JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 74

Day/Weight/Comment
04/13- felt great pants, coat all went down a size. walked for 45 mins.
04/14- 69 mins exercise, in the pouring rain. Back on track.
04/15-15,243 steps, pushing hard every day.
04/16- 15,217, hour walk, lots of hills, its been rainy all week. Eating healthy.

04/17-16,569 steps, sunny day, I`m really tired tonight.
04/18-Went to get my groceries for easter, then I went walking right away when I got back home hit 20,000 steps.
04/19- Still went for a walk got caught in the rain again. Lost 1 pound.
04/20-I have been out walking an hour at least in all kinds of nasty weather. Trying to watch with a big dinner tomorrow.
04/21-Happy Easter! -Started the day with a long walk, busy cooking. In control, took me so long to get back to this point going to be very careful with food selections.
04/22

Thanks Jackie for putting another one of these together! I had a successful round and I’m so close to my next goal. Let’s rock this!

Age: 28
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Height: 5”3
SW: 219.2
SW for this challenge: 194.2
GW for this challenge: 192.0 to go on my very first diet break!
Ultimate GW: 141

Results
Round 70: SW 202.6 EW 197.4 (-5.2 pounds)
Round 71: SW 197.4 EW 199.6 (+2.2 pounds)
Round 72: SW 199.6 EW 197.6 (-2.0 pounds)
Round 73: SW 197.6 EW 194.2 (-3.4 pounds)

Day/Weight/Comment
4/13: 194.2 (I got TOM 3 days early again! 🙁 at least I maintained my weight from yesterday! Last night I had some Chipotle and it was so yummy after a long week! I also did a 45 minute elliptical workout as soon as I got home after work. Have a nice weekend!

4/14: 195.0 (I guess I didn’t gain too much this TOM, so that’s amazing! I did a 15 minute elliptical workout and a 15 minute total body workout! I also went to dinner last night at a Cuban place and had lots of papa rellenas and chicken croquettes. It was so yummy and worth all the working out all week!)

4/15: 196.4 (There's that gain I was expecting from the weekend...hopefully I lose some of that TOM weight by Friday! Yesterday, I did a 45 minute elliptical workout and had one slice of pizza and a breadstick for dinner last night. I am looking forward to a fresh week and we'll see if it's a successful one. Happy Monday!)

4/16: 196.4 (TOM has ended, but my weight continues to stay up like it always does for a few days after. I did a core workout, 10 minute elliptical workout and 15 minute HIIT elliptical workout last night. I ate at a deficit with a grilled chicken salad and a small portion of ice cream. Gonna continue the grind and see what happens!)

4/17: 195.2 (Finally, some sort of progress in the right direction! I had to cut my workout short to prep dinner last night. I did a 10 minute elliptical workout followed by 15 minutes of HIIT on the elliptical. I made some chicken chow mein and it was soooo good and worth the long prep time. I'm hoping I have a loss by my official weigh in day on Friday!)

4/18: 194.4 (Okay, I'm on the right track! I have just 0.2 pounds to be below my weight last Friday. I'm hoping for a good day today with my calories and exercise to see a new low tomorrow morning. Last night, I did not do a workout since I had a nail appointment after work #priorities. I made spaghetti with meat sauce with garlic bread last night! )

4/19: 192.0 (What a woosh to see happen this morning! I did a 30 minute strength training workout and ate turkey meatballs with pasta.)

4/20: 193.2 (A little bit of an increase. I had some planned out Chinese food last night with my hubby for date night. Hubby says I should start my diet break now but I have lots of calories I saved throughout the week so that means higher calories today and tomorrow. Workout yesterday was 45 minutes on the elliptical!)

