Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218

HoopsGuy72 · March 2023

3/23: 234.4 (-0.2), BF%=32.2 (0.0). Last night I got to snacking with some Trader Joe's frosted shredded wheat nonsense. I ate (relatively) slowly and mindfully, but I probably still overdid it. I'm almost going to stop being lazy with my posting. I'm a bit behind at work, but I'm trying to make being a part of this group a priority, at least as much as I can.

3/24: 233.6 (-0.8), BF%=32.0 (-0.2). Snacking was fine yesterday. I'm having a physical today for the first time in more than 3 years. I'm not going to freak out until I have a reason to.

3/25: 235.0 (+1.4), BF%=32.3 (+0.3).

3/26: 234.6 (-0.4), BF%=32.2 (-0.1).

3/27: 234.0 (-0.6), BF%=32.1 (-0.1). I had a bad reaction to the shingles vaccine on Friday. I'm feeling better, but it was REALLY bad. I'm actually pretty happy to stay pretty close to the weight I was at the beginning of the weekend. Today I'm clearing out my garage in preparation for a contractor coming out to repair my roof. Should be some decent exercise (need to bring everything to my back patio, which is up a flight of stairs).

3/28: 232.4 (-1.6), BF%=31.8 (-0.3). Lots of exercise yesterday (moving everything from my garage up a set of stairs), and something weird happened that I forgot about. I'm not that hungry when I'm active. The joy of exercise. It's a good reminder to keep my @$$ moving...

3/29: 232.4 (0.0), BF%=31.7 (-0.1). I'm not sure if anyone else has talked about this, but part of be thinks that tracking another behavior would be interesting regarding weight loss trends: 💩. I THINK my better days get better if it's happened since my last weigh-in, and I think it's a reason why I won't see a change on the scale sometimes, even when I'm eating and exercising in healthy ways. Today I have 💩 on the brain.

3/30: 232.0 (-0.4), BF%=31.7 (0.0).

3/31: 233.4 (+1.4), BF%=32.0 (+0.3). I was out last night at an impromptu meal at an AMAZING restaurant. I had 2 drinks or so at home, 2 drinks at the restaurant, and a bunch of fantastic food. There's a decent chance that the weight I gained last night will not be the last of it. The good news is that I'm going to walk with my sister-in-law in a few minutes; exercise has not been a part of my current MFP journey for the most part. At least not yet.

HoopsGuy72 · March 2023

shmmm3 wrote: »

HoopsGuy72 wrote: »

I'm not sure if anyone else has talked about this, but part of be thinks that tracking another behaviour would be interesting regarding weight loss trends: 💩. I THINK my better days get better if it's happened since my last weigh-in, and I think it's a reason why I won't see a change on the scale sometimes, even when I'm eating and exercising in healthy ways. Today I have 💩 on the brain.

@HoopsGuy72 Yes, you are right about it. I usually see it referenced as "TMI" on here. The higher your fiber intake the more your stool will weigh if all else is equal. The more food intake in general will increase the amount and weight of BM. A quick google search shows the average BM weighs .25-1.0 lbs on the SAD (Standard American Diet). Higher fiber diets will weigh more and increase the frequency of BMs to at least once a day.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/632492/#:~:text=Stool weight during ingestion of the low-fiber diet,were 157 gm., 19h., and 12 hr., respectively.

Hey shmmm3... I get the TMI reference (not trying to offend anyone), but keeping this little subject in mind is something I think could be helpful every once in a while for someone who has really been struggling. I was pretty happy with myself when I thought about it.

tiabirdie56 · April 2023

Round 218~Thu Mar 23 2023 ~ Apr 1 2023

Round 218
Mar 23 2023~ Apr 1 2023

My name is Tish.
Age: 66
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2023 Start Wgt:Don't know (Jan 1)
CW:208.4
RG: 64ozs to 80ozs water

•We-March 22 2023~ 209.3
▪︎Day1▪Th•Mar 23-¤208.4
( We•31g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day2▪Fr•Mar 24- ¤209.7
(Th•40g Prot; 48ozs water)Very low sodium yesterday. Gain exclusively from high carbs, delicious spicy peanut noodles.

▪︎Day3▪Sa•Mar 25- ¤210.4
(Fr• 55g Prot; 48ozs water) Pasta salad made with red lentil pasta

▪︎Day4▪Su•Mar 26- ¤DNW
(Sa• 74g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day5▪Mo•Mar 27- ¤DNW
(Su• 89g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day6▪Tu•Mar 28- ¤206.7
(Mo•68g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day7•We•Mar 29-¤208.4
(Tu•68g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day8•Th•Mar 30- ¤207
(We•44g Prot; 48ozs water)

■Day9▪Fr•Mar 31- ¤208.3
(Th•76g Prot; 32ozs water)

▪︎Day10▪Sa•Apr 1-¤
(Fr•g Prot; ozs water)

Intermittent Fasting
●(We•3/22-7pm)
Th•4pm-21hrs/7:30pm
Fri•12:30pm-17hrs/8:30pm
Sat•12:30pm-17hrs/10pm
Sun•12:30-14.5hrs/10pm
Mon•10:30am-12.5hrs/6pm
Tue•1:30-19.5hrs/7pm
Wed•4:30pm-21.5hrs/8pm
Thu•4pm-20hrs/7pm
Fri•4:30pm-21hrs/7:30pm
Sat•

*Round End Weights*

▪2018▪
{Mar 19~Round 34- lost 2.8 lbs~215.8}
{Mar 28~Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs~214}
{Apr 7~Round 36 - lost 1 lb~212}
{Apr 17~Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs~206.4}
{Apr 27~ Round 38 - lost 1 lb~205.4}
{May 6~ Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs~202}
•••Transition Round⬇•••
{May 17~Round 40 - lost 3 lbs~199}
{May 27~Round 41 - lost .8 lbs~198.2}
{Jun 6~Round 42 - lost 2.6 lbs~195.6}
{Jun 16~Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs~194.2}
{Jun 26~Round 44 - lost 1 lb~193.2}
{Jul 6~Round 45 - no loss~193.2}
{Jul 16~Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs~189.6}
{Jul 26~Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs~188.2}
{Aug 5~Round 48 - lost 1.8 lbs~ 186.4}
{Aug 15~ Round 49 - lost .8 lb~ 185.6}
{Aug 25~Round 50 - lost 3 lbs~ 182.6}
{Sep 4~Round 51 - .4 lb gain~ 183}
{Sep 14~Round 52 - lost 2 lbs~ 180.8}
{Sep 24~Round 53 - lost 1 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 4~Round 54 - lost .8 lb~ 179}
{Oct 14~ Round 55 - gain .8 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 24~² 56 -lost 3.2 lbs~176.6}
{Nov 3~Round 57 - gain 1.6 ~178.2}
{Nov 13~Round 58 - gain .2 ~178.4}
{Nov 23~Round 59 -lost1.2 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 3~Round 60 -gain 3.4lb~180.6}
{Dec 13~Round 61 -lost 3.4 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 23~Round 62 - lost 2.8lbs~174.4}▪2019▪

