Just Give Me 10 Days ~ Round 137

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
Round 128 163.2lbs
Round 129 161.0lbs
Round 130 158.0lbs
Round 131 156.2lbs
Round 132 155.8lbs
Round 133 154.0lbs
Round 134 152.2lbs
Round 135 153.0lbs
Round 136 153.8lbs

Day, Weight, Comment

01/02 154.2lbs I'm ok with this, lost my excess Christmas weight, should soon lose my excess from New Year's Day
01/03 153.8lbs
01/04 153.8lbs
01/05 152.6lbs, only 1lb over my pre-Christmas weight. Really pleased with this.
01/06 151.8lbs
01/07 151.2lbs
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2021 is here! This will be an interesting round. Driving husband to the airport today (1/1/21). He is traveling to check in on his mom, and then also check-in on our never-ending condo repairs (should have been done in October). It’s a little nerve racking to have him traveling, and traveling alone during these times, but it is necessary. We have also decided that when we head down together in February, we will drive. And not fly. Anyhow…. Hubby is away for this whole round. I would traditionally eat ice cream and Chinese food the whole time he is gone, so, to avoid this, I really need to focus on my pre-planning and tracking and not bringing temptations into the house. This would also normally be a nice quite time for me, but instead, I am filling in as daycare for my almost 1 year old grandson. Lunch will be outside my home and I will be getting home just in time to scramble for dinner. Planning and preparing for each day is going to be key if I am going to continue to fit in daily exercise and keeping my daily calories under goal. I know I can do this, it will just take some focus.

Goals for round 137, adapt to the dynamics of this round, and to try and lose 1 more lb. I would like to hit my stated goal of 129 by the end of January.

Previous Goals
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 137 – starting weight 132.0

1/2 – 133.0 It’s ok. IMM I am blaming sodium. It should shake out.

1/3 – 131.4 Nice number and unexpected. It is different addressing dinners for one. When not responsible for feeding anyone else, my past habit would be to not cook and eat like I mentioned in my intro paragraph. This morning I have pre-tracked both today (home)and tomorrow (first babysitting day), to keep focused on good habits and make sure that I have what I need available to me.

1/4 – 131.8 The bounce. I don’t know if it is because I am nearing my stated goal, but I am unfortunately starting to battle the drive towards unplanned eating. During my earlier rounds, I was feeling empowered which kept everything going, and that is waning. (maybe this is also due to the impact of the holidays, not sure) This concerns me and it concerns me in particular once getting to maintenance. Anyone else deal with this and have insights? On another note – today is day one as babysitter!!!!

1/5 – 131.4 Second time seeing this number, so it’s feeling more real. Yesterday babysitting, worked well for not being tempted to pick at food (not in my own home), but not the best for my exercise options and then this morning I overslept. Will have to figure today out.

1/6 – 130.2 Way too good to be true. Yesterday was interesting from and exercise point of view. Had accidentally woken up late, and with other tasks more critical, I did not get in any exercise before heading to daughter’s to babysit. GS is 11 months, so not a lot of movement during those hours. Other challenges I participate in, require various degrees of exercise. Decided, bike sound acceptable, planned on my minimum 20, but did 30. Later in the evening, I looked at the rings on my apple watch and saw the pathetic numbers. At 8:30 PM, decided to go out for a walk to close my rings. Resulted in over 4 miles. I kept adding “one more street”. Maybe I will start paying attention to those rings more often.

1/7 – 130.2 Two days in a row! Two days makes me consider a number as possibly real. This weight loss journey can be so confusing. There are days I don’t deserve a loss, yet I get one, and other times when there is a gain that makes no sense. Day 4 babysitting today. Yesterday, I did use the Apple Watch rings as another reference point for my activity. Let’s see how that goes. Elliptical and hydration are a bit of a fail so far this round, but the walking continues to be on track. I do need to figure one thing out though, since the new year, I am finding that certain exercises are triggering bad headaches, when that has never occurred before (started with pushups, is impacting planking, and yesterday the elliptical).

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Goal for round 137 – Use elliptical for five out of ten days, Walk minimum of 4 miles for 5 out of ten days (do not have to be mutually exclusive), Work on starting to include regular full body exercise (still TBD)

