Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218
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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 - 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).
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Previous Day's Comments3/23 - 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.
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Thank you @quiltingjaine for another round!
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First G al: Hit the 160's (again)
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170 👉 169
Stick to Plan:- Calorie cycle for a weekly average of 1200 to 1500
- Exercise: Row, Walk, Bike, Weights, Snowshoe, Dance, Jazzercise
- Water: Shoot for 80oz per day
- Binge-Free & Sugar-Free for 100 days
- Lots of veggies and protein, some fruit (very little processed foods or simple carbs which I hardly have anyway)
- I need to figure out a way to get more fiber, especially from grains.
100-Day Weight TrackingMarch 09 - Day 01: 177.5
March 10 - Day 02: 177.9
March 11 - Day 03: 177.0
March 12 - Day 04: 176.7
March 13 - Day 05: 176.8
March 14 - Day 06: 176.0
March 15 - Day 07: 175.9
March 16 - Day 08: 176.0
March 17 - Day 09: 175.8
March 18 - Day 10: 175.8
March 19 - Day 11: DNW
March 20 - Day 12: 175.9
March 21 - Day 13: 175.9
March 22 - Day 14: 175.6
March 23 - Day 15: 175.7
March 24 - Day 16: 174.9
March 25 - Day 17: DNW
If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I so desperately wanted to be where I am today.
Round 217 End Weight: 175.6
Round 218
3/23: 175.7 Row/Bike✔ Water✔ Calories Maintenance (1700). I just love the start of a new 10 days. I'm going to try my best to lose 2 pounds this round, but I will be happy with any loss. We shall see....
3/24: 174.9 Row/Bike✔ Water✔ Calories✔ I am happy to see a drop this morning. I optimistically crossed off the 175's from my first-goal tracking above. Right when things are starting to click is when I lose it many times. One thing that's helping, and hopefully will make this time different, is calorie cycling (average 1200 to 1500 calories) which I think fools my body from thinking I'm starving, but also allowing myself (AND tracking it) to eat at or a little below maintenance on those days where I feel a binge coming on. I'm slowly losing that all-or-nothing mentality of thinking every day has to be what I perceive as perfect or I failed. Patience, Patience, Patience - some of you who have made it to the promised land of your goal weight, and have maintained it, say this a lot. I appreciate you sharing your experiences so much. I think the more I stick to my plan and start seeing positive results more often, the more patience I will have. I just have to get to that point before giving up! I feel this is the time I will do it - now that I said that, I'm ready to prove it to myself!
3/25: DNW I wanted to enjoy the 174's and give it a day before I weighed again. Row/Bike✔ Water✔ Calories✔ NSV: I am seeing a noticeable change in my skin. I've had horrible eczema for 4 years, including on my face which is really hard to get rid of. My skin, everywhere, not just my face, is so much more clearer and softer. I've been drinking water religiously and have been off sugar and dairy for a while now. And I don't eat processed food. The main change of late is I've upped my exercise quite a bit, specifically rowing. I think it's all the above, but I guess my circulation/blood flow was pretty bad after not exercising for months after my surgery. The other NSV is I can't believe how much my stamina is increasing when it comes to my rowing. I'm just thrilled to see these results from replacing bad habits with good ones!
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4/01 I'm going to try my best to lose 2 pounds this round, but I will be happy with any loss. We shall see....
Bingeing is why I'm where I am now. I want to see the results with 100 days of no bingeing. I'm not talking about going over calories from overeating a little, I'm talking full-out bingeing. And that's not just on bad foods, even when I'm eating well, I'll binge. This will be extremely challenging but if I stick to it (and stay off sugar and simple carbs to stop cravings), there is no way I'm not going to see consistent weight loss during these 100 days (not to mention the health benefits)! Part of this challenge, too, is if I do have a slip, that I don't revert back to old habits of bingeing for days/weeks/months. I will acknowledge the slip, celebrate that it didn't derail me, and just keep on keeping on.
