15 pounds to lose challenge November 1 - January 31, 2023

Plasicage

Challenge weight goal: 142lbs
Weekly weigh ins to avoid the daily ups and downs.

Nov 1: 152.4

debbiesimms926

I'm in!! Looking to not gain any weight this holiday season and this will help to keep me focused!

IAmTheGlue

Hello all!

I was pretty successful in our last challenge, so I’m looking forward to this one!

11/1 195.8

Good luck everyone!! 😀

200Karen

Hi I’m in
Thanks for the challenge

My name is Karen. I am 65 years old and I live in Northwest of the US. I am 5’0” tall.
My goal is to release 6 pounds 👋

November
1. 131.0
8.
15.
22.
29.

Goal for December 1st, 129.0

Best wishes
💞Karen

Sistersue3285

Hi My name is Sherri 60 year old and live in BC

I'm back. I really need to get back on track. I didn't lose anything the last challenge as I wasn't tracking my food and eating way too many carbs. I find my body doesn't like digesting carbs(especially bread) and just holds on to it. I gain almost everytime I eat bread. Going to have to come up with a solution for bread as it is any easy and quick food to grab when I'm hungry or in a hurry.
My goals this time
1) Track food at least 5 days a week
2) Drink more water. At least 5 glasses a day
3) Get out and walk 4 days a week and do 4 days of exercise at home. Weights, yoga or strength training
4) Lose 5lbs a month
Nov 1. 191.2lbs

RubyRed427

IAmTheGlue wrote: »

I’m in!

I lost 17.8 pounds in our last challenge so I’m here to do it again. 💪 I‘ll weigh tomorrow morning for my starting weight.

Wow -that is amazing!!!
What are your tips?

davert123

This is a great idea, thanks for setting this up. my goal is 20lb. I have recently been diagnosed with moderate arthritis in my hip. I was struggling to walk any distance because of the pain. I decided to go for it. I weighed in at 20 st at the beginning of the year and again when I started and now after some time, I am down to 16 st 12lb. I can still feel the hip but I can now walk around all day . I want to shift more weight as quickly as I safely can. I've started training for triathlon again and I'm watching what I eat. I'm using MFP to make sure I don't overdo it more than anything else. 20 lb over 3 months should be doable. 2lb per week would be 24-26 lb. I have a goal and I'm motivated by my new found mobility :-) looking forward to working this through with other people here

cpanus

Hi! I'm Chris
Highest Weight: 192.2 lbs
Current Weight: 153.0 lbs
Goal Weight: 143.0 lbs
11/01 - 153.0 at 5:20 a.m. ...7.27 miles in 129 mins
11/07 -
11/14 -
11/21 -
11/28 -
11/30 -
Chris

kmenier

Hi! Kim in rural NC trying to lose 30 lbs gained after knee injury and Covid lay-in! Need friends to keep me honest... call me on that late night snacking and mid-day coke!

11/1: 158 and change

200Karen

Kim Welcome👋
For our 1st week I’m tracking NO late night eating With a goal of 7 nights

Last night I had caffeine free tea
Want to join in?

Mini Goal ☕️
1/7

💞Karen

Beeps2011

I’d like to lose 12 pounds in 3 months.
Nov 1 = 188.0
Dec 1 goal = 184.0
Jan 1 goal = 180.0
Jan 31 goal = 176.0

MaggieGirl135

Daily check-in:

11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-2: 147.7 lbs

Daily activities:
Log food: did yesterday
Exercise: did yesterday
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - not done yesterday, but I did use another mindset kind of skill - delay. When I wanted both my afternoon snack and dinner about a half an hour early, I reminded myself that I was not starving and could wait—it was just that I didn’t want to wait! This worked.

SunnyDays930

took 2 long hikes with my husband today BUT then had a Rueben for lunch. Gah!! On the plus side I had unsweetend iced tea with it instead of a beer or wine so that was zero calories at least. Will have a VERY light dinner and will be running after 3 grandchildren tonight so that will help. Short term goal (Dec 4 dr appointment with a weigh in) 8 lbs. Goal by Jan 31; 15 lbs.

davert123

I had a great burn on zwift today. Im just getting back into the saddle and it was the first day without saddle soreness :-) happy days

pratorswife

I'm in! Want to lose 15 by January. Have already lost 3. Just making better eating choices.

RubyRed427

Welcome Everyone! It's good to hear from you!

RubyRed427

SunnyDays930

Awesome post about healthier choices, RubyRed!

