JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS| Round 8

SW 156
GW 135

6/24: 156
6/25: 154.2
6/26: 154.0
6/27: 153.6
6/28: 153.2
6/29: 152.6
6/30: 153.0
7/01: 152.6
I'm also looking forward to joining in the next round

I'm in again! Hi, all. My goal, as always, is to lose 2# in 10 days = SW 147.6 Good luck and clean eating everyone!

6/22 146.6 This is some kind of fluke as I'm down a pound from yesterday. I slept late and woke up really dry if you know what I mean. But by this I'm down 3.4 from the start of last round. My goal was 2#. Now, on to releasing the next 2.
6/23 149.6 Seriously? up over 3#! Had lunch out yesterday: 1/2 a salad and 1/2 a sandwich. Maybe water weight somewhere. Gonna drink my share of lemon water today.
6/24 147.8 Went to gym yesterday and did my routine. Delightfully sore. Today: walking track. I'm trying a new approach and entering meals, snacks, etc, for the entire day before I eat anything. If I need to change something, ok, but this gives me a plan for the day and when I get peckish I go for one of the snacks I planned on. Gives me more control over sticking to the macros.
6/25 147.6 A .2 loss seemed so small until I realized it equals a loss of 1.4 a week. I'll take it. Did the elliptical yesterday and stuck below macros on everything. Off to plan today's menu. Happy losing everyone.
6/26 147.2 Put in an hour on elliptical yesterday. Went at slower pace as I read that 60-70% of MHR is the zone where you lose weight. Today: gym. Going to go grunt. Wishing us all success.
6/27 146.6 Yes! Did another hr on ellip as well as gym. Planning my day's menu in advance is so helpful for me. It helps me see the balance, or lack thereof, in my food choices. Today: aqua arthritis and elliptical.
6/27 147 Big Sigh
6/29 147.2 Too much family drama and stress and a Snickers and French lemonade. On the bright side, 50 min elliptical and 2 hours gardening. Planning menu and sticking with it today. Stress be damned.
6/30 147.4 Good grief. I'm ending up where I started. Actually higher. Started cleaning spare/junk bedroom yesterday to make room for son and grandson moving back in. Lots of up and down basement steps. Today gym and maybe Aqua. Come on, body. Let's let some of this go.

7/01 149.2 Ah, well. Up and down and then (hopefully) down. Ended the 10 days up. Ate too many carbs. Back to planning and sticking to it. Did Aqua Arthritis yesterday and to gym today. Haven't done much elliptical; I've been too preoccupied with son moving back in with his son and cleaning out spare room and trying to toddler proof this place. Enough whining. On with it.

Ended round 7 at 134.5 (started 136.1)

I would like to lose 1.5 (weigh 133) for round 8!

6/22 - 133.3

6/23 - 132.1
In going to try not to get too excited about my overnight -1.2 pounds. I had three beers after dinner and I suspect that's making me a little dehydrated. It's nice to see a number even closer to goal though!! 128 is where I'd like to be. It just gives me some wiggle room to maintain between 128-130. Of course, its the weekend now and those are always tough ...

6/24 - 132.3
Did well yesterday. Stayed within calories. Looking back at the last several weekends I average 2000 calories Saturday and Sunday. My goal for this weekend is no more than 1500 each day. I do not have workouts planned so this will be an extra 600 calories over the weekend. Fingers crossed for the will power!!!

6/25 - 133.8
Well I guess that's what happens when you go 1,125 calories over your allotment for the day ... going to make today a better day. Also going to try for a 4 mile walk. Wasn't planned, but I need it. First ... coffee!!!

6/26 - 135.6
Well as predicted I'm up 3.3 pounds over the weekend. Totally my fault. Total lack of self control. Sucks!! WHY are weekends SO hard.

6/27 - 134.3
Ok a little weekend weight gone. Yesterday was easy to stay on track, Mondays usually are. Still hoping to weigh in at 133 by the end of this 10 days! Workout early today, and then a ton of errands and appointments.

