JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 71

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

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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.
3/16 128.0 Finally made it to Great Greek and ate 1/2 my large Greek Salad with gyro. I was stuffed. Also walked a lot. Got over my step goal.
3/17 128.5. Finished my salad for brunch yesterday, made Alfredo chicken and zoodles for a friend’s memorial potluck. Don’t know what I ate that made me feel so bloated! UGH!
3/18 128.5 May not have had enough water yesterday. Neighbor dog woke us before 5:30 this morning. UGH

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.
03/16-212.5. Kept with the larger dinner last night and there was no snacking. Finished w7d2...8 more days to my 5k. Went to the gym this morning to do some weightlifting. Have to work on getting my water in today...it's so much harder for me on the weekend.
03/17--212.9 Well, plan to drink more water yesterday was a fail. I also realized that my plan to eat more at dinner to reduce snacking works much better on days that I work because I will snack all day if I'm at home. I think I may just accept the fact that I will probably be eating at maintenance on the weekends and just not worry about staying in deficit. Today I finished W7D3...it was an absolutely perfect run...one more week until my 5k. I bought a sofa today and did some errands. Drinking more water today than yesterday so that is a plus.
03/18--212.5 Up and down and up and down. No workout/run planned today, but the weather is supposed to be great today, high 60's and sunny, that I might need to take the dog out after work for a long walk.
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Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 62
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
MFPSW: 240
CW: 171.2
RGW: 170
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* {Round 69 - gain .4 lb EW 175 (FR)}
{Round 70 - lost 3.2 lb (FR) EW 171.8}

Day/Weight/Comment

3/14 - 171.2 - 20g carbs, 15g net carbs. Carbs were: steamables golden potatoes (6.5gcarb), salad, deli smoked turkey, manzanilla olives, cucumber ranch dressing, au jus sauce. Okay, my weight has settled here for today. Probably that tiny potato 😂 Dinner was 2 hours later than I planned, due to this HUGE chuck roast I was cooking. It took 2+ hrs in the pressure cooker! with a couple of stops and starts to check it during the process. Should have put the 2nd weight on the pot.
3/15 - 172.2 - 32g carbs, 26g net carbs. Carbs were: salad, olives, dill pickle, grape tomatoes, jalapenos, peanut butter, almonds, walnuts, deli smoked turkey. A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.

3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation. 35g carbs, 27g net carbs. Carbs were: Strawberries, salad, peanut butter, celery, carrot, apple in chicken salad, cranberry cheddar, spaghetti squash, au jus sauce. Did not take vitamins 2 days, Th, F.

3/17 - 171.2 - 38g carbs, 28g net carbs. Too much peanut butter! Need B's. I did take my vitamins. Carbs were: green beans, au jus sauce, olives, deli smoked turkey, peanut butter.
Carb count increased from peanut butter.

3/18 - 171 - 26g carbs, 19g net carbs. Carbs were: eggs, spinach, salad, strawberries, peanut butter, sundried tomato dressing. It's going to be a slow roll with some backtracking out of the 170's. That was my normal pattern of weightloss before October 2018. Now I've buckled down and become conscious of the issues holding me in this decade for so long. With humbleness, prayer, guidance and thankfulness, I'm certain that I will exit this learning phase successfully. ☺


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Seeking lower bodyfat%

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.

03/16 - 150.1 Nice little drop to start the weekend. It also flashed 149.8 but then went up to 150.1. Still very happy with my weigh in. Now if I can hold on to it for the next 2 days. I’m already on track for breakfast and lunch today. Going out to dinner tonight and then a basketball game. My goal today, no alcohol and to eat something in calories at the restaurant.

03/17 - 151.0 I have no idea why it’s up. Ate well and ran errands all day. Thought it would be lower though. Maybe it’s because we ate so late last night or because I weighed 3 hours later than normal this morning. I’m not complaining, it’s a Sunday and it hasn’t gone up 2 or 3 pounds, so I guess I will take it as a win.

