Just Give Me 10 Days Round 306

Chapter_3 · August 26

JGMTD R306 # 76 RND Goal 131.xlbs Loose 5+lbs in 4wks. (9/16)

SW Rnd 306 ⚖️133.0

8/19 133.0

8/20 133.0

8/21 133.0

8/22 133.0 🧐

8/23 🚫⚖️

8/24 133.2

8/25 DNW

8/26 132.2 ‼️❣️

8/27

8/28

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8/19 ⚖️ 133.0 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖 Started yesterday with 🏋️‍♀️then WV🚶‍♀️💓👣 📖 KEPT GOING W/great nutrition. Closed the kitchen @ 4PM . Gosh, I am quite sore this morning. Today: 🎾& filler ‘up with more movement & plyo ⏱️& Focus on 💦. Will begin to weigh/measure all food intake. I think I’ve unknowingly & gradually increased portion size (the ole eyeball method has let me down!) and has slowly added to this scale creep! #KILLTHECREEP Let’s DO THIS! 💪🏻🏆

8/20 133.0 🎾🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼⏱️📖Yesterday (🚫🏆)- over a few carbs (extra fruit) 🥩perfect. Remember: Weight loss won in the kitchen - not by sweating. Big day ahead. Focus on 💦. 💪🏻

8/21 133.0 🏆🎾👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖 the scale never ceases to amaze. I decided to let it go - which I did successfully this morning. I will also lower my expectations on the days that I play tennis in the heat… Getting off the court at 11:30 midday after 2 1/2 hours simply wipes me out for any other activity. Yesterday I was a calorie, macro & clean VICTOR! 🏆💪🏻.

8/22 133.0 🤷‍♀️Again! Sheesh! 🏆🎾🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖 A record for me? 1173 cals, 128 Pg 💦💦💦 ✅attitude. Let’s keep on going. ⚖️Yes, I’m disappointed but something’s gotta give eventually, right?! Today is 🎾3 hrs - so little else. I have chauffeur duty with Tucker-man and a 2hr soccer practice this evening. Maybe I’ll walk the fields… Happy weekend y’all!

8/23 🚫⚖️ ? Simply not in the mood to face another day of the “same” or even a slight uptick… We ate at our favorite restaurant last night and I chose with a “weight-loss” mindset - 1/2 octopus appetizer as my appetizer and another full tuna appetizer as my entree. Both are pretty small. Delighted in two big 🥄 tastes of hubby’s ice-cream & up way too early to ⚖️. For you folks out there that are the same as me, the emotional negative “feeling” of even a slight uptick after busting butt all week is simply not worth it. Yesterday - 3 hrs of 🎾 and 👣9k. I’m headed out the door for my WV 5-miler. I have five days to my round goal. Will be cleaning house 🏋️‍♀️⏱️and getting a little more organized today. Looking forward to 💦 and food as fuel. Happy Weekend!

8/24 133.2 ⚖️ too sad vs. efforts. 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣15k 🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼⏱️📖 It is what it is. No explanation. Sleep 💤 is off again. Cortisol? 1173 cals, 🥩118g. No TMI. My body must be in a happy place but my brain isn’t. #MindBodySoul. Not going to ⚖️ for a few days cuzz it hurts my mindset. Rationality isn’t present. Will stay the course but 🚫⚖️ #HSF yes, I’m frustrated but still good. Venting is a good thing- then acknowledge & move on.

NSV: I was SO STRONG yesterday & have been uber consistent! This “feeling” of “underperforming” can be detrimental. But I now know it’s a “feeling” and not reality. Will just fire the darn ⚖️ for a few days and focus on the process.

8/25 DNW 🏋️‍♀️🏆Mid morning started not to feel well. Ended up napping💤 1-4 AND nine hours sleep last night! Wow. Only 👣3k. No walk yesterday. This morning, is a day I should actually weigh⚖️ because I slept well last night. But I said I wouldn’t, so I won’t. Planning for a 💪🏻day.

8/26 132.2 I just had to.… Never thought I would be so excited to see 132.x. That tells me how seriously sick I am to be overly dependent upon a scale. Since I’ve been in a “weight-loss mindset“ Ive been a bit emotionally obsessive about the scale moving. 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣12k 🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼⏱️📖. I wont ⚖️ tomorrow because if that little bitty itsy, bitsy bit disappears I’ll be destroyed. Carolyn, focus on your commitment to yourself, stay present, oh, and BTW: work in a few smiles and laughs! ENJOY!

