Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218

SModa61 · March 2023

GIVE ME 10 DAYS – ROUND 218

Round 218
March 23 – April 1, 2023

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

Goal for round 218. So round 217, I reached an intermediate goal of getting down to below 135, which is back to where I was at last April (almost exactly a year) when my daughter, SIL, DGS came to visit us in the keys. Wearing a swimsuit in the pool with grandson is going to be more comfortable for me than it was going to be, and for that I am grateful. 218 is going to include a few challenges starting with traveling up to my MIL’s for two days to pick up DD and family, then we drive back down to our place and they stay with up til the end of round 218, April 1st. My goal is going to be to try and enjoy balance for the round. Maybe no loss, and hopefully no gain. I will exercise when and how I can, and I will track, and at a minimum be thoughtful, what I eat during the round. Fingers crossed!!

History:

Harry and Han are our cats, who travel with us. Have two “kids”, who are very much adults, and a DGS. We have three parents, 88(father), 86(mother), 84(MIL) still with us, and I have logically been needing to help them more as they age. I got my act in gear during COVID, somewhat inspired by NOT becoming my parents. I lost 30 lbs and was exercising daily. Unfortunately, I am an “all in or not” person. Selling family home distractions, plus medical incident with my father and all their new needs, became an excuse. A year and a half later, I gained 25 lbs and lost all my athletic improvements. I need to figure out balance and how to make health be a daily priority for life!

Round 126 153.0 equivalent 9/14/20
Round 127 149.2 9/24/20
Round 128 147.2 10/4/20
Round 129 145.8 10/14/20
Round 130 144.4 10/24/20
Round 131 142.2 11/3/20
Round 132 139.4 11/13/20
Round 133 137.2 11/23/20
Round 134 136.4 12/3/20
Round 135 132.6 12/13/20
Round 136 132.0 12/23/20
Round 137 132.0 1/2/21
Round 138 131.0 1/12/21
Round 139 128.2 1/22/21
Round 176 138.2 1/26/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 177 134.8 2/5/22
Round 178 137.0 2/15/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 181 138.2 3/17/22 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 182 137.8 3/27/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 183 133.4 4/6/22 Harry 11 lb .5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 13 oz
Round 184 136.0 4/16/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 12.5 oz
Round 185 136.8 4/26/22 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11lb 13 oz
Round 186 136.0 5/6/22 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12.5 oz
Round 187 137.8 5/16/22 Harry 10 lb 14.0 oz Han Solo 11lb 11.5 oz
Round 188 135.8 5/26/22 Harry 10 lb 10.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 210 146.6 1/01/23 Harry 10 lb 15.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 12 oz
Round 211 144.4 1/11/23
Round 212 146.6 1/21/23 Harry 10 lb 14 oz Han Solo 11 lb 11 oz
Round 213 143.4 1/31/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 10.5 oz
Round 214 142.4 2/10/23
Round 215 140.0 2/20/23 Harry 10 lb 12 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 216 138.0 3/2/23 Harry 10 lb 11.5 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6.5 oz
Round 217 136.0 3/12/23 Harry 10 lb 15 oz Han Solo 11 lb 6 oz
Round 218 134.0 3/22/23 Harry 10 lb 14.5 Han Solo 11 lb 7.5 oz

Exercise & Supplements

Supplements are to try and correct dry eye issues. See if they pay off.
3/23 – Walked with the girls, 4 laps.

3/24 – Walked with the girls, 3 laps. Convo about other building so cut it short

3/25 – Skipping this morning. Need to concentrate on packing.

3/26 – walked 3.5 miles at 4 MPR pace at MIL’s

3/27 – no time to walk, or exercise

3/28 – walked with girls, two laps

3/29 – walked with the girls, two laps, and visited crane point with DD and DGS

3/30 – walked Theater of the Sea

3/31 – walked with the girls, two laps

4/1

SW: 134.0

Day/Weight/Comment
3/23 – 134.6 Not surprised in the least AND not concerned. Yesterday, I started with a faster pace solo walk that turned into a group walk around mile 4. Then, when I got home, hubby wanted to clean our screened balcony. I crawled all 500 sq ft of it, using a whisk broom to remove the dried dirt so his following with a mop was more effective. Not sure how the dirt develops, but it forms on the screens and when it rains it washed the dirt onto the tile floor. My knees were black and I wore the skin off my left knee. THEN, hubby wanted us to go do some landscaping on the condo property grounds, that we had talked about. Goal was to remove leaves, trash and debris behind a hedge, along a wall. Guess who got to be BEHIND the hedge. That somehow gave quite a workout to my right butt check and thigh. To finish the day off, we tried a local Japanese/Thai restaurant for dinner. Yum! Between likely fluid retention in my muscles, and likely from sodium in the dinner, I fully expected a gain. Calories were not over, so not concerned. Oh, yes, I did not neglect the cats, they got their evening walk once we got home from the restaurant.

