JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 9

I'm in. Weight 07/01 = 271 -- but I did see 269 once during last week. This week's goals -- no take out Chinese after twice last week and more days with SIX as the second digit! There will be at least one hefty meal for the holiday weekend: a rib-eye and a large russet are calling my name from the fridge.

Day Weight Comments
07/02 269.4 -- Huzzahs! She starts the race with a six as second digit! Now starts the inexorable battle to hold on!
07/03 268.8 -- Diligence in weighing and logging pays off!
07/04 268.2 -- Still headed in the right direction. Tonight, though, is the big holiday steak with the even bigger baked potato. I expect to have an overage that will need paying off!
07/05 267.8 -- despite humongous ribeye (very rare, thank you) and ginormous baked potato laden with copious amounts of butter and sour cream, managed to stay within my calorie target on a holiday! Huzzahs to me!
07/06 266.8 -- calories over due to snacking last night to be deducted from today so I can continue this downward motion!
07/07 266.8 -- holding steady. Despite needing to lower calorie goal to match lost pound and having to subtract calories for the previous day's overage, still stayed in calorie limit. So no quick calories to carry to tomorrow.
07/08 267.0 -- Well, you can't lose every day. No real explanation. Probably a little extra salt yesterday. Still, 4 pounds down since the beginning of the month! No complaints here!

07/09 268.8 -- Copious amounts of Kung Po chicken from the take out joint. It is nice to see that even a sodium blow out and I still am in the 260s.

07/10
07/11

Starting weight 148
Starting weight end of Round 8 Challenge 133.8
Goal weight 132
Ultimate goal 130

07/02 - 137 YIKES!!! This is a good reminder why I don't eat the way I did last night on any kind of regular basis! It tasted better than it felt. And I knew while I was eating that I would regret it in the morning. Lesson learned. And I have already repented and ran 5 miles this morning. Hopefully it won't take the entire challenge to get back to where I was and a little less (I hope). Shameful
07/03 - 133.8 Much better. Forward, March! So to the speak. Got in my gym workout today. May try and squeeze in another tomorrow before Independence Day celebrations. Happy and safe 4th of July everyone.
07/04 - 133.8 Went to the gym this morning and minding my eating so far on this holiday.
07/05 - 133.2 woohoo!!! I am thrilled. Going out of town the last 4 days of this challenge. Would love to get 133 to stick. Today is a rest day (always dangerous). But will be pounding the pavement tomorrow morning in the hot Florida heat. Always trying to be mindful with eating. Happy hump day all .
07/06 - 133.8 YoYo
07/07 - 133.6 slow and steady wins the race. Staying in the 133's . At the gym now. Going away this weekend. Maybe no scale. Always mindful
07/08 - 135.2 that's what I saw at 4:45 in the morning as I was trying to get ready to go the airport. But not surprised after Happy Hour w/friends last night! And so far no scale until Wednesday. Wish me luck. Mapped out my running route for tomorrow . Always trying!
07/09 - no scale (just prayer) I am doing my best visiting Philadelphia with what I eat. Trying to eat, enjoy and not overindulge! Got a great 5.25 mile run in on the Schuylkill Banks. Beautiful place and beautiful weather. Happy Sunday, Funday all!

07/02: 258.2 (please go down from here...i have been going from 258-261 for the last week and a half. Hopefully it's bye bye 260s for good!)
07/03: 257.2
07/04: 256.8 (so far so good)
07/05: 256.2 (18lbs lost in 6 weeks! That's 3lbs a week on average! Whoa mama!)
07/06: 256.2
07/07: 256.6 (had soup with a lot of sodium in it yesterday so makes sense)
07/08: 255.4 (almost at the 20lb mark!!!)
07/09: 255 (yesterday was a bad day for me. My ankle was sore so I couldn't workout and I ate pretty badly so I am shocked to see the scale move down but from past experience I am not betting if I go down tomorrow but we shall see.)
07/10:
07/11:

sonya_laan wrote: »

SW: 234 lbs (June 19, 2017)
R8 SW: 229.4
R9 SW: 225.8
R9 GW: 220.8

07/02 - 225.8. Big jump from yesterday (by 2.7 lbs). Oops. bw eating horrible and staying up until 4 am making deliveries I was expecting a jump. Just not this bad.
07/03 - 223.6. Bye bye water weight and hello good night sleep.
07/04 - 222.8 lbs
07/05 - 222.2 lbs it was a rough day yesterday. Put my poor sweet kitty down (cried like a baby) then proceeded to work until 1:30 am. I managed not to go crazy and eat everything in sight and stayed under cal. *sigh*
07/06 - 221.2 lbs
07/07 - 220.8 lbs - goal reached!! now to see if i can see the 210s.
07/08 - 220.8 lbs - ate lots of salt last night...like 10 pm snack on instant potatoes bad. still only went 80 cal over though.
07/09 - 219.3 lbs - using bfs scale so don't trust this number but it's nice to see the 210s again for the first time in a long time time.
07/10
07/11

