JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - Round 44

Day/Weight/Comment
6/17 179.0 / This is a pleasant surprise since I ate out last night and went over calories. I’m looking forward to trying extra hard to stick to my goals.
6/18 179.4/ I didn’t drink nearly enough water yesterday. My goal for the 10 days is to get at or below 178. I’ll be drinking a lot of water today and I have five work-outs planned this week.
6/19 177.6 / I’m not sure how I got here, but this is the lowest weight I’ve seen in a long time. It seems like I’ve been stuck between the same three pounds for months. I’m hoping to keep up the good work throughout the rest of the 10 days!
6/20 179.8/ I know that it has to be water weight, I stayed under calories yesterday, but we ordered hibachi take-out which probably contained a lot of salt. I’m trying to drink even more water today.
6/21 176.6/ Back down again. I went on a long walk last night and tried to drink plenty of water throughout the day. I have a work-out planned tonight, so I’m going to be doing my best to get as much water as possible.
6/22 178.2/ And back up. We went out to eat last night and I’m sure I had way too much salt. I have another work-out planned tonight, so I’m going to try to stay hydrated.
6/23 178.4
6/24 178.6/ The rise the last two days is to be expected, I haven’t had enough water and ate out a lot on a day trip yesterday. I’m back to strict logging today, drinking more water, and I walked 3 miles this morning.
6/25 179.6 / It’s totally fine, I know it’s all water weight. My hands feel swollen today and even though I planned to drink more water yesterday I didn’t. I have a big water bottle with me today and plans to walk 4-5 miles after work since the weather is beautiful.
6/26 178.0/ My goal was to be at or below 178 and that’s what I am today, so I consider this challenge to be a win.

Original SW: 190 (12/29/2016)
Round 36 SW: 183.0 (Avg. 181.16)
Round 37 SW: 179.8 (Avg. 179.26)
Round 38 SW: 179.0 (Avg. 177.63)
Round 39 SW: 178.2 (Avg. 178.66)
Round 40 SW: 179.6 (Avg. 177.31)
Round 41 SW: 177.4 (Avg. 177.97)
Round 42 SW: 177.0 (Avg. 177.73)
Round 43 SW: 177.0 (Avg. 176.72)
Round 44 SW: 178.2

Round 43 GW: 176
Ultimate GW: 145ish

Day/Weight/Comment
6/16--178.2
6/17--176.2 That's more like it!
6/18--175.6 Yes please! This is how I was hoping to end the last round. Better late than never! Now let's see if I can make it stick...
6/19--176.4 Well okay. Yesterday was a serious food day. I've noticed that the week after TOM is when I really want to eat everything in sight. I also reached a point yesterday where I just did not want to log everything. Like, I was done. So I stopped--and I was okay with it. The thing is, I'm trying to change my lifestyle and my habits for the rest of my 50 or so years on this planet. Part of that is being okay with not counting and logging all of my calories, because that's not what I want to do every day, forever. So I just went with it. This morning I got up, weighed in, and logged all those calories from yesterday that I didn't feel like logging. And I'm doing just fine! Back on track today and no regrets
6/20--176.8
6/21--177.2 Still bouncing around from the last couple days of overeating. Not worried, other than the fact that I'll be camping all weekend and won't have access to the same healthy food options as normal. Gotta make it work!
6/22--177.4 Argh. I decided to look at my average weight from each round and it's comforting to see that there IS a downward trend; its just at a glacially slow pace. I'm so frustrated with seeing 177 and it's funny, when I went back through older rounds, I was so excited to finally see 177! Puts things in perspective Will be leaving tonight to go camping with no access to a scale or Internet, so my goal is just to not gain over the weekend. I'd say we're going to be active and hike, but it's supposed to be cold the whole time so I think we'll probably just be huddled around a campfire.
6/23--Camping, no scale
6/24--Camping, no scale. Got back from camping this afternoon--it was fun but cold and wet. It literally rained nearly nonstop from Friday evening until this morning. What is there to do when it is cold and raining but sit around the campfire and eat? I'm afraid of my weigh in tomorrow, I really am.....
6/25--178.6 Not as bad as I was expecting. I'll just take it and move on. Onwards and downwards!
6/26--178.6 Okay. I binged on Ben and Jerry's non-dairy ice cream last night while preparing for a big job interview today. Fingers crossed!!!

