Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 305

musicsax · August 16

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48727669#Comment_48727669

Interesting article, answers a few questions !!

deepwoodslady · August 16

Round 305

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 65 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.

ROUND 261 FOR ME.

💪…..We are fierce and so we fight…..💪

MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253

Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0

STARTING WEIGHT / R304 EW= 185.6

R305 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.

Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

🔜🔜🔜🔜🔜Final goal: 145-155. I’ll know when I get there.

👀👀👀 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) = 16.2 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 187.6)

R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = 5.0 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 192.6)

R173 thru R182 (12/28/21 thru 04/06/22) = 7.0 GAINED ❌ (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 thru R232 (05/12/23 thru 08/19/23) = 3.4 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 198.0)

R233 thru R242 (08/20/23 thru 11/27/23) = 17.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 180.4)

R243 thru R252 (11/28/23 thru 03/06/24) =2.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 177.8)

R253 thru R262 (03/07/24 thru 06/14/24) = 5.8 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 183.6)

R263 thru R272 (06/15/24 thru 09/22/24) =10.2 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 193.8)

R273 thru R282 (09/23/24 thru 12/31/24) = 1.2 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 192.6)

R283 thru R292 (01/01/25 thru 04/10/25) = 3.8 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 196.4)

R293 thru R302 (04/11/25 thru 07/19/25) = 8.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 187.8 )

R303 (07/20/25 thru 07/29/25) = 2.4 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 185.4)

R304 (07/30/25 thru 08/08/25) = 0.2 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 185.6)

R305 (08/09/25 thru 08/18/25) = xxxxx (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment

ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND 185.6 (Trend Weight: 186.7)

08/09-183.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 186.3)

8/10-183.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 186.0)

08/11-181.6 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 185.6)

08/12-182.6 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.3)

08/13-183.0 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.0)

08/14-181.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 184.7)

8/15-183.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 184.6) Dinner was out yesterday out-of-town to a very large eat-in Dairy Queen with 3 DGS’ and my son after their hair appts. I let them choose and we ended up at a place where a medium turtle Blizzard is over 1000 calories alone! Later at home, I kept dinner light but I probably inhaled about 2500 calories for the day and no formal exercise. My DD and DGS are back for the weekend. I hope she minds her manners! I REALLY REALLY need to go grocery shopping in a town with a big box store VERY VERY SOON and restock son’s food and my diet foods. That means travel and all that comes with it. UGH. I don’t mind today’s weight even though it’s up a full two pounds. I did kind of want one day of higher calories to shake it up a bit. But two higher calorie days in the same week could be disastrous! I’m going to have to put some thought into this!

⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️008/16-184.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 184.6) This is crazy that I’ve gained 3 pounds in two days. I did have the DQ 3 days ago and there has been no TMI for 2 days now. I’m sure these are both contributing but it’s always pretty shocking to see such a big jump. Especially when my calories last night were 1012 and my carbs were 61. Today I am going to the county fair that is about 75 miles each way from me. Not much to do in this small town or my county so it is a big deal to our community. I do try to get my autistic son out of the house here and there and today is the last day of the fair. We will probably eat from a food truck and play some games and just be part of the overall social event and all the fair offers. Scale-wise, it’s not the best time or the best day to be going but, if not today, then we miss out until next year. I’ll try to be sensible.

08/17-xxxxx (Trend Weight: xxxxx)

08/18-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🌻

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slstover35 · August 17

Round 305

9-18 August 2025

SW Rnd 305

8/9 204.4 - Still on vacation but trying to get in some exercise and try to control the calories with tracking. Today had some time to walk at a local park with big hills to climb. Met up with some friends from high school today. I needed some girl time.

8/10 199.4 - Headed home today. Should be a long day in the car. Sigh!

8/11 I didn’t get any data today. It was long day of hoping to get a medical test out the way that didn’t happen. It was long day.

8/12 203.4 - Finally going to be on my schedule. I slept so much last night and today after yesterday.

8/13 202.3 - I had a good day with tracking. My daughter is home from internship and will go to college in a few days but getting this time with her home is great. I stayed on diet today and worked out with two walks and a ST workout. I get so out of breath in this humidity.

8/14 204 - I get so frustrated doing all that I should and staying in calories but still going up. I know its not a race but its frustrating. Going to enjoy my daughter before she goes back to school. We are going to get our nails done.

8/15 203.4 - I just spent the day staring into the heat of the day, cleaning, and getting my daughters stuff ready to head back to college.

