JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 30

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)
R29SW: 99.8 R29EW: 97.9 (-1.9)

R30GW: Going to try for 96 this time I'm going to try increasing my fats and really decreasing my carbs.
I need to make my daily water goal 96oz

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 - 97.8 Ate within calorie limit, but as is the case with every weekend, I'm not as strict on sodium intake
01/29 - 99.4 - Yikes! The salt I'm sure, but not just - yesterday was a hard day resisting food
01/30 - 99 - From what I've learned from these past challenges is that it generally takes 3 days to undo salt damage for me. The only difference food wise is that I've increased my healthy fats - i'm flirting with the idea of a keto diet but since I know absolutely nothing about it, im doing research first. Tips and pointers appreciated though01/31 - 98.6 - Soooo slow coming back down. I really cannot let my guard down on weekends
02/1 - 97.9 - Back on track!
02/2 - 98 - all on track, a little low on the water but food was ok

02/3 - 98.2 - Under calorie and water goal. I hate the weekend weight creeps feels like tomorrow will be up again. It's weird, up until now I used the "If you ate like today in five weeks you'd weigh..." as a gage... If it says 92.5 and up, the likelihood is I'm going to register a gain... anything lower is a loss. But yesterday's number was 90 and I registered a gain... meh!
02/4
02/5
02/6

SW R27 144.2
SW R28 141.2
SW R29 140.5
SW R30 141.2

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 141.2
01/29 140.7
01/30 140.2
01/31 141.2
02/01 140.5
02/02 140.7
02/03 140.5
02/04 140.5
02/05
02/06

5’7 50-something female vegetarian
SW 66.1
GW 63

1/28 65.5kg out to lunch and managed to keep food and wine under control to stay stable at least. 9km walk.
1/29 65.5 20min run, 20 min row, strength work. No alcohol during the week.
1/30 65.5kg argh scales not moving. Gym, weights, half hour swim. Eating within calorie range. Frustrated.
1/31 65.2kg It moves! Early cross trainer and then on the road travelling. Feeling good without midweek drinking.
1/1 64.7kg it moves again! Went for a jog, a walk and a swim. Love this group and what it’s doing for me.
2/1 64.7kg Away from home and not in my usual territory. Swim, short jog and walk. A little looser with my calories today, not so extreme. Still just over 1000. First glass of wine for the week.
2/2 64.9kg argh. Swings and roundabouts I guess. Walk and planning a swim later on. Lots of gardening and see how we go.
2/3 64.4kg feeling good, jog in the morning, then driving 4 hours.
2/4
2/5
2/6

SW: 153 lbs January 13
GW: 128 lbs
UGW: 120 lbs


01/31 -144
02/01 - 143
02/02 - 143.7 (combo of eating way too many cashews and natural fluctuation haha)
02/03 - 142.4
02/04 - 141.5
02/05 -
02/06 -

I'm really sorry for that copy and paste fail. Lol. Obviously yesterday evening wasn't that great for me.



1/28:: 240 - It's getting easier to eat less food. The Intermittent Fasting is still very hard during breakfast when I'm cooking eggs, bacon, french toast for the kids.
1/29:: 238.7 - 1350 kcal food intake - it's getting easier to pass up the sweet foods. I just gotta keep telling myself it's not worth it. It's days like today when I reach my nutrient goals but yet still have open kcal available. I'm going to start doing smoothies for lunch everyday. Fasting during work days are super easy.
1/30:: 238.7 - 1101 kcal intake - I was planning to fast all day long however the wife tempted me with homemade chicken and dumplings... Well to say the least once I started eating I just wanted more. So I stopped at my kcal goal.
1/31:: 238.7 - 1201 kcal intake - I'm starting to get frustrated the scale isn't moving. It's becoming like groundhog day.
2/1:: 238.2 - I stayed up entirely too late to see the blood moon last night. Seeing the scale change has been a well needed relief. Little did I know I was going to need that bump in motivation. Today has probably been the hardest not to eat junk food. Then to make matters worse, leadership brought in a huge stack of pizzas for us today. I smiled, thanked them and walked away... The smell has filled my office making it extremely tempting... Especially when I know they have my favorite out there. Pepperoni and Bacon. That's made my vegetable smoothie very lack luster to drink. I just keep telling myself that a craving isn't worth back tracking for.
2/2:: 237.6 - My morning was fantastic. Very productive. Not even slightly tired. Feeling great! However my afternoon made everything interesting... They ordered pizza again and I scummed to the madness. I had 2 slices and 2 cheese sticks. After about 30 minutes I had really bad heartburn, headache, abdominal cramps. I know my son has a problem with gluten... Today has been the first day I had any large amounts of bread and it really messed me up. My entire afternoon was very difficult. No energy. Mental fog.
2/3:: 235.6 - I woke up feeling decent. As my day went on things got better. Smoothie for lunch. Starting to feel great. However I was tempted with donuts... I had 2 and everything I described from yesterday applied today as well. Everything just fell apart on me.
2/4:: 236.6 - I think the gain was from drinking a ton of water right before bed. We'll see in morning. Today was okay. Nothing special. I tested out the gluten thing today. I definitely react to it and not in a good way at all. I really love my breads and this is going to be really hard.

