JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 71

Round 71
OW 230

Round 46 SW 178 EW 172.6 (-5.4) 👍
Round 47 SW 172.6 EW 170.8 (-1.8)👎
Round 48 SW 170.8 EW 168 (-2.8)👍
Round 49 SW 168 EW 166.8 (-1.2) 👎
Round 50 SW 166.8 EW 163.6 (-3.2) 👍
Round 51 SW 163.6 EW 161.4 (-2.2)👎
Round 52 SW 161.4 EW 157.8 (-3.6)👍
Round 53 SW 157.8 EW 156.2 (-1.6)👎
Round 54 SW 156.2 EW 155.8 (-.04) 👎
Round 55 SW 155.8 EW 151.2 (-4.6) 😄😁👍
Round 56 SW 151.2 EW 149.8 (-1.4) 👍
Round 57 SW 149.8 EW 148.2 (-1.6) 👎
Round 58 SW 148.2 EW 147.2 (-1) 👎
Round 59 SW 147.2 EW 146.2 (-1) 👍
Round 60 SW 146.2 EW 145.2 (-1) 👍
Round 61 SW 145.2 EW 142.4 (-2.8) 👍
Round 62 SW 142.4 EW 142.4 (0) 👎
Round 63 SW 142.4 EW 146.6 (+4.4) 👎 my first gain since joining 🎄
Round 64 SW 146.6 EW 142.8 (-3.8) 👍
Round 65 SW 142.8 EW 141.8 (-1) 👎
Round 66 SW 141.8 EW 140.8 (-1)👍
Round 67 SW 140.8 EW 141.2 (+0.2) 👎
Round 68 SW 141.2 EW 139.8 (-1.4) 👍
Round 69 Sw 139.8 Ew 138.6 (-1.2) 👎
Round 70 SW 138.6 ew 138.8 (+.2) 👎

Round 26
SW 138.8
GW 137
UGW 125

03/14 136.8

03/15 137

03/16 137.2

03/17 136.2 I wasn't on much for the last round but I am hoping to catch up on this round and restart being active. Life has been crazy and I forget to come on and read, then before I know it I am pages behind lol. Thankfully I have another sheet I record my daily weigh ins on or else I don't think I would have remembered what my final weight for the last round would have been lol To catch you all up briefly, i have realized I love the way I look at this weight, so I am not sure if I want to make 135 my goal weight. I am looking to continue toning and exercising and any weight loss from that is still welcome but otherwise I might start practicing maintenance. Although 135 is my new found goal, i think I still want to hit 133 at least for some "grace" weight...That way any gain from any family functions or nights out will just put me back up to my goal weight and far from the 140s lol

03/18 no scale. Was a pretty good day but then a friend brought over a bunch of cookies and I couldn't help myself. Oops

03/19137.8 a slight gain from the night before and last night, late night ice cream and no work out means a blimp on the scale....oops x2

03/20
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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.
03/16 – 160.8 – Well, I didn’t go to the gym and I did make soup, drank lots of liquids AND ate lots of calories – although still only slightly over maintenance. Not feeling too bad, just very stuffed up in the sinuses and also ears a bit. Still glad that I don’t have to go anywhere.
03/17 – 161.8 – This is feeling like a yo-yo. Did eat an evening snack that I didn’t need so will have to watch it today to keep the 160’s going here. Still have the cold but not too bad.
03/18 – 161.2 – Wasn’t planning to spend this round dithering between 160’s and 161’s! Feeling better today and got some news yesterday to up my activity. I was planning to go on the trip about April 9 till mid-May. Now it will be shorter but much sooner – like leaving next week! All I could think was “panic monster” from the https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html blog. I am such a terrible procrastinator, but now I have to rush around and get everything ready. No stress eating allowed though as I want to keep my progress.
03/19 – 161.2 – So first time on the scale it said 163.something then I realized the scale was over about ½ inch from my usual spot … moved it and here we are again. Only feeling more thankful. And careful.
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@iLadyT LOL How did 3/12 get in there between 3/18 and 3/19?

@deepwoodslady Donna, I love having your story on one post! You are an inspiration!

@brightresolve Beth, don’t forget to come back after your break!

