Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 226

37F 5ft 7 SW 67.5kg round 225
CW 66.1kg round 226
11 June 66.1kg
12 June 66.6kg
13 June 66.5kg
14 June 66.4kg
15 June 66.6kg
16 June 66.2kg
17 June 66.8kg
18 June 66.5kg
19 June 66.7kg - I was expecting a bad result, I was tired yesterday and craved carbs and salt. I didn't go crazy (I really wanted cheese but restrained myself) but I did go over my calorie limit and I did eat carbs and salt (pasta, toast). I didn't workout since it was my rest day. Back at work today, so my eating will be much better, I'll get out for my lunchtime walk and do a workout after work.

F42, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5th July '21)
RGW: 141.0lbs
UGW: 140lbs (trend)
UUGW: 122.4lbs

Past Rounds R220 SW:150.2 GW:149.2 EW:148.4 (-1.8)
R221 SW:149.0 GW:148.0 EW:146.8 (-2.2)
R222 SW:147.2 GW:146.2 EW:145.6 (-1.6)
R223 SW:146.2 GW:144.6 EW:145.0 (-1.2)
R224 SW:146.8 GW:145.0 EW:146.2 (-0.6)
R225 SW:145.6 GW:144.6 EW:141.4 (-4.2)
R226 SW:142.6 GW:141.0 EW:

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6/9 142.6 (trend 144.7)
6/10 141.4 (trend 144.3)
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6/11 142.6 (trend 144.0) I'm going on holiday at the start of the next round and I really want to give it everything I've got for the next 10 days so I can feel most confident in my summer clothes and beachwear, and also to give me a bit of a buffer against expected holiday gain. However, yesterday wasn't my greatest effort, as I didn't track carefully with our barbecue that we had, and I had several alcoholic drinks. Feeling a bit stiff and tired this morning, I need to fight the urge to be lazy today.
Yesterday was 4.6 mile morning walk, 1hr lower body at the gym, calories estimated, alcohol.
STEPS 15,417

6/12 143.2 (trend 143.9) Yikes, this was not the plan! OH made amazing baba ganoush and chicken kebabs with flatbreads and I ate far too much after barely eating all day. It wasn't until I checked his recipe for the dip that I realised how much fat was in it so I probably shouldn't have eaten half a bowl full, oops. I'm feeling very bloated this morning so I think this gain is partly food in transit, but also I think the hot, humid weather we are having is causing me to retain water as my joints are very stiff.
Yesterday was 4.6 mile morning walk, rest day from the gym, calories estimated and over, alcohol 1 drink.
STEPS 13,664

6/13 141.4 (trend 143.6) Phew, back down. I got out for my walk at 7am because the day was due to be a scorcher and it was glorious! It had rained the night before so everything was lush and fresh, very energising. We had thunder storms and heavy rain again in the late afternoon which caused some temporary flooding at my mum's house and she called me in a panic, asking me to come and lift paving slabs in the rain to let the water drain, but the water was gone by the time we finished the conversation, still feeling guilty that I didn't rush to her rescue though. It's her 79th birthday next week and I worry so much about her living on her own as she's becoming quite thin and frail but still insists on trying to do too much herself and she's been fainting recently and hurting herself. I'm going to be out of the country for 9 days starting next week and I just found out that my brother will also be away in India so mum will be on her own and we have more rain due. I hope she doesn't do anything silly and get into difficulties.
Yesterday was 4.85 mile morning walk, 1hr upper body at the gym, calories good, alcohol free.
STEPS 14,759

6/14 141.4 (trend 143.3) No morning walk yesterday as I had a dentist appointment then went shopping. Back home I started to feel really unwell, headache and body aches, so I laid down for the rest of the day and went to bed around 8pm. Feeling slightly better today but not sure if I should take another day off and rest.
Yesterday was no walk or gym, calories good, alcohol free.
STEPS 4,173

