JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 61
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JGM10D ~|~ Round 60
I am FOCUSED on heathy food choices and DETERMINED to achieve my goals!
Previous 5 roundsAge: 72; Height 5โ2โ; FemaleDaily Goals
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016)
Round 55: SW: 167.2 GW: 166.4 EW: 165.2
Round 56: SW: 165.4 GW: 165.0 EW: 165.5
Round 57: SW: 165.6 GW: 165.0 EW: 166.3
Round 58: SW: 166.5 GW: 165.9 EW: 166.3
Round 59: SW: 166.5 GW: 166.2 EW: 166.2
Round 60: SW: 166.3 GW: 165.3 EW: 165.5
Round 61: SW: 165.6 GW: 164.x EW: xxxxDaily GoalsRound 60
Food
~ Pre-log; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Cardio:
~ 9,500+ Steps daily
~ 30+ minutes HIIT
Strength:
~ 15+ mins lower body physio daily
~ 10+ minutes arms/core/abs
Flexibility:
~ 5 mins stretch before/after workouts
~ 10+ mins yoga/tai chi
Daily Mindfulness Practice/meditation
15 mins Daily Declutter session
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01/12: 165.0: Goals โ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป WOO! HOO! Now we're talking!
02/12: 165.4: Goals โ Temporary glitch. I always get a rebound bounce after a drop. I am addressing it today!
03/12: 165.5: Goals โ Weekends! Blaugh!
Round 60
04/12: 165.6: Goals โ
05/12: 165.5: Goals โ Holding steady! December is a minefield. Vigilance is key!
06/12: 165.6: Goals โ dum dee dum dee dum ........ Just be patient!
07/12: 165.6: Goals โ *whistles quietly to herself*
08/12: 165.7: Goals โ Happy with that. One or two extra indulgences are showing up! Lol! Planning a frugal weekend!
09/12: xxxxx: Goals
10/12: xxxxx: Goals
11/12: xxxxx: Goals
12/12: xxxxx: Goals
13/12: xxxxx: Goals
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieve permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.- Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
- A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
- Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
- The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
- Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
- The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
- When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
- Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.
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I couldn't find the thread for a few days, but was still working! Thank you so much to Grandma Jackie for continuing this!!
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original starting weight: 201
Round 60:starting weight11/24/18 -167.4
Round 61: starting weight 12/8/18-164.6
lowest recorded weight at end of round 61:
goals:
1)drink 14-16 cups water daily--start early in the day- fill containers with potassium water
2)exercise as many days as can a week, leisure walk if can on rest day--look for recovery days if needed from strength training
3)do whatever necessary to get adequate sleep
4) keep sodium to 800 mg most days
5) 1550 calories max set up-- full well knowing you are now aiming lower--have to keep up with the mental aspect of weight loss
6) set limits in life so as not to get too stressed and compromise my goals
7) have non-food activities to do and if activity involves food, have a plan
8) lose weight--aiming for goal of 127-135 in 2019, work hard for next goal- since need new license pic in January and hated the last one for 8 years
9) stay within 3 lbs once reach goal weight
10) post victories and challenges
11) new plan commitment to see if working for 2 weeks--goal 12/19 evaluation day12 -
My first round - 61
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 11st 13lb
12/05 11st 13lb
12/06 11st 13lb Spend the day in the house, it's not good for me
12/07 11st 12.8lb Need to get out and walk today
12/08 11st 12.6lb Took 6019 steps yesterday. MFP gave me a lot of exercise calories for this but I didn't use them.
