JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 53

ElleEm72 · September 2018

I’m back in and a little late to this round! Been a rough few months and have gained back what I had lost. Had surgery and have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Knowing how the thyroid effects metabolism, I realize I’m in for an uphill battle. I love this challenge and appreciate the support and accountability that it offers!

UGW - 135-140lbs

Day/Weight
9/15 - ——
9/16 - 166.8lbs
9/17 - 166.1lbs
9/18 - 165.9lbs
9/19 - 164.8lbs
9/20 - 165.0lbs
9/21 - 164.5lbs
9/22 - 164.5lbs
9/23 - 163.9lbs
9/24

abowersgirl · September 2018

ssssanaaaa wrote: »

jerier wrote: »

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hen 187.1)

9/22- 187.2- So my little brother went on the scale and his weight was showing to be 79 pounds but he's a little more than 100 so I think I need to buy a new scale but my weight seems probable since I did really well yesterday. Not sure so I will purchase a new scale but for now it might be okay. But I am a LITTLE concerned since it was doing weird things yesterday as well. Also, I'm going out to eat today with family so I'm not sure that scale will be good to me tomorrow but I'm determined to get right back to eating right after. This will be hard for me because I tend to feel bad about myself after eating badly like I let myself down but I need to get out of that habit because some days won't be perfect. That's life. No need to feel bad about it if it's not an everyday occurrence.

@ssssanaaaa Definitely purchase an accurate scale. I like to read as many reviews as possible before buying. I've even brought a heavy item that I can test the accuracy with, lol. (a 20 lb dumbbell)
Yes, the number on your scale may or may not be accurate, the important thing is that you are showing a downward trend which is awesome. :bigsmile:

@jerier oo that's smart to weigh something you KNOW the weight of first! Going to try that right now lol

I agree this is so smart. I have always wondered how good my scale was...mind u last week I went to a friends house and there was no change in weight so I'm pretty sure my scale is fine..but this is a Great idea for those days I'm questioning accuracy. Don't know why I have never thought of that before.

abowersgirl · September 2018

Round 53
OW 230
Round 46 SW 178 EW 172.6 (-5.4)
Round 47 SW 172.6 EW 170.8 (-1.8)
Round 48 SW 170.8 EW 168 (-2.8)
Round 49 SW 168 EW 166.8 (-1.2)
Round 50 SW 166.8 EW 163.6 (-3.2)
Round 51 SW 163.6 EW 161.4 (-2.2)
Round 52 SW 161.4 EW 157.8 (-3.6)

Round 8
SW 157.8
GW 155
UGW 125

9/15--157.8 staying steady at this weight. This is definitely a lot later than I usually post but I did weigh myself this morning just wasn't able to post till now (even if in a short amount of time I will have to re weigh in) good day yesterday. 90 min of work out, ate fairly well and got 1.6 liters of water in. Here is to a great start!!!

9/16-- 157 once again late post but once again I weighed in this morning. Was super excited to see this but I know it's only for the day. Yesterday I worked out like crazy but unfortunately didn't eat or sleep much, (about 4 hours) only having a little over a liter of water. Today I ate well but it was my last day house/dog sitting and when my friends came home they took us out for pizza. I haven't had pizza for a long time and apparently I was super hungry because I ate 3 slices 😣😣😣 I have never ate so much in my life, so this will definitely show on the scale in the morning. I haven't sabotaged myself in a while....but here we are again.

9/17-- 158.6 and here it is... that dreaded pizza. It's ok though, I am being patient, i know I can take it off and keep it off. It's a new day!!!

9/18 158.6 although I was a little upset by this I have managed to think up a couple of reasons why I am still here. 1. I haven't been getting enough sleep the past couple of days. 2. I need to up my hydration. 3. Breakfast, always seem to do better the days I eat early. 4. Sodium was a little high yesterday and 5. That dreaded pizza still has a hold. I exercised yesterday (a 10 mile bike ride and workout with my mom) even though it was supposed to be my rest day i am secretly happy about the bike ride. I have a stationary bike but I forgot how amazing it is to ride the real thing, might make it a thing before winter hits. Drank 1 liter of water and stayed under my calories..but like I said it was a higher sodium day then usual. Back at it again today!!

9/19 158.4 slow and steady is my pace lol Yesterday was dinner at the in laws and omg the amount of food I ate. Holy cow!! Was worse then pizza night. I was so hungry, don't remember the last time I ate so much. On the bright side, although I ate a crazy amount of calories, fat, sodium etc. When I got home I decided the negative number in my daily was not acceptable so I went for a bike ride and did some exercising. I managed to squeak a +3 calorie wise, and drop a significant amount grams from my carbs and fat. I will take it!!! This week I have already had 2 cheat meals, which is way above my usual but my NSV is I still exercised both times. I hope to continue this effort of exercising on cheat meal days or sticking to my goals on exercise rest days😁😁 As for the rest of the week, I have no more plans that might sabotage me so I all ready to re-re- work lol

9/20 157.6 finally a whoooosh. To bad this is almost a duplicate of last round. Hoping to get extra exercise in and seeing some sort of a bigger loss for the round *fingers crossed* I ate well and exercised good yesterday along with 1.2 liters of water. Hope everyone has a great day.

