@deepwoodslady
Donna! Fantastic job that you are doing!!!!
@dawnbgethealthy Thanks, u2! Remember, this is a Cha-Cha. You are dancing your way down. The 130's DO BELONG TO YOU. They just don't completely know it yet, but we do.
My name is Donna and I am 60 years old. I am about 5’ 5” tall and I started my journey weighing 253 pounds. After a few years of taking care of myself during breast cancer, and quite a few years of taking Care of my husband who had cancer twice than then kidney failure requiring long distance trips every other day for dialysis for 4 years, I decided I needed to do something about my weight. My husband passed 4 ½ years ago and I have been on this journey for almost 2 years now. My diabetes had severely worsened, my thyroid stopped working, I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and I was in pain all the time just from carrying the weight (knees, back, hips etc.) I have lost a lot of weight but have backslidden during last years holidays, and then corona shut-ins. I am re-committing myself as best I can during some turbulent times in my personal and professional life. So here I am to share that the struggle is real and the journey can be long. Every day is not a success but every failure is not a reason to stop either. Thanks to you all for being a huge part of my journey. The best is yet to come!!!!
Highest Weight: 253
MFP Starting Weight: 235
November starting weight: 208.4 (Oct 31, 2020)
November total weight loss:
Week 1 11/1…207.4 Good luck everyone! I will start by saying that I did end up eating a little too much Halloween candy yesterday that I had access to. I at a sweet potato for dinner with some cottage cheese to make up for it. It helped. 11/2…208.6 I’ve been extra hungry this past week, not sure why. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner yesterday (and a snack) which is more than usual for me. While healthy, 3 meals add up! 11/3…207.6 Up & Down like a bouncing ball! 11/4…??? I actually forgot to weigh today before multiple cups of coffee so I will check in tomorrow. However, I must say, yesterday was a pretty good day! 11/5…206.6 Thrilled! 11/6…205.2 Freaking out really. My small changes are adding up! 11/7…205.2 I am just happy to be the same today. I had a severe glucose drop last night. I managed to stay away from the panic and the feeding frenzy that usually accompany diabetic sugar drops, but I still stuffed things into my pie hole that I would not normally pick due to sheer need and fear. Thankfully the scale was okay today. I know what happened. I took my normal lunch and cut it in half to eat for dinner. Problem: my lunch was very very small to begin with so it was just not enough carbs or calories. I will be more careful today. Low cal volume with some reasonable carbs are on the menu!
Week 2 11/8 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14
Week 3 11/15 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20 11/21
Week 4 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/26 11/27 11/28
Final Week 11/29 11/30
MFP SW: 183 10/28/20
CW: 177.6
GOAL WEIGHT: 160 or less
November Goal: Stay OT, Drink my water, measure everything, track everything, start walking again & lose a minimum of 2 pounds!
Week 1
11/1: 178#
11/2: 177.8:)
11/3: 178.8 🤨
11/4: 178.4:)
11/5: 177.6:)Decided to start walking again and I.m going to train for a Half Marathon. Shooting for sometime in February.
11/6: 177 Very Happy! Looking at buying an Apple Watch 6 today so this will help me be more motivated and get my behind moving.
11/7: 177.6 😒 Guess I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie last night.
Highest Weight: 245
MFP Starting Weight: I think it was 219?
November starting weight: 198.2
November total weight loss: 1.2 lbs
Week 1
11/1 - 198.2 lbs
11/2 - 198.0 lbs
11/3 - 197 lbs
11/4 - 198.2
11/5 - 198.4
11/6 - 199
11/7 - 197.4
Week 2
11/8 - 200 (I made very bad decisions last night during a virtual game night lol. But I won't let this gain stop me)
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Hi : - )
I am Dawn, 60, 5'2"
MFP Start weight October 28.18 191 pounds
UGW - 112-118
Thank you for creating this @cachoey
I weigh daily, it keeps me accountable.
Ended September at 141.7
10/28 - 139.6 - My 2 year anniversary of joining MFP at 191 pounds. Down 51.4 : - )
10/29 - 140.2 -
10/30 - 140.5
10/31 - 140.1
Week 1
11/1: - 141.9 - I include my last few weigh-ins from October because I don't want to count down from today's weight as a loss
11/2: - 141.9 - Saturday's pizza party is still showing up on the scale, but I have had 2 very good days so expect it to shift by tomorrow.
11/3: - 141.5 - A bit better
11/4: - 141.3
11/5: - 140.7 - I have walked trails each day (on top of my regular workouts) since September 17th barring rain. It has been raining and muddy here all week : - ( I miss it!
11/6: - 139.5 - Sooo happy to see this number.
11/7: - 140.8 - Determined to see those 130s again.
