Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 213

musicsax wrote: »

2/4 139.8 – don't ask!!:( 9.68 miles walked, bt\u that was not enough to negate the massive amount of food I binged on . I'm such a stupid greedy pig!! Today is Saturday, it will be good to spend my walking together with DH.

It makes me feel so bad to see you speak to yourself so harshly. I hope you can find compassion for yourself. I am not one to talk, because I do the exact same thing to myself, and have done so for years. But when I see it in others, I feel so sad. You are not stupid, not at all, it is clear from your posts. You are human, that's it. We are not perfect, and that's okay. Okay, I'll get off my soap box.

HUGS!!!!!

GIVE ME 10 DAYS – ROUND 213

Round 213
February 1 - 10, 2023

61 year old female, 5’5”. I am married, semi-nomadic (we live in three states, Mass, Maine, Florida).

My goal for round 213? To make it through these 10 days without regret. I start in Mass trying to pack and getting home and family in order. Leaving for 3 months is more like a move than a vacation. I have to go through every aspect of my life and transport those items to this other home so life there continues on normally. I then have 22 hours of car riding in two days, followed my time in MIL’s home, and then a final 4 hour drive. Then it is the unpacking and putting my life in order until I repeat the process going north in 3 months. My husband yesterday asked when will there ever be less stuff be going in the car. My reply was when we start flying instead. :P

So, exercise will not start until I make it to the Keys. But once there, my goal is to work on my exercise habits so that they are re-established and will continue when I get back to Mass in May. As for the road trip, I am planning out my meals and pretracking. I did this in 2021 when I was with you all and it worked great. Trying to decide if I will smuggle my scale in the suitcase or not, or just accept three DWI in a row. At least it would be in the middle of the round. We will find out this weekend, won’t we? :P

History:
SW: 143.4

Day/Weight/Comment

2/1 – 143.0 Last night, I was crazy hungry later in the evening. Calories had been on target for the day (I aim for 1443 – don’t remember how I set that number way back when). I decided that I was too hungry and made a thoughtful decision to add an 80 calorie parmesan snack, and a fifth of an open candy bar. Brought me up to 1591. I kind of glad that I have had some section of this process without exercise as I am getting to see little hints of where my baseline might be.

2/2 – 142.4 Yesterday was challenging. Spent the day helping my parents at assisted living. Planned on having lunch with them as they keep asking me to join them. Nope, they now skip lunch, and they had a day packed with tasks for which they needed my assistance. One was trip to fidelity to deal with account issues in person. There they have a nice coffee machine and bowl full of candy AND I was very hungry. Well I was unprepared to snap out my trays, so nothing for me…… Got home 3:30 and had some quick food and adjusted my planned dinner and added a little after dinner, to fill in those missing lunch/afternoon calories. It worked!! I’m pretracked through next Monday which is helping me a lot!

2/3 – 142.6 Just means I am where I am supposed to be.

2/4 – 142.0 road trip Amazing that I dodged stress eating last night. Yesterday was last push of packing and cleaning to leave our home for three months. We lost power late afternoon for an hour. We used the time well, but were strategizing for what we do if power does not come back. Came on just in time to cook dinner. We finish up and head for a relaxing few hours before early bedtime, for todays early rise and journey. A little after 9 pm, we realize the heat never came back on!!!! (right now it is -12 outside not including windchill – logan airport – 9 and -33 with windchill). Panic!! We cannot get it back on. Each phonecall to emergency heating services goes to voicemail………. Facebook comes to the rescue. I used facebook messenger figuring that no one would be online. In less than a minute I got a reply. Repairs were crazy last night, but they came. Heat is working, and I am loading the car as I type. I was certainly thinking about choclate last night. Pretracking and the inconveneience of Invisalign kept me in line.

2/5 – road trip, possible DNW
2/6 – MIL, possible DNW
2/7 – MIL, road trip, possible DNW
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56, 5'2"
R213 Starting Weight 141.8
R213 Goal Weight: 140.0

2/1 142.4 Went out for chinese food last night.
2/2 141.8
2/3 141.6
2/4 141.4 Happy to finally see a number lower than 141.6, I've been stuck above it for a week.
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quiltingjaine wrote: »

@RockinRobyn672 My tracking went to pieces a few (several) months ago and I’m working on getting back on track tracking and with my food choices. I eat low carb, higher fat. I have a carb limit (25g) no matter where they come from, a protein goal, Fat (I’ve been having to much) is used to achieve satiety. I have my own coffee recipe which includes collagen powder, unflavored gelatin and a mixture of MCT and coconut oil per a book by Mary Newport, MD. I usually have that in the morning in my first cup of coffee. I’ve never been a breakfast person so don’t generally eat until at least 11. We try to have our main meal around 3 and then I’m done for the day. I eat eggs, cheese, bacon, meat, fish, and non starchy vegetables. I put heavy cream in my coffee, use real butter on my vegetables and for cooking. No low fat/fat free foods because fat takes longer to digest so keeps you satisfied longer. We don’t keep bread or pasta sin the house.

