Just give me 10 days - Round 133

Let's try this again.

SW: 223.4
GW: 129.x
Short term goal is to lose 6 lbs. over the five weeks. Long term goal is to learn coping skills so will not overeat
in social situations.

11/23 163.5
11/24 164.6
11/25 165.2
11/26 164.7 Thanksgiving. People with lots of tasty food and awkward social skills!!!! Two mile walk.
11/27 165.2 Repeat of 11/26
11/28 166.2 Repeat of 11/26 plus a 4 mile walk.
11/29
11/30
12/01
12/02
12/03

Hi. This is my fourth round. I weigh in Kg and also record my Happy Scale trend

Round 130 SW 57.2. EW 56.5. Loss 0.7 kg
Round 131 SW 55.6 EW 56.1. Loss 0.5 kg
Round 132 SW 56 EW 54.7. Loss 1.3kg
Round 133 GW somewhere in the 53’s would be great.

Mon 23 54.7 trend ⬇️ Same as yesterday
Tue 24 54.7 trend ⬇️ Same as yesterday and the day before!
Wed 25 54.9 trend ⬇️ Scaled moved today but in the wrong direction 👿
Thu 26 54.9 trend ↔️ The scale is not my friend at the moment 👿
Fri 27 59.8 trend↔️ TYPO. 54.8!
Sat 28 54.4 trend ⬇️
Sun 29 54.3 trend ⬇️
Mon 30
Tue 1
Wed 2

61 year old female; 5’5"
Highest Weight: 213
Lowest Weight: 143
SW: 188.4
GW: (for now: 165--will set it lower later)

Rd 129 SW: approx.186; EW: 181.6
Rd 130 SW: 181.6, EW: 182.6
Rd 131 SW: 181.6, EW:181.6
Rd 132 SW: 181.6, EW 178.8

Day/Weight/Comment
11/23179.8Thanks@GrandmaJackie! I need this to not go crazy during the holiday season, so we appreciate you for keeping this going! My goal for this round is to maintain control and not gain overall. I’m sure there’ll be some ups this week, but I MUST remember that it takes a lot longer to get them off than it does to put them on!
11/24 179.6 Good food day, but I've been locked out of the Community now for two days. My home laptop where I keep all my records for MFP was messing up and wouldn't let me in. Now, I restarted the computer and I'm locked out of it all together. (I'm typing all this on Wednesday since I can't get in that computer). I had a different entry written for 11/24 but don't remember what it said and I wasn't able to post it. Oh well. I do remember the weight!
11/25 179.8 The holiday baking has begun in earnest this morning. My 87-year old Mom was admitted to the hospital in NC yesterday. Covid test isn't back yet, but she's in the respiratory wing and my Dad cannot visit her there. He won't let me come home, so I'm baking things she always does and will put together a care package for them when I get it all done (the things that will travel at least.) The good thing is I'll be sending most of it away, so I won't be able to eat as much of it. Gotta get out for a good, long walk today. It will do me good in more ways than one.
11/26 180.2 Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends on here! Really, I think yesterday was the worst of the holiday nibbles day for me--the day I make all the goodies. Heading out here soon to do my 5K, so hopefully that will offset some of the Thanksgiving dinner. Today is about being thankful, and even in a year like this one, I have so much to be thankful for!
11/27 181.4 It was such a beautiful day, we ate outside on the screened porch and enjoyed our special time with our little nuclear family. Now it's time to chip away at the Thanksgiving gain. it's fine. This is a marathon this time. Not sure I'll ever trust myself to go on maintenance again, so gotta treat this like it's a forever thing.
11/28 181.6 Well, didn't do a very good job with mouth management yesterday! Lol. Need to meal plan today and allow myself only small indulgences.
11/29 180.8 Headed back in the right direction! The goodies are holding much less appeal now, and I am much more in control. Had a great exercise day yesterday too, and am not so sore I can't move this morning, so that is definitely improvement.
11/30
12/01
12/02