Week 2
11/8: - 140.8 - Very high calorie burn yesterday (Zumba and Hiking) so hoping for a bit more of a loss by tomorrow morning. Old slow metabolism sometimes takes a couple of days to catch up.
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My goal is to spend a good portion of this month in the 130s, and end it in the 130s
Joining this today! I’m a 43 year old woman who is in surgical menopause from a hysterectomy last year. Boo! Need some motivation, accountability and encouragement.
MFP SW: 183 10/28/20
CW: 176.6
GOAL WEIGHT: 160 or less
November Goal: Stay OT, Drink my water, measure everything, track everything, start walking again & lose a minimum of 2 pounds!
Week 1
11/1: 178#
11/2: 177.8:)
11/3: 178.8 🤨
11/4: 178.4:)
11/5: 177.6:)Decided to start walking again and I.m going to train for a Half Marathon. Shooting for sometime in February.
11/6: 177 Very Happy! Looking at buying an Apple Watch 6 today so this will help me be more motivated and get my behind moving.
11/7: 177.6 😒 Guess I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie last night.
Week 1 loss: -1.4
Week 2
11/8: 176.6 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻Happy happy! Down 6.4# since starting MFP, & dropped 1.4# since 11/1 WI! Today starting my walking routine. Slowly but surely!
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I’m a newbie at posting, but this looked like a great way to start. Struggling w the last 5 and thought this might work for me.
GOAL:Stick with it all month
Weigh less than my starting weight
SW 121.6
EW....
Nov 1 121.6
Nov 2 121.6
Nov 3 122.8... DUDE😡
Nov 4 121.4 🤗
Nov 5 122.2 😡
Nov 6 121.4... nothing if not consistent 🙄
Nov 7. 121.4. Seriously... but honestly, it’s not a mystery... need to stop the snacking
Nov 8 121.4
My name is Donna and I am 60 years old. I am about 5’ 5” tall and I started my journey weighing 253 pounds. After a few years of taking care of myself during breast cancer, and quite a few years of taking Care of my husband who had cancer twice than then kidney failure requiring long distance trips every other day for dialysis for 4 years, I decided I needed to do something about my weight. My husband passed 4 ½ years ago and I have been on this journey for almost 2 years now. My diabetes had severely worsened, my thyroid stopped working, I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and I was in pain all the time just from carrying the weight (knees, back, hips etc.) I have lost a lot of weight but have backslidden during last years holidays, and then corona shut-ins. I am re-committing myself as best I can during some turbulent times in my personal and professional life. So here I am to share that the struggle is real and the journey can be long. Every day is not a success but every failure is not a reason to stop either. Thanks to you all for being a huge part of my journey. The best is yet to come!!!!
Highest Weight: 253
MFP Starting Weight: 235
November starting weight: 208.4 (Oct 31, 2020)
November total weight loss:
Week 1 11/1…207.4 Good luck everyone! I will start by saying that I did end up eating a little too much Halloween candy yesterday that I had access to. I at a sweet potato for dinner with some cottage cheese to make up for it. It helped. 11/2…208.6 I’ve been extra hungry this past week, not sure why. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner yesterday (and a snack) which is more than usual for me. While healthy, 3 meals add up! 11/3…207.6 Up & Down like a bouncing ball! 11/4…??? I actually forgot to weigh today before multiple cups of coffee so I will check in tomorrow. However, I must say, yesterday was a pretty good day! 11/5…206.6 Thrilled! 11/6…205.2 Freaking out really. My small changes are adding up! 11/7…205.2 I am just happy to be the same today. I had a severe glucose drop last night. I managed to stay away from the panic and the feeding frenzy that usually accompany diabetic sugar drops, but I still stuffed things into my pie hole that I would not normally pick due to sheer need and fear. Thankfully the scale was okay today. I know what happened. I took my normal lunch and cut it in half to eat for dinner. Problem: my lunch was very very small to begin with so it was just not enough carbs or calories. I will be more careful today. Low cal volume with some reasonable carbs are on the menu!
Week 2 11/8…206.0 Must be sodium because my meals were okay. 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14
Week 3 11/15 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20 11/21
Week 4 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/26 11/27 11/28
Final Week 11/29 11/30
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August Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs
September Starting Weight: 164.5 lbs
October Starting Weight: 159.6 lbs
November Starting Weight: 153.4 lbs
November Goals:
•Maintenace! End the month under 155 lbs. Expect to see my weight go up and down. 😊
•Weigh Myself Every Day
Week 1
11/1: 153.4 lbs
11/2: 153.9 lbs
11/3: 153.4 lbs
11/4: 154.3 lbs
11/5: 156.5 lbs
11/6: 158.1 lbs
11/7: 159.3 lbs
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@dawnbgethealthy Thanks, u2! Remember, this is a Cha-Cha. You are dancing your way down. The 130's DO BELONG TO YOU. They just don't completely know it yet, but we do.
