Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 48

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 / 245.4 / The whoosh finished, back to the slog.
7/28 / 245.4 /
7/29 / 246.8 / Garlic Festival and Party. This was planned; I expected salt no matter how many carbs I avoided.
7/30 / 247.4 / I wasn’t hungry on Sunday. I didn’t drink much water either. Today is planned out and easy to execute.
7/31 / 245.4 / Salt gone.
8/01 / traveling starts today / 245.4 / I won’t have reliable or predictable Internet after the 6th. I won’t have Internet at all in the mornings after today. I will still keep a paper log and will enter that in MFP when I have access.
8/02 / Travel / No access to a scale. Computer at a repair shop.
8/03 / Travel / No access to a scale. Computer at a repair shop.
8/04 / Travel / No access to a scale until 2:30 in the afternoon. Weight on another scale, fully clothed and lots of water and scheduled food: 254.6. Do I believe this? Nope.
8/05 / Travel / Now that same scale says I weigh 248.6 Yeah, right.

Round 48

7/29 - 209.4
7/30 - 208.2
7/31
8/01
8/02. 210
8/03. 209
8/04. 207
8/05 206.6

In for my 5th Round!

Round 44 End Weight = 165.8 (5.2 lbs lost)
Round 45 End Weight = 164.9 (0.9 lbs lost)
Round 46 End Weight = 159.6 (5.2 lbs lost)
Round 47 End Weight = 157.2 (2.4 lbs lost)

Stats = 5'4 female, age 48
Highest Weight = 172 lbs
Initial Goal Weight = 139 lbs (last weighed this is 2013)
Ultimate Goal Weight = 129 lbs (last weighed this in 2011)

Round 48 Goal: to be in the 155's
Exercise Plan = The Betty Rocker 90 Day Challenge (in week 2 of 12), run outside 3-4 times a week, get 8,000-10,000 steps/weekday
Nutrition Plan = Continue to limit gluten, dairy, sugar, diet soda, alcohol & eat non-processed foods, protein/fruit/veg at every meal, complex carbs at breakfast and post workout meal, drink plenty of water.

07/27 - 157.2 (no change from yesterday) I had a really good exercise day yesterday! Was able to get a run in and completed the 1st week of my 90 day challenge with the day 7 exercises. Food wise, everything was on point. I'm tired today and super happy it's Friday! So looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow, although a later weigh-in may sque the number on the scale. I bought a book yesterday that was recommended by another person on a similar weight loss/fitness journey called Intuitive Eating and looking forward to diving into this book over the weekend. Welcome to everyone new to this challenge, excited to see what this round brings!

07/28 - 157.0 (down .2 from yesterday) Late weigh-in this morning and hopefully will have a late weigh-in tomorrow, so we'll see what the scale brings on Monday with a normal weigh-in time. Yesterday I completed day 8 of my 90 day challenge: Body Squat w/ 2 Knee Lift, Incline Push Ups, Alternating Reverse Lunges, Elbow Plank, 4-Point Triceps Dips, Side Step Squat w/ Bicep Curls (used dumbbells), & Bridge Lifts. My upper body is my weakest area (in terms of strength) and I put on weight here 1st and lose here last. Those 4-point triceps dips were hard!! But the sense of accomplishment after is worth all the pain of doing them! On point yesterday with nutrition, calories & macros. Today is a scheduled rest day and my plan was to do nothing, but my daughter just got invited over to a friend's house, which opens me up to be able to get outside and get a run in - Yay!

07/29 - 156.7 (down .3 from yesterday) Didn't get to sleep in this morning as my daughter had a friend sleepover and they were up quite early wanting breakfast. They had a baked berry French toast, I had prepped the night before, I took a small bite but it didn't really interest me, happy to stick to my green smoothie. Yesterday was a partial rest day, just did a short run, it was a little warm but there was a nice breeze so no complaints. I did my day 10 of 90 workout earlier this morning and for the rest of the day I'm hoping to get some meal prep in and then have some nice family time with my husband and daughter. Enjoy your day everyone

07/30 - 156.3 (down .4 from yesterday) I've got a feeling my weight is about to have a little bounce up, maybe I'm wrong but we'll see. Usually when it drops like this (more than .2 a day), it goes up a bit and then settles back down. I'll just keep plugging along and roll with it. I didn't get enough sleep on Saturday night, so yesterday wasn't the best. I felt sluggish in my workout, and while I ate according to plan, I didn't eat enough. I took a huge afternoon nap and then couldn't sleep last night and stayed awake stressing about all sorts of things. So not good! I'm about to make some protein pancakes for breakfast and get re-charged for the day. Today is an active recovery day for day 11 of my 90 day challenge, so looking to get some yoga in, self care, and do the meal prep that didn't happen yesterday. Let's have a great start to this new week everyone!

