Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218
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Highest weight 271
MPF Recommit weight 228 lbs JAN 30 2023
Round 215 220.0 lbs
Round 216 217.6 lbs
Round 217 218.0 lbs
Round 218 216.1 lbs SW ROUND
3/23 216.1 Waaaaaaaa my son is gone! It was a great 2 week visit. Now I have April to concentrate and refocus before heading to Canada for a visit with Momma and family. Daddy died May 12th last year and I want to be with Momma during this time. She is quite active for her 80 years and I hope to be able to keep up with her. She has never driven (daddy took her everywhere) so she now walks wherever she needs to be. She will keep me focused! Didn't make my 12000 steps but think I removed all sodium in tears. Sigh.
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3/24 216.1 Losing my stride. Sodium levels back up with my food choices. Steps down with energy levels due to lack of sleep. This cough and congestion is taking its toll. Today I will concentrate on eating and not worry about activity. Today I take note of changes for inspiration.
Easier to get out of tub
Fitbit watch on 2 less closure holes
Less winded vacuuming
Forgot jammies visiting MILs and didn't panic when she offered a pair
I have got protien under control
Wedding and engagement rings moved to middle finger
Tummy not butting up against kitchen sink as much
I have so much more to discover!
3/25 216.1 (I even kicked the scale to see if it was stuck) Two days far below calories. Zero exercise points yesterday. Far too few steps. This all adds up to migraine. Today my steps will be slow around the lake at husband's meeting. Then Sam's Club then home to bed. Medicated girl is not a healthy girl. Taking one more migraine day before pressing on with exercise and calories.
3/26 215.6 It's beach day! Still can't believe I can hop in the car and spend a day at the beach on a whim. I was able to reach my step goal yesterday and again today walking and frolicking in the waves. I packed a lunch and ate it all but my protien shake. I added it to dinner. I changed my goal to lose 2 pounds a week to lower my calories. I wasn't losing 1.5 a week on other goal so I am trying this to make me feel better getting close to calories I need. Not sure it will work but 1200 seems more achievable then 1580 right now. Once I can sustain 1200 I will raise it again. Crosses fingers this works6 -
SW RND 218
3/23 169.6
This morning I played pickleball for 3 hours with my friends and had a fantastic time burning calories without even trying. I had a huge, delicious salad for lunch and then my day got out of control and at 9pm I was begging my husband to bring me some food to where we were visiting. He brought a little bit of peanut noodles and peppers, and a tiny bit of potato salad. So I ended up being way too far under my calories for the day, but wasn't hungry when I went to bed.
3/24 168.2
It's been a hectic day and I got no dedicated exercise, just steps from errands and life. I did great with water and food. Had a yummy turkey sandwich for lunch, a banana and protein shake for snack, and dinner was roasted sweet and russet potatoes, chicken apple sausage with onions, spinach and chickpeas, and mango and grapes. I feel satisfied. My family will be at my daughters' dance competition all day tomorrow so food is likely to be a struggle (takeout and snacks), stress level will be high, and no real exercise will happen. But lots of steps. We shall see!
3/25 No weigh in today as we left super early for dance competition. Spent 16 hours there and traveling. No dedicated exercise but lots of steps. We ordered sandwiches for lunch and mine came loaded with mayo on white bread even though I ordered wheat with no mayo. Ate it anyway, felt sick. Had pizza for dinner. Not the most balanced, but it was fine. Stayed under calories and missed my veggies.
3/26 166.6 Apparently the weird food choices yesterday didn't do too much damage. Got back on track today with a protein shake and awesome salad, but got nauseous halfway through the salad because I took my vitamin before eating it. Now I feel both queasy and hungry. About to head to a family dinner. It's always hard to track at these things. Not stressed though, I can do it. Any suggestions for a women's multivitamin that won't make me feel sick?
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got care free in maintenance and the scale went up one lb at a time. Now I’m turning it around one lb at a time.
