Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 114

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)


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.

SW Rnd 114 119.0 AW
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5/17 119.0 Our 50th wedding anniversary. We had planned to take a Caribbean cruise but that didn’t happen. No plans except college BFF plans to come by for a social distancing visit. She is one of only a handful of people who attended the wedding due to extensive change of plans caused by Kent State riots and our school (Southern Illinois University) closing early.
5/18 118.5
5/19 119.0
5/20 118.5
5/21 119.0 Vertigo! UGH. I have been interrupted about 47 times this morning today. I may never get to post! Finally at 3:01 PM I got caught up! Food prepped all morning and finally sat down around 2:30 and my Garmin says I had inadequate steps for at least 2 hours! My back is killing me. The grill is on and dinner is started!
5/22 119.0
5/23 118.0
5/24 117.5 I’m eating within my macros and I guess my body has decided to lose a bit more. I was curious to see if this would happen with so many 118.0 and 118.5 reading in the last few weeks.

Round 114
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 60 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 72 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
R113 EW= 204.3
R114 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
05/16 …..204.3….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
05/17 …..204.3 ….. I worked hard yesterday with the continuation of the barn cleaning project. Tedious along with some heavy lifting but not as much walking or steps, lots of standing in place sorting. I was hoping for even a smidgen of a drop on the scale, but patience usually pays off. Today I will plan my meals carefully. I’ve got to stay focused.

05/18 …..204.2 ….. Like Molasses but at least it is s..l..o..w..l..y dripping in the right direction. Today I have a lot on my agenda on this cold and rainy day. Flood warnings here. At least the newly planted flowers are happy! Today my dinner will be what I prep cooked yesterday. My meals will go well and I will stay busy. I will continue to dread the nighttime urge to binge when I get in bed in front of the TV. That has been going well so lets hope my strength continues. I want to see some greater progress on that scale! Everyone is doing so well! Let’s keep it up!

05/19 …..204.6 ….. Technically if only CICO mattered, I would have lost weight. I was under calorie goal by about 1000 (when factoring in my exercise). I had lots of movement and burn. My carbs were just over 100 including lots of healthy veggies. My water was a little improved. I slept in the 3 hour range (usually I am somewhere in the 4 hour range) but I woke up untired and refreshed. However, I do long for a 6 hour sleep night which I only get 2 or 3 times per year. I have a lot of hard work on my agenda. Spring cleaning a cabin from ceiling to floor. An un-glorified job for which I am not getting paid due to the restrictions on travel at this time. However, that makes it a good time to start all the deeper cleaning. I plan on keeping my diet on point and sticking to the healthy stuff today. I just gotta watch those carbs too!

05/20 …..204.3 ….. A bit of the bloat dropped off the scale so I am happy today. Also, perfect weather here. What a gorgeous day! I have lots of very hard work to do again today but I am up for the task. I am feeling so good right now-inspired by so much of what I am reading on this challenge and I am picturing that little chipmunk at @SheilaBoneham ‘s house after seeing the rabbit yesterday. What a beautiful day we have been gifted with. I hope everyone will enjoy all their blessings wherever they are!

05/21 …..204.3 ….. I ate back many of my calories yesterday but managed to stay in the green for the day. I am happy there was nothing weighing down my scale. I will have to see if anything shows up in the next couple of days because sometimes it does take a minute. What a gorgeous day today! Some cabin work, house work and yard work awaits me. Our governor has lifted a few restrictions so I am nervously and cautiously smiling. I always play it safe, no worries!

05/22 …..204.8 ….. There it is!!!! Drats! You can virtually hug me if you must, but in the next few days (holiday or not) plan on elbow tapping and fist bumping me because today I am planning a great day of restraint. One day at a time right?

05/23 …..204.5 ….. I didn’t get my food logged/closed out or my exercise closed out in time for it to post on the main board but I stayed within calories and did hundreds of extra calories in “chores”. Overall, a pretty successful day. Today, so far, is going very well. I need to increase the water so I am going to fill a water bottle now. I hope everyone is enjoying a safe and fun weekend.


05/24 …..205.7 ….. I logged until I went off the rails. I was not crazy, but I was excessive. I did not plan my day well. I am going to try to do better today. Disappointed in self.



05/25 …..xxxxx …..
05/26 …..xxxxx …..

Round 100 SW 245
Round 112 SW 242 (4/27/20)
Round 113 SW 238.6
Round 114 SW 235.2 Goal 232


Goals: walk at least 20 minutes every day and a total of 1 million steps between May 18 and July 31, log food and stay under calorie target, take my meds every day on schedule, and drink my water. With those goals, my target weight for this cycle is 232.

05/17 Not gonna lie, yesterday (last day of round 113) I indulged myself in old habits of overeating. It was ugly. It as a not-at-all-subtle reminder to me why this FatBoy cannot take cheat days too often - it's like giving a frat boy keys to a Ferrari and expecting him to drive the speed limit. Anyway, today was a new day, new round, new resolve! Hopefully I won't be paying for yesterday for too long,but it is what I made it. Today's morning weight: 235.2, blood sugar 82; today's walk: 60 minutes, 3 miles; log food: yes, under goal calories by 300; empty calories: still too many; meds: yes; water: 8 and counting. Have a great week, all! Be safe, be smart.

