Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 215

SheilaBoneham

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HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015) - 135
2023 Goals — no snacking after dinner; move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes. 150 by the end of the year.


📆 History 2015–2023

Feb. 2015: highest weight 218.2
2015: end weight running average 178.2
2016: end weight running average 147.7
2017: end weight running average 148
2018: end weight running average 137.2.
Extreme elimination diet (doctor prescribed) for diagnostic reasons, very low calories, then boom! Gained 40 pounds.
2019: end weight running average 176.1
2020: end weight running average 183.8.
2021: end weight running average 179.4.
2022: end weight running average 178.6

2023 Rounds
R209 01/01/23: end weight 178.6. Ave calories — who knows? I didn’t bother with the holidays.
R210 01/11/23: end weight 176.2 (-2.4). Ave calories 1102. No after-dinner snacking!
R211 01/21/23: end weight 176.8 (+.6).
R212 01/31/23: end weight 177.6 (+.8).
R213 02/10/23: end weight 178 (+.4)

R214 02/20/23: end weight 178 (+/-0).
R215 03/02/23: goals—cut back on bread; more protein & veggies; no evening snacking; walk >30 min/day.

Day/Weight/Comment no food after dinner 💚 ~~ >20 min meditation 🧘🏻 ~~ >30 min walking 👟

2/21 - 178.8 🧘🏻👟
Today is “plan ahead for lots of veggies” day. 😊 I’m planning a Mediterranean lunch salad with olives, tuna, feta, and hard-boiled egg. Dinner is leftover chicken Mac & cheese (DH cooked last night!). Trying really hard to make this a “no evening snacks” round—I did it once, I can do it again. Have a great day, all!

2/22 - 178.6 🧘🏻
Ok, it’s not a no snack round, but maybe I can make 9 out of 10. I found out yesterday that a good friend is in the hospital with problems related to her very excess weight. She has talked for years about needing to clean up her diet due to gout, kidney and gallbladder issues, and probably a hundred excess pounds. She wasn’t all that active before, but she’s become practically immobile since the pandemic began, and now needs a walker. She was decluttering recently and I went to see if I wanted any of the books she was purging. She had every major healthy eating/lose weight book published in the past 20 years. And yet their kitchen counters always have gooey iced baked goods, candy galore, multiple breads, and other things piled up, and candy dishes on every table throughout the house. Granted her DH, also way overweight, does the shopping, but but I doubt he does all the junk-food eating. Anyway, I’m very worried about her and also a bit angry that she has come to this, a good part of it through self-destructive eating. I’m taking it as a big fat (yes, I’ll use the word) wake-up call to stop with the excuses. We don’t have a house filled with goodies, but I do eat too much, especially at night, and I make too many excuses not to get out and exercise. I had a long talk with myself last night and we 😁 decided this has to stop. I don’t have decades left to fool around with this and I want to stay as healthy as possible. No fad diets, just attention to what I eat and how much plus more exercise. Nothing new here, just more resolve. Thanks for letting me let it out. Again.

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fmfdfa2020

Thank you @quiltingjaine for another round!

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First Goal: Hit the 160's (again)
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170 👉 169

Round 215
2/21 - DNW - Okay, here goes. On Sunday, I was making dinner and I just didn't want to weigh everything, figure the per-serving calories, etc. Instead of just ball-parking the calories and still tracking, I decided I was "intentionally" not going to track that day, nor exercise. Okay fine. Except, on Monday, I didn't go right back to tracking, I decided to "intentionally" make cheese crackers, and ate half of them. This morning, instead of throwing them out, I "intentionally" ate the rest. Then, after no sugar for 28 days, I "intentionally" opened a jar of my husband's homemade strawberry jam and "intentionally" ate it with crackers. I don't even really like jam. So, there it is, 3 days of floundering around. I'm not happy I got off track, but I don't feel like I've totally lost it and will start bingeing. I will feel like I have a hangover tomorrow from the sugar. I didn't weigh today and probably won't weigh for a few more days. My last weight on 2/19 was 177.2. All I ask for this round is to track, exercise, and drink water, and hit 176.X. These rounds really help to stop the downward spirals. I'm glad to be starting a new round. Here's wishing everyone a good round! Cheers! 🍻

2/22 - 178.6 - Glad I weighed so I know where I stand after the last 3 days. Today IS going to be a good day!