9/21 156.6 Whhooooooosh!!!! Ahhh I am so excited. I did work out hard yesterday so I am slightly not surprised but I am still very happy. I have a digital scale and when I originally jumped on it said 156.0 but I shook my head and thought "this can't be right" after jumping on another three times 156.6 showed up three times so I took that number rather then the lower one, so I wouldn't jinx it lol only three more days to hit my target weight 🤞🤞🤞 I find myself getting so emotional everytime I loose a pound in the 50s, why? I have no clue. I feel like I really have undid all the damage that I inflicted on myself 6 months before deciding to join this group and start my MFP journey again. I use to always get discouraged but now I honestly feel like I can do it, that I am only going to go down from here...no interruptions or towel throwing lol. Have I said thank you to you all recently? Well thanks to all of you, especially @GrandmaJackie if it wasn't for this group...I don't think anything would have changed for me 😭😭 thank you!!

9/22 156.6 still here. Last night i was crunched for time when it came to dinner so I had a can of soup, which means high sodium day. I feel bloated today so I am not surprised with staying the same but I am surprised I didn't gain. I didn't feel like working out but I pushed myself to at least do an half hour which turned into an hour on top of the exercise I do regularly with my mom. My water was 1.2. I can't believe we only have 2 days left!! It's cold today but hopefully it will warm up enough for my mom and I to go on a bike ride, she is slowly becoming more active and I'm impressed that she hasn't been giving me any grief about working out,.... yet. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! 😁😁

9/23 156.6 yesterday was awful to say the least. It started out great but for some reason as the afternoon came around my hunger spiked and I found myself eating almost non stop. All my calories yesterday was in junk food 😣😣😣 not to mention I had a veg and movie day with my mom....so almost no Exercise (besides a dance routine with my mom) took place. I felt terrible all day because of it. I'm surprised it didn't reflect in my weight though..so weird how my body works sometimes. Work out and eat healthy can sometimes result in a gain while eating crappy SOME HOW results in a stay the same...go figure. Today was way different though, biked 10 miles and almost did a full 5 minute wall sit. Ate well and stayed within calories. I don't know if i can expect a big drop by tomorrow to hit my 155 but who knows. Planning another work out with my mom before bed so maybe that will help. This round, although still resulting in a loss has not been my best food choice wise, hoping this changes for the next 10 day round 🤞🤞

9/24

SarahHW18 · September 2018

My goal is to stay under my calorie goal, 1200, and to lose 3 pounds in this round. In all, I want to drop 55. I'm 5'6" and 185 lbs, so my goal is about 135. I'm trying to set small, realistic goals so that I can motivate myself with my successes.

In this round, I'm focusing on drinking about a gallon of water a day. I find that I eat more towards the end of the day when I'm tired, so I'm allowing myself NO after dinner snacks.

I'm a newbie here so sorry if I make any "new kid" mistakes.

Thanks for the support and accountability, guys!

9/15 - I went only 35 calories over my goal, which is 1200 calories a day. I drank a gallon of water, too, which is good. Was out doing yard work in the sun all day so hopefully with the sweating and extra water intake, hopefully I'll lose some water weight!

9/16 - Forgot to weight myself today

. But I was 159 calories under my calorie goal, even though we had a potluck at my church and they had my favorite mouth-watering donuts for dessert. I made it, tho!

9/17 - 186.

I hate the scale. Doesn’t make sense that I would have gained a pound, so I’m attributing it to water weight fluctuation and trying not to get to discouraged. 1,068 calories. 1 gallon of water.

9/18 - 185. So, I ate nothing but coffee and lunch meat all day cause my stomach felt upset, but late at night I was out and was STARVING, so I went to steak and shake, and, ahem. Ate about 1400 calories in one sitting. So I had a total of about 2200 calories. Oh, well.

9/19 - Ha. Weighed myself this morning and was 184, even though I binged last night. Funny how your body works! Drank 1 gallon of water and ate 1,035 calories. Feeling pretty good.

9/20 - Still 184. I guess at least I’m not gaining.

Went 100 calories over my goal and only had 72 oz of water, but all in all I feel it’s been a good day. Starting Keto diet tomorrow so I’m hoping that will speed things up.

9/21 - Ugh. 184 again. Went only 35 calories over and stayed at 15 grams of carbs.

9/22 - 183! Maybe I won’t make it to 182 by the end of the round, but at least I will have lost something. Keto is going well, I had 17 grams of carbs and ate lots of protein and fat. 1,040 calories. 72 oz of water.

9/23 - 182!!! Hope this is real weight loss and I can keep it up. Ate 1,054 calories, but had 20 grams of carbs (didn’t realize how many vegetables have so many carbs in them!) 48 oz of water.

