Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 220

RenaPink11 · April 2023

quiltingjaine wrote: »

@RenaPink11 After my back surgery 40 years ago (133 to 118 - flat on my back in bed for 3 weeks) lots of fat AND muscle loss. I realized I could feel the bracket holding my spinal rods when I leaned against the wall. Several years ago after regaining weight I slipped on wet sidewalk and sat straight down - bum to concrete. I apparently broke my tailbone but nothing you can do about that. Then lost weight again and Now I have donut cushions to sit on even when we travel. I didn’t expect to have butt bones!

I broke my tailbone when I was 7 months pregnant. Thought I was going to pass out. It takes foooorever for that to heal. I’ve started to notice my butt bones LOL I end up standing a lot and thankfully I have a desk that rises.

deepwoodslady · April 2023

Round 220

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 62 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 177 FOR ME.

“Today….I am choosing Me”

MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253
Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0
R219 EW= 192.8
R220 EW= TBD

Current New Goals:
Weight:
Short Term Goal: To weigh less at the end of this round than I did at the end of the last round.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

Special Challenge: To Lose 4 pounds between Easter and my birthday. Final weigh-in for this challenge May 10th.
Starting Weight on Easter April 9th: 188.2 Goal Weight on May 10th: 184.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

R214 (02/11/23 thru 02/20/23) = -0.4 GAINED (Ending Weight 194.0)

R215 (02/21/23 thru 03/02/23) = -0.8 LOST (Ending Weight 193.2)

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

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

R218 (03/23/23 thru 04/01/23) = -??? DNW (Ending Weight ?????) Did not weigh due to medical issues

R219 (04/02/23 thru 04/11/23) = -4.6 GAINED (Ending Weight 192.8)

R220 (04/12/23 thru 04/21/23) = -xxx LOST (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment
04/11 …..192.8….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

04/12 -193.2- (Trend weight 192.0)

04/13 -192.2- (Trend weight 192.5)

04/14 -189.4- (Trend weight 192.2)

04/15 -191.0- (Trend weight 192.0)

04/16 -187.4- (Trend weight 191.6)

04/17 -188.4- (Trend weight 191.3)

04/18 -187.8- (Trend weight 190.9)

04/19 -188.4- (Trend weight 190.7)

04/20 -188.8- (Trend weight 190.7) A so-so day with no exercise. At least TMI finally cooperated last night.

04/21 -xxxxx- (Trend weight xxxxx)

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's 190's ;; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s

shmmm3 · April 2023

RND 220 goals

What: Whole foods plant-based. No dairy. No ultra-processed foods and no added sugar.
Why: I have felt much better since starting this extreme diet change, physically and emotionally. I will practice it every day because every day it gets easier and closer to becoming second nature.
How: Monday through Friday is strictly WFPB, no animal products, no alcohol, and no ultra-processed foods. Moderate myself on weekends. Try to keep dinners small and low fat to induce sleepiness.

💤10 more days of bed by 10💤

4/12 I might have shared this before that part of the fun of sticking with WFPB is all the foods that are new. I scanned the produce shelves for the on sale stickers and saw a sticker on a bag of bean sprouts. I have never noticed them before or would ever have bought them and last night I made fried rice with them. It turns out they are 30 calories per cup and 3 grams of protein! They're also delicious.
4/13
4/14 Still sticking with it but have had a few slip ups. Plan to weigh in on day five of this round to check on my status.
4/15
4/16 130.0 Not what I wanted to see but I can pinpoint a few obvious reasons. This week had outings, parties, and eating outs so I hope that some of it is lingering water weight but I also know I overindulged more than I needed to with alcohol and dinner rolls. I said no thanks to the dessert trays that people kept pushing at three different events this week and I didn't feel like I was depriving myself! Instead I loaded my plate with the vegetable dishes and salad. That's a big NSV for me, I didn't want the sugar bombs of the simple desserts, I didn't crave the meat offerings, and I would have preferred the vegetables cooked with less fat. How far I've come! Goal for this round is to be under 130 by the 21st. I can do that.
4/17 130.0 Hmmpf. I tracked carefully yesterday, logged everything (which I haven't done for some time), and came out just at maintenance calories. So this is my real weight. Those outings must have been more indulgent than I thought and added up to real weight gain. With all the opportunity and self-control wins I had last week I should be grateful that I didn't gain even more. 130 needs to be an absolute ceiling for my weight. I'll feel better when I'm back below 130 because it feels like I'm close to the mental gate that is about to be thrown open to "Oh, well, I'll do better tomorrow, next week" etc. I did better yesterday and I'll continue to do better today. I was remarking to my husband last week how nice it is that this WFPB diet is the first diet that doesn't feel like I'm "dieting." I've been eating as much as I want of whole plant foods but also have been eating lots of sourdough bread as a base for the veggie filled Mediterranean dip recipes and got slack with cooking with low or no added oil. I won't say that I'm cutting out bread, because the lifestyle change is about learning to eat for maintenance, but I will cut down on bread (4-6 slices a day is a bit much). Yes, now that I'm really thinking about it I've been in eating ad libitum in celebration mode as though I'm finally free of on/off dieting. Well, I am free of that, and that is worth celebrating, but as my weight shows I can dial it back a notch. I know what to do. Now to do it...
4/18 130.0 That's 2 days of carefully logging for maintenance calories. I'm going to finish out the week logging calories and being careful to stay at or slightly below maintenance and see where that lands me in the next 3 days.
4/19 129.0 yay! That's 3 days of careful tracking for maintenance calories. On Sunday I reinstated my one sweet potato every day rule. I get tired of cutting them everyday but I love them as sweet potato fries, cubed and roasted, or baked and loaded with baked beans and coleslaw.
4/20 130.0 I expected a lot more. Last night turned into an impromptu pizza party. I ordered a regular pizza with tomato sauce, no cheese, and topped it with my own veggies at home. It turns out that pizza without cheese is not as bad as I thought it would be if you have enough flavorful toppings. I learned that I can pile on the onions, roasted garlic, banana peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms and according to the nutrition calculator, my cheeseless pizza had 100 fewer calories per slice than a regular cheese pizza even with all my toppings. I still ate too much of it and it's not the perfect choice for dinner, but it was a better choice.
4/21
Goal weight: 120-125

itladyee · April 2023

Hi, I'm Charissa - Round 220

Thank you, again, QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

My last two rounds were not ideal.
Round 218 - Vacation sabotage - Difficult to get back on track.
Round 219 - A bit of a recovery but then there was Easter (had fun with some new dishes though)
I'm doing well with my steps - the risk of losing $$ (you bet on yourself) really does motivate me to get going.
Now it's time to reign it in again.
I am continuing my focus on nutrition. I will use the Mayo Clinic plan for reference (recipes, serving tracking) but I think I will go back to MFP for actual calorie tracking.

