JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 20
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Once you see results, it becomes an addiction. So work on getting the results and make an addiction to change your life
SW, 212 -
Loss BY AVG weight 15.9lbs.
Loss BY R20 SW --- 17.4lbs << I like that one better
spoiler Contains my Average weights and my total losses in each round from R8 - R19R08, Avg weight - 203.4 Total Down 8.4lbs
R09, Avg weight - 201.4 Total down 10.4lbs
R10, Avg weight - 201.1 Total down 10.7lbs
R11, Avg weight - 200.2 Total down 11.8lbs
R12, Avg weight - 197.7 Total down 14.3lbs
R13, Avg weight - 198.4 ^^^ gone up
R14, Avg weight - 197.2 Total down 14.8lbs
R15, Avg weight - 197.9 ^^^ gone up
R16, Avg weight - 196.4 Total down 15.6lbs
R17, Avg weight - 196.3 Total down 15.7lbs
R18, Avg weight - 196.5 ^^^ gone up
R19, Avg weight - 196.1 Total down 15.9lbs
R20 SW - 194.6
My goal for R18 -- R19 R20 is for my avg weight to be under 14 stone (196 lbs)
UGW 140
19/10 - 194.6 - R 19 was better than round 18 but I am still chasing my lowest weight to date( 193.2 lbs) it would be nice to see that number appearing this round. I am still eating lower calories due to sciatica pain limiting my movement, but I am also managing to exercise more now that I was in the previous rounds.
20/10 - 194.8 - a great start, I was scared this was going to jump up to 197 again! .. oh for a round I don't see that number or above!
21/10 - 195.2 - still happy with this, had a drink last night so my cals were higher but still within budget, still drinking my water mon-Fri - I will be happy this round if I do not see 197 or above!! and ecstatic if I don't see 196 or above
22/10 - 195.4 - still happy here .. but seriously hoping it doesn't keep ticking up by 0.2 lbs a day :-/
23/10 - 194.4 - drinking water and still under calories
24/10 - 194.2 - now I am perfectly happy with it ticking down 0.2 a day
25/10 - 195.0 - under cals and still drinking my water from Mon - Fri
26/10 - 193.8 - <<< nice to see this this morning, but I am still 0.6 lbs from my lowest!
27/10 - 193 <<<<< new low
28/10 - 193.8 - I knew it was't going to stay for too long ... but still I have saw it now ... time to chase that weight
29/10 -
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Starting weight: 320
Goal weight: 250
Current weight: 308.6
Goal this round: 307
Day: Weight: Comments
10/20: 310.0 : Overate too many calories
10/21: 310.0 : Hopefully will see a change tomorrow. Worked out and ate under.
10/22: 311.2 : grr
10/23: x
10/24: 309.0
10/25: 309.0
10/26: 309.0
10/27: 308.6
10/28: 309.0 - Don't understand why it keeps saying this It did say 308.4 but then I checked and stepped on again and changed to 309.0
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SW: 204.8
R18 SW: 185.4 EW: 182.8 -2.6
R19 SW: 184.0 EW: 181.6 -2.4
GW for R20: 170s
UGW: 150s
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 What an awful start to the day. I woke up late and completely forgot to weigh. Then there was a train so I had to go around that. Got back on track and then there was a bad wreck (not me) about a mile from work. Somehow I managed to get to work on time.
10/21 180.2 yippee! Hopefully it won't be such a roller coaster this time. Going shopping with my mom today. Most of my pants and a lot of tops don't fit anymore.
10/22 Didn't weigh - honestly didn't even think about it. Yesterday, my mom and I went shopping and we got several things - 2 pairs of pants, 2 tops and 4 skirts. We were going to do more but instead adopted a dog for her and my dad! So cute. I hope he works out for them. My mom has lots of back and leg issues from a car wreck years ago and my dad has Parkinson's. Their dog passed away from bladder cancer 1 1/2 years ago and it was time for them to get a companion.
10/23 181.8 not too bad but up again. Mondays always seem to be the worst days to weigh. I don't drink water like I should and eat too much over the weekend. When I'm at work, I eat sensibly (usually) and drink 60-80 oz of water (I know some people say that doesn't matter, but to me it does). On the weekends, I drink lots of coffee and diet Pepsi and, well, eat too much. I know this is something I need to work on. I want to see the 170s so bad! I haven't weighed less than 180ish in years!
10/24 183.0 I am getting a bit frustrated. I am logging everything I eat and drink. I am very rarely over calories so I don't understand. However, a work friend (who is a larger lady) told me today that if I get any skinnier that we couldn't be friends anymore She was completely kidding of course, but she said that I looked like I'd lost weight just since yesterday. I know the scale isn't the only indicator of weight loss but it's the most obvious (at least to me). I'll have to take some measurements tomorrow morning, if I remember, and see if I've lost some inches. Onward and downward!!