9/24

sue_01 · September 2018

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15- The last two weeks lots of sickness in our family, today Birthday parties tomorrow back on track, last week healthy eating this week more exercise.
9/16- goal for next week increase exercise.
9/17- Trying to eat healthier. Did some yard work to try to keep active.
9/18-My neighbour gave me lots of organic vegetables, made a chicken stir -fry, veg. so good!
9/19- Sickness is still going around now my daughter and I have it. Doctors tomorrow.
9/20- I have a really deep cough/resting- went to the doctors today.
9/21-Super deep cough!
9/22- Starting to feel a lot better! Going to get back on track, especially exercise.
9/23- Walking steps have doubled. Eating healthy just have to get the veggies in.
9/24

mustb60 · September 2018

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15: 165.5 lbs.
9/16 165.5 lbs
9/17 165.5 lbs
9/18 165.5 lbs
9/19 165 lbs Finally going down. Will keep sticking to my calorie deficit.
9/20 164.5 lbs Though seems water weight but giving me the mental boost I need!
9/21 164.5 lbs
9/22 164.5 lbs
9/23 164.5 lbs
9/24 164.5 lbs

beckm2022 · September 2018

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Round 53 (3rd round for me)

Goal for this round is to get under 200 pounds by exercising, drinking water, and staying under calorie goal.

Round 52 SW 203 EW 201

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15- 201. Over calories. No exercise. Need to drink more water. In pain most of the day. Will try to get back on track tomorrow.

9/16- 200.2. Over calories a little. No exercise but spent most of the day house cleaning. 80 oz of water.

9/17- 200.2. Over calories again, need to work harder on this. 40 min walk. 64 oz of water.

9/18- 197.8. Wow! I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that number this morning. I don't want to get my hopes up yet though just in case... Under calories. 30 min walk, 30 min strength training. 64 oz water.

9/19- 197.8. Over by 80 calories. Long work day and no exercise. 64 oz of water.

9/20- 199.2. Under calories. 40 minutes bicycle. 64 oz of water.

9/21- 198.6. Under calories. 45 minutes bicycle. 64 oz water.

9/22- 198.6. Under calories. Lots of walking today while out and about. 34 oz of water. I noticed today it's getting a lot easier to stay under my calorie goal and I'm not snacking as much throughout the day like I use too.

9/23- 198.6. Over by 70 calories. 45 minutes walking. 34 oz of water. Lots of anxiety today, just wouldn't go away no matter what I did. I'm trying to prep for the week and I'm feeling overwhelmed. Will try to go to bed on time tonight, maybe that will help.

9/24

LumberJacck · September 2018

My challenge is to see how many days in a row I can eat below maintenance (currently 2).

Starting weight 92 kg, Jan 17, 2017
Goal weight 66 kg, ideally before July 2020 (1,223 kJ daily deficit needed)
Last time at goal weight November 2012

Day/Weight/kilojoules/Food cost NZ$/grams of refined sugar/loss or gain?

Previous round daily averages
Round 50 87.9 kg, 7122 kJ, 17.31, no val
Round 51 88.5 kg, 9188 kJ, 22.76, no val, gain
Round 52 89.0 kg, 8556 kJ, 18.65, 78 g, gain

Sat 88.7 kg, 8948 kJ, 26.80, 112 g
Sun 88.5 kg, 8999 kJ, 16.90, 118 g
Mon 89.5 kg, 8079 kJ, 13.90, 60 g
Tue 88.7 kg, 7883 kJ, 6.00, 84 g
Wed 88.5 kg, 9620 kJ, 17.00, 148 g
Thu 88.6 kg, 9829 kJ, 17.00, 162 g
Fri 88.6 kg, 8610 kJ, 28.10, 168 g
Sat 89.1 kg, 9250 kJ, 22.40, 94 g
Sun no scale, 8388 kJ, 25.10, 162 g
Mon no scale, 6248 kJ, 11.40, 94 g

tinkerbellang83 · September 2018

Started: Round 51 226.2lbs
MFP Start Weight: 255.7lbs
End Goal Weight: 180lbs

ROUND 51 End Weight:228.0lbs +1.8lbs
ROUND 52 End Weight:225.8lbs -2.2lbs
ROUND 53 End Weight:230.6lbs +4.8lbs

ROUND 53
Current Goal Weight: 220lbs
Day Weight
9/15 226.4lbs
9/16 225.0lbs
9/17 224.4lbs
9/18 226.8lbs
9/19 225.4lbs
9/20 228.0lbs
9/21 226.8lbs
9/22 226.0lbs
9/23 227.1lbs
9/24 230.6lbs

15/09 Busy work week, kept pretty well to my meal planner.

