Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 48

Age: 40
Height: 5'7"
SW: 185
GW: 135

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27...174
7/28...175...the up and down with the scale is sooooooo not amusing.
7/29...uh....
7/30...uh...I can't remember. It dropped to 174 and hasn't gone back up though.
7/31...174...
8/01...173...
8/02...173... woohoo!!!! Been staying within my eating goals and getting exercise daily. Didn't meet my step goal a few times, but in track with my 30 day squat challenge. Quietly thumbing my nose at the peeps in the exercise forum who say you can't gain muscle while in an eating deficit - I can feel muscle around my hip bones that were not there before. It's a strange feeling. Can't see them at this point- I keep them well hidden under fat 😂😂
8/03
8/04
8/05

"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith

About me: 61, 5'7", in maintenance since March this year. Serial loser and regainer of 20 and determined not to slide back up this time.

Round 47 report: Rethinking my goals at this time. My range was 125-130; I am now at the bottom end and still happy to lose slowly; I don't want to exceed 127 by much unless it's serious muscle gain. Some nice hard cardio last week in spite of the muggy gym.

Round 48 GOAL = Maintain weight 121-127, get some nice workouts in.

7/27 - 125.0 - yesterday feeling meh and came home from work. At maintenance calories, no workout.

7/28 - 126.6 - yesterday (Friday) wildfires started near our valley, called in to work at 10PM for a few hours, home at 1PM. Did get 10K steps in but food wise an extreme day.
7/29 - 126.6 - yesterday (Saturday) tired and stressy, food choices were just don't care tbh
7/30 - 128.4 - yesterday (Sunday) we took 2 separate power outages totaling 8 hours, work issues and concern about friends caused anxiety, food choices again were do not care and comfort me please. I did not log the past several days. I am going to draw a line and log now starting today.
Ironic that the second I decide that my top of range is 127, I go over it.
7/31-126.6 - Yesterday a bit over maintenance calories, got a lovely 3.5 mile run in the heat.
8/1 - 127.0 - yesterday at maintenance calories, some walking but no workout.

8/2 - 127.2 - yesterday over maintenance, busy day and no workout.

8/3
8/4
8/5

Round 48
Female -5`6
SW 193
GW -160
Weight

Day/Weight/Comment

7/26- went for radiation, cut the lawn( big property), took grandchildren to the park, worked out on treadmill, rest.

7/27-walked, yoga, Completed week 5 radiation. I have a health update when I see the doctor All 5 weeks perfect!

7/28- Did not have a good night sleep last night, I hour, 20 mins during the day.( steroids, one more week and then we can start to cut them back, they are making me super hungry, walking helps.

7/29 Had a great day, slept last night, did a lot of walking 112mins. Goal for next week watching my food portions. Steroids are making it really hard for me, one more week and then I can start to cut them in half.

7/30- Had a great day for walking steps. Went for radiation#6 left, and I had to go to the hospital for EEG to test brain for seizures, but I doubt it because I feel fine. I did to much today.

7/31-I feel fantastic, not one symptom since I started radiation completed 25 treatments, down to the last 5, doctors said I would lose my hair after week 2 or 3 -that did not happen. I think because I drink so much water and when I wake up everyday I have an organic bread with avocado. I have been out walking at least 12,000 steps. I am very fortune.

8/1 Only a couple hours sleep last night. Made my meals for tomorrow. Went walking. Since the weekend my steps have been up. 4 more treatments for Radiation. I can't believe it.

