Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 174

Lilylady3k · January 2022

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

Female, 5’3”, 61
Ultimate Lifetime Goal: Weigh Less Each Year Than the Last

2019 SW: 245 BMI 43.4 (1/2/2019) Lost 15 lbs in 2019 then regained 5
2020 SW: 235 BMI 41.6 (1/1/2020) Then back up to 241 before refocusing in Aug
2021 SW: 212 BMI 37.6 (1/1/2021) NOTE: Low 201.1 in August 2021
2022 SW: 209 BMI 37.0 (1/1/2022)
GW: <200 in 2022 BMI 35.2
UGW: 165 BMI 29.2 Overweight NOT Obese

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

My goal for 2022 is to get into ONEderland and make it stick. Changing my life.

Plans:🔹Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, strength training, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target walking 100 miles each month
🔹Drink more water (target min 64-80 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
🔹Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018; basically skipped June-Dec 2019; recommit 1/1/2020; skipped out April-July 2020; recommit 8/6/2020)
🔹Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
🔹Drink less alcohol (~12-16 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)
R63: 245 (1/2/2019)
R64-75: notes in 2019 folder
R76: 229.5 (5/12/2019)
R77-99: notes in 2019 folder
SWR100: 236.4 (12/29/2019)
R100-121: notes in 2020 folder
SWR122: 241 (8/6/2020)
R122 20200804: 234.8 (-6.2)
R123-135: notes in 2020 folder
R136-R158: notes in 2021 folder
R159 20210819 202.9 (-.3) NOTE: Saw 201.1
R160-R171: notes in 2021 folder
R172 20211227 208.2 (-1.6)

R173 20220106 209.3 (+1.1)

R174: I’m just totally unfocused. I plan and execute meals wonderfully then sabotage my good efforts with poor choices in snacks. So this round … no more salty snacks or ice cream after lunch & dinner. AND no more picking up a Snickers when I grocery shop. If I break these bad habits I know that my weight will go down.
🎯Mini Goal: <205 (Repeat until I hit it!)
Exercise Goal for this round: Strength class 4x per week. Walk the dog 100 miles in Jan!

Day/Weight/Previous Day’s Comment
1/7 208.9 2021 cal (-507), 119 net carbs. Strength Training 1 hr. No walk Wednesday. Drove (round trip 2 hrs) to son’s home to deliver something they needed and of course stayed to visit with my new granddaughter. Meals were okay but snacking is still bad … especially since I snuck in a snickers when grocery shopping which is a bad habit I need to break!
1/8 209.7 Walked 1.2 + 1.1 miles, Strength Training 1 hr, 1837 cal (-115), 137 net carbs, 1 glass wine. Really no explanation for the jump on the scale unless it is that I weighed in a couple of hours earlier … didn’t sleep. Snacking was reasonable. Wow yesterday just seemed to slip away from me … a little reading, too much computer time, dropped off old clothing to Women’s abuse shelter, groceries yet again and cooked double batch of jambalaya for family Sunday lunch.
1/9 211.6 No exercise. Drove (6 hr round trip) to New Braunfels for a day trip with DH which was fun attending the IPMS ModelFiesta show, shopping, lunch at GristMill in Gruene historic district on the Guadalupe River. Returning home stopped at my sisters for dinner which had tons of carbs (black beans & sausage w/ rice & cornbread). 2195 cal (-889), 215 net carbs, 1 beer at lunch + 1 wine at dinner.
1/10 210.9 Walked 2.5 miles, 1954 cal (-302), 202 net carbs, AF. All my kids got together to meet our new granddaughter today! Fun times. Jambalaya, salad, strawberries, pineapple and King Cake for lunch then just DH & I shared cheese & olives for dinner.
1/11 208.6 Walked .9 + .3 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1874 cal (-251), 25 net carbs, 96oz water, AF. Grocery shopped AND followed my menu plan for the most part … switched out Wed & Mon menus but still I’m on point regarding the planning and executing. Now to get myself back into the green and not have negative red highlighted number under remaining calories! AND to get the scale going down consistently instead of these awful swings.
1/12 207.4 Walked 1.4 + 3 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1714 cal (231 green!), 92 net carbs, 96+oz water again, AF. Nice chilly day exercising and relaxing reading The Maid by Nita Prose (highly recommend it). Evening alumnae meeting was a casual PJ and pizza party night after the chaos of the holidays. Proud to say I went comfy in my poodle pajama bottoms that now fit again!
1/13 207.6 Walked 2.9 miles, 1450 cal (203 green!), 44 net carbs, AF. Gumbo without rice

but I stuck to my plan. Training class for volunteers teaching English to adults through our church. The program is kicking off again after stopping in March 2020. It will be harder this spring as we only have 1 volunteer teacher per class instead of 2. I’m going to miss my co-teacher but I understand why she is not returning. She is in her 70s and got Covid in our class back in Feb 2020 and since has had many related heart health issues. ALSO the class time overlaps with my TTH workouts so I'm working with my teacher to have access to videos to keep up!
1/14 207.7 Hmmmm Walked 1.4 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1718 cal (-200), 39 net carbs, 3 glasses wine. Too busy to snack which is a good thing! Scheduled my day out

Planning my daughter’s baby shower with her SILs & friends. Lot of activity! Made 2 casseroles for my son & DIL that just had our granddaughter. Didn’t get to cut DH’s hair … guess that will happen today after I visit my granddaughter.
1/15 207.4 Walked 2 miles with my granddaughter in a stroller … that is a first! Strength Training class 1 hr … which I’m finding really helps when holding a newborn and getting up off the couch without using my hands to push off … got the leg strength & the balance! Mobile and active grandma in action LOL Took my son & DIL a few frozen casseroles and brought my DIL Zoe’s for lunch. The pita bread and basil pesto hummus at lunch sent me over my calorie and carb limits for the day! After all that DH & I went out to eat dinner since he has been in a sales conference all week over video. WIN no snacks! 1528 cal (-91), 79 net carbs, AF.
1/16

200Karen · January 2022

Hi to everyone
🤩 Karen here from Oregon

64 yrs
5' 1”
CW 135.4
GW 120, BMI 22.7

Round 174
SW: 136.5 BMI 25.8

Goals:
2022: stamina, strength, and flexibility
January release 2lb, and practice contentment

Day/Weight/Comment
1/7
1/12 135.0 was a rollercoaster ride to get to here
1/13 134.0 loving the smaller cutlery Also no late night snacking
1/14 135.4 late night snack got me
1/15 135.2 overate so WI surprise 👍
Today’s plan drinking extra water and walking the canyon
1/16

@deepwoodslady Northern Michigan does should like a beautiful area. I’ve been on Highway 80 to Pennsylvania but missed exploring the Great Lakes and Michigan. For 2 years, I lived in a wilderness area Big Creek, Idaho. Was the caretaker for an old mining site. So I know what you are saying about limited resources. Daily I give thanks to my electricity and faucet water 😂

💗 Karen

SheilaBoneham · January 2022

❄️🫖💨☕️🌨

HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
UGW - 130
2022 Goals — 150; move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes; walk lots.

History

2021: end weight running average 179.4.
2022: goal weight 150.

R172 12/27/21: end weight 180.2. Moving Ave 181.1 (-.2). Ave calories 1721.

R173 1/06/22: end weight 177.8. Moving Ave 177.9 (-3.3). Ave calories 1376.
R174 1/16/22: goals—keep average calories below 1400; move as much as possible with the COLD weather.

Day/Weight/Running Average/Comment

1/07 - 178.8, ave 178.4
Oops—went a little nuts last night. The cold weather makes me crave fats & carbs! Back with a plan today. I just spent 20 min out throwing balls for Rory—it’s 7F (-14C) feels like -8 (-22). Bracing!

1/08 - 179.4, 178.6
Last minute dinner at friends’ place last night threw a big wrench in my tidy calorie plan. Fun, though! So hopefully back on track today. We got up late, so with late breakfast I may skip lunch, and dinner is planned. Now if I can get back to not snacking…. Off to brave the cold —Rory is full of beans and needs a good run.

1/09 - 179.2, 178.7
Time lag. Yesterday was barely over calorie goal, and today is planned. I’m making vegetarian mulligatawny soup for dinner—yummy. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone!

1/10 - 178.8, 178.7
Brrr. ❄️💨🌨 Otoh, the soup was really delish—DH went back for thirds! Everything restarts today—doggy school for Rory, a writing class I’m teaching—so I’m hoping that will leave less time to sit around and munch. 😁 I’ll miss dinner tonight for Rory’s class, so I’m making salmon patties and roasted sweet potatoes for lunch. That should hold me. Stay warm, those of you in the frigid zone!

1/11 - 178.4, 178.6
I think I’ll make Mondays & Tuesdays very low-cal days for the next 8 weeks—Rory has classes at dinner time Mon and lunch time Tues, so if I can just skip those meals…. I did fine last night. We’ll see how it goes.

1/12 - 178.4, 178.5
Ok, two very low calorie days in a row, and today is planned, so hoping for a drop tomorrow.

1/13 - 178.8, 178.5
Aww, come on. Otoh, I did have popcorn and ice cream yesterday. But calories were below target! 😁

1/14 - 177.8, 178.3
Finally! Maybe there’s still hope for a drop this round.

1/15 - 178, 178.1
Happy Saturday! It’s cold here, in the teens, but it looks like the big snow will miss us, so that’s fine. Be safe & healthy, all!

1/16 -

2022 Progress

mrsrebeccaplude · January 2022

Round 173 #️⃣1️⃣ (SW 253, FW 249)

Round 174

1/7- 249 The scale has been holding mostly steady over the holidays, so I would really like to break past my current rut and get to 247 at the end of ten days. I’m working on increasing my protein, fiber, and water intake.

1/8- 248 Yay for a drop! The in-laws are here for a week and watching Husband coach a lot of basketball, so I’m sitting on a lot of bleachers this week. Really making sure I stay under the calorie goal and especially fitting in the protein, I can tell it’s making a difference.

1/9 - 247.5 Another drop! 😆 l don’t have a lot to add from yesterday’s comments. It has been a nice, relaxing Sunday. Tomorrow I’m going to see some friends I haven’t seen in a year(ish) so I’m excited to see their reactions!

1/10 - 248.5

1/11 - 250 I’m stressed and 2nd gain is very disappointing. I was disappointed yesterday, I hadn’t expected a drop, but I wasn’t expecting a pound up. It was a busy day yesterday. The in-laws are STILL here, Husband had a basketball game about an hour away so I took a half day off and we didn’t get dinner until 8:00. If I were alone I would’ve eaten out of town, grabbed a McDs cheeseburger, eaten earlier, and been below my calorie goal. But FIL refused that plan and we at Sub Sandwiches an hour later… so to cut this long complaining story short, I expected another gain, but I’m still pissed about it.

1/12 249.5 I’m back with a more positive attitude today! 🙂 I did some stress crying and some cuddles with Husband last night and I’m feeling better today. I stayed under my calories yesterday and I have all my meals planned out for today with room for a little snack if I need/want one. I’m doing some shopping after school so I’ll get some extra steps in today as well. I’d love for the scale to get to 247 by the end of this round, so I’m still working towards that goal.

1/13 - 246 My meal plan went a little askew yesterday and I didn’t get to eat lunch, or much for dinner - I don’t think a 1,000 calorie day helped with the stress levels. BUT! I’m trying to continue with a positive attitude. Husband coached basketball again tonight, but it was a home game and I still got to make dinner, Stuffed Pepper Casserole, and the in-laws loved it! This has definitely been a roller coaster week. 🎢

1/14 246.5

1/15 246.5 Busy day yesterday so I didn’t get to post. It’s the last day with the in-laws (!) we’re traveling to the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and meeting my parents there. It’s a few hours drive, but I’m planning to get out in the 25* weather for some extra steps, and maybe to escape. 😆 I’ll probably go over calories today, but I’ll try to keep it in moderation. I’m liking my progress through this stressful round.