10/25 182.8 maybe, just maybe. I've been drinking lots of water, as usual, and was under my calorie goal for the day. Got home @ 8:20 last night and didn't want to make dinner, but I had been planning all day to make a "stir fry" with chicken breast, rice, broccoli and cauliflower. So I did. And it turned out wonderful. Only 890 calories for the whole thing and I ate half. I brought the rest for lunch today.
10/26 183.2
10/27 183.2
10/28 178.8 wow! I guess I had a whoosh. This is a loss of 26 lbs. I've been whining and boom! This is the first time in over 20 years that I've weighed less than 180.
10/29
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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
Thanks, I'll look it up but my question isn't so much about losing - I do take cheat days and enjoy them - but how the heck FP figures I'd not lose at 1200. I think there is something wrong with their algorithm that figures your 5 week weight loss at the end of the day or else there is something else I don't understand.4 -
vanilla_frosting wrote: »10/28 178.8 wow! I guess I had a whoosh. This is a loss of 26 lbs. I've been whining and boom! This is the first time in over 20 years that I've weighed less than 180.
10/29
CONGRATS! that has to be such a great feeling
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Previous Average: 126.4
R20 Day/Weight
20-Oct 124.1
21-Oct 125.3
22-Oct 125.7
23-Oct 125.8
24-Oct 124.7
25-Oct 125.2
26-Oct 123.8
27-Oct 124.2
28-Oct 124.2
29-Oct
Average: 124.8
inching along. Went to yoga 4 times this week, trying to make it a habit. I want to aim for 5 days next week. I **Think** my period is over??? Thank God. Periods and new exercise routines make weight crazy so overall I'm happy with how these 10 days are going.9 -
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.
10/28 140.2 That's better. Went to gym yesterday and a little on ellip. Today lunch out with the girls and a drink. I've picked out my lunch and will take home half and stick to one drink. I really want to drop below the 140 barrier and stay below.
10/29
I believe in my ability to lose weight and keep it off.10 -
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R 14 EW: 147.9
Spoiler
Round 14
SW: 147.6
End of round goal: 146
Goal: Get to maintenance by the first of the year!
8/27 147.6 ~ (Steps 18,495 Miles 7.36) ~ Today's my sons birthday......Yesterday I was able to get a nice morning walk in plus hit the gym in the evening since it was too hot outside. I had to push myself to hit the gym, it did pay off in the scale, yay! Another pound off, I'm trying to lose the 5 pounds I gained from vacation,
8/28 148.8 ~ Yesterday, since I didn't get ANY exercise in plus my sodium was high, I have a gain. I didn't over eat though so my gain is only a pound. Yesterday's, was a success in my books!
8/29 148.3 ~ (Steps18,169) Miles 7 ~ I was hungry the whole day but was able to stick to my dairy, keeping my sodium low. I decided to try getting a workout before getting breakfast. Last night I had to alter my menu since my husband got off late from work. On the plus side a couple workouts during the day helped.
8/30 147.9 ~ (Steps 19,101 Miles 7.7) ~ Yesterday went well with goals, I was able to get a couple workouts at the gym. I switching up though, having my protein drink after my first workout. I need to focus on more fruits for snacks, after vacation, I'm having trouble incorporating them into my diet. Not at my goal for this round but I'm ready for the next round! R 15 EW: 147.9R16
This will be my 2nd round, too
End of R 14 147.9
End of R 15 goal: 143
Day/Weight/Comment:
8/31 146.4 ~ (Steps 28,910 Miles 7.75) ~ Yesterday I was able to get a couple workouts in plus a morning run.... My vacation weight is starting to drop off, only a couple more pounds..... Consistency to no late night snacking is the key
9/01 147.9 ~ (Steps 20,039 Miles 8 miles) ~ I don't understand the gain, I was able to get a nice workout last night plus my sodium wasn't to high. I also ate under my calories allowed so I'm really disappointed with the gain. I did have some watermelon last night but that shouldn't matter.
9/02 148 ~ (Steps 15,232 Miles 6) ~ We went to the Spring fair so my diet wasn't like it usually is, I was able to stay under my calorie goal, making smart choice. I also got a workout after the fair.
9/03 148.5....147.9 ~ (Steps 17,547 Miles 7) ~ Again with the gain, doing everything right, I log everything, stay within my goal, sodium is low, get my water in. I'm going to try dropping my intake to see how that works!
