Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 50

Hi Guys, it's been a while! I was out of town monday- today. I stayed under my calorie limit every day, even allowing myself some treats! Here's a little update

Day/Weight/Comment
8/16 : 353.4lb
A good day. Tracked everything, made good choices with my lunch compared to what I would normally get. Was mindful with my eating and talked to a friend of mine who is a big source of support. Planning my meals for tomorrow so I don't get tempted at work!
8/17 : no weigh in
Good day overall where my food is concerned. Realised it was TOTM today (ugh) but stayed away from all temptations! I sometimes forget I'm doing this properly so nearly have a lapse in memory and head to the snacks! So far so good though. Day 4 of healthy eating completed.. feeling grateful!
8/18 no weigh in
Stayed on track and stayed mindful! Feel bloated and gross but hoping it will pass soon. day 5 rocked and I even drank a lot more water than I usually do!
8/19 No weigh in
Stayed on track with food, even at work! All in all a good day
8/20 352.8 (-0.6lb)
I have to be honest, very disappointed with the loss so far, I have been on track and careful with what I eat, but determined to stick it out!
8/21 no weigh in
out of town, still tracking
8/22 no weigh in
out of town, still tracking
8/23 no weigh in
long drive home from my mini vacay! It was really hard to not be tempted with all the treats everyone else was having but kinda proud of myself too! 2 more days of this challenge and I am so happy that I made it this far!
8/24
8/25

ROUND 8 FOR ME - Female 58 yrs old 5’ 5” Midwest USA

………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- 10 days)
2. Big Goal this round: Break the barrier and hit 179.8 (3 lb. loss)
3. No Bingeing
4. No “cheat days” only occasional “Earn Meals” which are easier to recover 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:
Original starting weight: 235 lbs. on 1/11/18

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= 185.4 -1.4 lbs Loss
R49 SW= 185.4 EW= 182.8 -2.6 lbs Loss
R50 SW= 182.8 EW= TBD

Day/Weight/Comment

8/16 - 182.6 YESTERDAY’S STATS: 14 Net Carbs. 1269 / 2442 Calories Out. 8,771 Steps and 3.71 total miles. 12/13 (250) fitbit steps hours. Intermittent fasted 16:8

8/17 - 179.8 Whoosh……. Wow! Imagine if it really stuck! YESTERDAY’S STATS: 14 Net Carbs. 1061 Calories In / 3308 Calories Out. 15,370 total steps and 6.5 total miles for the day 13/13 (250 fitbit steps). I intermittent fasted 20:4

8/18 - 182.0 Keeping it honest here. This is YESTERDAY’S STATS: 260 Net Carbs. 2753 Calories In / 2817 Calories Out. 15,311 total steps. 6.48 total miles for the day, 13/13 (250) fitbit hours. Intermittent Fasted for 20:4

8/19 - 181.6 YESTERDAY’S STATS: 16 Net Carbs. 1224 Calories In / 2779 Calories Out. 12,222 total steps. 5.17 Miles. 13/13 (250) fitbit hours. No specific exercise. Just a hard working day. Diet perfectly on point with no hunger. Intermittent fasted 16:8

8/20 - 181.6 Went on a bingeing rampage! YESTERDAY’S STATS: 215 Net Carbs. 1980 Calories In / 2727 Calories Out. 17,285 total steps. 7.32 total miles. 13/13 (250) fitbit hours. Only fasted about 12

8/21 - 181.2 YESTERDAY’S STATS: 8 Net Carbs. 907 Calories In / 2508 Calories Out. 7,410 total steps. 3.14 Miles. 13/13 (250) fitbit hours. Fasted 16:8. I know it’s wrong but I tried to make up for the binge day by keeping my numbers so low.

8/22 - Out of town on business (no scale) YESTERDAY’S STATS: 11 Net Carbs. 1102 Calories In / 2414 Calories Out. 11,156 total steps. 4.73 total miles. 13/13 (250) fitbit hours. Fasted 16:8.

8/23 - Out of town on business (no scale) YESTERDAY’S STATS: 12 Net Carbs. 1133 Calories In / 2214 Calories Out. 6,740 total steps. 2.85 Miles. 8/13 (250) fitbit hours. Fasted 16:8. Not much movement due to business. But made some pretty good choices and also kept some good standby food in hotel room fridge. Tomorrow, however, will be so very very sad. I know what is in store. I am just going to try to have a positive attitude. Not a failure does one day make.