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

Goals This Round per Day:
- Tracking:
- Water (Goal 64 oz/SS and 96oz M-F :
- Walk/Steps:

Week 1 - Power x 2 = 7,500/Active x 4 = 6,250 (minimum for the Step Bet Challenge)
Week 2 - Power x 2 = 8,000/Active x 4 = 6,750 (Personal Goals)
Week 3 - Power x 2 = 8,500/Active x 4 = 7,250 (Personal Goals)

Step Count

Week 1
4/3 - 8,338 Power +
4/4 - 7,772 Power +
4/5 - 7,959 Power +
4/6 - 9,879 Power +
4/7 - 5,304
4/8 - 7,963 Power +
4/9 - 10,163 Power +
Week 2 Power x 2 = 8,000/Active x 4 = 6,750 (Personal Goals)
4/10 - 9,995 Power +
4/11 - 8,587 Power +
4/12 - 6,708 Ok for step bet, but 42 steps short of my personal goal.
4/13 - 7,673 Active +
4/14 - 6,839 Active +
4/15 - 9,833 Power +
4/16 - 10,303 Power +
Week 3 Power x 2 = 8,500/Active x 4 = 7,250 (Personal Goals)
4/17 - 8,150 Active +
4/18 - 8,091 Active +
4/19 - 9,779 Power +
4/20
4/21

Stats and Previous Rounds

HW: 230
CW: 220.9
Goal Weight #1 199 Target Date 4/1/2023 6/17/2023
Goal Weight #2 180 Target Date 6/10/2023 9/9/2023
Goal Weight #3 160 Target Date 9/30/2023 12/2/2023
Goal Weight #4 150 Target Date 12/30/2023 1/06/2024

Round 210/1 SW: 221.8 EW: 220.6 Loss 1.2 Total Loss 1.2
Round 211/2 SW: 220.6 EW: 218.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 3.2
Round 212/3 SW: 218.6 EW: 216.6 Loss 2.0 Total Loss 5.2
Round 213/4 SW: 216.6 EW: 219.8 Gain -3.2 Total Loss 2.0 Yikes!
Round 214/5 SW: 219.8 EW: 219.4 Loss 0.4 Total Loss 2.4
Round 215/6 SW: 219.4 EW: 216.9 Loss 2.5 Total Loss 4.9
Round 216/7 SW: 216.9 EW: 219.5 Gain -2.6 Total Loss 2.3
Round 217/8 SW: 219.5 EW: 217.4 Loss 2.1 Total Loss 4.4
Round 218/9 SW: 217.4 EW: 221.7 Gain -2.6 Total Loss .1
Round 219/10 SW: 221.7 EW: 220.9 Loss 0.8 Total Loss .9
Round 220/11 SW: 220.9 EW: nnn.n Loss n.n Total Loss .9

SW: 220.9

4/12 220.4

4/13 220

4/14 219.6 - Slow but moving in the right direction. Tomorrow's will be interesting. I have had a couple of bad mental days this week. I worked from home today as in my current mental state, I would have bit someone's head off. My husband suggested we go to lunch...at Red Lobster. I haven't been to Red Lobster in years, and all I could think about were those biscuits and how detrimental they would be. But, I said..ok! I logged everything and I'm right at the limit for the day. I ordered a salad (it wasn't very good so I didn't each much of it). I ordered a cup of clam chowder and had half. For my meal, I had grilled lobster, shrimp and salmon. I ate the lobster and shrimp and saved the salmon to eat for dinner (already logged). Oh, and I did have 2 of those amazing biscuits. Calorie wise I'm good, the carbs.... I'm hoping it was early enough in the day that I've burned them off. Either way, it was a nice treat. Tomorrow is our last day of spring like weather, so I'll try to walk a 5k or close to it.

4/15 219.4

4/16 219.3 The carbs treated me nicely yesterday. Today I expected a little more but it's still moving the right way so not complaining. I went for my first long walk of the year outside - much more challenging than the treadmill. Almost 3 miles (2.88) in just over an hour.

4/17 218.6 A loss over the weekend! If you 've been following my rambles, you know that I keep looking for the weight loss program that will be sustainable for me. As noted above I was following the recipes from the Mayo diet, for nutrition balance, yet tracking in MFP to make sure I stayed within calorie range and met my nutritional goals. On Wednesday, an email came to me from my insurance company called Wondr for weight loss and it encouraged me to join. I joined and picked a start date of 4/13. Most plans start with a menu and a shopping list and planned times that you will eat etc etc, hence the reason I picked the next day to "start", thinking it would give me some info of what I needed to do to prepare. Instead, I got nothing....and thought....that's weird. I was going to try and change the start date but it wouldn't let me. The next day, I got busy and then had my mental breakdown. Finally on Saturday, I opened the app and instead of a list of foods to eat and when, it had videos that provided behavior changing tools to help with with weight loss. I may not have these in exact order but it talked about hydration especially upon waking. We all know that. Then it talked about levels of hunger 1 - 4. 1 being full (i just ate) 2 - I'm a little hungry, 3 - I'm really hungry and 4 - I will eat anything I can get my hands on. It explained why you should eat at a level 3 AND eat only until your comfortably full. It talked about taking time to listen to your body to determine how many meals you really need in a day vs a strict 3 meals or 6 little meals etc. It recommended chewing slowing, not rushing your meal and finally, started to cut back on added sugars.... I was so pleasantly surprised that yet another plan, was different. I'm sure they will get what you're consuming but for now I like it. The other thing I like, you can't speed through the program. I've finished all the videos for week 1 but can't get to week 2's information until 4/20. oh, and it's free through insurance!