4/21: 194.4 (I ate so much yesterday for a Passover dinner AND a baby shower I was invited too. It was all within my allotted calories but I expected this gain. I did another 45 minute elliptical workout. We’ll see what the end result is of this challenge. I really don’t like Monday final weigh in days.)
4/22

Stats & Round goals
This round is going to be tough. Two weekends including Easter, when I'll be going back to London to pack up our house for the move while catching up with friends and a desperately needed date night with DH.
I'm reinstating some moderate goals, but left some out that I know I won't be managing this round.

R73 EW: 71.7kg
Sat 04/13 71.5kg - 🚶‍♀️13k🍷 2300+cals in, 650 fitbit adjust, 8-900over
Picking up new car, yay! Steps will probably be quite low today, 2hr train ride to car, meet SIL and a couple of friends for lunch, then 2.5hr drive back home, dinner out...
Sun 04/14 - 71.5kg 🚶‍♀️8k🍷 didn't log cals, 315 fitbit adjust
I have a car! This is so exciting. It will negatively impact on my steps, but it also means I save 30mins each way to work, so I can start my morning runs again. And overall a new way of living 😊🚗
Yesterday wasn't too bad foodwise, a few road trip snacks (easter eggs) and ice cream after dinner. I estimated very generously, so cals might well have been lower.
Today, went for brunch, but very civilised, then Ikea before I dropped off my SIL at the airport. I didn't eat much, but had a few more Easter eggs - to finish them before the new week.
Mon 04/15 71.0kg 🚶‍♀️10k 🏃‍♀️2k 🧘🍷 1422 cals in, 447 fitbit adjust, 315 deficit
What a nice surprise this morning! Day was good food-wise, went for a brief lunch time walk and a 2k run - I really need to do some work to get back into running...
Tue 04/16 71.3kg no goals achieved, oops
Dinner with work, it was tapas style dinner but loads of different cuisines. I just estimated 1000cals for it.
I only did 3000 steps, this is my new reality, driving to and from work, plus no time for a lunch walk... Definitley don't want that to be the norm.
Wed 04/17 71.4kg 1713 cals in, 306 fitbit adjust, 178 over, 7k steps today
Weight is going the wrong direction, but not really surprising.
I favoured sleep over run or yoga again in the morning. I'm finding it really difficult to find an end to my day in the evening as they seem so short.
Food was acceptable, too much sugar, but not terrible. Ikea trip after work upped my steps, but still not made the 10k.
Thu 04/18 71.4kg cals over (wine and snacks), 7k steps
It's ok if I maintain this round. It's been a hectic week and the weekend will be no better. At work I needed chocolate and tonight I needed some wine! But at least I should get my steps in over Easter.
Fri 04/19 71.1kg not logged, 16k steps!
trip to London, night out
Food on my trip was acceptable, got plenty of steps in due to travel, walking around the house and then walked to meet my friend who I haven't seen since August. We had prosecco and chocolate and the best catch up. I also found my old non-digital scale, so can use that for the next couple of days.

Sat 04/20 71+kg on non-digital scale
Did some packing during the day and then went to a BBQ in the eve. Went to bed early and slept a whopping 8.5hrs!

Sun 04/21 72kg on non digital scale, 18k steps, cals not logged and definitely over.
More packing today, instead of date night went for brunch and a walk, which meant I reached 10k steps before midday. No run, there was too much to do. Tomorrow morning, the movers are coming to pick up our stuff. We're hoping that our new bed arrives before the moving van comes (So silly, the UK has different sizes to Europe and we have a relatively new mattress we're taking with us)

Mon 04/22 - brunch with friends, back to Amsterdam // no scale

Average weight per week

Past rounds
R73: SW 142.8 GW 140.8 EW 141.8 Results -1lb

R74
R74 goal: -2lb
SW: 141.8 (4/12/19)
GW: 139.8
EW:

Day/Weight/Comment
04/13 - 140.7 I believe this is the TOM drop I was waiting for in the last challenge, better late than never. I also cut white carbs yesterday that I had been eating through the previous week. -1.1lbs
04/14 - 140.7 I guess it has to slow down at some point. My diet was on point and I met my exercise goal yesterday as well. I also drank a ton of water yesterday (12cups). Not sure why the stall. Will see what tomorrow brings.
04/15 - 140 I did weigh in 3 hours later than normal so might be a little off but progress nonetheless.
04/16 - 140.7 I thought it might be up a little because of yesterday’s late weigh in possibly skewing numbers but I didn’t think I’d be back up where I was the day before. I have been doing a lot of strength training, maybe I’m retaining water. Either way I’m still on track. NSVs are abundant. I look much better in clothes than I did when I weighed less. I am also seeing noticeable changes in my strength and muscle mass. Hopefully I’ll see a drop on the scale tomorrow but either way I’m doing good! 💪🏻
04/17 - 140.2 I was expecting a little more but it’s a loss so I can’t complain. Looking forward to getting back into the 130s!
04/18 - 140.2 Just happy I didn’t gain with the taquitos I ate last night. 🤭
04/19 - 140.7 ugh. I have too many taquitos left over. Finishing them today and then back on track. I really don’t want to end this challenge in the 140s. 🤦🏻‍♀️
04/20 - 140.1 I was really hoping to finally see 139 but at least it’s a drop from the last several days even if it is a small one. The taquitos are gone as of yesterday so now I’m going to be very strict. Only nutritious food from here on out. I didn’t think taquitos could stagnate my weight loss so badly. Now I see, being so close to goal, I need to be nearly perfect to keep the weight coming off.
04/21 - 139.9 I was expecting a bigger drop because I did everything pretty much on point. I ate a little later than usual but it wasn’t too bad. Went out with some friends and didn’t give in to any temptation. I’m super excited to see the 130s again!!! Hope I can hold on to it. 120s here I come! 😆

04/22

I began Round 34 @ 179.4, ~April 8, 2018, having lost 48.9 lbs since 1/1/16.

Now, unbelievably, it’s Round 74, my 41st Round.
400 days!

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I found this graph on my Happy Scale. It tells the story of the last year best. AS we are losing we’re keeping all that weight in green off, too. Feel proud, folks!!

Thank you to all of you past & present for your encouragement and for hanging in there!

4/12 151.4 -28lbs
4/13 152.2
4/14 152.7
4/15 152.6
4/16 151.4
4/17 150.4 Lowest Weight since 9th grade. Almost done. Thank goodness- 1202 days so far.
4/18 150.4 500 Days on MFP❣️❣️❣️
Realized after I posted yesterday that 150.4 is a BMI of 22.5, which has been my goal since last Thanksgiving! THRILLED❣️
4/19 151.6 (normal fluctuation)
4/20 153.4 Mexican food on 4/19. Back to straight & barriw ... I hope to be back down
by 4/22. Some salty food, but cals great on 4/20 - lots of ex & wt lift

4/21 153.8
4/22

A streak of 4 days under 152, my new High Weight for Maintenance! Doing this.

Female, age 41, 5'6"
SW - 150.1 (starting on 3/25)
Ending weight round 72 - 145.3
Ending weight round 73 - 143.7
UGW - somewhere in the mid-130's. Will see what's attainable when I get in the 130's
Goal for round 74 - drop 1 pound.

4/13 - 144.0. Uptick to start off, yuck. Wins yesterday: dog walk and an upper body weights circuit. Hydrated well. Tracked food. Went to bed early. Ate too many snacks in the evening though and went over my calorie goal. My daughter’s softball tournament is cancelled due to rain so hopefully that helps me stay on track with food during the day. We are attending a Bat Mitzvah this evening so my goal is to not go overboard there. I don’t know what the food situation will be but I’m sure it will be delicious.

4/14 - 144.6. Not unexpected but I still hate to see it go up. Yesterday was my planned off day from the gym, and it coincided with a social event with food heavier than what I normally eat. And dessert 😉. So all was planned and I knew a higher number was possible. Also haven’t gotten enough sleep this weekend. Back on track today with a workout and tracking everything I eat.

