JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 97
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Female, 27, 5'5"
SW: 192 lbs
GW: 130 lbs
Short Term Goal: 175 lbs before my honeymoon in February.
Previous Rounds:R95: 190.6 -> 188.8 (-1.8 lbs)
R96: 188.8 -> 184.0 (-4.8 lbs)
Ended the last round on a whoosh and starting this round with Thanksgiving weight. I'll be happy just to maintain over the next ten days.
Day/Weight/Comment:
11/29 185.2
Calories: over by 412
Up 1.2 lbs from Thanksgiving. I'll take that as a win. Some late night snacks pushed me over my calorie goal...those are definitely my downfall when it comes to staying within my goal.
11/30 186.2
Calories: over by 25
Finished off the last of the pre-Thanksgiving leftovers. Time to get creative with the turkey and mashed potatoes!
12/01 185.0
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@SheilaBoneham I am so very sorry about the loss of your two friends. Prayers to you & the family. {{hugs}}4
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Age: 40
Height: 5'9"
Lifestyle Plan: What is Primal Blueprint?https://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/
The Primal Blueprint is a set of simple instructions (the blueprint) that allows you to control how your genes express themselves in order to build the strongest, leanest, healthiest body possible, taking clues from evolutionary biology (that’s the primal part).
Sometimes we get so lost in the science of human biology we just can’t see the forest for the trees. We overlook the simplicity and ease with which we could all be achieving exceptional health and fitness.
Living in modern society is extremely complex. With daily mind-boggling achievements made in science, technology and medicine, and with an ever-expanding knowledge base that increasingly grows more esoteric and niche, it is no wonder that we often look for complicated scientific solutions to problems that really only require simple answers. One of the best examples is the huge – and expensive – race to identify all the new possible genetic variances (or SNPs) within the human genome that might predispose some of us to certain health conditions. Hardly a week goes by without a new announcement of the discovery of a so-called “defective” gene that increases someone or some group’s risk of being obese, of getting cancer, of developing type 2 diabetes or arthritis. The net effect of all these announcements and the sensationalized news headlines is that many of us have become accustomed to blaming our health conditions on our unlucky inheritance of these “defective” genes. As if it weren’t enough to abdicate responsibility here, we then cross our fingers and close our eyes and hope that the scientists can create pharmaceutical “answers” to our particular condition before it’s too late. In most cases a few lifestyle adjustments are all that are needed to address all but the most serious of these genetic variations. Yes, I agree that some serious genetic diseases exist which are best treated with modern, truly life-saving drugs, but for the vast majority of the minor genetic variations that exist throughout the human genome, the real deciding factor as to whether or not a particular gene will be expressed in a particular manner, if at all, comes down to what you eat, how you move, what kind of air you breathe, what you think – in other words your environment. Big Pharma (CW) doesn’t want us to believe that most of our ills can be so easily solved, and so billions of dollars are being spent to unlock the so-called secrets of the genome. Meanwhile, the real secrets – and solutions – are contained within the DNA of every single one of our cells.
The essence of the Primal Blueprint is this: Most of life is really much simpler than modern medicine and science would like to have you believe. You can have a tremendous impact on how your genes express themselves, simply by providing your cells the right environments. All you need is a basic understanding of how your body works and a simple philosophical roadmap you can use to find answers to just about any questions of health and fitness – whether it involves personal choices or lifestyle adjustments or whether medical intervention might be appropriate. With this simple strategy, you will forever be able to examine or evaluate any food choice, any form of exercise or any other behavior in the context of how it impacts your genes! Even if you decide to opt for a “bad choice”, at least you’ll know why it’s bad…
You may already have a pretty fair understanding of how the human genome evolved to exactly where it is today (or 10,000 years ago, to be more precise) based on the environmental and behavioral factors under which our ancestors lived through natural selection. Tens of thousands of anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, geneticists and others have worked for over 100 years to piece together a fairly detailed picture of all the elements that helped influence our development as a species. Ironically though, when we examine all of the many environmental influences and behaviors that shaped our genome, we arrive at a very simple list of general things our early ancestors did to become what and who they were and which allowed them to pass 99.9% of those genes down to us. In essence, this list is the original “Primal Blueprint” since it provided the only set of behaviors they knew – the exact behaviors that enabled then to shape their bodies into healthy, robust, happy beings.
The Original Primal Blueprint® – The Rules of Living 10,000 Years Ago:
1. Eat lots of animals, insects and plants. This is the basic description of everything our ancestors ate to get the protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phenols, fiber, water and other nutrients necessary to sustain life. But it was a huge list of individual foods – some anthropologists say it may have been 200 or 300 food choices at a time depending upon the geographic area. The net result was a dietary “breakdown” of fat, protein and carbohydrate that was far different from what Conventional Wisdom considers optimum today. This diet provided all the necessary fuel and building blocks that, along with specific exercise, prompted their genes to create strong muscles, enabled them to expend lots of energy each day moving about, to maintain healthy immune systems, to evolve larger brains and to raise healthy children. They ate sporadically, too. When food was plentiful, they ate more than they needed (and stored the excess as fat). When times were scarce, they survived on fat stores. This random or “non-linear” eating pattern kept their bodies in a constant state of preparedness.
2. Move around a lot at a slow pace. We know that our ancestors spent an average of several hours each day moving about at what today’s exercise physiologists might describe as a “low level aerobic pace.” They hunted, gathered, foraged, wandered, scouted, migrated, climbed and crawled. This low level of activity prompted their genes to build a stronger capillary (blood vessel) network to fuel each muscle cell, to be able to store some excess food as fat, but also to be readily able to convert the stored fat back into energy. Of course, they did all this without the benefit of paved sidewalks or comfortable shoes. Because every footfall landed at a different angle, every muscle, tendon and ligament worked and became stronger together in balance. Note that they did NOT go out and “jog” at 80% of their MAX Heart Rate for long periods of time as Conventional Wisdom suggests today!
3. Lift heavy things. The women carried their babies much of the time (hey, no babysitters in those days), as well as bundles of firewood, or whatever they had gathered, foraged or scavenged. The men carried heavy spears or other tools, they dragged heavy carcasses of animals they had hunted, and they moved large boulders or logs to build shelters. They also lifted themselves into trees or up onto higher ground when escaping from danger or to scout a new route. The biochemical signals created by these very brief but intense muscle contractions generated a slight surge in growth hormone and a reduction in myostatin gene expression, prompting an increase in muscle size and power; particularly fast twitch fibers.
4. Run really fast every once in a while. In a world where danger lurked around every corner, your ability to run was a strong indicator of whether you would live long enough to pass your genes down to the next generation. (Note to Nietzsche: That which didn’t kill Grok made him stronger). Avoiding a charging beast to save your life, or surging forward to catch a different beast for dinner, the net effect was still survival. A combination of the hormonal events that occurred simultaneously and the resultant gene expression within fast twitch muscle made sure that the next time this happened Grok could sprint a little faster.
5. Get lots of sleep. Our ancestors got plenty of sleep. Even after the discovery of fire, it wasn’t as if they stayed up all night partying. From sunset to sunrise it was safer to huddle together and rest. Long days of hunting and gathering and otherwise working hard for every bite of food also required sufficient time to repair and recover. Studies of modern hunter-gatherers suggest it wasn’t necessarily always an uninterrupted nine or ten hours, either. It’s likely that they slept together as families or as small tribes, keeping a watch out for predators, breast-feeding the baby or just dozing in and out throughout the night. Growth hormone and melatonin were the major hormonal players. Of course, the occasional afternoon nap was also available when the urge hit, with no guilt about what else they really should have been doing.
6. Play. Just like in modern times, all work and no play made Grok a dull boy. Hunter-gatherers have always generally worked fewer hours and have had more leisure time than the average 40-hour-plus American worker. Once the day’s catch was complete or the roots, shoots, nuts and berries had been gathered, our ancestors spent hours involved in various forms of social interaction that we might categorize today as “play.” Young males would chase each other around and wrestle, vying for a place higher up in the tribe social strata. The males might also practice spear- or rock-throwing for accuracy or chase small animals just for sport. Young females might spend time grooming each other. To the extent that play was considered enjoyable, the net effect was to solidify social bonds and to prompt the release of endorphins (feel-good brain chemicals) and to mitigate any lingering stress effects of life-threatening situations.
