JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 22
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My first challenge - only saw it yesterday so am starting today instead.
I am also doing weight training twice a week and aiming to lose slow and steady to ensure its fat loss and not muscle loss! Anyway here goes ...
R22 start - 151.4
Target for end of R22 - to be under 150.0
11/9 Went to the gym for an hours GVT session with my PT - my legs and shoulders ache!!
11/10 151.40 - not massively impressed with myself but have to start somewhere...... Good food day planned
11/11 150.00 - WOW! Felt I had a good day yesterday food wise and walked 12,460 on my fitbit and felt i was back on track. Even managed to contain myself at our Brownie camp fire evening and only have a few toasted marshmallows and no full on smores! Under no illusions will carry on losing at this rate but will enjoy the feeling and hopefully it will keep me motivated over the weekend which is always a toughie!
11/12 149.9 - will take that happily! Didn't do much walking today - day doing tasks like housework and ironing - but out for a bike ride today so will sneak in a bacon sarnie as planning a 45 mile ride!
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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 22 SW: 147.5
Current Weight: 147.5
Goal Weight: 139
Challenge goal weight: 143
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 147.5 ~ (Steps 22,042) ~ Let’s see if I can get the scale moving the right way, these 10 days..
11/10 148.8 ~ (Steps 24,473) ~ Not surprised after last nights dinner,
11/11 147.7 ~ (Steps 19,581) ~
11/12 147.4 ~ (Steps 16,258) ~ Besides the popcorn at night was extremely successful at a healthy diet....
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quiltingjaine wrote: »@midwesterner85 How does a scale determine BF???
@quiltingjaine It uses bio-electrical impedance technology; the same method used by most scales that measure BF%. There are variances in accuracy, particularly related to hydration. The particular scale I'm using has 4 contact points (2 hands, 2 feet) and has always been closer to being accurate than any other bio-electrical impedance device used, though it has also always been the highest of any method for measuring body fat - higher than calculations based on measurement of body parts, significantly higher than other BI devices, higher than calipers, and even higher than Dexa (which is known to be unforgiving). For my last Dexa, the scale was 0.3% higher than Dexa on the same day; so it is close when hydration is at a certain point. Much of that depends on what was consumed over the past 1-4 days.
The last time I used a different bio-electrical impedance device, it was handheld and gave me a BF% of 9.4%. This is typical of other bio-electrical impedance devices (both scales and hand-helds) that are usually much lower than the true BF%.4 -
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
Round 20 133.2
Round 21 134
Goal weight maintain 129 -132
11/9 - 132 rollercoaster right now. Hope Im headed in the right direction!
11/10 - 131.8
11/11 - 133.2
11/12 - 133
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What are ring guards? ...
You can buy a ring to wear on the outside of your finger that is smaller than the inside ring. This can have an appearance that enhances the look of the original ring and help keep it from slipping off your finger.
But I think that the conversation is about adding to the original ring something to effectively make it smaller
Here are some examples
Some people just do this with tape. See making your ring smaller on google.
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There also seems to be a new easy method I just ordered a packet of. They are little plastic springs you just wind on and off and you can use as much or little as you need. This is what I ordered from Amazon for all of 8 bucks. It arrived yesterday and each of the 12 little plastic springs is about 4 inches long so a "lifetime supply." I think these will work well for me because I can take them off and replace them easily when I'm carrying a bit of water -- like today.
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brittanydashnay wrote: »
11/11 - 214.4 - maintaining. Wedding day. Wish me luck!
CONGRATULATIONS @brittanydashnay!!!
Hope you had a most beautiful, wonderful, joyous day!!
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quiltingjaine wrote: »@midwesterner85 How does a scale determine BF???
From what I understand -- not very accurately. They use electrical impedance to measure the time it takes for a charge to go from one foot to the other. Electricity travels faster through bone and muscle than it does through fat and water. Of course, it's only measuring this for the bottom half of your body. The way the OP was talking about it, though, he seems to understand that the readings are heavily affected by hydration. He even called them false readings. They can even be affected by how thick the calluses are on your feet. An interesting idea but they only do so much.
Oops, I see @midwesterner85 replied, too. Yup, as I thought, he's using the figure from the scale -- and a better one than the home scales -- with the knowledge necessary to interpret it. So many get suckered into believing that a cheap home scale with only two points is gonna give you gospel truth.
But you gave this retired librarian a moment's entertainment looking up and learning about the science of it all. Fun. We librarians may not know something but we can always look it up!
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toughbrenda wrote: »Round 22 (My Round One)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 276.3 - I am experiencing the results of Sarurday's bad Day.
11/10 - 274.3 - Showing rhe progress of two Days.
11/11 - 273.6 ✔ Going in right direction
11/12 - 276.4 Confusing. I was over my goal calories on Satutday but that should not show up until Monday.
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Round 22 (My Round One)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 276.3 - I am experiencing the results of Sarurday's bad Day.
11/10 - 274.3 - Showing rhe progress of two Days.