8/16 204 - Great day a lift a thon for some more family time. I feel like all we have done is eat this weekend. I did get to walk just before dark. It was super hot today and now the ragweed is out and its just killing my allergies.

8/17

8/18

musicsax · August 17

🎷 67 yrs young F, 5ft 4 Round 305 (my 235th).

Goals for every round;

First and foremost, no feeding frenzies – I am not a shark or even a piranha!
to weigh less at the end of the round than the start
be happy because I feel that I have made the round count at the end
an additional goal for me (again) this round is to have a totally 10-day binge free round.

Soooo, 4 weeks on Monday we fly out for our annual holiday; in that time, I should be able to lose 4 pounds, so that is my personal challenge, I want to lose a pound a week/1.25 per round. I can do it if I use my will power.

I need to remain consistent - it does work! I aim to lose a pound this round. Good luck for success everyone.

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 target of 130 = back to maintenance!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 135. A healthy lifestyle must be a permanent way of life.

Updated 20.08.24 – I met up with youngest DB, first time after his DP passed away at the way too early age of 46. DB lives a long way from us, we see him very infrequently & is very introvert, so not a sharer of info 😞. However, he finally opened up to me, it seems that his DPs bad health leading to heart failure followed by kidney, liver failure & then a massive stroke, was originally caused by heavy drinking. By the time he realised he was abusing his body and went teetotal, the damage was too late to reverse. He was on the list for a heart transplant, but his other organs gave up before one became available.This has made me think about how I am abusing my body when I have binges with way too much sugar, fat & salt. I know I am a food addict. I'm going to try to think about this when I am tempted to overindulge, I need to start respecting my body more and think about whether I want to be in the best health I can be. My body has served me so well for 67 years, it deserves to be given the best chance to keep serving me well & I've been really lucky that life has not dealt me a raw health deal, so I must not jeopardize that luck.

I am the driver in my life & not the passenger, I need to drive my life to a healthy life."Health is wealth".

EW Rnd 304 142.2

SW Rnd 305

8/9 142.2 - 9.42 miles walked. Hoping to really make this round count.

8/10 142.2 – 11.12 miles walked. Feel better in myself that I’m back on track.

8/11 142.6 – disappointed in this number as I have had 3 days well on track, gonna stick with it – it’’s got to move eventually! 7.6 miles walked.

8/12 142.2 – 9.25 miles walked. This week I’ve been selected for Jury service; I’m walking into the city each morning to help get my mileage in & as court finished early, I walked ¾ of the way back until DH picked me up.

8/13 142.2 – 7.66 miles walked & boy, it was hot walking yesterday!!

8/14 142.6 – that’s last night’s late bbq. 7.21 miles walked.

8/15 142.2 – 8.19 miles walked.

8/16 142 – 9.2 miles walked. Didn’t achieve goal of 141.2, but a least a smidgeon down.

8/17 141.6 – 10.77 miles walked.

8/18 Goal to be at 139.95

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE & I AM WHAT I EAT! 👍👍.

krea4 · August 17

SW Rnd 305 - 88.35kg 195lbs

8/9 - 88.35kg

8/10 - 87.90kg

8/11 -

8/12 - 88.90

8/13 - 87.90

8/14

8/15

8/16

8/17 - 88.00

8/18

iLive2Walk · August 17

Hello I'm Darlene, retired, 65-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I started my journey in January 2023, and over the last two years have lost about 90 pounds, give or take a couple. I got to my goal weight in the last quarter of 2024, and now tackling the maintenance phase.

My Stats

Highest Weight 228
Goal Weight: 140 - The top of the Ideal weight category, doctor says that's good enough, but honestly I like to be a few pounds under for a buffer.

SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.6 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 144.8 | Jul: 143.5 | Aug: 142.4 | Sep 140.7 | Oct 139.8 | Nov 142.4 | Dec 139.7 | Jan 139.2 | Feb 138.6 | Mar 138.6 | Apr: 139.4 | May: 139.5 | Jun 137.6 | Jul 139

Ending Round 302: 138.6

My Goals:

⚖️Stay under Normal BMI range (under 140)
🥗 Stay at/under TDEE
👣 14K+ Steps per Day, 120K Weekly
⏱️100+ Min intentional fitness daily 🫀Cardio, 🏋️‍♀️Strength,🧘‍♂️Stretch,🚴‍♀️Bike, 🛶Kayak, 🥊VR Box
🚶‍♀️‍➡️45+Min walk daily
🪰Fly Lady 15+ Minutes of Cleaning Daily
📖 Read Daily
🧂Stay under 2300 mg sodium Daily

👣 🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️🚲🛶🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂

Weight Current Day - Goals Prior

Aug 9: 139.6 15.5K👣, 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🧘‍♀️🥊⏱️📖 Away most of the day, returned from overnight birthday trip. I was pleasantly surprised at the weight this morning. I'm up 1.5 pounds since before the overnight trip, but honestly was expecting more. Back to it today.

