Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 239

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📆 2015–2023

Goals— *178 by 12-31-23. *150 by 12-31-24. *130 by 12-31-25.

R238 10/18/23: end weight 187.6 (+.6)
R239 10/28/23: end weight 186.8 (-.8)

Day, Weight, Comment

10/26 - 187
Didja miss me? Our internet has been out since 10/20, finally fixed yesterday. I’d go to a nearby Starbucks once a day, sit in the parking lot, and check email, but that’s about all. I felt a bit isolated, but also, with no tv, got a lot of reading and knitting done! But we’re happy to have it fixed, finally — they had to run a new cable. So, I’m baaaaack! I did weigh in every morning, but didn’t record my weights. No biggie. 😁

10/27 - 187.2
I took a nice long walk this morning with Charlie, who has been here 3 weeks now. He’s a really sweet guy and keeps me laughing. Here’s a pic from this morning—the video is hilarious as he bounces and runs around Mike the cat. 😊 Laughter has to be good for weight loss!

10/28 - 186.8
Ok, down a smidge. I did have popcorn last night, but overall I’m doing better with nighttime snacking, so that’s good. See you next round!

Previous Rounds
Round 237 SW 169 EW 167.4
Round 238 SW: 166.8 EW 166.4

Round 239 SW: 167.6
Ultimate GW: 125

10/19: 167.6
10/20: 167
10/21: 165
10/22: 165.6
10/23: 165.8
10/24: 164.8
10/25: 164.4
10/26: 164.8
10/27: DNW
10/28: 166.6

Back for another round.

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:
Previous Rounds:
Goals:
* track food every day
* walk for at least one hour and/or 3 miles every day
* OR go to the gym and do 15 minutes on the bike and 30 minutes on the treadmill

Round 239
heaviest: 294 (7/4/23)
SW: 232.8
GW (short term): 220
RGW: 229

10/19 - 231.8 - 3.33 miles - Got out for my walk late because I was working on notes for a story I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. Then I had to cut the walk short because I took too long and needed to pick my daughter up from work. Still got in a good amount of walking anyway. Then I just spend the whole day writing backstories for minor characters and having way too much fun. But it kept me from thinking about snacking all day.

10/20 - 231.8 - 3.7 miles - Did an extra long walk and then got a little more exercise later walking down to the creek near our house. It's a very steep walk that switch backs a couple times with stairs that are like 10" high. It's just a rough walk, but my daughter wanted to do her senior pictures on what looks like the last nice day before the pictures are due (in two weeks). So down I went. Took like hundred pictures and we only liked a few and most of those wouldn't be acceptable for the school (not the right pose) but she wants to put them on her instagram instead. So now I have to spend the weekend going through the pictures, picking the best ones and editing them in photoshop. Hopefully we can find one that really works.

10/21 - 231.0 - 3.57 miles - The weather has taken a turn. It was in the 70s and sunny the last few days, but the temps are supposed to continue to drop the next two weeks with rain. Today was in the 60s and dreary out, but the rain stayed away for my entire walk. In fact, it was just when I got back to the house that I started to feel sprinkles. So perfect timing. Made flounder for supper. Couldn't decide on a recipe to try so just did a bunch and everyone took small pieces of the different kinds to decide which was their favorite. Me and my oldest daughter like the plain butter and dill ones the best while my son and grandson like the one with breadcrumbs and parmesan. I didn't even have a recipe for the dill one, I just had a taste for dill (I even put some on my mashed potatoes) and I know it pairs well with fish. The fish was a big success and now I think I know which ones I'll make next time.

10/22 - 230.6 - 3.58 miles - Waited to do my walk until after the football game was over which was around 1pm. That was a good choice because it was raining when I got up at 8:30am, and when the game ended it was dreary but only sprinkled a little on the entire 75 minutes I was out. It's supposed to be like this most of this week, but next week the rains are supposed to come on strong (just in time for Halloween, of course). I'll be taking walks outside for as long as I possibly can.

10/23 - 229.4 - 3.64 miles - Pulled out a pair of sweats I bought a couple years ago that got too small. They were comfy standing up but my ankles/calves were so swelled that when I sat, the cuffs would cut off circulation in my legs and hurt. I had to tie them tight because the elastic was too loose. They're still too snug for my liking when I sit down (I just like really loose clothes), but they're going to be perfect for walking now that the temperatures are dropping. Dropped below 230lbs for the first time in probably 20 years. I'm still in shock at how much weight I've lost in this short of time. I never thought I'd see the scale in the 220s again. And here I am aiming for under 200 and thinking I might actually do it this time (I've done calorie tracking before but always gave up after a month or two but it's really stuck this time). Every time I think about having a "cheat" day or giving up or whatever, I look at the most recent number and think, do I really want to take two steps back? I know I'll get back down again, but do I really want to waste two days doing it? So far the answer has always been no and I just keep carrying on losing weight.