I want to see what happens when I don't give up!
100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 6….
*=1 successful day / ⭐=10 successful days / ^=1 oops Day
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100-day Sugar-free Challenge starting March 6….
*=1 successful day / 💚=10 successful days / ^=1 oops Day
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Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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GirlOnTheRebound wrote: »Highest weight 271
Today I take note of changes for inspiration.
Easier to get out of tub
Fitbit watch on 2 less closure holes
Less winded vacuuming
Forgot jammies visiting MILs and didn't panic when she offered a pair
I have got protien under control
Wedding and engagement rings moved to middle finger
Tummy not butting up against kitchen sink as much
I have so much more to discover!
@GirlOnTheRebound I love that you listed out all the positive changes for your inspiration. It was really inspiring for me to read your progress! These are real-life daily changes that I never think about or celebrate but you've inspired me to do so now. I'm going to start a running list of all the positive changes I'm seeing. The last one made me laugh - keeping it real! You're doing great!
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SW: 146.4
Day/Weight/Comment
Thu 3/23: 145.8
Fri 3/24: 145.8
Sat 3/25: 146 - I went way over calorie goal yesterday because I had a big breakfast (delicious veggie quiche and lemon blueberry coffee cake from a local coffee shop). However, planning and tracking my food worked! My wins yesterday were tracking my food, including the huge breakfast, and no snacking between or after meals.
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@CamandJarvis Would you please share your recipe for baguettes? I would love to learn to make them.3
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@fmfdfa2020I am seeing a noticeable change in my skin. I've had horrible eczema for 4 years, including on my face which is really hard to get rid of.
Me too! I always felt embarrassed when it flared up on my face. I'm not going back to dairy. Not even after Easter.3 -
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!!
@clprieur Congrats and thanks for your advice! I absolutely know this but it's good to have the reminder, because it's so easy to fall into being obsessive and putting too much pressure/stress on ourselves. And we all know that doing it slowly is more sustainable. Great work! I'm erasing my round goals from my tracking and from my mind (as much as possible).
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GrandmaJackie wrote: »
Round 218
March 23 - April 1, 2023
👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE👍👍
🐶SW RND 217 153.2🐶
SW RND 218
3/23 153.7 - We ate a late dinner at Ihop, veggie omelette… i skipped hash browns but I should of only ate one piece of toast 😢
3/24 154.7 - The bagel late tasted so good but I should of had a piece of fruit instead 😢
3/25 155.5 - Emotions are playing a key factor of my weight gain, lately, 😢😢 I NEED TO CONCENTRATE on my heath…
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fmfdfa2020 wrote: »GirlOnTheRebound wrote: »Highest weight 271
Today I take note of changes for inspiration.
Easier to get out of tub
Fitbit watch on 2 less closure holes
Less winded vacuuming
Forgot jammies visiting MILs and didn't panic when she offered a pair
I have got protien under control
Wedding and engagement rings moved to middle finger
Tummy not butting up against kitchen sink as much
I have so much more to discover!
@GirlOnTheRebound I love that you listed out all the positive changes for your inspiration. It was really inspiring for me to read your progress! These are real-life daily changes that I never think about or celebrate but you've inspired me to do so now. I'm going to start a running list of all the positive changes I'm seeing. The last one made me laugh - keeping it real! You're doing great!
Omgosh I love noteing the changes! I am not diligent on my measurements so this helps too. Mind you when husband does them for me he adds an inch or two to my chest hahaha! My strangest find was last year when I was stretching back in the chair and I was rubbing my mid section. I felt a lump just below my chest. I immediately went into panic mode and yelled for husband to feel. Oh the embarrassment when he broke out into a fit of laughter trying to explain the lump was my sternum! Sheesh, not sure I have ever had one of those to discover.
Please do make a note of the little changes as they are exciting and remind us of what we are doing this for.5 -
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
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.
