JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 104

49 yo female, 5'6
Starting Weight 164.9 (2/1/20)
Original Starting Weight: 193 (7/16)
Lowest weight: 135 at one point in 2018 (135- too low for me)
Goal weight:140

I used to do this challenge. After I stopped logging, last summer, I gained quite a bit. So here I am again.

Day/Weight/Comment
02/07 159.4
02/08 159.2
02/09 158.4
02/10 158.0
02/11 157.0
02/12 157.0
02/13 156.0
02/14 no scale-overnight for Disneyland day
02/15 156.5
02/16

Female 5’0” Age 69.9 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
OGW 137 (set by WW 2008)
UGW 125 (HS weight 1968)
SW Rnd 104 120.0

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

Rnd 104 SW 120.0 (My 99th round!)
2/6 120.0
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2/7 120.0
2/8 121.0 Lun-ner yesterday at Golden Corral, guild board (bored!) meeting this morning
2/9 120.0 May go to champagne brunch with DH. Must not drink ALL of the champagne! 10:30AM and he’s still asleep. Wish I could do that!
2/10 120.0 We finally went to brunch at noon. That was my OMAD. Water, coffee and 2 glasses of champagne. I slept until 8 this morning - 8 hours 22 minutes! My one hour inactivity warning chirped 5 minutes after I got out of bed! Should have been jogging in my sleep!
2/11 120.5 Amy and I did the seated row and my back was aching last night but today nothing hurts. So, yay???
2/12 120.5
2/13 121.5 Greek salad for lun-ner after a good workout yesterday. I have the other half for lunch today.
2/14 121.0 Happy Valentine’s Day (and Happy sweet 16 to our youngest granddaughter) This is just another day in our house, my birthday is coming up.
2/15 122.0 We went to the movies, got popcorn and we ate the WHOLE thing! First popcorn in almost 3 years. I’m okay with it, I know it’s temporary. Valentine potluck tonight so am relatively certain I will be up tomorrow. I’m making keto lasagna so at least that will be on my plan!

Round 104 (my 5th) - So excited for a new round!!

Started MFP 12/27/19 - Heaviest Weight Ever - 186.0
Round 100 -7.6 lbs (actually 12 days - includes the 2 initial days on MFP)
Round 101 -1.9 lbs
Round 102 -1.5 lbs
Round 103 +2.5 lbs

Round 104 Start Weight 02/06: 177.5

02/07: Weight: 176.8 / IF: 19hrs / Calories: 1022 / H20: 40oz / Exercise: Row 30m / Vegies/Fruit: 2/0
02/08: Weight: 176.1 / IF: 20hrs / Calories: 1044 / H20: 56oz / Exercise: Row 30m / Vegies/Fruit: 3/1
02/09: Weight: 175.9 / IF: 18hrs / Calories: 1075 / H20: 32oz / Exercise: **None** / Vegies/Fruit: 3/2
02/10: Weight: 175.2 / IF: 15hrs / Calories: ???? / H20: 40oz / Exercise: Row 30m / Vegies/Fruit: 0/2
02/11 - out of town (1500 calories - walked a lot, no other tracking)
02/12 - out of town (???? calories - no exercise, no other tracking)

Hit all goals last 4 days of round:
02/13: Weight: DNW / IF: Begin Fast 5:30PM / Calories: 1190 / H20: 72oz / Exercise: Row 30min / Vegies/Fruit: 4/1 (Yes!)
02/14: Weight: DNW / IF: 19hrs / Calories: 1108/ H20: 64oz / Exercise: Row 30min / Vegies/Fruit: 4/1 (Did it!)

02/15: Weight: 174.7 Finally a new low! I've been waiting for this since 1/26! Okay, let the bouncing back and forth begin - but glad to see it today regardless!

Round 104 Goal: Hit 174.8 again after hitting it Jan 26.

Short-term goal - back into the 160's!




