JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 26
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Hello! This will be my first round ever, and I’m so excited to join in!
OSW (4/25/17): 320
R26SW: 265.4
I’m leaving in the morning for a 2- or 3-day road trip to my home town for the holidays. The next 10 days will be a triple challenge for me, as my weaknesses are travel, holidays, and family. I’m going to rock this!
12/19 - 264.5
Yay! Starting strong! I haven’t left for my road trip yet though. Best laid plans, right?? Haha! Oh well, more time to prepare healthy food for the road!
12/20 - 264.5
No problem here! I drove for 5 hours yesterday and while I didn’t completely follow my food plans for the day, I did take frequent breaks to stretch and walk around. I was also really diligent about hydrating and not mindlessly snacking. Now to keep it up for the longer haul today!
12/21 - 263.0
Happy surprise loss! Yesterday’s drive was about 12 hours. I had a hard time staying within my calories, but I allowed myself to go over a bit because I felt legitimately hungry and decided to listen to my body. I also prioritized water and tons of breaks for walking around. I have 5-6 more hours of driving today, depending on mountain road conditions. Can’t wait to get there tonight and see my family!
12/22 - 263.0
Made it home! I’m about to go meet my brother for breakfast, and I’m going to do everything I can to stay on track!
12/23 - 263.0
Went a bit off course yesterday, but I’m happy it didn’t seem to affect my weigh-in today. And I’ve made up for it today by sticking to the plan while relaxing!
12/24 - 262.2
Yay! Spent the day hiking with family, so I’m feeling like I’ve earned a slice of Christmas Eve pie!
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Love this challenge! You guys help me keep up the motivation to make the right choices each day (and goodness knows this is the 10 days I'm gonna need it the most).
Historical Start weight: 252 lb.
End weight Rnd 24: 225.6
End weight End 25: 221.6
Short term weight goal: limit the holiday gain to 0-5 lb gain BUT be realistic and forgiving if it end up being more.
Short term life goal: have am excellent holiday season
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 220.2 - NSV - after what feels like weeks of eating sandwiches and previously made meal preps from earlier this month, I finally had time to make dinner after work. Usually it's draining but it's nice to not have to microwave dinner.
12/20 - 219.6 - NSV - steps in, only gave into the cookie cravings a few time.
12/21 - 218.8 - let the wooing begin!! Whatever, I haven't seen the 218 on the scale for over 10 years so I'm pretty damn proud at the moment, and you can't bring me down today. Don't worry, it'll go up at Christmas cause I'm going to eat all the turkey and I'll also be petty happy with myself then too.
12/22 - 219.6 - looks like I'm regulating and this also probably marks the start of the alcohol consumption bump (I do hope the concerned wooing folks are feeling better now
), seems even one drink spikes the scales which is normal for me. Since I'll be having a few for the next few days I'm expecting the rest of this round might be gains, which is fine, it's the holidays and I'll be back to a regular routine again in January.
12/23 - 220.2 - the alcohol bump continues, to be expected, but I got my steps in so I'm satisfied.
12/24 - 218.6 - I think something weird happened to my scale cause this doesn't seem accurate, but it's the number that appeared so that's what's here. Didn't get my steps in and ate all the yummy Christmas goodies, but I did drink lots of water and only had one glass of wine. I don't think I went overboard so I'm happy.
12/25
12/26
12/27
12/286 -
SW: 269.4 (9/12/17)
Highest: 279.8
CW: 244.2
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
R25SW: 243.0 R25EW: 244.2 Loss: +1.2
R26GW: 242.0
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 247.0 - I'm so tired of struggling. I cannot wait for the holiday season to be over for no other reason than I will not be so busy and can focus on my food and exercise again. Work Christmas party today (so restaurant food for lunch) but I have my run tonight. Hopefully that will help counteract the food.
12/20 - 246.6 - Food, again, not good. And I had a terrible headache last night and was feeling down, but I made myself do my C25K W3D2 run. My body didn't want any part of it, but I powered through. My legs were burning from my knees down and I felt like I couldn't get enough water into my body. But, when I was finished, I kept walking for 35 minutes to 1-stretch out my legs and 2-it just felt good. If I can at least use SOME self control on my food, I feel like I'll make some actual progress again.