8/24 - Out of town on business (no scale)

8/25

I'm trying to shift the holiday kilos and then some, to get back to my usual maintenance weight.
This round I'll be focusing on:

• getting my head around restricting calories again
• no snacking except the pre-logged snacks
• no alcohol

Target weight: 62kg
Target loss this round: -1kg

Day/Weight/Comment
8/16 - 66.6kg - good day yesterday, stuck to the plan, drank plenty of water
8/17 - 66.2kg - another good day, routine is kicking back in
8/18 - 66.2kg - all good again yesterday, need to up the water though. Weekend's here, must stick to plan.
8/19 - 66.0kg - social gathering yesterday and said no to all the fingerfood, cake and free wine - woooo!
8/20 - 65.9kg - struggled terribly yesterday, needed all my willpower to stick with it. Feeling positive again now though
8/21 - 65.7kg - slow and steady wins the race, fingers crossed I can keep this rate going
8/22 - 65.5kg - very happy with this
8/23 - 65.2kg - this round is going better than expected, holiday weight is definitely gone, now onto the remainder few kgs...
8/24 - 65.4kg - TOM's arrived to spoil the party, but that's alright. Planning on attacking the bloat with lots of water today
8/25

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: 69.8 - This number does not express the amount I went over my goal yesterday. Even over my maintenance number too. It was all going fine until my partner cooked dinner and I actually ate it all. When he cooks I normally budget more calories than normal, but I know that if he cooks way too much food (which happens occasionally), then I'll leave some for the next day. That didn't happen. Instead I ate all the food, felt really very uncomfortably full afterwards. And then the dessert too. When I wasn't hungry. And it was delicious. Uuuuugh. Tbf we ate late as we were playing with puppies (and burning calories running after them ), so that probably contributed to the over eating, but still. Made sure I spent the rest of the evening tidying and doing more housework so should've burnt some extra calories doing that. Probably not that much of a difference, but still something. Actually got over my steps target yesterday too!

8/24: 69.0 - Well that was unexpected. Sure, yesterday was really good. Not only was I under calories, but I also stopped eating dinner because I was full. Left overs are sitting in a little tub in the fridge, and may become a calorie free snack today (because it's already logged for yesterday). I'd expect the number to rise somewhat tomorrow though. Aside from that, somehow I feel like it was a quite active day, but I'm not sure why. Did some gardening and puppy proofing it (no more gaps in our hedge), little bit of tidying but that's it.

8/25

In for my 3rd. Last round I went off the rails for most of it but started to get it together at the end. This round I'd like to get below 250.

Round 48: SW 257.4 EW 253.8 (-3.6)
Round 49: SW 253.8 EW 257.2 (+3.4)

Day/Weight/Comment
8/16 - 256...did fairly well yesterday, stayed just under calories and had a good amount of water. Only went for one small walk though. I'm not good in heat and it was hot and humid here..my body was feeling extra heavy and tired because of it. I had a huge craving for ice cream before bed but managed to keep myself from having it...yay! Lol
8/17 - 257.2...was not able to keep from having my cravings yesterday. Went quite a bit over in calories and had a lot of salty and sweet. TOM came around though so the cravings make sense. No exercise at all yesterday either, it was just too hot and humid, and my little guy has the flu so it was a lazy day. Back on track again today though.
8/18 - 256...did water fitness in the morning and weight training and cardio at night. Ate all of my calories plus about 1/2 of my exercise ones.
8/19 - 256...bad day yesterday. I've gotten my sons cold and I used it as an excuse to eat everything in sight. I'm starting to feel like a broken record...good day/bad day/good day/bad day. I wanted to be out of the 250's by the end of this round or at least the end of the month but if I keep doing this that will never happen
8/20 - 255...had an okay day. Went over calories but only by a little, less than 100. Didn't get any exercise though. I got dressed to go to the gym last night but was just to tired, went to bed instead.
8/21 - 255
8/22 - 254...no idea why my weight is going down. In the last couple of days my eating has been terrible and I haven't done any exercise. I'll take it, though its probably not real.
8/23 - 255...that seems more realistic
8/24 - 255.8
8/25 -

Round 50
My 15th Round

Female - 30 - 5'2"

Round 45 - SW 153.2 EW 154.0
Round 46 - SW 152.6 EW 150.4
Round 47 - SW 150.4 EW 148.4
Round 48 - SW 148.4 EW 148.8
Round 49 - SW 148.8 EW 148.8

SW - 172 on 1/14/18
CSW - 148.8
CGW - 146.4
UGW - 130

Day/Weight

8/16 - 146.8 - saw this weight last round, will see if it sticks around this time.

8/17 - 146.8

8/18 - 148.0 when I woke up and 146.2 after I decided to go back to bed for a couple hours. Hoping the 146.2 is accurate but I also had a burger and booze last night so I see where 148 comes from. Either way I'm back on track today, Friday is always my relaxed evening when it comes to food and drinks because it's usually date night for me and my husband.

