Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 51

Good Morning! This is my 2nd full round. My goals: complete the round at a lower number. Preferably at the 162's.

Round 50 results SW 163.6 EW 163.8 (+.2)

SW 163.8
8/26 163.2 My lowest in awhile hit 3 times in the last few weeks.
8/27 163.2 I would love to stay here. But I have 2 social occasions evolved around food/sweets.
8/28 164.0 I gotta stop this up momentum .. tomorrow is going to be worse. *Time to take charge!
8/29 164.2 Yikes.
8/30 164.8
8/31 165 I am updating for the last few days. To many calories. Glad to see a new month rolling over. I need a freshstart!
9/01 165 guessing
9/02 165 Company is gone .. and fridge is cleaned out mostly. It all started with cheesecake almost a week ago.
9/03 165
9/04 164 It's not my original goal.. but it's ok.

R38 SW 212.6 GW 210 EW 207.4 (-5.2)
R39 SW 207.4 GW 206 EW 206.2 (-1.2)
R40 SW 206.2 GW 204.6 EW 203.0 (-3.2)
R41 SW 203.0 GW 202.5 EW 200.4 (-2.6)
R42 SW 200.4 GW 199.9 EW 199.0 (-1.4)
R43 SW 199.0 GW 199.0 EW 197.6 (-1.4)
R44 SW 197.6 GW 196.5 EW 196.6 (-1.0)
R45 SW 196.6 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.4)
R46 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.0)
R47 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 192.0 (-4.2)
R48 SW 192.0 GW 190.6 EW 191.2 (-0.8)
R49 SW 191.2 GW 190.0 EW 189.5 (-1.7)
R50 SW 189.5 GW 188.0 EW 185.5 (-4.0)
R51 SW 185.5 GW 184.0
Total Lost to Date: 27.1
Daily Goals: Smarter choices, that I still enjoy
Long Term Goals: A healthy lifestyle I can maintain
Short Term GW: 199.9 by 6/2
Short term GW2: 182.6 by 11/1
UGW: 155ish - by April 2019

Hmm - I somehow messed up my days last round. No surprises there as I have very little routine right now and all my days are bleeding together! Whoops.

8/26 - Sunday - 185.5*

8/27 - Monday - 186.5* - So much salt the past few days. And so much moving. Got the table done, last heavy thing is the grill. Which is HEAVY. Landlord gave us the extra weekend to move/clean, yay! Still on an emotional roller coaster with the house - change is really hard for me. My dad reminded me that I cried when he painted the house, and also cried when they got rid of a 20 year old couch. So yeah, even good change is hard for me. But I'm learning not to hold to tightly to my feelings - the feelings come and go a little easier these days - I know its okay to feel scared of change, but I have to let it go and feel excited too! Applying these ideas to my weight loss journey too.

8/28 - Tuesday - 185.5* - More pizza and salt last night. Pretty wild day at work so I did not eat much, then basically binged when we finally ate. Need to avoid too skewed of eating and find a happy balance again. I need to start eating my breakfast protein shake again - not getting enough protein in general. And I find when I skip it I'm more likely to put off eating until I'm ravenous and it does not end well. Reminding myself in ALL aspects of my life that simply trying is the first and biggest hurdle for me. I've been stuck in a fixed mindset, that if I try something and fail, I'm somehow less smart because I did not succeed. But I'm moving towards a growth mindset - that trying and failing does not take anything away from me, it only gives me an opportunity to learn and grow from it - so keep trying!!!

8/29 - Wednesday - 185.5* - Still using new house scale. Still hovering around this weight. Mom helped me clean the apartment yesterday. Moms are the best. Packed, loaded and unloaded 2 cars worth of boxes. We worked hard and it was so hot! Moes for dinner - ate half my quesadilla and felt full! Another scorcher today. Will probably unpack some boxes tonight, and finish final moving tasks on Saturday; final dump run, scrapper to pick up washing machine etc, AAA to tow car, and move the grill and garden. Trying to be gentle and kind to myself as we adjust and find our new normal.

8/30 - Thursday - 185.0* - A ridiculous day at work had me hardly eating again. Took my PM meds and ended up light headed and woozy. Not enough water, not enough food, not enough energy to cook, not enough AC in the world to keep our house cool. So we went to the grocery store and grabbed a cheeseburger plate from the market for $3 and 750 calories its my new "I need to eat dinner that's not take out but want take out" meal! Emptied two boxes and set up basement game room so we watched a movie down there where it was cool and didnt do much else. I know I need to drink lots of water and eat an adequate amount so I can finish this move strong. Definitely starting to burn out so I need to be mindful and work with my body, not against it.