Highest Weight: 253
MFP Starting Weight: 235
November starting weight: 208.4 (Oct 31, 2020)
November total weight loss:
Week 1
11/1…207.4 Good luck everyone! I will start by saying that I did end up eating a little too much Halloween candy yesterday that I had access to. I at a sweet potato for dinner with some cottage cheese to make up for it. It helped.
11/2…208.6 I’ve been extra hungry this past week, not sure why. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner yesterday (and a snack) which is more than usual for me. While healthy, 3 meals add up!
11/3…207.6 Up & Down like a bouncing ball!
11/4…??? I actually forgot to weigh today before multiple cups of coffee so I will check in tomorrow. However, I must say, yesterday was a pretty good day!
11/5…206.6 Thrilled!
11/6…205.2 Freaking out really. My small changes are adding up!
11/7…205.2 I am just happy to be the same today. I had a severe glucose drop last night. I managed to stay away from the panic and the feeding frenzy that usually accompany diabetic sugar drops, but I still stuffed things into my pie hole that I would not normally pick due to sheer need and fear. Thankfully the scale was okay today. I know what happened. I took my normal lunch and cut it in half to eat for dinner. Problem: my lunch was very very small to begin with so it was just not enough carbs or calories. I will be more careful today. Low cal volume with some reasonable carbs are on the menu!
Week 2
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11/29
11/30
CW: 177.6
GOAL WEIGHT: 160 or less
November Goal: Stay OT, Drink my water, measure everything, track everything, start walking again & lose a minimum of 2 pounds!
Week 1
11/1: 178#
11/2: 177.8:)
11/3: 178.8 🤨
11/4: 178.4:)
11/5: 177.6:)Decided to start walking again and I.m going to train for a Half Marathon. Shooting for sometime in February.
11/6: 177
11/7: 177.6 😒 Guess I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie last night.
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October ending weight: 152.8
November starting weight: 154.4 ...what??
Week 1
11/01 - 154.4 at 7:00 a.m.
11/02 - 153.6 at 5:30 a.m.
11/03 - 153.6 at 5:30 a.m.
11/04 - 150.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...maybe...
11/05 - 150.0 at 5:30 a.m.
11/06 - 152.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...
11/07 - 150.6 at 6:00 a.m.
Week 2
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November total weight loss
Chris
November starting weight: 152.1
November goal weight: 146 lb
November total weight loss:
Week 1
11/1- NA
11/2- 152.1 lb
11/3- 151.2 lb
11/4- 151 lb
11/5- na
11/6- na
11/7- 150.4 lb
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43 y/o female, 5'3"
Cancer Survivor, Hypothyroidism, Knee Injury
HW: 240+
MFP: 193 (Jan '20)
GW: 125
November Goals:
Increase water and decrease stress eating
Stay under 1500 calories
Stretch everyday
Week 1:
11/1: 179.5
11/2: 178.7
11/3: 177.9 - Hot tea👍Halloween candy👎
11/4: 177.7
11/5:177.5
11/6: 177.5
11/7: 177.2
Week 2:
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Week 1
1 172.4
2 172.0
3 171.0
4 170.2
5 169.8
6 169.8
7 169.8 pizza. Still holding. 🙃
Starting weight 198.8
Week 1 198.8
October ending weight: 214.6
November starting weight: 214.6
November total weight loss:
Week 1
11/1 - 214.6
11/2 - 216.0
11/3 - 215.2
11/4 - 214.6
11/5 - 214.6
11/6 - 215.2
11/7 - 214.6 What is happening here:(
Week 1 loss: 0
Week 2
11/8 - 213.6
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November ending goal = 153.5
31-Oct. = 158.5
08-Nov. = 157.5
15-Nov. =
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Total loss = 1.0
November starting weight: 265.1
November total weight loss: -0.3
Week 1 Goal -1 lb
11/1 265.1
11/2
11/3
11/4 264.8 need to work out more, cutting net carbs, logging food daily
11/5
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Week 2 Goal -1lb
11/8 264.0 down 1.1 week 1 looking forward to a good week 2
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Week 3 Goal -
MFP Starting Weight: I think it was 219?
