Just Give Me 10 Days - Rounds 134
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I would have sworn that I posted already this morning. I did get up and write it, but I don't see it. Sorry if this is a duplicate.
Round 134 will be spent in Florida. The good is that there are lovely opportunities to get outdoor exercise but the bad is more dietary challenge with restaurants and MIL cooking when we visit her. Goal for this round is to get to 135 or below, which should not be hard given that the past two days I was under 136 (.8 uptick this morning to start off the round
) and this goal would support my goal for overall month of December of 2 lb loss from yesterday, Dec 1.
For my kick it to the curb, my goal for while I am in Florida (this whole round) is to walk/run to Sombrero beach, take a picture of the sun rising, and walk/run back. That appears to be a little over 6.5 miles total. With that milage, it will likely be a lot more walk than run. :P I’ll figure out my next challenge when I get back home.
Previous goals: get under 150; get under 145 for my birthday (10/26); get to pre-COVID weight 142.4, get under 140 before thanksgiving, get to 137.6 (weight on 10/2/19), not gain over Thanksgiving.
Round 133
Female
Height 5’ 4.5”
Age 59
UHW - 9/13/01 168.8
Recent low weight - 5/24/17 - 126
CSW - 9/14/20 153.0
UGW 129.0Round 126 equivalent: -3.8 9/14-9/23
Round 127: -2.0 9/24-10/3
Round 128: -1.4 10/4-10/13
Round 129: -1.4 10/14-10/23
Round 130: -2.2 10/24-11/2
Round 131: -2.8 11/3-11/12
Round 132: -2.2 11/13-11/22
Round 133: -.8 11/12-12/2
Round 134 – starting weight 136.4
12/3 – 136.0 (florida scale) Successfully handled dining out last night and keeping under calories. I order two items from the appetizer section, tuna tataki and lump blue crab cakes with chipotle sauce. Perfect meal. For main exercise, I have been heading out before sunrise for my alone walks. Yesterday, got a 4 mile walk and this morning I went for 4.5 miles. Working closer to heading for my Sombrero Beach morning.
12/4 – 135.2 (florida scale) Had to change the batteries last night. I have no idea if that impacted numbers either before battery change or after. But this number is within the realm of possibilities given I weighed this same number one day last round. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
12/5 – 134.8 (florida scale) To continue to get through these remaining days in the keys, I have pre-tracked all my dinners and breakfasts, including dining out (accessed online menus). That bit of control is helping me get through.
12/6 – 133.8 (florida scale) Really curious if this scale is accurate or not. Anyhow, yesterday, I found I had woken up before 6 am and decided to go for the “sunrise photo walk” sooner than I planned, given I needed to be out the door by 6:10 to make it to the beach in time for sunrise. I arrive at 6:54 for the 6:56 sunrise. Glad to have done it. Also, sharing a totally different observation. Last night, did take out pizza. Now, my normal method is “more is better” and would have ordered the 16” pizza and who knows what I would have eaten. Instead, I looked up pizza calories and concluded that with a 14” pizza I could have 2 slices safely, but then figure out during the day that will a little tweaking of the rest of the day, I could have 3. I thoroughly enjoyed dinner!
12/7 – 134.6 (florida scale) Makes more sense, but there is also an interesting coincidence (of course we are only at n=2), but I have had two notable upticks since arriving in the Keys. Both were the day after I did a 3.3 mile walk/run. Yesterday, I also did something new. Hubby had been commenting on how we were in the Keys and had been unable to have a drink due to daily calorie allotments. So I proactively looked up a classic margarita recipe and preplanned our day to include one margarita each. 15 minutes later I needed a nap…….
12/8 – 134.6 (florida scale) Lazy walking day yesterday, BUT I met people which is nice because we know very few people here.
12/9 – 134.0 (florida scale) Encountered same ladies and joined them after 2+ miles and resulted in my walking 6.96 miles. Spot on with my food diary but I think I am technically a little low because of all the exercise calories that I am not eating back. But this will be ending soon, as I will be heading home soon and back to cold and walking alone so my exercise minutes/calories will be dropping shortly. Only good aspects to heading back north is I will have access to indoor equipment for those days that outside makes no sense and hopefully I will have time to be more interactive here again in the group. I am still here!!! :P
12/10 – 133.6 (florida scale) Surprised for a loss. Last night was a splurge out to as last night in the keys. Skipped the drinks and dessert but had Oysters Rockefeller, and dinner of Seared scallops over Succotash with asparagus and a bacon ju. Still fantasizing about the succotash and bacon ju. OMG Tracked it all though. Because of my 7 miles walking yesterday AM, MFP considered me under for the day but IMM, because I am not eating back exercise, I was over. This morning, I will be heading out for my last walk in the Key for the next few months, and likely my last long walk for a while. Heading to MIL for the next two days and will get some walking there, but all very TBD. Food though for our stay with her is already planned and tracked to protect my goals. Debating if I am going to drag my florida scale to MIL’s and have it stay then until our next southern trek. Not keen on no scale my last two days of the round (would have been fine in the middle). If I do not pack (debate, debate), then this morning’s weight will be my end weight for this round and I will move on from there Sunday morning when I have access to my Massachusetts scale.
