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Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 298
Male: 67
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016.) I was actually at 250 in 2011 or so…
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205
Simple Goal for this round:
-Log it before you eat it.
-Hit it hard on the front end of the ten days.
Round 298 Posts
This is my posting format….
Month/Day: Scale Reading - First thing today after bathroom visit before getting dressed. (Calories In – day before)/ Comment
5/27/25 : 225.2 SW before.
5/31: 226.4 (1917 CI)
I did not weigh yesterday, so my SW is from my last step on a scale. I can’t complain about this morning’s reading after the road trip.
I want to hit the next 6 days hard because I have another road trip the end this round. I am not going to take a scale because it’s a fly-in fishing trip in Ontario. We have weight restrictions for the final leg of the trip as we fly to a remote lake/fishing camp. Seven days of bliss as we haul Walleye and Pike over the gunnels of the boat. Catch and release except for what we eat for lunch every day. The food will be plentiful, but we will take it all in with us.
6/1: 226.6 (1899 CI)
I need to declare war on carbs. I am sure there is residual damage from my road trip.
6/2: 228.0 (!)
Gads! So yesterday I declared war on carbs…. I lost count of all the mindless carbs I ate. DW took cookies to a potluck and brought some home. I ate one every time I walked by the container. I am so weak between the ears.
6/3
6/4
6/5
6/6
6/7: DNW
6/8: DNW
6/9: DNW
Re: Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 298
I enjoy reading everyone’s posts with my coffee each morning.
Highest weight 242 lbs Lowest weight 142 lbs (2019) Re-start JGMTD Feb 2024 @ 204 lbs
Round 297 End Weight 174.4
5/31 174.0
6/01 174.0
6/02 175.8 That would be brunch bloat. I did show a good amount of self control. I’m ok with a bump up when it’s a thoroughly enjoyable experience!
This week should transition from insanely busy to just normal busy. Boy am I ready for that!
Belly dancing classes start back up tonight. It’s so much fun and I’m so committed to achieving some small sense of natural rhythm. I’ve decided that I am going to consistently take various adult dance classes. It’s good for my soul and is definitely helping me literally shake off some of my body insecurities that I’ve been carrying around since probably middle school.
Re: Ready for a Change
A friend of mine is a big fan of the "quick fix/ fast loss/ drink this shake /, eat 500 calories per day for 2 weeks etc type approach. A few months ago she said to me
" I don't know why you bother, I'd get so frustrated and fed up. Why don't you give my plan a try?"
I politely declined. And yep you all know what I'm going to say …my friend sure did lose weight ...and then put it all back on ( plus 3 extra kilos because she'd lost so much muscle) .
As a child I really enjoyed the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. It just made sense. :)
Re: The Never Ending Story; It's Still Me and My Body
Hello ,
I decided today to get back on MFP. Just reading posts to find anything that resonates with me, this one is similar to my current point in life. I lost 70+ lbs between March 2023 and June 2024. I struggled after that, slowly gaining and losing the same 10-15 pounds for another 6 months. Oct. 2024 I gave up entirely and have regained 55 pounds from my lowest weight in June 2024 (currently at 235). I was tired of not eating my favorite foods whenever I wanted to, I was tired of watching what I eat all day, every day. I was tired of thinking about what I was going to eat at every meal and making separate meals from my DH.
One of my granddaughters is getting married May 10, I put off buying a dress because I didn't know what size I would need. So yesterday I went and tried on dresses and I am devastated at how bad everything looks on me, (after hiding in sweatshirts and yoga pants all fall and winter). I know I can't lose enough weight in two weeks to change that, but I need to get back in control. So here I am, knowing what to do, and hoping I can get through the 1st week of sugar withdrawal without failing again.
cmoak54
Re: Why Do We Ask for Weight Loss Advice and Then Ignore It?
I will assume that this is not specific to: why do people ask for weight loss advice on MFP and then ignore it; but more along why do people ask for advice in general and then ignore it…
—they may be engaged in random conversation
—they may be looking to validate beliefs they have and discover that your beliefs don't match
—they may be genuinely collecting viewpoints so that they can subsequently process and synthesize to decide what they will or will not do.
—they may have taken your advice but failed to implement it because of misunderstanding or because of unrelated reasons. You think they didn't take your advice but they think they did and failed!
—they may believe (correctly or incorrectly) that what you suggest is way harder than the alternatives they try (or fail to try) to implement
—they may not be ready to implement anything but they think that they should so they ask
You know what…. I don't care why they don't!
If asked I answer and that's where my obligations end ;-)
During an in person discussion you can generally see whether there is any genuine interest. If there doesn't seem to be any, I tend to go light on details and talk in generalities: eat less move more…. that always goes over well for an eye roll and move along now :)
If there is genuine interest I expand more.
