JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - Round 28

Im in. I didn't finish the last round because I guess I'm a bum, lol! Just couldn't stay motivated. Hopefully I'm turning a corner. I was actually sick for two weeks, first flu then a bad sinus cold. I just wasn't mentally into doing what I was supposed to do.

Highest weight - 223.5

Round 28 starting weight 169.8
Round 28 goal weight 165

1/8 - 169.8 I guess the only thing that I can say about that is, at least it's not 170.
1/9 - 168.2 Water weight people, water weight. Good encouraging start though so I'll take it.
1/10 - DNW
1/11 - 169.8 No surprise there. I swear I ate like I had a freakin tape worm! SMH! To the gym & water.
1/12 - 169.8 Boo!
1/13 - DNW
1/14 - 168.8
1/15 - 168.2
1/16 - 168.0 Boy oh boy, slow going this round. It's all good though.
1/17 - 165.6 I know, it's crazy folks. I weighed twice just to be sure.



I didn't reach my goal as I didn't put in 100% effort, but I did come close. 4.2 pounds.

Plan to go into the next round and keep trying.
1/8….163
1/9….164
1/10….163
1/11….162
1/12…..162….I’m getting nowhere…..I obviously need to change something. I wish we had options of organized exercises where I live. I know I need to get consistent with what I do at home but my options are limited also.
1/13…
1/14……
1/15…..165….so discouraged. Kept 10 pounds off for nearly 1 year and I have now gained ½ of it back. I didn’t think I had changed my eating habits recently but obviously I must have. I hope that at least some of this is water weight, but time will tell. I also saw that my last post that was a couple days ago was for today. I wish I was at 162 today.
1/16 …..164….guess it wasn’t water weight as I was hoping.
1/17…..164
going into the next round.

Starting weight – 230
Round 24 – 218.8 (-5.6)
Round 25 – 220.2 (+1.5)
Round 26 – 218.6 (-1.6)
Round 27 – 222.4 (+3.8) ☹
Round 28 – 219.6 (-2.8) ☹

Not giving up but I have to find a happy medium some how...

1/8 – 221.2 – well this is a good start to losing all the weight I gained over the weekend – how embarrassing. I am at my daughters this week. I don’t snack at all there because I am to busy running around after 3 kids under 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
EW Rd. 26 218.3
EW Rd. 27 216.3

Day/Weight/Comment
1/8 216.3 It's my birthday!! Hoping to not over indulge too much, but I know there will be some! My mother wants to take me to lunch and my husband and son want to go out to dinner, so will need to make good choices today. Or not, and not beat myself up about it tomorrow!
1/9 217.8 Yep, I knew it! So much sodium! And other not so good things, like cupcakes. Time to drink lots of water and Exercise!
1/10 217.8 Ok, time to get my act together! Water was good yesterday, but food choices were still bad! New day, back to making good food choices! I've got this!
1/11 217.8 Still working on it, did ok with my water and got some exercise in yesterday. Just need to continue with making good choices and exercising.
1/12 216.9 Ok, so I have to be honest, I weighed myself 3 different times and got three different numbers. I went with the middle number for recording proposes.
1/13 216.9 This was the one and only number that came up this morning. I'm still up from the start of this challenge, but only by 0.6, so not upset by that, especially since my eating has not been the best. And there are still four days to go!
1/14 216.9 Ate better, did a bit of exercise, but need to drink more water. Today is a new day.
1/15 216.9 Family get-together yesterday, could have eaten better, for sure. Also did not get my water in! I will do better today.
1/16 216.9 This cold weather is killing me! All I want to do is curl up and read! Not to mention my sleep has been really bad the last two nights. Needless to say my motivation is low. I'm trying to be kind with myself and remind myself that you can come back from a 0.6 gain.
1/17 216.9 Well, a small gain this round, and I can't say I don't know why. I need to get my motivation back, but it's hard when I have so much fatigue and it's so cold out.

Of course I'm in for this next round. I'll be going back to work on Monday after two weeks off for the holiday.

Start Weight: 202 lbs
Finished Round 27 at 161.8 lbs.
Round 28: 161.6 lbs.
GW: 160.6 lbs.
UGW: 125 lbs.