3/24 – Starting my comment Thursday night, before weighing Friday morning and seeing the result I got into the chocolate chips……. :’( But I did count them, then I scanned the bag and entered them into my diary. Calories higher than most days, but actually reasonable while I am still walking so much each day.

134.8 Yup, an up. Annoying but not concerned. The beauty of tracking!!!

3/25 – 134.0 arrive @MIL/afternoon, w/ kids Last weighing until Tuesday, and that needs to be ok. We’ll see what exercise I manage to do, and will do my best to track the meals my MIL makes. She does know that I have packed my own breakfasts and possibly lunch, so it is down to controlling quantities of her cooking at dinner, and limiting snacks, as I have been doing at home. Fortunately, I can use Invisalign as an excuse during the “between meal” times. Skipping walking this morning, I need to make sure everything is in order.

3/26 – no scale, @MIL, w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/27 – no scale, @MIL w/ kids (no laptop, so no attempt to report in)

3/28 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 132.6 Shocked. I did make a best effort while at MIL’s home and on the road, and then even once getting everyone back to our place. I only walked once, and it was for 3.5 miles. But I did do my best to accurately track and/or evaluate what I was eating. Tracking says I exceeded my calories some, but I was crazy hungry most of the time. I had NO expectation of a loss. My ONLY theory is that with the lessened walking, I flushed fluid out of my muscles and that created my loss. I don’t really know.

This round is going to be super hard for me to catch up and read everyone’s posts. Will do my best!

3/29 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 134.0 Was fun while it lasted! :P Yesterday’s low seemed abnormal. The, to boot, last night I did go off the rails. Was alone and dealing with the disarray around the condo, and got into ice cream and cookies and chips that would normally not be around me, and I had managed to ignore for 2 days. If the upward motion does not continue, I will still be thrilled with getting through this round unscathed.

3/30 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 133.8 Managing to hold, which is great. Yesterday, by bedtime, I was exhausted. Lots to juggle when you have guests. Sometimes, I think it tops formal exercise. :P I did go over a bit more than my normal “losing weight” calories, but everything was tracked, and I made an active decision to “go over”. Did not seem to hurt.

3/31 – DD, GS, SIL visiting 134.8 Yup, makes total sense. Onion rings as my lunch, then smoked salmon BLT with fries for dinner, and evening Salted Caramel ice cream with the DGS. Today is more quiet but we are going out to dinner….. again (tomorrow too).

4/1 – DD, GS, SIL visiting

CamandJarvis · March 2023

I know these will probably be huge photos, I'm sorry. I tried to crop them down smaller, at least.

I'm super proud. BF was upset that he was dying a little after running 1.5 miles on Wednesday but I seemed perfectly fine and unbothered (I was, but it was less my lungs and more my legs Wednesday). So today I decided I have a weekend to recover from running and I'll push myself to improve. Unfortunately my brace slid off my knee partway through a run interval which slowed me down a tad but I made it work. I'll have to remember to put the brace on UNDER my leggings next time.

Wednesday:

Today:

AR10at50 · March 2023

57, 5’5
OSW-187 Sept. 2018. Thank you @quiltingjaine !
GW-140

3/27-Back on track with lots to do. My dad called and asked me if I wanted to go fishing in Alaska again this summer and I can’t wait. I have about 4 months to get ready for that, it is mostly arm strength and cardio.
We will be hosting Easter Sunday in 2 weeks, and the yard is full of weeds, but I’ve got time.
Last night we had MIL over for dinner after DH asked me to make creole sauce which I then used the immersion blender on and put it over sautéd halibut with seasoned polenta on the side.
3/31-166-Made it to yoga, got a walk in yesterday and rode the horse. Getting the weeds under control. Baked a chicken last night and had sliced up a whole yellow onion and stuffed that inside of it along with rosemary and seasonings.

deepwoodslady · March 2023

Round 218

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 62 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 175 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
R217 EW= 188.2
R218 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********

R43 thru R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/23/18) = -19.4 LOST (Ending weight 179.0)

R53 thru R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/01/19) = -4.1 GAINED (Ending weight 183.1)

R63 thru R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/11/19) = -8.1 GAINED (Ending weight 191.2)

R73 thru R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/20/19) = -5.5 GAINED (Ending weight 196.7)

R83 thru R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/28/19) = -8.7 LOST (Ending weight 188.0)

