Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 40

Day/Weight/Comment: Just starting out but I'm in

5/08
5/09
5/10
5/11
5/12
5/13 - 178
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

I didn't realize until a few minutes ago that I'm more than 50 lbs down from my heaviest weight (January 2015). When I see 190 again, my weight will be lower than it's been since high school. Life is working, and I'm just going to take another moment to thank everyone here for everything. This place has allowed me to sit with whatever it is that's been bothering me. It's given me space to really examine how I've been living my life, especially the pattern(s) that have been derailing me from previous success. I feel so much more prepared to deal with life than I was a few months ago, and this group has everything to do with that. I'm blessed to have you in my life, and I love each and every one of you.

Age: 46
Height 5’11”
Historical SW (January 2015): 245 lbs
Recent SW: 220.0 lbs (1/14/18)
Ultimate GW: 189.8 lbs (and then reevaluate)

R28 SW = 220.0 EW = 219.8 (-0.2) AW = 220.2 (+0.2)
R29 SW = 219.8 EW = 214.0 (-5.8) AW = 215.9 (-4.3)
R30 SW = 214.0 EW = 214.0 (-0.0) AW = 214.1 (-1.8)
R31 SW = 214.0 EW = 209.2 (-4.8) AW = 211.3 (-2.8)
R32 SW = 209.2 EW = 209.6 (+0.4) AW = 208.9 (-2.4)
R33 SW = 209.6 EW = 207.4 (-2.2) AW = 208.2 (-0.7)
R34 SW = 207.4 EW = 206.6 (-0.8) AW = 206.6 (-1.6)
R35 SW = 206.6 EW = 204.2 (-2.4) AW = 204.1 (-2.5)
R36 SW = 204.1 EW = 207.4 (+3.3) AW = 203.9 (-0.2)
R37 SW = 207.4 EW = 202.0 (-5.4) AW = 203.5 (-0.4)
R38 SW = 202.0 EW = 196.8 (-5.2) AW = 197.1 (-6.4)
R39 SW = 196.8 EW = 194.2 (-2.6) AW = 195.8 (-1.3)

Total loss (since 1/14/18, but before this round): 25.8 lbs
Average weight loss per round: 2.28 lbs

R40 SW = 194.2
Goal for this round: 193.0

Day/Weight/Comment

5/8 = 194.0 (-0 2). I finally went shopping on Sunday night, and I actually food prepped last night. I made a sausage and pepper soup (delicious) and a bacon frittata (also delicious). Tonight I'm getting some new cookware that I need in order to finish my food prep: a chicken casserole thingy. Lots of work getting it done, but it felt good. And it's great not having to stress about where I'm getting my next meal. And it tastes good!!! 4 more days until I can resume basketball/lifting weights, but I might cheat a couple of days early and play Thursday.

5/9 = 194.2 (+0.2). I stayed "on plan" last night, but impulsively had another serving of dinner. And then a little bit of dark chocolate. I was on-target with carbs, but over everywhere else. Snacked a bit to much during the day, which left me with very little wiggle room at the end of the night. I really wasn't hungry; it was impulsive. Moment noted. I'm not going to dwell. My tattoo is looking/feeling pretty healed. I'm going to take a pic of it, send it to my artist, and ask for permission to play basketball tomorrow. Focusing on avoiding snacking when I'm not hungry today.

5/10 = 193.6 (-0.6). A tiny WHOOSH™. I literally overate slightly last night, so there's no other explanation. Overeating slightly is eating my prepared food, and then my wife comes home and says she wants tacos (which includes fresh chips and guac) from a local place. I get a skirt steak burrito with no refried beans and extra steak. I throw away the tortilla, throw some guac on top, and that was my snack. I also had lunch out for my friend's birthday, and had a salad with tuna salad, avocado, and Caesar dressing. Everything I ate for the day was Keto-friendly. It is getting easier. It really feels like I can do this long-term. I'm playing basketball tonight!!! And lifting weights.