Historical SW (January 2017): 193
Recent SW: 187.6 (Sunday after Thanksgiving)
Challenge SW: 181.8 
R25 AVE = 180.36
R26 (Christmas!) AVE = 179.23 
R27 AVE = 176.1 
R28 AVE = 172.1
R29 AVE= 169.3 (End weight = 170.2)
Goal for this round: 167

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 = 169.2
01/29 = 168.4
01/30 = 167.0
01/31 = 167.0
02/01 = 167.2 This is just fluctuation. Ate well within calories and did some exercise too.
02/02 = 166.8 Lots of compliments at a work meeting with people I hadn’t seen in a while. Felt SO good!
02/03 = 166.6 Had a major chocolate craving yesterday, but only had 5 choc-covered almonds anywhere in the house (they were in my hiking gear). It’s a good thing the house was pretty much cheat-food free. It might have been BAD!
02/04 = 166.6 Beautiful photography hike in the Smokies yesterday. Not physically challenging, but so relaxing!
02/05
02/06

"Female, 5'2""
Starting Weight: 155
Round 29: 155.0
Round 30 Goal: Under 150

I kept my goal of tracking and weighing in everyday in the last round. My goals for Round
30 are to 1) exercise at least 4 days every week (so 6 workouts within the next 10 days).
2) pack my meals 3) cook at least 2 vegetarian dinners"

1/28 151.8
1/29 "153.4, even though I stayed within my caloric intake, i think the late night snack
may have bumped me up. I'm still down from when I started so not too upset"
1/30 "155.4 I should not have eaten the pizza last night. I was over by a lot.
Back on track today!"
1/31 155.4 This is hard
2/1 155.4
2/2 157 I don't know what is going on with my body
2/3 155.2
2/4 153.2 OK, finally coming back to what I would expect. I can't give up
2/5
2/6

This is one woman that's back for more. Thank you @cyranda63 for continuing to create the rounds and make the group. You've been a HUGE support in my weight loss journey. Now, let's do this! "Your body can stand almost anything. It's your mind you have to convince."

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

1/28: 159 3 days of making sure my carbs and sodium stay stay within my goal. 3 days of dropping my one pop that I allow myself everyday and substituting it for hot tea, and I show a loss. A 2 lb loss, which appears to be my WHOOSH! Now let's hope it sticks and continues. Yesterday, I threw a surprise 30th anniversary party for my family. I ate well and within my calories. I even skipped the cake I had made for them. It paid off. "Junk food you've craved for an hour, or the body you've craved for a lifetime. Your decision."
1/29: 159 My nephew turned 7 today. We went to his house to celebrate. I once again chose to skip the dessert. Then again, it was red velvet cake, so it wasn't too hard. That stuff is nasty! "Look in the mirror. That's your competition."
1/30: 158.2 It was a crazy day today. It's National Catholic Schools Week, and it kept me hopping at work. I also took my 14-year-old son out for some 1:1 time to dinner. It was really nice. PLUS I found out my 9-year-old son is Student of the Week. "The best project you'll ever work on is you."
1/31: 158.8 I usually eat dinner by 6 p.m., but I had to work until 7:30 last night. It was family day, and all of us teachers honored our parents and students by cooking them a meal and serving them last night. So, I ended up eating late. Dont like the bump up, but it happens. There is one thing I am learning. "The secret of losing weight is patience."
2/1: 158.2 Let me see 158 before the end of this challenge, PUH-LEASE! I know I met my goal already, but I want to get back to my new low. I'm so close. "Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret."
2/2: 158.6 Whiplash! Lol "Don't stop trying just because you hit a wall. Progress is progress no matter how small."
2/3 157.6 I'm really liking this number. Had lunch with my son yesterday. He was chosen as student of the week. I also took my Momma out bowling. I had such fun, but boy, was it a killer on the back. I also bought some new foods to try this week. Hopefully it helps."Be stronger than your excuses."
2/4 158.8 I ate well, stayed within my calories and macros, stayed within the range of carbs I set for myself too, but I didn't drink enough at all. I also ate about 3 or 4 handfuls of movie popcorn because I took my 9-year-old out to see Paddington 2 yesterday. It could have been worse, and when he offered me more, I did say no thank you. OH!!!! I also tried out several new products that I've never had before. I was scared to do it due to my severe food allergies, but I didn't have a single issue. I can now add more things to my list that I can consume. "Losing weight is hard. Being fat is hard. Pick your hard.