1/1 - PM: PM: Solo walk 0:56:56 at 13’58” pace for 4.07 miles, avg HR 133 BPM; 2 min forearm, 2 min mixed planks; 1 min knee pushups (15), 1 min squat (30), 1 min situp
1/2 - PM: Indoor cycle 31 min; 0:26:34 Solo walk/jog at 11’59” pace for 2.21 miles, avg HR 157 BPM; 3 min mixed plank; 1 min sit up (20), 1 min squat (28), 1 min knee push ups (21)
1/3 - AM: Indoor cycle 15 min; PM: 1:14:55 Solo walk at 14’53” pace for 5.03 miles, and HR 121 BPM; 4 min mixed planks; 1 min situp (20), 1 min squat (31) (221 25/60)
1/4 - AM: Elliptical 20 min; 6 min mixed planks (247 25/60)
1/5 - PM: Indoor cycle 30 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min situp (21), 1 min squat (32); 0:57:55 Solo Walk at 14’15” pace for 4.06 miles, avg hr 121 BPM
1/6 - PM: Indoor cycle 35 min; 4 min mixed planks, 1 min situp (21), 1 min squat (36), 1 min scap pushup pike (10) (341 20/60), Elliptical 12 min; 0:25:01 Solo walk at 15’30” pace for 1.61 miles, avg HR 119 BPM
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ROUND 136 TOTAL: 0.0
TOTAL SINCE 9/14: -21.0

* ROUND 137 ( January 2- January 11) Increase electrolytes, no grains

Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 64
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2021 Start Wgt:215 (Jan 1)
CW: 212
RGW: Lose 1/2 to 1 pound
FGW: 175
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* {Round 136 - 215 EW}Dec 31 2020
{Round 137- EW}Jan 10 2021
{Day/Weight/Comment}

R136)Fr•1/01-(Th- 4pm, 8:30pm~24hrs) 70g carbs
Sa•12/02-(Fr- 12pm, 7:30pm ~15.5hrs) 53g carbs
Su•12/03-(Sa- 1pm, 6pm ~17.5hrs) 93g carbs
Mo•12/04- 212 lbs- A 28lb gain in 2020. I definitely have reasons for it, but no excuses. I have taken out all weight loss/gain information from 2017 through 2020. (except for 1 reminder) So, on with the fat and water weight loss. (Su- 11am, 5:30pm, 8pm ~17hrs) 96g carbs.

Tu•12/05- 214 lbs- I expect a rollercoaster ride. (Mo-4:30pm~ 20.5hrs.) 25g carbs. OMAD. ✔begin 24 hr liquid fast at 5:30pm Tue.

We•12/06- 212 lbs - (Tu/5• 24hr liquid fast/end 5:30pm🔚) 2g carbs ✔begin 24hr dry fast Tue 5:30pm thru Wed 5:30pm ~ended dry fast at 10:30am.

Th•12/07- 211.4 lbs (We/6- ended 17hr dry fast with an 8hr liquid fast.) I ended the fast because I needed electrolytes. I wasn't hungry. (begin 24 hr water fast Thu 12:30pm.) 19g carbs.



■Bodyfat% using Vanity Planet BF scale
■BMI using National Heart Lung & Blood Institute app

link to: Waist to Height Ratio

link to: Waist to Hip Ratio

link to: Cucumber Detox Water Recipe

SBMI ~ Smart Body Mass Index Link


Seeking lower bodyfat%

UGW - 130
HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
2021 Goals — eat at/below TDEE (~1600); meditate most days; exercise for the pleasure of moving. Weigh in every 10 days.

History 2020 R136 1/1/2021 End weight 183. (+1.4lb). 10-day ave cals 1885. Not too bad for birthday + Christmas + New Year’s Eve!


Day/Calories/Comment
1/2 - 1839
We had freezing rain all day yesterday, so worth your bones to walk out there. I had a nice NYD, though, with two meditation sessions, some reading, some knitting while listening to podcasts, some kitty cuddling. I might take down the Christmas decorations today, although I do like the tree lights on these gray, gloomy days. I had to remind myself not to step on the scale this morning! I think I’ll set something on it or over it as a reminder. Such a habit! Enjoy your Saturday!

1/3 - 1620
Eating satisfying meals is definitely making me less inclined to snack at night. I did have popcorn last night, more out of habit than hunger, but I haven’t done any random snacking in several days. Hit my goals for calories and meditation. It’s supposed to be above freezing most of the day, so the ice will melt and I should be able to go for a walk without risking my neck — or butt! Happy Sunday!

1/4 - 1835
I haven’t yet driven the snack-at-night monster completely into hiding, but I think I’m making progress. At least I’m more mindful of what I’m doing, which I think is the first step. Some days I’m snack free; last night, not so much. But today’s a new day. Today is also the start of the Ten Percent Happier 21-dat meditation challenge, which is where I’m going from here. I did meditate yesterday, so I’ve been meeting that goal. Yay!

1/5 - 1720
Better snack control yesterday. I’ve been listening to the Audible edition of Self-compassion by Kristin Neff, PhD, and recommend it highly. I very much value science-based work and have a finely tuned b.s. meter, and Dr. Neff’s work meets the standard. I’m working to implement much of what she says in my weight/eating world as well as work, the two realms being not entirely unrelated!, and find myself much more conscious of what I’m doing or not doing and some of the reasons. Daily meditation is helping, too. And turning off the news! 😎

1/6 - 1627
DH had to go out early this morning and I got to sleep in way later than usual. 🛏 It was great! Now to catch up on my usual “morning things.” Hoping you all find some “me time” in your day.

