Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 290

USW: 241
UGW: 175
Mini-WL goal (190 lbs by May 19): 3.6 lbs to go
Mini-goal stick with it for 30 days): 13/30

Starting Round 290 : 196.2
3/12 - 195.2 walking
3/13 - 195.6 cycling
3/14 - 194.6 walking
3/15 - 193.6
3/16 -
3/17 -
3/18 -
3/19 -
3/20 -

Round 290

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

ROUND 247 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

R289 EW= 194.6

R290 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.

👀👀👀LOOK AND SEE HOW THE UPS & DOWNS OF MY JOURNEY JUST HELPS ME BE A STRONGER & MORE DETERMINED ME👀👀👀

Day/Weight/Comment

ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND 194.6

03/12-193.6- (Trend Weight): 195.9-

03/13-193.8- (Trend Weight): 195.7-

03/14-192.6- (Trend Weight): 195.4)- Very early weigh-in just 4 hours after going to bed. I usually don’t weigh on Fridays because of my weird time and medication schedule. (One med requires a full glass of water). However, curiosity got the best of me so I hopped on before the med, albeit very early in the morn. A nice little surprise to find a drop today. I thought maybe I’d be up with less natural night time fasting but also with my dinner last night. I cooked a “normal” non-diet focused meal for DS, DGS, DD and myself . I watched the portions carefully. It was good wholesome foods. I’m feeling in control these past couple of days. I hope it stays that way. There is nothing standing in my way but me. I have a travel day on Monday but from now until then it should be smooth sailing. Stay with it Donna! T-Minus 3.2 lbs with 6.8 lbs to go to my May 10th goal.

🍀🍀🍀 03/15-191.0- (Trend Weight): 194.9- Wow, was I EVER in self-sabotage mode last night! Luckily I had plenty of calories and some carbs left after my meals for snacks but this went BEYOND overboard. I KNOW I must have been way above my pre-logged allowances. I’m shocked at the drop on the scale and can only attribute the drop to finally having TMI which I’d missed for 2 days. We will see what the scale says tomorrow as this lower number may not last. I’m planning a good day today. The only battle I anticipate today is with myself and that won’t be until late tonight. I just gotta get thru. T-Minus 4.8 lbs with 5.2 to go on my birthday goal.

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03/18-xxxxx- (Trend Weight): xxxxx-

03/19-xxxxx- (Trend Weight): xxxxx-

03/20-xxxxx- (Trend Weight): xxxxx-

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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🌻

still no change in my weight this am 155.6

3/12 - 167.6 - Dropped off a bit more of the weekend and that may be the last of it. I've been doing really well this week with macros with the help of some volume eating that has left room for snacks. Having the ability to have a balanced snack when I'm feeling peckish rather than trying to wait until my next meal and losing control (and thus binging) has been a game-changer. I'm hoping I can upkeep this through travel, though I don't dare put too much hope into it given the lack of choices I'll have and eating something outside my goals is better than starving.

3/13 - 168.1 - Well that was unexpected. I'm not entirely sure what caused this but I was within my macro goal on the app. Oh well, bodies are funny like that. Maybe it's DOMS? Maybe it's sodium? Hopefully it'll drop off soon. I do feel rather bloated today so I know that the increase is "false" in that regards. On track today - did my workout and have all my meals and snacks planned. I have a few extra carbs leftover to meet my +/-10g goal but protein and fat are on target for the day so that is easy. Feeling much better this week with the cut and my satiety levels. Glad I'm settling in better and faster than expected. Now to just get my weekends under control a bit better. I've done it before I can do it again!

3/14 - DNW - Went out unexpectedly last night for dinner because it was so nice out and neither of us like the meal that I had prepped for the week (and it was our only other dinner option). It's okay. Tonight we're doing date night I'm guessing since we didn't plan a dinner and nothing is thawed. I guessed we'd go to our favorite date night spot and pre-logged what sounded good and balanced then ate a lunch around that to get as close as possible to goals. I did not manage that last night at all and want to set myself up for a solid weekend before I'll be eating on the go while traveling next week.

3/15 - 169.6 - I'm not surprised as we went out for dinner last night. Asian food, as usual, leaves me bloated. I did try to pre-plan and would've done well but our waiter brought us a surprise dessert for free for being amazing customers (we go there nearly every week for date night - it's our favorite place and he's our favorite waiter. We are convinced he's the owner but won't admit it). Plus I was so hungry still after finishing everything that I ate more of the rice than I had pre-logged and typically eat. Oops. Oh well. I was much more in control yesterday than I usually am eating out so that's a plus. Unsure food plans today or tomorrow so it seems I'll be eating out/unplanned until I return from my trip Thursday. Even then, I'll be improvising, but at least I'll be on my own and able to cook at home should I choose. I likely won't be checking in again until I return so that will be the final day of this round. Hopefully it won't be too bad (:

62F, 5’6”
Goal weight 130
Start Weight Round 290: 145.9

3/12: 144.9
3/13: 144.6
3/14: 143.3
3/15: 142.9
3/16
3/17
3/18
3/19
3/20

3/12 - 158.6

3/13 - 157.7

3/14 - 158.1

3/15 - 156.6

It's very stormy today, and I worked pretty hard on being active through the work week, so today is going to be a rest day.

