Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 294

F, 59, SW-187, Sept.’14
UGW- 135
RGW:137

Thank you @quiltingjaine 🌸

4/21-DNW
4/22-DNW
4/25-141
4/26-139
4/27-139

4/28-139-Whew! I wasn’t even going to weigh myself since yesterday was (small) cake and ice cream, amongst other things that made me feel bloated. Back on track today and no rain.😊

USW: 241
UGW: 170

4/21 - 188.4 walking
4/22 - 188.4 cycling
4/23 - 188.2 walking
4/24 - 187.8 cycling
4/25 - 187.4 walking
4/26 - 186.0 cycling
4/27 - 185.6 walking
4/28 - 185.8 walking
4/29 -
4/30 -

Round 294

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

ROUND 251 FOR ME.

……….We are fierce and so we fight……….

MY STATS:

Highest weight ever (05-10-2016): 253

Original starting weight on MFP: (01-11-2018) 235.0

R293 EW= 195.8

R294 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.

Exercise: Move 30 minutes per day rotating activity.

🔜🔜🔜🔜🔜Final goal: 145-155. I’ll know when I get there.

👀👀👀 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 195.8

04/21-195.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 196.5)

04/22 – 194.2 ✅ (Trend Weight – 196.3)

04/23-194.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 196.1)

04/24-195.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 196.0)

04/25-194.2 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 195.8)

04/26-192.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 195.4)

04/27-192.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 195.2) Just a 0.2 gain but I’m shocked. I ate a very light lunch yesterday (perhaps too light?), then went off the rails during dinner and snacks. I don’t know how my number isn’t higher today. It may show up in the coming couple of days. Was this self-sabotage? Probably a bit of that too but I think I should have had a more substantial lunch with more protein. I was just HUNGRY! I’m happy, however, to see my trend weight continuing to go down.

🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 04/28-192.6 💠 - (Trend Weight: 194.9) I woke up and have been STARVING all day which is not typical for me in the mornings due to Intermittent Fasting habit (more like coffee habit). I’m trying to push through since tomorrow is an out-of-town doctor appointment and there will be a restaurant dinner. We will probably go to the steak house which shouldn’t be too bad carb-wise but calories will be over for sure. I’m happy to see my weight is stable today and my trend is still going down. I read my trend weight as my body’s faith in me. This feels good.

04/29-xxxxx- (Trend Weight: xxxxx)

04/30-xxxxx- (Trend Weight: xxxxx)

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🌻

Round 294, April 21 - 30, 2025

Newbie,  F54, H 5’6”  GW 150 (but any loss would feel like a victory right now) 🚫alcohol, 🏋️,🥛, 🛌

4/21 - 182.7, 30 minutes of exercise! And I stuck to my calories. I'm happy to see that my weight is down a little since the last time I weighed myself, which was a couple months ago. I've almost cut out alcohol entirely, just a drink here and there. I think that has to be helping. Right now, I think I need to focus on cutting out snacks at work - very hard for me to do.

4/22 – 181. I know that looks crazy from yesterday but that’s my body. My weight swings a lot. Maybe it’s the hypothyroidism; I don’t know. I’m finding it disturbingly easy to stick to my new calorie limit. Makes me wonder just how horribly I’ve been overeating for the past several months. I did not eat the chocolate at work today! 😊

4/23 - 181.4. I worked out again today - got up extra early to get the workout in. Ok, so my cat woke me up. 😻 I did 10 minutes each on the elliptical, the stationary bike, and the treadmill, and I even ran a little bit. A very little bit. Food diary went well again today - I actually kind of like doing that. Thank you all for your replies today - it's very helpful and encouraging to read what others are doing.

4/24 - 181. Today is my birthday! I took the day off work. Very grateful to have a job and a manager that allows me to do that. Having a great day so far with lots of reading, hanging out with the spouse, loving Wally (our cat/loving despot), and enjoying the porch. Everything is green here now in north Alabama and with recent rain the plants are happy. Lovely day! 🍓

4/25 – 180.8 – Good day at home with Jeff working in the backyard and then taking it easy. Got in a workout this morning, and that is the first 3-workout week I’ve had in a long time. Still learning with food tracking just how off base I’ve been with portions in the last few months!

4/26 – 180.1 – I hope this is truly a pound gone. I’m discovering that while I don’t necessarily like my calorie restriction, it is manageable, and I’m not really hungry. Today was nice as I was able to plan a smaller lunch and then enjoy a nice dinner that felt a little indulgent but wasn’t. I think I might sign up for the next round. I like the accountability I feel here.

4/27 - 178.8 - I think maybe this drop is yard work. We worked in the yard a lot yesterday and then also in the garage. Nice to see, but I don't expect it to last. My weight goes up and down a lot sometimes.

