JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 67

Female aged 47 based in the UK .

Start Weight on 1st Jan '19
Starting - 158.50lb
End R64 - 154.90lb - Round loss 3.6lb - Loss to date 3.60lb
End R65 - 149.90lb - Round loss 5.0lb - Loss to date 8.60lb
End R66 - 149.90lb - Round loss 0.00lb - Loss to date 8.60lb

Disappointed with the last round as didn't feel the scales accurately reflected my 10 days. Going to try and change up my diet a bit this round and try and get out walking a bit more (already do 10k+ steps a few days a week so going to try and achieve this every day) along with keeping up my weekly swim one day a week and twice weekly gym PT session. Here we go!!!!

Round Target - lose 1.50-2lb

02/01 - 149.90

02/02 - 149.00lb (-0.90lb) Yay - off to a good start. Was a good food day and also walked 13k steps yesterday too - more of the same then I guess

02/03 - DNW - 10,561 steps

02/04 - 150.40lb - AARRGH!!! Back up we go again. Hoping this is just the weekend taunting me....... Found this pretty easy last year, but not so far this year ? Not doing anything really that different (have gone back and looked over my food diaries - is it that "(peri)-menopause thing" that makes it so much harder ? May investigate this a bit more.....
Didn't have my fitbit on yesterday but was busy all day cleaning and doing housework (builder are still going!). Planned walk later for the school run and then another one later on too. Hoping to see a drop tomorrow

02/05 - 149.90 down 0.50lb today but back to this number AGAIN! Fourth time in two weeks I've seen this number and would love it to be the last! Did my planned walks yesterday (14K steps in total) - unlikely to be so many today but will get in what walking I can and I am also at the gym tonight for an hour. Food all planned for today, will aim to drink more water as been a bit lax on that front recently and hope tomorrow sees another drop - anything less that 149.90lb - please!!!

02/06 - 150.40lb - here AGAIN!!!! Beginning to think my scales may be stuck in some horrendous loop
8,020 steps yesterday plus a weights session at the gym so that was all good and so was my food (I thought). Decided last night to go back to one of my earlier food diaries when I was losing weight relatively easily and repeat it today and see what happens...... I refuse to give up though - 5 days left of this round to crack it! Also planning a walk later after work .....

02/07 - 149.50lb down 0.90lb - OK this is good, heading in the right direction and my scale didn't stop on 149.90 again! Did my 10,000 steps yesterday and my food was spot on. Food planned for the day and will also be at the gym tonight for an hour - I shall continue my quest .....

02/08 - 148.70lb down 0.80lb - ok this is better. 7500 steps yesterday plus a tough HiiT session at the gym. No change in calories consumed but was grabbing convenience foods like bars or shakes for breakfast rather than preparing something (lazy I know!). As a result eating less overall carbs and more protein? Could this be the answer or at least part of it......

02/09 - 147.60 down 1.1lb - ooohhhh exciting - and continued to stay away from the meal bars / snacks and had a high protein lower carb day (still had an apple, we had (wholemeal) wraps for dinner so still eating carbs). Got in my 9k steps so a good day. Off for a swim now Have a great weekend people

02/10 - 147.30 down 0.3lb - feel like I'm back in the groove now! Actually made progress this round although it is Sunday so roast day (all within calories and macros but just a big diner late in the day) - will try to minimise the carbs that I have (although still need a couple of roast potatoes obviously!) as hopefully finish this round well

02/11 - 148.00 slightly up from yesterday but not unexpected - usual Monday morning "gain" after our family roast dinner on a Sunday night. Also walked 14k steps yesterday. Finished the round 1.9lb down so very happy with that as weight didn't seem to move for quite a while - bring on the next round

See you there

Round 61 11st 12lb (-1 lb)
Round 62 11st 11.6lb (-0.5lb
Round 63 11st 11.8lb (+0.2lb)
Round 64 11st 8.0lb (-3.8lb)
Round 65 11st 6.8lb (-1.2lb)
Round 66 11st 6.6lb (-0.2lb)

