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5 Pounds in 5 Weeks: Over the Holidays

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  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    Starting weight: 186
    Goal weight: 181


    November 29: 186
    November 30: 186
    December 1: 184
    December 2: Goal for 1st week: 185. Actual weight for first week: 184
    December 3:
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  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    November 25: 184.0
    November 26: 185.0
    November 27: 186.0
    November 28: 185.0
    November 29: 185.6
    November 30: 184.4
    December 1: 186.2
    December 2: 186.2
    December 3:
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    December 9: Goal for 2nd week: 178.5
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    December 16: Goal for 3rd week: 177.5
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    December 23: Goal for 4th week: 176
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    December 31: Goal 175
    Assuming its still water from starting at the gym, went again this morning!
  • pjwrt
    pjwrt Posts: 166 Member
    pjwrt wrote: »
    Without being challenged, I'm like Black Sabbath's Iron Man. So, there it is:

    Starting weight: 163
    Goal weight: 160

    December 1: Goal for 1st week 160
    December 2:162. Was 165 last night due to 5 days of piggish behavior.
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    December 8: Goal for 2nd week: 160
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    December 15: Goal for 3rd week: 160
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    December 22: Goal for 4th week: 160
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    December 30: Goal for 5th week: 160
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  • jrortega1912
    jrortega1912 Posts: 315 Member
    I need this challenge! I am starting a week behind but plan to loose 5lbs in 4 weeks 😃
    Starting weight: 163
    Goal weight: 158

    December 2: 163
  • mikejodyscf
    mikejodyscf Posts: 70 Member
    Starting weight: 175.4
    Goal weight: 170.0

    November 25: 176.2. I'm happy that I was up .08 pounds on the very first day for several reasons: It's important to see that weight fluctuates on a daily basis, so we're after trends not one day's change. Also, an "up" day on the scale does not derail us; anybody who reaches their goal has numerous "up" days along the way. All is well.
    November 26: 175.2
    November 27: 175.0
    November 28: 174.6
    November 29: 175.4
    November 30: 174.8
    December 1: 174.8
    December 2: Goal for 1st week: 174.3, Actual: 175.2
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    December 9: Goal for 2nd week: 173.2
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    December 16: Goal for 3rd week: 172.1
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    December 23: Goal for 4th week: 171.0
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    December 31: Goal for 5th week: 170.0

    Total Loss so far: .02
  • seawinters
    seawinters Posts: 62 Member
    edited December 2019
    Today's gain makes as little sense as the previous loss. I know these fluctuations are water rather than fat, so not stressing (in theory, at least).

    Onto week 2!

    Week1
    11/25: 154.2 (SW)
    11/26: 153.1 (-1.1)
    11/27: 153.5 (+0.4; -0.7 Total)
    11/28: 152.2 (-1.3; -2.0 Total)
    11/29: 154.2 (+2.0; -0.0 Total)
    11/30: 151.1 (-3.1; -3.1 Total)
    12/01: 151.1 (-0.0; -3.1 Total)
    Week1 Goal: 153.2
    12/02 Actual: 153.3 (+2.2)
    Total Change: -0.9

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    12/09: Goal 2: 152.1
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    12/16: Goal 3: 151.0
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    12/23: Goal 4: 150.0
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    12/31: Goal 5: 149.0
  • Mitch_Mazaher
    Mitch_Mazaher Posts: 23 Member
    Start Weight - 232.8
    Goal Weight - 227

    Week 1 Start - 232.8, Goal - 231
    Sun. November 24: 233.4 - no exercise

    Mon. November 25: 232.8 - no exercise

    Tue. November 26: 231.2 – no exercise

    Wed. November 27: 229.8 – so far so good

    Thur. November 28: 231.5 - 
This is what a bubble-burst looks like :o
    Fri. November 29: 231.3 - Had a nice day just being lazy
    Sat. November 30:
 231.2 - Growling tummy this morning :#
    Week 1 Loss - 1.6 lb

    WEEK 2 Start - 231.2, Goal - 230
    Sun. December 1: 230.5 - Beautiful sunny morning
    Mon. December 2: 231.5 - Ugh
    Tue. December 3:
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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,908 Member
    I just found this challenge. I’m starting 2 days late on November 26.

