Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 37

1988 high school graduation 185-190lbs
weight on 1/29/18 = 234.5
new goal - drop below 190 feed and watered
round 33 - start=215lbs end 202lbs
round 34 - start = 202 end 192.8lbs stomach empty and bone dry
round 35 - start = 192 end 196lbs
round 36 – 195lbs no change.
Round 37 goal – if I manage to maintain 195 I will be happy. I will be celebrating birthweek.
4/8 – 194lbs. 700 calories under food goal.
4/9 – 195lbs – still good considering its Monday. Birthday party tonight at local pub that cooks a mean bacon, ham, cheeseburger and the best fried mushrooms. Better have a skip lunch to have room for the 1300 calorie dinner
4/10 195lbs – I so wanted the steak buffet. Oh well the wife promised this weekend when kids might be able to make it. Had awesome 1600 calorie burger and mushrooms. Then did cardio for over an hour. Way to many birthday cocktails.

4/11 – 196lbs up 1 pound. I think it’s the snacks late last night at Spanish class.

Round 2!
Round 36 - SW 167 EW 168

SW - 172 on 1/14/18
CSW - 168.2
GW - 165
UGW - 130


Day/Weight/Comment

4/8 - 168.2 - Had a girls night last night and while it was extremely fun, I took in a lot of calories through mixed drinks. I kept my dinner healthy but expecting an increase in tomorrows weigh in. Would love to make my goal for this round as I didn't last round so lots of water starting today, health food chooses and lots of gym time.

4/9 - 170.0 - There's the increase I was expecting to see. Woke up with migraine this morning, hoping it'll be gone by this afternoon so I can hit the gym after work. Feel like I've been stuck around this 167-170 weight forever and starting to feel discouraged but I won't give up, just got to keep myself motivated.

4/10 - 170.0 - Still have the migraine and not feeling well this morning. Wasn't expecting for a good weigh in this morning but there scale not going up is a win in my book. Wish I could get down to the weight I started round 36 at and never see 170 again. Will work out after work today and hopefully see a good weigh in tomorrow. Healthy packed lunch, lots of water, gym and healthy home cooked meal for dinner tonight is the plan.

4/11 - 169.0 - Glad to see the scale going in the right direction. Had a very busy day yesterday but was able to still eat healthy and fit in some time at the gym. Work hours are changing for today because of some meetings so will need to figure out when I can fit in some exercise today so I can keep on track for the next few days and make my goal for this round.

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4/17

Alrighty y'all I'm jumping in a day late since we just returned from our trip to Germany! Beer + sausages+ German bread = 5lbs! let's see how fast I can get rid of it.

Round 26 average weight 175.9
Round 32 average weight 179.3
Round 33 average weight 178.2
Round 34 average weight 179.6
Round 35 average weight 179.7
Round 36 on holiday


Original starting weight: 198
Start this round: 184.0
Goal this round: 174
UGW: +/- 145


4/8 no scale

4/9 184.0

4/10 181.4 looks good, except I got used to eating lots of big portions over the past 10 days so my belly is hungry! probably need to check out the "volume eaters" group here on MFP, lol. Still 3.0 lbs up from prevacation weight.

4/11 180.2 ate well yesterday. Tightening up even more today, gotta make it a habit again so I don't need motivation or as much self control to resist challenges. Need to drink all my water today as well!

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4/17

Missed round 36 but I'm back in after being on holiday
I had a lovely time, ate loads and relaxed. Tomorrow will be the first time I've stepped on a scale for 2 weeks. It will be interesting....

Current weight 7th April = 137.8 (only up 1lb)
4/8 - 138.0
4/9 - 138.6
4/10 - 138.8...up another pound....not where I want to be so I need to stop comfort eating and start moving!!
4/11 - 138.0
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Original SW: 190 (12/29/2016)
Round 36 SW: 183
Round 37 SW: 179.8
Round 37 GW: Anything under 181
Ultimate GW: Under 150

Day/Weight/Comment

4/8 - 180.0 I always fluctuate a little bit, but as long as I'm fluctuating in this range, I'm happy!
4/9 - 179.4 Couldn't sleep, so I did my weigh in at 3:40 am
4/10 - 180.0 I'm fighting off a cold, and I tend to overeat comfort food (aka junk) when I'm sick. I'm really trying not to go down that path this time around. I was about 170 cals over yesterday, which I'm okay with. Also ate way too much sodium (chicken noodle soup) so feel bloated today. Just trying to fight off this cold because I don't want to use my PTO on sick days!
4/11 - 179.4 Still not feeling great--might be the seasonal allergies I was recently diagnosed with, ugh. I haven't exercised for a couple of days but I will be going to my second pilates class tonight after work.
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ROUND 37 (my 1st round)
SW:249.5


Day/Weight/Comment

4/9 - 249.5- planned out breakfast and lunch, what's for dinner is the million dollar question...
4/10-248.5- salad for breakfast and lunch almost got in 10,000 steps yesterday
4/11-251- too much salt for dinner last night increasing my water today
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Have a great day everyone!!