1/16

GrandmaJackie · January 2022

Thank you @quiltingjaine

Round 174

Please join us! Starting on 01/07 JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS, we will begin Round 174
Anyone can join us at anytime during the round.

Join us! If we stay mindful we can do this, you can do this.

Welcome back past members, welcome new members, let's keep each other accountable for another 10 days!

Here is what you do: Post your daily weight and add little comments along the way of how your day went. Post everyday to let us know how you're doing! Copy and paste the days in your response--tell us how much you lost and other non scale victories (NSV) you'd like to share.

FOR NEWBIES - I find it easiest to copy the dates to a document or note in my device and edit it each morning. Then copy and paste to the message board. MFP will return you to the spot on the board where you left off on your previous visit which is nice to know if you like to scan all of the posts.

SW: 163.5
GW: 160.5
Day/Weight/Comment

01/07 163.5 ~ {Steps 15,529} ~ Taking one day a time, meditation in the mornings have definitely helped.
01/08 162.6 ~ {Steps 13,452} ~ Today started out rough, getting up early don’t help. The gym session totally helped my mood, woot hoot.
01/09 163.5 ~ {Steps 5,944} ~ Focus Jackie Focus -😭😭
01/10 163.3 ~ {Steps 14,059} ~ Woot hoot a much better day. A yoga session helped last night too.
01/11 163.1 ~ {Steps 13,852} ~ Today was an success with my workouts and diet. Unfortunately although my daughter is feeling worst, she did get test, with the test coming up negative. Time will tell…
01/12 164.5 ~ {Steps 15,228} ~ I don’t understand the gain, my sodium was low and spot on in my diet, 😢😢 Today was a extremely busy day, organizing Xmas decorations, getting spare bedroom/workout organized, made whole wheat zucchini muffins. Also I did make time for some yoga a strength training.
01/13 162.9 ~ {Steps 16,374} ~ Successful day even though my husband wasn’t in the best mood, of course it’s my fault, NOT, lol
01/14 162.5 ~ {Steps 16,564} ~ another rough morning but staying focus was the key. The weather was nice so it helped getting a couple walks in for Pete and Parker. I WILL CONTINUE TO remember I have no control of other people actions.
01/15 162.5 ~ {Steps TBD } ~

01/16

Pete and Parker

👍🏼 This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE. 👍🏼

January goals
1 Miracle Morning ~ S.A.V.E.R.S
2 Wake up EARLY for meditation
3 Yoga (5/6 times weekly)
4. Minimum sweets (work them in my calorie goal)
5. 30 day squat challenge

https://youtu.be/g83v1m2P4_g

6. No late night snacking
7. Daily journal logging

ashleycarole86 · January 2022

R164 SW 208.4 EW 204.8 (-3.6)
R165 SW 204.8 EW 205.4 (+0.6)
R166 SW 205.4 EW 199 (-6.4)
R167 SW 199 EW 196.4 (-2.6)
R168 SW 196.4 EW 193.4 (-3)
R169 SW 193.4 EW 192 (-1.4)
R170 SW 192 EW 190 (-2)
R171 SW 190 EW 189.2 (-0.8)
R172 SW 189.2 EW 189.8 (+0.6)
R173 SW 189.8 EW 187 (-2.8)

SW: 187
GW: 184.6

Day/Weight/Comment

01/07 / 186.8 / First day of work for 2022 was today! Busy day... one week work weeks are the best

01/08 / 185.2 / Really had trouble sleeping overnight. Luckily today is low key so I can rest up more this morning as needed.
01/09 / 185.4 / Set a new 45 minute PR on the Peloton yesterday, finished up some leftover frozen appetizers from the holiday season, and watched some movies with the hubby. Also got out for my first outdoor walk of 2022... the weather is improving this week! Woo hoo!
01/10 / 184.8 / One of my intentions for 2022 is to use this new body I have in all sorts of fun ways. So, yesterday we went snowshoeing. It was a lot of fun and thank goodness the cold is breaking a bit here in Alberta. This morning I did my 100th Peloton ride live and got a shout out and that felt very encouraging to me. Proud of how far I've come and excited to keep moving forward.
01/11 / 184.6 / Hit my round goal - been feeling great, moving lots, and eating well. The nicer weather and the ability to be outside more comfortably for walks is a mood improver too. Work is busy so I think I'll enjoy the rest of the evening with my feet up.
01/12 / 183.4 / There are those rounds where the weight just seems to fall off! And in the moment it feels surreal. And then you're humbled by the next round. It feels great in the moment. Life feels busy this week, but just with routine stuff. One foot in front of the other

01/13 / 184.6 / Work is kicking my butt this week. Glad I got my Peloton ride in before work today because I'm exhausted tonight. Food has been good.
01/14 / 183.2 / Happy Friday. Weekend will be full of fun and movement. Just have to wrap up the work week first.
01/15 / 182.2 / Today we drive up to the Red Deer area where our dog will be groomed while we have breakfast at this cute little tea house. It's a tradition now. As long as the weather holds we'll also go to an off-leash park for a walk when she's done. Bills playoff game tonight!
01/16

deepwoodslady · January 2022

Round 174

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 61 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 132 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
R173 EW= 194.0
R174 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.

********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.

R43 through R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/23/18) = …..19.4 LOST (Ending weight 179.0)
R53 through R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/01/19) = …..4.1 GAINED (Ending weight 183.1)
R63 through R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/11/19) = …..8.1 GAINED (Ending weight 191.2)
R73 through R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/20/19) = …..5.5 GAINED (Ending weight 196.7)
R83 through R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/28/19) = …..8.7 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)
R93 through R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/05/20) = …2.0 GAINED(Ending weight 190.0)
R103 through 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = …..14.9 GAINED (Ending Weight 204.9)
R113 through 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/23/20) = [color=blue)…..4.7 GAINED [/color=blue] (Ending Weight 209.6)
R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = ……1.5 LOST (Ending Weight 208.1)
R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/01/21) = ……0.7 LOST (Ending Weight 207.4)
R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = ……3.6 LOST (Ending Weight 203.8)
R153 thru R162 (06/11/21 thru 09/18/21) = (b]…..16.2 LOST [/b] (Ending Weight 187.6)
R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = (b]…..5.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 192.6)
R173 (12/28/21 thru 01/06/21) = …..1.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 194.0)
R174 (01/07/22 thru 01/16/22) = …..xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment
01/06 …..194.0….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
01/07 …..192.6 ….. (Trend weight 191.9) Diet was about the same but I did get in some more housework type movement. Flooring is very close to being done. Today should be the final day. I worked on packing away Christmas items in some limited areas during the work. That calorie burn clearly made the difference today on the scale.

01/08 …..191.2 ….. Trend weight 191.9) Continued progress which I am grateful for. Again, I did not make any major dietary changes (I’ve been keeping it pretty good under the circumstances), but more movement as I continued to work on Christmas décor and replacing it back with my usual stuff. Floor is 95% done with only some minor work such as moulding replacement etc. to be done. Today my handyman will finish and then begin helping with the Christmas work. Two trees should come down today. I woke up STARVING. I am going to try to stick to some high protein choices and some healthy fat to fill up my belly.
01/09 …..192.2 ….. (Trend weight 191.9) Very nice well-planned meals yesterday. Binge on snacks last night. The uptick is my own fault. I’ll do better today.

01/10 …..194.4 ….. (Trend weight 192.1)A ton of company unexpected last night. Pizza for dinner. Huge leap on the scale. Pushing water today.

01/11 …..192.6 ….. (Trend weight 192.2) Strange. I ate the exact same food as the day before. Same breakfast, same lack of lunch and the same amount of pizza (leftovers) and this time I lost instead of gained. No difference in TMI and no difference in exercise. Hmph. I hope the leftovers don’t catch up to me and wreak havoc again! Dining room getting painted. He’s been working on it a couple of days. It’s looking good and may be completed by today. It’s another temporary project to update things until the full kitchen / diningroom reno.

01/12 …..192.6 ….. (Trend weight 192.2) No change but it was a very reasonable day.

01/13 …..192.8 ….. (Trend weight 192.3) Normal fluctuation on the scale today. A day of travel today for building supplies. Dinner will be out.

01/14 …..194.0 ….. (Trend weight 192.5) The result of the travel, Chinese, and less water and movement than usual. I’ll work on a better day but it will be difficult. Expecting a house full including the handyman that brings his wife and son. Ugh!

01/15 …..194.6 ….. (Trend weight 192.7) Leftovers very late after everyone left. This is spinning out of control. I must take charge. Good thing: Leftovers gone and stocking is empty too.

01/16 …..xxxxx ….. (Trend weight xxxxx)

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

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CamandJarvis · January 2022

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; R169: 151.4; R170: 148.9; R171: 144.8 R172: DNW; R173: 146.1

Last weight
1/06 - 146.1

Round Goal: 143.x Fast 16+hrs on weekdays, 14+hrs on weekends. Up the water! Water minimum: 75oz, Goal: 90oz.

Day, Weight, Comment
1/07 - 145.6
1/08 - 147.1
1/09 - 148.1
1/10 - 147.7
1/11 - 146.4
1/12 - 144.6
1/13 - 145.7
1/14 - 146.5
1/15 - 145.9 - Not bad for eating out. BF had no ideas for dinner, Fam wanted to go out, and he wanted out of the house. I'm happy with my choices, ate until I was feeling satisfied but not overly full, and enjoyed being outside next to the fire they had. Apparently I didn't check the "Resting" box on Thursday so yesterday was another "rest day" but I did pack the daughter's room and lifted heavy boxes so it wasn't a complete loss. I remembered to check the "resting" box so it'll allow the journey to move forward today to do my NF workout. A daughter of the owner's of the house (who passed away) reached out to us and said how wonderful it was to have veterans move into her parents home as her dad was also a disabled veteran and, like BF, a purple heart recipient. He was in the Korean war. She was suuuuper sweet and it made my heart melt. She lives in Louisiana, but she said her sister, who lives local, is hosting an estate sale today so we are going to attend that and see what there is (plus another look at the house since our agent's anniversary is this weekend and can't bring us to see it now that the general inspection is complete). I thought you all would appreciate such a lovely interaction. Guess our personal letter with the offer really helped!
1/16