07/31 - 156.5 (up .2 from yesterday) There's that little bump I felt coming, no reason for it except normal weight fluctuations. Yesterday was good food wise and an easy day 11 of 90 challenge wise with just gratitude sun salutations scheduled. My lower back was in a lot of weird pain yesterday so I did yoga stretches throughout the day, Epson salt bath, and alternated heat and ice therapy. Still feel kinda of wonky this morning. I've done my stretches again and will do these a couple more times throughout the day and then see about my day 12 of 90 workout later today. It is mostly upper a body/booty workout, so it should be fine but I'll see how the back situation progresses before tackling this. I'm okay with taking a day off if needed. And, sleep seems to be my big issue this round, another night with little of it. My daughter was not sleeping last night, she is 12 and has OCD/Anxiety issues and last night was one of the night she just didn't sleep, which puts me on high alert that she is about to have an OCD blow-up/anxiety attack. So I was checking in on her all night to make sure all was good. She was okay but just not sleeping, but she has seemed "off" since the weekend so I know something is coming and I need to be ever watchful of her. She has been on meds. for the past couple months prescribed by her pediatrician as a "hold in place" until we can get her on a regular medication protocol by a Psychiatric MD. We are finally getting closer to that appointment which is August 20th, which I am just living for. The medication she is on right now is really just a sedative to try to keep her in a calmer place, the goal is to get her on something that will deal with the actual OCD symptoms, which in turn will put her in a calmer place. We also do CBT therapy, this drug protocol was a last result this year after years of dealing with this. It's hard. She is such a wonderful, happy child when not troubled by these issues, I hate seeing her have to deal with all this. But I will say, I am handling of it it so much better since I decided I had to focus on me again as well. Being in control of my health, nutrition, and fitness makes me able to be a better parent for her.

08/01 - Weight = 156.1 (down .4 from yesterday) Closing in on my goal for the round, hope saying that doesn't jinx it! Yesterday was a pretty good day, ate well & under calories and was able to do my day 12 exercises, albeit a little gingerly, due the nagging lower back pain. Back pain is still there today, but improving. Today is a scheduled rest day on my 90 day challenge. My mind tells me that there are too many rest days on this plan and that I should do something anyway, but my body feels like it needs the rest, I have to reset my mind to trust the plan, there are improvements happening when you give your body time to recovery,

08/02 - Weight = 156.3 (up .2 from yesterday), playing this fun weight game again, up and down, up and down Took my rest day yesterday and my back is much improved today, looking forward to getting my day 14 of 90 exercises done today and be at the halfway point for the 1st month of the challenge. Ate under calories yesterday, but sodium was a little higher than usual (still within macro range) and my water weight percentage was way up on my scale this morning when I weighed-in, may explain the 0.2 lb little uptick on the scale.

08/03 - Weight = 156.1 (down .2 from yesterday) Just bouncing around on the scale, hoping it drops to 155.something sooner than later! Yesterday was a bit of a mental struggle, the urge to sabotage by making poor eating choices was strong, but I resisted them all & made healthy choices. I completed my day 14 of 90 exercises and felt super sluggish through the whole workout. I need to really focus back more on my nutrition, my calories have been too low. I need to eat to fuel my workouts better. I know how to do this, just got a little lazy. Only 2 more days left in this round and it ends on a weekend, time to buckle down everyone, we can do this!

08/04 - Weight = 155.6 (down .5 from yesterday) Super late weigh-in this morning, but oh, did it feel good to sleep in! Hopefully this is a "real" number but won't know until Monday for sure as I'm definitely sleeping in tomorrow as well. My husband is working today and my daughter is heading to a friend's house for a sleepover, so I've got the day & probably most of the evening to myself. I completed day 15 of my 90 day challenge yesterday, and discovered I had been doing the exercises in the "advanced" mode not the "intermediate" mode that I had intended to. When I did the 30 day challenge everything was 1 minute per exercise x 3 rounds, it was challenging but I could do it and felt stronger after. The 90 day challenge is set up different: 2 rounds for beginners, 3 rounds for intermediate, & 4 rounds for advanced. I have been doing intermediate but feeling like I can't keep up, not feeling stronger, feeling discouraged. I went back and re-read the plan information and I was supposed to be adjusting the time as well: 30 secs each for beginner, 45 secs each for intermediate, & 1 min each for advanced. So I dropped yesterday's workout down to 45 seconds per move instead of the 1 minute and huge improvement. Challenging but I can do it better! Feeling more on track now, glad I didn't succumb to feeling discouraged and instead looked for a solution.

08/05 - Weight = 155.2 (down .4 from yesterday) Goal met! I lost 2.0 lbs this round Yesterday was a very good day, I went for a run and it was a rest day on my 90 day challenge, so that was a nice break. I went shopping in the afternoon and had fun and then a movie night with my husband. Very happy to see this number on the scale this morning even after enjoying a few adult beverages last night. Congrats to everyone who continued to show up for themselves here! See you in round 49...

SW 258
Round 47 start 253.4 finish 251.4 (-2)
STG -10 (son’s wedding in October)
GW 190 for now
Round 47 Goal: -2

Goals for these 10 days are to fill and drink my water bottle 3x, and to track every meal.

