JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 82

I will be back for another round. It will be 1 year on mfp on 7/7 and I honestly thought I would have been at my ultimate goal weight by now. Unfortunately I am not and I still have about 7-8 pounds to go. I have lost 33 pounds though and am very happy with that. I have revised my goal weight a couple of times, but am firm at 138 (at least for right now,lol) I am doing 14 days with no alcohol to see if this is what is slowing my progress down. I am also recovering from a pretty bad infection and still on antibiotics from a stupid spider bite. So maybe I will have a really big whoosh this round! Maybe, fingers crossed!

Round 79: 148.7 - 148.7 Avg 148.38
Round 80: 148.7 - 148.0 Avg 147.22
Round 81: 148.0 - 146.5 Avg 147.87
Goal for round 82: 144 my lowest so far was 145.9 on 6/30


7/02: 145.9 back down to Sundays weight. Good day yesterday with calories and water. Still no alcohol and still no major changes in weight loss. 6 more days to go. We will see what happens. 2 more pounds and I will be "normal" BMI.
7/03: 145.9 still here. We did eat Sonic last night for dinner, but I did not eat the bun and only half my tater tots, so I stayed within my calories. I had also only eaten about 400 calories during the day because I knew we would probably grab something on the go last night. Still no alcohol and plenty of water, so on track for this week so far.
7/04: 145.9 this has been my weight 4 days out of the last 5. Still no alcohol and at a deficit. Going hiking this am with my hubby and hopefully will see a drop tomorrow.
7/05: 146.7 ate at maintenance yesterday so I guess that means a spike up today. Woke up super thirsty with really dry lips, so maybe not enough water yesterday. 11 days no alcohol and not any changes in weight. I’m about to throw in the towel on this no alcohol for 2 weeks thing. I really thought I would have seen at least a pound or maybe 2 pound loss to kick me into overdrive, but I have lost 4/10 of a pound in 2 weeks with a large deficit. I’m sticking with it today still, we will see how I feel tomorrow.
7/06: 146.4 still up a bit, but ate at maintenance again yesterday. Oh well, we went to the movies and I stayed away from the popcorn and beer. I took a small bag of peanuts that I snacked on and had water. The new Spider Man was really good though. We are having a bbq tonight and getting the UFC fights. We have 3 people from NM fighting so it’s going to be a big one for us. We will see how I do tonight!
7/07: 148.1 gave in last night and had some beers during the fights. So totally expected this to be up. I did 12 days without alcohol and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference in my weight loss rate. I’ve pretty much lost about 1/2 pound a week consistently. My trend is the lowest it’s ever been, so I’m looking at the wins. I should be back down tomorrow or the next day. Lots of water and flushing the liquor out of my system scheduled for today and back to work tomorrow.
7/08: 148.9 did well yesterday, but was really hung over most it, so not a lot of activity. Note to self: when I am so strict for to long I tend to overindulge. Am on track for today and will be back down tomorrow. Almost caught up with every bodies post, but still a couple more pages to go. The holidays throw me off track and I can't stay current, but it seems like everybody made it through the holidays without to much damage. 3 more days to get back down to 145.9, hopefully a little lower at least. Not terrible for a 4 day weekend though, I have had and done worse.
7/09: 147.6 down a bit from the weekend, but still have 1.7 lbs to go to get back to my start weight. Would like to see a new low this round, but we only have 2 days left so that may not happen. Stayed way under calories yesterday and drank a ton of water. On track for today so far and we will see what happens tomorrow.

7/10:
7/11:

SW: 228 lb (July 1, 2019)
GW: 223 lb (July 11, 2019) (5 lbs)

Day/Weight/Comment
07/02- 228 Some walking
07/03- 227.6 Getting a summer cold, and fighting it off.
07/04- 226.8 Really hungry before bed so had a snack at 8:30 pm
07/05- 225.6 Bedtime snack last night was obviously needed.
07/06- 225 Really tired today from fighting a cold. Drank too much caffeine.
07/07- 224.5 Still very tired and coughing. Slept in until 10 and ate a late breakfast at 11:30 and calling it
brunch. Unplanned intermittent fasting.
07/08- 224.8 Retaining some water today. The joys of womanhood.
07/09- 224.4 Very inactive but trying to get my water in.
07/10
07/11

Original starting weight- 90.2kg
Round 82 starting weight- 79.8
Goal for this round - 78.9kg
Goal weight- 70
Following 5:2