16/09 Had a couple of nice walks in Dingle, County Kerry yesterday, had a couple of beers and some homemade curry. Trendweight chart is on a downward turn again

17/09 Had a pretty lazy day to end post-race recovery week yesterday, little walk to keep active, scale is being nice at the moment, all my race/shark week water weight is off and then some. Today's goals are to get my meal prep done for the week, making some pan fried chicken and quinoa salad for lunches and salmon fishcakes for a couple of dinners. Looking forward to tonight's leftover Saag Paneer this evening, it's relatively low calorie but very tasty

18/09 Quite heavy on the carbs/calories yesterday but still under maintenance, naturally there is a bit of a scale rise with the volume in food, also didn't get much fibre in on Sunday. Had a lovely row before work today 6km with a bit of sun before the rain started for the day. Goal for today is to get my steps in, as drove to/from work yesterday due to weather and this morning and cut my streak short booo!

19/09 Food was a bit all over the place yesterday, but again under maintenance, got a bit of walking in and got over my step goal so the streak starts again, blustery walk into work this morning, definitely blew the cobwebs away

Goals for today - prelog next couple of days food, focus on protein & fibre and step goal

20/09 Pre-logged for next couple of days as planned, went out for dinner last night so bit of a sodium spike this morning expect it will disappear by the weekend. Protein intake vastly improved this week so far. Aim for today get a bit more hydrated and remember to take my vitamins, definitely feeling the change of season with the grey days and earlier nights. Going to try and get a strength training session in on my lunch hour today

21/09 Was a little out of control with my snacking yesterday, also didn't do my strenth training, doing an extra rowing session to assist my club with the city's Culture Night so at least that will make up for a bit. Having a goal-free day today, just because

24/09 Craving a lot of sugary stuff over the weekend, this usually means I am about to get hit with my winter cold like a freight train, it has done my scale weight no favours, but it's mostly water (Trend weight from start of round is down 0.4lbs though), just going to keep plodding on. Today's goal remember vitamins and get plenty of fluid.

fraukazi · September 2018

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15 70.5kg
9/16 71kg
9/17 72kg
9/18 72kg
9/19 71kg
9/20 71kg
9/21 71kg
9/22 71kg
9/23 did not weigh
9/24 71kg, so gained 0.5kg this round. But that's fine, it included 2 very fun (aka food-laden) weekends during which I didn't count and then had ate through hangovers.
This round has been mentally hard and I'm ready move onto Round 54. See you all there

fraukazi · September 2018

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15 70.5kg
9/16 71kg
9/17 72kg
9/18 72kg
9/19 71kg
9/20 71kg
9/21 71kg
9/22 71kg
9/23 did not weigh
9/24 71kg, so gained 0.5kg this round. But that's fine, it included 2 very fun (aka food-laden) weekends during which I didn't count and then had ate through hangovers.
This round has been mentally hard and I'm ready move onto Round 54. See you all there

tlgale · September 2018

Goal for this round is to actually stick to plan for the entire 10 days!
I haven't been getting much sleep, so I've been eating all things bad and not exercising.

Round 48: SW 257.4 EW 253.8 (-3.6)
Round 49: SW 253.8 EW 257.2 (+3.4)
Round 50: SW 257.2 EW 255.8 (-1.4)
Round 51: SW 255.8 EW 252.4 (-3.4)
Round 52: SW 252.4 EW 253.5 (+1.1)

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15 - no weigh in. I forgot about it this morning until I had already eaten. Plan is to not eat after 5pm, try to get a good sleep tonight and than back to better eating (@ calorie goal) and exercise tomorrow.
9/16 - 255.6...a lot of bad food for a lot of days. Plan for today is to fast (which will be hard because I've woken up hungry), reset and get to the gym tonight.
9/17...?? Completely missed yesterday
9/18 - 256.6...yesterday was ok, not the best food choices but stayed under calories (with eating my exercise back), 80 mins of walking, 100 oz of water. TOM showed up this morning.
9/19 - 254.3...under calories by a few, 30 min walk and 76 oz water.
9/20 - 253.4...under calories, 60 mins of walking and 125 oz of water. I didn't have the greatest day yesterday and I really wanted to eat my emotions but managed to keep to plan instead...happy with that!
9/21 - 253.4...over calories, no exercise and only 50 oz of water. I was going to exercise after my son went to sleep but he wasn't feeling well so I ended up having to go to bed with him at 8pm. Went out for lunch and had nachos. The portion was so large I had to take it home and have it for supper as well..plus some ended up in the garbage. It put me way over on my calories though. Today will be better.
9/22 - 252.4...under calories, 70 mins of walking and 91 oz of water. Started to feel a little under the weather yesterday evening and today I woke up with a full blown cold. I'm going to try to stay within calories but with probably no exercise that will be hard.
9/23 - 251.2...was over calories but under maintenance. No exercise, barely moved out of bed. Still sick this morning so we'll see what happens.
9/24 - 250.0...under calories by 1, no exercise (still sick and resting) and 50oz of water. Down 3.5lbs this round! Don't know if it's a real loss or just from being sick though.
See you all in the next round

jaccimc63 · September 2018

Female, 54, 5 ft. 6in
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
UGW: 145-150

End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)
End R47: 158.5 (-1.5)
End R48: 159 (+.5)
End R49: 157.5 (-1.5)
End R50: 154.5 (-3)
End R51: 154 (-.5)
End R52: 153 (-1)
End R53: 152.5 (-.5)

