JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 77

R75 SW: 211.4 EW: 208.3 AW: 209.3 (0.0)
R76 SW: 207.6 EW: 208.9 AW: 208.4 (-0.9)

Day/Weight/Comment
5/13--207.8 Weight training at gym yesterday and then I took dog out for a long walk. Run tonight.
5/14--207.2 Did some snacking last night but stayed within my calorie goals. Went for a 3 mile run last night. Trainer tonight. Now that I realize that I snack a lot on the evenings I workout with my trainer I am already planning ahead. I did some research and found that the need to snack can be due to a need for protein, so today I am making sure that I up my protein intake after my workout. Hopefully that will help with my snacking tonight.
5/15--207.2 My plan to eat more protein after my workout helped. While I still snacked it was definitely less snacking than the last time I worked out with the trainer. Run tonight and then maybe yoga... depends on if I have to work late.
5/16--208.1 Bump is definitely due to my salty snacks yesterday evening. The snacking struggle is real. Was raining when I got home so I didn't go for a run, but I could have...was too lazy. Also did not go to yoga, but trainer is tonight.
5/17--208.3 Very tough workout yesterday so not surprised about the bump up. Going out for lunch and happy hour today, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
5/18--208.7 I knew there would be a bump up after happy hour yesterday, but I had a great time. Even though I didn't feel like it I went out this morning and ran 5.5 miles...I was so proud of myself. I then decided to take some measurements and found I had lost 7 inches all over in the past 2 months...very excited! Today I'm going to take dog out for a long walk and make sure I get my water in.
5/19--208.9 Sore from run yesterday and my hip is hurting, so between the lingering affects from Friday's happy hour, the water retention from my sore muscles, and inflammation from my sore hip I'm not surprised I'm up again today and expect to be up for a couple of days. Going to take MIL out to lunch today for her birthday and then resting/icing my hip for the rest of the day.
5/20--210.7 I'm not even worried about the jump in my weight. I know it's from the salt at lunch yesterday, inflammation from my sore hip, and the lack of water I've had over the past 2 days. Hip is feeling better, no pain today and less soreness. Just making sure that I'm not sitting for long periods of time so that the hip doesn't tighten up so much. Did not go to gym yesterday and I won't be running today and instead I will just take it easy and do some light walking.
5/21--209.6 There goes some of the water weight. Hip still sore...worked out with trainer, but all of the workout was upper body. I'm going out of town tonight to visit my parents so I won't be weighing in for a couple of days. I will be back for the next round.
5/22

OSW: 211.4
SW: 201.6
CW: 199.2
GW: 199.0

13/05 - 201.6 - up a pound. Not a great start I am not great at weekends. I had a long walk and plenty of water.
14/05 - 199.8 - down a lot. Got a lot of exercise and standing in yesterday. Food very good and lots of water.
15/05 - 200.2 - up little today but although I was good with food yesterday there was a bit too much bread. Hopefully with a bit of exercise and no bread today I will be down tomorrow.
16/05 - 199.2 - happy with that loss. Dinner was light yesterday and everything else was good. Dinner today is not going to be light so I expect to put some of it back on so I will have to be extra careful with everything else.
17/05 - 199.8 - up again but still under the 200s
18/05 - 199.8 - happy to stay the same
19/05 - 199.0 - food was ok yesterday and I got plenty of exercise
20/05 - 198.8 - food was good but I had bread. Lots of exercise.
21/05 - 199.8 - up again. Food ok but not enough water. Feeling dehydrated this morning
22/05 - 199.2 - no exercise, not even 10,000 steps but food was good.

