JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 71

OSW: 228
SW 01/01/19: 201.9

Round 65: (-0.2)
Round 66: (-3.6)
Round 67: (-2.2)
Round 68: (+0.2)
Round 69: (-1.8)
Round 70. (-2.0)

Round71
Day/Weight/Comment

03/14. 189.0. On track with calories and water. Must start to work on increasing exercise.
03/15. 188.8.
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I am a 50 year old 5'5" woman. I am trying to get healthier to avoid diabetes and all of the problems that come from being overweight.

I have found this challenge to be both rewarding and frustrating! Looking at my weight daily has been a real eye opener to see all of the fluctuations and how a high carb day will affect me and the loss for 2-3 days after. I have been participating in this challenge since Round 40 My average loss/gain since Round 40 to 63 is a 0.5lb loss each round. This was better than I expected!

Start Weight Feb 2018 - 202
Next Goal - 170 I will get there, hopefully soon
Goal Weight July 2019 - 140

Round 60 - SW - 178.8 - EW - 180.0 - Average weight over 10 Days - 179.3
Round 61 - SW - 178.6 - EW - 178.2 - Average weight over 10 days - 178.5
Round 62 - SW - 179.0 - EW - 178.0 - Average weight over 10 days - 178.8
Round 63 - SW - 178 - EW - 180.0 - Average weight over 10 Days - 180.0
Round 64 - SW - 181.2 - EW - 180.2 Average weight over 10 Days - 181.3
Round 65 - SW - 180.6 - EW - 179.0 Average weight over 10 Days - 180.0
Round 66 - SW - 179.0 - EW - 180.4 Average weight over 10 Days - 179.1
Round 67 - SW - 179.8 - EW - 179.1 Average weight over 10 days - 179.1
Round 68 - SW - 178.8 EW - 177.4 Average weight over 10 days - 178.2
Round 69 - SW - 178.4 EW - 179.0 Average weight over 10 days - 179.2
Round 70 - SW - 179.6 EW- 177.4 - average weight over 10 days - 178.1

Mar 14 - 175.4 I really think I need to get a new scale.
Mar 15 - 177.2

FROM THE MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 58 YEARS YOUNG & MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 29 FOR ME.

“YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO BE AMAZING”





MY STATS:
Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R70 EW= 186.6
R71 EW= TBD

Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: Lose 2 pounds this round.
First Long Term Weight Goal: To weigh 175 by my Birthday on May 10th by sticking to my plan to lose 1.5 pounds per week (or 2 lbs per round).
My Second Long Term Weight Goal: To weigh 165 by the 4th of July using the same plan as above.
My Third Long Term Weight Goal: To weigh 145 by Halloween.
Exercise:
During each Weight goal I plan on doing cardio in the form of dancing at aerobic levels whenever possible. I would also like to walk as much as possible although walking outside is impossible for me this time of year.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH THESE 10 DAY CHALLENGES HAVE HELPED ME********


Day/Weight/Comment
03/13 …..186.6….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

03/14 …..185.8 ….. Nice to see a drop again. Like some of the others I feel very sore from a lot of the exercise. I may decrease the amounts today and allow a little rest to these old bones & muscles. I will spend the time prep cooking for my freezer. I may skip going to the potluck/pool hall that I attend on Thursdays. We will see. Yesterdays stats: 1089 Calories In / 2795 calories out. 12 Net Carbs mostly in veggies. 21,329 Total Steps & 9.03 Total Miles. I wanted to IF 12:12 (two week metabolism reset plan) but found that I’m just too busy at my planned starting time due to my work schedule. Today I will attempt again but at a bit of a later starting time. My IF yesterday was 16:8. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I charged my Fitbit while sleeping so no exact tracking on sleep, but my best clock estimate was just over 5 hours. I walked 112 minutes inside the school and danced for 51 minutes on my make-believe dance floor in my livingroom. Sample Song “Everyday People” by Sly & the Family Stone. Good luck this round everyone. I have read all the posts in this new round up until my own & you guys have already put me in a motivated and terrific mood. I feel empowered! Thanks Everyone!

