Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 159

* ROUND 159 (Aug 10 - Aug 19) Water, 80+ ounces daily, carbs at 30g, last meal(s) by 7pm., that seems to be what I end up at most days.

Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 64
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2021 Start Wgt:215 (Jan 1)
CW: 206.6
RGW: Lose 1/2 to 1 pound
FGW: 175       
*It's easier for me to think 10lbs ahead at a time* Round 154 - 216 EW}June 30 2021
Round 155 - 212.6 EW}July 10 2021
Round 156 - 209.4 EW}July 20 2021
Round 157 - 208.8 EW}July 30 2021
Round 158 - 206.6 EW}Aug 9 2021
{Day/Weight/Comment}


Day1▪︎ Tu•8/10- 207- (Mo•8/09 - 12pm,4pm, 7pm; 16.5hrs;) 29g carbs; Fiber•2g; 80ozs water.

Day2▪︎ We•8/11- 207 (Tu•8/10 -1pm, 4pm, 7pm; 16hrs) 24g carbs; Fiber•2g; 80ozs water

Day3▪︎ Th•8/12- 205.2 (We•8/11 -4pm, 7:30pm; 21hrs) 17g carbs; Fiber•4g; 96ozs water.

Day4▪︎ Fr•8/13- 206.2 (Th•8/12 -3pm, 8:30pm; 19.5hrs)22 g carbs; Fiber•2g; 96ozs water.

Day5▪︎ Sa•8/14- 204 (Fr•8/13 -6pm, 7pm; 21.5hrs) 47g carbs; Fiber•1g; 88ozs water. zucchini bread. 10 loaves of zucchini bread from TWO humongous zucchini my DIL sent to me. I still have 3 cups of grated zucchini left😕 I froze what was left.

Day6▪︎ Su•8/15- 205.4 (Sa•8/14 -4pm, 6:30pm,10pm; 21hrs) 25g carbs; Fiber•2g; 96ozs water.

Day7▪︎ Mo•8/16- 206.3 (Su•8/15-1pm, 3:30pm, 7pm; 15hrs) 29g carbs; Fiber•3g; 96ozs water. Gonna have to push water up to a gallon today. Too much fluid retention, joints feeling achy.

Day8▪︎ Tu•8/17- 204.8 (Mo•8/16-7:30pm; 24.5hrs) 5g carbs; Fiber•3g; 116ozs water.

■Day9▪︎ We•8/18- 205.3 (Tu•8/17-6:45pm; 23.25hrs) 17g carbs; Fiber•2g; 80ozs water.

■Day10▪︎ Th•8/19- ?? I don't know. (We•8/18-3pm, 7pm; 20.25hrs) 19g carbs; Fiber•4g; 96ozs water. Weigh-in this morning read 202. I said no way. I weighed again, 200 and again 200.8. Therefore, I'm going to drink all of my morning liquids, weigh, subtract liquid and see what the results are. I do expect that my number will fall between yesterday's and today's weight. Scale does not need new batteries.



■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%

May 10, 2021 - 183.1 - just 2.9 pounds off 186, my heaviest weight ever - (stopped posting on this challenge July 2020 - very glad to be back!)

Next short-term goal: 162.X
169....168....167....166....165....164....163....162.X

