Just Give Me 10 Days - Round 301

Round 301

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MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 65 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.

ROUND 258 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

R300 EW= 188.8

R301 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 188.8

06/30-189.0 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.5) Wow, did my legs fill with fluid by last night! That explains the uptick on the scale as it was a pretty perfect day otherwise. I know I am supposed to be taking a prescribed water pill due to heart issues but who has time to stay by the toilet to pee every 10 minutes (no exaggeration!)? I probably take it about twice per month feeling many times I don’t really need it. However, last night it was definitely pooling at my ankles and in my abdomen so I plan on taking it today. Perhaps that will make a difference on the scale tomorrow. Fluid is not fat so if I lose that I can get a better pic of where I really am. I really want that magical 7 !!! I’ll try to stay compliant although I hit the floor hungry today from the minute I awoke. That usually means there was a weight loss and my body rebelling by getting overly hungry. I will try to choose foods wisely and stay on track.

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️07/01 – 188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4) Well I was certainly hoping for a bigger drop than 0.2 but I guess slow progress is still progress. It was a very good dietary day filled with good choices and I worked out on the bike for 30 minutes (2 sessions of 15 minutes). Intentional exercise is something I really need to keep working in. Challenge 300 kind of got me off my butt a bit. Today is my son that lives at home and my first DGS’s birthdays. We will be going out to dinner out of town tonight. Dinner won’t be until about 7:30. I’ve been sticking to my guns and carefully choosing what I’m eating this afternoon. My son is turning 29 and my grandson 19.

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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🌻

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Hi, I'm Charissa.

Round 3️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ @quiltingjaine 🙌🙌🙌🙌. Thanks for this opportunity to be better, get better!

🎉🪅10 More Days….Yes WE can!!!🎈🥳

✅ Show up/post daily
✅ Stay consistent/Don't change the plan
✅ Push through the hard moments
✅ Make progress—physically, mentally, emotionally.
✅ Start the momentum

🔥 Round 3️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ 🔥
#KeepShowingUp #ProgressNotPerfection #KeepMovingForward #FueledByVanity

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 * Ignoring macros this round, focusing on calories
🏋️‍♂️ - ST - Twice per week
💧- Water - 50 oz minimum
🚫 - No Wine
⬇️- Downward trend
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SW RND 3️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ ~ 231 Goal this round 227.6 or less than started, whichever comes first!

6/30 231.2
7/1 231 ~ New Month. Working to control the things that I can! Apple has a sense of humor. I closed all my rings 19 times last month. Guess what my monthly goal is for July, close all your rings 19 times! At least it's doable and somewhat motivating as I'm 6/6 on receiving the awards in 2025 and I want to be 12/12. I hope they don't give me something outrageous in the months to come. I was 9/12 in 2024 and 10/12 in 2023.
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@quiltingjaine ~ understanding you wanting a break. Thank you for hosting this challenge since 2020, that is quite a commitment! We appreciate you! And yes, please don't vanish!!!

@musicsax ~ thank you for taking the reigns! If you ever need additional backup after @judefit1, let me know. Congrats to your DH…that's "some" mileage!!

Welcome @LadyBlanks, @dioleary3592 and Welcome back @RossC2025

@Chapter_3 ~ thank you for the Walk for an Hour post…very interesting since I've been upping my walks to about 3 miles which is also about an hour. I have another post re consistency that I set as a reminder to pop up on my phone occasionally:

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before~Jacob Riis

@ReignFromAshes ~ you have a great goal and we all need to start somewhere. You've already become more mindful when you realized you were unintentionally snacking!! 🏆 I've got to get back to planning and pre tracking!

@cjmvszrwqq ~ good luck with the water consumption! Any tricks to getting it all in and NOT be in the bathroom all night?

@globalhiker ~ Glad to see you here and welcome! You've got this!!

@GayleKCR ~ how are you doing with your rings?

It's a beautiful day, I'm stuck at work but I think I may get a quick walk in soon! Have a great Tuesday!

Positive mind, positive vibes, positive life.

💜MY MISSION STATEMENT💜
Show up for myself daily—with strength, grace, and purpose.
Choose progress over perfection and stay the course.
Honor my body through movement, nourishment, and belief.
Each step moves me closer to my healthiest, happiest self.
I am strong. I am steady. I am unstoppable.

My goal for this next 10 days will be to drink 96 ounces of water each day.  I will post my morning weight along with a note of if I made my goal for that day.   

lol, no tricks that im aware of @itladyee! I wish tho!! 

7/1 been being successful at getting my water in, but just barely Continuing to build on keeping my sugars low from last round too!

