Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 34

Height: 5'2"
Age: 30
SW: 90kg | GW: 57-59kg

R33 EW: 63.0kg
R34 GW: 62.0kg

Day/Weight/Comment
3/09 - 62.7kg (-0.3kg) - Really happy with my nutrition over this last week. More of the same today. Plan for the weekend is to stick to my light lunches both Saturday and Sunday and avoid the bread basket at my mother-in-laws on Sunday night! I'm also going to go alcohol-free this weekend as it really blew out my numbers last round and I spent the rest of the week regretting it.
3/10 - 62.6kg (-0.1kg) - Maintained the drop, that's good.
This is my lowest weight in my adult life. I saw this number at the end of last year and again in the middle of last round before TOM. Here's hoping to push past it. Onward and downward! (Confession time: I had half a glass of red wine last night, so much for alcohol free)
3/11- 62.8kg (+0.2kg) - Slightly suspicious of this number. I suspect I'll be up tomorrow too. Went to the movies, enjoyed some popcorn, had a take away for dinner and some of my partner's Easter egg. Anyway, not complaining about that little blip as my weekend bump up! Yay!
3/12 - 62.6kg (-0.2kg) - It's Monday and the weekend weight is gone already! This never happens so I am suspicious but happy. Meals prepped for the work, weather looking ok for a few walks - looking to be a good week!
3/13 - 62.3kg (-0.3kg)- Hooray! I've been pretty consistent and focused. Went for a walk yesterday even though I didn't want to. Getting about 3L of water a day. All going to plan, I am hoping to make my goal by Thursday
3/14 - 61.9kg (-0.4kg) - Holy poop! I was not expecting another whoosh this round. I'm now under my goal weight for this round but am going to leave it at 62kg as I expect hormones and a Saturday night party to provide a little bump before Sunday. Yesterday - Under cals, 3L water, mostly eating protein, fruit and vegetables. It appears it's working!
3/15 - 61.8kg (-0.1kg) - The whoosh stuck, yay! On target with my calories, getting all my water in. Not at work tomorrow but am going to plan my food in advance and stick to it - I usually struggle without my week day routine.
3/16 - 61.6kg (-0.2kg) - down down down so I'm a couple of kilos away from my ultimate goal weight and today I have decided that I'm going shopping and I'm going to treat myself. I'm going to buy a couple of things I've been wanting to wear but have avoided my whole life: a bodycon dress, some (slightly) cropped tops and a nice belt to show off with my high waisted jeans. All things I have avoided FOREVER because of my tummy. This feels like an important day for me. Thank you all so much for all your support, I couldn't have gotten to this point without these challenges!
3/17 - 61.4kg (-0.2kg) - Wow, what a round, a loss 8 out of 9 days so far!
I have a party tonight and I know the food is going to be AMAZING so expecting a bump tomorrow. ^^^ Shopping trip was a great success Thank you all for you kind messages xxx

3/18 - 62.6kg (+1.2kg) - I knew this weigh in was not going to be pretty. When I stepped on the scale I could even see how swollen my feet were. Went a little crazy on the carbs last night. Having a more relaxed logging day today and pasta for dinner. Back at it again tomorrow! It was a great round!

R33 EW: 63.0kg
R34 GW: 62.0kg

R34 EW: 62.6kg
R34 AW: 62.2kg

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Previous Round 33

3/4 SW=361.8 *Bought a new digital scale, set up my Samsung Health. Came in under budget on call. Super excited to finally get off the plateau.

3/5 SW=359.3 *Walked .8 of a mile today went to the park and back. 2nd day in a row I came in under my calories budget.

3/6 SW=358.0 *So today is kind of a big day, I'm joining a diet bet game; for my chance at winning some $$ on my weight-loss journey. So here's to more exercise and staying under my calories budget

3/7 SW=355.2 *So yesterday I walk the dog to the park again and realized I wanna do that every day and slowly increase my walking distance. Yesterday calorie budget didn't get broke but I ended up eating my full budget. I followed this amazing recipe called Italian sausage white bean soup from cook smart meal plan. I made 6 servings yesterday @293cal a serving with extra broth and I grabbed 2 serving yesterday.