4/15 - 145.1. Wrong direction! Wins Sunday: bodycombat class and a dog walk (cut shorter than I wanted due to rain but still got out there), good hydration. Tracked my food, but went over my calorie goal. We went out to a new breakfast place that opened near our house. I picked a healthier option but I'm sure it's higher calorie/uses more oil than I would make at home. And my daughter baked a cake so of course had a piece of that. I'm weak when it's in my house which is why I try not to have too much sugar at home! Today is a new day, and I feel a little stronger and more motivated than I did yesterday. At least right now . Hopefully that holds all day.

4/16- 144.8, not a big drop, but back in the right direction at least. Wins yesterday: 5.75 mile run, long dog walk (ended the day with just under 20,000 steps!), tracked my food, hydrated well. Things that didn't go well: not sleeping well the last couple of nights, went over calorie goal thanks to the cake that my daughter made. I cannot resist! Plus running makes me hungry... Goals for today - track everything and stay at goal, working from home and I tend to eat too much those days. Will really try to be conscious of this. I want to tighten everything up this week so I go in to travel this weekend in a good place.

4/17 - 144.4. Wins yesterday: HIIT class, long dog walk, hydrated well, tracked food and was really close to calorie goal only over by a small amount. Still snacking/grazing too much though. Also have a bit of a sore throat so not feeling great yesterday and today. Will take it easier on the physical activity today to hopefully feel better. Will work very hard to stay within my calorie goal today and not graze too much (at home again today - why is it so challenging to stay away from the kitchen while working at home??). Not sleeping well this week at all, I think that has something to do with it. Hoping for a more restful day which will help my mindset. I don't think I'll lose a pound from my starting weight this challenge, this one has been difficult. Will be happy to get back to where I was on 4/12 at this point.

4/18 - 144.4. Feeling very stuck. Wins yesterday: easy short recovery run and a short upper body weight circuit, long dog walk. Hydrated fairly well, room for improvement though. Still grazing/snacking too much at night. I start the day very strong and motivated, and lose it as the day goes on. Something needs to change. I am trying to focus on the positive - that I've lost over 5 pounds in less than a month. That's a great achievement. But I'm having a rough week and not feeling good about my efforts/progress in this challenge. Doing my best to regroup.

4/19 - 144.0. Wins yesterday - RPM class and a long dog walk. Hydrated well. Cupcakes at work so of course I had one, no willpower! But it didn't put me too far over my calorie goal for the day. Leaving later today for a weekend away at my in-laws'. Won't weigh in (I'm sure they have a scale but I like to weigh on mine for consistency) but will try to check in if I can. Will be hard to track food since I'm not preparing it but I'll do my best. Goal is to get out for long walks with the dog when I can, stay hydrated, and practice mindful eating in an attempt to not overindulge. My IL's - all of my husband's family, actually - are very fixated on food. Every meal is huge, they are great cooks but all meals are very heavy and there is always dessert. Portion control will be key. Will see on Monday what kind of damage was done

4/20 - traveling no scale. Checking in because it helps me to write out what I went through the day before in hopes I can improve. Yesterday was very anxiety-ridden. We had severe weather, massive storms and under a tornado warning 3 times. We found a short window of time where there was a lull to drive to my IL’s, and it was really bad here too. I could only get a short dog walk in as it poured mostly all day. The travel and the anxiety over the storms caused me to stress eat big time. Not happy with how I handled the day. Today is a new one. Going to do my best to get in a lot of movement, drink a lot of water, and portion control.

4/21 - traveling no scale. It’s been a rough couple of days. I’m sick, hit hard yesterday morning. I’ve been sedentary the last day and a half, and eating non stop out of boredom. It’s hard to be sick away from home. I did so well on the last two challenges and I’m really upset at how far I’ve fallen these last few days. I’m sure tomorrow’s weigh in will be ugly. I can wallow in self pity or I can pull it together. I’m choosing to do the latter.

