JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS| Round 8
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This is my 4th block of 10 days. A little public accountability is not a bad thing at all. That, plus seeing how others are doing, is motivating for me. As it happens I do weigh myself every day (almost) and take measurements on Mondays. My scale is a digital one that logs to the half pound.
When I came back to MFP approximately 10 weeks ago I weighed 300 lbs. I've weighed myself almost every day, taken measurements every Monday, and recorded my food & exercise every day. I'm also keeping track of days since I last had alcohol, since I know only too well that drinking (besides being empty calories) always leads to eating that has nothing to do with being hungry.
I didn't do as well as I had hoped to in the first 10 day challenge. I did better in the second 10 days. I derailed a bit in the third. The Father's Day weekend-long party didn't help. I am resolved to do better this time.
Day Weight Comments
06/21 287 lbs. My weight at the end of the last challenge
06/22 286 lbs. Good to see it going down a lb.
06/23 285 lbs. A pleasant surprise 2 days in a row with another lb.
06/24 284 lbs. Yes! The damage from the Father's Day weekend-long food & booze festival is behind me.
06/25 284 lbs. Considering things I ate yesterday no change is OK.
06/26 284.5 lbs. Weekend gain.
06/27 284 lbs Back to the grind on Monday.
06/28
06/29
06/30
07/01
My net loss over 3 previous consecutive 10 day challenges: 2 lbs.
Loss so far this 10 day challenge: 3 lbs.8 -
SW 173
Feb 2017 lost 10lbs
Mar 2017 lost 10lbs
April 2017 lost 6lbs
May 2017 lost 6lbs
June start weight 141lbs
6/22 - 136.5
6/23 - 136.5
6/24 - 136
6/25 - 136.5
6/26 - 136.5 TOM
27/6 - 136.5 Tom
28/6 - 136
I had to pause my gym membership since Monday because my children have just gotten their school holidays. Hoping to keep active but it won't be easy.
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R2 SW 221
R3 SW 217.4
R4 SW 215
R5 SW 212
R6 Missed- Was away with no scale
R7 SW 208.4
R8 SW 204.4 (June 21)
6/22: 204.2
6/23: 203.8
6/24: 204.8 didn't go over my calories, certain it's salt but still sucks.
6/25: 204.2 meh
6/26: 204.4 I did so well last round I'll probably hold steady this time. As long as I stick to the plan I'm good.
6/27: 204.2 hmmm
6/28: 203.6
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Round 2 SW: 71.9 Kg
Round 3 SW: 71.3 Kg
Round 4 SW: 70 Kg
Round 5 SW: 69.7 Kg
Round 6 SW: 69 Kg
Round 7 SW: 67.6 Kg
Round 8 SW: 67.2 Kg
6/22: 67.2 Kg
6/23: 67.2 Kg
6/24: 67.1 Kg
6/25: 67.6 Kg
6/26: 67.4 Kg
6/27: 67.7 Kg
6/28: 68 Kg
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SW 156
GW 135
6/24: 156
6/25: 154.2
6/26: 154.0
6/27: 153.6 Losing water weight, it should slow down in a day or two.
6/28: 153.2
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SW 173
Feb 2017 lost 10lbs
Mar 2017 lost 10lbs
April 2017 lost 6lbs
May 2017 lost 6lbs
June start weight 141lbs
6/22 - 136.5
6/23 - 136.5
6/24 - 136
6/25 - 136.5
6/26 - 136.5 TOM
27/6 - 136.5 Tom
28/6 - 136
I had to pause my gym membership since Monday because my children have just gotten their school holidays. Hoping to keep active but it won't be easy.
Do some activities with your children! I make my step children come for a walk after work with me. It's only 30 minutes but it's the recommended active time. If it was up to them they would sit in front of the computer and watch youtube. They are older, 24 and 19 but they are living under my roof. It gives us time to talk about our day and decompress plus they are cool kids. Younger children would be even more fun!5 -
Ended round 7 at 134.5
I would like to lose 1.5 for round 8!
6/22 - 133.3
6/23 - 132.1
In going to try not to get too excited about my overnight -1.2 pounds. I had three beers after dinner and I suspect that's making me a little dehydrated. It's nice to see a number even closer to goal though!! 128 is where I'd like to be. It just gives me some wiggle room to maintain between 128-130. Of course, its the weekend now and those are always tough ...
