JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 20

taxgirl1 · October 2017

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
R16 SW 225.9
R17 SW 225.3
R18 SW 223.3
R19 SW 224.4 Sick

R20 SW 222.4

Last round again reinforced to me how important it is to not stress out over temporary daily upward fluctuations. For this round I will continue working on my hydration and stretching.

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20--222.6 Normal fluctuation either due to the 2 handfuls of mini peppermint patties I had yesterday, even though I had already eaten my calories for the day, or water retention from finishing up another day of C25K that I completed in the rain last night. Either way, I'll take it.
10/21--222.2 Finished W2D3 of C25k and stretched. Going out for afternoon tea today. Working on staying hydrated today.
10/22--222.4 Very surprised about the small increase after all the food I ate at tea, maybe all the tea I drank helped. Going out for tennis lessons and then out for lunch with the in-laws, so weight will probably be up tomorrow.
10/23--222.8 If this is the only weight increase that shows up after the lunch and lack of water I had yesterday I will be very happy. I do have to say that I only ate 1/2 of my lunch and took the rest home to eat for dinner, so that also helped.
10/24--223.3 Water retention. Had a challenging weightlifting session yesterday.
10/25--222.4 There goes the water.
10/26--222.2
10/27--222.6 Finished W3D1 of C25K yesterday.
10/28
10/29

mytime6630 · October 2017

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 18 SW: 192.4
Round 19 SW: 188.9

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 188.8 - but yesterday I got into the chocolate covered almonds. Thankfully, I counted them out, and stopped at 12. So weight this morning was taken after going to the gym, and drinking a bottle of water.
10/21 189.8 - but had pizza last nite.
10/22 - 190.0 --- ate WAY too much all weekend. Hoping to get this back in control again.
10/23 -- 190.0 -- Too much food again. Hoping to get back on track today, and see those 80s again.
10/24 -189.4
10/25 - 188.4
10/26 - 187.4!! YAH! only 10 pounds from my first goal. Tried to drink more water yesterday, so hoping that helped.
10/27 - 187.8 - can't seem to get past this number, but at least it is staying at the 187s. Had too much popcorn last nite though - so lots of food and salt
10/28
10/29

hammycakes · October 2017

SW 198
UGW 145-149

Round 18 average weight 176.6
Round 19 average weight 176.5

Start this round 175.4
Goal this round <173

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 175.4 the scale has kind of been stuck since about Oct. 3 so I'm trying to be patient.
10/21 175.0 still sitting here
10/22 177.4 ?
10/23 177.6
well, I'm confused. All I can think is that I'm holding a bunch of water for some reason. Expecting a good loss one day this week.
Plan for today: write it, then bite it! Stick with the plan and drink 64 oz water.
10/24 176.6 ugh

10/25 175.0 again. Glad to see it! hope tomorrow to get past it though! I was so hungry yesterday, I made hot tea in between meals and also some Golden Milk (turmeric, 2 oz almond milk, hot water, cinnamon) in the blender to keep me going.

10/26 174.6 Finally, a drop! I've been sticking pretty close to the plan.. hope it keeps rolling!

10/27 174.4 looks good to me! I had an extra carb serving yesterday (normally only have one) and a couple of drinks last night so I'm happy with todays weight. I will be drinking extra water today and sticking to the plan- had protein smoothie for breakfast, a bowl of tom kha gai soup with broccoli and an apple for lunch.. Salad, a veg and a protein for dinner tonight. Maybe a glass of wine.

10/28
10/29

ccrife · October 2017

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 168.6 lb midday after workout. No real struggles yet today. Those will come later today when hanging out with friends. But I didn't eat the candy at work so there's a plus!
10/21 167.8 lb noonish after workout. Good but most of my weigh-ins will be after eating lunch, Which I haven't yet. So I'm expecting a rise come Monday. But I wasnt tempted by bad food last night. Just one drink of gin, which filled out my calories for the day yesterday. Going good!
10/22 169.8 lb night 7:30 - after workout that was the increase that I thought was going to happen. But I had fries last night for dinner as well so I expected a high number. Also and lunch and dinner. It also went up a pound after my workout so who knows.
10/23 168.2 lb night 7:15 - after workout. Interesting that it went down that much. We'll see if it balances it's self tomorrow. No temptations today, so it was quite easy to stay on track. I've been trying to break a plateau of about 168/169 for a week and a half now so I'm hopeful!
10/24 168.4 lb night 7:00 - after workout. Pretty good seeming as yesterday was a big drop. I ignored the candy at work today!

10/25 167.4 lb night 7:15 - after workout. That's a pretty good drop. Probably a little to much if it stays. All about healthy loss not fast loss. May need to recalculate calorie in for my new workout regimen. But my plateau might be breaking!!!!
10/26 166.4 lb night 7:00 - after workout. Another large drop. Again monitoring for calorie recalculation. I couldn't ignore the candy today.

