Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 285

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  • SwimBikeRunRepeat
    SwimBikeRunRepeat Posts: 152 Member
    cyndiemi wrote: »
    Round 285
    January 21 – 30, 2025

    My 6th round in a row! 😊 I am a 70 year old retired RN, caregiver for my husband and my mother in NE Ohio where we are living the cold/snowy dream. We have two adult, married children and four adult, unmarried granddaughters.

    HW 222 in 2022
    GW 130
    SMART Goals for this session:
    7. Keep net carbs below 30
    8. Keep kcal below 1200
    9. Record ALL dietary intake—good and ‘bad’
    10. Walk a minimum of 6000 steps per day
    11. Lose one pound in ten days
    12. Practice supportive/positive mantra at least once per day for 10 days

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

    SW Rnd 285 142

    1/21 142 treadmill
    1/22 140.8 treadmill. Temp was -13 this morning!
    1/23 140.6 treadmill, on track with intake
    1/24 140.6 treadmill
    1/25 140.2 treadmill
    1/26 140.6 treadmill cal/carb on track
    1/27 140.6
    1/28 141
    1/29 139.4
    1/30

    Nice drop!
  • quiltingjaine
    quiltingjaine Posts: 6,451 Member
    edited January 29
    pezhed wrote: »

    @SwimBikeRunRepeat watch out for those killer donuts!

    Yeah, it's usually the chocolate ones that get me. I saw the poor country powdered one in the fridge drying-up, so I put it out of it's misery...🤣

    The apple fritters at the C store cause me to pause every time! Thank goodness DH is there to keep me on track!
  • SwimBikeRunRepeat
    SwimBikeRunRepeat Posts: 152 Member
    pezhed wrote: »

    @SwimBikeRunRepeat watch out for those killer donuts!

    Yeah, it's usually the chocolate ones that get me. I saw the poor country powdered one in the fridge drying-up, so I put it out of it's misery...🤣

    The apple fritters at the C store cause me to pause every time! Thank goodness DH is there to keep me on track!

    I'm very blessed that I don't have a sweet tooth. I RARELY even get close to my carbs, daily. I AM very fond of Entennmann's Classic Chocolate Donuts, though. That is if there is milk in the house. Without milk, I won't touch them!
  • SwimBikeRunRepeat
    SwimBikeRunRepeat Posts: 152 Member
    itladyee wrote: »
    Hi, I'm Charissa.

    Thank you, QuiltingJaine, for leading the charge in 2025!

    So... I didn't finish 284 lower than what I started and I'm disappointed but I do have to give grace as there were a LOT of challenges thrown my way. But yes, I'm feeling a little defeated and this would be the time that I sort of forget to weigh for a few days...but I'm going to belly up to the scale and keep pushing through my choices good and bad. This is a life long journey!!!

    Good Luck to everyone this round!

    Q: What will be different in 2025 vs all the other times?
    A: Change in my mindset
    A: Being mindful and engaged
    A: Addressing the elephant in the room!
    A: No excuses
    A: DETERMINED AND ENGAGED


    Overall Goals for 2025

    Lose weight in the kitchen ⚖️, get fit in the gym🏋🏾‍♀️
    Note: These are pretty much my same goals from 2023 and 2024, I've made some great progress but now it's time to knock this list out! My goals are SMART - just not including all the details here:

    Goal#1 - Calories - Aim and plan for 1200; allow 400 just in case for a total of 1600. **Eat well 🥗to Live Well 🚢✈️🧳
    Goal#2 - Wine/Alcohol Reduction - 85% Dry January or better ** 🚫🍷 Alcohol kills weight loss as the focus is burning alcohol calories and not fat calories!
    Goal #3 - Water - Minimum 50 ounces - Maximum 100 (only if consumed before 6pm) H2O - Make it Flow 💦💦💦
    Goal #4 - Exercise - 6 days a week (Cardio, Core, Stretching, Strength Training) ~ 🏋🏾‍♀️ Don't think, just do it!!
    Goal #5 - Self Care (Reading, Journaling, Monthly recap, Learning, Pampering)
    Goal #6 - Organization and Declutter (Finish unpacking)
    ** To get to 100%

    Stats and Previous Rounds
    64 y/o female
    OSW 2022-03 230.3 (HW)
    1SW 2023-01 221.8
    1SW 2024-01 223.4
    1SW 2025-01 229.0
    CW
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Abbreviated Round History
    Round 210/1 SW: 221.8 EW: 220.6 (01/02/2023)
    Round 246/37 SW: 223.4 EW: 219 (01/06/2024)
    Round 282/74 SW: 227.2 EW: 229 (01/01/2025)
    2025 Rounds
    2025 Rounds
    Round 283/75 - SW: 229.0 EW: 228.2 loss .8

