JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 81

JGM10D ~|~ Round 81
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! Sat 22/06: 163.1: Goals: ✅Still holding steady.
Sat 23/06: 165.1: Goals: ✅Ooops! Bit of a splurge late last night. Hoping it's mostly water. Stayed under and made better choices today.
Sat 24/06: 164.8: Goals: ✅That's Better!
Sat 25/06: 164.0: Goals: ✅ Nice whoosh! Probably water, but I’ll take it.
Sat 26/06: xxx: Goals:
Sat 27/06: xxx: Goals:
Sat 28/06: xxx: Goals:
Sat 29/06: xxx: Goals:
Sat 30/06: xxx: Goals:
Sat 01/07: 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!

Start Round 80 166.4 End 165.6

Day/Weight/Comment
06/22- 165.6
06/23- 165.6
06/24- 166.6 Now that me son’s wedding festivities are done I can get back down to business. I really thought it was going to look a lot worse on the scale this morning 😥
06/25- 164.4 Goodbye weekend water
06/26
06/27
06/28
06/29
06/30
07/01

OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
Female, 5' 4 1/2 " age 53

Hi. My name is Trina. I've been back on MFP for a year now, am down 64 pounds and just 5 pounds from my revised goal weight! A year ago, this seemed like a pipe dream. I've been doing this challenge since Round 54 and it has been a blessing in helping to keep me focused and positive through the daily ups and downs of this journey to better health! Thanks to all for the wonderful support!

OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
R54 Pre-challenge start weight 177
R73 SW 140.5 EW 138 (-2.5)
R74 SW 138 EW ????? Oops. Fell off the train a bit here and didn't log everything. Back for Round 79!
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R79 SW 142 EW 137.5 (-4.5 or .5 from last tracked round)
R80 SW 137.5 EW 136 (-1.5)
R81 SW 136 EW ?????



MINI GOALS
1/31 149 -- (149 first time on 1/30...but bouncing Goal Met 2/3! )
2/28 145 -- Healthy BMI...I believe. But some of the calculators say 140 or 143 Goal Met 3/4! )
3/15 141.5 (0.5 lbs below my weight watchers lifetime member weight, pretty much haven't weighed this, since I achieved lifetime status 11 years ago! )
3/31 141 Goal Met 4/1!
4/30 137 Goal Met 6/12!
5/31 135 Saw this number first time 6/7, again 6/12....now to make it stick!
6/30 133
7/31 131 -- Final goal weight (Maintain 128-133)


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

CW 136
RGW < 135

Day/Weight/Comment
06/22: 136 -- Yesterday was a high carb day. Friends spent the night, so we had egg casserole and coffee cake for breakfast. Took a long walk before dinner ... and then indulged in tator tots and corn bread side with flank steak. Was super hungry at dinner, but stayed just below calories and since I wasn't hungry later when we made dessert, I skipped that!
06/23: 135 -- Another high carb day. My middle son got back Friday night and is flying out again today, so had egg casserole & coffee cake for breakfast. And then we had this awesome cranberry/walnut bread for dinner and I indulged in 2 pieces, plus fresh corn on the cob and watermelon from the farmer's market. Skipped dessert and did a long session on the elliptical, so squeaked in under calories. NSV -- I've been working on pushups since March -- starting with wall pushups and moving to lower surfaces. On Friday I did two unmodified full pushups!! Over the next 8 weeks I'll continue with pushup sets 3 times a week to see how many I can build up to!
06/24: 134.5 -- Interesting, as Friday and Saturday were both high carb days with low deficits. Took a long hilly walk yesterday and ended lower carb and larger deficit. I'm curious as to what happens tomorrow!
06/25: 133.5 -- Very nice! Zumba and strength class yesterday. Did my best to burn as many calories as possible in zumba....only got it up to 400. Don't know if I am getting wimpier, or just in better shape! Ran 5 miles today and ate a light lunch. Going out to dinner with my husband and a group at work tonight, should have enough of a buffer to make wise choices and not worry too much! Might be up tomorrow, but it was nice to see this NEW low!
06/26:
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07/01:

R80 SW 136 EW ?????

