JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 30

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In for my ninth 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
Round 30 start weight - 137.90
Loss to date - 13.5lbs

Had a great round 29 so hoping it continues - R30 goal is 136lb.....

01/28 138.4lb - unsurprisingly slightly up - yesterday (although not over calories allowance) I spent my whole day at the computer, drinking coffee and too little water and didn't hardly move at all. I'm an accountant and its tax return deadline on Wednesday 31st so really busy. More of the same today too ....... must have more water today if nothing else........

01/29 139.1lb - not unusually I weigh more on a Monday - the usual full Sunday roast and dessert (all in calories just a lot of food concentrated in the evening!). And on top of that the whole weekend spent in front of a computer. So am happy with this especially as still under the 140lbs! No reason this won't be a good week

01/30 139.4lb - not surprised! Caught my kids cough and cold and was up half the night drinking water trying to stop myself coughing so drank loads plus had lemsips and hot drinks! However my calories and macros yesterday were spot on (as was my fluid intake!!) so know this is the scales lying to me

01/31 138.20 - my usual fall on the scales on a Wednesday post weekend. Still not back to my all time low of last week but only by 0.30lb which I'll allow myself as still full of cold so still dosing up on lemsips and cough medicines! Went to the gym last night but not a 100% effort as feel rough - but I went so pleased with that. Will keep drinking plenty, eating sensibly and watch those scales continue to go down! A new month tomorrow and closer to Spring

02/01 139.10lb - up and down this round. Was within my calories again yesterday so can only assume its due to lack of activity (stuck behind computer due to tax return time of year) and feeling rough so been having lemsips and cough pastilles. And to top it off TOM is imminent so feeling bloated. Tax all done now though and hoping cough and cold is on its way out so can only gt better. BUT - I have throughout it all still remained under 140 .......

02/02 138.40lbs - up, down, up, down this round. Maybe my body is adjusting to its new weight? Body fat measurement at the gym last night and gone down 1.80% in January - yay!!!!
Seem to be over the worst of my cold but TOM imminent and I'm away overnight. But all still good as staying under 140lb so all good Got healthy snacks for the 5 hour car journey this evening, will enjoy my hotel breakfast tomorrow with the aim of staying sensible and try to not indulge in take-away rubbish tomorrow. Back to weigh in on Sunday morning again.

02/03 Away overnight - unable to weigh

02/04 137.60lb
02/05 139.70lb - behaved over the weekend when away - weight was down yesterday but back up today (usual Monday morning excess "weight" after the family Sunday roast - ate later yesterday too as had loads of family round for dinner for my parents wedding anniversary. Given my cough and cold all last week as well, diet was ok but exercise wasn't full on so I'm not expecting to finish this round on a record low but staying under 140 makes me very happy! Back to usual today so will be lower tomorrow and then I aim to be back to it fully next round

02/06 137.90lb - down from yesterday as expected and back where I started this round - which is under 140!!!! Been under 140 this whole round and I am very happy with that

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
ROUND 27 starting weight 185.0
ROUND 28 starting weight 186.0
ROUND 29 starting weight 182.6
ROUND 30 starting weight 186.0

1/28 -
1/29 - 186.0....Had a very rough weekend
1/30 - 184.8
1/31 - 183.2
2/01 - 183.2.....Lost my job - First day unemployed! Made soup & gonna spend the next week giving the house
a really top notch cleaning - from top to bottom (it's been neglected for to long)
2/02 - 183.2........Holding steady. Continuing in cleaning mode today
2/03 - 184.2....Pizza, Wings & Beer...it'll getcha every time!
2/04 - 184.0
2/05 - 185.6....Can't even blame it on the Super Bowl....it was all "me"
2/06 - 186.0....Well Round 30 was a bust - Broke Even. This being unemployed is not good for my weight!

It won't be easy, but it will be worth it!
My ultimate goal is 170lbs, so any loss is a good loss.

Round 22 SW: 140lb
Round 23 SW: 140.3lb
Round 24 SW: 140.2lb
Round 25 SW: 136.9lb
Round 26 SW: 137.4lb
Round 27 SW: 140lb
Round 28 SW: 140.2lb
Round 29 SW: 137.5lb
Round 30 SW: 137.8lb

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 - 137.8lb
01/29 - 137.3lb
01/30 - 137lb
01/31 - 136.3lb
02/01 - 135.9lb
02/02 - 135.9lb
02/03 - 135.2lb
02/04 - 136.3lb
02/05 - 136.5lb
02/06 - 136.1lb

~ Log ~ Move ~ Water ~

@bradcharlessimmons I'm really impressed that you've incorporated it your diet. If it didn't have such a negative affect on me I would as well. I recently learned I have a problem with gluten. So it looks like it'll be more liquors for me. Let's be honest, we didn't really think about that years ago. Hindsight 20/20. The only thing we can do now is shape the future.