I had a mini box of nerds and ate it over a period of an hour to make it last so I wouldn't grab another piece.
10/27 165.2 lb midday 1:45 - after workout. Seeming as it's midday I see this loss as tolerable good to see it going down. Still watching for calories. Had another box of nerds today... Oh well...
10/28
10/29

SheilaBoneham · October 2017

Ultimate goal - 140
R20 Goals: eat well, clean & mostly healthfully, walk an hour most days. Would be delighted to hit 148 point something, but happy to gain zero.
5'3", 64 yrs.
Weight 2/2016 - 218
Lost 68#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset. Time to slowly drop the last 15!
R15 end weight 151.2
R16 end weight 151.4
R17 end weight 151
R18 end weight 150.4
R19 end weight 149.6

10/20 - 149.6
Happy to be here for my 5th round. Thanks to all of you for being here, too. It helps so much to know we're not alone and to realize that all those "lost 2-5 pounds a week for umpteen weeks" ads are not the norm. More like verbal airbrushing! Half a pound lost per month is not just that much lost, but more than that not gained!

10/21 - 149.6
No surprise there. I did say I planned to lose the last 10-15 pounds slowly, right? ;-)

10/22 - 149.5
I thought I'd be down a bit more this morning. But whatever the scale says, I've lost an inch and a half from my waist since whenever it was I last measured (I have it written down somewhere) and I feel lighter, so all good. :-)

10/23 - 149.5
No surprise. I increased my calories yesterday to 1850 (from ~1700), and plan to stay between 1800-1900 for the next week to avoid slowing my metabolism. I'll be happy if my weight just stays level during that time. Then I'll cut back again for a month or so. But I'll keep checking in - keeps me aware.

10/24 - 149.5
Good, since I'm eating more for the coming week. I looked up my stats from my pre-metabolism reset dieting and found it took me 5 months to get from 150 to 143, my lowest in decades. So no surprise that these 10-15 pounds are slow going. A bit reassuring!

10/25 - 149.5

10/26 - 149.2
Goody! Must be the walking this week, and possibly the few extra calories, oddly enough. I'll take it!

10/27 - 149.2

10/28 -
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tinacuso · October 2017

Round 19 - SW: 169.5 EW- 168.4
Round 20 - SW :168.4

Day/Weight/Comment
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20: 168.4
10/21: 168.2 - Slowly moving in the right direction
10/22: 168.8 - went out to dinner and had a drink. I'll see what tomorrow brings
10/23: 168.4 - Logged all food and completed a workout. See what tomorrow brings
10/24
10/25
10/26: 168.2 - logged all my food, drank water and worked out
10/27: 168.4 - logged all my food, drank water and worked out. It might take a day or two to let go...
10/28
10/29

str82nichelle · October 2017

SW: 255
GW: TBD
CW: 234 (10/19)

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20-- 233.2-- Weighing and logging food. Yard work logged for exercise.
10/21-- 232--- hard work in the garden made me love the number on my scale this morning!
10/22--232.2-- lazy day, and I guess the ice cream cone didn;t help.
10/23--232.6-- them Sunday dinners
10/24--232.6-- I really thought I could eat leftovers huh
10/25--231.6--Yes!! Ate on target and got my exercise in.
10/26--231-- I'll take it!! Wanna be in the 220s by Sunday

10/27--231-- Guess I'll just sit right here another day.
10/28
10/29

junodog1 · October 2017

R09 SW 197.8 (My round 1)

R10 SW 198.9
R11 SW 196.7
R12 SW 196.9
R13 SW 193.3
R14 SW 194.9
R15 SW 192.7
R16 SW 195.8
R17 SW 194.2
R18 SW 194.0
R19 SW 191.4

R20 SW 191.4

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 192.0 Ugh. Not the start I wanted. Oh well, bouncy bounce.
10/21 - 192.9 I'm ok. It's a pattern. But ONCE, JUST ONCE I'd like to hit a "new all time low" and not jerk back up 2-3 pounds the next couple days. SO AGGRAVATING!
10/22 - 192.5 Vow for October 2017 - I will not buy anymore Halloween candy 'for the office." It really was for the office, and it is in the candy drawer, but I will eat things I put in the drawer, where I tend not to eat other's contributions. Plus I buy things I like, almond joy, kit kat, peanut butter cups, milky way. Maybe next year I will buy skittles and jelly beans as they are not my thing.
10/23 - unknown family crisis next few days
10/24 - 191.6
10/25 - 192.0
10/26 - 190.9 The last few days have been really rough, but I think things are normalizing. Got a nice run in last night. Really helped clear the brain fog from too little sleep. Sounds counter-intuitive, how exercising harder temporarily energizes you and helps clear your mind.
10/27 - 191.1 Ran again, but just a quarter mile or so. Walked the rest of the two miles. Still working on sleep and getting the meals planned again. But everyone is alive and talking to everyone else so we got that going for us.