4/18 218.5 - it's slowing down....oh noooo......yesterday I had a lunch that was not my norm. We have an all day meeting once a month and they bring in lunch. I ordered a Chicken Avocado over spinach bowl. It was actually really good and clocked in at just over 500 calories. I usually try to keep lunch around 300. 2.4 so far, can i make it to 3, I really need to see a 3!

4/19 217.6 Hip Hip Hooray.....I wasn't exactly on plan yesterday as I really didn't feel like cooking. For lunch I had leftovers from Sunday, then ordered a thin crust pizza with a side salad. The pizza was just ok and the salad was lacking as well. At the end of the day...a good thing. Ate just enough to kill the hunger but didn't overdo it. What will tomorrow bring? 3.3 and counting! While I am happy, I'm not ecstatic as these are the same pounds that I keep gaining and losing. When I hit 215, I will feel like I've made some progress and will be even more excited to continue.

4/20 218.7 Well ...😞 I just lost my mind. Dinner was leftovers with controlled portions. Just wasn't satisfied, and then I lost my mind. First a 130 calorie bag of pistachio's. Nope - that didn't do it..2 cups of skinny popcorn ....salt is satisfied.... now want candy. 3 pieces of candy (like a turtle). Ok done...Yikes And didn't get my water in. Hoping for a better day today, definitely NOT a repeat.

4/21

tiabirdie56 · April 2023

Round 220~Wed Apr 12 2023 ~ Fri Apr 21 2023

Round 220
Apr 12 2023~ Apr 21 2023

My name is Tish.
Age: 66
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2023 Start Wgt:Don't know (Jan 1)
CW:206.4
RG: 64ozs to 80ozs water

●(Tue-Apr 11 2023~206.8lbs)

▪︎Day1▪We•Apr 12-¤206.4
( Tu•68g Prot; 48ozs water)

▪︎Day2▪Th•Apr 13- ¤206.6
(We•83g Prot; 80ozs water)

▪︎Day3▪Fr•Apr 14- ¤206.3 (205.9-after 12hrs fasting)
(Th• 78g Prot; 64ozs water)

▪︎Day4▪Sa•Apr 15- ¤204.3
(Fr• 30g Prot; 80ozs water)

▪︎Day5▪Su•Apr 16- ¤203.9
(Sa• 96g Prot; 80ozs water)

▪︎Day6▪Mo•Apr 17- ¤204.9 (12hr)
(Su•69g Prot; 72ozs water)

▪︎Day7•Tu•Apr 18-¤203.8
(Mo•42g Prot; 88ozs water)

▪︎Day8•We•Apr 19- ¤203.6
(Tu•28g Prot; 80ozs water)

■Day9▪Th•Apr 20- ¤204

(We•61g Prot; 80ozs water)

▪︎Day10▪Fr•Apr 21-¤
(Th•g Prot; ozs water)

Intermittent Fasting
●4/11•Tue•21.5hrs/8pm
Wed•1:30pm•17.5hrs/6pm
Thu•2:30pm•20.5hrs/10pm
Fri•7:30pm/21.5hrs
Sat•10:30•15hrs/9:30pm
Sun•1:30pm•16hrs(kombucha)/4:30pm/8:30pm
Mon•3:30pm•19hrs/10pm
Tue•6pm-20hrs/8:30pm
Wed•1pm-16.5hrs/11:30pm(coffee)
Thu•
●4/21•Fri●】

*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~Round 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- 208 EW} Apr 1 2023
Round 219- 206.8 EW} Apr 11 2023
Round 220- EW} Apr 21 2023

cory17 · April 2023

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

RND 220

4/12 193.8
4/13 193.0
4/14 192.2
4/15 191.6
4/16 192.6
4/17 193.2
4/18 194.6 Changes in schedule, think some Na bloating happening so changes needed (again).

4/19 195.6 Not happy. Possibly - Last weekend started Neurontin 50mg for sleep issues & it helps but not if its gonna cause edema/cause wt gain too. Frustration all around, there has to be something better.
4/20 194.6 So tired of this
4/21

RenaPink11 · April 2023

cory17 wrote: »

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

RND 220

4/12 193.8
4/13 193.0
4/14 192.2
4/15 191.6
4/16 192.6
4/17 193.2
4/18 194.6 Changes in schedule, think some Na bloating happening so changes needed (again).
4/19 195.6 Not happy. Possibly - Last weekend started Neurontin 50mg for sleep issues & it helps but not if its gonna cause edema/cause wt gain too. Frustration all around, there has to be something better.
4/20 194.6 So tired of this
4/21

Hang in there, I understand the aggravation. I struggle w edema but had to stop taking meds for it bc it dropped my bp way too low. I have noticed drinking more water helps my body to release water. I’m looking into rebounding, I’ve heard that helps stimulate our lymphatic system. Maybe your system just needs a couple of weeks to adjust to the new medicine. Good luck with it all.

chloeguo · April 2023

SW (12/27/22): 150.2lb
Round 215: 138.6
Round 216: 138.4
Round 217： 135.8
Round 218: 134.4
Round 219: 133.1

Round 220 Goal: 132
4/12: 133.6
4/13: 133
4/14: 131.2
4/15
4/16
4/17: 132.2
4/18: 132
4/19: 131
4/20: 130.8
4/21

