Unplugged and sat on my porch around 8:30. While sitting there, a deer came strolling up my street, stopped in front of my house, looked at me, and casually strolled on!  Wouldn’t have seen that without this challenge!

Had 62 ounces today. Ate awhile ago, drank and got hungry again, so I just had a little cheese. Heading to bed now.

Got my 80 ounces in.

Unplugged for over an hour already today and will do my weekly meal planning tonight. I hunt for new recipes and log them in MFP, and then create a daily log so I can see my macros (~1200 net calories, 80+ grams of protein and 130 max grams of carbs).  Only 36 oz of water so far.

Clear!

As for the other challenges, I have 60/80 ounces of liquids in so far today. I’m still eating my snack at bedtime and am actually getting a bit of more sleep. After yesterday’s extremely STRESSFUL day with my dog, I’ve been unplugged most of the day just relaxing and reading.

For the next challenge, I have made 3 double batches of Unjury…[Read more]

Unplugged today, had 45 to 50 ounces, ate an hour ago.  Didn’t do so well on planning, but did buy ingredients today.  So, will make chili tomorrow for dinner.  And if I feel better, will make potato salad; if not, on Sunday

60 oz. H2O today, unplugged for almost 2 hours, made all my food, and no eating before bed.  I won’t do so well over the weekend – I only see my husband on the weekends and we go out for meals at least a couple of times.

Water – I don’t wanna talk about it (like 25 oz. oy…)

Unplugging – did that!

No eating before bedtime will happen.

No infection just extremely bad allergies. She’s in surgery now to drain the hematoma. The vet will give her an allergy shot that should relieve things for up to 2 months. She’s be able to come home in a couple of hours with antibiotics and pain meds. Plus a cone. THAT will be a new experience for all of us!

I hope she’s ok!

Yep, one of many for sure!  BMI/weight are definitely not THE indicator of how fit I am.  I’m in the overweight category, but my drs agree that I don’t need to lose more. I tend to weigh daily and I know my average is 185-188.  A few weeks ago I traveled for work and didn’t weigh during that time, and then found myself 6 lbs up, which is unu…[Read more]

Fair enough! The recommendations for water are just that. Recommendations! But I think my personal goal in this challenge was not so much about the goal itself but to always be mindful of water intake. I certainly was not very mindful about it so I think doing this challenge just helps me remember water intake is a part of a healthy lifestyle and…[Read more]

What you said “as important as my steps…” YES!

My feelings exactly. It’s one measurement of many, one piece of a bigger picture.

Unplugged a few hours today. Only drank about 40 ounces. Had banana dippers a little while ago. I had a salad today, but not much more “planned” foods. Tomorrow I’m going shopping for ingredients to make vegetarian chili, and low fat potato salad.

I got rid of the scale for about 18 months post op and simply followed instructions, which resulted in a 150 lb loss. I learned to track other things – measurements, steps, workouts, meals, protein & carbs, clothing size.

Now I have a scale and I typically step on it when I brush my teeth. It has no impact on my feelings about myself – it’s as…[Read more]

72 down and no eating after 7:30. I only unplugged 45 consecutive minutes today. Prepared all my own food.

Hmmmm…too much too soon. And maybe I don’t really believe the recommendation. I mean, you can find professionals that disagree on everything and I don’t typically subscribe to a one size fits all approach. That said, I do follow most of my surgeon’s recommendations.