JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ Round 47

Female, 54, 5 ft. 6in.

OSW: 186 (March 2018)

End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)

Day/Weight/Comment
7/17 - 159.5 - Nice start to the round. We've got out of town family coming in to stay with us tomorrow for 10 days. I hope I'm able to at least maintain this weight.
7/18 - 160 - I guess I'm going to hang around here for a while.
7/19 - 159.5 - Family came in, we had pizza and drinks, and I went a little over on my weight loss calories. I'm actually surprised this number is not higher. I'll take it.
7/20 - 160 - Here's the number I was expecting yesterday.
7/21 - 158.5 - I was not expecting this after last night! We had Chinese take out and drinks. I stayed pretty close to weight loss calories, but I thought the sodium would send my weight up. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
7/22 - 158.5 - It's nice to see this number again.
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“7/22 159.4 Just got the HAPPY SCALE app, and for a data geek like me this is perfect! There are all sorts of way to track your progress and break the big goals down, love it! Thanks @MadisonMolly2017 for the recommendation! It tells me that if I continue at my current weight loss rate I will reach my final goal in 13 weeks. Love this!”

@denicaswrex Thanks!! I’m so glad you found it helpful!! It’s life-changing, I found!! Both for weight loss AND maintenance- but then, I’m a data geek, too, which seems to really help with nutrition & weight management! Hehe, we’re so lucky to have all these apps!

My next recommendation is the FITIV app (free).

Back story: I monitor my calories burned and calories eaten to make sure I don’t have a > 400 cal deficit at any time (except while I’m asleep!) This is based on research with athletes which showed if the number of hours in 24 that their deficit dropped below 400 calories was greater than 3, the had 9 different negative outcomes (higher cortisol, testosterone, muscle loss, lower performance, etc.)

So, I started paying attention to this. LO and behold, if my calorie deficit gets to -350 to -400, I’m getting hungry. After my long hike yesterday, I had a deficit of -950 and hadn’t brought food. My
Mind was saying “Go eat out! Go eat out!”
With increasing volume. I was thinking of restaurants & foods I never do- mostly high fat. Luckily my husband prevailed and got us home where I ate my normal fare.

So, the FITIV app calculates my calorie deficit real time. Saving me tons of time. And so easy. I check it before each meal to gauge the amt of food I should prepare. By more closely matching my calories in to calories burned, I have more energy & no cravings."

(I had been calculating my calorie deficit by going to iHealth and adding my Apple Watch’s Resting & Active Energy & the subtracting my Calories Eaten.)

Now FITIV does that - and a lot more! A nicely laid out workout visual, customizable display, etc.

I also use the deficit on the rare times that I feel like eating, but am not sure I really need to. And if the deficit is under 150, I’ll wait or drink some water or take a walk or do something fun. A good check!

Best to you, and thanks again!

Jan 3, 2016 SW: 228.3 BMI: 34.2
July 3,2018 GW: 166.4 BMI: 24.9* Normal 5’8.5” Goal achieved 2-1/2 years later.
Now, slowly losing to 163.
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Round 34 to Round 46: from 179 to 166 lbs
-13 lbs in 13 Rounds!

Round 47 SW 166 Trend wt: 165.8 Loss/wk: 0.6*
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7/17 165.4* Trend wt: 165.6* Loss/wk: 0.6*
7/18 165.6 Trend wt: 165.5* Loss/wk: 0.6*
Ate over maintenance by 150 calories (special event), but tracked all, and exercised an extra 200, to reduce surplus from 350 to 150!

7/19 165.4* Trend wt: 165.4* Loss/wk: 0.7**
BMI=24.8 Normal!
Blood pressure 107/69, pulse 58
Ate on point. Delighted that the cravings that led to failure every other time are absent. Still a miracle to me.
7/20 164.6* Trend wt: 165.2* Loss/wk: 0.7**
BMI=24.7 Normal!!
Lowest weight & BMI so far!!
- 63.7 pounds (I had no idea I had this much to lose.) I will reassess when I get to 163 lbs. My doctor says my frame is medium-large. I’m guessing I have ~10 pounds more to lose, but who knows? I’m just taking it slowly. Quite the adventure.

