JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 70

AR10at50 wrote: »

Hi-I’m Karen
Sept. 2018 OSW 187 (Was my Round #1)
UGW 135.....yes, 135!
Goal this round-159-hopefully!

3/4-166-Birthday cake and ice cream for dinner with our widowed friend. (All of our kids are grown and gone.)I knew I was going to feel awful, so I had milk with protein powder and some peanut butter....Our friend is very trim and fit and I never see her eat crap like that, but yesterday was her exception, and we happily joined in. I got her flowers (because I see how healthy she eats)and her sister in law brought her a cake and ice cream and I realized what a wonderful gesture that was because I realized nobody else provided her with a cake and she is a mom. I realized then, that “every mom deserves a cake”.
3/5-162-That is a swoosh I had been expecting. I ate sensibly yesterday and got to walk in the morning and evening.
3/6-165-Salty soup and salad dressing. More rain, so I have to get out walking soon.
3/7-162-I got down to this last round. That is 25 pounds since I started in September. I just want to encourage anyone who is struggling: Please don’t give up! It all takes time, just as we did not gain our weight over night, we can’t lose it all over night. I love looking back at how much everyone else weighed & lost and it gives me hope to keep going.
3/8 No Scale
3/9 No Scale
3/10 No Scale
3/11 No Scale
3/12-167 I dropped everything I was doing and drove 4 hours on Thursday, to help my uncle with my aunt. She was my mom’s sister and I wanted to be by her side as she passed away. I am glad I was able to be there....however, there was plenty of food and a lot of sitting. I’m back home and will get back on track today.

3/13 164-You people are absolutely wonderful, thank you for all of the “hugs”.😊 I wish we all lived close together so we could all meet for coffee now and then! It’s good to be back home walking & sewing again.

Would'nt meeting up be nice. Do any of us live close enough? I live in the Midands in the UK.

Female 5’1” Age 69 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5 UGW ??? SW Rnd 70 131.5 AW 129.5

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

Recommended reading and viewing -
What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

Round 70
3/4 130.0 Ate El Pollo Loco 2 piece dinner (chicken, broccoli, Loco salad with dressing, no tortillas,) 2 oz dry roasted peanuts, a handful of Mac’s Pork Cracklins. Water, coffee, diet soda. Below my pre-cruise weight!
3/5 130.0 Why am I craving dills, mayo, and cheddar???
3/6 130.0 I’m 69 years old and don’t recall ever hearing of Pancake Tuesday until yesterday! I hope everyone enjoyed!! Met Amy at the gym again yesterday. Don’t know what’s been wrong with my leg/hamstring? for the last 3 months but suspect a pinched nerve. Glad it’s feeling better but don’t want to overdo!
3/7 129.5. Didn’t meet Amy yesterday but plan to today. Going to Fiesta buffet tonight (BOGO) and music after(FREE.)
3/8 130.0 Good gentle walk with Amy yesterday. I’m hoping that just keeping moving will be a benefit. Carl has an appointment with his retina specialist and our friends are joining us for lun-ner this afternoon so no gym. Wish I could transfer some of my DVDs to a flash drive or micro card so I could use them when we travel without lugging the laptop or another device!
3/9 129.5 I have a meeting in an hour. I need to get moving. Blahhhh!
3/10 129.0 Developed a migraine from sun glaring off cars during the meeting. It subsided a bit but I didn’t feel really well and didn’t want to go to music. I ended up fasting for about 22 hours because I just didn’t feel well. Woke up this morning with what feels like a hangover but haven’t had a drink in a week. Today I am doing nothing. Starting “Beef and Butter fast” tomorrow.
3/11 129.0 Ate Popeye’s chicken yesterday so this may go up in spite of what I eat today. Went to the movies yesterday and for the first time ever was NOT TEMPTED BY THE POPCORN AROMA!
3/12 129.0 Feeling great except for a headache. It will pass shortly, they usually do. It’s raining in Las Vegas AGAIN! We have passed our average annual rainfall of 5”.
3/13 129.0 See you next round!

