Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 37

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
4/12 - 137.2 - 3 good meals - no snacks!!!
4/13 - 138.8
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4/8 - 150.2
4/9 - 149.2
4/10 - 149.2
4/11 - 149.2
4/12 - 148.6 yaaassss!
4/13 - 148.6
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Age: 50
Starting weight 230, goal weight ONEDERLAND (Would be happy there)- ultimate goal, 180 lbs.
Height- 5'11"

R36 SW 223.2 EW 222.2- 1 pound

Day/Weight/Comment

4/8 222.2
4/9 221.0 I was surprised but happy about this. Lower sodium intake.
4/10 221.2
4/11 220.8. The ten pounds from 230 to 220 makes a difference in my activity level.
4/12 220.0 Husband had to restrict his diet yesterday to clear liquids, so I supported him by having clear chicken
broth for supper with him. Later ate 4 apples because I was famished. Poor guy goes in this morning
and I expect will be eating something filling for lunch. I expect this loss back.
4/13 221.0 I am not disheartened. Just happy to be bouncing around down here instead of at 230.
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4/17

Hello! I'm back! I missed Round 36...we were on vacation and I didn't have a scale. Had a great time...some days walked 20k+ steps and some I slugged at the pool. Now it's back to routine and weighing and logging in daily.

SW March 2017 - 182.4
OGW - 145 - smashed this in October 2017
New GW - 140 - and some fitness goals on top of this as there are some family challenges we are planning for the summer and I want to keep up with my boys.

03/28 - 141.4 - weigh in the day we left on our trip

Day/Weight/Comment

4/8 - no scale
4/9 - 145.2 - not too bad...less than 4 lbs...the last 2 days spent blobbing in the car. I should see this come off pretty quickly with lots of hydration and getting back to my exercise routine...I put my work out gear on first thing this morning so no excuses.
4/10 - 144.2 - The first couple after vacation always come off easily...its the last few that are "real"....gotta keep working at it...
4/12 - 144.0 - better than nothing
4/13 - 142.6 - I thought there might be another bigish drop. I kind of shocked my system back into reality with my eating the last couple of days. I think I will add some calories back in to get the last few pounds to my current goal off a bit more slowly.
4/14 - 143.4 - Sodium bounce I think...unplanned dinner out with my parents last night. Calories were good but I sure could taste the salt. I also did a pretty hard Kettlebell workout yesterday and it's been a few weeks so there my also be some muscle repair going on. It's not a huge increase so it doesn't phase me....and that's what daily weighing and logging has taught me over the last year.
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Round 37. Male 6'1" age 46

389 lbs start of the official journey 5/1/2016
SW: 269.6 (-4.4 lbs from last round / -119.4 lbs from start weight)
GW: 265ish
End GOAL: 220ish

Day/Weight/Comment
4/8 270.5 Expected because started back to gym after almost week off water going back to the muscles I'll take the weight over the back pain
4/9 272.1 And the water keeps coming I should start a thread and freak out over it or I could just keep following my plan and work out
4/10 270.0 Tweaked my back again at the gym not as bad and was at the end of work out so another no gym day
4/11 269.0 Another off gym day but still going down it is my deload week anyways so need to recover
4/12 268.5 Weather finially acting like spring got a good walk in last night and plan to do the same again 1 more off gym day back feeling good just want to be 100%
4/13 269.6 Little up back still too sore for gym great weather went for good hike and planning on another today
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Nothing works unless you have a sustained calorie deficit over time. Anything will work if you have a sustained calorie deficit over time.

Motivation is overrated. What you need is education, willingness to eat less, a good plan, and discipline to stick to it.

According to Big Fat Myths: When You Lose Weight, Where Does the Fat Go? which is an interesting perspective on "diet" we injest 148oz / 9.25 lbs of food/water/oxygen a day but depending on how efficient everything processes we don't operate on a perfect 24 hour cycle to process all that so you get weight fluctuations. I think that is semi comforting to keep in mind we are not robots and CICO doesn't operate at perfect 24 hour scale either.

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!

4/12 - 150
The good news is that the house hunt is over! Yay! Even with the impending (short distance) move in May, this should reduce my stress level considerably and we should be able to stick to a more regular schedule of eating at home. Yay!

4/13 - 151
WHAT? Still delayed reaction? Or the grilled cheese I had for lunch dinner? (Still well within my calories.) Bummer.

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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
4/12-250-did better yesterday but too many bites of little guy's leftovers, will do better today!
4/13-251 ate salad for dinner then ate again with the kiddos, wasn't even hungry, ughhh
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Have a great day everyone!!