7/21 165.4* Trend wt: 165.0**!! Loss/wk: 0.7**
I was bummed, but expected, that there would be a bounce up, but this is why I LOVE weight Trend apps (Happy Scale-iPhone, Libra-Android). Even at this wt, I have lost 30 Pounds in 30 days AND my Trend wt is lower than actual weight. I felt instantly better. Lowest trend weight yet! #There’sAlwaysSomethingToCelebrate
#We’veGotThis!!

7/22 165* Trend wt: 164.9** Loss/wk: 0.7**
Doing this.

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RGW: 165.5

Goals:
1. Average weight for July 166.4 (-2lbs) or lower
Status: Avg wt 166.3 down 2.1 lbs from June’s!! Achieved July 20!

2. Average step goal for July > 8K
Status: current step average for July is now 8,532!!!!!!

3. 10-day trend moving avg decreasing or maintaining for July!
Status: 22/22 days ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||

4. Lengthen BMI Streak < 24.9 (Normal)
Status: 12 days ||||| ||||| ||

Longterm Goal: Get BMI to 24.4; weigh163 by my 1,000th day (Sept 27) 2.0 lbs to go!

Round 47
My 12th round

Female - 29 - 5'2"

Round 42 - SW 159.4 EW 156.6
Round 43 - SW 156.6 EW 155.0
Round 44 - SW 155.0 EW 153.2
Round 45 - SW 153.2 EW 154.0
Round 46 - SW 152.6 EW 150.4

SW - 172 on 1/14/18
CSW - 150.4
CGW - 148.4
UGW - 130

Day/Weight/Comment

7/17 - 148.6 - I wasn't feeling very well at the end of last round and just starting to feel better today so my weight might be off for a few days until I'm eating normally again. Would love this number to stick around right through the next 10 days though.

7/18 - 150.0 - Not worried about the weight increase, I'm still in a downward trend but feeling just an overall "blah" with life in general right now. Need to find a way to get out of this weird funk I'm in.

7/19 - 148.8 - I guess I'm back here again, alright. Maybe it'll stay this time.

7/20 - 148.0 -

7/21 - 148.4 - normal fluctuation... food and water were good yesterday. No worries here.

7/22 - 148.4 - holding steady

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Round 3 - sorry I lost track in the last round -- back to getting and staying under 200lbs
7/17 203lbs
7/18 202.5lbs
7/19 203lbs
7/20 202lbs
7/21 202.5lbs
7/22 201.5 lbs- I know I can make it !!!
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ROUND 5 FOR ME - Female 58 yrs old Original starting weight 235 on 1/11/18

………We are fierce and so we fight………

Goals: 1. To be an inspiration to my 22 year old Autistic son who started his weight loss journey on May 1, 2018 weighing 308.4 .
2. 3 lb loss to land at 183.0 or less
3. No Bingeing
4. No “cheat days” only “Earn days”. No “Earn Days” only “Earn Meals” which are much easier to bounce back from.
5. 10,000 steps per day. Mixed modes of exercise.
6. Lots of water, green tea daily, apple cider vinegar before carby meals.
7. Check my blood sugar daily for improvements.

My Stats:
R43 SW 193.8 EW 195.6 +1.8 lbs Gain
R44 SW 195.6 EW 192.4 - 3.2 lbs Loss
R45 SW 192.4 EW 191.4 - 1.0 lbs Loss
R46 SW 191.4 EW = 186.0 - 4.4 lbs Loss
R47 SW 186.0 EW = TBD

Day/Weight/Comment

7/17 187.6 From one dish of vanilla icecream? Yikes….. Will likely get worse tomorrow. Today is a business luncheon at the pizza buffet. My diet will be off but I will make this my “earn meal” and do good in the evening. Good luck everyone on this new challenge! My son’s weight yesterday 288.2. He was down 4 more pounds. Fantastic!