NSV: I finished all Movement goals yesterday by early afternoon and then right before dinner, I realized I hadn’t jumped rope so yeah, I made myself jump rope. 💪🏻 #MindBodySoul

Chapter_3 · August 26

@SModa61 I watched the videos as well -so much fun! Thank you for sharing.

@Skyleen75 So… did I miss the mud photos? not letting you off the hook here! Whipped Ricotta & grilled peaches: divine.

@ReignFromAshes First step ✅ Your journey begins!

Chapter_3 · August 26

@GrandmaJackie @Mariaeasydoesit @stephanj

My 👀s are on y’all! All of you having solid rounds, such positivity! Keep it going!

Zaxa2021 · August 26

5'3, 36 yo, SAHM to 3 year old twins.

Mini goal: 140
Ultimate goal: 130

Rnd 301 Ending Weight: 144.2
Rnd 302 Ending Weight: 145.3
Rnd 303 Ending Weight: 143.3
Rnd 304 Ending Weight: 144.3
Rnd 305 Ending Weight: 141.0

8/19: 141.3. I was feeling a lot better yesterday. I'm hoping this depressive episode is behind me. It was a rough one. Now it's time to focus on health a bit more. I'm going to come up with a healthy eating plan and come up with a shopping list. Hopefully I'll be able to get to the store tomorrow. I also need to start tracking again.

I ran 4 miles on the treadmill and a short outdoor walk.

8/20: 142.5. I knew at least some of the weight would come back when I started eating more again. I'm just going to focus on health and just keep going. No gym, but did do a longer walk.

8/21: 142.0. I still haven't got my eating 100% back on track. I wasn't able to get to the store yesterday so I don't really have much healthy food on hand. I'm going to have to wait until the weekend to get fully back on track. I did a brief outdoor walk but wasn't able to get to the gym again.

8/22: 142.2. I'm so happy it's Friday. I'll be taking my kids to my mom's this afternoon so they can spend the weekend with her. I'm so ready for a break. I'll finally have time to focus on myself and come up with a meal plan and do a good grocery shop. I'm hoping to set myself up for success for next week.

8/23: 140.7. I'm happy with this little drop, I really want to get under 140 soon. Last night, I really wanted a blizzard from Dairy Queen. I'm happy to say that I resisted the temptation. Seeing this number this morning makes me thankful that I did.

I'm up at 3:30 this morning, about to head to the gym for my long treadmill run. I want to be done with it before the gym gets too busy. I'm aiming for another 12 mile run today, but I haven't been running too much over the last few weeks, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to. We'll see, I should be able to do at least 10 miles.

8/24: 142.9. I only managed a little more than 8 miles on the treadmill yesterday morning. It was a bit disappointing, but I haven't been eating very well lately and it was apparent. I made a loose meal plan yesterday and went grocery shopping. Today I'm going to spend some time in the kitchen meal prepping. Hopefully I can get back on track this week.

My run was long enough to make me very hungry for the rest of the day, so I ate extra. I just couldn't get the hunger under control. I'm sure this is why my weight is up today.

8/25: 144.5. Yesterday was pretty much a fail. I went to the gym, but soon found out that my body was not up to run after yesterday's run. I just walked on the treadmill instead. And then I ate. A lot, throughout the whole day. I'm not sure why, but I had a hard time resisting stuffing my face. I did some cooking for the week though, so hopefully I'll do better this week.

8/26: 142.9. I'm just continuing to bounce around the same few pounds without any real progress on the scale. However, I think my body has changed a bit. My stomach is looking a bit smaller and more defined, and my legs are looking more muscular. I would still like to lose a few more pounds, but it's nice to see some results in a meaningful way.

8/27

8/28

ashleycarole86 · August 26

SW Rnd 303 297.6 EW 296.5 (-1.1)
SW Rnd 304 296.5 EW 301.1 (+4.6)
SW Rnd 305 301.1 EW 299.2 (-1.9)

SW Rnd 306 299.2 GW for round 294.8

8/19 - 299.3: Hope this will be the only uptick from SW for the round. Admittedly last night I had a binge rather than looking after myself. Time to dust myself off and move forward. Over and over again.
8/20 - 299.3
8/21 - 298.5
8/22 - 297.1
8/23 - 298.2
8/24 - 296.5
8/25 - 298.8: We had company here from Friday night until last night, so it felt like we were on vacation ourselves. Not many days left in this round to get work done!
8/26 - 297.7: My husband cooked us a lovely salmon dinner last night. We took it easy after our extremely busy weekend.

