Just Give Me 10 Days ~ Round 128
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My weight this morning was actually a relief, I was starting to worry my scale was broken, it was just dropping too fast.
SW: 233.6
GW: 170
# days on target: 62/120
Day/Weight/Comment:
10/04 - 214.8; 10k steps
10/05 - 215.0; workout video
10/06 - 214.2; 13 mile bike ride
10/07 - 213.0; 12k steps
10/08 - 212.8; 9 mile bike ride + 8k steps
10/09 - 212.0; workout video + 8k steps
10/10 - 211.4; 20 mile bike ride + 8k steps
10/11 - 210.2; 8k steps
10/12 - 212.2; 6k steps
10/138 -
Count me in for Round #128!
SW: 139
GW: 115
Round #123 < 3.4lbs
Round #124 < 2.4
Round #125 < 3.6lbs
Round #126 < 1.2lbs
Round #127 < 1.6
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 124lbs No exercise
10/05 123lbs Walking: 37 mins
10/06 122.2lbs Doin’ a happy dance! Walking: 24 mins
10/07 121.2lbs Color me shocked!! Walking: 46 mins
10/08 122.2 lbs Nooo! (I’m blaming my scale for being wonky!) Ha! No exercise
10/09 121.4 lbs Walking: 29 mins
10/10 121.4 lbs Walking: 20 mins
10/11 122.0 lbs Walking: 20 mins
10/12 121.4 lbs Walking: 20 mins
10/13
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178cm female (all in kg)
SW: 101.3 (Jan 21st, 2019)
Re-SW: 99.0(Sep 1st, 2020)
Mini GW1: 97.5 ✔️
Mini GW2: 94.8✔️
Mini GW3: 91.9
Ultimate GW1: 89
Ultimate GW2: 80
My 5th round in a raw now, 19th round in total.
Current strikeR124 SW:99.6 EW:98.3 (⬇️1.3 kg)
R125 SW:98.3 EW:97.6 (⬇️0.7 kg)
R126 SW:97.6 EW:97.3 (⬇️0.3kg)
R127 SW:97.3 EW:96.1(⬇️1.2kg)
R128 SW: 96.1 Goal:under 96. Switching scales this week so not sure how reliable the change will be. But will keep logging!
10/04- long travel yesterday. Feeling tired and bloated. Really bad weather outside. The goal is to keep positive and stay more or less on track
10/05- Paddling along. Nothing to log.
10/06- 94.8 Weigh day! As expected the new scale is clearly showing a lower number. Still nice to see it even if I know it's fake 😅 will not make Mini GW2 until I see this number dropping.
10/07- Feeling tired, but feeling I am getting good routines in. Routines I couldn't sustain before. New world
10/08- Keep on going. Taking walks, that's about all the sports I am getting latetly
10/09- 93.9
10/10- Weigh day! Took it yesterday and today woke up late so this was not really accurate anyway. I think I can mark Mini GW2!
10/11-
10/12-
10/13- 94.1 This was a good week. Despite not being too strict I manage to see downs which means this can be sustained even if the down is slow (remember this is a new scale so over kg here is artificial)
Final for the round ⬇️ 2kg
Older roundsR69 SW:96.8 EW:95.1 (⬇️1.7kg)
R70 SW:95.1 EW:95.2 (⬆️0.1kg)
R71 SW:94.9 EW:96.4 (⬆️1.5kg)
R72 SW:96.4 EW:95.9 (⬇️0.5kg)
R73 SW:95.9 EW:95.2 (⬇️0.7kg)
R74 SW:95.4 EW:??.? (⬆️2.0kg)
R75 SW:96.0 EW:94.5 (⬇️1.5kg)
R76 SW:94.6 EW:94.4 (⬇️0.2kg)
R77 SW:94.9 EW:95.8 (⬆️0.9kg)
R78 SW:95.4 EW: ??? - frustratingly stopped
R84 SW:98.4 EW: 98.0 (⬇️0.4kg)
R85 SW:98.0 EW: ??? - stopped
R101 SW: 100.4 EW:98.7kg(⬇️1.7 kg)
R102 SW: 99.6 EW:97.9 (⬇️1.7 kg)10 -
After a brief hiatus I am back with a few pounds to lose- I started 3 days ago and have lost nearly 1kg now my goal is to get back to maintaining below 60kg
OSW 88KG
RSW 62.2kg
Goal to lose something this round!
10/04 63.0kg not the best start bit in still lighter than I was 3 days ago. OMAD day today.
10/05 63.1kg. Been to the gym and I'm ready for Monday!
10/06 62.70kg so heading in the right direction. Early gym done
10/07 62.65kg a tiny difference but in the right direction!
10/08 62.70kg. Early gym
10/09 62.70kg gym done
10/10 62.7kg despite eating all the calories!
10/11 63.3kg
10/12 65 kg... Total disaster! I haven't been this heavy in the last 12 months. Hoping it's a blip but either way it's time to get serious.
10/13 63.35kg...a blip bit also a wake up. I'll be there next round ready to lose.
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JGM10D Round 128🎃🕸🕷🎃🕷🎃🕷🕸🎃
🎃🕸🕷🎃🕷OCTOBER🕷🎃🕷🕸🎃
🎃🕸🕷🎃🕷🎃🕷🕸🎃
Looking forward:
You are not stuck at home
You are SAFE at home
One word can change your attitude
One cough can change your life
Take care! Stay safe!
October focus: improving stamina, strength, flexibility, which may impact the scale
Aims:2020 Focus:JGM10D ~|~ Round 128- Stabilise weight around 145
- Strengthen strategies to reframe the tendency to use unhealthy snack food as a reward/treat.
- Make sure I have prepared healthy snacks available
- Cut down on eating between meals by keeping busy
Never give up! Never give in!
Recent Back Story:
2018 goal: get back down to 160 ✅
2019 goal: proceed down to 150 ✅ with 2 months to spare
2020 goal: maintain below 150 dropping slowly down to 145 ✅ Working on it. Strength training has slowed progress, but that’s okay.
That's a WIN in my book!
2020
Focus: maintenance! I might even manage to lose a bit more ever so slowly.
(One good thing about Covid is that I don't have to traverse the minefield of family celebration meals.)🔹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 127 EW: 148.6
Round 128 Goal: Maintain
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04/10: 148.9: Goals 🌟
05/10: 148.0: Goals 🌟👀😁
06/10: 148.9: Goal🌟 Back to normal fluctuations 😂
07/10: 148.8: Goals 🌟
08/10: 148.2: Goals 🌟😃
09/10: 148.8: Goals 🌟 Back to ‘normal’ fluctuations.
10/10: 148.9: Goals 🌟
11/10: 147.4: Goals 😃
12/10: 148.6: Goals 🌟
13/10: 148.4: Goals 🌟 Happy enough with the downward trend.
Last few Rounds
Round 125 EW: 151.2🌻Daily Goals
Round 125 EW: 152.2🌻
Round 124 EW: 149.4🌻
Round 123 EW 150.2🌻
Round 122 EW 150.1🌻-0.5
Round 121 EW 150.6🌻+0.5
Round 120 EW 150.1🌻-1.2
Round 110 EW 148.2🌻+ 1
Round 109 EW 147.2🌻 - 1.1
June 2017: Round 8 SW 162; EW 169.9 This was my first round!!! I faffed about for 2 1/2 years before I got back on track!!!Food
🔹log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
Exercise:
🔹7,500+ Steps daily
🔹30 + minutes intentional exercise
Mind/Body/Soul/Spirit
🔹Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation
🔹Practice Self-care
🔹Positively reframe thoughts
🔹Learn something new
🔹15 mins Daily Declutter session
https://www.random.org/colors/hex
Purple: #ff4968.
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!- Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
- A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
- Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
- The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
- Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
- The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
- When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
- Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.
NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE FORMATTING HERE!!!
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At the end of last round I had a massive fluctuation down on my final day, which of course screws up my numbers for this round, so I'm aiming to get to that number again, but properly this time.
Female, 28, 159cm
OSW: 74.5kg
SW: 72.2kg
GW: 72.2kg
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)
Round 127: 72.2, 73.1 (-1.1, -0.5)
Day/Weight/Comment
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 - 72.8
10/05 - 73.0 - Hmmm. It's been a odd few days. I found myself falling back into old habits, but I have been logging, and honestly it's not quite as bad a picture as I thought it was. My few 'days of weakness' have still left me with a week's deficit averaging at 219kcal per day. While it's not as aggressive as I'd like, I honestly thought I'd just had an unintentional maintenance week, so having over 200kcals per day deficit is an amazing win for me. But on that note I think I'm going to book myself a maintenance week in October (maybe next week). I always find them helpful when logging is getting me down a bit. Besides, I always find it amazing how much more I can eat when I don't have to carve out a deficit for myself. Give me hope for when I do reach my goal weight for maintenance.
