JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 83

kmfeig87 · July 2019

OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
Female, 5' 4 1/2 " age 54

Hi. My name is Trina. I've been back on MFP for a year now, am down 67 pounds and just 4 pounds from my revised goal weight! A year ago, this seemed like a pipe dream! Trying to settle in to slow weight loss on the way to maintenance!

OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
R54 Pre-challenge start weight 177

R54 SW 177 EW 175 (-2.0)
R55 SW 175 EW 171 (-4.0)
R56 SW 171 EW 170.5 (-0.5)
R57 SW 170.5 EW 169.5 (-1.0)
R58 SW 169.5 EW 166.5 (-3.0)
R59 SW 166.5 EW 164 (-2.5)
R60 SW 164 EW 159.5 (-4.5)
R61 SW 159.5 EW 159.5 (-0.0)
R62 SW 159.5 EW 154 (-5.5)
R63 SW 154 EW 155 (+1.0)
R64 SW 155 EW 155 (-0.0)
R65 SW 155 EW 155 (-0.0)
R66 SW 155 EW 151 (-4.0)
R67 SW 151 EW 150 (-1.0)
R68 SW 150 EW 146 (-4.0) Appendicitis!
R69 SW 146 EW 145.5 (-0.5) Didn't really participate for this round
R70 SW 145.5 EW 145 (-0.5)
R71 SW 145 EW 143 (-2.0)
R72 SW 143 EW 140.5 (-2.5) Out of town for the round hiking in the Utah National parks!

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!
......
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 134 (-2.0)
R82 SW 134 EW 132 (-2.0)
R83 SW 132 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 Goal met 6/23!
6/30 133 Goal met 7/4!
7/31 131 --
8/31 129 --
9/30 128 -- Final goal weight (Maintain 128-132)

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

CW 132
RGW 131.5

Day/Weight/Comment

R83 SW 132 EW ????

7/12 - 132 Yay! Two days in a row! Dashed to the gym today for a step class, only to find out it was cancelled. The teacher had reminded us to check last week....but I forgot. Ran 3 miles on the treadmill instead. Then ate all my exercise calories and more at a delicious out to brunch with friends! Thought my son and I had fixed the washing machine yesterday (we sent a bum circuit board off to be repaired and re-installed it). It ran two loads and is failing again. Arghh!
7/13 - 132.5 A few extra carbs yesterday...frustration with the washing machine!
7/14 - 132.5 Weighed, but didn't post yesterday morning. Happy to see the same weight. Celebrated my son's birthday last night with cake, so higher carbs, but within budget! Zumba in the morning.
7/15 - 132.5

7/16 - 135 Neighborhood get together with friends. I'm assuming this is the result. Should have been well within calories, and not overly carby. Had two glasses of wine and snacks. Mostly cheese, tuna/chicken salad, a few crackers. Some sweets...but not excessive. And 2.5 hours of gym time!
7/17 - 134.5 I'm thinking some of the gain might be DOMS. Did walking lunges on Monday and my butt is still sore!

7/18 - 134 Down a bit more. Woke up super early to take my husband in for knee surgery, so didn't weigh at the usual time. Also ate too many caramel chocolate chip cookie squares yesterday. Luckily they are gone now!

7/19 - 132.5 So happy to see that that really was just a momentary blip up from DOMS and late night with neighbors! Did pushups today! New max of 12 in a row, full, on the floor!!

7/20 -
7/21 -

R83 SW 132 EW ????

TerriRichardson112 · July 2019

JGM10D ~|~ Round 83
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!

Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016)
UGW: 153

Fri 12/07: 163.6: Goals: ✅ Still holding steady.
Sat 13/07: 163.5: Goals: ✅ We finally got our we boat back in the water, and the new engine is so quiet, and no nasty fumes either. Result! Now all we need is a few warm sunny days to enjoy it.
Sun 14/07: 164.2: Goals: Meh!!!
Mon 15/07: 166.2: Goals: There are no excuses.

I 😈
choose instant gratification over sensible eating at a family buffet yesterday. I haven't done that for some time. It did not go unpunished. My new healthy body rebelled big time. I spent an wretched evening feeling bloated and uncomfortable, with an extra big a big kick up the a** when I stepped on the scale this morning. Now, I know I haven't put on 2lbs of weight overnight, (though I may well have with the food I ate), and a lot of it is probably be water weight. But enough is enough, and too much is just plain daft. We all do daft things from time to time. The trick is to put it behind you and move on. I am choosing to have a few reset days of light eating to see if I can redress my blowout yesterday. Though if the truth be told, I have been sliding most of the week. I know this is only a blip. Nothing gets in my way when I'm on a mission.

Goals: ✅ Later: Noticed I had the wrong date for my post this morning, so I’ve fixed it. Hopefully back on track.
Tue 16/07: 164.0: Goals: ✅😁 Sticking close to my goals has paid off. It must have been water weight!
Wed 17/07: 164.2: Goals: ✅ Normal fluctuation. Still keeping strong.
Thu 18/07: 163.9: Goals: ✅normal fluctuations.
Fri 19/07: 164.1: Goals: ✅Normal fluctuations!

