JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 22

SW: 170
GW: 135

Round 18 SW: 163.8
Round 19 SW: 162.4
Round 20 SW: 160.2
Round 21 SW: 158.0
Round 22 SW: 157.0


Day/Weight/Comment

11/9: 157.0 This is the calm before the holiday season storm! I am hopeful for a solid 10 days to keep me focused on my goals leading into the holidays. I feel like I wavered the last 10 and lost some mental momentum. Toying with idea of signing up for a Thanksgiving 5k as the end of my C25K program will be falling right around that day! It's aptly named the "gobble wobble" as I am sure I will be wobbling by the end!

11/10: 154.8 Ummmm I knew I ready for a whoosh but this was a crazy number! I fully expect to rebound some but overall a nice low that is motivating to see. I did sign up for the 5k on Thanksgiving, cue anxiety!!

11/11 156.8 Hello rebound! Pizza last night. Still a downward trend.

11/12 Didn't weight. Not home.

11/13: 158.0 I really didn't want to see this number again but oh well. I was lax this weekend. Finishing up C25k soon. I ran 2 miles straight yesterday/28 minutes total.

11/14: 156.0 Better. Staying focused today and getting a run in later.

11/15: 155.8 The scale was funky this morning. Gave me a higher reading first then this reading. Had a great day yesterday. Good deficit and ran 3 miles straight! This is completely mind boggling to me since I have "loathed" running my entire life. Bring on the 5k!

11/16 155.4 Good number. Busy day ahead full of errands and cleaning. Need to find time for my run but not sure it will happen.

11/17 156.6 Darn it! Water weight. I deep cleaned my house yesterday which left me a bit on the sore side. Hoping for a quick turn around for the end tomorrow! If not, it's okay I saw some great numbers this round!

11/18

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!

11/13 150.20 - hhhmmm. + 0.30 ???? ended doing a 58 mile road bike ride yesterday too!! Only had a bowl of porridge before the ride, a bacon sarnie at out cafe stop and a flapjack Can only put it down to the fact that I did have a pretty large dinner last night (needed it after my ride) full Sunday roast and included a homemade apple crumble and I don't usually have dessert. Won't let it phase me - a good food day set up for today though and a short 12 mile ride tonight to loosen up my legs - so its all good

11/14 148.00!!! go figure? But very happy! Can't believe how much weight can vary day to day!! Was obviously a big serving of apple crumble on Sunday!! I did do another 12 mile bike ride yesterday evening to loosen up my stiff legs after Sunday. Off to the gym tonight for PT session. Will be more than happy to maintain this weight for a few days and finish off the round at this weight - maybe 147.5??

11/15 147.7 - ache from gym a bit last night (pyramid training session!) - and a happy scale day Interesting that I have upped my calories slightly this week - weight had stuck for a while so joined this challenge and upped my calorie goal by 200 a day - all good so far!! Weight is all in the right direction - 3.7 lbs since the start of the challenge - would love end of R22 to be 147.50

11/16 146.9 - -0.80 lbs. Cant believe I am eating more and the weight is falling off me this week! Feel so much better too. This week has been a revelation to me..... Rest day yesterday from the gym / bike - back to the gym tonight. And I have signed up for a London to Paris bike ride next September!! All that training will mean extra bacon sarnies for me too

11/17 146.6 another 0.3 lbs gone! This has probably been one of my best weeks ever - definitely going to stick to the higher calories each day - and will defo do R23 - maybe the daily posts is what keeps me motivated and accountable to myself ??? Whatever it is I am will carry on (although no long bike ride this weekend - daughters have too many cheer commitments!), Last day tomorrow so really don't want to put anything on - good food day planned so no reason why I should

11/18

R21 HW 189.8 LW 186.8 Total weights Average: 188.3

Slowly but steadily losing!!! I'm so happy with my progress so far!!!

Goal for this round: Stay in the 80's and try to see 184.0

Weight on Nov. 8th: 186.8

R22 (9th Round for me)

Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 186.8
11/10 - Not Weighing. I'm very sick today (storage sick) and so I'm not getting an accurate/realistic reading.
11/11 - 188.8 I was expecting this. I had 2 cheat days where I ate everything (including things I shouldn't have because I know that they make me bloat! Ex. salty food, rice, potatoes, bread etc). I'm back on the wagon today though!!!
11/12 - 189.4 Its starting to look like this might be the very first round where I end higher than I began. I'm very upset at my lack of discipline this week. I'm going to refocus my energy today and see if I can make up for the cheating a little bit.
11/13 - 189.4
11/14 - 189.4
11/15 - 188.2 Much better! Let's hope I can end on an even better number!!!
11/16 - 189.2
11/17 - 188.0
11/18

