Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 127

Good morning and happy Saturday! Today I'm heading up to Storm King Arts Center, and will get my exercise in some of the most beautiful acres in NY.


SW: 248 (1/1/2020)
CW: 225
GW: 200 by 2021

Starting weight for this round: 225lb
Goal weight for this round: 223 lb

Food/Activity goals for this week:
Continue 16:8 Intermittent Fasting - achieved
Continue to log fasting blood glucose - achieved
Complete Week 2 of C25K and start Week 3 - total failure
Continue to plug away at my Obé "Harder AF" 28 day challenge - total failure. Try again next week.

9/24: 225lbs, FBG 99:
9/25: 223.6, FBG 115
9/26: 224.2, FBG 97.
9/27: 224.2. FBG 104
9/28: 222.2 FBG 103.
9/29: 222.2 FBG 97.
9/30: 222.2 FBG 97.
10/1: 221.6, FBG 103.
10/2:221.6, FBG 103. How is it totally identical for two days in a row?
10/3: 220.8, no recorded FBG. If that's a real weight, it's a great end to the 10 days. It's deeeeefinitely not going to last. 30 hours of train ride and train food are going to swell me like a balloon. Still great to make up for last round. On to the next one!

2020 Goal - 170
UGW for 2021 - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
R126 9/23/20 end weight 181.6 (-.6). 10-day calorie ave 1580 (Goal 1400 😐)
R127 10/3/20 end weight 182 (+.4). 10-day calorie ave 1821 (Goal 1400 ☹️)

R127 Goals — Calories <1400. Stop snacking after dinner. Walk at least 1 hour/day. Nudge scale downward.

Day/Weight/Calories Previous Day/Snack Status/Comment

9/24/20 - 182.6 - ~2100!!! - Just. Too. Much. Food.
My creativity group came over for what may be our last in-person meeting before it’s too cold outside, and we made it a meal — teriyaki chicken, rice, salad, and chocolate chip s’mores cookie cake. Yikes! I didn’t eat big amounts, but lots of calories and the chicken was very salty. But it was lovely to be together, so all good, and I’m back on track today.

9/25/20 - 182.6 - ~2000!!! - don’t ask about snacks 😡
I thought I’d be back on track yesterday, but for whatever messed up reason, I ate everything in sight all evening. I think I need to turn off the news! Anyway, I had turkey sausages for breakfast, and we’re getting smoked chicken for dinner to support a fundraiser for a cause we support — going for protein and fat to counter all the carbs I’ve been snarfing the past two days. I do feel puffy, so I know some of this is water, but not all. I’m hoping all the p & f will make be feel more satisfied. Happy Friday, all! Enjoy this final weekend of Sept. 🍁🌻🐝🧶

9/26/20 - 182.8 - 1645 - 4 triscuits
Calories a bit high yesterday, but better, and healthy, even with my little Triscuit snack. Macros about where I want them. Day by day. I did spend an hour cleaning up my side of the garage, organizing my shelves full of garden tools, pots, references, paint and painting tools, and other miscellaneous garage things and tossing stuff I don’t need anymore. Made me feel more in control! I’m sort of working my way through the house — my closet is partly done. It’s supposed to be nice and warm today and tomorrow, so I plan so be outdoors as much as possible, and have friends coming to hang out in the garden both days, before we can’t get together. I have a writing deadline crashing down on me, so that’s first indoors, so I’ll finish closets next week. When I get every little thing organized and decluttered, I know I’ll feel better! Funny how having our surroundings in order can affect our eating, attitude, work, even play. I’m also seriously thing of taking 6 weeks away from social media for sanity and to see how much more I get done without it. I’ll stay here, though. 🙂 Way tmi, right? Have a great weekend, all!

9/27/20 - 181.8 - 1285
This is a nice surprise. We had a pretty caloric dinner last night—baked chicken with broccoli, green pea fusili, and Alfredo sauce. But it was so satisfying, I didn’t snack in the evening — yay! Leftovers tonight, so I’m planning a light lunch. It’s gorgeous out, so I’m off for a walk. Supposed to cool down and rain tomorrow. Enjoy your Sunday!

9/28/20 - 182 - 2045 😳 - 🍨
Ok, it’s Monday, a new week, a new start. Still fighting the snack monster.