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
180s / 170s / 160s / 150s / 140s / 130s

Long-term Tracking: Weight / No Sugar and Minimum Flour / H20 / Exercise / Calories

2/14 - 180.0 / None / 80oz / Row 15 Mins / 1312
2/15 - 177.6 / None / 80oz / Row 15 Mins / 1088
2/16 - 176.8 / None / 80oz / Row 15 Mins / 1481
2/17 - 177.8 / None / 56oz / Row 10 Mins/Bike 20 Mins / 1512
2/18 - 177.6 / None / 40oz / Row 20 Mins/Bike 10 Mins / 1436
2/19 - 177.2 / None / 64oz / None / Did not track
2/20 - DNW - / None / ?oz / None / Did not track
2/21 - DNW - / Ugh - Yes / 48oz / None / Did not track
2/22 - 178.6

fmfdfa2020

Hi @musicsax - I kept meaning to write the last round. Your weekend of dancing sounds like so much fun! Is it any specific dance/music or anything goes? Debra

deepwoodslady

GirlOnTheRebound wrote: »

2/21 220.0 anybody else feel protien goal is unreachable? Had pork rinds and tuna with mayo for breakfast. Not hungry for lunch. Bibigo pork wontons with corn and cream cheese for dinner. Met water goal, and activity goal on rebounder (2 x 10 mins). 9959 steps. Will reach 10000 walking to bed lol. Sodium over 53mg due to pork rinds and wontons. Packaged food in moderation going forward.
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@GirlOnTheRebound Yes, I am also finding my protein goals hard to reach. It is amazing how much a chicken breast can help though, but who wants one every single day? I suppose that is why there are protein shakes and powders out there for smoothies etc. I may look into those but need one with lower carbs due to my T2D. A nice chocolate shake sounds like a good idea for a snack!

roscoe1998

SW 1/2/23 210
GW 175

I will work hard to get into the 80's this round.....

Round 214 SW 193.8 EW 191.1
Day, Weight, Comment
2/21 190.5 Good start to this round. Going out for Fat Tuesday, so hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will be ok....

2/22 190.3 Drank some wine last night, so I am happy to see a little loss.
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_JeffreyD_

Male: 65
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016)
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205

Goals for this round:

1. For 2023, avoid a repeat of 2022 lack of discipline.
2. Log my food daily… That is how I lost my weight before.


Round 215 Posts
This is my posting format….

Month/Day: Scale Reading - First thing today after bathroom visit before getting dressed.
/ Logged Food; Exercise – yesterday / Comment

Previous posts:

2/21 – 220.4
/logged it (mostly); walked around the block/
Nice to see a drop after a few days of stall. I need to stay away from certain pantries and fridge areas this round. Maybe kick start some kind of exercise habit.

2/20: 222.0
Starting weight at “end” of last round.

2/22: 219.8
/logged food; no exercise to speak of/
A couple stress points in my life that I need to keep an eye on (or take my eye off of?) so I won’t drown my sorrows with food.

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fmfdfa2020

@SheilaBoneham wrote:

Machias1949 Somehow I missed that you’re a writer — what do you write? I’m also a writer (for, eeek!, 45ish years)—started with academic journal articles, moved to freelance feature writing for magazines, then 17 nonfiction books, then 4 mysteries and a bunch of essays and poems in literary mags. I’ve been on hiatus for a number of reasons, but am finally getting back into the flow with a new mystery/series.

