Just Give Me 10 days - Round 169

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  • quiltingjaine
    quiltingjaine Posts: 6,260 Member
    @chalmation and @GrandmaJackie Thank you for your help. Chalmation, I do see the blue plus NOW but I don’t remember seeing it last night. It’s probably yhe only thing on the screen I didn’t tap! And @musicsax THANK YOU for posting the next round. I will figure this out in about 10 days!
  • CamandJarvis
    CamandJarvis Posts: 2,144 Member
    @chalmation and @GrandmaJackie Thank you for your help. Chalmation, I do see the blue plus NOW but I don’t remember seeing it last night. It’s probably yhe only thing on the screen I didn’t tap! And @musicsax THANK YOU for posting the next round. I will figure this out in about 10 days!

    Sorry I was late to the conversation about this! I'll go search things up so I can learn now to jump in when necessary to get a new round posted.

    Thank you, @musicsax for getting it posted! @quiltingjaine I know you'll learn it in no time!
  • playhardkf2017
    playhardkf2017 Posts: 875 Member
    31 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: Stay around 115-118
    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-> 116 -> 115.6 -> 117.6 -> 115.8 ->118.2-> 117.4 ->116.6 -> 116.8 ->115.6 -> 116.6 -> 115.4 ->?-> 116.6 -> 116.2 -> 115.4->?-> 117.8 ->116.6 -> 116 -> 116 -> 115 -> vacation -> missed about 3ish rounds-> 117.4 -> 115.4 ->117.2 -> 118.2 -> 116.6 -> 118.2 -> 118.4 -> ? scale was wonky
    Goal for this round: Maintain weight while continuing to focus on strength training and running


    Previous days
    11/18 Scale is still being weird. Did a nice recovery run this morning clocking in at 5.75 miles and an average of 11:42/mile. I’m now at my cousin’s place watching his English bull dogs until Sunday. I have brought lots of healthy foods with me and will be making myself chili (I have been craving it for weeks now) tomorrow for dinner. Dinner tonight will be Amy’s frozen Indian meals with a piece of naan. Breakfast and lunch was also on point today as well. I’m hoping my body and scale sort out the wonkiness so I can get a decent reading on the scale again. On the bright side, my running is getting better 😊.
    11/19 Did not post
    11/20 Went for an epic run yesterday and a nice long slow run this morning. Did not weigh, still at my cousin’s place watching his two bull dogs. Food has been great and I even had a non scale victory of not eating this salted caramel blondie thing that’s here. I realized how much one serving was and realized it wasn’t worth the calories because it was about 200 calories for 1.5 oz. Instead of the brownie I had a serving of full fat plain yogurt (120 calories) with one of the peanut butter cookies(90 calories) I made and a tbs of the chocolate hazelnut butter (100 calories) for a total of 300ish calories and a whole lot more satisfying than 4 bites of a brownie.
    Breakfast today: prerun- 2 raspberry zucchini corn muffins post run-full fat plain yogurt, honey crips apple, tbls chocolate hazelnut butter, 2 flourless peanut butter cookies plus a scoop of protein powder in water on the side. Lunch is going to be leftover chili and mac and cheese. Dinner will be a veggie miso broth based soup with a couple of eggs.
    11/21 Did not weigh. Rest day. Headed home from dog sitting. Food has been good today but I just feel hungry in general even though I’ve eaten a amount of calories. I think I’m more hungry because I had less sleep this weekend than I normally get.
    11/22 117.8 Post workout. Finally, back at I number I don’t mind seeing. Those 120 readings were making me nervous. I ran 6 miles this morning and plan to do my strength workout today during my lunch break. Breakfast was a strawberry beet smoothie (frozen strawberries, 1 small beet, frozen peaches, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, ginger, and coconut water), lunch will be akmak crackers with tahini and a drizzle of honey with an apple and maybe an ounce of cheese, and then dinner will be about 8oz of marinated skirt steak in a bulgogi marinade and the side will be brown rice, broccoli and carrots. Feeling good! Happy Monday everyone!
    11/23 Salty dinner last night, ended up getting Thai takeout. Made a batch of dandelion tea to help with some of the water retention and have been siping on that and drinking a lot of water today. Making the steak tonight for dinner that’s been marinating since Sunday afternoon. Got in a nice slow/recovery run in this morning and kept my heart rate lowish/in the aerobic zone. Starting to get my to-do list for Thanksgiving together and figuring out the best timing to do some of the steps for the different dishes I’m making. I’m making my grandmother’s Canadian stuffing that has potatoes, white bread and the typical onions and celery but it also has summer savory instead of sage as the main herby flavor. Then I’ll be making mashed butternut squash and cranberry sauce.
    11/24 The salt is still sticking around. Went out for a chilly 6 mile run this morning and did my strength workout during lunch. Breakfast was a large smoothie, lunch was a protein shake and an ounce of cheese and dinner will be homemade pizza (made the dough last night). I’m excited for the pizza because I’ll be able to know exactly what I’m eating and still be able to fit it into my day without going over on calories. Tonight after dinner will be busy with prepping some of the Thanksgiving items. Tomorrow will definitely be a splurge but as long as it’s one day, it shouldn’t kill me. Then, I’ll just continue to eat sensibly on Friday and throughout the weekend. I’m looking forward to the goodies and the time with family.
    Also wanted to say, I am so grateful for this group!
    11/25 Did not weigh. Did my own turkey trot today around the neighborhood, clocking in at 6ish miles this morning. Made the cranberry sauce this morning, the roasted and mashed butternut squash is all done, and the stuffing/dressing is in the oven and perfuming our space with the scent of summer savory. Yummmmmm! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