8/19 - 148.2 - I guess my body isn't ready to be rid of this number yet. I've lost pretty consistently since January though so being stuck here for a bit is ok.

8/20 - 149.0 - ok with being stuck but not gaining, so very frustrated. Kids start school tomorrow so things should be getting back on a pretty set schedule and I am definitely needing the consistency it'll bring.

8/21 148.0 - my weigh ins have moved to an hour earlier than I have been now that school has started and I have to get my son up early. Was completely expecting an increase and was going to be perfectly fine with it as I took the day off from work to spend a day out with my kids before the 1st day of school. It included pizza buffet and popcorn at the movies so still might see the increase tomorrow but going to eat as healthy as possible today and hope it doesn't jump again.

8/22 - 148.0 - Had a lunch picnic at my sons school for his 1st day, ate a hot dog and then filled up on fruit and veggies instead of the tons of chips that were there and brought my cookie home for my daughter. Hoping to see a drop before the end of this round.

8/23 - 148.0

8/24 - 148.2 - chips and salsa I cannot resist

8/25

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 : 162 - YES ! My pattern repeats - LOL !
8/24 : 162
8/25:

*Non-digital scales*
8/16 72kg - almost within cals yesterday, walked 12k steps, but no other exercise. Skipped my run this morning as I needed the extra hour in bed after a bad night. Work takes priority this week before holidays
8/17 - 71 whoosh! It could be 70.5, but I don't want to get overly excited yet. Within cals yesterday, walked 11k steps and went for a short run this morning, only 20mins as per my 5-10k plan.
I had been planning to only eat back half my exercise cals back, but I struggle with that.
8/18 71kg despite some self sabotaging emotional eating yesterday. I ended up not logging.
Today is a travel day, only a short flight, but the whole trip still takes about 5hours and then sister's birthday party
8/19 holiday back home til 26th - 72kg on parent's digital scale. I'm not going to log food this week and just be mindful where possible. I will over eat, I know that and that's ok. I really want this holiday to be not stressful - logging unknown / never-logged / homemade foods would stress me.
I had a lovely time last night with lots of snacks and some drinks, but managed to go for my run today and will make more of an effort to get my 10k steps in. Moving to earn more cals is my strategy while here.
8/20 .. 72kg, weighed after breakfast, had wine and lots of snacks last night and already many baked goods today.
8/21 .. 72kg, i was starting to wonder if something is wrong with these scales, every time i step on them they show 72. I've not been logging and haven't moved much. But I found another scale in the house and it showed the same. I'm off for my run now, so will get more steps in today.
8/22 ..no scales
8/23 .. no scales. did my run on 21st plus boxing class in the eve. But didn't manage to hit my step goal, then had a carby dinner and wine. 22nd was spa day with my friend, had a lovely massage and then walked around the city with stops for ice cream&prosecco. Also had a big dinner, should have scales again on Friday, but today is another birthday and then dinner plans with more friends.
8/24 .. 73.1kg before breakfast, 72.4 after run. Also last day of having a digital scale at my parent's. Going to a gig tonight, so maybe counter the booze calories by dancing them off won't have a scale tomorrow, so this is where the round ends for me. Not as bad as expected, let's see what the aftermath of this week will be...

Love this thread, all the support and witnessing everyone's journey! See you in Round 51

Round 49- Ending weight 221.0
Overall Goal weight 195
Round 50- Goal weight 218.0
Day/Weight/Comment
8/16- 221.0- OMAD yesterday
8/17- 219.8- Strict OMAD yesterday, was full before I could finish my meal, workout in AM, walked at lunch
8/18- 220- Strict OMAD yesterday
8/19- 222- I stayed up late last night getting ready for my daughters Sweet 16 today, and ended up eating again about midnight. I am shocked at what 1 day of not intermittent fasting did.
8/20-220.4- Strict OMAD yesterday, back on track but amazed at what one day of not intermittent fasting did yesterday
8/21- 219.4- Strict OMAD yesterday, workout today
8/22- 219.8- Strict OMAD yesterday, I thought I actually ate less, but the scale tells a different story…
8/23- 220.0- Strict OMAD, big dessert with it. Oh well
8/24- 219.8- fasted until dinner, but had a snack about 10 PM, worked out today.
8/25

OW: 195.9
Round 1: 2.6 lbs lost
Round 2: 2.2 lbs lost so far


SW: 201.8
GW: 170

Round 50
8/16 - 193.3
8/17 - 192.1
8/18 - DNW
8/19 - DNW
8/20 - 192.7
8/21 - 191.1
8/22 - 192.6
8/23 - 193.1
8/24
8/25