Previous Round:

Tue 02/07: 162.4: Goals: ✅Just trying to hold it steady.
Wed 03/07: 162.5: Goals: ✅
Thu 04/07: 162.5: Goals: ✅Had a busy day being foster mum to my daughter's 2 fur babies. Jack is very used to being with us, and is no trouble. Sydney is fairly new, and very nervous, and we haven't really got to know him until this week. DH is the doggie person in our house, but Sydney won't go near him, so I'm it! Worse than having a toddler in the house.
Fri 05/07: 162.5: Goals: ✅ Lots of walking and gardening today.
Sat 06/07: 162.5: Goals: ✅ Lots of garden work done today. Perfect weather with a bit of a breeze to take the edge off the heat.
Sun 07/07: 162.6: Goals: ✅ Normal fluctuation.
Mon 08/07: 162.5: Goals: ✅ Another plateau. 😏
Tue 09/07: 163.6: Goals: ✅ Drat! The weekend caught up with me!
Wed 10/07: 163.4: Goals: ✅ *sigh* Keeping on keeping on!
Thu 11/07: 163.6: Goals: ✅ I was quite disappointed with this result until I noticed my muscle %age has increased since last week. I have been working hard on lower body strength for a couple of weeks. Also yesterday, DH asked me if I had lost weight again. It just goes to show that Progress isn't always about the scale dropping. Looking forward to the next round, and making more progress! 😂

Daily Goals

Food
~ Pre-log; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Cardio:
~ 6,000+ Steps daily
~ 15+ minutes intentional walking
Strength:
~ 10+ mins physio
Flexibility:
~ stretch before/after workouts
~ 10+ mins yoga/tai chi
Daily Mindfulness Practice/meditation
15 mins Daily Declutter session
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Purple: #ff4968.

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

cpanus · July 2019

I'm in!

69 years old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...

...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

Heaviest: 192.2
RGW: 137.0
UGW: 135.0

07/10 - 137.8 at 6:00 a.m.
07/11 - 137.6 at 7:00 a.m.

Day Weight Comment

07/12 - 138.0 at 6:30 a.m.
07/13 - 138.4 at 6:30 a.m.
07/14 - 139.8 at 6:30 a.m. ...yikes! Don't know why. hmmm...
07/15 - 139.0 at 6:30 a.m.
07/16 - 138.4 at 6:30 a.m.
07/17 - 140.4 at 6:30 a.m.
07/18 - 139.8 at 4:30 a.m.
07/19 - 139.8 at 6:00 a.m.
07/20
07/21

Chris

IsMollyReallyHungry · July 2019

deepwoodslady wrote: »

IsMollyReallyHungry wrote: »

07/16 387.6[/b] I am back!

@IsMollyReallyHungry Welcome back!!!!! We've missed your smiling face! Also, thanks for sharing the pics. Wow! What a transformation! Truly inspiring!

Thanks Donna! :flowerforyou: I appreciate it!

IsMollyReallyHungry · July 2019

debbie7373 wrote: »

(Hello everyone! I just found this challenge and I'm one day late, but would love to join y'all! My name is Debbie. Today is my birthday and I'm now 60. 5'3" and my starting weight today is 219.9 lbs. I would love to get down to at least 150 lbs.)

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12
07/13 219.9 Today is my 60th birthday! Hoping I can stay on track today 😉
07/14 Went to church & didn't weigh.
07/15 221.6 My birthday & the weekend, so unfortunately a gain 🤦‍♀️
07/16 221.6 Same weight as yesterday, but I'm hopeful that tomorrow I'll be down a bit. We'll see 🤷‍♀️
07/17 220.8 Still not down to where I was on the 13th, but at least the scale is going down now 😊
07/18 219.8 Yay! Finally back down to where I started. I'll take it!
07/19 219.5 Just want to thank everyone for this wonderful and encouraging group. I'm so glad I found y'all!
07/20
07/21

Welcome Debbie!! :flowerforyou: It is a blessing to be another year older. Keep up the good work! I know you can reach your goals. This is not easy. But remember, never give up and stick it out thru thick and thin, up and downs

fraukazi · July 2019

Stats & Round goals

37yo/, 173cm / Amsterdam
GW: 62-65kg

Goals - let's see what happens
1. 🧘yoga 0
2. 💪Freeletics 0
3. 🚶‍♀️walk 10k+steps 1
3.🏃‍♀️run / 🥊box / 🚴cycle 3
4. 📖 all logged and 🥗 within cals 3
5.🍫no LNS 0
6.🍷no alcohol 3
🧘💪🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️🚴🥊📖🥗🍫🍷

This will be a tough one, back in London for almost all this round to pack up some more things in our house. But also quite a few events and celebrations.
My plan ist to get as many runs in as possible and also delay breakfast where I can.

R82 EW 72.3

Fri 12/07 DNW 🚶‍♀️18k 🏃‍♀️5k
Night out with Friends
I didn't log today. And won't do until Monday.
I woke up stressing about work. Had nice lunch and dinner plus drinks out.
But I also made a bet with a friend to lose 5kg by her birthday end of Sep, which gives me 10 weeks to go from what I'll expect to be 73kg when I start on Monday to get down to 68kg. That's totally doable and I hope it'll give me the motivation to stick to it.

Sat 13/07 DNW 🚶‍♀️14k 🍷Seinfeld
Genuinely forgot to weigh, had a great day and hilarious evening.