Previous Day's Comments

1/07 - Body is still holding on to some bloat, but I'm still dropping which I'm happy about. Today is rest day. I also have 2 doc appointments (1 in person women's health, 1 virtual) and apparently we are looking at a house this afternoon. Dinner was corned beef and cabbage chowder which I have plenty of leftovers for today. Between appointments and all, I may stop by the store to grab something for dinner tonight I can make.
1/08 - Not quite enough water, ate out (looking at house took longer than expected and we stopped to check out a local place in the area we didn't know about. It's super adorable, 100% want to visit again), and TMI not quite there. Today is air fryer wings for lunch (I may have a couple plain wings but eat more of that corned beef cabbage chowder). Dinner will be either stuffed pepper soup or homemade chicken and dumplings, depending on how BF work goes (he makes the chicken&dumplings). Workout due today but he has full schedule so I have time to procrastinate. Woke up suuuuuper early for no reason and feeling it so giving myself grace when it comes to energy levels. It's a rainy dreary morning here and quite chilly. Definitely taking this as my lazy day to relax and maybe read more of my book. Unfortunately it's an e-book, but I've had to sacrifice my paper books for sake of space. This house we looked at has built in shelving for books and I LOVE it. My current mini-library is full of mixed media. Some books in a series are paper while others I've had to contend with electronic versions. Drives me batty! (And yes, for those books I love, I'm THAT girl who will buy the paper copy of it even though I already bought the e-book of it. I always wanted a library!) Plus, paper copies are just so much more intimate for me. Mom (who is an author and the reason I'm a book nerd) thinks I'm crazy and has no idea where I get so many particularities with books from. It's not her, so long as it's a book, she's happy, regardless of the medium. Dad's not a book person. I'm also the girl who will very carefully read a paperback as to not crease the spine. And holy moly, do not dog ear or bend pages or write in them, I will LOSE IT. Unless I get secondhand books, of course. Then it's character teehee. Wish I had a secondhand book store here.
1/09 - Interesting. I feel less bloated and lighter today. I was excited to see what the scale said and, surprise surprise! An increase. I'm not worried about it, I'm just happy FEELING lighter, but I was shocked. Dinner this weekend was switched. Work allows Fam and BF some opportunity to get together so we had dinner there last night (smothered pork chops with rice and collard greens) and today we will head over for wings. I've got to get a list together to shop for at least 2 dinners this week and lunch for me. We will have chicken & dumplings and stuffed pepper soup during the week, but need 2 more dinners. Think I'll make myself taco salad for the week and if it's not enough, I'll take dinner leftovers (I mainly need something for tomorrow since I won't have leftovers from Fam)
1/10 - Water back up to normal. Food wasn't the greatest, but not the worst (wings and fries with leftovers for today. Added in some veggies for lunch as well). Tired this morning, for the first time in my life (that I wasn't horribly sick) that I remember, I slept through my alarms. I was so exhausted apparently. My final alarm was the absolutely latest I could wake up and be on time. I spent less time getting ready and gave myself a few minutes to do ground work (pushups, planks) for today's Nerd Fitness workout. I have lunges and rows to knock out at work. Thinking of waiting until the after lunch slump to do those to get my body moving and blood flowing. Hopefully it will keep me from dozing or zoning out. Dinner tonight is chicken & dumplings, BF is attempting to make my dumplings since I'm not home to do it. Leftover will be tomorrow's lunch.
1/11 - Leftover wings (plain) and added steamable veggies for lunch. Plus a banana as "dessert". Dinner was homemade chicken & dumplings. BF successfully made the dumplings! Go him! Water on track, too. Workout was completed during that after lunch slump and worked well. I'm back working from home today due to high covid positive numbers within the company (it's worse than the first round when noone quite knew what to do) and my work this week is all meetings so why go in? Today is leftover chicken & dumplings for lunch and I'll make my stuffed pepper soup for dinner.
1/12 - Likely a dip because I only got in about 60oz water yesterday. I was absent-minded about it due to focusing on work, cooking dinner, and getting house paperwork completed. Whew. Even forgot to eat lunch! I did have a later breakfast, though, so it really counted as an early lunch for me I suppose. Leftover chicken&dumplings or stuffed pepper soup for lunch and I'm not sure of dinner yet. BF said he'd make something up from what we have in the house. Workout due today for NFJourney. All other habits good. Busy busy day, lots of work meetings. Will take a trip to the next town over to pay escrow and option fee today between meetings/over lunch.
1/13 - I'm alright with this, I got my water back up to normal and expected a bump up with that. Last of the chicken & dumplings leftovers for lunch, steak, air-fried "baked" potato, green beans, and steak for dinner. Completed my workout yesterday and packed some of my "extra" stuff I don't need between now and summer (shorts, tanks, swimsuit, my ever-packed beach bag, etc) and my paper books (since I'm currently reading a series on e-book). Not sure dinner tonight, but lunch I'll likely have the leftover stuffed pepper soup. Possibly start packing little stuff from kids' rooms. Our dilemma is whether anything can be tossed now or if we pack it all and make them unpack/purge themselves at the new house. May pack some of our less-used kitchenware today/tomorrow as well. I'm off tomorrow and Monday (while BF works) so I'll have to leave some things for myself to do on those days
1/14 - Feel and look slimmer today, but the scale wants to play games. That's alright. Dinner was a last-minute invite over to Fam's and we had scallop and shrimp alfredo pasta. I skipped the garlic bread (gasp! that's usually my favorite part). Likely why I'm up, though. But I'll take the slimmer look and lighter feel I have waking up this morning. Water was good as well. Not sure tonight, at all, but I imagine we will be at Fam's again for dinner. They're worried this new house is about 30 minutes from where they are now and almost an hour from their land (where they plan to start building their house this year) so we won't hang out as much. Today before I break my fast I have to go get blood drawn in the next town over. I'm not looking forward to that. I need to sneak in my NF workout today somewhere. I'll try to do ground work here as soon as I post and catch up on reading everyone's updates.
1/15

quiltingjaine · January 2022

Female 5’1” Age 71 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
HWE 197.0 (2/2008)
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
OGW 137 (set by WW 2008, WW goal 1985 was 126) UGW was 125 (HS weight 1968)
Maintaining below 120

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE👍👍

Rnd 7 167.0 to Rnd 17 155.5
To Rnd 27 146*
To Rnd 37 139.0
To Rnd 47 133.5*
To Rnd 57 131.5
To Rnd 67 128.0
To Rnd 77 125.0
To Rnd 87 121.0*
To Rnd 97 121.0
To Rnd 107 122.0
To Rnd 117 116.0
To Rnd 127 117.0
To Rnd 137 117.0
To Rnd 147 116.0
To Rnd 157 115.5
SW Rnd 157 115.5 AW 114.75
SW Rnd 158 115.5 AW 115.8
SW Rnd 159 115.5 AW 116.3
SW Rnd 160 118.0 AW 118.0
SW RND 161 117.0 AW 117.45
SW RND 162 117.0 AW 117.6
SW RND 163 117.0 AW 118.45
SW RND 164 117.5 AW 118.05
SW RND 165 118.0 AW 118.02
SW RND 166 120.0 AW 118.2
SW RND 167 119.5 AW 119.4
SW RND 168 117.5 AW 118.9
SW RND 169 119.5 AW 119.85
SW RND 170 122.0. AW 118.6
SW RND 171 117.0 AW 119.05
SW RND 172 118.0 AW 119.05
SW RND 173 119.5. AW 118.6

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

People say keto/LCHF isn’t sustainable but I’ve been doing it for over 4 years with amazing results!

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

**Comments apply to previous day**

SW RND 174 118.5
1/7 118.5
1/8 119.5 Ate New Mexican at Carlito’s yesterday, haven’t been there in almost a year. Tasty and half of it is leftover.
1/9 120.0 Ate the leftover - delicious! It’s all good.
1/10 119.5
1/11 120.0 No TMI x 3 days seems to be the new normal.
1/12 120.0 Next door neighbor’s home COVID test came up positive.
1/13 119.5 Our second baby turned 49 today. No plans since we’ve been exposed to COVID.
1/14 119.0
1/15 119.0 Yesterday was stressful. APOLOGIES FOR THE FOLLOWING “RANT!”

After I finished reading and posting, I heard a truck door slam. Looked out to see an ambulance at my neighbor’s. She was taken to the hospital (she’s COVID + with heart and lung issues) and now “Covid pneumonia” - I wonder if they checked a sample and determined it is viral pneumonia not bacterial. She thought she had bronchitis and asked the doctor for antibiotics which he denied. Said via tele-appointment that he was sure she had COVID and to rest and “wait it out!” I’m infuriated with the doctor and his apparent nonchalance and her 60 year old daughter is quite upset by this too. If you are a praying person, please do.

JenKindo · January 2022

Hi, I'm Jen!
Female, 5'9"
Highest weight: 08.18.2021 235 lbs
Round 172 SW: 12.17.2021 200.2 lbs
Round 172 EW: 12.27.2021 197.4 lbs
Round 173 EW: 01.06.2022 193.8 lbs
Round 174 GW: 01.16.2022 191.8 lbs

01/07: 193 lbs (-0.8)
Going for 2 pounds this round. It's been below freezing, snowy and dark and it's harder to get out for long walks, but I'm staying in the lower end of my calories range, so doable.
01/08: 193.4 lbs (+0.4)
I'm totally OK with a slight bump up. Yesterday was a semi-rest day. Back at it today!
01/09: 194.4 lbs (+1.0)
Ugh. Bad choices yesterday and severely lacked water. Not happy about posting this but I need to be accountable.
01/10: 194.8 lbs (+0.4)
Out of control. Gotta stop the free fall. Bad weekend, too much junk and not enough exercise.
01/11: 194.6 lbs (-0.2)
Well, right direction at least! Not throwing in the towel just yet.
01/12: 193.2 lbs (-1.4)
Phew! Almost back down to before weekend weight. Gotta be more careful on days out if I want to reach my goal.
01/13: 192.4 lbs (-0.8)
Wow, last weekends eating out must have had WAY more sodium than I thought. Down 2.8 pounds in 3 days HAS to be water retention. Good workouts and plenty of water this week helped a ton.
01/14: 192.2 lbs (-0.2)
Expected to be up today but I'll take it. Hoping it doesn't jump up at the end of the round.
Happy Friday everyone!

01/15: 190.6 lbs (-1.6)
That is SUPER unexpected. Can't explain the drop. Guess my body really is a wonderland!

01/16: lbs ()

Round 174 loss: 3.2 lbs

PrimalJillian · January 2022

Age: 42
Height: 5'8"
Lifestyle Plan: Primal Blueprint

Goals:
-Release 2 lbs per round
-80% Primal
-Follow Ashley Black's 12-week fascia recovery program

Incremental Goals:
219.xx November 13, 2021
209.xx December 17, 2021
199.xx
189.xx
179.xx
Ultimate Goal: 175 lbs, reevaluate at that point

Historical SW: 251.6 lbs 9/14/2015
Restart W: 221.5 11/2/2021

R168 EW: 219.9
R169 EW: 216.3
R170 EW: 213.3
R171 EW: 209.4
R172 EW: 208.4
R173 EW: 204.4

🥶🧊❄️January❄️🧊🥶
7: 204.4 Holding steady. I'm good with this. Pre-TOM weight gains haven't started, or they at least aren't showing up on the scale.
8: 203.8 Pleasantly surprised. Carbs, calories, water were all great yesterday. Just anticipating those little gains that used to be so normal for this time of the month.
9: 204.5 Calories and macros were good yesterday. Cramps today, so fairly certain this is pre-TOM weight. Will be gone in a couple days.
10: 204.6 Hormones. No worries. It'll be back down soon.
11: 204.5 Had a hard time falling asleep last night. Took kids to school and took a 3-hour nap when I got home. Weighed again after because I was curious...202.7. Makes me think the drop after TOM actually starts might be a significant one.
12: 203.5
13: 201.9 At this point, I have no idea what's going on. Lol
Still no TOM, yet weight is dropping as if it had started. 🤷🏽
14: 202.3 Started taking naproxen yesterday because now that I haven't gotten (and nearly ended) TOM by the weekend, I'd rather not have it over the weekend. So far, so good.
15: 201.4
16:

There's no such thing as failure; only feedback.

