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Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 48
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I have never done this before!
Sw: 221.2 (grr was 219.6)
Gw: 218.2 (is 3lbs a good 10 day goal weight?)
UGW: 130.0
Round 48
8/04: 218.2 What The Heck?!?! I am so annoyed. The only differences have been the last 2 days I had coffee and homemade chocolate cake (small pieces). Can that really throw off my weight this much? One a positive note I posted this today, in the past I wouldn't have and I honestly felt like saying screw it.
@1991court Sugar makes me retain more water than salt. Weight is just a measurement that reflects your body's contents at that particular time. Another way to measure progress is to measure your waist in a fasted state (first thing in the morning.) For most people, a healthy waist measurement range is 1/2 of their height, in inches/cm.
Example: my height = 63.5" my waist = 29"
Keep in mind healthy range doesn't necessarily mean ideal.
Thank you so much for your comment I did not know that sugar can make you retain more water. I did Intend to mention that I do measurements and I do picture Comparisons and today when I did my measurements I Was Down around another 2" total From neck to butt. I was just really happy that lost that I had, I know weight fluctuates just having to learn a healthier way if thinking.1 -
Female, 54, 5 ft. 6in.
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
UGW: 145-150
End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)
End R47: 158.5 (-1.5)
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - 158.5 - I was going to gripe about being this weight for almost 8 days straight, especially since I've stayed real close to my weight loss calories. Then I realized because of our out of town visitors, I've had food that is higher in sodium, I haven't been walking as much, and water has not been my drink of choice. We've got one last barbecue planned for this weekend and then they'll leave on Sunday. I need to enjoy this weekend and not worry about what the scale says. Last week, before they came, I was hoping to maintain and I need to be happy that I did.
7/28 - 159.5
7/29 - 161 - Well, 158.5 looks pretty good right now! I had a little of everything at our picnic yesterday and several drinks, so this is no surprise. I have figured out that exactly 11 years ago I had dieted to 157 lbs. I hit a plateau and stopped counting calories and tracking my weight. This time will be different. I don't regret the overindulgence yesterday, since this time I'm not going to let it derail me. (And we had so much fun!)
7/30 - 160 - Slowly getting rid of the weekend indulgences.
7/31 - 160 - Patience, patience.
8/01 - 159 - I'm almost there!
8/02 - 158.5 - I can't believe I'm happy to see this number again. I'm really going to try to drop a half pound over the next few days to end this round with a loss. I've been having issues with vertigo (BPPV, I think) the past few weeks which has kept me from doing some of my calorie burning activities. I had this issue a few years ago, but I don't remember it lasting this long.
8/03 - 158.5 - The scale bounced around this morning, but it finally landed here, so I'm taking it. It is pretty amazing how I can go over TDEE calories for one day and my body wants to hold on to the weight. This does not bode well for next weekend when my husband and I go to Amish country for our anniversary. Oh well, as many people in this challenge have said, this is not a race.
8/04 - 158.5 - THIS IS NOT A RACE!!!
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STATS: 5’6, F
R44(1), SW 128.8; EW 122.6 (-6.2)
R45(2), SW 122.6; EW 119.8 (-2.8)
R46(3), SW 119.8; EW 117.4 (-2.4)
R47(4), SW 117.4; EW 115.2 (-2.2)
R48(5), SW 115.2; Goal EW 113.6
UGW: 110
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - 114.6
7/28 - 115.2
7/29 - 114.6
7/30 - 113.8
7/31 - 113.8
8/01 - 113.6
8/02 - 114
8/03 - 113.8
I am doing the same thing everyday. Working out at least every other day (mostly everyday) and eating under my goal(at a deficit). I have started working on this hardcore circuit that burns 200 calories for me in just under 15 mins so I’m thinking my muscles are recovering and that’s the slight gain I see. But I feel awesome and know this is not fat gain, so I’m keeping up with the routine I’m in right now. Always need to prioritize getting more sleep though and remember to drink tons of water.
8/04 - 113.6
I hope this number sticks around until this round finishes! 🤞
8/05
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Round 48
7/29 - 209.4
7/30 - 208.2
7/31
8/01
8/02. 210
8/03. 209
8/04. 207
8/05
Good grief how did I miss so many days?...
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Sorry just found this and wanted to see if it worked lol4 -
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Round 34 to Round 47: from 179 to 165 lbs
-14 lbs in 14 Rounds!
My 15th Round!!!
Round 48 SW 164.8 Trend wt: 164.1 Loss/wk: 0.9
BMI: 24.7
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7/27 164.2 Trend wt:164.0 Loss/wk: 0.9
7/28 164.6 Trend wt: 164.2 Loss/wk: 0.8 Scale is wonky as we’re traveling & floor is uneven! LOL
7/29 165.4 Trend wt: 164.5 Loss/wk: 0.7
Not worried. I’m tracking, exercising... all will be good! And the trip is rejuvenaring! #Grateful!
7/30 166.2 Trend wt: 165 Loss/wk: 0.6
“Overall, during this period, you have lost 2,355 cals (net Calories deficit), which means you should have lost 11oz. Your total Calories intake was 14,632 and your total Calories expended was 16,987 (of which, 3,848 cals were burned from exercise).
According to your weigh-ins, you've gained about 2lb during this time. You've lost about 2.7lb less than expected.”
Hahahahahaha!!! So I guess I *really* weigh 163.7, which I believe.
Culprit: two salty meals? Many more steps?? More sleep! Not going to worry about it. Still...it is disconcerting when I was so active & brought my food, weighed food, etc, tracked all. I see why folks have a 5-lb maintenance window.
Two planned & tracked restaurant meals which I don’t have normally.
Carrying on!
7/31 166.0 Trend wt: 165.3 Loss/wk: 0.4
BMI: 24.9
Had a bit of a carb pity party last night - all weighed & tracked LOL Not too far over in calories, but Very unlike me. I think I’m back on track today...a great night’s sleep should help me along.
Perspective helps: My wt is down for the month. My exercise was highest yet this month. All is good. Relax. You can do this & will learn from it.
8/1 165.8 Trend wt: 165.4 Loss/wt: 0.4
BMI: 24.8
Creeping back down...
8/2 165.4 Trend wt: 165.5 Loss/wk: 0.4
Continuing to creep down... This is the first time this has happened to me. I’m glad I’m turning it around!
Huge NSV last night. 3-mile walk with significantly faster pace over 8.5 mins faster per mile than I could do before & 3 times the distance!!!. Definitely STRONGER & more fit!!!!!! #grateful #thrilled
8/3 164.2 Back under RSW!!
Trend wt: 165.2 Loss/wk: 0.4
BMI: 24.7 again!!
I guess I should be thankful that I gain slowly even if it means I lose slowly too! Vastly relieved.
If I’m lucky, I might make my original RGW...we’ll see! I won’t be eating out again anytime soon...even carefully & tracked. Just doesn’t seem to work with my body.
8/4 163.6 Trend wt: 164.7 Loss/wk: 0.5
BMI: 24.5
Did it. Hope it “holds.” Excited! Long walks worked.
8/5
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RGW: 164.3 Revised: 164.8
Goals:
1. Average weight for July 166.4 (-2lbs) or lower
Status: Avg wt 165.8 down 2.6 lbs from June’s!! More than Achieved ✅
& Achieve average wt for August of 164.4
Status: 164.8, 0.4 lbs to go!