3/8 SW=354.4 *So grand total LW=7.4lbs yesterday I didn't get a chance to walk to the park, as I was gone visiting family out of town. We got back home at like 8:30 then I rushed around the make Baked chicken parmesan it was a super delight, I made a total of 9 servings 5 servings of chicken and 4 servings of eggplant..yum yum yum and @170 cal a serving you know it is got me both a chicken and eggplant. And still didn't break my calories budget still had like 345 call left over. I think this weight loss journey is gonna be yummy!! In my tummy.I can't wait to round 34 of this whole just give me 10 days.

Round 34

3/9 SW=352.2 * So last round I had a weight loss of ?? ( wanna know read my spoiler-Muahahahaha) I really liked the 10-day challenge even though I didn't get in on the whole 10 days, but this one I will be. So last night I walked around the block it was the same distance as going to the park and back. Then for dinner, I made this very delish (with ideas for improvement for next time I cook it) Oven Baked Risotto with Mushrooms. Oh, and I landed a new job!! it's part-time $10 an hour but I'm not complaining. Its better than what I have now which is $0.

3/10 & 3/11=354.6 & 354.4 * So I'm going to post 2 days into one update. So on the 10th was my first full day at sitting as the Easter Bunny at the mall. Which to tell you all a secret ( I think half the time I might have been snoozing zzzzzzzzzzzzzz) Not because I was bored but here am, sitting in these insanely tight Bunny Bottoms size (LARGE) and here my (FLUFFY size 24) is squeezed inside them; every discomforting. Add a mix of it dark inside the head of the Bunny and for some reason maybe human design flaw but when I'm sitting for a while and nothing keeps my thought pattern going (This can be either light or dark setting) my brain will start going into sleep mood. Part of my job is "Bunnies can't talk"

Now Picture This Been sitting still and quiet, all is calm inside the Giant Bunny Head; so a yawn creeps up on you, next thing you know is you hear Oh, I think the Easter Bunny is tired which snap you out of this deeper than cat nap snooze. And you see a young girl waving and the mother whisper that to her. So now your brain is like Mister Easter Bunny *kitten* that me (Brain start waving) Ok they are waving and smiling and walking away. Good Whew!!! Then you start wondering Exactly how long, was your sleeping between the last wave and this wave it couldn't have been that long, NAH!!! we are good I'm gon Y-A-W-N stay awake this time

Or Picture This It was about an hour and a half after I became the Easter Bunny, It's time for a water break I can't drink too much while in suit beacuse then I'll have to pee and that would be bad cuz Remeber I'm stuffed into the pants So I'm being escorted to the hall way where I can take a breather and get some water to drink, so I'm barely walking cuz it's large bulk feet and too bulk pants and equally tight pants and WHAM!! out of now where there are 6-pint size minions grabbing your legs and all talking at one time "Hey mister Easter Bunny do you remember meeting me when I was 2?" "Are you going to bring the eggs to us this year at our new house?" "Where is your house Mister Easter Bunny?" "Can I tell you my Christmas List, You know Santa Don't you?" and all you can do is try NOT REPEAT NOT knock over little Sara or Jimmy and give a thumbs up because EASTER BUNNIES DON'T TALK

So that is how yesterday went, Oh and being the Easter Bunny will end up walking 2 miles each day. It's 1 mile to the mall where my job is then, of course, you got to walk the same 1 mile back home. Today is the 11th and I was off work Tomorrow I have to go to work at 9:45 am. Yes! I will more than likely bring home more funny tales of being the Easter Bunny tomorrow as well.

[P.s] yesterday stunt as Easter Bunny I realized that a lot of people just think that under the mask is a Male Human, I'm here to set things straight Females Humans can be bunnies too. Most of all of yesterday that what I Heard Mister Easter Bunny. Which I haven't had any kids yet but I think if I choose to teach them about the Easter bunny Highly Doubtful, as I'm Pagan but if I did I would them to know that girls can be Easter bunnies too.

