JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 94

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
11/04 139.6
11/05 141.6
11/06 141.6
11/07
11/08 140.0

Start weight this round: 206.2
Goal this round : 204.2


Day/Weight/Comment

10/30:
10/31:
11/1:
11/2:
11/3:
11/4: 206.8 Steps ✖️ Water ✖️
11/5: 205.4 Steps ✔️ Water ✔️
11/6: 207.4 Steps ✔️ Water ✔️
11/7: 207.0 Steps ✔️ Water ✔️
11/8: 205.6 Steps ✖️ Water ✔️

Age: 40
Height: 5'9"
Lifestyle Plan: Primal Blueprint
https://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/

Historical SW: 251.6 lbs 9/14/2015
Restart W: 241.4 7/12/2019 R93 EW: 208.8 Goal ✅
R94 EW: 208.7 Weight Goal ❎
Immune system goal ✅


Goal: Release 2 lbs per round.
Incremental Goals:
229.xx ✅ August 19, 2019
219.xx ✅ September 21, 2019
209.xx ✅ October 27, 2019
199.xx
189.xx
179.xx
Ultimate Goal: 175 lbs, reevaluate at that point

Progress Photo
🍂🎃🦉 October 🦉🎃🍂
30: 208.3
31: 208.7

🌬️🦃🍂 November 🍂🦃🌬️
1: 208.7
2: 209.5
3: 209.5 The other hormonal weight fluctuation. It'll be gone again in no time.
4: 209.9 Significant water and sleep deficits
5: 209.8 Exhausted again today, though I did get a more reasonable amount of sleep last night. Took a nap yesterday and today. Pretty sure my body is working overtime so that I won't get the nasty cold my 2 younger kids both have. No IF today. Followed my hunger that came a few hours early compared to my normal ease of 16:8. Figured my body must need it if I'm hungry during a time when I haven't been for months. I intend to still stop eating at 7, unless I feel legitimate hunger then, which also hasn't happened in months. I think my adjusted goal for this round is simply to support my immune system.
6: 208.8 What a pleasant surprise to see the scale down again! I finished eating by 7pm. Then fell asleep shortly after 9 and woke up naturally at 5:30 in the exact same position. Feeling much better today! Spent about 30 minutes shoveling, so I could get the kids to school. It kept snowing though, so I'm heading back out to do it again shortly now that it's stopped.
7: 209.5 Muscle aches from 2+ hours of shoveling yesterday. The water weight should be gone tomorrow. Planning to get a brief yoga session in today. The stretching will feel sooooo good.
8: 208.7 Met the goal of supporting my immune system and didn't get sick. As an added bonus, I lost one tenth of a pound. Lol. I'm glad I at least didn't gain. Possibly some more water weight left from all the shoveling. Muscles are still sore.



There's no such thing as failure; only feedback.

@deepwoodslady - Donna, you're so sweet to think about me when you have so much going on in your life. I will be cigarette free for 7 weeks this Sunday. I still get hit with a craving now and then, but I've been able to get past it without throwing a piece of chocolate in my mouth, so it's getting better. I really hope you have a restful, less stressed weekend!

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 - 140.7 Did some projects around the house all day yesterday and took 3 of the kids for flu shots. Ate under calories, but did have a couple of beers with my hubby while putting together my new hall tree. It came in about 400 pieces, lol and my husband was not happy. It looks amazing though and I love it.

11/04 - 141.5 cleaned house all day Sunday and did about 8 loads of laundry over the weekend. Made banana bread, chocolate banana bread, (did not have any) and burritos for the week for everyone. I only had my 2 meals and both were on track. We had aged steak for dinner and brussel sprouts. I did not have any potatoes, mac and cheese, or bread, but I did have a couple of beers watching the night games with the hubby. I have got to get back to no alcohol. I am so good for a while and then I just start sliding again and of course the Cowboys are playing tonight. I'm not going to lie, being a Cowboys fan causes you to drink sometimes, lol. Oh well, I am doing my best.

11/05 - 139.7 Well, I can say I am pretty consistent this round for sure. Cowboys won and I am sure I am a little dehydrated from the beer, but ate way under calories. So it should even out. Back on no alcohol as of tonight. Would love to see the same pattern to finish out the next 3 days of this round.