Orginal starting weight 04/30/18 284.6
End of round 39 05/07/18 276.2 ( -8.4 )
End of round 40 05/17/18 269.4 ( -6.8 )
End of round 41 05/17/18 272.0 ( +2.6 )
End of round 42 06/06/18 267.6 ( -4.4 )
End of round 43 06/16/18 262.6 ( -5.0 )
Total weight lost to date: 23.0 pounds

Round 44
Day/Weight/Comment
17-Jun 264.4 Too much soda yesterday
18-Jun 265.6 Ate within my macros and stayed under my calorie goal so I blame the gain on monthly water retention.
19-Jun 264.4 KFC for dinner and I skipped both the biscuit AND the cookie!
20-Jun 265.4 Dinner out at a restarant that is famous for it bread and I skipped the bread!
21-Jun 264.0 Didn't eat much during the day and I indulged in soda in the evening so I guess the two evened out.
22-Jun 264.4
23-Jun 264.6 Funeral dinner yesterday so the choices weren't stellar.
24-Jun 264.6 Out to eat twice yesterday. Makes good food choices more difficult but I think I mostly did alright. I did indulge in soda, though, which isn't my frriend.
25-Jun 261.8 Forgot to eat dinner last night…
26-Jun 261.6 Down 1 pound this round

Back again!!

06/15 - 142.2 at 5:00 a.m. **sigh**
06/16 - 142.4 at 5:30 a.m. attacked by peppermint candy yesterday. EGADS!!!

GW by 06/26: 141.0 lbs
Ultimate GW: 135.0 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment

06/17 - 141.2 at 6:45 this morning. Father's Day...DDD, SIL, GRANDBABY and Mexican Food, vanilla ice cream and lemon cake! Should be a great day! Tomorrow I will suffer for it but no worries today! Bwahahah!
06/18 - 142.8 at 5:00 a.m. I'm blaming it on peppermint candy for three days.
06/19 - 141.6 at 6:45 a.m. DH's b'day today. We celebrated on Father's Day. Will behave myself today.
06/20 - 141.6 at 5:00 a.m. Got carsick yesterday...then fell into a baggie of peppermint. EGADS!!!
06/21 - 141.8 at 5:00 a.m. Did not finish the baggie...put it back in the car for the next ride w/DH!
06/22 - 141.0 at 5:00 a.m. Surprise! Don't know if it's a dream or real. We'll see tomorrow.
06/23 - 140.4 at 6:00 a.m. Surprise again! Wow!
06/24 - 140.4 at 5:00 a.m. Yes!
06/25 - 140.6 at 5:00 a.m. I'll take it!
06/26 - 142.2 at 5:00 a.m. I can't explain this one.

Chris

Age 46
Height 5'10"

Starting Weight 196.5
Goal Weight 170


Day/Weight/Comment
6/17 -196.5- Didn't weigh myself until late afternoon
6/18 -194.4- Hello Monday..I will take this!
6/19-194.2- liking this! Just hope it will keep up. I was pretty on point with food yesterday. I did weights (shoulders) and ran my dog in my morning.
6/20-194.1- yay still going down! Did have a much of a sleeping night. One of me dog has a UTI, Taking her to the vet today. Thank goodness I had some left over meds from the last time she had it. I think we didn't get to sleep until 3am. Here is to a better tomorrow.
6/21-190.2- Wow, I didn't eat that much yesterday this might be why this number came up. I will take it we will see what happens tomorrow. Chest day today along with running my dog.
6/22-190.4- didn't go up to much so that is a good thing. Wasn't able to get up early today so going to fit something in tonight. Maybe ride my bike. The weather has cooled off a little bit. Will be a nice ride if not raining.
6/23-190.2
6/24- no weigh in
6/25-194.2- Weekends get me every time. Had way to many carbs and I have paid for it. It's Monday time to get back on track.
6/26-192.2- glad to be back down. This was a good round. I think I will do it again.

