Just Give Me 10 days - Round 169
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@deepwoodslady (((Hugs))) and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻5
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I’m ready to roll!
161 SW: 222.2
EW: 221.6
162 EW: 218.6
163 EW: 211.8
164 EW: 211.6
165 EW: 206.0
166 EW: 206.2
167 EW: 203.2
168 EW: 198.2
Round 169 goals: Pelo 2-3x/week; strength training 2-3x/week; 10,000 steps/day; <90 net carbs/day; release as much weight as I can!
CW: 198.2
11/18: 199.8 Not surprised by this. The monthly hormonal flux is in full effect. I also spent 2.5 hours in the car last night driving to pick up my husband at the airport. We got home after midnight and therefore I got a little less sleep than usual. This round may be a bust round again, but if I can hang right around this weight throughout, I’ll be happy. 58 net carbs yesterday and step goal nearly hit. On to today.
11/19: 200.0 I had a stressful day yesterday, so I’m surprised it wasn’t more. Surprisingly, this uptick this month isn’t bothering me yet. Usually I find it annoying and aggravating, but right now I’m totally fine with it… give me a few days! 😂 I hit my step goal, 42 net carbs, but ran out of hours in the day for the Pelo and strength. I WILL get both done today though! I get so cranky now when I don’t get my scheduled Pelo ride in!
11/20: 199.2 33 net carbs yesterday, step goal achieved, and Pelo ride done.
11/21: 199.8 I had a slice of my son’s birthday cake yesterday, which was extra sugar and flour I’m not used to. That’s life! 69 net carbs and step goal achieved though! On to the new week!
11/22: 199.8 Holding steady, and I’m okay with that. Yesterday was a strange day. O was moody. Lol I didn’t quite hit my step goal. 70 net carbs though, so at least there’s that.
11/23: 198.8 Woohoo! I’ll take it! Had a great day yesterday, minus slacking on exercise. I will get some in today though. 46 net carbs and step goal hit. Now to make today count! Thanksgiving is coming too soon!
11/24: 199.2
11/25: 198.6 27 net carbs, but not much else done. It’s been a busy two days of baking!
11/26: 201.8 One word: THANKSGIVING! Back on it today!
11/27: 201.2 Getting back into the groove. Didn’t hit my steps, but managed to stay under 90 carbs with 82 net carbs.
Change this round: +3.0lbs
You win some, you lose some. Next round will be better!
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Hello! I’m new to the forums. I am a 29 year old female, 5’7. I originally lost weight in 2015 (~190 > ~145) with calorie tracking and experimenting with different types of exercise. I eventually settled into a strength training routine and have been in maintenance mode for several years. I am lifting stronger than ever… but I’ve been ignoring the cardio sections of my workout programming, have let my diet get lax (I’m an ICU nurse and donuts, donuts everywhere as everyone’s idea as a morale boost in COVID era), and noticed my clothes were starting to feel a bit snug… so, I started tracking again about 1 month ago with a starting weight of 156.6
Goals: stay in a mild calorie deficit, hit 110-140 grams of protein per day (I switched to a primarily vegetarian diet a few years ago while I wasn’t tracking food and have had to make a conscious effort to get my protein intake up over the past month), avoid added sugars, add 20-30 minutes of HIIT or rowing on lifting days (4xweek, non-work days)
11/18
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/22 150.0 Scale hasn’t moved much over the past few days. I’m coming off working 3 long, stressful days. I got my Covid booster shot this morning, but managed to get my meal plan for the week, grocery shopping, a 3 mile walk with the dog, 20 minutes of HIIT, and a hefty pull day in before I started to feel icky from the shot. Dinner was spicy roasted chickpeas and carrots with farro and baked tofu. Protein: 136g
11/23 150.6 Diet has been really clean, so not too worried about scale. Slept pretty poorly with my sore Covid arm. Got in 3.5 mile walk, 30 minutes of rowing, and heavy leg day. Feeling sore from pull day yesterday. Went out to eat for the first time in a while before doing a safari lights walk at the zoo. Protein: 140g
11/24 150.8 45 minutes yoga, 30 minutes hit, push day for weights. There’s a potluck at work for thanksgiving tomorrow and I prepped a roasted sweet potato, wild rice, and pomegranate arugula salad to take + some for dinner. NBA game tonight. Protein: 127g
11/25 151 Thanksgiving day at work. I always sleep poorly before work and have been reducing caffeine trying to improve my rest, but I think a lot of it is stress since I sleep fine with plenty of caffeine on non-work nights. I avoided the spread of snacks at work. Dinner was slightly festive with roasted Brussel sprouts with balsamic, cranberries, and pecans and tofu. Actual thanksgiving meal is on Saturday. Protein: 113g
11/26 151.8 Another work day. We almost always make an evening meal that makes 4 servings, so I eat the previous days’ dinner for lunch. Dinner tonight was a roasted cauliflower, green olive, black lentil salad with seitan. Proper thanksgiving meal tomorrow. Protein: 127g
11/27 151.2 Long walk and pull day. Thanksgiving feast today. My sister is an excellent baker and chef and the food was delicious! But oh my, I am feeling quite bloated and salt logged. Lovely day with my family, back to clean eating tomorrow.6 -
I'm in! Thank you, @musicsac !
