JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ ROUND 109

03/28 - 213.2 lb
03/29 - 211.9 lb
03/30 - 211.4 lb
03/31 - 210.5 lb
04/01 - 212.3 lb Booze/food binge
04/02 - 211.4 lb Back on track!
04/03 - 212.3 lb
04/04- 213.0 lb
04/05- 211.4 lb
04/06

This Round has been a roller coaster ride! When I follow the plan, I succeed. When I don't follow the plan, I fail.

*ROUND 109 (March 28 - April 6)
Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 63
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 253
MFPSW: 240
CW: 185.5
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~ (12/ 21/19■Feb•13-26)
*last day pretzels~ Jan 4/2020*

{▪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
{Round 105 - 187 EW}Feb 26
{Round 106 - 188.2 EW}Mar 7
{Round 107 - 185.4 EW}Mar 17
{Round 108 - 185.5 EW}Mar 27
{Day/Weight/Comment}

▪3/28 - DNW - One meal, one snack. (4:30, 7:30) - 99g carbs.
▪3/29 - 186.8 - OMAD (6:30) 62g carbs.
▪3/30 - 186.6 - 2 meals (3:30, 7:30) 83g carbs.
▪3/31 - 185 - OMAD. (7pm) 137g carbs.
▪4/01 - 185 - 2 meals. (4:30, 7pm) 79g carbs.
▪4/02 - 185.5 - OMAD. (7pm) 90g carbs.
▪4/03 - 184.6 - 2 meals (4:30, 7pm) 134g carbs. Lots of carbs, mainly from a HUGE oatmeal raisin cookie. A customer of ours dropped off 4 of them for us at our store. I know that thing had to be 500 calories. I ate all of it😁 my favorite cookie. It was good but a whole lot sweeter than I would make at home.
▪4/04 - 184 - OMAD (7:30) 84g carbs.
▪4/05 - 186 - Early weigh in and salty potato chips w/lunch yesterday. 94g carbs. 2 meals.
(3:30, 8pm)

▪4/06

Seeking lower bodyfat%

Starting weight: 2/1/2019: 230.0 BMI: 35 (OBESE)
UGW: 160 BMI 24.3 (NORMAL)
2020 SW: ~218 BMI: 33.1
2020 GW: 195 BMI: 29.6 (OVERWEIGHT) (down 10% of body weight near enough)
Starting MFP: 2/27/2020: 215.6 BMI: 32.8

Round 107: 213.7 (-1.9 lb)
Round 108: 213.3 (-2.3 lb) not quite where I wanted to end, but DOWN is DOWN!

Goal 109: 211.8 (-1.5 for the 10 days)

Day/Weight/Comment
03/28: 213.3
03/29: 213.7 (+0.4)
03/30: 212.2 (-1.1) Started walking 1/2 hour (1.5 miles) again yesterday. Could this have helped?
03/31: 212.4 (-0.9) walked 1/2 hour again yesterday. Still happy to be below the starting weight! Trying to log food and water again. I do better when I'm honest with myself.
04/01: 212.3 (-1.0) down is happy even when only a tenth of a pound. Walked 1/2 hour yesterday. still working on that logging thing.
04/02: 213.0 (-0.3) didn't walks yesterday
04/03: 212.9 (-0.4) walked the dog, but didn't get my 1/2 hour cardio. Clearly that matters. Also ate too much for dinner.
04/04: 213.1 (-0.2) walked the dog, and up to the pharmacy to pick up refills. walking definitely helps!
04/05: 212.1 (-1.2) more than 10k steps yesterday. Shopping for those who must stay at home.
04/06:

Female 59, 5'3" - S.E. BC Canada
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 105 - Feb 17-26 - EW 154.7
Round 106 – Feb 27- March 07 - EW 155.2
Round 107 – March 08 – March 17 – EW 156.7
Round 108 - March 18 - March 27 - EW 155.7
Round 109 - March 8-April 06 - EW ??

03/28 - 155.5
03/29 - 156.7 - No reason for the jump, I was well within calorie range and burned lots of calories through exercise. Hopefully just a blip.
03/30 - 155.2 - better
03/31 - 156.9 - Ow
04/01 - 155.4
04/02 - 154.8
04/03 - 155.4
04/04 - 154.3
04/05 - 155.7
04/06

28, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2
GW: 138 (adjusted, may further adjust depending on when I move from fat loss to muscle gain)
Libra App Expected: Feb 10, 2053

