JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - Round 29

Age 60, 5'4" MFP SW 195
1st Goal 150 in a livable way = It's. Not. A. Diet.
2nd Goal 145 = normal BMI [UG Range 140 - 145]

My scale only has 1/2# increments, and I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale. Comments reflect prior day. Previous round EW 157.0 LW 157.0
01/18: 157.0 Treadmill 3 miles before work / 50:15. Fitbit 14,343 steps, 250+ steps 14/14 hours (boom!) & 32 floors. Net calories & sodium green, sugar red (a little), 25g fiber (yay!) & 14c water.
01/19: 157.0 Workplace hike at lunchtime. Fitbit 12,567 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 32 floors. Net calories red, sodium & sugar green, fiber on target & 13c water.
01/20: 156.5 Slept instead of treadmill before work / packed & stored Xmas decorations in basement. Fitbit 10,979 steps, 250+ steps 12/14 & 36 floors. Net calories & sodium green, fiber 24g, sugar -1 & 14c water.
01/21: 157.5 Expected. Net calories way over & 10c water. Forced sedentary day: >4 hrs in car, funeral (93yo 2nd cousin), interment (full military honors for WWII veteran) and luncheon. Fitbit 4,695 steps, 250+ steps 8/14 hours & 12 floors.
01/22: 157.0 Ice & snow (mostly) gone from neighborhood roads so walked dog 3.26 miles. Happy dog & happy me. Fitbit 14,797 steps, 250+ steps 11/14 hours & 30 floors. Net calories, sodium & sugar red, fiber & protein low & 14c water.
01/23: 157.0 Slept instead of treadmill before work. Fitbit 9,234 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 41 floors. Net calories & sugar red (not horrible), sodium & protein good, fiber 25g & 15c water.
01/24: 157.0 Dentist appt 7:50 a.m. instead of treadmill before work. Fitbit 8,830 steps, 250+ steps 12/14 hours & 28 floors. Net calories & sugar red (oops), sodium & protein good, fiber 20g & 12c water.
01/25: 156.5 Treadmill 3 miles before work / 51:19. Fitbit 13,343 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 27 floors. Net calories <100 red, sodium & fiber excellent, protein good & 15c water.
01/26: 157.0 Workplace hike at lunchtime (not enough snow for snowshoes, sad). Fitbit 11,004 steps, 250+ steps 13/14 hours & 30 floors. Net calories & sugar red (trending this week), sodium/protein/fiber excellent & 15c water.
01/27

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 202.6 Excited to get started! Had a binge last night =( Hoping to do better tonight.
01/19 202.8
01/20 didn't weigh
01/21 didn't weigh
01/22 200.9 walked 1 hour
01/23 200.2 plan to walk 1 hour over lunch
01/24 202.2
01/25 201.6
01/26 201.6
01/27

Day/Weight/Comment
1/18 - 179.7
1/19 - 179.5 - danced some, walked 7k steps, but have a bday party to go to later. Wish me luck lol.
1/20 - 180.9 - Managed to fall under daily calorie limit yesterday but party still did its damage. Hoping this is just water. 6k steps plus 30 min dancing.
1/21 - 180.6 - A little under the weather today so only did stretching and quads strengthening.
1/22 - 180.1 - Went slightly under calorie limit. Nice to see the reading going down again.
1/23 - 179.9 - Only 4k steps, but slept 7 hrs straight for the first time after a long while. Feel pretty good as a result.
1/24 - 179.6 - Pretty much back to where I started lol, but I'm not complaining. Keep going down, down...
1/25 - 178.3 - No exercise aside from stretching. I observe however that the weight goes down when I've had enough sleep. Interesting.
1/26 - 178.2
1/27 -

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

R28 SW: 177 EW: 174.4 AW: 175.8

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 174.2 - so far so good! Besides yoga, I started some bodyweight exercises at home.. WATER!! I seem to forget it the last few days..
01/19 - 173.7 - I hope it stays!!! Had a cupcake last night, but fit it into my cals..
01/20 - 173.9 - I’ ll take it! A good day yesterday, lots of steps..
01/21 - 175 - Wow... i had a crazy day, I skipped lunch and ate late at night..
01/22 - 174.4 - back to where I was 5 days ago..
01/23 - 173.7 - hello there! Please stay this time..!
01/24 - 173.1 - Ok, I know it might go up but I m so happy! I paid attention to dinner the last couple days and it shows.. fingers crossed..
01/25 - 172 - I don’t know how it happened, but I wanna know so I can do it again! Normal day, under cals, good on water, no exercise..
01/26 - 171.7 - Whoohoo!!
01/27

"Female, 5' 2""
Starting Weight: 155
1st Goal Weight: 150
End Goal Weight: 125"