Day/Weight/Comment
07/02- ?
07/03- ?
07/04- 79.8kg- day 1- fast day!
07/05- 79.3kg (-0.5kg)
07/06- away
07/07-away
07/08- 80.2kg (+0.4kg) - fast day
07/09- 79.3kg (-0.5kg)
07/10- 79.9kg (+0.1kg) - pretty disappointed with this as I only ate 1500 yesterday. Didn’t expect the post fast bounce to be so high.
Fasting today but don’t think we’ll make goal for this round. 😬
07/11

Round 82 (round 16 for me)

Original SW (Jan 15th): 213 lbs
CW: 168.4
TWL: 45 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)
R81 (15) - SW 171.4 - EW: 168.4 (-3.0)

Total challenge loss: 39.5 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
07/02: 168.9 😀 45 lbs down since January 15th
07/03: 169.1
07/04: 168.6
07/05: 167.6
07/06: 167.1
07/07: 166.2
07/08: 165.7
07/09: 165.1
07/10:
07/11:

@quiltingjaine I hope your daughter is doing well!

Round 82 (6 for me)
R75 (1) – SW: 202.8 – EW: 198.8 (-4.0)
R76 (2) – SW: 198.8 – EW: 199.4 (+0.6)
R77 (3) – SW: 199.4 – EW: 196.6 (-2.8)
R78 (4) – SW: 196.6 – EW: 195.4 (-1.2 for 7 days)
R79 – Skipped - vacation
R80 – Skipped - vacation
R81 (5) – SW: 197.0 – EW: 192.8 (- 4.2 post-vacation or -2.6 since before vacation)
R82 (6) – SW: 192.8

Goals for this round:
1) Daily accurate logging
2) Daily exercise
3) Good hydration

Day/Weight/Comment
07/02 192.8 – 4th day at this weight. Time to focus and start moving down again! Walked for an hour this morning and got some gardening done despite the heat. Good food choices and good hydration today. I feel like I’m off to a good start 😊
07/03 192.2 – Nice to see a drop going into the long weekend. It was already steamy at 6 AM, so did some chores in the house instead of walking and spent the afternoon in the pool with the kids. My older grandson helped make dinner – lemon pepper salmon, one of his favorite dishes. Came in under my calorie limit even with a glass of wine and a scoop of gelato. Need to get in a little more water this evening to compensate for the alcohol.
07/04 190.8 – Happy 4th! Cooked up a big pot of ratatouille this morning and readied the yard for guests. Lots of fruits and veggies on the menu (along with the high-salt and high calorie offerings), so hopefully today’s BBQ won’t set me back too far.
07/05 191.8 – Not surprised to see a bounce today. Yesterday was busy – no time to walk, but hosting kept me moving a good part of the day. It also kept me from snacking. Overdid it a bit at dinner, but I still managed a small calorie deficit and good hydration. I’ve got some clean-up to do this morning, and then maybe I’ll hit some of the holiday sales to look for a new swimsuit to replace a couple that are embarrassingly stretched out.
07/06 191.8 – On the upside, I stayed under my calorie limit and had plenty of water Swimsuit shopping was a non-starter after I discovered water pooling in the cabinet under my kitchen sink That was after I dropped and broke the bowl to my salad spinner and before the thunderstorm forecast nixed my planned walk Made a lovely dinner with extra for today’s lunch but woke up this morning to discover I’d left the main part out on the counter Dragging a bit, but hoping to make this a better day
07/07 192.4 – Lazy day yesterday. Family party today. The heat and humidity finally dropped and I was able to get out and walk for 90 min this evening.
07/08 191.0 – That’s looking better. Up extra early for the first day of summer classes. Tempted to take a nap when I got home, but rallied for a bookstore trip with my grandsons. The rainy morning had turned into a delightfully sunny and mild afternoon, so we all sat outside and read for a while. Light dinner and a brisk evening walk to round out the day. Met my goals for calories, exercise and hydration.
07/09 191.0 – Gorgeous day! Did some gardening after class before the grandkids came over to swim. After dinner and ice cream, we went for a firefly walk in the park. The boys were energized by the cool evening and the novelty of the park at sunset. The fireflies were lovely, but I think they most enjoyed seeing the bats fly overhead! Goals met again, so I’m feeling good going into the home stretch.
07/10
07/11

Ready for my round 19
OSW 88KG
RSW 66. 7kg (-21.3 kg) or {- 47 lbs}
Goal... Less than I started

