JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 21

losing weight is HARD --- Being fat is HARD --- choose your HARD!

SW, 212 -
Loss BY AVG weight 17.5lbs.
Loss BY SW --- 17lbs

spoiler Contains my Average weights and my total losses in each round from R8 - R20
R21 SW - 195

My goal for R21 is to see the number 193 on the scale again .. it was a lovely sight!

UGW 140

29/10 - 195lbs - In R 20 I saw my lowest number yet (193lbs) but then the dreaded TOM appeared in the last days and the weight went back up again! but all in all I am happy with my results over the last 2 rounds. Moving in the right direction.

30/10 - 194.2 -
31/10 - 195.2 - Just back from the doctors ... I have a 40 week wait - yes 40 to see a spinal doctor about the pain in my back and leg and also for an MRI scan ... till then its pain killers to keep me moving -- 40 weeks .. wow!!
01/11 - 194 - Day one of the long wait !! back to the docs on the 5th Dec so that he can make sure there's no changes to my situation! 39 weeks 6 days to go :-/
02/11 - 194.8 -
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Round 21 - The Plan:
I am away for work for a few days this round so will be practicing intermittent fasting and will have to remember to take my water bottle with me. Got into a good groove last round so looking to keep that going. Would like to get some more exercise this time around though as I only made it out twice last round.

Start weight: 90kg
Current weight: 65.5kg
Goal weight: 59kg
Round 21 Goal weight: 64kg

Day/Weight/Comment

10/30 - 65.6kg - Had a lovely day of not counting yesterday as a bit of mental reprieve. Enjoyed a glass of wine and spaghetti for dinner with my partner. The blip on the scale was expected. Back to high protein, low carb, intermittent fasting for the rest of the round. C'mon goal weight!
10/31- 65.0kg - Good day yesterday, managed to stay away from all the sweets that are in the house at the moment. Almost down past my finishing weight for last round. Didn't get any exercise yesterday but will be hitting the gym today!
11/1 - 64.4kg - YAY!! So happy to see my lowest weight in over 12 months. Bye bye TOM. The plan is working! Prepped my dinner to eat in my hotel tonight (so so boring but necessary) and will be seeking out healthy options while I'm in London. Looking forward to potentially being at my mini-goal by the time I get back to my scale!
11/2 - Away from scale - had a super hungry day yesterday but managed to stick to the plan. Definitely under my water goal. London tap water BLERGH. Eating light today because I'm out with a work colleague for dinner tonight. Going to stick to max two glasses of wine and will order vegetable and protein off the menu (sauce on the side of course).
11/3 - Away from scale
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11/8 - GW: 64.0kg

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 starting weight 162.0 First day of tracking again in quite a while. I know it works....just need to get back to it and start being more active.
10/31 162 Tracked everything yesterday and today….getting back to being accountable again. I was hungry several times today, but resisted for the most part because I knew what I had left for calories and also tried to make good choices when I felt I couldn’t hold out.
11/1 161 Old fashioned scale…..so need to see the needle actually move to know that I have lost. Plan to keep on tracking as I need to and not mindlessly eating when I get home from work.
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Day/Weight/Comment

10/30 131
10/31 129
11/1 129.5
11/2 128.5
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SW: 170
GW: 135

Round 18 SW: 163.8
Round 19 SW: 162.4
Round 20 SW: 160.2
Round 21 SW: 158.0

Day/Weight/Comment

10/30: 158.0 Very happy to see this number again! Not sure what today will bring. Maine got a crazy storm. No power, schools closed, work closed, roads closed, power lines down everywhere! It could be days without power. We have a generator though so hopefully sticking with plan as much as possible!

10/31: 158.0 Still no power and estimates are it might be Saturday before we get it! Our road has at least 6 trees hanging/down on power lines. I was bad last night and consumed too much alcohol. Kicking myself for the hangover today. A good reminder why I don't do that anymore! Back to business tomorrow!

11/1: 157.2 We got power back this evening! No candy temptations yet. Our town postponed trick or treating to Friday due to downed lines everywhere.

11/2: 158.2 Expected fluctuation. Had dinner at my in laws last night before getting our power back. Salty and carbs with a small dessert. Didn't enter it into MFP. So happy to get back to semi normal life today. Still no school for kids but I can use the treadmill today. W5D2 of C25K today!

