Lose 5lbs + in October 2019
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Tough first week been sick off and on so haven't been very active an just been eating like crud. So no surprise I gained some weight but slowly am getting back on track as I begin to feel better.
October starting weight -169lbs
October goal - 164lbs
Ultimate goal - 135lbs
1st - 169lbs
7th- 171.3 lbs
14th -
21st -
28th -
Gained 2.3 lbs
Total Loss for Oct - TBD10 -
Original starting weight - 213
October starting weight - 206.2
October goal - 199
Ultimate goal - 145
1st - 206.2
7th- 204.2
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October - 2lbs10 -
Original starting weight - 179
October starting weight -172.3
October goal -165
Ultimate goal -140
1st -172.2
7th-169.5
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October- 2.77 -
Original starting weight (2014) - 229.5
May 2018 - 134
May 2019 Restart - 142.5
September ending weight - 123.5
Oct goal - 118
Ultimate goal - 114
10/01: 123.5
10/07: 126
10/14:
10/21:
10/28:
10/31:
This is actually down 1.5 from yesterday; I had too good of a time Saturday. This is why I rarely drink alcohol; I eat way too much and don't care about consequences in the moment.8 -
10/1-241.8
10/7-243.89 -
Original starting weight - less than I am now. I've been letting a lot of things slide . Not this month though!!
October starting weight - 138.8
October goal - 135
Ultimate goal - 125
1st - 138.8
7th- 138.3 still trying, and counting everything
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October -
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tiabirdie56 wrote: »@dawnbgethealthy, You were probably much less stressed Dawn. What vacations are supposed to provide. @mtaratoot is right, maybe you need more vacations!
Wouldn't that be great, to have more vacations!! : - )3 -
Love to join in, to keep myself accountable.
Original starting weight - 154 lbs. (May 25th, 2019)
October starting weight - 140 lbs.
October goal - 135 lbs.
Ultimate goal - 100 - 110 lbs.
October 2nd - 140 lbs.
October 9th -
October 16th -
October 23rd -
October 30th -
Total loss for October: Stay Tuned
Best of luck everyone!4 -
@Jelaan You did lose .5lb. And you don't have to worry about convincing others you're trying! We're not about that at all!6
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Original starting weight - Not known/ no scales at the time
October starting weight - 144.4
October goal - 138.0
Ultimate goal - 120.0
1st -144.4
7th- 143.6 (-0.8)
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October -5 -
Female, age 59, 5'3" (probably only 5'2" by now)
Starting weight was October 28, 2018 - 191
Long term goal 112-115
October 28.2019 goal - 151
1st day back to my scale. I don't know what my starting point was for the month, I will use the 7th.
October 07 - 156.7 - Hard to believe that I actually lost weight on my vacation to Dallas, what with Texas bbq, Taquieras, Margaritas etc. Mind you, I ice skated almost every day. Very pleased.
October 08 - 160.3 - That gain in one days seems kind of crazy since I had good workouts and was well within my eating levels. Perhaps I had been dehydrated from the flights and am hydrated again.5 -
Glad to have a place to be accountable with others.
Original starting weight -204
October starting weight -198
October goal -186
Ultimate goal -135
1st -198
7th-195
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October9 -
latinavegana wrote: »Hi all! New member for a first-time challenge! Looking to rock this ish.
Original starting weight - 169.2 lbs
October starting weight - 169.2 lbs
October goal -164.2 lbs
Ultimate goal - 145 lbs
1st - 169.2 lbs
7th- 166.8 lbs (-2.4 lbs)
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October -
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Original starting weight - 167 lbs April 2018
October starting weight - 144.8 lbs
October goal - 142
Ultimate goal - 140
1st - 144.4 lbs
7th- 143.4 lbs
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss: 1.4 lbs
Apparently all I needed was the flu last month to kick start weight loss. I'm happy I reached my initial goal of 144. The next couple pounds are really just vanity pounds/allowing me some wiggle room in maintenance. I'm happy with my body at this weight, but I would still like to trim a little more fat.6 -
Original starting weight - 140
October starting weight - 140
October goal - 135
Ultimate goal - 130
1st - 139
8th- 138
15th -
22nd -
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dawnbgethealthy wrote: »Female, age 59, 5'3" (probably only 5'2" by now)
Starting weight was October 28, 2018 - 191
Long term goal 112-115
October 28.2019 goal - 151
1st day back to my scale. I don't know what my starting point was for the month, I will use the 7th.