Thanks. You're doing quite well yourself. Keep it up.

The intermittent fasting was difficult to get use to at first. Now that I've been in it for a few weeks, it's super easy. After some testing with times, I personally found that noon-8 works best for me. The only times I break my schedule is either by choice or I didn't have enough for dinner. It's made packing for work super easy. I usually make a smoothie the night before for lunch. Throw it in a Shaker bottle so it's easy to remix. Then my dinners have been heavier in meat. If I go to a friend's place or out to eat and it's 10p then whatever I'm still going to was. It's much easier than I expected. I've had so much more energy, and a clearer mind. I honestly don't think I've ever go back to 3 meals again.

bradcharlessimmons wrote: »

DStan304 wrote: »

@bradcharlessimmons sounds like you had an awesome weekend. Do you usually count calories? Once I get down to the weight I want, I'm planning to start adding beer back to my diet. Then again it may just be liquors, we'll have to see.

I did have an awesome weekend thanks! Yes, I'm a big advocate of counting calories however it's unrealistic to be 100% accurate all of the time. Beer wise I always remember the average pint of lager is around 200 kcal, so I can usually build it into my weekends if I opt for a smaller lunch or some heavy cardio or move to gin and diet tonic (50kcal max, usually). Being a student a couple of years ago I could sink up to 24 pints in a sitting (big sesh I know) but looking back; that is horrendous, calorific and damaging to my liver.

Congrats on the loss so far this round by the way, how are you finding the fasting?

Hello, I'm back! I had been about 5 pounds from my goal weight for a while, then since Christmas its jumped up to 10 pounds, and I am not pleased. So here I am.

SW: 136
GW this round: 132
GW ultimate: 125

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 - 136.6 not a good start
01/29 - 135.4 - did well yesterday
01/30 - 133.8 - ate within calories yesterday, did a little stepper workout!
01/31 - 134.5 - did well, little stepper workout
02/01 - 134.5 - had a bit too much sugar, a bit above calorie goal, so probably a bit of water weight
02/02 - travelling for work, no scale. continental breakfast and sitting in a car for 11 hours a day,
02/03 - travelling for work, no scale. continental breakfast and sitting in a car for 11 hours a day. shouldn't be an excuse, but I'm just not used to that.
02/04 - 136.2 - yeah i deserved that gain after the last few days.
02/05 - 135.8 - yesterday was better, got an hour on the elliptical
02/06 - 133.6 - yay! I've been buckling down since getting back from the road trip, and am seeing the results. The water retention from the sugar and salt from travelling is gone (and hopefully a bit of fat too).

Pounds lost this round: 3

R29EW 68.2kg, Average 68.43kg

Initial Goal Weight 65kg
Ultimate Goal Weight 60kg
R30 GW 67.7kg (aiming for 0.5kg again although I think it might be a bit ambitious, I generally lose slowly!)

R30 (2)
01/28 - no access to scales today, also expecting a lot of water weight due to eating out all weekend (very limited food choices), will do what I can to not overeat though!
01/29 - 68.8 - a big jump up, I expected it though after a weekend of limited food options, hopefully just water weight and will come off in the next couple of days
01/30 - 67.8 - followed by a big drop, mostly water from the weekend I think. Also didn't eat much yesterday as I was ill so I expect this will rebound back up a bit.
01/31 - 68.2 - back up a bit, ate late last night and got up and weighed early. So far no change this round!
02/01 - 68.3 - ate at maintenance yesterday, as well as having achy muscles from a PT session - trainer upped all my weights. Hopefully won't creep too much higher!
02/02 - 68.7 - been eating a lot of carby food this week, will try to eat less of it today and see what happens. Cals have been at or slightly above maintenance so need a few good days to finish the round. Difficult because we're eating out tonight and tomorrow
02/03 - 69.0 - yikes this has been a bad 10 days! I certainly haven't put on this much fat, as I've gone only a little over on cals. However we did have a 3 course dinner out last night so I'm guessing there's a lot of water weight hanging around. If I can manage 3 ok days hopefully I'll finish the 10 days staying about the same!!
02/04 - 68.4 - a better day yesterday so some water has gone, hopefully another good day today will help too! Played hockey yesterday but also ate out.
02/05 - 68.6 - all over the place the last week! I've planned fairly well for today so hopefully this will drop a little for the end of the round!
02/06 - 68.4 - I'll take it after the 10 days I've had! Only 0.2 up from the start. I need to try and focus on my food choices a bit more for the next 10 days I think!

Average 68.46 - so basically didn't move. I didn't set very realistic targets this round, I didn't take into account all the eating out I had planned. So I will be more mindful of this in the next round as well as setting some extra goals to hopefully improve my food choices!