Jumping in here part way through. Been trying to lose for awhile and keep going up and down. Have never posted weight publicly before. Hoping this will help me to stay in the game mentally. Taking this 10 lbs at a time.

Goal weight 182.8

Round 70

Day/Weight/Comment

03/04
03/05
03/06
03/07
03/08 192.8
03/09 193.6
03/10 194
03/11 193.4
03/12
03/13 193.1

Back again! March is a new month and a new start. Who knew having adult children was going to be more stressful than having teenage children. February was exhausting and I did not do well with my weight at all. Ended January at 148 and ended February at 153. Between TOM, a week in Las Vegas, and my stressful children, I am ready to get back on track. My 10 day goal is to get back in the 140's no matter what, which is very doable. I know most of this bloat and water weight should come off pretty easy.

03/04 - 154.9 fourth day in a row. I am finally done with TOM as of today and back on track with food. Looking forward to getting back in the 140's, so I am going to stay strong. I had no desire or will last week and it shows. Felt terrible most of the week and was exhausted. Thank goodness I only go through that every 3-4 months. Feeling motivated and in good spirits today and that will hopefully keep me motivated.
5 pounds to go to get back to the 140's
03/05 - 154.0 I thought it would be lower. Ate very low calorie yesterday, but did cave and have a couple of beers with my hubby. I had been kind of cranky the last couple of days towards him and was finally feeling better. So when he asked if I would have a drink with him, I kind of caved. It was nice sitting there, relaxing, cooking dinner, and just talking to him. I get super moody sometimes during TOM and my hubby pays the price, lol. He is really is a good man even though he drives me crazy sometimes. So on track so far today and no alcohol tonight. I should start seeing this water weight come off. I am expecting a pretty decent drop tomorrow.
4.1 pounds to go to be back in the 140's.
03/06 - 153.0 and down another pound. Don't know why my body is holding on to this weight this week. Usually TOM ends and within 3 days I'm down like 5 pounds. I usually will have 2 days that I lose 2 pounds easily each day. Of course this month that is not happening. Maybe tomorrow I will have a pretty good drop. Ate well under calories yesterday and had no alcohol. All I can do is trust the process and stay on track!
3.1 pounds to go to get back in the 140's
03/07 - 151.1 There we go! I new I had a pretty good whoosh coming soon. Did really well again yesterday calorie wise, water wise, and still no alcohol. My son has an orthodontist appt today, daughter has a doctors appt, and I have parent teacher conferences in between. Also came to work this morning to finish up a couple of things, so should be a pretty crazy day. Hopefully can follow through with my meals that I have planned at some point and stay on track. Would love to see another big whoosh tomorrow or Saturday to get back in the 140's. My goal this round was just to get back to 148/149 something. I was there 3 weeks ago before life took over and I lost all control,lol. So far doing way better than I had been doing! 6 more days to lose 1.2 pounds to see 140's again.
03/08 - 152.3 and the roller coaster continues. I kind of expected a little bump. I never ate anything until 5:00 last night. I was so busy and didn't want to stop and go through a drive through, so I just waited. Looking back I should have stopped and I probably would have been better off. By the time 5:00 rolled around we were at the bowling alley and I was starving. I didn't go crazy, I was well within calorie goals, but not a drop of it was by any means a healthy choice. I stayed with only 1 piece of pizza, some fries, and a couple of jalapeno poppers, but I also ended up having a couple of beers. I know my water intake was awful yesterday, because I spent most of the day in a car or dr offices or meeting with teachers. So back on track today and hopefully will see a drop tomorrow. 5 days to lose 2.4 pounds
03/09 - 151.7 I’ll take it. Did well all day yesterday. No alcohol last night, which on a Friday night not to have a beer is a real win in my book. Date night with the hubby and some friends from out of town planned for tonight. Also birthday lunch for my mama today, she’s 60, so that should be fun and then taking both my daughters for mani-pedis. Plus I need to get some grocery shopping done for the week. So busy day ahead of me. I feel like I have lost a ton of my bloat finally. Still 4 days left to lose 1.8 pounds to get back in the 140’s.
03/10 - NW - Because of the time change and we were out so late, didn't have time to weigh. We were already running late and had to meet a bunch of friends to go shooting. We had never taken the 2 youngest with us, so they were so excited to get out there and do some target shooting.
03/11 - 153.4 up a bit, normal weekend gain. I actually did way better than normal. Back to work today and meals are set. Had an amazing weekend, so busy and crazy, but tried to maintain calories. My alcohol consumption was way more than I planned Saturday night, but didn't have a drop of alcohol on Sunday. Still working towards my goal and should see a pretty good drop tomorrow. 2 days left to lose 3.5 pounds
03/12 - 153.3 I don't think I am going to be seeing the 140's again this round. Kind of discouraged, but not giving up. I didn't do much of anything accept gain in the month of February, so it may just take the month of March to get back in the swing of things of things. Oh well, I guess we will see what I end on tomorrow and start a new round.
03/13 - 152.7 The scale went from 151.7 to 152.7 and back and forth numerous times. So I am going with the larger number so I don't get frustrated tomorrow. I did not make my goal of hitting the 140's this round, but I am down 2.2 pounds and my 10 day average is also down about a half a pound. So I'm taking my wins where I can get them. Hoping next round is way better for me. I can't believe taking 1 month off of dieting has thrown me back 2 months. Half way through the month and hoping to be down at least the 5 pounds that I gained. On to round 71!

