59Carol's Journal, 02 Sep 18

This is day one using this format. I have been working on my weight for quite some time now. Our Weight Watcher group closed down and so there isn't one to attend within a 250km radius. I find being accountable to a group useful.

My weight history is quite dramatic! The first major weight gain occurred when I was 20 years old. I was pregnant with my first child. Unfortunately for me I was toxic and had high blood pressure. 6 months of bed rest. No watching the scale. In the end when the dust cleared I was 70 more pounds than I began.

I tried off and on to get rid of it but wasn't particularly successful.

When I was 40 I finally decided that enough was enough. I went to Weight Watchers and was weighed. I hadn't weighed myself in probably more than 10 years. I weight 320.2 pounds. I was so shocked. I expected around 250 pounds. At the end of the year I lost 50 pounds, the end of the following year I had lost 50 more pounds. I tried for another 5 pounds but wasn't able to sustain it.

I maintained that was years. Around 10 years later I had crept up 30 pounds. I maintained that until I got breast cancer.

I gained (yes gained with cancer!) 55.5 pounds. When I finished the surgery, chemo and radiation, I was given the go ahead to lose weight. I lost 70 pounds in the following year.

Stayed there for 3 years when all hell broke out in the family - there were mental health issues, a sexual assault on a family member, a house that burnt to the ground, a car accident, serious illness in my husband, and I got skin cancer. I gained 90 pounds.

So now it is time to go at it again!!

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1540 kcal

Fat: 50.53g | Prot: 65.06g | Carbs: 211.31g.   Breakfast: Honey, Whole Milk, Tea (Brewed), Capital Kombucha Ginger Kombucha, Whole Milk Plain Yogurt, Oatmeal. Lunch: Capital Kombucha Ginger Kombucha, Kraft Light Zesty Italian Reduced Fat Dressing, Peloponnese Kalamata Olives, Swiss Cheese, Carrots, Tomatoes, Zucchini, Green Peppers, Cabbage. Dinner: Enchilada with Beef. Snacks/Other: 365 Greek Yogurt Plain, Honey, Tea (Brewed). more...

3380 kcal

Exercise: Dance (square dancing) - 20 minutes, Weight Training (moderate) - 15 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 30 minutes, Resting - 13 hours and 55 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours. more...