JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 97

I have set myself a new goal for 2019 and a new UGW.
Things are looking good for my revised 2019 goal. I have hit it thrice this Round. Happy Scale has shown a steady downward trend since the end of July, despite having one or two lapses last round.

JGM10D ~|~ Round 97 Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female
SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
LW: 153 (Oct 2016) 151 150 (Nov 2019)
Aim for 2019 ~ reach 155 ⚖️⏬ 140s ⏬⚖️ 💐
Aim for each round ~ Maintain
UGW: 150 140s
I am FOCUSED on heathy food choices and DETERMINED to achieve my goals!
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Weight loss is slowing as I approach my UGW. However, I KNOW I am doing this!
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29/11: 149.2 Goals 🎉 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Second time this week! 😂
30/11: 149.8: Goals 🎉
01/12: 150.0: Goals 🎉
02/12: 150.9: Goals🎉 Didn’t have time to post over the weekend. Happy that I’m maintaining.
03/12: 149.6: Goals 🎉 📉💕
04/12: xxx: Goals
05/12: xxx: Goals
06/12: xxx: Goals
27/10: xxx: Goals
28/10: xxx: Goals
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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!

Round 97 (19 for me)
Taking a mini diet break for the Thanksgiving weekend, but I’ll be back on track on Monday.

60 Female 5’6”
Starting weight: 212.8 (2/28/19)
Maintenance goal: 145-150
R97 (19) – SW: 175.6 – EW:???

Goals for this round:
1) Enjoy the holiday weekend.
2) Log carefully and maintain a calorie deficit (starting Sunday).
3) Walk or exercise 30+ minutes most days.

Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 – 177.6 – Okay, that’s a big bounce for one day, but I’m not going to stress about it. I still have a house guest, more company coming later today, and a birthday party tomorrow, as well as a fridge full of really yummy leftovers, so I’m going to relax and enjoy it all. A few days of indulgence and then I’m back on track.
11/30 – 179.6 – Interesting. This is the biggest spike I’ve seen in nine months of generally consistent tracking (excluding vacations when I didn’t track my food or my weight). Experience tells me it’s mostly fluid retention, but it’s still startling to see. However, it’s just another data point for analysis. Friday was another splurge day. I was way over my calorie limit with lots of sodium, carbs, and sugar. Japanese takeout lunch, salty snacks, several hi-cal desserts. Board games and movies instead of a walk in the park. A couple of glasses of wine and not nearly enough water. I know that if this becomes a habit, I’m headed back up to where I started. So the choice is mine: continue to slack off and see a real gain or get back on track and keep working toward my goal.
12/01 – 178.8 – Moving back down after a day of more moderate eating. Spent the rainy day getting the Christmas boxes down from the attic and doing some decorating. Took another day off from logging, but paid more attention to portion sizes. Ended a lovely holiday weekend with mulled wine and the last of the pumpkin pie.
12/02 – 178.2 – Back to logging and maintaining a calorie deficit today. It was nice to take a break, but I’m ready to get back on track and work my way back down. (I generally type my comments each day in a Word document and post them at the end of the day. Between the company and the wine, I didn’t get them posted on MFP on Saturday or Sunday night. So I’m trying to get that done a little earlier tonight.)
12/03 – 178.6 – We got our first snow yesterday – it’s gorgeous! It was too windy to walk today, so I planned to grade some papers. Wound up taking a badly needed nap instead, so I may be up again working on those papers tonight. Hopefully I can squeeze in a walk tomorrow. Back to logging and maintaining a deficit, chipping away at that that holiday bounce.
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08

Ready for my round 34
OSW 88KG
RSW 60.30kg (-27.7kg) or {- 61.1 lbs}
Goal... Less than I started

11/29 60.7kg was over calories yesterday (can't blame Thanksgiving as I live in Malawi 🙄🇲🇼) but will not be today because I'm going to be too busy! Gym done and how I'm looking forward to the weekend...
11/30 59.55kg. Getting back under 60kg is great. Had a lovely night last night with my bestie but not enough sleep! Going to keep busy today so I don't snack.
12/01 60.1kg. Went a little over calories again last night. No real change in the last 6 weeks. Will keep busy today and focus.
12/02 59.95kg. Mission to keep under 60kg the whole week. Gym done already
12/03 60.15kg which is not a problem. Calories and macros perfect yesterday and I'm planning to do the same today
12/04 60.7kg which has no reason to be there as it was all good yesterday. I'm sure it will be off soon. Gym done
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08

Round 97
Age - 51
Height 167 cm
SW: 75.8 kg (167.1 lbs) - Round 93 - 20.10.2019
Goal for Round 97: Try to maintain and not to go over 72 kg. It will be not easy. Today we go to Dusseldorf for company’s “goose dinner”. Then my Dad comes next week to visit us and we go for a short vacation to Dresden from Dec 7 till Dec 10. No scale and good food! I join Round 98
Day/Weight/Comment
11/28 - 71.1 kg (156.7 lbs)
11/29 - 71.3 kg (157.2 lbs). Jillian Michaels in the morning.
11/30
12/01
12/02 - 73.9 kg (162.9 lbs). No comments. Jillian Michaels in the morning.
12/03 - 72.9 kg (160.7 lbs). 7.3 km run in the morning
12/04 - 71.8 kg (158.3 lbs). Jillian Michaels in the morning.
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08

RESULT OF ROUND 97: minus 0.0 kg (-0.0 lbs.) %BF minus 0.0; %MM plus 0.0; BMI.

