Just give me 10 days - Round 133

Hi, I’m Karen, in my 50’s
OSW Sept.2018 187
I have been so busy, and had allergies, thinking I was getting sick....but just allergies, so I have not been exercising.
I am very glad to be here with all of your familiar, darling faces!
11/24-166
11/25-167-Hmmmm
11/26-164-I was bloated the day before. Ate a heavy lunch and had soup for dinner. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
11/27-166-Better than I thought it would be!
11/30-167-The dogs are getting the rest of the stuffing, potatoes and gravy. Glad it’s Monday, that makes it easier to get back on the wagon!!
12/1-167-Fine with me; I rode my bike 10 miles and was glad I did. No cheese and crackers while I made dinner=a win!
12/2-165-Walked 3 miles and didn’t eat junk.

Round 133
Ready for my Round 11! 🍂🦃

Jillian Age 34 and 5'1"

HSW: 179.8
CSW: 148
GW: 130 changes my BMI from overweight to normal! Take a maintenance break. Celebrate!
UGW: 116
Mini GW: 158 changed my BMI from obese to overweight! ✔️

RGW: Happy Thanksgiving! Any loss this week will be celebrated.

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 (4): 167.8 to 164.4 (-3.4)
Round 127 (5): 164.4 to 160.4 (-4.0)
Round 128 (6): 160.4 to 157.4 (-3.0)
Round 129 (7): 158.4 to 152.8 (-5.6)
Round 130 (8): 152.8 to 151.8 (-1.0)
Round 131 (9): 151.8 to 148 (-3.8)
Round 132 (10): 148 to 147.8 (-0.2)

🏃 11/23: 148
🏃 11/24: 146.8
🏃 11/25: 145.8
🏃 11/26: 145.6 Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday. I am glad to see this number. Let's see if I can enjoy Thanksgiving today without going overboard! I did 100 squats on Tuesday, but skipped them yesterday.
🏃 11/27: 146.4
🏃 11/28: 147.8
🏃 11/29: 148.4 I had a little Thanksgiving on Thursday and then a bigger one with my mom on Saturday. I let myself fully enjoy them. They're all over now. It is so fascinating how quickly I could lose all of my hard won progress! Now, however, I will go back to work!
🏃 11/30: 146.8 Great!
🏃 12/01: 146 Hooray! It's proof that just one or two bad days are not the end of the world!
🏃 12/02: 144.6 Wow! That's a great way to end the Thanksgiving round. I'm happy!





My Weight Chart:

Round 133
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 60 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 91 FOR ME.

“Today….I am choosing Me”


MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
R132 EW= 208.1
R133 EW= 206.8


Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.
Day/Weight/Comment
11/22 …..208.1….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
11/23 …..207.2…..Traveling today for a new hot water heater. The one in the house only lasts about 2 minutes. Very deceiving because it actually looks brand new, even all the stickers on it. Looked up the model and serial number and it’s 31 years old! Wow, they really dusted and kept everything looking good but….. Well anyway, probably some fast food out which is always a treat since we always have little to nothing in this small town for restaurants, even pre-covid. I will try to be mindful.

11/24 …..207.2 ….. Grateful for no gain after an all day travel until after dark. Made the best choices I could. I think the lack of my usual travel gain was because of hard work when I got home. Still unpacking 22 years of home and business. Nothing here has been ready to accept my stuff. All the shelves need re-lining in the kitchens and 3 bathrooms. Tons of workers and friends in each day to help with all the mechanicals. Today I hope the new hot water heater will go in. Also the new wireless router for upstairs. Can I hope that 4 deadbolt/doorlocks will be done and old locks added to chosen interior doors? A busy day planned. I also hope to catch up on all the posts from the last round when my internet was not working. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes.

11/25 …..206.2 ….. Not the best diet but plenty of work and movement. Grateful for the drop. Hot water in and leaking like hell. Not sure when he will be back because of the Thanksgiving holiday. My house looks like a war zone. I will try to pull off a clean kitchen table and a small Thanksgiving dinner just for my son & I tomorrow. Our standard large family dinner has been cancelled (or postponed) because of Covid restrictions in Michigan. So busy anyway. I’ve got to pull this together before Christmas!

11/26 …..206..6 ….. Hmph! Thanksgiving today. Tomorrow won’t be pretty but my son and I do have much to be grateful for this year.

