JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 103

R101 SW: 207.0 EW: 204.5 AW: 205.9 (-0.9)
R102 SW: 205.0 EW: 208.1 AW: 205.4 (-0.5)

Goal for this round is 100g of protein each day!🥩

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28--208.1 Water weight from tea 3 days ago. 105g
01/29--207.2 Water weight is starting to go. 100g
01/30--206.1 More water. Sore from workout yesterday. Going out for lunch today. 102g
01/31--206.1 Surprised weight not up after lunch yesterday, but may be up tomorrow. Today was supposed to be gym day, but I was so exhausted I gave myself permission not to go. 102g
02/01--207.0 There's the water weight. Rest day today. 102g
02/02--206.1 Did not get all my protein in because I didn't plan for it. I also realized that when I eat less protein, I ended up eating more calories. Strength coach today. 87g
02/03--205.2 More water weight. I had a great workout with my trainer yesterday and then, once the sun came out, I took the dog out for a long walk. Going to my chiropractor today for my monthly adjustment, and if the rain holds up, I'll take the dog out for another walk. 100g
02/04--205.4 Unexpected happy hour last night, so I don't know what my total protein amount was for yesterday. However, I only had 1 drink and shared an appetizer, so I'm happy about that. Strength coach today.
02/05--206.0 I had a tough workout yesterday. 100g
02/06

Round 103
Day/Weight/Comment

01/28 177 lbs
01/29 177 lbs
01/30. 177 lbs
01/31 177 lbs
02/01 177.5 lbs
02/02 177 lbs
02/03 177 lbs
02/04 177 lbs
02/05 177.3 lbs Carb overload. Steps 18002.
02/06

Female 5'4"

Day/Weight/Comment
01/29 148.8
01/30 148.4
01/31 147.4
02/01 147
02/02 147
02/03 146.2.    
02/04 146.6
02/05 146. Good...want to go below this tomorrow & finish strong!
02/06

@quiltingjaine
Good idea....my husband uses those. I might do an elimination diet and just see. I have been eating dairy all of my short .....ahem....life. I will definitely use these if it helps when I need or want dairy. 🐄

Round 103
RST 205
RGW 198
UGW 150
Jan 29: 205
Jan 30: 205
Jan 31: 205
Feb 01: 203
Feb 02: 202
Feb 03: 201
Feb 04: 201
Feb 05: 201

Round 103:
Female, 58 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 105 lbs and BF 23% (or lower, we’ll see :-) (Expect to reach in February-September)
STG: reach long term goal - or - at least maintain below 110 and reduce BF%!

Goals for 10 Day Challenge: reach last rounds low of 106. Ideally keep WT<108.0, BF <25.8%
EW round 102: 110.6, BF 26.2%

Day/Weight/Comment

01/28 108.2, BF 25.6% Losing weekend bump about as fast as it came on! Discovered website NetNutrition that lists all nutrition info for eateries on campus that lets you build up nutrition info by items for each meal! Good news is that most of my guestimates were within 50 calories of the those on the site. Using Loseit for food diary as MFP kept creating double entries (did not show in phone app) but were imported into Apple Health Kit which made figuring adjusting caloriesand TDEE for this last 5 pounds really hard! I can import all entries from the NetNutrition site with my phone camera quite easily and create my typical meals. Bad news is that my selections for Indian food today at lunch had more sodium than what I typically have in a day (over 2000!). Expect that will have some impact tomorrow… But at least going forward I can preplan lunch before heading out! Exercise good - weights with trainer (sore!) and yoga (am) and plan on cycle after work to help loosen up quads.

01/29 108.6, BF 25.7% pretty good - food retention (got to work on fiber timing/intake so the poop fairy visits before weigh in :-), sodium, and DOMS (BB back squats, BB bench press, cable chops yesterday) but weight within typical daily variation (seriously need to get a foam roller for my office!) Today - cycle class after work followed by kettle bell class from 7-8. Big lunch today (latin bowl) so will be eating a lighter dinner after class as not sure if the format for kettle bells will be circuit or tabata - cannot do a tabata format after eating!!!