4/22

Original Starting Weight: 572.4 (April 11, 2019)

April 11: 572.4 | Day 1
April 12: no weigh in
April 13: no weigh in
April 14: 567.4 (-5)
April 15: 566.8 (-.6)
April 16: 564.8 (-2)
April 17: 564.2 (-.6)
April 18: 561.4 (-2.8)
April 19: 561.0 (-.4)
April 20: 560.0 (-1)
April 21: 558.8 (-1.2)

178cm female (all in kg)
SW: 101.3 (Jan 21st, 2019)
Mini GW1: 97.5✔️
Mini GW2: 94.8
Mini GW3: 91.9
Ultimate GW1: 89
Ultimate GW2: 80


R74 SW:95.4
Goal: GW2!!!! I want to put a checkmark there already!

04/13- 95.4 and 9636 steps. Ups and downs trying to keep it together.
04/14-95.6 and 16842 steps.
04/15-96.5 and 24,000 steps. What?!?!?!?! 😲😭Had a really long day on my feet yesterday and ate (more or less) good. What happened?! Better be water retention.
04/16-96.0 and 7,800 steps. Still not on track and recovering from that walk.
04/17-96.3 and 5,300 steps. I guess i am not in maintenance even. Will try to walk more tomorrow...
04/18-96.7 and 11,200 steps. 😭😭😭
04/1997.0 and 4,500 steps.
04/2097.3 and 19500 steps.
04/21dkw and 13000 steps.
04/22dkw and 15,800 steps.

Total ? +2kg😭😭😭

Leroyoliver
GW 148, goal this round 157

Day/Weight/Comment
04/13 - 158.4
04/14 - 158.2 weekend going well
04/15 - 160 out last night, had some beers so was expecting this. I’ll eat clean today and get to the gym.
04/16 - forgot to weigh in
04/17 - 158.8 - time to get back on it.... dinner out today tough, daughters birthday.
04/18 - 159.2 happy still under 160 - vacation week, meals out, birthday cake.
04/19 - 159.6 TOTM:(
04/20 - 160.2 TOTM don’t like to see this, but it’s expected this week.
04/21 - 159.6 well considering it’s been vacation week and TOTM I’m happy to be under 160.
04/22 - 159.6 - overall not bad for school vacation week. One lb. up. Big birthday weekend coming up so the challenge continues.

Round 75 (R5): SW 205.0 EW 202.6 (-2.2lb)
Round 73 (R4): SW 204.7 EW 205.0 (+0.3lb)
Round 72 (R3): SW 206.8 EW 204.7 (-2.1lb)
Round 71 (R2): SW 208.2 EW 206.8 (-1.4lb)
Round 70 (R1): SW 211.4 EW 208.2 (-3.2lb)


OSW: 211.4
SW: 205.0
CW: 202.6

Round Goal weight: 204.0


Day/Weight/Comment
04/13 - 204.4 - much better. Although neither food nor exercise were good yesterday. I am happy to see a loss. I officially weigh in on Fridays and it was the first week in 2019 that I had seen a gain and I was very disappointed by it so I wallowed a bit. I'm over it now. Back on it again. Next week will be Easter and there will be lots of eggs around so I need to be on my best behaviour until then.
04/14 - 203.8 - feel much better about that. Food was good yesterday. Exercise not so much. Away from tomorrow morning early so will log my weight at some point and will weigh again when I get back on Friday.
04/15 - 203.0 - feeling much better about that number. I was good foodwise yesterday and I went for a long walk in dreadful conditions. I am way now until very early on Friday so who knows what I will weigh then.
04/16 - no scales
04/17 - no scales
04/18 - no scales
04/19 - 205.0 - away until this morning and had to eat out with not much access to healthy food and no exercise at all. Happy to be back to normality!
04/20 - 203.8 - back to exercising and choice in what eat. Just to keep it going now for the next 2 days!
04/21 - 203.0 - another bit off yippee. Good day yesterday. Plenty of water and exercise.
04/22 - 202.6 - a loss. Happy to finish this round 2.4lb lighter.

