JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - Round 29

I'm back. Let's see if I can get down to 160 at least even though my "new" low is 158. The slower it comes off the more likely it will stay off. I just lost a lot very fast due to having the flu and sinus issues. Good luck ladies and gents.

OW: 202
SW: 161
GW: 160
UGW: 125

1/18: 160.4 I haven't been drinking very well lately, and I expect this number to be up tomorrow, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. Lol
1/19: 160.4 Wow! I'm maintaining, but I've been in the 160's since November. I'm over it. Lol
1/20: 162 Too much sodium and not enough water I believe, but since I've been fluctuating between 3 lbs forever. Who knows.
1/21 163.6 I haven't seen this number in a long time, but I'll be honest with myself here. I ate whatever I wanted for dinner. High calories. Lots of carbs. Lots of sodium. It was family movie night. I positively hate seeing that number, but I so enjoyed my meal.
1/22 161.4 I pushed fluids yesterday and went back to my normal diet. I also biked for 30 minutes. I have 5 more days to see that 160. Let's do this!
1/23 161.2 I pushed fluids yesterday, ate well, and put in more steps than I have been for awhile now. It's not a big loss, but I'll take it.
1/24 161.6 Not going to lie peeps. I'm starting to get really frustrated. I'm eating well and within my calories. I'm drinking between 50 to 60 oz of fluid. I started walking more and even got back on my exercise bike. I totally don't get it. Also, my 9-year-old has a fever of 101. Boo! I was up every 2 hours checking on him, and then, we had freezing rain. My school district has another snow day, and so does his because of it. Now, I can just be Mommy today. That's a plus.
1/25 161.8 It keeps going the wrong direction. Ugh.
1/26 161.6 I'm a realist. There is no way I'm getting to 160. It stinks, but it is what it is. However, I can't remember who, but one of you sweet ladies told me to look for a trend. I went into my MFP and checked out my macros and my nutrients. I have been eating more carbs and having a lot more sodium than I was before. I was losing then. I'm maintaining now. So, thank you for telling me to look for a trend. I don't know why I didn't even think of it. So, I started watching those 2 things yesterday and hope to see a result.

Goal — January under 7 drinks a week- for my health.....my mind.....my body....Freedom from alcohol ruling my life!

1/1 =alcohol free
1/2 = 4 wine spritzers
1/3 =alcohol free
1/4 =alcohol free
1/5 =alcohol free while my husband must of drank almost 2 bottles of wine....I wasn't tempted, which was great!
1/6 =alcohol free while my husband must of drank almost 2 bottles of wine
1/7 =alcohol free while my husband must of drank almost 2 bottles of wine-I copy and paste! Rerun! I feel that now I don't even want one drink as it is never enough...I always want more! I will see how long I can be FREE from alcohol. Losing weight and feeling great!
1/8 =DITTO...I slept better last night--had an Atkins bar around 8...maybe that was it...I also had to go to my guest room again for my husbands snoring started again!
1/9 =DITTO and lost another pound---Wow! 7 days alcohol FREE!! This is the longest I have gone for years!
1/10 =8 days freedom
1/11 =9 days freedom- looking forward to reading my new books...This Naked Mind and Blackout-Remembering The Things I Drank to Forget...
1/12 =10 days clean! My hubby only drank during the day, not last night. He didn't snore last night, so I didn't have to go to our guest room to sleep. Read the first 2 1/2 chapters of This Naked Mind and finding it interesting.
1/13 =11 Days freedom! It is actually getting easier at this point...I just ordered some liver detox....
1/14 =12 Days freedom! It really helps to have all you on MFP for support! Thank you all!!
1/15 =13 days---Wow! I am finally sleeping in my own bed now because my husband cuts off his drinking at night and he doesn't snore so loud to make me go into our guest room! LOL! He didn't like me going into the guest room, so he cut down...
1/16 =14 days freedom! 2 weeks!! YAY! I have to note how yesterday was a bit interesting when my hubby just bottle a bunch of wine and said to me, "Taste this, it is better than the usual Concord that we make". I told him immediately that I was just drinking green tea and it wouldn't taste good. I was so glad that I was drinking tea, as I would have been tempted to taste it. I feel that if it happens again that I am prepared now and will decline. I am going to tell him today not even to ask me to taste.

1/17 =15th day freedom! Had another great morning of working out...ready to play some music!
1/18 =16th day freedom! I am going for a month!! I joined the "Alcohol Experiment" Super informational...I have been just reading and listening..this weekend I am going to start writing in the journal. I recommend this to you all, if just to read and listen to all the interesting information.
1/19 =17th day- my husband drank through the day until bedtime and I had to go to the guest room to sleep because he snored again. A definite pattern of loud snoring when he drinks wine at night. I caught up in the "Alcohol Experiment" yesterday and started writing in it. It really is helping me in so many ways. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to be able to go through it, and I highly recommend it. There is no pressure about your alcohol intake.
1/20 =18th day of freedom from alcohol addiction. My mind and body are really loving it. Yesterday was my first social event to go to. I had no problem in saying that I wasn't having any wine, when asked twice. I said I was on a cleanse and I have to stay away from the sugar. My doctor did say that I have to stay away from sugar last year, as I have a hereditary condition called GSID-Genetic Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency. I have been following the diet fine, except for the alcohol, until now. I have even another reason to stay away from it.
1/21 =19th freedom day
1/22 =20th day...a tempting day in that I just don't feel up to doing much. Previously, this is when I drank. I am hanging in there.
1/23 =21st day...did intermittent fasting and just love it! Started a Thread on Challenges!
1/24 =22nd day of freedom. I went way past my goal of under 7 drinks a week. I have no cravings and am loving my life without alcohol.
1/25 =23rd day! I have been on a cleansing to clean up my liver and cleanse my body.
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In for my eighth round
Round 22 start weight - 151.40
Round 23 start weight - 145.80
Round 24 start weight - 147.60
Round 25 start weight - 141.60
Round 26 start weight - 141.90
Round 27 start weight - 146.20
Round 28 start weight - 143.20
Round 29 start weight - 140.90

Loss to date - 10.5lbs

Aim to be under 140 by the end of the round......