{Jan 2~Round 63 - gain 2.8 lbs~177.2}
{Jan 12~Round 64 -lost 1.2 lbs~ 173.2}
{Jan 22~Round 65 - gain 1 lb ~174.2}
{Feb 1~Round 66 - loss 1.4 lb~ 172.8}
{Feb 11~Round 67 -gain 2.4 lbs~175.2}
{Feb 21~Round 68 - loss .6 lb~174.6}
{Mar 3~Round 69 - gain .4 lb~175}
{Mar 13~Round 70 - lost 3.2 lb~171.8}
(Lowest weight 171.2~March 17, 2019)▪RETROSPECT▪This is the point when I looked too bony to myself. I purposely wanted to gain back 10lbs. I'd lost 89lbs in a little over a year, but I thought it was too fast, even though it didn't seem fast during the process!
{Mar23~Round 71 - gain .4 lb ~172.2}
{Apr 2~Round 72 - gain 2.6 lbs~ 174.6}
{Apr12~Round 73 - gain 3.6 lbs~178.2}
{Apr 22~Round 74 - lost 2.8 lbs~175.4}
{May 2~Round 75 - gain 1.8 lbs 177.2}
{May 12~Round 76 - lost 3.2 lbs~ 174}
{May 22~Round 77 - gain 4 lbs~ 178}
{Jun 1~Round 78 - lost 2 lbs~176}
{Jun 11~Round 79 - lost .2lbs 175.8}
{Jun 21~ Round 80 - gain .2 lbs~ 176}
{Jul 1~Round 81 - gain 1.4 lbs -177.4}
{Jul 11~Round 82 -gain .8 lbs -178.2}
(*Round 82 • LIFE STRESS ROUND* gains begin)
{Jul 21~Round 83 - gain 2.8 lbs-181}
{Jul 31~Round 84 -loss 1 lbs - 182}
{Aug 10~Round 85-gain 1.6 lbs-183.6}
{Aug 20~Round 86 - gain .6 lbs - 183}
{Aug 30~Round 87- gain .6 lbs -183.6}7 1.2 lbs -184}
{Sep 29~Round 90 - lost .8 lbs -183.2}
{Oct 9~Round 91 - gain .4lbs~183.6}
{Oct 19~Round 92-lost 1.8 lbs 181.4}
{Oct 28~Round 93 -gain 1.6 lbs~183}
{Nov 8~Round 94 -lost .4lbs~182.6}
{Nov 18~Round 95 - gain 1 lbs~183.6}
{Nov 27~Round 96 -lost lbs~183.4}
{Dec 8~Round 97 - gain 1.8 lbs -185.6}
{Dec 18~Round 98 - 185.6}
{Dec 25~Round 99 -185.6}
▪︎2020▪︎

{Round 136 - 215 EW}Dec 31 2020(1/01)
????
▪︎2021▪︎
{Round 137-209.8 EW}Jan 11 2021
{Round 138- 209.5 EW}Jan 21 2021
{Round 139- DNW EW}Jan 31 2021
{Round 140- EW}Feb 10 2021
{Round 141- 211 EW}Feb 20 2021
{Round 142- 215 EW}Mar 2 2021
{Round 143- 215 EW}Mar 12 2021
{Round 144- 215 EW}Mar 22 2021
{Round 145- 214.3 EW}April 2 2021
{Round 146- DNW EW}April 11 2021
{Round 147 - 216 EW}April 21 2021
{Round 148 - 216.3 EW}May 01 2021
{Round 149 - DNW EW}May 11 2021
{Round 150 - 216.7 EW}May 21 2021
{Round 151 - DNW EW}May 31 2021
{Round 152 - 216.2 EW}June 10 2021
Round 153 - 215.6 EW}June 20 2021
Round 154 - 216 EW}June 30 2021⬅
Round 155 - 212.6 EW}July 10 2021
Round 156 - 209.4 EW}July 20 2021
Round 157 - 208.8 EW}July 30 2021
(???? is diet break)
Round 158 - 206.6 EW}Aug 9 2021
Round 159 - 204.6 EW}Aug 19 2021
????Round 160 - 202.6 EW}Aug 29 2021
Round 161 - 200 EW}Sep 8 2021
Round 162 -196.8 EW}Sep 18 2021
Round 163 - 198 EW}Sep 28 2021
Round 164 - 197.6 EW}Oct 8 2021
Round 165 - 195.2 EW}Oct 18 2021
Round 166 - 197.6 EW}Oct 28 2021
Round 167 - 197.4 EW}Nov 7 2021
Round 168 - 198 EW}Nov 17 2021
~illness spanning next 4 rounds~
Round 169 - DNW EW}Nov 27 2021
Round 170 - 188.2 EW}Dec 7 2021
Round 171 - 189 EW}Dec 17 2021
Round 172 - 191 EW}Dec 27 2021
▪︎2022▪︎
Round 173 - 193.6 EW}Jan 6 2022
Round 174 - 194 EW}Jan 16 2022
Round 175 - 196 EW}Jan 26 2022
Round 176 - 197.8 EW}Feb 5 2022
Round 177 - 199 EW}Feb 15 2022
Round 178 - 199 EW}Feb 25 2022
Round 179- 205 EW}Mar 7 2022
•March 15, 2002- 202.5lbs
Round 180- 203 EW}Mar 17 2022
▪︎2023▪︎
Round 210- 210.4 EW}Jan 11 2023
Round 211- 211.7 EW} Jan 21 2023
Round 212- 212.5 EW} Jan 31 2023
Round 213- 215 EW} Feb 10 2023
Round 214- 212 EW} Feb 20 2023
Round 215- 211.8 EW} Mar 2 2023
Round 216- 212.6 EW} Mar 12 2023
Round 217- 209.3EW} Mar 22 2023
Round 218- EW} Apr 1 2023

JacquelineC53 · April 2023

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
3/27 150.6 lbs
3/28 149.4 lbs
3/29 149.0 lbs
3/30 148.8 lbs
3/31 148.6 lbs
4/1

gomifune · April 2023

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
3/28 186.2
3/29 186.6
3/30 187.0
3/31 185.6
4/1 184.4

Loss this round: 3.1

Thanks everyone and see you tomorrow!

musicsax · April 2023

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. A healthy lifestyle 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.
3/28 139.8 – 10.97 miles walked. I am struggling at the moment, but still ate under maintenance. Today I celebrate one of my sister’s birthdays with afternoon tea, but I shall make that my lunch rather than have in additional.
3/29 139.8 – 9.91 miles walked. So many cakes yesterday! I ate my sandwiches, 2 cakes and scone with jam & cream, lashings of coffee. I took the other cakes & sausage rolls home for DH. I love afternoon teas but think that smaller bite sized cakes & less of them is more of an elegant sufficiency.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 24….=1 day.
⭐️= 4 days ****

3/30 141.6 – oh dear, I need someone to give me a kick up the bum !! I am ashamed to say I ate all those cakes and more – I shouldn’t have brought them home; they are too dangerous! I’m disappointed with myself. Now to put that behind me and look ahead, 2 days to make a dent in it. 10.49 miles walked.
3/31 141.6 – no structured walking; child minding little DGS.
4/1 140.4 - I treated yesterday as a reset day; thought hard about what food I would be eating during the day, pre-logged it all, stuck rigidly to it & really pushed the water. So, this round has seen me being an April Fool; 2.6 pounds gained ughh! But, I’m pushing that Fool’s hat off and making the next really count, bring it on !!. Started my binge free challenge again yesterday!

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 31….=1 day.
⭐️= 1 days ****

I'M WORTH IT !! 👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a PERMANENT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

clprieur · April 2023

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!!! 😊
3/28 – 141.6 lbs – Uh, I am not sure how that is possible, as I ate pizza and “mini cinnabons” last night… well, I am sure it will show up on the scale tomorrow! Things went so sideways yesterday that I gave up on trying to track what I was eating and just deleted the day. (There is that perfectionism kicking in that is not helpful at all!!) Anyway, I have decided that I am not going to track calories today or tomorrow. It is my hubby’s birthday today and I am going to make it about him. He LOVES eating and I am going to let him choose where we go and what we eat (we already have plans for a pub for dinner tonight, so I’m sure it will burgers or fish n chips, etc.). Side note: He has often told me over the 9 years we’ve been together that one of things he loves about me is that I love to eat and he loves eating with me! HAHAH! Of course, he has never struggled with his weight at all (thanks to several years of competitive sprint canoeing as a young man he is PACKED with muscle and can eat whatever he wants) and does not have an eating disorder so he doesn’t understand how my brain works. But you know what, it is not going to kill me to not track for a few days. He leaves on Thursday morning (he is a trucker and will be off to San Diego) so I know I will get back on track then and deal with any damage at that point. I am happy that I can see a sort of “middle ground” on this. Not black and white thinking, you know? I feel like black and white thinking is what got me into this cycle of losing and gaining in the first place… but now I am confident that taking a break from compulsively tracking everything that goes into my mouth is okay, and that I can start it up again on Thursday, and that of course my weight will bounce up a little, and that will be okay, too, and I can inch it back down a little over time without starving myself etc. I am really making progress with this, guys. I am super proud of myself. 😊 One good thing is that the dog isn’t going anywhere so I will still likely get 15-20K steps today and tomorrow. Lol! Speaking of dogs, it’s LATE!! ACK!! I better go walk him!! (I got 8 hours of sleep last night. I always sleep better when hubby is home.) Have a great day everyone.

