Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 282

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  • capewrathultra
    capewrathultra Posts: 266 Member
    36F 5’9
    SW - 175.8
    GW - 155

    Backstory
    In 2022 I was around 157lbs with 24% bf. Was definitely in the “best shape” of my adult life then. Since then I started a new career working from home as a developer. Have moved away from my family for fiancés job. We’ve moved several times to various states in a short time span. So far we’ve moved 3 times, all about 9 months apart. Welcomed two puppies into the mix. Lots of changes. Lots of time spent at home. Lots of time spent away from family. Fell out of touch with friends. All of the adjustments and figuring out how to manage/handle more daily responsibilities and navigate through this phase of life has manifested into me gaining 20+lbs and losing a lot of willpower, motivation, drive, positivity, etc that I once thrived on. Found this challenge and it has been helping me get it back. Nothing is permanent! Looking forward to working through this.

    Overall Goals and Challenges
    Goals
    1. Focusing on behavior and mindset. Calories have been going way over for so long I need to reel the behavior back in a healthy way.
    2. Don’t give up on the day when it’s challenging. Choose to make good decisions in those moments instead of giving in.
    Challenges
    1. Working from home makes it easy to stress eat or just eat out of boredom/habit.
    2. Sleeping less (have two puppies, a 7mo and a 11mo old) makes it hard to wake up early enough to get a good workout in or at least to feel good awaking up. Feel defeated in the motivation and drive department compared to how I was previously.

    Daily, Small, Attainable Goals
    1. Finish 1st 27oz water before 2pm
    2. Finish 2nd 27oz water before bed
    3. Alternate standing and sitting at desk every other hour during working hours (or stand at least half of the day).
    4. Hit maintenance calories.

    Past Challenge Stats
    RND 279 : SW - 175.8 : EW - 176.4 : ⬆️ 0.6
    RND 280 : SW - 175.7 : EW - 176.9 : ⬆️ 1.2
    RND 281 : SW - 176.7 : EW - 176.9 : ⬆️ 0.2
    Total : ⬆️ 1.1

    *weight taken in AM, notes on remainder of day
    RND 282 : SW - 176.9

    12/22 - DNW
    12/23 - 177.0
    12/24 - 177.5
    12/25 - 179.1
    12/26 - 177.1
    22/27
    12/28
    12/29
    12/30
    12/31

    Today was a long day! First day back to work and tomorrow is already Friday. Can’t complain there.

    Nice drop!
  • UTMom81
    UTMom81 Posts: 1,611 Member
    65 year old female, 5'5"
    Highest Weight: 213 (in ~2005)
    Lowest Weight: 143 (in ~2019)
    Goal Weight: 150
    RND 252: SW-191.3, EW-187.6
    RND 253: SW- 187.6, EW- 185.6
    RND 254: SW- 185.6, EW-181.4
    RND 255: SW-181.4, EW—181.4
    RND 256: SW-181.4, EW—179.4
    RND 257: SW- 179.4, EW—178.4
    RND 258: SW—178.4, EW-177.4
    RND 259: SW- 177.4, EW- 176.6
    RND 260: SW- 176.6, EW: 174.0
    RND 261: SW—174.0, EW: 174.2
    RND 262: SW—176, EW: 173.4
    RND 263: SW—173.4, EW: 173.8
    RND 264: SW—173.8, EW: 171.8
    RND 265: SW—171.8, EW: 170.4
    RND 266: SW—170.4, EW: 169.0
    RND 267: SW—169, EW: 168.8
    RND 268: SW—168.8, EW—165.4
    RND 269: SW—165.4, EW—164.0
    RND 270: SW—164.0, EW—163.2
    RND 271: SW—163.2, EW—162.8
    RND 272: SW 162.8, EW-161.4
    RND 273: SW 161.4, EW—159.8
    RND 274: SW—159.8, EW—158.8
    RND 275: SW—158.8, EW—158.4
    RND 276: SW—158.4, EW—158.2
    RND 277: SW—158.2, EW—157.2
    RND 278: SW—157.2, EW—156.4
    RND 279: SW—156.4, EW—157.2 (Thanksgiving)
    RND 280: SW—157.2, EW—156
    RND 281: SW: 156, EW—153

    GOALS
    *Go back to tracking everything and maintain my spreadsheet!
    * At least 8000 (👣) steps each day, but hopefully over 10,000 (🌟) at least 4 times during the round
    * Strength training 4 times per round.
    * 90+ grams of protein each day.
    * Drink more water!

    SW RND 282: 153
    I’m going to acknowledge right up front that this will be the most difficult round of the year for me. No excuses though, just truth. Let’s DO this! I am stealing the Word of the Round from @Chapter_3 and @musicsax: ENGAGED--Staying engaged with my health goals in spite of celebrations and distractions sounds like a great goal for this round! Thank you, ladies!

    12/22 153.2 I’ll take this after a day which included two meals out and a couple of drinks with dinner. I was very careful about food choices and drank lots of water. Went to see “A Christmas Carol” at University of Tennessee’s Theater last night, and it was delightful! Such a wonderful production!
    12/23 152.2 Got in a nice long walk on a crisp, cold, beautiful afternoon and ate high protein. Fresh made sausage balls count as protein during Christmas week, if I’m not mistaken! Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve? Tomorrow is our big day with grandchildren, and we always have an hors d'oeuvres meal that day. It’s my favorite! It’s been tradition in our family as long as I can remember. This first year without both of my parents, I am treasuring the traditions even more.
    12/24 153.2 Not surprising all things considered.
    12/25 152.2 Once I was finished with the cooking, I regained some control yesterday. I’m pleased with this but the day is young! Lol. Merry Christmas everyone! I had no idea how to track what I did eat, but I focused on proteins. So, no spreadsheet for yesterday, but I’m thinking protein was fine.
    12/26 152.2 So happy with this! Hubby and I were alone on Christmas Day since the kids were at the other grandparents, so he made us a special Christmas morning breakfast of eggnog French toast. I enjoyed it, but ate a reasonable amount instead of all I could force in my body. Lol. Then we dressed up in the early evening and had reservations at a wonderful seafood restaurant for dinner (in a slim sweater dress I couldn’t have even thought about wearing last year). It was a holiday buffet and I ate only my most favorite things and, again, reasonable amounts of them. I did enjoy every nibble of 1/2 a piece of chocolate cheesecake with strawberries and Chantilly cream on the side as my dessert. I left with a very happy mouth, a satisfied tummy, and feeling wonderful.
    12/27 152.6 Today we fly to FL with DGD since Mimicare for a 4 year old is easier at the beach condo. The food challenges change today. Leaving behind all the Christmas treats, but there will be other food challenges that await me. Hoping to get in more activity though since the weather should be nice most of the trip. The cold front that is approaching the southeast will, though, impact Florida as well. When it’s in the 50s in FL (late next week forecast), that’s a different kind of cold!
    12/28 Different scales for the rest of the round and they usually weigh a little bit heavier.
    12/29
    12/30
    12/31


    GOALS RECORD—
    Tracking/Spreadsheet = 📝📝📝📝
    Protein = 🥩🥩🥩🥩
    Strength training =
    Steps = 🌟🌟👣🌟
    Water = 💦💦💦💦
  • capewrathultra
    capewrathultra Posts: 266 Member
    RND 277: 220.8 lbs → 221.8 lbs (↑1.0 lb)
    RND 278: 221.8 lbs → 221.6 lbs (↓0.2 lb)
    RND 279: 221.6 lbs → 225.0 lbs (↑3.4 lbs)
    RND 280: 225.0 lbs → 225.2 lbs (↑0.2 lb)
    RND 281: 225.2 lbs → 224.6 lbs (↓0.6 lb)
    ****
    SW RND 282 (12/21/24): 224.6 lbs
    GW RND 282 (12/31/24): 219.9 lbs

    12/22: 224.2 lbs
    12/23: 227.0 lbs
    12/24: 226.4 lbs
    12/25: 227.8 lbs
    12/26: 228.2 lbs
    12/27: 228.8 lbs
    12/28:
    12/29:
    12/30:
    12/31:

    Comment (12/27/24):
    1,000 calories "over" my daily calorie budget. When will the insanity end?...
  • jspecies11
    jspecies11 Posts: 1,250 Member
    71 yo female; 5’5”
    SW: 129.4# (end of round 281)
    Goals: optimize health, increase strength, stamina
    RGW: below 129.0# giving myself some grace here to enjoy this week but not go overboard
    Strategy:
    Hydration 💧 64 oz minimum
    Strength training 🏋️‍♀️ 5x/week - increase weights
    Keep to calories/nutrition plan🥕
    Move 👣 7K steps
    Showing today’s weigh in; yesterday’s success with plan.

