Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 127

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@prehistoricmoongoddess If you edit from early morning to late night, be sure to change AM to PM.When I get a lot of pink (awake time) that has been the problem.

Thank you. I have checked but that is not the problem. Two days recently it's shown me as not asleep until 3.30, and a block of pink before then.

Last night my sleep was not at all good and it seems to have recorded me correctly with over two hours awake time. I wonder if what I'm thinking is very light sleep is not being recorded as sleep. I'm going to jot down my bedtime tonight as it varies a lot.

10 DAY GOALS: (1) 10-minutes daily activity (2) Log all food and stay in calorie range (3) Weigh daily and post
Age: 40
Height: 5'7"
Highest weight: 158 (3/9/19)
Challenge Restart starting weight: 147.2 (8/19/20)
Round 126 starting weight: 141.0
Goal weight: 125-127
Challenge Restart lbs lost: 6.6 lbs

ROUND HISTORY (lost 32 lbs, regained 20 during quarantine)
Day/Weight/Comment
09/24 140.4 Well, I'm still hoping to break into the 130s. Should be able to do it this round. Hit 3/3 goals yesterday.
09/25 140.8 Is it a plateau yet? Hmmmm...if I stay in this 140 zone all round, I'd say so. No exercise yesterday.
09/26 140.6 No exercise yesterday. It may be time to tweak some things. It seems I've been on a "maintenance break" without even knowing it lol!
09/27 141.6 No exercise yesterday.
09/28 142.6 Disappointed to see this. Oh, well, let's see what tomorrow brings!
09/29 140.4 All right, basically still maintaining, as I thought. The thing is, I'm maintaining at 1200 calories and I really can't go lower, so... this is going to take some time. But as a wise MFPer posted in another group, "Losing weight may be a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up." Have to remember that when we feel like our progress is slooow. (Daily Goals: 2/3 -No exercise yesterday)
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Round 127

Age: 39
Height: 5’ 4”
SW: 163
CW: 153.2
GW: 145
UGW: 130

GW for this round: 150

Round 126 (1): 156 to 153.2 (-2.8 lbs)

09/24 - 152.4(!) - And that’s 10 lbs! What a great way to start a new round. 😊. I know I still have a long way to go, and that many of the changes I’m making are permanent, but seeing progress is really uplifting. I got in a good workout this morning and I’m motivated to come up with a good meal plan for this weekend and next week.

09/25 - 152.2 - Had takeout pizza last night, so happy it didn’t hit me too hard on the scale today (stayed within my calories, but sodium!) Rough night with the little guy; he woke a few times so I only got very broken sleep. Still got up at 6 this morning and got a run in with him before the rest of the family woke up. I enjoy morning runs with him, but it’s much more of a hassle than working out on the Switch! Got to get snacks, water, toys - get him dressed and his jacket on - get him all strapped in....definitely can’t just head out the door. But it’s going to be getting cold and rainy here soon, so I feel like I should be getting out while we can.

09/26 - 152.4 - I’m okay with that - had pizza again last night, as well as a slice of the lemon bread I’d made. Put me at 1,800 calories for the day which is about 200 calories more than usual. Woke up feeling tired and bloated this morning too - exercise helped. I meal planned for the week (chili, stuffed sweet potatoes, chicken and veggie casserole!) and went out and did some weeding while the kids played. Now have to get the energy to get the groceries and figure out what to do with all the lemons I picked from our tree yesterday - 4 dozen! Even after zesting and juicing a bunch, making lemonade for the kids, making lemon bread and giving a dozen to a friend, I still have about 15. 😂

09/27 - 153.4 - Well, that’s not the way I want it to go! 😂 Feels like TOM might be starting soon, so that could be part of it. Will just keep trusting the process. I spent an hour and a half doing heavy gardening yesterday: breaking up ground and mixing compost into it. I hope that will make up for me skipping my workout this morning to plant the fall garden.

09/28 - 151.6 - That’s much better! Feeling sore this morning, but we got the garden planted yesterday - broccoli, 2 types of cauliflower, kale, spinach, lettuce, brussel sprouts, carrots and onions! Hopefully some of them will grow. 😊 Continuing to stay around 1,500-1,600 calories a day, which is the baseline that MFP gives me; I don’t trust the calculations of exercise calories enough to eat any of them back. Closing in on 30 days of exercising and weight loss!

