Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 39

Male - 5' 10" - 52 years old

Original Start Weight 182 lbs in May 2016
Goal Weight 165 lbs

Late Start - February 2nd - 168 lbs End of Round - February 7th - 168.8 lbs
Round 31
Start Round - 02/07 - 168.8 End of Round - 02/16 - 167
Round 32 - My 3rd Round
Start Round - 02/17 - 167.4 End of Round - 02/26 - 167.2
Round 33 - My 4th Round
Start Round - 2/27 - 168 End of Round - 3/8 - 167
Round 34 - My 5th Round
Start Round - 3/9 - 168 End of Round - 3/18 - 166.6
Round 35 - My 6th Round
Start Round 3/19 - 168.4 End of Round 3/28 - 166
Round 36 - My 7th Round
Start Round 3/29 - 166.6 End of Round 4/7 - 167.8
Round 37 - My 8th Round
Start Round 4/8 - 167.2 End of Round 4/17 - 167.2
Round 38 - My 9th Round
Start Round 4/18 - 167.8 End of Round 4/27 - 167.2

Day/Weight/Comment Round 39
4/28 - 167.6
4/29 - 166.8 Garden and beach yesterday
4/30 - 167.4
5/01 - 169.7 Late meal last night, including beer!!
5/02 - 169.4 Assisting with moving household stuff. Varied from regular meals.
5/03 - 169
5/04 - 168.4 Poor eating in recent days. More snacks and fizzy drinks.
5/05 - 168.2
5/06
5/07

Round 39
My 4th round!

Round 36 - SW 167 EW 168
Round 37 - SW 168.2 EW 166.6
Round 38 - SW 166.6 EW 165.2

SW - 172 on 1/14/18
CSW - 165.2
CEW - 164.0 ✓
UGW - 130

Day/Weight/Comment

4/28 - 164.0 - Well there's my goal weight in one day but I know this number won't stick around. Pretty sure my body is dehydrated this morning so I'm drinking lots of water today. Would love to keep this number but seeing it at the end of the 10 days will work for me if I do gain in tomorrows weigh in. I had a busy day yesterday and have a busy day ahead of me. Have to keep it healthy today.

4/29 - 165.4 - There's the gain I was expecting but it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I'm happy with where my weight is at this point in time, and I'm learning to be ok with what the numbers on the scale say and what the size of my clothes are because I see differences in the mirror when I look at myself and I'm proud of the hard work I've done this far to get me where I'm at. When I truly get down to yesterday's weight (164) I'll be exactly 10 pounds lighter than when I started my weight loss journey! Hoping to get there by the end of this 10 day challenge and then I'll celebrate (with something other than food or booze ... a nice swim suit for this summer maybe?!)

4/30 - 165.8 - Not liking this upward trend I'm on right now, need to kick my butt into high gear and start bringing it back down. Had an active day yesterday doing a lot of yardwork and I ate under calories so hoping it shows in tomorrows weigh in. Got lots of healthy snacks ready and lunches prepped for the week, goal weight here I come!

5/01 - 163.8 - What??!! Where did this come from? It's awesome if it sticks around and if it does I'll have to set a new goal for the last half of this challenge, if not I'll have one day of great excitement. Could not believe my eyes when I stepped on the scale this morning, weighed myself 3 different times. Super excited for today, it's supposed to be beautiful out and I just want to get out there and getting moving. I hope everyone has as good of a day as I have so far!

5/02 - 163.8 - Kind of surprised this number stuck around, I never have such a big drop, a gain yes but never a drop. At this point I reached and surpassed my goal for this round so my new goal is to maintain the loss, my weight fluxuates a lot and I want to stay at (or be below) this weight at the end of the 10 days. I'm learning what to eat to help my weight not change so much from day to day so I just need to keep at it. At this weight I'm officially 10 pounds down (whoo!!) so if I can maintain, I'm going to treat myself to some new summer clothes! And boy do I need them

5/03 - 163.6 - I was actually expecting a gain not a loss today as I did some snacking on chips and cheese dip yesterday and while dinner was small is wasn't the healthiest. I'll take the loss today though and just remember where the gain comes from if I do gain tomorrow or Saturday, which is most likely when I'll see those chips come back to haunt me. No snacking today and hopefully get a walk in before or after the storm that's suppose to happen today.

