Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 161

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 EW: 210.5 (+1.1)
Round 160 SW: 210.5 EW: 210.5 (0.0)
Round 161 SW: 210.5

Day/Weight/Comment
8/30--210.7 Had a great workout yesterday. Goal is to get water in today.
8/31--210.3 Low key day today. Plan is to take dog for a long walk and do some more work on my laundry room renovation, almost done.
9/1--210.3 Did not get much water in yesterday, so plan is to increase my water today. Going to take the dog out for a long day today.
9/2--210.3 At least it's consistent. Trainer day today. Did some grouting yesterday in the laundry room, it makes my DIY tile work look so much better. Still have more grouting to do, goal is to be totally finished by this long weekend. I have to say, working on the laundry room a little each evening definitely has reduced my evening snacking which just confirms that a lot of my evening snacking is due to boredom.
9/3--210.7 Not surprised about the uptick. Had a tough workout with trainer yesterday, we are starting to work on pull-ups, I told my trainer my goal is to do pull-ups by the end of the year. I also had very little water yesterday. Going into the office for an hour today. After working from home so long, it's always weird when I have to go back to the office
9/4--211.2 Normal 2nd day uptick after training day. I am going out for a hike today with hubby and puppy, not going to be too strenuous. Later is lunch and then work on the laundry room.
9/5--209.8 Trainer day today.
9/6--210.3 No real plans for today. I may go out for a bike ride later, but who knows.
9/7
9/8

@tiabirdie56 That's awesome! I was so excited about how tasty it was! Oooo, the combo with mac and cheese sounds good too! Last night I had it with a local bakery's multi-grain bread with butter and leftover steak on the side for some protein.

Round 161
MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 61 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 119 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
R160 EW= 188.4
R161 EW= TBD


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
08/29 …..188.4….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
08/30 …..189.2 ….. (trend weight 188.5) Not the best way to start. It was a bit of a lazy day yesterday but my meals were on point. However, the snack monster hit me last night and while it wasn’t too bad, it put me over calorie and into the red. Today will be better. I don’t like looking down the throat of the 190’s when I’ve already put that chapter behind me.

08/31 …..186.8 ….. (trend weight 188.3) One day, one step, one decision at a time…… A good day yesterday. Going for another today.

09/01 …..182.8 ….. (trend weight 187.8) I find this weight hard to believe today. 4 pound loss overnight??? (After a 2.4 loss the day before???) My scale is reliable and I stepped on it 3 times but I don’t trust this and consider it a fluctuation. I did everything right. I had TM. I finally slept over 4 and ½ hours which is good for me> But that is a bit much. Traveling today and tomorrow. Plenty of sitting and restaurant food. I’ll be home each night and will keep up with the posts. Friday morning my scale reading will not be pretty but that is how I roll.

09/02 …..185.2 ….. (trend weight 187.5)That is more like it. It is still down from day before yesterday and feels more permanent than the extra low scale reading yesterday. More travel today so I know the scale will be up tomorrow (Friday). I am going to count this coming Sunday morning as my accurate weight. That will give me 24-48 hours to exercise again and shed some travel/restaurant water retention. Until then, I’ll type my weight in maintenance black. I’ll be working hard over the weekend to put this travel behind me!

09/03 …..187.5 ….. (trend weight 187.7) Day one of expected bump up after multiple days of travel. Only 3 hours & 1 minute of sleep last night. Only hours between last meal and weigh-in due to lack of sleep. No water yesterday hardly and no TMI today. None of that helps but it certainly contributes. Today will be a good day. Next appointment and travel, barring a medical or renovation emergency, will be on Tuesday. I will be getting things back in order before then.

09/04 …..187.5 ….. (trend weight 187.8) Yesterday I found out that my ex-sister-in-law that I’ve known for 46 years died of Covid in South Carolina. She was fully vaccinated and had just turned 64. She was immuno-compromised. Her daughter found her unresponsive in her home (she lived alone). She was alive, but was later determined to be brain dead. She was lucky enough to get a ventilator for a short time since they are scarce, but she was taken off all life support measures when it was determined she would never wake up and never go home. Please, even if vaccinated, mask up in those highly public places. More people love you and don’t want to lose you than you even realize. I spent all evening and night eating my emotions and moving into the 2nd phase of grief = anger. I am surprised the scale didn’t go up. Today I will try hard to be more mindful. The food binges changes nothing.