Ended R80 at 153.4

06/22: 153.8
06/23: Oops
06/24: Oops
06/25: 153.4
06/26:
06/27:
06/28:
06/29:
06/30:
07/01:

Joining in for at least part of round 81!

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 but will take that too just to get below 140 :-)
Goal for 10 day Challenge - lose 2 pounds (138.9)

Day/Weight/Comment

06/22: 140.9 Up 0.3 pounds from yesterday; but not unexpected as weight dropped 2.2 pounds from the day before (serious whoosh, so usually see a bump up until it settles over a couple of days). Had 1 hour step class this morning and really pushed it - burned 388 calories in the hour (ok that is a lot for me!) and had heart rate in peak zone for 54% of the class! Some weights and other functional training then back home. Lazy afternoon with some weeding in the garden until the ants and mosquitoes drove me in! Big dinner - grilled swordfish with olive tapenade/tomato sauce, saffron rice & black beans and fresh greens from farmers market, although within calorie budget. Still feel like I am retaining water (extra exercise?) so curious what weight will be tomorrow. I do need to figure a better way to distribute calories more through out the day, but dinner is my favorite meal of the day and so far do not have time to cook dinner foods for breakfast or have gotten leftover portions quite right.

06/23: 140.3 Yeah!!! dropped down below round 80 ending weight! Today is my official "rest day", but may still try to get in 30-45 minutes of walking or light elliptical for some cardio and probably some stretching or yoga as legs feel tight after yesterdays workout. Slept in today so probably going to have just two main meals (brunch/dinner) and snacks. Dinner tonight is grilled bigeye tuna with fresh mango salsa!

06/24: 139.7 Wow rest days rock!!! Made my short term goal to get below 140 !!! Not sure if I will make round goal of losing 2 pounds as will not be able to weigh in after Thursday but at least a great start! Did step class this morning, but could not stay for spin or weights, so went back in for spin class in evening. No weights today due to crazy schedule so will start tomorrow. Cavatappi with duck bolognese and smoked mozzarella for dinner - satisfied my love for pasta, but still within calorie limit! Hope the higher carbs do not create a bump! Apple Watch is suggesting that my resting metabolic rate is dropping (as expected due to weight loss) so either need to 1) up exercise; 2) decrease calories consumed; or 3) adjust to idea of slower weight loss going forward (so far I have been doing more of (1). Currently calories consumed are close to what I would eat at goal weight for maintenance with modest activity, so really think best options are 1 or 3. (next week it is going to have to be 3 :-) due to travel!

06/25: 140.2 Well not completely unexpected as typically see a big drop and then a bump up. Overall downward trend shows that I am still on track. I don;t expect a drop tomorrow as today was heavy leg weights (usually see a bump up after that) Exercise was good today (latin dance, weights (legs) and yoga, so expect this will even out in a day or two! Tomorrow is BodPod day. Gymaholic thinks my body fat is around 36% based on neck, waist and hip measurements (with height) so interested in what results will be! (hoping that with the weight training it is lower!!!)

06/26:
06/27:
06/28: Out of Town DNW
06/29: Out of Town DNW
06/30: Out of Town DNW
07/1: Out of Town DNW


Round 77: 147.8
Round 78: 146.1 (1.7 loss)
Round 79: 143.4 (2.7 loss)
Round 80: 140.6 (2.8 loss)

Ready for my round 18
OSW 88KG
RSW 67.8 kg (-20.2 kg) or {- 44. 75 lbs}
Goal... Less than I started

06/22 67.2kg which is a great start especially after the slowness of last round.
06/23 67.6kg. No problem with this gain as I took husband out for a birthday dinner last night. I kept it Keto but didn't really watch the calories and we ate much later than normal.
06/24 67.7kg no worries. Short but nice run in the cold.
06/25 67.8 kg... I think the weekend calories should be done by now! Time to restart the downward trend. Days like these I'm glad I only record my weight on a Sunday.
06/26 67.9kg...ran in the cold. Can't wait for some light mornings after mid winter.
06/27
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06/30
07/01