Stephie, 49, 167 cm, Brussels:
R97 (16) – SW 153.0 / EW xxx.x


OSW 172.0 lbs
RSW 153.0 lbs
RGW 153.0 lbs
EGW 145.0 lbs

Past Rounds:
Goals
1 - Track my calories daily
2 - Run (or gym) 3x week
3 - Water 1.5l
4.- Stay on current weight or less

Date – Weight in of the morning– Summary of the previous day:
11/29 - Holiday
11/30 - Holiday
12/01 - Holiday
12/02 - 155.6 (+2.6) totally expected after a long weekend in Switzerland eating melted cheese with fresh bread most days In fact I stopped eating Sunday lunchtime because I couldn't face any more food! so this is a week of extreme dieting, drinkings lots of water and slowly starting exercising again following 2 weeks off with a pulled muscle in my hip and an arthritis fare.
12/03 154.4 (-1.2 lbs) down a little but I ate too much yesterday evening and I was over on calories, I was tired and couldn't face cooking anything so I ended up eating random stuff from the fridge.... I'm realizing tiredness is the worse for my diet as I tend to overcompensate with food (and the wrong kind of food!). Today I'm planning on going to the gym during my lunch break, I'm looking forward to it.

12/04 154.2 (-0.2) over calories yesterday, I logged consistently during the day, but I was running around yet again in the evening and therefore I ended up being too tired to cook sensible food. At least I have prepared fresh vegetable soup for tonight which I will I just have to warm up when I get home. I'm happy I went to the gym yesterday, it was a good workout between the indoor cycling and elliptical although I miss my running, I'm quite grumpy without it

12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08

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
HOLIDAY
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
HOLIDAY
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
End R90 - 138.0lb - Round loss 0.4lb - Loss to date 20.6lb
End R91 - 137.9lb - Round loss 0.1lb - Loss to date 20.7lb
End R92 - 135.4lb - Round loss 2.5lb - Loss to date 23.2lb
End R93 - 134.6lb - Round loss 0.8lb - Loss to date 24.0lb
End R94 - 132.8lb - Round loss 1.8lb - Loss to date 25.8lb
End R95 - 132.9lb - Round gain 0.1lb - Loss to date 25.7lb
End R96 - 137.6lb - Round gain 4.7lb - Loss to date 21.0lb


11/28 - DNW
11/29 - DNW
11/30 - DNW
12/01 - DNW
12/02 - DNW

12/03 - 137.3lb (-0.3lb) Decided to weigh this morning for the first time in ages - slightly down from my one off weigh last round and was actually pleasantly surprised to be honest as expected this to be more. Christmas season snacking and socialising has started in earnest but want to make sure it doesn't get out of control over the next few weeks. So not necessarily aiming to lose - will be very happy to maintain through until the New Year. Just so need to get back to all you lovely ladies and gents and stay accountable.
Out on Friday for Escape Room and meal with work and aiming to stay away from the large pile of mince pies and sweets now in the office on a daily basis!

12/04 - 135.6lb (-1.7lb) A day back on plan, plenty of water, logging and a decent gym session last night - enjoyed looking at the scale this morning! More of the same today and tomorrow planned too Out on Friday night and in reality I'll be happy to finish the round on Sunday somewhere around here and then starting a new round on a Monday morning.

12/05 -
12/06 -
12/07 -
12/08 -

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#90: 190.2
RND#91: 182.2
RND#92: 180.2
RND#93: 177.9
RND#94: 175.4
RND#95: 173.0
RND#96: 175.2

RND#97SW: 175.2lbs
RND#97GW: 172.0lbs
Goal: Improve Sleep - duration of 7hrs and score above 80; decrease BF; increase MM.


Day/Weight/Comment
11/29 176.2lbs 38.6%BF 6h59m/83 - headed to the gym!
11/30 173.6lbs 37.9%BF 7h15m/82 - whoosh! My sister is having Thanksgiving Redux today, so I am sure I'll bump up again, but hope to keep the damage to a minimum. Besides, that rich food doesn't sit peacefully in my tummy like it used to...
12/01 173.8lbs 38.0%BF 7h3m/84 - not bad for the morning after Thanksgiving II.
12/02 172.8lbs 37.7%BF 5h40m/75 - training this morning after a quiet-ish weekend.
12/03 173.4lbs 37.9%BF 5h17m/76 - good workout session, but long day with late dinner and short sleep = increased weight & BF.
12/04 173.4lbs 37.9%BF 6h15m/78 - sedentary day at work; hoping training this morning will shake things up.
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 55
NE Ohio

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)

My 58th Round!