SW: 169.2

8/10: 168.4 - IF 18.5 hrs, 80oz water. Rowed 30 min. The garden is really starting to produce now so it's that time of the year where every meal has vegetables out of the garden. Today I made zucchini noodles which I had never made or eaten. I didn't have anything to spiral them with so I just used a peeler. They were more like egg noodles than spaghetti. I was surprised how good they were. I like zucchini but cooking them this way really did make you feel like you were eating noodles.
8/11: 168.5 - IF 17 hrs, 64oz water.
8/12: 168.2 - IF 17 hrs. Not enough water, or vegetables yesterday. Replaced them with too many carbs/salt. We'll see if it catches up with me tomorrow on the scale, but, either way, today I'm back on track. I want to continue on this healthy track because I am feeling so much better!
8/13: 168.3 - IF 18 hrs. 44oz water. Rowed and Free-weights.
8/14: DNW - IF? I forgot to log when I quit eating yesterday and can't remember the time. I usually stop by 5pm but had watermelon sitting on my counter and ate some every time I passed by it last night. This is also the reason I decided not to weigh this morning.
8/15: 168.1 - IF 16. 80oz water. Lots of vegetables.
@quiltingjaine - Thank you for the reminder about watermelon. When I stop sugar and refined flour products, I tend to overdo sweet fruit like watermelon. I was more mindful of it yesterday. It's a beautiful Sunday morning with the humidity dropping. I'm going to ride over to the ocean this morning - should be beautiful with the clear blue skies.
8/16: 168.0 Come on 167.x. IF 18hrs. 80oz of water 2 days in a row - YAY! Rowed 30.
8/17: 168.3 I think this will drop off tomorrow with 80oz of water today (knock on wood). IF 18 hrs. 56oz water.

8/18: 167.8 - Finally 167.x. I am so determined!! Only 5 lbs to reach my next short-term goal of 162.x. Row 30 min. No IF because I had to get up early for an appt and had to force myself to eat something at 6am. 54oz of water (I will get 80oz in today!).

8/19: 167.1 Woohoo! Good Riddance to 168! My NSV at the moment is watching a pair of pants that I lived in for years starting to fall off - such a motivator! I tracked my goals this round and did pretty good. I didn't exercise as many days as I wanted, and need to try to hit 80oz of water each day. All in all, I'm happy with the round. See y'all in round 160!

I'm going to track my goals this round:
Water - 544 (Goal: 640oz)
Row 30 mins, Free-Weights, Walk - 4 (Goal: 8 days)
Vegetables/Fruit -56 (Goal: 50 servings)
Intermittent Fasting - 9 (Goal: 7 days)
No Sugar - 10 (Goal: 10 days)

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's

If I quit now, I'll soon be back where I started. And when I started, I so desperately wanted to be where I am now!
There is no going back! NOT THIS TIME!

Round 159
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 61 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 117 FOR ME.

“Today….I am choosing Me”


MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253
Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0
R158 EW= 189.6
R159 EW= 187.8


Current New Goals:
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.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Day/Weight/Comment
08/09 …..189.6….. (trend 192.3) ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
08/10 …..189.6 ….. (trend 192.0) Exactly the same as yesterday. Hanging on to those 180’s . I really noticed that my early summer clothes are now very baggy and beginning to fall of me. And I’m starting to notice those bones I forgot I had. Many who have lost a fair amount of weight before knows exactly what I mean. It’s the NSV I’ve been waiting for. I’m hoping for more water and more movement today.

08/11 …..189.6 ….. (trend 191.8) Third day in a row at the same actual weight but still trending down. Lots of movement on the downward trend due to recent weight losses. Tomorrow is a very long travel day. A friend will be going with me. There will likely be indulgences but nothing I can’t handle when I get home. I’m feeling strong and capable still.

08/12 …..190.0 ….. (trend 191.6)
Late Dinner, early weigh-in. 3 hours of sleep. Travel today to the cancer center for my annual mamm and check-up. I expect more uprise from the scale tomorrow but it will be temporary.

08/13 …..193.2 ….. (trend 191.7) I obviously did not practice any restraint whatsoever at the golden corral during my medical traveling yesterday. I am on top of it today! News a little worse than I expected. I need a liver scan due to multiple lesions that showed up in the corner of my last lung CT scan in 2020. Due to covid there has been delays (some on my part) on everything medical. They have also ordered a CT scan for my lungs again. The last scan showed a nodule had grown from 1.7 to 2.3 cm. That does not mean cancer from breast has metastasized yet. It could be a benign growth because they considered that a small change in a 6 month period. I Missed 2 scans 6 months apart for rechecks so I will have to go have it checked soon. Making the appointments today on the phone. My breast mamm was good but my manual breast check with the oncologist showed a small growth in the skin (not in the breast tissue itself) very near the surgical sight. She said it did not look good. She had a general surgeon look at it who didn’t like it either. They had a plastic surgeon come in and check who didn’t like it either. They found a dermatologist who hadn’t left for home yet who didn’t like it. She asked to do an emergency biopsy which I agreed to. I was moved to a procedure room, numbed and the entire thing was fully removed. If it is cancerous it will not be skin cancer but, rather, breast cancer metastasized. No cure but can be treated (whatever that means). I have 2 stitches which I can have family take out later to avoid another long trip back. I am still waiting to hear the results. I have 2 other smaller bumps that looks just like it that they didn’t touch. If the big one they removed is okay, they should be okay too according to the doctor. Hoping for the best!