Chalmation · January 2022

SW: 140.4
GW: 125

Previous Rounds

Round 139 SW 167.2 EW 165
Round 140 EW 161.6
Round 141 EW 158.8
Round 142 EW 156
Round 143 EW 153.8
Round 144 EW 150.8
Round 145 EW 151.8
Round 146 EW 152
Round 147 EW 147.8
Round 148 EW 144.6
Round 149 EW 147.2
Round 150 EW 143.6
Round 151 EW 144.4
Round 152 EW 142.2
Round 153 EW 142
Round 154 EW 142.6
Round 155 EW 140
Round 156 EW 138.2
Round 157 EW 137.4
Round 158 DNF
Rounds 159-165 DNS

Round 166 SW 156.6 EW 153
Round 167 EW 150.2
Round 168 EW 150
Round 169 EW 148.8
Round 170 EW 144.8
Round 171 EW 143.2
Round 172 EW 144.8 This weight includes some Christmas bloat.
Round 173 EW 142.4 Bloat from Chinese food last night.

1/7: 140.4 Biggest water whoosh I've ever had in one day!
1/8: 140.4
1/9: 140.2
1/10: 140.4
1/11: 139.4 New decade! Now to stay in it.
1/12: 139.4
1/13: 139.2
1/14: 139.2
1/15: 138.2

Overall Weight Loss

jedaschultz · January 2022

I am 59 yr old, 5' 6" female from the Midwest.
OSW 213.4 (July 2012)

Round 164 (Round 1) SW 206.6 RGW 205 EW 204 (-2.6)
Round 165 (Round 2) SW 204 RGW 204 EW 205.4 (+1.4)
Round 166 - I skipped this one. Husband started radiation. (+2.4)
Round 167 (Round 3) SW 207.8 RGW EW 207.2 (-.6)
Round 168 (Round 4) SW 207.2 RGW 204 EW 205.8 (-1.4)
Round 169 (Round 5) SW 205.8 RGW 204 EW 206 (+.2) Thanksgiving
Round 170 (Round 6) SW 206. RGW 204 EW 206.8 (+.8)
Round 171 (Round 7) SW 206.8 RGW 204 EW 208.6 (+1.8)
Round 172 (Round 8) SW 208.6 RGW 206 EW 207.8 (-.8)
Round 173 (Round 9) SW 207.8 RGW 205’s EW 208.6 (+.8)
Round 174 (Round 10) SW 208.6 RGW 206 EW

SW: 208.6
GW: 206

Day/Weight/Comment

01/07 208.6 Well not starting out well at all. Did do day # 7 on the workout video.
01/08 208.8 I gotta quit eating that darn bread. Positive thing today is that I did get in another workout #8.
01/09 207.6 No bread! Controlled snacks! Go in extra walking yesterday. It’s amazing what happens when you try.
01/10 206.6 Wow!! What?! I’ll take it. The scale was wonky this morning so it’s probably wrong but we will see tomorrow. The thought today is Discipline. I need to be disciplined in food choices, water and exercise. Got in more walking yesterday so will try that again today. Also did my workout this morning #10.
01/11 206.6 Yay, yesterday was not a fluke. Ate well and exercised. Today I’ve already got in #11 workout and it’s getting easier.
01/12 206.4 Another good day. #12 low impact workout done.
01/13 206.4 Very tired today because I didn’t sleep well last night. Having some pain issues today but I did do my low impact workout.
01/14 204.4 Wow! I didn’t expect that. I somehow picked up an intestinal bug, we always where masks when out so maybeI didn’t wash some produce well enough. Don’t know but not feeling the best. I still did my workout. Didn’t eat much but what I did was high in calories.
01/15 204.6 Feeling a little better. Still eating cautiously. Did my workout this morning #15. Hooray for me!
01/16

RetiredAndLovingIt · January 2022

Hi, I am in again.
71 yr old 5'3" Original SW= 175 on 8-19-12.
Lost 25# and basically maintaining since. My 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
Round 170 WS= 152 EW=149.8 AW= 150.72
Round 171 SW= 150.2 EW=150.2 AW= 150.36
round 172 SW= 149.6 EW= 150.6 AW= 151.3

Round 173 SW= 154.2 EW= 150.4 AW= 151.76 I seem to be doing a great job of maintaining, lol

on to the new round...my goal each round is to have my AW lower than the round before

1-7= 151.6
1-8= 150.8
1-9= 151
1-10= 150.8
1-11= 150.6
1-12= 150.8
1-13= 151.6
1-14= 151.4
1-15= 151.2
1-16=

Finally caught up on all the weights from when we were at dd's for Christmas. Haven't really gotten my head in the game yet, but I am working on it.

@quiltingjaineThanks for the invite for Round 175. I plan to be in it. I was entering my info in the old ones because I wanted to get all my info in the spoiler so I would have it to look back to.

enlightenme3 · January 2022

Round 174 (my 10th)
January 6, 2022 - January 16, 2022
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
RSW: 148.6 pounds (01/06/2022, EO Round 173)
RGW: 146.6 pounds (- 2 pounds)

Day/Weight/Comment
1/07: 148.6 - Had a few extra bites since I was hungry, but stayed within my calories. Aerobics workout and 3 mile walk.
1/08: 148.4 - I’ve been eating back about half of my exercise calories, but the scale seems to be reflecting maintenance. Perhaps my logging isn’t accurate. These last 15 pounds are tough.
1/09: 148.4 - Same ‘ole, same ‘ole. Good exercise, good eating, good sleep.
1/10: 147.3 - Same workout, same lunch and dinner, so-so sleep.
1/11: 147.7 - Good workout plus an extra walk and ate within calories.
1/12: 147.3 - Normal exercise, but only a small walk. Ate back exercise calories.
1/13: 147.3 - Worked out and then did a nature walk at a State Park. Did not drink enough water though.
1/14: 147.3 - Ate just slightly under calories since I wasn’t hungry. Made sure to drink enough water today and did my normal workout.
1/15: 146.8 - Happy to see a small drop. Hoping it holds.
1/16: -

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: - 1.8 pounds

AR10at50 · January 2022

Hi, I’m Karen and am in my 50’s.
OSW-187 Sept. 2018
GW-149

1/7-169-Rode the horse, walked 5 miles and quilted. Long day of work today, so I made a sensible lunch.
1/8-168-Another long day of work and I’ll take a good lunch. Walked with the horse yesterday so we both could get some steps in and he does not walk as fast as I do as we slog through the powdery dirt of the arena. We will try it again today before work.
1/9-169-Walked a mile with the horse, and got ready for work. I work in a quilt shop and I sew samples for the shop. While I was sitting and sewing, my hip got a terrible knot in it. Pretty soon, I was limping around the shop while helping customers. When I got home and told my husband about it, we figured out it was my sciatic nerve. I guess walking in the deep arena dirt/sand is a little too much.......🙄
1/10-DNW-Had been doing stretches and then went to chiropractor yesterday and feel 90% better.
1/11-168-Still not ready to do long power walk, but I have figured out to ride the horse lightly. Need to take MIL to Dr. then work a little.
1/12-167-Back to chiropractor, then quilting and horse somewhere in there, I’ll gradually start walking longer distances again.
1/13-166-Made turkey meatball soup, the carrots are the only carbs. I love the fire roasted/garlic canned tomatoes for soup. Worked with the horse and also went for a light ride. Have a quilt I need to finish.
1/14-166-A coffee truck is scheduled to be at DH’s work this morning, so I’m making a couple dozen cinnamon rolls for him to take. Nice horse ride. Still need to finish quilt.
1/15-166-

schmoyew · January 2022

End of Round 157: 257.1 End of Round 158: 250.9 End of Round 159: 249.1 End of Round 160: 244.5
End of Round 161: 237.2 End of Round 162: 234.1 End of Round 163: 229.1 End of Round 164: 229.9
End of Round 165: 224.9 End of Round 166: 222.4 End of Round 167: 216.5 End of Round 168: 211.2
End of Round 169: 208.6 End of Round 170: 207.0 End of Round 171: 204.6 End of Round 173: 205.5

Starting Weight: 299.1 (4/20/21)
Round Goal: 199

Day/Weight/Comment

1/7 - 200.2 - My scale just knows when it's the end of the 10 day round and decides to go up that day apparently. It helps that I did 3 Peloton rides and a 1.25 mile walk between weigh ins and ate light yesterday. This is the round where I duck below 200 and stay there! I'm so so so close. Please let it happen!
1/8 - 200.6
1/9 - 201.7
1/10 - 203.3 - Not surprised by this. Mondays are always high because of low-impact rides. I also drank a lot of water this morning because I was extremely thirsty when I woke up. I do have to get back in control of eating, however. My losses have gone down to nearly 0 when my workouts have been consistent and burning 500+ calories.
1/11 - Did not weigh
1/12 - 206.1 - Yeah. I didn't even weigh yesterday because I didn't work out and felt bloated. First time since summer I didn't weigh in. Then today I worked out and weighed in at this. I don't know what it is but since I've been close to 200, I've just mentally not been as motivated as I was the entire 100 lbs before that. It's really frustrating. I have to re-focus and remember how far I've come and there's just a little more loss to go and then maintain for life. Come on!
1/13 - 203.7 - At least better than yesterday. Just have to get back to good habits. Weigh in, post weight in MFP app, post here and I'll stay accountable. coblujay out here absolutely killing it getting below 200 is the push I need! I'm so inspired by all of you here showing up every day and going through the ups and downs of life but still striving for a goal!
1/14 - 202.8 - Alright headed into the weekend at 202.8 and have a big weekend of workouts planned. I know the scale is going to be low this weekend but next week is the week to be below 200 permanently. I've started doing some strength workouts in addition to Peloton rides and I'm absolutely loving it. As a former football player, weight lifting feels like home and I'm excited to add that to my better than ever cardio.
1/15 - 201.7 - One more day until the end of this round. Have so many short workouts planned today. Did an hour bike ride this morning so feel accomplished!
1/16

200Karen · January 2022

Hi to everyone
🤩 Karen here from Oregon

👋
@quiltingjaine sending prayers for your neighbor, her family and all that love and know her.
Scary situation with the hospitals full. Hope she is admitted and can receive care.

We are being extra careful, no falls, wanting no reason to seek Medical help

💗 Karen

IsMollyReallyHungry · January 2022

Round # 41 for me!
SW: 380.0 (5100 steps daily step goal, go to bed by 11:30, no eating out or junk food 6 days a week)

Day/Weight/Comment (previous day steps)
1/07 380.0 – 5158 steps.
1/08 382.0 – 5555 steps. Back on track today. Last 2 days have had the munchies and one day was a splurge day and splurged a little too much so I was not surprised by 2 pounds up. But that is ok, moving forward. Overall, I have doing great with sleep, water, steps, etc. I need to work on eating more veggies and less carbs. Not sure I will have a chance to check in tomorrow. Sundays are hectic. I do my ministry and religious meetings via zoom half of the day and errands the rest and before I know it Monday is here and time for work again.

Have a great weekend! Please stay safe and take the necessary precautions when going out and in public places.

1/09 381.0 – 5509 steps.
1/10 381.0 – 4366 steps.
1/11 381.0 – 5151 steps. I have been under calories, but my calories have not been clean, and I have been eating back too many step calories also. Work has been a trip so have been overindulging in wrong foods and not enough proteins and veggies. I always eat 2 fruits per day. So going forward, goal is to get in protein and veggies or eat more cleanly the rest of this round. The good thing is I have been maintaining, but too much of a good thing always ends up in a gain eventually!

1/12 377.6

– 5153 steps. Under calories again and did a short walk also yesterday. I am hoping to stay in the new decade for good now! It feels wonderful to be out of the red for the round and in a new decade. It has been a while since I have seen 377 and I am loving it for sure. Now I just want to stick the 370's this round. Whoohoo! Happy dance!

