Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 160

Age: 62 5’6”

SW: 261 (6/3/21)

CW: 237 (8/19/21)

UGW: 175
End of 10 day challenge goal: 235

Drink a minimum of 64 oz water a day

Swim, Circuit, Hike (5x week minimum)

Previous Challenge 156: 245.4 (-1.8)

Previous Challenge 157: 242.0 (-3.4)

Previous Challenge 158: 240 (-2.0)
Previous Challenge 159: 237 (-3.0)

8/20 DNW - On vacation - still tracking and trying to stay under maintenance calorie levels. Lots of walking and good fun.
8/21 DNW - We’ve been hiking, but not exercising at my usual intensity. I’m really going to be interested to see how I’ve managed without a scale to keep me on track. I won’t be weighing in until Tuesday.
8/22 DNW - Still on vacation. I had my indulgence meal yesterday. Today we are kayaking. I’m really looking forward to it!
8/23 DNW - Final day of vacation. I’ll be weighing in tomorrow. Overall, my eating has been pretty good…under maintenance levels for most days. Keeping my fingers crossed. We have been walking and hiking. Kayaking was cancelled due to high water levels.
8/24 235.6 (-1.4) I’m thrilled to be down almost a pound and a half after visiting my son and being off my usual routine. Hiking every day, limited eating out and logging most meals was really helpful. My son was really encouraging me to stay on track and was happy making meal decisions based on what I needed. It's great to have such wonderful support.
8/25 235 (-2.0) Yay! Officially down 10% of my body weight. The pool where I was swimming closed for the season and hours are really limited at other pools so I need to reevaluate and adapt my exercise plan. My local indoor pool opens in late September. I’ve really enjoyed swimming and want to continue. Until then, it might be Orange Theory Fitness and hiking on the weekends, pending weather.
8/26 235.6 (-1.4) A little bit of a bounce after eating later than usual yesterday and I’m not sure I drank enough water. I’ll fix that today.
8/27 235 (-2.0) I did my research and found an indoor pool that will work. Yesterday, for the last time this year, I swam outside at a pool that opened later in the afternoon. They only had two lap lanes, so I was sharing a lane. I’ve never done that before and I was a bit nervous since I’m not an experienced lap swimmer, but it worked out okay. I was previously swimming for an hour, but needed to limit my time to a half hour. Still glad I made it and got in a good workout. Today is my indulgence meal, so I’ll see a bit of a bump in the next few days.
8/28 235.2 (-1.8) Today, it feels like I’m losing in slow motion. I did have my indulgence meal yesterday and knew there would be a bump, but looking at the overall journey, I’m a bit frustrated. It’s funny how one day you can be focused and the next day, just frustrated. I’m almost three months in and down 25.8 pounds. I’ve still been hoping for 2 pounds a week and things are slowing down. This is the point where I need to keep believing and trust the process.
8/29 235.6 (-1.4) Even with the vacation and yesterday’s frustration, I’m still down 1.4 pounds since the end of the last challenge. That is definitely something to celebrate. Today, I’m hiking with my sister. That is always a wonderful time and I’m really looking forward to it.

SW: 196.0
Day/Weight/Comment
8/20 - Wasn't on board yet and didn't get on the scale either. Will weigh in 8/22 am and start from there
8/21 - Didn't follow thru with my planned meals, went overboard after dinner. Dam that peach pie & ice cream!!
8/22 - 196.0 - Making a plan is one thing... sticking with it is a completely different thing:/
8/23 - 194.8 - Good food choices yesterday but drank too many calories. Lots of exercise paid off though:)
8/24 - 195.2 - Good food, busy but not enough exercise, also should have skipped the hershey bar:/
8/25 - 195.2 - Another day like yesterday, only no hershey bar. I need more exercise!!!
8/26 - DNW
8/27 - DNW
8/28 - DNW
8/29 - 194.4 - Yay!

starrjulia8 wrote: »

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

New goals for September but right now I am just trying to stay focused.