NuggetBrain · April 2023

MFP SW: 297
R200 EW: 291
R201 EW: 286.4
R202 EW: 283
R203 EW: 280.2
R204 EW: 273
R205 EW: 274.4 (yikes!)
R206 EW: 268.2
R207 EW: 265.6
R208 EW: 260.2
R209 EW: 256
R210 EW: 252.4
R211 EW: 248.6
R212 EW: 249.2 (booooo)
R213 EW: 245
R214 EW: 241.4
R215 EW: 237.6
R216 EW: 235.8
R217 EW: 235 (

)
R218 EW: 231
R219 EW: 228.2
4/12: 227.8
4/13: 227! 70 pounds down, woohoo!!
4/14: 226.4
4/15: 225.4
4/16: 225.8
4/17: 226.4
4/18: 226
4/19: 225.8
4/20: 224.4
4/21

musicsax · April 2023

@pezhed - so sorry to hear of SIL, hope she recovers quickly and they discover why she passed out.
I too had a bit of a shocker of news this week, DS 'phoned early Tuesday (7 am) woke us up, to say our DB had a stroke, he is a HGV driver, but was in the bathroom at work, thank goodness. Physically he is fine but speech has gone, although in his head he is making sense as his speech returns the words are all jumbled up. He can't drive for 4 weeks and is awaiting speech therapy. He is 9 years younger than me, I so hope he makes a full recovery 🤞.

enlightenme3 · April 2023

Round 220 (my 55th)
April 12, 2023 - April 21, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds:

R164 SW: 164.7, EW: 162.3
R165 EW: 161.2
R166 EW: 157.4
R167 EW: 157.0
R168 EW: 153.7
R169 EW: 154.3 - Thanksgiving week
R170 EW: 149.9
R171 EW: 151.0 - Travel almost the entire round
R172 EW: 149.7 - Christmas holidays
R173 EW: 148.6
R174 EW: 146.8
R175 EW: 145.5
R176 EW: 143.5
R177 EW: 142.4
R178 EW: 140.2
R179 EW: 139.6
R180 EW: 137.6
R181 EW: 135.6
R182 EW: 136.2
R183 EW: 134.9
R184 EW: 134.9
R185 EW: 135.4
R186 EW: 132.7
R187 EW: 132.1
R188 EW: 133.2
R189 EW: 133.8
R190 EW: 134.3
R191 EW: 132.5
R192 EW: 132.9
R193 EW: 132.5
R194 EW: 133.4
R195 EW: 132.7
R196 EW: 133.6
R197 EW: 134.9
R198 EW: 132.3
R199 EW: 130.7
R200 EW: 130.5
R201 EW: 130.7 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R202 EW: 134.5
R203 EW: 132.9
R204 EW: 134.0
R205 EW: 132.7
R206 EW: 133.2
R207 EW: 134.0
R208 EW: 134.5
R209 EW: 134.3
R210 EW: 131.8
R211 EW: 131.3
R212 EW: 132.9
R213 EW: 131.6
R214 EW: 132.5
R215 EW: 132.5
R216 EW: 132.9 (last weigh-in before traveling)
R217 EW: 130.3
R218 EW: 132.5
R219 EW: 130.7

RSW: 130.7 pounds (4/11/23, EO Round 219)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
4/12: 130.5 - Got both workouts in and ate fairly well. Was a little hungry mid-afternoon and had a fairly large handful of nuts.
4/13: 131.6 - Eating at the high end of my calorie range the last few days is catching up with me. Yesterday it was banana bread that did me in.
4/14: 131.6 -
4/15: 131.4 - Early workout did not counteract bad eating the rest of the day.
4/16: 131.6 - No workout yesterday
4/17: 131.6 - Normal workout, eating, sleeping, etc.
4/18: 131.0 - Lots of salad yesterday since we were trying to clear out the refrigerator of produce before leaving.
4/19: - DNW - Traveling - minimal exercise (a 20 minute walk at the airport) and under calories. Slept well even though we’re in a different time zone.
4/20: - DNW - Traveling - had some fairly good walks while running errands (3+ miles), but my eating at night was a bit out of control with the whole time change and things.
4/21: - DNW - Traveling

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 0.3 pounds

GirlOnTheRebound · April 2023

clprieur wrote: »

Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 10th Round
Age 53, 5’5”
June 2005: 345 lbs (Highest known weight before WLS Aug 2005)
June 2017: 241.8 lbs.
Weight Beginning this Round: 140.0 lbs
Goal Weight: 135 lbs

This round's daily goals:
1. Stay “Under” in MFP 10/10 days – ☹☹☹😊😊😊☹☹☹
2. 6 cups fluids 10/10 days – 😊😊😊😊☹😊😊😊
3. 10-min guided meditation 10/10 days - ☹☹☹😊☹☹☹☹
4. Attend work 8/8 days –😊😊😊😊😊
5. Gym strength training 4/10 days -

