JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 62

Pre MFP weight 262
MFP OSW. 249.8 (November 15, 2018)
UGW. 185.0 (November 5th, 2019 for my 57th birthday!)

Total loss of 2.6 my first round!
End R60 238.6
Total loss of 1.2 my second round.
End R61 237.4

12/14- 236.8 (down .6)
12/15- 236.8 (same)
12/16- 238.4 (up 1.6) Gourment meal with show. Only 1 choice.
12/17- 240.2 (now up total 3.4) Egads!! What’s happening!
12/18- 240.0 (thank goodness....back on track) Holidays are tough! 😣
12/19- 237.8
12/20- 237.0
12/21- 235.8 (Happy dance!)
12/22-
12/23-

Round 62 - my second round

Round 61 11st 12lb (-1 lb)

Day/Weight/Comment

This is going to be a difficult week

12/14 - 11st 12lb - no loss, but no gain - so I'm ok. Had a choice of a lot of food yesterday evening but just had
one small cake and biscuit, instead of several sweet offerings, including mince pies. Kept within calories.
12/15 - 11st 12.2lb - disappointed because, as always, I weighed everything yesterday and I kept within my calorie allowance and due to walking I also had a good calorie deficit so could easily have had more.
12/16 - 11st 12.8lb - another increase. I weighed and measured everything yesterday and my calorie intake was 1161 calories. I've not yet got to the party days!!!!
12/17 - 11st 12lb Phew - back to starting weight of this round. I had to guess the calories of my intake yesterday. Looks like I didn't do too bad a job, although my macros were not the best
12/18 - 11st 12.2lb - should not have had that biscuit! Had 1253 calories, only ate some of my exercise calories.
Woke up last night with toothache and a bad cold, and I've been sneezing all day.
I made an appointment with the dentist for tomorrow, but I think I will have to cancel meeting my friend due to my cold. I cannot believe that this has happened when I have 4 events in a row from tomorrow - the way I feel I won't be able to go to any of them. I don't want to spoil anyone's Christmas. I haven't been able to eat all my calories today - I had one good meal and one snack, but cannot face anything else.
12/19 - 11st11.6lb Meeting friend at cafe as a pre birthday meet up. Cancelled meeting with friend as I am still sneezing. Also cancelled visit to dentist which I've temporarily rebooked for Friday, but able to cancel if still not well.
12/20 - 11st10.4 My birthday and a Christmas party? with my book group. Weight loss likely to be due to night sweats. However I woke up feeling much better and my temperature has gone from 100.2 to 97.4. (I'm always lower than the average 98.4 when I'm ok) Not sure if I'll go to the party tonight - it depends how I feel nearer the time.
12/21 - 11st 10lb - Went out last night as I was feeling much better. Even managed to lose weight by being careful with the buffet despite having banoffee cheesecake with cream! Just a few presents to wrap for tonight's family get together for Christmas and my birthday/meal out.
Thanks to everyone for my birthday wishes yesterday.

12/22 - 11st 11.4lb - I had 240 calories for brunch yesterday and then it was the Birthday/Christmas family meal out. I just had what I wanted which was macaroni cheese and chips (which I shared) and cheese cake to follow. I also had a 20cl bottle of prosecco. The result of this is a 1.4lb gain. Oh well, it's the eve/eve party today with friends (a day earlier than usual) but I want to be back to my 1200 calories. I now have 45 minutes to get ready to go out and wrap 6 silly presents, which is the tradition for this group of family/friends

12/23 - One day at home before going to my son's house for Christmas

Round 62 - my 5th round

Female - 58 - 5'7"
OSW: 271.8 (Oct 9/18)
UGW: 165.0 or lower

End R58: 261.2 (-2.2)
End R59: 258.8 (-2.4)
End R60: 256.6 (-2.2)
End R61: 252.0 (-4.6)

My goal for this round is to keep my wits about me! I'd also like to get in to the 240s during this round.

12/13 - 252.0 - End R61 - starting weight for this round.