11/23 Rest day. Only did a one-mile walk with the baby to loosen up. Other than that lots of steps while shopping.
11/24 1-mile walk. Meant to do another later, but it just never happened.
11/25 1.77 mile walk
11/26 1.18 because I'm doing my 5K today and had a knee that was tweaking a little bit. Decided not to push it so I'd be ok to do longer and faster today. I've got to start getting in more miles on a regular basis though or I'm never going to make my end of the year goal. Actually, it may already be too late for that. If so, I'll just see how close I can get.
11/27 Did my 5K yesterday as already noted. Then did another .9 as a cool down and, later, a walk around the block after dinner with hubby for a total of 4.7 walked.
11/28 Walked 3.06 pushing a stroller yesterday and then another .9 last night after dinner.
11/29 30 min Exercise Bike for 7.27 mi.; 3.5 mi. walk pushing stroller; over 19,200 steps

Total toward 100 mile goal walked by 12/31 (since 11/14)= 36.68
Kick 2020 to the Curb Goal: 3-30 min exercise bike workouts per week= 105 miles by Jan. 1 in addition to the walking goal I'm already working on.

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. R132 20201122: 214.6 (-2.2)

R13: Thanksgiving week but I still need to reset and focus on weight loss the remainder of the year. So back to lower carb days!
🎯Mini Goal: Finish this round below 214

Day/Weight/Previous Day’s Comment
11/23 215.3 Walked 3 miles, 1279 cal, 35 net carbs, AF. Wow! Brunch with the kids to celebrate DH’s birthday … poached eggs on crab cakes with hot sauce hollandaise and skillet hash browns.
11/24 214.1 Walked 5 miles, 1684 cal, 55 net carbs, AF. I know what to do to lose weight I just need to execute and repeat! One slice of pizza with salad instead of 3 slices and no salad. Did splurge on a little yummy homemade mac&cheese with steak and roasted broccoli.
11/25 213.8 Walked 3 miles, tracked, 2 wine, 2 drinks.
11/26 213.6 Walked 3 miles morning + 2 miles evening, cal, net carbs, 2 wine. Fries but no bun with the burger Turkey thawed, side dishes created and in fridge!
11/27 215.6 Walked 3 miles, 2553 cal, 140 net carbs, 3 wine. Skipped lunch after logging my food for dinner in advance! Lovely Thanksgiving meal.
11/28 215.6 Walked 2 miles, 1820 cal, 119 net carbs, AF. Leftover Thanksgiving food galore for lunch & turkey sausage gumbo for dinner.
11/29 214.1 Walked 4 miles in the rain, 1224 cal, 38 net carbs, AF.
Heading to the camp in order to help my Mom (her husband passed away this month) … review her financial situation, review & pay bills, get her Christmas decor out of attic and decorate (plus find a spot for it to store so there is no need to use attic in the future). Remember to care for myself as I care for her.
11/30 DNW @ fishing camp 🎣
12/01 DNW @ fishing camp 🎣
12/03 DNW @ fishing camp 🎣

Goal for round 133 will be little different from the proceeding because it has some more challenging days in it; Thanksgiving, day after leftovers, 2 travel days. We are traveling but not “for” Thanksgiving. We need to check on a costly property repair and trying to squeeze the travel between two holiday quarantines. In the process, I have pre-tracked until Thanksgiving (current quarantine), and then pre-tracked and purchased all non-perishables for 4 days to start return quarantine, during which I’ll arrange for grocery delivery and post travel COVID testing on day 4 or 5. Then I’ll have two days to shop outside the house before quarantining again so I can see my grandson a little for his first Xmas. That’s the plan but we know is 2020, anything can change. So anyhow….. goal is to complete round 133 with no gain (ie staying at 137.2, or below).

On another note, I am entering an official virtual 5K, the Feaster Five. So I have to walk/run, document and then submit my time sometime this week. I am currently eyeing Tuesday evening.

Previous goals: get under 150; get under 145 for my birthday (10/26); get to pre-COVID weight 142.4, get under 140 before thanksgiving, get to 137.6 (weight on 10/2/19).