01/30 108.0, BF 25.6% Killer cardio yesterday! Did spin class at uni gym, had a protein bar then went to kettle bell class at other gym - only two of us there! Fortunately it was a circuit format, but felt exhausted by the end of it - need to work on situps with the kettle bell and wrist strength on right side so that I can do a clean with a heavier weight for the OH press and not leave bruises on my forearm! Light dinner (ate most calories at lunch), then caught up on email, bath and bed. Too much cardio activity at that hour, however, did not lead to restive sleep (although hope it kept burning fat - lol). Next class is on Monday (tabata) so definitely not doing back to back classes! Except for my bruised arm, feel good today. Last of my workout A for Stage 6 in “Strong” (the 4x4 series), then last B workout on Sunday and will be excited to start Stage 7 next week!

1/31 107.0, BF 25.3% Yeah! Back to weight from last Friday! Moderate evening cycle last night and then refueled on “Caramelized Shallot Pasta” (from recent NYT recipe) and huge green salad. Nice to see a loss after pasta, but calories and exercise were on target! Seafood order for pickup at the Farmer’s Market Saturday is in and have dinners preplanned so as long as I don’t eat lunch out (too much sodium/fat/carbs) and avoid late night snacking on fritos/tortilla chips hope to minimize the weekend bump and stay below 108! (i.e can sometimes do one or the other but not two meals out and LNS). Looking at my typical calorie in/calorie out pattern, I tend to "refeed" on weekends (eat back more exercise calories), which is probably needed, which makes it so more important to look at the longer turn trend.

2/1 109.0, BF 25.8% Kids had BB game last night so did not get home until 8, so later dinner than normal - chicken mushroom stroganoff. did not avoid the LNS with tortilla chips, so may have some water retention. Step aerobics class today so less intense cardio and yoga at home.

2/2 108.8, BF 25.8% Nice to see a drop on the weekend! Overall weight is down 2.8 lb from last Sunday - lots of fluctuations as eating around maintenance calories so good to get use to the range of variability before really going into maintenance. Ate into some of the exercise calories today - went to women’s basketball game and had an impossible burger with fries - ate half of the fries and gave the rest to DH. Dinner was fish tacos at home so overall higher carb day and with eating out for lunch today may see a sodium bump tomorrow.

108.0, BF 25.5% Yeah - back to 108 ! Much better job at “maintaining” over the weekend and keeping weight around 108! Super cycle class this am (was in peak heart rate zone for 46% of the class!). Kettle bell class tonight at 7 - hopefully I will have recovered enough in case the format is a tabata style class!

2/4 107.2, BF 25.3% **One Year Anniversary of this Weight Loss Journey** Hard to believe it has been one year, but made my original goal weight by my birthday in December, had to work on maintaining that, and continue to work on revised goal of 105 (maybe in a month). Rather than weight, my primary goal is reducing body fat (so that may take a year+) via recomp (easing into that and eating at maintenance). I always wondered why people recommended going slower closer to goal (I don;t think it is necessary from a science/weight loss perspective). However it does makes the transition into maintenance a bit easier with the gradual increase in calories and getting use to the variation in weight to expect at maintenance. While I try to keep protein high to support weight training my carb or fat macros are not as consistent day to day, so that and sodium tend to lead to wider fluctuations in water weight day to day. To all out there reading this, keep up the great work and thanks for all of your support along the way!!!

2/5 106.6, BF 25.1% New low (0.2 below previous low) but hoping to hang in the 107’s (avg trend weight is 107.7) over the next week or so. Good exercise day yesterday - yoga, new weight workout with trainer am, then cycle class after work. Skipped protein bar in afternoon as not enough time for it to digest prior to cycle so had a surplus of calories for the day after dinner. Ended up trying the “Seis Leches Cake” from NYT https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020805-seis-leches-cake that I had made (we were down to 4 peices left so between DH and the twins cleared that out of the frig!) The six milks are evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, sweetened condensed coconut milk, dulce de leche, and heavy whipping cream - one slice comes in at 399 calories (less since I made the sponge cake with Swerve sugar substitute but who am I kidding) I started with just a half piece but decided to finish the slice! The coconut and dulce de leche flavors are great (but I might drop the sweetened condensed milk or use unsweetened coconut cream to make it less sweet if I make it again) Really nice to be able to fit in an indulgent dessert now and then at this point! Thanks for all of the MFP-anniversary wishes! This group has really helped with accountability and keeping me on track - it means a lot!