Previous Rounds:
Last weight
03/27 - 147.7

Round GW: 145.x

Day, Weight, Comment
03/28 - DNW
03/29 - 149.3
03/30 - 149.3
03/31 - 149.7
04/01 - 149.0
04/02 - 147.9
04/03 - 147.3
04/04 - 148.4
04/05 - 148.4 - Its been rainy the last two days and that's really not helping my mental state. I came to Texas to get out more, hang out with my friends, explore the beauty of Hill Country. And I'm trapped on my property. Last two days were rainy/stormy so I can't even entertain myself outside with fresh air. Temps dropped so couldn't even dance in the rain! Waaaah. Definitely making me want to emotionally eat (which I have a bit). I have to figure something out. Soon.
04/06


Previous Day's Comments

Round 109
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 67 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
R108 EW= 203.8
R109 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
03/27 …..203.8….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

03/28 …..203.5 …..
03/29 …..203.5 …..
03/30 …..203.5 …..
03/31 …..203.5 ….. 04/01 …..203.2 ….. I pre-logged yesterday to have a blueprint to follow since my discipline has been pretty bad. I did go back and change it up a bit choosing some not as healthy over more of the healthy choices, but overall, I stayed within my overall goals pretty well. Today, I will try to stick to the healthier choices. The sugar-free ice cream bars are all gone now. Down 0.3 so I am feeling pretty good about that.
04/02 …..203.2 ….. Under cals but carbs a little higher than I’d hoped for. I over-reacted to a sugar drop and fast hunger. I handled it so-so.


04/03 …..203.1 ….. Finally, no severe glucose drop last night (after 3 of them this week). Sadly, I know why. It was the sugar I ate. I did very very very well all day until about 1:00 a.m. when I had a sugary (and unnecessary) snack that I shouldn’t have had. Otherwise, I KNOW the scale would have reflected an even bigger loss. However, anything is better than nothing! So far today, a great day again. However, it’s a challenge getting enough movement in. Paying bills today online for the business so a lot of sitting. Trying to get up every hour, get some steps in, burn more than what I’ll be eating. It is beautiful here today in Michigan. Sad because our Governor said in her conference yesterday that our shut-in will probably be extended beyond the current April 13th date. Thinking of you all……

04/04 …..203.1 ….. More of the same. I did very well yesterday but another late night snack due to cravings, not glucose drops. No gain, but it is definitely stopping my losses. Come on Donna! Get your butt together! Glucose is way too high this morning due to late night madness!

04/05 …..202.8 ….. Another morning of a severely high glucose level. These wild swings are crazy. Nighttime has been much better the last couple of nights with no severe drops. It seems to be either dangerously low or dangerously high. I can’t seem to find the sweet spot yet but I’m working on it. Yesterday my diet was on plan, I got in some exercise including a 33 minute dance set. Sample song, “You Sexy Thing” by Hot Chocolate. It rained all day and was cold. Today it is bright and sunny but very cold. Cabin cleaning day.




04/06 …..xxxxx …..

Keith
Male, 59, 5'10"
Starting Weight: 402.8
Current weight: 356.0
Ultimate Goal: 185 lbs., but realistically 15-18% bodyfat.
10-day Goal: 353.50

R100 SW 388.5 EW 388.2
R101 SW 388.2 EW 387.1
R102 SW 387.1 EW 379.1
R103 SW 377.8 EW 371.6
R104 SW 371.6 EW 368.0
R105 SW 368.0 EW 365.0
R106 SW 365.0 EW 359.6
R107 SW 361.0 EW 359.2
R108 SW 361.8 EW 357.4
R109 SW 356.0

