100 days of weighing - part 14
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101 Days of Weighing In ^^^^^ Nov 26, 2022 Starting Date
My Name is Donna, Age 62. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
My mini-challenge is to lose 10 pounds by Easter 2023. I started my efforts on Dec. 10th weighing 198.4. My wish is to weigh 188.4 by Easter April 9th, 2023. That gives me about 4 months to lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy but, trust me, it won’t be. Especially when outside exercise is so limited for me this slippery time of year!
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
Goal This Round: 181.2
Starting Weight (from End of Last Challenge): : 196.2
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.Day 01-11/26-196.6-(Trend weight 198.1) My day one starts immediately on the day following the final day of the last challenge. It will end on March 6th with everyone else but that will make it 101 days for me.
Day 02-11/27-197.6-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 03-11/28-196.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 04-11/29-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 05-11/30-196.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 06-12/01-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 07-12/02-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lb GAIN
Day 08-12/03-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 09-12/04-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 10-12/05-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 11-12/06-199.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 12-12/07-198.0-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 13-12/08-196.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 14-12/09-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: +0.6 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: +2.2 lb GAIN
Day 15-12/10-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 16-12/11-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 17-12/12-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 18-12/13-198.4-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 19-12/14-198.8-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 20-12/15-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 21-12/16-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.0 lb GAIN
Day 22-12/17-198.6-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 23-12/18-199.0-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 24-12/19-197.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 25-12/20-198.6-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 26-12/21-199.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 27-12/22-197.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 28-12/23-199.2-(Trend weight 198.4)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 1 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3 lb GAIN
Day 29-12/24-198.6-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 30-12/25-199.6-(Trend weight 198.5)
Day 31-12/26-200.6-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 32-12/27-200.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
Day 33-12/28-200.6-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 34-12/29-199.0-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 35-12/30-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.8 lb GAIN
Day 36-12/31-199.8-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 37-01/01-199.2-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 38-01/02-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-01/03-199.8-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 40-01/04-198.8-(Trend weight 193.3)
Day 41-01/05-199.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 42-01/06-198.4-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 lb GAIN
Day 43-01/07-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 44-01/08-200.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 45-01/09-200.0-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 46-01/10-200.4-(Trend weight 199.5)
Day 47-01/11-198.6-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 48-01/12-198.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 49-01/13-195.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.6 lbs LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.4 lbs. LOST
Day 50-01/14-197.2-(Trend weight 198.8)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 1.0 lb GAIN
Day 51-01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 52-01/16-198.8-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 53-01/17-197.8-(Trend weight 198.6)
Day 54-01/18-196.0-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 55-01/19-196.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 56-01/20-196.8-(Trend weight 198.0)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 GAIN
Day 57-01/21-196.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 58-01/22-197.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 59-01/23-198.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 60-01/24-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 61-01/25-197.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 62-01/26-196.8-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 63-01/27-196.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 LOSS
Day 64-01/28-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 65-01/29-195.6-(Trend weight 197.5)
Day 66-01/30-194.8-(Trend weight 197.2)
Day 67-01/31-194.8-(Trend weight 197.0)
Day 68-02/01-194.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 69-02/02-196.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 70-02/03-197.8-(Trend weight 196.8)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.8 lbs. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lbs. GAIN
Day 71-02/04-196.4-(Trend weight 196.8)
Day 72-02/05-195.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 73-02/06-195.6-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 74-02/07-196.6-(Trend weight 196.6)
Day 75-02/08-195.8-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 76-02/09-194.4-(Trend weight 196.3)
Day 77-02/10-193.6-(Trend weight 196.0)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 4.2 lbs. LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs. LOST
Day 78-02/11-193.0-(Trend weight 195.7)
Day 79-02/12-193.6-(Trend weight 195.5)
Day 80-02/13-192.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 81-02/14-193.8-(Trend weight 195.0)
Day 82-02/15-194.0-(Trend weight 194.9)
Day 83-02/16-194.0-(Trend weight 194.8) Travel today for 3 appointments: cardiac rehab, bloodwork at the hospital and my first dietician appointment at the diabetes center. I’ll eat lunch out-of-town and will aim to make good choices. I’ll fit a little grocery shopping in while in the city. I need to make sure I’m keeping my “good foods” in stock at home. Yesterday I was extra hungry all day. Eating 3 meals and a snack did not satisfy me but I stuck to my guns. I drank plenty of water in case it was thirst but that didn’t help either. I know we have days like this from time-to-time. I just had to push through it. I hope today will be more satiating. I am questioning my meal choices because of the hunger, even though they were all within my calorie and carb limits. Still tweaking but it’s an art and a science and I am neither an artist nor a scientist so there’s the rub!
Day 84-02/17-DNW-(Trend weight DNW) I refused to weigh today after going off the rails yesterday. Emotional eating and total confusion. I saw the dietician yesterday who is turning my world upside down! They are trying to coordinate diabetic and heart healthy at the same time with an eye on weight loss too. They have told me I have put my body into starvation mode and that I am to IMMEDIATELY begin eating a minimum of 190 carbs per day for fuel. They promise it will not spike my sugar or make me gain weight. They said that adding carbs will help get my blood sugars under control which is the opposite of everything I’ve ever researched and learned! They said that my low carb dieting has made me insulin resistant. I understand their ideas to a point for a healthier heart, but I fear it will put my glucose numbers wacko and make me gain weight too which puts everything back at risk. I don’t think she understood the part about my inability to eat most veggies and fruits with my food aversions. Did she understand me when I said that just means sitting around snacking on loafs of bread (even if it’s whole grain) in order to get the carbs in because that is about how it would work for me with my eating disorders? I went grocery shopping afterward and had NO IDEA how to shop. She’s actually going to check my MFP food logs everytime I go in. They did another A1C at the hospital yesterday which is less than a month from the last one. It was ordered by the Endo and in less than a month, my A1C had already went from 10.7 to 9.7 with my recent changes of 1400 calories and 90 carbs. I feel like what I was doing was working! I’m feeling lost and hopeless. I asked to limit our appointments to just 4 (instead of 12), but it’s only once a month so I feel I’ll be losing 4 months of progress seeing this lady. I know I should just allow the so-called experts to guide me and give it a chance so I will try, but there is no way I am eating 180. She agreed that 1400 calories was okay. I will up the carbs slowly and try to be at maybe 150 when I see her again in March, unless something miraculous is happening. She wants to see 65% of my daily intake to be from carbs. 65 percent! That’s a lot of pizza! I can promise you it won’t be salads and veggies! I’m screwed! Sorry for the rant. My head is just spinning!This happens to be the end of week 12 and I didn’t weigh in this morning. I will likely weigh tomorrow and post it on the week 12 loss or gain.
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN:
Accumulated Loss or Gain:
Day 85-02/18-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 86-02/19-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 87-02/20-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 88-02/21-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 89-02/22-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 90-02/23-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 91-02/24-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
WEEK 13 LOSS OR GAIN:
Accumulated Loss or Gain:
Day 92-02/25-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 93-02/26-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 94-02/27-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 95-02/28-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 96-03/01-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 97-03/02-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 98-03/03-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
WEEK 14 LOSS OR GAIN:
Accumulated Loss or Gain:
Day 99-03/04-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 100-03/05-xxxxx-(trend weight xxxxx)
Day 101-03/06…..(Final Weigh- In)-xxxxx-(trend weight xxxxx)
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@deepwoodslady
It sounds like the dietician didn't understand at all!!
Did you present your list of things that you won't eat to her?
Carbs are vegetables and fruits. Lots of carbs (and calories) in all fruit except for berries.
An apple is about 100 calories and 25 grams of carbs, so 4 of them per day would bring you to half of the ridiculously high carb intake that she suggests. Bananas are a bit higher.
Peas and beans are very high in carbs.
Whole grains (not processed) give carbs, oatmeal, quinoa, barley, corn, bran etc.
Refined foods/carbs are the devil to our bodies, I feel like our bodies can not recognize nor use them to maintain health. (Sugar, processed anything, fruit juice and pop, breakfast cereal, bottled sauce, jam, sweetened yoghurt, muffins, pasta, bagles etc.)
Pizza calories do not come primarily from carbs, it is the very high fat content of cheese and pepperoni type stuff, not heart healthy at all, but 120g of carbs from one slice + all of the calories from processed fats.
Wow Donna, I am flabbergasted about what she said.
You were really on track in changing your eating lifestyle, losing weight, and dropping your numbers. Does this woman want you to have to be on a needle for the rest of your life?
We do need carbs for health, for sure, but only the correct kind. They provide energy and fibre.
My head is spinning after hearing about what she had to say, no doubt this is making your head spin even worse!1 -
Mini challenge by Donna, December 10-April 9th
December 10th weight: 143.2 (but I was 141.8 the following day so I might use that)
1st Week Goal Weight - 139.9
1st Week Actual Weight - 141.2 Started the week at 142.2
Excess calories burned (in the green): 4738 - average over 7 days 834
2nd Week Goal Weight - 141.0
2nd Week Actual Weight - 142.2 - Started the week at 143.0
Excess calories burned (in the green): Forgot to add this earlier - 4948 = 706.85 average over 7 days.
3rd Week Goal Weight: 139.4 - (Ambitious)
3rd Week Actual Weight: 144.2 - Somehow put on 3 pounds while down sick for 1 day! Started the week at 142.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 6063 = 866.14 average over 7 days - Really big calorie burn this past week except for the day that I was sick
4th Week Goal Weight: 139.6 - (Ambitious)
4th Week Actual Weight: 143.8 - Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3563 = 509 average over 7 days
5th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Not likely with holiday eating, but going to plunk in this number until I hit it. Turned out that Turkey dinners carefully portioned actually lost me weight this week.
5th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 - Started the week at 143.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 4496 = 642 average over 7 days.
6th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
6th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 145.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 986 - Even 1150 eating days didn't give me much excess because of low exercise during my sore ankle and subsequent steroid injection into it.
7th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
7th Week Actual Weight: 143.6 Started the week at 144.2. I had Ribs, and may have them one more time during this 100
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2762, 394.7 average over 7 days, I know that this needs to be higher to lose weight. Ankle is getting there, so hopefully soon I can get back to it.
8th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
8th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 143.8
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2983 = 426.14 - a little closer to my goal of 500 per day averaged out over the week.
9th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
9th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3791, which works out to an average of 541.57 over 7 days. First time that I have hit my goal of 500+ per week in quite a while, and it shows on the scale!
10th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
10th Week Actual Weight: 143.2 Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green): 1921 - 320.16 average over 6 days - not enough
11th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
11th Week Actual Weight: 143.4 - Started the week at 144.8, not good, topped out at 146.0!
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3783 = 540 average over 7 days
Day 77 – 2/11 - 143.6
Day 78 – 2/12 - 144.6 - Argh, had chicken nuggets for dinner last night. Not even filling. I will be having my other half of Nachos tonight during superbowl. I make them with corn tortillas instead of the deep fried chips, 1 corn tortilla is 50 calories, I used 3 and ate half (using the chips would have quardrupled the calories or more, 100 calories for 3 chips and it takes about 20 to cover a pie plate). Thinking of trying to make Aloo Gobi today since I got some Cauliflower on sale and still have my own potatoes and garlic onions peppers and stuff from my garden (some of it frozen). I will make enough to last a couple of days, just need to get motivated. Very little exercise yesterday, my ankle is quite sore. Trying out a pair of high top shoes that don't rub on the area, I will wear them around the house and can take them back if not worn outside.
Day 79 – 2/13 - 146.2 - Calories in and calories out were on point yesterday. Hoping that this is just a weird fluctuation.
Day 80 – 2/14 - 145.4 - Another night of boneless chicken breast and veggies, and during the day I had an orange and an apple. This journey is so disheartening sometimes, I really had hoped for a big drop. I will be working an extra shift this evening since the restaurant expects to be busy tonight, late eating is bad for me, but it is what it is. Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
Day 81 – 2/15 - DNW I worked very late and didn't get a chance to weigh or post. I wasn't feeling well, someone brought some Popeye's chicken to work and I had one very small drumstick. I don't normally eat garbage and I haven't eaten fast food in more than 20 years. It really seemed to affect my body, I woke up the next morning in a sweat and feeling nauseous. I am okay to never eat that kind of junk again.
Day 82 – 2/16 - 143.4 - I was up by 5am and have prepped tonight's dinner. Veggies cooked, meat out of the freezer all just a short microwave to heat up much later, the pork will be a few minutes on the George Foreman.
Day 83 – 2/17 - 143.0 - Going to try to NOT have a Friday weekly indulgent type food
12th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
12th Week Actual Weight: 143.0 - Started the week at 143.6, topped out at 146.2 - my highest weight in 2 years
Excess calories burned (In the green): I will fill this in after today's numbers
Day 84 – 2/18
Day 85 – 2/19
Day 86 – 2/20
Day 87 – 2/21
Day 88 – 2/22
Day 89 – 2/23
Day 90 – 2/24
13th Week Goal Weight:
13th Week Actual Weight: Started the week at
Excess calories burned (In the green):
Start weight of the 100: 142.2
Goal 132.21 -
dawnbgethealthy wrote: »@deepwoodslady
It sounds like the dietician didn't understand at all!!
Did you present your list of things that you won't eat to her?
Carbs are vegetables and fruits. Lots of carbs (and calories) in all fruit except for berries.
An apple is about 100 calories and 25 grams of carbs, so 4 of them per day would bring you to half of the ridiculously high carb intake that she suggests. Bananas are a bit higher.
Peas and beans are very high in carbs.
Whole grains (not processed) give carbs, oatmeal, quinoa, barley, corn, bran etc.
Refined foods/carbs are the devil to our bodies, I feel like our bodies can not recognize nor use them to maintain health. (Sugar, processed anything, fruit juice and pop, breakfast cereal, bottled sauce, jam, sweetened yoghurt, muffins, pasta, bagles etc.)
Pizza calories do not come primarily from carbs, it is the very high fat content of cheese and pepperoni type stuff, not heart healthy at all, but 120g of carbs from one slice + all of the calories from processed fats.
Wow Donna, I am flabbergasted about what she said.
You were really on track in changing your eating lifestyle, losing weight, and dropping your numbers. Does this woman want you to have to be on a needle for the rest of your life?
We do need carbs for health, for sure, but only the correct kind. They provide energy and fibre.
My head is spinning after hearing about what she had to say, no doubt this is making your head spin even worse!
@dawnbgethealthy Yes, this may work for others but not for me. I did tell her what I don't eat, my aversions to certain foods and why. Of course, she does not want me to fill my carbs with pizza or loafs of bread but with my eating problems, I really wouldn't know how else to reach her carb recommendations. Her low was 190! She actually said between 190 and 250! She said that after asking me my height, my weight, my age and using her calculator so there must be a formula she uses.
Today I have went into my MFP goals and put in 158 carbs. I am not willing to go any higher at this point. It is my compromise to see what happens. In my head, though, I see her rolling her eyes and looking at me like I'm crazy for not knowing how good 250 carbs daily is for me and my diabetes!!!! I will give it two full weeks to get past travel days, get some good at home days where things are more carefully planned. I will use whole grains for my breads, incorporate what veggies I can stomach and I will see if the numbers are adversely affecting my weight or my glucose numbers. In all fairness, I will have to say that increasing the carbs to 90 did not seem to hurt me too much. My glucose numbers were still good, even improving and my weight was coming down slowly so that is the only reason I will give it any chance at all. I will stick to healthy fats but less of them (olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocados etc). She wants me to cut protein way down which worries me because of muscle loss. She wants 65% carbs, 15% protein and 20% fats. I entered my macro goals today at 45% carbs (158g), 25% protein (88g), 30 Fat (47g). I'm not sure if these are good numbers even. I'm not sure of anything anymore. I do know they are the educated experts, but I've done a lot of research myself and a lot of experimenting. I am leary of her recommended changes with all due respect. I'll give my numbers 2 weeks and see what happens. As usual, I will be good most day but not all (especially during travel). It will be a fair comparison and assessment. I will be starting my new macros tomorrow as I've already blown yesterday and today feeling sorry for myself!2 -
Thank you, @threewins !
I'm in!
72 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.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 145.0
UGW: 132.2
Day 01 - 11/27 - 149.0 at 7:45 a.m. ...total rest day!!