6/28 - 133.4
.1 from what I started this round at, but less than my last weight for round 7 so I need to stay strong today and tomorrow and I will hopefully show a loss overall on Friday!! Today my son is having a bunch of friends over to swim and have pizza etc. I need to stay away from the junk food!!! 133 was my goal for round 8, it's within reach!!!

6/29 - 132.8
Happy with this number. If I can maintain or lose for tomorrow's weigh in I've made or exceeded my 10 day goal of 1.5lbs. So interesting to see the ups and downs of my 10 days ... now it's almost the weekend and the 4th of July holiday and grad and bday parties. I'm going to need strength!!

Hmmmm for some reason I thought tomorrow was day 10 ... adding 7/1.

6/30 - 133.0
This was my original goal for the 10 days. I should be happy, but I was 132.1 during this 10 days so I'm feeling bummed. Today I take my mom to 3 hours worth of doctors appointments and my son to one, hoping to squeeze in my workout, but if its not done first thing, I usually don't get it done. I would LOVE to be in the 132's tomorrow.

7/1 - 133.5
That's -1 for this round. A loss is good, but lately I seem to average a 1/2 pound per week. I had a lot of ups and downs over the 10 days. Looking forward to round 9!

I'm in again! I think I started in round 2. I've been weighing and logging every day since mid March and it has really helped to keep me on track.

SW in March - 182.4 lbs
GW - want to get to 150 and then re-evaluate from there


Coming in from Round 7 at 159.6lbs

6/22 - 159.2lbs

6/23 - 158.4lbs - back on track! I expect some of this is carry over from last weeks TOM bounce around but I"ll take it!!

6/24 - 156.6lbs - Super Whoosh! I weighed myself 6 times and moved the scale to 3 different spots before I believed it LOL...may still not believe it until I see it again tomorrow.

6/25 - 158.2 - yep...it was too good to be true...shortcake at the strawberry festival where we went picking and sushi for dinner

6/26 - 159.8lbs - OY! Lots of factors here, but it's NOT going over calories as I've been under maintenance every day since I got back from my vacation. Went for a 25km bike yesterday and my muscles are screaming this morning and I think all the sodium from Satuday's sushi is still around. If I only weighed in on Mondays I would have no idea that I was 3lbs lower on Saturday morning and that's the weight that truly reflects my weight loss at this point. So....lots of water and fibre today to start flushing out what I'm retaining.

6/27 - 159.4lbs
6/28 - 157 lbs - back in the right direction, was feeling much less bloated by the end of yesterday.
6/29 - 157.6 - a small bounce back up...not sure why...
6/30 - 157.4 - creeping back down.
7/01 - 157.3- on my mom's scale this weekend but it's usually pretty close to mine. Trying to keep the beers and BBQ in check today
Happy Canada Day!!!! See you all in the next round.