8/31 - Friday - 184.0* - I seent it! Now to make it stay for this round. Tuna sandwich for lunch yesterday hit the spot - going to have that more. Dog park and quick sausage sandwich for dinner last night. Unpacked a few boxes. I put on a pair of khakis this morning that I havent worn in about 2 weeks and they are HUGE! So even though the scale has been pretty stagnant I feel very little! Also puts me about 1.5 lbs away from 30 lbs lost! The move has actually put me a little ahead of schedule so far and I'm being careful to remain at a healthy rate of loss, not so fast that I lose muscle. Final push to finsish apartment tonight and tomorrow - feels like such a neverending saga but theres a light now!

9/01 - Saturday - 185.0* - September, wow! Moved all day long. Heavy outdoor equip and all garden stuff. Mom helped. Long day. Takeout chinese last night and takeout Italian tonight. Back for more moving in am. Then need to get to grocery store tomorrow as well. Got the grill up finally dinners should feel more normal again on really hot days. Settling in!!

9/02 - Sunday - 185.5* - moved more appliances, crashed hard in the afternoon
Quick power nap and grocery store trip. A few hours at the lake this evening. Ate burgers and smores. Havent logged anything this weekend but going to back and log it when I'm not falling asleep. My scale is somewhwre here in a box...will try to find that tomorrow.

9/03 - Monday - 184.0* - Stayed up late watching a movie last night. Slept in. Slow easy morning, off for the holiday. Then we started yard work and more moving. Worked so hard for about 5 hours. Mowed the lawn myself! My first time mowing my own lawn!!! Oddly zen and satisfying. Moved more heavy furniture into place. DH treated roofs and weeded - the yard looks amazing! I made a quick dinner and BIL and MIL came over. Had a fire and smores! Too hot to sleep in bedroom so we passed out downstairs on the couch. Went up to bed around 2am and the dog was woofing all night. Poor city dog is not used to the country. None of slept that great, done with this humidity!!!

9/04 - Tuesday - 185.5* - This scale sucks. Will find mine tonight (I know I keep saying that...)! It's probably water weight from all the heavy lifting and landscaping? But I got on the scale again fully clothed shoes and all and it still said 185.5 so I'm like ehhhh. Not really sweating it though, last round was a crazy loss and I don't want to do it too fast! I'm feeling super strong and my clothes are all wicked loose. Really hoping to hold out for a new wardrobe until spring, but we will see...some of my clothes are so baggy I forget that I'm actually smaller underneath them. So I will consider buying a few staple pieces that fit properly to keep up with the weight loss mentally.

Day/Weight/Comment
8/26 / 246.6 /
8/27 / 246.6 /
8/28 / 246.6 / Ugh.
8/29 / Forgot to weigh.
8/30 / 245.6 /
8/31 / 244.0 /
9/01 / 243.6 / I am so happy about this round. I know enough now to understand that a caloric deficit will win out in the end.
9/02 / 245.0 / This was at 3 am, when I got up to take friends to the airport. I have noticed a lack of sleep correlation.
9/03 / 244.6 / Went to the Scottish Games yesterday, fun time, but not enough water by a long shot.
9/04 / 244.2 / Ready for a new round.

-68.1 lbs in 977 days, ONLY 23 days until my 1,000th day!
(1 lb every 14.5 days on avg)_
-44.8 since Sept 27, 2017 (334 days)
(1 lb every 7.7 days on avg.)

* Health!!! Focus on health!
* * Micro changes in habits each week create magic!
* Daily exercise - even a mild stroll- makes a big difference...
** When you most feel like giving up, and you keep going, that’s when the scale really drops!
*** I had given up on dieting, and had forgotten completely how good it feels to be lighter.
****Everything is easier and pain free. A miracle.
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Round 34 to Round 50 from 179 to 161 lbs
-18 lbs in 17 Rounds!

My 18th Round!!!
Round 51:
SW 160.8 BMI: 24.1 Trend wt: 160.5 Loss/wk: 1.0
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You. Will. Be. Healthier. Than. You. Ever. Thought. Possible.
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8/26 161 Trend: 160.6 Loss/wk: 1.0
8/27 160.2 BMI: 24.0 Trend: 160.4 Loss/wk: 1.0
8/28 161 BMI 24.1 Trend 160.5, Loss/wk 1.0
8/29 159.8 BMI: 23.9!!!!! HIT the 23’s for FIRST TIME!!Trend 160.2 Loss/wk 1.0
This is a Huge day for me.
I don’t think I’ve been in 150’s since I dieted in 9th grade. I finally look like I felt inside all this time. Just a few more pounds, not there yet, but mid-torso is slimming & toning, almost there!!
8/30 159.4 BMI: 23.9 Trend:159.9 Loss/wk: 1.1
8/31159.8 Trend: 159.7 Loss/wk: 1.1

9/1 160.6 Trend: 159.9 Loss/wk: 1.0
Hubby didn’t have lunch, and started talking about eating out. So we went, I ate under maintenance after a 3.6 mile hike. Water retention this morning from salt & heavy exercise. All will be fine

I noted that I didn’t feel well at bedtime, nor this morning: feeling tired, slight headache. I’ll just watch him eat next time

Reaffirms my goal of 155-158, so I never hit 160!/ again

9/2 161 BMI:24.1 Trend:160.1 Loss/wk: 0.9 lb I’m doing what I should be. I’ll tighten up on Tuesday, if needed.