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.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 142.0
UGW: 132.2
11/16 - 143.8 at 5:30 a.m. ...6.23 miles in 104 mins
11/17 - 143.6 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Day/Weight/Comment
11/18 - 143.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...5.38 miles in 91 mins
11/19 - 143.4 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
11/20 - 142.8 at 6:00 a.m. ...4.16 miles in 89 mins
11/21 - 144.0 at 8:00 a.m. ...6.56 miles in 113 mins
11/22 - 143.4 at 7:00 a.m. ...4.22 miles in 98 mins, 60 min workout w/trainer, shopping w/DDD!!!
11/23 - 144.3 at 8:30 a.m. ...rest day
11/24 - 144.6 at 8:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
11/25 - 145.4 at 8:30 a.m. ...6.20 miles in 104 mins
11/26 - 145.5 at 8:15 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
11/27 - DNW!! walked right past the scale...6.79 miles in 128 mins
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Highest Weight: 174 lbs (Summer 2021)
Starting Weight: 166.6 lbs
Challenge Goal: 161 lbs
Ultimate Goal: 130 lbs
My challenge might seem high for 10 days, but I'm currently coming off a couple days of overindulgence and tend to float more around 164, putting my challenge at more 3 lbs down! I hoping to see some of the bloat come off quickly.
11/18 - 166.6 lbs - So ready for some daily focus with Thanksgiving approaching! I don't want holiday eating this year to stretch from Halloween to New Years, but rather occur only on the actual day!
11/19 - 165.8 lbs - Actually logged and stuck to my calorie goal yesterday, and look at the difference it made! I'm going to challenge myself to so this every day this challenge!
11/20 - 165.0 lbs. - Another day logged, another day of success! Wanted to see 164, but I can't be sad about a 0.8 lb loss. However, a bit nervous for today as I'm going to a wedding. I'm going to just trust myself and check in with myself while eating to make sure I'm not too full. Life doesn't stop when we're trying to get healthy and I need to learn how to work with these days!
11/21 - 165.0 lbs. - I am SO excited that I managed to maintain! It helped that we sat pretty far from the buffet so I was never really tempted to eat past my first plateful. Plus I may or may not have focused more on the drinks! But really pleased with that and hopefully I can still hold strong today while we are at my in-laws. They tend to want to overfeed us usually!
11/22 - 165.2 lbs. - Didn't track yesterday and my in-laws gave us a HUGE box of snacks that they bought for us..ugh. Didn't want to be rude so we took them, but I'm having my husband take them to work with him so that they aren't in the house. Ready to track today and hopefully see a jump down to 164 tomorrow!
11/23 - 164.8 lbs. - Yay! Glad to be back to 164, though at this rate I don't think I'll hit my challenge goal with Thanksgiving looming. But that's okay! I'd love to see and hold 163 by the end!
11/24 - 164.4 lbs. - I had 2 personal packs of Cheez-its, and spaghetti and meatballs for dinner yesterday. It's always nice to get confirmation that you CAN lose weight eating everything you love! For me, it really is about reducing unnecessary snacking!
11/25 - 164.8 lbs. - Got my booster yesterday and have pizza and soda. Not too bad all things considered!
11/26 - 165.4 lbs. - Wasn't sure if i was going to weigh post-Thanksgiving, but I'm glad I did as it wasn't as bad as I feared! Today I am going to track and jump right back into my plan. In the past, Thanksgiving has spilled out to a week long free-for-all, and I don't want to do that again.
11/27 - 165.4 lbs. - All things considered, it definitely could have been worse! Now to just buckle down before Christmas! One thing I'm really glad we did is that I refused all leftovers (and the ones my husband took, he's taking to work). This will help get me back into my routine faster without carb-loaded food around!
Challenge Start Weigt: 166.6 lbs.
Challenge End Weight: 165.4 lbs.
