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30 September 2023

Funny how the brain works! I was 0.6 pounds less than I am today for the last two mornings- I sure wanted to write that weight down this morning. However, that really defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Fact is I am 1.0 pounds down this morning. So that is what I am recording!

In the last 5 weeks I am down 0.2 pounds. That is disheartening. I have 8 weeks to lose 8 pounds if I am going to make my quarter of a year goal. Clearly, I will need to skiddle skaddle if I am going to make it. One pound per week is more than reasonable however I only lost 0.2 pounds in the last 5 weeks. That, alone is telling a story.

Last week we completed round 2 of the garage sale at my father in law's. It was definitely successful. This last week I have been at the house as people have been picking up furniture they purchased. House is starting to get a bit emptier. Not sure when the next push is going to happen. We are all pretty tired from the last push. We will start again to price and set things out either next week or the week after. It is Canadian Thanksgiving next weekend so definitely not running the actual sale then!

This past week I was able to get some thorough cleaning done at my home, chaired the Women's Shelter Board AGM, planned Thanksgiving as it will be at my home, subbed at the school yesterday, was at my father in law's as people picked up their larger purchases and today I am doing yoga with my sister leading the class and walking 5 km with my sister and daughter in support of Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.5 kg	36.3 kg	8.3 kg	Reasonably Well

(1 comment) Losing 0.5 kg a Week

23 September 2023

I am up a pound from a week and a half ago. Last time I weighed in on Thursday morning before going on a trip until Wednesday night. During that time I ate at restaurants three times a day. I tried to guess on calories - I guessed low because when I got home I had gained 4 pounds. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday I have been eating restaurant food for lunch and supper and had breakfast at home. I managed to bring it down 3 pounds in the last two days. Some of that is just getting home to somewhat regular routines.

This coming week will be about eating at home starting on Sunday. I have a couple of days in the up coming week where I will be eating a meal away from home. Not like the last two weeks though!

I have had a busy couple of weeks. I think I referenced the road trip last entry - basically 500 miles from home to the farthest point but with the side trips likely closer to 600 miles. This has played havoc with my daily exercising. I was driving, visiting and at meetings and appointments none of which made exercising convenient. Good news- my skin scan showed no new melanoma! Wednesday I drove 6 hours then I stopped at my father in laws and put in two hours to help my daughter and her friend to get the final things ready for the Garage and Estate Sale on Thursday. They had done an incredible amount of work while I was away! On Thursday I subbed at the school and then we did the first day of the sale from 4 until 8. Yesterday we worked from noon until six. Unfortunately my daughter got the flu so it was me and her friend plus 4 teenagers. Today is the last day of the sale from noon until 6. Hopefully my daughter will be well enough to help. The Garage Sale consists of the entire two car garage lined with shelving - about 4 aisles- plus the whole main floor of the house and some selected rooms upstairs and in the basement and the backyard! You can see we needed lots of workers!!

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.9 kg	35.9 kg	8.8 kg	Reasonably Well

Add Comment Gaining 0.4 kg a Week

14 September 2023

I am down a pound as of this morning. I have had a few swings down and then rebounds since Saturday no weight was higher than last week but as of yesterday I was 1.2 pounds lower than this morning. However, today is the day I am doing this so I have entered the one pound loss.

I am traveling today. I drove 6.5 hours today with a few stops on the way so basically was in the car from 9am until 5:30. I am definitely tired! I had breakfast at home, a date square, tea, fresh pineapple, an apple, a mandarin orange and stopped for a roast beef sandwich on rye. I managed not to choose a variety of high sugar go to foods that I often have when I am driving. However, I figure I have about 200 calories available for supper tonight. To my surprise the air BnB that I rented doesn't have an actual kitchen so no stove and no kitchen sink. I can't see making oatmeal tomorrow morning so I will need to stop somewhere for breakfast. It is a two hour drive tomorrow to see my girlfriend. After lunch I will drive 1.5 hours to the city. Tomorrow looks like a long day!

My plan while I am away from home this entire week, is to choose the best choice of the options available. So fruit instead of a peanut butter marshmallow square - that sort of thing (one of today's choices!). I have lots of situations ahead where food is going to be provided for me. I will need to make careful choices.