8/2 - worked on meal planning for next week. Steps- have been over 10,000 all week. Still not much sleep last night.
7/31-193

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8/2-
8/3-
8/4-
8/5-

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 lost 0.5kg

Round 48 SW 88.5
End Round 48 GW 87.5kg

7/27 88.5kg (-0.0kg) stayed in kcal goal, had only 4500 steps. It's so so soooo hot here....
7/28 88.5kg (-0.0kg) boring.....
7/29 88.2kg (-0.3kg) walked 15.000 steps started my kettlebell workout from the beginning again with a heavier weight. Instead of 8kg (+/- 17lbs), I'm swinging 12kg (+/- 26lbs) now
7/30 88.4kg (+0.2kg) Didn't move a lot, visited friends, had dinner that I couldn't count kcal for. Hope for a downwards trend the rest of this round!!
7/31 88.4kg (-0.0kg) Did my kettlebell workout, only walked 5000 steps (no dog in the house this week and stayed in my kcalgoal.
8/01 87.8kg (-0.6kg) Eat 100 kcal below my goal... that's it.... I'm not complaining...
8/02 87.8kg (-0.0kg) walked 5000 steps and instead of a kettlebell workout I made a ride on my bike for 28km (about 18 miles)
8/03 87.2kg (-0.6kg) Did nothing special, worked, walked only 5000 steps, feeling kinda blèhhh.... So this is a nice surpise!
8/04
8/05

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27: 69.5 - Really?! REALLY?! I've been gunning for 69.5 for the last two rounds and you wait until the day that I've decided to up my round goal weight to something definitely achievable (with current trends) to dump this one on me. I know I shouldn't be annoyed by a lower number, but I'm pretty sure my body is just trolling me on this one. Anyway: Yesterday was a really good day, started off looking like it was only going to be an okay day, but then I wasn't very hungry at breakfast and saved half for later, meaning I wasn't as hungry for lunch and didn't eat it all, meant I gained about 150kcals more in the bank than I expected. A yummy (and surprisingly low calorie) spag bol and pasta for dinner still left me under calories, so I had some watermelon and icecream for dessert (YUM!) And was still under daily goal. 76g of protein for the day
7/28: 69.9 - TOM has reared it's ugly head proving, once again, that my body doesn't run in nice even patterns. However, does help account for my super massive cravings last round that were doing their very best to try and mess me up (and those consistent days of 70.5). Anyhoos: happy to be staying under 70kg again. Yesterday was pretty good right up until evening. I had a reasonably stressful day at work so I think I did well to not binge on all the chocolate that I really wanted to during the day (heck I even had a slice of watermelon as a snack instead). Then we went and looked at puppies, and got pie and chips on the way home. Which put me over calories. But not over maintenance. Then my partner put more chips in the oven and did far too much for him so I ate some more because food waste. Pushing me to about maintenance. Not great but not awful day... 56g of protein for the day.
7/29: 69.5 - Lots of Judo and wasn't at all hungry most of the day. Barely ate up to my normal goal, let alone any of my exercise calories. Saving them for Sunday. 73g of protein for the day
7/30: 69.6 - Went out for what was supposed to be a pub lunch, and turned into a Indian lunch (pub wasn't doing food). Made sensible food choices and avoided the enormous naan bread and just went with rice, curry and onion bhaji. Stopped eating when I felt full. Ate tea at my parents, and was really not very hungry so got away with eating only a very small amount (and a reasonable amount of that was salad). However still had to guesstimate on the entries/quantities in the diary for almost all of the food today. I think I over estimated, but it's hard to guess. Calories were well over goal, but considering the exercise calories I hadn't eaten from the day before, it probably worked out about level. Also, with some calculation: my 7 day average is now officially under 70kg (69.9, still counts!) 102g of protein for the day.
7/31: 69.6 - More Judo death yesterday. Trained super hard and felt really good on it. Actually ate back some of my exercise calories yesterday which had everything to do with the fact that we had welsh cakes in the cupboard (I just love welsh cakes). Still in deficit. 87g of protein for the day.
8/01: 69.3 - I have not been expecting this kind of progress this round, but don't get me wrong, I'm very much enjoying it. Will probably rise a little tomorrow, but I'm able to dream that I might be able to reach 68.x by the end of this round. Unlikely, but a novel concept. Felt hungry all day yesterday and am very glad I stayed under my allotted calories. Planned my dinner around the fact that I wanted to eat a cake for dessert. Not a very good day at all for protein though. 45g of protein for the day. A really very good day for non scale victories yesterday as well: While surfing the sale rack I found the same pair of jeans I'm currently wearing (and am feeling a little big on me right now), but in the size down. Not only was I able to actually put them on and button them up. They actually looked good. They were probably a little small if I was to have bought them now, but oh so very close to fitting perfectly. Another one: I tried on my motorbike trousers for the first time in about 2 months. They were definitely a bit big for me (I now need braces to stop them from falling down). However, the biggest thing about that is that when I bought them, way back in February, I had to take out the extra little bit of padding that sat on the hips, as they dug into my sides when I was straddling the bike. And they were literally the only trousers that actually fit me at all comfortably, so that was the compromise I had to make. I put them back in yesterday. Because I could spread my legs easily without them pulling and being uncomfortable.
8/02: 69.3 - Uuuuuuuuh, yesterday was tough. I have been so very hungry. Went over my allowance, but only just, still under maintenance, so still winning. Did not drink enough water all day, so was super thirsty this morning. I kinda glad the number hasn't moved, because I don't know how I'd feel it going either way. I bought some skyr yogurt on tuesday, which seems to be doing a really good job at upping my protein amount without thinking about it. Also I've remembered that tuna is a really good way of adding protein for low numbers of calories. 88g of protein for the day.