4/28 - 178.9 - Good workout today and then a hike in the woods with DH clearing a path for future hikes. Going back to work tomorrow after several very nice days off. Not sure I'm looking forward to that. Here in Alabama, this time of year is so much better than the scorching days of summer which will come later.

4/29

4/30

🎷 66 yrs young F, 5ft 4, Round 294 (my 224th). So grateful as always @Quiltingjaine.

Goals for every round;

First and foremost, no feeding frenzies – I am not a shark or even a piranha!

to weigh less at the end of the round than the start

be happy because I feel that I have made the round count at the end

I need to remain consistent - it does work! Good luck for success everyone.

I am the driver in my life & not the passenger, I need to drive my life to a healthy life."Health is wealth",

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EW RND 293 – 140.6

SW RND 294 –

4/21 DNW – yesterday we rode the motorbike to Sheffield on the annual Easter Egg run to raise funds for the children’s hospital; our youngest DGS received treatment in there as a 6 month old before his liver transplant, so the charity is dear to our hearts. We do it together with our DS, but this year was a little different, instead of our DIL riding pillion with him, his oldest DD,(aged 6 ½) rode with him now that her legs are long enough to reach the footrests. She was so excited! Three generations took part this year! A total of 827 bikes turned out! Not heard yet how much money was raised.

4/22 140.8 (trend 140.4) No structured waking; travelled back home.

4/23 141.8 (trend 140.4) 9.33 miles walked.

4/24 141.8 (trend 140.7) 3.6 miles walked, with little DGD (3), after a craft morning at her local library we took a picnic up to the peaks. She loves to step up & across the rocks up there. Update on the Easter egg run; it raised £68,000.

4/25 141.8 (trend 140.9) 8.89 miles walked, must stop indulging in the Easter chocolate today.

4/26 DNW - came away for a weekend to Bridgnorth. 9.07 miles walked, resisted the Easter chocolate until 2.00pm 😕 , then.... Left it all at home & only brought healthy food & 0% alcohol with us! So glad MFP behaved to allow me to post this second attempt 🤔

4/27 DNW - 9.27 miles walked.

4/28 141.8 - (trend 141.2) 6.09 miles walked before we headed for home. Today is MIL's Celebration of Life.

4/29 141.8 - (trend 141.3) 6.71 miles walked after all the celebrations of the day, would have been so easy for both DH & I to have just sat at home, but at 6.30pm I motivated myself to make the effort & DH joined me, it was a good chance too to mull over the events of the day.

4/30

👍👍This is NOT A DIET. It’s a LIFESTYLE & I AM WHAT I EAT!!!!! 👍👍.

I enjoy reading everyone’s posts with my morning coffee.

Highest weight 242 lbs Lowest weight 142 lbs (2019) Re-start JGMTD Feb 2024 @ 204 lbs

Round 293 End Weight 179.2

4/21- 181.2
4/22- 179.1
4/23- 177.0
4/24- 175.8
4/25- 179.1
4/26- DNW
4/27- DNW
4/28- 179.0

4/29- 176.2 Just an all around good day yesterday. I was overly ambitious with what I could accomplish. I always forget to factor in other people but I have gotten better about letting the day happen and not trying to force my expectations on it.

So at 4pm when I could either do a quick hour to mulch a garden bed or get to my 4:15 workout, I didn’t sacrifice my workout.

It was one of the hardest workouts I’ve done in a while. I struggled and I slowed down but I kept going. I would always rather do a workout that challenges me than one that is easy and just checks off the workout box for the day. It’s that push into discomfort that where change is made.

lol now I have to go mulch that garden at 6:30am if I’m going to attempt to get my impossible day done! Let’s go crush this day!

Just Give Me 10 Days – Round 294
April 21 – 30, 2025

SW: 130.4 (travel scale 130.6)

4/21 – 130.6 (travel 130.8) I got through Easter well enough. I did go to the gym, but cut my workout short. Middle of the day, I got into some leftover tortilla chips from last Wednesday, but eventually got smart and poured them loose into the trash. The Easter meal itself was quite healthy. Fridge is clearing out. Today, after I walk needs to be a big packing day. We start our northward journey noon on the 24th. Would love to finish round 294 with a 129.X.

4/22 – 131.0 (travel 131.0) No reason. 5+ mile walk. Food and tracking were fine. Scale just loves to tease me.

4/23 – 130.0 (travel 130.0) I really expected today to be an up. I did do my last workout at the gym with my trainer (10 sessions total), but did was not perfect. Stressors were triggering my drive to grab things. I was not awful, but did not track everything and just accepted that today would be a new day. Today is last full day in the Keys. Going to do my walk, and continue packing and cleaning, and start loading the car.