This is my 10th round

Goals are:
⬇️ ?? pounds
➡️Cardio - 9000 steps per day
➡️Strength train 3 days / week

(Starting weight 05/12: 181.7 lbs)

Day/Weight/Steps/Strength Training / Comment

May 13: 182.4 lbs / 10 608 / yes
May 14: 181.8 lbs / 11 775 / no
May 15: 182.4 lbs / 10 039 / no
May 16: 182.6 lbs / 6 117 /No
May 17: 182.5 lbs / 10 327 / yes
May 18: 181.5 / 11 392 / no
May 19: 181.5 / 10 436 / yes
May 20: 181.2 / 10 059/ yes
May 21: 181 / 12 314/ yes
May 22: 180.7 / 9 801 / no

1 lb loss

Sharing from Nairobi, Kenya
30 years 5'0"
Current Weight 61.7 kg
This Year Goal : 55 kg

I gained so much weight last year during a period of depression but I'm back at this again. I'm starting out late but I'm here for the long haul.

13-May...
14-May...
15-May...
16-May...
17-May... 61.7
18-May... Successful Keto Day
19-May... Successful Keto Day
20-May... Full on Carbs
21-May... Successful Keto Day
22-May...

SW: 170.0
GW: 135.0

Round 75 EW: 167
Round 76 EW: didn't weigh in

Day/Weight/Comment

05/13: 169.0 well this reflects my weekend including a drink/eat whatever I want mother's day yesterday! Plus TOM started yesterday.

05/14: 167.8 Getting closer to where I was. I walked 4.5 miles yesterday. It felt really good. Eating was on point!

05/15: 167.0 Back to the number I was most of last week. Now to lose from here. Planning a walk this morning. My husband joined MFP last night! He doesn't have much to lose but he wants to work out together a few nights a week! He hasn't exercised since before our wedding 9 years ago. This will help me meet my goals and get him back into a healthier mindset. We certainly aren't getting any younger...

05/16: 166.4 yes! Had a great day yesterday. Exercise is good for so many reasons but it also helps me stay with better choices for myself. I start a four week golf group lesson today. Stepping outside my comfort zone as I don't know anyone else doing it.

05/17: 167.4

05/18: 167.4

05/19: 167.4 Frustrated to say the least! My eating has been good. I've been active and exercising. Oh well, keep on keeping on!

05/20: 167.4 Another great day of eating within calories. Got a walk in and was up and active outside. I'm scratching my head here...

05/21: 166.6 finally! Another solid day yesterday except less movement as I worked. I also tweaked my neck last night so stiff, painful neck today. It happens about 3-4 times a year. I'm over it and getting a referral for PT today.

05/22: 166.6 Can't complain. Went for a 6 mile walk yesterday. Eating was good! See you in the next round!

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

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

My 38th Round!

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

SW R77: 144.5 EW: 144 (-.5)

Day/Weight/Comment

05/13 – 143.5 – Glad to see I went down a pound.
05/14 – 143.5 – Although I’m glad I’m not up from Sunday’s calories, I am noticing that my trend weight has gone up a pound. I’ve gotten a little lax in measuring and weighing my food, so I’m going to start paying more attention.
05/15 – 142.5 - Drank plenty of water yesterday and stuck to 1400 calories.
05/16 – 143.5 – Well the body is going to do what the body wants to do…I drank plenty of water and kept at 1400 calories.
05/17 - 142.5 - Very busy day today, but also a lot of sodium, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
05/18 - 143.5 - I almost forgot to weigh this morning. This was after breakfast and several cups of coffee. I've had a semi high calorie day, but I've done a lot of physical work today too. We'll see how this all plays out tomorrow.
05/19 - 144.5
05/20 - 144.5
05/21 – 145 – No surprise here, other than I’m surprised it’s not higher. My husband and I worked on a rental house we’re getting ready to sell from Friday through Sunday. We ate pizza and tacos for supper those nights. Then my husband wanted to take another day off work and drive to Amish country for some Amish cooked buffet food yesterday. It was delicious. My nsv was that for dessert I had one piece of German chocolate pie. In the past, I would buy a whole pie, take it home and piece on it the rest of the week. I am now at the top of my maintenance range, so I’m going to be watching my calories and water very closely the rest of this week. I’d like to get down a couple pounds before the picnic season hits full swing.
05/22 – 144 – Headed in the right direction! See you in the next round.

