Day 67 of 224, Thurs 8/27
Logged all my food in MFP. Basic day. Consumed equal part calories in oven-fried potatoes and fry sauce today. Yum. Ate about 1/3 of my exercise calories, ending the day at 1603. Water: 16! <<<That’s a lot for me.
Took 7,855 steps today. Usual 60 minute walk outside. One of those days when I *really* didn’t feel like walking but the guilt of skipping it altogether is just not worth it so laced up the shoes, stepped onto the front porch and pushed through it, one step after the other until it was done. It was muggy and buggy too, blech. Finally supposed to rain this weekend. Fingers crossed.
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Day 68 of 224, Fri 8/28
This was a very atypical day. My sleep schedule has slowly and steadily gotten *way* off track and today was me trying to pull it back in line. Basically it has evolved into the opposite of what it should be and needless to say affecting me negatively in a multitude of different ways. So today was either a really long day (no sleep between Thurs & Fri) or super short day (went to bed *really* early Fri) depending on how you look at it. It basically felt like I lost an entire day but if I manage to succeed getting my sleep schedule back on track then it will all be worth it. Anyway, didn’t meet any of my goals, calories, steps or water. The only steps I got were from cleaning and that was less than 2,000.
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Day 69 of 224, Sat 8/29
Today was my cheat meal/day. DH and I have an agreement that if we *both* lose weight that week we’ll have a cheat meal/day on weigh-in day/Saturday. Lost 3 pounds this week and DH lost too (yay babe). Basically it was a major carbfest for me (pasta & donuts) and a meatfest for DH (pork chops). Opposites attract you know. Anyway, wrote down everything I ate throughout the day but didn’t log it into MFP until the following day. Ate 2169 calories, not too terrible, very similar to last Saturday. Water: 8.5.
Took 10,775 steps today. My goal is to increase my steps again. Steps have been slowly declining over the past few weeks. Usual 60 minute walk outside, plus 10 minutes of indoor walking and a store run help me reach that goal.
Finally rained!! Glorious midnight rain storm complete with thunder and lightning. Loved it!!
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Day 70 of 224, Sun 8/30
Logged all my food in MFP. I don’t know if it’s my imagination or not but I feel like when I have a cheat day/higher calorie day, the calories sort of carry over and satisfy me the next day as well. Ate slightly under my calories, not eating any of my exercise calories, ending the day at 1354. Water: 12.
Took 10,332 steps today. Usual 60 minute walk outside plus 25 minutes of indoor walking. Not a huge fan of indoor walking but most times I wouldn’t reach my goal otherwise as I’m usually 1500-3000 short at the end of the day. And I like the hour-long walks outside and don’t want to increase that time/distance. I am trying to get up more often throughout the day though which adds a few hundred steps. Anyway, today while walking inside I watched/listened to the whole Must Do Disney/Stacey program they play in the hotel rooms at WDW on YouTube so that was kind of fun.
My pants are definitely getting a little bit looser, looking pretty sad and saggy at the end of the day, but I don’t think I’m quite another size down yet, maybe another month or two. And I’ve been realizing that I can go a lot longer between meals which makes me really happy and makes the overall process a lot easier.
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Day 71 of 224, Mon 8/31
Logged all my food in MFP. Woke up with a kinda junky feeling, almost like a food hangover and I think it was because I ate too close to bedtime last night and didn’t give my food enough time to digest before laying down. Ugh, I don’t like that feeling. I actually prefer to wake up hungry. I *never* use to wake up hungry because I constantly overate but now I’m hungry most mornings since I started eating better and I like it that way.
Leftover pasta for breakfast today, yum. I did notice today that all four meals I ate were a *little* too much food, maybe about 50-100 calories worth each meal. I try to be aware of my satisfaction level when eating, that is, eat to satisfaction and not beyond, that really helps with calorie counting. But today I was a little indecisive with my food choices, so I would have a little of everything, then cleaning my plate and being just a little too full after each meal. Definitely have to keep a constant awareness of that otherwise it slips back in. Ate about half of my exercise calories, ending the day at 1668. Water 12.5.
Took 10,193 steps today, 3rd day in a row over 10k, yay! Usual 60 minute walk outside, 20 minutes of indoor walking plus an errand and around-the-house stuff.