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Round 218~Thu Mar 23 2023 ~ Apr 1 2023
Round 218
Mar 23 2023~ Apr 1 2023
My name is Tish.
Age: 66
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2023 Start Wgt:Don't know (Jan 1)
CW:208.4
RG: 64ozs to 80ozs water
•We-March 22 2023~ 209.3
▪︎Day1▪Th•Mar 23-¤208.4
( We•31g Prot; 64ozs water)
▪︎Day2▪Fr•Mar 24- ¤209.7
(Th•40g Prot; 48ozs water)Very low sodium yesterday. Gain exclusively from high carbs, delicious spicy peanut noodles.
■Day3▪Sa•Mar 25- ¤210.4
(Fr• 55g Prot; 48ozs water) More Pasta. Salad made with red lentil pasta
▪︎Day4▪Su•Mar 26- ¤
(Sa• g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day5▪Mo•Mar 27- ¤
(Su• g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day6▪Tu•Mar 28- ¤
(Mo•g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day7•We•Mar 29- ¤
(Tu•g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day8•Th•Mar 30- ¤
(We•g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day9▪Fr•Mar 31- ¤
(Th•g Prot; ozs water)
▪︎Day10▪Sa•Apr 1-¤
(Fr•g Prot; ozs water)
Intermittent Fasting
●(We•3/22-7pm)
Th•3pm-20hrs/7:30pm
Fri•12:30pm-17hrs/8:30pm
*Round End Weights*
▪2018▪
{Mar 19~Round 34- lost 2.8 lbs~215.8}
{Mar 28~Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs~214}
{Apr 7~Round 36 - lost 1 lb~212}
{Apr 17~Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs~206.4}
{Apr 27~ Round 38 - lost 1 lb~205.4}
{May 6~ Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs~202}
•••Transition Round⬇•••
{May 17~Round 40 - lost 3 lbs~199}
{May 27~Round 41 - lost .8 lbs~198.2}
{Jun 6~Round 42 - lost 2.6 lbs~195.6}
{Jun 16~Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs~194.2}
{Jun 26~Round 44 - lost 1 lb~193.2}
{Jul 6~Round 45 - no loss~193.2}
{Jul 16~Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs~189.6}
{Jul 26~Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs~188.2}
{Aug 5~Round 48 - lost 1.8 lbs~ 186.4}
{Aug 15~ Round 49 - lost .8 lb~ 185.6}
{Aug 25~Round 50 - lost 3 lbs~ 182.6}
{Sep 4~Round 51 - .4 lb gain~ 183}
{Sep 14~Round 52 - lost 2 lbs~ 180.8}
{Sep 24~Round 53 - lost 1 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 4~Round 54 - lost .8 lb~ 179}
{Oct 14~ Round 55 - gain .8 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 24~Round 56 -lost 3.2 lbs~176.6}
{Nov 3~Round 57 - gain 1.6 ~178.2}
{Nov 13~Round 58 - gain .2 ~178.4}
{Nov 23~Round 59 -lost1.2 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 3~Round 60 -gain 3.4lb~180.6}
{Dec 13~Round 61 -lost 3.4 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 23~Round 62 - lost 2.8lbs~174.4}▪2019▪
{Jan 2~Round 63 - gain 2.8 lbs~177.2}
{Jan 12~Round 64 -lost 1.2 lbs~ 173.2}
{Jan 22~Round 65 - gain 1 lb ~174.2}
{Feb 1~Round 66 - loss 1.4 lb~ 172.8}
{Feb 11~Round 67 -gain 2.4 lbs~175.2}
{Feb 21~Round 68 - loss .6 lb~174.6}
{Mar 3~Round 69 - gain .4 lb~175}
{Mar 13~Round 70 - lost 3.2 lb~171.8}
(Lowest weight 171.2~March 17, 2019)▪RETROSPECT▪This is the point when I looked too bony to myself. I purposely wanted to gain back 10lbs. I'd lost 89lbs in a little over a year, but I thought it was too fast, even though it didn't seem fast during the process!
