JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 90

JGM10D ~|~ Round 90 Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016)
Aim for 2019 ~ reach 155 💐
Aim for each round ~ Weigh less at the end than I did at the beginning
UGW: 153

I am FOCUSED on heathy food choices and DETERMINED to achieve my goals!
20/09: 158.9: Goals: 🌻 daily fluctuations! It’ll settle down in a day or two. I need to make good choices over the weekend.
21/09: 159.1: Goals: 🌻
22/09: 158.8: Goals: 🌻Out all day yesterday walking round Belfast with my girls. 17708 steps, and a good choice at lunch. Also had healthy snacks with me so no temptations. Had an easier day today but under goal. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
23/09: 157.7: Goals: 🌻😂😍 Birthday Lunch and Tea Dance. Indulged a little but dancing gave me extra calories, and I had a very light dinner, so hoping that the damage will be slight.
24/09: 157.6: Goals: Phew! Everything evened out!
25/09: 157.2 Goals: 🌻😎
26/09: xxx: Goals:
27/09: xxx: Goals:
28/09: xxx: Goals:
29/09: xxx: Goals:

Previous Rounds Daily Goals
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you. Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

I'm in!

Female, 57 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 110.0 lbs
STG: 120 (next milestone and 10 pounds to goal weight)

Goals for 10 day Challenge: loose 1.9 pounds (optimistic :-) but reach next milestone of 120.0!

Day/Weight/Comment

09/20 120.8 Starting off like last round with a 1.1 lb drop at the start! Whooshes like this tend to be followed by bumps up, plateaus, and then drops as weight stabilizes, so hope that it stabilizes soon! Weight day (deadlift, lunges, push-ups, inverted rows, and planks with cable rows) + 30 minute spin class, so won’t be surprised with water retention tomorrow. Feel like I wrote this 10 days ago too :-) Going for sushi/sashimi today and hopefully with pre-planning today it is IIFYM! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

09/21 120.8 No hugs needed! I am thrilled that my weight is the same as yesterday! My usual pattern with JGM10D over the last several rounds is to have a whoosh the first day, then a 1+ lb gain the next day, a plateau for several days, then small drops to end up a little bit below the first day. Holding the drop the first day is fantastic!!!! Xtrain (spin + HIIT) for cardio today; otherwise rest. Calories good so far! 10.8 lbs to goal!

09/22 120.4 Yeah!!! Holding the whoosh so far! Xtrain this morning - got new gym shoes yesterdays which felt great for the non-cycle part of class! Feel the beginning of a mild cold coming on, so going to take it easy the rest of the day. Live littleneck clams and local garlic, so having clams and linguine for dinner tonight. (cheat day for carbs) Should still be IIFYM with preplanning. May actually make STG this round!

09/23 119.8 Woohoo!!!! Made STG of 120.0. And my lowest weight in the last 13+ years. Less than 10s to goal!!! (of course expect this may bounce up tomorrow as today is strength day, but the ups will even out!) After previous diets that restricted calories or carbs, nice to be able to fit in avocado toast and linguine IIFYM and still lose weight.

09/24 120.9 Well not unexpected given the quick drops so far and that yesterday was strength training day; still down 1 lb so far for the round which is great for 5 days in! Still have another 5 days to get back to that low and STG!

09/25 119.6 Whoosh Take 2. Back down below 120 and a new low. Strength training this am and spin class in the evening. Did not get enough sleep last night - got to bed late and woke up at 4 due to breathing issues with this lingering cold, only to get up at 6:30 - really noticed the lack of energy by the end of the day so going to get more rest tonight!!!

09/26
09/27
09/28
09/29

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: 134.5 (1.6 loss)
Round 84: 131.8 (2.7 loss at lowest point, July 27, did not weigh rest of round)
Round 85: 128.8 (3.0 loss)
Round 86: 129.2 (0.4 gain)
Round 87: 124.8 (4.4 loss) (going to adjust to to 126.4 so 2.8 loss as outlier whoosh is skewing stats :- )
Round 88: 123.2 (1.6 loss or adjusted loss 3.2) ** Reached healthy Weight BMI **
Round 89: 121.9 (1.3 lb loss)
Round 90:

(long term trend is 2.4 lbs/10 days)

Round 90
Still trying to find the balance this month between a demanding schedule and a healthier lifestyle. R89 (12) – SW: 186.4 – EW: ???

Goals for this round:
1) Log carefully and maintain a calorie deficit
2) Walk or exercise 30+ minutes
3) Stay on top of assignment grading!!!