Day/Weight/Comment
03/28 - 356.0 - I conducted a little experiment. I live near Philly, where we are known for our cheesesteaks. Lots of shredded meat, cheese, some fried onions and mushrooms, all slapped on a roll. So I bought one yesterday. But while I ate it, I also drank my ACV drink. I wanted to see if the ACV would affect my insulin and fat storage. Now I admit I don't quite understand the biomechanics well, but my calorie intake for yesterday was only 300 under my daily normal intake. But my weight loss was 1.4 lbs. I don't want to do this too often, but when I did our weekly shopping (the ONLY time I am around anyone during this quarantine), mom asked for donuts from our Amish farmer's market. Imagine pie filling (apple, strawberry, etc.) injected into a dough roll. One for mom, one for me. I'll be trying the ACV before eating mine. But I have been using the ACV before I eat my processed carbs and it seems to decrease/affect my insulin and weight loss for the positive. Anecdotal experiment, I know.
03/29 - 356.3 - That'll teach me for eating finger food for dinner. Egg rolls, taquitos and potstickers. WAY overdid it. Very tasty, though.
03/30 - 356.3 - No change... and weird. My calories were short by almost 700 yet no move down. Now I'm confused. I'll just stay the course and hope it corrects in the next few days.
03/31 - 356.1 - Slight downtick. I'm wondering if this is my first plateau. If so, I don't like it. I want to move down. Just kidding. I stopped my ACV for a couple of days and suddenly I've stopped. I've got to simply stick with what has worked and not play around with it. On a good note for substituting foods, I picked up some cauliflower crust pizzas to replace the standard flour and water. Still take Mom for an early morning walk and then my own walk. And two of the last three days I'm adding a kettelbell workout in. Slow, small steps are what get us there. Not dramatic changes that we can't sustain. My opinion. Everyone stay safe!
04/01 - 355.5 - Stumbled across a YouTube video yesterday talking about taking cold showers. I thought it was an early April Fool's joke, but after watching it and the links to others, I saw several important health benefits to it. Two that I think could help most of us on this site. First, cold showers help with weight loss. Apparently, by forcing the body temp lower, it causes us to shiver, which burns fat. Now, they say it only burns UP TO 9 lbs. a year, but every little bit helps. Second, where a hot shower opens the pores and allows things into the skin that don't belong. Cold showers close the pores and prevent impurities in. What impurities? How about those things like bacteria that cause pimples, sores, etc. So, I tried it. I started with a luke warm shower and gradually made it colder and colder. Refreshing, and not as difficult as you might think.
04/02 - 355.8 - another minor uptick. Meh... I'm doing my early morning walk, but having trouble motivating myself to start lifting weights again.
04/03 - 355.5 - another small drop, back to Wednesday. But it was very windy this morning so I didn't go out for my walk.
04/04 - 355.5 - I'm either stuck or my scale needs to have the batteries changed. There's no way I stay virtually the same for this long... unless I really have hit a plateau. It's ok if I have, just bummed because it's right before I hit the 50 lb. loss mark. I know... stay the course. Just frustrating.
04/05 - 355.5 - A whole lotta nothing. Went for a longer walk this morning. Maybe I can use this to FINALLY light a fire under my *** and start lifting some weights.
04/06
👍🏼👍🏼 This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE. 👍🏼👍🏼

Round 109 - March 28 to April 6
Female, 5’, 67 years. SW – 165.6 (this is a blip up), GW – 163 something, UGW – 140.
Goals: continue with 12 hr. IF, complete my tracking every day and get some kind of outdoor exercise unless it is raining. That could be spring yard work or walking. 3x a week – either gym exercises I can do at home or other (like fitness video). Reminded again by my weight at the beginning of this round that I must get in the movement.
Day/Weight/Comment
03/28 – 165.6 – Couldn’t believe this at first as I’ve been 163/164 for most of the last round. Then I thought about it and realized – extra ice cream (1 cup vs my usual ½ cup), extra oat scone last night, mainly sitting the last week with very little exercise, etc. … all little things but they add up. I did go for a walk last evening which felt great, although man am I slow.
03/29 – 165 – IF 12 hrs., did not finish tracking. Raining outside so I did exercises while listening to a podcast instead of just sitting. Prepped the trim I need to paint – thought I would get it painted but my chatty granddaughter phoned. Happy to have the talk with her and likely better to give the arm a break after all the sanding.
03/30
03/31 – 164.4
04/01 – 164.4 – IF 12 hrs. Tracked everything. Not so great about getting on here but making good progress on the painting trim. LOTS of phone calls … even from people we haven’t heard from in ages - I think they are bored. Of course our kids want to check in on us as well. So this is all great but after while I let DH answer cause I was not going to get finished otherwise. More prep to do today. Started doing exercises in the evening if I’m watching Youtube.
04/02 – 165 – No IF since I had a handful of dried cranberries late in the evening. Did not track but quite sure I was within cals. However, my inner self just rebelled at doing more painting prep. and I sat and stitched most of the day. I love doing that but it’s not good for the body – my eyes and hand need a break and my body needs exercise, sigh. At least binge stitching is better that binge eating …
04/03 – 165
04/04 – 165.8 – Thought I had a really good day yesterday and the usual IF. Today will make myself track. I notice with my husband that he is eating way more now that he is stuck at home so maybe I’ve eaten more than I realized. We’ve had snow and rain since the beginning of this round but today is lovely so hoping to get in a walk.
04/05 – 164.8 – Ah, back down to something reasonable but not likely to make it to the 163’s this round. Busy day painting yesterday so didn’t get outside but did have the window open in the afternoon. Have my “Easter” ham in the oven today because just got so bored with what we were eating and thought ham would liven up this week’s menu. Definitely planning a walk with afternoon unless it’s hailing or something – kind of cold and grey out there right now.
04/06

🙂 I'm glad to be back for another round. Posting daily helps me stay accountable. I've missed a few rounds but I'm working my way back.

I ended Round108 at 166.6lbs

This time around I'll
- get down to165lbs or less and
- complete 1 full hr of exercise each day

It will happen as long as I stay on plan. I have everything I need on hand so No Excuses!

03/28
03/29
03/30
03/31
04/01
04/02

04/03 Too Crazy to Care!
I'm holding myself accountable for having done nothing I promised myself this round. Worse, this applies to every area of my life and not just health and wellness mini goals.

