Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 114

Ready for round 114 {51st for me}
OSW 88KG
RSW 60 kg (-28.kg) or {61.7 lbs}
Goal... Wish I knew! I'd like to lose 1 more kg permanently but that seems very difficult right now

05/17 60.0kg an OMAD day
05/18 59.4kg. Perfect start to the week and day 500 on MFP!
05/19 60.10kg not a problem
05/20 60.15kg and unlikely to go down with this week's menu
05/21 59.95kg. Inside maintenance.
05/22 59.35kg after run and workout but before the weekend!
05/23 DNW
05/24 DNW

05/25 59.95 after run and workouts.
05/26

🏃🏽‍♀️🥗🍎🥕🥦🏊🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️

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 - 182.8
Still holding onto water for some reason. But a little better. I’ve been drinking lots of water, which I think it helping. Hopefully I’ll finish the round where I started it rather than up again.

5/26

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 …..

05/18 …..204.2 …..

05/19 …..204.6 …..

05/20 …..204.3 …..

05/21 …..204.3 …..

05/22 …..204.8 …..

05/23 …..204.5 …..

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 …..205.3 ….. TMI this morning was my saving grace. Yesterday was a good day but last night in bed was another story. I couldn’t overcome the hunger easily no matter what I tried. A hard-working day planned for today. I’ve got to save enough strength to cook up my veggies before they go bad and freeze some nice low carb dinners. However, if one could see what was on my agenda today, they would laugh at me for even thinking I could fit it in. I’ve got to figure this out and today, somewhere in the mix, I’ve got to choose me. I’m happy for the drop on the scale and will try to run with it.



05/26 …..xxxxx …..

I’m in my 50’s
OSW-187 Sept. 2018

Goal Weight this Round: Stay in 140’s
Drink plenty of water and get the boxes unpacked.

5/17-148
5/18-151-Heavy food and unpacking.
5/19-151-Same. I’m going to unpack at a slower pace and after dinner, walk for an hour. My sleeping is awful with no walk.
5/20-150-I head to my sisters today to cook dinner for my nieces’ birthday. My sister is still recovering from a mastectomy.
5/21-DNW
5/22-DNW
5/23-150-Glad to be back here after eating myself silly at my sisters. I’ve been working around the house and walking the dogs a couple of miles at night. Have a good weekend everyone!!!🤗
5/24–151-Walked 5 miles, heavy food and drinks. Today is a new day to get back on track!
5/25-152-No walk, just worke on the garage. Glad to have that done.

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.
5/25 117.5

Height: 5’0”
SW: 190
GW: 130

05/17 - 152.8
05/18 - 152.8 🤷‍♀️ Better than the scale going up
05/19 - 152.8 😒
05/20 - 152.8 😠
05/21 - 152.8 🙁
05/22 - 152.8 🙄
05/23 - 151.8 😊
05/24 - 151.8 🙂
05/25 - 151.8 😒
05/26

Ever since I got back on the wagon this is how my weight loss has gone. It just sticks at one number until it drops a bit. This is not what it looked like when I lost the first 50 lbs. There was always a different number on the scale each morning (sometimes up, sometimes down). I even thought my scale must be broken so I bought a new one. Nope, new one does the exact same thing. And I can’t exactly say why but I find it so frustrating and discouraging to see the exact same number over and over again.

29 yo female
5’2”
SW 126.2 (April 14th, 2020)
Highest lifetime weight: 138 lbs. August 2011
Goal Weight: 110
Last rounds: 125.2  122.8  121.6
Goal weight for this round: 119 to 120 range
Weight on 5/16: 121.6

Day/Weight/Comment
05/17 120.6 Today was good, we did some yard work and ate well. Although, I definitely didn’t feel completely satisfied with my food, so I definitely want to work on that tomorrow. It tasted decent but I didn’t feel super full from it. I had lentils, beets, and a cheese plate type thing for breakfast/lunch. It was a strange combination of foods but it tasted good. Then for dinner I had a bean based pasta along with spaghetti squash, meatballs, and sauce with a sprinkle of romano cheese on top. It just kind of fell flat leaving me wanting more of something. I’m hoping tomorrow will be better in that regard!

05/18 119.4 I’m starting to wonder if my scale is right because I’ve had some really good drops over the past few days. I see the difference in my belly area, but it just seems crazy because I haven’t seen that number in years. I hope I can keep it off! This morning I went for a 6 mile walk and then did some push-ups and lunges in our yard. I’m hoping to get some jump roping in later today for some cardio because the walking doesn’t raise my heart rate that much. Not sure what’s on the agenda today for food but I’m thinking about some sort of toast and peanut butter for my first meal. I hope everyone had a good weekend!

05/19 121.0 I’m pretty sure my scale got moved in the bathroom and it’s on a level surface finally. I’m now at a weight that makes more sense because that was a big drop over the course of three days for me. I’m cool with it because I have been making really good decisions food and activity wise. I took a 6 mile walk this morning and have plans to jump rope again today. I love the cardio workout I get from jump roping and it’s safer/easier than running around the neighborhood with the whole mask situation. Plus, I get to brush up on my jump roping skills. I also ordered a weighted rope to turn up the workout a notch. That arrives at the end of the week and I’m very excited for it!
It sounds really weird but I’m so excited for my breakfast/lunch today because I have been craving cottage cheese for some reason and we were finally able to get some last night in a food delivery. So, I’m looking forward to the cottage cheese topped with pineapple and frozen wild blueberries. Tonight we are having American Chop Suey left overs and I’m pumped I have a night where I’m not creating dishes to clean after dinner.
One last ramble… My husband just went to get a contactless pick up order from Total Wine, so we will have some beverages to enjoy this weekend. I don’t think I’ve had anything to drink since March, so this will be fun. 😊