09/05 …..188.2 ….. (trend weight 187.8) I ate 400 more calories after closing out my MFP last night. A little hunger, a lot of grief and emotional eating which solves nothing. Today I am going to a family BBQ for Labor Day at my oldest DD’s house. There will be tons of food. One moment I’m too sad to eat (that’s how I handled rough things when I was young=no appetite), other moments I use food as a crutch. I know that most of you are on one side of this or the other during emotionally tough times and I 100% feel your support and understanding. I am navigating through as best as I can. Keeping my weight level right now would be a plus. Catch-up is just another battle I don’t need right now. Thanks for your kind comments and your understanding.

09/06 …..189.4 ….. (trend weight 188.0) Well…….this day certainly didn’t start well. My well went out again. My handyman came over and re-primed and I had to let my neighbor know (who has company for the holiday staying over) that I needed his water and hoses again. When it rains, it pours! Then…..My TDEE/total calorie intake was less than calories burned overall, but there it is! CICO is much more complicated due to cortisol, other hormones, sugar levels as a T2D, water retention etc. So true that the scale is not always the only measure. I enjoyed the family labor day BBQ yesterday. I’m glad I went. Today I am going to be very strict with my diet unless I let my emotions overtake me. I hope for extra low calorie and lots of water and walking/movement. Doctors appointment tomorrow and 2 CT scans on Thursday (Thursday involves travel). I can’t believe this round is almost over! I’ll push to end a little better for tomorrow’s final weigh-in.

09/07 …..xxxxx ….. (trend weight xxxxx)

Round 152 SW 189.0 EW 185.4 (-3.6)
Round 153 SW 185.4 EW 184.2 (-1.2)
Round 154 SW 184.2 EW 183 (-1.2)
Round 155 SW 183.0 EW 180.4 (-2.6)
Round 156 SW 180.4 EW 177 (-3.4)
Round 157 SW 177.0 EW 180 (+3)
Round 158 SW 180.0 EW 174.6 (-5.4)
Round 159 SW 174.6 EW 173.6 (-1.0)
Round 160 SW 173.6 EW 172.6 (-1.0)

SW: 172.6
GW: 169.7

Day 1 8/30: 172.6, Trend 172.2 (-0.0)
Day 2 8/31: 171.0, Trend 171.4 (-1.6)
Day 3 9/1: 171.0, Trend 171.1 (-0.0)
Day 4 9/2: 171.6, Trend 171.1 (+0.6)
Day 5 9/3: 170.8, Trend 170.9 (-0.8)
Day 6 9/4: 170.4, Trend 170.6 (-0.4)
Day 7 9/5: 172.4, Trend 171.0 (+2.0) DOMS!
Day 8 9/6: 171.6, Trend 171.1 (-0.8) Quads still a bit sore.
Day 9 9/7:
Day 10 9/8:

Round 161 starting weight: 159.5 lb
Round 161 goal weight: < 159.0 lb

8/29. 72.9 Began lower calorie/day target & no more Graham crackers.

8/30 72.5 159.5
8/31 72.4 159.28
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9/1 72.2. 158.8🎉
My Three Year Maintenance Anniversary!!!!!!!!

9/2 72.7 still doing what I need to. Day#5
Scale will behave soon LOL
9/3 72.5 159.5 I’ve got the food under control - scale is just fooling around lol
If not, I’ll try trimming some more calories.
Day#6

9/4 72.6 159.7. Day#7
9/5 72.5 159.5. Day#8
9/6 73 🤷‍♀️ I’m doing everything I should. Maybe holding onto water from our long, steep hike yesterday. 2nd hardest of 2021❣️
And I feel great today. Really helps to walk 10K steps daily.

Tracking verrry carefully. I’d decrease my calorie goal, but honestly having to work at staying below 2,100.

9/7
9/8
🌸Maddie

SW:170
Day/Weight/Comment - Here we go again.

