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MY QUEST (8/18 pounds) Monday (Day 15): Good on the diet (according to my UP app), calories consumed:1127No gym, came home too late from work (according to my UP app) moved a total of 8,095 stepsSlept 7 hours and 12 minutes (according to my UP app). Tuesday (Day 16): Good on the diet (according to my UP app), calories consumed: 820No gym, worked late again and moved a total of 14,684 stepsSlept 6 hours and 48 minutesWednesday (Day 17): Good on the diet (according to my UP app), calories consumed: 990No gym, stuck at work but moved a total of 11,142 stepsSlept 7 hours and 3 minutes Thursday (Day 18): Good on the diet, calories consumed: 893No gym, worked late again, but moved a total of 5,972 stepsSlept 7 hours and 35 minutes Friday (Day 19): Soft foods only due to surgery (wisdom teeth removed)No gym and moved only 2,465 steps Slept 13 hours and 47 minutes Saturday (Day 20): I didn't track calories and kept to soft foodsNo gym and only moved a total of steps 1,363Slept 8 hours and 55 minutes Sunday (Day 21): I didn't track calories because still on soft food dietNo gym and kept things low key and moved a total of 1,628 stepsSlept 10 hours and 19 minutes MY SIDE QUEST (5/10 done) (0/2 BBC) (1/1 eBook) Finished Allegiant by Veronica Roth (liked it a lot)Finished One For the Money by Janet Evanovich via Kindle (Did not enjoy this book at all)I started "Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby" by Sarah Churchwell which I am loving so far"If sack and sugar be a fault, god help the wicked. If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host I know is damned. If to be fat, to be hated then the Pharoh's lean kine are to be loved." I have Falstaff's speech about a quarter memorized so far. End of the week recap: I had a wisdom tooth and the tooth next to it removed on Friday and it knocked me on my buttI didn't make it to the gym due to work scheduleMet sleep goal on 6/7 days, but still got plenty of sleep I have lost 1 more pound this week bringing my grand total to 28 pounds lost.

Funny enough, I had my wisdom teeth out yesterday. I'm sore, but not in pain. The kidney stone pain went away for a few days before this. I just have a headache and want to sleep a lot. I didn't know that I'm not supposed to work out for a week after having them out so yet another week will go by without working out. However, I am sticking to my diet so I'm still losing and staying on track. I lost another pound so I'm down 28 pounds in 9.5 weeks or as I like to think of it: I'm halfway to my halfway pount. Now back to the couch to ice my face and maybe another nap.

I've seen Middlemarch so I'm not overly enthused to read it, but it is on the list. As someone who just recently fell madly in love with The Count of Monte Cristo, may I say, I love your screen name!

In case you needed proof of where I was in lieu of the gym this past weekend. This is the one that Katee Sackhoff retweeted.

MY QUEST (7/18 pounds) Monday (Day 8): Okay on the diet, but didn't eat muchNo gym, came home sick (according to my UP app) moved a total of 9,172 stepsSlept 6 hours and 57 minutes (according to my UP app). Had a doctor's appointment and needed to be up early.Tuesday (Day 9): Okay on diet, stayed home sick and only ate one meal and drank a gatoradeNo gym, home in pain (kidney stone) and moved a total of 1,248 stepsSlept 12 hours and 30 minutesWednesday (Day 10): Good on the diet (according to my UP app), calories consumed: 896No gym, still in pain but moved a total of 7,120 stepsSlept 7 hours and 51 minutes Thursday (Day 11): Good on the diet, calories consumed: 893No gym, pain slowly decreasing, more sore, but moved a total of 5,972 stepsSlept 7 hours and 35 minutes Friday (Day 12): Good on the diet, calories consumed: 745No gym, feeling better-ish, but moved a total of 11,987 steps Slept 5 hours and 4 minutes. Had an insane bout of creativity and was up until 4a working on a photo - Paid off though, and was reblogged by PBS' The Art AssignmentSaturday (Day 13): I didn't track calories, but made good choices and ate a ton of sushi which is all low cal and good for youNo gym, but photographed a Battlestar Galactica Q&A and then went shopping, moved a total of 9,751 stepsSlept 8 hours and 21 minutes Sunday (Day 14): I didn't track calories because cheat dayNo gym, but photographed Christopher Moore book signing and then went shopping at Costco, moved a total of 7,588 stepsSlept 10 hours and 23 minutes MY SIDE QUEST (3/10 done) (0/2 BBC) (0/1 eBook) Finished Insurgent by Veronica Roth (liked it)Read more of One For the Money by Janet Evanovich via Kindle at 64% (I am not enjoying this book at all)I treid Possession by AS Byatt which is on the BBC List, but it was something you need to be in the mood for so I took it back to the library.I'm halfway through Allegiant by Veronica Roth (it is making me like the whole series more so far.)"If sack and sugar be a fault, god help the wicked. If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host I know is damned. If to be fat, to be hated then the Pharoh's lean kine are to be loved." I have Falstaff's speech about a quarter memorized so far.End of the week recap: The cold/flu that I thought I picked up after Emerald City Comicon was actually a precursor to a kidney stone. Since I have gotten past that, I am feeling better in almost every wayI didn't make it to the gymMet sleep goal on 5/7 days, but still got plenty of sleepI have lost 4 more pounds this week bringing my grand total to 27 pounds lost.While my calories seem low, I am eating a lot. It is just low calories and spread out. I am getting enough of everything and am not hungry nor having cravings.