10/06 - 72.6 - Oh I don't know anymore, I'm tired. Probably a fluctuation down. Lazy logging yesterday. And quite a lot of chocolate. I have booked next week for maintenance. I definitely think I need it.
10/07 - 72.6 - Looks like I'm going to be milling around this number for a little longer, I can deal with that. Unfortunately my fitbit ran out of battery yesterday so apparently I went over my maintenance. I don't think I did really as the number it gives me when it's not on my wrist is ~400kcals lower than my average daily burn. Not that I think yesterday was an average as I stayed in the office all day and didn't wander out at lunchtime, but still. Eating was good, had what felt like a very indulgent dinner, but turned out to be a nice moderate sum of calories. If I'd held off from the yoghurt for dessert then I would've been under calories for the day, even without any extras from exercise. Even so, good day all in all. Left overs for lunch today.
10/08 - 73.0
10/09 - 72.6
10/10 - 72.7
10/11 - 72.2
10/12 - 72.5 - Yes it's been a while, I'm still logging every day, but coming on here seems like such an effort. My diet break couldn't have some at a better time, I NEED this rest from the deficit. Having to constantly -think- about how every single mouthful is going to effect my weight loss efforts is becoming very tiring. Allowing myself an extra 500kcals a day is already a weird thing to think about for today as I went into deficit most and made myself a salad for lunch, and then remembered and so added a packet of crisps as well. And seeing my remaining amount and not thinking "gosh that's not very much for dinner" is a very strange experience. A quick summery of yesterday: went for a 12k hike around the South Downs. And I really enjoyed it. I feel like I could've gone longer as it was a lovely day and lovely views, although I'm also happy I stopped when I did as my feet were just starting to hurt, and I am so feeling it in my legs this morning.
10/13 - 73.2 - Hahahaha. Yes, well. I'd forgotten this was the end of the round, otherwise I might not have opted for pizza last night so that my numbers don't look super weird even more so than they were going to anyway. I always retain so much water after takeaway pizza! Calories were over maintenance, but that was to be expected. What I didn't expect was how little I actually ate. OH did his classic 2xlarge pizza+wedges+chicken bites+cookies order. And let me tell you, I can normally polish off half of the joint stuff and most of my pizza. Not last night. Last night I started by grabbing tubs, knowing I'd be saving at least half of the pizza, but what surprised me was that I only ate three slices before I stopped feeling hungry. I had a few wedges and some chicken, but certainly less than I normally would (and of course half the cookies because they're SO GOOD, and it's a waste to not eat them warm). I had another slice before putting it away in the fridge (because I always do, because pizza) and the lid didn't fit on! I've never had more than half the pizza left over before, I just wasn't expecting it to take up so much space. Oh well, cold pizza for breakfast and lunch today! Will probably have an inflated scale weight tomorrow too. Not the best start to maintenance week, but pizza is something I always struggle with in general, so actually letting go of the guilt I normally feel when I go over my balance is nice. Also, looking at the numbers, I've had days when I've gone over by a similar amount when I'm trying to be in deficit
My plan for maintenance week is to continue logging, but not to *think* too hard about my food choices. I'm trying to not make food decisions based on the number of calories I have left, but more how I'm feeling at the time. That said I'm not intending on just bingeing on everything because I'm "not on a diet" for this week. For me, generally, the numbers start to add up not from my main meals, but from the little extras added along the way. Things like desserts or non "diet" drinks are the things that push my calories out of the green and into the red. For this week I'm allowing myself to have those things, log, think less, and try to stop when I'm full. This is me learning to eat how I will when I reach my goal weight.8 -
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.Female, 5’3”, 59SWR122: 241 (8/6/2020)
2019 SW: 245 BMI 43.4 (1/2/2019) Lost 15 lbs in 2019 then regained 5
2020 SW: 235 BMI 41.6 (1/1/2020) Then back up to 241 before refocusing in Aug
GW: <200 in 2020 BMI 35.2
UGW: 165 BMI 29.2 Overweight NOT Obese
2 weeks till 60th birthday 💖
5 weeks till 37th wedding anniversary 💕
5 weeks till next physical 🩺
11 weeks (~ 7 rounds of 10 days) till 2021 🎉
My goal for 2020 is to get into ONEderland and make it stick. Changing my life.
Plans:
🔹Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target walking 100 miles each month
🔹Drink more water (target min 80 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
🔹Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018; basically skipped June-Dec 2019; recommit 1/1/2020; skipped out April-July 2020; recommit 8/6/2020)
🔹Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
🔹Drink less alcohol (4 AF days per week; ~16 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)
R63: 245 (1/2/2019)
R64-75: notes in 2019 folder
R76: 229.5 (5/12/2019)
R77-99: notes in 2019 folder
SWR100: 236.4 (12/29/2019)
R100: 235.5 (-.9)
R101: 235 (-.5)
R102: 235 (+/-0)
R103: 238 (+3)
R104-105: skipped
R106: 236 (-2)
R107-111: skipped
R112: 239 (+3)
R113-R121: skipped
R122: 234.8 (-6.2)
R123: 231.4 (-3.4)
R124: 229.3 (-2.1)
R125: 227.7 (-1.6) Daily check-in but DNW 10 days @ fishing camp 🎣
R126: 224.8 (-2.9)
R127: 221.1 (-3.7)
R128: 220.3 (-.8)
R128: Form good habits and they will be just as hard to break as bad ones. This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.
🎯Mini Goal: 220 = 10% weight loss. ✔️ Don't underestimate the positive effect this has on your overall health
Day/Weight/Previous Day’s Comment
SW 221.1 Mom’s scale @ fishing camp 🎣
10/04 221.1 Mom’s scale @ fishing camp 🎣 Walked 3 miles, tracked food, skinny margaritas.
10/05 DNW @ fishing camp 🎣 Walked 3 miles, tracked food, wine. Good day fishing… caught a 26” redfish!
10/06 DNW @ fishing camp 🎣 Walked 3 miles, gardened, tracked food, wine.
10/07 222.5 Walked 3 miles in the evening after 5 hr drive home, tracked food, AF. Bye bye higher carbs, cake, fried fish and happy hour alcohol … I’m back home & tackling the number on the scale again.
10/08 220.8 Walked 4 miles, tracked food, AF. Nice to see the drop on my own scale!
10/09 221.1 Walked 3 miles, tracked food, AF. Undecided on the keto fried green tomatoes with coconut flour … I definitely like cornmeal better.
10/10 220.0 Walked 4 miles, bike 15 min, tracked food, wine. Planning ahead menu & exercise before a splurge today … Saturday night celebrating my son’s 30th birthday at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria and then back home for Southern Keto Cookbook’s Keto Cheesecake with Pecan Almond Crust. Hit my 10% loss goal! Nice to see that final zero this morning … now to tackle the teens!
10/11 219.5 Walked 3 miles, fungicide & fertilizer for the yard which is a lot of walking again! Yep tracked even though the night included 1 slice pizza, cheesecake and wine.
10/12 219.7 Walked 5 miles, tracked, AF.
10/13 220.3 Walked 3 miles, tracked, good eggplant lasagna recipe from wellplated.com plus couple glasses of wine.
Bouncing around on the scale but I'll take what I get and move on ... downward trend is what is most important not the actual number!! The Keto cheesecake is out of the house so that should help (slice Sat, Sun & Mon)! Down .8 lbs this round
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Going for another round. If I lost another 2 lb this round, that would be amazing but will be happy with anything under 146.0 at the end.
Female
Height 5’ 4.5
Age Almost 59
UHW - 9/13/01 168.8
Recent low weight - 5/24/17 - 126
CSW - 9/14/20 153.0
UGW 129.0Round 126 equivalent: -3.8
Round 127: -2.0
Round 128 – starting weight 147.2
10/04 – 146.6 Good morning. Tracking going fine, and I joined three other October challenges overlapping this on. Two are just pushing exercise, while the third is a daily accountability of tracking, < target calories, and over 20 min exercise. Staying under my target calorie number AND burning 200+ calories a day is becoming hard rapidly. I am hungry all the time. Down 1.8 lb in 3 days, and 6.4 lb in just under 3 weeks. I am happy with the loses, but I need sustainable as well. I may have to redefine what is “staying under goal calories”.