2. Average step goal for July > 8K
Status: Avg for July: 9,229 steps per day!! My highest yet!!✅
Average step goal for August > 8,300
Status: 11,456 avg. steps per day
3. 10-day trend moving avg decreasing or maintaining for July!
Status: 26/31 |||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |
10-day trend moving average decreasing or maintaining for August:
Status: 3/4 (stopped the increases) by Aug 2nd!
4. Lengthen BMI Streak < 24.9 (Normal)
Status: 19 days ||||||| ||||||| |||||
Day 20: 24.9
Day 21: 24.9
Restart:
Day 22: Aug 1
BMI Streak < 24.8
Status: 4 days ||||
Next Mini-Goal: Get BMI to 24.4; weigh163 by my 1,000th day (Sept 27) 0.6 lbs to go!7 -
Round 39=193.6 No change
Round 40=194.0 (+0.4)
Round 41=194.6 (+0.6)
Round 42=193.0 (-1.6)
Round 43=193.6 (+0.6)
Round 44=197.6 (+4.0)
Round 45=195.8 (-1.8)
Round 46=197.4 (+1.6)
Round 47=194.0 (-3.4)
Round 48 (goal 192.4 or under)
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 194.0
7/28 193.0
7/29 195.6 Oh sad. Kind of figured though when I bought food off the deli hot bar and a brownie. And salad for dinner just didn't sound good. Back to being more careful today.
7/30 195.0
7/31 196.4
8/01 196.2
8/02 196.6
8/03 197.2
8/04 195.8
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Start Date: 1/16/2018
Start Weight: 295
First Goal: Back away from 300!!! Accomplished
Next Goal: 263 Accomplished
Next Goal: 233
First Celebration Goal, No longer obese: 196
Second Celebration Goal, No longer overweight: 163
Ultimate Goal: Approx 150, but with muscles, and active with hiking, kayak, and all manner of outdoors.
R 29 End Weight: 285.4
R30 End Weight: 286.4
R31 End Weight: 277.8
R32 End Weight: 274.6
R33 End Weight: 271.6
R34 End Weight: 268.2
R35 End Weight: 267.0
R36 End Weight: 263.8
R37 End Weight: 262.4
R38 End Weight: 260.2
R39 End Weight: 259.0
R40 End Weight: 255.2
R41 End Weight: 256.0
R42 End Weight: 254.4
R43 End Weight: 254.4
R44 End Weight: 251.2
R45 End Weight: 252.4
R46 End Weight: 251.0
R47 End Weight: 245.4
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 / 245.4 / The whoosh finished, back to the slog.
7/28 / 245.4 /
7/29 / 246.8 / Garlic Festival and Party. This was planned; I expected salt no matter how many carbs I avoided.
7/30 / 247.4 / I wasn’t hungry on Sunday. I didn’t drink much water either. Today is planned out and easy to execute.
7/31 / 245.4 / Salt gone.
8/01 / traveling starts today / 245.4 / I won’t have reliable or predictable Internet after the 6th. I won’t have Internet at all in the mornings after today. I will still keep a paper log and will enter that in MFP when I have access.
8/02 / Travel / No access to a scale. Computer at a repair shop.
8/03 / Travel / No access to a scale. Computer at a repair shop.
8/04 / Travel / No access to a scale until 2:30 in the afternoon. Weight on another scale, fully clothed and lots of water and scheduled food: 254.6. Do I believe this? Nope.
8/05 / Travel /
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I've scrolled through looking for Round 49. Has it been posted? I can't find it.2
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Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
SW: 240
CW: 188.2 (189.2)
GW: 179 (189)
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time*
{Round 34- lost 2.8 lbs}
{Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs}
{Round 36 - lost 1 lb}
{Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs}
{Round 38 - lost 1 lb}
{Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs}
{Round 40 - lost 3 lbs}
{Round 41 - lost .8 lbs}
{Round 42 - lost 3.4 lbs}
{Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs - EW 194.2}
{Round 44 - lost 1 lb - EW 193.2}•
{Round 45 - no wgt loss - EW 193.2}
{Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs - 189.6}
{Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs - 188.2}
Day/Weight/Comment
•7/27 - 189.2 -
Early weigh in. This end of round drop and beginning round overnight gain of ONE pound seems to be my trend. I'm officially in the overweight BMI category. Kind of a weird eating day for me yesterday. Went to help my niece again, but was rushed, so I threw some random food items into my lunchbag. None of my plans for the day were achieved. 35g carbs, 26g net carbs. Lettuce, grape tomatoes, pickled jalapeños, strawberries, cottage cheese, peanut butter
•7/28 - 187.8 - Okay, I know, I'm supposed to be dialing down the carbs, but I have 4 more days left and fried chicken and fresh peach sounded delicious. 63g carbs, 55g Net carbs. Seasoned coating for chicken, green beans, broccoli slaw, poppyseed dressing, 1/2 medium fresh peach, peanut butter, of course
•7/29 - 188.2 - Early weigh in. 57g carbs, 51g net carbs. Salad greens, 1/2 medium fresh peach, strawberries, cottage cheese, seasoned coating for chicken, peanut butter
•7/30 - 188.2 - 50g carbs, 37g net carbs. Green beans, peanuts, peanut butter, seasoned coating for chicken.
•7/31 - 187.8 - Well I lied, today will be my last day of higher carb fruits. I still have one peach to eat. Looking back over the month, I did well except for two extremely high carb days that involved bread and sugar aka sugar and sugar? 45g carbs, 39g net carbs. Seasoned coating for chicken (So long fried chicken! I won't miss you.) salad greens, spinach, fresh plum, lime juice.
•8/1 -186.8 - Early weigh in. It's unbelievable that its August already! Yesterday was my last day of increased carbohydrates. 46g carbs, 35g net carbs. Broccoli, salad greens, sunflower seeds, fresh peach. I didn't eat anything that I had planned until 5:30 pm. My niece held me up briefly in the a.m. from running my errands. She asked me to watch her children for a short time and I did. I wasn't hungry until after I left the house, about 1 p.m. Bought some sunflower seeds to stave off my hunger for a couple of hours. Didn't drink enough water throughout the day. Changed up my planned meals a bit, because my eating time was shortened. *My third day back to intermittent fasting. Took a month off.* Made a semi chef's salad, forgot to boil eggs. ? Felt stuffed after eating, but specifically after eating that peach. BUT, no more fresh peaches until next summer, so it's all good. I hope to keep carbs under 20- 25 grams today.
•8/2 - 185.2 - 21g carbs (18g carbs), 17g net carbs (14g net carbs) Ugh, I had my carbs perfect! 18 grams total and messed it up with lime juice. I NEEDED that lime in my water though. My mouth was so dry and I needed flavor. Otherwise, a good day. Macros WERE on point before my little green monster. Changed my nutrition goals, calories dropped by 20.
•8/3 -187 - Early weigh in. Ooo boy! The fluid retention is crazy this morning. 25g carbs, 22g net carbs.
In my mind I'm ready right now to get back to my normal level of exercise, but I'm not, too many injuries. Gotta take it slow. I've also been wanting to get outside and take care of my overgrown shrubs. I got started yesterday. It's been so much rain, the gentleman that cuts my lawn has not done so since June 28! It's been so long that I asked him if I had missed a cut. More rain and storms today, so I'm going out to chop on these shrubs again before it starts.