9/04 148 ~ (Steps 15,435 Miles 6) ~ We ended up going to dinner last night but I was able to make healthy choices, in fact taking half home for breakfast today, with such large portions
9/5 147.4 ~ (Steps 17,376 Miles 7) ~ Spent most of the day getting ready to head to my daughter's for the week. Met all my goals for the day.
9/6 I didn't have time at my daughter's in the morning
9/7 148.6 ~ (Steps 12,787 Miles 5) ~ All around good day, just ate late so weight was up!
9/8 148 ~ (Steps 24,548 Miles 9.75) ~ I was able to get some nice walks in with my grandkids and daughter. Our dinner consisted of a grilled spinach salad. Today going back home so tomorrow's weigh in will be with my scale.
9/9 147.9 ~ (Steps 15,416 Miles 6) ~ Yesterday was hard to stay focus but I was able to get a nice morning walk in plus stay under my calorie goal.R 16 SW 147.4R17
R 16 GW 143
Day/Weight/Comment
9/10 147.4 ~ (Steps 18,550 Miles 7.25) ~ Yesterday was a tough day really tired from spending the week watching my grandkids. I was able to get a workout last night at the gym. Also even though we went out to lunch I was able to make healthy choices.
9/11 146.9 ~ (Steps 20,239 Miles 8) ~ Since it was a good day to exercise outs I decided to get a morning, afternoon and evening walks in. No late night snacking is helping with the scale going downs!
9/12 145.9 ~ (Steps 23,221 Miles 9.2) ~ It seems to be helping me walking after dinner, yay!
9/13 146.5 ~ (Steps 21,251 Miles 8.50) ~ All around good day with exercise and diet so I don't understand why scale is up. I didn't get a workout in AFTER dinner, maybe,
9/14 Didn't weigh in
9/15 146.7 ~ (Steps 23,040 Miles 9.25) ~ I'm not surprised my weight is up since Wednesday night the, Late night snacking, was bad, I received my Piyo tapes from Amazon so starting Sunday I'm starting that.
9/16 145.9 ~ (Steps 14,643 Miles 5.75) ~ Yesterday I was able to hit my goals with workouts and a healthy diet.
9/17 146.4 ~ (Steps - 20,095 Miles 8)
9/18 145.9 ~ (Steps 14,643 Miles 5.75) ~ Starting my piyo exercises
9/19 145.2 ~ (Steps 21,838 Miles 8.75) ~ Yesterday, went extremely well with goalsEnd of round : 145.2R18
R 16 SW 145.9
R 16 GW 143
9/20 145.9 ~ (Steps 20,347 Miles 8.25) ~ I wasn't able to get a workout after dinner, I'm enjoying my new workouts though, upper body today!
9/21 145.9 ~ (Steps 20,397 Miles 8) ~ Good workout but no loss,
9/22 - Last night was a terrible late night snacking issue
9/23 - didn't weigh in
9/24 - didn't weigh in
9/25 145.6 ~ (Steps 15,036 Miles 6) ~ Yesterday I was able to catch up on my piyo exercises, plus had a a workout after dinner
9/26 145.1 ~ (Steps 20,982 - Miles 8.25) ~ Yesterday was a all around good day for meeting my goals
9/27 145.9 ~ (Steps 21,442 - Miles 8.5) ~ I don't understand the gain, I was able to get a small walk in after dinner...
9/28 147.9 ~ (Steps 17,396 - Miles 7) ~ REALLY 2 pounds in one day and that's with doing everything right,
9/29 146.2 ~ (Steps 21,298 Miles 8.5) ~ Even with my husband home I was able to meet my goals,R 18 CW: 146.6Round 20
R 18 GW: 144
Day/Weight/Comment
9/30 146.6 ~ (Steps 16,415 - Miles 6.5) ~ Yesterday meet all my fitness goals but was tough, last night was tough with no late night snacking, having popcorn. I did meet my my calorie goal
10/1 146 ~ (Steps 16,415 - Miles 6.5) ~ Good day with my diet and workouts, meeting my goals.
10/2 145.6 ~ (Steps - 17,043 Miles 6.75) ~ met all my goals but I had the push myself, hard to focus
10/3 I didn't weigh in
10/4 147.3 ~ (Steps - 20,158 Miles 8) ~ Yesterday, I was successful at meeting my goals after the night before the munches took ever. Another late night snacking attack, being over tired.