***My 11th Round!***
10 DAY GOALS: (1) 3000 steps daily to increase TDEE (2) 16-hour fast most days
Age: 39
Height: 5'7"
Highest weight 158 (3/9/19)
HISTORY
Round 71 SW 157.8 EW 155.4 (-2.4 lbs)
Round 72 SW 155.4 EW 153 (-2.4 lbs)
Round 73 SW 155.4 EW 153.6 (+0.6 lbs)
Round 74 SW 153.6 EW 153.6 (vacation, mini maintenance goal achieved!)
Round 75 (BEGAN KETO): SW 153.6 EW 149.2 (-4.4 lbs)
Round 76 SW 149.2 EW 144.2 (-5 lbs)
Round 77 SW 144.2 EW 142.8 (-1.4)
Round 78 (TRANSITION KETO-->LOW CARB) SW 142.8 EW 139.4 (-3.4 lbs)
Round 79 SW 139.4 EW 139.8 (+0.4 lbs)
Round 80 (LOW CARB 3/10 days ONLY)
SW 139.8 EW 134.2 (-5.6 lbs)
Total lost after 10 rounds: 23.6 lbs
GOALS
Halfway GW: 140.4 (-17.4) <<achieved!>>
UGW: 123
GW for this round: 133-133.6 lbs
***ROUND 81 (my 11th)***
Day/Weight/Comment
06/22 134.2 Now that I'm down to the last 11 lbs (can't believe I'm finally saying that!), I need to figure out some real maintenance strategies. This is new territory, and I'm afraid of messing it up. From what I've learned from the maintenance forums, the trick is to go slooowly at the end. Hmmm, we'll see. I may reset my MFP goal to 1/2 lb a week when I have only 5 lbs to go, but not yet.
06/23 136.4 Everything was *super* salty yesterday and I didn't get in all my water (woke up this a.m. absolutely parched, which is never a good sign!). I thought it might show up 2 days days later, but here it is already. Because I've been doing this challenge long enough to have some insight into my weigh-ins, I know this isn't fat, and I'm not worried. Plus, after last round's whoosh of almost 6 lbs, I'm okay if the scale adjusts up a bit.

Advice from a maintainer that's good to keep in mind: "A slow, gradual upward creep over weeks is more likely to be fat gain. A big whalloping overnight gain from the middle of my range to/above the top of the range is more likely to be water/digestive contents. If I gain 3 pounds, and I'm pretty sure I didn't eat 10,500 calories above maintenance, I'm going to believe it's water weight/digestive contents, and give it a couple of days* to drop back rather than freaking out about it."
06/24 135.8 Despite my earlier declaration that I wasn't going to start slowing down yet, I got curious yesterday and played with the numbers by adjusting my MFP goal down to only 1/2 lb a week, which gives me almost 200 calories more per day. I've been stuck at only 1200 calories since I started logging in March, so I was excited to see such a "high" number (1390), and I used every calorie for once, plus a few extra. I'm completely sedentary- whatever the level below MFP's "Not Very Active" is, that's me- so none of this 'eat back your exercise calories' stuff for me, and it's a relief to think think I may be able to have a more relaxed calorie range at some point.
06/25 135.8 Well, this may be a maintenance round as I stabilize from the big loss last round. As long as I don't significantly gain, I'm good with this! Plus, I just reset to 1/2 lb a week on MFP, and I'm still trying to see how the bump in calories changes things. The experiment continues!
06/26
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06/30
07/01

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 81 (round 13 for me – I need to make it NOT unlucky !!) I'm in for another round, still need to get back to end of round 76 weight !

Female age 61 5' 4”

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and have gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then; I don't want to gain any more, but would like to get back to my goal weight – I'm working at it!

