Just Give me 10 days - Round 117
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Height - 5'1
SW: 183.3
GW: 120
16/06 - 178.8, 20 Mile Bike Ride, Dinner out
17/06 - DNW, 90 min walk
18/06 - 177.4, 30 min Peleton
19/06 - DNW, 90 min hilly hike, 20 mile bike ride, Dinner & Drinks out
20/06 - 175.8, felt awful took a rest day and ate at maintenance
21/06 - 177.2 was dehydrated yesterday, this is just balancing out... Easy hour bike ride
22/06 - DNW, Ate in excess yesterday as planned and will not weigh until Tuesday to let things settle.
23/06 - DNW, yeah, burying my head in the sand. Don't want to see the damage.
24/06 - 179.6, DAMN
25/06
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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 -> 121.2 -> 119.8-> 119.4
Goal weight for this round: Somewhere in the 118 range
About me: I love learning about food and everything about it; from the way it acts in the body to learning to cook a new recipe. I went to school for nutrition (got my bachelor's) but I didn’t become an RD because it didn’t feel like the path for me. I guess I wanted to keep it as more of an interest instead of a career. I then went into public health to further my education and I currently help medically complex patients by connecting them with community resources to improve their health and life. I enjoy helping family and friends when they ask for advice related to food and nutrition. Plus, it helps me brush up on what I spent so much time learning!
I’m here because when I’m not paying attention to what I eat, I start to gain and feel uncomfortable in my body. For me that results in frustration and a lot of other emotions. It has also increased my cholesterol in the past (It’s good now as far as I know thanks to diet and exercise). I have a family history of diabetes, heart disease, and all that fun stuff. So, I want to prevent that for myself by getting a hold of my food habits now.
I’m always open to conversation about food and nutrition, so feel to reach out to me!
06/16 119.2 Yesterday was a pretty solid day food wise. I had one of the last piece of the raspberry beet baked oatmeal with cottage cheese and pineapple for breakfast/lunch. Then, the chicken cooked in the croc pot was so good! It was also fun because I got to pick up my CSA share. We got two pints of strawberries and lots of different vegetables, which I’m very excited about!
This morning we went for a nice almost 4 mile walk. Then, when I got home I made an apple rhubarb crisp to use some of the apples and rhubarb we got yesterday in the CSA share. I’ve never had rhubarb before so I’m excited to try the crisp! Have a good day everyone!
06/17 118.6 Yesterday was another good day food wise! My breakfast was an apple rhubarb crisp I made (and will be my breakfast all week), then for dinner I cooked some shaved steak, caramelized onions, and broccoli rabe. I put all three of those ingredients on a whole grain bun and topped with cheddar cheese. I even got a “this is really good” from my husband without having to ask him how it is 😊. I also agreed with him! It was nice to have something different and I’m glad that shaved steak was an option as an add on with our meat share we picked up for June.
I think tonight’s dinner will be a salad using pea tendrils, sliced radishes, tomatoes, asparagus(maybe roasted), cucumber and a mint yogurt dressing. (I’ll probably throw some beans or chicken on top) I got the inspiration for it from this cookbook called “The Herbalist’s Kitchen” by Brittany Wood Nickerson. It is such a lovely cookbook to look through time and time again, along with having yummy recipes!
Have a good day!
06/18 117.8 This is interesting, and I wonder why it’s dropping so much the past two days. I wonder if it’s a whoosh or just my scale being funky. I don’t think I’ll believe it until it’s consistent. Consistency is key for me. I did have a bunch of asparagus last night because my husband didn’t want his…maybe they are a diuretic and helped me out this morning. Who knows 😊. What I do know is that the body is so complex.