11/27 …..207.6 ….. Not too bad of a post Thanksgiving weight. The immediate problem will be the leftovers. I know I’m not alone in this. I’ll try to keep things under control.

11/28 …..206.4 ….. Yes, Yes, Yes!!!!! I am DETERMINED not to let Thanksgiving be the start of a DISASTEROUS NIGHTMARE of weight gain THIS YEAR like it has been in the past. I am so happy that I am going to try to do the happy dance amid all these boxes still unpacked. Cheshire Cat smile here folks.

11/29 …..xxxxx ….. I can’t believe I forgot to weigh in today. A little busy maybe with this move? Today was a birthday party for my DGS that turned 3. My daughter had 2 hour birthday appointments one family at a time to bring gifts, have a wonderful lunch and cake & icecream. So sad we couldn’t all be together at the same time, but, hey, he got lots of company all day long and plenty of well-wishes, presents and fun!

11/30 …..207.2 ….. Is this the after-shock weight of Thanksgiving or that late night meal that could have been smaller last night? I hate the way the cravings sneak up on you after a day of full meals (especially holiday meals.) I will push through it today. I have a low calorie/low carb day planned.

12/01 …..207.7 ….. Day 2 of no TMI. Have to get this back in the right direction!

12/02 …..206.8 ….. I am so happy to have ended the round 1.3 pounds down. A first for Thanksgiving time!



My goal is to Dance for 20 minutes per day to increase my calorie burn.

Round 133

Age: 39
Height: 5’ 3”
SW: 163
CW: 138.8
GW: 125

GW for this round: 138

Round 126 (1): 156 to 153.2 (-2.8 lbs)
Round 127 (2): 153.2 to 150.4 (-2.8 lbs)
Round 128 (3): 150.4 to 148.0 (-2.4 lbs)
Round 129 (4): 148.0 to 146.0 (-2.0 lbs)
Round 130 (5): 146.0 to 144.4 (-1.6 lbs)
Round 131 (6): 144.4 to 139.6 (-4.8 lbs)
Round 132 (7): 139.6 to 138.8 (-0.8 lbs)

Goals for this round:
- Maintain weight at 138-139.
- Run/walk my evening walk with the dog to work up to a 5K by Thanksgiving

11/23 - 139.4 - Not the start I wanted, but I’m feeling really bloated today so that might be part of it. I’m also really annoyed that after updating my phone last night, it appears to no longer be receiving workout and step information from my Apple Watch. I hope I can figure it out soon - in the meantime I can enter the workouts manually and change MyFitnessPal to get my steps from Pacer rather than Apple Fitness. Still frustrating though!

11/24 - 138.8 - I switched HappyScale to maintenance mode this morning. It was really bothering me to see the trend line numbers getting smaller and the next goal weight staring at me every time I opened it. Focusing on maintenance for awhile is going to involve a mental shift - but since I haven’t changed my calories or exercise habits, having the scale stall is... frustrating.

11/25 - 138.6 - The Thanksgiving cooking has officially started! I made the gravy and the cranberry cheesecake last night and will do the apple pie and the sweet potatoes today. I hope I haven’t been getting too many extra calories from the tasting and checking as I cook. 😂. I had two fun NSVs yesterday - first, I beat the final boss on my Ring Fit Adventure game! It’s pretty cool to see how many hundreds of squats and arm presses and other exercises I’ve done over the past 2.5 months I played. It’s got a new game plus that I will check out starting tomorrow. The second - my wedding/engagement ring fit again! I had to take it off during my pregnancy and never could get it on again. I kept meaning to get it resized, but.... pandemic. I decided to try it again yesterday, and it fits comfortably! So happy!

11/26 - 138.0 - Well, that’s a nice drop - but it’s not likely to stick given today’s menu. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans in the group - I hope you have a wonderful day remembering all you have to be thankful for. I’m certainly thankful for this group and the amazing support it’s given over the past few months!

11/27 - 138.2 - I would have been happy with anything under 140, so this is great. I was good about having reasonable portions yesterday, but really only estimated putting things into MyFitnessPal - I wasn’t about to worry about weighing everything this time. And I only had half a slice of cranberry cheesecake (which was still SO DELICIOUS). We did a Zoom get-together with my husband’s family yesterday and will be doing another with my side of the family this morning. We would have loved to have seen family in person, but it was still a lovely Thanksgiving. Now back on the weight-loss track!

