Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 215

56, 5'2"
R215 Starting Weight 138.6
R215 Goal Weight: 137.6

2/21 138.2
2/22 137.8 Woohoo, scale finally moved!
2/23 137.4
2/24 138.2 Yikes! Had the grandkids last night so we took them to pizza for dinner.
2/25 138.4
2/26 138.0
2/27 137.6
2/28 137.4
3/01 137.0
3/02

SW: 148.6

Hi All - Robyn here in SE Virginia. I'm doing strength and Pilates workouts while continuing to recover from foot surgery. I've been going up and down weight-wise the last few rounds. My strategy for this round is to strictly track food and skip the weigh-ins until day 10.

Day/Weight/Comment
2/21: 148.6
2/22: DNW
2/23: DNW
2/24: DNW
2/25: DNW
2/26: DNW
2/27: DNW
2/28: DNW
3/1: DNW - I felt bad yesterday due to Shingles vax side effects. When I feel bad or am tired, my body tells me "EAT so that you'll feel better!", which never works. I got into unplanned and unaccounted-for snacking near the end of the work day, but regrouped, added it to the log, and ate a smaller dinner than planned. I haven't worked out for two days now. Today will be a better day.
3/2:

Thank you quiltingjaine for another round!

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First Goal: Hit the 160's (again)
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170 👉 169

Round 215
2/21 - DNW - Okay, here goes. On Sunday, I was making dinner and I just didn't want to weigh everything, figure the per-serving calories, etc. Instead of just ball-parking the calories and still tracking, I decided I was "intentionally" not going to track that day, nor exercise. Okay fine. Except, on Monday, I didn't go right back to tracking, I decided to "intentionally" make cheese crackers, and ate half of them. This morning, instead of throwing them out, I "intentionally" ate the rest. Then, after no sugar for 28 days, I "intentionally" opened a jar of my husband's homemade strawberry jam and "intentionally" ate it with crackers. I don't even really like jam. So, there it is, 3 days of floundering around. I'm not happy I got off track, but I don't feel like I've totally lost it and will start bingeing. I will feel like I have a hangover tomorrow from the sugar. I didn't weigh today and probably won't weigh for a few more days. My last weight on 2/19 was 177.2. All I ask for this round is to track, exercise, and drink water, and hit 176.X. These rounds really help to stop the downward spirals. I'm glad to be starting a new round. Here's wishing everyone a good round! Cheers! 🍻
2/22 - 178.6 - Glad I weighed so I know where I stand after the last 3 days. Today IS going to be a good day!
2/23 - 178.6 - Much better day yesterday as far as tracking and food consumption. I get the extra boost from shoveling now the next two days - yay!
2/24 - 178.9 - I had hot air popcorn last night with salt. Such a good snack. I just need to lower the amount of salt.
2/25 - 178.9
2/26 - DNW - got up at 4am
2/27 - DNW - my battery is low and would not register a weight, and I don't have any desire to go back upstairs to change it. I have struggled the past few days again. I haven't tracked calories, drank enough water, or exercised other than shoveling snow. I think I need to drop my calories to around 1200 most days, for at least a couple of weeks, so I can see results a little faster and stay motivated. I've been trying not to be so rigid, which is good for me, but I've stayed a little too loose. I'm going to row today and drink 64 to 80oz water.
2/28 - 178.1 - Replaced my scale battery this morning because, unlike yesterday, I actually wanted to weigh because I was able to manage my calories better yesterday. I'm trying to stay focused on the choices I make. I can either be starving at the end of the day because I blew 1/2 my daily calories on too many pecans, or I can have a few pecans and a 1/4 apple, leaving room for other nutritious food and feel satisfied at the end of the day. I choose NOT to be starving! Ok, 'nuf said, just frigging keep it up!

3/01 - 177.0 - My weight this morning is very motivating! We'll see if it takes a few days to stick because yesterday my calories were exceptionally low. I didn't eat until 2pm. I'm never hungry before noon, and had a meeting from 11a to 2p. I also snow shoveled, which speaking of, I am so glad to see March 1 - not many more days to shovel. YAY!!

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
180s / 170s / 160s / 150s / 140s / 130s

Tracking: Weight / No Sugar / Minimum Simple Carbs / H20 / Exercise / Calories

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HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015) - 135
2023 Goals — no snacking after dinner; move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes. 150 by the end of the year.