Total loss- 4.3 woohoo

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 EW 199.0 (-1.4)
R43 SW 199.0 GW 199.0 EW 197.6 (-1.4)
R44 SW 197.6 GW 196.5
Daily Goals: Smarter choices, that I still enjoy
Long Term Goals: A healthy lifestyle I can maintain
Short Term GW: 199.9 by 6/2
Short term GW2: 182.6 by 11/1
UGW: 155ish - by April 2019

Day/Weight/Comment
6/17 - Sunday - 197.6 - worked hard yesterday to find a happy medium between what I wanted and what I had calories for. Another day of being mindful while still enjoying life. I expect my usual Monday gain before any more losses. Really had to think about goals last night. I'm so happy with my progress so far. I decided to plan for 1lb/week over the next 15 weeks giving me til around November 1st. I updated my goal in Libra and it put my trend goal date around mid September at my current rate. So, I have room for life to happen within my goal timeframe. Feels really empowering to be planning for the next 4 months after a successful 2 months. I am committed to my health!!!
6/18 - Monday - 199.8 - Whoa what a gain! It's a just a hair over my trend line on the upside but this is about progress, not perfection. Not sweating it. I logged everything. But more importantly I ENJOYED everything. Sometimes lately I've been feeling bad about eating certain things - not physically - but guilty - which takes the joy out of food and other moments. So yesterday I had a plan to stay within calories, but we happened upon some BEAUTIFUL broccoli rabe and DH had to make pork and rabe sandwhiches - they were otherworldly. Also picked up some fragrant fresh picked strawberries - was going to have a just a handful - but MIL brought over freshly baked shortbread and I had coolwhip - so after a long day we enjoyed strawberry shortcakes. For me, food really is to be enjoyed - fresh, homemade, healthy food in moderation. And heck, even moderation in moderation! So yesterday was a win for me! Been doing well taking my supplements too! Back to work for another successful week! Forgot my blender bottle at work over the weekend so just a hard boiled egg and a nectarine for breakfast today. Leftover quinoa bowl for lunch with added black bean burger. Plans to order out to avoid record breaking heat tonight and alleviate stress after a super late night at the laundromat last night - going to prelog now so I know what will work best!
6/19 - Tuesday - 198.6 - I'm figuring this out! Chinese food take out last night - but made good choices; half a spicy salmon roll, order or pork steam buns and half order wonton in spicy chili oil. I was able to make those smart decisions because right before I left work, even though at the moment I wasnt hungry, I had a quick protein shake to hold me over. Good thing, I would have been ravenous come dinner time and ordered a ridiculous amount of food and binged. I noticed that my new fish oil supplement is actually putting me over my calorie goal. I got the liquid version for better % and absorption, but its 40 cals/serving twice a day - so that will take some adjusting to - eating almost 100 cals less a day to fit that in - but I'm not forcing it right now. I'm happy that I'm creating a new habit and hopefully improving my numbers, the food will adjust as I figure out how to not be hungry on 100 cals less.
6/20 - Wednesday - 199.0 - Still on target for downward trend - thank goodness for Libra (weight trend tracking app), it keeps me focused on the bigger picture. Went for a walk last night, cleaned the kitchen, did a grocery store trip to get necessities to continue on the right path. Had taco bell cantina bowl for lunch yesterday because not much in the house, it fit in the calories for the day and 200mg over sodium - this is actually a decent fast food option at 500 cals. Buger and salad for dinner. Today I have my smoothie, packed a delicious homemade chefs salad, and working on my water early! Forgot my fish oil this morning, but remembered to take b-complex to work to add to morning routine - it's a process but I feel the routine becoming habit! Prelogged breakfast and lunch. No plan for dinner yet, but I took out a chicken breast and we have tons of veggies to grill or saute so no excuses, cooking dinner at home tonight!