3/12=351.6 *So yesterday I didn't have to go to work, and we had family over the weekend visiting. At the end of the night, Someone had brought in a leftover slice of pizza and 2 fried mushroom caps, which in turn became my dinner. So today being the Easter Bunny it was super busy until my break then it was like I could hear Crickets (Chirp Chirp). On the plus side, I was slightly way more comfortable than yesterday. Instead of pulling the bunny pants up all the way, I left the front part waistband under my big fluffy tummy role. I don't think I fell asleep any till after 1:30 pm when it got really slow. This whole week should be fast, it's spring break. Whelp!! That it for today, stay tuned for the tomorrow tale of Easter Bunny Stories.

3/13=353.2 *I seem to be hovering between 353 and 351 So yesterday lunch after I got home from work, was super yummy!! I made Maple-Dijon Panko Portobellos. Out of the 4 people that ate myself included all gave it a 4 out of 4 **** in case you didn't know **** is meant to be stars. I never really been a salad person, as I always thought they don't have any flavor or taste well the dressing I made for the side dish.I could have *LICKED THE BOWL CLEAN. Which each meal that I have been making from the meal planning website Meal Planning Website--Cook Smart comes with a side dish. And for $8 a month to get a pre-made shopping list and meals with sides and you can choose from different options such as Gulen Free and Vegetarian as well Oringal and Paleo it's a no-brainer. With my whole family giving me Rav Reviews. I guess we will find out as I have a fancy grilled cheese recipe planned for today. Which if you wanna know how that goes; you will just have to find my post and read about it.

3/14 & 3/15=353.6 & 353.8 * I think I may be stuck in the weight loss area!! So yesterday I walked half of my 2-mile walk for work. Then I took a left home as I volunteered to do a double shift so I could learn how to the sales part of being the whole Easter Bunny. So I took the lyft to the pawn shop and bought a bike and Lesson to be learned=Look at it good before buying It wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed. After the double shift, I came home to make our dinner for the evening. Which was a delish soup called Tom Kha Gai Soup. I didn't put the ginger or lemongrass stalks in it that it called for but out of the 2 other nightly dinner eaters they really loved the soup and you got the hint that it's supposed to a Thai soup flavor it had coconut milk in it as part of the broth. After the double shift, I did and standing up and cooking dinner my lower back would end up pinching my back and make my legs go numb. I slept deep and didn't want to wake up this morning. However, Mother Nature had other plans.

On This Episode of Easter Bunny Tales At this mall I work at, there is an indoor ice skating rink. So yes if you are wondering if someone falls, yes it makes a loud boom sound as people hit the ice. So here I sit as the Easter Bunny and I look over at the ice rink and see this group of 5 girls skating arm in arm. This can only end so badly!. Yep! you guess it sorta started out as the outer middle 4 girls going down. Followed by a slow-motion jerking stop of everyone as this happen girl 2 and 5 fell. So now so now 1 and 3 are half bent over trying not to fall. If you could see an image call to mind A domino chain reaction the first went down then the rest followed.

3/16 & 3/17=351.2 & 349.8 * Good Heavens!! on Soil this damn platue I'm on is about to drive me insane Well the good news is I finally fell off the cliff I was on from the platue of standstill weightloss. This last week I have been so far behind in posting daily. Mainly because I have been working as the Easter Bunny then life happens and it almost seems impossible to keep up with everything. So Thursday for lunch as everyone had to get ready to go to work that evening I made Jerk Chicken Thighs. To be honest I wasn't fond of the salad dressing for the salad but the chicken and rice and beans were freaking fantastic. I'm thinking about building me a pop-up bike camper to pull behind me on a bike and take off and go travel this summer, though this has been a dream for many moons and I still haven't followed it.So we will see. The good news is I don't have to work tomorrow so I'll be able to do a daily update on it.