End of R7: 135.4
SW:135.2

6/22: 135.2
I've been fluctuating in the 135 range for the past week and a half. Yesterday I did 50 mins of Aqua Zumba but then I screwed that up by eating out after. New plan is to eat about an hour before class and have some fruit or nuts for a snack after.
6/23: 134.4
YAY!!!! Stayed within cal count yesterday, too! Unfortunately...I also fell up (yes, I did say UP) the stairs and I did something to my foot and one of my wrists. I don't know what I'm going to do. I have to teach sitting down, so there's no way I can work out. Last round it was a hernia, now this. I'm seriously the most accident prone person I know.
6/24: 134.6
Came in about 100 calories under count last night which is as low as I should be going when I don't work out (I'm supposed to eat a little over 1300 per day, and I usually work out enough in the pool to be able to eat at least 1500-1700. On a side note: my foot really friggin' hurts.
6/25: 134.6
Went to a soccer match downtown. Had to get there pretty early to avoid traffic so we walked about a mile away from the stadium for a bite to eat and some ice cream. I even got a Coke (eek!). Of course I came in over cal count but I usually splurge at matches. I will keep being careful for the next few days. Surprised I didn't gain any weight...
6/26: 134.4
Back down! Again this is the lowest I've weighed since I've started this whole thing. I'm really cool with my weight now, but I started out saying I wanted to get to 130, so I will get there.
6/27: 135
Ugh. So I woke up yesterday and I was feeling icky, by last night I was all out ill. When I'm sick I have no self-control so of course I ate everything in sight. Got to drink some water today. I think I drank like 10 oz yesterday (a new low, as I've always loved water).
6/28 136.8
I've recently realized my body has some sort of lactose intolerance but not technically intolerance because it constipates me rather than the other thing. I took it out of my diet temporarily like the doctor recommended but yesterday I ate some and "it" happened again this morning along with a major acne breakout, which I'm too old for. Guess it's time to clean out the fridge...
6/29 136.8
Still constipated. I just cleared out the fridge of all my fave dairy products but I left the things that I don't really care for so that my husband can still get his fill. At least I didn't gain any weight? I went on a 20 min walk yesterday along with my usual Aqua Zumba. Went for a walk today this AM too. Going to do some HIIT this afternoon, so that maybe I can get my insides moving.
6/30: 135.2
I'm eating unhealthy today and tomorrow. I know my weight's going to be a little messed up but it's my birthday today and I have a party tomorrow. Still off dairy and I've been feeling so much better.
7/01: 135.8
Ergh.

GW for this round - 168
Final GW - 140

Coming in from Round 7 at 170 lbs

6/22 - 169.6 - did really well yesterday, 40 min on elliptical and food intake was on point. Expected to see a bigger loss, but I'll take it!

6/23 - 169.6 - No exercise today and pretty sedentary due to work but came in under calories.

6/24 - 168.8 - Stayed close to calories despite a friend's wedding. No "exercise" but ran my tail off getting every thing ready so all in all, I'll call that a win.

6/25 -170 - Darned scale...no exercise but nutritionally on point.

6/26 - 169.4 - Stayed under calories and did 41 minutes on elliptical. I'm trying to increase my time by 1 minute every time I do it...but can't seem to make time to do it more than 3 or 4 times a week. I'm going to lock my office door and try doing some body weight resistance exercises like plank and pushups in my office to see if that helps.

6/27 - 169.8 Went over calories slightly and no cardio yesterday. I did do my first plank in probably a year for 20 seconds and managed to squeeze out 10 pushups from my knees. Wow. I had no idea my upper body was so weak. Minimally sore but not so much I can't try again today. Already did the elliptical for 42 minutes this morning and will do my plank and pushups again when I get to work.

6/28 - 170.6 - Grrrrr wrong direction...TOM must be coming. I'm at or under calories consistently and exercising more and more.

6/29 - 169.8 - Stayed under calories and hit the elliptical for 40 minutes. I really felt crummy toward the end of that. I think I didn't have enough fuel...but later in the day I squeezed out another 10 pushups.

6/30 - 170.2 - Well that sucks...I am doing everything right. The lbs seem to be gorilla glued on.

7/1 - 169.4 - Elliptical for 43 minutes, some yoga and strength exercises. Stayed within calorie allotment. This is going so slow...but I feel a breakthrough on the horizon.

Round 7: 172.3
First goal: 170

6/22 - 171.9 > Well this was a surprise this morning!! Made the kid walk up the steepest hill in town with me.
6/23 - 172.1 < Huge after dinner hike and a Berry Protein Smoothie for dessert. Was a good day.
6/24 - 170.9 > Getting so close. Had a nice walk and (2) glasses of wine. Great evening and SO is home ❤️
6/25 - 172.0 <
6/26 - 172.4 < Ugghh a busy weekend with Wine and BBQ salads etc on both days!! I'm getting back on track and SO is away for at least 21 days ... I do amazing with my calories when he's gone. lol Hoovering above my 170 mark would like to hit this soon.
6/27 - 172.7 > Huh? Well this is the wrong direction. Thought I cut some cals and although felt lazy crawled off the couch and went for a long walk. Tomorrow is my weigh-in day lets hope this is a sodium build up. (fingers crossed lol)
6/28 - 172.2 < Working out all the weekend fun, sadly the weekend is just around the corner again. 20,000 steps last night of the biggest hills in town and hot out too!!
6/29 - 171.4 < I even had a cupcake!! BBQ tomorrow and I work in the morning so I doubt I'll fit in a long walk, Saturday I'll have to make up for it. Hope I can limit my calories and try and stay away from overly salty foods (Not a hope)

6/30 - 170.1 < ..... (.1) from my goal (.1)!!! BBQ's and fun all weekend so holding on to this is going to be rough... But I want it!! So we will see what happens.