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R21 starting weight 167.4
Goal weight this round:165
Final goal: 145

Jumping in late. Missed the last 2 rounds because of a broken scale and now right back to where I started a few rounds ago

Here we go again. Back to water and tracking.

Day/Weight/Comment
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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
EW Rd. 20 222.2
Current Goal: 212.5

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 222.2
10/31 220.9
11/1 222.0
11/2 222.0 You know what, I'm not going to stress over this. I will get there, I know I will. This is not a race, I'm not trying to lose as fast as I can, this will take time and patience. I just need to be kind to myself and remind myself that I've done well to get here, with almost 14lbs. gone in three months or so.
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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
10/29 140.2

10/30 140.6 No exercise for days... getting to the gym and pool today. New start!
10/31 140.4 Did gym and pool. Today: elliptical and no wine!
11/1 141.4 Hellooo sodium from yesterday's chinese lunch. Ate chick and gr beans but only 1/4 cup of rice if that. No exercise but got a wonderful leather coat from goodwill for $12 and toy laptop for grandson for $2. It was a good day. Today, exercise.

11/2 142 Wrong direction here. Did gym workout yesterday but ate some junk. Need to get eating clean and get y butt on ellip.
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I believe in my ability to lose weight and keep it off.

If anyone wants an example of the impact of sodium and water weight, here it is! In 12 days of traveling and eating out, I put on over 10 pounds. In the 11 days I’ve been home, I dropped it back off! Back to the inexorable trudge toward being simply overweight rather than obese! And finally on to a normal BMI!

Pre-challenges starting weight = 283 BMI = 48.6
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)
Round 20/13 HW 264.4 LW 254.0 EndW = 255.0 (the sodium whoosh after the trip)
Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 254.6 -- Starting out on a normal note for a normal 10 days! The 12 pounds “retrieved” travelling during challenge 19 successfully discarded once again in challenge 20! CICO with perhaps a soupcon of exercise ...
10/31 254.8 -- Basically the same as yesterday. Note to self: great gobs of peanut butter are not to be eaten with a spoon like pudding. If you aren’t gonna measure it, don’t eat it!
11/1 253.6 -- Me like.

11/2 251.8 -- A new low! First one since round 18! Now I am truly past the retrieved trip poundage. And this is with clothes on whereas previously was in my birthday suit! Huzzahs for CICO!

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Thank you for the last challenge. I love this and want to keep going. My goal weight is 140 lbs, but for this 10 day challenge I will settle for 148 lbs.

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 154.4 (down .2 lbs from yesterday)
10/31 - 155.0 I don't know why I am going up. Maybe not enough water intake?
11/1 - 155.6 ARGH... too much Halloween candy!
11/2 - 155.0 Not doing so well this round. No energy to excercise, so that is most likely the problem. Sigh!
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Slimpossible007 wrote: »

Reanna143 wrote: »

Slimpossible007 wrote: »

question??

I have noticed my hair is thinning, I currently eat around 1650 cals a day and I am losing slowly so I think its unlikely to be that I am eating too little if I eat any higher I am going to stop losing weight, or at the very least it will be lost at an even slower rate than now. (not that I have an issue losing slower but I think 1/4 - 1/2 lb a week is slow enough not to cause other issues such as hair loss)

I've started taking supplements and I am currently using a lotion recommended by the hairdresser to help stop hair loss .. but if it's nutritional then I doubt that it will help.
So I am looking for ideas in foods that might be rich in "stuff?!?!" that's good for hair to help stop the loss. basically I am looking to attack the issue from all angles

I am hoping against all hopes I don't have to choose between thick hair and normal weight. I seriously can't afford to lose any more hair .. :-/

Other than bouts of sciatica I have no other medical issues that I know about .. so I am making the assumption that this is mainly a nutrition problem.

any help / ideas appreciated

Yeah it sometimes does happen that if the vitamins and protein is defector in ur body... u start losing hair.... so plz atleast pop in few almonds in ur mouth...that won't make u gain so much weight. And if u oil ur hair. I can give u home remedies if u really wanna experiment it.