Turned out the flu symptoms that didn't want to go away were the pre-cursor to a kidney stone. That was an unpleasant surprise earlier this week. Feeling much better now. Still sore, but no more sharp stabby pain. Hopefully, this means I can get back to my normal self. While still no gym, I have been really good on the diet and have dropped 27 pounds now over the last 8.5 weeks. 7 of that in the last 10 days and all by eating healthy.

Have you watched Thug Notes on Youtube? His critique of Jane Eyre made me like it a bit more.

Agreed

Monday (Day 1): Good on the diet (according to my UP app), calories consumed: 1020No gym, fighting off cold/flu (according to my UP app) moved a total of 9,483 stepsSlept 5 hours and 38 minutes (according to my UP app). I took a 4 hour nap the night before and had to be up early for a doc appt. Tuesday (Day 2): Good on diet, calories consumed: 1368No gym, fighting off cold/flu and moved a total of 8,716 stepsSlept 8 hours and 15 minutesWednesday (Day 3): Good on the diet, calories consumed:940No gym, fighting off cold/flu, but moved a total of 6,563 stepsSlept 8 hours and 37 minutes Thursday (Day 4): Good on the diet, but super hungry, calories consumed: 940No gym, fighting off cold/flu, but moved a total of 4,847 stepsSlept 7 hours and 29 minutes Friday (Day 5): Good on the diet, calories consumed: 955No gym, fighting off cold/flu, but moved a total of 9,363 steps Slept 6 hours and 55 minutes. Stupid telemarketers calling and couldn't back to sleepSaturday (Day 6): I didn't track calories. My cheat day. I had a Katsu Burger (Japanese burger that they tempura the burger patty) and fries and a salad for dinner.No gym, but lots of errands and running around in the rain, moved a total of 6,659 stepsSlept 6 hours and 35 minutes. Just couldn't sleep and not tired enough for a napSunday (Day 7): I didn't track calories. Make good choices.No gym, but more errands and running around, moved a total of 7,356 stepsSlept 9 hours and 3 minutes MY SIDE QUEST (2/10 done) (0/2 BBC) (0/1 eBook) Read Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell via audiobook (just okay)Read The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh via audiobook (good, not great)Started Insurgent by Veronic RothRead 30% of One For the Money by Janet Evanovich via KindleOn deck for next week, Possession by AS Byatt which is on the BBC List End of the week recap: The cold/flu I picked up after Emerald City Comicon is taking its sweet time to leave my systemI didn't make it to the gym Met sleep goal on 4/7 days I have lost 2 more pounds this week bringing my grand total to 23 pounds lost. Reading is coming along. Next book is twice as long, so may take a bit I gave platelets on Saturday and found my resting heart rate has dropped 5 beats since I started working out which is a good sign

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - I liked her sister's book Jane Eyre better and am a HUGE Jane Austen fan, but I was just miserable throughout the whole book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - I get its relevance, but I just couldn't get into it. I just wanted to read 1984 again instead On The Road by Jack Kerouac - It started off good, but it went nowhere. I can see being a teenager liking this book, but not reading it as an adult for the first time On flip side, I have recently fallen madly in love with The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

Lost 2 pounds this week so far despite not making it to the gym because of being sick still. That is 23 pounds in 7.5 weeks!

I hated a couple of the books from the BBC list so far and just was miserable. My friends kept saying then stop. I said, it is a quest and all quest have pitfalls or everyone would be doing them.

I've been eyeing that list to do after I've finished the BBC Big Reads ones. It has some great stuff on it.

So far I have lost 21 pounds in 7 weeks so I figured that seemed doable. May bad, 4x a week and of those 4 times have 1 or 2 of will be swimming. Although, not starting off great. Horrible head cold that won't seem to go away so I haven't made it to the gym yet.

Thank you all! For the BBC Big Reads list, I started at 17 about a year and a half ago and now I am at 59. I have a lot of the really big books left. I recently finished Count of Monte Cristo, which I completely fell in love with. I have Possession coming from the library next week.