6/15 142.0 (trend 143.1) I fell off the wagon a bit yesterday and had a few drinks at the pub followed by snacking at home. Totm is due and it's making me lethargic and moody, as well as bloated and weak, such fun. I'm skipping my walk today but will go to the gym as I've been slacking a bit in that area. I'm sooo hungry today, it's going to take some grit to not eat everything in sight.
Yesterday was 4.45 mile morning walk, no gym, calories not tracked, alcohol.
STEPS 13,902

6/16 143.2 (trend 143.1) I had a slow morning, dragged myself to the gym, then cleaned all the floors in the house. I was pretty exhausted, so didn't manage much else. I had a big appetite but managed to stay within calories by eating lots of salad and protein. I'm trying not to stress over the gain, it might be a delayed result of drinking the day before yesterday, causing water retention, or due to totm being a bit late.
Yesterday was no morning walk, 1hr lower body at the gym, calories good, alcohol free.
STEPS 4,763

6/17 142.0 (trend 143.0) Still waiting for late totm and dealing with bloating and hormone issues so not feeling that upbeat lately. I walked into town to get a haircut in the afternoon, I hate getting haircuts, they always mess it up! Taking mum for an early birthday lunch today as we'll be away for her birthday next week. I'm planning on having tuna niçoise salad, so hopefully it will fit within my daily calories.
Yesterday was 4.25 miles morning walk and 1.5hr upper body at the gym. Calories good, one drink.
STEPS 17,974

6/18 142.6 (trend 142.9) Getting fed up with late totm still not here. I'm bloated, grumpy and feeling really fat. I have a bikini wax booked for tomorrow as it should have been over by then, gah! And then flying on Wednesday, not impressed. I did well to stick to sensible choices at lunch with my mum yesterday, though I did have a few tastes of her pudding, a glass of wine and a few chips. I got a bit self-destructive in the evening because of my mood and over-ate on some high calorie carby noodles that OH made and had a few more drinks, so I'm disappointed with myself today.
Yesterday was 2 mile afternoon walk, no gym, calories over, alcohol.
STEPS 10,908

6/19 142.6 (trend 142.9) More bad choices yesterday as I had a few pints at the pub, then homemade fish and chips. It was a really nice day though, sometimes you have to live a little! Totm finally came today, so that's a relief. I'm not going to make my goal this round, but it's ok, I had a goal of reaching 144lbs before my trip and I've done that.
Yesterday was 4.65 mile morning walk, no gym, calories over, alcohol.
STEPS 13,500

6/20

STEP total: 109,060/100,000 round goal

6/11 134
6/12 132.4
6/13 132
6/14 129.8
6/15 129.8
6/16 129.2
6/17 128.8
6/18 129.6
6/19 131.6
6/20

Round 226
June 11 – June 20, 2023

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

SW WW Sept 29, 2001 - 168.8 (initially lost 29.8, became staff, then weight up and down 18 years with low of 126.8)
SW MFP Sept 14, 2020 – 153 (lost 40, then stress took off another 2.2 lb with low of 120.8, then stress became gain)
SW current MFP Jan 1, 2023 – 146.6
CW 125.8
GW Maintaining between 124 - 126

Continuing to figure out maintaining, and to work on best nutrition and exercise.

History:
Exercise & Supplements
SW: 124.2

Day/Weight/Comment

6/11 (Maine) – 124.8 Certainly not figuring out cause and effect, but maybe that is the point of maintaining in a “range”. When I hit 123.2 last week, I had no idea why, then in reverse, I have no idea why this morning had an “up” after yesterday’s logical “up”. Just keep watching…….

6/12 (Maine) – 125.0 Odd numbers continue. No reason for an “up”. Just tells us that while we can watch day to day numbers, it is the number over time that matters.

Yesterday, tried a new way of sharing one car while in Maine. Hubby took it early in the morning to head out fishing. When I wanted to us it, I walked the 4 miles to the marina for it. Worked well, other than walking with wallet and such as I was running errands directly from there.