10/05 – 147.2 Weight makes more sense for 3 weeks with a total of -5.8. Still hoping to end the challenge between 145.8 and 145.2.
10/06 – 147.4 Another up, exercise and tracking does not predict this, Continue with watchful waiting.
10/07 – 146.6 Full circle, back to the 146.6. At least this time, it is closer to logical. (Note: hoping for 144 for 59th bday on 10/26)
10/08 – 146.4 Proud of myself last night for stopping myself from stress eating during the debate. Need to just leave the TV off
10/09 – 145.8 This was a happy surprise. Though all my numbers were good, I was mentally preparing myself for a gain today given how the rest of my numbers this week had been going.
10/10 – 146.0 The tiny seesaw continues. End of day dinner was heavier than typical, though I kept under my target calories for the day.
10/11 – 146.4 argh. I am assuming results of high sodium yesterday and don’t have hope for tomorrow’s number as I am fitting in two slices of pizza and one cookie today at a socially distanced backyard memorial to my FIL today. Still keeping the numbers good. I know it will pay off in the long run even if individual days are frustrating.
10/12 – 146.0 back again! Was hoping to finish this challenge under 146. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Yesterday did include that 2 slices of pizza and a choc chip cookie, so macro profile was a little different. In the past I have found that can alter short term scale readings. Today has potential to be another high sodium day. So I want to watch that so that whatever is on the scale tomorrow AM, I have nothing to blame.
10/13 – 145.8 Made it into the 145.X range which was a minimum goal. Would have loved the “2”, but that is obviously not the math of my calorie deficit. Slow is certainly more real. Today which ends round 128 begins round 129 and I am going out to eat for early Anniversary celebration. Will be going over in calories but in a controlled way.
ROUND 128 TOTAL: -1.4 lb6 -
Good luck this round!! Thanks @GrandmaJackie
SW 215
GW 160
CW 181.4 (10-3)
RGW 180.0
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 183.6 Hoping that's just water!
10/05 185.0 Yikes.
10/06 182.0 Up and down. Glad to see a drop.
10/07 181.8 Down a little, I'll take it
10/08 181.4 Back to what I was the day before this round started!
10/09 180.6 Hoping the downward trend continues.
10/10 179.8 I haven't seen the 170's since my early 20's!!! Serious motivation to keep going
10/11 178.8 I feel like T.O.M should be coming soon, so I'm a little surprised to see a drop. Happy about it though!
10/12 179.4 I didn't eat very well yesterday, lots of junk and went over my calories by 200. Back on it today. I can't let one bad day derail me. Happy Monday, I hope you all have a great week!
10/13 179.2 I did much better yesterday with calories. I'm happy with my results this round. Good luck in the next round!
RSW 181.4
REW 179.2
TL 2.2lbs7 -
NOTE TO SELF & Sharing my thoughts: Sorry for the rambling but it was on my mind this morning. It is all about focus and not forgetting that I'm in this to change habits and discover how to live at a lower weight day to day, month to month, year to year. I have always had an official WI day (currently Mondays). Over the years I've tried Fridays because it gave me the freedom to let loose on the weekend and then make it up on the weekdays. I've had Sunday WW meetings that kept me accountable on Saturday night. I've tried Wednesdays because many times it is my lowest WI for the week. Mondays though just seem to hold me in check over the weekend and let me reflect on the week to come.
But in August I decided to join a few challenges (some I joined in 2019 when losing back then). What I discovered was that each challenge helped to focus me every day because I'm accountable for WI and ending a round at random intervals. No longer tied to just my "official Monday WIs".
- Just Give Me 10 Days - 10 days is great! More than a week. Never ends on the same day of the week. Gives me the opportunity to tackle the number on the scaled daily and refresh/reset my thinking on a regular basis.
- 2020Lose 52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge - There it is... a weekly official WI with a note to self on the success of the past week and what challenges I'm facing for the next week.
- 100 Days of Weighing In - Longer range view that I can set a target on the scale and work towards whittling down the bigger goal. Daily WIs with weekly WI on Saturdays (notice again a different day of the week examine my progress).
- Less Alcohol monthly thread One Day at a Time - Tackling an issue that reduces my resistance to staying in control of what else I might consume while drinking or afterward. Also those extra calories are not needed in my daily life!
- 12 week challenge starting Aug 26th - Least active group but gives me a shorter perspective than the overwhelming large number I'm tackling to lose and it is longer than a week or 10 days but shorter than 52 weeks or 100 days. AND I'm able to check in weekly on Tuesdays which again helps me continue to examine and focus.
Taking the time in the mornings to reflect, drink my coffee, note the progress and post ... gets me headed in the right mindset for the rest of the day.
Thank you for challenges!7 -
Starting weight 179lbs
Goal weight 126 lbs
Round 123 174.0lbs
Round 124 172.8lbs
Round 125 170.0lbs
Round 126 168.2lbs
Round 127 165.2lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 165.0lbs Sleep in until 10.0am, pleased with that. Can't have breakfast for an hour due to my tablets, but that's fine
. I have been known to exercise first to so much don't have to show an increase in weight! But my weight loss has been consistent recently and I'm slotting in exercise at various times of the day.
10/05 165.0lbs Visited my late husband's property, which I am in the process of selling. It was like sleeping beauty's castle
10/06 164.4lbs Chopped back thorny branches yesterday. Gained a lot of exercise calories. I don't have a garden, I'm sure one would help!
10/07 164.4lbs Ate up to my calories and stayed the same, Didn't eat any exercise calories
10/08 163.4lbs
10/09 163.2lbs
10/10 163.0lbs
10/11 163.0lbs
10/12 163.0lbs
10/13 163.2lbs
Not really happy with progress over the last few days
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🎉🎉 WOOT WOOT!!🎉🎉
I have never met a goal on one of these challenges!! I’m so excited!!! 🤗
Goal for the round is 167.4 (edited below)
(that ☝🏽 was written beginning of challenge but who am I kidding? It takes me a month or more to lose 3 lbs so I am updating to a realistic goal this challenge of 168.8💥)
F 53 5’5”
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 170.4
10/05 170.6 🤨
10/06 169.2 😬
10/07 169.6 ☹️
10/08 169.8 😖
10/09 169.2 🙂
10/10 170.0 🙄
10/11 169.8 🤔
10/12 169.4 🙃
10/13 168.8 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳7 -
You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before
29, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2
GW: 135
Previous Rounds:R69 EW: 158.1
R70 EW: 156.5
R71 EW: 156.3
R72 EW: 156.3
R73 EW: 155.2
R74 EW: 155.4
R75 EW: 156.1
R76 EW: 155.6
R80 EW: 153.2
R81 EW: 154.3
R82 EW: 154.1
R84 EW: 156.5
R89 EW: 156.7
R91 EW: 160.1
R93 EW: 159.3
R94 EW: 156.1
R98 EW: 154.5
R99 EW: 155.9
R100 EW: 152.8
R101 EW: 149.7 (1/15)
R102 EW: 149.0
R103 EW: 149.0
R104 EW: 146.2
R105 EW: 146.6
R106 EW: 144.6
R107 EW: 146.8 (spring break, only 2 days weight)
R108 EW: 147.7 (Moving out of state, starting new job)
R109 EW: 148.1
R110 EW: 150.1
R111 EW: 154.3
R112 EW: 152.6
R113 EW: 151.7
R121 EW: 153.0
R122 EW: 154.8
R123 EW: 153.9
R124 EW: 153.4
R125 EW: 155.6
R126 EW: 152.3
R127 EW: 151.5
Last weight
10/03 - 151.5
Round GW: 149.9 (hopefully, as my belated birthday gift to myself)
Day, Weight, Comment
10/04 - 151.0
10/05 - 151.7
10/06 - 151.7
10/07 - 150.8
10/08 - 151.2
10/09 - 151.0
10/10 - DNW
10/11 - 152.8
10/12 - 152.1
10/13 - 151.0 - Back down I go! I read someone posted about BMI so I did a little research. I had no idea I'm still in the "overweight" range!! I need to hit 149.5 or lower to be considered "normal" BMI. It was definitely interesting, not in a particularly bad way, to learn that this morning. Yesterday was good. Broke my fast at 16.5hrs as my body wanted food and I heard that signal loud and clear. Water in afternoon was not great. More like non-existent. Did get a nice walk in with the pup, though. Today I'm extremely tired as I stayed up to watch the football game (Overtime, WHAAAAT?!) and have more meetings than normal this morning so a workout may not be in the books. Maybe, if I can get motivated and find time, I'll do a 15 minute morning stretch yoga to help get the blood flowing. I'm definitely thinking hard about a nap right now and I've only been up 30 minutes! I did it to myself, though. Just happy to be working remote so I can sleep in the extra 2hrs I wouldn't be getting while commuting.
