Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 272

Jude, 5’-2”, 67 YO
HW 165
CW: 125ish
I joined this group in Rnd 245 on Dec 18 2023, when I realized I was eating my way through the holidays; I finally got on the scale and was hovering just under 150 lbs. It took about 4 months to reach my goal weight of 125. Sounds great, but I’ve done this before, which is why I’m still here.
It’s not just about losing, it’s about changing the habits of a lifetime that keep me stuck in self-defeating cycles with food.

EW Rnd 271: 125.2
SW Rnd 272:
Previous rounds: Goals this round:
* plan more workout time, both cardio and strength training
* continue to work on sleep cycle to get to 7/11
* be thoughtful of food choices and meal planning around work schedule

9/13: 126.8
9/14: 126.8
9/15: DNW
9/16: DNW
9/17: 125.0
9/18: 126.0
9/19: 126.8
9/20:
9/21:
9/22:

9/19: I seem to be stuck here, except for the dip in the middle. It's not really clear to me, but the drop in walking from what I was doing while I was away may be accounting for this; been back to lifting and body weight exercise but not enough cardio. The margin between maintenance and gain is so slim, it's so easy to keep drifting up...

Round 272
Sept 13 – 22, 2024

62 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 MFP Jan 1, 2023 – 146.6
GW Maintaining between 124 - 126

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

History:
SW: 134.8

Day/Weight/Comment

9/13 – 135.6 This actually really annoys me. Calories were within 1 calorie of target, and there was even a little over estimating that I went ahead an left. I did do upper body weights for the first time in years, but no notable muscle soreness that might have associated fluid retention. As previously mentioned, my nutritional profile is different than in the past rounds, and I am taking some supplements with an eye to bone health. I’ll give it the full round 272 doing what I am doing before spending time changing what I am doing as IMO it will work.

9/14 – 134.8 Ok, at least I am back to where I started. Digestive system feeling better today. I need to go look back at yesterday’s diary and see what I did

9/15 – 135.6 Did everything I should yesterday. Got in nice exercise. Tracked everything. Did not cross my calories or eat back my exercise. BUT I did notice overnight that I had tightness in my fingers. That often correlates to sodium.

Yesterday, I went to the mall for a bit. I just never find “me” time much for me these days. There is a constant list of undone tasks hanging over my head. This has also been my excuse for poor exercise habits. Gotta sort this all out and make life work better. Back to the point though, I enjoyed doing some “me” time even though clothing did not look as I hoped. But that did clarify that I want to get back to where I was just months ago.

9/16 – 134.0 Now this number reflects my actions. Yay!

Coincidentally, I read something telling on Reddit. I get notifications from a supplement group there and someone wrote in that they were have consequences of too much magnesium. IYKYK and they were asking how to fix. One commend was that the “antidote” to magnesium is calcium. And calcium is certainly what I have been suspecting is related to my slow digestive issues.

Did a little bit of seated dumbbell exercises while watching TV last night, but not enough to give myself credit. But it was an interesting idea going forward.

9/17 – 135.2 Feeling some frustration. This is so unlike my usual easy up and easy down history. But I am trying to not yo-yo, so I guess I am doing that well. Yesterday, food was spot on and I did intentional exercise of walking to the grocery store, instead of driving .

9/18 – 133.6 All right! Pay off. Few things 1) Proud of myself for not doing a stress eating binge yesterday when it would have been so easy to do so. (run in with a difficult contractor) 2) gotta work on my core, can feel back/left leg tweaking again 3) thanks to tracking, I can look at my nutritional profile. On sat, calcium 124%, weight up. Sunday, calcium 60%, weight down. Monday, calcium 151%, weight up. Tuesday, calcium 82%, weight down. I don’t plan to give up on the calcium, but at least I may have explanations for an uptick in the scale (usually salt or lots of pasta). If I am correct, understanding a cause and effect, helps me to push past it.

Today is a crazy day. Will do my best. Early errands before mom at assisted living, the another meeting at bank for new estate instructions (thanks lawyers), then we remembered hubby was invited to a “couples” business dinner in Boston tonight. Guess who else is going. I don’t like not getting to plan and pre-track, but I did an 800 calorie “quick add” to block off calories for the unknown, and I will eat to that target. No time to exercise enough to collect extra calories, and I would like to hold onto my 133.6.

9/19 – 133.6 Wow! So grateful. I was thoughtful during the day but did not get any exercise. Had pre-tracked those 800 calories as a placeholder, but I am certain those numbers were exceeded. Had two fried passed appetizes, and some white wine (likely 4 oz). Dinner was a very fancy salad (it was actually too fancy to end up good – sad because there was such potential), a phenomenal Halibut entrée, and a Chocolate Caramel Bavarian for desert. Ok, bad enough. As you leave, they hand you a favor of a tray with four mini pastries. Logic would have been to decline, but I took them. In the car, I ate the very mini éclair (think half of a normal mini éclair). Got home, and hubby and I headed to the couch for late night TV. Was tempted to get back into the tray for the other three pastries, BUT I decided to step on the scale first. Number was good. That was good and that was enough info to motivate me to stop…….. I ate the beignet for breakfast today. Two pastries left………

9/20 –
9/21 –
9/22 –


Intentional exercise
9/12 – Apple Fitness+ #105 – 20 strength, upper body, dumbbells
9/13 – none
9/14 – 49 minutes, 4 mph.
9/15 – seated dumbbells – minimal time
9/16 – 29 minutes, 3.5 mph
9/17 – nada
9/18 – nope
9/19 –
9/20 –
9/21 -

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Round 272



MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 64 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.

ROUND 229 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
R271 EW= 191.0
R272 EW= TBD


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.

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

Day/Weight/Comment

ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND 191.0

09/13 -DNW- (Trend weight -DNW-)
09/14 -192.8- (Trend weight 191.5 )

09/15 -193.2- (Trend weight -191.6-)

09/16-193.6- (Trend weight -191.8-)

09/17-193.8- (Trend weight-192.2-)

09/18-192.4- (Trend weight-192.3-)

09/19-194.6- (Trend weight-192.6-) I got home so late last night that I didn’t have time to actually post but I did weigh yesterday morning and today so I’ve documented the weights. It was a long day doing the medical trip for my eye issues. My eye issue will eventually require surgery but it’s very risky and they want to wait until it is absolutely necessary so I’m to go back for rechecks every 6 months. The condition “eye pucker” is more common in women than men and is actually caused by old age. It’s an actual wrinkle in the back of the eye caused by an eyeball collapse of sorts. Old age….Humph. It’s more common in women because we usually live longer. They said I am pretty young (age 64) to have this condition but my eyes are aging more rapidly due to T2 diabetes. The surgery would involve removing the jelly in the back of my eye, pulling up a pucker and then filling the gap with an air bubble. What the scan looked like was an even line like a beach of sand going straight across and then suddenly a big triangular sink hole was in the center then back up to the straight beach line again. That sinkhole needs to be pulled back up. I will put a link below with what I found when I googled it this morning for anyone interested. I had never heard of this condition. I also have the start of a cataract in both eyes pretty evenly. That will also wait the doctor said as they are just beginning. Also, I have a large floater. Good news is that he did not find any bleeding vessels the other doctor told me I had. Gosh, this T2D has really wreaked havoc on me. Avoid it at all costs my friends! I was first diagnosed in 2007 when I quit smoking and very quickly gained a lot of weight. This makes losing weight all the more important to my body. I’m proud of how far I’ve come since then (I weighed 253 at one point for a very long time). However, I still have quite the road ahead. I’m planning a very careful day today to offset the overnight gain from yesterday’s trip. More travel tomorrow to my son’s dental which is about 75 miles each way. Lunch will likely be out again. I’ll try to keep it to one meal although it’s going to be another long day as I have quite a few things to do in that town in relation to my renovation. He’s the link I mentioned:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/macular-pucker-5223929


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