JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 81

Highest Weight: 224
R81 Starting Weight: 198.4
R81 Goal Weight: 194.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145 to 130ish

Last round I broke several goals lost 25lbs and Biggest yet I entered ONEderland!! For the 1st time in all of my weightloss history this time actually feels like I can do this. In the past it has been daunting and another thing to do and stress about this time entirely different!

R48: SW 221.2 EW 217.6 (-3.6)
R49: SW 218.4 EW 216.4 (-2.0)
R50: SW 216.2 EW 214.8 (-1.4)
R51: SW 214.2 EW 214.8 (+.6)
***Began Again @ 224lbs Ouch!***
R77: SW 213.8 EW 208.4 (-5.4)
R78: SW 208.4 EW 206.8 (-1.6)
R79: SW 206.8 EW 205.0 (-1.8)
R80: SW 205.0 EW 198.4 (-6.6)
R81: SW 198.4 EW

Total Loss R77 Sw to R81 Ew: -16
Overall Loss from HW on 4/29: -25.6

Day/Weight/Comment
06/22: 198.2
06/23: 196.8!!
06/24: 196.8: totally cool with no loss
06/25: 195.8!! Love getting far away from 200
06/26: 195.6
06/27: 195.2
06/28: 193.8!! That hit Rd81 Goal!! *Total disclaimer, pretty sure I got extremely dehydrated at work yesterday. I expect for a gain either tomorrow or next day*
06/29: 196.0.. Totally Called It.
06/30: 195.4
07/01

Round 81 (round 15 for me)

Original SW (Jan 15th): 213 lbs
CW: 171.4
TWL: 42 lbs
GW: 140 - 150 ( I’m not set on a number. Wherever my body settles is fine.)

R67 (1) - SW 206.2 - EW: 204.7 (-1.5)
R68 (2) - SW 204.7 - EW: 202.3 (-2.4)
R69 (3) - SW 202.3 - EW: 200.0 (-2.3)
R70 (4) - SW 200.0 - EW: 195.5 (-4.5)
R71 (5) - SW 195.5 - EW: 193.3 (-2.2)
R72 (6) - SW 193.3 - EW: 191.2 (-2.1)
R73 (7) - SW 191.2 - EW: 190.1 (-1.1)
R74 (8) - SW 191.1 - EW: 187.4 (-3.7)
R75 (9) - SW 187.4 - EW: 183.0 (-4.4)
R76 (10) - SW 183.0 - EW: 180.3 (-2.7)
R77 (11) - SW 180.3 - EW: 178.4 (-1.9)
R78 (12) - SW 178.4 - EW: 175.0 (-3.4)
R79 (13) - SW 175.0 - EW: 173.7 (-2.0)
R80 (14) - SW 173.7 - EW: 171.4 (-2.3)

Total challenge loss: 36.5 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
6/22: 170.2
6/23: 169.1
6/24: 168.6 - Having a “whoosh”. Hope it sticks. 😀
6/25: 168.3 - 45 lbs total loss since January 😀
6/26: 168.3
6/27: 168.3
6/28: 168.2
6/29: 168.4
6/30: no weigh in - out of town
7/1: no weigh in - out of town

*Started Round 78 – Current Round 81
Female - Age: 49 - Height 5'0"
SW: 178
CW: 172.4
GW: 128
Goals this round: drop 4 lbs – drink 80 ounces of water daily

6/22 – 171.2 I managed the and water intake. Snacking is still out of control in the evening.
6/23 – No log
6/24 – 171.2 Managed water intake and did much better snacking. Now to get moving again. Enjoy the day everyone!
6/25 – 172.0 Late eating and lots of salt. Need to kick this pattern to the curb….sigh.
6/26 – NW
6/27 – 172.8 All one can do is move forward, learn from past mistakes and manage each day with a sense of newness and opportunity to change the course of action. This is what I tell myself when I see the numbers go up instead of down. Thanks for showing me daily it all can be reality.
6/28 – 172.4 – Did well with food intake but need to up the water. Here is to another successful day.
6/29- No Log
6/30 - 172.8 –
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
6/27 196.2 lbs not sure how that happened. I totally ate fast food of shame yesterday. But I only had about 1/2 gallon of water.
6/28 196.8 lbs a little gain not to sad about it. Today I think I will exercise for a good minutes. Maybe the scale will love me tomorrow.
6/29 196.0 lbs I am happy. Hopefully I can survive the weekend.
6/30 195.6 lbs
7/1