@SLIMn2016 It's my understanding that you won't lose but will retain or possibly gain if your body thinks that it is starving. It's a survival mechanism that it has. Just a thought about maybe that's why there is a jump, but I'm not for sure.

@tishawj I hope your kiddo gets to feeling better. It's always hard to quarantine them. Lol

@alicewonder_90 You've had a great week so far.

@six1313 Way to take your health in your hands and control what's going on in it. That 60lb weight loss is wonderful and shows your hard work and dedication. I, too, had a health related reason for starting my weight loss in June of 2017. I've lost 44 lbs now because of it. We can do this, and we have shown we can do this.

Here we go again! Another 10 days. I love the accountability of this group and challenge, everyone is so motivating and supportive! Wouldn't be where I am without all you long term 10 dayers....looking forward to getting to know the new ones

SW - 182.4 - March 2017
original GW - was 145- met this target in October
new GW - 140

I was maintaining a 143ish average nicely up until Christmas and my crazy gift show season in January and things have crept up to about 145. It could be worse so I'm not stressing over it but I know I've lost some fitness over the last month and a half and want to get back in control of things. I will start back into my cardio and strength routine and daily calorie logging this round...I've been a bit slack as of late. I would like to get under 140 slowly over the next couple of months so I won't be to aggressive with my calorie deficit.

1/27 - 145.0 - coming in from round 29 with a rolling 7 day avg of 145.5

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01/28 - 144.2 - feeling a bit run down this morning...will get out for a walk with the dog and some housework today...nice to see it under 145 though.
01/29 - 146.4 - Bleh!! Did not eat well yesterday and I can feel the bloat...back to tracking and logging today.
01/30 - 146.2 - took the dog for a 3.5km walk yesterday morning and did a full kettlebell work out after dinner...muscles are a bit tight today...
01/31 - 144.6 - knew this would be down...I was "flushing" the water weight what seemed like every half hour yesterday. Hit the elliptical and did an express kettlebell work out...going to take a break from the weights today and just bundle up and take the dog for a good walk this morning.
02/01 - 145.2 - Meh...a few too many carbs yesterday...
02/02 - 144.6 - back here, having a hard time with the evening snacking this week....need to plan better to make them fit in my targets.
02/03 - 144.0 - Yay! coming down! Have a kid home with a virus...madly keeping him contained to the cootie zone and cleaning so it doesn't spread to the rest of us but I did get a good 50 minutes in on the elliptical yesterday
02/04 - 143.0 - a small Whoosh! Just in time for TOM to arrive and bloat it back up again LOL...or maybe not...I can only hope.
02/05
02/06

Round 30
01/28 133
01/29 133
01/30 133
01/31 131.6
02/01 131.6
02/02 131.6
02/03 131.6
02/04 131 - I replaced the battery in my scale last night. Nutrition and water were not the very greatest yesterday but still good overall so I’m happy with slight loss/no gain. Now to somehow not gain it back + more on Super Bowl snacks today

back again
01/28
01/29
01/30..144.4 Did 75 on ellip yesterday. Goal for this round is to getto or below 143.4- baby steps. Lots of stress in home life not helping lately
01/31...144.4 Did another 75 on ellip yesterday and ate well within macros. Today, gym.
02/01... 145 Went to gym yesterday and got a great workout in. Went out for a belated birthday happy hour and I'm hoping water retention from wine, etc is reason for weight increase. Today, a day of virtue. Happy Thursday.
02/02... 144 ok, down a bit. Need to lose .6 to reach goal for this round. Doable. Today, a pool class and perhaps some gym. Happy Friday.
02/03.. 144.4 Did a 45 min pool aqua aerobics yesterday. So much fun. Ae sensibly. No wine. 3 days left ot lose 1.1 pounds.

02/04... 143.6 Not sure why the big drop but I'll take it. Got chicken marinating last night for a great Mediterranean chicken dish that has green olives for dinner today. That and spinach for me and some rice too for the others. I'm prepared. Maybe the gym.

02/05
02/06