JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS | Round 31

amybkatherine wrote: »

I'm late by one day, but definitely want in on this challenge!! I have been off of mfp since December and gained some weight because i have a snacking issue. But I'm going to give these 9 days my best!!

Starting weight: 228.5lbs
End of challenge goal weight: 225lbs
Ultimate goal weight: 175lbs

02/08- 228.5lbs. No surprise that I've gained weight in the last few weeks. I had frozen pizza the last two nights and more snack mix then I'd care to admit. But I just signed up for a 5k in two months and i really want to be in better shape for that. So I am going to get back into gear this week!!

02/09 - 227.2lbs. Yay! I didnt track yesterday and ate a bit more than I should. But I did take a nice long walk. I'm planning on being much more controlled in my diet the rest of the week, so hopefully I'll keep seeing a lower number.

02/10 - 224.6lbs. Wow. I ate Marcos cheese sticks for dinner last night... But I tracked and was still under my calorie goal. I also took a long walk. Ended the day with the flu, so I probably won't eat that much today.

02/11 - 225lbs. Well, I'm not surprised that I'm up. My husband came home last night with a frozen pizza and chips. I tried not to give in, but he only had half and offered me the rest. Plus, I was literally in bed all day with the flu so i got no exercise. Feeling a little better today, so hopefully I'll get a walk in.

02/12 - 224.4lbs. Alright, back down! I was pretty on top of my food intake yesterday. I stayed well under my calorie goal. I still didn't get much exercise. A short walk at the mall, but that's it. But today, I'm up to 2k steps already and it's only 9:45am. My husband challenged me to a contest of whoever gets the most steps by Friday gets to choose where we eat on date night this weekend. Haha. And neither of us really like the restaurant the other wants. So I'd really like to win it. Thankfully, I'm starting to feel well enough to actually go move around.

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Female 5’1” Age 67 y 11.75 m
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5 SW Rnd 31 146.5

02/07 144.5 Shhh, don’t tell my body that this number is back!
02/08 144.5
02/09 145.5 I knew I shouldn’t have had that snack at 8:30 and not enough water!!
02/10 144.5
02/11 145.0 At least it’s only a half pound. Did not eat or drink enough yesterday and was REALLY tempted by the smell of movie theater popcorn. Good thing Carl was with me, I’m sure I would have caved especially since I have a birthday reward of a LARGE bucket for FREE!
02/12 144.0 Last at this weight when gaining on 11/15/11 and 4/21/09 when losing. Feeling good although progress is slow!

Ending Round 30 Weight: 106.9 (pounds) which was the goal . . . but . . . I have lost my edge, eating over calories, blowing off exercise and just all around not feeling motivated. Weighing daily reveals my weight is beginning to climb again.

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2/7 - 107.3 (goal this round is 106.5 or less of course)
2/8 - 107.0 - feeling ready to commit to the plan again: Calorie, Exercise and Wine goals
2/9 - 106.4 - I have a few days off work and can focus on my goals (looking forward to working in the yard and playing with the doggies).
2/10 - 107.1 Calorie intake is too high even for added exercise. Typical for me. Gotta stay mindful in the evenings.
2/11 - 106.8 - feels like my true weight. Hmmm . . . in theory if I have a deficit of 200 kcals/day for the next 5 days I could reach a "true weight" of 106.5 lbs which is my goal. This is doable!
2/12 - 108.1 - eek! The closer I get to the ultimate goal the hungrier I get. Starting over today (Monday). Hungry is the new normal for me
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Historical SW (January 2015): 245 lbs
Recent SW: 220.0 lbs (1/14/18)
Ultimate GW (for now): 195.0 lbs
R28 SW = 220.0 R28 EW = 219.8 (-0.5 lbs) (participated for 3 days) R28 AW = 220.2
R29 SW = 219.8 R29 EW = 214.0 (-5.8 lbs) R29 AW = 215.9 (-4.3 lbs)
R30 SW = 214.0 R30 EW = 214.0 (0.0 lbs) R30 AW = 214.1 (-1.8 lbs)
Goal for this round: 212.0

Day/Weight/Comment

02/07 = 212.6. Day one, and so far, so good (-1.4 lbs). I wanted to get mad yesterday when I didn't lose any weight in last challenge, but I need to realize that good work I do one day may not always show up the exact next day. My body fluctuates on a daily basis, and sometimes I do not get a particular number exactly when I want it. Today is a "whoosh" because I have generally been doing pretty well. Whatever does not show up on this weigh-in will show up on the next. Or the next.