Aug 10: 139.4 13.9K 👣🚶‍♀️‍➡️🏋️‍♀️🚲🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖 🧂I was hoping for a swish this morning, but didn't see it. A normal day yesterday, a tad high on the sodium, but just under my goal. Nice to be home.

Aug 11: 139.8 18.9K 👣 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖 Getting too close for comfort. Need to rein it in. Although I was under my limit, over the sodium and late night snack attack did me in.

Aug 12: 139.8 15.0K 👣 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🏋️‍♀️🚲🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂Typo in yesterday's weigh in post (wishful thinking). Corrected today. Although I met my calorie and salt goals, my food choices were poor yesterday. I saved my calories for junk! Every Monday my sisters and I join my Mom and her Friends at Monday Night Bingo at the the Knights of Columbus. They celebrated my birthday, cupcakes and blondie! I need to get into the right mindset before this slow creep on the scale becomes a permanent thing.

Aug 13: 139.4 19.2K 👣🚶‍♀️🫀🧘‍♀️🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂Good day yesterday, ate healthy and nice workouts. Also weeded the garden, need to harvest the rest of the corn soon before it gets tough. Getting tired of corn every day too! A very successful crop. Next year will plant in stages instead of all together, then maybe they won't all be ripe at the same time. We harvested the potted potatoes, terrible crop this year. We still need to harvest the "in the ground" potatoes. We'll see if they are any better. Used our first pepper of the season in our chili last night for dinner. It's so nice to be able to say I picked these from my own yard. 👩‍🌾 Call me farmer Dar!

Aug 14: 139 15.7K 👣 🚶‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂Good day yesterday. Decided to use my Wellness allowance (plus a birthday check from Greg's cousin) for a new fitness tracker - upgrading to a Garmin Venue 3! It arrives today! Woo Hoo!

Aug 15: 138.4 20.9K 👣 🚶‍♀️🫀🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂Another good day yesterday. All goals accomplished. Harvested 90% of the corn, froze some, have a few ears in the fridge. I found a recipe for a healthy Mexican street corn salad that I am going to make today. Got my watch, like it so far - one drawback that I need to figure out - it interferes with my hearing aids if I have the hearing aids linked to my phone. I need to figure that out. If I have to turn off my watch when I need to use the phone to hearing aid controls I will. But would be nice not to have to do that. This one supposedly has a long battery life, so can wear it to bed to see sleep patterns. Sleep Score - 77! Duration, stress, and deep sleep were good to excellent, Light and Rem sleep were fair, and Awake/Restlessness - poor. Just what I figured.

Aug 16: 139.2 16.7K 👣 🚶‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🥊🥗⏱️🪰📖🧂Got everything done, sodium was close to my limit. My ancient phone won't allow both my hearing aids and watch to be linked to the audio and video at the same time, so I will need to skip the "Get Smart" function for now. I don't think I would use it to answer my phone calls anyway. Today off to visit Greg's cousin (she's the one who sent the birthday check for my watch). Will be gone most of the day, but hope to get in my workout goals when we get home. We are bringing lunch today, so have fit it in my plan.

Aug 17: 139.6 17.3K 👣🚶‍♀️🫀🥊⏱️🪰🧂

Slightly over my calorie goal, but still under for the week. Since we were visiting Greg's cousin was away from the house for nine hours, with most of that sitting. Didn't get my reading in, but when got home jumped on the elliptical, treadmill, and VR headset to get my exercise done. Got up in the middle of the night, which reset my sleep on my watch. Despite that, got a better sleep score. The Garmin Venue gives you a "Fitness Age Score", it told me yesterday I was 59 years-old! It uses activity intensity, resting heart rates, and BMI to calculate. I guess I'll call that my NSV for the week. 😁

Chapter_3 · August 17

JGMTD #305 #75
R305- “Weight-loss” mindset returns. BHAG = 128-130lbs with lowering BF%. What will it take to get there & stay there? Let’s do this!!!!💪🏻 Keep moving with the right macros, Pg & portion control.

#HSF #agingyounger #MindBodySoul #ENGAGED

SW RND 305 136.2 (false)

RND Goal 132.xlbs

Loose 5+lbs in 5wks.