4/12 – 140.0 lbs – Okay, I am 1.8 lbs less than I was at the start of the last round, so #winning. I am also 17.6 lbs lower than I was when I started doing these 10-day challenges on January 13th, almost exactly 3 months ago. Apparently doing things in 10-day increments is really helpful for me! Thanks @quiltingjaine! 😊 Yesterday was a disaster, calorie wise, which included giving up on logging in MFP, eating Chinese food for dinner, followed by an ice-cream cone from Laura Secord in the mall. When I got most of the way through the cone, as always, I started to feel sick (due to gastric bypass). I told hubby this, and he urged me stop eating and throw the cone in the garbage so I didn’t feel even worse. I said no and quickly went to gobble up the rest of the ice-cream but at the same time he lunged for the cone and grabbed it out of my hand. LOL! Hilariously people were watching and probably think I am an abused wife. In reality I am a dumb wife who insists on consistently eating ice-cream even though it makes me violently ill! It’s only been 18 years since I got gastric bypass, I am still learning! 😉 I have to go to Toronto today so I don’t think I’ll get all my steps in, unfortunately. I put a note in my phone to go walk at lunch, so that should help a bit. I better get my butt in gear. Have a great day, folks!
4/13 – 139.6 lbs - Train to Toronto. Walked at lunch. Subway for dinner. Took the dog to the beach after work – I think it was his first time ever seeing a beach or a lake and he was pretty timid, but did well! He loves his rubber chickens, so we would throw one a little ways into the lake and he would gingerly go in almost to his belly to fetch it. It was super cute. We will get him used to it. 😊 But more Pitbull than Lab in that dog, I think! Lol.
4/14 – 138.6 lbs – So, I haven’t been logging my calories for a few days now. I mean I start out okay in the morning, and lunch goes well, but then everything goes crazy around dinner time. And then I end up “deleting” the entries for the day because I didn’t log dinner and it’s not “perfect” so therefore it shouldn’t exist at all. Lol. Oops. Yes, I am a bit crazy, if you haven’t noticed yet! Anyhow, given that I haven’t really been paying attention, I am SHOCKED that the scale is down. That is bizarre. And I’m not dehydrated, because I think I did drink enough yesterday. So it could potentially catch up to me tomorrow or the next day, but hubby leaves for San Diego today so I have 12 days to work off what I may have gained while he was home. (I was actually thinking yesterday that maybe it should just be a thing that I don’t log calories when he is home, or at least don’t get stressed if I don’t log the entire day.) Today I have a call scheduled with my new running coach after work, to discuss the plan she has created for me. I am to start the plan on Sunday. I will give you updates on how it goes! 😊
4/15 – 139.8 lbs – Well, there is that bounce-back I was expecting. Funny how even though I know it’s going to happen and I’m fully expecting it, it’s still disappointing when you get on the scale and see a bump up. Even though my logical brain knows it is fine, and normal, and also connected to the fact that I haven’t been logging, my emotional side still feels it. That is part of what I am working on, tho, is to not be so emotionally attached to what the scale says. (Down = happy for the day, up = sad.) I had my first session with my new running coach yesterday. She had made up a training schedule for me (incorporating a bunch of exercises to strengthen my knees, warmup/cool down, my strength training days at the gym, etc.). It was very nice to chat with her and she is very motivating. I was supposed to start my new schedule tomorrow but I was too excited and started today. Lol. To start out, she has me running for one minute and then walking for one minute. I was supposed to go for about 45 minutes. I thought there was no friggin way I was doing to be able to do 1:1. But you know what, I was actually surprised at how well I did! Was it perfect? Nope. Sometimes I had to walk for 2 minutes, sometimes the dog had to stop to pee, sometimes we got to a bumpy spot on the sidewalk, or it was a dark place or whatever (we left at 4:40 AM). But overall it was pretty fun and I was excited by my ability. I have spent my entire life believing that my body was “less than” and not capable. If you have daughters, please teach them that this is complete and utter BS. Anyway, I did a 80 minute route. I used my Fitbit timer function, which counted down from 1 minute and then vibrated when it was time to stop walking and start running. I felt a bit dizzy when I got home; maybe dehydrated. It was fun! 😊
4/16 – 139.8 lbs – Well, we are half way through the challenge and I am down by a total of 0.2 lbs. Lol. Whoops. However, I finally counted my calories for the entire day, yesterday, so hopefully things are on an upswing. I went for a two hour walk this morning, and Golly did so well! That being said, I am really not sure why everyone who has a non-reactive dog feels it necessary to stop and give advice to people with a reactive dog... Like, is your dog 78 lbs? No. Has your dog been in a cage for a year? No. So. How about you shut it? This morning, I had Golly sit and watch as another dog passed us. He sat there calmly, I had the leash loose, and he didn’t react at all, other than pant a bit. I was speaking to him quietly, telling him he was doing a good job, and I was petting the wrinkles out of his forehead. So, the lady felt compelled to stop and tell me, “You get what you pet. If you just relax a bit." I was like "DUDE, I AM RELAXED." Of course, I haven't had my meds yet, so… Okay, now I have about 89 hours of cleaning to do. Wish me luck.
4/17 – 139.8 lbs – Disappointed that the scale has been the same for 3 days in a row, even though that is illogical. I counted my calories yesterday, again, so that is a good thing. Haven’t done my strength training all week, which is a problem. I just find it hard to fit everything into my schedule. I’m trying my best. Need to get more fluids in today. I should pre-plan my calories for today and see if that helps stay around 1500. I got 8 hours of sleep last night which is bizarre, for me, but hopefully will help me concentrate on my work today. I missed parts of work last week (maybe I should give myself “unhappy faces” above for those days?) and I really need to make attendance at work a priority. I got put on an “attendance management program” at work and I’m stressed out about that. I have to attend a special meeting about it on Thursday. I am bringing someone from my union with me. Yup, definitely feeling stressed/depressed/unhappy this morning. I think there is some shame and guilt in there, too. Hooray.
4/18 – DNW – In speaking to one of my counsellors yesterday, I decided that it would be best to stop weighing myself for a week, as it seems to be increasing my craziness instead of decreasing it. I’ll weigh myself next Monday, and see how that went. I will also evaluate my feelings about not weighing myself, as the days go by. Either way, it will be valuable to see how it feels to not weigh in. It will likely increase my anxiety, but if so, that will indicate that I am putting a bit too much value on what the scale says. It is supposed to be “just data”, not an indication of my value as a human being. I have been feeling pretty overwhelmed these past few days, and like I have too much going on. I did stop weighing myself for a few months last year (as well as quit counting calories). I was terrified the entire time, that I would gain weight. When I finally weighed in, my weight was down by about 13 lbs. I was so irritable all day yesterday. I felt like murdering the dog; he would not stop whining no matter what I did. It was driving me crazy. And there was so much going on at work, and I couldn’t seem to keep up. And I was texting my boyfriend, trying to get support, and I had zero response. (Him and his “I’m too busy driving an 18-wheeler to respond to your texts”! 😉) It is my goal to do all of my days of work this week, but also all my hours of work. My counsellor suggested that I lower my expectations around productivity, however, and I think she is a pretty smart lady.
4/19 – DNW -
4/20 – DNW – Hi gang. Sorry I’ve been AWOL. Feeling a bit overwhelmed, of late. Decided to cut a bunch of things out of my schedule for this week in order to try to minimize that feeling of overwhelm. It seems to have helped. I will be back next round; but I’m not weighing myself until the 24th, as a sort of mental health self-care. Even hubby mentioned that it had been “getting into my psyche”, as he put it. I am a bit nervous about not weighing in, but I keep telling myself, “Your goal is to stay under 150 until February 1st, 2024. You were 140 last time you weighed. You will weigh in again on Monday. You cannot gain 10 lbs in one week. Chill.” You can all watch me panic on Monday after I do weigh myself. LOL. I am trying to focus on sleep and work this week. Even my exercise has gone a bit by the wayside. I would like to try to get to the gym tonight after work, but I will see how tired I am by the time I get home from Toronto. I gotta go hop in the shower now - have a good day, everyone!!
4/21 -

