Scoutsays Operation: Lose the Weight - Challenge 4, Part Deux

[ScoutSays]

MAIN QUEST - Operation Lose the Weight!

To hit my goal range of 125-135 and do it in a healthy way!

Goals (diet and fitness related) that will help me achieve Main Quest:

    1. Hit Goal 3: -30 lbs: 189 or Size 14 or Waist size 34" - Reward: No reward - I already hit this once... I am not going to reward myself for backtracking! I am however going to start weighing daily again. 

Track this by logging weight and exercise. 

Grading

A: 189 or size 14 or waist size 34

B: 192 or size 14 or 15 or waist size 35

C: 195 or size 15 or waist size 36

D: 197 or size 16 or waist size 37

F: >199 or size 16+ or waist size 37+

Ability to earn 4 CON points.

           2. Operation: Don't Die! - I have started letting wheat sneak back into my diet, and I am allergic to gluten, so I need to not eat it AT ALL! Also, I am pre-diabetic and am ordered by my doctor to check my blood sugar 2x per day, and I have been slacking off big time.

Grading:

No Gluten:

A: 37-42 days

B: 31-36 days

C: 25-30 days

D: 21-24 days

F: <21 days

Ability to earn 1.5 CON points.

 

Check Blood Sugar 2x Daily:

A: 37-42 days

B: 31-36 days

C: 25-30 days

D: 21-24 days

F: <21 days

Ability to earn 1.5 CON points.

           3. Operation: Do SOMETHING! - I need to get off my butt and actually DO something! I will be walking 3x a week. 

Grading

A: 17-18 days

B: 15-16 days 

C: 13-14 days 

D: 10-12 days

F: <10 days

Ability to earn 2 DEX, 2 STA points.

3) PICK YOUR SIDE QUESTS

Life Side Quest: Operation: Spring Clean - Clean and organize one room each week!

Grading:

One room each week 

A: 6 rooms 

B: 5 rooms 

C: 4 rooms 

D: 2-3 rooms

F: <2 rooms 

Ability to earn 2 CHA point.

 

Diet Side Quest: Support Others: No binging... (slow down, eat when I am hungry, quit when I am no longer hungry and really think about how what I eat makes me feel...)

 

Grading:

No binging:

A: 37-42 days

B: 31-36 days

C: 25-30 days

D: 21-24 days

F: <21 days

Ability to earn 2 CON point.

 

4) DECLARE YOUR MOTIVATION!

I want to become the best ME I can be! I want to be healthy so I live a long life with my family!!

I will track like this:

Weight in Daily - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

No Gluten - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

Check Blood Sugar - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

No binging - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/42

Walk 3x a week - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/18

Spring Clean 1 room per week - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/6

 

Rewards(these might change...):

Start: 219

Goal 1: -10 lbs: 209 - Win the Dietbet - Get $$! - 

Goal 2: -20 lbs: 199 or Size 16 or Waist size 35" - New Sports Bras/Cami's (This ended up being waist size 37")

Goal 3: -30 lbs: 189 or Size 14 or Waist size 34" - Hair cut and color

Goal 4: -40 lbs: 179 or Size 13 or Waist size 32" - New boots!

Goal 5: -50 lbs: 169 or Size 12 or Waist size 30" - ...

Goal 6: -70 lbs: 159 or Size 10 or Waist size 29" - ...

Goal 7: -60 lbs: 149 or Size  8 or Waist size 28" - Not sure yet...

Goal 8: -80 lbs: 139 or Size  6 or Waist size 27" - New tattoo - good size one!

Goal 9: -90 lbs: 129 or Size  4 or Waist size 26" - New wardrobe - shopping spree!!

 

STATS:

Female/40

Start Weight: 219 (BMI 40.1)

Current Weight: 199 - I had gotten down to 189 and then shit happened... 

Goal Weight: 125-135

Height: 5'2"

Jeans size: 14 (Jordache jeans with 1% Spandex)

Diet: Eat mindfully... 

