JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 26

Many events along the way will scupper our best intentions, but they merely delay the achievement of our goals. Life is for living, and one must learn patience. It takes many years to put on excess weight, so It follows that it takes much time to remove, but it does come off, bit by stubborn bit! If you stick with it! The game continues!

A lot of people get upset by apparent weight gain when they have been working their butts off. Body weight fluctuates, both up, and down, from one day to the next depending on so many factors. From my experience:

• Changes often take several days to show on the scale.
• A drop is often followed by a bounce up before it settles back down. A general downward trend is the aim.
• A high sodium day usually results in a gain due to water retention, unless you drink extra fluids to flush it out.

Don't beat yourself up over a temporary gain. Trust the process and stick with the programme.
If you are making positive lifestyle changes it will lead to increased health and fitness.
Slow and steady leads to sustainable weight loss.
But remember to live a little along the way!

Previous 5 Rounds[/colour=green]
MW : R8/1, 165.5; R9/2, 166.8; R10/3, 167.7; R11/4, 165.5; R12/5, 162.6
Round:..~ Mean ~ Highest ~ Lowest
13/6: ... ~ 160.4 ~~ 161.8 ~~ 161.8
14/7: ... ~ 160.7 ~~ 167.8 ~~ 160.4 (on vacation)
15/8: ... ~ 161.8 ~~ 163.8 ~~ 163.8 (on vacation)
16/9: ... ~ 161.3 ~~ 162.8 ~~ 162.4
17/10: . ~ 160.5 ~~ 162.2 ~~ 160.0
18/11: . ~ 159.8 ~~ 162.5 ~~ 158.4
19/12: . ~ 159.0 ~~ 159.2 ~~ 158.2
20/13: . ~ 158.8 ~~ 159.4 ~~ 158.6
21/14: . ~ 160.3 ~~ 162.5 ~~ 159.5
22/15: . ~ 161.2 ~~ 161.8 ~~ 160.0
23/16: . ~ 162.0 ~~ 163.5 ~~ 161.2
24/17: . ~ 163.3 ~~ 164.0 ~~ 162.5
25/18: . ~ 163.0 ~~ 163.9 ~~ 161.4

R08, Avg weight - 203.4 Total Down 8.4lbs
R09, Avg weight - 201.4 Total down 10.4lbs
R10, Avg weight - 201.1 Total down 10.7lbs
R11, Avg weight - 200.2 Total down 11.8lbs
R12, Avg weight - 197.7 Total down 14.3lbs
R13, Avg weight - 198.4 ^^^ gone up
R14, Avg weight - 197.2 Total down 14.8lbs
R15, Avg weight - 197.9 ^^^ gone up
R16, Avg weight - 196.4 Total down 15.6lbs
R17, Avg weight - 196.3 Total down 15.7lbs
R18, Avg weight - 196.5 ^^^ gone up
R19, Avg weight - 196.1 Total down 15.9lbs ~~~ started eating higher to save my hair
R20, Avg weight - 194.5 Total down 17.5lbs
R21, Avg weight - 194.8 ^^^ gone up
R22. Avg weight - 194.8 ~~~ stayed the same ~~~ but I've stopped losing my hair
R23, Avg weight - 193.3 Total down 18.7 lbs
R24, Avg weight - 192.3 Total down 19.7 lbs
R25, Avg weight - 192.6 ^^^ gone up

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- 146.0 lbs. - 15.4% - Did not expect weight to decrease, but expected reported BF% to rise.

Day - Weight - BF% - Comment
11/19 - 145.8 lbs. - 13.5% - Did not expect BF% to drop this much this fast.

11/20 - 147.6 lbs. - 16.2% - Both increases were expected based on yesterday's food plan. Should see decrease over the next few days until Fri. morning, which will go back up again.

11/21 - 147.0 lbs. - 15.7% - Expected a small decrease. Expect another small decrease tomorrow.

11/22 - 146.6 lbs. - 15.3%

11/23 - 145.6 lbs. - 14.8% - Will be higher tomorrow.

11/24 - 147.2 lbs. - 14.4% - Did not expect BF to decrease, but maybe that is delayed...

11/25 - 145.8 lbs. - 15.2% - There is the delayed fat storage.

11/26 - 145.2 lbs. - 15.7% - Did not expect another rise in BF%, but I can only assume it is continued delayed fat build. Tomorrow will be higher probably of both weight and BF.

11/27 - 146.4 lbs. - 17.0% - Increases expected.

11/28 - 150.4 lbs. - 14.6% - Had a spontaneous free meal yesterday and paying for it with weight gain - meal itself was probably around 4-5 lbs., including water in food... so this is about right.

11/29 - 149.4 lbs. - 14.9% - For this round, I'm going to make a few changes. I'm not sure exactly what to expect at the beginning, but should have lower BF% by the end of the 10 days.

11/30 - 146.2 lbs. - 14.9%

12/1 - 144.4 lbs. - 14.7%

12/2 - 144.8 lbs. - 13.3% - I'm thinking this is about right again for BF%, but let's see if that holds for the next few days without changes that affect the scale calculation.

12/3 - 142.2 lbs. - 16.1% - BF definitely reading too high, but not sure why this time.

12/4 - 143.2 lbs. - 16.2% - Definitely unexpected BF... consistent with yesterday, but still incorrectly high. Unsure why.

12/5 - 140.4 lbs. - 14.9% - Some time in the bathroom this morning revealed what I think is causing the suddenly abnormally high BF% (no, not pregnant, lol). Solved part of the issue this morning, but still some to go.

12/6 - 140.2 lbs. - 12.9% - Before measuring today, spent a bit more time in the bathroom getting rid of more of what is causing the false high BF% readings.

12/7 - 141.4 lbs. - 13.1%

12/8 - 139.8 lbs. - 13.5% - I was expecting to start this round with some wonky numbers; but end up close to accurate and drastically improved weight and body fat %. Ended up losing 10.6 lbs.; about 3-4 lbs. of which was fat. I struggled in the first couple years of dieting where tracking calories didn't work and nobody could figure out why; but much learning and experimentation and I consider myself to know my body very well now and can call myself a very advanced dieter. That said, the 10% body fat goal by 12/30 is still going to be very difficult and a tight goal... but I believe it is possible.

*Next round will once again start with some high and wonky numbers at first and end up drastically better by the end.

This round should start with some high and wonky numbers, but should be drastically better by the end.

12/9 - 139.4 lbs. - 13.9% - Surprised it isn't higher, but might catch up.

12/10 - 150.0 lbs. - 13.3% - Weight has caught up, body fat should increase soon, I would expect.

12/11 - 149.6 lbs. - 10.9% - Not sure I believe the BF%; so let's see what happens. I expected it to increase along with weight.

12/12 - 147.4 lbs. - 11.0% - Surprised BF is remaining... eventually, perhaps I'll start figuring it is correct.

12/13 - 145.8 lbs. - 11.2%

12/14 - 143.4 lbs - 11.2% - Looks like consistency on BF%.

12/15 - 141.6 lbs. - 12.6% - This is what I get for eating salad yesterday... an inflated BF% result. I know it isn't real, but still gets to me.

12/16 - 141.6 lbs. - 11.9% BF.

12/17 - 143.2 lbs. - 11.0%

12/18 - 140.8 lbs. - 11.3%