Just Give Me 10 Days ~ Round 107

Something I need to remember:



FOCUS FOR THIS ROUND
Back to basics! Eat more mindfully with smaller portions. Plan ahead. Fit in exercise where I can.

GOALS THIS ROUND
- RGW 132.3kg
- Minimum of 150 mins of exercise for the round
- Serve smaller than 'normal' dinners
R107 SW 133.0kg

Day | Weight | Change | Comment

03/08 | 133.0kg | No change | Did get a bit of exercise in on Saturday, but didn't make the best food & drink choices.

03/09 | 133.0kg | No change | Relaxing weekend with the family. My little one started walking a few steps at a time this weekend so that's super exciting! He's 15 months so a little behind with it, but he's a big boy at 31.5 inches tall (half my height already!) and around 30lbs so I'm not surprised as he had more weight to lift and a higher centre of gravity to work with! We've known for a long time that he can do it, he just lacked the confidence so we've been working with him to build that up. So sweet to see his little face light up when he realised he was doing it himself!

03/10 | 133.0kg | No change | Actually tracked my calories yesterday and wound up under target! Drank 2L of water, should have been more though. Ate a very later dinner as we had a couple of parcels for our neighbour so he popped over to collect them and stayed for ~3 hours - he didn't leave until after 11pm and we still hadn't had dinner! So it was a quick bit of cheese & vegemite on toast for me, then off to bed around midnight which is going to make today hard due to a short sleep and unsatisfying dinner (it's 8am and I'm already ravenous). Will drink a lot of water today and get some exercise in since my planned ride on the stationary bike also didn't happen last night. On the bright side, I only ate half as much toast as I 'normally' would have at night (small victory, but also probably why I'm so hungry this morning). Onward & upward.

03/11 | 133.2kg | +0.2kg | Over target on calories and didn't do any exercise. I was just exhausted from the late night the night before and couldn't convince myself to do any exercise. Calories would have been a lot better if I had jumped on the bike while waiting for dinner to cook instead of eating a snack...
My little one has developed a cold (I think) so hoping I don't get that now too. Poor little guy, it's affecting his sleep so badly. We put the vapouriser on in his room last night and I think that helped.

03/12 | 133.3kg | +0.1kg | Still heading in the wrong direction. Did have a good day yesterday though - came in under calories (despite having takeaway burgers for dinner, I was able to limit myself to only a handful of chips). Also got 30 mins of exercise in, between walking at work and a quick 3-mile ride on my stationary bike before bed. Overall a good day yesterday.

03/13 133.0kg | -0.3kg | That’s better. Noticing a trend that I seem to gain in the earlier part of the week and then drop quickly at the end. Probably a result of my more relaxed approach on weekends. Overall trending down so that’s ok for now.

03/14 | 133.1kg | +0.1kg | Day off from work yesterday, spent the morning going through my little one’s clothes and packing away the too-small stuff. Relaxing afternoon and then did a quick 3 miles on the stationary bike before treating myself to a nice texting bath with a lime & coconut bath bomb and a green matcha face mask. Felt heavenly afterwards and had a good night of sleep! Did eat too much at lunch yesterday, but also drank a lot of water so overall an average day.

03/15 | 133.1kg | No change | relaxed weekend at home, though I did have to get some groceries so that was an adventure. Our town finally got a shipment of TP - some off-brand, 2-ply stuff but better than nothing! We actually don’t need any right now as it’s something I always keep spare of, so I did the right thing and left what little there was for others. We still have some items like pasta and rice on the shelves as well so hopefully it doesn’t get too bad here. Unfortunately my little guy is teething again so I needed to get some children’s paracetamol. We have two pharmacies in town. The first had none of the brand I trust, only an off brand so I grabbed some just in case. The other had one bottle left of our usual brand so I grabbed that one too. They have no idea when they’ll be able to restock and have run out of things like antibiotics because the ingredients come from China. Hopefully there’s an end to all this soon and things can go back to normal. Stay safe everyone.

03/16 | 132.8kg | -0.2kg | Actual scale dropped over a kg since yesterday, though I'm not really sure why. I kept up my water and didn't overeat too much yesterday, but I wouldn't have thought that would make that much difference. I suppose I must have been retaining water for a while! I don't think I'll make my round goal this time, but hopefully still post a loss anyway.