09/29 - 151.6 - Holding steady on the scale. That’s fine. Sooooooo tired today. Little guy must be having another molar come in - he was up crying multiple times last night and had to be rocked back to sleep each time. Of course he’s not acting tired at all today, so it’s chasing after both kids like usual. At least I get all my steps in! We got outside to a park this morning before it started “snowing” ash this afternoon. I made my meal planned lunches today, so I’m set there for the rest of the week. Dinner will be chili - hopefully I can resist the cornbread and all the high calorie extras (cheese, yogurt, avocado) the kids will want added to theirs.

09/30 -
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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. Recovered from back surgery then hip surgery!! Got back to walking then I sprained my ankle. UGH! I was down for 6 weeks with the ankle. Getting back to it slowly.

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

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 150.0
UGW: 132.2

09/22 - 152.8 at 4:00 a.m. ...2.25 miles in 45 mins. It was beautiful today!
09/23 - 152.6 at 4:00 a.m. ...2.20 miles in 44 mins and 50 mins w/trainer.

Day/Weight/Comment

09/24 - 151.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...lazy day!!
09/25 - 151.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...another LD! worked out w/trainer.
09/26 - 151.8 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.61 miles in 73 mins.
09/27 - 151.8 at 6:00 a.m. ...3.80 miles in 72 mins.
09/28 - 151.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...worked out w/trainer for 50 mins.
09/29 - 152.0 at 4:00 a.m. ...2.34 miles in 41 mins.
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Chris

Went way over sodium today, mostly the canned soup I had for lunch plus the handful of pretzles I had as a snack. We'll see if I am up tomorrow because of it. I would love to be 20 lbs down by my birthday (~2 weeks), I am within spitting distance (17.8 lbs down) but since I have a history of 1-3 week weight loss stalls I don't want to count on it.

SW: 233.6
UGW: 170
Interim NS goal of sticking with mfp, keeping under cals, exercising each day: 51 days in a row. (goal 60)

09/24: 217.6; 10 mile bike ride
09/25: 217.4; workout video + 11k steps
09/26: 216.6; 15k steps
09/27: 216; 10 mile bike ride
09/28: 215.6; ST class + 6k steps
09/29: 215.8; 12 mile bike ride (all hills)
09/30:
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Thanks @GrandmaJackie.....looking forward to round 2 for me. Good morning fellow warriors.

Round 126 Left 4.4 pounds
Ten Day Challenge Round 127

Day/Weight/Comment
09/24 190.9 Soon to be in the 180s
09/25 191.8 I'm trusting the process. The magic will happen due to the consistent daily effort.
09/26 190.7 Never give up - be fierce!
09/27 189.6 My mind is my strongest strategy on this journey.
09/28 190.2 Staying strong....committed-maintaining cal deficit. Health is my priority...the weight will follow..
09/29 190.0 Bike, Road Work, Weight training, Sauna, Self Lymph massage, life-giving food....great day!
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September 28, 2020 7:33AM Flag Quote · Insightful

09/24 250.2 new scales too
09/25 248
09/26 247.4
09/27 247
09/28 247.8 started TOM
09/29 247.4
09/30 247.8
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Same goal weight as last time. Hopefully I'll be getting this this time!

Female, 28, 159cm
OSW: 74.5kg
SW: 73.3kg
GW: 72.8kg
UGW: 62kg

Previous Rounds (Scales, Trend)
Rounds Start: 73.8, 74.0
Round 125: 73.3, 73.7 (-0.5, -0.3)
Round 126: 73.3, 73.6 (+/-0, -0.1)