 

March 11th            April 22nd       September 18th          October 2nd         October 23rd      February 20th     Total Lost so Far

Bust:       38"               38"                           38"                           38"                        36"                                               2"

Breasts:  45"               45"                           45"                           44"                        42 1/4"                                         2 3/4"

Belly:       42"            40.5"                        39.5"                           38"                       37"                                                5"

Hips:        45"               43"                      43.75"                           43"                       43"                                               2" 

Thigh:      27"               27"                           27"                        26.5"                      27"                                                0"

Calf:         17"            16.5"                        17.5"                      17.25"                      16.5"                                             1/2"

Bicep                                                                                                                        13"

Wrist                                                                                                                          6"

Neck                                                                                                                          14"

Butt (lol)                                                                                                                     47"

BMI        40.1                                                                                                             36.4               34.6                      -5.5

 

Here are some questions to put your goals to the test:

Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)?  Is it reasonable? Yes, I believe it is.

Do your 3 main goals all build towards it in little ways, or are you taking on too much? I am taking things slower this time, so I think I won't get overwhelmed.

Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? They are realistic, and I am taking baby steps.

Are your goals able to be measured and tracked?  What will you use to track them? Yes, see tracking above!

How are you grading your goals?  Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)?  Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? Again, see tracking above. I think I am giving myself enough leeway in case something were to happen so I would have to cut back. I have a pretty good rewards system in place. 

What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? I'm already injured, so these goals reflect that. 

Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Passover, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge?  What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? I won't need to modify anything. 

Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? No. 

Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set?  If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? I will make time for walking, and will invite my son along. I will be walking 3 evenings a week. If schedules get messy, I have the weekends to fall back on. 

 

Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? The main quest is definitely the main goal here, but I need to build habits that will keep me going towards that goal, and when I hit that goal, those habits will be in place so I can stay there. 

 

Let's do this!

Prequest: +1 WIS

Mini Quest 1: +1 CHA

[Devlin]

subbed, so many words haha, looks like a well thought out achieveable challenge, and to be fair you've dropped a lot already .

[ScoutSays]

subbed, so many words haha, looks like a well thought out achieveable challenge, and to be fair you've dropped a lot already .

 

Thanks! Yeah... I tend to ramble I'm proud of what I have accomplished, but I have so far to go!! 

[Devlin]

Thanks! Yeah... I tend to ramble I'm proud of what I have accomplished, but I have so far to go!!

Hey it all added to the point so its good , and yeah ilm in a similar boat, about half the way i need to be. Gotta use it as motivation .

[Tateman]

Good to see you back  I use to have to test my blood sugar with the finger prick stuff.  I hated it.  I at least got thing in control now that I don't have to do it.  Now I just need to get off the medicine and I'll be happy  I wish I started to really change things when I was still in the pre-diabetes stage. 

[xanjra]

Gratz on the work so far.

 

I love that you have all the healthy rewards.  I do that too.  Just got new running shoes and outfit (even underwear!) as a reward for the first challenge, and motivation for this one!

 

Good luck.

 

M x

[Teros]

Great to see you back.  Kick gluten IN THE FACE!

[GingaNinja]

Oh man, your challenge looks awesome as always Scout. Really impressed by your measurement shrinkage as well! Well done!

[RogueWelkin]

Lookin good Scout, can't wait to see how the challenge turns out for you this time. Diabetes can totally suck (Type 2 right here), I haven't yet gotten up the guts to actually prick my finger with the thing yet though, I'm gutless when it comes to causing myself pain. 80P. Good Luck!

[Jill Beat]

Great goals, very realistic and attainable.  You just need to get back into the good habits again! 

 

I've been spring cleaning and it feels so good to get it done! I moved into my place less than a year ago, so I'm hoping that if I actually do a decent spring cleaning annually I can stay on top of things.  Purging and wiping!  i actually love decuttering and purging.  I feel like if I have to move again I should be pretty good to go. lol  I try to stay in a state of "would moving again suck?"  I've moved 3 times in the past 2 years, and I'm finally in a place where I can stay for a while, so I'm hoping to avoid accumulating the "crap" the goes along with settling in.   

 

Best of luck! 

[ScoutSays]

Thanks guys!! As for Spring cleaning and moving... I moved 31 times by the time I was 18... I got pretty used to it. Our next move shouldn't be until we buy our RV and start traveling... So by then I HAVE to downsize considerably!!

