October/November

 Starting the challenging months of the year ! 

October 1st: 162 Lbs. Remember: I still need to LOSE 12 Lbs.

October 15: 164 Lbs. Results of all the snacks in the afternoon and a bit of release of my guards.... I need to be stricter, even if the increase is not really notable.

October 31: 165 Lbs. The Winter dynamics continue... I need to limit the expansion and stay under 169 during this difficult time of the year. As long as I can exercise (walk and yoga) and continue doing my intermittent fasting, it should be doable. I just have to  stop to overeat, eat sugar and rich food.

November 15: 166 Lbs. I feel so sad.

November 30: 169 Lbs. I am doomed

I am closing this blog, without any kind of interest for anyone.

As seen over all those years, my weight is going up during the Winter and down during the Summer. Nothing new, nothing exceptional, just the way I am and probably millions women too.

I will keep my main blog alive (Life in the District) and will slightly change format for something more attractive and positive. I will see you there ! Thank you for following me all those years of struggling with some extra pounds ! Life is worth something more :)

August/September 2021

We navigate this dystopian world....

August:

I considerably increased my regular exercise: walk every day and increased the number of steps (8000/d), weekly yoga class, with some Pilates.

I also increased a bit my portions, I am slowly going back to being able to swallow better, and do not dream of miso soup every day. I eat conscientiously, very clean and healthy.

I do intermittent fasting: eat early in the evening (6-7 pm), then tea, coffee in the morning and early lunch (11.30-12 h). My 2 meals are around 400-500 cal, lot of veggies, salads, proteins, fruits, fish, low carbs, low dairy, lot of drinks, herbs (tea/coffee, water, seltzer, kombucha...)

If I can still lose 1 Lbs/week in the future, it would be perfect,  stabilizing under 150 (still 15 Lbs to lose), with a BMI<25

August 1st: 163 Lbs 

August 8: 162 Lbs (161 on August 9; I hope I will pass soon in the 150's...) BMI= 26.8

August 15: 161 Lbs

End of August: 161 Lbs

Typical lunch: kimchi, green salad/poached egg, half a grapefruit. All natural and organic. 

 

September:

Weighted myself just after Yom Kippur (Sept 15): 162 Lbs and this morning, Sept 20: 163 Lbs. 

I did a pretty good job during those vacations ! Mostly because I continue the alternative fasting, I guess. 

July 2021

Looks so much like those 2013 long months of agony... 

July 2021. 

July 5: 172 Lbs. July 10: 170 Lbs. July 15: 168 Lbs

I am keeping up with the pace. 169 Lbs is a border for me, and getting lower is the way to healthy happiness ! BMI: 28.

July 18 is a fast day, I am fasting from July 17 evening to July 18 evening. I don't think it will be difficult because I currently eat so little...167 Lbs

July 20: 166 Lbs. I am keeping up with the pace. I do not intend to stop or change anything, because I am not in the mood for eating or celebrating anything, and I am quite still crying often.

July 25: 165 Lbs . I lost 25 Lbs.

July 30: 164 Lbs  (BMI: 27.3) 

June 2021

 I am not going to talk about diet today, May 28, 2021. But just about how real emotional distress can make me melt....

Today, I again lost a battle of my life. The painful battle of emotions and love. I am listening to Freddie Mercury "you take my breath away"

This morning, I was 189 Lbs. Then, I got a punch in the stomach so hard that it will take long before I recover (because I will). But same symptoms as before, dry mouth, thirsty, not hungry, willing to drink only. 

June 1st 2021: 186 Lbs. June 5th: 184 Lbs. June 10:182 Lbs. June 15: 180 Lbs.

June 18: I reached 179 Lbs. I lost 10 Lbs in 3 weeks of  emotional distress. I am not in the obese section of BMI anymore (over 30), reached the 20's and will continue my path to return to life the best I can manage. So far, I am disgusted with food, heavy/fat/sugary and sweets makes me nauseous, I am craving for tea and light salads. How weird our brain works....

At least, from the bottom, I always rise with a positive outcome. This one is NOT the one I was dreaming of. But I will eventually overcome. With good and bad days, and setbacks and despair, tears and struggle. And memories that will never be erased.

June 20: 178 Lbs. June 25: 176 Lbs. I lost 13 pounds. June 30: 174 Lbs.  

Fifteen pounds lighter. If I fit way better in my clothes and my shape slightly changed, I still have a huge amount of fat on my belly. I cannot believe it. Even 20 Lbs more lighter, I might still have this sensitive part with fat and cellulite... But who cares actually ? Nobody is ever going to look at me again, particularly my belly, and it doesn't matter anyway....

March and Spring of 2021 !

 

Starting March at 186 Lbs. I am still BMI=30

March 15: 186 Lb. I am on a plateau oscillating between 186-187 Lbs since a while. Hopefully, after Passover I will find a boost of energy to lose 10 more Lbs !

March 31: 187 Lbs

January 2021

 The "flatten the curve" for 15 days became an endless lock down jail time, and the stress inflicted by my work under pressure (producing 4 more for the same time and salary) resulted in a culmination of  195 Lbs. (!!) I weighted myself this morning. It is probably the first time in my entire life that I am so heavy.

Fortunately, we now have nothing fancy planned in the horizon and I am currently finishing all the food I had stocked in my kitchen. Next step will be to re-stock with Asian products and fresh vegetables and fruits, fish, chicken, quinoa and seed/nuts. Going back to healthy basics. And hopefully will be able to slowly lose this layer of insanity. 

January 10: 192 Lbs, I have lost 3 Lbs in a week. The first 10 days are always like that, I feel less bloated, and I see immediate results.

January 20:  189 Lbs. I lost 6 Lbs ! I know it is now going to slow down

January 31:   188 Lbs. 7 Lbs lost in a month. I wish I can continue to lose at least 5 Lbs a month !!!

February 15: 187 Lbs. Just catched up after the birthday ups and downs ! 

February 28: 186 Lbs. Slow end of the month, but still on track.

August 2020

July 29: 187 Lbs. We are at the end of July and I am happy I lost 1 Lbs just out of "detox time" without  starting a diet.(I try not to eat carbs after 4 pm, have done it one week, looks like it works)
Some meal prep for the end of July....(edamame spaghetti cooked with vegetables, tofu, herbs and soy sauce)
July 31st: 186 Lbs.