JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - Round 234

jspecies11

@itladyee I am very for thé lost of your sister. I hope that you find some comfort in those around you.

jspecies11

SW: 132.2#
Goals: Strength training 4-5 X/week, follow and track WFPB eating plan, hydrate, weight below 132#.
Day, Weight, Comment
8/30 132.4# ST rest day and I need it as I was out late picking someone from the airport. Will hydrate & get a walk in later.
8/31 131.6# Quads ST done - feeling good that I’m committing to my health.
9/01 131.0# Upper body ST
9/02 132.0# OK then; walk in Lexington and Concord today.
9/03 131.4#
9/04 131.4# ST and walk done
9/05 131.2# ST hamstrings done now going out for an early walk- it’s going to get pretty warm here today.
9/06 132.0# I made pesto pasta for dinner with Chickpea pasta. It’s a summer treat that I try not to eat too often. Got ST and walk in though.
9/07 131.2# Late night out at a concert. I knew food truck dinner there would not be healthy or have many veg options there so I made a sandwich and ate in my car. It was a long concert so I did indulge in 2 hard seltzers which I normally don’t do during the week. 200 cals - not bad. ST done
9/08 131.4# Traveling to my son’s this weekend for my DGS’s first BD. Can’t wait to hug that little guy. My micro goal for the weekend is to stick with my nutrition plan and limit wine to 1 glass which may challenging. Next weekend I start a week long lake cabin get together with friends from school. I’ve known these ladies for 50 years - that’s mind blowing. I was hoping to hit 130# by then since a bathing suit will be worn but doubt I will hit that in a week.
Travel 9/8 - 9/10.

threewins

I am about 12 kg along the way to lose 32 kg. I use multiple tape measurements (cm) around my body because they aren't affected by salt intake. Apparently I've been trying to lose weight since September 2012, the last time I was at goal weight. Let's see if stopping eating sugary food is going to change things.

Heaviest ever 1st Jan 2021, goal+31.8 kg

March 2022, started measuring system 867.0 cm total

Here are my measurements, bolded means a column number has dropped by 0.5 cm from the previous bolded number, and is used to sum the total measurement.


102.0 92.0 102.5 57.5 46.0 57.0 47.0 103.0 94.0 103.0 30th August
102.5 93.5 103.0 57.0 48.0 57.0 46.5 102.0 94.0 104.0 1st
100.0 91.0 102.0 57.0 45.5 56.5 46.0 101.0 94.0 103.0 5th
101.0 92.0 101.5 57.0 48.0 57.0 47.0 102.0 92.0 102.0 6th
102.0 93.0 102.0 56.5 46.0 56.0 46.5 102.0 95.0 105.5 7th
100.5 92.0 102.5 57.5 47.5 56.5 47.0 102.0 95.0 103.5 8th


The total is 794.5 cm, a loss from the last round of 799.5

Well I'm 20 days into my 500 day challenge, I'm walking 90 minutes a day, and I've been doing that for about a week now. That's alright although some days I'm quite tired after a 45 minute session. As for the eating, I really need to cut back some days because I'm eating to a 6,000 KJ average.

potasha

@itladyee I'm sorry for your loss.

deepwoodslady

@itladyee I am so very sorry for the loss of your sister on September 4th. Many heartfelt prayers go out to you and the family. I hope you will find comfort in good times you shared and the memories.

musicsax

@itladyee - I am so so sorry for your loss, I really can't image how devastating it is to lose a dear sister, sending condolences to you and all your family. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and sending you so many big comforting hugs, concentrate on the happy memories of you sister, no-one can take those away from you

quiltingjaine

@itladyee I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. Sending hugs and prayers.

@jspecies11 Enjoy that DGS, they grow up too quickly! I got to enjoy our DGGS last weekend.

fmfdfa2020

Thank you quiltingjaine for keeping this going!

💪🏋️‍♀️🤸‍♀️🎵💃👗👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💗🌻🏖🙏

Heaviest Weight Ever: 186.0
186 / 185 / 184 / 183 / 182 / 181 / 180
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170
169 / 168 / 167 / 166 / 165 / 164 / 163 / 162 / 161 / 160 👉 159

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 now.

Goal: Shoot for a healthy balance of nutritious food each day, and 80oz of water. Only write down what I eat without measuring or counting calories. I'm trying this out for size. It's not like I can't tell by now what is a healthy serving size. And, I'm hoping it makes me feel like I'm just living life while losing weight and not obsessing over every oz of food. We shall see....

9/03 - 170.4 - I'm jumping back in mid-stream. I haven't updated since 8/6. I've had the hardest time getting motivated. I am planning on turning this around today because my weight this morning was back in the 170s, and I feel like total sh&@ from eating the wrong food, not getting enough water, and not being able to exercise (medical issue). I haven't binged - that's one thing I am doing right!
9/04 - 170.0 - I had a good day yesterday, lot of vegetables. I only had 40oz of water but that's better than the past 3 weeks but hopefully will hit 60oz today, minimum.
9/05 - 170.2 - Another good day except water, which was 48oz.
9/06 - 168.6

9/07 - 168.6 - I didn't post my weight yesterday because I wanted to wait and see if 168.6 stuck around another day. It did! Yay!
9/08 - 168.0

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

justanotherjen13

Yay, back again for another round. Can't wait.

