JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 85

I ’m Karen and I’m 54.
SW-187 Sept. 2018
GW-135
8/5-170-Big weekend of eating and drinking. Monday is always a good day to regroup and get back on track.
8/6-168-
8/7-166-That just goes to show how much garbage I ate over the weekend 🙄. I got my 7 mile walk in and drank lots of water.
8/8-167-Salty food and only got 1/2 of my walk in. Finally it’s cool in the evening for another short walk.
8/9/165-Better food choices, big walk and water.I’m off to yoga this morning, hoping to stretch my legs good after my horseback riding Monday and my big walks this week.

It’s nice to have all of you here!!!🌸☕️

Roxmom, 5’ 2”
OSW: 228
Jan. 1/19: 201.9

Round 65 (-0.2)
Round 66 (-3.6)
Round 67 (-2.2)
Round 68 (+0.2)
Round 69 (-1.8)
Round 70 (-2.0)
Round 71 (-2.0)
Round 72 (-0.0)

08/01 DNW
08/02 186.4
08/03 186.6
08/04 186.6 ugh! Hopefully, I will have loss after this long weekend is over. I seem to have less willpower on weekends!
08/05 185. Phew, I was beginning to think a loss would never happen.
08/06 185.4 not worried, as I had a good drop yesterday. I just have to keep on the plan.
08/07 184
08/08 184.6
08/09 184 bounce......

I am a returnee! Hopefully, this time I will get to my initial goal of 170. Of course, I now have an extra 5 lbs to lose which I had regained since my last round

Round 85 (my 17th)

OSW 382.0
RSW 303.4

This round might be a little rough, my birthday, my husband’s new job/schedule, and my usual pre-tom water weight stall fall in this round. I have pre-planned my birthday to stay on track, but sadly there is little I can do about hormones, or work schedules, so I’ll just have to stay on track and wait.

8/1 303.0 A nice start to the round. I’m hopeful of getting down a little more before the tom stall starts.

8/2 302.0 I wasn’t expecting this drop. I did extra weights yesterday and thought I would have a bounce or maintain. This makes a total of 80 pounds lost this year and I’m inching ever closer toward my next goal.

8/3 301.6 The trick this weekend is to stay on track even with my birthday tomorrow. We have a little extra money and it’s hard not to say let’s just go out. But I’m only two pounds from my next big goal and while I won’t make it there tomorrow I know that I will soon.

8/4 304.8 So for my birthday I got a 3.2 pound gain of water weight. I’ve been on track so I know that it has to be a water bounce from some source or another. I’ll be back down whenever this is passes.

8/5 304.2 I stayed on track and mostly on plan yesterday. I ate into my activity calories by 100 to have a cupcake that my daughter insisted had to be bought for me.
Because I was up yesterday I took the plunge and weighed at an earlier time that works better for the new household schedule. It’s all good though and while I didn’t account for a bounce up I knew this round would see some trouble with losing. Thankfully I don’t have anything else major happening until the end of the month so once tom comes the weight will go.

8/6 305.2 Wrong way again. I’ve had this happen before and it’s a matter of waiting it out because afterwards I have several big drops. I’m on track, though a little carb heavy last night , so I know that this is temporary.

8/7 304.8 I’m staying on track with calories, my food plan not so much. It’s okay though it’s more important to me to stay on track calorie wise than macro wise. The cravings for chocolate will pass. Tom, if on time, should show up in the next few days.

8/8 304.2 Right direction. I was on track with everything yesterday and got a few nice walks in

8/9 302.8 I wasn’t expecting this drop, but it’s nice and hopefully just the start of several more.

8/10

I need to get more serious about this as I updated MFP yesterday and it shows I’ve gained 6 Lbs.