6/13 (Maine) – 124.6 Logical? Did not pre-track my entertaining. Ate more than I should. Tried to estimate afterwards which put me in at over 2000 cal. No exercise. Number goes down.

Today is cleanup, pack. Then we are going to a movie in a theater!! Fun! Then, load car and drive home, and unpack again. Back to Mass.

6/14 (Mass) – 124.6 While I do seem to have more bad choices creeping in, I will say that I am still tracking as accurately as possible. That alone is a solid improvement. Sometimes that “bad” is not as bad as one imagined. Knowing that can be enough to stop the pattern. For example, 6/13, we were entertaining and I did not pre-track. The whipped ricotta and homemade crostini’s were too too good. I ate some with the guests, and then more after they left. Had not tracked and decided to skip the tracking for once. Later than evening, I decided to reconstruct and track, and am pretty sure that I came close to accurate. Yes, it was over 2000 cal FOR THE DAY. Then subtract an estimate of my no exercise daily burn. Ultimately, I was over, but by several hundred calories. Even if it was 500 calories, I would have to repeat this same bad behavior 7 more times to gain one real pound. So the key is to not get into a tailspin and turn that into my daily behavior again. While I value my body weight scale, IMO tracking tells me more than anything else.

Yes, I am now home and pre-tracked my day.

6/15 (Mass) – 125.2 Oops, almost forgot to post. It’s now 8:15 PM Tracking was good yesterday. It was day 3 with no exercise. Yuck! Today almost became day 4, but I got out for a fast evening walk.

6/16 (Mass) – 124.0 (Renpho 123.6) First time the two scales have differed by more than .2, and both were stubborn about staying. Today is a home day. My custom closet got installed yesterday. A big splurge for us and now I have no excuse for not keeping my stuff organized. :P Today, going to start putting things in. Going to go slow and nothing goes back in unless tried on, and will get worn.

6/17 (Mass) – 124.2 (Renpho 123.8) Second day with a .4 differential. This weekend is double father’s day. Today, I am cooking and entertaining with DS, DD, SIL, DGS, and hubby. All recipes I have never done before. Hawaiian them. Not sure how that happened, but should be fun. I’ll track today through lunch until the get together. I honestly do not have the energy to enter each of these 7 new recipes into the MFP recipe builder. So today is going to finish with thoughtful eating. Only one serving of anything and must stay an appropriate portion. Tomorrow, I will be able to track again even though we are taking my parents out to dinner.

6/18 (Mass) – 125.8 (Renpho 125.4) OMG why do I do this, and I am NOT complaining about the weight. Yesterday, I followed my plan as above, got through all the entertaining, and was planning on posting today about how I did not do my “after entertaining” binge behavior. Well, oops, I did it again. Next thing you know, the remaining 1/3 of a whole Cremora Tart was gone and in my belly. I felt disgusting!! I need to remember that. For some weird reason, I had stepped in the scale while changing before the kids arrived. Because of data, I stepped on the scale again before bed. Up 2.2 lb. Yes, I know that is not body fat gain. It was how much food was sitting in my stomach. No wonder I did not feel great. Overnight, I had hours of raging hot flashes as well. I also had hot flashes one other night a few weeks ago, when I evening binged. Seems to be another cause and effect and another non-scale reason that this behavior, that I think I enjoy doing, is actually not so enjoyable. Today is clean up, hopefully get some exercise, do returns, then take my parents out for fathers day. Stating it now, ordering the prosciutto wrapped cod. Calories are reported as 800. I can work with that for my day.

6/19 (Mass) – 125.0 (Renpho 125.2) Yesterday was good, except for missing another exercise day. Need to sort out how to change this. Cold mornings just do not inspire me to get outside. Hard to believe this is June. I did get the Cod (cals were 880 not 800) and I fit my day around it. I did notice overnight that ring finger was puffy, likely from salt. The odd thing is I found the dish tasted lacking in salt, and wished I had salted it (I did not add any). Ironic that it can taste that way, yet clearing be high salt.

