Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218

gomifune

Highest weight: 206
Goal weight: 146

Round 212 end weight: 200.7
Round 213 end weight: 198.7
Round 214 end weight: 196.9
Round 215 end weight: 191.9
Round 216 end weight: 190.0
Round 217 end weight: 187.5

3/23 188.5
3/24 187.9
3/25 188.2
3/26 188.5
3/27 187.0
3/28 186.2
3/29 186.6
3/30 187.0
3/31
4/1

musicsax

64 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 218 (my 149th). As always, thank you. @QuiltingJaine you are a star!
Goal for this round; again I'm not looking at a specific number, any loss and keep my binge free streak going – it is helping me keep mindful when I’m tempted! Keep within calories & macros. I can do this but, consistency is paramount, let’s do it again for just 10 days as the reward is great!!

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, It’s taken me 75 rounds to achieve my under 130 target; back to maintenance again!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 130. Healthy lifestyle has to be a permanent way of life.
End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
End of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 (2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8 down from end of last round)
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 - 134.8 (2.4 pounds up)
End of round 125 - 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down
End of round 128 - 133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 - 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 - 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 - 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not binging can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy for Christmas period, lower than at this time for many years!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up ugh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 (2.8 pounds down)
End of round 139 – 130.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 140 – 132.4 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 141 – 131 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 142 – 129.8 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 143 – 130.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 144 – 130.2 (0.6 pounds down)
End of round 145 – 132 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 146 – 133.8 (1.8 pounds up – again!!)
End of round 147 – 133.2 (0.6 down)
End of round 148 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 149 – 132.4
End of round 150 – 133.8 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 151 – 135.8 (2 pounds up)
End of round 152 – 134 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 153 – 135.4 (1.4 pound up)
End of round 154 – 132.2 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 155 - 133.6 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 156 - 134 (0.4 pounds up)
End of round 157 - 133.6 (0.4 pounds down)
End of round 158 – 135.4 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 159 – 134.4 (1 pound down)
End of round 160 – 135.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 161 – 134.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 162 – 133.6 (0.6 down)
End of round 163 – 136.2 (2.6 up)
End of round 164 – 136 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 165 – 135.8 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 166 – 136 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 167 – 138 (2 pounds up)
End of round 168 – 135 (3 pounds down)
End of round 169 – 134.4 (0.6 pound down)
End of round 170 – 133 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 171 – 135.4 (2.4 up)
End of round 172 – 135.6 (0.2 up)
End of round 173 – 137.6 (2 pounds up)
End of round 174 – 135.2 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 175 – 138 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 176 – did not complete (away on family holiday)
End of round 177 – 138
End or round 178 – 137.8 (0.2 down)
End of round 179 – 139.4 (1.6 pounds up)
End of round 180 – 137 (2.4 pounds lost)
End of round 181 – 139.2 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 182 – 135.6 (3.6 pounds down)
End of round 183 – 138.2 (2.4 up)
End of round 184 - 136 (2.2 pounds down)
End of round 185 – 136.4 (0.4 gain)
End of round 186 – 136.4 (same)
End of round 187 – 138.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 188 – DNW (away for Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations)
End of round 189 – 139.2
End of round 190 – 139.8
End of round 191 – 139.8
End of round 192 – 138.8 (1 pound lost)
End of round 193 – 138.2 (0.6 lost)
End of round 194 – 136.4 (1.8 lost)
End of round 195 – 139.2 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 196 – 138 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 197 – 138.2 (0.2 up)
End of round 198 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 199 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 200 – 138.8 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 201 – 138.2 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 202 – 137.8 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 203 – 137.6 (loss of 0.2)
End of round 204 – 135.8 (1.8 pounds lost)
End of round 205 – 135.6(0.6 pound lost)
End of round 206 – 135.4 (0.2 pound lost)
End of round 207 – 136.4 (1 pound gain) (Caravan Christmas Party Rally)
End of round 208 - 137.2 (0.8 pound gain)
End of round 209 - 137.4 (0.2 pound gain) (Christmas period)
End of round 210 – DNW (Lanzarote holiday)
End of round 211 – 138.2
End of round 212 – 139.8
End of round 213 – 139
End of round 214 – 138.2 (1.2 pounds loss)
End of round 215 – 139.2 (1 pound up)
End of round 216 – 136.6 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 217 – 137.8 (1.2 pounds up)

SW RND 218

3/23 137.8 – 12.69 miles walked yesterday, just less than 50% exercise calories eaten back.
3/24 137.38 – no structured walking hence ate at maintenance.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting February 25….=1 day.
⭐️⭐️=27 days ****

3/25 141 – oops oops oopsie, fell off the wagon big time, just don’t ask!!! Leaving yesterday’s chocohorror behind, trying to move on & make a new start today. Shame I broke my binge free streak, but !! A week to try to get back to start of round weight. 8.13 miles walked yesterday.
3/26 139.8 – That’s a start! A perfect day yesterday, I pre-logged in the morning and stuck to it. 14.48 miles walked. Noticed that me last binge was 4 weeks ago, I know I am well post menopause, but wondering if my hormones still keep going on it’s cycle, could this possibly be the cause of that heinous binge? I’m going to keep this in mind for the future.



3/27 139.8 – no structured walking during day meeting up with family, hence no structured walking, but so lovely to see all DGC interacting and playing together.
3/28 139.8 – 10.97 miles walked. I am struggling at the moment, but still ate under maintenance. Today I celebrate one of my sister’s birthdays with afternoon tea, but I shall make that my lunch rather than have in additional.
3/29 139.8 – 9.91 miles walked. So many cakes yesterday! I ate my sandwiches, 2 cakes and scone with jam & cream, lashings of coffee. I took the other cakes & sausage rolls home for DH. I love afternoon teas but think that smaller bite sized cakes & less of them is more of an elegant sufficiency.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 24….=1 day.
⭐️= 4 days ****

3/30 141.6 – oh dear, I need someone to give me a kick up the bum !! I am ashamed to say I ate all those cakes and more – I shouldn’t have brought them home, they are too dangerous. I’m disappointed with myself. Now to put that behind me and look ahead, 2 days to make a dent in it. 10.49 miles walked.
3/31
4/1

I'M WORTH IT !! 👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

musicsax

fmfdfa2020 wrote: »

musicsax wrote: »

@fmfdfa2020 sorry for my ignorance, but what are hush puppies? The only ones that I know of are the comfortable stout shoes!!

Hi @musicsax They are made of cornmeal, flour, eggs, onion, buttermilk and dropped by the spoonful into oil and deep fried (many things in the south are deep fried) Here's a link to a recipe with a picture. My Mother used to make them, and most times when you ordered seafood (especially fried), your meal would come with hushpuppies.

https://therecipecritic.com/homemade-hush-puppies/

Thanks for that, they are like savoury little donuts then, interesting how they got their name too.