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Male - 5' 10" - 52 years old \ Original Start Weight 182 lbs in May 2016 \ Goal Weight 165 lbs
Late Start - February 2nd - 168 lbs End of Round - February 7th - 168.8 lbs
Round 31 - My 2nd Round
Start Round - 02/07 - 168.8 End of Round - 02/16 - 167
Round 32 - My 3rd Round
Start Round - 02/17 - 167.4 End of Round - 02/26 - 167.2
Round 33 - My 4th Round
Start Round - 2/27 - 168 End of Round - 3/8 - 167
Round 34 - My 5th Round
Start Round - 3/9 - 168 End of Round - 3/18 - 166.6
Round 35 - My 6th Round
Start Round 3/19 - 168.4 End of Round 3/28 - 166
Round 36 - My 7th Round
Start Round 3/29 - 166.6 End of Round 4/7 - 167.8
Round 37 - My 8th Round
Start Round 4/8 - 167.2 End of Round 4/17 - 167.2
Round 38 - My 9th Round
Start Round 4/18 - 167.8 End of Round 4/27 - 167.2
Round 39 - My 10th Round
Start Round 4/28 - 167.6 End Round 5/07 - 169.4
Round 40 - My 11th Round
Start Round 5/08 - 169.6 End Round 5/17 - 167.6
Round 41 - My 12th Round
Start Round 5/18 - 168.6 End Round 5/27 - 167.6
Round 42 - My 13th Round
Start Round 5/28 - 168.6 End Round 6/06 - 166.8
Round 43 - My 14th Round
Start Round 6/07 - 166.6 End Round 6/16 - 168.4
Round 44 - My 15th Round
Start Round 6/17 - 169 End Round 6/26 - 168.8
Round 45 - My 16th Round
Start Round 6/27 - 169 End round 7/06 - 168.4
Round 46 - My 17th Round
Start Round 7/07: - 169.4 End Round 7/16: - 169.0
Round 47 - My 18th Round
Start Round 7/17 - 170 End Round 7/26 - 169.4
Round 48 - My 19th Round
Start Round 7/27 - 169.6 End Round 8/05 - 170.4
Round 49 - My 20th Round
Start Round 8/06 - 170.2 End Round 8/15 - 170.2
Round 50 - My 21st Round
Start Round 8/16 - 169.8 End Round 8/25 - 169.4
Round 51 - My 22nd Round
Start Round 8/26 - 168.8 End Round 9/04 - 169.8
Round 52 - My 23rd Round
Start Round 9/05 - 169.2 End Round 9/14 - 171
Round 53 - My 24th Round
Start Round 9/15 - 170.8 End Round 9/24 - 168.8
Round 54 - My 25th Round
Start Round 9/25 - 168.8 End Round 10/4 - 169.0
Round 55 - My 26th Round
Start Round 10/05 - 168.8 End Round 10/14 - 173.0
Round 56 - My 27th Round
Start Round 10/15 - 175.6 End Round 10/24 - 169.6
Round 57 - My 28th Round
Start Round 10/25 - 169.6 End Round 11/03 - 168.4
Round 58 - My 29th Round
Start Round 11/04 - 169.0 End Round 11/13 - 169.8
Round 59 - My 30th Round
Start Round 11/14 - 170.0 Traveling 16th - 21st End Round 11/23 - 174.0
Round 60 - My 31st Round
Day/Weight/Comment
11/24 - 174.2
11/25 - 174.8
11/26 - 174.8
11/27 - 174.2 Treadmill 30 minutes last night
11/28 - 174.4
11/29 - 174.0 Walked 45 minutes yesterday
11/30 - 173.6
12/01 - 174.6 Walked 60 minutes yesterday
12/02 - 173.8
12/03 - 173.8
Round 61 - My 32nd Round
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 - 172.0
12/05 - 173.0
12/06 - 172.6 Morning walk - 50 minutes
12/07 - 172.6
12/08 - 172
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Just starting on the 8th. . .
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04
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12/08 189
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Round 61 - my 4th round
Female - 58 - 5'7"
OSW: 271.8 (Oct 9/18)
UGW: 165 or lower
End R58: 261.2 (-2.2)
End R59: 258.8 (-2.4)
End R60: 256.6 (-2.2)
My goal is to stick to 1500 calories or less per day. I would love to see the 240s by the end of December and I feel confident I can do it.