05/18 Weight: 234.6. Goals met. 300 calories to spare. Will post walking totals in the morning.

05/19 Weight 234.4, yesterday's steps 16,374. Will try to get my steps in again despite the rainy weather. Walking around in circles in the conference room makes me feel silly, but at least it keeps me from feeling wet.

05/20 Weight 234.4, yesterday's steps 14,247 (total 30,621 of 1 million.) Yesterday's goals met, 200 calories under.

05/21 Weight 233.4 (woot!) yesterday's steps 19,011 (total 49,032/1 million.) Yesterday's goals met, 300 calories under.

05/22 Weight 232.8,steps 17,775 total 67,407. Yesterday's food goal not met, logged but overshot by nearly 300 calories, mostly snacking. Have a great, safe, smart weekend all.

05/23 Weight 233.2, steps 17,601 total 85,008. Yesterday's goals met, calories just below targets. I had a sneaking thought that yesterday's good weight was a scale error. Either way, I am content with today's weight.

05/24 Weight 233.8, this is not going in the right direction! Steps yesterday 13,681, total 98,689 since 5/18. Food was logged and over a little (within 100.) All other goals met. Got a blister on my heel, likely no big walk today.

05/25
05/26

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R114 Goals — No more excuses. Eat mindfully; calories <1300. Build back to walking 5-6 miles/day.

UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)

Weight on 2/2015 - 218.2 R113 5/16/20 end weight 181.8

Day/Weight/Comment

5/17 - 183
Salt. Popcorn. Cheese and crackers. I don’t know why. Stress? Gotta stop and this is the round. Yesterday we planted our UU Sacred Grounds native pollinator gardens and I was interviewed on camera about the fundraising. Who was that fat woman ? Egad! I guess that’s the wake up call to stop going easy on myself. Please kick my butt if I try to make excuses. My (over)weight has been pretty constant for 3 months now, so if I cut back on calories and get with my old walking program, I should have an encouraging loss this round. Maybe I won’t feel so down then either. Thanks for all the hugs, but I think what I need now is a kick in the butt.

5/18 - 182.6
Yesterday was good and I felt more in control even with all-day rain. It’s still been pouring all morning, but should clear up this afternoon. I’m thinking of going to a nursery — shouldn’t be too many people in the rain! But I have to finish launching my new venture (teaching creative writing classes online), so maybe by the time I finish the rain will cut back to drizzle. DH wants chicken pot pie for dinner, so I had a light breakfast and will have salad for lunch. My plan is no no-no’s but work-arounds for the higher calories meals. Things are stressful and restricted enough at the moment without adding to the pressure. And I have a garden bed to enlarge and want to put in a new herb garden, so there’s some calorie burn if the ground isn’t too wet. I hope everyone is well and staying safe.

5/19 - 182.2
Another wet morning, but I’m off to brave the grocery store if I can get Mike the cat off my lap. I think he’s telling me about his morning chat with his new friend. 🐰

5/20 - 182.4
Ugh — we had leftover chicken pot pie last night and I ate too much. Calories weren’t bad but I still feel stuffed. Plan for today is much lighter, and it’s stopped raining so I’m off to play in the dirt. Had breakfast with a diverse group of friends — DH, Mike the cat, the bunny rabbit, robins, sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, starlings, finches (house and gold), and a chipmunk that peeked in the sliding door at us. 🐰🌷🥣🥗🥑🍊🌸🐿

5/21 - 181.4
Finally, a little movement and no rain. Going out to work in the garden. Yay!

5/22 - 182.8
What? Definitely water. Calories on target yesterday and plenty of exercise between a 60-min walk and gardening. Weird.

5/23 - 183.4
Don’t understand this at all. Calories below maintenance and I got plenty of exercise. I do feel a little puffy and my rings are tight, so I suppose water, though I don’t know why. Sigh. I suppose one of these morning I’ll see an astonishing drop. On the plus side, I spent considerable time playing in the dirt yesterday, which felt great.

5/24 - 183.2
☹️ not where I wanted to be by now.

5/25
5/26

Female 63 5'3" - New Zealand
Goal 60kg
Starting weight Day 7 Round 111 - 66.3kg
Ending weight Round 113– 63.4kg

Goal weight for the end of this round - 62.9kg

Day/Weight/Comment
05/17 - 63.4kg, no change from the last 2 days; it's expected that things would slow down a bit at this point.
05/18 - 63.1kg, nice to see this drop, it's getting harder to keep up with the 16,000 steps a day
05/19 - 62.9kg, already to goal, so I'm expecting a holding pattern here for a few days.
05/20 - 63.0kg, a small bounce which is very appropriate at this stage, still early in this round and I'm on track.
05/21 - 62.7kg, great! Yesterday was a fluke which happens now and then. Sticking to the plan which works :-)
05/22 - 62.8kg, a small bounce up, small is okay; our scale seems to be pretty accurate.
05/23 - 62.6kg, 1st time in over 35 days I didn't do 16,000 steps yesterday, only 15,200, busy with cake making.
05/24 - 62.6kg, good place to be stuck, had to have only birthday cake for lunch yesterday, but otherwise on track
05/25 - 62.4kg, appetite is now normal so it's not too hard to stay on track, rain not the best for walking...
05/26