01/08: 161.6 I lost 2 oz in 4 days even with biking. That's okay though. A loss is a loss, and I'll take it. My weight loss is starting to slow down now. On the bright side, I went from a size 18 to a size 12 in pants.
01/09: 162.2 So, it was my first day back to work since Christmas break, and I am off for the rest of the week. This lady has the flu.
01/10: 161.6 Happy Birthday to everyone that I saw is having one this week. I'm hanging in, but feel blah.
01/11: 160.4 So, I don't know if I mentioned this, but my oldest son started middle school last year. He has been bullied non-stop for a year and a half. By bullied, I mean punched, kicked, lunch stolen and dumped out, slammed into lockers so his braces broke, sax stomped on 6 different times by the same kid and broke, and people telling him that they hoped his Grandma with cancer died, which you all know she did pass before Thanksgiving. The HUGE decision I made last week was whether or not to transfer him. Well, my husband and I decided to, and the last 3 days I haven't seen a single tear. He has been happy. I am grateful and hope it stays the course. On another note, I still hurt everywhere and feel not so hot, but my number dropped. That was with me hitting my calories right on the nose, and drinking 52 oz of liquid despite being sick.
1/12: 158.6 I have continued to push fluids and eat despite not wanting to do either. We also had a lot of freezing rain, so my kiddos schools are closed and mine is too. On side note, I haven't seen a number this low since I was pregnant with my first child back in 2003 and gained it to get to that number. Lol
1/13: 159.4 I managed to keep food down yesterday. I'm hoping the near is in sight now. I'm also hoping that the 50's hold. I've longed to see this number, and these last few pounds have been wanting to stay with me for awhile.
1/14 158.8 Started on some Zpack yesterday. Got sick while already sick. Ugh. The medicine doesn't agree with my stomach either. One day at a time though. I'll get there.
1/15: 158 I think I may survive. No work for me today. School is closed due to snow. This is the 3rd closing since Christmas break.
1/16: 159 Still fighting this cough, body aches, and congestion. However, I managed to go to work and teach my students PLUS stay after to tutor today. I'm so relieved I made it through the day.
1/17 161 Well, I more than met my goal weight, but I gained it back with what I believe is just water retention and sodium. I haven't drank much the last few days, and my youngest son had a McDonald's night for his grade last night as a fundraiser. I had cheeseburgers and fries, something I haven't eaten in months but felt was well deserved. I also threw in some mini 3 musketeers, which I also don't usually eat. All in all, I was 4 oz off my final loss. Not too bad.

SW - 239.8 lbs
End of R27 - 236.8 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
01/08 - 236.2 lbs. Downward ho. Almost walked 12 k steps yesterday as well.
01/09 - 235.8 lbs. Had dinner last night at Brown Socials House and had 2 tacos and fries. So happy about this.
01/10 - 234.2 lbs. Nice little drop! walked 12 k steps and joining the gym today so will make it easier to get the steps in now that its -20C outside!
01/11 - 234.6 lbs. little jump up but not unexpected. Ate within cal and did some weight training.
01/12 - 234.2 lbs. Dropped that bit from yesterday. Now to get past it.
01/13 - 234.0 lbs. Hit my 10 k steps yesterday. Scale is slowly creeping downward.
01/14 - 236.0 lbs. Self sabotaged. oops. Binged and had too much salt.
01/15 - 234.2 lbs. Oh this old number again. Good thing the sabotage from yesterday wasn't too bad.
01/16 - 233.0 lbs Oof FINALLY past 234. That took longer than expected.
01/17 - 233.2 lbs. Went for a run yesterday, but no weight training and I am still up? Arg.

SW: 175.9lbs/ 79.8kg (1/7/2018)
1st GW: 153lbs

This is my first round!
I started a yoga program, it’s about 20mins daily.. It is not something big or difficult, but it reminds me I need to move more!