7/01 - 169.8 ....... WOW!!!


So I have come under my first goal. My goal here is the weight I do not want to go above ever again. It's a little scary and sometimes I have anxiety about it..... I'm going to maintain here for a little up my calories and play with that. It's summer and I am usually pretty active so if I continued to lose so be it. I've set a new goal of 159 and am giving myself plenty of time to get there 6-12 months. We will see.

sonya_laan wrote: »

SW: 234 lbs (June 19, 2017)
GW1: 199
GW2: 160
Round 8 goal: 4 lbs (I always lose weight super fast when I first start eating healthy so thinking 4 lbs is reasonable)

June 21: 230.2 lbs

Day Weight Comments
6/22 - 229.4 lbs
6/23 - 228 lbs.
6/24 - 228 lbs
6/25 - 227.6 lbs.
6/26 - 227.6 lbs
6/27 - 227.2 lbs - slow and steady. Also been eating over sodium so that's probably not helping.
6/28 - 226.4 lbs - stayed within cals last night but was sooo hungry all day until i ate a massive meal at night.
6/29 - 225.2 lbs - my scale died yesterday morning and i figured the drop i saw yesterday was to fix the results I was seeing for the few days before that. NOPE. A nice big drop this morning. Officially lost 20 lbs today from my starting weight set 2 years ago.
6/30 - 223.8 lbs - soooo another huge drop. not sure why. I eat 1500 cal...I know my new job is very physical and I may have to consider upping my MFP from sedentary to active to help slow the loss down if it continues like this.
7/01- 223.1 lbs. woot woot! At the SOs house and used his scale. Hoping it's similar to mine. Happy Canada day everyone! Hoping I don't fall to hard off the band wagon.

6/22: 169.8 - had a great work out last night, but it left me half dead today. haha.
6/23: 170.0 - way over my sodium yesterday.
6/24: 167.8! - killer workout last night.
6/25: 168.2 - take out for dinner last night. Wasn't over calories, but prob was over sodium. Also, slept in.
6/26: 167.4 - TOM is here and I feel like reheated death so that's a thing. Let's see if I can hold to 167 or below.
6/27: 167.4 - holding steady.
6/28: 167.4 - I guess at least my weight is steady?! Hoping to drop tomorrow.
6/29: 167.2 - a small drop, but I'll take it. Been struggling to stay under calories so that's today's goal.
6/30: 166.2 - was upset/sick yesterday. Seems to have done wonders for my weight at least.
7/01: 166.8 - prob over sodium yesterday. Possibly over calories ate out at a restaurant without nutritional info so I'm guesstimating.

So...I'm down 3 lbs from 6/22. I'm sure some of it was/is water weight, but I'm still happy.

Here's to the next 10 days!!!!