2016- 245lbs
2019- 142lbs
9/12/22- 185lbs
R217 EW 189.2
3/23- 187
3/24- 186.8
3/25- 188.6
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HSW: 211.6 lbs (Aug 2021)
SW: 191.1 lbs (Oct 2022)
Results from previous challenges ...Round 208 EW: 175.5 lbs (-0.5)
Round 210 EW: 173.7 lbs (-1.8)
Round 211 EW: 173.2 lbs (-0.5)
Round 212 EW: 172.0 lbs (-1.2)
Round 213 EW: 167.6 lbs (-4.4)
Round 214 EW: 167.1 lbs (-0.5)
Round 215 EW: 165.3 lbs (-1.8)
Round 216 EW: 165.1 lbs (-0.2)
Round 217 EW: 163.1 lbs (-2.0)
This challenge will end just as I start a planned diet break in April. I am actually nervous about it. Will I go completely of the rails? Will I be able to stick to maintenance? Will I be able to get back in to it after it is over? I will find out soon!
For these challenges I think I do better if I only have a few goals. So this round I will still keep to the basics: calorie counting and at least 22 active minutes per day.
3/23: 162.7 lbs
I had a hungry day and ate close to maintenance. I was also very inactive step wise although I did reach 22 active minutes on the elliptical but didn't do my usual walk. I am glued to my desk all day. I usually only get up twice: once for a cup of tea and once for lunch and a toilet break. I really should drink more water to force me to get up more often but I feel self conscious getting up a lot. Everybody is glued to their desks where I work.
3/24: 163.8 lbs
The kids made cookies and I ate too many. So stupidly I thought I would just count the cookies for dinner to stay within my calorie limit. Well obviously things went very wrong! Why in that moment I didn't say "well I will just eat the dinner I had planned" I don't know. Actually I do know. I think the big sugar hit caused me to overeat later when my blood sugars tanked. I will just chalk it up to experience and move on.
3/25: 164.0 lbs
I ate too much at dinner and didn't reach my active minutes goal. I will have to look at my inspiration slide show to help give me some motivation back.
3/26: 163.6 lbs
I achieved my goals for the day.
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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
R215 EW: 237.6
R216 EW: 235.8
R217 EW: 235 (
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3/23: 234
3/24: 233.6
3/25: 232.4
3/26: 231.2
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As a newbie to this 10 day challenge concept, I am doing 1st round just practising checking in and being motivated by everyone here, working on habit goals now, adding in scale #s in the next round.
Daily goal:
* Calorie, water, supplement tracking
* 30 m Body activity
SW RND 218
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3/25 ❌ no activity as planting seed day
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Diet goal: YES to: Whole foods and plant-based.............No to: Ultra-processed foods and added sugar, except for the really good desserts where it's worth it. Meat and animal products are out until the end of March to help me fast-track my progress on getting better at the whole foods, plant-based BASE that I want my diet to stay at long term.
Movement goal: Some gentle strength training and cardio every day. This round I'm counting house cleaning as cardio.
Weight goal: maintain between 120-125. I made it 123.4 lbs at the end of RND 217
3/23 DNW
3/24 DNW
3/25 DNW
3/26 NSV: I didn't cave into pressure when everyone was goading me to add meat to my plate at the potluck with tons of delicious bbq. I kept to the side dishes that looked vegetarian and dairy free (I'm not about to go around asking who made this and what's in it when I'm not allergic to anything). I'm such a meat eater so the peer pressure was all in fun and well meaning but I think I impressed them and myself with my resolve in the end.
100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 13….
*=1 day. ⭐️=10 days
⭐️ ***
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69 yo female; 5’5”
Thank you @quiltingjaine
SW 140.0#
GW 139.0#
Consistent strength training, plant based unprocessed food, increase hydration
3/23 140.2#
3/24 139.6#
3/25 138.6#
3/26 139.4#. I forgot to post this AM. Nice early spring day. Finally!!
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Looking forward to joining this challenge. My goals for the challenge are to log consistently and to avoid snacking after dinner.
SW RND 218 152.4 lbs
3/23 152.4 lbs
3/24 151.6 lbs
3/25 150.4 lbs
3/26 150.6 lbs
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Highest weight: 206
Goal weight: 146
Round 212 end weight: 200.7
Round 213 end weight: 198.7
Round 214 end weight: 196.9
Round 215 end weight: 191.9
Round 216 end weight: 190.0
Round 217 end weight: 187.5
3/23 188.5
3/24 187.9
3/25 188.2
3/26 188.5
3/27 187.0
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Didn’t make my weight goal last time, but made all the other goals. Hoping I can manage all the goals this time around.