12/11
12/12
12/2 – AM: Solo walk 0:57:29 at 14’21” for 4.0 miles, avg HR 119 BPM, 3 min mixed planks
12/3 – AM: Solo walk 1:07:03 at 14’46” for 4.54 miles, avg HR 117 BPM; PM: walk w/hubby 0:50:44 at 22’04” for 2.3 miles, avg HR 92 BPM; 1 - 3 min plank
12/4 - AM: Solo walk 0:25:52 at 15’43” pace for 1.64 miles, avg HR 103 BPM; PM: walk w/hubby 1:07:20 at 22’34” for 2.98 miles, avg HR 92 BPM; 3 min mixed planks
12/5 – AM: Solo walk 1:41:06 at 14’25” pace for 7.01 miles, avg HR 135 BPM, 1 – 3 min plank
12/6 - AM: Solo walk/run 0:38:56 at 11’54” pace for 3.3 miles, avg HR 157 BPM; PM walk w/ hubby 0:35:14 at 21’28” pace for 1.62 miles, avg HR 99 BPM; 1 – 3 min plank
12/7 - AM: Started solo and then met people 0:47:06 at 16’28” pace for 2.86 miles, avg HR 110 BPM, 5 min mixed planks
12/8 - AM: Solo walk 0:37:08 at 14’45” pace for 2.51 miles, avg HR 116 BPM; AM: Joined Neighbor walk 1:11:10 at 15’58” pace for 4.45 miles, avg HR 116 BPM; 5 min mixed planks
12/9 - AM: Mixed solo and neighbor walk 1:45:47 at 15’09” pace for 7:01 miles, avg HR 115 BPM; 1 – 2 min plank
12/10
12/11
ROUND 134 TOTAL: TBD
TOTAL SINCE 9/14: -16.6
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I use my apple watch my exercise daily. Where might I go to see my TDEE and/or is there an app that I need to purchase/download?
@SModa61 - No purchase needed! It’s the Apple Fitness app - the one with the three rings. I’m sure you can download it if you don’t already have it on your phone.
If you open the app, you should see the main summary page with the day’s rings and “Activity” as the first section. Tap on the rings and it brings you to the more detailed page for the rings. On that page, under the “Move” section is a bar chart showing how many calories you’ve burned toward your ring over the day - and right below that on the left side in red letters is “Total.” That’s your TDEE for the day up to now. If you tap on the calendar icon at the very top of the screen you can look back at previous days which will give you the best idea of your average TDEE. Sorry, I’d include pictures but I have no idea how to do that.
The TDEE will change from day to day, of course - mine ranges from 2200 to 2600 but it’s mostly right around 2400. I can’t vouch for the accuracy, but clearly for me it seems to be pretty close!
Ladies, I had no idea that number was there on my Apple Fitness rings. I know that this is about to be a dumb question, but now that I know where to find it, how do I use it to my advantage?
@UTmom81 I would speculate that its main value is to help assess the whether ones results match the data. As @kmort009 had mentioned, she looked at her calories deficits ( TDEE minus calories consumed ), converted that to pounds, and then compared that to the weight she had loss over that same period of time. She found the numbers to be 1.5 vs 1.6. Pretty darned close. Let's say you did that same math and found the calculated pounds lost to be very different from the actual pounds lost, then there is something else going on - inaccurate tracking calories, inaccurate exercise, maybe metabolic/hormonal issues. I would say it is a feedback/check-in mechanism. BUT, I am looking forward to other answers to this question because there may be some aspect that I am not recognizing.1 -
Starr
Age 39 Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.6 (March 2016)
January 1st 226.5
Ultimate Goal Weight 175 by August 2021
I want to see 189.9 in December 2020.
Round 115 SW: 223.1 EW: 218.1 -4.3
Round 116 SW: 218.1 EW: 217.9 -0.9
Round 117 SW: 217.9 EW: 215.4 -2.5
Round 118 SW: 215.4 EW: 214.3 -1.1
Round 119 SW: 214.3 EW: 212.7 -1.6
Round 120 SW: 212.7 EW: 211.0 -1.7
Round 121 SW: 211.0 EW: 207.1 -3.9
Round 122 SW: 207.1 EW: 206.4 -0.7
Round 123 SW: 206.4 EW: 205.2 -1.2
Round 124 SW: 205.2 EW: 202.6 -2.6
Round 125 SW: 202.2 EW: 201.4 -0.8
Round 126 SW: 201.4 EW: 198.9 -2.5
Round 127 SW: 198.9 EW: 198.7 -0.2
Round 128 SW: 198.7 EW: 199.0 +0.3
Round 129 SW: 199.0 EW: 198.5 -0.5
Round 130 SW: 198.5 EW: 198.6 +0.1
Round 131 SW: 198.6 EW: 198.6 0.0
Round 132 SW: 198.6 EW: 193.6 -5.0
Round 133 SW: 193.6 EW: 196.2 +2.9
Round 134 SW: 196.2
Round 133
Month/Day: Weight / Comment
12/03 194.8 It was just bloating. I had pizza last night because I was busy running errands with my children. I do my Zumba every morning for the past month not one day missed. 15 minutes wakes me up and loosens up my muscles. If I get additional workout in great but to me the morning Zumba is part of my routine like brushing my teeth.
12/04: 194.6 Busy cleaning house getting ready to put this tree up. So very active.
12/05: 193.2 storming here all day. Tree trimming all day...
12/06: 193.9 I did tree trimming today. I was eating on the fly yesterday it was hard to be mindful.
12/07: 193.3
12/08: 194.6 13733 steps 1890 calories. There are busy days ahead with lots of sweet stuff everywhere I look. I am done with tree and decorations, on to finalize the shopping and wrapping.
12/09: 193.7
12/10: 193.2 I had Texas Roadhouse last night. I had surf and turf. Sorry not sorry
12/11:
12/12:
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Male: 63
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016)
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205
Goal this round: Just average better than the last round. Frankly, I just want to get through the next month close to my current average. That is not surrender; that would be a victory for me.