1/7 - 1519
Somehow I managed not to eat my way through yesterday — I was busy & offline until about 4, then frozen in front of the tv until MUCH later.

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Goals for 2021 — Meditate most days. Walk most days. Eat mindfully.

Tesha
HW: 186
GW: 150
R134 172.6
R135 172.8
R136 170.1
R137 Goal: Continue IF 16:8. Lose a pound. MOVE more. Stretch out daily.

Day/Weight/Comment
1/2 170.1 Can’t believe the NYE drop held. Still think it may be hard to maintain this round but dang determined to trade that 7 for a 6 now.
1/3 - 170.4
1/4 - 172.1 the drop rebounded. So weird. Struggled thru my first exercise video in a long time yesterday. Left me feeling sore today. Didn’t log my food so can’t look back and see where I went wrong. But today is a new day!
1/5 _ 171.1 My scale is psycho. It can't be anything I'm doing. lol Ice storm sagas continue in the Midwest. No power last night meant early bedtime! Appreciating the electricity this a.m.
1/6 - 171.0
1/7 - 170.2 Almost back to where I started this round. Still no explanation for the weirdness of my ups and downs this round. Maybe it's related to my bod adjusting back to IF.
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Female 5’0” Age 70 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
OGW 137 (set by WW 2008, WW goal 1985 was 126)
UGW 125 (HS weight 1968)
We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

**Comments and steps apply to previous day**

Rnd 137 SW 117
1/2 118.5 I felt uncomfortably bloated last night. Decided to look back at my 1/1 weights for the last few years-
2017 - 174.5
2018 - 144.5
2019 - 131.5
2020 - 122.0
2021 - 117.0
1/3 118.5 DGD#2 leaves today. Family lunch at Mexican restaurant. I ate some chips and part of a tortilla but mostly stuck to beef fajitas. Surprised there wasn’t a gain because we had a pitcher of Margaritas! May show up tomorrow. I think we’re going to go to Greek today.
1/4 119.0 Stressful night last night only 4 hours of sleep.
1/5 120.5 Not worried, I ate a WHOLE HUGE NY bagel.
1/6 119.5
1/7 119.5

*Two oldest granddaughters visiting until 1/3 and 1/4*
1/1 Walked with neighbor
1/2 2603 steps
1/3 I have decided my January goal will be getting back to longer fasts. 1/4 16 hours on 1/3
1/5 I need to remember to track my fasting in Senza. Aim for 16:8 most days with goal of 36-42 hours once a week. I did a plank for the first time in a long time! 1:00.84. The cat does not like to share horizontal space on the floor so this has to be timed to his sleeping!
1/6 1:19.46 plank
1/7 Waiting for opportunity to use horizontal surface.

Female 5'4"

SW: 148 lbs highest
GW: 125 lbs (most of my life been at this weight)

Day/Weight/Comment
01/01 148.0 lbs (10k Steps walk/run)

01/02 146.4 lbs (5k Steps)

01/03 147.4 lbs (all good, still down and did great yesterday)

01/04 146.8 lbs ( Yay!!! I am focused and making good decisions. Glad scale agreed!)

01/05 146.8 lbs ( Same as yesterday)

01/06 146.2 lbs (yay!)

01/07 146.0 lbs (New Low!!!!)

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Age: 64
Height: 159cm
Starting weight: 58.1kg
Goal weight: 56.8kg
Day/Weight/Comment
01/02 - 58.1kg, horrified to see this number on the scale this morning, my highest weight since maintenance
01/03 - 56.9kg, must have been a salt overload from New Year's Day ham, calories, yoga, walking all good :-)
01/04 - 56.8kg, only doing shorter yoga routine for now, eating good, walking could have been better...
01/05 - 56.3kg, holiday weight is dropping off, walking > 16,000 steps, but too hot for yoga last night
01/06 - 56.1kg, great longer yoga session, >17,000 steps, comfortable deficit
01/07 - 56.0kg, >19,000 steps, longer yoga session, good on calories, high on fat, but maybe that's OK...
01/08 - 56.0kg, shorter yoga, a few cocktails but stayed strong with eating, > 15,000 steps
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Start weight (31 August 2020): 349.2 lbs
Start weight for 137 challenge: 324.2
Aim for 11 January: 321.2

