JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 10

SW, 212 (highest recorded weight) I've no idea what my highest weight was!
R09, SW 203.4
R10, SW 200.4
goal for R10 (to be under 200lbs and never see a 2 in front of my weight again) it was also my R9 goal *sigh*
UGW 140


7/11 - 200.4 heavy cal day (not over calories but on the high side) also some crunches and biking

7/12 - 201.2 lower cals today, lots more exercise, crunches, leg ups, squats. planks, speed walking and biking
7/13 - 201.2 I have burning muscles today from yesterdays exercise. but once the water weight is gone .. she says hopefully!
7/14 - 200.4 water weight going / gone ?? burned 1250 calories today, in a group challenge. 90 mins exercise abs, bike jog
7/15 - 200.2 arrrg! .. I'm being teased now .. 0.3lbs to go C'MON!!!! 30 mins biking today
7/16 - 200.2 5 days to get through!!!! sore muscles today from the 14th (especially abs)
7/17 - 202.6 in even more pain today (water weight still?) !! V hgh cals/protein today, and had a rest day.
7/18 - 202.6 muscles feeling slightly more relaxed than yesterday - still not seeing that damned 1
7/19 - 201.2 muscles much better, but onderland looking less likely this round (10 miles done on the bike tonight)
7/20 - 201.2 1500 cal burn today -- hello sore muscles!! AGAIN!! and no sign of onderland this round either!
7/21 - 200.6 well at least I am going in the right direction again but 0.4 lbs heavier than the start of this round ... could be worst!

I WILL reach onederland by the end of July (she says very hopefully

'm back for another round. It's so nice to come here and share success and frustration. I appreciate all of you and this journey we're on.
Started March 162.2
Finished round 9 on 7/11 at 145
Planning to lose another 2 these next 10 days.

Day / Weight / Comments
7/11 ended round 9 at 145 am up to 146.6 on 7/12. Hope to lose the 1.6 + 2 so I'd like to finish at 143.
7/12 146.6 Big Sigh... Quite a bit of salt on beef yesterday. Then, the power went out so we went to see Spiderman and ate some candy. And Ice cream. Ate an orange=more carbs. No exercise. Back on track today.
7/13 147 Wrong way Corrigan here. 45 min on ellip but son cooked general tso's chick and I had some - but, hery, no rice! To gym today and ellip to burn some of this off. I was 145 for the last three days of round 9. Now to get back and below. To hit my goal for this round of 143 I need to drop 4 in the next 8 days. Some is probably water weight so doable.
7/14 146 gym yesterday ate wisely. drank some lemon water... ellip today.
7/15 145.2 75 min ellip yesterday and reasonable eating. LOL While family chowed down on spaghetti and sauce I had spiralized zucchini and sauce. Yum. Topped of by a 1/2 cup pasta and sauce. Feeling proud of me. Hopefully off to gym today.
7/16 145 Yae, back to where I was a week ago. Hopefully, this time it sticks. No exercise yesterday. Felt so tired, no energy. Took a day of rest. Clothes are fitting so much better. Not sleeping well though. Cutting caffeine to no more than one cup of tea or coffee early in day. I'll see if that helps. Stay strong, everyone.
7/17 145.4 Well, Fart! Did 45 on ellip and ate below on everything. Ate kosher dill spears for a snack and there's the water retention. Now, my sons both got jobs that start today so I'm chief sitter for grandson. Not sure how getting to the gym is going to work. I'll see what I can do at home.
7/18 146.4 This is like a square dance only instead of 'swing your partner' it's 'swinging weight'. Had more than my share of wine last night so that's that. 45 on ellip and will have to go to gym in evening if I am to get there in foreseeable future.
7/19 146 My body just seems to love this set point. It's going to have to move/lose some fat eventually. Went to gym yesterday doing ellip today. Maybe I should check back over food diary to see what I was eating when I was actively losing. Hmmm
7/20 145,2 Almost back to where I was at the start of this challenge. Hoping for some kind of drop soon. 1 hr yesterday on ellip. Hoping to get to gym today if someone gets home early. Back to egg whites for breakfast. The protein keeps me going.

