JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 80

Round 80, 1st for me
I love the ten day goal idea. Very achievable and flexible with life. I will try it out!

Female
35
SW: 193
CW:183.9
GW:181.5
UGW:145

Main goal this week is simply make sure I get an hour of exercise and eat clean. Haven't been at this quite long enough to be a habit yet

Day/Weight/Comment
06/12 -183.9
06/13 -183.4
06/14 -182.5
06/15 -183.2
06/16 -183.2
06/17 -182.9
06/18 -183.7
06/19 -183.0
06/20 -182.6
06/21 -

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 38 FOR ME.








MY STATS:
Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R79 EW= 195.9
R80 EW= TBD

Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: Lose 2 pounds this round.
My First Long Term Weight Goal: To weigh 189.X by the 4th of July using the same plan as above.
My Second Long Term Weight Goal: To weigh 169 by Halloween.
My Third Long Term Weight Goal: Weigh 159 by Jan 11, 2020 (my 2 year anniversary of current Keto dieting).
Final goal: 145-153. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise:
During each Weight goal I plan on doing cardio in the form of dancing at aerobic levels whenever possible. I would also like to walk as much as possible although walking outside is impossible for me this time of year.

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


Day/Weight/Comment
06/11 …..195.9 ….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

06/12 …..195.9 ….. 3 Travel days out of 10 this round. My food weakness is in traveling. UGG. I’m hoping to NOT go hog wild on these days and keep my nose in the trough a little too much! Yesterday was a good day again. Yesterday’s stats: 1369 Calories In / 2334 Calories Out. 29 Net Carbs. 10,030 Total Steps & 4.24 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 4 hours & 34 minutes. No change in the unexpected weight gain. Patience is truly a virtue. Welcome to all the newbies & good luck everyone on this round. Thanks to @GrandmaJackie for providing this lovely spot where lives are changing everyday!

06/13 …..195.7 ….. Travel starts today.

06/14 …..xxxxx ….. Travel no weigh. Reading posts. Will be home this evening.

06/15 …..198.6 ….. Okay, so today I have reacquainted myself this morning with the process of fat adaption. I have read a few articles to refresh my (often brain-fogged) memory and I am ready to go! Here are the articles I’ve read this morning. Page 1: https://perfectketo.com/fat-adapted/ and Page 2 which is a link within page 1 https://perfectketo.com/what-is-the-ketogenic-diet/. There is certainly a lot more out there but all I have time for this morning. Youtube will be my best friend later tonight and I think I will rewatch the long video of butter bob “Butter makes your pants fall off” which I remember as being the greatest motivator for me when I first started my journey to better T2D numbers, weight loss & overall health. Yesterdays stats on my fitbit showed 13,785 Steps (mostly shopping with fitbit on my shoe). 5.83 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit step hours achieved while stopping during travel . I slept 6 hours & 17 minutes last night which is a lot for me.

06/16 …..198.1 ….. Yesterdays stats: 1358 Calories In / 2317 Calories Out. 19 Net Carbs. 10,437 Total Steps & 4.42 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours & I slept 4 hours & 22 minutes & woke up refreshed.

06/17 …..198.4 ….. Travel today & tomorrow. I need to get the next two travel days behind me in order to be successful in my fat adaption plan. It is easier to do it when I’m not on the road. Who starts a diet on Thanksgiving morning, right? Yesterday’s stats: 2282 Calories In / 2825 Calories Out. 119 Net Carbs in goodies/sweets & my Keto Egg Roll in a bowl dinner. 15,514 Total Steps & 6.56 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours & I slept 5 hours & 34 minutes. Lots of movement with the spring cleaning work but not enough water. I know I badly need the fat adaption when I crave the sweets like I am. When adapted, my cravings and my hunger are so much more under control, and even goes away . It is so prevalent that I will absolutely know when I am adapted. I will be mindful the next two days as much as I can, but I look forward to being at home for a stretch and climbing back on my wagon.

06/18 …..xxxxx ….. Travel. Yesterdays fitbit stats: 2631 Calories burned. 10,388 Total Steps & 4.4 Total Miles. 8/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 6 hours & 13 minutes. Very nice for me! I will be home sometime this evening. Have a great Tuesday everyone.