12/21 - 246.4 - Working on it.
12/22 - 247.2 - Did my run but late night snacking got me
12/23 - 249.4 - Ugh, TOM. Not great in and of itself, but also making me make bad choices.
12/24 - 250.0 - No excuses. Bad food, no exercise.
12/25 - 248.0 - C25K W4D1 run, holy cow that ramped up! But i did it!! Expecting a gain tomorrow, lots of holiday food coming my way today.
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MFP SW 242
R1 SW 225.2______________R14 SW 193
R2 SW 221________________R15 SW 190.6
R3 SW 217.4______________ R16 SW 189.6
R4 SW 215________________R17 SW 188.2
R5 SW 212________________R18 SW 188.2
R7 SW 208.4______________ R19 SW 188
R8 SW 204.4 ______________R20 SW 186.8
R9 SW 203________________R21 SW 186
R10 SW 203_______________R22 SW 183.4
R11 SW 200.2_____________R23 SW 183.4
R12 SW 196.8_____________R24 SW 182.4
R13 SW 194_______________R25 SW 180.8
R26 SW 180.6
12/19 - 181
12/20 - 180.2
12/21 - 181
12/22 - 181
12/23 - 181
12/24 - 182
12/25 - 182 Merry Christmas
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Historical SW (January 2017): 193
Recent SW: 187.6
R25 SW: 181.8
Goal for this round: Damage control! Be very careful about all the extra goodies that will be everywhere and exercise as much as possible to offset calories.
12/19: 180.6 Two parties yesterday, so a .8 gain is WAY better than it would have been had I not been on these challenges.
12/20: 180.2 Was hoping for more loss than that, especially after a killer workout yesterday, but I’ll take it.
12/21: 179 Made myself go back to the gym last night at 8 pm. It worked!
12/22: 178.8 Took a 1.5 mile walk in the afternoon. Had a few goodies, but not TOO many. NSV: Except for the sausage balls, they aren’t as appealing this year.
12/23: 177.8 WooHoo! 15K+ steps, 1.5 mi walk in the morning, walked through two parks with Christmas lights displays with the kids at night. Had Christmas dinner with daughter’s little family, and STILL lost a pound! Enjoyed small pieces of two different pies, but scheduled dinner mid-afternoon instead of late in the day which helped, I think.
12/24: 178 Crazy day but this little tiny up is ok; Merry Christmas, everyone!
12/25: No scales today but I’m sure I’m up after yesterday; was able to get in a good walk midday though--Merry Christmas, everyone!4 -
Starting weight – 230
Round 24 – 218.8 (-5.6)
Round 25 – 220.2 (+1.5)
Round 26 – Start 220.2 – End -
Another gain - but last day for the holidays and I am ready to start this tomorrow!!!!! Thank you everyone for being there for me! I could not do this without you.
Goal for this round is 217 – I need to start figuring weekend out from here on!
12/19 – 217.8 – Say it with me – finally I am on the move and going to lose this 10-day period, even with the 5 days off. I am motivated to do so and I WILL!!!
12/20 – 217.8 – holding my own
12/21 – 218.4 – honestly how do people keep this up I feel so defeated! I don’t know if I can do this ☹ I guess we will see how bad the 26th is. Maybe I am meant to be the fat girl in a small town.
12/22 – no weigh in – staying at my daughters babysitting the granddaughter’s – Please keep me strong!
12/23 - no weigh in – staying at my daughters babysitting the granddaughter’s – Please keep me strong!
12/24 – 219.2 – well I did not do to bad this past week – honestly I thought it was going to be worse – so I am going to hang on for a few more days and then hit it hard on Tuesday
12/25 – 220.4 – OUCH is all I can say – thank goodness tomorrow I am ready to get my *kitten* together!!!!
12/26
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12/28
Starting Weigh: 220.2
Ending Weight:
Lost/gain this 10 days:
Total Loss: 13.4 + 10 days
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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 24 SW: 224.2
Round 25 SW: 222.4
Round 26 SW: 220.6
Round 26
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19: 220.2
12/20: 220.4
12/21: 219.8 --bittersweet day-- finally in the 2 teens (barely)
, but also finding out that I have to have major surgery done on my neck. 
