JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 183

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R182EW 179.8
R183GW 177.9

Day/Weight/Comment
4/7 179.6
4/8 179.4
4/9 179.8
4/10 179.8
4/11 179.8
4/12 179.8 - crazy 4 days in a row, atleast it’s not a gain 😜
4/13 179.6
4/14 179.0
4/15 178.8 💥💥💥💥 lowest since October!!! 💥💥💥💥

4/16 179.2 well a loss is a loss 👍🏽🐢

Give me 10 Days Round 183 April 7 – April 16, 2022

Height: 5’5”
Age: 60
Original start weight, Sept 15, 2020: 153
All time high, Sept 2001: 168.8
Recent low weight (summer 2021): 120.8

History:
Goals:
SW: 133.4
Cats: Harry 11 lb .5 oz; Han Solo 11lb 13.0 oz

4/7 – 133.8 Totally reasonable. The 133.4 ending weight for last round was very kind and unexpected. The other factor going into yesterday is I did not track the end of the day, though was thoughtful and selective about what I ate. Tracking was too mentally taxing by the end. Having guests and entertaining is lovely but exhausting. Apple watch says I walked 11 miles yesterday. I think I spent at least 1.5 hours doing dishes by hand at various points (yes, stupid me has a dishwasher that I regularly use – handwashing seemed more organized way to tackle the disarray). Anyhow, pleased with today’s weight, despite it being an up.

4/8 – 135.2 Handled yesterday reasonably…..until I didn’t. Went on bender in the late evening while babysitting and everyone was out fishing. That number is reflecting a lot of carbs, fat and salt. Don’t ask. :P Not concerned. It is one day. Today I should be back on track. Fun side story though was that I did a bird rescue.

4/9 – 137.4 wow! Amazing what damage one can do with two days. Due to family schedule, my morning walk could not fit in. Not sure what more to add other than today is likely going to be dicey as we are heading to Key West at 8 AM. Going to be a long day.

4/10 – 136.0 Unlike my past two days, I did not even make an attempt at tracking and choices were not great, but I attempted to at least limit my number of meals which may have helped to mitigate. Again, with the Key West travel, I could not do an official walk, but we were on foot, covered a number of miles and I closed all my apple rings. Today is a home day, even though family is still here. I am going to attempt to pre-track and heading out to walk in just a couple minutes…… bad start. I just brewed a pot of hot water. I forgot the coffee grounds. :’(

4/11 – 135.4 Did manage to get in a reasonable walk yesterday. Did roughly 2.5 laps for 4 miles. Tracking did not happen. Came in from the walk to another pound of cooked bacon on the counter. Yes, I could have tracked those, but just not having the mental energy (that I can have) to work out the rest of the day. Despite not tracking, my weight is coming back down which shows me how much was forms of retention, and what my true weight likely is. Today, everyone leaves and am home alone for about 30 hours, during which I have to clean and flip back our living arrangements (we gave up master suite to the kids) before DH returns tomorrow afternoon with MIL. No walk this morning. Will do some alone walking later and the cleaning should get me plenty of activity. I will be very interested in seeing what tomorrows weight shows because that I likely the real damage from the 4 days of eating off track.

4/12 – 138.0 Yes, everyone headed home yesterday and honestly thought that I could then focus like I intended. Well cleaning the house, cleaning the fridge, counters, and cabinets, brought me face to face with many open containers which led to bad choices …… again. But, when I got a modicum of control I did a purge and the remaining triggers are all gone. I did get in a solo walk though as I planned, so that was a plus!

4/13 – 136.6 Finished all the cleaning up of the condo and DH returned with MIL. Calories were on track (though I did not pre-track) and I did walk three and a half loops (5+ miles) and then biked to the grocery store. Today, IMM should be good. We are going out to dinner but I have pre-tracked my day and have planned for a two appetizer dinner – shrimp ceviche and a trio of bacon wrapped scallops. Both are yummy but calorie/portion controlled.

