JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 19

Starting weight, January 1: 217.0
Current weight on October 1st: 191
1st goal weight: 175
Second goal weight: 170

5'11"
66 years old


Round 19
Day/Weight/Comment
10/10 --- 192.4 (I was down to 191, but gained a little over the past 2 weeks)
10/11 ---- 191.2 I am trying to follow the South Beach Diet to get myself motivated again, but I can't do completely without carbs. Even though I am on Phase 1, and suppose to just keep away from carbs for 1 week, I am more just using this as a guideline as to what to eat (2 cups veggies lunch and dinner and protein, and 1/2 c veggies and protein at breakfast). We did have popcorn last nite, but I was OK with that. I am now back to where I was on Oct 1st!
10/12 --- 189.6. I am FINALLY in the 80s!!!! Yesterday my day I did not eat what I had planned, but I am practicing "mindful"eating, and being aware of what I eat. And I think the main thing is the water -- trying to drink more water.
10/13 - 191. Hate to see it go back up! But, last nite I ate 2 large bowls of popcorn, after a stressful evening. Didn't weight this morning until after my workout, and I drank 2 large glasses of gatorade, so I am hoping that is part of the weight increase as well. But .... I am not going to get discouraged.
10/14 - 190.2. Not the best day of eating, health wise - chicken tenders and a smoothie from mcdonalds. But calorie-wise, I did better.
10/15 - 191.2 OH NO!! But ..... I didn't weigh myself until after I went to the gym, and I had drank 2 large bottles of water. I also didn't drink much water yesterday, and some tomato juice in the evening... so hoping this is water weight
10/16 - 189.8
10/17 - 189.6
10/18
10/19

SW (7/12/17): 292
R14 SW: 269.8
R15 SW: 267.4
R16 SW: 264.4
R17 SW: 263.2
R18 SW: 260.2
R19 SW: 255.5

R19 GW: 253.0

Daily Goals: Log all food, 3L of water, 7k steps, Multi-vitamin

Special focus: Mindful eating

Day/Weight/Comment

10/10 255.5
Still working on slowing down and eating mindfully. So many years of having to eat quickly makes it hard to remember to slow down. Goals met.

10/11 253.4
Goals met. Cardio at the gym.

10/12 253.0
3 months and 39 lbs down. I am a long way from goal weight, but this is a huge victory. Everyone here has helped me. Thank you! Goals met.

10/13 252.6
Goals met. Expecting an up-swing tomorrow- dinner was high is sodium. No regrets.

10/14 253.0
Expected; hopefully it will go back down tomorrow. Goals met.

10/15 no scale
Goals met.

10/16 253.0
Goals met. Cardio and strength training at the gym. Spaghetti for dinner so wonder what the scale will look like in the morning. I planned for it and fitted it into my calories for the day.

10/17 253.0

Back for my 6th round.
BW - 221.8
R14 - 218.8
R15 - 216.2
R16 - 218.2 - vacation
R17 - who knows what happened here.
R18 - 219.4

R19 goal - 216.2 - lofty goal but it would get me back to R15 (pre-vacation) weight.

10/10 - had to be to work 2 hours early and it was all I could do to drag my sorry rear out of bed and get there in time!
10/11 - 220.4 - serves me right. I got to the end of the day and saw I had 400 calories left - so had a smallish margarita. Alcohol and losing weight do NOT go hand in hand. Plus I didn't get my morning walk in either of these mornings. My husband says I get "twitchy" if I go too many days w/o working up a sweat, and he's right! I'm feeling pretty on edge right now.
10/12 - 218.2 - SWEET!
10/13 - 219.4 - up down up down up down
10/14 - 218.4
10/15 - 219.4 - had an epiphany this morning. I haven't had those long (4 - 6 hr) bike rides on the weekend, plus 40 miles or so during the week so apparently that was burning a lot of calories and helping bring my weight down. Without the biking, I'm going to have to be more vigilant about what I'm eating.
10/16 ---
10/17 - 220.4 - what? How is that possible? Yesterday - walked 4 miles, biked 25. Stayed under calories. And I'm UP 1 pound?
10/18
10/19

SW 260 (June 2nd)
SW: 242.2 (Aug 1st)
R12: 231.0
R13: 229.6
R14: 225.8
R15: 224.8
R16: 223.0
R17: 217.6
R18: 215.8
Switched to new scale - 2lbs more.

