Just Give Me 10 Days ~ Round 108

Had a successful last round and I’m hoping to keep it up! Good luck everyone!

My Stats
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Height: 5"3
Location: Los Angeles, CA
SW: 219.2
CW: 179.4
Next Mini Goal: 173.0 lbs
GW: 141.0 lbs

Round Results
R104: SW 182.6 EW 181.4 (-1.2 lbs)
R105: SW 181.4 EW 181.8 (+0.4 lbs)
R106: SW 181.8 EW 179.4 (-2.4 lbs)
R107: SW 179.4 EW 179.6 (+0.2 lbs)
R108: SW 179.6 EW


Day/Weight/Comment
03/18: 177.6 (A nice 2 lb drop from yesterday! I did an at home Zumba class from what I remember during the at person one using Spotify. I made a delicious dinner and tried to release some stress. I’m still going to work since they haven’t shut down and I don’t see them doing it unless the governor does it for the whole state. We’ll see! Taking it day by day!)

03/19: 178.8 (I’m super sore from my workouts at home! This weight gain is only temporary since I’ve completely changed the way I workout. I did another YouTube workout and ate to plan.)

03/20: 177.6 (I didn’t work out yesterday like I was supposed to and ate out of plan by having 2 mini brownies. I’m so stressed out because my husband has been ordered to not work and thankfully I work for an essential business so half of our normal income will come through just fine. My husband has to file from unemployment today and we’ll see how much he gets. It’s gonna be a struggle, but I’m grateful that I’ll have enough money for essentials. I need another mental health day, so I will be staying at home like we’ve been ordered to (I usually have every other Friday off so my weekend has started) and organizing my bathroom. I’ll see if I get a workout in today even though I have another rest day I can use from now til Sunday. Best of luck everyone!)

03/21: 178.8 (My hubby and I ordered some takeout from a nearby Mexican restaurant and it definitely hit the spot! We’re taking full advantage of Postmates on the weekend. I didn’t do a workout yesterday but I got approved to work from home so I’ll be doing that next week. Only time we’re really gonna go outside is when we need to go to the grocery store. Hubby is going right now to see if there are eggs anywhere. We only have 3 left and there’s a shortage!)

03/22: 180.6 (I made some lasagna last night and that was so good! Did a YouTube workout as well and relaxed as much as possible!)

03/23: 180.0 (Yesterday I decided to organize my bathroom shelves and linen closet. I threw so many products away that were close to empty or ever used. It was so therapeutic to get rid of a lot of stuff. I did a YouTube workout and ate some leftovers. Overall it was a good day.)

03/24: 178.6 (Had a normal day at work and did another YouTube workout. Hubby put the crockpot on for dinner and I did not have to cook anything last night. Those are my favorite kind of meals!)

03/15: 177.2 (Now that is surprising! Another low for 2020 and I’m happy with that! I made a yummy dinner and tried not to stress today!)

03/26
03/27

5' 7" Age 40's
Original start weight: 178 lbs (Oct. 10, 2019)
Goal this round: 159.0 lbs
Ultimate goal 135 lbs.

End of round 107 3/17= 160.2 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment

03/18 160.0 lbs, 1200 calories, 15,000 steps. IF 16 hours

03/19 160.0 lbs 900 calories, 15,000 steps IF 16 hours

03/20 160.0 lbs 13,000 steps, IF 16 hours. Goodness, I would love to see the fifties but obviously my scale can not go that low. LOL

03/21 161.0 lbs 1100 calories, 18,000 steps IF 16 hours. Not sure what I did. Hoping it goes down tomorrow, except today I plan on quilting.

03/22 160.0 lbs 1400 calories, 14,500 steps IF 16 hours. Come on, I have lowered my goal to just seeing the 159. The scale flashed 159.9 at me and said nope settling on 160 again.

03/23 160.8 lbs 1400 calories, 8500 steps IF 17 hours. I made my son chocolate chips cookies and had two, and up it goes.

03/24 160.0 lbs 1000 calories, 18,500 steps IF 16 hours.

03/15 160.0 lbs Surprise, Surprise, it just will not go below 160.0. 1150 calories, 15,000 steps, IF 16 hours. I guess I will starve the next two days to get below this mark. Ugh!

