JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 105

*ROUND 105 (February 17 - 26 )
Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 63
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
MFPSW: 240
CW: 186
RGW: 180
FGW: 150
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* ▪2020▪
~My commitment this year is to breaking 2 habits, crunchy, (no pretzels!) and peanut butter.
*last day PB~ Dec 21/2019*/Feb•16
*last day pretzels~ Jan 4/2020*
*No Stevia February
{▪Round 100 -187 EW}Jan 7
{Round 101 -186 EW}Jan 17
{Round 102 - 184.6 EW}Jan 27
{Round 103 - 186 EW}Feb 6
{Round 104 - 186 EW}Feb 16
{Day/Weight/Comment}

■2/17 - DNW- IF/23.5hrs. 40g carbs. 🚫stevia Ate peanut butter for 4 days to break fast, so I still need more time to conquer that habit. New last date for eating it is Feb. 16. Could take me 6 months or more.

■2/18 - 188 - IF/17.5hrs. 88g carbs. Need to go grocery shopping! All foods off the table for me, I ate. Also had an 8pm date with multigrain tortilla chips. I like grains, they don't like me.😅

▪2/19 - DNW - IF/16.5hrs. 22g carbs.
▪2/20 - DNW- IF/18hrs. 6g carbs.
▪2/21 - DNW - IF/22.25hrs. 19g carbs. I've been eating peanut butter this past week. Just easier to to use to break my fast when I have to be away from home for hours. Keeps me full through those hours
▪2/22 - DNW - IF/hrs. 59g carbs.

▪2/23 - 187 - IF/20hrs. 44g carbs.

■2/24 - DNW - IF/20hrs. 151g carbs. Small amount of grain carbs every day last week. Brunch at Niece's house on Sunday, that culminated in an unplanned eat everything day. Not in an uncontrolled way, but "okay, what I have been wanting for 3 months (in particular cheesecake) I will eat and get it over with" way.



■2/26


Seeking lower bodyfat%

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
Round 104 - Feb 07 - Feb 16 - EW 158.2 - AVG 157.7
Round 05 - Feb 17-26 - EW - ?

02/17 - 158.5
675 calories left over
02/18 - 157.9
224 calories left over
02/19 - 158.4
891 calories left over
02/20 - 157.9
385 calories left over
02/21 - 156.0
347 calories left over
02/22 - 155.5
785 calories left over
02/23 - 155.4 - So happy to be seeing a downward trend, it motivates me. Day off so lots of workout time.
528 calories left over
02/24 - 156.3 - I didn't do anything to gain a pound, I have really been on track with input and burning lots of calories for output. We'll see what the next 2 days bring.
02/25
02/26

Round 105:
Female, 58 yy, 4'11''
OSW: 177.1 lbs
LTG: 105 lbs and BF 23% (or lower, we’ll see :-) (Expect to reach goal weight in March-September)
STG: reach 107 - or - at least maintain below 110 and reduce BF%!

Goals for 10 Day Challenge: reach last rounds low of 106.2. Ideally keep WT<108.0, BF <25.5%

EW Round 104: 107.8, BF% 25.4

Day/Weight/Comment

02/17 OoT DNW

02/18 108.2, BF 25.6% Up 0.4 from Friday, so actually pretty good given eating out over the long weekend and a couple of rest days thrown in! Back to gym today for weights and cycle later.

02/19 107.0, BF 25.2% Yeah headed back down below 108 and below last recorded weight from last round - probably lots of water as cycle studio had no AC yesterday evening and sweated bullets it was so hot! Even the walls were sweating from the humidity from everyone’s perspiration! Calories were good - even had room for dark chocolate :-)


02/20 107.0, BF 25.2% Yes!!! No gain is a win!!! (ate back some exercise calories yesterday + sodium so nice to hold steady). Today is strength day (am) and then cardio in evening assuming that the forecast snow does not lead to the uni gym closing early ! the university is the last to close in the event of inclement weather as students are primarily on campus and as long as there is no freezing rain/sleet should be OK to drive/walk. Happy Scale thinks it will be 9 weeks for the next 2 pounds. OK with that if that is accompanied by loss of body fat! NSV: Have lost another half inch in waist and an inch in chest (below breasts). No change in hips, but lost more fat there earlier - Waist, belly below belly button, and thighs are all areas where I am still holding on to fat. While I can’t spot reduce fat, I can target muscle growth so working on core is one way to improve the appearance of abs/belly. Vertical anti-rotation shoulder press with the cable machine (and other cable exercises) have been great for strengthening abs/obliques and filling out muscle underneath the loose stomach skin as fat decreases (without doing a million crunches)!