Challenge Weight Lost: 1.2 lbs.5 -
Hi all,
I come here to make a commitment to myself, I am in the UK, female, 56, 5 4" and currently 10 stone, the heaviest I have ever been. it's been bugging me, clothes don't fit and I am feeling self-conscious. I have been switching around, experimenting with HRT, currently, on Femoston Conti, 6 pumps of Oestrogel and just added a pea-sized amount of Testosterone gel recently. My weight has gone up over a stone since this time last year and if I don't actively try to lose some I won't know if it's the HRT or lockdown eating/inactivity. I have been binging on carbs, bread and buns. I have CFS and PoTs, and I'm histamine intolerant which restricts what I eat. It's quite confusing...anyway I am going to follow the advice of Dr Sarah Myhill expert in CFS and try keto...just need to work with low histamine though
Today is day one...I just need to get up the courage to throw all the buns and bread out!
Please feel free to add me if we have commonalities
Have a great day all:)
S x
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Hi everyone! This is my third round and I really like how these mini challenges help me break up my journey into small steps. I find this really helpful. I am Mia, 30 years old, 5'4"
Highest Weight: 98 kg / 216.1 lbs on 30th of August 2021
UGW: 51-55 kg / 112-121 lbs
R167: 90.8 kg / 200.2 lbs
R168: 87.9 kg / 193.8 lbs
Round 169 GW: 86.5 kg / 190.7 lbs
Day/Weight/Comment
11/18 - 87.8 kg / 193.6 lbs
11/19 - 87.6 kg / 193.1 lbs / really stoked about this, didn't expect it since had salty food yesterday!
11/20 - 88.2 kg / 194.5 lbs / had lots of donuts and wine during the weekend, so no surprise in this sudden increase.
11/21 - 88.7 kg / 195.6 lbs
11/22 - 87.0 kg / 191.8 lbs / well I guess the water weight is gone?
11/23 - 85.6 kg / 188.7 lbs / I am under a lot of stress currently and usually the way I deal with stress is to turn to comfort food... well not this time. I am not feeling hungry at all and am just taking advantage of this. Of course I am careful not to starve myself and to be sure that I drink enough water.
11/24 - 85.3 kg / 188.1 lbs / today I was shocked, shocked I say! I haven't been at this weight since December 2018... that is kind of mind-blowing to me
11/25 - 87.2 kg / 192.2 lbs
11/26 - 87.1 kg / 192.0 lbs
11/27 - 88.2 kg / 194.5 lbs / having rough couple of days mentally... I am going to power through though
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Thank you musicsax for keeping us going with another round!
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!)
Calorie/Carb Cycling with an average of 1200 to 1400 calories at the end of 10 days. 80 oz water each day. Row/Walk/Free-Weights most days. IF, no sugar. Focus on getting enough vegetables. If I hit each of these, the weight loss will follow!
Playing Catchup:
163....162....161..... 160....159.X....
Next short-term goal:
159....158....157..... 156....155.X....
11/22 162.6
11/23 162.3
11/24 DNW
11/25 DNW
11/26 DNW - I'm not eating leftovers today from Thanksgiving (other than the turkey) because I ate enough leading up to it. The rest of the cornbread dressing (other than what my husband will eat) is in the freezer. The half of cake that only I'm eating is in the trash. I feel bad about being so wasteful but the only place it was going was in me and that is a waste as well. I should have made one layer. I'm not freezing it either because I'll be thawing it out in the middle of the night to eat I'm glad the eating part of the holiday is over!
11/27 DNW I'll weigh tomorrow. It's not going to be pretty
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!3 -
@sparklyball when I started keto/LCHF I had 4 different loaves of bread in the freezer. After being untouched for 10 months they jumped in the trash! You can do this!
I would add you as a friend if I could figure THAT out!1 -
Round 169 (my 5th)
November 18 - November 27, 2021
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
RSW: 153.7 pounds (11/17/21, EO Round 168)
RGW: 151.7 pounds (-2 pounds)
Day/Weight/Comment
11/18: 153.7 - Only a short walk yesterday, but ate within calories
11/19: 154.5 - Normal workout, did takeout for dinner and ate 1/2 portion.
11/20: 155.0 - I can’t see any obvious reason for uptick in weight other than perhaps sodium. Calories and exercise have remained the same.
11/21: 153.4 - I’ll take it!
11/22: 152.6 - I’ll take it again! Something I still haven’t internalized is that what I eat/drink generally takes two days to show up on the scale.
11/23: 153.9 - Had Indian food take out last night for the first in a long time. So delicious, but I’m sure heavy on the fat, carbs and salt.
11/24: 152.6 - Happy Thanksgiving!
11/25: 152.6 - Basically did OMAD yesterday. Worked out but didn’t quite counteract all the calories from Thanksgiving dinner.
11/26: 152.8 - Walked for exercise instead of usual work out and homemade pasta for dinner
11/27: 154.3 - The whole Thanksgiving weekend has caught up with me. Yesterday was a particularly bingey day.
Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 0.6 pounds2 -
* ROUND 169 (Th•Nov 18 - Sa•Nov 27)
Warmed water w/lemon~ 96+ ounces daily, carbs at 25g or less, go back to last meal by 6pm
Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 65
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2021 Start Wgt: 215 (Jan 1)
CW: 199.2
RGW: Lose 1/2 to 1 pound
FGW: 175
*It's easier for me to think
10lbs ahead at a time*
▪2018▪Round End Weights*
{Mar 19~Round 34- lost 2.8 lbs~215.8}▪2019▪Round End Weights*
{Mar 28~Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs~214}
{Apr 7~Round 36 - lost 1 lb~212}
{Apr 17~Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs~206.4}
{Apr 27~ Round 38 - lost 1 lb~205.4}
{May 6~ Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs~202}
•••Transition Round⬇•••
{May 17~Round 40 - lost 3 lbs~199}
{May 27~Round 41 - lost .8 lbs~198.2}
{Jun 6~Round 42 - lost 2.6 lbs~195.6}
{Jun 16~Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs~194.2}
{Jun 26~Round 44 - lost 1 lb~193.2}
{Jul 6~Round 45 - no loss~193.2}
{Jul 16~Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs~189.6}
{Jul 26~Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs~188.2}
{Aug 5~Round 48 - lost 1.8 lbs~ 186.4}
{Aug 15~ Round 49 - lost .8 lb~ 185.6}
{Aug 25~Round 50 - lost 3 lbs~ 182.6}
{Sep 4~Round 51 - .4 lb gain~ 183}
{Sep 14~Round 52 - lost 2 lbs~ 180.8}
{Sep 24~Round 53 - lost 1 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 4~Round 54 - lost .8 lb~ 179}
{Oct 14~ Round 55 - gain .8 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 24~Round 56 -lost 3.2 lbs~176.6}
{Nov 3~Round 57 - gain 1.6 ~178.2}
{Nov 13~Round 58 - gain .2 ~178.4}
{Nov 23~Round 59 -lost1.2 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 3~Round 60 -gain 3.4lb~180.6}
{Dec 13~Round 61 -lost 3.4 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 23~Round 62 - lost 2.8lbs~174.4}{Jan 2~Round 63 - gain 2.8 lbs~177.2}
{Jan 12~Round 64 -lost 1.2 lbs~ 173.2}
{Jan 22~Round 65 - gain 1 lb ~174.2}
{Feb 1~Round 66 - loss 1.4 lb~ 172.8}
{Feb 11~Round 67 -gain 2.4 lbs~175.2}
{Feb 21~Round 68 - loss .6 lb~174.6}
{Mar 3~Round 69 - gain .4 lb~175}
{Mar 13~Round 70 - lost 3.2 lb~171.8}
(Lowest weight 171.2~March 17, 2019)▪RETROSPECT▪This is the point when I looked too bony to myself. I purposely wanted to gain back 10lbs. I'd lost 89lbs in a little over a year, but I thought it was too fast, even though it didn't seem fast during the process!
{Mar23~Round 71 - gain .4 lb ~172.2}
{Apr 2~Round 72 - gain 2.6 lbs~ 174.6}
{Apr12~Round 73 - gain 3.6 lbs~178.2}
{Apr 22~Round 74 - lost 2.8 lbs~175.4}
{May 2~Round 75 - gain 1.8 lbs 177.2}
{May 12~Round 76 - lost 3.2 lbs~ 174}
{May 22~Round 77 - gain 4 lbs~ 178}
{Jun 1~Round 78 - lost 2 lbs~176}
{Jun 11~Round 79 - lost .2lbs 175.8}
{Jun 21~ Round 80 - gain .2 lbs~ 176}
{Jul 1~Round 81 - gain 1.4 lbs -177.4}
{Jul 11~Round 82 -gain .8 lbs -178.2}
(*Round 82 • LIFE STRESS ROUND* gains begin)
{Jul 21~Round 83 - gain 2.8 lbs-181}
{Jul 31~Round 84 -loss 1 lbs - 182}
{Aug 10~Round 85-gain 1.6 lbs-183.6}
{Aug 20~Round 86 - gain .6 lbs - 183}
{Aug 30~Round 87- gain .6 lbs -183.6}
{Sep 9~Round 88 - gain .4 lbs -184}
{Sep 19~Round 89 - gain 1.2 lbs -184}
{Sep 29~Round 90 - lost .8 lbs -183.2}
{Oct 9~Round 91 - gain .4lbs~183.6}
{Oct 19~Round 92-lost 1.8 lbs 181.4}
{Oct 28~Round 93 -gain 1.6 lbs~183}
{Nov 8~Round 94 -lost .4lbs~182.6}
{Nov 18~Round 95 - gain 1 lbs~183.6}
{Nov 27~Round 96 -lost lbs~183.4}
{Dec 8~Round 97 - gain 1.8 lbs -185.6}
{Dec 18~Round 98 - 185.6}
{Dec 25~Round 99 -185.6}{Round 136 - 215 EW}Dec 31 2020(1/01)Round 162 -196.8 EW}Sep 18 2021
????
