JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 53

ROUND 11 FOR ME - Female 58 yrs old –My name is Donna 5’ 5” Midwest USA


WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT LINEAR.
THIS I KNOW – WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN.






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. His current weight is 276.8 .
2. Weight Goal this round: 177.0 (2.0 lb. loss)
3. No Bingeing (new attitude on food outside of my home and socially)
4. 20-50 Net Carbs Daily. 1277 Calories Daily.
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 EW= 195.6
R44 EW= 192.4
R45 EW= 191.4
R46 EW= 186.0
R47 EW= 186.8
R48 EW= 185.4
R49 EW= 182.8
R50 EW= 180.8
R51 EW= 179.6
R52 EW= 179.0
R53 EW= TBD


R53 SW= 179.0 EW= TBD


Day/Weight/Comment

9/15 – 180.0 Hello everyone! As I get nearer to my weight loss goals I am transitioning this round to 20-50 net carbs per day with the intent of staying in a fat burning mode. I am keeping my calorie goal the same which is 1277. My original goals when I started my journey in January 2018 was to lose 8-10 pounds per month . My newest goals are to lose 1.5 pounds per week, 6 pounds per month. I am carrying a bit of water weight from a travel day earlier this week. However, at my general weight I am 30 pounds from my complete goal weight with approx 60 pounds lost. My ticker will reflect this when I shed the water back off. Yesterday I stayed within calorie goal but went quite a bit over on my carb goal. As my business slows down I find I am walking a lot less and will have to build in more planned exercise and intentional walking. In the end, my hope is to reach 145 pounds by Valentine’s Day. I am building in an 8 pound cushion as I expect to gain a bit of water weight when transitioning to higher carbs and calories. My final goal would be to weigh about 153. I then intend to keep my carbs and calories in a maintenance level to help keep my T2D in control or in remission. I would love to hear everyone’s exact plan for their weight loss and fitness goals as we go along. I know a lot of great ideas may come of these readings. Good luck everyone on this round!

9/16 - 178.8

9/17 - 179.4

9/18 - No weigh. Out of town.

9/19 - 178.6

9/20 - 177.0 A great big thanks to everyone for sharing their overall plans to reach their goals. Whether it’s 10 day goals, mini goals or overall goals and plans, I learn so much. Hugs to you all.

9/21 - 176.4


9/22 - 176.0 I feel like the comeback kid every round. @AR10at50 is right. This is hard. But this IS the time that I will get to my destination. I’m feeling pretty good about my diet & exercise plan in this very moment. Last night I hand sewed more of my favorite blouses to make them smaller (I haven’t used a sewing machine since Jr. High). Inside out the stitches look pretty horrid, but you can’t tell on the outside so I am very pleased. All these clothes are temporary anyway. I’m on my way DOWN. I have long travel days every round. Sometimes I am not perfect in the moment, the meal or even for the whole day. But I've proven to myself that it cannot derail me. My NSV is that I willingly and HAPPILY get back on track.

9/23 - [bcolor=green]176.6[/color=green] Out to dinner last night with friends. Had a lasagna dinner (oh no!) but I boxed half immediately and took it home for my son so the damage wasn’t too bad for either one of us. A small dish of icecream at the restaurant completed the meal. I probably should have skipped that. @jerier is so right about restaurant meals blowing you up. I was immediately bloated and still feel that way a bit today. After dinner I walked briskly for 1.5 miles burning off more calories than the icecream. The scale only fluctuated slightly this morning and my glucose did not test badly either. Parsley & lemon water for me today. Thanks Tish!

9/24

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

Seeking lower bodyfat%

My name is Tish.
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
MFPSW: 240
CW: 180.8
GW: (179) 170
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* {Round 51 - .4 lbs gain}
{Round 52 - lost 2 lbs - EW 180.8}

Day/Weight/Comment

•9/15 - 180.8
•9/16 - 181
•9/17 - 181.6 - Monday bloat is back. Smh.
•9/18 - 181.4
•9/19 - 181.2 - I think this completes 181. Smh, what's next? I wonder.
•9/20 - 180.2
•9/21 - 179.6
•9/22 - 178.6

•9/23 - 179.4? - A question because I weighed very early and had no time to wait out the extra fluid. That's my trend though. Lol.

•9/24


Seeking lower bodyfat%

I'm in!
Starting weight Jan '17: 254 lbs
GW: 175 lbs
Starting weight of 10 day challenge: 199 lbs
End goal weight of 10 day challenge: 195lb range

Day/Weight/Comment
09/22: 199.0 / 14 hours IF window from last night to today/ worked out last night and did yoga this morning, feeling proud of myself. Wish I saw more of a drop but not to worry
09/23: 198.6 / 16 hour IF window and it paid off / worked out and did yoga yesterday. Today with the rain feeling kind of blah and lazy, but will work through it
09/24
09/25
09/26
09/27
09/28
09/29
09/30
10/1

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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#

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