8/30 170 CAL-1221 WAT-49oz EXER-30 -circuit
(I feel like I need to eat less calories and drink more water)

8/31 171 CAL-1825 WAT-32oz EXER-None
(Feeling kind of down and went on a night binge. smh)

9/1 171 CAL-757 WAT-40oz EXER-30 -tread -
(I ate when I was hungry and my calories were really low but I felt good. Not hungry at all. Since I like to
binge eat in the evening it worked out great. I ate my dinner and then had a few snacks. Full as a tick on dogs back. : )

9/2 169 CAL-926 WAT-49 EXER-0
9/3 168 CAL-536 WAT-32 EXER-0
9/4 168 CAL-980 WAT-60 EXER-0
I've starting eating small meals or snacking in the evening and I like it. No big meals and then snacking in the evening
time. It makes me go way over my calories. I'll see if I can keep this up. So far so good.
9/5 CAL- WAT- EXER- Early Labor Day - Hubby labored and I ate. lol I'll simmer down for the
rest of the week.

9/6 169 CAL-641 WAT-34 EXER-0
I ate late due to being lazy. I ate one meal. 2 ribs, a wing, rice and ranch style beans. I ate a small slice of cake. I ate late therefore I'm not hungry. I'm not sure if I could do the one meal a day. I guess I could if I was busy all day. Its the late night eating and snacking that sends me to my doom. I might think about it and see. I was also thinking about eating no meat for a week. I'll continue to think about it. lol

9/7 CAL- WAT- EXER-
9/8 CAL- WAT- EXER-

I'm in! Thank you, @quiltingjaine ! I like early, too!

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

08/28 - 150.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...ugh!
08/29 - 147.4 at 9:45 a.m. ...not likely...sleepin' in is wonderful!!

Day/Weight/Comment

08/30 - 148.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/31 - 146.8 at 5:30 a.m. ...icing my ankle
09/01 - 147.2 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
09/02 - 146.8 at 5:30 a.m. ...got one mile done today. Knee and ankle okay so far.
09/03 - 148.0 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
09/04 - 146.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...got to go to the bookstore w/our grandson today!!
09/05 - 146.6 at 8:45 a.m.
09/06 - 145.8 at 7:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
09/07 -
09/08 -

Chris

JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS ~ Round 161 (round 93 for me ) as always, I need this to help keep me on track!
@QuiltingJaine- thank you yet again for setting up the new challenge.

Challenge for this round is to get back on track – any loss will be a win! A healthy life style has to be a permanent way of life.

Covid restrictions have mostly been lifted in England – we have reached “freedom day”, but remember there is still a pandemic, continue to wash hands, be kind, wear a mask in crowded indoor settings, always consider others.

SW:
Day/Weight/Comment

SW:135.2
Day/Weight/Comment
8/30 135.2 - 9.78 hilly miles walked yesterday, 87 flights of stairs!! Just in calories and macros.
8/31 135.2 - more coastal path walks, 10 miles 183 flights of stairs, climbed the highest cliff on the south coast - Golden Cap. All macros in credit.
9/1 135.8 – 12.96 miles & 162 flights of stairs, but after a pizza lunch, with cider, a shared cream tea with DH & then late cheese, crackers & port with friends, I was well over. No walking today as we travel back home. I really need to get myself back on track, I know I keep saying it, but I must DO it !!!!
9/2 135.2 – kept in limits
9/3 136.2 – oh dear!!



9/4 135 – that's better, a perfect food day yesterday, but one day doesn't get me back to maintenance, I need to be consistent, plan on another good day today. 9.54 miles walked yesterday.
9/5 135 – 9.82 miles walked, really good food & water day – consistency is key!
9/6 135 – 7.31 miles walked, just about kept in limits. I am being bombarded with friend requests on MFP – I only accept people that I recognise & I don't recognise any of these!!
9/7 134.4 – 8.97 miles walked yesterday and another good food day – consistency = results !
9/8

KEEP SAFE EVERYONE . Keep calm – be consistent, we're all in this together!

?�ﾟﾏﾼ?ﾏﾼ?�ﾟﾏﾼ This is NOT A DIET - It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. ?�ﾟﾏﾼ?�ﾟﾏﾼ

4’9” petite-sm. boned female. 59 yrs
Ultimate goal: 98 lbs (subject to change)
SW (starting over--May 24, 2021): 160.3

Round 161 Goals: Go to bed earlier & get up earlier. Drink at least 36 oz of water. “Any loss is a win!”, as @musicsax always posts. I will also add “Any exercise is a win!”