1/13 374.4

– 5168 steps. Great day yesterday and doing good on challenge with friends on no eating out this month. I am surprised at how easy this has been also. Mid-month and I have not had any restaurant food since New Year’s Day which for me is awesome. I am cleaning out my freezer

At 1st I thought I can’t do this but now that I am doing it, I am like good and my stomach loves it too. Good reminder that I was not being good to my stomach.

1/14 373.4

– 3811 steps. No walk yesterday, going for a walk today.

1/15 373.4 – 5670 steps. I had a calorie deficit yesterday but that was because of steps and walk. I splurged a little and enjoyed it. I started reading “The Obesity Code” by Jason Fung MD today. I have been wanting to read this book for some time now since Intermittent Fasting was recommended to me by my PCP, but I found that book hard to read. I did however research IF and I did it for a while and I still think it is a good way to eat and has many benefits. Even though I don’t follow it 100% I do follow it 4 to 5 days during the work week.

1/16 Sunday
Total lost this round: (-6.6)

*One of my major goals is to get my BMI under 40 (260 weight) so I can have surgery on my knees*

Round & annual Stats

Round 64 - SW 373.4 EW 369 (-4.4)
Round 65 - SW 370.8 EW 375.4 (+4.6)
Round 66 - SW 376 EW 373.6 (- 2.4)
Round 68 - SW 375.2 EW 377 (+ 1.8)
Round 69 - SW 380.2 EW 382.4 (+ 2.2)
Round 70 - SW 382.4 EW 378.8 (- 3.6)
Round 71 - SW 378.4 EW 368 (- 10.4)
Round 73 - SW 385.4 EW 385.4 (0.0)
Round 74 - SW 384.0 EW 378.2 (- 5.8)
Round 75 - SW 380.0 EW 377.8 (- 2.2)
Round 76 - SW 377.8 EW 380.4 (+ 2.6)
Round 78 - SW 390.4 EW 381.0 (- 9.4)
Round 79 - SW 383.0 EW 379.6 (- 3.4)
Round 80 - SW 383.8 EW 387.6 (+ 3.8)
Round 83 - SW 392.0 EW 388.2 (- 3.8)
Round 84 - SW 388.8 EW 386.8 (- 2.0)
Round 85 - SW 387.6 EW 390.2 (+ 2.6)
Round 86 - SW 392.8 EW 387.6 (-5.2)
Round 87- SW 385.8 EW 389.0 (+3.2)
Round 88 - SW 388.4 EW 395.0 (+6.6)
Round 90 - SW 396.6 EW 394.0 (-2.6)
Round 93 - SW 402.4 EW 400.4 (-1.6)
Round 94 - SW 397.0 EW 396.2 (-0.8)
Round 95 - SW 394.2 EW 394.8 (+0.6)
Round 96 - SW 394.8 EW 389.6 (-5.2)
Round 97 - SW 391.4 EW 395.8 (+4.4)

Net change 2019 = SW 373.4 EW 398.8 (+25.4)

Round 100 - SW 398.8 EW 394.4 (-4.4)
Round 101 - SW 397.6 EW 394.8 (-2.8)
Round 102 - SW 398.0 EW 393.2 (-4.8)
Round 103 - SW 392.2 EW 393.0 (+0.8)
Round 104 - SW 393.0 EW 391.4 (-1.6)
Round 107 - SW 397.8 EW 392.0 (-5.8)
Round 109 – SW 388.8 EW 387.6 (-1.2)
Round 110 – SW 393.8 EW 391.4 (-2.4)
Round 111 – SW 393.8 EW 395.0 (+1.2)

Net change 2020 = SW 398.8 EW 395.0 (-3.8)

Round 165 – SW 385.8 EW 387.8 (+2.0)
Round 166 – SW 387.8 EW 388.0 (+0.2)
Round 167 – SW 388.0 EW 388.0 (0.0)
Round 172 – SW 384.6 EW 383.4 (-1.2)
Round 173 – SW 383.4 EW 380.0 (-3.4)

Net change 2021 = SW 385.8 EW 380.0 (-5.8)

My journey … "I May Not Be Where I Want To Be, but I’m Not Where I Use To Be!"

In 2003 Weighed over 600 lbs.

In 2005 Weighed under 400 lbs.

In 2007 lowest weight after surgery 302lbs

My highest weight was 611 in 2003. Weight in 2004 before weight loss surgery was 580. Lowest weight after surgery was 302 in 2007. "I May Not Be Where I Want To Be, but I’m Not Where I Use To Be!"

I joined MFP on March 27, 2010 weighing in at 388 pounds. I was re-gaining weight and stumbled up on it while trying to get back on track. I was determined never to see 400+ on that scale again for me.

I have been morbidly obese all my life. I have a lifetime of mental and physical scars from obesity. In October 2004 I had Gastric Bypass surgery. WLS (Weight Loss Surgery) was the best gift that I could and did give to myself.

Between 2008 and 2010 I gradually gained back 80 of almost 300 pounds lost initially after weight loss surgery. I never reached my goal weight of 200 pounds. I still managed to keep off over 65 percent of the weight I lost which is very good and I am very proud of my accomplishments since 2004. It has literally changed my life for the better on all levels. I am here to lose re-gained weight and to reach my initial goal weight. I am in no hurry. I am taking this one day at a time and I am in it for the long haul.

Surgery did not fix the head. It is a good tool and the best gift I have given to myself, but it was not the easy way out as many people think. Once the honeymoon period is over after the WLS it is up to the patient to keep the weight off.

On August 29, 2011-- I was admitted to Intensive Out Patient Eating Disorder Program to learn how to manage my binge eating disorder effectively. The program is wonderful indeed and will be instrumental in me reaching all of my goals. The focus of this program was how to eat and not diet. Weight loss was not a goal of the program. I actually gained 20 pounds in program. But I had to get thru a lot of stuff and my the time I was released I had stopped gaining. I was discharged from program on December 3, 2011.

My tool is still working for me today. My head is still the issue. SO the struggle continues. I will never beat myself up again. I fight the fine fight faithfully and positively everyday. Because that is what will get me to my goals one day. Even though it may not show up on the scale every day -- Everyday I make progress one way or another just by showing up, waking up and trying.

Giving up is not an option for me. Perseverance, Patience, & Positive thinking will help me reach my goals…… and the same is true for you too!! We have the power within us.

IsMollyReallyHungry · January 2022

quiltingjaine wrote: »

Female 5’1” Age 71 years
oday. No plans since we’ve been exposed to COVID.
1/14 119.0
1/15 119.0 Yesterday was stressful. APOLOGIES FOR THE FOLLOWING “RANT!”

After I finished reading and posting, I heard a truck door slam. Looked out to see an ambulance at my neighbor’s. She was taken to the hospital (she’s COVID + with heart and lung issues) and now “Covid pneumonia” - I wonder if they checked a sample and determined it is viral pneumonia not bacterial. She thought she had bronchitis and asked the doctor for antibiotics which he denied. Said via tele-appointment that he was sure she had COVID and to rest and “wait it out!” I’m infuriated with the doctor and his apparent nonchalance and her 60 year old daughter is quite upset by this too. If you are a praying person, please do.

I am praying for your neighbor Jaine ....it is a stressful time for many including all the doctors and nurses. If your neighbor gets any worse she should go to the emergency room. I pray she does not because sadly many of the hospitals are worse than being at home if you can get better at home. Hopefully he recommended some type of meds for her to take. It all depends on what she is on. It is different for Everyone. Oh, this pandemic is so so bad. (((HUGS)))

coblujay · January 2022

Age: 63 5’6” 
SW: 264.1 (5/11/21)
 CW: 202.0 (01/06/22) 
UGW: 160
End of 10 day challenge goal: 197

Drink a minimum of 64 oz water a day 
Swim, Circuit, Hike (5x week minimum)

Challenge 156: 245.4 (-1.8) Challenge 157: 242 (-3.4)
Challenge 158: 240 (-2.0) Challenge 159: 237 (-3.0)
Challenge 160: 235.6 (-1.4) Challenge 161: 229.6 (-6.0)
Challenge 162: 227.6 (-2.0) Challenge 163: 223.4 (-4.2)
Challenge 164: 221.6 (-1.8) Challenge 165: 218.6 (-3.0)
Challenge 166: 216.8 (-1.8) Challenge 167: 215.6 (-1.2)
Challenge 168: 211.8 (-3.8) Challenge 169: 211.6 (-.2) 
Challenge 170: 206.4 (-5.2) Challenge 171: 202.4 (-4.0) 
Challenge 172: 203.4(+1.0) Challenge 173: 201 (-2.4)

1/7- 200.4 (-.6) Ohhh! I thought today might be the day. I did swim yesterday, but it was after lunch and I felt so sluggish. I usually swim after a light breakfast. Still, despite the frigid weather, I did it and was really proud of myself. Fridays are usually the day I have my indulgence meal for the week. Lunch with a friend was cancelled so I may not. I haven’t decided yet. Just so close…
1/8- 200.2 (-.8) Argh! I stayed focused yesterday but was still disappointed. I will have my indulgence meal today, so this will bump up again before the next downward slide. Trusting the process.
1/9- 201.8 (+.8) I had my indulgence meal and enjoyed every bit of it. I’m back on track today and hope to be under 200# later this week.
1/10- 201.2 (+.2) Dropping back down after my indulgence meal. No organized exercise today. I did go to Orange Theory yesterday. Still thrilled with how strong I’m getting after swimming and hiking so much.
1/11- 201.2 (+.2) Expecting a whoosh soon. I’ll be swimming today and getting back into my art studio.
1/12- 199.6 (-1.4) Woohoo! Happy dancing and burning extra calories here in Colorado. No organized exercise today…painting with friends. I’ve really focused on getting my water in the last few days and I think that made a big difference.
1/13- 200.2 (-.8) I know it’s going to bounce back a forth a bit before settling below 200#. I am a little disappointed, but on a downward trend. Today is swimming and painting.
1/14- 199.6 (-1.4) Had a great swim yesterday. Today I’m meeting a friend for lunch so I’ll be having my indulgence meal. Another bounce up is in my future. My weight loss has definitely slowed since Christmas and my plan is to tighten up my logging and stay focused on my exercise. I took a week long maintenance break the beginning of October. It was really helpful. I may consider doing another one in February just as a reset.
1/15- 200.2 (-.8) I enjoyed lunch with my friend yesterday and had a really busy day running errands and painting. I got so much done. I’m back on track today, getting all my water. I’ll be out walking with the dogs as it warms up. Tomorrow is Orange Theory and…the last day of this challenge. How did that happen?

playhardkf2017 · January 2022

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; R169: 151.4; R170: 148.9; R171: 144.8 R172: DNW; R173: 146.1

Last weight
1/06 - 146.1

Round Goal: 143.x Fast 16+hrs on weekdays, 14+hrs on weekends. Up the water! Water minimum: 75oz, Goal: 90oz.

