Want To Lose 10 Pounds?
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Hard to believe I missed last week but last couple of weeks have been crazy. However the that couple of months have been even crazier. So last week 10/23/20 was up .4 from the week before but this week I'm down 2.2 lbs from last week putting my current Lose for 10 lb Challenge at 12.2 lbs loss.
Challenge begin weight 310.8
Current weight 298.6
Current challenge weight loss 12.2 lbs.
On to next week.1 -
I'm up 0.8 pounds, and am running 1.4 pounds over my personal target of 130. This is basically maintenance, bouncing around the target weight. However, I think I would rather bounce around slightly below my target, so I'm planning on buckling down a bit to drop another ~5 pounds. That would give me a little breathing room and help to reduce anxiety a bit.
This was a good week "on-plan" (at least, on my plan). Election night was the only flub, with some bourbon to make the evening a little less anxiety-provoking! The rest of the week was fine. As such, I'm not bothered that my weight went-up this week. As we all know, patients is critical in the weight-loss/management game!
So, I'm back to sticking with my plan!0 -
Down 1.4# this week. It's good to have a more substantial loss, after 3 weeks of losing around 1/2# each. And yes, I know it adds up, but it's still not very encouraging.
So, what did I do different ... Kept out of the chips, limited nuts (tho I still probably eat too many, even tracked) and cut back just a little on my zero point portions. Decided that if I'm going to do all this suffering (cue the tiny 🎻, LOL) I might as well be making more progress.
Plan for this week ... Continue doing what I've been doing, except, get my exercise back up a bit! I'd increased it some, easily managable, but got busy last week and slacked. Onward
Lose #10 Challenge 1
6/26 Week 1 WI -1.0 total -1.0
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8/14 Week 8 WI -1.8 total -10.6
Lose #10 Challenge 1 ✔️ 🎉
Challenge 2
8/14 Week 8 -1.8 total -10.6
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10/9 Week 16 -1.8 total -20
Lose #10 Challenge 2 ✔️✔️
Challenge 3
10/16 Week 17 -0.4 total -20.4
10/23 Week 18 -0.4 total -20.8
10/30 Week 19 -0.6 total -21.4
11/06 Week 20 -1.4 total -22.81 -
Up 1.4 today. 5.8# loss since 5/8/2020. At last I'm down!
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Up 6.2 lbs this week.
Current challenge weight loss lbs. 6.0 lbs. Still waffling around but definitely determined to jump back on track.
On to next week.0 -
I'm down 0.2 pounds as compared to last Friday, but that doesn't really tell the whole story. I was up by a couple of pounds, or so, earlier in the week, and have spent the rest of the week focusing and keeping within my personal plan. I did well once I decided that "enough was enough." I wish I did a better job keeping that level of focus, but I've noticed something (or maybe, remembered something): when I'm at goal, or close to goal, I tend to become less focused on sticking with my plan. I figure that "an extra snack or drink, here or there, won't really matter." Of course, we all appreciate that those little extras add up pretty quickly!
So, this week it's again back to my plan. I won't bore you by restating the details, but the most important aspect is to manage the weekend appropriately.
Just for scorekeeping, I'm 1.2 pounds above my personal target weight, but well below my official WW goal.
182/131.2/1461 -
I'm down 1.4 for the week. O was more mindful and kept better (mental) track of snacks. One goal this week is to track every day.
In Tuesdays LTL thread, I pointed out that there were 52 days left in the year and asked how folks wanted to end the year. This got me looking back through my weekly recorded weights for 2020. As of today I've done 45 weigh-ins, and all but one were in the 180s. (A few weeks after starting this challenge, I got to 178.6.) I would have guessed I bounced around more than I actually did. The scary part of realizing this is that if I don't buckle down, I could probably easily creep into the 190s which is a place I've never (knowingly) been.
So this weekend, I'm going to spend some time developing a plan and strategy for the rest of the year. I really want to start 2021 feeling in control versus feeling disappointed and frustrated.
