Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 141

Tesha
HW: 186
GW: 150
R134 172.6
R135 172.8
R136 170.1
R137 170.5
R138 168.8
R139 - 167.9
R140 - 168.8
R141 - Last full round before heading to FL for a month with no scale. Need to plan how to stay on track and continue to make progress without a scale in our condo--BUT with a beach across the street. Round 140 was eye-opening as to how quickly progress can rebound.

Day/Weight/Comment
02/11 - 169.4 I don't mind pops-&-drops, but I gotta get a handle on this scale creep. At least it is early in the round. 9 more days to figure it out.
02/12 -169.5
02/13 -167.7 persistent attack after the SuperBowl splurge finally paid off.
02/14 - 168.3 may all your hearts be happy today!
02/15 - 168.9 feeling bloated and mean. Several possible explanations for the pop, but I choose sodium. Ate lunch at a newly opened restaurant in our little town. (It was so good!) Only ate 1/2 a reg size Rueben, a few of my daughter's fries and the hub's green beans. Wish I could have logged to see to impact but impossible to really know for sure when someone else cooks. Plan to pound water today in hopes for a just as large drop tomorrow.
02/16 - 168.1 Feels like 167.9;)
02/17 - 167.7 13-hour work day. 4 hours of that being new tool training. My poor rear.:#Scale still popping and dropping all over the place. (I feel your struggle@_JeffreyD_--I used to trend consistently down but also dread the morning weigh now) Hoping the round ends on a downward trend. Would really like to have a 6 in the scale's third position.
02/18 - 167.1
02/19
02/20

Starr
Age 39 Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.6 (March 2016)
January 1st 2020 226.5
January 1st 2021 195.5
Ultimate Goal Weight 175 by August 2021

February goal is 189.7 Round 141 SW: 190.5 EW

02/11 190.8 12513 steps 1554 calories a really good day yesterday
02/12 191.0 Ok today had thin crust pizza last night
02/13 192.6 Too much vodka last night
02/14 DNW very active some smart decision upset stomach
02/15 192.4 11396 steps 1957 calories my high calories was honey nut cheerios. No guilt
02/16 192.5 ran a load of laundry through, boiled pasta, made breakfast, got to work on time.
02/17 193.3 TOM is coming. I am doing well with food and activity but he’s back and started texting me last night. “I got stuff for the kids” “Can I see you?” Blah Blah Blah!
02/18 192.9 It is something. I am swollen up like a balloon right now. I don’t feel bad though. Would love to end the round under 192 but I don’t foresee that happening. 35th anniversary of my father’s passing happens this weekend and my sister is frying chicken. I don’t really get sad anymore but it’s hard on my Mom. So we get together and have comfort food or better yet go out somewhere but not in COVID world. Roll out of the vaccine is moving slowly up in Massachusetts. If I didn’t work for a hospital I would not be vaccinated. I got it before my cousins who her are nurses. 1 in New York and 1 in Massachusetts.
02/19
02/20

@UTMom81 have you noticed the progress you are making this round? FIRE!
@starrjulia8 You are gorgeous--so confident in your new pix. Keep standing strong even if he heard you this time. Not sure your whole story but feels like he has a pattern of returning to bad behavior.
@Honey_Pumpkin39 love your positive self talk in your daily posts. I feel continued progress coming your "weigh". (Couldn't resist the pun but the sentiment is real!)
@musicsax I give blood on Saturday. Thanks for the reminder about the impact of those tasty rewards. Hoping a pint's a pound down for me!
@_JeffreyD_ Congrats on your lowest weight of the year--gotta love the benefits of shoveling snow!
Keep working for YOU everyone. Love hearing about your journeys--both the wins and the trials provide us all great insight. Let's finish R141 strong!

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 -> 115.8 ->118.2-> 117.4 ->116.6 -> 116.8
Goal weight for this round: Maintain in the 115-117ish range.
Another goal: Actually check-in each day and weigh daily.
Previous days 02/15
02/16
02/17 116.2
02/18 It has been a crazy week. Work has been a bit stressful. I thankfully got my second dose of the vaccine, but had some effects so I laid low for a day. Then, yesterday I had a busy work day and running around afterwards. My food has been pretty good luckily, just maybe high on sodium and carbs(possible reason for the uptick). Tuesday, all I ate were crackers, fruit, and then Thai Tom Kha soup with a little bit of rice noodles and sticky rice with mango. Tuesday I had a post vaccine fever and when I have a fever all I want is light food and my husband offered to pick up Thai on his way home for dinner and I took him up on it. Last night I grabbed us sandwiches for dinner but was still able to stay within a 100 calorie deficit. Sleep was weird last night which made me hungry for breakfast a lot earlier than normal. I’m rambling now but I will catch up on people’s posts this weekend. Holy moly I just noticed the end of the round is this weekend. When did that happen?!?
02/19
02/20

