JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 15

I know those two 195 weights were flukes but I am chasing them anyway!!

SW, 212 (highest recorded weight) I've no idea what my highest weight was!
R09, SW 203.4 - mean weight - 201.4
R10, SW 200.4 - mean weight - 201.1
R11, SW 200.6 - mean weight - 200.2
R12, SW 199.4 - mean weight - 197.7
R13, SW 195.4 - mean weight - 198.4
R14, SW 195.0 - mean weight - 197.2
R15, SW 197.2 -

goal for R13 R14 R15 to get under and make being under 196lbs permanent

so it seems that getting under 196 (14 stone) is proving just as difficult at getting out of the 200's was!!

3rd round lucky!!!

UGW 140

30/8 - 197.2 - pulled a muscle or strained something anyway (really not sure how or what I have done but its painful and I am struggling to even walk or get a decent nights sleep, drank my water and stayed under my calories, due to being un-able to exercise I think the calories are even more important

31/8 - 198.8 - back in pain all day so I kept the calories low, its really all I can do at the moment!
01/9 - 197 - back in a lot of pain
02/9 - 198.4 - 6000 steps (pushing myself to see if it will help my back)
03/9 - 198.4 - OK so that didn't help!! now the pain has spread into my legs also -- rest it has to be!!
04/9 - 198.6 - I've decided to drop my calories for the next week, 1300 sounds fair, I am basically sedentary at the moment.
05/9 - 199.4 - not surprised, I'm not moving!! looks like this round is a wash out - went to bed earlier as I seem to be mostly pain free there.
06/9 - 198 - I managed a slow slow shuffle when at the dentist today, I couldn't sit in the waiting room chair due to the pain so I shuffled up and down outside till it was my turn. about 20 mins. cals low.
07/9 - 196.6 -
08/9 -
09/9 -

cyranda63 wrote: »

R2 SW 221


9/07 - 188.8 Wow, truly in the 180's... I took out my fall clothes and they are all hanging off me, sucks that I have to go shopping for new clothes

Happy for you! Congrats! The new clothes will fit better and you'll feel that much better.

R07 SW 229.7
R08 On vacation
R09 SW 235.6
R10 SW 230.3
R11 SW 230.3
R12 SW 229.7
R13 SW 227.0
R14 SW 226.6
R15 SW 225.9

I will continue with my hydration and 5 minute daily stretching goal for this round.

Day/Weight/Comment
8/31--225.9 Had a great weightlifting session yesterday and got my stretching in.
9/01--225.5 Ugh, forgot to stretch yesterday. I know the problem is because I haven't scheduled it into my day and then I just expect myself to remember to do it, but because it's not a habit yet I usually forget. So, I'm going to make sure that I stretch right after I get home from walking the dog in the morning.
9/02--225.9 Weightlifted and stretched yesterday so that was a success. I am going out for afternoon tea today so there will be additional calories today. Going out for a quick hike this morning to offset the extra calories.
9/03--225.9 Stretched yesterday. Could have drank some more water yesterday, but I'm assuming all of the tea that I drank added to my water intake.
9/04--226.4 Went out to friend's house for a BBQ yesterday. I estimated my calories and I think that I ate at or slightly over my calories, but I am definitely retaining water. Stretched yesterday.
9/05--227.2 Dehydrated. It's been so hot here lately and I have no AC, most people don't, and for this past weekend just the thought of exerting the energy to get up from the couch to get a glass of water was too much for me most of the time so I didn't drink as much water as I should have. Thankfully there is AC at work, so I've been getting my water in. Let's see what the scale does tomorrow. Stretched yesterday.
9/06--227.2 Definitely feeling better after drinking a lot more water. Forgot to stretch yesterday, ugh! Just waiting for the extra weekend water retention to release.
9/07--225.9 There it goes.
9/08
9/09