Historical Averages:R 94: 210.7 (20191108 = date of the last day of the round)
R 95: 210.3
R 96: 210.5
R 97: 211.3 (20191208)
R 98: 212.7
R 99: 212.5* (some ghost vaycay entries)
R 100: 215.0* (ghost vaycay entries) (20200107)
R 101: 216.0* (some ghost vaycay entries)
R 102: 212.6
R 103: 211.9 (20200206)
R 104: 210.9
R 105: 212.5
R 106: 211.2 (20200307)
R 107: DNF
R 115: 215.6 (20200605)
R 116: 213.7
R 117: 213.1
R 118: 212.1 (20200705)
R 119: 212.4
R 120: 211.5
R 121: 207.9 (20200804)
R 122: 207.4
R 123: 207.3
R 124: 209.4 (20200903)
R 125: 208.9
R 126: 209.6
R 127: 209.1 (20201003)
R 128: 210.0
R 129: 210.6
R 130: 210.7 (20201102)
R 131: 211.5
R 132: 209.2
R 133: 211.7 (20201202)
I like to track averages due to my wild fluctuations. For the same reason, I like to weigh daily so I can see the lows from time to time. It gives me hope.
Round 133
Month/Day: Weight / Comment
12/03: 210.4 / happy to start another ten days that matter. It’s easy to see how an unexamined life can eb away if you aren’t paying attention.
12/04: 209 / Hope you all have a great Friday! This weekend I am going to try to figure out how to get more active. Yoga with Adrienne is my go-to also when it comes to virtual yoga. Before the pandemic I was practicing twice a week in a class at the gym.
I think about YWA a lot…. I just need to unroll the mat and do it!
That reminds me of my Meyers-Briggs personality analysis. I think it is INTJ. (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging) I might be an F instead of a J. Feeling. One of the traits is that if an INTJ thinks through how to do something (which they always do before hand), they somehow think in their memory that they have already done it. HA!
On the Enneagram scale I am a five.
12/05: 210.2 / yoyo
12/06: 211
12/07: 210.8 / Yesterday, I not only rolled out my matt, but I did some yoga.
12/08: 211.4 / Trying something new today. Less salt and less sugar.
This morning I realized that it has been a while since I let myself get hungry. By that I mean “first world” hungry. For me, first world hunger is more of a (mental?) pang, not a pain. Grateful that I live in an area of the world where food is abundant. I take it for granted. I am always topping off the “tank.”
I support an organization that helps families in the Dominican Republic. Every year they offer supporters the “rice and beans challenge.” Only eat rice and beans for a week and donate the money you save on groceries to help feed children in the DR. So, what do I do? I eat my normal diet and donate money anyway. That is how blessed I am, and also how unwilling I am to experience any pain or inconvenience… I need to work on that.
Sorry, this is not a rant at you all. Just for myself. Thanks for letting me share.
12/09: 212.2 / The reason I post here is plain as day.
12/10: 212.0 / I am enjoying hearing about TDEE. I have an old Excel spread sheet I made that uses a formula I found online. Starts with calculating my BMR. There seems to be some variance in how to calculate them both. I do not use an apple watch, but I might dig into this a little deeper.
I can be pretty nerdy. For example, I track my weight on a spread sheet and have it calculate and graph my 10-day high, low and average and also returns my average BMI.
By the way, if I actually got down to “normal weight” BMI, my mother would wonder if I need to go see a doctor! HA!
I would rather track these things than do anything about them. 😊
12/11:
12/12:
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STARTING WEIGHT ON 12/1/2014: 338lbs
ROUND 133 STARTING WEIGHT ON 12/3/2020: 137.5lbs.
ROUND GOAL WEIGHT: 137.5-137 lbs.
ULTIMATE GOAL WEIGHT: 122-125 lbs.
PREVIOUS ROUNDS
Round 128: 138-139 lbs. (+1)
Round 129: 139-134 lbs. (-5)
Round 130: 134-137.5 lbs. (+3.5)
Round 131: 137.5-134 lbs. (-3.5)
Round 132: 134-136.5 lbs. (+2.5)
Round 133: 139-138 lbs. (-1)
Round 134:
DAY/WEIGHT/COMMENT
12/04 – 137.5 lbs. (Here we go!)
12/05 – 140 lbs. (It is okay!)
12/06 - 136.5 lbs. (The scale is a strange thing.)
12/07 - 139.5 (Thank goodness I have been tracking since 2014 and I see that this is "normal." The ups and downs...)
12/08 - 137.5 lbs. (Here!)
12/09 - 136 lbs. (And here!)
12/10 - 135.5 lbs. (Last night was a BIG VICTORY for me. When I returned home from work the lovely woman who helps me tidy up had left me A DOZEN SUGAR COOKIES! They smelled so good. They looked delicious and I know they were...because she baked for my mom before and my mom just went on and on about how amazing she is! And I LOVE sugar cookies. But I know I can’t have just one. I would have eaten them all. And then I would have gone to the store and eaten more and more. It would have been a binge. So it was late (I am so blessed to have a job and I work pretty much 7:30am-7:00pm, six days a week, about 5 hours on the seventh day) and I just thought...I can’t throw these away...but can I keep them here without eating them. AND I DID! I can’t believe it! They were still there in the morning. EVERY ONE and I gave them to my partner’s parents on the way to work and they were THRILLED. I am so grateful to my dear friend who baked them and gave them to me. She gave me the gift of confidence that- at least for last night- I didn’t binge, even though they were there. Right there. And then she allowed me to give her delicious cookies to two people who really could enjoy them in a sensible way. So that’s me today. Grateful.)