{Mar23~Round 71 - gain .4 lb ~172.2}
{Apr 2~Round 72 - gain 2.6 lbs~ 174.6}
{Apr12~Round 73 - gain 3.6 lbs~178.2}
{Apr 22~Round 74 - lost 2.8 lbs~175.4}
{May 2~Round 75 - gain 1.8 lbs 177.2}
{May 12~Round 76 - lost 3.2 lbs~ 174}
{May 22~Round 77 - gain 4 lbs~ 178}
{Jun 1~Round 78 - lost 2 lbs~176}
{Jun 11~Round 79 - lost .2lbs 175.8}
{Jun 21~ Round 80 - gain .2 lbs~ 176}
{Jul 1~Round 81 - gain 1.4 lbs -177.4}
{Jul 11~Round 82 -gain .8 lbs -178.2}
(*Round 82 • LIFE STRESS ROUND* gains begin)
{Jul 21~Round 83 - gain 2.8 lbs-181}
{Jul 31~Round 84 -loss 1 lbs - 182}
{Aug 10~Round 85-gain 1.6 lbs-183.6}
{Aug 20~Round 86 - gain .6 lbs - 183}
{Aug 30~Round 87- gain .6 lbs -183.6}7 1.2 lbs -184}
{Sep 29~Round 90 - lost .8 lbs -183.2}
{Oct 9~Round 91 - gain .4lbs~183.6}
{Oct 19~Round 92-lost 1.8 lbs 181.4}
{Oct 28~Round 93 -gain 1.6 lbs~183}
{Nov 8~Round 94 -lost .4lbs~182.6}
{Nov 18~Round 95 - gain 1 lbs~183.6}
{Nov 27~Round 96 -lost lbs~183.4}
{Dec 8~Round 97 - gain 1.8 lbs -185.6}
{Dec 18~Round 98 - 185.6}
{Dec 25~Round 99 -185.6}
▪︎2020▪︎
{Round 136 - 215 EW}Dec 31 2020(1/01)
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▪︎2021▪︎
{Round 137-209.8 EW}Jan 11 2021
{Round 138- 209.5 EW}Jan 21 2021
{Round 139- DNW EW}Jan 31 2021
{Round 140- EW}Feb 10 2021
{Round 141- 211 EW}Feb 20 2021
{Round 142- 215 EW}Mar 2 2021
{Round 143- 215 EW}Mar 12 2021
{Round 144- 215 EW}Mar 22 2021
{Round 145- 214.3 EW}April 2 2021
{Round 146- DNW EW}April 11 2021
{Round 147 - 216 EW}April 21 2021
{Round 148 - 216.3 EW}May 01 2021
{Round 149 - DNW EW}May 11 2021
{Round 150 - 216.7 EW}May 21 2021
{Round 151 - DNW EW}May 31 2021
{Round 152 - 216.2 EW}June 10 2021
Round 153 - 215.6 EW}June 20 2021
Round 154 - 216 EW}June 30 2021⬅
Round 155 - 212.6 EW}July 10 2021
Round 156 - 209.4 EW}July 20 2021
Round 157 - 208.8 EW}July 30 2021
(???? is diet break)
Round 158 - 206.6 EW}Aug 9 2021
Round 159 - 204.6 EW}Aug 19 2021
????Round 160 - 202.6 EW}Aug 29 2021
Round 161 - 200 EW}Sep 8 2021
Round 162 -196.8 EW}Sep 18 2021
Round 163 - 198 EW}Sep 28 2021
Round 164 - 197.6 EW}Oct 8 2021
Round 165 - 195.2 EW}Oct 18 2021
Round 166 - 197.6 EW}Oct 28 2021
Round 167 - 197.4 EW}Nov 7 2021
Round 168 - 198 EW}Nov 17 2021
~illness spanning next 4 rounds~
Round 169 - DNW EW}Nov 27 2021
Round 170 - 188.2 EW}Dec 7 2021
Round 171 - 189 EW}Dec 17 2021
Round 172 - 191 EW}Dec 27 2021
▪︎2022▪︎
Round 173 - 193.6 EW}Jan 6 2022
Round 174 - 194 EW}Jan 16 2022
Round 175 - 196 EW}Jan 26 2022
Round 176 - 197.8 EW}Feb 5 2022
Round 177 - 199 EW}Feb 15 2022
Round 178 - 199 EW}Feb 25 2022
Round 179- 205 EW}Mar 7 2022
•March 15, 2002- 202.5lbs
Round 180- 203 EW}Mar 17 2022
▪︎2023▪︎
Round 210- 210.4 EW}Jan 11 2023
Round 211- 211.7 EW} Jan 21 2023
Round 212- 212.5 EW} Jan 31 2023
Round 213- 215 EW} Feb 10 2023
Round 214- 212 EW} Feb 20 2023
Round 215- 211.8 EW} Mar 2 2023
Round 216- 212.6 EW} Mar 12 2023
Round 217- 209.3EW} Mar 22 2023
Round 218- EW} Apr 1 20235 -
Well...here we are again! This will only be a half round for me, we leave for Mexico on the 28th and return on the 3rd...I'll join in R219 when I get back. Just want to keep consistent for the next few days and maybe get one more lb off.
51yrs - Female - 5'5"
Goal Weight - to hang out somewhere 145-150
R217 EW 3/22 - 143.2