05/20 121.0 Went for another awesome walk this morning. My husband joined me for 3ish miles of it and then I continued another 3 miles on my own. Skipping the jump rope today to give my body a break. I might work in some push ups in a bit though. Food was good yesterday and so far so go today. I plan on making a turkey breast in the pressure cooker tonight for dinner. On our walk, we walked by turkeys which made my husband crave turkey. LOL! Luckily I happen to have turkey in the freezer and we have some potatoes, carrot and parsnips to use too! So, it’ll be perfect! I even have a rogue box of turkey gravy to add to the pot for added flavor. Have a good day everyone!

05/21 121.0 Another great walk this morning! It’s going to be so nice out today and I am so so so excited! My food should be solid again today, plan on having more cottage cheese with fruit and some whole grain pretzels for my first meal and something healthy for a snack later in the day and then we are air frying chicken wings tonight with some fries and I want salad too with it! The turkey came out good that I made last night, so that was a win! It was so cool to get a boneless turkey breast in my meat CSA, because it was so easy to cook and the perfect amount for the two of us. It was about a 1lbish when I weighed it in the packaging. There’s just enough turkey and veggies left over for my husband to have some leftovers for lunch.

05/22 120.2 I had too much fun on Thursday night drinking wine so Friday wasn’t the greatest food wise. I woke up and wanted all the greasy food and I indulged because it’s been a while. I’m still pretty sure I ended up eating within the amount of calories I burn in a day but the salt definitely made me retain water.

05/23 121.2 Back to wanting to eat healthy again after a day of not posting here. Drinking always has a way of making me want to eat like crap the next day and not care that much about it. I did notice the feeling from it last night though, because I felt bloated and ick by the end of last night. I started my day today with a short walk and made a smoothie for my first meal. The weather is finally a little warmer, so I don’t freeze while drinking the smoothie. For lunch I have a salad with lentils, goat cheese, and some other veggies planned. Not sure what’s on the agenda for dinner but I’m thinking something light.
I also had a non-scale victory today with a compliment from my husband, he told me “my legs look less jiggly.” I know other people may take that differently, but he meant it in a really good/nice way 😊.

05/24 120.2 Back to normal again 😊. I had another non scale victory today when I tried on a pair of shorts that I’ve had for a while and weren’t the most flattering last year (so I didn’t wear them.) and now if I lose another inch from my hips they will be perfect. I’d be comfortable wearing them now but they’d still feel a hair snug. My food went well yesterday and today I’m looking forward to dinner. We’re having croc potted chicken thighs in a masala simmer sauce. We’ll have brown rice, onions, and oyster mushrooms with it. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

05/25 121.2 Up, down, up, down. My body or scale doesn’t want to make up its mind. It’s all good though! I went for a short walk this morning and did a good strength training session. I tried out the new jump rope out and realized it’s a lot easier to use inside because I can hear it hit the floor before I must jump. The other day I was getting so frustrated with it and couldn’t jump more than two times without tripping. So it was nice to day that I was able to get a good mini session in at the end of my strength session. Have a good day everyone!

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

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

My 75th Round!




SW: 143.5

Day/Weight/Comment

5/17 - 144
5/18 - 143.5
5/19 - 144
5/20 - 145 - I think the weekend finally caught up with me.
5/21 - 144.5
5/22 - 145.5
5/23 - 145
5/24 - 146
5/25 - 145.5
5/26

I'm in! Thank you, @GrandmaJackie!

70 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion... ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

We used to walk 5 miles a day. A pinched nerve and back surgery side-lined me for about a year. Then I had back surgery. Then I had hip surgery March 10th. Recovery is slow. Sure do want to be back walking!

The Shelter in Place has everyone freaked. We need to remain calm and respectful of each other.

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 143.0
UGW: 132.2

05/15 - 144.6 at 9:30 a.m. ...rest day
05/16 - 143.4 at 9:30 a.m. ...2.70 miles in 1 hr.

Day/Weight/Comment

05/17 – 143.8 at 9:30 a.m. ...walking in a bit. Got over 3 miles done.
05/18 - 145.4 at 9:30 a.m. ...rest day
05/19 - DNW ...walked right by the scale this morning
05/20 - 146.0 at 9:30 a.m. ...3.5 miles in 77 mins ... too much salt.
05/21 - 147.0 at 9:00 a.m. ...3.0 miles in 60 mins
05/22 - 148.2 at 8:30 a.m. ...rest day...salt and hard peppermint candy.
05/23 - 148.0 at 9:00 a.m. ...3.18 miles in 71 mins.
05/24 - 149.0 at 9:30 a.m. ...no walking...way too hot.
05/25 - 149.0 at 8:30 a.m. ...I have fallen off the wagon, hard...I'm going to keep posting here anyway. I am eating too much and not exercising.
05/26 -

Chris

@cpanus - I know how you feel, I am finding it hard to keep motivated during these exceptionally challenging times. I just want to be eating/grazing all the time, then I'm too full to eat my proper meals!!? I think like anyone of us, it's crucial to be in the right frame of mind, for me a particularly high scale reading suddenly pushes my mind into that place?
I hope you find your mind set again, you've been doing so well to date, I'm sure you don't want to jeopardise the hard work you've already put in. Keep strong my friend, but even more so keep safe and well. Hugs to you xx