Day 02 - 11/28 - 150.8 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 03 - 11/29 - 152.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...6.16 miles in 113 mins
Day 04 - 11/30 - 152.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 05 - 12/01 - 148.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...it rained here in northern California!! No walking for me!
Day 06 - 12/02 - 151.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 07 - 12/03 - 151.0 at 7:55 a.m. ...rain and rain and rain...
1st Week Goal Weight - any loss
1st Week Actual Weight - +2.0
Day 08 - 12/04 - 153.9 at 7:50 a.m. ...6.22 miles in 106 mins
Day 09 - 12/05 - 153.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 10 - 12/06 - 153.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...7.36 miles in 134 mins
Day 11 - 12/07 - 153.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 12 - 12/08 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...new Grandson duty! No walking for me.
Day 13 - 12/09 - 155.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 14 - 12/10 - 153.5 at 8:15 a.m. ...rain and wind made it my rest day!
2nd Week Goal Weight - any loss
2nd Week Actual Weight - -.4
Day 15 - 12/11 - 154.3 at 8:00 a.m. ...7.21 miles in 130 mins...wind was soooo cold!!
Day 16 - 12/12 - 152.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 17 - 12/13 - 153.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...6.31 miles in 113 mins...sooo cold!!
Day 18 - 12/14 - 151.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 19 - 12/15 - 152.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson duty
Day 20 - 12/16 - 152.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson duty
Day 21 - 12/17 - 153.5 at 7:45 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer and 6.11 miles in 105 mins
3rd Week Goal Weight - any loss
3rd Week Actual Weight - -.8
Day 22 – 12/18 - 152.0 at 8:30 a.m. ...cold, foggy and FREEZING here in northern California. I miss summer!
Day 23 – 12/19 - 155.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 24 – 12/20 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Anniversary dinner w/daughter, SIL and our two Grandsons
Day 25 – 12/21 - 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 26 – 12/22 - 155.5 at 7:30 a.m. ...Grandbaby duties
Day 27 – 12/23 - 154.8 at 6:30 a.m. ...6.33 miles in 111 mins
Day 28 – 12/24 - 152.8 at 8:00 a.m. ...5.59 miles in 97 mins
4th Week Goal Weight - any loss
4th Week Actual Weight - -2.2 pounds...hahahah! maybe...
Day 29 – 12/25 – 151.8 at 8:20 a.m. ...Christmas Day
Day 30 – 12/26 – 154.0 at 9:20 a.m. ...5.09 miles in 89 mins
Day 31 – 12/27 – 153.5 at 6:30 a.m. ...rain...rain...rain...
Day 32 – 12/28 – 153.8 at 6:30 a.m. ...7.31 miles in 137 mins
Day 34 – 12/29 – 152.1 at 7:30 a.m. ...nothing
Day 33 – 12/30 – 152.7 at 6:30 a.m. ...nothing
Day 34 - 12/31 - 153.6 at 8:20 a.m. ...nothing
5th Week Goal Weight - any loss
5th Week Actual Weight - +2.2...sigh!!
Day 35 – 01/01 - 152.9 at 8:45 a.m. ...4th day of nothing!
Day 36 – 01/02 - 155.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! We have rain here in northern California!
Day 37 – 01/03 - 153.7 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! We have rain here in northern California!
Day 38 – 01/04 - 152.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! and 7.20 miles in 144 mins
Day 39 – 01/05 - 152.3 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!
Day 40 – 01/06 - 152.0 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! and 7.01 miles in 139 mins thru the mud!!
Day 41 – 01/07 - 151.7 at 8:00 a.m. ...rest day
6th Week Goal Weight - any loss
6th Week Actual Weight - -1.2
Day 42 – 01/08 – 153.8 at 8:00 a.m. ...7.31 miles in 134 mins
Day 43 – 01/09 – 154.5 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!! Trainer sick.
Day 44 – 01/10 – 153.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!! Made soup!
Day 45 – 01/11 – 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!
Day 46 – 01/12 – 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Sunshine!! 7.28 miles in 134 mins
Day 47 – 01/13 – 155.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!
Day 48 – 01/14 – 153.5 at 8:30 a.m. ...6.01 miles in 118 mins
7th Week Goal Weight - any loss
7th Week Actual Weight - -.3 maybe...
Day 49 – 01/15 – 152.0 at 8:00 a.m. ... rest day
Day 50 – 01/16 – 153.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 51 – 01/17 – 152.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.28 miles in 118 mins
Day 52 – 01/18 – 151.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 53 – 01/19 – 151.3 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.24 miles in 116 mins
Day 54 – 01/20 – 150.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 55 – 01/21 – 150.6 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.24 miles in 116 mins
8th Week Goal Weight - any loss
8th Week Actual Weight - -1.4
Day 56 – 01/22 – 149.0 at 7:50 a.m. ...7.24 miles in 133 mins in the freezing cold, fierce wind!!
Day 57 – 01/23 – 149.8 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 58 – 01/24 – 148.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...and rest day!!
Day 59 – 01/25 – 149.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 60 – 01/26 – 150.5 st 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...7.11 miles in 134 mins
Day 61 – 01/27 – 150.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 62 - 01/28 - 149.7 at 7:45 a.m. ...rest day!! ...family dinner
9th Week Goal Weight - any loss
9th Week Actual Weight - +.7
Day 63 - 01/29 - 151.5 at 7:50 a.m. ...rest day!!
Day 64 - 01/30 - 153.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 65 - 01/31 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 7.29 miles in 139 mins
Day 66 - 02/01 - 152.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 67 - 02/02 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 6.26 miles in 116 mins
Day 68 - 02/03 - 151.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing
Day 69 - 02/04 - 153.3 at 8:30 a.m. ...2.5 miles in 90 mins w/husband & S,P,R,C and Bean(our family)
10th Week Goal Weight - any loss
10th Week Actual Weight - +1.8
Day 70 - 02/05 - 154.2 at 7:45 a.m. ...a total ME Day!!
Day 71 - 02/06 - 152.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 72 - 02/07 - 154.3 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then put house in order for our housekeeper!
Day 73 - 02/08 - 154.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 74 - 02/09 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 5.82 miles in 113 mins
Day 75 - 02/10 - 153.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 76 - 02/11 - 153.3 at 8:30 a.m. ...7.41 miles in 141 mins
11th Week Goal Weight - any loss
11th Week Actual Weight - -.9
Day 77 - 02/12 - 153.4 at 8:15 a.m. ...6.35 miles in 120 mins the Super Bowl party w/family
Day 78 - 02/13 - 154.1 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 79 - 02/14 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...then nothing!!
Day 80 - 02/15 - 154.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 6.32 miles in 122 mins
Day 81 - 02/16 - 155.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...then nothing!!
Day 82 - 02/17 - 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 7.05 miles in 134 mins
Day 83 - 02/18 -
12th Week Goal Weight - any loss
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F41 5'4
Highest weight: 180.8lbs July 5th '21
Current weight: 163.4lbs
Challenge goal weight: 148lbs
Ultimate goal weight: Under 130lbs
Target lbs to lose: 15.4
Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 163.4
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 162.2
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 161.8
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 161.4
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 160.4
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 160.2
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 159.6
8th week goal weight: 161.0
8th week actual weight: 159.6
Challenge weight lost: 3.8
Challenge weight to go: 11.6
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 160.8
Day 58: Sun, 1/22 : 161.4
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 159.8
Day 60: Tue, 1/24: 159.6
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: DNW
Day 62: Thur, 1/26: 159.6
Day 63: Fri, 1/27: 158.6
9th week goal weight: 159.0
9th week actual weight: 158.6
Challenge weight lost: 4.8
Challenge weight to go: 10.6
Didn't think I was going to make my goal as this week's been a bit unsettled with guests over the weekend and air travel mid week but thankfully things worked out. I expect my losses to slow down now as I get into the groove and past the initial water weight whoosh.
Day 64: Sat, 1/28: 158.2
Day 65: Sun, 1/29: 158.8
Day 66: Mon, 1/30: 158.6
Day 67: Tue, 1/31: 157.6
Day 68: Wed, 2/1: 158.0
Day 69: Thur, 2/2: 157.4
Day 70: Fri, 2/3: 157.4
10th week goal weight: 157.0
10th week actual weight: 157.4
Challenge weight lost: 6
Challenge weight to go: 9.4
This week has gone by so fast! I've been feeling so fatigued lately, I don't know what's up but am thinking of making a doc appointment if it continues because I'm fed up with feeling slow and cold and down all the time. As predicted, I'm seeing my losses slow down now. I was trying to decide whether to adjust my weight loss goal for this challenge as I don't think 2lbs a week is realistic and I don't want to be demoralised by it, but I have decided to leave it as it is and see where I end up. If i lose 10lb rather than 15, that's still amazing!
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Day 71: Sat, 2/4: 157.8
Day 72: Sun, 2/5: 157.2
Day 73: Mon, 2/6: 157.8
Day 74: Tue, 2/7: 158.0
Day 74: Wed, 2/8: 157.8
Day 76: Thur, 2/9: 157.0
Day 77: Fri, 2/10: 156.8
11th week goal weight: 155.0
11th week actual weight: 156.8
Challenge weight lost: 6.6
Challenge weight to go: 8.8
It's going slowly, but at least it's going! I think that at this point I really can't chance even one treat meal or slack day per week if I want to have any hope of losing 0.5 lbs a week. Not great for socialising!
My energy levels are feeling a lot better. Probably a combination of sunny days, getting past my totm, going to the gym, cutting alcohol out entirely, partially switching back to caffeinated coffee, taking multi vitamins (I have got some vit D which I started taking yesterday along with vit B and magnesium plus a multi vit), drinking more water, and generally feeling more positive. Yay!
I'm miles away from my weekly goals that I calculated based on a 2lb per week loss, hey ho. So it's going to take me 4 times as long to get to a healthy weight? Yikes. I should get there (143lbs) by my 43rd birthday at the end of August, so long as I stick at it...
Day 78: Sat, 2/11: 154.4 Whaaaaat?! 2.4lbs lost overnight? 😁
Day 79: Sun, 2/12: 157.2 back to reality 😔😒
Day 80: Mon, 2/13: 157.0
Day 81: Tue, 2/14: 157.0
Day 82: Wed, 2/15: 155.2 🙂
Day 83: Thur, 2/16: 155.4
Day 84: Fri, 2/17: 155.0
12th week goal weight: 153.0
12th week actual weight: 155.0
Challenge weight lost: 8.4
Challenge weight to go: 7
Finally seeing some decent progress, especially in the last few days. I have been drinking much more water and have begun strength training alongside cardio in the hope of stimulating my metabolism. I had my TSH levels checked, 4.09, so just within the normal range but something to keep an eye on. Feeling hopeful for the week ahead, the longer days are lifting my spirits! Have a good weekend, everyone
Day 85: Sat, 2/18: 153.4
Day 86: Sun, 2/19:
Day 87: Mon, 2/20:
Day 88: Tue, 2/21:
Day 89: Wed, 2/22:
Day 90: Thur, 2/23:
Day 91: Fri, 2/24:
13th week goal weight: 151.0
13th week actual weight:
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101 Days of Weighing In ^^^^^ Nov 26, 2022 Starting Date
My Name is Donna, Age 62. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
My mini-challenge is to lose 10 pounds by Easter 2023. I started my efforts on Dec. 10th weighing 198.4. My wish is to weigh 188.4 by Easter April 9th, 2023. That gives me about 4 months to lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy but, trust me, it won’t be. Especially when outside exercise is so limited for me this slippery time of year!
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
Goal This Round: 181.2
Starting Weight (from End of Last Challenge): : 196.2
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.Day 01-11/26-196.6-(Trend weight 198.1) My day one starts immediately on the day following the final day of the last challenge. It will end on March 6th with everyone else but that will make it 101 days for me.
Day 02-11/27-197.6-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 03-11/28-196.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 04-11/29-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 05-11/30-196.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 06-12/01-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 07-12/02-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lb GAIN
Day 08-12/03-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 09-12/04-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 10-12/05-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 11-12/06-199.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 12-12/07-198.0-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 13-12/08-196.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 14-12/09-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: +0.6 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: +2.2 lb GAIN
Day 15-12/10-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 16-12/11-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 17-12/12-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 18-12/13-198.4-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 19-12/14-198.8-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 20-12/15-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 21-12/16-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.0 lb GAIN
Day 22-12/17-198.6-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 23-12/18-199.0-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 24-12/19-197.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 25-12/20-198.6-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 26-12/21-199.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 27-12/22-197.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 28-12/23-199.2-(Trend weight 198.4)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 1 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3 lb GAIN
Day 29-12/24-198.6-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 30-12/25-199.6-(Trend weight 198.5)
Day 31-12/26-200.6-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 32-12/27-200.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
Day 33-12/28-200.6-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 34-12/29-199.0-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 35-12/30-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.8 lb GAIN
Day 36-12/31-199.8-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 37-01/01-199.2-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 38-01/02-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-01/03-199.8-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 40-01/04-198.8-(Trend weight 193.3)
Day 41-01/05-199.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 42-01/06-198.4-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 lb GAIN
Day 43-01/07-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 44-01/08-200.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 45-01/09-200.0-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 46-01/10-200.4-(Trend weight 199.5)
Day 47-01/11-198.6-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 48-01/12-198.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 49-01/13-195.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.6 lbs LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.4 lbs. LOST
Day 50-01/14-197.2-(Trend weight 198.8)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 1.0 lb GAIN
Day 51-01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 52-01/16-198.8-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 53-01/17-197.8-(Trend weight 198.6)
Day 54-01/18-196.0-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 55-01/19-196.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 56-01/20-196.8-(Trend weight 198.0)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 GAIN
Day 57-01/21-196.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 58-01/22-197.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 59-01/23-198.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 60-01/24-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 61-01/25-197.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 62-01/26-196.8-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 63-01/27-196.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 LOSS
Day 64-01/28-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 65-01/29-195.6-(Trend weight 197.5)
Day 66-01/30-194.8-(Trend weight 197.2)
Day 67-01/31-194.8-(Trend weight 197.0)
Day 68-02/01-194.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 69-02/02-196.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 70-02/03-197.8-(Trend weight 196.8)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.8 lbs. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lbs. GAIN
Day 71-02/04-196.4-(Trend weight 196.8)
Day 72-02/05-195.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 73-02/06-195.6-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 74-02/07-196.6-(Trend weight 196.6)
Day 75-02/08-195.8-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 76-02/09-194.4-(Trend weight 196.3)
Day 77-02/10-193.6-(Trend weight 196.0)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 4.2 lbs. LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs. LOST
Day 78-02/11-193.0-(Trend weight 195.7)
Day 79-02/12-193.6-(Trend weight 195.5)
Day 80-02/13-192.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 81-02/14-193.8-(Trend weight 195.0)
Day 82-02/15-194.0-(Trend weight 194.9)
Day 83-02/16-194.0-(Trend weight 194.8)
Day 84-02/17-DNW-(Trend weight DNW) I refused to weigh today after going off the rails yesterday. Emotional eating and total confusion. I saw the dietician yesterday who is turning my world upside down! They are trying to coordinate diabetic and heart healthy at the same time with an eye on weight loss too. They have told me I have put my body into starvation mode and that I am to IMMEDIATELY begin eating a minimum of 190 carbs per day for fuel. They promise it will not spike my sugar or make me gain weight. They said that adding carbs will help get my blood sugars under control which is the opposite of everything I’ve ever researched and learned! They said that my low carb dieting has made me insulin resistant. I understand their ideas to a point for a healthier heart, but I fear it will put my glucose numbers wacko and make me gain weight too which puts everything back at risk. I don’t think she understood the part about my inability to eat most veggies and fruits with my food aversions. Did she understand me when I said that just means sitting around snacking on loafs of bread (even if it’s whole grain) in order to get the carbs in because that is about how it would work for me with my eating disorders? I went grocery shopping afterward and had NO IDEA how to shop. She’s actually going to check my MFP food logs everytime I go in. They did another A1C at the hospital yesterday which is less than a month from the last one. It was ordered by the Endo and in less than a month, my A1C had already went from 10.7 to 9.7 with my recent changes of 1400 calories and 90 carbs. I feel like what I was doing was working! I’m feeling lost and hopeless. I asked to limit our appointments to just 4 (instead of 12), but it’s only once a month so I feel I’ll be losing 4 months of progress seeing this lady. I know I should just allow the so-called experts to guide me and give it a chance so I will try, but there is no way I am eating 180. She agreed that 1400 calories was okay. I will up the carbs slowly and try to be at maybe 150 when I see her again in March, unless something miraculous is happening. She wants to see 65% of my daily intake to be from carbs. 65 percent! That’s a lot of pizza! I can promise you it won’t be salads and veggies! I’m screwed! Sorry for the rant. My head is just spinning!This happens to be the end of week 12 and I didn’t weigh in this morning. I will likely weigh tomorrow and post it on the week 12 loss or gain.
