Week seven - 90 day keto challenge

I’m honestly not sure why I’m keeping up with my challenge at this point. I guess it’s because I hate quitting. Though I’m not sure it’s motivating me right now.

The old Joanna would have taken this challenge and done everything right without screwing this up. Today’s Joanna seems to enjoy making up excuses.

Maybe I’m just tired. Tired of covid. Tired of working two jobs. Tired of fighting for my health. Tired of online bullies.

Maybe the self sabotage has more about reducing my level of responsibility in showing others what they can achieve too if they put in the work.

I don’t really know.

Reminder, this was my covid weight loss plan

The Goal: Lose 15 lbs in 90 days by following a ketogenic diet, tracking my food intake, and moving my body. 

Diet: Keto with a high protein focus. I will track my macros every single day. I will do some intermittent fasting and extended fasting. Click here for my post on what a full day of following a keto diet looks like for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Exercise: 1,000 jumps a day with my jump rope AND a minimum of 30 minutes additional activity. Example: walking the dog, strength training at the gym, gymnastics (once restrictions lift, I’m registered for a weekly gymnastics class for adults!)

Accountability: I will share an update every week on Sunday evening, here on my blog to let you know how the week went and share a weekly weigh in. Once a month, I will update my photos and measurements with before and after comparisons.

I will be so thrilled with myself when I accomplish these 90 days. I hope you will follow along on my journey!

Click here to see my starting weight, scale metrics, and before photos.

I’m still screwing up on the dieting front

My worst week yet.

The week I ate like the 200 lb version of myself and yet I didn’t gain any weight. I should have. I should have gained 5 lbs in pizza, potato chips, and easter candy. Yes, the kids still have mounds of easter chocolate left and I’ve done okay at avoiding it but not good enough.

Lack of sleep and worry

My Dad is very sick and while I don’t communicate it to him, I’m really worried. Many of you know that he got covid in December which left him with residual heart concerns and on a whack of medications. He’s had a cardioversion to correct his heart rate and it was success - YAY. But the scans of his heart revealed a more serious issue and he had a biopsy last week.

We’re waiting for results and crossing our fingers for good news on Tuesday.

My Stepmom is also not doing well. She has been diagnosed with Inclusion body myositis which is a muscle wasting disease. It’s very rare, and overtime her muscles will slowly turn to fat. She’s had to have tests to rate her ability to swallow and carrying/lifting things has gotten difficult. I worry about her quality of life as she ages.

My brother posted a message on Facebook that he was suicidal and I woke up to 3 messages from complete strangers wanting to send police to do a wellness check on him. It’s been over 25 years of suicide threats along a long list of issues all related to mental illness and addition.

As much as I try to set a healthy boundary to focus on my own health and well-being, I still end up with his troubles taking up my mind and causing worry. There is so much sadness, anger, frustration, and worry that comes along with having a family member struggle with mental illness and addiction. I could scream and scream for days and still never get rid of the tension that constantly resides under the surface.

I wish I could help him but he has to help himself. It still breaks my heart.

At Home Workouts

I’ve done a great job with my at home workouts, modifying the moves from the gym to stay moving at home. I also finished week two of couch 25k. I couldn’t sleep Saturday morning (laying awake thinking about work of all things) so I went for a 6:30 am run with the sun rise.

I really wish when you pass people on the street, especially like minded runners or walkers at 6:30 am they would say hello. Just a smile, a little wave, or a nod of the head is so appreciated. It’s quite literally one of the only social interactions I have in my week - please say hi in these covid times. We all need social interaction.

Something New!

I’ve been doing great with strength training and started doing cardio this year with the jump rope and running. But the one missing puzzle piece has been flexibility and mobility.

I never stretch. Not before, not after, and not at night. So I’m changing that. You can only really get to a certain level of fitness without flexibility. You are more prone to injuries as well.

I just want to feel like a well-oiled, flexible, strong heart, strong muscles kind of woman. The full package. So that’s cool - I’m going to add in mobility training and make good use of my Theragun.

I downloaded an app called GOWOD but it’s pretty expensive. I have a free two week trial for now.

#90ketodays - week seven weigh in results

Starting weight: 161.2 lbs

Week one weigh in: 157.6 lbs

Week two weigh in: 159.2 lbs

Week three weigh in: 159 lbs

Week four weigh in: 160.7 lbs

Week five weigh in: 164 lbs

Week six weigh in: 164.7 lbs

Week seven weigh in: 164 lbs

Total weight lost past four weeks: +2.8 lbs

I don’t feel like I should weight 164 lbs after this week.

If you’d like to drop your covid weight you should join me!

Feel free to tag me on Social Media and use #90ketodays so I can check in on your progress! Feel free to start at any date – even if I’ve already completed this challenge.

As always, I appreciate you reading and checking in on my journey! If you have any questions that you’d like answered about these next 90 days, please leave a comment below.

Thanks!

Joanna

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