    Starting weight: 184.0
    Ending weight: TBD
    Goal weight: 179.0

    November 26: 184.0
    November 27: 187.8
    November 28: 185.6
    November 29: 183.6
    November 30: 182.4 Thanksgiving Dinner Feast tonight with family. I expect a gain on the scale tomorrow.
    December 01: 187.4 I honestly ate child sized portions but I guess it adds up. My best figure is under 2300 but I did quick calories on MFP at 2350. I burned almost 2600 so I’m not sure I understand the gain when I know there was less calories in than out, but that’s carbs for ya! Okay so I am supposed to lose 5 pounds by Christmas and I gain 5 pounds overnight just by eating at maintenance! So I have my work cut out for me but I’m not a quitter so here goes nothing!
    December 02: (Goal for 1st week: 183.0) Actual weight: 183.2 Yay! TMI potty helped tremendously as it had been a few days. So I have about made goal afterall and am pleased as punch! Now, to keep up the momentum!
    December 03:
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    December 09: Goal for 2nd week: 182.0
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    December 16: Goal for 3rd week: 181.0
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    December 23: Goal for 4th week: 180.0
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    December 31: Goal for 5th week: 179.0
  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,750 Member
    Starting weight: 180.3
    Ending weight: TBD
    Goal weight: 175.3

    November 26: 180.3
    November 27: 179.0
    November 28: - XX
    November 29: 175.9
    November 30: -XX
    December 01: 179.1
    December 02: (Goal for 1st week: 179.3) Actual weight: 177.7
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    December 09: (Goal for 2nd week: 178.3)
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    December 16: (Goal for 3rd week: 177.3)
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    December 23: (Goal for 4th week: 176.3)
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    December 31: (Goal for 5th week: 175.3)
  • seedrah6
    seedrah6 Posts: 56 Member
    November 26: 66.5kg bloated (PMS)
    November 27: 66.3kg
    November 28: 66.2kg
    November 29: 65.5kg yay!
    November 30: 65kg feeling light and debloated after cutting back on carbs let’s see how it changes once this PMS is over

    December 1: 64.7kg 😊 feeling good

    December 2: 65kg leg workout last night/ate a bit later no worries

    goal 65kg

    Total loss: 1.5kg 3.3lbs

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    December 9: goal 63.5kg
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    December 16: goal 62.5kg
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    December 23: goal 61.5kg
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    December 31:goal 60kg
  • taxgirl1
    taxgirl1 Posts: 1,287 Member
    Starting weight: 207.6
    Goal weight: 202.6

    November 24: 207.6 There is some water weight here
    November 25: 207.0
    November 26: 206.5 More water weight. I had a cold last weekend and it caused me to retain water.
    November 27: 207.0 Strength coach tonight.
    November 28: 205.9
    November 29: 207.8
    November 30: 207.2 Finished w6d2 today.
    December 1: 207.6 Up and down this whole week. Goal for 1st week: 206.6
    December 2: 208.5
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    December 8:Goal for 2nd week: 205.6
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    December 15:Goal for 3rd week: 204.6
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    December 22:Goal for 4th week: 203.6
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    December 29:Goal for 5th week: 202.6
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  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    November 24: 148.8
    November 25: 148.4
    November 26: 148.2
    November 27: 147.9
    November 28: 147.6
    November 29: xxx.x
    November 30: 147.7
    Week One Total Lost: 1.1 lb
    December 1: 147.4
    December 2: 146.7
  • SammyDee2015
    SammyDee2015 Posts: 285 Member
    Trying to break my cycle of weekly up n down of the same 5 lbs ( 194-199) ! 🤞
    November 24: 196.6 starting weight
    December 1: 193.8 GW W1 was 195.6 ✅
    🤗😋🤩😃😊🤗
    Dec 2: 193.8 (omg 2 days in a row!🤗)
    December 3:
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    December 8: Goal for 2nd week: 194.6
    December 15: Goal for 3rd week: 193.6
    December 22: Goal for 4th week: 192.6
    December 30: Goal for 5th week: 191.6

    Food was on point! Today was a really good day for me. Actually the evening I guess: I made sure I can go to bed looking ‘back’ on the day the way I imagine a FIT person might: I did run/walk intervals, stretched the hammies n quads to ( hopefully) increase my stride length, and even threw down 30 burpees after dinner. Ten stair flights and over 15k steps total. Pray I can do it all again tomorrow.🤞

    Thanks for all your inspiration folks- I can’t comment on all your posts but I AM reading them and it is helping me feel I can do it too. 🤗
  • cachoey
    cachoey Posts: 292 Member
    Week 1:
    November 25:145.5
    November 26:145.5
    November 27:146.2
    November 28:146.4
    November 29:146.2
    November 30:145.7
    December 1:145.3
    Total Loss: 0.2lb

    Week 2:
    December 2: 144.8
    December 3:
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    December 8: GOAL 143.5
    Total Loss:
  • LDemi333
    LDemi333 Posts: 92 Member

    I had to re-post as I could not find yesterdays.
    Thanks for this challenge - its keeping me disciplined to post my weight each morning.