Round stats: -0.5lbs
Previous Day's Comments10/04 - TOM arrived so I think the drop was more from that than anything. Went out for a couple drinks with the Entire Texas Fam after some outside drama almost split us apart and things got hectic. We are all good and it was muuuuch needed for us all to go have fun like we did beginning of summer (with COVID restrictions -- Oktoberfest is happening in town but they knew of a little outdoor bar/food/live music place that was NOT at all crowded, thankfully). Didn't track because I was taste testing some different foods that were ordered and not entirely sure of counts. Stopped when I felt satiated. Eating window was extended a bit so I switched back to 16-8 for the weekend. I need to be flexible and fast AROUND my life, not live around my fast. With our football weekends, 16-8 is way more in-line and doable with my life, while 18-6 or 20-4 is much easier/more natural for me on weekdays. Being flexible will also help me continue fasting instead of falling off on weekends. Ribs are good this morning so tomorrow should be good for walking with the pup again. Making my beloved spinach artichoke dip today for football watching, not sure what else is on the menu.
10/05 - All good, expected sodium bump. Ended up having finger foods for the games yesterday so not real set meal times and everybody brought a little something. Based on my best estimates of tracking, I managed my calorie goal but my fast was shorter (13.5hr) and eating window a little longer. Switching back to 18+hr fast today (130pm or later). Water was good, not the best, but I'll take it. Food was delicious and my spinach artichoke dip was a hit with everyone -- even requests to make it again! Going to try for a walk today once doggo decides to wake up (she stayed in bed with dad). Hoping to drop sodium weight in hopes that come Friday/Saturday, I'm in a good place for birthday celebrations. Our friend's daughter's boyfriend turns 21 on Saturday (we have a surprise party for him) and she opens her coffee shop on Friday. I'll celebrate her (re)opening and my birthday Friday with a coffee and snack. She lost her shop due to covid when the renters wouldn't allow her to do curbside and are now not allowing her to renew. Luckily, she was able to find another place to rent and set up (: So proud of her (she's 20 and already owns a business!)
10/06 - Its okay, sticking with it and it'll drop. Feeling bloated and a bit crampy all over- probably combination of hormones, sleeping funny, and pizza for dinner. Was watching football and working on bug only to see pizza arrive. Guess its that or nothing so I had a couple slices and was satisfied. Was quite salty and thin crust so believing its more sodium bloat being maintained than carb bloat which would explain fingers being a tad puffy. Slept ok, but definitely woke up in a couple odd positions a few times. Probably won't walk today, yoga instead? My new yoga mat came in so I can finally get back to that. Walking is my cardio, yoga is my "weights" since I always get shaking muscles (: Walk yesterday was good, but I can tell I'm getting bored of my route through the neighborhood. Its tiny, so no way to switch it up, really. I'll have to ask around where dogs are allowed that aren't likely to be crowded so we can do something different and enjoy it. BF made breakfast yesterday so broke fast at 16hrs yesterday. Going for 18+ today with plenty of water to flush the bloat out and be on my merry way!
10/07 - There's the drop I was waiting for. Definitely FEELING (and weighing) less bloated, but looking more bloated in the belly? My BF% went up 1% since yesterday so there's something more to drop, but I can be patient (to a point). Reading "Fast, Feast, Repeat" by Gin Stephens. I'm already past the start point of her FAST Start 28 day, but I figured I'd follow her instructions and take measurements bi-weekly as body recomposition will not always show on the scale as a drop (hello muscles!) Fasted 18hrs yesterday, happily. Was veeeery hungry by the time dinner hit, as it was a bit later than normal (eating window extended by 10 minutes to allow me time to eat once it was done) despite having lunch. Didn't get to do yoga yesterday so hoping I'll feel more inclined today before I break my fast -- depends on my headache and general grogginess. Woke up at 330 only to toss and turn until my alarm ): On the fasted workouts chapter and excited to learn the science behind it. I've always had to work out in a semi-fasted state (3-4hrs since last meal) or I'll get nauseous. Walking is okay, but I am slower if I'm full. Yoga is definitely a no-no with anything in my belly (even too much water).
10/08 - All good! Normal sodium fluctuation from homemade shrimp lo mein last night. Actually expected to be much higher than this, honestly. Fasted 18hrs no issue. Didn't quite hit water goal. Got a nice yoga practice in, though! Meetings for work today so may try to squeeze in a yoga practice in between them. Not sure what's for dinner today, but its Thursday Night Football so there will be something delicious (: Still learning my ghrelin and leptin cues from my body instead of counting calories so we shall see how the weekend goes for me doing that (today is my Friday at work).
10/09 - Officially my birthday. Surprised the scale went down, I had a longer eating window (but managed a 17.5hr fast prior to it) because they all threw me a little bitty surprise party! Some friends left early this morning for Colorado so we made my party last night instead of today. Couldn't get tamales so had homemade street tacos and our dear friend made banana cupcakes (usually not a sweets eater, but I had to try one! Plus BF smushed half of his in my face as is his little tradition). It was fun, though. Opened up my window to 16-8 but may push it a little further out into afternoon, depending on how I feel. Eating was so late, my 16hr fast ends around the same time my normal 18hr fast ends hahah! There was also talk of going out tonight on the town for a few drinks to celebrate on my actual birthday and I want to make sure I'm not going too overboard. I'm a little peckish right now but that will pass soon enough, I think, and I can push further. Tomorrow is the big OU-Longhorn game (BF huge OU fan) at noon and another bday party at around 530 (when birthday boy gets off work) so I'm not sure how that will go. Don't want to stress it, but I'm also in a transition period when my body is adjusting to longer, more true clean fasts that I don't want to completely undo all my work so far and feel as if I'm starting over. Hopefully my body is willing to communicate in ways I can now understand! I might be able to get away with water looking like a mixed drink so I don't get questioned (:
10/10 - DNP
10/11 - Birthday celebrations, yay! Don't remember if I mentioned my NSV of my belt getting one notch tighter, but despite the weight gain, the belt has stayed one notch tighter. My belly stayed flatter, too, so I'm not at all worried. The shorter fasts I've done have still managed to keep my bloating down, yay! I'd love to see the 140s, but after reading the books on fasting (and finding yet another book), I'm quite content with my NSVs regardless of weight. I'm fasting today, hopefully 18hrs as I'm already sitting at 14hrs in now. Just need to focus on water until then (and during my window). Going to take a walk to Fam's house later (BF and FamWife have work so they're teaming up to help each other knock as much out before football starts as possible. He already left without telling me). I haven't been very good about getting movement in, so I may take the long way to their house to up my steps a bit more. Have a beautiful day, everyone!
10/12 - Coming back down. There was pizza yesterday and that's likely what's holding me higher than I'd like. Fasted for 18.5hrs yesterday and was good about it. Starting getting a little hunger-nauseous when discussing food. so I think my body was trying to tell me it was hungry. Still learning to recognize those signals again. Going for a 19hr fast today to readjust my eating window to dinner timeframe (I finished dinner quite early compared to our normal time). Hoping for a walk today, but dependent on how work is. Going out to the far west of Texas, near Mexican border on Friday to camp and hike, which I'm really excited about. Its my birthday present from Fam (they've never been, either, and wanted to go). I need to get out there and push myself on some walks to be prepared!
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44, 6' trying to maintain at 150. Have to track here for accountability. More water, more low/0 calorie snacks when starving.
10/4 DNW
10/5 159 ugh!
10/6 157
10/7 157.4 Need to get serious.
10/8 154.8 I'm sure this is artificially low. I was under and active yesterday
10/9 DNW
10/10 159
10/11 159.4
10/12 158
10/13 158 I'm all over the place. Just need to track.6 -
Female, mid 40's
5'10"
ROUND 127: LOST 3 LBS
SW 212
GOAL: 209
Oct 10: W 213. Looking at my food diary and the results of weight and blood glucose I realise that my body is supremely sensitive to my choices. IT'S JUST A FACT, NOT A JUDGEMENT.