MaggieGirl135

Daily check-in:
11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-2: 147.7 lbs
11-3: 147.1 lbs

Daily activities:
Log food: did yesterday
Exercise: did yesterday
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - not done yesterday, not needed.

GinLee61

I am a 5'3" 61 year old retiree living in upstate NY.
I started tracking again with MFP on January 3rd 2022 and have lost 55.3 lbs to date.
My final goal weight is around 135.

January 3: 230
March 7: 216.6
June 3: 196.4
Sept 2: 182.8
Oct 28: 175.4

11/4: 174.7

It was a pretty good week. I was hoping for a pound but these days I'll take what I can get.

Have a great weekend!

Challenge Goal: 10 lbs (165.4)
Challenge Actual: 0.7 (174.7)

Canadianlass2022

Hi everyone
Jumping in to join late, though I did weigh & log myself Nov 1.
60 yrs old, 5’2”
Current Weight: 202 lbs
Goal Weight by Jan 2023: 187
I am adding in new habits as I go. This week is to log every bite, sip & activity.

Have few pals and looking for more like minded mfp pals if anyone is interested in daily contacts & encouragement 🤗

SunnyDays930

I'm going to weigh in on Fridays. Here we go.

HW: 170
Nov 4 167.6

Dec 4 goal: 160
Jan 31 goal: 153

Strategies: more water, less alcohol. More fruit and vegetables, less meat. 8-10,000 steps per day.

I'm hoping I can at least stick this out a month and I intend to be accountable here. Thank you for continuing this challenge.

RubyRed427

Lowest weight on MFP: Three years ago 154 lb.

This challenge weigh in:
Nov. 4 200 lbs. (highest weight I have ever been)


This week:
I cut out sweets and chocolates despite students giving me a whole bag of them.
I ordered a turkey burger instead of a regular burger.
I cut down on alcohol calories; I still have to do better. I know that the recent 30 pound gain this last year is mostly wine calories. I must find better ways to cope with stress.

MaggieGirl135

Daily check-in:
11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-2: 147.7 lbs
11-3: 147.1 lbs
11-4: 145.4 lbs

Daily activities:
Log food: did yesterday
Exercise: did yesterday
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - not done again yesterday, not needed. It will be today, with how my schedule is rolling.

bover145

I’m in!
Current 163
Goal 155

My biggest lifestyle change this time around is to greatly reduce added sugars and alcohol. It’s been working!

Walela617

Hi everyone! My normal weigh-in day is Thursday because I belong to a group wellness program run through Mass General Hospital Diabetes Center called "Path to Lifestyle Change" and our group meets on Thursdays (conference calls). I don't have diabetes (yet) but I have both Type I and Type II in my family so this is more of a prevention program. I would also like to stave off heart disease and other ailments as well for as long as possible by adopting healther habits.

I did put some weight back on following my COVID bout, when I wasn't eating much of anything for about a week; so my starting weight for this group (Thursday, November 3rd) is 154.0. We are required to show our feet on the scale each week for the program, and I also have some stats to share from my Renpho scale app; so here goes:


How about that for honesty, LOL! I'm just doing this for me. To show how far I've come since I started the program on September 1st (9 weeks ago yesterday), below illustrates my progress (though it's showing my post-COVID weight and I've bounced back up a bit since then):

It definitely does help to have a side-by-side comparison to try to help keep me on track.

[I should note here that from my starting weight on 9/1/22 to my weigh-in yesterday (11/3/22) I have averaged a loss of 1.4 lbs. per week.] I hope to lose at least 1 lb. per week (but not more than 2 lbs. per week) in this challenge.

I will post my progress here every Thursday.

Very best wishes to all and have a great weekend! (Carole)

davert123

1st nov.... 235.8 lb
4th nov ... 234.8 lb -1lb

MaggieGirl135

Daily check-in:
11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-2: 147.7 lbs
11-3: 147.1 lbs
11-4: 145.4 lbs
11-5: 145.4 lb

Daily activities:
Log food: did yesterday, ate about 75 calories over my desired budget, still acceptable to me.
Exercise: did yesterday
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - did yesterday, along with telling myself it would be ok to delay eating by a half an hour.

200Karen

I’m switching up my food logging. I started logging with last night’s ~~overloaded~~ dinner, then today’s breakfast and lunch were light and healthy. Tonight's dinner starts my new day.

Fingers crossed this method will help stop late night candy raids. And help stop throwing in the towel, because I’ve overate after dinner.

ashleycarole86

Nov 1 Challenge Start: 170
Jan 31 Challenge Goal: 160-165 (Maintenance Range)

Nov 1 - 170
Nov 3 - 169 (-1)