8/8 132.8

8/9 136.2

8/10 133.6

8/11 133.2

8/12 133.2

8/13 133.0

8/14 132.8

8/15 132.8

8/16 DNW

8/17 135.0 ? 😞

8/18

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8/9 ⚖️ 136.2 🤸🏼🚶‍♀️💓👣🎾🏋️‍♀️⏱️📖 anniversary dinner on full display per scale. I really don’t like counting this ⚖️ as the beginning of this round - a distorted uptick. Let’s go with Monday morning as my true start weight for this round to gauge progress. I can do that, right?🤣 Today: 🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖⏱️ setting a plan to do it all today ✅. #ENGAGED

8/10 133.6 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖⏱️ Good-bye👋🏻Friday night! Strong day! Determination plugged in. Beautiful weather helps my mindset. 💦💦💦 under cals✅ & under Pg (100g) but I still gave myself a 🏆because it was such a great day! Tomorrow’s ⚖️ will be my official start - want my efforts to be real. Blips DNC (do not count!)

⚠️Long Post. NSV: for me, this is an NSV… I passed on our annual girls trip to “The Ranch”. Every August, the gals head to a ranch owned by one of my friends family. It is an all out 48 hr food / drink orgy. I decided not to put myself in that situation ever again because it’s no longer who I am or what I want. I love them all dearly, but I’ve transformed. Becoming who I am meant to be, means moving away from old realities … It means taking myself out of situations that are contrary. That was a huge decision for me. I replaced it with health & movement & I didn’t miss it at all. This decision was a clear demarcation / boundary.
Have any of you left something behind that was part of you?! (To embrace your new identity?) #shedding.

8/11 133.2 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖⏱️🎾. THIS is my declared round start weight (after flushing Fri night din-din). Thinking a solid 132.0 is doable in 8 days. My body is hanging onto some kind of bloat. Eat clean & reduce dairy. Low-fat proteins & 💦💦💦. Keep moving. 🏋️‍♀️& ⏱️is non- negotiable today.

8/12 133.2. 🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖⏱️ nutrition✅ however I tried a high protein pasta last night so it wasn’t “clean / whole food” and ate at 7:15- usually eat /finished no later than 5:30ish pm. I thought the pasta was good. Let’s see how I digest it. 🤭20g of protein per serving and 2net carbs. 🚫🏆even tho Pg & cals ✅. Squeezed in 🏋️‍♀️⏱️ late afternoon. Solid day. I have 🎾 this morning, but starting to drizzle. Let’s see!

8/13 133.0 🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖⏱️🎾 Great day even though 🚫8-10k👣. 🎾 =4k. Didn’t have it in me to walk again. Just under 7K for the day. Recently purchased Bosu & balance board. Integrating into my🤸🏼🏋️‍♀️routine. Gosh, I’m really feeling my age lately. Nutrition: won’t eat the high protein pasta again. Feel like it’s still stuck wherever it’s stuck! Need to pledge & promise no more cheese (even though I’ve enjoyed w/extreme moderation) still feels heavy & with me. My body says no, no, NO! Put on my chauffeur cap again now that school has started – visited with DGS Tucker & DGD Eleanor yesterday. Delightful. Let’s keep up the focus today! Looked long & hard in the mirror - Are you REALLY willing to do what it takes? #MindBodySoul

8/14 132.8 🏆🏋️‍♀️👣🤸🏼📖🎾 2+ hrs. 🎾Tennis wiped me out, but I managed 👣. The heat/humidity was unbearable today. I think index was close to 115°. Took it easy when I got home but managed w/electrolytes (LMNT). Nutrition for the W.

NSV: Improved mindset and determination. Such a huge difference between lackadaisical vs. targeted efforts. Feeling transformed because I don’t “feel” “denied“. Just taking care of business & grateful. #ENGAGED. Planning a structured WV walk - then we’ll be working with an attorney all afternoon on the Hospital project. We’ve got some momentum after SIX MONTHS!

(FYI: Six concerned citizens took up the gauntlet to fight city hall vs an out-of-place monstrous 5-story hospital garage w/helipad abutting a residential neighborhood. Five appeals later & we have one more to go on 9/9. We are gaining ground!) 💪🏻

8/15 132.8 🤸🏼🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️📖

Yesterday: 🚫🏆1545 cals. Ate 2 small oatmeal cookies & hummus @ attorney ’s home with one glass of 🍷 after our meeting. We are in terrific hands! WV walk 🚶‍♀️💓Z2 90 min!!! & 🏋️‍♀️when I got home. 👣13.5k. 🎾 🏋️‍♀️this morning. Clean house this afternoon!