12/11 - 138.5 lbs. (Here!)
12/12 -
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Revised 2020 Goal - <180
UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)Weight 218.2 in Feb. 2015R133 12/2/20 End weight 182.6. 10 day ave cals 1633. Walked ~29 miles.
R15 9/9/17 end weight 151.2
R16 end weight 151.4 (+.2)
R17 end weight 151 (-.4)
R18 end weight 150.4 (-.6)
R19 end weight 149.6 (-.8)
R20 end weight 149.3 (-.3)
R21 end weight 149 (-.3)
R22 end weight 148 (-1)
R23 end weight 148.4 (+.4)
R24 end weight 149 (+.6)
R25 end weight 148.4 (-.6)
R26 end weight 149.2 (+.8)
R27 end weight 149 (-.2)
R28 end weight 146.8 (-2.2)
R29 end weight 146.8 (+/-0)
R30 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1411
R31 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1385
R32 end weight unknown - traveling, no scale - ave net calories 1468
R33 end weight 149.1 (+2.3); ave calories 1471 (after traveling/eating out for 3 weeks!)
R34 end weight 149 (-.1); ave calories 1577
R35 end weight 149.4 (+.4); ave calories 1592
R36 end weight 149.6 (+.2); ave calories 1650
R37 end weight 151 (+1.4); ave calories 1703 (154 over estimated TDEE, so no surprise I've gained)
R38 end weight 149.8 (-1.2); averages-- calories 1420; carbs ~48%; protein ~21% ; fat ~31%
R39 end weight 149.8 (+/-0); averages -- calories 1753.5; carbs ~47%; protein ~20%; fat ~33%
R40 end weight 150 (+.2); averages coming later
R41 end weight 150.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1792
R42 end weight 149.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1432
R43 end weight 150.6 (+.8): 10-day ave 1406
R44 end weight 148.8 (-1.8); 10-day ave 1430
R45 end weight 147.6 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1338
R46 end weight 148.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1437
R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449
R48 end weight 146.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1378
R49 end weight 144.2 (-2.6); 10-day ave 1174
R50 end weight 142.2 (-2); 10-day ave 1200
R51 end weight 141 (-1.2); 10 day ave 1231
R52 end weight 140.6 (-.4); 10-day ave 1192
R53 end weight 137.2 (-3.4); 10-day ave 1134
R54 end weight 136.6 (-.6); 10-day ave 1238
R55 end weight 135.4 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1209
R56 end weight 135 (-.4); 10-day ave 1263
R57 end weight 134.4 (-.6); 10-day ave 1212
R58 end weight 133.6 (-.8); 10-day ave 1372
R59 end weight 130.8 (-2.8); 10-day ave 1125
R60 end weight 132.2 (+1.4); 10-day ave 1384
R61 end weight 132.6 (+.4); 10-day ave 1473
R62 end weight 134.6 (+2); 10-day ave 1666
R63 end weight 138.8 (+4.2); 10-day ave 2154
R64 end weight 138.8 (+/-0); 10-day ave 1683
R65 end weight 139 (+.2); 10-day ave 1654
R66 end weight 139.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1751
R67 end weight 142.4 (+2.6)
R68 end weight 145.6 (+2.8)
R69 end weight 146.4 (+.8)
R70 end weight 149 (+2.6)
R71 end weight 148.8 (-.2)
R72 end weight 150.8 (+2)
R73 end weight 152 (+1.2)
R74 end weight 153 (+1)
R75 end weight 156.2 (+3.2) !?!??!?!?!?!
R76 end weight 157 (+.8)
R77 end weight 159.8 (+2.4
)
R78 end weight 159.4 (-.4)
R79 end weight 161 (+.6)
R80 end weight 159 (-2)
R81 end weight 158.4 (-.6)
R82 end weight 160.4 (+2)
R83 end weight 160 (-.4)
R84 7/31/19 end weight - 161 (+1)
R85 8/10/19 end weight 161 (+/- 0)
R86 8/20/19 end weight 163 (+2)
R87 8/30/19 end weight 163 (+/-0)
R88 9/9/19 end weight 163
R89 9/19/19 end weight 165.2
R90 9/29/19 end weight 164
R91 10/9/19 end weight 165.8
R92 10/19/19 end weight 166.4
R93 10/29/19 end weight 168.8
R94 11/8/19 end weight 170.4 :-(
R95 11/18/19 end weight 169.8.
R96 11/28/19 end weight 171.6
R97 12/8/19 end weight 172.4
R98 12/18/19 end weight 174
R99 12/28/19 end weight 175.6
R100 1/7/20 end weight 177.6
R101 1/17/20 end weight 177.6
R102 1/27/20 end weight 177.2
R103 2/6/20 end weight 178.6
R104 2/16/20 end weight 179
R105 2/26/20 end weight 180.2
R106 3/7/20 end weight 180
R107 3/17/20 end weight 180
R108 3/27/20 end weight 180.8
R109 4/6/20 end weight 180
R110 4/16/20 end weight 180.6
R111 4/26/20 end weight 181.2
R112 5/6/20 end weight 181.4
R113 5/16/20 end weight 181.8
R114 5/26/20 end weight 183 ugh.
R115 6/5/20 end weight 182.6. 10-day calorie ave 1554
R116 6/15/20 end weight 181.8. 10-day calorie ave 1580
R117 6/25/20 end weight 181. 10-day calorie ave 1341
R118 7/5/20 end weight 182. 10-day calorie ave 1674 ☹️
R119 7/15/20 end weight 181.4. 10-day calorie ave 1651
R120 7/25/20 end weight 181.2 10-day calorie ave 1695
R121 8/4/20 end weight 182. 10-day calorie ave 1706
R122 8/14/20 end weight 182.8. 10-day calorie ave 1747
R123 8/24/20 end weight 182.6. (-.2) 10-day calorie ave 1624
R124 9/3/20 end weight 182.2. (-.4) 10-day calorie ave 1493 (Goal <1500.)