Hi @SheilaBoneham - I had meant to comment on this and never did and it just popped in mind today for some reason. Maybe because I was talking to my sister, who is also a writer. Anyway, I wanted to say at the time, what an absolutely amazing career you have had! I'm curious, what type of nonfiction books did you write? You'll have to let us know when you finish your new mystery/series. I so admire people who can write. I can document processes/procedures until the cows come home, but just to free-flow something from my brain, forget it!

deepwoodslady

Round 215



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 62 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 172 FOR ME.

“Today….I am choosing Me”

MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253
Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0
R214 EW= 194.0
R215 EW= TBD


Current New Goals:
Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

R43 thru R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/23/18) = -19.4 LOST (Ending weight 179.0)

R53 thru R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/01/19) = -4.1 GAINED (Ending weight 183.1)

R63 thru R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/11/19) = -8.1 GAINED (Ending weight 191.2)

R73 thru R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/20/19) = -5.5 GAINED (Ending weight 196.7)

R83 thru R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/28/19) = -8.7 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)

R93 thru R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/05/20) = -2.0 GAINED(Ending weight 190.0)

R103 thru 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = -14.9 GAINED (Ending Weight 204.9)

R113 thru 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/23/20) = -4.7 GAINED (Ending Weight 209.6)

R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = -1.5 LOST (Ending Weight 208.1)

R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/01/21) = -0.7 LOST (Ending Weight 207.4)

R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = -3.6 LOST (Ending Weight 203.8)

R153 thru R162 (06/11/21 thru 09/18/21) = (b]-16.2 LOST [/b] (Ending Weight 187.6)

R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = (b]-5.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 192.6)

R173 thru R182 (12/28/21 thru 04/06/22) = (b]-7.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 199.6)

R183 thru R192 (04/07/22 thru 07/15/22) = -1.4 LOST (Ending Weight 198.2)

R193 thru R202 (07/16/22 thru 10/23/22) = -3.8 GAINED (Ending Weight 202.0)

R203 thru R212 (10/24/22 thru 01/31/23) = -7.2 LOST (Ending Weight 194.8)

R213 (02/01/23 thru 02/10/23) = -1.2 LOST (Ending Weight 193.6)

R214 (02/11/23 thru 02/20/23) = -0.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 194.0)

R215 (02/21/23 thru 03/02/23) = -xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment
02/20 …..194.0….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

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 that is a massive improvement already!

02/22 -191.2- (Trend weight 194.4) Wow! I’m getting close to a new decade, The 80’s!!!! Of course, those who know me also know that I don’t consider myself truly in a new decade until I see the number 7 (in this case 187) because I bounce up & down by at least 3 pounds for quite awhile before I firmly land on anything. But to see myself closer this morning was THRILLING. Maybe I can dip my toes in by the end of this round. Glucose numbers improved all day yesterday and this morning although I did eat my dinner VERY VERY late last night which greatly affects it. However, I love all the numbers this morning as they are all greatly improved and I feel good. Today I will focus on water, I’m still not drinking enough and that does make my blood pressure a bit too low.

02/23 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

02/24 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

02/25 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

02/26 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

02/27 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

02/28 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

03/01 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

03/02 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

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

pezhed

@deepwoodslady wow, your pounds are really dropping lately! I’m impressed! Way to go!

quiltingjaine

pezhed wrote: »

@shmmm3 I don't know what happened to the adage "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"!

I agree! If I had a dollar for every time I heard this growing up . . .

quiltingjaine

@deepwoodslady You are doing great! All it took was for that dietician to tell you the opposite of what you knew would work! I am so proud of you! Carry on!

quiltingjaine

Female 5’1” Age 73 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
HWE 197.0 (2/2008)
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
OGW 137 (set by WW 2008, WW goal 1985 was 126) UGW was 125 (HS weight 1968)