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10/9
SW 149.8
GW 144.8
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 149.8 ~ (Steps 21,302) ~ My vacation to Las Vegas has set me back on my weight, too much eating out and not enough exercise. My goal for these next 10 days is to get back to the some weight before my vacation. These last couple of days I was able to be successful meeting my goals
10/21 149.5 ~ (Steps 18,775) My posts keep disappearing
10/22 149.5 ~ (Steps 16,859)
10/23 149.5 ~ (Steps 18,621) ~ Yesterday was a nice relaxing day felt awesome after my workouts, the scale is moving slowwwwwing.
10/24 148.8 ~ (Steps 21,034) ~ The scale is finally moving slowly again, but the challenge is on. I will get my weight down!!!! Meet all my goals
10/25 149.8 ~ (Steps 14,143) ~ The scale is up again I don’t understand, need to figure this out.
10/26 150.8 ~ (Steps 15,250) ~ yes the scale is going the wrong way,
10/27 149 ~ (Steps 22,029) ~ I’ve decided to try taking out Piyo from my exercise program and no sweets or coffee at night to see if it helps the scale
10/28 147.4
10/29
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In again! I love this challenge so much. I know that I'll be away this weekend and won't be able to weigh at all on Sunday, but I'm really hoping that I don't go too overboard and can make this goal.
Round 13 SW: 232.4
Round 14 SW: 232.4
Round 15 SW: 229.0
Round 16 SW: 225.6
Round 17 SW: 224.2
Round 18 SW: 223.6
Round 19 SW: 223.6
Round 20 SW: 221.2
Round 20 GW: 219.6
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 220.6 - didn't exercise last night but stayed under calories. Really just want to keep it steady over the weekend.
10/21 - 219.6 - pre going away
10/22 - OUT OF TOWN
10/23 - 222.0 - weekend bloat. I over did it on sodium rich food bc we were out of town and I didn't exercise. Hopefully I can get it down in a day or two.
10/24 - 221.6 - working my way back down. Really need to focus on ny water intake.
10/25 - 220.2 - goal in sight! have skipped the gym the last two nights because I've been really tired, but I'm watching my calories intently
10/26 - 219.6 - Happy with this. Hoping I can keep it here or even go under over the next couple of days
10/27- 219.2 - getting there! Made it to the gym last night so that was good.
10/28 - 218.6 - new low!
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Highest Recorded Weight: 201 Lbs on March 14th 2017
R14 HW 198.2 LW 192.6 Total weights Average: 194.9
R15 HW 195.4 LW 191.8 Total weights Average: 193.7
R16 HW 194.6 LW 190.8 Total weights Average: 192.8
R17 HW 192.5 LW 190.8 Total weights Average: 191.7
R18 - I followed the thread but didn't record my weights as I had no access to a reliable Scale
R19 - HW 192.2 LW 190.4 - I Can't record Average as i didn't post for 1/2 of the days
Goal for this round: to FINALLY leave the 190's behind me forever!
This round has perfect timing for Halloween! I'd love to be able to fit into my costume! Let's see how I do...
Weight on Oct. 19th: 190.4
R20 (7th Round for me)
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 189.4!!!
10/21 - No Scale.
10/22 - Still No Scale.
10/23 - 189.4
10/24 - 189.8
10/25 - 189.2
10/26 - 189.0
10/27 - 188.6!
10/28 - 187.4! Yay!
10/29 -
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❇️R#20 "MY 2nd ROUND"
SW 200.4 .... GW 197... Ultimate GW 150
❇️R#19 "MY 1st ROUND"
SW 204:::EW 201.4:::LOST 2.6 pounds ✅
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 200.4 "5k treadmill" oh boy the weekend is my weakness
10/21 - 200.4 had some unhealthy snacks but controlled my portion.
10/22 - 199.6 didn't workout and I had margaritas ❌❌
10/23 - 201.8 did good on eating but no workout. My weight went up ❌❌
10/24 - 201.8 went to gym 5k treadmill
10/25 - 202 feeling sick.
10/26 - 200.8 great day. Did treadmill & stairs
10/27 - 199.2 did some zumba today
10/28 -
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171.6 is my start weight this Round. I did weigh 202. I have stalled out. I'm not frustrated yet, but I'm sure the day will come when I am. I've reached a smaller, attainable goal that my doctor set of a 20 pound loss, but I decided to keep pushing myself until I reach my ideal weight. I've lost 31 lbs so far. I want to lose 80, but I don't have any particular goal this Round. It would be nice to see 169 point something though. I CAN AND WILL DO THIS!
10/20 no scale---(in KY for a 1-day trip...went to the Jack-o-lantern Spectacular in Louisville with my husband and our 3 children.) I went on a binge last night because I was told in order to get your body going again, BINGE. My weight will go up for 2 or 3 days, then boom. Let's see if it works!
