15 pounds to lose challenge August 1 - October 31, 2022

AmyDahlTorres

I'm 55 and live in Southern California.

Feb 28 219.4

May 1 202.0
June 6 196.6
July 1 193.9
Aug 1 192
Aug 7 190.8
Aug 16 190
Aug 28 188.6

Back to school means less focus but more walking/running from the library up to the front office and various classes. After 6 months of strict eating, I'm testing out old favorites to see how my blood glucose reacts. In N Out is a hard NO (the bun is 70% of the joy!) but some alternative pasta (like chickpea pasta) is a yes.

For anyone struggling... I recommend hiring a registered dietician. I put in a ton of mental space over the past 6 months but my google skills fail me when I don't know what I don't know. There is SO much that affects our bodies from sleep (why am I up at 2 am?) to bowel health (I was surprised how much time we spent on this) to micronutrients in my diet to counteract my diabetes. YOU deserve an expert to guide you to a healthier life.

swimmom_1

Mary 65 now, from Pennsylvania.
Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. My weigh in day is Sunday.

9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
12/26/21-165.6 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22- 155 lbs
4/1/22- 156.4 lbs :-(
5/1/22- 158.8 lbs :-(
6/1/22- 152.2 lbs :-)
7/1/22- 157.4 lbs :-(
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs :-( Was MIA in July just crazy busy with work and life to post but read all your posts.
8/7/22- 167.2 lbs

8/14/22-170.2 lbs :-(
8/21/22-177.8 lbs :-(
8/28/22-180 lbs :-( I've been bad. Eating too many carbs!

15822

Let's do this!

August 1 - 97.3 KG (214.5 LB)
October 31 - less than 200!

Progress:
August 1 - 214.5
August 8 - 213
August 15 - 210
August 22 - 209.9
August 29 - 208.6

Goals:
✅ Stick to 1400 cal on rest days
✅ Go on 1 long bike ride every week
✅ Do not get discouraged by setbacks

IAmTheGlue

8/1. 213.2
8/8 213.8
8/15 213.6
8/21 210.0
8/28 207.2 Monthly loss 6lbs

I feel like I’m back in the groove and highly motivated.

Hang in there guys! Just keep going! ❤️❤️❤️

frankwbrown

CHALLENGE: lose 7-10 pounds by October 31st (13 weeks)
Highest weight (7/10/2020): 330
Anniversary weight (7/10/2021): 243 (lost 87 pounds in year one)
2nd Anniversary weight (7/10/2022): 226 (lost 18 pounds in year two)
August 1st starting weight: 227.2 (7-day average)
October 31st goal weight: 219.5
ultimate goal weight: 210-220 (I'll know when I get there!)

Aug 01 : 227.2 (Weigh-in day: Monday)
Aug 08 : 227.8 : ↑ 0.6
Aug 15 : 228.3 : ↑ 0.5
Aug 22 : 227.1 : ↓ 1.2
Aug 29 : 224.4 : ↓ 2.7

Beeps2011

Starting weight: 190.4

8/1 190.4
8/8 188.8
8/15 191.0
8/22 190.6
8/29 189.6
August goal: 187
August actual:

9/5
9/12
9/19
9/26
Sept goal: 183
Sept actual:

10/3
10/10
10/17
10/24
10/31
October goal: 178
October actual:

This weeks loss: 0.8 lbs
Challenge loss so far: 0.8 lbs

frankwbrown

RubyRed427 wrote: »

Step counts for the week:
Sunday- 8,432
Monday- 11,690
Tues.- 14,141
Wed. - 16,237
Thursday- 13,437

Exercise:
bike riding
strength training classes
elliptical
planks

I also logged my food and drink nearly every day this week- I logged it all- the good, the bad, the delicious.

I have not gotten on the scale yet this week, because what if I see my weight go up after all this diligence. I may weigh next week instead.

Congratulations on your steps, exercise and honest food logging. Don't let any lack of progress weight-wise discourage you. There are times when your progress consists of non-scale victories. Have patience and faith, be diligent, and keep striving for your goal. You'll see your results in the long run.

Sistersue3285

I'm Sherri and live in BC. My long term goal is to lose 40Ibs by next September. I know this is feasible but lately I haven't had any luck with losing weight. We have a Ireland trip planned for then. I'm hoping the weight loss will help with my arthritic knees and back so I can enjoy the trip.

Aug.1 190.8
Aug 8 191
Aug 16 193.6
Aug 22 190.4
Aug 29 188
Monthly loss. 2.8lbs not great but at least it is a loss.

Finally going in the right direction. I will have to be very careful this week as I have done this before, down a couple of weeks then up again.

Camped this week and really watched what I ate and walked at least twice a day. Now that I home I will need to stick to a menu and start tracking my foods. I got out of the habit of tracking food but I found I did much better when I keep track.