11/28 - 137.6 - It’s certainly gratifying to see the scale numbers going down again, especially after such large turkey meals the past two evenings. Tonight I get to make one of my absolute favorite recipes - a turkey cheddar broccoli bake that we had after Thanksgiving every year while I was growing up. I’ll lighten it up a little, and have it over quinoa or brown rice - but mainly I’ll just need to be careful with portions. I just hope my kids love it as much as I do.

11/29 - 137.2 - Returned HappyScale to weight loss, since I’m back on track for the next few weeks. It would be great to lose another 1-2 lbs before Christmas. I did my 5K this morning - wasn’t able to run quite the whole thing so that is the next goal. Hard to believe I’m probably in the best shape I’ve been since my wedding 15 years ago!

11/30 - 137.6 - Exercised a lot yesterday (5K plus a 2.5 mile hike), but I ate more than usual too. We put up our Christmas tree, which meant hot chocolate with marshmallows. I’m not going to skip out on family traditions when I’ve had such good progress over the past few months. Like we always say in here - “it’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle!” I’ll also eat the last little piece of cheesecake for dessert tonight, so that temptation will be gone. I got my meal prep for the week done - more egg muffins and a pumpkin coconut soup. Let’s end this round strong!

12/1 - 138.0 - Not the number I wanted to see, but it’s ok. Any loss this round is a plus, and we’ll see what tomorrow brings.

12/2 - 137.0 - Regardless of the number today, I’m happy with this round. I was able to lose a little over the holiday, and being mindful of my food didn’t keep me from enjoying the time with my family. Having treats is fine - it might slow my weight loss a bit, but it won’t stop it and it won’t magically undo all the progress I’ve made. Onto the next round!



11/23 - Walked 2 miles yesterday, but at a slow pace (dog wanted to sniff everything. Going to run/walk the full 5K again tonight.

11/24 - Ran 2.6 miles last night at 12:00 min/mile pace. Slow, but that did include stops to let the doggie sniff and poop. 😂

11/25 - Walked 1.57 miles last night

11/26 - Walked/jogged 2 miles with a very reluctant doggie. Going to walk a full 5K tonight to hit my Apple Watch Thanksgiving challenge.

11/27 - Ran/walked 3.25 miles last night - total time of 42 minutes. Would love to do it in under 40 on Sunday (when I won’t have the dog to slow me down and force stops.)

11/28 - Walked 1.5 miles last night and already did a 3 mile walk with the family today. Will probably jog the 1.57 loop tonight.

11/29 - 5K Day! 🦃 I did it! I ran first two miles, then had to walk/run the last one, but my overall time was 37 minutes. Super proud of myself and now want to work up to running the whole thing without stopping. 😊. Guess that will be my “Kick 2020 to the Curb” goal!



11/30 - Rest day to recover from the 5K plus hiking yesterday. New goal is to do a 5K on January 1st - no walking and beat my time from the Turkey Trot!

12/1 - Walked an easy 1.57 miles last night; will try to take the dog on a 2+ mile walk with some jogging tonight.

12/2 - Walked 2.1 miles last night. Tonight will walk 1.57 with the dog, then run another 1 or 1.57 miles.

deepwoodslady wrote: »

@CamandJarvis Many Many continued prayers to your Dear Godson. Christmas is a time of Miracles. Praying for one for him.

Thank you so so much! Mom, dad, and sister all tested negative for COVID today further confusing us all. At least we know it is likely a fluke and not to prematurely worry. Still quarantining and keeping an eye on the boy for everybody's safety. The liver went on to save another person so at least it wasn't a complete loss - a life was still saved and our boy isn't on this deathbed. We have time and an amazing medical team that will get us through it all in our own time.

Ending on a low. Not a bad thing.
SW: 233.6
GW: 170
Short term goal: under 200lbs by end of the year.

11/23 - 201.8; 7.5k steps
11/24 - 201.0; 8k steps
11/25 - 201.0; 8k steps
11/26 - 200.2; 12 mile bike ride
11/27 - 199.2; 7k steps
11/28 - 199.6; 8k steps
11/29 - 199.4; 9 mile bike ride
11/30 - 200.0; strength training class
12/01 - 198.2; 7k steps
12/02 - 197.4; 12k steps