"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Oliver Goldsmith About me: 62, 5'7", hit maintenance in March 2018 but, typical yoyo, currently bouncing way over original goal weight of 130.
GOALS THIS ROUND reporting on all the "yesterdays":

• under calorie goal 9/10 days: 5/10 so far
• over 10K steps 9/10 days: 7/10 so far
• three strength workouts: 1.5/3 so far
• five cardio workouts: 3/5 so far

3/3 for continuity - 133.6
3/4 - 134.6 - yesterday wildly over calories, a stress-tired-emo eating day. 5K steps.
Today starting a wellness campaign at work where my goal is 10K steps a day, 5 servings of veg and fruit.
3/5 - 133.4 - yesterday under calorie goal, 12K steps including a 2 mile run with my new (canine) running buddy. Raining today, so getting steps in may be a challenge. Gonna try for 30 flights of the basement stairs at work.
3/6 - 133.4 - yesterday under calorie goal, 10K steps, nice walk at lunchtime. Did 20 flights of stairs, trying for the full 30 today.
3/7 - 132.2 - yesterday under calorie goal, 10K steps, did not manage any stairs since I got absolutely nailed to my desk by emergencies; however got a nice bodyweight strength workout in at home.
3/8 - 133.0 - yesterday a smidge over maint, 13K steps and a run with dogger. Fell running and got some rad rash on my knee... going to work in skinny jeans , which are literally all I have, is unappealing
3/9 -132.8 - yesterday under calorie goal, 7K steps and a few sets of pushups/crunches. Knee a little swollen and stiff but no serious damage.
I owe my strong bones to all the running I did in my 40's and 50's, and tripping while I run is the price I have paid maybe a dozen times ... not coordinated ... I feel like I will be falling in my 80's and NOT breaking bones (in spite of all my osteo risk factors), and saying, thanks younger me for getting on with strength workouts and running! Weight bearing exercise is the BOMB, and in addition, gets me a lot more calories a day to eat!
3/10 -133.0 - yesterday 9K steps but over maintenance calories by 150 ... I did great till evening when I was tired. A few small strength exercises but knee still stiff and sore so nothing heavy duty yet.
3/11 - 133.8 - yesterday violently over calories, eating to flee an illumination and comfort the unexpected 4 hours at work. Eventually got the illumination anyway and feeling so much better today! 6500 steps, did take a walk with dog but knee definitely still sore from the fall last week.

3/12 - 134.2 - yesterday under calorie goal, 10K steps, weight still on the higher side from Sunday's indiscretions.