We went for a nice walk this morning and yesterday was solid for food. The salad I made was so good! The yogurt mint dressing was the perfect complement to the naturally spicy radishes. That yogurt dressing recipe is a keeper, especially because it’s so versatile depending on what herbs you have available. Not sure what’s on the agenda tonight for dinner but I know CSA veggies will be involved. I also decided to create a blog to document my adventures with the CSA’s we get. If you’re curious its eatinglocaladventures.wordpress.com. Not sure if it’s allowed to share within this forum but my disclaimer is that it’s a work in progress and my photography skills are severely lacking but it’s just a place for me to share what I have done so far. If others enjoy it… great, if not… that’s fine too. I had found a blog before I decided to get the csa that had documented what they got each week and I found it very helpful. This resulted with me wanting to maybe help someone else too!
Have a good day everyone!
06/19 117.8 Woo, another day at this number! I’m excited for tonight because we are celebrating our wedding anniversary tonight (real anniversary is next Wednesday) with Thai takeout (first time since middle of March!!!) and homemade Key Lime Pie for dessert. So, there will be some Thai Drunken Noodles and pie in my future! I’ll be making the pie this afternoon so it’s nice and chilled by dinner time tonight.
We did another soccer workout this morning which was very good at getting my heart rate up. Food was pretty solid yesterday as well! Have a good day and wish me luck in not eating too much of the key lime pie batter when I’m making it later today 😉!
06/20 Didn’t post… painted from 5:30 AM to 10:00 PM
06/21 120.0 This isn’t a true weight because I chugged water this morning when I woke up because I was dehydrated. Yesterday was a very long day for me because I painted my home office space (The size of a good size bedroom) and resulted in some minor dehydration from not drinking enough water throughout the day. But I LOVE the new colors even with me seeing that I missed some spots. Oh well! I don’t want to touch a paint roller for a very long time (I did two coats of primer and one coat of color). It went from a dark blue to the color Frosty Mint (three walls) and Minty Fresh(accent wall). The colors don’t look like the sample chips, but I like the color even more because they have a Caribbean feel to them.
It’ll be such a nice bright space for me to work from home in. 😊 I’ll post a before and after picture once the space is put back together.
I only ended up eating my Thai leftovers and Key Lime Pie yesterday because I got carried away painting and wasn’t hungry for dinner/painted through it. Ooops lol.
06/22 119.2 Yesterday was a good day food wise and more normal. My body was sore from painting so I took it easy exercise wise. I have officially set up my office and love it so much!! It’s amazing what changing the color of a room can do for the feel of it.
It’s CSA pick up day and I’m looking forward to seeing what new veggies we get 😊. Not sure what I’m in the mood for dinner tonight. It’ll probably be something easy because the CSA breakdown can be quite a process. Have a good day!
06/23 117.8 Yesterday was really nice. I took the day off of work to recover from painting and make up for the things I typically do on the weekend like dishes/laundry etc. I also decided where to put some pictures on the wall and finished hanging some mirrors in my new office space. The CSA pick up was AWESOME. So many vegetables that I’m excited to eat this week! I made whole wheat spaghetti last night with tomato sauce but I added a summer squash, scallions, garlic scapes and fresh basil.
Today we went for a nice walk that was a little longer than 4 miles. For dinner tonight I’ll be making taco salads and I’m so excited for it! I’ll be making black beans in the slow cooker to go with it (I usually just use canned beans because they’re so easy) too!
06/24 117.8 Yesterday’s food was really on point again. All of the produce from the CSA is really forcing us to eat so many more veggies…which I love! I made a yogurt, peanut butter, and inulin (a soluble fiber powder) dip yesterday to dip an apple into and it was so good! Then, the taco salad bowls totally hit the spot last night too. I used lean ground beef, onion, black beans, brown rice, a cilantro cashew sauce, fresh tomato and red leaf lettuce for them. It felt like a feast even though it was within my calories for the day. So good!
