JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 83

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


Previous Rounds:
Last Weigh-In
07/11 - 154.1

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12 - DNW, DNP
07/13 - DNW, DNP
07/14 - DNW, DNP
07/15 - DNW
07/16 - DNW
07/17 - DNW
07/18 - DNW
07/19 - 156.3 - I decided to weigh since this is the last opportunity this round to do so. I'm a little disappointed its so high but I'm still dealing with TOM and 6 days of going a little crazy with food won't come off in 3 days. I think the worst part, mentally, is that this is where I plateaued for so long and now I'm back here. Hopefully it's a little easier coming off this time. I'm back to intermittent fasting and, despite not having gone grocery shopping yet, I've managed to cook and bring in a healthy lunch for work, a green smoothie for snacking, and another small snack in case I need to chew on something instead of drinking. Luckily, this morning, I am feeling a little slimmer and not so ugly bloated as I was yesterday. I also got my first night of decent sleep all week last night so I'm hoping that will help quite a bit. Guess it helped taking those water pills, drinking all that water, and getting some fiber supplement in as this is the first day since Friday last week I haven't felt like my stomach is so big its going to leave stretch marks from bloating (it really wasn't, but it sure felt that way after awhile). BBQ tonight for the baseball team but going to try to keep it simple. Saving some calories for that. Kayaking tomorrow so I'll get a decent workout in.
07/20 - DNW, DNP
07/21 - DNW, DNP


Previous day's comments for R83

SW: 131.6
Goal 128
Day/Weight/Comment
07/12131.6
07/13 130.6 run today.
07/14 130.4, creeping down...floor exercise day. Staying strong
07/15 129.8 Holy Moly, I’m doing it! Back in the 120’s after 20 yrs!! Goin for a run today. Psyched!

07/16 129.4 Still trekking down on the scale. Today is floor and upper body day again. Still achy from 7/14.
07/17 129.8 Ah well, still in the 120’s but my evening debauchery of wine and ice cream and brownies is causing remorse this morning.
07/18 129.8. The scale’s just teasing me now. Holding so steady, like a threat to rise but refusal to fall. A run today should help and another day of mindful eating.
07/19 129!! Cruising down!! Will I see 128 in the next two days??! OMG, it’s possible. But I’m going camping next 3 days. No scale, so I’ll have to check in on day three. Oh the suspense!
07/20
07/21

@nikki062181 Here is to meeting my goal in these 10 days. I was 17lbs from my goal weight and have since gained 17 additional pounds. That puts me 34lbs over. I went from 232 to 142lbs. I need to buckle down. I've lost 7.2 lbs out of that 17 so far. I have 3 mini goals on mind. My first mini goal is to break through that "glass ceiling" and get back into the 140's. If I could lose 1.9 lbs over the next 10 days, that would be amazing.

OSW: 232 lbs
CSW: 151.8 lbs
CGW: 149.9
UGW: 125 lbs

07/13 @ 8 151.4 I am making progress slowly but surely.
07/14 @ 8 151.4 Staying steady. There may be some difference in the scale tomorrow because I'll start getting up no later than 7 this coming week. I'm gradually adjusting back into my 5 a.m. wake up time for when I go back to work.
07/15 @ 8 151.6 This happened last round when the number starting creeping up by 2 oz each day. I hope this isn't the case this time. I also overslept. I forgot it was Sunday. I'll set my alarm for 7 for tomorrow.
07/16 @ 7 151.4 I was 80 calories shy of consuming all my calories and did not do well on my water. I am going to cut myself some slack though. I have been sick for a week.
07/17 @ 7 153.6 😮 ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE! I stayed within my calories. I exercised. I did struggle with water and had too many carbs. That could be it.
07/18 @ 8 152.6 I still don't know what's going on.
07/18 @ 7 153.8 😡
07/19 @ 7 152.6 I feel like a yo-yo. I am eating well. I went swimming. I put more steps than usual in. It was a good day.

