JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 98
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R60 SW: 219.7 EW: 217.1 AW: 218.3R96 SW: 207.0 EW: 205.9 AW: 206.5 (-0.5)
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)
R95 SW: 207.0 EW: 207.0 AW: 207.0 (+0.1)
R97 SW: 207.9 EW: 205.6 AW: 207.0 (+0.5)
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 -205.9 Yesterday I was able to keep my evening snacking under control. I'm going to try to go out for a run tonight before it gets dark outside.
12/10 -206.5 I got home late yesterday after work, so it was too dark to run outside. I may have to bite the bullet and go to gym and run on the treadmill after work today. I did not get enough water today, working on that today.
12/11 -206.5 Yesterday at work there was a Christmas lunch and cookie exchange, and, assuming everything goes as usual, I expect a bump on the scale in another day or two. However, I am proud that I didn't go totally overboard and only ate those things that I really wanted to eat and enjoyed. Strength coach tonight.
12/12 -205.9 That's a surprise. Getting a massage tonight.
12/13 -206.1 Sore from my massage yesterday. Plan is to go to gym today.
12/14 -206.5 Didn't do anything last night, I was so tired. Felt heavy this morning, so not surprised about the uptick on the scale. Goal today is to get my water in.
12/15 -205.6 Yesterday was such a mental win for me, I had been in a funk the last 2 weeks. Yesterday, I did not want to go out for my planned run, I hadn't run in almost a week, but I knew that if I didn't go, I wasn't sure when I would run again. But, I went out, finished w7d1, and, as per my Garmin watch, I ran my fastest mile ever! Strength coach today.
12/16 -205.6
12/17 -206.7 Hubby and I spontaneously decided to go out for dinner last night. I only ate 1/2 of my meal. If I get home before it gets too dark outside, plan is to go for a run.
12/18 -206.3 Strength coach tonight.
R98 SW: 205.9 EW: 206.3 AW: 206.2 (-0.8)
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Hi, I’m Karen and I’m 53.
OSW-187 Sept. 2018
Gym weight lifting class 2 x week
Walk +/- 7 miles 3 x week
Drink plenty of water, alcohol on weekends only.
12/9-171- Salty dinner out.
12/10-169-Hopefully a walk today, the rain is finally gone.
12/11-167-Got 1/2 of walk done and then went and shoveled mud for hours making trenches. Grueling but worth it; I’m sore.
12/12-I refuse to weigh today. I did half of my walk, went to work, then a party......I think I can be back down tomorrow.
12/13-167-Now I can go into the weekend not up from the party. I am heading to the gym....it’s cold & foggy for a walk.
12/14-167
12/15-167-A party yesterday with tons of carbs and sweets. I just lightly picked and drank coffee.
12/16-No scale-
12/17-171-Traveled to see our boys, took one to get his wisdom teeth out while the other one worked. Got to stay with my uncle and do my Christmas baking. My son was doing great, so we turned around and drove back home, after eating the last 4 meals out.......I am off to the gym this morning, knowing for sure I will weigh less tomorrow.😊
12/18-168-working on staying in the 160’s.9 -
These last 10 day have been amazing! I am very pleased with my dietary habits and weight loss. I have to say my bone broth is the best I have made (I've been making it for more than 5 years) either that or this lifestyle is affecting my taste buds in a very positive way. I have Beef Heart Stew in the crockpot. I have never made it before nor have I eaten a heart before. I am excited to give it a go!
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 136; stronglift 5x5 and 15 min of low impact cardio
12/10 - 134; 15 min low impact cardio
12/11 - 130.2; stronglift 5x5 and 15 min of low impact cardio
12/12 - 128.8; 15 min low impact cardio
12/13 - 129; 15 min low impact cardio
12/14 - 128; stronglift 5x5 and 15 min of low impact cardio
12/15 - 128.6; 15 min of low impact cardio
12/16 - 129 workout interrupted by tornado warning
12/17 - 128.8; 20 min of low impact cardio, strong lift 5x5b
12/18 - 128.410 -
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 ✅R96 EW: 201.5 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 ✅
R95 EW: 206 Goal ✅
R97 EW: 204.8 Goal ❌
Goal: Release 2 lbs per round.
Incremental Goals:
229.xx ✅ August 19, 2019
219.xx ✅ September 21, 2019
209.xx ✅ October 27, 2019
199.xx ✅ December 2, 2019
189.xx
179.xx
Ultimate Goal: 175 lbs, reevaluate at that point
Progress Photo
🌨️❄️⛄ December ⛄❄️🌨️
9:
10: 204.8 First day fully back into my regular routine. I expect these few added pounds to disappear pretty quickly now. I need to drink more water though.
11: 200.0 Hallelujah! Goodbye water weight. Back on track!
12: 199.7
13: 198.9
14:
15: 198.7
16: 198.4
17: 198.5
18: 199.0
There's no such thing as failure; only feedback.9 -
Round 98
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 56 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
R97 EW= 188.4
R98 EW= 188.2
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 is no change.R43 through R53 (06/07/18 thru 09/24/18) = [/b][/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 = …..2.8 GAIN (Ending weight 188.4)
R98 = …..0.2 LOST (Ending weight 188.2)
Day/Weight/Comment
12/08 …..188.4….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
12/09 …..188.2 ….. That is little consolation but better than nothing I suppose. Busy Bee here, off to do more wrapping & decorating! Good luck everyone on this round!