Today we did the soccer drills for exercise. I feel like my watch hasn’t been very accurate in relation to my heart rate because I feel like my exertion is a lot higher than what it’s reading. I know the watch isn’t as accurate as a chest strap but usually it registers a higher heart rate than it has been for these workouts. Oh well! I’ll try to clean the watch a little better to see if that helps a bit. Enjoy your day!
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ROUND 117
50yo F, 5’8.5”
2020 Starting Weight: 209.5
Current Goal Weight: 173
Ultimate Goal Weight: 148Round 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)
Round 108: Mar 27 EW:192.0 (-1.2)
Round 109: Apr 06 EW: 191.8 (-0.2)
Round 110: Apr 16 EW: 188.4 (-3.4)
Round 111: Apr 26 EW: 186.6 (-1.8)
Round 112: May06 EW: 186.6 (0.0)
Round 113: May 16 EW: 185.6 (-1.0)
Round 114: May 26 EW: 188.4 (+2.8)
Round 115: Jun 05 EW: 184.6 (-3.8)
Round 116: Jun 15 EW: 182.4 (-2.2)
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 182.8 Totally deserve this (unfortunately). High sodium meal (stir fry) and then a mini-binge on chocolate and spicy pecans. Need to stick with the plan today, be more mindful.
06/17 182.4 My body seems to love this number so I may have to get used to hanging here for awhile. Rather be here than 10pounds higher! Yesterday was good for exercise, green for calories.
06/18 181.6 I’ll take the loss. Green by 200 on calories. Long work day with not much movement, but a late in the day walk.
06/19 182.8 ...and I gave it away last night. Very hot, somewhat hungry, hard to sleep, ended up binging on chocolate and crackers. Haven’t tried to total but probably an 800-1000 calorie hit. I’ll be working this off for at least a week. 😢
06/20 182.6 could have been worse considering the high sodium (but yummy!) chili-lime-salt cauliflower I had last night.
06/21 182.4
06/22 182.4 My body’s current favorite number. Could be worse, so I’ll take it. At least I didn’t get a weekend bump up despite some binging late Friday night and on Saturday.
06/23 182.6 I really thought this would be lower today. Green on calories without a lot of effort. But short on sleep, and we have a heat wave. Most of all I think this is a monthly hormone issue. If so it should resolve by the end of the week.
06/24 181.4 Finally some change! Not back to my previous low yet, but closer. Long hot day, got some exercise but minimal other movement. Somewhat over green yesterday but definitely under maintenance.
06/257 -
Starr
Age 38
Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.00
Goal Weight 190.00
Current Weight 217.9
Goal for this round: 2 lbs
Round 115 -4.3
Round 116 -0.9
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 219 no work out yesterday 1549 calories in and 8000 steps
06/17 217.7 better today over 10000 steps and 1641 calories in I realize that a good or bad day take 48 hours to see on the scale.
06/18 218.7 I HATE MY SCALE! 14000 steps in 1535 calories
06/19 217.3 Yesterday 16000 steps 1840 Slightly over on calories
06/20 216.6 cookout last night. 10000 steps 1851 calories. Slightly over mostly patron and tonic
06/21 214.4 upset stomach yesterday. So very empty…8000 steps with a short walk high humidity
06/22 217. Very lazy yesterday hot house, sore neck barely 7000 steps no walk just 1400 in calories
06/23 216.1 9800 steps 1400 calories 35 minutes walk allowed myself a Reese peanut lover cup yum!
06/24 215.6 Yesterday 12500 steps 1565 calories walking at lunch so very hot, Zumba in the afternoon Sore neck today
06/25
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ROUND 117
Sally
AGE: 40
Height: 5’6”
Highest Weight: 148.6
ROUND 116 final weight: 128.2
Goal Weight: 127
Goal for this round: - 1.2 pounds
Results:
🥊 ROUND 115 - WEIGHT LOSS @ - 2.8 POUNDS (129 lbs)
🥊 ROUND 116 - WEIGHT LOSS @ -.8 POUNDS (128.2 lbs)
🥊 ROUND 117 - STARING WEIGHT: 128.2
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 128.2
06/17 126.6 I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED!!!