R19 SW: 219.9
R19 GW: 215.0

Day/Weight/Comment
10/10. 219.9 - gained 2.7lbs over thanksgiving weekend. Im ready to lose that fast and then 2-3 more pounds. Gym and walk today. Within calories. Good day!

10/11 - 218.4.. in the right direction. 1.2lbs to go to be back at my lowest. Gym and food prep today!

10/12 - 217.3 - 0.1 more to go until my lowest. Out for a walk. No gym today.

10/13 - 214.9!!!!! Most of this is because i had a really early dinner and went to bed early, so it will probably bounce back up, but ill enjoy seeing that 4 for now. Baseball tonight. Knees hurting from walk yesterday so no gym/walk this weekend.

10/14 - 215.8 - expected but still happy with this. I also over ate on calories with a slice of pizza, 2 90 cal chocolate treats and some crackers. Crazy cravings for sweets! Today is a new say. 2 baseball games!

10/15 - 215.6 - back in the right direction. I ate lots of snacks and crackers. Bad cravings still. Could have been worse. Having a family day at home as it is raining. I will stay on track with food!

10/16 - 216.0 - wrong way! Gotta get back down to those 4s! At the gym now and may squeeze in a walk with the baby today. Knee brace on so hopefully that prevents any pain.


10/17 - 215.0 - back on track woohoo. Made goal. Let's see how much lower i can get in 2 days!

10/18
10/19

My 1st Round .. Goal to see 162.

10/10 x
10/11 x
10/12 x
10/13 x
10/14 163.4
10/15 162.8 I really wanted to munch after dinner .. but glad I didn't.
10/16 162.6 I failed to log in my food.. so I am suprised to see a lower number
10/17 162.4 Inching my way down
10/18
10/19

biketheworld wrote: »

10/17 - 220.4 - what? How is that possible? Yesterday - walked 4 miles, biked 25. Stayed under calories. And I'm UP 1 pound?
10/18
10/19

@biketheworld It's probably water - muscle tend to hold water after a lot of use. Drink lots of water and keep going. (I know it's hard, but I bet you drop tomorrow or the next day.)

SW: 77kg (169,7lbs)
CW: 65,7kg (144,8lbs) (10/09)
UGW: 56kg (123,4lbs)

Goals: Downward trend, average weight of 64,7kg or less; exercise every weekday (= more than 20 active minutes); drink 1L of water every day

Day || Weight || Comment
10/10 || 64,3kg (141,7lbs) || Already 1,4kg (3lbs) 'lost' aka I guess my binge-eating from Sunday has gone down haha. I know I'm going to be eating bad today however (I'm having my cheat meal today) so it'll probably show on the scale tomorrow or the day after sadly! | 1L of water✓ | 92 active minutes✓
10/11 || 64,4kg (141,9lbs) || Not too bad for the day after my cheat meal! I felt hungry throughout the day sometimes though, so maybe I should eat a bit more | 1L of water✓ | 60 active minutes✓
10/12 || 64,3kg (141,7lbs) || I guess it’s better than going up? | 1L of water✓ | 41 active minutes✓
10/13 || 63,9kg (140,8lbs) || Yay I needed this kind of motivation! Friday the 13th isn’t always unlucky haha. I ate more throughout the day yesterday but kept within my calories. I also had some sweet things, but all in moderation! Guess that’s the way to go~ | 1L of water✓ | 70 active minutes✓
10/14 || 63,3kg (139,5lbs) [/b]|| Well, while I am super happy to see that number I doubt it’ll last… I binge-ate yesterday. I stayed within my calories, but I ate a cereal, muesli cookies and a mini magnum (total of 450kcal) that my body did not NEED at that moment, considering I was quite bloated afterwards. Disappointed in myself. I am proud of myself though that I did some ‘exercise’ even though it wasn’t part of my goals and it was only walking. | 1L of water✓ | 55 active minutes✓
10/15 || 64,1kg (141,3lbs) || Crazy how much a night out (and again some binging) can show on the scale! (that and yesterday’s number was a lie that my scale told me haha). I’m going to pick up some books about binge-eating. I know it’s not magically going to go away with reading a book, but maybe I’ll learn some coping systems or so. I also drank a bit more water today! Hopefully I won’t end up binging again tonight… | 1L of water✓ | 24 active minutes✓
10/16 || 63,1kg (139,1lbs) || I think both me and my scale are confused haha. I mean, it’s normal to have fluctuations, but I usually don’t get 1 kg fluctuations. You won’t hear me complain though, I prefer this number over yesterdays! So I didn’t end up binging last night and drank a bit more water so I guess there’s what that comes from. I might start a “haven’t binged in … days” like @wannabesmaller2017, it might motivate me and keep track of things. I also went to the gym today and felt great! Tonight I will be having my cheat meal, so I think it might show on tomorrows number, but we’ll see! | 1L of water✓ | 98 active minutes✓
10/17 || 63,3kg (139,5lbs) || Not too bad! I’m posting this right before going to bed. Didn’t have a good day (very bad actually) so I did indulge a bit, but nothing too bad. Still think it will show tomorrow on the scale though! Hopefully I’ll see the 62s once by the end of the challenge, but that might a bit too much to wish for | 1L of water✓ | 42 active minutes✓
10/18 ||
10/19 ||