Have a great weekend!1 -
Up 2.8 lbs. Not a good week backed up by a bad week before. Quit tracking let myself go mindless eating. Damage done now time to move on and get the 9 lbs off I just put on urrrrrg!! This journey is something else.😡🤬
Challenge weight down 3.2 lbs.0 -
I'm down 0.8#. Just working it.0
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I'm weighing exactly what I did last week. I ate the same as I've been (tracking and below DPs every day), but I was not as active. Have not lifted light weights in 2 weeks. And now I have a weird nerve thing in one wrist so not sure how that's going to go, but am going to try it today.
Plan is to move more and get back to lifting, balancing and dancing regularly.
Lose #10 Challenge 1
6/26 Week 1 WI -1.0 total -1.0
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8/14 Week 8 WI -1.8 total -10.6
Lose #10 Challenge 1 ✔️ 🎉
Challenge 2
8/14 Week 8 -1.8 total -10.6
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10/9 Week 16 -1.8 total -20
Lose #10 Challenge 2 ✔️✔️
Challenge 3
10/16 Week 17 -0.4 total -20.4
10/23 Week 18 -0.4 total -20.8
10/30 Week 19 -0.6 total -21.4
11/06 Week 20 -1.4 total -22.8
11/13 Week 21 -0 +0 total -22.80 -
I'm back to my personal target weight. At this point I have been bouncing around a bit close to my target, but I'd still like to get a couple of extra pounds of "buffer" to protect around this bouncing. Nevertheless, I'm doing pretty well sticking to my personal plan, except I had a bit of bourbon last night during a virtual happy-hour with friends and colleagues in an international virtual meeting.2
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Congrats @Steve0mania!
I'm down 1.6. I had a really good week in terms of being consistently mindful. I tracked every day and moved more every day. I'm not going to meet my daily step/activity goal this week, but I may meet the weekly goal.
I've decided to aim for 2100 calories per week in non-Power Foods. I'll definitely need to ease into that number and may ultimately need to increase it, but for now, aiming for that number will keep me mindful. I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't meet it immediately. But I'm also not going to raise it in the short term. A stretch goal feels good.
Sleep has been an issue again, but I almost have it turned around.
Have a great weekend!2 -
Congrats @SteveOmania.
I'm up .8 over last week. I've been all over the place these last few weeks but the results has been an upward trend. Not the Most ideal situation this time of the year.
So I just got off a session with my nutritionist and have come up with a plan for the next 30 days which I will describe at a later date.
I'm currently still down 2.4 since this challenge started which is really disappointing but due to illnesses it's just a reality.
So even with Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays coming I'm going to bear down and concentrate on balanced planned meals and portion sizes and be extra careful of the sweets and treats.😁
Hope all stay safe this coming Thanksgiving week ahead.😔🙏0 -
Up 1.6. Knew I was up, but.....
Gotta stop the snacking, and the "between weekend" beers.0 -
So, I "survived" Thanksgiving. Ha ha, but seriously, ever since I've been on WW (or after quitting), I've always taken Thanksgiving as a no-restriction day. I refuse to get twisted about how to cut calories on the one day a year centered around food. Although many Jewish holidays have a significant "festive meal" component, none are really gluttonous, per se. Thanksgiving, for me, has always been about the "sitting around the table with everyone." This year we had a much smaller group, which was only our nuclear family, minus one kid whose college asked everyone to stay on-campus. So, it was fun, but small.
I managed by being a bit more careful through the week, and on Wednesday, for example, I was a pound below my personal target weight. I guess next week will really be more telling then the day immediately after Thanksgiving, right?
So, as always, back to plan now that the big event is over.0 -
Up 7.6# this week. No excuses. Moving on.0
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So I'm just going to repeat my post today on Friday WI How'd you do?
Up 2.8 lbs.
Up 2.8 lbs since last Friday WI. Hate to admit it but confession is good for the soul. I've bassically just let myself go since my low October 30th of 298.6. Thats a gain of 3.15 lbs per week. It's just a fact for me I can't let my love for food and lots of it take control of my me and my mind.
It's tiring fighting the battle but at the same time for me it's far worse to let a benge go on for a month. Yes I have to beat myself up and also give myself a KITA.