R8 SW 136.6
R9 SW 132.2

Day Weight Comments
07/02: 134.4 lbs
07/03: 135.2 lbs Had a lot of salty food this past weekend and it shows
07/04: 134 lbs Its been a struggle with family in town for a week
07/05: 134 lbs not too bad for a holiday, we'll see if it sticks tomorrow...
07/06: 134.8 lbs time to work it back off, see if I can get back to my starting weight for this round!
07/07: 133 lbs getting closer to the end of round 8
07/08: 133 lbs I'm ok with this since I haven't been able to get a workout in this week
07/09: 133 lbs it's been a lazy weekend, so no change is great!
07/10
07/11

7/2 - 80.5kg
7/3 - 81.9kg
7/4 - 81.2kg
7/5 - 80.8kg
7/6 - 80.6kg
7/7 - 80.6kg
7/8 - 80.2kg - Better but still feeling a bit underwhelmed by this week's progress. Hoping that I can still crack the 80kg mark this round at least.
7/9 - 81.3kg - Went to a friend's dinner party last night, three course meal...did go over my calorie allowance but not by so much that it would make me put on weight, so once again it'll be water and all sorts of rubbish. Knowing how long I hold onto all that (see above as the last weekend was the same), I don't think I'll get rid of it all before the end of the round so I'm waving my goal weight for the round goodbye.
7/10 - 80.6kg - Going down but not enough, think it'll probably stay there tomorrow as well.
7/11 -

Round 7 Start 136.1 End 134.5
Round 8 Start 134.5 End 133.5
Round 9 Start 133.9 Goal 133.5

I'm in!! My goal for this round is actually to maintain my weight. We have a long holiday weekend and I know it will be filled with temptation. I am going to try to get some workouts in, but this morning it's pouring rain and an inside workout is so hard.

Day Weight Comments

07/02 - 133.9
Not a horrible gain...I am being mindful of calories this weekend, but also eating way over my budget. My goal is to end these 10 days no higher than the end of round 8 ... 133.5
PS - I did get that workout out in 3.5 miles outside in the pouring rain!!!

07/03 - 137.4
Overnight! Yesterday and today I am not counting calories. Yesterday got a little more out of control than I had hoped ... 10 day goal is to wind up where I ended round 8 - 133.5 - I have to keep reminding myself

07/04 - 137.1
The key for me is to stay away from the appetizers!! I'm down a bit from yesterday and now I hope to spend the next 7 days getting back to 133.5.

07/05 - 137.6
I truly had good intentions yesterday Of getting back on the wagon after the long holiday weekend … Then my neighbors came over at 10 AM for coffee and it turned into a day of swimming, eating leftovers, ordering pizza and drinking beer. It was a fun day, but I seriously need to buckle down to get back to my starting weight for the round. Headed out now for my workout!!

07/06 - 135.2
Got in a great 5 mile workout yesterday and stayed under calories. No workout partner today so it may be harder to get it in, but I will!! Still have a goal of getting back to my start weight for this 10 days!!

07/07 - 134.4
Headed in the right direction ... 1 more pound to go to reach my round 8 start weight and my goal for 7/11. BUT now the weekend ... I don't usually workout Saturday and Sunday, but I'm shooting to this weekend to get some extra calories.

07/08 - 134.2
Still moving slowly down ... I was over calories a bit yesterday, but when I wanted to binge I kept myself under control, major win for me!!! Today is a new day tho and my anniversary so I'll likely eat lunch or dinner out.

07/09 - 134.7
Gotta make today a good one!! 2 more days to get back to 133.5

07/10 - 135.5
not happy with this #, but it's my own fault. Went about 1000 calories over yesterday and no exercise. I was hoping to maintain this round, but it looks like I'll probably gain.

07/11

I'm in. Weight 07/01 = 271 -- but I did see 269 once during last week. This week's goals -- no take out Chinese after twice last week and more days with SIX as the second digit! There will be at least one hefty meal for the holiday weekend: a rib-eye and a large russet are calling my name from the fridge.

Day Weight Comments
07/02 269.4 -- Huzzahs! She starts the race with a six as second digit! Now starts the inexorable battle to hold on!
07/03 268.8 -- Diligence in weighing and logging pays off!
07/04 268.2 -- Still headed in the right direction. Tonight, though, is the big holiday steak with the even bigger baked potato. I expect to have an overage that will need paying off!
07/05 267.8 -- despite humongous ribeye (very rare, thank you) and ginormous baked potato laden with copious amounts of butter and sour cream, managed to stay within my calorie target on a holiday! Huzzahs to me!
07/06 266.8 -- calories over due to snacking last night to be deducted from today so I can continue this downward motion!
07/07 266.8 -- holding steady. Despite needing to lower calorie goal to match lost pound and having to subtract calories for the previous day's overage, still stayed in calorie limit. So no quick calories to carry to tomorrow.
07/08 267.0 -- Well, you can't lose every day. No real explanation. Probably a little extra salt yesterday. Still, 4 pounds down since the beginning of the month! No complaints here!
07/09 268.8 -- Copious amounts of Kung Po chicken from the take out joint. It is nice to see that even a sodium blow out and I still am in the 260s.

