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Starting over June 2nd, 2024

Starting weight is 177lbs, but this is not accurate bc I'm 2 days overdue for my injection so I'm bloated as hell. I'm likely closer to 173 without the bloating.

The goal for right now is to find a way to keep whatever plan I have sustainable when school starts because I always do great until I have to start working again and then it all goes out the window.

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I'm still holding steady at 160lbs, which is super impressive considering that I've been extremely sick and therefore off diet for probably 3+ weeks now. I even went through an entire 10-day course of antibiotics at 2 doses a day (which made me sick in a fun and different way). I still have the original virus that turned into the sinus infection that I took the antibiotics for, so I'm still not back to normal, and on top of all of that, I'm getting my injection today so I'm sure I'm bloated (I can definitely feel my hands are still a bit swollen from working two 11hr days in a row on thursday and friday), and if i'm not bloated yet, I soon will be. I'm definitely crazy hormonal and had a meltdown at work on Tuesday (it's okay, i had support and I'm not the only one feeling this way). Oh, also, the sinus infection gave me conjunctivitis for a little while too, so that was fun.

Let's see. I'm not making smoothies anymore because I've been too sick to put in that level of effort, or I've been at work. To compensate, I've really gotten into greek yogurt for breakfast or lunch to try and get that high protein low carb kick in the beginning of the day. I'm also relying on my store bought coffee protein shakes in the morning (which my coworker turned me on to), which I'm sure are also helping to compensate. I've been eating out a lot for dinner, which isn't good because despite my healthy days I usually end in something unhealthy for dinner and I'm eating sweets because of the hormones, too. But tbh I'm sick and I'm working my ass off and I'm about to be chalk full of hormones so as long as I'm not gaining, I'm going to count this as a win.

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I went way off diet this week bc it was SO STRESSFUL but it's okay because I'm holding steady at 161lbs so no damage done really, and that's probably because my steps are insanely high for the week like I've been hauling ass and working 10hr days to get a hold of my classroom management and all this new curriculum I have to learn. Money is always super tight in August because I choose to buy the things I need for my classroom before our money comes in (in September) and then get reimbursed for those expenses. The problem is... there was an issue with my first paycheck of the year and I didn't get it. Not a huge surprise, this isn't the first time this has happened and it will not be the last. But I had to steal money from my savings to cover food expenses (I'll put the money back when they pay me), which is super stressful. Basically I have not had good food habits this week bc everything has been totally out of whack, and it's also been very stressful. So I'm giving myself grace, letting it go, and trying to plan meals for this week in advance.

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163lbs.

This was my first week of school at the new job and it was deeply, deeply stressful and physically demanding. I've been adjusting to a new sleep schedule as well as hauling around books and other heavy school supplies to get my room ready for the new year. Putting up bulletin boards is really hard and requires dangerously balancing myself on top of whatever furniture is handy and I have felt all week like I've been hit by a goddamn truck. Yesterday was the convocation ceremony, which required sitting on a hard plastic bench (with no back) for literal HOURS will hundreds of people screamed around me and getting in and out of there required a 90 degree bus ride and standing for a half hour in intense heat. It's been nearly impossible to keep a food schedule and tbh it's been so difficult that I just allowed myself to be off diet for the majority of the week. I gained 3lbs for it, but I feel like it won't be hard to lose once I can establish myself in a routine again. Anyway I'm exhausted and my whole body hurts.

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Still holding strong at 160lbs. I lost 2lbs and then gained them back this month, but otherwise my whole July has just been maintaining instead of losing, mostly because I have been really struggling with staying on diet so maintaining has been the best I could really hope for until my sugar cravings dissipate. I go through phases where I'm all about sweets and then phases where I want nothing to do with them, so I'm hopeful that in the next month or two I'll stop wanting chocolate all the time. Until then, I'm eating only atkins keto peanut butter cups and keto ice cream (also has helped since it's been between 90 and 94 degrees out lately).

Things are about to change a LOT next week because school starts. I'm really worried about hitting my macros and calories while at school but I've been considering getting another blender I keep at school (I have a giant storage closet where I can put my fridge and coffee maker so I'm thinking I might smuggle in a blender too bc smoothies are really my best bet for staying on track and it's easier to talk myself into having a smoothie when I have low appetite). On the plus side, my steps will easily double once I go back to work, especially setting up my classroom (god I am so freaking nervous). And probably also packing up my car tomorrow full of all my teacher things.

