JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 94

Round 94
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 52 FOR ME.


“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou




MY STATS:
Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R93 EW= 188.0
R94 EW= TBD


Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: Lose 2 pounds this round.
My First Long Term Weight Goal: Weigh 174.X by Jan 11, 2020 (my 2 year anniversary of current LCHF dieting).
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise:

During each Weight goal I plan on doing cardio in the form of dancing at aerobic levels whenever possible. I would also like to walk as much as possible.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain. Black is no change.


Day/Weight/Comment
10/29 …..188.0….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
10/30 …..188.0 ….. Travel today for my Mammogram & Oncology check. A routine remission check for breast cancer previous. Today will be inactive as I travel & will contain restaurant foods. Not a good way to start a round, but I’ll try to stay focused as much as my willpower will allow. Yesterday’s stats: 1273 Calories In / 2617 Calories Out. 25 Net Carbs. 17,508 Total Steps & 7.41 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 4 hours on the button. Up early to prepare for trip. I went for a hall walk in the school (cold outside) for 124 minutes at about 3.0 mph. The extra calorie burn was 694. Good luck everyone this round.

10/31 …..190.2 ….. Golden Corral. Need I say more? An AMAZING place to a country bumpkin like me! Cancer center appointment revealed no breast cancer-yay! Still in remission in that sense. However, they have found a nodule on my lung during a chest X-Ray. It was done because of some symptoms I’m experiencing, especially during exercise or hiking. The size and location is concerning, especially given my age and cancer/family history. They could not fit me in for the CT Scan (busy University of Michigan Hospital). So I am home and will go to my nearest hospital ASAP (about an hour away) and have it done. They will send it back to the University for interpretation. They are also setting me up for the BRCA and genetic testing. Listening to their explanation, its AMAZING stuff. They find out the likeliness of ANYTHING that shows up in your genetic testing (combined with family history info). Example: if it shows up possible colon problems in my future, I would be assigned a gastrologist that will perform colonoscopies more frequently and monitor my digestive health routinely. If cancer or another illness pops up, it is found very quickly with a much higher likelihood of successful repair. In the meantime, I’m not going to lie, after having already went through cancer once, I am shaking in my shoes. Breast Cancer often metastasizes to the lung, so I’m very nervous. And I’m so far from everything here where I live. If I have cancer again, this time around my husband is not alive to help me, to cover me at the home business or to travel with me. Just my Autistic son who doesn’t drive. Our nearest treatment center is 90 minutes away on 65mph roads. And the snow we got today is still coming down. All prayers and hugs appreciated.

11/01 …..188.0 ….. Oops. I had my weight listed too high yesterday. Still a nice whoosh back down today after the travel. Thanks to all of you (wow, so many!) that has given me the hugs and is wishing me well during my medical issues right now. It means more than you know…. Yesterday I pre-logged my food and didn’t end up eating 250 of the calories and 3 of the carbs so here is my accurate stats: 797 Calories In / 2459 Calories Out. 12 Net Carbs. 14,002 Total Steps & 5.92 Total Miles. 13/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 6 hours & 15 minutes. I walked for 103 minutes at 2.5 mph for a total extra calorie burn of 463. You guys are all the best!!!!!

11/02 …..188.0 ….. I am thankful to the scale today. I ate some wrong things for sure last night, made some wrong choices. I was starting to eat my emotions about the health issues which will only make things worse! For therapy I looked back at my rounds starting in about round 70 (March & April 2019) because I remember how I started to really put on more weight (had already gained some during the Christmas Holidays). Not only was it Easter, but more importantly it was when my sister got gravely ill, then died. I know I was eating my emotions during that time and it is weight gain that I am still battling 6/7 months later. This morning, looking back at my gains during that emotional time, I hope it will help to keep me in check. I’ve got to work on dealing with worry, anxiety, depression or pain without the use of food to comfort me. It starts with realization. I’m there. I am going to work hard on this. Yesterday’s stats: 1551 Calories In / 2585 Calories Out. 78 Net Carbs. 16,472 Total Steps & 6.97 Total Miles. 12/13 Fitbit Step Hours. I slept 6 hours & 38 minutes. I Hall walked the school with my walking partner for 107 minutes at about 3.0 mph burning an extra 612 calories. Sorry for another wordy entry. I just hope some of my realizations help others. Tracking and keeping the data is so informational!


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11/08 …..xxxxx …..