3/29 – 141.6 lbs – Hmpf.
3/30 – 140.8 lbs – Hmpf!! I am not sure how this is happening… I haven’t tracked my calories for the last three days. As promised above, I am back to tracking today. I suspect my weight will bounce up tomorrow, as it typically does after a couple days of “slacking” on my diet/exercise game. But that’s okay, I am prepared for it, mentally. So we had a GREAT time on my hubby’s birthday! It was lots of fun! First we brought the dog to a “rented dog park for 1” where my 78 lb dog decided he’d like to try the agility equipment… HAH! Then we went to the mall where hubby decided that his birthday gift would be to get his ears pierced! He chose these big flashy cubic zirconia studs and he looks amazing in them!! (He said, “These make me look like a bada$$!” Which is hilarious because he definitely is not!) Then I bought him a new pair of running shoes (which he showed me in the mall that they can go really fast). Then we went out for a very casual dinner with my niece and her fiancé and we had so much fun. We laughed our heads off! Super fun day. 😊 And I don’t think I worried about my weight or calories or anything for the whole day – which is really important to me and I feel is a sign of progress with my mental health/eating disorder. Plus the fact that I am ready to “get back on the wagon” today – IE, it isn’t turning into a 6 month free-for-all binge. I would have to guess that I have eaten at least 2000 calories per day every day since March 18th, and my tracking has been shoddy, and my exercise so-so. So, that is 12 days. I honestly am not sure how my weight hasn’t increased over that time frame, and in fact has decreased by 1.8 lbs. That is really odd, to me. I am considering this information as both “data” and “a lucky fluke” and I will ponder it as I try to determine a daily calorie goal for maintenance. FYI, my TOM never showed up even though I had a day where I felt inexplicably tired and I wanted to murder my husband which typically signals that the next day I’d get my period, but I never did. Hopefully I don’t keep feeling so hungry all the time, because that would probably spell disaster to my weight-loss, at some point...
3/31 -141.6 lbs – Well, there is that bump up I was expecting. Hopefully I don’t get too crazy about it. I ate 2002 cals yesterday, which is more than I had wanted to, but at least I tracked everything, which is an improvement over the last few days! I had been “okay” after dinner (around 1600 cals, having walked 18.5k steps) so I was quite pleased with myself. However, just before bed I got hungry and ate some peanut butter toast and a yogurt. Oopsie. So that bumped me up to 2000 again. ☹ That being said, overall, my trending weight is down. My weight on the last day of the last challenge was 143.2, so I am currently down by 1.6 lbs from that time, which is nothing to sneeze at! I figure I should focus on the positive and keep moving forward. Luckily, on Sunday we get a whole new 10-day-challenge which provides the opportunity to start fresh all over again! 😊 Btw, I have reached out to a running coach, to see if she can help me learn to run safely and in such a way as to help protect my already compromised knees/hips etc. I’ll keep you posted on any tips and tricks! Have an awesome day, folks! (Oh, and sorry I was so grumpy yesterday!!)
4/1 – 142.0 lbs – So, the scale is up a bit from a few days ago, but I’m down 2.2 lbs since day one of this round. It’s funny, 2.2 lbs in 10 days is a significant drop, but somehow my mind is focusing on the fact that a few days ago I was 140.8 lbs. I just spent a few minutes trying to take a more positive train of thought about that, but I am struggling. (Disordered thinking, for sure.) I guess all I can do right now is congratulate myself for “trying” to be more positive (even though I was not successful), recognize that I am having some distorted thoughts which may be associated to a low mood, try to figure out what is bothering me, and make an action plan for what I can do today to make myself feel better. The truth is, I don’t have to think too hard to figure out what is bothering me – it is the fact that I ended up calling in sick to work yesterday. ☹ I was feeling so exhausted, I was overwhelmed with all the work I am behind on, I had zero concentration, no motivation, I was having body aches and I was filled with a murderous rage. I logged in at 9:00 and tried to work until 10:45, but I just couldn’t do it. I felt what I have heard termed as “low executive function”. So, I sent my boss an email that I was logging off and although I was very disappointed in myself I honestly felt like I had no other option. I was pretty annoyed because had I been able to successfully complete the day, that would have been 3 weeks in a row with no unplanned absences. It caused me to get an “unhappy face” here in my 10-day goals, and also to fail at one of the 3 weekly goals I had set with my counsellor that I talk to every Monday morning. So, since I am so pissed off at myself, I am having a low mood. I can identify that right now I am having black and white thinking, IE, “I called in sick yesterday, therefore I am a failure at my job and everyone there hates me.” What I need to do is to use my DBT skills. So, more like, “I am a hard worker AND sometimes I need to take a sick day”, “I am a good employee AND I can keep working to improve my attendance”, “I am a very organized and productive person AND sometimes I need a day of rest”. If you haven’t heard of DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) and you struggle with emotional dysregulation, (or have been given the label of “Borderline Personality Disorder” at some point, which is apparently a diagnosis that is going out of style), I highly recommend DBT! The skills are really hard to grasp and enormously challenging to integrate into day-to-day life. I have probably gone through about 4 DBT courses over the last 5 years, mostly not successfully completing them, and it has taken me a LONG time to get to the point where I can use some of the skills on a day-to-day basis. Maybe it is because I am old, so possibly a younger person may have more success at integrating the learning. Anyway, when I am able to remember to use the skills, they really help me to quiet feelings of self-hatred. For today, I think I can also do a bit of reframing around today’s scale reading: “The scale is up today AND I am successful at working towards my weight loss goals”. To try to feel better, there are a few things I can do today: (1) Go for a super long dog walk and try bursts of running if it is not icy out. (2) Set aside some time today to try get a few things done for work, so that I don’t start Monday morning feeling super overwhelmed. I typically do not condone working on evenings or weekends (boundaries!) but in this case I will make an exception as it will help protect my mental health for the coming week. (Thinking about Future Christine.) (3) Do 5 mins of self-affirmations. (4) Do a 10-min Calm guided meditation. (5) DRINK A LOT OF FLUIDS. (6) Do something nice for myself today. Maybe try to find a massage opening, or buy one of those sexy bathing suits I’ve been eyeing on Zaful, etc. Okay, I feel like I am going to feel better once I do all of those things. Wish me luck. WE GOT THIS!!! See ya tomorrow in the new round. 😊

39flavours · April 2023

@clprieur I'm sorry you're struggling today, those DBT techniques sound very useful and sensible. It's good that you are able to step back and analyse why you're feeling the way you are and come up with practical ways to reframe and address it. All the best for today, be proud and kind to yourself.

Skyleen75 · April 2023

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
3/26- 186.6
3/27- 188.8
3/28- 188.2
3/29- 188.0
3/30- 188.0
3/31- 188.4
4/1- 188.0 It looks like I’m down but I know I’m up a bit in general. No worries. I’m feeling good. On to the next round.