Female, 5‘5“, 49 years old 
SW Rnd 300 - 188 
GW - 160

6/30. 187.8 (96) 
7/1 187.6 (96)
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SW: 106.6 kg (25 June 2025)

GW: 100 kg (12 August 2025)

UGW: 75 kg

RSW: 107.6 kg

RGW: 105.6 kg

6/30 - 107.2 kg

7/1 - 106.7 kg

7/2 - 106.3 kg

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

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

Round 299 End Weight 176.8

6/30 178.2 
7/01 DNW

7/02 DNW I’m still giving myself some hormonal grace. I managed to pull off accomplishing a busy day yesterday and hosted an impromptu birthday bbq for DMIL.
I have both of my workout groups this morning. I’m skipping the first week of aqua yoga because it’s a short work week. But moving forward for the summer I am excited for aqua yoga! The instructor is a dear friend and I’ve never been able to participate because the farmers market dominated my Wednesdays.

Prioritizing structured exercise during my busy season is important.

68 YO, 5’2
CW: 131.4
GW: 125

SW Rnd 245: 146.6 12/18/23
SW Rnd 301: 134.2 6/30/25

REGROUP:
Commitment this round: post every day, COUNT CALORIES every day
Previous rounds:

Goals this round:

• REBOOT: count the calories!
• weigh every day
• healthy snacks, no junk food

6/30: 134.2
7/1: 131.9
7/2: 131.7
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7/2 busy day back from work and soooo glad we went away last week- last 2 1/2 days have been stormy, soggy messes. I wanted to do some garden work but haven't had a dry spell to spray. Being back to work felt good- I have a summer intern who is super smart, and love working with her!

DB#2 is back in the hospital. I've mentioned before that he's been very ill with pancreatic cancer for the last 1 1/2 yrs. I'm grateful for the time we've had together in this last year, but I can see the toll the disease is taking on his system as he weakens. We'll know more in the next 3 days about his current situation…I'm just praying for his quality of life to be peaceful and comfortable.

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 Daily Goal for this round, celebrate what I accomplish and learn from what I don’t accomplish. Find out what works for me:
-Log Food. ✏️
-Meet CI/CO target, net 1500. 🎯
-Exercise minimum 20 minutes. More if possible.💓

Round 301 Posts
This is my posting format….
Month/Day: Scale Reading first thing today before getting dressed. / Goals met ✏️🎯💓/ Comment

6/29/25 : 224.4 SW before.

7/2: 223.4
✏️🎯💓
Started up a small group bible study yesterday. It will go for 6 weeks with a couple week break in the middle. Good friends. Of course I brought Dunkin Munchkins and ate about 8 of them myself. I didn’t know they were 55-60 calories a pop, and I forgot to log them until this morning. I wondered how my CI could be so low yet I add almost half a pound. Mis-logging, that’s how. Thankfully I was still on target.

One of my problems is mis-logging. Either I totally forget something, or I tell myself a little white-lie about the probable calorie count or quantity, or I just don’t know the actual quantity. (I don’t want a food scale on the counter) It might be helpful to log as I go without saving the reckoning until the end of the day.

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Round (301) my 2nd

SW: 216

6/30 - 214 - Started a six week challenge yesterday. I haven't gotten back into the swing of things since Covid. I keep starting only to give up after a day or so. I created a 6 week fitness planner to help keep me accountable by journaling each day. I was able to get in my workout but only able to workout at my warm up weights. It's been hard trying to find the energy. I also started taking beef organ supplements last week which is supposed to help with energy so we'll see how that goes. It's kind of expensive so I am hoping to have some noticeable results so I can decide if I should buy it again next month.

It's been so long since I have been actively working out and eating healthy that I have found it difficult to just jump back in which is why I keep stopping after just a few days. This time I am focusing on taking it a bit slower. My first goal is to plan out my food for the day and not eat more than that and if I have to, I will make sure I add it to my MFP food diary. Even if it's way more than I planned for, I need to have a true idea of what I am actually eating each day. I know it sounds like a silly goal but I need to get out of my bad habits. Like yesterday when I was making my daughter's lunch, I unintentionally started to snack on her snacks while I put together her lunch. I wasn't even aware I was eating. I need to start being more mindful when it comes to eating. It's a simple goal but one I think that will help me build better habits.

7/1 - 214

7/2 - 216 - Seems like my body REALLY likes this number.  I guess I need to step it up a bit because this is where I started at in the previous round.

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@musicsax Thank you so much for continuing this group and allowing us this space to come and share. @quiltingjaine thank you so much for your years of commitment. It has been invaluable. My hope is that we continue to see you here in JGM10D for years to come. Don't let us lose you!

To the new members in the group, welcome! You won't regret your time here!