9/29/20 - 181.6 - 1545 - 🍌
Better. It rained all day yesterday, but I did get a short walk in the evening. Today is chilly but bright, so I’m off for a walk along the river and then to buy soil for my new raised beds to get them ready for spring. I may even plant some bulbs in them this fall. 🌹🌷🌹🌷 Planning a nice salad for lunch and dunno for dinner. 🤓

9/30/20 - 183 😡 - 2196 😡 - 🍕🍿🧀
Too much salt, too much food. DH wanted pizza yesterday, so I had that for lunch, calories high but within bounds, no dinner. But then, I confess, I went on a comfort binge last night. All salty carby, no sweets, so there’s that. Should have turned the TV off instead. Well, some of this is temporary, so although I’m not pleased, I’m also not too upset. Going for a walk, then hauling dirt to my new beds and finishing (I hope) reorganizing closets. The fun never stops!

10/1/20 - 181.4 🙂 - 1801 - 🍨
I knew a lot of that was salt! I ate well yesterday, but did have a small bowl of ice cream last night. With walking, my calories were still below maintenance, so that’s a plus. I’m trying to get more protein and healthy fat at breakfast, which helps a lot with hunger later in the day. Chilly here, so I’m bundling up to go for a nice walk. Have a great day, all!

10/2/20 - 182 - 1608 - 🍌
Bouncy bouncy. I’m trying to find some nice bookcases, preferably with no assembly required! I hate going store to store, but that’s what I’m about to do. The fun never stops! I’m getting kind of desperate — I have books all over the floor of my office. ☹️ I hope you have funner things to do today! Happy Friday!

10/3/20 - 182 - 1634 - triscuits
Rats. My 10-day calorie average is higher than it’s been in quite a while, so I must do better. I’m afraid I’ve gotten into the habit of eating too many grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, and I’m still snacking. I like data, so I got some graph paper and I’m going to graph my weekly weights, calories, and macros for the past 6 months and see my trends on paper, and then have a long talk with myself about eating more responsibly. Aside from that, I found my bookcase! A nice, real wood, double wide, tall one for $40 at my fav thrift shop. Yay! It needs some sprucing up, but nothing major. They can’t deliver for at least two weeks, but at least I know it’s on its way. (We moved around the country a lot for 10 years and got rid of most of our furniture, so I’m slowly re-nesting.) Anyway....Happy Friday, all! See you next round, hopefully with my head on straight(er).

SModa61 wrote: »

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@SModa61 After years of weighing each day, I realized that it can take 2-3 days for my food choices to be reflected on the scale.

I'm not sure what in my reply to @anlaing016 was inappropriate. My primary concern from her note to the community is the stress she is feeling about her erratic schedule and that impact on her daily numbers.

I wasn’t implying that your remark was inappropriate, simply what I have learned about MY OWN body over the last 50 of my 70 years I’m a former WW member and lecturer also but not as many members since there was the only one meeting in the county.

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, WW goal 1985 was 126)
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.

Rnd 127 SW 117.0 AW 116.2
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9/24 117.0 *16 hour fast broken at 11:30AM Had a lovely evening with friends yesterday. I made Mexican pork chops with rice and made myself Mexican cauliflower rice. I did eat a little real rice and a partial serving of ice cream (def not keto) making it another higher carb day. It’s all about learning what I can enjoy ON OCCASION and still maintain below my goal. Additionally, I’m working out at the gym an PT so hope I’m getting some muscle back. *15.5 hour fast done.
9/25 116.5
9/26 117.0 Talked to PT guy yesterday and since I’m back to the gym, seeking the machines that duplicate what I’m doing at PT, I’m going to go it alone. If I need to, I can get a referral back to PT. There are a few exercises that I will to continue at home, too. I feel so much better than I have for almost 2 years!
9/27 116.0 I only ate one meal yesterday and didn’t snack. I just wasn’t hungry. Short gym session and haircut - first since COVID, over 29 weeks
9/28 115.5 Early morning blood draw. No gym 😢
9/29 117.5. Totally expected. KFC for lunch yesterday. EPL for lunch with the girls today, then I’m fasting for ?? hours.
9/30 116.5 DH made an airport trip for a neighbor so I went to the gym alone. Fast started at 6PM, 9/29 (Tuesday evening)
10/1 115.0 Fast is going well, I did have one cup of homemade chicken broth. Did short workout at the gym yesterday and will again today. As I was catching up on posts today, I had a cup of HM chicken broth with extra pink Himalayan salt to see if that will help my mild headache. Arthritis in my neck means almost daily morning headaches.
10/2 115.5 Ended my fast yesterday after 42:20. I broke it with 1 egg and less than an ounce of bacon and later had coffee with HWC while chicken was baking. Cauliflower and small chicken breast for dinner and I felt stuffed. I need to learn how to refeed after the fast. I’m confident that I could have gone to 48 hours and will do that the next time. I had a doctor appointment today. I weighed on my scale after dressed and was 117.0, on his scale I was 116.0!
10/3 115.5

ROUND 127

I’m a 5’ 8”, 45 yo Mom of 2 young ones. The lockdown had me squeaking toward 200, so I knew I had to start taking better care of myself!