Female 5’1” Age 69 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5 UGW 125 SW Rnd 83 123.0

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

Recommended reading and viewing -
What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

7/11 123.0

7/12 121.0 WTH?? Happy new round to me?? Got daughter home from hospital, meds picked up at pharmacy and I think last night was a good night. Not sure why I’m losing. I’ve been eating.
7/13 121.0 It was a good day, I think. We didn’t do much of anything. LOL We had zucchini pizza boats for dinner-I modified the recipe because we are pretty much OMAD, and added extra protein. DGS works at the movie theater and we asked him to bring us a small buttered popcorn. I haven’t had popcorn in almost 2 years. The first bite was MEH but after that it really was delish. I hope I haven’t openers a Pandora’s box!
7/14 121.0
7/15 121.5 Pool (she can’t get in), walk, and Mazzio’s salad bar yesterday. Up 0.5, probably that popcorn rearing it’s ugly head! Oh well.
7/16 122.0 Pretty sure this is still the popcorn. @Mbabydoll and I did all of the laundry- 4 loads. Her washer is huge! She took a picture of me trying to reach the bottom of the tub. And fancy so I loaded and moved laundry and she pushed the buttons! LOL We had Green Chile and Chicken Mock Enchilada Casserole around noon and a salad later in the day.
7/17 121.5 We ran a couple of errands yesterday. Today we’ll go to Starbuck’s and the pool if her pink has faded.
7/18 123.5 No TMI x2 days. It was a hot, humid walk to and from the pool yesterday and I was wiped out. I miss my dry heat. Another high heat advisory for today. UGH.
7/19 123.0 Still no TMI but I’m gurgling.

OSW - 243 September 25, 2018, 5'6, 47yr old female; End of July 2019 goal weight: 211

“official weigh ins”:


Round 83 – End of July goal weight: 211
7/12 – N/A
7/13 – N/A
7/14 – N/A
7/15 – N/A
7/16 – N/A
7/17 – Joining late – 215lbs
7/18 – 214.6
7/19 - 214
7/20 –
7/21 –

So thankful for these challenges and the learning from participating! You may not see results as soon as you’d like but every smart choice makes a difference!!!

Hi, I’m Karen
187-OSW Sept. 2019
Goal this round-160

7/16-163-Back from vacation and feeling good. I swam a lot and didn’t eat too much junk. I went for a bike ride on a new road yesterday and as soon as the tree trimmers are out of here, I’ll be back to my big walks.
I hope everyone is doing well.😊
7/17-165🤣I made the best dang pork ribs and ate a pile of them. Then, right before I went to bed, I drank a lot of water.....I guess dinner was salty.
I’m back to walking and swimming, so it’s all good!
17/18 DNW
17/19-163-Walked 7 miles yesterday and will go on a big bike ride today. I sit and sew (quilt) a lot and swimming helps me not to get stiff.

I’m glad you are all here!☕️🌸

Height: 5'0" (152cm)
SW: 168.4lbs on 6/23/19
CW: 159.5lbs
GW: 100lbs (If no weight training)

07/12: 162.4lbs
07/13: 159.8lbs (-2.6lbs)
07/14: 165.0lbs (+5.2lbs)
07/15: 159.4lbs (-5.6lbs)
07/16: 160.8lbs (+1.2lbs)
07/17: 159.8lbs (-1.0lbs)
07/18: 159.8lbs (±0.0lbs)
07/19: 158.8lbs (-1.0lbs)
07/20
07/21

Wohoo…! I hit my weekly goal weight 2 days early! Let’s hope this stays till Sunday.

end weight from round 82 -- 145.8
heaviest was June 16 --153.4...that day I came up with a new plan, and here we are..thank you for this forum! I will achieve my goal and I will maintain it once there.
goal this round; 1.5 lbs less
end goal: 125
GOAL: Be AWARE of my food choices...
WHY ---do I choose what I choose
WHEN --do I choose the food I choose
HOW ---do those choices impact your weight and fitness goals? The understanding of these questions should be enlightening to help me make better future decisions and change patterns of behavior

3rd round for me. This is a great way to keep in touch with others with similar goals. I'm 49 yo female Canadian expat living in Central America. Good luck all for to continuing the journey to all our goals. On 6/25 I decided to give up alcohol for a month, partly to help with weight loss, but who am I kidding...lol I need a etoh break anyways. So, I'm doing my exercise, mindful choices with food, and haven't had etoh in 21 days.

