Just Give Me 10 Days ~ Round 139

misaraisa

SW: 145, GW: 125
Round 138: 134.6 to 129.8 (-4.8lbs)

Goals for this round:
-at least 8 glasses of water daily
-pre-track as much as possible...and stick to it
-move at least 30 minutes a day
-asleep by 10:30!

01/22 - 130.8. I tried out a couple new recipes yesterday, which means more opportunities to "sample"...which would be fine, except for when it happens after I've officially finished eating/tracking for the day! An additional goal for this round (this is for my benefit, as I tend to forget): no new recipes that require testing/sampling!
Stairs, walking, free weights, and an online Zumba class yesterday. I'm not used to having so much energy! Definitely a NSV!

01/23 -132.4. Yesterday was a little rough for me, but thanks to so many positive examples on this forum, I decided to stick with the group and with my weightloss/healthy-habit-forming efforts. Thank you!

01/24 - 132.4. Staying consistent and plugging along. Walked and drank water and tracked. Busy day but got to connect with some friends via zoom. Did some meal prep today and video-chatted with long-distance family. Will try again for the 10:30 pm bedtime!

01/25 - 135. I am meeting my daily goals, including earlier bedtime, and I feel *so* much more energetic and stronger. Not sure what's going on with the scale, but I'll just finish out this round with my same approach, and potentially revise it for the next round. At this point, I'll continue weighing myself daily more as data collection and to help me stay accountable. Honestly, I felt great this morning...until I weighed myself. Which ultimately has been good for me today, as it prompted me to ask myself what my true motives are for this effort. Now I just feel too stubborn (and curious as to how this will play out) to quit!

01/26 - 133.4. I've got everything pre-tracked for today and will stick to it!

01/27 - 134. Honestly, no idea. But I feel positive about how I did yesterday, got some extra walking and calisthenics in, got plenty of water, and I've got my plan in place for today.

01/28 - 132.2. A little sore, which is a good sign for me! Accomplished all my goals yesterday. I'm tracked and set for today, currently walking indoors as I type this. Not much more to report!

01/29 -
01/30 -
01/31 -

SouthWestLondon

5' 8" guy.

Goals:
-less than 1750 calories consumed per day
-more than 2750 calories burned per day
-check in every day
-log all food
-drink 2litres water per day


SW: 220lb
RSW: 210lb
GW: Ultimately 160lb. For this round - 207lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 - 210.0
01/23 - 209.4 (Pretty happy with this. Didn't do much exercise yesterday - though for the first time in three weeks of trying to limit calories I was really tempted yesterday to binge. I didn't - but think it might start to get harder!)
01/24 - I didn't weigh myself yesterday as I wasn't at home in the morning.
01/25 - 209.8 (slight disappointment at going up, but I had a pretty indulgent weekend, so not a bad outcome really).
01/26 - 209.6 (this is ok - had an ok day yesterday. Under calorie goal and went for a long walk which my fitbit thought was a bike ride?!)
01/27 - 209.2 (within calories yesterday, but only had a fairly short walk as it was raining)
01/28 - 209.6 (disappointing to go up - hopefully just water weight as was below calories yesterday)
01/29
01/30
01/31

Beautyofdreams

Thank you,@GrandmaJackie


Goals
- check in at least every other day
- Move 30 minutes a day.
- Log all food.

MFPSW:223.4(March 8, 2020)
SW: 156.9
GW: 135.0
Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 156.3 Over ate Friday night, also restarted weight training with a full body program.
01/23 157.5
01/24 156.5
01/25 156.6 Lifted weights yesterday and have some muscle soreness today. Expecting 8-12" snow tonight.
01/26 157.1 Shoveled snow today. Didn't get to go to rec center today.
01/27 155.1 Reached my high school weight. I was never a thin person.
01/28 154,0
01/29
01/30
01/31

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TerriRichardson112

JGM10D Round 139

Looking forward:
You are not stuck at home
You are SAFE at home
One word can change your attitude
☠️One cough can change your life☠️

😷Take care! Stay safe!😷

January focus: improving stamina, strength, flexibility, which may impact the scale

Aims:
2021 Focus:

• Maintain weight < 150
• Strengthen strategies to reframe the tendency to use unhealthy snack food as a reward/treat.
• Make sure I have prepared healthy snacks available
• Cut down on eating between meals by keeping busy

Never give up! Never give in!
Recent Back Story:

• 2018 goal: get back down to 160 ✅
• 2019 goal: proceed down to 150 ✅ with 2 months to spare
• 2020 goal: maintain below 150 dropping slowly down to 145 ✅ Strength training has slowed progress, but that’s okay.
• That's a WIN in my book!
  
• 2021
• Focus: maintenance! I might even manage to lose a bit more ever so slowly.
  
• (One good thing about Covid is that I don't have to traverse the minefield of family celebration meals.)

JGM10D ~|~ Round 138

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.