02/21 106.4, BF 25.1% Woot! A new low! ‘Course this is Friday, so knowing my eating patterns (eat/drink some of the banked calories from the week) I will likely bounce up a bit, but hoping to hang out in the 106’s in the next coming weeks.

02/22 107.4, BF 25.4 Pizza! Nuf said for sodium bomb. Wait it out until Monday...

02/23 108.4, BF 25.6% and the weekend bump continues… busy day with twins 13th B’day party today so did not get my usual cycle class in this morning, and had a slice of pizza and a cupcake at the B’day party (def over on carbs for the day). I did manage to get to the gym for a strength workout before dinner.

02/24 109.2, BF 25.9% Pizza and cupcake carb loading after effects I suppose - did feel great in spin class this morning and ran/walked 1.5 miles so hoping the carbs had some benefit!!! Kids wanted to do a meatless monday dinner, so need to be careful that it is not too carb heavy to get back on track! Couple more days to get back to round starting weight! If it is water retention with excess carbs, it should come off pretty quickly! on the downside - happy scale now thinks it will be over a year to get to goal of 105, on the bright side an older guy at the gym asked whether I was a boxer! Will take the NSV over the scale!


02/25
02/26

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)
Round 103: 107.2 (3.4 lb loss), BF% 25.3 (0.9% decrease)
Round 104: 107.8* (0.6 gain), BF% 25.4 (0.1 % gain) *last weight before round ended

(long term average rate is 1.34 lbs/week

TwistedSassette wrote: »

@deepwoodslady - I feel like I need to know what a chaffle is! I just googled it and omg that looks so yummy! I think I will make some, so thanks for sharing!
Also I thought you might be interested in this article that I read the other day, about some research which found that taking 500mg of Vitamin C supplements twice daily helped helped to lower elevated blood sugar levels across the day and minimised spikes in blood sugar after meals. The test subjects were Type 2 diabetics (not sure if that's relevant to your situation or not) and also saw a marked improvement in their blood pressure as well. Obviously I don't know about your personal situation but when you mentioned that you had a glucose episode I thought you might be interested if your glucose episodes tend to be the resulting drop after a spike. My Dad is T2 diabetic and takes the supplements (he was the one who told me about it initially), and while he is on diabetes medications, he gets a consistent BSL result no matter when he tests (whereas before, there would be a much larger range depending on when he had eaten last etc.). I'm amazed that something as simple as Vitamin C can have such a massive impact, so it's definitely something I'll be keeping an eye on in future studies.
Here's the link to what I was reading:
https://diabetesaustralia.com.au/news/15615?type=articles

@TwistedSassette Thank you so much for passing on this article. I am currently taking a prescription prenatal vitamin for problems associated to hair loss from my cancer treatments years ago. Because vitamin C is not stored in the body (with excess automatically flushing away) I feel it is completely safe to add an evening pill of vitamin C so I am going to do that beginning today. Of course, I will let my doctor know on my next appointment. The important thing is to get my highs and lows better regulated.

I was originally on higher doses of medication for T2D, but with weight loss some of those meds were removed by my Doctor. My problems lately now stem from a weight gain over the holidays and I certainly don't want to increase complicated meds every time I gain a few pounds and then decrease every time I lose a few. So I am working hard to shed the pounds back down without the higher meds I had the first time I lost weight 2018/2019. It's a narrow road I am walking but not a straight one. I am very very close to figuring it all out, in the place I am this very moment. Vitamin C is a wonderful option to try while the excess holiday weight comes off.

Thanks again for sharing. It will help many of us on MFP.