•8/4 - 185.6 - 31g carbs, 24g net carbs. More outdoor chores yesterday. Always a great upper body workout and the only way I can do squats without thinking about my knee. Muscles are sore, but that makes me know I worked them effectively.
•8/5
Seeking lower bodyfat%
●Since joining this challenge:
•30.2 lbs lost
•BMI lowered 4.7 points
•BF% reduced 7.3%
■Bodyfat% using Vanity Planet BF scale
■BMI using National Heart Lung & Blood Institute app
R34/SW: 218.4 - BMI=34.1- BF%=44.4
R35/SW: 215.4 - BMI=33.7- BF%=44.2
R36/SW: 213 - BMI=33.4 - BF%=43.1
R37/SW: 212 - BMI=33.2 - BF%=42.8
R38/SW: 206.4 - BMI=32.3 - BF%=42
R39/SW: 205.4 - BMI=32.1 - BF%=41.7
R40/SW: 202 - BMI=31.6 - BF%=41.2
R41/SW: 199 - BMI=31.2 - BF%=39.9
R42/SW: 196.6 - BMI=30.9 - BF%=39.7
R43/SW: 195.6 - BMI=30.5 - BF%=39
R44/SW: 194.2 - BMI=30.4 - BF%=38.6
R45/SW: 193.2 - BMI=30.2 - BF%=38.4
R46/SW: 193.2 - BMI=30.2 - BF%=38.4
R47/SW: 189.6 - BMI=29.6 - BF%=38.1
R48/SW: 188.2 - BMI=29.4 - BF%=37.1
50.4 lbs lost since returning to MFP, Oct. 2017
63.4 lbs lost since Sept. 20179 -
@quiltingjaine, sorry for the delay,
Round 49 is posted
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10686382/just-give-me-10-days-round-49/p1?new=15 -
Round 48
Female -5`6
SW 193
GW -160
Weight
Day/Weight/Comment
7/26- went for radiation, cut the lawn( big property), took grandchildren to the park, worked out on treadmill, rest.
7/27-walked, yoga, Completed week 5 radiation. I have a health update when I see the doctor All 5 weeks perfect!
7/28- Did not have a good night sleep last night, I hour, 20 mins during the day.( steroids, one more week and then we can start to cut them back, they are making me super hungry, walking helps.
7/29 Had a great day, slept last night, did a lot of walking 112mins. Goal for next week watching my food portions. Steroids are making it really hard for me, one more week and then I can start to cut them in half.
7/30- Had a great day for walking steps. Went for radiation#6 left, and I had to go to the hospital for EEG to test brain for seizures, but I doubt it because I feel fine. I did to much today.
7/31-I feel fantastic, not one symptom since I started radiation completed 25 treatments, down to the last 5, doctors said I would lose my hair after week 2 or 3 -that did not happen. I think because I drink so much water and when I wake up everyday I have an organic bread with avocado. I have been out walking at least 12,000 steps. I am very fortune.
8/1 Only a couple hours sleep last night. Made my meals for tomorrow. Went walking. Since the weekend my steps have been up. 4 more treatments for Radiation. I can't believe it.
8/2 - worked on meal planning for next week. Steps- have been over 10,000 all week. Still not much sleep last night.
8/3- I am so excited, next week Monday is a holiday and then I only have 2 treatments left for Radiation, Tuesday and Wednesday. I finished 28. They were saying today because I kept my regular routine as before I could fight hard, and be symptom free. Means so much for me, when I ring the bell for completion it maybe the first time I see a few tears of happiness!
8/4 Had a super busy Saturday! Did great this week for walking steps hit over 12,000/per day. I have to really watch what I eat I am having a hard time because of the steroids.
7/31-193
8/1-
8/2-
8/3-
8/4-196
8/5-10 -
HSW : 257.8 lbs
CSW : 237.8 lbs (15 Jan, 2018)01. R29 SW 237.8 EW: 233.6 (- 4.2 lbs)Round 48 GOALS:
02. R30 SW: 233.6 EW: 230.2 (- 3.4 lbs)
03. R31 SW: 230.2 EW: 228.4 (-1.8 lbs)
04. R32 SW: 228.4 EW: 223.2 (- 5.2 lbs)
05. R33 SW: 223.2 EW: 221.4 (-1.8 lbs)
06. R34 SW: 221.4 EW: 218.4 (-3.0 lbs)
07. R35 SW: 218.4 EW: 217.6 (-0.8 lbs)
08. R36 SW: 217.6 EW:--- did not complete round.
08. R38 SW: 218.4 EW: 216.2 (-2.2 lbs)
09. R39 SW: 216.2 EW: ---- did not complete this round
09. R43 SW: 219.4 EW: 215.8 (-3.6 lbs)
10. R44 SW: 215.8 EW: 213.8 (-2.0 lbs)
11. R45 SW: 213.8 EW: 213.4 (-0.4 lbs)
12. R46 SW: 213.4 EW: 210.4 (-3.0 lbs)
13. R47 SW: 210.4 EW: 207.6 (-2.8 lbs)
14. R48 SW: 207.6 EW: 205.6 (-2.0 lbs)
15. R49 SW:205.6
Loss since challenge: -32.2 lbs (Jan 2018)
Average loss per round: -2.3 lbs (13 completed rounds)
Loss since highest weight: -52.2 lbs
GOALS:1st Goal - 215 ✅ *clothes shopping*
Reward: clothes shopping trip (x 2 Round 44 and Round 45)
- mini goal : 210 ✅= fresh flowers - I LOVED this reward and will use this again!
next mini goal: 205 = foot massage and pedicure- mini goal : 200 = afternoon tea with friends
2nd Goal - 190 -195 lbs - onedeland = *increase exercise* I AM GOING TO GET THERE!
3rd Goal - 175 lbs = *clothes shopping
4th Goal - 155 lbs - hitting "healthy" and changing the pace
5. UGW - 135
mini-goals
210 lbs ✅ fresh flowers for my dining table. - R47 205 lbs - foot massage and pedicure - hopefully Round R48 if all goes very well.
Round 32 GOAL - target 225.x, EW 223.2 = accomplished, big time! ✅
Round 33 GOAL - to get down to 221.x - EW 221.4 = YES! ✅
Round 34 GOAL - to get out of the 220's EW 218.4 lbs!!! ... ACHIEVED!!! ✅
Round 35 GOAL - keep in the 21x.x … DONE! ✅
Round 36/37 - Easter holidays - stalled.
Round 38 GOAL - end the round with a loss. - yup, getting back on track! *FAIL*
Round 40 GOAL - actually RE-START after all these stalls. OMG *FAIL*
Round 43 GOAL ... ACHIEVED!!! ✅ OMG! SO SO HAPPY …. I DID IT
Round 44 GOAL - get below 215 ✅
Round 45 GOAL - Goal Weight: 211.x um …. Haha… not when the round ends on a bumb!
Round 46 GOAL - To get to 210.x a ✅ - taking this round as a WIN!