R217 3/22/23 end weight: 259.6
R218: starting weight: 260.2
R218: ending weight:
Goals:
Lose 4 lbs
outside 30 minutes daily
activity 30 minutes daily
2 cups of iron tea
Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 - 260.2 30 min outside, 30 min activity, 2 cups of iron tea
3/24 - 259 30 min outside, 30 min activity, 2 cups of iron tea
3/25 - 258.4 30 min outside, 30 min activity, 2 cups of iron tea
3/26 - 260.2 30 min outside, 30 min activity, 2 cups of iron tea
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@deepwoodslady be careful with erythritol. The NIH released the results of a study they funded recently that suggested that higher blood levels of erythritol were associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke. It seems to encourage blood clotting for a few days after eating it.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/erythritol-cardiovascular-events4 -
64 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 218 (my 149th). As always, thank you. @QuiltingJaine you are a star!
Goal for this round; again I'm not looking at a specific number, any loss and keep my binge free streak going – it is helping me keep mindful when I’m tempted! Keep within calories & macros. I can do this but, consistency is paramount, let’s do it again for just 10 days as the reward is great!!Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, It’s taken me 75 rounds to achieve my under 130 target; back to maintenance again!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 130. Healthy life style has to be a permanent way of life.
End of round 69 134.2 lbs
End of round 70 133.6
End of round 71 132.4
End of round 72 133.2
End of round 73 132.8
End of round 74 132
End of round 75 131.4
End of round 76 130.2
End of round 77 132.4
End of round 78 134.4
End of round 79 132
End of round 80 133.6
End of round 81 133.8
End of round 82 132.4
End of round 83 133.4
End of round 84 133
End of round 85 131.6
End of round 86 133.0
End of round 87 134.8
End of round 88 132.8 (2 pounds lost)
End of round 89 138.2 (5.4 pounds gained)
End of round 90 135 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 91 132.8 (2.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 92 133 (0.2 pound up from end of last round)
End of round 93 135.6 (2.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 94 135.8 (0.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 95 134.4 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 96 134.4 (no loss no gain!!)
End of round 97 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 98 133.4 (1.6 down from end of last round)
End of round 99 134.4 (1 up from end of last; not bad for Christmas period!)
End of round 100 133.4 (1 down from end of last round)
End of round 101 137.2 (3.8 pounds up)
End of round 102 136 (1.2 pounds down from last round – not bad considering Dad unexpectedly passed away 3 days before end of round & I went totally off plan & no walking!)
End of round 103 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down from last round – better!)
End of round 104 – 135 (0.6 up from end of last round)
End of round 105 – 133.6 (1.4 down from end of last round)
End of round 106 – 133.6 (same as last round)
End of round 107 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 108 – 134.2 (0.6 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 109 – 135.6 (1.4 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 110 – 133.2 (2.4 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 111 – 133.2 (same as last round)
End of round 112 – 133.6 (increase of 0.4)
End of round 113 – 132.8 (0.8 down from end of last round)
End of round 114 – 136 (3.2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 115 – 134.8 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 116 – 133.4 (1.2 pounds down from end of last round)
End of round 117 – 135.4 (2 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 118 – 136 (1.6 pounds up from end of last round)
End of round 119 – 133.4 (2.6 pounds down)
End of round 120 – 135.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 121 – 135.2 (0.2 pounds down)
End of round 122 – 133.2 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 123 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 124 - 134.8 (2.4 pounds up)
End of round 125 - 135 (0.2 pounds up) – get a grip!!!
End of round 126 - 135 - same as last round
End of round 127 - 133.8 (1.2 pounds down
End of round 128 - 133.4 (0.4 pound down)
End of round 129 - 134.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 130 - 133 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 131 - 133.6 (0.6 up)
End of round 132 – 134 (0.4 up)
End of round 133 – 134 .4 (0.4 up)
End of round 134 – 132.2 (2.2 pounds down) see what not binging can do!!
End of round 135 – 131.8 (0.4 down)
End of round 136 – 132.8 (1 pound up – happy for Christmas period, lower than at this time for many years!)
End of round 137 – 134 (1.2 pound up ugh!!)
End of round 138 - 131.2 (2.8 pounds down)
End of round 139 – 130.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 140 – 132.4 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 141 – 131 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 142 – 129.8 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 143 – 130.8 (1 pound up)
End of round 144 – 130.2 (0.6 pounds down)
End of round 145 – 132 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 146 – 133.8 (1.8 pounds up – again!!)