06/18 127 - Happy right on pace to achieve my goal tmo!
06/19 127.6 (FRIDAY - GOAL 127.5) 🎯 🎯 🎯
06/20 127.2
06/21 127.4
06/22 127 Hit Goal
06/23 127.6
06/24 126.6
06/25 (GOAL WEIGHT: 127) 💃
LETS SLAY IT!!!
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I achieved my original goal of losing weight to get pregnant last year! Baby is here (4 months old) and so is all the weight I lost! Figured its time to get back to some better habits! I think the last JGMTD was in the 60s!
OSW- 212
Restart weight - 202.5
GW1 - 180
06/16
06/17 202.5
06/18 202.5 really just focusing on getting back in the habit of logging food, drinking more water, and being accountable here. My daily calories are still not in a huge defiecit...im still night nursing. But my quality of foods is improving. Plan on slow and steady loss!
06/19 202.0 stand in scale only does .5 lb increments.
06/20 202.5
06/21 203 back at work and didnt get water breaks, definitely dehydrated. Had a salty dinner last night too. Onward!
06/22 203.5 definitely not on my a game by any means. Feels good to be back in the habit despite lack of perfect eating or losses. Remembering its tiny baby steps!
06/23 203
06/24 202.5 things that feel better already; anxiety is easing, less negative self talk, eyes arent as puffy, feeling positive about the future, not afraid to get on the scale. I havent given up anything and I've very minimally reduced calories. I'm happy to feel better despite any number on the scale.
06/25
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Height: 5’0” / SW: 190 / GW: 130 / CW: 148.4
R115: -2.5 lbs
R116: -0.9 lbs
06/16 - 148.2
06/17 - 147.9
06/18 - 147.9
06/19 - 147.6
06/20 - 147.7
06/21 - 147.6
06/22 - 147.5
06/23 - 147.3
06/24
06/25
Seeing a consistent downward trend the past few days which is nice.7 -
49 yo f 5'6
Starting weight: 171.6 (6/9/20)
Goal weight: 145
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 165.6
06/17 166.0
06/18 165.8
06/19 166.0
06/20 165.6
06/21 165.2
06/22 165.3
06/23 165.2
06/24 164.9
06/257 -
Female 56
Round 115 SW 199.6 EW 192
Round 116 SW 191.6 EW 189.2
Went off the wagon over quarenteen, but started logging again during round 115. My goal this round is to stay in the 180's. No alcohol this month and at least 20,000 steps a day!!
06/16 188.9 Good! Got 24,000 steps yesterday and ate within plan.
06/17 188.5 Bit by bit, I will lose this fat! Walked 23,500 steps yesterday and stayed on plan. Drank 1/2 glass of wine. I have to be careful not to get back to drinking wine every night, so I will not do that tonight. Lot's of sparkling water!! My resting heart rate has gone from 75-79 to 65-69 in the 2 weeeks that I have been walking 10 miles per day. I feel like that's a win!
06/18 188.5 Hoping to see a drop tomorrow. Walked 24,000 steps yesterday and stuck to meal plan. Walked 2 hours straight on the Greenway, which was so nice. I'm about to go do that again! Since I'm not traveling this summer because of Covid, I am just walking everyday.....
06/19 188.1 I was really tired and hungry yesterday, so I decided to listen to my body. I ate a little more than I have been eating, and I only walked 14,000 steps. I am happy to see a drop!
06/20 188.5 Trying not to get discouraged...I know this is just my body readjusting. I walked 22,000 steps yesterday and worked out my arms with weights.
06/21 187.6 Great! I feel like I am fighting for every 1/2 a pound here. Glad to see a drop. Walked 25,500 steps yesterday. We are having the grandkids over for Father's day and ordering from our favorite Italian restaurant. Going to control myself........