11/06 - 140.7 This is the result of the beer from Monday night. I always have an uptick when I over drink 2 days later. Definitely well deserved and will hopefully be back down tomorrow. I have done really well this week, way better than I thought I would. I knew this week was going to be a rough one for me with so much going on. We are having my husband's bday tonight with all the kids at home. Fajitas and pineapple upside down cake are on the menu. I am making extra veggies and will put mine on lettuce instead of tortillas and not have any cake. I should be able to stay on track. Tomorrow is his actual bday and he of course wants to go to is favorite pizza place with some friends and have a couple of beers. So tomorrow will be my true test, which I have been planning for.

11/07 - 140.7 My hubby's bday is today and we are going out to dinner at his favorite pizza place. Hopefully I am not up to much tomorrow to end this round. So far this has been a really consistent and solid round for me. Hopefully a pretty nice whoosh is right around the corner and will lurk it's head out in the next round.

11/08 - 143.4 Well that's a terrible way to end this round, but it is what it is. This is from 2 pieces of pizza, a bread stick, and 2 beers. I don't know what is in pizza, but I can always guarantee a 2-3 pound gain if I eat even 1 piece. Oh well. it was a great night and the weight will be gone soon. We are officially done with birthday season as of yesterday. My husband. 3 out of 5 of my kids, and myself are all within 3 months of each other. It is a killer on me and my weight, lol. Onto round 95.

P.S. I am ending higher than I started, but I did see a new low twice and my 10 day average is down over 2 pounds. So I am taking this as a win and moving on!

Round 94:
Female, 57 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 105 - 110.0 lbs or BF 23-25%
STG: 110 (next milestone)

Goals for 10 day Challenge: reach 114 - upper end of ideal weight for my height.

Day/Weight/Comment

10/30 114.8, %BF 27.5 Reached my STG of last round now! (be below 115) but better late than never! Expect wt may go back up tomorrow and I’ll bounce around here, but just might be possible to reach the upper end of the ideal weight range for my height this round. In the meantime goal is to keep working on increasing muscle mass (seems to be working according to scale) with the increase in calories and burning fat. Early morning spin class for cardio today!

10/31 116.4, BF% 27.9 OK maybe I should not predict that it will go up cuz it seems to come true -lol ! Pasta for dinner last night so expect a lot of the gain is water with the carbs/glycogen storage (and food retention) - but was refueled for step aerobics this am!!! Switched to using two risers to increase HR during class so got a high intensity workout in. Strength training with trainer afterwards - we are on to the Stage 4 workouts from Strong (Schuler & Cosgrove of NROLW) for the next month. Halloween get together with neighbors tonight (pizza) so have pre-logged and should be in my macros (higher calories on weight day help!) Hoping that the strong storms (under tornado watch) that are predicted hold off until after trick-or-treating! Even with the ups/downs after the last two weeks of higher calories, Happy Scale thinks my current loss rate is 0.47 lbs/week so looks like that is in line with my estimated TDEE and calorie targets so trend is more important than the noisy day to day measurements!

11/01 115.2 BF% 27.6 yeah! Heading back in the right direction! (even with pizza & wine last night- all in moderation)

11/02 114.4 BF% 27.5 yeah!!! Back below weight at start of the round! Step aerobics in the morning and then went back in the late afternoon for spin !

11/03 114.4 BF% 27.4 Holding steady! Did Xtrain class in the morning and increased power on bike to 213 watts (PWR 4.1). Did strength workout in afternoon Stage 4B from “Strong” - arms are still a bit sore as are glutes from deadlifts but should sleep well tonight!

11/04 114.0 BF% 27.3 Thrilled that I made round goal weight (the upper end of the ideal weight range for my height) even if it does bounce back up! Still want to reduce BF more, so will continue cutting and trying to conserve muscle to reduce BF to get to next STG of 110 (probably sometime in December). At that point I’ll reassess whether to work on body recomp or drop to 105 (current LTG). Going forward focus will be more on BF than scale. Rest day for weights, but did “easy” spin class tonight.