Sun 14/07 74.5kg non-digital scale 🚶‍♀️9400. daytime birthday celebration.
I did not watch what I ate or drank and just enjoyed the day eith friends. Tomorrow will be the start of my diet bet.
The gain is fair after the last few days and all will be reversed starting tomorrow.

Mon 15/07 74.5kg non-digital scale 🚶‍♀️12.5k📖1850🍷
Stopped eating 22.30 last night, Started 12h --> 13.5hrs fast. Stopped eating 20h --> 8hrs eating.
Only had breakfast and dinner and no snacking. Despite pizza almost within cals.

Tue 16/07 74kg non digital🚶‍♀️19k🏃‍♀️5k🥗📖1990 🍫dinner at friend's
Fast: 8pm-11.30am = 15.5hrs
Eat: 11.30am - 23.00 = 11.5hrs
Very late breakfast, worked from home, hectic day but good foodwise during the day.
Pasta&wine dinner at a friend's house...ooh and then som brownie when our lodger came home with it. Grrr, I had stopped eating and drinking at 21h originally

Wed 17/07 72kg🚶‍♀️16k🥗📖1900🍫
Fast: 23h-10.30 = 11.5hrs
Eat: 10.30- 19.30= 9hrs
I saw someone else say this: going to the bathroom helps... as well as arrival of TOM. Also non digital scales, but there was a big difference between today and yesterday.
I woke up hungry and decided to see how long I could last without food - not that long.
Today was another home packing day, also had our cleaner come to help, and went to the hairdresser in between.
Dinner: a disappointing burger - generously estimates, hardly ate during the day to have enough calories for it and then it wasn't very good. But then Hamilton was very good.

Thu 18/07 72ish 🚶‍♀️7k
Fast: 19.30-11.30=16hrs
Eat: 11.30-22.30=11hrs
TOM well and truly hit today, cramps&cravings. Had a few snacks during the day, working from home. That meant no time for exercise.
Went completely off track in the eve at dinner date. We had a great time, so no regrets. Back to the plan tomorrow, I have a busy last day planned.

Fri 19/07 72ish 🏃‍♀️5k🚶‍♀️29k🥗📖2250
Fast: 22.30-11.30=13hrs
Eat: 11.30-23=11.5hrs
My day was indeed busy and productive, diet was alright, went for a run and also walked a lot -29,200 steps 😲 had a couple of drinks and a late dinner, but all within allowance, I had 1400 exercise calories!
NSV but also TMI: my menstrual cup leaked during my run, but I continued and didn't use it as an excuse to stop the run early. "Anything you can do, I can do bleeding" 😉

Sat 20/07 drive back to Amsterdam, on the road ca 9hrs
Sun 21/07 sister+family in town

Round result: 72.3-xx=xx

Average weight & total steps per week

Apr1 72.2 ➖ total steps 70k
Apr8 71.7✔️ total steps 92k
Apr15 71.4✔️ total steps 73k
Apr22 71.2✔️ total steps 91k
Apr29 71.1✔️ total steps 71k
May6 71.2❌total steps 62k
May13 72❌ total steps 110k
May20 71.8✔️ total steps 72.9k
May27 72❌ total steps 65.9k
June3 72.8❌ total steps 66.5k
June10 72.8➖ total steps 67.9k
June17 73.2❌ total steps 105.6k
June24 72.8✔️ total steps 113.5k
July1 72.7✔️ total steps 103k
July8 73.2 ❌ total steps 78.6k
July15 total steps

✔️7❌ 6➖2

acquilla30 · July 2019

I’m in. I’m a newbie at this and sounds fun. I’m somewhere between 5’2 and 5’3. I am hypothyroid, which has made weight loss challenging at times. I have IBS and gallbladder, which prevents me from eating too much fat without paying a steep toll.
HW: 230
SWMFP: 220
CW: 128
GW: 115-120

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12 132 worked hard doing my strength training definitely feeling it in my calves. Happily starting to see muscle development.
07/13 130: very sore. Did a lot of stretching for my sore muscles.
07/14 128.5 walked all day at my city’s cornucopia/fair. Logged over 10,000 steps. Tired; deciding whether to do the rest of my exercises.
07/15 127.8: So bloated and crampy today; thanks period😒. Still sore, so lots of stretching today and a quick aerobics workout. Feeling ultimately great about my weight loss, but my hanging, seemingly unshrinkable stomach apron is getting me down. Maybe it’s from emotions stemming from PMS, but I spent a chunk of time today searching about tummy tucks.
07/16 127.2. Surprised I lost weight today, usually my weight is up when I’m pmsing. Had a good workout today. Used my waist trainer, which really helps with bloating and cramps. Forced food down for energy. Anyone else have little to no appetite when they have pms? Going to go on a walk to wind down the day.
07/17 128.5lbs. Not surprised my weight is bumped up; still very bloated. Got good news from my doctor today. All my tests are normal and my thyroid levels are well into the normal range for the first time in years!!
Walked for hours today had so much to do, so decided to walk everywhere. Love the endorphins I get from exercising, but not the soreness.
Treated myself to a skinny macchiato from starbucks and now putting my feet after my long day.
07/18 127.2lbs. Got in a mix of workouts. I started with some aerobics than strength training and flowed into yoga for recovery. I wasn’t sure if I was going to exercise today had a health scare last night that had me in the er for hours. I feel good, I love how relaxing yoga 🧘‍♀️ is.
07/19 127lbs. NSV: I was able to deadlift 150 pounds today. When I first started my weight loss journey almost five years ago, I was dead lifting almost 200 pounds. I went into maintenance feeling strong and healthy. Than life got in the way, as it often does, and exercise went to the wayside. A year ago, I found I put back on almost 20 pounds (darn addicting prime rib sandwiches at metropolitan market) and I slowly started getting it off and exercising again. Gosh, I forgot how much I loved it! Now, I weigh less than I did when I went into maintenance and I’m feeling strong 💪 again.
07/20
07/21

MadisonMolly2017 · July 2019

]Hi Everybody! I’m a returnee.

