Garden Girl: April 2018

Photos or it didn't happen.. LOL.

I'm proud of myself for the month of March and for early April 2018. Solid state weight maintenance. Slightly higher plateau than my "best" weight maintenance range. I'll take a steady weight maintenance over a pivot, trend, or just out of control weight gain any day. Because my obesity really, really wants to come back.

March and early April 2018 brought a mild cold and some big stresses. Nothing that couldn't be managed, though. Without over eating due to stress. With food choices that work. With 18:6 fasting. With a lot of walks at the beach.

April 2018: I've connected with a new Low Carb San Diego group. Once I vet them out for not being a sales funnel or anything too funky, I'll blog about it. On the light side so many great groups and on the dark side so many folks selling books, products, and stuff without solid claims.

Keep with the peeps getting results. That promote sane solutions. Start by not chasing ketones. Start by chasing results. Truth!

Oh, and my first DEXA scan soon. Hmmm. I'm a data geek so facing bone loss or needing to decrease my body fat % is nothing to hide. I may not blog about my results right away...

Cat photo: Double Tortititude

What's working now
1. Daily weighing
2. Recording food intake on My Fitness Pal
3. Monitoring my activity on Fitbit
4. Meditation 4-5 days per week
5. LCHF, Keto, 18:6 fasting most days

What didn't work in the past
1. Not weighing in often
2. Not recording my food intake
3. Not monitoring my activity
4. Using food to soothe feelings
5. Eating low fat, high carb, low points snacks that were candy bars in reality!

DATA is KING, Queen and the court.

Time in weight maintenance 6 years, 2 months

Starting weight 187.4 lbs

Goal Range 113-125 lbs

2017 best Goal Weight Range 113 to 116

2018 accepted goal weight ranges 113 to 119

Current Weight 117.4 lbs

Keeping off 70 lbs

Age 51

Menopause 4+years

Hashimotos 20+ years

Height 5'1"

2018 Stats

BMI today (mid April) 22.3

BMI ave March 22.4