I don't want to get political but at least here, many snowbirds are coming back and they are not quarantining at all, they are excited to see neighbors they have not seen all winter. The weather is getting nicer, so the farmers are getting restless, they are working on machinery, taking them selves places to prepare for springs work. The governor here is just trying to get them to stay put a little bit longer and then you can go out, just a couple more weeks will buy some more time for the hospitals to prepare for increased cases, just look what a week has done for our country, otherwise if this is going to be drawn out they will become even worse right now about disregarding the quarantine and once our older population does, the kids will too and I think that is the message trying to be conveyed. A little something to look forward too. We know the US is not use to being told what to do and to stay home, we are actually kind of spoiled. It's like telling your kid to just do your homework a little while longer and then school is out. Just my thoughts, the virus isn't going away, and a year to 18 months is a long time to dodge it until a vaccine.

03/26
03/27

Goals for 2020 — eat consciously and responsibly, exercise and meditate daily, get back to productive writing & painting, help people, be kind, learn new things, have fun.
🏃🏽‍♀️🥗🍎🥕🥦🏊🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️

R108 Goals — back to tracking and weighing in daily.

UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)

Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2 R107 3/17/20 end weight 180

Day/Weight/Comment

3/18 - 180.8
In a weird way I’m fine with holding steady within a pound of 180 for the past 5 weeks. I’m no longer gaining as I was, my metabolism is settling down, and I’m getting a good sense of what my maintenance calories really are. I haven’t been exercising much but as the weather warms up I’ll get back to walking long distances and I’m planning to expand one garden and plant a new herb garden (assuming the nurseries are open), so that will help. I also have some house painting (inside) left to do, so if I can keep my calories steady, I should start to lose again. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Now to shake this stupid cold! I hope you’re all finding ways to stay calm and healthy and in touch through these chaotic times.

3/19 - 181
How’s everyone doing? I’m trying to keep busy with my work (writing) and things I’ve put off for ages (sorting photos, going through clothes for what no longer pleases...). I’ve been trying to talk to one or two friends every day on the phone — social media are great, but we need to hear voices. I was going to teach a couple of writing classes this spring and summer, but they’re cancelled, of course, so I’m setting them up to teach online and hoping that will be productive for everyone involved. I’m looking forward to warmer weather so I can play in my garden. I’d love to hear what others are doing to stay healthy and as happy as possible during these difficult times.

3/20 - 180.6

3/21 - 180.2
All things considered, okay. I did get out for a walk yesterday morning — it was 64 degrees F and lovely. Then the wind came up and the temp dropped 25 degrees by noon! Whoa! And now it’s trying to snow. Harumph. Oddly, even though we’re stuck at home I’m not snacking, and we are eating healthily. I’m a bit stir crazy but having a sinus headache that makes me go to bed for a while has helped — make lemonade, right? Last week I found a gorgeous Bassett entertainment center in a second hand store and it was delivered yesterday — see picture. We’re adding shelves inside — lots of storage space! I hope you’re all finding creative, loving ways to ride this out. Stay healthy!

3/22 - 179.8
Happy Sunday, everyone. If there’s an upside to our current situation, it’s time to do some of the things I’ve been putting off. Yesterday I cleaned out my “baking drawer” in the fridge — the spilled flour had been calling me for a while. Also went through everything, tossed a couple of things that were wayyyyy past their use-by dates, and wrote dates on the others in big fat numbers I can’t miss. It all looks so much tidier, cleaner, and more inviting! I hope you’re all finding things to do that make you happy.

3/23 - 180.4
Monday, Monday.... I over did it a little yesterday — all healthy, but.... I’m trying to let go of a stupid cold and I think NyQuil might make me retain a little water. Off to work (down the hall, into my office...). Stay well, everyone!

3/24 - 180.4
I indulged in some butterscotch chips yesterday — that’s right, the chips straight from the bag. They were worth it! But I’m resisting their pull today. Off to do some actual work.👩‍💻 I hope you’re all finding things for which to be grateful amid the chaos and restrictions. I’m writing down at least one thing each day. Today I am grateful to have a warm home to shelter my DH and Mike the cat and me.

3/25 - 180.6
That’s Monday and a Tuesday kicking in. It’s fine.

3/26 -
3/27 -

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#107: 159.4

RND#108SW: 159.4lbs
RND#108GW: 157.5lbs
Goal: Improve Sleep - duration of 7hrs and score above 80; decrease BF; increase MM.