R125 9/13/20 end weight 182.2 (0). 10-day calorie ave 1612 (Goal 1400 😡)
R126 9/23/20 end weight 181.6 (-.6). 10-day calorie ave 1580 (Goal 1400 😐)
R127 10/3/20 end weight 182 (+.4). 10-day calorie ave 1821 (Goal 1400 ☹️)
R128 10/13/20 end weight 182 (+/-0). 10-day calorie ave 1659 (Goal 1400)
R129 10/23/20 end weight 182 (+/-0). 10-day calorie ave 1552
R130 11/2/20 end weight 183 (+1). 10-day calories ave 1856 🤬
R131 11/12/20 end weight 183 (+/-0). 10 day ave cals 1776 ]
R132 11/22/20 End weight 183 (+/-0). 10 day ave cals 1358. Walked 16.6 miles.
R134 Goals — High P&F, low C breakfast. No snacking. Walk & meditate most days.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/3 - 182.4
Another unintentional very low-cal day. I’m finding that a high-protein + moderate fat/low(er) simple carbs breakfast leaves me less hungry all day, and we’ve been having bigger lunches and a small snack at supper time the past few days. Not sure DH would go for this way of eating long term, but I could. Anyway, I’m feeling much better and in control than I have in a long time (which I attribute partly to being off FB for the past couple of weeks) + not scrolling the news feeds constantly! I’m hoping to get some walking mileage in the next few days while it’s in the 40s, before the temp drops and I hibernate indoors! Wishing everyone a good round!
12/4 - 182
I’ve decided to drop the competitive (mostly with myself!) frame around walking, though I’ll likely sign up in the spring for some races again. One thing I’m trying to work on along with another Type A friend is being kinder and less competitive with myself. All my life I’ve pushed myself very hard toward quantifiable goals, which has helped me to a fair amount of success in different realms. But my friend suggested a few days ago that I’m too hard on myself, especially during this weird, difficult time we’re living. “You’d never push a friend that hard or track them in so many arenas — calories, miles/minutes, words [I’m a writer] per day, or beat them up when they fall short.” I think she may be right. Goals are useful, but there’s a time for everything and although I’ll keep tracking calories & weight for a while, mostly out of habit, I’m going to try to cut myself some slack in other areas. I even slept in this morning!
12/5 - 182
Happy Saturday, all!
12/6 - 182.2
DH brought home some raspberry sherbet. I indulged a bit. I hadn’t had any in, wow, years maybe. Delish, and now I’m over it.
12/7 - 182
Monday, Monday...and cold! I guess vacuuming and scrubbing the tub will be my exercise.🧽🪣 And knitting counts, yes? I’m trying to finish a scarf for a friend. Have a love day!
12/8 - 182
Ha ha! I just noticed my typo yesterday — I meant lovely, but a love day sounds good, too. I seem to be back to my body’s favorite weight — she really loves to hang out here. Have a lovely love day!
12/9 - 184.6
Aaack. I went on a carb fest last night. DH made mac & cheese for dinner, which should have been ok if I’d stopped there, but (and I should know this) all those carbs made me want more, and boy howdy, I found ‘em. Obviously I didn’t gain 2.6 pounds of fat overnight, so a lot of this is water and, well, food, but still... why do I do this? I’d like to blame COVID brain, but really? Anyway, I don’t need hugs, just a place to ‘fess up. Now to straighten my self out. Again. One good thing about a restricted holiday season — I’ve decided the only baking I’ll do for Christmas will be a mince pie, because we both love them and it’s the only time of year to have one.
12/10 - 184.2
Boy, it goes on easier than it comes back off, that’s for sure. But I know there’s a 2-3 day lag so.... I’m trying to figure out some quick high-protein breakfasts besides eggs (which I love, but not every day). I do make my own lower calorie, lower salt, higher fiber, higher protein egg MacSheila sandwiches several times a week — yummy and very satisfying, but not something I want every day. Breakfast ideas, anyone? DH is happy with cereal, but starting the day high carb makes me hungry all day. I’m also determined to really, finally stop the night-time snacking. I do well for a few days, then backslide until I’m adding a lot of calories after dinner. I never used to eat at night like this! So my goal (again) for the rest of the year is to stop this bad habit once and for all.
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12/12 -
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@kmort009
I use my apple watch my exercise daily. Where might I go to see my TDEE and/or is there an app that I need to purchase/download?
@SModa61 SailRabbit is a good TDEE calculator. It offers multiple calculations — I find the Mifflin-St. Jeor to be pretty accurate compared to tracking my calories and weight. https://sailrabbit.com/bmr/
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I originally started this challenge in December 2018 and lost 42.6 lbs in 13 months. I’m up 13 lbs since March 2020 and I really want to start changing things now instead of waiting to the end of the year.
33, F, 5’1”
SW: 146lbs
GW: 120 lbs
GW for this round: 144
Day/Weight/Comment
12/06 146, plan on doing a 45 minute peloton ride and will start decorating the Christmas tree today.
12/07 145.8, I hope to do a 45 min bike ride and 30 minute barre class today. I made a corn chowder for dinner yesterday and have leftovers so dinner is already made, which is always easier for staying on track.