7/18 189.6 Wait a minute! I did not eat 2 whole pounds of food at the pizza buffet yesterday! But I did eat 4 small pieces and some water. Also, some sweet snacks at the late night binge. I guess I deserve this giant leap up. I walked over 12,000 steps yesterday including my brisk 1.5 mile neighborhood walk. I intermittent fasted 14:10 due to the luncheon being earlier than I usually begin eating. Lots of fluids. I did a few things right anyway. Today I will stay focused and not get derailed!

7/19 188.2 Yesterday I ate 18 net carbs. 1456 calories . Lots of healthy fats. A little low on protein. 66 oz. of water. No planned exercise but over 10,000 steps on the fitbit. Working my way back down to my starting point of 186.0 then reaching desperately for 183.0. Hope everyone has a good day!

7/20 189.2 last minute night out last night with friends. 1 large beef and bean burrito led to an all night binge. Totally out of control. Ate everything in sight and could not seem to get full or satisfied. This is how it happens if I veer off my diet, even just for a minute. This shows that I still do not have control over my eating habits when presented with foods outside of my home or other completely controlled environments. I have a lot to learn and a long way to go. Hanging my head in frustration, guilt and shame. Good points: 11,713 steps yesterday. My brisk 1.5 mile neighborhood walk.

7/21 188.4 Yesterday 13,746 steps. 13/13 (250 step hours) on fitbit. Rained all day, no neighborhood walk. 963 calories in (a bit too low) 2720 calories out. 23 net carbs . Still feeling sluggish after all the bingeing junk I ate on Thursday. Expecting thunderstorms all day today. Thanks to all for the encouraging words yesterday. The support here on MFP makes a world of difference!

7/22 187.6. Low steps yesterday at 6,275. Hit 13/13 (250 step hours) on fitbit. Thunderstorms so no walk. Ate 24 net carbs and 1454 calories including delicious homemade Keto Holista Pizza. My blood sugar before my dinner was 105 (much better than the consistent over 500 I used to get!). And this improvement is after my 4 glyburide was removed by my doctor. Only metformin now but still at a large dose, so I continue to work on this and hope any continued weight loss will help put me in remission from this type 2 diabetes. I started in January with the goal of losing 90 pounds. I have 42.2 pounds to go so I am over halfway there. Overall, yesterday was a success. 2 have 2 new goals: 1. Learn how to hold my stomach in again which would help work my muscles. With a large diabetic belly I have not been able to do this in over 10 years. Now my stomach is small enough but it hurts like exercise, so I persist until it can be second nature again. Goal 2: to be able to cross my legs again. I am almost there! Have a good day everyone!

Heaviest: 192.2
RGW: 138.0
UGW: 135.0

07/15 - 138.4 at 6:00 a.m. ...what? am I going to just play here for a while?
07/16 - 140.0 at 5:00 a.m. ...ice cream and pound cake yesterday!!

Day/Weight/Comment

07/17 - 140.8 at 5:00 a.m.
07/18 - 139.2 at 7:00 a.m. ...sleeping in is so great!!
07/19 - 140.8 at 5:00 a.m.
07/20 - 140.2 at 5:00 a.m.
07/21 - 141.0 at 5:00 a.m.
07/22 - 141.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...egads! blaming it on new meds.
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Chris

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 (Avg. 177.20)
Round 45 SW: 178.6 (Avg. 176.22)
Round 46 SW: 174.2 (Avg. 176.00)
Round 47 SW: 179.2 Holy moly