Day/Weight/Comment

3/18 158.6lbs, 34.0%bf; 6h49m/74 - Rough night... hope to keep to as normal a schedule as possible.
3/19 157.6lbs, 33.8%bf; 7h57m/89 - much better!
3/20 158.1lbs, 33.9%bf; 6h20m/73 - working from home is entirely too sedentary.... I need to get it in gear!
3/21 156.4lbs, 33.4%bf; 8h14m/87 - don't ever underestimate the value of decent sleep for weight loss. Going to have to venture out today... I don't HAVE to have almond milk for my protein shakes, but I'd prefer to maintain some civility in my life during this insane time... and water shakes just make me sad. LOL
3/22 157.4lbs, 33.7%bf; 6h3m/79 - and I prove my own point about the importance of sleep... LOL.
3/23 157.6lbs, 33.7%bf; 5h13m/69 (nice!) - weirdness continues and still feeling off balance. Haven't eaten my way through everything in the house, though, so YAY!
3/24 157.2lbs, 33.6% bf; 6h15m/82 - struggling with motivation. My inherent lazy is stepping up in a big way, right now. So, diet is more important than ever!
3/25 157.0lbs, 33.6%bf; 7h23m/81
3/26
3/27

Round 108 (my 40th)

OSW 382.0
RSW 256.4

3/18 255.6 The start of heading back down and hopefully to new lows this round.

3/19 254.4 That’s the previous low I hit anything lower will be a new low. I was looking through my phone at older photos and then I saw my newer ones, the difference is so profound. It really helped me to see how far I’ve come.

3/20 255.2 Early weigh in, Japanese take out, and a lack of sleep. On the plus side I got to the store early enough to get potatoes and chicken.

3/21 254.4 I’m glad to be back down I had a high sodium lunch, which sometimes gives me a bounce up. I also hit ovulation time according to my health app, so I’ll see if I hold or manage to drop. Sometimes if I’m really careful I can still see a drop or two, but usually I hold or bounce around.

3/22 254.0 New low, yay! It’s been a bit since I’ve been able to say that and I’m so glad that I didn’t give in to the want to eat yesterday.

3/23 253.4 Yay for the continuing downward trend. I wanted to eat to eat again yesterday and I finally had a couple of spoonfuls of ice cream and a small amount of chocolate milk. I didn’t binge though and thankfully it helped a lot. I’m really proud of myself for sticking to just a couple of bites and not letting it spiral out of control.

3/24 252.4 I don’t know what brought about this big drop, but I hope the downward trend continues and I don’t bounce back up some.

3/25 252.6 I don’t know what caused the little bounce, but I didn’t know what brought on such a drop yesterday, so I guess it all evens out.

3/26
3/27

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

3/18- 145.3
3/19- 152
3/20- 150.6
3/21- 150.6
3/22- DNW
3/23- DNW
3/24- 150.4
3/25- 150.4- Staying under control, it’s super hard right now but I’m working on calorie control. Lol at 6am this morning 8 of us gym rats met in one of our trainers driveway. We kept our distance and worked our *kitten* off. I have another small group that meets at a local park 2x’s a week. I live in a very small village so our ability to practice social distancing is not as difficult as large communities. For right now I feel like we’re doing ok but I’m guessing even these out door small workouts will have to end.

R108 – Theme: There’s no “I” in TEAM. Let’s pull each other up during these challenging times!

Goals in 2020: gain lean muscle mass, gain strength, improve running times, focus on macros esp protein goals, hit goal weight.

56 year young, female, 5' 7"ft

OSW 160.0 lbs
RSW 139.0 lbs
RGW 138 lbs (Slow down the loss and learn how to maintain with running)
UGW 137.0 lbs (I want to gain muscle/going by jeans fit/ so this is just a #)


Past Rounds:
Day/Weight/Comment

3/18: 139.0 (+.2) – This next several months will be challenging as we are all having to change our daily realities, activities, eating, etc. The more we can talk about it the better. I went to my small gym today (at a private club so its still open but they are limiting it to 10 people at a time. Thankfully I was by myself, and rode the bike for an hour and rowed for 10 min. I miss running and walking as I need fresh air. But I am determined to heal the hip and keep on keeping on. Everyone hang in there.😘

3/19: 139.0 (0) Nothing new. Just trying to stay put and work, entertain myself, eat healthy, etc. I went to the nursery yesterday, waiting to get in as they kept it to 10 people and strolled around in fresh air and bought a few plants to repot my pots. That will be nice…to be outdoors. Take care❤🌻🌞

3/20: 140.2 (+1.2) Ate like crap at dinner. Drank wine. Stressed and sad. Overwhelmed with all of this BS right now. Will try to do better. Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer😥

3/21: 139.8 (-.4) Went to the gym yesterday before it shut down. Was alone until I wasn’t so that was weird. Not any more. Peloton arrived today for a trial. Will give it a whirl later.😎

3/22: 140.4 (+.6) Peloton is here….fun so far. Eating comfort food while comforting is not the best for weight watching. Found out this morning that my 24 year old son in NYC is showing symptoms of a virus – assuming Covid 19 but he will not go to doctor because they said per the website not to bother unless you were in bad shape. No testing available either. He will just have to deal….sent him some stuff yesterday so hopefully he stays mild and can rest and stay in for a week and be over it.😑