3/18=349.0 *I'm glad to be off the platue I was on for the last few days Yesterday was a super bad day. Life handed me an F* You card and I ended up having a mini-meltdown crying all over the place for about 30mins. Which yeah I quit my job as Easter Bunny. Then I woke up today knowing even though I fell off keeping track of what I ate last night around dinner time was just a bad evening and today is a brand new day. Then I come here to post and I noticed today is the last of Round 34 Wow!! time flies. And sitting here know how the last 2 rounds of Just Give Me 10 Days has helped me. I think during the next round I'm gonna give backstory over my last 2yrs of weight loss; who knows maybe it will help someone else who is struggling. Whelp, suppose that is it. This round I only ended up loseing 3.2lbs, which is nothign to get sad about as it's still a loss.

5'5 38 Years Old Starting Weight: 250 Current Weight: 239.8
GW1: 239 GW2: 199 GW3: 179
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

R31) Start: 246 Average: 241.1 Lowest: 238.4 End: 238.4 (-7.6 lbs.)
R32) Start: 238.4 Average: 239.4 Lowest: 238.2 End: 241 (+1.6 lbs.)
R33) Start: 241 Average: 239.7 Lowest: 238.6 End: 239.8 (-1.2 lbs.)

Round 34 (Round 4 for Me)
Goal: Get under 238 lbs., 10,000 + Steps, Alternating Days: 1 Hour Cardio/ 1 Hour Strength Training, Eat within Calories, Watch Sodium, and Lots of Water!

Day/Weight/Comment:
3/9: 240
+0.2 lbs. Ate within all goals, 1 Hour Cardio, 9,811 Steps, drank lots of water
3/10: 239.4
-0.6 lbs. Ate within goals, 1 Hour Walk, 1 Hour Arms and Abs, 10,060 Steps
3/11: 239.4
No Change. Ate within goals, kept sodium low, 1 Hour Cardio, 10,120 Steps.
3/12: 239.4
Again, no change. Met all goals, 1 Hour Full Body Str. Tr., 1 Hour Walk, 10,093 Steps. TOM. Hoping something happens soon. This is so frustrating!
3/13: 238.8
-0.6 lbs. Happy to see that! I really want to break past this 238-241 bounce. Hoping to see 237 sometime soon. Within goals, 1 Hour Cardio, 10,366 Steps.
3/14: 238.8
No Change. But hey, it's not a gain. Hoping for another pound this round to break the month long plateau I've been on. Good on goals, 1 Hour Full Body Str. Tr. But only 6,607 Steps
3/15: 238.8
Same. I wasn't able to post today. Within goals, 8,907 Steps, 1 Hour Walk.
3/16: 238.2
-0.6 Seems like a pattern this round. 3 days the same, then drop of 0.6 lbs. Took care of my sick kiddo yesterday. Then started feeling sick myself, so I was in bed a lot. Made home made soup, so my sodium was high. Only 3,688 Steps. No other exercise.
3/17: 239
+0.8 Not surprised, over in calories. 10,057 Steps
3/18: 238.4
-0.6 Within goals, 1 Hour Full Body Str. Tr., Only 6,343 Steps
(-1.6 lbs. for Round 34, Didn't hit goal of getting under 238 lbs.)

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SW: 228 Jan, 2017
191 Jan 2018
GW: 169 (Hit Normal BMI for 5’9”)
By 3/19, I’d like to be 179 or under.

3/9 - 179.4
3/10 - 179.2 (vest fit for first time, but couldn’t snap it after lunch! LOL #progress!)
3/11 - 179.6 (down 1.2 since a week ago, so I’m happy!) NSV: Exercised over 30 mins a day & burned over 500 “Active calories a day for the past week. Focusing on fitness throughout my day more now!)

3/12 - 179 Thrilled. Down: 49-50, exactly 10 to go!

3/13 - 178.8. - down 25.0 lbs in 25 weeks - just what I hoped for! Down 2 lbs since 3/4 - a plateau is certainly coming!! If not an uptick lol
#SillyWeightLossPatterns!