{Round 137-209.8 EW}Jan 11 2021
{Round 138- 209.5 EW}Jan 21 2021
{Round 139- DNW EW}Jan 31 2021
{Round 140- EW}Feb 10 2021
{Round 141- 211 EW}Feb 20 2021
{Round 142- 215 EW}Mar 2 2021
{Round 143- 215 EW}Mar 12 2021
{Round 144- 215 EW}Mar 22 2021
{Round 145- 214.3 EW}April 2 2021
{Round 146- DNW EW}April 11 2021
{Round 147 - 216 EW}April 21 2021
{Round 148 - 216.3 EW}May 01 2021
{Round 149 - DNW EW}May 11 2021
{Round 150 - 216.7 EW}May 21 2021
{Round 151 - DNW EW}May 31 2021
{Round 152 - 216.2 EW}June 10 2021
Round 153 - 215.6 EW}June 20 2021
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
(???? is diet break)
Round 158 - 206.6 EW}Aug 9 2021
Round 159 - 204.6 EW}Aug 19 2021
????Round 160 - 202.6 EW}Aug 29 2021
Round 161 - 200 EW}Sep 8 2021
Round 163 - 198 EW}Sep 28 2021
Round 164 - 197.6 EW}Oct 8 2021
Round 165 - 195.2 EW}Oct 18 2021
Round 166 - 197.6 EW}Oct 28 2021
Round 167 - 197.4 EW}Nov 7 2021
Round 168 - 198 EW}Nov 17 2021
Round 169- (197 on Nov 26) DNW EW}Nov 27 2021
¤Looking back on my weight loss history, I cycled from 196lbs to 199lbs for about 6 rounds, even touching 200lbs again before dropping to the 180's.
{Day/Weight/Comment}
▪Day1▪︎Th•11/18- ¤199.2
(We•11/17- 7:30pm; 30.5hrs) 17g carbs; Fiber•g; 64ozs water. Back to keto WOE, longer fasts and OMAD
Warmed water w/lemon~ 96+ ounces daily, carbs at 25g or less, get back to last meal by 6pm
▪Day2▪︎Fr •11/19- ¤197
(Th•11/18- 7:30pm; 24hrs) 21g carbs; Fiber•5g; 76ozs water. Out and about all day. Short on water.
▪Day3▪Sa •11/20- ¤198
(Fr•11/19- 3:30pm, 6pm; 20hrs) 21g carbs; Fiber•5g; 80ozs water.
▪Day4▪︎Su •11/21- ¤199 (Sa•11/20- 12:30pm, 1pm, 6:30pm ; 18.5hrs) 26g carbs; Fiber•6g; 128ozs water.
▪Day5▪Mo •11/22- ¤198.6
(Su•11/21- 1pm, 3:30pm, 6pm; 18.5hrs) 27g carbs; Fiber•10g; 110ozs water.
▪Day6▪Tu •11/23- ¤198.2
(Mo•11/22- 4pm, 7pm; 22hrs) 27g carbs; Fiber•10g; 112ozs water.
▪Day7▪We •11/24- ¤198.2
(Tu•11/23-6pm; 23hrs) 17g carbs; Fiber•4g; 96ozs water. long day, late night, no sleep, up early, early weigh in😩
▪Day8▪Th•11/25- ¤195.3
(We•11/24- 6pm; 24hrs) 79g carbs; Fiber•g; 96ozs water. True, but tomorrow is another weigh.😁
■Day9▪Fr •11/26- ¤197
(Th•11/25- 10:30am, 5pm, 7pm; 16.5hrs) 168g carbs; Fiber•g; 136ozs water. WAY TOO MANY tasty carbs😃 I don't celebrate TG any more, but my family does. No one wanted to take on all the cooking, a lot of excuses why they couldn't. I guess they thought I would change my mind. So now, 5 years later, DN and youngest DS want to know the prep of all the food. I helped them. I do not miss cooking for TG!
■Day10▪Sa •11/27- ¤ DNW
(Fr•11/26- 3pm; 20hrs) g carbs; Fiber•g; 32ozs water. throat irritation and body soreness all day Friday. Went to bed early.