01/18 140.6lb - 0.3lb off and on my way to be under 140 by end of the round. Feeling organised and motivated

01/19 140.4lb - last of the weekend woosh gone! Work evening out tonight for a meal followed by Cirque de Soleil. Will enjoy but also try to choose wisely from the menu. I will have a couple of glasses of wine but won't be going mad as up early tomorrow to take my daughter out for the day to the National Space Centre - a 2.50 hour drive each way!! On the plus side got the train into work today so plenty of walking to and from the station plus round London tonight.

01/20 DNW. Very late home Friday after a meal and drinks and up early Saturday for a day out so forgot to weigh!
01/21 DNW - actually got a cup of tea in bed so didn't weigh as already had something by the time I got up!

01/22 142.90 lb. Weekend that I didn't track plus a full (healthy) Sunday roast last night. Didn't go mad but as usual weight is up on a Monday and weigh exactly where I was last Monday so not concerned as not a true weight gain. Back to normal today with food and water intake so expecting a good week ahead and still hopeful for under 140 by the end of the round on Saturday.

01/23 140.90lb - and the weekend woosh!! Plenty of water yesterday and walked 12,000 steps so a good day. Good food day planned today, gym tonight so all on the right path to be under 140 at the end of the round or shortly after! Feel like I've been at this stage for ages so under 140 and stay there will be a huge milestone!

01/24 140.10lb - down 0.80lbs. So close to being under 140 - the scale did in fact wobble around and briefly flicked over to 139.90 but settled here. My under 140 target is in sight!!!!!

01/25 138.70lb - down 1.4lbs. Guess its catch up after weekends out and away and had a "normal" week of eating and training Can't believe I am under the magic 140 - did change my scale this morning so I could see my weight beginning with a 9!! 9 stone 13lbs - not been there for a very long time!!!!! Now I need to hopefully lose a bit more and never see over 140 again ........ This is the first time I have ever properly calorie counted and watched my macros so shows it works (for me anyway!) - and I honestly believe this group helps so much as it makes me think about my own weight and trends and how weight varies day to day. Onwards and downwards

01/26 138.30lb - looking good for my end of round target tomorrow Didn't make the gym last night though as stuck in 2 hours of traffic on the M25! Going to try for a long walk later today .... work and kids permitting!

01/27

Hi Everyone! Back again for daily weight tracking. It was one of the key factors in getting me where I am and I expect it's going to be key in keeping me there.

SW - 182.4 - March 2017
GW - 145 - blew past this in mid October

I've been maintaining nicely under 145...feel great when my rolling 7 day avg is around 143-143.5. I'm going to stick with trying to keep it here for the next couple of weeks while work is nuts. Once Feb hits and things settle a bit and I have more work from home time I'm going to set some new goals...maybe to loose 5 more or just work on re-comping and some higher fitness goals.

01/17 - 143.4 - coming in from last round

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 143.6 - no biggie...still in the right range.
01/19 - 142.8 - the scale is starting to catch up with my activity this week...over 20,000 steps yesterday working in the showroom. Gives me a little buffer for my son's birthday party tomorrow, I won't feel guilty having a piece of cake
01/20 - 142.8 - a good place to stick
01/21 - 144.8 - Chinese take out friday night, pizza and cake for lunch yesterday, and another dinner out last night....kept my choices and portions in check but knew the sodium and higher carbs would show up as water retention this morning when I could hardly get my rings off before bed last night. Activity and hydration today....
01/22 - 145.8 - some more "delayed onset water retention" I think
01/23 - 145.6 - still feel pretty puffy
01/24 - 146.2
01/25 - 146.4
01/26 - 145.0 - What a crazy week! I've weighed and logged on my garmin app but haven't been online since Tuesday. Stress makes my body hold on to junk....after I got the show set up wrapped up last night I could feel it start to release. The next couple of months should be lighter work wise so I'm ready to re-focus on my fitness!!
01/27

Female, 5’2”
Starting Weight: 125 lbs
Goal Weight: 115 lbs

Round 27 EW: 123.6 lbs, GW : 122.0 lbs EW: 122.5
Round 28 EW: 122.5 lbs, GW: 121.0 lbs

1/18 - 122.2 lbs. a new start! hope this round is better than last round.
1/19 - 122.1 lbs. I start to like NSNG!
1/20 - 121.6 lbs.
1/21 - 121.6 lbs. NSNG works in past few days. Yesterday was my cheat day. Didn’t count calories but I didn’t let it go either. Just carefully had some cards. The weight didn’t go up.
1/22 - 121.5 lbs. went to body bump and became so craving towards crabs. Had some dark chocolate.. not much. 1/3 of bar. Mmm... it stopped my craving.
1/23 - 121.1 lbs. wow! Love this weight! It makes me proud!
1/24 - 121 lbs. a friend of mine went through sales kickoff meetings for 2 days and held on dry January promise! Impressed!
1/25 -119.9 lbs. had bony pump class!