12/03 - 256.6 - End R60 - bumped up 2# from the day before with indulgent after dinner eating.
12/04 - 255.8
12/05 - 253.8 - This is what I like about daily weighing. I can see that one or two off-plan days don't have to turn in to ruination as long as I get back to plan asap. (I edited my weight after posting because of TMI)
12/06 - 254.4 - Yesterday, I made fudge for my partner to take to his Christmas party at work. Do I have to even tell you who ate some? To taste test of course.The scale will show me a better number tomorrow.
12/07 - 255.6 - The scale didn't show me a better number today. lol . Too much non-essential eating before bed.
12/08 - 254.0 - That's better!
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Round 61
36y/ 173cm or 5'8"
OSW: 74kg May 2018 (163lbs)
Goal for end of 2018: below 70kg (68ish)
UGW: updated 67-63kg (148-139lbs) end of spring 2019
Round goals: treadmill running, yoga, body weight workoutsTue 12/04 - 71.4kg
This is not great, up 1 kg from yesterday, but I suppose it is the weekend showing - little water, lots of salt and snacks. And last night also turned into a little bit of a binge once again.
Plan for today: food for today weighed and logged, salad and crackers for lunch, fruit snacks. Treadmill after work, healthy dinner with lots of veg and enough to have left over tomorrow. Early night so i get up for yoga in the morning.
Wed 12/05 - 70.8kg
This looks better. Stuck to my plan, went on the treadmill (35mins run and 20mins brisk walk with an incline), had my healthy dinner minus baked potatoes as I burned them, oops. But that meant I had some cals for snacking left over.
And I got up to start today with some yoga despite a terribly hot night, healthy breakfast, lunch will be a guess as I have a meeting. But dinner is ready and waiting for me after the gym.
Thu 12/06 - 70.5kg
Right direction despite not sticking to the plan yesterday. The lunch meeting was very nice steak, the beef here is amazing, no chips. But then I was invited to a pub quiz, which meant I only managed a very short run plus my legs were sooo tired from Tuesday. At the quiz, food was provided and I had to estimate again and also couldn't say no to a couple of beers.
Today, I was too tired to get up for yoga and also won't be going to the gym as I have a lot of work to do and today really want to make it to bed by 10pm.
Fri 12/07 71.4kg
Ugh, I am an idiot. LNS got me, because 'I deserved it' doing work in the evening, being tired and missing home. I am not liking this trend, I was 2kg down from this last week. It wasn't all bad at first, did yoga last night and one American Housewife episode worth of body weight exercises. I discovered that I can use my stairs as a step and still see the TVDidn't log the exercise as I didn't know how to quantify, but I worked up a little sweat. However that surely wasn't enough for the popcorn and pretzles I had after a healthy dinner. So I stopped logging those snacks after the second trip to the kitchen. ๐ฉ
I realise that I often eat the same or more cals in fruit and snacks as I do in meals. I need to review and change that. I love my little snacks, they aren't all too unhealthy, but it means I'll never break the habit.
Today, yay, Friday! we only work until 1-2pm in the afternoon - the other days are a bit longer instead - so I will go to the gym for a longer run&walk in the afternoon. I also started this morning with yoga and cucumber water (I can't stop running to the loo). I have packed a slightly bigger portions of breakfast and lunch instead of extra snacks, only fruit for now. Hopefully, that will set me up for the gym later.
Sat 12/08 - 69.8kg I weighed myself several times this morning over the course of 2.5 hours of having a slow morning and a snooze and I got 71.4, 70.8, 70.6 and finally 69.8kg. That is some crazy fluctuation, 1.6kg or 3.5lbs. I mean toilet breaks surely can't account for that much? Anyway, this is nice to see, especially after I did 10.7km on the treadmill yesterday! I was on there for 95mins, walking and running and sweated like never before. It felt really good.