12/08 145.7, I’m going to focus on really increasing my water intake today (only had 36 oz yesterday). Final day of corn chowder (one disadvantage and advantage of living by myself is that meals last 2-3 days, but also meals are usually ready just for reheating).
12/09 145.5
12/10 145.2, ate well yesterday and have leftovers for dinner tonight (I made roasted veggies- onion, bell pepper, sweet potato with a curry spice blend for a pita sandwich with cucumber salad). 30 minute barre class and 30 minute peloton class. I’m going to a virtual ugly sweater party / cocktail demonstration with friends so will be drinking, but hopefully can do well the rest of the day to save calories for those two drinks. Need to up water again since keep on waking up thirsty- heater is on and air is dry too.
12/11
12/12
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Female, Age 50, 5'4
Living in New England, USA
SW: 181.4
GW: 134
Round 131 End Weight: 175.9
Round 132 End Weight: 174.2
Round 133 End Weight: 174.0
Round 134 Goals: Get closer to end of year of under 170 goal
Day/Weight/Comment
12/3 DNW
12/4 DNW
12/5 DNW
12/6 DNW
12/7: 174.0 Been off MFP for the last few days. Whacked my head pretty hard putting groceries in my car and been avoiding screens & resting as much as possible. Starting to feel a little better.
12/8: 173.8 Feeling much better today. It's been a week since my last run, really feeling the urge to get out today for a least a short one and see how I feel. I recently bought a duo instapot/air fryer online for my DH as one of his Christmas gifts and it shipped in a box that showed what it was & of course he was home when it arrived. So since the surprise was ruined, we went ahead and opened it, going to try it out tonight, thinking about doing "fried" chicken wings. Anyone have any good cookbook recommendations for air fryers or instapots?
12/9: 173.6 Decided to give it another day to rest yesterday, so planning a run for my lunch hour today. Ate a little later last night so IF window might be a little less than 16 hours. So much to do, will definitely be a busy one!
12/10: 173.5 Warming up a bit to the 40's today, so definitely getting out for a run on my lunch hour! And the warmer temps mean I can get the last bit of holiday decorating done and hang the garland on my front door (my command strips won't stick outside when temps are lower). Scale wise my weight is dropping but the progress is sooo sloooow. Since I turned 50 earlier this year, I just can't seem to drop weight like I used to. I really need to get back to strength training, I think that will help.
12/11
12/125 -
CW : 123.3 lbs
RGW : 121.5
Goals
1. Eat within alloted calorie goal
2. Eat clean and limit processed and restaurant meals
3. Min. 10K steps
4. 8 c. H2O
5. Start yoga / meditation
12/03 - 123.2 lbs. celebrated birthday and blew goals.
12/04 - 125.8 lbs. Ate in calorie budget. Ate clean except a slice of leftover cake, 13K steps, 6 c water. Probably last few days have caught up to me. Will keep focused on the prize.
12/05 - 125.8 lbs. Ate in calorie budget, ate clean, 13K steps, 8 c. Water.
12/06 - 123.8 lbs - Ate above calorie budget, ate mostly clean, slipped and snacked on unhealthy things, 15K steps, 8c. water.
Sigh, dont know if its my scale or luck, but my number has been lower post bad days and higher after good days. Need to keep reminding myself to be patient and see what turns up after 10 days.
12/07 - 125.8 lbs - Ate 200 cal over calorie budget, ate clean, 13K steps, 6c water
Thinking through low water intake causes me to snack at times. I need to plan ahead and not budge from the decided diary
12/08 - 125.8 lbs - Ate 500-600 above cal budget, binged on sweets late night, 11K steps, 7c water
12/09 - 125.8 lbs - Ate in cal buget, ate clean, 13K steps, 8c water.
12/10 - 125.4 lbs - Ate in cal budget, ate clean, 15K stes, 9c water
12/11 -
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Hi, I’m Karen, in my 50’s
OSW Sept.
2018 187
12/3-165-Rode my bike 10 miles and tried to eat healthy.
12/4-166-IF 17 hrs. Lots of digging in the yard.
12/5-164-IF 16 hrs. I didn’t have time to walk far or ride my bike, so I rollerbladed around (outside) our house; the dogs love it and chase me the whole time. Got the Christmas decor up in our new house, I know how @deepwoodslady feels, but, Donna, we can keep moving it all around until we have to put it all away.Our adult boys are coming to visit today, FIL is on hospice and won’t last until Christmas.
12/6-DNW- We got 2 visits in with FIL and our boys before they had to head home. It was wonderful for them to see him. While they were here, we ate and drank ourselves silly.
12/7-DNW-IF 17 hrs. I refuse to weigh after a big weekend of eating what I normally don’t. Bloat doesn’t mean weight gained. Biked 10 miles and walked 2 miles.
12/8-DNW
12/9-163-If I eat a bunch of bread and junk over the weekend, it takes me until Wednesday to get back to where I was Saturday morning. It’s just not worth it.
12/10-165 IF 12 hrs, biked 11 miles, ate sensibly. Baked a chicken breast, wrapped in parchment paper, came out moist.
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GOALS: Either Bike 10 mi, or Walk 5 mi Daily and throw in some skating.