02/11 Grateful that everything is rolling along for our basement renovation and found out today that it shouldn’t take as long as expected. We are still putting in some cushion with our timeline, but this is all very exciting!
02/12 I’m grateful for my physical therapist that I’m heading to see in a few minutes. She has made such a difference for me! I did a quick 20 minute yoga session this morning and plan to do a 30 minute spin bike ride this afternoon.
02/13 Was able to do a 45 minute spin bike ride and nice long heart opening vinyasa yoga video yesterday afternoon. I also did more hip and pelvic floor stretches after, which felt so good!
02/14 I love my husband! We are having a lazy day because he got his 2nd dose of the vaccine and just feels a bit weird/off. Today I plan to do some yoga but I’m not sure what length of time I’m in the mood for.
02/15 Yoga and spin bike for 20 minutes.
02/16 Grateful for the second dose of the covid vaccine and my not so fun natural immune response to it. No exercise today though.
02/17
02/18 Got in some yoga this morning plan to ride the bike at some point.

jaccimc63 wrote: »

02/18 - 144.5 - There is a young man (and he is overweight) in my office who is a nice guy, but he is obnoxious when it comes to food. He knows that I, along with a couple others in my office try to watch what we eat. At least once a week he brings in cake, cookies, donuts, brownies, etc. That is fine except he walks over to me and waves the food in front of me and "jokingly" asks me if I want a piece. When I usually say no, he'll bug me about it throughout the day and he leaves it at the end of his desk where I pass by it 10 times a day. Yesterday, after 4 years of this, I reached my breaking point with brownies. After his 3rd try to get me to take one, I took a half piece of brownie. I ate one bite, and told him it wasn't worth the calories and wrapped the rest up and threw it in the trash. It felt kind of like a b**** move, but we will see if he keeps bugging me with sweets. I guess I'm getting old and grumpy.

That's just rude and not respectful of your wishes. I can understand your actions due to years of pent-up frustration. He should have gotten the point of you saying "No" for so long.

Goals
- Participate
- lose 5 lbs during this challenge.

SW: 235
GW: 135
Day/Weight/Comment
02/11 235 stared out good ended with a cupcake
02/12 235- started off good, only went over calories by 200
02/13 234- lost 1 lbs woot but didn't track calories ops.
02/14- 234lbs didn't weigh in. stayed within calories. did some walking at the dino museum.
02/15 - 232 lbs down 3 lbs. woot
02/16- 232 lbs went over cals by 66
02/17- 236 lbs up 4 lbs need more steps today. Started morning off right.
02/18- 230 lbs.... dont know how that happens but I'll take it!!! down 6lbs from yesterday!!! finished the day off on target!!!
02/19
02/20

Female 5’0” Age 71 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 141 SW 117.5
2/11 117.5 I ate one snack and one meal yesterday but was over on all macros except carbs (9g total) and it was later than I usually eat. AF
2/12 118.0 over protein and my glucose is up this morning, I really would have been comfortable skipping dinner but had food ready to prepare and wanted DH to have a real meal.
2/13 117.0 AF
2/14 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY ❤️HAPPY 17th BD to our DGD#4!🎂 117.0. AF
2/15 117.5 Sewing day with DD#2 and DF. Will have to read posts later. Stuff to do!
2/16 118.5 Result of sitting at a sewing machine and visiting with friends all day or the coffee cake from Sunday. Totally worth it! Started a new project because having 1000 UFOs ISN’T enough!
2/17 118.5 Golden Corral last night. YUM
2/18 117.5 Happy 71st B-Day TO ME! No big plans. May suggest Great Greek for OMAD. Governor raised restaurant capacity from 25% to 35% which means the Greek place can go from 8 to 11!
2/11 LOVE GETTING A GOOD DEAL Went to the local quilt shop with my coupons. Spent $21 and saved $15. Fabric is overpriced so I only shop there with deals!
2/12 LOVE MY HUSBAND He’s not 100% onboard with keto but he has changed his eating and given up most sugar loaded soda and lost about 25# in the process. Not bad for an OLD guy!
2/13 LOVE THE DESERT Waking up at 4:30 isn’t great but a temp of 57 at that time is awesome. Only going to be 66 this afternoon so that’s great for the middle of February!
2/14 I LOVE YOU! bitmoji
2/15 LOVE MY AIMEE/AMYs
2/16 LOVE MY MARI She drove about 50 miles in a blizzard to get to work while many others who were much closer just called off.
2/17 LOVE MY HUSBAND He does so much for me/us and takes care of things for neighbors, too.
2/18 I LOVE @GrandmaJackie for keeping us going!