07/02 67.7kg. Glad I checked yesterday 3 times. Saturday night has caught up with me. I'll work on getting it back down.
07/03 67.7kg and I feel like my control is slipping. I need to focus on the last 10kg. Ran this morning despite the cold getting worse.
07/04 67.1kg with a nasty cold. Fighting it with Tom yam soup but feeling rubbish!
07/05 68.0kg from nowhere! Hoping it's just the cold causing the gain as food has been good. Too rough to run today, I'm going to take it easy
07/06 67.3kg cold a bit better today so time to refocus on the weight loss.
07/07 67.4kg my first weekly gain since January. Only 0.4kg but now the cold is mostly gone I need to eat at calorie deficit. Starting today.
07/08 66.4kg. Yes! Public holiday today so no work. I'm going to try to finish sewing my prototype for a small bag for nights out.
07/09 66.2kg back here finally! Didn't get the sewing done yesterday as I went to a friend's 60th. I have never seen so many different types of flatbread in one house but I stayed strong and just nibbled on some cheese and raw veg and egg dip keeping it Keto.
07/10 66.3kg. I should have been much more excited yesterday as that was a new low but I somehow didn't realise until I checked back. Hoping to get back there for the end of the round.
07/11

SW 206lbs May 2016
GW 136lb

Round 82
I'm 35 and from Lancashire, U.K. I am 5’5”

R79: sw 165.4 ew 164 — -1.4
R80: sw 164 ew 163.6 — -.4
R81: sw 163.6 ew 162.8 — -.8

02/07 162.9
03/07 163
04/07 163.6
05/07 163.6
06/07 162
07/07 162.8
08/07 162.8
09/07 161.6
10/07 161.4
11/07

Past rounds
R73: SW 142.8 GW 140.8 EW 141.8 Result -1lb
R74: SW 141.8 GW 139.8 EW 140.9 Result -0.9lbs
R75: SW 140.9 GW 138.9 EW 139.2 Result -1.7lbs
R76: SW 139.2 GW 137.2 EW 139.6 Result +0.4lbs
R77: SW 139.6 GW 137.6 EW 136.9 Result -2.7lbs
R78: SW 136.9 GW 134.9 EW 136.8 Result -0.1lb
R79: SW 136.8 GW 134.8 EW 137.6 Result +0.8lbs
R80: SW 137.6 GW 135.6 EW 136.1 Result -1.5lbs
R81: SW 136.1 GW 134.1 EW 134.6 Result: -1.5lbs

R82
Goal: -2lb
SW: 134.6
GW: 132.6
EW:
Result:

Day - Weight - Comment
07/02 - 134.3 (-0.3lbs) - Sore today from all the core work yesterday. Food on point. 1hr strength. 35 min cardio. 17 cups water. 12,749 steps.
07/03 - 133.7 (-0.6lbs) - Food was mostly good. I had a handful of vegan cheezits, not the healthiest but was still under calories and the rest of the day was clean. 45min strength. 103min cardio. 16 cups water. 11,441 steps.
07/04 - 134.4 (+0.7lbs) - Bloated! Food was good besides those damn vegan cheezits. 1hr 40min cardio. 149 oz water. 15,597 steps.
07/05 - 135.8 (+1.4lbs) - Water retention. Bloated. Slightly sore. Vegan cheezits again 🤦🏻‍♀️ I needed to fill calories quick. 30min strength. 1hr 15min cardio. 168oz water, extra because I spent 30min in the sauna, had to replenish.
07/06 - 135.3 (-0.5lbs) - super sore from yesterday’s strength training. Water retention I’m sure. 55m strength, 1hr 10min cardio. 12,583 steps. 152oz water, sauna again.
07/07 - 136.2 (+0.9lbs) - less sore but has to be water retention from the strength training. 30min restorative yoga. 1hr 20min cardio. 16,577 steps. 152oz water, sauna.
07/08 - 135.7 (-0.5lbs) - weighed a lot earlier than normal but my schedule is changing so it had to happen. Besides that still retaining water. 45min strength. 35min cardio. 14,732 steps. 128oz water.
07/09 - 135.3 (-0.4lbs) - a lot more intense strength training lately. It’s probably time for a rest day to recover. Weight doesn’t bother me much as my body is looking great! I did eat pizza yesterday for a birthday but just 2 pieces. Not worried about it. 1hr strength. 1hr 10min cardio. 16,643 steps. 144oz water.