ROUND 22 - Starting weight on Nov 9 was 185.6

11/9 - 185.6
11/10 - 184.8
11/11 - 185.0
11/12 - 187 .......Oops! Enjoyed my Saturday, a little too much
11/13 - 187.5.... Weekends are usually a bust for me
11/14 - 186.2....Better. Let's keep it going!
11/15 - 185.0.....Had a good couple of days! Heading in the right direction.
11/16 - 185.0.....Almost forgot to post.....Better than a gain.
11/17 - 183.6.....WooHoo! Luv'n the feeling that goes with the dip in the scale!
11/18 -


Round 21 was my first attempt and I learned a lot about my eating habits. I have no goal in mind for only 10 days. I will be happy with any loss after each round. My ultimate goal weight is 170. My main focus is PORTION CONTROL

SW: 269.4 (9/12/17)
Highest: 279.8
CW: 248.4
R17SW: 264.2 R17EW: 262.0 Loss: 2.2
R18SW: 262.0 R18EW: 256.6 Loss: 5.4
R19SW: 256.6 R19EW: 251.4 Loss: 5.2
R20SW: 251.4 R20EW: 247.6 Loss: 3.8
R21SW: 247.6 R21EW: 248.4 Loss: +0.8

R21GW: 245.0

Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 246.2 - I felt pretty good about yesterday. Got my exercise in, ate within my calories. Glad the scale reflected that!
11/10 - 244.0 - Finally making progress again! Woo!!
11/11 - 243.2 - Got a lot of sleep last night. Trying to get over this cold! Today I'm going to try out some keto recipes to see if that might work for me.
11/12 - 242.0 - Really pleased with the progress I'm making. Maybe I can be in the 230s by the end of this challenge. That would be awesome!
11/13 - 240.2 - Woo! I will be in the 230s, I can feel it!
11/14 - 240.8 - A little bit of gain, but I still pretty good!
11/15 - 240.6 - Last night we had a nurse come over to take blood for our life insurance. Because it was a little late and my arm was a little sore, I decided to make last night a rest night and I didn't exercise. I still had my 10k steps, though! So, I feel pretty good about the very small loss. At least it wasn't a gain! I know tomorrow is going to be a loss, I fee my determination. Tomorrow, I WILL be in the 230s!
11/16 - 241.2 - So, yesterday took a bit of a turn. We had a few hours kid-free, so we got fast food. But, I did Tuesday and Wednesday's workouts to try to make up for it. Based on how many calories I ate yesterday, I'm pretty pleased that my gain was only 0.6 lbs. Today I already have everything all planned out and nothing weird is happening in the evening. Should be an easy day to stay on track!
11/17 - 239.6 - WOO!! I made it to the 230s! I had a sort-of goal to be 235 by Thanksgiving. Now that it's much closer to possible, I think I'm going to really push myself to try to achieve it!
11/18 -

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. It's been verrry slow the last couple months plus I ended round 21 higher than I started. Need new incentive.

Day/Weight/Comment

11/9141.4 No sleep = no exercise yesterday. Today dance plus a senior yoga class. Come on!
11/10 141.8 Dance class and senior yoga yesterday. Feelin' good despite the weight gain from cherry pie someone gave me. Loved every bite, no regrets. today, pool class. I realized I've doing doing this bouncing around this weight ever since my youngest son moved back in with his little boy. I'm spending more time preparing food for them and not enough doing it for me. Need to focus more on my menu as well as theirs.
11/11 141 Can't explain this drop as I ate candy yesterday. But... I did go to gym and pool exercise. Felt so good. Today, elliptical and lunch out. The restaurant specializes in burgers and grilled cheese... I didn't pick it.
11/12 140.4 Yeah! Was tempted to get a sandwich but stuck with a salad and just one glass of wine... We went to an animal welfare fund raiser focused on wine. So happy with this number.
11/13 141 Did quite the workout at the gym yesterday, think muscles are retaining fluid as I ate clean.
11/14 141.6 Went to a 45 dance/exercise class. Got no idea where this number is from.
11/15 141.6 Same ole, same ole. Will be gone for a couple days. Wish me luck.
11/16 Gone, no scale

11/17 141 Another challenge with no progress. I've been in this neighborhood for a long time.
11/18

My goal is to reach 10% body fat by year end... actually by 12/30 because that is when my Dexa is scheduled. I'm going to list weight and BF% based on my scale, which is going to fluctuate at times as diet changes. On some days - and I know when those are based on diet - it will be inaccurate.