🔹Age 74;🔹Height 5’2”🔹Female🔹
🔹SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
🔹1 Aug 2019: 171.1
🔹GW 2019: < 155 ✅

🔹GW: 2020: <150✅
🔹31 Dec: 145.8
🔹1 Jan 2021: 147.2
🔷24 Jan: 143.8
🔹LW: 143.8 (Jan 2021)
🔹Focus: maintain<150
I am MINDFUL of making heathy choices
to MAXIMISE the achievement of my goals!
==============================
Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
Round 138 EW: 145.2
Round 139
Goal: Maintain <150
==============================

• 22/01: 144.9: Goals⛄️Just sitting here doing my thing!!! 😂
  
• 23/01: 144.2: Goals☃️
  
• 24/01: 143.8: Goals☃️
  
• 25/01: 143.2: Goals☃️💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
  
• 26/01: 143.2: Goals☃️
  
• 27/01: 145.1: Goals☃️ Had to go out early this morning so weighed before 💩 😂 Should be better tomorrow morning
  
• 28/01: 144.8: Goals☃️
  
• 29/01: xxx: Goals
  
• 30/01: xxx: Goals
  
• 31/01: xxx: Goals
  

• Round 135 EW 146.8
  
• Round 120 EW 150.1🌻
  
• Round 110 EW 148.2🌻
  
• Round 109 EW 147.2🌻
  
• June 2017: Round 8 SW 162; EW 169.9 This was my first round!!! I faffed about for 2 1/2 years before I got back on track!!!
  

Daily Goals

Food
🔹log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Exercise:
🔹7,500+ Steps daily
🔹30 + minutes intentional exercise
Mind/Body/Soul/Spirit
🔹Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation
🔹Practice Self-care
🔹Positively reframe thoughts
🔹Learn something new
🔹15 mins Daily Declutter session

https://www.random.org/colors/hex
Purple: #ff4968.

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

• Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
• A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
• Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
• The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
• Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
• The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
• When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
• Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

dfwgal1

STATS: 5’6", F
UGW: 112 lbs

SW: 134.6
GW: 132.6
Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 - 134.6. Drink enough water and do yoga/stretch.
01/23 - 134.4. Need to sleep better, light exercise, eat within goal and enough water.
01/24 - 133.6. Didn't really get to move much yesterday. Ate within goal and was not feeling too hungry.
01/25 - 134. Blah! Another pretty sedentary day yesterday. Plan is to workout today and try to get in more protein. Did not sleep well last night.
01/26 - 133.6. Did yoga yesterday and ate healthy and within goal.
01/27 - 133. Some progress, slow and steady hopefully. Trying to to do intermittent fasting 16:8
01/28 - 132.2
01/29
01/30
01/31

GrandmaJackie

@tiabirdie56 @TerriRichardson112 @quiltingjaine

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10822894/just-give-me-10-days-round-140/p1?new=1

4Phoenix

SW: 195
GW: 135

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 195 Glad to be back...wishes for success for all of us!
01/23 193.5 Staying focused on my goals
01/24 195 Ate a processed high salt food last night (rare occurrence -I don't eat salt/processed food and use a tasty herbal salt substitute)...temporary blip. Eating clean today.
01/25 193 Staying the course for the win...back to basics and loving my simple meals.
01/26 192 Staying strong...maintaining deficit. Lunch salad prepared...using Bragg's no oil dressing.
01/27 191.7 Made my favourite "ice cream" yesterday....frozen cherries/frozen bananas in the blender with a spoon of cacao - so decadent so yummy so good for me
01/28. 191.7 No deprivation, restriction, or hunger in my home...fragrant Thai Coconut Curry chock full of veggies served over riced cauliflower....yum! Today I reminded myself that my perceptions/choices determine my world.
01/29
01/30
01/31

4Phoenix

@GrandmaJackie I noticed in the introduction that you wrote in green Keto as a goal. I have been assuming that it was one of your goals. Have I been mistaken and is one of the goals for this thread to follow a Keto diet?

I appreciate being here and find it really helps to post every 10 days for a new challenge. Thank you for your efforts and am inspired by the wonderful people who post here.

UTMom81

SheilaBoneham wrote: »

UTMom81 wrote: »

SheilaBoneham wrote: »

@UTMom81 I ❤️ The new banner, but maybe a bit smaller?

Yes, I said I'd shrink it if folks like it. I was doing it before work this morning and ran out of time. It will be about the same size as the others have been.

I wasn’t criticizing! ❤️❤️❤️

Oh, but you were right! That would have been way too big in our thread. I didn't take it as criticism, sweet friend!

UTMom81

4Phoenix wrote: »

@GrandmaJackie I noticed in the introduction that you wrote in green Keto as a goal. I have been assuming that it was one of your goals. Have I been mistaken and is one of the goals for this thread to follow a Keto diet?

I appreciate being here and find it really helps to post every 10 days for a new challenge. Thank you for your efforts and am inspired by the wonderful people who post here.