39flavours · April 2023

F42, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5th July '21)
RGW: 150.2 lbs
UGW: 140lbs (trend)
UUGW: 122.4lbs

Past Rounds

R160 SW:162.8 GW:164.0 EW:DNW
R161 SW:162.0 GW:159.5 EW:158.2 (-3.8)
R162 SW:160.2 GW:156.5 EW:154.6 (-5.6)
R163 SW:154.4 GW:152.4 EW:152.4 (-2.0)
R164 SW:151.8 GW:151.0 EW:150.2 (-1.6)
R165 SW:149.0 GW:148.4 EW:149.0 (-0.0)
R166 SW:148.4 GW:147.0 EW:147.0 (-1.4)
R167 SW:148.2 GW:146.5 EW:146.6 (-1.6)
R168 SW:146.6 GW:144.0 EW:146.2 (-0.4)
R169 SW:143.6 GW:143.0 EW:142.0 (-1.6)
R170 SW:143.0 GW:140.0 EW:140.6 (-2.4)
R171 SW:140.0 GW:139.6 EW:138.6 (-1.4)
R172 SW:141.4 GW:138.6 EW:145.0 (+3.6)
R173 SW:145.2 GW:142.8 EW:141.0 (-4.2)
R174 SW:141.0 GW:139.6 EW:142.2 (+1.2)
R175 SW:141.6 GW:139.6 EW:140.0 (-1.6)
R176 SW:139.6 GW:139.0 EW:138.4 (-1.2)

R177-R210 DNW regained 26.6lbs 😵 Never again!
R211 SW:165.0 GW:163.0 EW:160.8 (-4.2)
R212 SW:161.4 GW:159.0 EW:157.6 (-3.2)
R213 SW:158.0 GW: 156.0 EW: 156.8 (-1.2)
R214 SW:154.4 GW:153.4 EW:154.4 (0.0)
R215 SW:153.4 GW:152.4 EW: 151.6 (-1.8)
R216 SW:150.8 GW:149.8 EW: 151.6 (+0.8)
R217 SW:151.6 GW:150.6 EW: 150.2 (-1.4)
R218 SW:150.2 GW:150.2 EW: 148.8 (-1.4)
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3/21 150.2 (trend 150.6)
3/22 DNW
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3/23 DNW travelling. Only 2hrs sleep as we had to leave the house at 2.30am to catch a flight, so it was a long, tiring day. Went grocery shopping so I can do lots of cooking at the apartment and hopefully stay in control of food a bit. We went for a walk as the sun was setting and then stopped at a pizza place. I was hoping for a salad but they didn't do them so we had a couple of beers then got a pizza to take back to the apartment which we shared with salad and wine.
Managed to keep calories low for the most part, but wine and pizza got the better of me in the evening.

3/24 DNW Made salted cod and chickpea salad with boiled egg for lunch, my favourite portuguese dish! Went for a long bike ride to the beach to watch the sunset then along the marina. Stopped at a tapas bar where we had some bites to eat and a glass of wine. So delicious but so much olive oil and butter. Evenings are proving difficult to stay on track. Totm is due today or tomorrow, I'll be glad when it comes and my mood can settle down a bit. I get a lot of anxiety and body dysmorphia in the days leading up to it.

3/25 DNW Workout at the apartment using resistance bands in the morning. Cycle into town to get an allen key to fix the bike. Went out for a bit in touristy Albufeira but decided it wasn't for us so took a cycle ride to the marina, had a burger and a few beers and listened to some live music.

3/26 DNW Went kayaking around sea caves in the morning, then explored Sagres, the south-westernmost point of Europe and on to Lagos for lots of walking. Got sunburnt, ouch! Cycled to town in the evening and shared a seafood cataplana (Portuguese soup with prawns, clams and monkfish)

3/27 DNW Spent the day laying on the beach, then went for cocktails and had pizza again. Lazy day!

3/28 DNW Cooked a chicken and brown rice casserole type thing which we had for lunch with a big salad then took a drive in the countryside and watched the sun set on the beach with a bottle of wine.

3/29 DNW travelling home day yesterday, so packing, cleaning and lots of sitting. Still managed to get my steps in almost just by walking around the airports. Ate too many snacks on the plane and my feet swelled up like big fat sausages from the cabin pressure. Not weighing until tomorrow, going to try and fast for most of today.

3/30 149.4 (trend 149.7) Yay! Really pleased with this weigh in, the trip away didn't cause any damage! I did take a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday and saw 152pointsomething, but I could ṭell I was retaining lots of water from the air travel. Fasted for most of the day until the evening, when I lost control a bit and had a snack attack on cereal bars and barbecue rice cakes, but I stayed below my daily calories so it's all good. Need to get right back into tracking and going to the gym. OH is away for work today and I've been having a slow start so going to the gym this morning hasn't happened, oops! Sooo much laundry to get done and my daughter has done a great job of messing up the house while we've been away, so I need to get on with the cleaning. Can't complain too much as she was taking care of the cats for us and has always been a messy person, so I'm not surprised.
Fingers crossed my weight doesn't do me dirty and bump up again tomorrow.

3/31 149.2 (trend 149.7) A good day getting back on it. Went to the gym and did a warm up on the elliptical, then 60 minutes lower body weights and 40 minutes walking on the treadmill. Calories all good, I'm trying to really up my fibre intake to help with tmi, plus taking a psyllium husk supplement, and it's working so well! Decided to lower my protein macro down to 35% and up carbs to 35% to give space for more fibre. Really enjoying eating more veggies.
I find tracking water difficult as I drink a lot of tea and coffee, so I'm not that thirsty for water. I have a large glass of water with my supplements and a bottle at the gym. In the evening I drink a lot of squash, as I use it to replace my habit of drinking alcohol and it helps stop me snacking. So I'm pretty sure that I'm having at least 3 litres a day but some days I wake up and my eyelids are puffy and my mouth is bone dry so maybe I need to deliberately drink a lot more.

4/1 148.8 (trend 149.5) Well, I was very surprised to see this weight today! I was dreading getting on the scale as I had convinced myself that my post-holiday low weight was unreal and temporary... but so far, so good! I don't know why I thought it was going to be bad today, I went to the gym and stayed in my calories, but woke up feeling a bit bloated and achy, so just assumed. I think I'm so used to losing weight at a snail's pace and it bumping back up at the smallest thing, that I was fully expecting it to take me months to get back to my pre-holiday weight. Things could all change tomorrow, I suppose. I think maybe the trip away served as a diet break and has helped wake up my metabolism a bit? Or by relaxing, my body has allowed some fat to be released? Or maybe by de-stressing I've reduced my cortisol and let go of some water weight? Maybe it's just the increased fibre clearing me out, iykwim. Anyway, I'm excited to be ending this round in the 140s, woohoo! OH is away for the weekend, so there's no temptation to go out for drinks or order a takeaway, I can just chill and focus on myself.

LisaPower123 · April 2023

Good morning!

I have set a weight loss goal of .35 per day. My niece is getting married on September 16 & I would like to be happy to look at pictures of myself in her wedding pictures. I know that life happens & 52 year old, heading to menopausal bodies, do not always cooperate. If I have not reached my daily goal 2 days in a row, I will fast until I reach the goal to keep me on track.

This is the first time that I have set daily goals but I hope that by breaking them down into tiny increments I will feel more motivated & remember to keep at it. I have tried everything to lose weight, played all the games, and joined all the challenges. I am not affected by the scale. I have weighed myself & logged it on a spreadsheet since 2017. The scale is just a tool for me & does not affect my mood. I know that my weight does not change who I am, it is just a number. I want to lose weight so that I can move easier & continue to do the things that I enjoy.

