calories            988 (642 under)    

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7-2-2019 Day 25: Weigh-in            225 (230.8)

    
Calories             1283 (337 under)
                               
Steps                  2048 

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7-3-219 Day 26: Weigh-in             226 lbs (231.4)


Calories             1402 (188 under

Steps                  888 (left devices behind)   
                                        

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7-4-219 Day 27: Weigh-in           226 lbs (231.1)


Calories             1220 (480 under)

Steps                  4637

Fourth of July went better then I thought it would!

Usually, there would be lots of sweets and treats! This year was no different, but it also had lots of fruits and veggies to snack on as well. When it came time to pack up to head home, all the chips, sweets, and treats hadn't been touched.

Win!!!

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7-5-219 Day 28: Weigh-in           226.1 lbs (231.4)



Calories             912 (708 under)
Steps                 1956

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4 Weeks went by fast! My first month is in the bag.


32 more to go...