Day - Weight - BF% - Comment
11/9 - 149.6 lbs. - 16.8% - scale is reading higher than actual BF%

11/10 - 148.4 lbs. - 15.9% - scale is still higher than actual BF%, but getting closer to actual

11/11 - 147.2 lbs. - 16.9% - scale is higher than actual BF%, this time not expected

11/12 - 148.6 - 16.8% - scale is still showing higher than actual BF%, still not entirely expected. I have a theory as to what is driving the incorrectly high BF%.

11/13 - 148.6 lbs. - 18.5% - Yesterday was a re-feed / glycogen replenishment day. I'm surprised weight did not also increase, but expected BF% to be unreliable. I expect it to remain that way for the next 2-3 days.

11/14 - 147.2 lbs. - 16.4% - Depending on whether I eat a lot of fibrous green vegetables today, BF% will either stay pretty stable by tomorrow morning or will decrease. I may find it hard to feel full without lettuce or green beans... but since scale BF% is just artificially high if I eat them and real BF% is not truly much different, I'm probably going to eat greens if I'm hungry anyway.

11/15 - 146.4 - 15.6% - No veg yesterday, scale is closer to a correct BF%.

11/16 - 146.2 lbs. - 14.9% - No veg yesterday again, and BF% is almost right where I would expect Dexa to come up. The idea that eating low carb green / fibrous veggies would affect the scale BF% so much is a relatively new revelation. Thinking back, the last Dexa was 0.3% lower than the scale on that same day (that is extremely close); and my scale is ALWAYS higher than any other measurement method or device - including other bio-electric impedance devices, which are always super low. When that last Dexa was taken and it was almost the same as the scale, I had not eaten plants for 45 days prior (except coffee, tea, and small quantities of seasonings and sauces). I still plan to eat some low carb (net carb) fibrous veggies while I continue to strive for 10% BF by 12/30, but will do take breaks occasionally to get a better idea of where Dexa will come in.

11/17 - 147.8 lbs. - 13.9% - Slight weight increase, not sure why... probably water weight. Another day without veg and BF% is spot on as close as I'm going to get to being real. Tomorrow is going to be high again based on today's planned diet.

11/18

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....

11/13 147.8 ~ (Steps 2,253) ~ spent the day with my daughter and grandkids

11/14 146.8 ~ (Steps 23,004) ~ yay hit all my goals

11/15 147.1 ~ (Steps 24,345) ~ I had an extremely good day with my goals yet the scale is up,

11/16
11/17
11/18

R21 Average Weight 222.3

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. I 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 I'm hoping to alleviate potential emotional stress of constantly being in a deficit. After two rounds of eating at maintenance for 2/7 days not only is my weight lower over the last two rounds, but it's been easier to eat at a deficit on the other days.

Day/Weight/Comment

11/9:--221.1. My trend is downward. Completed W4D2.
11/10:--220.6
11/11:--220.4 Maintenance day today. Going hiking today and later going out for dinner.
11/12:--221.3 Ate at maintenance yesterday. Temporary weight gain.
11/13:--222.8 Note to self, don't primarily eat sugary foods to get up to maintenance calories, your body will not be happy.
11/14:--222.2 I will take it. Had no power yesterday evening and ended up having to go out to eat an unplanned dinner which included unplanned extra calories and sodium.
11/15:--220.6 There goes the water weight.
11/16:--220.6 Trend still downward
11/17:--219.5 Weighed twice to make sure. Lowest trend in a year.
11/18:

Starting Weight January 1 2017 112 lbs

Round 22 goal: 107 lbs (please)
11/9 - 108.4 lbs I know this seems unrealistic but I have been in the 107s for awhile and just recently popped up
11/10 - 108.4 lbs but I feel smaller
11/11 - 107.9 Yes!
11/12 - 107.4 lbs - over ate yesterday so surprised by this. I'll need to calm down today to stay in the 107s
11/13 - 108.7 lbs -
11/14 - 108.6 lbs
11/15 - 107.5 lbs - 1600 kcals average past 3 days. 1500 kcals gets the results I want. Gotta do it.
11/16 - 106.5 lbs !!! Although went over Calorie goal. This lower weight is temporary but will be permanent soon
11/17 - 107.8 lbs - okay today is very important so I can land on a basic 107 lbs by my weigh-in tomorrow. Good Luck Everyone!!!
11/18