JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 12

7/30 - 144.2 at 5:00 a.m.
7/31 - 144.2 at 6:00 a.m.

SW: 192.2

Goal: 135.0

Day / Weight / Comments

8/1 - 143.4 at 5:00 a.m.
8/2 - 143.6 at 5:00 a.m.
8/3 - 143.0 at 5:00 a.m.
8/4 - 143.0 at 6:00 a.m.
8/5 - 143.6 at 5:00 a.m.
8/6 - 144.0 at 5:00 a.m. ...sigh...
8/7 - 143.2 at 6:00 a.m.
8/8 - 143.6 st 5:00 a.m.
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Chris

Cyranda, this is just so perfect. 10 days. More than a week but not so long as two, or a month, or now-until-Christmas as so many other challenges are. Just the right length of time. And how we dutifully have come to read each other's daily struggles! Such an important sense of community! I'm in for the duration!
Round 8/1: HW 274 LW 269.8 MidW = 271.9
Round 9/2: HW 269.4 LW 266.8 MidW=268.1
Round 10/3: HW 269 LW 266.4 MidW = 267.7
Round 11/4: HW 267.4 LW 264.2 MidW = 265.8
My goal this round is to go without Chinese take-out for 10 straight days since it really only is a lazy, I-don't-want-to-cook-tonight response and it represents a day without counting. And to exercise at least twice.
8/1 264.8 -- Starting out this challenge with something approaching the low weight of round 11. Let's go down from here!
8/2 264.2 -- Excellent. Paying attention pays off. CICO rocks!
8/3 264.4 -- Fine. I will not be discouraged by some uppity scale. I will eat TDEE-500 and no more. The weight will go down. The goal is to do limited but satisfying eating. The scale will follow.
8/4 263.2 -- Patience and keeping to calorie limits pays off yet again! Even if I don't see quite this low for the rest of the challenge, this is the first time seeing 263 and I'm a happy camper! Now, if I'm going to exercise twice this challenge I should try to get one in soon. Today?
8/5 264.6 -- some of that is water but some of it is due to falling into an old behavior last night -- the dreaded LATE NIGHT SNACKING. Old habits die hard. I probably undid a couple days of calorie deficits. Sigh. Extra self-discipline required to go back into TDEE-500 today!
8/6 263.2 -- back to where I was day before yesterday. YAY! Still haven't done the exercising! Must do today!!
8/7 262.8 -- A new low number for the LW. I need to totally stop eating after supper. This means more afternoon snacking after supper is planned. If I don't start to eat in the evening I am less likely to keep eating until bedtime. No more saving calories for late night snacks because I have trouble stopping at night.

8/8 262.8 -- Same as yesterday at the new low.

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Highest weight April 2016 117 lbs
Starting weight for 2017 112 lbs

R9 SW 108.4
R10 SW 108.5
R11 SW 107.6

R12 Goal: 107 lbs

8/1 108.5
8/2 107.6
8/3 108.2
8/4 108
8/5 107.5
8/6 107.5
8/7 108.8 makes sense - I definitely feel like my head is in maintenance mode - go with the flow
8/8 108.2
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SW: 161.4

Goal: 159 Just to get solidly into the 150's would be great!

8/1 161.8 Fresh start today and faithfully logging in my foods.
8/2 161 Nice to see .. but I am hungrrrry today.
8/3 161 Barely made it under my cals .. no gain
8/4 160.8 Inching closer!
8/5 160.2 Suprised! I almost gave up.. I had a binge in the works.. I stopped... got on my bike to burn the extra cals.
8/6 159.8 If I can hold here for a few? We will see.
8/7 160.8 No log, rest, veg in front of the TV day with "snacks" w / my DH. Back at it today!
8/8 159.8
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Started R6 @ 177.1
First Goal: 170 ✔️
Next Goal: 159 ... At a slow rate
End of R9: 170.2
End of R10 165.1
End of R11 168.1

8/1 - 168.7 .... Crap
8/2 - 168.2 .... Yay!! If I can hold under 169.9 I'll be very happy.
8/3 - 166.6 Well that's not too bad, but it's only Thursday!!
8/4 - 167.6 **
8/5 - 168.7 **
8/6 - 166.3 ** These are weigh-ins on different scales at different times in the day
8/7 - 164.4 Not my usual time but by this it looks like I faired well at the music festival.. It was so hot and the dancing burn off a few cals too and over steps in the 1000's. Let's see what happens these next few days. Tomorrow will be my first normal day ... haha 'normal'

8/8 - 164.6 This looks good, still not back to a good routine. Need to go to the store so I can bring my lunch to work.