💕💕168 days until the wedding. 💕💕

3/23. 232.4
3/24. 232
3/25 232.2
3/26 goal 231.85/actual 231.8 ✅
3/27 goal 231.5/actual 231.8 ❌
3/28 goal 231.15/actual 232 ❌
3/29 goal 230.8/actual 230 ✅
3/30 goal 230.45/actual 230.6 ❌
3/31 goal 230.2/actual 230.2 ✅
4/1 Goal 229.8/actual 131 ❌ well, today I am remembering that the scale is a tool. It will go up & down & I cannot control what it says. I can, for the most part, control how I fuel my body. Yesterday was a long day. I woke up very early & I didn’t feel good. I had to work my first full day in a long time, got home at 7:30. My meal planning didn’t work because I wasn’t feeling well & I didn’t drink water. I was on my feet most of the day. Fortunately I feel a bit better today & while I still won’t have time to fix my bad planning & I have to work another full day, I know that I do have a plan in place to get myself back on track. It won’t happened until Monday. I am happy to be involved in this group & will continue to hold myself accountable.

GirlOnTheRebound · April 2023

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.

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 works

3/27 215.6 Got all 3 rebounder sessions in. Average 15 mins per. Not a great food day but good calorie total. Needed no migraine meds today.

3/28 215.2 Not sleeping well. Lingering cough and twitchy legs. I encountered a snake at my front door yesterday. I think I burned 50 calories hyper ventilating! It is spring and they are visible now. Only 3rd one I have seen at my house in 5 years but ugh. Made Mahi for the first time ever yesterday and I will make it again. NUM! Tonight is meatloaf and salad. Not a big fan of meatloaf but husband is. Happy husband happy......? Meh sometimes it's not all about me lol. Tomorrow is weigh in Wednesday. I will be mindful as I tend to self sabotage with less exercise and more sodium.

3/29 214.8 Yep. Less exercise. In fact no exercise. Lazy day with tele and bed. PMS is rearing its ugly head. Snapping at husband and hiding. Plus I am having cravings that I can't figure out. Do I want pineapple upside down cake or poutine? My body will let me know. Today I have a Skype date with Momma to make homemade pea soup together. She recently joined the instapot band wagon and still needs some instruction. I got this momma. Not doing morning rebounder but hope to do afternoon and evening.

3/30 214.3 I am seeing a general downward trend. I wonder if it's the protien shakes making this impact. Something to ponder. I have discovered that 3x 10 minute sessions on my rebounder no longer feel like any effort. Therefore, starting next 10 day Round I will do 20 minute rounds 2x a day. Wish me luck lol. The weather will become unbearable for walking in the evenings soon so I will add something new. ( due to brain surgery my temperature gauge is broken, ie: I don't sweat, among other complications) Thinking of swimming again but the place I go to doesn't open till mid May. I continue to contemplate "100 ways to hurt my husband" and having stupid "cheating" nightmares so PMS is in full swing. Next I will completely rearrange the house and vacuum the roof! April 17th I go for lab work and hope my food choices have lowered sodium and cholesterol levels.

3/31 214.7 6 days in a row I have eaten over 1000 calories. This, plus the shakes (which help my caloric intake) are the reason I am doing better. I am pleased with this plus noticing the need to increase exercise time. Doing this 10 day challenge gives such an insight to trends and achievements. My body is changing and stamina is elevating. I have 1st goal to reach of 197 lbs which takes me out of "obese" range. And a pretty blue sundress from decades ago I want to fit into. These goals are steadily becoming less of a dream and more of a reality! I have no goal date. I just have a goal.

4/1 214.6 I have spent a few days trying to decipher a PMS craving. I stand and stare at open cupboards and fridge. I know I want something but can't figure it out. Last night I was so frustrated I settled on waffles with peanut butter and a drizzle of syrup. Then I wanted ice cream. Did you know Häagen-Dazs makes mini 3.6oz containers of ice cream???!? Oh my! I bought two lol. One for another day. My tummy is feeling horrible but i managed 1300 (unhealthy) calories. I am bloated but will enjoy my park walk today. Tonight we are out to watch March Madness and i will get an order of fries with a side of gravy and a dollop of mozzarella pizza cheese to make my own poutine. Florida has yet to know this delicacy the way I like it. PMS should end soon. Fingers crossed. Tomorrow I increase rebounder time. I think I will work on my water intake this coming round. It's hit or miss lately. I only had one migraine this session and can only hope for the same. Congratulations team on finishing another round. Congratulations on recognizing successes and failures. Congratulations on hyping up our teammates and ourselves! I can't wait to see how we do in 10 more days 👏👍💪❤️

SModa61 · April 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 – walking around Key West before the kids leave

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 133.8 Yay! No April Fools. Or at least, not on my scale! I survived the round and even am ending with a -.2.

Today is roaming Key West with the kids, but we have to get then to the KW airport by 3 pm. So I am not worried too much about any damage I might do today. On to round 219. Thanks all. Checking in here daily kept me in a good place!!

AR10at50 · April 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.
4/1-167-Had Mexican take out with the burrito in a bowl, no tortilla or rice. More weed pulling and shaped the patio pots up for Easter. Off to a baby shower today and tractor pulls tonight.

CamandJarvis · April 2023

You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than you were before

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

Previous Rounds:

R69: 158.1; R70: 156.5; R71: 156.3 R72: 156.3; R73: 155.2; R74: 155.4; R75: 156.1; R76: 155.6; R80: 153.2; R81: 154.3; R82: 154.1; R84: 156.5; R89: 156.7; R91: 160.1; R93: 159.3; R94: 156.1; R98: 154.5; R99: 155.9; R100: 152.8; R101: 149.7; R102: 149.0; R103: 149.0; R104: 146.2; R105: 146.6; R106: 144.6; R107: 146.8; R108: 147.7; R109: 148.1; R110: 150.1; R111: 154.3; R112: 152.6; R113: 151.7; R121: 153.0; R122: 154.8; R123: 153.9; R124: 153.4; R125: 155.6; R126: 152.3; R127: 151.5; R128: 151.0; R129: 151.0; R130: 152.6; R131: 153.9; R132: 150.6; R133: 151.2; R134: 149.3; R135: 149.5; R136: 148.4; R137: 147.9; R138: 148.4; R139: 151.9; R140: 150.4; R141: 150.4; R142: 144.0; R143: 144.2; R144: 147.0; R145: 145.7; R146: 145.9; R147: 145.9; R148: 146.5; R149: 147.3; R150: 146.8; R151: 147.9; R152: 147.7; R153: 147.2; R154: 147.0; R155: 144.7; R157: 146.1; R158: 146.6; R159: 146.3; R160: 150.2; R161: 146.7; R162: 144.6; R163: 146.2; R164: 147.3; R165: 146.3; R166: 148.5; R167: 147; R168: 148.4; R169: 151.4; R170: 148.9; R171: 144.8 R172: DNW; R173: 146.1; R174: 147.9; R175: 145.9; R176: 150.5; R177: 149.3; R179: 150.5; R180: 151.6; R181: DNW; R182: 150.2; R183: 152.9; R184: 153.4; R185: 151.3; R186: 152.3; R187: 151.8; R188: 150.9; R189: 152.6; R190: DNW; R191: 154.8; R192: 155.5; R193: 155.2; R194: 156.5; R195: DNW; R196: 155.7; R197: DNW; R198: 156.1; R199: DNW; R200: DNW; R201: 159.8; R202: 159.7; R203: 160.5; R204: DNW; R205: DNW; R206: 161.7; R207: 163.6; R208: DNW; R209: 164.5; R210: 163.9; R211: DNW; R212: 163.1; R123: 162.1; R214: 162.1; R215: 160.4; R216: 160.4; R217: 159.6

Last weight
03/22 - 159.6

Round Goal: 158.x
Workout: 3x/week - M-W-F bodyweight and C25K training, regular walks with pups (weather permitting)
Nutrition: Log daily