08/14 …..189.6 ….. (trend weight 191.5) So, my well went out again while I was standing naked to get into the shower Thur morning as I was getting ready for my road trip to the University Hospital. I had to go to neighbors for a shower again just to prep for the cancer appointment. The well man worked all day Friday and when he finally got the brand new well pump on, it seized up and so I still have no water since basically last Wed night. He is here now trying again but I can hear him cursing as he comes back & forth up the basement steps. Pray pray pray! Weight back down today. Not much planned exercise yesterday, moderate water, but I did get almost 5 hours of sleep last night (that’s good for me). I also did a lot of walking back & forth to neighbors for potty putting my steps at 14,000+. All my workers are sharing an unflushable toilet in my house as the other bathroom is getting remodeled. Not me! Well man is still slamming doors out to attached garage as we speak. Please God, give me and everyone else on earth clean flowing water. Our world has never been more divided than right now between Essential and Non-Essential. This is Essential!

08/15 …..187.6 ….. (trend weight 191.1) Still no water. I will have to wait until Monday. Repair man thinking the screen in the tip may be clogged which requires big machine to get down into the ground. He will call a well company on Monday to get advice/their take on what needs to be done. Happy that weight is still moving down. I watched my diet carefully again yesterday and added as much movement as possible in light of all the workers here. I got in over 14,000 steps again just walking back & forth to the neighbors to use their bathroom.

08/16 …..187.2 ….. (trend weight 190.7) A lower cal day yesterday and 11,000+ steps to the neighbors again so I am not surprised to see a bit of a drop. Hoping and praying that well man gets some answers and there will be a fix in store very soon. In this rural area, well companies are not nearby, but there are 1 or two in surrounding counties, over an hour away. Hoping the fix will not be too expensive as I’ve already spent so much already. Hoping anyone that can help has an opening on their schedule VERY SOON!

08/17 …..187.8 ….. (trend weight 190.4) Well….I guess I am happy that trend weight is down. Scale weight up but truthfully, I am estatic that it isn’t higher. I made a bad and unplanned choice during the late afternoon and then tried to skip dinner to make up for it. It ended up being a binge for food by 11:00 pm. Bad mistakes all around. I won’t do that again. After eating over calories, I always feel STARVING the next day as my body wants me to overdo the calories again. So strange how that works. I am ignoring the requests and eating to plan today. I am carefully planning all meals and not getting sidetracked by the flurry of activity at my house right now. BTW…..No water still……no response from well company yet. I may have to take some dirty dishes and some laundry to the neighbors today. This is a new house to me and I don't even know them that well. Sad today.....all hugs welcome! Prayers requested.

08/18 …..187.4 ….. (trend weight 190.1)
Stuck to plan yesterday although most of my time and my movement was limited. The well company I called does not have enough help and are too backed up to make the trip and help. So disappointed! I found another company who said they were willing to come on Thursday. Hoping for best! 3 hair appointments today – DGS #1, DGS #2 and my son Johnny. Then the handyman will be over to work on a long sidewalk framing I am having poured soon to give me a sidewalk up the hill to my house so I can get up and down in the winters for mail or to take out trash. I found out last winter that the driveway is impossible to walk on (crushed stone). A flurry of activity again today expected. Drywall finisher will also be here to mud and sand this evening after he is done from another job. I took a hard fall yesterday in my yard and my knee is black and blue. Lots of pain but no break. I won’t be able to walk the hills of my yard and neighborhood much. I’ll do what I can to stay active.