TheBoldCat

Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 200
3/24 198
3/25 202.8 Went for a day walk with friends yesterday, I know weight goes usually up the day after,
hopefully tomorrow it goes down again.
3/26 201 After last night dinner out, I am glad scale went down a bit
3/27 199.6 Moving the right direction, yday i went running and this morning I just finished climbing session

3/28 197.8 Wow, nice jump down. Today's plan is running and this motivates me
3/29 196.6 Yay, yesterday I planned to have instant noodles (my comfort food) for dinner, tho I went slightly over cal limit. Later I go climbing.
3/30
3/31
4/01

clprieur

Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 8th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
June 2005: 345 lbs (Highest known weight before WLS Aug 2005)
June 2017: 241.8 lbs
January 2022: 220 lbs
January 2023: 157.6 lbs (When I Started “Just Give Me 10 Days”)
Weight Beginning this Round: 144.2 lbs
Goal Weight: 135 lbs

This round's daily goals:
1. 1500 calories 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹
2. 15K steps 10/10 days - ☹😊😊😊😊😊☹
3. Attend work 5.5/5.5 days – 😊😊😊😊
4. 8 cups fluids 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹
5. 8:00 P.M. bed time 10/10 days - 😊😊😊😊😊☹😊
6. 4:00 A.M. wake time 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹😊😊😊😊

3/23 – 144.2 lbs -
3/24 – 143.8 lbs – Well, looks like I didn’t have much to say yesterday! I haven’t been doing very well in terms of eating the past two days. Figures, after I wrote about “not bingeing” in my last entry in the last round! The day after I wrote about that I started feeling an extreme hunger, especially for carbs!! I seem compelled to keep eating, all day long! I am not “bingeing” per se, but close to it, if that makes sense to anyone else on here who has binge eating disorder. I think (hope) that I am just premenstrual… Work has been super busy but I am feeling really good about the work I’ve been able to crank out over the last two weeks. I haven’t missed any days out of the last 10 working days (since I recovered from gastro) and I was able to provide my boss with documentation from my doctor proving that I am under her care etc. with regards to all the absences I had over the past few months (depression). I have had a bit of positive feedback from my boss, and I think the only reason she hasn’t been able to provide more constructive feedback is that she is swamped (and I feel for her). So anyway, hopefully I can finish the week off strong, today! I have 1.5 days vacation booked next week, which I am looking forward to. On Tuesday it is hubby’s 41st birthday (yes, he is 12 years younger – all my cougars in the house!!) and we have a few fun things planned. We are going to get mani-pedis, we are going to take the dog to a “sniff spot” to play (which btw, if you are a dog owner, I really recommend this app!! You can “rent” out places for an hour or two to let your dog play off-leash, which is amazing for owners of reactive dogs!), then we are meeting my niece and her fiancé for dinner. I also want to buy him a gift but I have no idea what to get him. He will be buying a new “trucking specific” GPS, but that is really a work thing, not a birthday present. If anyone has any suggestions for gifts for a super-hot 41-year-old guy, holla. 😉 Okay, uh, why am I going on about this, in a weight-loss related forum? I am 100% not sure. LOL. I guess I have a lot on my mind and I think when that happens, I tend to lose focus on my eating/exercise, which I bet some folks on here can relate to. It’s almost as if I have to be obsessive in my thinking in order to keep it front of mind to achieve any success. I bought another week’s worth of Jenny Craig yesterday. I am finding it helpful to have around, just because I have zero interest in cooking, this past while, so this allows for some sort of “nutrition”, and I use the word loosely. Lol. Better than living off of cheese strings and Diet Pepsi! So when I went on their website to order my Jenny food, it asked me to state a goal weight. So… I put in 135 lbs. Like a crazy maniac. LOL!! I am not sure what possessed me to put that in there!! But it is less than 10 lbs away, so… potentially achievable?? If I can stop eating the whole damn house… I will try to dial it in a bit today. I have recently bumped my step goal up to 15K/day, which I was doing good with last week but haven’t achieved in the last two days. I work from home today so I should be able to get those steps in. And I really need to get some fluids in – the last few days have been terrible (as in, all I drank was a coffee in the morning… that’s it…). Wish me luck. And if you have read this far, thanks for listening.
3/25 – 141.8 lbs – OMG! OMG! OMG! I can’t believe it. How is this even possible? How? How is my body doing this? Maybe I’m terminally ill? I have no concept of my weight being this low! I mean I know it will bounce back up and I will need to be okay with that and just be patient. But still!! Here I am!! Yesterday I did not meet my calories or fluids goal, but I came darn close (1599/1500 cals and 7/8 cups fluids). I also walked 29,943 steps, however, which I am super proud of. So I guess that is how my weight is down today. Now, to keep it down. Lol. That is the hard part, for me!! Btw, if anyone is asking me for “tips” the best advice I can give is to stop setting goals about losing a specific amount of weight in a specific time-frame. I know it seems counter intuitive, but for me, it has been very freeing. Instead of constantly being disappointed that my body isn’t doing what I am demanding it to do, I instead have given up that careful “math” and instead just weigh myself every day and consider it “data ONLY to monitor trends over time”. I try to not get upset if the weight goes up. Instead I just think “it will go down eventually”. So yes, the weight loss is a lot slower than I would like! IE, I would prefer that every day I step on the scale it would be lower! LIKE COME ON BODY!! LOL. Instead, I just see things like “Oh, I am down 1 lb since 16 days ago, yay me!” It is completely the opposite of what I have been doing since I started dieting when I was 11 (and my mother put me on caffeine pills and my hair started falling out... we didn't play, in the 80s!!)…. For my entire life I have been pressuring myself to lose faster and faster! And I was always so annoyed/depressed/impatient when my body didn’t do what I wanted it to! I find that this way, if I attach less pressure to my weight, and I just force myself to be more patient, eventually, over time, it does trend downwards. It just takes longer than I have always expected, and I have learned to be okay with that. And I am a lot less crazy about it. LOL. I dunno, does that even make sense? Isn’t it just CICO? Aren’t we supposed to set SMART goals? I have no idea. All I know is that I have learned to accept that weight loss is just not as fast (for me!) as I have always thought it should be. And I have stopped labelling myself "a failure" when the number on the scale doesn't do what I wish it would. On July 30th of last year, I was 182 lbs. So it has taken me 8 months to lose 40-ish pounds. I think most people would be totally annoyed by how slow that has been. But shockingly, I am not! I am happy with that progress!! 😊 And that is my tip of the day! LOL! Have a great day, everyone!!
3/26 – 142.2 lbs – Yup, there is the bounce-back that I mentioned that I should expect, yesterday. I am TRYING not to let it bother me, but on some level it does. I do feel a bit like a failure because yesterday my calories topped out at 2574… and I only had 4 cups of fluid. ☹ According to MFP I was still “under” because of the 22K steps I did, but I know the exercise burn is inflated. So, I’m annoyed with myself. I’m trying to take my own advice, though, and not get mad at my body for not doing what I want it to. I started scrolling through my weights over the years in my MFP progress chart, and I remembered that in 2017 I was 241.8 lbs. So to cheer myself up I am changing my starting weight to 241.8 lbs in all my apps. Lol. Also, if I want to get into the Way Back Time Machine, I was 345 lbs when I was weighed before weight-loss surgery in 2005 (and I am sure my weight went even higher that that, but I was not weighing myself in those days). So… if I think of it in those terms… I am pretty successful and my body kicks butt. Honestly, when I think of it in those terms, how can I feel “annoyed with myself” and like “a failure”? The truth is that I have been doing the best I can, all these years. I absolutely have been doing the best I could with the skills that I had. And bingeing eating was a coping skill that I developed very early on after being sexually abused by an older babysitter from 3-6 years old and physically assaulted in my home on a regular basis from 10-18 years old and emotionally abused all my life by both parents in addition to having my mother hate me from the day I was born (which she made sure to tell me on the regular: “I wish you were never born”, “You’re so lazy the only job you will ever be able to have will be a prostitute”, etc.). When you consider all of that, it is actually a wonder that I am even STILL HERE, let alone dealing with disordered eating behaviours (as well as a personality disorder, an anxiety disorder, PTSD and substance abuse disorder). My body has gotten me through all of that. My body has helped me survive everything. Even with that abysmal start in life, I have somehow gotten myself though university, worked in non-profits helping adults improve their literacy skills for 20+ years, secured a great government job working on the provincial adult literacy file, developed a beautiful relationship with an absolute angel of a man (my knight in shining armour), made myself a lovely home in a spacious 15th floor apartment with a view of beautiful Lake Ontario… and here I am complaining that I ate too much yesterday (which is likely because of hormones due to my stupid TOM taking forever to show up). I really need to check myself. I really, really do. So, I am gonna instead say: My body is strong enough to walk for several hours a day, with no problem; my body lets me jog for a couple of minutes at a time; my body lets me lift weights in the gym; my brain is super creative and helps me problem-solve; and my heart is HUGE, and even though I have been hurt in very terrible ways, I still have the ability to love so much (animals, friends, my sister, my niece, my husband, and my students I helped all through my non-profit days). I have a lot to be grateful for. So I am going to try to focus on that today – being thankful for what I have and what I have been able to achieve in life, thus far, and being thankful for having the opportunity to keep going, and keep learning and working on improving my skills. I mean, I’m still here, aren’t I? That is enough. I AM ENOUGH. And so are you.
3/27 – 141.8 lbs – So yesterday’s post was a bit dramatic. LOL. It reminds me of a meme I saw: “You can still be mysterious after over-sharing because everyone will be thinking ‘Why would she say that?’” Haha! Anyway. So I ate 2500+ calories again yesterday, but my weight is back down to where it was a couple of days ago. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: BODIES ARE WEIRD. I took a look back and my calories have been kind of out control (with 2 days of not logging at all!) since March 18th. I’m not sure why, since, before that I was solidly eating around 1600ish for a long time. And my TOM still has yet to make an appearance. So don’t ask me. Meanwhile, I took a selfie yesterday to send to my hubby as I thought it was funny that I was doing my cleaning with just pants and a sports bra on. When I sent him the pic I was like: “HOLY HELL, I’M SKINNY.” It’s weird how you can’t really see your weight loss in a mirror but in photos you really can. Well, it’s like that for me, anyway. I did get 24K steps yesterday, and I think all my walking is the only thing that is saving me, at this point. I got all my cleaning done over the weekend which for me is really mentally satisfying (I’ve written in here before how I have a hard time logging in to work if my apartment is messy) so I’m really happy about that. I was looking back over my entries here (I have them all saved to a Word doc) and I see that in the past I have pre-logged my day as a way to help during the times I’ve been struggling so I guess I will go ahead and do that today. I think I should also try to get my snacking in check – I have been eating cheese strings and turkey “pepperonis” like they are going out of style, not to mention the dark chocolate I have bragged about in here before: “Ooh, look at me, I’m so amazing, I am able to eat only 1-2 squares per day!” … um, well, so much for that. And lastly, I think if I could increase my fluids intake that would help with my hunger as well. So those will be my goals for today. Let’s do this!!! 😊
3/28 – 141.6 lbs – Uh, I am not sure how that is possible, as I ate pizza and “mini cinnabons” last night… well, I am sure it will show up on the scale tomorrow! Things went so sideways yesterday that I gave up on trying to track what I was eating and just deleted the day. (There is that perfectionism kicking in that is not helpful at all!!) Anyway, I have decided that I am not going to track calories today or tomorrow. It is my hubby’s birthday today and I am going to make it about him. He LOVES eating and I am going to let him choose where we go and what we eat (we already have plans for a pub for dinner tonight, so I’m sure it will burgers or fish n chips, etc.). Side note: He has often told me over the 9 years we’ve been together that one of things he loves about me is that I love to eat and he loves eating with me! HAHAH! Of course, he has never struggled with his weight at all (thanks to several years of competitive sprint canoeing as a young man he is PACKED with muscle and can eat whatever he wants) and does not have an eating disorder so he doesn’t understand how my brain works. But you know what, it is not going to kill me to not track for a few days. He leaves on Thursday morning (he is a trucker and will be off to San Diego) so I know I will get back on track then and deal with any damage at that point. I am happy that I can see a sort of “middle ground” on this. Not black and white thinking, you know? I feel like black and white thinking is what got me into this cycle of losing and gaining in the first place… but now I am confident that taking a break from compulsively tracking everything that goes into my mouth is okay, and that I can start it up again on Thursday, and that of course my weight will bounce up a little, and that will be okay, too, and I can inch it back down a little over time without starving myself etc. I am really making progress with this, guys. I am super proud of myself. 😊 One good thing is that the dog isn’t going anywhere so I will still likely get 15-20K steps today and tomorrow. Lol! Speaking of dogs, it’s LATE!! ACK!! I better go walk him!! (I got 8 hours of sleep last night. I always sleep better when hubby is home.) Have a great day everyone.
3/29 – 141.6 lbs – Hmpf.
3/30 – 140.8 lbs – Hmpf!! I am not sure how this is happening… I haven’t tracked my calories for the last three days. As promised above, I am back to tracking today. I suspect my weight will bounce up tomorrow, as it typically does after a couple days of “slacking” on my diet/exercise game. But that’s okay, I am prepared for it, mentally. So we had a GREAT time on my hubby’s birthday! It was lots of fun! First we brought the dog to a “rented dog park for 1” where my 78 lb dog decided he’d like to try the agility equipment… HAH! Then we went to the mall where hubby decided that his birthday gift would be to get his ears pierced! He chose these big flashy cubic zirconia studs and he looks amazing in them!! (He said, “These make me look like a bada$$!” Which is hilarious because he definitely is not!) Then I bought him a new pair of running shoes (which he showed me in the mall that they can go really fast). Then we went out for a very casual dinner with my niece and her fiancé and we had so much fun. We laughed our heads off! Super fun day. 😊 And I don’t think I worried about my weight or calories or anything for the whole day – which is really important to me and I feel is a sign of progress with my mental health/eating disorder. Plus the fact that I am ready to “get back on the wagon” today – IE, it isn’t turning into a 6 month free-for-all binge. I would have to guess that I have eaten at least 2000 calories per day every day since March 18th, and my tracking has been shoddy, and my exercise so-so. So, that is 12 days. I honestly am not sure how my weight hasn’t increased over that time frame, and in fact has decreased by 1.8 lbs. That is really odd, to me. I am considering this information as both “data” and “a lucky fluke” and I will ponder it as I try to determine a daily calorie goal for maintenance. FYI, my TOM never showed up even though I had a day where I felt inexplicably tired and I wanted to murder my husband which typically signals that the next day I’d get my period, but I never did. Hopefully I don’t keep feeling so hungry all the time, because that would probably spell disaster to my weight-loss, at some point...
3/31
4/1