Day, Weight, Comment
1/07 - 145.6
1/08 - 147.1
1/09 - 148.1
1/10 - 147.7
1/11 - 146.4
1/12 - 144.6
1/13 - 145.7
1/14 - 146.5
1/15 - 145.9 - Not bad for eating out. BF had no ideas for dinner, Fam wanted to go out, and he wanted out of the house. I'm happy with my choices, ate until I was feeling satisfied but not overly full, and enjoyed being outside next to the fire they had. Apparently I didn't check the "Resting" box on Thursday so yesterday was another "rest day" but I did pack the daughter's room and lifted heavy boxes so it wasn't a complete loss. I remembered to check the "resting" box so it'll allow the journey to move forward today to do my NF workout. A daughter of the owner's of the house (who passed away) reached out to us and said how wonderful it was to have veterans move into her parents home as her dad was also a disabled veteran and, like BF, a purple heart recipient. He was in the Korean war. She was suuuuper sweet and it made my heart melt. She lives in Louisiana, but she said her sister, who lives local, is hosting an estate sale today so we are going to attend that and see what there is (plus another look at the house since our agent's anniversary is this weekend and can't bring us to see it now that the general inspection is complete). I thought you all would appreciate such a lovely interaction. Guess our personal letter with the offer really helped!
1/16

Previous Day's Comments
1/07 - Body is still holding on to some bloat, but I'm still dropping which I'm happy about. Today is rest day. I also have 2 doc appointments (1 in person women's health, 1 virtual) and apparently we are looking at a house this afternoon. Dinner was corned beef and cabbage chowder which I have plenty of leftovers for today. Between appointments and all, I may stop by the store to grab something for dinner tonight I can make.
1/08 - Not quite enough water, ate out (looking at house took longer than expected and we stopped to check out a local place in the area we didn't know about. It's super adorable, 100% want to visit again), and TMI not quite there. Today is air fryer wings for lunch (I may have a couple plain wings but eat more of that corned beef cabbage chowder). Dinner will be either stuffed pepper soup or homemade chicken and dumplings, depending on how BF work goes (he makes the chicken&dumplings). Workout due today but he has full schedule so I have time to procrastinate. Woke up suuuuuper early for no reason and feeling it so giving myself grace when it comes to energy levels. It's a rainy dreary morning here and quite chilly. Definitely taking this as my lazy day to relax and maybe read more of my book. Unfortunately it's an e-book, but I've had to sacrifice my paper books for sake of space. This house we looked at has built in shelving for books and I LOVE it. My current mini-library is full of mixed media. Some books in a series are paper while others I've had to contend with electronic versions. Drives me batty! (And yes, for those books I love, I'm THAT girl who will buy the paper copy of it even though I already bought the e-book of it. I always wanted a library!) Plus, paper copies are just so much more intimate for me. Mom (who is an author and the reason I'm a book nerd) thinks I'm crazy and has no idea where I get so many particularities with books from. It's not her, so long as it's a book, she's happy, regardless of the medium. Dad's not a book person. I'm also the girl who will very carefully read a paperback as to not crease the spine. And holy moly, do not dog ear or bend pages or write in them, I will LOSE IT. Unless I get secondhand books, of course. Then it's character teehee. Wish I had a secondhand book store here.
1/09 - Interesting. I feel less bloated and lighter today. I was excited to see what the scale said and, surprise surprise! An increase. I'm not worried about it, I'm just happy FEELING lighter, but I was shocked. Dinner this weekend was switched. Work allows Fam and BF some opportunity to get together so we had dinner there last night (smothered pork chops with rice and collard greens) and today we will head over for wings. I've got to get a list together to shop for at least 2 dinners this week and lunch for me. We will have chicken & dumplings and stuffed pepper soup during the week, but need 2 more dinners. Think I'll make myself taco salad for the week and if it's not enough, I'll take dinner leftovers (I mainly need something for tomorrow since I won't have leftovers from Fam)
1/10 - Water back up to normal. Food wasn't the greatest, but not the worst (wings and fries with leftovers for today. Added in some veggies for lunch as well). Tired this morning, for the first time in my life (that I wasn't horribly sick) that I remember, I slept through my alarms. I was so exhausted apparently. My final alarm was the absolutely latest I could wake up and be on time. I spent less time getting ready and gave myself a few minutes to do ground work (pushups, planks) for today's Nerd Fitness workout. I have lunges and rows to knock out at work. Thinking of waiting until the after lunch slump to do those to get my body moving and blood flowing. Hopefully it will keep me from dozing or zoning out. Dinner tonight is chicken & dumplings, BF is attempting to make my dumplings since I'm not home to do it. Leftover will be tomorrow's lunch.
1/11 - Leftover wings (plain) and added steamable veggies for lunch. Plus a banana as "dessert". Dinner was homemade chicken & dumplings. BF successfully made the dumplings! Go him! Water on track, too. Workout was completed during that after lunch slump and worked well. I'm back working from home today due to high covid positive numbers within the company (it's worse than the first round when noone quite knew what to do) and my work this week is all meetings so why go in? Today is leftover chicken & dumplings for lunch and I'll make my stuffed pepper soup for dinner.
1/12 - Likely a dip because I only got in about 60oz water yesterday. I was absent-minded about it due to focusing on work, cooking dinner, and getting house paperwork completed. Whew. Even forgot to eat lunch! I did have a later breakfast, though, so it really counted as an early lunch for me I suppose. Leftover chicken&dumplings or stuffed pepper soup for lunch and I'm not sure of dinner yet. BF said he'd make something up from what we have in the house. Workout due today for NFJourney. All other habits good. Busy busy day, lots of work meetings. Will take a trip to the next town over to pay escrow and option fee today between meetings/over lunch.
1/13 - I'm alright with this, I got my water back up to normal and expected a bump up with that. Last of the chicken & dumplings leftovers for lunch, steak, air-fried "baked" potato, green beans, and steak for dinner. Completed my workout yesterday and packed some of my "extra" stuff I don't need between now and summer (shorts, tanks, swimsuit, my ever-packed beach bag, etc) and my paper books (since I'm currently reading a series on e-book). Not sure dinner tonight, but lunch I'll likely have the leftover stuffed pepper soup. Possibly start packing little stuff from kids' rooms. Our dilemma is whether anything can be tossed now or if we pack it all and make them unpack/purge themselves at the new house. May pack some of our less-used kitchenware today/tomorrow as well. I'm off tomorrow and Monday (while BF works) so I'll have to leave some things for myself to do on those days
1/14 - Feel and look slimmer today, but the scale wants to play games. That's alright. Dinner was a last-minute invite over to Fam's and we had scallop and shrimp alfredo pasta. I skipped the garlic bread (gasp! that's usually my favorite part). Likely why I'm up, though. But I'll take the slimmer look and lighter feel I have waking up this morning. Water was good as well. Not sure tonight, at all, but I imagine we will be at Fam's again for dinner. They're worried this new house is about 30 minutes from where they are now and almost an hour from their land (where they plan to start building their house this year) so we won't hang out as much. Today before I break my fast I have to go get blood drawn in the next town over. I'm not looking forward to that. I need to sneak in my NF workout today somewhere. I'll try to do ground work here as soon as I post and catch up on reading everyone's updates.
1/15

Congrats on the house and that is the sweetest story!

playhardkf2017 · January 2022

31 yo female
5’2” Small frame according to my wrist circumference
SW 126.2 (April 14th, 2020)
Highest lifetime weight: 138 lbs. August 2011
Goal Weight: Stay around 115-118
Previous rounds: 125.2 -> 122.8 -> 121.6 -> 121.2 -> 119.8-> 119.4 -> 117.8 ->116.6 -> 117.2 ->117.2->114.8 ->116.8 -> 116.4 -> 114.0 -> 115 -> 115.4 ->115 ->113 -> 113-> 113.8 ->114.6 -> 113.6 -> 115.8-> 116 -> 115.6 -> 117.6 -> 115.8 ->118.2-> 117.4 ->116.6 -> 116.8 ->115.6 -> 116.6 -> 115.4 ->?-> 116.6 -> 116.2 -> 115.4->?-> 117.8 ->116.6 -> 116 -> 116 -> 115 -> vacation -> missed about 3ish rounds-> 117.4 -> 115.4 ->117.2 -> 118.2 -> 116.6 -> 118.2 -> 118.4 -> ? scale was wonky -> 118.8 -> ? 118.8 -> 122
Goal for this round: Maintain weight while continuing to focus on strength training and running
Previous days

1/7 122.8 My scale has been wonky but I’m also just feeling puffy and bloated from having Thai food two days in a row. My husband and I tried the new place in the center and got a couple of their staple resulting to two days of Thai food for either lunch or dinner. It was worth it though because I hadn’t had Thai in a while! I’m drinking lots of water and dandelion tea to help with the bloat/puffy feeling. Our first “real” snow storm of season is going on outside my window and it looks so pretty! I might not feel that way in March when it’s still snowing but I’ll happily take it now lol. I did a 45 minute heavy hills/hiit spin bike ride in leu of running this morning in the storm. Then I cooled down for another 15 minutes on the bike at an easier pace. It’s been a crazy work week, hence not posting yesterday but I’m glad today is a little quieter.
1/8 122.4 At least it went down right? I’ve had a super productive day getting things done around the house. I took down the Christmas ornaments and lights, went grocery shopping, made bread which came out better than last weeks, cleaned the aero garden before my new flowers arrive for it, put a load of laundry in the wash, have an empty sink, and a couple other things. For physical activity, I decided to give my body a full rest day today but I have at least 100 active calories on my garmin watch. I woke up with a ton of energy and was dressed an out of bed by 6 this morning. It’s been a long time since I’ve had this much energy, so I wanted to take advantage of it. Breakfast was cereal, lunch was a cheese and crackers with some fruit, a snack was a slice or two of my bread and dinner will be beef bulgogi with sauteed mushrooms, cabbage, and onions. My goal this week is to eat more vegetables during the day. So tomorrow I’m going to cut up some veggies that will be easy to munch on during the week.
1/9 120.6 That’s a better number and I feel it too. I felt less puffy/bloated this morning. I did a 30 minute spin bike ride and then my husband and I went for a walk around the local pond trail. Breakfast consisted of eggs with peppers and caramelized onion cheddar from Trader Joes, toast with my homemade bread, and an apple; lunch will be a mini cheese board for 1 and dinner will be cranberry bbq sauce turkey meatballs served over brown rice with a side of broccoli and left over cabbage from last night. I hope every had a good weekend!
1/10 119.8 Ran 6 miles this morning. Tested out my running YakTrax and they helped give me a bit more confidence with the sporadic icy spots. My run definitely would have been more sketchy without them. I also plan to do some sort of strength training on my lunch today. On the menu tonight will be short ribs with carrots, onions, fennel, kohlrabi, and the homemade bread from Saturday. This is going to be a somewhat long week for me with a potentially very tired husband who is scheduled to work his per diem OT job every day this week because another therapist is out sick. He typically works two or three days in a row and then has a day or a few off to recover mentally/physically. Here’s to hoping we don’t hate each other by Friday with his job taking so much energy out of him/potentially increasing crankiness. Fingers crossed!
1/11 Didn’t get to post. I started one but didn’t have a chance to do the last step.
1/12 The past couple days have been bleh eating wise. TOM is arriving later this week and I’m feeling it with the fatigue and not caring about what I eat. I ran 5 miles this morning but did yoga instead of my normal strength training on Wednesdays because I was just tired and not feeling it. After work my husband and I also went for a 2ish mile walk. Hoping to feel better once TOM finally arrives. These hormonal fluctuations are rather annoying. Sorry for the complaining. On the bright side, the week is now more than halfway over.
1/13 Woke up feeling like I wanted to crawl out of my skin but luckily as the day went on I felt better. Started the day with a 45 minute bike ride and ate relatively well all day. It was another busy day at work so I’m just getting to posting now.
1/14 121.8 Ran 6.6 miles this morning and did my strength workout during lunch. TOM hit this afternoon with cramps so I decided to practice selfcare and take the last two hours off from work. So now I’m sitting on the couch watching the last episode of The Good Doctor. Food has been good so far today and have saved some dinner calories to have Chipotle for dinner tonight.