R93 thru R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/05/20) = -2.0 GAINED(Ending weight 190.0)

R103 thru 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = -14.9 GAINED (Ending Weight 204.9)

R113 thru 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/23/20) = -4.7 GAINED (Ending Weight 209.6)

R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = -1.5 LOST (Ending Weight 208.1)

R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/01/21) = -0.7 LOST (Ending Weight 207.4)

R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = -3.6 LOST (Ending Weight 203.8)

R153 thru R162 (06/11/21 thru 09/18/21) = (b]-16.2 LOST [/b] (Ending Weight 187.6)

R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = (b]-5.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 192.6)

R173 thru R182 (12/28/21 thru 04/06/22) = (b]-7.0 GAINED [/b] (Ending Weight 199.6)

R183 thru R192 (04/07/22 thru 07/15/22) = -1.4 LOST (Ending Weight 198.2)

R193 thru R202 (07/16/22 thru 10/23/22) = -3.8 GAINED (Ending Weight 202.0)

R203 thru R212 (10/24/22 thru 01/31/23) = -7.2 LOST (Ending Weight 194.8)

R213 (02/01/23 thru 02/10/23) = -1.2 LOST (Ending Weight 193.6)

R214 (02/11/23 thru 02/20/23) = -0.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 194.0)
R215 (02/21/23 thru 03/02/23) = -0.8 LOST (Ending Weight 193.2)

R216 (03/03/23 thru 03/12/23) = -4.2 LOST (Ending Weight 189.0)

R217 (03/13/23 thru 03/22/23) = -0.8 LOST (Ending Weight 188.2)

R218 (03/23/23 thru 04/01/23) = -xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment
03/22 …..188.2….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

03/23 -188.4- (Trend weight 190.0)

03/24 -188.0- (Trend weight 189.8)

03/25 -187.2- (Trend weight 189.5)

03/26 -187.8- (Trend weight 189.3)

03/27 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

03/28 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

03/29 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

03/30 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)I’ve been approved to stay off the bp med Lisinopril (for now at least). We will monitor my bp and see how it goes. I am allowed to go to rehab today so exercise is approved though I should be careful because we don’t yet know how my bp will react. I am still taking a different bp med in the morning. I’m going to continue to let my body stabilize over the next few days but I will try to continue to track and log my foods. I usually don’t track when I go out of town as it’s too confusing, but the days I’m home will not be a problem. I’m still pretty bloated but can start back on my water pill on Friday according to the cardiologist. That will give me such relief. My ankles are ridiculous!

03/31 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW) Snow/Rain mix today. Very gloomy. Babysitting DGS today so that will brighten things up a bit. I’m so happy for no travel today. I can take my waterpill, follow my eating plan without (restaurant) complications and try to get in a bit of fitness (as my grandson allows!). I really need “normal” today.

04/01 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

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

phx92 · March 2023

SW RND 218

3/23 x
3/24 x
3/25 194.2
3/26 194.0
3/27 194.6
3/28 x
3/29 193.2
3/30 193.2
3/31 192.6
4/1

Goal #1 189lb

SheilaBoneham · March 2023

🌷🐇🌷☔️🌷🪺🌷☔️🌷🐇🌷

HSW - 218.2 (Feb. 2015)
2023 Goals — move more; eat mostly healthfully, no extremes. Have fun!

📆 2015–2023

Feb. 2015: highest weight 218.2
2015: end weight running average 178.2
2016: end weight running average 147.7
2017: end weight running average 148
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: end weight running average 178.6

2023 Rounds
R209 01/01/23: end weight 178.6. Ave calories — who knows? I didn’t bother with the holidays.
R210 01/11/23: end weight 176.2 (-2.4). Ave calories 1102. No after-dinner snacking!
R211 01/21/23: end weight 176.8 (+.6).
R212 01/31/23: end weight 177.6 (+.8).
R213 02/10/23: end weight 178 (+.4)
R214 02/20/23: end weight 178 (+/-0).
R215 03/02/23: end weight 180 (+2 ☹️)
R216 03/12/23: end weight 178.8 (-1.2)

R217 03/22/23: end weight 178.8 (+/-0).
R218 04/01/23: goals—10 days snack free; walk 30+ minutes; calories <1400.

Day, Weight, Comment

3/23 - 179
The blasted wagon threw me right off last night. Emotional eating snack binge. But I’m climbing back on and am going to try to hang on for the rest of the round.