8/16 DNW. ate too late & slept poorly. Just finished 5mi WV walk. 🎾again wiped me out for the day. However, I did sign up for three 🏋️‍♀️classes next week: M/W/F @ 5 :30 & 6:30am. One trainer, 6-8 participants with a set routine @ own pace . The trainer walks around ensuring proper form. I put on a “maintenance mindset” @ dinner - 1.5 healthy appetizers… (octopus & tuna). No dessert! Two more days to finish strong!

8/17 🏆🤸🏼🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️📖 but poo poo the ⚖️! DAMN! no TMI for days I guess. Not enough water 💦. But a perfect nutrition day. Pg ✅I don’t mind explicable gains, but I sincerely detest the inexplicable gains. I had big workouts yesterday- release soon? I do tend to weigh more after big workout days so… Clean & a calorie VICTOR so let’s keep on keeping on. Happy Sunday! Oh, I have been sleeping better so that’s a W! Finish 💪🏻 #HSF

Chapter_3 · August 17

Chapter_3 · August 17

I screwed up the spoiler and it won’t let me fix it. I’m tired of trying over and over and over again.!

8/17 🏆🤸🏼🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️📖 but poo poo the ⚖️! DAMN! no TMI for days I guess. Not enough water 💦. But a perfect nutrition day. Pg ✅I don’t mind explicable gains, but I sincerely detest the inexplicable gains. I had big workouts yesterday- release soon? I do tend to weigh more after big workout days so… Clean & a calorie VICTOR so let’s keep on keeping on. Happy Sunday! Oh, I have been sleeping better so that’s a W! Finish 💪🏻 #HSF

Chapter_3 · August 17

Chapter_3 · August 17

I apologize for all the screw up/ blank entries this morning… MFP won’t let me edit the spoiler… I can’t figure it out. Onward!

Skyleen75 · August 17

I enjoy reading everyone’s posts with my coffee each morning.

Highest weight 242 lbs Lowest weight 142 lbs (2019) Re-start JGMTD Feb 2024 @ 204 lbs

Round 304 End Weight 178.2

08/09 179.6
08/10 DNW
08/11 183.0
08/12 179.6
08/13 177.6
08/14 176.6
08/15 176.0
08/16 175.8

08/17 176.0 Not too bad considering I upped my calories and my carbs yesterday. We went to the local pizza place. I brought home 3/4 of my meal. That sounds like I’m a saint but I ordered a meal of lasagna and chicken parm and raviolis. After a big salad just a few bites of each and I was absolutely stuffed!
I’m over the carb craving and I’ll donate the left overs to DH.

Back on track today.

GrandmaJackie · August 17

Goals

Under 150 by end of challenge
Only healthy snacks after dinner
At least 10,000 steps 5 days per week
Night time journal

SW Rnd 304 152.2

SW Rnd 305

8/9 153 Focus especially on healthy snacks after dinner and my carbs and sodium 🥺🥺

8/10 153 Nothing special happened except I was able to connect with my daughter on the phone.

8/11 153 I was able to talk to my daughter and grandchildren in Washington State, ❤️❤️

8/12 151.2 relaxing day, 😀

8/13 151.2 (Steps 12,138) 🎉

8/14 150 (Steps 10,560)

8/15 149.4 (Steps 10,285)

8/16 150.8 (Steps 11,283)

8/17 150 (Steps 15,922)

8/18

SModa61 · August 17

Just Give Me 10 Days – Round 305
August 9 - 18, 2025

63 year old female, 5’5”. I am married, semi-nomadic (we live in three states, Mass, Maine, Florida).
SW WW Sept 29, 2001 - 168.8 (initially lost 29.8, became staff, then up and down 18 years with low of 126.8)
SW MFP Sept 14, 2020 – 153 (lost 40, then stress loss if2.2 lb with low of 120.8, then stress gain)
SW MFP Jan 1, 2023 – 146.6

GW Maintaining between 124 – 126 SW: 127.6 Since my weight is slowing coming back down, I’ve added back in history details INCLUDING my maintenance numbers. In January, it seemed silly including my goal was to maintain 124 – 126 when I was weighing 138. Those maintenance numbers are in sight now. Just need to get there.

SW: 129.0

8/9 – 128.4 so, goal for the round is simple. 10 days just tracking correctly, NO MATTER WHAT! Yesterday was good, I even got in an evening walk. Just 2.5 miles, but it is something.