9/3161 Trend wt: 160.4 Loss/wk: 0.8
Not worried. Exercising like a fiend, so retaining water.

9/4 160.2 Trend wt 160.3 Loss/wk 0.8
Happy with -0.6 Loss I know it will come down more over next few days!
R51 GW: 160.5 ✅

Goals:
1. Average step goal for August > 8,300
Status: 10,834 avg. steps per day in AUGUST ✅✅✅✅✅
I’m so pleased with this!!! When I joined MFP I didn’t see how people could do this!!

Goal for September > 8,500
Sep 1: 16,658, 5.0 miles, elev: 1,000’
Sep 2 11,458
Sept 3 20,845 5.37 Miles elev 500’

2. Goal for September:
10-day trend decreasing, maintaining, or not going up > .2
2/3

3. Lengthen BMI Streak < = 24.1
Longest streak so far: 35 days!

Next Mini-Goals: Get BMI to 24.0; weigh 160.5 by my 1,000th day (Sept 27)
159.8 Aug 29✅
Sep 1 160.6
Sep 2 & 3161
160.2 Sep 4✅

Next Mini-Goal: Enter the 150’s, ideally by Sept 27. DID THIS. Aug 29.
160.6 Sep 1 restaurant, temporary
161 Sep 2 heavy exercise, rest. Leftovers
I will get back to 150’s soon. Building muscle
161 Sep 3 > 20,000 steps
160.2 Almost back to 150’s!! On to around 52!!!! I’m excited!! Ready to put a 10-day “push” on!!

Next Mini-Goals: I am going to shoot for 159.1 (BMI 23.8)
158.5 (BMI 23.7)
158.3 (-70lbs) by Sept 27
157.8 (BMI 23.6)
157.1 (BMI 23.5)
155 by 1/1/19

8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30- 204
8/31- 203 : yesterday was probably just inaccurate- I definitely ate too much junk. I have a habit of being good with my meals then suddenly starving after 7pm and then having sweets and peanut butter 😫. I just have to eat more protein during meals to sustain my hunger because of breastfeeding. Eating sweets is not satisfying to anything other than my sweet tooth 😏
9/01- 202.5 (scale only goes by .5 intervals)- I watched my sugar and fat intake..definitely didn’t think it was enough for improvement.
9/02 - back to 203 which is no surprise after a very late night Oreo McFlurry 🧐 must remind myself that these things aren’t worth the money or the calories!
9/03 -forgot
9/04 - 202.5 which I’m happy about considering the types of food I’ve been eating these last two days with the holiday. On to the next round!

My challenge is to lose weight every second round.

Starting weight 92 kg, Jan 17, 2017
Goal weight 66 kg, ideally before July 2020

Day/Weight/Carbs/kilojoules/Food cost NZ$/Comment

Previous round averages
Round 50 87.9 kg, 7122 kJ, 17.31

Sun 88.4 kg, 10689 kJ, 25.10
Mon no scale, 10500 kJ, 30.00
Tue no scale, 6528 kJ, 5.90
Wed 87.9 kg, 6325 kJ, 16.40
Thu 88.7 kg, 8955 kJ, 25.80
Fri no scale, 10911 kJ, 23.80
Sat no scale, 8437 kJ, 25.70
Sun no scale, 8102 kJ, 22.70
Mon 89.0, 10113 kJ, 27.90
Tue 88.3, 11323 kJ, 24.30

Round 5 for me
SW:215lbs
UGW: 140lbs
Aims for this round - to exercise at least 5 out of the 10 days and to lose at least another 2lbs. My new mini goal is190lbs but I don't intend to lose it quickly as I'd rather lose it slowly so it stays off. So I'll aim for 195-194 for this round.
Good luck everyone