Round goal – (same as last round!) – 130 which is just below the end weight of round 76

End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6

Day/Weight/Comment

06/22 132.8 – Only 4 ¾ miles walked yesterday before elderly aunt was re-admitted to hospital; stayed with her until 10.15 pm.
06/23 132.2 – 9 ¼ miles walked yesterday including walking to & from the hospital
06/24 132.2 – just short of 9 miles walked yesterday – elderly aunt passed away last night so lots of “stuff” to sort out there now
06/25 131.6 – 8 ¾ miles walked yesterday, managed to get out at 6.30 am to beat the rain
06/26 130.2 – yippee a nice move! Walked 8 ¼ miles yesterday and loads of movement clearing out my Dad's attic
06/27
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06/30
07/01

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Female, 32, 5ft 2
OSW- 11ST 7
RSW- 10st 3.8
GOAL - 3LB +... ideally back under 10st

Day/Weight/Comment
06/22 -
06/23 -
06/24 - 10st 3.8 - Day 1... annoyed to be back at this weight but is what it is. Need to up my daily movement, working from home does have some disadvantages... constant access to food and a tendency to sit for long periods!
06/25 - 10st 3 - good start! Need to make sure I drink plenty of water this week. Got a 30 mile bike ride event tomorrow too... yep dreading it. Hopefully it stops raining....
06/26 10st 2.4 - whoosh! Well happy with how this round is going 😊 Got a 30 mile charity bike ride today so expecting a little gain tomorrow but we'll see.
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06/30
07/01

Rob 46 Essex, UK

Round 81 - Target 2.5 lb loss

Start weight 242 lbs
Current weight 202.5 lbs
Goal weight 175 lbs

Continue the exercise pattern from round 80. Targets are 4 miles of swimming (2.35), 20 miles of running (6.55) and 40 (15) miles of cycling

Day / Weight / Comments

21/06 202.50 lbs 1.35 mile swim 78 minutes
22/06 202.25 lbs (-0.25 lbs) 15 mile fun Cyclopark ride today. 3.2 mile evening run
23/06 202.75 lbs (+0.25 lbs) meal out today
24/06 205.50 lbs (+3.00 lbs) 3.25 mile walk & 3.35 mile run
25/06 203.00 lbs (+0.50 lbs) 2.88 mile walk. 1 mile swim
26/06 203.25 lbs (+0.75 lbs)
27/06
28/06
29/06
30/06
01/07

Goal: 183

06/21 - 185.2
06/22 - 184.8
06/23 - 186.2
06/24 - 187.2 Hmm, I think I am going the wrong way...
06/25 - 183.8
06/26 - 183.8
06/27
06/28
06/29
06/30
07/01

R78 SW 142.5 lbs / 64.4kg -***- EW 143.5 lbs / 65.1kg (gained 1lbs / 0.7kg)
R79 SW 143.5 lbs / 65.1kg -***- EW 139.5 lbs / 63.3kg (lost 4lbs / 1.8kg)
R80 SW 139.5 lbs / 63.3kg -***- EW 141lbs / 64kg (gained 1.5lbs / 0.7kg)

Round 81
I'm 32 and from Glasgow, Scotland
USW (July 2017) : 172lbs / 78kg
R81 SW: 141lbs / 64kg
R81 GW: 139lbs / 63kg
GW: 133lbs / 60.3kg
UGW: 126lbs / 57.2kg

R81 Goal: Round 80 was an insightful 3rd round for me. I learned a lot about my body and what causes fluctuations after noticing a trend of gaining weight following the previous day of intense exercise/lifting heavy weights. With this knowledge, I hope I can be kinder to myself and not launch into a chocolate bingeing frenzy when this is the case.
My overall aim for the whole month of June is to still train consistently - with that should come the weight / inch loss.

Daily Goals:
🍽 1,650 calories a day (1,800 on leg day if needed)
🏋️‍♀️ Weight training x5 days
👣 10,000 steps daily
🍗 Min. 15g protein with every meal

22/06 139.5lbs / 63.3kg (-1.5lbs / 0.7kg)
🍽 1,742 / 1,800 calories ✅
🏋️‍♀️ Legs ✅
👣 17,302 steps ✅
🍗 140g / 124g protein ✅
Look at that, 1/2lb away from my goal on the 1st day of the challenge 😆 Going to try my best to stay here now 💪 trained legs yesterday and still achy from Thursday's double session so today is all about getting the steps in. It's a lovely morning so after breakfast, I'm heading out for a 10km walk with my 2yo in his buggy 👟