Chapter_3 · August 26

Below it is a sample protein bowl that I strive for each day - its ann early lunch (no breakfast) Almost 2:1 protein:energy. Will keep me full. 400 cals

Chapter_3 · August 26

I apologize for the typos above… The edit button still isn’t working!!! 😞

deepwoodslady · August 26

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Round 306

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

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

ROUND 262 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

STARTING WEIGHT / R305 EW= 182.8

R306 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 👀👀👀:

R43 thru R52 (06/07/18 thru 09/23/18) = 19.4 LOST ✅ (Ending weight 179.0)

R53 thru R62 (09/24/18 thru 01/01/19) = 4.1 GAINED ❌ (Ending weight 183.1)

R63 thru R72 (01/02/19 thru 04/11/19) = 8.1 GAINED ❌ (Ending weight 191.2)

R73 thru R82 (04/12/19 thru 07/20/19) = 5.5 GAINED❌ (Ending weight 196.7)

R83 thru R92 (07/21/19 thru 10/28/19) = 8.7 LOST ✅ (Ending weight 188.0)

R93 thru R102 (10/29/19 thru 02/05/20) =2.0 GAINED ❌ (Ending weight 190.0)

R103 thru 112 (02/06/20 thru 05/06/20) = 14.9 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 204.9)

R113 thru 122 (05/07/20 thru 08/23/20) = 4.7 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 209.6)

R 123 thru R132 (08/24 thru 12/02/20) = 1.5 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 208.1)

R133 thru R142 (12/03/20 thru 03/01/21) = 0.7 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 207.4)

R143 thru 152 (03/02/21 thru 06/10/21) = 3.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 203.8)

R153 thru R162 (06/11/21 thru 09/18/21) = 16.2 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 187.6)

R163 thru R172 (09/19/21 thru 12/27/21) = 5.0 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 192.6)

R173 thru R182 (12/28/21 thru 04/06/22) = 7.0 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 199.6)

R183 thru R192 (04/07/22 thru 07/15/22) = 1.4 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 198.2)

R193 thru R202 (07/16/22 thru 10/23/22) = 3.8 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 202.0)

R203 thru R212 (10/24/22 thru 01/31/23) = 7.2 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 194.8)

R213 thru R222 (02/01/23 thru 05/11/23) = 0.5 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 195.3)

R223 thru R232 (05/12/23 thru 08/19/23) = 3.4 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 198.0)

R233 thru R242 (08/20/23 thru 11/27/23) = 17.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 180.4)

R243 thru R252 (11/28/23 thru 03/06/24) =2.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 177.8)

R253 thru R262 (03/07/24 thru 06/14/24) = 5.8 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 183.6)

R263 thru R272 (06/15/24 thru 09/22/24) =10.2 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 193.8)

R273 thru R282 (09/23/24 thru 12/31/24) = 1.2 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 192.6)

R283 thru R292 (01/01/25 thru 04/10/25) = 3.8 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 196.4)

R293 thru R302 (04/11/25 thru 07/19/25) = 8.6 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 187.8 )

R303 (07/20/25 thru 07/29/25) = 2.4 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 185.4)

R304 (07/30/25 thru 08/08/25) = 0.2 GAINED ❌ (Ending Weight 185.6)

R305 (08/09/25 thru 08/18/25) = 2.8 LOST ✅ (Ending Weight 182.8)

R306 (08/19/25 thru 08/28/25) = xxxxx (Ending Weight xxxxx)

Day/Weight/Comment

ENDING WEIGHT LAST ROUND 182.8

08/19-184.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 184.4)

08/20-186.0 ❌ (Trend Weight – 184.5)

08/21-185.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 184.6)

08/22-185.6〰️ (Trend Weight: 184.7)

08/23-185.6〰️ (Trend Weight: 184.8)

08/24-187.6 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.1)

08/25-183.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 185.0) Finally the TMI and the whoosh I’ve been waiting for. Nearly 4 lbs gone overnight. I’m still up 2 lbs from my lowest weight 2 weeks ago, but where I’ve landed now is probably pretty accurate to where I am at. I only slept 3.5 hours last night. It’s going to be a long and tiring day. Double doctor appointments today (for me and son). Lunch will be out. I will try to be very careful not to be stupid and blow my progress! It will be chilly but sunny here today in Northern Michigan. Pants in August? Wow!

⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️08/26-185.0 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.0) My son & I had our semi-local doctor appts yesterday for our diabetes check ups. My last appt was 4 months ago in April. I was down 10 pounds yesterday from that last appointment and my glucose dropped from 8 point something to 6.4. My doctor was very impressed with the progress. I always take my son out after appointments for a meal so we headed a bit north to a restaurant we hadn’t been at in about 4 or 5 years. It was just “okay” and I did a pretty good job of ordering and not finishing. However, I tried to make up for the out-of-plan food and had too light of a dinner later Almost anything would have put me over on calories but especially carbs. Bad mistake. I ended up eating too much later last night AFTER my light dinner. Next time I should just “go over” wisely and with healthier foods if I can’t stay inside the perimeters on a restaurant day. I just can’t expect that I can skip a meal or eat the toothpick and not the food and be okay. Especially as a diabetic. Lesson learned. I’ll probably be going out-of-town tomorrow to see my accountant that moved quite far. She’s on Lake Huron so lunch by the Lake would be lovely. I won’t skip dinner later! However, travel tomorrow will leave my final weigh-in this round the following morning. Not so good.

08/27-xxxxx (Trend Weight: xxxxx)

08/28-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🌻

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CamandJarvis · August 26

~~8/19~~ - 169.4

~~8/20~~ - 167.9

~~8/21~~ - 168.9

~~8/22~~ - 168.9

~~8/23~~ - DNW

~~8/24~~ - DNW

~~8/25~~ - 169.6

~~8/26~~ - 169.9 - Sleep has been a struggle. This weight was taken at 3:30 in the morning after a too-early wake up which may have a slight impact. I've gotten less than 7 hours of sleep for 2 nights in a row so I'm not surprised. I'm also back to pushing hard in the gym after taking it easy all last week which may increase muscle glycogen/water stores related to that. I'm continuing with Coach for this final week. Starting Monday next week I'll start dropping into a cut. I'll need to start looking into high volume meals to prep to help with that.

fermatamb7212 · August 26

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48739190#Comment_48739190

This Saturday! August 30. Yikes!!!😬 My thoughts are with you. Weddings should be fun and not a competition or fashion show.

fermatamb7212 · August 26

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48739200#Comment_48739200

You are the sweetest! I’m floating with that comment. 🥰 Thank you.

fermatamb7212 · August 26

JGMTD Rnd 306 (#3)

63yo | 5’3” | ret choir teach | MW USA | Celiac | MFP 07.31.25 | HW 191.1

My goals: Healthy GF 🥗| 5 fruits & veggies/day | UGW 160 🎯 | ✈️🌎| +mobility/-pain 💪

Rnd 304 | SW: 188.6 | EW: 185.1 (-3.6)

Rnd 305 | SW: 184.9 | EW: 182.9 (-2.0)
Rnd 306 | SW: 183.1 | EWG: -1.5

8/19: 183.1 😕+.2 from 8/18, but I did enjoy myself out for lunch with a friend. GF Onion Strings! Going to try and drink more 💦and 💃today. 🤞for tomorrow, but I have ½ my lunch from yesterday for today, so 🤷‍♀️

8/20: 182.4 🙂Had a 400cal surplus yesterday. Still no exercise. Tap is on break until September, so it’s up to me to put shoes on and tap my tootsies around the kitchen. Maybe today, as I have no commitments scheduled. Dinner was leftover onion strings in the air fryer. Lots of water. I set up drinking as a med reminder on my phone/watch every 30min. It worked so-so. I just don’t want to buy an app. If you have a solution, I’d love to hear it.

