JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 21

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!

11/3 251.4 -- smile
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SW 198
UGW 145

Round 18 average weight 176.6
Round 19 average weight 176.5
Round 20 average weight 175.8

Start this round: 177
Goal this round <173


Day/Weight/Comment
10/30: 176.0 which considering how I ate yesterday is quite surprising in a good way. Plan for today: drink all the water and stick to the plan!

10/31: 175.2 Plan: just say NO to the Halloween candy! It's the same candy that's around all year long, just in a different wrapper. ( also: say no to the booze!)

11/1: 175.6 I stuck to the plan. No booze. I did eat 2 mini peppermint patties and they were worth it! Walked an extra mile too taking the kiddos out. I'm supposed to do my measurements today, but I'm feeling some hormonal bloat so gonna wait a few days for those. Plan for today: drink more water. Write it, then bite it.

11/2: 175.0 I'm really sick of seeing this. Been here since October 3- although my average weight IS going slightly down according to my trend ( i use Libra) it sure as heck doesn't feel like it and will soon be a horizontal line if this number doesn't budge!
Plan for today: drink 4 24 oz water bottles. Realized I need to be a bit more specific with this one. Also, finish my meal planning for the next week.

11/3: 175.0 I thought I saw 174 flicker for a second. So maybe a whoosh is coming. Let's cross fingers.
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Round 14 SW: 147.9
Round 15 SW: 147.9
Round 16 SW: 147.4
Round 17 SW: 145.9
Round 18 SW: 146.6
Round 19 SW: x
Round 20 SW: 149.8
Round 21 SW: 145.4

Round 21
Current Weight: 145.4
Goal Weight: 139
Challenge goal weight: 143

Day/Weight/Comment

10/30 145.6 Yesterday I was able to get a jogging in the pool, it felt awesome. Plus my vacation weight is finally dropping....

10/31 147 ~ (Steps 17,403) ~ Yesterday, I started doing Piyo again,

11/1 146.9 ~ (Steps 17,632) My post is gone again, too weird

11/2 147 ~ (Steps 17,731)

11/3 146.1 ~ (Steps 20,515) ~ Yesterday was felt fabulous doing my workouts.

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Weight Challenge R21

SW: Aug 2017 176 lbs.
GW: Whenever it happens 140 lbs.

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 170.6 lbs first thing in the morning!
10/31 169.8 lbs YAY! Finally below 170! I’ve yo-yo’ed and hovered at 170ish F-O-R-E-V-E-R! Yay me!
11/01 169.8 lbs ...Meh, think my body is as shocked as I was.
11/02 170.4 lbs
11/03 170.8 lbs No scales for next few days. Going to move the in-laws.
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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.
11/3--222.0 Up and down and up and down. I've been fighting a throat infection for the last couple of days so that may have had some affect on my weight the last few days, but then again who knows. I just have to remember that I can only control my daily calorie intake and output.
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Back in for Round 21!

Starting weight in June - 210


EW R20- 180.6
R21 goal - under 180

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 180.6
10/31 - 180.8 - I kinda sucked at eating well today. It started off great but then I ended up eating Halloween candy. I was still under calories but my sugar and carb intake was through the roof. And I didn't drink nearly as much water as I normally do. I'm expecting a gain when I step on the scale in the morning. Should only be temporary though!
11/1 - 179.8!! What?! Omg I am sooo happy to see the 170s! I hope it stays around.
11/2 - 180.2 - yep..that's the Halloween candy and pizza. Haha! I didn't eat very good today either so I'm sure there will be a gain on the scale in the morning.
11/3 - 180 - I must have a pretty decent loss hiding under water weight because I ALWAYS see a gain when I don't drink enough water and eat too much crap. I was shocked to see the scale lower today!
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I'd love to join the next round, see you on 11/9!

R20 Average: 124.7

Goals: yoga 8/10 of these 10 days
Weight: average below R20
Calories: Stay in a minimal deficit.

R21 Day/Weight
30-Oct 124.3
31-Oct 124.2 Yoga!
1-Nov 122.6 Yoga!
2-Nov 122.6
3-Nov 123.3
4-Nov
5-Nov
6-Nov
7-Nov
8-Nov
R21 Average: 123.4

I ate soup and bread last night so not surprised.

ROUND 18 - SW: 197.6 EW: 196.0
ROUND 19 - SW: 196 EW: 192.8
ROUND 20 - SW: 191.8 EW: 188.6


Total loss since Sept. 22 - 19.1 lbs

ROUND 21 SW: 188.6 GW: 186.9

Short term GW: 175
Long term GW: 135


Day/Weight/Comment
10/30-188.2
10/31 187.2
11/1 186.6 the past two days have been almost an intermittent fast until about 6 p.m. this was not intentional but clearly this works somehow.
11/2 Forgot to weigh
11/3- 186.4 - Happy Dance!
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Ultimate goal - 140
R21 Goals: eat well, clean & mostly healthfully, walk an hour most days. Focus on the long view and be patient.
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
R20 end weight 149.3

10/30 - 148.8
Interesting (in a good way!). I ate about 200 over my goal yesterday, but most of it in a big lunch out, which no doubt meant more sodium. I had no dinner, but a Kind bar and, late in the evening, a cinnamon raisin English muffin with peanutbutter. I more and more find that eating a big lunch (or breakfast, actually) and then nibbling a few hundred calories later works better for me than "normal" meals. Can't do that every day (hard to get the hubster to go for big lunches at home), but it would be interesting to try a full couple of weeks eating that way to see what happens. Anyway, always nice to start a new round with an encouraging drop! Good luck to all of you!

10/31 - 148.8
Happy Halloween! It's a scary day with all the goodies around -- I'm allowing myself one small Butterfingers from the trick-or-treat supplies. I plan to nibble and savor it. Otherwise pushing protein, whole-grain carbs, healthy fats, and lots of water. Planning a long walk this afternoon before the rain arrives. Have a great day, all!

11/1 - 149
Okay, I had 4 of the little Butterfingers, not 1, and they tasted great! :-) I ate a bit more than usual otherwise as well and I think I'm retaining water, so not surprised. But I happily think I'm firmly in the 40s now, so that's good.

11/2 - 149.1
I expected this (or more), and know a lot of it is water. I had a little splurge last night - spinach feta pretzel at Barnes & Noble and a couple of cookie samples. Also had mac & cheese for dinner, and I'm always up a bit after that. Back on track today and going forward.

11/3 - 149
Slowly, slowly, down we go....maybe I'll get to the 8's this round, but if I stay right here, that's okay, too.

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