@shunggie - I was the same, was quite controlled over Christmas and then soon after January hit I went beserk! I looked back at the previous 2 years and I did the same then; talk about history repeating itself!! Don't know why I do it, at least I'm pleased to be back in control now. Hope you find your way again really soon, I know I feel better for it and I am sure you will, you have done so well so far and life is full of these obstacles that need overcoming. Hugs to you x
@deepwoodslady - is it worth planning to keep some calories/carbs in hand to use on your late night snack?
I’m in for another round.
R100 1/7/20 (-1.6)
R101 1/18/20 (-4.4)
Start Weight- 218.8lb
Current Weight- 212.8lb)
End of Round 102 Goal- 209lb
Ultimate Goal- 173lb
01/18- 213.8 (+1.0lb) Gain from yesterday, but happy with the overall trend. Meal out tonight, which could be testing. Going to have a very light lunch (make sure I go to the gym) so that I can have a decent meal without feeling like I’m restricting myself so much. Won’t drink any alcohol though- it amazes me how much better I feel even though it’s only been 4 weeks since my last drink.
01/19- 213.2lb (-0.6) Stuck to good choices for the meal last night and drank AF beer. Can’t seem to be finding time to go to the gym. In the past when I’ve lost weight I’ve always felt that I must go to the gym and indeed I enjoy it and love the benefits. However, this is the first time I feel that I’m getting a handle on my eating habits and changing for the better, rather than excessively exercising to try and chase poor food choices. Plan today though is to break my gym ‘mini break’, cook all my lunches for the week and get ahead with some work which will enable me to spend more time at the gym.
01/20- 213.4 (+.2lb) Another slight gain from yesterday, however only minimal. I did run (jog) a 5K yesterday so could be water weight. Was well within my calories. Went to the gym which I enjoyed. Plan for today is to continue to drink loads of fluids and make the right choices when I go out tonight with old work friends.
01/21- 212.6lb (-0.8lb) Back down after a couple of ‘gains’. Went out last night and did have a burger with chips, but only over my calories by around 250. Didn’t drink, which now puts me at nearly 6 weeks AF. So nice not to wake up with a fuzzy head. Plan today is to eat a couple of hundred calories lower than allowed; to make up for yesterday. No gym today- as I’ve got football coaching.
01/22- 212.0 (-.6lb) A new low weight; hopefully this trend will continue for the remaining days of this challenge. Drank loads of water yesterday and even joined in with the 1 mile a day challenge at work (I work in a school). Going to add that in to my routine now as well😀. Finding that I’m eating pretty much the same foods breakfast and lunch each day, varying up the evening meal. I’ll change up my lunches next week to prevent a bit of eating boredom.
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JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 102 (round 34 for me ) I'm in for another round – really need to move on (again) !
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 !
This round goal to just lose - aim to stick with good habits: be mindful of what I eat & drink, keep walking & refrain from attacking the cookie jar and left over Christmas chocolates – plan is to put them in DH lunch box each day 'til they're gone!!
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!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up from last round)
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 136 – 9.7 miles walked, pre planning & logging worked yesterday, I'll use it again today. Feels good to be back in control, all macros & calories well in green.
01/19 136 – 11.86 miles walked yesterday in the glorious winter sunshine. Today will be a challenge, last “Christmas” celebration of the season, all my large family get together, siblings, respective children and grandchildren, 30+ of us, we hire a church hall and all bring bits of food, you may know it as a Jacobs table or an American supper? I'm getting out for a good walk this morning beforehand and then really going to try to make healthy choices.
01/20 136.6 – 8.06 miles walked. Did indulge a little, but tried to make mostly healthy choices at our last family “Christmas” get together. Calories, carbs & sodium all over, BUT, I fought with my inner self to not use it as an “excuse” to run into a major binge (this is what would normally happen) – and it was a fight!! But the healthier me won and I ate only an apple after we got home at 6.00pm last night. So this morning I've pre-logged my food for the day and have some good walking planned too. Have a good Monday everyone!
01/21 135.8 - 10.69 miles walked yesterday, carbs 7g over, but calories and all other macros well in green. Still feeling more in control, but knee is niggling from an old injury way back in adolescence, wouldn't let me do all my stretching and toning exercises this morning, it didn't like dancing the samba as our latin & ballroom class last night, hopefully I'll still be OK for my walking today.
01/22 135.4 – 11.95 miles walked yesterday, knee is fine walking as long as I made sure I keep it in line rather than twist it – I will “nurse” it through yoga this morning. All calories & macros well in green, feeling strong.
