JUST GIVE 10 DAYS - ROUND 42

5/28 - 186.2
5/29 - 187.0.....Not a good start
5/30 - 185.2....OK, this is better. I'm serious now. No more fooling around. I've changed my goals and my menu
plan a wee bit, and I'm changing my attitude!
5/31 - 186.4
6/1 - 186.2
6/2 - N / A Down at the Marina with no scale - ate and drank in moderation.
6/3 - N / A Down at the Marina with no scale - ate and drank in moderation.
6/4 - 186.2 .....good start considering I had no scale for the last 2 days!
6/5 - 186.4
6/6

It won't be easy, but it will be worth it!

My ultimate goal is 175lbs, so any loss is a good loss.

I'm back, finally. Moving is chaos! Anyway, I have new goals for this round and beyond, and no more excuses.

Goals:
Weight ~~ UGW - 130; looking for indefinite downward trend each round, ideally 1 pound/round.
R42 - 149 or lower
Food ~~ 1430 calories max; P 15-25%, C 35-50%, F 25-35%
Exercise: minimum 60 minutes/day of vigorous exercise; long walk/hike each week in a new-to-me or long-time-no-see place to get reacquainted with the area.

Weight 2/2015 - 218
Lost 68#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. R41 end weight 150.8; 10-day ave 1792

Day/Weight/Calories Day Before (aiming for 1430 starting 5-8)/Comment

5/28 - 150.4 - 1327

5/29 - 149.8 - 1553
Back on track, eating mostly at home now, and I've been doing lots of garden work - digging out shrubs and other things I don't want and planting perennials. So happy to have a garden again after 9 years of renting!

5/30 - 149.6 - 1290
I'm very happy to see the scale moving the right direction again! We may get thunderstorms this evening, but if they miss us, I'm planning a long walk.

5/31 - 150 - 1307
Bouncy bouncy. But other than not as much exercise yesterday, I'm doing everything right, so no worries.

6/1 - 149.4 - 1297 (10-day ave 1499.3)
I had a note written and somehow lost it, so I guess that means I should be more concise. :-) Anyway, happy to be trending downward on both weight and 10-day calorie average (which explains so much more than daily cals!).

6/2 - 149.4 - 1414 (10-day ave 1472.2)
Better and better. Calories and macros good yesterday, cal ave slowly falling to "loser" zone, 45-min walk (cut short by thunder & lightning), lots of other walking around, some gardening. Have a lovely weekend, all!

6/3 - 149.6 - 1820 (10-day ave 1516.3)
I had a bit of a blowout last night - coffee ice cream :-D - but my net calories were only slightly over my goal, so not so bad. I'd been thinking about coffee ice cream for weeks and decided last night was the night. I bought the small container and my husband polished it off after I got my serving, so there's none for tonight!

6/4 - 150.8 - 1384 (10-day ave 1516.8)
Waaa! But....I was convinced this made no sense at all until I calculated my 10-day average, which is still higher than SailRabbit says I need for weight loss, so it does make sense. On the plus side, I'm back to regular walks, working a lot in the garden (with a fair amount of digging and heavy lifting), and eating properly. It just seems that my body is content at 149-150!

6/5 - 150.2 - 1279 (10-day ave 1418.7)
OK, so I'm a smidge down for the round so far (dare I hope?), but even better, my 10-day calorie average is now at/below my estimated TDEE/maintenance limit. So even if it's slow, if I keep my average at this level, and keep exercising (which I will!), I should start losing again. Lunch today with a friend I haven't seen in 10 years (nice to be back home!), but we're going to Panera so I can eat healthy. Yum!

6/6

I am most definitely in! I seem to start the week off strong but completely drop the ball on the weekends. Something I need to work on this round. My goal is to be at 163.0 or less by 06/06/18
Original SW - 172.0
Round 40 SW - 170.0
Round 41 SW - 165.6
Round 42 SW - 164.9
UGW - 150
Day/Weight/Comment
5/28 164.9 Considering I did not go for a walk, I feel pretty good about the direction my weigh is going.
5/29 164.5 Slow but steady. I am okay with that
5/30 164.0 Just a Meh day
5/31 165.4 Sighs
6/01 165.3 Double sighs
6/02 Did not weigh in, busy busy weekend
6/03 Did not weigh in busy busy weekend
6/04 164.5 I got a 30 day free gym membership from a local gym on Friday. Because I have COPD, I am pretty limited to what I can participate in, but it's a start. I plan to go "walk" the running track for 30 minutes, and then hop on a bike. I will also go for my usual lunch time work. Last week was super rainy out for most lunches, so I am looking forward to a great week of walks. I packed my breakfast, lunch and snacks and will only eat what I planned.
6/05 163.5 I guess the bike thing worked! Yesterday will be a repeat today. I also started a new routine this morning . I arrive at work at good 1 and 15 minutes before start time. It's just been my habit to do this for years. Today when I arrived, I changed into my running shoes and went out for a brisk 15 minute walk. Sunny but cool out, so the walk was invigorating!
6/06

Just give me 10 days Round 42 (Round 6 for me!)