■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%
▪2021▪
*update monthly*
•20.6lbs lost ✔
•BMI lowered 3.8 points
•BF reduced 4.8%
▪2021▪ Round Start Weights*R137/Jan/2~SW: 212 (new start)
R138/Jan/12~SW: 209.8
R139/Jan/22~SW:209.6
R140/Feb/01~SW: DNW
R141/Feb/11~SW:
R142/Feb/20~SW
R143/Mar/03~SW:215
R144/Mar/13~SW:215
R145/Mar/23~SW:215
R146/Apr/02~SW:214.3
R147/Apr/11~SW:216
R148/Apr/22~SW:216
R149/May/02~SW:216.3
R150/May/12~SW: DNW
R151/May/22~SW: 216.7
R152/Jun/01~SW: 215.7
R153/Jun/11~SW: 216.2
R154/Jun/21~SW: 215.6
R155/Jun/30~SW: 216
R156/Jul/11~SW: 212.6
R157/Jul /21~SW: 209.4
R158/Jul /31~SW: 208.8
R159/Aug /10~SW: 206.6
R160/Aug /20~SW: 204.6
R161/Aug /30~SW: 202
R162/Sep/9~SW: 200.6
R163/Sep/19~SW: 198.2
R164/Sep/29~SW: 197
R165/Oct/9~SW: 195.4
R166/Oct/19~SW: 195.8
R167/Oct/29~SW: 195.4
R168/Nov 8~SW: 196.2
R169/Nov 18~SW: 199.2
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10659439/a-gallon-a-day/p16
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10844981/fall-weight-loss-challenge-2021-october-november-and-december-a-continuation/132 -
@CamandJarvis, I really do like your H.A.B.I.T.A.T. I'm guilty of the H.I.T. in HABITAT when it comes to bread carbs. Tired, hungry and it was there.2
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CamandJarvis wrote: »You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before
30, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2
GW: 130-135
Previous Rounds:R69: 158.1; R70: 156.5; R71: 156.3 R72: 156.3; R73: 155.2; R74: 155.4; R75: 156.1; R76: 155.6; R80: 153.2; R81: 154.3; R82: 154.1; R84: 156.5; R89: 156.7; R91: 160.1; R93: 159.3; R94: 156.1; R98: 154.5; R99: 155.9; R100: 152.8; R101: 149.7; R102: 149.0; R103: 149.0; R104: 146.2; R105: 146.6; R106: 144.6; R107: 146.8; R108: 147.7; R109: 148.1; R110: 150.1; R111: 154.3; R112: 152.6; R113: 151.7; R121: 153.0; R122: 154.8; R123: 153.9; R124: 153.4; R125: 155.6; R126: 152.3; R127: 151.5; R128: 151.0; R129: 151.0; R130: 152.6; R131: 153.9; R132: 150.6; R133: 151.2; R134: 149.3; R135: 149.5; R136: 148.4; R137: 147.9; R138: 148.4; R139: 151.9; R140: 150.4; R141: 150.4; R142: 144.0; R143: 144.2; R144: 147.0; R145: 145.7; R146: 145.9; R147: 145.9; R148: 146.5; R149: 147.3; R150: 146.8; R151: 147.9; R152: 147.7; R153: 147.2; R154: 147.0; R155: 144.7; R157: 146.1; R158: 146.6; R159: 146.3; R160: 150.2; R161: 146.7; R162: 144.6; R163: 146.2; R164: 147.3; R165: 146.3; R166: 148.5; R167: 147; R168: 148.4
Last weight
11/17 - 148.4
Round Goal: 144.x Fast 16+hrs on weekdays, 14+hrs on weekends. Up the water! Water minimum: 75oz, Goal: 90oz.
Day, Weight, Comment
11/18 - 150.3
11/19 - 149.8
11/20 - DNW
11/21 - 153.5
11/22 - 151.9
11/23 - 153.4
11/24 - 151.6
11/25 - 152.8
11/26 - 153.9
11/27 - 151.4 - Good habits yesterday. More water (estimating about 100oz). Thanks to NF app, I've been checking my assigned habits regularly and it reminded me to think of "H.A.B.I.T.A.T" or Hungry, Angry, Bored, It was there, Tired, Anxious, Thirsty when I ate. Since I've been off of fasting for awhile, I've lost a bit of familiarity with my hunger cues so this really made me think before I ate. I'm also slowly working my way back into fasting since I felt so good on it as well. It definitely helped me avoid grabbing food in between meals simply because I was bored. Yippee! Not sure plans today or tomorrow so I'm just playing it by ear at this point. I feel pretty motivated still today so I think I can manage weekend indulgences. Its when motivation wanes that I fall off. At least I have a new round to start off on a better foot!