I am seeing a lot of people "scaling" back including myself. We have to sort out what works so we can keep on working. I refuse to throw in the towel and I know you have come to far to take two steps back. You are doing awesome and pausing one or two things to gain clarity is a great reset. Have a great Friday!

Nuge007 · April 2023

Hello!

I have been afraid of the scale now for a while.

None of my summer clothes fit and getting older has grabbed hold of my metabolism and hit the brakes.
Little has changed in my diet but I have stopped exercising regularly and I keep gaining.
I need data and not just a feeling like this situation is out of control.

SO here I am and so thankful you are here, too!!!!

I have been journaling my food on paper for two weeks and I have begun to exercise again consistently again.
I will weigh as of tomorrow.

RND 220

LT Goal: 175 pounds / 80 kilos
ST Goal: 250 by June 1
STW: 265.4 pounds (OH.. highest lifetime weight) / 120.1 kilos

4/16 - 264.3 pounds119.8 kilos
4/17 - 264.4 pounds / 119.9 kilos
4/18 - 265.4 pounds / 120.4 kilos (Too much red meat. My husband makes killer grilled burgers.)
4/19 - 263.2 pounds / 119.4 kilos
4/20 - 263.8 pounds / 119.7 kilos So this is a beginning again for me. I am happy to be here and learning to face the scale fearlessly once again. It is just a tool and doesn't define me or how my day will go. I got up this morning at 5 to work with a personal trainer. It was amazing. I've been on track with tracking my food and increasing my activity for two whole weeks. Challenge this evening is Chinese take out night. Portion control is my mantra for the evening....
4/21 -

cpanus · April 2023

Thank you, @quiltingjaine !
73 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 154.0
UGW: 132.2
04/10 - 155.1 at 7:45 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then zero
04/11 - 157.6 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 5.87 miles in 115 mins
Day/Weight/Comment
04/12 - 157.0 at 7:45 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then zero
04/13 - 157.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 6.35 miles in 117 mins
04/14 - 157.0 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then zero
04/15 - 156.0 at 9:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 6.14 miles in 119 mins
04/16 - 156.0 at 7:00 a.m. ...Family outing to the Garden Shop! Flowers!!!
04/17 - 156.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
04/18 - 158.3 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then cleaned house
04/19 - 157.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
04/20 -
04/21 -
Good luck everyone!
Chris

PaulyJoMomma · April 2023

My name is Paula and I am a 46 year old 100% service disabled veteran from the Army.

This is my first round. I am a newbie! I am signing up for a variety of challenges to help change my mindset about healthy habits and getting my weight under control. I want a better quality of life where I don’t have to ask my husband to constantly slow down when we are walking because he is going too fast.

I also use Noom, GOLO, and intermittent fasting (IF) using a 16:8 (fasting hours:eating hours) schedule to help affect the change with my weight. I have also DRASTICALLY overhauled my eating habits and what I eat to a more clean way of eating.

Starting weight - 248.0 lbs
Challenge goal weight - 243.0 lbs

4/12 - 248.0 lbs 🆗🚩

4/13 - 248.2 lbs 😕

4/14 - 243.8 lbs 😅🙃 Started going to the gym again, but this time with my 16 year old son as my workout buddy.

4/15 - 241.2 lbs 😌 Thinking of starting my modified fasting schedule since I want to try getting down to two meals a day. I am thinking of assessing how a 18:6 or 20:4 schedule will suit me. I will probably start with shifting to 18:6 (18 hrs fasting & 6 hours eating) for about a month to see how it goes. We are going back to the gym today for more cardio. Monday we start a strength training routine developed by my husband.

4/16 - 239.2 lbs 😅 We ended up not going to the gym yesterday and went today instead. 🏃🏾‍♀️ We added a whole 2 min⏱️ into our cardio to really weakly (I guess) push ourselves. We both exercise with our hands on the contacts so it can measure our heart ❤️ rate & we make sure to keep our heart rate in the target range —which caused me to have to adjust my speed several times because I can’t and don’t want to imagine waking up dazed in the hospital from passing the heck out. I already have high blood pressure to begin with. This is another of the MANY reasons why I need to lose this darn weight! I attempted to adjust my fasting schedule by cutting 2 hours from my eating time adding it to my fasting time & that was a disaster. I did a tad bit of emotional eating bc I am still learning how to manage my emotions —which is a huge problem for me & I finally had enough of that triggering me to begin an extensive personal & spiritual development/growth undertaking & boy am I grateful that I did! Just finished a course in this online training school for personal development on Emotional Mastery & Reprogramming Subconscious Beliefs & did all the exercises which was life changing, inspiring, & very revealing. I am about to finish the course called Discover, Embrace, & Fulfill Your Personal Needs —which I started midway into doing the before mentioned course. The next one up to tee for me is called Release Resentment from Relationships & Truly Forgive. I’ve already completed the one called Principles & Tools for Reprogramming the Subconscious Mind —which blew me away! 🤩🥳😎🤯. These have helped me understand how my developed habit of trash eating needed some work at a subconscious level along with other challenges/opportunities in my life. I also found a study, during my research on weight loss, that fiber intake was inversely related to weight & body fat % & I recognized my actual fiber intake was no where close the recommendation for weight loss so I started incorporating 3 teaspoons of psyllium husk mixed thoroughly in H2O to my nutritional intake twice a day to address that. We’ll see what happens! I was surprised I even had to do this because I eat a LOT of vegetables, plus quinoa, & hemp seed hearts with 2 out of 3 of my meals per day. Goodness! Like I was saying earlier, I tend to just be extra with whatever I’m doing, then managing to act surprised when I feel stressed out as a result. 😅🤓