10/28 -
10/29 - Goal weight of 189.9

lbrules · October 2017

First timer here! New to myfitness as well. I have been on a weight roller coaster this year, and hate the way I look now. 10 years ago I was 169lbs, hated it, got energized, found a plan that worked and stuck to it (mostly). I was able to get my weight down to 135lbs (give or take a couple of pounds). This year has been tough with lots of family and work stress. No motivation, then I do, then I don't. My current weight is 157 lbs. My goal is to get back to where I was happy and to fit those clothes again. I will settle for 140lbs.

Current: 157 lb
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 157.4
10/21 155.4 another kickboxing class today and 30 min treadmill last night
10/22 157.2 - weekends are hard to maintain. Last night went out to the Keg with friends for dinner. Only ate half of my dinner, but then there was beer and wine involved. Bad BAD BAD!!!
10/23 158.4 - going the wrong way. Yesterday no excercise and needed "comfort food".
10/24 156.8 - Ok, back on track. Just need more energy to excercise.
10/25 155.6
10/26 154.5
10/27 153.6 - Wow, I am impressed with myself. This really helps stay motivated, so thank you! Eating healthier and walking more. The next 2 days are going to be the biggest challenge. I have a LOT of problem with staying on track on weekends. Suggestions?
10/28
10/29

taxgirl1 · October 2017

ehseeker wrote: »

Back again! I started midway through Round 2 at 153.9 on 4/29. For this round I'd like to get below and stay below 140. Started at 162 something back in early March so I'm down over 20 pounds. I am aiming to reach goal of 132 before New Years.

Day/Weight/Comment

10/19 141.4
10/20 140.8 down slightly.goals for today: gym and walk or ellip. and water, water, water.
10/21 140.4 Off to camping. Have a lovely weekend.
10/22 quite a lot of cross country hiking. Camping.
10/23 139.8 Thank you, Universe! I believe in my ability to lose weight and keep it off.
10/24 140.8 no problem... no exercise yesterday, tired from weekend's hiking. Today, gym, protein and water.
10/25 140.6 Happy with this weight as I had cornbread and homemade navy bean soup = lots of carbs and sodium. Went to gym. Today: elliptical. greens with protein and water, water, water.
10/26 142.4 Well, hell. Salt from dirty martinis once again. Needed to get out so i accept the consequences. Hopefully it will come off before end of this round which is going by realllly fast.

10/27 142 Need a low carb day to get back down. It is taking me forever to get in the 130's. One day there doesn't count. Definitely not enough exercise this week which doesn't help my goal and lunch out tomorrow. Aw well, I'll do better next round.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS to me? My maintenance, per different sites should be around 1750 Cals at my current weight. I am staying around 1200 and not eating back exercise cals. MFP tells me, at the comment it makes when you finish logging for the day, that at 1200 cals I would stay the same, not lose. It makes no sense to me.

10/28
10/29
I believe in my ability to lose weight and keep it off.

Have you thought of taking a diet break? It's something that probably everyone should do, but especially with you eating at such a large deficit for an extended period of time and the fact that you are so close to your goal weight, a break may help. Here is a link to a forum discussion that is really helpful: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610288/increase-calories-one-day-per-week/p1

Stefbomb2020 · October 2017

Wanna join. But guess there's two more days to start the next round

vdecosta86 · October 2017

R20 GW - 178

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 180.2
10/21 - I forgot to weight myself, oops!
10/22 - 177.7 - I was not expecting that! I haven’t been eating the healthiest, but I still stuck to my no dairy, no processed carbs rule and it seems to be working.
10/23 - 178.2 - I knew it was too good to be true. I was a little too flexible on my rules yesterday and I’m paying for it today. Hopefully extra water today will take care of it.
10/24 - 178 - Going in the right direction again
10/25 - 178.9
10/26 - 178
10/27 - 177.1
10/28
10/29

NormaV14 · October 2017

Starting weight 148
Round 6 135.7
Round 7 134.4
Round 8 133.8
Round 9 Last weigh in 7/8 135.2
Round 10 132.8
Round 11 131.6
Round 12 132.7
Round 13 131.4
Round 14 132.6

Round 15 131.8
Round 16 133.2

:(:(
Round 17 130.8
Round 18 130.2
round 19 Epic failure
Goal weight maintain 129 -132

10/20 - AWOL
10/21 - AWOL
10/22 - AWOL
10/23 - 131.9
10/24 - 132.3 starting to log agin but still not consistent
10/25 - 132.5 don't know why I am having such a hard time logging. Maybe because Im not in my usual environment - but pretty poor excuse! I will try again today.
10/26 - 132.2 staying steady, at least that is a good sign

10/27 - 132.9 higher than I would like. But I am not doing what I am supposed to, so what do I expect!!!
10/28
10/29

40lbslighter · October 2017

Thank you so much @cyranda63 and @TerriRichardson112 for keeping this train chugging right along!

This is my eighth round and it has helped so much! The accountability. Watching the 10-day averages go down, down, down! Encouragement from fantastic friends.