10/21 No scale except the one in the hotel that's 30lbs lower than it should be. Sooo not counting it. Lol We are in Ohio now. We went to Jungle Jim's yesterday, and I did BINGE again.
10/22 173.2 and we are back home. I know its a big jump, but I honestly have no regrets. I've been on a strict regimen for about 5 months now. I deserved to treat myself when doing something I hadn't done in 20 or so years...ride roller coasters. We went to Kings Island yesterday, and I put in almost 17g steps. Now that I'm back home, it's back to the grind and shedding these lbs.
10/23 172.6 I'm hoping that this BINGE thing works because right now, seeing my numbers up this high when it took so long to get under 172 is SO NOT AWESOME!
10/24: 172...alright...the weight is coming back off now, but I want to see it get below that 171.6 mark. If I could get to 170 or lower, then I might believe this BINGE thing one day a week works. Lol
10/25 BOOM! My scale was teasing me this morning. I saw a 169.6, but it went up. It did this 2x. I'm so close, but right now, I'm at 170 lbs. I'll take it. This is my lowest weight yet. It took exactly 3 days, and then that weight came off to a big loss. I believe that this BINGE does work. So, I will try it out again this next round.
10/26 170.8 Maybe it was sodium or a late dinner...idk...
10/27 I'm back down to 170 today. The scale has dropped in the 160s again, and then it came up to 170 and stayed. It's such a teaser. [/quote]
10/28 As of this morning, 169.8 decided to show up. The true test is to see if it stays, but I'm happy to see it. I also purchased an exercise bike. The cold weather has kicked in, and I am definitely not going to be out biking in it. However, I can still exercise and stay warm. So, I did get my 30-minute bike ride in yesterday because of it. 9 -
RND 16 SW: 178.2
RND 20 SW: 174.4
RND 20 Goal: 173
Ultimate Goal Weight: 157
10/20 - 174.4 Interesting….same weight 3 days in a row. Usually the scale is up and down.
10/11 - 175.3 - UGH! Off track and high sodium yesterday. Will do better today! Water!!!!
10/12 - 175.2 - Hmm. . . Not much difference, but I'll take it.
10/13 - 174.8 - That's better! Now, the trick is to keep it going in that direction.
10/14 - 175.2 - Here we go back to the yo-yo. Oh well, it could be worse I guess.
10/15 - 172.1 - Okay. A little surprised here. Stepped on the scale three times. I guess tomorrow will tell if it sticks. I had wine last night and that usually dehydrates me and drops my weight temporarily.
10/16 - 172.5 - Up a bit, but that's okay. I'll take yesterday's whoosh!
10/17 - 171.3 - Okay!
10/18 172.5 - hmm… had more carbs than usual yesterday. Have to keep an eye on that!
10/19
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R2 SW 221________________R12 SW 196.8
R3 SW 217.4______________ R13 SW 194
R4 SW 215________________R14 SW 193
R5 SW 212________________R15 SW 190.6
R7 SW 208.4______________ R16 SW 189
R8 SW 204.4 ______________R17 SW 188.2
R9 SW 203________________R18 SW 188.2
R10 SW 203_______________R19 SW 188
R11 SW 200.2_____________R 20 SW 186.8
Started MFP at 242 on March 1, 2017. My goal is to lose 80 pounds then reassess, I have 25 left to go that is the short story. More importantly, I cheer the successes of everyone on this thread, sometimes I'm quiet but I'm here reading every success and struggle... what a wonderful group to belong to!
Tomorrow will be a new chapter in our lives, this book is getting very interesting.... Cyranda
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 - 186 ¡¡ʍol ʍǝu
10/21 - 187.8 DH brought KFC home for dinner. I think it's still sitting undigested in my tummy. Stayed within calories but I think I absorbed all the salt judging from the weight gain.
10/22 - 187.2
10/23 - 188.4 OMG I need to stay away from alcohol! Sigh....
10/24 - 188.4 I have a question - I've had one period in the last two years, but the last few months I feel like I'm bloated and that I'm going to have one. Has anyone had these 'ghost periods' after menopause?
10/25 - 187.2
10/26 - 185.6 New low!! Drinking water instead of alcohol, who'd have thought?.. Actually, I knew and I record all the alcohol I drink, even though I come in at a deficit it just seems to stop my weight loss in it's tracks. I have more demons to conquer than just my weight. Lesson learned.
10/27 - 185.4
10/28 - 186
10/29
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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--222.0 I'm going to eat at maintenance this weekend, so weight will probably temporarily go up tomorrow. Going for a hike today.