02/08 = 212.4. Figured out as (wanted to say “after,” but it was “as”) I bought my lunch yesterday that it was BAD; too many calories, too much salt. I threw half of it away, ate mindfully the rest of the day/night, and ended up still staying under calories for the day. This was a big victory for me, one that I would not have had a few weeks ago. I have the gym and basketball tonight, so I’m hoping to keep the positive vibes rolling!

02/09 = 211.4. This is feeling easy again. Under calories last night not including exercise. Took a walk during the day, went to the gym to lift weights, and played basketball for an hour. I know this is hard (I remember last week!), but it doesn’t feel that way right this second. This is my version of being in the zone. I know it won’t last forever, but I’m enjoying it. I wish this feeling on all of you!

02/10 = 212.6. Ate out twice yesterday. It’s funny. I woke up feeling great yesterday, but my energy level dropped like crazy as the day went by, and I was pretty much spent by lunch. I'm pretty sure I'm fighting off a cold (at least), and that I'm in a vulnerable state as a result (eating-wise). I’m realizing that this is also a pattern, and one of those things that can really throw me off of any good habits I might have. I ended up having both lunch and dinner out. I didn’t eat “crazy,” but I definitely could have made better choices. I was slightly over my calorie goal for the day (estimated), and definitely way over in Na+. I’m feeling a little better this morning, so I’m going to go to the gym, then play basketball, and see if I can have a really good weekend of eating mindfully, staying in control, and NOT being sick. Today will be the first time my wife has seen me play basketball in the 14 years we have been together (6+ of them married).

02/11 = 212.0. Ate out twice again yesterday! I kept things under control for the most part, and it was a great basketball day. It’s SO HARD to estimate calories when I eat out certain places.

02/12 = 211.4. Here’s what I’m NOT going to do right now: make a new goal for this challenge. Every time I’ve done that so far it’s been a kiss of death. That being said, I’m quite pleased with the number. I did well yesterday, stayed within calorie goals, and likely shed some salt/water weight from the past couple of days. Slow and steady. Don’t get too excited or too upset, no matter what the scale says. Keep doing all the good things you’ve been doing up to this point. AND basketball is tonight!

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Height - 5'2"
SW - 173.5
GW - 135.0
Day/Weight/Comment

02/07 - 173.5 Focus today - WATER! Not my favorite beverage but it will be today.
02/08 – It's now 9:00 pm and I heading to bed. I totally forgot to weigh this morning. Had to be at work at 6:00 am. Got up at 4:40 am. Weighing was the farthest thing from my mind. I did stay within my calories but was way short on water. Did 30 minute of circuit training at the gym and walked 12,067 steps. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
02/09 – 172.0 Need to definitely do better on my water but I'll take it!
02/10 – 172.1 Went out to dinner last night. Glad there was not much change cuz I wasn't as diligent as I should have been watching my portions. Got up this morning and walked 5 miles. I've already got my 10,000 steps in. Let's keep it going.
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02/12 – 173.6 Not surprising. Yesterday was a blur. Totally forgot to weigh and record (not a good start). Met a friend for lunch, had crab ravioli. Did a lot of running around, very little water and had Japanese food for dinner (sodium city). The weekends are my downfall. I've got to find a strategy to get through them. Now, I'm worse off then when I started!
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SW: 175.9lbs/ 79.8kg (1/7/2018)
1st GW: 153lbs

R28 SW: 177 EW: 174.4 AW: 175.8
R29 SW: 174.2 EW: 171.3 AW: 173.3
R30 SW: 170.9 EW: 168.9 AW: 169.6

I'm in again! This is a very important round for me, as i always stick to a plan for like a month, but something happens between 30-40 days (excuses) and i give up..

Goal for this round: no excuses, no giving up!

