Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 294

Measurable Daily Goals 🚶🏽🍎✅💧🚫⬇️
🚶🏽- Closing my rings M-S Move = 700/Exercise = 45/Stand = 12)
🍎- Tracking/Under Calorie Budget (~ 1650 ~)
✅ - Macros - Protein (75g - 100g) Carbs < 75g
💧- Water - 50 oz minimum
🚫 - No Wine
⬇️- Downward trend
SW RND 294 ~ 230.2 Goal this round 228.5 (less than end of March)
4/21 230.2 ~ Had Easter at my DH's Mom's, so no leftovers…a good thing. Working on a good water day today!
4/22 230.2 ~
4/23 230.0 ~ 🚶🏽💧🚫⬇️ good on protein but over on carbs (seems always). Great exercise day yesterday. Was good on calories until after dinner. I had settled in at about 1400 calories, eating small meals through out the day… but I was still hungry, even had all of my water. I intentionally allowed all the snacks to disappear so there's nothing really bad to consume. I did find some chicken strips that put me over my count. I think I'm going to grill some chicken breast and put in the refrigerator for these times.
4/24 229.2 ~🚶🏽🍎✅💧🚫⬇️ ok!
4/25 229.0 ~ 🚶🏽🍎✅💧⬇️ late check in but morning weigh in.
4/26 230.6 ~
4/27 232.6 ~ Seriously? Great, long workout on Sat. Felt good and this is how the scale rewards me. Never mind…looked back at my tracker. We ordered pizza ….4/28 232.8 ~ No idea what this was about
4/29 230 ~💧⬇️Headed back down…..not even sure what was going on so I will just pretend it didn't happen!
4/30

Welcome back @MSWDiet We are here when you need us! :)

@AR10at50 Happy Belated Birthday to Karen's horse!

@Chapter_3 ~ Interesting!! I had a puff of marijuana in my early twenties. It just put me to sleep. I think the laughter was probably great medicine for your soul, but not feeling like yourself would be weird, for sure. Hopefully, it's out of your system and you're back to your natural self.

@Skyleen75 ~ I love your honesty!

this is supposed to be "small"..

4/29 didn’t weigh…..I think today has gone better foodwise. Im a bit in the dumps. I will weigh tomorrow and see how that goes. Even if I’ve been over my targets I’m doing better. Im really sad about a lot of things in life right now. This challenge group has been helpful!

F56 H 5’7” 
GW 130-135 lb range
EW Round 292 144
EW Round 293 144.1

4/21 - 144.4 🚶‍♀️

4/22 - 144.5 - 🏋️‍♂️🚶‍♀️

4/23 - 144 - 🏃‍♀️ 

4/24 - 142.4 - finally a drop! Did 🏋️‍♂️ and🚶‍♀️after work 

4/25 - 142.2 -🚶‍♀️and 🏃‍♀️done after work

4/26 - 142.3 -🚶‍♀️and 🏋️‍♂️ done

4/27 - 143 -🚶‍♀️and 🏃‍♀️done

4/28 - 144.5 - welp, I’m paying for last night’s feeding frenzy. Let’s hope I can turn it around in the next couple of days. I may start using trend weight in the next round to even out some of these bumps.🚶‍♀️and 🏋️‍♂️ done

4/29 - 143.9 -🚶‍♀️done for an hour

4/30 - 144 - well I seem to have mastered the art of maintaining at least, now if I could just maintain about 10lbs lower I’d be set 🙂

See everyone in the next round 👍

@_JeffreyD_ If you want to know exactly how every inch of your body looks from every terrible angle just do a tick check.

It is humbling.

I had Lyme (huge bullseye) almost 30 years ago. Luckily I had every symptom very quick and treated within 24hrs of discovering the tick. I have had no complications since.

But I take ticks seriously, hence the full length mirror and bright light of my garage bathroom…

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 – 129.2 Happy dance! Tracking spot on yesterday. Did a walk. Less distance than florida, but at my own faster solo pace and here we actually have hills. Last night I did my sign up for planet fitness, and intend to show up today to try it out. The biggest news for me is that I decided to risk mother-of-the-groom dress shipping. I actually looked really nice in a few of them. I have 14 more coming in the mail that I ordered on the car drive north, but after yesterday, I am uncertain if I grabbed the right sizes. Looking at my end of round final statement below, I actually beat the dress shopping by 1 day, so it should read "-1 days until dress shopping". :P

End of Round 294 count down: 137 days until the wedding, 0 days until dress shopping

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 !!!!

4/29 I came back from having bloodwork at the doctor (no breakfast) and weighed myself when I changed clothes after coming home 145.6 !!!!! :) Can I count it or not? hahaha

4/30 145.6

Total lost this round 3.2