8/03: 69.3 - Again. Not a very good day at all yesterday. Over calories, and drank some booze. Surprised its not gone higher tbh. Actually I'm more surprised that I've managed to keep exactly the same for the last 3 days. This doesn't normally happen to me, I normally massively fluctuate. Oh well. Means that I am definitely this weight as opposed to it fluctuating down like I expected when I first hit this number.

8/04: -Away-
8/05: -Away

In for my eighteenth

I'm 37 years old from UK and 5'11

Pre challenge loss 24.00lbs

R21 SW 274.50 EW 268.00 (-6.50)
R22 SW 268.00 EW 267.50 (-0.50)
R23 SW 267.50 EW 264.75 (-2.75)
R24 SW 264.50 EW 264.75 (+0.25)
R25 SW 264.75 EW 268.50 (+4.00)
R26 SW 269.25 EW 268.50 (-0.75)
R27 SW 269.25 EW 262.50 (-7.25)
R28 SW 262.50 EW 255.75 (-6.75)
R29 SW 255.75 EW 254.50 (-0.75)
R30 SW 254.50 EW 249.50 (-5.00)
R31 SW 249.50 EW 247.50 (-2.00)
R32 SW 247.50 EW 252.25 (+4.75)
R33 SW 252.75 EW 242.75 (-9.50)
R34 SW 242.75 EW 236.25 (-6.50)
R35 SW 236.25 EW 235.75 (-0.50)
R36 SW 235.75 EW 233.50 (-2.25)
R37 SW 233.50 EW 230.00 (-3.50)
R38 SW 230.00 EW 228.50 (-1.50)
R39 SW 228.50 EW 229.50 (+1.00)
R40 SW 229.50 EW 223.50 (-6.00)
R41 SW 223.50 EW 229.50 (+6.00)
R42 SW 229.50 EW 231.75 (+2.25)
R43 SW 231.75 EW 223.50 (-8.25)
R44 SW 223.50 EW 223.50 (-0.00)
R45 SW 223.50 EW 219.50 (-4.00)
R46 SW 219.50 EW 217.50 (-2.00)
R47 SW 217.50 EW 215.25 (-2.25)

Loss to date (measured start of round) - 83.25bs
GW end of round - 211lbs

Good luck for this round guys!!! xx

07/26 - 215.25 feel bloated and meh, gym tonight to fix it
07/27 - 213.25 woah big drop but still feel bloated
07/28 - AWAY NO ACCESS TO SCALES
07/29 - AWAY NO ACCESS TO SCALES
07/30 - AWAY NO ACCESS TO SCALES
07/31 - AWAY NO ACCESS TO SCALES
08/01 - 216.75 bleurgh!
08/02 - 216.50
08/03 - 212.50 YES!!! was ready for that maybe maybe goal this month?!
08/04 -
08/05