12/22: 219-- Very happy because I was thinking I would have a small gain-I binged a little on chocolate (sugar to comfort) and have not worked out the last 2 days.
Back at it today to keep it going down as much as possible before surgery because I will be a sitting duck then.
12/23: 219.4 My favorite cousin took me to our favorite seafood spot to help cheer me up---fried food and sodium!
12/24: 219.8----not going to complain, nor make excuses. 'Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry!!!!!
12/25: 220 ----just trying to maintain!!!!
12/26:
12/27:
12/28:
Look in the mirror---That's your competition!5 -
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.
This will be my last round because I plan to switch to maintenance on 12/31 regardless of body fat % (it would still be nice to reach 10%, but I realize Dexa is unforgiving and that is a really tough goal).
Round 22: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.
Round 23: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.
Round 24:11/29 - 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.
Round 25: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%
12/19 - 142.8 lbs. - 9.9% - I am not convinced this is right... still plan to lose a bit more and watch BF% fluctuations.
12/20 - 141.0 lbs. - 10.4%
12/21 - 144.2 lbs. - 13.0% - Inaccurately high today due to yesterday's diet. Tomorrow should be even higher.
12/22 - 146.0 lbs. - 12.4% - May see a bit higher tomorrow with some lag.
12/23 - 146.2 lbs. - 11.3% - I did not expect BF% to drop again so quickly.
12/24 - 144.8 lbs. - 12.3% - Perhaps delayed a bit more than expected.
12/25 - 146.0 lbs. - 12.3% - Weight is up and BF% is consistent, but I need to lose 3.7 lbs. of fat in both cases to reach 10% BF. Hopefully this will return to a more accurate number soon. If this is, in fact, correct instead of an inflated measurement as I believe, then I will not likely reach 10% by Sat.
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End Round 22: 193
End Round 23: 193.2
End Round 24: 191.2
End Round 25: 189.4
I am liking how accountable this makes me. Let's go again.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 188.6 - It's going to be a cold week and hard to move for me. But I'm gonna do my best.
12/20 - 188.2 - Had some elliptical time and a nice walk yesterday.
12/21 - 188.6 - Lots of salt yesterday. More elliptical time. My scale is acting a little weird gave me a reading way too high - higher than I weighed myself yesterday at the gym with all my clothes and shoes on - then way too low. Then back to this.
12/22 - 190.4 - Weight workout yesterday, too much salt, too much cold, feeling bloated
12/23 - 189 - Better. Nice to be under 190 for Christmas.
12/24 - 188.4 - Even nicer!
12/25 - 188.4 - Holding after a lot of salt yesterday. Merry Christmas everybody.
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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 1/17/17 174.5SW Rnd 7 167 AW 165.8SW Rnd 26 148.5
SW Rnd 8 168* AW 166.1
SW Rnd 9 164.5* AW 165.5 SW
Rnd 10 167 AW 165.3
SW Rnd 11 163 AW 163.5
SW Rnd 12 162.5 AW 160.2
SW Rnd 13 159.5 AW 159.1
SW Rnd 14 158.5 AW 158.9
SW Rnd 15 158 AW 157.25
SW Rnd 16 156 AW 155.9
SW Rnd 17 155.5 AW 156.5
SW Rnd 18 157.5 AW 156.15
SW Rnd 19 155.5 AW 155.6
SW Rnd 20 155.5* AW 155.3
SW Rnd 21 154.5 AW 152.15
SW Rnd 22 152.5 AW 152.2
SW Rnd 23 151 AW 150.2
SW Rnd 24 150 AW 148.8
SW Rnd 25 147.5 AW 147.3
12/19 147 Finally feeling somewhat better. Too many things to do to get ready to leave on Christmas trip tomorrow.
12/20 146.5 Now my husband is sick. I knew he wasn’t feeling well when I came home and packing hadn’t begun!
12/21 147 but it was the middle of the night. Couldn’t find a comfortable place to sleep. We were supposed to be on the road to OK but are still both sick. UGH!!!
12/22 146.5 Both sick and I know I’m not eating enough. Don’t care.
12/23 144.5 I had been way below calories and macros earlier this week but made myself eat anyway. I also started using a different app which gave me MORE calories! Hope this isn’t a fluke.