Goals for R81
- Exercise - walk 5-6 miles/day at least 5 days/week; weight training or equivalent (garden8ng) 3 days/week.
- Food - mostly veggies, fish, whole grains, and fruit; very limited flour & added sugar; aim for 1300 cal max.
- Weight - 140 by Labor Day.
- Life - walk a new trail every week; try one new thing every month.

UGW - 124
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
OSW - 151.8 (Aug. 31, 2016)
Restart (R80) - 161 (June 11, 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. R80 end weight 159 (-2)

Day/Weight/Comment

6/22 - 159

6/23 - 160.4

6/24 - 160.4
Phooey! But ok, I did over-indulge on Saturday - emotional/frustration eating. Major problems with the so-called landscaper we hired to dig out new beds -- aside from never showing up when he promises and then working an hour or less per day, he dumped a load of clay fill into our beds instead of garden soil. Aaaggghhh! I'm so frustrated - I have perennials & annuals sitting in pots as I expected to have them in the ground 2 weeks ago. So I ate chocolate and other junk to comfort myself, which of course it did not. What did help was when I decided take back control, so I bought myself a small electric tiller and some cheap planters to hold the plants until the beds are actually ready, and I planted the annuals in my existing front-yard beds. They'll be crowded, but that's ok, they're in the ground and can be moved later. I HATE depending on unreliable people, and this guy takes the cake. Anyway, I know part of this bump up is water because I had way too much sodium, and I'm taking back control of my emotions and food as well as my garden. So there! (Sorry for the off-topic rant, but really it's not since most of us are familiar with eating in the face of frustration, and the post-bad-eating recriminations.)

6/25 - 160.4
I behaved myself yesterday and have my eating plan in place for today. All good. I moved my bigger perennials into bigger pots and put all the annuals intended for new beds into my existing beds so they're not in the tiny pots. I may start tilling a new space today. Not a peep from the so-called landscaper. Grrrr.

6/26 - 159
I won't hold my breath, but supposedly the "landscaper" will be here today to take back the clay he dumped in my flower beds, and then we're done and I can do the rest myself. I have all sorts of yard projects planned for after I get my plants in the ground, so yay summer! I also have an one-person art show opening Sunday, so I have to get my paintings organized today to hang tomorrow. And Friday a friend is dividing some perennials to give me more to plant. And Greek Fest runs tomorrow through Sunday -- always a wonderful event with GREAT food, mostly not too off-diet (except baklava). So I'm off for a nice walk now, then the paintings, then....Busy week! Have a lovely!

6/27 - 158.4
We fired the "landscaper" -- I feel SO much better. Ordering soil today and I'll do the rest myself. Big beds -- the whole back of the house other than patio + one side of the backyard + back of backyard. I can't wait to dig in the dirt -- and aside from the pleasure I get from playing with plants, it's great exercise and I don't snack. Yay!

6/28 - 159.6
Pizza. So sodium. I went over my calorie goal, but barely, and I did a fair amount of work in the garden, so all good.

6/29 - 159
Lots of wheeling soil from driveway to garden yesterday. Back at it today. Yay!

6/30 - 159.2
I moved wheelbarrows of topsoil for 2.5 hours yesterday and ate responsibly, so I assume this is holdover from Thursday’s pizza. More soil to move, but one bed is full and the promise contained in this beautiful soil makes me happy. And I have a one-woman art show opening today. All good! Have a lovely Sunday!