@wellnfree LOL Those of us with the position of the scale! I did the same thing this morning but with no change in the results.

Original start weight: 221 March 2016
Restart weight: 191 March 2018
Ultimate goal weight: 140
Female 5'4" 38 years

Round 54: SW 177.6 EW 176.6
Round 55: SW 175.8 EW 177
Round 56: SW 176.4 EW 173.2
Round 67: SW 179.4 EW 180.2
Round 68: SW 180.2 EW 179
Round 69: SW 180.4 EW 177
Round 70: SW 177.2 EW 177.2
🎯Mini Goal: 172

🌷🍀Day/Weight/Comment🍀🌷
03/14 176.4 Water weight is coming off! I’m ready to see what the next 10 days brings! I was within calories yesterday and got in a Fitness Blender upper body workout. Have a great day everyone!
03/15 176.8 Hmm...I was within calories and macros but I've got a little doms from that Fitness Blender workout and yesterday was a stressful day at work. I did get in a short walk. Today is my day off. I plan to do some resting today even though I need to buy some groceries. Not sure if I'll go for my step goal today, but I am thinking of getting a workout in!
03/16 174.8 I surprised myself and got my steps in and I got a workout! A lot of times it can feel a little hard to get 10,000 steps on my day off. But yesterday it felt easy. And I still feel like I had a relaxing day! Back to work today.
03/17 175 It was another crazy day at work yesterday. And I wanted so bad to give in to my old habit of soothing with sweets. "Just forget it. Eat whatever you want!" But I didn't give in to that thought! And it was just perfect timing that pastor is doing a series on feelings and how we don't want to just make decisions based on how we feel!
I'm going to try today and not let the craziness at work get to me.

03/18 175.6 Tried to post earlier but couldn't. Is this the corned beef and the beer? I tracked them both and was supposedly within calories. Anyway it was a delicious way to end my day! I've been gluten free for close to 10 years and hubby bought me a gluten free porter as that used to be my favorite type of beer. It was so good! But I only had 8 oz. It's nice to know I can enjoy it again!

03/19 175 It’s my hubby’s birthday today! But we’re going to have family dinner out tomorrow for his birthday. It’s my day off today, and I’m really taking a rest day today. This past weekend at work was the longest and busiest weekend ever. I might take a short walk because it’s beautiful sunny out today!

03/20
03/21
03/22
03/23

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.

03/19 - 153.0 down a pound. No bread last night, but did have a beer. Ate below calories and on plan so far today. Hopefully I will be back down to 151 tomorrow and 150 by Thursday. Would love to see that 149 by Saturday, but we will see.

03/20
03/21
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I'd like to join for my first round!
SW: 208
CW: 204.4
GW for round: 201
UGW: 150

Day/Weight/Comment
03/14: 204.4 Yesterday I actually got up and did my workout BEFORE work (not a morning person). I know I need to drink a bit more water!
03/15: 201.7 – Quite a jump, don’t expect it to stay this low just yet lol. Got more water in yesterday though. Did well today food wise. Have worked out every day this week, so considering not doing it today but there is still time if I change my mind.
03/16: 201.7 – No change, not unexpected. Had French fries with lunch, low on water today. Expect I may see the scale go up tomorrow.
03/17: 201.7– I guess that’s good, no gain lol. Have had a pretty lazy weekend, but may try and do a little yoga later.
03/18: 202.4- There it is lol. I was pretty lazy this weekend just working on school (master’s), didn’t even get out of pajamas yesterday! Done well, so far, on food today.
03/19: 201.5- Did some heavier weights today, so while I’m down again today I feel like it might go up tomorrow. We shall see tomorrow morning! Pretty sure I’ll hit my 2L of water today (should probably drink even more than that, but I don’t even always get in the 2L). Planning to workout before work tomorrow.
03/20
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Round 71, my 8th!

10 day goal:
1. stay in the 150s
2. weigh 158 on day 10

March 31st goal: 155
May 17th goal: 145

45 female, 5'5"

Day/Weight/Comment

03/14 - 159.4
03/15 - 158.2
03/16 - 158.4  
03/17 - DNW
03/18 - DNW
03/19 -  158.2 - skipped a couple days... I had an extra busy weekend and didn't get a good chance to weigh myself early in the morning on an empty stomach. Glad to see the weekend meals I had didn't stick with me! 👍
03/20 - 
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03/23 -

Round 71

Height: 5’3
Original SW: 213 lbs
CW: 195.5
GW: 140 - 150 ( I’m not set on a number. Wherever my body settles is fine.)