8/10 – 128.2 Tracking was good. Under my target. Got a short dumbbell arm session in before I had to field a phone call. Pre-tracked a couple days ahead. I had forgotten how helpful that is. This morning when I got up, I knew what I was eating and when, and even know what I need to purchase for my groceries the next few days. Let’s see how this pays off!

8/11 – 127.8 Pre-tracking made the day fairly easy. I did have a mid-day adjustment, but again, being able to see the whole day with impact of the change made it straight forward to adjust. I will say, I had “binge” urges in the evening, so that is still happening, but between my round 305 commitment and more petite dill pickles, I go through. Now, to look up what I tracked for this morning’s breakfast. I recall it is something higher.

On another note, I got a little awakening yesterday. I am trying to figure out what I am going to wear to the rehearsal dinner in september. Not finding anything I want….yet. So yesterday, I decided to try on one of my 10-or-so year old "classics". Would be a good color and I have always loved it (own it in two colors). My weight is lower than when I likely purchased, based off my history. So should be good, right? It was VERY borderline. I think this is telling me how truly the scale is just a piece of the puzzle. Pretty sure I was regularly going to the gym, those 10 years ago.

8/12 – 128.0 Slightly up for no caloric reason. My weight goal for this round is to end with a 127.X as my number. Yesterday, calories were fully tracked and purportedly on target. No exercise, and no luck on dresses. I do have something coming in in the mail. I won’t end up naked, but was hoping to like what I wear.

8/13 – 127.2 Again, calories spot in. No exercise, which still needs to be corrected. It does appear that returning to my target of 1550 kcal is appropriate. Next few days are going to be a little loopy, so I need to try and hold on. Heading back to maine tonight (packing, cleaning, visit mom, groceries, load car, drive, unload car). Tomorrow, out to eat at new restaurant. Friday, after dinner drive home alone (need to make sure DH and cats are squared away before leaving). Saturday, babysitting CGS#2 for 12 hours alone…..who knows what I may eat that day. Sunday, early drive back to Maine, then Tuesday evening return to MA. All good stuff, but distracting, which I don’t handle well.

Have run out of pre-tracked days. Gotta go fill in Thursday and Friday, and parts of Sun, Mon and Tues. Need to organize for toddler day!

8/14 – 127.4 Still stable. Followed my pre-tracking and day went well. Today, I set aside calories for the restaurant, and I have strong ideas of what I will have, but it is one of those restaurants whose menus can change daily. Did not pre-track my day as I think I am going to have to take it bit by bit as I try and stave off hunger, in order to save a higher portion of calories for the evening as my standard 500 calories for dinner will not go far. But I do plan to NOT order from the entrée section which still allows me lots of fun!

8/15 – 127.0 Wow! Even though I made good efforts, I figured that day after a restaurant would be an up, even if temporary. I did my standard double small plate/appetizer dining, a “tarantula” cocktail, and split the chocolate cake. Figured out how to keep my calories low during the day. Purposely ran errands and got myself out of the house so lunch was delayed until early afternoon. It apparently worked. I have today pre-tracked, and a plan for tomorrow pre-tracked, but will adjust it as the day evolves.

8/16 – 127.0 (estimate) did not remember to weigh until after my shower and partially drunk coffee – scale said 127.4 with wet hair and ¼ of large coffee gone. At least it is not my last day for the round, so it matters (in my mind) less. Today is DGS#2 babysitting day. Have all sort of fun planned including making cookies and cream ice cream and chaffles.Tentative day is pre-tracked and am bringing healthy food with me. I will adjust as needed throughout the day.

8/17 – 126.2 I last saw a 126.X in April 2024. Total calories were fine yesterday, though nutritional balance was not great. But poor nutrition for a single day is ok. Did an hour lazy pace stroller walk with DGS#2 last evening. He enjoyed it, which was great. The whole babysitting day went VERY well. Proud of myself and a confidence booster (I kept him alive!!).

Since I am in MA this morning (driving back to ME in an hour), I decided to pull out my old WW records. I looked up what I weighed at DD’s wedding. Was 126.2 5 days after and 125.2 16 days before. I did not remember being consistently that low at the time. Going to take my old records and start feeding some into my MFP weight history since I use my 9/29/01 as my starting “high” weight.

8/18 -

_JeffreyD_ · August 17

Male: 68
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016.) I was actually at 250 in 2011 or so…
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205

Daily Goals (4) for this round:
-Log Food. ✏️
-No Ultra Processed Food (UPF). ☣️
-Meet CI/CO target, net 1500. 🎯
-Exercise minimum 20 minutes. More if possible.💓

Round 305 Posts
This is my posting format….
Month/Day: Scale Reading first thing today before getting dressed. / Goals met ✏️☣️🎯💓/ Comment

8/8/25 : 223.6 SW the day before.