7/01

@nikki062181 This 38-year-old just finished up round 80 with a 4.2lb loss. Yay!!!! I met my goal but barely the last 10 days. Here is to meeting it again in this 10 days. I was 17lbs from my goal weight and have since gained 17 additional pounds. I'd like to at least lose those 17 lbs before I have to start teaching again. I've had it hard the last year. My MIL, who I consider my Mom, passed away from a long battle with lung cancer. My Grandpa passed away 8 months later. I graduated from college while being married and having 3 kiddos, and completed my first year in the classroom last year. I also found out that my middle child is battling multiple mental illnesses, which were triggered by the loss of his Grandma. I had to take a step away from my weight loss journey. My family needed me, but I need to be healthy too. So, here I am...going for it again.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK!

First step: Continue to track calories
Second step: Continue to measure my portions
Third step: Continue to cut out carbonated beverages
Fourth step: Continue to cut out too many sweets
5th step: Push water!!!!
6th step: Take my B12 supplement daily at lunch because I have a deficiency
7th step: Walk 15 minutes a day at minimum and do arm exercises starting on Monday for this goal.

OSW: 232 lbs
CSW: 154.8 lbs
CGW: 150 - 151
UGW: 125 lbs

Here is to wishing we can all achieve our goal! 🙏

6/22: 154.8 I ate a very healthy, high protein lunch yesterday, so I could have pancakes, hashbrowns, and a flurry for my birthday treat. I am so glad I did because I did not want to wake up and regret my weight gain this morning. I had almost forgotten to take my B12 also, so I ended up taking that one late. I'm very inconsistent with the time I weigh myself too. When I head back into work in August, times will finally be consistent. Until then, I want to enjoy when I get up...whenever that is.
6/23: 154.2 My son begged me not to make anything healthy because his gf came over last night, and he didn't want to be embarrassed. My husband asked me to eat whatever I wanted when I ordered carryout from this pizza joint. I knew I had treated myself already because of my birthday on Friday. So, I had a salad with extra protein and some breadsticks. It paid off. 😁
6/24: 153.8 I have really been enjoying these smoothies for breakfast. They're quite yummy. Since I have life threatening food allergies, I have to be creative when making some things. So, I cannot use a lot of fruit or fillers like most are able to. However, the ones I've been having are quite refreshing.
6/25: 152.6 A NEW LOW for many months! I did not do well on the water intake. I did complete my first day of exercise on the 30 day challenge. I changed it from arm to full body. Since it finally did not rain either, I went biking for a half hour too.
6/26: 152.4 I struggled yesterday. I was not feeling well at all. I didn't eat or drink well. I did complete my full body workout though. I remember why I cannot stand squats.
6/27: 154.4 🤔 Maybe because I ate later or did not drink enough? 🤷‍♀️
6/28: 153.8 Back down to where I was 4 days ago. I feel like a yo-yo. I have a feeling I will not meet my goal this round, so I'm hoping that I at least lose some weight.
6/29: 152.8 I let myself have a high carb, high calorie treat day yesterday.
6/30: 153 I had another high carb, high calorie treat day yesterday to boost my metabolism. Back to my regular diet today. I also went swimming. 😁

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: 136# holding steady
6/28: 137# ugh, over my calories yesterday and too much sugar - back to work!
6/29: 136#
6/30: 136# let’s see if this sticks
7/1:

texasfarmer wrote: »

I’m in.

6/22 - 203.0

6/23 - 203.0

6/24 - 202.0 (-1.0)

6/25 - 202.0 (-1.0)

6/26 - 201.6 (-1.4)

6/27 - 199.8 (-3.2)

6/28 - 199.0 (-4.0) great to see these numbers falling lower.

6/29 - 199.6 (-3.4)

6/30 -199.2 (-3.8)