3/13 - 133.8 - yesterday a bit over maintenance but not wildly so... best I could do on a very emotional day. 12K steps. Ran 2.7 miles in the late evening and my knee feels it, but it was necessary for mental health!
R70 choices: cal goal 5/10 | steps 7/10 | strength 1.5/3 | cardio 3/5
R70 * Start = 134.6 * Ave = 133.4 * Min = 132.2 * Max = 134.6
On to the next round.

texasfarmer wrote: »

CW - 195.8
UGW 165

ROUND GW - 192.5

Haven’t done anything with my weight in awhile except go up, so if I push the water I should at least get rid of some water weight.

3/4 - 195.8

3/5 - 195.2 (-.6)

3/6 - 195.0 (-.8)

3/7 - 194.4 (-1.4)

3/8 - 194.2 (-1.6) Dinner with the girls tonight so not too sure what this will look like in the morning.

3/9 - 193.8 (-2.0) All I can say is this was a gift. Yesterday I ate two Oreo type cookies and a thin slice of blueberry bread for breakfast, jelly beans for lunch (well really all afternoon) then went for dinner and had a Rueben sandwich with fries and topped it all off with MANY pieces of salt water taffy. Weighed three times this morning to be sure! Yep, scratching my head about this but every now and then ya get a free pass.

3/10 - DNW

3/11 - 195.2 (-.6)

3/12 - 195.2 (-.6)

3/13 - 195.2 (-.6) didn’t meet my goal but I did finish this round and lost a little something.

Age 57
I’m definitely in! Round 5 for me.
Original starting weight-275.6
Round 66 Sw 269.8 / loss 6lbs (263.8)
Round 67 Sw 263.8/ loss 3.8 lbs (260)
Round 68 SW 258.8/ loss 5.4 lbs (253.4)
Round 69 Sw 254.2/ -1 lb (252.4)
Goal 250

Day/Weight/Comment

03/04 252.4. Forgot to weigh but using yesterday’s weight.
03/05 252.8
03/06 252.6
03/07 252
03/08 dnw
03/09 252.4 struggling but still working hard.
03/10
03/11
03/12
03/13 255 Dinner out with friends . Something I need to work on. +.8 lbs.