jspecies11

69 yo female; 5’5”
Thank you @quiltingjaine
SW 140.0#
GW 139.0#
Consistent strength training, plant based unprocessed food, increase hydration

3/23 140.2#
3/24 139.6#
3/25 138.6#
3/26 139.4#
3/27 139.2#
3/28 138.6#
3/29 138.4#
3/30 139.2# Not my best day yesterday. Frustrated with stuff and did not cope well. I will work on staying within my locus of control today. Starting off with lifting something heavy this AM before work and making healthy food choices.
3/31
4/1

clprieur

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@clprieur Many fasters work out in a fasted state.

We all need to remember that weight loss is neither predictable nor linear. This is an old poster from WW


@lisapower123 As you have done this before, I think you are fine. In the beginning people criticized me for going keto. The wife of my former boss boss told me that would kill me and I would be “waiting for her in heaven.” Meanwhile she is grossly obese and I am over 50# lighter. We all learn what works and what doesn’t. If we chose to follow that winning path, YAY US! If you continue to deny it, poor you. You’ve got this!

To be clear, I was not criticizing the person who was writing about going to the gym while fasting. She had not indicated in her original post that she was fasting intentionally and that she took supplements etc. and that she knew what she was doing. She had only indicated that she is trying to lose weight in time to attend an upcoming event. I suggested that she may be having distorted thoughts about eating and that she may want to check in with a medical professional, that is all. It was offered in the spirit of "advice and concern", which is what I thought this space was about.