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

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)

My 35th Round!

Keeping accountable so I don’t gain the weight back.

SW R74: 141 EW: 143

Day/Weight/Comment

04/13 – 140.5 – Last Saturday in the office for me until next January! I will try to avoid the mindless stress snacking today, but I’m taking advantage of our last catered lunch. Have a good weekend everyone!
04/14 – 140.5
04/15 – 142 – This always happens when I eat stuffing with supper. My CPA office will also be celebrating tax filing day today, so tomorrow’s weigh in may be worse. I’m within maintenance range though so I’ll worry about getting back on track after the next couple days.
04/16 – 142.5
04/17 – 142 – My office was closed yesterday, so I spent the day lazing around watching mindless television while trying to get over this sinus/throat infection I’ve been battling the past couple weeks. I also indulged in some comfort foods. Back to work today and back to a more healthy mindset about my eating. I may end up at the Dr. later though, because I can’t seem to shake this infection.
04/18 – 141 – I ate well yesterday and drank plenty of water. I’m also on antibiotics now so I have to limit dairy and I’ll avoid my evening glass of wine. I’ll try to eat more protein to make up for the lost calories.
04/19 – 141.5 – Half day of work today, then home to clean and get ready for family to come over on Sunday. I’ll try to eat at weight loss calories the next couple days to prepare for all the good food.
04/20 – 142.5
04/21 – 142.5
04/22 – 143 – I had a lot of fun over the weekend! Back to weight loss calories for the week.

Round three for me! We're in spring break at school and I have a lot on my calendar. We'll be celebrating my boyfriend's birthday, going to an MLB game, travelling to spend time with friends and their new baby, and gathering with family for Easter. This time, I'd like to average 100,000 steps for the ten days, so I'll need to add extra walking on days we're not driving. I'm not looking to actively lose weight this round, but I'd like to maintain my hard work from the last two rounds.

Female, 32 5'6''
OSW 191 lb
R72 SW 191.0 lb EW 188.4 lb
R73 SW 188.4 lb EW 184.6 lb
R74 SW 184.6 lb EW 185.6 lb
GW: 160 lb (I'll probably re-evaluate when I get there, but I remember being pretty comfortable at that weight)
Day/Weight/Comment
04/13 184.6 lb Holding steady! No workout yesterday due to a meeting that went long and unanticipated traffic on the way home. I had to get home to walk the pup! I tracked 11,415 steps. Take-out Thai food was dinner and I ate lightly throughout the day to not blow-out my calorie goals. I expect some sort of gain in the next couple of days due to planned events with high-calorie foods options.
04/14 184.6 lb Still looking good. I only tracked 5,150 steps yesterday so I'll need to take the dog out for a long walk later. We went out for lunch and it ended up being my only meal of the day and that allowed me to meet my calorie goals. Again, I'm anticipating a gain in the next couple of check-ins. We're heading to a baseball game this afternoon and I'm making a key lime pie for my boyfriend's birthday.
04/15 185.6 lb I ate so much junk yesterday. Bagel and cream cheese for breakfast, sausage and peppers and beer for lunch at the game (Go Red Sox!), and pizza, key lime pie, and GOT whiskey for dinner. Good thing birthdays only happen once a year. 😂 I wish I checked my Fitbit before I took it off because it had tracked 9,982 steps. There's something about seeing the number go over 10,000 that I really enjoy. I've got three days of light eating planned and then we're off travelling for a few days.
04/16 187.0 lb Not surprised. I tracked 10,015 steps yesterday and went a little over my calorie goals. I'm definitely going to the gym this afternoon and walking the dog this morning because we're planning on going out for dinner. We put a water filter on our kitchen tap because the water was very metallic tasting, so I'm sure my water intake will be up. I'm looking for no gain tomorrow!
04/17 187.0 lb No gain! I had tons of water, tracked 13,598 steps, and burned about 300 calories at the gym. I've tracked a little over 50,000 steps for the last five days, so I'm on track to meet my step goal. I ate lightly throughout the day to help out my dinner calories, but I got a Long Island iced tea that I regret. It was all sour mix and not worth the calories. 😖 More dog walking and another gym visit planned for this afternoon and then pub trivia with the family!
04/18 188.0 lb Yup. Beer and buffalo chicken sandwich for dinner. 15,315 steps tracked and about 40 minutes at the gym on the elliptical yesterday. Traveled 6 hours today and ate garbage food all day. I'm already looking forward to the next round to lose what I gained this round.
04/19 Travelling, no scale
04/20 Travelling, no scale
04/21 185.8 lb I didn't wear my Fitbit at all yesterday due to being in the car for most of the day. Something I had for dinner on Friday didn't agree with me, so I barely had more than a can of ginger ale yesterday. I'm feeling a little better today, but I have no appetite to speak of. It's nice to be home with the pup though!
04/22 185.6 lb Very pleased overall. The last ten days were a challenge and I'm happy I only went up one pound. I averaged about 7,900 steps each day and for a NSV, I found a couple pairs of size 14 jeans at the thrift store with the tags still on that were originally $99.99 and I got for a steal at $16.49. They fit great with no muffin top; something that wasn't happening last month. Looking forward to round 75!