October 07 - 156.7 - Hard to believe that I actually lost weight on my vacation to Dallas, what with Texas bbq, Taquieras, Margaritas etc. Mind you, I ice skated almost every day. Very pleased.
October 08 - 160.3 - That gain in one days seems kind of crazy since I had good workouts and was well within my eating levels. Perhaps I had been dehydrated from the flights and am hydrated again.
Oh come on; you know that we can have wild fluctuations in short order. You also were surprised at yesterday's weight. This is why you weigh every day and IGNORE THE NUMBER and instead look at a trend.3 -
Original starting weight -222.4
October starting weight -222.4
October goal -212
Ultimate goal -150
1st -222.4
7th-222.0
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October - 0.4 lbs6 -
•Lose 5 lbs in October 2019•
June 2019 thru mid September 2019. Gains!/ Loss
From 177 to 186. Began with stress, ended in adrenal fatigue.
Original starting wgt: 253
October starting weight: 183
October goal: 180
🍁Updating every day through October.
•Monday Updates•📌
📌September 30 - 183October 1 - 183📌10/7 - 183.6
10/2- 184.6 - fluid retention from exercise. My muscles are so weak! I'm working on it.
10/3 - 182.4
10/4 - 182
10/5 - 182.6
10/6 - 181.6
10/8 - 183.6
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10/13📌10/14
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10/19
10/20
📌10/21
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📌10/28
10/29
10/30
10/31
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Hi all! I'm a bit behind the group but here's my results this week. I'll take it!
Hope everyone is doing well and killing their goals!
Original starting weight - 164.8
October starting weight -156.6
October goal -151.6
Ultimate goal -148 (or in this ball park for a Mexican Beach vacation December 14th, 2019)
1st -156.6 ( weighed this morning and more than likely it won't change tomorrow)
7th- 155.2
14th -
21st -
28th -
Total loss for October - 1.4lbs6 -
tiabirdie56 wrote: »@LisaW57, I just noticed that you are doing scapula pushups. Great exercise for strengthening the serratus anterior muscle. I just started doing them again recently. I injured both my shoulders when I was younger (by over extending, reaching behind me!) and also have wrist tendon damage, so no traditional push-ups for me any more. I just found a video with some exercises I will incorporate.
Yes, Tish! Now they are elevated - I've never had much upper body strength. I started with 10 reps against the wall. Went to kitchen counter, and now bathroom vanity. And I'm up to 50 reps. My initial goal was to boost metabolism. It's helping some. But I started noticing less tension in my neck. Thinking I was onto something, I talked to my doc about using exercise to strengthen weak areas as a form of injury prevention. He referred me for a PT consult, and that's where transitioning to scapula pushups came from. Still elevated. Probably always will be. But I feel a difference already! I like them!
My squats and lunges are certainly not the deep ones you see in videos - but they seem to be helping with my knees. PT consult helped with form. I'm tuned into how my body responds - I will push thru discomfort, but check up at any twinge of pain.3 -
realgirl177 wrote: »@Jelaan You did lose .5lb. And you don't have to worry about convincing others you're trying! We're not about that at all!
Thanks, but it's more about keeping myself motivated. You are right though, at least I lost the half pound rather than continuing to gain weight.2 -
Original starting weight -May 2018 305
Starting weight came back Sept 2019 250.6
October starting weight - 245
October goal - lose 6 lbs 239
Ultimate goal - 195, and then decide the next step. Thinking 168
1st - 245
8th- 243
15th -
22nd -
26th -
Ok on correct path, down 2lbs.
Made Zucchini boats, ground beef, homemade pizza sauce, some cheese and veges low carb. Pretty tasty, enough for dinner or lunch 4 times. Each week I plan to try something new main meal wise. Keep it interesting.
Weigh in dates moving around some this month. But downward we all shall go!
Weight Loss for October -9 -
61 years old; 5'2"
Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
September 30 ending weight 148.0 (September gain 0.7 lbs)
October starting weight - 147.0
October goal - 145.0/142.0
Ultimate goal - 135.0
I have found Monday (M), Wednesday (W), Friday (F) weigh-in accountability works best for me. I've pinned the weekly weigh-in days for the challenge.