4th round let's go! 😃
7/27 - 178.2 lbs Glad to see the number is still going down 😄
7/28 - 178.8 lbs (+0.6) Weird 😂 I know that weight loss is not linear, but this is like the third time I pop back up to 178.8. Hoping to get past this number for good soon.
7/29 - 179.0 (+0.2) Maybe this is because of all the salt I have been eating to survive this heat 🤭
7/30 - 179.2 (+0.2)
7/31 - 179.6 (+0.4) I don’t even know what to say at this point 😅 Been really active the last couple of days and sticking to my 1200 kcal goal.
8/01 - 180.3 (+0.7) I seriously have no idea what’s going on.. I thought I would never see 180 again. Let’s hope for a better tomorrow 👍🏻
8/02 - 179.6 (-0.7) Continue please 😂
8/03 - 180.1 (+0.5) Lol, weighed myself about 3-4 hours earlier than I usually do.. when I do that I tend to see a bigger number🤭 I ate my last meal 6 hours before I weighed in. I had only eaten 900kcal when I was going to bed, so I made a late night supper and got to 1170kcal. I’m not going to have access to a scale for the next two-three days. But i’ll have access to my food scale ofcourse, and that’s whats important 😊 Can report in anyway.
8/04 -
8/05 -

Round 43 - No loss
Round 44 - 3 lb loss !
Round 45 - 1 lb loss
Round 46 - No loss
Round 47 - 1 lb loss

Round 48
7/27 : 165 to start
7/28 : 165
7/29 : 165
7/30 : 165
7/31 : 165
8/01 : 165
8/02 : 165 Time to reassess
8/03 : 165 I’m not trying hard enough. Break time I guess.
8/04 :
8/05 :

Round 48
5'-10" Male
SW 228.8
CW 218.0
GW 175
Rd 47 (-7.2 lbs)

Day/Weight/Comment

7/27 - 221.2 - Went out with an old friend and only had one beer. Passed on the charcuterie plate that I wanted bad, but those are the make or break moments.
7/28- 220.2 - Had 600 calories of pizza last night with 2 glasses of red wine, just ate lightly rest of the day and stayed within 1550 calories. Some foods are out of the question though since the calorie/enjoyment trade off is low. See ya' soda and muffins.
7/29 - 220.6 - Ate out last night, very hard to count calories at restaurants. I went overboard on some kind of oily garlic bread. Then got more of the same bread with entree, didn't know it was coming. Still not a bad day.
7/30 -219.6.6 - Out of the 220's two days short of goal. Next plan is to be out of 210s by Sept 1st for a vacation. Doable, but almost no room for error.
7/31- 218.8 - Bad cereal and milk seems to be my biggest trigger food - by far the worst hunger that I offset with a salad. I wish it wasn't in the house but my wife eats it.
8/1- 217.8 - I got a new scale because the old one was +/- .8. New scale seems to be a pound less than the old one hence the big drop.
8/2- 218.8 - First bad day. I think, I hope, that the reason for the bad day was I ate almost no protein until dinner. I've had very few real urges to overeat, but yesterday I felt extremely hungry and lethargic all afternoon and didn't eat well because of it. Lesson learned, time to move on.
8/3 - 218.0 - Had two ground chicken tacos last night with tiny portion of mexican rice. Still lost weight. Amazing how I can still have this, pizza, steak and still lose weight as long as I stick to my calories.
8/4-
8/5-

Seeking lower bodyfat%

My name is Tish.
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
SW: 240
CW: 188.2 (189.2)
GW: 179 (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}
{Round 42 - lost 3.4 lbs}
{Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs - EW 194.2}
{Round 44 - lost 1 lb - EW 193.2}
{Round 45 - no wgt loss - EW 193.2}
{Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs - 189.6}
{Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs - 188.2}