4/17 - 241.6 lbs 🥲😳 This yo-yoing as I decline in weight is weird. I don’t know if this is post Workouts inflammation or water retention from our workout the previous day, but it should settle out tomorrow. We will see. It could also be from my poor emotions based choices I made yesterday -which almost always seem to bite me in the butt pretty immediately it seems. Y’all should see my weight loss line graph. It looks like it’s jumping rope down a hill! 🤨😑🙄😵‍💫🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. I already take a litany of vitamins 💊 & supplements —which is how it was when I was growing up so I’m just getting back into the tradition starting this intensely about 1 month ago & I think that is also contributing to some of the loss that I am experiencing. I am planning on adding a few more supplements because I tend to be extra like that & my liver & kidney function isn’t obviously taxed enough so why not! The supplements & vitamins I take are more for thyroid health (I have hypothyroidism), reproductive region health, & brain fog/fatigue/alertness. I found out after the fact that some were also strongly responsible for weight loss related benefits. So why not? I am an Amazon shopping addict as it is so let’s raise the bar!

4/18 - 241.4 lbs 🤦🏾‍♀️😑🫣 Excited about going to the gym today and hitting that cardio. We were supposed to start doing strength training at home with the hubby because he developed a whole strategy and everything, but we were slackers yesterday. I had to upend my eating and fasting hours some time get them closer to back on track, plus I cut out dinner because I couldn’t start eating until my window opened at 11:10 and I stay away hardcore now from eating past like about 1800. I have been trying to figure out why I emotionally eat even still sometimes here and there and automatically without much resistance fall prey to something comforting either sweet, crunchy, or salty when I need to regulate myself emotionally. I was working on my personal development course finishing up the one on Personal Needs and the teacher Thais notes that the reason why some people emotionally eat is that they have a subconscious high priority need for “comfort”, as many people do, and when our emotions are triggered because we have some subconscious need that is not being met our subconscious seeks the fastest (not necessarily the best way which tends to bite us sometimes or…often) way to get that need met and food is the stopgap it typically drives us to choose because it is such an easy quick fix. She then trained me what to do to be proactive in getting these needs met so that there is no opportunity for this to happen. My number one need come to find out from the class is comfort. That explains it and I already started putting the proactive strategy in play!

4/19 - 239.6 lbs 😅😊 Actually had a good night’s sleep. Woke up about two hours after I set my alarm for though. I am working on getting back to my scheduled and usual wake up time at 0430 so I can implement my new morning routine. I will just shift it to later after I get my youngest son on the bus. I am enjoying journaling including a food journal which I use to work through any times when I make unhealthy choices to get through the root cause and create a dialogue for myself that this is not the way! 😕. Will work out today since we didn’t go yesterday —which switches up our schedule. I understand the concern about the psyllium husk, but it is making me more regular than I was despite the amount of vegetables I eat daily. I drink over half a gallon of distilled water a day so it is working out for me fairly well this far. 💩 Today we are going grocery shopping and we usually go in the morning so we aren’t in the midst of decision fatigue from a long day if I go later in the afternoon or evening and before the store gets more full of people —which is one of the many tricks that Noom teaches that has really worked me in terms of sticking to what are good healthy choices and keeps me straight.

4/20 - 242.2 lbs 😒🥺😢🤯 Yesterday was the first day we did strength training exercise and it is based on the program that my husband generated for me and our oldest son. My son and I went to the gym today and did some cardio on the elliptical. It worked well to reduce some stress and tension I was feeling this evening. We are really testing out of what he setup works and what the right amount of weight is for me. Yesterday was my most successful day of eating based on analysis of macros & micro nutrients. I repeated what I ate this day and monitored my macros and micro nutrients by meal and made adjustments to what I added to the subsequent meals based on these results. I readjusted my micro and macro nutrient targets too. I sm going to monitor by meal and overall for the upcoming week to see what’s up! I ended up cutting how much psyllium husk I added to supplement my fiber today because I was successful at getting a decent amount from my food intake. I have my sugar target set to 6 g and I actually hit it today! I only got 5! Usually I can get in the 30s or 40s.

🏁 4/21 -

Challenge actual weight lost: 5.8 lbs 🥰😎🙌🏾💥🏆🎉📉

JacquelineC53 · April 2023

I’m really enjoying these 10 day challenges. My goals are the same as before - to log consistently and to not snack after dinner.

SW RND 218 152.4 lbs. EW 147.8 lbs
SW RND 219 148.4 lbs. EW 146.8 lbs
SW RND 220 146.6 lbs

4/12 146.6 lbs
4/13 146.8 lbs
4/14 147.0 lbs
4/15 147.0 lbs.
4/16 145.8 lbs.
4/17 145.6 lbs.
4/18 145.0 lbs
4/19 145.6 lbs
4/20 145.4 lbs
4/21

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
Round 218 end weight: 184.4
Round 219 end weight: 183.5

4/12 183.7
4/13 181.9
4/14 183.3
4/15 182.0
4/16 181.5
4/17 181
4/18 181
4/19 180.9
4/20 180.8
4/21 180.1

Loss this round: 3.4

Thanks everyone and see you in Round 221!