@quiltingjaine Thanks for the info! This is helpful. I'm with you on butter. I could never give up that! lol! I can and will start watching my carb intake. I try to stick to whole foods and rarely eat pasta but do eat whole wheat bread. Sometimes we're eating dinner as late as 8:30 p.m. because we work out after work. I'm working on starting everything earlier (shutting down from work on time, etc.). I know a solution to this would be to do workouts early in the morning, but so far I'm not willing to get up early enough to do that.

Hello again friends!! Happy February!! Looking forward to another great 10 days! I'm so glad I found this again last round, I'm already finding it becoming an integral part of my morning routine to sit down and assess what happened yesterday so I can move forward good or bad. I've never been a journaller, this is as close as I get .
Female, 51yrs, 5'5"
Goal weight...to hang out somewhere 145-150
R212 EW -181.4
Day, Weight, Comment
2/01 - 181.4 - I might end up here for a few days as TOM showed up early yesterday (thank you Peri Menopause for the unpredictable cycle). Still hate the snow and cold...only let the doggo drag me out for a 20 minute walk, the windchill is wicked this week. I need to start motivating myself to do something else on top of a walk when I hate the weather...we have an elliptical and my boys have a small area with weights. I used to do some pretty intense kettle bell work outs 5 plus years ago but stopped when I messed up my shoulder, I should start that back up again as well....sigh....
2/02 - 180.8 - unexpected, felt super bloated all day yesterday. Another cold one yesterday so only a short walk but did a bunch of cleaning so I was moving a good chunk of the day.
2/03 - 180.8 - Glad I got out for good walk yesterday as a polar vortex has hit Ontario...it's flippin -25C out there today (-35 with the wind chill), even the dog won't walk in this!! Made beef stroganoff in the crock pot for dinner last night, had mine over a pile of roasted cauliflower instead of noodles, it was delicious!!
2/04 - 180.0 - Was really hoping to get below 180 this round...looks totally do-able!! Put in 25minutes on the elliptical yesterday because stupid weather, could have done more but I forgot my water bottle upstairs. Didn't get out of the house at all yesterday, it was treacherous, roads closed all over the place around here. DS(17) had some friends over and one of them loves to bake, I managed to leave alone the cookies and red velvet cupcakes he brought, not sure how but I did it...YAY ME!!
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SW: 170 pounds: Ultimate Goal weight 145 pounds
RND 210: SW:170.8 EW 169.8
SW RND 211: 169.8 EW 167.4
SW RND 212: 168.2 EW 166.6

Rnds 210-212 progress
Goal 1: Cut down on the boozy days: Stay dry for 7 out of 10 days.
Goal 2: Increase water intake: Hit 70 oz per day for 8 out of 10 days.
Goal 3: Log my food 9 out of 10 days.
Goal 4: 20 minutes of movement separate from day to day activities. 8 out of 10 days.

213 goals
Goal 1: Cut down on the boozy days: Stay dry for 7 out of 10 days.
X X
Goal 2: Increase water intake: Hit 70 oz per day for 8 out of 10 days.
X X

Goal 3: Log my food 9 out of 10 days.

Goal 4: 20 minutes of movement separate from day to day activities. 5 out of 10 days--Starting the round with Covid so I am lowering this expectation for this round.
X X X
SW: 166.6
Weight goal this round: Stay below 166 for the last 3 consecutive days of this round.

Day/Weight/Comment"
2/1: 165.2 Tested positive for Covid last night. Not expecting too much movement in the next few days, but my fridge is ready for easy to grab veggie most options so I think I will be okay with diet. I realize I am not missing booze as much as I was in the beginning of this, I don't even really think about unwinding with a glass of wine or beer most days anymore. I still think of it some days, but must less frequently. The weird thing Is I don't feel much different without it. I thought I would feel more hydrated and energized and I don't. Then again, I am sick so there is that. I need to make sure I keep up with my water. I have a routine when I am working--12 oz on my way to work, 24 oz during work, 12 oz on my way home, 24 oz from coming home to bed time. Being home messes up my routine and water also makes me cold, which isn't desirable when I have the chills. But I will do my best.

