My Royal 4-Day Personal Calorie Level Challenge Log:

Day 1, Wednesday, 1540
Day 2, Thursday, 1360
Day 3, Friday, TBD
Day 4, Saturday, TBD
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Happy Valentine's Day to all royals near & far!

Not sure if I said that this morning lol.

Arabella, ITA that yoga is a weight bearing exercise, and great cardio, too. I need to do better being consistent with it. In reality, yoga is the only exercise discipline that I really need, but I want all the others, too.

I did weights and 8,000 steps today, have been feeling ill but perked up tonight so finished all the exercise.

Arabella, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the wheat and gluten issues.

I also think that for me, the no wheat has reduced carbs overall and that has increased my well being (except today ... bought some food that did not agree with me).

Whatever works.

Later, royal ones! Woot!

Arabella, that is an awesome goal of thinking of baby carrots with dip as your first choice. I so wish I felt that way more often.

I must say that since I kicked the wheat outta the palace, there has been a bit more room for healthier food and dare I say "veggies."

I really like being wheat free so far and probably will morph into a total gluten free life style.

I am not having any problems with it, although yesterday did have some digestive illness or other for an hour or two and had to take a nap, then felt fine. TMI, sorry, I do think it was just that I've stopped eating something that has been the mainstay of my diet since probably birth lol.

But for the most part I haven't noticed the change except for feeling generally better but having these episodes similar to minor flu that just go away.

I love being able to walk through the grocery at Wally and realize how just a week ago I had cravings for all the bread, cupcakes, cheesecakes, crackers, pretzels, etc., whilst now I am back eating a healthier low glycemic diet that is serving me better.

Just kind of hanging around the house still, but did go to the gym. Since I renewed my membership I decided I needed to go more often. It is also an awesome place to get my Fitbit steps in using the indoor track and with the crowd in the place and the music and everyone being nice to everyone, it was a verra pleasant session early this morning.

I don't feel I will lose weight this week, but we'll see. Just going to continue logging calories on a week to week basis for a while during the wheat free experiment. Friday's number still has a protein shake to drink tonight. There is no more challenge element in this log. That only makes me eat more lol.

Wednesday, 1540
Thursday, 1360
Friday, 1760
Saturday, TBD

Hmmm, in talking about yoga, I had been forgetting other stretch routines I also like, such as what I pulled out of the closet this morning, the very venerable but still so soothing Tamilee's "Total Stretch" video, which I bought on DVD again a number of years ago.

Of course, in my opinion, all stretch and all exercise disciplines are pretty much based on ancient yoga moves, this vid is always thought of as "athletic stretch" (yoga is very athletic), it is pure yoga warm-up, so easy, peaceful and soothing. I love it and it is 30 years or so old if it is a day.

Yoga or whatever, I need to get more stretching in.

Not doing anymore "challenges," though, lol. Just need to get real here.

To be honest, if I do NOT lose weight (or gasp, if I gain weight, tomorrow), I am thinking of running a little double tracking experiment doing one of the Weight Watchers’ plans while still tracking calories on Fitday PC.

I may do that this summer anyway if I start work again.

All big “IFs” … it was ever thus.

The real, true thing is that I don’t know what I am going to do but I DO intend to be in the 120s sometime, somewhere, somehow … SOON!

Woot!

Congrats on three stars, Arabella. Hope your tired feeling goes away as you shake off the last of the respiratory thing. I also think that as healing as yoga can be, it can be too much at times.

I can't do down dog since a plate was put in my arm three years ago. I mourned that for a while but in a class I substitute other moves & no longer think about how incredibly long I worked to do down dog. I like planks a lot using forearms.

I did find a nice phone app to count diet points (not WW) & am going to double track with Fitday PC for a while as an experiment.

Really need to jazz up my motivation & come up with clever plans to maintain dedication to not gaining weight. Woot!

Gained .4 and calling that MAINTENANCE. In fact, although still moving forward in pursuit of the ever-so-elusive 120s, I am pretty happy with my weight and have decided that I am first, last and always in MAINTENANCE MODE FROM A MAJOR WEIGHT LOSS, 20 YEARS OR SO AND COUNTING (started losing weight before I even moved to this state, before diet sites, before FB, before the flood ... ).

So going to do the diet points app for a while and the double logging with Fitday PC and the wheat free and going to be working by summer (gosh willin' 'n the wash don't rise).

NOT going to be bothered by a stupid .4 of a pound right now lol.

IT. IS. MANIFEST.

IT. WILL. DEPART.

SOON.

NOT MANIFEST! Lol, I dumped the points counting project already and have gone back to the solid rock of pure, accurate calorie counting.

Glad it is Monday tomorrow, although a holiday. Been bouncing off walls recently.

Have a good one, royals.

There just are not enough hours in a day. I spent yesterday, Sunday, of a long weekend at the office. Reports due today, regardless of it being a holiday.

I was in Florida for a week, which was a very nice, warm, break. Now it's windchills of -21 and snow. Another mess on the way for Tuesday, with freezing rain and ice pellets. I am so over winter!!

Anyhoo, time to get back on the wagon and focus again. One day at a time.

Woot! Wildfire is back in the palace from the Land of Florida. Sorry you had to work the weekend at the office.

Arabella, yea, I have been in a sort of maintenance mode for a loooong time ... that is where I got my saying: "Maintenance of a major weight loss means sometimes having to deal with regains."

I've been up and down but never anywhere near my high of two decades ago, which was considerably before I met any of ye royals here in the palace.

My current ticker represents a high on my 2012 birthday (which was in the first part of that year) that I somehow reached after a low in 2010 of 117, following the arm injury and surgery. I liked 117 for wearing clothes but it is a number too low to comfortably maintain, but I don't ever intend to fluctuate as much as I have the past two years. I want to be in the 120s around 125, give or take and I intend to stay there ... lol but the three pounds in my way like me.

Had a HUGE breakfast including southwest shredded hash brown potatoes that I make with pico de gallo (I make this fresh now and then) and salsa. I used to not eat white potatoes but I am finding that other than what people tell me about not eating white potatoes, I can think of no reason, and right now I find they make a great fit when I am having minor thoughts of SORT OF wanting something kind of wheat based. I fried these in olive oil and ate with two fried eggs on top, then took a two hour walk or so, finished 10,000 steps and that is kind of my totally nonproductive day so far.

FULL SPEED AHEAD! I INTEND TO HAVE A GREAT WEIGH-IN THIS WEEK!

Day 30 of the backward count to the vernal equinox, still happily wheat free & by default gluten free as there is no other source of gluten in my diet than wheat anyway so since it is outta here, so is gluten.

Migraines gone, places that had swelling gone, digestion and mental clarity better (except for yesterday when I was a crazy person for some reason).

Is it the wheat? Don't know. Very tired now, though. Would have more potatoes but would make me sleepy.

Wow, food obsessed here. Going to go mop kitchen. Bye bye!