📌 1st - 147.0 (Trend Weight 147.4)
4th (F) - 147.5 (Trend Weight 147.3)
📌 7th (M) - 147.5 (Trend Weight 147.5)
9th (W) - 147.3 (Trend Weight 147.4)
11th (F) -
📌 14th (M) -
16th (W) -
18th (F) -
📌 21st (M) -
23rd (W) -
25th (F) -
📌 28th (M) -
📌 31st -
October Loss ~
Thoughts: Starting to feel better. Had Chinese for dinner, which may cause a bit of a fluid gain. Routine is a bit off this week as I'm commuting into city for some work meetings. Still focused, just tired.
October Game Plan & Goals: (Use stats from Fitbit 7 Day Summary)- Move to 2-week meal plans - Need to start writing them down
- Log meals & exercise daily in MFP
- Focus on daily 500 calorie deficit goal
- No calorie intake after 8pm.
- No calorie intake before 11am, edging towards noon for a 16:8 IF
- Hit Fitbit step goal of 5000 - 3722 ⬇
- Hit active minutes goal of 20 minutes daily - 39 ⬇
- Hit strength training goal of 3 days on & 1 rest day✔
Strength Training:
Squats, lunges, push-ups (elevated), arm circles, side bends, & tricep lifts. Adding planks and transitioning regular push-ups to scapula push-ups.- 10/1-4 - 50, 50, 50, Rest ✔
- 10/5-8 - 50, 50, 50, Rest ✔
- 10/9-12 - 50, 50, 50, Rest
- 10/13-16 - 50, 50, 50, Rest
- 10/17-20 - 50, 50, 50, Rest
- 10/21-24 - 50, 50, 50, Rest
- 10/25-28 - 50, 50, 50, Rest
- 10/29-31 - 50, 50, 50, Rest 11/1
4 Week Progress:
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Female, age 59, 5'3" (probably only 5'2" by now)
Starting weight was October 28, 2018 - 191
Long term goal 112-115
October 28.2019 goal - 151
1st day back to my scale. I don't know what my starting point was for the month, I will use the 7th.
October 07 - 156.7 - Hard to believe that I actually lost weight on my vacation to Dallas, what with Texas bbq, Taquieras, Margaritas etc. Mind you, I ice skated almost every day. Very pleased.
October 08 - 160.3 - That gain in one days seems kind of crazy since I had good workouts and was well within my eating levels. Perhaps I had been dehydrated from the flights and am hydrated again.
October 09 - 159.32 -
dawnbgethealthy wrote: »Female, age 59, 5'3" (probably only 5'2" by now)
Starting weight was October 28, 2018 - 191
Long term goal 112-115
October 28.2019 goal - 151
1st day back to my scale. I don't know what my starting point was for the month, I will use the 7th.
October 07 - 156.7 - Hard to believe that I actually lost weight on my vacation to Dallas, what with Texas bbq, Taquieras, Margaritas etc. Mind you, I ice skated almost every day. Very pleased.
October 08 - 160.3 - That gain in one days seems kind of crazy since I had good workouts and was well within my eating levels. Perhaps I had been dehydrated from the flights and am hydrated again.
October 09 - 159.3
See! This is what you should have expected.
May I make an unsolicited suggestion? Thanks. So, instead of using your outlier October 7 weight as your starting weight for October, why not go back to your last September weight? That was on 24 September, and it was 159.7. If you used THAT as your start, you'd be down a half pound today for October rather than pretending you're up three pounds.
May I make another unsolicited suggestion? Thanks! Do you use a trending weight app? It can even out those outliers, and you can even use your TREND weight when you report weekly rather than just your scale weight. There are several out there. Even just keeping a spreadsheet and having a column that is a running seven- or ten- day average can help you get a better idea of your real mass. Some of the apps do more than a simple arithmetic mean; they are a weighted moving average and assign a higher importance to your weight today than to your weight ten days ago. Likewise yesterday's weight is more important that nine or ten days ago, etc. Powerful tools. Give it some consideration.2 -
October starting wt: 160.5
October goal: 154.5
Ultimate goal: 138
03-Oct: 160.5
09-Oct: 157.5
15:Oct:
22-Oct:
29-Oct:
31-Oct:
Total wt. loss: 3.0 lbs.1 -
dawnbgethealthy wrote: »Female, age 59, 5'3" (probably only 5'2" by now)
Starting weight was October 28, 2018 - 191
Long term goal 112-115
October 28.2019 goal - 151
1st day back to my scale. I don't know what my starting point was for the month, I will use the 7th.