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End R7: 215
End R8: 213.6
End R9: 213.8
End R10: 209.4
End R11: 207.8

Goal R12: lose 1.2 lbs

8/1: 207.8 -- under calories, worked out yesterday.
8/2: 207.8 -- under calories, worked out yesterday.
8/3: 208.6 -- under calories and worked out yesterday, but slept horrendously. Zumba tonight.
8/4: 207.4 -- under calories, worked out.
8/5: 207.8 -- under calories, worked out. Ready for the whoosh.
8/6: 206.6 -- over calories, worked out yesterday, very dehydrated. BUT I've officially lost 10% of my weight (for the moment, anyway) which was my first real goal.
8/7: 208.2 -- ah, weekends.
8/8: 209 -- under calories, worked out yesterday. Sore all over.
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Hi All! I'm in yet again! 10 day chunks is perfect and I've been weighing daily since March...things bounce around a bit but it easy do see an overall downward trend when I have lots of data.

SW in March - 182.4
GW -150-I want to get here and then maintain for a bit while I reassess where I want to be weight vs fitness wise

I was down to 152.5 last round and then had some water gains with a splurge day and expecting TOM so finished at 155.5. I'm at my Parents place in cottage country for the majority of this round and don't have complete control over the menu. I just want to maintain as best as possible and hopefully finish around 153.

8/1 155.1 - feeling pretty water puffy again. Waiting for TOM but ate really well yesterday.
8/2 154.4 - 17000+ steps yesterday including a run with the dog AND I went roller skating with the boys which I would never have done 28 lbs ago!!!
8/3 154.0 - slowly chipping away at my water bloat from the weekend...very slowly since my calorie deficit hasn't been extreme with being at my parent's place and a few cocktails on the dock with my cousin.
8/4 156.4 - Pizza with ham and salty feta for dinner last night...and TOM finally arrived (peri-menopause messin with my cycle again)...my rings are tight, I feel super bloated.
8/5 -157.5-had a hungry day yesterday and the TOM cravings didn't help
8/6 -157.5 - need to start turning this back around. Vacay is over tomorrow and I will take back control over my meal planning
8/7 - 158.3 - My train has officially de-railed LOL. I'm pretty sure only about 2 lbs of what I'm up this week are actual weight gain and the rest is retention from TOM, too much wine/cocktails, salty/carby food choices and not enough water while on vacation (although some of that also lead to the gains). Heading home to my own scale and kitchen this afternoon and will be leaving the kids at my parent's while I work a heavy freelance week. I'm going to stop at the grocery store on my way and pick up everything I need to get back on the tracks, heading in the right direction...there's no reason other than my brain ignoring my plan to not reach my goal weight by mid September.

8/8 157.2 -Back on my scale this morning, had a great food day yesterday and meal prepped for my week at home by myself. Pre-logged all my food for today so I don't go off and eat whatever like I did while I was at my parent's place last week. I think I'm going to have to be a lifetime calorie tracker to be able to maintain once I get to where I want to be.
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Starting weight: 181.5
Last round: 175
Goal this round: 170


8/1 - 175
8/2 - 174.5 - we have white bread in the house.. this is the danger zone!!
8/3 - 174 forgot to post yesterday
8/4 - 172.5! Lowest in 3 years!! I'm so determined to get to 170 this round.
8/5 - 174
8/6 - 174
8/7 - 174
8/8 - 173.5 - ugh that 172 range was such a teaser. Trying to get back there.. 170 is not happening this round
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My R4 - Back for more self flagellation! [/color]

R9 SW 197.8
R10 SW 198.9
R11 SW 196.7
R12 SW 196.9

Goal for R11 R12 = under 195.0

Day / Weight / Comments

8/1 - 195.5 I hot a new low the other day and then I went up and now I am working it back down again. My weight log is full of relatively big up-down-up-down swings so this is part of the pattern. I LIKE the down part of the pattern.
8/2 - 195.8
8/3 - 195.5 Had bad lunch yesterday. Literally. The meal had been buried in the freezer and was not successfully microwaved back to sustenance. I ended up eating a Big Mac and fries and I don't regret a minute of it. Healthy dinner, lots of water, day one week 5 c25k, 200 stairs up, and we stay on track.
8/4 - 195.3 Ate calories + some exercise calories. I'm not a low carber, but I really went overboard on white bread. It was a frustrating day and bread and butter is a comfort food. (DD got in a fender bender.) Got a good walk in; it was a dancing walk as I needed another 30 minutes of dancing for a challenge. Definitely done after dark - do not want to scare small children. Got my third 200 steps count needed for another challenge. Need more sleep.
8/5 - 194.7 My effort seems to be paying off this round. I need to keep it going thru the weekend. Last night C25K W5 D2. Need more vegetables, but not eating badly.
8/6 - 194.7 Donated a pint of blood. Good way to start the weekend. DH and I were out back-to-school shopping for him; it is worse than letting a toddler pick his own outfit.
"I think the pockets stick out. "
"The waist gathers when I put my belt tight"(er then I ever do in real life.)
"My butt doesn't look right."
"I don't like the way the back of the left leg hits my shoe."
By 4:30 we had managed to find four pairs of pants and I was starving. Olive Garden is running a buy a dinner take a dinner home special so we stopped for some food. Ate lots, but not to excess. I only ate half my pasta and had lots of salad. Added it all up when I went home; It was do-able. Of course there was no late dinner after that.
8/7 - 194.9 just got to keep it in the 194s

8/8 - 194.7 No exercise day - at work late late late.