Round 47 GW: 175
Ultimate GW: 145ish

Day/Weight/Comment
7/17--177.2 Going back down. It was sooo hard to lose these few pounds, apparently I wanted to do it all over again They came back on over a few days of getting off track, so hopefully they will go away just as quickly. Fingers crossed!
7/18--176.0 Keep it going...
7/19--175.0 Excellent! I'm happy to know that a handful of bad days isn't going to totally wreck my progress, it's just taking me the same amount of days to recover, and that's okay. Today might be hard; I barely slept last night. I just have a lot of things on my mind coupled with going to bed hungry. I don't make a habit of this but darn it, I was already over my calories and stubbornly didn't want to eat more, so I went to bed. Well, I was hungry all night and I am sooo hungry this morning! Hopefully a good dose of protein will do the trick. Pilates class tonight.
7/20--174.8 Woohoo!
7/21--176.0
7/22--No weigh in; we took an impromptu weekend road trip, so I might be paying for that on the scale for the next couple of days. It was fun though!
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Age 48
Height 5’11”
SW 97kg
GW 79kg

Round 42 lost 1.5kg
Round 43 lost 1.5kg
Round 44 lost 1 kg
Round 45 lost 0.2kg
Round 46 lost 1.7kg

Round 47 SW 88.9
End Round 47 GW 87.9kg

7/17 88.9kg (-0.0kg) It was very warm, walked 10500 steps did kettlebell workout #10 and read 400 pages of my book
7/18 88.9kg (-0.0kg) oké, 've seen this number for quite some days now, I'm ready to drop a bit again.....
7/19 89.0kg (+0.1kg) That is NOT what I meant . Tonight is burger-night with friends, oowww
7/20 89.3kg (+0.3kg) Ahh soo that's what salty nacho's, burgers, fries and sauce do to you . But what a fun I had!
7/21 88.8kg (-0.5kg) Gooood start of the weekend! Walked 10000 steps, stayed in kcal goal and drank lots and lots of tea.
7/22 88.1kg (-0.7kg) I'm so much more active in the weekends than during the week, with good results!! Walked 17500 steps, did kettlebell workout #12 and it al felt very relaxt....
7/23 88.4kg (+0.3kg) Too bad, but can happen after a big drop.... walked, gardened, biked for 35 km and had a bbq with friends
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Round 47Just give me 10 days-My Round (9)
STATS: 5’6, F
R39(1)-SW 159.2, EW 160.4 (+1.2)
R40(2)-SW 160.4, EW 157.4 (-3)
R41(3)-SW 157.8, EW 156.6 (-1.2)
R42(4)-SW 156.6, EW 156.0 (-.6)
R43(5)-SW 156.0, EW 153.6. (-2.4)
R44(6)-SW 154.0, EW 154.8 (+.8)
R45(7)-SW 154.8, EW 157.8 ( +3)
R46(8)-SW 157.8, EW 155.4 (-2.4)
R47(9)-SW 155.4, EW
UGW- 136
CGL: -1.0

Day/Weight/Comment
07/17-155.4
07/18-156
07/19-156
07/20-156
07/21-156.6
07/22-no weigh in
07/23-158.8 up a total of almost 5 lbs in 3 weeks have to get off holiday mode

An exceptionally busy weekend for me, so forgot to post.
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Day/Weight/Comment
7/17: 70.7 - Can you actually not. Good day yesterday, ate reasonably well and had a good 90 minutes of Judo in the evening. Someone bought cake into the office, so that piece of fruit missed out in favour of a smallish slice of cake. With no scales I have no idea how heavy it was, so I had to guesstimate. Probably wasn't the best choice, but I've not had cake for ages and it didn't half taste goood. Still in deficit, weight trend is still generally downwards for the last two weeks (and level for the last week). Got to trust the deficit and not get disheartened by the number on the scale.
7/18: 70.3 - Finally going back in the right direction! Spent all day yesterday feeling super boated and hungry. Was a massive trial to not go completely over. Ate a largish, bready breakfast which completely messed me up for the rest of the day (because fresh bread is hard to log so I had to do my best estimate). Standard lunch (although I dropped and stepped on one of my strawberries ). And scraped it back to a sensible day with a veg heavy pasta dish for tea. 69g of protein for the day
7/19: 69.8 - Yaaaas. Got around to properly logging my lunch (as opposed to using my "generic salad" entry). Turns out I've been eating much less than I thought I was, no wonder I was so hungry at lunch! Tried a new chocolate protein bar as a snack at work. Not great on the calories, but really stays the hunger pangs and still kept below my calories for the day (even with the pizza and garlic bread dinner). 70g of protein for the day (bang on!)
7/20: 70.5 - Tired and lazy all day. Ate takeaway for dinner and completely blew my calories for the day. No calories listing for the takeaway so had to guess with the entries on the database. Probably way out in every way. Just hoping that the calories weren't as high as I logged them at (probably wishful thinking). Not surprised with the weigh in amount. 147g of protein for the day.