06/19 …..198.7 ….. Home at last! I am very worried about the scale as things often show up a few days later. Day one of travel I did pretty good sticking mostly to breakfast foods in my travels. Day 2, not so much! Fat adaption begins today as (barring emergencies with personal or business) I will be home for a bit of a stretch. I couldn’t wait for this day/time as I need it so badly! Yesterdays stats according to fitbit: 2446 Calories Out. 10,223 Total Steps & 4.33 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours & I slept 5 hours & 18 minutes. I had a short 11 minute walk when I got home last night (before dark). I managed to get in my hourly steps even during travel so that was a bit of stopping but it felt good. Today is a new day!

06/20 …..198.1 ….. Yes, yes, yes!!! Woo Hoo! I’m typing my weight in red again due to a deficit!!!! Yes!!!! Overjoyed here! My cravings were horrendous last night, nothing seemed to help so I just accepted the suffering and it payed off. Stayed to plan but I still need to drink more water. I am still busy with the kitchen reno & the cabin emergencies (yes, more have appeared), so I have not had time for dedicated exercise, but I’ve tried to fit in a small continual walk around the property daily at least. Yesterdays stats: 1338 Calories In / 2408 Calories Out. 18 Net Carbs. 12,180 Total Steps & 5.17 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Steps Hours. I took a 13 minute walk. I slept 6 hours & 1 minute & I woke up refreshed proving that every minute counts (lol). I am still not Intermittent Fasting. The break will continue until I feel I am fat adapted. I am well on my way. Now, to just stay the course! Clearly I will end this round higher than when I started, but today, in this moment, I know I am on the road to victory. I can feel the dirt under my feet and what a wonderful, sometimes dusty, but courageous & rewarding (and beautiful) path it is that I (we) walk!





06/21 …..xxxxx …..

Late to join but jumping it.

6/15 -204.6

6/16 - 203.4 - BBQ today but I’ll try to control myself.

6/17 - 203.6 - I think I did pretty good yesterday so I am okay with this.

6/18 - 203.4 - I’ll be pushing water today and account for everything I eat and drink.

6/19 - 202.6 (-2.0)

6/21 -203.0 (-1.6)

Round 80  ( 3rd Round For Me)

Female  - 5'4"

Goal Weight: 125 lbs
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R78 (1): SW 148.6 EW 147.6  ( - 1 pound)
R79 (2): SW 147.6 EW 147.0  ( - .6 pound)
R80 (3): SW 147.0 EW ???
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Day/Weight/Comment
06/12 146.4 lbs. Down from the date before

06/13 146.4 lbs same - ok

06/14 146.4 lbs same (ok, since graduation party yesterday with food and ice cream cake. So glad it did not go up!)

06/15 No Scale (5K Steps)
06/16 No Scale (5K Steps)
06/17 No Scale (7K Steps , yoga)
06/18 No Scale

06/19 146.4 lbs - same but I am feeling lighter and good! (6K Steps/ Barre Workout)

06/20 146.4 lbs. "OMG, this number just loves me too much" keep on working!!!

06/21

JGM10D ~|~ Round 80
Posting weight and comments each evening.

Aim for 2019 ~ reach 155.
Aim for each round ~ Weigh less at the end than I did at the beginning

I am FOCUSED on heathy food choices and DETERMINED to achieve my goals! (Tue 11/06: 164.7)

Wed 12/06: 162.6: Goals: ✅Well that's a surprise, although I checked my ankles and knee, and they do seem a lot less swollen. Hope this sticks around!
Thu 13/06: 163.5: Goals: ✅Normal fluctuation for me. I often bounce back up after a whoosh down. Although I still think these fluctuations are due to the inflammation in my knee
Fri 14/06: 163.2: Goals: ✅Well, it's in the right direction, so no sweat!
Sat 15/06: 163.0: Goals: ✅ Still in the right direction.
Sun 16/06: 162.9: Goals: ✅
Mon 17/06: 163.1: Goals: ✅I either need to eat less or move more! I tried the latter today. Waiting with interest to see what the result is.
Tue 18/06: 162.8: Goals: ✅ Well it’s in the right direction.
Wed 19/06: DNW: Goals: Up and out v early. Personal issues caused some stress eating.
Thu 20/06: 163.1: Goals: ✅Mostly back on track.
Fri 21/06: xxx: Goals:

Previous Round: Daily Goals

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you. Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