Oct 11: W 213. Still 1lb up from where I started.Blood Glucose still high one teens, I have been struggling with how unfair it all is & why can't I eat like hubby! But , stuck to the plan regardless. Proud of me. No w/o and I ate some protein at about 20:00.
Oct 12: W 213. Not sure why the scale has not moved, I will figure out why. Did my w/o, had a good 1st meal. Day went as planned.
Oct 13: W 212!! Yippee! These 10 days have been a good learning experience. I did not lose anything, but I am better prepared for the next 10 day cycle.
ROUND 128: 0 LBS LOST/GAINED
This is NOT A DIET - It’s a PERMANENT LIFESTYLE6 -
Starting Weight: 338lbs January 1, 2014
Goal Weight: 122-125lbs
Day/Weight/Comment:
10/04 138lbs. (No change is better than an increase, right?)
10/05 138.5 (Ah...and there’s in the increase. Sigh. No idea why. I am doing my usual...weighing my vegetables, counting every calorie in my grape tomatoes, have run 3.5 miles every day, walked 15,000 plus steps, drank more than 120oz. water. Sigh. We’ll see tomorrow...)
10/06 139.5 (Dude getting weighed everyday is hard. Yesterday ran 3.75miles, 17,000 steps, 1135 calories, water, morning and evening exercises. And I gained a pound? What was it? Did the banana or apple I ate weigh more than the produce scale at Giant Eagle reflect? Oh well...every day is a new one. Maybe tomorrow will see a drop.)
10/07 138lbs (I didn’t see the drop I wanted, but I didn’t panic either. Just going to keep trying.)
10/08 139.5 (A gain. Yesterday was my usual 3.5 miles run. 1110 calories. 134 oz. of water. Very cherry tomato calories counted. Apple and peach weighed and veggies, too. Strength exercises, everything. I KNOW this happens. And I KNOW it will be okay. But it is still hard.)
10/09 137.5lbs. (Better. But it is still hard.)
10/10 137.5kbs. (The scale is not my friend. I just wish I could feel rewarded by achieving healthy goals...like the running and the eating right, the not bingeing. Instead I let the scale give me a thumbs up or thumbs down...it is hard.)
10/11 138lbs. (Yesterday was my higher calorie day, I have these, high-protein days once every two weeks, but I NEVER get weighed the day after because I get too scared. But I promised 10 days so I did! And it was okay. The uptick on the scale didn’t crush me like I thought it would. Slow and steady wins the race, right? It may take me a year to lose the 12-14 lbs. and that is okay. Right? Maybe?)
10/12 138.5lbs. (Up again. But didn’t fret- too much- running, workouts and eating all going well, under 1200 calories, 3.5 miles a day. Slow and steady.)
10/13 139lbs. (And I end with a gain BUT I have to say...this helped. It really did. I don’t feel totally demoralized by the scale. I committed to 10 days of facing it and I did! I am in for round 129!)7 -
45 F, 5'6"
SW 196
GW 169 (and take a maintenance break?)
Ok fresh start this round!
Goal for this round: to lose 1.5 lb, to get to 186.x
I plan to keep my calories around 13-1350 each day and continue drinking lots of water and green tea.
Round 124 SW 193.4 EW 191.6 (-1.8 )
Round 125 SW 191.8 EW 188.3 (-3.5)
Round 126 SW 188.6 EW 188.0 (-0.6)
Round 127 SW 187.8 EW 188.2 (+0.4)
Round 128 SW 189.2 EW TBD
Starting Weight 189.2
Goal this round 186.x
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04- 189.2 I ate a salty snack last night after a couple of drinks with friends. Obviously here it is on the scale! Back on track today, target calories all week is 1350, no alcohol and keep up my steps. Estimated cals yesterday : 1588.
10/05- 189.4 hiked 5 miles yesterday in the beautiful weather. I saw that my BF% was down a lot on the scale so a lot of water hanging around still. Hoping for better weigh in tomorrow. Estimated cals yesterday: 1282
10/06- 187.2 now that's more like it. Finally the whoosh. Estimated calories yesterday: 1473 little higher than I wanted, I'm trying to adjust my macros a bit to have more protein.
10/07-186.8 great can it stay now? Estimated cals yesterday ended up going over AGAIN, I even preplanned my day but was hit by a migraine in the afternoon and was comfort eating. (~1675, still well below maintenance, but!)
10/08- 187. 8 answer to above question: no. Calories came in at 1706, I'm struggling a bit with staying on target, not sure why. Maybe I was just feeling deprived a little, and giving a bit more wiggle room to make me feel like I can make it a lifetime not just a diet. Already got my steps in for today, 2.45 miles in the beautiful 70 degree sunshine with my dog.
10/09- 187.0/186.8 my scale couldn't decide. lol I'm going with the lower. total cals yesterday 1638. ladies happy hour tonight so saving my calories for that. Happy Friday y'all !
10/10 186.4 I thought my scale would be up due to salty dinner out last night, really hard to estimate calories but I did the best I could. maybe 2000? drinking water today as I have a bit of a headache.
10/11 187.8 again. I ate pizza for dinner so water weight. total estimated cals 1428 yesterday.
10/12 187.0 better than yesterday! maybe I'll make my goal for this round after all. fingers crossed, salty water weight be gone! estimated total cals yesterday 1561
10/13 186.8 overall, satisfied with this trend. I had a chocolate bar last night, the whole thing not just 2. squares but I'm chalking it up to hormones and moving on. total estimated cals 1881. See ya next round!5 -
New to this challenge...here's to being mindful ! One meal at a time!
sw for challenge (10/3) - 252.6
gw for challenge - 246.6
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 - 253.6 went for 2 long walks yesterday and am sore today. Not surprised.
10/05 - 252.8 yup knew it was cause I was sore.. let's pound the water today and see what tomorrow brings..
10/06 - 255 grrr too many carbs yesterday..kicking the carbs to the curb (not all of them but...) I am realizing how much my body hates carbs... *frumps*
10/07 – 255.2 ok...scale... we are not going int the right direction... you need to get your scale-ness in line here...
10/08 – 256.2 GRRRRRRRR I am really not sure what is going on... I am about to give up!(*&*%%^&
10/09 - 255.6 ok back in the right direction now.
10/10 - 254.4 wahooooo definitely need to make sure I am eating all my net calories (or close to it)
10/11 - 254.2 I'll take it! Had thai food and cheesecake and was over in calories
10/12 - 253.6 bit by bit.. it's coming back off.. definitely going to do another round if you guys are ok with me joining..
10/13 - 253 ..ok so I didn't quite make it back to where I was... but got close... definitely going to join next challenge.. ended up gaining .4 on the challenge but learned some stuff so I will take that as a win
New goal for this challenge is to get back down to my starting weight from this challenge and if there is a new round then try again..
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So very happy that this challenge is still going strong! The last time I did this was years ago and it worked so well. I stopped for a variety of reasons but am excited to be back!!
I anticipate some quick weight loss in #s this first week since I am looking to cut out (again) major foods that sincerely do not agree well with my body and leave me swollen and generally feeling unwell.
Goal: 5lbs - not sure if that’s too ambitious, but we will see. I have a lot of deflating to do !!
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 - 178.5 so swollen today, looking forward to progress.
10/05 - 176.5 - starting the process to find my real current weight, usually takes a day or two to get rid of swelling
10/06 - 173.5 - I technically hit my goal but in all honesty I got food poisoning yesterday.. I expect an increase in a few days lol
10/07 - 175.5 - seems more accurate .. finally ate food last night 👍
10/08 - 172.5 not sure what’s happening .. I’ve cut out those things that don’t agree with me but I think I just need to give this at least a week to understand where my real weight is at!!
10/09 - 175.5 again. My scale only goes by 0.5.
10/10 - 174.5 🤷🏻♀️
10/11 - 174 - I ate too much salt but seems like I drank enough water to make up for it! I think these numbers that I’m seeing are finally my actual weight
10/12 - 174.5 - had chips & candy right before bed, need to better control those urges! They get me every time.
10/13 - 172.5 - I feel like my weight has been all over the place over the last 10 days! But I seem to have made my goal, which was 5lbs but really primarily deflating which I feel like I’ve done! Hurray! On to the next.6 -
Goals for challenge:
1. Keep weight below 220.
2. Focus on getting exercise throughout the day.
3. Strength train twice in the next 5 days.
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 Birthday and traveling! Took a half hour walk on the DC train platform and did squats in my roomette.
10/05 Still on the train. Tried to have short dance parties periodically.