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50, Female, 5'11" (1.82cm)
Starting Weight: 96 kg (may 2018)
Lowest weight: 78.5 kg (june 2019)
Current weight: 85.5 kg
Ultimate Goal: 79kg
10-day Goal: 84.9 kg
#100: SW 86.6 kg, EW 87.3 kg (-1.3 kg)
#101: SW 87.3 kg, EW 85.5 kg (-1.8 kg)
#102: SW 85.5 kg, EW
Day/Weight/Comment
18 jan: 84.9 kg; Probably not very realistic.... slept in, so late weigh-in. Came home very, very tired after work yesterday, so no workout done. Had more water intake during the day, had some extra steps, but not happy with the total amount and above all, I ate above my calorie goal. But, today is a new day
19 jan: 84.9 kg; maybe it is a bit realistic... worked around the house yesterday, cleaned, run some errons and relaxed. Love the weekends.
20 jan: 85.1 kg; back to normal weig-in time.
21 jan: 85.6 kg; no words....
22 jan: 85.9 kg: 😱 teambuilding, 5 course Italian meal cooking togheter with pesto, ravioli, lots of cheese, tiramisu, cookies and so on. Was fun, but way tooooo much kcal!
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Total loss so far xxx 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 (-0.2 lbs)
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)
R97 (16) – SW 153.0 / EW 154.2 (+1.2 lbs) Christmas
R98 (17) – SW 154.2 / EW 155.6 (+1.4 lbs) New Year
R99 (18) – SW 155.6 / EW 154.6 (-1.0 lbs)
R100 (19) – SW 154.6 / EW 154.8 (+0.2 lbs)
R101 (20) – SW 154.8 / EW 150.8 (-4.0 lbs)
Goals
1 - Track my calories daily
2 - Run (or gym) 2x week - yoga 1x week
3 - Water 1.5l
4 - 10.000 steps
Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
01/18 - DNW
01/19 - DNW
01/20 - 152.6 (+1.8) Post weekend gain, which I'm really quite OK with seeing that I was invited out to dinners on both Friday and Saturday evening... added to which I didn't do any sports at all as I have a head cold. So yes, I had a good time and I'll just have to deal with it over the next few days
01/21 - 151.8 (-0.8) 1320 cal, 8587 steps, over cal by 120 as I had a couple of chocolates mid afternoon. My daughter's returned from her school skiing trip, she had a nasty fall on the last day there. We went to the doctor this ayem as she's been complaining of pains in her neck and upper back so she has to wear a neck brace for a week or more depending on the X-Ray tomorrow. Luckily they think it's only bruising but as she broke a couple of vertebrata a year ago when she was thrown off a horse they're not taking any chances, we'll see tomorrow pm.
01/22 - 152.6 (+0.8) 1294 cal, 6424 steps. A good example of when you eat about the right number of calories but the wrong type of food. I had planned pizza in the evening and was going to have a salad at lunch time to compensate but I got stuck due to meetings and ended up having sandwiches instead so the combo of sandwiches and pizza just didn't work even with just 1294 calories total. I'm hoping today will be better but my schedule is a mess so I'm not sure how it'll go.
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes for my daughter, I've taken the afternoon off to take her to hospital for the Xray and check with the spine doctor, crossing fingers it's just bruising, she was in much less pain this morning after having worn the neck brace for a day!
01/19 219.6/99.6
Feeling uplifted! For a week prior to 1/16, I hadn't lost much weight and was eating more. Between 1/16 and today, I'd eaten foods I'd felt were forbidden and felt shame. Unconsciously, I avoided weighing in, unlike my usual every 2-3 days. But weighing in more often (always morning, in birthday suit) shows me I'm actually maintaining, losing, or even gaining, but probably not as much as I feared. 01/20 221.1/100.3
Yesterday, lots of unusual, hi-salt products eaten. Calories were within okay, but the sodium content was perhaps twice my usual. 01/21 220.0/100.0
Thought I wasn't seeing NS results, but yesterday put on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn since December and found I'd moved down a belt hole!
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Note: First time participant. This challenge's fixed terms and simple format are really appealing. I usually use kg/cm, but I see how lbs really is impactful.
Note2: I fast for 14 hours/day (this includes sleep time). I use the app Zero for tracking fasting time. For anyone wanting to try intermittent fasting: I figured out what an achievable goal was by starting low and increasing - 10hrs, then 12hrs, now 14hrs. That's manageable and acceptable for me. This has led me to eating 2 big meals and 2 or 3 snacks. Using MFP allows me to recognize when I need to eat, when I need to perhaps eat more or adjust my caloric intake.
