JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 56

]This round will get me into week 6 of my dietitian-designed 6-week anti-inflammation elimination diet. I'm trying to decide what food to add back first!

Goals:
Food ~~ Follow anti-inflammation elimination diet - learn new food tricks! Calories <1330.
Exercise ~~ 60-90 minutes 5-6 days/week of walking/swimming; weight training 3 days/week.
Weight ~~ stay below 136; eventually hit 130.

UGW - 130-135
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. R55 end weight 135.4 (-1.2); 10-day ave

Day/Weight/Calories Day Before/10-day ave/Comment

10/15 - 136 - 1322 - 10-day ave 1232
I weighed in about 2 hours early & suspect I'd be lower at my usual time. But no cheating. I have two more weeks on this very restrictive diet and then I can start testing the foods I've eliminated - eggs first! I'm looking forward to the process. I generally feel better, but still have this !!*&% joint pain. It moves around and the past few days has settled into my shoulders, which makes getting in and out of clothes a lot of fun. OTOH, I have a lot more energy than I've had for a while, so the uptick in Vit B12 and other nutrients has made a huge difference.

10/16 - 135.4 - 908 - 10-day ave 1202
Note to self - do not take ginger & curcumin supplements on an empty stomach in the morning. I had an upset stomach until afternoon so ate a teensy lunch. I felt better later, but not enough to eat much. Back to normal calories today. I should have known better!

10/17 - 135.4 - 1283 - 10-day ave 1214
I finished teaching last night (6-week non-credit fiction writing course) and I feel free - I'm hoping to take a long walk this morning and work in my garden this afternoon.

10/18 - 135.8 - 1091 - 10-day ave 1173

10/19 - 135 - 1343 - 10-day ave 1202
No chance to check in yesterday. Gorgeous sunrise this morning! And I'm tickled with the scale!!! I'm down 16 pounds in 4 months for 83 total since Feb 2015, and it feels great.

10/20 - 135.2 - 1301 - 10-day ave 1214
Through the first 4.5 weeks of this elimination diet I didn't feel particularly deprived, but at almost the end of week 5 I'm lusting after a few things -- peppers! tomatoes! my favorite breakfast -- Bob's Red Mill Old Country Muesli with egg whites, kefir, and fruit! And it's probably the longer walks I'm slowly adding as my joint pain lessens, but I'm hungry! I'm eating lots of protein, reasonable fat, and lots of veggies and fruit, but finding snackables that don't violate the restrictions isn't easy. I am slowly trying to increase my calories, but there are days when I just can't. All things considered, I shouldn't complain, but still.... OTOH, I've lost about 12 pounds since I started this (and several before that on a modified do-it-myself version), so that's a plus. Enjoy your weekend, all!

10/21 - 135 - 1218 - 10-day ave 1215
My doggy girl Lily had a bad day yesterday (she has a variety of signs that suggest cancer), so we, too, had a bad, long day, but she's much more chipper this morning. She's a reminder to cherish those we love, to take things one day at a time, and to live in the moment. And to play & be silly!

10/22 - 135 - 1251 - 10-day ave 1216
One more week and I can start adding food back into my diet - yay! The countdown has begun.... ( think my DH, who does most of the cooking, is more excited than I am. )

10/23 - 135 - 1448 - 10-day ave 1249
Last night I came home from painting class with a serious case of the hungries! But I stuck to healthy snacks - some fresh ground cashew butter, an orange, and -- still hungry! - some cashews and pistachios.

10/24

R52/My 13th EW: 170.0 (+2.6) AW: 169.5
R53/My 14th EW: 170.4 (-0.4) AW: 170.4
R54/My 15th: EW: 172 (+1.2) AW: 171.1
R55/My 16th: EW 172.3 (+0.3 AW: 171.97
R56/My17th SW: 172.3 GW: 170.0

Day/Weight/Comment
10/15: 172.8; TOM
10/16: 172.2
10/17: 171.6
10/18: 171.4
10/19: 172.2; dinner w/ friends last night, headed to the treadmill after work
10/20: 170.8
10/21: 171.8
10/22: 172.6; possibly due to lack of water over the weekend, eating wasn't that bad
10/23: 170.8, yay!
10/24

@eminater, ? I have not seen a post for a while from her. She is always upbeat, but I know from her last posting that she said she was losing motivation. I hope that she is just busy with family life.