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.2 lbs. GAINED
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 lbs. GAINED
Day 85-02/18-196.8-(Trend weight 195.2) So….today will be the first day of my new macros . The 1400 calories haven’t changed and are approved. Carbs will be set at 158g (45%), Fat at 54g (35%), and protein at 70g (20%). The dietician recommends less fat and less protein than what I am going to start with so I can add even more carbs! Her plan seems wrong and drastic to me so I will start with this as a compromise. If my glucose or my weight starts increasing, I’m outta there! I will, however, give the so-called “experts” a chance. My main worry is that I know my increased carbs will not be filled with the good kind. If I didn’t have such aversions to foods, their plan could be more effective than I believe it will be. But I do have eating disorders and my carbs will not be the good kind, or the clean foods they expect so I worry that the results will be skewed and cause weight gain and high blood sugars. I understand there may be more than one way to achieve my goals and so I will try their "tried and true" method short term.
We shall see. I will, of course, do my best at food choices but it is what it is. BTW, My family doctor has always approved my low carb dieting including Keto. Such a division in the medical community over this, even in my research! So, I've tried low carb and I'll try this but I truly believe I already know the answers.
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@deepwoodslady
So your GP agreed to lowering your carbs! Yikes, what on earth are you supposed to believe??
It has been a gazillion years since I studied Kinesiology in University where there were many modules on nutrition and training. It seems to me that the more demanding the sport the more carbs that were needed. Protein was needed by everyone. Maybe your heart is working very hard so that you need more carbs?
I hope that you can find some healthy carbs that you can tolerate. Do you like oatmeal? That is nice and filling and very good for gut health. Any kind of beans and whole grains are "good" carbs, yams and sweet potatoes are also filling and very healthy, corn (ear) has 25g of carbs. I don't know what you like and what you don't, but there are lists and lists on the web of choices for good carbs, hopefully you can find some that you like.
47g of fat should be really easy to do, 10 cashew nuts are is 90 calories and 7.5g of fat, 1 tbsp of olive oil is 14g of fat, an ounce of cheese has 14g. I personally eat way too much fat, like half of the pie chart some days. I can't imagine how I would live if I had to cut my fat intake down!
Good on you for beginning the experiment given to you by the dietician. Worth a try. I will stay tuned.
We are here with you of course.0 -
Mini challenge by Donna, December 10-April 9th
December 10th weight: 143.2 (but I was 141.8 the following day so I might use that)
1st Week Goal Weight - 139.9
1st Week Actual Weight - 141.2 Started the week at 142.2
Excess calories burned (in the green): 4738 - average over 7 days 834
2nd Week Goal Weight - 141.0
2nd Week Actual Weight - 142.2 - Started the week at 143.0
Excess calories burned (in the green): Forgot to add this earlier - 4948 = 706.85 average over 7 days.
3rd Week Goal Weight: 139.4 - (Ambitious)
3rd Week Actual Weight: 144.2 - Somehow put on 3 pounds while down sick for 1 day! Started the week at 142.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 6063 = 866.14 average over 7 days - Really big calorie burn this past week except for the day that I was sick
4th Week Goal Weight: 139.6 - (Ambitious)
4th Week Actual Weight: 143.8 - Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3563 = 509 average over 7 days
5th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Not likely with holiday eating, but going to plunk in this number until I hit it. Turned out that Turkey dinners carefully portioned actually lost me weight this week.
5th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 - Started the week at 143.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 4496 = 642 average over 7 days.
6th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
6th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 145.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 986 - Even 1150 eating days didn't give me much excess because of low exercise during my sore ankle and subsequent steroid injection into it.
7th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
7th Week Actual Weight: 143.6 Started the week at 144.2. I had Ribs, and may have them one more time during this 100
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2762, 394.7 average over 7 days, I know that this needs to be higher to lose weight. Ankle is getting there, so hopefully soon I can get back to it.
8th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
8th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 143.8
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2983 = 426.14 - a little closer to my goal of 500 per day averaged out over the week.
9th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
9th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3791, which works out to an average of 541.57 over 7 days. First time that I have hit my goal of 500+ per week in quite a while, and it shows on the scale!
10th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
10th Week Actual Weight: 143.2 Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green): 1921 - 320.16 average over 6 days - not enough
11th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
11th Week Actual Weight: 143.4 - Started the week at 144.8, not good, topped out at 146.0!
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3783 = 540 average over 7 days
12th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
12th Week Actual Weight: 143.0 - Started the week at 143.6, topped out at 146.2 - my highest weight in 2 years
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3459 = 494.14 average over 7 days, close to my 500 goal
Day 84 – 2/18 - 143.2 - Well, I did have wings last night, but not too many. Going out tonight to dinner and a comedy show, I will order a salad with grilled chicken and drink club soda. After the show could be a different story because I know that I will be hungry (really never hungry during the day, only at night).
Day 85 – 2/19
Day 86 – 2/20
Day 87 – 2/21
Day 88 – 2/22
Day 89 – 2/23
Day 90 – 2/24
13th Week Goal Weight: Start weight, since there is only 10 days left, 142.2 or less
13th Week Actual Weight: Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green):
Start weight of the 100: 142.2
Goal 132.20 -
I want to see how much I can lose, starting off with something relatively easy, 50 grams a day. Each 20 day block I want to increase the amount I lose each day. Goal day is calculated using 7 day averages most recently and a month ago.
Day 01 27-Nov 88.2 kg, goal day in 715 days, so I overate, but that's alright because I always overeat the day I restart my weight loss
Day 02 28-Nov 88.5, goal day in 780 days, I overate again, I guess this is why my weight loss is very slow
Day 03 29-Nov 88.2, goal day in 650 days, I ate too much unfortunately
Day 04 30-Nov 88.1, goal day in 630 days, I didn't overeat, but I think I didn't eat below maintenance
Day 05 1-Dec 87.6, goal day in 660 days
I was doing well throughout the day then I bought a large bag of chips unexpectedly
Day 06 2-Dec 88.7 goal day in 850 days, and I bought sausage and chips in the evening, I guess I should have predicted that, rather than overeating. I will see if I can eat below maintenance everyday until I can get back on track
Day 07 3-Dec 89.0, goal day in 1070 days, I ate under maintenance and didn't have any salt
Day 08 4-Dec 88.1, goal weight in 1270 days
Day 09 5-Dec 87.9 I have decided to put my weight loss on hold because I am moving overseas and I'm too busy
Day 10 6-Dec 87.5
Day 11 7-Dec DNW no access to scale in the morning
Day 12 8-Dec DNW
Day 13 9-Dec DNW
Day 14 10-Dec 88.5
Day 15 11-Dec 88.4
Day 16 12-Dec 88.7 still putting weight loss on hold for the moment
Day 17 13-Dec 87.7
Day 18 14-Dec 88.0
Day 19 15-Dec DNW
Day 20 16-Dec 88.3
Day 21 17-Dec 88.1 So I'm in Singapore briefly right now and the obesity rate is 9% compared to New Zealand's 35%. It's quite a noticeable difference. It's a constant reminder that if I am ever to achieve my goals I'm going to have to start today. So I'm going to aim for a 3 grams per day trendline reduction on my weights spreadsheet graph today. Tomorrow will be 6 grams a day etc etc. Currently it's 4.6 grams per day although that number will jiggle up and down a lot which is fine.
Day 22 18-Dec DNW
Day 23 19-Dec DNW
Day 24 20-Dec 87.4
Day 25 21-Dec 87.1
Day 26 22-Dec 88.0 So I'm relatively settled here in the Philippines and finally living with my girlfriend. My spreadsheet trendline is dropping by 41 grams a day which I'm happy about. It's my first time I've had a girlfriend who is slimmer than me (together longer than 6 weeks) so I'm going to try and use that to help lose weight
--update--
So we shifted hotels and I only ate apples and crackers today, not a good menu plan, hopefully we get into a proper food buying routine soon
Day 27 23-Dec 88.5 trendline 29 g/day which is good
Day 28 24-Dec 88.5 I had some sugary food today, which means that I went about 5-6 days without sugar, a huge achievement for me. My weight loss is happening, but it's quite slow, Christmas day is tomorrow and I expect to gain a bit then. So things are happening slowly
Day 29 25-Dec 87.7 trendline 22 g/day which is okay
Christmas Day saw me eating a lot of cake (plus some chickpeas surprisingly) and not much else. I guess I gained weight today. That's fine, thankfully Christmas comes only once a year. I want to speed up my weight loss, let's see if I can do that.
Day 30 26-Dec 86.9 New Low trendline 32 g/day which is good
I'm having trouble figuring out what to eat here, it's hard to get quality food without walking a while, I guess I'm used to driving to the supermarket, now I don't have a car. I didn't expect to have such simple problems causing me to slow down my weight loss.
Day 31 27-Dec 87.9 trendline 23 g/day which is slow
Another day of not so good control of what I'm eating, it's hard to figure out how much to eat/how much hunger to tolerate when you're eating food you're not used to. I guess I just need to keep trying until I'm successful, rather than "taking a break" as I have done in the past.
Day 32 28-Dec 87.5 trendline 26 g/day which is slow
I'm guessing that my eating today is lower than previously, it's hard to tell though, unfortunately now that I'm not tracking my intake it's harder to tell what's going on
Day 33 29-Dec 87.5 trendline 28 g/day which is slow, body measurements 810 cm
Day 34 30-Dec 87.5
Day 35 31-Dec 87.1
Day 36 1-Jan 87.7
Day 37 2-Jan 87.9
Day 38 DNW
Day 39 4-Jan 87.7
Day 40 5-Jan 87.7
Day 41 6-Jan 87.6 So I'm paused in my weight loss, we moved into our new home and without a fridge freezer yet, we're doing a daily shop which is of course not good for weight loss. I don't want to jinx it but I had a sugar fest before the turn of the year, a packet of M&Ms 2 minutes before midnight and now I'm doing well, still sugar free. From today onwards I'll ask whether I have lost weight, hopefully the answers are mostly 'yes'.
--update-
Today I managed to keep control of my eating, it's hard because I have tracked my intake on an app for so long that I need to learn the skill of eating less (without eating too little).
Day 42 7-Jan 86.9 lowest weight in 12 days so my controlled eating went well
I guess I ate more than yesterday, so did I eat under maintenance? Maybe.
Day 43 8-Jan 87.3 I controlled my eating reasonably well which probably resulted in...
Day 44 9-Jan 86.7 New Low, lowest weight in 1017 days, Did I eat under maintenance? Maybe
Day 45 10-Jan 86.6 New Low, lowest weight in 1019 days
Did I eat under maintenance? Again maybe. I'm really losing weight right now but I get the feeling that my weight is going down simply because there's less food in my system. I haven't been too hungry.
Day 46 11-Jan 86.1 New Low, lowest weight in 1024 day
Day 47 12-Jan 86.4
Day 48 13-Jan 86.3
Day 49 14-Jan 86.1
Day 50 15-Jan 86.6
Day 51 16-Jan 86.5
Day 52 17-Jan 86.7
Day 53 18-Jan 86.7
Day 54 19-Jan 87.0
Day 55 20-Jan 87.1
Day 56 21-Jan 87.0
Day 57 22-Jan 86.9
Day 58 23-Jan 86.0 New Low
Day 59 24-Jan 86.0
Day 60 25-Jan 86.7 Well, I've kind of stopped losing weight recently, as indicated by the lack of comments. Anyway, back on the horse, today I start losing weight again. My current 20 day weight loss rate is 8 grams a day
Day 61 26-Jan 86.8
Day 62 27-Jan 86.4
Day 63 28-Jan 86.0
Day 64 29-Jan 86.7
Day 65 30-Jan 87.0
Day 66 31-Jan 87.1
Day 67 1-Feb 87.2
Day 68 2-Feb 86.7
Day 69 3-Feb 85.7 New Low
Day 70 4-Feb 85.6 New Low
Day 70 5-Feb 86.2
Day 71 6-Feb DNW
Day 72 7-Feb 86.8
Day 73 8-Feb 86.2
Day 74 9-Feb 86.5 Well I had one of those moments in the middle of the night, when I start planning my weight loss. Here's my plan: 50 grams a day for a while. Can I do it? Maybe. Should I try? Definitely. I've been definitely cruising since being in the Philippines, I really need to speed things up. I want to post in the evening saying how my day's been.
evening update - well I splurged today, because I have (re)started my Cebuano language study and I wanted to celebrate with food
Day 75 10-Feb 86.5 We went out in the evening unexpectedly, which meant that I ate too much unfortunately, current rate loss 0 grams per day
Day 76 11-Feb 86.5 So I had a bit of a sugar fest in celebration of something, but I'm pleased to say that I'm actually losing weight (too early to give a useful number of grams per day)
Day 77 12-Feb 86.0 I really ate lower than maintenance, my weight is starting to react
Day 78 13-Feb 85.3 New Low my body is starting to empty out a bit, so I'm losing weight quite fast right now
Day 79 14-Feb 86.4 I had a bit of a splurge which will be visible in the next few days or so. Thankfully Valentine's day only comes once a year
Day 80 15-Feb 86.7 My weight loss has dropped to 18 grams a day, well below the 50 grams a day I want to achieve. Let's see if I can get a higher number tomorrow
Day 81 16-Feb 86.6 Well my weight is headed in the wrong direction, my spreadsheet trendline is increasing, it's not really a big deal right now, but it could turn serious at any moment
Day 83 17-Feb 86.5 I've come to realise that having a birthday and Valentine's day in the same week is going to temporarily derail my weight loss. That's fine, so I'll just maintain until they've been and gone, and then head for 50 grams a day again.
Day 84 18-Feb 86.6
Day 85 19-Feb 86.72 -
dawnbgethealthy wrote: »@deepwoodslady
So your GP agreed to lowering your carbs! Yikes, what on earth are you supposed to believe??
It has been a gazillion years since I studied Kinesiology in University where there were many modules on nutrition and training. It seems to me that the more demanding the sport the more carbs that were needed. Protein was needed by everyone. Maybe your heart is working very hard so that you need more carbs?
I hope that you can find some healthy carbs that you can tolerate. Do you like oatmeal? That is nice and filling and very good for gut health. Any kind of beans and whole grains are "good" carbs, yams and sweet potatoes are also filling and very healthy, corn (ear) has 25g of carbs. I don't know what you like and what you don't, but there are lists and lists on the web of choices for good carbs, hopefully you can find some that you like.
47g of fat should be really easy to do, 10 cashew nuts are is 90 calories and 7.5g of fat, 1 tbsp of olive oil is 14g of fat, an ounce of cheese has 14g. I personally eat way too much fat, like half of the pie chart some days. I can't imagine how I would live if I had to cut my fat intake down!
Good on you for beginning the experiment given to you by the dietician. Worth a try. I will stay tuned.
We are here with you of course.
@dawnbgethealthy I have no problem with getting fats. Mine is usually at least 60% of my diet due to lower macros in the carbs. She wants the lowest percentage to be in protein due to protecting my kidneys (?). The problem with the carbs is how fast they enter a diabetic's bloodstream causing spikes in glucose and in readings. Corn would be a bad one. Beans may have too much protein if overdone and I'm not a bean person much anyway. I can eat refried beans so maybe in a whole wheat wrap? I do like sweet potatoes but I'm not sure where they are on the glycemic index. Regular potatoes are not good but I do believe in moderation, no complete elimination of any food I can eat. I understand that the dietician doesn't want me eating "bad" carbs, or high-glycemic carbs. I think she has this idea that healthy carbs will not adversely affect sugar OR weight. We shall see! I'm giving her a chance by tweaking things, just so my new endocrinologist will see that I am adaptable. This dietician assured me that the endo would 100% agree with her suggestions. Too bad I don't see him again for 3 months! I know one thing for sure, what I was doing was helping. Just in the course of a month (between two A1C tests) I lowered my A1C from 10.7 to 9.7 on my own. She better not screw this up!