12/10 …..188.8 ….. Dinner at a friends yesterday. Chicken Alfredo loaded with pasta. I also gave in to the ice cream for dessert. She is FAMOUS for eating bad junk and not understanding why she isn’t losing weight (or why she is gaining). This morning I see things more clearly. The buck stops here. Today will be a good day. Yesterday I walked nearly 9 miles and well over 20,000 steps at the school. I have arranged with the principle to get into the school during the 2 week holiday closing. He will change the computer lock-down on the doors to be open until 2:00 pm daily (except Christmas & New Years Day). Once I’m in, no time limit. That is the good news my fat belly needed! Babysitting DGS #4 today (almost age 3). DGS #2 has to go to the hospital (a bit of a trip from here) for x-ray. He fell in the school yesterday and ankle is swollen (hopefully not broke.) I hope to do some marathon wrapping while babysitting. I hope I can still walk later at the school.
12/11 …..188.8 ….. In the middle of a wrapping marathon which involves standing in one place all evening. Waiting for results of xray on GS #2.
12/12 …..186.6 ….. A nice drop due to diligence in diet, but hardly any movement due to wrapping marathon which continues. Yesterday’s stats: 1229 Calories In / 2264 Calories Out. 27 Net Carbs. 9,762 Total Steps & 4.15 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 6 hours & 7 minutes and woke up tired, exhausted. I did 15 minutes of low-impact aerobics burning an extra 84 calories. I dropped 2.2 lbs so every little bit really does help!
12/13 …..184.0 ….. I am working my way back down though the inactivity is almost unbearable. I am mainly standing in place with the wrapping and there is no end in sight! Yesterday’s stats: 1103 Calories In / 2045 Calories Out. 26 Net Carbs. 7,260 Total Steps & 3.07 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 5 hours 28 minutes & needed more. No measureable exercise or activity to report. I am 4.4 lbs down so far from my ending weight last round. I'm not drinking enough water and TMI has been missing for 3 days now, but keeping my diet in check is really helping get this weight back down.
12/14 …..183.4 ….. Another good drop on the scale but today I am so hungry! I had a new fridge delivered so maybe seeing everything when I emptied the old one got to me. Sheesh, hold me back! No exercise again yesterday but good on diet and lots more wrapping done. Not done yet. I think I am the best friend of UPS, FEDEX and USPS. They just keep coming! Yesterday’s stats: 1070 Calories In / 2437 Calories Out. 23 Net Carbs. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 4 hours & 54 minutes. Today I will work on replacing food into fridge and more wrapping. The holiday season brings on so much work but Tis the Season to be Jolly so I’m keeping it positive. Fa La La La La.
12/15 …..183.6 ….. No worries today. Normal fluctuation. Now tomorrow will be ANOTHER STORY. Had an unexpected trip out of town all day until just a few minutes ago. Large lunch out so I won’t be hungry for dinner but we all know what carbs do to me, so I hope for the best but expect the worst. Anyhow, Yesterday was a good day. 1104 Calories In / 2104 Calories Out. 32 Net Carbs of healthy veggies mainly. 6,606 Total Steps & 2.8 Total Miles. 9/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 3 hours & 48 minutes. No exercise but lots of movement and heavy lifting working on the new fridge project. Still can’t fit in time to walk or dance. I have appointments with the holidays and I can’t change the dates. : /
12/16 …..186.6 ….. The unexpected trip yesterday left me sitting hours & hours in the car travel. Frustrating. Another travel day this afternoon. It’s difficult to live so far from everything. Brother’s doctor appointment with specialist (I’m his driver) and he needs to fit in a bit of shopping while we are in the city. Lunch out is inevitable. I will try to be reasonable but I do so enjoy the amazing choices that we just don’t have at home. Yesterday’s stats as best figured: 2184 Calories In / 2383 Calories Out. 189 Carbs. 7,734 Total Steps & 3.27 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours (yes, I stopped at rest areas & gas stations to get my steps in!) I slept 5 hours & 40 minutes and woke up to my Fitbit telling me its time to get in my 250. Wow, it felt great to get some sleep!
12/17 …..187.7 ….. Not good. Astronomical numbers that I cannot even begin to calculate in both calories and carbs during yesterday’s travel. I gave in to everything that I promised myself I wouldn’t. This round will not end well. If I can just keep it lower than I started then at least it’s something!
12/18 …..188.2 ….. Just a drop less than where I started this round. This standing in place wrapping is killing me after just sitting in the car for long trips several times this round. I need exercise but I’m just not caught up on my general work, and certainly not on my wrapping yet! Round 99 will likely be the toughest round of the entire year. Baking Cookies, Making Fudge, Social Gatherings, Family Meals. Oh My! I’m preparing myself mentally and physically too (food prep for freezer). I’m planning on tackling this head on! Nice round everyone. I followed all of your journeys and witnessed an incredible amount of control. Now I’m off to climb the mountain called round 99.
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5’ 7” | 63 | OSW 168 | UGW 130
Round 91: 163.8 | 162.2
Round 92: 162.4 | 160.2
Round 93: 160.2 | 160.0
Round 94: 160.0 | 159.8
Round 95: 159.8 | 159.0
Round 96: 159.0 | 159.0
Round 97: 159.0 | 158.0
Round 98 Goal: 157.0
Personal goals: Work on mental discipline.
12/09: 158.0-25 minutes rowing, legs a little tired.
12/10: 158.6-Ignoring the defeatist voice in my head.🤐
12/11: 158.4-35 minutes on the elliptical. Pretty snowfall this morning!
12/12: 158.2-Jury duty ended!
12/13: 157.6-Not sure how that happened! 60 minutes on the elliptical.
12/14: 157.8-Rest day. Lovely dinner out with friends.
12/15: 157.8-Late afternoon walk, fast pace. Had an in the zone moment when everything felt like it was working right, stride was smooth, breathing deep and easy. Exhilarating.
12/16: 157.8-Rest day.
12/17: 157.8-30 minutes rowing.
12/18: 157.6-45 minutes on the elliptical.
