Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 231

I am about 12 kg along the way to lose 32 kg. I use multiple tape measurements (cm) around my body because they aren't affected by salt intake. Apparently I've been trying to lose weight since September 2012, the last time I was at goal weight. Let's see if stopping eating sugary food is going to change things.

Heaviest ever 1st Jan 2021, goal+31.8 kg

March 2022, started measuring system 867.0 cm total

Here are my measurements, bolded means a column number has dropped by 0.5 cm from a previous bolded number, and the number is used to sum the total measurement

102.0 91.0 101.5 56.0 46.0 56.0 46.0 102.0 92.0 102.0 29th
100.5 91.0 102.0 56.5 46.0 56.5 45.0 100.5 92.0 103.0 30th
101.5 91.0 102.0 56.0 46.0 56.0 45.5 102.0 92.5 103.0 31st
102.0 91.5 101.5 57.0 46.0 57.0 46.0 101.0 91.5 101.5 1st
100.5 91.0 102.0 56.0 46.0 57.0 46.5 100.5 93.5 104.0 2nd
102.0 91.5 101.5 56.5 46.5 56.5 47.0 102.0 94.0 103.0 3rd
101.0 91.0 102.0 57.0 45.5 55.5 46.0 102.0 93.0 103.0 4th
101.0 92.0 101.5 57.0 47.0 56.0 46.5 101.5 93.5 101.5 5th
102.0 91.5 101.0 56.0 46.0 55.5 46.0 102.0 92.0 103.5 6th
100.0 90.5 101.5 57.0 47.0 57.0 47.5 101.5 93.0 103.0 7th
99.0 91.5 101.0 57.0 45.5 56.0 46.0 101.5 92.0 102.5 8th
101.5 90.5 101.0 55.5 46.0 56.0 45.5 100.5 93.0 103.0 9th


Total is 790 cm.

UkinBtheSun wrote: »

@UkinBtheSun

Round 231



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 63 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 188 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
R230 EW= 194.2
R231 EW= 194.6


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.

Mini challenge: My monthly goal is always about 4 pounds per month. HOWEVER, I never seem to make that. I will continue to keep that goal because it Should Be achievable (even though it is not for me) but never say never, right? So, Between Independence Day Holiday (July 4th) and Labor Day Holiday (Sept 4th) I will weigh somewhere, ANYWHERE in the 180’s. I don’t care if it’s on the brim. I’ve got to start getting further away from the 200’s again! Starting Weight on 7/4 is 195.4.


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********

Day/Weight/Comment
07/30 …..194.2….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

07/31 -193.8- (Trend weight 195.4)

08/01 -193.6- (Trend weight 195.2)


08/02 -194.6- (Trend weight 195.2)

08/03 -196.8- (Trend weight 195.3)

08/04 -195.4- (Trend weight 195.3)

08/05 -196.6- (Trend weight 195.4)

08/06 -197.6- (Trend weight 195.6)

08/07 -195.8- (Trend weight]195.6)

08/08 -194.6- (Trend weight 195.6) Another good day for the books. I am just 0.4 above my starting weight. I don’t know if I can drop yet again on another overnight to at least break even this round. I’m really paying for the 3 days of irresponsibility. The travel day, the festival day and the cereal binge day. I danced for 32 minutes last night but my water intake was low. I’ll try working on that today. I’m going to pre-log my foods again. That seems to really help me stay on track. I just gotta watch it when the night monsters come out teasing of off-plan snacks!

08/09 -194.6- (Trend weight 195.6) Wow! I almost didn’t have time to jump onto MFP today. Oldest daughter over this morning (shame on her for bringing chocolate chunk zucchini bread to go with our coffee from zucchini fresh from her garden). She is not the one that is usually the foodie. She loves to cook though but is always watching her weight like me. Then a contracter came for 3 hours going over all the projects in my house. He’ll be back Friday to start working on some small repairs, tying up some loose ends etc. as he works out quotes for the bigger jobs. Then I had to run out of town (about 60 miles each way) for something he needs Friday. Can’t go tomorrow due to long hair appointment. I’m hoping, still yet, to get on my exercise bike but we’ll see how I feel after my posts. I do need to burn some of the “bad” carbs and calories I ate today. In any case, I will be doing a little strength training tonight. Nice round everyone! See you tomorrow!