I'll be researching after dinner as I have time tonight. Thanks for your ideas. I will investigate all of them (especially the sweet potatoes yum!). I've been eating them all along and know their calorie and carb amounts, I just don't know if they are slow acting or fast acting carbs. So much to learn!
Tonight I will try to research low glycemic foods and see what I can come up with.1 -
F41 5'4
Highest weight: 180.8lbs July 5th '21
Current weight: 163.4lbs
Challenge goal weight: 148lbs
Ultimate goal weight: Under 130lbs
Target lbs to lose: 15.4
Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 163.4
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 162.2
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 161.8
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 161.4
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 160.4
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 160.2
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 159.6
8th week goal weight: 161.0
8th week actual weight: 159.6
Challenge weight lost: 3.8
Challenge weight to go: 11.6
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 160.8
Day 58: Sun, 1/22 : 161.4
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 159.8
Day 60: Tue, 1/24: 159.6
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: DNW
Day 62: Thur, 1/26: 159.6
Day 63: Fri, 1/27: 158.6
9th week goal weight: 159.0
9th week actual weight: 158.6
Challenge weight lost: 4.8
Challenge weight to go: 10.6
Didn't think I was going to make my goal as this week's been a bit unsettled with guests over the weekend and air travel mid week but thankfully things worked out. I expect my losses to slow down now as I get into the groove and past the initial water weight whoosh.
Day 64: Sat, 1/28: 158.2
Day 65: Sun, 1/29: 158.8
Day 66: Mon, 1/30: 158.6
Day 67: Tue, 1/31: 157.6
Day 68: Wed, 2/1: 158.0
Day 69: Thur, 2/2: 157.4
Day 70: Fri, 2/3: 157.4
10th week goal weight: 157.0
10th week actual weight: 157.4
Challenge weight lost: 6
Challenge weight to go: 9.4
This week has gone by so fast! I've been feeling so fatigued lately, I don't know what's up but am thinking of making a doc appointment if it continues because I'm fed up with feeling slow and cold and down all the time. As predicted, I'm seeing my losses slow down now. I was trying to decide whether to adjust my weight loss goal for this challenge as I don't think 2lbs a week is realistic and I don't want to be demoralised by it, but I have decided to leave it as it is and see where I end up. If i lose 10lb rather than 15, that's still amazing!
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Day 71: Sat, 2/4: 157.8
Day 72: Sun, 2/5: 157.2
Day 73: Mon, 2/6: 157.8
Day 74: Tue, 2/7: 158.0
Day 74: Wed, 2/8: 157.8
Day 76: Thur, 2/9: 157.0
Day 77: Fri, 2/10: 156.8
11th week goal weight: 155.0
11th week actual weight: 156.8
Challenge weight lost: 6.6
Challenge weight to go: 8.8
It's going slowly, but at least it's going! I think that at this point I really can't chance even one treat meal or slack day per week if I want to have any hope of losing 0.5 lbs a week. Not great for socialising!
My energy levels are feeling a lot better. Probably a combination of sunny days, getting past my totm, going to the gym, cutting alcohol out entirely, partially switching back to caffeinated coffee, taking multi vitamins (I have got some vit D which I started taking yesterday along with vit B and magnesium plus a multi vit), drinking more water, and generally feeling more positive. Yay!
I'm miles away from my weekly goals that I calculated based on a 2lb per week loss, hey ho. So it's going to take me 4 times as long to get to a healthy weight? Yikes. I should get there (143lbs) by my 43rd birthday at the end of August, so long as I stick at it...
Day 78: Sat, 2/11: 154.4 Whaaaaat?! 2.4lbs lost overnight? 😁
Day 79: Sun, 2/12: 157.2 back to reality 😔😒
Day 80: Mon, 2/13: 157.0
Day 81: Tue, 2/14: 157.0
Day 82: Wed, 2/15: 155.2 🙂
Day 83: Thur, 2/16: 155.4
Day 84: Fri, 2/17: 155.0
12th week goal weight: 153.0
12th week actual weight: 155.0
Challenge weight lost: 8.4
Challenge weight to go: 7
Finally seeing some decent progress, especially in the last few days. I have been drinking much more water and have begun strength training alongside cardio in the hope of stimulating my metabolism. I had my TSH levels checked, 4.09, so just within the normal range but something to keep an eye on. Feeling hopeful for the week ahead, the longer days are lifting my spirits! Have a good weekend, everyone
Day 85: Sat, 2/18: 153.4
Day 86: Sun, 2/19: 155.6
Day 87: Mon, 2/20:
Day 88: Tue, 2/21:
Day 89: Wed, 2/22:
Day 90: Thur, 2/23:
Day 91: Fri, 2/24:
13th week goal weight: 151.0
13th week actual weight:
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101 Days of Weighing In ^^^^^ Nov 26, 2022 Starting Date
My Name is Donna, Age 62. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
My mini-challenge is to lose 10 pounds by Easter 2023. I started my efforts on Dec. 10th weighing 198.4. My wish is to weigh 188.4 by Easter April 9th, 2023. That gives me about 4 months to lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy but, trust me, it won’t be. Especially when outside exercise is so limited for me this slippery time of year!
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
Goal This Round: 181.2
Starting Weight (from End of Last Challenge): : 196.2
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.Day 01-11/26-196.6-(Trend weight 198.1) My day one starts immediately on the day following the final day of the last challenge. It will end on March 6th with everyone else but that will make it 101 days for me.
Day 02-11/27-197.6-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 03-11/28-196.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 04-11/29-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 05-11/30-196.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 06-12/01-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 07-12/02-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lb GAIN
Day 08-12/03-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 09-12/04-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 10-12/05-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 11-12/06-199.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 12-12/07-198.0-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 13-12/08-196.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 14-12/09-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: +0.6 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: +2.2 lb GAIN
Day 15-12/10-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 16-12/11-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 17-12/12-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 18-12/13-198.4-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 19-12/14-198.8-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 20-12/15-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 21-12/16-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.0 lb GAIN
Day 22-12/17-198.6-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 23-12/18-199.0-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 24-12/19-197.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 25-12/20-198.6-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 26-12/21-199.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 27-12/22-197.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 28-12/23-199.2-(Trend weight 198.4)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 1 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3 lb GAIN
Day 29-12/24-198.6-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 30-12/25-199.6-(Trend weight 198.5)
Day 31-12/26-200.6-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 32-12/27-200.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
Day 33-12/28-200.6-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 34-12/29-199.0-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 35-12/30-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.8 lb GAIN
Day 36-12/31-199.8-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 37-01/01-199.2-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 38-01/02-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-01/03-199.8-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 40-01/04-198.8-(Trend weight 193.3)
Day 41-01/05-199.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 42-01/06-198.4-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 lb GAIN
Day 43-01/07-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 44-01/08-200.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 45-01/09-200.0-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 46-01/10-200.4-(Trend weight 199.5)
Day 47-01/11-198.6-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 48-01/12-198.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 49-01/13-195.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.6 lbs LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.4 lbs. LOST
Day 50-01/14-197.2-(Trend weight 198.8)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 1.0 lb GAIN
Day 51-01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 52-01/16-198.8-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 53-01/17-197.8-(Trend weight 198.6)
Day 54-01/18-196.0-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 55-01/19-196.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 56-01/20-196.8-(Trend weight 198.0)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 GAIN
Day 57-01/21-196.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 58-01/22-197.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 59-01/23-198.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 60-01/24-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 61-01/25-197.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 62-01/26-196.8-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 63-01/27-196.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 LOSS
Day 64-01/28-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 65-01/29-195.6-(Trend weight 197.5)
Day 66-01/30-194.8-(Trend weight 197.2)
Day 67-01/31-194.8-(Trend weight 197.0)
Day 68-02/01-194.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 69-02/02-196.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 70-02/03-197.8-(Trend weight 196.8)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.8 lbs. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lbs. GAIN
Day 71-02/04-196.4-(Trend weight 196.8)
Day 72-02/05-195.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 73-02/06-195.6-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 74-02/07-196.6-(Trend weight 196.6)
Day 75-02/08-195.8-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 76-02/09-194.4-(Trend weight 196.3)
Day 77-02/10-193.6-(Trend weight 196.0)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 4.2 lbs. LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs. LOST
Day 78-02/11-193.0-(Trend weight 195.7)
Day 79-02/12-193.6-(Trend weight 195.5)
Day 80-02/13-192.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 81-02/14-193.8-(Trend weight 195.0)
Day 82-02/15-194.0-(Trend weight 194.9)
Day 83-02/16-194.0-(Trend weight 194.8)
Day 84-02/17-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.2 lbs. GAINED
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 lbs. GAINED
Day 85-02/18-196.8-(Trend weight 195.2) So….today will be the first day of my new macros . The 1400 calories haven’t changed and are approved. Carbs will be set at 158g (45%), Fat at 54g (35%), and protein at 70g (20%). The dietician recommends less fat and less protein than what I am going to start with so I can add even more carbs! Her plan seems wrong and drastic to me so I will start with this as a compromise. If my glucose or my weight starts increasing, I’m outta there! I will, however, give the so-called “experts” a chance. My main worry is that I know my increased carbs will not be filled with the good kind. If I didn’t have such aversions to foods, their plan could be more effective than I believe it will be. But I do have eating disorders and my carbs will not be the good kind, or the clean foods they expect so I worry that the results will be skewed and cause weight gain and high blood sugars. I understand there may be more than one way to achieve my goals and so I will try their "tried and true" method short term. We shall see. I will, of course, do my best at food choices but it is what it is. BTW, My family doctor has always approved my low carb dieting including Keto. Such a division in the medical community over this, even in my research! So, I've tried low carb and I'll try this but I truly believe I already know the answers.
Day 86-02/19-195.2-(Trend weight 195.2) Because I am keeping calories at 1400 or lower, I do think I can lose weight, even with my new dietary restrictions. It won’t be as fast or as dramatic as the lower carb version of my calorie in-calorie out attempts. What I’m really watching is how this will affect my blood sugars. BTW, when I told the dietician it is hard to fit in 3 or more meals per day because I don’t like eating early in the morning, so I use that time to link to my sleep time and practice a bit of Intermittent Fasting, she absolutely thought I was trying to commit suicide! She said that going without food for any length of time puts my body in a starvation mode that is counter-productive to weight loss and dangerous for my T2D. I told her that I am living proof it has HELPED with weight loss and I don’t believe in eating when I’m not hungry. She thinks my whole glucose instability and problems are due to my “bad habits and practices” such as IF. She really turned my whole world upside down. I’m sorry, but I’m not eating when I’m not hungry. My body is not stupid and there are hormones in place that will let me know when it’s time to eat! I am willing to try anything she says due to her success with other patients, but I’m going to use a little common sense here. Yesterday I went one calorie over goal (1401) and was only able to reach 117 carbs (she wants 190-250). I tweaked the menus all day but couldn’t reach anything higher without going way over calorie goal which would have caused a weight gain. I realize that if I had added more low calorie veggies I would have had much higher carb counts but that is not how I can eat. Clearly this is not going to be effective for someone like me but I’ll keep adding whole wheat for grains, what veggies I CAN tolerate and applesauce. Sorry for another rant.
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@deepwoodslady
That is not a rant at all my friend.
I told you once before that I grew low glycemic potatoes. I have never seen the finished variety in the grocery stores however. Maybe you can dig a hole in the spring and find the "seeds" at a garden shop. I have also grown potatoes in buckets or old tires.
Yes to the sweet potatoes/yams! So versatile. I will prep some for dinner tonight now that they are at the forefront of my mind : - ) I am going to cut them in very small pieces and bake them in the toaster oven and put green onions and sour cream on them when they are done. I just took out some marinated 3 pepper beef stirfry from the freezer to have with it.
I hear you on the not wanting to eat when not hungry front. Maybe just 1/2 or 1/4 piece of toast or a tablespoon of applesauce to get your metabolism firing for the day?
I remember years ago when my sister, who hadn't retired yet at that time, got a trainer who wanted her to eat 6 mini meals a day. She tried for about a week but was a busy working person. 3 almonds sometimes equaled a meal for her since she didn't have much time. She still wanted a big filling dinner at the end of the day. She didn't stick with that plan.
I find on the rare occasion that I eat a big breakfast that I am hungry all day after that. Currently I graze throughout the day, on things that you don't like mostly: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries (in season) a piece of banana, 1/2 of an apple or orange cut into small pieces. I am never hungry for an actual meal until night time. I have experimented in the past with top loading food for the day, but it makes me sluggish at work. I see that it works for people on MFP to reverse the eating pattern, it just isn't for me personally.
I thought that protein was the one thing that kept our blood sugar at a constant throughout the day instead of spiking. Maybe little tiny bits of protein at each meal?
I look forward to hearing what you find out about yams and whether they are quick release or not. Does that matter over the course of the day?
Happy researching.0 -
Mini challenge by Donna, December 10-April 9th
December 10th weight: 143.2 (but I was 141.8 the following day so I might use that)
1st Week Goal Weight - 139.9
1st Week Actual Weight - 141.2 Started the week at 142.2
Excess calories burned (in the green): 4738 - average over 7 days 834
2nd Week Goal Weight - 141.0
2nd Week Actual Weight - 142.2 - Started the week at 143.0
Excess calories burned (in the green): Forgot to add this earlier - 4948 = 706.85 average over 7 days.
3rd Week Goal Weight: 139.4 - (Ambitious)
3rd Week Actual Weight: 144.2 - Somehow put on 3 pounds while down sick for 1 day! Started the week at 142.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 6063 = 866.14 average over 7 days - Really big calorie burn this past week except for the day that I was sick
4th Week Goal Weight: 139.6 - (Ambitious)
4th Week Actual Weight: 143.8 - Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3563 = 509 average over 7 days
5th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Not likely with holiday eating, but going to plunk in this number until I hit it. Turned out that Turkey dinners carefully portioned actually lost me weight this week.
5th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 - Started the week at 143.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 4496 = 642 average over 7 days.
6th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
6th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 145.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 986 - Even 1150 eating days didn't give me much excess because of low exercise during my sore ankle and subsequent steroid injection into it.
7th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
7th Week Actual Weight: 143.6 Started the week at 144.2. I had Ribs, and may have them one more time during this 100
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2762, 394.7 average over 7 days, I know that this needs to be higher to lose weight. Ankle is getting there, so hopefully soon I can get back to it.
8th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
8th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 143.8
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2983 = 426.14 - a little closer to my goal of 500 per day averaged out over the week.
9th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
9th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3791, which works out to an average of 541.57 over 7 days. First time that I have hit my goal of 500+ per week in quite a while, and it shows on the scale!
10th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
10th Week Actual Weight: 143.2 Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green): 1921 - 320.16 average over 6 days - not enough
11th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
11th Week Actual Weight: 143.4 - Started the week at 144.8, not good, topped out at 146.0!
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3783 = 540 average over 7 days
12th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
12th Week Actual Weight: 143.0 - Started the week at 143.6, topped out at 146.2 - my highest weight in 2 years
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3459 = 494.14 average over 7 days, close to my 500 goal
Day 84 – 2/18 - 143.2 - Well, I did have wings last night, but not too many. Going out tonight to dinner and a comedy show, I will order a salad with grilled chicken and drink club soda. After the show could be a different story because I know that I will be hungry (really never hungry during the day, only at night).
Day 85 – 2/19 - 144.8 - Extremely late eating. The restaurant/lounge where the comedy took place did not have their usual menu, only deep fried appetizers were on offer. Had I known that I would have eaten something before I went. I wasn't interested in deep fried cheese or things of that nature. I was far too hungry when I finally got home.
Day 86 – 2/20
Day 87 – 2/21
Day 88 – 2/22
Day 89 – 2/23
Day 90 – 2/24
13th Week Goal Weight: Start weight, since there is only 10 days left, 142.2 or less
13th Week Actual Weight: Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green):
Start weight of the 100: 142.2
Goal 132.22 -
@39flavours , @deepwoodslady , @dawnbgethealthy
Thank you for the condolence messages. It's been a rough week. Our pets really do become part of the family. Tommy would have been 12 in April. I appreciate your kind words. ❤️2 -
I’m Teri
Age 59, Height 5’4”
Jumping in halfway into this challenge. I fell off the wagon during the last challenge.