R13 SW 236
R14 SW 230.6
R15 SW 229.8

Goal - 225

31/08 - 230
01/09 - 229.2
02/09 - 228.6 Yesterday i had a regular smoothie for breakfast at 6 am. I couldn't eat again until 6:20 pm due to work commitments. I was so busy that I couldn't stop to eat. If I had consciously decided to fast, I would have focused on food and failed. Yet because I was focused on getting through all my tasks, I looked past the hunger (which was not as bad as a normal "can't think until I eat" day) and for once food was not THE priority. I can look at this "experiment" a few ways. 1. All my life I am mentally unchallenged so food relieves the tedium. 2. Food is a fuel not a reward. 3. I can control the times I refuel by need and not desire. 4. Get passionate about life and not endure until the next scheduled fueling point. * I am addicted to flavours hence the doorway to overeating. If I like the flavour my brain goes "more please". Chocolate, stewed meats, homemade bread, peanut butter and cheddar cheese, cake and baked mac and cheese. Sigh.
So let's see how busy I can be today. I don't work on weekends so major challenge here.
03/09 - 228.8 actually rode my stationery for 30 minutes yesterday. Second time in last six months. Felt good.
04/09 - 228.2
05/09 - 227.8
06/09 - 227.8
07/09 - 229 TOM and salty turkey legs for dinner.... could not resist. Onward and downward. I am in the process of making a collage of empowering notes to stick by my computer / bed / and favourite chair where I watch TV. I will see how it affects my eating habits.
08/09 -
09/09 -

shallid1 wrote: »

R13 SW 236

07/09 - 229 TOM and salty turkey legs for dinner.... could not resist. Onward and downward. I am in the process of making a collage of empowering notes to stick by my computer / bed / and favourite chair where I watch TV. I will see how it affects my eating habits.
08/09 -
09/09 -

I love this sight for quotes: http://steadystrength.com/10-motivational-nutrition-quotes/

My current fav: Don't reward yourself with food, you're not a dog.

This is my second round!
R14 sw 205 end 201

Day/Weight/Comment
8/31- 202.6 yesterday I was finally able to eat some food after two days of having awful strep throat. I still have it but the antibiotics is working. I can't go to the gym because now my son and husband are sick.
9/01 202.6- I officially caught my sons cold. My throat feels better but I'm still on antibiotics. Man I can't catch a break from all this sickness!
9/02- 200.8 yesterday I did lifting. Didn't have much of an appetite because of my cold and sore throat.
9/03- 200.8 yesterday I watched what I ate and didn't workout.
9/04- 202.4 ugh I'm going to blame this on the bad eating of doughnuts and lack of water. Oh and I didn't workout
9/05 204.4! Gotta love cheat days! Lol
9/06 201.8 did leg day yesterday and watched what I ate.
9/07 201.6 did back and biceps. And watched what I ate
9/08
9/09

SW: 274.4
CW: 240.4
R14: 238.8
GR15: 235

Day/Weight/Comment
8/31: 238.8
9/01: 240.4 (Was my bff's bday and went a bit crazy with the birthday cake and ice cream on the 30th and 31st...September will be about incorporating more veggies and fruits and less refined sugars)
9/02: 238 (ok so my bffs bday weekend continued with going to a buffet last night which I didn't want to decline because it was her bday weekend so I just tried my hardest to go with healthier choices which I guess paid off. If you get the salad first it really fills you.)
9/03: 236.4
9/04: 236
9/05: 236.8 (expected since I had bbq chicken and potato salad...hopefully will go back down tomorrow.)
9/06: 237.8 (damn those bagels and strawberry cream cheese....i went a little overboard with the cream cheese.)
9/07: 237.6
9/08:
9/09:

End R7: 215
End R8: 213.6
End R9: 213.8
End R10: 209.4
End R11: 207.8
End R12: 207.4
End R13: 206
End R14: 202.6