11/05 113.8, BF% 27.3 Surprised with this drop, but will take it! Wondering if the higher calories are helping with consistency in drops compared to previous weeks ??? Tuesday is heavy weight/lower rep training, so may have some DOMS tomorrow! Heading back to the gym after work so that I can get my cardio in before dinner (it also seems to help stretch quads after squats!) Also high calorie day (on strength days) so hit 1625 on the nose! Trying a sunbasket meal kit for “Cheesy Fusilli with leeks and wilted greens” tonight - basically mac-n-cheese that will make one of my daughters happy (OK I like mac-n-cheese too :-) but should hit the spot after a long day!

11/06 113.8, BF% 27.3 Held it even with the higher calorie/weight day yesterday!!! And no DOMS either (so far!) Cardio after work (spin class) today. NSV: can wear an old ring that I’ve had since I was a kid; other rings (were on ring fingers) have to move to middle fingers! (though keep forgetting to put them back on after lifting!)

11/07 112.8 BF% 26.9 OK totally unexpected! Calorie burn is pretty consistent for the last several weeks (although heavier weights, which perhaps is not being captured), and have definitely been eating more in the 1500-1600+ calorie range, so the steady drops are welcome! Perhaps needed the increase in calories to fuel muscle growth, which is leading to higher fat loss? Or more stability re water retention. BMR is slowly dropping (watch and scale suggest 1277/1177 respectively , so it is not that I am suddenly burning more. Seems like a violation of CICO, but not going to complain as I am enjoying the increased food! Weights this morning with trainer, and will do some cardio after work.

11/08 114.8 BF% 27.5 Spoke too soon lol! Went out for dinner with DH - split 2 appetizers (relatively healthy beet salad and duck prosciutto with persimmons and pomegranites), a white pizza with cremini mushrooms, and an anchovy pizza (tomato sauce but no cheese, and oh yeah, split a bottle of wine… Excess sodium clearly part of this and will expect it will come down next round. May not qualify as a refeed meal based on protein, but it’s these breaks that make this work in the long term! On the plus side was definitely well fueled for the 6am spin class and increased power! All in all loss is within range of new calorie goals so treat this as a success!


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) (outlier whoosh is skewing stats :- )
Round 88: 123.2 (1.6 loss) ** Reached healthy Weight BMI **
Round 89: 121.9 (1.3 lb loss)
Round 90: 119.6 (2.3 lb loss)
Round 91: 117.6 (2.0 lb loss) (lowest weight since 2006)
Round 92: 115.8 (1.8 lb loss)
Round 93: 115.6 (0.2 lb loss, change in %BF of 0.5%)
Round 94: 114.8 (0.8 lb loss, change in %BF of 0.2%)

(long term trend is 2.4 lbs/10 days, current rate is 0.47 lbs/week)

Hi. My name is Trina.

I'm till trying to get down to 128, before officially starting to maintain, but mostly want to stay under 130. I'm happy that my weight is staying level even with adding in the occasional carbs. I love this challenge to keep me on track and keep me grounded in reality! My other goal this 10 days is to regain some arm mobility after my mastectomy.



OSW 199 (June 15 2018)
Female, 5' 4 1/2 " age 54
R54 Pre-challenge start weight 177 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 130.5 (-1.5)
R84 SW 130.5 EW 133 (+2.5)
R85 SW 133 EW 129.5 (-3.5 so I lost the 2.5 gain at the end of last round + 1 pound!)
R86 SW 129.5 EW 134 (Looks bad...but it's just temporary blip!)
R87 skipped--Traveling
R88 skipped--Didn't log R87 or R88. Happy to have lost my blip and not see a gain!!
R89 SW 130 EW 132.5 (+2.5)
R90 SW 132.5 EW 133.5 (+1.0) Double mastectomy on day #4...weighing with drains.
R91 SW 133.5 EW 131.5 (-2.0) Recovering from surgery...drains removed by day 10.
R92 SW 131.5 EW 129.5 (-2.0) Weighed...but didn't participate R90-R92.
R93 SW 129.5 EW 129.5 (+0.0) Ok with this...goal is stay below 130!
R94 SW 129.5 EW 130.5 (+1.0) Had a bunch of days under 130...