Daily Tracking from start of MFP

Female 59, 5'3"
MFP start October 28.18 - 191
Round 95 - Nov 09 - 18.19 EW 158.4
Round 96 - Nov 19 - 28.19 EW 158.4
Round 97 - Nov 29 - Dec 08.19 EW 157.5
Round 98 - Dec 09 - Dec 18.19 EW 159.0
Round 99 - Dec 19 - Dec 28.19 EW 161.8
Round 100 – Dec 29.19 – Jan 07.20 EW 159.8
Round 101 - Jan 08 - Jan 17 EW 159.7
Round 102 - Jan 18- 27.20 - EW 160.1
Round 103 Jan 28 Feb 06.20 - EW 158.1

02/07 - 157.4
589 calories left over on the tracker
02/08 - 155.9
673 calories left over on the tracker
02/09 - 157.9 - A little disappointed to see a 2 pound jump over night, but happy to have hit that new low yesterday. Going to stay the course.
557 calories left over on the tracker
02/10 - 157.4
350 left over in calories - less workouts than usual
02/11 - 158.2
Negative 475 - calories over
02/12 - 159.6 - I did expend a great deal of calories yesterday, but also ate a lot.
240 calories left over
02/13 - 158.8 - That will teach me to have a nice dinner once in awhile lol. Hopefully I work the rest of that off by tomorrow.
722 calories left over - my calories left over are based on 1200 calories per day, so I achieve those left over calories by exercise.
02/14 - 157.7 - I would really like to be below my start weight at the end of the 10 days, but tomorrow's festivities are going to impact my Day 10 weigh-in. I will work out lots today to hopefully start tomorrow weighing less than today.
1,055 calories left over (lots of activity). 3711 burned above and beyond in 8 days, so at least a pound. I have found out that I don't lose weight at all if I don't achieve this sort of deficit.
02/15 - 156.3 - Tomorrow could be a different story since I have indulgence planned for later today. I will be sure to get lots of workouts in first.
02/16

@eyesopennow Thank you for that insight. I don't need the bonus and cancelling the vacation means the kids don't see their dad for 4 more months (it's been 3 months already) and I ruin the mom and her husband's plans/anniversary as they then have the kids for that week with no school. I trust my boss wouldn't cancel my bonus -- he's a good guy -- but the company would JUMP at any opportunity to keep the money from me. The concern is that they will terminate me early knowing if they allow me to work until my stated "last day" they have to pay out bonus. So I could give notice and the company force my boss to tell me to get lost before the required date to pay out bonus. It's not about the bonus for me, it's about the potential employment gap due to the company's greed and wanting avoid paying out. I couldn't care less if my bonus was $2000 or $2 (though it'd help pay off debt faster I don't NEED it), I just want to avoid a large employment gap and not have the money to pay my bills all because of their greed. I guess I should've explained that better. Hopefully that helps you understand. I'm watching my coworker go through it right now -- they told her her last day would be the week before bonus payout to avoid paying her. Luckily her new job was willing to give her a sign on bonus to make up for it and moved her start date up to avoid employment gap. Mine cannot as they only have new hire orientation days (start dates) on specific days so I have to be a little more careful.

@quiltingjane Even if he could match the salary to keep me, he couldn't match the benefits package, incentive packages, educational/career advancement opportunities, and location. The only thing the new place doesn't have that my current job does is a matching 401k percentage. The new company has a deferred benefit plan instead. I already have a Roth IRA so I'll just resume contributions to that and not worry about company match. It's not a big concern for me. I've been working hard for almost a decade to get ahead on retirement planning while I knew I could in case something happened and I had to put contributions on hold. This way I just have to put contributions in myself (instead of automatically coming out of my paycheck) but I can continue and I still feel ahead of the game.

@CamandJarvis
I’m in the “do what’s best for you camp”
Maybe it’s my age but it seems to me that companies are no longer loyal to employees. You have to look out for yourself! You’ve earned the bonus. You can still end on a great note with your boss and plan a smooth transition.