6/20 (Mass)

SW: 234
GW:138-143

EW Round 224: 196
I am just coming off a 10-day maintenance round. I’m experimenting with a cycle of doing 10 days at a deficit followed by 10 days at or just above maintenance. Repeat. It’s partly inspired by the MATADOR study but mostly is just my way of making this process sustainable.

6/11 196.8
6/12 194 Amazing the water weight difference of dropping carbs for just one day! Also, yay! 40 pounds down!!!
6/13 193
6/14 191.8
6/15 191.6. Somewhat artificially low since I slept in and this was two hours after my usual weigh in time.
6/16 193.2 lol Eating 1200 calories over maintenance and a lot of carbs will do that. Plan is for reined in carbs and a caloric deficit today, but I plan to be over in both tomorrow for a celebration I’ve been looking forward to. Then I’ll have another three days of deficit and lower carb eating for the last three days of the challenge.
6/17 194.6
6/18 196.8 lol Back where I started. Three days of lots of carbs and eating at maintenance or higher will do that. It’ll drop again. Maybe not by the end of this challenge, but it will. It always does as long as I don’t give up.
6/19 194
6/20

Thank you @quiltingjaine for another round!

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Heaviest Weight Ever: 186.0
186 / 185 / 184 / 183 / 182 / 181 / 180
179 / 178 / 177 / 176 / 175 / 174 / 173 / 172 / 171 / 170
169 / 168 / 167 / 166 / 165 / 164 / 163 / 162 / 161 / 160 👉 159

Stick to Plan:

• Calorie cycle for a weekly average of 1200 to 1500 (with a maintenace day thrown in every now and then.
• Exercise: Row, Bike, Weights, Dance, Jazzercise, Kayak, Hike Figure out this new reality of no exertion for 6 months per doctor's orders. Ugh!! (Doctor cleared me to walk 20 mins a day, so happy about that!)
• Water: Shoot for 80oz per day
• Binge-Free & Sugar-Free for 100 days
• Reduce added salt
• Lots of veggies and protein, some fruit (very little processed foods or simple carbs which I hardly ever have)
• I need to figure out a way to get more fiber, especially from grains.

If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I so desperately wanted to be where I am now.

Last time I weighed was 5/17: 165.2
Round 226
6/11 - DNW I didn't realize it's been over 3 weeks since I posted. After my hospitalization and doctor's orders not to exert myself for 6 months (I really miss rowing), I got into a little funk. I stopped tracking my food because I was spending time tracking my heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen level. I haven't binged but I haven't eaten enough vegetables or fruit. I'm also having to eat in the mornings to take meds for the first time in my life. I'm never hungry in the mornings. On a positive note, my doctor cleared me to walk 20 mins a day. YAY! And I'm grateful to be on the mend! I haven't weighed for 3 weeks and will hold off weighing a little while longer. Right now, I'm focused on getting the nutrition I need, not my weight. I'm glad to be back and will catch up on everyone's posts over the next few days.💚💚💚
6/12 - DNW
6/13 - DNW
6/14 - DNW
6/15 - DNW
6/16 - DNW
6/17 - DNW - Still not weighing for now. I hit 100 days of my 100-day challenge of no bingeing or sugar. I can't believe I did it. Never thought it was possible. Sugar and processed carbs lead to my bingeing. Bingeing for 1 day leads to 2, then a week, then weeks, until I finally "start over" until the next binge. I know my triggers are sugar and simple carbs but I binge emotionally, too. What I'm grateful for is that I was able to control it during some very emotional days during this time period. Now, carrying forward, I've built up the confidence I can do this but even more importantly, I feel so much better and want to keep feeling this way! I don't think anything is wrong with sugar in moderation, but for me, it's like poison. I can't explain it but it just makes me feel horrible. And as we know, something making you feel horrible doesn't always stop you. Okay, onward....
6/18 - DNW

6/19 - 167.8 - I finally decided to weigh. Up about 2 pounds since May 17, the last time I weighed. That's not too bad considering I can't exert myself for 6 months (now almost 4 months to go). I wonder if I could have lost muscle already? That's really the hardest part for me, is not being able to keep my muscle mass while losing weight. Maybe more protein? I'll have to read more to make sure I'm gettng the right balance nutrionally since this is all new to me.