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 -- Goal met 8/3!
8/31 129 -- saw this a couple of times!
9/30 128 -- Final goal weight (Maintain 128-132)



Goals--
Carbs < 40-
Steps/day > 13000
Exercise/walk 6 of 7 days/week

CW 129.5
RGW 129 (But mostly to stay under 130)

Day/Weight/Comment:
RSW 129.5

Day/Weight/Comment
10/30 129.5 Same as yesterday minus 10 inches of hair...which apparently only weighed 3 oz.
10/31 129.5 -- It finally stopped raining enough to take a late walk yesterday. Today I think I'll need to exercise inside!
11/01 129.5
11/02 ??? Forgot to weigh....I never forget! LOL
11/03 130 Temporary up....Had a beer late and some snacks. And not much in the way of movement yesterday.
11/04 131 Not what I wanted....but temporary! Today I FINALLY got to drive again post surgery. I took advantage of the car to go to the gym and do a strength workout and zumba. Funniest thing....the one thing I couldn't do in zumba was spread and raise my arms and take a deep breath in for warmup and cool down!! That's not supposed to be hard for anyone!

11/05 130 Walked 8 miles today. 3 fast, 5 with friends!
11/06 130 Walked another 8 miles today, 3 before going to meet with the oncology nurse. Kind of bummed to realize hair loss is pretty much guaranteed, although it's somewhat of a relief to know rather than worry about it. Called a friend on the way home and met her for another 5 mile walk. Ate a few fewer leftover Halloween snacks today.
11/07 129.5 That's nice. Didn't do so well eating today, though--not over calories, just over carbs.
11/08 130.5 Not where I wanted to end. But had a good run of under 130!

R94 SW 129.5 EW 130.5 (+1.0)

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.

Trying to get back to walking 5 miles a day. A pinched nerve and back surgery side-lined me for about a year.

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 138.0
UGW: 132.2

10/28 - 139.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...Rest Day from walking. Worked out w/our trainer for 60 mins.
10/29 - 138.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Too windy and cold to walk this mroning.

Day/Weight/Comment

10/30 - 140.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Too cold to walk this morning. 60 mins w/our trainer this afternoon.
10/31 - 139.4 at 4:00 a.m. ...3.0 miles in 60 mins.
11/01 - 139.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Rest Day. Worked out w/trainer for 60 mins.
11/02 - 137.8 at 7:00 a.m. ...3.01 miles in 70 mins.
11/03 - 140.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.13 miles in 65 mins.
11/04 - 139.4 at 5:30 a.m. ... Rest Day. Worked out w/trainer for 60 mins.
11/05 - 139.2 at 5:30 a.m. ... No walking...no workout...
11/06 - DNW ...no walking-knee and hip issues...worked out w/our trainer for 60 mins.
11/07 - 141.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...really?
11/08 - 140.4 at 5:30 a.m. ... Rest Day. Worked out w/our trainer for 60 mins.

Chris

Female- Age: 57
My Year of Wellness Journey
Height: 5'8"
OSW- 283.5
SGW - 250
UGW: OneDerLand

Round 94: SW 283.5 EW 281.0 - loss of 3.5lbs.
RGW: 273
10/30 – 283.5 – It’s my B-Day!!! Getting organized for this journey I am about to take. On vacation
until Nov. 5. That’s when the fun really begins….Excited!!
10/31 – 284.6/+1.1

11/01 – 284.6 – no change

11/02 – 283.5/-1.1

11/03 – 282.3/-1.2 – prepped food for breakfast, lunch and dinner…She Ready!!

11/04 – 283.9/+1.6 – getting mentally prepared to get up at 4am to hit the gym before work

11/05 – 282.2/-1.7 – vacation is officially over. Year of Wellness is officially in effect

11/06 – 282.6/+0.4 – getting my food/exercise together but I still need to get that gallon of water in.

11/07 – 281.9/-0.7 – Still working it out. Food and exercise is coming together…that water though

11/08 – 281.0/-0.9 – finished the week somewhat strong.

It has been a great R94 – my 1st round. I wasn’t expecting a big change, since I was in VACA Mode until Nov 5….but I had everything in place – plan developed and ready to be implemented. I lost 3.5lbs this round but in R95 I will be engaged for the whole 10 days….no VACA Mode. I find this 10 day challenge to be really doable – the focus is on 10 days. I just figured out that I have to set very realistic goals for the 10 days. On to R95 – EXCITED!!