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15 - 153 - Holding steady, sigh...It may go up tomorrow after the salt I had for dinner tonight.
9/16 - 153 - At least it didn't go up.
9/17 - 153.5 - There's the salt, or the fact that I keep moving my scale due to our bathroom remodel. I double checked my gross calories consumed for the past week and I haven't gone over 1400 calories, in fact I'm usually at 1100 to 1200 a day. I'll just keep riding this out.
9/18 - 152.5 - I'm glad to see this number today. I'm hoping this is the highest number I see for the rest of the week.
9/19 - 152.5 - I picked up some cotton candy grapes from Whole Foods on Sunday and they have been my addiction this week. I know they're higher in sugar and calories than regular grapes, but I've been able to forego my usual little piece of candy after dinner for a half cup of grapes.
9/20 - 152 - I saw this number last round, I hope it sticks around this time.
9/21 - 152 - OK!
9/22 - 152 - I had a turkey taco last night which I'm sure had plenty of sodium, so I'm still good with this weight. We had an injured young deer laying down in our backyard last night. We live in the city limits of Akron, Ohio, but there are so many major metroparks in our area, we have all kinds of wildlife wandering through our yard. It couldn't put any weight on it's hind leg, so we set some water out for it and I tried to contact wildlife rescuers. The little guy/girl was gone when we got up this morning.
9/23 - 153 - To celebrate the Autumn weather, we made brats and kraut for dinner last night. I ate within my loss calories, but I need to drink extra water today.
9/24 - 152.5 - I didn't get all my water in, but at least I'm down for the round.

fit_chickx · September 2018

Female age 49 5'5"

Round 53 goal - Eating whole foods and working out. I would love to break my weight bouncing around. Hope to see 130 soon.
Round 50 - 137 End of challenge weight 133
Round 51 –133 End of challenge weight 134.
Round 52 –134 – End of challenge 133
Round 53 -132 - End of challenge 130

Day/Weight/Comment
9/15 - 132 – Roaring 20s party tonight. Focusing on no alcohol and staying on my food plan.
9/16 - Oh I have no willpower lots of alcohol and food – It was a great time…Now back to plan
9/17 - 135 - Gym tonight.
9/18 - 133 – Long run last night felt great. Detoxing with cucumber, kale, broccoli, apple shake this morning Gym tonight light cardio and lifting.
9/19 – 133 – Arms are a bit sore from weight lifting last night. Tonight, is my last run for the week. I start tapering off exercise and carb loading tomorrow.
9/20 -131 – Carb loading no gym. Weight fluctuation to come.
9/21 – 132 – Carb loading no gym. – Weight fluctuation to come
9/22 -131 - 10K Race day!
9/23 – 131 – Weight loss after carb loading? We will see how long this stays.

9/24 – 130 – Serious weight bouncing. But no complaints. Interesting round.

SunnyB0126 · September 2018

Round #52 ((My #4))

30 y/o Female 5’6”
Round #50 (-2)
Round #51 (-2)
Round #52 (-1.2)

OSW: 170
Round #53 SW: 134.8
Round #53 GW: 133.5
UGW: 130

Day/Weight/Comment

9/15 —134.2— I had a feeling this would happen once I got some sleep! Happy weekend everyone 😊

9/16 —133.8— Super busy day yesterday, so I had a late dinner.. wasn’t expecting a loss, but I’ll take it of course. Going out to eat later so I can watch the patriots game and my hunny can watch his 49ers game.. will practice self discipline and pick out something healthy(ish) to eat! 🏈🏈🏈

9/17 —134.6— Umm.. yikes! I thought I did really good when I went out to eat yesterday, staying under calories and I drank SO much water.. this is possibly salt, I hope! We’ll see.. 🤞🏼

9/18 —133.2— Well that’s a relief! Darn salt givin’ me a heart attack 😝 It’s my day off today, but have a test tomorrow so will be studying all day. Oh yeah and I lost my fantasy football game last night.. 😢 oh well~

9/19 —133.8— Early morning weigh in today. Yesterday was the first day in a long time where I really struggled to control my food cravings! I went about 100 calories over my goal, I will try to make up for it today.

9/20 —132.6— It’s my day off! I will be trying to enjoy the day, and looking forward to the football game tonight!😄

9/21 —132.8— I only had about 4 hours of sleep last night so I actually expected an increase this morning, 12-hour hospital shift today, Yay! 🤪

9/22 —131.6— My hunny wanted to go out to eat last night.. I’m glad I told him no! We are planning on eating out to watch football on Sunday, so trying to be good until then. 😋

9/23 —131.8— Well football Sunday is here, yay! Going out to lunch eating salty food combined with staying up late and having to wake up early tomorrow I expect to see my weight go up a bit, but that’s ok!! Going to enjoy this beautiful Sunday🤗

9/24 —132.4— I knew it would go up, so this is the damage 😝 I am happy I met my goal this round!