SW for this round - 69.6kg


Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 70kg. Weighed myself in the morning and I usually weigh myself in the evenings. That's my excuse anyway haha
10/31 - 69.4kg that's more like it!
11/01 - 68.7kg
11/02 - 68.9kg - on another scale as well so very pleased!
11/03 - 70kg - Not surprised and expected it! Spent all of today grazing - healthy stuff but too much and spent 4 hours at a gig, drinking and dancing. Should remedy itself by today!
11/04
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11/07
11/08

So I am back for another round. My goals will be the same as last since I didn't make any progress in round 93. I would like to be under 144.0 for every weigh-in and have at least 60% of them be under 142.0. My husband turns 39 on the 7th and our last weigh-in is the day after. We also have to deal with Halloween, so this round may be a little tricky. Although I know I am kind of being selfish, but I really want to get out of the 140's, so I have decided not to pass out candy this year. All 5 of my kids will be out or doing other things, so I am not going to temp myself at all. I guess not having any little kids anymore makes this year a little easier. I do feel guilty about the other neighborhood kids, but I am taking this year off and not bringing bags of candy into the house.

(I only include the last 5 rounds of results)

Round 89: 147.0 - 143.7 Avg 144.99
Round 90: 143.7 - 140.9 Avg 142.68
Round 91: 140.9 - 143.6 Avg 143.62
Round 92: 143.6 - 141.5 Avg 142.01
Round 93: 141.5 - 142.3 Avg 143.21

10/30 - 140.7 Finally!!!! A new low!!! Now it's only by 2/10 of a pound, but I am taking it and running. Was on track all day yesterday and stuck to my no alcohol. Will do the same today and hope for another, hopefully bigger drop tomorrow.

10/31 - 140.7 same as yesterday. So I am ending October with an entire 2/10 of a pound loss. Not thrilled, but I have to accept it and move on. The good news is my monthly moving average is down 2.2 pounds according to my happy scale. I am pretty much losing about a pound to a pound and a half a month right now. I am at about 22.5 on my BMI chart, so in the healthy range and am ok with how my clothes fit. I think it's just vanity that I want to weigh in the 130's, lol. I don't really think anything is going to change if the scale says 140.7 or 138.7, but it will make me happy, so I will continue working on it. No alcohol again last night and stayed on track food wise. I have only drank 2 days out of the last 10 and that is huge for me, so I am going to continue trying to go that route for a couple more weeks.

11/01 - 141.5 So my husband finally made tenure yesterday and got a really nice raise. We knew he was being re-evaluated, but it was way better than we could have imagined. Plus he got a really nice bonus and we can finally pay some bills off that we have putting off. Having 2 kids in college and another one starting next year is sometimes hard on the wallet, lol. That being said we celebrated last night with a couple of drinks and Chinese food. He wanted to go out, but I made it at home instead. The chicken egg rolls (I only had 1) went into the air fryer, the fried rice was made with low sodium soy sauce (husband could not even tell the difference), and baked some chicken to go with it. I only had 4 oz of Crown and nothing else. I was really good! I don't think I deserve this uptick, but maybe even using the low sodium soy sauce it was more than I should have had. We will see tomorrow. It was a celebration and don't regret the 1 pound at all. TGIF!!!!

11/02 - 139.7 yes, yes, yes!!!! Finally and it’s real, but now here comes the weekend. I always gain during the weekend no matter what. Maybe this will be my motivation to be really good.

11/03
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11/07
11/08

My goal is to remain consistent with my calories and under my daily target. I'll do this by eating high protein meals and lots of vegetables which keep me full, and snacking on apples if I want something in the evening. In the last round, I managed to do this 7 out of the 10 days and in this round I want to do better.

Round 93: SW 71.9kg EW 70.7kg (-1.2 kg / -2.6 lbs)

10/30 70.7kg - under calorie target; exercised
10/31 70.7kg - under calorie target
11/01 70.4kg - under calorie target; exercised
11/02 70.3kg - 750 calories over target; exercised
11/03 71.1kg - I had to amend yesterday's comment as I ate more chocolate after posting and ended up way over my calorie target for the day. Hoping I have more willpower today.
11/04
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11/06
11/07
11/08

SW Rnd94: 67,2kg
GW Rnd94: 66,7kg (-500gr)

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 67,5 - still TOM. I wonder what my data is going to show in the end, it’s the first time I am tracking everything this well. So I am unbothered by the ups and downs. I feel sore but good. Excited for this new 10 day focus challenge.
10/31 - 66,7 - is this water flushed out post TOM ? Maybe (probably). Data inputted in my spreadsheets and feeling a bit lighter :-). Also took my measurements (twice a month) and got some nice losses there as well.
11/01 - 66,8 - walked a lot and worked out as well. Feeling tired but very good.
11/02 - 66,9 - meh, DOMS I imagine since my calories have not changed one iota in these last couple of days.
11/03 - 66,7 - going down a bit. Still wondering if it’s DOMS.