39flavours

F42, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5th July '21)
RGW: 150.2 lbs
UGW: 140lbs (trend)
UUGW: 122.4lbs

Past Rounds

R160 SW:162.8 GW:164.0 EW:DNW
R161 SW:162.0 GW:159.5 EW:158.2 (-3.8)
R162 SW:160.2 GW:156.5 EW:154.6 (-5.6)
R163 SW:154.4 GW:152.4 EW:152.4 (-2.0)
R164 SW:151.8 GW:151.0 EW:150.2 (-1.6)
R165 SW:149.0 GW:148.4 EW:149.0 (-0.0)
R166 SW:148.4 GW:147.0 EW:147.0 (-1.4)
R167 SW:148.2 GW:146.5 EW:146.6 (-1.6)
R168 SW:146.6 GW:144.0 EW:146.2 (-0.4)
R169 SW:143.6 GW:143.0 EW:142.0 (-1.6)
R170 SW:143.0 GW:140.0 EW:140.6 (-2.4)
R171 SW:140.0 GW:139.6 EW:138.6 (-1.4)
R172 SW:141.4 GW:138.6 EW:145.0 (+3.6)
R173 SW:145.2 GW:142.8 EW:141.0 (-4.2)
R174 SW:141.0 GW:139.6 EW:142.2 (+1.2)
R175 SW:141.6 GW:139.6 EW:140.0 (-1.6)
R176 SW:139.6 GW:139.0 EW:138.4 (-1.2)

R177-R210 DNW regained 26.6lbs 😵 Never again!
R211 SW:165.0 GW:163.0 EW:160.8 (-4.2)
R212 SW:161.4 GW:159.0 EW:157.6 (-3.2)
R213 SW:158.0 GW: 156.0 EW: 156.8 (-1.2)
R214 SW:154.4 GW:153.4 EW:154.4 (0.0)
R215 SW:153.4 GW:152.4 EW: 151.6 (-1.8)
R216 SW:150.8 GW:149.8 EW: 151.6 (+0.8)
R217 SW:151.6 GW:150.6 EW: 150.2 (-1.4)
R218 SW:150.2 GW:150.2 EW:
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3/21 150.2 (trend 150.6)
3/22 DNW
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3/23 DNW travelling. Only 2hrs sleep as we had to leave the house at 2.30am to catch a flight, so it was a long, tiring day. Went grocery shopping so I can do lots of cooking at the apartment and hopefully stay in control of food a bit. We went for a walk as the sun was setting and then stopped at a pizza place. I was hoping for a salad but they didn't do them so we had a couple of beers then got a pizza to take back to the apartment which we shared with salad and wine.
Managed to keep calories low for the most part, but wine and pizza got the better of me in the evening.

3/24 DNW Made salted cod and chickpea salad with boiled egg for lunch, my favourite portuguese dish! Went for a long bike ride to the beach to watch the sunset then along the marina. Stopped at a tapas bar where we had some bites to eat and a glass of wine. So delicious but so much olive oil and butter. Evenings are proving difficult to stay on track. Totm is due today or tomorrow, I'll be glad when it comes and my mood can settle down a bit. I get a lot of anxiety and body dysmorphia in the days leading up to it.

3/25 DNW Workout at the apartment using resistance bands in the morning. Cycle into town to get an allen key to fix the bike. Went out for a bit in touristy Albufeira but decided it wasn't for us so took a cycle ride to the marina, had a burger and a few beers and listened to some live music.

3/26 DNW Went kayaking around sea caves in the morning, then explored Sagres, the south-westernmost point of Europe and on to Lagos for lots of walking. Got sunburnt, ouch! Cycled to town in the evening and shared a seafood cataplana (Portuguese soup with prawns, clams and monkfish)

3/27 DNW Spent the day laying on the beach, then went for cocktails and had pizza again. Lazy day!

3/28 DNW Cooked a chicken and brown rice casserole type thing which we had for lunch with a big salad then took a drive in the countryside and watched the sun set on the beach with a bottle of wine.

3/29 DNW travelling home day yesterday, so packing, cleaning and lots of sitting. Still managed to get my steps in almost just by walking around the airports. Ate too many snacks on the plane and my feet swelled up like big fat sausages from the cabin pressure. Not weighing until tomorrow, going to try and fast for most of today.

3/30 149.4 (trend 149.7) Yay! Really pleased with this weigh in, the trip away didn't cause any damage! I did take a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday and saw 152pointsomething, but I could ṭell I was retaining lots of water from the air travel. Fasted for most of the day until the evening, when I lost control a bit and had a snack attack on cereal bars and barbecue rice cakes, but I stayed below my daily calories so it's all good. Need to get right back into tracking and going to the gym. OH is away for work today and I've been having a slow start so going to the gym this morning hasn't happened, oops! Sooo much laundry to get done and my daughter has done a great job of messing up the house while we've been away, so I need to get on with the cleaning. Can't complain too much as she was taking care of the cats for us and has always been a messy person, so I'm not surprised.
Fingers crossed my weight doesn't do me dirty and bump up again tomorrow.

3/31
4/1

CamandJarvis

shmmm3 wrote: »

fmfdfa2020 wrote: »

musicsax wrote: »

@fmfdfa2020 sorry for my ignorance, but what are hush puppies? The only ones that I know of are the comfortable stout shoes!!

Hi @musicsax They are made of cornmeal, flour, eggs, onion, buttermilk and dropped by the spoonful into oil and deep fried (many things in the south are deep fried) Here's a link to a recipe with a picture. My Mother used to make them, and most times when you ordered seafood (especially fried), your meal would come with hushpuppies.

https://therecipecritic.com/homemade-hush-puppies/

I love this conversation. Hushpuppies were one of the first things I veganized by using flax seeds instead of eggs. I love them!

Grew up in NW Indiana (north) but raised by southern grandparents (who were raised in Arkansas) so I very much see both sides of this. Hush puppies were, and still are to this day, one of my weaknesses. I've now come to love jalapeno hush puppies that give a tiny little kick, too. I want some so bad now...

Cornbread! Sweet vs not sweet?! I've had both, my family made both. It depended on what it was being made with. Chili? Sweet. Ham&beans? Not sweet.

CamandJarvis

RenaPink11 wrote: »

3/29 - 175.2 - Slacked on the water yesterday. Did the c25k app on the treadmill. Read somewhere to also do it outdoors bc there’s a difference. So I did the inside track at the gym and YES huge difference. The floor has no give like a treadmill and doesn’t make me keep my pace! LOL my knees weren’t liking it. It put me in my place and I’m not feeling as confident doing a 5k as I was before. But I will keep my goal of participating in one in June and keep training for it. Heading to the gym now.

Treadmills are very deceiving like that -- I thought I was doing well training on one until I went for an outdoor run and couldn't keep up, despite the fact that I kept up with her on a treadmill! She normally trained outside so it was a huge wakeup call for me!
As much as I hate it (and my knees complain), I now try to avoid treadmills because of the mental mixup it gives me. Though, for example, my business trip in April -- I'll use a treadmill those two days of training as I'm unfamiliar with the area to run outside, the hotel has a treadmill, and I'd like to maintain some semblance of training. Plus, I'll probably have to work out before the sun comes up so I have time to get ready and eat before training starts. I'll just be mindful that coming back home, I'll probably have lost a little bit of conditioning due to it being a treadmill. I've already planned to repeat that week of C25K once I'm home.

LisaPower123

Good morning!


💕💕170 days until the wedding. 💕💕

3/23. 232.4
3/24. 232
3/25 232.2
3/26 goal 231.85/actual 231.8 ✅
3/27 goal 231.5/actual 231.8 ❌
3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌
3/29 goal 230.8/actual 230 ✅

3/30 goal 230.45/actual 230.6 ❌ I knew that had eaten too much yesterday. I have to learn to not finish what is in my bowl or on my plate when I am full. I am doing Noom right now & the lesson for today was to leave 5 forkfuls & to not clean my plate. I could have used that yesterday. I made beef with broccoli in the InstaPot & it was super good. I should have made it with cauliflower rice but my son wanted Jasmine rice & I didn't feel like making 2. I will next time. I don't know if anyone else has gone through the entire course, but I am learning (or reminded of) a few things as it goes along that are helpful. I don't know if I agree with all of their green foods, but the calories are still calories (not zero pts like WW) & count towards a daily goal. I have not been successful in getting 30% of my calories from green food, but I am going to work at figuring that out next week.