This group is just about accountability for wherever you are on your health/weightloss/fitness journey. Some folks do Keto, some do lower carb but not keto, some just count calories, some focus on balanced macros, some just do their best on any given day to simply hang in there! There are almost as many "plans" as there are folks who post here. But I think the one constant in this group is that we are here to support one another through the ups and downs that typically are a part of most weight loss journeys. We look for ways to lift each other up and encourage everyone to never give up on our goals.

acrylicfox

SW: 190.0/86.2
CW: 187.3/85
Next goal: Lose 10lb by Valentine's Day Challenge
Aims:

• Experiment with different strategies to mitigate stress eating.
• Don't restrict KJ further to "make up" for overeating - it just creates more stress!

Day/Weight/Comment

01/21 = 86.7
01/22 = 86.2
I slept in and it's warm already
It'll be Hot tomorrow (and the whole weekend) so I'll start trialing my "Liquid fast technique" tomorrow, today I'll just try to eat normally and keep a short rein on snacking.
01/23 = 86.2
The plan for today is porridge, juice, and soup -no solids- during the daylight hours, to hopefully curtail my tendency towards mindless snacking whenever the temp gets much above 38/100 degrees
*fingers crossed*
01/24 = 86
BMI Goal!
Daylight liquid fast seemed to help with snacking but I well and truly over-indulged in carbs in the evening, I don't think I can call it a perfect strategy... in an effort to reduce carb cravings I'll try up-ing my protein for the daytime meals today.
01/25 = 85.8
Hopefully a cooler day today!
01/26 = 85.5
Finally a significant cool change ahhh... maybe today I can peel myself off the furniture and actually DO something LOL

01/27 = 85.2 Halfway
Only halfway? Feels like this round has gone on forever!
Today I get to put together some planters (I gave myself for Christmas) YAY!
01/28 = 85
Love a whole number!

01/29 = 85
I normally feel pretty satisfied with the KJ I eat, but I tried to go Low Carb yesterday and was so hungry and light-headed that I doubt I'll be trying again anytime soon, maybe it's just not for me (there's probably a right way to do Low Carb and obviously what I did wasn't it, will have to do some research next time )

01/30
01/31
02/1 Valentine's day challenge weigh in

Previously...

2020 Goal <200lbs
133 = 205/93 to 200.6/91
134 = to 197/89.5
135 = to 196.2/89 Solstice
136 = to 198.8/90.2 Christmas and NYE

2021 Goal: <176.3/80kg
137 = 198.8/90.2 to 195.1/88.5
138 = to 191.1/86.7
139 = to ?

UTMom81

If anyone is interested in joining me, I am going to keep a strong exercise component in my personal "Love Challenge" for February. If I don't, I know I will slack off instead of pushing to get better. I'm going to strive to do 100 miles of any formal exercise--walk (or Leslie Sansone video), jog, bike, whatever--during the month of February. So, I've added "100-mile Distance Challenge" to one of the logos for February. I'm going to use that one when the time comes, but I'll post both for whoever wants it without the distance challenge piece. Just wanted to put them both out there so folks can be deciding what they want to do in February. I'll be fine to do it alone, but I'd also welcome company!

SModa61

Apparently, I never posted this morning..... again!

So in round 138, I unexpectedly reached the goal weight I specified back at the beginning of my first round, #127. So by rights, I should be switching to maintenance. BUT, since Round 139 ends exactly on January 31st and Round 140 will align perfectly with all the other 1-month challenges and am going to stay the course one more round and see what that brings. If nothing goes awry, then I will start maintenance with round and with all my challenge starting in sync, I hope to give some real thought to my February challenge goals and watch cause and effect.

Goal for 139 – See what happens. :P

Past Goals

- Get under 150
- Get under 145 by my birthday (10/26)
- Get to pre-COVID weight from Feb 2020, 142.4
- Get under 140 before Thanksgiving 2020,
- Not gain over Thanksgiving,
- Get below 135
- Lose min 2 lb during December
- Walk/run to Sombrero B for sunrise photo
- Maintain losses of time in Florida
- Maintain weight for round 136 which included Xmas as well as New Years
- lost the 1 token pound in round 137, but is was what I hoped for, so all good, right?
- passed the -1 lb goal for round 138, and actually passed UGW of 129

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 129.0 (being revisited)

Round 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: -3.8 12/3-12/12
Round 135: -.6 12/13-12/22
Round 136: 0.0 12/23-1/1
Round 137: -1.0 1/2-1/11
Round 138: - 2.8 1/12-1/31

Running total, since Sept 14, 2020: -24.8

Round 138 – starting weight 128.2

1/22 – 128.4 I mentioned in this rounds intro. Though now below original UGW, I am not switching to maintenance until round 140. Staying the course for these 10 days.

1/23 – 128.6 Blaming mostly salt and carbs. All ok. I have no great expectations for tomorrow’s weigh-in either though as tonight we are celebrating early my grandson’s 1st b-day with pizza and ice cream cake.