Declared maintenance April 25, 2019 (12 weeks ago)
Did well maintaining, including while on two recent weeklong vacations, but the day I returned home the scale jumped up July 10: 156.4 and then further up July 11: 157 & then further up July 12: 158.2 😮😳😮 I haven’t seen that number since November ‘18.
Dec’18 they June ‘19 Monthly avg weight <155
7/10 156.4
7/11 157

07/12 158.2
Over 155 (my scream wt) for the past 3 days. Not sure why, exactly, as I’m tracking all & my apps indicate I should be down 1-2 lbs.)

So, I’ve gone back to full weight loss mode as of 1 pm today. No eating out, no sugar, no starches after lunch, and keep those under 60g/meal. 3 meals per day, no snacks. Low sodium, high fiber. Time to get back to 153 (my GW) or even lower.

07/13 156.4
07/14 157.2 Disappointing (social engagements around eating) walked
07/15 158.8 OMG
Restart #2: I’m not giving up.

07/16 157.6 [I did very well yesterday. All macros/micros very good & calories of 1,736 (low for me).
I’m glad the scale responded. Makes it easier when we are turning the “cruise ship” around to get some encouraging news.]

Just successfully talked myself out of eating out (several places) as I ran errands... was dicey there a few times.
What worked?
“Yes, that’s a habit, but the food is cr*p.”
“Yes, you’d like to go there, but remember you feel awful afterwards even if you eat wisely: too rich, too much SALT.”
“Why are you doing this. You’re not even hungry? (Recognizes salty taste in mouth.) “Ah Yes, WAY too much salt in Sunday.” Water water water!

I was 155 or below until July 10. A week ago. I’m reminding myself that I have caught this quickly.

07/17 155.8 Yesterday was tough. Hubby arrived home tired & I suggested our favorite Mexican restaurant (😳). Words out of my mouth - not thinking. He gently said “I thought we weren’t eating out.” I asked Which would you prefer, and he said he was happy with either. I said, “OK let’s eat here.”
Bullet dodged. Rewarded with scale.

2/2 days going well.

SALT is my culprit. Once I whack that down, my appetite becomes normal.

BUT I am not letting up. I’m still above Scream Weight AND my Maintenance Weight of 153. Carrying on. After I get through today, I will have to white knuckle much less! (Usually takes theee Days.) I did skip a group potluck lunch today - I knew I wasn’t “safe” yet to handle the temptations.

Thanks again❣️& a big hug to deepwoodslady 💕

And congratulations to TracyLord!

07/18 156.0 Yay! One more pound to go until scream wt again! Yesterday was quite easy & I felt better so took an hour walk! Got groceries back in the house, got the carrots & celery cleaned & in containers. Planned & cooked a fab dinner that was healthy.

This is the new habit I’m building. A month’s worth if dinners that I can re-use & will give us a variety if flavors & prevent eating out.
1/1 day successful 🍀 I think I’m going to cook dinner after lunch, so I’m not tempted to say “I’m tired.”

07/19157.0 surprised it went up, Doing everything right. Cooked a healthy dinner for us again yesterday, freezed a bunch for future. Walked an hour. Wt will go down! Many factors: Heat, water, late dinner, etc

07/20
07/21 (hopefull 155 by here!)

beachwalker99 · July 2019

Round 83 (7 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 – EW: 190.4 (-2.4)

Goals for this round:
1) Thoughtful food choices
2) Daily exercise
3) Good hydration

