Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 48

OW: 200.4
SW: 197.8
GW: 195

Round 48
7/27 - 196.6
7/28 - 196.2 -pleased to see after wine and pizza!
7/29 - 196.4 - not bad after a night out with friends
7/30 - 196.2
7/31 - 195 - WOW! Not what I expected but I’ll take it!
8/01- 195.2 - not what I hoped for but trusting the process
8/02 - 194.4 phew!
8/03
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8/05

Round 48
5'-2" Female
SW 130
GW 110
Rd 47 SW-117 EW-115 Made it
Round 48 Goal - 112
Day/Weight/Comment

7/27- 114.8 Motivated to reach my goal this round. So helpful to have this board to keep me accountable and have support.
7/28-116 let myself get too hungry and ate a bunch of salty foods .
7/29- 117 ugh! Another day in the wrong direction. I am definitely going to get on it today and stick to my calorie goals.
7/30-116
7/31-116 the scale won’t move 😢. This is the point where I usually give up, but I can’t let that happen this time.
8/1- 116
8/2- 116 😕
8/3-
8/4-
8/5-

Round 48: My sixth round
OSW: 186.6
UGW: 130

R42 SW 186.6 EW 182 (-4.6) (Round goal achieved)
R43 SW 181.8 EW 182.6 (+0.8)
R44 SW 181.5 EW 183 (+1.5)
R45 SW 181.2 EW 181.2
R46 SW 180.6 EW 178.8 (-1.8 Round goal achieved)
R47 SW: 179.8 EW 179.6 (-.2)

Round 48 goal: 177.6

Day/Weight/Comment

7/27: 178.8. I won’t lie, this was a late weigh-in, but I’m taking it. I’m still playing nutritional roulette. Why? I know how critical it is for me to get my weight down and my nutrition on point. I’m in my 50s and I can’t afford to keep eating like a 11-year-old let loose in a junk food store. Today, for example, I had a banana in the morning, nothing all day and then a jam sandwich, diet coke and a piece of chocolate that my son bought for me. I’m way low on calories, but not given my body one bit of nutrition. No point in whining though. I’ll just start over right now.

7/28: 178.4

7/29: 178.8. Super lazy weekend. Binge watched an entire two seasons of Queen of the South. I was so absorbed my accent changed to Southern and I could swear like a trooper in Spanish. Feels like I spent the weekend in Mexico and Texas. That being said, no exercise, no effort to eat well, so up we go!!

7/30: 178.8

7/31 178.4

8/01 179.8 It’s what happens when you eat half of a huge bag of Twizzlers and a bowl of chips. You know, I have to laugh at myself. I spend my life teaching my boys, who are now 20 and 21, the importance of the quality of food you put into your system. I drone on about balanced diets, the evils of excess sugar, the effects of food-like substances on energy levels and sleep patterns. Best part is, they’ve taken it all on board and eat well, exercise daily and have junk food in moderation. I am a great teacher – if only I was a better learner!!!

8/02 179.4 Think I’m going to have to be more consistent with my weigh in times. I’m all over the board and it’s frustrating. I ate way below calories yesterday and did almost 14,000 steps. Was hoping for a slightly bigger drop, but I’ll wait it out. Today is another day to do well.

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Female, Age 51 5'6"
Round 48
SW 171
mini goal #1 150 by 8/27...reward spa day
mini goal #2 140 by 10/8...reward maui trip
GW 140ish not tied to the number Goals for this round:
*weight goal for this round 155.X
*log every day
*start C25K
*No more protein bars

7/27 157.8 I am not sure how everyone else counts their loss for a round, but I am taking today's starting weight as my ending weight for last round, which means I met my goal for the round! I have been wanting to share with all of you how much it means to me to be able to read about your progress, your stumbles, your victories and your challenges. We so often look around us and don't realize how alike we all are. I used to feel like I was the only one who struggled, everyone else had it all together. This diverse group that we are, men, women, younger and not, we are all very much alike and it really helps me to share my daily *stuff* here with you. Love you all!!

