JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 22

Day/Weight/Comment
Last day from round 21: 11/8 139.6

11/9 138.8 Yay so happy with this. Off to gym after work again tonight!
11/10 139.4 Oh! I’ve been so good with my eating Didn’t go gym because of weather but did go on treadmill when I got home. Now to be good for the weekend hmmmmm
11/11 Totally forgot to weigh myself!!!
11/12 139.4 Stayed the same. Surprised after wine and chip shop chips last night.
11/13 139.4 Holding steady. Hope it gets moving, in the right direction, this week!
11/14 139.8 Ok I really need to get a hold of this. Been eating well so I know I’ve got to hit the gym more. Used to do kickboxing but haven’t for over a month due to injury. Put work pants on this morning that I’ve not worn for a year and they feel tight! Trying not to to be to depressed about that as that’s when I eat! What a rollercoaster this bloody weight thing is!!
11/15 138.6 OK so back to 138. Let’s hope it stays this time. Went to gym last night and it felt really good, my goal this week is to go at least 3 times!
11/16 138.8 Gym again today after work.
11/17 140.2 what!!! Anyone else use a Fitbit? Are you eating your exercise calories? Maybe that’s where I’m going wrong! I did got to the gym last night and it felt really good. Let’s hope tomorrow’s weigh in is better and ends on a high.
11/18 138.2 Yes! Ended on a good number. Now to keep it going into the next 10 days.

I'm in!

R21 start: 167.4 End: 165.8
R22 Goal: 164
Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 165.6
11/10 164.8-- headed in the right direction!
11/11
11/12 166
11/13 165.6 my body likes this weight. TOM on the horizon so the scale isnt wanting to budge. Adding in a short workout in the worning this week.
11/14 164.2
11/15 163.2 Probably a blip because I didn't eat much yesterday. Have been doing a short workout every morning to stay consistent with exercise.
11/16 162.4
11/17 161.6
11/18 163.8 Lots of fluctuations this round but beat through stress to keep going and ended just under my goal. Ready for the next round!

Round 22
SW 216.6
GW 213.0

Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 215.6 - pushed hard at the gym yesterday doing cardio and arm weight. Stayed within calories and no treats. Hoping to do the same today. If baby isnt too fussy i will be going to the gym this afternoon.

11/10 - 214.4 . Yahoo a new low! Feeling great and motivated. Heading to the gym today! Going to a wedding tomorrow and Sunday..i will allow myself a piece of cake but otherwise will.try to make healthy choices! Looking forward to seeing slme 3's soon!

11/11 - 214.4 - maintaining. Wedding day. Wish me luck!

11/12 -out of town for wedding


11/13 - 218.3 - oops. Cake and wedding food! Gym and kickboxing today!

11/14 216.6. Heading back in the right direction

11/15 - 216.2 - i woupd love to get back into the 4s before the end of the challenge! Healing my toe though from kickboxing.

11/16 -214.7 - went to the gym late last night out of the blue. Trying to boost my mood as i've been bitchy lately. Almost done to my lowest. Hopefully tomorrow i pass it and finish off strong!

11/17 - 213.6 - yahoo. New low!!!

11/18 - 213.5 - a successful round despite spending some time losing the same few pounds. On to the next round where i hope to see 209.9!!!

Start weight Rnd 16: 178.2
End weight Rnd 21: 173.6
Loss to Date: 2 lbs
Final Goal Weight: 160
Goal for Rnd 22: 172 - blew it big time!


Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 - 173.6 And away we go . . . . Holding steady! It's a good thing!
11/10 - 173.5
11/11 - 173.4 Not going anywhere fast, but at least it's in the right direction!
11/12 - 173.2 Haha, slow and steady wins the race, right?
11/13 - 173.8 Whoops! Birthday party last night and cake & ice cream were involved. Time to get serious!
11/14 - 173.9
11/15 - Missed
11/16 - 173.6 Okay, moving in the right direction again.
11/17 - Missed
11/18 - 176.2 Oh boy!! I am so ready for the new round to start! Hoping some of this is salt from last night's dinner.

R09 SW 197.8 (My round 1) R21 SW 191.1
R22 SW 190.7

Day/Weight/Comment
11/09 - 188.5 I love this number but it belongs at the end of round 21. Where were you yesterday? And this is why I posted the chart of daily weighing. It's up, down up, down, but the overall trend is what's important.

11/10 - 188.3 Super! Two days down in a row. Had sushi yesterday, but there was no rice. The wrap was cucumber. That was different. And delicious.
11/11 - 187.8 Having a good round so far. This number surprised me, as I expected my usual couple days down next day up. No complaints, and I have been strict on my calories the last few days as I had missed my step goal. Love the whoosh!
11/12 - No weigh in today. At my mom's. No scale.
11/13 - 189.4 let's just try to keep it under 190! I can handle the bounce. Had some lovely Pinot Noir the last two days. And yesterday while on the road I ate me some spicy Popeyes for lunch. Just a little sodium overload. But sooooo tasty.