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12 190.6 – Up a bit. Starting this round with a long weekend away to visit my younger grandkids. On the road today, so options for meals and exercise were limited. At least I stayed hydrated.
07/13 DNW
07/14 DNW
07/15 191.6 – Lovely, relaxing weekend with my son and his family. Took a break from tracking, but now I’ve got some work to do. Unfortunately, I’ve been dragging today, so no walk. I stayed under my calorie allowance but had too much salt and not enough water. Hopefully a good night’s sleep will help me get back on track.
07/16 192.2 – Another bump. Well, at least I’ve learned that this is what too much salt (prepared or restaurant food) and not enough exercise or water does. Today was a bit better, but I’m still not back on track. On the up side, I had a lovely beach day, and I really enjoyed the pizza I had for lunch. It’s going to be a challenge to turn things around this week, but I’m not giving up yet.
07/17 190.4 – Well that’s a surprise, but I’m not getting too attached to this number. We’ll see where it is tomorrow. I had a lunch date with my sister and nieces to celebrate my god-daughter’s new job. My sister had chosen a lovely restaurant, and I really wanted to relax and enjoy the day with them. So after a few minutes of anxiously scanning the menu for lower-calorie options, I reminded myself that I could choose what I wanted and make other trade-offs. I skipped the appetizer and ordered lobster risotto and unsweetened iced tea, then had a single scoop of amaretto ice cream at my favorite ice cream place. It felt indulgent and celebratory!
07/18 190.4 – Okay, so it looks like I’m back to where I was at the end of last round. This one’s been really challenging so far, with heat advisories and thunderstorms limiting outdoor activity, as well as fewer opportunities to prepare my own meals. But that’s summer! And the challenges are giving me some opportunities to test what I’ve been learning through these discussion boards. Managed a walk today before the thunderstorms rolled in again, so I met all my goals. Now to keep on track – the 180’s are so close!
07/19 189.8 – Woo hoo! First peek at the 180’s feels great! It’s also only 20 pounds away from my end-of-year goal of 169.8 (based on averaging a pound a week weight loss for 10 months). I’m 4 ½ months in with 5 ½ months to go, and I’m happy to see I’ve got a little cushion to help me get past the holidays or to offset slower weight loss in the future. Excessive heat warnings for these last 3 days of the challenge, so I’ll be working to stay on track while I stay cool. Hydration, hydration, hydration!
07/20
07/21

eb8566 · July 2019

Hilogirl2018 wrote: »

eb8566 wrote: »

@Hilogirl2018 what did you about carbs? Are you still on keto? Low carb? I went on vacation about that time and missed how it went.

@eb8566 I'm not on keto now. Here's what I did: I was on for a month as you know (25 g carbs or fewer). Took a month to gradually add back carbs until I was at/slightly above 50 g. Then stopped counting. I got all the benefits of keto that I love, none of the awful joint pain and fatigue that I've experienced when (too abruptly) going from low to high carb previously, and didn't gain any weight back! Experiment success! I think I'll do this a few times a year- keto can be one amazing tool in my toolbox, but not my forever, day in day out way of eating. Hope this helps!

Thank you for the info! I have been wondering about you and so glad to hear this went so well! I would love to add some carbs back into my diet. I eat so many veggies that I already get around 40-50 a day but go above that and water weight comes on strong. I know it’s water but the bigger fear is that I will stop losing. Irrational, I know. I’m scared to add the carbs but don’t want to burn out completely. So this info is really helpful. This weekend is a celebration and I’m going to take a small diet break. Maybe I will go ahead and raise carbs a little while the water weight is already on.

jemtred · July 2019

Ready for my round 20
OSW 88KG
RSW 66. 5kg (-21.5 kg) or {- 47. 4lbs}
Goal... Less than I started
07/12 65.8kg probably a false low as a only had a tiny dinner last night but I don't care! Last day of work today for 6 or so weeks so I will be at a party but I'm now good at keeping it keto.

Just realised I've lost over 25% of my original start weight!!

07/13 65.9kg with a tiny blip up which is not a problem. I ate more yesterday but stayed under calories.
07/14 65.2kg on official weigh in day is great! And it's holiday time. I'm leaving on Wednesday for a 5 week break to our lake house. This is when I used to have crazy gains and just eat and drink. We went over Easter break and I managed to lose. I'm happy if I just maintain this visit.
07/15 65.6kg not a big surprise as I didn't have a big calorie deficit this weekend. Back on it today
07/16 66.0kg...the weekend bites back! I'm back to a deficit now and it will come off. Leaving on lake holiday tomorrow but it should be fine as its our own place so we aren't eating out the whole time. It's way too hot and hilly for running but I will swim a lot and do pilates or strength training every day. Maintenance is ok as its a holiday but I'll try to lose and I will not gain. NSV... I'm packing my bikini for the 1st time in 10 years.
07/17 65.8kg in the right direction. I reread my goals, my NSV and past round last night for motivation. Stopping at an Airbnb for 2 nights to meet up with friends and I'm not going to have drinks despite a sundowners catamaran cruise!
07/18 DNW for the 1st time since 6th January! Ate salads yesterday and drank water on the boat so hopefully no nasty shock on Saturday when I can next weigh.
07/19 DNW but eating as good as it can be with eating out. Travelling today. Tomorrow I start IF and pilates plan. And I get to weigh again.
07/20 65.1 kg so close to 65 kg which is one of my mini goals. At the lake house enjoying my first IF - not sure how it will go but its an experiment. Waking up to herbal tea instead of coffee. Going to try some pilates later.
07/21

lolakinks · July 2019

Hey, I'm one day late but I'm in, again with my 238734786th attempt... I feel motivated I hope it'll become my lifestyle 'cause I'm really bored of being obese. I cannot be self-confident with my body anymore.