2/6

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%) ** increased calories **
Round 94: 114.8 (0.8 lb loss, change in %BF of 0.2%)
Round 95: 114.4 (0.4 lb loss, change in %BF 0.2%)
Round 96: 111.2 (3.2 lb loss, change in %BF 0.9%)
Round 97: 109.4 (1.8 lb loss, change in %BF 0.5%)
Round 98: 110.6 (1.2 lb gain, change in %BF 0.4% increase)
Round 99: 111.0 (0.4 lb gain, change in %BF 0.1% increase)
Round 100: 110.2 (0.8 lb loss, change in %BF 0.2% decrease)
Round 101: 109.6 (0.6 lb loss, change in %BF 0.2% decrease)
Round 102: 110.6 (1.0 lb gain), BF% 26.2 (0% change)
(long term average rate is 1.34 lbs/week)

37yo, 173cm/5'8" female in Amsterdam
Start weight: 74kg
Goal weight: 70kg

My body is my ally

R102 EW: 73.1kg

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 73.2kg - no exercise, 16.5hrs hrs fast
My eating window was a bit longer yesterday as dinner took long was quite small and I then had a bunch of snacks, silly me. Today, I stayed home sick, sore throat turned into feeling overall unwell. So hardly any steps and no exercise.
01/29 73.1kg - no exercise, 16hrs
Still off sick. I have to accept that I won't meet my step, running or yoga goals this week. It would be nice if Fitbit had an option to add this and put goals on pause.
01/30 72.8kg - no exercise, 15hrs fast
Back to work for the day as it is my bosses last day. But I'm not 100% well and will stay home again tomorrow.
01/31 72.6kg - no exercise, 17.5hrs fast
Stayed home, sick again feel better. No exercise, just went for a walk which was good. Hopefully I can sneak in a short run on Sunday.
January stats:
- 13 runs, 72km
- 20 days of YWA Home done
- each week I walked+ran more than 50km
- average fasting time: 15.7hrs
02/01 72.4kg - YWA Home Day 21+22, walk, 17hrs fast
Started the day with yoga.
I'm very happy with this loss rate, but fasting is easier when home and sleeping longer. So I need to consider my meeting schedule for my eating schedule. I already know stress eating will be a problem, so will aim to take chopped veg for that. Anyway, it's Saturday, why am I already worrying about work?
02/02 71.8kg - YWA day 23, 16.5hrs fast
Wow that was unexpected. I didn't eat much yesterday, but still. I'm sure this won't last, but a bump down is still nice to see. Having a very emotionally draining weekend, but on the plus side I didn't stress eat.
Average fasting time this week: 16.5, up from last week! Back to work tomorrow, see how this week will go.
Average weight this week: 72.7kg, down 0.6
02/03 71.9kg - YWA day 24, 16hrs fast
I ended up doing a yoga session before bed last night, which was really good. Today, i'm back to work as normal and it may be a long work day, but I ordered lunch so I can have the second half later in the day and won't need dinner when I get home late.
02/04 71.7kg - YWA day 25 (before bed), 13hrs fast
Got home late yesterday, stayed up late, snacked late and had wine. Bad news at work plus difficult situation at home. But the loss is positive. Today wasn't much better, at least I skipped the wine.

02/05 72.4kg - 13.5hrs fast

02/06

Thanks 🤗 loads Jackie (@GrandmaJackie) and Molly (@IsMollyReallyHungry) and everyone else who helps keep these rounds going. I'd lost sight of how inspiring daily posts can be.
I appreciate everyone who participates. You all help keep me accountable and motivated.