ShanMacTell wrote: »

Day/Weight/Comment

02/15 238.5 Jumping in late but ready to start
02/16

It's never too late to start this journey!

Round 103 - Jan.28 to Feb.6
Female, 5’, 66 years. SW – 165, GW – 163 something, UGW – 140. (This really should be 125 or 130 but that seems like such a long ways to go and 140 would be a huge improvement.) The 12 hr. IF along with everything else (portion control, watching calories in foods, exercise) seems to be working well for me.
Day/Weight/Comment
02/07 – 166 – Out for dinner Thurs., for sure way over cals.
02/08 – 165.8
02/09 - 166
02/10 – 165.8 – Rather late to the game and thought about skipping the Round but then thought, “And would I end up making those cheat days? Oh, very possibly – just by accident, of course, you know.” So back at it. Off to the gym today and sunshine in absolutely blue sky after days of gray fog and snow.
02/11 – 165.6 – Sorting through papers and came across the Dr.’s handout on invisible GERD. Untreated it can affect your vocal chords! As someone who loves singing and has worked pretty hard at improving the last few years, this is major motivation. Of course, the primary suggested treatment is lose weight. The second is no food in the evening.
02/12 – 164.8 – So happy to see this. Made tuna quiche yesterday because my husband, who won’t eat it, was away and I love it. Thought I was way over calories but stuck to my determination to log and found out that I was ok – that kept me from giving up and eating random stuff. It helped that breakfast was a bit lighter and there was no cheese in the quiche. Also, with the invisible GERD on my mind, I was careful to stick with the IF. Off to the gym today and then careful grocery shopping – no bad treats, if they come in my house I Will eat them.
02/13 – 164.6 - Good gym time although I took it easy on the arms as they are sore from painting. Didn’t manage the shopping, so off to do that today. Stuck with IF and logging.
02/14 – 164.6 – Stayed with 12 hr. IF. Almost didn’t finish logging, had already shut down the computer, and then thought, “I’ve done all the measuring, and I’m not going to record it??” so I turned it back on and found that I was only 60 cals. over. I think that finding excuses for not tracking cals. is my brain’s sneaky way of slowly throwing it all out the window and being lazy.
02/15 – 164.4 – I see at the top that I just cut and pasted my goals from last round. Don’t think I’ll get to 163, but maybe I can keep this number. Gym yesterday, getting a little nearer where I was last spring. IF but didn’t manage to log all.
02/16

Looking forward:
Never give up! Never give in!
Back Story: 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 104 👀😍 Posting weight and comments each evening.
Age: 73; Height 5’2”; Female 🔹SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)🔹LW: 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 103 EW: 149.2
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07/02: 149.1: Goals⭐️
08/02: 148.9: Goals ⭐️ slowly does it. 😂
09/02: 149.4: Goals 🌟
10/02: 149.2: Goals 🌟 just happy to be under 150
11/02: 148.8: Goals 🌟 Boing! Boing! Boing! 😂
12/02: 148.4: Goals 🌟
13/02: 148.8: Goals 🌟
14/02: DNW: Goals 🌟 overslept and completely forgot to weigh myself.
15/02: xxx: Goals
16/02: 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!

ghy139 wrote: »

Round 104
SW=159.8
GW=157
2/7=159.8
2/8=160.4 Lazy day,Snowed in,So coulda been Worse
2/13=159.9 Missed 5 days??Just busy but back on this
2/14💗💗💞=159.4 Happy Valentine's Day
2/15=159.2

Round 104 – I am in!!! I’ve seen Onederland on the scale the last few days but it hasn’t stuck. I’m hoping to see it more this round.
Female, 42, 5’9”, Central Ohio

1/1/19: 213.4
1/1/20: 209.5
UGW 170

Round102: EW 203.7 (-6.4)
Round103: EW 201.0 (-2.7)
Round104: EW ???.?
02/05: 201.0
02/06: 201.0

Day/Weight/Comment:
02/07: 201.5 (+0.5); Thursday info: 4548 steps, 4 of 12, 5hr44m (74); Thursday was another long day of work and then dinner out with friends. I was tied to my desk and did not exercise after I got home from dinner. I saved a decent # of calories for dinner but we had sushi and I ate all the edamame. That was A LOT of sodium. I never know how to log sushi so I just gave up. Made sure NOT to eat anything extra before bed.