08/19 …..187.8 ….. (trend weight 189.9) A blip up but I’m not sure why. Calories in the green by 176. A little better movement yesterday considering injured knee during the fall. I guess it’s just a normal fluctuation. I am down 1.8 lbs this round (my trending weight is down 2.1) Overall I am very happy with the round. I have seen great progress by so many this time around! Congrats to all. See you in round 160!


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Starr
Age 40 Height: 5.8
Highest Weight: 229.6 (March 2016)
January 1st 2020 226.5
January 1st 2021 195.5

I need new goals going forward. No idea what that will entail but I am staying the course.
Round 159 SW: 196.7 EW: 198.6 +1.9

8/10 197.1 Got a haircut this weekend. Feeling better.
8/11 197.1
8/12 196.2 I weighed very early in the am. So yesterday my children's father showed up at my job. It was potentially a very messy and extremely scary situation however he was arrested without incident. He is off the street which will make me sleep better at night. No hugs for me though. I am not hurt, and I am now on a tropical beach...determined to enjoy our birthday. (I am a twin). HERE'S TO 40!!!
8/13 DNW
8/14 DNW
8/15 DNW
8/16 198.2 Not bad for 4 days of relaxing. I did get a morning walk everyday and TOM is upon me as well.
8/17 197.6
8/18 197.5
8/19 198.6 I fell into a late evening snack, a small bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. I knew it was last day to weigh in for the 10 day challenge but I went grocery shopping late last night. Personally I am proud that it was only a bowl of cereal. I am not doing too well lately. I am struggling with some of the drama of the last few weeks but I am still here. I am just trying not to use food as a form of comfort because that can be dangerous. This challenge keeps me grounded right now.

Round 153 SW: 220.4 EW: 216.2 (-4.2)
Round 154 SW: 216.2 EW: 216.0 (-0.2)
Round 155 SW: 216.0 EW: 212.5 (-3.5)
Round 156 SW: 212.5 EW: 211.2 (-1.3)
Round 157 SW: 211.2 EW: 210.3 (-0.9)
Round 158 SW: 210.3 EW: 209.4 (-0.9)
Round 159 SW: 209.4

Day/Weight/Comment
8/10-214.5 Water weight from long weekend away. Just getting back at it with water and tracking. Hoping to get in some walking today since it will be getting pretty hot over the next couple of days.
8/11-212.5 There goes some of the water weight. I took the dog out for a long walk yesterday evening and the weather was perfect. I'm going to take a break from work today and go out for another walk before the temperature starts rising during the day.
8/12--212.0 Had an unplanned workout with the trainer yesterday. Temperature in the 90s today, went out for a walk early this morning.
8/13--211.2 Air quality is bad today and temperatures are in the 90s again, so I will not be going out much today. Plan is to make sure I get my water in today.
8/14--210.9
8/15--210.7
8/16--211.4 I was so busy yesterday that I forgot to post. I went to my trainer in the morning and then drove for 1.5 hours to visit my in-laws. We went out to lunch and I took 1/2 of my lunch home, but with the added salt in the meal and the fact that I drank very little water, I am not surprised of the uptick in weight. Goal today is to get water in.
8/17--212.0 Typical uptick 2nd day after trainer day.
8/18--211.6 I have been updating the laundry room over the last couple of weeks, and I am now at the tiling stage. I did a small section about 2 days ago and it turned out pretty good, so I am ready to tackle the larger section. My plan is to get that done today.
8/19--210.5 Definitely up and down round, but today was my lowest weight of the round after a long weekend out of town and a day visit to the in-laws, so I am happy with the results of the round.