172.6 starting weight for round 103

Day/Weight/Comment

01/28 172.6
This year I saw numbers I never believed I'd see again. I'm back below the obesity mark and intend to stay. Ten years ago I promised myself no birthday or gastric bypass "surgiversary" would find me obese again. I'm revising this to overweight.
Only 28lbs separate overweight and obese and 33lbs a solid normal 24 BMI and obese. Going forward overweight per the charts is no longer acceptable to me.It's not about the charts. I experience changes with even small shifts in body fat.
This round I want to reduce blood pressure and heart rate. I'll only achieve this in the 160's and below. I'll lose as much as I can this round. Low carb, fasting, & fat burning exercise will get me there.
01/29. 173.2.
As much as I hate seeing the scale go up I'm comforted with the knowledge that I weighed in with a belly full. When I weigh at my heaviest time of day I've got a built in psychological cushion.
Yesterday and today where planned totally free days. Yay me, I fasted over 18hrs yesterday and maintained calorie control both days. This fasting/ restricted eating protocol helps me with appetite control. It's a big plus that I've come to enjoy it. No hunger and it just feels right. My appetite returns when it's time to eat usually after 16-18hrs.
01/30. 171.6
I'm praying I'll be in the 160's before my next medical in a couple of weeks. Today's eating has been nutritional crap giving me three days of high sodium, sugar & flour.
The sodium is no issue when balanced with sufficient potassium. I'm all good once I'm eating my greens again. Sugar and flour are my personal kryptonite. It's going to take the weekend for me to get these out of my system.
Fingers crossed, the weekend recovery period will win me a pound or two of water weight loss. I'm back on low carb and watching my water intake.
Getting enough is easy for me. My problem is getting too much then needing diuretics. I've been warned but the sipping habit is hard to break. Beverages are a great substitute when I want to nibble.
No time to read this thread over the last few days but I'll catch up this weekend. Wishing you all well and thanks for all of your much needed support.
01/31. 172.2
I've been mis behaving terribly leaving me feeling bloated and cranky. Once again calories low and macros crap. I really have to haul @$$ to drop the water weight over the weekend. My scrambled brain is overwhelmed making food an afterthought. That keeps the calories down but instead I eat what's easy instead of what's good.
02/01. 170.6
I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel and I'm sure it's not a vehicle about to mow me down. I'll soon be out of the 170's in spite of myself.
It's very early for me to post my day but time is scarce. I'm declaring that I will stick to my plan today. If I do not it makes me a liar. Of course I am a liar but I reserve my lies for when it really counts. 😜
02/02 170.8
Damn that road to hell paved with good intentions! Perhaps I should start with my personal evils so I'll be lead to my personal good. Once again I went with easy over nutrition.
Won't give up can't give up. Calories & fasting periods are under control and I will beat the carb monster too.
02/03. 170.6
Net carbs were awesome yesterday so my high total carbs may be excused given it is mostly fiber. Protein was way down because my calories were low due to a short eating window and a long fasting period. I'm still carrying water weight but if I can stay off of the flour and sugar I'll finally break through to the 160's.

02/04. 169.0
I'll pat myself on the back for 20 fasting & under 4 fed hours for the day but I'm also scolding myself. This is the longest I've been over my low weight in nearly ten years. I should never have let this annual yo-yo thing begin. Back to basics all day every day will keep me within my optimal weight range. This is my lifetime diet. Still, I'm overjoyed to see the 160's again.

02/05. 169.6
Yesterday I hoped to do a 4 hour restricted eating window with my intermittent fast but I extended it to 6 hours. I got hungry struggling with paperwork that kept me up late. Calories are low & macros look good with fiber making up most of my carbs. Yesterday included a little vodka. Just a bit since I can't hold my booze like I used to. I'm getting accustomed to working my revised plan.

02/06

R100 1/7/20 -1.7 kg (3.7 lbs/ 81.7 kg)
R101 1/8/20 -2.8 kg (6.2 lbs/ 78.9 kg)
R102 1/27/20 +0.5 kg (79,4 kg)