    December 2: 156 (no exercise)
    December 3: 155 (no exercise)
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    December 31: Goal is 149 lbs
  • LDemi333
    LDemi333 Posts: 92 Member
    edited December 2019
    Can anyone tell me how to edit the above post for tomorrow?
    I have edited this one but cannot for the above. How is everyone logging the next day's weigh-in if you can't edit a post?
    If I am being thick - apologies in advance.
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    Starting weight: 186
    Goal weight: 181


    November 29: 186
    November 30: 186
    December 1: 184
    December 2: Goal for 1st week: 185. Actual weight for first week: 184
    December 3: 184
    December 4:
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    Because of weird work schedules I wake up at different times every day... so I can't weigh the same time every day. I feel sure that if I were getting up later today, I'd have dropped again. Alas... maybe tomorrow? If I'm good today!
  • SammyDee2015
    SammyDee2015 Posts: 285 Member
    Trying to break my cycle of weekly up n down of the same 5 lbs ( 194-199) ! 🤞
    November 24: 196.6 starting weight
    December 1: 193.8 GW W1 was 195.6 ✅
    🤗😋🤩😃😊🤗
    Dec 2: 193.8 (omg 2 days in a row!🤗)
    December 3: 192.4 prolly just lost water but I will take it! 🤪
    December 4:
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    December 8: Goal for 2nd week: 194.6
    December 15: Goal for 3rd week: 193.6
    December 22: Goal for 4th week: 192.6
    December 30: Goal for 5th week: 191.6

    Got a 30m run/walk in this morning, with a 10m stretch after. (Playing at Oma after work so not much time tonight)

    @LDemi333 I just find my last post, hit quote then take out the quote code and modify from there. ( haven’t figured out how to just modify a previous post yet) 🤨
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    November 25: 184.0
    November 26: 185.0
    November 27: 186.0
    November 28: 185.0
    November 29: 185.6
    November 30: 184.4
    December 1: 186.2
    December 2: 186.2
    December 3: 185.4
    December 4:
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    December 9: Goal for 2nd week: 178.5
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    December 16: Goal for 3rd week: 177.5
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    December 23: Goal for 4th week: 176
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    December 31: Goal 175
  • pjwrt
    pjwrt Posts: 166 Member
    pjwrt wrote: »
    pjwrt wrote: »
    Without being challenged, I'm like Black Sabbath's Iron Man. So, there it is:

    Starting weight: 165
    Goal weight: 160

    December 1: Goal for 1st week 160
    December 2:162. Was 165 last night due to 5 days of piggish behavior.
    December 3:160. Changing habits by increments. To start, only one slice of breakfast toast
    December 4:
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    December 8: Goal for 2nd week: 160
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    December 15: Goal for 3rd week: 160
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    December 22: Goal for 4th week: 160
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    December 30: Goal for 5th week: 160
    December 31:

  • cachoey
    cachoey Posts: 292 Member
    Week 1:
    November 25:145.5
    November 26:145.5
    November 27:146.2
    November 28:146.4
    November 29:146.2
    November 30:145.7
    December 1:145.3
    Total Loss: 0.2

    Week 2:
    December 2:144.8
    December 3:145.2
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    December 8: GOAL 143.5
  • Kathi7501
    Kathi7501 Posts: 62 Member
    I like your way of displaying progress, cachoey, so I'm going to follow suit. Much easier to follow.

    Nice job everyone on enjoying the holiday week and making your choices -- whatever they were -- work! :-)


    Week 1 Goal: 224

    November 25: 225.80
    November 26: 225.2
    November 27: 227.8
    November 28: 226.2
    November 29: 225.6
    November 30: 225.0
    December 1: 223.6
    December 2: 223.5
    Week 1 Loss: 2.3
    Total loss: 2.3


    Week 2 Goal: 223
    December 3: 223.8
    December 4:
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  • taxgirl1
    taxgirl1 Posts: 1,287 Member
    Starting weight: 207.6
    Goal weight: 202.6

    November 24: 207.6 There is some water weight here
    November 25: 207.0
    November 26: 206.5 More water weight. I had a cold last weekend and it caused me to retain water.
    November 27: 207.0 Strength coach tonight.
    November 28: 205.9
    November 29: 207.8
    November 30: 207.2 Finished w6d2 today.
    December 1: 207.6 Up and down this whole week. Goal for 1st week: 206.6
    December 2: 208.5
    December 3: 207.0 There goes some of the water weight
    December 4:
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    December 8:Goal for 2nd week: 205.6
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    December 15:Goal for 3rd week: 204.6
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    December 22:Goal for 4th week: 203.6
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    December 29:Goal for 5th week: 202.6
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  • ellie117
    ellie117 Posts: 293 Member
    edited December 2019
    I've been yo-yo-ing between 155-160 during all of November. My original goal was to get to 145 by Christmas, but I don't think that is going to happen. So I'll settle with 150 and *hope* to reach it early.