8/21: 182.1 🤗 I did it! I did it! I tapped for some exercise!!💃FYI—that is a whole brain exercise!🤯That little drop in weight was a nice reward as well. Just proud of myself that I actually followed through. Also, I tried a new recipe and it was YUMMY! Spicy Top Ramen Noodle Salad—DH approved 🥇Then I topped it with some sautéed shrimp. Nothing fancy other than sprinkle (way too much) Chipotle Chili Pepper on it.

8/22: 181.0 🥳Calorie surplus yesterday paid off. Yay! Of course, this morning we went out for brunch with the fam. I had GF Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes—780 Cal, but I always cut my meal in half and bring half home. So actually, that was 390. Not far off from my usual breakfast. Not sure what the rest of the day will bring, especially since I’m laying on ice packs from tapping a couple of days ago. 🙄😩Thinking about trying one of the MFP stretching routines. Does anyone else use their exercise videos?

8/23: 180.4 😮Not sure what’s happening other than I had another calorie surplus AND I got in 80+ oz water for 2 days straight. 🤷‍♀️No exercise yesterday other than walking around Costco. 🤣Yesterday was mostly ice packs and heating pad. Ugh! Today I just did all the stretches on MFP and it said I burned 200 calories. 😳Took about 30 minutes.

Also, I think I read this on a Reddit MFP thread, but I was looking for a water reminder that was free. Someone suggested setting the med reminder on my phone. So I set it for every 30 min from 9a-5p and it has been working. It also let me choose an icon and I chose 💧 and set the background to blue. I seem to miss all notifications on my Apple Watch except for these. The med reminder has a serious vibrate. Two days of meeting my water goal! I’m sold. 💦

One note about MFP: I had to make my account private because I was sick of all the men that were trying to “friend” me. So weird and pretty irritating. 😾

8/24: 181.4 🤨Another puzzle. 🎢Exercise is completely on hold since I have sciatica. 🤬My guess is that I twisted something funny in my tap endeavors. Getting old sucks! But I’m NOT letting it deter me. I’ll just do the best I can to get better by the wedding on Saturday. I made another new dish that uses up grape tomatoes, as well as being a great summer dish when it’s too hot to cook. Can’t beat Rotisserie chicken (without the skin, of course).

8/25 182.1 🥺🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢Hate this! I’m still on track for my 4-week goal, but deep down I wanted more. I also HATE how weddings make me feel. I’m really nervous to put these pics out anywhere, but I feel fairly safe here. Anyone have an opinion about which dress I should where to my step-daughter’s wedding? I also think they are too big. I took my measurements and was too nervous to really count on any weight loss. By the time they got here, they seem too big. So I think I will have to nip and tuck whichever one I choose. I heard this last night: “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” But why does that not feel true when I know I’m being judged?!? And of course, there are the wedding photos that will be around for years to come.

8/26: 181.6 😊I’m feeling okay about this. One kind of funny thing that happened is that I figured out I may be having more calories than I thought. I saved a meal and discovered that not all of the foods were actually included!😳I thought I double checked each time, but I guess not. One good thing is that my taking it easy is helping my “sciatica” which may actually be a joint issue in my hip. Mind you, this is all Dr. Google diagnosis. I think I developed this problem from tap dancing!!! Ugh! Once I recover, I just have to not get overzealous and hurt myself again. Patience.

I’d just also like to say that I’m so glad I found this group. So supportive! 🫶

pezhed · August 26

I’m Amanda, 5’2”, 40F, in Appalachian Virginia (US)

NSG (tracked for prior day)

🏃🏻‍♀️ movement - 7/10 days

🚫 no alcohol - 7/10 days

SW Rnd 306 - 133.0

RGW: 131.6

8/19 - 132.8 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 Ready for a new round! I woke up at 5am to get in my scheduled long run on the treadmill. I love Peloton for its ability to make 90 minutes on the treadmill not feel like torture. I’m substitute teaching this morning and parenting this afternoon so I couldn’t figure out how else to fit the long run in. Keeping the same non-scale goals as last round since they kept me on track pretty well!

8/20 -132.4 🏃🏻‍♀️Had a nice book club meeting last night and didn’t track anything. Not sure what the scale will say tomorrow. Today I did a 30 minute run and am currently at the rock climbing gym with my 4yo. I prepped dinner ahead this morning so I can throw it together quickly this afternoon and take the 6yo to soccer practice. Busy day!

