bethk78
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2007
Day 104, Sat 10/3
Calories: 1801
Water: 10
Steps: 1,959
Second full rest day. Planning a short walk outside tomorrow, about 20 minutes and see how I do.
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Day 105, Sun 10/4
Calories: 1605
Water: 6
Steps: 3,631
Short 20 minute walk outside today. No pain really but I definitely walked slower and felt a little nervous/cautious as I definitely don’t want it to happen again. Every once in a while around the house I get a reminder that it’s injured if I push off of it too hard/fast or twist it, but otherwise I think it’s on the mend. My plan is to slowly and steadily work my way back up to 10,000 steps a day.
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Day 106, Mon 10/5
Calories: 1683
Water: 6.5
Steps: 5,006
30 minute walk inside today. I've been sans walking buddy for the past week or so and will be for a couple days more. DH and I have never been separated this long before in our 16+ years together and I miss him like crazy.
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Day 107, Tues 10/6
Calories: 1699
Water: 8
Steps: 3,369
Didn’t meet my step goal today. I only did a short 20 minute walk outside. I planned to do another 20 minutes inside later but didn’t. No excuse. I had the time, energy, etc., I was just being lazy and making poor, short-term decisions.
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Day 108, Wed 10/7
Calories: 2419
Water: 4
Steps: 2,404
No walk at all today! Ugh! I seriously have no excuse not to have walked, even a short one would have been better than nothing. Although 2,400 steps isn’t too bad for no walking so at least I was a little active around the house. I’m definitely not making the best choices lately though. And I was bad with my water too. Not to mention the number of calories I ate today and no, it wasn’t a cheat day. Half of those calories came from late night eating, er donuts. Three strikes, I’m out. But, good news, DH is home!! I missed him so much!! My walking buddy is back!! Planning on doing 10,000 steps tomorrow if I can. I should be able to, the calf injury only twinges now and again, otherwise feels fine. I’m so glad it wasn’t that bad and healed fairly quickly. Oh and DH was gone during his BD so we paused it and will be celebrating it tomorrow and celebrating for us includes pigging out so I probably won’t be losing weight this week, too many missed marks.
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Day 109, Thurs 10/8
Calories: ?
Water: 8
Steps: 10,188
Belated BD celebration for DH today. We spent the day eating Chinese food for lunch and dinner, catching up on our shows, talking, playing games. It was low-key and actually really nice. DH and I don’t buy gifts for each other anymore and haven’t for the past few years, not for our BDs, Christmas or our anniversary, instead we put that money toward something else, a little bit more expensive, that we both want. Two years ago we put it toward a TiVo with lifetime subscription, last year and this year too, the money went toward our WDW trip. Anyway, the Chinese food was yummmmm!! But we both feel like we ate way too much over the course of the day. Felt kind of junky later that night and the next day too. And the cake was gross!! I’ve never had bad cake before in my life!! I couldn’t believe it. DH didn’t think it was good or bad, but I disagreed strongly. I tossed more than half of it out, I wished I would have tossed it after the first bite and not the sixth or seventh bite. At least the Chinese takeout was good. Walked 10,000 steps today, 60 minutes outside with DH (it’s so much easier to knock it out with a walking buddy) and the rest of the steps I got doing indoor walking. Calf felt fine. I have been having some arch pain in the opposite foot for a couple weeks, some days are better than others. I have no idea what it is or how I should treat it. It didn’t really improve on my rest days. I am planning on buying new shoes sometime in the next week or so. I’ve never had so many little injuries before from walking so I wonder if part of that can be blamed on a poor choice of shoes.
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Day 110, Fri 10/9
Calories: ?
Water: 8
Steps: 10,226
Note to self: Don’t weigh myself the day after gorging on Chinese food. I think it’s safe to say I will not be losing weight tomorrow. I had 3 high-calorie days in a row plus inconsistent exercise. You can only make so many mistakes before the scale starts tipping in the other direction. I didn’t do too badly today (planned to eat lighter today) until the evening and then we had company and they brought BD cupcakes. Yummmm!! Now that’s how BD cake is supposed to taste! Since they were from a bakery though I wasn’t sure how to count it, accurately at least, so I only logged my calories until then. Weigh-in day tomorrow. Let’s get it over with so I can lose what I’ve gained and continue on my weight loss journey. Oh and I bought new shoes today. I hope I made a better choice this time.
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Week 16 Weigh-In Results
Gained 1.0 lb this week
Up to 229.8
Not as bad as I expected. It was way worse a couple days ago. I can manage a pound. My plan for this week is to lose that pound and hopefully another pound/pound and a half by staying within my calories and getting 10,000 steps a day. When I started this journey 16 weeks ago there were five days/events I was worried about between then and our WDW trip: our annual camping trip, DH’s BD, my BD, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the past, events like those would derail our weight loss efforts because when we got off track, it didn’t end there, instead the poor eating turned into days, weeks and months and was pretty much a vicious cycle most of my adult life. But now I know better and when I get off track, it’s for a much shorter duration, I adjust course and get back on track so that that one pound gain doesn’t turn into 5, 10, 20, 40 like it used to. The temptation to give in and give up is no longer there for either of us. I don’t know exactly what has clicked for us this time around but I have 100% confidence that we will reach our goal despite little hiccups, roadblocks and challenges.
I hope everyone has a great week! It’s definitely Fall here and I’m loving the crunchy leaves underneath our feet during walks, wearing my jacket for first time in months, walking in the rain, cranking up the heat and cuddling underneath the blankets.
28.0/50.8 pounds lost
114 days til Disney!!
