JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 10

CW 194
GW 143

Day / Weight / Comments
7/12
7/13
7/14 194 start
7/15 193 awesome day at six flags, ended with a family movie/slumber party night. Avoided the sweets! Woot woot
7/16 194 hot, lazy day but stayed within calories
7/17 191 wahoo! Feeling like the worst mom ever...oh kids, for the love, STOP IT....pretty much sums up my day.
7/18 191 yay! I thought yesterday's 191 was a fluke, but it remains! Great day all around today! I may finally break the 190s and stay below!!
7/19
7/20
7/21

Weighed too soon. Lol! Another 0.3 eliminated. Lol! Every little helps!!!

TerriRichardson112 wrote: »

Round 10: (Round 3 for me. Female/aged 71, weight in lbs)
SW: 227; Final goal weight: 147
Round 9: SW: 169
Round 9: EW: 164.6
12/07/2107 weight: 166
Round 10 GW: 162

12/07/2107: 166. Hm! 1.4 up since yesterday. Didn't pay attention to my liquid intake, so not to bad.
13/07/2107: 168: Cause and effect! Pig out on homemade curry last night (too much sodium again) and a few unscripted treats. I must learn to stick to my pre-logged menu, and weigh portions. I have 8 days to turn this round. Next few days will be flushing meadows. Lol!
14/07/2107: 167.6: Mostly stuck to my pre-log. Changed a few of my snack items, but stayed in deficit. Exercise calories gave a little wiggle room, but I only ate back a small proportion. Some of the burns seem quite high so I am adjusting them down. Drank extra water to flush out sodium. I had a couple of rest days, but restarting my lower body exercises today. I'm looking for a slow, steady loss for the rest of this round.
15/07/2107: 166: Happy with that. Really focusing on hydration, staying under goal, balancing macros/micros, and consistent exercising.
16/07/2107: 166.8 Oops!!! Kind of a lazy day yesterday, and had wine with dinner.
17/07/2107: 166: Yes!!! Back on track yesterday. Balanced macros/micros; hydrated; 11,000+ steps; 20 mins strength training; 20 mins Flex.
18/07/2107: 166: Rather surprised at this as I had a few extra treats last night. Did 12000+ steps, 20 strength, 10 Tai Chi. Family picnic lunch today in the Glens of Antrim. I will pack healthy and walk off any treats indulged in.

19/07/2107: 167.4 167.4 : Drat!!! Under-hydration, and too many carbs yesterday have left me feeling a tad bloated and sluggish this morning, and scuppered my downward progress. Oh well, back to basics today. Balance macros/micros; 10000+ steps; 20 strength ✅; 20 flex.
20/07/2107:
21/07/2107:

Beginning weight: 202 lbs
SW for my R1/your Round 8: 195 lbs
SW for my R2/Your Round 9: 190 lbs
SW for my R3/Your Round 10: 190 lbs (blah)
GW for this round: 189...please let me break the 90's.
Ultimate GW: 125 lbs.

07/12 189.5: -0.5 lbs Its taken me 11 days to get under the 190 mark. I'm glad to finally break through it. I just hope it stays!

07/13 190: +0.5 Ugh. I am really starting to hate this particular number. It's my nemesis. Lol I ate under my calorie intake, and I walked 4.5 miles yesterday also. There's always tomorrow.

07/14 189.25: -0.75 I was trying to read up on plateaus yesterday, so that I could move past mine. I adjusted my diet, and I hope that the weight loss sticks. Lol I went biking last night and only got a 20 minutes, 3.5 mile ride in before I heard a very large whoosh like a tornado. The sky was black a road over from me. I knew it was about to get nasty. I had to call my husband to come and get me. He knows my route, and he was already on his way and just around the corner. By the time I saw him, it was already sprinkling, but by the time we got my bike loaded up in the SUV and our bums in the seats, it was a torrential downpour. My hero...he rescued me. Lol Too bad my biking was cut short though.

07/15 188.75: -0.5 I can't believe my eyes!!!! I'm under 189! I actually was like great...I gained a half pound and stepped off the scale. 190 is creeping up on me. I'm a yo-yo. Then, I was like, wait...was that 188, and I jumped back on! Lol Since my bike ride was rained out the night before, I went an extra 15 minutes today and biked 7 miles. It's always pizza night in my house on Friday, so I bought my husband, our 3 children, and their 3 friends some. Then, I went and bought myself a salad and yogurt. I also drank 60oz of water! I'm so astonished.