I feel Blessed that my immediate family has not been infected. However, my home town is at the epicenter of this thing and we all live within a short drive off where we grew up. Furthermore, I'm stuck 1000 miles away because I needed to attend to matters out of town. Normally I enjoy solitude and my own company but with this global pandemic I'm losing my isht!

Tomorrow I'll weigh in and attempt to post something both relevant and coherent. Thanks for allowing me to rant.

04/04. 171.4? I think
I weighed but neglected to record it so I'm just guessing at how far I've swung the wrong way. What I'm certain of is this is bad and it is the result of eating the worst things for me personally.

My head is still not on straight but I've regained calorie control. Recording everything I eat is key especially when I've gone astray.

I've got a way to go with my workout plan. This has always been the easiest thing for me but suddenly it's no longer a no brainier. That's troubling. Muscle tone feeds my vanity especially around my mid section. I need my waistline back.

Tomorrow I'll get a proper weight. By staying with my heaviest time of day for the record, there is no lying to myself.

04/05. 173.6
My sins are all on the scale. They are also apparent in the edema I'm carrying and the outcry my digestive tract is making.

Overnight nibbling blew up yesterday's calorie goal. So far today I've had loads of calories but little nutrition. I'm handling the remainder of today minute by minute in order to reign myself in.

I'm both bloated and feeling thirsty because of my poor diet and living the definition of lethargic over the past week. A swift and firm kick in the backside for me. Time to fake it until I feel it.

Lots of water. Protein first. Ditch the carbs. Avoid processed foods. Exercise with purpose. This is what's needed to regain control of my diet for life.


Stay Safe
Stay Healthy
Stay HOME!


04/06

FOCUS FOR THIS ROUND
Adjusting to working from home, trying to be more active.

GOALS THIS ROUND
- RGW 132.0kg
- 20 mins exercise 7/10 days
R109 SW 132.6kg

Day | Weight | Change | Comment

03/28 | 132.8kg | +0.2kg

03/29 | 132.7kg | -0.1kg | Sorry for the late start to the round, I always seem to struggle getting online on weekends! I haven’t been making good food choices, but portion sizes are down so that’s good. No exercise. Not enough water. I can do better than this! My brother in law has been tested for the virus, will get the results in a couple of days. If it’s positive, it’s the first case in our town and my sister will need to be quarantined (she’s a teacher). Waiting with bated breath!

03/30 | 132.8kg | +0.1kg | Much more of the same poor choices for the weekend. Guzzling the water today and hoping to make some better choices! No. Hope is not a management method. I WILL make some better choices! Still awaiting test results for my brother in law, no news yet.

03/31 | 133.0kg | +0.2kg

04/01 | 133.1kg | +0.1kg | More of the same poor choices. I've been eating too much bread and not enough veggies. Must do better. Brother in law has tested negative, so that's good! Still no local cases here, but our state is essentially in lockdown - only allowed out of the house to do essential shopping/business, work etc. so I'm glad to be working from home. My work is still not really taking it seriously, as I am one of only 3-4 people who have been allowed to work from home (others may be able to if they ask, but management are avoiding doing a proper risk assessment which would result in scores of people working remotely, since they can't monitor that work properly. In other news, had to take my little one to the emergency room yesterday - he is 15 months old, and only started walking maybe a month ago, but decided he could try running. It did not end well - he fell over on the pavers outside and hit his head pretty hard. He has a big egg on his head and some bruising, but no signs of concussion (yet) - talk about giving his mama a heart attack though!




04/02 | 133.5kg | +0.4kg

04/03 | 133.6kg | +0.1kg

04/04 | DNW

04/05 | 134.0kg | +0.4kg | Sorry I have been AWOL the last few days. I am struggling a lot with staying on track. I am one of those people whose motivation drops off quickly and I go back to old habits. I need to develop some good new habits in this new environment.

04/06 | 134.0kg | No change | Actual scale read was about 1kg lower than yesterday, so I'm at least happy that it was mostly water weight that I was carrying. Today is Monday, and I've started my day well with a healthy breakfast and lots of water, and last night I set up an app that works on my phone & Apple watch to remind me every half hour to get up and move for 2 mins. So I'm just walking in place or doing squats/wall pushups/lunges etc. to keep active through the day. I am hopeful this will help me feel better even though it's not like a full, proper workout. I hope to feel less stiff and sore from sitting all day, and hope it will help me sleep better. It's the start of a plan, and I'm taking baby steps.

ROUND SUMMARY
I am disappointed in this round, to say the least, with a gain of 1.4kg. But I am forgiving myself for my poor choices in the last couple of weeks with all this additional anxiety and changes in regard to work arrangements. I know that I can do better, and I'm committing to myself that I will do better. See you all in Round 110!!