Happy New Year! It's the January weigh-in & accountability thread
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I am so thankful for this group. I need some help as I have been roughly the same weight for the past 5 years and I just thought that was where I would always be. But recently I had a baby and I know I can be better for him, maybe even gain some energy. So here we go:
Height: 5'7"
CW: 141
GW:135
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Hi Ladies! I’m new to the group and just getting my feet wet. Have been able to manage my weight for many years and finally hit a pretty rough patch in 2018 where things got out of hand. Looking to get to my best version of myself this year. Will share more as I acclimate. This appears to be a pretty solid group - focused and not negative are my first impressions.4
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Height: 5' 9"
HW: 167 lbs (Jan. 13, 2017)
Jan. Start Weight: 161.6 lbs
Ultimate Weight Goal: 145 lbs
lbs to go: 16.0 lbs
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Jan 03: 161.6 lbs
Jan 09: 161.0 lbs
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Jan 28:
January Goal: 158.6 lbs (-3 lbs)
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Wow the New Year's rush at the gym (even at 6 in the morning) is crazy! Happy to see a lot of people working on getting healthier, but man I wish the gym required an etiquette class before you can use the weight room - three separate times this week I've tripped over plates people just left on the floor!!
Anyway, happy with my small loss from last week!
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I try to focus on interval training (heavier weights, less cardio). But did see some weight creep up over the holidays (which stretched from Halloween to New Years) that can't be attributed to weight lifting.
1/1- 134
1/7 - 133.5
today 1/9 - 131.5 (water weight).
Hoping to keep the trend of .5 - to 1 lb a week.
GW # 1 - 130 by 1/31
GW # 2- 126 by 3/31
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Height: 5'3"
SW: 159
CW: 135.6
GW: 120's
January Goal: Complete 4 weeks of Couch 2 5K. Weight loss will be consequential hopefully, but not the priority. Let's shoot for 133.
1/2/18: 135.6
1/9/18: 135.6 (Average 135.4)
First week of C25K was a breeze overall. Week 2 is going easier then expected too. (Run 90 seconds walk 2 minutes) I have a feeling that Week3 is going to SUCK. There's a point where I will have to run 3 minutes in a row. And, today as I got towards the end of 90 seconds, my brain was telling me "Okay stop running now". So we'll see. Maybe I'll do better then I think. Trying to weigh in daily as well.
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HW: 176
CW: 160.5
Height: 5'8"
January goal: 157
Ultimate goal weight: 153
Back after a few months away. I'm happy I've only gained a few pounds since then but am ready to get back down to goal again. I ran several days over Holiday shutdown so I only gained a few pounds rather than 10 like in 2017. Happy to be back and good luck everyone
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miliskinny wrote: »I almost feel like crying!!!! I am not the only one in the world!!! for the longest time I have been only seeing forums and articles where people complain about losing only 10lbs in a month - I have been trying to lose 10lbs in a year!! thank you ladies for creating this group! thank you!
I am 5ft 7.5'' and 152lbs (maybe 153today). My goal is 130s.
Today will be 7 weeks since I started keto and it has been a bumpu ride - lost, stalled, lost, gained, stalled, gained... all in all, 7 weeks ago I was 160 so I am happy.
I do all sorts of physical activity - walking, running, focus t25, gym but decreased dramatically since couple of weeks ago. I was just having too strong appetite.
I am struggling a lot to stay within my caloric goal. Anyone else here having the same issue? Or an advice?
Good luck to you all!!!
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Hi there! Welcome! So this is something I struggle with as well. What is your calorie goal set to? A mistake I first made was setting it to 2lbs a week loss, which was 1200 calories. I found this very hard to stick to for more then a few days without becoming ravenous and bingey. I upped (erm, lowered?) the loss to 1lbs a week... Still hard to stick to. So I stuck with 1/2 lbs a week, which at sedentary setting gave me 1390 (I think?). I also made sure to eat back at least 1/2 of my exercise calories. If I found I was eating over calorie goal more often then not, I took it as a sign to take a diet break. I would eat at maintenance for 2 weeks until my appetite got under control, and then went back to the 1/2lb weight loss goal. It seemed to be a 2weeks on 2weeks off kinda pattern. So my weight loss was more like 1/4lb loss a week. But it was consistent and steady, and ended at 20lbs after 9mos. When we dont have a lot to lose it goes SLLLOOOOWWW. And slow and steady wins this race. I also downloaded Libra to track my daily weight. It helps to drown out all the crazy fluctuations and tell you if you're trending up or trending down. Seeing the downward trend keeps me going when it seems like the scale just keeps creeping up. If the trend line goes up, I know it's time to crack down & re-evaluate my habits.