8/30 160
8/31 160
9/1. 158.8 stress ate yesterday. Very stressful day, yesterday. will prolly show up tomorrow or over the next few days. Was surprised to see this weight. Almost didn’t weigh this morning due to the unhealthy stressful binging.
9/2 158.8 another stressful day... it's almost midnight... and things keep happening. Right now, my Dad is having an issue. Hope he doesn't have to go in the hospital, again... Parents today have kept me, my husband & one of my brothers hopping. Too much to write... oh well. They are being taken care of, right now... so .........
9/3 157.2 I'm thrilled, but this is probably not real since stressful eating took place late last night. Still trying to keep my Dad out of the hospital a little longer... He can't seem to go 60 days without being in the hospital. Those of you who know about Medicare will understand... Also, naturally I'm very concerned about his well being!!!
9/4 157.2 Ok. I was happy to see this, again. My Dad seems better. So far we really like the SNF that he is in and the doctors are communnicating with us, too. They seem to be on the same page with us, now... as far as Dad's history. Although they don't seem to know it, they are listening to us & that is a really good thing!! There's been sickness in my workplace & altho the sick one tested negative... he sounded horrible & I've been exposed to whatever it is that he has... so I am hesitant to visit my parents, now. I sure don't want to spread it to the SNF community and the ALF community.
9/5 157.2 yesterday, I had a small binge so could be it will be reflected in tomorrow’s weigh in or in a couple days. I am going to start small amount of exercise today.
9/6 157.2 Did some exercise, drank a little more water.
9/7
9/8

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 57
Akron, Ohio

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)

My 122nd Round!

Still trying to get back down to maintenance.


SW: 147.5

Day/Weight/Comment

8/30 - 146.5
8/31 - 147.5
9/01 - 147
9/02 - 147
9/03 - 146.5
9/04 - 147
9/05 - 147.5
9/06 - 148
9/07 - 148.5
9/08

67 yr old female, 5'9" and ready to get this show on the road.

May we all make progress this round!

SW: 278
CW: 211.8

Goals:
To weight less than I start out this 10 day challenge!
202 mini goal for this month- I'll be at my top BMI range of Overweight!
199.8 Ye old Onerand goal-anytime this fall
169 Top BMI range for Normal, although "being normal" has never been a life goal for me-ha-it is now!

Day/Weight/
8/30 211.8 I swam, did a bit of water aerobics & met a new swimming buddy Peggy Obeg. So far I've eaten commensurate w/ my plan & exercise regimen.

8/31 213
9/1 214.8
9/2 213.2
9/3 210.8 Whoo whoo. Down! After several days eating chocolate bars one after another to give me energy (or so I told myself) to clean prior to company's arrival, I got back to my sensible eating plan. It took discipline, but I was able to keep my focus yesterday. I've discovered having the protein cooked and ready to heat up is key for me to stay on track. Hurray! Now to stick with it! I'm planning to swim and do Yoga today, which always increases my hunger-hopefully I can stick with it today!

9/4 210.4
9/5
9/6 210.6 less salt and no chocolate bars, my weight went back down. Onward ho!
9/7 209.6
9/8

SW: 137.4#
Round goal: 136.5#
Plan: Proactive calorie planning; strength training, walk in nature as weather allows, and stay engaged.

Day/Weight/Comment
8/30: 137.6#
8/31: 137.6#
9/1: 138.0#
9/2: 138.2#
9/3: 138.2#
9/4: 137.4#
9/5: 137.4#
9/6: 137.2#
9/7: 137.4# Well, I'm back to my starting weight and at least it's not a gain. Keep workin' the plan, Jan.
9/8

SW: 299.2 (April 20, 2021)
GW: 180
End of Round 157: 257.1
End of Round 158: 250.9
End of Round 159: 249.1
End of Round 160: 244.5
Round Goal: 240
Day/Weight/Comment