3/23 - 142.2 - another nice little drop after 2 weeks of plateau around 175. Got all my summer clothes out and organized for our trip...quite a few of my tops are too big...all the bottoms that I was squeezing into now fit again...amazing what 15lbs can do! Icky rainy weather again today, will get the dog out for a walk...and might do some repetitive bending/squatting in the backyard when the rain lets up to start the spring doody clean up now the snow is disappearing.
3/24 - 142.0 - good day yesterday! Sun is out today so we will try to hit the trails...not sure what kind of shape they will be in with the rain and warmish temps the last few days...might be a bit janky with frozen compacted snow but I will bring my boot spikes....and try not to fall 4 days before vacation (did that once years ago and had a hand sized bruise on my hip/butt...not cute in a bathing suit!!
3/25 - 142.8 - BLOATED...combination of TOM and sodium from dinner out last night. I went shopping in the trunk at the end of my bed yesterday....pulled out the small 12s and large 10s in jeans I had stashed away in there to replace the 14s that I'm constantly pulling up. There are some 8s and a few 6s in there I'm hoping I'll be able to get into again eventually. There's a layer of freezing rain on the windows...and it's crazy windy...we'll see if the dog convinces me to venture outdoors today.
3/26
3/27
3/28 - Vacation
3/29 - Vacation
3/30 - Vacation
3/31 - Vacation
4/1 - Vacation7 -
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 & SupplementsSupplements 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
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
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
3/27 – no scale, @MIL w/ kids
3/28 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
3/29 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
3/30 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
3/31 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
4/1 – DD, GS, SIL visiting
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I may or may not properly check in the next two days, while at my MIL's. Hubby asked if I truly had to bring my laptop and not just my iPad. My only reason for my laptop would be for accessing my word file here to report in. I'm beginning to think that maybe he is right, and I need to figure out those compromises and a balanced life. So, I think I am going to brave it and leave my laptop behind .........7
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🌷🐇🌷☔️🌷🪺🌷☔️🌷🐇🌷
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 - 🌷
3/27 - 🌹
3/28 - 💐
3/29 - 🌷
3/30 - 🌹
3/31 - 💐
4/01 -
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@SusanMunkner and @clprieur Must be lentil day—we’re having lentils and rice with mango pickle and yogurt for dinner. One of our favorite meals, nutritious and very healthy! (The recipe is the best thing I got from my previous husband, who was Indian. 😁)5
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Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 8th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
Heaviest Weight: 345+ lbs (my highest known weight prior to gastric bypass in Aug 2005)
Weight When I Started “Just Give Me 10 Days” - 157.6 lbs – January 13th, 2023
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!!