Day/Weight/Comment
7/12 144.0 carbs-65, protein 50, cal 983
7/13 142.6 carbs-146, protein 66, cal 1486 made home-baked meatballs with homemade sweet/sour sauce, was not even that good...lol i had fresh pineapple, and should have blended it to make pina juice, instead i subbed orange juice, which was too sour...and all the carbs, yikes. up side to the carbs, i have tonnes of energy this morning, i'll use for workout, and yard work.
7/14 142.2 carbs-95, protein 63, cal 1170
7/15 142.2 carbs-114, protein 95, cal 1553
7/16 143.2 carbs-94, protein, 58, cal 970
7/17 143.4 carbs-117, protein,93,cal1388
7/18 144.4 carbs-61, protein 56, cal 1046
7/19 144.2
7/20
7/21

Starting 7th round - these daily updates have been so helpful for me to stay on track! Thanks @GrandmaJackie!

Female, 57 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 110.0 lbs
STG: 133.3 lbs 10 pounds away from MTG of healthy weight category - last seen 6/2011
MTG: 123.3 lbs Leave Overweight category and get into Healthy BMI range - last seen 6/2010

Goal for 10 day Challenge - lose 2.8 pounds (starting weight 136.1 ending weight 133.3 of STG should be doable with exercise and staying on track with food. No travel this round should help!)

Day/Weight/Comment

7/12 135.8 Yeah! into the 135.x range for the start of the round! Good workout in spin class today in terms of estimated calories burned, although heart rate did not really get into the peak zone - end of week fatigue? consequence of doing an interval class last night and step in the morning yesterday and not enough carbs? recovering still from weight training from Wednesday? new routine (did have lots of heavy resistance)? In any case, I have the weekend to take it easier, although hope to fit in the HIIT class in the morning. Cavatappi pasta with homemade duck bolognese sauce and smoked mozzarella for dinner (have to watch portion size!), so should have no problem recharging glycogen! Unfortunately I used up all the salad greens last night so no side salad for dinner; although did have a large salad at lunch. Will get fresh greens at the farmer's market tomorrow!

7/13 136.0 Up by 0.2 pounds, but likely water weight fluctuations; pasta last night (but should be within target) and still have some leg muscle soreness from the tabata class, followed by twister with the kids on Thursday. Did go to the circuit class this morning and stayed on with a small group to do some additional core work, so a great cardio (+ social) workout all over! Rest day for the serious heavy strength training today and tomorrow to recover and start the week fresh. Got fresh shrimp with the heads on at the farmer's market, so planning on making a shrimp stock for shrimp paella on the big green egg! No greens at the farmer's market (too late ) so need to go to the store to get them for a side salad (craving greens right now!) Thinking about making a keto blueberry/blackberry crumble (supposed to be only 100 calories) as a treat tomorrow night so will try to find almond flour. NSV - MFP 5 week prediction was to be at 141 today based on food diary, but was 5 pounds under!!!

7/14 136.0 Weight same as yesterday, although this is a typical pattern by now of good drop, slight increase, stable, then drop again (plus more carbs yesterday and forgot to take BP medicine!) and overall trend is consistent over the last 6 months. Today was rest day for weights, so cardio only -- did spend an hour+ on elliptical so not sure legs are going to be really rested tomorrow (so may not see drop due to DOMS) and may switch out upper body routine for tomorrow and then do leg strength training on Tuesday for more recovery depending on how I feel in the am. Calories should be fine for day based on tracking. NSV - have been able to enjoy "new" (at least not worn in last 7 years) wardrobe of old clothes that now fit!!! Looking forward to dropping more sizes in the months to come!

7/15 136.3 Bummer - slight bump up and half pound up since beginning of round (although still have a 7 pound loss for the last 30 days so still on track). Have been hitting cardio/strength training hard and calories/exercise as best as I can tell should be in definite territory. Just need to be patient as this seems to be a typical pattern of weight increase with exercise and then a drop. Will be patient and just keep up the exercise and practice good eating habits! NSV: MFP prediction for today was 141, so definitely beat that!

7/16 134.4 WHOOSH!!!! Intense cardio yesterday, but did refuel with pasta so surprised that there was that big a drop! (and will not be surprised if I am back up tomorrow :-) Went to my old gym at the university with DH and started lifting with barbells today - new high in my exercising regime as I could actually use a 45 lb bar (with some extra weight!) Went to the spin class there, which was really intense - really felt like I put everything into it and pushed myself to a new calorie burn record for me! Now hoping I have enough energy to move tomorrow! NSV: Beat Pacer's 30 day prediction of weight (134.7) even with a weak of travel!