BIKED:
12/2-10 mi, 12/7-10mi., 12/9-11 mi = 31 mi. Total
WALKED
12/1-5 mi, 12/7-2 mi, 12/8-5mi, = 12 mi. Total
SKATED
12/4- 1 mi,
@UTMom81 - I am loving the challenge-it has really got me moving, when normally, I would just throw in the towel after Thanksgiving and just keep eating what ever I wanted and not exercising because it’s cold. This is fun!!!!5 -
Female 50 yrs. 5'2"
Long term goal 125
9/23/2020 OSW 170.1
Round 127 ⬇️ 5.0 lbs. 165.1
Round 128 ⬆️ 0.3 lbs. 165.4
Round 129 ⬇️ 0.3 lbs. 165.1
Round 130 ⬇️ 1.6 lbs. 163.5
Round 131 ⬇️ 1.1 lbs. 162.4
Round 132 ⬇️ 1.6 lbs. 160.8
Round 133 ⬆️ 2.0 lbs. 162.8
Round 134
Starting Weight 162.8
Goal this round 160
12/03 - 163.0 Getting back track, I know its going to take a few days to adjust.
12/04 - 162.7
12/05 - 164.5 Holy moly, hopefully that disappears in a day or two.
12/06 - 163.5 Well, thats 1 down.
12/07 - DNW
12/08 - 163.2
12/09 - 163.4 Just kind stuck here right now. Its ok though, I am gradually getting back to life in general.
12/10 - 163.8
12/11 -
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SW: 241.6 (August 2020)
Final GW: under 160 (normal BMI)
Round 134 goal weight less that 208.8
Final weight in each round.
130. 215.6
131. 212.0 (-3.6)
132. 212.6. (+0.6)
133. 209.4 (-3.2)
Day/Weight/Comment
12/4. 208.4
12/5. 207.6
12/6. 207.4
12/7 207.0
12/8 207.0
12/9 206.6
12/10 206.4 I felt big today so I went back to compare pictures. My face is definitely smaller. 35 pounds down- I’m wearing the same clothes most of the time which is probably why I haven’t seen a change. I put on a smaller shirt today and wowza. It wouldn’t have fit before but now I can actually see a difference between my hips and waist. I took measurements too- 6 inches off my waist! I’m probably not supposed to wear the same size pants so here’s to packing away the old and embracing a new internal picture of myself.
12/11
12/12 DNW- out of town
12/13 DNW- out of town- be back on 12/14.8 -
29 yo female
5’2” Small frame according to my wrist circumference
SW 126.2 (April 14th, 2020)
Highest lifetime weight: 138 lbs. August 2011
Goal Weight: 110 but also happy with where I’m at right now.
Previous rounds: 125.2 -> 122.8 -> 121.6 -> 121.2 -> 119.8-> 119.4 -> 117.8 ->116.6 -> 117.2 ->117.2->114.8 ->116.8 -> 116.4 -> 114.0 -> 115 -> 115.4 ->115 ->113 -> 113-> 113.8 ->114.6 -> 113.6 -> 115.8
Goal weight for this round: Maintaining around 113 or dropping to 112 would be nice.
Another goal: Embrace the scale fluctuations and not get flustered.
Previous days12/3 116.0 Did not post.12/10 116.2 The body is weird. I feel like I’m retaining water today and just feeling blah about thinking that I’ve gained 4 pounds in a month after looking at my Happy Scale app. I think I’m also just tired so that’s effecting my psyche a bit too related to all of this. On November 6th I clocked in at 112.2. November and December are such hard months foodwise. I’m hoping this extra fluff is some water retention from sore muscles/ etc. My upper body muscles are feeling sore today, so maybe that’s part of it. Sorry to be so bleh today about everything! On the bright side I plan on making dahl for dinner with some CSA potatoes and carrots. My husband vetoed the idea of a butternut dahl recipe I have. I'll also be cooking some skinless chicken breasts with it that are seasoned with lots of yummy Indian spices.
12/4 Did not weigh yet. My husband has his last final of OT grad school this morning, so I don’t want to bother him while he’s trying to fall back to sleep on the couch (I work from home in our bedroom). I’m so excited for him and we are going to North Conway, NH this weekend to celebrate him finishing the school part (he still has to work full time for free from January through June) and also celebrate my 30th birthday a bit more because we couldn’t go out anywhere for it last month. We’ll just hangout in the room and get take-out from a restaurant we love but it’ll be fun because the rooms are awesome and each one has a different theme.
12/5 away
12/6 away
12/7 away
12/8 Our weekend away was so nice! We celebrated and truly enjoyed the relaxation. We ate yummy food and enjoyed delicious beverages. It was a great weekend and I’m glad to get back on track today!
12/9 115.8 Thanksgiving week has definitely stuck around on me but maybe I dropped by Friday and it just blipped up from my weekend away. Oh well, I know what needs to be done and now I just have to do it. Food was pretty solid yesterday. Dinner last night was a pureed carrot ginger soup that I added broccoli rabe and potatoes to after I pureed the base. I also made a cashew cream sauce to go with it, which was so good! Today I had the soup and a grilled cheese for breakfast with some apple slices. Tonight’s dinner will be orange chicken and lots of veggies for me! Have a good night!
12/11
12/3 Did not post, but I did do 25 minutes of yoga
12/4 Did a 30 minute yoga session from the Playbook app. I plan on working in a spin bike session today too at some point. I gave my body a break yesterday from the bike and I think it really helped. I’m loving the yoga because it makes me more aware of how not flexible I am. I know by doing it daily, it will help improve my flexibility and help strengthen my body in ways I hadn’t been working on with just the spin bike. We’re not leaving for NH until tomorrow late morning, so I’ll be able to work a spin bike workout into my Saturday too!
12/5 away
12/6 away
12/7 away
12/8 Started my day with yoga and plan on using the bike after work this afternoon.
12/9 I wasn’t able to do yoga this morning but I’m about to go jump on the spin bike for 30 minutes.
12/10 I did a 45 minute spin bike workout last night. Then, some stretching this morning and I plan to use the bike for a 20 minute session today at some point. I think I’ll jump on it soon as my lunch break before a meeting I have at 1:30.