3/24 - 180
That’s Wed. evening on the scale. Yesterday was better, not perfect. Sometimes I really think that all the tracking and thinking about food and macros and calories all the time makes me more snack-prone because, yep, I’m thinking about food all the time—what I ate, what I should eat, what I will eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, what I shouldn’t eat,… I know the research says tracking = weight loss, but I’ve been doing it faithfully for years now, lost a lot, then regained some despite tracking, am maintaining at higher than I like while tracking faithfully. It’s almost as if knowing my intake lets me give myself permission to eat because, hey, I’ll be over goal but still under maintenance, or just a smidge over…. I don’t know, just thinking through the keyboard.

3/25 - 💐
I’ve decided to slowly let go of some of the tracking to see if obsessing less about numbers and thinking less about food might help me eat less. I’ll continue to check in daily, but weigh in only at the end of each round. Letting go of the scale will be hard —I’ve tried before and was unsuccessful. So I’m dropping out of the 100-day challenge, removing my weight tracker, and removing my numbered weight goals. I’ll focus on other goals—walking, dog-training, writing, garden….—and see what happens. (I do sometimes think I should—a concept I would like to lose but what’s an alternate word? — drop all goals for a while, but after a lifetime of goals goals goals, I don’t know if that’s possible!) Anyway, I love this group, and appreciate the support for each of us doing what we need to do.

3/26 - 🌷
I accidentally weighed myself this morning—habits, right? — and it wasn’t pretty, but I’m not recording it. I did “oversnack” last night, but today is a new day. I’m planning to take the pup out for some energy reduction this morning, and then this afternoon take myself for a long walk all alone. Wishing you all a great Sunday!

3/27 - 🌹
I resisted the urge to weigh in this morning. Yesterday was pretty good, although I did have some ice cream last night. Little by little. I did get in two half hour walks. All good.

3/28 - 💐
I’m doing a bit better with the crazy snacking, though I’m not completely under control yet. I’m looking forward to better weather and long evenings when I’ll be going for longer, later walks, and spending fewer hours in the house on my butt. I had a nice 45-min walk yesterday with Booker, but about half was slow/stationary to let him sniff. I limit his distance since he’s only 4.5 months old, so that was good. I went for another 30-min fast walk on my own later. All good.

3/29 - 🌷
I can’t believe it’s almost April. Yay spring! It’s cold this morning but sunny for now, rain coming, but I’m planning a nice puppy walk when I get off here. Enjoy you day, everyone!

3/30 - 🌹
I read an article yesterday about (re)arranging the fridge and how to store fresh veggies and then dreamt about making a beautiful salad with all kinds of love fresh veggies—various greens, tomatoes, peppers, beets, carrots, celery, asparagus, heart of palm…. I think it’s a (slightly more modest) salad for lunch! And maybe a refrigerator restructuring sometime soon.

3/31 - 💐
Wow, I slept 10 hours last night. So did the pup, other than a quick break at 12:30, after which we both went right back to sleep. I guess that 45 min morning walk and then obedience class in the evening knocked us out. It’s a cold, rainy day here, and I wouldn’t mind curling back up in bed with a book, but…. I doubt I’ve lost any weight during this non-tracking experiment, but I do feel a bit less food crazed. Slowly slowly…. Enjoy the last day of March!

4/01 -

NuggetBrain · March 2023

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 (

)
3/23: 234
3/24: 233.6
3/25: 232.4
3/26: 231.2
3/27: 232.8. So much salt last night.
3/28: 233.4
3/29: 232
3/30: 229.8
3/31: 230.2
4/1

quiltingjaine · March 2023

Female 5’1” Age 73 years
Started Keto WOE 7/17/17 (mid-Rnd 10)
*Travel - no scale part of the time
HWE 197.0 (2/2008)
Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
OGW 137 (set by WW 2008, WW goal 1985 was 126) UGW was 125 (HS weight 1968)

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE👍👍

Rnd 7 167.0 to Rnd 17 155.5
To Rnd 27 146*
To Rnd 37 139.0
To Rnd 47 133.5*
To Rnd 57 131.5
To Rnd 67 128.0
To Rnd 77 125.0
To Rnd 87 121.0*
To Rnd 97 121.0
To Rnd 107 122.0
To Rnd 117 116.0
To Rnd 127 117.0
To Rnd 137 117.0
To Rnd 147 116.0 🙌
To Rnd 157 115.5
To Rnd 167 119.4
To Rnd 177 118.3
To Rnd 187 120.0 AW 119.6
To Rnd 197 121.5 AW 119.15
To Rnd 207 123.5 AW 125.0
SW RND 208 124.5 AW 125.25
SW RND 209 124.5 AW 125.7
SW RND 210 124.0 AW 124.4
SW RND 211 126.0 AW 126.11
SW RND 212 127.0 AW 126.45
SW RND 213 126.5 AW 127.9
SW RND 214 127.0 AW 126.37
SW RND 215 126.0 AW 127.4
SW RND 216 127.5 AW 127.4
SW RND 217 126.5 AW 127.15

We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

People say keto/LCHF isn’t sustainable. I’ve been doing it for over 5 years with amazing results!