Calories: 1801
Water: 10
Steps: 1,959
Second full rest day. Planning a short walk outside tomorrow, about 20 minutes and see how I do.
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Day 105, Sun 10/4
Calories: 1605
Water: 6
Steps: 3,631
Short 20 minute walk outside today. No pain really but I definitely walked slower and felt a little nervous/cautious as I definitely don’t want it to happen again. Every once in a while around the house I get a reminder that it’s injured if I push off of it too hard/fast or twist it, but otherwise I think it’s on the mend. My plan is to slowly and steadily work my way back up to 10,000 steps a day.
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Day 106, Mon 10/5
Calories: 1683
Water: 6.5
Steps: 5,006
30 minute walk inside today. I've been sans walking buddy for the past week or so and will be for a couple days more. DH and I have never been separated this long before in our 16+ years together and I miss him like crazy.
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Day 107, Tues 10/6
Calories: 1699
Water: 8
Steps: 3,369
Didn’t meet my step goal today. I only did a short 20 minute walk outside. I planned to do another 20 minutes inside later but didn’t. No excuse. I had the time, energy, etc., I was just being lazy and making poor, short-term decisions.
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Day 108, Wed 10/7
Calories: 2419
Water: 4
Steps: 2,404
No walk at all today! Ugh! I seriously have no excuse not to have walked, even a short one would have been better than nothing. Although 2,400 steps isn’t too bad for no walking so at least I was a little active around the house. I’m definitely not making the best choices lately though. And I was bad with my water too. Not to mention the number of calories I ate today and no, it wasn’t a cheat day. Half of those calories came from late night eating, er donuts. Three strikes, I’m out. But, good news, DH is home!! I missed him so much!! My walking buddy is back!! Planning on doing 10,000 steps tomorrow if I can. I should be able to, the calf injury only twinges now and again, otherwise feels fine. I’m so glad it wasn’t that bad and healed fairly quickly. Oh and DH was gone during his BD so we paused it and will be celebrating it tomorrow and celebrating for us includes pigging out so I probably won’t be losing weight this week, too many missed marks.
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Day 109, Thurs 10/8
Calories: ?
Water: 8
Steps: 10,188
Belated BD celebration for DH today. We spent the day eating Chinese food for lunch and dinner, catching up on our shows, talking, playing games. It was low-key and actually really nice. DH and I don’t buy gifts for each other anymore and haven’t for the past few years, not for our BDs, Christmas or our anniversary, instead we put that money toward something else, a little bit more expensive, that we both want. Two years ago we put it toward a TiVo with lifetime subscription, last year and this year too, the money went toward our WDW trip. Anyway, the Chinese food was yummmmm!! But we both feel like we ate way too much over the course of the day. Felt kind of junky later that night and the next day too. And the cake was gross!! I’ve never had bad cake before in my life!! I couldn’t believe it. DH didn’t think it was good or bad, but I disagreed strongly. I tossed more than half of it out, I wished I would have tossed it after the first bite and not the sixth or seventh bite. At least the Chinese takeout was good. Walked 10,000 steps today, 60 minutes outside with DH (it’s so much easier to knock it out with a walking buddy) and the rest of the steps I got doing indoor walking. Calf felt fine. I have been having some arch pain in the opposite foot for a couple weeks, some days are better than others. I have no idea what it is or how I should treat it. It didn’t really improve on my rest days. I am planning on buying new shoes sometime in the next week or so. I’ve never had so many little injuries before from walking so I wonder if part of that can be blamed on a poor choice of shoes.
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Day 110, Fri 10/9
Calories: ?
Water: 8
Steps: 10,226
Note to self: Don’t weigh myself the day after gorging on Chinese food. I think it’s safe to say I will not be losing weight tomorrow. I had 3 high-calorie days in a row plus inconsistent exercise. You can only make so many mistakes before the scale starts tipping in the other direction. I didn’t do too badly today (planned to eat lighter today) until the evening and then we had company and they brought BD cupcakes. Yummmm!! Now that’s how BD cake is supposed to taste! Since they were from a bakery though I wasn’t sure how to count it, accurately at least, so I only logged my calories until then. Weigh-in day tomorrow. Let’s get it over with so I can lose what I’ve gained and continue on my weight loss journey. Oh and I bought new shoes today. I hope I made a better choice this time.
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Week 16 Weigh-In Results
Gained 1.0 lb this week
Up to 229.8
Not as bad as I expected. It was way worse a couple days ago. I can manage a pound. My plan for this week is to lose that pound and hopefully another pound/pound and a half by staying within my calories and getting 10,000 steps a day. When I started this journey 16 weeks ago there were five days/events I was worried about between then and our WDW trip: our annual camping trip, DH’s BD, my BD, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the past, events like those would derail our weight loss efforts because when we got off track, it didn’t end there, instead the poor eating turned into days, weeks and months and was pretty much a vicious cycle most of my adult life. But now I know better and when I get off track, it’s for a much shorter duration, I adjust course and get back on track so that that one pound gain doesn’t turn into 5, 10, 20, 40 like it used to. The temptation to give in and give up is no longer there for either of us. I don’t know exactly what has clicked for us this time around but I have 100% confidence that we will reach our goal despite little hiccups, roadblocks and challenges.
I hope everyone has a great week! It’s definitely Fall here and I’m loving the crunchy leaves underneath our feet during walks, wearing my jacket for first time in months, walking in the rain, cranking up the heat and cuddling underneath the blankets.
28.0/50.8 pounds lost
114 days til Disney!!