Not weighed since since last Tuesday, so I could be lower - hopefully so

Day/Weight/Comment
02/02 Unable to weigh. Arrived back home this afternoon so I will weigh in again tomorrow morning.
02/03 11st 5.0lb Very happy with this...now to be careful as I have been invited out to my daughter's house for the day including lunch
02/04 11st 5.8lb Well, some weight put on. It was difficult to estimate the food I was given but I refused a pudding which was 333 calories! My son on law opened a bottle of champagne which only he and I had - he had bought it for us to share on New Year's day but as my daughter was not well, I didn't go there. I ended up drinking 3 glasses of that...fatal.
02/05 11st 5.6lb Ate just under mfp calories and none of my exercise calories which were higher than usual. Hopefully it's water retention which has kept my weight up - I had some crisps before bed. I treated myself as my net calories were quite low. Bad idea.
02/06 11st 6.2 Again - ate under my mfp calories and none of my exercise calories. No salty foods and ate nothing in the evening. My neighbour brought me round some flavoured water which had nil calories! However, I had a long session at the dentist having a root canal treatment and my face was swollen still in the evening, so maybe that contributed.
02/07 11st 5.4lb Finally going back down. Eating at 1200 only gives me a deficit of 200 from my maintenance level, so ignoring the first 300 exercise calories is the only way to get a 500 deficit, and I don't get that many exercise calories every day.
02/08 11st 5.4lb Happy to have stayed the same today - weighed this morning, only just found time to post it
02/09 11st 5.0lb Pleased to see I'm back to this weight after 6 days of fluctuations.
02/10 11st 5.0lb I'll take that, though it's time to drop lower. According to Libra, my trend is so slow I'll not reach my target weight until 2021!

02/11 11st 4.0lb Looks good but it's because I was so busy yesterday I didn't eat until the evening and so my calorie intake was lower. I couldn't even complete my diary.

I am in, 3rd round for me.

Round 65 SW- 220.6 EW- 218.0 (-2.6lb)
Round 66 SW- 218.0 EW- 212.6 (-5.4lb)

Total loss so far: 8lb

Round 67 SW- 212.6lb
Round 67 GW- 209.6lb

Day/Weight/Comment

02/02- 212.6- I had an alright day yesterday, 2000cals eaten and 13600 steps, so I came away with a deficit. Aunt Flo came to visit today so I'm alright with my weight staying steady.

02/03- 211.4lb- whoo! 550cals yesterday, 9900steps. Over the last week I averaged 12,000steps a day, very pleased with that. We have my sons class puppet staying with us for the week so we are going to treat him to a cinema trip today, a large Diet Coke for me. My partner will cook enchiladas for our tea tonight, already looking forward to it X

02/04- 211.2lb- 9500steps, 1300cals, no popcorn, yay! On the down side we got to the cinema and then we realised we'd left the class puppet at home...not so good. Today is miserable and rainy here so I'm opting for staying at home and cracking on with housework, fun fun fun, I will have to make sure I stick to my calories today so I still come away with a nice deficit X

02/05- 210.6lb- I did very well yesterday with eating, managed to stay within my fasting limit. Steps could of been better at about 8000. Today's goal is to stay under 1700cals, I'm going to eat a fulfilling breakfast before going and doing our weekly food shop X

02/06- 211.4lb- Did well yesterday, stuck to my calorie goal, quite a salty day so I'm not surprised by the bump up on the scales. Today is a fast day and trying to get in plenty of steps and maybe even a workout video after kids have gone to bed though my thighs and bum are still aching from Monday's attempts!x

02/07- 211.4lb- 24,500 steps yesterday, 700cals, a very good day. On another note though my new scales have come and confirm that my current scales are out by quite a bit 😓. I will wait until the end of the month to swap to them completely as I'm on the biggest loser challenge and don't want to mess up my numbers there but then il have to take the hit of about a 10lb increase...not good but ultimately for the last month I have still been exercising and eating well, none of that has changed, just the number on the scales. Still can't help but feel a little de-motivated by it though, I feel like I have to do all of January's work again X

02/08- 212.0lb- not too good of a day yesterday, ate to just above TDEE, not many steps.