12/14 - 253.4 - Nothing to worry about. 3168 cals yesterday. I was super hungry all day and gave in to it. For the 3 days before yesterday, my calories averaged 1506/day and that seems to be my "1200". I can't do too many days in a row at that level. I can lose a lot of weight quickly but I get too hungry & tired. That's without even exercising. I should probably aim for at least 1600 - 1700 per day and perhaps that would help me avoid the high calorie days. ***ETA: I just changed my daily goal to 1700. Hopefully that'll help me find a balance.
12/15 - 254.4 - Oops! I seem to sabotage my efforts whenever I get close to a milestone. 4010 calories yesterday!
12/16 - 254.6 - I did okay yesterday (1721) and we went for a nice, long walk but it's going to take a few days to turn around from two very high calorie days. I changed my limit back to 1500 this morning. I have to find those wits!
12/17 - 254.6 - My backsliding all started way back on the 1st Saturday of December when I had a meal out and some cookies & cake afterwards. Then I made some fudge for John to take to work and that I got in to, along with the left over ingredients. It seems I've had a rough ride since.
12/18 - 254.4
12/19 - 254.0 - I'll be happy if I can finish this round at the same weight I started it. Whew!
12/20 - 253.8 - I need to buy some apples to snack on after dinner. Too many nuts & chocolate ... again.
12/21 - 253.0 - I think I'm going to make it!
12/22 - 253.0 - I hope I can eke out a 1 pound loss by tomorrow morning and call this round a draw.
12/23 -

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 39 - My 10th Round
Start Round 4/28 - 167.6 End Round 5/07 - 169.4

Round 49 - My 20th Round
Start Round 8/06 - 170.2 End Round 8/15 - 170.2

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
Start Round 11/24 - 174.2 End Round 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
12/09 - 173.8

Deleted some of my history to shorten this page

12/10 - 173.6
12/11 - 174.0
12/12 - 172.2
12/13 - 173.0

Date/Weight/Comment
12/14 - 172.4 Walked 75 minutes last night
12/15 - 172.8
12/16 - 172.4 Mowed lawn yesterday
12/17 - 172.6 Walked 60 minutes last night
12/18 - 171.4
12/19 - 172.0
12/20 - 172.8
12/21 - 172.6 Treadmill 30 minutes last night
12/22 - 171.2
12/23 -

Goals for R62
Calories - 1200-1300
Exercise - Build back to 60 min/day
Weight ~~ stay below 135.

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. R61 end weight 132.6 (+.4); 10-day ave 1473

Day/Moving Ave Weight per Happy Scale/Prev 10-day Cal Ave/Exercise minutes/Comment

12/14 - 133 - 1550 - 25 min
OK, the self-delusion is over and I'm not going to kid myself into eating more cookies & candies. I've had more the past week than I've had in the past 4 years! OTOH, I am back to regular walking (though not up to my goal time yet - amazing how quickly we get out of shape) and I started walk/run intervals yesterday. So I'm adding exercise minutes to my accountability for this session. I do think some of this extra weight is water, but I don't like the trend, so I've had a stern talk with myself! I'm off to get blood drawn to recheck inflammation levels - I hope they're down more, but in any case I feel quite a bit better other than pain in my shoulders, esp. in the morning.

12/15 - 133.6 - 1568 - 60 min
Time lag from Wed & Thurs excesses, but I ate better yesterday and walked an hour. I also am thrilled that my lab tests show my inflammation is way down from what it was, though still slightly elevated, and I am more determined than ever not to take prednisone long term. So while I will continue to enjoy the season for the next 10 or so days, I'm veering back toward the anti-inflammation/elimination approach to eating that I was on for much of the summer and fall to try to get back in the normal zone. I'm also going to start running intervals again 3 days a week (I haven't for almost a year so I'm really out of shape!) and, if I can haul myself out of bed at 5 am, to swim laps several days a week. Happy weekend, all!

12/16 - 133.4 - 1571 - 30 min
I forgot the Y closes early on Saturdays, so last night I walked around a grocery store for half an hour. Better than nothing!

12/17 - 134 - 1663 - 0
Still within my holiday boundaries, but I don't like the trend. This week I'm baking for a gathering on Thursday and my BD is on Sat, so I'm planning to eat clean and low today through Wed. I've also noticed an uptick in my pain level, and suspect it's related to my much higher-than-normal added sugar intake. I've been on a baking kick - weird for me! - and have started collecting healthier recipes to try. The urge will probably subside after the holidays!