Round 115 SW: 223.1 EW: 218.1 -4.3
Round 116 SW: 218.1 EW: 217.9 -0.9
Round 117 SW: 217.9 EW: 215.4 -2.5
Round 118 SW: 215.4 EW: 214.3 -1.1
Round 119 SW: 214.3 EW: 212.7 -1.6
Round 120 SW: 212.7 EW: 211.0 -1.7
Round 121 SW: 211.0 EW: 207.1 -3.9
Round 122 SW: 207.1 EW: 206.4 -0.7
Round 123 SW: 206.4 EW: 205.2 -1.2
Round 124 SW: 205.2 EW: 202.6 -2.6
Round 125 SW: 202.2 EW: 201.4 -0.8
Round 126 SW: 201.4 EW: 198.9 -2.5
Round 127 SW: 198.9 EW: 198.7 -0.2
Round 128 SW: 198.7 EW: 199.0 +0.3
Round 129 SW: 199.0 EW: 198.5 -0.5
Round 130 SW: 198.5 EW: 198.6 +0.1
Round 131 SW: 198.6 EW: 198.6 0.0
Round 132 SW: 198.6 EW: 193.6 -5.0
Round 133 SW: 193.6 EW: 196.2 +2.9
Round 134 SW: 196.2 EW: 195.7 -1.5
Round 135 SW: 195.7 EW: 195.4 -0.3
Round 136 SW: 195.4 EW: 195.5 +0.1
Round 137 SW: 195.5 EW: 194.7 -0.8
Round 138 SW: 194.7 EW: 193.0 -1.7
Round 139 SW: 193.0 EW: 192.1 -0.9
Round 140 SW: 192.1 EW: 190.5 -1.6
Round 141 SW: 190.5 EW: 192.5 +2
Round 142 SW: 192.5 EW: 192.6 +0.1
Round 143 SW: 192.6 EW: 195.7 +3.1
Round 144 SW: 195.7 EW: 196.8 +1.1
Round 145 SW: 196.8 EW: 194.2 -2.6
Round 146 SW: 194.2 EW: 195.8 +1.6
Round 147 SW: 195.8 EW: 195.3 -0.5
Round 148 SW: 195.3 EW: 197 +1.7
Round 149 Skipped
Round 150 SW: 198.6 EW: 196.2 -2.4
Round 151 SW: 196.2 EW: 195.7 -0.5
Round 152 SW: 195.7 EW: 195.9 +0.2
Round 153 SW: 195.9 EW: 200.0 +4.1
Round 154 SW: 200.0 EW: 197.5 -2.5
Round 155 SW: 197.5 EW: 197.1 -0.4
Round 156 SW: 197.1 EW: 197.4 +0.3
Round 157 SW: 197.4 EW: 196.8 -0.6
Round 158 SW: 196.8 EW: 196.7 -0.1
Round 159 SW: 196.7 EW: 198.6 +1.9

Round 160 SW: 198.6

8/20 198.5
8/21 200.0
8/22 200.2
8/23 199.3 Well I had Chinese food on Friday night and apparently it stayed with me a bit. I realize that I haven’t logged food last week at all. So that is my weekly goal to log all food all week. Including the Oreo cookie (apple cider donut) that someone just brought over to my desk. Food does not equal comfort, food does not equal comfort…my new chant…
8/24 200.9 My clothes are starting to seem really tight. Even when I am working out lately, my heart isn’t in it anymore. When I go to Zumba class on Saturday, I have to really concentrate to stay in the moment. I know that right now I am going through some form of PTSD and trying very hard not to fall into depression but I am struggling. Can stress make everything you eat just stay with you? I thought I did pretty well yesterday but when I put in all my numbers, very high sodium, high fat, high sugar 2234 calories. Well there’s my answer. It felt like a regular day though. I felt like I was being good but upon review, I really wasn’t.
8/25 200.3 1990 calories better but still higher than it should. High sodium, high sugar.
8/26 198.1 1624 calories, I need more days like this.
8/27 199.7 2194 calories breakfast for dinner, way too many calories.
8/28 DNW
8/29 200.3 could be worse. I am a twin and I have twin cousins who were born 13 days after my sister and I. So we all turned 40 this month with a big birthday cookout. Lots of alcohol and food. I might see a increase tomorrow too.

Round 160
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 61 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 118 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
R159 EW= 187.8
R1160 EW= 188.4


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.




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Day/Weight/Comment
08/19 …..187.8….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
08/20 …..186.6 ….. (trend weight 189.6) My new low since before Covid. I’m dreaming of the 170’s. It may be awhile but it is within reach before Christmas if I stay committed and on track! Wishing everyone the very best of luck and circumstances this round. Let’s do this!