3/31 goal 230.1/actual
4/1 Goal 229.75/actual


@clprieur it is no big deal. I should have been more clear. Everything that I have read cautions to not do what I am doing. It is extreme, maybe unrealistic & probably not a lifestyle change. I already have doubts, but I need this for soooo many reasons.. I appreciated the concern. I look at this as a game (as my son said, not a very fun game) & hopefully I will play the game until I get to my goal this time.

SModa61

GIVE ME 10 DAYS – ROUND 218

Round 218
March 23 – April 1, 2023

61 year old female, 5’5”. I am married, semi-nomadic (we live in three states, Mass, Maine, Florida).

Goal for round 218. So round 217, I reached an intermediate goal of getting down to below 135, which is back to where I was at last April (almost exactly a year) when my daughter, SIL, DGS came to visit us in the keys. Wearing a swimsuit in the pool with grandson is going to be more comfortable for me than it was going to be, and for that I am grateful. 218 is going to include a few challenges starting with traveling up to my MIL’s for two days to pick up DD and family, then we drive back down to our place and they stay with up til the end of round 218, April 1st. My goal is going to be to try and enjoy balance for the round. Maybe no loss, and hopefully no gain. I will exercise when and how I can, and I will track, and at a minimum be thoughtful, what I eat during the round. Fingers crossed!!

History:

Harry and Han are our cats, who travel with us. Have two “kids”, who are very much adults, and a DGS. We have three parents, 88(father), 86(mother), 84(MIL) still with us, and I have logically been needing to help them more as they age. I got my act in gear during COVID, somewhat inspired by NOT becoming my parents. I lost 30 lbs and was exercising daily. Unfortunately, I am an “all in or not” person. Selling family home distractions, plus medical incident with my father and all their new needs, became an excuse. A year and a half later, I gained 25 lbs and lost all my athletic improvements. I need to figure out balance and how to make health be a daily priority for life!

Round 126 153.0 equivalent 9/14/20
Round 127 149.2 9/24/20
Round 128 147.2 10/4/20
Round 129 145.8 10/14/20
Round 130 144.4 10/24/20
Round 131 142.2 11/3/20
Round 132 139.4 11/13/20
Round 133 137.2 11/23/20
Round 134 136.4 12/3/20
Round 135 132.6 12/13/20
Round 136 132.0 12/23/20
Round 137 132.0 1/2/21
Round 138 131.0 1/12/21
Round 139 128.2 1/22/21
Round 176 138.2 1/26/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 177 134.8 2/5/22
Round 178 137.0 2/15/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 181 138.2 3/17/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 182 137.8 3/27/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 183 133.4 4/6/22 Harry 11 lb .5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 184 136.0 4/16/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 12.5 oz
Round 185 136.8 4/26/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 13 oz
Round 186 136.0 5/6/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 187 137.8 5/16/22 Harry 10 lb 14.0 oz Han Solo 11lb 11.5 oz
Round 188 135.8 5/26/22 Harry 10 lb 10.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 210 146.6 1/01/23 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 211 144.4 1/11/23
Round 212 146.6 1/21/23 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 213 143.4 1/31/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 214 142.4 2/10/23
Round 215 140.0 2/20/23 Harry 10 lb 12 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 216 138.0 3/2/23 Harry 10 lb 11.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6.5 oz
Round 217 136.0 3/12/23 Harry 10 lb 15 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 218 134.0 3/22/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 Han Solo 11 lb 7.5 oz

Exercise & Supplements

Supplements are to try and correct dry eye issues. See if they pay off.
3/23 – Walked with the girls, 4 laps.

3/24 – Walked with the girls, 3 laps. Convo about other building so cut it short

3/25 – Skipping this morning. Need to concentrate on packing.

3/26 – walked 3.5 miles at 4 MPR pace at MIL’s

3/27 – no time to walk, or exercise

3/28 – walked with girls, two laps

3/29 – walked with the girls, two laps, and visited crane point with DD and DGS

3/30 – walked Theater of the Sea

3/31
4/1

SW: 134.0

Day/Weight/Comment
3/23 – 134.6 Not surprised in the least AND not concerned. Yesterday, I started with a faster pace solo walk that turned into a group walk around mile 4. Then, when I got home, hubby wanted to clean our screened balcony. I crawled all 500 sq ft of it, using a whisk broom to remove the dried dirt so his following with a mop was more effective. Not sure how the dirt develops, but it forms on the screens and when it rains it washed the dirt onto the tile floor. My knees were black and I wore the skin off my left knee. THEN, hubby wanted us to go do some landscaping on the condo property grounds, that we had talked about. Goal was to remove leaves, trash and debris behind a hedge, along a wall. Guess who got to be BEHIND the hedge. That somehow gave quite a workout to my right butt check and thigh. To finish the day off, we tried a local Japanese/Thai restaurant for dinner. Yum! Between likely fluid retention in my muscles, and likely from sodium in the dinner, I fully expected a gain. Calories were not over, so not concerned. Oh, yes, I did not neglect the cats, they got their evening walk once we got home from the restaurant.

3/24 – Starting my comment Thursday night, before weighing Friday morning and seeing the result I got into the chocolate chips……. :’( But I did count them, then I scanned the bag and entered them into my diary. Calories higher than most days, but actually reasonable while I am still walking so much each day.

134.8 Yup, an up. Annoying but not concerned. The beauty of tracking!!!

3/25 – 134.0 arrive @MIL/afternoon, w/ kids Last weighing until Tuesday, and that needs to be ok. We’ll see what exercise I manage to do, and will do my best to track the meals my MIL makes. She does know that I have packed my own breakfasts and possibly lunch, so it is down to controlling quantities of her cooking at dinner, and limiting snacks, as I have been doing at home. Fortunately, I can use Invisalign as an excuse during the “between meal” times. Skipping walking this morning, I need to make sure everything is in order.

3/26 – no scale, @MIL, w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/27 – no scale, @MIL w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/28 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 132.6 Shocked. I did make a best effort while at MIL’s home and on the road, and then even once getting everyone back to our place. I only walked once, and it was for 3.5 miles. But I did do my best to accurately track and/or evaluate what I was eating. Tracking says I exceeded my calories some, but I was crazy hungry most of the time. I had NO expectation of a loss. My ONLY theory is that with the lessened walking, I flushed fluid out of my muscles and that created my loss. I don’t really know.

This round is going to be super hard for me to catch up and read everyone’s posts. Will do my best!

3/29 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 134.0 Was fun while it lasted! :P Yesterday’s low seemed abnormal. The, to boot, last night I did go off the rails. Was alone and dealing with the disarray around the condo, and got into ice cream and cookies and chips that would normally not be around me, and I had managed to ignore for 2 days. If the upward motion does not continue, I will still be thrilled with getting through this round unscathed.

3/30 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 133.8 Managing to hold, which is great. Yesterday, by bedtime, I was exhausted. Lots to juggle when you have guests. Sometimes, I think it tops formal exercise. :P I did go over a bit more than my normal “losing weight” calories, but everything was tracked, and I made an active decision to “go over”. Did not seem to hurt.