Day/Weight/Comment
1/18: 220.9 Oh, happy day! This challenge is really helping me keep my focus on healthy choices all day. Not always successful, but way more tuned in than before the challenge.
1/19: DNW Just taking a rest day away from the scale. Be back tomorrow!
1/20: 222.7
1/21: 222.4
1/22: 221.5 Almost back to where I was when starting this round. Why do I sabotage myself when I see real progress and the goal within sight? Focusing on making that 10-day goal number. Eyes on the prize!
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Keith
Male, 59, 5'10"
Starting Weight: 402.8
Current weight: 387.1
Ultimate Goal: 185 lbs., but realistically 10-12% bodyfat.
10-day Goal: 385.1
R100 SW 388.5 EW 388.2
R101 SW 388.2 EW 387.1
R102 SW 387.1
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 387.1 - Good start. Knee pain almost gone. Gonna try a little walking and lifting today.
01/19 - 387.1 - My knee finally feels better, but now I've got on helluva head cold. I'll rest today, but may try a little something later.
01/20 - 386.2 - Still have my cold, but feeling better. Definitely going to the gym today.
01/21 - 385.0 - HUGE jump over the last few days. From illness or changes? I began intermittent fasting on Sunday 15/9 pattern. A little tough without those late night snacks, but mornings aren't too bad if I drink water/sea salt to replace electrolytes, then coffee when I get back from my walk. Gonna focus that first meal @ 10AM on protein and last snack @ 7PM on protein bar.
01/22 - 383.6 - The only major change in the past few weeks has been starting Intermittent Fasting. I don't want to drop too fast, but I also expected a fast initial drop. As long as I can slow it down (w/ more calories in my eating window), I'll be fine.
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SW-242
42yrs old 5’4”
Goal 121- half of my former self
Ultimate Goal- Maintain under 130
Goal every round is to get that average down by any number but seeing 145 would definitely make me do a happy dance (how many calories does that burn?)
R101 Average- 148.1
01/18- 148.2
01/19- 146.6
01/20- 144.4- this is total dehydration!!
01/21- 148
01/22- 148 staying positive, my average is down and I’m on a good course. I will drop again.
Day, Weight, Comment 01/18 - DNW - Out of town 01/19 - DNW - Out of town 01/20 - DNW - Out of town 01/21 - 150.4 01/22 - 151.0 - Salty, salty, salty. I had Chinese last night since I ended up working over yesterday and didn't have anything at home to make (I didn't pull anything out of the freezer, oops). Oh well, it'll go back down quickly if I don't fall off the wagon again.
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Previous Day's Comments
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01/21 - Not at all bad for as long as its been. It was so ridiculously nice outside all weekend and my interview went well. Came back to "feels like" temps in the negatives so not happy about that. Have a phone interview today with a different place but I think I may be getting an offer letter in the next few days from yesterday's interview (based on what my recruiters said after he spoke with the company). We shall see. Nervous as all get out because I think I want the job they're interviewing me for today more than yesterday's but I don't want to turn down the first one and not end up getting the second one. And I have someone supposedly interested in me but haven't heard from them to set up an interview yet. Goal: DON'T STRESS EAT AS MUCH AS I WANT TO
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You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell
My goal for 2020 is to get into ONEderland and making it stick. Changing my life.
Plans:
- Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target 70k steps per week
- Drink more water (target min 64 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
- Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018; basically skipped June-Dec 2019; recommit 1/1/2020)
- Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
- Drink less alcohol (3 AF days per week; ~12 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)
R102: Pay attention of water & snacks! Focus on consistent journaling. Follow through with workout routine.
🎯Mini Goal: get out & stay out of the 30s Ending weight R101 235 (saw much lower numbers during the round but could not maintain them
Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
01/18 - No scale @ camp
01/19 - No scale @ camp
01/20 - No scale @ camp
01/21 - Totally forget to weigh in!
01/22 - 235.7 @ 4am hmmmmm need to get back into the swing of journaling!
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Day/Weight/Comment
01/18-172 Finally a nice drop🙌
01/19171.8 so glad to see a couple days of loss in a row 🙌
01/20-171.8IF allowed me to eat a burger for lunch and wings for dinner and still stay the same weight today, im cool with that😎
01/21-171.2 sweet. Didn't get a workout in yet this week but calories has been good. Need to drink more water though.