7/28 159 I know that although I have been logging I have been estimating too much. Yesterday I made the tradeoff to have a relaxed day with my son which meant eating off plan with him, necessary I think for him if that makes sense. He convinced me to buy some paint since I have a stack of canvases sitting for over a year, I love to paint but have been off that path for a while, not feeling creative. Weight gain and unconscious eating does more to me than make me fat. It takes away my creativity, me sex drive, my joy, my desire to do more, all things I am noticing now as they come back. Thanks to being inspired by @mthomas0288 and her workout challenges I signed up for a free 30 day workout and *yikes* start today. I am excited to see what the next 30 days brings, since I am realizing that weight loss alone will not give me the results I want in my body.
**I just googled *kitten* though this is probably old news for you veterans on MFP I was finally confused enough about why everyone was using it lol

7/29 158.6 Did day one of my 30 day challenge and though it was only a 15 minute workout I am sore today which feels so good!

7/30 WEIGH IN DAY 158 under ate yesterday and didn't drink enough H2O, will do better today.

7/31 157.4 Good day yesterday, son brought ice cream home for the fam but I was not even tempted. Walked dogs 4 miles we were all tired! Did day 2 of my 30 day challenge. Prelogged all my food for today. Nicely sore and feeling alive!

8/01 156.6 Lowest weight so far on this journey. Back in March I weighed in at 163.8 but did not have my head in the game until I had gained up to 171 and got motivated in June. I have been through this up and down so many times in my life, and I know I need to be vigilant and change what I have done in the past if I don't want to bounce up again. Weight loss for me has always been the easy part, maintenance is where I have slipped up. I guess it is the same with money. Easy to earn compared to saving. Anyway, this daily checkin with you all has really helped me, and it is the first time I am doing it this way. Thank you again to all of you who read, like, hug, and comment. It means so much

8/02 155.4 That's my goal for this round, but now comes the challenge. Headed out on our annual Big Sur camping trip with the fam, 14 adults/teens and 5 little ones. My husband has some decadent cast iron pot recipes like pizza and 4 cheese mac n cheese he is planning, and they have super decadent high fat soft serve ice cream at the snack bar, plus the River Inn up the road is our favorite spot for a cocktail by the river, onion rings, and sweet potato fries. Needless to say it will take focus for me to choose wisely but also enjoy myself. I will only get 1 ice cream (sometimes I've been guilty of 2 a day on this trip) and stay with vodka soda at the bar, maybe a couple of fries no more but only if it sounds good at the moment. Will hike with the dogs and keep moving more than sitting. I am the chef at home so I like to chill more when we camp, but I'm handling the veggies, breakfast and salads, so I can be sure to have lots of healthy choices for myself.

8/03 CAMPING
8/04 CAMPING
8/05 CAMPING

This round I am not particularly aiming to lose, although losing would be fine. I'm aiming for good food, good exercise, and healing of my back and neck issues. Everything else is bonus!

Goals:
Food ~~ 1430 calories max; P 15-25%, C 35-50%, F 25-35%; mostly clean & healthful
Exercise: 60 minutes/day of walking/swimming + yoga/stretch class 3X/week
Weight ~~ maintain or lose slowly.

UGW - ~135-140
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2017)
Goal for 2018 - 140 (slowly, slowly...)

Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2
Lost 75#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. FIrst round (R15) Aug. 2017. R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449

Day/Moving Ave Weight/Calories Day Before/10-day calorie ave/Exercise/Comment

7/27 - 147.6 - 1328 - 10-day ave 1432 - 75-min walk
Hubby's bd yesterday, but I ate a lovely, healthy lunch out - grilled shrimp, salad, broccoli, one spoonful of his dessert. Yesterday evening I went for a 4-mile walk along the Maumee River on the beautiful Rivergreenway.

7/28 - 148.2 - 1330 - 10-day ave 1425 - 35 min walk + 30 min gardening
One of those mysterious upticks. All is well. It looks like a beautiful day, so I'm hoping to get at least one nice walk along one of our three rivers. Enjoy your weekend!

7/29 - 148 - 1653 - 10-day ave 1458 - 30 min walk + misc walking around stores & public garden
Splurged a little last night on ice cream and crackers (not together!) and my sodium was a little higher than usual, so no surprise. Pants I haven't worn in a while feel looser, so there's that! I've been having a lot of lower back and hip pain and blood work shows significant inflammation, so in addition to seeing a chiropractor I'm going to start an anti-inflammation cleanse in a few days. Happily, it's not very different from how I typically eat - the main things I'll have to give up are coffee (no biggee if I have my herbal teas) and chicken, which we eat fairly often. Anyway, I'm not doing it for weight loss, but will be interested to know whether it makes a difference (heavy on veggies, whole grains/no bread or grain-based pasta, and healthy fats). It's the Journey Alive 8-week cleanse program by Coralie Murphy, which is science-based and not extreme. Has anyone here done it?