02/08: 202.5 (+1.0); Friday info: 4359 steps, 6 of 12; 5hr23m (73); Friday was a short day at work. I skipped family dinner and sort of went off the rails at home. “Shark Week” is due to begin soon and I’ve been craving salt, salt, and more salt. Not getting my water in at home either. ******I know this is just a small hiccup and I will get past it. Even as my weigh-in’s remind me of a heartbeat (up, down, up, down), I am still on a downward trend. Instead of focusing on the # on the scale, I will keep trying to move and log. The scale will work itself out as I go.

02/09: 202.5 (0) Saturday info: 9520 steps, 6 of 12, 7hr18m (81); Saturday was barn day! While we had snow flying, I did make the 125 drive to the barn to ride with friends. I was able to ride 2 this weekend for about 60m of activity. Then I made the 125 trek back home, with more snow flying. I got Wendy’s (apple bites/grilled chicken) for lunch and grabbed Subway (oven roasted chicken breast with tons of veggies & Cheetos) for dinner but I got a footlong instead of a 6inch. Then I seemed to just snack mindlessly the rest of the night after getting some bad news about my DA. So it was an 80/20 day for me with lots of steps and calorie burn. (4hr28m fat burn, 7m cardio, 2m peak for a total of 4hr47m & 1149 calories burned)

02/10: 202.3 (-0.2); Sunday info: 1836 steps, 3 of 12, 11hr11m (78); Sunday was a bad day. My DA passed away around 6am after being taken off life support the day before. Apparently, she had been hiding how bad she was from everyone, including her only child. ((My best friend’s Grandmother had passed away early Saturday morning after her 2nd stroke in about 10 days.)) I was just emotionally exhausted. I had no desire to really do much of anything. Mom and I just waited for info to come in and tried to update family in KY. ((I was worried about who was going to be #3, as we all know death comes in 3’s.))

02/11: DNW; Monday info: 2195 steps, 3 of 12, 6hr13m (80); Monday was even worse. I woke up with a migraine and just could NOT adult so I stayed home from work. I laid in bed until I couldn’t stand it anymore. My mom and I were just zombies all day. Mindless eating. Then we got a call that my grandmother’s friend passed away (she had also had a stroke) so, that was 3 in 3 days. So very heart breaking. I was feeding my sadness all day long. **Again, this is just life and it happens so I will keep on keeping on and work harder to get myself back on track.

02/12: 202.3 (0); Tuesday info: 5659 steps, 9 of 12, 5hr6m (80); Tuesday I got back to work and back to my regular routine. I did a lot of crying but talking about things helped me process the loss of my Aunt. I got my eating back on track but didn’t do any extra exercise. For some reason, I cannot seem to get more than 5hrs of sleep on “school nights”. Need to make a better effort on this part. My cousin stopped by with his GF and they filled us in on all the things no one knew about my Aunt’s final months. She had been preparing to not be around much longer but never told anyone. We all agree that she was probably waiting until my cousin’s nasty divorce was final and his children were safe in his custody.

02/13: 201.1 (-1.2): Wednesday info: 4525 steps, 4 of 12, 5hr5m (78); Wednesday was even more back to normal. Work was work. Eating was 100% accounted for. Still didn’t do any exercise or get more than 5hrs of sleep. One more day at the office and then 4 days of time away from everything with my Mom and Aunt/Uncle in KY. Taking my laptop so hopefully I can check in here to keep me accountable, even if I’m not weighing in. Love you guys!!!