8/21 - 131.8 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 So tired today. Just planning to walk the dogs and do a short strength training class from Peloton. I had to take Tylenol to go to sleep last night. This has been my biggest running week in a while and my calves were really feeling it when I was trying to go to sleep. Glad I don’t have running on the calendar today!

8/22 - 132.6 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 A little bump isn’t too surprising. I know I overdid it a bit as I headed into dinner with only 300 calories left and ate a brownie after dinner. Today is going better so far. Finishing up a treadmill run right now and planning on some leftovers for dinner paired with an unchallenging evening. Tomorrow is going to be tricky since we’re driving 2+ hours each way to pick up our new minivan (!!). But I’ll try to make good choices. Happy Friday all!!

8/23 - 132.4 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫

8/24 - 132.8 🚫 I typed in my note Friday and forgot to copy it over, oops. Glad that our travel day yesterday didn’t do more damage. I skipped the Hardee’s breakfast my family had by eating oatmeal before departure. Then had a wrap instead of greasy food at the really awesome science museum we went to (Greensboro Science Center in North Carolina if anyone is ever in the area!). The downfall was the pizza dinner and a couple of sweet treats, but it could have been worse. Today is going to contain some challenges by kicking off with Swedish pancakes and bacon for breakfast and then I’m taking the boys to a movie later today. Small popcorn bags aren’t too bad, though - just a lot of sodium. I have to do a long-ish run and a core workout. Hoping to take the run outside later but the humidity is really getting to me. Thank heaven this week should cool off!

8/25 - 132.0 🏃🏻‍♀️ Not trusting this number as I had 2 beers last night and felt a little off this morning. Made a meal plan for the week this morning and am heading to ALDI shortly to shop after I do a quick strength workout. Happy Monday all!

8/26 - 132.6 🏃🏻‍♀️🚫 Not thrilled with my weight but not surprised by the bump up. I just tracked everything I’ve eaten today and it looks like I’m going to be quite a bit over after salmon tacos I’m making for dinner. I let myself get too hungry before lunch and made a huge quesadilla. And my sweet tooth is raging (hello, hormones) so I gave in and had a candy bar. Took kiddo for a short and slow hike and did a little yoga while he played on the playground. The weather is so amazing this week—72F and not humid!!

slstover35 · August 27

Round 306

19-28 August 2025

SW Rnd 306

8/19 202.1 -Great walk after dark tonight it felt great. Stayed in calorie range. Shopped like crazy for back to school stuff for kids. I can not believe summer flew by so fast. My daughter had her last first day of college today. She will graduate in May with her bachelors and masters then onto the real world. Starting to think about getting a job outside the home and start to build something for myself.

8/20 202.2 - I did not get any workout today, I had a sore throat and wanted to give myself a rest. I did stretch for another challenge and I walked inside the mall shopping but not much else.

8/21 202.2 - I plan to walk later once it cooler. I had an eye dr appt today and had to be dilated just in one eye. That feels so weird.

8/22 201.1 - Today I got another floater just pop up after eye dr. Wondering what is causing this. Its got me all upset. I did regardless have to push through and get the kid some school supplies. Went to Ikea and that is always a long ordeal. Then cleaned out the craft closet with my mom. So tired.

8/23 202.4

8/24 201.2 - My sons high school starts tomorrow. I can not sleep. I did swim some laps today. I would like to get better. I am not great at it. I am a good swimmer but laps not.

8/25 202.8 - Today was so busy with a dr appt, and had to find a white dress for a white dress party. Then I went to lunch alone and it was awesome. I then raced home to see how my sons first day of school went. Then I had a meeting with Young Mens Service League that lasted until 8:30. I got to stretch and do a little yoga today.

8/26 203.1 I felt very bloated and inflamed today. My allergies are horrible and being allergic to ragweed during this time of year just makes me so tired. I had a good workout tonight though. Weather is cooler and feels great.

8/27

8/28

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

musicsax · August 27

🎷 67 yrs young F, 5ft 4 Round 306 (my 236th).

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
an additional goal for me (again) this round is to have a totally 10-day binge free round.

Sooooh, 3 weeks yesterday we fly out for our annual holiday; in that time, I should be able to lose 3 pounds, so that is my personal challenge, I want to lose a pound a week/1.25 per round & weigh 137.6 by then. I can do it if I use my will power.

I need to remain consistent - it does work! I aim to lose a pound this round. Good luck for success everyone.