11/11 - 273.6 ✔ Going in right direction
11/12 - 276.4 Confusing. I was over my goal calories on Satutday but that should not show up until Monday.
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Thank you so much, Cyranda! This challenge has kept me going with no thoughts of quitting. I get so much out of reading everyone’s daily squibs! Thank you all for sharing. And persisting!!
I’ve done 14 of these challenges which is exactly 20 weeks. I started MFP before joining the challenges so there’s no starting whoosh represented here. I’ve been aiming at a 500-calorie per day deficit which would theoretically result in a 1-pound/week loss. From high to low in 20 weeks I’ve lost 24 pounds. I’ll take it! CICO!!
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)
Round 21/14: HW 254.8 LW 250.4 MidW 252.6
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 252.0 -- up a touch but ate with reckless abandon yesterday and I know some of it is water by how my ring feels. Wedding ring fell off once yesterday but it won’t this morning. Ordered ring guards. Lose weight? Yes. Lose wedding ring? NO!.
11/10 253.8 -- Salty food and too much of it. The scale just gave me the dope slap.
11/11 255.8 -- Took a day off to eat with reckless abandon -- much of it salty. Resume new normal today!
11/12 255.0 -- After a couple nights of late night snacking it could be very easy to slide into an old pattern. Tonight I go to bed and read. There’s no food downstairs in the bedrooms. (Our house is “upside down.”)
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Just give me 10 days
R8 EW:164.4
R9 EW: 161.2
R10 EW: 160.2
R11: Didn't complete
R12: Didn't complete
R13: 08/21 163.0
SW: 167.8
GW: Staying below 169.0
UGW: 140
11/9- MIA
11/10- MIA
11/11- MIA
11/12- 167.8
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Ultimate goal - 140
R22 goals: hit macros - 30% protein and fat, 40% carbs; walk when Oregon rain allows and strength train 3 days a week; read something inspiring and meditate daily.
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
R21 end weight 149
I'm in again! Thanks for keeping this going. It's easy to feel we're not progressing or we're slower than everyone else, but seeing the round by round numbers and other people's ups as well as downs is reassuring and inspiring.
11/9 - - 148.6
That's an encouraging start. :-) Weather is on and off, but I'm hoping to sneak in a walk today between rains.
11/10 - 147.2
Woot! I see my internal fat hoarder has finally decided to let go of some of her treasures. About time! I don't expect it to happen again for a while, but that's okay. This will keep me sticking to the plan for the next 7.2 pounds at least!
11/11 - 148.2
I thought yesterday might be a fluke. That's ok. Still moving the right direction and sticking to eating plan.
11/12 - 148.2
Heading out for a long walk - expecting rain later and the rest of the week and big winds tomorrow. Have a lovely Sunday, all!
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In for another round!
Round 22 Goal Weight 169
Round 21 EW - 171.4
11/9 - 170.2 - Wow! Well I won't adjust my goal just yet. I didn't feel well yesterday so I didn't eat much. We will see how this holds up tomorrow.
11/10 - 170.4 - Happy with that. Hanging in there. Off to run and lift.
11/11 - 169.4 - Thrilled with these results today.
11/12 - 169.2 - Good stuff! Now if I'm crying tomorrow morning that's on me because I just had two slices of pizza for lunch and man was it good. We will see how it goes.
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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
EW Rd. 21 222.0
Current Goal: 212.5
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 220.9
11/10 220.5
11/11 220.5
11/12 220.5 Little late getting this in today, but weighed when I got up. Eating hasn't been the best this weekend, but I'm hanging in there. I will add more movement to combat the not so stellar eating.
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Age 60, 5'4" [lost 1/2" somewhere, not the measurement I wanted to lose]
SW 195 [joined MFP Nov 2015, lost 9.5# & got serious Jan 2017]
1st Goal 150 in a livable way = It's. Not. A. Diet.
2nd Goal 145 = normal BMI
UGW Range 140 - 145
I weigh first thing in the morning when I get up. My scale only has 1/2# increments, and I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale. Comments reflect prior day.10/20/17: Oooh, I like this thread! I've been weighing myself daily since April, keeping track in MFP Food Notes, and logging my "official" weigh-ins on Saturdays. I've been amazed at how much my weight can fluctuate from day to day, depending on eating out or processed foods, adult beverages, net calories green or red, etc. Daily weigh-ins really help me see cause and effect with high sodium, too much sugar, etc. I don't get freaked now by a jump on the scale, since I know what I did to cause it, and what I can do to change it.
R20 SW 166.0 (my round 1)
R20 LW 164.5 EW 166.5
R21 LW 163.0 EW 164.0Round 21
10/30: 166.0 Very sedentary day (church, visit parents & 3 hour round trip) following high carb day, no surprise. Fitbit 3,888 steps, 250+ steps 5/14 hours & 7 floors. At least I drank 12c water.