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

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:
Previous Rounds:
RND 229 - SW: 287.8; FW: 280.4 (-7.4)
RND 230 - SW: 280.4; FW: 276.0 (-4.4)

Goals:
* track food every day
* walk for at least 30 minutes and/or 1 mile every day

Round 231
heaviest: 294 (7/4/23)
SW: 276.0
GW (short term): 250
RGW: 273

7/31 - 276.2 - 2.86 miles - Curious that I've increased my walk by nearly two miles and I'm actually gaining weight. I try to stay within the original calorie goal (ignoring exercise calories), but I don't measure everything precisely and I think those calories are starting to add up. I've been wanting lots of snacks, especially since my husband bought potato chips (my trigger food) and I'm now craving them because they are in the house. I spend half my time trying not to think about them. Made chicken noodle soup tonight and it should be about 400 calories for a two cup serving (which fills our soup bowls) but I probably got way more noodles for the first helping because it's all floating on top so who knows how many calories I had. Now I have to convince myself to not have Veggie Straws or a piece of chocolate bar.

8/1 - 273.8 - 2.93 miles - My weight finally went down, but I have no idea why it went so far. I weighed myself twice, once after cleaning underneath the scale to make sure something wasn't affecting it. My body is so weird sometimes. I've decided to try and up my walking to two miles every day this month. It was okay the first three days I did nearly three miles, but today was rough. I have to figure out where I need to turn around for it to be only two miles because my route right now is three miles and it's going to be too hard to keep up long-term right now. But one mile feels way too short now after doing it every day for a month. We'll see how it goes.

8/2 - 273.2 - 2.25 miles - Reduced my miles today because I knew I was going to be doing some hard labor in the yard. My husband bought a bunch of bags of mulch but our side yard is covered in rocks. So I spent almost two hours after my walk, shoveling as much of the rocks as I could and carrying them to the back of our property. Then I put out three bags of mulch. Covered like a 1/5 of the yard. I feel surprisingly well after all that work. No big pains in my back, shoulders or arms. My legs are sore from the walk but that's normal. I'll be out there again tomorrow morning before the heat gets too bad. I have 6 more bags to put out so a lot of rocks to haul. And that definitely will not cover even half probably.

8/3 - 272.0 - 2.72 miles - Definitely walked too far today. I didn't feel too sore from yesterday, but my knee started aching after the first mile but I just kept going. Then by the time I got home it was really hurting and I still needed to work in the yard. I spent about an hour and a half (maybe longer), shoveling rocks and moving them to the back of the property. I also climbed all over the back, cutting down blackberry bushes that took over the neighbor's property and are encroaching into ours (although the blackberries are delicious in the summer, they are an invasive species and will take over your entire yard). I think I laid three bags of mulch today, but I don't feel like I got as much done. Then I had to come in and fix the washing machine that flooded the laundry room last night. And when I went to get some soup for dinner, I found out my husband had eaten the entire container which was at least 3 or 4 bowls. So I made a box of red beans and rice with andouille sausage in it. Tomorrow is more shoveling rocks and watching my grandson all day.

8/4 - 271.4 - 3.05 miles - Well, that mileage isn't accurate for my walk because I forgot to turn the tracking app off when I got home so it tracked me walking all over my property for over an hour, lol. I shoveled more rocks and put down one bag of mulch but I feel like I got nothing done. There's still a huge pile of rocks right where it was when I started. I did cut down a dead bush that was there also. Can't seem to get the roots up, though. I went on my walk late so was working in the yard in the afternoon when it was getting really hot. I gave up after almost two hours of feeling like I did nothing but make myself miserable. Hopefully, I get more done tomorrow.