Welcome all newcomers, glad to have you! Welcome back returners!!

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LET'S DO THIS!!

Rounds 13 - 18:

Round 13: SW 167.6, EW 166.4 (-1.2 lb), LW 165.4, HW 168.4, AVG 167.4
Round 14: SW 166.4, EW 165.6 (-0.8 lb),
LW 165.6, HW 167.2, AVG 166.2
Round 15: SW 165.6, EW 164.0 (-1.6 lb),
LW 163.6, HW 165.2, AVG 164.4
Round 16: SW 164.0, EW 162.6 (-1.4 lb),
LW 162.4, HW 165.6, AVG 163.8
Round 17: SW 162.6, EW 159.8 (-2.8 lb),
LW 159.4, HW 161.8, AVG 160.2
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, EW 154.6 (-3.4 lb),
LW 154.6, HW 158.0, AVG 156.6

Round 20
SW: 154.6
GW: 152.4

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20: 155.4 Bouncey-bounce

10/21: 154.8 Ahhh, better.

10/22: 155.0 I have a feeling steak and seafood dinner tonight is not going to move the scale downward tomorrow!

10/23: 155.6 Help! I got attacked by a restaurant sodium bomb!! Pretty pleased with my choices, though. Had shrimp and grilled asparagus instead of prime rib and mashed potatoes, a sliver of steak, and three glasses of water to my one glass of wine. Split a 1,600 calorie cheesecake four ways. About 350 cal over goal. Not too shabby.

10/24: 156.2 This too shall pass. Had wayyyy too many carbs yesterday, so not unexpected. Must admit I'm a little disappointed to see 156s again. :whine:

10/25: 156.6 Oh no.

10/26: 156.8 Did not want to post today. However, I have to own this and my crap choices this week. Every year around this time for the last five years I have quit logging and started gaining. I seem to get a glimpse of the 154s then give up soon after. Do I want to be a victim or be victorious? Tomorrow is a new day with new opportunities to make good decisions. I hope I choose victory.

10/27: 155.0 Today I choose to focus on these facts: 1) I am down 12.6 pounds since starting this group. 2) Down 16 pounds in three months. 3) I eat muuuch more healthy than I did 90 days ago. Winning!
10/28
10/29

40lbslighter · October 2017

Reanna143 wrote: »

Wanna join. But guess there's two more days to start the next round

C'mon in, @Reanna123! The last day of this round will be your start weight for next.

40lbslighter · October 2017

HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »

40lbslighter wrote: »

10/26: 156.8 Did not want to post today. However, I have to own this and my crap choices this week. Every year around this time for the last five years I have quit logging and started gaining. I seem to get a glimpse of the 154s then give up soon after. Do I want to be a victim or be victorious? Tomorrow is a new day with new opportunities to make good decisions. I hope I choose victory.

I have that same pattern but with a two as the first digit rather than a one. Let's pinkie swear to each other that this time will be different! I think it will for me. I'm thinking differently this time. We can do this! It is totally up to us! Do continue the challenge so we can be here for you as you decide!

PINK SWEAR ON, @HeidiCooksSupper!!

Thanks for the encouragement.

40lbslighter · October 2017

suebee143 wrote: »

40lbslighter wrote: »

10/26: 156.8 Did not want to post today. However, I have to own this and my crap choices this week. Every year around this time for the last five years I have quit logging and started gaining. I seem to get a glimpse of the 154s then give up soon after. Do I want to be a victim or be victorious? Tomorrow is a new day with new opportunities to make good decisions. I hope I choose victory.

I could have posted the same thing. I have made some bad choices this round. You are doing great, though! Let's own it! You will push through those 154s this time!

Thanks for the support, @suebee143.

You're right, I WILL succeed!!

hjeppley · October 2017

Holding steady for now.

SW 155.7 35.5% BF (July 19, 2017)
GW 125-130, 21% BF
Round 17 136.6 29.3% BF
Round 18 138.0 28.5 % BF
Round 19 135.1 27.0% BF (but had a couple extra days in there)
Start this round 135.1 27.0% BF
Goal this round 134.1 26.6% BF

Day/Weight/Comment

10/20 Didn’t weigh myself because on vacation, walked a lot
10/21 Didn’t weigh myself because on vacation, ran a 5K race
10/22 Didn’t weigh myself because on vacation, walked a bit not enough
10/23 135.1 27.0% BF Water walked
10/24 135.4 27.6% BF Ran 4 mi + walked 1 mi
10/25 135.0 28.0% BF Walked for 1 hour + stretching program
10/26 134.3 28.0% BF Ran 5 mi + walked + PT
10/27 134.3 27.6% BF Walked a bit + zombie run 5K + a little PT
10/28
10/29

cjsacto · October 2017

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
Round 20 SW: 166.5

10/20: 166.5
Need more water today, stayed up too late last night. Good on calories, veggies, OK on protein. Got a little exercise. No added sugar. I'm on a whoosh, I think interval running is giving me a larger calorie deficit than I'm accounting for. We'll see if it keeps up.
10/21: 167.0
Spoke too soon! This bump doesn't bother me, I am still 2 lbs down for the last week. Today was good, I found an excuse to get outside and walk during my work day, then went for a short run this evening. Good on water, calories, etc. No sugar today. I even turned down pizza.