Didn’t make goal but at the end of each round I have made gains in strength and stamina. I’m happy!🤸♂️7 -
Female 59, 5'3"
MFP start October 28.18 - 191
Round 95 - Nov 09 - 18.19 EW 158.4
Round 96 - Nov 19 - 28.19 EW 158.4
Round 97 - Nov 29 - Dec 08.19 EW 157.5
Round 98 - Dec 09 - Dec 18.19 EW 159.0
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 – 158.5 - ouch
12/10 - 159.0 - not sure why I am up, I have been good.
12/11 - 157.2 - better
12/12 - 157.4
12/13 - 157.6
12/14 - 158.5 - holiday party gain.
12/15 - 157.5
12/16 - 158.8 - Argh
12/17 - 158.9 Definitely hoping for a better number tomorrow.
12/18 - 159.09 -
CSW: 128.6 lbs
CGW: 126 lbs
UCGW: 124 lbs
Round 98
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 128.6, 10K steps. Colleague brought special sweets and snacks as treats, a favorite but fat and calorie heavy. Compensated on lunch.
12/10 - 126.2, 10K steps. Team lunch at office, controlled my portion. Did have some processed junk food but limited. Got hungry later at night but consciously made 1 slice pbj instead of eating instant noodles or other junk food.
12/11 - 126.2, 10K steps. Controlled eating most of the time except another colleague got sweets and insisted on me eating. Portion controlled but definietly fatty and calorie heavy.
12/12 - 126.2, 10K Steps. Lunch at an event loaded with carbs and fat, lots of pasta, bread and cookie. Heavy but healthy dinner. Skipped drinking.
12/13 - 125, 10K steps, had alcohol, ate at home, snacked mindfully and chose healthy options to snack.
12/14 - 125, 10K steps, light lunch, balanced meals but low in protein. Had more alcohol than planned.
12/15 - 123.6, 10K steps, managed step count but no real exercise. Alcohol, planned meals. Ate out last night but portion controlled lunch and dinner. Blew it on guac( my weakness) and chocolate croissants
12/16 - 125,10K steps, bWeekend caught up to me. Ate in calorie limits.
12/17 - 125, 10K stpes, Ate in calorie limit, made some bad snacking decisions, but compensated. Ate in calorie limits
12/18 - 123.6
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Height: 5'4"
Age: 45
Starting weight January 2019: 150 lbs
Current weight: 134.2 lbs
Ultimate goal weight: 130 lbs (I will reassess once I get there)
Goal this round: To get under 134 lbs. Honestly, this close to the holidays, I'd be happy to not gain.
I'm a pickleball addict and have been plagued with shoulder/chest/elbow/wrist injuries for about a year. My new plan is to incorporate strength training.
Day/Weight/Comment:
12/09 (Monday) - 134.2
12/10 (Tuesday) - 134.2 again
12/11(Wednesday) - 135.2
12/12 (Thursday) - 135.0
12/13 (Friday) - 135.0 - again.
12/14 (Saturday) - 133.8 - woot!
12/15 (Sunday) - 133.4
12/16 (Monday) - 131.8
12/17 (Tuesday) -132.4 - Not surprised, yesterday's low number was a pretty big jump for me. I was also super hungry and ate back all my exercise calories which I normally don't do. So this number is still a good one in my book. Worked out chest and triceps and played 2 hours of pickleball. Today is a forced rest day, my elbow/wrist is acting up.
12/18 (Wednesday) - 133.0 - Well, it's still a success but I sure did like that 131.8 number... It's all good, I saw it once, it'll be back again.9 -
Round 98 (My 20th!)
This will be a busy round as I try to balance holiday preparations, festivities, and end-of-semester demands. Hoping to minimize the take-out and convenience foods I usually fall back on when things get hectic and work in some time to walk.
60 Female 5’6”
Starting weight: 212.8 (2/28/19)
Maintenance goal: 145-150R75 (1) – SW: 202.8 – EW: 198.8 (-4.0)R98 (20) – SW: 175.8 – EW: 175.6 (-0.2)
R76 (2) – SW: 198.8 – EW: 199.4 (+0.6)
R77 (3) – SW: 199.4 – EW: 196.6 (-2.8)
R78 (4) – SW: 196.6 – EW: 195.4 (-1.2 for 7 days)
R79 – Skipped - vacation
R80 – Skipped - vacation
R81 (5) – SW: 197.0 – EW: 192.8 (- 4.2 post-vacation or -2.6 since before vacation)
R82 (6) – SW: 192.8 – EW: 190.4 (-2.4)
R83 (7) – SW: 190.4 – EW: 189.2 (-1.2)
R84 (8) – SW: 189.2 – EW: 187.8 (-1.4)
R85 (9) – SW: 187.8 – EW: 185.4 (-2.4)
R86 (10) – SW 185.4 – EW: 187.0 (+1.6 for 7 days – vacation)
R87 – Skipped – vacation
R88 – Skipped – vacation and mini diet break
R89 (11) – SW: 186.6 – EW: 186.4 (-0.2)
R90 (12) – SW: 186.4 – EW: 183.4 (-3.0)
R91 (13) – SW: 183.4 – EW: 181.2 (-2.2)
R92 (14) – SW: 181.2 – EW: 182.4 (+1.2)
R93 (15) – SW: 182.4 – EW: 180.2 (-2.2)
R94 (16) – SW: 180.2 – EW: 178.6 (-1.6)
R95 (17) – SW 178.6 – EW: 177.4 (-1.2)
R96 (18) – SW: 177.4 – EW: 175.6 (-1.8)
R97 (19) – SW: 175.6 – EW: 175.8 (+0.2)
Goals for this round:
1) Stay hydrated.