Round 133

Female
Height 5’ 4.5”
Age 59

UHW - 9/13/01 168.8
Recent low weight - 5/24/17 - 126
CSW - 9/14/20 153.0
UGW 129.0

Round 133 – starting weight 137.2

11/23 – 137.2 Seems like the number is real (ie 3 out of 4 days in a row). Today is an indoor exercise day since, out my window, it looks like Noah should be building another ark. At least the cats are not demanding their walk.

11/24 – 136.8 Knee and elbows are acting up. I am wondering if my zealous approach towards the 5K and planking is faster than those joints can handle. Plan is/was to walk/jog the Feaster Five virtual 5K this evening. We’ll see how the knees are feeling. I do have other days to accomplish this, but am really hoping that it works out today.

11/25 – 137.8 Ouch, big up. I assume it is a temporary false gain since I have been 137.4 for past 5 days. I would try and blame the macros of last night’s dinner, but I made that same dinner last week for the first time and had a loss the day after. The only other anomaly yesterday was that I completed the Feaster Five Virtual 5K that I entered over the weekend. That was more running than I have done in years. As I mentioned in my 5K blurb last night, I had not run that much since being on the boys track team in 1977 when there was no girls team. I am wondering if that exertion is causing some fluid retention. Either way, it will work out. On another note, working on travel scale correlation in prep for next week and I know it can be wonky. (Home: 137.8 Travel 137.8 – shocking it matched THIS time).

11/26 – 137.0 Thanksgiving – Because I am delivering a separate whole T-day meal to my parents, the majority of my cooking (for both our and their meals) was yesterday. Did my best to account for all those “spoon licks”. What got tracked implies I ate low, but my lack of hunger makes me think I somehow neglected to track things. I just don’t know what. Today, my approach is to eat thoughtfully. Tracking of today’s food is close to impossible with any accuracy, but will see how it goes. I guess I could track portions of “generic” value and accept that that is better than not tracking at all. Other option is to go the “single” dinner plate method ie no weighing, no measuring, but only one plate like one would receive in a restaurant. (Home: 137.0 Travel: 136.2 – maybe I won’t try to pack it…..)

11/27 – 137.4 Wow! What a gift. Something more to be thankful for. The route I went with for yesterday is I pre-tracked quantities, 5 chips, dip, 1 oz salami, 4 oz turkey, ½ cup of each side except ¼ cup of the cranberry sauce. One slice pie, 2 TB whipped cream and my standard coffee. I evaluated and selected what I thought were best matches from the database. The amount was actually perfect! I was going to be under 2000 for the day, with that plan. Then, my son surprised us with cocktails and given there were so few of us to support his effort, I chose to have one – 280 more calories added to the tracker. Had stayed under 1340 calories a day (not net, but consumed) since 10/1/20, and was over by 800+ yesterday. The +.4 was totally worth finally sharing a celebratory day with DH, DS, DD, SIL, DGS. Wish it could have been the regular crowd, and wish my parents felt safe enough to join up. Here’s to t-day 2021. Today’s plan, cautious eating of leftovers, try to fit in a real walk, pack for poorly timed essential travel tomorrow, clean up from t-day and clean house in preparation of son moving in to take care of cats while we are away. Lots to do. Gave up on the travel scale. There are only 3 days I will not have access to a scale, so I am just going to focus on and trust my tracking.

11/28 – 136.2 Happy surprise. Yesterday, I did have leftovers but I pre-tracked the portions throughout the day; pie for breakfast; green casserole and mashed pots for lunch; turkey, gravy, stuffing and more mashed for dinner. Did a walk by pushing my cats in their stroller and cleaned & packed all day. Today is a unique challenge. Flight travel day not FOR Thanksgiving but despite T-day. Need to get to our property that is undergoing major repairs. I have not been there since April. Got my airport/plane safety plan in place. Goal is to stay healthy and keep everyone else healthy as well.

11/29 – DNW - Yesterday was travel. Planned out what I was going to eat and planned in ways to exercise. After the wonky scale results above, I decided to not pack it, but given I went to bed hungry and woke up hungry I doubt it’s an issue. Tomorrow I will have access to my Florida scale that is same make and model as home and will have 11 days in a row using that scale before heading north again. Here’s to hoping the cats are happy my son moved in to take care of them.