📆 2015–2023
R214 02/20/23: end weight 178 (+/-0).
R215 03/02/23: goals—cut back on bread; more protein & veggies; no evening snacking; walk >30 min/day.

Day/Weight/Comment no food after dinner 💚 ~~ >20 min meditation 🧘🏻 ~~ >30 min walking 👟

2/21 - 178.8 🧘🏻👟
Today is “plan ahead for lots of veggies” day. 😊 I’m planning a Mediterranean lunch salad with olives, tuna, feta, and hard-boiled egg. Dinner is leftover chicken Mac & cheese (DH cooked last night!). Trying really hard to make this a “no evening snacks” round—I did it once, I can do it again. Have a great day, all!

2/22 - 178.6 🧘🏻
Ok, it’s not a no snack round, but maybe I can make 9 out of 10. I found out yesterday that a good friend is in the hospital with problems related to her very excess weight. She has talked for years about needing to clean up her diet due to gout, kidney and gallbladder issues, and probably a hundred excess pounds. She wasn’t all that active before, but she’s become practically immobile since the pandemic began, and now needs a walker. She was decluttering recently and I went to see if I wanted any of the books she was purging. She had every major healthy eating/lose weight book published in the past 20 years. And yet their kitchen counters always have gooey iced baked goods, candy galore, multiple breads, and other things piled up, and candy dishes on every table throughout the house. Granted her DH, also way overweight, does the shopping, but but I doubt he does all the junk-food eating. Anyway, I’m very worried about her and also a bit angry that she has come to this, a good part of it through self-destructive eating. I’m taking it as a big fat (yes, I’ll use the word) wake-up call to stop with the excuses. We don’t have a house filled with goodies, but I do eat too much, especially at night, and I make too many excuses not to get out and exercise. I had a long talk with myself last night and we 😁 decided this has to stop. I don’t have decades left to fool around with this and I want to stay as healthy as possible. No fad diets, just attention to what I eat and how much plus more exercise. Nothing new here, just more resolve. Thanks for letting me let it out. Again.

2/23 - 179.2 🧘🏻💚
Well, phooey. Possible delayed reaction from Mon or Tues. Oh well. It poured all day yesterday with a cold, cold wind, so I didn’t get my walk, but it’s supposed to be a bit better today. I had an egg on Dave’s Good Seed Thin bread, no butter, this morning for a good start to the day—one of my favorite breakfasts. Here’s a new hat I knitted the past couple of days—the colors cheer me up!

2/24 - 178.2 🧘🏻👟
Happy Friday! Cold and gray here—Are we ready for Spring? I’ve been looking through plant catalogs to remind me that it’s coming. Enjoy your day, all!

2/25 - 179.2
Well, darn. Bouncy bouncy. Not from yesterday, so Wed. or Thurs. DH wanted French toast this morning, so I had some, too, but used Dave’s Killer Bread Good Seed Thin, no butter, thin topping of fruit-only orange marmalade. Delicious, reasonable protein, and calorie friendly. Salad or veggie soup for lunch. Sounds like Saturday to me! Have a lovely!

2/26 - 179.8
Ok, this has to stop. I decided last night that I’m going to get back to “wunning”—walk/run intervals. 7 years ago I “wan” a half-marathon. Now I’ve let myself become a blob. Yes, I walk a lot with dog training, especially spring through fall when we’re tracking a lot, but I’ve been kidding myself that that’s the same as serious walking and wunning. So starting today through the end of March, I’m planning to build up my walking time and distance, and if I feel I’m ready, I’ll start wunning (maybe follow a C25k schedule) April 1. Can’t think of a more appropriate date to start! I’ve even ordered new running shoes. The pupper can accompany me for 20 min or so at a time, which I may just make an extra walk. I need strength and flexibility training, too, so need to make a schedule. Gardening will soon help with strength, and I need to make myself stretch regularly. And of course I need to clean up my diet, but I know from experience that when I get serious about exercise, I tend to eat better, maybe because a moving body wants healthier food, maybe because I become conscious of healthful foods and activities on a deeper level. My friend gave me several books on plant-based eating when she was decluttering recently, so I’m starting to go through those today. I’m ashamed of having let myself go, and don’t want to be an obese, immobile, unhappy person any longer. So that’s my story and I’m going to try hard to stick to it!

2/27 - 179.6 🧘🏻👟
Rain, rain, rain, all-day rain today. Also cold. Ick. I might go walk around Menard’s.