10/22: 167.5
Hm, still went up and I was practically perfect Friday and Saturday. Imma be way up tomorrow, I went out to dinner and had all the butter in the world, went over my calories for the first time in ages, like halfway into tomorrow's calories. No dessert or cocktail, at least. Didn't have sugar today but I found a roll of breath mints (with sorbitol) in my desk and ate several, I always munched stuff like that like candy so I stopped buying them.
10/23: 168.5 Yeah.
For what it's worth, today was mostly on track. Though if yesterday was "B" for butter, today might have been "C" for cheese. Under calories, though. No sugar.
10/24: 169.0
Honestly, I almost skipped this thread today because this is discouraging. But, I know I didn't eat 7,000 extra calories in the last few days, I have to just keep going. Ate very light today, lots of water. No added sugar.
10/25: 167.5
Okay, a bit better. I drank 4L/1gal of water yesterday to rid my body of evil spirits and it helped. Today I did terrible with water, forgot my bottle at home and didn't drink any fluids from 9a-6p. Fine on calories, no added sugar, got some exercise tonight after dinner.
10/26: 168.5
Good on calories, protein, water, exercise today.

10/27: 167.5
Event at work today, didn't eat or drink quite enough for the day. I ate some pizza though, not sure what the scale will look like tomorrow.

10/28
10/29

OrganicRosie · October 2017

Current: 133.5 lb
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 133.5 - stayed on track yesterday. Gotta stay the course

10/21 132.5 - not what I expected... DD came home from college yesterday, so made a nice lasagna dinner with apple cake for dessert... and I ate over my calorie count. Probably won’t hold, but that’s why I’m doing this
10/22 132.5 - I’m finding this group activity motivating! Knowing I was going to report my weight today kept the late night munching away
10/23 134 - what the...? probably the yummy pho I ate for lunch had high sodium - I stayed close on my calorie goal and even did some running.
10/24 134 - hmmm
10/25 133 - finally! Sticking with the program is paying off!
10/26 133
10/27 132.5 - Woohoo!

krea4 · October 2017

Average weight per round
R11 = 145.18 R12 = 143.40
R13 = 141.88 R14 = 141.40
R15 = 140.16 R16 = 140.04
R17 = 139.75 R18 = 139.02
R19 = 138.75

Goals for R20 .....
1. Exercise more (if 'allowed' increase physio timings/ cycle 3 times/ swim once/ walk at least 15mins per day.
2. Drink more water!
3. Try to get 1 reading that says 137.9 or lower

20/10 - 139.2 - UP 0.4
Exercise = 0
Water = 0.5L
Every aspect of my life is stressful. Which makes me want to eat!! Cake and chocolates at work last week. 4 months ago I would have eaten loads but this week - 6 chocolates and 1 small cookie. Progress!!

21/10 - 138.8 DOWN 0.4
Exercise = 25 min walk
Water = 0.8L
22/10 - 138.0 DOWN 0.8
Exercise = 0
Water = 0
23/10 - 138.8 UP 0.8
Exercise = 35 min walk
Water = 0.9L
Definitely over ate the carbs for dinner tonight.
24/10 - 138.6 DOWN 0.2
Exercise = 35 min walk
Water = 0.65L
Over indulged in some chocolate. Whoops...
25/10 - 138.8 UP 0.2
Exercise = 0
Water = 0.9L
My home physio has been increased. Boy, can I feel it in my thighs today.
Over ate chocolate again today. Will have to be determined tomorrow to make healthier choices.

26/10 - 137.4 DOWN 1.4 Yay!!

Exercise = 64 min walk
Water = 0.5L
Tried hard not to over eat today but ate to much pasta for dinner.

27/10 - 138.0 UP 0.6
Exercise = 0
Water = 0.5L
I'm hoping this is a new lower set of numbers...

28/10 -
29/10 -

susanbenita · October 2017

SW (March 2017) - 191
GW - 134
53 yr old female, 5ft 5.5"

R19 SW 185
R20 SW 185.6

Day/Weight/Comment

10/20 - 185.6 - lunch out yesterday and a lot of wine (and cheese!) with friends. Need to drink lots of water today.
10/21 - 185.4
10/22 - 184
10/23 - 186.2 - scales, you're going the wrong way!
10/24 - 187.2 - Huh? I did 20,000 steps and stayed under 1500 calories yesterday. Grrrr.....
10/25 - 185.2
10/26 - 184.6
10/27 - 187.4 -

10/28 - 186.4
10/29

Mini-goal for this round: 182

TerriRichardson112 · October 2017

I HAVE the power and determination to do this.