10/06 First day in New Orleans! Walked 2+ miles to grocery stores.
10/07 Still waiting on the scale. First walk in Audubon Park.
10/08 219.7. FBG 99. Busy day at work. But I'm going to strength train and cook today.
10/09 219.7, FBG 109.
10/10 218.7. FBG 104.
10/11 218.6, FBG 100.
10/12 218.6, FBG 111.
10/13 217.6, FBG 108. Weight down 2+ pounds since the beginning of the challenge, FBG all over the map. I learned some things in the past 2 weeks, including new stretches.
NY Times At Home Exercises for Better Sleep
Like many if not most, I often have lower back pain. Not enough to keep me from doing anything, but not great either. These exercises will supposedly help with that and also increase flexibility, so my squat will improve.
I definitely didn't get enough exercise this challenge, although I did strength train more. There's a lot to work on in the next challenge!
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Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 56
Akron, Ohio
OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)
My 89th Round!
I've made it back to maintenance and need the accountability to keep me there.After losing 12 lbs. I was stuck at 174lbs. for a couple weeks until I found this challenge.
End R40: 171 (-3)
End R41: 170.5 (-.5)
End R42: 168 (-2.5)
End R43: 165 (-3)
End R44: 163.5 (-1.5)
End R45: 163 (-.5)
End R46: 160 (-3)
End R47: 158.5 (-1.5)
End R48: 159 (+.5)
End R49: 157.5 (-1.5)
End R50: 154.5 (-3)
End R51: 154 (-.5)
End R52: 153 (-1)
End R53: 152.5 (-.5)
End R54: 151 (-1.5)
End R55: 149.5 (-1.5)
End R56: 146.5 (-3)
End R57: 146.5 (0)
End R58: 146.5 (0)
End R59: 144 (-2.5)
End R60: 144 (0)
End R61: 145 (+1)
End R62: 144 (-1)
End R63: 147.5 (+3.5) Christmas and New Year’s
End R64: 145 (-2.5)
End R65: 145.5 (+.5)
End R66: 144 (-1.5)
End R67: 142.5 (-1.5)
End R68: 143 (+.5)
End R69: 144.5 (+1.5)
End R70: 142 (-2.5)
End R71: 141.5 (-.5)
End R72: 140 (-1.5)
End R73: 141 (+1)
End R74: 143 (+2)
End R75: 142 (-1)
End R76: 144.5 (+2.5)
End R77: 144 (-.5)
End R78: 143.5 (-.5)
End R79: 143.5 (0)
End R80: 140 (-3.5)
End R81: 143.5 (+3.5)
End R82: 142 (-1.5)
End R83: 143.5 (+1.5)
End R84: 142.5 (-1)
End R85: 142 (-.5)
End R86: 142 (0)
End R87: 140.5 (-1.5)
End R88: 141.5 (+1)
End R89: 141.5 (0)
End R90: 145 (+3.5) Quit smoking
End R91: 145 (0)
End R92: 143.5 (-1.5)
End R93: 146 (+2.5)
End R94: 144.5 (-1.5)
End R95: 143.5 (-1)
End R96: 144.5 (+1)
End R97: 146.5 (+2) Thanksgiving aftermath
End R98: 145.5, BF33.2%, MM 63% (-1)
End R99: 147.5 (+2) Christmas
End R100: 147 (-.5) New Year
End R101: 147 (0)
End R102: 145.5 (-1.5)
End R103: 144 (-1.5)
End R104: 143(-1)
End R105: 143.5 (+.5)
End R106: 143.5 (0)
End R107: 143.5 (0)
End R108: 142 (-1.5)
End R109: 143 (+1)
End R110: 143 (0)
End R111: 144 (+1)
End R112: 146 (+2)
End R113: 143.5 (-2.5)
End R114: 146.5 (+3)
End R115: 146 (-.5)
End R116: 146 (0)
End R117: 145.5 (-.5)
End R118: 146 (+.5)
End R119: 146.5 (+.5)
End R120: 147 (+.5)
End R121: 147 (0)
End R122: 145 (-2)
End R123: 144.5 (-.5)
End R124: 143 (-1.5)
End R125: 143 (0) - Labor Day
End R126: 144.5 (+1.5)
End R127: 142.5(-2)
SW: 142.5
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04 - 142.5 - We picked up some crusty homemade bread yesterday and I've been indulging. I expect to see the results over the next few days, so I'll have to be especially mindful this week and freeze the leftover bread.
10/05 - 142.5
10/06 - 142.5
10/07 - 142.5 - My scale was bouncing all over this morning so I'm taking the average.
10/08 - 141.5 - I had an appointment at a corporate client office yesterday. It's been a over a year since I've seen the controller there and since I've pretty much stayed around maintenance since then I was surprised when she asked if I had lost more weight. I said "Oh no, I'm still around 142." Then I laughed and said "I'm so used to telling people on MFP what I weigh every day, I forgot most people wouldn't dream of it."
10/09 - 142 - My step-daughter and her family flew up from Florida yesterday and we're having a socially distant bonfire tonight. I'm eating light today since I'm sure there will be plenty of food and "beverages."
10/10 - 142.5 - The next few days will tell the tale of the past couple days. I've had a good time though and this doesn't happen often.
10/11 - 142.5
10/12 - 142
10/13 - 143 - There's the weekend indulgences. See you next round.
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29 yo female
5’2” Small frame according to my wrist circumference
SW 126.2 (April 14th, 2020)
Highest lifetime weight: 138 lbs. August 2011
Goal Weight: 110
Previous rounds: 125.2 -> 122.8 -> 121.6 -> 121.2 -> 119.8-> 119.4 -> 117.8 ->116.6 -> 117.2 ->117.2->114.8 ->116.8 -> 116.4 -> 114.0 -> 115 -> 115.4 ->115
Goal weight for this round: Getting back to 114 would be nice.
Another goal: Embrace the scale fluctuations and not get flustered.
Previous days10/04 Did not post10/09 DNW busy with moving plans
10/05 Did not post
10/06 115.4 This past weekend we decided to move out for a period of time to keep my mother in law safe (she starts chemo this week) from any possible exposure my husband gets from his OT fieldwork placements and going back into the classroom for the rest of his school semester (everything has been online since September for him but his labs are in person starting next week). So the past three days have been a whirlwind. This week I will be MIA most likely because we were able to find a place really quickly and planning to move in this weekend! Yay! It’s on the third floor with no elevator, so I will certainly get a workout in this weekend! We love the space though and are really excited to be completely independent (we were independent but neither one of us has lived without some sort of parent in the same house). We may still renovate our in-laws basement to put in a bathroom and kitchen (to then move back when construction is complete and my husband finishes his fieldwork), but we’ll see how we like apartment living first.
I hope everyone has a great round and I’ll try to pop in or at least throw my weight in an entry.
10/07 114.0 Got a soccer workout in this morning. Food was good yesterday, no idea what’s on the agenda today. We packed up all of our pantry and the majority of our kitchen, so I have veggies in the fridge to work with and whatever protein I cook for dinner. We got some corn on the cob in our CSA this week, so I’m looking forward to having that soon! Have a good day everyone!
10/08 113.0 Badda boom, finally hit 113! I think I’m one of those people who only get to their lowest weight about once a month. I guess I’ll see if that’s completely true once we have been living in our new apartment and preparing all of our own food. I’m so so so so excited to have our own kitchen that we don’t have to share with anyone! It’s going to be so much fun for me! I have a walk planned for this morning, but I’m waiting for it to get a little lighter out because it’ll just be me. There is something a little creepy about walking on the streets by yourself in the dark when there isn’t much traffic.
Dinner last night was a NY strip steak with roasted purple potatoes, corn on the cob, and salad. Tonight, might be pizza with a salad to keep it simple with packing more stuff tonight. We should get the official word (even though they told us we have it and gave us the move-in day for Saturday) today that we have the apartment (just waiting on that darn background check which takes 2-3 days in Mass).
10/10 Moved
10/11 *
10/12 *
10/13 112 after exercise this morning. So, I’ll go with 113 to start my day maybe? I forgot to weigh before exercising. Ooops. This was a very solid round for me. Moving was crazy and consisted of two solid days of going up and down two flights of stairs to our new apartment. On the bright side, we are all unpacked and the place is wonderful! Our first meal in the apartment was chicken fingers and French fries with salad on Sunday night. Last night I made pork tenderloin roasted in the oven with lots of veggies! (Veggies used: radishes, broccoli, golden beets, fennel, carrots, a purple potato, and I cooked the pork on a bed of chopped up scallions.) It felt like a dream being able to prepare dinner so easily!