Challenge Starting Weight: 144.6 lbs (01/14)
Challenge Goal Weight: 137.6 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-133 lbs
Challenge Ending Weight:
Total Weight Loss for Challenge:
Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 144.6
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 143.8
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 143.9
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 145.6 - Up two pounds. Maybe due to a high sodium dinner last night? Also had 1 glass of red wine, although I'm not sure if that was a contributing factor in my weight increase.
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 144
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 143.3
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 143.8
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 143.6 - Stayed on track with my meals yesterday and got a workout in. No change in weight for 3 days.
Day 58: Sun, 1/22: 143.8 - 4th day no change in weight. I did have potato chips and a McDouble from McDonald's yesterday, so I guess I should be happy my weight didn't go up.
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 144.2
Day 60: Tues, 1/24: 143.1
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: 143.1 - Lost only 1.5 lbs in 11 days. I've always been a slow loser, but it can feel discouraging at times.
Day 62: Thurs 1/26: 143.1
Day 63: Fri 1/27: 145.2 - Paying the price in weight for last night's wonderful dinner with friends!
Day 64: Sat 1/28: DNW - Rice included with dinner. 2nd day with extra carbs.
Day 65: Sun 1/29: DNW - Rice with lunch and pasta for dinner. Not good.
Day 66: Mon 1/30: 145.3 - Need to reel back on the carbs!
Day 67: Tues 1/31: 142.3 - This weigh-in was on a scale at the doctor's office. I should have weighed on the scale at home too, so I could compare. Anyway, just found out my cholesterol levels are high! Not good.
Day 68: Wed 2/1: 145.4 - Today is a new day. Need to figure out a plan to bring my cholesterol levels down. I don't want to be on medication for it.
Day 69: Thurs 2/2: 145.3
Day 70: Fri 2/3: 143.4 - Just added intermittent fasting (16:8) to what I hope will be a consistent routine for me. Day 1 was yesterday. Also got a work-out in!
Day 71: Sat 2/4: 142.6 - IF yesterday (17:7). Ate whole foods, avoided bad carbs and sugar, and got a work out in. A good day!
Day 72: Sun 2/5: 144.1 - Not sure why the gain. Oh well, just need to keep pushing thru.
Day 73: Mon 2/6: 144.1 - No change in weight. 5th day on IF (which I started in order to control my eating) and low carb. Hard not to get discouraged but I won't give up.
Day 74: Tues 2/7: 142.9 - Finally a change for the better! I probably ate a little too much last night, but tried to stay within the low carb/whole food realm.
Day 75: Wed 2/8: 142.5 - IF yesterday (17:7). Whole foods and a workout.
Day 76: Thurs 2/9: 142.0 - Finally, I feel like I see a number worth feeling good about. Took me 9 days (since I started intermittent fasting to control my eating) to lose 3.4 lbs! Always been a slow loser. My motto: Keep Going!
Day 77: Fri 2/10: 142.8 - Caved and had white rice with dinner last night. And of course, corn chips with lunch. Wonder if those were the culprits of the .8oz spike? No workout either.
Day 78: Sat 2/11: 142.5 - Lunch out with friends. Enjoyed every bite
Day 79: Sun 2/12: DNW - Super Bowl Sunday. Enough said.
Day 80: Mon 2/13: 144.2 - Hoping to get back on track today.
Day 81: Tues 2/14: 143.7 - I suspect (hope) this is still water weight from the past 4-5 days of too many carbs.
Day 82: Wed 2/15: DNW - Got a work out in. Ate lunch and nothing else for the rest of the day. We had to unexpectedly put our beloved dog down. No appetite for the rest of the evening.
Day 83: Thurs 2/16: 142.8
Day 84: Fri 2/17: DNW
Day 85: Sat 2/18: DNW
Day 86: Sun 2/19: DNW - Lots of emotional eating since Thursday and didn't want to see the numbers on the scale, so no weigh-ins since then. I regret giving in to poor food choices. But tomorrow's a new day and I vow to get back on track which means intermittent fasting (to control my eating) and clean eating (low carb, no processed stuff).3 -
101 Days of Weighing In ^^^^^ Nov 26, 2022 Starting Date
My Name is Donna, Age 62. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
My mini-challenge is to lose 10 pounds by Easter 2023. I started my efforts on Dec. 10th weighing 198.4. My wish is to weigh 188.4 by Easter April 9th, 2023. That gives me about 4 months to lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy but, trust me, it won’t be. Especially when outside exercise is so limited for me this slippery time of year!
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
Goal This Round: 181.2
Starting Weight (from End of Last Challenge): : 196.2
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.Day 01-11/26-196.6-(Trend weight 198.1) My day one starts immediately on the day following the final day of the last challenge. It will end on March 6th with everyone else but that will make it 101 days for me.
Day 02-11/27-197.6-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 03-11/28-196.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 04-11/29-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 05-11/30-196.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 06-12/01-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 07-12/02-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lb GAIN
Day 08-12/03-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 09-12/04-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 10-12/05-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 11-12/06-199.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 12-12/07-198.0-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 13-12/08-196.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 14-12/09-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: +0.6 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: +2.2 lb GAIN
Day 15-12/10-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 16-12/11-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 17-12/12-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 18-12/13-198.4-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 19-12/14-198.8-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 20-12/15-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 21-12/16-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.0 lb GAIN
Day 22-12/17-198.6-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 23-12/18-199.0-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 24-12/19-197.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 25-12/20-198.6-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 26-12/21-199.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 27-12/22-197.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 28-12/23-199.2-(Trend weight 198.4)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 1 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3 lb GAIN
Day 29-12/24-198.6-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 30-12/25-199.6-(Trend weight 198.5)
Day 31-12/26-200.6-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 32-12/27-200.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
Day 33-12/28-200.6-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 34-12/29-199.0-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 35-12/30-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.8 lb GAIN
Day 36-12/31-199.8-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 37-01/01-199.2-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 38-01/02-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-01/03-199.8-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 40-01/04-198.8-(Trend weight 193.3)
Day 41-01/05-199.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 42-01/06-198.4-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 lb GAIN
Day 43-01/07-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 44-01/08-200.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 45-01/09-200.0-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 46-01/10-200.4-(Trend weight 199.5)
Day 47-01/11-198.6-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 48-01/12-198.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 49-01/13-195.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.6 lbs LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.4 lbs. LOST
Day 50-01/14-197.2-(Trend weight 198.8)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 1.0 lb GAIN
Day 51-01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 52-01/16-198.8-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 53-01/17-197.8-(Trend weight 198.6)
Day 54-01/18-196.0-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 55-01/19-196.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 56-01/20-196.8-(Trend weight 198.0)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 GAIN
Day 57-01/21-196.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 58-01/22-197.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 59-01/23-198.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 60-01/24-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 61-01/25-197.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 62-01/26-196.8-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 63-01/27-196.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 LOSS
Day 64-01/28-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 65-01/29-195.6-(Trend weight 197.5)
Day 66-01/30-194.8-(Trend weight 197.2)
Day 67-01/31-194.8-(Trend weight 197.0)
Day 68-02/01-194.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 69-02/02-196.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 70-02/03-197.8-(Trend weight 196.8)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.8 lbs. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lbs. GAIN
Day 71-02/04-196.4-(Trend weight 196.8)
Day 72-02/05-195.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 73-02/06-195.6-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 74-02/07-196.6-(Trend weight 196.6)
Day 75-02/08-195.8-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 76-02/09-194.4-(Trend weight 196.3)
Day 77-02/10-193.6-(Trend weight 196.0)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 4.2 lbs. LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs. LOST
Day 78-02/11-193.0-(Trend weight 195.7)
Day 79-02/12-193.6-(Trend weight 195.5)
Day 80-02/13-192.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 81-02/14-193.8-(Trend weight 195.0)
Day 82-02/15-194.0-(Trend weight 194.9)
Day 83-02/16-194.0-(Trend weight 194.8)
Day 84-02/17-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.2 lbs. GAINED
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 lbs. GAINED
Day 85-02/18-196.8-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 86-02/19-195.2-(Trend weight 195.2) Because I am keeping calories at 1400 or lower, I do think I can lose weight, even with my new dietary restrictions. It won’t be as fast or as dramatic as the lower carb version of my calorie in-calorie out attempts. What I’m really watching is how this will affect my blood sugars. BTW, when I told the dietician it is hard to fit in 3 or more meals per day because I don’t like eating early in the morning, so I use that time to link to my sleep time and practice a bit of Intermittent Fasting, she absolutely thought I was trying to commit suicide! She said that going without food for any length of time puts my body in a starvation mode that is counter-productive to weight loss and dangerous for my T2D. I told her that I am living proof it has HELPED with weight loss and I don’t believe in eating when I’m not hungry. She thinks my whole glucose instability and problems are due to my “bad habits and practices” such as IF. She really turned my whole world upside down. I’m sorry, but I’m not eating when I’m not hungry. My body is not stupid and there are hormones in place that will let me know when it’s time to eat! I am willing to try anything she says due to her success with other patients, but I’m going to use a little common sense here. Yesterday I went one calorie over goal (1401) and was only able to reach 117 carbs (she wants 190-250). I tweaked the menus all day but couldn’t reach anything higher without going way over calorie goal which would have caused a weight gain. I realize that if I had added more low calorie veggies I would have had much higher carb counts but that is not how I can eat. Clearly this is not going to be effective for someone like me but I’ll keep adding whole wheat for grains, what veggies I CAN tolerate and applesauce. Sorry for another rant.
Day 87-02/20-194.0-(Trend weight 195.1) So the weight is going back down since my little hissy-fit binge the other day. I attribute that to my 1400 calorie plan that I’ve been using for months now. However, my blood sugars have SHOT WAY up since I started the dietician’s carb increase plan. This is EXACTLY what I expected! I know it’s only been a couple of days, but with blood sugars it only takes moments to know if it was okay for you, not days. Starting today, I will go back on my own plan of 1400 calories and 90g of carbs which I consider very generous, but very effective for glucose control. My last glucose reading before I started the dietician’s plan had been 134 proving my plan was really working for me. The last couple of days have been 275 or higher which is more than double! I’m in the midst of trying to prove to the endo that I don’t need insulin. The dietician’s plan would put me poking myself every single day! No more of this nonsense! I will continue to choose wisely and choose low glycemic foods when possible. But I will not go that high on the carbs. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to dietary matters.
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I’m Teri
Age 59, Height 5’4”
Jumping in halfway into this challenge. I fell off the wagon during the last challenge.
Challenge Starting Weight: 144.6 lbs (01/14)
Challenge Goal Weight: 137.6 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-133 lbs
Challenge Ending Weight:
Total Weight Loss for Challenge:
Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 144.6
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 143.8
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 143.9
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 145.6 - Up two pounds. Maybe due to a high sodium dinner last night? Also had 1 glass of red wine, although I'm not sure if that was a contributing factor in my weight increase.
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 144
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 143.3
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 143.8
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 143.6 - Stayed on track with my meals yesterday and got a workout in. No change in weight for 3 days.
Day 58: Sun, 1/22: 143.8 - 4th day no change in weight. I did have potato chips and a McDouble from McDonald's yesterday, so I guess I should be happy my weight didn't go up.
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 144.2
Day 60: Tues, 1/24: 143.1
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: 143.1 - Lost only 1.5 lbs in 11 days. I've always been a slow loser, but it can feel discouraging at times.
Day 62: Thurs 1/26: 143.1
Day 63: Fri 1/27: 145.2 - Paying the price in weight for last night's wonderful dinner with friends!
Day 64: Sat 1/28: DNW - Rice included with dinner. 2nd day with extra carbs.
Day 65: Sun 1/29: DNW - Rice with lunch and pasta for dinner. Not good.
Day 66: Mon 1/30: 145.3 - Need to reel back on the carbs!
Day 67: Tues 1/31: 142.3 - This weigh-in was on a scale at the doctor's office. I should have weighed on the scale at home too, so I could compare. Anyway, just found out my cholesterol levels are high! Not good.
Day 68: Wed 2/1: 145.4 - Today is a new day. Need to figure out a plan to bring my cholesterol levels down. I don't want to be on medication for it.
Day 69: Thurs 2/2: 145.3
Day 70: Fri 2/3: 143.4 - Just added intermittent fasting (16:8) to what I hope will be a consistent routine for me. Day 1 was yesterday. Also got a work-out in!
Day 71: Sat 2/4: 142.6 - IF yesterday (17:7). Ate whole foods, avoided bad carbs and sugar, and got a work out in. A good day!
Day 72: Sun 2/5: 144.1 - Not sure why the gain. Oh well, just need to keep pushing thru.
Day 73: Mon 2/6: 144.1 - No change in weight. 5th day on IF (which I started in order to control my eating) and low carb. Hard not to get discouraged but I won't give up.
Day 74: Tues 2/7: 142.9 - Finally a change for the better! I probably ate a little too much last night, but tried to stay within the low carb/whole food realm.
Day 75: Wed 2/8: 142.5 - IF yesterday (17:7). Whole foods and a workout.
Day 76: Thurs 2/9: 142.0 - Finally, I feel like I see a number worth feeling good about. Took me 9 days (since I started intermittent fasting to control my eating) to lose 3.4 lbs! Always been a slow loser. My motto: Keep Going!
Day 77: Fri 2/10: 142.8 - Caved and had white rice with dinner last night. And of course, corn chips with lunch. Wonder if those were the culprits of the .8oz spike? No workout either.
Day 78: Sat 2/11: 142.5 - Lunch out with friends. Enjoyed every bite
Day 79: Sun 2/12: DNW - Super Bowl Sunday. Enough said.
Day 80: Mon 2/13: 144.2 - Hoping to get back on track today.
Day 81: Tues 2/14: 143.7 - I suspect (hope) this is still water weight from the past 4-5 days of too many carbs.
Day 82: Wed 2/15: DNW - Got a work out in. Ate lunch and nothing else for the rest of the day. We had to unexpectedly put our beloved dog down. No appetite for the rest of the evening.
Day 83: Thurs 2/16: 142.8
Day 84: Fri 2/17: DNW
Day 85: Sat 2/18: DNW
Day 86: Sun 2/19: DNW - Lots of emotional eating since Thursday and didn't want to see the numbers on the scale, so no weigh-ins since then. I regret giving in to poor food choices. But tomorrow's a new day and I vow to get back on track which means intermittent fasting (to control my eating) and clean eating (low carb, no processed stuff).
Day 87: Mon 2/20: 142.7 - Very surprised I didn't gain a pound or two after going off-track with my eating habits the past 3-4 days. Maybe it'll show up on the scale tomorrow? I did get a work-out in last night after a high carb day. Anyway, today I re-start my IF and whole foods regimen.3 -
@deepwoodslady
I whole heartedly agree that it is different for everybody, and what works for one person does not work for all.
I am a really picky eater, and I am not interested in giving up many things. I for sure have cut way back, and I really try not to put garbage into my body for the most part.
You had been doing very very well. I am relieved to hear that you are going to abandon the extra high carb things. I read that the recommended is 130g of carbs per day if not trying to lose weight. 45% to 65% of the daily intake. 65% of 1400 calories per day would be around 91g. Protein slows down carb spikes. Weird that she has you cutting back on protein.0 -
Mini challenge by Donna, December 10-April 9th
December 10th weight: 143.2 (but I was 141.8 the following day so I might use that)
1st Week Goal Weight - 139.9
1st Week Actual Weight - 141.2 Started the week at 142.2
Excess calories burned (in the green): 4738 - average over 7 days 834
2nd Week Goal Weight - 141.0
2nd Week Actual Weight - 142.2 - Started the week at 143.0
Excess calories burned (in the green): Forgot to add this earlier - 4948 = 706.85 average over 7 days.
3rd Week Goal Weight: 139.4 - (Ambitious)
3rd Week Actual Weight: 144.2 - Somehow put on 3 pounds while down sick for 1 day! Started the week at 142.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 6063 = 866.14 average over 7 days - Really big calorie burn this past week except for the day that I was sick
4th Week Goal Weight: 139.6 - (Ambitious)
4th Week Actual Weight: 143.8 - Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3563 = 509 average over 7 days
5th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Not likely with holiday eating, but going to plunk in this number until I hit it. Turned out that Turkey dinners carefully portioned actually lost me weight this week.
5th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 - Started the week at 143.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 4496 = 642 average over 7 days.
6th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
6th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 145.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 986 - Even 1150 eating days didn't give me much excess because of low exercise during my sore ankle and subsequent steroid injection into it.
