Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 185

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!😷

April focus: 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

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
Stats 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 < 140
Work on stamina, strength, and flexibility

JGM10Ds ROUND 185
Round 184 EW: 138.5
Day/Weight/Comment
27/04: 138.8: Daily Habits🌷
28/04: 138.5: Daily Habits🌷
29/04: 138.7: Daily Habits🌷
30/04: 138.5: Daily Habits🌷
01/05: 138.4: Daily Habits🌷
02/05: 138.6: Daily Habits🌷
03/05: 138.7: Daily Habits🌷
04/05: 138.6: Daily Habits🌷
05/05: 138.7: Daily Habits🌷
06/05: xxx: Daily Habits

Daily Habits - 2022
Daily Habits Update - April 2022
THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you. Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

Hi, I am in again. Thanks for starting each one!! I really appreciate the effort you put into it.

72 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)
I am trying to eat more plant based and eliminating dairy to see what effect it has on me. Not been doing well on the no dairy! Had my Medicare Wellness check & they measured me 3/4" taller than usual...don't really believe it, lol, although I am trying to work on my posture

My goal each round is to have my AW lower than the round before (need to be more consistent with that)
4-25= 145.8
4-26= 147.6

on to a new round....
4-27= DNW totally forgot about weighing because I did treadmill first
4-28= 146.8
4-29= 146.8
4-30= 147.2
5-1= 148
5-2= 148.2
5-3= 149.4
5-4= 148
5-5=
5-6=

4/28
4/29 188
4/30 186
5/1. 188😞 Gotta get it in gear!
5/2 187 Not feeling well this morning😞 Gluten, I hate you!
5/3 187
5/4 187 I need to see a gastroenterologist I guess. Stomach ache every night. Bleh.
5/5
5/6

R185 SW: 166.4
R185 GW: 164.2
Day/Weight/Comment
4/27 / 166.4 / Found motivation was low yesterday but I still got on the Peloton for a slightly shorter ride. Still adjusting to the new schedule of being back in the office 3 days a week. Had a nice lunch out with coworkers today. The weather is so pleasant! Looking forward to a walk and Peloton ride tonight.
4/28 / 166 / Got my walk and Peloton ride done last night and we had a delicious salmon dinner too. Today is the last day in the office for the week so it feels like a mini Friday!
4/29 / 167.2 / Last night was a rest night with my husband so we watched some Netflix and he brought home cake to celebrate a promotion he got at work. Thankful my Garmin syncing is working properly again after the recent issues. After work today we head out to open up our trailer at the lake.. so exciting!
4/30 / 165.4 / Started yesterday with a hard Peloton ride, got through my work from home day, and then my husband and I came out to our trailer at the lake to set it up. The camping season has officially begun! Woo hoo.
5/1 / 165.8 / Happy May! My husband and I have been enjoying our first weekend at the trailer. Lake season is such a nice time of the year. We brought light weights to do mini strength sessions and got two walks in yesterday.
5/2 / 165.6 / Completed my first ever 90 minute Peloton class yesterday after we got home from the trailer. Also picked up my resized wedding rings and got a few new clothes for work that fit properly. Work from home day today.
5/3 / 167 / Busy day at work today going through a leadership summit. I managed to fit in a walk on my break. That made surpassing my 10,000 steps by the end of the day much easier. Did a 30 minute Peloton ride this evening.
5/4 / 167.8 / These days in the office are flying by. My husband and I met up for a quick walk at lunch. I realized I have a 9 day streak of exceeding 10,000 steps, which is unusual for me. I'm surprised the act of working from the office 3 days a week is helping to contribute to that, but I'll continue to build on that momentum.
5/5
5/6

Round 185



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 61 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 143 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
R184 EW= 202.2
R185 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.

Day/Weight/Comment
04/26 …..202.2….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND
04/27 …..204.4 ….. (Trend weight 201.9) Travel yesterday with no shopping/walking. Very little natural calorie burn and Golden Corral for dinner. Yep, that’ll do it! Gotta really watch my P’s and Q’s today!

04/28 …..204.2 ….. Trend weight 202.1) A small drop even though dinner was out with my son, his friend and friend’s mother. A nice simple meal that didn’t go over the top.