Hunger during the day was ok with my slightly bigger portions. I craved snacks a lot, but only had coffee and an apple. The shorter work day also helped. In the evening I only ate part of the pasta I had cooked and logged and didn't eat all my calories in snacks initially. But then got a bit hungry around 10pm and had some more, but still within calories. I did have a bit of a stressful evening planning another work trip and really wanted some wine, but decided to have parsley&cucumber water instead, so that was a little win. And boy, that water works. My feet looked a bit swollen the last few days and this morning, they are back to normal. Thanks for the tip, @tiabirdie56!
Plan for today: started with a quick yoga session, planned healthy, filling meals, including my pasta left overs and have to do some work. My legs are tired from yesterday so no gym, but will do some exercises at home to get my butt off the sofa and away from the laptop. Tonight, people are going clubbing, not sure I'm up for that, dancing would burn calories though. But another eve at home also sounds good.10 -
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 221.4 pounds. Just got back from a wonderful vacation and my weight is up a bit. Looking forward to the next ten days of getting back on track.
12/05 214.4 pounds. Either that was a lot of water weight gain from my vacation or my sister's scale weighs differently than mine. Mine is new and recently calibrated and is what I've been using since I restarted my weight loss program in September, so I'll take it. Only 1.2 pounds to go until I'm at my pre-vacation weight. I can probably get there during this ten day challenge.
12/06 214 pounds. Yesterday was a good day. I was a bit frustrated because my Fitbit decided not to record my heart rate accurately during my workout. Stopped and took my heart rate the old fashioned gym class way and found that it was almost twice the 72 bpm that Fitbit recorded. But I know that its readings don't really matter and that I'll lose the weight and increase the cardio fitness even when that happens. Anyway, only .8 pounds more than when I left for vacation. Glad for MFP and this thread for the accountability. It really helps.
12/07 213.4 pounds. Yesterday was a good day. Today should be a good one too since I've been called into work and I always get a lot of walking in when I work.
12/08 211.8 pounds. Wow. Don't know how long this will stick, but I'll take it. My new approach to weight loss is that when I'm up for calorie deficits, I cut calories, and when I'm not, I try to maintain. I arrived at this conclusion when I realized that I've gained and lost the same twenty pounds for years. If only I'd maintained in the off times, I'd be at a healthy weight now. Admittedly, I ate over maintenance more that half the days I was on vacation. I'm pretty proud of myself to getting back to it. My pattern would have been to go months or years with too many over maintenance days. Glad it was only a couple of weeks this time.
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Round 58 SW: 258.8 EW: 247.4 (-11.4)
Round 59 SW: 247.4 EW: 244.8 (-2.6)
Round 60 SW: 244.8 EW: 241.0 (-3.8)
Mini goal is to be in 230's by the end of the year.
UGW: 165lbs by the end of next year.
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 - 242.0...didn't eat much of anything all day and then TOM arrived and my stomach became a bottomless pit!
12/05 - 240.0...ate way under calories yesterday (just wasn't hungry, probably still full from the day before!) Did water aerobics and some walking.
12/06 - 241.4...under calories yesterday and did water aerobics, but had a slice of toast at around 9pm and I don't usually eat that late.
12/07 - 237.6...under calories but no exercise. I went to water aerobics but turned around and left again, just wasn't feeling well enough to do it.
12/08 - 237.6...over calories yesterday by a couple hundred..even with exercise ones used.ย We had our first real snow of the season, there was about 3ft piled up in my driveway. SO did most of it and I did the last 1/2 hr. Was finally able to drink some water yesterday, had 75oz..almost back to my regular.
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12/04: Ready for a new healthy start, Steps are back up 10,000+.
12/05- went for a good walk today, the sun felt so good. steps 10,700
12/06- Trying to get over 10,000 steps, today it was snow I just had to dress warm and go.