7/21 144.6 Are we moving down? Are we getting there? Are we there yet? Patience! 1 hr yesterday ellip. couldn't get to gym. Darn! Not at this challenge's goal but at least 2# below what I started at which was higher than where I ended last round. Clear? Looking forward to next round.

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.

07/20 188.4: +.15 I'm still hanging in. I stayed under my calories and drank 48 oz. of water. I wasn't able to exercise outside of my daily walking though. We had a family emergency last night that naturally had to come first.

07/21 187.6: -0.8 Total weight loss this Round is 2.4 lbs. I REACHED MY GOAL! I am excited about this. My weight has been up and down for sure this round, but I stuck to it. I had a few days where I craved chocolate. The first time in a long time because I was feeling absolute heartbreak. My MIL has been battling lung cancer for a little over a year now, and we found out it has metastasized to her brain. My family is really feeling the pain of her diagnosis as we all love her so very much. Despite my urge to indulge because I have been feeling so awful, I didn't have it. I stayed away. I'm glad that I didn't. Now on to the next round.

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!
7/20 266.4 -- Wait a second! Here I was all set to write something bland about keeping sodium in check yesterday and then I looked up top where I have my ranges and for the previous weeks. This is a new low by .4 pounds! Hooray!

7/21266.4 -- Great! I end the 10 days at the lowest weight I've reached so far and that means the mid-point of the high and low for the period is 267.7. Yes, only 1/2 a pound lower than the previous week but still headed in the right direction! Ready for the next 10 days!

I'm back for another 10 days of checking in and understanding how my food and activity choices affect my fitness progress.

SW in March - 182.4lbs
GW - 150lbs - will reassess when I get there

7/11 - 156.6lbs -coming in from round 9

7/12 - 156.4lbs - hoping to get to 155 by the end of the round
7/13 - 157.0 lbs - I was up early for a client this morning so my "elimination schedule" was off...hopefully I'll see this gone tomorrow morning as yesterday was a great day for eating and activity
7/14 - 156.0lbs - that's better!
7/15 - 156.2lbs - on my mom's scale
7/16 - 157lbs - on my mom's scale - It was my son's 10th birthday yesterday...we went treetop trekking and ziplining, I'm pretty impressed with the fact that I'm actually fit enough to participate and not just watch from the sidelines...it was SO much fun!! Had to have some of the homemade lasagna and birthday cake...so my calories were over. This is why I've been working at getting in shape, so I can enjoy days like this...the fun active part and the food part!!
7/17 158.4lbs - bleh! Finally got a night out with Hubby to celebrate our anniversary from last week. So much good rich food, but I'm paying for it today, belly is not sure what to do with it. Lots of water and eating light today.
7/18 - 159.6lbs - on my mom's scale...hoping this is the issue. I know I over indulged on the weekend a bit but yesterday was a good day and there's no way I ate/drank 3.5 lbs worth of extra calories since my 156 day last week. Sodium, and muscle soreness are holding the water I suspect.
7/19 - 156.6lbs - big drop....partly the scale, partly water woosh. Back to where I was at the end of last round...hopefully the next couple of days will get me below 156 so I show a loss in this one. I really need to get a handle on the weekends, up to the summer I was doing really great at keeping things in check but there have been so many special events I'm losing control. This coming weekend is pretty low key so hoping to stay on target.

7/20 - 156.6lbs - just keep swimming....
7/21 156.4lbs - well, a lot of up and down this round ending up pretty much where I started. We're sticking around home with not special events or celebrations so I'm going to stay on track and not waste all my mid week progress in the next round.

See you all in the next thread!!