12/18 - 133.4 - 1612 - 30 min
I ate better yesterday - no sweets at all - and I got to the Y for walk/run intervals, although the track was so crowded with slow walkers and little kids that I finally gave up. Don't get me wrong - more power to everyone who gets out there to walk! But walking together and taking up both lanes is a bit much. Anyway, I'll go earlier today! Haven't been able to get myself up to swim at 5:30 when it's 19 degrees out, though - working on it. I hope everyone who celebrates a holiday this time of year is handling the stresses and the joys of the season well.

12/19 - 133.8 - 1653 - 47 min
Sodium...we went to Fazoli's yesterday for lunch. I also baked an orange-glazed cranberry-pecan loaf, and ate a piece (but no dinner). But I got myself to the gym and am working back up to my old walking levels. Heading back there in an hour or so. More baking today for an event tomorrow, and I'm going to a Contemplative Vespers this evening. I'm not particularly stressed by the holidays as it's just me, DH, and friends, but the service sounds lovely. I hope those of you who are swamped by the season also take time to find quiet times and peace.

12/20 - 134 - 1664 - --
I didn't get to the gym yesterday, but was on my feet a lot so I'll take that. I also didn't drink my usual gallons of water, so I think the uptick may be partially due to that. Since my goal for "the season" has been not to exceed 135, I'm not unhappy with where I am. I'm also very impressed by everyone here who's losing or holding steady! Yay!


12/21 - 134 - 1688 - 60 min
I'm still on a bit of a baking spree - unusual for me - and last night I made buttermilk cornbread from scratch. It was yummy (& high-cal) with veggie chili (low cal). I'm thinking of baking myself a cake tomorrow for my birthday - and by "for myself" does not mean I plan to eat the whole thing! I've given myself until Dec 26 to get this baking frenzy out of my system, and I plan to be back on a normal healthy track before New Year, and probably try the auto-immune paleo protocol soon after to see if I can kill the rest of this inflammation. I also have a new weight goal for 2019 of 125, but I don't mind if it takes all year to get there. I did get to the gym last night and walked the track for an hour. Have a wonderful holiday weekend, all!

12/22 - 134.5 - 1511 actual - 30 min
I've lost, at least temporarily, the little notebook in which I've been recording my weight, cals, & averages - it's a sign, I'm sure, but does it mean that it's time to be mindful but not obsessive, or that I'm losing more than fat? Anyway, it's my birthday, so going out for dinner with DH, and I also baked myself a birthday cake last night - lemon, from scratch. Still have to ice it, but it smells fabulous! Now to invite people over to eat most of it so I don't! Have a lovely weekend, all!

12/23 -

Round #62 My Round #8
Female/49 years/Missouri

Round 55 * -3.2 (I was sick)
Round 56 * +1.6
Round 57 * -1.8
Round 58 * -1.5
Round 59 * -0.04
Round 60 * -0.06
Round 61 * -1

OSW - 213 (highest weight ever 280 but I've had most of that off for more than 15 years but still)
CW - 185.4
RGW - 185
UGW – 135

Food Goals:
Get 5 servings of fruits/veggies every day.
Stay under my calorie goal of 1,400.

Exercise Goals:
Walk at least an hour 3 days a week, 4 days if nothing better is available.
Weight training 1 day a week

