JUST GIVE ME 10 DAYS - ROUND 228

Round 228
SW: 135.0# end of Round 227
RGW: 134.5#
Plan: log daily, plant based nutrition, strength training 3x/week, hydrate

Day, Weight, Comment
7/01 134.8#
7/02 135.4#
7/03 136.3#
7/04 135.2#
7/05 134.8#
7/06
7/07
7/08
7/09
7/10

Round 228~Sat July 1 2023 ~ Mon July 10 2023

Round 228
July 1 2023 ~ July 10 2023

My name is Tish.
Age: 66
Height: 5'7.5"
USW: 260
2023 Start Wgt:Don't know (Jan1)
CW:199
RG: 80ozs to 96ozs water

●(Fri•Jun 30 2023-¤199
▪︎Day1▪︎Sa•Jul 1-¤198.8
(Fr•69g Prot; 88ozs water)

▪︎Day2▪Su•Jul 2-¤199.7
(Sa•74g Prot; 96ozs water)

▪︎Day3▪Mo•Jul 3- ¤199.5
(Su• 73g Prot; 80ozs water)

▪︎Day4▪Tu•Jul 4- ¤DNW
(Mo• 46g Prot; 80ozs water)

■Day5▪We•Jul 5-¤199
(Tu• 88g Prot; 52ozs water)

▪︎Day6▪Th•Jul 6- ¤
(We•g Prot; ozs water)

▪︎Day7•Fr•Jul 7-¤
(Th•g Prot; ozs water)

▪︎Day8•Sa•Jul 8- ¤
(Fr•g Prot; ozs water)

▪︎Day9▪Su•Jul 9- ¤
(Sa•g Prot; ozs water)

▪︎Day10▪Mo•Jul 10-¤
(Su•g Prot; ozs water)
*Round End Weights*

Hi Everyone – Looking forward to another challenge, my 4th.
Female, 5’4”, 57 years of age
HW: 210 (May, 2022)
CW: 149.2
GW: still don’t know… hope I’ll know it when I see it in the mirror… chasing a “healthy” BMI first

Goals: Continue working on same goals from previous round because it seems to have worked!
Cardio: 8/10 days (only days I struggle with this are Sunday and Wednesday due to lack of time)
Bodyweight Train: 3/10 days <- The biggest struggle of mine currently. Really need to do this!
Logging Food: 10/10 days (using a food scale every time!)

SW Round 228: 149.2
7/1: 148.6 - bouncing around that 148* - truly hope it sticks this week. Did my early morning 60-minute Zumba class this morning and just finished meal planning and writing my grocery list for the next several days. I am off from work for the next 4 days... I feel so decadent! Had to buy a couple new sports bras this morning as I am shrinking I've also notice my sandal straps around the ankles are looser... need DH to punch some new holes for me.
7/2: 149.6 - and I continue to bounce. All good here. Was supposed to have the family over for lunch and game day, but oldest DS is sick, so we're going to attempt to do this on Tuesday instead. On the bright side, that means I can do my workout early instead of trying to do it late and being too tired to get it in. Looked in my closet to see what I can fit into... I have a dress that I've had for a couple of years where the material and the cut just hug the body. A few weeks ago, it still did not look all that great on me even though I have already lost around 60 pounds, but this morning, it is almost passable. I'll try it on again in a few weeks... hope springs eternal.
7/3: 148.2 - makes me smile to see that, even if it is fleeting. Going to try to get an extra workout in today since I am home, and I won't have my Zumba class tomorrow. Other than that, pretty quiet for me.
7/4: 147.7 - Oh yeah - very pleasant surprise this morning! Having a cookout with the family today, so don't expect that to stick, but still, nice to see. I am cooking, so I can control the what, but I need to also control the how much. Definitely have both healthy and not so healthy choices... but I fell kind of empowered now to stay on track.
7/5: 148.6 - SO Hard to get up and go back to work today. That 4-day weekend felt good. I made mostly good choices yesterday, but also allowed myself an indulgence or two, nothing out of control. After everyone left, I got a little bit of a workout in. All in all a successful day. Tomorrow is going to be a stressful day, but I have my after work cardio dance class to look forward to, which also means I won't have time to eat the stress away.
7/6
7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10
Michelle

@quiltingjaine and @musicsax, My experience with it is wonderful! so far.