Day/Weight/Comment

•7/27 - 189.2 - Early weigh in. This end of round drop and beginning round overnight gain of ONE pound seems to be my trend. I'm officially in the overweight BMI category. Kind of a weird eating day for me yesterday. Went to help my niece again, but was rushed, so I threw some random food items into my lunchbag. None of my plans for the day were achieved. 35g carbs, 26g net carbs. Lettuce, grape tomatoes, pickled jalapeños, strawberries, cottage cheese, peanut butter
•7/28 - 187.8 - Okay, I know, I'm supposed to be dialing down the carbs, but I have 4 more days left and fried chicken and fresh peach sounded delicious. 63g carbs, 55g Net carbs. Seasoned coating for chicken, green beans, broccoli slaw, poppyseed dressing, 1/2 medium fresh peach, peanut butter, of course
•7/29 - 188.2 - Early weigh in. 57g carbs, 51g net carbs. Salad greens, 1/2 medium fresh peach, strawberries, cottage cheese, seasoned coating for chicken, peanut butter
•7/30 - 188.2 - 50g carbs, 37g net carbs. Green beans, peanuts, peanut butter, seasoned coating for chicken.
•7/31 - 187.8 - Well I lied, today will be my last day of higher carb fruits. I still have one peach to eat. Looking back over the month, I did well except for two extremely high carb days that involved bread and sugar aka sugar and sugar? 45g carbs, 39g net carbs. Seasoned coating for chicken (So long fried chicken! I won't miss you.) salad greens, spinach, fresh plum, lime juice.
•8/1 -186.8 - Early weigh in. It's unbelievable that its August already! Yesterday was my last day of increased carbohydrates. 46g carbs, 35g net carbs. Broccoli, salad greens, sunflower seeds, fresh peach. I didn't eat anything that I had planned until 5:30 pm. My niece held me up briefly in the a.m. from running my errands. She asked me to watch her children for a short time and I did. I wasn't hungry until after I left the house, about 1 p.m. Bought some sunflower seeds to stave off my hunger for a couple of hours. Didn't drink enough water throughout the day. Changed up my planned meals a bit, because my eating time was shortened. *My third day back to intermittent fasting. Took a month off.* Made a semi chef's salad, forgot to boil eggs. ? Felt stuffed after eating, but specifically after eating that peach. BUT, no more fresh peaches until next summer, so it's all good. I hope to keep carbs under 20- 25 grams today.
•8/2 - 185.2 - 21g carbs (18g carbs), 17g net carbs (14g net carbs) Ugh, I had my carbs perfect! 18 grams total and messed it up with lime juice. I NEEDED that lime in my water though. My mouth was so dry and I needed flavor. Otherwise, a good day. Macros WERE on point before my little green monster. Changed my nutrition goals, calories dropped by 20.


•8/3 -187 - Early weigh in. Ooo boy! The fluid retention is crazy this morning. My legs feel so heavy. 25g carbs, 22g net carbs, so doing okay.
In my mind I'm ready right now to get back to my normal level of exercise, but I'm not, too many injuries. Gotta take it slow. I've also been wanting to get outside and take care of my overgrown shrubbery. I got started yesterday. It's been so much rain, the gentleman that cuts my lawn has not done so since June 28! It's been so long that I asked him if I had missed a cut. More rain and storms today, so I'm going out to chop on these shrubs again before it starts.

•8/4
•8/5


Seeking lower bodyfat%

HSW 229.4
R40 SW 199.4
R41 SW 197.6 -1.8
R42 SW 194.4 -3.2 (-5)
R43 SW 194.2 -0.2 (-5.2)
R44 SW 189.8 -4.4 (-9.6)
R45 SW 190.4 +0.6 (-9)
R46 SW 187.2 -3.2 (-12.2)
R47 SW 185.8 -1.4 (-13.8) - BMI 34.0 8 points down from HSW!!
R48 SW 185.4 -0.4 (-14.2)

