JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 21

Start weight Rnd 16: 178.2
End weight Rnd 20: 172.6
Loss to Date: 5.6 lbs
Final Goal Weight: 159.6
Goal for Rnd 21: 171.6


Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 173.5 Was in a workshop since Friday and not the best food choices. Need to get myself back on track starting today!
10/31 - 172 - Up & down, up & down and so it goes.
11/1 - 173.5 - Wobble, wobble, wobble. I think this is what happened before my last whoosh.
11/2 - Missed
11/3 - 173.5
11/4 - 174.5 This is not a good thing!!! It's going the wrong way. Time to get serious here!
11/5 - 174.5 I'm gonna be glass half full. . . .at least it didn't go up again.
11/6 - 174 - It's a good thing!
11/7 - 173.6 - Okay moving along.
11/8 - 173.6 - Well, I didn't make goal and I'm still above what I was at the end of last round, but I can live with that since there might have been some Hallowe'en candy involved. LOL On to the next round!!

would like to join this challenge for some extra accountability. I've found myself much more lax with my food lately because I'm pretty close to my goal weight. My SW was 148, current weight is 121.6 and goal weight is 117ish (I'm 5'1). I'm starting a few days late but better than waiting for another 7 days to get going again.

10/30: NA but had a really good workout
10/31: 121.8-
11/1: 121.6-
11/2: 122.0-
11/3: 121.4
11/4: 121.0
11/5: 121.4-
11/6: 121.0- I did good today. I finished week 8 day 3 of C25k, which means that I only have 1 more freaking day to go!! I had a salad for dinner too. If I gain tomorrow, I think that it will be due to the broccoli that I ate with my salad. Excited since I did some meal prep for lunches too for the rest of the week.
11/7: 120.4- woot woot! Had another day where my eating was good. Is it possible to get under 120??
11/8: 119.6- So happy that I've got my momentum back. I lost 2.2 lbs this round and stuck to my plan better than I have in a while. Looking forward to round 22!

Back again. This challenge really keeps me motivated! Keeping my goals for each round pretty low since I've been bouncing a lot.

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 21 SW: 219.6

Round 21 GW: 218.2

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 218.2 - goal already? I have been pretty sick this weekend and not eating much, so.i expect that this will bounce when I'm feeling better. But we'll see.
10/31- 218.0 - still on the downward trend; feeling better today and ate a bit more. we'll see if it holds.
11/1 - 218.4 - a little but of a bounce. Not too bad for eating Chinese food for dinner and not accurately tracking it.
11/2 - 217.0 - All kinds of new lows so far this round. I guess being sick really helps! lol
11/3 - 216.4 - forgot to post yesterday
11/4 - 215.2 - I'm sure this will be higher tomorrow. I didn't do any tracking today because we got engaged!!!
11/5 - 216.8 - Not too much of a bounce. I expect to be drinking lots of water to day.
11/6 - 216.8 - Holding steady right now; I'm OK with this. Gotta get back on track with the exercise.
11/7 - 216.0 - Moving back down. Happy with this.
11/8 - 217.4 - Bit of a bounce but I did get back to the gym last night finally. Could be water retention, could be too much salt. Not sure. But still under goal for this round so I'm happy. Also, daily average is still trending down. See you all in the next round!!!!

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.

11/4 - 149.1
Sodium. I went out for lunch yesterday and had a reuben and sweet potato fries, so I know I had a lot of salt. I wasnt hungry for dinner, but had a snack later. I went slightly over my goal, but not enough to gain anything but water. Tomorrow!

11/5 - 149
Back on track! I'm hoping for a little drop before the end of the round, but staying here works, too.

11/6 - 149.1
What is it with that .1 lb?

11/7 - 149.2
Sigh. I'm hungry all the time, so keep eating a couple hundred over my goal, clearly at maintenance rather than to lose. So I just did a little research on foods that make us hungry, and find that my egg whites, low-fat kefir, cheese, and guilty daily indulgence of licorice all sorts (!!) are all potential appetite stimulants. I just made a week's worth of low-fat kefir-egg white-overnight muesli breakfasts, so I'm considering how to add a bit of fat to my breakfasts to increase satiety. Anyway, if you're hungry all the time, maybe Google "foods that make you hungry" to see if a diet tweak might help. :-) (And right now I'm sitting in the B&N cafe resisting EVERYTHING but my water bottle!)

11/8 - 149
Okay, down overall from last round. We'll see what happens next!

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.
11/4--222.6 The roller coaster continues. Still taking antibiotics for the throat infection. Eating at maintenance today. My goal today is to get my water in.
11/5--222.8 Ate at maintenance yesterday, felt great and I think eating more really helped with my continued recovery from the throat infection. Finished W4D1 of C25K and had breakfast at a great diner this morning. Plan today is to stay hydrated and continue to rest. Eating at maintenance today.
11/6--223.7 Ate at maintenance yesterday. Extra heavy carbs=temporary water gain.
11/7--222.0 I'm more surprised about this number because I feel so boated today.
11/8 --220.9 Weighed myself twice just to make sure. Lowest weight in a year.

R21 Average Weight 222.3

R09 SW 197.8 (My round 1) R21 SW 191.1

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 190.3 A good start
10/31 - 190.0 Not at all SPOOKY!
11/01 - Got up at zero dark thirty had to get to places, after sleeping maybe two hours cumulative. Completely forgot to weigh.
11/02 - out of town. no scale
11/03 - 190.3 A recycle of 10/30/2017's number. After two days out of my control and eating on the road I am not complaining.
11/04 - 190.5
11/05 - 190.5 Time to buckle down for a few days if I want to reach my goal for the round. It can be done.
11/06 - 190.0 Ooooooh so close. I can taste it!
11/07 - 189.4 - Can I keep this number and below!? Stressful evening planned! If I can get thru that (which includes a dinner) then there is a chance for tomorrows number staying on goal!

10/08 - 190.7 In the immortal words of Yosemite Sam, "Dagnabbit!" Still lower than my starting weight tho.

I would like to be under 190 at the end of this round.