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12 May 2023

I am checking in a day ahead as I won't have time tomorrow morning to do this. I need to leave my house by 6:30am to meet my daughter. We are going for breakfast and then driving 2.5 hours to a cooking work bee for a music festival we volunteer for.

Finally a drop! I am down 1.8 pounds from last week. This is 0.4 more than the gain from last week so I am finally out of the 'red' over the past two weeks.

There are a number of reasons why I was successful this week. First of all, I was much more careful to return to my normal eating habits. Second, when I was in town during a meal time I chose a Subway salad instead of my go-to from the local deli and bakery.

This week has been full. I am dealing with an on-going issue around my rental unit and a building inspector. He is doing his job however it is turning out that is translating into me having to make some major decisions. The probate is now officially signed!, I was at my book club yesterday and tonight I am volunteering at another Trade Show for Restorative Justice. Lots to get done.
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
85.0 kg 36.8 kg 7.9 kg Reasonably Well
   (1 comment) Losing 1.0 kg a Week

06 May 2023

I have gained 1.4 pounds in the last two weeks since I last checked in. I am not pleased to have gained. As always it could have been so much better and it could have been so much worse.

What I am most concerned about is the slow inexorable upwards trend of my weight. In October I was 10 pounds less than I am today. This is not the direction I had in mind.

I know that the two most important aspects to weight loss is to eat less than I use (calorie deficit) and to maintain a mind set that makes that possible and sustainable.

Recently my mindset has been slipping where I am letting this little thing slide and that little thing slide. It has become a habit. I plan to spend time this week considering how to take hold of my mind set simply because I know that is where everything starts!

This past two weeks have been full. I visited with my long time friend who lives 10 hours away. She is facing Alzheimer's. Followed by a 4 day meditation and yoga retreat. Before coming home I visited with another friend who was 2 hours from the retreat. The drive home was 10 hours this past Monday. It was hot(!!) and I had no air conditioning) After getting home there were a myraid of items that I needed to attend to that came up in my absence, a number of volunteer meetings to attend, some volunteering and last night 'welcoming back' my daughter and sister from their 4 day fast (no food or water) Vision Quest.
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
85.8 kg 36.0 kg 8.7 kg Reasonably Well
   Add Comment Gaining 0.4 kg a Week

22 April 2023

The dust has settled and I am down 0.2 pounds. Doesn't sound like much however this was a difficult week weight wise. At one point I was up 1.8 pounds and hung in that vicinity for a number of days. I had two particulary calorie high days and ended up averaging over the week 150 calories extra per day over my calorie window. These last two days were the only ones where I dipped below last week's weigh in. Perhaps having 5 days in the window and two extremely high days allowed for the loss - I really don't know!

This week was busy with five 'town' days due to having to accomodate particular business people. And today will be six! Keeping in mind that my aim is one town day per week! Town days are problematic as I have given myself permission in the past to loosen up on calories on this day and so I am in the habit of seeing a town day as a 'looser' day than home days. Five-six days of 'loosening' up is not conducive to weight loss!

I am going on a retreat next week I will be leaving Wednesday morning and returning Monday night. That means I will miss my weigh in next Saturday. The retreat part should be good for meal choices, it will be the two travel days and spending time with friends on either end of the retreat that may drive the calories upwards.
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
85.1 kg 36.7 kg 8.0 kg Reasonably Well
   (1 comment) Losing 0.1 kg a Week

15 April 2023

I am up by 0.8 pounds. I am a little bit surprised. I believe that I have been eating within my calorie window and yet each day I have gained a little bit more. I had one day of high calories and two days of a bit over and the other 4 days have been in the window. Over all I am about 15 calories per day over. I would have expected to be the same weight or a very small loss. I did not expect it to be a gain.

All I can think is that somehow I am not calculating my calories correctly. I am still mostly weighing everything with a few exceptions. I am thinking I will need to have no exceptions until I get a handle on this.

This week the most exciting stuff has been moving my father in law's estate along. I did his probate myself and the Courts have accepted my work so no lawyer fee on this. I have taken his paperwork to the accountant so that is in the works as well.I continue to pick away at cleaaring his home. This is going quite slowly but it is picking up momentum.
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
85.2 kg 36.6 kg 8.1 kg Reasonably Well
   (2 comments) Gaining 0.4 kg a Week

08 April 2023

Yuck - I hate checking in with a large gain! 2.4 gain. Last week I lost 2.6 pounds. Disappointing but not shocking. I have been eating more calories per day plus some of the record keeping is suspect as I was doing a great deal of guessing which usually means that the guesses are lower than reality!

This week, I have plans that will reverse this trend. There is some meal planning and less being gone at meal time. Guess I will see next Saturday.

Yesterday, my granddaughter turned 18. In Canada that means she is officially an adult. She is off to university next September. Growing up. We met as a family for Brunch. It is nice to get to have these get togethers.

Afterwards, I faced up to starting in on my father-in-law's house. This has to get properly started the sooner the better. If the dump is open today, then I will go back on Monday to get another load. I have no more room in my car if I can't off load it today!
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
84.8 kg 37.0 kg 7.7 kg Reasonably Well
   (1 comment) Gaining 1.1 kg a Week


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