03/17 | 132.6kg | -0.2kg | The end of this round kind of snuck up on me, I hadn't realised it was today! Average day yesterday, ate fairly well and drank over 2.5L of water, but didn't do any exercise. I have come down with a cold (I hope) so taking some time to just let my body heal itself. Might try some yoga or something gentle tomorrow. My little one got this cold towards the end of last week, he's almost over it now so it's not a bad one. I have no fever so I'm fairly sure it's just a cold and not that other dreaded virus! I think that one is only just reaching my town now, I've heard of one person in hospital with it but that's not been confirmed.

ROUND SUMMARY
This round was full of ups and downs for me, both on the scale and in my daily life! I have this big ball of anxiety in my chest about the unknown future - I'm not worried about catching the virus myself as I'm young and don't have any of the additional risk factors, but I'm worried about what resources we won't be able to get with borders shutting down and production halting everywhere. It's hard to just take it one day at a time.
I didn't meet my goal for this round, but I still lost 0.4kg so I will take that! Now I just need to get over this cold and get myself moving again. See you all in round 108!

Round 107
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 65 FOR ME.

“Welcome to the rest of your life. Make it a good one!” – From TerriRichardson112 and being used with her permission and blessing!




MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R106 EW= 200.1
R107 EW= TBD


Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Walk 3 or more miles per day a minimum of 4 x per week. Do aerobic dancing at home a minimum of 3 x per week.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.
Day/Weight/Comment
03/07 …..200.1….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
03/08 …..201.0 ….. The exact correct food, the exact wrong quantity. I worked up quite an appetite cleaning out the shed next door. More boxes to go through today. Also I was booked out last night in the cabins so I am going to clean 75% of them today and the rest tomorrow so I can finish the shed project and stay caught up on the cabin laundry. An unusually beautiful day here. However, I don’t think I have been quite this tired in YEARS. Clock change really got me.

03/09 …..200.2 ….. Sunday is tourist cabin cleaning day. I did 75% of them and it’s laundry. The other 25% will be done today. School closed so no walking. Temps better outside but still too much ice so I didn’t risk it, especially when I already fell pretty hard last week. (no lasting injuries, thank Goodness). Worked on shed cleaning and burning again also. Grabbed at convenient food all day but have some pretty good and healthy choices in the house so not a total disaster. Overall, 71 Carbs & 1261 calories. I slept well last night but not enough water. I’ll work on that today. I’m getting in lots of steps & miles and good calorie burn so I just need to tighten my belt another notch.

03/10 …..199.8 ….. I thought I would have a HUGE WHOOSHING drop today because I really did great yesterday. But no TMI probably didn’t help. There is such conflicting information on whether “what time” you eat your meals makes a difference or if calories are just calories in a 24 hour period, no matter what. I’m curious because I read a lot of posts in many challenges about late meals. My last meal of the day is always about 2:00 A.M. I am usually asleep by 4:00 A.M. and get in the 4.5 to 5.5 hour range of sleep per night. My last meal is planned on purpose now to keep my blood sugars level (stop the severe drops) and to also prevent binge eating triggered by hunger. Yesterday I walked over 21,000 steps, over 9 miles, burned over 3200 calories. I ate 1383 calories and 32 carbs with both being in my perfect range. All of it was healthy food. My water intake was over 65 oz. Come on Whoosh! Any thoughts, anyone, on the timing of our meals?

03/11 …..199.8 ….. The drops in weight are leveling off apparently. Today I have taken a self-imposed rest day from practically everything. I am working hard at maintaining my diet but doing very little movement/exercise or work. I just need a mental break from all the “projects”. I hope the rest of the night goes as well as it has today in regards to my food plan. I’m just tired.

03/12 …..199.8 ….. 3 days running on the weight but all is well. Staying on course with eating plan. No walking or major exercise yesterday. A much lower step count but accomplished a few things at home, though I seriously tried not to be responsible for much of anything. I just needed some rest from responsibility to EVERYTHING. I’m afraid it was constantly interrupted and so I don’t feel I got what I needed, but I’ll try again another day. It’s hard to both live and work at home (my home sits on the same property as my motel and cabins that rent nightly). Staying the course.

03/13 …..200.2 ….. A small indiscretion leads to a gain as easy as 1+1=2. It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out, but sometimes I’m just downright stupid! I am totally bummed about the news last night that all the schools are closed. There goes my walking! I’m keeping fingers crossed for good weather soon, but for the past five years it has snowed into April and May (with a few nicer days here and there). Last April our biggest snow was 10” overnight. If it weren’t for all my kids and grandkids living here I would be somewhere else! I stuck to diet yesterday except for one cupcake. I walked at the school (not knowing it would be the last time for awhile!). I’m going to try to stay positive and not let this news derail me or my plans. Stay strong Donna. Stay strong!