    29 y/o, 5'5"
    Starting weight: 157
    Goal weight: 150

    November 25: 158.6
    November 26: 156.6
    November 27: 155.4
    November 28: *didn't weigh*
    November 29: 154.4
    November 30: 155.2
    December 1: 152.4
    December 2: Goal for 1st week: 155.0 - 155.2!
    December 3: 155.4 - Cannot seem to break this 155 plateau :(
    December 4:
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    December 9: Goal for 2nd week: 153.0
  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    November 24: 148.8
    November 25: 148.4
    November 26: 148.2
    November 27: 147.9
    November 28: 147.6
    November 29: xxx.x
    November 30: 147.7
    Week One Total Lost: 1.1 lb
    December 1: 147.4
    December 2: 146.7
    December 3: 146.3
  • cosmo30
    cosmo30 Posts: 52 Member
    Starting weight: 185.8
    Goal weight: 180

    November 25: 185.8
    November 26: 186
    November 27: 185.8
    November 28: 185.4
    November 29: 184.8
    November 30: did not weigh
    December 1: 185.2
    Goal for 1st week: 184 Actual : 185.2

    December 2: 185.4 ugh! going in the wrong direction
    December 3: 185.4
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    Goal for 2nd week: 183(original goal) - may have to reconsider since I had no loss last week
  • Mitch_Mazaher
    Mitch_Mazaher Posts: 23 Member
    Start Weight - 232.8
    Goal Weight - 227

    Week 1 Start - 232.8, Goal - 231
    Sun. November 24: 233.4 - no exercise

    Mon. November 25: 232.8 - no exercise

    Tue. November 26: 231.2 – no exercise

    Wed. November 27: 229.8 – so far so good

    Thur. November 28: 231.5 - 
This is what a bubble-burst looks like :o
    Fri. November 29: 231.3 - Had a nice day just being lazy
    Sat. November 30:
 231.2 - Growling tummy this morning :#
    Week 1 Loss - 1.6 lb

    WEEK 2 Start - 231.2, Goal - 230
    Sun. December 1: 230.5 - Beautiful sunny morning
    Mon. December 2: 231.5 - Ugh
    Tue. December 3: 231.3
    Wed. December 4:
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    Fri. December 6:
    Sat. December 7:
  • I just found this post, so I’m starting late, going to try counting calories this month, hope it works for me.


    December 2: starting weight: 135
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    December 9: first week goal: 133.5
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    December 16: Second week goal: 132
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    December 23: third week goal: 131
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    December 30: 4th week goal: 130
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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,908 Member
    I just found this challenge. I’m starting 2 days late on November 26.

    Starting weight: 184.0
    Ending weight: TBD
    Goal weight: 179.0

    November 26: 184.0
    November 27: 187.8
    November 28: 185.6
    November 29: 183.6
    November 30: 182.4 Thanksgiving Dinner Feast tonight with family. I expect a gain on the scale tomorrow.
    December 01: 187.4 I honestly ate child sized portions but I guess it adds up. My best figure is under 2300 but I did quick calories on MFP at 2350. I burned almost 2600 so I’m not sure I understand the gain when I know there was less calories in than out, but that’s carbs for ya! Okay so I am supposed to lose 5 pounds by Christmas and I gain 5 pounds overnight just by eating at maintenance! So I have my work cut out for me but I’m not a quitter so here goes nothing!
    December 02: (Goal for 1st week: 183.0) Actual weight: 183.2 Yay! TMI potty helped tremendously as it had been a few days. So I have about made goal afterall and am pleased as punch! Now, to keep up the momentum!
    December 03: 183.6 This must be a normal fluctuation. Everything was perfect yesterday-Calories, Carbs & Increased exercise. It will show up sooner or later because diligence always pays off!
    December 04:
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    December 09: Goal for 2nd week: 182.0
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    December 16: Goal for 3rd week: 181.0
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    December 23: Goal for 4th week: 180.0
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    December 27:
    December 28:
    December 29:
    December 30:
    December 31: Goal for 5th week: 179.0
  • GreenValli
    GreenValli Posts: 1,054 Member
    Still tracking my calories, too:

    Nov 25: 189.6
    Nov 26: 189.2
    Nov 27: 188.8
    Nov 28: 189.0
    Nov 30: 189.0
    Dec 01: 190.4
    Dec 02: 189.8
    Dec 03: 189.6
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