This round I will have to get past Thanksgiving and Christmas parties and try to get down a pound or 2 back to maintenance.
SW R97: 144.5

Day/Weight/Comment

11/29 – 146.5 – I had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have some leftovers to take care of this weekend. I’ll try to drink extra water today and be mindful of the leftovers.
11/30 – 148 – Ouch! I really didn’t want to step on the scale today, but I’m not going to change my habits if I don’t face the consequences. My family leaves for home today after the OSU/Michigan game. Today I’m really going to try to stay away from the goodies.
12/1 – 147 – Back to the calorie counting tomorrow. We finished the Thanksgiving leftovers today, so I’m hoping it doesn’t go up anymore.
12/2 – 147
12/3 – 145.5 – On the way back down. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is my real weight after the last week and a half, but I’ll be drinking plenty of water in hopes it might go down a little more tomorrow. Today is my first day back to work since last Tuesday, so I should be able to stay on plan.
12/4 – 146 – I drank my water, watched my calories, and did a short work out for the first time in a week. Oh well, hopefully it will go back down tomorrow.

Back for Round 97
Female / Age 62 / 5'2"
OW: 158.5 (12/30/18)
UG: 135.0 (for now, healthy weight for me)

Intro:
Round Stats
Strategy: Up the hydrating foods. Fruit with breakfast. Salad/veggies as bulk of lunch. Healthy dinner. Limit/eliminate processed carbs and sugars. Zero calorie intake after 8pm. Strength exercises 3 days on/1 day rest. Regular movement through day to compensate for desk job.

R97 Challenges: Getting back on track after Thanksgiving. I'll be starting December off with a Hydration Challenge to increase the amount of plant based hydration in my diet.

R97 SW: 145.0
R97 GW: 144.0

11/29 (F) 145.3 (Trend Weight 145.9) Not too bad a bump for Thanksgiving. Seems the increased activity (even with skipping the strength workouts) and my lightened up dinner menu was effective. Forced myself to have a light breakfast, and nibbled on raw veggies for lunch while prepping dinner. Are moderately, but it was still pretty carb and sodium heavy. Didn't get as much water as I should have. May see another bump tomorrow from the leftovers, but I did get both a strength workout and some aerobics in today.

11/30 (S) 145.6 (Trend Weight 145.9) Leftovers. Pretty much figured that. Glad it wasn't any worse. There's still a few left in the fridge, but I'm done with the heated up plates and turkey sandwiches. I can work what's left into lighter meals. Today is a strength workout rest day, but I'll shoot for getting my steps in a a short round of aerobics.

12/01 (S) 145.5 (Trend Weight 145.8) Ok. 1\10. I'll take it. Yesterday was on the high side of my calorie range and sodium was up a tad, but I was pretty close to the eating plan. I did get in a 20 minute aerobic session. It was late evening and I had to force it, but I got it in. Trend weight pulled down another 10th - so confident I'm past the holiday bump.

12/02 (M) 145.0 (Trend Weight 145.7) Yes! Mindful of my eating yesterday. Did not feel too well, so slugged my steps and workout. Today is day one of the Quench 5-Day Plan. Not as much of a diet as it is a way to increase more efficient plant-based hydration.

Morning smoothie was only 97 calories, and not particularly filling - so probably not a sustainable breakfast substitution. The plan makes using that morning smoothie as breakfast optional. I'll either need to make it more substantial, or make sure breakfast is light to stay within calorie range.

12/03 (T) 144.8 (Trend Weight 145.6) This is looking promising. I wasn't 100% on plan. Hubby wanted "Hamburger Glop" for dinner, which uses cream of mushroom soup and goes over biscuits or noodles. Pretty high starchy carb and high sodium. Being on plan for most of the day let me work that in and still stay within my set range.

Today is Day 2 of the Quench Plan. So far so good - and as you see, it kept me in range for the unexpected change in dinner menu. I'm going to try to bulk up my morning smoothie and see if that helps the mid-morning "I'm freaking hungry!"

12/04 (W) 145.2 (Trend Weight 145.6) Combination of a late night snack and normal fluctuation. Maybe stress. Had a crisis with one of my nonprofit organization's participants yesterday. Still going to be working through it today. Had skipped a couple of workouts, but got back on track with a 30 minute aerobic session. Felt good.

Day 3 of the Quench Plan. Haven't started moving yet today, but intentions are good 😊 Yesterday was good. I added a handful of oats to the smoothie and it made a huge difference. I'm not following 100% Lots of new things, imagine it will be a process like any other health habit.

12/05 (T)
12/06 (F)
12/07 (S)
12/08 (S)

R97 End Results ~