12/07-I fell asleep on the couch last night, grandson never completely recovered from his cough back to the doctors and chest x-ray which was clear. We watched both grand children while their parents worked during the afternoon we did Christmas crafts. Back to walking steps today.
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@fitby44 I love your new approach! Your insightfulness has really helped me today!
I don't always feel like being in weight loss mode but it never occurs to me to just maintain the loss until I feel like losing more. I've always been either on or off a "diet" with on being too restrictive and off being gluttonous. The result is always that I have to start over from the beginning (usually at a higher weight than originally) instead of where I left off. It's very mentally tiring as well as being physically exhausting and probably very unhealthy.
Thank you so much for sharing this morning! You've turned on the light bulb for me and probably many others here.
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Round 61 - my 2nd
Female 43yo 5โ4โ
OSW: 225 (4/9/18)
CSW: 188.6
CGW: 186
End weight round 60: 189.4 (-2lb)
12/4 188.6
12/5 187.4 This may not stick. My calories were low yesterday and sometimes that makes the next day hard not to eat everything in sight. Will do my best and log everything! Did one hour of yoga yesterday too.
12/6 187.2 Iโll take it, had pizza for dinner and even though I stayed in my calorie range I didnโt know what to expect on the scale this morning
12/7 189.2 out to dinner last night, hope this is just water retention from sodium. 1 hour of yoga today
12/8 191.4 ?!? I felt pretty good about yesterday but obviously not as well as I thought. This is disappointing because I have been bouncing around 188-192 for a month and felt good about where I was two days ago.
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R61 SW: 193.4
R61 GW: 192.4 (keepinโ it real)
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04 193.4 pleasantly surprised
12/05 193.4 MUST STOP LATE NIGHT SNACKING!! Ugh!!
12/06 194.4 Yup not only snacked at 8:00pm, I ate the other half of my gyro at 8:30!! Hereโs to a successful day today.
12/07 194.6 Not surprised. Spontaneous trip to Chiliโs. Cheese curds & 1/4 of a Boss Burger. Actually surprised itโs not more. Tonight is our office Christmas party. I will not pass up my annual filet mignon!!!
12/08 193.6 Well what do ya know? A loss!!!! Enjoyed my filet at the Christmas party. Skipped the appetizers, had about 1/3 of my filet, small scoop mashed potatoes & small scoop sweet potatoes. Vegetables were asparagus & brussel sprouts so had to skip those. Also didnโt even taste the chocolate sin dessert!! Now thereโs some willpower!! Iโm a โyou had me at chocolateโ kind of girl. BUT I saw a group pic of the party & it almost made me cry - I do not like the way I look at all. I do want to look better, feel better, have my clothes fit, have more energy. I know this & I know how what needs to be done so why oh why canโt I just do it?? UGH!
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HSW 229.4
R40 SW 199.4
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R60 SW 173.2 - 0.2 (-26.2 with this challenge; -34.8 since Jan 1 2018; -56.2in total)
R61 SW 174.8 +1.6
12/04 174.4 undeserved but i'll enjoy it while it lasts
12/05 173.2and the sun is shining!!
12/06 173.8 early weigh in - enjoyed some fruitcake yesterday but stayed within my calories - next special event is on the 12th so hopefully i can make some progress before then
12/07 173.8 not enough exercise yesterday
12/08 173.2
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Goals for R61
Calories - 1200-1300
Exercise - at least 3 days/week
Weight ~~ stay within 2lb of 130.
UGW - 130
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 151.2R60 end weight 132.2 (+1.4); 10-day ave 1384
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
R54 end weight 136.6 (-.6); 10-day ave 1238
R55 end weight 135.4 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1209
R56 end weight 135 (-.4); 10-day ave 1263
R57 end weight 134.4 (-.6); 10-day ave 1212
R58 end weight 133.6 (-.8); 10-day ave 1372
R59 end weight 130.8 (-2.8); 10-day ave 1125
Day/Weight/Calories/10-day Can Ave/Comment
12/04 - 131.6 - 1246 - 10-day ave 1401
Back in the "legal" zone. I'm still slacking off on exercise because of lingering pain, especially in my joints. The elimination diet I was on eliminated 15 pounds but not the pain. Still a win! We tried another short course of prednisone and will re-check inflammation levels mid month and go from there. In the meantime, I need to suck it up and exercise anyway. Maybe I should join a "get off your butt for 10 days" challenge!