Will try again
CW=164
UG=150
RGW=162 Doable Huh?
Beautiful day here i. So walked but also went to a luncheon...dangerous..we will see tomorrow.
Hugs,G
6/12=165.
6/13=163.4 knew it would go down,It is so good to enjoy a social meal& know that it is NOT permanently raise the #.
6/14=
6/15=165. Up&down??just so it is down at the end.Going to water Zumba,&Walked for 35 min,Will try to get on bike at Y if there is time
6/17=165.7
6/18=164.8 Too many outing with GF's all my things are endings for summer with,of course,eating out.Isn't that what we girls do? Now back to Keto &IF..I promise
6/19=164.1 went to swim aerobics 4 out of the Last 5 days,walked & only got on bike 1x.Need to do bike more bc it does firm the belly. Made bone broth yesterday so today will hopefully be a Bone Broth fast which Sways makes the scale go down
What an emotional struggle since my husband passed in Feb.but I am improving.
6/20=163.8. Aqua aerobics+bike+walking.
So much rain that you must grab that sunshine when it is there.

Female, 57 yy, 4'11''
OSW 177.1 lbs
LTG: 110.0 lbs
STG: 139.8 lbs (just like the idea of being below 140, but not as close as 139.9 :-)
Goal for 10 day Challenge - lose 2 pounds (141.4)
Starting late as on vacation last week!

Day/Weight/Comment

06/12: Out of Town DNW
06/13: Out of Town DNW
06/14: Out of Town DNW
06/15: Out of Town DNW
06/16: Out of Town DNW

06/17: 143.0 First weigh in after 6 days of vacation. Really pleased to see weight drop from the end of round 79, even though we were eating out everyday for all meals and exercise limited to walking on beach and in town! Felt comfortable wearing a bathing suit for the first time in a couple of years. Tried to make healthy meal choices (lots of salads and fresh seafood), but did enjoy the fresh linguine with shrimp scampi with a bread stick as a cheat day the other night! Also I had entered in a MFP 5-week prediction for Monday, which predicted 146, and I am 3 pounds below that goal! (not sure how they make the prediction, but more conservative than Pacer's predictions, so will enjoy the mini-success!). Back to the gym this morning to expend the saved up energy form last week - step aerobics and weight machines for legs; stayed on for the spin class so lots of cardio today!

06/18: 142.5 Wonderful to see a half pound drop! Since tracking I often find that I actually gain after doing a heavy leg workout, plus we had a duck bolognese sauce with penne and smoked mozzarella for dinner with wine so was afraid that I might have more water retention today. (Calories were all within limits, but actually lower on protein for the day). I had decreased the weights on the leg press since I had been out for a week and also wanted to try to tweak the settings to see if changing the angles would help lead to a better position as I do want to avoid putting to much stress on my knees. Felt fine this morning, so think the lower weight likely helped with avoiding the water retention gain! Today was upper body weights, a latin dance class that is just not working for getting my heart rate up, so may need to explore another option, and then yoga which helped with stretching after the weights. Still need to get some ab work in as I have skipped that the last several days... Salmon poke bowl for lunch (guesstimating calories) and probably will cook out veggie burgers on the Green Egg (Beyond Meat) for dinner with a salad. Slowly coming to grips with fact that I can have pasta and bread and successfully lose weight - loving it!

06/19: 142.9 slight bump up. total calories right at limit, but went over on fat and under on carbs/protein (about split). Was craving salt and finished the last bit of tortilla trips from our trip, but at least they are no longer around to tempt me so will be good the rest of the week! Expect the bump will even out, but not sure I'll make the 10 day goal of losing 2 pounds. Today was a cardio class, weight machines for legs, and then spin class so felt like I had a pretty good work out! My pet peeve at the gym - a man spent the entire time chatting to a friend, while I worked through 4 sets of 12 reps on 4 machines with rests between sets - finally I asked him if I could use the machine to finish my workout as there was only one machine of that type. His reply was "well if no one asks ..." - like it is OK to just park there and gab away! (sorry just had to rant!)

06/20: 142.8 or 141.4 Well weight first thing this morning was 142.8 so at least a tiny drop, which was nice given that yesterday was heavy weight training on leg, plus definitely ate full calorie budget (seared duck breast, burrata and tomato salad with olive oil/balsamic vinegar and greens, plus part of a sweet potato. went over on fat, but fewer carbs and OK on protein. Gym routine was strength training (light weights)/flexibility and step, plus 4 spin intervals for about 30 minutes total. Decided to weigh after I got back and weight was either 141.2 or 141.8 (did not record right away :-) which was great, but likely loss of water. Normally don't weigh in multiple times, but decided to weigh one more time before dinner and weight was 141.4!!!! Hoping that I can keep that for tomorrow and make my 2 pound goal for this round. Challenge will be that we are going to my favorite pizza place for dinner (wonderful thin crust pizza wood fired oven), so will make sure I order a large salad and limit the amount of pizza (a treat!) (may take some pysillium with water now to "fill up" so that I slow down!