06/22 188.1 I earned that gain! I ate pasta and drank wine last night. We had the kids and grandkids over for Father's day and ordered from our favorite Italian restaurant. Had a great time, but back to business today!! Walked 16,000 steps yesterday.
06/23 188.1 I walked 18,000 steps yesterday and stuck with food plan. Hopefully I will start losing again tomorrow.
06/24 188.7 Very frustrating! I walked 8 miles straight yesterday morning, ending the day with 19,000 steps and ate within plan. Hopefully I will see a drop tomorrow.
06/257 -
5’4.5”, 32 years old, female
Highest weight: 275 (12/25/2019)
2020 Goal Weight: 250
Ultimate goal weight: 150
Round 114 SW: 269.8
Rounds 114 - 116: -1.4lbs
Round 117 SW: 268.4
6/16: 267.4 (TOM) ~ May make it into 265s after this period?
6/17: 266.6 ~ 😀
6/18: 266.4 ~ Usually I retain a ton of water during TOM... hasn’t been so bad this month!
6/19: 266.4 ~ Off for a couple nights of camping!
6/20: DNW
6/21: 265.0 ~ Weighed when we got home. Pleasant surprise! Now to try to stay under 266 for the rest of the round!
6/22: 266.4 ~ Chinese food last night. Worth it. 😂
6/23: 265.6 ~ I’ll be happy to hang here for the rest of the round! I downloaded Happy Scale on my phone yesterday and I think I’ll like that app!
6/24: 265.2 ~ Woo! Two days in a row at 265-point-something. 😁
6/25:6 -
Female 36 5'4" - USA - North Carolina
Starting Weight - 245
Mini Goal: Lose 10 pounds
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130
Goal for Round 117 - Track food every day, walk 20 minutes every day.
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 -
06/17 - Getting back on track. Ate healthy planned food and walked 45 minutes. ☺️
06/18 - 245 Two days of healthy eating in the books! 😁
06/19 - 242.8 I had a 3000+ calorie binge in the evening. I'm doing my best to look at it objectively and not emotionally. I logged it, and tomorrow is a new day.
06/20 - 243.6 Much better on the food front today. I stayed busy and productive, but didn't get an intentional walk in.
06/21 - 243.8 I had a very large, satisfying lunch with my father at Outback. I'm happy that I let it be both lunch and dinner and didn't overeat too much. 😊
06/22 - 243.4 I had a couple kids I used to nanny come for a sleepover and we had pizza and s'mores. ❤️ I still stayed within reasonable amount of calories.
06/23 - Did not weigh - I took a day of rest and didn't track my food. I ate emotionally after saying goodbye to my kiddos. 😭
06/24 -243.8
06/25 -7 -
Female 59, 5'3" - S.E. BC Canada
MFP start October 28.18 – 191
GW 115Round 95 - Nov 09 - 18.19 EW 158.4Round 115 – May 27 – June 05 – EW 151.3
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 28 - April 06 - EW 155.4
Round 110 - April 07 - April 16 – 154.9
Round 111- April 17 - April 26 - 155.3
Round 112 - April 26 - May 06 - EW - 154.1
Round 113 - May 07 - May 16 – EW154.8
Round 114 – May 17 – May 26 – EW153.1
Round 116 - June 06 - June 15 – EW 150.9
Round 117 June 16 – June 25
Tuesday 06/16 - 151.0 - Going to try to touch those 140s again this round, and eventually get entrenched into them in rounds to come.
Wednesday 06/17 - 150.2 - Good, glad to be under my end weight from last round
Thursday 06/18 - 150.2
Friday 06/19 - 150.3 - A cheat meal was planned, but I may need to hold off on that since my discipline is not really showing any results right now. We'll see.
Saturday 06/20 - 150.6
06/21
Monday 06/22 - 152.0 - argh
Tuesday 06/23 - 151.6
Wednesday 06/24 - 151.6 - Kind of expecting a woosh, I have been on point.