Day/Weight/Comment
08/01 - 185.2
08/02 - 183.2 - this seems to be the norm right now bouncing around between 180 and 185.
08/03 - 184.5 - I don’t have much to say, yesterday was not a good eating day.
08/04 - 184.0 - I was expecting this to be higher actually.
08/05 -186.6 - there is the higher I was expecting
08/06 - 184.8 - I need to behave like this everyday.
08/07 -185.0 - yesterday was an epic failure all to be kind and polite
08/08 - 184.4 - I was not very hungry yesterday after having two suppers the day before.
08/09 - 183.8
08/10

Female 5'4""
Highest Weight:148.8 lbs
Most of my life; 125 lbs
Goal: 125 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
8/1 147.2 lbs
8/2 146.4 lbs.
8/3 146.4 lbs
8/4 146 .0 lbs
8/5 145.8 lbs.
8/6 145.6 lbs
8/7 145 lbs
8/8 145 lbs
8/9 144.8 lbs (NEW Low)
8/10

Height: 5’ 4”
OSW: 185 (2016)
RSW: 164
RGW: 161
UGW: 147

I hope’s ok if I start a day late?!? I really need the accountability, especially over the weekend! Need to stay on track, for vacation at the end of the month.

8/1: 164. Stayed under my calories, and did a light work out. Need to drink more water.
8/2: 163.8. Went over my calories but still lost? Pretty happy. Yesterday was my first over day calories since I’ve you been back on MFP (about a week).
8/3: 162.4. Felt accountable yesterday, was very good for me. Stayed under calories. Wish me luck for tonight’s birthday party! Water water water!!!
8/4: 162.4. Tried to not over do it. Did ok.
8/5: 163.6. Hard day yesterday. Getting back on track today.
8/6: Forgot to weigh in, feel I did ok. Hopefully staying on track!
8/7: 163.4
8/8: Forgot to weigh in.
8/9: 161.0. Had a really rough day yesterday, emotionally.
8/10:

47, male, 5'11"
Highest weight ever: 245.0
Original SW/BF%: 229.2/19.6, 7-31-2019
Ultimate GW: 195.0

R85 SW/BF%: 229.2/19.6
R85 Goal: 229.0

Day/Weight/Comment

08/01: 228.8 (-0.4)/19.5 (-0.1). First day back, tracked all my food, and was under calories by a bit. So far, so good. I may try to hit the gym today, but if not today, tomorrow for sure.

08/02: 229.0 (+0.2)/19.5 (0.0). It took me one day to remember one of the main reasons why getting healthy and fit can be a challenge. Wife and I got take-out last night, and she picked up the food. I ordered EXACTLY what I wanted, and she decided to order 510 calories worth of food that I didn't ask for. It's hard for me to say no when it's in front of me. I would have been just about at my calorie goal otherwise.

08/03: 228.4 (-0.6)/19.4 (-0.1). Didn't eat particularly well yesterday, especially in the evening, but did better with portion control than I have recently (little steps). I had a couple of glasses of delicious red wine with dinner, and a healthy little snack in the evening. But my wife is gone for the next three days, so I should be able to get a nice jump-start/boost into my weight loss. I'm also headed to the gym as soon as I'm finished posting; I'll let you all know how it goes in my post tomorrow!

08/04: 230.4 (+2.0)/19.6 (+0.2). Hmm. I went to the gym yesterday, and I felt better than I have in a long time. Ate within my calories... didn't even eat back my exercise calories... and I'm up 2.0 lbs. If I take a snapshot of the last 24 hours it makes no sense. But if I think about my eating the two days prior, I get it. Consequences seem to occur a day or two later than I expect them to. I had did well yesterday, and I'll focus on having a good day today as well.

08/05: 229.8 (-0.6)/19.5 (-0.1). I ate better most of the day, but went to a birthday party in the evening. I generally did a good job with portion control, but missed my calorie goal by about 150.

08/06: 230.2 (+0.4)/19.6 (+0.1). This weigh-in was maddening (at first). I didn't get it. I was good yesterday, ALL DAY LONG. How the hell do I gain weight when I'm GOOD!?!? I think I know the answer. Because. I've had an up-and-down first challenge, and, for the most part, I've hit my calorie goal at about a 50% clip, including two days where I had 2+ drinks. I also know that, in the past, there's no linear relationship between what I do (or eat) in a day and the following day's weigh-in. I forget sometimes how important it is to look for trends, no matter how much I know this. I'm going to try to finish strong; my adjusted goal for the challenge is to lose a total of 0.2 lbs, which would mean losing 1.2 lbs over the next four weigh-ins.