Goal R15: 201.4

8/31: 202.6 -- under calories, worked out yesterday.
9/01: 201 -- under calories, worked out.
9/02: 200.2 -- under calories, no exercise yesterday. Just got back from a walk, though.
9/03: 202.4 -- over calories, worked out yesterday.
9/04: 202.8 -- over calories and ravenous, tried to work out but didn't manage much. Might be getting sick; I feel gross and a bit nauseated.
9/05: 201 -- under calories, no workout yesterday. Def sick.
9/06: 201 -- under calories, no workout. Feeling much better.
9/07: 201.8 -- under calories, long walk yesterday. As others have noted, scale fluctuations are more frustrating the closer I get to the 190s.
9/08
9/09

Back for my 2nd round.
BW - 221.8
R14 - 218.8
R15 Goal - 216

08/31--218.8
09/01--218.2
09/02--217.6
09/03--217.0 - Biked 65 miles yesterday so thank goodness I have something to show for it!
09/04--216.4
09/05--217.6 - not surprised based on all the peanuts I ate last night. And the two margaritas. Good grief.
09/06--216 - yay! Now to stay here, or under, the next couple days.
09/07--216.2 - I'll take it. Leaving on vacation tomorrow morning so probably will not weigh in. However, due to some comments from last round - I'm actually packing my scale and taking it along. At first I thought "who would want to take a scale along on vacation" - and then I realized "why wouldn't I take my scale along" - what better way to avoid coming home to find out I've regained what little I've lost - I'm sick of starting over! Besides, I still have the box the scale came in - so into the suitcase that sucker goes.
09/08--
09/09--

I lost motivation last round and got discouraged with not much changing. Wiping the slate clean and starting again with this challenge (although I'm a day late!)

Start weight for Round 15: 155.2
Goal Weight for Round 15: 154
Ultimate goal weight: Somewhere around 125

8/31: Didn't weigh in (started this challenge a day late)
9/1: 155.2
9/2: 153.2 This was a whoosh after TOM. Lets hope it stays
9/3: 154.2 Not bad. Ate a little over today, but I really enjoyed my day at the lake.
9/4: 153.4 Hope this trend continues
9/5: 153.6 I'll take that. I'd like to keep my number below 154 for this round.
9/6: 152.6 I wasn't expecting that at all. I even had ice cream after dinner last night
9/7: 152.0 Woohoo! The real trick is keeping the lower number as I head into the weekend
9/8
9/9

iLadyT wrote: »

9/7 - 199.5 9am after an intense sweat session, so sure a lot of this is water weight. I need to be sure to rehydrate today, i think i had maybe half of my water goal yesterday. and just sweated out what I had left. lets see what tomorrow brings!

welcome to onederland

44-year-old female
This is my first round...
Sw- 141 lbs
This round goal - 130's
UGW- 120 lbs

8/31 - ugh ! 143. Lbs - why?? Why did I gain? I'm going through a bad flare with my Hashimoto's. Makes my joints hurt terribly. But been measuring everythingI eat and everything is non-gluten and organic. I have increased my water intake and get my exercise in. Boo hoo!

9/01- 141.6 lbs - did no exercise at all yesterday as I somehow hurt my back. Can't even take a big breath.

9/02 - 141.6. Hubby and I went to dinner and a movie last night. I ate 1800 kcal yesterday, didn't get my steps in and didn't work out due to my back injury. Back is doing better today, so I'm going to take the dog on a nice walk and start my day off right! Morning ya'll!

9/03 - 141.6. Omg! How can I have three days of the exact same weight?? Got my steps in, my water in, and, light weights for back as it's recovering from an injury. Walked the dog for 30 minutes through our hilly neighborhood. Ran 20 minutes on the treadmill. Then I crazy-danced for a bout 10 minutes because I didn't want to stop moving because I LOVE early 90's dance music. Then abs and back workout.

Downfall is the actual hunger I've been feeling. Not cravings, actual hunger pangs and growling. It is very difficult to ignore. We ate dinner early yesterday 4PM, because I was hangry! It was BBQ ribs and veggies. It satiated me for about 2 hrs but then I was getting the hunger pangs again. I ended up going to a new local restaurant and ordered a small molten lava cake (of course they had no idea of the nutritional value except that was gluten-free. So I just did some searches and went with what looked like middle of the road for kcal. Then I went home and had some gluten-free, organic corn chips with salsa. I ate very healthy first 3/4 of th day though.