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**thoughts for next challenge: journalling, meditation, affirmations, Grow With Jo videos on cold days, X pages of reading, neck stretches, no devices for 60 mins before bed
@clprieur What you lost in 8 months is exactly my goal in my monthly challenges-to lose 5 pounds per month. I feel that is A LOT for a person my age (62) and would be a terrific accomplishment so congratulations to you! The goal I have used for this challenge for quite some time now is the onethat was shared by @quiltingjaine long ago. To weigh less at the end of the challenge that I did at the beginning. Any weight loss or even NSV is progress! I just wanted to chime in on these good philosophies about reaching our goals. I am sending you a friend request. I love love your novellas and your overall persona! Please accept!5 -
got care free in maintenance and the scale went up one lb at a time. Now I’m turning it around one lb at a time.
2016- 245lbs
2019- 142lbs
9/12/22- 185lbs
R217 EW 189.2
3/23- 187
3/24- 186.8
3/25- 188.6 little blip from dinner out. The food didn’t really impress me so it was easy not to over indulge. No bread, no appetizer, no cocktails. I ate maybe 1/3 of meal and enjoyed a cupcake. Still just the sodium and extra carbs bumped me up.6 -
Round 218 (my 53rd)
March 23, 2023 - April 1, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds:R164 SW: 164.7, EW: 162.3RSW: 130.3 pounds (3/23/23, EO Round 217)
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
R215 EW: 132.5
R216 EW: 132.9 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R217 EW: 130.3
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range
Day/Weight/Comment
3/23: 131.8 - A quick binge the night before is not the best way to start this round.
3/24: 131.4 - Still succumbed to some evening snacking, but it was at least within calories.
3/25: 132.1 - No workouts yesterday and did not really track evening eating.
3/26: -
3/27: -
3/28: -
3/29: -
3/30: -
3/31: -
4/1: -
Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 1.8 pounds6 -
[quote="RenaPink11
Second question… why on some post does it say “spoiler”?
UPDATE:
Found the answer to my first question so here is my stat for today:
[/quote]
The spoilers allow information to be “hidden” but available to anyone who wants to read it. Some post their notes and hide them the next day when they post the new note but if you click on Spoiler in their post, it will open. [ Spoiler ] to start [ /Spoiler ] to end but you must remove the spaces I added.3 -
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) My good choices finally caught up with the scale today from the days earlier in the week. But yesterday was a bit of a binge. I lost all control. It was fueled by emotions as I was called into the “principal’s office” at the cardiac rehab and told that I should have went to the hospital with the bp drops, or at the very least, contacted one of my doctors. My readings that had improved by Sunday night were still good enough on Monday morning to go. However, yesterday evening at home, they dropped yet again and stayed that way all night. I began my emotional eating binge and didn’t stop until midnight. I discontinued the night time bp med again (Lisinopril) but continue to take the Metroprolol (prolly spelled wrong) in the mornings because it is not just a bp med but it also helps the heart to actually pump. My blood pressure is now okay again today. I am babysitting my DGS again today so hopefully I will continue to feel well. In any case, overeating foods, especially those that are bad for my diabetes, are not going to help. Emotional eating never solves the problem. This realization is helping me, at least for today. I hope it helps someone else too.