1/24 – 129.2 Last night was totally worth the gain. Celebrated my grandson’s first birthday, but early at 51 weeks. Had pizza and ice cream cake and did not worry about calories for the day. The extra special treat was when my grandson decided to finally walk for the first time! DD and I were sitting with him when it happened. “Grandpa” and SIL were getting on coats to pick up the pizza so Gpa missed it but SIL responded to our screaming and caught the last bit. At least there is some proof that we did not image it! Spent the rest of the evening trying to get a “do over”.

Other notes, exercise is not great these past days. Two factors – lots of distractions and low temps (today is 19° F with a windchill landing around 0°. Just not super appealing……. Three weeks until I start complaining that I am too hot!

Today, and most of the week is all pre-tracked so I'm ready to move forward!

1/25 – 128.8 I expected a little more down

1/26 – 128.4 Given that I am still at a higher weight than the first day of the round, I am glad that I have opted to not switch to maintaining for this round. It’s giving me a little more time to see where I am actually at before confusing everything with adding calories. This is also telling me that I will likely ease into the added calories. The last thing I want to do is bounce back up, and my weight while nice is not dangerously low. :P What is going through my mind is adding 50 calories next round, which technically should still be a number that produces a loss. But based on numbers, this round would have had a loss as well. Still only halfway through the challenge so we’ll see what the data looks like on 1/31.

1/27 – 127.6 Funny, I could pretty well tell last night that I was going to see a drop today.

1/28 – 127.8 Happy with that. I’ll have a secondary effect going on each week for the next few months which I will be monitoring. Had annual physical last week and did my bloodwork and such this week. My vitamin D was 22. Deficient is <20, low is 20-30, normal is 30-100. PCP put me on 50,000 IU D3 once a week (RDA is 600-800 daily) for 12 weeks and listed side effects are possible constipation. We shall see. Ironically my B12 is also low, and side effect of being low is constipation. Those supplements are coming next. The good news is that my low iron that I have had for a few years is actually nicely above normal and I attribute that to the way I have been eating since returning to MFP in September. I custom changed one of the columns to monitor iron and have been hitting my numbers 99% of the time for 4 months.

1/29 -
1/30 -
1/31 -



1/21 - PM: Indoor cycle 30 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit up (37), knee pushups (15)
1/22 - PM: Indoor cycle 41 min; Climbing stairs (30 extra height) 11 min
1/23 - PM: Indoor cycle 30 min
1/24 - PM: Indoor cycle 52 min; 7 min planks, 1.5 min sit up (40), 1.5 min squats (60), knee pushups (15), 30 flights round trip
1/25 - AM: 0:54:45 Solo walk at 13’36” (4.44 mph) for 4.02 miles, avg HR 134 BPM; 6 min mixed planks, 1.5 min sit up (34), knee pushups (20)
1/26 – PM Indoor cycle 25 min
1/27 - PM: Indoor cycle 25 minutes; 35 round trip flights of stairs – 11 min; 5 min planks, 1.5 min sit up (34)
1/28 -
1/29 -
1/30 -

ROUND 138 TOTAL: TBD
TOTAL SINCE 9/14: -24.8 (-40.8 from 9/2001)

manjeerareddyp

January 26, 2021 9:29AM
SW: 170lbs
GW: 160lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22- 170 lbs (did nothing today because of tummy ache and bloating)
01/23- 170 lbs (did 2 mile walk, had warm lemon water and green smoothie in the morning)
01/24- 167.6 lbs (did 1 mile walk, had warm lemon water in the morning, no control on diet)
01/25- 167.8 lbs (did 1 mile walk and 1 mile run, had warm lemon water in the morning)
01/26- 167.4 lbs (ran 2 miles)
01/27- 167.8 lbs (walked 1 mile and ran 2 miles)
01/28- 167.2 lbs (walked 1 mile and ran 2 miles
01/29
01/30
01/31

homemademama

1.28. 237.5 again. This is a 4 pound loss for January and I'm super happy about it. Pizza and cake for dinner but only went over my calories a bit and ate half of what I normally would have. Happy almost Friday everyone!

cpanus

I'm in! Thank you, @GrandmaJackie!

70 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion... ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

The Shelter in Place has everyone freaked. We need to remain calm and respectful of each other.

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 143.4
UGW: 132.2

01/20 - 144.6 at 6:00 a.m. ...5.55 miles in 88 mins and 60 min workout w/trainer
01/21 - 145.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.75 miles in 67 mins

Day/Weight/Comment

01/22 - 145.2 at 6:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
01/23 - 143.6 at 7:30 a.m. ... 4.61 miles in 91 mins
01/24 - 142.6 at 7:45 a.m. ...4.48 miles in 92 mins
01/25 - 144.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
01/26 - 144.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...3.03 miles in 60 mins
01/27 - 143.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer...no walking...wind and rain storm!
01/28 -
01/29 -
01/30 -
01/31 -

Chris

GrandmaJackie

4Phoenix wrote: »

@GrandmaJackie I noticed in the introduction that you wrote in green Keto as a goal. I have been assuming that it was one of your goals. Have I been mistaken and is one of the goals for this thread to follow a Keto diet?

