Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 52

tiabirdie56 wrote: »

@deepwoodslady, You're welcome.

@MadisonMolly2017, Congrats on your new low weight!

@AJB1014, {{{hugs}}} You've come too far to talk like this. The stress of your move, the physical exertion, first the joy and then the thought of I own a house now, on the job stress, etc., etc. etc. It's a lot. If you are hungry, eat well, up to your maintenance calories, limit bread carbs. You may only need to increase food intake for a few days. Limiting calories is a physical stressor also and will work against you at times like these. I'm going through my own stress right now. Just reading about someone else's stress, stresses me out or makes it worse. Some days I just give in to higher calories, as long as I'm eating well. I feel much better for doing it. Pretty soon things will settle down and so will you and I. Nuts, nut butters and plenty of vegetables help me to cope. Walking too, without distractions, just being in the moment.

Here is a link to some stress managing foods:

https://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow-diet-for-stress-management

Thank you @tiabirdie56 & such great advice to AJB1014!!! I’ve been truly hungry the past couple of weeks after having very little issues with hunger for a couple of years. I have also slight headaches when normally I never have headaches.

So I also decided to eat a little more up to maintenance and give myself a bit of a break. I think I forgot my “it’s not a race” and joined some challenges that encouraged me to have more of a deficit & to lose faster ... and that backfired. In the long run for me, I do much better with a very gradual, slow, chill process. So I learned my lesson LOL

Hugs!

SW - 253
CW - 248.5
CG - 242
GW - 180

I've lost 10. I can't be happier. This week has been nothing but stress and challenged eating. I feel like I ran a gauntlet this week. My deadline at work was today. I struggled with stress eating or I wouldn't have stuck at 245 for three days. Today I can finally relax so I'm having a beer and expect to be up a little tomorrow. I'm already thinking about round 53.

Day/Weight

9/05 - 248.5
9/06 - 246
9/07 - 245
9/08 - 244.5
9/09 - 245
9/10 - 245
9/11 - 245
9/12 - 243.5
9/13 - 242.5
9/14

Day/Weight/Comment


9/05-Not a good day, my grandson missed his first day of SK, he went to get checked out at the hospital.
9/06- Need today and tomorrow to be there for family.
9/07-My daughters family just got back from Cuba on Saturday, parents were sick in the middle of their trip and now grandchildren are super sick - one is 5 years old didn't make it to school this week high fever, cannot eat for three days, sleeping went to the hospital already and today is sister 8 yrs. old started headache and fever. It was a new resort I said pay the extra the food is suppose to be really good. Hope they get better soon !
9/08- Today my steps were back up, planned my meals for next week, today my grandson was totally fine, now is sister has it high fever and headache. Hopefully I can fight it off.
9/09- Let`s hope for a good week, my focus eating healthy and exercise .
9/10- Busy Monday, grandchildren still sick, now they both have a cough, I will see how I make out after radiation last month, I don't think I have time for germs because I run so much for them. But I don't mind.
9/11---This week it is my grand - daughter sick. Fever for 5 days, not eating, headache.
9/12-- It is hard to get back on track until she is better.
9/13--- trying to get my steps back up. Eating is getting back to normal before radiation.
9/14

This is my first challenge! Excited to see all the posts/ideas.

Goals:
1) drink at least 10 cups of water
2) take a daily multivitamin
3) 10,000 steps
4) slowly increase activity

Mindset: I want to lose 50 pounds total, but since every big goal needs smaller goals, I'm going to try to think of it as losing 5 pounds 10 times. So I'm going to think in 5 lb increments and my goal will be to get to my next benchmark goal each time.