Day/Weight/Comment
1/8 - 177 - over 200cals yesterday, 8 glasses of water, 20mins yoga.. a good day overall, but with a gain..
1/9 - 177.9 – under cals, 10 glasses of water, 20mins yoga.. definitely wrong direction, but since I count everything I guess I just have to be patient.. I bought a new scale so let’s see what ll happen tomorrow!
1/10 - 177.7 - so my new scale was gentle with me.. cals on point, water on point, yoga on point.. keep going..
1/11 - 177 - Happy about that! Although I really want to see 175 again..
1/12 - 175.7 - Yay!! I keep thinking how frustrated I would be if I didn’t weigh in daily.. I d see a 0.2 drop in 5 days.. but now I m over the moon!
1/13 - 175 - I’ll have 1-2 drinks tonight, I’ll try to fit it to my calorie goal, but I don’t know what to expect tomorrow!
1/14 - 174.4 - I love this number! Did well yesterday, just a glass of white wine, but didn’t get enough sleep and I feel dehydrated ..
1/15 - 173.9 - another drop! I made good food choices yesterday..
1/16 - 174.8 - oh well it was gonna happen one of these days.. under cals, way over sodium..
1/17 - 174.4 / 79.1kg - just give me another 10 days!

Took a break from trying to lose over the holidays. Only gained a couple of pounds despite. Now I'm back for more weight loss.

Day/Weight/Comment
1/8 144.6
1/9 142.2 My crustless quiche to the rescue. 1 hour on ellip Haven't been to gym for almost a week thanks to lousy weather. Gotta get back there.
1/10 142.2 No exercise, ate Chinese out but watched portion. Sharing with another instead of ordering your own helps with that. Today's my birthday! So happy to be alive.
1/11...144.4 Yikes...birthday
1/12... 145... Good Grief. No more wine or sweets... just healthy, clean food.
1/13..145 Well, at least I haven't gained. Now to exercise some of this blubber off. Happy Saturday!
1/14...143.6 1.5 hours on ellip yesterday and ate sensibly. Now to go that route again.
1/15...143.6 Another 1.5 on ellip... too cold to head to gym. Maybe today.
1/16... 143.2 no exercise, need to get back to the gym... more muscle burns more calories

1/17...143 Getting there. Braved the cold and went to gym. I had a great workout and ate smart. Got a cold from grandson so I think I'll just cool it today and be lazy. Maybe some chicken soup.

Day/Weight/Comment
Starting Weight July 2016: 193
End of Round 27 144.8

1/8 144.2 (60 min. elliptical; ate back about 300 cal.)
1/9 143.2 (60 min elliptical: ate back about 200 cal.)
1/10 143.3 (no exercise; stayed just under 1200 cal.)
1/11 143.9 (60 min Body Pump class; ate back about 300 cal.)
1/12 144.4 (65 min elliptical: ate back about 300 cal.)
1/13 143.5 (55 min elliptical: ate back about 300 cal.)
1/14 143.2 (40 min elliptical: 55 min Body Pump class: ate back all calories)
1/15 143.4 (60 min elliptical: ate back all calories, daughter's birthday so lots of cake this weekend)
1/16 143.6 (45 min elliptical: 55 min Body Pump class: ate back all calories)
1/17 143.5 (55 min elliptical)

Weight loss of 0.7 pounds. That seems like so little after eating 1200 calories plus exercise calories. It might be because I have been doing Body Pump class for the first time this month, using muscles I've never used before. I've heard that it is common to gain weight when starting a new workout routine. Is this true? Also,I am doing more elliptical minutes than I have in the past. My size is definitely a little bit smaller as I can tell by how my clothing is fitting.

SW: 185.5

Round 8 SW: 185.5 Round 19 SW: 178.5
Round 9 SW: 182.5 Round 20 SW: 179.0
Round 10 SW: 181.5 Round 21 SW: 179.0
Round 11 SW: 181.0 Round 22 SW: 183.5
Round 12 SW: 179.0 Round 23 SW: 181.5
Round 13 SW: 178.0 Round 24 SW: 184.5
Round 14 SW: 178.5 Round 25 SW: 186.0
Round 15 SW: 178.5 Round 26 SW: 183.0
Round 16 SW: 179.5 Round 27 SW: 186.0
Round 17 SW: 180.0 Round 28 SW: 187.0
Round 18 SW: 180.0

Goal Weight: 185.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 128.0

1/8: 186.5
1/9: 186.0
1/10: 187.5
1/11: 187.5
1/12: 187.5
1/13: 187.0
1/14: 187.0 My body really seems to like this weight.
1/15: 187.5
1/16: 186.5
1/17: 186.5

Only lost half a pound. Onto the next round.

Days without binge eating: 14