THURSDAY, April 25, 2019

Weight: 140.8
Macros: Cals - 1,270, Carbs - 87, Fat - 28, Protein - 128, Fiber - 16
Sleep: 6 hours
Veggie/Fruit Servings: 4
Water glasses: 4
Exercise: Yoga class, 7,000 steps
Meditation: Yes

BAM! And there's the end of that plateau. That's 9.8 pounds gone in three and a half weeks. Only 5.2 pounds to go. :)

Yesterday it rained all day long, so my steps were down, and because I wasn't walking much, it was hard to force down all my water. However, my morning and afternoon nonfat lattes, hot tea, and protein drinks totaled 8 glasses of liquids, so I had a total of 12 glasses of liquids. Rationalization is my middle name. :)

I did yoga@home yesterday--nice. And I LOVED my microderm / facial yesterday afternoon, the first since last October.

I've decided NOT to go to the Arkansas Travato event. Last night I was looking at the agenda, and there will be a big restaurant party Friday night in Jasper, Arkansas (population 466), with three restaurants described as: (1) an upbeat burger joint, (2) comfort food and quick bites, and (3) classic comfort fare. Saturday night promises a huge potluck supper with barbequed animals of all kinds and many more desserts than vegetables. Focused as I am on avoiding empty calories for the next five weeks to finish losing my NOLA regain, I will forgo this event and attend another meet-up later. Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valor.

Today is yoga class, many more errands, and a pedicure. Weather today will be cloudy, but no rain.

Today's theme: And once again, the rest of my life begins today. (I just made that up.)

1. Within Range: +1 over
2. General Wellbeing: 8 on SS
3. 10,000+ Steps: 12,132
4. Fitness: raking, walking
5. Self-Care: Noom
6. Play/Leisure: cleaning out planters
7. Intentions: Seek balance & relax, rejuvenate, & recalibrate !!

Getting more and more excited about RV season. It is so nice to have the big things (coffee maker, dishes, pots & pans, bedding, towels, outdoor rug, hoses, cables, dog yard, etc.) totally under control, and to be working on supplementary enhancements that put the "glam" in glamping ! Peps is absolutely correct, the liquid that goes in the toilet keeps things smelling fresh and clean. We also do our dishes in a tub in the sink, and throw tha****er down the toilet too, to further sweeten and liquify the black tank (where toilet waste and anything flushed down toilet goes). The gray tank is anything that goes down the bathroom and kitchen sink. Although we have a good sized shower, we have yet to take a shower in the trailer. It just seems like too much a waste of water, especially in sites where we are limited to what we carry in our tank. I have a cute little college dorm sectioned bathroom carrier I keep my shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razor etc. in, and prefer to just schlep to the closest shower in the RV park, and that saves us from having to dump the gray tank during a trip. Cecily, you could totally manage !!

I'll get a photo of my gravel turning area today ! I'm moving on to getting some of my larger planters ready, and staging some topsoil for bare spots in the lawn. There are two ways on and off our back deck and we rotate between the two, blocking the other, as the dogs totally tear up the lawn during the spring mud, using the deck as a launching pad !

Enjoy the sun !!

I used the shower in my trailer for the first time this last trip. Since I was traveling solo, I had a lot of water left and thought, "What the hell?" It was actually quite a nice shower! My water heater is factory set by Forest River, as I'm sure yours is, and gets the water scalding hot. 6 gallons goes a long way mixed with the cool water!

Good to know !!

Ann, your dedication is why you are so successful at dropping your weight. I seem to be able to find a lot of distractions.

DH is at daycare and I'm on the beach. I think BIL was a little miffed that I left right after he returned from the gym (left before 8 and returned at 10). He also didn't understand why I was peeved because I couldn't find several critical items in my beach bag. He apparently took it yesterday, dumped my stuff in the car and left it there! He knew DH was going to daycare today. So...you know now why BIL can drive us crazy sometimes.

Anyway, I'll hang on the beach until about 2 then get something to eat (shrimp I think), and pick up DH just before 4.

Have a terrific Thursday!

Liz, thanks for the kudos. But the current factors ramping up my regain loss "dedication" are that (1) I live alone and don't have anybody disrupting my eating plans, my beach bag, or the quality of my sleep and (2) I live six to eight miles from town from whence no one will agree to deliver to my house pizza, chocolate cake, or carrot cake.