Original MFP SW (4/4/18) 220.7
Round 37 (1) SW: 219.6 GW: Any loss would be good! EW: 215.2
Round 38 (2) SW: 215.3 GW: 212.5 EW: 210.0
Round 39 (3) SW: 209.4 GW: 207.0 EW: 206.6
Round 40 (4) SW: 206.6 GW: 204.0 EW: 203.2
Round 41 (5) SW: 202.7 GW: 200.7 EW: 200.3
Round 42 (6) SW: 199.9 GW: 198.0
Ultimate GW: under 160

Day/Weight/Comment
5/28 199.9 Happy dance!!! Great way to start off this round.
5/29 199.5 Well…happily the scale did not reflect the snacks I ate yesterday…..something I haven’t really done since the beginning of April. A small kit kat bar, potato chips, and fudge cookies. However, we’ve been helping one of our daughters move the past several days…so I’ve been working my tail off (and hopefully my belly, too….lol). But it’s back to sticking with my calorie goal today.
5/30 199.6
5/31 199.0 This was after I ate a bowl of homemade spaghetti and meat sauce last night. Despite the fact that I’m working hard to lose weight, I also really don’t want to deprive myself of things I like to eat. I had made the spaghetti because I had some of the grandchildren over for dinner, otherwise I probably would have had a salad and some chicken breast or something. So I made the decision to go ahead and eat with them…I just paid attention to how much I served myself. If I’m going to continue to be successful at losing weight, it’s all about portion size.
6/01 199.0
6/02 199.2
6/03 199.3
6/04 199.3 Again. Where’s my whoosh?
6/05 199.0 Well, I am down .9 since the beginning of this round so I shouldn’t complain….but I’m going to! Lol. C’mon scale gods….let me see 198.anything to end this round!!!!!
6/06

Seeking lower bodyfat %

My name is Tish.

USW: 253
SW: 240
CW: 199
GW: 189
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}
{Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs}
{Round 40 - lost 3 lbs}
{Round 41 - lost .8 lbs - EW - 198.2}

Day/Weight/Comment

•5/28 - 196.6 - I'm not sure this is accurate. Simply because I was under tremendous stress yesterday and ate just enough food before going to bed to bring my calories over the edge of 1000.
Ended the day over 2000 calories despite my pre-planned food diary. I decided to eat the calories left behind during the past week due to lack of appetite. I had a protein heavy day of eating. Throughout the day I ate, fried chicken, a grilled chicken sausage, tossed salad, one half of a mini sweet pepper stuffed with a cream cheese spread (pretty much a fat bomb) and 2 slices of pound cake. I ate the cake, because of tradition. It was my Anniversay. All types of snack food, bread and cookies were available to eat, but I have no desire for it. I must confess that I did eat one dime size piece of potato chip that my 18 month old grandson offered to me. How could I refuse? He wanted to feed Grandmommy.
•5/29 -198.2
•5/30 - 200 - Only weighed once. It's the usual reason.
•5/31 - 199.2 - I ate my first meal at 5:30pm yesterday and a forced meal at 10pm just so I could end the day having not undereaten. I was just not hungry.
•6/1 - 198.8
•6/2 - 198
•6/3 - 197.4
•6/4 - 196.6

•6/5 - 196.2

•6/6

Seeking lower bodyfat%

R39: AW 219.86
R40: AW 219.18 (-.68)
R41: AW 217.83 (-1.35)

Goal for this round is same as last round which is to reach 10K steps for 7/10 days. STEPS:6/10