TerriRichardson112 · April 2023

In maintenance
JGM10Ds Round 220
🐣🍓🐥🥝🐰🥝🐥🍓🐣
🐣🐰🐥APRIL 2023 🐥🐰🐣
🐣🍓🐥🥝🐰🥝🐥🍓🐣

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

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

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

I liked this so much I'm borrowing it.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180's; 170's; 160's; 150's; 140's; 130's

🔹Posting weight and comments each evening.
Stats

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

I am - MINDFUL - of making heathy choices
to - MAXIMISE - the achievement of my goals!
Giving up is NOT an option! I KNOW I am doing this!
JGM10Ds ROUND 220
Round 219: EW: 134.5
Day/Weight/Comment
12/04: 133.9: Daily Habits👌
13/04: 133.6: Daily Habits👌
14/04: 133.4: Daily Habits👌
15/04: 133.6: Daily Habits👌🏻
16/04: 133.4: Daily Habits👌
17/04: 133.7: Daily Habits👌
18/04: 133.5: Daily Habits👌🏻
19/04: 133.6: Daily Habits👌🏻
20/04: DNW: Daily Habits: In hospital. Nothing serious, just got a cancellation for a small op I needed. All went well. Slept well overnight and have minimal pain.
21/04: xxx: Daily Habits
Daily Habits - 2023
Update - April 2023 >

1. Log ALL CI/CO (Daily) s
2. Stay under goal (Daily)--
3. Balance macros/micros (Daily)
4. Hydrate adequately (Daily)
5. Choose healthy options (Daily)
6. Steps > 6000 (Daily)
7. Stretch before/after workouts
8. 15+ minutes Cardio > 5 days a week
9. 15+ mins Strength > 5 days a week
10. 15+ mins Flexibility > 5 days a week
11. Active hours > 6
12. Practice self-care (Daily)
13. Stay up to date with accounts (monthly)
14. Mindfulness Practice/meditation ((Daily - morning/evening)
15. 1 > 15 mins Declutter sessions (Daily)
16. Be creative
17. Purchase essential items only
18. Read a book > 15 mins
19. Work on ongoing craft projects
20. Learn something new
21. Develop Healthy Habits
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THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES OR SHORTCUTS to achieving permanent change.
REMINDERS: One or two thoughts which might give heart to some of you.

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

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

musicsax · April 2023

64 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 220 (my 151st). As always, thank you. @QuiltingJaine you are a star!
Starting this round at the same weight as last – again! Goal for this round; sorry to be repetitive but, I really need to continue to reverse this increasing trend, again I'm not looking at a specific number, any loss and keep my binge free streak going, not going to 100 days, starting small just going for 10, surely, I can make 10? Be mindful when I’m tempted! Keep within calories & macros. I can do this but, consistency is paramount, let’s do it 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 must 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)
End of round 218 – 140.4 (2.6 pounds up – need to reverse this trend!)
End of round 219 – 139.8 (0.6 down)

4/11 139.8 - Managed to walk, did get a bit wet in the rain but, dried out before I got home!! Stuck to my 3 chocolates out of my Easter box from DH. 40% of exercise calories eaten back. Feeling better in myself now back on the wagon & good to see numbers starting to come down again; back to round starting weight!

SW RND 220

4/12 139.8 - Managed just over 5 miles walking before a day out with my sisters & lunch (toasted sandwich, granary bread), declined a cake, NSV for me!! But, unfortunately, still meant I was 419 calories over; I had already had 2 of my chocolates before lunch so, didn’t have my 3rd after tea. MFP also shows that the sandwich was high in sodium.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting April 11=1 day. ⭐️=2 day ****

4/13 140.8 – 5.4 miles walked, so much rain!! Well it seems I can’t manage 10 days ☹. Put it this way, my Easter box of chocolates is empty!
4/14 142!! – took little DGS (5 & 3) to Tramway Museum, we had a fun day, but I over ate and didn’t track after breakfast. I am hoping this is the shock I need to get a grip! Today we travel up to the Lake District towing our caravan, for 6 days, I’ve not packed the scales because in this new ‘van I can’t get them level in the shower tray so they always weigh inaccurately & lower. I never binge when I’m with DH so I am hoping that sticking to a healthy eating plan & plenty walking will get me back down to round start weight. We’ll see !!

4/15 DNW – 5.93 miles walked yesterday after setting up the caravan and having cheese & biscuits for a late lunch. Neither of us felt very hungry for our evening meal so we ditched our bbq plans & just opened a tin of red salmon with a light salad. All but 79 of exercise calories eaten back.
4/16 DNW – 13.58 miles walked, 40% exercise calories eaten back. My birthday today – 65, how can that be? can’t believe it! Still feel like late 30’s apart from when I have stiff joints 😊 !!
4/17 DNW – 11.92 miles walked yesterday, caught a narrow gauge steam train out 40 minutes, climbed up to view nearby waterfall and then walked back to the site. An excellent way to spend a birthday! Had video calls with family DGC (4 all aged 5 and under!) sang Happy Birthday to me , they are all so cute & precious! 80% calories eaten back.
4/18 DNW – 7.5 miles walked yesterday. ¾ exercise calories eaten back.
4/19 DNW – 11.74 miles walked yesterday, ¾ exercise calories eaten back.
4/20 DNW - just under 5 miles walked, yesterday; moved down from Ravenglass to Chesterfield ready to child mind little DGS today, lovely that DH will be with us today & will also see DS & little DGDx2. All but 39 exercise calories eaten back.
4/21 DNW - lovely day yesterday with the family, no structured walking.

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

Lauburn12 · April 2023

RND 220 (my first round)
F39, 5ft 1

SW: 174lbs
RGW: 170lbs
UGW:140lbs

4/12 172.8lbs
4/13 173.6lbs so annoyed! Stuck to my calories and got my steps in. Was very anxious last night for some reason so didn’t sleep
4/14 173.6lb had a binge last night due to lack of sleep. These ten days not going to well!!
4/15 173lbs
4/16 174lbs
4/17 173lbs
4/18 171.8lbs
4/19 171 lbs
4/20 169.8lbs
4/21 170.2lbs
Delighted I lost close to 4 pounds over 10 days. First few days of challenge were not great but so happy I kept at it. X

Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 220

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