Day/Weight/Comment
09/20 – 185.8 – Little drop to start, despite the Chinese food I had last night. But here we are at the beginning of another weekend. How many calories in a poké bowl?
09/21 – 184.6 – Happy to see a drop, but I slept in this morning, so that may account for some off it. Apple festival with the grandkids this afternoon. Drinks and dinner with friends this evening. A bit over on calories but got in a 45 minute walk at the park.
09/22 – 184.6 – Holding steady. Gorgeous weather for the last day of summer! Dinner guests this evening, but logging and maintaining a deficit is easier when I can control the menu and portion sizes.
09/23 – 183.4 – Nice drop and, surprisingly, a new low. My younger son and his fiancé stopped by for a couple of days on their way home from a business trip, so we wound up doing a big family dinner and sitting around the fire pit until late last night. Restaurant lunch and take-out dinner today, so I expect a sodium bounce tomorrow. A busy day at work and I wanted to spend more time with family, so I didn’t cook, log, or walk. But I’ll be back on track tomorrow!
09/24 – 184.0 – There’s the bounce, but it’s not too bad. Exhausting day – 14 hours of teaching, meetings, and workshops - but I managed to stay under my calorie limit and log my food. No walk but I got in almost 9,000 steps. Next up: sleep!
09/25 – 184.0 – Slightly less busy day. Woke up feeling sluggish but determined to meet my goals today. I walked for an hour in the park next to campus and still made it to my afternoon workshop - with 3 minutes to spare. Met my calorie and logging goals. Even got a bit of the neverending grading done!
09/26
09/27
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Hannah, 24, 5’4

OSW: 180.6
R90 SW: 174.4
R90 GW: below 170
UGW: 120ish

09/20 172.6 assumably almost all water weight but I’ll take it! Over 16k steps yesterday and (almost) hit my 1.5L of water target.
09/21 171.4 definitely need to increase my fibre! Only managed 8k steps yesterday 😞
09/22 169.8 I have now lost over 10lbs since beginning to use MFP again! Water weight is still weight you carry around so I’m good with whooshing it now and getting down to focusing on fatloss soon. 1.8lbs away from being 12st again makes me happy, as I’m definitely using each stone as a milestone. Yesterday I walked my 10k steps, drank more water and even had a curry I’d prepared weeks ago and frozen (definitely not diet-friendly, but I’m not going to throw out food, just work the rest of my cals for the day around it).
09/23 173 super low mood yesterday led to me eating an entire pizza. HAVE to meal prep today. Gutted.
09/24 171.2 trending back down is always good. Started a new workout class, which was very fun. I have my normal pole fitness class tonight so going to be going straight from work, preparing for a late dinner!
09/25 170.8 work is a nightmare at the moment but I got to my pole class last night! I didn’t even get close to my step goal yesterday but I have been hitting my water target (albeit at night)
09/26 170.6 it was my day off yesterday so I went for a 3 hour walk, got all my shopping done and carried it home, and meal prepped for the next 10 days! I didn’t hit my water goal (not even close) so that’s today’s focus. Very glad to still be losing!
09/27
09/28
09/29

UK Female age 48
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
End R82 - 136.4lb - Round loss 4.0lb - Loss to date 22.1lb
End R83 - 134.9lb - Round loss 1.5lb - Loss to date 23.6lb
End R84 - 133.8lb - Round loss 1.1lb - Loss to date 24.7lb

End R87 - 136.6lb - Round gain 2.7lb - Loss to date 22.0lb
End R88 - 140.3lb - Round gain 3.7lb - Loss to date 18.3lb
End R89 - 138.4lb - Round loss 1.9lb - Loss to date 20.2lb

OK - this is going to be my round! Really not got back into it all since my holiday even though it was back in August! Enough of the "not too bad" and "OK" - time for some "YEESSS" and to get back to my pre-holiday weight of 133lb - so 5lb away from that which I would love to see gone this round but in reality over the next 2 rounds would be good. So aiming for a 2lb loss this round!

Doing my (walking) Marathon on Saturday night (start at 730pm so will finish around 4am Sunday) which is going to mess with my weekend food (carbs here I come!) and weekend weigh ins but at least its at the start of this round!