This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

We are unstoppable not because we do not have failures but because we continue on despite them. - paraphrase of original quote by Beau Taplin

Up and down - just riding the waves of life. 🌊 🏄‍♀️ (My new mantra-3/19/22)

"Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

SW RND 218 127.5
3/23 127.0 Mulligan’s Pub for early lunch, taco salad stripped of most carbs at 11.
3/24 127.0 Told DH that eating OMAD at 4:30 or 5 wasn’t working for me. During COVID we ate around 3 or 4 but with him playing cards again (Tripoley, poker, pinochle and occasionally bridge) eating at 5, 5:30, or later isn’t working for me. No cards today.
3/25 126.5 Great Greek today.
3/26 127.0 Hardly drank any water yesterday. Need to be more mindful of that.
3/27 127.0 Eating late today at visiting neighbors. I don’t wish to sound ungrateful but I DO wish they would stop bringing us bags of groceries we don’t eat!
3/28 127.5 made keto berry clafoutis to take to neighbor’s for dessert. She made ham and turkey I avoided most carbs but ate later in the day than I like.
3/29 129.0 I ate a lot of crap yesterday - sitting out on a beautiful evening. Being neighborly does mean you have to eat all of the crap, Jaine. But I did. It wasn’t even good tasting!
3/30 128.0 UGH! I keep getting interrupted.
3/31 128.5

quiltingjaine · March 2023

@deepwoodslady I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to ignore your question the other day. I would have to research each of those ingredients as it has been several years since I eliminated most of them and went to using heavy cream instead of frozen whipped topping, And the only way I used to eat gelatin desserts was with a LOT of whipped topping! It’s a texture thing.

deepwoodslady · March 2023

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@deepwoodslady You seem to be firmly in the 180s. Time to scratch the 190s???

@quiltingjaine I am so bloated right now. I've also had some travel days which are never kind to my scale. I don't want to scratch the 190's off until I am truly sure I am there. I know I was firmly planted there this month, but these changes are bound to affect my scale. I am going to give it a few more days during which time I am finally allowed to take my water pill and I'm finally able to get in some (careful) exercise. Then I will see. Thanks for noticing though! I've worked hard to put the 190's behind me and I can't wait to scratch it off!

RockinRobyn672 · March 2023

SW: 146.4

Day/Weight/Comment
Thu 3/23: 145.8
Fri 3/24: 145.8
Sat 3/25: 146
Sun 3/26: 146.8
Mon 3/27: 147.4
Tue 3/28: DNW
Wed 3/29: 149.2
Thu 3/30: 148
Fri 3/31: 146.4 - Back where I started. If I keep doing this, my weight is just going to continue hovering in the mid/upper 140s.
Sat 4/1:

RenaPink11 · March 2023

10 day challenge

F/45, 5’5”
sw: 249 (Feb 2022)
gw: 149
Goals for the next 10 days: No snacking after dinner/before bed. Water!!

3/23 - 176.2
3/24 - 175.4 - YAY!! The scale is finally moving again! Also, jogged for 20 minutes straight tonight for the first time in probably 35 years! 1.58 miles! I’m stoked!
3/25 - 174.8 - didn’t sleep much at all bc I was stressed and guilting myself over eating some pizza for dinner. Need to remind myself to get all of my water in!
3/26 - 175.2 - thin mint blizzard for our anniversary. Doing well with water today. I forgot to take my meds for binge eating - feeling ok so far that I can control it, but we will see what this evening brings. That’s my hardest time.
3/27 - 175.8 - umm, my scale is going the wrong way. I didn’t get in enough water yesterday. I also skipped the gym and spent 3 hours giving the inside of my car a good clean. My gosh! All of the dog hair in the cracks and crevices. 🤣
3/28 - 174.6 - Got my h2o in yesterday and hit the gym after taking a few days off. Did my c25k app. I’m still in shock about being able to jog & run! It was a good productive day!
3/29 - 175.2 - Slacked on the water yesterday. Did the c25k app on the treadmill. Read somewhere to also do it outdoors bc there’s a difference. So I did the inside track at the gym and YES huge difference. The floor has no give like a treadmill and doesn’t make me keep my pace! LOL my knees weren’t liking it. It put me in my place and I’m not feeling as confident doing a 5k as I was before. But I will keep my goal of participating in one in June and keep training for it. Heading to the gym now.
3/30 - 175.2 - Good workout yesterday and did better with my water too. Picked up my grandson today to spend the night. No gym today, but may walk around the neighborhood.
3/31 - 175.0 - My grandson is here with me so I’ve been busy playing. Had lunch w a friend yesterday and stuck to veggie fajitas w no tortillas. It was delicious! Started my c25k app over from the beginning so I can do it outside vs on the treadmill. I made it! It was tougher, but I made the first round. That’s a win in my book!