Round 47 GOAL - to get to 20x.x ✅
1) Goal Weight: to get to 205.x ✅
2) To stay in this new decade, to permanently kiss 21x.x GOODBYE ✅
3) To drink 3+ litres a day ✅
4) To swim at least 5 days out of the 10. ✅
Day/Weight/Comment
27/06: 206.2 lbs… starting with a whoooosh
28/06: 205.6 lbs … unexpected, loved seeing that 5
29/06: 207.2 lbs … ate out, under cals - but darn sodium I guess
30/06: did not weigh
31/07: 206.6 lbs YES!
01/06: 206.0 lbs…
02/06: 205.0 lbs … YES!! WELCOME BACK 5
03/06: 204.8 lbs …
04/06: 204.6 lbs … SO HAPPY to see that 4 again… please come again tomorrow!
05/07: 205.6 lbs … ending on a bump after starting on a whoosh
Goal: 205.x ✅
Round 48
Very happy with this round. The numbers are a little odd, but I am clearly in this new decade and heading to 1-derland - hopefully by end of this month!! I am learning to just take a downward trend and not pushing so much for the aggressive 2 lbs/week any more. Focusing more now on lifestyle changes - long term, sustainable ones with flexibility to socalise.
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Round 47- SW 158 EW 152.5 (-5.5lbs)
Round 48. In for my second time and loving the 10-day challenge. It's inspiring to see everyone here with many rounds completed and others who are just getting started like me.
Round 48 goals: 10,000 steps per day. In bed by 11 pm.
7/27- 152.5 - 13,000 steps, plus some extra exercise. Made time for breakfast and remembered to pack a healthy lunch.
7/28 -152 - 12,000 steps. Attended a wedding today. The food was not my style, so no trouble to not overindulge. Nearly two weeks of consistent exercise has sure made me feel better.
7/29 - 152.5 - 13,000 steps - Forgot to post.
7/30 - 153.5 - 15,000 steps. Prosecco and pizza and pasta, oh my. No surprise to see today's number. Got a nice little hike in with the family. It was our puppy's first hike and he was surprisingly well behaved! The weather is warm here (for the Pacific Northwest) and I'm glad to be back in my air conditioned office today. A study just came out that said that Seattle is the least air conditioned metropolitan city in the US. So when it's 80 degrees outside, there's no escape - it's also 80 degrees inside. I kind of just melt into my couch on hot weekends and don't want to move at all.
7/31 - 153 - 11,000 steps, elliptical and weight lifting. It's a little cooler here today and it feels sooo good. Glad to see the scale creeping back down.
8/01- 152.5 - Ha, just typo'd and entered that at 125.5. Wouldn't that be nice! 13,000 steps.
8/02 - 151. Didn't hit my step goal yesterday. I came home and was so tired I went right to bed for 12 glorious hours of sleep!! I'd been averaging closer to 5 hours a night, which just isn't enough. Based on yesterday alone, it's sleeping, not stepping, that drives the scale down for me.
8/03 - 151. 12,000 steps.
8/04 -150 - Hooray! My scale isn’t digital, so maybe 150.5, but I swear it looked pretty spot on the 150 line and I hopped on and off that scale three times to check! I’m calling it 150 and hoping it sticks for the end of the round tomorrow.
8/0511 -
"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver GoldsmithStart this FINAL weight loss journey 10/18/2017 = 147.9
Start Just Give Me 10 Days ... 11/9/2017
R22 * Start = 143.4 * Ave = 141.9 * Min = 140.2 * End = 141.2
R23 * Start = 142.0 * Ave = 140.1 * Min = 139.4 * End = 139.6
R24 * Start = 140.0 * Ave = 138.6 * Min = 137.0 * End = 137.0
R25 * Start = 136.6 * Ave = 137.0 * Min = 135.8 * End = 135.8
R26 * Start = 136.6 * Ave = 135.6 * Min = 134.8 * End = 136.0
R27 * Start = 135.4 * Ave = 135.0 * Min = 133.4 * End = 134.0
R28 * Start = 135.2 * Ave = 133.5 * Min = 132.2 * End = 133.0
R29 * Start = 132.6 * Ave = 131.8 * Min = 130.6 * End = 131.8
R30 * Start = 132.4 * Ave = 131.4 * Min = 130.6 * End = 130.6
R31 * Start = 130.6 * Ave = 130.9 * Min = 130.0 * End = 130.8
R32 * Start = 130.0 * Ave = 130.0 * Min = 129.0 * End = 131.0
R33 * Start = 130.0 * Ave = 129.3 * Min = 128.4 * End = 129.2
R34 * Start = 129.0 * Ave = 128.7 * Min = 128.0 * End = 129.8
Maintenance Starts
R35 * Start = 128.6 * Ave = 128.7 * Min = 127.6 * End = 127.6
R36 * Start = 128.2 * Ave = 128.1 * Min = 127.2 * End = 127.4
R37 * Start = 127.2 * Ave = 126.9 * Min = 126.6 * End = n/a
R38 * Start = n/a * Ave = 127.5 * Min = 127.0 * End = 127.4
R39 * Start = 127.8 * Ave = 128.4 * Min = 127.2 * End = 129.8
R40 * Start = 129.0 * Ave = 128.4 * Min = 127.6 * End = 127.6
R41 * Start = 128.2 * Ave = 128.7 * Min = 128.0 * End = 128.4
R42 * Start = 129.2 * Ave = 128.2 * Min = 127.2 * End = 128.6
R43 * Start = 126.4 * Ave = 127.1 * Min = 126.0 * End = 127.8
R44 * Start = 128.6 * Ave = 128.0 * Min = 127.0 * End = 127.4
R45 * Start = 127.0 * Ave = 126.7 * Min = 125.4 * Max = 127.4
R46 * Start = 125.8 * Ave = 126.6 * Min = 125.8 * Max = 127.6
R47 * Start = 126.4 * Ave = 126.1 * Min = 124.6 * Max = 127.4
About me: 61, 5'7", in maintenance since March this year. Serial loser and regainer of 20 and determined not to slide back up this time.
Round 47 report: Rethinking my goals at this time. My range was 125-130; I am now at the bottom end and still happy to lose slowly; I don't want to exceed 127 by much unless it's serious muscle gain. Some nice hard cardio last week in spite of the muggy gym.
Round 48 GOAL = Maintain weight 121-127, get some nice workouts in.
7/27 - 125.0 - yesterday feeling meh and came home from work. At maintenance calories, no workout.
7/28 - 126.6 - yesterday (Friday) wildfires started near our valley, called in to work at 10PM for a few hours, home at 1PM. Did get 10K steps in but food wise an extreme day.
7/29 - 126.6 - yesterday (Saturday) tired and stressy, food choices were just don't care tbh
7/30 - 128.4 - yesterday (Sunday) we took 2 separate power outages totaling 8 hours, work issues and concern about friends caused anxiety, food choices again were do not care and comfort me please. I did not log the past several days. I am going to draw a line and log now starting today.
Ironic that the second I decide that my top of range is 127, I go over it.
7/31-126.6 - Yesterday a bit over maintenance calories, got a lovely 3.5 mile run in the heat.
8/1 - 127.0 - yesterday at maintenance calories, some walking but no workout.
8/2 - 127.2 - yesterday over maintenance, busy day and no workout.
8/3 - 125.4 - yesterday (thursday) hugely busy day at work, 10 hours straight through, no logging but reasonable calories, no workout.