07/10 269.2 -- Must remember, it takes a couple days to stop holding water after the salt bomb of take out Chinese! No getting discouraged now! Last challenge at this point I was in the 270s. Now it's still 260s (but barely)

07/11

SW 259lbs
GW 135lbs
Next target 170lbs
10 day goal 169lbs

Round 9
SW 171.2 lbs
EW

Day Weight Comments

7/2- out of town, no scale available.
7/3- 171.0 lbs
7/4- 172.4 lbs
7/5- 172.2 lbs
7/6- 171.6 lbs
7/7- 169.8 lbs
7/8- 168.6 lbs
7/9- 169.0 lbs
7/10- 170.0 lbs
7/11-

R7 SW - 172
R8 SW - 170
R9 SW - 169.4

GW for R9 - 167.4
Final GW - 140

7/2 - 169.6 -
7/3 - 169.8 -
7/4 - 169.8 - welp...at least it wasn't another gain.
7/5 - 170 - nothing to see here...just gaining and losing the same 4-6 ounces for the last 2 weeks.
7/6 - 168.8 - Finally! some movement in the right direction! let's see if I can keep the momentum.
7/7 - 169.2 - 11 hour work day mostly sitting on my bum, so no workout, went over calories just a bit and dinner was high in fat and sodium, so not an awful gain considering. Back on track with exercise and diet today
7/8 - 168.6 - very sedentary but also didn't eat much, so not bad
7/9 - 169.2 - Good workout but pretty sedentary the rest of the day. Nice juicy ribeye for dinner last night...worth it.
7/10 - 169.4 - Annnnnd...I'm right where I started this round.
7/11

SW ROUND 9 1st July 203.4lbs

07/02 - 201.6 (TOM .. my weight seems to drop like that for some reason)
07/03 - 202.8 and it does that also (back up most of the way ugg)
07/04 - 202.8 I had a very low calorie day today as I felt bloated and ill
07/05 - 202.8 another low calorie day today, still feeling bloated. happy to be staying the same weight thou
07/06 - 200.4 and I took a loooooooooooooooong (well 2.86 miles) celebratory walk in the hopes it stays there tomorrow
07/07 - 200.4 a few drinks tonight, we shall see what happens in the morning .. onederland within touching distance
07/08 - 200.4 stayed the same, been busy all day bike maintenance club and re-felting the shed roof, super tired now
07/09 - 201.6 *sigh* I have no idea, I drank all of the recommended water, other than that no real change yesterday in diet or exercise .. I done 7.8 miles on my spin bike tonight.
07/10 - 200.4 YAY!! (official weigh in today and onderland within touching distance)
07/11 -

07/02: 258.2 (please go down from here...i have been going from 258-261 for the last week and a half. Hopefully it's bye bye 260s for good!)
07/03: 257.2
07/04: 256.8 (so far so good)
07/05: 256.2 (18lbs lost in 6 weeks! That's 3lbs a week on average! Whoa mama!)
07/06: 256.2
07/07: 256.6 (had soup with a lot of sodium in it yesterday so makes sense)
07/08: 255.4 (almost at the 20lb mark!!!)
07/09: 255 (yesterday was a bad day for me. My ankle was sore so I couldn't workout and I ate pretty badly so I am shocked to see the scale move down but from past experience I am not betting if I go down tomorrow but we shall see.)
07/10: 255.8 (yep I knew it. Hopefully tomorrow will be better)
07/11:

My Round 2/Your Round 9
R1 SW: 195
R2 SW: 190
GW: 189: I know it isn't much, but if I can just push through the 190's and go under, I will be thrilled.
Day Weight Comments
07/02: 190 lbs: I must admit I did eat more carbs this weekend. I had pizza and McDonald's even though I stayed under my calorie intake for the day, and I exercised. Must be all the salt and less water intake.
07/03 191: I drank more water today, but since it was a day off from work, I met my husband for lunch, and had an Arroz Con Pollo. I am going to pay for this. I could taste the sodium. It was almost as though I could feel my blood pressure go up.
07/04 190: The food must have not hit me yet, but I was under my calorie intake and I did exercise. I ate healthy also.
07/05 191.5, and here we go! I need to get back to a more restrictive diet but not starve myself. I have to remember there is more to me than just a number.
07/06 191.5 I stuck to low carb diet today and biked 6 miles. So, hopefully I will see myself losing something tomorrow.
07/07 192: I don't get it at all. I exercised yesterday, ate beneath my calorie intake, and drank 48 oz. of water. I'm feeling bummed.
07/08 191: Spent the day at the lake with my family for plenty of swimming and stayed on my diet and within my calories. I'm almost back to where I started this week.
07/09 191: I biked 6.5 miles, walked for over an hour, ate under my daily calorie intake, avoided the temptation of pizza and ice cream, and it wouldn't even give me a single ounce of loss? Lol That's alright! I'll take it. I didn't gain any.
07/10: 190 I AM BACK...to my start weight this round. Lol I had a good feeling about today because the last two days, I've seemed to be flushing out a lot of water. I biked 6 miles and ate really well. I am also super proud of my husband who joined MFP, and is going to give losing weight a try with me. It took him a month to do this with me but better late than never, right?
07/11