allmannerofthings · September 2018

HSW 229.4
R40 SW 199.4 R41 SW 197.6 -1.8 R42 SW 194.4 -3.2 (-5) R43 SW 194.2 -0.2 (-5.2)
R44 SW 189.8 -4.4 (-9.6) R45 SW 190.4 +0.6 (-9) R46 SW 187.2 -3.2 (-12.2)
R48 SW 185.4 -0.4 (-14.2) R49 SW 183.4 -2 (-16.2) R50 SW 181.2 -2.2 (-18.4)
R51 SW 181.8 +0.6 (-17.8) R52 SW 178.4 -3.4 (-21) R53 SW 178.4 no change (-21)

Need to get focused and see some movement this round. Hoping for 175 by (Canadian) Thanksgiving

rsw 178.4
Day/Weight/Comment
09/15 177.2 Well that's a nice way to start the round
09/16 177.6 That's fine I expected a bounce, and I was thirsty all day yesterday so that big drop may have been partly dehydration. A workout and 2 walks yesterday - so it was a good day.
09/17 177.6
09/18 179 mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
09/19 179.8 another day of not enough sleep and too many carbs. Getting back on track today - I do not want to see the 180's again.
09/20 180.8

hopefully just a delayed reaction from Monday and Tuesday. I ate under my calories and my activity level was over my minimum target. (i.e. 8800/7500 steps - started with a workout today and will go for a walk at lunch, so hope to see a drop tomorrow.
09/21 178.2 That's better!

09/22 178.2 was expecting a bounce so this is great, lots of walking yesterday over 18k steps and began with a workout today. Trying to muster the courage to start the treadmill C25K to take the place of walking as the weather gets colder. I've never in my life been able to run more than a minute.
09/23 177.6

Got the C25K app on my phone - going to give w1d1 a try right now.
09/24 177.8 Lots of struggles this round, but ending with a small loss all the same down 0.6 Did my first C25K yesterday. I have decided to think of it in levels rather than weeks and will move up the levels depending on how I do. Also did a 5 mile walk with my son yesterday. It was a perfect clear and cool fall day. We always count the dogs we see on our walks and we got a new record of 61. See you all in the next round.

SheilaBoneham · September 2018

This round I begin a dietitian-designed 6-8 week anti-inflammation elimination diet (a bit tighter than what I've been doing the past month) with hopes of getting past these aches & pains without taking drugs. I'm feeling hopeful!

Goals:
Food ~~ Follow anti-inflammation elimination diet - learn new food tricks!
Exercise ~~ rebuild to 60-90 minutes/day of walking/swimming; restart weight training & yoga when joint pain subsides.
Weight ~~ [Edit 9/16] == 2018: maintain at 140 (or slightly lower)

UGW - ~135-140
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2016)

Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2
Lost 75#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. FIrst round (R15) Aug. 2017.

R15 end weight 151.2
R16 end weight 151.4 (+.2)
R17 end weight 151 (-.4)
R18 end weight 150.4 (-.6)
R19 end weight 149.6 (-.8)
R20 end weight 149.3 (-.3)
R21 end weight 149 (-.3)
R22 end weight 148 (-1)
R23 end weight 148.4 (+.4)
R24 end weight 149 (+.6)
R25 end weight 148.4 (-.6)
R26 end weight 149.2 (+.8)
R27 end weight 149 (-.2)
R28 end weight 146.8 (-2.2)
R29 end weight 146.8 (+/-0)
R30 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1411
R31 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1385
R32 end weight unknown - traveling, no scale - ave net calories 1468
R33 end weight 149.1 (+2.3); ave calories 1471 (after traveling/eating out for 3 weeks!)
R34 end weight 149 (-.1); ave calories 1577
R35 end weight 149.4 (+.4); ave calories 1592
R36 end weight 149.6 (+.2); ave calories 1650
R37 end weight 151 (+1.4); ave calories 1703 (154 over estimated TDEE, so no surprise I've gained)
R38 end weight 149.8 (-1.2); averages-- calories 1420; carbs ~48%; protein ~21% ; fat ~31%
R39 end weight 149.8 (+/-0); averages -- calories 1753.5; carbs ~47%; protein ~20%; fat ~33%
R40 end weight 150 (+.2); averages coming later
R41 end weight 150.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1792
R42 end weight 149.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1432
R43 end weight 150.6 (+.8): 10-day ave 1406
R44 end weight 148.8 (-1.8); 10-day ave 1430
R45 end weight 147.6 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1338
R46 end weight 148.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1437
R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449
R48 end weight 146.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1378
R49 end weight 144.2 (-2.6); 10-day ave 1174
R50 end weight 142.2 (-2); 10-day ave 1200
R51 end weight 141 (-1.2); 10 day ave 1231

R52 end weight 140.6 (-.4); 10-day ave 1192
R53 end weight 137.2 (-3.4); 10-day ave 1134

Day/Weight/Calories Day Before/Comment

09/15 - 140.6 - 1116
I'm hoping to get a nice long walk in this morning, and some gardening this afternoon. Have a great weekend, all!

