Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 239

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,349 Member
    Hi! I was happy to find this challenge today. I'm 51 years old. I have gained about 25 pounds over the last 5 years and it's time to get back to a healthier weight. I have a dance performance and a cruise coming up in December and a wedding the beginning of January and would really like to lose 12 pounds before then. I'm hoping 6 rounds of Just Give Me Ten will help motivate me and help me reach my goal. SW 186

    10/19 186

    @lanniemcvern8827 Welcome! It's so nice to have you join us. I think you will likely love it here, just like the rest of us do! Best wishes on your journey.
  • jspecies11
    jspecies11 Posts: 1,234 Member
    SW RND 239: 129.4#
    Goals: Strength training 5x/week; follow nutrition plan; 64 oz water daily; maintain wt 128#; minimal to zero alcohol

    10/19 127.9# I almost fell off the scale this morning. 128# has been my MFP goal weight to reach before my 70th BD next month since the beginning of the year. I didn’t expect this as I was out of town and not using my home scale. Frankly now that I hit that number I don’t really care. I just want to be a healthy and strong bada$$ 70 year old woman to inspire my kids.
    10/20 128.6# I’m ok hovering around here.
    ST ✅ nutrition plan✅ no ETOH✅ need to up H2O
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  • Chapter_3
    Chapter_3 Posts: 962 Member
    R239
    F, officially 65, 5’6”, married
    HW 172lbs in 2011
    Lost 30 lbs in 2014 to LW of 128lbs.
    Yo-yo ⬆️⬇️since 2014 - 145-128lbs several times since then…. When I hit 145lbs this past summer, I decided to take total charge again… Hopefully will be the LAST time… My life goal is to maintain 128 to 130 the rest of my healthy life! These next 5+ pounds will be the hardest!
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    SW RND 239= 133.0
    My 9th Round - down 10lbs since my first MFP round 80 days ago… 12 pounds since mid-July.

    Updated GOAL: 128lbs by 11/20
    Continue all health basics/activities. ⬆️ walking ⬆️ST 🏋️‍♀️
    Will welcome ALL NSVs!!!!

    Let’s GO! 🙌🏻💪🏻
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    10/19⚖️133.0
    Yesterday: Dinner was wonderful last night. I ate very small amounts - a little bit of everything but macros were out WAY out of whack - starting big-time today. Tracked 1409 cal, but 100net carbs!!!! YIKES! OH MY, I’m going to be feeling it today… Enjoyed time w/ my family so much… I was able to ✅ exercise min and 8k steps yesterday.

    Today another new beginning! (Even though I’m exhausted, I’ll do my best… )

    Let’s GO! 🙌🏻💪🏻
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    10/20 ⚖️ 132.2 😊
    Yesterday I was a slug… I’m guessing a possible letdown from our returning from our hiking trip and our birthday(s) week. While minuscule movement, I managed to ✅ calories and macros. Not all lost.
    Tennis today, more walking and ST🏋️‍♀️.

    My thought processes were both forgiving and filled with excuses yesterday. I fluctuated between giving myself permission to have a rest day to beating up on myself for not getting outside on such a gorgeous day… Just when you figure your thought processes are working… A reverse step creeps in…

    NSV: As I look back to the beginning of October, I have to give myself kudos for making it through vacation and two birthdays and still dropping… Still being active and staying on this journey!

    I ordered “Atomic Habits.” I thought it would be a good book to incorporate into my journey… Have any of you used his method in becoming more healthy/losing weight? Thoughts? LMK!