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I realized last night before bed that I completely forgot about weigh in on Friday because I spent the day cat-sitting for my parents and it was kind of a crazy disaster day. I usually weigh myself in the mornings before I eat and after I've gotten some caffeine in me and usually gone to the bathroom bc all my research said to always weigh yourself at the same time of day and same day of the week and that a big meal can effect things. I weighed myself last night after a big meal anyways and i was at 162lbs and I was freaking bc I was like omg I only had like two handfuls of peanut butter M&Ms how did I gain 2lbs?! But then I weighed in again this morning like I would do on a Friday morning and I'm at 159lbs. So I've actually lost a pound this week, which I'd prefer to lose more, but I did have 2 cheat days in one single week bc of being at my parents' house to cat-sit, so I kind of expected that.

A big part of it was getting out of the food habits that I've established are really key for me hitting my macros. I really need to stick to having a smoothie for breakfast, healthy snacks, and then a salmon and veggie dinner. The smoothie is important bc I'm pretty sure I don't hit my macros without it.

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I had a cheat day today bc I spent the day at my parents' cat-sitting and didn't think to pack food so I had a giant coffee, an egg and cheese sammich on a croissant, some slices of american cheese and some cashews as a snack, and then I ordered from duffy's for dinner and had some mozzarella sticks and a grilled mahi mahi sammich with tomato, lettuce, and onion and tartar sauce and a couple bites of steamed broccoli. Oh, I also had like a handful of peanut butter M&Ms. Living dangerously.

Yesterday 7/3/23 I had salmon and asparagus for dinner but I don't remember much past that. I did have a smoothie with strawberries and matcha I think for breakfast. I know I ate a ton of celery with sour cream dip at some point, but I can't remember if I ate lunch.

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Yesterday 7/2/23

I had 2 cups of coffee and a green tea

I had a smoothie with blueberries but no matcha

i know i had celery with sour cream dip while i was making dinner but i can't remember if i had a snack before that

oh i think i had a bunch of keto ice cream as a snack lmao

for dinner i had salmon and honey glazed carrots

i had two of the caramel nut clusters atkins things for dessert

I also tried to do a 30 minute pilates workout for the first time yesterday and I really should have started with the 10min one because it was sooo hard, and not because I'm out of shape (I am, but this did not contribute to the difficulty). I have never felt so dyslexic in my LIFE like the lady on the video is saying do this with your right foot and your left arm and the girl demonstrating is facing the other way and I'm so confused and i didn't leave enough room on the side bc i didn't know i was going to have to lift my leg up. AND they want you to do very specific breathing like out when you do the exercise and in when you reset position but I kept doing the opposite and eventually I started trying to hold my breath to get it back in time with the video, which is... oy. it's also been about 91F for the last few days in a row so my AC is already working double time to keep the house cool and me doing half-assed pilates probably isn't helping. I made it through about 20-25mins of the video, and I only had to pause it like 3 times.

I did get the new work-out outfits I ordered. I liked the first one so much that I got four more so that I could work out 5 days a week in clean outfits. I used to think workout outfits were so stupid until I tried to do yoga without a bra on and I was like ohhhhh okay yeah.

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You know what, I say that about my steps bc my weigh ins are on fridays but my steps go sunday to sunday so technically I still have 2 more days to bring my week to my 20k steps a week goal and I'd only have to do about 3,300 steps each of those days, and I could absolutely hit that if I do the chores I need to do (strip and remake the bed and couch). I'm meeting a friend for brunch tomorrow, too, so that'll get me some good steps as well.

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I had such a bad reaction to my injection that I weighed myself on Monday just to see if there was a difference. Last Friday weigh in I was 160lbs and then 3 days later on Monday I was 164lbs and I was totally freaked out that there was such a drastic weight gain in 3 days, but I googled it and apparently this is normal for some women to gain weight during their cycle and then lose it. I weighed in again today and I'm back at 160lbs, thankfully. I don't think it would be reasonable to expect any further weight loss than what I gained from the hormones, given that I couldn't move around for a good 3-4 days this week.