08/21 …..186.8 ….. (trend weight 189.3) My renovation handmen were here until late (9:30 pm). One helped prime my well pump and it’s still working this morning! Hopeful! I didn’t get in the walks I wanted and my dinner was very late and eaten in bed. Frozen pizza filled with sodium so I am happy the scale isn’t going crazy on me this morning. I finally settled in at about 11:30 pm to an Episode of Columbo which is one of my greatest pleasures. I had a heckofaday (with water problems and drywall dust) and deserved all two hours of it! Today I have pulled pork going in the crock pot to share with the workers.

08/22 …..185.4 ….. (trend weight 188.9) That’s better! Ended up having dessert last night which was unnecessary really. A double whammy – A little too much and totally of the wrong thing but the scale was still kind to me this morning. It was probably catching up to some good days a few days ago. Today is my DGD’s 1st birthday. She is about 65 miles away so there’s a tad bit of travel and there will be food and cake. I expect an uptick tomorrow but a wonderful day today! I will consider today my higher calorie day to keep my metabolism from dropping. Making it part of my plan instead of against it will help keep me in check in the coming days.

08/23 …..187.4 ….. (trend weight 188.8)The birthday party was fantastic for my DGD turning age 1. So beautiful with lots of things for toddlers to do (trampoline, kiddie pool, castle playing, bouncy house etc). Food was catered and delicious. I didn’t eat much real food yesterday, mostly junk. The cake was so sweet that, even after taking off most of the frosting, my teeth almost fell out. I felt like I died and went to heaven, truthfully. It was the land of milk and honey. Abundance. So…..two pounds later, I am planning an extra good day today. I’ll never forget her birthday celebration, but I will forget these 2 pounds. They will be gone before the end of this round!

08/24 …..187.4 ….. (trend weight 188.6) Still trending down and still below starting weight which is goal met. Yesterday I remained under calorie and with pretty decent macros. However, I didn’t drink enough water and I must have crawled like a snail or a turtle (at best) all day because I got in basically zero extra activity. So I am not surprised by no change on the scale. I will try to some lower carb healthier choices today and see what happens. On a positive note, today was morning 4 with water (and without priming well). Perhaps they’ve finally got the right settings!

08/25 …..187.0 ….. (trend weight 188.5) I am going out of town in a little while unexpectedly. Rain is due and the planned outside project is on hold for the day so it’s a perfect day to go buy the power/pressure washer I need. Lunch will be out, probably Chinese or Thai food. I drink less water when I am away from home, but I’ll try to get in extra tonight and tomorrow to offset the sodium. I do expect a temporary uptick on the scale tomorrow but temporary is the key word here…..

08/26 …..188.4 ….. (trend weight 188.5) After my travel day yesterday….I deserve this. Feeling very very very tired and sluggish today……I deserve that too!

08/27 …..xxxxx ….. (trend weight xxxxx) Early travel today to take a friend for a medical procedure where she’ll be knocked out. Forgot to weight before sucking down coffee. Lunch will be at the hospital cafeteria but they usually offer some decently healthy things for on-the-go so hopefully it won’t be too bad.

08/28 …..188.4 ….. (trend weight 188.4)Finally my scale weight and trend weight match. I just wish it was about 40 pounds lower lol. Travel yesterday and I did pretty good overall on the diet front. Just a serious lack of movement and water though. I have creeped above my start weight due to the birthday party and several days of travel. I don’t know if I can hit goal in 24 hours (any weight loss at all is my goal). I’ll get as close as I can by trying to have a good food day. However, it is thunderstorming so no walks. Extra workers will be here today for the renovations so no privacy. I plan on going up & down my stairs to at least get a little exercise/movement in. Everything counts!

08/29 …..188.4 ….. (trend weight 188.4) 4 days in a row at the same weight. Very strange! Yesterday I was well within calorie and incorporated more exercise after all. However, only 3 hous of sleep last night. Perhaps that is affecting me. And, of course, my stress levels are through the roof with this well situation that keeps stopping! Flowing water right now, but for how long this time?