08/30 - 242.3 Another weekend, another weekend drop. I decided to stop running for now and go back to T25 to shift momentum a little. I started with the total body workout so I am sore everywhere and I broke my HIIT calorie record. I set my goal at 240 but if I could get to 239.1 and officially be 60 lbs down I would be so excited.
08/31 - 242.7 Not even a little worried about a fluctuation up. I looked at my chart of where I was last Tuesday and I'm 3.8 lbs down from then. So that's the lesson for the day. Day to day doesn't matter as long as you keep pushing and making yourself better. Another round of T25 this morning and walking is a chore now!
09/01 - 243.2 I am anticipating a lot of water retention from switching workout routines, so again not too worried about fluctuations up. My office orders us lunch every day and yesterday we ordered Cheesecake Factory for a co-worker's birthday. Even the salads there are over 1000 calories! I got the smallest chicken tacos (under 600 calories) and then was hungry and snacking the rest of the day... Brought my own salad today to not risk that happening again.
09/02 - 245.4
09/03 - 243.2 Yesterday was a day for sure. Slept in after my dogs woke me up at 2:15 so I didn't get to work out. Then I spent 4.5 hours commuting to work after flooding in my area. Oh and the overnight 2.2 lbs gained was fun too! Oh well. Took the pups for a walk last night and woke up at 5:30 this morning to get more T25 in. Please let me lose weight this weekend!
09/04 - 241.8
09/05 - 243.4
09/06 - 242.1
09/07 - 239.0 Well this was a nice surprise. I will chalk a lot of this up to the fact that I did the sweatiest T25 workout this morning but still nice to see that the 230s are in range. My Apple Watch suggested I bump my move calories up this week so I did it for an extra challenge, I desperately want a perfect month so it'll keep me motivated for sure.
09/08 -

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. R157 20210730 205.6 (-1.5)
R158 20210809 203.2 (-2.4)
R159 20210819 202.9 (-.3)
R160 20210829 203.1 (+.2)

R161: Time to make some progress and strive for <200! Quit this yo-yo cycle.
🎯Mini Goal: <202 (Repeat until I hit it!)
Exercise Goal for this round: Bike, swim, and strength class once per week. Walk the dog 100 miles in August! Then repeat and walk 100 miles in September!



Day/Weight/Previous Day’s Comment
8/30 203.0 Walked 3.8 + 1, 1402 cal, 81 net carbs, AF. Cancelled plans with friends to dine out since my friend’s family has many in the hospital with covid and DH was not feeling well. Finished reading The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel.
8/31 203.7 Walked 3.25 + 1 miles, 1568 cal, 172 net carbs, AF. Walked to the library to drop off my book Then another short walk in the evening after dinner with DH. FINISHED my 100 miles for August! I’m walking on the 31st anyway. Scale bumped up due to terrible choices for meals … breakfast - waffles & sausage; lunch - spaghetti & salad; dinner - Salisbury steak w/ rice & gravy & green beans. Few veggies and lots of carbs.
9/1 204.6 Walked 2.4 miles, 2257 cal, 141 net carbs, 1 glass of wine. Slice of Berry Chantilly Cake on top of a late dinner. DH’s sister unexpectedly drove in to stay with us … celebrated her birthday which is Friday since we rarely see her and it was a treat. Not surprised that the scale jumped right up!
9/2 204.3 No morning exercise, feeling blah, walked 1 mile in the evening, 1730 cal, 130 net carbs, 1 glass wine w/ frozen pizza. DH met with allergist over Zoom and he thinks we might have covid … constant headaches for days w/ fatigue, tightness in DH’s chest … prescribed Prednisone for DH. Went to 8 local pharmacies and they were out of the rapid covid test (BinaxNOW). Scheduled PCR Covid 19 test Thursday morning but won’t have the results for 2-5 days. Our son has a rapid covid test and is dropping it off today. Good news is that we are both vaccinated. Not sure where we would have picked up covid … restaurant? grocery store? My sister that is an elementary teacher? Moved trip to fishing camp out to the next weekend.
9/3 204.1 Walked 3 + 3.8 miles, 1588 cal, 116 net carbs, AF. Our son brought us a BinaxNOW covid home test kit … it was negative! So we both must have really bad colds since Sunday. The Prednisone is working for DH. Waiting for the PCR test results. Decided to skip strength training class this week since I didn’t want to expose the others in the class.
9/4 203.9 Walked 3.4 + 1.3 miles, 2026 cal, 159 net carbs, 2 glasses of wine.
9/5 203.9 Hiked 1.3 miles in Austin … time in a car 3 hrs both ways today, 1893 cal, 150 net carbs, <1/2 glass beer with lunch, 2 glasses wine with dinner.
9/6 203.2 Walked 3.1 miles, 1976 carbs, 194 net carbs, 2 glasses of wine.
9/7 202.6 Walked 3.1 miles, Bike 30 min, 1738 cal, 165 net carbs, AF. I went overboard eating not 1 but 3 cupcakes today that I made for my sister’s birthday. No more for me this week!
9/8