5/04 - 163.6 - Why was I so hungry yesterday? All day? Hoping today's not the same or I'll definitely gain back what I already lost. Not enough steps, rained most of the day so I wasn't able to go walk, very late dinner. Need to get back on track today so I continue to see results.

5/05 - 163.6 - Super happy to be maintaining this weight. Didn't log everything last night but I'm pretty sure I was over calories (for the first time this week) had a nice relaxing night at home and had a couple drinks. Will get lots of walking in today and tomorrow so hoping my overage won't show on the scale.

5/06
5/07

Let's see where this round goes.

R34 SW 124.2 EW 123.7
R35 SW 123.4 EW 123.0
R36 SW 123.1 EW 123.4
R37 SW 123.3 EW 124.3
R38 SW 124.0 EW 122.4
GW 117

Day/Weight/Comment
4/28 - 121.7
4/29 - 121.7 I've learned from this challenge to expect a lot of ups and downs with the numbers. Decided that my goal for this round is to keep the high number under 124.
4/30 - 123.4
5/01 - 123.4
5/02 - 123.0
5/03 - 122.6
5/04 - 122.4
5/05 - 121.7
5/06
5/07

Female 5'3
Age 68
New Starting Weight: 213.4
Goal Weight: 145

Round 38
Round 39: Starting weight 209.5
My new Round: 1

Day/Weight/Comment

4/29: 209.5

4/30: No weigh in

5/01: 211.2

5/02: 210.5

5/03: 208.7

5/4: 207.7

5/5: 207.5
Got busy yesterday and didn't drink enough water! Got to do better today!

Age: 49
Height: 5'7"
OSW: 233.8# 03.28.15
LowRW: 161# 12.10.16
CW: 189# 05.05.18 (-1.2)
GW: 155-160#

Round 39 (Round 1 for me!)

4/28 - 190.2

4/29 - 192.2: Big dinner of country style ribs, baked potato, corn, and a couple of Seagrams spiked. My weekly indulgence. The rest of the week will be better!

4/30 - 194.2: Not heading in the direction I want, but today is a new day. Ham and more Seagrams are not helping the situation!

5/1 - 192.6: That's better. Tuna sandwich for lunch; chicken salad for dinner. 45 minute walk with the daughter.

5/2 - 191.8: I’ll take it! Same lunch as yesterday. Dinner was a couple of slices of ham and a baked potato. No exercise.

5/3 - 190.2: Woohoo!!! Back where I started the round! LOL. My doctor called yesterday afternoon and is decreasing my thyroid meds again (just lowered it 5 weeks ago). Not sure why it's dropping all of a sudden.

5/4 - 190.0: Considering I succumbed to my sweet tooth yesterday, I'm surprised! Hopefully this means I may just say farewell to the 190's tomorrow morning when I do my weekly weigh-in. Working on a fast today...on hour 14 right now.

5/5 - 189: I did it!! Finally hit the 180’s!! Heading to NHRA TODAY, so food choices won’t be optimal. Going to do the best I can though!

5/6
5/7

I'm in again!

04/26 - 143.2 at 5:00 a.m.
04/27 - 144.0 at 5:00 a.m.

Day/Weight/Comment

04/28 - 144.8 at 5:30...egads!
04/29 - 144.4 at 6:00 a.m.
04/30 - 144.8 at 5:00 a.m.
05/01 - 143.2 at 5:00 a.m. **wishful thinking??**
05/02 - 143.8 at 5:00 a.m. ...in the 143's !!
05/03 - 143.6 at 5:00 a.m.
05/04 - 145.6 at 5:00 a.m.
05/05 - 145.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...
05/06
05/07

Chris

Seeking lower bodyfat %

My name is Tish.