01/18 155.0 need to stay positive
01/19 153.8 good start; i tracked everything and 15,000 steps
01/20 153.8, i have to stay committed throught the weekend
01/21 153.9; still down from a week ago; need to stay committed
01/22 153.9; I've been tracking everyday; it will come off
01/23 153.0 yeah, starting to feel better
01/24 151.9 ok now things are happening
01/25 151.9; nice to see again
01/26 152.3; not sure what caused this bump; need to be cautious over the weekend
01/27

"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith
Start 10/18/2017 = 147.9 * Goal = 130.0 and 20 miles/week

Round 29 Start = 132.6 Approaching goal so conscious of doing this slow and sustainably

1/18 - 132.6 - Yesterday at least walked, got my 10K steps, under calories just barely with some extras.
1/19 - 131.6 Bang! - I will bounce but still super good to see. Yesterday well under calories, ran 3.5
1/20 - 132.2 - Yesterday under calories, 4 mile run on the cool dark streets. Working on hydration this weekend, channeling cschmitz110515
1/21 - 132.6 - yesterday did not workout, emo day. Today so far, had trouble packaging up my granola batch without over-tasting it! OMG. Off to the gym, I GOTTA.
1/22 - 132.2 - Yesterday under calories, got steps done, and short workout on our new rower - anticipating sore shoulders! Kinda struggling with low mood lately.
1/23 - 131.6 - Yesterday under calories. No workout other than a few extra steps.
1/24 - 131.6 - Yesterday under calories, no workout, worked 12 hours, some day!
1/25 - 130.6 - Wo not expecting this and may have more to do with not feeling well. Yesterday 45 min elliptical, under calories, still not sleeping super well.

1/26 - 131.0 - Yesterday just under calories, got my steps in and a small run. Not feeling great but, life!

1/27

SW 146.0
GW 135
R25 SW 147.1
R26 SW 146.8
R27 SW 145.5
R28 SW 145.1

R29 SW 144.7
R28 GW 143.5

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 144.7
01/19 144.5
01/20 143.9
01/21 145.0
01/22 143.8
01/23 142.7 Been sick. Loss of appetite.
01/24 142.7
01/25 143.3
01/26 143.5
01/27

UGW 130-135
Goals this round - 146
5'3", 64 yrs.
Weight 2/2015 - 218
Lost 68#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. R28 end weight 146.8 (-2.2)

Day/Weight/Comment

01/18 - 146.8
Happy to see this as I had a bit of a pig out yesterday. Nothing all that great, just ate more than usual and went over my goals. Back on track today.

01/19 - 146.8
On track yesterday and I walked and was active packing for a move, so this is, I think, holdover from Wednesday's excesses. Going out for lunch today, but I have the day planned and I'll be on track again. Sooner or later....

01/20 - 146.8
Let's hear it for consistency! (It's better than gaining, it's better than gaining...)

01/21 - 147
Sigh. I did eat over my goal yesterday, although not by much. I was hungry. I really struggle with being hungry at night. I'm thinking of trying a bigger breakfast with lots of protein & good fat, which always holds me over most of the day, so I eat less at lunch and dinner. I'm avoiding "shoulds," so no "should not eat after dinner" for me. I just end up breaking my rule and feeling bad about it. I know I do better in terms of both hunger and weight loss on the days when I have a big breakfast or lunch and skip dinner, then eat 300 or so healthy calories later. (Thinking onscreen here ).

01/22 - 146.8
Longing for good weather & long walks. But I'm going to suck it up and go walk in circles at the mall for an hour. Beats a treadmill, I guess. Sigh.

01/23 - 146.8
My body obviously thinks its home.

01/24 - 146.8
Yep, just a homebody. However, I measured my waist this morning and I'm down 1.5 inch since Aug, so something's happening. I'm trying a new approach for the next week or so, starting today -- top-loading my daily calories with a big high-protein, high-ish fat breakfast; no lunch or very light, depending on whether I'm hungry; no dinner or very light, depending...; snack around 9 (which I always have), more carby & fatty (like my fav whole grain English muffin with peanut- or almond butter). Same calorie goal, but different distribution. Started this morning with breakfast out - steak & eggs, half cup cottage cheese, 2 pieces whole wheat toast w/butter. I'm thinking I won't be hungry for many hours! (TMI?) Thanks for letting me spell it out for myself.

01/25 - 146.8
Still hangin' out, but I ate within calorie goal yesterday and walked a bit. One of these days I'll have a whoosh! (BTW, yesterday I wasn't hungry until about 8 p.m. I did eat an apple around 5, but I love the big breakfast approach. Not today as I'm having lunch with a friend, but that will be my big meal for the day.)