See you in the next round!
Total weight lost this round: 2 lbs maybe more but I’ll go with 2 for now. I’ll call it a major success because I had been hovering in 114-115 land for a long time!
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🌻🍎🍁🌞🍏🍂
2020 Goal - 170
UGW for 2021 - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)Weight 218.2 in Feb. 2015R127 10/3/20 end weight 182 (+.4). 10-day calorie ave 1821 (Goal 1400 ☹️)
R15 end weight 151.2
R16 end weight 151.4 (+.2)
R17 end weight 151 (-.4)
R18 end weight 150.4 (-.6)
R19 end weight 149.6 (-.8)
R20 end weight 149.3 (-.3)
R21 end weight 149 (-.3)
R22 end weight 148 (-1)
R23 end weight 148.4 (+.4)
R24 end weight 149 (+.6)
R25 end weight 148.4 (-.6)
R26 end weight 149.2 (+.8)
R27 end weight 149 (-.2)
R28 end weight 146.8 (-2.2)
R29 end weight 146.8 (+/-0)
R30 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1411
R31 end weight 146.8 (+/-0); ave net calories 1385
R32 end weight unknown - traveling, no scale - ave net calories 1468
R33 end weight 149.1 (+2.3); ave calories 1471 (after traveling/eating out for 3 weeks!)
R34 end weight 149 (-.1); ave calories 1577
R35 end weight 149.4 (+.4); ave calories 1592
R36 end weight 149.6 (+.2); ave calories 1650
R37 end weight 151 (+1.4); ave calories 1703 (154 over estimated TDEE, so no surprise I've gained)
R38 end weight 149.8 (-1.2); averages-- calories 1420; carbs ~48%; protein ~21% ; fat ~31%
R39 end weight 149.8 (+/-0); averages -- calories 1753.5; carbs ~47%; protein ~20%; fat ~33%
R40 end weight 150 (+.2); averages coming later
R41 end weight 150.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1792
R42 end weight 149.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1432
R43 end weight 150.6 (+.8): 10-day ave 1406
R44 end weight 148.8 (-1.8); 10-day ave 1430
R45 end weight 147.6 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1338
R46 end weight 148.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1437
R47 end weight 147.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1449
R48 end weight 146.8 (-1); 10-day ave 1378
R49 end weight 144.2 (-2.6); 10-day ave 1174
R50 end weight 142.2 (-2); 10-day ave 1200
R51 end weight 141 (-1.2); 10 day ave 1231
R52 end weight 140.6 (-.4); 10-day ave 1192
R53 end weight 137.2 (-3.4); 10-day ave 1134
R54 end weight 136.6 (-.6); 10-day ave 1238
R55 end weight 135.4 (-1.2); 10-day ave 1209
R56 end weight 135 (-.4); 10-day ave 1263
R57 end weight 134.4 (-.6); 10-day ave 1212
R58 end weight 133.6 (-.8); 10-day ave 1372
R59 end weight 130.8 (-2.8); 10-day ave 1125
R60 end weight 132.2 (+1.4); 10-day ave 1384
R61 end weight 132.6 (+.4); 10-day ave 1473
R62 end weight 134.6 (+2); 10-day ave 1666
R63 end weight 138.8 (+4.2); 10-day ave 2154
R64 end weight 138.8 (+/-0); 10-day ave 1683
R65 end weight 139 (+.2); 10-day ave 1654
R66 end weight 139.8 (+.8); 10-day ave 1751
R67 end weight 142.4 (+2.6)
R68 end weight 145.6 (+2.8)
R69 end weight 146.4 (+.8)
R70 end weight 149 (+2.6)
R71 end weight 148.8 (-.2)
R72 end weight 150.8 (+2)
R73 end weight 152 (+1.2)
R74 end weight 153 (+1)
R75 end weight 156.2 (+3.2) !?!??!?!?!?!
R76 end weight 157 (+.8)
R77 end weight 159.8 (+2.4
)
R78 end weight 159.4 (-.4)
R79 end weight 161 (+.6)
R80 end weight 159 (-2)
R81 end weight 158.4 (-.6)
R82 end weight 160.4 (+2)
R83 end weight 160 (-.4)
R84 7/31/19 end weight - 161 (+1)
R85 8/10/19 end weight 161 (+/- 0)
R86 8/20/19 end weight 163 (+2)
R87 8/30/19 end weight 163 (+/-0)
R88 9/9/19 end weight 163
R89 9/19/19 end weight 165.2
R90 9/29/19 end weight 164
R91 10/9/19 end weight 165.8
R92 10/19/19 end weight 166.4
R93 10/29/19 end weight 168.8
R94 11/8/19 end weight 170.4 :-(
R95 11/18/19 end weight 169.8.
R96 11/28/19 end weight 171.6
R97 12/8/19 end weight 172.4
R98 12/18/19 end weight 174
R99 12/28/19 end weight 175.6
R100 1/7/20 end weight 177.6
R101 1/17/20 end weight 177.6
R102 1/27/20 end weight 177.2
R103 2/6/20 end weight 178.6
R104 2/16/20 end weight 179
R105 2/26/20 end weight 180.2
R106 3/7/20 end weight 180
R107 3/17/20 end weight 180
R108 3/27/20 end weight 180.8
R109 4/6/20 end weight 180
R110 4/16/20 end weight 180.6
R111 4/26/20 end weight 181.2
R112 5/6/20 end weight 181.4
R113 5/16/20 end weight 181.8
R114 5/26/20 end weight 183 ugh.
R115 6/5/20 end weight 182.6. 10-day calorie ave 1554
R116 6/15/20 end weight 181.8. 10-day calorie ave 1580
R117 6/25/20 end weight 181. 10-day calorie ave 1341
R118 7/5/20 end weight 182. 10-day calorie ave 1674 ☹️
R119 7/15/20 end weight 181.4. 10-day calorie ave 1651
R120 7/25/20 end weight 181.2 10-day calorie ave 1695
R121 8/4/20 end weight 182. 10-day calorie ave 1706
R122 8/14/20 end weight 182.8. 10-day calorie ave 1747
R123 8/24/20 end weight 182.6. (-.2) 10-day calorie ave 1624
R124 9/3/20 end weight 182.2. (-.4) 10-day calorie ave 1493 (Goal <1500.)
R125 9/13/20 end weight 182.2 (0). 10-day calorie ave 1612 (Goal 1400 😡)
R126 9/23/20 end weight 181.6 (-.6). 10-day calorie ave 1580 (Goal 1400 😐)
R128 10/13/20 end weight 182 (+/-0). 10-day calorie ave 1659 (Goal 1400)
R128 Goals — Calories <1400. No snacks!!!
Day/Weight/Calories Previous Day/Snack Status/Comment
10/4 - 182 - 1246 - 🍿
Better day yesterday in terms of food, though I did have some air-popped popcorn in the evening. I spent most of the day painting our interior doors 🚪, which I find very calming and meditative. I seem to be nesting like crazy! It’s cold and rainy this morning — a good day to stay in and do the final coat and then curl up to read or knit. ☕️🛋📚 Have a lovely day, all!
10/5 - 182.4 - 1534 - 🍌
Bump from a few days ago, I’m sure. Chilly & foggy this morning, but it’s supposed to warm up and be back in the 60-70s the rest of the week. Good — I have a couple hundred bulbs to plant! (I went a little nuts at the bulb store!) I finished painting all the hallway doors on the hallway side. Today I need to do a few room-side doors, and maybe start on the armoire I’m making into a pantry. Wheee! Keeps me from sitting around munching — maybe I should do more of the same at night! 😁 Anyway, happy Monday, all!
10/6 - 182 - 1701 - 🍨🍿☹️
Ok, I snacked last night. I also took a nice long walk, and was active most of the day, so not too bad. Today will be better! And I’m off to vote — first day of early voting here in Indiana. Then I’m planning to putter in the garden a bit, and go for a walk, and make a pot of minestrone. Anything to avoid my real work (writing), which I can do when it’s gray and gloomy and cold.
🤓📚💻✍🏼👩💻
10/7 - 182 - 1550 - late lunch, late supper
Yesterday was a strange day — waited three hours to vote, but the crowd was inspiring, so that was fine. Schedule was off the rest of the day, though. It’s gorgeous and warm today — yay!