5/22 .. 162.4 (yesterday weighed 163). Yeah. Walked around farm field trip for 3 hours on a beautiful day and ate wisely.

OSW: 201lb
GW: 168lb (12 stone)
Next sub-GW: 182lb (13 stone) 👍
Round Goal: -3lb

R76 end: 183lb (-4lb)

(My scales round to the nearest pound)

Day/Weight/Comment
05/13 - 183lb - after the success of round 76, I let myself have a day of relaxed (but not crazily so) eating before I go hard again this round. Ate over my goal but not more than 1700 calories in total. Back to normal restrictions today!
05/14 - 182lb - sub-goal achieved! Onwards and downwards next sub-goal is 12.5 stone (175lb)!
05/15 - 182lb - made good food choices yesterday, though ate a little later than normal. Looking forward to seeing 12-something (stone) on the scale!
05/16 - 182lb - good food choices yesterday. Still can't go to the gym because of my back but I'm keeping on the food thing! The scales flipped between a couple of numbers so hopefully I'm not far off the next loss!
05/17 - 181lb - bingo! Pretty much same as yesterday, good food choices but no gym. Back is feeling a little better so perhaps next week... Also scale was flipping between 180 and 181 so just maybe...
05/18 - 180lb - hey look at that! Stuck to the food plan yesterday very so very pleased! Also tried some light basic yoga and completely screwed my back up again... Ho hum! But focus on the positives
05/19 - 182lb - totally deserved... Massive salty meal out with friends, beer etc. But its a temporary gain and it'll come off again in a day or two. Onwards and downwards!
05/20 - 182lb made some poor food choices again yesterday, but will be good today! Scale jumped between 181 and 182lb though so that's an improvement. I'd really like to end this round 181 or below.
05/21-181lb and flickering between 180 and 181. Had a good food day yesterday and back seems to be improving a little
05/22 - 181lb - gah didn't make my goal, but it's still a loss overall so I'll take it

Round 6! I'll be continuing my goals of tracking at least 10,000 steps a day, tracking my water intake, and exercising when I have it on my calendar. I'd like to lose 2 lbs this round.