**The last time I was this weight was between 11/15/11 and 11/22/11!
12/24 145.5 I’m okay with this. After being sick for a week I ate twice yesterday and SALT tasted so good! Hopefully we’re on the road to recovery and will be able to make our Christmas trip in a couple of days. And just that quickly I feel like crap again.
12/25 143.5 MERRY CHRISTMAS! Still not feeling up to par but surviving. DH is not doing well.3 -
SW: 235.5
EW Rd. 13 231
EW Rd. 14 229.1
EW Rd. 15 226.6
EW Rd. 16 227.1
EW Rd. 17 224.4
EW Rd. 18 222.2
EW Rd. 19 222.4
EW Rd. 20 222.2
EW Rd. 21 222.0
EW Rd. 22 221.3
EW Rd. 23 222.9
EW Rd. 24 220.9
EW Rd. 25 218.5
My goal for this round is to stay in the teens. This will be difficult with Christmas looming.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 218.5 Starting at a good place, going to work hard at staying here (or lower) for the next 10 days!
12/20 218.5
12/21 218.5. Even after the cookies and sushi I ate yesterday! Drinking lots of water today and moving!
12/22 216.8 Ummmm. Hmmmm. Yes I drank lots of water, yes I was moving most of the day, but I will expect this to bounce back up. It was a fun number to wake up to this morning, though!
12/23 218.0 There's the bounce back! Still, lower than Thurs. First round of our family Christmases today! Wish me luck, my in-laws always have great food!
12/24 218.0 Well, I'm still here, but I'm expecting to see a gain by Tuesday. Frankly, I'm not even going to be upset! I love my family and I love spending time with them. If that puts me in a position where my willpower is tested, I'll do it every time.
12/25 219.6 Yep, I was expecting this. Also, my TOM decided now was the perfect time to show up, so I have that going for me. It's totally ok though, tomorrow is a new day! 5 -
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
Round 23 SW: 147.5
Round 24 SW: 144.3
Round 25 SW 143.2
Round 26
SW: 141.8
CW: 140
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 141.8 ~ (Steps 9108)
12/20 142.4 ~ (Steps 19,195)
12/21 (I didn’t weigh myself) ~ (Steps 13,053)
12/22 145.5 ~ (Steps 18,914)
12/23 144 ~ (Steps 14,248)
12/24 143.3 ~ (Steps 16,744)
12/25 142.3 ~ (Steps 17,560)
12/26
12/27
12/28
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I'm in again!!
SW: 192.2
CW: 147.0
GW this round 145.0
12/17 - 146.4 at 5:30 a.m.
12/18 - 147.0 at 5:00 a.m.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 147.8 at 7:00 a.m.
12/20 - 148.8 at 5:00 a.m.
12/21 - 148.8 at 5:00 a.m.
12/22 - 148.4 at 6:30 a.m.
12/23 - 147.6 at 7:00 a.m.
12/24 - 146.4 at 6:00 a.m.
12/25 - 146.4 at 6:30 a.m.
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12/27
12/28
Chris4 -
Female, 5'4"
Starting Weight: 135 lbs
Goal Weight: 115 lbs - Met
I met my goal weight a few weeks ago. My new goal now is to maintain to stay close to 115 on average. I've also decided that I'm going to allow alcohol in moderation & see how it goes.
Goal This Round: Maintain 115 lbs Average
12/19 • 117 • Ran 3.5 miles & lifted weights. 1300 cal.
12/20 • 115 • Ran 3.5 miles & lifted weights. 1500 cal.
12/21 • 115 • Ran 3.5 miles & lifted weights. 1300 cal.
12/22 • 115 • Ran 3.5 miles & lifted weights. 1300 cal. My body seems to like this weight, which is a good thing
12/23 • 115 • Ran 3.5 miles & lifted weights. 1600 cal. Day 1 of traveling. Ate way too many sweets.
12/24 • 114 • Day 2 of traveling. Walked 3 miles. 1150 cal. 2 servings of alcohol. Ate clean.
12/25 • 114 • Day 3 of traveling. I tend to lose weight during vacations. Ran 2.5 miles & lifted weights. Rode bike for 1.5 hours. 1650 cal. 3 servings of alcohol. Huge piece of pecan pie.