RSW: 92.2 kg (203.2 lbs)
RGW: 90 kg (198.4 lbs)

07/12
07/13 92.2 kg (203.2 lbs)
07/14 91.2 kg (201 lbs)
Yesterday in the morning I was motivated but through the day my motivation decreased. I took too much sugar but total calorie was kinda ok (1600 cal). In the night I went out with my friends, we were kinda depressed and drink one beer. I'm happy that today I'm much less than yesterday, probably it's about not binging.
07/15 90.6 kg (199.7 lbs)
Yesterday, I was at home all day. That helped me to diet appropriately. I ate enough, as I planned. I revised my diet according to the day before when I felt hungry. It worked well. I think I lost some binging and water weight, otherwise, it doesn't make sense. And also today it's my period, it also may be about that. I don't know still happy to see fewer kgs. I hope it'll continue.
07/16 90.4 kg (199.2 lbs)
Ok, this makes sense, I'll take it. Yesterday, I was all good even I went out but stayed in calorie limit and walked a little (around 4000-5000 steps).
07/17 90.5 kg (199.5 lbs)
Not a surprise... I felt really depressed yesterday, then I ate a big brownie cheesecake. It was good, I cannot lie I enjoyed. However, I stayed in the calorie limit and walked 11k steps. I'll continue, no problem. It's a long journey.
07/18 -
07/19 90.8 kg (200.1 lbs)
Ok, I lost some motivation. I feel depressed and stressed these days, and it makes hard for me. Still, I don't eat a lot max I take 1500 cal. However, I cannot lose. I don't know.
07/20 90.8 kg (200.1 lbs)
Yesterday, I was depressed again, then in the evening, I drank two bottles of beer and a glass of wine. And I stopped counting my calories, but still, I kinda control my calorie intake. I'm not giving it up but it's hard for now.
07/21

lolakinks · July 2019

kmfeig87 wrote: »

You HAVE lost. In fact you have lost 2.1 pounds in one week!! Congrats! Losing weight is a slow process and 2 pounds of week is on the fast side of slow More than 2 pounds a week isn't healthy at your starting weight!

First of all, thank you for your support. I just thought that the first two days it was just water weight, that's why...

Rob72Essex · July 2019

Rob 47 Essex, UK

Round 68 - 1.6 lb loss
Round 69 - 3.0 lb loss
Round 70 - 4.75 lb loss
Round 71 - 2.0 lb loss
Round 72 + 2.5 lb gain
Round 73 - 2.0 lb loss
Round 74 - 4.5 lb loss
Round 75 - 2.5 lb loss
Round 76 - 0.0 loss
Round 77 - 4.25 lb loss
Round 78 - 1.25 lb loss
Round 79 - 1.50 lb loss
Round 80 - 2.50 lb loss
Round 81 + 1.25 lb gain
Round 82 – 3.00 lb loss

Round 83 - Target 5 lb loss

Start weight 245 lbs
Current weight 200.75 lbs
Goal weight 175 lbs

Continue the exercise pattern. Targets are for the next 10 days:

4 miles of swimming (Total 4 miles - 100% achieved)
15 miles of running (Total 9.31 miles - 62% achieved)
20 miles of walking (Total 6.33 miles - 32% achieved)
60 miles of cycling (Total 58.1 miles - 97% achieved)

Day / Weight / Comments

11/07 - 200.75 lbs - 2.61 mile lunchtime walk
12/07 - 200.75 lbs (-0.00 lbs) 2 mile swim
13/07 - 197.25 lbs (-3.50 lbs) BBQ
14/07 - 200.25 lbs (-0.50 lbs) 58.1 miles club cycle ride
15/07 - 199.75 lbs (-1.00 lbs) 2.82 mile lunchtime walk. 5.71 mile evening run.
16/07 - 197.75 lbs (-3.00 lbs)
17/07 - 200.50 lbs (-0.25 lbs) 2.83 mile lunchtime walk.
18/07 - 200.75 lbs (-0.00 lbs) Pub lunch. 0.9 mile walk. 3.6 mile running track session.
19/07 - 201.00 lbs (+0.25 lbs) 2 mile swim
20/07 - 200.00 lbs (-0.75 lbs)
21/07

musicsax · July 2019

lolakinks wrote: »

Hey, I'm one day late but I'm in, again with my 238734786th attempt... I feel motivated I hope it'll become my lifestyle 'cause I'm really bored of being obese. I cannot be self-confident with my body anymore.

RSW: 92.2 kg (203.2 lbs)
RGW: 90 kg (198.4 lbs)

07/12
07/13 92.2 kg (203.2 lbs)
07/14 91.2 kg (201 lbs)
Yesterday in the morning I was motivated but through the day my motivation decreased. I took too much sugar but total calorie was kinda ok (1600 cal). In the night I went out with my friends, we were kinda depressed and drink one beer. I'm happy that today I'm much less than yesterday, probably it's about not binging.
07/15 90.6 kg (199.7 lbs)
Yesterday, I was at home all day. That helped me to diet appropriately. I ate enough, as I planned. I revised my diet according to the day before when I felt hungry. It worked well. I think I lost some binging and water weight, otherwise, it doesn't make sense. And also today it's my period, it also may be about that. I don't know still happy to see fewer kgs. I hope it'll continue.
07/16 90.4 kg (199.2 lbs)
Ok, this makes sense, I'll take it. Yesterday, I was all good even I went out but stayed in calorie limit and walked a little (around 4000-5000 steps).
07/17 90.5 kg (199.5 lbs)
Not a surprise... I felt really depressed yesterday, then I ate a big brownie cheesecake. It was good, I cannot lie I enjoyed. However, I stayed in the calorie limit and walked 11k steps. I'll continue, no problem. It's a long journey.
07/18 -
07/19 90.8 kg (200.1 lbs)
Ok, I lost some motivation. I feel depressed and stressed these days, and it makes hard for me. Still, I don't eat a lot max I take 1500 cal. However, I cannot lose. I don't know.
07/20 90.8 kg (200.1 lbs)
Yesterday, I was depressed again, then in the evening, I drank two bottles of beer and a glass of wine. And I stopped counting my calories, but still, I kinda control my calorie intake. I'm not giving it up but it's hard for now.
07/21

You don't say why you're so depressed, sometimes it helps to share - can almost feel as if you're offloading some of the stress and depression. I was very depressed due to my weight when I started on this particular stage of my weight losing journey some years ago - I had been very overweight all my life (not just as an adult), I made the decision that to beat my depression I needed to lose the excess weight once and for all and this was the motivation that carried me through.