7/18 134.8 Not surprised at all at the increase; standard nonlinear change by now! Switching up exercise regime to do 5x5 lifts with barbells (plus a few other specific muscles) rather than my split upper/lower body workouts with machines as more efficient use of time and can do all on one day, so today was a cardio only day. Did the "cardio move" class and spin class (not at the uni so a good workout but not at the peak HR zone like the university class so don't feel like I was overdoing it. Calories were good for the day. Feel like I need to incorporate more fiber - nuts seems to be good but if anything fat levels are the one area where I tend to exceed in macros. I need to get over mindset from Atkins/low carb days that beans/legumes have more carbs/calories and do more to incorporate them in my meals. Have worked passed views about low GI fruit, so there is hope! Just have to remember with Atkins beans/legumes/low GI fruits are all encouraged at the later stages and that what matters for me is keeping an eye on the total calories and carbs within my limit.

7/19 135.0 well slight increase, but not completely surprising based on past after a 1.9 drop earlier as adjusting (but not likely to make 2 lb loss this round :-( Did feel constipated this morning so some may be due to food retention. Did make sure that I had more fiber today (although not sure if that increases water retention) Oh well - main thing is that medium sized pants are starting to feel baggy (although that might be the effect of the heat on making linen more baggy!) and my profile does not look like I am possibly pregnant as belly fat is slowly going away now! No weights today, but did get in a step class, spin and did a short 9 min interval of run/jog (felt great to run again!)

7/20 133.4 Whoosh take two for this round! And almost at short term goal of 133.3 which will put me at 10 pounds to healthy weight category!!! Will be doing weight training (5x5 lifts) and then intervals on elliptical later for cardio so hope that I can maintain this through the last day of the challenge! The challenge is that we may be going for pizza tonight at my favorite place - but at least pizza is really thin crust and does not have lots of cheese/heavy toppings so I have been able to combine a large salad with 2 pieces of pizza and stay on target! [and part of long term maintenance plan to enjoy salty, fatty, carbs on occasion!] mini-goal for today: stay hydrated as heat index is over 110 today.

7/21

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 (1.8 loss)
Round 82: 136.1 (2.7 loss)
Round 83:

42 yo female - 5'8"
Highest Weight: 155
R83 Starting Weight: 147
R83 Goal Weight: 143
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-133

Vacation and tons of activities, I've been slacking off a bit lately and gained 2 lbs over the last month. I need a serious reset over the next 10 days. Rather bloated this morning so I feel that 4 lbs is doable.

Goals: 1. Work out at lunch 4x a week
2. 2 Reps of 5 Push ups daily & 2 Reps of 1 min planks daily

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12: 147.0 - Yoga Burn at lunch + Push Up + Plank. Big family dinner at nice place, tried to keep my eating light. Had 1000 calories saved up for dinner.
07/13 - didn't weigh in - busy day. Lot of walking and baseball game. Ate a pretty large mexican food meal - but only ate 1x all day.
07/14: 145.6 - Another busy day with kid's baseball. Gardened quite a bit and worked around the house.
07/15: 144.6 - YAY!!!!! I feel like the bloat is leaving! Solid workout at lunch Yoga Burn week 2 followed up with planks, pushups, sit ups and stretches. Kept calories under 1350 - trying not to eat back exercise cals this round.
07/16: 144.2 - Great workout at lunch - Yoga Burn Week 2 - plus planks, sit ups, pushups, side planks - stayed under cal goal. Didn't eat exercise calories earned back.
07/17: 146 - dammit, dammit, DAMMIT. Tough day but forced myself to Yoga Burn Week 2 at lunch + planks, pushups, sit ups - got in 30 min workout. Pretty bodysore from the 16th but got thru it. Stomach was weird all day - first time in months that things just don't agree with it. Felt bloated most of the day.
07/18: 145.8 - tiny step in the right direction - rode my colt before work. No workout, company lunch with pizza and family dinner. Tough day diet/fitness wise.
07/19: 145.8 - rather a relief this wasn't higher after yesterday.
07/20
07/21