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
R75 SW 185.6 lb EW 181.0 lb
R76 SW 181.0 lb EW 179.6 lb
R77 SW 179.6 lb EW TBD
GW: 160 lb (I'll probably re-evaluate when I get there, but I remember being pretty comfortable at that weight)
Day/Weight/Comment
5/13 179.0 lb I'm both happy with and suspicious of this weigh-in. We celebrated a rainy Mother's Day at my parents house where I had three beers, a cheeseburger, and pasta salad. Then, my boyfriend and I drove home separately because I needed to drop off my brother and he needed to let out the dog. I decided to surprise him with some cannoli chips and dip and he decided to surprise me with a cheese pizza for dinner. 🤦‍♀️ I only got in 8,226 steps due to the rain and had about 40 oz of non-calorie drinks. I have a light day of calories already logged in my diary to hopefully maintain this weight, but I won't be surprised if it creeps up as my weekend choices catch up with me.
5/14 180.6 lb 11,788 steps were tracked yesterday and I had 73 oz of water and non-calorie drinks. I'm planning on going to the gym after work today. Breakfast and lunch are light to help with whatever calories are in the dinner provided by the boyfriend. I haven't really discussed my weight loss goals with him and I don't have any expectations for him to get a healthy meal for us. He and I eat differently; he will stop when he gets full and I'm a lifetime member of the clean plate club. My thinking is that since I'm looking to create long term habits, I should be learning to make the appropriate exercise and food choices to have a few higher calorie meals a week. So far, I'm enjoying the progress I'm making.
5/15 179.8 lb 19,874 steps and 66 oz of water and non-calorie drinks were tracked. I burned 350 calories on the elliptical at the gym, which was great because dinner was homemade steak and cheese sandwiches with tater tots and one beer. I've got a staff meeting this afternoon, followed by a long dog walk (about two miles if my Fitbit is accurate), and I'm ending the evening with pub trivia with the family.
5/16 179.6 lb Onward and downward! 14,268 steps and 59 oz of water and non-calorie drinks were tracked. We blew the final question at trivia, as we typically do, and I felt satisfied with two beers instead of my usual three. I'm planning on walking the dog for two miles and doing level one of the 30 Day Shred after work and then I'll be making chicken lettuce wraps for dinner.
5/17 179.6 lb We have about a month left in the school year and it certainly feels that way. I tracked 16,032 steps yesterday and had about 70 oz of water and non-calorie drinks. I've been drinking way too much Coke Zero, so I'm going to try limit myself to two cans a day. I walked the dog for one mile and did my workout after taking an unplanned afternoon nap. I'll be heading to the gym after work today and then I'll be preparing turkey meatballs over zoodles for dinner.
5/18 178.6 lb Feeling pleasantly sore today. I met my step goal with 13,640 steps, burned 350 calories on the elliptical, and had 61 oz of water and non-calorie drinks. I'll be doing lots of yard work today to get it ready for a get-together next weekend and I'm looking forward to a dinner out with my boyfriend tonight.
5/19 178.8 lb 12,945 steps that were mostly yard work. Dinner was mussels, fries, beer and ice cream, so I was basically eating at maintenance by the end of the day. I only had about 40 oz of water. I'll be walking around a botanical garden with my mother today followed by a late brunch, so I'm hoping to maintain this weight for the next couple of days.
5/20 179.0 lb Same weight as last Monday, but I'm much less suspicious of it. It's been nice to be consistently out of the 180's. The gardens were beautiful yesterday and brunch was a delicious treat. 11,164 steps were tracked and I had about 30 oz of water. I'll be taking the dog for a long walk between school and the last jazz band rehearsal of the year. Meals are already logged for today with room for a beer or two if I want.
5/21 181.6 lb Not at all worried. I can think of several possible reasons for the uptick: my TOM is due either today or tomorrow, I need to drink more water, two restaurant meals over the weekend are now showing up on the scale, stress from thinking about our spring concert this Thursday. It's all good. I tracked 12,557 steps yesterday and had 40 oz of water and non-calorie drinks. I had a funny NSV yesterday. I have two pairs of size 16 dress pants that are too big, but I've still been wearing because I don't want to buy new ones for the last few weeks of school. I was playing with my dog in the backyard and they definitely slid off of my bottom as we were running around! Good thing we were in the privacy of the backyard!
5/22 180.6 lb TOM arrived this morning. 19,868 steps were tracked, I burned 350 calories on the elliptical and I had 54 oz of water. Food was good and the boyfriend reheated our lingering turkey meatballs for dinner so I know my sodium was a reasonable amount. We're having a final concert band rehearsal and pizza party after school. I've already logged two slices and brought a light lunch to help keep my calorie goals. After the party, we'll be setting up the stage risers, I'll be picking up the dog from day care, and then we have trivia. I'm looking forward to a busy day and seeing you all in the next round!