02/09- 211.6- 15,000 steps, 800cals yesterday, I am still feeling motivated, I would like the scale to shift a little more over the next few days X

02/10- 213.2lb- not many steps yesterday, made poor choices with eating and was over on calories by quite abit, still was accountable though.

02/11- 212.8lb- 900cals yesterday, 8500steps, was abit dissapointed to end on this number, my average daily cals over the last week were 1400cals so I know I'm eating at a deficit, will hopefully see more of a drop next round.

5’5”
51 yo female

R61EW = 195.6
R62EW = 195.4
R63EW = 194.2
R64EW = 193.6
R65EW = 192.4
R66EW = 191.8
R67EW = 🤷🏼‍♀️

R67GW =EDITED TO 191.4 (same as starting)
Original: 189.9 I’m going for it!! 😜
(May not seem like much to some but I know me & I know I am a turtle 🐢 so I am just keepin’ it real)

Day/Weight/Comment
02/02 191.4 🙂
02/03 191.8 😕 actually surprised it’s not more
02/04 192.0 😬 I bet it shows up tomorrow
02/05 191.4 🐢
02/06 192.2 😞 there’s that gain I knew was coming
02/07 193.2 😳 not cool
02/08 192.4 👍🏽 the beauty of weighing daily
02/09 193.0 🙄 editing my R67EW
02/10 191.6 🤷🏼‍♀️ weight is weird
02/11 192.6 😠
02/12

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 55
NE Ohio

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
UGW: 144-146

My 28th Round!

I’m sticking around while trying to maintain my weight. Staying within maintenance calories is a lot harder than I thought it would be. It’s no wonder I’ve kept gaining back my losses in the past.

R67 SW: 144 EW: 142.5 (-1.5)

Day/Weight/Comment

02/02 – 144 – I had a very stressful day at work, culminating with the office landlord deciding to change out the ceramic tile in the lobby right outside my office door. 4 hours of a jackhammer banging on tile. I couldn’t leave because I’ve got 9 corporate tax clients sitting on my desk. After I gave the owner a piece of my mind, he sent the workers home for the day. When I got home, I took my cue from @deepwoodslady and played some heavy metal music on my Alexa and danced while I did dishes. Although I can see the irony, that music can really relieve some stress and I burned some extra calories.
02/03 - 144 - I'm sick again with a chest cold and so my husband made some good homemade food for us today. My weight will probably be up tomorrow, but it will be worth it.
02/04 – 145 – No surprise, I had less than 2000 steps in yesterday since I spent a good portion of the day in bed. The good news is that I’m feeling better and am able to come into the office. Back to the food logging, water, and steps.
02/05 – 145 – I was hoping all the water I drank yesterday would get rid of that pound, but I should know by now that’s not how my body works. A former co-worker is stopping by the office today with samples from her cupcake business. I am budgeting my calories for ONE mini cupcake. I’m posting this to keep myself accountable, because her cupcakes are incredible.
02/06 – 144.5 – The weight is slowly heading back down. I did manage to eat only one mini cupcake yesterday.
02/07 – 144 -
02/08 – 142.5 – I think my scale got “stuck” on this number this morning. I'll believe it if I see it again tomorrow. I’ve still been sick the past couple days with bronchitis and although I ate very little on Wednesday, I made up for it yesterday. I went to the Dr. on Wednesday and got some antibiotics, so I’m hoping I’ll keep getting better and be able to start getting my steps in.
02/09 – 143.5 – This weight makes more sense. I’m still coughing, but I’m definitely feeling better. We have a catered lunch at the office today and I’m making spinach lasagna for some friends and family tomorrow. The sodium alone will probably raise my weight over this weekend, but I’ll eat lightly the rest of the weekend to minimize the damage.
02/10 - 143 - I know this won't last for tomorrow, but it's nice to see.
02/11 – 142.5 – I have come to the conclusion that I will never figure out when my body is going to gain and lose weight, especially water weight, and I will have been logging and tracking daily for a year next month. See you next round!

I'm in.