Day/Weight/Comment

09/24 - 73.6 - No I'm okay with that. OH cooked again yesterday (homemade burgers, yum), it's frustrating that he asks "you have around 800 kcals left for the day?" which I did. And then proceeds to not log properly and cook me a ~1200kcal meal. I kind of wish he hadn't asked because then at least I wouldn't have felt so bad that he intentionally just didn't care about the calories. That, and I clawed him back into logging again. After our bad Tuesday I think he was all ready to just give up. But I wanted to log, so I did it loudly making it clear that one bad day wasn't going to turn into a bad week for me. And then he took my point and followed suit, announcing that his meal was only 1000kcals. Now considering that I'd logged a smaller version of the same meal at 1200kcal I had a quick look at his logging. And yeah. Had he done the classic MFP mistakes? Yes. The butter he used for frying? Not logged. Had he used literally the lowest calorie option when selecting the mince? Yes. Did he check the database entry against what was on the packet? No (and it was wrong). Did he just forget ingredients? Yes.
The thing is as well, that personally I would much rather have forgone the two buns (brioche buns too, honestly I prefer normal bread)with everything stacked in a single one. That means I would've had less cheese too. But he made my meal smaller only by making my patties smaller. I don't have an issue with that (and it's nice that he's considering my smaller calorie allowance), but an extra bun is so not worth it and neither is the additional cheese that comes with it (aka 300kcals I could do without). I did suggest that next time I'd rather have my patties on one bun, so hopefully he'll remember that for next time. I do love it when he cooks, but he cooks for his large eyes, and certainly not for my small frame.
Okay rant over.
(This sounds a lot like I'm having a massive go, but I'm ranting here so I don't have a go at him. He's early on in his weight loss journey, and has around 1000kcals more in his budget than me, he's finding it easy right now and hasn't learnt the logging consistency that comes with time and making mistakes. He'll get there, but I think trying to cook for my calorie allowance is something that he'll probably always struggle with.)
09/25 - 73.6
09/26 - 73.0
09/27 - 72.7
09/28 - 73.0 - I often struggle to update here over the weekend. This one seemed worse than normal. Last week was especially tough. On Tuesday it become apparent that our wedding was probably not going to go ahead in the way we wanted it to (It's in April). My way of dealing with this was to not think about it. Keep working, and keep going. Reclusing into my own little world to avoid anything that might make me have to deal with how I'm actually feeling. And then this weekend I think it finally hit me. And we finally, properly, talked about it. And we made a decision. We're still going to get married on the same day. If we have 30 people instead of 100, then it'll have to be 30 people. We know who those people are now, and there was some hard choices to be made. But we finally sat down and talk honestly about what we wanted, what marriage really meant for both of us, and how we want our life to look in 2-3 years time. I can be a bit of an over sharer, I use this thread to sort of reflect on my days and how I'm doing and how it reflects on my weight. But that's hard to do when everything comes back to one thing that I really didn't want to face, didn't want to think about. And that's why I've not posted for 3 days. Because I can't pretend that everyone's fine when it isn't. Sure my weight is going well. But I didn't want to acknowledge how I was feeling, and the way I was feeling was having an impact on my eating. I couldn't post here because it meant I had to face that. And I couldn't. Not then. Better now. Can now. So: Numbers over the last few days have been good considering the poor week I've had. Had a deficit for the week averaging 250kcals per day, so I'm very happy with that. Logging has been a little dodgy as meals have been out of my control, but I've er'd on the side of caution where possible so I'm hoping things have balanced out about right.
09/29 - 72.4 - I mean, sure please continue. I am expecting that to zoom back up a bit tomorrow, but it's looking like my round target might very well be on the cards this time. Eating was fine yesterday. I was still shattered and didn't end up going to Judo yesterday, so I'm definitely going to have to make up for it and go for a run at some point this week, maybe even some body weight exercises at home, idk. Worked from home yesterday, so barely got any steps as I didn't even leave the house. I need to work in the office more often, I find working from home really not helping. I just have a much higher NEAT when I come into the office. Even if it's just the extra 20 or so steps to the toilet or the kitchen each time. It massively adds up. Oh and I get so much more work done. That too.

09/30 - 72.7 - Weighed just after a shower, so my hair was wet, but I'd steamed off in the shower, so I'm guessing my number was a little off in both directions (showering dehydrates you for anyone who doesn't know, I used to have a shower when I needed to make weight when I used to compete properly at Judo), so I'm not going to hold too much to this number, but I'd rather weigh and be aware that it might be off a bit, than not weigh and have no numbers. Anyway, yesterday I was so very hungry. And I felt rather fatigued when I got home after work. Somehow I stuck well with calories, but I didn't have very much expenditure so my deficit was depressingly low (still a deficit though). However, small NSV today, I tried on my Christmas skirt this morning. Last year it fit -just- but was a little too tight. Today it fit perfectly, maybe with a little bit of ease. If things continue as they are, come Christmas, it's probably be a little too big 🤞

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