SW: 250.4 (3/1/2021)
OSW: 255 (2017)

Round 160
Round 159 EW: 209.6

Day/Weight/Comment

8/20 --208.8
8/21 -- 207.4- Sooo, I finally made it back to the weight I was 10 DAYS ago.
8/22 -- 206.8- Today is my regular "free" day, but I need to be mindful. I want to keep heading down and not UP again.
8/23 -- 206.4
8/24 -- 206
8/25 -- 205.6-- This was a late weight after coffee but before food. I was starving when I weighed but hydrated, so tomorrow may be up a little.
8/26 -- DNW
8/27 -- 205.2
8/28 -- 205
8/29 -- 205.2 - Ate away from home all day yesterday. Had a grilled chicken salad for dinner, but breakfast was a BUST-- let's just say I saw some gravy on top of a biscuit . Happy with my overall loss this week though seeing that I had to get back down from my escapade. And I passed 45 lbs lost a few days ago and did not even realize it:


Round Loss: 4.6-- technically 2.4 because of huge uptick at the start of the round

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.-Edmund Hillary "

F41, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5/7/21)
Round GW: 164
UGW: 150
UUGW: 130
Round 160 goal 8000 steps each day, hydrate!

08/18 - 168.2
08/19 - 166.8

Day/Weight/Steps from previous day/Comment

08/20 - 162.8 STEPS -19,850. Big drop from yesterday, hopefully that's the water weight from all the camping activities leaving. Didn't eat enough yesterday and lots of walking so I expect a bounce back up tomorrow. Not going to adjust Round GW just yet. Feeling tired today as only 4 hours sleep so it's going to be a slog to get the steps in.

08/21 - 163.2 STEPS - 10,771. Had more fibre than usual yesterday and not enough water so am not surprised to be back up a bit. Still below goal but no unhatched chickens counted yet. Rainy day and lots of housework so getting my steps in might be tricky.

08/22 - 161.0 STEPS 1,635. Really poor performance on the steps yesterday as I was stuck indoors on the computer all day. Not great with the food and drink either so I'm shocked to see another big drop today! I must've been holding on to a lot of water. Glad to be back at a weight from ten days ago, fingers crossed it doesn't swing back up again too far tomorrow!

08/23 - 162.2 STEPS 7,090. A little short of my walking target yesterday, went for a lovely walk in the woods but felt really sleepy when I got home so spent the rest of the day watching movies. Food was on point but I did have some yoghurt and granola before bed and I wouldn't usually have carbs in the evening which may account for the uptick on the scales. Waiting on a call from the GP to discuss concerns I have with my heart, really nervous as I don't know if I'll be able to communicate my symptoms over the phone. Once the call is done I'm going for a walk in the sunshine to release the tension.

08/24 - 161.2 STEPS 11,700. Good day yesterday all in all. Went for a 3 mile walk in the evening around my town and discovered some parts I'd not seen before. Felt slightly unsafe walking alone in the evening though, I guess this is one reason why people get dogs. Cats don't care! My birthday is coming up this Saturday and I'm off to London to visit my bro for a few nights then pub lunch and cinema on Sunday, it's gonna be a challenge to keep on track! On the last day of this challenge I will be away from the scales so will have to wait until Monday to weigh in.

08/25 - 160.4 STEPS 10,419. Another good day and another drop, so close to the 150s! Went for an evening walk again after spending a lot of the day in the car. I'm finding I need to fit in at least a one hour walk each day to achieve my steps goal in top of my normal steps activity. I think I need to get up earlier and go for a short morning walk before the rest of the house wakes up. Snacking in the evening of yoghurt and granola and ham and cheese didn't seem to have a bad impact, surprised at that.

08/26 - 160.0 STEPS 12,520. Yay, I hit my first mini goal today, 20lbs lost! Yesterday was a really good day, busy all day and I had lots of energy. I think all the extra walking is doing me a world of good, I don't feel breathless and sluggish anymore, I'm sleeping much better and getting more done. I read a thread this morning about ways to up your NEAT and have been consciously trying to keep my body moving by taking the longer route to get to places and avoiding multi tasking so I have to do more trips around the house. I'm also trying to stand still and sit down less, pacing when I am looking at my phone and putting things away when they are done with rather than piling things up to deal with later. So far I have walked .... today and it's only 1 30pm!
Hopefully I won't have to walk for 1.5 hours this evening to get my steps in if I don't want to.

08/27 - 160.4 STEPS 10,866 Started off as a really good day calorie wise but ended at the pub followed by burger van on the way home, whoops! Had a cheese burger but left the bun and had a box of salad with it, not too 'naughty'. Paying for it this morning with a bad head and a 0.4 gain. Oh well, I had fun! Just got to resist the urge to have a lazy day today.