Round 141
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 60 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 99 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
R140 EW= 207.2
R141 EW= TBD


Current New Goals:

Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the beginning of this 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
02/10 …..207.2 ….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
02/11 …..206.8 ….. Very pleased to see it lower on the scale after travel. Let’s hope it doesn’t show up in the days to come. I could have made better choices for sure.

02/12 …..206.0 ….. Sodium all gone. Long hair appointment today. That should limit my window of calories.

02/13 …..206.0 ….. I had a bit of a binge with my snacking last night. However, my meals were minimal and healthy so the scale was not too badly affected. I will try to have an extra well-planned day today although a work crew will be back. Happy with the scale today overall.

02/14 …..206.4 ….. A glucose drop last night for the first time in a minute. Some extra calories at the end of the day.

02/15 …..208.8 ….. WTH? OMAD yesterday with one meal, though a bit starchy. 2 ½ pounds? I have no idea…….

02/16 …..207.2 ….. Back where I started at the top of the challenge. I pushed a little extra water yesterday due to the obvious sodium disaster (?), but not enough. I will work on drinking even more today.

02/17 …..204.6 ….. Yay! All the sodium is gone most likely! I made some really good choices yesterday. And I kept my night time snack to a square of 85% cacao dark chocolate. No exercise to speak of as I had a full work crew here yesterday (expecting them back today.) But I will be grateful and thankful of what I can do. One of my crewmen brings his family. A wife and adult son. They sit at my kitchen table all day even though they live one minute from my home. The other night he worked until 11:15 pm. When I say they are here all day, I am not kidding. He is a very slow but thoughtful and precise worker. I did figure out a simple solution to my eating problem when so many people are here. I bought some high protein slimfast and I have been making myself a shake during the day. It will help keep my glucose from dropping and will satisfy me for awhile. I don’t have to cook and eat in front of anyone. I make my shake and sip. It’s solves my problem. On another note, I slept 6 hours and 5 minutes last night which was AMAZING. Maybe it helped the scale a bit too?

02/18 …..204.4 ….. I just couldn’t get enough food last night. The meatless spaghetti I made using spaghetti squash (small portion) just wasn’t enough. I’ve taken that into consideration since I am having leftovers for dinner tonight. I will have to add something healthy on the side. Pleased with the small drop anyway since there was some late-night eating. Thankfully I kept to good choices.

02/19 …..xxxxx …..

02/20 …..xxxxx …..

Round 141

Age: 39
Height: 5’ 3”
SW: 163
CW: 127.4
GW: 125

GW for this round: 126.5

Round 135 (10): 136.6 to 133.6 (-3.0 lbs)
Round 136 (11): 133.6 to 133.2 (-0.4 lbs)
Round 137 (12): 133.2 to 131.8 (-1.4 lbs)
Round 138 (13): 131.8 to 130.2 (-1.6 lbs)
Round 139 (14): 130.2 to 128.8 (-1.4 lbs)
Round 140 (15): 128.8 to 127.4 (-1.4 lbs)

Goals for this round:
- Walk at least 1.75 miles with the dog each night
- Export my data from the various programs I’m using and combine into one spreadsheet for analysis
- Enjoy Valentine’s Day and my son’s birthday without guilt

2/11 - DNW - Yesterday was a tough day - my son rolled a ball behind the couch and I bent down to get it at the same time as he jumped up to scream about it. The back of his head smashed into my face/nose. He’s fine, thank goodness, but I saw stars and was in a lot of pain the rest of the day. I didn’t move much; I didn’t cook (we did take out for dinner); and I definitely didn’t track any calories. I don’t know what the scale would be this morning, but I don’t think it’s representative of where I’m actually starting this round.

