JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 25

Female 5’1” Age 67 y 9 m
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5 SW Rnd 25 147.5

Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 147 I have a full day ahead and do not feel well! Stupid cold or allergies??
12/10 147.5 Crazy busy yesterday! Community breakfast bingo, three basketball games, Christmas lights at the museum, dinner at a casino buffet before free music in the lounge. Did not drink enough water!! And I’ve pretty much lost my voice.
12/11 147 Did nothing yesterday. Trying to recover from Saturday.
12/12 146 I am feeling better but this is a crazy week. Grand-girls have basketball 2 hours away today. Must remember to drink, drink, drink!
12/13 146.5 After checking for restaurants online before we left for basketball yesterday I felt confident I would be able to eat on plan. LOL Lesson learned, the internet lies! I should have made some tuna salad and hard boiled eggs to put in the cooler! I did drink 3 quarts of water or more.
12/14 146 And so the feasting begins! Community Holiday Dinner tonight.
12/15 148 Expected. I ate, drank and was merry! Community Arts & Crafts Christmas luncheon at Olive Garden today.
12/16 148.5 This is still expected. It will be 2 or 3 days after the food fest before my weight stabilizes and since there will be food prepared by others this afternoon, I will do my best. Yesterday I had grilled chicken parmigiana at Olive Garden. Half at lunch and half for dinner. I got broccoli instead of pasta and 3 servings of salad - no croutons. Heading to the rodeo- our dentist is a roper! Cocktails and Crafts meeting and lunch
12/17 148.5 Yesterday’s food fest - Zucchini lasagna, berries, Keto pumpkin cake trifle, vodka and diet cranberry cocktails! More vodka with soda water at the casino. Have NOT had enough water the last 2 days. Today’s activity will be coughing as drainage is tickling my throat and nothing seems to help!

R20 Average Weight 222.5
R21 Average Weight 222.3
R22 Average Weight 220.8
R23 Average Weight 221.5 (new workout)
R24 Average Weight 221.9


I've decided that I am going to eat at maintenance/refeed 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.

Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 222.0 Eating at maintenance today. Going out for afternoon tea!
12/10--221.5 Finished W5D3 yesterday and other than having to stop to pick up my dog's business, I ran the whole 20 minutes. I'm very surprised of the drop in weight today since I ate at maintenance yesterday and I was definitely expecting a temporary weight gain. Eating at maintenance today. Off to kettlebell class.
12/11--223.1 There's the water weight from eating at maintenance yesterday.
12/12--222.2 Going to kettebell class today.
12/13--222.2 Had a great kettlebell class yesterday. Doing W6D1 today. I have to make sure that I keep hydrated today.
12/14--221.3 Really sore this morning. I'll probably do some stretching/using the foam roller tonight and make today a rest day. I'm still working on making sure I keep hydrated.
12/15--221.7 Normal fluctuation. Back to a downward trend.
12/16--221.3 Going to kettlebell today.
12/17--220.9
12/18

Weight Challenge R25
Day/Weight/Comment
12/09…..236
12/10…236.2
12/11…235.8
12/12…235.2 right direction
12/13…234.8
12/14….233.8
12/15….233.4
12/16…233.6
12/17…233.4
12/18

SW: 269.4 (9/12/17)
Highest: 279.8
CW: 243.0
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
R22SW: 248.4 R22EW: 241.2 Loss: 7.2
R23SW: 241.2 R23EW: 242.8 Loss: +1.6
R24SW: 242.8 R24EW: 243.0 Loss: +0.2

R25GW: 239.0

Day/Weight/Comment
12/9 - 244.2 - Ugh wine.
12/10 - 246.4 - Spent yesterday hungover, eating, and not exercising. This scares me. It's been over a month since I've been this heavy. I. Have. To. Change.
12/11 - 246.2 - I did my C25K W2D1 run yesterday. If I had had my food under control, it would have been a bigger loss. I'm trying, but being out of my routine is killing me.
12/12 - 243.6 - Thank goodness. I was really starting to panic that I was rapidly approaching the 250s again. Tonight is my run, so hopefully I'll have more loss tomorrow!
12/13 - 243.4 - Talk about being out of my routine! Spent 2 hours yesterday with the adjuster and contractor. But, I still did my run and I felt pretty good when I woke up this morning.
12/14 - 242.6 - I have not been doing anything about food. I know I need to get after it, but it's just so hard for me when I'm not in my normal routine. Between everything going on at work, the roof, and the holidays, it's not likely to happen until after the first of the year. I'm keeping up with the running program. That's the absolute bare minimum I'm expecting of myself. Then, if I can't get food under control before then, in January I will redouble my efforts there.
12/15 - 240.0 - Gotta keep this trend up! Did my run last night, felt really good afterwards. Tomorrow I'm celebrating Christmas with my family, so hopefully I can stay on track!
12/16 - 244.0 - Sigh. I've been wanting chips and salsa for over a week and I gorged myself last night. Definitely paying for that...
12/17 - 246.0 - This weekend has been bad...
12/18 -

R23SW: 102.4 R23EW: 103.2 Loss: +0.8
R24SW: 103.2 R24EW: 100.4 Loss: -2.8

R25GW: under 99kg
Mini goals - eat breakfast everyday, drink at least 3l of water/day, do not eat below calorie allowance.

CW - 100
GW - anything under 99kg

Day/Weight/Comment
12/09 - 100 - would it really be too much to ask for a little less this morning? I truly didn't want to see this number. I went over my steps yesterday but didn't have time to eat enough. I even ate right before bed to get some extra calories in... but once Fitbit had calculated my steps, I was still very much lacking calorie-wise. OK went back in edit mode - I lost 400 grams (almost a pound), so I'll shut it!