End of round 147 – 133.2 (0.6 down)
End of round 148 – 132.4 (0.8 pounds down)
End of round 149 – 132.4
End of round 150 – 133.8 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 151 – 135.8 (2 pounds up)
End of round 152 – 134 (1.8 pounds down)
End of round 153 – 135.4 (1.4 pound up)
End of round 154 – 132.2 (3.2 pounds down)
End of round 155 - 133.6 (1.4 pounds up)
End of round 156 - 134 (0.4 pounds up)
End of round 157 - 133.6 (0.4 pounds down)
End of round 158 – 135.4 (1.8 pounds up)
End of round 159 – 134.4 (1 pound down)
End of round 160 – 135.2 (0.8 up)
End of round 161 – 134.2 (1 pound down)
End of round 162 – 133.6 (0.6 down)
End of round 163 – 136.2 (2.6 up)
End of round 164 – 136 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 165 – 135.8 (0.2 pound down)
End of round 166 – 136 (0.2 pound up)
End of round 167 – 138 (2 pounds up)
End of round 168 – 135 (3 pounds down)
End of round 169 – 134.4 (0.6 pound down)
End of round 170 – 133 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 171 – 135.4 (2.4 up)
End of round 172 – 135.6 (0.2 up)
End of round 173 – 137.6 (2 pounds up)
End of round 174 – 135.2 (1.4 pounds down)
End of round 175 – 138 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 176 – did not complete (away on family holiday)
End of round 177 – 138
End or round 178 – 137.8 (0.2 down)
End of round 179 – 139.4 (1.6 pounds up)
End of round 180 – 137 (2.4 pounds lost)
End of round 181 – 139.2 (2.2 pounds up)
End of round 182 – 135.6 (3.6 pounds down)
End of round 183 – 138.2 (2.4 up)
End of round 184 - 136 (2.2 pounds down)
End of round 185 – 136.4 (0.4 gain)
End of round 186 – 136.4 (same)
End of round 187 – 138.4 (2 pounds up)
End of round 188 – DNW (away for Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations)
End of round 189 – 139.2
End of round 190 – 139.8
End of round 191 – 139.8
End of round 192 – 138.8 (1 pound lost)
End of round 193 – 138.2 (0.6 lost)
End of round 194 – 136.4 (1.8 lost)
End of round 195 – 139.2 (2.8 pounds up)
End of round 196 – 138 (1.2 pounds down)
End of round 197 – 138.2 (0.2 up)
End of round 198 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 199 – DNW (on holiday in Crete)
End of round 200 – 138.8 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 201 – 138.2 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 202 – 137.8 (0.4 pounds lost)
End of round 203 – 137.6 (loss of 0.2)
End of round 204 – 135.8 (1.8 pounds lost)
End of round 205 – 135.6(0.6 pound lost)
End of round 206 – 135.4 (0.2 pound lost)
End of round 207 – 136.4 (1 pound gain) (Caravan Christmas Party Rally)
End of round 208 - 137.2 (0.8 pound gain)
End of round 209 - 137.4 (0.2 pound gain) (Christmas period)
End of round 210 – DNW (Lanzarote holiday)
End of round 211 – 138.2
End of round 212 – 139.8
End of round 213 – 139
End of round 214 – 138.2 (1.2 pounds loss)
End of round 215 – 139.2 (1 pound up)
End of round 216 – 136.6 (2.6 pounds lost)
End of round 217 – 137.8 (1.2 pounds up)
SW RND 218
3/23 137.8 – 12.69 miles walked yesterday, just less than 50% exercise calories eaten back.
3/24 137.38 – no structured walking hence ate at maintenance.
100-day Binge-free Challenge starting February 25….=1 day.
⭐️⭐️=27 days ****
3/25 141 – oops oops oopsie, fell off the wagon big time, just don’t ask!!! Leaving yesterday’s chocohorror behind, trying to move on & make a new start today. Shame I broke my binge free streak, but !! A week to try to get back to start of round weight. 8.13 miles walked yesterday.
3/26 139.8 – That’s a start! A perfect day yesterday, I pre-logged in the morning and stuck to it. 14.48 miles walked. Noticed that me last binge was 4 weeks ago, I know I am well post menopause, but wondering if my hormones still keep going on it’s cycle, could this possibly be the cause of that heinous binge? I’m going to keep this in mind for the future.