~I now experience deeper, more restful, uninterrupted sleep. I have always been a very light sleeper and as I have gotten older, I sleep only about 4 hours nightly.
~No leg or foot cramps and none of those cramps that start in your ankle and creep up your leg.
~A lot less nerve tingling, especially when I take B12 and Alpha lipoic acid with it
~No constipation!
~A lot less stress- I can truthfully say that I did not get the cortisol surge when my husbands blood sugar sent him to the hospital. I feel like I have control over the cortisol, which I don't, the magnesium just allows me to have a much calmer physical reaction.
I have always taken a magnesium supplement but this liposomal magnesium is a game changer for me. The brand I am taking is Juvetirpo. It is a combination of magnesium threonate, citrate and glycinate. 2200mg in 2 softgels. 2200mg seems quite a bit high to me though, so I don't take it every day. I take it every other day and if I forget to take it, its because I am not experiencing any symptoms.


Magnesium Types and their benefits

What is liposomal?
What does liposomal mean?

LIPOSOMAL TECHNOLOGY: What it is and how it affects supplements

65 yr young F, 5ft 4 Round 228 (my 159th). Thank you @quiltingjaine for the new round.
Goal this round is yet again the same as last; to get back under and stay under 139. Holiday to Menorca is in 72 days, if I don’t crack on I’ll be needing to purchase a bigger size in holiday clothes and I do not want to do that. So, 72 days, 7 rounds at a pound per round should easily get me to where I want to be, only I can do it, I’ve done it before so I can do it again if I knuckle down otherwise before I know it I be up in the 150’s. Cuz that’s how weight just keeps creeping up on one !!! Really try to stay on track. After all I am what I eat in more ways than one, my whole demeanour is totally different when I am happy with myself!!
SW RND 228 139.2
7/1 139.2 – 5.8 miles walked, calories 247, carbs 50g & fat 17g over. We travelled down to St. Neots in Cambridgeshire for a 5 day break (brought scales with me !!) had cheese & crackers for lunch, with small glass port – mmmm. But restricted portion.
7/2 138.8 – 14.73 miles walked, 1 third of exercise calories eaten back.
7/3 139 – 7.38 miles walked. We were at an airshow at Shuttleworth, so the miles were done in 5 short walks; the woodland walk, round the gardens, up to the house & then back and also an evening walk back at the campsite after tea. All exercise calories eaten back.
7/4 139 – 9.85 miles walked mostly around the ground of Wrest Park, beautiful English Heritage property. 80% exercise calories eaten back.
7/5 140.4 – that’s what pizza does! 10.13 miles walked, all calories eaten back.


7/6 140.4 – 11.68 miles walked, 40% exercise calories eaten back.
7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10
👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE & I AM WHAT I EAT!!!!!

Highest weight: 206
Goal weight: 146
Round 212 end weight: 200.7
Round 224 end weight: 177.7
Round 225 vacation☀️
Round 226 vacation☀️
Round 227 vacation☀️

7/1 176.3
7/2 177.0
7/3 176.2
7/4 176.7
7/5 174.8
7/6 176.1
7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10

Hoping there is another round as I just found this community. I am currently on vacation, but would love to join the next round.

Male: 65
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016)
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205

Goals for this round:

Log my food daily.
Get some exercise.


Round 227 Posts
This is my posting format….

Month/Day: Scale Reading - First thing today after bathroom visit before getting dressed.
/ Logged Food; Exercise – yesterday / Comment

Previous posts:
6/30: 224.8
Starting weight at end of last round.




7/5: 224.4

7/6: 222.2
/ Not doing a very good job logging lately; went over to the public pool yesterday and did a little bit of water walking./ By the way, I was very pleased with the way the ribs turned out on Tuesday.

7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10: Birthday




Historical Averages:

7/1 128.6
7/2 128.4
7/3 127.8
7/4 128.4
7/5 128.8
7/6 130
7/7
7/8
7/9
7/10

Christine from Burlington, Ontario, Canada 😊
My 17th Round
Age: 53
Height: 5’3.75”
HW: 345 lbs (Aug 2005)
LW: 135.4 (June 2023)
CW: 137 lbs
GW: 135 lbs
Long-term Goal: <145.6 lbs until June 5, 2024 (Normal BMI)

This round's daily goals:
1. <1300 + 50% exercise cals 10/10 days – 😊☹☹😊😊
2. 7.4 miles of steps 10/10 days – 😊☹☹☹☹
3. 8 cups fluids 10/10 days – ☹😊☹😊☹
4. Meditation 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹
5. Strength/Bike/Swim 10/10 days – ☹☹☹☹☹
6. Attend work 3/3 days – 😊☹
7. Stay under 140 lbs 10/10 days – 😊😊😊😊😊😊