23/06 141lbs / 64kg (+1.5lbs / 0.7kg)
🍽 1,521 / 1,650 calories ✅
🏋️‍♀️ Rest day ✅
👣 14,383 steps ✅
🍗 126g / 124g protein ✅
Great day yesterday, met all my goals in terms of calories, protein and steps. The gain will be because I didn't manage to 💩 yesterday and my water intake could have been better 🤷‍♀️
Todays plan is much of the same but more water and hopefully more steps 👟

24/06 140.5lbs / 63.7kg (-0.5lbs / 0.3kg)
🍽 1,705 / 1,650 calories ❎
🏋️‍♀️ Rest day ✅
👣 6,374 steps ❎
🍗 135g / 124g protein ✅
Went slightly over calorie goal met yesterday however I was 831 calories under for the week so not fussed about that. Defo lacked water again because we were out and about. Went to the beach and had the most amazing Nutella filled toffee ice cream waffle cone 🍦 I simply rearranged my planned calories for the rest of the day to fit it in.
Back to the gym today for chest, shoulders and triceps 💪
Also have the Docs at 2pm which I have been really upset and stressed out about 🤞

25/06 139.25lbs / 63.2kg (-1.25lbs / 0.5kg)
🍽 1,647 / 1,650 calories✅
🏋️‍♀️ Push✅
👣 15,616 steps✅
🍗 130g / 124g protein✅
Good day all round yesterday. My docs appointment was moved to tomorrow so my nerves are in bits. Also think my * week is going to show up as was very bloated and weepy last night Also wanted to eat everything in sight but I remained focussed and finished under my calorie goal. Today's plan is my walk to and from work and Functional HIIT class at lunchtime.

26/06 139.5lbs / 63.3kg (+0.25lbs / 0.1kg)
🍽 1,627 / 1,650 calories✅
🏋️‍♀️ Functional HIIT✅
👣 13,285 steps✅
🍗 138g / 124g protein✅
Happy with yesterday as met all my goals so a 1/4lb gain is nothing. My water intake was good however I haven't been to the loo so that's the cause.
On a happier note, I had my doctors appointment and happy to report I'm in good health. I can't stress enough how important it is to check your breasts ladies - I hadn't checked mine in ages and actually didn't tell anyone I was experiencing pain for the past 2 years. It was only when my partner heard me cry out in the shower that I told him and he made me see a doctor. I feel stupid now for brushing it off 😥
Today's gym session is back plus my usual walk to and from work 💪

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Female, age 65
SW: 141 #
CW: 137 #
GW for round 81: 136 #
UGW: 132 #

Plan: Portion control - MOVE!
Round 78 ending wt: 139#
Round 79 ending wt: 138#
Round 80 ending wt: 137#

6/22: 137.5# Although within my calories yesterday, my brain couldn’t stop my hand from reaching for the darn addicting movie popcorn.
6/23: 137.5#
6/24: 137#
6/25: 136.5# trending correctly
6/26: 136#
6/27:
6/28:
6/29:
6/30:
7/1:

My first round.
SW: 200
GW: 175
This round I would like to lose 5lbs. Might seem like a lot for 7 days....

6/24: 200lbs I really want active yesterday. I stayed away from carbs so that is a plus. But I ate a lot of whoppers candy and 2 pieces of key lime pie. 😭😭Another positive I downed 1 gallons of water.
6/25 198.4 lbs today I will stay away from junk food.
6/26 198.2 lbs the crab legs and old bay didn’t help me yesterday. Junk food reduction didn’t work either.
6/27
6/28
6/29
6/30
7/1

SW: 170.0
GW: 135.0

Round 75 EW: 167
Round 76 EW: DW
Round 77 EW: 166.6
Round 78 EW: 164.0
Round 79 EW: 162.6
Round 80 EW: 162.6

Day/Weight/Comment

06/22: 162.6

06/23: 162.4 busy day yesterday. At a scout event all day. Not the best food options but active and lots of steps!

06/24: 162.4 I wonder if I will ever lose this first 10 pounds. I need to stay on track all week. I've been lax in my logging. Not off the rails though. The 4th of July will start off time away, celebrations, and vacations through the rest of the summer. Need my on days to be very on and my off days to be few/reasonable/maintenance.


06/25: 162.0 finally seeing this number again! Now if I can get below it!

06/26: 161.2 very nice!
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