R10 SW 211
R10 GW 209

Day / Weight / Comments
7/12 210.2
7/13 212.0
7/14 211.6
7/15 212.0
7/16 212.0
7/17 212.5
7/18 212.5
7/19 211.6
7/20 211
7/21 209 Yay! I was almost certain I won't make it. But then today I saw 2 lb drop. I will take it. I am so happy to make goal . See you on next thread. Great job everyone

End of Round 9: 133
Goal for Round 10: 132

Day / Weight / Comments
7/12: 133
Well at least I didn't go up. I had my niece stay over last night and she is used to eating super unhealthy. So yesterday and today has been one of those days where we've been eating healthy for her but unhealthy for us. Just relieved that we have been really active. Because 11 year olds. I love her but I will be glad to not be awakened at 6 on my day off by someone staring at me and asking for food.
7/13: 132.2
I walked over 10,000 steps with my niece yesterday doing various chores and running errands. I guess that plus Aqua Zumba and a short walk with the dog balanced out the slight calorie overage. Let's just keep this off for the next 8 days so I can make my goal!!
7/14: 133
7/15: 133
No kids in the house. Less eating on the go. Less stress. Looking forward to a good workout and a good date night.
7/16: 132.6
Went out last night and watched A Midsummer Night's Dream plus ate super unhealthy. Honestly I'm surprised I lost weight. I think it might just be water because I drank a lot of it yesterday. I also did some HIIT this morning so I feel like I'm getting back on track with exercise now that everything in the house is settling down.
7/17: 134.2
Must be the totally not worth it LNS from last night. Soggy leftover burrito. Blegh.
7/18: 132.2
Yep. It was the burrito. Back down again. So happy, too. 2.2 lbs away from my goal weight! Did Aqua Zumba last night and afterwards I caught my hand in a bag of salt and vinegar chips. After about 5, I looked at the back of the bag, saw the nutrition info, and decided it wasn't worth it. Yay me! Normally I would be like "Oh well. I earned it." Hoping to remember that if you want to see results you can't just gobble them up!
7/19: 132.2
I'm finding that as I near the end, plateaus come more often and it is easier to gain back weight that I've lost. Not saying that two days of the same weight=a plateau. But most days I've been floating at 132-3 for a couple of weeks now. Would like to have another pound lost before vacation so I won't be so stressed about gaining it back. I didn't exercise yesterday. Was driving all day to my dad's house (or back home) from visiting him, but I did eat healthy.
7/20: 132.4
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that unless I'm lucky then I'm not going to make it to 132 by the end of this round. I stayed home from Aqua Zumba last night in favor of going out to dinner with my husband, who works a lot during the summer. So we went to a gourmet restaurant. I'll take the time extra .2 lbs for a nice reconnect over a meal of sweet peas, bell peppers, and snap peas with a side of Gouda cheese grits prepared by a chef.
7/21: 132.4
No exercise and over ate because LNS, which I have got to quit before it becomes a bad habit.

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 - 221 - had sushi last night....why is it so delicious!!!??? Paying for it today...lots of water!
7/21 - 221 - sadly, I was hoping to get back to my lowest of 219.8 for the final weigh-in but hey...at least I'm still under my starting weight for this round.

Absolutely love this challenge and I look forward to next round! I will be on mobile for the duration of the next round with no computer access so I hope I can still find this thread! If you don't hear from me, you know I didn't!

Thanks to everyone for the accountability and all the new MFP friends I have had the pleasure of supporting along this hectic journey! Here is to round 11!

R9 SW 108.4
R10 SW 108.5
goal: any number under 108

7/12 108.5
7/13 108.1
7/14 108.4
7/15 108.0
7/16 109.2
7/17 106.9 I am encouraged to keep my Calories down and my exercise consistent.
7/18 108.8 yep. Exercised (again). Only 3 more days!
7/19 106.9 Hmmm. Another surprise morning. (kcals were 1400)
7/20 107.3: Wow, can't believe I am staying under the 108.
7/21 107.7 So happy!!!!