    Round 283/75 - SW: 229.0 EW: 228.2 loss .8
    Round 284/76 - SW:228.2 EW: 230.6 gain 2.4 :rage:
    Round 285/77 - SW: EW:

    Monthly Weight Tracker 2025

    2025 Start 229.0
    Jan ⬇️
    Feb
    Mar
    Apr
    May
    Jun
    Jul
    Aug
    Sep
    Oct
    Nov
    Dec

    Measurable Daily Goals
    🚶🏽- Closing my rings M-S Move = 700/Exercise = 45/Stand = 12)
    🏋️‍♀️- Strength training 3x/week
    🍎- Tracking/Under Calorie Budget (1200 ~ 1650)
    ✅ - Macros - Protein (100g ~ 150g) Carbs < 75g
    💧- Water - 50 oz minimum
    ⬇️- Downward trend

    Starting Round 285 : 230.6
    5 Goals/10 days!
    🚶🏽🏋️‍♀️🍎✅💧⬇️
    1/21 231.7 ~💧 Yep, that's what it said after 3 attempts. Inactivity (6 hour sitting/meeting), chicken tenders, pasta, wine....that will do it!!!! On the positive side of things, got my water in!!
    1/22 231.1~ ⬇️ What a difference a week makes, and not in a good way. Another Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ! I've got to snap out of what ever "this" is.....
    1/23 230.6 ~ 🍎💧⬇️ so quick to go on and a lifetime to get off.... Feeling better today after pulling in the reigns. Now, just a little tighter :)
    1/24 230.1⬇️
    1/25 229.7💧⬇️ One of the other "joys" of being a grandparent!!! :) Sharing!!
    Both DH and I are sick, stomach virus, and it's not pretty. I just finally got to a point of being able to sit upright for any amount of time!! We visited the grandkids on Thursday, and then on Thursday evening, we got a message that Julian (the 4-year-old was throwing up). We both felt okay yesterday, but overnight, it hit us! My husband seems a little worse off than I am as he can't keep anything down. Hopefully, he's better now. We were supposed to go out tonight with some new friends but that's not happening. I'm hearing recovery is 1 to 3 days....Stay well everyone!
    1/26 228.8 💧⬇️ After dinner and drinks with Friends Feeling a bit better. Slept most of the day yesterday which I though might interfere with the night. It actually made the night more bearable as I was up and down the entire time. Fever and chills are gone, now to just get my stomach in check.
    1/27 224.5~💧⬇️. working on staying hydrated. i managed to get my calorie count up close to 1000 yesterday. I have zero appetite and the sight of food makes me ill. I guess there are some advantages! I had a grilled cheese (the cheese was questionable) and then chicken and rice later on. I hope today is the magical day that my stomach says enough already. Although I think it's going to take a while for my appetite to return.
    1/28 224.2 💧⬇️Yesterday felt almost normal. Still not much of an appetite though. Slept 7 hour with only getting up to pee. Never thought I'd be happy about that!!! Today, I'm in the office as I needed to get out, but I am feeling pretty good. I think my body needed the extra rest.
    1/29 226.0 💧I feel like this is a more realistic number. I had 1600 calories yesterday!! Whoo Hoooo!!! Appetite is returning and it's a little scary. Still not interested in anything heavy, so that's good.
    1/30 nnn.n

    @slimmersixties ~ nice recovery from the 5 days! It WAS worth it!! :)

    @SwimBikeRunRepeat ~ I'm about 99.5 :) I got on the treadmill this morning :)

    So glad to hear! 👍👍🤗
  • Chapter_3
    Chapter_3 Posts: 1,056 Member
    @itladyee
    I’m so glad you are feeling better!
  • Chapter_3
    Chapter_3 Posts: 1,056 Member
    @cyndiemi
    You are a quiet warrior! You’ve got great focus and determination. I’m enjoying your success!!

    @quiltingjaine i’ve been noticing that my posture needs a great deal of help lately… Please keep us posted on any progress you experience from the brace and if you feel/see continued results. Your decision to em”brace” (hahaha pun intended) a strategy to improve your posture is a true commitment to your health. 👏🏻 Good luck!
  • judefit1
    judefit1 Posts: 1,158 Member
    @Skyleen75 :
    @pezhead This might be too much info for some group members but I use a Perifit for my pelvic floor exercise. When I told my gyno, she said she has one too and jokingly asked if I could sit in her waiting room and tell every woman about it!!! Google it- you haven’t lived until you’ve played angry birds with your pelvic muscles!!!!!
    Also I had been kegeling wrong- I only focused on the clench and not the release. Full range of motion for pelvic muscle strength!!!

    OK, this is awesome info, I never heard of it! It's not a huge problem for me yet, but I'm getting there and this sounds great!