3/31 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
4/1 – DD, GS, SIL visiting

CamandJarvis

You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before

31, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2 164.5 164.9 Dec 31, 2022 165.5 Jan 5, 2023
GW: 130-135

Previous Rounds:

R69: 158.1; R70: 156.5; R71: 156.3 R72: 156.3; R73: 155.2; R74: 155.4; R75: 156.1; R76: 155.6; R80: 153.2; R81: 154.3; R82: 154.1; R84: 156.5; R89: 156.7; R91: 160.1; R93: 159.3; R94: 156.1; R98: 154.5; R99: 155.9; R100: 152.8; R101: 149.7; R102: 149.0; R103: 149.0; R104: 146.2; R105: 146.6; R106: 144.6; R107: 146.8; R108: 147.7; R109: 148.1; R110: 150.1; R111: 154.3; R112: 152.6; R113: 151.7; R121: 153.0; R122: 154.8; R123: 153.9; R124: 153.4; R125: 155.6; R126: 152.3; R127: 151.5; R128: 151.0; R129: 151.0; R130: 152.6; R131: 153.9; R132: 150.6; R133: 151.2; R134: 149.3; R135: 149.5; R136: 148.4; R137: 147.9; R138: 148.4; R139: 151.9; R140: 150.4; R141: 150.4; R142: 144.0; R143: 144.2; R144: 147.0; R145: 145.7; R146: 145.9; R147: 145.9; R148: 146.5; R149: 147.3; R150: 146.8; R151: 147.9; R152: 147.7; R153: 147.2; R154: 147.0; R155: 144.7; R157: 146.1; R158: 146.6; R159: 146.3; R160: 150.2; R161: 146.7; R162: 144.6; R163: 146.2; R164: 147.3; R165: 146.3; R166: 148.5; R167: 147; R168: 148.4; R169: 151.4; R170: 148.9; R171: 144.8 R172: DNW; R173: 146.1; R174: 147.9; R175: 145.9; R176: 150.5; R177: 149.3; R179: 150.5; R180: 151.6; R181: DNW; R182: 150.2; R183: 152.9; R184: 153.4; R185: 151.3; R186: 152.3; R187: 151.8; R188: 150.9; R189: 152.6; R190: DNW; R191: 154.8; R192: 155.5; R193: 155.2; R194: 156.5; R195: DNW; R196: 155.7; R197: DNW; R198: 156.1; R199: DNW; R200: DNW; R201: 159.8; R202: 159.7; R203: 160.5; R204: DNW; R205: DNW; R206: 161.7; R207: 163.6; R208: DNW; R209: 164.5; R210: 163.9; R211: DNW; R212: 163.1; R123: 162.1; R214: 162.1; R215: 160.4; R216: 160.4; R217: 159.6

Last weight
03/22 - 159.6

Round Goal: 158.x
Workout: 3x/week - M-W-F bodyweight and C25K training, regular walks with pups (weather permitting)
Nutrition: Log daily

Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 - 158.6
3/24 - 158.4
3/25 - 158.1
3/26 - DNW
3/27 - 159.9
3/28 - 159.1
3/29 - 158.7
3/30 - 158.3 - The scale flashed a pretty little "157" before settling up. It gave me hope that I'll be seeing it soon if I can keep up the good habits. Today I'm going to hop on the rower for sprints and maybe a light pedaling on the bike after, depending on how I feel. My legs are very sore today from pushing hard on yesterday's run. I can now say I've run 1.5 miles in 20 minutes flat. Whoohoo! That's a huge improvement for me. I've decided to make Tuesday my rest day and today rowing day since I usually have a higher calorie day due to eating out at the bar&grill for Thirsty Thursday afternoons. No matter how carefully I choose, I'm not making it so I estimate high. At least on Tuesdays I'm aware of the typical Mexican food options and can pre-log to meet goals. Today's dinner is roast with carrots and potatoes so I'm logging that now. The avocado salad I had last time at the bar&grill was delightful but my usual is the grilled chicken wrap. I'm debating between the two for lunch.
3/31
4/01

Previous Day's Comments

3/23 - Internet is down so attempting this post from my little phone. All was good yesterday. I ended up shaving off a minute from my run between Wednesday and yesterday (same intervals for both). Today is a rest day so I'm very lightly pedaling the bike as I type this out and sip my coffee as a bit of active rest. I feel the soreness! Things may be more hectic as both BF and I have big things due today as we are both off work tomorrow so we may be going elsewhere to work (and therefore away from the house and towards tempting unhealthy options). BF is harnessing up Harley for a walk so I guess I'll also be taking a walk with Smoke once it's light out. Today's goal: stick to my good habits to get through!
3/24 - Not bad for late night, last minute pizza. We went to look at our friend's travel trailer that just got back from minor repairs. He wants to do a 1-for-1 trade on a motorcycle BF wanted to get rid of anyway. Been talking about getting a travel trailer since we both work from home, we could make life a little easier by working from wherever we've traveled to (within reason). Ended up staying in town chatting longer than expected so we pulled out frozen pizza. Today BF wants to go ride once it dries up a bit (I believe the storms forecasted missed us and it just finished raining) and I've got some errands in town I can prolong to keep me outside and entertained. We agreed with the forecasted storms and the desire to try a trail in town, to forego our workouts this morning and take the dogs on the trail tomorrow. I'll likely hop on the bike with a book once I'm done here to get a little active rest since it's too wet to take the pups on a walk right now.
3/25 - Slowly but surely! I was hoping a bigger drop but wondering if dinner out last night was a bit too salty. I didn't "workout" but I walked a ton yesterday and had a huge calorie deficit from it. I parked at the park and walked all the way down one side of main street, crossed the street, and walked all the way back up, making stops where I needed to complete errands (I could've parked closer and I certainly didn't have to walk all of main street, but I decided that's my "workout"/active rest so I made it a thing). Then, after the post to ship my mom fabric for a quilt, walked around the grocery store! Whew. That isn't accounting from 3pm onward! All I know for today is that I need to make up some baguettes as our friend is smoking a pork butt and we're all hanging out. I'll probably go make up the dough once I finish posting before I work out and get sweaty. Plus, it'll rise while I'm working out and showering, meaning I'm not stuck home on a beautiful day waiting on dough! I have bodyweight and 5k training today. BF decided, since we got home at 930 and didn't get to bed until 10, he wasn't going to wake up to go to the trail. I'm debating whether I just want to run the road outside our house again or if I want to drive out to the trail by myself. He's going riding with the boys for FamHub's birthday so he won't be waiting on me anyway and I'll be waiting on dough (rise, shape, rise, bake).
3/26 - DNP
3/27 - Yesterday I was woken up at 5am by a whining puppy only to realize I had a horrible knot in my back that made it hurt to move and breathe. I let the dogs out, put on some cream, and went back to bed with the pups in the step daughter's room so as not to disturb BF. That extra sleep gave me a crick in my neck and a headache bordering a migraine. I had a really rough start and certainly didn't care to weigh in or check in here haha This morning, I still have the knot which I'm sure will impact today's bodyweight strength and C25K training but I'm going to do it anyway. Even if I have to slow it down or ease up on things, I'm getting my workout in. I woke up mid-dream again so I'm dragging and slow anyway. I was bad and ate dinner out with the family despite not being hungry. Even worse- it was fried. Ugh. I felt so awful and overly full after. And it was a later-than-usual dinner so I went to bed still feeling too full. Not pleasant. The scale definitely shows it. Hopefully that'll drop off fairly quickly, though. I did discover, though, the trail we wanted to run doesn't open until 8am. I'm not 100% sure but I think access is free for veterans or active duty but otherwise costs $6 per person. I couldn't go since BF's motorcycle blocked both my vehicles to get out and I wasn't brave enough to try to move it (I'm short and can barely reach the ground sitting on it) so I ran the road to my house, but it's good to know on the trail thing anyway.
3/28 - It flashed 158 a few times but settled here. That's alright, I tried a new recipe last night with plenty of cheese so I'm probably a tad bloated from that and I can't expect the weekend gain to drop off all at once, either. It was a spinach artichoke skillet lasagna. I used my dutch oven sans cover because you'd need a really large oven-safe skillet! I have several very big cast iron skillets, but I would've spilled half the food during stirring, eek! It wasn't very flavorful so I'll have to play around with seasonings should I ever make it again. It was, however, a calorie bomb so I might not. My poor knee is hurting so bad like it used to in the army. I need to get a patellar band type brace to help it. I'm not sure if it was the increase in running yesterday or I slept wrong on it (my neck and upper back are sore like I spent part of the night in a funky sleeping position). Today I'll stretch and put some CBD cream which really is the only cream that seems to help with pain for me. It's like icy hot, too. BF is up to work out so if he takes Harley, I might take Smoke for a short walk later once my knee calms down a little. My kneecaps are off track a bit so too much walking/running/anything that requires movement of my knee causes issues. There's nothing besides surgery to fix it, but I do know what to do to help limit/avoid damage and pain. 10 years of having this issue but still being required to do Army physical activities of all sorts makes you really really good PT for yourself hahaha I have some leftover lasagna for lunch which I'll likely figure out how to pair with some frozen veggies I have and dinner will be the usual high-calorie Mexican fare. I'll have to be really mindful of my intake today to squeeze in everything without going over.
3/29 - Happy to see 158 again. Now to keep it there or below. Yesterday was madness. Work popped off horribly. I ended up working until 7pm (I normally get off at 4pm) trying to finalize some documents. I still have 2 more to complete and get reviewed by the end of the day today which is doable and hopefully means I get more than 2,000 steps. Yep, I only got about 2,000 steps the entire day because I was so stuck to the computer. Ugh, I didn't know so few steps were possible with this big house and bathroom breaks! Today is bodyweight and C25K day so I'll at least get some movement in and therefore steps. My knee is still a little achy but my brace won't come in until this afternoon. I'd push my run off until tomorrow except tomorrow morning is forecast storms right smack dab during my morning workout time. I'll just have to be a little extra careful, even if it means slowing things down a bit. I woke up at 430 and allowed myself to fall back asleep until my alarm at 530 so I'm battling the grogginess monster right now. Slowing down might not be too challenging hah! No clue dinner but I do have some leftover refried beans and skillet lasagna for lunch if I need something quick
3/30
3/31