Stats & Round goals
R69 EW: 72.4kg
Mon 03/04 72.0kg (-0.4) Yesterday:🧘🍷📖2500+cals
Posting really late today. I've been having a craving and just checked and TOM is due this week, so that would explain that and maybe also my tiredness. I tried to satisfy the craving it over the weekend and went waaaay over calories. But now I know what I'm dealing with.
This month is going to be difficult, my last days in London this week, so I'm nervous about the move, new job and have a fair bit of travelling back and forth on top of being in temporary accommodation, new supermarkets etc.
Anyway, trying to find motivation to stick with my goals and keep doing what I need to go do get this weight down. Steps only 11k
Tue 03/05 72.0kg (-+0) Yesterday: 🧘🍷📖1855cals
Bah, all I wanna do is snack. Half my cals were from snacks yesterday and despite going for a walk, I didn't make my steps, 12k+
Wed 03/06 kg 71.5(-0.5) Yesterday: 🚶‍♀️22k+🏃‍♀️🥊🧘🍷📖🥗1688cals
Oh that's a little woosh Good day yesterday, well within cals with a lot of excercise, over 1100cals burned according to fitbit.
Today is a rest day and date night, not a great combination. But I need a rest day and will enjoy the night and not watch my food or drinks. We have our anniversary for starting dating next week and I won't be here. Before that, I have so start actual packing, as in putting stuff in the suitcase, deciding my work outfits for the first couple of weeks. I'll also have a last dash to the shopping centre and should get my steps in that way and will keep my daytime cals to the minimum.
Thu 03/07 72.0kg (+0.5) Yesterday: 🚶‍♀️17k🧘📖2900+cals
I had several readings on my scale, I think it might need a new battery, 72kg came up several times and makes most sense given last night.
Yesterday, all evening cals were estimated and we had a great night, discussing all things about our move, a new home options etc. I started to actually put stuff in my suitcase. This means it's getting serious...
Today should be a good day, I have a Muay Thai PT session this afternoon so I have all the basics down before I start in a new gym. Otherwise, more packing and getting documents sorted for the new job. Only challenge could be to get my steps in. I'm supposed to run today ( I'm doing a Nike+ run club coached plan) but don't want to do that before the PT session. I'll have time to do that tomorrow instead.
Fri 03/08 71.9kg (-0.1) Yesterday:🥊🍷📖 🥗2213cals
PT session was great, I hope I like the new gym next week also.
Didn't quite get my steps in, 13.8k. Cooked a healthy Hello Fresh, which I split into lunch and dinner as DH was out. Had many cals left, so obviously had to eat the dessert that was still sitting in my fridge. And then I binged on some chocolate and crisps. My excuse is TOM, which was giving me a lot of cramps before the PT session.
BUT there is an NSV in there: i logged all the snacks instead of throwing the towel for the day (eve) and technically was still within cals, including all exercise cals.
Today, I plan to do yoga and run and then we'll go for brunch with a friend who is visiting. After that: final packing, eeek.
Sat 03/09 72.7kg (+0.8) Yesterday: 🚶‍♀️23k+🏃‍♀️🧘???cals
Didn't count yesterday and indulged. Won't count today as I'm travelling. I
Sun 03/10 kg 70.9(-1.2) Yesterday: 🍷cals
Travel day yesterday, didn't make my steps and didn't log, but also didn't eat very much, which is probably why I had such a drop. Today, it has been lashing rain apart from a short break, which I used to quickly check the way to the office, go food shopping, check the gym and also buy running leggings and longsleeve, which I put in the wrong bag (my DH will bring next week).
Still not logging, the kitchen in my airbnb isn't great, so I'm not so keen to cook. My eating isn't too bad though. Now waiting for the rain to stop again before it gets dark so I can go for a quick run and see the town centre, but this might not happen.
Mon 03/11 71.2kg (+0.3) Yesterday: 🚶‍♀️17k🏃‍♀️🧘🍷 ???cals
Yesterday was good, and I did go for that run in the eve.
Today: First day at my new job, lunch will be provided.
Tue 03/12 71.5kg (+0.2) Yesterday: 🧘🍷???cals
Started logging in the morning, but then didn't know how to log lunch or dinner and also had a bit of a snack attack in the eve - my plan of not buying sweets failed as I was so hungry after work.
I've not read anyones posts the last few days. Once more settled. i'll get back to it.

Wed 03/13 70.9kg (-0.6) Yesterday: 🥊🧘🍷???cals
Went thai boxing last night, it was great.
What a round, so much has happened again. I'm not very engaged, and the next round might not be very different. But i'll keep weighing and will start logging again once i'm a bit more settled. DH is coming for this weekend and then I'm going back to London next weekend for his bday, there will be a lot a food&drink. By mid April, we'll hopefully be a bit more settled after a hectic, exciting 6+ months full of life changes.

Round 70 result: -1.1kg - actually a good result. I don't expect this to stay this way, but average has been on a slow but steady downward trend.
But only 2/8 goals achieved

Thanks for all the hugs yesterday!
Average weight per round

Round 70
Female, 41, 5’9”, Central Ohio
1/23/01: 336 (gastric bypass surgery)
1/1/19: 213.4
UGW 170

ER64 – 205.4
ER65 - 205.4 (0)
ER66 - 199.2 (-6.2)
ER67 - 202.6 (+3.4)
ER68 - ????
ER69 - 207.7 (+5.1)
ER70 - 204.2 (-3.5)

Day/Weight/Comment

03/04 - DNW
03/05 - 204.7
03/06 - 203.9
03/07 - 204.5
03/08 - DNW
03/09 - DNW
03/10 - DNW
03/11 - DNW
03/12 - 205.3
03/13 - 204.2

Need to pray for peace. Life has been stressful and my brain feels extremely scrambled. Time change and warmer temps are a sign that seasons are soon to change and we can get OUTSIDE! Fresh air does the mind and body good. Work and home life being a mess make me crazy. When does it ever end?! Eating at work has been good but home eating is out of control. 80/20 is better than nothing, right? Now to slowly add back in the “move more/exercise” part.