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.5 kg	36.3 kg	8.3 kg	Reasonably Well

(1 comment) Losing 0.6 kg a Week

09 September 2023

I am disappointed to be up by 0.6 pounds. I averaged over the week 1.5 pounds less. My eating yesterday wasn't particularly high or crazy. I did consider stopping for ice cream and chose not to. (The childish part of me figures I should have now!)

What was different yesterday was it was a highly physical day. I started the morning at 5 am. After doing my household chores and having an oatmeal breakfast, I weed-eated for 1.5 hours then I came in for lunch. I had a lovely salad with all my garden veggies and a can of herring. Back outside this time parking out back where I had some big pieces of wood/trees to load onto the truck. About half a pick up truck full. Some of it was incredibly heavy. Then back up by my garage where I got my little electric chainsaw going to chop up the big pieces so they could fit in the truck box and added some more wood/trees that I had up by the house. The truck was full to overflowing. Drove it to the landfill where I unloaded it all. This took nearly 3 hours to do. Came in and made supper with some microwaved potatoes, two poached eggs and a bunch of stir fried vegetables. Had a granola bar. Then dropped soup off at my sister's and went to town for some groceries. Day ended at 8 pm. And the result on the scale... a gain of 1.2 pounds over yesterday!

This week was an ordinary one with water hauling, mowing the lawn, some computer work, lots of time at my father in law's. Next week I will be checking in early (Thursday) because I am gone for a week driving to Drumheller (8 hours) then to Calgary (1.5 hours) then to Edmonton (1.5 hours) and home again (6 hours). I will be seeing my girlfriend with early Alzheimer's, going to a provincial meeting on Cancer, doing a preventive doctor visit around skin cancer, and city stuff. I will be home in time for the next garage sale. Very busy!

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.9 kg	35.9 kg	8.8 kg	Reasonably Well

(3 comments) Gaining 0.3 kg a Week

02 September 2023

I have gained 0.2 pounds since my last weigh in which was 10 days ago. I weighed in early last week because I was heading into the city for the International Blues Festival. I left Thursday and came home on Monday. On Tuesday my granddaughter moved into her dorm room at the university. I went along. All of this meant I was eating in restaurants and although I was tracking my food on this app it was mostly my best guess. Likely somewhat inaccurate. I am showing an average of 1201 calories per day. 1210 is my high end so the 0.2 pound gain is somewhat in the zone.

September is my 'new year' as far as goals go. It is a hangover from being a teacher! This year I plan to take hold of the weight loss again. My sister has been particularly successful this past year- she lost 30 pounds and is within 4 pounds of her ultimate goal. The two of us have been weight loss buddies for decades. Today I discussed with her the nuts and bolts of what she has been doing that has been so successful for her. She had shared throughout the year but this time I took literal notes!

The takeaways:

She needed to set a multi-month goal to better track the big picture. She did it in 16 week chunks with the goal of losing 10 pounds in that time. She thought the goal was laughably easy. In fact she lost 10 pounds in the first chunk and a bit less in the next two chunks. What she found is that she wasn't swinging from highs to lows but rather staying steady with losses and seldom a gain.

She is literally eating all day long. She has a substantial breakfast starting at 7:45 that she noshes on until 9am. She has hot tea going on throughout the day - she has two thermoses made up for work. At 11 am she has 2 cups of a variety of raw vegetables for a snack (root vegetables in particular like turnip or kohlrabi and carrots with other veggies added in). Noon a lunch of around 200-250 calories. An apple around 3, 50 calories of protein around 4, an orange around 5 then at 6 supper of around 350-400 calories with a fruit snack about a half hour after supper and finally about a half hour before bed she has 10 grams of chocolate and 1 jujube and 3 jelly bellies!

I will be adapting her eating plan to what works for me however I recognize that it has worked well for her so it is worthwhile emulating!

This past week as I referenced above was about enjoying some music and settling in my granddaughter. My rental unit is finally completed and all units are rented! I have been putting in days at my father in law's. My daughter and her friend are putting in even more time there and are making great in-roads. It is a relief to see some progress. It is unbelievable how much stuff he has. Truly it is impossible to describe - must be seen to be truly believed! Tonight I am attending a wedding dance for a former student of mine. She is 56 and this is her first marriage! I am so happy for her.

Weight:	Lost so far:	Still to go:	Diet followed:
85.6 kg	36.2 kg	8.5 kg	Reasonably Well

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