2) Log carefully and maintain a calorie deficit.
3) Walk or exercise 30+ minutes most days.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 – 176.4 – Typical Monday morning bounce, but it should be gone in a few days if I stay on track. Rain all day. No walk, so I started cleaning out the pantry – something I should have done months ago – and thinking that my grocery shopping habits are due for an update to match changes in my eating habits and lifestyle.
12/10 – 176.0 – Squeezed in a drizzly 30-min. walk after my morning class before the rain picked up. It felt good to be outdoors! Late dinner, but under my calorie limit. Tonight was my last evening class this semester 😊
12/11 – 175.4 – Snow!
12/12 – 175.6 – Forgot to post yesterday, but it was a pretty good day. The sun came out and melted most of the snow on the boardwalk, so I got a good walk in after my classes. Then went home and made a big pot of soup. Met my calorie and hydration goals, although I had a salty sandwich for lunch. No walk today but met my calorie goal. Need to drink more water.
12/13 – 175.6 –
12/14 – 175.6 – Feeling festive! Got our tree today, then went to a Christmas Market at the beach, where I got lots of steps in and picked up a couple of neat gifts. Dinner out and some extra treats put me over my calorie limit, but it is the holidays.
12/15 – DNW – Busy day. Never got around to logging or posting.
12/16 - ??? – Weighed in this morning but forgot to note it and by now I’ve forgotten. I know I was up though. No big surprise since I wasn’t really paying attention this past weekend. Last week of classes with a few last-minute student issues, so I’m pretty distracted. I did finish my logging though and I made good food choices today. I even baked some amaretti for a meeting tomorrow and kept my taste-testing well within my calorie limit. But I’m really struggling to stay hydrated in the dry heated air.
12/17 – 176.4 – Under my calorie limit today, but my macros were way off – lots of carbs and not much protein. Had a slice of pizza and a few cookies at my lunch meeting. The rest of the day was grab and go. Rainy and cold all day, but I wouldn’t have been able to fit in a walk anyway. Only two more days until winter break. I can make it…
12/18 – 175.6 – Down a tiny bit (-0.2), but glad I was able to basically maintain through these hectic pre-holiday days. I ate more snacks than usual, but I didn’t go nuts or eat mindlessly while trying to get things done. One of my grandsons is 7 today, so I’m posting a bit early since I’ll be out for a celebratory dinner. Only one more class to go tomorrow - yay!
See you all in Round 99!
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Looking to stay between 135-138 right now to see if it is doable. My lowest has been 137.1, so still looking to lose a little bit more, but not in a hurry and not actively working to lose. Just trying to figure out maintenance and if I continue to lose very slowly I will be stoked. It has taken me almost 18 months to lose 40 pounds, but it looks like I finally made it, lol. Let's see how maintenance goes.
12/09 - 138.8 Not bad for a Monday. I think I am officially in maintenance. I would like to drop a couple more pounds, just so I have that cushioning for when I go on vacation or have a fun night out, but I am pretty happy where I am right now.
12/10 - 138.3 Oldest daughter's has a Christmas choir concert tonight. Last one she will have in high-school. Can't believe how fast time goes. Hopefully I will stay on track today and get back to 137.xxx in the next couple of days. In less than 6 months I will have 3 children that have graduated high school and in college.
12/11 - 138.3 Two meals out yesterday. Low calorie, but I am sure the sodium wasn't great. Was hoping I would be a little lower, but I guess not. On track for today and hopefully lower tomorrow. My only free night is tonight, so dinner at home and watching a movie with the hubby.
12/12 - 136.8 probably a little dehydrated. Drank more than I should have last night watching a movie with the hubby. We also didn't eat dinner, just kind of snacked on stuff. So I was good on calories, but will probably go up tomorrow. Usually after a night of drinking the 2nd day I have a spike in weight.
12/13 - 137.7 I figured I would have a small bounce up today. We had my youngest daughter's Christmas choir concert last night, so again just grazed and ate late. Tonight I have my husband's Christmas party, so hopefully I won't mess up to much. I am going to be so happy to get back to a normal life in a couple of weeks and be done with all of this chaos.
12/14 - 138.8
12/15 - 137.7
12/16 - NWI - FORGOT
12/17 - 142.2
12/18 - 139.9 The last couple of weeks have been so rough. Haven't been able to check in the last couple of days with my crazy, hectic life. Christmas time, end of the year at work, and just trying to get everything done has really taken a toll. I have done ok for the most part, but I am definitely not losing at this moment. I will probably stay in maintenance mode for one more round and then try and drop the last 2-3 pounds to get me fully into my range that I want to be in January. I am pretty happy with where I am right now, but would like to permanently be out of the 140's. We will see what happens in the next round I guess!7 -
I have already hit my 2019 goal. The trick now is to stay there as I travel through the minefield of December. 😂
I need this more than ever now that I am in maintenance! I might even manage to lose a bit more ever so slowly.
JGM10D ~|~ Round 98Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016) 150 (Nov 2019)148.2 147.8 (Dec 2019)
Aim for 2019 ~ reach 155 ⚖️⏬ 140s ⏬⚖️ 💐 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 RIP 150s
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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Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
Round 97 EW: 149.2
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09/12: 148.6: Goals 🎄 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
10/12: 148.8:: Goals 🎄
11/12: 149.2: Goals 🎄
12/12: 147.8: Goals 🎄 Yesterday and Today were much better. I had loads of spare calories, but chose not to over-indulge. Previous Decembers saw a sharp increase in weight. I'm hoping this is my new normal.
13/12: 148.8: Goals 🎄Too much socialising.
14/12: 148.5: Goals 🎄
15/12: 147.2: Goals 🎄
16/12: 148.6: Goals 🎄I'm happy with this after the weekend. Staying well under goal and maintaining.