11/14 - 190.3
11/15 - no scale
11/16 - no scale
11/17 - no scale
10/18 - 194.0

This is not the way I wanted to end this round. I just returned last night from a conference. I expect this is a combination of sodium / water retention and my normal basic bathroom activities being out of whack. However it is still disheartening to step on the scale and see such an increase. I'm telling myself that it will be gone in a few days. I remind myself that I worked in the hotel fitness center every day. So aggravating.

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.

11/13 - 169.2 - YES! No tears here (reference yesterdays post).

11/14 - 168.4 - Very happy with this number. Met my round 22 goal so now I just need to hang on or a bit more of a loss would be great too.

11/15 - 168.2 - completely satisfied with that number.

11/16 - 168.0 - Every little bit counts!

11/17 - 168.0 - Holding steady!

11/18 - 169.2 - Not thrilled with the results but I didn't do everything I should have. Drank zero water yesterday and only ran twice this week. I did lift three times but it wasn't enough.

Lost 2.2 pounds this round.

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:--219.5 Another great round. Completed W4D3 last night. Today is maintenance/refeed. Going to a kettlebell intro class today. On to the next round!

R22 Average Weight--220.8 -1.5 from last round.

Day/Weight/Comment
11/9 130.5
11/10 130
11/11 130.5
11/12 131
11/13 131
11/14 129
11/15 128.5
11/16 128
11/17 128.5
11/18 127.5

Total loss: 3 pounds. Very happy with this!

I’m in for my sixth round! Love this challenge and the accountability and support it offers!

Sept. 03/17 - 163lbs
R17 EW - 157.5lbs
R18 EW - 158.7lbs
R19 EW - 156.0lbs
R20 EW - 156.3lbs
R21 EW - 154.5lbs
Ultimate GW: 135lbs

11/09 - 154.0lbs
11/10 - 154.8lbs... Enjoyed a nice steak dinner with the family, worth the gain! I anticipate my number will go up this weekend as it’s my annual girls weekend away. Lots of shopping, wine and chocolate!
11/11 - away ~ no scale!
11/12 - away ~ no scale!
11/13 - 156.3lbs... I’ll take it! Had a great weekend away and indulged! So worth it!
11/14 - 156.0lbs
11/15 - 156.0lbs
11/16 - 155.3lbs
11/17 - 156.3lbs... hmm!
11/18 - 156.3lbs. My body seems to like this number. I haven’t been tracking my food as diligently as I should’ve this last round! Onto the next round with better tracking!

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 - 145.8
-0.80 lbs. Wow - in my wildest dreams I never expected to finish anywhere near this sot of weight - amazing what some extra calories can do! Wanted to be under 150 ..... Bring on the next round.......

Starting Weight - 151.40
Finish Weight - 145.80

Total Loss - 5.60 lbs

SW: 255 (July 2017)
GW: 180

Round 20 SW: 234
Round 21 SW: 231.4
Round 22 SW: 229

Round 22


Day/Weight/Comment
11/09: 228.6
11/10: 227.8
11/11: 227.8
11/12: 228.2----Sister-n-laws birthday party. Salty foods and yes a sliver of cake
11/13: 228.6---Couldn't be satisfied with the cake fix yesterday, had to have pie to top it off today.
11/14: 228.4--- Don't get TOM anymore, but I do get PMS--bloating, craving and irritability--still and these sugar cravings won this month. Back at it today with NO sweets in the house.
11/15: 228.4---Still
11/16: 227.6 ---I was looking for a big SWOOSH I'll take this though
11/17: 227.2---I can tell I was retaining water, because I've been back and forth to the restroom
11/18: 227.6---It's been a ruff ride this round, but all that matters is that I ended lower than I started.

1.4 pound loss for Round 22


The body achieves what the mind believes

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
R22 end weight 148

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!

11/13 - 149
I have no idea - has to be sodium. Bouncy bouncy.

11/14 - 148.6
This is good, since I went over by a couple hundred calories yesterday and my sodium was higher than normal. My exercise is on again, off again, because of cold rain. I need to find an indoor option, but don't want to join a gym as we're moving in a few months. Maybe jumping jacks in my bedroom!

11/15 - 148.6
I was on target yesterday, so I guess this is from the day before. I'm trying to take the long view, but I'm feeling a bit frustrated at the moment. Sigh.

11/16 - 148.6
Okay then. I was on target yesterday and my average the past week is on target, so ppffftttttt.

11/17 - 148
Good. I'm experimenting with lower carb and higher fat - not extreme, just a nudge - to see what happens. Remains to be seen what the long-term effect is on weight loss, but I will say that I'm not as hungry!

11/18 - 148
Down a pound since R21 - yay! If I can lose a .5-1 pound every round, I'll be a happy camper. :-)