R42: SW: 217.1

Day/Weight/Comment
5/28--217.5 Not surprised by uptick in weight, will probably see another uptick tomorrow. I went for Afternoon Tea yesterday and I have no idea how many calories I ate, but I definitely enjoyed myself. Going out with the dog for a hike this morning.
5/29--218.0 Water retention. So sore from the hike yesterday. I got my steps in yesterday. Goal for today is to get my water in.
5/30--217.8 Most of the soreness is gone.
5/31--217.1 There goes the rest of the water retention. Got my steps in yesterday.
6/01--216.9 Got steps in yesterday. I have the day off today so I need to make sure to get water in.
6/02--217.1 Dehydrated. Was running around yesterday and forgot to drink water. Got my steps in yesterday.
6/03--217.8 Went out to my coworker's retirement party last night. I probably ate at maintenance, but didn't drink enough water so the uptick in weight was expected. I started back with running yesterday and got my steps in. Kettlebell today. Going out for brunch today, so there will probably be a temporary uptick in my weight tomorrow as well. I took my monthly measurements yesterday and recorded a loss of inches. Goal for today is to get my water in.
6/04--218.2 Between soreness from Kettlebell, lack of water yesterday, and increased salt from brunch I totally expected a bump in the scale. Today is walking and water.
6/05--217.8 There goes some of the water weight. Got my water and steps in yesterday. Kettlebell tonight.
6/06

R38 SW 212.6 GW 210 EW 207.4 (-5.2)
R39 SW 207.4 GW 206 EW 206.2 (-1.2)
R40 SW 206.2 GW 204.6 EW 203.0 (-3.2)
R41 SW 203.0 GW 202.5 EW 200.4 (-2.6)
R42 SW 200.4 GW 199.9
Daily Goals: Smarter choices, that I still enjoy
Long Term Goals: A healthy lifestyle I can maintain
Short Term GW: 199.9 by 6/21
UGW: 155ish - by April 2019