06/256 -
Highest Weight: 224
R117 Starting Weight: 209.4
R117 Goal Weight: 205.4
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145 to 130ish
Jumping in Again! Love the 10 Day Challenge..
Since I was last here R85, I've had a concussion, PT and been diagnosed with ADD (at 28 years old)! Yay.. Between that and no routine stuck at home I slipped up.
R48: SW 221.2 EW 217.6 (-3.6)
R49: SW 218.4 EW 216.4 (-2.0)
R50: SW 216.2 EW 214.8 (-1.4)
R51: SW 214.2 EW 214.8 (+.6)
***Began Again @ 224lbs Ouch!***
R77: SW 213.8 EW 208.4 (-5.4)
R78: SW 208.4 EW 206.8 (-1.6)
R79: SW 206.8 EW 205.0 (-1.8)
R80: SW 205.0 EW 198.4 (-6.6)
R81: SW 198.4 EW 195.4 (-3.0)
R82: SW 195.4 EW 193.2 (-2.2)
R83: SW 193.2 EW 191.2 (-2.0)
R84: SW 191.2 EW 189.8 (-1.4)
R85: SW 188.8 EW 190.2 (+1.4)
*** Began Again @ 209.4lbs ***
Overall Loss from HW 4/29/19: -16.6
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16: 209.4
06/17: 208.6
06/18: 207.4
06/19: 204.2 ??? Thats a surprise.
06/20: 204.0
06/21: 204.0
06/22: 204.0 Decided to check measurements and according to my scales app I've lost 5.75in head to toe and 1% body fat!
06/23: 204.0 Couldn't post app didn't work for me...
06/24: 204.2 0 Didn't get to weigh 1st thing in morning like typical.
06/25:7 -
HW: 218.4 (12/1/19)
GW: 150
Total weight loss: 23.4lb
Round 117
1st time doing this! Goal is to lose 2.5lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16- 196.4 lb
06/17- 194.4 lb I’m so excited!! I’ve been stuck for a week and it all decided to come off at once.
06/18- 195.00- unfortunately this was expected since my 2 year old thought it’d be great to get up and start the day at 2am. This momma is exhausted and running on fumes at work.
06/19- 195- expecting a rise since I had a few drinks at volleyball last night and am meeting friends in a few hours at the bar to watch some EPL.
06/20- 195.3I’m having too many cheat days. We had a babysitter 2 nights in a row which NEVER happens so I’ve been splurging. Back to the grind tomorrow.
06/21- didn’t check
06/22- 198 - welp I guess that is what happens when you binge eat and drink for 4 days straight. Hoping a few lbs come off quickly flushing out all the salt intake. It all depends on how you bounce back and I already worked out this morning burning 700 calories so good news is I’m back on track.
06/23- 196.6 - burned 1050 yesterday and consumed 1400- let’s hope I have another decent drop tomorrow
06/24- 193.2 lb- I’m not sure if this is accurate .. I guess I didn’t do as much damage as I thought I did for those 4 days. I’ve walked 60k steps between mon and tues and have burned 2200 calories per exercise.
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Round 117 :
50 yo man
Original start weight 191 lbs (Mai 10, 2020)
Ultimate goal 143 lbs.
R 115. SW 186 lbs EW 184lbs (- 3 lbs)
R 116. SW 184.19 l EW 181.19 (-3 lbs)
R117. SW 181.19 EW
Total Loss round 115 + 116 : 6 lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
16/06 179.89 lbs (81.60 kgs)
17/06 180.33 lbs (81.80 kgs)
18/06179.34 lbs (81.35 kgs)
19/06 179.89 lbs (81.60 kgs)
20/06 181.33 lbs (82.25 kgs) nothing is working these days
21/06 181.66 lbs (82.40 kg)
22/06181.21 lbs (82.20 kgs)
23/06 179.45 lbs (81.40 kgs)
24/06 179.45 lbs (81.40 kgs)
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29 yo female
06/23 117.8 Yesterday was really nice. I took the day off of work to recover from painting and make up for the things I typically do on the weekend like dishes/laundry etc. I also decided where to put some pictures on the wall and finished hanging some mirrors in my new office space. The CSA pick up was AWESOME. So many vegetables that I’m excited to eat this week! I made whole wheat spaghetti last night with tomato sauce but I added a summer squash, scallions, garlic scapes and fresh basil.