08/07: 228.6 (-1.6)/19.4 (-0.2). That's better... a WHOOSH! This challenge has been filled with a lot of "ups," so it's nice to finally have a little bit of a "down" when reading the scale. I was under my calorie goal again yesterday; that part of things seems to be getting easier. I'm able to say "no" to things like french fries and sweets, where I have had serious difficulty with either previously. When the wife and I order out, I'm EXPLICIT about what I would like, what I DO NOT want (she likes to add a cookie or side she is buying FOR ME without asking), and how I'm NOT going to graze on anything she has left over (another bad habit of mine). I love being accountable, as much as I hate it. It feels like it's been a roller-coaster ride this so far, but it's so nice to be able to look back over the week and think about areas in which I can improve. I'm feeling really motivated to finish off this challenge in a strong way. I also talked with a co-worker yesterday, who decided I HAVE TO get more cardio in (I like to lift weights, but I hate cardio). I'm going to commit, every time I go to the gym, to either 30 minutes on the elliptical (steady state) or doing an HIIT workout on the elliptical. I'm also going to work basketball back into my schedule. I'm aiming eventually to go twice per week, but I'll start with one for a while. I will be in the gym tonight.

Two side notes - 1) I finished GOT last night (not sure how I feel about the ending yet), and 2) I've been in these challenges before, but under a different name. I felt like I had to change things up in order to get some traction, so I deleted my old MFP account.

08/08: 225.8 (-3.0)/19.1 (-0.5). Another WHOOSH!!!. Sometimes they just seem to happen when you need them, and I am REALLY happy it happened during my first challenge. Have I been perfect? No, not at all. Have I been working really hard? Yes. I really have. I deserve this today. Slightly over calories last night, and did not make it to the gym, but ate REALLY healthy.

08/09: 225.4 (-0.4)/19.1 (0.0). Today I'm kind of just happy to be where I'm at (no bounce back after having a couple of good scale days. I was on-target with calories, though that included a "later" snack and a glass of chardonnay. I'm struggling a little bit to get to the gym. I generally get home from work before my wife; I think I'll try going to the gym right after work at least a couple of times each week. Most of the time I'll probably be home and showered before she even gets home.

08/10:

Female - 66, height 5’
New month, new round – no more trips till Sept. so hoping to do some planning and then see some real progress since I have no big interruptions to my schedule. Habits for this round are ab exercises and stretching to complement gardening exercise and eating lots of raw veggies each day. Day/Weight/Comment
08/01 – 163.6 – Had a pretty good day yesterday except for the salt/sweet pecans in the evening which did me in. Today is a planning day – setting priorities for this fall/winter as I look at what needs to get done for us to move in the spring. Should be motivational for weight loss but sometimes that backfires with me. I’ve found setting goals can freak me out and I just head for the metaphorical woods screaming which undermines everything I’m trying to do. Incorporating small habit changes works better but they still need to have some plan/focus.
08/02 – 162.8 – There goes the water weight, now will have to really work to get the next lb gone.
08/03 - 163
08/04 – 163 Weighed yesterday but got a long phone call before I could post and the day just got away on me. Good last couple of days but it will take a few to fight back down from the uptick. Fresh veggies✔ exercises x
08/05 – 162.8 Fresh veggies✔ exercises✔ some LNS but on fruit. Feel so yucky when I first get up in the morning. I think I need to have a whole week of low fat and no snacking after supper to see if that helps.
08/06 – 164 – Did weigh but no time to post as off to an appointment in the city.
08/07 – 164 - Not sure why this is staying up. It’s been hot (for us, nothing like southern States). Got home hot, tired and annoyed. Was delayed getting to my appt. because of a bad accident and then twice in the day almost had someone back into me. Really need to just be thankful I got home fine with my important errands done. LNS - some chocolate but mostly blueberries and skim yogurt. Fresh veggies✔ exercises X tracking cals X
08/08 – 163.6 - Spent most of a hot day figuring out new window cover options for the bedroom and putting in an online order – two huge time sucks. Did get in some outdoor gardening in the evening which was beautiful. Fresh veggies✔ exercises X tracking cals X
08/09 – 164 – Back here again. Good day yesterday till LNS on corn thins. Tackled thinning the raspberries after supper and then felt like just relaxing and eating. Such a bad habit. I wonder how many of the pounds that I’m carrying around, dragging me down every day, are just from LNS.
08/10

Keto SW 235 lbs (June 15, 2019)
SW: 222.8 lb (Jul 31, 2019)
GW: 219 lb (Aug 10, 2019) (3.8 lbs)

This is going to be a challenging challenge round, with an exam and my daughter's bday party to start things off.