07/10
07/11

Here we go again! Good luck everyone

UK Female age 47
Height 5' 3"

Start Weight on 1st Jan '19 - 158.5lb
End R64 - 154.9lb - Round loss 3.6lb - Loss to date 3.6lb
End R65 - 149.9lb - Round loss 5.0lb - Loss to date 8.6lb
End R66 - 149.9lb - Round loss 0.0lb - Loss to date 8.6lb
End R67 - 148.0lb - Round loss 1.9lb - Loss to date 10.5lb

End R70 - 150.6lb - Round loss 1.8lb - Loss to date 7.9lb
End R71 - 149.7lb - Round loss 0.9lb - Loss to date 8.8lb
End R72 - 150.6lb - Round gain 0.9lb - Loss to date 7.9lb
End R73 - 144.8lb - Round loss 5.8lb - Loss to date 13.7lb
End R74 - 144.2lb - Round loss 0.6lb - Loss to date 14.3lb
End R75 - 141.6lb - Round loss 2.6lb - Loss to date 16.9lb
End R76 - 140.2lb - Round loss 1.4lb - Loss to date 18.3lb
End R77 - 141.4lb - Round gain 1.2lb - Loss to date 17.1lb
End R78 - 143.5lb - Round gain 2.1lb - Loss to date 15.0lb
End R79 - 139.1lb - Round loss 4.4lb - Loss to date 19.4lb
End R80 - 137.8lb - Round loss 1.3lb - Loss to date 20.7lb
End R81 - 140.4lb - Round gain 2.6lb - Loss to date 18.1lb

Away this weekend for 4 days for the last cheerleading competition of the season.
But aiming to finish in the 136's (Last round ended on an artificially high weight due to family event the night before).
Started my 1,000,000 step challenge on July 1st and only 5 weeks till my holiday so plenty to focus on!

Round Start Weight 140.4lb

07/02 - 136.9lb (-3.5lb) Well that's the weekend whoosh expected a day or so early but happy to take it. TOM started unexpectedly too today so maybe that was part of it as well.
Food planned and prepped for the day and gym for an hour tonight.
Logged 11,378 steps yesterday which isn't bad having been at work - 988,622 to go! At work but hoping to get a walk in at lunchtime to up my steps for the day.

07/03 - 136.7lb (-0.2lb) 16,735 steps. Lots of steps as trainer took us out on a run tonight! Did a total of 7.5km where we ran for 5 minutes then walked for 2 minutes! Quite proud of myself as I am not a runner at all - love walking and love being out on my bike but not running!
07/04 - 135.4lb (-1.3lb) 10,967 steps (960,920 to go) Happy with this although not sure how much of this is down to the fact I only had a small dinner yesterday evening. Had a day off work yesterday to watch my youngest in her swimming gala so think it may also be due to sweating off pounds in the swimming pool as it was unbelievably hot in there! Good food day planned today then heading off early tomorrow to Bournemouth for the UK Cheerleading Nationals finals weekend - these events are always a test to any form of healthy eating!

And a Happy 4th July to our American friends today

07/05 - 135.6lb (+0.2lb) Really pleased the drop has hung around despite my (homemade within calories) burger last night. Heading off for the weekend now with good intentions but so hard at these events plus it is my birthday on Sunday so will have a gin and tonic and probably an ice cream on the beach too. 10,817 steps
Have a great weekend

07/06 - AWAY Only 5,380 steps as too much travelling time!
07/07 - AWAY 14,986 Steps
07/08 - AWAY 11,111 steps
07/09 - 137.7lb (+2.1lb) Not an unexpected gain for a long cheerleading weekend away with my birthday in the middle of it all as well - overall pleased with my weigh in today. Youngest got a 2nd and also crowned National Junior 1 Champions and eldest got a 3rd and a 4th (losing out on top spot by less than 0.8% - such a close competition!). Also only manged 6,707 steps yesterday as too much car time travelling home. 88,081 steps to date though.
Back on track today and gym tonight for an hour plus water, water and more water !
Couple of days to try and finish this round weighing less than what I started it .....

07/10 - 136.4lb (-1.3lb) 12,426 steps. All good as weekend bloat going and feeling good and motivated. No gym tonight so will fit in a decent lunchtime walk at work. Food prepped and planned

07/11 -

Sorry catching up, been in bed poorly with cfs

* Two big decent meals a day (never been a breakfast girl, if I force myself I binge all day)
* Reduce carb intake
* Reduce portion size BIG RULE!
* Increase water increase
* Increase activity levels - I have fibromylgia and Chronic Fatigue so lack energy
* NO late night bingeing - I've made a greek yogurt/garlic dip ready for nights
* Visit the community boards to keep motivated

RD 82 PW 312 lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
07/02 294lbs
07/03 290lbs (-4lbs)
07/04 289lbs (-5lbs)
07/05 287lbs (-7lbs)
07/06 287lbs (-7lbs) sts
07/07 286lbs (-8lbs)
07/08 286lbs (-8lbs) sts
07/09 286lbs (-8lbs) sts
07/10 286lbs (-8lbs) sts
07/11

Considering I've been poorly and in bed since Sunday, I'm happy with the stay the same weigh in, disappointed but 8lbs is a massive loss in my first week

Goal for round 82: lose -2 lbs.