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE👍👍

Rnd 7 167.0 to Rnd 17 155.5
To Rnd 27 146*
To Rnd 37 139.0
To Rnd 47 133.5*
To Rnd 57 131.5
To Rnd 67 128.0
To Rnd 77 125.0
To Rnd 87 121.0*
To Rnd 97 121.0
To Rnd 107 122.0
To Rnd 117 116.0
To Rnd 127 117.0
To Rnd 137 117.0
To Rnd 147 116.0 🙌
To Rnd 157 115.5
To Rnd 167 119.4
To Rnd 177 118.3
To Rnd 187 120.0 AW 119.6
To Rnd 197 121.5 AW 119.15
To Rnd 207 123.5 AW 125.0
SW RND 208 124.5 AW 125.25
SW RND 209 124.5 AW 125.7
SW RND 210 124.0 AW 124.4
SW RND 211 126.0 AW 126.11
SW RND 212 127.0 AW 126.45
SW RND 213 126.5 AW 127.9
SW RND 214 127.0 AW 126.37

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

People say keto/LCHF isn’t sustainable. I’ve been doing it for over 5 years with amazing results!

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

We are unstoppable not because we do not have failures but because we continue on despite them. - paraphrase of original quote by Beau Taplin

Up and down - just riding the waves of life. 🌊 🏄‍♀️ (My new mantra-3/19/22)

"Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

SW RND 215 126.0
2/21 127.0 Liberally salted chicken. YUM! I haven’t made a rotisserie chicken in ages! I SLEPT almost 8.5 hours!!!
2/22 128.0 Made “Just like the real thing lasagna” and was so hungry that I ate too much.

arzoosana83

Female, 40, 5'3

OSW: 223.2 (12/1/22)
R208 SW: 219.4 EW: 219
R209 EW: 217.2
R210 EW: 216.4
R211 EW: 218.4
R212 EW: 216.2
R213 EW: 215.2
R214 EW: 213.8

Day/Weight/Comment
2/21 - 215.4
2/22 - 215.4
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enlightenme3

Round 215 (my 50th)
February 21, 2023 - March 2, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds:

R164 SW: 164.7, EW: 162.3
R165 EW: 161.2
R166 EW: 157.4
R167 EW: 157.0
R168 EW: 153.7
R169 EW: 154.3 - Thanksgiving week
R170 EW: 149.9
R171 EW: 151.0 - Travel almost the entire round
R172 EW: 149.7 - Christmas holidays
R173 EW: 148.6
R174 EW: 146.8
R175 EW: 145.5
R176 EW: 143.5
R177 EW: 142.4
R178 EW: 140.2
R179 EW: 139.6
R180 EW: 137.6
R181 EW: 135.6
R182 EW: 136.2
R183 EW: 134.9
R184 EW: 134.9
R185 EW: 135.4
R186 EW: 132.7
R187 EW: 132.1
R188 EW: 133.2
R189 EW: 133.8
R190 EW: 134.3
R191 EW: 132.5
R192 EW: 132.9
R193 EW: 132.5
R194 EW: 133.4
R195 EW: 132.7
R196 EW: 133.6
R197 EW: 134.9
R198 EW: 132.3
R199 EW: 130.7
R200 EW: 130.5
R201 EW: 130.7 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R202 EW: 134.5
R203 EW: 132.9
R204 EW: 134.0
R205 EW: 132.7
R206 EW: 133.2
R207 EW: 134.0
R208 EW: 134.5
R209 EW: 134.3
R210 EW: 131.8
R211 EW: 131.3
R212 EW: 132.9
R213 EW: 131.6
R214 EW: 132.5

RSW: 132.5 pounds (2/20/23, EO Round 214)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
2/21: 132.1 - Jazzercise and walk yesterday with a few stairs thrown in for good measure. Consumed lots of fiber as well.
2/22: 131.8 - Not sure why as I have been eating beyond my allotted calories. Getting my workouts in.
2/23: -
2/24: -
2/25: -
2/26: -
2/27: -
2/28: -
3/1: -
3/2: -

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: - 0.7 pounds

chloeguo

SW (12/27/22): 150.2lb
Last round weight: 139.2lb

2/21： 139.2
2/22: 139.4
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MommaGemz

Hi all! Starting back with these challenges. I’m a Mom of 2, in my 40s, and just diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Trying to make some healthy changes.

