March 25th June 10th, 2024: Weight Loss PVP: 10 or 12 lbs in 10 or 12 Weeks!

[TimovieMan]

11 minutes ago, Sea-to-sky said:

Does sound very cool. Always fancied trying it since i saw it in a film

About Time?

[DrFeelgood]

04/09:  211.9  (+0.5)

 

Well that was unexpected!  After several days off the plan and basically eating whatever I wanted all weekend I thought for sure there would be a bigger jump in the scale--in fact when I hopped on this morning I was bracing to see something near 215.  I'll take it!

 

Still above start weight for this PVP though, so I need to get back on the horse and make some headway if I'm going to get anywhere near my goal of breaking 200.

[Elennare]

I weighed myself yesterday, but wasn't able to post because yesterday was super busy.  I had a whole bunch of people over for the eclipse.  That was awesome, in the original sense of the word.  I am so glad I finally got to see one.  Seriously y'all, if you have the chance to see a total solar eclipse, do it!  It is worth it.

 

I had a lovely spring break, though I did not get myself set up for healthy eating like I wanted to.  I had a couple more treats than normal, but nothing crazy.  Which is why I am beyond flabbergasted with yesterday's weigh in.  I have no idea what happened, and pretty much all I can do is hope it's a weird fluke and will un-happen just as fast (though my experience of a long time trying to lose weight tells me it won't).

 

3/25: 172.5

4/1: 172.4

4/8: 176

 

Up almost 4 pounds, and the heaviest I've been all year by 2 pounds.

[Sea-to-sky]

20 minutes ago, TimovieMan said:

About Time?

Yup, thats the one. Hilarious film. 

[DrFeelgood]

On 4/6/2024 at 11:06 AM, Sovalis said:

The adventure with minimizing wheat continues fairly well, with only two conscious decisions to have some in the past ~2 weeks. I need to do some thinking about what carbs I want to replace with because I am not getting enough fibre, but that should be manageable with some forethought and prep. 

Broccoli, sweet potatoes, prunes, avocadoes, and beans--those are my gluten-free fiber mainstays.  When I really need to kick it up a notch I just eat as much lettuce as I can tolerate.

[DrFeelgood]

5 minutes ago, Elennare said:

I weighed myself yesterday, but wasn't able to post because yesterday was super busy.  I had a whole bunch of people over for the eclipse.  That was awesome, in the original sense of the word.  I am so glad I finally got to see one.  Seriously y'all, if you have the chance to see a total solar eclipse, do it!  It is worth it.

 

I had a lovely spring break, though I did not get myself set up for healthy eating like I wanted to.  I had a couple more treats than normal, but nothing crazy.  Which is why I am beyond flabbergasted with yesterday's weigh in.  I have no idea what happened, and pretty much all I can do is hope it's a weird fluke and will un-happen just as fast (though my experience of a long time trying to lose weight tells me it won't).

 

3/25: 172.5

4/1: 172.4

4/8: 176

 

Up almost 4 pounds, and the heaviest I've been all year by 2 pounds.

The eclipse was incredible!  I drove down to Dallas for the weekend to hang with my brother, and I'm so glad the weather held off.  We had a perfect sky to view the whole event from his backyard.

 

I know the feeling of those big gains that don't make any sense but seem like they're going to hang around.  Hopefully this one is just a fakeout that relents quickly.

[TimovieMan]

1 hour ago, Sea-to-sky said:

Yup, thats the one. Hilarious film. 

Not to mention one of the highlights of Bill Nighy's career, and considering it's Bill Nighy, that's saying a lot! Great actor!🤘

[Sea-to-sky]

2 hours ago, TimovieMan said:

Not to mention one of the highlights of Bill Nighy's career, and considering it's Bill Nighy, that's saying a lot! Great actor!🤘

Agreed. Super film. One of my faves. 
plus, who doesn't love a film with that many twists and such a good sense of humor. 

[Sea-to-sky]

Ive officially lost a stone over the last 3 months. Thats a massive thing for me after struggling with my weight for so long. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for cheering me on. Its really helped me stick at this. Also for helping me work out what the hell im doing when i get lost. You guys rock

[Jarric]

On 4/9/2024 at 1:24 PM, athousandwords said:

 

I've always thought that experience would be so cool! Report back on what you think! 

 

On 4/9/2024 at 3:21 PM, Sea-to-sky said:

Does sound very cool. Always fancied trying it since i saw it in a film

 

Yes, remind me and I will report back! I have been once before, so I know a bit more of what to expect, but I'm really excited to go again.

 

 

On 4/9/2024 at 3:34 PM, TimovieMan said:

About Time?