    I LOVE summer savory seasoning. If I add more than salt and pepper to a dish, you can almost guarantee summer savory will make an appearance.

    It's so good and screams holidays to me because my grandmother's house always smelled like it on any holiday she made stuffing...which was most of them. I'm curious, are you able to find it in grocery stores near you or do you order it online? I have to order it online now and growing up my family used to mail it from Canada to my grandmother in the Boston area because it was so hard to find around here.
  • RetiredAndLovingIt
    RetiredAndLovingIt Posts: 1,394 Member
    @CamandJarvis Thank you for “HABITAT”. I will have to try to remember this… I think it’s the “I” (it was there) that gets me more, lol.
  • sparklyball
    sparklyball Posts: 93 Member
    Hi all,

    I come here to make a commitment to myself, I am in the UK, female, 56, 5 4" and currently 10 stone, the heaviest I have ever been. it's been bugging me, clothes don't fit and I am feeling self-conscious. I have been switching around, experimenting with HRT, currently, on Femoston Conti, 6 pumps of Oestrogel and just added a pea-sized amount of Testosterone gel recently. My weight has gone up over a stone since this time last year and if I don't actively try to lose some I won't know if it's the HRT or lockdown eating/inactivity. I have been binging on carbs, bread and buns. I have CFS and PoTs, and I'm histamine intolerant which restricts what I eat. It's quite confusing...anyway I am going to follow the advice of Dr Sarah Myhill expert in CFS and try keto...just need to work with low histamine though

    Today is day one...I just need to get up the courage to throw all the buns and bread out!

    Please feel free to add me if we have commonalities

    Have a great day all:)

    S x

  • Ms_Mia_
    Ms_Mia_ Posts: 128 Member
    Hi everyone! This is my third round and I really like how these mini challenges help me break up my journey into small steps. I find this really helpful. I am Mia, 30 years old, 5'4"

    Highest Weight: 98 kg / 216.1 lbs on 30th of August 2021
    UGW: 51-55 kg / 112-121 lbs