TY for your reply its noce to see some ideas that I have done being suggested ... it makes me feel like I am on the right path ... I've just bought almonds and almond butter and added them into my diet ... I have a treatment for my hair that has worked in the past, after washing you massage this lotion onto the hair (i lost a lot of hair during my pregnancies, breast feeding and also when I lost my oldest child, I am using that again .. (for the last two weeks) so Ill see how I go into the new year ... Head massages from hubby . very relaxing

Like losing weight isn't difficult enough without hair loss joining in to make it more of a chore ha !

If u won't mind putting something pungent smelling to Your hair... plz google ONION JUICE for hair growth.... my sister tried it and it works... but I feel sad for her... the side effects of her medications are severe.....and hair loss is one...

Round 12: 174
Round 13: 171.4
Round 15: 166.8
Round 16: 164.6
Round 18: 164.1
Round 20: 165

Round 20 was a definite challenge, pulling me out of my comfort zone. Hoping to get back on track this round and focus on the daily weigh-in the next morning when I am tempted to go off the rails. Loving this accountability.

10/30: 165 Good day yesterday; got a run in and drank my water. Having trouble tracking, though. I get lazy by dinnertime and don't finish out the day.
10/31: 164.5 managed to finish tracking yesterday. Got in a walk with the dog and 30 minutes on my elliptical at home. My DH took apart the elliptical, cleaned it, fixed the fan so it works again... nice for those cold mornings when I don't want to drive to the gym...
11/1: 165.7 Not gonna lie. Yesterday I ate with... what did you call it, Heidi, Cyranda? ...reckless abandon. Today has not been much better. Gotta turn it around, and FAST!
11/2: 165.7
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akb1249 wrote: »

I did really well for the first 7 days last round. But then my husband and I went on a 3 night vacation to Orlando and did not eat well... So I gained back 5lbs. It's crazy how quick that happens. I wish it was as easy to lose as it is to gain... But I have no excuse this round! I'm going to give it all I've got!

Starting weight: 217.3lbs
Goal Weight: 214lbs

10/30 - 217.3lbs - Thanks to eating poorly over the last few days. Today I have been 100% back on it so hopefully tomorrow will reflect that!

10/31 - 215.00lbs - Woo! I was on it yesterday! Plus, I went to the gym. Which I don't take the time to do very often. I'm trying to get better about that and build my strength up with weight training. Slowly but surely! Trying to be on it again today, so hopefully I can keep dropping the lbs I gained while on my vacation!

11/1 - 214.3lbs - Yes! I'm so relieved that my vacation weight is sliding off like this. I hope to keep it up! I did have a few mini pieces of candy last night while we handed it out to trick or treaters, but I kept it minimal and ate well the rest of the day.

11/2 - 215lbs - Darn it. I guess that's what I get for eating too much pasta for dinner...
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R20 Average Weight 222.5

I've decided that I am going to eat at maintenance for 2/7 days a week, which is why I am going to start using my average weight. Want to offset hormonal changes that occur when losing weight for extended periods of time that can make it harder to lose and maintain weight and hoping to elevate potential emotional stress of constantly being in a deficit. Last weekend was my first time intentionally eating at maintenance and not only did my weight basically stay the same, which it should, but I didn't realize how hard it is and how hard it probably will be when I do reach maintenance mode. Let' see how this works.

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30-222.4 Weight basically the same from Friday even though I ate at maintenance this weekend.
10/31--222.6 Did not drink enough water yesterday. Finished W3D2 of C25K and stretched.
11/1--222.0 Did not drink enough water again yesterday. I'm not sure how accurate this weight is today. The first time I stepped on the scale my weight showed up as much lower, so I weighed myself 2 more times and decided to log the middle weight. I will take it as a positive that the highest weight was still less than yesterday's weight.
11/2--222.6 Feeling bloated but not sure why.
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Just starting this whole MFP app. Starting weight 158, goal weight 135 by mid February. I am inconsistent with small will power. Hoping for accountability here! R21 goal is 154.
10/30 158.2
10/31 158?
11/1 158?
11/2 158.8 this morning which is really my official start wt, only found this group yesterday and “guesstimated” the 158. MFP has me at 1200 cals per day which may be a little low for me, but I’m willing try! Alcohol is my downfall.
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