01/22-170.6woohoo
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I will try again to drop back down to the mid range of my maintenance weight. I'm an accountant and tax season starts this round, so that means catered lunches on working Saturdays and clients bringing in goodies. I managed to maintain last tax season, but I was already in maintenance. Thank goodness for this challenge to keep me accountable.
End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)
End R47: 158.5 (-1.5)
End R48: 159 (+.5)
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 (+1)
End R97: 146.5 (+2) Thanksgiving aftermath
End R98: 145.5, BF33.2%, MM 63% (-1)
End R99: 147.5 (+2) Christmas
End R100: 147 (-.5) New Year
End R101: 147 (0)
SW: 147
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 145.5 - There is the drop I was looking for the past few days.
01/19 - 144.5
01/20 - 145 - I hope I can keep my weight around here the next few days.
01/21 - 145 - OK, I've been sticking to 1200 calories and my little work-outs and it seems to be working.
01/22 - 145 - After the last few rounds, I'm happy staying at this weight to the end of this round.
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@kmfeig87 - So glad to hear you're almost done with chemo.
@matratazola - I hope everything goes well with your daughter today.
01/18 -not able to weigh in
01/19 -not able to weigh in
01/20 -186.2: new week, new goals
01/21 - 186 : ok day. Under calories.
01/22 - 184.8. Good day yesterday
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Female 56
Weight 1/6 196.8
Goal weight 160
Starting the year off 10 pounds lighter than the last 2 years, so that's a plus. Ready to get this weight off for good this year!
R 101 SW 194.2 EW 189.8
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 189.6 Went out to dinner last night and ate some bread and a few bites of spumoni and had wine, so happy I didn't gain. Hope it doesn't show up tomorrow. Plan on going on a long walk today and doing resistance exercises and clean eating today.
01/19 191.2 Looks like my weekend debauchery has caught up to me! Time to refocus.......
01/20 192.4
01/21 194.8 wow! This long weekend has shown me why it's so important to stick with a plan!!! Let's get these numbers going down again!!
01/22 193 Well...at least it's going back down.
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My reason why: scuba diving
R102 goal: Go to bed by 10pm
how: eat using Dr. Ludwig’s “slow carb” method , except count calories as well as using hunger cues. The total food will be 75 grams of each protein, fat and slow carb. I will eat the same breakfast and lunch everyday. and eat Marty’s dinner. I’ll make soups for lunch 300 calories, This will cut down on the amount of time I have to figure and improve accuracy. This week I’ll make a cod jambalaya. I’ll make eight servings, We’ll eat it for two days, then I will freeze the rest. On days that I exercise a lot, I’ll fill in with greek yogurt, fruit, hummus, or avocado. My strength training needs to be taken up a notch. Next week isn’t too busy, so I should be able to get to the gym/exercise six days. Green zone cardio: three days Strength: legs three days, Strength: arms and core three days Minimum: walk 30 minutes or similar every day.
r100 184->184
r101 184->184
r102 184->182
10-day challenge round 102
Starting Weight: 203
Current Weight: 184
Current Goal: BMI<30 or 164
10-day Goal: 182
1/18 184 I bought my new scale and am feeling very optimistic since the old scale varied by three pounds on any given day. I plan to eat on plan and go to gym for cardio and arm strength Started daily planks.
1/19 184.0 New Scale! Is it reasonable to expect my weight to decrease by 0.1 pound per day. I stayed up too late and ended up eating the equivalent of a small meal. I’m going to add a “bed at 10” to my goal.
1/20 182.0 I don’t know how I got here but I will take it.
1/21 185.0 I don’t know what is going on, but I’ll get a handle on this.
1/22 183.9 Back into my routine with a new scale. Back to my eating routine: breakfast-coffee&fruit (210cal). lunch-homemade soup, dinner-homemade chili, snack if needed-fruit&dairy
Replies
OSW-146.7
RSW-145.8
RGW- 142
UGW-85
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 / 145.8 / VLCD Day 1
01/19 / 144.3 / VLCD Day 2
01/20/ 143.3 / VLCD Day 3
01/21/ 143.2 / VLCD Day 4
01/22/ 142.9 / VLCD Day 5
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@deepwoodslady - is it worth planning to keep some calories/carbs in hand to use on your late night snack?