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:

This is my sixth round and really appreciated having someplace to stay accountable.
Thanks to a medication I'm on for my mental health and an overeating habit, I managed to gain a lot of weight in the last year or so. On July 4, I stepped on the scale for the first time since I started the med (that is known to cause weight gain) and decided enough was enough. I buckled down and started actually recording my food for the first time in over five years and started walking every day. Now I need motivation to keep going. This coming round, the kids go back to school and I'll be watching my grandson more so we'll see how that affects what and when I want to eat and when I can go on my walks. Hopefully, I can keep up the daily walking through September before the rains start later in fall.

Previous Rounds:
RND 229 - SW: 287.8; FW: 280.4 (-7.4)
RND 230 - SW: 280.4; FW: 276.0 (-4.4)
RND 231 - SW: 276.0; FW: 267.2 (-8.8)
RND 232 - SW: 267.2; FW: 262.0 (-5.2)
RND 233 - SW: 262.0; FW: 252.8 (-9.2)

Goals:
* track food every day
* walk for at least one hour and/or 3 miles

Round 234
heaviest: 294 (7/4/23)
SW: 252.8
GW (short term): 235
RGW: 248

8/30 - 254.2 - 3.12 miles - Not sure what I did yesterday. Didn't measure something right or just snacked a little too much (I got these Ritz crisp and thin crackers that are so yummy, I want to eat the whole bag). Oh well. Can't believe August is over already. Kids start back to school on Tuesday and back to the grind of having to get up at 7 every morning just to make sure my teens get up (17 and 13) in time to catch their buses to school. Then I have to watch my grandson during the day most of the week. But with the cooling weather, that means I can take my walk any time during the day. I was only doing it super early because it was so hot after 10am. I'm looking forward to losing more weight through the next month and not giving up yet.

8/31 - 254.2 - 1.53 miles - Can't believe August is over already. My walk got cut short because of rain. I don't have a waterproof jacket. The one I have is water resistant but the rain was just too hard and consistent and soaked right through after about 15 minutes of walking. I got home after 35 minutes and was soaked to the bone. I guess I'm either going to have to wait until the forecast says there's a break in the rain, accept shorter walks or head to the HOA clubhouse where they have a gym. I'd still get wet on the 10-minute walk there but I shouldn't be soaked. I haven't decided how I'm going to play it, but it does rain 9 months out of the year so I have to figure something out.

9/1 - 252.4 - 2.87 miles - (Forgot to post this yesterday.) I didn't quite make it three miles today because my shoe was rubbing on the back of my heel and it really hurt. I had to walk weird to try and reduce the rubbing. I still had a bit to go on my normal route, but it was hurting so bad, I just called it quits and took the quickest way back home. I now have a blister on the back of my heel so I won't be wearing those shoes for a bit. Not sure why they started bothering me suddenly. They were fine the last few days.

9/2 - 251.2 - 3.1 miles - Made it out early enough for my walk today and avoided the heat thankfully. I wore my old Sketchers to avoid making the blister on the back of my foot worse. Just 1.2 lbs to my first major goal. I'm so excited. My size 20 pants are already falling off of me when I'm walking which is really annoying. I have a pair of 18s somewhere that I bought when my weight went down to 235-240 for awhile. I'll have to dig them out again.

9/3 - 251.2 - 3.13 miles - (Thought I posted this yesterday but I guess I wrote it and never hit post.) It rained for most of my walk but not very hard. I didn't even need to put my sweater on and the rain kept me cool so I got my full three miles in.

9/4 - 250.0 - 3.0 miles - Today is the last day of summer vacation. Decided to walk to the store again today. Once again, I bought too much heavy stuff, but this time I remembered extra bags so I could distribute it better. Got Subway for lunch and headed home. I got about halfway home when my husband saw me walking and picked me up so instead of the full four miles, I only walked three. But I was happy for the ride because I was right about at the part where I had to go uphill for a half mile (which is still exhausting). Had my Subway when I got home. Making burgers for dinner (Happy Labor Day!). Tomorrow is going to be hectic getting back into the school routine.

9/5 - 249.4 - 3.15 miles - First day of school! I now have a senior and an 8th grader. The bus never came for my daughter and she was already late for school and since the high school and middle school have the same bus, it meant my son would also be late so my husband drove them. I think I heard the buses a couple minutes after they left (which was after the high school already started for the day). Hopefully they're on time tomorrow. In celebration, I made homemade pizza and had the first one out of the oven about 10 minutes after they got home, but my daughter decided to take a nap instead. Sigh. I skipped lunch (well, I had a small snack) so I could enjoy my pizza tonight without worrying about going completely over my calories for the day. As always, pizza day is worth it. The real challenge is not eating any for breakfast tomorrow. Also, I made it under 250lbs! I redid my goal and I'm now aiming for 235 by mid/late-October. It's going to start really raining soon so I won't get out walking as much so we'll see how that affects things

9/6 - 249.8 - 3.13 miles - These dang new shoes. I was wearing my new Sketchers and having no problems for almost a week, even walking 4 miles to and from the store. Then the last time I wore them they kept jamming into the back of my ankle. So I wore my old shoes for two days. Today, I tried the new Sketchers again and for a little bit it was doing the same jamming thing but then stopped. I thought it was fine then so I kept going on my walk and when I was at the farthest part of my walk from home, the shoe started rubbing on the back of my heel. Now I have a huge blister. Ugh. Guess it's back to my old shoes again tomorrow. Also, I was a good girl and resisted more pizza today even though I really wanted some for breakfast. I had a six inch turkey sandwich from Subway for lunch and some leftover cajun tilapia with black bean and corn salsa over brown rice for dinner. Yum.