Female, age 39, 5'5"
OSW: 6/13/18, 178.8
End of Round 44, 6/26/18, 170.6 (-5)
End of Round 45, 7/6/18, 168.8 (-1.6)
End of Round 46, 7/16/18, 166.2 (-2.6)
End of Round 47, 7/26/18, 164.8 (-1.4)
End of Round 48, 8/5/18, 167 (+2.2) *on vacation
End of Round 49, 8/15/18, 163 (-4)
End of Round 50, 8/25/18, 162 (-1)
End of Round 54, 10/4/18, 158.8 (-3.2)
End of Round 55, 10/14/18, 157.0 (-1.8)

Day/Weight/Comment
10/15: 157.2/Committed to sticking with my goals this round.
10/16: 155.8/Ran on the treadmill yesterday instead of outside and I hated it, but with the fall setting in I don't have much of a choice.
10/17: 155.2/Had a work conference, worried about blowing my diet, but kept it together.
10/18: 154.0/Feeling great! Went for a run outside yesterday. It days like this that motivate me to keep going and not drink that glass of wine or eat a whole bag of chips. I have just over 2 weeks(my birthday)to hit my goal of getting into the normal BMI range, which is attainable as long as I keep focused.
10/19: 153.8/Have to keep this momentum going into the weekend! Down 25 lbs, from my osw!
10/20: 153.4/Dinner and drinks with friends tonight, we'll see what this brings tomorrow.
10/21: 156.2/And here is my awesome weekend bump, sigh
10/22: 155.6/Just want to curl up with a pizza and wine, the struggle is real today.
10/23: 155.4/We'll see how today goes. I need to go back and read my notes, I am on a downward motivation spiral.

10/15 - 179.6 - Finally in the 170s!
10/16 - 180.1 - Darn it!
10/17 – 179.9 – Yay!
10/18 – 179.7 – Not feeling hungry at all, but feeling thinner. I wish everyday was like this.
10/19 - 180.0 - Today is "Weigh-in" day and I'm down -2.2 for the week. I'm upping my calories for the next 2 days so I am preparing myself for a slight increase on the scale.
10/20 - 179.7 - I'll take it!
10/21 - 179.7 - Went to Six Flags yesterday, walked a lot, burned a lot of calories. I guestimated what I ate calories wise and being conservative I think I only went over by 100. I am definitely taking a rest day today. Feeling motivated.
10/22 - 180.6 - Did everything right, I've had large deficits the past 10+ days and I've only lost 1.6. I'm thinking it's hormonal, ovulation maybe?? Idk. I'm about to stop weighing if it's going to affect me like this all the time. I feel like I've lost weight, 1/2" off my waist, yet the scale is messing with my head. Not sure about stepping on the scale anymore. Maybe just once a month. Still trying to decide on what I want to do. One thing is for sure, I AM NOT GIVING UP. I have to lose this weight for so many reasons. The scale is trying to break my spirit.
10/23 - 179.3 - Feeling a little sheepish that I had a freak out moment on the scale yesterday. Still .3 loss in 9 days is irritating, especially for someone who is just starting out and has been having 1000 deficit each day. I'm going to keep going knowing that the scale will respond eventually. I'm going to keep weighing daily as well, and try not to let it get to me.
10/24

26 yo female, 5'8"... This'll be Round 1 for me!

Highest Weight: 212.8lb
SW: 192.4lb
CW: 193.0lb
2018 GW: 180lb
UGW: 160lb

Day/Weight/Comment
10/15 - 192.4, following a weekend getaway with some pretty lax eating. Looking forward to focusing on my goal for the next 10 days!

10/16 - 193.0, which I think is some delayed fallout from my bingey weekend. Also, I had 150 cals of popcorn for a post-workout carb last night just before bed, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of that gain is salt retention too. Ate within my targets yesterday, so I'm sure I'll see the scale moving in the right direction soon.

10/17 - 192.6, moving the right way today! Last night, I was eating Monday's leftovers for dinner, and realized I made a mistake tracking the meal, and was shy 300 calories! That also helps explain the increase yesterday... figured it out and fixed my mistake. I'm hoping I can hit 190 by the end of this round... I haven't seen a 1-8 at the front of my weight in years (unless the scale has been glitching haha) and it's feeling so close!