2/28 - 179.6
Aaack. I fell down in all departments yesterday. I just couldn’t seem to stop eating last night. Popcorn. Graham crackers (which DH brought home because I mentioned a memory of tea and Graham crackers with my mom—sweet of him but I don’t need them!). Cheese. Wth? Determined to do better today, starting in about 5 minutes with a puppy walk and salad for lunch, and knitting instead of snacks tonight. I just don’t understand why I keep sabotaging myself.

3/01 - 180
Intake was good yesterday, so delayed reaction. I had a nice walk in the morning and another short one in the afternoon. Day by day.

3/02 -

RockinRobyn672 wrote: »

CamandJarvis wrote: »

After dinner walks are AWESOME. I need to implement this after lunch, too.
https://www.health.com/news/walking-after-meal-blood-sugar

@CamandJarvis You've inspired me to try and get in some walking after dinner and reading or doing something more relaxing an hour before bedtime at least one night a week, if not more. I can't walk very much yet due to the foot surgery, but it will still be nice to get myself outside. The additional challenge is that sometimes we're eating dinner at 8 or 9 at night due to our after-work activities. We also like to crash on the sofa after dinner and watch TV, a habit I'd like to break.

We used to eat later dinners as well and it was hard not to lounge on the couch after! BF has since decided he prefers eating earlier to give his body time to digest some of it before bed and I'm not complaining! Spring arriving and a later sunset (plus a few hot days. Today is almost 90 degrees F!) have allowed/forced the pups and I to go later. Today, due to temps alone, will have to be an after dinner/close to sunset walk so I don't overheat them and give the roads time to cool a bit for their paws.

I have 2 different sleep disorders so setting myself up to relax and reduce mental stimulation before bed is key for me to get restful sleep. Since I've begun reading an hour or so before bed, I've been waking up feeling more rested and feeling better overall. I always thought that because my phone had "night light" to turn off the stimulating backlighting, I'd be okay, but turns out it impacts me just as if I never had "night light" settings on. I recently found (for the 3rd time in the last year) my Kindle so I need to charge it up to use. It's the old one that doesn't have its own light, it needs an outside source like a physical book would. I have a lot of unread e-books but always had my computer or phone app. The Kindle won't cause the same issues as other electronics so it's a nice compromise when I don't have the hard copy. Plus I really want to read those books and I've already spent the money! Might as well, right? Gives me a chance to save money up for more tangible books since I prefer them. Something about the feel of turning pages and the smell. Plus the ability to stick my nose right in between the pages like I'm disappearing through a portal. I'm giving myself The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe vibes here..
Knitting was really just a filler activity, but I do enjoy it. I fear it's a skill that has a lot of potential to be lost to time with all the modern day technologies. I'm happy to see a little resurgence of it lately, though. I'm a bit old-fashioned there and I'm trying to learn more about those original ways, like bread making. One day I'll get the hang of sourdough and then I'll learn to mill my own flour. I digress...

SModa61 wrote: »

Hey all, yesterday was wild. Totally missed even posting, and just now am catching up on reading all of yours.

So, lots of discussion on the topic of daily protein consumption, which I enjoyed. It also got me doing some thinking and googling.

So out there are references to calculating based on % calories, and other references to grams/lb body weight. Then, since when maintaining weight, your daily calories relates to your body weight, those two concepts are not considered in conflict.

Now, but what is the gram/lb needed? One site lists, average woman .36g/lb, weight loss woman .7g/lb, muscle gain .8g/lb. (in my working out days, I have seen .8 - 1 g/lb suggested).

Another site just lists a pure, 46 grams/day for a adult female, unless pregnant or breastfeeding.

Then I went to a calculator, and used my data. This was the response:

American Dietetic Association (ADA): at least 63 - 113 grams/day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 45 - 158 grams/day (10-35% of daily caloric intake).

World Health Organization safe lower limit: 52 grams/day.

Notice the huge range on % of daily calories. From as low as 10% to as high as 35%. (note that none list 40%, since was the % that started this discussion.)