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 185.4 - ready for a woosh - anytime now please. Dug out my fitbit and started using it again. Will try to improve my steps and my NEAT
7/28 184.8 - lots of walking yesterday! 18K steps and feeling great!
7/29 183.8 woosh!!
7/30 184.2 that's ok a woosh is usually follow by a bounce. Today is World Embroidery Day. Yesterday I finished a big project. I always delay finishing - I don't know why I get nervous about it, because I am usually pretty happy with them when they are done. Anyway I ate more because I was anxious, but also went on a 5k walk to balance it all out.
7/31 185.4 Not sure why - hopefully just a blip - I won't panic . . .yet
8/01 184 That's better!
8/02 183.8 another good walking day yesterday!
8/03 184
8/04
8/05

Round 3
OW 230
Round 46 SW 178 EW 172.6 (-5.4)
Round 47 SW 172.6 EW 170.8 (-1.8)

Round 48
SW 170.8
GW 168
UGW 125

7/27 last night I caved. I had a double plate of dinner and a chocolate bar...or 2. I didn't exercise at all and only drank 1 liter of water. I havent been this hungry in over two weeks. What I'm trying to say is I was too scared to weigh myself this morning so I didn't. I know I should have, just to hold my self accountable but I chickened out. Well I'm jumping back in today and going to work hard to try to get whatever weight I gained yesterday off. I have noticed a 1 day a week trend where I derail, I will have to work on that, at least until I drop a good amount of weight and then I will probably reconsider the "cheat meal" idea.

7/28 --170.8 so back to my starting weight. Worked out hard yesterday and got in 1.5 liters of water. I'm impressed because my workouts are getting easier and easier from when I started...so happy about that. Last night my fiancee grabbed chips and cookies but I managed to stay away...personal win. I already feel like it's going to be a tempting weekend so I'm going to have to be extra mindful and keep up my determination. I'm also impressed because my man has been playing Pokemon go lately which means he likes to go for walks now (he hates going out and walking, grocery shopping can be a drag with him) so i have been going out and walking around more then usual..which is a plus hope everyone has a great and mindful weekend

7/29 --171 last night had a day/night out with friends, pizza and beers. Tried not to over eat or drink but it obviously still hit me. No exercising and low on the water, it's ok though could have gained more

7/30--170.6 stayed within my calorie goal and although didn't do my usual workout, I did spend the majority of my day out and about walking around so at least it's something. Drank 1.5 liters of water. Trying to stay motivated, I have been working out relentlessly for about three weeks now (slowing down within the last couple of days) and I just assumed I would have seen a higher loss by now. My eating habits have been good and my water intake has been fair. Trying to keep my head up though and push on. Hopefully after today I will finally see those 160s. I can't wait to see some sort of progress

7/31--170 slow and steady is my pace. Ate within calories, worked out and finally pushed the 2 liters of water. Mentally feeling better today so that's good. Just feeling a little bloated, why? I have no clue lol. I am so anxious to be in those 60s lol

8/01-- 168.8 Wooooooooot!!! Had to check three times lol. I exercised good yesterday, ate under my calories and 1.7 liters of water. I hope this sticks and isn't one of those weigh ins that only lasts for the day. Mind you I feel good about it because I slowly got here.... so happy!!! Another plus, slept good last night and I don't feel bloated anymore.

8/02-- 169.2 was good all day but then my hubby decided to break out the chips. I had a bit of extra calories and decided to stay within the 20 chip limit..... not to self: this never works, it was as if the minute I started eating them I just wanted more and more shhhhhheeeesh. I also had a laze day with the exercising, even walked very little. This round hasn't been my best with exercising but I am not planning to make this a habit. I am absolutely determined to keep going. well back to it then

8/03 168.6 it's as if I'm on a weight roller coaster. Well this is good regardless, I am so happy settling here in my 60s and continuing my downhill trend. Ate within my calories although I could have had more veggies, drank 1.7 liters of water and exercised. It was a good day overall so I am happy. Now for that last .6 to meet my challenge goal... it will be the first time

8/04
8/05