12/26
12/27
12/28
Average: 115.006 -
"Don't be upset by the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do." - Orebela Gbenga
Start 10/18/2017 = 147.9 * Goal = 130.0 and 20 miles/weekR22 * Start = 143.4 * Ave = 141.9 * Min = 140.2 * End = 141.2
R23 * Start = 142.0 * Ave = 140.1 * Min = 139.4 * End = 139.6
R24 * Start = 140.0 * Ave = 138.6 * Min = 137.0 * End = 137.0
R25 * Start = 136.6 * Ave = 137.0 * Min = 135.8 * End = 135.8
R26 * Start = 136.6 Goal: 135.0 by 12/25 is proving elusive.
12/19 - 136.6 - Under calories yesterday, no workout, got diagnosed with a stye so 1) on antibiotics and 2) stay away from the gym for others' sakes and 3) when I go back to the gym, wipe those machines before as well as after I use them!
12/20 - 136.4 - under calories yesterday, no workout, but got all the Christmas boxes off (well almost). Feeling better, tonight a workout and early to bed.
12/21 - 134.8 - Whooosh! I bounce a lot but I will take this.
12/22 - 135.4 - expected rebound. Good workout yesterday, (barely) within calories. THANKS FOR KEEPING ME MOTIVATED, posting on this thread helps me!
12/23 - 134.8 - Under calories and solid workout yesterday. Maybe I am gonna get my "135 for 12/25" goal after all.
12/24 - 136.2 - Under calories and no workout yesterday, too busy running around on errands! No worries. Today, logging and getting a quick run.
12/25 - 135.0 - Really happy about making my 135.0 goal for Christmas. And it's kinda funny how exact it was. Ran 2.4 yesterday and knee was a little touchy, well under maintenance for the day and that included some Christmas cookies.
12/26
12/27
12/288 -
ROUND 22 starting weight 185.6
ROUND 23 starting weight 184.7
ROUND 24 starting weight 184.2
ROUND 25 starting weight 184.4
ROUND 26 starting weight 185.8
12 / 19 - 185.8...Maintaining my weight at 185. I'm becoming more aware, so maybe I'll start losing?
12 / 20 - 184.5...Heading into Christmas with a lower weight would be good.
12 / 21 - 186.4....Had a Choir Practice/Christmas Party last night....too many nibblies' = weight gain!
12 / 22 - 185.8... OK, that's a bit better, but I need to pull up my socks if I want a loss over Christmas
12 / 23 - 185.4.....Christmas dinner tonight with Step-daughters & Son's in law
12 / 24 - 189.0.....Guess I enjoyed myself a little too much? Luckily I have no other dinners to attend
Christmas Day - 190.0.....Guess I thought all would be good after Saturday's dinner.....WRONG!
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My ultimate goal is 170lbs, so any loss is a good loss.
"It won't be easy, but it WILL be worth it!"
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SW 146.0
GW 135
R25 SW 147.1
R26 SW 146.8
R26 GW 145.5
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 146.4
12/20 146.7 9 weeks of hitting the weights hard has left me pretty sore. Need to take some time off which means I need to be extra careful with food.
12/21 146.3
12/22 146.1
12/23146.3
12/24
12/25 145.6 Merry Christmas!
12/26
12/27
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]R24 SW 191.4
R25 SW 190.6
R26 SW 189.2
R26 Goal <= 189.2
This round I'm going to try to keep within daily calorie limit, even when the refrigerator is full of leftover turkey. It'll be a real challenge to maintain where I am, but I find coming here daily really helpful.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 189.6. Yesterday was kind of a lazy day. If I’m going to make a move down most of it needs to be done in the next few days.
12/20. 189.4. Every day I’m staying in this range is great!
12/21. 189.4. Couldn’t ask for any better with the way things are going
12/22. 188.6. I’m watching the food calories, but when it comes to the wine calories, I’m well up on the naughty list.
12/23. 189.4. There have been years where I have really stacked it on over the holidays. It doesn’t look like this is going to be one of them. Just a matter of keeping it in check the next couple days then I’ll have a great place to start the downwards trip again.