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 - 252
7/28 - 253.2 ate popcorn at the movies yesterday, then a late dinner. Too much sodium! Chug water.
7/29 - 254.4 didn’t eat well yesterday, too many carbs, also helped son move out of his apartment so when muscles hurt, I hold on to fluids. Water and get some vegetables in today.
7/30 - 251.4 whew! I’m glad it didn’t take long for me to shake my salty weekend (ha! I’m so punny!). Plus, I 💩 out all the bad stuff - I know, TMI.
7/31 - 253.4
8/1 - 253.2
8/2 - 253.4
8/3 - 252.2
8/4 - 252.6
8/5 - ??? Forgot to weigh this morning.

This round +1.2
As you can tell from above, I didn’t comment, didn’t track regularly, missed opportunities with water. Lessons learned. On to the next round!

R1: Lost 1.7 (SW 196.8 EW 195.1)
R2: Lost 0.7 (SW 195.1 EW 194.4)
R3: Gained 3.7 (SW 194.4 EW 198.1)
R4: Lost 2.8 (SW 198.1 EW 195.3)
R5: Lost 1.1 (SW 195.3 EW 194.2)

SW: 195.3
GW: 191.0

Plan to reach this goal:
-NO EATING OUT AT ALL IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS EVEN IF IT'S "HEALTHY"
-Pre-plan the night before and make sure you have all of your ingredients at home and follow through.
-Workout at least 3 times a week (Goal of running at least 4 minutes straight at 6.5 mph)

Day/Weight/Comment
7/27- 195.0- Good start. Let's keep going! No more eating out. I'm going to plan out everything I'm going to eat tomorrow and follow through since I'm the one making food.
7/28- 194.8- I'm glad it's still going in the right direction. Still doing well. My grandparents are coming over tomorrow and staying for a week so I don't know how that's going to affect this but it shouldn't too much to be honest. We'll see. Still going to stay under.
7/29- 195.0- I drank water before this weigh-in on accident so maybe I'm the same as before? Lol can't be for sure.
7/30- No weigh in. Unfortunately, I didn't have access to my scale since my grandparents are in my room. I'll go take my scale and take it with me to the basement where I'm staying. I might update with a weigh-in later today but otherwise I will just do it tomorrow.
7/31- 193.7- Woohoo! Happy about this weigh-in. Make me feel like I can get to 191.0 by the end of the challenge. Also, I think this is an NSV because yesterday I was very tired and needed to study and wanted to get a coffee in order to stay up a little longer but I'm the type that can't drink coffee unless it has milk and has sugar in it so I knew that would add extra calories that I didn't need since I'd already hit my goal. I decided against it even though I was strongly considering it and even told my brother I'd get a coffee. So had no coffee! But might get one today since I have my exam tomorrow morning! Please wish me luck!
8/01- 193.8- Not bad since I didn't eat that great yesterday due to exam.
8/02- Unable to weigh in because I had to go to school and was rushed. We'll see tomorrow. Basically under my goal today and went to the gym. GUYS I MET MY GOAL OF RUNNING FOR 4 MINUTES STRAIGHT at 6.5 mph! Next going to get to 5 minutes straight! It's fun to make progress. Makes you want to keep going to reach your next small goal. Kind of like weightloss too.
8/03- 194.7- lol what happened. I'm definitely feeling a little bloated so might have something to do with it. Not going to look too much into it. Hopefully it'll go back down by tomorrow. Not letting it discourage me. I did just get done with an intense workout and about to eat a healthy lunch so I think that's good that I'm not letting it get to me like I might have used to. Really hoping for a nice loss before the end of the challenge though. Hopefully it will work out.
8/04- 194.4
8/05- 194.2- I didn't do as well as I wanted during this round but still had a loss which I will take over nothing. The next round is important to me. I really want to get to 190. Let's see if I can do it. I was unable to not go out to eat. In fact I had to go multiple times. I'm really motivated for the next round.

Total Weight Loss for this Round: 1.1

I am in again. 2nd time

Original SW: 210.2 (7/16/2018)
R47 EW 206.8 Loss 3.4

Goal: 204
Day/Weight/Comment
7/27 206.3 Good start. Feeling motivated. Need to drink more water today.
7/28 205.2
7/29 205.8
7/30 206.4 Deserve this didn’t do too well last weekend. Hopefully tomorrow won’t show it also. But it probably will.
7/31 206.3 Yeah!!! The weekend didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would.
8/01 204.7 I like it!
8/02 205.7 This is more realistic. I thought yesterday was too good to be true.
8/03 205.8
8/04 205.3
8/05 205.0

Didn't make my goal but I lost weight so I am very happy. 1.8 pounds lost

Well I didn't succumb to the pressure of all the pizza in the break room. I had my big ol salad and I was considering having a slice if I wasn't full. Thankfully the salad filled me up.
I prolly gained anyways just from the smells lol