We have 2 Fall Fairs the next 2 weekends and that is where I usually splurge. I usually buy a 4-H burger or some other food truck meal, mini donuts and fudge each weekend. I will try not to get all of them each weekend. Maybe mini donuts 1 weekend and fudge the other. Let's see how much will power I have.

Good Luck Everyone

55isfly22

Aug 29/22
F, 5'5",55yr (that a lot of 5s!)
SW162 Jan/21
LW 150 Fall/21

This round Aug - Oct/22
GW 145ish Oct 31/22

SW 157.4 Aug 2/22
8/8 - 156
8/15 - 157
8/22 - 154.4
8/29 - 154.2
LOSS - 2.8

Great to see everyone's success over the past week.
I am slowing loosing a bit of fat I think - the numbers are not going down that much as I have begun strength workouts and feel that my muscle tone has increased.
Good week overall - had 1 day of large overage in calories. I mean I just went for it! A&W then bag of Gummy Bears and a Crunchie bar. It was good, but next day my arthritis/inflammation was apparent!!
GOALS:
*Have 6 days of staying within Calorie count.
*Increase Protein...Never hitting the mark here.
*5 days of exercise this week.
**Only 1 small candy per day. I bought 7 Ginger candies to have each day.**
Have a good week👍

55isfly22

Curious....Have people found they are more successful when figuring out their Macros and following that type of eating plan?
Feel free to comment😊

asylinganey

Breastfeeding can make you ravenous at times. I need to work harder at not giving into it. I will try harder in September.

Starting weight 165.8
Goal weight 150


8/15 - 165.8
8/22 - 165.2 (-0.6 total)
8/29 - 165.8 (-0 total)
August goal: 162
August actual: 0

9/5
9/12
9/19
9/26
Sept goal: 159
Sept actual:

10/3
10/10
10/17
10/24
10/31
October goal: 156
October actual:

deepwoodslady

My name is Donna. I am 62 years old, 5' 5" tall. I live in the Midwest of USA. I am in remission for breast cancer, have Type 2 Diabetes, an under active thyroid, high blood pressure and cholesterol, some osteoporosis and coronary heart disease with a stent in my heart. I am working to get healthier. I know losing weight and exercising more will help all of these issues.



CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM July 31, 2021): 201.6
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 186.6
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.



08/01-201.1-(Trend Weight: 201.4)-.
08/08-196.4-(Trend Weight: 200.3)-
08/15-199.0-(Trend Weight: 199.4)-

08/22-200.0-(Trend Weight: 200.2)- I had plenty of travel this past week which mainly involved medical. That never helps the scale. I have been at a standstill the past 3 days (when the travel stopped), I don’t often hit a plateau at this high of a weight so it’s a bit surprising but there are so many new meds with the heart issues and such water retention on the days I don’t take the heart-healthy water pill that it can become confusing for me. The best advice I can give myself is to keep up the healthy habits, do whatever exercise is approved right now and just stay the course. It has to pay off at some point. I’m working pretty hard on my glucose numbers at this point. I need to cut more carbs.

08/29-196.6-(Trend Weight: 199.8)- I love this lower weight and although it reflects a week of great effort, it also reflects a large overnight drop so I question it’s authenticity. I was severely dehydrated last night due to my heart-healthy water pill. I pushed water very late but feel the dehydration has played a part. Today is my family doctor appt for surgery follow-up and A1C glucose testing. I know my sugars remain way up and my medications are not responding but I am still trying to avoid insulin.

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200Karen

Time for me to recommit to my health
Time to start tracking my nutrition
Time for cardio, and strength training

✅ Karen

Lynn__W

Hi. I'm 75 and after being retired for a year, felt there was still "more" to life, so entirely switched occupations and now work as a server at an Assisted living Sr Home. Work is hard but saves going to the gym! I live in central B.C., Canada
I'm usually not very successful at challenges but hope to focus on the thoughts and situations that trigger my evening over eating habit.

Recent lowest wt: 156 ( Aug 2021); at first a slow backslide, but it picked up speed over the past 10 weeks. Now yo-yoing between 166.6 and 163.


August 1st: 165
Aug 8th: 166.2
Aug 15th: 165
Aug 22: 165.4
Aug 29: 164.8
Aug 31st:
Wt change for August: ____
15# off by Oct 31st, 2022 Challenge:

cosmiccurves

Highest Weight: 320 lbs
Current Weight: 290 lbs
Goal Weight: 180 lbs

Challenge Starting Weight: 288.6 lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 273 lbs

AUGUST
8/1: 288.6 lbs
8/8: 291 lbs
8/15: 295.6 lbs (HUGE gain - my husband and I started LCHF this week)
8/22: 290 lbs
8/29: 286.2 lbs (WOOHOO!!!!! )

Total Loss for August: 2.4 lbs!!! I'll take it after some gains for sure in August!