Round 159 SW: 209.4 EW:210.5 (+1.1)

OSW: 250.4 (3/1/2021)

Round 159
Round 158 EW: 207.8

Day/Weight/Comment

8/10-- 207.8
8/11-- 207.6
8/12-- dnw
8/13-- 208.2-- expected this as I've been doing quite a bit of nibbling the last couple of days out of worriation. My fur baby had a procedure done Wednesday and watching her that evening constantly pacing around like a zombie, not knowing if she was in pain and not being able to give her pain meds because her stomach was empty (she has to eat before any meds--sensitive stomach) was just too much. It was 2 a.m. before she started coming around and wanted something to eat. I could finally give her some meds and she was ready to go out at 3 in the morning to do her business. I weaned it yesterday with 4 and a half hours of sleep and any sugar that I could find in the house. She's eating well and moving around, just a little slower so, I'm not worrying as much now and the nibbling will be handled.
8/14-- 208.8
8/15-- 209.6
8/16-- 211.2- I have completely derailed!!! I honestly did not want to post this, BUT I have to be accountable. Don't need hugs because this was self inflicted -- I have eaten anything I've wanted since Wednesday. I even went to the store and bought home candy!!!! And exercise, it's been out the door. I had no idea that my quote for this round would be advice to my own self. I will surely have a gain at the end of this round.
8/17-- 211.0- Sooo, my dog was doing pretty good this morning and I decided to run to the store and get her some treats and drop something off at the post office. I came home and she had tore up a few of my new meal prep containers that my son sat on a barstool and pooped on my floor. She has NEVER messed with anything I have sitting around-- she won't even play with toys. I'm just wondering if it's the prednisone they put her on. Going to call the vet in the morning. Bright side-- I didn't eat up everything as I cleaned up the mess (literally lol).
8/18-- 210
8/19-- 209.6- I'm STILL coming down from my spiral out of control. Next round I will note that my loss should really start from 207.8 and not take credit for the 1.8 lbs I'll need to lose to get me back to where I was already at,
Round Loss:

" Mistakes are the proof that you are trying. "

Hi, I am in again. I seem to be still maintaining (within a few pounds), altho I would like to be losing, lol.
Something I read that I need to remember...I am working toward health.

71 yr old 5'3" Original SW= 175 on 8-19-12.
Lost 25# and basically maintaining since. Would like to lose at least 15# more.

SW 148.2 (Round 149) Goal 130#
Round 149 EW= 147.8 (Average Weight= 147.25)
Round 150 EW= 149 AW= 149.3
Round 151 EW= 149.4 AW= 148.73
Round 152 Didn't do
Round 153 SW= 150 EW= 148.4 AW= 148.94
Round 154 SW= 148.4 EW= 148.2 AW= 148.74
Round 155 SW= 148.2 EW= 150.4 AW= 150.06
Round 156 SW= 150.4 EW= 152.4 AW= 150.91
Round 157 SW=152.4 EW= 152.4 AW= 152.6
Round 158 SW= 152.4 EW= 152.8 AW= 151.9 Yay!! Starting back down a little
Round 159 SW= 152.8 EW= 152.4 AW= 152.64

8-9= 152.8
Goal this round is for AW to be lower than last round

8-10= 152.2
8-11= 151.6
8-12= 151.4 Made zucchini cake, but didn't have any.
8-13= 151.4
8-14= 152.6
8-15= 152.8
8-16= 154
8-17= 154.2 Wow, I am with you@str82nichelleI have totally derailed, too! The upward climb started with seeing friends that we haven't seen in almost 2 years, so although I don't like it, I'm not real upset about it, because it was great to see them. Also "food in transit" going slow, lol. Haven't been great with water either, so trying to push more of it. Hope I can at least get back to my round start weight by the end.
8-18= 153.8
8-19= 152.4 almost to start weight, on to the next round planning to do better!

SW: 288.8
Day/Weight/Comment
8/10
8/11: 288.8
8/12
8/13
8/14
8/15: 287.8 - Started tracking food and low carb day 1.
8/16: 287.2 - Went to the gym. Low carb day 2. Happy Monday!
8/17: 286.8 - Gym day. Low carb day 3, here we go.
8/18: 285.4 - Gym buddy cancelled, so I had to tag in my backup buddy. Husky pup was happy to clock a few miles with me this morning. Low carb day 4, feeling grand.
8/19: 285.8 - Went hiking this morning! Feeling good. That's 3lbs down this round. Next!