USW: 253
SW: 240
CW: 205.4
GW: 199
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time*
{Round 34 - lost 2.8 lbs}
{Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs}
{Round 36 - lost 1 lb}
{Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs}
{Round 38 - lost 1 lb}

Day/Weight/Comment

•4/28 - 206.6 - Back to this smh. Maybe I'll be on a crazy type of plateau for a while. Still retaining a lot of fluid. If this culminates in a whoosh, it better be awesome. Lol
•4/29 - 205.2 - I lost a little bit more bodyfat too! Weighing everyday can be useful during the fat loss stage, because it provides more information on your body's fluctuations from exercise, sodium and water consumption. In my case, even though I was already knowledgeable about all of that, it's still stressful. Not a good thing when you suffer from adrenal fatigue. Anyhoo! I truly find that for me, daily weigh-ins are more beneficial during the maintenance phase to keep me from eating foods that I know are going to make me gain. And I'm not talking about an occasional dessert or glass of wine, I'm talking bread and grains.
•4/30 - 204.8  - Yes! I like seeing this number and yes, still retaining wate
head. I won't be able to eat a thing, so I've been working on what I could possibly drink to get in SOME nutrients today. My coconut milk avocado smoothie made with spinach and protein powder mixed with raw greens powder won't put me over carbs. It will provide plenty of vitamin A and C but not even half of my daily calories, not enough protein or fat. Gonna be a rough day, but hunger won't be a part of it. Recently, I have not been hungry until 3 or 4pm. I intermittent fast, 16:8. First meal at 4 is 20 hrs. I've been thinking about trying OMAD, one meal a day, but I just don't think I can eat my daily calorie allotment in one hour. 
•5/2 - 204.8 - Revisiting this number. Not much jaw pain today, but still pressure, a headache and neck pain. Thanks TMJ! I made it through yesterday on a nutritive drink made of protein powder mixed with greens powder, an avocado and several TBS of peanut butter. Really sad. I miss my salad and vegetables. I think I'll try some scrambled eggs today.
•5/3 - 204 - Feeling much better today

•5/4 - 204.6 - I have under eaten by almost 600 calories in the past 3 days, so I am very unhappy to see this number that has nothing to do with sodium, no exercise or not enough water. I am a person that becomes overweight from not eating enough. So, I will have to have a few days of overeating my calorie goal in hopes of balancing things out. At least I can chew my salads now!

•5/5 - 203 - ? - Of course I'm loving this, BUT it's on the back of 4 days of under eating. Good news is that I'm hungry, so I'll break my fast early today. This is also the first day in a while that my body doesn't feel filled with fluid.