I appreciate being here and find it really helps to post every 10 days for a new challenge. Thank you for your efforts and am inspired by the wonderful people who post here.

Like @UTMom8 said, our challenge is what works for “you” so you were assuming right, “ I have been assuming that it was one of your goals”

cpanus

I'm in! Thank you, @GrandmaJackie!

70 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion... ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

The Shelter in Place has everyone freaked. We need to remain calm and respectful of each other.

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 143.4
UGW: 132.2

01/20 - 144.6 at 6:00 a.m. ...5.55 miles in 88 mins and 60 min workout w/trainer
01/21 - 145.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.75 miles in 67 mins

Day/Weight/Comment

01/22 - 145.2 at 6:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
01/23 - 143.6 at 7:30 a.m. ... 4.61 miles in 91 mins
01/24 - 142.6 at 7:45 a.m. ...4.48 miles in 92 mins
01/25 - 144.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
01/26 - 144.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...3.03 miles in 60 mins
01/27 - 143.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer...no walking...wind and rain storm!
01/28 - 145.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...5.30 miles in 88 mins
01/29 -
01/30 -
01/31 -

Chris

cpanus

Got this msg again...Your comment will appear after it is approved. Tried to Edit the post above, but it came back without the line for the 28th.

Chris

jemtred

I finished last round the same as I started but my average weight was down. My aim this round is to get both down.

OSW 88KG
RSW 62.9 kg
Average last round 62.7 kg
01/22 - 62.55kg. Nice to start with a loss but even nicer to end with one! Gym done
01/23 - 62.4kg. The slow creep down begins. Rest day today
01/24 - 62.7kg. Yesterday quite high calorie. Today too
01/25 - 63.0kg. I expected this after yesterday. Back to the gym and back to a deficit.
01/26 - 62.9kg. Not the best but not the worst either. Gym done.
01/27 - 63.0kg. I was disappointed until I checked my calories for yesterday which were on the high side. 4 more days to make a difference. Gym done.
01/28 - 62.1kg. Nice one. Gym done.

01/29 - 62.4kg it's a blip bit it's lower than I started! Gym done.

01/30 -
01/31 -

musicsax

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 139 (round 71 for me ) I'm in for another round as I need this to help me keep on track! Thank you GrandmaJackie a brilliant champion in these unprecedented & unsettled times, for continuing to set up these challenges.

Female age 62 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 closer to my goal weight – I'm working at it – it's a permanent way of life ! Long term goal is to get and then stay under 130; then full maintanace starts and dare I say it is in my sights?

Challenge for this round – dare I hope to get into 130s for the end of the round? I've not been that low since June 2019! Stick with good habits; be mindful of what I eat & drink, try to keep it in moderation, keep walking, no binges; remember keeping the 10 days binge free makes such a difference!
Hoping to complete 5K run by end of this round.

Keep calm – we're all in this together! Wash hands, be kind, continue to follow all latest Government guidelines for C-19 virus. Be positive for the vaccine – its here and inoculation has started! Take it when offered.

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
End 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)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 ( 2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8 down from end of last round)
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 – 134.8 (2.4 pounds up )
End of round 125 – 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 128 –133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 – 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 – 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 – 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not bingeing can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy at this for the Christmas period & lower than I've been at this time for many a year!!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up uhh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 ( 2.8 pounds down)

End of round 138 - 131.2 ( 2.8 pounds down)


Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 130.2 – Whooowhoo !! Knock me down with a feather ! I didn't expect that! I had set my goals last night daring myself to get into the 130's during this new round and here I am on day 1!! So my amended goal is to stay within the 130's and maybe sneak down below 130? The later is a big ask with these whooshes the last 2 consecutive days. 8.86 miles yesterday including 17 minutes running. I really struggled yesterday with the running: I was aiming for 30 minutes after doing 28 & 29 on Monday & Tuesday respectively, but after 15 minutes I was pushing myself, oh well, try again today.