17/12: 148.2: Goals 🎄A nice steady drop is what I hoping for this week.
18/12: 147.4: Goals 🎄 I have a social event this evening. Planning to have a few small treats, but stay under goal. LATED: Under goal but probably too much sodium.
One more round to finish out the year. I am keeping on to see how it goes, and going onto maintenance in the new year.
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Previous RoundsRound 99 SW: 147.4; EW: xxxDaily Goals
Round 98 SW: 149.2; EW: 147.4 🌻 - 1.8
Round 97 SW: 151.3; EW: 149.2 🌻 - 1.1
Round 96 SW: 150.8; EW: 151.3 😑 + 0.5
Round 95 SW: 151.0 EW: 150.8: 🌻 - 0.2
Round 94 SW: 151.6; EW: 151.0: 🌻- 0.6
Round 93 SW: 155.1; EW: 151.6; 🌻 - 3.5150.8
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
https://www.random.org/colors/hex
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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Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 122.6 My goal this round is 120.8. That will be a new low weight for me.
12/10 121.6
12/11 122
12/12 122.2
12/13 123
12/14 122.6
12/15 122.4
12/16 122.2
12/17 123.2
12/18 122 So I didn’t hit my goal but lost .6. I’ll take 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. Hip Doc said surgery in April. Ugh!
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 140.0
UGW: 132.2
12/07 - 141.2 at 8:30 a.m.
12/08 - 140.8 at 8:30 a.m.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 143.0 at 5:30 a.m. Sleepin' in really makes a difference!
12/10 - 142.6 at 5:30 a.m.
12/11 - 144.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...bwahahah! I don't thinks so...
12/12 - 141.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...much better!!
12/13 - 140.8 at 5:30 a.m.
12/14 - 140.0 at 8:00 a.m.
12/15 - 141.0 at 8:30 a.m.
12/16 - 142.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...Egads!
12/17 - 141.4 at 5:30 a.m.
12/18 - 142.8 at 5:30 a.m. ...Crazy!
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**Round 98**
Age: 39
Height: 5'7"
Highest weight 158 (3/9/19)
ROUND HISTORYRound 71 SW 157.8 EW 155.4 (-2.4)GOALS
Round 72 SW 155.4 EW 153 (-2.4)
Round 73 SW 155.4 EW 153.6 (+0.6)
Round 74 SW 153.6 EW 153.6 (vacation, mini maintenance goal achieved!)
Round 75 (BEGAN KETO): SW 153.6 EW 149.2 (-4.4)
Round 76 SW 149.2 EW 144.2 (-5 )
Round 77 SW 144.2 EW 142.8 (-1.4)
Round 78 (TRANSITION KETO-->LOW CARB) SW 142.8 EW 139.4 (-3.4)
Round 79 (LOW CARB-->"CARBY" DIET AGAIN) SW 139.4 EW 139.8 (+0.4 )
Round 80 SW 139.8 EW 134.2 (-5.6)
Round 81 SW 134.2 EW 134.8 (+0.6)
Round 82 SW 134.8 EW 134.6 (-0.6)
Round 83 SW 134.6 EW 134 (-0.6)
Round 84 SW 134 EW 131.2 (-2.8)
Round 85 SW 131.2 EW 130.6 (-0.6)
Round 86 SW 130.6 EW 129.2 (-1.4)
Round 87 SW 129.2 EW 129.6 (+0.4)
Round 88 SW 129.2 EW 127 (-2.6)
Round 89 SW 127 EW 127.2 (+0.2)
Round 90 SW 127.2 EW 127.4 (+0.2)
Round 91 SW 129.2 EW 126.6 (+1.8)
(MAINTENANCE DECLARED!)
Round 92 SW 129.2 EW 126.6 (-2.6)
Round 93 SW 126.6 EW 126.6 (-0)
(BREAK)
Round 97 SW 128.2 EW 127.2 (-1)
UGW: 126-127
SW this round: 128.4 lbs
GW this round: 127.8-128.2 lbs
**Total lost after 23 rounds: ~30 lbs**
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 128.4 A little spike, not sure why. Oh, wait, I broke my limited tasting rule when I was baking and tried TONS OF DOUGH.
12/10 127 This is where I expected to be. My body seems to love 127, but I don't love it. I love 124-125; however, I'm feeling pretty good about how I'm managing things now. I know when I slip, and I know how to correct.
12/11 126.2 Happy to see this.
12/12 125.2 Look what NOT eating cookie dough can do! Because I don't exercise, my calorie range to maintain doesn't give me that much wiggle room, and adding the extra (hard to calculate) calories of cookie dough to my regular day of eating puts me into Gainland instead of Maintenanceland. In other words, not where I want to be. But. I can't kid myself, I will need to taste a bit when I'm baking- I'm one of those people who loves the dough more than the baked cookie- and I've just got to get better at following some tried-and-true strategies: (1) portion out a cookie-sized amount of the dough (no sampling at the heavenly butter and sugar stage!) and log it as one cookie (2) drink water or diet soda while baking. Doable!
12/13 125.8 Not baking at all also works lol. But I've overeaten on actual cookies for once, sooo... it'll be up tomorrow. Lots of little yo-yos this holiday season, but I don't think it's out of control. I'm enjoying myself, but trying to stay in my maintenance zone.
12/14 125.8 I'm doing less yo-yoing than I expected.
12/15 125.8
12/16 125.8
12/17 DNW
12/18 125.8 Officially, that's (-2.8) for this round, but I feel like this was more of a maintenance-y round than a weight loss round, and that's good. I do want to lose a couple more, but I'll settle for gradually learning how to stay within a 3-5 lb range.7 -
]58 yrs. 4'11" or less...