    R167: 90.8 kg / 200.2 lbs
    R168: 87.9 kg / 193.8 lbs

    Round 169 GW: 86.5 kg / 190.7 lbs

    Day/Weight/Comment
    11/18 - 87.8 kg / 193.6 lbs
    11/19 - 87.6 kg / 193.1 lbs / really stoked about this, didn't expect it since had salty food yesterday!
    11/20 - 88.2 kg / 194.5 lbs / had lots of donuts and wine during the weekend, so no surprise in this sudden increase.
    11/21 - 88.7 kg / 195.6 lbs
    11/22 - 87.0 kg / 191.8 lbs / well I guess the water weight is gone?
    11/23 - 85.6 kg / 188.7 lbs / I am under a lot of stress currently and usually the way I deal with stress is to turn to comfort food... well not this time. I am not feeling hungry at all and am just taking advantage of this. Of course I am careful not to starve myself and to be sure that I drink enough water.
    11/24 - 85.3 kg / 188.1 lbs / today I was shocked, shocked I say! I haven't been at this weight since December 2018... that is kind of mind-blowing to me
    11/25 - 87.2 kg / 192.2 lbs
    11/26 - 87.1 kg / 192.0 lbs
    11/27 - 88.2 kg / 194.5 lbs / having rough couple of days mentally... I am going to power through though



  • fmfdfa2020
    fmfdfa2020 Posts: 1,065 Member
    Thank you musicsax for keeping us going with another round!

    May 10, 2021:183.1 - just 2.9 pounds off 186, my heaviest weight ever (stopped posting on this challenge July 2020 - very glad to be back!)

    Calorie/Carb Cycling with an average of 1200 to 1400 calories at the end of 10 days. 80 oz water each day. Row/Walk/Free-Weights most days. IF, no sugar. Focus on getting enough vegetables. If I hit each of these, the weight loss will follow!

    Playing Catchup:
    163....162....161..... 160....159.X....

    Next short-term goal:
    159....158....157..... 156....155.X....

    11/22 162.6
    11/23 162.3
    11/24 DNW
    11/25 DNW
    11/26 DNW - I'm not eating leftovers today from Thanksgiving (other than the turkey) because I ate enough leading up to it. The rest of the cornbread dressing (other than what my husband will eat) is in the freezer. The half of cake that only I'm eating is in the trash. I feel bad about being so wasteful but the only place it was going was in me and that is a waste as well. I should have made one layer. I'm not freezing it either because I'll be thawing it out in the middle of the night to eat :/ I'm glad the eating part of the holiday is over!
    11/27 DNW I'll weigh tomorrow. It's not going to be pretty ;)

    Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!

    180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's

    If I quit now, I'll soon be back where I started. And when I started, I so desperately wanted to be where I am now!
    There is no going back! NOT THIS TIME!
  • quiltingjaine
    quiltingjaine Posts: 6,260 Member
    edited November 2021
    @sparklyball when I started keto/LCHF I had 4 different loaves of bread in the freezer. After being untouched for 10 months they jumped in the trash! You can do this!

    I would add you as a friend if I could figure THAT out!
  • enlightenme3
    enlightenme3 Posts: 2,618 Member
    Round 169 (my 5th)
    November 18 - November 27, 2021
    Female, 5’7”
    HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
    RSW: 153.7 pounds (11/17/21, EO Round 168)
    RGW: 151.7 pounds (-2 pounds)

    Day/Weight/Comment
    11/18: 153.7 - Only a short walk yesterday, but ate within calories
    11/19: 154.5 - Normal workout, did takeout for dinner and ate 1/2 portion.
    11/20: 155.0 - I can’t see any obvious reason for uptick in weight other than perhaps sodium. Calories and exercise have remained the same.
    11/21: 153.4 - I’ll take it!
    11/22: 152.6 - I’ll take it again! Something I still haven’t internalized is that what I eat/drink generally takes two days to show up on the scale.
    11/23: 153.9 - Had Indian food take out last night for the first in a long time. So delicious, but I’m sure heavy on the fat, carbs and salt.
    11/24: 152.6 - Happy Thanksgiving!
    11/25: 152.6 - Basically did OMAD yesterday. Worked out but didn’t quite counteract all the calories from Thanksgiving dinner.
    11/26: 152.8 - Walked for exercise instead of usual work out and homemade pasta for dinner
    11/27: 154.3 - The whole Thanksgiving weekend has caught up with me. Yesterday was a particularly bingey day.

    Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 0.6 pounds