1/15 123 Salty dinner last night. Ended up having domino’s instead of Chipotle. I don’t think I went too far over calorie wise. Did a 30 minute spin bike ride this morning. I made a cinnamon raisin seeded bread this morning and can’t wait to make French toast with it tomorrow for breakfast. I had a couple slices for lunch and it was very tasty. It’s been a relaxing day today after a productive morning getting some chores done. Tonight we will be having fiber gourmet pasta with sauce and meatballs.

TerriRichardson112 · January 2022

JGM10Ds -|- Round 174
☃️❄️🌟❄️☃️❄️🌟❄️☃️
☃️❄️🌟 JANUARY 🌟❄️☃️
☃️❄️🌟❄️☃️❄️🌟❄️☃️

😎I'm hovering BELOW 140 (down 87lbs) 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
• In Maintenance since July 2019
• Smart BMI - optimal weight.
• Muscle/Fat %ages in normal range

Just because Covid restrictions aren’t compulsory doesn’t mean they’re not necessarily.
People are still dying out there……… and the numbers are on the rise again.
😷Take care! Stay safe!😷

January focus:
maintain weight < 145 (I have been maintaining since July 2019)
Work on improving stamina, strength, flexibility, which may impact the scale

I liked this so much I'm borrowing it.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's
I’m back to pre-Christmas weight! 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
Stats

Terri: Female; 76 next birthday; Northern Ireland; married > 55 years; ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age - life-long learning charity)
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
LW: 136.4(Nov 2021)
GW: < 145

I am - MINDFUL - of making heathy choices
to - MAXIMISE - the achievement of my goals!

Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!

2022 Focus: Maintenance
Maintain weight < 145
Work on stamina, strength, and flexibility

JGM10Ds ROUND 174
Round 173 EW: 137.2
Day/Weight/Comment
07/01: 137.2: Daily Habits🦄
08/01: 135.8: Daily Habits🦄 unexpected Whoosh!
09/01: 136.4: Daily Habits 🦄
10/01: 136.2: Daily Habits 🦄
11/01: 137.6: Daily Habits 🦄
12/01: 138.4: Daily Habits 🦄 Hmmm… Cause and effect! Mac & Cheese with chicken and veg for dinner.
13/01: 138.2: Daily Habits 🦄
14/01: 139.1: Daily Habits 🦄 I think this was because I was finishing off the Mac & Cheese. I was under goal but obviously to much sodium because of the cheese.
15/01: 138.4: Daily Habits 🦄
16/01: xxx: Daily Habits

Daily Habits - 2022
Daily Habits Update - January 2022

1. Log ALL CI/CO (Daily)
2. Stay under goal (Daily)
3. Balance macros/micros (Daily)
4. Hydrate adequately (Daily)
5. Choose healthy options (Daily)
6. Steps > 7500 (Daily)
7. Stretch before/after workouts
8. 15+ minutes Cardio > 5 days a week
9. 15+ mins Strength > 5 days a week
10. 15+ mins Flexibility > 5 days a week
11. Active hours > 6
12. Practice self-care (Daily)
13. Stay up to date with accounts (monthly)
14. Mindfulness Practice/meditation ((Daily - morning/evening)
15. 1 > 15 mins Declutter sessions (Daily)
16. Be creative
17. Purchase essential items only
18. Read > 1 book from 'to read' pile
19. Complete > 2 ongoing craft projects (monthly)
20. Learn something new
21. Develop Healthy Habits

https://www.random.org/colors/hex

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

tiabirdie56 · January 2022

*ROUND 174 (Fr•Jan 7-Su•Jan 16)
I lost muscle while I was sick and virus also took a toll on my gut microbiome. So, I must do the work to restore both.

Seeking lower bodyfat%
My name is Tish.
Age: 65
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2021 Start Wgt: 215 (Jan 1)
CW: 193.6
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}
{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}

▪2019▪Round End Weights*

{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)
????
•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 162 -196.8 EW}Sep 18 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
~illness
Round 169 - DNW EW}Nov 27 2021
Round 170 - 188.2 EW}Dec 7 2021
Round 171 - 189 EW}Dec 17 2021
Round 172 - 191 EW}Dec 27 2021
▪2021▪
•24lbs lost ✔
•BMI lowered 3.8 points
•BF reduced 4.8%

•2022•
Round 173 - 193.6 EW}Jan 6 2022
{Day/Weight/Comment}

■Day1▪Fr•1/7- ¤193.6
(Th•1/6- 5:30pm, 9pm; 23hrs) 126g carbs; Fiber•g; 48ozs water. (7am weigh in.) Very sluggish TMI. I will be making the necessary dietary changes to improve that situation.

▪Day2▪Sa•1/8- ¤DNW
(Fr•1/7-11:30am, 1:30pm. 6pm; 14.5hrs) 109g carbs; Fiber•14g; 60ozs water.

▪Day3▪︎Su •1/9- ¤DNW [/cololr]
(Sa•1/8- 12:30pm, 7pm, 9pm;18.5hrs) 101g carbs; Fiber•20g; 84ozs water.

▪︎Day4▪Mo •1/10- ¤194.4
(Su•1/9- 12pm, 1:30pm, 8pm; 15hrs) 175g carbs; Fiber•26g; 64ozs water. I have not been feeling very well, but there are things I need to do outside of home. It's a brisk day, so hopefully it will invigorate me.

▪Day5▪︎Tu •1/11- ¤DNW (Mo•1/10- 12:30pm, 5:30pm; 16.5hrs) 154g carbs; Fiber•21g; 68ozs water. Did not leave the house on Sunday. The frigid air felt good to me yesterday. Ran errands for my sister.

▪Day6▪We •1/12- ¤196.?
(Tu•1/11- 11:30am; 18hrs) 154g carbs; Fiber•19g; 60ozs water. I'll be holding quite a bit of fluid for a while until I heal from an abdominal muscle strain. I've changed my diet for the time being. I can't afford to have TMI issues. The fun continues.

▪Day7▪Th•1/13- ¤194.8
(We•1/12- 5:30pm, 7:30pm; 21.5hrs) 96g carbs; Fiber•19g; 60ozs water.

▪Day8▪Fr•1/14- ¤194.6
(Th•1/13- 5pm, 7pm; 21.5hrs) 35g carbs; Fiber•g; 32ozs water. Away from home all day yesterday so not much water or food consumed. **At some point over the weekend I'll read through all the postings.

■Day9▪Sa•1/15-¤195.5
(Fr•1/14- 11:30am, 6pm, 9pm; 16.5hrs) 153g carbs; Fiber•16g; 72ozs water.

■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%

▪2022▪
*update monthly*
•lbs lost ✔
•BMI lowered points
•BF reduced %

▪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
R170/Nov 28~SW: 194.6
R171/Dec 8~SW: 187.9
R172/Dec 18~SW: 190
R173/Dec 28~SW: 191
R174/Jan 7~SW: 193.6

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kramereh · January 2022

Hoping for another great round!

Round 173 ⬇️ 4lbs

SW: 212.4
Day/Weight/Comment
1/7- 211.6- great day but a little worried about the weekend.
1/8- 210.8- I had a great Friday but tonight is a ‘cheat’ day. I have volleyball and it’s a beer league.
1/9- 210.4- I was expecting a slight bump. Hoping to do extremely well so I don’t see that gain tomorrow.
1/10- 210.4 - decent day yesterday, at least it was enough to stop a gain from Saturday
1/11- 209.8- had a great day and am looking forward to a great week!
1/12- 210.4 - had a great day so not sure why the gain but not getting discouraged!
1/13- 209.6- let’s hope it stays down 🤞🏼
1/14 209- good day!
1/15- 207.8 - doubt it’ll stay with the weekend and nights planned out.
1/16

Nahlei · January 2022

I’m 5’7, 29 years old, female. I follow a lifting
program and would like to decrease my body fat while maintaining muscle mass.

My starting weight in Oct 2021 was 156.6

Goals: stay in a mild calorie deficit, hit 110-140 grams of protein per day, 20-30 minutes of cardio on lifting days (4xweek, non-work days), complete all 6 programmed strength training sessions during my 4 days off per week

Previous Rounds

169 150->151.2 (150.9) 🦃
170 151.2->148.3 (150.5)
171 148.5 -> 147.9 (147.8)
172 147.9-> 150.3 (147.9) 🎄
173 147.7-> 151 (?) 🎆

Previous Posts

1/7 WHEW what a welcome back to work. Critical care during Covid is just not ideal. Our unit is now 8 beds and we are staffed for 12, so we will pretty much be staffing the new unstaffed Covid icu that took our place. Buuut the move has changed my trek up the stairs from 7 flights to 11 and I’m always looking for excuses to take the stairs. Leftovers for lunch. Black bean soup, avocado, and seitan for dinner. Another workday tomorrow. Protein: 135

1/8 Work 2/2 and now I’m off for 2. Since we are not in our normal unit I was having to run up and down to pharmacy a lot to get medicines that weren’t stocked and so I got plenty of stair action in today. I always close my move ring at work but rarely my exercise but the stairs have fixed that. Leftover black bean soup for lunch, broccoli dal with tofu for dinner. Protein: 148

1/9 must have tweaked my back turning patients or something yesterday cause I am hurting today. Skipped out on deadlifts and just did some rows, rowing, and step ups instead. Also skipped out on the NBA game tonight because of how bad the Covid numbers are around here.. didn’t seem like a responsible thing to do with the surge and how many staff at the hospital are already out sick. I got talked into going into work an extra day tomorrow to be the lead, so my days off are cut short. Leftovers for lunch. Lentil, sweet potato, spinach soup and seitan for dinner. Protein: 131

1/10 workday 1/3. Not a bad start to 3 in a row. I walked a ton since we are split between multiple floors and I was helping everyone out. Leftover soup for lunch and a lentil harissa garbanzo bean soup and tofu for dinner. Protein: 132

1/11 work 2/3. Supplies are really low. I’ve been walking around 8 miles and doing 60 flights of stairs at work since the unit move. I have been eating Built bars for my protein bars and the eggnog flavor was surprisingly really good. Leftover lentil, chickpea, harissa soup for lunch. Lemony, kale, orzo and seitan for dinner. Protein: 128

1/12 work 3/3 we moved again at work lol. At this point you can’t do anything but laugh and go along with it or quit. I was lead and they assigned all the rooms we were moving in the last hour or work so I was scrambling. Now we are Covid icu with a few neuro beds until things settle down I guess. I ordered a more comfortable n95 and goggles. Walked a ton. My husband made a really yummy Korean stew for dinner. Protein: 131

1/13 So nice to be at home today! And it looks like my weight is finally trending back to pre-holiday levels. I did a shoulder press, lunge, rowing workout this morning. I also meal planned and put away Christmas decorations. Good timing since a house cleaner is coming tomorrow and Christmas decorations make a lot of sparkles. Did a push day for weight lifting. I’m feeling pretty tired (could be from working 3 in a row) and my throat is a bit sore (could be my imagination).. hopefully I wake up feeling normal 😬. stir fried tempeh, cabbage, and carrots for dinner. Protein: 133

1/14 It felt almost like spring outside today! It was making me want to see some tulips and start my vegetable garden.. Much too soon for all that though. I had to be out of the house all day for cleaning, so I helped my mom put her Christmas decorations away. I’m nervous about being around my parents again even though we are all boosted now that Covid is so bad at the hospital and I’m in the thick of it. Cardio workout was shorter than I expected, but I did that and had a pull day with tons of rack pulls and then went for a walk. Leftovers for lunch. Red lentil, spinach, potato stew with seitan for dinner. Back to work for the weekend.. I’m dreading it. I applied for a pre-op job at the hospital much closer to my house in the suburbs because I don’t know if I can keep doing critical care in a major metro hospital with staffing and supplies how they are. Protein: 134