Previous Rounds:
R81 - EW 215.2 (-0.8 lbs!)
R82 - EW 214.8 (-0.4 lbs!)
R83 - traveling - back up to 215...
R84 - EW 209.2 (-5.8 lbs!!!) *started keto here*
R85 - EW 208.5 (-0.7 lbs!)
R86 - EW 206.8 (-1.7 lbs!!)
R87 - EW 204.2 (-2.6 lbs!!)
R88 - EW 205 (+0.8 lbs...)
R89 - EW 201 (-4 lbs!!!)
R90 - EW 199.6 (-1.4 lbs!!)
R91 - EW 195.8 (- 3.8 lbs!!!)
R92 - EW 194.2 (-1.6 lbs!!)
R93 - R99 - fell off the tracking wagon EW 195 (+0.8 lbs...)
R100 - EW 190.4 (-4.6 lbs!!!)
R101 - EW 188.4 (-2 lbs!!)
R102 - EW 190 (+1.6 lbs...)
R103 - EW 188 (-2 lbs!!)
R104 - EW 191 (+3 lbs...) vacation weight gain
Total Lost So Far: 25 lbs!!!!

Female - Age: 30 - Height 5'11" - PCOS
SW: 216
CW: 191
CGW: 189
UGW: 150

02/17 - 191.2.. back from a long indulgent vacation for my birthday and valentine's day. Sad to have gained while away, but grateful for the good memories and hoping to now get back on track for my diet so I can start progressing again.
02/18 - 191! Down a little, but I didn't do a good job of dieting yesterday or today, so I'm not super hopeful about my progress.
02/19 - 191.2.. Re-committing to my diet today and I'm not going to let myself indulge in salty treats anymore. I'm getting back to work and back to my health and hoping to regain some of the progress I lost over vacation
02/20 - 189! Well, I really have no idea why there was the big dip between yesterday and today, but wahoo! I'll take the win and use it to motivate me to work hard on my diet and my job today. Will try to get some exercise in too but it's hard today, I felt sick last night and couldn't fall asleep until after 4am so I'm a little dizzy today. Hoping for better sleep tonight and continued progress throughout the rest of the challenge!
02/21 - 188.4! Yay, getting back to my low weight. Did a good job of sticking to my diet, got lots of work done, feeling good.
02/22 - 188! Super busy day, didn't sleep well last night. Was good at exercising and sticking to my diet all day, but I cheated at lunch with a glass of sangria Oh well, not going to beat myself up about it.
02/23 - 188.9... paying for yesterday's sangria, I guess. Did a lot of work in the backyard today, feeling really proud of myself for all that I accomplished. Did pretty well with food today, though not perfect.
02/24 - 189.6... swinging up, hoping to stop it in its tracks by carefully sticking to my diet, drinking lots of water, and doing some stretches and exercise today. Work is starting to get stressful again, sometimes when that happens, I end up procrastinating and watching Netflix at first and then scramble to get everything done by game time. I hate that habit in myself, I want to work on breaking that, so I'm trying very hard to divide everything up into little tasks and knock them out one by one. Hopefully making it less intimidating, makes it easier
02/25 -
02/26 -

General goal is to maintain below 150, and trend slowly downward to 145.
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 105 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 104 EW: 150.1 I stayed under right up to the end of the round, then had a pass day on 14 Feb.
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17/02: 148.6: Goals 🌟 Damage limitation working
18/02: 148.8: Goals 🌟 Normal fluctuation
09/19: 148.8: Goals 🌟 Today I had an outing to a local castle with morning coffee and lunch in an old coaching house. Under goal, but not sure about sodium content. Loads of walking round the village where the castle was.
20/02: 149.6: Goals 🌟 Dancing today.
21/02: 149.6: Goals 🌟
22/02: 149.4: Goals 🌟
23/02: 149.2: Goals 🌟
24/02: 149.2: Goals 🌟
25/02: xxx: Goals
26/02: 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!

Sorry guys, I fell off the wagon last round, I need help getting back on track!

GOALS THIS ROUND
- RGW 134.1kg
- Track calories 7/10 days
- Minimum of 15 mins activity per day
R105 SW 134.3kg

Day | Weight | Change | Comment

02/17 | DNW | Weekend away played havoc with my routine.

02/18 | 134.8kg | +0.5kg | So disappointed in myself. I think I am self-sabotaging and I don't want to do that again. I am tracking my calories now - not making the best food choices but tracking nonetheless. I am making a conscious effort to get intentional exercise. I know this is most likely just a blip but I will admit my heart sank a little seeing that number on the scale this morning. I must not let this get me down. I must have perseverance.

02/19 | 135.3kg | +0.5kg | I think I'm broken! Didn't think I'd had that much sodium (and definitely not that many calories!) but here I am up 1kg in two days. Must be seriously retaining water, but why - I don't know! I ate around maintenance level yesterday, but sodium was pretty much bang on target, so I don't think that's the culprit this time. Who knows?!