7. Get some sunlight every day. Cavemen weren’t really men (or women) who lived their lives in caves all the time. Most of the day, they were in the great outdoors pursuing their various survival tasks. Regular exposure to sun provided lots of vitamin D, an all-important vitamin which they could not easily obtain from food and which their bodies could not manufacture without direct sunlight.
8. Avoid trauma. Our ancestors required an acute sense of self-preservation matched with a keen sense of observation. Always scanning, smelling, listening to the surroundings, on the watch for danger, aware of what immediate action needed to be taken, whether it was running from a saber-tooth tiger, dodging a falling rock, eluding a poisonous snake, or just avoiding a careless footfall. Remember that a twisted knee or a broken ankle could spell death to anyone who couldn’t run away from danger. In fact, it was probably trauma (or a brief careless lapse in judgment) that was most responsible for the low average life expectancy of our ancestors, despite their otherwise robust good health. Avoid trauma and there was a very good chance you could live to be 60 or 70 – and be extremely healthy and fit. Modern day hunter gatherers maintain strength and health often well into their 80s.
9. Avoid poisonous things. Man’s ability to exploit almost every corner of this earth was partly predicated on his ability to consume vastly different types of plant and animal life. But moving into a new environment and trying new foods posed a danger that the new food might contain potent toxins. Luckily, our liver and kidneys evolved to handle most brushes with novel-but-slightly-poisonous plant matter – at least to keep us alive anyway if the stomach didn’t regurgitate it first. Our keen senses of smell and taste also helped us sort out the good from the bad. The reason we have a sweet tooth today (dammit) is probably an evolved response to an almost universal truth in the plant world that just about anything that tastes sweet is safe to eat.
10. Use your mind. Obviously, one of the most important things that separate man from all other animals is his intellectual ability. The rapid increase in the size of our brains over just a few thousand generations is the combined result of a high-fat, high protein diet (see rule #1) and a continued reliance on complex thought – working the brain out just like a muscle. Hunter gatherers all around the world have developed language, tools and superior hunting methods independently. The fact that some haven’t entered the industrial age doesn’t mean they don’t possess the same ability to process information rapidly and effectively (try living in a jungle where you need to catalog thousands of different plant and animal species, knowing which can kill you and which can sustain you).
That’s it.
That’s the full – albeit general – list of behaviors that shaped our current genome (OK, I left out the sex part because that kind of goes without saying. On the other hand, having sex with your partner IS a natural part of the Primal Blueprint. I’ll cover it in a future post)…
If there’s any doubt on your part about whether or not we should emulate our ancestors’ behavior (but in a context of a modern world) let’s at least agree that we are looking to achieve some very similar benefits. Certainly, we all want to be:
Healthy
Ideally, we’d never want to be sick. We’d want to be in the best possible health all of the time.
Energetic
We’d want to have lots of energy to do all the fun things life has to offer and not feel like we are dragging at any point during the day.
Happy
No one wants to be depressed or miserable. It’s no way to go through life. We want a reason to get out of bed every day and take on all the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Lean
We’d want to be in a metabolically balanced state where we burn off our excess or stored fat, where we find a point at which we have enough fat to be healthy, but we rarely (or never) store any more additional fat.
Strong
Let’s face it: we’d want muscles that not only look great in a bathing suit, but that serve us well in allowing us to move, to play, and to stay balanced throughout that movement. That means well-balanced strength with proportional muscles.
Bright
We’d want full access to our mental faculties, to be bright and alert, creative, focused when appropriate, able to recall all the great memories, etc.
Productive
We’d certainly want to feel as if we are contributing to ourselves, our family and society.
We know from evolutionary biology that our ancestors exemplified all the above healthy traits (as I will detail later). Those may or may not have been their stated goals, but those attributes certainly allowed them to survive the rigors of a hostile environment and be in a position to pass their traits along to the next generation, and finally, to us.
Now, understanding that everything we do, eat, think and breathe can affect our 10,000-year-old genes, how does that Original Primal Blueprint compare to what we might have to do today to achieve robust good health, a well-sculpted body, a strong immune system, boundless energy and an increase in productivity – all the goals we are after? Ironically, it’s almost the exact same thing.
The Modern Primal Blueprint® – The Rules of Living Today:
1. Eat lots of animals, insects and plants. Focus on quality sources of protein (all forms of meat, fowl, fish), lots of colorful vegetables, some select fruits (mostly berries), and healthy fats (nuts, avocados, olive oil). Observe portion control (calorie distribution) week to week more than meal to meal. Eliminate grains, sugars, trans- and hydrogenated fats from your diet.
2. Move around a lot at a slow pace. Do some form of low level aerobic activity 2-5 hours a week, whether it is walking, hiking, easy bike riding or swimming. Ideally, and when possible, find time to go barefoot or wear as little foot support as possible. Low-level activity is necessary (especially if you find yourself chained to a desk every day). The combined effect will be an increase in capillary perfusion, fat-burning and overall integration of muscle strength and flexibility.
3. Lift heavy things. Go to the gym and lift weights for 30-45 minutes, 2-3 times a week. Focus on movements that involve the entire body and in wider ranges of motion – not just on isolating body parts. Emulate the movements of our ancestors: jumping, squatting, lunging, pushing, pulling, twisting, etc. This will stimulate your genes to increase muscle strength and power, increase bone density, improve insulin sensitivity, stimulate growth hormone secretion, and consume stored body fat.
4. Run really fast every once in a while. Do some form of intense anaerobic sprint bursts several times a week. This could be as simple as six or eight (or more) short sprints up a hill, on the grass, at the beach… or repeated intense sessions on a bicycle (stationary, road or mountain bike). These short bursts also increase HGH release (HGH is actually released in proportion to the intensity (not the duration) of the exercise).
5. Get lots of sleep. Get plenty of quality sleep. Our lives are so hectic and full of things to do after the sun goes down that it’s often difficult to get enough sleep. Yet sleep is one of the most important factors in maintaining good health, vibrant energy and a strong immune system.
6. Play. Spend some time each week involved in active play. In addition to allowing you to apply your fitness to a real-life situation, play helps dissipate some of the negative effects of the chronic stress hormones you’ve been accumulating through the week.
7. Get some sunlight every day. Contrary to the“Common Wisdom” dispensed by dermatologists (who suggest you shun the sun), the Primal Blueprint would insist that you get some direct sunlight every day. Certainly not so much that you come close to burning, but definitely enough to prompt your body to make the all-important vitamin D and to support the mood-lifting benefits. A slight tan is a good indicator that you have maintained adequate Vitamin D levels. Natural sunlight also has a powerful mood-elevating effect, which can enhance productivity at work and in inter-personal interactions.
8. Avoid trauma. Eliminate self-destructive behaviors. These concepts are self evident to most people (wear seat belts, don’t smoke or do drugs, don’t dive into shallow water) yet so many of us live our lives oblivious to impending danger. Develop a keen sense of awareness of your surroundings.
9. Avoid poisonous things.
Avoid exposure to chemical toxins in your food (pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, etc) and on your skin. But also try to avoid the hidden poisons in foods like sugars, grains, processed foods, trans and hydrogenated fats, and mercury in certain fish.
10. Use your mind. Exercise your brain daily as our ancestors did. Be inventive, creative, and aware. If your work is not stimulating (or even if it is), find time to read, write, play an instrument and interact socially.
As with the Original Primal Blueprint, this list is very general, designed simply to allow you to understand that everything our ancestors did can benefit us as well. Except that we can do it having fun, enjoying every aspect of the lifestyle and without worrying about our survival! In future blog posts (and to a much greater extent in my book) I will be going into much more detail as to how and why these behaviors work and exactly what foods to eat, what exercises to do and how to otherwise find ways to allow your genes to recreate you in the healthiest, fittest way possible.