Round 77

OSW - 213
CW - 172.9
RGW - 171.9
UGW – 125

Round 55 SW 194.3 EW 191.0 DIF -3.2
Round 56 SW 191.0 EW 192.1 DIF +1.0
Round 57 SW 192.1 EW 190.2 DIF -1.9
Round 58 SW 190.2 EW 188.5 DIF -1.7
Round 59 SW 188.5 EW 187.8 DIF -0.7
Round 60 SW 187.8 EW 186.4 DIF -1.4
Round 61 SW 186.4 EW 185.4 DIF -1
Round 62 SW 185.4 EW 183.2 DIF -2.2
Round 63 SW 183.2 EW 182.9 DIF -0.3
Round 64 SW 182.9 EW 178.6 DIF -4.3
Round 65 SW 178.6 EW 181.9 DIF +3.3
Round 66 SW 181.9 EW 177.1 DIF -4.8
Round 67 SW 177.1 EW 175.8 DIF -1.3
Round 68 SW 175.8 EW 180.1 DIF +4.3
Round 69 SW 180.1 EW 177.1 DIF -3
Round 70 SW 177.1 EW 177.1 DIF 0
Round 71 SW 177.1 EW 177.1 DIF 0
Round 72 SW 177.1 EW 177.7 DIF +.6
Round 73 SW 177.7 EW 177.5 DIF -0.2
Round 74 SW 177.5 EW 175.7 DIF -1.8
Round 75 SW 175.7 EW 173.7 DIF -2
Round 76 SW 173.7 EW 172.9 DIF -.08
Round 77 SW 172.9 EW

Day/Weight/Comment
5/13 No Scale
5/14 No Scale

5/15 172.9 I'm pretty happy with that number considering some of the questionable choices I made while visiting my sick friend. Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. He is stable but still in critical condition. I drove home yesterday; I had to come to work today. Luckily I have a job that allows me to take 3 unexpected vacation days with no warning or penalty. I think what saved me weight wise is that I walked twice a day. I found a couple of nice trails close to the hospital in case I needed to go back quickly. Sitting for 12 or 14 hours in the hospital would have been too much. I can tell I'm stressed, MS is making my legs tingle and despite sleeping well my body is aching all over. I'm trying to decide if I should walk tonight. Part of me thinks it would make me feel good mentally, part of me thinks my body needs a break.

5/16 171.2 Maybe all that walking made a difference. I don't know. I took off yesterday afternoon. Came home and napped for an hour or two then planted flowers and did everything I could to relax. I am feeling much better today. My friend is still stable which is all we can ask for right now.

5/17 171.2 I'm still happy because this weight is lower than my round goal. Of course, I'd love to go even lower in the next 5 days but I'm just going to stick with the program and see what happens. I haven't walked since Monday. I looked it up on Mapmyfitness and I walked 20 miles last week. Stress walking at it's best. I wanted to go last night but it was in the '90s so no walking outside and the thought of going to the gym didn't appeal to me. It's going to be in the high 80's but cloudy this afternoon, I think I'll be alright. Happy Friday ya'll.

5/18 171.5 I did walk 2.5 miles but was getting hot and stopped. Ate at maintenance, so the slight bump is not freaking me out. Definitely getting a walk in this morning then yard work before the rain comes.

5/19 170.4 I didn’t expect that. I wasn’t able to walk due to rain. My friend is doing ok. He was off the ventilator but he wasn’t getting enough oxygen so they put him back on. The nurse called and put the phone up to his ear. My nephew and his gf were here and we all talked. The nurse said he smiled through the call. It’s hard being so far away.

5/20 No scale. Flew to New Orleans for work today. Spent a couple of hours walking around the French Quarter and a short mile on a trail that was actually kind of boring. The one that I wanted to walk that is near a swamp was flooded My watch says I walked 8.78 miles. Hopefully, that will make up for the beignets I won't know until Friday. Still tracking. I ate back all my exercise calories plus 84... Don't care I've never been here before and the rest of the week will be meeting after boring meeting.

5/21 No scale Slept so well after my early morning flight and walking all day. Breakfast provided had fruit and little else, I suspect trying to be good will be very challenging this week.

5/22 No scale Had a great day yesterday. The convention is a little boring but New Orleans is great. I went to the gym, then went to NOLA (one of Emeril’s restaurants), then walked around the French Quarter for an hour and had an ice cream. I know I had to guess on everything but I feel I did well in calories. Nothing too heavy and a LOT of walking.