8/9: 223.6
✏️
I am already off to a dubious start with my goals. To be fair I picked up the gauntlet thrown down by @chapter _3 just this morning in Round 304. 😊

With the help of the internet, I now begin the tedious parsing and negotiating in my head about what qualifies as “ultrahigh processed.” For example I read that distilled spirits are off limits, but some wine and beer are not. I can easily avoid both for ten days. Anything in a package is suspect. Some food is processed, but the label looks very simple, i.e. no unpronounceable ingredients. I need to squash wishful thinking. I have asked DW to remove the candy dish from the main path through our house, but I want to take personal responsibility for my actions.

8/10: 223.0
✏️☣️🎯💓
A good day… goals altered my behavior for the better. I discovered that the internet has a lot lot lot to say about ultra processed food (UPF). I also discovered that my diet is loaded with it. (For example a simple, but mass produced hamburger bun is UPF. Artisanal bread is not UPF.) I want to train my body not to crave it.

https://educhange.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOVA-Food-Classification-EduChange.pdf

Rode 20+ miles yesterday. It was hot, but I replenished with LMNT in a liter of water along the way. Wondering if the additional salt helped me retain a bit of water weight.

8/11: 221.8
✏️☣️🎯+💓/2

8/12: 220.8
✏️☣️🎯💓
I got totally distracted and forgot to post 8/11, so there it is. I think it was because I was up to my ankles in trip planning. (up to my ankles may not seem deep but I was “head down.”)

I took a 3 mile walk yesterday in miserable heat and humidity. I had to get some movement done.

Staying true to UPF goal is rough for me. One thing that helped is some pre-planning my DW has done. She has stocked three storage containers in the fridge with watermelon, grapes and baby carrots. They are an easy reach when I find myself standing in front of the open fridge without even knowing how I got there.

8/13: 221.6
✏️💓
I fell off the UPF wagon yesterday. I had a hotdog bun at lunch and attended an ice cream social at dad’s nursing home last night. I skipped supper so the calories weren’t horrific, but enough to miss the target by a bit. I don’t consider the bratwurst at lunch to be UPF since it is made (by my son😊) at the local meat market. I need to be a good boy today.

Yesterday was DGS first day of Third Grade. Thus ends our summer of watching him while his parents work. (we love him to pieces but we are looking forward to some “me time” and some “we time”.) I am thrilled that he likes school and makes friends easily.

8/14: 221.0
✏️☣️🎯💓
My exercise calories exceeded my food budget. I ate some of them back.

8/15: 221.8
✏️
Yesterday was a long road trip to get DW’s vocal cord situation looked at by a very good doctor. Good news; she has a diagnosis and a treatment plan! (too much detail to go into)

Bad news; we had lunch out with her cousin at an awesome pizza joint. Took me over calories and UPF goals. I am still inspired though.

8/16: 222.6
✏️☣️🎯💓
Not a stellar performance yesterday but just under the wire. We took the gal next door out for pizza. Part of a thank you for all she does for us when we travel. Checks our mail, waters the dog, brings deliveries inside to combat porch pirates, and even will mow the grass and scoop snow so we look like we are home. She is golden. We make sure she feels appreciated, plus we return the favor when needed.

8/17: 221.8
✏️☣️🎯💓
Overall, a day of self-control and goals met. Took a longish bike ride yesterday. Strava called it 17+ miles. (heck @musicsax almost walks that far in a day !)

Have a good Sunday everyone!

8/18

SModa61 · August 17

lots of weightwatchers

_JeffreyD_ · August 17

@SModa61

"(I kept him alive!!)." it's harder than it looks!

quiltingjaine · August 17

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 Just swinging by looking for the new link.

💕 💕 YOU ALL!

pezhed · August 17

I’m Amanda, serial starter in JGMTD 🫣 5’2”, 40F, in Virginia (US)

NSG (tracked for prior day)

🏃🏻‍♀️ movement - 7/10 days

🚫 no alcohol - 7/10 days

SW Rnd 305 - 134.0

RGW: 132.0

8/9 - 133.4 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️Yesterday was good! Ran sprints assigned by my Garmin training plan. Stayed on track through the day so I could indulge in chicken tikka masala that I made for dinner. Today will be more challenging at a local agricultural fair and a night out at a small concert. DH is playing trombone in a band for a couple of songs! Happy Saturday! Glad to be back with you!