6/24 - 132.3
Did well yesterday. Stayed within calories. Looking back at the last several weekends I average 2000 calories Saturday and Sunday. My goal for this weekend is no more than 1500 each day. I do not have workouts planned so this will be an extra 600 calories over the weekend. Fingers crossed for the will power!!!
6/25 - 133.8
Well I guess that's what happens when you go 1,125 calories over your allotment for the day ... going to make today a better day. Also going to try for a 4 mile walk. Wasn't planned, but I need it. First ... coffee!!!
6/26 - 135.6
Well as predicted I'm up 3.3 pounds over the weekend. Totally my fault. Total lack of self control. Sucks!! WHY are weekends SO hard.
6/27 - 134.3
Ok a little weekend weight gone. Yesterday was easy to stay on track, Mondays usually are. Still hoping to weigh in at 133 by the end of this 10 days! Workout early today, and then a ton of errands and appointments.
6/28 - 133.4
.1 from what I started this round at, but less than my last weight for round 7 so I need to stay strong today and tomorrow and I will hopefully show a loss overall on Friday!! Today my son is having a bunch of friends over to swim and have pizza etc. I need to stay away from the junk food!!! 133 was my goal for round 8, it's within reach!!!
6/29
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I'm in again! I think I started in round 2. I've been weighing and logging every day since mid March and it has really helped to keep me on track.
SW in March - 182.4 lbs
GW - want to get to 150 and then re-evaluate from there
Coming in from Round 7 at 159.6lbs
6/22 - 159.2lbs
6/23 - 158.4lbs - back on track! I expect some of this is carry over from last weeks TOM bounce around but I"ll take it!!
6/24 - 156.6lbs - Super Whoosh! I weighed myself 6 times and moved the scale to 3 different spots before I believed it LOL...may still not believe it until I see it again tomorrow.
6/25 - 158.2 - yep...it was too good to be true...shortcake at the strawberry festival where we went picking and sushi for dinner
6/26 - 159.8lbs - OY! Lots of factors here, but it's NOT going over calories as I've been under maintenance every day since I got back from my vacation. Went for a 25km bike yesterday and my muscles are screaming this morning and I think all the sodium from Satuday's sushi is still around. If I only weighed in on Mondays I would have no idea that I was 3lbs lower on Saturday morning and that's the weight that truly reflects my weight loss at this point. So....lots of water and fibre today to start flushing out what I'm retaining.
6/27 - 159.4lbs
6/28 - 157 lbs - back in the right direction, was feeling much less bloated by the end of yesterday.
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6/30
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SW 259lbs
GW 135lbs
Next target 170lbs
10 day goal 174lbs
Day Weight Comments
6/22
6/23- 176.2 lbs
6/24- 174.6 lbs
6/25- 174.0 lbs
6/26- 173.8 lbs
6/27- 175.0 lbs I ate out of my IF window yesterday.
6/27- 174.4 lbs
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My 10 Day Round 8/1
6/22 178.6
6/23 177.8
6/24 177.4 I ate pizza tonight. Ugh! 4 large pieces from Papa Gino's. I know water gain is coming
6/25 178.6 And so it begins... but I still ate 2 more pieces tonight. Well, it was just sitting there and it was late .. so I chose to 'get rid of it'. Yum. Here comes more water...
6/26 179.4 And the final result of pizza-gate. Ok. Back on LCHF today. Bye bye water.
6/27 179.0 Well at least I am going down... not as much as I had anticipated but I'll take 4 ounces down any day!
6/28 180.8 ACK!!!!! It needs to stop going in the wrong direction! So clearly the water from the weekend's pizzagate has chosen not to vacate my body just yet AND I did eat a large portion of London Broil last night around 8 pm - But this I expected to add to the scale this morning. It was a tough cut and will take longer to digest. (at least in my body it does)
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GW for this round - 168
Final GW - 140
Coming in from Round 7 at 170 lbs
6/22 - 169.6 - did really well yesterday, 40 min on elliptical and food intake was on point. Expected to see a bigger loss, but I'll take it!