2/2: 165.4 I ended up being a few oz sort of water and I had a cocktail after dinner. I had a some nervous energy due to some upcoming life changes that is both joyful and overwhelming at the same time. Listing the to do list and the time line had feeling a bit anxious and so I poured myself a small drink.

2/3: 162.8 My covid symptoms are much better, but the breathing and coughing still lingers. I think I might have to sit out at least one more day of movement, but I will see how I feel later today. I am actually shocked by my weight. I don't think it is lingering this low at this point, most of my eating happened before 4 pm and I wasn't hungry for dinner so it might be mostly just an empty stomach and low water weigh in. I got a new tape measure yesterday so I will probably take measurements today.

2/4: 164.0 A bit too much Friday indulging last night. Feeling it today. I am appreciating my dry days more now that I am feeling the day after effects of a not dry night last night. And it really wasn't even worth it. Just a hanging around watching movies with my partner night. Booze wasn't needed but it was there so I had some.

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Round 213



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 62 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 170 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
R212 EW= 194.8
R213 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.

COLOR CODE: Fuchsia is a Happy Weight Loss for me. Blue is a sad weight gain.Black is no change.

********LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME********

Day/Weight/Comment
01/31 …..194.8….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

02/01 -194.6- (Trend weight 196.7)

02/02 -196.6- (Trend weight 196.7)

02/03 -197.8- (Trend weight 196.8) It’s all catching up to the scale, including the Chinese food. DD the foodie came last night and will be here until Saturday night or Sunday (not sure yet). I’ve got to stay diligent. I couldn’t finish the Chinese yesterday as I find myself eating less most of the time. I will finish it today for lunch but push extra water again. Tonight I plan on possibly trying the palm heart linguini I bought with some low carb sauce for dinner. I hope it is good and don’t gag me. I have such aversions to so many foods. I read (in my research) that they are good so we shall see. Gosh, the scale went up over 3 pounds in 48 hours. But don’t let that fool ya! January was a good month for me and February will also be good. Excellence, diligence, strength, resolve and dedication will all be on my plate!

02/04 -196.4- (Trend weight 196.8)I fasted yesterday until 2:00 pm which made me miss a meal. I also worked more in my bedroom with the clothing organizing. I cleaned out another drawer (the t-shirt drawer) and also worked on replacing more hangers with the wire-top velvet hangers. They are thinner which helps me fit more in the closet. Also, no more clothing falling off the white plastic ones to the floor. Clothes stick like glue on them. Love it! That, along with my routine exercise machines helped me burn extra calories for the day. I’ll be working more in the bedroom today but I really need to make the food choices even better and as healthy as I can handle. I see an endocrinologist for the 1st time on Feb 15th where I will try to convince them to keep me off insulin and allow me to let my diet lower my blood glucose levels along with the help of my current pill-form diabetes medicines. I plan on asking them to give me 3 months (until the next A1C blood test) to prove that I can improve with a proper lower carb diabetic diet. So I better start eating one, or more specifically, STICK TO eating one!

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Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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69 yo female 5’5”
SW: 143.8# (end of round 212)
Round GW: 143.0#

2/1 142.8# not sure how this drop happened but I’ll take it
2/2 143.2# not bad not bad; no exercise at all yesterday and we going into a deep freeze for a few days.
2/3 142.8# weights yesterday. Plan to walk in the mall due to below 0 temps today. Not as good as walking outside but I’m getting cabin fever.
2/4 143.2# Below freezing temps again today, so it’s another lifting day. The house is pretty cool downstairs so I am hibernating upstairs with books and sewing.
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You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before

31, 5'5"
OSW: 164.2 164.5 164.9 Dec 31, 2022 165.5 Jan 5, 2023
GW: 130-135

Previous Rounds:
Last weight
01/31 - 163.1

Round Goal: 161.xlb Water goal: 90oz.

Day, Weight, Comment
2/01 - 163.0
2/02 - 162.9
2/03 - 161.7
2/04 - DNW - I was rushing for a puppy that really had to go outside ASAP so I skipped weighing. Probably good for my mental state as I indulged in a little wine last night and that never helps the scale in the morning. Today is an alcohol free day, though. Back to help Fam move the remainder of their stuff into the new house and help get things ready for a garage sale tomorrow. Should be plenty of movement today, will just have to be careful of my food choices. Hope you're all having a good weekend. Will try to check in tomorrow as well, time permitting. Also hoping for a weigh in tomorrow to see where I stand so I can adjust and not have a huge weekend gain.
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Previous Day's Comments

2/1 133.8
2/2 134.8 (+1 lb)
2/3 135.8 (+2 lbs)
2/4 133.0 (-.8 lbs)
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