03/14 …..199.9 ….. Yesterday was an okay day. Diet plan on the higher end of acceptable so the scale did okay today but probably could have been better. I missed walking. My son’s weigh in was great! He is down another 3 pounds. Go Johnny!

03/15 …..200.1 ….. Besides our schools, all of our city and government offices have also closed including our secretary of state, court systems etc. So far the banks are open but I’m not sure how long that will last. I am trying very hard not to stress eat, just like everyone else I suppose. In Michigan, this is getting pretty serious as far as our state government declarations and the panic/hoarding that is going on. Full grocery stores have already closed due to lack of food. No diapers can be found for my grandbabies, and that is going out of town to different towns since we are in the rural areas. No meat available within 150 miles of me according to my own family and friends.
No burger, no chicken etc. My one daughter was able to buy some big turkey legs and a little pork. This will be the first time in decades that there will be no corned beef for St. Patty's day in our homes. There are no known cases up in my area yet, but people are definitely panicking. Stay safe everyone. Food is already becoming scarce here unless you stocked up in time. Unlike most folks who live in these small cabin homes in my area, I do have a stand-up freezer in my garage with some stocked up meat. I should be okay for a bit. Let’s all do the best we can to stay healthy and eat the best we can.


03/16 …..200.7 ….. If we can get any food at all in northern Michigan we are lucky. No bread, milk, eggs, cheese, condiments, beef, chicken, TP, tissue, napkins, paper towels, kitty litter, larger size 4 & up baby diapers. No noodles or pasta of ANY kind, canned soup, canned veggies, frozen veggies, and thousands of other items. I stay fairly stocked up but I really need my distilled water for my bi-pap machine. I have went/called every large box store within 150 miles-zilch. No laundry soap, brillo pads, windex, alcohol, purell, -the list goes on and on. Stressed about home, but about business too. You can’t rent cabins and rooms without proper cleaning supplies AND TOILET PAPER. My stock will only last so long. They have also closed all our restaurants in the state, only drive-thru and carry out/delivery (no delivery services in my area). . I just feel bad for everyone trying to cancel their weddings since it’s been requested by the governor that all gatherings 50 people or more be cancelled. Well, I guess we are all in this together. Stay safe everyone! Please remember to help those you love and to share with ALL that are in need. Many of us may be called upon.

03/17 …..xxxxx …..

Round 106 (My 2nd round)

Goals for 3/07-3/17
1) Go for a walk everyday after work
2) Stay in calorie range of 1200
3) Go to bed by 11pm

Starting weight, (2/01) 65.1kg
Before challenge weight (2/28) 63.3kg
Round 106 end weight (3/07) 62.6
Goal weight: 58kg

3/08 62.6 calories were 1640. Back on track tomorrow!
3/09 62.5 calories were 1111.
3/10 62. 5 calories were 1434
3/11 62.7 calories were 207 3oops. This week is going to be high, I can tell. I'll try again tomorrow!
3/12 DNW calories were 1828
3/13 62.1
3/14 DNW
3/15 DNW So my friend came down for the weekend. And I didn't track my food or anything. I still tried not to overeat too much, but I definitely "stuffed" myself a few times. So... I fell off the wagon this round. Try try again right?
3/16 62.6 calories were 1359
3/17

MARYLAND Virus Updates ~ Everyday our lives are changing rapidly.

Bars, restaurants (carry out, drive throughs,food delivery allowed) movie theatres & gyms closed as of 5pm today. No gatherings over 50 people (community events, services, sporting events, etc) Closed hospital facilities to be reopened for use, Governor wants 6000 additional beds. Any health practioner with valid out of state license or expired M.D. license will be allowed to practice during the current emergency. Medical Reserve Corps activated. Air and Army National Guard activated over the past weekend. Executive Order prohibiting utilities, including water, gas/electricity, sewer, phone, internet/cable tv providers from being shutoff, no late fees. No tenant evictions. Two meals and a snack to be provided to children that need it, by federal waiver applied for by Supt. Of Schools.

