JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 23

Back for another round. So thankful for this challenge; I learn a lot from all of you.

SW: 174
Round 12: 171.4
Round 13: 168.6
Round 15: 163.3
Round 16: 164.4
Round 18: 164.1
Round 20: 165
Round 21: 164.5
Round 22: 164.1

11/19: 163.5 Nice little drop there.
11/20: 164.9 Grrr. I am not surprised. Started a new level on my weights this weekend and went to get a massage yesterday. Had some wine and a delicious dinner afterwards. I am sore all over! Focus is on the water today.
11/21: 164.6 I've stopped tracking; need to start that up again as I think it will help me with eating better foods at a deficit (instead of maintaining, which is what I have been doing). Had a good run on the treadmill last night. I am starting to feel my muscles again!
11/22: 164.3 Had a nice mini hike with my son yesterday. We went to his favorite pizza place and I managed to order a half spinach salad instead of the slice. Really did not want to see a bounce up today! lol Prepping for dinner tomorrow... stuffing, pie, and veggies are on my list.
11/23: 165.4 Okay, I have to keep reminding myself it is not about the number... but about my mindset and the changes I am making. I allow myself one plate today and one tomorrow and will get plenty of water, and plenty of exercise. Happy Thanksgiving!
11/24: 164.3 Nice. I was able to monitor myself pretty well. Yesterday I did my weights and 20 minutes on my elliptical before I headed over to my parents' house. Limited myself to one plate and I felt exhausted after eating all those carbs! It was quite delicious, though. Back on track today; went to the gym and ran 3 miles.
11/25: 163.3 I have seen this number before. TOM came back. Couldn't get enough of me apparently. @tishawj, you are so right... so unpredictable!!
11/26: 163.1 A day in the city with the family yesterday. Got my steps in, and then we got home and cleaned up leaves, pulled weeds, etc. Needless to say, too tired to exercise! My eating was not the best; a glass of white wine and some leftover artichoke dip and chips should not have been dinner, but I had a nice green salad for lunch, so... balance?
11/27: 163.5 Celebrated a friend's birthday with a margarita and mexican food yesterday. I only got about 5 hours of sleep; dragging today. I'd like to end with a loss this round, so am tracking every bite and getting the water in today.
11/27: 161.4 Had a pretty perfect day yesterday, food-wise, and got in my 40 minutes of running. I was hungry last night, but drank all my water and got to bed by 10. TOM is also winding down (for the second time this month, gah!) so everything just fell in place this morning. So much so that my new digital scale app asked me, "Is this Susan? "

Goal 140 and then pause; UGW 130 (no rush)
R23 goal 147.5; hit macros - 30% protein, 40% fat, 30% carbs;
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

11/19 - 147.8
Planning ahead for a small splurge but mostly healthy on TG. We've taken to having sweet potatoes without the sugar & butter (and I love them neat anyway), and I limit the stuffing and make my own cranberry sauce with chopped apple in place of sugar (I'm the only one who eats it, and I like it this way). So the big splurge is pie, and I minimize how much we have. Luckily by hubby isn't a big sweet eater. (To get my pumpkin fix this time of year, I get pumpkin butter and mix a Tbsp into cottage cheese or plain yogurt - yummy!) Everything else in our main dinner is healthy. The past three years I've run a 5K on TG morning, but we're in a different place and I didn't enter a race, so, unless it's pouring rain, I'll do my own private turkey trot. :-) I plan to enjoy TG without overdosing.

11/20 - 147.8
Went out for a ginormous (though healthy) breakfast yesterday, then had an apple for lunch and a light supper, so I didn't go over my goal, but did, I'm sure, get more sodium than usual. So this is fine.

11/21 - 148.2
Aha! There's my big, probably high sodium Sunday breakfast! Ok, moving right along...

11/22 - 149.2
Uck. OTOH, I'm under 150. I may give myself a little weigh-in break the next few days so the likely small gain on TG won't make me crazy. We'll see,

11/23 - 148.6
Ok, I have a pretty healthy day planned, so I will keep weighing after all. I will have some pumpkin pie, but the sweet potatoes are sans sugar and butter, and I'm skipping the stuffing. I have been a little careless this week, so no surprise that I'm up slightly, and I won't be surprised if I don't lose anything this round. Holding steady through the holidays is fine. Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving!

11/24 - 148.5
Well, there's a surprise! I didn't exactly pig out yesterday, but I did eat more than usual. Today is very healthy leftovers + a piece of pie. And a walk - finally a day without rain!

11/25 - 148.4
The pie is gone, and the leftovers, so back on track today. Hoping to finish this round no higher than I started. :-)

11/26 - 148.6
Doncha love the time lag on ups and downs? I ate within limits yesterday and got some exercise, so whatever.

11/27 - 148.4
It's really nice to see the numbers from past rounds and realize that, despite the feeling that I'm "stuck" because my weight hovers around a number for a few days, in fact it's slowly dropping off. And slowly is perfect - as is not gaining! So, again, I'm grateful for this challenge and for all of you for sharing your journeys.

11/28 - 148.4
Okay, I was hopeful but didn't expect too much this round. Onward!

SW: 255 (July 2017)
GW: 180

Round 20 SW: 234
Round 21 SW: 231.4
Round 22 SW: 229
Round 23 SW: 227.6

Round 23

Day/Weight/Comment
11/19: 227
11/20: 227.2
11/21: 226.6
11/22: 226.4
11/23: 226.4
11/24: 225.4
11/25: 224.6
1/26: 224
11/27: 224.6
11/28: 224.2

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Down 3.4 lbs.

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