Moving Forward on the road to 50
Goals - Healthy and Happy

Highest weight = 273
Current weight = 208.4
Round goal weight = 207
Ultimate goal weight = 180
Round 77, I gotta do better…
Day/Weight/Comment

5/13 – 208.4 Fell off...
5/14 – 210.4 Couldn't get up...
5/15 – 210.6 Help...
5/16 – 211.4 No excuses, getting up..
5/17 – 211.2 I'll take it...
5/18 - 211.2 Hmmmm
5/19 - 211.0 Okay
5/20 - 210.6 Two more days, lets move...
5/21 - 214.6 Holding water, but determine to release it today period...
5/22 - 214.6 Still here, but moving forward...

Hi I’m Karen.
USW-187 Sept. 2018
UGW-135
Goal this round-157

5/16-160-I made it back and am finally near a scale. I found some Atkins protein bars to keep handy when I am hungry.
5/17-160-I’m back to walking and it’s nice. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!!😊
5/18-162-Salty dinner with beers last night....and that was even after I walked 7 miles and cleaned the rain gutters. Oh, well, so what...I am just thankful I am in good enough shape to do all of that. I will head out for a big walk this morning before my quilting class.
5/19-I refused to weigh after poor choices.
5/20-165-Ugh! At least the weekend is over and my goal is to not drink alcohol during the week and eat well. I got a big walk in this morning.
5/21-166-Oops! I went for a big walk yesterday and then ate too much heavy food. Today will be better.
5/22-162-I went on a good walk and went to yoga. I might try that again today. Eating good and lots of water are key for me.

Goals for R77
- Exercise - 5-6 mile walks outdoors 5+ days/week; weight training 3 days/week.
- Food - eat healthy, mostly veggies, fish, whole grains, and fruit
- Weight - will follow Exercise & Food, but goal is 124 by the end of summer.

UGW - 124
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2016)
Restart (R76) - 156.2 (May 3, 2019)

Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2
Lost 75#, regained 12 (to 156) on metabolism reset 11/16-6/17. FIrst round (R15) Aug. 2017. R76 end weight 157 (+.8)
R77 end weight 159.4 (+2.4 --and this nonsense stops here!)

Day/Weight/Comment

5/13 - 157
On track yesterday. Planning to stay that way!

5/14 - 156.4
Okie dokie, back on track.

5/15 - 157
Boing! I ate properly, so just one of those things. It's a beautiful day here, so I'm going for a long walk and the to the nursery for some new perennials & annuals. I might even do some work later. Yeah!

5/16 - 157
Another beautiful day. I have two meetings today near our beautiful river greenway, so I'm planning to go early to both to walk first. Yeah!

5/17 - 157
Happy to stay steady since we had a potluck last night and I ate well. :-) I have today planned out, and hope to get a long walk in this morning before the next round of rain. Weekend coming!

5/18 - 157.6
There's the potluck. That's ok. Have a lovely weekend, all!

5/19 - 157
Yesterday was hot and gorgeous and I got two nice walks in plus some garden time. Yay! Today is rainy, but that’s ok. Enjoy, all!

5/20 - 160.4
Gaaa. But ok, I did have some snacks & goodies at the social hour yesterday, so some of this is water. But I really have to stop this trend, get back in control, and lose the weight I've regained over the winter and spring. This is no good, and I don't understand why I'm sabotaging myself like this. I see my integrative doctor this morning - following up re. inflammation and vit. levels (both of which are much, much better) - and I'm going to talk to her about it (though she's quite overweight herself - go figure). Anyway, I keep saying "next round I'll do better" and then I don't. Gotta stop making excuses. (OTOH, I can't actually have gained 3.4 pounds in 8 days, so there's that.)

5/21 - 160.2

5/22 - 159.4
Not too bad, considering I made rhubarb ginger crisp yesterday and had a decent serving. But I was very good the rest of the day, and hey, rhubarb doesn't last all year! I had a session with the wellness coach at the Y to update my weights routine, and I feel re-inspired. Now if it ever stops raining I can get back to my long outdoor walks. See you in R78!