Seventh round with this glorious group of supportive peeps!

Been doing amazingly well.  Taking note of daily fluctuations and watching the 10-day averages consistently decrease has really helped!  (Decreases I might have otherwise missed by weighing weekly or irregularly.)

My recommendations for newbies:  Keep your focus on the average over the 10 days.  Don't let the daily fluctuations get you down.  Instead, notice that everyone's weights go up and down and it can take a few days to see the results of good/bad behavior.  Stay the course, gain from other's experiences, and ask for support when you need it!

WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Rounds 13 - 17:
Round 18: SW 159.8, EW 158.0 (-1.8 lb),
LW 157.4, HW 159.8, AVG 158.7

Round 19
SW:  158.0
GW:  155.4

Day/Weight/Comment
10/10:  157.8  I say, if it's going to fluctuate, fluctuate downward please! 

10/11:  156.8  Wooosh!  Hope it sticks around for my Friday team challenge weigh-ins!!

10/12:  157.2  Boing!  Still less than last round's low, so I'll take it. 

10/13:  156.8  Yay!

10/14:  157.2  Boing!  TOM is coming so probably won't make the round goal weight.  Forgot to take that into consideration (again! ).  A pound less than this will do.

10/15:  157.0  C'mon 156s!

10/16:  155.6  Woosh!  Probably won't stick, but nice to see. 

10/17:  156.4  Told ya so!    Staying here til the end of the round would be just fine.

10/18
10/19


I believe in my ability to MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES, to LOSE WEIGHT, and KEEP IT OFF!

Last day R18: 227.4lbs
Total WL so far: 0.2lbs

On to Round 19!

First WG: 170lbs
Final WG: 135lbs

CW: 226.0lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
10/10: 226.0lbs
-> -> Went out for some air regardless of it being a klutzy bad day. Didn't over eat, nor eat my emotions away.
10/11: 226.4lbs
-> -> Forgot to weigh myself this morning, did so after eating breakfast, so not my actual weight. Didn't over eat, pretty sure I under ate, didn't have much energy today.
10/12: 224.6lbs
-> -> another day of under eating, maybe I caught something.. have no hunger, feeling queasy.
10/13: 226.2lbs
-> -> busy day today, running around town, made sure to eat. Bloated & swollen, in pain but moved around a lot anyways.
10/14: 226.4lbs
-> -> sick and bed ridden. Been drinking lots of fluids.
10/15: 224.2lbs
-> -> feverish, just drank lots of fluids
10/16: 224.6lbs
-> -> since I'm awake now, I'll post. Don’t think I'll be doing much as exercise today, been hit pretty bad with this bug, stuck in bed, guzzling fluids though!
10/17: 223.2lbs
-> -> was able to eat, so that's always good. No exercise today, still feeling off. But! I've made plans for tomorrow to get me out of the house! I will still try to exercise a bit today even if they're just stretches.