CamandJarvis

LisaPower123 wrote: »

I am doing Noom right now & the lesson for today was to leave 5 forkfuls & to not clean my plate. I could have used that yesterday. I made beef with broccoli in the InstaPot & it was super good. I should have made it with cauliflower rice but my son wanted Jasmine rice & I didn't feel like making 2. I will next time. I don't know if anyone else has gone through the entire course, but I am learning (or reminded of) a few things as it goes along that are helpful. I don't know if I agree with all of their green foods, but the calories are still calories (not zero pts like WW) & count towards a daily goal. I have not been successful in getting 30% of my calories from green food, but I am going to work at figuring that out next week.

I'm very interested in your thoughts on Noom. I've seen it pop up so much around my life but I'm super skeptical about things like that but I try to be open minded and learn before I judge.

Green foods? Is that literal green or do they color code certain types of food as green?


Also, for fasting, any readers out there? Life in the Fasting Lane by Jason Fung, Eve Mayer, and Megan Ramos - it is a delightful and informative read. He does talk about long-term fasting in there but I think, overall, it's a very informative read. I need to re-read it, honestly. I learned so much and wanted to share with the group/any interested in learning more about it.

RockinRobyn672

SW: 146.4
Day/Weight/Comment
Thu 3/23: 145.8
Fri 3/24: 145.8
Sat 3/25: 146
Sun 3/26: 146.8
Mon 3/27: 147.4
Tue 3/28: DNW
Wed 3/29: 149.2
Thu 3/30: 148
Fri 3/31:
Sat 4/1:

phx92

SW RND 218

3/23 x
3/24 x
3/25 194.2
3/26 194.0
3/27 194.6
3/28 x
3/29 193.2
3/30 193.2
3/31
4/1

Goal #1 189lb

deepwoodslady

Round 218



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 62 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 175 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
R217 EW= 188.2
R218 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) = -0.8 LOST (Ending Weight 193.2)

R216 (03/03/23 thru 03/12/23) = -4.2 LOST (Ending Weight 189.0)

R217 (03/13/23 thru 03/22/23) = -0.8 LOST (Ending Weight 188.2)

R218 (03/23/23 thru 04/01/23) = -xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment
03/22 …..188.2….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

03/23 -188.4- (Trend weight 190.0)

03/24 -188.0- (Trend weight 189.8)

03/25 -187.2- (Trend weight 189.5)

03/26 -187.8- (Trend weight 189.3)

03/27 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

03/28 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

03/29 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)I woke up to yet more snow today already. Finally, a day at home! Feeling bloated and miserable. Pushing water and better choices today.

03/30 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)I’ve been approved to stay off the bp med Lisinopril (for now at least). We will monitor my bp and see how it goes. I am allowed to go to rehab today so exercise is approved though I should be careful because we don’t yet know how my bp will react. I am still taking a different bp med in the morning. I’m going to continue to let my body stabilize over the next few days but I will try to continue to track and log my foods. I usually don’t track when I go out of town as it’s too confusing, but the days I’m home will not be a problem. I’m still pretty bloated but can start back on my water pill on Friday according to the cardiologist. That will give me such relief. My ankles are ridiculous!

03/31 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

04/01 -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

shmmm3

SW RND 218 -

Diet goal: YES to: Whole foods and plant-based.............No to: Ultra-processed foods and added sugar, except for the really good desserts where it's worth it. Meat and animal products are out until the end of March to help me fast-track my progress on getting better at the whole foods, plant-based BASE that I want my diet to stay at long term.
Movement goal: Some gentle strength training and cardio every day. This round I'm counting house cleaning as cardio.
Weight goal: maintain between 120-125. I made it 123.4 lbs at the end of RND 217

3/23 DNW
3/24 DNW
3/25 DNW
3/26 DNW
3/27 DNW
3/28 DNW Road trip is finally over and I was able to stay whole foods plant-based. Victory! Having the pre set rule that all my food was packed in the cooler and eating mostly fruits the whole drive turned out to relieve the usual stress of temptation of fast food on road trips. I am glad I wasn't trying to log everything because I had as much as I wanted of berries, apples, bananas, clementines, and almonds and this morning I'm not bloated. Tomorrow I weigh in to see the result of not tracking plus vacation. I kept to one drink per day so hopefully there's not much gain. A friend recommended a diet book for me that gives tips and explanations about whole foods diets called, "How Not to Diet" by Michael Greger. I need the help since I'm still a newbie with whole foods cooking. I've changed so much from my early unhealthy approaches to weight loss and even though they worked it was unhealthy through and through and hard to maintain. This is the first time I truly feel good and satisfied and like I'm doing the right thing for my body. I'm excited about the book to come in. Edit, I split a piece of birthday cake that probably wasn't vegan but it was yummy but not the most delicious dessert I'd ever had. I rationalized that it fit into my diet because if I want this to be sustainable I can't make it too hard on myself and be too strict.
3/29 123.4 Yay! Yay! Yay! Whole foods plant-based road trips for the win!!! This is by far the most fun diet experiment I have ever done. My weight has stabilized here with my eating ad libitum and barely exercising?! I made sushi last night! It was easy and tasty (not fancy sushi restaurant quality but there's no place here in town anyway) and very filling with brown rice and avocado. A good simple first attempt. This is quite the adventure into cooking for me. I've extended my Daniel Fast to end at Easter so only 10 more days of strictly no animal products. I am starting to think about forming a game plan to help me not abandon all the good habits I've been working on. I do not want to go back to thinking that I must eat eggs and chicken for protein when I have learned that I can get all the protein I need from plants that automatically come with fiber. I want to view meat as more of a feast times delicacy that provides important micronutrients and not as my sole protein source, if that makes sense.
One idea I'm toying with is to be strictly whole foods plant-based Monday through Friday and then only consume high quality animal products like pasture raised eggs and meat from the farmer's market. We'll see.