Seeking lower bodyfat %

Day/Weight/Comment
4/28 207.0 - Chinese food/sushi early dinner, definitely not enough water. 242 over on cals
4/29 208.2 - Water could have been better - 400 over on cals because I skipped breakfast and was ravenous. Woke up pretty grumpy, not sure if PMS or Chinese food hangover. Did some grocery shopping for MIL - dropped stuff off and she made pizza. Need to get in the habit of having my breakfast smoothie on weekends too.
4/30 209.0 - Not surprised based on my eating habits and less than stellar hydration this weekend. Water water water today.
5/01 206.8 - Starting to see patterns in my weight gains/losses. Up over the weekend into Monday, with a drastic drop Tuesday if I'm good on hydration. Worked very hard on hydration yesterday and ended up around 100 fl.oz. Kept snacking at bay while cooking last night. Was due to go out for lunch with a friend today, plans cancelled and I have no lunch! Need to make some wise decisions on the fly. Low carb dinner, philly cheese steak stuffed peppers, so I have some wiggle room, but that doesn't mean hit the drive thru!!!
5/02 206.2 - Another 100 oz day for water yesterday - at work I have no problem hitting water goals. I need to track the weekends, thats where I need to improve. Panera for lunch fit into my macros with a cup of blackbean soup, half a turkey avocado bacon sandwhich on sourdough, sub mayo for hummus, and the bag of chips even fit in my day! I'm painfully frugal sometimes, so I almost got a Wendys chicken sandwhich (which was about the same cals + more sodium than all of my panera food) because it was cheaper. I reminded myself this is an INVESTMENT IN MYSELF, and spent the extra $4 at panera. Walk around Pearl Hill about 1 mile. Philly Cheese steak stuffed peppers are delicious and should remain a staple, half my expected portion filled me up. I passed out before I even though to eat my dark chocolate. A low cal day for me at about 1200 compared to my usual 1500-1600.
5/03 205.4 - I noticed yesterday that this challenge ends on a Monday - that will be a real test for me over the weekend. I typically see my biggest gain on Monday before a whoosh on Tuesday. Given the number I see today though, I'm confident that with some fluctuations I can still meet my goal of 206. It will be great to improve my water intake this weekend and see if that helps too with the weekend gain. Although, I know that my eating habits on the weekend tend to be a little more indulgent, so I'm going to have to find some balance with that as well. Could be as simple as better planning, perhaps? I'll make sure to have my smoothie for breakfast both days this weekend. I took some progress face pics today, and wowzers! Eyes are way less puffy, skin is glowing, I can already see a difference in my cheeks/chin - need to do some full body ones, as much as I dont want to. I'll wish I had done it later on. ETA Grumpy sunday was BOTH PMS and chinese food hangover. TOM, we will see how this affects the scales, usually lots of water retention - so be kind to yourself!
5/04 205.2 - Alright! Today I want ALL THE CARBS. I was a bird brain this morning and could hardly think to plan my food for the day cause all I want is pizza, mac and cheese, french fries etc. But I managed to get some quinoa and grilled chicken into my lunch box and drank my smoothie. A little behind on water thus far this morning so need to focus on that. I did work my day to include my "20 meal" of my 80/20 philosophy into tonight - so I will eat and enjoy the mac and cheese I've been craving - and it fits into my macros for the most part, 25g over on carbs (still under 150 though) and about 600mg over on sodium. Remember to improve eating habits Saturday and Sunday, with breakfast smoothie and planning the days meals just like a week day. Happy Friday!!!
5/05 205.0 Pleasantly surprised. Today I need to focus on water. Possibly pick up a gallon at the store so I can see real time progress. Going to make my smoothie now and get working on some weekend chores.
5/06
5/07

Goal Weight 135

Day/Weight/Comment

4/28 145.6 had 23,000 steps yesterday. Someone wrote on here calorie deficit is key. And that’s my hardest!
4/29 144.8 wanted ice cream but didn’t have it ate calorie deficit had 18,000 steps
4/30 144.8 I put all my food into MFP and it really helped me not eat so much! We can do this.
5/1 144.8 used MFP and it’s getting so much easier to use with time. Amazing how much I over ate no wonder I wasn’t losing weight! Walked hour.
5/02 145.6 ate more carbs and salt yesterday. But still kept under 1590 calories and walked an hour. Little frustrated.
5/03 145.8 had 26,000 steps and ate under 1590 calories but still up on weight. Oh well it’s only .2
5/04 145.8 was my bday yesterday ate under my calories but ate lots of salt and carbs! Walked 12,000 steps
5/05 145.8 had 10,000 steps ate under calories, had candy popcorn maybe that’s why didn’t lose?:)

My round 8 will be great (and "less round")!

4/28 / 234.8 / Great start to this round. But I'm planning to have some popcorn at the Avengers movie this afternoon, so hello, sodium!

4/29 / 236.2 /

4/30 / 236.2 / I didn't post yesterday because I spent all day at the hospital. My husband was admitted for chest pains. He was released just a couple of hours ago. I'm exhausted.

5/1 / 235.4 / I ate like crap for two days. Too much stuff of unknown provenance, too much salt, little to drink, stress coming out my ears. I'm shocked this isn't much higher.

5/2 / 235.4 / A better day. Husband having a stress test right now. I'm stressed enough for both of us!

5/3 / 235.4 / A better day again. As I posted earlier, my husband came through his stress test with flying colors, so that's a huge relief. My eating has been pretty decent. It's unusual for me to have the same weight three days in a row, but honestly I'm just pleased to be hanging in there this week! Thank you so much for being there in this thread. It's supportive just seeing those likes and hugs!

5/4 / 234.4 / Finally managed to eke out a loss compared to the start of the challenge. Hurrah! My husband is feeling better. I am feeling better. Things are looking up. I have a business trip at the beginning of next week which I don't really want to do. So I'll whine a bit about that, but otherwise, it's a good day.

5/5 / 234.2 / Even tiny movement down is a win!


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