Day, Weight, Comment
3/23 - 158.6
3/24 - 158.4
3/25 - 158.1
3/26 - DNW
3/27 - 159.9
3/28 - 159.1
3/29 - 158.7
3/30 - 158.3
3/31 - 159.4
4/01 - 159.0 - Still a loss from last round's end weight. Still bloated, but less so than yesterday, due to eating out. We ended up trying to free up a tiny bit of time from today's hectic schedule by running one of the errands today into town. Long story short, we hadn't pulled anything out to thaw for dinner and was on the road away from home from 12 noon until about 5pm. So we ended up taking the trailer and the motorcycle into town last night (he's hosting the kid's 4th bday, crawfish boil, and easter egg hunt so it helps him to get that stuff yesterday and out of the way instead of getting it in the middle of the party and no place to put it. Plus it's one less thing to do today for us). We stopped and got Chinese food for dinner so, despite my water intake being good, I'm still holding on to the sodium water weight. I'm not worried at all, though, because I only had eaten breakfast. I get motion sick so I was able to work while in the car and moving, I just had to take more breaks and it made me nauseous. Which, in turn, made me not hungry for lunch (in the end, it was "good", as we were pinched for time and couldn't stop for lunch AND I got all my crazy work tasks done by end of day, as promised! Again, today is super hectic and hopefully through it all, I can keep my head on straight and stay mindful of both movement and eating. I'm super sore today so I'm hoping fire department training after class isn't super leg-intensive. I'll be stretching whenever and however I can today haha See y'all next round!

Previous Day's Comments

3/23 - Internet is down so attempting this post from my little phone. All was good yesterday. I ended up shaving off a minute from my run between Wednesday and yesterday (same intervals for both). Today is a rest day so I'm very lightly pedaling the bike as I type this out and sip my coffee as a bit of active rest. I feel the soreness! Things may be more hectic as both BF and I have big things due today as we are both off work tomorrow so we may be going elsewhere to work (and therefore away from the house and towards tempting unhealthy options). BF is harnessing up Harley for a walk so I guess I'll also be taking a walk with Smoke once it's light out. Today's goal: stick to my good habits to get through!
3/24 - Not bad for late night, last minute pizza. We went to look at our friend's travel trailer that just got back from minor repairs. He wants to do a 1-for-1 trade on a motorcycle BF wanted to get rid of anyway. Been talking about getting a travel trailer since we both work from home, we could make life a little easier by working from wherever we've traveled to (within reason). Ended up staying in town chatting longer than expected so we pulled out frozen pizza. Today BF wants to go ride once it dries up a bit (I believe the storms forecasted missed us and it just finished raining) and I've got some errands in town I can prolong to keep me outside and entertained. We agreed with the forecasted storms and the desire to try a trail in town, to forego our workouts this morning and take the dogs on the trail tomorrow. I'll likely hop on the bike with a book once I'm done here to get a little active rest since it's too wet to take the pups on a walk right now.
3/25 - Slowly but surely! I was hoping a bigger drop but wondering if dinner out last night was a bit too salty. I didn't "workout" but I walked a ton yesterday and had a huge calorie deficit from it. I parked at the park and walked all the way down one side of main street, crossed the street, and walked all the way back up, making stops where I needed to complete errands (I could've parked closer and I certainly didn't have to walk all of main street, but I decided that's my "workout"/active rest so I made it a thing). Then, after the post to ship my mom fabric for a quilt, walked around the grocery store! Whew. That isn't accounting from 3pm onward! All I know for today is that I need to make up some baguettes as our friend is smoking a pork butt and we're all hanging out. I'll probably go make up the dough once I finish posting before I work out and get sweaty. Plus, it'll rise while I'm working out and showering, meaning I'm not stuck home on a beautiful day waiting on dough! I have bodyweight and 5k training today. BF decided, since we got home at 930 and didn't get to bed until 10, he wasn't going to wake up to go to the trail. I'm debating whether I just want to run the road outside our house again or if I want to drive out to the trail by myself. He's going riding with the boys for FamHub's birthday so he won't be waiting on me anyway and I'll be waiting on dough (rise, shape, rise, bake).
3/26 - DNP
3/27 - Yesterday I was woken up at 5am by a whining puppy only to realize I had a horrible knot in my back that made it hurt to move and breathe. I let the dogs out, put on some cream, and went back to bed with the pups in the step daughter's room so as not to disturb BF. That extra sleep gave me a crick in my neck and a headache bordering a migraine. I had a really rough start and certainly didn't care to weigh in or check in here haha This morning, I still have the knot which I'm sure will impact today's bodyweight strength and C25K training but I'm going to do it anyway. Even if I have to slow it down or ease up on things, I'm getting my workout in. I woke up mid-dream again so I'm dragging and slow anyway. I was bad and ate dinner out with the family despite not being hungry. Even worse- it was fried. Ugh. I felt so awful and overly full after. And it was a later-than-usual dinner so I went to bed still feeling too full. Not pleasant. The scale definitely shows it. Hopefully that'll drop off fairly quickly, though. I did discover, though, the trail we wanted to run doesn't open until 8am. I'm not 100% sure but I think access is free for veterans or active duty but otherwise costs $6 per person. I couldn't go since BF's motorcycle blocked both my vehicles to get out and I wasn't brave enough to try to move it (I'm short and can barely reach the ground sitting on it) so I ran the road to my house, but it's good to know on the trail thing anyway.
3/28 - It flashed 158 a few times but settled here. That's alright, I tried a new recipe last night with plenty of cheese so I'm probably a tad bloated from that and I can't expect the weekend gain to drop off all at once, either. It was a spinach artichoke skillet lasagna. I used my dutch oven sans cover because you'd need a really large oven-safe skillet! I have several very big cast iron skillets, but I would've spilled half the food during stirring, eek! It wasn't very flavorful so I'll have to play around with seasonings should I ever make it again. It was, however, a calorie bomb so I might not. My poor knee is hurting so bad like it used to in the army. I need to get a patellar band type brace to help it. I'm not sure if it was the increase in running yesterday or I slept wrong on it (my neck and upper back are sore like I spent part of the night in a funky sleeping position). Today I'll stretch and put some CBD cream which really is the only cream that seems to help with pain for me. It's like icy hot, too. BF is up to work out so if he takes Harley, I might take Smoke for a short walk later once my knee calms down a little. My kneecaps are off track a bit so too much walking/running/anything that requires movement of my knee causes issues. There's nothing besides surgery to fix it, but I do know what to do to help limit/avoid damage and pain. 10 years of having this issue but still being required to do Army physical activities of all sorts makes you really really good PT for yourself hahaha I have some leftover lasagna for lunch which I'll likely figure out how to pair with some frozen veggies I have and dinner will be the usual high-calorie Mexican fare. I'll have to be really mindful of my intake today to squeeze in everything without going over.
3/29 - Happy to see 158 again. Now to keep it there or below. Yesterday was madness. Work popped off horribly. I ended up working until 7pm (I normally get off at 4pm) trying to finalize some documents. I still have 2 more to complete and get reviewed by the end of the day today which is doable and hopefully means I get more than 2,000 steps. Yep, I only got about 2,000 steps the entire day because I was so stuck to the computer. Ugh, I didn't know so few steps were possible with this big house and bathroom breaks! Today is bodyweight and C25K day so I'll at least get some movement in and therefore steps. My knee is still a little achy but my brace won't come in until this afternoon. I'd push my run off until tomorrow except tomorrow morning is forecast storms right smack dab during my morning workout time. I'll just have to be a little extra careful, even if it means slowing things down a bit. I woke up at 430 and allowed myself to fall back asleep until my alarm at 530 so I'm battling the grogginess monster right now. Slowing down might not be too challenging hah! No clue dinner but I do have some leftover refried beans and skillet lasagna for lunch if I need something quick
3/30 - The scale flashed a pretty little "157" before settling up. It gave me hope that I'll be seeing it soon if I can keep up the good habits. Today I'm going to hop on the rower for sprints and maybe a light pedaling on the bike after, depending on how I feel. My legs are very sore today from pushing hard on yesterday's run. I can now say I've run 1.5 miles in 20 minutes flat. Whoohoo! That's a huge improvement for me. I've decided to make Tuesday my rest day and today rowing day since I usually have a higher calorie day due to eating out at the bar&grill for Thirsty Thursday afternoons. No matter how carefully I choose, I'm not making it so I estimate high. At least on Tuesdays I'm aware of the typical Mexican food options and can pre-log to meet goals. Today's dinner is roast with carrots and potatoes so I'm logging that now. The avocado salad I had last time at the bar&grill was delightful but my usual is the grilled chicken wrap. I'm debating between the two for lunch.
3/31 - Woke up bloated. From what, I'm not fully sure. Could've been the pot roast. Could've been the chicken wrap. Could've been the mojito. We know the bartender there well and I had asked him his favorite drink. He said strawberry mojito, which I never tried before, and had him make me one. It was delightful. I was within calories, both on MFP and Fitbit so I'm not terribly worried about it. I can tell it's just bloat and not fat, anyway. I decided that I'm getting tired and bored of my bodyweight workout so today I'm changing it up. I have a kettlebell workout from Nerd Fitness. It's 3 rounds of 6 kettlebell-based movements. Halos, goblet squats, overhead press, kettlebell swing, bent over row, and reverse lunge. I might start today off, since my legs are already quite sore and I still have to run, not using the kettlebell for lunges and squats. Once it's light out, I'll go run. BF has a blood test he has to take tomorrow which requires 48 hours without vigorous activity so he's sleeping in today and therefore I can freely run with no pups. We are going to pick up the side-by-side we bought this afternoon so we can use that to take out trash and get mail instead of the truck (which is in the shop with a lot of mechanical issues. It is a brand new (2021 model, bought in January 2021) with all these issues and so everything has to be manufactured upon order as they didn't anticipate needing these replacement parts. It's been broken for a month and they may have it another month still.. Ugh. We are NOT happy) I'm really sick of my poor Jeep smelling from taking trash out, but it at least doesn't have fabric for any leaky trash while the new (brand new to us) family vehicle is all carpet. Tomorrow is hectic. Fire department class followed by training, then to San Antonio area to pick something up (hour drive each way), then to load up a trailer with the motorcycle our friend bought from us to take into town for him, then to a gender reveal party, then a kids 4th bday party, then crawfish boil with kids easter egg hunt. All that tomorrow. Whew. I'm tired already. I will do my best to check in, but I make no promises as I don't want to have to wake up before the sun but I can't be late to my first ever fire department training/class!