03/18 - 154.0 I am extremely annoyed. Last weekend I thought it was because I ate pork on Sundays. It's the only day that I eat it, but we always have a big family breakfast with sausage and bacon every Sunday. So I didn't eat any of it thinking it was the sodium, and I gained 3.6 pounds from Friday to Monday. This weekend I was convinced that it had to be the alcohol that we drink on the weekend. So, I did not have a sip of alcohol all weekend, not even yesterday for St Patty's day! Guess what I gained 3.9 pounds Friday to Monday. I stayed within calories, drank a ton of water I thought, and still have this crazy spike. Maybe it is bread? I usually don't eat bread at all, but the weekends are harder seeing as we do hamburgers or hot-dogs on the grill ,or order pizza, or have toast or biscuits with breakfast. So I guess I will cut all bread next weekend and see if that's what is causing my gain. Maybe I have a hard time processing the bread right away or something. I know I will be back down in a day or 2 but it messes up my 10 day average and it is so frustrating some times. I ate a half a piece of toast yesterday and a cinnamon roll and 2 slices of thin crust pizza. All within calories, no reason for a 4 pound gain.

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10 DAY GOALS: Planning to (1) log everything carefully over the next 10 days with 1200-1400 range (2) hit my protein macro daily and (3) eat noon to 8 pm
Age: 38
Height: 5'7"
Round 71: (my first round!)
SW 157.8
CW 157.2
GW: 123
GW for this round 154.8
Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 157.8 Road trip, not the best eating.
03/15 157.2 Visiting with friends today but going to keep my goals in mind.
03/16 157.2 No gains after vacation, I'll take it! With 7 days left in this challenge, I will need to buckle down on my eating. I want to see those 2.4 lbs GONE! Maybe I'll finally load up one of the beachbody workouts I'm paying for every month, ha.
03/17 157.2. I'm stuck here, it seems. For 3 days in a row. I did finally start PiYo yesterday and am committed to doing another "workout" today. By workout, I mean I made it through the intro section that shows you how to do all the moves. It was challenging enough for me, that's for sure! Today, I'm fighting Sunday habits/cravings with my family: usually, we get donuts or breakfast burritos and sugary coffees. None of that for me today! Keeping tomorrow's weigh-in in mind.
03/18 156.6. Down 1.2 lbs so far! Maybe I can get another .8 off the scale in the next 5 days. Seems doable! Yesterday I made good choices and avoided the Sunday sugars, so I'm feeling accomplished all of a sudden. I'll call it a NSV. Today, the only thing I'm doubting is my ability to eat a small portion of homemade shepherd's pie. Strategy: fill up on big salad first, then measure 1 cup of shepherd's pie- no seconds! I will eat sloooowly...
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Ready to cement these life changes.

HW (age 14) - 175 lb
SW Jan 2015 - 165 lb
lost down to 130 then gained back to 140 and within the last 8 months slipped back into bad habits
SW Jan 2019 - 147.5 lb
GW - 135 lb
R67 EW = 141 lb; ∆ = -2.2 lb
R68 EW = 138.2 lb; ∆ = -2.8 lb
R69 EW = 135 lb; ∆ = -3.2 lb
R70 EW = 134.8 lb; ∆ = -0.2 lb

Goal is to get my weight trend app to reach my goal weight 135, so I will also be reporting my trend

Day/Weight/Comment
03/13 134.8 t = 136.5
03/14 135.8 (up 1 lb) t = 136.3
Had a lot of salt yesterday, and I woke up super sore today. It's going to be a struggle to get my steps in.
03/15 134.8 t = 136.1
I think I dropped my water weight! Just in time for the weekend shenanigans 😁 I probably won't be weighing until Monday, but I'll keep you posted. I have a date tonight and tomorrow I'm going into San Francisco for my friend's birthday and some dancing. I'll be back late Sunday but probably too late to weigh, so I'll weigh on Monday.
03/16 DNW
03/17 DNW
03/18 137.3 (up 2.4 lbs) t = 137.2
This was my first time in months not worrying about what I was eating. I didn't even track along at each meal but instead did it at the end of the day. But this was a good lesson for me to learn while I have the accountability of all of you. That the sooner I get back on the horse (the horse being the scale and calorie counting) the easier it is to take off the couple pounds I put on. I had so much fun enjoying food and not worrying. So I think as long as it's only one or two days, and I'm at my goal weight, I'm going to let these instances happen.
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Day/Weight/Comment
joining in a bit late but better late than never right! I’ve made some changes to my macros and hoping this challenge will help give me some good insights into how my body reacts. So here we go