Today we went for a nice walk that was a little longer than 4 miles. For dinner tonight I’ll be making taco salads and I’m so excited for it! I’ll be making black beans in the slow cooker to go with it (I usually just use canned beans because they’re so easy) too!
Hi @kblanc14 - Love reading your posts and all the healthy dishes you make. I saw where you mentioned garlic scapes. I had never heard of scapes until yesterday when my husband came in with them from his garden where he grows garlic among other things. He said you pick them when they just start to curl. He made pesto with scapes, fresh parmesan and olive oil. I'm going to try some on pasta today. You seem to love healthy foods and I see where you are part of a CSA - do you have your own garden as well? I'm not much of a gardener but my husband is. He's gone from gardening directly in the ground to mostly using an earth-box-type system close to the house. Not only is it easier to water, keep the deer out but vegies such as swiss chard don't get all the dirt on them so just a rinse does it.5 -
06/24–178.4 Had a very positive day yesterday. I made the BEST salad for dinner that I’ve ever made, and the whole family loved it. In case you’re interested, here’s the link to it: https://cafedelites.com/chicken-avocado-caprese-salad/
06/25
@UTMom81 - Thanks for the recipe link. I'm going to pick up the ingredients next grocery trip - it looks sooo good, and healthy!5 -
Female 63 5'3" - New Zealand
Original goal 60kg, updated goal weight 57kg
Starting weight Day 7 Round 111 – 66.3kg
Ending weight Round 116 – 60.4kg
Goal for Round 117 - 59.4kg
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16 - 60.1kg, no harm done overall from last Saturday's dinner out :-), not enough walking yesterday.
06/17 - 60.1kg, no change, no bounce up, so all good; that said I felt like I didn't eat quite right yesterday...
06/18 - 59.9kg, < 60kg is the best news, need to lose 1 more kg from a pound-perspective to get < 130
06/19 - 59.9kg, is this a new trend? Last night I felt like I ate too much dinner, although calories were okay...
06/20 - 59.8kg, things moving slowly this round, forgot to wear my fitbit yesterday!
06/21 - 59.9kg, interesting, got lots of steps yesterday > 20,000. Rainy today so not so good for walking.
06/22 - 59.6kg, sweet drop, feeling a bit under the weather now but at least it's a sunny day today :-)
06/23 - 59.2kg, not to be believed, sick with a sore throat, limited walking yesterday and had to forego chocolate.
06/24 - 59.1kg, calorie requirement upped to 1200, still less walking due to cold. Losing a bit too fast now.
06/25 - 59.5kg, that's better, missed goal, but happy with that weight to finish this round; still sick :-/6 -
fmfdfa2020 wrote: »29 yo female
06/23 117.8 Yesterday was really nice. I took the day off of work to recover from painting and make up for the things I typically do on the weekend like dishes/laundry etc. I also decided where to put some pictures on the wall and finished hanging some mirrors in my new office space. The CSA pick up was AWESOME. So many vegetables that I’m excited to eat this week! I made whole wheat spaghetti last night with tomato sauce but I added a summer squash, scallions, garlic scapes and fresh basil.
Today we went for a nice walk that was a little longer than 4 miles. For dinner tonight I’ll be making taco salads and I’m so excited for it! I’ll be making black beans in the slow cooker to go with it (I usually just use canned beans because they’re so easy) too!