Again today, I went to Aldi, Giant Foods, Safeway, Walmart. No eggs, very limited or no bread, short on canned goods, no chicken, limited beef. I only wanted a bag of flour, sugar and yeast for bread. Found flour at Aldi, sugar at Walmart, no yeast. Aldi had salmon today! We have 3 Asian Mkts in my neighborhood. I went to one today where I sometimes shop. All employees wore gloves and masks. Most shoppers had on masks, a few just gloves. They were FULLY stocked. I go there for vegetables and was not dissapointed. Bought 3 kinds of mushrooms, leeks and cauliflower for making soup. Keto is sort of on hold for now, but IF in full effect. DH and DS will be on OMAD whether they like it or not. Soup is going to be on the menu everyday. It's filling and I can make a huge pot of it. Visited all my little super spreaders😁 over the weekend and we'll keep in contact via video messaging a few times a week. I'm pretty sure we will be in total lockdown before long.
Keep your immune systems strong! 💓 Zinc, D3/K2💓

31 year old female 5'4".
SW: 177.6 (13.1.20)
CW: 159.7
RGW: 158
UGW: 130

RND103 - 166.7 -2.5lbs
RND104 - 164.2 -2.5lbs
RND 105 - 161 -3.2lbs
RND 106 - 159.7 -1.3lbs

Round goals:
- Drink more water
- 7000 steps
- workout 3 times a week
- lose some pounds

Day/Weight/Comment
03/08 - 159.8. 1500cals.
03/09 - 160.0 1650cals
03/10 - 159.0 1500cals
03/11 - 159.0 1600cals
03/12 - 157.8 1600cals
03/13 - 157.8 1600cals
03/14 - 159.2 1900cals
03/15 - 158.4 1900cals
03/16 - 158. 2000cals
03/17 - 158.4 1900cals

Have I missed the details for the next round? Are you OK GrandmaJackie ?

SW 242
42yrs old 5’4”
Goal 121- half of my former self
Ultimate Goal- Maintain under 130

Goal every round is to get that number down.

3/08- 148.8
3/09- 147.6
3/10- 148.0
3/11- 149.2
3/12- DNW
3/13- DNW
3/14- 149
3/15- 149
3/16- 148.8
3/17- 148.4

I’m happy (and shocked) to see an overall loss for the round. I started at a high number so over all my average is still up but I’m celebrating ending lower.

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 56
NE Ohio

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

My 68th Round!

I need to get back down to the lower range of Maintenance.

03/08 - 143.5
03/09 - DNW
03/10 - DNW
03/11 - 145
03/12 - 144
03/13 - 144
03/14 - 143.5
03/15 - 143
03/16 - 143.5
03/17 - 143.5

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#97: 172.2
RND#98: 170.8
RND#99: 170.8
RND#100: 167.2
RND#101: 164.6
RND#102: 163.2
RND#103: 161.2
RND#104: 166.8
RND#105: 162.0
RND#106: 159.4

RND#107SW: 159.4lbs
RND#107GW: 157.5lbs
Goal: Improve Sleep - duration of 7hrs and score above 80; decrease BF; increase MM.

Day/Weight/Comment

3/8 161.0 lbs, 34.7%bf; 7h3m/74 - did not weigh the last couple of days because I was away, but this bounce is not surprising... been eating out a lot and drinking way more than usual. New week, new challenge.... recommit to the process.
3/9 162.0lbs, 34.9%bf; 7h54m/86 - better sleep but I have a big hole to dig out of. Workout this am and a good day of eating planned... should bounce back down quickly.
3/10 160.4lbs, 34.5%bf; 7h24m/80 - time change has me all messed up.... had a lot of trouble getting up today. 😴
3/11 159.8lbs, 34.3%bf; 3h13m/57 - Ugh! This is gonna be a tough day, after such a bad night.
3/12 160.4lbs, 34.5%bf; 7h53m/84 - meh....this round is feeling stalled. Isn't my first plateau, won't be my last - but they all feel crappy and frustrating.
3/13 160.0lbs, 34.4%bf; 6h59m/88 - thank God this week is almost over
3/14 159.6lbs, 34.3%bf; 8h34m/93 - wow, some REALLY decent sleep! Busy day ahead, so I will need it.
3/15 162.2lbs, 35.0%bf; 6h7m/74 - ugh, I'll be lucky to end this round down, never mind making goal.
3/16 DNW; 7h44m/83 - racing around to get ready and totally forgot to weigh in.
3/17 159.4lbs, 34.2%bf; 7h18m/83 - glad I got to the gym yesterday morning, because now it's closed. 😭 Not sure how I'll do during this next few weeks, but even if the wheels fall off, I know what to do to get it right again.