03/18: 187.4. Goal for today- 100oz H2O, so far I’m on track just need to plan a healthy dinner
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@bitewing22 I could never weigh at night without going insane, my evening weight varies so much! If you find you have too much fluctuation that way, you could also just weigh in the morning and post at night!

I’m in again!!!!
Female 5’4” on a good day! 47 years young.
Found in the UK
Start weight: 152lb Aug 2010

Goal weight: 132lb

Current weight: 143.1lb - it has been a long and slow journey with too many sweet things and food impulses on the way!
Round 71 – 1.6lb UP!!!!
Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 – 143.5lb – need to try tracking for the next few days and see if that helps the scales to go in the right direction!
03/15 - NWI
03/16 – 144lb – why?!?!? I had a couple of small glasses of wine after a busy week. My target feels such a long way away!!
03/17 – 144lb – no change - not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing!
03/18 – 143.7lb – ok I suppose. Will drink more water today and I’ve tracked what I’ve eaten. Also been to body combat and done over 10,000 steps for the day.
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51yo, 6’,Central New York

I’m in again! Hoping to go down a few pounds this round. I love this group!! Good luck everyone! 😀

Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 198.4 up 1.2 pounds from yesterday, ate more than I should have for dinner (darn delicious French fries!😩) did make it on the treadmill, felt heavy and tired, but got the full 31 minutes in. Hoping to be down to 195 for this round.
03/15 199.2 up a little bit, but I’m ok with that because I felt stronger on the treadmill and was around goal for calories. Today will be a different story, having dinner out and it’s the weekend! 🤷‍♀️
03/16 200.2. Just like I figured, went overboard on eating. The husband is working this weekend so I can focus on my eating (or not eating) and getting my workouts in. I just need to make it through the weekend and no excuses!
03/17 199.6. Feeling good about the little loss. Kept calories down. Had a huge sugar craving at night but fought it and did a juice instead. Then made crackers out of the leftover pulp! My first attempt, need some work but pretty impressed. Today’s agenda includes house cleaning, groceries and meal planning (for a successful week) bring it in strong for the week everyone! ✋🏻👊🏻
03/18 198.4. Yea!! Made it through the weekend. ☺️
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OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
Female, 5' 4 1/2 " age 53

Hi. My name is Trina. This is my eighteenth round. I mostly missed the last two rounds due to travel and appendicitis recovery. I'm back in the swing now, and ready to start logging my food again. I'd been really consistent on the food log since June, but didn't log while I traveled (did IF to keep calories in check), didn't bother logging while recovering from appendicitis because I had no appetite and my calories were to low to share . And then didn't log another week because my sister was here. This week I am running out of excuses, so I am getting back into the habit! Happy to say that I have met my original goal weight set in June and am just barely in the normal BMI range. I was not at all convinced I could do it when I started and expected it to take much longer! I have reset my goal weight to 135, to be more solidly in normal BMI, and am trying to remind myself that I should expect those last 10 pounds to be slow... Hope everyone has a great round!



OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
R54 Pre-challenge start weight 177 R66 SW 155 EW 151 (-4.0)
R67 SW 151 EW 150 (-1.0)
R68 SW 150 EW 146 (-4.0) Appendicitis!
R69 SW 146 EW 145.5 (-0.5 Didn't really participate for this round)
R70 SW 145.5 EW 145 (-0.5)
R71 SW 145 EW ????