Historical SW: 251.6 lbs 9/14/2015
Restart W: 241.4 7/12/2019R83 EW: 238.5 Goal ✅R95 EW: 206 Goal ✅
R84 EW: 234.5 Goal ✅
R85 EW: 231.4 Goal ✅
R86 EW: 229.8 Goal ❎
R87 EW: 226.7 Goal ✅
R88 EW: 223.3 Goal ✅
R89 EW: 221.8 Goal ❎
R90 EW: 218.8 Goal ✅
R91 EW: 216.2 Goal ✅
R92 EW: 212.9 Goal ✅
R93 EW: 208.8 Goal ✅
R94 EW: 208.7 Weight Goal ❎
Immune system goal ✅
R96 EW: 201.5 Goal ✅
Goal: Release 2 lbs per round.
Incremental Goals:
229.xx ✅ August 19, 2019
219.xx ✅ September 21, 2019
209.xx ✅ October 27, 2019
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179.xx
Ultimate Goal: 175 lbs, reevaluate at that point
Progress Photo
🌬️🦃🍂 November 🍂🦃🌬️
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30: 201.6
🌨️❄️⛄ December ⛄❄️🌨️
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Round 97
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 55 FOR ME.
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
MY STATS:
Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R96 EW= 185.6
R97 EW= TBD
Current New Goals:
Weight:
Short Term Goal: Lose 2 pounds this round.
My First Long Term Weight Goal: Weigh 174.X by Jan 11, 2020 (my 2 year anniversary of current LCHF dieting).
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise:
During each Weight goal I plan on walking as much as possible and always reaching my 10,000 steps. I would also like to do some aerobic level dancing in my livingroom whenever possible.
********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********
COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain. Black/b][/black] is no change.
R43 through R53 (06/07/18 thru 09/24/18) = [/b][/color=fuchsia] …..19.4 LOST[/b][/b][/color=fuchsia] (Ending weight 176.0)
R53 through R63 (09/24/18 thru 01/02/19) = …..9.5 GAINED (Ending weight 185.5)
R63 through R73 (01/02/19 thru 04/12/19) = …..6.3 GAINED (Ending weight 191.8)
R73 through R83 (04/12/19 thru 07/21/19) = …..3.6 GAINED (Ending weight 195.4)
R83 through R93 (07-21/19 thru 10/29/19) = …..7.4 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)
R94 = …..1.2 LOST (Ending weight 186.8)
R95 = …..1.0 LOST (Ending weight 185.8)
R96 = …..0.2 LOST (Ending weight 185.6)
R97 = TBD
Day/Weight/Comment
11/28 …..185.6….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
11/29 …..183.6 ….. Thrilled that weight is back down after being very careful & active. My Family Thanksgiving Dinner is tomorrow for all the kids, grandkids & dear family friends. Oh boy! Yesterday’s stats (after lots of online shopping & sitting at computer): 1094 Calories In / 2280 Calories out. 35 Net Carbs. 11,881 Total Steps & 5.03 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 4 hours & 31 minutes. I walked for 22 minutes burning 120 cals & I danced for 14 minutes burning 80 cals. Sample song – “Smokin’ in the boys room” by Motley Crue. Total extra calorie burn 200. Good luck everyone this round!
11/30 …..182.4 ….. Wonderful weight this morning arrived just in time for my Thanksgiving Dinner today. I have banked carbs & calories these past few days. I know it may not help on the immediate scale reaction tomorrow morning, but may help during the week to come (or the round overall). Sadly, I have been unable to have much extra exercise or activity these past few days but will be back at it by Monday. I am determined that Thanksgiving (today for me) will not be the start of the downhill spiral that starts this time every year and ends after Easter in April. This year will be different, and all bumps & fluctuations will be very very temporary. Yesterdays stats: 1273 Calories In / 2717 Calories Out. 34 Net Carbs. 12,467 Total Steps & 5.28 Total Miles. 12/13 fitbit step hours. Charged fitbit overnight so I’m not sure about sleep but it feels a bit better, like over 5 hours. My deliberate exercise yesterday was just one short 15 minute walk at 2.5 mph burning 67 Calories. Otherwise, I shopped online, but mainly I began to bring in and decorate for Christmas with the help of my brother and one of my friends (to do the heavy lifting). I hope you all will have a blessed day! Thanks again to all of your hugs & well-wishes during my recent health scare. Thankful I am…..and for so much!
12/01 …..187.4 ….. 5 pound gain really? Very very small Thanksgiving day dinner plate (under 750 cals). No feast for me! However, I did have tiny samplings of several desserts which was a whole paper plate full of bites! But 5 pounds? Yikes. Okay, I will have to accept what happens when I eat carbs, or even LOOK AT THEM. My work is cut out for me but I’m up for the task! I did a quick log of 2350 calories on MFP which was guessing a bit high I think. 2521 Calories out. I am sure that I had less calories in than out. CICO does not work for me! I have no idea on the carbs. 10,028 Total Steps & 4.24 Total Miles. I slept 6 hours & 1 minute. Sugar crash! I managed a 62 minute walk yesterday at 2.0 mph burning 220 calories. Moving on past this and back on to greener pastures!
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I'm Christie, 33, from Australia.
GOALS THIS ROUND:
- Lose any amount of weight
- Walk 6,000 steps daily
- Do 30 mins of intentional exercise daily
- Reduce portion sizes to stay within 2,000 calorie limit each dayWEIGHT HISTORY:
OSW 134.7kg (Nov 14, 2019)
UGW 65kg
ROUND HISTORY:
R95 | SW 134.7kg | EW 133.8kg | 0.9kg loss (joined mid-round)
R96 | SW 133.8kg | EW 135.0kg | 1.2kg gain
KEY:
✅ denotes goal met
❌ denotes goal not met
R97 SW 135.0kg
Day | Weight | Delta | Steps | Log | Comments
11/29 | 134.3kg | -0.7kg | 8,344 steps ✅ | 2,682 calories ❌ | Sodium blip be gone! I was hoping yesterday's high weight was just sodium-related and it seems that was the case. I was well over on calories yesterday, I just felt so hungry when I got home from work. I did burn some extra calories but not as many as I ate.
Got lots of steps in and feeling good about doing the same today.
11/30 | 134.1kg | -0.2kg | 5,891 steps ❌ | 2,563 calories ❌ | Ate at maintenance calorie level, not on purpose. Fridays get me most weeks! I have a feeling the scale direction is more related to dehydration than anything else!
12/01 | DNW | 4,639 steps ❌ | Did not track
12/02 | 133.9kg | -0.2kg | 4,491 steps ❌ | Did not track | Had visitors again over the weekend, so I ate and drank far too much junk. So I am very surprised to see this drop in weight - I can only put it down to dehydration since I ate poorly and didn't exercise!