Original SW: 196.2 lb (6/11/20)
GOAL Weight: 165 lb
Total weight loss to date: 19.6 lb
11.6 lbs to go!

R121: -3.1 lb✔️
R122: -1 lb ✔️
R123: -.2 lb ✔️
R124: -3.4 lb ✔️
R125: -1.2 lb ✔️
R126: -1.1 lb ✔️

Round 127 SW: 176.6 (on 9/23/20)

09/24 – 176.1 – 20 pounds are now gone!! I’m so excited to have hit that milestone!
09/25 - 176.1 - Hanging in steady today.
09/26 - 176.6 - Looks like I grabbed onto a bit of water weight.
09/27 - 176.3 - Just hanging in there.
09/28 - 176.1 - I seem to be just dancing around in the 176 range. I'm going to try to make a nice push for progress for the end of the month
09/29 - 175.6 - There it is, it's creeping back down!
09/30 - 174.7- Wow! An unexpected "whoosh" - oh happy morning!
10/01 -174.7
10/02 - 176.1 - Had a horrible day yesterday and comfort ate.
10/03 – 175.1 - Vacation starts tomorrow, so I will be in Vacation Mode for about a week

1.5 lb loss!

quiltingjaine wrote: »

SModa61 wrote: »

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@SModa61 After years of weighing each day, I realized that it can take 2-3 days for my food choices to be reflected on the scale.

I'm not sure what in my reply to @anlaing016 was inappropriate. My primary concern from her note to the community is the stress she is feeling about her erratic schedule and that impact on her daily numbers.

I wasn’t implying that your remark was inappropriate, simply what I have learned about MY OWN body over the last 50 of my 70 years I’m a former WW member and lecturer also but not as many members since there was the only one meeting in the county.

Written word can be challenging to parse sometimes.

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 - 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.

09/30 - 151.0 - When I stepped on the scale 30 days ago and saw 165, I was done. Done with dedicating my body to my kids like I’d been doing for the last 5 years. Done feeling flabby, out of shape and uncomfortable in my clothes. Done being embarrassed of how I look in pictures. And I was done making excuses and not doing anything about it. So I opened MFP again and started tracking. I started exercising each morning with the Ring Fit Adventure game my husband had gotten on the Switch. And I started extending the evening walk with the dog to be over a mile instead of just around the block.

30 days later - I’m down 12 lbs!!! (Got to take the new scale into account.). My character is level 103 on Ring Fit. My clothes fit better, and I’m down a size in my jeans. I’m managing to make meals that the kids will eat - and have a dessert - AND still stay within my calorie goal each day. And we have a happy doggie who gets a nice long walk before bedtime. 😂

I’m sorry this post is long - and a little self-congratulatory. But I’m amazed at how far I’ve come already, and a little proud of myself for sticking with it. I thought I’d be doing well if I got to 160 by this point - so closing in on 150 seems unreal. We’ll see if I can get any lower by the end of the round, but I’m calling this month a huge win.

10/01 - 150.8 - Happy October! Thanks for all the likes and well-wishes - finding this group has been so helpful with the encouragement and motivation. 😊. Hoping to keep moving towards 145 and start working on toning and strength too.

10/02 - 150.4 - Air is terrible again, so it’s another day stuck inside. I downloaded Pokémon Go again (haven’t touched it for years) to give me another motivation to extend my walks in the evening. Feeling very hungry today for some reason - will need to focus on eating nutritious food and not snack randomly.

10/03 - 150.4 - Holding steady for the end of the round. Didn’t quite make it to my reach goal of 150, but I’m really close. Next round, here I come! Let’s see if I can hit 145 (and “normal” BMI by the end of October!)

Total round loss: 2.8 lbs

Round 127
Excited for My Round 5! I can't believe it's been over a month! Let's go!

Jillian Age 34 and 5'1"

HSW: 179.8
CSW: 164.4
GW: 130
UGW: 116
Mini GW: 158 will get me out of the obesity category and into the overweight category according to the BMI.