10/8 - 181.8 - 1308 - 🍿
Ok, I behaved myself pretty well yesterday. I did indulge in some popcorn, but overall my numbers were good, and I spent lots of time working in the garden. All good. I’m really enjoying these gorgeous October days!
10/9 - 181.6 - 1637 - 🍿
Wow, another gorgeous day here. I’m counting my lucky stars, knowing that many people are living with disasters. I hope you’re all safe. This afternoon my creativity group of four is meeting, probably our last in-person gathering for a while unless we have a warmer-than-usual start to November. We can zoom, but it’s not the same. Sigh. Anyway, I’m baking maple pecan cookies (70 cal each) and I’m sure there will be other munchies, so I have to watch myself. This morning, post cookies, I’m going to start planting my bulbs. I went a little crazy buying bulbs, so my work is cut out for me! 🙂 And yes, @quiltingjaine , I will sit my fanny down and write. A little. 🤓
10/10 - 183 😳 - 1925 best guess 🙄 - snacks galore
I munched way too much during my group’s Last get together of the year (unless Nov is really warm!). Our host had mimosas for us — usually we drink coffee! — and lots of salty and sweet treats, plus my cookies. I ate more chips than I’ve eaten in the past year, and crap I never eat, like candy corn. I could seem to stifle myself. Oh, well. Life goes on, and I know this quick gain is water and my calorie average over the past week is ok. I had a low cal breakfast and have the day planned and will try hard to stick with the plan. Have a good weekend, everyone. I’m off for a walk, then planting my 200+ bulbs.
10/11 - 182 - 1564 - 🍨
Better. I told DH not to let me have any more ice cream. I know I’m snacking on that sort of stuff because I’m mildly depressed. I need to walk more, write more, get back to painting (mostly watercolor, some oil), knit while I listen to music or books.... I’m also going to try to send a card and note to one person a day I haven’t spoken to in too long. I really miss seeing my people!
10/12 - 182 - 1708 - 🍿
Not great yesterday but not too bad, either. Today we’re ordering Greek food, a tradition to celebrate the day we met — 29 years ago today. ❤️ I’ll try to keep the day’s total under control, but plan to enjoy my celebratory meal!
10/13 - 182 - 1671 - no snacks!
Ok, it’s a wash. Again. But considering yesterday’s pig out on Greek food, I’m ok with that. We have leftover gyro meat, but I’ll forego the pita today and make a salad instead. See you next round!
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5’5 55yo F. Thank you@GrandmaJackie!
Sept. 2018 - 187
Goal -150 Alcohol only on weekends, exercise daily, plenty of water, no bread.
10/4-162-Walked 2 miles, then weed wacked. Started digging up the yard to bring in topsoil. Got fundraiser takeout that had salty sausages, but was really good!
10/10-159-I’ve been digging in the yard and quilting.
10/11-161-sat at a fundraiser for the garden club all day.
10/12-159-Careful eating. Today I can get back in the yard.
10/13-I dug and hauled dirt all day then made (almond flour) keto garlic cheese bread to go with baked fish........I ate too much, but it was good!7 -
Starr
Age 39
Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.00 (March 2016)
Ultimate Goal Weight 175 by August 2021
Round 115 SW: 223.1 EW: 218.1 -4.3
Round 116 SW: 218.1 EW: 217.9 -0.9
Round 117 SW: 217.9 EW: 215.4 -2.5
Round 118 SW: 215.4 EW: 214.3 -1.1
Round 119 SW: 214.3 EW: 212.7 -1.6
Round 120 SW: 212.7 EW: 211.0 -1.7
Round 121 SW: 211.0 EW: 207.1 -3.9
Round 122 SW: 207.1 EW: 206.4 -0.7
Round 123 SW: 206.4 EW: 205.2 -1.2
Round 124 SW: 205.2 EW: 202.6 -2.6
Round 125 SW: 202.2 EW: 201.4 -0.8
Round 126 SW: 201.4 EW: 198.9 -2.5
Round 127 SW: 198.9 EW: 198.7 -0.2
Round 128 SW: 198.7 EW: 199 +0.3
10/04 199 getting tired of seeing this number. No TV for 3 year olds this weekend. At school they were play fighting and she broke his glasses on purpose. I HAVE BEEN SO MAD. So this week I am going to watch my wine consumption and practice mindfulness
10/05 199.1 I love them but I now am beginning to understand the term brain damaged from Sinbad or Bill Cosby Himself. You feel like you keep repeating yourself and repeating yourself and repeating yourself and when you lose your mind and they look at you like your crazy. I feel like a crazy person right now. I took them for a walk yesterday and got a dance in yesterday and did 4 loads of laundry. 15887 steps and 1851 calories.
10/06 197.6 home with a sick daughter. Her asthma tends to act up at this time of year. The school will not do nebulizers anymore. I do like the progress
10/07 198 yesterday 1815 calories 11638 steps two short aerobic workout. My calves are sore this morning. I did some serious stretching this morning and a low impact workout. I might get a walk in this afternoon but nothing too strenuous. Progress is slow but it is happening.
10/08 198.6 going the wrong way. 1706 calories 15019 steps
10/09 197.5 There it is. Went way over in calories but did well in steps. I am hungry. New England is cooling down and eating is just natural. My snacks seem like they are not enough anymore. I think next week I will try an afternoon tea. Black cherry tea with lime juice. Drink it slowly and it should curb this hunger. This time of year is hard. Apple picking with my babies this weekend. Hayride and playground. I cannot buy any fudge. Now that’s it’s in print. I won’t.
10/10 198.1 hungry so hungry. No matter what I've eaten today I am still hungry. since 10am very large breakfast still hungry all day...10/11
10/11 198.6 won’t even tell you how bad my calories were yesterday. Apple picking today.
10/12 197.6 Yesterday not as much eating very active. 19061 steps 1987 calories. Still way under based. That farm was very large and very dirty. Legs are sore today.
10/13 199 #$&*%$# TOM so disappointed. Oh well Round 129 here we go.
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ROUND 128
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 ✔️
R127: -1.5 lb ✔️
Round 128 SW: 175.1 (on 10/3/20)
10/04 - DNW
10/05 - DNW
10/06 - DNW
10/07 - DNW
10/08 - 180.6 - Right after vacation - OUCH!
10/09 - 178.1 - Okay, starting to head back down. Losing some of that water retention.
10/10 - 177.1 -
10/11 - 177.1 - I really need to kick this back into high gear. It is ON now!
10/12 -176.1
10/13 - 176.1
Up 1 lb overall, but not too bad for a Vacation week.6 -
@superveggiecat Most of the foods you listed are considered healthy choices but still have lots of carbs. Read THE DIABETES CODE by Jason Fund, MD. Just sayin’ 😘1
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@superveggiecat Most of the foods you listed are considered healthy choices but still have lots of carbs. Read THE DIABETES CODE by Jason Fund, MD. Just sayin’ 😘
FUNG not Fund0 -
Journey Start: 4/20/2020 155.8 lbs
Journey Goal: 140 lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04
10/05
10/06
10/07 145.8 Back from my honeymoon. Did not take a scale. Up about 4 lbs. Did stay active, just ate a lot of rich foods and larger portions. Goal for this round is to see 144.
10/08 144.6 small breakfast, smoothie for lunch and bigger protein dinner felt good yesterday.
10/09 145.0 was craving sugar so bad yesterday. Will get back to my lunch smoothie today that seems to curb it with yummy mango & pineapple & spinach.
10/10 144.8
10/11 144.4
10/12 144.4
10/13 143 Got sick yesterday. Not sure what is wrong yet but the loss isn't from good choices and feeling my best. Cheers to another round!5 -
Female 50 yrs. 5'2"
Round 127 ⬇️ 5.0 lbs.
Long term goal 125
Starting Weight 165.1
Goal this round 163
Day/Weight/Comment
10/04- 165.4 Did not expect to up any, did not eat all day yesterday and only got a small salad late last night.
10/05- 166.3 Well, that was a leap.
10/06- 165.5 Ok, headed back down. Need to keep that up.
10/07- 165.9 Well damn!:(
10/08- 166.5 Alright, that's about enough of that. I have to figure this out, maybe salt!
10/09- 166.3 At least its not up more.
10/10- 165.2 Going in the right direction again, just hoping I don't end this weighing more than I started.
10/11- 165.5 Well, just nothing to say at this point.:/
10/12- 165.1 Back where I started.
10/13- 165.4 ⬆️ 0.3 lbs.
Hopefully I will have better control next round.5
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