7/30 - 148.2 - 1479 - 10-day ave 1469
Averages, averages....

7/31 - 148.3 - 1251 - 10-day ave 1457
Hmmm. I'm recording my moving average weights -- my actual weight has been steadily rising for the past 4 days (from 147.6 - 148.8 - 149 - 1496 - 149.8). I guess that makes sense in terms of my 10-day calorie averages (although those are actual, not net after exercise), but seems excessive. I have been sporadically taking Ibuprofen for back/hip/neck pain, so maybe water retention? I don't care that I'm not losing, but don't like the steady gains. And this hurting business has gotten old very quickly.

8/01 - 148.4 - 1743 - 10-day ave 1461
My actual weight has come back down .4, so I'm sure the increase is water from NSAIDs. I'm still researching anti-inflammatory regimes, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to start by cutting wheat, milk, and added sugars (which I get very few of anyway). Quite an adjustment - no more whole-wheat muffins with peanutbutter. :

8/02 - 148.4 - 1335 - 10-day ave 1458
Today I'm starting a strict anti-inflammatory diet to see if it helps. Waiting for more blood work results. Ugh.

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Round 48 ( my 2nd round, round 47 ending weight 151)
UGW 140
RGW 149
Goals
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 150.5
7/28 156.5 lunch out with the girls eke , sheesh who knew one lunch could have so much of an effect on me. I think the gain is all water weight from the salty meal, but still wow! I will eat more carefully and log better today.
7/29 151 Back on track again this morning, yippie! I have a lazy day awaiting me with nothing too much on the agenda I have to do, only want to do things, how wonderful.
7/30 150 Yesterday was a wonderful day spent in the garden harvesting and then healthy food for dinner, yah! I am going to try and stick to the healthy eating but I am super hungry so I think I need to eat a bit more.
7/31 150.5
8/01 150.5 dh just made a fruit crisp and the whole house smells wonderful yum! But of course he didn’t follow a recipe so I am gonna have to guess at the calories☹️
8/02 151.5 egad I hate going up! Couldn’t be from one fruit crisp, arg, but it was tasty. I am going to drink more water and green tea today, spend an enjoyable afternoon with friens and eat healthy.
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Make it your best life! Treasure this day.

I'm back! Was doing this challenge last year for a while. I think from about round 11 - 17. Got off track and am ready to get serious again.I'm 60 years old, soon to be 61. I like to walk and do yoga, but haven't been doing either lately.
I mostly eat a Paleo type diet, but just bought some ketostix and may give keto a whirl, but not until after my anniversary and birthday in August. I've done two rounds of Whole30 and had really good results from it.

UGW - 160
SW - 186 - July 28
GW - 184

7/27 - Did not weigh
7/28 - 186 First day for me
7/29 - 188.4 Expected. Ate within calories, but high sodium day yesterday.
7/30 - 186.2 That's better!
7/31 - 188.2 Hmm. . . Another salty day. . . Will have to do better.
8/01 - 187.7 Moving in the right direction.
8/02 - 188.1 Hmm . . .I guess the 2 beer and corn chips might have been a bad choice.
8/03
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Thought for the day: Will obsessing over everything make me feel better? I think not.

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ROUND 6 FOR ME - Female 58 yrs old 5’ 5” Midwest USA 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 . (He weighs in about once per week)
2. 3 lb loss to land at 183.8 or less for myself
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= 186.8 +0.8 lbs Gain
R48 SW= 186.8 EW= TBD

Day/Weight/Comment

7/27 188.4 Self Sabotage during and after a night out with friends yesterday. My own fault, no excuses. Ate 166 Net Carbs, 1972 Calories In / 2675 Out. 11 of 13 step hours (250) on fitbit. Walked 3.98 miles with 9,393 steps. Did great today so tomorrow’s stats should be much better. Socializing makes it tough!

7/28 186.0 whoosh…, high sodium and water weight gone for good along with doubts and self-sabotage. It was a good day yesterday. I worked hard to make up for my social night out. I ate 19 Net Carbs. 1192 Calories In / 3089 Calories Out. 13/13 fitbit steps (250). Blood sugar 126 before meal test (still suffering a bit from day before). Brisk 3 mile walk at school track. Day’s total was 16,625 steps and a total of 7.03 miles for the day. Best victory was that I made good healthy choices in my meals all day (not just stayed in my macros). I did indulge in that 90% Lindt chocolate, but it kept my cravings curbed as well as serves as an antioxidant. An overall very successful day.