12/24. 189.6. Really glad to have held it in this range to this point.
12/25. 190.4. Must be all the water I drank yesterday. Right. Merry Christmas everybody.
12/26
12/27
12/28
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Goal this round = maintain -- my birthday is Friday and then Christmas. I don't plan to overdo the goodies, but I do intend to enjoy.
Goal 140 by 2/17; UGW 130 by 6/30
5'3", 64 yrs.
Weight 2/2015 - 218
Lost 68#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17.R15 end weight 151.2R25 end weight 148.4
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
R23 end weight 148.4
R24 end weight 149
R26 goal 148.4 (maintain)
12/19 - 149
Not a surprise - we went out for lunch yesterday and I know my sodium was high and I feel bloated.
12/20 - 149
Definitely retaining water - I feel bloated.
12/21 - 148.6
That's better.
12/22 - 148.6
Going out for birthday lunch today, but I have my order planned - broiled seafood, veggies, and probably a dessert, no bread or potatoes. If the rain holds off I'll go for a walk later - had a good one yesterday. Thanks @quiltingjaine for remembering. :-)
12/23 - 148.6
Very happy with this since I had a major pig out yesterday - lunch out, with dessert - reasonably healthy but lots of calories - and then had a piece of cake and some other goodies later (hey, birthday stuff!) and had about 900 extra calories. I expect to bounce up tomorrow, but I'm ok with that. I'd just like to finish the round where I started. I'm not a sweet freak, but I do plan to have some fun!
12/24 - 149
As expected. It's all good!
MERRY CHRISTMAS - Ho Ho Ho! And happy holidays, too -- all of them.
12/25 - 149
Merry Christmas, all! I plan to enjoy the food - not many sweets here, but I did bake a mince pie and some shortbread. I'm actually staying close to my maintenance calories, just more carbs than usual. Beautiful weather, so I'm off for a walk. Enjoy your day!
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Hello! This will be my first round ever, and I’m so excited to join in!
OSW (4/25/17): 320
R26SW: 265.4
I’m leaving in the morning for a 2- or 3-day road trip to my home town for the holidays. The next 10 days will be a triple challenge for me, as my weaknesses are travel, holidays, and family. I’m going to rock this!
12/19 - 264.5
Yay! Starting strong! I haven’t left for my road trip yet though. Best laid plans, right?? Haha! Oh well, more time to prepare healthy food for the road!
12/20 - 264.5
No problem here! I drove for 5 hours yesterday and while I didn’t completely follow my food plans for the day, I did take frequent breaks to stretch and walk around. I was also really diligent about hydrating and not mindlessly snacking. Now to keep it up for the longer haul today!
12/21 - 263.0
Happy surprise loss! Yesterday’s drive was about 12 hours. I had a hard time staying within my calories, but I allowed myself to go over a bit because I felt legitimately hungry and decided to listen to my body. I also prioritized water and tons of breaks for walking around. I have 5-6 more hours of driving today, depending on mountain road conditions. Can’t wait to get there tonight and see my family!
12/22 - 263.0
Made it home! I’m about to go meet my brother for breakfast, and I’m going to do everything I can to stay on track!
12/23 - 263.0
Went a bit off course yesterday, but I’m happy it didn’t seem to affect my weigh-in today. And I’ve made up for it today by sticking to the plan while relaxing!
12/24 - 262.2
Yay! Spent the day hiking with family, so I’m feeling like I’ve earned a slice of Christmas Eve pie!
12/25 - 262.2
Merry Christmas, everyone!
12/26
12/27
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Good morning everyone! Christmas is right around the corner, and I have this amazing tray of cookies, caramel, and fudge that all of us staff and our parents made. I haven't even ate a single one of them either in the 3 days it's been home. Sure, I've given them to my children and my husband to nibble on, but I've stayed away. I'm so proud! Honestly, it was so hard when I first started dieting to stay away from all of that sweet stuff, especially chocolate, but not anymore. I don't even crave it except on very rare occasions. I never thought that would be possible.
12/19: 165.4 Haven't been drinking well and was pretty sedentary most of the day. I was in a lot of meetings all day.
12/20 164.2 Stomach is upset this morning. I hope it passes.
12/21 164.4 I am incredibly stressed out right now, and I wonder if it will ever stop.