8/4 - 125.0 - yesterday (friday) another 10+ hour day at work, n logging but reasonable, no workout. We have a couple of fires nearby, coworkers under evacuation orders, shortstaffed, and dealing with multiple metaphorical fires as well as CalFire et al deal with the real ones. Worked another 5 hours today (saturday) and going back in tomorrow.
8/511 -
Age 48
Height 5’11”
SW 97kg
GW 79kg
Round 42 lost 1.5kg
Round 43 lost 1.5kg
Round 44 lost 1 kg
Round 45 lost 0.2kg
Round 46 lost 1.7kg
Round 47 lost 0.5kg
Round 48 SW 88.5
End Round 48 GW 87.5kg
7/27 88.5kg (-0.0kg) stayed in kcal goal, had only 4500 steps. It's so so soooo hot here....
7/28 88.5kg (-0.0kg)
boring.....
7/29 88.2kg (-0.3kg) walked 15.000 steps started my kettlebell workout from the beginning again with a heavier weight. Instead of 8kg (+/- 17lbs), I'm swinging 12kg (+/- 26lbs) now
7/30 88.4kg (+0.2kg) Didn't move a lot, visited friends, had dinner that I couldn't count kcal for. Hope for a downwards trend the rest of this round!!
7/31 88.4kg (-0.0kg) Did my kettlebell workout, only walked 5000 steps (no dog in the house this week and stayed in my kcalgoal.
8/01 87.8kg (-0.6kg) Eat 100 kcal below my goal... that's it.... I'm not complaining...
8/02 87.8kg (-0.0kg) walked 5000 steps and instead of a kettlebell workout I made a ride on my bike for 28km (about 18 miles)
8/03 87.2kg (-0.6kg) Did nothing special, worked, walked only 5000 steps, feeling kinda blèhhh.... So this is a nice surpise!
8/04 87.4kg (+0.2kg) To be expected weh you losse 1.2 kg in 3 days. Lets just keep it like this
8/05 87.6kg (+0.2kg) Worked out with my kettlebell, had a lovely bbq with a delicious desert, and cake and, and, and..... On 100 grams I didn't meet my weekgoal, but I'm happy with the past 10 days! Up for round 49!!8 -
Round 48
SW: 74kg May 2018
UGW: 62kg Oct/Nov 2018
Round 47 EW: 73kg
Round 48 EW: 71.5kg
*Non-digital scales*
7/27 73kg - today is too hot to exercise!
7/28 72.5kg, the needle is definitely in the middle between 70-75 today! Also change of plan and I can go for my run today. The food might still happen, but at least not all day as originally planned
7/29 no scale, the foodie weekend did happen afterall
7/30 74.5kg and i only have myself to blame. I need to stop making excuses every weekend. I want this, so I must make the necessary changes
7/31 73.5kg alright, good day yesterday within cals+half exercise cals and running. Let's keep this up
8/01 72.5kg, yes! Another good day, stayed withon cals, only ate back half my walking cals. Went to a boxing class, which I didn't log, because it was too late to eat afterwards anyway
8/02 72.5kg, i thinks it"s pretty close to 72, but I don't want to call it just yet. Also I have two nights with drinks ahead of me, which might mess this up a gain. I will be mindful and not go crazy.
Maybe it is time for digital scales again?
8/03 72kg YES! The needle is moving the right way! I did drink yesterday, but stuck to the drinks I planned for, didn't get any bar food or eat when I got home, so all round great success. It did mean no run today as I was in bed too late, but i'll make up for it tomorrow. Just gotta do the same thing tonight when out.
8/04 72kg, Had more drinks last night, but didn't go crazy. I couldn't stay away from the bar food, but went just over maintenance. And managed to go for a run
8/05 71.5kg I'ma call it that, it looks lower than yesteday and it'll give me a fuzzy feeling for the end of this round!10 -
Age: 28
Height: 164 cm (5'4.5'')
SW (Max weight): 95 kg (209.4 lbs)
GW: 65 kg (143 lbs)
7/27 85 kg (187.3 lbs)
Gained so much weight, I'm upset but still motivated. I woke up early (6.00 am) and walked 3.1 km (4300 steps). The breakfast was good I hope the rest of the day will be good too. Cannot wait to see lower weights...
7/28 84.6 kg (186.5 lbs)
I feel really motivated and strong. I bought a smoothie blender. I'll make healthy and nutritious smoothies rather than junk food anymore. And also yesterday I didn't drink alcohol even I went to a bar. Moreover, I walked 10.2 km I'm feeling good.
7/29 84.3 kg (185.8 lbs)
Going well... Yesterday I made two delicious smoothies, one of them is kinda desert (banana, soy milk, almonds and nuts and chia seeds, you should try!). I took a little more calories however, I walked 5 km (12000 steps), so the calorie intake was ok.
7/30 84.3 kg (185.8 lbs)
Everything is going well. Yesterday I walked 13400 steps and ate well. I still don't drink alcohol and I'm feeling good about it.
7/31 83.9 kg (184.9 lbs)
This is so fast but I know this is my first week, it's all about that... Yesterday I ate a little more and walked about 8000 steps. But it's ok.
8/01 83.6 kg (184.3 lbs)
After the 6 days, I ate a little dessert. Socializing really makes diet harder. When I go out with someone, I cannot be strict about my diet. However, I walked 15000 steps.
8/02 84 kg (185.1 lbs)
OK... Yesterday I was very stressed and so overate. And also I couldn't sleep, I have a sleep problem because of depression but yesterday I became obsessed with some horrible possibilities and it was worse. Very bad day, I hope today will be better. I'm emotionally unstable, so it is always hard for me to control my diet. I need some stability in my life.
8/03 84.2 kg (185.6 lbs)
Another bad day. I hadn't drunk alcohol for 8 days, but yesterday I drank 2 drinks. It's not very bad actually I didn't stop drinking permanently but there's no necessary to drink. But my friends were drinking so I joined them... At least I walked 9700 steps.
8/04 84.1 kg (185.4 lbs)
Yesterday I was depressed and binge ate at afternoon, but I didn't eat anything aft.. that. I think, that's something...
8/05 83.6 kg (184.3 lbs)
Oh, I'm so happy to see this number again. Yesterday wasn't very good but ok. At least I walked 10000 steps. This number motivated me to go on. My emotions are usually unstable, so it's hard to continue, I always try to find something to motivate myself to make myself feel better. Thank you all who are part of this challenge.13 -
SW: 255, Aug 2014
CW: 165
GW: 150
Round 43 - No loss
Round 44 - 3 lb loss !
Round 45 - 1 lb loss
Round 46 - No loss
Round 47 - 1 lb loss
Round 48
7/27 : 165 to start
7/28 : 165
7/29 : 165
7/30 : 165
7/31 : 165
8/01 : 165
8/02 : 165 Time to reassess
8/03 : 165 I’m not trying hard enough. Break time I guess.
8/04 : 165
8/05 : 165 Not surprised - but I’m not giving up ! Joined the YMCA yesterday - going to to do classes, swimming, and the weight room.
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I'm late but I'm in! I did a round at the beginning of July but have been on holiday since. Holidays ended yesterday and I have to get back on track starting today. I swam pretty much every day while away but ate and drank way to much, so I managed to gain a few pounds
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - holiday
7/28 - holiday
7/29 - 257.4
7/30 - 257....no exercise and not great eating yesterday...still off schedule with the 4 1/2 hrs time difference. I did drink quite a bit of water though, which is why I think I have a little loss today.
