59Carol's Journal, 19 Dec 20

Another pound down. This one was a nail biter - I ranged from highest to lowest weight this week was 0.8 pounds. Talk about increments. Good news is that I am down a full pound and only 0.2 more than my lowest weight this week.

I am looking forward to losing a half pound and finally get into the next 'decade' of numbers! I am closing in on my initial goal - just 10.2 pounds away - and I will have lost 100 pounds. When I arrive at my goal I will be taking stock of where I am at and then make small 5 pound goals as I see what each weight feels and looks like. I have not been below 170 pounds in about 15 years and that time was short lived. Before that it had been 20 years since I had maintained a weight below 170. That means that I am really not sure what weight actually makes sense on my nearly 62 year old body! As a teenager I maintained around 135 pounds and was horrified if I reached 140. I am not a teenager anymore so we will see what it looks like as I inch my way downwards. For now, the focus is on this 10.2 pounds!

My renovations continue on. The basement shower will be installed by the end of the day- the base and surround are already in place. Half the basement is tiled and mostly grouted. That will likely be done today as well depending on how long the one fellow plans to work today. I have been tasked with re-arranging the heap of stuff that was piled in one room to clear out the rest of the basement. Now they need access to part of the room with the pile. Maybe tomorrow I will be sorting and moving stuff. Unfortunately the places I am moving it to will not be the final resting place for the stuff so it will have to be shifted at least one more time. There is just no way around it. Some of the ceiling tile is up with pod lighting and that is looking good. Definitely not going to be done by Christmas but I hope it will be done by the end of January!

Have been spending the last couple of days tutoring my high school aged granddaughter. It is the goal to get her totally caught up before Christmas. Online schooling can be easy to get behind in. I may need to do something similar with my grandson who is in junior high school. We will see where he is at.

Merry Christmas everyone! Keep safe.

81.7 kg Lost so far: 40.1 kg.    Still to go: 4.6 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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1166 kcal

Fat: 26.00g | Prot: 38.58g | Carbs: 205.31g.   Breakfast: Walnuts, Great Value Frozen Mixed Berries, Oatmeal, Tea (Brewed), Balsamic Vinegar, Spectrum Organic Ground Flaxseed, Synergy Gingerberry Kombucha (Bottle). Lunch: Apples, Garlic Powder, Ginger (Ground), Turmeric (Ground), Green Cabbage, Cumin, Regina Fine Red Wine Vinegar, Great Value Black Eyed Peas, KAL Nutritional Yeast Flakes, Barley (Cooked). Dinner: Feeding Children Everywhere Lentil Casserole, Cooked or Sauteed Mature Onions (Fat Added in Cooking), Kirkland Signature Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, Green Leaf Lettuce, Cumin, Raw Vegetable. Snacks/Other: Date, Green Tea. more...

2330 kcal

Exercise: Resting - 13 hours and 5 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 15 minutes, Dance (slow step) - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours, Weight Training (moderate) - 20 minutes, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 1 hour. more...