03/15 …..185.6 ….. I skipped the pool hall & potluck last night & focused on the flooding in our area. Because my home is on a slab, the danger of it getting into my house is real so I bailed water until 4:00 a.m. It also rained & that was not helping. I have a new ground drain outside but it is frozen over or buried so I could not find it. Today will also be challenging. I hope to find it before I travel this week or I will come home to a sunken ship! We still have about 8 inches of snow across the grass & large hills along the sidewalks & driveways. Sunny days are causing the meltdown. If it is not too sunny today I would like to get down to the school to walk again. Yesterday’s stats: 1054 Calories In / 2145 Calories Out. 13 Net Carbs. 16,275 Total Steps & 6.89 Miles. IF 12:12 . 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 4 hours & 33 minutes and was up early to start bailing the water. I am very angry right now that my husband died on me 3 years ago. I walked a short walk of 11 minutes & I danced for 33 minutes. Sample song “Faith” by George Michael. Have a great weekend everyone. And please, stop one moment & say a prayer that I find that ground drain & get it unfrozen & drinking in the water & melting snow.

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03/19 ….. ….. Travel-no scale. Will log & post as able.
03/20 ….. ….. Travel-no scale. Will log & post as able.
03/21 ….. ….. Travel-no scale. Will log & post as able.
03/22 ….. ….. Daytime travel home today. Pot luck tonight. Oh my!
03/23 ….. ….. Final round weigh in. What is the total damage? Covering my eyes when I hit that scale!

R60 SW: 219.7 EW: 217.1 AW: 218.3
R61 SW: 217.1 EW: 217.3 AW: 217.1 (-1.2)
R62 SW: 216.4 EW: 216.9 AW: 216.6 (-0.5)
R63 SW: 215.1 EW: 214.2 AW: 214.6 (-2.0)
R64 SW: 213.4 EW: 214.2 AW: 215.6 (+1.0)
R65 SW: 214.7 EW: 215.1 AW: 215.0 (-0.6)
R66 SW: 214.9 EW: 214.7 AW: 214.5 (-0.5)
R67 SW: 214.9 EW: 212.9 AW: 213.5 (-1.0)
R68 SW: 212.7 EW: 211.8 AW: 212.7 (-0.8)
R69 SW: 213.6 EW: 212.7 AW: 213.2 (+0.5)
R70 SW: 213.1 EW: 213.1 AW: 212.7 (-0.5)

Day/Weight/Comment

03/14--212.9 I realized that I need to really work on my evening snacking. I don't know if it's boredom, tiredness or something else, but I want to be really conscious of why I snack so much in the evening even when I'm not hungry. What's weird is that I'm not even snacking on junk food or any specific type of food. It's going to be hard, but I think it should be interesting. Trainer tonight.
03/15--212.5 Ok, yesterday evening I tried something new to help curb my snacking. I had my dinner and then about 1/2 an hour later I realized that I was still hungry, but instead of reaching for a snack I decided to have another serving of my dinner. After the 2nd serving the hunger was gone and when about an hour later my husband asked if I wanted any of the popcorn he made I said no when I realized that I wasn't hungry. I didn't snack for the rest of the evening and in the end ate less calories than I've eaten over the prior couple of days when I was snacking. This has made me realize that I'm probably not eating enough for dinner and when I get hungry in the evening and start snacking it's hard for me to stop. So, I think from now on I'm going to eat more at dinner which will curb my hunger during the rest of the evening and hopefully I won't even start snacking. Run tonight.
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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 71 129.0

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

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

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3/13 129.0
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3/14 128.0 Didn’t got to Greek as planned last night. Going to Golden Corral tonight with friends.
3/15 128.0 I plan to enjoy homemade chicken broth today. Think I overdid the treadmill yesterday. I actually WANT to get back to where I was 10 years ago but my body is not so sure.