8/5 - 270.0 - 2.07 miles - Spent two hours in the yard again. It seems to be my limit of what I can handle before I'm exhausted and dripping in sweat (literally, it kept dripping onto my glasses every time I bent down then my vision was blurry). Laid the last bag of mulch and estimate we need at least 8 more if we don't do under the plum tree. Then I went for my walk after changing out of my gross clothes. I was so sore and tired from shoveling rocks and pulling up grass that I was miserable on the entire walk. My feet ached and I have a tight muscle in my lower back that is just ugh. And my knee... too much. I tried to make burgers and hot dogs on the grill tonight but didn't have enough charcoal for both and then it wouldn't even light. I've never had trouble with Matchlight before. I gave up after two tries, put the hot dogs in the freezer for another time and made burgers on the stove. Of course, my husband bought 80% lean burgers instead of the 91% lean I usually get. Mine are like 190 calories, his was 290. So I had half a burger, a 1/4 cup of mac & cheese and a helping of seasoned fries. Still came under my goal so I had some Life cereal for dessert.

8/6 - 270.8 - 3.2 miles - Went on a longer walk today and wore myself out so I didn't work in the yard. My husband didn't get the mulch anyway so there wasn't much to do and it was rainy out. I'm also still sore all over from all of the rock moving the past week so I needed a break. Had leftover red beans and rice for dinner. Trying to figure out what I'm going to cook this week. I feel like everything I think of I need at least one ingredient. Guess it's time to make a list of possible dishes and figure out what I need. It's complicated when I want to cook low-cal for myself and something everyone else will eat instead of my low-cal stuff.

8/7 - 268.8 - 2.34 miles - Not much to report today. Did my walk a little late and got back at 1:30. Took a bath again tonight because I've kinked a muscle in my back/hip area and it's just so sore. It helps a little, but as soon as I get out, it tenses back up. Using a heating pad on it now. We're getting more mulch tomorrow so it's back to shoveling rocks.

8/8 - 267.8 - 3.01 miles - Forgot to start my tracking app when I went on my walk so I had to figure out the correct mileage by using Google maps and just tracing it out. We didn't get more mulch, but did go grocery shopping. My husband said he would spend a lot less if he went without me then he bought me three expensive dessert options (each at least $7). I never would have bought that stuff because it's just too expensive. If I had been the only one to go into Safeway, I would have bought guacamole, pico de gallo and 91% lean frozen burgers because that's all I came for. He spent $100 on stuff instead. But I'm the problem. Anyway, made "steak" tacos from carne picada and used all low-cal stuff on it and had two tasty and mostly filling tacos. I thought it was going to be much higher in calories but I'm way under for the night. Now I get to decide if I want one of those desserts or a bowl of Rice Crispies with a banana in it instead.

8/9 - 267.2 - 2.4 miles - Finally went to get more mulch today so looks like I'll be back to shoveling rocks and laying mulch tomorrow. Just in time for the hottest weather of summer so far. Ugh. I did get some new shoes because my old Sketchers walking shoes were worn just about through the bottom. But we went to the store late so my walk was really late and it was pretty hot so I didn't walk as long as normal. I was also breaking in the new shoes.

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: 148.0
UGW: 140.0
07/29 - 150.9 at 7:00 a.m. ...6.65 miles in 133 mins
07/30 - 151.5 at 7:00 a.m. ...5.15 miles in 94 mins
Day/Weight/Comment
07/31 - 152.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then my trainer for 60 mins
08/01 - 151.1 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing!!!
08/02 - 152.3 at 6:00 a.m. ...workout w/my trainer for 60 mins
08/03 - 152.2 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing!!!
08/04 - 153.3 at 6:30 a.m. ...workout w/my trainer for 60 mins
08/05 - 152.4 at 7:00 a.m. ...6.47 miles in 121 mins
08/06 - 153.5 at 7:00 a.m. ...nothing!! Too hot here in northern California!!
08/07 - 151.5 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then my trainer for 60 mins
08/08 - 151.3 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then nothing!!!
08/09 - 152.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then my trainer for 60 mins
Good luck everyone!
Chris