12/10 - 100.8 - ok 800g overnight (1.6lbs) - day entailed too many carbs, drank my water, hit my calories though! With Italian dinner, birthday cake, etc. The problem being today is just the same with another birthday to celebrate. Oh well that’s life I guess... I have a week to compensate. I’ll end with a very positive note though, as I’m am officially overweight

12/11 - 102.6 - I hyperventilated seeing this number (5.7lbs in 2 days), but as there is NO way I ate that much, I'll say it's the sodium, water retention etc. I have a week to redress the situation!

12/12 - 101.8 - I always wonder how long it takes to reset the water retention balance... obviously it's not overnight, but what 2? 3 days? It's definitely something to take into account when you don't weigh in daily!

12/13 - 101.2 - i didn't succumb to the gingerbread cookies, but woke up (very early) so hungry! that rarely happens to me

12/14 - 100.4 - All I can say is that I do not understand my body! Yesterday I woke up hungry at 4 a.m. and my day was just one complete food fest. I ate my planned calories, I ate my added Fitbit calories, I ate so many gingerbread cookies I feel I made up for the day before's efforts... I ate chickpea chips (100g) full-on fat and carbs and chocolate. I drank about 6l of water throughout the day and I lost over a pound?
There are some days I'm so good and I feel I don't deserve the (STS or gain) numbers on the scale - but today I was afraid of stepping on the scale and it did not reflect yesterday, I also feel I don't deserve these (positive) numbers

12/15 - 99.8 - and this right before the weekend! Note to self - keep out of the cookie jar!

12/16 - 100 - And a bounce back up... Not enough sleep, way too much sodium, pizza involved -it's OK as long as I tread carefully this weekend and THAT my friends is not a given!

12/17 - 100.2 - My post disappeared ugh! long story short, yesterday was pizza AGAIN. Drank plenty. Hit my cals more or less - just the fat was sky high. I'm really being very careful today though

12/18 - 99.8 - So weigh-in after weekends, not as bad as it could have been considering the fat and sodium intake which occurred, but it's in the right direction

MFP Starting 2012 & 2015: 201
MFP Starting 2017: 184

Round 16 SW: 175.0
Round 17 SW: 173.5
Round 18 SW: 173.0
Round 19 SW: 170.5
Round 20 SW: 166.5
Round 21 SW: 167.0
Round 22 SW: 164.5
Round 23 SW: 161.5
Round 24 SW: 161.5
Round 25 SW: 160.0

12/9: 160
My eating has been terrible the last several days. It's cooler outside and I want to eat eat eat.
12/10: 161.5
At least I'm still logging and checking in on groups. On the bright side, I've realized this is my 10th round in this challenge! At the end of these 10 days I will have posted here 100 days in a row.
12/11: 162
Deserved, yesterday was bad. TOM is a full week late, definitely NOT pg, guess it's aging. Didn't do great on nutrition today but no added sugar and overall low on calories.
12/12: 160.5
My progress for the last month looks like an EKG, bouncing between 160, 161, 162. Did OK today on calories & exercise. Had curry at a Thai restaurant, not sure if it was high in sodium so I don't know what to expect tomorrow.
12/13: 163.5
Yes, sodium. Tonight I went to dinner at someone's house, didn't log it all.
12/14: 163.5
Owning it.
12/15: 162.5
I'm just hoping not to end the round on a gain. Had a root canal (2 actually) yesterday, finally TOM and I really want comfort goodies but I haven't been too bad.
12/16: 163
12/17: 162

I HAVE the power and determination to do this.

Current Focus: In the normal range for my age height and build, on maintenance.

Had a bit of a blip last round as I was ill.

Primary Goal - 160lbs +/- 2lbs.

Of course, losing a pound a Round would be ace, as I would like a cushion for celebrations.

to all the Newbies, and Hi to those returning for another Round. This has given me an element of daily accountability which is motivational.

Observations, and Previous Rounds
SW: 227; Lowest weight 11 Oct: 158.2. Dream goal weight: 155.0

Round 24: (Round 17 for me. Female, 5'2" aged 71, weight in lbs) [/b]

Daily Goals: pre-log/follow through; balance macros/micros; hydrate; 15+ strength; 15+ flex; 7,500+ steps; close kitchen at 8.30pm!
Get back under 160!!!

08/12/2017: 164.0 Goals ✅ I expected a wee bounce up, but this is better.

09/12/2017: 163.9 Goals ✅ Too much comfort food and Xmas treats last round. Must do better. I need a kick,up the proverbial. Lol!
10/12/2017: 163.2 Goals ✅ Much better. Just gotta keep this up now.
11/12/2017: 162.2 Goals ✅ Weighed this morning but no time to post. Yay! Finally moving again.
12/12/2017: 162.0 Goals ✅ Is this the real thing? Or is it just fantasy? Caught in a landslide! Finally! A decent Whooosh!
13/12/2017: 161.4 Goals ✅ Really?
14/12/2017: 161.8 Goals ✅ Typical! Normal bounce up.
15/12/2017: 161.9 Goals ✅
16/12/2017: 161.7 Goals ✅
17/12/2017: 162.0 Goals ✅
18/12/2017: 162.0 Goals ✅ Amazed at this. Stayed under gaol, but have not made healthy choices the last 5 days. Festive temptations! Lol!

Don't worry!
... ...oO~ 164.0 ~Oo... ...

... ...oO~ 161.4 ~Oo... ...
Be Happy!!!

Ecstatic at losing 2 lbs this round!