SW: 160 lbs.
CW: 157.8 lbs
SW Round 97 (my 1st): 156 lbs
UGW: 98 lbs (subject to change)
R97 (1st for me) SW 156 EW 157.8 (+ 1.8 lbs)
Round 98
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 158.6 lbs Another bad day, today. I planned meals, but then binged late night... I've got to do better than this! Not giving up yet!
12/10 158 lbs stuck to food plan, today.
12/11 157.2 lbs
12/12 156.6 lbs
12/13 158.4 lbs
I was surprised by this; yet, on the other hand I was not. I have been doing better the last couple days as far as food... but obviously didn't stick with my plans and it was still too much... just didn't show up until, today, I guess... Still not giving up!
12/14 158.4 lbs
12/15 158.4 lbs
12/16 157.4 lbs Stayed under in calories, yesterday. No exercise.
12/17 156.8 lbs Didn't stay under, but wasn't too bad. No exercise
12/18 156.8 lbs
SW this round was 157.8, EW was 156.8 = -1 lb.
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39, male, 5'8
Original Starting Weight: 386.6 lbs, 1/1/2019
Long term Goal Weight: 186.6 lbs
Round 98, 15th Round for Me
Starting Weight: 283.6 lbs
Goal Weight: 283.6 lbs
(in maintenance mode for the remainder of December)
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09: 284.9 lbs (+1.3) … been bouncing around lately around the same weight for a couple weeks now. I’ve been pretty frustrated with my lack of progress during that time… but stepping back a bit, that feels ridiculous. I’m very happy with what I’ve accomplished so far this year, and I don’t like the idea that I’m stressing out over my rate of loss as much as I am.
I’ve decided that I’m going to allow myself to eat up to maintenance for the remainder of December. I’ve pushed myself hard for 11 months now and have seen some pretty great results from it, but I wouldn’t mind a little bit of a rest. Not going to push myself to eat at a certain number of calories, I’ll just eat more if I feel I need to, as long as I keep myself at or below maintenance.
Then I’ll start again with my regular deficit on the first, just like I did this year.
12/10: 285.3 lbs (+0.4) … up a little bit. Not concerned. Hopefully while eating at maintenance I can at least stay under 286.6 lbs (the -100 mark for me).
12/11: 285.4 lbs (+0.1) … nearly no change. Very happy about that after having a fairly indulgent day. Work holiday party was last night.
12/12: 285.0 lbs (-0.4) … this is exactly what I wanted to see. I can’t help but be a little nervous eating more food… so it’s good to see my weight go back down a little when it edged up over the last couple days.
12/13: 285.7 lbs (+0.7) … ate at about a 500 calorie deficit yesterday, didn’t feel the need to get as close to maintenance as I have been the last few days. Going to try and do the same today and make sure this uptick goes back down.
12/14: 287.4 lbs (+1.7)
12/15: 288.9 lbs (+1.5)
12/16: 289.1 lbs (+0.2) … so after a week of eating at maintenance and watching my weight creep up, I’m done with it. I know it’s water weight and that I’m not really gaining all that much fat, but it’s enough to stress me out more than dealing with a deficit, ha. Started back on a deficit today. I set MFP to “lose 1.5 lbs per week” and have a calorie budget of 2000/day.
12/17: 285.1 lbs (-4.0) … and whoosh goes the water weight. I’m still a bit up for this round, which is fine, but at least I’m not up 5 lbs anymore.
12/18: 284.0 lbs (-1.1) … not a bad way to end the round at all.
Challenge delta: +1.5 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 102.6 lbs
My jgm10d HistoryR84: 319.3 (+0.5)
R85: 314.7 (-4.6)
R86: 311.5 (-3.2)
R87: 309.7 (-1.8)
R88: 307.8 (-1.9)
R89: 303.1 (-4.7)
R90: 299.1 (-4.0)
R91: 298.1 (-1.0)
R92: 297.1 (-1.0)
R93: 290.6 (-6.5)
R94: 291.0 (+0.4)
R95: 286.9 (-4.1)
R96: 283.2 (-3.7)
R97: 283.6 (+0.4)
R98: 284.0 (+0.4)
My PlanPhase 1: 1/1/2019 (386.6 lbs) - 8/1/2019 (317.7 lbs)- Log all foods as I eat them
- Aim for 2000 calories/day intake
- Increase walking, park further away at work
- Push exercising more, starting with cardio / running
- Couch to 5k Program
- Aim for 2000-2200 calories/day intake
- Targeting 2000 or less calories/day intake.
- Cardio (running) 2x per week
- Strength training with a personal trainer once per week, one session on my own.
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Just give me 10 Days
Round 98
Female, 5’2, 32
OSW :: 261 (11/15/2019)
CW :: 242.0
GW this round :: 239
UGW :: 150
R97: 242.0 (-0.6)
Goals ::
Return to IF hopefully 16/8.
Walk >6000 steps daily.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 :: 241.6 (-0.4) :: 8514 steps :: actually started IF today.
12/10 :: 241.8 (+0.2) :: 6400 Steps :: 20hr IF
12/11 :: DNW
12/12 :: 240.6 (-1.2) :: 8894 steps :: 16hr IF
12/13 :: 238.6 (-2.0 woah!) :: 16 hr IF
12/14 :: 239.4 (+0.8) :: 10242 steps :: 16 hr IF
12/15 :: 238.8 (-0.6) :: 8650 steps :: no IF, woke up starving
12/16 :: 238.4 (-0.4) :: 7002 steps :: Also no IF today, will restart that tomorrow.