3/27 139.8 – no structured walking during day meeting up with family, hence no structured walking, but so lovely to see all DGC interacting and playing together.
100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 24….=1 day.
⭐️= 2 days ****
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I'M WORTH IT !! 👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
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3/25: 164.0 lbs
I ate too much at dinner and didn't reach my active minutes goal. I will have to look at my inspiration slide show to help give me some motivation back.
@refactored I wanted to ask about your inspiration slide show! Tell me more!
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Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 200
3/24 198
3/25 202.8 Went for a day walk with friends yesterday, I know weight goes usually up the day after,
hopefully tomorrow it goes down again.
3/26 201 After last night dinner out, I am glad scale went down a bit
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Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 8th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
June 2005: 345 lbs (Highest known weight before WLS Aug 2005)
June 2017: 241.8 lbs
January 2022: 220 lbs
January 2023: 157.6 lbs (When I Started “Just Give Me 10 Days”)
Weight Beginning this Round: 144.2 lbs
Goal Weight: 135 lbs
This round's daily goals:
1. 1500 calories 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹
2. 15K steps 10/10 days - ☹😊😊😊
3. Attend work 5.5/5.5 days – 😊😊
4. 8 cups fluids 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹
5. 8:00 P.M. bed time 10/10 days - 😊😊😊😊
6. 4:00 A.M. wake time 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹😊
3/23 – 144.2 lbs -
3/24 – 143.8 lbs – Well, looks like I didn’t have much to say yesterday! I haven’t been doing very well in terms of eating the past two days. Figures, after I wrote about “not bingeing” in my last entry in the last round! The day after I wrote about that I started feeling an extreme hunger, especially for carbs!! I seem compelled to keep eating, all day long! I am not “bingeing” per se, but close to it, if that makes sense to anyone else on here who has binge eating disorder. I think (hope) that I am just premenstrual… Work has been super busy but I am feeling really good about the work I’ve been able to crank out over the last two weeks. I haven’t missed any days out of the last 10 working days (since I recovered from gastro) and I was able to provide my boss with documentation from my doctor proving that I am under her care etc. with regards to all the absences I had over the past few months (depression). I have had a bit of positive feedback from my boss, and I think the only reason she hasn’t been able to provide more constructive feedback is that she is swamped (and I feel for her). So anyway, hopefully I can finish the week off strong, today! I have 1.5 days vacation booked next week, which I am looking forward to. On Tuesday it is hubby’s 41st birthday (yes, he is 12 years younger – all my cougars in the house!!) and we have a few fun things planned. We are going to get mani-pedis, we are going to take the dog to a “sniff spot” to play (which btw, if you are a dog owner, I really recommend this app!! You can “rent” out places for an hour or two to let your dog play off-leash, which is amazing for owners of reactive dogs!), then we are meeting my niece and her fiancé for dinner. I also want to buy him a gift but I have no idea what to get him. He will be buying a new “trucking specific” GPS, but that is really a work thing, not a birthday present. If anyone has any suggestions for gifts for a super-hot 41-year-old guy, holla. 😉 Okay, uh, why am I going on about this, in a weight-loss related forum? I am 100% not sure. LOL. I guess I have a lot on my mind and I think when that happens, I tend to lose focus on my eating/exercise, which I bet some folks on here can relate to. It’s almost as if I have to be obsessive in my thinking in order to keep it front of mind to achieve any success. I bought another week’s worth of Jenny Craig yesterday. I am finding it helpful to have around, just because I have zero interest in cooking, this past while, so this allows for some sort of “nutrition”, and I use the word loosely. Lol. Better than living off of cheese strings and Diet Pepsi! So when I went on their website to order my Jenny food, it asked me to state a goal weight. So… I put in 135 lbs. Like a crazy maniac. LOL!! I am not sure what possessed me to put that in there!! But it is less than 10 lbs away, so… potentially achievable?? If I can stop eating the whole damn house… I will try to dial it in a bit today. I have recently bumped my step goal up to 15K/day, which I was doing good with last week but haven’t achieved in the last two days. I work from home today so I should be able to get those steps in. And I really need to get some fluids in – the last few days have been terrible (as in, all I drank was a coffee in the morning… that’s it…). Wish me luck. And if you have read this far, thanks for listening.