A bit long winded here... But Hope this helps! Best of luck!
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So apparently editing is not a thing...?
Here is my update as of today.
Height: 5'4"
SW January: 148.8#s (January 1 weigh in)
Ultimate goal: Around 130#s
January goal: 142#s
January body fat goal: 28%
2nd Jan: 148.8#s – Body fat 31.6%
9th Jan: 146.1#s - Body fat 31.5%
16th Jan:
23rd Jan:
30th Jan:
This is the first time I've survived more than 7 days on an exercise/diet plan. I had my cheat meals here and there (and maybe a beer or two), but overall I think I did pretty well. Food is usually my comfort, but I don't feel like I've struggled that much in cutting back the calories. I've also never been much for exercise. I hurt my knee years ago in track and have hated the treadmill ever since. But we bought one for Christmas and I find myself wanting to get on it just about every day to at least walk for 30 minutes. I've even increased my step goal on Fitbit.4 -
Height: 5'10"
HW: 183lbs (Fri 24th March 2017)
SW January: 168.4lbs (2nd January weigh in)
Ultimate goal: Around 150lbs
January goal: 163lbs
January body fat goal: 26.8%
2nd Jan: 168.4lbs – Body fat 27.3% (Moving Average 166.9)
9th Jan: 166.4lbs - Body fat 26.9% (Moving Average 167)
16th Jan:
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Happy to see two lbs gone this week. Some will have been water weight/shark week related. I've got to focus on weights because my toe is still dodgy (and probably will be for 4-6 weeks). No burpees (hoorah), no lunges (because toe stretch), no planks (toe stretch again)... And to top it all off I managed to move on Monday morning before work and lock up my shoulder. I have one large and three little knots in the muscles around my shoulder joint, and a small knot in my neck muscle at the base of skull. I had a lovely massage yesterday to help loosen it all and it has helped, but I do seize up sitting at my desk for long periods of time.
Nice to see old faces and so many new ones!
@wellnesschaser Thanks for the kind words!
@leah_not_leia Nice start to the year! I feel you on the gym etiquette. Same in mine. It drives me absolutely potty. Don't get me started on the mirror starers and selfie takers, or those who sit on a machine for 5 mins just playing on their phones. Just. Kitten. Off. My gym 24hrs but manned until 10pm only. From 9:30pm onwards all you see is the staff on duty tidying up equipment.
@oneillm45 Same here, a seemingly aggressive goal for January, but the first two lbs dropped off easily, so must have been water weight.
@vla246 One of the worst things about being a woman trying to lose weight is the hormone fluctuations we get. Weight loss isn't linear for anyone, but even less so for women. Don't let it get you down. It's one reason I weigh daily and put it in a weight trend app because as long as my trend is good, I'm good.
@bettina8037 I used to measure, but haven't for a while. I might start that again in Feb and do it monthly at most.
@Tryingtogetfitdeb I've never heard of REDJANUARY. Veganuary and Dry January I'm familiar with. How is the daily exercise going?
@aelexow Presumably your husband is taller/bigger/heavier than you? Don't get discouraged. Like I've said above, women have greater weight fluctuations (thanks, hormones). But at least he is on the same path, which helps from a support perspective. Nice loss today! (Yes, posts can only be edited for 1hr after posting)
@Astrue It must be so much harder. Whenever I hear parents (of young children) talk of weight loss, their main issue is eating their kids' leftovers because they don't want to waste food. I don't know if that's the same for you. Hopefully MFP and this group will help!
@Cora0477 I'll join grazers anonymous. It's my weakness.
@peppermintcaroline A marathon! Wow. Have you managed to do that distance in training so far?