As long as I don't buy it at the grocery store and bring it home I'm safe. Anybody would look dedicated under these cir****tances. :)

I am embarrassed to say that even though I have gone back to search through old posts, I don't know why Shirl had surgery. Whatever it was for, Shirl, I'm glad you are recovery well.

Lack of exercise is a mood dampener for me. During the past two weeks I have not been able to exercise for one reason or another. I got my butt back to the gym on Tuesday. I worked out strenuously both Tuesday and yesterday focusing on chest, back and arms. My mood is greatly improved as a result.

By yesterday afternoon my food cravings were more as I like them to be. All I could envision eating for dinner was grilled steak and salad. After my workout I went to the market and got the last tri tip roast in the case, took it home and marinated it for 90 minutes and put it on the grill. Tossed a caesar salad with a cilantro garlic dressing and that was dinner. Very satisfying.

I am feeling a bit more centered and aligned today. Perhaps my Obliger reactive episode has finally passed. LOL! I did not enjoy my trip down Self Critical Lane, but I did come out the other side with a good remembrance or a more solid relearning about myself. I am a person who suffers from disordered eating. Radical changes to correct my radical disordered eating only serve to swing the disordered pendulum to the other extreme. I checked out Noom because it keeps coming up on my Facebook feed and Ocean Diane mentioned (maybe recommended) it. It's a doable program - good on ha*****ange and mindset, but I'm not wild about the way they break down foods. I like knowing macros, not just calories.

I could ya-dada, ya-dada, ya-dada, da...on and on today, but no point in it really.... Just more internal house cleaning. Nobody else needs to see the mess!

190.8

Ann-glad the plateau has passed.

Diane O.-I'm just excited for nice weather! That is one benefit I feel to having 4 seasons (though admittedly WAY less winter than you! Our "winter" looks like 2 days of closings due to ice on roads, followed by "yucky" 53 and overcast for a couple months lol)---I'm sooooo much more appreciative of and ready for beautiful weather. Come mid-August I will be dreaming about football and pumpkins and mums and the holidays. But for now I cannot wait for tea and lemonade and patriotic Americana signage and picnics and baseball bat noises and smell of freshly cut grass and gasoline from lawnmowers. Only thing I could do without: hay fever.

Peps-glad you are feeling realigned. Sorry it was a difficult emotional journey, but hoping you've come out the other side even better for it. Hoping there's a sense behind all that turmoil.

I've been extremely anxious recently. Days keep ticking by and nothing I get done is ever enough. I'm not sure if it's all in my head/a pregnancy "nesting" symptom, or real. I did feel kind of sickly on Tuesday which made me worried that I could possibly have this baby even sooner than I expect--and 5 weeks is too soon as it is!! We have so much to do. And then on top of that I'm being extremely fussy about organization. But by far the most anxiety-ridden thing is the nursery. I need it done. And like now. We have beautiful furniture...and I HATE it in the room we just painted pink. Is this in my head? Am I being too hard to please? Should I sell that and look for something else? Move it to guest room and look for something else? As if I need to be buying/moving/doing any more of anything. But I want to love it just like I love Becca's nursery.

Becca has been such a gem recently. I'd say we have a full-fledged walker! Almost every time she falls, she pops back up on her feet. She's so happy with herself. I took her to dinner with me last night and she insisted on eating a fried zucchini appetizer and my green goddess pizza.

But about food...I'm not about it recently. Not sure if it's the pregnancy, my congestion, or both, but nothing really sounds good and my restriction has been really tight. I guess it could also be the anxiety over my to-do list.

I am trying to enjoy this stage, though. We took maternity and family photos a couple weeks back and I'm getting in some sneak peeks. They are so pretty. What an amazing thing to be able to look at a photo of myself and actually like it. Much less, a photo of me with a belly!! I really have been struck by what an amazing reversal this has been. I no longer feel like obesity dictates my life. Of course it will always inform my life view, especially as it pertains to dieting, etc. But I guess at 9 years out I'm 100% grateful for it, and the experiences it's allowed me. And beyond that, I'm maybe even feeling a little grateful for the experiences of obesity. I'm starting to see them less as scaring on me, and more as making me who I am today.

What a gorgeous shot!

Such a beautiful picture - you are glowing and so much love!