Cheers! Here's to a great attitude for the coming week and even though Christmas day lunch is coming that's just one meal. It's the little foxes that spoil the vine.👍🙂0 -
Update coming, as soon as I figure out where i typed it 🙄0
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Realize I never updated last week, so here's both.
Last week I saw my first gain since joining this challenge. Up 0.4, after being even the week before. It was a sad week (Mark's death and the 1st anniversary of losing my dad made for a rough one ). I just kept plodding along, tho I did manage to get back to exercise.
This week was OP, no real change except I was more relaxed and slept better, and down 1.4#. Happy to be moving in the right direction again.
Extra walking, hiking, lifting, dancing is on list for this week to help offset our long wine weekend. Portion control is going to be my best hope!
Lose #10 Challenge 1
6/26 Week 1 WI -1.0 total -1.0
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8/14 Week 8 WI -1.8 total -10.6
Lose #10 Challenge 1 ✔️ 🎉
Challenge 2
8/14 Week 8 -1.8 total -10.6
to
10/9 Week 16 -1.8 total -20
Lose #10 Challenge 2 ✔️✔️
Challenge 3
10/16 Week 17 -0.4 total -20.4
10/23 Week 18 -0.4 total -20.8
10/30 Week 19 -0.6 total -21.4
11/06 Week 20 -1.4 total -22.8
11/13 Week 21 -/+0 total -22.8
11/20 Week 22 +0.4 total -22.4
11/27 Week 23 -1.4 total -23.80 -
I'm up 1 pound.
Despite that, I feel GREAT about my week. I really feel like my head is back in the game and that I have my "Cinderella" amount of not too many and not too few rules I'm trying to follow. (It looks a lot like the original PointsPlus program.)
Moving more has felt good too. I may add an exercise goal to my steps goal for December.1 -
I'm up 1.4 pounds. This was definitely an "unfocused" week, and I did not stick to my plan very well. To be perfectly honest, I think I had bourbon every night, with either pita chips or pretzels. Yeah, definitely not "on plan" for me!
Sometimes I feel that I allow my self to self-medicate anxiety and other negative feelings away. That's probably not the most effective strategy for stress-reduction in the world.
I've been having a lot of stress recently about one particular aspect of my life. It's an interpersonal relationship that is really bothering me. I know I need to deal with it, but I'm just not poised to right now.
At least I'm not completely off-track. Back to trying to focus!0 -
I'm down 1.8. I probably didn't deserve a pound gain last week, so some of the loss is likely from there.
I continue to feel good about my plan. I was a little lazy with tracking this week, but I'm eating mostly power foods, so feel confident about a daily deficit. I stopped by a local store to support the owners and over-indulged in their wares. I still need to work on self-control with some foods.
I had a nice NSV this week. I've mentioned that I've been trying to reach/increase a weekly step goal since September. While I haven't lost weight since then, I'm able to wear a pair of jeans that I normally need to be eight pounds lighter to wear. That fact and the mental help that moving more has brought are both incentives to keep moving.
Have a great weekend!1 -
Well, since I skipped WW last week I'm down 0.8#. Going to try to hold it down on this weekend. Should help.0
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I'm down this week 2.4 lbs but for the life of me I don't know how. Abuse on Thanksgiving day then another at home Thanksgiving dinner at home on Saturday. Then several times of eating no no's and so forth.
DW & I dining out with a friend this evening at an upscale very small restaurant. Shouldn't be to bad and I will do better as I move toward the end of the year.
I have a strategy planned out with my family MD as of my annual physical. My Cardiologist has me scheduled this coming Wednesday for another echocardiogram to see about upgrading my pacemaker because of my heart EF factor (ejection factor). So we'll see how all that turns out.
On to another week.0 -
One thing I've been doing, every day, is try the 250 steps/hour for 12 consecutive hours (FitBit challenge). This week I missed one day so far (only got 11 one day). It really helps me get more steps every day. Over 6K per day, along with a couple on 7K days. Used to only get 5K. It seems to be helping.0
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One thing I've been doing, every day, is try the 250 steps/hour for 12 consecutive hours (FitBit challenge). This week I missed one day so far (only got 11 one day). It really helps me get more steps every day. Over 6K per day, along with a couple on 7K days. Used to only get 5K. It seems to be helping.