6/23 - 169.6 - No exercise today and pretty sedentary due to work but came in under calories.
6/24 - 168.8 - Stayed close to calories despite a friend's wedding. No "exercise" but ran my tail off getting every thing ready so all in all, I'll call that a win.
6/25 -170 - Darned scale...no exercise but nutritionally on point.
6/26 - 169.4 - Stayed under calories and did 41 minutes on elliptical. I'm trying to increase my time by 1 minute every time I do it...but can't seem to make time to do it more than 3 or 4 times a week. I'm going to lock my office door and try doing some body weight resistance exercises like plank and pushups in my office to see if that helps.
6/27 - 169.8 Went over calories slightly and no cardio yesterday. I did do my first plank in probably a year for 20 seconds and managed to squeeze out 10 pushups from my knees. Wow. I had no idea my upper body was so weak. Minimally sore but not so much I can't try again today. Already did the elliptical for 42 minutes this morning and will do my plank and pushups again when I get to work.
6/28 - 170.6 - Grrrrr wrong direction...TOM must be coming. I'm at or under calories consistently and exercising more and more.
6/29
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Day Weight Comments
6/22 135.2 lbs
6/23 136.2 lbs
6/24 136.8 lbs
6/25 137.8 lbs way too much cake today - feeling depressed because I can't take my boys swimming because of recovering from a knee op, MIL and Hubby taking them instead
6/26 137.4 lbs weekends are so my undoing, made worse by hubby having an extra day off. Time to start being good again.
6/27 137.2
6/28 136 slowly getting back to where I was but had a bad night with one of the twins so will power out the window today.
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6/30
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I'm in again! Hi, all. My goal, as always, is to lose 2# in 10 days = SW 147.6 Good luck and clean eating everyone!
6/22 146.6 This is some kind of fluke as I'm down a pound from yesterday. I slept late and woke up really dry if you know what I mean. But by this I'm down 3.4 from the start of last round. My goal was 2#. Now, on to releasing the next 2.
6/23 149.6 Seriously? up over 3#! Had lunch out yesterday: 1/2 a salad and 1/2 a sandwich. Maybe water weight somewhere. Gonna drink my share of lemon water today.
6/24 147.8 Went to gym yesterday and did my routine. Delightfully sore. Today: walking track. I'm trying a new approach and entering meals, snacks, etc, for the entire day before I eat anything. If I need to change something, ok, but this gives me a plan for the day and when I get peckish I go for one of the snacks I planned on. Gives me more control over sticking to the macros.
6/25 147.6 A .2 loss seemed so small until I realized it equals a loss of 1.4 a week. I'll take it. Did the elliptical yesterday and stuck below macros on everything. Off to plan today's menu. Happy losing everyone.
6/26 147.2 Put in an hour on elliptical yesterday. Went at slower pace as I read that 60-70% of MHR is the zone where you lose weight. Today: gym. Going to go grunt. Wishing us all success.
6/27 146.6 Yes! Did another hr on ellip as well as gym. Planning my day's menu in advance is so helpful for me. It helps me see the balance, or lack thereof, in my food choices. Today: aqua arthritis and elliptical.
6/27 147 Big Sigh
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Your round 8, my round 2!! Hey y'all!
SW: 269
GW for R7/R2: 260
Round 7/ My Round 1 : 263.2 [-5.8lbs]
6/22 264.? [in prev post]
6/23 261.2 [in prev post]
6/24 262.2 [in prev post]
6/25 264.? [in prev post]
6/26 262.4 [in prev post]
6/27 265.6 [in prev post]
6/28 264.6 Went for a quick morning walk, since I won't be getting home until 7ish, I know I will have time for another decent walk. I thought I would be a little lighter [maybe 263 instead?], but having two ramens=water weight on top of water weight on top of water weight (I salt ) Staying away from the ramen today!
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Happy HUMPPPPPPPP DAEEEEEE!!!
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THREE more days until Round 8 is OVER!! Boy ain't the time flyin' by? And to think July is coming in two!! !!3 -
SW: 202.2lbs
CW:199.4 (6/21)
R8 GW: 196lbs
6/22: 199.0 still trending down I have a hectic day ahead and wont be able to workout so I'll make this my rest day instead of Sunday.