2 January 2021:324.2 This is the first time I have gone up over the festive period, and am determined to see it come back down in the next ten days. I feel very determined today for sure:)
3 January 2021: 324.2 This was a good day, getting back to the 'normal' way of eating, just need the scales to reflect it!
4 January 2021: 324.8 Oh dear, NYE camembert and crusty bread (and champagne) coming home to roost!
5 January 2021: 324.1 Coming back down, that's good. God I was hungry yesterday though, just eating normally but it was hard work to stick to 16:8. I did it and the scales will come down.
6 January 2021: 323.6 Another good day, and I can see the scales coming down. I think this is the least amound of weight I've ever put on over the holidays, and the fastest that I've taken it back off, so that's good.
7 January 2021: 323.6 Another great day of sticking to my daily allowance, getting on the treadmill and being very positive. Keep going!!
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Starr
Age 39 Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.6 (March 2016)
January 1st 2020 226.5
January 1st 2020 195.5
Ultimate Goal Weight 175 by August 2021

January goal Is 4 lbs aggressive? If I had gained a lot than not really. I checked last January I lost 10lbs but I went from not trying to trying.

However not starting from the beginning, 191.5 by February 1st.
Goals
-Toning arms, core 3 days a week with out the use of a gym
-Planks 4 times a week
-stay the course work lunch walk, morning Zumba
-Add in 10 minute Zumba before leaving work or before bed
-Under 2000 calories everyday for month of January
-No cookies cakes candy chips and no juice
-no alcohol in January
-no eating out

Aggressive for January but January is a cleansing month.


Round 115 SW: 223.1 EW: 218.1 -4.3 Round 137 SW: 195.5






01/02 DNW
01/03 196.9
01/04 196.3
01/05 195.3 14885 steps 1681 calories yesterday
01/06 195.7 15125 steps 1446 calories yesterday I had homemade chicken fried rice too. However my sister put additional soy sauce (advised against) and it was very salty. I cannot drink enough water last night and today.
01/07 193.8 I have had a rough day or so. I had dinner at IHOP last night because my other option had me waiting for over an hour and a half. My son’s temper tantrum busted his lip and mine and broke the space heater. All because he didn’t want to wear the shirt I picked out for him.
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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 ->113 -> 113-> 113.8 ->114.6 -> 113.6 -> 115.8-> 116 -> 115.6 -> 117.6
Goal weight for this round: Seeing 115 would be fantastic! Hoping to get rid of the bloat I had from last round.
Another goal: Actually check-in each day and weigh daily.
Previous days 01/06 busy day, didn’t have a minute to post
01/07 Need to weigh still, will do later or tomorrow morning. I had the day off yesterday but was running around all day. Yesterday, I started my day with a 60 minute yoga session and then I did the 60 minute spin bike ride I said I wanted to do. So, I was excited I completed it! Right after the ride I had to jump in the shower and then run to the dentist, then I got my husband’s oil changed, then I headed to pick up lunch for my best friend (also my hair dresser) and I, we ate lunch and then she cut my hair (first hair cut since February 2020!), after that I picked up our winter csa share and headed home. Then, at home my husband practiced doing an assessment on me for his fieldwork, we ate dinner and then got ready for bed.
My food was decent overall thanks to all of my activity yesterday. I started the day with the pear bread I made, then I got a kiddie sized soft serve while I was waiting for my lunch order (I’ve been wanting soft serve for weeks now, so I decided to get a kiddie size to squelch the craving and it really worked!), then for lunch I got a Greek salad with chicken on it, the salad was so big I was able to eat the rest of it for dinner along with the pita bread. Have a good day!
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Goals: Yoga every day! Spin bike at least 5 times per week with at least one 45 – 60 minute ride per week, two 30 minute rides, and two 20 minute rides.
01/02 Did 30 minutes of a rise and shine yoga video, then my husband and I went for a walk in a local state forest/conservation area that was around 4 miles. Giving my body a break from the bike today. Will plan on doing a ride tomorrow. I have more goals to think about but those are the main two bumped up a little bit from the last challenge.
01/03 Did a 20 minute yoga video and then stretched a bit more afterwards. My husband and I also went for a 7.5 mile hike. My body was tired after that, so I didn’t use the spin bike. Will bike tomorrow morning or afternoon.
01/04 Did a 30 minute yoga video this morning and plan on doing a 20 or 30 minute spin ride today.
01/05 Did a 20 minute yoga video but it was more of a mini bodyweight workout. It was cool to do something a little different for a change. I managed to do a 30 minute spin bike ride yesterday! Today, I plan on doing another 30 minute ride because she posted a new 30 min disco music ride. Tomorrow, my goal is to do a 60 minute vinyasa flow and then jump on the bike afterwards and do a 60 minute ride.
01/06 60 minute yoga video and 60 minute spin bike video
01/07 did a 20ish minute yoga video this morning and a 20 minute spin ride this afternoon.

@quiltingjaine, "Waiting for opportunity to use horizontal surface" 🤣🤣 Maybe you could lure the cat with a paper bag?