07/16: 188.75 -0/+0 I gave my body an active rest day. Although I didn't "exercise," I did a lot of walking due to grocery shopping and school supply shopping. I maintained my weight from the day before. All these new low carb recipes I've been trying out for dinner have been a great help for me. 60 oz of water again for me today too, dropping the carbonated beverages, and reducing my refined sugars has done a world of wonders. Having all of you on here to help keep me accountable has by far been the biggest help. Thank you.

07/17 186.5: -2.25 My day started out really well. I ate a healthy breakfast and went on an 8 mile bike ride. Came home and was very sick. I spent most of my day in the bathroom unfortunately. I couldn't keep anything down, not even water. So, this would explain the rapid weight loss right here. Not how I want to lose it, but I'll take it...until tomorrow.

07/18 187.5: +1.0 I'm okay with this number. I was so shocked at yesterday's number that I was going to take a picture of it to prove that it was real. Lol I couldn't believe what my own eyes were seeing. I knew it was simply because of how sick I had been the day before. I ate under my calorie intake yesterday, but I also didn't drink as much water or exercise. I had underwent Suicide Prevention Training and that took awhile. I also still hadn't bounced completely back from being sick on Sunday either.

07/19 188.25: +0.75 Totally okay with this. I thought I'd bounce back to the weight I was right before I got sick. This is okay. I'm still half a lb under. I've been staying on point with calories and water consumption while getting some steps in.

07/20
07/21

Round 10 SW- 147
Round 10 GW- 143
Ultimate GW 130

7/12- 147
7/13- 145.8
7/14-146.6
7/15-144.4
7/16-141.8
7/17- 142.4
7/18-142
7/19- 142.4- ugh, need to get over this hump! Hopefully just water retained from eating one measly piece of pizza! Worked out twice yesterday and 100 oz of water.
7/20
7/21

Ready for Round 10 (round 3 for me). Thank you for setting this up, Cyranda!

Weight bounces around so I need a way to see the trends on successive 10-day challenges, so am choosing to look at the mid-point between the high and low of the challenge.
Round 8/1: HW 274 LW 269.8 MidW = 271.9
Round 9/2: HW 269.4 LW 266.8 MidW=268.1
I sense two major challenges for this 10-day period. One is maintaining discipline over logging and calories. Cheating the diary just prolongs the process! The other is changing my cooking habits so I am making not just lower calorie supper but less of it. I am still cooking as if I am eating for two.
7/12 266.6 -- This is the lowest weight by .2 pounds. Let's see what I can do to have this be the highest for these 10 days!
7/13 267.6 -- Ah, the days I wake up thirsty because I didn't drink as much as I ought are the days the scale gives me a swat upside the head saying, "You thought you'd be down today because you stayed within your calories! Well, I'll show you!"
7/14 267.6 -- I think the scale likes that number. Calories just within limits so downward path will resume.
7/15 268.0 -- A couple of sodium bombs yesterday. Who knew an English muffin had over 500 grams of sodium? And then for supper a yummy stuffed portobello. The stuffing? Feta. No wonder my eyes are puffy. Gotta drink more today -- throw in an extra glass of still water.
7/16 268.4 -- Starting out 471 calories in the red today because I went 471 calories over yesterday -- ON LATE NIGHT SNACKING!! I also staid up late. This is a well-established old habit that needs breaking! It's the first time I've fallen back into it for awhile. STOP mistaking sleepiness for hunger!! Especially tonight because that 471 calories is taken from today's allotment!
7/17 269 -- Still up. I managed to cancel out about 1/2 of the overage calories yesterday and should get the rest of them today. Sodium consumption has been a bit up lately but I really am staying disciplined about keeping my eating in check and recording everything in the diary.
7/18 268.8 -- At least this is ever so slightly in the right direction. The sodium numbers have been up, what with a couple meals of feta, olives, etc. in the last several days. And I've managed to completely wipe out the extra calories of a couple nights ago but it was definitely a struggle not to late-night-snack. "Ready for my WHOOSH, Mr. Demille."

7/19 267.2 -- There we go. A nice, low sodium day yesterday. Let's see if I at least get back down to where I started out this 10-day period. It really does help to have the averages above for the previous weeks to look at and remind myself that the average this time will be lower. Progress is being made even if the daily fluctuations make it hard to see. Onward!