Previous Day's Comments11/18 - Welp. TOM came unexpectedly a week and a half early. Just in time for race day. Dinner was a tad heavy, homemade a chicken, tomato, spinach, rice and turmeric dish with homemade naan bread that Fam made. I'm right at maintenance calories, maybe a tad over. Water was good, full 90oz. At this point, my body is all kinds of wonky. I'm feeling heavy, but I'm not looking overly bloated so I'm going to guess that's the functions of TOM, particularly with these new meds and being off-schedule. Why does my body have to make this so complicated?! Especially difficult because I'm waiting for January to fall under my work's health insurance. The VA does not offer my meds in their system (I'm currently on trial pack, but if I need to adjust dosage, I have to get from a pharmacy and I can't afford without insurance).
11/19 - At least I'm back out of the 150s. My body is on strike or something, I have no clue what's going on. I wonder if it's stress/anxiety plus TOM really messing me up? Likely is. Once this race is over tomorrow, I'll probably feel better. I don't know why I get so anxious for this type of stuff. Oh well, it's happening whether I like it or not. Hopefully tomorrow I'll wake up feeling less bloated and heavy. No scale so we will have to check in Sunday.
Edit to note: TMI is still all over the place. This also may be a HUGE factor in all this. Especially the "heavy but not quite bloated" feeling I've been having.
11/20 - 5k Race, out of town.
11/21 - First things first: 38:24. 1:03 slower than 6 years and a back surgery ago. Not bad! I'm quite happy. Now, the weight. Hormones still going crazy with fluctuations. TMI still not cooperating and getting on schedule. DOMS are kicking my butt (waddle waddle), eating out because we weren't home until late, and not quite enough water because driving and not having many places to stop for a restroom. Bad news: I think I sprained my ACL. FamWife is recreational therapist but obviously has some medical background for her certification and she said either ACL or meniscus but after doing research, I'm thinking more ACL due to the location. I've had patellofemoral syndrome every time I've run and this pain is vastly different. Deeper inside the knee, sharper, and it makes it feel like a bubble inside my knee causing it to be difficult and painful to bend or straighten it. Similar to Halloween knee pain, but that onset hours after the run and went away by the next day. This onset during the run and is still painful today. And it was more painful than Halloween's pain. Other bad news? I because of the potential for it to be ACL, I need to take it easy and get lots of rest. No long walks with the pup, no exercises that include the legs. Just slow movement to keep it from locking up, rest, ice, and elevation. Joy. Getting this uptick off me is going to strictly be food and water intake. Must behave for the rest of the week leading up to Thursday's Thanksgiving feast. Joy. I think I can do it, though. I'm not giving up, that's for sure.
11/22 - Yippee, I was worried it'd take a few days to see any kind of drop. Still sore, I can tell by my roll-out-of-bed waddle haha! Knee has reduced to a dull ache (rather than sharp pain) but that doesn't mean anything. I thought it was just sore Halloween and when pain went away the next day I forgot about it. Obviously it didn't finish healing by Saturday when it flared up. At least I don't have another 5k scheduled until September (another Guinness World Record Attempt!) so I can rest it up. I think I'll focus on rowing in the next few weeks once I'm a little more healed up for a low-impact workout. Will hold off on walking the pup until after Thanksgiving. I'll take it day by day and see how I feel before jumping into anything. Water was amazing yesterday, over 100oz. Back at it today with flushing this uptick out. Need to go grocery shopping to try to avoid the Tuesday/Wednesday rush. I'm set to make my homemade bread, rolls, deviled eggs, and pecan pie for Friendsgiving with Fam. Will also stock up the house for lunch and dinner Monday-Wednesday.
11/23 - Sodium bump from homemade shrimp and steak fried rice with egg rolls. I didn't get overly full like I usually do at dinner which was progress. Water at 90oz. Not much movement. I've been a part of this group, Nerd Fitness Academy, for years. I haven't used it because I hated using their web-based system (good system, but hated that I had to have access to my computer to do anything). Well, yesterday I found out they have an app! WITH REMINDERS. Whoot! So my phone will remind me daily to check in (very necessary when motivation wanes or brain forgets). They have lots of "journeys" such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, daily habits, etc. I've already unlocked "daily tasks" as well to slowly improve in general. They focus on small habit changes over a long period of time. Learned today for goals: it's not an on/off switch (turn it off when things get tough) but, instead, a dial. What is 10/10? (example: work out for 1/2 hour 4x a week), what is 1/10? (park at the back of the parking lot and walk inside), and what is 5/10? (go for a 20 minute walk every other day) so that even on our toughest, craziest, busiest days, we can still do SOMETHING in the right direction of our chosen goal (object in motion stays in motion, definitely nerding out here). I just wanted to share in case the "Dial" might help someone else who, like me, struggles and flips that switch off a tad too often. I'm going to do my best to follow the dial method now.