9/4 - 142.4! Ok, I'm trying not to be upset. This is where I think weighing every day can be harmful. I feel like I did everything so great yesterday, yet I gained .8 oz. I measured and tracked everything single morsel/drop that I ate/drank. I ate just over 1300 kcal. I worked out very hard yesterday, I am pleasantly sore in just about every muscle of my body. I really felt like I had a near perfect day. When I saved my diary, it actually said if I kept up a day like yesterday, I'd be down to 131-something in 5 weeks.

Now, we did eat dinner late last night. About 8:30 pm as we were at church late. I did get up earlier than I normally would today and weighed as I need to take a longish nap today because I work a 12-hr shift tonight starting at 7p.

As I said, I'm trying not to be upset because otherwise I feel good this morning and am proud of my eating and workout accomplishments.

Ok, eta. Just looked at my diary and I did consume too much sodium yesterday. Probably not where I should be with my protein either. I will try to improve this today
Also I really didn't have any hunger issues yesterday.

9/5- 141.2 lbs. weighed really late because I worked last night and slept today until 6pm. Just about 8pm now and about ready to go back to bed. Lol, last night is taking me a bit to recover from. Too many mommies wanting to go into labor on Labor Day

9/6 141.2 lbs. Went over with my calorie count yesterday. And had no exercise and very little water because I slept all day.

9/7-141.8 lbs. Well , I guess my goal is just not going to happen this round. I felt like I did awesome yesterday. I worked out ate below my deficit, drank my water yet I still gained. This just goes to show you (well, at least me) that it's not just what the scale is saying. Or whatever, lol. I feel healthier and in much better shape than I have in years. TMI but I'm on the verge of TOM. So, maybe that's why the weight gain. I've never paid attention to whether or not that affects my weight. I know it does for some women but I guess I'll test it out.

R10 AW: 132.4
R11 AW: 133.7
R12 AW: 132.6
R13 AW: 131.5
R14 AW:131.0

8/31: 129.8
So the past two days I've been sick. Like so sick with some sort of flu or something. And I think I'm going to have to get some Pedilyte or something because I'm getting really dehydrated even though I'm chugging water. I haven't exercised and I've been eating healthy and hydrating foods. If this keeps up thru the weekend you best believe I'm going to the doctor. On the plus side, it might be why I've lost weight...
9/01: 129.2
I have nothing to say. I can't give any credit to myself. It will probably come back when I feel better. Still feeling a icky.
9/02: 129.2
Still sick. Now I've decided to be more positive about the weight loss though. I am going to say that it will stay off when I get better, because I want it to!
9/03: 128.4
Yep. Still not doing anything except creeping ever so slowly to death.
9/04: 128.4
Woke up today feeling slightly better!!! Finally!!! Now I can start trying to eat healthy again...I've not been making calorie count most days and on the days that I have it's been with horrific foods. I have poor self control when I'm ill.
9/05: Ate breakfast before I remembered to weigh in.
9/06: 128.4
Omg I can't believe I've been in the 120s for a whole week. Saw my neurologist yesterday and he commented on my weight loss without me saying anything. He said I looked like a completely different person and so much younger.
9/07: 128.4
Surprisingly steady considering I met my mother for lunch yesterday AND I went out to dinner with my husband last night. Maybe this round is going to be one with a WHOOSH! after 3 weeks of plateauing.
9/08
9/09

People are doing so great! I'm jealous that so many are reaching their goals for this round. I definitely am not as far as weight, but I've been happy that I've been working out and have lost a pants size. Keep up the awesome work! Maybe next round I can join everyone else with an actual lb loss.

@JenObRN So many ways of tracking progress. Weighing daily, weighing weekly, not weighing at all and going by the fit of your clothes. Sounds like a NSV (non-scale victory) to me!