02/20 | 135.0kg | -0.3kg | Ok I'm glad to see this starting to move in the right direction. Didn't have a great day with nutrition, but did get some HIIT in so torched a few calories there. My stationary bike arrived yesterday so I set that up last night (with a little help from hubby because OMG that thing is H-E-A-V-Y!). Looking forward to being able to get a good, low impact calorie burn right at home - and hubby has been very supportive, even setting me up with a shelf for a TV and AppleTV so I can watch something while working out. He even cleaned the mouse-infected office-turned-gym for me - he's a keeper, for sure! Unfortunately he saw his doctor yesterday to get some blood test results and confirmed that he has Type 2 diabetes (which we had suspected for a while but trying to convince him to see someone about it has been an ongoing battle!). He will start medication today and no doubt resist any diet changes I try to make! Which is ok for now, we are hoping that the medication will help him to have more energy and no longer fall asleep after meals - we can work on rebuilding his health later on!

02/21 | 134.5kg | -0.5kg | Yes! Obviously I knew the excess weight was water weight that would eventually drop off, but it's still discouraging to see the higher numbers on the scale. I have been a little more strict with myself (though not enough) the last couple of days and focused on getting some good workouts in (albeit short ones as I don't have the time in my day for long workouts!). My new bike is great, I jumped on for 10 mins last night while hubby ducked out to pick up dinner. Feeling a little more positive today and ready to keep working at it!

02/22 | 133.6kg | -0.9kg | So either I am broken or my scale is broken! I had a terrible day for nutrition but drank bucketloads of water as I was called in for a hydration test at work. I always drink a litre of water before work in case I am flagged for a test, so I knew I’d pass, but you only have an hour to produce a sample for them to test so I had to guzzle a lot more water to get there! That’s the only thing I can think would make a difference as I did no exercise yesterday.
Today I had parkrun so enjoyed a 5km walk. Enjoyed is a facetious term in this instance - I got a huge blister before the halfway point and ended up walking on the back of my shoe for the last third of it. I would have turned around about 1.5km in, but I was the tail walker so I had to walk the whole course! Drinking lots of water today so hopefully this weight level will stick around!

02/23 | 133.6kg | No change | Continued to drink a lot of water after Parkrun, and otherwise just had a relaxed day. Did have some chocolate but didn’t overdo it.

02/24 | 134.1kg | +0.5kg | What goes up, must come down. I wish I knew what triggered my rapid water weight gains and losses! I will keep smashing the water and otherwise keep on keeping on!

02/25 | 134.3kg | +0.2kg | Splurged last night and had nachos, but only ended up 300 calories over goal for the day so I was still below maintenance level. I think I need to work on my portion sizes. Did a bunch of HIIT so that was a good calorie burn for the day. Today will be a challenge as there is a morning tea at work for someone's birthday so there will be a lot of temptation. I will try to limit myself to only tasting the things that I really want to try!

02/26

@wellnfree Unfortunately no access to a wheelchair. I could possibly buy out of pocket, but I live upstairs so trying to get a chair up and down the stairs would prove difficult. Also, at work, the wheelchair would only be useful indoors but my rolling desk chair does me well enough there. Getting to/from the parking lot would be impossible. I have an appointment with my provider at 9am tomorrow to get my note and return to work hopefully Wednesday. Also have the appointment set for Ortho on Wednesday afternoon so I can learn how long I'm expected to be on crutches and in a boot. Hopefully that will settle it all. I've just never heard of a place sending someone home after 4 hours at work for being on crutches.

@CamandJarvis and all others who may need to know in the future. In my area we have a senior center that loans out equipment for those in need. Crutches, Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Shower Seats and more. I was shocked at how many items (good) insurance actually does not cover. No cost at the senior center and no time limit. Just return item when you are done for the next person. I realize, CamandJarvis, that you may not need this since you are getting a boot, but I thought it would a nice resource for everyone to know.

My first round in a while but feeling off track lately, so I'm hoping to get things moving in the right direction during this challenge.

Goal: lose 3 lbs, I think that.s realistic.

Day/Weight/Comment
02/17: 268.0 If I can get to 265 I think that would be a nice accomplishment for this challenge.
02/18
02/19: 266.9 making a little progress
02/20
02/21
02/22
02/23
02/24 267.4 I have been struggling this month, trying to get it figured out
02/25
02/26