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65 year old female, 5'5"
Highest Weight: 213 (in ~2005)
Lowest Weight: 143 (in ~2019)
Goal Weight: Range from 140-145

SW RND 290—151.4
3/12 152 Carbs are not my friend! Was able to get in a good walk yesterday, though, which felt good. 8,145 steps. 📝 👣 
3/13 150.4 Spent the day in the Smoky Mountains (my happy place) with hubby and DGD. Had a picnic and got in a little trail walking. Food was much more in control yesterday, and it shows. Hit my protein goal for the first time in a while and carbs were within range. 11,572 steps. 📝 👣 🌟🥩
3/14 151.2 Not enough protein yesterday and too much salt. Took both grandkids to the zoo, so got in lots of activity although no real exercise. 10,366 steps. 📝 👣 🌟
3/15 152.2 Up way too early today. Worked in my gardens all day long yesterday expanding flower beds, amending soil, etc. so got in my 10k steps and strength training in my yard. Very high protein day and carbs were well within range, so this uptick is a surprise. 10,676 steps. 📝 🥩 🏋🏼‍♀️ 🌟
3/16 150.8 That’s better. Lots of rain and storms yesterday. Did better with nutrition but not enough protein to earn the steak emoji. What are some of your high protein snack ideas or lunch menus? Anyone care to share? I don't use protein powders and I guess I'm getting tired of my go-to yogurt, cottage cheese, hummus, etc. 6186 steps. 📝 👣
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3/20

@musicsax Your Rome pics are wonderful. So glad you had a great trip! Congratulations on your new low!!!

Goals this round:

• End at less than my starting weight
• 30 mins on the bike 4X wk
• wine on Fridays/evenings out only

3/12: 129.5
3/13: 129.9
3/14: 128.9
3/15: DNW
3/16: 129.5
3/17:
3/18:
3/19:
3/20:
3/21:

3/21: A good bike ride, some home yoga and the first of a 4 part anatomy workshop for continuing ed; then dinner out. A good Saturday with a slight gain Friday AM, but that's to be expected. I'm coming out of my winter "funk" with a couple thoughts to my future

@_JeffreyD_ , my fellow 1957-er: Thank you so much for the good direction to overcoming the double spacing! Definitely better!

Just Give Me 10 Days – Round 290
March 12 – 21, 2025

SW: 135.6

3/12 – 135.6 Well I did not finish round 289 with the number that I wanted, though I saw it for two days prior. Then I did my mini binge (worthy ½ lb max) with lots of salt. Was hoping to come down quickly yesterday, but last night was out to eat. Calories (according to my tracking) were excellent. I am hoping/thinking I am still fighting with sodium. Today’s new variable will be that I am back to the gym and next session with the trainer. Was unable to find any of that “me” time during our family time together, but totally worth the trade off. My hope for this round is to clear the sodium, keep calories on track, be consistent with exercise, and I am hoping to not only get back to the 134.6, but to pass it and MAYBE see a “3” instead of that “4”. Let’s see.

3/13 – 135.0  Five mile walk, and hour with personal trainer. I discussed with her how I think I am jumping in too quickly and risking injury, based on all the pains I am having. At the end, we shortened our time to do stretching. Wow! We discovered I have some real tightness issues. Interestingly, when I got home, some of those pains were gone. The stretching is key. Feeling some aches return this morning, so I likely should try some stretching today. 

3/14 – 134.6 Yay! Back to my number from the 10th and 11th. Now to continue. I was good with diary yesterday, but chose to skip my morning walk (still have not gotten condo back together since guests) and was not a gym day. Today, I hope/plan to accomplish both. Hubby has been taken kite fishing for sailfish today, THEN we are heading to hear a band in the evening. Probably means I am facing a cocktail (will stick to my gin and tonic, or a white wine), and food (likely stick with my seared tuna tataki safety net). Need to keep this in mind for the first part of the day.

3/15 – 134.4 Made it through the day yesterday! Walk got altered and ended up only 4 miles, but it was a fun walk. Got home and was to go to the gym, but decided to deal with cancelation of utilities on my mother’s property that is being sold on Tuesday. Glad I did as it was more time consuming than I expected and really had to happen before the weekend. I pretracked my evening, and used my calories accordingly during the day. IN the evening, my gin and tonic became an on-the-rocks margarita, which I only drank half due to its size. I had my tuna. Appetizers somehow got ordered for the table. I ate two shrimp and one cheese curd to be social. Seems to have worked out! Today has the potential for being normal!

3/16 – 134.2 A bit of a gift. I got somewhat off track last evening after dinner, and I anticipated a .2 or .4 up. But I did accumulate more steps than usual (according to my apple devices), so maybe it was an even trade. Skipping my morning walk today in order to free up equivalent time to get to the gym. Doing both costs me about 3.5 hours that day, and that is not working out.

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Male: 67
6’-2”
OSW: 237.8 (Nov. 2016.) I was actually at 250 in 2011 or so…
OGW: 199 (just to say I did)
Maintenance Range Goal: 200-205

Simple Goal for this round : Start treating my OGW like a REAL PROJECT with the future of “the company” on the line.

Round 290 Posts
This is my posting format….

Month/Day: Scale Reading - First thing today after bathroom visit before getting dressed. / Comment

3/11/25 : 229.8 SW a day before.

3/16: 228.6
I need to kiss the “3” goodbye as my 2nd number. It is too depressing to see it popping up all the time. I am sure it will rear its ugly head for a while, but I am aiming for the “3” becoming a “1.” (then a zero, if I may be so bold?)

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