02/14: Leave for KY; 200.7 (-0.4); Thursday info: 6245 steps, 7 of 12, 6h24m (77); Thursday was a long, pre-vacation day at work so I was stressing about getting everything done before being out for 2 days. I did really well at work but when I got home, it was late and I wanted something quick so I finished off the 4 pieces of pizza I had leftover from the other day. That really pissed off my insides. I was miserable the rest of the night. Ugh!

02/15: out-of-town, DNW; Friday info: 5059 steps, 9 of 12, 8h51m (88); Friday was a travel day as Mom & I were heading to Richmond, Kentucky to spend the weekend with my Aunt/Uncle. It’s 250 miles and we usually make several stops. ((My back is bad since I fell down the steps in Nov 2018.)) We both did well on our eating while travelling but then we went out for Mexican for dinner. I didn’t log that. I had shrimp fajitas along with chips/salsa/queso. Mexican food!

02/16: out-of-town

Total for the round: -0.3

Round 104 Just give me 10 days challenge

HW: 205

BW: 143 back in 2010 (which shows in my profile photo)
GW: 130 -140


02/03 194.6
02/07:
02/08: Will have to weigh in tomorrow.
02/09: 194.2
I found some chocolate in the freezer and I don't know why I ate it. Oh yeah, it was mint, Lindor.

02/10: 194.8 (+.6)I did get 64 oz of water in, my goal is 80. I got my 80 oz of water in today but had a training meeting that included dinner and it was pizza so had 4 slices and ginger ale. I figured why I wanted chocolate I have a nasty chest cold at the moment.

02/11: 195.8 (+1.6) Coughing should be counted as exercise. Its been nonstop for a couple of days. Figure a trip to the doctors is in order.

02/12: 192.8 (-1.8) I think it's because of this cold and I didn't eat much yesterday. MFP gave me *kitten* for such low calories. I did get my water quote in 80 oz. Spent the day on the couch sleeping and watching tv.

02/13: 191.4 (-3.2) I like the number but realize once I start eating again it will go up. My doctor told me yesterday that I have pneumonia and I just haven't had an appetite. The good thing about this is that I am not having a pre-dinner glass of wine, on day 4 so that is saving a lot of calories. I drank 64 ounces of water on Wednesday and still too much diet Pepsi. It's nice and cold. Exercise is non-existent right now.

2/14: 192 (-2.2) Feeling a bit better today so I will probably eat more

2/15: 193.2 (-1.4) Wasn't really hungry today. Even tried to think if I had a snack and I didn't. I did want wine and Doritos, bought them but didn't eat them as my stomach is off. Let's see how I finish tomorrow.

2/16:

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.

We used to walk 5 miles a day. A pinched nerve and back surgery side-lined me for about a year. Then I had back surgery. Now I'm waiting to get my hip fixed. Hip Doc said surgery in April. Ugh! I can't do any walking or biking...both kill me. I see my personal trainer three times a week. She is taking it very slow and easy with me.

I have March 10th as my hip surgery date...much better than April!

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 139.0
UGW: 132.2

02/05 - 140.6 at 5:30 a.m.
02/06 - 140.8 at 5:30 a.m.

Day/Weight/Comment

02/07 - 141.6 at 5:30 a.m.
02/08 - 141.0 at 8:00 a.m. ...ate a bunch of everything yesterday and today.
02/09 - 142.6 at 9:00 a.m.
02/10 - 144.6 at 6:30 a.m.
02/11 - 141.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...hip surgery class in two days.
02/12 - 143.0 at 5:30 a.m.
02/13 - 143.8 at 5:30 a.m.
02/14 - 14?.? at 5:30 a.m. ...it was pretty awful...hip surgery in 25 days.
02/15 - 143.2 at 9:30 a.m.
02/16 -

Chris