7/1 – 137 lbs - Down -- lbs this round and 2 lbs to goal; /228 miles for July.
7/2 – 136.2 lbs - Down 0.8 lbs this round and 1.2 lbs to goal; 10.76/228 miles for July. Well, my weight is coming down again. Maybe this is what maintenance looks like? I am charting a bunch of things in Excel so I can easily look at any correlations between mood, energy, hunger, weight, calories, menstrual cycle, etc. So far I am finding it helpful to be able to easily compare those numbers. I have noticed that my mood goes a bit low every time I weigh myself and the number has increased, so that is something to keep an eye on. I feel like my hunger has been pretty low in the last several days, and my calories are definitely not excessive (except for the one day we went out for Greek food). I wonder if this is the calorie range and exercise level I’ll have to maintain if I want to maintain this weight. My mood was excellent yesterday! I got to go visit a niece of mine who I rarely see. It was so nice to see her and her partner. Plus I got 10 miles of steps in. Had a nice long walk in the morning with the dog and hubby. I also tried a new recipe for breakfast- some kind of Greek yogurt pancakes with strawberries. It was pretty good. So overall it was just a really lovely day. I wonder if that Cipralex is kicking in. Lol. Hope so.
7/3 - 136.6 lbs - Down 0.4 lbs this round and 1.6 lbs to goal; 16.76/228 miles for July. We went to my MIL for lunch yesterday, which involved a long drive back and forth. I didn’t make my exercise goals and my calories went off the rails – I didn’t track and there was McDonald’s on the way home. The scale is only up a bit today, but I am sure it will be up even higher tomorrow. I will try to stay on the straight and narrow today, but we are having my niece and her fiancé over for dinner, so we shall see what happens (they wanted to order Chinese). This is a different niece from the other day, btw. Lol. We are doing a lot of visiting, as hubby is rarely home this long for socializing. I had all last week off with him, which was amazing. This week I have to work Tues/Weds only, and then I go back on the 10th. Hubby probably will go back on the 17th. It is just great having him home. This Saturday I am hosting a kayaking/picnic for 9 of my family members, to celebrate my 1 year of sobriety (which is officially July 28th). I wanted to celebrate and didn’t want to do something that was sitting around and drinking. (IE, have everyone for dinner, or whatever.) So I came up with renting kayaks. Everyone was on board with that! So I have officially turned myself from a “party girl” to a “sporty girl”! Haha! It sounds silly but it really turned out to be quite an effective mind trick – thinking to myself, “What would a sporty girl do?” I do not miss drinking at all anymore, and I am so glad I don’t still have cravings, etc. It is difficult to feel my stupid feelings, but I guess it is better than being drunk every day. Plus, I am down 56.6 lbs since July 3, 2022, so I think overall it has helped me with my weight loss goals. Certainly I am killing it in the walking department, which I was not doing when I was drinking heavily. So I am proud of how far I have come. 😊 I was saying to hubby the other day that is surprising that I have not thrown in the towel and just started bingeing, this time, like I have always done every other time I have lost 30, 40, 50, 100 lbs. Always, no matter how long I restricted, I ended up going back to bingeing eventually and gained everything back and sometimes more. The difference is that this time I am not so hard on myself when I slip up or eat something that wasn’t on plan or go out for dinner or skip a day of exercise or whatever. I am wayyyy more gentle with myself, and forgiving, and I don’t beat myself up over it, like I would have in the past. Also I am being way more patient with the rate of loss – normally I would get so angry if I wasn’t losing “fast enough”, and eventually I would lose hope and just go back to over-eating (instead of restricting way too hard). So I have learned some self-kindness and some patience, at the old age of 53! Which makes me hopeful that maybe this time I will be able to maintain some kind of healthy weight, whatever that may turn out to be. I have not had hope of maintaining any amount of weight loss in… well, never, actually. So even though I ate too much when we went to McDonald’s last night, I am not too worried about it. I know my weight will bounce up, but I know we are on vacation, it is a long weekend, we were on the road and wanted something quick, and I was too hungry to wait the 2 hours till we got home, so I’m totally fine with it. I mean, I could have skipped the hot fudge sundae, but live and learn. Lol. Anyway, the point is that I feel very confident that no matter if the scale goes up a few pounds, if I just focus, I know it will come back down again in a few days; I don’t have to go into mega-restriction mode and punish myself with an unsustainable amount of exercise, etc. I just have to be chill, and everything will be fine. It’s really a very unusual state of mind, for me!
7/4 – 137.4 lbs - Up 0.4 lbs this round and 2.4 lbs to goal; 21.74/228 miles for July.
7/5 – 138.8 lbs - Up 1.8 lbs this round and 3.8 lbs to goal; 29.05/228 miles for July.
7/6 – 137.4 lbs - Up 0.4 lbs this round and 2.4 lbs to goal; 35.03/228 miles for July. Falling behind on my steps goal for this month. It’s been very hot so I can only really walk the dog in the early morning. (Other than pee breaks, of course.) Energy, concentration and mood have been very low the past few days, which is not unusual as I started my TOM yesterday. I had a super upsetting mtg with my boss yesterday and I felt the urge to drink afterwards (which I have not felt in a long time) and when that passed then I felt the urge to eat/binge. I was able to let both urges pass, thankfully. I started crying near the end of the mtg and had to turn off my mic and type my last few comments in the chat. I was crying too hard to speak. Then I couldn’t stop crying so I decided to log off work for the balance of the day. (I had a bunch of other mtgs scheduled and did not think I could be present and effective for those.) I was able to ask hubby for some time alone and I decided to feel my stupid feelings. I was able to label my feelings (“I feel sad and angry and unsupported”) and also identify where I was feeling that in my body (“I feel that in my stomach and my chest is really tight”). Then I reminded myself that feelings are temporary and will pass. And I remembered that if I could not calm down, I had an ice pack in the freezer to put on my eyes, if necessary, which was good to remember but I ended up not needing it. I’m glad I was able to remember some coping strategies even though I was very upset. Today I am thinking “I am just having a rough patch with my career. This is very common and happens to a lot of people. All I can do is make a plan to move forward. This will pass and things will get better.” It is unusual for me to not be thinking “I am a failure and I am stupid and I can’t do anything right and why bother and I should just quit” etc. although I did feel the “I should just quit” feeling right after the upsetting meeting. When I did think that, I was able to remind myself to not make any decisions when I am feeling so upset and think about it again later. I had previously booked today and tomorrow off to prepare for my kayak/picnic day on Saturday, so I have until Monday to calm down about it and hopefully return with a better attitude on Monday.
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I am Marlene. I'm 63. Married, two adult children in their 40s, 2 grand babies (5 and 3 months) and one pup (Missy who is 13). Semi retired since 2014