10/18:
10/19

MFP Starting 2012: 201
MFP Starting 2017: 184

Round 16 SW: 175
Round 17 SW: 173.5
Round 18 SW: 173
Round 19 SW: 170.5

10/10: 170.5
Feeling good, like the changes I've made are sustainable, but I'm nearing my typical low. I've been here probably 5 times (more?) in the last 25 years without ever getting to my goal weight, then gaining back. At this size, I'm still definitely overweight but I'm starting to like how I look and that can cause me to get overconfident and stop worrying about it. I've really got to keep my mindset going. I like the healthy food I'm eating, I'm not deprived, I like being active, I can keep doing this. Anyway, it's early but I'm on track for no added sugar today, good on water and calories, took a nice walk.
10/11 170.5
Three days in a row, this number still makes me happy. Good on water, calories, a little exercise, no added sugar. Looking back at my diary, I haven't gone over 1510 calories in 30 days.
10/12: 169.5 squeee! (What'll happen tomorrow? Oh, the suspense.)
When I got home my BF left me a big serving of pasta. He makes the sauce, doesn't put sugar or salt in it but he glugs in the olive oil with abandon, bless his Italian mama. I added veggies but should have eaten a bit less. I'm under calories for the day, not enough protein, lots of carbs and fat. Fine on water, no added sugar, just light walking for exercise today.
10/13: 169.0
Walked a bit, fine on water, fine on calories, almost no veggies today, no added sugar.
10/14: 169.0
Fine on calories, but high in sodium (phooey, might see a bump tomorrow). Lots of veggies. OK on water. Some exercise. No added sugar. Had to be up extra early today and again tomorrow. Today we had a park cleanup, tomorrow I'm leading an early nature walk. I'm looking forward to it but I should go to sleep soon.
10/15: 170.0
Worked a very long day (11hrs) but I started with a birding walk at dawn so it was a nice day overall, especially considering tomorrow's my day off. Hardly drank any water til early evening, I'm trying to finish another 500ml. Not on purpose, but was not in my routine today and ate very low in calories. No added sugar, in spite of lots of opportunity for it.
10/16: 168.5
No exercise today. It's my day off and except for an errand and going out to eat I didn't move. I didn't hate it. Fine on calories but too much sodium. Good on water, no added sugar.

10/17: 168.0
I did everything I was supposed to do today except get enough protein. Oh, and not enough sleep last night. Good on calories, water, exercise, even servings of vegetables. No added sugar. I made a faux lasagna that will be dinner the next several days so I'm ready to start my work week tomorrow.

10/18
10/19

Female, 5'6"
Starting weight (Nov 2016): 202.2lbs
My First Round (R16) SW: 159.6lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 to 145lbs

R16 EW: 157.6
R17 EW: 155.4
R18 EW: 152.4

R19 GW: 151.0

Targets for this Round:
1. Drink 64 oz of fluids/day xxx
2. Go to the gym at least 5 times x

Day/Weight/Comment
10/10: 152.8 /I was so happy with my end result from the last round. Even though this is an uptick, I hope to see the downward trend soon! Drank 64oz (including 12oz coffee...). Stayed within calories. Didn't go to the gym today.
10/11: 153.0 /Not liking this upward trend. I'm doing everything right, so I am going to assume it's not actual weight gain. Ate within calories, drank 64+ oz of fluids, walked over 13,000 steps. Did not get to the gym. And will not be able to go tomorrow as I have to work late. The next two days are when calories might be harder to control (work provides food on late nights and I have Friday evening plans with drinking and eating). Fingers crossed for a drop tomorrow!
10/12: 153.0 /Ahhh, still no dip. Managed to eat within calories today. Did not get in 64 oz of fluids and no gym. I've felt really bloated lately.
10/13: 152.0 /Weighed myself three different times today and got 152.6, 152 and 151.4. Recording the middle ground here. I think I'll have an uptick again tomorrow due to food choices today...three glasses of wine, half a burger and sweet potatoes fries and half a chicken and rice dish at an Ethiopian restaurant. Did not get in 64oz of fluids or go to the gym. Walked 10,000+ steps. Totally guesstimated the restaurant calories, so may be 150 over calories or more...
10/14: 151.0 /Nice to see this number! We'll see if it lasts. Still haven't gone to the gym and did not drink enough water. Maybe I'll make it to the gym before the day is over, but unlikely. Made healthier pumpkin donuts and oatmeal cookies. And of course ate a bunch. Will definitely eat under calories today but not a lot of protein.
10/15: 150.6 /The downward continues! I finally got some exercise in! I ran for 3.5 miles (the longest I've ever run) outside. Not the gym, but it counts! I have to take advantage of the outdoors while I can, especially because I hate running on a treadmill. Did not drink 64oz (it's really hard!). Stayed within calories today. Made a delicious onion, mushroom and beef stir fry for dinner.
10/16: 150.8 /Not unhappy about this. Normal fluctuation. Hopefully back down tomorrow. I had to stay late at work unexpectedly so I didn't make it to the gym. Ate just a tad over calories today but got some more water in than I have in previous days!
10/17: 150.6 /I might be deceiving myself. When I weighed myself this morning, it was 151.2 but when I weighed myself after work, it was 150.6, so I'm going with that. I know I shouldn't weigh myself more than once a day but it happened. Ate within calories. A little over on sugar and under on protein. No exercise and not enough fluids. I failed on these goals. Hopefully I can turn things around.
10/18
10/19