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R60 SW: 219.7 EW: 217.1 AW: 218.3R95 SW: 207.0 EW: 207.0 AW: 207.0 (+0.1)
R61 SW: 217.1 EW: 217.3 AW: 217.1 (-1.2)
R62 SW: 216.4 EW: 216.9 AW: 216.6 (-0.5)
R63 SW: 215.1 EW: 214.2 AW: 214.6 (-2.0)
R64 SW: 213.4 EW: 214.2 AW: 215.6 (+1.0)
R65 SW: 214.7 EW: 215.1 AW: 215.0 (-0.6)
R66 SW: 214.9 EW: 214.7 AW: 214.5 (-0.5)
R67 SW: 214.9 EW: 212.9 AW: 213.5 (-1.0)
R68 SW: 212.7 EW: 211.8 AW: 212.7 (-0.8)
R69 SW: 213.6 EW: 212.7 AW: 213.2 (+0.5)
R70 SW: 213.1 EW: 213.1 AW: 212.7 (-0.5)
R71 SW: 212.9 EW: 212.7 AW: 212.4 (-0.3)
R72 SW: 213.4 EW: 210.9 AW: 212.0 (-0.4)
R73 SW: 211.6 EW: 208.3 AW: 210.4 (-1.6)
R74 SW: 208.9 EW: 210.0 AW: 209.3 (-1.1)
R75 SW: 211.4 EW: 208.3 AW: 209.3 (0.0)
R76 SW: 207.6 EW: 208.9 AW: 208.4 (-0.9)
R77 SW: 207.8 EW: 209.6 AW: 208.5 (+0.1)
R78 SW: 206.1 EW: 207.4 AW: 207.4 (-1.1)
R79 SW: 207.0 EW: 207.2 AW: 207.1 (-0.3)
R80 SW: 207.2 EW: 207.4 AW: 206.6 (-0.5)
R81 SW: 207.2 EW: 207.4 AW: 206.7 (+0.1)
R82 SW: 207.0 EW: 206.5 AW: 206.1 (-0.6)
R83 Vacation
R84 Vacation (8/10 days) SW 214.7 EW 214.7 AW 214.7 (+8.6)
R85 SW: 212.7 EW: 212.7 AW: 212.1 (-2.6)
R86 SW: 213.4 EW: 212.0 AW: 212.3 (+0.2)
R87 SW: 211.2 EW: 209.4 AW: 211.4 (-0.9)
R88 SW: 208.9 EW: 210.0 AW: 210.0 (-1.4)
R89 SW: 209.8 EW: 208.3 AW: 208.7 (-1.3)
R90 SW: 208.5 EW: 207.4 AW: 207.9 (-0.8)
R91 SW: 207.2 EW: 208.3 AW: 207.4 (-0.5)
R92 SW: 207.2 EW: 208.1 AW: 207.7 (+0.3)
R93 SW: 207.6 EW: 206.5 AW: 207.2 (-0.5)
R94 SW: 206.5 EW: 207.0 AW: 206.9 (-0.3))
R96 SW: 207.0 EW: 205.9 AW: 206.5 (-0.5)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29--207.9 No surprise after Thanksgiving. I hardly drank any water yesterday. Yesterday I went out and did the 5k Turkey Trot, and then took dog out for a long walk. The weather was perfect. I am making sure to get my water in today, and I am thinking of going to the gym later today, but still not sure if I should just rest instead.
11/30--207.2 I went to the gym yesterday evening even though I so didn't want to. This morning I went out and finished w6d1 of c25k and then took dog out for a long trail walk. I'm going to do a few errands this afternoon, and then relax for the rest of the evening.
12/01--207.6 Definitely an up and down on the scale these last few days even though I'm eating within my calories, so I'm concentrating more on my successes with my running and my working out. Today I met with up with my strength coach.
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Goals this round.... Little to no added sugar; very limited flour products; mostly plant-based foods; calories below maintenance.
UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2016)
Restart - 168.8 (R94) (Oct. 30, 2019)
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 151.2R96 11/28/19 end weight 171.6
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
R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449
R48 end weight 146.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1378
R49 end weight 144.2 (-2.6); 10-day ave 1174
R50 end weight 142.2 (-2); 10-day ave 1200
R51 end weight 141 (-1.2); 10 day ave 1231
R52 end weight 140.6 (-.4); 10-day ave 1192
R53 end weight 137.2 (-3.4); 10-day ave 1134
R54 end weight 136.6 (-.6); 10-day ave 1238
R55 end weight 135.4 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1209
R56 end weight 135 (-.4); 10-day ave 1263
R57 end weight 134.4 (-.6); 10-day ave 1212
R58 end weight 133.6 (-.8); 10-day ave 1372
R59 end weight 130.8 (-2.8); 10-day ave 1125
R60 end weight 132.2 (+1.4); 10-day ave 1384
R61 end weight 132.6 (+.4); 10-day ave 1473
R62 end weight 134.6 (+2); 10-day ave 1666
R63 end weight 138.8 (+4.2); 10-day ave 2154
R64 end weight 138.8 (+/-0); 10-day ave 1683
R65 end weight 139 (+.2); 10-day ave 1654
R66 end weight 139.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1751
R67 end weight 142.4 (+2.6)
R68 end weight 145.6 (+2.8)
R69 end weight 146.4 (+.8)
R70 end weight 149 (+2.6)
R71 end weight 148.8 (-.2)
R72 end weight 150.8 (+2)
R73 end weight 152 (+1.2)
R74 end weight 153 (+1)
R75 end weight 156.2 (+3.2) !?!??!?!?!?!
R76 end weight 157 (+.8)
R77 end weight 159.8 (+2.4
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R78 end weight 159.4 (-.4)
R79 end weight 161 (+.6)
R80 end weight 159 (-2)
R81 end weight 158.4 (-.6)
R82 end weight 160.4 (+2)
R83 end weight 160 (-.4)
R84 7/31/19 end weight - 161 (+1)
R85 8/10/19 end weight 161 (+/- 0)
R86 8/20/19 end weight 163 (+2)
R87 8/30/19 end weight 163 (+/-0)
R88 9/9/19 end weight 163
R89 9/19/19 end weight 165.2
R90 9/29/19 end weight 164
R91 10/9/19 end weight 165.8
R92 10/19/19 end weight 166.4
R93 10/29/19 end weight 168.8
R94 11/8/19 end weight 170.4 :-(
R95 11/18/19 end weight 169.8.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 - 172.2
Yes, Thanksgiving, I ate too much. Back on track today, though I am going to have one modest slice of pumpkin pie. But no more dressing! Turkey leftovers, of course. I have to bake a cake for a celebration of life for a friend tomorrow, but i can’t sample, so that works. Definitely not shopping! (I may have to buy some yarn on line, though — I’m itching to knit.) wishing you all a fabulous weekend, whether you’re part of the post-TG crowd or elsewhere!
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Forgot to weigh before eating. My schedule is off — a wonderful friend died yesterday, much too young, of pancreatic cancer, and I’m going to a Celebration of Life for another friend today. I couldn’t get to sleep last night — many thoughts banging around in my head.
12/1 - 172
Thanks, everyone, for your kind thoughts. The Celebration was both sad and uplifting, which is, of course, the point. I ate too many comfort foods — I.e., chocolate things — and felt bloated all evening. Onward.
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Age 47, 5'7"
Original High Starting Weight 178 (March 2019)
SW this round 165.0
GW this round 164. 4 Maintain this round from last round since it is a holiday, and lots of family home.
UGW 135
Goals 1. Walk two miles or at least hit 10,000 steps everyday
2. Due a toning workout for 15 minutes 5X a week
3. Count calories, less pasta, bread
Ending weight from last round. 164.4 lbs
11/29 165.0 lbs (1470 calories, 8794 steps,) I didn't splurge to bad but it was Thanksgiving. Kids and their families home all weekend. Lots of food around and I will be making. Plan on enjoying a little. (+ .6lbs)
11/30 165.8 lbs (1537 calories in, 10989 steps) here it comes. So no exercise with family here and to much food. But enjoying cooking and hosting and that is why I diet in between so one can enjoy life in the now. I will get back to it on Monday. (+. 1.4 lbs so far)
12/1 166.6 lbs. (2000 calories in, 14000 steps) no exercise and more cooking (+2 lbs)10 -
Round 97: (my round two)
Goal weight for this round: 172 lbs.
Total goal weight, then reevaluate: 160 lbs.
11/29: 178.4 lbs
11/30: 175.4 lbs (not sure what the fall was other than working literally all day and barely having time to eat anything)
12/1: 176.6 lbs (its a rise from yesterday but still overall going down so I’m okay with it. There were cookies at work, maybe that also had something to do with it 😂😂)
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69 years old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Trying to get back to walking 5 miles a day. A pinched nerve and back surgery side-lined me for about a year.
Left hip and knee bothering me a lot.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 140.0
UGW: 132.2
11/27 - 141.8 at 8:00 a.m. ... Oct & Nov are rough months for me.
11/28 - DNW
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 - DNW
11/30 - 142.8 at 7:30 a.m.
12/01 - 143.6 at 7:00 a.m. Back on track today.
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Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 55
NE Ohio
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)
My 58th Round!