RenaPink11 · March 2023

Skyleen75 wrote: »

Gardening season has started but it’s a funny time- you can’t stomp around on spongy spring soil or you damage the delicate roots or crush delicate “noses” just starting to poke up.
I do an efficient Fall clean but Spring always brings more raking. But those little leaf piles are protecting insects and animals from the cold. Not time to rake yet!
Try explaining that five times a day to eager home/business owners that have Spring Fever!!! Shhhhh, be patient it will all happen before you know it. Just like every other year.
For now a few hours a day finger combing wet leaves off of bulbs, a little pruning, sawing down giant grasses, picking up sticks.
Listening to the peepers and birds, watching the world wake up.

We never rake the leaves - the neighbors get annoyed. I tell them it’s best to just leave them for nature to do its thing, but still get the looks. 🤣 The most I do is blow the leaves off of my patio and into the yard.

enlightenme3 · March 2023

Round 218 (my 53rd)
March 23, 2023 - April 1, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds:

R164 SW: 164.7, EW: 162.3
R165 EW: 161.2
R166 EW: 157.4
R167 EW: 157.0
R168 EW: 153.7
R169 EW: 154.3 - Thanksgiving week
R170 EW: 149.9
R171 EW: 151.0 - Travel almost the entire round
R172 EW: 149.7 - Christmas holidays
R173 EW: 148.6
R174 EW: 146.8
R175 EW: 145.5
R176 EW: 143.5
R177 EW: 142.4
R178 EW: 140.2
R179 EW: 139.6
R180 EW: 137.6
R181 EW: 135.6
R182 EW: 136.2
R183 EW: 134.9
R184 EW: 134.9
R185 EW: 135.4
R186 EW: 132.7
R187 EW: 132.1
R188 EW: 133.2
R189 EW: 133.8
R190 EW: 134.3
R191 EW: 132.5
R192 EW: 132.9
R193 EW: 132.5
R194 EW: 133.4
R195 EW: 132.7
R196 EW: 133.6
R197 EW: 134.9
R198 EW: 132.3
R199 EW: 130.7
R200 EW: 130.5
R201 EW: 130.7 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R202 EW: 134.5
R203 EW: 132.9
R204 EW: 134.0
R205 EW: 132.7
R206 EW: 133.2
R207 EW: 134.0
R208 EW: 134.5
R209 EW: 134.3
R210 EW: 131.8
R211 EW: 131.3
R212 EW: 132.9
R213 EW: 131.6
R214 EW: 132.5
R215 EW: 132.5
R216 EW: 132.9 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R217 EW: 130.3

RSW: 130.3 pounds (3/23/23, EO Round 217)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
3/23: 131.8 - A quick binge the night before is not the best way to start this round.
3/24: 131.4 - Still succumbed to some evening snacking, but it was at least within calories.
3/25: 132.1 - No workouts yesterday and did not really track evening eating.
3/26: 133.4 - This round is really going off the rails. 6 days to turn this around.
3/27: 132.9 - Focus, focus, focus. Eating wasn’t entirely great, but better than the last few days.
3/28: 133.4 - ugh
3/29: 133.6 - I think I’ve been deluding myself and not tracking every bite.
3/30: 132.3 -
3/31: 132.5 - Worst round I've had in awhile.
4/1: - DNW - traveling

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 2.2 pounds

itladyee · March 2023

Hi, I'm Charissa - Round 217

Thank you, again, QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

Just going to take it day by day.....again. Seemed to work in 217. I like the dates of this round and my goal is just to maintain. I will be on vacation for 4 days and it could go either way! The nice part is we usually eat at decent restaurants and technically, can't go back for seconds so there's the portion control. The challenge will be offerings of appetizers (guilty) desserts (it depends) and fancy drinks! BUT...there should be lots of walking so my goal is simply to maintain.

