JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 66

SW: 124.0
GW: 120.0


01/23: 124.0
01/24: 124.0 Today was a fair day.
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ROUND 66 (Round 12 for me)
5’5” 66 y/o Texas Lady
SW 178 lb.
GW 135 lb.
Cumulative weight loss for Rounds 54-65 = 36.4 lb.
I started Round 54 and Keto WOE on September 24, 2018. My arthritis hip and shoulder pain have decreased significantly since my second week of Keto. Staying within calorie limits is easy enough, but not exceeding my carb limit is still tricky for me. I check my ketone level with a KetoMojo meter a couple of times a week to make sure my numbers are good. Some of my NSVs: feeling less self-conscious, wedding band fits, smaller clothing, a happy husband, and inspiring said husband to work a little harder on quitting his cigarette habit. The closer I get to my goal, the more excited and motivated I become! Don’t expect me to disappear when I reach maintenance. I like you folks, and I really appreciate and enjoy your company!

Day/Weight/Comment

01/23 143.4 (sigh) Easy come, easy go. I’m up almost 2 pounds from my weigh-in yesterday. If I’d gone back to bed, I wonder how long it would have taken to go down? Oh well, I had to go to work and a foot doctor appointment this afternoon. I’m less than 10 lb. from my goal, and I will get there. It may not go down tomorrow. It’s cold, and I’m treating myself to a glass of dry red wine. I prefer sweet, but this is pretty good. It’s probably good because I’m not used to sugar anymore. As long as I’m ready for our cruise in April, I’ll be happy. I found out my daughter and her husband are signed up for the same cruise (not planned), and my granddaughter called from Kansas, very excited, to say they’ve decided to take her out of school that week so she can go! We love cruising with and spending time with my granddaughter and took her to Alaska last summer. She has a boyfriend now, so I expect her to start spending less time with me, and over 700 miles between us doesn’t help, either. Please excuse me, but I’m using these daily posts as a journal and keeping copies. Kill two birds with one stone kind of thing?
01/24 141.0 Yesterday’s gain is gone, so I’m glad I didn’t stress over it. I’ve corrected my priorities after someone in the Christian MFP group I belong to asked if we were more diligent about logging in MFP than we were about our Bible study. I found myself guilty, so Bible study is now done with breakfast rather than logging in here first. I played cards with friends today, and I took Thor for a 5 mile walk this afternoon. It was a very pleasant day.
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Round 66
01/23- Watching my, portions during meals, walking 10,000+ yoga
01/24- Steps are up 11,000+, working on strength training exercises.
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Ready for round 3
OSW 88KG (-3.8kg) or {8.4lbs}
RSW 84.2kg
Goal... Less than I started!
Day/Weight/Comment
01/23 84.3kg not a great start but this is my 3rd week in Keto and everything I've read says it's normal and just keep going. Couldn't run this morning as it's been raining for 48 hours and everywhere is under water.
01/24 84.2kg and it stopped raining so I ran.
01/25 83.7kg and a short morning run. It's all green for go today!
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@FarmerCarla this is so crazy because I just read my daily devotion 5 minutes ago and then your post.. so maybe you need to hear this too. This was my devotion. Not saying this completely pertains to your situation or not telling you to change anything, but it's got to mean something that I just read it before seeing what you posted! Sorry in advance to everyone for the long post:

It’s OK to Enjoy Your Life

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24(KJV)

Enjoyment is the fuel we need to reach the finish line of an endeavor with a good attitude. We may drive ourselves to finish, but somewhere along the way we will probably become bitter and get a chip on our shoulder if we don’t lighten up and take time to celebrate the journey.

Too many people work constantly and stress themselves out, feeling guilty about enjoying and celebrating life when God has clearly ordained and commanded both labor and enjoyment. Ecclesiastes 2:24 says that it’s good for us to relax and enjoy ourselves in the midst of hard work.

Our thinking has been warped in this area. Satan has managed to deceive us, and by doing so he succeeds in keeping people weary and worn-out, feeling resentful and taken advantage of because of excessive work and responsibility.

We need times of refreshment and recreation as well as work and accomplishment. You should be diligent in whatever task God has placed in front of you, but make sure that you find a balance by learning to reward yourself and enjoy life. God thinks you are worth it!

Female, 41, 5'7, 206 lbs (down 25. 70 more to go)

01/23 = 206.4

01/24 206.2

01/25 = 207 Absolutely 0 weight lost since January 11. Which is CRAZY. I mean I am obese and overall ate way below my maintenance. 😈☠️🤕😭. Yes I know, weight loss is not linear and all that stuff but come on!

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@FarmerCarla yes!! I was speaking of the feeling guilty part because sometimes I do struggle with finding a good balance, and just copied and pasted the whole devotion but I know you got the gist of it ❤.

FarmerCarla wrote: »

@MsBaz2018 If just eating at a deficit doesn't create weight loss for you, maybe you need to try another method. You may need to experiment to see what works for you. I think we both started this quest in September. I'm following a low-carb keto plan and, starting at 178 lb, I've lost over 30 lb. to date. Don't give up on yourself. Persist until you figure out what works. Best wishes!

Oh it's just daily venting. I have lost 25 lbs since Sept. I went down to 204.6 a few days ago but I think had high sodium meals in the past couple of days. By the end of the week I'll be back on track.

ETA: I eat like 55% carbs and 10% proteins so keto is definitely not for me😉

Good morning all!