Day/Weight/Comment
02/07 - 168.9 - a day full of temptations..under cals..!
02/08 - 169.5 - oh dear.. my body thinks that I want to gain weight..
02/09 - 169.5 - I said no to a delicious piece of chocolate cake at work.. victory..! glad I m part of this challenge.. it’s been so helpful..
02/10 - 168.2 - Whoosh..!
02/11 - 168 - happy!
02/12 - 167.8 - Had lunch out yesterday.. I stayed under cals..
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Start Date: 1/16/2018
Start Weight: 295
First Goal: Back away from 300!!!
Next Goal: 265
Ultimate Goal: Approx 150, but with muscles, and active with hiking, kayak, and all manner of outdoors.
R 29 End Weight: 285.4
R30 End Weight: 286.4

Day/Weight/Comment
02/07 / 286.4 / Giving myself a cheat day for the Super bowl was a bad mistake. It took until today to correct the damage from salt intake, and I gained weight. Cheat days come at a huge cost.
02/08 / 284.4 / Wow. Guess it took until today to get rid of the salt!
02/09 / 284.2 / Keeping to the program, drinking a lot more water than 8 cups (never more than 12, no worries!)
02/10 / 282.8 / Yay! This is even with company over, and 5 oz of wine. Truth is, I really don’t want more wine. A glass is perfect.
02/11 / 280.8 / I really think this is just me getting my salt intake under control. I’m cooking my own food now and phasing out the “Atkins slurry” frozen dinners xD
02/12 / 281.4 / Salt intake way up. Yesterday was the fluke. 
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Another 10 days!! I started doing this challenge in Round 2...so this is my round 30...that will make 300 days of daily weighing and checking in by the end of this round (except for two trips I took where I didn't have access to a scale). For all the newbies...the fluctuations take some getting used to, but weighing daily starts to make you really aware about what affects your scale weight besides true gains/losses. Weighing weekly or less sometimes means you will miss your highs and lows and you also miss out on important trends.

SW - 182.4 - March 2017
Original GW - 145 - achieved in October 2017
New GW - 140

I was maintaining around 143 for a couple of months before Christmas and then things started creeping back up to 145. I'd like to get down to averaging 140.

02/06 - 144.8 - coming in from round 30...with a rolling 7 day average of 144.5

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02/07 - 145.6 - finishing up TOM and haven't been great about keeping away from the carbs lately. I could totally just blame it on TOM but really I need to grab my water bottle and a piece of gum instead of shoving chocolate and bread in my pie hole....
02/08 - 146.6 - ARgh...no one to blame but me again. Did some baking to freeze for the kids lunches and did far too much sampling. Went to bed with crazy heartburn, haven't experienced that in ages so I learned my lesson.
02/09 - 144.2 - Yep...a low carb day can work wonders.
02/10 - 144.4 - So busy this weekend..just getting online now to post this morning's weight. Up early for hockey and didn't sleep well so that may explain the slight blip up, Kcals and activity were perfect yesterday.
02/11 - 143.4 - Up super early again for an away tournament...feeling very dehydrated, I'm keeping my water going in but this weather is sucking all of the moisture from my body!!
02/12 - 144.4 - hockey tournament days are hard for food...eating happens when and where it can in between games. Had way too many calories for lunch...but hardly ate anything for dinner...too much sodium for sure...
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Jan 1 2017 @ 226... I'm 5'6" and 47.
Started R6 @ 177.1
First Goal: 170 ✔️
Next Goal: 159 ✔️
Next Goal: Hit a healthy BMI 154.4 ✔️
Next Goal 149.9 eating over 1500 calories.

End of R29 153.1
End of R30 154

02/07 - 153.4 ~ Two walks in today and yesterday made a Skinnytaste dinner in my Instant Pot Jalapeno Popper Chicken Chili, my boys LOVED it!! Super easy chop, toss in, turn on and forget about it. 17,540 steps 1642 calories
02/08 - 153.6 ~ Got my walks in. Little rise in the weigh-in maybe it was the popcorn after dinner? Always interesting to look back and analyze. 17,660 steps and 1678 calories. Been climbing over the 1600 mark the last few days.
02/09 ~ 152.1~ Wow, new low. (Happy Happy Happy!!) No popcorn last night. 17,975 steps and 1511 calories.
02/10 ~ 150.9 ... Wait what? 18,490 steps 1612 calories. Today’s goal to hit the 400% achievement on my tracker.
02/11 ~ 151.1 ... 44,140 steps. 2395 calories. Achieved my 400% goal.

02/12 ~ 153 ~ A little less active and a few more treats 14,300 steps 1905+ calories.
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