11/24 - Managed to drop the sodium weight off. Late posting because I started baking early: homemade Texas Roadhouse rolls, homemade Hawaiian rolls, 2 different gluten-free artisan breads (I wasn't confident the almond flour would even hold shape it was so watery and the cassava flour I needed to double the water just to get it in a doughy consistency), and pecan pie. By the time I'm done baking the hawaiian bread and texas roadhouse rolls, the other artisan bread will be done rising and ready to be formed for baking. Tomorrow, while BF bakes the ham, I'll be making one dozen normal deviled eggs and one dozen cayenne pepper deviled eggs. Whew. Busy busy. Need to catch up on posts as well as water, I'm a tad behind from having my hands covered in various doughs all morning kneading them! The worst is over, now it's the oven's job with my supervision to finish it all off.
11/25 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
11/26 - Didn't get a chance to post yesterday. BF handed off the ham to me so I was up and cooking early to get it all done in time. Not quite enough water, about 75oz. A little movement around the kitchen but not much else. Didn't go back for seconds but I was pretty well stuffed regardless. I expected to see 155 with all the sodium and my lower water intake. Back to business now: we only brought a few of my rolls and some ham home as leftovers so I won't be tempted (and BF will eat most of the ham since it's the only leftovers he'll eat). Christmas is in 29 days so I have almost a month between holidays to behave and get back on track. I can do this. I've been following the habits on my Nerd Fitness (NF or NFA) app. We are still in the "recognizing your current situation" part, but in the next day or two, those activities will switch to changing one small thing and checking in on that change. Then another change. So on and so forth.
@CamandJarvis you reminded me of another saying I use with some other friends. I need to HALT when I am hungry, angry, lonely and tired. I really like yours too.1 -
Hi, I am in again.
71 yr old 5'3" Original SW= 175 on 8-19-12.
Lost 25# and basically maintaining since. My ultimate goal is 140#
SW 148.2 (Round 149)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 Oops, not a good 10 days, need to do better
Round 160 SW= 152.4 EW= 152.4 AW= 151.64
Rnds 161, 162, 163 tried a month of not weighing..pretty much maintained Ready to work to a healthy weight.
Round 164 SW= 152.8 EW= 151.8 AW= 152.06
Round 165 SW= 150.2 EW= 150.4 AW= 150.48 was at dd's house most of this round
Round 166 SW= 153.6 EW= 150.6 AW= 151.85
Round 167 SW= 151 EW= 152.4 AW= 152.69
Round 168 SW= 152 EW= 149.6 AW= 150.79
Round 169 SW= 150.4 EW= 152.2 AW= 151.1
11-16= 150.4
11-17= 149.6
on to the new round
11-18= 150.4
11-19= 151
11-20= 150.8
11-21= 150.4
11-22= 150.4
11-23= 151
11-24= 151.6 Wow, this should teach me to log before eating, like I usually do!
11-25= 151.2 Happy Thanksgiving! Ate way too much, but enjoyed having dd & family here, although missed having other dd & family here also
11-26= 152
11-27= 152.21 -
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~4 ozs purified water
~1 TB heavy whipping cream
~1 TB almond butter
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sparklyball wrote: »Hi all,
I come here to make a commitment to myself, I am in the UK, female, 56, 5 4" and currently 10 stone, the heaviest I have ever been. it's been bugging me, clothes don't fit and I am feeling self-conscious. I have been switching around, experimenting with HRT, currently, on Femoston Conti, 6 pumps of Oestrogel and just added a pea-sized amount of Testosterone gel recently. My weight has gone up over a stone since this time last year and if I don't actively try to lose some I won't know if it's the HRT or lockdown eating/inactivity. I have been binging on carbs, bread and buns. I have CFS and PoTs, and I'm histamine intolerant which restricts what I eat. It's quite confusing...anyway I am going to follow the advice of Dr Sarah Myhill expert in CFS and try keto...just need to work with low histamine though
Today is day one...I just need to get up the courage to throw all the buns and bread out!
Please feel free to add me if we have commonalities
Have a great day all:)
S x
It's a month later and I can't believe I actually did it, I have lost almost a stone and am feeling better for it as in slender. It has helped my digestion being off the gluten and sugar, still have chronic pain though. Hoping that can improve over time1 -
@sparklyball I’m not sure how you got back to Round 169 but I wanted to congratulate you on this accomplishment! I will post this reply in our current round because I am so proud of you!1
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