09/16 - 140 - 1131

Yeah, baby!

Now to stay here (or a little lower)! I intend to slowly add calories to maintenance level - slowly to figure out what that actually is. Wow - I've been on the loser track for so long (3.75 years) that arriving doesn't feel real!

09/17 - 139.8 - 1010
I don't feel particularly deprived so far on this elimination diet, but I do struggle to get enough calories (never thought I'd say that 3 years ago!!!!). I need to work on that - running much too low. But all the veggies really fill me up!

09/18 - 140 - 997
So far, so good. I'm still finding it a challenge to get enough calories on this elimination diet, but I need to make an effort to increase slowly. Too low is too low. Otherwise, it's fine, and nice to be at goal. This has been a 3.75-year journey, so keep the faith!!!

09/19 - 139.2 - 1118
Since I'm losing on this elimination diet (yes to lots of veggies, moderate fruits, fish, gluten-free oatmeal, nuts, seeds...!), I've decided to just go with it. My real ultimate goal has long been ~130, but I stagnated in the low 150s for so long I decided to just aim for 140. But I'm losing steadily on this scheme, so... No goal, just eating and tracking and definitely not gaining.

09/20 - 139.2 - 1239
I woke up hurting all over and seriously thinking of caving in and taking the @&!!# prednisone. I'm off to look up ways, if any, to minimize side effects. It's a short course, but still.... Other than that, I feel great on this limited diet - can't say I really miss anything in particular (except maybe Dave's Killer Bread - Good Seed!).

09/21 - 138.2 - 1230
Maybe this elimination diet is kicking in re. food sensitivities causing my pain/inflammation - this morning, without any pain meds, I feel much better. So I'm delaying the pred another day or two to see what happens. I went for a lovely walk last evening - not up to my usual 60-90 min yet, but I'm hopeful that I will be up to some nice fall hikes.

09/22 - 138 - 1186
Happy Autumn (or Spring, for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere!). As if to prove her point, Nature cooled the temperature right down this morning. I love cool fall days myself - October is my favorite month - perfect for walking & hiking! Have a lovely weekend, all!

09/23 - 137 - 1199
Why didn't I try an elimination diet sooner? Can't believe I'm losing like this. I'd reset my goal but don't want to jinx it.

I did start the prednisone yesterday, and I feel like a new woman this morning. I'm paying very close attention to my sodium and calcium intake and eating lots of potassium and magnesium rich foods to hopefully fend off some common side effects. I'd tickled pink to feel like doing fall things - hikes, walks, gardening....!

09/24 - 137.2 - 1311
This was by best round ever, with a loss of 3.4 pounds. I give all credit to the elimination diet I'm on (started it in full a week ago today). Despite the foods I'm avoiding for the next 5 weeks, I do not feel deprived - I'm eating lots of veggies - LOTS - plus fish, heathy non-grain fats, fruits, moderate nuts (no peanuts), and I'm definitely satisfied. I had been perfectly happy to stop at 140, but since I'm losing, I'm now hoping to hit my original goal range of 130-135. I'm in the midst of another clothing purge - I put on a favorite jacket yesterday and DH said "That coat looks really baggy." Ha! So the donation bag expands.... See you ar R54!

NormaV14 · September 2018

Starting weight 148# (approx 1/2017)
Current weight 144.2#
Goal weight 135#

9/21 144.2#
9/22 143.8#
9/23 142.8# amazing what happens when you pay attention and don't just eat senselessly

9/24 143.2#

susiemcmac · September 2018

Round 6
49 year old female - 5'7" from the Midwest

OW: 200.4
Round 1: -3
Round 2: - 2.8
Round 3: -.4
Round 4: +1.4
Round 5: -4.4
SW: 188.6
UGW: 165

Day/Weight/Comment
09/15 - 188.4
09/16 - 188.8 - ok for the weekend! off to the gym!
09/17 - 188.8
09/18 - 188.8 - I'm ok with this after nachos and wine!
09/19 - 187.2 - yes!
09/20 - 187.4
09/21 - 186 - completely unexpected!
09/22 - 185.8
09/23 - 186.2
09/24 - 187 - surf and turf was worth it! See you in the next round!

abowersgirl · September 2018

Round 53
OW 230
Round 46 SW 178 EW 172.6 (-5.4)
Round 47 SW 172.6 EW 170.8 (-1.8)
Round 48 SW 170.8 EW 168 (-2.8)
Round 49 SW 168 EW 166.8 (-1.2)
Round 50 SW 166.8 EW 163.6 (-3.2)
Round 51 SW 163.6 EW 161.4 (-2.2)
Round 52 SW 161.4 EW 157.8 (-3.6)

Round 8
SW 157.8
GW 155
UGW 125

9/15--157.8 staying steady at this weight. This is definitely a lot later than I usually post but I did weigh myself this morning just wasn't able to post till now (even if in a short amount of time I will have to re weigh in) good day yesterday. 90 min of work out, ate fairly well and got 1.6 liters of water in. Here is to a great start!!!