Day/Weight/Comment
08/01 - 221.8 swam, played baseball
08/02 - 220.4 lbs rest day - exam today
08/03 - 220.4
08/04 - 220.4
08/05 - 222.8 - Post b-day party I knew it would be bad.
08/06 - 222.8
08/07 - 221.2
08/08 - 222.0 - Played baseball and got my 10,000 steps.
08/09 - 220.8 - Don't think I'm making my goal weight.
08/10 -

Female. 64. 5’4
CW. 174
GW. 134

08/1 174
08/2. 174
O8/3. 172
08/4. 170
08/5. 170
08/6. 170
08/7. 170
08/9. 168. Whew! Sodium plus the whoosh the other week slowed this loss. Feels better!

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
*Started weight lifting*
R82: SW 134.6 GW 132.6 EW 136.2 Result +1.6lbs
R83: SW 136.2 GW 134.2 EW 132.5 Result -3.7bs
R84: SW 132.5 GW 130.5 EW 134 Result +1.5lbs

R85
Goal: -2lb
SW: 134
GW: 132
EW:
Result:

Day - Weight - Comment
08/01 - 132.4 (-1.6lbs) - Food was good and under calories. Not sure why my weight varies so much lately. 🤷🏻‍♀️
🏋️‍♀️ 60min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
👣 12,187 steps.
💧 163oz water.
08/02 - 132.5 (+0.1lb) - Food was good and under calories. Started focusing on macros more closely.
🏋️‍♀️ day off strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 1hr 20min cardio.
👣 15,275 steps.
💧 115oz water.
08/03 - 132.1 (-0.4lbs) -
🥘 Was under calories and macros were very close.
🏋🏻‍♀️ day off strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 1hr cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ 30min yoga.
👣 13,050 steps.
💧 136oz water.
08/04 - 131.5 (-0.6lbs) -
🥘 Was under calories and macros were very close.
🏋🏻‍♀️ 1hr 10min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Day off yoga.
👣 11,816 steps.
💧126oz water.
08/05 - 131.2 (-0.3lbs) -
🥘 Was under calories and macros were very close... so far I prefer focusing more on my macros than calories but I still make sure I’m under my calorie goal. Have been eating a lot more protein.
🏋🏻‍♀️ 1hr 10min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Day off yoga.
👣 12,907 steps.
💧131oz water.
08/06 - 131.1 (-0.1lb) -
🥘 Was under calories and macros were kind of close, needed a bit more protein today and over on the other two. Will focus more on protein today and see how it goes.
🏋🏻‍♀️ 1hr 15min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Day off yoga.
👣 14,929 steps.
💧115oz water.
08/07 - 132 (+0.9lbs) - DOMS and rather retention
🥘 Was under calories and macros were kind of close, still needed more protein but it’s going to take a little adjusting to get enough in, I’m sure I’ll have it down in a week or so.
🏋🏻‍♀️ 1hr 15min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Day off yoga.
👣 13,932 steps.
💧115oz water.
08/08 - 131.6 (-0.4lbs) -
🥘 Was under calories and macros were off again. Really hard to hit protein but I’ve still got a lot of adjustments I can make so I’ll keep working on it. Plus side is my protein is much higher than it used to be.
🏋🏻‍♀️ 45min strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 45min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ 45min yoga.
👣 11,515 steps.
💧131oz water.
08/09 - 131.6 (0lbs) - likely water retention. Still experiencing DOMS.
🥘 Was under calories and macros were spot on.
🏋🏻‍♀️ Day off strength.
🏃🏻‍♀️ 60min cardio.
🧘🏻‍♀️ 30min yoga.
👣 13,056 steps.
💧147oz water.