4/14 – 135.2 So my history this round is great for anyone unfamiliar with the cause and effect of daily food selections and how some is real (AKA fat) and some is temporary retention. So on the 7th and 8th I did some high carb, fat and salt eating that led to a gain of 4 pounds. Got back to focused eating on the 9th and 10th and dropped two. Misbehaved again on the 11th with salt, fat, carbs again for one day and went up 2.6 pounds. Focused again on 12th and 13th and am back down 2.8 pounds. These fluctuations cannot be explained purely by calories consumed as to gain those 4 pounds of fat I would have required that I eat roughly 14,000 calories OVER my daily caloric needs during those two days, which did not happen. Weighing daily over the years has allowed me to witness these cause and effect and how they apply to me. I am rarely blindsided by the number that I see on the scale.

I’m also adding apologies, again, for barely reading everyone’s posts. I can only be pleased that for now I am at least trying to keep my own accountability going.

4/15 – 134.6 yesterday, again, was focused and thoroughly tracked and I think I am heading back to non-binge stasis. The key question is what will I see tomorrow? My goal for this round had been to end with any sort of “133” as I started the round in that range. I will know in 24 hours.

4/16 – 136.0 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz; Han Solo 11lb 12.5 oz oh well. My weight was not as desired. Headed into yesterday with pre-planned controlled tracking, and the day should have been a success. Lunch ended up a recoverable stumble, that still might have impacted my “133” due to carbs and salt while remaining acceptable for calories for the day. Next, dinner had been all pre-planned. Had pre-tracked two slices of a medium mushroom onion pizza, then DH concluded smartest option was to order a large (would feed all three of us). Waitress erroneously delivers one small instead. So now, to correct the mistake, she delivers another small pizza. Meanwhile, I had a glass of wine (I don’t drink generally as I have no tolerance). By the time I was done, I had wine, 5 small slices of pizza and half a slice of coconut cheesecake………. Though imperfect, it was not a closet binge, so I am content with that. Off to round 184!

Round 183 (my 19th)
April 7, 2022 - April 16, 2022
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds: RSW: 136.2 pounds (04/06/22, EO Round 182)
RGW: 135.0 pounds (- 1.2 pounds)
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
4/07: 136.2 - Back home and back to my normal workouts. Will probably need to take my goal weight back off of maintenance to losing 0.5 pounds/week again.
4/08: 138.2 - Well, harrumph. Bad decisions catching up with me. Had good workouts yesterday, but the bewitching hour of 9:30 pm came and a snackcident happened
4/09: 136.2 - Normal workout and eating. Good sleep
4/10: 135.6 - Back to my low weight from Round 181. Normal workout and mostly normal eating. Good sleep.
4/11: 135.4 - Ate on the low end of my calories (didn’t eat back all of my exercise calories). Normal workouts and good sleep.
4/12: 134.9 - I hit my goal weight this morning for the first time since I’ve been keeping track of my weight. 135 pounds has been my goal weight since I started keeping track back in 2009 and the closest I ever came was back in 2009 when I hit 143 pounds. I started this journey back here on MFP September 7, 2021 and have lost a bit over 36 pounds. I feel great but still feel a bit lumpy because the weight loss chooses the areas of the body to lose from and doesn’t give you muscle definition. :-) The journey isn’t over yet as I’d like to solidly maintain between 130-135 pounds. For those who wonder about the process to get to this point, it really is about CICO. I eat dessert every night, I bake and consume sourdough bread, crackers, cookies, I drink wine, I go on vacations and enjoy eating out. This is all done (mostly) in moderation. MFP and challenges like this one have helped me keep myself accountable to hitting this goal.
4/13: 134.0 - Wasn’t expecting another drop as I ate at the tippy top of my calorie range yesterday. Normal workouts and sleep.
4/14: 133.8 - Didn’t sleep that well last night, but had normal workouts and eating. I upped my calories a little in the goals area and ate past it, but net calories was on the low side of things. It is a balancing act to figure out how much of your exercise calories to eat back and how accurate those exercise estimates are.
4/15: 133.8 - Had some wine last night with our neighbors for our “Driveway Drinks” night that started during the pandemic, although it was in the garage because of the weather. Good eating otherwise, good exercise, and just so-so sleep. I need to put down the book I’m reading much earlier.
4/16: 134.9 - Ended the round at target. On to figure out this maintenance thing…

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: - 1.3 pounds