10/18 - 193.0... ARG. I haven't been sleeping well this week, maybe that's why I'm really not seeing the scale move? Feeling pretty frustrated, kind of want to just give up for the week and dive bomb into a loaf of bread. I won't though. Still, pretty annoyed.

10/19 - 193.9 got sad yesterday and did some emotional eating in the evening, so I was expecting his. Its something I'm working on, and ultimately I didn't binge as much as I used to, so not too bad considering. I just did a 10.75km this korning though, which has renewed my motivation! I surpassed my goal of getting to 10km by the end of October, YAY! Just had a teriyaki chicken skillet for 300 cal and a latte, and planning on keeping dinner lighter too, and trying to use this run to balance out my missteps this week.

10/20 - 193.2 *didn't have time to reflect/blog post this weekend, just took weight*

10/21 - 192.8 *didn't have time to reflect/blog post this weekend, just took weight*

10/22 - 193.0... This past couple weeks has been a high intensity phase of training for me, I thought that would result in a faster decrease, maybe I'm over-stressing my body too much though and need to focus in on recovery. No idea, just going to keep trucking. Le sigh. I was reading that it only counts as a plateau if you don't lose for 3 weeks in a row, so going to try not to panic yet.

10/23 - 193.0 LAWL *throws hands up* at least it's holding steady and not really going up....
10/24

UTMom81 wrote: »

Kres567 wrote: »

‪10/18 - 207.4‬
‪10/19 - 207.0 - went to my son’s hockey BBQ as planned and only had the veggie burger that I brought with me. And it was enough. It was more about enjoying the outdoors and the people. I didn’t care about not having the chips that were there. Today is normally a bit of a free day for me but I’m going to try my best to track everything, get my water and steps in‬
‪10/20 - 207.0. I’m so happy with this. I tracked everything yesterday which kept me from having more of a free day than I might have. I had some salty meals yesterday so I’m going to drink tonnes of water today. ‬
‪10/21 - 209.0 - looks like the salt caught up to me. I had one slice of pizza last night and that really put me over. I also only got half my steps for the day. Drinking a lake today and walking more. ‬
‪10/22 - 208.0 - and the salt is going away. Although I up since Friday this is probably the least amount I have gained over a weekend in a long time so I’m feeling pretty happy right now. My food is all planned out for today. Planned a walk at lunch so just need to make sure I get my water in again today. ‬
‪10/23‬
‪10/24‬

Good job, Jen! It's hard to make much progress if we let the weekends undo all our hard work from the previous week. Good for you for continuing to track. Keep up the good work!

I think that’s been a huge downfall for me on this journey - weekends are so hard!

In for my 13th Round!

Round 44 End Weight = 165.8 (5.2 lbs lost)
Round 45 End Weight = 164.9 (0.9 lbs lost)
Round 46 End Weight = 159.6 (5.2 lbs lost)
Round 47 End Weight = 157.2 (2.4 lbs lost)
Round 48 End Weight = 155.2 (2.0 lbs lost)
Round 49 End Weight = 151.2 (4.0 lbs lost)
Round 50 End Weight = 149.9 (1.3 lbs lost)
Round 51 End Weight = 146.2 (3.7 lbs lost)
Round 52 End Weight = 143.7 (2.5 lbs lost)
Round 53 End Weight = 143.1 (0.6 lbs lost)
Round 54 End Weight = 142.0 (1.1 lbs lost)
Round 55 End Weight = 141.3 (0.7 lbs lost)

Stats = 5'4 female, age 48
Highest Weight = 172 lbs (June 18, 2018)
Initial Goal Weight = 139 lbs (last weighed this is 2013)
Ultimate Goal Weight = 129 lbs (last weighed this in 2011)

Round 56 Goal: 140.0

Exercise Plan = Betty Rocker 90 Day Challenge (currently in week 11). Still not back to running due to sprained ankle recovery but hopefully will be able to by the end of this round.
Nutrition Plan = Continue to limit gluten, dairy, sugar, diet soda, alcohol & eat non-processed foods, protein/fruit/veg at every meal, complex carbs at breakfast and post workout meal, drink plenty of water.

Day/Weight/Comment

10/15 = 141.7 (up .4 from yesterday) Spent the day at a Corn Maze/Pumpkin Patch, no healthy choices so did small portions. Expected a small bump up from this.