01/23 130.2 - 10.03 miles yesterday including 23 mins running – looks like I've got to build my time up again! Good food day, it's helping that I pre log food for the day at breakfast tweaking it slightly as the day goes on.
01/24 131.6 –that's last night's pizza tea; in calories but high in carbs, the last day of this round is a Sunday so I will need to work hard this week to keep numbers down for that last day. 9.45 miles walked yesterday with DH, as we are still in lockdown it was pounding the pavements in the local area from home – again!!
01/25 130.8 – coming back down again. 5.83 miles walked with DH in the snow we woke up to yesterday morning, such a winter wonderland and so exhilerating, made those same old pavements (due to lockdown) seem much fresher and different!! Good day food wise, all within limits. It's Burn's night so I have got haggis for dinner; we're not Scottish, but being in lockdown everyday is Groundhog day so I thought I'd make an effort to do something different. There'll be no pipping in the haggis, but we might stretch to a small nip of whiskey!! We don't normally participate in alcohol in the week so this will be an exception!
01/26 131.8 - ? hopefully normal fluctuation. 9.65 miles walked yesterday again in the snow and ice. Haggis, neeps & tatties all delicious last night, and within calories, 10g carbs over. Giving blood later today, it will be nice to have some face to face interaction with someone other than DH ! Lockdown making me crazy!!!
01/27 130.8 – better. 9.51 miles walked yesterday. NSV – my skinny jeans no longer hug me, they are quite loose; not sure I like that, I do like very snug jeans! Am I never satisfied? Looks like I might need to buy smaller.
01/28 130.2 - 10.38 miles including 31 mins running, soooh chuffed with this !! Another NSV – found another pair of skinny jeans same size as yesterdays but different make and come up tighter on the waist which used to push my middle up to make a muffin top – now a perfect fit and no muffin top – yesss!! Had notification yesterday that I had reached my 8 year anniversary  ; I joined MFP when I reached my goal weight with WW, it was a free way of keeping me on track in maintanance, I maintained that weight for 2 years before loosing a further 21lbs, I am 5lbs above that lower weight now but to be honest I am more or less where I want to be, maybe just lose another couple of pounds and then stay under 130.
01/29 130.8 - 10.66 miles yesterday, including 31 minutes running. Good food day yesterday.



01/30
01/31

KEEP SAFE EVERYONE . Keep calm – we're all in this together!

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jamessurloire

Starting weight: 101.3 kg (223.3 lb)
Round 138 from 101.3 kg (223.3 lb) to 98.3 kg (216.7 lb) losing 3.0 kg (6.6 lb)

Round 139 starting weight: 98.3 kg (216.7 lb)
Round 139 goal weight: too early on my journey to be making predictions

Goal weight : 78 kg (172 lb)

21/01/22 06:50 - 98.3 kg (216.7 lb)
- - - - - - - Some morale-lifting but calorie-heavy socialising involving too many beers and nibblies
- - - - - - - The scales are gonna be cross with me in the morning!
21/01/23 08:20 - 98.6 kg (217.4 lb) - Ok coulda been worse. Now to get back on track...
- - - - - - - 12:00 - 4 hours or so of some fairly hard work in the garden
21/01/24 08:30 - 98.0 kg (216.1 lb)
21/01/25 06:57 - 97.8 kg (215.6 lb)
- - - - - - - 13:00 - 35 min 8.7 km (5.4 mi) bike ride - sunny but 5°C a little chilly on the ears!
21/01/26 DNW - forgot!
21/01/27 06:18 - 97.9 kg (215.8 lb)
21/01/28 07:51 - 97.8 kg (215.6 lb)
21/01/29 07:54 - 97.6 kg (215.2 lb)
21/01/30
21/01/31

Round goals : Continue to go in the right direction, continue good habits for logging meals, start a good habit for daily exercise (regardless of weather, work, and other excuses)

ZizzyBumble

Hi. I weigh in Kg and also record my Happy Scale trend

Round 130 SW 57.2. EW 56.5. Loss 0.7 kg
Round 131 SW 55.6 EW 56.1. Loss 0.5 kg
Round 132 SW 56 EW 54.7. Loss 1.3kg
Round 133 SW 54.7 EW 54.0. Loss 0.7kg
Round 134 SW 54.2 EW 53.7. Loss 0.5kg
Round 135 SW 53.6. EW 53.4 Loss 0.2kg
Round 136 SW 53 EW 54 Gain 1 kg but it was Christmas and the New Year
Round 137 SW 53.9 EW 53.5 Loss 0.4kg
Round 138 SW 53.5 EW 53.5 No change - must try harder!
Round 139 SW 53.4 GW for the round = below 53.4

Fri 22 53.4 trend ↔️ 😊
Sat 23 53.4 trend ↔️
Sun 24 54.3 trend ⬆️ That’s not a typing error; it’s the result of a lazy indulgent day so should be temporary!
Mon 25 54.3 trend ⬆️ I had hoped to see some improvement on yesterday. 👿 maybe tomorrow will be a big drop?
Tue 26 54.1 trend ⬆️ A small drop and it looks like it’s going to be a challenge to end this round with a loss
Wed 27 54 trend ↔️
Thu 28 53.7 trend ↔️ Maybe I can end the round with a loss 😊
Fri 29 53.5 trend ⬇️ 😊 still hoping to see a minuscule drop this round!
Sat 30
Sun 31

SouthWestLondon

5' 8" guy.