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
Round 74: This round I need to focused period! Reminder to self to pick back up my tracking streak and monitor daily, reduce snacking on poor choices, drink more water and be active every day in some way shape or form!
🎯Mini Goal: 225 by end of April

Posting weight each morning, and comments for the previous day.
4/13 - 231.8 - driving to camp, no exercise, fishing
4/14 - No scale @ camp - fishing, no exercise
4/15 - No scale @ camp - fishing, no exercise
4/16 - No scale @ camp - fishing, no exercise
4/17 - No scale @ camp - driving home, no exercise, rain, 2916 steps
4/18 - 231.5 - Need to refocus on journalling, WATER, exercise!!! 2962 steps travelled from camp. Today is the day to kickstart my pursuit of the 220s!
4/19 - 231.4 - Bike 20 min, 7267 steps, still snacking & sitting too much.
4/20 - 231.0 - No exercise, 10857 steps, lots of water and only 2 beers yesterday at my home for a noon fish fry & evening crawfish boil for Good Friday with family & friends.
4/21 - 230.1 - walked 3+ miles, 13038 steps, water.
4/22 - 2310.0 - walked 3+ miles, 11933 steps

R67 SW 328.8 EW 321.4
R68 EW 317.2
R69 EW 309.2
R70 EW 298.4
R71 EW 290.2
R72 EW 285.0
R73 EW 279.8

Day/Weight/Comment
04/13 - 276.6 - Woot! I got to sleep to closer to my actual waking point. Yesterday was my fast day until five (I have meds that require food). My sleep was interrupted at one point due to the fire alarm, no actual fire though. My cat still freaked out and hid under the bed. I'm almost to my next goal!
04/14 276.8 - A slight uptick caused by a rude awakening early. My cat insisted that I get up early. He pawed at my face and then my back and head when I turned over to go back to sleep. I think the snow was setting off his alarm bells. It was getting kinda chilly in the room. I had left the window open as it wasn't supposed to get that cold or windy as it was. I got a lot of walking in today. I finished with 27,020 steps. I did Zombies, Run! (London Calling) and a regular walk along with walking during commercial breaks. Tomorrow I start Week 3 of Zombies, Run! Couch to 5K
04/15 - 275.8 - Sooooo close to my next main target goal. It's 275, then the next one will be 250. I can't believe how far I've come. I started this journey this year at 339.8 on January 2nd. So I hope to reach that 275 this round and to surpass it, actually. I had to put on my winter coat to go to church yesterday due to unexpected shift in the weather yesterday morning. I haven't been able to button it up in years. I was able to button all the buttons with more than enough room to move around in the coat yesterday. It was nice. Today is Week 3, Day 1 of couch to 5K Zombies, Run! style, more walking, doctor's appointment and blood draw.
04/16 - 276 - Slight uptick, but weighed waaaay early due to waking up early again. I may have to try something different to try and get my sleep. I am fasting today to grieve the loss of the Notre Dame Cathedral, while she is not utterly destroyed it is going to take a generation and an untold fortune to rebuild her. It is also unfortunate that this happened during Holy Week. In one picture it looked like she was battling Hell itself. I am grateful to all 400 firefighters and further security personnel that worked to battle the blaze and keep the people safe as well. For the firefighter that was seriously injured I pray for his/her speedy recovery today. I will be doing some walking today. Yesterday I did do Week 3, Day 1 of my couch to 5K in the morning, it truly tested me.