CW: 171.5 lbs
GW: 130 lbs


Day/Weight/Comment
02/02 - 171.5
02/03 - No scale today. Registered 12,573 steps
02/04 - 170.5. Did 5k+ steps. Ate above calorie limit but it's Chinese new year's eve. Lots of food going around.
02/05 - 169.7. 5k+ steps. Danced 30 min. Went to a bday dinner but roughly kept the day's consumption below 2,000kcal.
02/06 - 169.2
02/07 - 168.4. 7k+ steps. Couldn't resist the sweets I was given.
02/08 - 168.7. Ah, the sweets have made their presence known. Tomorrow is another day.
02/09 - No scale. On vacation.
02/10 - No scale. On vacation.
02/11 - 170.2. Vacation or not, I need more discipline with regard to food. But it's still a 1.3lb. loss despite the festivals lol, I'll take it! Next round!

Round 67 = 1.3 lb loss.

Keeping up with intermittent fasting 16/8.

EW Round 64: 189
EW Round 65: 186👍
EW Round 66: 186


02/02 - 186
02/03 - 184.5 👍 I drank a lot of water and finally finally finally got a full night’s sleep. Hopefully the # is catching up from days of being good but seeing no scale results.
02/04 186 so much salt
02/05 185.5
02/06 184
02/07 183? We shall see.. too many carbs already today though
02/08 184 I gave in to gummy bears yesterday...
02/09 didn’t weigh
02/10 didn’t weigh
02/11 182! Nice surprise!

So, here's my info!

5'3", 61 yrs. old, heaviest all time weight 198 (can we just say 200-ish?) 40 years ago! Got to and stayed around 155, and I feel like I've been on a constant weight battle my whole life! Aug. 2016 I decided enough was enough and took MFP seriously -- and got to 122! I felt GREAT! I am determined to get back there. I know how great it feels to just be lighter.

Current goal: To actually complete one of these 10 days challenges!

02/02 133.7
02/03 133.5 -- a small improvement (ha!) but I will take it. Superbowl food coming up... oh no! Does anyone just else eat the top off of pizza? (smile!) I'm taking lots of good veggies, low cal guacamole Trader Joe makes a great one with yogurt), fresh fruit, and yes, brie... I just want to be 133.anything again tomorrow.
02/04 -- did not weigh in
02/05 -- 135.0 After no sugar yesterday, and a 75 minute poweryoga class last night, done in 95 degrees (so hot! Felt great btw) I weighed in this morning at 135. Imagine what yesterday would have been! UGH -- that Superbowl party did damage. I'm going to stay on this no sugar thing....that will be my challenge to myself this week. 133, I miss you (smile!)

02/06 133.7 -- Yay! Great relief!! I woke up feeling lighter, and knowing that it was going to be at least a pound down.... now I hope I'm heading to the 120's. I am on day three of no sugar... not as hard as I thought it would be (yet!) I'm eating eggs for breakfast, raw zucchini and veggies for snacks, and lots of greens with baked chicken or grilled fish for dinner, herbal tea (I'm on a Yogi Green Tea and Blueberry kick lately) and a glass of red wine (always!). Hope to get in a poweryoga hour tonight.

2/7 133.7 -- no change. BUT -- I'm six days in, and I'm still here! Only four more days to go, I'm still sugar free (except for the wine -- is there sugar in cabernet? ) and I'm feeling lighter. Skipped yoga tonight for a long walk with the dog. Had a mix of steamed broccoli and cauliflower tonight for dinner and it was delicious! Looking forward to weigh in tomorrow.

2/8 133.7 -- no change again -- and another day of no sugar.

2/9 133.7 -- YET AGAIN! This is getting hard now.... and yesterday, I totally had sugar -- FOUR of those little sea salt soiree dark chocolate bites from Ghiradelli -- but I'm back to no sugar today!

2/10 - 132.6 this morning. Keeping this short and sweet -- Yippee! More importantly, I'm actually completing a 10 day challenge! This works!

2/11 -- 132.6 -- no change! I'll take it...yesterday was hard -- lots of temptations, and I succumbed a few times! (Trader Joe's has landmines -- er tasting stations-- all over the place!) Plus I was planning on a yoga power hour, and then just wimped out. Made a beautiful baked wild salmon for dinner and had it with lots of greens and pineapple salsa (15 cals./tbsp! Thank you Trader Joe's). See you guys in the next round!