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SheilaBoneham wrote: »@kmort009
I use my apple watch my exercise daily. Where might I go to see my TDEE and/or is there an app that I need to purchase/download?
@SModa61 SailRabbit is a good TDEE calculator. It offers multiple calculations — I find the Mifflin-St. Jeor to be pretty accurate compared to tracking my calories and weight. https://sailrabbit.com/bmr/
@SModa61 and anyone else who might find it useful.... I’m following up on my earlier post with some calculations. So, I’ve been holding very steady the past while, and used 10 weeks old data from MFP and Happy Scale to check the SailRabbit TDEE calculations for me. So...
My average weight for the past 10 weeks = 183.23 with weekly averages from 183–183.4, so within a half pound.
My average calories for the past 10 weeks = 1624, with weekly averages from 1338–1890, but mostly 1600-1700. So I’d say 1624 is pretty much my TDEE.
SailRabbit offers several calculation methods, some of which require body fat %, which I have no way to measure at the moment. Of the ones that do not require body fat %,
Harris-Benedict revised puts my TDEE at 1701 — a little high.
Mifflin-St Joer puts it at 1590 — a little low.
The average of the two is 1649, so 25 calories (.1%) higher than experience tells me. That’s pretty close, especially considering we aim lower to lose weight.
I’ve tried other TDEE calculators and they always give me much higher numbers for some reason.
For what it might be worth to anyone!
I’m glad I did these calculations. I also looked at what % of my daily calories has been coming from snacking at night per MFP, and it’s WAYYYYY too high. Seriously working on that!4 -
Total fail on keeping my food healthy and lean and green on 12.9.20
Major cookie, sweets, pizza, fries, chicken tenders. Dissed all veggies and fruit. Not very smart if I'm wanting to weigh less.
Worked out this morning 1hr. and walked at first break 12mins going up and down the steps at my apartment complex.
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Goals
- check in at least every other day
- Participate
- Low carb
SW: 106
GW: Top# 104.6 Low# 101.0
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 104.6
12/05
12/06
12/07 105.6
12/08 106.2
12/09 105.2
Headed the right direction. I was about to grab bread and PB. Then saw MFP and said NOPE.
Total fail on diet 12.9.20 Just threw in the towel and pigged out
12/10 106.6 Actually, weighed less than I thought I would. I tell myself most of this is water retention from eating pizza, fries, cookie dough and chicken tenders. Literally didn't eat a solid veggie meal. Started out today with a coffee with collagen and drinking my Lemon water.
12/11 Surgery - no check in
12/12
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SheilaBoneham wrote: »SheilaBoneham wrote: »@kmort009
I use my apple watch my exercise daily. Where might I go to see my TDEE and/or is there an app that I need to purchase/download?
@SModa61 SailRabbit is a good TDEE calculator. It offers multiple calculations — I find the Mifflin-St. Jeor to be pretty accurate compared to tracking my calories and weight. https://sailrabbit.com/bmr/
@SModa61 and anyone else who might find it useful.... I’m following up on my earlier post with some calculations. So, I’ve been holding very steady the past while, and used 10 weeks old data from MFP and Happy Scale to check the SailRabbit TDEE calculations for me. So...
My average weight for the past 10 weeks = 183.23 with weekly averages from 183–183.4, so within a half pound.
My average calories for the past 10 weeks = 1624, with weekly averages from 1338–1890, but mostly 1600-1700. So I’d say 1624 is pretty much my TDEE.
SailRabbit offers several calculation methods, some of which require body fat %, which I have no way to measure at the moment. Of the ones that do not require body fat %,
Harris-Benedict revised puts my TDEE at 1701 — a little high.
Mifflin-St Joer puts it at 1590 — a little low.
The average of the two is 1649, so 25 calories (.1%) higher than experience tells me. That’s pretty close, especially considering we aim lower to lose weight.
I’ve tried other TDEE calculators and they always give me much higher numbers for some reason.
For what it might be worth to anyone!
I’m glad I did these calculations. I also looked at what % of my daily calories has been coming from snacking at night per MFP, and it’s WAYYYYY too high. Seriously working on that!
@SheilaBoneham Thanks for the reply. I will check those out when I have down time. Right now cleaning the condo and packing to head north to MIL while en route to the airport and home. Hubby is tapping his foot. :P So, how are you choosing to use the TDEE info to assist you best? Curious what your thoughts are. I shared mine somewhere above.0 -
@SheilaBoneham Thanks for the reply. I will check those out when I have down time. Right now cleaning the condo and packing to head north to MIL while en route to the airport and home. Hubby is tapping his foot. :P So, how are you choosing to use the TDEE info to assist you best? Curious what your thoughts are. I shared mine somewhere above.
@SModa61 I had great success before using TDEE as my absolute maximum calories and aiming for 10-20% lower most days to lose weight. But I also found I was more successful if I recalculated every 10 pounds and did about a week close to TDEE before cutting again. I didn’t seem to plateau that way. I used a sedentary setting, even when exercising regularly. Unless I did more than an hour of serious exercise, I didn’t add calories. I also tracked macros and aimed for P 20-30%, C 45-50% (mostly veggies, beans, lentils, and whole grains), and F 25-35% (mostly unsaturated). When I was at my goal weight, I stuck pretty much to those numbers without cutting calories. I was also walking/running 1-2 hours most days and swimming laps half an hour 5 days a week. It worked until I got very sloppy (rebounding from a very restrictive elimination diet due to health issues). I’m trying to get back to most of those habits.4 -
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