tiabirdie56 · April 2023

Round 218~Thu Mar 23 2023 ~ Apr 1 2023

Round 218
Mar 23 2023~ Apr 1 2023

My name is Tish.
Age: 66
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2023 Start Wgt:Don't know (Jan 1)
CW:208.4
RG: 64ozs to 80ozs water

•We-March 22 2023~ 209.3
▪︎Day1▪Th•Mar 23-¤208.4
( We•31g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day2▪Fr•Mar 24- ¤209.7
(Th•40g Prot; 48ozs water)Very low sodium yesterday. Gain exclusively from high carbs, delicious spicy peanut noodles.

▪︎Day3▪Sa•Mar 25- ¤210.4
(Fr• 55g Prot; 48ozs water) Pasta salad made with red lentil pasta

▪︎Day4▪Su•Mar 26- ¤DNW
(Sa• 74g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day5▪Mo•Mar 27- ¤DNW
(Su• 89g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day6▪Tu•Mar 28- ¤206.7
(Mo•68g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day7•We•Mar 29-¤208.4
(Tu•68g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day8•Th•Mar 30- ¤207
(We•44g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day9▪Fr•Mar 31- ¤208.3 i
(Th•76g Prot; 32ozs water)

■Day10▪Sa•Apr 1-¤208
(Fr•85g Prot; 56ozs water)

Intermittent Fasting
●(We•3/22-7pm)
Th•4pm-21hrs/7:30pm
Fri•12:30pm-17hrs/8:30pm
Sat•12:30pm-17hrs/10pm
Sun•12:30-14.5hrs/10pm
Mon•10:30am-12.5hrs/6pm
Tue•1:30-19.5hrs/7pm
Wed•4:30pm-21.5hrs/8pm
Thu•4pm-20hrs/7pm
Fri•4:30pm-21.5hrs/7:30pm
Sat•

*Round End Weights*

▪2018▪
{Mar 19~Round 34- lost 2.8 lbs~215.8}
{Mar 28~Round 35 - lost 2.4 lbs~214}
{Apr 7~Round 36 - lost 1 lb~212}
{Apr 17~Round 37 - lost 5.6 lbs~206.4}
{Apr 27~ Round 38 - lost 1 lb~205.4}
{May 6~ Round 39 - lost 3.4 lbs~202}
•••Transition Round⬇•••
{May 17~Round 40 - lost 3 lbs~199}
{May 27~Round 41 - lost .8 lbs~198.2}
{Jun 6~Round 42 - lost 2.6 lbs~195.6}
{Jun 16~Round 43 - lost 1.4 lbs~194.2}
{Jun 26~Round 44 - lost 1 lb~193.2}
{Jul 6~Round 45 - no loss~193.2}
{Jul 16~Round 46 - lost 3.6 lbs~189.6}
{Jul 26~Round 47 - lost 1.4 lbs~188.2}
{Aug 5~Round 48 - lost 1.8 lbs~ 186.4}
{Aug 15~ Round 49 - lost .8 lb~ 185.6}
{Aug 25~Round 50 - lost 3 lbs~ 182.6}
{Sep 4~Round 51 - .4 lb gain~ 183}
{Sep 14~Round 52 - lost 2 lbs~ 180.8}
{Sep 24~Round 53 - lost 1 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 4~Round 54 - lost .8 lb~ 179}
{Oct 14~ Round 55 - gain .8 lb~ 179.8}
{Oct 24~² 56 -lost 3.2 lbs~176.6}
{Nov 3~Round 57 - gain 1.6 ~178.2}
{Nov 13~Round 58 - gain .2 ~178.4}
{Nov 23~Round 59 -lost1.2 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 3~Round 60 -gain 3.4lb~180.6}
{Dec 13~Round 61 -lost 3.4 lbs~177.2}
{Dec 23~Round 62 - lost 2.8lbs~174.4}▪2019▪