This round I will have to get past Thanksgiving and Christmas parties and try to get down a pound or 2 back to maintenance.End R40: 171 (-3)SW R97: 144.5
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)
End R49: 157.5 (-1.5)
End R50: 154.5 (-3)
End R51: 154 (-.5)
End R52: 153 (-1)
End R53: 152.5 (-.5)
End R54: 151 (-1.5)
End R55: 149.5 (-1.5)
End R56: 146.5 (-3)
End R57: 146.5 (0)
End R58: 146.5 (0)
End R59: 144 (-2.5)
End R60: 144 (0)
End R61: 145 (+1)
End R62: 144 (-1)
End R63: 147.5 (+3.5) Christmas and New Year’s
End R64: 145 (-2.5)
End R65: 145.5 (+.5)
End R66: 144 (-1.5)
End R67: 142.5 (-1.5)
End R68: 143 (+.5)
End R69: 144.5 (+1.5)
End R70: 142 (-2.5)
End R71: 141.5 (-.5)
End R72: 140 (-1.5)
End R73: 141 (+1)
End R74: 143 (+2)
End R75: 142 (-1)
End R76: 144.5 (+2.5)
End R77: 144 (-.5)
End R78: 143.5 (-.5)
End R79: 143.5 (0)
End R80: 140 (-3.5)
End R81: 143.5 (+3.5)
End R82: 142 (-1.5)
End R83: 143.5 (+1.5)
End R84: 142.5 (-1)
End R85: 142 (-.5)
End R86: 142 (0)
End R87: 140.5 (-1.5)
End R88: 141.5 (+1)
End R89: 141.5 (0)
End R90: 145 (+3.5) Quit smoking
End R91: 145 (0)
End R92: 143.5 (-1.5)
End R93: 146 (+2.5)
End R94: 144.5 (-1.5)
End R95: 143.5 (-1)
End R96: 144.5
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 – 146.5 – I had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have some leftovers to take care of this weekend. I’ll try to drink extra water today and be mindful of the leftovers.
11/30 – 148 – Ouch! I really didn’t want to step on the scale today, but I’m not going to change my habits if I don’t face the consequences. My family leaves for home today after the OSU/Michigan game. Today I’m really going to try to stay away from the goodies.
12/1 – 147 – Back to the calorie counting tomorrow. We finished the Thanksgiving leftovers today, so I’m hoping it doesn’t go up anymore.
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Round 97:
Female, 57 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 105 - 110.0 lbs or BF 23-25% (or lower, we’ll see :-)
STG: 110 (next milestone)
Goals for 10 Day Challenge: 110
Day/Weight/Comment
EW round 96: 111.2, BF% 26.4
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 111.8, BF% 26.7% The Thanksgiving bump is on par with weekend bumps (higher calories + wine) and complete rest day yesterday so in reality not too bad!!!. This is at the start of a long weekend, so it may go up more before coming down, but sharing wonderfood with family makes it all worth while! Did have strength workout with trainer today as well as spin class, so getting back on track!
11/30 111.2, BF% 26.4 Yes! Back to low of last round. Good workout in spin class this morning. (realized I had a typo in weight yesterday so corrected it!)
12/01 111.4, BF 26.5% up a little, but within normal range of variability at this point. Did weight training workout this morning and went out for lunch with family (tacos!) and to see Frozen II. Did not have time to get to spin class in the evening, so used the elliptical at home for cardio. Used up leftover pumpkin puree to make a curried pumpkin soup with shrimp! NSV: went shopping to get a new winter coat as old large coat is too big! The XS fit though the waist and the hips, but was snug through the chest (fortunately have not lost all the body fat there yet, so went with the small so that I can wear sweaters underneath! Nice to not look like the stay puff marshmallow man!
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12/05 Out of Town
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12/08
Round 77: 147.8
Round 78: 146.1 (1.7 loss)
Round 79: 143.4 (2.7 loss)
Round 80: 140.6 (2.8 loss)
Round 81: 138.8 (1.8 loss)
Round 82: 136.1 (2.7 loss)
Round 83: 134.5 (1.6 loss)
Round 84: 131.8 (2.7 loss at lowest point, July 27, did not weigh rest of round)
Round 85: 128.8 (3.0 loss)
Round 86: 129.2 (0.4 gain)
Round 87: 124.8 (4.4 loss) (outlier whoosh is skewing stats :- )
Round 88: 123.2 (1.6 loss) ** Reached healthy Weight BMI **
Round 89: 121.9 (1.3 lb loss)
Round 90: 119.6 (2.3 lb loss)
Round 91: 117.6 (2.0 lb loss) (lowest weight since 2006)
Round 92: 115.8 (1.8 lb loss)
Round 93: 115.6 (0.2 lb loss, change in %BF of 0.5%) ** increased calories **
Round 94: 114.8 (0.8 lb loss, change in %BF of 0.2%)
Round 95: 114.4 (0.4 lb loss, change in %BF 0.2%)
Round 96: 111.2 (3.2 lb loss, change in %BF 0.9%)
(long term trend is 1.54 lbs/week, current rate is 1.0 lbs/week)
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@StatChicBayes - curried pumpkin soup and shrimp sounds wonderful! Care to share the recipe?!2
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Ready for my round 34
OSW 88KG
RSW 60.30kg (-27.7kg) or {- 61.1 lbs}
Goal... Less than I started
11/29 60.7kg was over calories yesterday (can't blame Thanksgiving as I live in Malawi 🙄🇲🇼) but will not be today because I'm going to be too busy! Gym done and how I'm looking forward to the weekend...
11/30 59.55kg. Getting back under 60kg is great. Had a lovely night last night with my bestie but not enough sleep! Going to keep busy today so I don't snack.
12/01 60.1kg. Went a little over calories again last night. No real change in the last 6 weeks. Will keep busy today and focus.
12/02 59.95kg. Mission to keep under 60kg the whole week. Gym done already
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Hi. My name is Trina.
Goal for this 10 days is to get a little closer to maintenance, where maintenance is <130. No chemo to interfere this 10 days, so it should be straight forward! (HAH!)
OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
Female, 5' 4 1/2 " age 54
R54 Pre-challenge start weight 177R54 SW 177 EW 175 (-2.0)R79 SW 142 EW 137.5 (-4.5 or .5 from last tracked round)
R55 SW 175 EW 171 (-4.0)
R56 SW 171 EW 170.5 (-0.5)
R57 SW 170.5 EW 169.5 (-1.0)
R58 SW 169.5 EW 166.5 (-3.0)
R59 SW 166.5 EW 164 (-2.5)
R60 SW 164 EW 159.5 (-4.5)
R61 SW 159.5 EW 159.5 (-0.0)
R62 SW 159.5 EW 154 (-5.5)
R63 SW 154 EW 155 (+1.0)
R64 SW 155 EW 155 (-0.0)
R65 SW 155 EW 155 (-0.0)
R66 SW 155 EW 151 (-4.0)
R67 SW 151 EW 150 (-1.0)
R68 SW 150 EW 146 (-4.0) Appendicitis!
R69 SW 146 EW 145.5 (-0.5) Didn't really participate for this round
R70 SW 145.5 EW 145 (-0.5)
R71 SW 145 EW 143 (-2.0)
R72 SW 143 EW 140.5 (-2.5) Out of town for the round hiking in the Utah National parks!
R73 SW 140.5 EW 138 (-2.5)
R74 SW 138 EW ????? Oops. Fell off the train a bit here and didn't log everything. Back for Round 79!
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R80 SW 137.5 EW 136 (-1.5)
R81 SW 136 EW 134 (-2.0)
R82 SW 134 EW 132 (-2.0)
R83 SW 132 EW 130.5 (-1.5)
R84 SW 130.5 EW 133 (+2.5)
R85 SW 133 EW 129.5 (-3.5 so I lost the 2.5 gain at the end of last round + 1 pound!)
R86 SW 129.5 EW 134 (Looks bad...but it's just temporary blip!)
R87 skipped--Traveling
R88 skipped--Didn't log R87 or R88. Happy to have lost my blip and not see a gain!!
R89 SW 130 EW 132.5 (+2.5)
R90 SW 132.5 EW 133.5 (+1.0) Double mastectomy on day #4...weighing with drains.
R91 SW 133.5 EW 131.5 (-2.0) Recovering from surgery...drains removed by day 10.
R92 SW 131.5 EW 129.5 (-2.0) Weighed...but didn't participate R90-R92.
R93 SW 129.5 EW 129.5 (+0.0) Ok with this...goal is stay below 130!
R94 SW 129.5 EW 130.5 (+1.0) Had a bunch of days under 130...