3/25 – 141.8 lbs – OMG! OMG! OMG! I can’t believe it. How is this even possible? How? How is my body doing this? Maybe I’m terminally ill? I have no concept of my weight being this low! I mean I know it will bounce back up and I will need to be okay with that and just be patient. But still!! Here I am!! Yesterday I did not meet my calories or fluids goal, but I came darn close (1599/1500 cals and 7/8 cups fluids). I also walked 29,943 steps, however, which I am super proud of. So I guess that is how my weight is down today. Now, to keep it down. Lol. That is the hard part, for me!! Btw, if anyone is asking me for “tips” the best advice I can give is to stop setting goals about losing a specific amount of weight in a specific time-frame. I know it seems counter intuitive, but for me, it has been very freeing. Instead of constantly being disappointed that my body isn’t doing what I am demanding it to do, I instead have given up that careful “math” and instead just weigh myself every day and consider it “data ONLY to monitor trends over time”. I try to not get upset if the weight goes up. Instead I just think “it will go down eventually”. So yes, the weight loss is a lot slower than I would like! IE, I would prefer that every day I step on the scale it would be lower! LIKE COME ON BODY!! LOL. Instead, I just see things like “Oh, I am down 1 lb since 16 days ago, yay me!” It is completely the opposite of what I have been doing since I started dieting when I was 11 (and my mother put me on caffeine pills and my hair started falling out... we didn't play, in the 80s!!)…. For my entire life I have been pressuring myself to lose faster and faster! And I was always so annoyed/depressed/impatient when my body didn’t do what I wanted it to! I find that this way, if I attach less pressure to my weight, and I just force myself to be more patient, eventually, over time, it does trend downwards. It just takes longer than I have always expected, and I have learned to be okay with that. And I am a lot less crazy about it. LOL. I dunno, does that even make sense? Isn’t it just CICO? Aren’t we supposed to set SMART goals? I have no idea. All I know is that I have learned to accept that weight loss is just not as fast (for me!) as I have always thought it should be. And I have stopped labelling myself "a failure" when the number on the scale doesn't do what I wish it would. On July 30th of last year, I was 182 lbs. So it has taken me 8 months to lose 40-ish pounds. I think most people would be totally annoyed by how slow that has been. But shockingly, I am not! I am happy with that progress!! 😊 And that is my tip of the day! LOL! Have a great day, everyone!!
3/26 – 142.2 lbs – Yup, there is the bounce-back that I mentioned that I should expect, yesterday. I am TRYING not to let it bother me, but on some level it does. I do feel a bit like a failure because yesterday my calories topped out at 2574… and I only had 4 cups of fluid. ☹ According to MFP I was still “under” because of the 22K steps I did, but I know the exercise burn is inflated. So, I’m annoyed with myself. I’m trying to take my own advice, though, and not get mad at my body for not doing what I want it to. I started scrolling through my weights over the years in my MFP progress chart, and I remembered that in 2017 I was 241.8 lbs. So to cheer myself up I am changing my starting weight to 241.8 lbs in all my apps. Lol. Also, if I want to get into the Way Back Time Machine, I was 345 lbs when I was weighed before weight-loss surgery in 2005 (and I am sure my weight went even higher that that, but I was not weighing myself in those days). So… if I think of it in those terms… I am pretty successful and my body kicks butt. Honestly, when I think of it in those terms, how can I feel “annoyed with myself” and like “a failure”? The truth is that I have been doing the best I can, all these years. I absolutely have been doing the best I could with the skills that I had. And bingeing eating was a coping skill that I developed very early on after being sexually abused by an older babysitter from 3-6 years old and physically assaulted in my home on a regular basis from 10-18 years old and emotionally abused all my life by both parents in addition to having my mother hate me from the day I was born (which she made sure to tell me on the regular: “I wish you were never born”, “You’re so lazy the only job you will ever be able to have will be a prostitute”, etc.). When you consider all of that, it is actually a wonder that I am even STILL HERE, let alone dealing with disordered eating behaviours (as well as a personality disorder, an anxiety disorder, PTSD and substance abuse disorder). My body has gotten me through all of that. My body has helped me survive everything. Even with that abysmal start in life, I have somehow gotten myself though university, worked in non-profits helping adults improve their literacy skills for 20+ years, secured a great government job working on the provincial adult literacy file, developed a beautiful relationship with an absolute angel of a man (my knight in shining armour), made myself a lovely home in a spacious 15th floor apartment with a view of beautiful Lake Ontario… and here I am complaining that I ate too much yesterday (which is likely because of hormones due to my stupid TOM taking forever to show up). I really need to check myself. I really, really do. So, I am gonna instead say: My body is strong enough to walk for several hours a day, with no problem; my body lets me jog for a couple of minutes at a time; my body lets me lift weights in the gym; my brain is super creative and helps me problem-solve; and my heart is HUGE, and even though I have been hurt in very terrible ways, I still have the ability to love so much (animals, friends, my sister, my niece, my husband, and my students I helped all through my non-profit days). I have a lot to be grateful for. So I am going to try to focus on that today – being thankful for what I have and what I have been able to achieve in life, thus far, and being thankful for having the opportunity to keep going, and keep learning and working on improving my skills. I mean, I’m still here, aren’t I? That is enough. I AM ENOUGH. And so are you.