6/23: 200.6 yeah....not only did I not workout yesterday, I was out travelling, scared to drinking too much water, and I ate this ziti pizza slice that made me feel so heavy. I also got home at around 1am which also made me groggy this morning. Not really happy with my choices right now.
6/24: 199
6/25: 197!! Out of the house all day yesterday walking the city. Woke up and had to weigh myself again I was so surprised. This week hasn't been great for my workout schedule but I was able to fill my off days with lots of activity.
6/26 Wasn't home. No weigh-in
6/27: 197.6 Up from Sunday, but I have really been slacking on working out for these last few days Getting back on the grind today.
6/28: 197.4 going back down. Did Insanity Fit Test yesterday and saw some good improvements, went up five reps for some of the exercises
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SW 173
Feb 2017 lost 10lbs
Mar 2017 lost 10lbs
April 2017 lost 6lbs
May 2017 lost 6lbs
June start weight 141lbs
6/22 - 136.5
6/23 - 136.5
6/24 - 136
6/25 - 136.5
6/26 - 136.5 TOM
27/6 - 136.5 Tom
28/6 - 136
I had to pause my gym membership since Monday because my children have just gotten their school holidays. Hoping to keep active but it won't be easy.
Do some activities with your children! I make my step children come for a walk after work with me. It's only 30 minutes but it's the recommended active time. If it was up to them they would sit in front of the computer and watch youtube. They are older, 24 and 19 but they are living under my roof. It gives us time to talk about our day and decompress plus they are cool kids. Younger children would be even more fun!
Thank you for the advice. I certainly plan to try. We're off on holidays to a nice sunny place for almost a month tomorrow so at least we can count on the weather. The problem is they're not able to keep up with me. The youngest has just turned 6 the others are 7, 9 and 11yrs. Even the 11yr old is not quite able to go at my walking pace. Most walks with them all in tow is little more than a stroll.
I might try to buy a weighted belt for the swimming pool. Someone advised me yesterday but I'm doubtful if I can buy one there.
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Start weight: 279
Current weight: 273.6
Current Goal weight: 270
Long term goal: 135
Round 4 278.0
Round 5 275.6
Round 6 273.2
Round 7 273.6
6/21 273,6 Husband went into hospital on the 19th for colostomy and port. I stayed the week with him.
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25
6/26 272.2 First day home and first day of chemo for husband. Surprised I lost any weight at all in last week.
Now to get back on track.
6/27 272.0
6/28 272.2
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6/30
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6/24 185.5
6/25 185.5
6/26 184.0
6/27 183.0
6/28 183.06 -
SW 140
GW for this challenge 130 - I did 2 rounds of this, got below 130 then missed a round. I'm back up to 133.
6/22. 133.4 - ate well, below calories.
6/23. 133.2 - a tiny drop. Did a HIIT workout this morning and my goal is to get in a run tonight.
6/24 -133.2 - did long circuit training workout last night and was within calorie goal. Feeling good, though no drop.
6/25 -134.2 - aftermath of sushi yesterday, waterweight from salt retention
6/26 -135.0 - this is a trend in the wrong direction. I deserve it though after the sushi, a bit of chocolate yesterday and no workouts all weekend. Really regretting my decisions this weekend and feeling heavy and gross.
6/27 - 133.4 - ate within calories yesterday. Back to my Day 1 weight.
6/28 - 132.6 - that's the right direction! Ate within calorie goal yesterday and got in a 2-hour treadmill workout last night. Saturday sushi water weight finally gone.
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I am going to try to kill it these next 10 days and hopefully be close to being in the mid to early 250s.
6/22: 259.8
6/23: 259.6
6/24: 260.2 (this is frustrating)
6/25: 260.6
6/26: 260.8 (a terrible eating day)
6/27: 261
6/28: 257.8 (so how about that HIIT. Ate terrible yesterday (talking chocolate ice cream, cheesesteak, fries, more ice cream) and did 15 mins of my version of HIIT and voila or it could just be that I didn't drink any water after the workout but I have never lost this much in a day doing machine workouts and thats including doing hours on a machine...goes to show that working the body old skool is better than the new sometimes)
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