9/16-- 157 once again late post but once again I weighed in this morning. Was super excited to see this but I know it's only for the day. Yesterday I worked out like crazy but unfortunately didn't eat or sleep much, (about 4 hours) only having a little over a liter of water. Today I ate well but it was my last day house/dog sitting and when my friends came home they took us out for pizza. I haven't had pizza for a long time and apparently I was super hungry because I ate 3 slices 😣😣😣 I have never ate so much in my life, so this will definitely show on the scale in the morning. I haven't sabotaged myself in a while....but here we are again.

9/17-- 158.6 and here it is... that dreaded pizza. It's ok though, I am being patient, i know I can take it off and keep it off. It's a new day!!!

9/18 158.6 although I was a little upset by this I have managed to think up a couple of reasons why I am still here. 1. I haven't been getting enough sleep the past couple of days. 2. I need to up my hydration. 3. Breakfast, always seem to do better the days I eat early. 4. Sodium was a little high yesterday and 5. That dreaded pizza still has a hold. I exercised yesterday (a 10 mile bike ride and workout with my mom) even though it was supposed to be my rest day i am secretly happy about the bike ride. I have a stationary bike but I forgot how amazing it is to ride the real thing, might make it a thing before winter hits. Drank 1 liter of water and stayed under my calories..but like I said it was a higher sodium day then usual. Back at it again today!!

9/19 158.4 slow and steady is my pace lol Yesterday was dinner at the in laws and omg the amount of food I ate. Holy cow!! Was worse then pizza night. I was so hungry, don't remember the last time I ate so much. On the bright side, although I ate a crazy amount of calories, fat, sodium etc. When I got home I decided the negative number in my daily was not acceptable so I went for a bike ride and did some exercising. I managed to squeak a +3 calorie wise, and drop a significant amount grams from my carbs and fat. I will take it!!! This week I have already had 2 cheat meals, which is way above my usual but my NSV is I still exercised both times. I hope to continue this effort of exercising on cheat meal days or sticking to my goals on exercise rest days😁😁 As for the rest of the week, I have no more plans that might sabotage me so I all ready to re-re- work lol

9/20 157.6 finally a whoooosh. To bad this is almost a duplicate of last round. Hoping to get extra exercise in and seeing some sort of a bigger loss for the round *fingers crossed* I ate well and exercised good yesterday along with 1.2 liters of water. Hope everyone has a great day.

9/21 156.6 Whhooooooosh!!!! Ahhh I am so excited. I did work out hard yesterday so I am slightly not surprised but I am still very happy. I have a digital scale and when I originally jumped on it said 156.0 but I shook my head and thought "this can't be right" after jumping on another three times 156.6 showed up three times so I took that number rather then the lower one, so I wouldn't jinx it lol only three more days to hit my target weight 🤞🤞🤞 I find myself getting so emotional everytime I loose a pound in the 50s, why? I have no clue. I feel like I really have undid all the damage that I inflicted on myself 6 months before deciding to join this group and start my MFP journey again. I use to always get discouraged but now I honestly feel like I can do it, that I am only going to go down from here...no interruptions or towel throwing lol. Have I said thank you to you all recently? Well thanks to all of you, especially @GrandmaJackie if it wasn't for this group...I don't think anything would have changed for me 😭😭 thank you!!

9/22 156.6 still here. Last night i was crunched for time when it came to dinner so I had a can of soup, which means high sodium day. I feel bloated today so I am not surprised with staying the same but I am surprised I didn't gain. I didn't feel like working out but I pushed myself to at least do an half hour which turned into an hour on top of the exercise I do regularly with my mom. My water was 1.2. I can't believe we only have 2 days left!! It's cold today but hopefully it will warm up enough for my mom and I to go on a bike ride, she is slowly becoming more active and I'm impressed that she hasn't been giving me any grief about working out,.... yet. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! 😁😁

9/23 156.6 yesterday was awful to say the least. It started out great but for some reason as the afternoon came around my hunger spiked and I found myself eating almost non stop. All my calories yesterday was in junk food 😣😣😣 not to mention I had a veg and movie day with my mom....so almost no Exercise (besides a dance routine with my mom) took place. I felt terrible all day because of it. I'm surprised it didn't reflect in my weight though..so weird how my body works sometimes. Work out and eat healthy can sometimes result in a gain while eating crappy SOME HOW results in a stay the same...go figure. Today was way different though, biked 10 miles and almost did a full 5 minute wall sit. Ate well and stayed within calories. I don't know if i can expect a big drop by tomorrow to hit my 155 but who knows. Planning another work out with my mom before bed so maybe that will help. This round, although still resulting in a loss has not been my best food choice wise, hoping this changes for the next 10 day round 🤞🤞

9/24 156.2 so close. I guess I will have to save that 155 goal for next round. Lol if only one of my days had been better then I wouldn't of had to worry about this lol ahhh well it was still a loss for the round. See you all R54

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 53

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