Hi @kblanc14 - Love reading your posts and all the healthy dishes you make. I saw where you mentioned garlic scapes. I had never heard of scapes until yesterday when my husband came in with them from his garden where he grows garlic among other things. He said you pick them when they just start to curl. He made pesto with scapes, fresh parmesan and olive oil. I'm going to try some on pasta today. You seem to love healthy foods and I see where you are part of a CSA - do you have your own garden as well? I'm not much of a gardener but my husband is. He's gone from gardening directly in the ground to mostly using an earth-box-type system close to the house. Not only is it easier to water, keep the deer out but vegies such as swiss chard don't get all the dirt on them so just a rinse does it.
@fmfdfa2020 Awe thank you, I'm so glad you enjoy my posts! I love garlic scapes and have made pesto before with them. It was sooo good! So, your pasta meal sounds yummy to me!
I really do love healthy foods (I've loved cooking all my life) and after hearing that you enjoy reading my recipe ideas, it will make me continue chatting away about them. We do have a garden (my mother in law is usually in charge of it because we live with them) but also have lots of creatures that LOVE to eat the plants in the garden. This leaves us with not relying on the garden's bounty but just appreciating the gifts when they make it to the fully ripened stage. For example...I have a summer squash that had two flowers on it yesterday...checked on it this morning and poof one's gone! We have a fenced off garden but that doesn't keep them all out. We have some raised beds as well with a diy cage around them but the chipmunks still manage to get through it. So it's been nice knowing that we will have a steady stream of produce coming in with the CSA (all year long because they have a CSA share for every season) and can just view what does make it out of the garden as a treat. Enjoy your pesto and I'll be sure to share what I end up doing with the rest of our scapes! We have about 4ish left I think.3 -
Round 117 – June 16 to June 25
Female, 5’, 67 years. SW – 168.8 GW – close to or under 167, UGW – 140.
Back again after a fast trip to new location to check out houses. Lots of stress – The house we had our eye on suddenly dropped $10,000 which made a total drop of $36,000 so we were afraid it would sell fast (which it has). Our house still has, at the very least, 2 - 3 wks. work to get it ready to list (We got it incredibly cheap as a fixer-upper which we gradually lost steam on.) and we just can’t work like we did years ago. Weight loss went from “in denial” to “it was ugly” – thanks @eyesopennow .
Positives out of this though: When we actually saw the house - not really what we’re looking for. After looking at a few houses have a much better idea of “how the house looks online” vs. “what you are actually getting.” Great realtor who has lived all his life in that area and could answer all kinds of questions. Did only gain a couple of lbs. despite stress, carpal tunnel pain from overdoing it and tiredness (it’s about a 12 hr. trip from here).
Things are coming along and I just have to keep working at it, but not overdo it. Have to remember that taking care of my body is also important …
Goals: continue with 12 hr. IF, 5-6 glasses of water a day, complete my tracking every day and get some kind of outdoor exercise unless it is raining – in which case indoors.
Day/Weight/Comment
06/16
06/17
06/18
06/19- 168.8 – Reading through posts and typing this out has definitely helped me refocus.
06/20 – 169 – Tracked everything, no IF – had bowl of 2% Greek yogurt. Hours of gardening but just deadheading and weeding so not a lot of calories burned.
06/21 – 168.8
06/22 – 169 – Did not track yesterday and had a very relaxing day and nap in the afternoon. Really needed the no pressure to get stuff done day. Did manage to resist the temptation for a late evening snack. Stomach complained that I was starving and ‘needed’ something, but ignored it and slept great.
06/23 – 168.8
06/24 – 169 – Got a lot done outside on Monday, yesterday shopping and running errands. Managed to avoid buying candy or other no – nos and eating way too much after getting home. Did have a rather salty but good supper. Seem to have a bit of sinus infection and one eye hurts, so taking it easier today.
06/256
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