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

nsk1951

nsk1951 wrote: »

Hi .. it's Weigh-in day for my start on this challenge. Because my weight has fluctuated so much over the past month or two as my doctor has been working with me to adjust medications, I am going to go with the average weight for the month as my starting point.

Start: Nov 1, 2022 Oct's. 31-day average weight 225.4 (weight fluctuated between 223.2 and 229.2 )
Goal: Jan 31, 2023 .. goal set at lose 10 pounds: 215.4

January 31 Goal weight is 215.4
Week 0: Nov 1 start weight 225.4
Week 1: Nov 8 scale weight 225.8
Week 2: Nov 15 scale weight 225.4

frankwbrown

CHALLENGE: lose 7-10 pounds by January 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)
November 1st starting weight: 226.6 (7-day average)
January 31st goal weight: 220
ultimate goal weight: 215 (would like to stay in range 210-220)

Nov 01 : 226.6 (Weigh-in day: Tuesday)
Nov 08 : 229.0 : ↑ 2.4
Nov 15 : 231.5 : ↑ 2.5 - total gain/loss: ↑ 4.9

IAmTheGlue

Hello, I hope you all are doing well!

11/1 195.8
11/8 192.6 (3.2 lb loss )
11/15 195.6 what the heck! .2 lb loss from 11/1

I’m definitely in a plateau, going back and forth with 3ish pounds. My body is changing, my VO2 Max as gauged by my Apple Watch is continuing to increase. I would like to break my plateau, but I would rather do better in my beginning running and increasing my fitness so I’m not sure about decreasing my calories. Anyway that’s where I am now…

Goals:

1. I’m doing a beginner running series through IFit on my treadmill which is my main focus right now. I’m still trying to lose weight, but I am hoping to increase my fitness over the next 5 more weeks of the program.

2. I still outweigh my husband by 7pounds. I can’t wait until I’m lighter than him.

3. I’m looking forward to moving into the overweight from obese category. Those are the three things I’m focusing on right now, which all feel like achievable goals.

Just keep going! 💪

carlsoda

Hi I just found this challenge and I am desperate for motivation!! I’m Carla, 57 and live in Minnesota. Going through some health issues and was told I need to lose 10 lbs - it’s coming off very slow but I’m also on a medicine that causes weight gain! Ugh!! Makes it hard. I think I have the food portion pretty good (Mediterranean Diet) but I’ve been so bad with exercising. So a group of like minded people is what I need to help with motivation!! I will share y weight later as I’m on the app and will lose my post if I go back and look for it!! I am looking forward to getting to know you all and hope I can also motivate you in return!!!

200Karen

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. 129.8
15. 130.2

Holding steady with my weight.
The plan for the holidays is to enjoy family, friends, and NOT gain weight.

Goal for December 1st, 129.0

Best wishes
💞 Karen

Lynn__W

Good morning. RubyRed, I'm so thankful I found this challenge as I need to re-start once again. Haven't been meeting my goals for most of this year but I have stopped a backslide. Am still at the top of the backslide, but am confident I'll be able to whittle off the regained 10#, 1 lb at a time. I'm 75 yrs old and thankfully still fit and strong. My absolute nemesis is bread and crackers, usually with some form of butter/margarine and cheese if it's available. Last nite at 7pm I vowed to avoid to stop snacking on bread but by 9 I was back at it. Today I will do better.
15 off by Jan 31st would be golden, but my first goal will be 5 off, followed by the next 5 off by end of January. More if possible.
My last success was when with Noom, and that site kept track of how many consequetive meals you'd tracked. I hit 100!! So altho no longer with Noom, I'm going to try to track 100 again ( 5 / day; breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, snack).
Looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Take care All and here's to a successful Wednesday!!