5/11 = 192.6 (-1.0). A regular ole' WHOOSH­™. I don't understand it, but I'll take it. I drove about 30 minutes to play basketball last night after lifting weights, and the high school I play at apparently decided to setup the gym with tables and chairs for something, so no basketball last night. Infuriating. I was out in the field for work yesterday and decided to stop at Panda Express for lunch. I made the mistake of not checking carbs before eating my food; I now know that Teriyaki Chicken (with no sauce) has 11 carbs, and whatever the Steak option is has 16 carbs. I probably ingested less carbs than that; I didn't eat all the vegetables in my steak dish (only the ones I know are Keto-friendly), and I pretty much ignored my vegetable side. It was an important lesson, though; trust no one! Plus, if I'm being honest, I did some math in my head when I was ordering, and I probably should have figured it out. I knew total calories, I knew protein content, and I could have probably extrapolated the fat/carb macros. Not to mention I could have just plugged everything in to one of my handy dandy apps that does all that crap for me automatically. Anyhoo... I ate great the rest of the day (ended up with 36 net carbs), so the damage was minimized, but YEAH. And somehow I still dropped a pound. On a side note, my wife is getting jealous at my continued weight loss. I'm trying not to influence her directly in any way (which is unusual for me), but I think she's coming around to it on her own.

5/12 = 192.6 (no change). Had a normal day yesterday. Ate within plan for breakfast and lunch, and had dinner out (guacamole bacon lettuce wrap). All macros good. It's raining and but I'm about to get on my motorcycle to go to the gym and play basketball. I'm going to a party today, but I'm going to eat breakfast and lunch before I'm going, and I'm confident that I can tolerate whatever comes up.

5/13 = 192.2 (-0.4). Played basketball, and didn't hurt my back. I had a good day eating breakfast and lunch, and ate fine for dinner at wife's aunt's birthday party until dessert showed up. I really have to have a "no dessert" policy if I want to do this Keto thing consistently right. Or I can bring my own Keto-friendly dessert. Hmm. People are telling me I look skinny. Someone asked me last night if I could coach them on weight loss. I'm wondering how much further I want to take this. I think 185 will be good, but we'll see when I get there. My scale says my body fat is down to 15.7%. I definitely have some work to do in that area.

5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

R39: AW 219.86


R40: SW: 219.3

I made a goal for the last round and I found it really motivated me, so I'm going to put a goal out there again.

Goal for this round: Average weight in the 218's

Day/Weight/Comment
5/08--219.7 Still water weight from lunch on Sunday. After the last round I now recognize that it can take my body up to 3 days to release water weight from excess sodium.
5/09--218.9 Going to kettlebell tonight.
5/10--219.1 Had a really tough kettebell workout yesterday and I was so busy at work that I didn't drink a lot of water. Got to get water in today.
5/11--219.1 Holding steady. Kettlebell tonight.
5/12--218.9 Sore from tough kettlebell workout yesterday. Working to stay in the 218's for the rest of round. Need to make sure to drink water this weekend.
5/13--219.7 HA! Ironic that when I just say yesterday that I want to stay in the 218's for the rest of the round my weight goes back up to the highest weight of this round. No more weight goals for me, I will just work at it day to day and let the scale do what it wants to do.
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

SW 169, this round163.4
GW this round 163
Round 38 - lost 0.4 lbs
Round 39 - gained 0.1 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
5/8 - 163.4
5/9 - 163.2
5/10 - 162.8 Yay! Hope I can make it stick
5/11 - 161.8
5/12 - 162.4
5/13 - 161.8 Huh. Hormone whoosh?
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

EW R29: 142.0
EW R30: 138.7

SW: 145.9
GW R40: 144
UGW: 135

5/08 - 145.9
5/09 - 145.9
5/10 - 145.1
5/11 - 143.3 Definitely losing water weight.
5/12 - 143.9 Had pizza for dinner.
5/13 - 144.1 Long run but also a big plate for dinner
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

Start Date: 1/16/2018
Start Weight: 295
First Goal: Back away from 300!!! Accomplished
Next Goal: 263 Accomplished
Next Goal: 233
Day/Weight/Comment
5/08 / 259.0 / Here we go! I was so down about my last round that I decided to see how much I'd stalled out in my weight loss over the entirety of this attempt (from Jan. 16th). I thought, surely, with the time I spent out of state, my mother's death, and this past round I must be at least 5 pounds behind my "two pounds a week" goal. Shocker. No. I am still ahead, having lost more than two pounds a week on average. I know weight loss starts with water weight but it helped put the wind back in my sails.
5/09 / 258.0 / I have never really looked at my macros. I just count calories. By coincidence, my fat calories were high, protein was just below target and carbs were way low. You Keto people know where I’m going with this, right? I.Wasn’t.Hungry.
5/10 / 256.8 / Thank goodness.
5/11 / 256.4 /
5/12 / 256.6 / My daughter made dinner, something she knew would be okay for me to eat. She cannot help but use salt liberally.
5/13 / 256.4 / Happy Mother’s Day to all good mothers!
5/14 /
5/15 /
5/16 /
5/17 /