Round 81 Goal - enjoy the rest of vacation then lose the vacation weight 😆
Day/Weight/Steps
06/22 16,400
06/23 11,200
06/24 1,024 sick with migraine all day
06/25 162.0 - 13,300 so excited to be -.4 after vacation! I hope it is real!
06/26 161.6 - 10,500
06/27 161.2 - 11,000
06/28 161.0 - 10,200
06/29 161.4 - 13,000
06/30 161.6 - 11,000 🤷‍♀️ maybe I’m going right back to the ten day stall and whoosh pattern. Either way, I’ll just continue on
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 :-)
MTG: 123.4 lbs Leave Overweight category and get into Healthy BMI range
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: 139.8 Yeah!!! Back to short term goal of being below 140!!! BodPod analysis came back 40% body fat at current weight (still have 30 pounds to lose) but the goal is to keep up the weight training with cardio so that body fat percentage is lower (predicted to be 25% at goal weight of 110, but would be 30% with just cardio! The staff person doing the test did indicate that my body fat and BMI were tracking together, so that basing weight goals on BMI would be useful for indicating healthy weight based on % fat. This also provided an estimate of resting metabolic rate of 1100 calories and average non-exercise rate of 1350; currently I am targeting 1400 calories a day so if that is accurate, all of the deficit for weight loss is coming from exercise. May repeat the BodyGem BMR test (should be more accurate) to see if BMR really has changed that much now that I am just below the midpoint of journey. Exercise planned for today: upper body weights and spin class.

06/27: 138.8 Thrilled to see my 10 day goal of losing 2 pounds today. Did not have time to use the elliptical trainer at home, so just going to have to get steps in at the airport. Walked rather than took the train during layover in Atlanta and did laps around the terminal so that I could at least get the minimum exercise calories to close all of my rings! Then 8 hour flight to UK. Challenge will be to at least maintain current weight over the next 6 days while out of the country. Last international trip in March I ended up gaining weight (too much beer and bar snacks and limited walking) so will be more careful this time! There is supposed to be university gym access through the conference so did bring some workout clothes and hope to get in more exercise than just walking. Although not an early morning person at home, might be a great way to spend time if I do have jet lag!

06/28: DNW. Arrived in UK this morning, but between walking to immigration, to catch tube/train and on campus I managed to get in 17,000+ steps! Had some down time this afternoon and walked to the gym (about 10 minutes away) and got a 30 minute workout on a recombinant bike; really helped with combatting afternoon jet lag. All of the spin bikes at the gym are too high for me (under 5') but lots of ellipticals so will try to go there before breakfast in am. Need to remember to bring AirPods if I want to do a HIIT workout. At the end of the day did burn over 800 calories! Managed to control eating, even with going to the pub this evening - ordered large salad with grilled halloumi rather than the really greasy fish and chips and had gin and tonic with light tonic. The gym has a scale so may weigh in tomorrow just to keep as eye on weight (will be with gym clothes so could subtract a pound).


06/29: DNW Woke up at 5, but went back to bed as gym did not open to 7, but ended up sleeping to 7:30 as alarm was set for pm not am! Got to gym before conference started, so tried out an elliptical like machine, but only had 20 minutes after figuring out the equipment. Did get lots of steps in so hoping active enough to stay in maintenance. Not a lot of great food choices for lunch at the conference, so was pretty hungry by dinner. Best option, as only the bar menu was available, was grilled cajun breast with Caesar salad. Met some colleagues who had not seen me since I started exercising this year and had lots of positive feed back and encouragement!

06/30: 138.7* Got to the gym at 7 and tried out their fancy scale (gym is completed wired/high tech with QR codes to login to cardio and even weight machines and syncs back to iPhone/Health Kit! Weight was 140.2 after conversion from kg, so subtracted 1.5 pounds for clothes (might have to adjust when I get back home, but at least in a reasonable ballpark. Scale gave %Body fat, but it was 10% lower than BodPod measurement so not going to update that. Tried some of the weight machines; displays show a "sine" wave with a ball that stays green if you lift/lower according to the suggested pace; kind of cool for keeping a certain pace/breathing or learning I guess. Gym at home is pretty low tech in comparison! Tried to do my HIIT workout using Seconds on my phone on the elliptical, but not all of the (re) downloaded music was syncing properly (need to fix while on wifi!) Missed breakfast in order to shower and lunch choices had virtually no protein (to avoid the fatty carbs) so hungry already! Grabbed a pear for a snack for the next break, and will get cheese at the poster session (need to not over do the cheese!) but going off campus for dinner hopefully!

07/1: Out of Town


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)
Round 81: 138.8 based on measurements from home scale