3/14 - 178.8 Eating less the last two days & moving/exercising much more. Lots of decaf hot tea makes me feel warmer, and that seems to lead to less eating. Significantly more fish & beans, both of which I thought I’d never eat happily & by choice LOL

3/15 - 178.4
Wow, waist is finally getting smaller! Hopeful.
My Apple Watch is definitely helping me move and exercise more. And I think my huge thermos of piping hot water that I use to refill my mug of decaf tea throughout the day is really helping too. Over 10K steps yesterday + Pilates: FUN!

3/16 - 178.4
11K steps, including a 2.73 mile hike in the hills that I always wanted to be able to do! Even did it in the rain LOL Best news: was totally comfortable during the walk & no sore muscles, leg cramps, etc overnight or this morning!

3/17 - 178.6 Still under my GW for this round.
Got some not so good health news, but kept to healthy foods & at maintenance. Kept repeating to myself “Food won’t fix it,” doodled my concerns, relaxed, and then ran errands to keep busy. Feeling more settled & myself this morning. Much more hopeful that the lab values can be managed - I know I’m doing everything that is actually under my control & I’m slowly making peace with the fact that that is all I can do.

3/18 - 178.4.
- 1 lb Round 34,
- 2.2 in 2 weeks. On

Hello! Great to see so many familiar faces and even better to see so many new ones!!

SW 182.4 - March 2017
Original GW 145 - smashed this in October and maintained around 143 from October to Dec then the Winter blahs and a crazy schedule got the best of me and I put a couple of lbs back on
New GW 140 - want to start working towards some fitness goals so I'm in good enough condition to participate in some fun adventures with my boys this summer. Can't wait for the ice to be off the trails so the dog and I can start running again!!

3/8 - 145.4 - coming in from round 33

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Day/Weight/Comment

03/09 - 145.2 - the thread was closed for moderation when I came to post this yesterday and I didn't get back online again
03/10 - 146.4- Hubby's birthday weekend has begun...today there will be cake and creamy sauces and craft beer and wine...and I will enjoy it with him LOL...
03/11 - 147.2- Carbed it up yesterday....water water water today
03/12 - 149.0 - Wow! This is some crazy Birthday Weekend aftermath, and it wasn't even mine!! Back to tracking everything going in my mouth this week and regular purposeful activity every day!!
03/13 - 147.4 - I seem to be in a regular bloat-flush cycle...for the last couple of months...not ideal...need to figure out a better way.
03/14 - 146.2 - did a new kettlebell routine yesterday...feeling it in my hammys and shoulders...going to stick to some cardio today to loosen things up, but got to keep moving
03/15 - 145.6 - chipping away at it. Plan on getting out for a hike in the snow this afternoon with the boys on March break and the dogs who are a bit stir crazy these days.
03/16 - 145.4- now to keep this from shooting up again over the weekend so I have some momentum going into next week!!!
03/17 - did not weigh- we took a last minute trip up to my parents place for the night...forgot to get on the scale at their place
03/18 - 147.0 - unfortunately with our last minute getaway included a stop for growler refills at one of my favourite craft breweries...but wo did skate for almost 10lm yesterday at the skate trail...so at least there is that!

In for my 3rd round!

MFP SW - 58.4 kg
UGW - 50 or a bit less

R32 SW - 55.7
R33 SW - 54.3
R34 SW - 53.8 R34 GW - 53.3

And my daily goal is to drink more water. It seems impossible, right, but I surely can do it!