12/22 164.4 Another stressful day. I just want things to calm down.
12/23 163.4 Who knew that even more could happen to cause stress. I have two really hard decisions to make in the next couple of days and weeks. I pray that God will point me in the right direction.
12/24 163.6 Merry Christmas Eve! Spent the day at the prompt care. My 9 year old son has the flu. My 14 year old daughter has a URI, and my 14 year old son has a viral bug. Whew!
12/25 163.8 I have spent all day washing dishes and picking up Christmas trash. I haven't been eating well, sleeping well, or drinking well. Honestly everyone, I'm in a funk. I cry a lot anymore, and I can't stand it. Anyhow, Merry Christmas! I hope you all enjoy your time with family and friends. Thank you for being so amazing!
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@nikki062181 thinking of you - sent a PM. Take care!2
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Starting Weight: April 2017: 242
Starting Weight: R23: 215.5......Ending Weight: ? Vacation
Starting Weight: R24: ? Vacation.......Ending Weight: R24: 215.4
Starting Weight: R25: 216.7......... Ending Weight: R25: 214.7 GW R25: 212
Starting Weight: R26: 214.7
Goal Round 26: 212
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19: 214.7
Off to another round! I might not have made my goal last round, but I plan on reaching it this round for sure!
12/20: 216.1
12/21: 215.7
12/22: 213.1
I need to battle the rest of this round! One more dinner party before Christmas! I'm not cooking that much for Christmas; I may make a mock potato salad with cauliflower since no one eats it but me! I may cook some candied sweet potatoes because my son loves them, but other than that, no sweets for me!
12/23: 212.6
Gotta go! Gotta go! Gotta go right now! Off to the last (hopefully) Christmas dinner!
12/24: 212.6
Didn't do so bad. Resisted the rice, mac & cheese, bread, fried chicken, and dessert! Ate baked chicken, collard greens, fresh sliced tomatoes, and onions! Drank water!
12/25: 213.7 Thank God for allowing us to celebrate another Christmas! I cooked and I ate what I cooked; it was so delicious! I even ate two, yes two, pieces of caramel cake. Tomorrow is a new day, so I will enjoy today, while it is today!5 -
Love this challenge! You guys help me keep up the motivation to make the right choices each day (and goodness knows this is the 10 days I'm gonna need it the most).
Historical Start weight: 252 lb.
End weight Rnd 24: 225.6
End weight End 25: 221.6
Short term weight goal: limit the holiday gain to 0-5 lb gain BUT be realistic and forgiving if it end up being more.
Short term life goal: have am excellent holiday season
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 220.2 - NSV - after what feels like weeks of eating sandwiches and previously made meal preps from earlier this month, I finally had time to make dinner after work. Usually it's draining but it's nice to not have to microwave dinner.
12/20 - 219.6 - NSV - steps in, only gave into the cookie cravings a few time.
12/21 - 218.8 - let the wooing begin!! Whatever, I haven't seen the 218 on the scale for over 10 years so I'm pretty damn proud at the moment, and you can't bring me down today. Don't worry, it'll go up at Christmas cause I'm going to eat all the turkey and I'll also be petty happy with myself then too.
12/22 - 219.6 - looks like I'm regulating and this also probably marks the start of the alcohol consumption bump (I do hope the concerned wooing folks are feeling better now ), seems even one drink spikes the scales which is normal for me. Since I'll be having a few for the next few days I'm expecting the rest of this round might be gains, which is fine, it's the holidays and I'll be back to a regular routine again in January.
12/23 - 220.2 - the alcohol bump continues, to be expected, but I got my steps in so I'm satisfied.
12/24 - 218.6 - I think something weird happened to my scale cause this doesn't seem accurate, but it's the number that appeared so that's what's here. Didn't get my steps in and ate all the yummy Christmas goodies, but I did drink lots of water and only had one glass of wine. I don't think I went overboard so I'm happy.
12/25 - ? - home for the holidays without the scale but good money says it's up. Didn't hit any goals and ate all the food but it's Christmas and I'm willing to work a little harder next year in order to enjoy this time with my family. Won't have numbers for the rest of this round, but will still check in for goals.