July Goals
Lose 5 pounds ⚖️
Make Water a Daily habit again 💦
Dog Walk Daily 🐶🚶‍♀️
Daily Purge Project

HW 234
WLTD: 12 lbs
July SW: 224.8
Short Term Goal: 199
Long Term Goal - 145

Goals for the Next 10 Days: stick to morning and evening routines, cut out ADS (after dinner snacking), walk dog daily, pre-track nutrition and weight daily.

July 1: 223.8
Stayed focused and met all my goals

July 2:  222.6
Another good day of focus and staying on track.

July 3: 221.8
I was out most of the day today. My knee was horribly painful (tore my meniscus last month 😥) you do not realize how important your knees are until they are damaged. Pup will get a break from a walk today - besides, it's 35 degrees out there. #idonotfeelguilty

July 4: 223.8
A gain today. Likely because I had popcorn last night. This is why I have difficulty weighing in every day. I go up and down and i get frustrated.
Will persevere and keep focused.

July 5: 223.4
Out and about today.
Got an afternoon swim in the river too! It was like a bathtub it was so warm.
Worked the knee, but man..it is so sore.
Must keep working on the physio.

Round 228 (my 63rd)
July 1, 2023 - July 10, 2023
Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Previous Rounds: RSW: 132.9 pounds 6/30/23, EO Round 227)
RGW: < 135.0 pounds
UGW: 130-135 pound range

Day/Weight/Comment
7/1: 134.0 - Well, not a great way to start a round, but hopefully can only go down from here.
7/2: 133.8 - I just love (not) how my weight will take these 1 pound jumps up over night but then sloooooooowly work its way down.
7/3: 133.2 - Last night’s binge has not yet shown up on the scale, but it will soon.
7/4: 133.2 - Hmm…I thought I did pretty well yesterday. Holding steady.
7/5: 133.4 - Too many sweet treats yesterday
7/6: 134.5 - I had a great day yesterday with a good workout, good sleep and not eating back my exercise calories. The scale is finally catching up with my past sins.
7/7: -
7/8: -
7/9: -
7/10: -

Total round weight loss/gain to date from EO last round: + 1.6 pounds

Round 228
SW: 135.0# end of Round 227
RGW: 134.5#
Plan: log daily, plant based nutrition, strength training 3x/week, hydrate

Day, Weight, Comment
7/01 134.8#
7/02 135.4#
7/03 136.3#
7/04 135.2#
7/05 134.8#
7/06 134.2# Better mood now that it’s not raining. I’ve been stressing over work but talking to my adult son (my swim buddy) always helps to put things into perspective.
7/07
7/08
7/09
7/10