7th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
7th Week Actual Weight: 143.6 Started the week at 144.2. I had Ribs, and may have them one more time during this 100
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2762, 394.7 average over 7 days, I know that this needs to be higher to lose weight. Ankle is getting there, so hopefully soon I can get back to it.
8th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
8th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 143.8
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2983 = 426.14 - a little closer to my goal of 500 per day averaged out over the week.
9th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
9th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3791, which works out to an average of 541.57 over 7 days. First time that I have hit my goal of 500+ per week in quite a while, and it shows on the scale!
10th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
10th Week Actual Weight: 143.2 Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green): 1921 - 320.16 average over 6 days - not enough
11th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
11th Week Actual Weight: 143.4 - Started the week at 144.8, not good, topped out at 146.0!
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3783 = 540 average over 7 days
12th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
12th Week Actual Weight: 143.0 - Started the week at 143.6, topped out at 146.2 - my highest weight in 2 years
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3459 = 494.14 average over 7 days, close to my 500 goal
Day 84 – 2/18 - 143.2 - Well, I did have wings last night, but not too many. Going out tonight to dinner and a comedy show, I will order a salad with grilled chicken and drink club soda. After the show could be a different story because I know that I will be hungry (really never hungry during the day, only at night).
Day 85 – 2/19 - 144.8 - Extremely late eating. The restaurant/lounge where the comedy took place did not have their usual menu, only deep fried appetizers were on offer. Had I known that I would have eaten something before I went. I wasn't interested in deep fried cheese or things of that nature. I was far too hungry when I finally got home.
Day 86 – 2/20 - 146.0 - Hopefully just a blip. Good healthy dinner last night and I have the other half of it for tonight. Work was dead, so I got in a whole bunch of Fitness Marshall songs today : - )
Day 87 – 2/21
Day 88 – 2/22
Day 89 – 2/23
Day 90 – 2/24
13th Week Goal Weight: Start weight, since there is only 10 days left, 142.2 or less
13th Week Actual Weight: Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green):
Start weight of the 100: 142.2
Goal 132.22 -
I want to see how much I can lose, starting off with something relatively easy, 50 grams a day. Each 20 day block I want to increase the amount I lose each day. Goal day is calculated using 7 day averages most recently and a month ago.
Day 01 27-Nov 88.2 kg, goal day in 715 days, so I overate, but that's alright because I always overeat the day I restart my weight loss
Day 02 28-Nov 88.5, goal day in 780 days, I overate again, I guess this is why my weight loss is very slow
Day 03 29-Nov 88.2, goal day in 650 days, I ate too much unfortunately
Day 04 30-Nov 88.1, goal day in 630 days, I didn't overeat, but I think I didn't eat below maintenance
Day 05 1-Dec 87.6, goal day in 660 days
I was doing well throughout the day then I bought a large bag of chips unexpectedly
Day 06 2-Dec 88.7 goal day in 850 days, and I bought sausage and chips in the evening, I guess I should have predicted that, rather than overeating. I will see if I can eat below maintenance everyday until I can get back on track
Day 07 3-Dec 89.0, goal day in 1070 days, I ate under maintenance and didn't have any salt
Day 08 4-Dec 88.1, goal weight in 1270 days
Day 09 5-Dec 87.9 I have decided to put my weight loss on hold because I am moving overseas and I'm too busy
Day 10 6-Dec 87.5
Day 11 7-Dec DNW no access to scale in the morning
Day 12 8-Dec DNW
Day 13 9-Dec DNW
Day 14 10-Dec 88.5
Day 15 11-Dec 88.4
Day 16 12-Dec 88.7 still putting weight loss on hold for the moment
Day 17 13-Dec 87.7
Day 18 14-Dec 88.0
Day 19 15-Dec DNW
Day 20 16-Dec 88.3
Day 21 17-Dec 88.1 So I'm in Singapore briefly right now and the obesity rate is 9% compared to New Zealand's 35%. It's quite a noticeable difference. It's a constant reminder that if I am ever to achieve my goals I'm going to have to start today. So I'm going to aim for a 3 grams per day trendline reduction on my weights spreadsheet graph today. Tomorrow will be 6 grams a day etc etc. Currently it's 4.6 grams per day although that number will jiggle up and down a lot which is fine.
Day 22 18-Dec DNW
Day 23 19-Dec DNW
Day 24 20-Dec 87.4
Day 25 21-Dec 87.1
Day 26 22-Dec 88.0 So I'm relatively settled here in the Philippines and finally living with my girlfriend. My spreadsheet trendline is dropping by 41 grams a day which I'm happy about. It's my first time I've had a girlfriend who is slimmer than me (together longer than 6 weeks) so I'm going to try and use that to help lose weight
--update--
So we shifted hotels and I only ate apples and crackers today, not a good menu plan, hopefully we get into a proper food buying routine soon
Day 27 23-Dec 88.5 trendline 29 g/day which is good
Day 28 24-Dec 88.5 I had some sugary food today, which means that I went about 5-6 days without sugar, a huge achievement for me. My weight loss is happening, but it's quite slow, Christmas day is tomorrow and I expect to gain a bit then. So things are happening slowly
Day 29 25-Dec 87.7 trendline 22 g/day which is okay
Christmas Day saw me eating a lot of cake (plus some chickpeas surprisingly) and not much else. I guess I gained weight today. That's fine, thankfully Christmas comes only once a year. I want to speed up my weight loss, let's see if I can do that.
Day 30 26-Dec 86.9 New Low trendline 32 g/day which is good
I'm having trouble figuring out what to eat here, it's hard to get quality food without walking a while, I guess I'm used to driving to the supermarket, now I don't have a car. I didn't expect to have such simple problems causing me to slow down my weight loss.
Day 31 27-Dec 87.9 trendline 23 g/day which is slow
Another day of not so good control of what I'm eating, it's hard to figure out how much to eat/how much hunger to tolerate when you're eating food you're not used to. I guess I just need to keep trying until I'm successful, rather than "taking a break" as I have done in the past.
Day 32 28-Dec 87.5 trendline 26 g/day which is slow
I'm guessing that my eating today is lower than previously, it's hard to tell though, unfortunately now that I'm not tracking my intake it's harder to tell what's going on
Day 33 29-Dec 87.5 trendline 28 g/day which is slow, body measurements 810 cm
Day 34 30-Dec 87.5
Day 35 31-Dec 87.1
Day 36 1-Jan 87.7
Day 37 2-Jan 87.9
Day 38 DNW
Day 39 4-Jan 87.7
Day 40 5-Jan 87.7
Day 41 6-Jan 87.6 So I'm paused in my weight loss, we moved into our new home and without a fridge freezer yet, we're doing a daily shop which is of course not good for weight loss. I don't want to jinx it but I had a sugar fest before the turn of the year, a packet of M&Ms 2 minutes before midnight and now I'm doing well, still sugar free. From today onwards I'll ask whether I have lost weight, hopefully the answers are mostly 'yes'.
--update-
Today I managed to keep control of my eating, it's hard because I have tracked my intake on an app for so long that I need to learn the skill of eating less (without eating too little).
Day 42 7-Jan 86.9 lowest weight in 12 days so my controlled eating went well
I guess I ate more than yesterday, so did I eat under maintenance? Maybe.
Day 43 8-Jan 87.3 I controlled my eating reasonably well which probably resulted in...
Day 44 9-Jan 86.7 New Low, lowest weight in 1017 days, Did I eat under maintenance? Maybe
Day 45 10-Jan 86.6 New Low, lowest weight in 1019 days
Did I eat under maintenance? Again maybe. I'm really losing weight right now but I get the feeling that my weight is going down simply because there's less food in my system. I haven't been too hungry.
Day 46 11-Jan 86.1 New Low, lowest weight in 1024 day
Day 47 12-Jan 86.4
Day 48 13-Jan 86.3
Day 49 14-Jan 86.1
Day 50 15-Jan 86.6
Day 51 16-Jan 86.5
Day 52 17-Jan 86.7
Day 53 18-Jan 86.7
Day 54 19-Jan 87.0
Day 55 20-Jan 87.1
Day 56 21-Jan 87.0
Day 57 22-Jan 86.9
Day 58 23-Jan 86.0 New Low
Day 59 24-Jan 86.0
Day 60 25-Jan 86.7 Well, I've kind of stopped losing weight recently, as indicated by the lack of comments. Anyway, back on the horse, today I start losing weight again. My current 20 day weight loss rate is 8 grams a day
Day 61 26-Jan 86.8
Day 62 27-Jan 86.4
Day 63 28-Jan 86.0
Day 64 29-Jan 86.7
Day 65 30-Jan 87.0
Day 66 31-Jan 87.1
Day 67 1-Feb 87.2
Day 68 2-Feb 86.7
Day 69 3-Feb 85.7 New Low
Day 70 4-Feb 85.6 New Low
Day 70 5-Feb 86.2
Day 71 6-Feb DNW
Day 72 7-Feb 86.8
Day 73 8-Feb 86.2
Day 74 9-Feb 86.5 Well I had one of those moments in the middle of the night, when I start planning my weight loss. Here's my plan: 50 grams a day for a while. Can I do it? Maybe. Should I try? Definitely. I've been definitely cruising since being in the Philippines, I really need to speed things up. I want to post in the evening saying how my day's been.
evening update - well I splurged today, because I have (re)started my Cebuano language study and I wanted to celebrate with food
Day 75 10-Feb 86.5 We went out in the evening unexpectedly, which meant that I ate too much unfortunately, current rate loss 0 grams per day
Day 76 11-Feb 86.5 So I had a bit of a sugar fest in celebration of something, but I'm pleased to say that I'm actually losing weight (too early to give a useful number of grams per day)
Day 77 12-Feb 86.0 I really ate lower than maintenance, my weight is starting to react
Day 78 13-Feb 85.3 New Low my body is starting to empty out a bit, so I'm losing weight quite fast right now
Day 79 14-Feb 86.4 I had a bit of a splurge which will be visible in the next few days or so. Thankfully Valentine's day only comes once a year
Day 80 15-Feb 86.7 My weight loss has dropped to 18 grams a day, well below the 50 grams a day I want to achieve. Let's see if I can get a higher number tomorrow
Day 81 16-Feb 86.6 Well my weight is headed in the wrong direction, my spreadsheet trendline is increasing, it's not really a big deal right now, but it could turn serious at any moment
Day 83 17-Feb 86.5 I've come to realise that having a birthday and Valentine's day in the same week is going to temporarily derail my weight loss. That's fine, so I'll just maintain until they've been and gone, and then head for 50 grams a day again.
Day 84 18-Feb 86.6
Day 85 19-Feb 86.7
Day 86 20-Feb 86.6
Day 87 21-Feb 86.8 I have pleasure in announcing that the Valentine's and birthday week is over! It's time to get back to losing weight. I'll aim for 50 grams a day as always.3 -
Thank you, @threewins !
I'm in!
72 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.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 145.0
UGW: 132.2
Day 01 - 11/27 - 149.0 at 7:45 a.m. ...total rest day!!
Day 02 - 11/28 - 150.8 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 03 - 11/29 - 152.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...6.16 miles in 113 mins
Day 04 - 11/30 - 152.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 05 - 12/01 - 148.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...it rained here in northern California!! No walking for me!
Day 06 - 12/02 - 151.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 07 - 12/03 - 151.0 at 7:55 a.m. ...rain and rain and rain...
1st Week Goal Weight - any loss
1st Week Actual Weight - +2.0
Day 08 - 12/04 - 153.9 at 7:50 a.m. ...6.22 miles in 106 mins
Day 09 - 12/05 - 153.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 10 - 12/06 - 153.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...7.36 miles in 134 mins
Day 11 - 12/07 - 153.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 12 - 12/08 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...new Grandson duty! No walking for me.
Day 13 - 12/09 - 155.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 14 - 12/10 - 153.5 at 8:15 a.m. ...rain and wind made it my rest day!
2nd Week Goal Weight - any loss
2nd Week Actual Weight - -.4
Day 15 - 12/11 - 154.3 at 8:00 a.m. ...7.21 miles in 130 mins...wind was soooo cold!!
Day 16 - 12/12 - 152.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 17 - 12/13 - 153.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...6.31 miles in 113 mins...sooo cold!!
Day 18 - 12/14 - 151.9 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 19 - 12/15 - 152.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson duty
Day 20 - 12/16 - 152.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson duty
Day 21 - 12/17 - 153.5 at 7:45 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer and 6.11 miles in 105 mins
3rd Week Goal Weight - any loss
3rd Week Actual Weight - -.8
Day 22 – 12/18 - 152.0 at 8:30 a.m. ...cold, foggy and FREEZING here in northern California. I miss summer!
Day 23 – 12/19 - 155.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 24 – 12/20 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Anniversary dinner w/daughter, SIL and our two Grandsons
Day 25 – 12/21 - 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 26 – 12/22 - 155.5 at 7:30 a.m. ...Grandbaby duties
Day 27 – 12/23 - 154.8 at 6:30 a.m. ...6.33 miles in 111 mins
Day 28 – 12/24 - 152.8 at 8:00 a.m. ...5.59 miles in 97 mins
4th Week Goal Weight - any loss
4th Week Actual Weight - -2.2 pounds...hahahah! maybe...
Day 29 – 12/25 – 151.8 at 8:20 a.m. ...Christmas Day
Day 30 – 12/26 – 154.0 at 9:20 a.m. ...5.09 miles in 89 mins
Day 31 – 12/27 – 153.5 at 6:30 a.m. ...rain...rain...rain...
Day 32 – 12/28 – 153.8 at 6:30 a.m. ...7.31 miles in 137 mins
Day 34 – 12/29 – 152.1 at 7:30 a.m. ...nothing
Day 33 – 12/30 – 152.7 at 6:30 a.m. ...nothing
Day 34 - 12/31 - 153.6 at 8:20 a.m. ...nothing
5th Week Goal Weight - any loss
5th Week Actual Weight - +2.2...sigh!!
Day 35 – 01/01 - 152.9 at 8:45 a.m. ...4th day of nothing!
Day 36 – 01/02 - 155.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! We have rain here in northern California!
Day 37 – 01/03 - 153.7 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! We have rain here in northern California!
Day 38 – 01/04 - 152.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! and 7.20 miles in 144 mins
Day 39 – 01/05 - 152.3 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!
Day 40 – 01/06 - 152.0 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! and 7.01 miles in 139 mins thru the mud!!
Day 41 – 01/07 - 151.7 at 8:00 a.m. ...rest day
6th Week Goal Weight - any loss
6th Week Actual Weight - -1.2
Day 42 – 01/08 – 153.8 at 8:00 a.m. ...7.31 miles in 134 mins
Day 43 – 01/09 – 154.5 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!! Trainer sick.
Day 44 – 01/10 – 153.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!! Made soup!
Day 45 – 01/11 – 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!
Day 46 – 01/12 – 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Sunshine!! 7.28 miles in 134 mins
Day 47 – 01/13 – 155.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! Rain in Northern California!
Day 48 – 01/14 – 153.5 at 8:30 a.m. ...6.01 miles in 118 mins
7th Week Goal Weight - any loss
7th Week Actual Weight - -.3 maybe...
Day 49 – 01/15 – 152.0 at 8:00 a.m. ... rest day
Day 50 – 01/16 – 153.2 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 51 – 01/17 – 152.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.28 miles in 118 mins
Day 52 – 01/18 – 151.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 53 – 01/19 – 151.3 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.24 miles in 116 mins
Day 54 – 01/20 – 150.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 55 – 01/21 – 150.6 at 6:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...6.24 miles in 116 mins
8th Week Goal Weight - any loss
8th Week Actual Weight - -1.4
Day 56 – 01/22 – 149.0 at 7:50 a.m. ...7.24 miles in 133 mins in the freezing cold, fierce wind!!
Day 57 – 01/23 – 149.8 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 58 – 01/24 – 148.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...and rest day!!
Day 59 – 01/25 – 149.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 60 – 01/26 – 150.5 st 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...7.11 miles in 134 mins
Day 61 – 01/27 – 150.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 62 - 01/28 - 149.7 at 7:45 a.m. ...rest day!! ...family dinner
9th Week Goal Weight - any loss
9th Week Actual Weight - +.7
Day 63 - 01/29 - 151.5 at 7:50 a.m. ...rest day!!