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

Goals This Round per Day:
- Water: 64 ounces (minimum)

Round Goal - Maintain
Stats and Previous Rounds

HW: 230
CW: 217.4
Goal Weight #1 199 Target Date 4/1/2023 5/13/2023 - Tough but doable.
Goal Weight #2 180 Target Date 6/10/2023
Goal Weight #3 160 Target Date 9/30/2023
Goal Weight #4 150 Target Date 12/30/2023

Round 210/1 SW: 221.8 EW: 220.6 Loss 1.2 Total Loss 1.2
Round 211/2 SW: 220.6 EW: 218.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 3.2
Round 212/3 SW: 218.6 EW: 216.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 5.2
Round 213/4 SW: 216.6 EW: 219.8 Gain -3.2 Total Loss 2.0 Yikes!
Round 214/5 SW: 219.8 EW: 219.4 Loss 0.4 Total Loss 2.4
Round 215/6 SW: 219.4 EW: 216.9 Loss 2.5 Total Loss 4.9
Round 216/7 SW: 216.9 EW: 219.5 Gain -2.6 Total Loss 2.3
Round 217/8 SW: 219.5 EW: 217.4 Loss -2.1 Total Loss 4.4

SW: 217.4

3/23 218.1

3/24 - Vacation

3/25 - Vacation

3/26 - Vacation

3/27 - Vacation

3/28 - 220.8 - How much damage did I do on Vacation? Up 3.4 since the start of the round. Lots of food, lots of drink and lots of walking. It should be gone by the end of the challenge.

3/29 - 221.9 - It's still catching up with me.

3/30 - 220.5

3/31 - 220 - I am soooooo ready for the next round.

4/1 - Get Ready for Round 219

kt82_1 · March 2023

Hi everyone, I’m new to this and looking forward to joining the challenge!

Round 218 (my 1st)

Female, 41, 5’6”
HW 164 (today)
GW 133

Aim for this round: Just get used to how this works before starting properly with Round 219

3/31 164 Working from home today and ended up snacking far too much. Went for a short run this morning though and cooked a healthy vegetable dish for dinner.
4/1

TerriRichardson112 · March 2023

In maintenance
JGM10Ds Round 218
🍎🍓🍇🥝🫐🥝🍇🍓🍎
🍎🥝 MARCH 2023 🥝🍎
🍎🍓🍇🥝🫐🥝🍇🍓🍎
Mostly over Covid but still one or two niggly symptoms hanging on.

• In Maintenance since July 2019
• Smart BMI - optimal weight.
• Muscle/Fat %ages in normal range

Just because Covid restrictions aren’t compulsory doesn’t mean they’re not necessary.
😷Take care! Stay safe!😷
March focus:

* maintain weight < 140 (I have been maintaining since July 2019)
* Maintain Daily Solid Habits

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

Terri: Female; 76; Northern Ireland; married > 56 years; ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age - life-long learning charity)
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
LW: 130.9(14 March 2023)
GW: < 140

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!
JGM10Ds ROUND 218
Round 217: EW: 132.3
Day/Weight/Comment
23/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
24/03: 132.6: Daily Habits💚
25/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
26/03: 132.7: Daily Habits💚
27/03: 132.5: Daily Habits💚
28/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
29/03: 132.6: Daily Habits💚
30/03: 133.1: Daily Habits💚
31/03: 132.4: Daily Habits💚
01/04: xxx: Daily Habits
Daily Habits - 2023
Update - March 2023

1. Log ALL CI/CO (Daily)
2. Stay under goal (Daily)
3. Balance macros/micros (Daily)
4. Hydrate adequately (Daily)
5. Choose healthy options (Daily)
6. Steps > 6000 (Daily)
7. Stretch before/after workouts
8. 15+ minutes Cardio > 5 days a week
9. 15+ mins Strength > 5 days a week
10. 15+ mins Flexibility > 5 days a week
11. Active hours > 6
12. Practice self-care (Daily)
13. Stay up to date with accounts (monthly)
14. Mindfulness Practice/meditation ((Daily - morning/evening)
15. 1 > 15 mins Declutter sessions (Daily)
16. Be creative
17. Purchase essential items only
18. Read a book > 15 mins
19. Work on ongoing craft projects
20. Learn something new
21. Develop Healthy Habits
https://www.random.org/colors/hex

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

Daily weight fluctuations are normal, and can be as much as 2 lbs a day for no apparent reason.
A general downward trend is what we are looking for.
Eating out can cause apparent weight gain because of high sodium levels, but usually goes quickly. Drinking extra water helps with this.
The human body does not react instantly to what we do to it. Sometimes it can take several days to see results.
Plateaus are a normal part of the process. The body is consolidating and adapting to your new way of eating/exercising.
The closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it becomes to lose weight, as your body becomes more efficient at using what you feed it.
When you exercise you build muscle, which takes up less space than fat, so use measurements as well as weight to assess your progress.
Getting/Staying fit and healthy requires a lifestyle change for most people.