Female
5'3"
Starting weight: 503.2
Starting weight this round: 503.2
Goal weight overall: 199.0
Goal this round: 495.0

5/08: 503.2- Highest I have ever weighed. I am hopeful with this new plan I am going to be doing. I'm also excited to join this forum for accountability.
5/09: 501.8- I could have done a lot better. Today is a new day and I will continue to push forward but do even better than I did yesterday.
5/10 500.8- I think I am being a bit too hard on myself while wishing I had lost more than just a pound. I did so good yesterday and I am proud of myself for that. Let's do great again today!
5/11 500.6- I know exactly what happened- I did amazing all day long yesterday but for some reason right before I was about to go to sleep, I got so hungry. I ate over my calories by almost 900. It was healthy food but still, calories are calories. I'm ok with todays weigh in.
5/12 498.2- I’m very happy with this because I tried hard. This just proves I’m able to live a life I’m use to while losing weight. I went out to eat but counted calories and made sure not to go over.
5/13 No weigh in today because I only slept 3 hours. Plus I overate last night big time. Regret sunk in after it happened. It’s a vicious cycle having an eating disorder. Anyways, Happy Mother’s Day.
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17

I'm in! Goal for this round is to try to get more water (I'm terrible about that), and hopefully lose a pound.

Female, 38, 5'4.6"
SW 165.6 (4/23)
GW 135

R39 164.8 --> 162.2 (-2.6)

Date - Weight (Comment)

5/08 - 162.6 (A bit up from yesterday, but enh, that happens.)

5/09 - 162.2 (Yesterday wasn't a fab day - not horrible, just not my best - and so I'm surprised to see it go down. No complaints though, lol.)

5/10 - 162.4 (Apparently we're just gonna hang out right around this weight for a few days. And I have a sneaking suspicion why.)

5/11 - 162.4 (Suspicion confirmed. Now to not let it get the better of me when deciding what to eat. LOL)

5/12 - 161.4 (Woot! Jumping down!)

5/13 - 161.4 (And thrilled with the steady weight, as we ate out TWICE yesterday.)

5/14 - ()
5/15 - ()
5/16 - ()
5/17 - ()

R31 SW: 68.7kgs
R32 SW: 67.8kgs
R33 SW: 67.6kgs
R34 SW: 65.7kgs
R35 SW: 65kgs
R36 SW: 65.5kgs
R37 SW: 64.3kgs
R38 SW: 64.4kgs
R39 SW: 63.6kgs
R40 SW: 63.2kgs

R40GW: 61.5kgs. NGW: 62.2kgs

UGW: 60kgs (Aimed for 30 May)

Day/Weight/Comment
5/08 – 63.3kgs – I know this is bloat from couple of days ago. But with better sleep last night, I’m ready to meet my macros and stick to my plan!
5/09 – 63.2kgs
5/10 – 62.9kgs. No where near where I want to be. *sigh* I was hoping it was bloat-in fact I was certain it was bloat. But maybe its not? Worse comes to worse, I’ll just adjust my goals.
5/11 – 62.9kgs. Will definitely not be able to meet my mini goal of 62kgs tomorrow. I was depressed about this because I’ve worked hard the last few days. I was so convinced it was bloat because I was 62.2kgs last week. I even thought I’ll binge of junk today just because ‘whats the point?’. But I decided to measure myself to see if I’ve lost any cms. In the last 2 weeks, I may have only lost 200 grams but I lost 0.5cm from my waist and 0.5cm from my hips! So I’m still leaning out – its just not showing on the scales…
5/12 – 62.6kgs – 600 grams away from mini goal. From now on, I’ve planned to give myself the next 2.5 months to lose 3kgs.
5/13 - 63.2kgs – Mothers Day. Gave myself a treat of untracking and just eat as I please
5/14 – 63.5kgs – I’m glad I gave myself a break from tracking yesterday. Had a great day yesterday and Im came to realise I actually prefer tracking because I eat a lot healthier.
5/15
5/16
5/17 – Goal to achieve: 61.5kgs. Readjusting my goal. NGW: 62.2kg.