8/10 132.8. This is a fake number. I waaayyy overdid it last night and I’m sure the beers left me dehydrated. It was a fun night but today will be a struggle. And I’ll see the repercussions on the scale tomorrow. I just have a 30 minute easy run to do today and I’m taking the kids to a community production of The Wizard of Oz. Not sure the 4 year old will make it through but we’ll try it.

8/11 - 135.6 🚫 Whoop there it is! The overdoing from Saturday plus a giant bowl of salt (restaurant ramen) for dinner last night. My water retention is so extensive that I hardly had to pee when I woke up this morning. I took the boys rock climbing and bike riding today. I ran while they biked, and I got to do a few climbs! We had Mexican food for lunch and I feel I made pretty good choices (grilled chicken) but I probably had more chips than I needed.

8/12 - 135.0 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️ I thought maybe some additional water would push through but no such luck. Perhaps I’ve gone more off the rails than I realized. Today I have a run and have to prep for the first day of school tomorrow! Need to meal plan and shop, too. Feels like I’ve been stringing things together too much which leads to not-great choices.

8/13 - 133.8 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️There we go. Still a long way to the 132 I was hoping to achieve this round, but I deserved this upset. I grocery shopped enough to get us through the next few days and did a very hard threshold run yesterday. Today I’m planning to strength train. My 6 year old starts 1st grade today! The summer flew by! I’ll admit I’m looking forward to being in more of a routine now, and having some capacity to think, especially after the 4 year old starts part time preschool on Friday.

8/14 - 133.2 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️I think I pretty much ate maintenance yesterday. I did my strength workout. I’m currently at the gym after having completed a recovery jog and 20 minutes of Peloton yoga for runners. Tonight’s dinner is a seafood feast - shrimp, clams, and oysters from the seafood truck that comes through town. This is my 4-year-old’s requested meal 🤣 I might have some white wine with dinner since I’ll be cooking with it. My only other planned drinking night this round is Saturday for a friend’s birthday party. I’m sure I won’t go too overboard after what I did to myself this past Saturday and the resulting after-effects (2 days of bad food choices and 3+ days of anxiety).

8/15 - 132.8 🏃🏻‍♀️ Both kids in childcare for the first time since May this morning! The time before that 12:30 pick-up ticks by verrry quickly, though. I did manage a dog walk and a treadmill run this morning. My seafood dinner last night was delicious but a bit of a production. DH shucked a dozen oysters and made cocktail sauce. I made a New York Times shrimp pasta recipe, from-scratch baked french fries, mussels in wine, garlic, and butter sauce, and boiled some delicious fresh corn on the cob. I'm so grateful my kids like food. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with elaborate dinners. Of course that love of food is only going to increase in price as they grow into young men. We tried protein pasta (inspired by @Chapter_3and other friends) and it was not a hit unfortunately. It also made me very gassy last night. Ah well, it's good to try new things! Tonight DH is going out for dinner so I may take the opportunity to do breakfast for dinner with the kids (DH HATES breakfast for dinner but I love it and grew up doing it at least once a week). Hope everyone's weekend gets off to a strong start!

8/16 - 132.0 🚫🏃🏻‍♀️ Very pleased with my weight today! Unfortunately it’s Saturday and my good friend’s 40th bday party. I’m going to have to strategize if I want to maintain my week’s loss. The menu is tacos and cake and, of course, booze. I think I’ll bring seltzers to alternate between drinks and go easy. I’ll also try to save a bunch of calories for the evening, but the most exercise I’ll do today is probably walking the dogs. I’m also planning to canvass for a local political candidate so I’ll get some walking in that way too. Boy, weekends are tough!

8/17 - 130.8! Fun number but I can’t trust it after a night of drinking. Had a blast at my friend’s bday party! All women, dressed to impress, pot luck taco bar and karaoke in our friend’s living room. Couldn’t ask for a better celebration of my “sister wife” (we co-parent a ton since it takes a village)! I moderated fairly well so I think the after-effects will be minimal this time other than the dehydration today. Today is chore day and I’m supposed to go for a run. May take the kids swimming since that’s the only way I can spend any time outside in this heat 🥵

deepwoodslady · August 17

@Chapter_3

If you wish to remove a spoiler , this is how I do it:

Just click inside your spoiler box where you typed. A regular left click will do. If not, then just highlight the box first. Next to the box on the left you will see the paragraph symbol where you originally found the spoiler button. Click that and inside, next to the spoiler button you originally clicked is another paragraph button that is probably lit up baby blue in color. It is the last one. Click that and you are unspoiled. I hope this helps.

deepwoodslady · August 17