12/05 - 131.2 - 1160 - 10-day ave 1383
Follow-up visit with dietitian today re. the elimination diet, which has made no difference in my pain/inflammation. It will be interesting to hear what other suggestions she might have. In the meantime, I'm trying a new baked salmon patty recipe for lunch. Mmmm!
12/06 - 130.4 - 1370 - 10-day ave 1399
OK, back down where I belong. My dietitian visit left me a little confused and blue. I've seen no difference in pain with the elimination diet I did, and no symptoms of any sensitivities as I've added foods back into my diet. The only major changes I've noticed is that my gut seems to be functioning better and I lost 9 pounds on the diet. Anyway, my integrative doctor is sending me to another rheumatologist, and I know he's going to want me to take prednisone long term, and I'm not happy about that. The dietitian did say that 6 weeks of eliminating foods may not be enough and suggested I think about doing it again for 12 weeks, or even doing the much more restrictive auto-immune paleo diet. But of course if I take pred and follow the diet and the pain subsides, we won't know which treatment did it. I had such high hopes for the elimination diet I was on that I'm really bummed out right now. I don't want to be on pred long term but it's the only medication mentioned in anything I've read about PMR. Anyway, thanks for listening. My salmon patty (new recipe) yesterday was delicious, so there is that! And our kitten is lovely and funny and sweet, and I just sold two paintings, and I've just started a new book (writing, not reading, although I did just start Louise Penny's new book, Kingdom of the Blind). So I guess a bit of pain isn't the end of the world.Thanks for giving me a place to unload.
12/07 - 130.6 - 1140 - 1382
I'm feeling slightly less overwhelmed, although...I asked for a referral to a different rheumatologist and my integrative doctor tried, but because ALL the rheums in this system are in the same practice, they won't let me see a different doctor. I will not go back to the first one - he didn't listen, dismissed my concerns about prednisone, IMO lied to me abut potential side effects (said there are non for short-term use, which is not true), and spoke so fast I couldn't understand him (I had to see the printed appt report before I knew what he diagnosed, although I asked him to repeat several times). The other system in town has rheumatologsits but it's a 40-min drive to the office, which I'd just as soon avoid, so I'm pretty annoyed. I am going to contact the hospital admin to find out about recourse - can they really deny me care because I didn't feel comfortable with one of their doctors? The patient is punished for the doctor's shortcomings? OK, another rant, but I'm almost to the point of saying I'll just live with the pain. So annoying.
12/08 - 131.8 - 1884 - 10-day ave 1418
It's water! We went out for lunch yesterday and my calories & sodium were both high for the day, plus I had a minor binge last night that would have been fine if not for the big lunch. But it's fine - I have today mapped out. Happy weekend!
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@Birder165 Glad I could help.
I chuckled to myself after I posted thinking that my username is Fitby44 and I'm actually 50 now. I would be fit if I hadn't originally told myself I'd be at a healthy weight by x date and just used this new strategy. Ah well. Before it was all or nothing thinking. I kept thinking, "At some point I'll be able to mentally stay in the loss phase longer than eight weeks" and it never happened.
MFP is so helpful because it's so easy to set the calorie allotment to maintenance when I want to take a break.
