Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 50

8/16-285.5 Well, 5 lbs down from starting weight a whooole lot more to go. Really wishing coworkers would stop bringing goodies. I've been pretty good about it, just trying a small portion.
8/17-284.7 Yay! tomorrow probably won't look so pretty...going out to lunch today.
8/18 283.6 that's a surprising loss
8/19 284.4 there's the pizza for dinner showing up.
8/20 - 283.8 did pretty good today
8/21-283.4 not so good today, over calorie goals.

SW - 253
CG - 248
GW - 180

Getting some progress, down 3 lbs. My strategy has been Protein and Fiber focused, keeping my calories down, drinking my water, and getting some sleep.

Day/Weight

8/16 - 252
8/17 - 251.5
8/18 - 251.5
8/19 - 251
8/20 - 251
8/21 - 250.5
8/22
8/23
8/24
8/25

Round 39=193.6 No change
Round 40=194.0 (+0.4)
Round 41=194.6 (+0.6)
Round 42=193.0 (-1.6)
Round 43=193.6 (+0.6)
Round 44=197.6 (+4.0)
Round 45=195.8 (-1.8)
Round 46=197.4 (+1.6)
Round 47=194.0 (-3.4)
Round 48=194.2 (+0.2)
Round 49=196.4 (+2.2)

Round 50 Goal: No 4 lb gain this week. Tired of losing and same 4 lbs!
Day/Weight/Comment
8/16 196.4
8/17 197.0
8/18 196.8
8/19 196.6
8/20 197.6
8/21 198.4
8/22
8/23
8/24
8/25

8/16 59.4 kg
8/17 58.6 kg
8/18 58.1 kg
8/19 57.9 kg
8/20 57.6 kg
8/21 57.3 kg
8/22 57.5 kg
8/23
8/24
8/25

I'll try & join you! It's my first time here.

Day 1 (8/16) : morning weight 55.8 kg (organized a bbq the day before, binge eaten my way through the day, and went to bed with my stomach in pain, poor sleep quality, a disaster to keep it simple. On the 16 I went to the gym for one hour, great time. I was on a night shift, I ate a couple of candies to stay motivated, ended up eating a whole mac flurry after a huge dinner/breakfast at 2 am.

Day 2 (8/17) : 10 am : 54.5 kg. Had comfort food after the night shift : a peace of chocolate zucchini cake & a handful of almonds. Went swimming 2.5 km, felt really great. I'm going to a bbq tonight, I'll keep this post in mind to avoid gulping.

Day 3 (8/18) : ended up eating a piece of every cakes that was on the table yesterday (yeah I know, not the plan...) so 55.2 kg. Went to the gym, spinned for 30', made delicious crepes (no sugar, no butter though), resist the urge to buy a new pair of (un-necessary) shoes. This week has been a disaster, but I've come to the realization that what I need to do is stop the snacking, eat what feels good during meal time, and give less credit to the calories at the end of the day. As long as I don't stuff or starve myself, I'm already beginning to improve my behavior around food.

Day 4 (8/19) : 54.5 kg. Healthy breakfast, didn't thought about the pralines in my ward's fridge, and went swimming. Thinking about tonight's meal already, it's going to be delicious (and I may be able to keep up with my intakes goal today ). At the end of the day : goal achieved!

Day 5 (8/20) : 54.6 kg. I really struggled with food today. I went grocery shopping and ended up eating muesli like I didn't had any food during the day.

Day 6 (8/21) : 55.8 kg. I had quite a happy day. So I decided to treat myself with a 4 cheese pizza. Needless to say that won't help with the loging weight goal...

Day 7 (8/22) : 55.8 kg. My stomach still feels full after the pizza. I'm going to the gym tonight.

8/23
8/24
8/25

JGM10D ~|~ Round 50
Last round my body seemed reluctant to give up it's booty! This round I have to show it who's boss! All I have to do now is make sure I stay FOCUSED
Previous rounds Daily Goals Round 49 EW: 167.4
Round 50 GW: 166.x
16/08: 16?.? : Goals ✅ away from home. No scale.
17/08: 167.6 : Goals ✅ fairly normal fluctuation. Maybe a little short on hydration yesterday, as we were boating most of the day. Lunch was in a loughshore pub, so probably high in sodium. I'll work it out!
18/08: 167.4 : Goals ✅ Let's hope the weekend doesn't derail my efforts.
19/08: 167.5 : Goals ✅
20/08: 167.6 : Goals ✅ not too bad.
21/08: 167.8 : Goals ✅ Drat!
22/08: 167.6 : Goals ✅ This can be a frustrating process, but I'm ever hopeful of a wee whoosh!
23/08: : Goals
24/08: : Goals
25/08: : Goals



THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieve permanent change.

REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.
Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

Info:
Day/Weight/Comment

8/16: 70.1 - Okay okay, I've been putting off posting here today because the number is higher than I would like. Pretty sure it's just a fluctuation, completely normal and nothing to worry about. I say: worrying. Anyway, an okay day yesterday. Ate fine, but had a packaged wrap for lunch and Chinese takeaway for dinner. Both salty and would which pretty much explain gain on the scales this morning. Takeaway is always hard to account for, so I hope that I've over estimated, but I could well have underestimated. Also did a bunch of scraping wallpaper glue off the walls which probably would burn some of those potentially extra calories but I have no idea how to log those, so I've not bothered. Can't believe I'm over half way through my maintenance week already.
8/17: 69.6 - Well, that's more like it, very much on track to maintain well this week. Difficult day yesterday, spent quite some time being very nervous about the interview I had today (it went well I think) and so food thoughts were not my top priority. Drank plenty of water in a hope of sorting out the saltiness of the previous day. Food wise, a slightly odd day. Not hungry at all in the morning, so had a protein bar I keep in my desk for snacks at around 10:30 (way later than normal). Then ate leftover takeaway with some rice for lunch, which felt like it should've been more filling than it was, but was enjoyable to eat. Then was ravenous when I got home and so ate what ended up being a modest sized dinner fairly early then wasn't very hungry for the rest of the evening. In fact I had to munch on a packet of crisps to get me close to my goal allowance. Still a little under, but only just.
8/18: 69.9 - A late weigh in, so was probably a little lower, but I stayed at a friend's so didn't have scales until I got home. I was expecting it to be a bad day yesterday with dinner and wine at my friend's, but then we skipped dessert as we weren't hungry and ended up only a little over my goal.
8/19: 69.0 - (I actually started writing this yesterday, but then we were in the car and I can't look down in the car) I mean I'm happy, but at the same time, I know that it's a down flux so I'm not going on that. Besides, still supposed to be maintaining. Anyway, ate my lazy food and was expecting to be a little over, then dinner again was very small and then I was under what I wanted to have to for the day. Ate some crisps trying to bump up the calories, but still ended up under. I also spent about 4 hours painting our hallway and was completely shattered by the end of the day. Week at maintenance completed. I'm actually going to push going back to deficit one day for tomorrow as we have a BBQ and I'll probably go over anyway, so I might as well make it planned. Also, easier to start deficit for me on a Monday.
8/20: 69.4 - Went for a BBQ for lunch yesterday. I'm 100% certain I have under logged because there was lots of nibbles that I have no idea how much I had. However, we also did some playing football with my boyfriend's nephews and some diy in the evening, so burnt some more calories than I'm probably accounting for too. I also didn't eat anything other than lunch, so although it was all my calories for the day, it was also all I ate for the day. Avoided all the things that I didn't really want eat (cheese on my burger, bread, baps), to save room for the food I really did want (meat, meat, & more meat). So I felt like I managed the situation reasonably well.
8/21: 69.5 - Back on the deficit. Forgot all my tricks to actually make a filling lunch and so had breakfast and lunch that were way too few calories and so I was ravenous all day (not making that mistake again today). When I ate dinner, I managed to have that "full, but also really hungry" feeling in my belly which was not very fun. I'm going to arbitrarily blame carbs because I had significantly less than I normally do. So I then had a slice of bread and felt much better. Judo in the evening, which I didn't eat back barely any of the calories for and yet I still felt overfull when training. All in all just a bit of a toughie yesterday trying to get back into the deficit.

8/22: 69.5 - Much better yesterday. Still hungry during the day, but ate enough when I got home to not feel starving in the evening. Was right at the bottom of my calorie range even though I was expecting to be higher up, so I'm calling it a win. Especially as I was able to have icecream 🍦(yaaaas). Did some housework as our house is a complete mess right now (with the decorating). Hoping to see a little movement on the scales again soon, but I'm trusting the process and staying the same is always better than going up. Lets go!

8/23:
8/24:

@mmebouchon thanks for the support really needed that. I’m feeling a bit discouraged & the temptation is at a high. I been resisting going on a extreme binge.

SW: 255, Aug 2014
CW: 162
GW: 150

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 - No loss
Round 49 - 3 lb loss

Round 50
8/16 : 162
8/17 : 162
8/18 : 162 - LOL, I’m 161 after I exercise in the morning, but I’m not counting it.
8/19 : 162 - not at a scale this morning - so just repeating yesterday.
8/20 : 162
8/21 : 162
8/22 : 162
8/23 :
8/24 :
8/25: