Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 241

Just trying to get healthy. Skinny may be a bonus.

SW RND 241
11/8 - 175.6, walked 2 miles yesterday, ate ok, need more veg, fruit
11/9 - 175.2, didn't walk yesterday, 1 mile today, ate bad yesterday, better today
11/10 - 176.2, no idea why. No problem.
11/11 - 176.2 didn't walk yesterday, going right now. Ate well yesterday
11/12 - 176.2 do I need to check my scales? Lol. Maybe I've found my happy spot!
Walked yesterday and today. Beautiful weather. Ate pretty well, too.
11/13 - 176.2 walked, ate well, extra hungry, ate extra, but still healthy.
11/14 - 176.6 paying for that extra yogurt and fruit last night. But it was sooo good! I will do it again today, but I will plan ahead to fit it in my calories.
11/15 - 175.8 ate well yesterday. Ate a lot of low calorie high nutrient foods. No exercise.
11/16 - 175 ate well yesterday. Not real hungry. Didn't walk. Didn't sleep well last night, so probably won't eat as well today. We'll see.
11/17 - 174.8, ate well and walked yesterday

Through this round, I walked several times, could have walked more. I ate healthy most of the time. I didn't ever completely derail, just a few indulgences. I'm still losing a little weight, very slowly, which is fine. I'd like to add a little exercise, but my mind just isn't ready for it.
Good round!

Round 241


MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 63 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.
ROUND 198 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
R240 EW= 183.6
R241 EW= 179.8


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. But I must say, I would love to hit the 170’s this round. 179 point ANYTHING.
Final goal: 145-155. We’ll see how I look & feel when I get there.
Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

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

Day/Weight/Comment
11/07 …..183.6….. ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND

11/08 -182.6- (Trend weight 184.1)

11/09 -183.2- (Trend weight 184.0)

11/10 -183.0- (Trend weight 183.9)

11/11 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

11/12 -DNW- (Trend weight DNW)

11/13 -183.8- (Trend weight 184.3)

11/14 -182.6- (Trend weight 184.1)

11/15 -181.4- (Trend weight 183.8)

11/16 -179.6- (Trend weight 183.4) Thrilled, amazed and grateful to have hit the 170’s today. I worked so hard yesterday on both diet and exercise to give myself the push I needed to get as close as possible. I have not hit the 170’s in over 5 years, since Sept 2018 according to my MFP records. Last time I hit them, it was very short-lived. I never met my 145-155 goal. I never saw the 160’s even. Almost immediately I started to slowly creep back up. I re-gained the most during Covid shut-downs in early 2020. I’m not going to get lax this time. I haven’t met my goal yet in my weight, my size, my BMI or my blood glucose numbers. Everything is getting better but there’s still so much work ahead.

11/17 -179.8- (Trend weight 183.0) I am up just a blip after beginning to self-sabotage last night. Luckily I kept it to my “approved foods” and stopped before the damage was too bad with a 0.2 lb gain overnight. I’m hanging onto the 170’s by the skin of my teeth. Those of you who know me best know that I will not consider myself in the 170’s solidly until I reach 177 point anything so I still have a ways to go. However, I am grateful for the possibility. Great round everyone! Tomorrow I travel about 4 hours each way down to University Hospital for some medical tests (for daughter). Food will be at restraunt along the way. I will try to be mindful but where we eat will be her choice. Thanksgiving is coming up for those of us in America. I’m hoping I can tip-toe all the way up to it, Bang it out on Turkey day, then tip-toe back out without too much lasting damage. The key will be what I keep for leftovers and what I send home with others. Will it be lean turkey that I keep or will it be pie and desserts? Oh boy! See you all next round.

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

Hi, I'm Charissa

Thank you, again, QuiltingJaine for hosting this challenge!

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

Back from vacation and feeling, albeit a little heavier, but relaxed and rested~ This next week is going to be challenging as well as I prepare to move.
I will take it one day at a time.
I'm definitely dehydrated so that will be my focus while also trying to maintain my step count.

Normal Goals Stats and Previous Rounds SW: 216.8
****Vacation****
11/8 ~ DNW
11/9 ~ DNW
11/10 ~ DNW
11/11 ~ DNW
11/12 ~ DNW
****End Vacation****
11/13 ~ 222.4 Yikes! I exercised daily anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. There was still lots of walking. Did NOT do well with water so I know I'm dehydrated and retaining water. I ate and drank what I wanted and had a great time. Refocusing.... Looking forward to catching up with everyone.
11/14 222.4
11/15 221.5
11/16 220.4 ~ Coming back down but not due to anything I'm doing! Struggling with water and super busy this week prepping for move next Monday....so lots of grab and go. Tonight though, I am going to cook a decent meal.
11/17 220.2

I got a last minute subbing job, so I didn't weigh this morning. I'll use yesterday's weight for starting the next round. I didn't make much progress this time, but didn't gain. Hoping for bigger losses in the next round. Really, I hope to be in the 170s at the end of the next round.

11/08 182.0
11/09 181.8
11/10 182.4
11/11 181.6
11/12 DNW
11/13 DNW
11/14 182.4
11/15 182.0
11/16 181.6
11/17 DNW

Jen; 46; 5'4"

About Me:
Previous Rounds:
Goals:
* track food every day
* walk for at least one hour and/or 3.5-4 miles every day
* OR go to the gym and do 15 minutes on the bike and 30 minutes on the treadmill
* DAILY exercise is being suspended as I've started working full time and I'm currently sick with an annoying cold... I'll try to do my walks or time at the gym on my days of (once I'm not sick anymore)

Round 241
heaviest: 294 (7/4/23)
SW: 220.6
GW (short term): 200
RGW: 216

11/8 - 220.4 - 3.82 miles - Made pizza tonight. As always, it's a long, arduous project, but so worth it in the end. I made a half pizza for myself with fat free mozzarella and turkey pepperoni. It didn't look very appealing because the cheese didn't really melt well (as expected), but it tasted surprisingly good. I think it was the extra stuff I put in the sauce. I'm stuffed and sore all over. Started cooking at 3:30 and sat down to eat a little before 6pm after cleaning up the kitchen except for where the cut pizzas are (will clean that later). I shouldn't have to cook until Saturday I think. There are a lot of leftovers (besides the pizza). Tomorrow I have a job interview and I'm getting really nervous. I need this job because it's the only place I can get to without a car, but also the thought of going back to work after almost 24 years is terrifying.

11/9 - 220.0 - 2.77 miles (walk) - 4.2 miles (bike) - My job interview went great. Basically the hiring manager said she'd give me the job right there on the spot but then told me to go home, talk with my family (because me working for the first time in almost 24 years is a huge adjustment) and call her in the morning with my decision. I'll be working the seafood counter which is exactly what my last job was in 2000. The hours will hopefully be 1-9:30 with Wed/Thur off (those are days I have to be home to watch my grandson). I'm not exactly thrilled to go back to work after all this time, but I'm focusing on having extra money to spend on things I enjoy. Also, my weight was down despite the pizza last night so I had a really good day. And I got to talk to my middle daughter for a bit. She turned 21 yesterday and is coming in to town tomorrow to visit.

11/10 - 219.4 - 4.07 miles - Went to Costco to restock the freezers. We had done a full refill in a long time so we were out of just about everything. Tomorrow, we need to go to Walmart for the rest of the stuff, I have to go into my new job to fill out paperwork at 12:30. Not sure how long that will last. I also need to get some pants that fit because I have 1 pair of jeans and 1 pair of khakis that currently fit. And the jeans are starting to slide off of me so I'm constantly pulling them up. Pretty much nothing else in my drawer fits unless it has drawstrings to tighten the waists.

11/11 - 219.2 - 2.84 miles (walk) - 4.0 miles (bike) - Apparently I filled this out yesterday and never posted it. Oh well.

11/12 - 217.8 - 4.0 miles - Ate the last of my pizza this morning (both slices), so I'm a bit above my calories compared to most day and still debating have a piece of Hershey bar for dessert. It might mean I lose nothing or gain a small amount tomorrow, but the candy sounds really yummy. And I did a good 4 mile walk today. It'll only add like 90 calories. Tomorrow I have to go into work to finish filling out paperwork. Then the woman that hired me said she was going to try to have me in for training on Tuesday. I have Wednesdays and Thursdays off because I need to babysit my grandson those days. I plan to make a bunch of pork roast tomorrow which will have lots of leftovers for the week (for me at least... everyone else gets bored after 2 days). Then on my days off, I'll make some things that everyone else really likes. Hopefully, the leftovers will last through the weekend. Then I'll have to figure out something easy and quick I could make before leaving for work. I especially don't want to make anything big next week before Thanksgiving. This job is throwing me way off. I've been at home cooking nearly every night for 23+ years. Not being able to make dinner is weird.

11/13 - 218.6 - 3.53 miles - I definitely ate too much yesterday. Oops. But I'm now done with the leftover pizza from the other day so I won't be having it for breakfast and messing up my whole day. Did half a small salad and half a sandwich for lunch and then made pork roast for dinner which was so good and should last me the week (my family will only eat leftovers for like 2 days so the rest will be mine). Still haven't decided if I'm going to continue my daily walks once I start work. They're hoping to get me set up an on the schedule by Friday. I think, at the least, I'll continue my walks on my days off (Wed/Thur) but unless I feel the need to get out and get some fresh air, I probably won't walk on the days I work because 1, I'll be walking around at work, and 2, it would take up over an hour of my now very limited free time (5.5 hours between getting up and leaving for work pretty much). I guess I'll see how it goes this weekend.

11/14 - 220.2 - 3.48 miles - No idea what I did wrong yesterday. I think I underestimated too much of the food (I usually don't weigh or portion control my vegetables--just eyeball it) and just ate too much then, because I didn't have an accurate count, I ate an ice cream sandwich after dinner and that was just too much. I don't know. I was a bit shocked to see that number on the scale this morning. Oh well. I tried to be good today, so hopefully the number goes in the right direction in the morning. I have two more days before I start my job and then I have no idea how things are going to work. I won't be doing my daily walks anymore (I just won't have time) and I have no idea how hungry working will make me and if I'll start snacking from the stress. I'm hoping to keep my portions under control while at work. So I'm hoping it will all be okay.

11/15 - 219.4 - 2.43 miles (walk) - 3.7 miles (bike) - Went grocery shopping for Thanksgiving and got back just in time to start dinner (well within like an hour of getting home). After dinner, I was talking to my 21yo daughter and we decided to go to the HOA clubhouse at like 7:30. She messed around with the different machines while I did my normal 30 minutes on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the bike.

11/16 - 219.6 - no walking - Today was a busy day and it started wiht my weight up again and a scratchy throat. I had to drive my daughter to work this morning, take care of my grandson during the day then run to the UPS store at 12:40 to return something and print two things then right over to the grocery store to finish paperwork for my new job. Then grabbed a couple groceries and by the time I was done, I needed to rush over and pick up my daughter from work. Then I had to get online and find some slip-resistant shoes because I start my training tomorrow between 1 and 1:30. I also needed black hoodies or sweaters or something to wear under my uniform because the meat/seafood department gets really cold. Those hoodies just came and both fit well but my uniform shirt is way too tight even at a 2XL. They're like polyester or something and have zero stretch. Even with just a t-shirt on under it, it was too tight in the arms and stuff and you can't stretch them out to fit better. I would need at least a 3X to wear with nothing under it to be comfy and probably 4X to fit over my hoodie (which is mid-weight and only an XL so it wouldn't be too bulky (it fit fine). I guess I'll have to tell her that tomorrow and hope she didn't just order the 2XL for me. At least I won't need the hoodie under it tomorrow.

11/17 - 217.2 - no walking - I started training at my new job today. Of course, I'm sick and on top of that, I literally did not sleep last night. I somehow messed up my pills so I've now been up since 7am on Thursday (it's almost 6pm on Friday). I only had to work a half day today, but tomorrow I'm there for a full shift. I think the only plus is that the meat/seafood department is a cold room which clears my sinuses when I'm sick so my nose doesn't run as much. I finish my computer training tomorrow then will be training in the meat department the rest of the day. Then I work full shifts Sunday-Tuesday and next Friday/Saturday--thankfully not on Thanksgiving because it's my regular day off (but I'll be cooking and my son is coming over and maybe his girlfriend after she gets off work). Hopefully, I can somehow maintain my weightloss while working.

@Corina1143 I'm hoping if I portion out my dinners with leftovers and take them with me, it'll keep me from eating junk at work. But I'm also not sure if my small portions will be enough to get me through the last 4 hours of my shift. It's definitely going to be an experiment to find the right balance again. I had to eat lunch an hour earlier than I'm used to today. I got home right at dinner time and warmed up some leftovers. It was actually less than I gave myself last night, but for some reason, it was way too much. I feel sick now. I probably should have stopped halfway through. Not sure what's up with that. Weird.

EDIT: Ooh, might be the sparkling water the manager gave me as a gift. I mean, I often drink diet coke with dinner, but I was thirsty when I got home and drank a bunch of the sparkling water. I bet the carbonation is adding to my full feeling. But it tastes so yummy (cranberry raspberry flavored). Guess I'll go put it in the fridge for tomorrow and just drink regular water the rest of the night.