7/20
7/21

7/12
7/13
7/14
7/15
7/16 - 181
7/17 - 182.5, so the ice cream and lasagna clearly was a fail. On the plus side, I walked close to 3 miles this morning!
7/18 - 181 walked another 2 miles this morning and stayed within my calorie goal with exercise. Are you all staying within the calorie goal including any extras you get with exercise or just don't even count the exercise calories? I'm not sure I can do 1200calories only on a workout day!
7/19 - 180.5 going in the right direction, plus walking 5 miles yesterday didn't hurt either. Sore but happy! Btw my scale only goes by .5
7/20
7/21

Your Round 10/ My Round 4
Round 7 [R1]: -5.8lbs
Round 8 [R2]: +.6oz
Round 9:N/A No scale
Round 10 GW: As much as possible
7/12 The verdict in is. . .267.4. Basically every effort I put into it has gone to poop. Now that I know where I am starting from, the goal is to get to 261 I was in a state of depression and became lazy as well, no one's fault but mine! I still have two pounds to splurge before I am back in the same spot I started off, so positive thoughts
7/13 266.2 Slowlyyy but surely.
7/14 264.4 Ate under calories with no workout! My favorite food in the world is mozzarella, and I ate a whole ball by myself...lets just say it left as fast as it came! Super excited to be ordering shoes to work out! Whoopeeee! Not afraid of the weekend, I am determined to lose the rest of this water weight and finally begin my life change!
7/15 266.4
7/16 264.4 **Did not see that error, wish it was true! Haha!**
7/17 268.2. . .I can feel myself losing hope. Chinese buffet, pizza slathered in BBQ sauce, no logging or exercise at all. I slipped into a mini depression; this has to be the worst round for me ever. The only thing that is going to stop me from walking outside is rain, and I will be carrying an umbrella so it will have to rain pretty dang hard for me to not go out and walk. Booo, this sucks. Hopefully I will make it to 264 by the end of this round. I know exactly what I am doing wrong, but my body and my mind can't seem to agree on anything these days.
7/18 267.6 I stuffed my face yesterday, and it rained hard. Here is now I am going to tackle this for the remainder of R10... literally take it one meal at a time. When I get my running shoes, hopefully I will be out more again. I miss going outside and walking without my heels feeling like they're gonna shrivel up and die. Even if I maintain 267 for the rest of the round I will be somewhat okay with this. I didn't even want to post anymore this round, but y'all are like family and if anyone sees this and feels like they are alone; you are not. It is okay to completely lose all of your progress as long as you're determined to fix it!
7/19 266.6 Mindset is somewhat better, still draggin' my A along though!
7/20
7/21
Humpppp daayyy!

everher wrote: »

@AngelaOStrong there are definitely days I don't feel like posting my weight here either, but the support is great amongst this little group and I need the accountability. Let's finish this round out strong!

@cyranda63 you are so close to onederland!

Everyone is doing so well! Y'all seriously motivate me to work harder.

You are 100% correct, thank you so much. Going to stick it out!

End R7:215
End R8: 213.6
End R9: 213.8

Goal R10: Lose 1.2 lbs.

7/12: 213 -- under calories, got in a v late workout yesterday.
7/13: 211 -- a few hundred calories over due to last minute work restaurant dinner but quite happy about how I handled myself at the restaurant. Worked out yesterday.
7/14: 211 -- this just might stick. Well under calories and worked out yesterday.
7/15: 212.6 -- under calories and did a nice, relaxing stretching workout yesterday. Spouse's bday party today.
7/16: 211.6 -- dehydrated. Way over calories yesterday and did a short workout.
7/17: 212.4 -- under calories and worked out yesterday
7/18: 211 -- under calories and worked out yesterday
7/19: 210.4 -- well under calories, worked out yesterday
7/20
7/21

Original Start Weight 221.3
Ultimate Goal Weight 120

7/12 - 221.3
7/13 - 221.9.....boo lol. Wrong direction! Loving this challenge/group by the way...makes me feel like I'm not alone with the never ending struggle, thanks everyone!
7/14 - 220.5...no dinner last night as we are packing for a move and time got away from us...or water weight..who knows. I'll take it!
7/15 - 219.8
7/16 - 223.7 - yes...I know...lots of shots and snacks last night...I blame only myself.
7/17 - 223.1 - Working off my weekend
7/18 - 221.9 - Feeling like I have stuffed my face today and I still have 750 calories remaining for dinner. Not sure why but I did do something different today by snacking every 2 hours after a super light lunch at 12:30 so maybe that's why. Cherries at 2:00 and hummus and crackers at 3:30. Dinner will be at 7 when my daughter goes down...then more packing. Move is Monday!
7/19 - 219.9...hmm...feel like I've been here before...
7/20
7/21