10/29
6 -
Me too! I do love me some wine in the evening but I've also noticed I'm more likely to lose without it even if cals remain the same. I think it's water retention.R2 SW 221________________R12 SW 196.8
10/26 - 185.6 New low!! Drinking water instead of alcohol, who'd have thought?.. Actually, I knew and I record all the alcohol I drink, even though I come in at a deficit it just seems to stop my weight loss in it's tracks. I have more demons to conquer than just my weight. Lesson learned.
10/27 - 185.4
10/28 - 186
10/29
7 -
Round 21 has been posted. Hope to see you all there!6
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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--231.2-- Chinese food and a self soothing small binge on candy
10/297 -
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 156.6 Did back exercises including crunches & planks. Did push-ups & triceps extensions/dips
10/21 156.6 Did Dancing for exercises... included some aerobic steps & arms.
10/22 156 Stayed under in calories, yesterday.
10/23 156 Stayed under in calories, yesterday. Did back exercises including crunches & planks. Did push-ups 7 triceps extensions/dips
10/24 156 Did Leslie Sansone Burn 30 Workout, yesterday
10/25 156 Stayed under in calories, yesterday. Did back exercises including crunches & planks. Did push-ups & triceps extensions/dips
10/26 156 Did Leslie Sansone Burn 30 Workout, yesterday.
10/27 156 Dieted successfully, yesterday. No exercise. Did go to dr for check up, yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to find that I'd lost 10 pounds since my last office visit in Feb.
10/28 157.2 way over in calories, no exercise. -- Went to large dinner last night, didn't eat hardly any due to helping out & nothing really left... So, afterwards, about 10:30pm -- drove by Taco Bell -- and totally blew it!!! Looks like I will gain back what I've lost... Today, I have another special dinner to go to... this does not bode well. I need to just eat what I plan ALL the time, but need to go out and be with others. So, this is a HUGE problem area for me... I'll have to find a solution to this problem...
10/297 -
I'm in!
The accountability has been really great for me. It's made me much more mindful about what I choose to eat and finding time to exercise.
R19 EW 179
R20 GW 177
On your mark
Get set
Go.....
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 179.4 - calories were good, I ate clean, and exercised yesterday.
10/21 179.2 - calories were below maintenance, but I didn't get any exercise yesterday. We're seeing Hamilton today! Plus dinner out. I'll be mindful if my choices.
10/22 178.6 I ate well and stayed within calories. Also exercised yesterday, did a good cardio workout.
10/23 178.2 Fitness Blender may be my saving grace. Wow, I love the workouts they offer! I did a short HIIT workout in the morning followed by a short upper body one. We volunteered at our local Pumpkin festival yesterday, so I also got all my steps in, and then I carried a 30 lb pumpkin 1/2 mile to the car. Whew.
An interesting twist about a month into this "give me 10 days" game. I no longer remember every morning what my weight was the day before. After I got on the scale today I thought, "Is that down?" Hmmm.
10/24 178.8 - normal fluctuation. Calories were spot on yesterday, and I exercised. Didn't drink enough water, though and I haven't been getting enough sleep.
10/25 178.4. Ate clean, calories were on, and exercised. I lose weight so slowly now. Everything changed after menopause. Somewhere along the way I realized I might have to be happy with .5 lb a week. Last week to this was .6. I'll take it. One cannot have the proper actions without finally getting the proper results. Water and sleep were both better. I still need to get to bed earlier!
10/26 180.8
I ate 2 out of 3 meals in restaurants yesterday. The calories weren't horrible, but higher than maintenance (slightly). That sodium, though... I may also be holding onto some add'l water - I've upped my workouts and am basically a little sore, everywhere.
10/27 179.6 I've got a workout planned this morning and then a 1,000 calorie scorcher planned for tomorrow. Definitely frustrated at the scale not moving, but my belly has shrunk a tiny bit, so something is happening.
10/28 179.8 I'm so sick of this weight. I *should* be losing. I'm eating between 1600-1700 calories a day on average. I'm burning 2200-2500 a day on average. This is my 3rd round and there has been basically no movement. I do the daily up and down thing but within the same 3 lb range. Now, I've also added in higher intensity exercise, and I know that changes physiology. But C'mon, just give me something! I finally took "before" photos yesterday so I had another way to track progress. I also have measurements. I said I'd be happy with .5 loss per week, and I would be, but it would be really great to see some actual significant downward trending one of these days. I could use the boost.
I'm doing a 90 minute, 1,000 calorie workout later today. Wish me luck!
10/299 -
...
Thanks, I'll look it up but my question isn't so much about losing - I do take cheat days and enjoy them - but how the heck FP figures I'd not lose at 1200. I think there is something wrong with their algorithm that figures your 5 week weight loss at the end of the day or else there is something else I don't understand.
