I am finally back in the 190's! Only dropped .04 pounds this morning but hey, it's something! Now my next goal is to get into the 180's! I ate really well yesterday! Had under 1200 calories and only 21 carbs!
02/9/25 Journal Day 5
Calories: 1136
Carbs: 21
Weight: 199.6
SD: Normal, Just been tired.
Pain: Low
Speech: None
Mood: Good
Sleep: Slept well.
I had another good day yesterday! Down another pound! Got my carbs back under 50 which was good! Tried a new recipe. I hope to share some of my favorite recipes on the blog for easy access!
02/8/25 Journal Day 4
Calories: 1727
Carbs: 43
Weight: 201
SD: Normal, Just been tired.
Pain: Medium (Hands still bothering me)
Speech: None
Mood: OK
Sleep: Slept fairly well.
Another good day yesterday! I am down to 201 pounds. That is another 1.2 pounds down! That's a total of 7.2 pounds down in just 3 days! Woohoo! Now to keep up my momentum! My carbs were up a bit higher than I would have liked and my calories were about the same as yesterday. I am still making some good progress on dropping, so for that I am thankful!
02/7/25 Journal Day 3
Calories: 1741
Carbs: 57 (Net 37)
Weight: 201
SD: OK
Pain: High In The Hands. My hands really bothered me yesterday
Speech: None
Mood: OK
Sleep: Slept ok, I had an employee situation last night so I went to bed aggrevated. But I slept about 7 hours before waking up and figuing out scheduling for this coming week.
I'm doing well so far, down another 2.4 pounds this morning! My calories were still up there but better than they were the day before. I did manage to stay under 50 grams of carbs yesterday! Hopefully I will be back in the 190's very soon! As of right now, I am exactly 30 pounds over my lowest weight.
02/6/25 Journal Day 2
Calories: 1770
Carbs: 47
Weight: 202.2
SD: Good
Pain: Low (Could be temperatures warming up is helping)
Speech: None
Mood: OK
Sleep: Slept good other than having to get up and pee several times early this morning. I'm probably losing the water I was retaining from eating out so much.
My first day yesterday went fairly well. I had 1829 calories. More than I would normally but for my first day, not bad. I did have 73 carbs as I decided to eat up some lunch leftovers I had. I also drank plenty of water! I am down 3.6 pounds from yesterday which is fantastic! Now if I work a little harder today, hopefully I can keep up the momentum so I can get to the 190's quickly!
I'm going to start keeping a journal of all areas I think going back to KETO will improve.
02/5/25 Journal Day 1
Calories: 1829
Carbs: 73
Weight: 204.6
SD: None
Pain: High (Hands, Thighs, Shins, Feet, Hips Mostly Lying Down)
Speech: None
Mood: OK
Sleep: Tossed & Turned A Lot (Some Anxiety)
Good Morning! I weighed in at 208.2 this morning. I am not too concerned about that number. I was in the 190's just a little over a week ago. So about 10 of those pounds I gained in the last week or so. If I stick to my plan I should drop at least the first few pounds pretty quickly. My main focus is to make sure I am eating right and that includes not over eating and cutting my carbs to at least under 50 for the first few days than under 20 once I get a few days under my belt and it begins to get easier. The first couple of weeks are the hardest. I have to fight the cravings and be sure not to go over my daily limit of carbs.
I'm not going to focus on exercise for the first couple of weeks. I would rather put all my focus on eating right for the time being and than start an exercise plan once I feel I've got a good groove going with my eating habits.
I have a doctor appointment on May 23rd so I really would like to get into the 160's by then. That gives me about 3.5 months to do that. I will know for sure if I can pull that off once I know where my weight is after the initial quick drop. If I drop 10 pounds in the next week, than I think I could manage the remaining weight to get into the 160's! Right now I am about 39 pounds away from that goal. But if I drop a bit in the next week or two, I would only have about 30 pounds to do in a 3 month period which is certainly doable. We shal see! All I can do is try my best!
I am back and ready to try yet again to get back on tack. I'm not going to lie, I've been struggling. But I'm starting to recognize a pattern and am beginning to think that the fact I am now in post menopause, could be part of my problem. With all the hormone changes and everything else going on in my life, I just have been having a really hard time finding motivation.