6/21 - Thrusday - 197.6 - There it is again! Woohoo! Tried a new recipe for chicken cordon bleu casserole last night, delicious w/a side of zuchini. I had to eat slowly and mindfully because it was a rich recipe with a smaller volume per serving. I was full by the end of dinner. I have the leftovers + rice for lunch. Plan to have half breakfast shake in AM and half for snack after lunch (I never finish it in the morning so trying something new). Usually dinner is my high calorie meal but lunch is this today, so planning on grilled chicken and salad for dinner. We have some gardening chores to do tonight as well so some fresh air and physical activity will be great! Happy Summer!
6/22 - Friday - 196.8 - A new number! A little less than 3 months into this journey and the biggest change - I AM HAPPY. It's not the weight loss, it's the way I'm fueling my body that seems to be improving my overall mood. Less mood swings, PMS is manageable not scary, I don't feel deprived of anything, I'm not guilting myself about the things I eat, I'm communicating better. Basically, I've improved a LOT of habits, not just my eating and that is SO satisfying to me. Plans to go out to lunch today, checked out the menu and will probably have either salmon ceasar salad or fish tacos (baked with coleslaw side). I'm going to try to order more fish when we go out because we don't cook it enough at home. Lunch was a last minute plan and we usually order out on Friday night at home, so I don'y have anything out for dinner. But I'm getting better at winging it and making it work - so I won't stress! Happy Friday!
6/23 - Saturday - 194.8 - later than usual weigh in. Don't expect that number to stick arond but cool to see it. Was worried yesterday would be a bust but had homemade dinner at MIL and ice cream at home and stayed within calories. Have a party today so taking today as my 20 to enjoy, since I can't plan for what will be there I will just enjoy the day! More leg cramps waking me up grrr...
6/24 Sunday - 196.8 - made reasonable choices at the party. Surprise anniversary dinner a late night food truck we love so yesterday was one to be enjoyed - I tracked it anyway and it's the first time I have been over maintenance calories so cest la vie! A weird eating day today too but closer to deficit than maintenance. I wanted to order fettucini Alfredo out but I made it homemade to save some cals but needed up eating a bunch of biscuits as well so no savings there! Did get out and walk today!
6/25 - Monday - 199.2 - Stepped on the scale and started feeling all guilty again - had to self talk those negative thoughts away. I enjoyed myself this weekend - and have a lot to be grateful for! Being on this journey is one of those things - so I will continue on this week with my healthy choices and not wallow about extra calories that I chose to eat. Also need to remind myself that the numbers I saw this weekend were later in the morning than what I could manage today. Feeling a bit doubtful that I will see goal tomorrow but I will visualize it anyway and make good choices today.
6/26 - Tuesday - 196.6 - Things I learned this round: bodies are weird, the scale is data not a judgement (Thanks @puttyputty), I can't make up for a "bad day" by cutting more calories the next - I just end up binging as I did last night (still kept it in the green thanks to MFP), I like starkist tuna creations, you're gonna "mess up" - keep going anyway, healthy habits are not just for food - managing stress has been monumental for me, magnesium lotion is a great deodorant, eat more fish, sunshine makes me happy, moving makes me happy, and yes, food makes me happy sometimes and I'm alright with that.

Day/Weight/Comment
6/17 /
6/18 /
6/19 /
6/20 /
6/21 / 253.0 / I got sick and tired of bouncing around a pound and a half. I still logged my calories and water. I know I’ll lose my daily login streak in late July/August because I’ll be on vacation without internet. Until then, I will log daily.
6/22 /
6/23 / 252.4
6/24 / No scale access
6/25 / 252.2
6/26 / 251.2 / On to the next round!