October 07 - 156.7 - Hard to believe that I actually lost weight on my vacation to Dallas, what with Texas bbq, Taquieras, Margaritas etc. Mind you, I ice skated almost every day. Very pleased.
October 08 - 160.3 - That gain in one days seems kind of crazy since I had good workouts and was well within my eating levels. Perhaps I had been dehydrated from the flights and am hydrated again.
October 09 - 159.3
See! This is what you should have expected.
May I make an unsolicited suggestion? Thanks. So, instead of using your outlier October 7 weight as your starting weight for October, why not go back to your last September weight? That was on 24 September, and it was 159.7. If you used THAT as your start, you'd be down a half pound today for October rather than pretending you're up three pounds.
May I make another unsolicited suggestion? Thanks! Do you use a trending weight app? It can even out those outliers, and you can even use your TREND weight when you report weekly rather than just your scale weight. There are several out there. Even just keeping a spreadsheet and having a column that is a running seven- or ten- day average can help you get a better idea of your real mass. Some of the apps do more than a simple arithmetic mean; they are a weighted moving average and assign a higher importance to your weight today than to your weight ten days ago. Likewise yesterday's weight is more important that nine or ten days ago, etc. Powerful tools. Give it some consideration.
This! @mtararoot pointed me to rolling averages months ago. I was so frustrated with the fluctuations and that horrid MFP progress graph that tends to resemble an EKG readout. I knew I was making progress, but I couldn't SEE it. Getting a trend graph made all the difference in the world - I'm sure I would have thrown my hands up in defeat and walked away long before now. And here I am.3 -
It's not really the way I would like to start the month but I did see 124 yesterday so perhaps this is all water weight. Also, my weekly average is slowly trending downward. I keep track on a TDEE spreadsheet that I got from reddit.
I will keep trying - my calories counting has not really been the best the past two weeks.
Leg Day:Warm-Up
Squats, 3x10
Lunges, 3x10
Glute Extension, 3x10, 10lbs
Leg Extension, 3x10, 10 lbs
Leg Press, 3x10, 10 lbs
Arm Day:Warm-Up
Lateral Raise, 1x10, 3 lbs
Overhead Press, 1x10, 3 lbs
Bench Dips, 1x10
Extension, 1x10, 3 lbs
Curl, 1x10, 3 lbs
Flat Fly, 1x10, 3 lbs
Kneeling Push Up, 1x10
Lat Pulldown, 1x10, 10 lbs
MFP Starting Weight: 140 lbs - February 2011
Current Starting Weight: 147.4 lbs - November 2017
October Starting Weight: 124.6 lbs
October Goal: 121.6 lbs
Height: 5ft
Ultimate Goal: 115 lbs
Weigh-In Days: Monday and Friday
Oct 4: 125
Oct 7: 125.2 at 7am
Oct 11:
Oct 14:
Oct 18:
Oct 21:
Oct 25:
Oct 28:
Total Loss for October: +0.6 lbs
Overall Loss from Nov 2017 to Sept 2019:22.8 lbs3 -
Original starting weight: 235.8 (Jan 2018)
October starting weight: 195.8 (9/29/19) (gained a couple pounds over the weekend, my own fault.🙄)
October goal: 190
Ultimate goal: 135-150
I'll be weighing in on Wednesdays
October:
2: 195.8 no change from last Wednesday
9: 196.6. Oops.
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Total loss for October
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•Lose 5 lbs in October 2019•
June 2019 thru mid September 2019. Gains!/ Loss
From 177 to 186. Began with stress, ended in adrenal fatigue.
Original starting wgt: 253
October starting weight: 183
October goal: 180
🍁Updating every day through October.
•Monday Updates•📌
📌September 30 - 183October 1 - 183📌10/7 - 183.6
10/2- 184.6 - fluid retention from exercise. My muscles are so weak! I'm working on it.
10/3 - 182.4
10/4 - 182
10/5 - 182.6
10/6 - 181.6
10/8 - 183.6
10/9 - DNW
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