This morning I weighed in at 206. I was out on a fun weekend and have allowed myself to just enjoy my carbs for a few days as I prepare to get serious tomorrow and try to get back into ketosis. I've tried a few times now and have failed. I thought maybe coming back to my blog would help motivate me to begin anew.
I really want to get this extra weight off before my next doctor appointment which I beleive is in May. I am over 30 pounds over my lowest weight at this point. I hope to drop 10 of those pounds rather quickly if I can help it!
My first goal is to get back into the 180's. Its been way too long since I was in that range and I know I have to get back on track before I end up gaining all my weight back. I can't allow that to happen!
My biggest motivating factors for this newest journey:
1) I have been having a lot of joint pain lately. My knees, my hands, my elbows, the top of my thighs when I get up out of a chair, my hips and even my shins. My plantar fasciitis has also returned. I know we have had bitter cold weather lately. We've been spoiled the last couple of years, but I do feel the carbs contribute some as well. I feel if I get bad carbs out of my diet I will feel so much better. I do remember feeling so much better and not nearly as much joint pain when I was on Keto.
2) Get my confidents back! I remember being so much happier and more confident when I had lost all the weight and kept my carbs low! I really do think it effects my mood.
3) Get my sex drive back. My sex drive has been in the tank since I've gained this weight back. I'm hoping when I feel better that will return as well. Keto can help in this department as well.
4) Get motivated to exercise again. With the joint pain, the motivation for excercise has deminished. I am hopeful I can get motivated again as I begin to feel better.
5) Fit back into my clothes. I'm starting to have to go back to xl shirts and larger size pants. I definately don't want to stay here for long.
Tomorrow I will weigh in again after having my last "free" day today. I will work on trying to post daily my progess in hopes of creating some motivation for myself. I shall return tomorrow with my beginning weight during this new journey of recovering my healtheir self!
I did a full fast yesterday. I'm hoping this fast will last about 22 hours or more. I started it at 1pm yesterday. I will probably eat around 10am or so. I was right on target to where I want to be with eating yesterday and I am down to 188.4 this morning!
I'm already feeling the effects of less carbs in my diet. It has been easier for me to fast. Even though I had a couple of higher days, but no more then 50, I can see that the lower numbers around 20 are quite effective in helping with the cravings. Plus, I've been trying to focus on getting on an exercise routine. I did over 10K steps yesterday and 90 minutes of moderate activity thanks to my archery! Hopefully I can continue in the right direction and be in the 170's again in no time!
Doing great this week. Went out with my family on Tuesday and ate out all day but still managed to keep my calories below what I burned and had 50 grams of carbs equalling only 32 net carbs. I do want to stay under 20 but this worked for a fun day out. I weighed in at 193 yesterday morning. So no real change even after eating more carbs and calories.
Yesterday I had a fast day. I had 512 calories and 16 grams of carbs. I weighed in at 190.2 this morning! That is an 8.8 pound loss since Saturday! Woohoo! Almost back in the 180's!
Weighed in at 192.8 this morning! Which is awesome considering I was 199 on Saturday morning! I hope to keep up this momentum and hopefully get back to the 180's before these quick drops end! I will say I have been dealing with a lot of pain issues. Again, my feet still hurt. My back has been the worst it has been in awhile. I do fine once I move but it bothers me at night and in the morning until I get moving. I also have been having a lot of pain in my hands which has been fairly new. I've noticed it off and on over the last month or two. My shoulder also bothered me on the trip as I had a hard time with my backpack and had to carry it on one shoulder. I know some of this was the trip but I've walked a lot before and haven't felt quite this soar after. So hopefully taking myself off the carbs will help. I wanted to take the time to document how I was feeling this morning so I can track the pain and see if it gets better the longer I'm on KETO and to see how my next trip goes when I walk a lot. I am usually tired, I just don't remember feeling as much pain. So we will see how it goes on my next trip at the end of September when I will be gone a week and most likely walking a lot!
08/19/24 - I'm having a great start so far! Weighed in at 195.6 so I am headed in the right direction. Yesterday I had under 1500 calories and 27 carbs (Net: 24) . Today I was at 1678 for calories and 30 carbs (Net 25)! That is over 20 but much better than before I left on vacation. So definately an improvement!