11/30 –
12/1 –
12/2 –


11/22 – 50 minutes cycle in two stints. Chose that because was more time efficient for the day.
11/23 – 35 min cycle. Knees are a bit off this morning. Hoping they loosen up/calm down during the day.
11/24 – virtual Feaster Five, 5K - my inaugural 5K, 00:34:54, 11’14” pace, avg HR 162 BPM, finished off with a 5:37 cool down 12’49” for .44 miles, during which I searched for my missing glove.
11/25 – lazy day - 35 minutes indoor cycle to loosen up my muscles.
11/26 – Thanksgiving – I at least got on the bike for 20 minutes, my minimum required from the UAC group that I am also in.
11/27 – Killed two bird with one stone, instead of my solo walk followed by taking cats out on the leashes, I did a 45 minute walk pushing them in their stroller.
11/28 – Flight travel day – to not forfeit my UAC challenge I got on the indoor bike for 20 minutes (my daily minimum), but then at the airport I took a long 30 min double walk through the terminal for 1.53 miles. Not a 5K, but keeping the moving and attitude alive!
11/29 – Drive travel day
11/30 –
12/1 –

ROUND 133 TOTAL: TBD
TOTAL SINCE 9/14: -15.8

Round 133: DAY SEVEN

Overall starting weight: 349.2
Round 132 starting weight: 329.2 (currently 20lbs lost)
Aim for Round 133: lose 2lbs (327.2)

Day/Weight/Comment

11/23 331.5
11/24 330.4
11/25 330.4
11/26 330.4
11/27 329.2
11/28 328.4
11/29 327.4
11/30
12/01
12/03


Round 129: -3.8lbs
Round 130: - 2lbs
Round 131: -1.3 lbs
Round 132: - 2.7lbs

SW: 158 (11/24)
GW: 156

Day/Weight/Comment
11/23 - Forgot
11/24 - 158 - I'm sad I've gained 5 since last month, but this is around the weight I've been for most of this year, give or take, so I'm not fretting it too much. I plan of starting my home workouts again tonight.
11/25 - 158 - I did not start my workouts yesterday due to my class schedule, but today is a new day!
11/26 - I forgot again, but I did my workout yesterday (but not tonight).
11/27 - Forgot again... I only remember when I turn on my computer before breakfast, apparently.
11/28 - 155.6 - Probably not a lot of work on my part... I presumed the 158 was retention of water. (I had Friday night snacks, too, so it was really unexpected.)
11/29 - 153.2 - Back to my "set point" I think. I snacked on celery and nuts last night, instead of higher carbs like usual. Still need to incorporate some cardio and more weights.
11/30
12/01
12/03

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Revised 2020 Goal - <180
UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)

R132 11/22/20 End weight 183 (+/-0). 10 day ave cals 1358. Walked 16.6 miles.
R133 Goals — calorie ave <1450. Walk 20 miles.

Day/Weight/Calories Previous Day/Walking/Comment

11/23 - 182.4 - 1765
Okay, back on track today after a little food tantrum yesterday over not losing in R132 despite fewer calories & more exercise. 😁 Hitting the good protein, veggies, fats now through Wed., enjoying TG, then back on track. It’s cold today and there’s still snow on the ground from yesterday, but I’ll get out this afternoon for a couple of miles. I’m thinking of making a pot of minestrone. Mmmmmmm. Comfort soup!

11/24 - 183 - 1311 - 5.5 miles
Aww, come on. Very discouraging. My average calories have been below maintenance for two weeks, macros P20, F40, C40 (mostly veggies, legumes, & whole grains), exercise increased, and I’m not snacking like I was. I even reset my scale in case it was stuck in some sort of loop. I don’t believe in very restrictive, unsustainable diets but I’m thinking of going back to the elimination diet I was prescribed for inflammation a couple years ago. It melted 20 pounds off in no time (but I gained it back plus more in the next 18 months). No walk today — sleet and wind — but I’ll try to do something. Maybe clean the house? Nah!