@VickyW119 This group is perfect for accountability!
@gryphonwind & @miliskinny That's the nice thing about this group. We understand that we will be more likely to plateau and focus on slow progress. Historically we've had losers, maintainers and the odd bulker on these threads.
@miliskinny Are you doing keto for any reason other than weight loss? It could be that your body is struggling with the lack of carbs (not the devil) if you exercise a lot. I don't do keto, but have the occasional unintentional high fat low carb day, and it really messes with my energy levels in the gym when I do that. Alternatively, your deficit could be set to too big a number.
@LynnJ9 That's a fab loss, I'm sure you'll do just fine with only 18lbs to lose!
@CowgirlConnieMay I want to say I'm sorry for your loss, but I cannot quite work out if you are talking divorce or loss. Hoping the former, but if the latter then I'm sorry to hear that. But sounds like you are doing fabulously well. A marathon!
@deannaroseatx Sounds like you are turning your life around. Fab goals!
@wolfkms Sounds like energy should be your focus, rather than weight. Maybe focus on fat loss/muscle gain?
@mahsh75 Sorry to hear 2018 has been rough. Onwards and upwards! Yes, we tend to be pretty positive!
@lbride Meh, it's only Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas once a year. You'll soon lose that little extra!
@Crafty_camper123 You wait until you get to week 6 or so, where you jump from an 8 min run to a 20min run.
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@rianneonamission I'm not gonna think about that one yet. LOL. I have a feeling I may be repeating week 3 a while until I can get to the 3 minute run time. I hope that I may suprise myself, but I'm not holding my breath.
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@rianneonamission for me, the toughest part of the combination of parenting and eating is the junk food. Halloween. Holidays. Birthday parties. So much of our cultural way of celebrating anything in the USA revolves around food... Especially carb heavy foods and sugar. The other problem I have is fast food. In the rush to get them fed (because hungry children are insane, moody beasts) we often end up at a Chick-fil-A or similar place). I don't eat off their plates (though I can definitely understand how this is a problem for a lot of people). My other vices more than make up for that one area of self control.
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December was rough, but things are slowly improving. Time and distance can be very good things sometimes! Honestly, the more distance I get from this last relationship, the happier I am it ended - it was not a healthy dynamic. Starting to feel happy again too - not all the time yet, but it's happening
HW: ~163
CW: 148
GW: 128-132
January Goal: 147 (as an average)
2nd Jan: 148 (Actual) 149.3 (Trend)
9th Jan: 149 (Actual) 149.0 (Trend)
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Love reading all your responses here. Everyone doing so well!
HW: 155 ish
GW: 120 ish
January goal: 127
2nd Jan: 129.8
9th Jan: 127.2
16th Jan:
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I'm excited I've dropped 2lb quickly this week, probably some of it leftover from holidays like everyone else 😉 I will see what happens this week and then reassess my January goal from there. I got weights for christmas and have been loving the new difficulty they've been adding to my workouts! Goal was also to increase steps to 10,000 daily, which I have been able to do everyday. Excited about that.4 -
It has only been 4 days since I have started, but I have lost 1.5 lbs. I know most is water weight loss, as well as just less food in my system, but I will take it!
I have stayed on target with my calories so far, and have tried to walk 2 miles most evenings.
High weight: 180 pounds
Goal weight: 135 pounds
Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Age: 56 years
Jan 5: 153 lbs
Jan 9: 151.5 lbs
Thanks for the accountability everyone!
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Height: 5’6”
SW: 152
GW: 127
January goal: weigh in below 152 on 1/31
Baby steps for me this month
@rianneonamission - thanks for the encouragement!3 -
Hope to be accountable by being back on track.
Height 5' 4"
SW 147
GW for Jan end 144
UGW 124
Jan 2 147 lbs
Jan 9 1463 -
5'5 and 133lbs really want to be 112/119lbs!