Round 67 SW- 206.2 EW- 204.7 (-1.5 lb)
Round 68 SW- 204.7 EW- 202.3 (-2.4 lb)
Round 69 SW- 202.3 EW- 200.0 (-2.3 lb)
Round 70 SW- 200.0 EW- 195.5 (-4.5 lbs)
Round 71 SW- 195.5 EW

SW for round: 195.5 lbs
GW for round: 193.5 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 — 195.6 — I’m doing well with tracking and staying on my eating plan. Motivated by that vacation coming up.
03/15 — 195.3 — Staying on track. Weekend is here which means more temptation. I plan to allow for 1 cheat this weekend.
03/16 — 195.7 — Ate a little more than usual, but all WOE approved foods.
3/17 — 195.6 — Can’t seem to move off 195. But my blood pressure is better! Happy about that.
03/18 — 195.5 — Keeping on track. Last night was the first time I’ve had a snack after dinner since starting. It was only 8 almonds so I think I’m good.

03/19 — 194.8 — Going in the right direction.

03/20
03/21
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03/23

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.
03/19-Eating three healthy meals, walking steps back up. Logging my food and lots of water.
03/20
03/21
03/22
03/23

SW 234.8
GW 229.0
Age 44
Height 5’6”
Day/Weight/Comment
03/14 234.8 Happy to have found this challenge. Finishing a vacation and feeling that I could have enjoyed it more and been more active if I were healthier and lighter. Was not able to be as physically active with my kids as I would've liked. It is no fun being the least fit person in a group.
03/15 234.6 Overnight drive last night. Energy level was really up and down today. Not caught up on sleep yet. Not well hydrated.
03/16 234.6 . Listened to a guided meditation for weight loss on Insight Timer before going to sleep last night.
03/17 240.1 Decided to start weighing and posting at night. Figured weights may fluctuate more, but it is more convenient for me. Depressed about vacation being over. Should be much easier for me to eat less this week though, due to return to normal life.
03/18 236.8. Back to work, boohoo. Very busy and stressful day. Didn't sleep well last night and had a terrible neck/headache all night and today. Finally took some Aleve and it helped tremendously.
Don't know why it takes me so long to think of taking a pain reliever.
Did a yoga DVD and the whole family participated (6 year old took a break to eat some Rice Krispies). Back felt a lot better after.
Still feeling dehydrated all day.
This was the most “normal” day since the start of the challenge.
03/19 235.2 . Did not have a big enough dinner last night. Got a headache again today. Definitely still overdoing it on sugar. Reading your posts is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

I'm in... Ready for a new start!
Round 71... 1 for me

Female 48 years young, 5'3"
New Jersey
SW 165
UGW 140

03/14....165.... 45 min of cardio this morning. Off to a good start.
03/15....164.2...Planning to run this morning. Going out to dinner with friends for fish tacos
03/16....165.2...Fish taco's and 2 Miller Light's last night, beef and beer tonight...ugh!!!..
03/17....164.4...Didn't do as bad as I thought last night. The fam wants corned beef and fried cabbage with bacon. Looking forward to going to work for the next few days to meal prep.
03/18....166.... Guess the weekend cought up to me:( Didn't drink enough water either.
03/19....165.3...Ate less snacks, it was busy at work. Ate leftovers, don't know if that was such a good idea??
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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.
03/19--212.0 Had a tough workout today, trainer switched up some exercises and I definitely felt it.
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CW: 161.0
GW: 140 (July 1)
Goal this round: 160.5

03/14
03/15
03/16
03/17
03/18
03/19 161.0
03/20
03/21
03/22
03/23

3/14 157.3
3/15 157.4
3/16 156.9
3/17 157.5
3/18 156.3
3/19 155.8

Soooo happy seeing this today. Most likely higher tomorrow but I'm making grounds!!

Keep motivated everyone 😊😊