Lynn

threewins

I'm in. I'm late so I have to lose 74.0 grams a day. That's on the high side for me, let's see if it's possible. Today I weighed 87.7 kg. If I achieve the shortened equivalent (75 instead of 92 days) of 15 pounds I'll post the Austin Powers 'Yeah Baby' image to celebrate.

taxgirl1

SW: 234.7
CW: 233.0
GW: 219.9

Nov. 3--234.7
Nov. 10--232.5 (-2.2)
Nov. 17--233.0 (-1.7)

Even though I went up a little from last week, I had a great week. I went out to lunch twice over the weekend and even though I ate at maintenance, I was still up almost 2lbs due to water retention and the extra food.

The great thing is that (1) for the past week I have tracked all my food and (2) I was able to get back to my regular eating as soon as the weekend was over. As I am working on building new habits and working on consistency, this week has been great, and I expect the rest of the weight to be gone by this weekend.

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 58.6 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
11/11: 173
11/18: 171.4

Hooray! I've finally lost 25% of my starting weight.

On to the next mini goal, to drop into the 160's.

Have a great weekend!

Challenge Goal: 10 lbs (165.4)
Challenge Actual: 4 lbs (171.4)

MaggieGirl135

Daily check-in:
11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-8: 144.8 lbs
11-9: 144.7 lbs
11-10: 146.3 lbs
11-11: 144.8 lbs
11-12: 145.3 lbs
11-13: 146.4 lbs
11-14: 147.4 lbs
11-15: 146.2 lbs
11-16: 146.8 lbs…
11-18: 147.1 lbs

Sorry, not around for a bit; my husband and I went on a short trip.

Daily activities:
Exercise: no exercise yesterday, coming home from trip, did do a lot of walking during trip
Log food: didn’t do while on trip, back to it today
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - not needed

ashleycarole86

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

Nov 1 - 170
Nov 3 - 169 (-1)
Nov 10 - 168.6 (-0.4)
Nov 17 - 169.6 (+1)

HarperAnn6

Hi all! I would love to join this challenge. I have 15 - 20 pounds of weight to lose since having a baby nine months ago. Prior to the pregnancy, I used MFP for years to help me maintain a 50 pound weight loss. I had a major backslide in my eating during the pregnancy: I got used to eating whatever I wanted, and I stopped paying attention to quantity. Now I'm hoping to get back to a healthier lifestyle.
Height: 5'1"
Goal: 120
Nov. 18th: 138.6

roz0810

Nov 17: 276.2
Nov 18: 273.4
Nov 19: 272.2

4lb loss

threewins

I need to lose about 5.56 kg for this challenge because I started late
November
18 87.7 I celebrated by overeating because I did something I'd been putting off for a couple of years due to anxiety
19 88.3

Plasicage

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

Nov 1: 152.4
Nov 7: 151.4
Nov 19: 150

I was off for my beach vacation and arrived back hours ago, so wasn't tracking. Vacations are funny time for me because I usually have harder time finding food I eat, but I also pack food with me, and would be more calorie dense if consumed too quickly.
Let's just say I was so happy seeing broccoli and cauliflower few days ago lol.

However my phone also went missing or 'missing' , so tracking is more challenging currently.

MaggieGirl135

11-1: 147.7 lbs
11-8: 144.8 lbs
11-15: 146.2 lbs
11-16: 146.8 lbs..
11-18: 147.1 lbs
11-19: 147.4 lbs

Daily activities:
Exercise: exercised yesterday
Log food: only half-heartedly logged yesterday, but today’s food is fully logged
Mindset: When hungry, remind myself of the reasons for weight loss - not needed

threewins

I need to lose about 5.56 kg for this challenge because I started late
November
18 87.7 I celebrated by overeating because I did something I'd been putting off for a couple of years due to anxiety
19 88.3 Again I overate because I am going off sugar
20 88.3

roz0810

Nov 17: 276.2
Nov 18: 273.4
Nov 19: 272.2
Nov 20: 271

5.2lb loss

RubyRed427

Good morning friends! You are all doing well~ keep posting. It makes a difference.

MaggieGirl135

@RubyRed427 thanks, I needed to read your post!