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  • musicsax
    musicsax Posts: 4,669 Member
    @Cchassee - you are doing good, especially with those events this month, don't put yourself down. You are doing so well :)
  • Chalmation
    Chalmation Posts: 2,625 Member
    Previous Rounds
    Round 237 SW 169 EW 167.4
    Round 238 SW: 166.8 EW 166.4

    Round 239 SW: 167.6
    Ultimate GW: 125


    10/19: 167.6
    10/20: 167
  • potasha
    potasha Posts: 140 Member
    @Cchassee Happy Friday morning! Post-hiking/camping depression is so common for me because we have all that fun outside and spend lovely times together and then go back to normal. Your sluggishness makes sense to me and all the more reason to plan for and keep remaining capable of enjoying your next adventures. Let us know if Atomic Habits is helpful. I've heard about it but never read it.
  • shmmm3
    shmmm3 Posts: 255 Member
    39F 5'4"
    180’s; 170’s; 160’s; 150's; 140's; 130's; 120's
    About me:
    I could not lose weight until I shifted my mindset from "trying to lose weight" by calorie counting to "trying to decrease chronic inflammation" by eating the right foods + calorie counting.

    I can maintain my good health by continuing these healthy habits:
    1) noticing how my clothes are fitting and getting back to the scale and consciously recalibrating my daily diet when necessary.
    2) eating primarily WFPB (Whole Foods, Plant-Based) daily to keep my daily fiber intake around 40 grams. Keep noticing where I can easily make a meal only plant-based and try to have at least one vegan meal per day and at least one fully vegan day per week (this keeps me from getting lazy with vegetables and recipes).
    3) limit ultra-processed foods to almost never avoid added sugar unless it's truly a special occasion and a truly delicious dessert. Road trips are a great time for splurging on grocery store precut fruits and premade fresh spring rolls.
    4) use the muscles I have so I don't lose them. Muscle maintenance is metabolism maintenance.
    5) alcohol is not a necessary part of any diet. Be mindful.

    Short term goals:
    1)maintain my current physical fitness level and healthy diet
    2)lose a little bit of extra fat

    Plan to accomplish goals:
    1)do something fun that challenges my fitness level at least once a week
    2)be serious about no added sugar. I am addicted. I cannot control myself with "just a little bit."
    3)weigh-in and track the trend weight.
    4)set MFP diary settings to maintain weight at 1500 calories per day with macro goals set to 50% carbs, 20% protein, 30% fat. Try to keep weekly average of net calories within the 1500-2000 calories range dependent on exercise. As long as I meet my protein and fiber goals the carbs and fat seem to fall into place and as long as my weekly net calories are around 1800-2000 I seem to maintain weight even without extra exercise so just being more conscious of not going above 2000 should be enough. Thank you, strength training!

    Round Goal: get the trend weight into 131.x and at least one of the daily weights into the 120s.

    10/19Trend weight: 132.1 I kept to my plan. Really big breakfast, medium lunch, and small dinner is the routine I'm practicing right now.
    10/20Trend weight: 132.1 Same same same. With the amount I'm strength training I can at least be sure that there is no "maintenance" going on. I have to remind myself that no one else cares what I weigh. It's not a number we pin on our shirts. My work-in-progress butt, on the other hand, is looking so good it's a service to the community.
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  • jspecies11
    jspecies11 Posts: 1,234 Member
    @Cchassee
    I’ve read Atomic Habits. I think you’ll like it. Another recommendation is Chop wood, carry water” by Joshua Metcalf. It’s about the process not the result.
  • jlwalker6
    jlwalker6 Posts: 77 Member
    About me: F/41/5'7
    Heaviest: 327 (Feb. 2010)
    OSW (on MFP): 301
    SW for this challenge: 274.6
    Round GW: 273.5
    GW: 262 by 2/7/24
    232 by 8/28/24
    192 by 2/14/25
    180 by 7/31/25

    Goals: Log every day and 20 minutes of activity

    10/19: 274.6. Had a meeting in another town and planned to park a ways away and get my walking in beforehand, but traffic was backed up so by the time I got to the building I was already late; I went to the wrong building and ended up walking 4 blocks unintentionally, then parked a ways away from the place I picked up dinner and so I got most of my walking done. 😂

    10/20: 275.4; probably water weight from eating salty food for dinner :p However I got 30 minutes of activity today.
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