Had a busy weekend with the Rockabilly Prom on Friday night, then a motorcycle ride on Saturday since it was in the high 70's here (today it is 30 and snowing... I hate Missouri!!), and a photo session premiere (ordering session for 2 seniors we photographed last weekend) last night. I'm beat!!

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[ScoutSays]

Week 1, Day 1. I am exhausted. I thought I got plenty of sleep this weekend, but apparently not. 

Blood sugar: upon waking - 97, after breakfast - 108

 

Probably won't walk today, since it is 30 degrees out... did I mention it was in the high 70's on Saturday!?? I'm pissed at the weather!

[Jill Beat]

We got snow yesterday, and this morning I had to scrape the frost off the windows of my car!  It was 15F when I left for work.    Last week I was wearing skirts to work!

[Viriana]

That is so crazy that it has gotten so cold again! Be thinking of alternative places to walk if the weather stays uncooperative.

[ScoutSays]

We got snow yesterday, and this morning I had to scrape the frost off the windows of my car!  It was 15F when I left for work.    Last week I was wearing skirts to work!

 

I am so over winter!!!! 

 

That is so crazy that it has gotten so cold again! Be thinking of alternative places to walk if the weather stays uncooperative.

 

I do need to have a back up plan in place! I do know that it is supposed to warm back up by the weekend and we are taking X to Worlds of Fun(it's an amusement park in Kansas City) so that will definitely be one of my walking days! X has decided he will walk with me 3x a week, and we are going to be using the app The Walk, which I guess is similar to Zombies Run! 

[Tateman]

Hopefully, the weather stabilizes into some warm weather for you.  I haven't lived in Missouri for a long time.  (Moved to California when I was 10)  Some things I do miss still.  I don't think I would be able to do the winters there anymore.

[ScoutSays]

Hopefully, the weather stabilizes into some warm weather for you.  I haven't lived in Missouri for a long time.  (Moved to California when I was 10)  Some things I do miss still.  I don't think I would be able to do the winters there anymore.

 

I hate it here lol We plan to move to San Diego when X graduates in 5 years! I can definitely deal with sunny and 70!

[RogueWelkin]

Yeah winter's been a weird one, I'm hoping to we're done with it around here.

 

On another note, so many posts in here and not a single gif yet? What's up with that!?!? 80P

[ScoutSays]

Yeah winter's been a weird one, I'm hoping to we're done with it around here.

 

On another note, so many posts in here and not a single gif yet? What's up with that!?!? 80P

 

Well, it's definitely a Monday! LOL I am just dragging today!

[Darth Shoes]

Get it done! Get it in! Get it ONNNNNN!!!!

[ScoutSays]

Had a decent day, even for a Monday. No gluten, no binging, checked my blood sugar... Did eat some candy at work and at home... Baby steps. I should go to sleep lol

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[goodbye_farewell]

Nice progress so far. This challenge seems well primed to take you even closer to your goals.

[ScoutSays]

Well guys... I am already having to change something... I hadn't weighed myself in a while, and I finally did, and I am up 10 lbs. I am going to attribute this to eating too much sugar and part of it to the prednisone pack I had to take. I will change my goals to reflect this. I am ok with this... I mean I am pissed at myself, but I know I can get the weight loss going back in the right direction!! 

 

Funny thing is, I am still fitting into my jeans and pants just fine... some of them are even looser... who knows... (And I don't think it is muscle because I have been doing nothing to build muscle lately! LOL)

 

Morning blood sugar: 96

After breakfast: 154

 

Weight in Daily - 1/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 1/42

No Gluten - 1/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 1/42

Check Blood Sugar - 2/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 2/42

No binging - 1/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 0/7 - 1/42

Walk 3x a week - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/3 - 0/18

Spring Clean 1 room per week - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/1 - 0/6

[Jill Beat]

Looks good so far! What's the motivation behind weighing daily? I know for me I get too focused on that and it negatively affects me. 

 

Have a magical Tuesday!

[ScoutSays]

Looks good so far! What's the motivation behind weighing daily? I know for me I get too focused on that and it negatively affects me. 

 

Have a magical Tuesday!

 

It's actually good for me to weigh in daily. I don't worry if my weight is up a little here and there, but I find if I don't weigh in daily I tend to let my weight creep up and then all of a sudden I am 10 lbs heavier lol I also just like to see what changes happen based on what I have eaten that week and such.