Best of luck!9 -
R38 SW 212.6 GW 210 EW 207.4 (-5.2)R61 SW 177.4 GW 176.0 EW TBD
R39 SW 207.4 GW 206 EW 206.2 (-1.2)
R40 SW 206.2 GW 204.6 EW 203.0 (-3.2)
R41 SW 203.0 GW 202.5 EW 200.4 (-2.6)
R42 SW 200.4 GW 199.9 EW 199.0 (-1.4)
R43 SW 199.0 GW 199.0 EW 197.6 (-1.4)
R44 SW 197.6 GW 196.5 EW 196.6 (-1.0)
R45 SW 196.6 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.4)
R46 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 196.2 (-0.0)
R47 SW 196.2 GW 195.6 EW 192.0 (-4.2)
R48 SW 192.0 GW 190.6 EW 191.2 (-0.8)
R49 SW 191.2 GW 190.0 EW 189.5 (-1.7)
R50 SW 189.5 GW 188.0 EW 185.5 (-4.0)
R51 SW 185.5 GW 184.0 EW 185.5 (-0.0)
R52 SW 185.5 GW 183.5 EW 183.5 (-2.0)
R53 X X X X X X
R54 SW 183.8 GW 182.0 EW 180.4 (-3.4)
R55 SW 180.4 GW 179.0 EW 180.2 (-0.2)
R56 SW 180.2 GW 179.8 EW 182.6 (+2.4)
R56 X X X X X X Messed up my numbers?
R58 SW 179.6 GW 170's EW 178.0 (-1.6)
R59 SW 178.0 GW 177.0 EW 177.6 (-0.4)
R60 SW 177.6 GW 177.0 EW 177.4 (-0.2)
Total Lost to Date: 35.2
Daily Goals: Smarter choices, that I still enjoy
Long Term Goals: A healthy lifestyle I can maintain
Short Term GW: 199.9 by 6/2
Short term GW2: 182.6 by 11/1
Short term GW3: 170.0 by 1/7/19
UGW: 155ish - by April 2019
12/03 (Start weight) 177.4
12/04 - Tuesday - 178.8 - Hmmm...well thats interesting. I guess the weekend just took a day to catch up with me. Yesterday was a good eating day, even did a little yoga to destress and it was a circus at work. Not sweating it though...I felt really good this morning. Sticking to habits today, canned soup for lunch and eggroll in a bowl for dinner and tomorrows lunches. When I closed yesterdays diary is said I would be 170.5 in 5 weeks time so that was encouraging seeing that I'm not far "off schedule" to short term goal #3!
12/05 - Wednesday - 178.8 - Ate Wendys without prelogging last night and now I know that a spicy chicken sandwich and fries is 1100 calories! Whoops. Ended the day around maintenance but it was not what I had planned and beat myself up over it for a moment - DH reminded me that it is a TREAT and I'm not eating fast food every day like I used to. I then gave myself some credit for the changes I've made and was able to enjoy the fact that we actually had a nice impromptu dinner date. This is a LIFELONG journey so getting used to a normal amount of eating out is needed - I cant beat myself up over living life! But I can learn from it!
12/06 - Thursday - 177.4 - Stressful evening last night. DH may be seeking other employment, unknown is terrifying but we will be okay. Anyway, work feels like a funeral today. Stuck to habits this morning and will be clinging to them thru this. Endo follow up this afternoon - and physical appointment labs came back looking good! My non-fasting glucose was 87 at 3PM!!! More labs to be done today and hoping to see improvement there also.
12/07 - Friday - 177.0 - Feeling more optimistic about our future today - the only thing I can plan for is that the plan will change - sticking by that motto through this next chapter. Endocrinologist appointment was amazing. Doc said I can come off my metformin, and other meds - continue with lifestlye changes and ready to start trying to conceive!!! PCOS symptoms have subsided, which is the whole reason I got serious about this journey. Smashing goals and pushing on to the next goal!
12/08 - Saturday - 176.0 - low cal day yesterday, mostly due to nerves still, wasnt terribly hungry. Our neighbor/tenant brought over homemade soup and grilled cheese for dinner, so that saved me from the super salty chili baked potato I had planned and was a nice little get together. Brought the dog for a bath at the new pet store and washed bedding so everyones feeling less stuffy and squeky clean! Also noticed my hair feels really healthy! Making meal plans today, need to do full haul grocery shop and farm shop.