R95 SW 130.5 EW 131.5 (+1.0)
R96 SW 131.5 EW 132 (+0.5) First round of chemo and dining with visiting inlaws....
R93 SW 132 EW ?????
MINI GOALS
1/31 149 -- (149 first time on 1/30...but bouncing) Goal Met 2/3!
2/28 145 -- Healthy BMI...I believe. But some of the calculators say 140 or 143 Goal Met 3/4!
3/15 141.5 0.5 lbs below my weight watchers lifetime member weight, pretty much haven't weighed this, since I achieved lifetime status 11 years ago!
3/31 141 Goal Met 4/1!
4/30 137 Goal Met 6/12!
5/31 135 Goal met 6/23!
6/30 133 Goal met 7/4!
7/31 131 -- Goal met 8/3!
8/31 129 -- saw this a couple of times!
9/30 128 -- Final goal weight (Maintain <=130 ... 126-130)
Goals--
Carbs < 100-
Steps/day > 13000
Post mastectomy arm stretches for 10 minutes 5/7 days each week.
Walk/exercise for a minimum of 60 minutes 2/7 days each week and a minimum of 30 minutes for an additional 3/7 days each week (and invite friends to walk at least twice a week!)
Drink 12 glasses of water at least 5/7 days each week.
CW 132
RGW <131 (Trying to get under 130 and stay there!)
Day/Weight/Comment:
RSW 132
11/29 -- 133 Not too bad a Thanksgiving bump.
11/30 -- 132.5
12/01 -- 133 Carbs are getting me! I ate at maintenance level calories this week, but lots of exercise should have put me at a slight loss. Now I have to see what happens if I shun the carbs for several days!
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R96 SW 132 EW ????9 -
Female, 31 years old, 5’1”
MFP SW: 172.6 lbs 12/1/18
TWL since joined MFP as of RW 6 end: 42.8 lbs (24.52 BMI)
UGW: 120 lbsRound 64 SW 164.1 EW 162.3 (- 1.8)
Round 65 SW 162.6 EW 160.6 (- 2.0)
Round 66 SW 160.8 EW 158.4 (-2.4)
Round 67 SW 159.0 EW 156.4 (-2.6)
Round 68 SW 156.4 EW 155.7 (-0.7)
Round 69 SW 155.7 EW 155.0 (-0.7)
Round 70 SW 155.0 EW 153.9 (-1.1)
Round 71 SW 154.2 EW 152.9 (-1.3)
Round 72 SW 153.3 EW 152.6 (-0.7)
Round 73 SW 153.5 EW 151.5 (-2.0)
Round 76 SW 151.3 EW 149.8 (-1.5)
Round 77 SW 151.2 EW 148.8 (-2.4)
Round 78 SW 148.8 EW 146.7 (-2.1)
Round 79 SW 148.0 EW 146.3 (-1.7)
Round 80 SW 146.0 EW 144.2 (-1.8)
Round 81 SW 145.0 EW 143.8 (-1.2)
Round 82 SW 143.8 EW 142.8 (-1.0)
Round 83 SW 143.0 EW 140.8 (-2.2)
Round 84 SW 140.8 EW 140.2 (-0.6)
Round 85 SW 140.0 EW 139.0 (-1.0)
Round 86 SW 139.5 EW 138.3 (-1.2)
Round 87 SW 138.4 EW 137.6 (-0.8)
Round 88 SW 137.7 EW 136.9 (-0.8)
Round 89 SW 136.8 EW 135.3 (-1.5)
Round 90 SW 135.3 EW 134.3 (-1.0)
Round 91 SW 134.5 EW 133.0 (-1.5)
Round 92 SW 133.0 EW 132.4 (-0.5)
Round 93 SW 132.5 EW 131.5 (-1.0)
Round 94 SW 131.8 EW 131.2 (-0.6)
Round 95 SW 131.3 EW 130.2 (-1.1)
Round 96 SW 130.4 EW 129.8 (-0.6)
Goals for Round 97 (31st Round)
End weight for round 97 at or below 129.0
Drink 72 oz of water daily
Sleep 7+ hours every day
Commit to Barre/Bodyweight Strength classes 3x a week
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 130, not bad for thanksgiving but tomorrow may be higher since sometimes takes a couple of days to fully be seen on scale.
11/30 130, TOM started so that should help with some weight loss, but I went to the movies today and did eat popcorn. Have to start being more serious about dieting on Monday so I can get securely in the 120s.
12/01 129.7 Today marks my 1 year anniversary on MFP. It’s been a challenging year both personally and physically, but I’m in a better place and excited to continue towards my goals in 2020. If you told me I would be almost 43 lbs lighter in a year, I wouldn’t have believed you.
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JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 97 (round 29 for me ) I'm in for another round, can't believe how many I've completed already! I need to continue losing my cheeky pre-Brexit weeks holiday gain. Christmas and the celebration season is looming and I'd like to get down to 131 before then; must really dig in!
Female age 61 5' 4”
Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and have gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then; I don't want to gain any more, but would like to get back to my goal weight – I'm working at it – it's a permanent way of life !
Goal aim to stick with good habits: be mindful of what I eat & drink and keep walking. I'd like to see 132s this round.End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
Ended of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (+5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 133.6 – that's better! 3.61 miles walked; Granny day with my two lovely toddler grandchildren – we went to soft play, climbing up & sliding down etc.!
11/30 134.2 – 10.12 miles walked yesterday. I know this up is due to eating very late last night; went out for a curry after a drink out with friends, but planned for it and ate super low calories earlier in the day which meant that I was just under calories for the day as best as I could gauge.
12/01 132.8 – yippee! Challenge now is to stay in this number 'til the end of the round! 7.92 miles walked yesterday.
12/02 132.2 – whoohoo!! Superb! Didn't expect this, but I'l take it! 6.76 miles walked yesterday, carbs slightly over but all other macros & calories below. Pushing to hold this until the weekend as we have our first big big early Christmas celebration over the coming weekend which lasts Friday evening to Sunday lunch!!
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31, Female, 5'3"
Highest weight ever: 217
Original SW: 203.0 (7-31-2019)
Ultimate GW: 180.0
R85 EW: 200.8 (-2.2).. AW 201.6
R86 EW: 201.6 (+.8) .. AW 201.0
R87 EW: 197.8 (-3.8) .. AW 199.0
R88 EW: 196.8 (-1.0) .. AW 197.7
R89 EW: 196.6 (-.2)/ 29.1% .. AW 197.3 ABF 29.06%
R90 EW: 195.8 (-.8) 28.8% (-.3%) AW 197.6 ABF 29.09%
R91 EW: 195.0 (-.8) / 28.7% (-.2%) AW 195.8 ABF 28.85%
R92 EW: 195.2 (+.2) / 28.7% (+/- 0%) AW 195.7 ABF 28.77%
R93 EW: 195.8 (+.6) / 28.8% (+.1%) AW 195.9 ABF 28.74%
R94 EW: 195.0 (-.8) / 28.6% (-.2%)
R95 EW: 193.2 (-1.8) / 28.3% (-.3%)
R96 EW: not there due to vacation
R97 Goals: hold myself and my people around me accountable. Starting the next journey in my life finally coming to terms with it and ready to do as much and as best as i can.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29
11/30
12/01 191.0 28.0% not to bad for going to Europe for 10 days.