Day/Weight/Comment
5/28 Monday - 200.8 I finally slept thru the night last night for the first time in a whole week with a hacking cough. Woohoo. Nice not to see a huge jump after a night out. I was ravenous today so I just ate. Homemade breakfast sandwhich, some flat iron steak for a snack, and homemade matzo ball soup for dinner - which will also be lunch for a few days too. Goal for this round is to maintain at or under 199 which is 1 week or so ahead of schedule. Leaving for mini vacation at the end of this round, good motivator. Need to get a bathinsuit!
5/29 Tuesday - 202.4 - Back to my pre-sickness weight. Thats fine - I'd rather have my health and 2 pounds than that miserable cold for one more day. DH is on the verge of getting it now, lots of EmergenC, bone broth, and encouraging him to drink lots of water. Knock on wood he can beat it! Having a hard time drinking my smoothie this morning, but it will be done. Time to start downing water myself! Leftover soup for lunch, popcorn and blueberry applesauce for snack. No idea on what to have for dinner yet, still pretty exhausted so I need to make a plan so I don't end up eating convenience foods. I took out some ground beef, so maybe koren beef?
5/30 Wednesday - 201.8 - Half way thru the week! DH is home sick today - fingers crossed that this shall pass a little more quickly for him. I was 202 at first waking, then 201.8 about a half hour later. I was weighing later in the day when I was sick because I was sleeping in - and after seeing @tiabirdie56 show how her weights flucuate in the morning I wonder If my body operates in a similar way. I'll keep an eye on that as I continue my journey. NSV last night - went bathing suit shopping and found something flattering and confidence boosting! It even matches the sun shirt I already have. I spent a little more than I would have liked (again painfully frugal) but its a Lands End suit so I'm hoping to get a lot of use out of it this summer and it will hold up. The past summer I've been shy about swimming up at my MIL's because hanging out in a bathing suit is not something I enjoy - so I got a swim skirt and a modest tankini top and plan to ENJOY the lake and swim more this year. Hopefully the suit fits thru the summer, I guess if it doesn't that would be okay too! As long as its too big not too small! I will try on the top again tonight and make sure I don't need to size down, my recommended size online was a 14 but I purchased a 16 - but I'm notorious for wearing my clothes too big. I did make korean beef last night - tired and still not feeling 100% is not a time to try a new recipe! I also had some graham crackers and chocolate hummus, what a yummy dessert! Didnt pack a lunch today, only breakfast and snacks - thought I didnt have anything but I should have brought a veggie burger. I'll be sure to take that tomorrow! Maybe panera for lunch? Didnt take anything out of the freezer for dinner and with DH not feeling well I have a feeling I may be picking up Pho for him...we shall see. The things I can control today are to drink lots of water, make better portioned healthy choices, and to be kind to myself thru this process.
5/31 Thursday - 202.0 - Dinner last night was thrown off track because DH ate the leftovers I was planning on for dinner for his lunch. No big deal, I'm glad he ate something. I didn't have much of anything ready to cook (all meats frozen) but I did have a frozen pizza and french fries calling my name. I checked to make sure my portion would fit my caloric allotment - I went slightly over carbs and a bit over sodium because I had panera for lunch. I couldnt figure out why I was such a carb monster yesterday. I stepped on the scale this morning and was a bit dissapointed in myself and the number. *TMI warning - if womanly functions bother you feel free to scroll past! But TOM unexpectedly arrived and explained everything! Water retention and carb cravings are the norm for me a day or two before and a day or two during. A NSV for me as a woman with PCOS - my cycle has regulated to 28 days on the dot! I have a follow up with my endocrinologist next week, so I'm excited to be able to report some good news. I was ranging anywhere from 35-50 days previous to changing my diet. I'm hoping to start a family in the next 2 years or so, so this is one of my biggest goals is improving my reproductive health! I truly was not expecting TOM to come until next week (which would have sucked while vacationing but it always seems to happen that way without fail so I was planning for it). First day is still proving to be incredibly painful - hopefully that will improve as well as I continue my journey.
6/01 Friday -202.0 Just hanging out here. Fine by me FOR NOW. Definitely didnt get enough water yesterday. It was a pretty emotional day overall and I didnt crawl into a bowl of mac and cheese so thats a win. I made an old favorite recipe, taco noodle caserole. I used recipe builder, logged it, and ate an appropriate portion that fit my calories for the day. At lunch with a friend at panera I stuck with an order which I knew has worked in the past while still tasting food and filling me up. I'm a hurting unit today with crazy cramps and my lower back is aching. But I made my smoothie and packed lunch. May order out tonight - it's Friday, our usual order out night, but I'll do my best to be reasonable with my choices to fit in my day. A busy weekend ahead - hopefully seeing a house prospect Saturday, DH needs to shop for vacation clothes, lots of prep to get the house ready while we're away, and get the dog out for a hike. I'll need to drink my morning smoothie (need more flax milk) make sure to drink lots of water and have a positive attitude!
6/02 Saturday - 200.8 - surprised by that number this morning as last night we went out for fried seafood, and I was a bottomless pit upon returning home and ate 6 fig newtons! But, I logged it all as accurately as I could and it wasn't as much of a bust as I thought! Nonetheless I haven't eaten like that in a while. We also took a nice little hike after work so that was good! A busy day today checking out the house. Didn't eat breakfast, too many nerves and no flax milk for smoothie. Late lunch grilled meat and veggies, dinner was a homemade cajun chicken Alfredo that fit into my day nicely. An awesome new recipe that I will definitely use again, and could certainly modify to be lighter depending on needs. Ran errands all afternoon and I'm pooped! Need to make some good choices tomorrow at the grocery store, some meal prep for a short week but not too much because going away Thursday night and don't want to be wasteful. Excited for a good night's sleep!!
6/03 Sunday - 200.2 - first waking weigh in was 200.8 half hour later 200.2 - NSV went to the grocery store and bought ONLY what was on my list. Made a plan to use what I've got this week and only needed minimal ingredients. Made a New recipe tonight, zuppa Toscana copycat recipe came in around 400 cals per serving. I've been sticking to recipes more than I have in the past because it's easier to import the recipe in recipe builder and know the calories are close opposed to winging a recipe, which is what I usually do. Slight change but so far it's tasting good and easier to track! Bread an butter with soup put me right at cals for the day, but I plan to have a 150 cal dessert too because I'd rather fill the craving with a small amount of what I do want rather than a large amount of something else not satisfying. For today anyway but don't plan to make a habit of it. TOM really affects my hunger so I'm just listening to my hunger cues more closely and eating closer to maintenance when I am very hungry during TOM. We are both finally feeling better so back to getting to work early tomorrow. Short week, leaving Thursday night, lots to do before we go so planning to be positive and proactive about healthy eating this week so traveling is less taxing.
6/04 Monday - 200.6 - First waking was 201.2 - Less than 20 minutes later down to recorded weight...interesting. All things considered I'm happy with that number for today. I'm hopeful I can reach my goal by Wednesday. I will need to buckle down on hydration today and stay in the green today and tomorrow! This round has been all over the place weigh in wise - between TOM and being sick, I'm proud I didn't just go off the rails, but time to rededicate myself to the cause for the next two days - mini goal! I love the weekly digest report - I was in fact under my weekly caloric intake goal so I'm proud of that! Next Round will be interesting as we are traveling Thursday - Sunday so I'll be curious to see how I can maintain. Leftover soup for lunch today - and it might just end up being dinner too depending on how errands go this evening...other option is chicken thighs, so I've got options! Endo appointment is tomorrow afternoon - need to go over my prep and make sure I remember to ask him all these questions I've been thinking up lately. I still havent taken my measurements! Do that tonight or tomorrow and record so I can use those stats to go with test results from tomorrows appointment and I can compare all at my next 6 month follow up. *Note End TOM
6/05 Tuesday - 200.6 - Not gonna lie, I was initially frustrated by the number this morning. Came back to the scale 30 minutes later in hopes of some drop, but stayed the same. But, I wont let it get me down. I ate within calories yesterday, I didnt have significant gains over the weekend, I'm pushing forward, and most importantly I FEEL GOOD! Ate soup again for dinner last night - maybe its the sodium? Anyway it was nice to have a meal I enjoyed eating 3 times in a row - that doesnt happen often. I was really hungry this morning so my breakfast smoothie is already gone, need to drink water to get me thru to lunch. Also packed lunch - black bean burger wrap with cheese and hummus and a serving of chips comes in pretty high on calories, 518...hmmm maybe I'll skip the chips and have popcorn for a snack before doctor this afternoon. Seeing the endo today - did some prep for the appointment and hoping all the usual blood work is done so I have a baseline to work off to compare to in 6 months. Staying positive and drinking lots of water today to finish at goal tomorrow!
6/06 Wednesday