R103 goal: continue the alternate IF/Keto routine, weigh-in only Sunday

Day/Weight/Comment
01/28 79,2 kg ate a lot and was not satisfied probably because of hormones. But I stuck to keto foods, just ate over calories. which was okay, I am still in a deficit over a few days.
01/29 79,2* k 18 hrs, stuck to the routine. Was for a short while hungry after work at a late hour. It's always the same, I have too much adrenaline after work in my body (I guess) which makes me hungry until I am able to relax. Now it's sort of okay with a bit of mindfulness/ meditation.
01/30 79,2* Had two meals - that seems to be a regular when I have a non-fasting day, haha, and hormones are not interfering. All good. A ring now fits on my right hand. Before it didn't fit at all, then only on the left. Non-scale progress.
01/31 79,2*kg Fasting day, went well. was under calories.
02/01 79,2*kg Had a big ribeye steak and about 100% of calories. Unfortunately late at night I ate a snack - pork rinds - which means that my fast for tomorrow should go to 6:30 pm. Now I am feeling too full from this small snack. Stupid hormones, I wish my body would make up its mind beforehand...
02/02 79,1 kg Ah well, it's the time before TOM, that late snack yesterday night, so probably water retention. Good thing is another jeans fits again - haha, with a small muffin top by the stomach. So my body is changing for the better. Just would be nice to see it on the scales too.
02/03 79.1* kg Fasted for 18.5 hrs and was well under calories AND feeling totally full. Fasting got a bit difficult around lunchtime, so I drove to another town and went for a long walk for distraction. That worked well - and I got some slight exercise in even though it was raining. Win-win.
02/04 79.1* kg ate under my cals. stopped eating at 4pm, so tomorrow starts from 12am if I want to. Oh, and I measured myself after one month doing IF/keto and lost quite a lot: 1cm on the arms and quite evenly 3 cm on the whole upper body. I am at least 1 to 2 sizes down:-) Right now it's the days before TOM, so a bit more water but that will pass soon enough.
update a few hours later: Oh my, suddenly the hormones got the better of me, I was suddenly totally tired without any reason and got a total crave for really anything with milk. I never ever have that. It was strange but I tried to give my body what it needed and bought different options and tried to stay keto/ low carb as much as possible. I got keto icecream, mascarpone for keto tiramisu, and some other milk products to have some variety for that special want. I ate some of that variety following what my body wanted, the rest I will freeze. I don't think that craving will stay on for longer. Hormones...so crazy...
And yeah, I am now over calories for today but still under them on average for the last few days. So everything is still okay and I didn't get triggered with sugar, I am even still in the keto range for today. I am totally satisfied now. No craving anymore. It was kind of fascinating to watch myself/ my body during this strange episode. Somehow obviously there was something in milkproducts what my hormones needed. And I am much more awake again. Something got balanced out. Ah well.

02/05 79.1* kg Was well under my calories and stopped eating at 4pm. When I later got offered snacks I chose 3-4 cashews just for being polite. I won't count this as a break of the fast, it's such a small amount, not worth it. Life happens and it might have minimally spiked my insulin for maybe 5 minutes. I can live with that.

Looking forward:

• February: I need to focus on getting back to where I was pre-Christmas
• 2020: Goal is to stabilise weight around 145
• Strengthen strategies to reframe the tendency to use unhealthy snack food as a reward/treat.
• Make sure I have prepared healthy snacks available
• Cut down on eating between meals

Never give up! Never give in! 2020
I need this more than ever now that I am in maintenance! I might even manage to lose a bit more ever so slowly.
JGM10D ~|~ Round 103 👀😍 Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female 🔹SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)🔹LW: 153 (Oct 2016) 147.4 (Dec 2019)
Aim for 2020: stay under 150
Aim for this round ~ discard some more of that Holiday overage
UGW: 140s
I am MINDFUL of making heathy choices to MAXIMISE the achievement of my goals!
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Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
Round 102 EW: 149.6
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28/01: 149.6: Goals 🌟
29/01: 149.0: Goals 🌟 I'm hoping I have finally knocked my snack attack monster on the head. 😂
30/01: 149.4: Goals 🌟 Normal fluctuations. Just part of the process. So long as the trend is downward I'm happy.
31/01: 150.2: Goals 🌟 Hmmmm!
01/02: 150.1: Goals 🌟
02/02: 151: Goals 😏
03/02: 150.1: Goals 🌟 Phew!!!
04/02: 148.6: Goals 🌟 Yes!!!
05/02: 149.1: Goals 🌟 Boing! Boing! Boing!
06/02: xxx: Goals

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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!