SW: 190.3

Day/Weight/Comment
9/05 - 190.3 - well I just thought how yummy the baby carrots were that I just ate! On my way to adjusting my food thinking!
9/06 - 189.6 - did some reps with my hand weights yesterday and 45 min on elliptical. Slowly but surely...oh and also, I just ate homemade soup for dinner and I'm still hungry!!!
9/07 - 189.3 - about 30 min on the elliptical today - negatives - cheated with a few boneless wings...sigh; positives - good water intake, vitamins
9/08 - 188.9 - had lots of activity today - over 15,000 steps woohoo! Brought snacks with me, but treated myself for dinner to my favorite sorta cheat meal - sloppy joes with 90% lean ground beef, healthy life whole wheat buns, corn on the cob and baked beans; fair water intake - could have done better...
9/09 - 188.2 - did a 30 min circuit training workout this evening - I know I will feel it tomorrow! Still struggling to get all my water intake in...feeling hungry - workouts always do this to me...
9/10 - 188.2 (no change) - a little sore today from my circuit training workout yesterday, but not too bad because I started slow with a 30 min workout and modified most moves. Cut my grass for over an hour today and am going to try to do a longer workout tomorrow...
9/11 - 187.7 - yay!!! some progress! funny how seeing a few results can spur you on - worked out 60 min today, but I did eat back some of my exercise calories b/c I was sooooo hungry. Haven't figured out how to suppress post workout hunger even though I'm eating protein within the right window after.
9/12 - 187.2 - slowly but surely! - did 45 min of Leslie Sansone walking videos - didn't quite get my 10 cups of water...I have to figure out how to get more water intake earlier in the day
9/13 - 186.3 - been working really hard at this sooooo 4 pounds down since start of challenge!!! I just restarted my weight loss efforts so this challenge has been the perfect boost!
9/14

8th round, woooho!
9/05 - 172.6 Same as yesterday Heading off to the gym now. Hope everyone has a great day

9/06 173.0 (+0.4) This "gain" is because I had to eat before weighing in (which I normally don't do). My boyfriend had to wake me up and literally feed me because my blood sugar was so low. Have to be super careful with my insulin dosages since I've lost so much weight. This is the first time this has happened

9/07 172.6 (-0.4) I’m happy as long as there isn’t a huge gain this round. I’ve been blessed with two awesome rounds in a row, so I’ll be happy with whatever Had an amazing workout today, so I’m hoping that it shows on the scale tomorrow 👊🏻

9/08 172.8 (+0.2) Ok, so it didn't show I ate well under my calories and I never eat back exercise calories. This will turn soon, just have to be a bit patient and stop second guessing myself

9/09 172.6 (-0.2) Hahah, weight loss is weird. Yesterday was awesome. Saw some friends I hadn't seen in a long while and we had a great time. Stayed under my calorie goal, but could have done better on the carb intake.

9/10

9/11 172.1 (-0.5) Oh no, I forgot to report in yesterday 😱 My weight was 172.6 yesterday though. Just came home from the gym and my glutes are basically on fire. Cut back on the carb intake yesterday and it’s already making me lose weight.. Going to continue on a low/moderate carb intake, but it’s easy to slide out of it because carbs taste amazing 😂

9/12 171.7 (-0.4) There we go! Almost done with 170 Can't wait to see 160 on the scale. Taking a day off exercising today, but I'll track everything and stay under calories

9/13 171.3 (-0.4) Nice! Very motivating to see that the the scale goes down when I reel in a bit on the carbs again. Everything between 30-70g carbs is alright it seems. I’m really getting to know my body in so many different ways now.

9/14 171.3 (-) Aight! Not exactly my round, but as long as I’m losing I’m happy. Didn’t reach my challenge goal weight, but I’ll get there next round. Total loss of -1.3lbs this round 😃 Good job everyone, see you next round.

Info:


Day/Weight/Comment
9/05: 68.6 - That random fluctuation has come back down to normal levels
9/06: 68.4 - Keep dropping down. MFP has just told me that I've lost over 50% of my goal. That's pretty big to me. Been having a really tough time with the puppy the last few days, feeling tired, feeling hungry, feeling lazy. Had a glass of wine last night (really not very good wine, won't be buying that one again) but still kept within my range (all be it right at the top of it). Did a lot more standing and walking and heavy lifting yesterday than normal, so probably fine.
9/07: 68.0 - I do not deserve that. Yesterday wasn't a good day at all. Over all goals. Free breakfast at work (sausages sandwiches) so ate too much then. Saved some for lunch and so had that in addition to my actual lunch. Then I ate dinner even though I wasn't at all hungry. And had some wine. Sigh. Not good for the calories, but I'll get back on it today. The drop on the scales is definitely not fair on myself
9/08: 68.4 - Didn't get out the house, but the puppy had loads of energy yesterday so lots of running around in the garden and plenty of wandering about. Ate massively over my goals. My partner turned up with one of those cook yourself takeaway boxes, which did make logging the calories easy. But also made me realise quite how calorific those are. Half a box (one portion) was over my daily calorie allowance! However, I had a smaller naan and less rice and didn't eat all of the food there, so I've almost certainly over logged for it. Still.
9/09: 68.3 - Good day yesterday. Very busy with Judo, petting dogs and seeing family. Ate at my parents so wasn't in control of my meals. However, made a contentious effort to not overeat when given the option and had a small slices of cake instead of a large slices. And thanks to all that exercise I've ended up in the green anyway.
9/10: 67.8 - Lazy, lazy day. Spent most of it on the sofa trying to motivate myself to do something. And the rest running around after the puppy. Ate well though. Actually kept under my calorie goal, something that was slightly surprising to me as I didn't leave myself very much after breakfast and lunch. Luckily dinner turned out to be lower in calories than I thought it would be, and I even sneaked in a mini milk to my goals. Also: What? 67.x! This soon? I'm not complaining at all, but suddenly I seem to be finding this much easier. Definitely surprising considering I'm not continuously training as much as I used to.
9/11: 68.3 - So I was all ready to go on about how I completely blew my goal yesterday because I was just so darn hungry and I ate all the things. And then I actually go about inputting all my data and...well actually I'm under maintenance. So it's a win. And I realised that I ate basically no carbs in the evening, which might explaining why I was quite so hungry and why my calories weren't as bad as I thought they would be. It was because I didn't actually eat very many calories (shocking that!). Also doesn't help that shark week has just begun and I think I'm coming down with some sort of illness.
9/12: 68.5 - Mentally a crappy day yesterday, I won't be sharing, but I emotionally ate and ate and ate. Worked out a little over maintenance, not including the glass of wine. I would vow to do better today, but honestly I'm feeling equally as bad today, so if I manage maintenance today I think I will be happy.
9/13: 68.4 - I'm definitely seeing the difference having good food in the house makes. Right now, we don't have anything in the house, and boy oh boy does it make me make poor decisions. Aside from meaning I go out and eat from the canteen at lunch, dinner gets a super blank look, and something easy and not very tasty. The good news is that tomorrow I will be going out to do a big shop, so finally I can actually have some vegetables and fruit. In the mean time, I'm finding it very hard to stick to the goal. Over goals again yesterday worked out as about maintenance.

9/14: Forgot to weight myself - First day of puppy training yesterday! Which meant we didn't have time to eat properly and ended up eating a KFC. However, it's been logged, and tbh I was surprised at how few calories there were in it, I was preparing myself to be well over. If I was maintaining it would've been easy to fit into my allowance. And even with that I still stayed under my maintenance calories, so I'm counting it as a win.


Round summery:

Gosh it has been hard. Sensible choices do not seem to have been on my list of things to do this round. However, something I've not been mentioning as we go is that although I have been training 1.5 hours less a week for the last 3 weeks (and that is an intense session) I have kept my TDEE average almost exactly the same, if not slightly higher. Okay I know 100% why that is. It's because I have a puppy now who means I don't just sit on my sofa or in front of a computer all evening. Next week he'll be able to go out on walks and I'm expecting my output to go up. And soon I hope to be able to go back to training on Monday nights, so I'll get that 1.5 hours of intense exercise back. However, for next round I would be hoping to see that change in output to be reflected in my weight loss (finger crossed)

Leroyoliver

Back after a long absence....
SW 159.8
GW 145

Day/Weight/Comment
9/05 158.7 right direction, I’ll take it
9/06 157 - nice!
9/07 156.7 - only eating when hungry 😋
9/08 151.6 I know it’s not real weight but it’s great to see!
9/09 157.8 that’s more realistic
9/10 158.2 lots of jumping around, but still down from start. I’ll take it.
9/11 - 157.2 kickboxing last night!
9/12 - 157.8 - down 2 from start
9/13 - 158.2 - 1.6 loss 😁
9/15 - 157.4 - 2.4 loss from day days ago. 12 lbs to go!