Day 64 - 01/30 - 153.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 65 - 01/31 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 7.29 miles in 139 mins
Day 66 - 02/01 - 152.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 67 - 02/02 - 153.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 6.26 miles in 116 mins
Day 68 - 02/03 - 151.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing
Day 69 - 02/04 - 153.3 at 8:30 a.m. ...2.5 miles in 90 mins w/husband & S,P,R,C and Bean(our family)
10th Week Goal Weight - any loss
10th Week Actual Weight - +1.8
Day 70 - 02/05 - 154.2 at 7:45 a.m. ...a total ME Day!!
Day 71 - 02/06 - 152.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 72 - 02/07 - 154.3 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then put house in order for our housekeeper!
Day 73 - 02/08 - 154.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 74 - 02/09 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 5.82 miles in 113 mins
Day 75 - 02/10 - 153.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 76 - 02/11 - 153.3 at 8:30 a.m. ...7.41 miles in 141 mins
11th Week Goal Weight - any loss
11th Week Actual Weight - -.9
Day 77 - 02/12 - 153.4 at 8:15 a.m. ...6.35 miles in 120 mins the Super Bowl party w/family
Day 78 - 02/13 - 154.1 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...60 min workout w/trainer
Day 79 - 02/14 - 154.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...then nothing!!
Day 80 - 02/15 - 154.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 6.32 miles in 122 mins
Day 81 - 02/16 - 155.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!!...then nothing!!
Day 82 - 02/17 - 154.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty!! then 7.05 miles in 134 mins
Day 83 - 02/18 - 153.2 at 7:30 a.m. ...worked on taxes
12th Week Goal Weight - any loss
12th Week Actual Weight - -.2
Day 84 - 02/19 - 155.3 at 8:00 a.m. ...5.73 miles in 111 mins
Day 85 - 02/20 -
Day 86 - 02/21 -
Day 87 - 02/22 -
Day 88 - 02/23 -
Day 89 - 02/24 -
Day 90 - 02/25 -
13th Week Goal Weight - any loss
13th Week Actual Weight -
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dawnbgethealthy wrote: »@deepwoodslady
I whole heartedly agree that it is different for everybody, and what works for one person does not work for all.
I am a really picky eater, and I am not interested in giving up many things. I for sure have cut way back, and I really try not to put garbage into my body for the most part.
You had been doing very very well. I am relieved to hear that you are going to abandon the extra high carb things. I read that the recommended is 130g of carbs per day if not trying to lose weight. 45% to 65% of the daily intake. 65% of 1400 calories per day would be around 91g. Protein slows down carb spikes. Weird that she has you cutting back on protein.
@dawnbgethealthy She wants me to cut down on protein because of the kidneys being a weak spot for diabetics. I understand that, but I also understand I need to protect muscle, so I think a balance of the two ideas is in order. She wants me to cut down on fat because of the heart/cholesterol which I also understand. But both of these macros have importance in the body so I was hoping to get a better idea with her than what I did. When eating carbs, both protein or fat eaten with the carb can slow down the glucose when entering the system and prevent spikes. An example: 1/2 a turkey sandwich would offer bread (carb) with some protein (chicken). Salad (carb) with Italian dressing (fat) would slow it down too. I did glean some useful info like that from her. I only disagree with the amount of carbs she expected. I was going for 90 and staying pretty close to that before I saw her. My plan is to choose lean proteins or healthy fats (olive oil, nuts, seeds etc) to help my carbs enter more slowly. I was already doing that anyway.
One thing I learned while shopping after the session with her was that there are a lot more whole grain products out there these days. I wanted pita bread for my shish-kebobs (and was trying to reach that unGodly number of carbs at the time), and I learned they come in 100% whole wheat. English muffins also come in 100% whole wheat. I also got whole wheat sandwich thins for tuna or chicken sandwiches. I really thought it was basically only available in loaf bread. I guess I just got complacent and just always grab for my go-to's. So I have learned that. I also learned that Olive Oil is for cooking, and extra virgin Olive Oil is for raw, like topping salads and such. Due to heat. News to me!
I've had a good day back on my own plan, even with my traveling today for rehab. 1400 calories and 90 carbs. I'm going to go change my goals in MFP when I am done online and then document my food. I will likely also pre-log for tomorrow. I can't wait to see what my fasting sugars are in the morning! Thanks for the tip on low glycemic potatoes. My backyard is SERIOUSLY a haven for wildlife. I feed all the squirrels, birds, deer, rabbits, raccoons and chipmunks (though the chipmunks are pain in the butt). However, my oldest daughter (about 10 miles away) plants a very large garden every year. Perhaps I can get her to grow them for me!1 -
Mini challenge by Donna, December 10-April 9th
December 10th weight: 143.2 (but I was 141.8 the following day so I might use that)
1st Week Goal Weight - 139.9
1st Week Actual Weight - 141.2 Started the week at 142.2
Excess calories burned (in the green): 4738 - average over 7 days 834
2nd Week Goal Weight - 141.0
2nd Week Actual Weight - 142.2 - Started the week at 143.0
Excess calories burned (in the green): Forgot to add this earlier - 4948 = 706.85 average over 7 days.
3rd Week Goal Weight: 139.4 - (Ambitious)
3rd Week Actual Weight: 144.2 - Somehow put on 3 pounds while down sick for 1 day! Started the week at 142.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 6063 = 866.14 average over 7 days - Really big calorie burn this past week except for the day that I was sick
4th Week Goal Weight: 139.6 - (Ambitious)
4th Week Actual Weight: 143.8 - Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3563 = 509 average over 7 days
5th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Not likely with holiday eating, but going to plunk in this number until I hit it. Turned out that Turkey dinners carefully portioned actually lost me weight this week.
5th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 - Started the week at 143.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 4496 = 642 average over 7 days.
6th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
6th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 145.4
Excess calories burned (In the green): 986 - Even 1150 eating days didn't give me much excess because of low exercise during my sore ankle and subsequent steroid injection into it.
7th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
7th Week Actual Weight: 143.6 Started the week at 144.2. I had Ribs, and may have them one more time during this 100
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2762, 394.7 average over 7 days, I know that this needs to be higher to lose weight. Ankle is getting there, so hopefully soon I can get back to it.
8th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
8th Week Actual Weight: 142.8 Started the week at 143.8
Excess calories burned (In the green): 2983 = 426.14 - a little closer to my goal of 500 per day averaged out over the week.
9th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
9th Week Actual Weight: 142.6 Started the week at 143.6
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3791, which works out to an average of 541.57 over 7 days. First time that I have hit my goal of 500+ per week in quite a while, and it shows on the scale!
10th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
10th Week Actual Weight: 143.2 Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green): 1921 - 320.16 average over 6 days - not enough
11th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
11th Week Actual Weight: 143.4 - Started the week at 144.8, not good, topped out at 146.0!
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3783 = 540 average over 7 days
12th Week Goal Weight: 139.2 - Putting this number in until I hit it
12th Week Actual Weight: 143.0 - Started the week at 143.6, topped out at 146.2 - my highest weight in 2 years
Excess calories burned (In the green): 3459 = 494.14 average over 7 days, close to my 500 goal
Day 84 – 2/18 - 143.2 - Well, I did have wings last night, but not too many. Going out tonight to dinner and a comedy show, I will order a salad with grilled chicken and drink club soda. After the show could be a different story because I know that I will be hungry (really never hungry during the day, only at night).
Day 85 – 2/19 - 144.8 - Extremely late eating. The restaurant/lounge where the comedy took place did not have their usual menu, only deep fried appetizers were on offer. Had I known that I would have eaten something before I went. I wasn't interested in deep fried cheese or things of that nature. I was far too hungry when I finally got home.
Day 86 – 2/20 - 146.0 - Hopefully just a blip. Good healthy dinner last night and I have the other half of it for tonight. Work was dead, so I got in a whole bunch of Fitness Marshall songs today : - )
Day 87 – 2/21 - 146.2 - I guess that wasn't a blip. I was on point for exercise and food yet again, so I will just stick to the plan and hope to see a significant drop soon.
Day 88 – 2/22
Day 89 – 2/23
Day 90 – 2/24
13th Week Goal Weight: Start weight, since there is only 10 days left, 142.2 or less
13th Week Actual Weight: Started the week at 143.2
Excess calories burned (In the green):
Start weight of the 100: 142.2
Goal 132.22 -
101 Days of Weighing In ^^^^^ Nov 26, 2022 Starting Date
My Name is Donna, Age 62. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
My mini-challenge is to lose 10 pounds by Easter 2023. I started my efforts on Dec. 10th weighing 198.4. My wish is to weigh 188.4 by Easter April 9th, 2023. That gives me about 4 months to lose 10 pounds. Sounds easy but, trust me, it won’t be. Especially when outside exercise is so limited for me this slippery time of year!
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
Goal This Round: 181.2
Starting Weight (from End of Last Challenge): : 196.2
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.Day 01-11/26-196.6-(Trend weight 198.1) My day one starts immediately on the day following the final day of the last challenge. It will end on March 6th with everyone else but that will make it 101 days for me.
Day 02-11/27-197.6-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 03-11/28-196.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 04-11/29-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 05-11/30-196.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 06-12/01-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 07-12/02-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lb GAIN
Day 08-12/03-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 09-12/04-197.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 10-12/05-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 11-12/06-199.6-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 12-12/07-198.0-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 13-12/08-196.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 14-12/09-198.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: +0.6 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: +2.2 lb GAIN
Day 15-12/10-198.4-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 16-12/11-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 17-12/12-198.2-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 18-12/13-198.4-(Trend weight 198.0)
Day 19-12/14-198.8-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 20-12/15-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 21-12/16-198.2-(Trend weight 198.1)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.0 lb GAIN
Day 22-12/17-198.6-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 23-12/18-199.0-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 24-12/19-197.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 25-12/20-198.6-(Trend weight 198.2)
Day 26-12/21-199.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 27-12/22-197.8-(Trend weight 198.3)
Day 28-12/23-199.2-(Trend weight 198.4)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 1 lb. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3 lb GAIN
Day 29-12/24-198.6-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 30-12/25-199.6-(Trend weight 198.5)
Day 31-12/26-200.6-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 32-12/27-200.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
Day 33-12/28-200.6-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 34-12/29-199.0-(Trend weight 199.1)
Day 35-12/30-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.8 lb GAIN
Day 36-12/31-199.8-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 37-01/01-199.2-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 38-01/02-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-01/03-199.8-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 40-01/04-198.8-(Trend weight 193.3)
Day 41-01/05-199.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 42-01/06-198.4-(Trend weight 199.2)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 lb GAIN
Day 43-01/07-200.0-(Trend weight 199.2)
Day 44-01/08-200.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 45-01/09-200.0-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 46-01/10-200.4-(Trend weight 199.5)
Day 47-01/11-198.6-(Trend weight 199.4)
Day 48-01/12-198.2-(Trend weight 199.3)
Day 49-01/13-195.8-(Trend weight 198.9)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.6 lbs LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.4 lbs. LOST
Day 50-01/14-197.2-(Trend weight 198.8)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 1.0 lb GAIN
Day 51-01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 52-01/16-198.8-(Trend weight 198.7)
Day 53-01/17-197.8-(Trend weight 198.6)
Day 54-01/18-196.0-(Trend weight 198.4)
Day 55-01/19-196.0-(Trend weight 198.1)
Day 56-01/20-196.8-(Trend weight 198.0)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 GAIN
Day 57-01/21-196.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 58-01/22-197.4-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 59-01/23-198.2-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 60-01/24-197.8-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 61-01/25-197.6-(Trend weight 197.8)
Day 62-01/26-196.8-(Trend weight 197.9)
Day 63-01/27-196.0-(Trend weight 197.7)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.8 lb LOSS
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 LOSS
Day 64-01/28-197.8-(Trend weight 197.7)
Day 65-01/29-195.6-(Trend weight 197.5)
Day 66-01/30-194.8-(Trend weight 197.2)
Day 67-01/31-194.8-(Trend weight 197.0)
Day 68-02/01-194.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 69-02/02-196.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 70-02/03-197.8-(Trend weight 196.8)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.8 lbs. GAIN
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 lbs. GAIN
Day 71-02/04-196.4-(Trend weight 196.8)
Day 72-02/05-195.6-(Trend weight 196.7)
Day 73-02/06-195.6-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 74-02/07-196.6-(Trend weight 196.6)
Day 75-02/08-195.8-(Trend weight 196.5)
Day 76-02/09-194.4-(Trend weight 196.3)
Day 77-02/10-193.6-(Trend weight 196.0)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 4.2 lbs. LOST
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs. LOST
Day 78-02/11-193.0-(Trend weight 195.7)
Day 79-02/12-193.6-(Trend weight 195.5)
Day 80-02/13-192.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 81-02/14-193.8-(Trend weight 195.0)
Day 82-02/15-194.0-(Trend weight 194.9)
Day 83-02/16-194.0-(Trend weight 194.8)
Day 84-02/17-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.2 lbs. GAINED
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.6 lbs. GAINED
Day 85-02/18-196.8-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 86-02/19-195.2-(Trend weight 195.2)
Day 87-02/20-194.0-(Trend weight 195.1) So the weight is going back down since my little hissy-fit binge the other day. I attribute that to my 1400 calorie plan that I’ve been using for months now. However, my blood sugars have SHOT WAY up since I started the dietician’s carb increase plan. This is EXACTLY what I expected! I know it’s only been a couple of days, but with blood sugars it only takes moments to know if it was okay for you, not days. Starting today, I will go back on my own plan of 1400 calories and 90g of carbs which I consider very generous, but very effective for glucose control. My last glucose reading before I started the dietician’s plan had been 134 proving my plan was really working for me. The last couple of days have been 275 or higher which is more than double! I’m in the midst of trying to prove to the endo that I don’t need insulin. The dietician’s plan would put me poking myself every single day! No more of this nonsense! I will continue to choose wisely and choose low glycemic foods when possible. But I will not go that high on the carbs. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to dietary matters.
Day 88-02/21-192.4-(Trend weight 194.8) A very nice drop on the scale now that I’m back on my own plan. I’ve pre-logged my meals for the day and have my indoor exercise plan in place. My goal today is also to make sure I get in my 250 hourly steps, get my 5 flights of stairs or more in and drink my water. I am feeling pretty good today. I was supposed to have 8 dead trees cut down today (tall skinny pines) but so far there is a no call/no show by the Tree Service Company. Tomorrow we are expecting 8.5 inches of snow so they were to beat the weather. I tried their phone number and text but it is restricted and I couldn’t get thru. I had a friend try and they can’t get through either so I’m assuming the settings on their phone is off and I’ve no other way to reach them. So typical for my rural area. Lots of unreliable people in our service industries. Very frustrating! I don’t know why they are not here. Anyway, on a good note – my fasting glucose this morning was 200 even. That is down from 276. I will tweak my macros accordingly but hat is a massive improvement already!
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F41 5'4
Highest weight: 180.8lbs July 5th '21
Current weight: 163.4lbs
Challenge goal weight: 148lbs
Ultimate goal weight: Under 130lbs
Target lbs to lose: 15.4
Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 163.4
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 162.2
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 161.8
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 161.4
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 160.4
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 160.2
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 159.6
8th week goal weight: 161.0
8th week actual weight: 159.6
Challenge weight lost: 3.8
Challenge weight to go: 11.6
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 160.8
Day 58: Sun, 1/22 : 161.4
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 159.8
Day 60: Tue, 1/24: 159.6
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: DNW
Day 62: Thur, 1/26: 159.6
Day 63: Fri, 1/27: 158.6
9th week goal weight: 159.0
9th week actual weight: 158.6
Challenge weight lost: 4.8
Challenge weight to go: 10.6
Didn't think I was going to make my goal as this week's been a bit unsettled with guests over the weekend and air travel mid week but thankfully things worked out. I expect my losses to slow down now as I get into the groove and past the initial water weight whoosh.
Day 64: Sat, 1/28: 158.2
Day 65: Sun, 1/29: 158.8
Day 66: Mon, 1/30: 158.6
Day 67: Tue, 1/31: 157.6
Day 68: Wed, 2/1: 158.0
Day 69: Thur, 2/2: 157.4
Day 70: Fri, 2/3: 157.4
10th week goal weight: 157.0
10th week actual weight: 157.4
Challenge weight lost: 6
Challenge weight to go: 9.4
This week has gone by so fast! I've been feeling so fatigued lately, I don't know what's up but am thinking of making a doc appointment if it continues because I'm fed up with feeling slow and cold and down all the time. As predicted, I'm seeing my losses slow down now. I was trying to decide whether to adjust my weight loss goal for this challenge as I don't think 2lbs a week is realistic and I don't want to be demoralised by it, but I have decided to leave it as it is and see where I end up. If i lose 10lb rather than 15, that's still amazing!