7/31 - 257...not a good day yesterday so I'm happy to not see a gain..yet.
8/01 - 258...another bad day of eating too much and no exercise. My routines are completely off, I'm not able to sleep at night and I can't seem to get back on track. I know I want and need to but I just can't seem to get it done
8/02 - 257
8/03 - 257...yesterday wasn't great again but it's my last day of excuses. I have an appointment later today to join a gym to get my booty back in gear!
8/04 - 255.4...stayed under calories yesterday and drank a decent amount of water. Joined a gym and went for my first workout last night
8/05 - 253.8...very happy with this number! Its amazing what I can do if I actually put in the work! I don't know why I always forget this.
Loss for this round: 3.6 lbs
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Round 48
5'-10" Male
SW 228.8
CW 219.2
GW 175
Rd 47 (-7.2 lbs)
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - 221.2 - Went out with an old friend and only had one beer. Passed on the charcuterie plate that I wanted bad, but those are the make or break moments.
7/28- 220.2 - Had 600 calories of pizza last night with 2 glasses of red wine, just ate lightly rest of the day and stayed within 1550 calories. Some foods are out of the question though since the calorie/enjoyment trade off is low. See ya' soda and muffins.
7/29 - 220.6 - Ate out last night, very hard to count calories at restaurants. I went overboard on some kind of oily garlic bread. Then got more of the same bread with entree, didn't know it was coming. Still not a bad day.
7/30 -219.6.6 - Out of the 220's two days short of goal. Next plan is to be out of 210s by Sept 1st for a vacation. Doable, but almost no room for error.
7/31- 218.8 - Bad cereal and milk seems to be my biggest trigger food - by far the worst hunger that I offset with a salad. I wish it wasn't in the house but my wife eats it.
8/1- 217.8 - I got a new scale because the old one was +/- .8. New scale seems to be a pound less than the old one hence the big drop.
8/2- 218.8 - First bad day. I think, I hope, that the reason for the bad day was I ate almost no protein until dinner. I've had very few real urges to overeat, but yesterday I felt extremely hungry and lethargic all afternoon and didn't eat well because of it. Lesson learned, time to move on.
8/3 - 218.0 - Had two ground chicken tacos last night with tiny portion of mexican rice. Still lost weight. Amazing how I can still have this, pizza, steak and still lose weight as long as I stick to my calories.
8/4- 218.2 - A bit sloppy for last four days, time to pick it up.
8/5- 219.2 - Lots of lessons learned in this round11 -
Original starting weight - 172 lbs (2009)
Female 56 y/o 5’3”
R45 SW 132.6 EW 131.6 lbs (-1.0 lbs)
R46 SW 131.8 EW 129.6 lbs (-2.2 lbs)
7/27–131.2 lbs
7/28–131.2 lbs
7/29–129.8 lbs
7/30–129.8 lbs
7/31–128.8 lbs
8/01–127.6 lbs
8/02–128.4 lbs
8/03–128.2 lbs
8/04–127.6 lbs
8/05–127.2 lbs
Very happy with results this round—a loss of 4 lbs. I’ve been sticking to my calories (1350) and doing IF and it seems to be working. See you all in Round 49!11 -
This round I am not particularly aiming to lose, although losing would be fine. I'm aiming for good food, good exercise, and healing of my back and neck issues. Everything else is bonus!
Goals:
Food ~~ 1430 calories max; P 15-25%, C 35-50%, F 25-35%; mostly clean & healthful
Exercise: 60 minutes/day of walking/swimming + yoga/stretch class 3X/week
Weight ~~ maintain or lose slowly.
UGW - ~135-140
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2017)
Goal for 2018 - 140 (slowly, slowly...)
Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2
Lost 75#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. FIrst round (R15) Aug. 2017.R15 end weight 151.2R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449
R16 end weight 151.4 (+.2)
R17 end weight 151 (-.4)
R18 end weight 150.4 (-.6)
R19 end weight 149.6 (-.8)
R20 end weight 149.3 (-.3)
R21 end weight 149 (-.3)
R22 end weight 148 (-1)
R23 end weight 148.4 (+.4)
R24 end weight 149 (+.6)
R25 end weight 148.4 (-.6)
R26 end weight 149.2 (+.8)
R27 end weight 149 (-.2)
R28 end weight 146.8 (-2.2)
R29 end weight 146.8 (+/-0)
R30 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1411
R31 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1385
R32 end weight unknown - traveling, no scale - ave net calories 1468
R33 end weight 149.1 (+2.3); ave calories 1471 (after traveling/eating out for 3 weeks!)
R34 end weight 149 (-.1); ave calories 1577
R35 end weight 149.4 (+.4); ave calories 1592
R36 end weight 149.6 (+.2); ave calories 1650
R37 end weight 151 (+1.4); ave calories 1703 (154 over estimated TDEE, so no surprise I've gained)
R38 end weight 149.8 (-1.2); averages-- calories 1420; carbs ~48%; protein ~21% ; fat ~31%
R39 end weight 149.8 (+/-0); averages -- calories 1753.5; carbs ~47%; protein ~20%; fat ~33%
R40 end weight 150 (+.2); averages coming later
R41 end weight 150.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1792
R42 end weight 149.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1432
R43 end weight 150.6 (+.8): 10-day ave 1406
R44 end weight 148.8 (-1.8); 10-day ave 1430
R45 end weight 147.6 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1338
R46 end weight 148.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1437
R48 end weight 146.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1378
Day/Moving Ave Weight/Calories Day Before/10-day calorie ave/Exercise/Comment
7/27 - 147.6 - 1328 - 10-day ave 1432 - 75-min walk
Hubby's bd yesterday, but I ate a lovely, healthy lunch out - grilled shrimp, salad, broccoli, one spoonful of his dessert. Yesterday evening I went for a 4-mile walk along the Maumee River on the beautiful Rivergreenway.
7/28 - 148.2 - 1330 - 10-day ave 1425 - 35 min walk + 30 min gardening
One of those mysterious upticks. All is well. It looks like a beautiful day, so I'm hoping to get at least one nice walk along one of our three rivers. Enjoy your weekend!
7/29 - 148 - 1653 - 10-day ave 1458 - 30 min walk + misc walking around stores & public garden
Splurged a little last night on ice cream and crackers (not together!) and my sodium was a little higher than usual, so no surprise. Pants I haven't worn in a while feel looser, so there's that! I've been having a lot of lower back and hip pain and blood work shows significant inflammation, so in addition to seeing a chiropractor I'm going to start an anti-inflammation cleanse in a few days. Happily, it's not very different from how I typically eat - the main things I'll have to give up are coffee (no biggee if I have my herbal teas) and chicken, which we eat fairly often. Anyway, I'm not doing it for weight loss, but will be interested to know whether it makes a difference (heavy on veggies, whole grains/no bread or grain-based pasta, and healthy fats). It's the Journey Alive 8-week cleanse program by Coralie Murphy, which is science-based and not extreme. Has anyone here done it?
7/30 - 148.2 - 1479 - 10-day ave 1469
Averages, averages....