Start Weight 138.40

09/20 - 138.7lb (+0.3lb) Don't know but likely just my carb heavier dinner last night (home made burgers!)
09/21 - DNW - bit of a lay in as marathon tonight!!
09/22 - DNW
09/23 - DNW
09/24 - 139.7lb (+1.0lb) First weigh in since I successfully completed the charity night marathon on Saturday night. Took 9 hours and we finished at 4am and a total of 65,000 steps! Was a great night! Weigh in is still probably excess water weight from that - ate way way way more carbs than usual in the day or so before and on the night itself plus drinking loads of water during and since so not concerned. Will no doubt take a few days for my body to properly recover but I am back to eating normally and drinking plenty of water and green tea and back to the gym tonight.

09/25 - 139.3lb (-0.4lb) Waiting for a whoosh .... Carb overload bloat and now 6 days over expected TOM - ho hum! But back on a proper eating and exercise plan again and back in control which makes me feel so much better and I'll just leave the scales to do what they'll do

09/26 - 138.3lb (-1.0lb) Bit of a whoosh so happy with this. Still no TOM (given up expecting it, will happen when it happens - guess the unpredictability is one of the joys of heading towards 50!)
Good food day ahead all planned and gym session tonight after work so should be a good day
Enjoy your day everyone

09/27 -
09/28 -
09/29 -

OSW: 208
LGW: 145

RND#84: 205.5
RND#85: 200.5
RND#86: 198.8
RND#87: DNW
RND#88: 194.9
RND#89: 191.0

RND#90SW: 191.0
RND#90GW: 187.0 Get into the 80's!
Goal: Improve Sleep - duration of 7hrs and score above 80.

9/20 191.4 lbs 5h40m/70/10:25pm - f*cking Cecil. Up way too early, but there is zero chance of getting back to sleep now. Had a good workout yesterday, good food day, should see loss, not gain, but the sleep issue always has an impact. Long day today... hoping for a good one.
9/21 190.5 lbs 7h3m/82/9:45pm - long boozy day yesterday. Long people-y day (faced w/o alcohol) today.
9/22 191.9 lbs 7h54m/88/10:11pm - all the Friday booze. I am not worried. I expect to have a good Combat class today and eat clean - should get me back on track.
9/23 190.2 lbs 5h57m/76/11:14pm - kicked it up a notch in Combat, but may be paying a price: my right shoulder is f'd. We'll see how it feels in training today. Otherwise, it was a nice, quiet, restful day with the dogs. 🐾
9/24 190.1 lbs 7h2m/86/10:25pm - good training session, but felt wrung out most of the day. Decent sleep... rest day (ha!)... should help.
9/25 189.7lbs 4h15m/58/11:06pm - damned dogs.
9/26 189.6 lbs 7h9m/83/9:31pm
9/27
9/28
9/29

Round 87— 8/21-8/30 236-> 231.2 ⬇️ 4.8 lbs 👍💕
Round 88 — 8/31- 9/9 231.2 -> 230.2 ⬇️ 1.0 lbs 👍💕
Round 89 — 9/19 - 9/19 230.2-> 227.6 ⬇️ 2.6 lbs 🥰💕
Grand total for 3 rounds —- 236-> 227.6 ⬇️ 8.4 lbs 💖

Round 90 — I’m in!!
Goal weight for this round: 224

Day/Weight/Comment
9/20 227.8 ⬆️ 0.2 lbs Walked 3.5 miles, good food choices til dinner time.
9/21 - no weight
9/22- 227.4 ⬇️ 0.4 lbs walked 3.5 miles, decent food choices
9/23 228.3 ⬆️ 1.1 lbs walked 3.5 miles
9/24 228.9 ⬆️ 0.6 lbs walked 3.5 miles
9/25 226.2 ⬇️ 2.7 lbs. hooray!!! Decent food choices, less salt.
9/26
9/27
9/28
9/38

Past rounds
R89
Goal: -4lbs
SW: 205.4
GW: 201.4
EW:
Result:

09/20 207. I am surprised by the pop up. I think I had a fever last night for some unknown reason, but I feel back to normal this morning. Hopefully my weight pops back down tomorrow.
09/21 207.4
09/22 208.4
09/23 207.2. Happy Fall Equinox! Today I begin an extended fast. No matter what I am going to muscle through to next Sunday, but I hope to go 10 days for some true healing.
09/24 206. I was successful at fasting yesterday & expect that today will be the same. I feel strong & determined
09/25 203.2. For the first time ever I am successfully fasting. I have not had a nibble of food. I am drinking coffee & water & taking my supplements. I am active & I feel good. I have mentally prepared for this fast since the spring equinox.
09/26 202.2. Yesterday I felt so good about fasting. Then I got really hungry after yoga. To be fair I did get almost 14000 steps & did a 1 hour hot yoga class. I feel good this morning, a little tired.
09/27
09/28
09/29