31th Round for me: Female 66, height 5’
Goal this round, starting March 14: Still want to get out of the 160’s but this time I should be able to do it. I was much better on logging and watching cals. last round and only slightly better on getting in movement on my non-gym days. So my goals for this round are to keep up with the logging and add more movement and get into an earlier bedtime/rise schedule. That will take a little work since we’ve just gone through time change but worth it as I get so much more done that way.
Round 71 – SW 160.8
Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 – 160.6
03/15 – 161.8 – Was only slightly over on calories yesterday, although not the best choices and a little salty. My nose has started running since I got up and feeling a bit draggy so may also be water weight. Debating on going to the gym … maybe will opt for making soup instead … keep the calories down and liquids up.
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I have no idea how many rounds this is for me. Ended last round at 152.7, looking to end this one at least at 150 something and with a lower 10 day average. Good luck everyone!

03/14 - 151.0 did more snacking last night than I should have. I didn't get dinner on the table till about 7:15 and had a couple of snacks while I was cooking and waiting to start cooking. We were trying to get the second oldest ready for his first day of work. It took us 18 years to convince that kid he needed a job, but he finally did it. I am just hoping he likes it and he figures out it isn't as bad as he has built it up to be in his head. The oldest also came by and picked some furniture up that we are giving him and his girlfriend. They are getting their own place next month when this semester ends and moving in together. First year of college is almost complete for them. Plan is set today for food and water and I am staying on my no alcohol train. Today will be day 5, trying to do a 14 day no alcohol challenge. Honestly it has been tougher than I thought.

03/15 - 151.0 same as yesterday. I guess I can't complain, although was hoping it would be lower. We did go out to dinner last night and I stayed within calories. Did not eat any bread which is definitely a win in my book. So I guess staying the same after a meal out is good, seeing as I usually gain a couple of pounds after a night out. Meals are ready for today and hoping for the best through the weekend.

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Round 64 SW 187.8 EW 186.8 (-1.0)
Round 65 SW 185.6 EW 186.8 (+1.0)
Round 66 SW 186.8 EW 186.8 (0.0)
Round 67 SW 186.8 EW 184.2 (-2.6)
Round 68 SW 185.2 EW 188.9 (+3.7) vacation
Round 69 SW 187.8 EW 186.8 (-1.0)
Round 70 SW 186.8 EW 185.4 (-1.2)

Feeling frustrated with my up and down of essentially 1 lb for the past 7 (!) weeks. I know that my food has not been 100% because I have started back in the gym and trying to juggle too many balls in the air. That being said, for the next 10 day round I commit to:
~ writing my food down before I eat it
~allowing myself a maintenance MEAL and not a maintenance DAY on the weekends
~continuing with my workout plan of 30 days of yoga and 2x lifting per week.

03/14 185.4

03/15 184.8 I like this number! Hopefully I can keep my head in the game this weekend and not undo all of my good work. Tomorrow I have an art opening, St Paddy's parade.. and green beer? I'm not a big beer drinker so should be able to keep it at 1 or 2. Guess I will eat a good lunch beforehand and bring a snack in my bag so I'm not as tempted by salty junk.

03/16 dinner out
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03/23 College visit day; lunch out

Round 64 SW 219 EW 213 not expecting another drop like this, but happy to report it!
Round 65 SW 211 EW 208.6 2.4 loss
Round 66 SW 208.2 EW 203.8 4.4 loss
Round 67 SW 204.6 EW 202.8 1.8 loss
Round 68 SW 202.8 EW 200.2 I saw Onderland, but now I need to see ONEderland, and stay for a while!
Round 69 203.8 EW 197.2 6.6 loss!!! I did the calculation twice!
Round 70 SW 198 EW 196.2 1.8 loss
Round 71 SW 195.0 EW would like to see a 3 pound loss this round.

Day/Weight/Comment

03/14 195
03/15 195.2
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HW: 237.7
SW: 228.3 1/1/16
OGW: 169
Revised GW: 155 reached Thanksgiving 2018
Time to get back in saddle!
1st: get back to153
2nd: under 153.

Should be a good round.
3/11 154.4
3/12 154.8
3/13 155
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SW: 153.8😁 -75.1 lbs down 3.2 to go!