08/28 - 161.0 STEPS 4,411 Upswing, sigh. I had a low energy day yesterday and didn't manage much other than cooking and housework. I really missed going for my walk. Think I'm retaining water again as my ankles look puffy. It's my birthday today and I'm going to my brother's for a couple of nights. They're very foody people and will no doubt be putting on a spread. How do I politely decline having a piece of everything offered? It's actually giving me anxiety the idea of not having control over what I can eat and when. I could just say f it, it's my birthday and one or two days of excess won't matter in the long run but the whole of August I've been going back and forth over the same 8 pounds and really wanted to start September on a new low. I guess I just need to relax a bit.

08/29 - DNW STEPS 7,071 yesterday featured a bbq, chocolate cake, beers, more beers, cocktails and pizza. I had a really great time and have done my best to make good choices today to help balance things out a bit. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out if I managed to make my goal this round or not...

Total ....STEPS 96,333/80,000

Highest weight : 213 (July 2021)
SW: 205

Day/weight/Comment
8/20 - stayed with calorie budget for today and logged everything. Increased my water intake slightly but still need to work on getting better.
8/21 - not a great day. Went over calorie budget by quite a bit🤦‍♀️Managed to drink a ton of water tho😁 Will have a better day tomorrow 🤞
8/22 - great day today. Stayed within calorie budget and drunk loads of water.
8/23 - over calorie budget by 200... hopefully pull it back tomorrow.
8/24 - another day of going over on budget 😭
8/25 - 204lbs... glad to see a slight loss on scales even tho the last few days haven't been great.
8/26 - Couldn't stop eating today 😭 consumed double my calorie budget. Was really emotional too.
8/27 - OMG!! Another day of self sabotaging 😭 must stop this now!!!
8/28 - had a sneaky weigh-in this morning, before I had a shower, was mortified to see I'd gained 4lbs!! 😯 I knew I'd been bad for the last few days but not THAT bad 😭then I remembered - oh yes...its that "time of the month" any day now🤦‍♀️phew... panic over🤣
Made great food choices today...whoop whoop! Back on it!!
8/29 - end of the 10 day challenge. End weight = 207lbs... thats 2lbs more than when I started - I'm not disheartened tho as I know I'm due on any day now and always bloat up before 🙈

This has been fun - See you all in next round 👍

I'm in! Thank you, @quiltingjaine !

71 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion... ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

Kicked the uneven sidewalk...landed on my face...messed up my right knee, calf and ankle. No walking for a while.

Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 145.0
UGW: 132.2

08/18 - 147.0 at 5:00 a.m.
08/19 - 146.8 at 5:00 a.m.

Day/Weight/Comment

08/20 - 147.2 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer...DDD's b'day!!
08/21 - 146.2 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson's 5th b'day!! So much food the last two days!! Egads!
08/22 - 147.2 at 9:30 a.m.
08/23 - 148.2 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/24 - 148.0 at 5:30 a.m.
08/25 - 149.4 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/26 - DNW ...walked right past the scale this morning... ...did walk about 1 1/2 miles this morning.
08/27 - 148.8 at 5:30 a.m. ...walked a mile this morning.
08/28 - 150.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...ugh!
08/29 - 147.4 at 9:45 a.m. ...not likely...sleepin' in is wonderful!!

Chris

Round 160 – Aug 20 - Aug 19
SW 298.2lbs EW 296.7 loss of 1.5lbs.
RGW: 295.0 – Drink gallon of water per day/30min exercise per day/Healthy Choices
SW: 298.2
Day/Weight/Comment
8/20 – 298.2 – doing great with water intake! I have also been walking my office bldg. daily before work - at least 2 miles.
8/21 – 298.2 – great with IF – no workout
8/22 – 298.0 – didn’t make it to the gym for the 2nd day – no worries since I worked out 5 days during the week
8/23 – 299.1 – I made pretty good decisions regarding food this weekend – back to my workout this morning!!
8/24 – 299.8 – 3 words….Popeye’s chicken nuggets….smh – but Delish!! Back To Plan!!
8/25 – 298.9 – no workout this morning AND missed water intake goal 
8/26 – 298.7 – 2 miles this morning…back to water also
8/27 – 297.6
8/28 – 297.1
8/29 – 296.7