November starting weight: 198.2
November total weight loss: 1.2 lbs
Week 1
11/1 - 198.2 lbs
11/2 - 198.0 lbs
11/3 - 197 lbs
11/4 - 198.2
11/5 - 198.4
11/6 - 199
11/7 - 197.4
Week 2
11/8 - 200 (I made very bad decisions last night during a virtual game night lol. But I won't let this gain stop me)
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August Starting Weight: 169.4 lbs
September Starting Weight: 164.5 lbs
October Starting Weight: 159.6 lbs
November Starting Weight: 153.4 lbs
November Goals:
•Maintenace! End the month under 155 lbs. Expect to see my weight go up and down. 😊
•Weigh Myself Every Day
Week 1
11/1: 153.4 lbs
11/2: 153.9 lbs
11/3: 153.4 lbs
11/4: 154.3 lbs
11/5: 156.5 lbs
11/6: 158.1 lbs
11/7: 159.3 lbs
Week 2
11/8: 156.2 lbs
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I am Dawn, 60, 5'2"
MFP Start weight October 28.18 191 pounds
UGW - 112-118
Thank you for creating this @cachoey
I weigh daily, it keeps me accountable.
Ended September at 141.7
10/28 - 139.6 - My 2 year anniversary of joining MFP at 191 pounds. Down 51.4 : - )
10/29 - 140.2 -
10/30 - 140.5
10/31 - 140.1
Week 1
11/1: - 141.9 - I include my last few weigh-ins from October because I don't want to count down from today's weight as a loss
11/2: - 141.9 - Saturday's pizza party is still showing up on the scale, but I have had 2 very good days so expect it to shift by tomorrow.
11/3: - 141.5 - A bit better
11/4: - 141.3
11/5: - 140.7 - I have walked trails each day (on top of my regular workouts) since September 17th barring rain. It has been raining and muddy here all week : - ( I miss it!
11/6: - 139.5 - Sooo happy to see this number.
11/7: - 140.8 - Determined to see those 130s again.
Week 2
11/8: - 140.8 - Very high calorie burn yesterday (Zumba and Hiking) so hoping for a bit more of a loss by tomorrow morning. Old slow metabolism sometimes takes a couple of days to catch up.
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My goal is to spend a good portion of this month in the 130s, and end it in the 130s
Starting 130.6
Goal 118
11/8/20 130.6
11/15/20
11/22/20
11/29/20
CW: 176.6
GOAL WEIGHT: 160 or less
November Goal: Stay OT, Drink my water, measure everything, track everything, start walking again & lose a minimum of 2 pounds!
Week 1
11/1: 178#
11/2: 177.8:)
11/3: 178.8 🤨
11/4: 178.4:)
11/5: 177.6:)Decided to start walking again and I.m going to train for a Half Marathon. Shooting for sometime in February.
11/6: 177
11/7: 177.6 😒 Guess I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie last night.
Week 1 loss: -1.4
Week 2
11/8: 176.6 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻Happy happy! Down 6.4# since starting MFP, & dropped 1.4# since 11/1 WI! Today starting my walking routine. Slowly but surely!
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GOAL:Stick with it all month
Weigh less than my starting weight
SW 121.6
EW....
Nov 1 121.6
Nov 2 121.6
Nov 3 122.8... DUDE😡
Nov 4 121.4 🤗
Nov 5 122.2 😡
Nov 6 121.4... nothing if not consistent 🙄
Nov 7. 121.4. Seriously... but honestly, it’s not a mystery... need to stop the snacking
Nov 8 121.4
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Welcome. We are so glad to have you. Thanks for choosing to share your journey with us!
Highest Weight: 253
MFP Starting Weight: 235
November starting weight: 208.4 (Oct 31, 2020)
November total weight loss:
Week 1
11/1…207.4 Good luck everyone! I will start by saying that I did end up eating a little too much Halloween candy yesterday that I had access to. I at a sweet potato for dinner with some cottage cheese to make up for it. It helped.
11/2…208.6 I’ve been extra hungry this past week, not sure why. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner yesterday (and a snack) which is more than usual for me. While healthy, 3 meals add up!
11/3…207.6 Up & Down like a bouncing ball!
11/4…??? I actually forgot to weigh today before multiple cups of coffee so I will check in tomorrow. However, I must say, yesterday was a pretty good day!
11/5…206.6 Thrilled!
11/6…205.2 Freaking out really. My small changes are adding up!
11/7…205.2 I am just happy to be the same today. I had a severe glucose drop last night. I managed to stay away from the panic and the feeding frenzy that usually accompany diabetic sugar drops, but I still stuffed things into my pie hole that I would not normally pick due to sheer need and fear. Thankfully the scale was okay today. I know what happened. I took my normal lunch and cut it in half to eat for dinner. Problem: my lunch was very very small to begin with so it was just not enough carbs or calories. I will be more careful today. Low cal volume with some reasonable carbs are on the menu!
Week 2
11/8…206.0 Must be sodium because my meals were okay.
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Week 3
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