R100 1/7/20 (-1.6)
R101 1/18/20 (-4.4)
Start Weight- 218.8lb
Current Weight- 212.8lb)
End of Round 102 Goal- 209lb
Ultimate Goal- 173lb
01/18- 213.8 (+1.0lb) Gain from yesterday, but happy with the overall trend. Meal out tonight, which could be testing. Going to have a very light lunch (make sure I go to the gym) so that I can have a decent meal without feeling like I’m restricting myself so much. Won’t drink any alcohol though- it amazes me how much better I feel even though it’s only been 4 weeks since my last drink.
01/19- 213.2lb (-0.6) Stuck to good choices for the meal last night and drank AF beer. Can’t seem to be finding time to go to the gym. In the past when I’ve lost weight I’ve always felt that I must go to the gym and indeed I enjoy it and love the benefits. However, this is the first time I feel that I’m getting a handle on my eating habits and changing for the better, rather than excessively exercising to try and chase poor food choices. Plan today though is to break my gym ‘mini break’, cook all my lunches for the week and get ahead with some work which will enable me to spend more time at the gym.
01/20- 213.4 (+.2lb) Another slight gain from yesterday, however only minimal. I did run (jog) a 5K yesterday so could be water weight. Was well within my calories. Went to the gym which I enjoyed. Plan for today is to continue to drink loads of fluids and make the right choices when I go out tonight with old work friends.
01/21- 212.6lb (-0.8lb) Back down after a couple of ‘gains’. Went out last night and did have a burger with chips, but only over my calories by around 250. Didn’t drink, which now puts me at nearly 6 weeks AF. So nice not to wake up with a fuzzy head. Plan today is to eat a couple of hundred calories lower than allowed; to make up for yesterday. No gym today- as I’ve got football coaching.
01/22- 212.0 (-.6lb) A new low weight; hopefully this trend will continue for the remaining days of this challenge. Drank loads of water yesterday and even joined in with the 1 mile a day challenge at work (I work in a school). Going to add that in to my routine now as well😀. Finding that I’m eating pretty much the same foods breakfast and lunch each day, varying up the evening meal. I’ll change up my lunches next week to prevent a bit of eating boredom.
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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 !
This round goal to just lose - aim to stick with good habits: be mindful of what I eat & drink, keep walking & refrain from attacking the cookie jar and left over Christmas chocolates – plan is to put them in DH lunch box each day 'til they're gone!!
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!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up from last round)
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 136 – 9.7 miles walked, pre planning & logging worked yesterday, I'll use it again today. Feels good to be back in control, all macros & calories well in green.
01/19 136 – 11.86 miles walked yesterday in the glorious winter sunshine. Today will be a challenge, last “Christmas” celebration of the season, all my large family get together, siblings, respective children and grandchildren, 30+ of us, we hire a church hall and all bring bits of food, you may know it as a Jacobs table or an American supper? I'm getting out for a good walk this morning beforehand and then really going to try to make healthy choices.
01/20 136.6 – 8.06 miles walked. Did indulge a little, but tried to make mostly healthy choices at our last family “Christmas” get together. Calories, carbs & sodium all over, BUT, I fought with my inner self to not use it as an “excuse” to run into a major binge (this is what would normally happen) – and it was a fight!! But the healthier me won and I ate only an apple after we got home at 6.00pm last night. So this morning I've pre-logged my food for the day and have some good walking planned too. Have a good Monday everyone!
01/21 135.8 - 10.69 miles walked yesterday, carbs 7g over, but calories and all other macros well in green. Still feeling more in control, but knee is niggling from an old injury way back in adolescence, wouldn't let me do all my stretching and toning exercises this morning, it didn't like dancing the samba as our latin & ballroom class last night, hopefully I'll still be OK for my walking today.
01/22 135.4 – 11.95 miles walked yesterday, knee is fine walking as long as I made sure I keep it in line rather than twist it – I will “nurse” it through yoga this morning. All calories & macros well in green, feeling strong.
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Starting Weight: 96 kg (may 2018)
Lowest weight: 78.5 kg (june 2019)
Current weight: 85.5 kg
Ultimate Goal: 79kg
10-day Goal: 84.9 kg
#100: SW 86.6 kg, EW 87.3 kg (-1.3 kg)
#101: SW 87.3 kg, EW 85.5 kg (-1.8 kg)
#102: SW 85.5 kg, EW
Day/Weight/Comment
18 jan: 84.9 kg; Probably not very realistic.... slept in, so late weigh-in. Came home very, very tired after work yesterday, so no workout done. Had more water intake during the day, had some extra steps, but not happy with the total amount and above all, I ate above my calorie goal. But, today is a new day
19 jan: 84.9 kg; maybe it is a bit realistic... worked around the house yesterday, cleaned, run some errons and relaxed. Love the weekends.