3/30 Barely made my exercise goal yesterday and binge ticker is back to zero. It was potatoes and dried fruit and Lara Bars and this morning I'm feeling the fiber...ugh. But, I put the phone away when the sun went down and went to sleep at a reasonable time last night. So that's a success. Maybe not having my gadgets made my hands more wandering than usual. I'll try to remember to give them something to do while watching TV.
3/31
4/1

SheilaBoneham

🌷🐇🌷☔️🌷🪺🌷☔️🌷🐇🌷

HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
2023 Goals — move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes. Have fun!


📆 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: end weight 180 (+2 ☹️)
R216 03/12/23: end weight 178.8 (-1.2)

R217 03/22/23: end weight 178.8 (+/-0).
R218 04/01/23: goals—10 days snack free; walk 30+ minutes; calories <1400.

Day, Weight, Comment

3/23 - 179
The blasted wagon threw me right off last night. Emotional eating snack binge. But I’m climbing back on and am going to try to hang on for the rest of the round.

3/24 - 180
That’s Wed. evening on the scale. Yesterday was better, not perfect. Sometimes I really think that all the tracking and thinking about food and macros and calories all the time makes me more snack-prone because, yep, I’m thinking about food all the time—what I ate, what I should eat, what I will eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, what I shouldn’t eat,… I know the research says tracking = weight loss, but I’ve been doing it faithfully for years now, lost a lot, then regained some despite tracking, am maintaining at higher than I like while tracking faithfully. It’s almost as if knowing my intake lets me give myself permission to eat because, hey, I’ll be over goal but still under maintenance, or just a smidge over…. I don’t know, just thinking through the keyboard.

3/25 - 💐
I’ve decided to slowly let go of some of the tracking to see if obsessing less about numbers and thinking less about food might help me eat less. I’ll continue to check in daily, but weigh in only at the end of each round. Letting go of the scale will be hard —I’ve tried before and was unsuccessful. So I’m dropping out of the 100-day challenge, removing my weight tracker, and removing my numbered weight goals. I’ll focus on other goals—walking, dog-training, writing, garden….—and see what happens. (I do sometimes think I should—a concept I would like to lose but what’s an alternate word? — drop all goals for a while, but after a lifetime of goals goals goals, I don’t know if that’s possible!) Anyway, I love this group, and appreciate the support for each of us doing what we need to do.

3/26 - 🌷
I accidentally weighed myself this morning—habits, right? — and it wasn’t pretty, but I’m not recording it. I did “oversnack” last night, but today is a new day. I’m planning to take the pup out for some energy reduction this morning, and then this afternoon take myself for a long walk all alone. Wishing you all a great Sunday!

3/27 - 🌹
I resisted the urge to weigh in this morning. Yesterday was pretty good, although I did have some ice cream last night. Little by little. I did get in two half hour walks. All good.

3/28 - 💐
I’m doing a bit better with the crazy snacking, though I’m not completely under control yet. I’m looking forward to better weather and long evenings when I’ll be going for longer, later walks, and spending fewer hours in the house on my butt. I had a nice 45-min walk yesterday with Booker, but about half was slow/stationary to let him sniff. I limit his distance since he’s only 4.5 months old, so that was good. I went for another 30-min fast walk on my own later. All good.

3/29 - 🌷
I can’t believe it’s almost April. Yay spring! It’s cold this morning but sunny for now, rain coming, but I’m planning a nice puppy walk when I get off here. Enjoy you day, everyone!

3/30 - 🌹
I read an article yesterday about (re)arranging the fridge and how to store fresh veggies and then dreamt about making a beautiful salad with all kinds of love fresh veggies—various greens, tomatoes, peppers, beets, carrots, celery, asparagus, heart of palm…. I think it’s a (slightly more modest) salad for lunch! And maybe a refrigerator restructuring sometime soon.

3/31 - 💐
4/01 -

jedaschultz

Thanks @quiltingjaine for another round.

Hi, I’m Debbie.
I am 60 yr old, 5' 6" female from Missouri.
OSW 213.4 (July 2012)

Round 164 (Round 1) SW 206.6 RGW 205 EW 204 (-2.6)
Round 165 (Round 2) SW 204 RGW 204 EW 205.4 (+1.4)
Round 166 - I skipped this one. Husband started radiation. (+2.4)
Round 167 (Round 3) SW 207.8 RGW EW 207.2 (-.6)
Round 168 (Round 4) SW 207.2 RGW 204 EW 205.8 (-1.4)
Round 169 (Round 5) SW 205.8 RGW 204 EW 206 (+.2) Thanksgiving
Round 170 (Round 6) SW 206. RGW 204 EW 206.8 (+.8)
Round 171 (Round 7) SW 206.8 RGW 204 EW 208.6 (+1.8)
Round 172 (Round 8) SW 208.6 RGW 206 EW 207.8 (-.8)
Round 173 (Round 9) SW 207.8 RGW 205’s EW 208.6 (+.8)
Round 174 (Round 10) SW 208.6 RGW 206 EW 204.6 (-4.0)
Round 175 (Round 11) SW 204.6 RGW 203 EW 207.4 (+2.8)
Round 176 (Round 12) SW 207.4 RGW 205 EW 208.6 (+1.2)
Round 177 (Round 13) SW 208.6 RGW 205 EW 206.2
Round 178 (Round 14) SW 206.2 RGW 205 EW 205.8
Round 179 skipped this one - traveling
Round 180 (Round 15) SW 208 RGW 205 EW 210.2
Round 181 (Round 16) SW 210.2 RGW 209 EW 209.2
Round 182 skipped
Round 183 (Round 17) SW 209.2 RGW 208 EW 208.2
Round 184 (Round 18) SW 208.2 RGW 207 EW 210.2
Round 185 (Round 19) SW 210.2 RGW 208 EW
Round 186 skipped
Round 187 skipped
Round 188 skipped
Round 189 skipped
Round 190 SW 209.6 RGW 209 EW 210
Round 191 SW 210 RGW 209 EW 205.2
Round 192 SW 205.2 RGW 204.2 EW 205.8
Round 193 SW 205.8 RG 205 EW 213.2
Round 194 SW 211.4 RG 207 EW 213.2
Round 195 Skipped
Round 196 SW 210.2 RG 209 EW211
Round 197 SW 211 RG 209 EW
Round 198 Skipped
Round 199 Skipped
Round 200 EW 211.8
Round 201 SW 211.8 RGW 209 EW 210.2
Round 202 SW 210.2 RGW 208 EW 210.6
Round 203 SW 210.6 RGW 209 EW 209.8
Round 204 SW 209.8 RGW 208.4 EW 210
Round 205 SW 210 RGW 208.4EW 208.8
Round 206 208.8 RGW 208 EW
Round 207 skipped
Round 208 skipped
Round 209 skipped
Round 210 SW RGW 209.2 EW
Round 211 SW RGW EW 210.2
Round 212 SW 210.2 RGW 208 EW 208.8
Round 213 skipped
Round 214 skipped
Round 215 skipped
Round 216 skipped
Round 217 skipped

Round 218 SW 204 RGW 202 EW

Thanks for all the condolences. Keeping busy and staying focused is my goal each day now. I have a knee replacement scheduled for July 19 and would really like to be lighter by then to make it easier.

3/23 - 204
3/24 - 203
3/25 - 201.8 Not really feeling much like eating right now. I am eating something for each meal though and must prepare meals for my daughter.
3/26 - 201.8 Staying the same, that’s good. I don’t want to creep up.
3/27 - 201.8
3/28 -200.6 Friend visiting
3/29 201.8 Friend visiting
3/30 202.2 I've had a friend come and stay with me for a few day. She also has lost her husband 15 months ago and so it has been nice to talk about the process of grieving, future expectations, goals and also reality.
3/31
4/1