Day/Weight/Comment
3/9 - 53.8 - daily goal: shamefully failed. I simply forgot that I need to drink something else than just a few little cups of tea... On the bright side, I made a wonderful pizza! It was quite delicious!
3/10 - 53.8 - daily goal: failed, again.
3/11 - 53.7 - Yay! Daily goal: well, I drank something... And, awww, thank you for your hugs! That's so sweet of you, gals and guys! ❤
3/12 - 53.6 - Double yay! Daily goal: not bad! Drank about 500 ml of water and some wonderful herbal tea.
3/13 - 53.7 - No yays for me today, though! Daily goal: let's say completed. BUT I felt depressed again and so slightly overate. Ugh, life can be so sad!
3/14 - 53.4 - Well. I woke up late, and I had a stressful morning, and I had been drinking plenty of water recently, so that's not a miracle, but the natural order of things, right? Anyhow, daily goal: completed. And I felt better! Yes, there're some issues concerning writing my thesis (bad things, actually), and minor health problems, and so on, but the day was rather calm and short, and I wasn't—surprisingly—affected very much by the upsetting side of it. And I did not overeat! Victory!
3/15 - 53.3 - daily goal: completed. ✔ Plus I was sticking to my calories, so thumbs up for me here! ✨
3/16 - 53 - daily goal: completed AND under calories. Too tired to tell anything else!
3/17 - 53 - daily goal: completed and uder calories.
3/18 - 52.6 - daily goal: absolutely failed. I managed to drink only 2 cups of green tea and one tiny cup of Americano throughout the whole day! Well, I was walking half a day, so that's not all bad, after all. But at the end, while cooking a cake, I ate so much frosting, that I can't even imagine how many tablespoons it was! What an awful habit! So whether I was under calories I have huge doubts.

think I can manage 10 days.

SW 317 (2003)
2018 SW 179.4
CW 177.8
GW 132

I gained back some weight in 2017 after maintaining my goal for 10 years.

I just started logging food and exercise two days ago. A little accountability and support sounds nice.

3/9 - 177.8 - Customized my goals to reflect the low carb diet I prefer. No weight change.
3/10 -177.8 - still no change in weight. but doing okay.
3/11 -176 - Yay! down 1.8 lbs from the last couple days. Hoping it doesn't go back up.
3/12 -177.4 Still staying under my calories and staying under 55 carbs usually even less. avg around 35
3/13 -176.8 a little loss.. I am slowly inching down. Pleased to see this.
3/14 -175.8 Another loss, very excited to see it and staying on track is getting easier. happy dance!
3/15 -177.0 Whaaaat? Where did my loss go? Trusting it to go away and I am still almost 1 lb down from the start of this challenge. Sticking to plan and waiting to see what tomorrow brings.
3/16 -177.8 Back where I started... bummer. I am staying on plan and even increased my exercise yesterday. I like to think it is water weight... but who knows. Not giving up.
3/17-visiting son, no weight today but I am staying on plan.
3/18- Still out of town and still on plan. but no scale. If I find one, I will update.

Seeking lower bodyfat %

My name is Tish.

USW: 253
SW: 240
CW: 218.6
GW: 210
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time*

Day/Weight/Comment

3/9 (Friday) - 219 - Yesterday I was 217.6. So, let the water weight games begin. Lol

3/10 (Saturday) - 220.2 - Hahahahaha I hafta laugh :-) but I'm getting closer to another 20 lb loss, therefore, a bounce in weight. That's what my body does. I just need to stay on point with water, food and macros. I drank over a gallon of water yesterday, but under calories by 188, wasn't hungry enough to eat them.

3/11 (Sunday) - 217.4 - Yeah. Games.

3/12 (Monday) - 217.6 - SMH - I had a talk with her (my body) She's stubborn, but I'm determined.

3/13 (Tuesday) - 218 - Has to be electrolyte imbalance, food, water, calories, macros are on point. Interesting how the body works.

3/14 (Wednesday) - 217.4 - I was not going to comment today, but I have lost 35lbs since September '17. That is 5lbs a month and one of those months I was in a plateau. Some years ago, I developed the habit of of weighing myself once a week. During a fat loss period, I know that my weight fluctuates too much from water. So, all that to say, if my weight by the end of this 10 day challenge settles to 217.4, that is a 1.2lb loss and I cannot be dissapointed with the number.

3/15 (Thursday) - 217.4 - scale flashed 216.8, then 217.4. Bodyfat % dropped slightly, so I think I may be 216.8.

3/16 (Friday) -  If this weight holds steady, that would be a 1.4lb loss for the week and I would be on track. Dropped another .4% of bodyfat also. Very happy about that.
3/17 (Saturday) - 216
3/18 (Sunday) - 215.8