Shello

So much winning happening here!

Such a scary couple of days! I'm glad it wasn't anything serious!

Thighs are nice and all, but few things are better than nude breasts.

Maybe you need to alternate the yoga and the dumbbell workouts?

It was a great show! Thank you! Not to mention getting the space back! Although I still have to do the work to off load to somewhere. But at least it's boxed up and not in the craft corner anymore.

Nice tats! Love the other pics too. The smile was a good addition to the 2nd one. It did seem less murderous.

I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated. Not much to update about week 2. I did bet my wild card bonus workout in and got out to the gym on that weekend. 3 daily wild card exercises throughout the week for a win as well. Week 3 was successful but challenging. There were egg rolls a plenty, cake, and spontaneous delivery pizza but for the most part I managed to stay within calorie target. I did go over on Sunday but I just considered it a high calorie day despite not setting it up in Lost it. The extra 460 calories from Saturday are partially due to having set it as a high calorie day but not using them. No daily wild card exercises so I'll have to do better this week. We got the basement decluttered and sorted. I have all my hobby materials in the basement studio. I have many hobbies but the jewelry making hobby is the least likely to happen and takes up a lot of space. I decided to box it all up and I'll try to sell online to some other jewelry making who will appreciate it more. That just leaves more room in the new house for the other hobbies that I like more anyway. Went to see Stevie Nicks in concert on Sunday. It was one of the best shows I've been to. It helps that we had great seats and Stevie Nicks is amazing!

I the weather getting nice there too? It's nice to be able to get outside practically every day without thinking about it.

Starting Weight: 265.1 W1 Jan 8: 264.1 (-1.0) W2 Jan 15: 263.5 (-0.6) W3 Jan 22: 262.3 (-1.2) W4 Jan 29: 262.6 (+0.3) W5 Feb 5: 263.7 (+1.1) W6 Feb 12: 262.6 (-1.1) W7 Feb 19: 262.6 (-0.0) W8 Feb 26: 262.2 (-0.4) W9 Mar 4: 261.8 (-0.4) Ok, another small loss but a loss. There were some shenanigans despite me saying there wouldn't be. Egg rolls in the cafeteria one day so I swapped out some usual lunch to have those but I got aggressive. There was also cake. and spontaneous delivery pizza. I struggled with my headspace this week too. I spent some time just wanting to throw in the towel altogether. Snacked a little extra on those days but despite poor quality food, the calories weren't that bad. I still had a deficit for the week. It's nice to see a 1 in the weight but this sloooooww pace is taking it's toll. Maybe this week is the week to break the plateau? A shenanigan free week would help.

This may be cliche but I'm a sucker for a cinnamon crunch bagel with honey walnut cream cheese from Panera. I also like to make sandwiches with plain bagels - sliced cheddar or havarti (or both) and some cheddar and sour cream chips! Add lettuce if you want to be healthy.

Great comeback!

It is truly shocking how something that isn't really that filling can have that many calories. And that doesn't even take into account the sodium.

Starting Weight: 265.1 W1 Jan 8: 264.1 (-1.0) W2 Jan 15: 263.5 (-0.6) W3 Jan 22: 262.3 (-1.2) W4 Jan 29: 262.6 (+0.3) W5 Feb 5: 263.7 (+1.1) W6 Feb 12: 262.6 (-1.1) W7 Feb 19: 262.6 (-0.0) W8 Feb 26: 262.2 (-0.4) Back to losing but a little disappointed at the amount. My Sunday weigh in was a little better and I was very close to hitting that pound. But I made home made biscuits for brunch Sunday and didn't log the recipe until later in the day and realized they were more calorie dense than they felt. Or something. Either way, I was shocked to have gained between Sunday and Monday again. Thinking about the disappointing week though and I did eat an obscene amount of bars I made for work middle of the week and had a craving for Pepperjax gril on Saturday that we indulged. If I could get away with that and still lose, I guess I'm winning Totally worth it in retrospect. I'm tired of this trend though. Just Look at that plateau! I'm over it. There are no shenanigans planned this week so that will help. I decided on the batch cooked meal (Crack chicken chili and homemade naan) but didn't log the recipe until after buying everything. let's just say it's not going to make the week any easier.