Achieved goal weigh of 125lb in summer 2016 by losing 66lb and then gradually gained between 7 and 11 since then & didn't want to gain any more, it’s taken me 75 rounds to achieve target of 130 = back to maintenance!! But then I crept up again, so need to get back to around 135. A healthy lifestyle must be a permanent way of life.

Updated 20.08.24 – I met up with youngest DB, first time after his DP passed away at the way too early age of 46. DB lives a long way from us, we see him very infrequently & is very introvert, so not a sharer of info 😞. However, he finally opened up to me, it seems that his DPs bad health leading to heart failure followed by kidney, liver failure & then a massive stroke, was originally caused by heavy drinking. By the time he realised he was abusing his body and went teetotal, the damage was too late to reverse. He was on the list for a heart transplant, but his other organs gave up before one became available.This has made me think about how I am abusing my body when I have binges with way too much sugar, fat & salt. I know I am a food addict. I'm going to try to think about this when I am tempted to overindulge, I need to start respecting my body more and think about whether I want to be in the best health I can be. My body has served me so well for 67 years, it deserves to be given the best chance to keep serving me well & I've been really lucky that life has not dealt me a raw health deal, so I must not jeopardize that luck.

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

8/18 140.6 – 7.47 miles walked. Goal was to be at 139.95 by today, not achieved that, but 1.6 pounds lost which I am happy with.

EW Rnd 305 140.6

SW Rnd 306 140.4

8/19 140.4 – 7.69 miles walked. Going to take @ReignFromAshes epiphany from 13th in my mind. "The only thing stopping me from getting what I want is me".

8/20 141.6 ? Don’t know, hopefully just a normal fluctuation, and will move back down tomorrow. Trend 141.8, 8.98 miles walked.

8/21 141.4 (Trend 141.7) 11.14 miles walked.

8/22 142.2 (Trend 141.8) 6.44 miles walked, Last night I had a WTH couple of hours, it’s over now !

9/23 DNW - down in Worcester in the caravan for the weekend. 8.93 miles walked.

8/24 DNW - 14.84 miles walked along The Severn Way into the city of Worcester mostly along the river itself & then through the racecourse.

8/25 DNW - walked 8.58 miles.

8/26 144.4 (trend 142.1) Oops seems like I had too good a weekend & I’m going the wrong way!! Today will be a challenge too, usual lunch with DSs & an Indian meal with BIL & partner to celebrate DH’s retirement – it is his last working day today. Looked at both menus & low fat/calorie/sodium choices difficult to manage!!

8/27 144 (trend 142.4) 8.49 miles walked. I chose sensibly yesterday which reflects in the small drop, I hope that will be more tomorrow, but know I won’t achieve the goal.

8/28 Goal 139.2

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

musicsax · August 27

The new round is posted;

Just Give Me 10 days Round 307 — MyFitnessPal.com

_JeffreyD_ · August 27

Male: 68
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

Daily Goals (4) for this round:
-✏️ Log Food.
-☣️ No Ultra Processed Food (UPF).
-🎯 Meet CI/CO target, net 1500.
-💓 Exercise minimum 20 minutes. More if possible.

Round 306 Posts
This is my posting format….
Month/Day: Scale Reading first thing today before getting dressed. / Goals met ✏️☣️🎯💓/ Comment

8/18/25 : 219.8 SW the day before.

8/19: 220.0
✏️☣️🎯💓
Last round was very successful for me, including a nice loss on the last day. This sets up a challenging SW for this round.

Low key celebration yesterday. I grilled a steak and DW made some veggies. The only time we were really apart all day was when she dove for the basement when the tornado sirens went off and I stayed upstairs to view the progress.. HA! Our typical routine. (Even the television weatherman wondered why the sirens sounded. Totally false alarm.)

8/20: 220.0
✏️☣️🎯💓
Here is an NSV for me. Unsolicited, DW told me yesterday she sees a big difference in my waistline and neck. (my balloon areas.) A nice reminder that weight is not the only metric by which to realize success.

Here is another NSV. Last night, DW in a moment of fatigue suggested we order pizza. In a rare moment of strength, I declined and suggested we just nosh on leftovers and watermelon. I can’t tell you how proud I am of that. (I am a magician with pizza. Now you see it, now you don’t!)