7/02: 270.9
7/03:
7/04:
7/05:
7/06:
7/07: 273.3 yes we ate well over the holiday weekend. Minor setback, tomorrow back to work and time to refocus.
7/08:
7/09: 271.5 Trying to get off that holiday weight. Might be a break even round.
7/10: 269.8 I have really been watching the carbs, had a really light couple of days of eating. I'm doing a 21 day create better habits challenge. No sweets, soda, alcohol,chips, processed meats, planning to clean up my act and make better choices. Bad knees are hindering my exercise efforts but theres still plenty I can do, had over 9000 steps yesterday and lifted weights. Hey, if theres a will theres a way.
7/11:

SW: 141 #
CW: 136 #
GW for round 82: 135 #
UGW: 132 #

Plan: Portion control - MOVE! Log every single day

Round 78 ending wt: 139#
Round 79 ending wt: 138#
Round 80 ending wt: 137#
Round 81 ending wt: 136#

7/2: 135.5#
7/3: 135.5# maybe, just maybe I can beat my goal for this round
7/4: 135.5# Big food day for spouse’s BD, Indian food and vegan cheesecake that I made to order, yikes!
7/5: 136# No surprise here - WAY over my calories yesterday; just a temporary setback in my program
7/6: 135#
7/7: 135.5#
7/8: 135.5#
7/9: 134# Came home sick yesterday with something that didn’t agree with me at all. Still feeling like a dish rag.
7/10: 134# Still not feeling 100%; no exercise yesterday and under my calories because food is not appealing (not my usual MO). This is not conducive to health. Plan is to walk this afternoon, not sure about food. Almost done with this round everyone...lots of good work noted by you all.
7/11:

RD 82. 07/01/19
7/01:242.2
7/02:242.2 at least not an increase. Did a four mile walk yesterday. Still tight from Saturday’s hike😂. Goal Is to reach 240 this round. Not even a 1% drop, but down is down.
7/03: 242.0 no walk in last night. Watched son play football receiver game.
7/04: 241.0 lbs 🎉🎉 1 more pound to 240. Q
7/05: 243.0 wow😂 no surprise this morning. I really did enjoy the forth. I ate a lot of beef and pork ( the baby back ribs were to die for. I know my body so I will be back on track today and the number is temporary. Goal is still 240 by Sunday. Hike tonight and Saturday.
7/06: 241 long hikes today. Body is tired but not sore. Total of 5-6 miles. They hikes are getting easier but not mountain hike conditioning. Still need another 5-6 wks. Knocking on 240 lbs. need to start resistance trading to ramp things up.
7/07: 239.2 lbs🎉🥳 this is a great way to start the day. Are well yesterday. Stayed with the life style change that actually is easier after a rough start. Better educated I have become on what my body actually likes and getting more activity in has been good. Now I can start using the gym membership I have not made time for. Will need to work out in the early evening to make sure the boys get to their respective sport commitments. 1 is just about ready to drive! Woohoo to me!!!!
7/08: 240.8 just a blaa day
7/09: 240
7/10:239.8 yesterday had a stomach issue. Tired 😴
7/11:

27, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2
GW: 140 (will adjust if needed once I reach this)


Previous Rounds:
Last Weigh-In
07/01 - 154.3

Day/Weight/Comment
7/2: - DNW
7/3: - 154.8
7/4: - DNW, DNP
7/5: - DNW, DNP
7/6: - DNW, DNP
7/7: - DNW, DNP
7/8: - 155.0
7/9: - 154.1
7/10: - DNW - Last night I can stay with boyfriend until best friend leaves next Tuesday. Its only 6 days/nights but he has the kids this week and they are sad they won't be seeing me as much. I figured I'd spend a little bit extra time last night even though I'm EXHAUSTED and I hate waking up early (only 30 minutes earlier) and going to bed an hour and a half later. But I get so much better sleep there. Not sure if its because his bedroom is so cold (downstairs), the bed is so comfy, or if its his sleep habits (he'll reach over and put a hand on the top of my head or on my sternum/collarbone area protectively. And he's completely unaware he's doing it). Oh well. Best friend flies in this afternoon! Should be able to easily weigh in tomorrow but won't have the first 3 days of next round and Monday's weigh in isn't likely to be pretty knowing my best friend and I. Let's hope for the best. At least I know upping my calories has actually helped my plateau so I hope the damage isn't AS BAD as I think it will be.
7/11:

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