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Starting weight: 320
Current weight: 316.4
Goal weight: 250
Goal this round:314

Day: Weight: Comments
8/1: 316.0 : Lost the .4 overnight, so happy. Hope it stays gone lol
8/2: 315.4 : Getting there. Good after ate a lot of naughty things yesterday.
8/3: 315.4 : Stayed same. Happy.
8/4: 315.2 : Gone down .2 overnight. Keep heading that way.
8/5: 315.4 : Still good. Not been too active.
8/6: 315.4 : Not lost but also not gained. Will see what says tomorrow for write in weigh.
8/7: 314.6 : Amazing for me, haha. Keep heading that way.
8/8: 314.4 : Reached my goal, hope to keep on this or keep loosing. Two days left.

Starting weight: 208 (as of July 13)
Goal weight: 125

Round 11: went from 203.6 to 201.0
Goal for round 12: increase exercise to 550 minutes/week

8/1 201.2
8/2 199.8 Whooooooo!
8/3 199.6
8/4 199.6
8/5 199.6
8/6 199.4
8/7 198.8
8/8 198.0
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This is my first official round. Thought I'd join in officially as I keep nearly getting to the UGW I originally set (will set a new goal when I finally get there), then... not. Focusing on 'where will I be in ten days if I put down the biscuits?', inspired by this thread got me back to my 'nearly there' weight of 61.2kg on July 31st.

Let's see if I can actually get there all the way this time.

Original start weight 69-70kg
Current weight on 1st August 61.2
Goal weight for R12 61kg
Longterm goal make 61kg midpoint of my weight range, not the absolute bottom

8/1 61.2kg. Still! Stayed within goal deficit. Did planks and sit-ups.
8/2 62.1kg. Sod off, water retention. Did planks and sit-ups. Kids are with grandparents for a couple of days, so took advantage of peace and quiet to do the yoga video I bought months back. Ate back all exercise calories, up to the tippy top of my MFP deficit, (except for yoga ones, because doing yoga instead of anything else around the house probably reduces my calorie burn for the hour)
8/3 62kg. Kids still away, so went out for my Cto5k walking session before my shower this morning and did my planks and sit ups. The day is off to a great start! Ate back all exercise calories except post-running stretching, but still within deficit.
8/4 61.9kg. Thighs are aching still from running nd my intense stretching session yesterday, so it's reasonable to assume that's still water. Beginning to wonder if I should change the batteries in the scale though, because a pair of jeggings that felt tight last week now feel just the right amount of loose. Surely I didn't stretch them when I decided to wear them anyway? Have done planks and sit-ups. Decided to have a day off dieting to taste-test my own culinary experiments, satisfy gnawing pre-menstrual hunger and to assist muscle recovery before next C25K day. WELL over cals!
8/5 62.4 Fair enough. Did ab exercises. Ate back exercise calories, and a little beyond, but not significantly. Much easier to stay on plan today, after having proper meals the day before.
8/6 62kg Ate back exercise calories, but no further, and even did stuff with cooking chocolate without nibbling it! Did Cto5k session. Really enjoying the Zombies Run app, especially with last night's update. It now tells me how many calories I've burned using the GPS directly, instead of me having to use the MFP database post-session to generate the same figures.
8/7 61.8kg. Finally moving in the right direction! Very active day, but only ate back 1/2 to 2/3s of exercise calories. Did vigorous ab work-out at class.
8/8 61.9 Still in the 61.# zone! Not surprised by the slight rise as my mid-section is still burning this morning. I swear I can see the water bloat in the mirror (bloody hormones) this week. Great day, calorie-wise, and finished it off by defrosting the freezer and cleaning out the fridge while not nibbling a single little thing.
8/9 61.8kg Abs still a bit sore.

I suppose it doesn't look like I'm going to make 61kg this round, but I'm still very contented wih my results; I'm not sure I've spent so much time consistently in the 61.# zone before this week. Normally, I get to 61.2/61.3, boing! straight back up, and don't get near it again for a month. Every time I've permanently passed a mini-goal threshold, it was preceded by a period of bouncing around in the figures a maddening distance just above it, and I think this pattern is holding true.
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