Keep on keeping on. Slow and unsteady doesn't win, but it can lose.


5/28 / 232.4 / Very pleased to start this round with a loss from last round. I'm going to be experimenting this week making my version of bento boxes (pre-portioned items in separate compartments) for breakfast/lunch. So I can just grab one box and know it has a variety of items with a set number of calories. Ideas welcome, if anyone has done this. I like almost everything, but I have Celiac, so gluten is out.

5/29 / 231 / Most excellent! This puts me at 21 total pounds lost since I began in January. This was my goal for this round, but let's see if I can hold onto it!

5/30 / 232.2 / Boo to this bounce, but I know that I ate well and got my body in motion, so it's all good.

5/31 / 232.6 / Bouncing around but eating well.

6/1 / 231.2 / Still eating great.

6/2 / 230.4 / Missed a couple of days of posting, but I had all of you in my thoughts! Hooray for this weigh in, though I'm not feeling great today. I did mini protein muffins last night that weren't too bad, though they need some tweaking. Also pumpkin overnight oats for breakfast this morning that need some tweaking, too. I'm having pizza for dinner, so I expect to be at a higher weight in the morning if only for the salt.

6/3 / 231.6 / As expected, given my pizza fandango. TOM looms. I want to eat all the things.

6/4 / 231 / I'm surprised, frankly. I'm being a complete salt fiend right now, so I thought I would be puffed up like a pufferfish!

6/5 / 230.6 / I didn't sleep well and am exhausted. My weigh-in was much later than it will be tomorrow, so I suspect I'll likely miss my 231 goal for this round, but I'm pretty pleased that my TOM hasn't made me into a giant water balloon! Thanks to all for sharing their inspiring triumphs and, yes, their inspiring setbacks.




6/6 /

Day/Weight/Comment

5/28: n/a

5/29: 250.6

5/30: 250.8

5/31: 252 - how discouraging

6/01: 249.2 - that's more like it! I hope the scale keeps heading in that direction.

6/02: 249.2 - better than going up!

6/03: 250.8 - went to a buffet yesterday and didn't hold back. I ate all the things!

6/04: 251.2 - I, once again, ate like crap yesterday and paid the price.

6/05: 247.2

6/06:

I'm back!

05/26 - 142.2 at 5:00 a.m. ...hope it holds...Happy Dance here!!
05/27 - 143.0 at 5:00 a.m.

Day/Weight/Comment

05/28 - 142.4 at 5:00 a.m. Yes!!
05/29 - 141.8 at 5:00 a.m.
05/30 - 143.0 at 5:00 a.m. ...sigh...
05/31 - 142.4 at 5:00 a.m.
06/01 - 142.4 at 5:00 a.m.
06/02 - 142.0 at 5:00 a.m. ...
06/03 - 142.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...salt...ugh!
06/04 - 142.2 at 5:00 a.m.
06/05 - 143.6 at 4:00 a.m.
06/06

Chris