100-day Binge-free Challenge starting March 6…
⭐=10 successful days
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I did it! 💯days!

100-day Sugar-free Challenge starting March 6…
💚=10 successful days
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I did it! 💯days!

Breaking the salt habit (replace with spices and herbs) starting June 19. Plan: 10 days 1/2 tsp, then 10 days 1/4 tps, then 10 days 1/8 tsp, lastly no added salt (maybe?)
✳= 1 day 1/2 tsp added salt / ✴= 1 day 1/4 tsp added salt / ☑= 1/8 tsp added salt / ^=1 oops Day

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

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📆 2015–2023
R226 06/20/23: goals — calories <1400, night snack <200. Move!

Day, Weight, Comment

6/11 - 183
I had two nice walks with the pup yesterday, plus 2 hours weeding. I don’t use chemicals in my garden and I’m starting to wonder why! Anyway…our favorite traveling smoked chicken guy will be near us today, so that’s lunch/dinner around 1 o’clock. I have leftover salad for my evening snack. Should work well. Enjoy your Sunday!

6/12 - 183
I had a good day yesterday, but woke up feeling yucky. I should go out and work on another part of the garden, but I think I’m going to go back to bed for a while instead. Maybe another hour of sleep will help. You all have a great day!

6/13 - 183
Deja vu all over again! I did go back to bed for an hour yesterday morning—and slept 3.5 hours! Then I pretty much did nothing the rest of the day….read, knitted a couple of swatches for gauge for new projects, took Booker for a nice walk, had several 5-10 minute training sessions with him. I needed a do-nothing day, so all good.

6/14 - 183.2
Salty lunch yesterday, feeling puffy.

6/15 - 183.8
Hmmm. But ok, whatever. I didn’t walk as much as usual yesterday, and had some ice cream last night, so makes sense. Off for a walk now!

6/16 - 183.8
Yep, lasagna for dinner + popcorn later, and I wasn’t even hungry. What’s up with that? Our dog training club awards banquet is this evening, so I’ll try to keep things under control today and tonight. Why does it always feel like I need one of everything or I’ll miss out? I’m going to try hard to stick to salads and a small portion of one dessert. I’m not going to eat but to celebrate everyone’s successes with their dogs last year.

6/17 - 184.6
I don’t get this. In spite of the banquet, I was barely (17 calories) over maintenance. Well, I’ll try to eat light today, and I’m off for a walk and then at least two hours of yard work. I’m very frustrated.

6/18 - 184
Okay, yesterday I was well below my calorie goal. I’ve come up with a potential solution to my nighttime munchies….I’ve been conscientiously drinking at least 2 cups of calcium-fortified unsweetened almond milk every day to fight off osteopenia, and rather than having it with meals, I’m going to drink it in the evening in place of other snacks. I did last night and it was very satisfying. Tonight I think I’ll put it in the blender with ice for a “milkshake.”
@quiltingjaine You’re right, I’m sure there was a time lag on my indulgences. Oh well. Maybe I can at least finish the round no higher than I started.

6/19 - 183.8
Not much, but at least it’s moving in the right direction.

6/20 -

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Heaviest: 187 Sept. 2018
RGW Loss: 3lbs.
UGW: 140lbs

6/11-166
6/12-163
6/13-DNW
6/14-166
6/15–164
6/16-163
6/17-161
6/18-164
6/19-163-Qiilting ladies are coming here to work on charity quilts. I do that once a month and it makes me clean my sewing room and the rest of the house. On another note, a lady donated 12 boxes of her deceased mother’s fabric to our quilt guild. My friend and I spent a few hours going through about half of it to incorporate it into our guilds storage unit. That lady had a lot of fabric and I don’t want to do that to my family; I want to use mine all up or give it away.