12/14 - Traveling no scale. I drove the 4 hours to St. Louis with the boyfriend. Went out for a nice dinner; I think I did well calorie wise. A half salad and half a flat bread - no dessert but 1 vodka cranberry spritzer thingy. First alcohol I have had in over a year (nothing to do with weight I just don't enjoy it that much anymore) got back to the hotel room and crashed. It's amazing to me 30 years ago I could go thru a fifth of whisky in a night and still be partying, now I have one spritzer and I'm knocked out.
12/15 - 186.5 Drove home yesterday. Weighed high due to TOM. It will be gone in the next few days.
12/16 - 184.3 Goodbye extra weight. Walked four miles in the cold sunshine yesterday and will probably do the same thing today though it's slightly colder. Went out with girlfriends last night and was bad. Yep I had a DELICIOUS sandwich but stopped at half. I had set this rounds goal low because I'll be baking later in the week and I'm on vacation. We'll see what I can stick to this round. It's challenging.
12/17 - 184.9 Up a little, it will go back down. I had a wonderful 4.75 mile walk yesterday. I wanted to get 5 in but I was with a partner and she wasn't feeling that last quarter mile. It's all good because I had only expected 4 but it was just so nice that we kept going. Today is the first day of my vacation. I need to finish decorating the house and get in a walk. I sound obsessive about getting in the walks but these outside walks help my mental health more than you can imagine. I was worried I would slow down with the cold and dark but I'm doing ok so far in December. We'll see what January brings. It will start getting lighter earlier but it will be colder.
12/18 - 185 Up again. I'm on stay-cation this week. Yesterday I went to a Vietnamese place for lunch and brought leftovers home for dinner. Stayed under calories but I'm going to assume that weight is a reflection of the sodium. I walked 3 miles yesterday and plan on doing another 3 today. If it's in the 50's in December you HAVE to go outside it's an unwritten law. Tuesday is usually gym day but since it's so nice I think I'll do both I'm excited because I also have a doctors appointment this afternoon and there is a cool trail near his office. There may be pictures. Stay-cation woo!!!!!!!!!!
12/19 - 184.2 This feels better. All the excess weight from my Vietnamese sodium fest and TOM are gone. I got in a beautiful 2 mile walk yesterday before my doctors appointment. Finding new fun trails is my new favorite thing. I would almost go back to explore more of that today but I really don't have time for the drive and the walk. I did weights after the doctors appointment. I was pretty worn after both of that and did not get as much done around the house as I had planned.
12/20 - 182.2 I have no idea where this came from but I'm not going to complain. I got on the scales a couple of times, moved it thinking somehow it's not level but it still came up with the magical number that puts me over 30 pounds lost! Yesterday I walked 3.2 miles then came home to clean and decorate. Having my niece and her baby over today to finish decorating and do some Christmas baking. Send me "stay out of the dough" vibes please.
12/21 - 183.2 Down two pounds yesterday, up a pound today. I felt yesterday was an anomaly and today seems a bit more reasonable. I did ok with cooking yesterday. One haystack, one chocolate marshmallow candy, and 2 choc chip cookies. Not exactly "clean" but I didn't eat one cookie from every batch which I have done in the past . I still need to make 2 sugar cookies and gumdrop cookies.
12/22 - 183 I'm happy with that. I had no hope for this round with being on vacation and cooking a lot but I'm doing fine. We'll see what happens a week from now. Only two cookies yesterday. I still haven't made the others but I'm going to as soon as I'm done writing this. Though maybe breakfast first so I don't eat everything. I did get in three miles yesterday and plan on another 3 today if I can find the time between baking and shopping. Merry Christmas everyone!!! OH I got my Christmas present from my boyfriend yesterday - an Apple Watch! Now I can track my steps more accurately than before. He supports all my changes, in that I am very lucky.
12/23

R62 SW 173.4 GW 173.4 EW TBD
Total Lost to Date: 39.2
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