Here I am back to try once more to shift my last few pounds. stay under 160lbs.

to all the Newbies, and Hi to those returning for another Round. This has got me back on track big time!

Observations, and Previous Rounds

Many events along the way will scupper our best intentions, but they merely delay the achievement of our goals. Life is for living, and one must learn patience. It takes many years to put on excess weight, so It follows that it takes much time to remove, but it is coming off, bit by stubborn bit! Stick with it! The game continues!

A lot of people get upset by apparent weight gain when they have been working their butts off. Body weight fluctuates, both up, and down, from one day to the next depending on so many factors. From my experience:

Changes often take several days to show on the scale.
A drop is often followed by a bounce up before it settles back down. A general downward trend is the aim.
A high sodium day usually results in a gain due to water retention, unless you drink extra fluids to flush it out.

Don't beat yourself up over a temporary gain. Trust the process and stick with the programme.
If you are making positive lifestyle changes it will lead to increased health and fitness.
Slow and steady leads to sustainable weight loss.
But remember to live a little along the way!

Previous 5 Rounds[/colour=green]
MW : R8/1, 165.5; R9/2, 166.8; R10/3, 167.7; R11/4, 165.5; R12/5, 162.6
Round:..~ Mean ~ Highest ~ Lowest
13/6: ... ~ 160.4 ~~ 161.8 ~~ 161.8
14/7: ... ~ 160.7 ~~ 167.8 ~~ 160.4 (on vacation)
15/8: ... ~ 161.8 ~~ 163.8 ~~ 163.8 (on vacation)
16/9: ... ~ 161.3 ~~ 162.8 ~~ 162.4
17/10: . ~ 160.5 ~~ 162.2 ~~ 160.0
18/11: . ~ 159.8 ~~ 162.5 ~~ 158.4
19/12: . ~ 159.0 ~~ 159.2 ~~ 158.2
Round 19: (Round 12 for me. Female, 5'2" aged 71, weight in lbs)
Target weight: 158 End weight: 158.7
Mean: 159.0 ~ Highest: 159.2 ~ Lowest: 158.2 Mean weight is slow reducing.

SW: 227; Lowest weight 18 Aug 2017: 159.2; 8 Oct 2017: 158.9. 11 Oct: 158.2. Final goal weight: 147
19/10/2017: 158.7 Goals ✅ Not what I had hoped for, but a loss nevertheless. This last 12lbs is so hard to shift!

Round 20: (Round 13 for me. Female, 5'2" aged 71, weight in lbs)
Round 20 Target weight: 157 Stay under 160lbs

Daily Goals: pre-log/follow through; balance macros/micros; hydrate; 15+ strength; 15+ flex; 8,000+ steps; close kitchen at 8.30pm!

20/09/2017: 158.6 Goals ✅
21/10/2017: 159.4 Goals ✅ except didn't close the kitchen!!! Just one night out on the town, and look what happens. Got the

snack monsters

when I got home!
22/10/2017: 159.2 Goals ✅ This is like watching paint dry! And the weekend isn't helping! Still, I have 5 more days before the next one hits!
23/10/2017: 159.3 Goals ✅ I can live with that. It will drop soon! 159! You're going down!
24/10/2017: 159.2 Goals ✅ Food for thought. It occurs to me that this may be my maintenance weight. I have hovered around 159 for weeks, despite keeping to my calorie goal, (10% below my TDEE), and doing loads of exercise, (and eating back minimal exercise calories). I am in the normal range for my age height and build, so I am wondering if I am being realistic in my Target Goal Weight. I'm fitter and healthier than I have been for decades. I think fit and healthy should be my new focus rather than weight loss!
New Primary Goal - stay under 160lbs.
25/10/2017: 158.6 Goals ✅ No Comment!
26/10/2017: 159.0 Goals ✅ missed posting
27/10/2017: 158.6 Goals ✅

28/10/2017: 159.2 Goals ✅ Heavy night last night, but stayed under goal, drank lots of water, and danced my socks off!
29/10/2017: Goals

Don't worry!

... ...oO~ 159.4 ~Oo... ...

... ...oO~ 158.2 ~Oo... ...

Be Happy!!!