3/27 – 141.8 lbs – So yesterday’s post was a bit dramatic. LOL. It reminds me of a meme I saw: “You can still be mysterious after over-sharing because everyone will be thinking ‘Why would she say that?’” Haha! Anyway. So I ate 2500+ calories again yesterday, but my weight is back down to where it was a couple of days ago. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: BODIES ARE WEIRD. I took a look back and my calories have been kind of out control (with 2 days of not logging at all!) since March 18th. I’m not sure why, since, before that I was solidly eating around 1600ish for a long time. And my TOM still has yet to make an appearance. So don’t ask me. Meanwhile, I took a selfie yesterday to send to my hubby as I thought it was funny that I was doing my cleaning with just pants and a sports bra on. When I sent him the pic I was like: “HOLY HELL, I’M SKINNY.” It’s weird how you can’t really see your weight loss in a mirror but in photos you really can. Well, it’s like that for me, anyway. I did get 24K steps yesterday, and I think all my walking is the only thing that is saving me, at this point. I got all my cleaning done over the weekend which for me is really mentally satisfying (I’ve written in here before how I have a hard time logging in to work if my apartment is messy) so I’m really happy about that. I was looking back over my entries here (I have them all saved to a Word doc) and I see that in the past I have pre-logged my day as a way to help during the times I’ve been struggling so I guess I will go ahead and do that today. I think I should also try to get my snacking in check – I have been eating cheese strings and turkey “pepperonis” like they are going out of style, not to mention the dark chocolate I have bragged about in here before: “Ooh, look at me, I’m so amazing, I am able to eat only 1-2 squares per day!” … um, well, so much for that. And lastly, I think if I could increase my fluids intake that would help with my hunger as well. So those will be my goals for today. Let’s do this!!! 😊
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**thoughts for next challenge: journalling, meditation, affirmations, Grow With Jo videos on cold days, X pages of reading, neck stretches, no devices for 60 mins before bed
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69 yo female; 5’5”
Thank you @quiltingjaine
SW 140.0#
GW 139.0#
Consistent strength training, plant based unprocessed food, increase hydration
3/23 140.2#
3/24 139.6#
3/25 138.6#
3/26 139.4#
3/27 139.2# Meal prep for the week done.
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quiltingjaine wrote: »@Smoda61 I have MFP on my iPad and can keep notes there also. The Invisalign “diet” seems to work for you but my neiyhas gained a LOT since she got hers! Hmmmm.
@quiltingjaine thanks, I’ll check into options for future travel. It is only like an hour before we were leaving when hubby and I talked. I’ll be home later today and it will have been only two days.
As for Invisalign, I think it can go either way. I have heard on binging due to thd restrictions. I think it is going well for me because I have weight loss intentions right now, and thd Invisalign requires me to pause before impetuous acts. Yesterday, there was all kinds of goodies around did to MIL. But nibbling (grabbing here and there), is inconvenient with Invisalign so I have to want to make that effort in order to eat unplanned items. If I preferrred, yes, I could still gain wearing these. I’m just finding it a helpful tool that supports what I already want to do. 7 -
I may or may not properly check in the next two days, while at my MIL's. Hubby asked if I truly had to bring my laptop and not just my iPad. My only reason for my laptop would be for accessing my word file here to report in. I'm beginning to think that maybe he is right, and I need to figure out those compromises and a balanced life. So, I think I am going to brave it and leave my laptop behind .........
Use the day befores entry and click quote you'll be able to add the new day then. That's what I do when I'm away from home xx
@musicsax haha, thank you! Just reading this now on Monday morning.1
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