12/17 :: 237.8 (-0.6) :: lol once again no IF. ReStarting tonight
12/18 :: 239.6 (+1.8) boo lol
Week Goal :: 240
Ended 239.6
Well I beat the goal lol1 -
CSW: 128.6 lbs
CGW: 126 lbs
UCGW: 124 lbs
Round 98
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 128.6, 10K steps. Colleague brought special sweets and snacks as treats, a favorite but fat and calorie heavy. Compensated on lunch.
12/10 - 126.2, 10K steps. Team lunch at office, controlled my portion. Did have some processed junk food but limited. Got hungry later at night but consciously made 1 slice pbj instead of eating instant noodles or other junk food.
12/11 - 126.2, 10K steps. Controlled eating most of the time except another colleague got sweets and insisted on me eating. Portion controlled but definietly fatty and calorie heavy.
12/12 - 126.2, 10K Steps. Lunch at an event loaded with carbs and fat, lots of pasta, bread and cookie. Heavy but healthy dinner. Skipped drinking.
12/13 - 125, 10K steps, had alcohol, ate at home, snacked mindfully and chose healthy options to snack.
12/14 - 125, 10K steps, light lunch, balanced meals but low in protein. Had more alcohol than planned.
12/15 - 123.6, 10K steps, managed step count but no real exercise. Alcohol, planned meals. Ate out last night but portion controlled lunch and dinner. Blew it on guac( my weakness) and chocolate croissants
12/16 - 125,10K steps, Weekend caught up to me. Ate in calorie limits.
12/17 - 125, 10K stpes, Ate in calorie limit, made some bad snacking decisions, but compensated. Ate in calorie limits
12/18 - 123.6, 5800 steps, blew out on food with lunch, milano cookies, chips salsa. Safe to say bad end to this round. Consequences will show up in 1-2 days.
R98 Goal Achieved!!!
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47, male, 5'11"
Highest weight ever: 245.0
Original SW/BF%: 229.2/19.6 (7-31-2019)
Ultimate GW: One-derland
R85 EW/EBF%: 224.6 (-4.6)/19.0 (-0.6), AW/ABF%: 228.1/19.37
R86 EW/EBF%: 226.2 (+1.6)/19.2 (+0.2), AW/ABF%: 226.4 (-1.7)/19.19 (-0.18)
R87 EW/EBF%: 225.6 (-0.6)/19.1 (-0.1), AW/ABF%: 227.1 (+0.7)/19.27 (+0.08)
R88 EW/EBF%: 223.8 (-1.8)/18.9 (-0.2), AW/ABF%: 224.5 (-2.6)/18.98 (-0.29)
R89 EW/EBF%: 226.6 (+2.8)/19.2 (+0.3), AW/ABF%: 225.3 (+0.8)/19.04 (+0.06)
R90 EW/EBF%: 223.8 (-2.8)/18.9 (-0.3), AW/ABF%: 224.3 (-1.0)/18.95 (-0.09)
R91 EW/EBF%: 224.6 (+0.8)/19.0 (+0.1), AW/ABF%: 224.6 (+0.3)/18.99 (+0.04)
R92 EW/EBF%: 221.8 (-2.8)/18.7 (-0.3), AW/ABF%: 223.7 (-0.9)/18.89 (-0.10)
R93 EW/EBF%: 221.4 (-0.4)/18.6 (-0.1), AW/ABF%: 220.4 (-3.3)/18.53 (-0.34)
R94 EW/EBF%: 215.8 (-5.6)/18.0 (-0.6), AW/ABF%: 219.4 (-1.0)/18.40 (-0.13)
R95 EW/EBF%: 217.2 (+1.4)/18.2 (+0.2), AW/ABF%: 216.3 (-3.1)/18.10 (-0.30)
R96 EW/EBF%: 216.2 (-1.0)/18.1 (-0.1), AW/ABF%: 217.0 (+0.7)/18.17 (+0.07)
R97 EW/EBF%: 219.4 (+3.2)/18.4 (+0.3), AW/ABF%: 219.9 (+2.9)/18.47 (+0.30)
Total loss since returning: 9.8 lbs/1.2% BF
Average loss per round: 0.75 lbs/0.092% BF
Goal(s) for this round: Get under 217.0
Day/Weight/Comment
12/9: 219.2 (-0.2)/18.4 (0.0). I had a "day out" that included dinner out with my wife, brother-in-law, and his girlfriend. I ate reasonably, and shared some ice cream with my wife as we walked around after a movie. I'm STILL sore from basketball (on Saturday), but it's a "good" sore (muscular, but nothing "pulled").
12/10: 219.4 (+0.2)/18.4 (0.0). For some reason my "good sore" turned into both of my knees hurting pretty bad yesterday. They're better today, but that was at least mildly distressing. The next couple of days are going to be pretty busy for me. I likely won't get to the gym until Thursday or Friday; I'll just think of the next couple of days as continued recovery from one day of basketball. Hmm... maybe I need to reframe that.
12/11: 219.8 (+0.4)/18.4 (0.0). I'm having some minor medical issues to go along with my migraines, which have been off-and-on since last Sunday (a week and a half). If I wasn't aware of it before, medical issues are a trigger for me; I apparently believe that all of my symptoms will disappear if I eat enough food (I have no evidence to support this theory, by the way). I'm struggling to stay on the right track. I'm not going to be able to go to the gym until Friday, which is cramping my good workout habits as well. I will keep trying to right this ship, however. I'm not giving up!
12/12: 219.6 (-0.2)/18.4 (0.0). I went to my parents to celebrate my dad's 78th birthday. I tried to be good. I'm not really trusting my number here. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I CAN'T WAIT to get back to the gym tomorrow. My body creaks when I'm away for too long.