Day 10 (Wednesday) Food day at work. I had planned to make some red velvet cinnamon rolls (red since it's feb) but since we didn't end up being free Tuesday night I didn't have enough time. Instead of whipped up some peanut butter butterscotch marshmallow bars. I added peanuts so they tasted more like a salted nut roll bar. And they were very good. We had a baked potato bar as our main course so I logged all my food ahead of time, including 2 of the bars I brought. Things did not go as planned. Instead I had an obscene amount of bars. I lost count but figured it was probably around 8. 😲 I did have a session with my trainer in the evening. I forgot to do any stretching, or rather I was just too excited to get home that I just skipped it. I wasn't that hungry for dinner so I just had a salad while DDG had a salad with leftover pulled pork over a corn cake. In the end, I didn't go over on calories thanks to exercise calories but it was still obscene. All other goals met. No wild cards. Day 11 (Thursday) Oof, I needed to recover from food day. There was retirement cake at work. I skipped it entirely and stayed 240 calories under target. I had hoped to get out for a walk but by the time I finished work and then class it's pretty late and DDG had to log into work at 7 for an issue. Instead, we stayed in and I spent a good chunk of the evening in the bath. DDG brought me a drink that I enjoyed whilst soaking. Dinner was the pulled pork. All goals met. No wild cards. I meant to do some shoulder exercises but forgot by the time I got out of the tub.

Brain weasels?

Sometimes it escalates quickly. Burnout is probably a significant factor. You'll get back on track.

I imagine that you will lose several of those back tracked pounds this week as you get back on track. But it's always hard to see that number go backwards. Just remember there is no time table. You'll get there when you get there.

Day 8 (Monday) We had nothing going on in the evening except I remember that we were busy anyway and got home late but I can't remember why. We did do some decluttering. I suspect DDG is getting frustrated because I have a hard time decluttering. We have to declutter and pack but instead of preparing for moving we are preparing for staging. Our realtor has a stager but I love my stuff and would much prefer to use as much of my stuff as possible although I'm perfectly willing to take the advice of the stager and move out any of my stuff in favor or theirs. But we don't meet with them until just a couple weeks before going on the market. DDG and I went through the books and other stuff on the entertainment center. We did come to an agreement on what to pack for now. The entertainment center is multiple pieces. We've pushed the can down the road on deciding on how many pieces to keep out and how many to store. I am thinking about staging and keeping it decluttered but staging the space in a favorable way. He is looking at it as packing up as much of our stuff as possible and let the stager fill in as needed. le sigh. Dinner was our leftover BBQ from the weekend. There wasn't much left so I had mine with a small air fried potato and let DDG have all the rest of the mac and cheese. Big salads on the side. All goals met. 196 calories left over. I did get a cardio snack (30 sec high knees) during the day. Day 9 (Tuesday) I worked and then went to class. DDG and I had dinner plans with his family immediately after. We shared an order of chicken alfredo and then ordered baked ravioli and garlic bread. I maybe had a little more bread than necessary but we didn't feel like we overate. I logged everything the best I could and still had 74 calories leftover. Then I realized I hadn't updated my calorie budge to make it a high day. So I didn't even need to use a high day for it. All other goals met except I forgot the kegels. I did some primal squats during class as I went around the room checking in on the group activities.

Any improvement would be good. That score puts me around 25th percentile for my age group. I think I'll try to retest every challenge or so and just watch for any improvement. I think it spilled over from another challenge. It has gone meta.

Way to recognize your needs and prioritize self care. I hope you feel positivity and warmth as you work through the week.

Finally, a truce! Smart changes to your meal plan, methinks.

There's plenty of variations of lunges too. Lunges usually hurt my knees but curtsy lunges seem to avoid that. Maybe at some point you'll find a variation that works for you too.

I'd vote for sticking to the salads but I also vote for taking care of yourself. It can be uncomfortable after that and who wants to go grocery shopping!!?