If you need to off load there are plenty of us here that can empathise/sympathise and will support as much as we can. If you feel that you need to keep it to yourself then we respect that too. Sending you a big comforting hug hang on in there my friend x.

musicsax · July 2019

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 83 (round 15 for me ) I'm in for another round, still need to get back to end of round 76 weight ! Must stop messing about !!

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
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4

Day/Weight/Comment

07/12 132.4 – 8 miles walked yesterday & afternoon tea out with my sisters
07/13 132 – 10 miles walked yesterday
07/14 132.2 – 10 ½ miles walked yesterday
07/15 133.6 – whoops !! 7 ¾ miles walked yesterday
07/16 132.4 – yippee !! 10 miles walked yesterday plus 2 “cleaning” miles (fitbit counted as steps!!)
07/17 131.6 – whoop whoop!!! 9 miles walked yesterday, must keep the momentum going!
07/18 132 – 9.5 miles walked yesterday
07/19 133.4 – drat ! This is what happens when I have a day with my beautiful baby grandchildren, get tempted to have a piece of banoffee cake with delicious icing and only manage 4 ¼ miles walking! But it was worth it! Quality time with family

07/20 133.4 – 11 ¾ miles walked yesterday – the last mile and a half was actually very vigorous dancing! A brilliant night ! I did think I might have a drop, but heyhoe it is what it is.
07/21

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Hilogirl2018 · July 2019

eb8566 wrote: »

Hilogirl2018 wrote: »

eb8566 wrote: »

@Hilogirl2018 what did you about carbs? Are you still on keto? Low carb? I went on vacation about that time and missed how it went.

@eb8566 I'm not on keto now. Here's what I did: I was on for a month as you know (25 g carbs or fewer). Took a month to gradually add back carbs until I was at/slightly above 50 g. Then stopped counting. I got all the benefits of keto that I love, none of the awful joint pain and fatigue that I've experienced when (too abruptly) going from low to high carb previously, and didn't gain any weight back! Experiment success! I think I'll do this a few times a year- keto can be one amazing tool in my toolbox, but not my forever, day in day out way of eating. Hope this helps!

Thank you for the info! I have been wondering about you and so glad to hear this went so well! I would love to add some carbs back into my diet. I eat so many veggies that I already get around 40-50 a day but go above that and water weight comes on strong. I know it’s water but the bigger fear is that I will stop losing. Irrational, I know. I’m scared to add the carbs but don’t want to burn out completely. So this info is really helpful. This weekend is a celebration and I’m going to take a small diet break. Maybe I will go ahead and raise carbs a little while the water weight is already on.

I'm so glad it helped! I think the best advice I can give is to creep up gradually, watch calories closely, and don't freak out over some initial higher numbers on the scale. Remind yourself that here in this wonderful group, plenty of folks are seeing good progress without doing keto at all, so more carbs won't hurt you. Good luck, and feel free to ask any questions that come up! I'm no expert, but happy to share what worked for me.

Hilogirl2018 · July 2019

***My 13th Round!***
10 DAY GOALS: (1) 3000 steps daily to increase TDEE (2) 16-hour fast most days (3) Figure out what "Recomp" is!
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)
Round 81 SW 134.2 EW 134.6 (+0.4 lbs)

Total lost after 10 rounds: 23.2 lbs
GOALS
Halfway GW: 140.4 (-17.4) <<achieved!>>
UGW: 123
GW for this round: 132.5-133 lbs
***ROUND 83 (my 13th)***

Day/Weight/Comment
07/12 134.6 I'm in an odd place with my weight loss journey. I am willing to take things much slower, but I have basically maintained for a while, and I'm sick of it. I don't eat very many calories and absolutely cannot go lower. My arms are still flabby, my stomach still has rolls when I bend over, and I know I have a little ways to go yet, though I feel much more confident than I did when I started, that's for sure! But I'm stuck.

Ultimately, I know I'm more comfortable about 10 pounds lower and I don't know how I'm going to get there! Starting to lurk on the maintenance forum to figure out how the heck you "recomp" when you're this close to the finish line, hence my new goal (I haven't done any exercise yet, and I have a feeling it involves exercise...)
07/13 132.2 Heh. I complained yesterday and today I'm already at this round's goal. HOWEVER, I *know* it'll be up tomorrow. If only I could have hit this new low on a weekday!
07/14 133.6 Sadly, I'm guessing it'll be up further tomorrow. Struggling with sugar cravings, which isn't too typical for me because I always have chocolate worked into my day.
07/15 133.6 Ha.
07/16 133.6 [shrugs] I find myself torn between being really at peace with this and being mildly disappointed. Have not researched recomp yet, need to get on that!
07/17 133.6 I've decided to give myself a 'Recomp Research assignment' every day for the rest of the challenge because research is fun and I feel like I'm ready to tackle this now that I'm close to my UGW. Here's the first thing I turned up:

"On days you lift, you’ll eat at maintenance calories, which is the number of calories you need to maintain your current body weight. Every day that you don’t lift, you’ll eat at a small calorie deficit.* That includes days when you do cardio." -Physiqonomics
*"Subtract 150–200 calories from your maintenance calories."