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Goal: stay mindful and don't blow the month just because of a few more outtings then usual.
Try to see under 140 by DEC 22
Keep at it!!
Round 60
OW 230
Spoiler
Round 46 SW 178 EW 172.6 (-5.4) ๐
Round 47 SW 172.6 EW 170.8 (-1.8)๐
Round 48 SW 170.8 EW 168 (-2.8)๐
Round 49 SW 168 EW 166.8 (-1.2) ๐
Round 50 SW 166.8 EW 163.6 (-3.2) ๐
Round 51 SW 163.6 EW 161.4 (-2.2)๐
Round 52 SW 161.4 EW 157.8 (-3.6)๐
Round 53 SW 157.8 EW 156.2 (-1.6)๐
Round 54 SW 156.2 EW 155.8 (-.04)๐
Round 55 SW 155.8 EW 151.2 (-4.6) ๐๐๐
Round 56 SW 151.2 EW 149.8 (-1.4) ๐
Round 57 SW 149.8 EW 148.2 (-1.6) ๐
Round 58 SW 148.2 EW 147.2 (-1) ๐
Round 59 SW 147.2 EW 146.2 (-1) ๐
Round 60 SW 146.2 EW 145.2 (-1) ๐
Round 16
SW 145.2
GW 143
UGW 125
12/04 145.4 up a .2...why? No clue. Ate within a deficint, exercised good and had a little over 1.2 liters of water. I am assuming it's a slight fluctuation before a woooosh lol or at least I hope ๐ค๐คvolleyball tonight and I always see a loss the next day, so needless to say I am excited to weigh in tomorrow.
12/05 145.2 and down again. I was fine yesterday morning but by around dinner time the hunger monster awoke. I couldn't seem to get full, regardless of how hard I tried. I played volleyball and exercised pretty good yesterday but because of my eating, I ended on a maintenance. I also had a good amount of energy last night after I got home, so decided to exercise a bit more while doing laundry and didn't end up going to bed until after 2. Needless to say I need to get a bit more sleep then that.
12/06 145.2 my body is comfortable here. I guess I shouldn't complain, had a chocolate craving around 8 so that overkilled my calories by a bit. Exercised good and 2 liters of water.
12/07 144.0 last night I started feeling really sick. I think I caught the flu so I went to bed early and am still feeling sick now..have No clue what happened, was fine all day then BAM, nausea. So, as much as this number excited me, I also know it's because I only ate 600 cal. Yesterday and couldn't even count the amount of hours I have been sleeping. Once I feel better and start eating normally again, I will, get a more accurate number
12/08142 still sickness weight with little to no eating and maybe a bit of dehydration, even though water was the only thing j made sure I was indulgent in. I am feeling much better today and hungry...so I expect this weight will increase by tomorrow ๐ฅ๐ฅ I wish it hadn't been because of an illness
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I'm in - my 2nd round
Female - 56, 5'5"
OSW: 179.4
UGW: 140.0
End R60: 174.8
12/03 - 174.8
12/04 - 174.6 Small victory. I enjoyed goulash and garlic bread for dinner last night but used portion control.
12/05 - 174.6 Holding steady. I have to keep motivated. I should maybe add a little more exercise, or just some exercise lol, would be good. I know that would kick it up (or down) a notch.
12/06 - 174.0 Now that's more like it. 20 minutes on the treadmill and I survived. I might try it again tonight.
12/07 - 172.8 Woo Hoo! Gotta keep on it. Love the feeling of accomplishment.
12/08 - 173.6 Too much celebration. I didn't think I went over on my calories that much but just poor food choices - starchy and salty. I did exercise. Minor setback. I'm going to concentrate on more water and more veggies this weekend and maybe Monday i will see that number on the scale again.
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