03/25 -187.2- (Trend weight 189.5) Snow storm today. 8 – 10” expected and it looks like the numbers are right on target. On the weight front: I’m so glad to see a drop and also a downward trend weight after the binge on the night of the 23rd. Back on track! In regards to health, I ended up calling my cardiologist (on the advice of the aforementioned “principal”) because of the drop again in my bp. They agreed for me to stay off the one bp med (Lisinopril) through the weekend. Doctor was not in for the day. They wanted me to record bp’s several times a day on Fri, Sat and Sun then stop in at the Heart Failure Clinic (love the name!) and let Cardiologist see them on Monday when I am back in the town where they are located (same town as my Rehab I go to on Mondays). They will then further advise. Possibly a different medication or stay off the one I stopped? I dunno. Of course, I am hoping that my weight loss (21 lbs down since my high weight last June) is affecting my medication doses for the positive. Is it possible that I’m not actually getting sicker but instead, getting HEALTHIER? It’s possible……. Wait until you hear about my glucose numbers these past few weeks. More on that tomorrow……
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Goal 158 lbs
3/23 160 lbs
3/24 159.8 lbs yesterday was a birthday dinner so ate more than normally did, but limited myself to one glass. Today going to start c25k again and get back on track. I last ran a 5k in January and find I need to train for something to continue running so signed up for a 5k in early June so I’ll be ready!
3/25 157.3 ran errands and had a hiit class in the afternoon so missed eating a real meal until dinner (at a benefit dinner). Drank more than I usually do, but ready to get back on track today with three meals.
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@Smoda61 I have MFP on my iPad and can keep notes there also. The Invisalign “diet” seems to work for you but my neiyhas gained a LOT since she got hers! Hmmmm.2
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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.
I firmly believe that figuring out what oneself needs is key. We all have different needs, but here in the group we can share new ideas and support each other as we get to a healthier place. Good luck, Sheila!
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@deepwoodslady Donna, I am so PROUD of you and your progress. My doc was quite insistent that I take Lisinipril and I told him it was making me dizzy & I would NOT take it. It hasn’t made any difference in my BP. He then put me on amlodipine (Norvasc) which I am taking without any side effects AND my BP is down. The med asst had told me wrist BP Cuffs are inaccurate so I got an arm one. Took my BP with each - 10 minutes rest between,
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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*
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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
SW RND 215 126.0 AW 127.4
SW RND 216 127.5 AW 127.4
SW RND 217 126.5 AW 127.15
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 218 127.5
3/23 127.0 Mulligan’s Pub for early lunch, taco salad stripped of most carbs at 11.
3/24 127.0 Told DH that eating OMAD at 4:30 or 5 wasn’t working for me. During COVID we ate around 3 or 4 but with him playing cards again (Tripoley, poker, pinochle and occasionally bridge) eating at 5, 5:30, or later isn’t working for me. No cards today.
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@SheilaBoneham Dropping goals is indeed a goal but I think we need them to thrive, healthy ones. It sounds like your non diet and weight goals will help satisfy more wholesome fulfilling life goals. I'm with you.
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Too lazy to find my post for today's check in so I'll just put this here for now. I bought some pre sliced cucumber slices and pre cut cantaloupe before leaving for a road trip. I have never liked either of those things but thought that if those were my only options and I was hungry enough I would eat them. Well, it turns out that my taste buds have changed. The cucumber tasted sweet! And cantaloupe will now be a grocery staple. For lunch I had sourdough toast with avocado, topped with minced onions and jalapenos. I was in heaven. All the foods that seemed like diet foods a month ago are now genuinely delicious to me. Thanks, nature, for recycling my taste buds so quickly.7
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3/23 182.16 lbs / 82.8 kgs
3/24 179.74 / 81.7 - classic water weight 'just started weight loss' thing plus end of period when I always drop back down. Be nice to keep this drop for the round tho!
3/25 180.18 / 81.9
3/26 180.62 / 82.1
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I may or may not properly check in the next two days, while at my MIL's. Hubby asked if I truly had to bring my laptop and not just my iPad. My only reason for my laptop would be for accessing my word file here to report in. I'm beginning to think that maybe he is right, and I need to figure out those compromises and a balanced life. So, I think I am going to brave it and leave my laptop behind .........
Use the day befores entry and click quote you'll be able to add the new day then. That's what I do when I'm away from home xx3
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