RGW: 162 and Exercise More

Round 123 (1): 179.8 to 176.4 (-3.4)
Round 124 (2): 176.4 to 170 (-6.4)
Round 125 (3): 170.0 to 169.2 (-0.8)
Round 126 (3): 167.8 to 164.4 (-3.4)

🏃 09/24: 164.4 I'm holding steady, which is fine since I lost so much in the last half of the previous round. The poke last night was delicious.
🏃 09/25: 165.2 I ate under my calorie goal, so this must be water weight from not drinking enough water ---- or something. I don't know. I'm going to play my Switch fitness games today. I heard a new Boxing game is coming soon in December, so I already know one of my birthday presents.
🏃 09/26: 163.4 That's more like it. I played my Ring Fit Adventure game and the plank reps were killer.
🏃 09/27: 164.0 I'm not concerned about this, especially because Mark wanted fried chicken last night. I had some too, and knew the consequences.
🏃 09/28: 162.6 Hooray! I had salad for lunch and then ate pizza for dinner, but it was from a local restaurant. I think they use fresh ingredients because I don't feel gross after like when I have Pizza Hut. It was apparantly exactly what I needed.
🏃 09/29: 162.6
🏃 09/30: 162.0
🏃 10/01: 162
🏃 10/02: 161.8 I've only been food tracking and staying within my calorie goal. That is still working OK for maintenance at 162, but it's about time to play Switch games so I can work toward another drop soon.
🏃 10/03: 160.4 You might suspect that I finally exercised yesterday to achieve this, but I did not. This is the second time I've had pasta and the second time it has helped me lose weight. Yesterday, my husband wanted pasta, so I ordered shrimp scampi with linguini as the noodle. I checked website after website which claimed the total calorie intake for this meal hovered around 1800! I couldn't really see how, but I decided to trust it. Given this, I put half in the fridge. Then, I cut the meal in half again and gave that half to my baby, who loved it. That left me with a 450ish calorie serving, which amounted to the calories I had left to eat that day. It was also enough to keep me satisfied all evening. I am just glad that my body loves pasta as much as I do. Lmao.





My Weight Chart:

@jamfullhouse






I hope you are enjoying your very special day!!!!

JGM10D Round 127

September focus: improving stamina, strength, flexibility, which may impact the scale
Aims: Never give up! Never give in!
Recent Back Story: JGM10D ~|~ Round 127 🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
🔹Age 74;🔹Height 5’2”🔹Female🔹
🔹SW: 227lbs (Mar 2014)
🔹1 Aug 2019: 171.1
🔹GW 2019: < 155 ✅
🔹13 Sept 2020: 152.2
🔹LW: 147.2 (Mar 2020)
🔹Focus: maintenance around 150 lbs
I am MINDFUL of making heathy choices
to MAXIMISE the achievement of my goals!
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Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
Round 126 EW: 151.2
(Round 127 Goal: Lose overage from DH's birthday celebrations on 12th)
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24/09: 151.2: Goals 🌟
25/09: 150.4: Goals 🌟😁 A mini whoosh!
26/09: 150.8: Goals🌟 And a wee bounce up 😂
27/09: 150.6: Goals🌟 ⏬⏫⏬ 😂
28/09: 150.0: Goals 🌟 O-oh! Another wee whoosh!
29/09: 150.4: Goals🌟 This is par for the course 😏
30/09: 149.4: Goals 🌟Now that is a whoosh!!! 😂
01/10: 149.2: Goals 🌟
02/10: 149.2: Goals 🌟😃Holding steady!
03/10: 148.6: Goals 🌟😄
Woot Woot! Finishing strong!


Last few Rounds
Daily Goals
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you. Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

@jamfullhouse - Happy Birthday!

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: 8 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)
09/30 139.4 All right! This was great to see finally! I feel like I've been working on this for weeks now and my body has resisted me, but I'm proud of myself for not throwing my hands up and saying, it's not working, to heck with it, might as well eat what I like.
10/01 139.4 Same as yesterday. Okay.
10/02 138.2 Here's a trick to try when you think your scale may be giving you the same number because it 'remembers' you: hop on with a weight of some sort (I used a heavy bottle of mouthwash). Then weigh again. I did this because I saw another 139.4 at first and thought...I wonder? Weighed with the mouthwash, which added about 1.5 pounds. Then weighed again and saw a nice 138.2!
10/03 139.2 I met my goal of getting into tje 130s this week! Really happy about this. See you all next round!

lbs lost this round: 1.2

Off to the next 10 days. I will reach my NS goal in the next 10 days and hopefully get to the 20lbs lost.

SW: 233.6
UGW: 170
Interim NS goal of sticking with mfp, keeping under cals, exercising each day: 55 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: 216; 16k steps
10/01: 215.6; 12 mile bike ride
10/02: 215; workout video + 9k steps
10/03: 215; 18 mile bike ride