7/31 - 148.3 - 1251 - 10-day ave 1457
Hmmm. I'm recording my moving average weights -- my actual weight has been steadily rising for the past 4 days (from 147.6 - 148.8 - 149 - 1496 - 149.8). I guess that makes sense in terms of my 10-day calorie averages (although those are actual, not net after exercise), but seems excessive. I have been sporadically taking Ibuprofen for back/hip/neck pain, so maybe water retention? I don't care that I'm not losing, but don't like the steady gains. And this hurting business has gotten old very quickly.
8/01 - 148.4 - 1743 - 10-day ave 1461
My actual weight has come back down .4, so I'm sure the increase is water from NSAIDs. I'm still researching anti-inflammatory regimes, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to start by cutting wheat, milk, and added sugars (which I get very few of anyway). Quite an adjustment - no more whole-wheat muffins with peanutbutter. :
8/02 - 148.4 - 1335 - 10-day ave 1458
Today I'm starting a strict anti-inflammatory diet to see if it helps. Waiting for more blood work results. Ugh.
8/03 - 148.6 - 1255 - 10-day ave 1438
My running average is up a smidge, but my actual weight is back down to the same number, so I seem to be liberating some of that water. Just one day "anti-inflammatory" and I don't want to get too hopeful too soon, but I swear I feel a little better. Have a lovely weekend, all!
8/04 - 147.6 - 1255 - 10-day ave 1436 (7-day ave also 1436 - hah!)
It's still early, of course, but after 2 days anti-inflam I think I really do feel a bit better. Motivation enough for me to stick to the plan! I've also discovered some great new protein sources - lentil and black bean pastas. So far we have tried the TruToots green pea and red lentil pastas and they're high protein & delicious. Soon to come - black bean spaghetti - 25 g. protein/serving! Yum yum!
8/05 - 146.8 - 1126 - 10-day ave 1378
Hurting this morning, but seeing the scale drop helps. Off to walk to loosen everything up - that helps. I'm not trying to keep my calories this low - would rather not, actually, but filling up on veggies does that! On to R49 - see you there!
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Back at it - Round 2
Round 47 SW: 144 lb. EW: 143.5 lb.
Round 48 SW: 143.6. lb
Round 48 GW: 142 lb.
GW: 135
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 143.6 lb. Still have cold but did light cardio and stretching
7/28 away - I need to focus a lot harder than I did the last weekend
7/29 away
7/30 143.4 - Focus was better this weekend
7/31 143.3
8/01 144.4 - Not sure how to account for this; Did 50 minutes of cardio this morning, burning 500+ calories.
8/02 144.3
8/03 143.6 50 min of cardio
8/04 141.8 BodyStep in basement
8/05 142.9 30 min of cardio
Trending in right direction, just need to keep at it.9 -
HSW 229.4
R40 SW 199.4
R41 SW 197.6 -1.8
R42 SW 194.4 -3.2 (-5)
R43 SW 194.2 -0.2 (-5.2)
R44 SW 189.8 -4.4 (-9.6)
R45 SW 190.4 +0.6 (-9)
R46 SW 187.2 -3.2 (-12.2)
R47 SW 185.8 -1.4 (-13.8) - BMI 34.0 8 points down from HSW!!
R48 SW 185.4 -0.4 (-14.2)
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 185.4 - ready for a woosh - anytime now please. Dug out my fitbit and started using it again. Will try to improve my steps and my NEAT
7/28 184.8 - lots of walking yesterday! 18K steps and feeling great!
7/29 183.8 woosh!!
7/30 184.2 that's ok a woosh is usually follow by a bounce. Today is World Embroidery Day. Yesterday I finished a big project. I always delay finishing - I don't know why I get nervous about it, because I am usually pretty happy with them when they are done. Anyway I ate more because I was anxious, but also went on a 5k walk to balance it all out.
7/31 185.4 Not sure why - hopefully just a blip - I won't panic . . .yet
8/01 184 That's better!
8/02 183.8 another good walking day yesterday!
8/03 184
8/04 182.6
8/05 183.4 -2 for the round. very happy with that!! 11 -
Round 48
Please join us! Starting on 07/27 JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS, we will begin Round 47
Anyone can join us at anytime during the round.
Join us! If we stay mindful we can do this, you can do this.
SW:145.6
GW:143
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 145.6 ~ (Steps 16,090) ~ I ended up coming back early from my daughters for the weekend. It felt good to sleep in my own bed....
7/28 146.3 ~ (Steps 13,517) ~ I spend the day helping my husband run the Senior Games here in Washington State for table Tennis....
7/29 x
7/30 x
7/31 x
8/01 x
8/02 x
8/03 x
8/04 x
8/05 144.6 ~ (Steps 19,046) - I got home Friday evening from my daughters, it felt awesome to be back home...Yesterday was spent getting errands done, I’ll be heading back tonight but this time, I’m bringing my scale, 10 -
Heaviest: 192.2
RGW: 139.0
UGW: 135.0
07/24 - 138.4 at 5:00 a.m. ...bwahaha...I doubt it very much!!
07/25 - 140.8 at 3:30 a.m.
07/26 - 141.0 at 3:30 a.m.
Day/Weight/Comment
07/27 - 140.0 at 3:30 a.m.
07/28 - 140.6 at 5:00 a.m.
07/29 - 140.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...no control yesterday...EGADS!!!
07/30 - 140.6 at 5:00 a.m.
07/31 - 141.2 at 3:30 a.m.
08/01 - 141.2 at 3:30 a.m.
08/02 - 142.6 at 3:30 a.m.
08/03 - 140.8 at 5:00 a.m.
08/04 - 140.2 at 5:00 a.m.
08/05 - 139.6 at 5:00 a.m. Yeh!!!
Chris10 -
Female, 54, 5 ft. 6in.
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
UGW: 145-150
End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)
End R47: 158.5 (-1.5)
End R48: 159 (+.5)
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - 158.5 - I was going to gripe about being this weight for almost 8 days straight, especially since I've stayed real close to my weight loss calories. Then I realized because of our out of town visitors, I've had food that is higher in sodium, I haven't been walking as much, and water has not been my drink of choice. We've got one last barbecue planned for this weekend and then they'll leave on Sunday. I need to enjoy this weekend and not worry about what the scale says. Last week, before they came, I was hoping to maintain and I need to be happy that I did.
7/28 - 159.5
7/29 - 161 - Well, 158.5 looks pretty good right now! I had a little of everything at our picnic yesterday and several drinks, so this is no surprise. I have figured out that exactly 11 years ago I had dieted to 157 lbs. I hit a plateau and stopped counting calories and tracking my weight. This time will be different. I don't regret the overindulgence yesterday, since this time I'm not going to let it derail me. (And we had so much fun!)
7/30 - 160 - Slowly getting rid of the weekend indulgences.
7/31 - 160 - Patience, patience.
8/01 - 159 - I'm almost there!
8/02 - 158.5 - I can't believe I'm happy to see this number again. I'm really going to try to drop a half pound over the next few days to end this round with a loss. I've been having issues with vertigo (BPPV, I think) the past few weeks which has kept me from doing some of my calorie burning activities. I had this issue a few years ago, but I don't remember it lasting this long.