04/29 …..202.4 ….. (Trend weight 202.2) We are in the midst of the sanding of the kitchen and dining room renovation. Sand everywhere! There has been a lot more of carry-out dinners and local restaurant meals but I’ve been keeping the choices reasonable. To me, in this very small town, the local restaurant food is tiresome after 24 years here. It’s much easier to not over-indulge than when I go to bigger cities that have so many delicious and hard-to-resist choices. I love trying new things and that often gets me in trouble! Anyway, glad to see a nice drop today even after dinner carry-out (Mexican). I’m going to try to get more movement today but I dunno…. We’ll see how the schedule goes. My birthday is May 10th. I would like to solidly be back under 200 lbs as a giant present to myself.

04/30 …..203.2 ….. (Trend weight 202.3) Very long travel today across the state. I won’t be home until late tonight. Low level movement and meals out = oh no!

05/01 …..204.6 ….. (Trend weight 202.5) April was not good to me. Or maybe, I was not good to April. Yeah, I think that’s it.

05/02 …..204.6 ….. (Trend weight 202.7) I should have done better but I couldn’t get satiated yesterday. I think my bigger body is fighting for more food so I am going to have to plan more volume with less calories and carbs to get through this. According to Fitbit, I’ve had more sleep last night but I feel hungover. Is there such a thing as a food hangover?

05/03 …..203.8 ….. (Trend weight 202.8) I’m grateful for any progress but I know I can do better. I am not doing Keto at this time but I definitely should be watching the carbs a bit more. I need to better keep them in mind when making my choices. That would make a huge difference for my weight and my glucose levels. Now just doing it…….

05/04 …..203.8 ….. (Trend weight 202.9) I had a good day of eating yesterday so I expected a drop. I checked my fitbit stats this morning and boy, oh, boy! Was my movement level ever low! Barely over 3000 steps for the day due to lots on online bill paying and many phone calls. That explains it! Out of town tomorrow, a bit of a trip again for my friend's brain scan to determine possible parkinsons. Lots more sitting and meals out. Never good when it's out of town.

05/05 …..203.8 ….. (Trend weight 203.0) Weigh in was about 5 hours early as I prepare for travel this morning. 3 days in a row with the same weight. Hmmm. Too bad my trend weight wouldn’t stay the same. It just keeps going up, up, up.

05/06 …..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

Thanks for the challenge!! 🏖

4/27 - vacay ☀️
4/28 - vacay 🌴
4/29 - vacay 😎
4/30 - vacay 🏖
5/1 - 180.8 Happy with that after 10 days of sun & fun. Vacation is good but I am happy to be back to routine!!
5/2 - 180.2
5/3 - 181.4 🤨 atleast I know why & can turn it around
5/4 - 180.8 ok I got this! 2 days to get under 180 😜

5/5 - 180.2
5/6

First timer here 🤗

Female/39/5’10"
SW: 210
GW for R185: 207.5

Day/Weight/Comment
4/27 - 210.8 - Hoping this challenge will help me get back into my routine of weighing daily and thinking about what I'm eating and why

4/28 - 209.6 - Drank lots of water yesterday and stuck to my calorie budget. Having sugar free jello snacks saved my budget when my sweet tooth hit after dinner.

4/29 - 208.8 - Tough night sleeping last night and got the snack attack feeling. Was able to reject the call to bury my face in a bowl of froot loops but it was a close LOL

4/30 - on vacation and forgot my scale 🥺 will try to keep track of calories anyway

5/1- on vacation and forgot my scale 🥺 will try to keep track of calories anyway

5/2 - 206.6 - Got food poisoning Saturday from salad (go figure) so this number makes sense after a day of just water and saltine crackers yesterday. Pretty sure it will bounce back up again.

5/3 - 206.6 - Still recovering 🤢 but staying hydrated and I'm able to eat bread now so that's good.

5/4 - 208 - Aaaaaaaand there it is! Back on proper solid foods and definitely happy to be back in the land of the living. Went for a short run with a friend yesterday and that felt AWESOME after having been on a hiatus for a month. Still on track to meet my goal for this round.

5/5 - 206.6 - Went running again this morning 🌅 Felt great Trying to get back into my good habits including going to bed on time and waking up early. Will keep drinking my water today.