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Stephie, 49, 167 cm, Brussels:
R97 (16) – SW 153.0 / EW xxx.x
OSW 172.0 lbs
RSW 153.0 lbs
RGW 153.0 lbs
EGW 145.0 lbs
Past Rounds:Total loss so far 19.0 lbs
Pre-MFP /Challenge loss 5.5lbs
R82 (1) - SW 166.5 / EW 163.9 (-2.6 lbs)
R83 (2) - SW 163.9 / EW 163.6 (-0.3 lbs)
R84 (3) - SW 163.6 / EW 161.0 (-2.6 lbs)
R85 (4) - SW 161.0 / EW 160.0 (-1.6 lbs)
R86 (5) – SW 160.0 / EW 162.2 (+2.2 lbs)
R87 (6) – SW 162.2 / EW 158.8 (-3.4 lbs)
R88 (7) – SW 158.8 / EW 158.8 (- 0.0 lbs)
R89 (8) – SW 158.8 / EW 159.6 (+0.8 lbs)
R90 (9) – SW 159.6 / EW 157.6 (-2.0 lbs)
R91 (10) – SW 157.6 / EW 156.8 (-0.8 lbs)
R92 (11) – SW 156.8 / EW 154.8 (-2.0 lbs)
R93 (12) – SW 154.8 / EW 154.6 (-0.2lbs)
R94 (13) – SW 154.6 / EW 154.4 (-0.2 lbs)
R95 (14) – SW 154.4 / EW 154.4 (0.0 lbs)
R96 (15) – SW 154.4 / EW 153.0 (-1.4 lbs)
Goals
1 - Track my calories daily
2 - Run (or gym) 3x week
3 - Water 1.5l
4.- Stay on current weight or less
Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
11/29 - Holiday
11/30 - Holiday
12/01 - Holiday
12/02 - 155.6 (+2.6) totally expected after a long weekend in Switzerland eating melted cheese with fresh bread most days In fact I stopped eating Sunday lunchtime because I couldn't face any more food! so this is a week of extreme dieting, drinkings lots of water and slowly starting exercising again following 2 weeks off with a pulled muscle in my hip and an arthritis fare.
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12/06
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I'm 39 years old, from UK and 5'11
Pre challenge loss 24.00lbs
R21 SW 274.50 EW 268.00 (-6.50)
R22 SW 268.00 EW 267.50 (-0.50)
R23 SW 267.50 EW 264.75 (-2.75)
R24 SW 264.50 EW 264.75 (+0.25)
R25 SW 264.75 EW 268.50 (+4.00)
R26 SW 269.25 EW 268.50 (-0.75)
R27 SW 269.25 EW 262.50 (-7.25)
R28 SW 262.50 EW 255.75 (-6.75)
R29 SW 255.75 EW 254.50 (-0.75)
R30 SW 254.50 EW 249.50 (-5.00)
R31 SW 249.50 EW 247.50 (-2.00)
R32 SW 247.50 EW 252.25 (+4.75)
R33 SW 252.75 EW 242.75 (-9.50)
R34 SW 242.75 EW 236.25 (-6.50)
R35 SW 236.25 EW 235.75 (-0.50)
R36 SW 235.75 EW 233.50 (-2.25)
R37 SW 233.50 EW 230.00 (-3.50)
R38 SW 230.00 EW 228.50 (-1.50)
R39 SW 228.50 EW 229.50 (+1.00)
R40 SW 229.50 EW 223.50 (-6.00)
R41 SW 223.50 EW 229.50 (+6.00)
R42 SW 229.50 EW 231.75 (+2.25)
R43 SW 231.75 EW 223.50 (-8.25)
R44 SW 223.50 EW 223.50 (-0.00)
R45 SW 223.50 EW 219.50 (-4.00)
R46 SW 219.50 EW 217.50 (-2.00)
R47 SW 217.50 EW 215.25 (-2.25)
R48 SW 215.25 EW 215.50 (+0.25)
R49 SW 215.50 EW 211.75 (-3.75)
R50 SW 211.75 EW 209.50 (-2.25)
R51 SW 209.50 EW 207.75 (-1.75)
R52 SW 201.75 ..... HOLIDAYS .....
R53 .......... HOLIDAYS …………….
R54 … HOLIDAYS... EW 217.50
R55 SW 217.50 EW 222.50 (+5.00)
R56 SW 222.50 EW 220.50 (-2.00)
R57 SW 220.50 EW 213.50 (-7.00)
R58 SW 213.50 EW 213.25 (-0.25)
R59 SW 213.25 EW 207.50 (-4.25)
R60 SW 207.50 EW 204.75 (-2.75)
R61 SW 204.75 EW 209.50 (+4.75)
R62 SW 209.50 EW 207.25 (-2.25)
R63 SW 207.25 EW 218.75 (+11.50)
R64 SW 218.75 EW 209.25 (-9.50)
R65 SW 209.25 EW 206.75 (-2.50)
R66 SW 206.75 EW 209.50 (+2.75)
R67 SW 209.50 EW 205.50 (-4.00)
R68 SW 205.50 EW 202.25 (-2.25)
R69 SW 202.25 EW 208.50 (+6.25)
R70 SW 208.50 EW 200.50 (-8.00)
R71 SW 200.50 EW 195.50 (-5.00)
R72 SW 195.50 EW 194.50 (-1.00)
R73 SW 194.50 EW 188.75 (-7.25)
R74 SW 188.75 EW 191.50 (+2.75)
R75 SW 191.50 EW 185.50 (-6.00)
R76 SW 185.50 EW 181.75 (-3.75)
R77 SW 181.75 EW 186.00 (+4.25)
R78 SW 186.00 EW 178.50 (-7.50)
R79 SW 178.50 EW 173.25 (-4.75)
R80 SW 173.75 EW 173.50 (-0.25)
R81 SW 173.50 EW 171.75 (-1.75)
R82 SW 171.75 EW 175.25 (+3.50)
R83 SW 175.25 EW 174.75 (-0.50)
R84 SW 174.75 EW 172.50 (-2.25)
R85 SW 172.50 EW 172.50 (+/-0)
R86 SW 172.50 EW 170.25 (-2.25)
R87 SW 170.25 EW 174.25 (+4.00)
R88 SW 174.25 EW 172.50 (-1.75)
R89 SW 172.50 EW 176.75 (+4.25)
R90 SW 176.75 ………... HOLIDAYS
R91 HOLIDAYS EW 187.25 (+10.5) ooops Florida break and then my bday on the return
R92 SW 187.25 EW 182.25 (-5.00lbs)
R93 SW 182.25 EW 179.00 (-2.25lbs)
R94 SW 179.00 EW 176.50 (-2.50lbs)
R95 SW 176.50 EW 179.50 (+3.00lbs)
R96 SW 179.50 EW 173.75 (-5.75lbs)
R97 SW 173.75
TOTAL LOSS (Start of round) = 123.75lbs
11/28 - 173.75
11/29 - 171.50
11/30 - 171.75
12/01 - 174.25
12/02 - 175.50
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
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Starting in the middle of this one. Entering data tomorrow.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29
11/30
12/01
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
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OSW: 208
LGW: 145
RND#84: 205.5
RND#85: 200.5
RND#86: 198.8
RND#87: DNW
RND#88: 194.9
RND#89: 191.0
RND#90: 190.2
RND#91: 182.2
RND#92: 180.2
RND#93: 177.9
RND#94: 175.4
RND#95: 173.0
RND#96: 175.2
RND#97SW: 175.2lbs
RND#97GW: 172.0lbs
Goal: Improve Sleep - duration of 7hrs and score above 80; decrease BF; increase MM.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 176.2lbs 38.6%BF 6h59m/83 - headed to the gym!
11/30 173.6lbs 37.9%BF 7h15m/82 - whoosh! My sister is having Thanksgiving Redux today, so I am sure I'll bump up again, but hope to keep the damage to a minimum. Besides, that rich food doesn't sit peacefully in my tummy like it used to...
12/01 173.8lbs 38.0%BF 7h3m/84 - not bad for the morning after Thanksgiving II.
12/02 172.8lbs 37.7%BF 5h40m/75 - training this morning after a quiet-ish weekend.
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08
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Height: 5'8"
OSW- 283.5
SGW - 250
UGW: OneDerLand
Round 94: SW 283.5 EW 281.0 - loss of 2.5lbs.
Round 95: SW 281.3 EW 284.8 - gain of 3.5lbs
Round 96: SW 284.8 EW 279.5 loss of 5.3lbs.
Round 97: SW 279.5
Goals: Lose 3.5lbs
Get that gallon of water in! Log food and exercise daily
Get 10,000 steps per day
Intermittent fasting – 20:4 - OMAD
Workout 6 days per week - 4 days 2x per day
11/29 - 281.7 - got the water in but not focused on nutrition – got my 10K steps in!!
11/30 – 281.7 –got in the water but day off from gym
12/01 – 281.9/+0.2 – got the water in and went to the gym and got my 10k steps in!!