Female, Age 51
5'5"
Round 44
SW 171
GW 136
Prior Rounds 43 SW 168 (-2.4)
weight goal for this round 163
log every day


6/17 165.6 I am so incredibly stoked with this weight! This means that in spite of myself I am heading in the right direction. It really does help to log on this challenge, it gives me perspective and a bigger picture view of the fluctuations that happen on the scale when you weigh yourself daily. I am learning not to take the little ups and downs too seriously, and also that I can indulge as long as the overall week is more frugal. I am also finding that I am attempting to change my perspective on food. So much of my relationship with food has been complicated, I have punished myself by taking it away, have controlled things by restricting my diet, have rewarded myself by eating, have comforted myself with food, have tried to alleviate boredom and monotony with the variety of stuff I put in my body...but it keeps coming in to my awareness, through things I read or people I talk to, that food is fuel. I can gain enjoyment from eating, but it should be secondary, low on the list. The first purpose of food is to fuel my body. I am working on seeking variety in other ways, in noticing when the boredom seeks the cookie cabinet, and stopping to think and feel first. Not that I won't continue to struggle, not that I won't continue to indulge, but I am going to stay awake.

6/18 WEEKLY WEIGH IN 165.8 I was so incredibly thirsty last night. It reminds me of the low carb diet I was on a couple of years ago. I am changing my macros and increasing the carbs slightly, though a higher lean protein diet does keep me full, I don't want to go KETO. I have planned out the next 4 days of menus since my mom and dad are staying with us, added to the fact that I have started a household budget for groceries...working to get debt free! I feel good about today, and my weekly weigh in this morning is down 1.8 lbs from last Monday, so I would say SUCCESS!!! Remembering its a process, not a destination!!

6/19 165.8 I allowed myself a chocolate chip cookie last night as a treat, although I did try to resist. It's that game I play with myself, since yesterday was my "official" weigh in day, I do this math trade thing that allows me to indulge since I have all week to catch back up. Somehow this does not feel like a healthy relationship, but its so confusing, like I am a fish wondering what water is. I know it is ok to have the cookie, it actually may be good that I am logging it, extra 455 calories and all, instead of hiding it and eating the other 2 cookies in addition. My mom and dad are staying with me as my mom recovers from surgery, which definitely adds an emotional toll to me, but so far I am holding strong.

6/20 164.8 Feels good to be in control of my eating, we can control little else.

6/21 166.2 Immediate feedback on the scale this morning from my late night binge on bananas, chocolate, and buttered toast. Just get back on the bike and keep pedaling. "If every day were like today... You'd weigh 171.3 lbs in 5 weeks"

6/22 164.8 Whew, stayed in my limits yesterday but felt like I ate a lot.

6/23 166.6 Late night snacking appearing as feedback on the scale today. Today and tomorrow I am staying on my plan, looking to hit 164 on Monday!

6/24 164.4 Not sure where this came from, but am grateful. (Went over calories yesterday with a cocktail) 164 on Monday is within reach! I am starting to feel less bloat in my tummy area, though I am not thin, I can remember what thin feels like and I like it! Stay on plan and watching my salt today!

6/25 WEEKLY WEIGH IN 163 So awesome! I had a super busy day with family over, cooking and taking care of mom, fell into bed tired and relieved the day was over and I stayed on budget meeting my macros.

6/26 164.4 back up from the flour tortillas I had last night, but they were oh so good. Crazy dreams last night though, no more cocktails and carbloads!

OVERALL LOSS THIS ROUND -1.2 LBS, this is good, headed in the right direction! On to the next round!

SW: 158.4
Day/Weight/Comment
6/17
6/18
6/19
6/20
6/21
6/22 158.4 Nights after work are my toughest I do well all day then blow it at night. My main focus to stop that.
6/23
6/24
6/25 157.8 doing better on my night eating...already feel better.
6/26 158.0 emotional eating at lunch but did well rest of day. Baby steps...got right back on track rather that throwing the whole day away.