Okay. I've done calorie cycling before in this journey. The hardest part is (1) trusting that the high calorie days won't make me gain and (2) calculating my weekly calories correctly so #1 is true. In my case, recomp means going from TOTALLY SEDENTARY to days when I lift weights! With my pain and mobility issues, I worry about building muscle, so must give this further thought...
07/18 133 4 days of 133.6, now 133 even. Probably just water weight. My recomp research continues and I've decided modifying typical recomp plans for my physical limitations could simply mean *gentle* calorie cycling (because I don't eat a ton anyway) and *gentle* workouts (because I'm suuuuper sedentary)- now that is doable!
07/19 133 Second day in a row of 133 even. I have slightly upped my calories, still losing. My recomp research has led me to some chair workouts I'm excited about! I found some strength ones designed for wheelchair users and cardio ones for seniors, respectively, and I feel good about starting one of these at my current fitness level. I'm only 39 but my body stubbornly insists I'm twice that, which puts me at a somewhere below beginner level lol!
07/20
07/21

brandyme · July 2019

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: SW 134.6 GW 132.6 EW 136.2 Result: +1.6lbs *Started weight lifting*

R83
Goal: -2lb
SW: 136.2
GW: 134.2
EW:
Result:

Day - Weight - Comment
07/12 - 135.5 (-0.7lbs) - I’m really starting to slack with posting these on time. I think since I’ve shifted my focus to strength training I started to care less about my weight. I’m getting a lot of definition and transforming my body so much that it shows in a short time and I love it... so much so that the scale doesn’t even seem to matter anymore. Maybe this is the ultimate NSV? To not desire a number on the scale anymore! Well, if only life were that amazing, I still fixate on the scale but now it’s the BF% but shouldn’t it have been this whole time? A bit of an aha moment for me. I know my scale BF% is not 100% accurate bit it does seem to correlate fairly closely to other BF measurements I’ve done. More excitingly it has shown a decrease in my BF in the last few weeks even though my weight has gone up overall.

Loads of walking yesterday like 3 hours? Did a hike and other stuff. It was a rest day overall so no intense cardio or strength training.

Ate out since I need to grocery shop but all was fairly healthy. 16,053 steps. 131oz water.
07/13 - 134.5 (-1lb) - two rest days from strength training and weight has fallen back down as I expected. I’m going to hit the gym today so tomorrow will likely go back up. At some point though I expect to get into the 120s 😆 Ate out all day yesterday because I still need to shop but I kept it as healthy as possible. No strength training. 1.5 hours of activity yesterday including hiking, walking, and elliptical. 18,981 steps. 126oz water.
07/14 - 134.3 (-0.2lbs) - slowing working back down. Food was ok, ate out again because still haven’t shopped 🤦🏻‍♀️ but also had vegan tacos 😲... today is a new day 😆 1hr strength. 45min cardio. 14,422 steps. 126oz water.
07/15 - 135.5 (+1.2lbs) - lots of strength training. 1hr strength. 45min cardio. 16,000 steps (not 100% sure since Apple Watch/MFP sync deleted about 1-2 hours of activity data). 123oz water.
07/16 - 134.2 (-1.3lbs) - kind of tired so I turned off negative adjustments. I love MFP but it doesn’t calc AppleWatch burn properly and leaves me not eating enough, especially on intense weight training days. This allowed me to eat more yesterday and feel much better today. Food was good. 50min strength. 45min cardio. 10,416 steps. 131oz water.
07/17 - 132.9 (-1.3lbs) - eating more! It’s still early but I think eating more is helping. MFP does not calc AppleWatch calories just steps so having negative adjustments on like I would with my Fitbit was causing my body to eat too little. We will see how this goes in the coming week but I think this will get the weight dropping again. Day off strength. 1hr cardio. 11,684 steps. 111oz water.
07/18 - 131.8 (-1.1lbs) - Food on point but making a conscious effort to eat more protein. Day off strength. 1hr cardio. 15,162 steps. 106oz water.
07/19 131.7 (-0.1lb) - Food was on point, consuming more and more protein. It’s ending up being a high fat/high protein/low carb ratio but it seems to be working very well! 1hr strength. 40min cardio. 11,940 steps. 104oz water.

07/20

souschefsam · July 2019

Hi, I just joined MFP...A VERY late start to this challenge, but I want to get in-the-groove for Round 84.

SW 212.7 lb (July 19, 2019)
GW 211.5 lb (July 21, 2019)

07/12: DNW
07/13: DNW
07/14: DNW
07/15: DNW
07/16: DNW
07/17: DNW
07/18: DNW
07/19: 212.7 lb
07/20: 211.9 lb
07/21:

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 83

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