Stick with the process. It DOES work! But it does take time, effort, and most of all, patience!

caitlinnf84 · March 2023

GirlOnTheRebound wrote: »

caitlinnf84 wrote: »

RND 218

HSW: 175
SW this round 169.6

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?

3/27 167.6 Family dinner last night was french bread pizza, garlic rolls, and chocolate chip cookies. I stayed within calories, but still feeling it today. Got up early and spent the morning at the gym. Back on track with food and water too.

3/28 166.8 Ate great yesterday but was super hungry, probably from the morning workout. I snacked a bit after dinner. Popcorn at first and then recognized it was real hunger, so I mixed greek yogurt and PB2 and thinned with a little almond milk. Tasted like melting peanut butter ice cream, and gave me a protein boost. Still felt hungry but knew I had eaten plenty and slept fine. Pretty much starving right now because I haven't been home all day and was unprepared.

3/29 165.8! I am so thrilled, I can't remember the last time I saw this number! Yesterday went pretty well with food. I felt satisfied with all my meals. It was sad because my pickleball game got cancelled, but I fit in a short walk instead. Not nearly as much exercise as pickleball or as fun, but I still moved. Today will not be a very active day...I woke up with a super sore throat and am trying to rest it away. Feeling really encouraged with the progress I am seeing and how not-too-hard it is feeling this go round.

3/30 166.4 Not sure what that increase is about, but whatever. I had a lovely morning playing pickleball and spent the afternoon chaperoning my son's field day, so tons of calories burned and hours spend outside in beautiful weather.
3/31
4/1

Great exercise that pickleball. Kudos for doing it for hours! I don't eat popcorn anymore but when I did I blended PB2 with water (or regular peanut butter) and drizzled it right on my popcorn. Num!

That sounds AMAZING. Definitely going to try it! And yes, pickleball is my favorite!

caitlinnf84 · March 2023

RND 218

HSW: 175
SW this round 169.6

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?

3/27 167.6 Family dinner last night was french bread pizza, garlic rolls, and chocolate chip cookies. I stayed within calories, but still feeling it today. Got up early and spent the morning at the gym. Back on track with food and water too.

3/28 166.8 Ate great yesterday but was super hungry, probably from the morning workout. I snacked a bit after dinner. Popcorn at first and then recognized it was real hunger, so I mixed greek yogurt and PB2 and thinned with a little almond milk. Tasted like melting peanut butter ice cream, and gave me a protein boost. Still felt hungry but knew I had eaten plenty and slept fine. Pretty much starving right now because I haven't been home all day and was unprepared.

3/29 165.8! I am so thrilled, I can't remember the last time I saw this number! Yesterday went pretty well with food. I felt satisfied with all my meals. It was sad because my pickleball game got cancelled, but I fit in a short walk instead. Not nearly as much exercise as pickleball or as fun, but I still moved. Today will not be a very active day...I woke up with a super sore throat and am trying to rest it away. Feeling really encouraged with the progress I am seeing and how not-too-hard it is feeling this go round.

3/30 166.4 Not sure what that increase is about, but whatever. I had a lovely morning playing pickleball and spent the afternoon chaperoning my son's field day, so tons of calories burned and hours spend outside in beautiful weather.

3/31 166.6 Today is not the best. I got only 4.5 hours of sleep. Spent the morning at book club, where I did a good job not completely diving into the snacks, but did have more than my usual. Then I tried to fo to the gym in the afternoon, but when I got there it was closed for plumbing repairs. I did a mile walk around the neighborhood lake but it was not nearly as much as I was planning. So now my calories left for dinner are not so great. But I am proud of myself for 1. Being intentional and controlled with the book club treats while still allowing myself to enjoy it, and 2. Going for that walk instead of giving up and going home. I want this to be a steady, easy to handle process so I am choosing to be happy with today.
4/1

refactored · March 2023

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.

3/27: 162.9 lbs
I achieved my goals for the day. TOM arrived too and I usually get a bit of a whoosh after it starts (but not always).

3/28: 163.8 lbs
Hungry day for me so I ate at maintenance. Exercised and achieved my active minutes goal.

3/29: 163.1 lbs
I am getting lazy with my counting. At the end of this round I will be taking a diet break. I know my weight will increase but after losing 28 pounds since October 2022, I am starting to stall both mentally and weight wise. I hope a bit of a shake up will do me good and I hope I can get back in to it when the break is over.

3/30: 163.1 lbs
Achieved my goals for the day.

3/31: 163.8 lbs
Did not achieve my goals for the day. I am just going to declare that I am already in holiday mode. I am going to eat at maintenance for 1 week and not join the next challenge. I know I will gain some weight but I need a break.

4/1

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