20 jan: 85.1 kg; back to normal weig-in time.
21 jan: 85.6 kg; no words....
22 jan: 85.9 kg: 😱 teambuilding, 5 course Italian meal cooking togheter with pesto, ravioli, lots of cheese, tiramisu, cookies and so on. Was fun, but way tooooo much kcal!
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OSW 172.0 lbs
RSW 150.8 lbs
RGW 150.0 lbs
EGW 145.0 lbs
Past Rounds:
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 (-0.2 lbs)
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)
R97 (16) – SW 153.0 / EW 154.2 (+1.2 lbs) Christmas
R98 (17) – SW 154.2 / EW 155.6 (+1.4 lbs) New Year
R99 (18) – SW 155.6 / EW 154.6 (-1.0 lbs)
R100 (19) – SW 154.6 / EW 154.8 (+0.2 lbs)
R101 (20) – SW 154.8 / EW 150.8 (-4.0 lbs)
Goals
1 - Track my calories daily
2 - Run (or gym) 2x week - yoga 1x week
3 - Water 1.5l
4 - 10.000 steps
Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
01/18 - DNW
01/19 - DNW
01/20 - 152.6 (+1.8) Post weekend gain, which I'm really quite OK with seeing that I was invited out to dinners on both Friday and Saturday evening... added to which I didn't do any sports at all as I have a head cold. So yes, I had a good time and I'll just have to deal with it over the next few days
01/21 - 151.8 (-0.8) 1320 cal, 8587 steps, over cal by 120 as I had a couple of chocolates mid afternoon. My daughter's returned from her school skiing trip, she had a nasty fall on the last day there. We went to the doctor this ayem as she's been complaining of pains in her neck and upper back so she has to wear a neck brace for a week or more depending on the X-Ray tomorrow. Luckily they think it's only bruising but as she broke a couple of vertebrata a year ago when she was thrown off a horse they're not taking any chances, we'll see tomorrow pm.
01/22 - 152.6 (+0.8) 1294 cal, 6424 steps. A good example of when you eat about the right number of calories but the wrong type of food. I had planned pizza in the evening and was going to have a salad at lunch time to compensate but I got stuck due to meetings and ended up having sandwiches instead so the combo of sandwiches and pizza just didn't work even with just 1294 calories total. I'm hoping today will be better but my schedule is a mess so I'm not sure how it'll go.
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes for my daughter, I've taken the afternoon off to take her to hospital for the Xray and check with the spine doctor, crossing fingers it's just bruising, she was in much less pain this morning after having worn the neck brace for a day!
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R102 (21) – SW 150.8 / EW xxx.x
@kmfeig87 You must be so relieved to have finished Chemo ! It's great news !
5'8 172cm
SW 221.7lb/100.6kg 1/16
GW 198.5lb/90kg (6/2020)
FGW 176lb /80kg (12/2020)
R102 GW - 217.3/98.6
Day/Weight/Comment
01/19 219.6/99.6
Feeling uplifted! For a week prior to 1/16, I hadn't lost much weight and was eating more. Between 1/16 and today, I'd eaten foods I'd felt were forbidden and felt shame. Unconsciously, I avoided weighing in, unlike my usual every 2-3 days. But weighing in more often (always morning, in birthday suit) shows me I'm actually maintaining, losing, or even gaining, but probably not as much as I feared.
01/20 221.1/100.3
Yesterday, lots of unusual, hi-salt products eaten. Calories were within okay, but the sodium content was perhaps twice my usual.
01/21 220.0/100.0
Thought I wasn't seeing NS results, but yesterday put on a pair of jeans I hadn't worn since December and found I'd moved down a belt hole!
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Note: First time participant. This challenge's fixed terms and simple format are really appealing. I usually use kg/cm, but I see how lbs really is impactful.
Note2: I fast for 14 hours/day (this includes sleep time). I use the app Zero for tracking fasting time. For anyone wanting to try intermittent fasting: I figured out what an achievable goal was by starting low and increasing - 10hrs, then 12hrs, now 14hrs. That's manageable and acceptable for me. This has led me to eating 2 big meals and 2 or 3 snacks. Using MFP allows me to recognize when I need to eat, when I need to perhaps eat more or adjust my caloric intake.