I continued my questions. So, if we are basing on grams protein per lb body weight, is that based on current weight, or healthy weight for frame? As we know, if we eat all our calories based solely on the needs of our current weight, then we maintain. What about our protein? Are our protein needs based on our current weight, or based on some other weight number? That led to another search, and I came across an interesting page titled, Target Protein Ranges based on "reference weight". Here is the link: https://www.dietdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CME-Target-protein-ranges.pdf As I read the first chart, it appears to me that the "reference weights" correspond to a middle subset within "healthy" BMI weights for a given height (or at least it is for my height). From there, using ones "reference weight", based on height, one uses chart two to obtain protein needs. Using my height and these charts, I get a protein need range anywhere from 69 to 108, that works out to .5 - .8 grams/lb of my currently body weight (I happen to currently be in the "reference weight range" for my height), and works out to 19 - 30% of my current targeted daily calories of 1430. For giggles, I used another calculator to see what my "basal" is considered to be. That comes out as 1275 for my current height, weight and age. Not sure how that applies, but it was another number to think about. I also just looked at my MFP protein goal. It currently comes in at 72g/day, which I typically exceed.

Anyhow, looking forward to seeing where the conversation goes.

My head is spinning after reading all this lol. I too looked around and read much but your deciphering of the facts seem to flow better. I will read this again, and probably again, to get a clearer picture. But, I have indeed lowered my protien down from 40% and will try to meet new more obtainable target.

Round 215 goals:

#1 Diet goal: No alcohol, added sugar, ultra-processed foods
#2 Exercise goal: Strength training or yoga for 10 minutes every day.
#3 Me goal: Journal gratitude and desires in the morning. Read for 30 minutes before bed.

Round 214 end weight: 128.2

2/21 125.2 Kuchisabishii last night
2/22 DNW Enjoyed both a glass of wine and dessert at a social gathering. Otherwise, my exercise goal and journaling part of "me" goal were both achieved. I completed a big project and the toasting myself on Fat Tuesday of all days to go off my diet goal seemed perfectly appropriate.
2/23 125.8 Felt blah all day yesterday. The sugar definitely ruined my sleep Tuesday night. Restless night made Wednesday feel like a hangover and that effect is what initially led to my suspicion of sugar as the culprit to my sleep problems. I sleep so poorly when I have sugar at night. This morning I feel much better. Last night's kuchisabishii feeling was anticipated. I made a whole batch of air fried Brussels sprouts for dinner but didn't include any on our dinner plates so that I didn't fill myself too quickly just due to my habit of having to clean the plate as quickly as possible. I'm trying to slowly train my stomach not to like the feeling of being overly full. Some people hate that feeling and some people are comforted by it. I'm the latter. Then, after dinner, when my stomach wasn't too full but the feeling of wanting "something" struck, I had the plate of tasty roasted Brussels sprouts for us to munch on while watching TV. We both liked having them. I was like a happy little pig in a trough with the plate of caramelized sprouts and I slept so well last night!
2/24 DNW long story short I completely overdid it on dairy yesterday and my head is killing me today. I'm cutting dairy for the rest of this round to see if reintroducing with kefir will negatively affect me. I hope not.
2/25 DNW successfully avoided any and all dairy.
2/26 128.2 So, a 3 LB scale weight gain since the 21st but a 0 LB weight gain since the 20th. I'm glad I posted the last round's end weight to show myself this isn't a big setback. Aside from Fat Tuesday I've stuck to my diet and haven't gone 10,500 calories over maintenance (a pound of fat is 3,500 calories) so I know this is not fat gain. I have to tell myself again, this is not fat gain. I think I was better off not weighing myself everyday last round.
2/27 DNW I ate well over maintenance but kept with whole foods.
2/28 128.8 Ate over maintenance again yesterday. The extra calories have given me a lot of energy to put into my strength training exercises. I'll reframe this round as my "bulking" round since my calories have been higher and next round can be my "cutting" phase where I'll be strict with just under maintenance calories, but not too low that it messes with my energy or mood. My husband knows I've been trying to gain muscle and I held a yoga chair pose asking him to critique my form and he said, "your thighs look huge!" We need to work on how he phrases his compliments.
3/1 127.6 So this is March's starting weight. I had a very good day of eating and no after dinner munching. I drank 2.5 liters of water by dinner time so that tempered my mindless eating. Just stretching yoga as my exercise. I won't weigh again until at least midway through next round. I have a much healthier mindset about my weight number right now and I can see good definition in my hamstrings and quads.
3/2

SW 1/2/23 210
GW 175

I will work hard to get into the 80's this round.....

Round 214 SW 193.8 EW 191.1
Day, Weight, Comment
2/21 190.5 Good start to this round. Going out for Fat Tuesday, so hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will be ok....

2/22 190.3 Drank some wine last night, so I am happy to see a little loss.