5/6

Male: 64
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016)
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205

Goals for this round:
Historical Averages:
Round 185 Posts
Month/Day: Scale - First thing today before getting dressed, rounded to whole number.
/ Exercise - yesterday / Comment

Previous posts:

5/5: 219
/ some heavy lifting of things / going to do some IF today. Cinco de Mayo themed annual Rotary Dinner tonight.

5/6

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HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
UGW - 135
2022 Goals — 150; move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes; walk lots.

📆 History
2018: end weight running average 137.2.
Extreme elimination diet (doctor prescribed) for diagnostic reasons, very low calories, then boom! Gained 40 pounds.
2019: end weight running average 176.1
2020: end weight running average 183.8.
2021: end weight running average 179.4.
2022: goal weight 150. UGW 135.

R184 4/26/22: end weight 180.4. Moving average 180 (+.7). Ave calories 1588. (goal <1400).
R185 5/06/22: goals—178; calories <1400.

Day/Weight/Calories/Comment

4/27 - 180
I splurged on snacks yesterday afternoon. Emotional eating, I guess. Anyway, I was deliberate enough to get something I really wanted, and I was reasonable the rest of the day. I think that got the urge out of my system. Off to run off my breakfast in agility class—maybe some of the snacks, too?

4/28 - 180.2
I behaved myself yesterday, so the + is from Tuesday’s pig out. 😁

4/29 - 180
Yesterday was higher calorie than I’d hoped, partly because DH made stuffed peppers with chorizo for dinner and they were a bit hefty, and partly cuz I came home hungry from dog training and had some ice cream. Oh, well. Today’s a new day, and I’ll get some garden exercise. A while back I ordered four roses, three of them climbers, and they’re scheduled to arrive today. Very exciting! Happy Friday, all!

4/30 - 180.8
Not unexpected, from Thursday’s higher calories. No problem. That said, I’m thinking of trying a session of not counting calories, just being mindful of what I’m eating and whether I’m really hungry. I know that often I see my total calories and think, oh, I have room for a few more, and those few quickly wind up doubled or tripled late in the day. I sometimes think part of my “stuckness” — for years, decades— is having an almost constant focus on food. We’ll see. Maybe I’ll make next round an experiment. Cant be worse than the non-results I’ve had for the past months (years?) since regaining 40 pounds. Why is this so hard?

5/01 - 180
🌹🌹🌹Welcome to the lusty month of May!🌹🌹🌹 I have four roses, a lilac, a peony, and a bunch of sweet pea seedling to plant, plus lots of garden tidying. Yay! And it’s soup day—I’m making a chorizo, spinach & sweet potato soup. Enjoy your day!

5/02 - 180
Yesterday was a good day, and I plan to repeat. Happy Monday!

5/03 - 180.2
Rainy day, which is perfect for the four roses I planted yesterday. 🌧 Off to Rory’s final scent work class of the session. Then we get a two-week break. Gardening! 😁 Have a lovely day, all!

5/04 - 180
Well, I decided that rather than kidding myself that I don’t know why I’m not losing, I should run some numbers. Calculated my average weekly calories the past 6 weeks and found it’s virtually identical with what the SailRabbit calculator says I need to maintain at 180. Guess what I’ve hovered around the past 6 week? Actually, the past 6 months! Big duh. So, once again, I know what I need to do. Now to do it. My main issue, still, is snacking at night. Why is that so hard to stop? I feel like a broken record! But at least I know to trust the numbers.

5/05 - 179.6
Not perfect yesterday, but better. I did have some popcorn last night, but total calories were within bounds. Aiming for better today.

5/06 -

R183 End weight: 147.1
R184 End weight: 150.4
R185 Goal Weight: 147

SW: 150.4
4/27: 150.6
4/28: 150.6
4/29: 151.6
4/30: 151.6
5/1: 152.9
5/2: DNW
5/3: 153.3
5/4: 149.6
5/5: 150.2
5/6:

Thanks @quiltingjaine for another round.

Hi, I’m Debbie.

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

SW: 210.2

Day/Weight/Comment

4/27 - 210.6 I’ve not been very faithful the last several rounds. We’ve had a lot of stress in the household but hopefully after today it will be better. Refocused and ready to start another new round and lose a bit of weight. I’m the highest I’ve been in years and my 60th birthday is in December. My big goal is to be a lot lighter by then but to whittle it down a little each round. Here’s to a restart and refocus to losing weight and getting healthier.