Round 100 - SW: 228.8; EW: 223.7 (loss 5.1)
Round 101 – SW: 223.7; EW: 221.4 (loss 2.3)
Round 102 – SW: 221.4; EW:
Current weight: 221.4
UG: 175
10-day Goal: 219
Day/Weight/Comment
1/18: 220.9 Oh, happy day! This challenge is really helping me keep my focus on healthy choices all day. Not always successful, but way more tuned in than before the challenge.
1/19: DNW Just taking a rest day away from the scale. Be back tomorrow!
1/20: 222.7
1/21: 222.4
1/22: 221.5 Almost back to where I was when starting this round. Why do I sabotage myself when I see real progress and the goal within sight? Focusing on making that 10-day goal number. Eyes on the prize!
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Have a great day!
Male, 59, 5'10"
Starting Weight: 402.8
Current weight: 387.1
Ultimate Goal: 185 lbs., but realistically 10-12% bodyfat.
10-day Goal: 385.1
R100 SW 388.5 EW 388.2
R101 SW 388.2 EW 387.1
R102 SW 387.1
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 387.1 - Good start. Knee pain almost gone. Gonna try a little walking and lifting today.
01/19 - 387.1 - My knee finally feels better, but now I've got on helluva head cold. I'll rest today, but may try a little something later.
01/20 - 386.2 - Still have my cold, but feeling better. Definitely going to the gym today.
01/21 - 385.0 - HUGE jump over the last few days. From illness or changes? I began intermittent fasting on Sunday 15/9 pattern. A little tough without those late night snacks, but mornings aren't too bad if I drink water/sea salt to replace electrolytes, then coffee when I get back from my walk. Gonna focus that first meal @ 10AM on protein and last snack @ 7PM on protein bar.
01/22 - 383.6 - The only major change in the past few weeks has been starting Intermittent Fasting. I don't want to drop too fast, but I also expected a fast initial drop. As long as I can slow it down (w/ more calories in my eating window), I'll be fine.
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01/18 154
01/19 154
01/20 154 stress, not sleeping
01/21 153
01/22 152
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42yrs old 5’4”
Goal 121- half of my former self
Ultimate Goal- Maintain under 130
Goal every round is to get that average down by any number but seeing 145 would definitely make me do a happy dance (how many calories does that burn?)
R101 Average- 148.1
01/18- 148.2
01/19- 146.6
01/20- 144.4- this is total dehydration!!
01/21- 148
01/22- 148 staying positive, my average is down and I’m on a good course. I will drop again.
OSW: 164.2
GW: 140 (will adjust if needed once I reach this)
Previous Rounds:
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
R97 EW: DNW, vacation
R98 EW: 154.5
R99 EW: 155.9
R101 EW: 149.7 (1/15)
Last weight
01/15 - 149.7
Day, Weight, Comment
01/18 - DNW - Out of town
01/19 - DNW - Out of town
01/20 - DNW - Out of town
01/21 - 150.4
01/22 - 151.0 - Salty, salty, salty. I had Chinese last night since I ended up working over yesterday and didn't have anything at home to make (I didn't pull anything out of the freezer, oops). Oh well, it'll go back down quickly if I don't fall off the wagon again.
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Previous Day's Comments
01/19
01/20
01/21 - Not at all bad for as long as its been. It was so ridiculously nice outside all weekend and my interview went well. Came back to "feels like" temps in the negatives so not happy about that. Have a phone interview today with a different place but I think I may be getting an offer letter in the next few days from yesterday's interview (based on what my recruiters said after he spoke with the company). We shall see. Nervous as all get out because I think I want the job they're interviewing me for today more than yesterday's but I don't want to turn down the first one and not end up getting the second one. And I have someone supposedly interested in me but haven't heard from them to set up an interview yet. Goal: DON'T STRESS EAT AS MUCH AS I WANT TO
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Plans:
- Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target 70k steps per week
- Drink more water (target min 64 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
- Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018; basically skipped June-Dec 2019; recommit 1/1/2020)
- Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
- Drink less alcohol (3 AF days per week; ~12 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)
Female, 5’3”, 59
2019 SW: 245 (1/2/2019) BMI 43.4
2020 SW: 235 (1/1/2020) BMI 41.6
GW: <200 in 2020 BMI 35.2
UGW: 165 BMI 29.2
R63: 245 (1/2/2019)
R76: 229.5 (5/12/2019)
SWR100 236.4 (12/29/2019)
R100: 235.5 (-.9)
R101: 235 (-.5)
R102: Pay attention of water & snacks! Focus on consistent journaling. Follow through with workout routine.