10/24 - 230.2 - 2.34 miles (walk) - 3.9 miles (bike) - The rains started so I headed to the gym today. There was no one around so decided to use the weight machines. I did the lightest weight on the bench press, lightest weight for the butterfly one (15lbs) and 30lbs on the pulldown machine. I did 3 sets of 10 reps each. Will probably add some more sets next time. I then did my regular bike for 15 minutes and walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill. Sadly, I was back over 230lbs this morning. Guess I overestimated the amount of steak I had for lunch and rice/stir fry for dinner. Not a big deal. I cut back on both when I had leftovers and now I have a bunch of extra calories left (might have a bag of popcorn later). We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Hoping to see it back to 229 something.

10/25 - 228.2 - 3.63 miles - Had to watch my grandson today. Could have gone on my walk before my husband left for work but decided to wait until my daughter got home around 3pm. It was a good choice because it rained all morning and stopped by the time I went for my walk so I got to stay outside instead of going to the gym. And I wasn't feeling those arm exercises last night, but they sure caught up with me today. Ouch.

10/26 - 228.4 - 2.43 miles (walk) - 3.8 miles (bike) - It wasn't raining today, but it was really chilly when I left around noon. And my daughter has stolen my warm hoodie and won't give it back. So I went to the gym. Did some more arm exercises (so sore now) and my usual routine of 15 minutes on the bike and 30 minutes on the treadmill, but I upped it to 3.1mph which was definitely pushing me more than usual (my average speed outside is 2.7mph which is what I usually start at). Had the last of the stir fry chicken and veggies (with no rice) for lunch which was not much. Then we had turkey tacos for dinner. I'm still kind of hungry since I didn't have much lunch so I shall distract myself with outlining my novel that I will start writing in *checks notes* six days. Yikes. I can't believe October is almost over.

10/27 - 227.6 - 3.49 miles - Was nice and sunny today if a bit chilly. I was comfortable in a light sweater for most of it because walking gets me sweaty. Until the wind started gusting. That sucked and then I'd get into a shady area where the wind was gusting and just ugh. Couldn't wait to get home. Other than that, I haven't gotten anything done today.

10/28 - 226.4 - 4.4 miles - Decided to get my flu shot and Covid booster today. I hadn't a flu shot since 2019 I think, and my last Covid booster was January 2022. I so far haven't gotten Covid which is shocking because I usually catch everything. I walked over there then bought a few groceries and walked home. My arms are sore but I can't tell if it's from the vaccines or from carrying stuff two miles home. Possibly both. I had a light lunch and a couple small turkey tacos for dinner, so I have room tonight to have a bag of microwave popcorn.

@antiderivative Congratulations on leaving the Obese Catagory in your BMI. That is a Marvelous Accomplishment!

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

Round 237 800.5 cm
Round 238 796.0

Here are my measurements, bolded means a column number is 0.5 cm less than the previous bolded column number and is used to sum the total measurement.

101.0 91.5 101.5 57.0 46.5 56.5 46.0 100.5 93.5 103.0 19th Oct
101.5 92.0 101.5 56.5 46.0 56.0 46.0 102.5 94.0 103.0 20th
102.5 92.0 102.5 57.0 47.5 56.0 46.5 103.0 93.0 102.0 22nd
101.0 91.0 101.0 57.0 47.0 56.5 46.0 103.5 91.0 102.5 23rd
100.5 89.5 101.0 56.5 46.0 56.0 45.5 103.0 92.0 102.0 24th
101.0 90.5 101.5 56.0 47.0 56.0 46.0 102.0 92.0 102.5 25th
101.0 91.0 102.0 57.0 46.0 57.0 46.0 99.5 92.5 101.0 28th

The total is 791.5 cm, a loss from the previous round.

Final update before I move over!

Highest Weight- 397lb (10th October 2023)
First Goal weight- 350lb by new year!

19/10- 383.8lb
20/10- 384.2lb
21/10- 385.2lb
22/10- 380.6lb (there's the whoosh!)
23/10- 378.4lb (entering a new decade! woohoo!)
24/10- 377.6lb (I would love to be close to the 360s by the end of this challenge! I'll keep plugging along!)
25/10- 376.2lb (official weigh in day is tomorrow but I am so happy for the progress this week!)
26/10- 374.2lb (that's over 9lb this week! I know that things will slow down, I am going into my third week of my program so hopefully I can get into the 360s next week or soonish. I can't wait to start exercising!!!)
27/10- 373.6lb
28/10-372.6lb

Total loss for this round- 11.2lb!