Round 20 is almost over. Let's do this!

evivahealth · October 2017

SW: 90 kg (198.40 lb)
GW: 59.9 kg (130.00 lb)
Height: 160cm / 5'2"

Day/Weight/Comment

R19 - 65.5kg

10/20 - 65.8kg - Ate at maintenance yesterday and needed a heavier carb day but am happy to see the bump up was quite small. I still don't trust that I'm in the 65s! Girls night tonight so expecting to be up tomorrow!
10/21 - 66.6kg - as expected!
10/22 - 66.6kg - it's been a mental weekend. Working til 11pm both nights. Not a spare second to myself. Need to go grocery shopping and make some time for exercise tomorrow.
10/23 - 67.5kg - groceries done, lots of health food and no excuses. Glad to be back into a more normal routine. Not sure I'll make goal but would like to see my start weight for the round again.
10/24 - 66.4kg - Only half a kilo until I'm back at my start weight for this round. Low cals and lots of water to make up for the weekend. It would be nice to not be battling against my weekends constantly. I see a frustrating pattern here!
10/25 - 65.5kg - Dinner tonight with the in-laws so am doing some pre-damage control with a run and a light lunch. Intermittent fasting seems to be my friend just now, as does drinking lots of water. Have not exercised once this round so would like to get out there tonight, not for the scale but for my own health and happiness!
10/26 - 65.1kg - C'mon mini-goal!! Within cals, low carbs, lots of water. Finally got to the gym this morning. Going to make plans to get through the two parties I have this weekend without the bump back up in weight. Advice welcome, PM me!
10/27 - 64.9kg - YAY! Almost at my mini goal. Taking the radical step of not drinking at a party tonight to see if I can keep my calories within budget this weekend. I don't even know who I am anymore hahaha. In other news, it was a beautiful frosty morning and I got out for a run in the park. Lovely!
10/28 - 65.3kg - Totally expected. Two words: Caramel. Fondue.
10/29 - Mini-goal: 64.8kg (142.85 lb)

MaryQueen26 · October 2017

SW: 170
GW: 135

Round 18 SW: 163.8
Round 19 SW: 162.4
Round 20 SW: 160.2

Day/Weight/Comment

10/20: 160.2 Happy for my 3rd day at 160.x! I am hoping that I can leave the 160's behind over the next 10 days!

10/21: 160.4 I was sooooo hungry last night even though I had a nice filling dinner. I had some extra calories and let myself have a few small snacks. Still woke up with a growling and very hungry stomach this morning! Very busy day today, 2 kid birthday parties today with pizza and cake. My plan is to skip pizza (probably chain pizza that really isn't that good) and consider cake once if it looks worth it.

10/22: 160.2 I'm posting later in the day but weight was done this morning like always. Very active day today! W4d1 of C25K, completely cleaning out chicken coop, and hauling lots wood. 21,000 steps and the day is not over yet. I will definitely have water retention tomorrow. My muscles are hurting big time! Plus I will be enjoying some beers during the Pats game tonight. Go Pats!!

10/23: 162.0 I knew I would be up today. Just hoping it goes back down fast!

10/24: 161.8 I expected to be down more today. Ate under calories, limited sodium, and drank a good amount of water. Continued focus today!

10/25: 160.8 slow and steady release of extra fluid. Hoping to finally get below 160 soon. Keeping a deficit daily so it has to at some point!

10/26: 159.4 Finally!! Now to stay here!

10/27: 159.0 Another day on target; W4D3 of C25K completed yesterday. Onward and downward!

10/28: 157.2 Well that's one big whoosh! I fully expect to see it rise again. I was so busy yesterday and didn't drink much water. This could be a bit of dehydration.

10/29

clynnwoodard · October 2017

R7 SW - 172
R8 SW - 170
R9 SW - 169.4
R10 SW - 168
R11 SW - 167
R12 SW - 165.2
R13 SW - 163.4
R14 SW - 162
R15 SW - 161.2
R16 SW - 159.4
R17 SW - 158.4
R18 SW - 157.6
R19SW - 156.6
R20SW - 155

GW for R20 - 153.5
Final GW - 140

10/20 - 155
10/21 - 155.2
10/22 - 154.6
10/23 - 153.6 - I have a severe allergy to ragweed and it's been kicking my butt the last two weeks. I allowed myself to rest when I wasn't feeling well, but this weekend I started feeling a bit better and upped my program. Lots of exercise, lots of water, under calories. Seems to be paying off for now.
10/24 - 154.2 - this allergy situation is out of control....I have never had this many problems. I'm just exhausted all the time...had the luxury of sleeping 10+ hours over the weekend, but back to work yesterday and back to struggling to drag my butt around. No exercise yesterday but stuck to my food plan + 1 protein bar but still under calories. I've just started a course of steroid treatment so don't know what that will do to the scale or how I feel but I'm ready to try anything.
10/25 - 153.6 - no exercise again yesterday, but stuck with food plan. Feel slightly better this morning so I'm going to try to get the elliptical in.
10/26 - 152.6 - Well isn't that nice! Stuck to food plan and got 45 min of elliptical in yesterday, but that's an awfully big loss for one day...we'll see if it sticks.
10/27 - 153.4 - I knew yesterday was a little too good to be true. But overall still trending downward and met goal for the 2nd round in a row. Let's see if I can maintain or go down for the next two days! Stuck to food plan and elliptical for 45 min.
10/28 - 153.8
10/29 -