08/10

@untrachelable I am right there with you. Because of my thyroid issues I will gain if I even look at food, but takes me forever to lose a pound. I have been on this road for 13 months now and just barely am hitting 40 pounds lost. It does get frustrating at times, but keep at it and it will be worth it.

Back again! Saw 141.7 last round once so I would like to get back down to that this round. Goals are to stay under 145.0 and drop my 10 day average again. I would also like to see a new low, but the last round I dropped 4 pounds and bounced around a lot. So this round I would be happy just to stabilize at 141/142.

Age 39 for another 5 weeks, Height 5' 3.5"

Last couple of rounds stats
Round 82: 146.5 - 146.3 Avg 146.93
Round 83: 146.3 - 145.9 Avg 146.72
Round 84: 145.9 - 143.7 Avg 144.28

08/01- 143.7 still holding onto Tuesday nights date night. Was hoping I would drop, but still hanging out here. Was on track all day yesterday and so far today I have been good. I have dinner planned tonight and we will be watching the first football game of the season, so should be relaxing for the most part.

08/02- 142.2 this is more where I thought I should have been the last couple of days. My 5 day average is the lowest it has been and maybe I will hit a new low tomorrow on my "official weigh in day". Last Saturday I weighed in at 141.7, so we will see what it says tomorrow. Dinner is in the crock pot and planned and so far today I have been on track. Took my daughter (my middle child) to go and register for her senior year of high school and get her schedule. Can't believe I will have another one graduating this year.

08/03- 142.2 way to many beers last night again. I have to get it together. I have done that twice now this week. I pretty much drank my calories last night, which is not doing anything for my weight loss. Had a good time, but isn’t going to help me lose these last couple of pounds and get into the 130’s. Water, water, no alcohol, and eat right today and maybe I will see a drop by Monday.

08/04- 142.2 Holding steady. Going to see Hobbs and Shaw with the hubby today and probably grab some lunch. We have to do a couple of maintenance things around the house this morning and buy a new lawn mower. So hopefully I can stay on tack and start getting it together.

08/05- 144.6 did not keep it together at all yesterday. Food was spot on, but had a couple of drinks at the movies and then a couple of more at dinner after the movies. I think I am replacing food with liquor. I am trying really hard not to snack and instead I am noticing I am drinking more. We did not buy popcorn or candy while at the movies because I didn't want the extra calories, but instead ended up drinking my beers faster and having more than normal. So this week I am going to have to switch something up.

08/06- 144.0 was on track all day yesterday. Still up from Sunday and Fridays shenanigans, but should be back down by tomorrow. Looking to finish this round strong, but have had numerous days where I was slacking and less days that I was working in this 10 day challenge. So I am trying to change that now. 4 days left to get back to 141 and it's easily doable if I stick to it and not mess up the next couple of days.

08/07- 142.1 Back down again. On track for today and meals are planned. Looking to drop again tomorrow, but we will see what happens. I never know anymore what that stupid scale will say in the am, lol. If I can hang out at around 141.xx for the rest of the challenge and stabilize I will be happy.

08/08- 142.1 I was expecting to be lower this morning, but I am the same. Usually I have a 3 pounds difference in my weight from when I weigh at night and the next morning. Last night I weighed 144.0, so I should have been 141.xx, but obviously I didn't. Was on track all day and have everything planned today. Happy with my progress and looking to finish up the round strong!

08/09- 140.8 well I finally got a new low this morning! My next happy scale milestone was actually 140.7, so close, but no cigar. I am sure I will have a bounce up tomorrow because this was a pretty good drop, but it will be a nice way to end this round if I can maintain it tomorrow. I really wanted to treat myself today for almost finishing the 140's decade with a nice big lunch out or a big calorie splurge, but instead chose to go and get a pedicure on my lunch break. I have red chili enchiladas in the crock pot for dinner tonight and the last couple of times as long as I do mine like a salad instead of with tortillas and all the cheese I have been fine. We will see what happens on the scale tomorrow. Pretty happy with my progress the last couple of rounds. 1 more day, stay strong tonight!

08/10-