I'm impressed! I aim for at least 7, and sometimes fail at that. I rarely decide not to move when my FB buzzes, but often I don't notice it, or I start walking and get distracted 🤦. Sometimes I get in the car w/o completing the hour and miss my chance. I need to focus more on this! You're doing it, so it must be doable 🤷. Thanks for the inspiration Al!1 -
The wine weekend was as challenging and damaging as I feared! Up 3.2# 😔 (WI exactly the same today as yesterday). And the worst part is that I didn't get back to eating to lose when I got home.
On the bright side, I was always w/in points, but obviously estimating due to lots of take out. My lack of planning really cost me, but it was a crazy busy week before we left so I'm not beating myself up for that. Also a positive, I shared a lot! SIL and I split sandwiches, a chicken burrito, and flights! This could have been much worse! Another positive is that I did resume exercise when I got home. And yesterday was a stellar OP day, finally! The food prep should help keep me on track.
So the plan for this week is to do what I know to do, eat w/in DPs, weigh, measure and track, and exercise! I expect progress next week, maybe all the gain off 🤞
Lose #10 Challenge 1
6/26 Week 1 WI -1.0 total -1.0
to
8/14 Week 8 WI -1.8 total -10.6
Lose #10 Challenge 1 ✔️ 🎉
Challenge 2
8/14 Week 8 -1.8 total -10.6
to
10/9 Week 16 -1.8 total -20
Lose #10 Challenge 2 ✔️✔️
Challenge 3
10/16 Week 17 -0.4 total -20.4
10/23 Week 18 -0.4 total -20.8
10/30 Week 19 -0.6 total -21.4
11/06 Week 20 -1.4 total -22.8
11/13 Week 21 -/+0 total -22.8
11/20 Week 22 +0.4 total -22.4
11/27 Week 23 -1.4 total -23.8
12/05 Week 24 +3.2 total -20.61 -
I'm down 3.2, so back where I was 2 weeks ago, which is good, and annoying, at the same time. I did visit another # down, which is encouraging, but overall, I'm not really making much progress. I was under my DPs each day and exercised 6/7. No obvious area to twerk, so considering counting calories on MFP. Not sure I'm ready for that. I could also increase my steps. They've been around 6000. Could up to 8 or 10 thousand. Idk.. A bit frustrated. That's probably obvious 🤷
Lose #10 Challenge 1
6/26 Week 1 WI -1.0 total -1.0
to
8/14 Week 8 WI -1.8 total -10.6
Lose #10 Challenge 1 ✔️ 🎉
Challenge 2
8/14 Week 8 -1.8 total -10.6
to
10/9 Week 16 -1.8 total -20
Lose #10 Challenge 2 ✔️✔️
Challenge 3
10/16 Week 17 -0.4 total -20.4
10/23 Week 18 -0.4 total -20.8
10/30 Week 19 -0.6 total -21.4
11/06 Week 20 -1.4 total -22.8
11/13 Week 21 -/+0 total -22.8
11/20 Week 22 +0.4 total -22.4
11/27 Week 23 -1.4 total -23.8
12/05 Week 24 +3.2 total -20.6
12/11 Week 25 -3.2 total -23.80 -
I feel your pain @linmueller, and as always "you know what to do." You're simply eating more than your burning. You may want to make sure you're properly counting points, etc., and if so, then you've got to lower your points target a bit. Switching to counting calories could help, I guess, in that maybe it'll be a little more precise?0
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I am down 0.8 pounds this week. I'm close to my personal target weight of 130, but always bouncing around 1-2 pounds above. In reality, I probably should shoot to be 2-3 pounds below my target so I've got a little breathing room for those variations. But (and this is probably the key issue), I'm not so far off that I'm feeling a sense of urgency about it. Plus, I've pre-written this upcoming week off, because of Hanukkah and the planned latkes and donuts (and wine). There's always next week, or the week after, right (/end_rationalization_sequence>)? Plus, I'm well-under my WW goal of 146. This is now "polishing."
182/131.8/1460