GAME ON!
R1/SW: 195
GW: 190

06/22: 195
06/23: 193.5
06/24: 192.5
06/25: 191.5 I AM THRILLED! I JUST HIT MY 10 LB. MARK.
06/26: 193.5 I AM BUMMED! Sometimes, I think that weighing myself every day is bad for my mental health because when I see the numbers on the scale go up, I get incredibly upset. However, it's almost like this compulsive thing that has me going back down to the scale every single morning to see if anything has changed at all. Today, is one of the days that I wish that I never would have looked. I stayed under my calorie intake yesterday, but I must be truthful, I had a slice of my own birthday cake. It's almost 500 calories alone for this cake! Also, since I exercised 6 days straight, I gave my body an active resting day. Now, I feel so guilty. I pushed myself to do an hour of cardio and upper body strength this morning, and I feel sick, sick, sick to my stomach. It's awful!
6/27: 190.5 I ended up in the ER parking lot yesterday thinking I'd need to go in. I spoke to my family doctor, and if I ever became short of breath or chest hurt, then I would have. Instead, I literally slept practically the entire day and night and missed a lot of my calories. I pushed myself in my workout yesterday, but it was more than my body could handle. I never want to feel like that again. I'd rather lose a couple of oz than be sick like that. Please don't make the same mistake that I did. Thank you to everyone that explained to me that weight isn't a downward slide. It fluctuates. I needed to know that, and I need to remind myself of that.
6/28: 190.5 Staying steady. I am still not feeling well since I pushed myself beyond what I am physically capable of. Eating anything at all is hard for me right now because I feel extremely nauseous, but I have been pushing to eat something throughout the day and to drink some kind of water. I only took a casual walk last night around my yard to not push myself too hard but to still get some kind of movement in.
6/29: 190! I HIT MY WEIGHT LOSS GOAL FOR THE 10 DAYS. I didn't log any exercise yesterday because I was too busy walking around. I know I had several steps in, but my next door neighbor's house caught on fire. It's the saddest thing. They've lost everything. I am going to have to start thinking twice about using my crock pot.
6/30: 190. I am staying steady. I got over 6,000 steps in and did a lot of housework.
07/01: 190 once more. I am not losing any, but I am not gaining either. I'll take that!

Day Weight Comments
6/22-166.0
6/23-166.0
6/24-166.0/ I was reading and seen someone mention there scale was acting winky and needed new batteries, so I thought maybe mine is too. I weighed 164 then 166 today.... So I will see tomorrow what the difference is.
6/25-166.4/ I guess the batteries were good, still hanging on to the same number. Better then going up on a weekend.
6/26-166.6/ I think I need a new scale it gave me 4 random numbers so I picked the one that was similar to other days ugh. I had an awesome moment I fit into a size 9/10 and I haven't been in that size since 8th grade and I'm not 32 woohoo
6/27-165.2 woohoo
6/28-164.8 finally back down to where I was a last tuesday! Going in the right direction.
6/29-165.4 ice cream Sunday and carne asada tacos but it was yummy
6/30-165.4 completely impressed! My steps were low dinner at a Mexican restaurant and stone cold ice cream afterwards. Wowzers.... I'm liking the squishy fat and woosh theory.
7/01-164.4 this is awesome so happen to end positive and down 2lbs.

I'll join the next round!

Your Round 8, my round 2

SW  166
Goal this round - ANY LOSS, I will be traveling most days in July and without a scale.
LONG TERM GOAL 137

Day Weight Comments
6/22  on the road
6/23  on the road
6/24  166
6/25  165.5
6/26  165
6/27  164.5  and getting in the road
6/28  No scale. Driving through Texas on the way to Broken  Arrow, OK
6/29  No scale, continuing  on to  Southern Illinois today
6/30  No scale
7/01  No scale, Family Reunion!!

6/24 185.5
6/25 185.5
6/26 184.0
6/27 183.0
6/28 183.0
6/29 182.0 I can't believe it! I never lose weight like this. But this is also the first time I'm weighing and measuring EVERYTHING consistently. I think in the past when I've tried to lose weight I had the mentality of, 'it's just an apple, it's just an extra bite, it's just another scoop, etc.' Well all those extra 'it's justs' add up! Lol
6/30 182.0
7/01 182.5

So I lost 3lbs and am very happy about that!

I need more motivation so I'm in! Starting weight- 237. Goal weight- 170.

Day Weight Comments

6/22 - 214.6
6/23 -214.6
6/24 - 214.7
6/25 - 215.6
6/26 - 215.8
6/27 - 216.2
6/28 - 214.7
6/29 - 214.2
6/30 - 213.1
7/01 - 214.5
Havent really lost anything, but TOM was visiting. Will see in Round 9 (my 2nd round) if this helps me.