2/23 190.5 I think my Fat Tuesday shenenigans caught up with me! I am disappointed because I thought I would drop into the 80's today. I have a party to go to tonight.....

2/24 189.8 Yay! I have to keep focused over the weekend so that I stay in the 80's and keep going down....

2/25 189.4 Happy for a loss...

2/26 188.5 I had a good day yesterday. Did not have any weekend social activities, so that helped my weekend weight loss.

2/27 188.7

2/28 188.5 I'm really having to work to get down into 187! Hopefully tomorrow......

3/01 187.7 Happy with that!
3/02

Female, 5ft. 6 in.
Age 59
Akron, Ohio

OSW: 186 (March 2018)
Maintenance: 140-145 (December 2018)
My 176th Round!




SW: 149

Day/Weight/Comment

2/21 - 149
2/22 - 149
2/23 - 148.5
2/24 - 148.5
2/25 - 150
2/26 - 150
2/27 - 150.5 - Weekend got to me.
2/28 - 149.5
3/01 - 149.5
3/02

MFP SW: 297
R200 EW: 291
R201 EW: 286.4
R202 EW: 283
R203 EW: 280.2
R204 EW: 273
R205 EW: 274.4 (yikes!)
R206 EW: 268.2
R207 EW: 265.6
R208 EW: 260.2
R209 EW: 256
R210 EW: 252.4
R211 EW: 248.6
R212 EW: 249.2 (booooo)
R213 EW: 245
R214 EW: 241.4
2/21: 241.2
2/22: 240.6. Also down 35 inches today overall, woot woot!
2/23: 239.8
2/24: 239.4
2/25: 239.2
2/26: 239.6
2/27: 239.2
2/28: 239
3/01: 239.4
3/02

Hi, I'm Charissa, ready to go for Round 215/6.
I love these 10 days at a time rounds! Very doable. Better than a week as you tend to follow the same up and downs per week and it doesn't always show your progress. Also being able to refocus after 10 days is great! Thank you QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

Round 214 continued to be tough getting back on track. I made it through the weekend without significate damage and did managed to weigh in lower than my start of the round even though I don't think I hit one of my goals. The goals weren't tough, I just didn't focus so same goals in this round and adding one to start some weight training.


62 y/o female
OSW 2022-03 230.3
1SW 2023-01 221.8


Goals This Round per Day:
- Water: 64 ounces (minimum)
- Alcohol: M - TH = 0 ounces, F - Sa = 12 ounces per day max, Su - flex day
- Weight Training Exercises 3x per week - Cancelled - New plan does not call for weights
Round Goal - lose 2.5
Stats and Previous Rounds
SW: 219.4

2/21 220.0 (+0.6/+0.6) Hoping the remaining trend is downward....Yesterday was my 6 hours marathon meeting day (only once a month). I don't consume my water on these days as I'd like to, as I'd be in the bathroom every hour. Lunch is also brought in (I had a Teriyaki Chicken & Broccoli Bowl from Panera @600 calories. Sunday I made a turkey veggie lasagna and had left overs for dinner. Pasta usually bumps me up and my future goal is to limit pasta to once a month. Alcohol Goal Met ✔

2/22 219.8 (-0.2/+0.4) Meh

2/23 219.8 (-0.0/+0.4)

2/24 219.2 (-0.6/-0.2) Was very frustrated yesterday so I didn't post as it would have been a crazy rant. Today, I'm only simi frustrated but also confused. I know that weight loss is not linear, and it's times like this when I think I should try the once a week weigh in.....yesterday I had an unplanned bagel, chicken breast for lunch and then a filet with salad and au gratin potatoes. I was over on calories, but not as much as I thought. The scale went down.... My frustration yesterday, sent me on a quest to find something different to follow. CICO is ok but I'm just counting calories and not looking at my choices for nutrition. A little planning this weekend and next week will be fruitful (pun intended)

2/25 220.3 (+1.1/+0.9)

2/26 219.6 (-0.7/+0.2) Starting a new plan today. Fingers crossed that I stay the course.

2/27 219.0 (-0.6/-0.4) Alcohol Goal Met ✔, Water Goal Met ✔

2/28 218.5 (-0.5/-0.9) Progress - 2 days on the new plan and I'm down 1.1. Alcohol Goal Met ✔, Water Goal Met ✔

3/01 217.5 (-1.0/-1.9) So far, so good, but this is the "honeymoon" phase.

3/02