12/02 – 282.1/+0.2 -
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08
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28, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2
GW: 140 (will adjust if needed once I reach this)
Previous Rounds:R69 EW: 158.1
R70 EW: 156.5
R71 EW: 156.3
R72 EW: 156.3
R73 EW: 155.2
R74 EW: 155.4
R75 EW: 156.1
R76 EW: 155.6
R77 EW: DNW
R78 EW: DNW
R79 EW: DNW
R80 EW: 153.2
R81 EW: 154.3
R82 EW: 154.1
R83 EW: DNW
R84 EW: 156.5
R85 EW: Did Not Participate (DNP)
R86 EW: DNP
R87 EW: DNP
R88 EW: DNP
R89 EW: 156.7
R90 EW: DNW
R91 EW: 160.1
R92 EW: Sick - DNW
R93 EW: 159.3
R94 EW: 156.1
R95 EW: DNW
R96 EW: DNW
Last weight
11/20 - 155.0
Day, Weight, Comment
11/29
11/30
12/01 - DNW - Been at BF's since my parents left Friday morning. I weighed in on Wednesday and Thursday but didn't get a chance to post. Now I've forgotten ): Ah well. This week should be okay until Friday morning. Then I will be out of the state helping BF move until Tuesday night next week. Can't believe he's already going! I'm going to miss him so much. But I will be able to focus on my primal lifestyle once he's gone so there's my silver lining I'm holding on to. And I might be inspired to work out after work instead of rushing home.
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08
Previous Day's Comments11/29 - DNW, DNP
11/30 - DNW, DNP
12/01
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
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Round 97
Age - 51
Height 167 cm
SW: 75.8 kg (167.1 lbs) - Round 93 - 20.10.2019
Goal for Round 97: Try to maintain and not to go over 72 kg. It will be not easy. Today we go to Dusseldorf for company’s “goose dinner”. Then my Dad comes next week to visit us and we go for a short vacation to Dresden from Dec 7 till Dec 10. No scale and good food! I join Round 98
Day/Weight/Comment
11/28 - 71.1 kg (156.7 lbs)
11/29 - 71.3 kg (157.2 lbs). Jillian Michaels in the morning.
11/30
12/01
12/02 - 73.9 kg (162.9 lbs). No comments. Jillian Michaels in the morning.
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08
RESULT OF ROUND 97: minus 0.0 kg (-0.0 lbs.) %BF minus 0.0; %MM plus 0.0; BMI.
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I have set myself a new goal for 2019 and a new UGW.
Things are looking good for my revised 2019 goal. I have hit it twice this week. Happy Scale has shown a steady downward trend since the end of July, despite having one or two lapses last round.
JGM10D ~|~ Round 97Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016) 151 150 (Nov 2019)
Aim for 2019 ~ reach 155 ⚖️⏬ 140s ⏬⚖️ 💐
Aim for each round ~ Maintain
UGW: 150 140s
I am FOCUSED on heathy food choices and DETERMINED to achieve my goals!
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Weight loss is slowing as I approach my UGW. However, I KNOW I am doing this!
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29/11: 149.2 Goals 🎉 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Second time this week! 😂
30/11: 149.8: Goals 🎉
01/12: 150.0: Goals 🎉
02/12: 150.9: Goals🎉 Didn’t have time to post over the weekend. Happy that I’m maintaining.
03/12: xxx: Goals
04/12: xxx: Goals
05/12: xxx: Goals
06/12: xxx: Goals
27/10: xxx: Goals
28/10: xxx: Goals
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Previous Rounds19/11: 150.4: Goals 🎉Daily Goals
20/11: 150.4: Goals 🎉
21/11: 150.6: Goals 🌻 normal fluctuations
22/11: 150.5: Goals 🌻 Resting lol!
23/11: 150.6: Goals 🌻 Just hanging for the weekend 😂
24/11: 149.8: Goals 🌻 😱 I did not expect this. I’m sure it’ll jump back up tomorrow!!!
25/11: 150.1: Goals 🌻 Not too bad. Just a normal daily fluctuation that will go as quickly as it came 🤞🏻
26/10: 152.6: Goals 🌻 This week I am getting back to some serious strength training. I am feeling the burn, and I suspect that the weight gain is mostly water retention from the extra working out. It isn't always about the scale number. Muscle toning has an inevitable effect, as denser muscle replaces fat cells. However, the resulting loss of size is the compensation. And staying around the lower 150s will suffice for now. It's a great improvement from the 170s I was at at the end of July. 3 more rounds will see us almost to the new year. Let's see what we can do by then!
27/10: 151.2: Goals 🌻 Happy that it's not up again. I could have waited until Jan to restart my strength training, but it seemed sensible not to put it off. It'll settle down soon enough. So no worries.
28/10: 151.3: Goals 🌻 I am continuing to develop my strength practice, so not too upset by this. Focus will be on toning muscles rather than body building so using body weight for now and will introduce light weights gradually
Round 95 SW: 151.6; EW: 150.8: 🌻 - 0.6
Round 94 SW: 151.8: EW: 151.0: 🌻- 0.6
Round 93 SW: 155.1; EW: 151.6; 🌻 - 3.5
Round 92 SW: 155.8 EW: 155.1: 🌻- 0.7
Round 91 SW: 156.6: EW: 155.8: 🌻- 1.4
Round 90 SW: 158.8: EW: 157.2: 🌻- 1
Round 89 SW: 158.9: EW: 158.2: 🌻- 1
Round 88 SW: 161.6: EW: 159.2: 🌻- 1.8
Round 87 SW: 163.2: EW: 161.0: 🌻- 3.2
Round 86 SW: 166.4: EW: 164.2: 🌻- 2.1
Round 85 SW: 167.8: EW: 166.3: 🌻- 1.5Food
🔹log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Exercise:
🔹7,000+ Steps daily
🔹30 + minutes intentional exercise
Mind/Body/Soul/Spirit
🔹Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation
🔹Practice Self-care
🔹Positively reframe thoughts
🔹Learn something new
🔹15 mins Daily Declutter session
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Purple: #ff4968.
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!- Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
- A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
- Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
- The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
- Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
- The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
- When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
- Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.
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R95 SW 134.2
R96 SW 134/133.6
R96 134.4
UGW 131
11/29 134.4 Thanksgiving...
11/30 134 Im going to do this.
12/1 133.8 glad to start December in the 133s! The exercise makes a big difference in my day, so my goal for December is keep doing it! Now if I can get a handle on my anxiety, that will be the next great thing
12/2 133.8 feeling relieved that Monday is here and I can be at a regular eating schedule. I worked out yesterday. I was at a perfect calorie yesterday. I should have entered everything before I decided to have dessert. I knew it would put me over and yet, I still ate dessert, so of course went over. Anybody have suggestions on how to avoid this type of self-sabotage? I could literally never enter calories and know exactly if I'm within or not. So that awareness is acutely there. Now I need to learn how to stop!11 -
Age 47, 5'7"
Original High Starting Weight 178 (March 2019)
SW this round 165.0
GW this round 164. 4 Maintain this round from last round since it is a holiday, and lots of family home.
UGW 135
Goals 1. Walk two miles or at least hit 10,000 steps everyday
2. Due a toning workout for 20 minutes 5X a week
3. Count calories, less pasta, bread
Ending weight from last round. 164.4 lbs
11/29 165.0 lbs (1470 calories, 8794 steps,) I didn't splurge to bad but it was Thanksgiving. Kids and their families home all weekend. Lots of food around and I will be making. Plan on enjoying a little. (+ .6lbs)
11/30 165.8 lbs (1537 calories in, 10989 steps) here it comes. So no exercise with family here and to much food. But enjoying cooking and hosting and that is why I diet in between so one can enjoy life in the now. I will get back to it on Monday. (+. 1.4 lbs so far)
12/1 166.6 lbs. (2000 calories in, 14000 steps) no exercise and more cooking (+2 lbs)
12/2 168.0 lbs (2378 calories in, 14,221 steps) family finally left late afternoon and they were good at finishing most goodies up or taking them with but I did splurge yesterday on calories. Did try cross country sking after our blizzard but it had freezing rain first and so the conditions are slippery only made it a mile. (+ 3.6 lbs)
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