04/17 - 271.8 - Well this was unexpected. It’s nice to see but unexpected. I did some walking and praying yesterday. I also did an episode of Zombies, Run! I’m not sure when I will do the next training session of couch to 5K training as I have an appointment this morning I don’t want to be late for. I can’t push it till tomorrow morning due to my aid coming. And Friday is a food pantry. I’ll figure it out.
04/18 - 273.4 - Eh. Not sure about the number. Weighed in an hour early. I woke up early due to the weather and couldn't get back to sleep. I did another episode of Zombies, Run! yesterday and unfortunately I discovered that the fun DJ's that come on after the mission are not coming on because I have to run through all the missions again! in order to get them back. Oh, well. It'll take awhile,but to me it's worth it.
04/19 - 272.2 - Going back down. I slept a bit later this morning, but still up early. I managed to Week 3, Day 2 of C25K yesterday. I got a little bit dizzy and quesy starting in the middle of it and got progressively worse. My glucose tablets finally arrive today, and I plan on carrying them with me the next I exercise just in case it happens again. I also walked for an hour using Zombies, Run! starting over with Mission 1.
04/20 - 270.0 - Woke up at a good time this morning. I'm going to the gym for Week 3, Day 3 of Zombies, Run! C25K. I will also do an episode or two in the community room later today too. Sun is out and it will be in the low 70's. Walking to and from the gym, taking my tablets with me, just in case. I may not have the problem since I am going closer to breakfast than I did last time. I expect it to be a good day. I am going to try and see my grandmother in the afternoon.
04/21 - 269.6 - Yay! Another day moving down. Today was also my official weigh-in. I completed week 3 of Zombies, Run C25K. I also did two episodes of the regular Zombies, Run! I did one in the park and one in the community room.
04/22 - 268.0 - Whoosh! It seems increasing my calories is not having the effect that my dietitian expected. It is not slowing my weight loss at all. Yesterday I walked to and from Church (basically from, to the bus stop in front of my building). I visited my grandmother. I did two episodes of Zombies, Run! (Supply Run - 32 minutes, walked additional for to equal an hour; Voice in the Dark - 40 mins). Today I'm going to try and do Week 4, Day 1 of Zombis, Run! version of C25K.

Loss for this round: 11.8

OSW - 243 September 25, 2018, 5'6, 46yr old female; End of May 2019 goal weight: 217

“official weigh ins”:



Round 74 – End of April goal weight: 220
4/13 – did not weigh, did not post; tracking
4/14 – did not weigh, did not post; tracking
4/15 – 224.6 ~ “official” (dr apt) weigh in ~ YAY!!!
4/16 – 225.4
4/17 – 224.4
4/18 – 227 – YIKES! But expected ~ too much sodium last few days caught up with me, everything is bigger!
4/19 – FELL OFF
4/20 – STAYED OFF
4/21 – GOT RAN OVER BY
4/22 - 229.2 – Ugh what a terrible end! Too much Birthday and Easter Holiday celebrations – Back at it today!

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