SEPTEMBER

9/5:
9/12:
9/19:
9/26:

Total Loss for September:
Total Loss for challenge:

OCTOBER

10/3:
10/10:
10/17:
10/24:
10/31:

Total Loss for October:

Total Weight Loss for Challenge: 2.4 lbs!!

Sistersue3285

Lynn__W wrote: »

Hi. I'm 75 and after being retired for a year, felt there was still "more" to life, so entirely switched occupations and now work as a server at an Assisted living Sr Home. Work is hard but saves going to the gym! I live in central B.C., Canada
I'm usually not very successful at challenges but hope to focus on the thoughts and situations that trigger my evening over eating habit.

Recent lowest wt: 156 ( Aug 2021); at first a slow backslide, but it picked up speed over the past 10 weeks. Now yo-yoing between 166.6 and 163.


August 1st: 165
Aug 8th: 166.2
Aug 15th: 165
Aug 22: 165.4
Aug 29: 164.8
Aug 31st:
Wt change for August: ____
15# off by Oct 31st, 2022 Challenge:

Lynn...I know what you mean about more to life. I myself have considered going back to work and am only 60. I retired over a year and ahalf ago. I have arthritis in my back and knees and my last job got too heavy for me.

Funny but the job I was considering applying for is a server in an Assist living Sr home. I also live in BC in the Shuswap.

Have a great day

cgm117

58 y/o F, 5'6"

Starting weight: 131.6
Goal weight: 120

2/8 131.6
2/15 131 (-0.6 lbs)
2/22 130.7 (-0.3 lbs)
3/1 128.4 (-2.3 lbs)
3/8 129.5 (Gain 1.1 lbs)
3/15 birthday week (did not weigh myself)
3/22 128.6 (-0.9 lbs)
3/29 127.5 (-1.1 lbs)
4/4 128 (+0.5)
4/12 127.3 (-0.7 lbs)
4/19 127.5 (+0.2 lbs)
4/26 126.6 (-0.9 lbs)
Total Feb-May Challenge loss: 5 lbs

5/3 126.6 (no change)
5/10 125.9 (-0.7 lbs)
5/17 124.2 (-1.7 lbs)
5/24 126.8 (+2.6 lbs)
5/31 124.4 (-2.4 lbs)
6/7 123.8 (-0.6 lbs)
6/14 124.3 (+0.5 lbs)
6/21 123.7 (-0.6 lbs)
6/28 124.9 (+1.2 lbs)
7/5 124 (-0.9 lbs)
7/12 123.8 (-0.2 lbs)
7/19 123 (-0.8 lbs)
7/26 122.1 (-0.9 lbs)
8/2 123.8 (+1.7 lbs)
Total May-July Challenge loss: 2.8 lbs

8/9/122.8 (-1.0 lbs)
8/17 122.2 (-0.6 lbs)
8/23 122.8 (+0.6 lbs)
8/30 120.9 (-1.9 lbs)
Total Aug loss: -2.9 lbs

I am so happy that I didn't gain weight so I will fit into my gown for my son's wedding this weekend. It should be interesting to see next weeks weight after the festivities.

Lynn__W

15# off by Oct 31st, 2022 Challenge:

Hi. I'm 75 and after being retired for a year, felt there was still "more" to life, so entirely switched occupations and now work as a server at an Assisted living Sr Home. Work is hard but saves going to the gym! I live in central B.C., Canada
I'm usually not very successful at challenges but hope to focus on the thoughts and situations that trigger my evening over eating habit.

Recent lowest wt: 156 ( Aug 2021); at first a slow backslide, but it picked up speed over the past 10 weeks. Now yo-yoing between 166.6 and 163.


August 1st: 165
Aug 8th: 166.2
Aug 15th: 165
Aug 22: 165.4
Aug 29: 164.8
Aug 31st: 163.4
Wt change for August: down 1.6

Sept 5th:
Sept 12th:
Sept 19th:
Sept 26th:
Sept 30th:
Wt change for September:

Oct 3rd:
Oct 10th:
Oct 17th:
Oct 24th:
Oct 31st:
Wt change for October:

Total Weight off: _____

DianeLMK

Lost 4 pounds in August! I am 5 pounds away from my original (when I downloaded the app) MFP goal. I hope to see (and perhaps drop below) that goal weight during participation in this challenge. If I do lose 15 pounds total, I will be within my chart range for being not overweight at all.

cpanus

Hi! I'm Chris
Highest Weight: 192.2 lbs
Current Weight: 154.6 lbs
Goal Weight: 142.2 lbs
AUGUST
08/01 - 154.6 lbs
08/08 - 150.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/15 - 150.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/22 - 151.5 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer ...two b'day parties over the weekend!!
08/29 - 150.7 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
08/31 - 149.8 at 5:20 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
Total Loss/Gain for August - -4.8 pounds...maybe
09/01 -
09/05 -
09/12 -
09/19 -
09/26 -
09/30 -
Total Loss/Gain for September -
Chris