06/21:

Round 77: 147.8
Round 78: 146.1 (1.7 loss)
Round 79: 143.4 (2.7 loss)
Round 80:

Ready for my round 17
OSW 88KG
RSW 68. 6 kg (-19.4 kg) or {- 42.8 lbs}
Goal... Less than I started
06/12 68.6kg and a 15 mins run before the sun came up.
06/13 68.6kg which is not a gain. Keeping under calories so just being patient.
06/14 68.8kg blip up for no reason as its all still good. Ill be patient. Early morning starlit run completed.
06/15 68.6kg and it's all still the same.
06/16 68.6kg still. Nothing changed. Going to keep a closer eye on food.
06/17 68.7kg? Did a cold moonlit run at 5am which left me wondering why I cut my hair so short in the middle of winter...
06/18 68.3kg. Finally some movement. I was wondering if the scale was stuck. Strength class yesterday and netball later today.
06/19 68.6kg back here again! Cold wet and windy run but at least I went.
06/20 68..3kg again. Small but in the right direction.
06/21 67.8kg! 💃🏽I finally got that loss. Worth waiting for. Means I have lost over 20kg {44.1 lbs) since January 6th and I am only 10kg away from where I want to be.

Loss this round 0.8kg or 1.8 lbs
Just realised this puts me in the next lb decade! 140s! OK it's 149 but it's still exciting.

GOAL. This month I am planning a non stop dieting month. June 1st-July 1st 9/30 accomplished
Round 80
OW 230
Spoiler
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 71 SW 138.8 Ew 138.4 (-.4) 👎
Round 72 SW 138.4 EW 138.2 (-.2) 👎
Round 73 SW 138.2 EW 136. (-2) 👍
Round 74 SW 136.2 Ew 139 (+2.8)👎🐰🐣 Easter gain
Round 75 SW 139 ew 139.8 (+.8) 👎having trouble sticking to it
Round 76 SW 139.8 Ew 141 (+1.2) double yikes 👎
Round 77 SW 141 Ew 135.8 (-5.2) 👍😃
Round 78 SW 135.8 Ew 138.8 (+3)😥😥👎
Round 79 SW 138.8 Ew 138.6 (-.2) 😥👎

Round 35
SW 138.6
GW under 135
UGW 125


06/12 - 136.6 10/30 accomplished started a new job so its been hectic and my eating has been off. But glad to see this drop

06/13 - 135.8 10/30 the job has me running around like crazy, came home famished and ate a little too much calories wise.

06/14 - 134.4 11/30 accomplished

06/15 - 134.8 12/30 accomplished

06/16 - 134.6 13/30 accomplished crazy couple of days.

06/17 - 134.4 14/30 accomplished eating habits have not been the greatest, i have been grabbing easy to eat things and every time I plan to pre make meals my boss calls me into work (I live a 5 min walk away from my job so he knows how close I am) this week will be different, no more snacking

06/18 - 134.8 no clue why I gained, everything seemed to be in order yesterday.. unfortunately today was different, gave into the chocolate... 14/30 accomplished

06/19 - 137.8 yep, sounds about right. 15/30 accomplished

6/20 - 135.8 haven't stop working and have had no real full days off. Like I am talking 9-13 hour days and the only "day off" I had I still ended up working for four hours. I should have pre made my meals for the week but i was so tired I passed out for the majority of my "day off". Up early and home late make for some bad food choices. After this weekend is over and I full circle it to my "day off" on Monday i will be forcing myself to make meals for next week. So far, I have managed to keep my weight at bay (because even though I stoped balancing my macro/micro, i am still eating bowls of veggies for dinner...my only concern is my stress chocolate eating....having a couple of chocolate bars or crackers a night) but I am fully aware that my body will eventually get used to the activity and this bad eating habit will really be a problem. I worked too hard for my new body to let it go now. I hope next rounds reflect isn't as disappointing as this round. Anyway, managed to at least stay under calories so 16/30 days accomplished

06/21 -