JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 9

Round 9: (Round 2 for me. Female/aged 71)
Round 8: SW: 164.5 lbs.
Round 8: end weight: ? lbs.
SW: 227. Final goal weight: 147 lbs
7/2/17 weight: 169 lbs
Round 9 GW: 165 lbs

7/2: lbs. travelling. No access to scale.
7/3: 169 lbs. Not unexpected after a 5 day family holiday. Too many restaurant meals, and a garden party. Hopefully some of it is water retention, so this week I will hydrate and eat clean.
7/4: 166.8 lbs. Phew! Glad that worked well! I will go with the flow for the rest of this week, and see if I can shift some more excess baggage. Lol!
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7/2 - 194.0
7/3 - 192.6 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FITZOE77
7/4 - 193.4 - (normal gain after heavy weight training/super high calorie day) HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
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By the way I see a trend of people getting upset or confused about upward swings. Fluctuations mean nothing unless you constantly continue to trend upwards. Always look at the overall trend, not the individual day. Look at weekly and monthly trends to get a sense of where you're headed.

As I'm sure you all know, scale swings can be related to higher sodium intake, meal timing, bowel function, muscles retaining water after workouts, dehydration, etc. It sounds counter-intuitive but dehydration causes major water retention and a higher number on the scale. When you don't drink enough water, your body holds everything it can. It NEEDS water to function.

Also, always remember that we can't physically gain a pound or more of muscle or fat overnight. The absolute worst we can do is gain about 2# of adipose tissue (fat) per week and we can gain about a half pound of muscle per week. So just keep the scale trending downwards (if thats your goal), doesn't have to be a steady drop.

KEEP AT IT! We reach our goals by crushing obstacles and embracing defeats. Setbacks should only cause us to work harder, never give up!

Round 9!
Starting weight beginning of March =162.6 My weight yesterday - Saturday - morning was up from earlier in week: 149.8
Here's to success for all of us on our journey.

Day Weight Comments

07/02 149.0 Down from yesterday: could it be the haircut? Here's to a fresh start and healthy eating. My goal is to lose at least 2 lbs this go round so I'd like to see the scale at 147 or below. Good losing everyone.
07/03 148 Hmmm, a big drop 2 days in a row.Water? Did 75 min on elliptical yesterday. Off to gym today. Salads. My life needs more salads.

07/04 147.2 Almost back to where I was 2 weeks ago. This should stick. It seems to be my pattern: down, up, down up, down, stick. Another 75 on elliptical and more cleaning spare bedroom. Stayed low on cals and within on carbs despite a couple glasses of prosecco. I do love me some prosecco. Feeling light and good. Happy Fourth, ya'all.

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