🎯Mini Goal: get out & stay out of the 30s
Ending weight R101 235 (saw much lower numbers during the round but could not maintain them
Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
01/18 - No scale @ camp
01/19 - No scale @ camp
01/20 - No scale @ camp
01/21 - Totally forget to weigh in!
01/22 - 235.7 @ 4am hmmmmm need to get back into the swing of journaling!
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RSW-172.8
RGW- 171.0
UGW-160
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18-172 Finally a nice drop🙌
01/19171.8 so glad to see a couple days of loss in a row 🙌
01/20-171.8IF allowed me to eat a burger for lunch and wings for dinner and still stay the same weight today, im cool with that😎
01/21-171.2 sweet. Didn't get a workout in yet this week but calories has been good. Need to drink more water though.
01/22-170.6woohoo
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Age 56
NE Ohio
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)
My 63rd Round!
I will try again to drop back down to the mid range of my maintenance weight. I'm an accountant and tax season starts this round, so that means catered lunches on working Saturdays and clients bringing in goodies. I managed to maintain last tax season, but I was already in maintenance. Thank goodness for this challenge to keep me accountable.
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 (+1)
End R97: 146.5 (+2) Thanksgiving aftermath
End R98: 145.5, BF33.2%, MM 63% (-1)
End R99: 147.5 (+2) Christmas
End R100: 147 (-.5) New Year
End R101: 147 (0)
SW: 147
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 145.5 - There is the drop I was looking for the past few days.
01/19 - 144.5
01/20 - 145 - I hope I can keep my weight around here the next few days.
01/21 - 145 - OK, I've been sticking to 1200 calories and my little work-outs and it seems to be working.
01/22 - 145 - After the last few rounds, I'm happy staying at this weight to the end of this round.
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@kmfeig87 - So glad to hear you're almost done with chemo.
@matratazola - I hope everything goes well with your daughter today.
@denswrex - Welcome back!
Round 102 (2)-
Day/Weight/Comment:
01/18 -not able to weigh in
01/19 -not able to weigh in
01/20 -186.2: new week, new goals
01/21 - 186 : ok day. Under calories.
01/22 - 184.8. Good day yesterday
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Weight 1/6 196.8
Goal weight 160
Starting the year off 10 pounds lighter than the last 2 years, so that's a plus. Ready to get this weight off for good this year!
R 101 SW 194.2 EW 189.8
Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 189.6 Went out to dinner last night and ate some bread and a few bites of spumoni and had wine, so happy I didn't gain. Hope it doesn't show up tomorrow. Plan on going on a long walk today and doing resistance exercises and clean eating today.
01/19 191.2 Looks like my weekend debauchery has caught up to me! Time to refocus.......
01/20 192.4
01/21 194.8 wow! This long weekend has shown me why it's so important to stick with a plan!!! Let's get these numbers going down again!!
01/22 193 Well...at least it's going back down.
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R102 goal: Go to bed by 10pm
how: eat using Dr. Ludwig’s “slow carb” method , except count calories as well as using hunger cues. The total food will be 75 grams of each protein, fat and slow carb. I will eat the same breakfast and lunch everyday. and eat Marty’s dinner. I’ll make soups for lunch 300 calories, This will cut down on the amount of time I have to figure and improve accuracy. This week I’ll make a cod jambalaya. I’ll make eight servings, We’ll eat it for two days, then I will freeze the rest. On days that I exercise a lot, I’ll fill in with greek yogurt, fruit, hummus, or avocado. My strength training needs to be taken up a notch. Next week isn’t too busy, so I should be able to get to the gym/exercise six days. Green zone cardio: three days Strength: legs three days, Strength: arms and core three days Minimum: walk 30 minutes or similar every day.
r100 184->184
r101 184->184
r102 184->182
10-day challenge round 102
Starting Weight: 203
Current Weight: 184
Current Goal: BMI<30 or 164
10-day Goal: 182
1/18 184 I bought my new scale and am feeling very optimistic since the old scale varied by three pounds on any given day. I plan to eat on plan and go to gym for cardio and arm strength Started daily planks.
1/19 184.0 New Scale! Is it reasonable to expect my weight to decrease by 0.1 pound per day. I stayed up too late and ended up eating the equivalent of a small meal. I’m going to add a “bed at 10” to my goal.
1/20 182.0 I don’t know how I got here but I will take it.
1/21 185.0 I don’t know what is going on, but I’ll get a handle on this.
1/22 183.9 Back into my routine with a new scale. Back to my eating routine: breakfast-coffee&fruit (210cal). lunch-homemade soup, dinner-homemade chili, snack if needed-fruit&dairy
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