Age: 30
Height: 5’1”
Location: East Texas
Original SW (Jan. 2018): 195.6 lbs
Disclaimer: Recovering from heart surgery so my exercise is simply counting my steps with Pacer app (it calculates your steps into miles)

Give Me 10 Days Round: 2
Give Me 10 Days Stats:

Round 51: SW: 182.6 lbs EW: 182.2 lbs (-0.4 lbs)
Round 52: SW: 182.2 lbs GW: 178.0 lbs (-4.2 lbs)

Let’s hit it!!!!!

Day/Weight/Comment
9/05 - 181.8 - Woop! Woop! Already coming down!!!!
Today’s Goals:
• Water, Water, Water!
• Up and moving (make those steps count!!)
• Do NOT wear myself out at work!!! Take a half day to let my body continue to heal!
• Watch what I eat all day! Limit my snacking/vending machine visits!
9/06 - 182.8 - I have got to stop giving into temptations 🙄😞
9/07 - 182.6 - coming down! I did go down a size!!!! Back in my 16s
9/08 - 183.4 - Please make it stop! I am getting further and further away from this round’s goal!
9/09 - 183.2 - I guess I hit a plateau and need to add in more exercise.
9/10 - 184.0 - I am so over this up and down, and continuing to rise. I want to give up!
9/11 - 183.2 - Better today; but I am not getting my hopes up
9/12 - 182.0 - praying I keep this going down! I may not hit my goal weight this round, but I don’t want to be bigger than my end weight from the previous round.
9/13 - 181.8 - Good to see an even smaller number!
9/14 - 181.8 - Not my goal weight for this round, but I am happy to see I came down from earlier and that I at least maintained my weight loss from the previous round!!!

SW: 255, Aug 2014
Ht: 5’7”
CW: 159
GW: 135

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 - No loss
Round 51 - No loss

Round 52
9/05 : 162
9/06 : 162
9/07 : 162
9/08 : 162 no access to scale - but I’m sure I’m still 162
9/09 : 162 ditto above
9/10 : 162 ditto above
9/11 : 161 A new low ! Only a pound - but it’s a solid pound - LOL !
9/12 : 159 A new low ! Yay ! 150’s !!! and, NORMAL BMI !
9/13 : 159
9/14: 159

I'm in!
First time in 10 day challenge.

Day/Weight/Comment
9/05 - 174
9/06 - 174 - started Dr. Poon diet today Phase 1 (high protein, low fat, no carb and no fruit for 1st phase)
9/07 - 172 - Day 1 stayed on plan!
9/08 - 171 - Day 2 stayed on plan!
9/09 - 170 - Day 3 stayed on plan but ate more protein than previous two days
9/10-169.4 - Day 4 YEAH hello 160's it has been a loooonnnngggg time. Only 3 more days until weigh in. Stay
the course
9/11-168.6 - Day 5 - good grief it is still working!!! Not even hungry! No cravings! Good grief this is amazing. Now Phase 1 is really restrictive. No bread, sugar, root vegetables, tomatoes or fruit and aside from a bite of beet, tomato and watermelon that I made by mistake (prepping dinner zoneout) I have stayed faithful to the plan. I am stunned. I am thrilled!!!!! Down 5.4 lbs so far!
9/12 -167.4 - Day 6 - no really, 167.4! Down 6.6 lbs!
9/13 -167.2 - Day 7 - well there it is. I strayed and weight numbers show it. Ate more sugar than I have all week - watermelon and tomato. Now I know. Still, down 6.8 lbs!

9/14 -166.2 - Day 8 on Poon Diet. TOTAL LOST 7.8 lbs! Eating 1000-1200 calories per day and not hungry! Eating "protein 'n greens", lots of greens and protein and it is working. Weighed in yesterday and lost 8 lbs officially! Next week - proteins 'n greens for 1 more week of Phase 1.