10/31: 165.0 Fitbit 13,521 steps, 250+ steps 12/14 hours & 48 floors and 12c water
11/01: 164.5 Fitbit 13,993 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 hours (boom) & 40 floors; 12c water
11/02: 164.0 Dog-walk day plus active evening: two loads of laundry, made large couscous salad, cooked triple batch cream of leek soup & baked lemon zucchini cake. Fitbit 16,109 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 42 floors; 13c water.
11/03: 165.0 Expected. Net calories red plus non-dog walk day plus shortened workday (fewer stairs breaks) plus inactive evening (busy-ness & stress of past 3 days took its toll). Fitbit 8,110 steps, 250+ steps 10/14 hours & 20 floors. 12c water.
11/04: 163.0 Wow, unexpected. Of course, net calories green, dog walk day & kept busy around the house after work. Fitbit 16,188 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 hours (boom) & 49 floors (plenty of stairs breaks at work plus home); 12c water.
11/05: 164.5 Pizza for supper, net calories red & 12c water. Walked dog 3.58 miles. Fitbit 16,837 steps, 250+ steps 9/14 hours, and 28 floors.
11/06: 166.0 Ack! Can you say sodium? Not great eating all day but active. Then caved when hubby got out tortilla chips & salsa con queso in the evening. Usually I ignore his snacking, but he was sitting next to me on the couch. I will have to forbid snacking next to me in future. Net calories red > 500 and sodium > 4,600mg oh my! 10c water and Fitbit 15,573 steps, 250+ steps 9/14 hours & 20 floors. Will be drinking lots of water today.
11/07: 164.0 Better. Net calories red 12, sodium green & 15c water. Fitbit 14,887 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 hours (boom) & 41 floors.
11/08: 164.0 Non-dog walk day, net calories red 319 & 12c water. Fitbit 7,056 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 28 floors. On to the next round!
11/09: 163.5 Active day, including dog walk 3.09 miles. Fitbit 16,212 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 46 floors. 10c water.
11/10: 163.0 Non-dog walk day. Fitbit 7,901 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 34 floors. 10c water & net calories green (barely).
11/11: 164.5 That's what happens after net calories -362 and super high sodium (smoked salmon & crackers w/ hubby). Walked dog 3.86 miles & yardwork prepping for winter. Fitbit 16,147 steps, 250+ steps 11/14 hours (day at home) & 35 floors. 14c water, need to keep that up today.
11/12: 163.5 Net calories red, sodium green, 13c water. Walked dog 2.34 miles. Fitbit 10,439 steps, 250+ steps 7/14 hours & 15 floors.
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Goals: I've got exercise down but need accountability with my logging and staying close to goal. I want to be within 100 calories of goal every day, or within 300 overall when I look at my weekly average.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 195.4 - Going into dinner with 600 calories left so I should be good, although we are doing Tim Hortons so I'll have to resist the urge to buy a treat. (ended the day with +6 calories)
11/10 - 195.2 - I will end around -100 today as I intend to have hot chocolate before bed. Expecting my weight will be up tomorrow morning. Lots of sodium today. (-102 end of day)
11/11 - 195.8 - up due to sodium as expected. I'm planning to make cookies tonight as I'm sitting with 400+ calories left. Love long run days. (+40 end of day)
11/12 - 195.6 - clearly didn't drink enough yesterday although I've got hormonal stuff going on right now too. Expecting food to be difficult unless I put in some cardio tonight. Rungry from yesterday.
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ROUND 22 (first round for me)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 143.4 - (missed this day starting late) this plateau weigh has held 5 days
11/10 - 142.4 - may be dehydrated, great workout yesterday!
11/11 - 142.0 - under calorie goal yesterday and ran 25 minutes. Usually I don't get 2 days of loss after a plateau breaks
11/12 - 143.2 - I do bounce around. But also: I was super emotional last night about my daughter (who is not choosing to speak to us, heartbreak) and I overate; not over calories, but ate back all my exercise calories which I know is a bad habit.
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SW: 185.5
Round 8 SW: 185.5
Round 9 SW: 182.5
Round 10 SW: 181.5
Round 11 SW: 181.0
Round 12 SW: 179.0
Round 13 SW: 178.0
Round 14 SW: 178.5
Round 15 SW: 178.5
Round 16 SW: 179.5
Round 17 SW: 180.0
Round 18 SW: 180.0
Round 19 SW: 178.5
Round 20 SW: 179.0
Round 21 SW: 179.0
Round 22 SW: 183.5 :-(
I completely fell off the wagon. I'm so disappointed in myself. But I'm back to being committed starting today.
Goal: 181.5
Ultimate Goal: 128.0
11/09 183.5
11/10 184.0
11/11 183.0 It's my TOM. No wonder why I was extra bloated.
11/12 182.5
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@nikki062181 - I am so sorry you all are going through this. It is so hard to lose a loved one. My mom passed away 5 years ago and I still have tough days sometimes. I will keep you, your mom, and your family in my prayers.3
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Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 150.4
11/10 150.0
11/11 152.4 Got diagnosed with a UTI, so I had to drink a lot of water. Training session today and measurements next week.
11/12 150.8
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