11/25 - 182.8 - 1591
I had a long think last night about my “struggle” and I’ve decided to take a different approach. Rather than worrying about timed weight-loss goals and calories cutting, I’m going to aim to keep my calorie average about 100 below my estimated maintenance level based on SailRabbit TDEE, MFP’s maintenance number, and my own experience (which I plan to chart in detail today or tomorrow). I’m aiming for more protein, esp. fish, few to no refined carbs, and healthy fats, and only occasional, planned snacking — say, pumpkin pie tomorrow night! I’m also aiming for more movement, including walks and starting to jog, but realistically I’m not likely to do a lot of that in the northern Indiana winter and I’m going nowhere near the gym, so I’ll do what I can. I really might have to do more housework! But as I said yesterday, nah! Ok, tmi as usual. American friends, be safe this holiday.

11/26 - 182.8 - 1441
Happy Thanksgiving!

11/27 - 183.4 - 1916
No surprise there. Leftovers today, and I’m just going to enjoy them, though I’m subbing steamed broccoli for stuffing and having a small piece of pumpkin pie instead of the “healthy” (meaning “not so much”!) piece of pecan pie I had yesterday. My 3.5 mile walk didn’t burn that baby up! I have half the round left to balance things with non-holiday fare. I’m going to try for a walk today, but it’s cold and damp out and I’ve become a serious weather weenie after living on the southern coast of NC for 10 years! We’ll see. I hope those of you who celebrate TG had a lovely day yesterday. Be safe, everyone.

11/28 - 183.4 - 1926
Yep, leftovers. But I started this morning with a high-protein breakfast and have the rest of the day planned for “regular” calories, lots of water, and a walk, even if short. All good. Happy Saturday!

11/29 - 183 - 1771
Still ate too much yesterday — fell off my plan — and I’m feeling overstuffed this morning. Ugh. But I walked about 3.5 miles and plan to get out today. We have snow & ice probably headed our way tonight, which may stifle my walking a bit. It’s sunny if cold now — birds and chipmunks very busy this morning. Mike the cat is runn8ng from window to window, so at least someone is exercising!

11/30 -
12/1 -
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Goals — 5K/3.1 mi - <55 min by 11/15 ✔️
10k/6.2 mi - <2 hrs by 11/30
total >20 miles R133, 100 by 12/31

Goal weight 126 lbs

Round 123 174.0lbs
Round 124 172.8lbs
Round 125 170.0lbs
Round 126 168.2lbs
Round 127 165.2lbs
Round 128 163.2lbs
Round 129 161.0lbs
Round 130 158.0lbs
Round 131 156.2lbs
Round 132 155.8lbs

Day/Weight/Comment

11/23 - 155.2lbs. So having started at 155.8 last round and ending at the same weight, I gave up yesterday. Ate slightly more, though still under calories, did no exercise and only doing a little over 1000 steps I woke up to find I'd lost half a pound!
11/24 - 155.4lbs
11/25 - 155.2lbs
11/26 - 155.2lbs
11/27 - 155.2lbs
11/28 - 155.2lbs, a bit of a theme going on here.
11/29 - 154.8lbs
11/30
12/01

My first round - 133
Consistent loss is what I'm aiming for!

SW: 205/93
CW: 201.7/91.5
GW: ?

Day/Weight/Comment Halfway point
11/28 = 92.1
Today was almost too hot to care about weight loss but with the cool change in the evening I was watering the garden, in that slightly meditative state which watering brings me and my thoughts drifted to the year ahead: 2021 (still sounds like sci-fi!)
I realised I'm confident that next year I can keep going, keep counting kj, and day-by-day keep getting closer to the healthy lifestyle I want (though to be honest I don't know what that looks like yet)
Maybe it should have been obvious that all I needed was a realistic plan and to put in effort every day towards it but for the longest time this strategy simply escaped me.
11/29 = 91.5
It constantly astounds me when I put on clothes that were tight last month, I may not be swimming in them yet but I'm dipping my toe in the water and trying to catch the eye of the most vigilant looking lifeguard

11/30
12/01
12/03