3/14 153.8
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RGW: 152’s

Good Luck ALL❣❣

Health!!! Focus on health! 🏃🏻‍♀️💪🏻🙏🏻💃♥🏆
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Round 34 to Round 70–> 179.4 to 153.8 lbs, -25.6 lbs in 41 Rounds❣
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You. ARE Healthier. Than. You. Ever. Thought. Possible. #Grateful,soGrateful🍀🙏🏻🌈♥🌟🌈🍎
HDL is now 55 (not 39!!) 1st time ever! Daily walking did it. All cholesterol & triglyceride labs are perfect. Low bp etc etc. parathyroid is the best it’s been, well in normal range!!! I track everything I eat Every Day.
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Track Days at or under previous trend weight for R71 1/10 🎉

Track days sodium under 2g /10 🧂

Tracks days with 0 or 1 sweet thing:
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Track days with fruit/veg > 15oz ie 5 servings


You have accomplished great things with your health. Do keep this in mind! You are winning the war, if not each day’s battle! You are stronger & more robust than you think❣
My phone will only let me post here:
Wt 153.6
Trend wt - down!
Sodium Under! 1316mg!
Sugar 0!!! First day in a Long time!!!
Fruit veg 6-1/2 servings !!
A 5 star day 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I am relieved & happy to have been able to return to my more nutritious way of eating ...
Now, for day two❣️

5'5, female, 37
SW: 290
GW: 225
End R61: 278 (-4.6)
End R62: 274.6 (-2.6)
End R63: 272.2 (-2.4)
End R64: 270.4 (-1.8)
End R65: 269.6 (-0.8)
End R66: 270 (+0.4)
End R67: 267.2 (-2.8)
End R68: 263.8 (-3.4)
End R69: 264 (+0.2)
End R70: 264 (0)
Total challenge loss: 17.8

SW 3/13: 264
03/14: 261.8
03/15: 259.6
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** ROUND 71 **
# 7 for me
GW end of round – 372
GW 299 – End of 2019 (6.2)

Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 378.4 (-0.4) – My goal this round is to focus, focus, focus! No more red rounds! My goal is to lose 4 to 6 pounds per round. If I don't lose that much no worries – I am not beating myself up. But I am determined not to have any more red rounds! I can do that at least! So to help me do that, I reset my ticker yesterday to my 2019 start weight, which I am over by 5.4 pounds. I have really been struggling but I am going to try to come out of this slump because life is just not getting any easier as we struggle in these trying times. My goal this year is lose 50 to 75 pounds and to do that I am really going to have to buckle down. My ticker is set for 75 but I will gladly take 50 plus in a heartbeat and nothing less than that for sure. I think having something already on the ticker is not helping me so I am trying something new. I have to keep trying and trying until I get it right!
My Dad is doing pretty good considering he is in hospice in a nursing home. In February it has been over year. Life goes on, so I have to find a way to make me a priority also. Baby steps
I am also working on increasing my sleeping hrs per night. I am happy to say this week I have slept 3 days since Monday over 7 hrs! I have not slept 7 hrs 3 nights in a week in a loooong time, so I am proud of that and I am going to try to keep it going because this helps me for sure.
I am really going to try to check in here more often too. That too will help me because I will be more mindful. I will read something to inspire, etc. The rounds I lost -- I checked in more also. Even if I don't have time to comment every day, I want to log my weight at least.
03/15 378.4 (-0.0) – Went over my points but did my exercise and got my 7000 steps. Short on sleep but feeling great and back on it today. Pre-planning for weekend so I can maintain or even lose a pound or more. We will see. I usually make my goal for weekend to maintain or not to gain. If I do that I am doing good. Past weekends I have blown my whole week on the weekend. Now I can maintain and even lose. I may go up one day and come right back down the next because I try not to have 2 or 3 bad days if you include Friday.
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”Consistency over a day - no problem. Consistency over a week - ehh. Consistency over a month is hard. Now think about consistency over six months or a year. That takes grit, accountability and preparation.”— Author Unknown

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.