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 94 (round 26 for me ) I'm in for another round, to lose my cheeky pre-Brexit weeks holiday gain. Have a wedding vow renewal on 9th and need to lose a couple of pounds to be comfortable in the dress I plan on wearing!

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 – it's a permanent way of life !
& be mindful of what I eat & drink and keep walking.

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Day/Weight/Comment


10/30 135.6 – walked 8.63 miles yesterday, calories under goal but carbs and fat slightly over
10/31 136.2 - walked 12 miles & an hours yoga, after we told that one of our yoga buddies had suddenly died at the age of 53, such a lively vibrant girl!! It just flipped me, I was so shocked, I went totally of the rails, couldn't even tell you what passed through my lips after that, sigh, why ? So today is a new day, I start again, I'm lucky not to be up more, but now 9 days to wearing that dress!
11/01 136.2 – walked only just under 3.5 miles yesterday – met up with my DH, DIL & toddler DGC at a family open farm, had a lovely day , but calories 492 over . Must get my game in gear!
11/02 136.2 - 8.89 miles walked yesterday, calories under, but carbs slightly over.
11/03 136.2 - 9 miles walked yesterday
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?ﾟﾏﾼ?ﾟﾏﾼ?ﾟﾏﾼ This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE. ?ﾟﾏﾼ?ﾟﾏﾼ

CW: 109.4 kg
HW: 112 kg
GW: 98 kg by 31 December
GW R94: 107 kg

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 109.7 kg
10/31 - 110 kg
11/01 - 110.9 kg
11/02 - 110 kg // I haven't really paid attention to my eating lately but I'll start that today. My daily calorie goal is 1350 to 1550. I'm also doing intermittent fasting. Though I'm breaking it early today as I need something before I go hiking this morning.
Exercised 4/5 days do far this week. Today's hike will make it 5/6. So I'm happy with that progress even if the scale isn't budging.

11/03 - 110.4 kg // I went hiking yesterday. It was so satisfying. It's been a while since I set a goal and reached it. This past week was filled with that. In terms of exercise and being active anyway.

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Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 141.4
10/31 140.4
11/01 141.4 Awesome Halloween party. Had dinner at home first, and only had 4 watered down rum and waters, and a glass of wine...so all good
11/02 139.6 Today I made a spinach salad with warm bacon dressing. A first for me. It turned out awesome.
11/03 143.0 just bloat will be gone tomorrow
11/04
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11/07
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I would like to join too! Let’s see how it goes!
I’m 29/F 5’1
CW : 140.6
GW : 138 (for this round)

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 - 140.6 My weight goes up and down each and every day. This is my lowest so far since the start of my journey this time.
10/31 - 141.1 I knew this would happen But I also know that the weight will go down eventually! It just takes time!
11/01 - 141.1
11/02 - 140.2
11/03 - 141.5 Did two workouts back to back yesterday and am all sore everywhere! Maybe that’s the reason for the weight gain
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11/05
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11/07
11/08

*ROUND 94 (October 30 - November 8)
Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 63
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
MFPSW: 240
CW: 182
RGW: 180
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* {•Round 89 - gain 1.2 lbs (FR) - 184 EW}
{Round 90 - lost .8 lbs - 183.2 EW}
{Round 91 - 10/9~DNW (wgt on 10/8~183.6) gain .4 lbs (FR) /?EW}
{Round 92 - 180.8 EW}
{Round 93 - gain 2 lbs(FR) 182.8 EW}

{Day/Weight/Comment}
▪10/30 -182 - IF/18.5hrs. 12g carbs. Meal times~ 2:30, 5:30, 7:30.
▪10/31 - 181.8 - IF/21.5hrs. 21g carbs. Meal times~ 5pm, 7:30.
▪11/1 - 183 - Currently, I really do not know what my actual weight is. I weigh early a.m. every day, usually before 12 fasted hours are completed. I hardly ever feel hungry. Fasted for 24.5hrs/not intentional. 20g carbs. Meal time~ 8pm.
▪11/2 - 182 - IF/21.5hrs. 20g carbs.
Meal time~ 5pm.

▪11/3 - 183.6 😦 - IF/20hrs. 17g carbs. Meal times~ 2pm, 7:30.




●11/8
Seeking lower bodyfat%