OSW: 215.5
R213 SW: 211.8
R213 EW: 210.3 ✅
R214 EW: 208.5 ✅
GW: 165

2/21 – 208.0 – Lost some of the sodium water weight. I’ll tell you – sodium sneaks in sometimes. If I don’t look at the labels carefully, I could get a full day’s worth in one item.
2/22 – 207.2 – I was so lethargic yesterday that I declared it a rest day. I think it’s part of my newly diagnosed hypothyroid condition. My body is letting me know it’s time to adjust meds. This process is normal until I get to the optimum level of medication to normalize my system (which could take months). Follow up blood tests in 2 weeks and med adjustment then. I just have to be gentle on myself until then.
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cpanus

Thank you, @quiltingjaine !
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: 152.0
UGW: 132.2
02/19 - 155.3 at 8:00 a.m. ...5.73 miles in 111 mins
02/20 - 156.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 mins w/trainer
Day/Weight/Comment
02/21 - 155.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing!
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cory17

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE
2/21 197.8
2/22 194.0 Yesterday I had fasting labs scheduled for about 1 pm, then didn't get home till dinner time. Bad health news so I MUST buckle down so see consistent loss. This am my dh got on the scale and had the exact same weight, he doesn't exercise at all and essentially eats what he wants.
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itladyee

Hi, I'm Charissa, ready to go for Round 215/6.
I love these 10 days at a time rounds! Very doable. Better than a week as you tend to follow the same up and downs per week and it doesn't always show your progress. Also being able to refocus after 10 days is great! Thank you. @QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

Round 214 continued to be tough getting back on track. I made it through the weekend without significate damage and did managed to weigh in lower than my start of the round even though I don't think I hit one of my goals. The goals weren't tough, I just didn't focus so same goals in this round and adding one to start some weight training.


62 y/o female
OSW 2022-03 230.3
1SW 2023-01 221.8


Goals This Round per Day:
- Water: 64 ounces (minimum)
- Alcohol: M - TH = 0 ounces, F - Sa = 12 ounces per day max, Su - flex day
- Weight Training Exercises 3x per week
Round Goal - lose 2.5
Stats and Previous Rounds

HW: 230
CW: 219.4
Goal Weight #1 199 Target Date 4/1/2023
Goal Weight #2 180 Target Date 6/10/2023
Goal Weight #3 160 Target Date 9/30/2023
Goal Weight #4 150 Target Date 12/30/2023

Round 210/1 SW: 221.8 EW: 220.6 Loss 1.2 Total Loss 1.2
Round 211/2 SW: 220.6 EW: 218.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 3.2
Round 212/3 SW: 218.6 EW: 216.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 5.2
Round 213/4 SW: 216.6 EW: 219.8 Gain -3.2 Total Loss 2.0 Yikes!
Round 214/5 SW: 219.8 EW: 219.4 Loss 0.4 Total Loss 2.4
Round 215/6 SW: 219.4 EW: TBD TBD Total Loss 2.4

SW: 219.4

2/21 220.0 (+0.6/+0.6) Hoping the remaining trend is downward....Yesterday was my 6 hours marathon meeting day (only once a month). I don't consume my water on these days as I'd like to, as I'd be in the bathroom every hour. Lunch is also brought in (I had a Teriyaki Chicken & Broccoli Bowl from Panera @600 calories. Sunday I made a turkey veggie lasagna and had left overs for dinner. Pasta usually bumps me up and my future goal is to limit pasta to once a month. Alcohol Goal Met ✔

2/22 219.8 (-0.2/+0.4) Meh
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Sherbog

My ten day goal this round....exercise every day, record every bite I consume, consume no empty calories like alcohol or processed food.

2/21….187.4
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