This is my last scale reading until the 23rd. DW and I are traveling to visit her sister who is in the midst of chemo for breast cancer. (She found it with a mammogram; stage 3. Undetectable otherwise, so get’r done you all. Unsolicited medical advice finished.)

8/21: DNW 💓
8/22: DNW 💓
By the way, on my spreadsheet when I have a "DNW," I enter it as the average of the bookend scale readings on either side. It gives a somewhat fair guess at the ten-day average.

8/23: 223.6
💓
I wasn’t the most careful on the trip, but this will be corrected by the end of the round.

On the bright side, I found out my wife’s sister has stage 1B breast cancer, not stage 3. (misinformed by other DSIL) The chemo has hit her hard.

8/24: 222.0
✏️☣️
I woke up at 3:00 am and could not turn my brain off.

Yesterday was dominated by home organization, college football and social life. No room for exercise, which would have helped me round out all of my goals.

On a bright note, DW is getting her vocal cords back. She has Spasmodic Dysphonia. It’s a life sentence. It involves an injection into her vocal cords through the front of her throat (four times per year.) Praying it works consistently because she (we) thinks it is worth it.

8/25: 221.2
✏️☣️🎯💓
Easing my way back after the short trip last week. Hoping to hit my SW at the end. It was a freak low so there would be no shame in breaking-even this round. Well, there is no shame in not breaking-even either. This is not a place for shame is it?

Unless some other unplanned issue pops up I am planning to get back to the gym this morning for the “silver sneaker-ish” class we have done for a couple years now. We had to take the summer off due to watching DGS during his summer break from school. I am sure I will have to endure the inquisition from some of the more social members. HA! At least I have a somewhat noble excuse.

8/26: 219.6
✏️☣️🎯💓
My CO exceeded my CI yesterday. And I wasn’t even that hungry. Very unlike me. I can’t believe I have sore muscles from that twinkie exercise class. HA!

8/27: 220.0
✏️☣️🎯💓
Good morning everyone. I am sleep deprived.

8/28

Skyleen75 · August 27

We got our mud run photos! There weren’t a lot of action shots of us but you can see me in the background after I tossed my team mate face first into a sea of mud.

Skyleen75 · August 27

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 305 End Weight 176.0

08/19 175.2
08/20 175.8
08/21 176.6
08/22 175.4
08/23 174.8
08/24 175.2
08/25 174.2
08/26 175.2

08/27 175.2 I’m ok with this round so far and I’m motivated to finish strong today. A nice even 175.0 would be a good place to start my next round.

Autumn is in the air, I love fall but I’m not ready to give up summer just yet. Today is the last day of aqua yoga and with night time temps in the 50’s and a predicted 65 at class time, I’m not feeling like an hour of slow movement in the pool is gonna work for me.

I have morning full body strength with my ride or dies and a 4:30 cardio with my hard core girls. It’s definitely an adjustment to get back to afternoon workouts. Especially after a full day gardening. The shake up is probably good for me!

Chapter_3 · August 27

@Skyleen75 oh gosh I wish I was there!!!! Would dirty pink look good on me?!?!!! From boxing with midgets, freezing dips and mud race, I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE❣️❣️❣️!!!!

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Chapter_3 · August 27

JGMTD R306 # 76 RND Goal 131.xlbs. Loose 5+lbs in 4wks. (9/16)

SW Rnd 306 ⚖️133.0

8/19 133.0

8/20 133.0

8/21 133.0

8/22 133.0 🧐

8/23 🚫⚖️

8/24 133.2

8/25 DNW

8/26 132.2 ‼️❣️

8/27 132.0

8/28

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8/19 ⚖️ 133.0 🏆🚶‍♀️💓👣🏋️‍♀️🤸🏼📖

Started yesterday with 🏋️‍♀️then WV🚶‍♀️💓👣 📖 KEPT GOING W/great nutrition. Closed the kitchen @ 4PM . Gosh, I am quite sore this morning. Today: 🎾& filler ‘up with more movement & plyo ⏱️& Focus on 💦. Will begin to weigh/measure all food intake. I think I’ve unknowingly & gradually increased portion size (the ole eyeball method has let me down!) and has slowly added to this scale creep! #KILLTHECREEP Let’s DO THIS! 💪🏻🏆