12/13: 219.4 (-0.2)/18.4 (0.0). I got in a weird "fight" with my wife last night. She came down the stairs and started telling me something like, "We need to do a better job taking care of our plants." I quickly informed her that "we" didn't need to do a better job; SHE did. I don't buy plants. My wife has a "black thumb" when it comes to them. She does not ask me for help, she does not give me any information regarding the care of any of the plants she brings home, and it's my belief that randomly watering plants (not knowing what she is doing) is likely a bad thing. Hmm. I just repeated everything I said in our fight. She got really mad at me. I hope she still wants to go to the gym tonight. Looking at what I said, I'm pretty sure I could have handled the conversation better.
12/14: 218.8 (-0.6)/18.4 (0.0). Today is better than yesterday. I feel like I'm in a bit of a holding pattern, but at least things are slowly moving in the appropriate direction. This will probably go at a quicker pace once the chocolate-covered macadamia nuts disappear from my home.
12/15: 222.0 (+3.2)/18.7 (+0.3). Neighborhood Christmas party. Disaster!
12/16: 222.8 (+0.8)/18.8 (+0.2). ANOTHER Christmas party ("cookie party"). I think this was my last one of the year, although New Year's Eve/New Year's Day is a time I will try to watch out for (Christmas eve/day as well, I guess). This time of year is a like a minefield. The sad part is that "this" is me actually putting some effort into trying to minimize the damage. I went to the gym in the morning to lift weights.
12/17: 220.4 (-2.4)/18.5 (-0.3).
12/18: 219.4 (-1.0)/18.4 (-0.1). Got sick again. It really sucks the motivation out of me to do just about everything. It's funny. I think I would have called this a "bad round," but the numbers below suggest that I didn't drop weight, but I didn't do a bunch of damage, either. THIS IS WHY I DO THESE STUPID CALCULATIONS FOR EVERY CHALLENGE (reminding myself by yelling).
R98 EW/EBF%: 219.4 (0.0)/18.4 (+0.0), AW/ABF%: 220.1 (+0.2)/18.48 (+0.01)2 -
Does anyone have a link to round 99? I'm having trouble "searching" the forums right now.1
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HoopsGuy72 wrote: »Does anyone have a link to round 99? I'm having trouble "searching" the forums right now.
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10775772/just-give-me-10-days-round-992 -
@LisaW57 Thank you very much!!!2
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37yo female, 5'5"
Working on maintaining 120-125
1.1.19 170.4
Round 83 SW 137.2 – EW 135.4 - 1.8 lbs lost
Round 84 EW 135.4 – maintained
Round 85 EW 132.4 – 3.0 lbs lost
Round 86 EW 131.8 – 0.6 lbs lost
Round 87 EW 129.6 – 2.2 lbs lost
Round 88 EW 128.4 – 1.2 lbs lost
Round 89 EW 129.0 – 0.6 lbs gained
Round 90 EW 125.2 – 3.8 lbs lost
Round 91 EW 125.0 – 0.2 lbs lost
Round 92 EW 124.6 – 0.4 lbs lost
Round 93 EW 124.6 – maintained
Round 94 EW 124.4 – 0.2 lbs lost
Round 95 EW 123.2 – 1.2 lbs lost
Round 96 EW 122.6 – 0.6 lbs lost
Round 97 EW 124.2 – 1.6 lbs gained
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 – 125.0 – Another holiday get together and a few too many things I shouldn’t have eaten.
12/10 – 125.0
12/11 – 124.0
12/12 – 123.4 – Surprised to see a drop, Christmas lunch out with my work team and some snacking for dinner
12/13 – 123.2
12/14 – didn’t weigh
12/15 – didn’t weigh
12/16 – 123.2 – Questioning the accuracy of my scale because I thought there would be a gain. Date with hubby Saturday, sick kid, lots of snacking.
12/17 – 122.8
12/18 – 123.0 – 1.2 lb loss this round, sticking in my maintenance range while enjoying the holidays and outings is very encouraging.
I have been horrible about posting my updates, but I am still weighing every day.
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Just give me 10 Days
Round 99
Female, 5’2, 32
OSW :: 261 (11/15/2019)
CW :: 239.8
GW this round :: 235
UGW :: 150
R97: 242.0 (-0.6)
R98: 239.8 (-2.2)
Goals ::
Return to IF hopefully 16/8.
Walk >6000 steps daily.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 :: 239.8 today :: yesterday was my monthly carb refeed so I knew I’d be up a little today. Not to bad all things considered.
12/20 :: 238.6 (-1.2) :: good start 20 hr IF. Lots of computer work today so probably not going to get my steps in.
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12/27
12/281 -
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Female, 5’3”
OSW 179
GW 159
UGW 130Round 94: SW - 168.2, EW - 162.6 (-5.6 lbs)Goal during challenge: Stay within calorie goal
Round 95: SW - 162.8, EW - 162.6 (-0.2 lbs)
Round 96: SW - 163.2, EW - 163.4 (+0.8 lbs)
Round 97: SW - 163.8, EW - 164.6 (+0.8 lbs)
Round 98: SW - 164.2, EW - 164.6 (+0.4 lbs)
Total weight change during challenge: -4.2 lbs
12/09: 164.2 - Things haven't been going so well, I'm just trying to get through it all. There are so many things I need to do this month. It's going to be a challenge, but I’ll get it all done. Wish me luck!
12/10: 163.8 - Feels better to see that number. I’ve been trying!
12/11: 164 - Did some meal prep for my lunches, we’ll see how it goes!
12/12: 162.8 - Getting back down, slowly but surely.
12/13: 161.6 - Hope it stays around here. I gain bloat weight like it’s nothing.
12/14: 163.4 - As I said yesterday, my weight fluctuates.
12/15: DNW
12/16: DNW
12/17: 163
12/18: 164.2
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