vdecosta86 · October 2017

R20 GW - 178

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 180.2
10/21 - I forgot to weight myself, oops!
10/22 - 177.7 - I was not expecting that! I haven’t been eating the healthiest, but I still stuck to my no dairy, no processed carbs rule and it seems to be working.
10/23 - 178.2 - I knew it was too good to be true. I was a little too flexible on my rules yesterday and I’m paying for it today. Hopefully extra water today will take care of it.
10/24 - 178 - Going in the right direction again
10/25 - 178.9
10/26 - 178
10/27 - 177.1
10/28 - 176.6 - I almost can’t believe this actually showed up on my scale today. Clearly dairy and processed carbs were my downfall. But they’re so gooooood!
10/29

swopen · October 2017

SW: 269.4 (9/12/17)
Highest: 279.8
CW: 251.4
R17SW: 264.2 R17EW: 262.0 Loss: 2.2
R18SW: 262.0 R18EW: 256.6 Loss: 5.4
R19SW: 256.6 R19EW: 251.4 Loss: 5.2

R20GW: 249.0

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 250.2 - So close to be in the 240s! Tomorrow is my birthday, here's to hoping that I give myself that as a birthday present

10/21 - 249.2 - Well, I gave myself a good birthday present. But it came at a cost. I was up all night with stomach issues. Here's to hoping today is better than last night!
10/22 - 251.8 - I took a day off from tracking, exercising, and eating well. Emotionally, I needed a break from the stress. No surprise on the scale. Tomorrow will be better, I'm back on track today

10/23 - 250.0 - Almost back in the 240s. Soon.
10/24 - 253.6 - Bleh. I was good for half the day yesterday. And then I wasn't. I need to get out of this funk.
10/25 - 252.4 - Crazy day at work, but night. I need to get out of this funk but I'm pretty sure work stress is what's causing it. Not really sure how to eliminate that...
10/26 - 250.2 - Had delicious eggs for dinner last night. I feel like I'm starting to get back to it, hoping that my resolve continues.
10/27 - 248.0 - Woo!! Now to continue this downward trend!
10/28 - 247.8 - It's not a gain, I'll take it!!
10/29 -

tishawj · October 2017

Hi Everyone!! Back again for your wonderful support and accountability. This group has kept me on track for the last 6 months and I couldn't have come this far without it!!

For the newbies....here is what my daily weigh ins look like over the last 180 days. It's not all down....fluctuations are NORMAL!!! Trust the process and the weight will come off!!!

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SW - 182.4 in March
GW - 145 - SMASHED this last round!!!

I will be continuing to check in here to keep myself accountable as I figure out eating at maintenance. I don't plan on decreasing my activity so it's all going to come down to calories at this point. I have some fitness/activity goals I want to achieve so weighing daily will continue to help me monitor where I am so I can make adjustments as necessary before things get out of hand.

10/19 - 144.2 - coming in from round 19

10/20 - 144.6 - normal fluctuation....had a small piece of cake at a baby shower at one of my client's yesterday and a glass of wine last night...kept calories where they should be at this point I think.
10/21 - 144.0 - Thought I ate enough yesterday...but went for a run in the woods with the dog and spent 8 hours getting the gardens ready for the winter and cleaning the house so I guess I underestimated a bit. I'll use it as a cushion for dinner out tonight

10/22 - 144.8 - went out for dinner last night and didn't get a lot of water in me so I'm happy to keep this under 145...we'll see what tomorrow brings, we have my son's hockey team over for a BBQ this afternoon so lots of treats available....
10/23 - 145.4 - Bleh...ate too much crap yesterday, upset stomach today...
10/24 - 145.6 - double bleh...feeling bloated and and I can't seem to stop shoving food in my pie hole...TOM expected today or tomorrow, at least it will be temporary.
10/25 - 145.8 - Still waiting for TOM and gave in to some salty cravings yesterday. Honestly I'm not the least bit upset with being up a bit. If my hormone gains put me in the 145's instead of the 185's I really can't be.
10/26 - 145.4 - still hangin in the 145's...I'm cool with that
10/27 - 145.0 - Still doing what I need to do...we'll see if I've managed to maintain by the end of the round. I think I may still need to add some calories but TOM is masking things a bit right now.

10/28 - 143.4 - Still losing after the TOM weight wooshed this morning...I figured that working out maintenance calories would be tricky...or maybe my body is telling me it's not done yet.
10/29

Leroyoliver · October 2017

Leroyoliver

Starting weight 164.4
GW 145
Start of this round 152.6
Goal this round 151

Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 152.8 - I think 153 is gone
10/21 - 153.6 - apparently not. Ate poorly last night, drank wine.... kinda ignored my plan. It’s ok, it’ll go back down.
10/22 - 154.6 goodness sakes TOM
10/23 - TOM
10/24 - 154.6
10/25 - 152.8 much better
10/26 -152.6 getting there, back to where I was a week ago. Lesson? Wine and candy during TOM makes one gain. One can lose weight by getting back on track!
10/27 - 152.2
10/28 - 151.4 surprised, and pleased!
10/29

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