12/14 - Friday - 174.4 - Salty dinner last night. TOM approaching and I'm ravenous. Just went out and got a sausage egg and cheese mcmuffin against my better judgement - I was already planning on eating a frozen pizza for dinner so it puts me at maintenance. Maybe I'll have half the pizza and a salad instead of the whole thing tonight. But again, so starving today so we will see. I dont know if its the undereating catching up to me or TOM but either way - reminding myself that its ok to follow my hunger cues and its not always going to be perfect choices. Remember what over restricting brings? Yeah...binging, well this wasnt a binge just a genuine starving moment and I knew the tiny leftovers lunch I packed was not going to cut it. But I will drink lots of water today so I'm not totally sodium bloated for dress try ons tomorrow. Aiming to maintain last rounds loss since it was a big one and TOM usually spikes the weight.
12/15 - Saturday - 175.0
12/16 - Sunday - 175.4
12/17 - Monday - 175.0 - Hah, I make a commitment to kiss the 170's goodbye and then I have an off the rails weekend, womp womp. It'll probably catch up to me tomorrow - and TOM is due to arrive too so that was half the battle with cravings I gave into this weekend, pasta mostly. I did have a wonderful day with my mom Saturday and I found THE DRESS! But we also sampled many cupcakes and ate out afterward...But I was back on plan this morning and I'm moving on from all the crap I ate this weekend. I need to plan the next few days food wise. Lots of food in the house just need to prepare it! Managing stress as best I can this week too but as you all know that is much easier said than done!
12/18 - Tuesday - 175.8 - Ate lunch out yesterday, insatiable at lunch today, leftover pasta and chicken. Also craving lots of sweets but managing that one okay. Haven't logged my food for a few days so no more excuses today! Trying to be kind to myself. Making steak burrito bowls for dinner and extra for lunches tomorrow. Need to keep hitting the water hard today as I'm feeling dehydrated too. Just. keep. swimming.
12/19 - Wednesday - 175.2 - Tried to stop at the lab today to have some blood drawn but it was too busy so I just headed to work. But it was a fasting test so I'm just getting around to eating now. Got some sad news and I'm frustrated about some other work related things so just trying to keep my head up. I did make extra dinner for lunches today, and there was no chocolate left in the house for me to binge on, so it was a good evening eating wise. Dinner for tonight will either be shepherds pie or chicken teriyaki with asian salad. I want the salad - but I wont have lunches for Thursday. Actually, I could split up the last burrito bowl into two smaller servings and add a frozen burrito to both. Okay so salad it is!
12/20 - Thursday - 174.4 - Stuck to the plan and had salad last night. Lunch is pretty salty today since it includes canned chili but its what I got and I'm considering it to be better than the fast food I instinctively want because I'm solo at work today and when no one is there to "watch me" I'm totally guilty of wanting to slip back into old habits. I grabbed a wake up wrap for breakfast to satisfy the fast food craving for only 150 calories instead of something at lunch that would be closer to 1500! Shepherds pie is on the menu for dinner, but I'm going to make it as a half batch because I don't need leftovers for lunch tomorrow (company christmas party) and its a dish I tend to over eat given the chance.
12/21 - 173.6 - Yes to this number! TOM arrived today and I'm in a lot of pain. Today is company christmas party with Italian food - didnt make alternate plans for lunch so it is what it is. I'm going over my moms to avoid a party at my house tonight (its DH's brothers birthday party) and we already planned to indulge. So I really have no idea if I'll finish this round in maintenance, but some relaxing is taking precedent tonight, but I WILL log all my food instead of going completely blind like last week.
12/22 - Saturday - 174.0 - Work party went ok eating wise, I was in such pain though I left earlier than I wanted to. Good thing though cause we came home to a leaky skylight! DH got up on the roof and recaulked it and seems all good but that was not fun either. The birthday party is actually tonight, somehow got our lines crossed on that one so over to mom's tonight for me as im still not feeling up for it. Last night was some kind of miracle that I only ate 1 piece of pizza! Today might be another story but I will log my day and not go in blind, that helped yesterday.
12/23

@pinkfairy88, I hope your little is feeling better today. {{{hugs for both of you}}}

@ghy5, It's looking like ONEderland called and wants to stay. Congrats!

@Birder165, You're doing so well figuring out YOUR weight loss blueprint . I hope I see you post 252 tomorrow morning!

@TonyB0588, Good work!

@aFit50, You're did great this round! Safe travels. See you in the next round.

@SheilaBoneham, Happy Birthday! Yum! Lemon cake. My favorite. Enjoy your special day!

@AJB1014, I hope you begin to feel better later today. {{{hugs}}}

I'm in!

Heaviest: 192.2
RGW: 145.0
UGW: 135.0

12/12 - 149.4 at 4:00 a.m. ... going down...down...down!
12/13 - 149.4 at 4:00 a.m.

Day/Weight/Comment

12/14 - 147.4 at 5:30 a.m.
12/15 - 148.0 at 6:00 a.m.
12/16 - 146.4 at 6:00 a.m. Getting up at 4:00 a.m. all this week. This number won't be coming with me, I'm sure of that. I'll just have to continue what I'm doing, not be depressed by tomorrow's number and simply wait for Saturday's number.
12/17 - 148.0 at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow will be interesting.
12/18 - 147.0 at 4:00 a.m. so surprised! so happy!
12/19 - 146.4 at 4:00 a.m.
12/20 - DNW
12/21 - 146.4 at 5:00 a.m.
12/22 - 146.2 at 6:00 a.m. ...making dinner tonight for DDD & SIL's anniv. Salad & bread & cheesecake was the request. No ice cream!!
12/23 -


Chris