Day/Weight/Comment
05/17 – 209.6
05/18 - 209
05/19 - 208 That is 15 since quarantine!! Yay! next goal 20.
05/20. 208.2
05/21 209.6.... not great day yesterday, but woke up this morning, worked out, food has been on point. I am feeling great.
05/22 208.2. back on track
05/23 207.4
05/24 208.6. giveth... and taketh away!
05/25
05/26

Started MFP 12/27/19: [/b] 186.0 (Heaviest weight ever)
12/27/19 to end of Round 113: -10.6 pounds

I have two goals right now and not thinking any further than these two: 1) Get back to my lowest weight on MFP from 3/8, 173.2; and 2) Hit the elusive 160s.

Round 114 Goals: Keep doing what I did well last round (calories, exercise, IF) and improve on what I didn't do well (water, vegies/fruit). Keep in mind that daily ups and downs on the scale are perfectly normal.

05/16 - 175.4

Round 114
05/17 - 175.4
05/18 - 175.3
05/19 - 175.3
05/20 - 175.1
05/21 - 174.9
05/22 - 175.1
05/23 - 175.0
05/24 - 174.8
05/25 - DNW Out of town with no scale for a week. It's not a vacation so hopefully I'll be down a pound or two when I post middle of next round. Good luck on a successful final two days!
05/26 - DNW

180s / 170s / 160s / 150s / 140s / 130s

Short-Term Goal: Back to my lowest weight on MFP: 173.2




Daily Tracking from start of MFP

Start Weight: 145.5
Current Goal weight: 145.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130.0


Day/Weight/Comment
05/17
05/18
05/19
05/20
05/21
05/22
05/23
05/24 145.5
05/25 144.7
I’ll need to work hard today to make sure my weight doesn’t pop up again for the last day tomorrow
05/26

I know you’re nearly at the end of this 10 day stint but I’m going to start today. Get in to the swing of things before the next 10 day cycle. I’ve been in this challenge before and found it motivating. So hopefully it can work for me again.

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~|~ Round 114 (round 46 for me ) I'm in for another round – just keep going! As always; thank you @GrandmaJackie, such a champion particularly in these challenging times, helping to keep some stability in our lives, for setting up these challenges.

Female age 62 5' 4”

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and have gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then; I don't want to gain any more, but would like to get back to my goal weight – I'm working at it – it's a permanent way of life !

Goal – stay below 133 pounds.... - aim to stick with good habits: be mindful of what I eat & drink, keep walking, no binges, really want to keep this 10 days binge free! Keep calm, wash hands, be kind and follow all latest Government guidelines for C-19 virus.
Keep calm – we're all in this together!

Day/Weight/Comment

05/ 17 133.8 – 9.76 miles walked yesterday. I guess that's the extra sodium in the mussels we had for lunch, 270 calories in credit, 4 carbs over.
05/18 133.8 – 8.74 miles walked yesterday. 271 calories in credit, all macros in green.
05/19 133.8 – 8.34 miles walked yesterday. 517 calories in credit, all macros in green. Had my first meet up with a friend in the park for exercise and then a picnic (all at social distancing! & allowed now) since the lock down, it was such a lovely few hours, so refreshing!
05/20 135 – 10.28 miles walked yesterday. Such a bad day food wise, not even disclosing how many calories or other macros over - ughh!! why do I do it? New day today; need to get a wriggle on!!
05/21 134.4 – 10.72 miles walked yesterday. A much better day & I feel better for it; 284 calories in credit, fat 10 over, all other macros in green.
05/22 133.6 - 10.25 miles walked yesterday. 436 calories in credit, all macros in green.
05/23 133.6 – 9.79 miles walked yesterday, over on all macros yesterday . Must be strong today so the scale doesn't go up!
05/24 135.8 – 2.74 miles walked yesterday. This is what happens when I don't get my walking miles in – started out yesterday, but the wind was just too strong, it was dangerous to be under trees and at times struggling to walk against the wind, so I abandoned and turned round for home!! It's calmer today, hurray !!
05/25 136.4 – uhh!! Don't ask!! 9.18 miles walked yesterday. Today is a new day!
05/26
KEEP SAFE EVERYONE . Keep calm – we're all in this together!

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SW 210 lbs = starting over weight 04/04/20
Round GW 203 lbs

Day/Weight/Comment
05/17
05/18 207 lbs
05/19 207 lbs
05/20 207 lbs
05/21 207 lbs I think I need to walk more
05/22 205 lbs pleased about that 🙂
05/23 203 lbs
05/24 203 lbs
05/25 201 lbs low carbs and extra steps paid off 🙂
05/26