10/16 = 141.9 (up .2 from yesterday) Ugh! Not off to the best start this round, went out for Asian food last night, again just kept to small portions, a slice of scallion pancake and a small portion of sesame chicken with rice. I have Cookbook club tomorrow night (dinner party where everyone cooks & brings a dish from the selected cookbook) so trying to keep my nutrition really tight today in anticipation of another bounce up from that on Thursday morning's weigh-in. I have day 73 of 90 workout on the schedule for today as well, looking forward to a good sweaty workout. Lots of water today, trying to flush out the sodium from the previous days.

10/17 = Did not weigh in. I weigh in 1st thing in the morning and yesterday as soon as I got up was dealing immediately with some compulsive issues with my daughter that happened while she was supposed to be sleeping the previous night. She took everything with a battery (night light, alarm clock, her cell phone), removed the batteries, which she hid, and then put everything in her trash can, which she filled with water. Not a great start to the day but the bright side is, she was not in an agitated state, was actually in a decent mood, so while the medication is not helping 100% with her OCD at least she was not experiencing anxiety along with it. "Look for the positives in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder".

10/18 = 144.0 (up 2.1 lbs) I know this is a not a real gain and I was expecting this bump up as last night was Cookbook Club - so not upset by this, it will drop down back down in a couple of days. The cookbook for last night was Magnolia Table from Joanna Gaines (from HGTV's Fixer Upper). I made her recipe for Flatbread Pizza with Prosciutto and New Potatoes and also her Layered Arugula Salad with Pear Vinaigrette. Both were really good, the salad will definitely make again. It has arugula, pears, pomegranate arils, candied walnuts, & goat cheese, along with a tangy vinaigrette, just had some leftovers for lunch, delicious! The other dishes were Baked Bruschetta with Tomato, Basil & Fontina, Baked Chicken with Bacon Bottom and Wild Rice, Scalloped Potatoes, Gruyere & Asparagus Quiche, Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Pecans, & Balsamic Reduction + Lemon Pie, Chocolate Chip Cookies & Shortbread Cookies. A 2 lb. uptick on the scale, NOT SURPRISING But, it was my only meal of the day and everything was a polite portion, not binge eating. Lots of water today, along with yoga and my typical food choices and tomorrow the scale should drop some of this. A fun evening and we only do these 5-6 times a year, so I am glad I was able to partake, guilt free and be right back on track today with the choices I make. I'll end on a super positive note...wore new pair of pants last night which were a size 4!!!!!! "Work out, eat well, be patient, your body will reward you."

10/19 Did not weigh in

10/20 Did not weigh in

10/21 142.9 (down 1.1 lbs, still up 1.6 lbs) Super busy past couple of days, no time to check in, haven't been logging, no exercising, but trying to just practice intuitive eating. My ankle feels almost 100% healed, I wanted to run this weekend but my husband said to give it another week. Tomorrow starts a new week, & I think I am ready (sprained ankle wise) to be 100% back in my workout program and start running again. I know as soon as I can resume my full exercise program, my nutrition will fall back in line. The low 140's have been difficult to get out of but I still have a bit of weight to lose and my next goal is to get to into the 130's. I don't think this will happen this round, but I need to re-group and make this happen for the next round. I'm not done yet.

10/22 Did not weigh in

10/23 142.9 (no change, still up 1.6 lbs) This round is a wash for me, I'm really looking forward to the next round and getting my "A" game back! I'm hosting a big(ish) party tomorrow night and have 101 things to do but once I get past that I can turn my attention back to where it needs to be with weight loss. I really, really want to go running! The good news is that I am no longer wearing the compression brace and all signs point to be fully healed I have just 11 more workouts left in my 90 Day Challenge (which has been going on for now over 90 days), I can't wait to finish this up and move on to a new Betty Rocker workout, but will stick to the 30 day ones from now on.

10/24

Let's get started . CW is 158.3, my GW is 153. Let's see how this goes.
10/10 158.3
10/12 156.9
10/15 156.7
being extra mindful of after work/after dinner snacking. Am particularly glad since i am down .2 from after a weekend away. That's a big win for me.
10/16 157.9 totally my fault I thought I had picked healthier foods that day and then did the calculations after and realized the error of my ways. Good reminder
10/17 157.1 I made extra careful choices and drank more water. Rest of the week will be a challenge as i have several business meetings over dinners and lunches. But mindfulness will be my watchword!
10/18 156.7 I did make good choices after all
10/19 157.2 +.5 ☹
10/22 156.5
10/23 156.6