MINI GOALS
1/31 149 -- (149 first time on 1/30...but bouncing Goal Met 2/3! )
2/28 145 -- Healthy BMI...I believe. But some of the calculators say 140 or 143 Goal Met 3/4! )
3/15 141.5 (0.5 lbs below my weight watchers lifetime member weight, pretty much haven't weighed this, since I achieved lifetime status 11 years ago! )
3/31 141
4/30 137
5/31 135 -- Final goal weight.


Goals--
Carbs < 40-
Steps/day > 12000
Exercise/walk 6 of 7 days/week

CW 145
RGW 143.5 (Probably this is a bit agressive, on the other hand, saw it once already!)

Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 142.5 Today was apparently a whoosh day, and yesterday was high. Would love to still be here (or even 142) in 10 days!
03/15 141.5 Surprised, but weighed a couple of times. My weight always bumps around! Skipped the gym today and just went for a walk. My abs are not quite back up to speed and I felt like I should probably give them a break. As another note. Today is an 11 year low weight. I haven't weighed this since I achieved weight watchers lifetime status in March, 2008. I think it took me 9 months to lose from 150 down to 142 and I did not manage to stick at that weight at all. This time it probably only took a month and a half and I feel much healthier, better, stronger (and not nearly as hungry!

03/16 142 Skipped the gym yesterday to give my sore intestines a break! Went for a 3 mile hilly walk and did 50 flights of steps at home. All in all met my 12,000 step goal with 100 flights of stairs per my fitbit.

03/17 141.5 I'm really liking this 10 days! Zumba in the morning followed by a 3 mile walk yesterday.
03/18 143.5 Within calories yesterday, but clearly too many brownies. They were yummy, but the carbs may have made me retain water. I was going to complain and then I noticed this was my round goal weight, since I started high.
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R71 SW 145 EW ????

Round 61 11st 12.0lb (-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)
Round 67 11st 4.0lb (-2.6lb)
Round 68 11st 4.6lb (+0.6lb)
Round 69 11st 1.4lb (-3.2lb)
Round 70 11st 0.8lb (-0.6lb)


Day/Weight/Comment

03/14 11st 0.2lb
03/15 11st 1.6lb - I have no idea what happened here. I went to a cafe with a friend yesterday and while she had lunch I just had a soft drink. In the evening I went where there were cakes which I didn't have. I weighed all of my food and drink as always - I only had 1100 calories (100 under what I should have) although on 1200 I usually just maintain. But putting on almost 1 and a half pounds from yesterday has totally stumped me.
03/16 11st 0.2lb - back on track! 1099 calories yesterday
03/17 11st 0.4lb
03/18 11st 0.2lb
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My body really loves to be 11st 0.2lb - hoping for a loss tomorrow

SW: 235 (01/01/19)
RSW: 200.8
RGW: 199.0
UGW: 135

Round 68 🔺 -1.8lbs
Round 69 🔺 -3.2lbs
Round 70 🔺 -3.4lbs

March 14: 201.2 - Had a busy day yesterday & forgot my water bottle. Drank a L before bed, but still feeling dehydrated & it shows. 💧

March 15: 201.2 😐

March 16: 201.2 - I don’t understand. My logging is tight, my weight is updated, I’m further under calories than normal... 😕

March 17: 202.0 - Had a rough night, woke up to this 😣

March 18: 201.0 - Right direction, at least... cautiously optimistic I’ll get to see a loss for the round. 👌🏼

March 19: 200.8 - There’s that low again. Come on body, you can do it! 🤞🏼

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Day/Weight/Comment
03/14-I had a very sore arm from a needle I had yesterday, it hit my muscle and is really hurting me.
03/15-still a take it easy day, not much change in my arm.
03/16- Finally I can move my arm, back on track.
03/17-Back on track we had family over for dinner, kept reminding myself no thank you, went for a long walk.
03/18-Lots of exercising, trying my hardest.
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