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Day 71: Sat, 2/4: 157.8
Day 72: Sun, 2/5: 157.2
Day 73: Mon, 2/6: 157.8
Day 74: Tue, 2/7: 158.0
Day 74: Wed, 2/8: 157.8
Day 76: Thur, 2/9: 157.0
Day 77: Fri, 2/10: 156.8
11th week goal weight: 155.0
11th week actual weight: 156.8
Challenge weight lost: 6.6
Challenge weight to go: 8.8
It's going slowly, but at least it's going! I think that at this point I really can't chance even one treat meal or slack day per week if I want to have any hope of losing 0.5 lbs a week. Not great for socialising!
My energy levels are feeling a lot better. Probably a combination of sunny days, getting past my totm, going to the gym, cutting alcohol out entirely, partially switching back to caffeinated coffee, taking multi vitamins (I have got some vit D which I started taking yesterday along with vit B and magnesium plus a multi vit), drinking more water, and generally feeling more positive. Yay!
I'm miles away from my weekly goals that I calculated based on a 2lb per week loss, hey ho. So it's going to take me 4 times as long to get to a healthy weight? Yikes. I should get there (143lbs) by my 43rd birthday at the end of August, so long as I stick at it...
Day 78: Sat, 2/11: 154.4 Whaaaaat?! 2.4lbs lost overnight? 😁
Day 79: Sun, 2/12: 157.2 back to reality 😔😒
Day 80: Mon, 2/13: 157.0
Day 81: Tue, 2/14: 157.0
Day 82: Wed, 2/15: 155.2 🙂
Day 83: Thur, 2/16: 155.4
Day 84: Fri, 2/17: 155.0
12th week goal weight: 153.0
12th week actual weight: 155.0
Challenge weight lost: 8.4
Challenge weight to go: 7
Finally seeing some decent progress, especially in the last few days. I have been drinking much more water and have begun strength training alongside cardio in the hope of stimulating my metabolism. I had my TSH levels checked, 4.09, so just within the normal range but something to keep an eye on. Feeling hopeful for the week ahead, the longer days are lifting my spirits! Have a good weekend, everyone
Day 85: Sat, 2/18: 153.4
Day 86: Sun, 2/19: 155.6
Day 87: Mon, 2/20: 154.4
Day 88: Tue, 2/21: 153.4
Day 89: Wed, 2/22:
Day 90: Thur, 2/23:
Day 91: Fri, 2/24:
13th week goal weight: 151.0
13th week actual weight:
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I’m Teri
Age 59, Height 5’4”
Jumping in halfway into this challenge. I fell off the wagon during the last challenge.
Challenge Starting Weight: 144.6 lbs (01/14)
Challenge Goal Weight: 137.6 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-133 lbs
Challenge Ending Weight:
Total Weight Loss for Challenge:Day 50: Sat, 1/14: 144.6Day 68: Wed 2/1: 145.4 - Today is a new day. Need to figure out a plan to bring my cholesterol levels down. I don't want to be on medication for it.
Day 51: Sun, 1/15: 143.8
Day 52: Mon, 1/16: 143.9
Day 53: Tues, 1/17: 145.6 - Up two pounds. Maybe due to a high sodium dinner last night? Also had 1 glass of red wine, although I'm not sure if that was a contributing factor in my weight increase.
Day 54: Wed, 1/18: 144
Day 55: Thur, 1/19: 143.3
Day 56: Fri, 1/20: 143.8
Day 57: Sat, 1/21: 143.6 - Stayed on track with my meals yesterday and got a workout in. No change in weight for 3 days.
Day 58: Sun, 1/22: 143.8 - 4th day no change in weight. I did have potato chips and a McDouble from McDonald's yesterday, so I guess I should be happy my weight didn't go up.
Day 59: Mon, 1/23: 144.2
Day 60: Tues, 1/24: 143.1
Day 61: Wed, 1/25: 143.1 - Lost only 1.5 lbs in 11 days. I've always been a slow loser, but it can feel discouraging at times.
Day 62: Thurs 1/26: 143.1
Day 63: Fri 1/27: 145.2 - Paying the price in weight for last night's wonderful dinner with friends!
Day 64: Sat 1/28: DNW - Rice included with dinner. 2nd day with extra carbs.
Day 65: Sun 1/29: DNW - Rice with lunch and pasta for dinner. Not good.
Day 66: Mon 1/30: 145.3 - Need to reel back on the carbs!
Day 67: Tues 1/31: 142.3 - This weigh-in was on a scale at the doctor's office. I should have weighed on the scale at home too, so I could compare. Anyway, just found out my cholesterol levels are high! Not good.
Day 69: Thurs 2/2: 145.3
Day 70: Fri 2/3: 143.4 - Just added intermittent fasting (16:8) to what I hope will be a consistent routine for me. Day 1 was yesterday. Also got a work-out in!
Day 71: Sat 2/4: 142.6 - IF yesterday (17:7). Ate whole foods, avoided bad carbs and sugar, and got a work out in. A good day!
Day 72: Sun 2/5: 144.1 - Not sure why the gain. Oh well, just need to keep pushing thru.
Day 73: Mon 2/6: 144.1 - No change in weight. 5th day on IF (which I started in order to control my eating) and low carb. Hard not to get discouraged but I won't give up.
Day 74: Tues 2/7: 142.9 - Finally a change for the better! I probably ate a little too much last night, but tried to stay within the low carb/whole food realm.
Day 75: Wed 2/8: 142.5 - IF yesterday (17:7). Whole foods and a workout.
Day 76: Thurs 2/9: 142.0 - Finally, I feel like I see a number worth feeling good about. Took me 9 days (since I started intermittent fasting to control my eating) to lose 3.4 lbs! Always been a slow loser. My motto: Keep Going!
Day 77: Fri 2/10: 142.8 - Caved and had white rice with dinner last night. And of course, corn chips with lunch. Wonder if those were the culprits of the .8oz spike? No workout either.
Day 78: Sat 2/11: 142.5 - Lunch out with friends. Enjoyed every bite
Day 79: Sun 2/12: DNW - Super Bowl Sunday. Enough said.
Day 80: Mon 2/13: 144.2 - Hoping to get back on track today.
Day 81: Tues 2/14: 143.7 - I suspect (hope) this is still water weight from the past 4-5 days of too many carbs.
Day 82: Wed 2/15: DNW - Got a work out in. Ate lunch and nothing else for the rest of the day. We had to unexpectedly put our beloved dog down. No appetite for the rest of the evening.
Day 83: Thurs 2/16: 142.8
Day 84: Fri 2/17: DNW
Day 85: Sat 2/18: DNW
Day 86: Sun 2/19: DNW - Lots of emotional eating since Thursday and didn't want to see the numbers on the scale, so no weigh-ins since then. I regret giving in to poor food choices. But tomorrow's a new day and I vow to get back on track which means intermittent fasting (to control my eating) and clean eating (low carb, no processed stuff).
Day 87: Mon 2/20: 142.7 - Very surprised I didn't gain a pound or two after going off-track with my eating habits the past 3-4 days. Maybe it'll show up on the scale tomorrow? I did get a work-out in last night after a high carb day. Anyway, today I re-start my IF and whole foods regimen.
Day 88: Tues 2/22: 143 - For some reason, I was very hungry last night. I think I need to tweak my regimen: have a lighter lunch (after fasting) and heavier (whole foods) dinner to keep me satiated at night. I got a workout in so maybe it canceled the carbs from the potato chips I ate after dinner Other than that, I stuck to the plan. 2 -
I want to see how much I can lose, starting off with something relatively easy, 50 grams a day. Each 20 day block I want to increase the amount I lose each day. Goal day is calculated using 7 day averages most recently and a month ago.
Day 01 27-Nov 88.2 kg, goal day in 715 days, so I overate, but that's alright because I always overeat the day I restart my weight loss
Day 02 28-Nov 88.5, goal day in 780 days, I overate again, I guess this is why my weight loss is very slow
Day 03 29-Nov 88.2, goal day in 650 days, I ate too much unfortunately
Day 04 30-Nov 88.1, goal day in 630 days, I didn't overeat, but I think I didn't eat below maintenance
Day 05 1-Dec 87.6, goal day in 660 days
I was doing well throughout the day then I bought a large bag of chips unexpectedly
Day 06 2-Dec 88.7 goal day in 850 days, and I bought sausage and chips in the evening, I guess I should have predicted that, rather than overeating. I will see if I can eat below maintenance everyday until I can get back on track
Day 07 3-Dec 89.0, goal day in 1070 days, I ate under maintenance and didn't have any salt
Day 08 4-Dec 88.1, goal weight in 1270 days
Day 09 5-Dec 87.9 I have decided to put my weight loss on hold because I am moving overseas and I'm too busy
Day 10 6-Dec 87.5
Day 11 7-Dec DNW no access to scale in the morning
Day 12 8-Dec DNW
Day 13 9-Dec DNW
Day 14 10-Dec 88.5
Day 15 11-Dec 88.4
Day 16 12-Dec 88.7 still putting weight loss on hold for the moment
Day 17 13-Dec 87.7
Day 18 14-Dec 88.0
Day 19 15-Dec DNW
Day 20 16-Dec 88.3
Day 21 17-Dec 88.1 So I'm in Singapore briefly right now and the obesity rate is 9% compared to New Zealand's 35%. It's quite a noticeable difference. It's a constant reminder that if I am ever to achieve my goals I'm going to have to start today. So I'm going to aim for a 3 grams per day trendline reduction on my weights spreadsheet graph today. Tomorrow will be 6 grams a day etc etc. Currently it's 4.6 grams per day although that number will jiggle up and down a lot which is fine.
Day 22 18-Dec DNW
Day 23 19-Dec DNW
Day 24 20-Dec 87.4
Day 25 21-Dec 87.1
Day 26 22-Dec 88.0 So I'm relatively settled here in the Philippines and finally living with my girlfriend. My spreadsheet trendline is dropping by 41 grams a day which I'm happy about. It's my first time I've had a girlfriend who is slimmer than me (together longer than 6 weeks) so I'm going to try and use that to help lose weight
--update--
So we shifted hotels and I only ate apples and crackers today, not a good menu plan, hopefully we get into a proper food buying routine soon
Day 27 23-Dec 88.5 trendline 29 g/day which is good
Day 28 24-Dec 88.5 I had some sugary food today, which means that I went about 5-6 days without sugar, a huge achievement for me. My weight loss is happening, but it's quite slow, Christmas day is tomorrow and I expect to gain a bit then. So things are happening slowly
Day 29 25-Dec 87.7 trendline 22 g/day which is okay
Christmas Day saw me eating a lot of cake (plus some chickpeas surprisingly) and not much else. I guess I gained weight today. That's fine, thankfully Christmas comes only once a year. I want to speed up my weight loss, let's see if I can do that.
Day 30 26-Dec 86.9 New Low trendline 32 g/day which is good
I'm having trouble figuring out what to eat here, it's hard to get quality food without walking a while, I guess I'm used to driving to the supermarket, now I don't have a car. I didn't expect to have such simple problems causing me to slow down my weight loss.
Day 31 27-Dec 87.9 trendline 23 g/day which is slow
Another day of not so good control of what I'm eating, it's hard to figure out how much to eat/how much hunger to tolerate when you're eating food you're not used to. I guess I just need to keep trying until I'm successful, rather than "taking a break" as I have done in the past.
Day 32 28-Dec 87.5 trendline 26 g/day which is slow
I'm guessing that my eating today is lower than previously, it's hard to tell though, unfortunately now that I'm not tracking my intake it's harder to tell what's going on
Day 33 29-Dec 87.5 trendline 28 g/day which is slow, body measurements 810 cm
Day 34 30-Dec 87.5
Day 35 31-Dec 87.1
Day 36 1-Jan 87.7
Day 37 2-Jan 87.9
Day 38 DNW
Day 39 4-Jan 87.7
Day 40 5-Jan 87.7
Day 41 6-Jan 87.6 So I'm paused in my weight loss, we moved into our new home and without a fridge freezer yet, we're doing a daily shop which is of course not good for weight loss. I don't want to jinx it but I had a sugar fest before the turn of the year, a packet of M&Ms 2 minutes before midnight and now I'm doing well, still sugar free. From today onwards I'll ask whether I have lost weight, hopefully the answers are mostly 'yes'.
--update-
Today I managed to keep control of my eating, it's hard because I have tracked my intake on an app for so long that I need to learn the skill of eating less (without eating too little).
Day 42 7-Jan 86.9 lowest weight in 12 days so my controlled eating went well
I guess I ate more than yesterday, so did I eat under maintenance? Maybe.
Day 43 8-Jan 87.3 I controlled my eating reasonably well which probably resulted in...
Day 44 9-Jan 86.7 New Low, lowest weight in 1017 days, Did I eat under maintenance? Maybe
Day 45 10-Jan 86.6 New Low, lowest weight in 1019 days
Did I eat under maintenance? Again maybe. I'm really losing weight right now but I get the feeling that my weight is going down simply because there's less food in my system. I haven't been too hungry.
Day 46 11-Jan 86.1 New Low, lowest weight in 1024 day
Day 47 12-Jan 86.4
Day 48 13-Jan 86.3
Day 49 14-Jan 86.1
Day 50 15-Jan 86.6
Day 51 16-Jan 86.5
Day 52 17-Jan 86.7
Day 53 18-Jan 86.7
Day 54 19-Jan 87.0
Day 55 20-Jan 87.1
Day 56 21-Jan 87.0
Day 57 22-Jan 86.9
Day 58 23-Jan 86.0 New Low
Day 59 24-Jan 86.0
Day 60 25-Jan 86.7 Well, I've kind of stopped losing weight recently, as indicated by the lack of comments. Anyway, back on the horse, today I start losing weight again. My current 20 day weight loss rate is 8 grams a day
Day 61 26-Jan 86.8
Day 62 27-Jan 86.4
Day 63 28-Jan 86.0
Day 64 29-Jan 86.7
Day 65 30-Jan 87.0
Day 66 31-Jan 87.1
Day 67 1-Feb 87.2
Day 68 2-Feb 86.7
Day 69 3-Feb 85.7 New Low
Day 70 4-Feb 85.6 New Low
Day 70 5-Feb 86.2
Day 71 6-Feb DNW
Day 72 7-Feb 86.8
Day 73 8-Feb 86.2
Day 74 9-Feb 86.5 Well I had one of those moments in the middle of the night, when I start planning my weight loss. Here's my plan: 50 grams a day for a while. Can I do it? Maybe. Should I try? Definitely. I've been definitely cruising since being in the Philippines, I really need to speed things up. I want to post in the evening saying how my day's been.
evening update - well I splurged today, because I have (re)started my Cebuano language study and I wanted to celebrate with food
Day 75 10-Feb 86.5 We went out in the evening unexpectedly, which meant that I ate too much unfortunately, current rate loss 0 grams per day
Day 76 11-Feb 86.5 So I had a bit of a sugar fest in celebration of something, but I'm pleased to say that I'm actually losing weight (too early to give a useful number of grams per day)
Day 77 12-Feb 86.0 I really ate lower than maintenance, my weight is starting to react
Day 78 13-Feb 85.3 New Low my body is starting to empty out a bit, so I'm losing weight quite fast right now
Day 79 14-Feb 86.4 I had a bit of a splurge which will be visible in the next few days or so. Thankfully Valentine's day only comes once a year
Day 80 15-Feb 86.7 My weight loss has dropped to 18 grams a day, well below the 50 grams a day I want to achieve. Let's see if I can get a higher number tomorrow
Day 81 16-Feb 86.6 Well my weight is headed in the wrong direction, my spreadsheet trendline is increasing, it's not really a big deal right now, but it could turn serious at any moment
Day 83 17-Feb 86.5 I've come to realise that having a birthday and Valentine's day in the same week is going to temporarily derail my weight loss. That's fine, so I'll just maintain until they've been and gone, and then head for 50 grams a day again.
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Day 87 21-Feb 86.8 I have pleasure in announcing that the Valentine's and birthday week is over! It's time to get back to losing weight. I'll aim for 50 grams a day as always
Day 88 22-Feb 88.32
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