Age: 36
Height: 5ft 6.5inches
SW: 188.6lbs
CW: 184.8lbs
GW: 135lbs

Mini target for end of Feb - to get into the 160's. This may be ambitious, but I think it will help keep me focused and on target.
TW for May 17th (start of our 1st holiday of the year) - 154lbs

SW for round: 184.8lbs
GW for round: 182lbs (If I achieve this, I will be going to my sister's 40th birthday party almost 7lbs lighter than I started the year)

Day/Weight/Comment
01/23 - 185lbs - up a little from yesterday. Not surprising as didn't poop yesterday (tmi sorry, but it definitely plays a part). Ate well and drank lots so expect a drop tomorrow
01/24 - 184lbs - yay! As I expected. Things are going in the right direction again. Ate well and drank lots yesterday
01/25 - 184lbs - I thought this would drop. I ate well yesterday, logged everything, drank plenty etc. But I am now full of cold and full of snot, so maybe I'm retaining water due to that? Who knows?!
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Result of round 66: -X.X lbs

Have a great day everyone!

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36yo/, 173cm / German living in London, UK, currently in Lusaka, Zambia
2019 SW: 72.8kg; since May 2018: highest 75, lowest 69.6kg
GW: 62-67kg depending on how it feels
Average weight per round
R64 end weight: 70.5kg
Wed 01/23 70.8 (+0.3) no yoga in the morning, treadmill walk and short run done (35mins, around 5.5km)
So yesterday got slightly out of hand after some work frustrations. I asked a friend to come over for a glass of wine and we had a few glasses, snacks and stayed up waaaay too late. So i didn't have time for yoga this morning, but made time to pack health breakfast, lunch and snacks. I also packed my gym gear and will do at least 30mins of walking on the treadmill, there is no excuse not to do that - aim for what's achievable
This is my last week in the gym here, next week's evenings will be spend with DH and not the treadmill

Thu 01/24 71.4 (+0.6) yoga & treadmill run&walk (70mins, 50 running, 10km)
All my own fault, I was very hungry after that wine on Tue and had to work late after I got home, so of course I told myself I deserved snacks, which were left over from Tue.
shunggie, bethe238, afti50 and abowersgirl (links taken off) you know, last night, when I was guiltily enjoying my snacks and didn't log everything, I thought 'maybe this calorie counting just isn't for me. I've been doing it since May and don't have much to show for'. And then I read your posts and encouragement and realised that it is hard and if I hadn't been here, I probably would have gained more than I have lost, exercised less and just been annoyed with myself. So thank you for reminding me that it is worth it, however slowly. Your journeys are inspiring!

Fri 01/25[ 70.9 (-0.5) yoga done / treadmill depends on work
Alright, this is my last weekend that i'll be logging for about 3 weeks and I feel like it might not happen and that's ok. After the lovely comments I received, I had a talk with myself and realised a few things: Last time I spent 3 months in southern Africa, I gained around 10 kilos - I was 15 years younger. This time, I didn't gain anything apart from a wealth of experiences, new confidence in myself as a person and professionally, more love for my husband (this is the longest we've ever been apart), more appreciation for regular yoga practice and treadmill running, and many new low-medium recipes cooked very quickly with causing as little washing up as possible. I also met and reconnected with many lovely people, both in person and online.
Now, to my progress, I really need to change my eating patterns. It's not even that I'm very unhealthy, but I "spend" 500-700cals on snacks&fruit every day instead of proper meals. I love grazing throughout the day and then also at night. Basically, I could just eat snacks and no proper meals exclusively. I have changed chocolate bars and cookies (with some exceptions) for fruit, nuts, popcorn over the last year or so, but it's still too much, the cals add up so quickly. I don't know how to change my mindset that those snacks are a reward or fuel for "hard" work (desk work), but I'll keep trying. I've changed my goal to only 0.25kg loss per week to match my sedentary lifestyle here and am on 1510cals/day, but I mostly eat 1700-1900 in the week and probably more most weekends. That may explain my lack of proper downward progress, I should just admit that I'm currently in maintenance and accept that. Any exercise I do just ensures that I don't have serious gains and keep my mind balanced.
Wow, sorry for the long post, so many revelations and realisations this morning.
Have a good weekend!

GrandmaJackie wrote: »

@IsMollyReallyHungry, that’s okay Molly, I love the way your jumping back on the horse! I’m ready to redo too!

Thanks!

SW: 135.4kg (1 Jan)
GW: 85kg

R64: 131.7 - 130.5 (-1.2kg)
R65: 130.5 - 129.8 (-0.7kg)
R66: 129.8 -

1/23: 129.3 (Have been consistent with food, water and exercise this week)
1/24: 129.2
1/25: 129.1 (Feeling bloated and achy, have my official weigh in for another challenge am doing online. Need to stay focused and not discouraged today)
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Averages:
R64 = 62.33kg (137.41) H=62.60 L = 61.95
R65 = 61.62kg (135.85) H=62.05 L = 61.30

01/23- 62.35
01/24- 62.10
01/25- 61.50
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@Winner_in_life - ups and downs 😀

@bryony_bby Hugs! It's awful when the little ones are ill. And exhausting. Even worse if you are unwell too, so fingers crossed you don't catch it!

My colleagues are all ordering a 'payday breakfast' this morning (think fry up). I am resisting. But, as it's Friday and payday, I have got a chicken korma and rice for hubby and I to share tonight, with some naan bread and onion bhajis. This will put me over my target calories a bit, but I'll still be creating a deficit, so hopefully won't derail my goals for the week too much. Picked up a spaghetti and meatballs meal in the reduced section for our DD (2.5yrs) this morning as well so I don't have to do any real cooking tonight

krea4 wrote: »

Averages:
R64 = 62.33kg (137.41) H=62.60 L = 61.95
R65 = 61.62kg (135.85) H=62.05 L = 61.30

01/23- 62.35
01/24- 62.10
01/25- 61.50
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@Winner_in_life - ups and downs 😀

"You are Inspiring". It's a quote from Jillian Michaels....