4/28 209.6 I did better yesterday with food and recording it all. Suffered from vertigo so didn’t do much but sit. Today is a better day and just working on one day at a time.

4/29 209.8 I’m okay with that. Ate some crackers yesterday so there’s some salt. Slept better too.

4/30 209.8 Stayed the same. Had a fairly good day yesterday.

5/01 209.4. Down a little,I’ll take it!

5/02 209.8

5/03 210 Really struggling with the snacking. I did go for a short walk yesterday and hope to get more steps in today.

5/04 209.8 Got in more steps yesterday.

5/05 209.4 Coming down finally! Now to watch the eating over the weekend. Steps were not as good but that’s okay. Hoping to get down.6 more into the 208’s for tomorrow.

5/06

Round 185 (my 21st)
April 27, 2022 - May 6, 2022
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds: RSW: 134.9 pounds (04/26/22, EO Round 184)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
4/27: 134.9 - I find myself eating back all my exercise calories lately and the scale is holding steady. I’d like to go down a couple more pounds to be more in the middle of maintenance range. I know what needs to be done, but I think it is going to be tough this round since my family is visiting us for a week.
4/28: 133.6 - Ate all of my calories, workout was later in the afternoon and so-so sleep.
4/29: 134.9 - Drinks and dinner with extended family and friends. Definitely ate beyond full…
4/30: 135.6 - Yikes! Good workouts yesterday, but sitting around with friends with lots of nibbles, pizzas, cookies, champagne, etc wasn’t good for the calorie budget.
5/1: 135.6 - I somehow skipped a day, but this was the night after a very large and salty tapas dinner.
5/2: 136.0 - Biked across the Golden Gate Bridge, lots of walking around SF, but dinner and dessert was very high calorie. Vacation over though and now can settle back into a somewhat normal routine.
5/3: 135.4 - Had a nice regular day with my regular workouts, eating and sleep. Hoping to get back into my maintenance range before heading out backpacking on Friday.
5/4: 134.3 - Yay! Back to maintenance range. Normal workouts and eating within calorie range, but at the higher end (eating back all exercise calories). I still have my calorie goals set to lose 1/2 pound per week so that I can comfortably settle in mid-way through my maintenance range.
5/5: 134.3 - Normal workouts although a little sedentary around the house. Normal eating but a little short on sleep since I stayed up way too late reading.
5/6: -

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: - 0.6 pounds

Hi, I’m Kathy.
57, F, 5’8”
11th round! Rebooting my lifestyle after several false starts. I need accountability to make sure it gets done.

Return to MFP SW (Dec 2021): 267
HSW: 267
RSW: 237.6
UGW for now: 195, then reevaluate

Goal for this round: less than I started with
2022 goals: move more (okay, move some), eat mindfully

Day/Weight/Comment
4/27 237.2 Lots of stress right now so I’m glad to be down. Some major stuff going on at work, and a good friend is having a very hard time. Doing the best I can and controlling the things I can control – mainly, planning and logging, and drinking water.
4/28 237.4 Work got CRAZY yesterday, but I made it through until the very end of the day. Son had given me a small solid chocolate bunny for Easter. I quartered it into reasonable serving sizes and squirreled them away, but yesterday I was so burnt out I pulled one out. But I kept it to one and it was within my calories. And it was so good. Meals are planned and logged for today, and hopefully work will be better.
4/29 237.2 traveled to husband’s college reunion
4/30 DNW – travel
5/1 DNW – travel
5/2 239.8 Home finally from husband’s college reunion. I knew I’d be up but I didn’t expect it to be this much. I know this is just traveling, lack of water, alcohol and eating out, so it should drop over the course of this week. Pounding water today and back to the gym. Still catching up on posts.
5/3 239.2 Got disturbing news just before bed last night so I didn’t sleep at all well. Plus allergies are really kicking my butt right now. Worked out yesterday and ate well, but I’m at the office today and didn’t have time/energy to bring lunch or even think about dinner. Must rally before tomorrow, when I’m helping move son out of his college dorm and home for the summer.
5/4 DNW Long day moving Kid out of dorm and back home. Got plenty of movement in, though!
5/5 238.8 Looks like this round will be up overall, but it’s been a rough time for a variety of reasons. I’ll be back on it for the next round. Got to focus on the long game.
5/6

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