Any one have open food diaries for motivation and ideas? Thanks x4 -
5'6" 36 years old
SW January 160
GW January 155
UGW 130-135
3rd Jan: 160
10th Jan: 156.3
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Mine's open to friends I believe, @crystalgulliver. Feel free to add me! I'm an eat more to weigh less kind of person.2
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Must have been holding some water weight yesterday, because I dropped another lb overnight. Looking at my food I think that Tuesday was perhaps a little heavier on the sodium than I would normally go, which would explain things.3
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5'4
age 29
Sw: 142
GW: 126
GW (JAN): 130
JAN 1ST : 142
JAN 5TH : 138
JAN 10TH: 134
My gain over Xmas was clearly a fair amount of bloat but the 7lbs i now want off are now true, its only 3 by the end of jan in theory but lets be honest id love more!! Im really strong at the moment so the more i lose the more ripped i look!4 -
Height: 5’4”
1/03: 127.6
1/10: 126.0
1/17:
1/24:
1/31:
Jan goal: 125
Ultimate goal: 120
I was pleasantly surprised by my weigh in, especially since my husband dragged me to a couple restaurants this week -including a buffet 🙄.
I didn’t make all my workouts, but I did spend many hours on yard work. And I did use quite a bit of willpower to keep my overall calories on target.
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Height: 5'6"
Ultimate GW: 128lb
SW: 159lb
10 January: 154.8
17 January:
24 January:
31 January
January GW: 152lb
The holiday weight dropped away quite quickly, so the rest of the month should be a more true reflection of how things are going. Overall though, am happy to state that I'm staying within my calorie target and it's been smooth sailing so far.4 -
Jan 5: 112.4
Jan 12: 112.9
Jan Goal: 110
GW: 100
Not the direction I was looking to go in. Started my period, which may have something to do with it. Weather is super cold and windy. Have run a little, but should run more.
@rianneonamission I have done a half marathon but this will be my first full marathon.4 -
Hey guys!
So I always get in a really good spot with working out and eating well then I get comfortable and fall off the wagon. I am determined to get back to better than my best. I would love if anyone would add me and I would add them back for just the fact that someone else knows if I screw up so it makes me more accountable. Could be more motivational if it fits, never had that work out though! Anywho..I started using MFP Jan 1 and have almost lost 2 pounds already because I have been more careful about my diet and started working out again. Backstory, I have Hashimoto's and am a chef that works on my feet all day. Easy to eat everything! But I have a decent willpower. I got down to 136 in 2017 and kept it off until about February 2018. Got super slammed with different jobs and "never had consistent time". Granted I worked plenty of 17 hour days with maybe a day off but I still think I make excuses.
Stats:
5'4"
Jan weight 145.8
UGW - 133
End Jan GW - 143
Feb - 139
March - 134
April - 133
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Height: 5'4.5
SW: 146
CW: 142.6
First Goal: 135
Second Goal: 130
FINAL/ULTIMATE GOAL: 128
Last time I was 128 was June 2017 and I looked FAB!3 -
Being a college student, I pilled up a lot of weight since my last year of high school! I'm trying to go back to my original weight but it's hard. My goal would be to reach my ideal weight by the end of this year
Height:5'5
CW:132.28lbs
GW:119.05lbs
January GW:130lbs3 -
Hi everyone, I’m new to this group! I lost 27 lbs in 2014,and have been maintaining my weight since then. Except that I allow myself to eat anything I want between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so always have to get back to logging my food for awhile in January to get rid of whatever extra weight I’ve accumulated during that time. I’m very consistent with my lifting program, which fortunately allows me to eat quite a lot and still lose slowly, but it’s always helpful to get back to MFP for extra motivation and support!
SW 172#
CW 148.5#
GW. 145#
1/12/19 148.5#
1/31/19 GW 147#
I’m 5’6.
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SW 67.8kg (2/1/19)
4/1/19 67.4 kg
11/1/19 67.0kg
So I did lose last week, but feel like I’ve put it all back on again, it’s time of the month and I’ve been sloppy with my eating and giving in to my cravings. My exercise has stopped too. Tomorrow is another day and I will get back on track.
Well done to all of you who are being consistent.
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Height 6’ 0”
SW 1/12/19 153 lbs
19.5% body fat
Goal: 145 lbs, 15% fat
Goal date: 4/1/19
Forty two year old single mom (100% custody) with a full time desk job.
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