1/15

1/16

1/7 150.5
1/8 151
1/9 149.6
1/10 150.1
1/11 150.7
1/12 150.1
1/13 147.9
1/14 146.8
1/15 146.8 Work 1/2. Spent the day in the Covid ICU and it wasn’t bad today. I’ve been feeling pretty hungry the past few days. Leftovers for lunch. Roasted Brussel sprouts and tofu with Buffalo sauce and avocado for dinner. Really yummy. Protein: 128
1/16

whitej1234 · January 2022

178cm female (all in kg)
SW: 104.0 (Dec 16th)
Mini GW1: 102.9 ✅
Mini GW2: 99.9
GW1: 95.9
GW2: 91.9

Hello round 174!
3rd round in a row (more before). Previous recent results -
R172 SW:104 EW:100.7 (⬇️3.3kg)
R173 SW:100.7 EW:101.4 (⬆️0.7kg)

R174 SW: 101.4 Goal: consistent <101. Go to gym twice (major problem as the gym is full of ppl these days even in generally down times)

01/07 - 100.2 🏋️‍♀️ (-1.2) I am not sure this happened. Was easy to keep it within calories yesterday but this can not be the result of a one time behaving. Epsecially not after the snacking in the few days before. But wil take it, need the encouragement right now.
01/08 - 100.1(-1.3) Finally empty at the gym yesterday. So went for a quick cardio + walking there and back which was refreshing at whooping -15 degrees. Still not sure why I didn't bounce but I will take it
01/09 - 100.0 (-1.4) Actually it was 99.95 but given the late weigh-in and the high chance for anomaly I didn't want to celebrate the milestone just yet.
01/10 - 100.0 (-1.4) Still rounding up. Trend line says <101 so if I don't mess this up till the end of the challenge I have at least a consistent <101 in place. Now need to see how I get to the gym with this Corona outbreak. Not easy to find low times and not sure if it is smart. But with the -18 and snow outside I don't have much alternatives.
01/11- 100.2 (-1.2) waiting for the wooosh. Yesterday was a snacking day so not surprising.
01/12 - 101.2 (-0.2) Must be salt and sedentry days. But I didn't really have that much salt I think. Is popcorn that much salty snack? Hope it is a glitch
01/13 - 101.5 (+0.1) 😐 Time to get back on track
01/14 - 100.0 (-1.4) Can't really explain this woosh
01/15 - 100.1 (-1.3) Let's see how the scale behaves tomorrow for the final round result
01/16 -100.6 (-0.8) bottom line lots of ups and downs this round but I think a progress did happen. I guess J am out of the initial water loss so it is not going to be as stable. Eyes on the goal and see you next round!

R174 SW:101.4 EW:100.6 (⬇️0.8kg)

Older rounds

R69 SW:96.8 EW:95.1 (⬇️1.7kg)
R70 SW:95.1 EW:95.2 (⬆️0.1kg)
R71 SW:94.9 EW:96.4 (⬆️1.5kg)
R72 SW:96.4 EW:95.9 (⬇️0.5kg)
R73 SW:95.9 EW:95.2 (⬇️0.7kg)
R74 SW:95.4 EW:??.? (⬆️2.0kg)
R75 SW:96.0 EW:94.5 (⬇️1.5kg)
R76 SW:94.6 EW:94.4 (⬇️0.2kg)
R77 SW:94.9 EW:95.8 (⬆️0.9kg)
R78 SW:95.4 EW: ??? - frustratingly stopped
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R84 SW:98.4 EW: 98.0 (⬇️0.4kg)
R85 SW:98.0 EW: ??? - stopped
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R101 SW: 100.4 EW:98.7kg(⬇️1.7 kg)
R102 SW: 99.6 EW:97.9 (⬇️1.7 kg)
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R124 SW:99.6 EW:98.3 (⬇️1.3 kg)
R125 SW:98.3 EW:97.6 (⬇️0.7 kg)
R126 SW:97.6 EW:97.3 (⬇️0.3 kg)
R127 SW:97.3 EW:96.1 (⬇️1.2 kg)
R128 SW:96.1 EW:94.1 (⬇️2.0 kg)
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R172 SW:104 EW:100.7 (⬇️3.3kg)
R173 SW:100.7 EW:101.4 (⬆️0.7kg)

cybernurse251 · January 2022

I really didn’t do well last round , fresh start on 1/10
SW274.6
Gw round 266
1/08
1/09
1/10 274.6 (too much sodium)
1/11 272
1/12 267.8
1/13 265.6. Had a good day . Stayed on track, I got most of my water in.
1/14 264.4 Steady downward .
1/15 264.2
1/16 263.6 total loss 11 lbs🥊😍

Lilylady3k · January 2022

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

Female, 5’3”, 61
Ultimate Lifetime Goal: Weigh Less Each Year Than the Last

2019 SW: 245 BMI 43.4 (1/2/2019) Lost 15 lbs in 2019 then regained 5
2020 SW: 235 BMI 41.6 (1/1/2020) Then back up to 241 before refocusing in Aug
2021 SW: 212 BMI 37.6 (1/1/2021) NOTE: Low 201.1 in August 2021
2022 SW: 209 BMI 37.0 (1/1/2022)
GW: <200 in 2022 BMI 35.2
UGW: 165 BMI 29.2 Overweight NOT Obese

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

My goal for 2022 is to get into ONEderland and make it stick. Changing my life.

Plans:🔹Find workout routine that works (walk, bike, planks, yoga, swim, strength training, take advantage of retirement to be more active); target walking 100 miles each month
🔹Drink more water (target min 64-80 oz daily; start with 1 glass before coffee)
🔹Journal Food Daily (tracking with MFP since 12/28/2018; basically skipped June-Dec 2019; recommit 1/1/2020; skipped out April-July 2020; recommit 8/6/2020)
🔹Daily Vitamins (Dr’s orders; need to not ignore)
🔹Drink less alcohol (~12-16 AF days per month; limit 1-2 glasses per day)
R63: 245 (1/2/2019)
R64-75: notes in 2019 folder
R76: 229.5 (5/12/2019)
R77-99: notes in 2019 folder
SWR100: 236.4 (12/29/2019)
R100-121: notes in 2020 folder
SWR122: 241 (8/6/2020)
R122 20200804: 234.8 (-6.2)
R123-135: notes in 2020 folder
R136-R158: notes in 2021 folder
R159 20210819 202.9 (-.3) NOTE: Saw 201.1
R160-R171: notes in 2021 folder
R172 20211227 208.2 (-1.6)

R173 20220106 209.3 (+1.1)
R174 20220116 206.6 (-2.7)

R174: I’m just totally unfocused. I plan and execute meals wonderfully then sabotage my good efforts with poor choices in snacks. So this round … no more salty snacks or ice cream after lunch & dinner. AND no more picking up a Snickers when I grocery shop. If I break these bad habits I know that my weight will go down.
🎯Mini Goal: <205 (Repeat until I hit it!)
Exercise Goal for this round: Strength class 4x per week. Walk the dog 100 miles in Jan!

Day/Weight/Previous Day’s Comment
1/7 208.9 2021 cal (-507), 119 net carbs. Strength Training 1 hr. No walk Wednesday. Drove (round trip 2 hrs) to son’s home to deliver something they needed and of course stayed to visit with my new granddaughter. Meals were okay but snacking is still bad … especially since I snuck in a snickers when grocery shopping which is a bad habit I need to break!
1/8 209.7 Walked 1.2 + 1.1 miles, Strength Training 1 hr, 1837 cal (-115), 137 net carbs, 1 glass wine. Really no explanation for the jump on the scale unless it is that I weighed in a couple of hours earlier … didn’t sleep. Snacking was reasonable. Wow yesterday just seemed to slip away from me … a little reading, too much computer time, dropped off old clothing to Women’s abuse shelter, groceries yet again and cooked double batch of jambalaya for family Sunday lunch.
1/9 211.6 No exercise. Drove (6 hr round trip) to New Braunfels for a day trip with DH which was fun attending the IPMS ModelFiesta show, shopping, lunch at GristMill in Gruene historic district on the Guadalupe River. Returning home stopped at my sisters for dinner which had tons of carbs (black beans & sausage w/ rice & cornbread). 2195 cal (-889), 215 net carbs, 1 beer at lunch + 1 wine at dinner.
1/10 210.9 Walked 2.5 miles, 1954 cal (-302), 202 net carbs, AF. All my kids got together to meet our new granddaughter today! Fun times. Jambalaya, salad, strawberries, pineapple and King Cake for lunch then just DH & I shared cheese & olives for dinner.
1/11 208.6 Walked .9 + .3 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1874 cal (-251), 25 net carbs, 96oz water, AF. Grocery shopped AND followed my menu plan for the most part … switched out Wed & Mon menus but still I’m on point regarding the planning and executing. Now to get myself back into the green and not have negative red highlighted number under remaining calories! AND to get the scale going down consistently instead of these awful swings.
1/12 207.4 Walked 1.4 + 3 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1714 cal (231 green!), 92 net carbs, 96+oz water again, AF. Nice chilly day exercising and relaxing reading The Maid by Nita Prose (highly recommend it). Evening alumnae meeting was a casual PJ and pizza party night after the chaos of the holidays. Proud to say I went comfy in my poodle pajama bottoms that now fit again!
1/13 207.6 Walked 2.9 miles, 1450 cal (203 green!), 44 net carbs, AF. Gumbo without rice

but I stuck to my plan. Training class for volunteers teaching English to adults through our church. The program is kicking off again after stopping in March 2020. It will be harder this spring as we only have 1 volunteer teacher per class instead of 2. I’m going to miss my co-teacher but I understand why she is not returning. She is in her 70s and got Covid in our class back in Feb 2020 and since has had many related heart health issues. ALSO the class time overlaps with my TTH workouts so I'm working with my teacher to have access to videos to keep up!
1/14 207.7 Hmmmm Walked 1.4 miles, Strength Training class 1 hr, 1718 cal (-200), 39 net carbs, 3 glasses wine. Too busy to snack which is a good thing! Scheduled my day out

Planning my daughter’s baby shower with her SILs & friends. Lot of activity! Made 2 casseroles for my son & DIL that just had our granddaughter. Didn’t get to cut DH’s hair … guess that will happen today after I visit my granddaughter.
1/15 207.4 Walked 2 miles with my granddaughter in a stroller … that is a first! Strength Training class 1 hr … which I’m finding really helps when holding a newborn and getting up off the couch without using my hands to push off … got the leg strength & the balance! Mobile and active grandma in action LOL Took my son & DIL a few frozen casseroles and brought my DIL Zoe’s for lunch. The pita bread and basil pesto hummus at lunch sent me over my calorie and carb limits for the day! After all that DH & I went out to eat dinner since he has been in a sales conference all week over video. WIN no snacks! 1528 cal (-91), 79 net carbs, AF.
1/16 206.6 No exercise took the day off and shopped with my DD. 1595 cal (-281), 21 net carbs, 3 glasses wine. Thought I would take down the Christmas tree but nope it is still up! Enjoyed my day though cheese and wine for dinner is not sustainable in the long run.

Back in the groove of weight loss and headed in the right direction! Now to keep up the momentum and not let the number on the scale slip back up again. Next round I WILL get down to <205 and regain my position I had before my 16 day roadtrip in October!

Good luck everyone!

Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 174

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