8/26 197.7- 1lb up from yesterday - not making the right choices with food. I used to keep a food diary and think I need to go back to this to see where I'm going wrong. No workout / lazy day.
8/27 198- 0.3 up on yesterday's weight... hopefully I'll start to go down now, as this usually the pattern ( I hope)
8/28 198- no change - better than going up!! Planning to go swimming tomorrow, as I say need to start moving and by telling my daughter she will nag me until we go.
8/29 198- again no change- went swimming, which was great..planning to do a dancing routine ( not sure which one yet).. trying to find an exercise that I enjoy and will fit in with work when I start back next week, so I can kick this number out the window. Used the MFP diary today.
8/30 196lbs - down 2lbs - I think that I wasn't eating enough and my body was holding onto fat as it thought it was staving ( I wasn't hungry). I've come to this conclusion because I ate more yesterday and the weight has started to drop again. I also upped my level of water to 3.5 litres and exercised. I will continue to track my meals and see what happens today. I'm not expecting another drop tomorrow, but I'm hoping to maintain this weight (that would be good).
8/31 195.2 lbs - so pleased to see my target weight for this round. It's my son's 17th birthday today, so we're going out to one of our favourite restaurants. It is a buffet style, so I'm sure that will trial to eat well. I do intend to enjoy the evening as my son is going away next year and I won't be with him for his 18th. I'll have to work off the extra pounds that I gain over the next few days... just hope that is not too many.
9/01 197lbs - I knew it was going to happen- I didn't eat as much as I would usually eat at the buffet, but I know that when other people make the food they would add more salt than I would usually have (I don't add salt in my cooking, due to a high blood pressure)- did drink loads of water yesterday ... but didn't drink enough today. Hoping the pounds will start to shift in the next few days.
9/02 197lbs - better than going up - still not enough water today, but more than yesterday
9/03 197.5lbs - spoke too soon - back to work today, so weighed in much earlier than I have been doing during the holidays ... finally started a dance routine, now to stick to it .. water levels back up
9/04 196.5- hoping that this is the start of another great loss for the next round - especially as my water is up ..my activity and exercise are also up ... see you in the next round and thank you all for your support :-)

I'm in for round 51, time to stay focused … ONEDERLAND awaits!

HSW : 257.8 lbs
CSW : 237.8 lbs (15 Jan, 2018) Round 51 GOALS:
1) To get back to 202.x - 203.x ✅
2) To drink 3+ litres a day - need to be better ✅
3) To try to eat as clean as possible every day ✅
4) To increase steps during my work week ✅
5) To be AF at least 5 days a week. ✅


Day/Weight/Comment

R51 SW: 204.2 lbs

26/08: 205.2 lbs … ate out last night (logged all, stayed under) so keen to move down tomorrow.
27/08: 207.8 lbs
28/08: 208.8 lbs …. ?? What ??
29/08: 206.6 lbs … creeping back down
30/08: 205.0 lbs … okay better but looking for a loss haha … ended last round on 204.2 lbs
31/08: 204.2 lbs … YAY!! Back to starting weight
01/09: 203.4 lbs …
02/09: 204.0 lbs … YES!
03/09: 204.2 lbs … happy with this but hoping to reach my goal tomorrow though
04/09: 203.4 *goal: 203.x* ✅

R51 EW: 203.4 lbs … not a massive loss this round, but I am happy. I feel onederland coming!

This is a long term thing, a few bad days or weeks is something I'm getting better at coping with.

bmaison2014

Round 1
MFP Starting weight Jan 2014: 225 lb

8/26

8/27: 204.6. My start date. Off to a good start. 1 hour of exercise, 5 servings of fruits/veggies, 60 oz of water, and under my calorie goal.

8/28: 203.8. I got lots of walking in today and my legs are still sore from yesterday. I didn't drink as much water today and had popcorn and chicken fried steak so I'll probably see an increase in weight when I weigh again tomorrow morning. I was under my calories for today though. I completed my food log at the beginning of the day and substituted foods if I was craving something else.

8/29: 202.2. Another pleasant surprise this morning. My legs are still sore so today I used the stationary bike and did upper body strength training. Under calorie goal again. Tomorrow I probably won't have time to exercise so I really need to watch my calorie intake.

8/30: 202.2. No change. Goal for the day is drink water, stay under calorie goal, and try to exercise a little while even though it's a busy day.

8/31: 204.0. I felt stressed most of the day yesterday. I probably ate more calories than I thought I did. Didn't drink as much water. I didn't exercise. Had 1 beer. Time to get back on track today.

9/01: 202.0. Stay strong this weekend. Don't over do it.

9/02: 202.8. Too many sweets yesterday. Went grocery shopping yesterday and am able to plan meals and snacks to stay with calorie goal.

9/03: 203.8. Went and exercised first thing this morning to make sure it got done.

9/04: 206.4. I forgot to weigh myself first thing this morning like I normally do. Ah well, better luck next round.

The past 10 days have been interesting and a learning experience. Any little thing messes with my weight so I've got to take care of myself every single day.