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell

My goal for 2019 is to get into ONEderland. Changing my life.
Plans:
- Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target 70k steps per week
- Drink more water (target min 64 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
- Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018)
- Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
- Drink less alcohol (4 AF days per week; ~16 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)

SW: 245 (12/28/2018)
R63: 245 (+/-0)
R64: 243.3 (-1.7)
R65: 241.6 (- 1.7)
R66: 237.7 (- 3.9)
R67: 237.2 (-.5)

Round 67: My focus is to continue tracking streak, drink more water and be active every day in some way shape or form!

Posting weight each morning, and comments for the previous day.
2/2 - 237.4 - walked 1+ miles 3x, bike 12 min, steps 12873, 80oz water, track, V, AF; Developed a schedule for daily/weekly routine for the first 4 months of retirement that includes exercise every morning and then weekly - meal planning + grocery list, anti-procrastination projects, vacation planning, gardening, culling through boxes of pictures, spanish lessons etc. Setting the time aside.
2/3 - 237.5 - walked 2.5 miles before brunch, steps 12373, 80oz water, track V, AF; Wonderful brunch which included Chantilly cake to celebrate my retirement. I believe this is the last celebration but of course will not be the last food challenge in 2019.
2/4 - 236.7 - walked 3.5 miles, steps 12171, 80oz water, track, V, AF It was a good day.
2/5 - 237.4 - walked 2 miles, 15 min bike, steps 13601, 48oz water, track, V, AF It was a good busy day. Don’t get discouraged that the scale went up … keep focused.
2/6 - 237.8 - walked 2+ miles, yoga, planks, hand weights, gardening, steps 14056, 64 oz water, track, V, AF. Snacking and 2nds on pasta were my downfalls.
2/7 - 236.7 - walked 4+ miles, 15 min bike, steps 15560, 64 oz water, track, V, AF. Felt like I accomplished a lot today. Anti-Procrastination Day!
2/8 - 236.3 - walked 3+ miles, yoga, planks, hand weights, steps 13843, 80oz water, track, V, 2 glasses wine. Bunco and held it together. Helps that the hostess is doing WW and everything was healthy/low cal.
2/9 - 236.5 - walked 2+ miles, 15 min bike, 12279 steps, 64oz water, track, V, 2 glasses wine. Busy day dealing with finances for retirement, etc. Feel like I’m accomplishing something each day since beginning of my retirement Feb 1 but the scale is moving SLOW. Don’t get discouraged! You will be back in the Capris in no time … and then shorts!
2/10 - 236.7 - Lazy day no exercise. 4473 steps, 64oz water, track, V, AF. Lots of reading and sitting by the fire unfortunately snacking involved.
2/11 - 237.2 - walked 3+ miles, 12149 steps, 64+oz water, track, V, AF. Disappointed that it went back up after 4 days.

48 y.o. female, 5'6
Original Starting Weight: 193 (July 2016)
Current Starting Weight: 161.9 (January 13. 2019)
Lowest Weight: 135ish
Goal Weight: 140 (maybe 145)
Other Goal: Get back to gym at least 3 days per week.
End of Round 65: 155.1
End of Round 66: 151.6

Day/Weight/Comment
02/02 150.8 (under calories-my body is getting very used to 1200 now-will increase whenever I get back to gym)
02/03 151.0 ( met calorie goal; not enough water-busy day with kids' events)
02/04 151.6 (wrong direction, lol. over on sodium again, but still met calorie goal, need more water)
02/05 152.6 (Bad day-stopped tracking calories-way over- emotionally draining parenting 12 yo day)
02/06 152.6 (over again, but not as bad. Will get back on track today. Need more water!)
02/07 151.8 (back under calories, need more water)
02/08 151.2 (still heavier than first day of this round; at calorie goal, drank more water)
02/09 151.1 (at calorie goal )
02/10 153.3 (over-eating and too much salt)
02/11 153.6 (over-eating and too much salt)

Up 2 pounds End of Round 66 to end of Round 67. Boo! Well, next round should be better.