8/03 - 158.5 - The scale bounced around this morning, but it finally landed here, so I'm taking it. It is pretty amazing how I can go over TDEE calories for one day and my body wants to hold on to the weight. This does not bode well for next weekend when my husband and I go to Amish country for our anniversary. Oh well, as many people in this challenge have said, this is not a race.
8/04 - 158.5 - THIS IS NOT A RACE!!!
8/05 - 159 - I ate a total of 1,304 calories yesterday. I've eaten 1200 or less since Monday. This has got to be water retention. Even though I'm up this round and it hurts to see that, I'm sticking with these challenges, because I feel this is the only way I'll break through to my goal weight.7 -
R38 SW 212.6 GW 210 EW 207.4 (-5.2)
R39 SW 207.4 GW 206 EW 206.2 (-1.2)
R40 SW 206.2 GW 204.6 EW 203.0 (-3.2)
R41 SW 203.0 GW 202.5 EW 200.4 (-2.6)
R42 SW 200.4 GW 199.9 EW 199.0 (-1.4)
R43 SW 199.0 GW 199.0 EW 197.6 (-1.4)
R44 SW 197.6 GW 196.5 EW 196.6 (-1.0)
R45 SW 196.6 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.4)
R46 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.0)
R47 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 192.0 (-4.2)
R48 SW 192.0 GW 190.6 EW 191.2 (-0.8)
Total Lost to Date: 21.4
Daily Goals: Smarter choices, that I still enjoy
Long Term Goals: A healthy lifestyle I can maintain
Short Term GW: 199.9 by 6/2
Short term GW2: 182.6 by 11/1
UGW: 155ish - by April 2019
Day/Weight/Comment
7/26 - R47 EW 192.0
7/27 - Friday - 192.6 - Well I self sabotaged myself last night. Didnt eat my snack, got home and went to the lake basically in avoidance mode. Starving on the way home and ordered pizza deal. Ate my hunger and my feelings. Woke up super grumpy today - stressed at work. Making a conscious effort to have a better attitude than I woke up with. Late start on water intake today. Had already planned on mexican for lunch so I'm going to enjoy it, log it, and move on. Same with last night - its over and done with. Today may not be too pretty eating wise either but honestly I'm more focused on my mental health today - I know food has a direct correlation to my mood so I'll remember that while being gentle with myself today.
7/28 - Saturday - 193.4 - Made it thru the day with minimal incidence of meltdown nor did I self sabotage - I are when I was hungry and didn't when I was full. Impromptu shopping trip with my mom today. Its bound to include lunch. I'll be present in the moment and listen to those hunger cues again. Happy saturday!
7/29 - Sunday - 194.6 - Oh restaurant food how you toy with my emotions. Not letting it get to me! Had a great day yesterday. Overindulged a bit at lunch. When I came home DH wanted to take me out on a date night for ice cream - so like any child in an adults body I had ice cream for dinner! I didnt spend the day feeling bad about the number, or trying to over compensate eating really well or starve myself. I just trust the process enough to know that tomorrow I'll be back on track.
7/30 - Monday - 193.2 - Ahh yes, rewarded for trusting the process. I was not perfect by any means yesterday. But I have been better about drinking my protein shake in the morning and taking my meds. Also trying to improve my NEAT. NSV's this weekend include, grocery shopping and sticking to the list, food prepped and meal planned for the week yesterday, trying on a bunch of clothes (down to a size 14 from a snug 16) and liking how I looked, handling stressful situations with more grace, and moving more in general! Oh and that pesky appraisal finally came back - it didnt let us down! So things are moving right along again, may even be able to move up closing! Onward!!!
7/31 - Tuesday - 193.2 - Finally got cracking on some cleaning/packing last night. It was a small dent - focused more on cleaning because the apartment is being shown Thursday, which I'm all worried about, because I hardly have friends over, nevermind strangers all up in my business BLAH. But it was great exercise and I made matzo ball soup for dinner before crashing. Happy to say I've cut back my eating out (this included a TON of drive thru in the past) to probably a quarter or less of what I used to do. Cooking at home doesn't have to be hard - and I'm relying on lots of different products to help make it easier. Like steam bag veggies, a frozen meal for lunch, tuna pouches, and bag salads. I try to eat local and organic as much as I can but lets be real...life is crazy and there is nothing wrong with having some help a long the way!
8/01 - Wednesday - 192.4 - Worked my butt off cleaning the house last night and getting to the laundromat - and also managed to make a home cooked dinner thanks to a little food prep on Sunday! Who am I?! I've had to seriously consider what needs my time and energy - because I'm prone to over extending myself and melting down. I'm learning to say NO. to things that do not serve me. NO. is a full sentence - I don't need to explain myself all the time. I am my number one priority right now - and it feels so good to be a little "selfish" after years and years of trying to pour for others out of my own empty cup. This weight loss journey is really blooming into a well rounded journey to better overall health.
8/02 - Thursday - 192.0 - Oh dear I just noticed this is a Sunday round end - usually my high weight for the week so might make a 2lb goal a little lofty - however I will visualize it anyway! Strangers in my house today! But we made a really good dent on getting things moving, packed, and tossed out. Protein shake in the morning and regular medicines have been improving steadily! I think I might make a frozen pizza and a bag salad for dinner tonight and swap the ground chicken for something tomorrow. The kitchen is clean for the time being and I tend to be a hurricane so this should be a nice balance without ordering take out.
8/03 - Friday - 192.0 - TOM imminent - probably today thru mondayish. Weight trends make sense after I realized that. Still visualizing goal weight! I want mac and cheese. Its my usual take out night. I will plan on making it at home to satisfy my craving but not with a 1200 calorie take out meal. Need to grab lunch at the grocery store today...SO CLOSE to going the whole week with just what I have on hand - I'll count it as a win compared to twice daily drive thru's a few months ago. This weekend I would like to meal plan to use up more of what we have in the pantry. I'd also like to start packing up decor and non essentials. Have a great day everyone!!!
8/04 - Sunday - 192.2 - Made mac and cheese last night and enjoyed every bite! Got out for a quick woods walk before tstorms rolled in. Have to get out of the house for showings today and the ice cream place was the chosen meeting spot of our friends. Im going to drink my protein shake this morning and probably have ice cream for lunch. Thats twice this week that ice cream has been a meal. No sweat though I dont plan on making it a habit. I do want to stay accountable for final weigh in tomorrow so I'll plan for a protein and veggie dinner. Visualizing 190!
8/05 - Sunday - 191.2 - Yaaay! Happy with a loss this round. I did not eat a protein and veggie dinner. I ate pizza. But it all fit my calories, so logging it and moving on! Also kinda proud I only ate 2 slices of pizza, and we left half for lunch today...I don't remember ever eating two pieces of pizza and being satisfied but it happened! I saw 189 flash on the scale this morning so that was great motivation!11 -
OW: 200.4
SW: 197.8
GW: 195
Round 48
7/27 - 196.6
7/28 - 196.2 -pleased to see after wine and pizza!
7/29 - 196.4 - not bad after a night out with friends
7/30 - 196.2
7/31 - 195 - WOW! Not what I expected but I’ll take it!
8/01- 195.2 - not what I hoped for but trusting the process
8/02 - 194.4 phew!
8/03 - 194.2
8/04 - 194
8/05 - 194.8 - sushi and ice cream and wine - but it was so good. Today - back on track! See you in the next round!9
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