SW = 213.8
Highest: 215.4
Goal 1: 205
GW R19 = 208
GW 2017 =175
END R13 = 212.9 ✅
END R14 = 211.2 ✅
END R15 = 210.1 Avg = 212.2 HW = 214.5 LW = 209.7
END R16 = 209 Avg = 209.7 HW = 211.2 LW = 209
END R17 = 209.9 Avg = 209.7 HW = 210.5 LW =207.9
END R18 = 211.4 Avg = 210.1 HW = 211.4 LW = 209.

Day/Weight/Comment

10/10 // 210.5 // not impressed

10/11 // 209.4 // not going to get excited until next week. Drinking more water. Hopefully it will help

10/12 // 209 // trying to stay within My calorie intake. Still drinking more water. Got some probiotics. To help the system.

10/13 // 209.4 //

10/14 // 209.4

10/15 // 209.4

10/16 // 206.1✅ // close to goal one.

10/17 // 208.9 // still under 209 which is good.

10/18 // 207.2 ✅ // staying under 209.

10/19

After a bumper weekend of eating and drinking, I was not expecting that!! Intermittent fasting and a bucket load of water yesterday has obviously helped flush some of that water weight out of my system. Would be awesome if I could maintain this weight but will be happy just to hit my mini-goal tomorrow.

SW - 90kg
CW - 67.7kg
GW - 60kg

Goals: Move/exercise each day + drink more water + keeping focused on the weekend. Hoping to see 66.2kg by the end of the challenge.

10/10 - 66.9kg - First strength session back at the gym in 3 months last night. Hungry all day today!!
10/11 - 66.7kg - 30 minute cross country jog last night, packed extra low cal snacks for work, still focusing on water intake.
10/12 - 66.7kg - I swear the scale flashed 66.4kg for a second haha. Went for a long jog/walk last night, stayed within my calories yesterday and prepped my food today. Feeling like I'm really getting into the swing of things!
10/13 - 66.4kg - I KNEW IT! Haha didn't want to get too excited yesterday but the number on the scale continues to go down. Good thing too, I'm bloody hungry adjusting to lower calories at the moment! No exercise yesterday because of the DOMS and coming into a heavy lifting session tonight. Wooooo Friday fun!
10/14 - 66.1kg - Yes! Heavy weights last night and I've been really keeping on top of my food. Today, it was burgers and pints. It's all about balance right?
10/15 - 68.8kg - I'm very pleased to announce that I'm expecting a food baby! #glowing #soproud
10/16 - 68.6kg - Brewery and gin distillery tours, pizza, mexican feasts, the fun continues!
10/17 - 67.5kg - Water weight, BEGONE!
10/18 - 66.0kg - Ummmmm, hello!

10/19 - Mini Goal: 66.2kg

Leroyoliver

Sw 164.4
GW 145
GW this round 152.5

Day/Weight/Comment
10/10 - 154.4
10/11 - 154.2
10/12 - 152.4 I like this number! I know it will bounce back up before really settling here... this I have learned from these daily weigh ins.
10/13 - 152.2 I’m surprised, presently by this. Had some wine last night, that normally puts me up some.... I’ll take it and hold through the weekend. At least stay under 153. Happy Friday!
10/14 - 152.6 - keep it under 152 for the weekend....I can do this!
10/15 - 153
10/16 - 153.4
10/17 - 153.4
10/18 - 151.8 woo hoo! Swish! I know I’ll bounce up before staying here but I s coming!
10/19