Goals:
-less than 1750 calories consumed per day
-more than 2750 calories burned per day
-check in every day
-log all food
-drink 2litres water per day


SW: 220lb
RSW: 210lb
GW: Ultimately 160lb. For this round - 207lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 - 210.0
01/23 - 209.4 (Pretty happy with this. Didn't do much exercise yesterday - though for the first time in three weeks of trying to limit calories I was really tempted yesterday to binge. I didn't - but think it might start to get harder!)
01/24 - I didn't weigh myself yesterday as I wasn't at home in the morning.
01/25 - 209.8 (slight disappointment at going up, but I had a pretty indulgent weekend, so not a bad outcome really).
01/26 - 209.6 (this is ok - had an ok day yesterday. Under calorie goal and went for a long walk which my fitbit thought was a bike ride?!)
01/27 - 209.2 (within calories yesterday, but only had a fairly short walk as it was raining)
01/28 - 209.6 (disappointing to go up - hopefully just water weight as was below calories yesterday)
01/29 - 209.8 (really frustrated as I'm keeping below 1750 calories each day, logging and tracking all calories in and burning at least 2750 each day)
01/30
01/31

UTMom81

homemademama wrote: »

1.28. 237.5 again. This is a 4 pound loss for January and I'm super happy about it. Pizza and cake for dinner but only went over my calories a bit and ate half of what I normally would have. Happy almost Friday everyone!

Congratulations! Great work!

staceymcmd

54 year old female; 5’2"
SW: 151.8
GW: 149.0

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 151.0
01/23 150.2
01/24 149.4 I always lose a few pounds during the first week of counting calories. I expect it to slow way down soon. We're cleaning out the basement so I've been keeping busy.
01/25 149.6 Too much sodium yesterday. I also need to drink more water.
01/26 149.4
01/27 148.8
01/28 148.8
01/29 148.6
01/30
01/31

UTMom81

61 year old female; 5’5"
Highest Weight: 213
Lowest Weight: 143
SW: 188.4
GW: (for now: 165--will set it lower later)

Round History

Rd 129 SW: approx.186; EW: 181.6
Rd 130 SW: 181.6, EW: 182.6
Rd 131 SW: 181.6, EW:181.6
Rd 132 SW: 181.6, EW 178.8
Rd 133 SW: 179.8, EW 179.6 (Thanksgiving)
Rd 134 SW: 179.6, EW 176.2
Rd 135 SW: 176.2, EW 176.8
Rd 136 SW: 177.4, EW 177.8 (Christmas)
Rd 137 SW: 177.8, EW 176.4
Rd 138 SW: 176.4, EW 174.2

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 174.2 Did well with food choices all day long. I was hungry yesterday afternoon, but managed to snack on just berries and a few almonds and made it to the dinner I had planned without blowing it. Continuing my No Junk Food Challenge this round. It has become a staple for me. I think I've only messed it up one day in the last 11 days and it is helping. IF yesterday was 18:6.
01/23 174.6 My husband’s birthday dinner and a little dessert was last night. I did really well though, only ate half my dinner and less than half dessert. We enjoyed ourselves and I didn’t go overboard, so I’ll call that a win! IF was 16:8.
01/24 176.6 Birthday splurge continued, but it stops today! Late night snacking didn’t help and will make a meaningful IF today very difficult. But, I will narrow my eating window today so I can get back on track. I am meal planning this morning for the rest of the week. That always helps me, too.
01/25 175.2 Did well food wise yesterday, but I’m catching something that includes a cough/chest congestion, so didn’t do very much “exercise.” Have a good IF going today with a reasonable start time last night, so I’ll see how I do today. Happy Monday, everyone!
01/26 175.4 Ate out unexpectedly last night, but made good choices and did 10 miles on the bike to offset. Did 19:5 IF. Meals are planned for today and will stick with them!
01/27 175.6 Well, not really sure what’s happening here. Stay the course!
01/28 176.2 This is the result of carbs this week coupled with not very much exercise. When feeling bad on Sunday, I made my mother’s potato soup because it always made me feel better. Even though I fit it into my calorie count, I think the carb load is to blame for the gain. This is how fast I creep up if I eat like a semi-normal person! Let's see if I can get back to where I started.
01/29 175.0 Better! Still have work to do though, so stay focused today. Did IF 18:6 yesterday and have another good one going today.
01/30
01/31



JANUARY EXERCISE GOALS:
EXERCISE BIKE—100 miles
WALKING—50 miles (outside or with walking workout videos if weather is bad)
HIKING—at least one hike in the mountains during January

1/22 1-mile walk on my lunch break
1/23 9-mile exercise bike ride
1/25 1.08-mile walk with the pup
1/26 10-mile exercise bike ride
1/27 1.46-mile walk at lunch
1/28 I really need to get it together and hit these goals. They are so close, but I’m just in a funk. Didn’t do anything formal yesterday, so I still need 3.55 miles of outdoor walking and 17 miles on the bike by the end of January 31. I CAN do it; the question is “will I?”
1/29 Got in 10 miles on the exercise bike and a 1.1 mile walk at lunch even though it was super cold!