4/24 – 129.4 It’s a miracle! This morning is last weigh-in in the Keys. (travel scale is in suitcase for next three mornings) I actually got to see a 129 number before heading north. The last time I saw this number, which was on the way up, was 11 months ago, May 25th. Waist measurement has improved since Jan. Went from 31 and now 29.25. Why does this matter? In Jan, when I took measurements and look at a dress chart, my bust was like a size 6, my hips a size 4, and my waist a 10. Of course that is just one chart, but the point is that there is/was a disconnect between measurements. I would like my measurements to match closer to a single size, any single size so at least clothing will fit. Got less than 4 hours to finish packing, loading and cleaning. Starting northward shortly!

4/25 – 129.4 MIL’s scale (129.6 travel scale) Stopped tracking yesterday after getting in the car northward, but tried to be thoughtful about my choices. No exercise yesterday other than going up and down two flights many times while loading the car. Will try and do something here while at my MIL’s but still TBD.

4/26 – 129.6 MIL’s scale (129.8 travel scale) Awake early. No exercise yesterday, and will be spending the next two days in a car passenger seat. Will continue to make best effort and see if I can somehow keep the 129.X. In the car in one hour. Next stop Stony Creek Virginia for the night.

4/27 – 130.2 (did not post this on 27th) Long day in the car. No exercise. Tracked first part of the day, then ultimately gave in, so was over for the day.

4/28 – 129.8 Home scale (129.8 travel scale) Now am home. Yesterday’s drive was never ending. We’ve never encountered so many separate slow downs/delays which added up to extending our drive by about 2.5 hours. Maybe not awful, but being in the car 13 hours starts getting really uncomfortable. In the end, I again gave in and ate a bit more than planned. I’m grateful that there is no real damage. Today should be good, despite the fact there is no food in the house, and my mom is expecting me to visit at 10 am today. But, I’ll get through. 

I need to get a gym membership set up up here quickly as well, as I want to keep habits in place. Each year, when I come back up north, I drop all the healthy habits I practiced in Florida. I need to stop that pattern.

4/29 – 130.2 Maybe a little consequences showing up. Calories were ok yesterday, but I have not exercised since last Wednesday. Going to head out for a walk shortly, and food for the day is pre-tracked.

4/30 -

SW RND 294
4/21 148.8 this is salt retention from yesterday's ham Unfortunately it was delicious and we have a ton of leftovers so this salt is probably going to plague me all week. But my BS was 98 this morning, so that is a big plus for the week.
4/22 stayed the same, in spite of a calorie deficit and 20K steps. But the easter ham is almost gone, just a bit left, and throwing away food is not my thing. So long as I stay in a calorie deficit, I ignore temporary salt/water retentions. On the plus side, for this round I decided to start a 16/8 fast, starting at 11 and eating till 7. Starting at 11 is not a problem, though I have been snacking a bit on sugar free dark chocolate and almonds after 7. I am not doing this fast so much for weight as to have a normal blood sugar in the morning. Snacking at night is my hardest thing to give up. I have no problem staying within calorie goals but I always budgeted a few hundred calories for an evening snack and this is hard to move earlier or change. I'm not going to beat myself up about it if I fail, but I am going to try every day. On a plus/minus side, I had bought quite a few size 16 insect shield lee jeans in the winter, when they were on sale, and they are all so big that they look like elephant skin on me. I am almost in tens. Wondering if I can alter them. I never thought I'd get this low. So I guess that's a plus, but it is frustrating to not have them available during the worst of spring tick season.
4/23 148.4 Last of the ham was yesterday, so hoping tomorrow sees the end of water weight. I've been in a calorie deficit, salt aside, so hoping for a whoosh in the next couple of days.
4/24 took the dog to the vet early, did not weigh
4/25 147.8 finally back where i was before the easter ham And yesterday, before I ate dinner, tested my blood sugar and it was 96 So that was a plus!

4/26 147.2 finally a drop

4/27 147.6 And I bounced back up but was expecting it as yesterday was a spaghetti with the family day. I eat less than a measured cup, on a bed of veggies, but I always see a carb water weight bounce the next day. Stayed well within my calorie deficit and I walked 20K steps as usual, so I do think this is just carb weight. The next two days should be better. I warned my family I am not cooking a sunday dinner and they'll have to fend on their own the next two days. They'll eat hamburgers and pizzas while I eat salads and low carb meals and we will both be happy.

4/28 146.4 !!! met last minigoal of 147 and I have only .8 pounds to be not overweight. And my BMI is 25.2 so only .2 to be at the high end of normal BMI. And I tested my A1c this morning, and it was 6.4, which may sound high, but it was over 10 when it was tested 6 months ago, so that is a big drop. And though my BS has been stubborn for a few days, it was 100 this morning. Not as good as 96 but still the high end of normal. New minigoal 145

4/29 146.2 !!!!