TIME STAMPED since it was so long
Intro: 00:00:11
Weigh In Numbers: 00:02:10
2021 Monthly Numbers Chart: 00:05:52
Changes to Eating/Tracking: 00:08:21

Insulin Resistance
https://my.clevelandclinic.org..../health/diseases/222

Specific Metrics: 00:11:31

New Air Fryer: 00:21:15

New Zealand Background: 00:23:43

Water Purity Database
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater

New Zealand Trip/Move: 00:35:08
NZ Milestone Goals: 00:37:27
Traveling Companion: 00:41:22

Next Vacay
https://nextvacay.com

NZ Travel
https://www.nomadicmatt.com/tr....avel-guides/new-zeal

MONTHLY WEIGH IN RESULTS
🐸 Starting Weight: 298.8lbs
🦋 Current Weight: 245.2lbs
FEB - MAR LOSS [-2.2lbs]
TOTAL LOSS [-53.6lbs]
This was a very very difficult month for me. I had over +19.6lbs of inflammation fluctuations and an extremely difficult time, mentally and physically. There were several weeks of little to no communication or really tracking... I am finally coming around the bend, but this was HARD!

DECEMBER 1 - 257.4
JANUARY 1 - 251.2
FEBRUARY 1 - 247.4
MARCH 1 - 245.2
NEXT WEIGH IN - April 1st

↙️ ONWARDS & DOWNWARDS ↘️

🏆 NEXT MINI GOAL: 239.8lbs [out of 240s]
🎯 NEXT MILESTONE GOALS: 223.8lbs [-75lbs]

✈️ LONG TERM MILESTONE 1:
Onderland by May 2023
(Travel back to NZ for 6 months / May - Oct)
MARCH 1st 2022 - MAY 1st, 2023
61 weeks to lose 46lbs (hopefully 50lbs)
PROGRESS: [ ]

🌏 NON SCALE GOALS:
▪️ Fit in the Hoodie I bought for New Zealand
▪️ Improve my general health as much as possible
▪️ Increase movement as much as possible
▪️ Discuss with doc starting back at the pool
#manateetomermaid

🎯 MILE MARKERS
Goal 1: 273.8lbs (-25lbs) 🏆
Goal 2: 248.8lbs (-50lbs) 🏆
Goal 3: 223.8lbs (-75lbs)
Goal 4: 198.8lbs (-100lbs + Onderland!)
Goal 5: 173.8lbs (-125lbs )
Goal 6: 148.8lbs (-150lbs)

🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL
🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS
🧟‍♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS
📊 Plan: Calorie Command with the Healthi app
🧮 Calorie Target: 1447
🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 90g (25%)
[Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]

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If you aren't familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues... an "inflammatory overstimulation response" brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.

More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I'm using are here:
https://tinyurl.com/yctpfwxl

[Mast Cell Activation Syndrome or MCAS is my main issue but also fun things like Fibromyalgia, POTS, Histamine Intolerance, Insulin Resistance, Oxalate Sensitivity and on and on... ]

WILD WEIGHT SWINGS
My weight fluctuations are not water weight, not sodium retention and the gains do not go away until the cells calm down and the actual muscle inflammation decreases.

When a flare happens, everything swells - my eyes, my hands/feet, my actual muscle tissue and organs ... I can, and have, put on up to 20lbs in a bad flare and this can take 3-4 weeks to lose again.

Foods, chemicals, weather changes, environmental elements... literally, sometimes just existing, fires them up. Some things I can control and otherwise it is a #justkeepswimming kinda life.