2/12 - 128.8 - NOT the number I wanted to see on the scale this morning. It’s ok, it’s temporary, and it will certainly be motivation to stick to my meal plan this round - no more extra snacking! Thank you to everyone who expressed sympathy - I’m doing much better. Still some pain, but nothing too bad. The little guy just has a really hard head! 😂

2/13 - 127.2 - That’s much more in line with what I expected for this round. Though i have a steak dinner and chocolate fondue planned for Valentine’s Day, so this may be short-lived. My NSV today was trying on the new jeans I just bought - 2 sizes smaller than my previous pairs! And they fit! I’ve been hesitant to buy new clothes since I’m not quite to my goal yet, and I’m debating going for another 5 lbs off after that - but I really needed these and it’s a great mental boost to wear stuff that fits. Grocery pickup today and meal prep tomorrow - white chicken chili for lunch this week, with chocolate strawberry overnight oats and zucchini feta dill egg muffins. I’m also trying protein powder for the first time, so I’m going to make energy bites with it!

2/14 - 127.4 - Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s going to be a day of indulgence and I’ll definitely go over my regular calorie allowance. We did crepes this morning and will be having a special dinner tonight. Since we can’t go out, I’m glad we can still do something special to celebrate each other. Got in a solid leg workout this morning and will do my regular walk tonight.

2/15 - 128.4 - Don’t know how many calories I ate yesterday, and I don’t really want to. It was a wonderful day; I managed to cook the steaks perfectly and we all LOVED the chocolate fondue. I know every day that I have a wonderful husband and amazing kids, but it’s still nice to have special days to celebrate. I enjoyed everything I ate and was present in the moment with my family - that’s all I ask of myself. The scale will sort itself out. Did a 30 minute HIIT workout this morning and will aim for some Beat Saber tonight.

2/16 - 127.8 - Still coming down from Valentine’s Day. I’m on to spring cleaning now - trying to take on one room each day. Yesterday was the living room - today, the main bathroom! Cleaning burns a few extra calories each day, right? Thoughts and good wishes for all those affected by the winter storms here in the US - stay warm and stay safe!

2/17 - 127.6 - *sigh*. Did it again last night - was doing great all day sticking to my meal plan, exercising, even took the kids hiking - and then I ate a bunch of cookies right before bed. Part of the problem is I tell myself “It’s ok, I’m so close to my goal weight, one day of maintenance won’t hurt...” but that doesn’t work when I’m doing it every few days! The other part is simply that I AM really hungry - maybe because I’m staying up too late when we eat dinner at 5:30; maybe because I’ve been upping the intensity of my workouts. Either way... new game plan! I will now be incorporating a full evening snack into my meal plan. I think it will help to have a balanced, healthy snack planned that I can look forward to rather than letting myself have “just one” cookie that snowballs. I’ll also try to get to bed earlier - but I’ve been trying to do that for years and haven’t managed it yet. 😂.

2/18 - 128.4 - Perseverance is the word of the day here - both in terms of teaching the kids about the Mars rover landing today and what I need mentally after seeing the scale go up again. I did implement my evening snack last night - sliced pear and a small amount of cheddar cheese. It was delicious and worked well to keep me from snacking on other things. A solid strength workout this morning helped me feel good about today, but tomorrow is my little guy’s 2nd birthday and we have plans for a special breakfast (ordering from a restaurant), special dinner (macaroni & cheese, his FAVORITE) and cake (Elmo!). I’m going to do my best to make healthy choices , but it really may be a round where I gain or at best maintain rather than lose.

2/19 -
2/20 -

HW: 230 (9/16/2020) UGW: 150

Start Weight: 221.4
Round 140: 213.8
Round 141:

Goals for this round:
-211 lbs
-90+oz of water daily
-log all food
-low carb eating (50% fat, 30% carb, 20% protein)
-at least one fast day
-be kind to myself (I can be pretty brutal)

Day/Weight/Comment
02/11 - 214.8. Expected a little gain today.

02/12 - 215.2. Welp, that's the wrong direction! Sticking to the plan, I'm doing good on my water intake and meal plan.

02/13 - 214.2. I’ll take it! Didn’t hit my water goal but did log all my food.

02/14 - 213.6. Happy with this trend!

02/15 - 215.0. Not what I want to see but still hitting my goals – staying on track.

02/16 - 215.0. Better than going up! I'm fasting today so tomorrow will no doubt drop a few lbs.

02/17 - 209.4. Fasting will do that! On track with my goals. Expect to gain some back tomorrow.

02/18 – 211.2. I'll take it!

02/19
02/20