01/26 - 146.8
Color me flummoxed. I've been on target for calories (lower this week than they've been in many moons) & macros (P25-30%, C30-35%, F40-45%). I've been walking this week - not a lot, but several times at a good clip for 30-50 min. The only thing I can think of is that, with many fewer grains in my diet, I'm getting less fiber than I used to (although still hitting the MFP target) with the expected results. I keep reminding myself that I'm very, very close to my "healthy BMI," which means that realistically (since BMI is problematic) I'm at a healthy weight now. I would just like to be a little bit lighter. We are moving from OR to IN in 3 weeks, so there's a moderate level of stress going on (although not bad as we've done this multiple times and have a "system"). But maybe I should just be happy where I am until weather warms up and I get back to my usual outdoor activity level? Any thoughts, anyone who's still with me here?

01/27

Height: 5'10"
Goal: 170
End Round 22: 193
End Round 23: 193.2
End Round 24: 191.2
End Round 25: 189.4
End Round 26: 190
End Round 27: 188.6
End Round 28: 186.4

Slowly but surely. It's kind of nice to start on a low note maybe I'll feel some positive pressure to keep it low.

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18 - 186.4 - Holding after personal training.
01/19 - 187.4 - Late salty dinner out last night, so this is kind of expected.
01/20 - 186.6 - It's kind of cold here (for the desert) gotta find the motivation to do more than curl up with my heater and videogames.
01/21 - 187.2 - Took some medicine that's making me kind of bloaty and sleepy.
01/22 - 186.6 - Got training tonight.
01/23 - 187.4 - Training and too much salt. Too cold don't remember to drink water.
01/24 - 187.2 - I'll be glad when my WoW game time wears off in a couple days. I feel so obligated to use the paid time when I have it that I've been lazier than I should be.
01/25 - 189 - Went to see a friend last night at a Brazilian steakhouse. It was a bit spontaneous. Worth it, fun, but...
01/26 - 188.6 - Not looking good for ending on a low note.
01/27 -

SheilaBoneham wrote: »

01/26 -
Color me flummoxed. I've been on target for calories (lower this week than they've been in many moons) & macros (P25-30%, C30-35%, F40-45%). I've been walking this week - not a lot, but several times at a good clip for 30-50 min. The only thing I can think of is that, with many fewer grains in my diet, I'm getting less fiber than I used to (although still hitting the MFP target) with the expected results. I keep reminding myself that I'm very, very close to my "healthy BMI," which means that realistically (since BMI is problematic) I'm at a healthy weight now. I would just like to be a little bit lighter. We are moving from OR to IN in 3 weeks, so there's a moderate level of stress going on (although not bad as we've done this multiple times and have a "system"). But maybe I should just be happy where I am until weather warms up and I get back to my usual outdoor activity level? Any thoughts, anyone who's still with me here?

Personally, I do not monitor macros. I pay attention to net calories, sodium & processed sugar, and try to get enough daily fiber (I set at 25g per registered dietitian advice) and protein. When I have right amounts of fiber and protein, and keep the rest within proper range, I seem to do fine. I am a big water drinker, minimum of 10-12 cups per day, feel parched if I don't and my skin gets dry. And I always eat back exercise calories, preferably protein, or I would be starving at end of day. Don't know if any of this is useful for you, just my approach.

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18: n/a
01/19: n/a
01/20: n/a
01/21: 132.0
01/22: 132.0
I was having a hard time recommitting myself to this after I gained about 7 lbs over the holidays but I’m back on track. I think the problem was that I tried to eat super healthy like I used to from the beginning, when I had gotten back into the habit of eating sweets and stuff. So I’m cutting back on desserts and then next on the list is soda. Also making more meals at home. Still can’t exercise, as my ankle is in recovery mode from an injury. I’m off crutches but still having to sit around a lot.
01/23: 132.0
Well, at least it didn’t go up ::shrug::
01/24: Forgot to weigh.
01/25:130.9
The bubble hath bursteth! I was having major stomach cramps and bloating for like 2 days. Still not sure why but who cares, because I’m feeling better. Honestly I think it was because I was changing my diet so quickly. Feeling great and happy. Can’t wait to be closer to the 126 mark which is where I was when I left here. Can’t wait to start toning again either. Soooo impatient.
01/26: 131.6
I weighed myself like halfway through the day because I completely forgot to this AM.
01/27

Great start to 2018!
Let's keep the momentum going!!