{Jan 2~Round 63 - gain 2.8 lbs~177.2}
{Jan 12~Round 64 -lost 1.2 lbs~ 173.2}
{Jan 22~Round 65 - gain 1 lb ~174.2}
{Feb 1~Round 66 - loss 1.4 lb~ 172.8}
{Feb 11~Round 67 -gain 2.4 lbs~175.2}
{Feb 21~Round 68 - loss .6 lb~174.6}
{Mar 3~Round 69 - gain .4 lb~175}
{Mar 13~Round 70 - lost 3.2 lb~171.8}
(Lowest weight 171.2~March 17, 2019)▪RETROSPECT▪This is the point when I looked too bony to myself. I purposely wanted to gain back 10lbs. I'd lost 89lbs in a little over a year, but I thought it was too fast, even though it didn't seem fast during the process!
{Mar23~Round 71 - gain .4 lb ~172.2}
{Apr 2~Round 72 - gain 2.6 lbs~ 174.6}
{Apr12~Round 73 - gain 3.6 lbs~178.2}
{Apr 22~Round 74 - lost 2.8 lbs~175.4}
{May 2~Round 75 - gain 1.8 lbs 177.2}
{May 12~Round 76 - lost 3.2 lbs~ 174}
{May 22~Round 77 - gain 4 lbs~ 178}
{Jun 1~Round 78 - lost 2 lbs~176}
{Jun 11~Round 79 - lost .2lbs 175.8}
{Jun 21~ Round 80 - gain .2 lbs~ 176}
{Jul 1~Round 81 - gain 1.4 lbs -177.4}
{Jul 11~Round 82 -gain .8 lbs -178.2}
(*Round 82 • LIFE STRESS ROUND* gains begin)
{Jul 21~Round 83 - gain 2.8 lbs-181}
{Jul 31~Round 84 -loss 1 lbs - 182}
{Aug 10~Round 85-gain 1.6 lbs-183.6}
{Aug 20~Round 86 - gain .6 lbs - 183}
{Aug 30~Round 87- gain .6 lbs -183.6}7 1.2 lbs -184}
{Sep 29~Round 90 - lost .8 lbs -183.2}
{Oct 9~Round 91 - gain .4lbs~183.6}
{Oct 19~Round 92-lost 1.8 lbs 181.4}
{Oct 28~Round 93 -gain 1.6 lbs~183}
{Nov 8~Round 94 -lost .4lbs~182.6}
{Nov 18~Round 95 - gain 1 lbs~183.6}
{Nov 27~Round 96 -lost lbs~183.4}
{Dec 8~Round 97 - gain 1.8 lbs -185.6}
{Dec 18~Round 98 - 185.6}
{Dec 25~Round 99 -185.6}
▪︎2020▪︎

{Round 136 - 215 EW}Dec 31 2020(1/01)
????
▪︎2021▪︎
{Round 137-209.8 EW}Jan 11 2021
{Round 138- 209.5 EW}Jan 21 2021
{Round 139- DNW EW}Jan 31 2021
{Round 140- EW}Feb 10 2021
{Round 141- 211 EW}Feb 20 2021
{Round 142- 215 EW}Mar 2 2021
{Round 143- 215 EW}Mar 12 2021
{Round 144- 215 EW}Mar 22 2021
{Round 145- 214.3 EW}April 2 2021
{Round 146- DNW EW}April 11 2021
{Round 147 - 216 EW}April 21 2021
{Round 148 - 216.3 EW}May 01 2021
{Round 149 - DNW EW}May 11 2021
{Round 150 - 216.7 EW}May 21 2021
{Round 151 - DNW EW}May 31 2021
{Round 152 - 216.2 EW}June 10 2021
Round 153 - 215.6 EW}June 20 2021
Round 154 - 216 EW}June 30 2021⬅
Round 155 - 212.6 EW}July 10 2021
Round 156 - 209.4 EW}July 20 2021
Round 157 - 208.8 EW}July 30 2021
(???? is diet break)
Round 158 - 206.6 EW}Aug 9 2021
Round 159 - 204.6 EW}Aug 19 2021
????Round 160 - 202.6 EW}Aug 29 2021
Round 161 - 200 EW}Sep 8 2021
Round 162 -196.8 EW}Sep 18 2021
Round 163 - 198 EW}Sep 28 2021
Round 164 - 197.6 EW}Oct 8 2021
Round 165 - 195.2 EW}Oct 18 2021
Round 166 - 197.6 EW}Oct 28 2021
Round 167 - 197.4 EW}Nov 7 2021
Round 168 - 198 EW}Nov 17 2021
~illness spanning next 4 rounds~
Round 169 - DNW EW}Nov 27 2021
Round 170 - 188.2 EW}Dec 7 2021
Round 171 - 189 EW}Dec 17 2021
Round 172 - 191 EW}Dec 27 2021
▪︎2022▪︎
Round 173 - 193.6 EW}Jan 6 2022
Round 174 - 194 EW}Jan 16 2022
Round 175 - 196 EW}Jan 26 2022
Round 176 - 197.8 EW}Feb 5 2022
Round 177 - 199 EW}Feb 15 2022
Round 178 - 199 EW}Feb 25 2022
Round 179- 205 EW}Mar 7 2022
•March 15, 2002- 202.5lbs
Round 180- 203 EW}Mar 17 2022
▪︎2023▪︎
Round 210- 210.4 EW}Jan 11 2023
Round 211- 211.7 EW} Jan 21 2023
Round 212- 212.5 EW} Jan 31 2023
Round 213- 215 EW} Feb 10 2023
Round 214- 212 EW} Feb 20 2023
Round 215- 211.8 EW} Mar 2 2023
Round 216- 212.6 EW} Mar 12 2023
Round 217- 209.3 EW} Mar 22 2023
Round 218- 208 EW} Apr 1 2023

Machias1949 · April 2023

74 years-old great-grandmother (5'2")
ON 8/29/2022: I was 134 LBS and had a 33” natural waist

MAINTENANCE 114-118
Lessons for maintenance: 1) exercise at least 30 minutes five {5} days a week 2) try to walk no less than 10,000 steps a day 3) If/when my weight creeps up (118.1-119 LBS) increase the incline on the treadmill and add a burst of running to routine 4) eat a low-calorie salad before eating dinner 5) limit fried & breaded foods 6) continue to add ice cubes to my 5 oz glass of wine 7) eat fish for dinner at least 2 times a week 8) eight to nine hours of sleep a day 9) Of the 60oz of water daily-drink 8oz of water a half hour before each meal 10) three (3) meals a day and 1-2 small snacks, nothing after dinner.

Round 217-ended 03/22-118.00
Round 218 RSW 117.7 waist: 27 ½”

03/23-117.7
03/24-118.4-WHOOPS
03/25-OUT OF TOWN
03/26-117.7
03/27-117.7
03/28-117.7
03/29-117.4
03/30-116.8
03/31-116.8
04/01-116.4

shmmm3 · April 2023

HoopsGuy72 wrote: »

shmmm3 wrote: »

HoopsGuy72 wrote: »

I'm not sure if anyone else has talked about this, but part of be thinks that tracking another behaviour would be interesting regarding weight loss trends: 💩. I THINK my better days get better if it's happened since my last weigh-in, and I think it's a reason why I won't see a change on the scale sometimes, even when I'm eating and exercising in healthy ways. Today I have 💩 on the brain.

@HoopsGuy72 Yes, you are right about it. I usually see it referenced as "TMI" on here. The higher your fiber intake the more your stool will weigh if all else is equal. The more food intake in general will increase the amount and weight of BM. A quick google search shows the average BM weighs .25-1.0 lbs on the SAD (Standard American Diet). Higher fiber diets will weigh more and increase the frequency of BMs to at least once a day.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/632492/#:~:text=Stool weight during ingestion of the low-fiber diet,were 157 gm., 19h., and 12 hr., respectively.

Hey shmmm3... I get the TMI reference (not trying to offend anyone), but keeping this little subject in mind is something I think could be helpful every once in a while for someone who has really been struggling. I was pretty happy with myself when I thought about it.

@HoopsGuy72 I might see what you mean, if the scale is going the wrong way or not moving for someone, a backed up system is likely the cause? That would be a much healthier way to look at it rather than being critical of our calories. With that mindset we can focus the day's effort toward drinking tons of water and eating whole plant foods to help flush it out. It is interesting data to collect if you can weigh yourself before and after a BM too.

RockinRobyn672 · April 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
Sat 4/1: 147.2 - Went on a walk-run on the boardwalk yesterday, then at a hamburger at a restaurant there.

0.8 lb. gain this round

SheilaBoneham · April 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 - 182
Woops. But it’s ok. A week of not tracking was what I needed to reset my head and, maybe, body. I couldn’t have gained 2 pounds of fat in a week, so some of that is water (and I do feel a bit puffy). So, it’s the first of a new month, and new round, and I feel ready to track again and get serious. I just needed a break. See you next round!

Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 218

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