12/26
12/27
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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
Round 26 SW: 160.0
12/19: 160
I'd be higher but I was too nauseated to eat yesterday. I feel fine today (it was a reaction to an antibiotic) but it gives me a chance to reset. I've hard a hard time since Thanksgiving, with holiday gatherings and all. For the rest of the month I just don't want to lose ground and I'd love to see several days under 160.
12/20: 160.0
Pleased not to see a bump today. Did pretty well with my day overall.
12/21: 159.5
My lowest weight so far, I saw it so briefly back in Round 24. This time I want to keep moving in the right direction! Did well today, resisted all the goodies left in my inbox.
12/22: 159.0
I know it's early to claim this, there are still fluctuations to come, but this weight puts me in the "normal" BMI category, and I've been happy about it all day. This is a major goal a long time coming.
12/23: 159.5
Totally normal fluctuation, I hope I stay in this neighborhood. Had a good day, no sugar, ate well, good on protein, a little exercise, 2L water.
12/24: 159.0
Another good day.
12/25: 158.5
I didn't eat to the point of being uncomfortable and I did some walking, but mostly I didn't even try to stick to any rules today. I'm sure I'll go up tomorrow but hopefully it won't take long to regain lost ground. Had a nice holiday, I hope you all did, too.4 -
Merry Christmas everyone.... I’ve been weighing just to hectic to log it. See you soon. Numbers won’t be so good.1
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12/21 201.0 [/quote]
12/22 201 very excited to see I’m so close to getting off the 200’s!
12/23 200.4 Woo hooo!!! Work work work
12/24 200.4 ok so this is a BIG eating day for my family. We celebrate Christmas Eve big time!
12/25 200.6 not bad for everything I ate!!! Let’s see the next few days.
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R24 SW 191.4
R25 SW 190.6
R26 SW 189.2
R26 Goal <= 189.2
This round I'm going to try to keep within daily calorie limit, even when the refrigerator is full of leftover turkey. It'll be a real challenge to maintain where I am, but I find coming here daily really helpful.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 189.6. Yesterday was kind of a lazy day. If I’m going to make a move down most of it needs to be done in the next few days.
12/20. 189.4. Every day I’m staying in this range is great!
12/21. 189.4. Couldn’t ask for any better with the way things are going
12/22. 188.6. I’m watching the food calories, but when it comes to the wine calories, I’m well up on the naughty list.
12/23. 189.4. There have been years where I have really stacked it on over the holidays. It doesn’t look like this is going to be one of them. Just a matter of keeping it in check the next couple days then I’ll have a great place to start the downwards trip again.
12/24. 189.6. Really glad to have held it in this range to this point.
12/25. 190.4. Must be all the water I drank yesterday. Right. Merry Christmas everybody.
12/26. 192.4. Not too disappointed. Will try to get back on schedule starting now.
12/27
12/28
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This is my first day and my first challenge, starting at 169lbs, highest I have ever been.
SW: 169
GW: 130
R26 GW: Maintain (for the week that's in it) or -1lb
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - 169lbs
12/20 - 166.6lbs my body must be in shock!Whoop!!
12/21 - 166.2lbs Need to have more water- feel really dehydrated this morning
12/22 - 165.4lbs I’m so shocked! But I think the reality is I binged for about a week before I started this challenge but happy it’s moving. Out for Christmas drinks tonight so not too sure if tomorrow will be good!
12/23 - 165.4lbs happy with this as I was out last night but I am definitely more mindful of what I’m eating/drinking because of this challenge. I would be happy to finish at 165 by the end of this challenge to set me up for the new year!
12/24 - 167.2 oops getting a bit slack with my tracking and ate loads of cheese last night. Won’t be able to weigh in for a few days but want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas x
12/25- didn’t weigh in
12/26 -167.2lbs I’m expecting this to go up after yesterday but I sure it’s Christmas!
12/27
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Leroyoliver
Sw 164.4
GW 145
Goal this round 152 - just keep it here...
Day/Weight/Comment
12/19 - didn’t weigh in
12/20 - 152.2
12/21 - 151.4
12/22 - 151
12/23 - 151.8
12/24 - 151
12/25
12/26 - 154.4 as expected. Now eating clean and tracking
12/27
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