Usually there isn't much genuine interest in terms of getting into the mechanics. Especially when discussing calorie counting… because that's difficult :)
PAV8888
Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2025
@cityjaneLondon – Vertigo is a terrible feeling. I found two things that were very helpful: staying well hydrated and a YouTube video explaining a technique for “resetting” your equilibrium. – These same physical therapists helped me get rid of carpal tunnel syndrome. I am a huge fan.
@ LSamara --- one of the things that I have found most helpful is simple – log everything that I eat BEFORE I eat it. Then I can make an informed decision about whether I really want to spend my calories to satisfy the temptation --- sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no. And I agree that kicking yourself in the butt is a poor exercise, better to own it and move on.
@ SophieRosieMom the BMR calculator was very helpful. I have used a calculation of 11 calories per pound for years as my BMR which puts me at 2585 resting BMR. The calculator showed 1690 as my BMR --- challenging to lose weight at 1550 calories per day unless I put in some time exercising. Important information to know, too.
@BubBerry – you and I are the same age. From February 2024 to September 2024, I was exercising about the same amount that you are now. I not only weighed myself, once a month I measured upper arms, upper thighs, waist and hips. I lost 14 inches over that 7 month period --- which was much more satisfying that the scale.
All – thank you for the warm welcome!
Now back to work instead of reading MFP posts.
Elaine
Fort Worth, Texas
Re: WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2025
😀 Meeting new people on this thread has caused me to think back about how I began my journey on MFP. I started with "baby steps" not trying to fix everything at once. Someone had suggested to me that I throw out all the high calorie, or high sugar, or processed foods and start clean, but instead I ate what I owned and logged every bit. That's how I learned about how those foods were not helping me (too little nutrition matched with too many calories). By the time those foods were gone, I'd learned a lot about what foods would give me the highest nutrition for the fewest calories. I decided to seek every opportunity to be active (things like sitting in front of the TV were obviously not going to be a good choice). I stopped drinking coffee when I realized that I liked it best with tasty sugary creamers. I noticed that drinking coffee or tea in the morning interfered with going for a long walk. Little by little I learned more about nutrition and exercise. I read books and online articles that helped me learn more. I endured an hour here and there of being hungry so I could stick to the plan I'd made for the day.
😀 Now I do all sorts of healthy things that have become as automatic as brushing teeth, bathing, and wearing clean clothes.
😀 Lorna, I've learned that shooting myself with the "second arrow" doesn't help me when I stray from the path I've set for myself. Yes, I made a special trip to the grocery store to buy four more pints of Cherry Garcia ice cream and ate them, but I didn't make it worse by kicking myself for doing so I just moved on with a lesson learned. Success is inspirational, failure is educational.
😀 One of my favorite secrets of adulthood is "what's fun for other people may not be fun for me, and vice versa". As I read this thread, I get great ideas that will work for me and read other stuff that made someone happy and wouldn't work for me.
😀 Carla, beautiful outdoor setting. Is that wrought iron?
😍😎 My Zoom call friend cancelled so I had extra time this morning to get all the watering done. I just got home from an hour's walk with Annie and my friend who just returned from a month in England.
🎵 Barbie in NW WA
Re: What do you think about one meal a day?
I think if it works for you and you could live the rest of your life that way, great. If you have any history of binge behavior, it's a terrible idea. I tried limiting myself to an 8 hour eating window and ended up going on massive binge during my "eating" time. And don't be fooled, you can absolutely eat 5000 calories in an hour.
Re: What Was Your Work Out Today?
I'm mid 50s, not mid 40s. I was 5 years older than anyone else at the comp, so my age comment was supposed to be comparative (although I probably didn't convey that properly.)
I was certainly relatively unathletic until my (at least) my thirties. I went to a working class state school in England, and athletic ability was pretty much defined as how good you were at football. By that measure, I'm definitely way below average.
I started scuba diving and lifting weights in my thirties; I don't think I ever really got any good at weights. I started climbing and caving in my mid-forties; again I'm definitely not good at either of them, but I'm probably above average.
I used to play the board game Go. I wasn't bad at that; but I definitely wasn't good either. Fortunately, not being bad was sufficient that I won a few national level tournaments. (Online, I typically seem to be in the 0.5% to 1% percentile; there is a clear gap between me and the pros).
I find part of the human condition is to measure oneself relative to those who are better at the activity; when talent and hard work align in someone who practiced at lot from a young age, the results are scary.
My little brother was a very good sailor. He was in a national championship with Ian Percy, who went on (later) to get the Olympic gold. As Percy lapped the group including my brother, he could be heard shouting "Get out of my way, you slow *kitten*." So my brother wouldn't class himself as a good sailor, although from my viewpoint he clearly was.
drmwc