7/21: 70.5 - Didn't make it to training in the evening, felt way too tired. Calories good though. 65g of protein for the day.

7/22: 70.5 - Worked it out, probably spent about 7 hours on the Judo mat, half training, half teaching. Completely dead by the end of the day. 67g of protein for the day.

7/23: 70.5 - More time on the Judo mat today (about 4 hours), mostly teaching though. Still completely shattered. Also, seem to have hit a sticking point. I've always had some daily fluctuations, so this sudden stationary stop seems really odd to me. I did weigh myself in the evening to test if my scales did weigh different (they did), so I don't know what's happening right now. On the bright side, NSV are showing up in abundance right now. Down 1 inch on the waist, skirt that was always a little big (but recently fitted really well) is a little too big again, tried on that figure hugging long silver dress, and it didn't look awful. Yeah, definitely going in the right direction. 66g of protein for the day.


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3rd round let's go! 😃
7/17 - 182.8 lbs Off to a great start! Been going really slow for 2 months, and this is the first time that it speeds up a bit again. May it last all the way to the finish line hahah. I know it's not a race, but it's important to have some fun along the way 😂
7/18 - 181.6 lbs Woosh! wow, this is great! Haven’t been doing anything differently foodwise. Can’t wait to finally see the 170 number.
7/19 - 180.8 lbs Woooho! I’m just really enjoying this. I have felt so uncertain for 2 months, because weight loss has been going sooo slow.. But I think I’m the type of person that drop a lot of weight, then it pauses, then it drops again.
7/20 - 179.8 lbs. Byebye 180! Going out to enjoy the sun today ☀️ Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
7/21 - 179.4 lbs
7/22 - 180.0 lbs Oops 🙈 Didn’t go over my calorie goal, but I ate reeeally late last night.. I think I ate my last meal at around 1 AM. Usually stop eating after 8 PM. Thinking that this has something to do with the sudden gain. Hopefully I will never see you again after this week 180 😂
7/23 - 179.0 lbs Bye again 180 😂 Stay away for good now.
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Round 47 - my first round
SW 181.6
GW 178

Day/Weight/Comment
7/17 - 181.00 Can’t wait to start seeing the 170’s again.
7/18 - 181:00 Need to go into work really early today. I’m going to focus on not overeating because I’m tired today.
7/19 180.4 Going down just what I wanted to see
7/20 180.4
7/21 179.8 yeah! We went for dinner last night but I tried to make good food choices without depriving myself.
7/22 - 180.0
7/23 - 180.4 Weekend is over and time to get back on track.
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My first round

Round 47

Original Starting Weight: 230
Current Weight: 210.2
Goal for Round 47: 208
Ultimate Goal: 140

Day/Weight/Comment
7/17 210.6 Was disappointed. Hoping to go down had really watched what I had ate. Had a late supper because I had worked late, maybe…. Tomorrow is a new day. Need to drink water and watch what I eat.
7/18 210.4 at least in the right direction. If only I didn’t LNE last night. Urggg.
7/19 209.3 That was a great start to my day!!!!
7/20 207.8 Yes! Yes! Amazing! What a shock. No LNE last night! This could motivate me to stop eating so late and so obsessively
7/21 206.7 I don’t feel this is deserved (but I will take it) my inactivity yesterday is bound to show up some day.
7/22 206.1 Yeah!
7/23 207.2 Not surprising. Happy Monday
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