 

On 4/9/2024 at 3:54 PM, Sea-to-sky said:

Yup, thats the one. Hilarious film. 

 

Genuinely just thought Timo was saying it was about time you went to one of those restaurants  

[Darciana]

Nothing much to report. I had a small peak at the scale and it's ugly but I'm also bloated and feeling not-so-great.

Was on call with the Fire Department for the Eclipse so went 72 hours with only a handful of naps/restless&interrupted sleeps and not ideal food at the station (cookies and muffins and everything had cheese in it). Yesterday I was still so exhausted I could barely function at work. Today I'm a bit better, but can still feel the impact of the sleep debt.

 

No workout this morning. Tried to wake up but felt I'd do myself more harm and possibly injury by trying to lift and went right back to sleep. Meals are all wonky since we couldn't meal prep due to being on call. The goal is to stay just enough on track for the rest of this week I can drop off the bloat and water retention and get back down closer to a "real" weight (read: not falsely inflated by bloat and water retention) by next week's weigh in.

[TimovieMan]

15/03: 94.65 kg / 208.7 lbs

22/03: 94.15 kg / 207.6 lbs

29/03: 94.20 kg / 207.7 lbs

12/04: 95.10 kg / 209.7 lbs (+0.9 / +2.0)

 

This is leftover damage from my vacation week. There were basically 10 days of not counting calories, overeating and little to no exercise, and only 4 days of "getting back to normal". The number is going to be lower again next week.

I shudder to think what the number would have been on Monday morning, though, with all the bloat and overeaty nonsense still in my system... 😇

[DrFeelgood]

04/14:  211.2  (-0.7)

 

Not bad for a middling week that started late and ended with a nasty illness--I spent all of Friday and Saturday lying on the sofa and watching golf when I wasn't napping.  I did get a couple of workouts done and I mostly stayed on track with my calories once I got home from Texas, but even then I had 3 yellow days against only 2 greens.  Better than the scale, I think, is that I can feel things tightening up and getting stronger with my return to proper exercise, and I'm getting more compliments again from friends who want to know what I'm doing to lose the weight.

 

The week ahead should give me a good chance to beat my 2024 low and maybe even break all the way through the 210s to see a 209-point-something as long as I can stay disciplined.

[Snarkyfishguts]

Start: 229

3/25- 229

4/1- 227

4/8- 230

4/15-228

4/22

4/29

5/6

5/13

5/20

5/27

6/3

6/10

 

Back on track. Last week I had a stomach bug that was a bit stubborn.  I'm back to regular diet and exercise now, and looking forward to feeling stronger as the challenge progresses.  With 8 more weigh-ins, I feel secure in reaching my goal of 221 as long as I stick to the plan  

[Darciana]

150.2

 

2.5lb up from 2 weeks ago (didn't check last week) and 0.7lb up from the start of this round. That's okay, there's be a lot going on.

Last week was a mess of trying to recover from 72 hours with very minimal sleep, horrible eating, and no workouts. I finally started feeling better on Friday when I did some Peloton strength workouts. The weekend resulted in eating out both Saturday and Sunday, Saturday including cheese (hello bloat!). Yesterday I was short on water but managed at least 60oz so not as bad as it could've been.

 

Today we resumed our lifting plan and I'm feeling much better about getting back into it. The Man meal prepped yesterday so I could use the leftover chicken for my crockpot lunch prep today. My dinners are not paleo but I chose balanced meals that included small pasta sides or rice since we have a surplus in need of being used up. They're individual single-serve meals so I can reduce waste but avoid boredom. I'm feeling good about my progress going forward and I know these 2-ish pounds will drop off in the next day or two as my body works through the lactose-induced inflammation and the water weight from slight dehydration.

[Elennare]

3/25: 172.5

4/1: 172.4

4/8: 176

4/15: 173.4

 

Still up from where I started, but down a fair bit from last week!  While the number is still nowhere near where I want to be, I am very pleased to see it heading down again.  Here's hoping I can keep doing whatever it is that's got it going down.

[Shello]

Starting weight 261.4

W1 3/25: 261.2 (-0.2)

W2 4/1: 258.0 (-3.2)

W3 4/8: 256.4 (-1.6)

W4 4/15: 255.6 (-0.8)

 

Progress is slowing down but still in the right direction.  Lowest weigh in for the week was Saturday but couldn't maintain over the weekend.  I'm not displeased with the week but I wish the gain over the weekend just made more sense.  I am a bit more lenient with the quality (fried empanadas, PB and Doritos sandwich) but I was well under calorie goal all weekend and active.   Oh, and there was a mini Blizzard.  But still, well under calories.  I'm not giving up Blizzards so there's that. 