TOTALS for January:
EXERCISE BIKE: 93.14 miles
WALKING: 47.55 miles
HIKES: 3—completed on 1/2. Another on 1/16. Another on 1/18

mariajenckel

SW:99.2 kg
GW:65 kg
CW:97.6 kg

Goals
- train every other day
- GW for the challenge: 96 kg
- Low carb
- reach my daily step goal (Garmin sets it higher every day)

Day/Weight/Comment
01/22 - 97.1 kg - reached my step goal and signed up for more PT sessions yesterday
01/23 - 96.8 kg - reached my step goal yesterday and look forward to PT today
01/24 - 96.5 kg - going in the right direction... reached my step goal, enjoyed my PT session and got a 4k HIIT run into the books yesterday
01/25 - 96.3 kg - reached my step goal by doing a 6k walk
01/26 - 96.5 kg - no idea why it went up again... I reached my step goal by doing a 1h walk/run on the treadmill and stayed within my calories
01/27 - 96.9 kg - again up... I think it's because I ate more carbs the last few days because I reached my step goal and stayed within my calories again yesterday... so hopefully just water
01/28 - 96.4 kg - finally the right direction again. Maybe I reach my goal by the end of the challenge. Got my steps in and did a 5k run
01/29 - 96.4 kg - not much happening with the weight right now but at least it stays the same... reached my step goal yesterday and looking forward to PT tomorrow
01/30
01/31

Honey_Pumpkin39

Start weight (31 August 2020): 349.2 lbs
Start weight for 139 challenge: 320.9 lbs
Aim for 31 January: 318.9 lbs

01/22: 321.7 lbs
01/23: 320.7 lbs
01/24: 319.5 lbs - woo hoo, come ON!
01/25: 320.9 lbs - back where I started this round, sigh.
01/26: 320.9 lbs - feels like deja vue!
01/27: 319.5 lbs - yes, this is going a bit better:)
01/28: 320.9 lbs - this isn't progress! Gah
01/29: 320.2 lbs - you win some you lose some - and I have been sooooooooooooo good all week
01/30
01/31

Challenge 137: lost 1.5 lbs
Challenge 138: lost 2.6 lbs

jaccimc63

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 57
Akron, Ohio

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)

My 100th Round!

Just trying to maintain!

Being overweight is hard.
Maintaining a healthy weight is hard.
Choose your hard.

After losing 12 lbs. I was stuck at 174lbs. for a couple weeks until I found this challenge.
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)
End R102: 145.5 (-1.5)
End R103: 144 (-1.5)
End R104: 143(-1)
End R105: 143.5 (+.5)
End R106: 143.5 (0)
End R107: 143.5 (0)
End R108: 142 (-1.5)
End R109: 143 (+1)
End R110: 143 (0)
End R111: 144 (+1)
End R112: 146 (+2)
End R113: 143.5 (-2.5)
End R114: 146.5 (+3)
End R115: 146 (-.5)
End R116: 146 (0)
End R117: 145.5 (-.5)
End R118: 146 (+.5)
End R119: 146.5 (+.5)
End R120: 147 (+.5)
End R121: 147 (0)
End R122: 145 (-2)
End R123: 144.5 (-.5)
End R124: 143 (-1.5)
End R125: 143 (0) - Labor Day
End R126: 144.5 (+1.5)
End R127: 142.5(-2)
End R128: 143 (+.5)
End R129: 142.5 (-.5)
End R130: 144 (+1.5)
End R131: 144(0)
End R132: 143 (-1)
End R133: 144 (+1) Thanksgiving
End R134: 143.5
End R135: 143.5
End R136: 143.5 Christmas and New Year
End R137: 144 (+.5) Dan's cancer diagnosis
End R138: 145 (+1)

SW: 145

Day/Weight/Comment

01/22 - 145 - Starting the weekend at the top of my maintenance is not how I like to start it. I'm going to track food today and the rest of the weekend so I can try to maintain this weight and not bounce up even further.
01/23 - 145 - First Saturday of tax season in my office. I drove by a McDonald's on my way in and thought of stopping for an egg muffin with hash browns, but I resisted. We'll have a catered lunch today, and I'll try to make good choices or at least make sure my portion size keeps me within a decent calorie range.
01/24 - Forgot to weigh
01/25 - 147.5 - Yikes! I know some of this is sodium but I also know that I made a few bad choices this weekend. Plenty of water today.
01/26 - 146.5 - OK, this weight is probably real. I need to get back into weight loss mode.
01/27 - 146 - I must have dropped a little more water weight yesterday, yay! I've continued to eat well the past couple days so I'm hoping I can see 145 again before the round is over.
01/28 - 146.5 - Oh well, I know I've been eating well. Just a normal fluctuation.
01/29 - 146 - My husband officially retired from work yesterday so I bought him a fancy cupcake to celebrate. I did not buy one for myself but I had a glass of wine with him.
01/30
01/31