7/29 185.2 Overall good day but not as active due to some light but frequent car time. I at 19 Net Carbs. 1263 Calories In / 2354 Calories Out. Did 9,246 steps with no particular exercise involved. Walked 3.92 miles and hit 11/13 steps hours (250) on fitbit. Followed my diet very well but drank very little water or fluids overall. I plan on drinking much more today. I forgot to check my blood sugars yesterday. My doctor has me checking before meals now instead of in the morning so I often forget to do it before I eat. I made delicious Keto friendly Jalepeno poppers yesterday. So fast, easy and delicious. Just cut off ends of Jalepenos, slice in half (like a canoe). Take out seeds and ribs (rinse under water if you need to). Fill with cream cheese (and a little salt if you need more sodium.) wrap in ½ slice of bacon, or lay ¼ slice on top (depends on how many calories you want. Bake on 375 until bacon is done to your liking. Net carb about 1 to 1.5 per popper (half) calories about 60 – 70 (depending on how high you heap the cream cheese). I use about ½ TBSP per popper of cream cheese so calories are about 70 each. Yummy!

7/30 188.8 Went way overboard out of town in restaurant(s). But tons of walking and steps. I hope I can get this number back down quickly, hoping it’s water weight too. 397 net carbs (ouch!). 2704 Calories In / 3515 Calories out. How can I gain when CI are over 800 less than CO ? So hoping a lot of it is fast moving water weight. Had 17,172 steps. 13/13 fitbit step hours (250). Total miles logged on fitbit 7.28 miles with no actual intended exercise or walks due to the travel. Steps and miles were work related when I arrived at destination. Water consumption good. Just went hog wild on the special foods that was made available to me during my trip. I am working hard today to stick to my guns and remedy the situation. Just being human and imperfect , but today I feel strong and not so tempted.

7/31 185.8 Thank you water loss and results from continual movement of my body (even if not hard exercise). I tried to keep my food intake all very low carb and calorie to get back on track. Today I will focus on good eating habits with a bit higher calories than yesterday. Yesterdays STATS: 11 Net Carbs. 819 Calories In / 3171 Calories Out. 17,328 steps including a brisk 3 mile walk at the school track. Total miles walked on fitbit 7.33 miles. 13/13 fitbit step hours (250). Forgot to check blood glucose prior to meal. I am still practicing Intermittent Fasting most days with 16:8. My walking friend stopped for icecream immediately following the walk at the school. They ate theirs. I watched. I am proud that I had a good day. I binge at least once per challenge (don’t mean to or want to). But it’s never hard to get back on track. It’s just hard to stay there sometimes. Happy Tuesday everyone!

8/01 185.4 STATS: 27 net carbs. 1335 Calories In / 2743 Calories Out. 13/13 fitbit (250) step hours. 11,137 total steps. 4.71 Miles. No planned exercise or evening walk. Busy. Intermittent Fasted 14:10 to work around schedule. A little high in Net Carbs and Calories In but lots of healthy choices and veggies today. No cheats, No binges. I treated the kids to waffle chocolate sundaes at home, I had a zucchini boat with bacon & onion. Staying strong……Happy with progress. Tomorrow night is my social night out (Thursdays). My diet will likely suffer so I will try to fit in some exercise or a brisk walk this evening to help with tomorrow’s overages.

8/02 184.0 YESTERDAY’S STATS: 18 Net Carbs. 1172 Calories In / 2709 Calories Out. 10/13 fitbit (250) step hours. 13,397 total steps. 5.67 Miles. Nice long 3 mile brisk evening neighborhood walk but lots of sitting and paperwork otherwise. Intermittent Fasted 16:8. Lots of very healthy choices again today. Progress good. HOWEVER, Thursday nights are a social event where the ladies bring potluck (not much choice on food). I will eat something light before going so that I don’t overeat. But I do look forward to the different recipes and the social aspect of the dinner. I expect a bump up tomorrow which I will whittle away at. I am not recording this low weight on MFP just yet because of tonight's excursion. My before meal glucose yesterday was 128. My son will weigh later today (when he wakes up) and I will report that tomorrow.

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