 

Looking forward to see what this week brings.   There's a food day at work and DDG and I have a dinner out planned - on the same day as the food day.  Then a concert on Saturday that will likely end up with a dinner out.  As long as I can lock in the other 5 days and keep those two days reasonable I should be fine. 🤞  Yikes, I also have a catered breakfast tomorrow with a vendor in town at work.  I would normally skip breakfast and am debating not eating but it feels like it will be awkward if everyone else is eating.  And breakfast foods are my favorite.  

[Elennare]

1 hour ago, Shello said:

I'm not giving up Blizzards so there's that. 

 

I mean, what's the point of having a healthy lifestyle if you have to give up your life to have it? 

 

Everyone definitely has foods like that.  You can have my tasty, sugary coffee creamer when you pry it out of my cold, sleepy hands.

[athousandwords]

Mar 26 - 175.2

Apr 01  - 174.4 (-0.8)

Apr 08 - 173.4 (-1.0)

Apr 15 - 174.2 (+0.8)

 

Little up today, but I'm not too worried. I was seeing 172 most of the week, so I'm hoping this is just a blip! Although I'm going to an All Inclusive for a 3-day vacation this weekend, so it may be a couple weeks before this blip goes back down. 😆

[Shello]

1 hour ago, athousandwords said:

I'm going to an All Inclusive for a 3-day vacation this weekend, so it may be a couple weeks before this blip goes back down. 😆

That seems like it will be worth the wait! 

[Sea-to-sky]

Starting weight- 239.25lb

26/3 - 240.75lb
2/4 - 240.25lb
9/4 - 237lb
16/4 - 239.25

 

did not stick super religiously to my cals last week and went over a bit. Also had more sugar and salt than normal. Frustrating, but hopefully it will come off again quickly. 
going to try for more walking this week now im feeling better. 

[Jarric]

16 hours ago, athousandwords said:

Although I'm going to an All Inclusive for a 3-day vacation this weekend, so it may be a couple weeks before this blip goes back down. 😆

 

Sounds exciting; where are you off to?

[Jarric]

18/03 - 164.9lbs

25/03 -163.9lbs

01/04 - 163.1lbs

08/04 - 163.5lbs

15/04 - 162.2lbs

 

Ate a little over 1,000kcal over budget last week, but that's still well in deficit and that seems to have worked fine. I'm not quite on track for my goal right now, but 2.7lbs down from the start of this challenge isn't bad at all.

 

There was, to be fair, a great deal of guessing on Saturday. Had my meal in the dark, which was an amazing 3-course meal including a great swordfish starter. It was a really cool experience, and though I've done it before I was still amazed at how relaxed I felt being temporarily blind. Add to the mystery meal the beer before the restaurant, the cocktail before the meal, two glasses of wine with the meal, a beer on the way home, and then deciding to have cheese and biscuits for dinner, it was certainly a high-calorie day with a lot of margin for error on the guesswork element. 

[athousandwords]

11 hours ago, Jarric said:

Sounds exciting; where are you off to?

 

Cancun! My sister and I are celebrating her 40th birthday! 🎉

 

11 hours ago, Jarric said:

There was, to be fair, a great deal of guessing on Saturday. Had my meal in the dark, which was an amazing 3-course meal including a great swordfish starter. It was a really cool experience, and though I've done it before I was still amazed at how relaxed I felt being temporarily blind. Add to the mystery meal the beer before the restaurant, the cocktail before the meal, two glasses of wine with the meal, a beer on the way home, and then deciding to have cheese and biscuits for dinner, it was certainly a high-calorie day with a lot of margin for error on the guesswork element. 

 

You (and the scale) will forget all about those extra calories in no time, but what a great experience!! Adding to my bucket list!

[Jarric]

18/03 - 164.9lbs

25/03 -163.9lbs

01/04 - 163.1lbs

08/04 - 163.5lbs

15/04 - 162.2lbs

22/04 - 162.2lbs

 

Was surprised not to see a drop this week as I had a lot of lower numbers on the days in between. Average for last week was 161.6, and on Saturday I hit a low of 160.9, so today feels like a bit of an anomaly. I expect we'll see a bigger drop this week, so I'm not too worried.

 

In non-scale news, I've got a pair of shorts that, when I bought them, were far too tight and I got WW to move the buttons so I could do them up. Yesterday I had to move the buttons again, this time to tighten them back up, and I've taken them in about 2" from where they were. Add to that that I'm 2 belt notches tighter than I was at the start of the year, progress has definitely been made.