Progress Rounds 13 - 28:
SW 167.6 to EW 146.8 (-20.8 lb), HW 168.4 to LW 146.6 (-21.8 lb), AVG 167.4 to 148.0 (-19.4 lb)

Details Rounds 13 - 28:
Round 29
SW:  146.8
Goal: 144.4

Day/Weight/Comment
01/18: 146.4 New low
01/19: 146.2 New new low
01/20: 147.0 Peaks and valleys. Peaks and valleys.
01/21: 147.4 Bah! Weekends. Almost a pound less than this time last week, so all good.
01/22: 147.8 Oy vey! A weekend of indulgences will do that.
01/23: 147.2 Onward and downward!
01/24: 147.0 Weekend gain certainly is being stubborn coming off this week. 10-day average is at new low though, so yay!
01/25: 145.6 Thank you scale fairy!
01/26: 144.0 Goooooooaaaaaallll! Please stick!
01/27

Officially 10 pounds lighter than my previous MFP attempt. So happy to have achieved this in a healthy, sustainable way. No more diet pills, prepackaged meal schemes, and other whatnot that I would just gain back plus some afterwards. To paraphrase @cschmitz110515, It's a lifestyle, not a diet.

I believe in my ability to MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES, to LOSE WEIGHT, and KEEP IT OFF!

Let's keep going!

Trying something new, not going to post daily numbers, just starting weight for the round just whether today's scale is a loss or gain compared to the previous day.

Yay new round!

Historical Start weight: 252 lb.
End weight Rnd 24: 225.6
End weight Rnd 25: 221.6
End weight Rnd 26: ? (No scale during holidays)
End weight Rnd 27: 222.6
End weight Rnd 28: 219.6

Goal this round: no alcohol consumption!

Day/Weight/Comment
1/18 – loss - my win today is leaving work on time, so I had extra time to make a few different dinners for the next few days to reheat because I know I won't have time to cook for a few days. Probably way too much work for a Thursday but now I have lunches and dinners that are portioned properly and should get me through the weekend. I'm tired but satisfied and greatful for the privilege of time to get this task done.
1/19 – loss - tired.
1/20 – ? - visiting family, no scale. Two birthdays, one slice of cake and no alcohol = win
1/21 – loss - mood cycling low, new goal is to just get through this low and not use food as medication. Greatful for the people who support me.
1/22 – gain - not too bothered, focusing more on the mental, the physical will be a focus once I'm through this part. Aiming for a better tomorrow.
1/23 – gain - not impressed but in the grand scheme it's minor. Mood is getting better so I'm happy for being less low. Work is stressful ATM which likely is helping the gain and not helping the low. Staying dry which is positive, trying to find ways to decompress in healthy ways. Still aiming for a better tomorrow.
1/24 – gain - minor so whatever, better thing is the mood is getting better, so greatful for that. Still eating good, less active cause work is eating my lunch breaks but that will be a better in another week. Going to have to be patient and smart with what I can do. Also might have figured out why the scale has been difficult lately but waiting on that test result, nothing serious, just possibly different...
1/25 -gain - well this isn't surprising at this point. I'm not really sure what's up, in really minor gains but it's perplexing, nothing has changed from my usual healthy habits beyond recovering from the low. Still learning my body I guess. It's almost the weekend though so I'm happy for that!
1/26– gain - because why not right. I get answers tomorrow so many things will make more sense or I'm going to have to figure a different way to get back on track. Mood is better though so grateful for that.
1/27 –

R29GW: 135 +/- 0.5 kg is the aim! SWR29 137.1kg
Day/Weight/Comment 01/26134.7 very nice!
01/27135.0 thought yesterday would bop a bit!

R25SW: 100.4 R25EW: 99.8 (-0.6)
R26SW: 99.8 R26EW: 100.6 (+0.8)
R27SW:100.6 R27EW: 103.6 (+3.6)
R28SW:103.6 R28EW: 99.8 (-3.8)

R29GW: I need to get away from 100kgs as fast as I can, I'm really going to push it this round. Going to try for 96
I need to be mindful of the type of carbs I eat, drink all my water

Day/Weight/Comment

01/18 - 99.4 - Moving in the right direction. No eating after 8PM
01/19 - 99 - Not enough steps in because I was slammed with work, drank my water, but ate dinner after 8
01/20 - 98.3 - Woke up too hungry, hit my water but not food, so I expect this to go up again. Biggest stomach ache ever! I don’t know if it’s the stress from work but wow!!
01/21 - 98.9 Yeah up again, but I was good today with steps, water and food mostly (except for that pesky bakery bread!)
01/22 - 99.3 - Soooo didn't want to see this number! but I do have the week to redress the situation
01/23 - 99 - Have to work through this
01/24 - 98.3 - OK, so I've seen this number this round before the bread blowout, will be mindful today.
01/25 - 98.1
01/26 - 97.8 - by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin... have to be mindful this weekend!

01/27 - 97.9 - It's so early when I weigh that I didn't even realize that yesterday registered under 98!!
Well I'm under 100 but not near 96 - on to the next challenge!