3/23: 139.2 (-1.2) Ate a pretty unhealthy lunch but a really healthy vegetarian dinner. Drank some wine. No idea why I am up and down a lot other than stress. Life is unreal these days so not going to attempt to be able to understand it. It’s going to be a long week. 😒

3/24:138.0 (-1.2) No idea….did eat under and did a very short ride. I think the veggies helped my system reset. Need to do that more! Was able to find a thermometer and fed ex to my son. I hope he is ok. 😯

3/25: 139.2 (+1.2) This scale is acting wonky but I did have a very salty fajita meal and a couple of cocktails while doing a zoom bookclub . Who knows. Social isolation messes with the mind and the scale. The good news? Talked to my son today. He sounded a bit better!🥰

Starting super late for this round, but I have to get on it. Stupid Coronavirus!

Female, 50, 5'2"

Haven't weighed for a month--serious error in judgment.

2/25: 134
3/24: 139.2 (+5.2 lbs)

OMG. Well . . . I ran a lot less and I ate a lot more. Mostly I ate a whole lot of bread, and I rarely do that. Basically two loaves of sourdough in the past week. Plus I ate a bunch of birthday cake for my end-of-the-world 50th (on the 12th) . . . for days and days after my birthday.

I'm on it. This is not okay.

Female 5’0” Age 70 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)
Rnd 108 SW 122.0

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 108 SW 122.0
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03/18 122.0
03/19 122.0 They finally closed our community center. My question is, why does it take 3 people to “man” the empty building through APRIL when no one can get in??? It seems like a lot MORE web surfing will be going on at our expense!
03/20 121.5
03/21 120.5 Apparently I’m more distracted than I had realized. I keep forgetting to make my daily post after I make comments. Yesterday I sat in our courtyard and enjoyed the sun and 59 degree afternoon.
03/22 121.5 A touch of stress eating I think. 7 saltines with butter last night. I have started a diary of our doings and goings on since earlier this month.
03/23 120.5
03/24 120.0 This lockdown is tough. My husband swears it’s been 2 weeks instead of the one it actually has been. I have caved to the desire of that hot end slice of homemade bread and the loaf is almost ready to come out of the oven.
03/15 121.0 Water retention from the bread just one slice. SMH No problem this too shall pass. Another round almost over!

ROUND 108

2020 Starting Weight: 209.5
Current Goal Weight: 185
Ultimate Goal Weight: 148

Round 101 start weight: 208.4
Round 101: Jan 17 EW: 207.2 (-1.2)
Round 102: Jan 27 EW: 205.8 (-1.4)
Round 103: Feb 06 EW: 202.2 (-3.6)
Round 104: Feb 16 EW: DNW (travel)
Round 105: Feb 26 EW: 197.0 (-5.2, total loss from 2 rounds)
Round 106: Mar 07 EW: 194.8 (-2.2)
Round 107: Mar 17 EW: 193.2 (-1.6)

Day/Weight/Comment
3/18 192.2 Happy to start with a loss! Am down and blue this morning—didn’t sleep well, my daughter was laid off with the rest of her company, so this at least is something nice to think about. Working hard to get exercise in and keep calories green. Can’t let the blues mess with progress...

3/19 192.2 Happy to stick with the lower weight and not bounce up. So far sticking to the program but struggling with feeling burned out by all the firefighting and emotional support I have to put out there.

3/20 192.2 Exact same weight again. Realistically I’m doing the exact same things—eating green, exercising—but I’m also out of routine with this working at home and have a higher level of anxiety as reflected in a rising average resting heart rate. So I’m ok with maintaining—my goal is to be compassionate with myself right now. Compassionate by being healthy, but not harsh.

3/21 DNW—away from scale

3/22 191.4 Yay, a loss! Was worried about the salty pot roast last night and not much vegetables.

3/23 191.4 Kept the loss, happy with that. Started omega oil pills last night—nauseous this morning and didn’t get in my run. Wondering if it’s related.

3/24 191.4 was hoping for a little more off, but ‘twas not to be...at least no gain. I developed a sore shin yesterday, may have to stick to the exercise bike for a little while to rest it. Never feel like I work out as hard on the bike...I should look up some videos to keep it interesting.

3/25 192.0 I’m guessing hormonal fluctuations. Or else because 40 minutes on the bike in the evening is not as helpful to metabolism as a walk in the morning! No good reason otherwise for an uptick, was green for calories.

3/26
3/27