Ignore that "in five weeks you'll be" thingie. It's a very simple algorithm that assumes every day will be exactly the same and life doesn't work that way. I'm also not sure how or whether it includes exercise in its calculations.4 -
SW: 235.5
EW Rd. 13 231
EW Rd. 14 229.1
EW Rd. 15 226.6
EW Rd. 16 227.1
EW Rd. 17 224.4
EW Rd. 18 222.2
EW Rd. 19 222.4
Current Goal: 212.5
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 221.3
10/21 221.3
10/22 away from scale
10/23 - 225.1 TOM
10/24 - 223.1
10/25 - 223.1
10/26 - 222.2
10/27 - 222.2 Slowly making it back to my starting weight for this round
Is be happy just with staying here for the rest of this round and starting fresh the next.
10/28
10/29
5 -
Starting weight (3/27/17): 281.4
Current Weight: 231.8
Goal Weight: 170
Challenge goal weight: 228.3 (3.5 lb loss)
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 / 231.8 / I'm .4 lbs away from losing 50lbs so hopefully I can stay on track this weekend. I really want to be in the 220s by the end of the month
10/21 / 231.2 / 50 POUNDS LOST
10/22 / 231.6
10/23 / 232.2 / I have a feeling I'm going to be bouncing around 231/232 for forver
10/24 / 231.4 / Finally a decent drop! Hoping for a "whoosh" this week. I'm tightening up my logging and planning on going to the gym M-F, I'm desperate to see the 220s
10/25 / 229.6 / YESSSS
10/26 / 230.8 / Not sure why this happened? Worked out and was under my calories. Tomorrow is my "official" weigh in day with my trainer so I'm really hoping to be back under 230 again.
10/27 / 230.2 / Was really hoping to be under 230 for my weigh in at the gym today. I've been under my calories, working out, drinking TONS of water, so I'm not sure why I haven't seen more of a loss. I'm working on being patient
10/28 / 229.8 / trying not to get my hopes up but also very happy
10/29
8 -
I was having trouble staying down around 1500 calories as my activity naturally increases as I weigh less so I have set my calories back at the more comfortable level of 1550, which is closer to the TDEE of a lightly active woman of my age at goal weight. Arguably, if I keep being more active I will continue to lose weight until I am approaching a normal BMI.
Also, since I already gained from traveling and it’s getting colder where the scale is, I’m biting the bullet and weighing in jeans & t-shirt rather than my birthday suit.
Round 8/1: HW 274.4 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
Round 12/5: HW 264.8 LW 261.2 MidW = 263.0
Round 13/6: HW 263.8 LW 260.6 MidW = 262.2
Round 14/7: HW 266.4 LW 259.2 MidW = 262.8
Round 15/8: HW 261.2 LW 256.8 MidW = 259.0
Round 16/9: HW 259.4 LW 256.8 MidW = 258.1
Round 17/10: HW 257.6 LW 253.4 MidW = 255.5
Round 18/11: HW 256.2 LW 253.4 MidW = 254.8
Round 19/12: End weight = 266.4 (on the road for 12 days preceding)
Day/Weight/Comment
10/20 264.4 -- Down two pounds since yesterday despite adding two pounds of clothing to the mix and snacking past deficit last night. We’re off the road and back to control over our sodium intake!
0/21 262.4 -- Down another couple pounds of water. That’s how many of those “loss 10 pounds in the first week” diets do it. They assume their diet will greatly reduce your sodium intake along with the calorie reductions.
10/22 259.6 -- Back in the 250s already! I’m a happy camper!
10/23 257.6 -- This losing two pounds a day is wonderful! But a false friend, i know. As soon as all that water is gone from 12 days of eating salt and it will be back to the pound-a-week trudge.
10/24 257.2 -- I guess we’re done losing water from the trip. Now to get back down to where I was and then onward!
10/25 254.8 -- Yowser! Another big drop. Back to the middle of the range of challenge 18 (pre-trip). Another pound and a half and I’ll resume losing “new” pounds.
10/26 254.2 -- I’ll take it! Last night hunnybunny and I split a container of Haagen Das but it fit in my calories and I enjoyed every spoonful!
10/27 255.0 -- I know what I ate yesterday to cause this little leap. No calorie deficit, too little water, too little fiber, and too much salt. Prunes to the rescue!
10/28 254.0 -- Back on track! Took a short walk yesterday. It’s a start.
10/29
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Round 20
Starting weight Jan 2017 112 lbs.
Goal Weight end of 2017: 105 lbs
10/20 108.8 - way up for some reason
10/21 108.5 - on my way down now
10/22 110 - well maybe not just yet. The last few pounds are the most difficult, but super important to me.