    12/22 129.2# 💧🏋️‍♀️
    12/23 128.6# 💧🏋️‍♀️🥕👣
    12/24 129.4#💧🏋️‍♀️🥕
    12/25 130.0# 💧👣
    12/26 129.4# 💧🏋️‍♀️🥕
    12/27 128.6# 💧🏋️‍♀️🥕👣
    Travel day today. I was able to get a nice walk outside yesterday. Cold but doable.
    12/28 OOT
    12/29 OOT
    12/30 OOT
    12/31
    Thank you @quiltingjaine !
  • capewrathultra
    capewrathultra Posts: 266 Member
    Female 5’1” Age 74 years
    *Travel - no scale part of the time
    HWE 197.0 (2/2008)
    Weight on 1/17/17 174.5
    OGW 137 (set by WW 2008, WW goal 1985 was 126) UGW was 125 (HS weight) Started LCHF/Keto 7/17/2017 (mid round 10)


    👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE👍👍
    Rnd 7 167.0 to Rnd 17 155.5
    To Rnd 27 146*
    To Rnd 37 139.0
    To Rnd 47 133.5*
    To Rnd 57 131.5
    To Rnd 67 128.0
    To Rnd 77 125.0
    To Rnd 87 121.0*
    To Rnd 97 121.0
    To Rnd 107 122.0
    To Rnd 117 116.0
    To Rnd 127 117.0
    To Rnd 137 117.0
    To Rnd 147 116.0 🙌
    To Rnd 157 115.5
    To Rnd 167 119.4
    To Rnd 177 118.3
    To Rnd 187 120.0
    To Rnd 197 121.5
    To Rnd 207 123.5
    To Rnd 217 126.5
    To Rnd 227 127.5
    To Rnd 237 128.0
    To Rnd 247 135.5
    To Rnd 257 134.5
    To Rnd 267 132.5
    Rnd 268 132.0
    Rnd 269 132.5 AW 133.0
    Rnd 270 133.0 AW 132.7
    Rnd 271 132.0 AW (8d) 132.93
    Rnd 272 131.0 AW (4d) 132.37
    Rnd 273 131.0 AW 133.4
    Rnd 274 133.5 AW 133.1
    Rnd 275 133.0 AW 134.0
    Rnd 276 134.0 AW 133.8
    Rnd 277 133.0 AW 133.1
    Rnd 278 133.5 AW 133.45
    Rnd 279 133.5 AW 134.6
    Rnd 280 135.0 AW 135.6
    Rnd 281 135.5 AW 136.2
    We ALL have good rounds and bad but that is part of life. Don’t stay away, stay accountable. We don’t judge, we support.-Jpv,2/13/19

    What we need to succeed is a sustainable way of eating, not a DIET we go on and off.

    This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE.

    We are unstoppable not because we do not have failures but because we continue on despite them. - paraphrase of original quote by Beau Taplin

    Up and down - just riding the waves of life. 🌊 🏄‍♀️ (My new mantra-3/19/22)

    "Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda

    Comments pertain to previous day

    SW Rnd 282 137.5
    12/22 136.5 New refrigerator arrived - WOW, is it big! DH and I went to grab a bite while we waited for it to cool down then came home to put the food in. It’s so different I know it will get rearranged.
    While we were eating DH said we need to get back to eating right. (He realizes it all went to pieces when he had each of his shoulders replaced and then got on the HOA board.) I told him I had already decided to just start anew on New Year’s Day.
    12/23 137.0 I am currently having a really bad vertigo attack. Moving my eyes is making me dizzy. Our Christmas traditions began in 1976, when we moved into our first house. Christmas Eve pizza and Christmas morning “sticky buns.” These continue with both daughters and their families, I believe. And this year for the first time in almost 4 decades we are going to a NYE party.
    12/24 138.0 Pasta, meatballs and sauce and a small slice of homemade sourdough garlic bread, 1/2 of a sugar free bear claw pastry - our friends wanted us to see how good they are. Tonight-pizza.
    12/25 136.5 This morning down to DD’s. 48 sticky buns rising in the car ready to be baked at her house. First I need a cup of coffee.
    12/26 138.0 Yesterday’s sticky buns for breakfast and lasagna and rosemary bread for dinner at friends’.
    12/27 136.5 I’m pleased with this. BBQ yesterday.

    WOW! 👏👏