9/7 - 248.0 - 3.61 miles - The weather was really nice today so I went on an extra long walk. Which helped because I couldn't resist some leftover pizza for breakfast today. But then I skipped lunch and had half a Subway sandwich for dinner. Still under my goal although I was considering having some yogurt for dessert which is going to put me pretty close to my limit. Oh well. It just sounds too good to pass up. I also stopped at the HOA clubhouse to check out the gym finally. They have 2 treadmills and one looks super fancy and I think it can do inclines. I guess I'll see next time it rains. They also have several different bikes and at least two stair climbers and then other weightlifting machines. It's been a long time since I used anything like that so hopefully I can figure it out.

9/8 - 248.2 - 3.05 miles - Ended up having to take my walk really late because my husband texted me in the morning telling me not to walk before he got home. I thought he wanted to go with me or something but he just wanted to go grocery shopping. Meandering slowly around Costco is not exercise and by the time we got home around 2pm it was almost 80F. That's too hot for me. So I went at 7 when it was in the mid-70s and quickly cooling as the sun set. He could have said get your walk in before I get home so we can go shopping, but no... Sigh. But I did get my walk in so that's good.

deepwoodslady

REPOSTED AND UPDATED

Round 234



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 63 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 191 FOR ME.

“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou


MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253
Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0
R233 EW= 191.8
R234 EW= 192.0


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 thru R222 (02/01/23 thru 05/11/23) = -0.5 GAINED (Ending Weight 195.3)

R223 (05/12/23 thru 05/21/23) = -1.1 GAINED (Ending Weight 196.4)

R224 (05/22/23 thru 05/31/23) = -1.6 LOST (Ending Weight 194.8)

R225 (06/01/23 thru 06/10/23) = -1.2 GAINED (Ending Weight 196.0)

R226 (06/11/23 thru 06/20/23) = -0.8 GAINED (Ending Weight 196.8)

R227 (06/21/23 thru 06/30/23) = -1.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 198.2)

R228 (07/01/23 thru 07/10/23) = -3.8 LOST (Ending Weight 194.4)

R229 (07/11/23 thru 07/20/23) = -2.2 GAINED (Ending Weight 196.6)

R230 (07/21/23 thru 07/30/23) = -2.4 LOST (Ending Weight 194.2)

R231 (07/31/23 thru 08/09/23) = -0.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 194.6)

R223 thru R232 (05/12/23 thru 08/19/23) = -3.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 198.0)

R233 (08/20/23 thru 08/29/23) = -6.2 LOST (Ending Weight 191.8)

R234 (08/30/23 thru 09/08/23) = -0.2 GAINED (Ending Weight 193.8)

Day/Weight/Comment
08/29 …..191.8….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

08/30 -192.2- (Trend weight 195.6)

08/31 -191.8- (Trend weight 195.2)

09/01 -193.2- (Trend weight 195.0)

09/02 -192.2- (Trend weight 194.7)

09/03 -NWP- (Trend weight 194.7)

09/04 -193.6- (Trend weight 194.6)

09/05 -192.0- (Trend weight 194.3)

09/06 -192.0- (Trend weight 194.1)

09/07 -191.0- (Trend weight 193.8)

09/08 -192.0- (Trend weight 193.8) Met my new family doctor yesterday and was very impressed. He is checking my thyroid because too much hormone in my system may indicate that I can lower my medications (possibly). That would be due to my weight loss since last year. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? I find out Monday. I woke up today at 6:15 to get DGS ready for school and drive him to the bus stop for the 1st time. It was a very nice round for so many in spite of so many obstacles for many of us. I look forward to the next round. Thanks Jaine!

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

cpanus

Thank you, @quiltingjaine !
73 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 148.0
UGW: 140.0
08/28 - 150.7 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
08/29 - 153.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing!!
Day/Weight/Comment
08/30 - 152.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
08/31 - 151.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.31 miles in 63 mins then Grandson Duty
09/01 - 151.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
09/02 - 150.5 at 7:20 a.m. ...5.12 miles in 103 mins then nothing!!
09/03 - 149.8 at 7:20 a.m. ...5.74 miles in 107 mins
09/04 - 149.6 at 7:45 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
09/05 - 150.3 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.38 miles in 62 mins then Grandson Duty
09/06 - 150.5 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
09/07 - 150.5 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.28 miles in 63 mins then Grandson Duty
09/08 - 152.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
Good luck everyone!
Chris