10/23 107.7 - I have not corrected my Calorie intake back down to 1500 yet and look - wt is going down. Still, need to make the correction to meet goals.
10/24 108.5 - just hangin out!
10/25 108.1 - I am not doing my part. Consuming more than 1500 kcals (more like 1700). Made a plan for today.
10/26 107.8 - 1500 kcals . . . keep it up.
10/27 106.5 - WOO!
10/28 106.4 - SWEET!!!
10/298 -
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.
10/28 175.2 I think this month has been tough for me. We traveled a lot, now we have a houseguest, and to top it all off my MIL just brought over a quarter of a Hummingbird cake with cream cheese frosting. I ate a 5 oz piece which the internet says is 500 calories, does that seem right???
But I guess I need to admit that all of my small choices off plan add up to weight maintenance. instead of a weight loss because I've been at this same weight for 20 days! We have a neighborhood block party this afternoon.. The plan I am making and STICKING TO for this afternoon is to make some crock pot chicken with salsa verde to be served with lettuce wraps. Also, drink all my water and limit alcohol to 2 servings.
10/297 -
Highest weight: 242 on April 1
SW: R 14: 226 ..........EW R14: 224.3
SW: R15: 224.4 ....... EW R15: 222.6
SW: R16: 222.4 ....... EW R16: 222.8
SW: R17: 223.1........ EW R17: 219.2
SW: R18: 220.1........ EW R18: 217.3
SW: R19: 218.4........ EW R19: 219.2
Well, this is the start of round 7 for me, and I can't wait! I plan to step up my exercise, and set myself some daily guidelines for the next 10 days. If it works out, I may keep them or tweek them until they do work!
1.no sodas
2.no bread
3.no eating out
4.drink at least 12 glasses water daily
5.eat protein every meal
6.reduce sodium intake
7.get more sleep
I've lost an average of 1.5 lbs. per round over the last 6 rounds! I'm going to see if these guidelines will make a difference in that average!
SW: R20: 219.1 GW: R20: 215
10/20: 219.1
10/21: 218.1
I would love to see the 16s by this weekend coming!
10/22: 216.8
God is so good; I haven't seen this number in many moons! Hope it sticks around. It seems like every Saturday, when I do my weekly weigh in for F2F, I go up, so my weigh in for the week is more than it was the last Saturday! Hope I break that pattern this week!
10/23: 216.6
I like it! I like it! I like it!
10/24: 218.7
Over did my sodium yesterday. Went to bed late, and got up early to exercise. Was so tired and sleepy all day that I lay down after work, and it was after 6 when I woke! Since I didn't meal prep, I heated up some leftover soup, and it had waaaay too much sodium! I need to start meal prepping!
Thank God His mercies are new every morning!
10/25: 217.6
Broke guideline number 4; forgot my bible study group was having a fellowship lunch today. Went to a Bakery Café. I was doing good; I ordered a rotisserie chicken salad that came on lettuce, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, and boiled eggs. That's when the bird flew over the Coocoo's nest; they had samples of wedding cookies! I tasted a piece and it was all over except the weeping! I couldn't stop myself-I bought a dozen, and ate all of them on the way home! I thank God for the cookies: they were so good, and I thank Him that His mercies are new every morning!
10/26: 217.8
Had another fellowship small group dinner tonight at a Mexican restaurant. I tried to make a good choice with a grilled shrimp and chicken salad. No dessert. Was under on sodium and calories. Got in my 12 c. water. I've got 3 more days in this round, and Sunday is the 5th Sunday, so we will be having breakfast at church! I'll try to be last in line some most everything will be gone! I'll let you know how that work's out for me!
10/27: 217.5
It's a beautiful morning! Woke up this morning feeling like I had not slept at all! Didn't get my exercise in; but maybe I'll go swim this afternoon!
10/28: 217.6
I think I'm going to change guideline #4 to no unplanned eating out!6 -
Day/Weight/Comment
10/28 Looks like I will gain back what I've lost... Today, I have another special dinner to go to... this does not bode well. I need to just eat what I plan ALL the time, but need to go out and be with others. So, this is a HUGE problem area for me... I'll have to find a solution to this problem...
10/29
I have the same problem; so many church based fellowships, especially during the holidays, and I have no plans of giving them up! I don't know how, but I do know we are going to make it! The holidays don't last forever plus we're stronger than we used to be! Let's plan to eat, but only a fraction of what we used to eat! Sounds like a plan!! What do you think?
6 -
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 - 149.4
Has to be water - I feel "puffy" this morning.
10/29
6 -
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 - 132.4
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