Age: 39
Height: 5'9"
Historical SW: 251.6 lbs 9/14/2015
Restart W: 230.8 12/26/2017

JGM SW: 222.7 (2/7/2018)
R31 EW: 218.6 ✔️ Goal
R32 EW: 215.8 ✔️Goal
R33 EW: 213 ✔️Goal
R34 EW: 211.3 ✖️
R35 EW: 208.1 ✔️Goal
R36 EW: 212.2 ✖️

Goal: Release 2 lbs per round to reach onederland by Memorial Day weekend.
Ultimate Goal: 175 lbs, reevaluate at that point

April:
8: 211.2... Back to reinforcing neurological pathways that lead to my optimum health. Glad to see a drop from yesterday! Hoping for another tomorrow. I'm essentially still on track to reach my Memorial Day weekend goal, so that feels good.
9: 210.2... Losing water weight. Hopefully, this trend will continue until I'm pretty close to my R35 EW, so I can keep moving on my journey to onederland!
10: 209.1... Keeping it going! Ate at Texas Roadhouse upon request of my teenage daughter who hasn't been able to eat an actual meal in over a week because she had her wisdom teeth removed. I ordered their Portobello Chicken meal and brought half of it home. I did splurge on fried pickles, but my calories are good for the day. Macros are a bit off and sodium is high, but I don't think it'll have much of an affect because it was all in moderation.
11: 210.4... Well, more of a jump than I expected, but it's all water weight. Drinking extra water today, and I'm still feeling quite optimistic for this round. For several days, I've been able to cinch my belt down to the smallest notch...sometimes more comfortably than others. This morning, I decided to try on a smaller pair of my jeans, and they fit! I don't even mean they fit tightly and I need to wear them for a few hours so they'll be comfortable. They just actually fit!
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There's no such thing as failure; only feedback.

HW 234
SW 223
CW 213
GE 150-160

Rd 35 EW 215
Rd 36 EW 213

4/8 213.4 Went to family gathering yesterday. Really could have been bad on the scale today so... I am happy
4/9 214. Hmmmm Family gathering finally caught up to scale
4/10 212.6. Better
4/11. 212 / 213.2. 212 first time on scale. Stepped back on to verify and it said 213.2 . Darn fickle scale
4/12
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4/16
4/17

R37SW -164
R37GW -162
GW - 125

Day/Weight/Comment
R37SW -164
04/08 -
04/09 -
04/10 -
04/11 -164
04/12 -
04/13 -
04/14 -
04/15 -
04/16 -
04/17 -

Once more into the fray.... I've decided to start including my average calories for the round with my end weight so I can really get a sense of what works. I do keep my macros pretty steady, but calories fluctuate and the average matters more than daily in my experience. I'm interested to see that although I exceeded my calorie goal during the last round and my weight jumped around a bit, I finished pretty much where I started. So maybe my TDEE is higher than I think and in theory I could eat a little more than I thought and still lose. We shall see. Glad to be back - thanks for being here for support & inspiration!

Goals:
Weight ~~ Lose slowly, hit <149 this round.
Food ~~ 1548 calories max (estimated TDEE); P 20-25%, C 35-45%, F 30-45%

Weight 2/2015 - 218
Lost 68#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. R36 end weight 149.6; ave calories 1650

Day/Weight/Comment

4/8 - 149.6
After I posted yesterday, I decided to go a step farther for a longer view, so I averaged my daily calories for the past 30 days, during which my weight has been pretty steadily within half a pound of 149.5. Although my daily calories fluctuated from ~1400-2000, the average was 1549, which is 1 cal away from where I have put my TDEE for a while now (with minimal exercise). I really like having this data, and I'm since I do not want to cut my calories any more (metabolism & hunger), I'm happy holding steady here until I do get back to my typical activity level (soon!). It's easy to get wrapped up with the day-to-day and forget that reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is a long-term project - a lifestyle. Don't now if this helps anyone else, but it helps me a lot.

4/9 - 150.8
Eeek! But not a surprise - I had a major blow out yesterday. I knew what I was doing and did it anyway - I've been lusting after a pastry and some other things I don't usually eat, so I did it. And it's fine. Back on the wagon today with healthful food and lots to do.

4/10 - 150
A smidge better. I ate properly yesterday, still fending off my big splurge. Going out for lunch, but I'll be good.

4/11 - 150
Not much to say about this. I've really had the munchies lately. I'm not exceeding my average calories by much, but enough obviously to show up on the scale. OTOH, my sodium was high yesterday, so there's that. Jeans still fit!

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