🍃🍂September Daily Weigh-in and Logging Challenge🍂🍃

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  • ManifestingToday
    ManifestingToday Posts: 606 Member
    Hi, I'm a 50 yo married female, 5'6", and tired of looking and feeling like I do. I’m making changes to get out of the Obese category, to look good in my clothing, and to have confidence in public again.

    Heaviest Weight: 221 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
    Starting Weight Aug 2023: 212.7

    September Goals:
    Lose 2 lbs. | Consistently log food | Bike &/or Treadmill 4 days a week | Aim for 7 hours sleep/day

    1 Sep: 207.1
    2 Sep: 206.6
    3 Sep: 207.1 - We had chips+ with our salads yesterday. Still logged it all, but knew the number would go up. Also entering cycle bloat, so this will fluctuate over the next week. Cycles are in sometimes mode, and irregular with M, so who knows right now. : )
    4 Sep: 208.6 - Bloat + an open bag of pretzels. But it's back to food & exercise plan today. :)
    5 Sep: 207.6
    6 Sep: 206.7
    7 Sep: 206.8
    8 Sep: 206.9
    9 Sep: 208.2 -- Pizza & sodium. I haven't had pizza in weeks and to be honest, when we went to bed last night, both my husband and I felt gross after greasy food and we both said we're looking forward to salads tomorrow. :) This morning I'm going to Instapot a bunch of chicken breasts that we can use on salads and in soup for the week ahead. I'm glad we've detoxed enough to notice how less healthy food feels when we have it. It's been a while since we could tell the difference.
    10 Sep:
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,140 Member
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    My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
    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



    Starting Weight (from Aug 31st): 191.8
    Goal: 187.8 (Four lb Loss)
    Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

    **************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


    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.


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    09/02-192.2-(Trend Weight 194.7)-

    09/03-NWP-(Trend Weight 194.7)-

    09/04-193.6-(Trend Weight 194.6)-


    09/05-192.0-(Trend Weight 194.3)-

    09/06-192.0-(Trend Weight 194.1)-

    09/07-191.0-(Trend Weight 193.8)-

    09/08-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)- Met my new family doctor yesterday and was very impressed. He is checking my thyroid because too much hormone in my system may indicate that I can lower my medications (possibly). That would be due to my weight loss since last year. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? I find out Monday. I woke up today at 6:15 to get DGS ready for school and drive him to the bus stop for the 1st time. I forgot to weigh due to the difference in my routine. Drank too much coffee before I remembered. I will update everything tomorrow but I suspect it is near the same, perhaps slightly higher due to no TMI x 2.

    09/09-192.0-(Trend Weight 193.6)- What I have come to realize: I really thought I could “undo” the good of the day with a splurge or a binge moment at night that totally ruins my macros/calorie count/carbs for the day. But truthfully, I can’t undo it AT ALL. That great low cal and/or low carb breakfast I ate, well, I still ate it. That Intermittent fasting, well, it really happened. That exercise I did in the afternoon, well, I still did it. That carefully planned healthy dinner I cooked and stuck to, well that didn’t change at all. A foolish mistake is just something I added to my still great habits I’ve formed. It may or may not change the scale for the worse, yes it’s true, but in no way shape or form does it “undo” all the good I did that day. Our good habits with food and exercise really really count! We can never undo something we’ve already done! You know, it’s funny how we Know we can’t undo something bad we’ve eaten or exercise we’ve missed, but we don’t realize we can’t undo something good either. Just a thought I wanted to share today, my friends. Let’s just keep going. {{Hugs}} to you all.

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  • Starting weight: 302.6
    Goal weight: 150
    Height: 5’5”
    Sept. Goal: 294

    Sept. 1: 302.6
    Sept. 2: 302.4
    Sept. 3: 302
    Sept. 4: 301.2
    Sept. 5: 301
    Sept. 6: 301.3
    Sept. 7: 300.3
    Sept. 8: 301.5
    Sept. 9: 301.1
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    Going to the Washington State University vs. Wisconsin football game this afternoon. My exercise will be walking from free parking to and from the stadium on the hilly WSU campus and cheering for the Cougs. Both of my daughters graduated from WSU and my softball buddy I'm going to the game with was an instructor at WSU. So, lots of money and time invested in WSU. What a charmed life I'm blessed to have. GO COUGS!!!!!!

    Have so much fun! I love football and can't wait to go to the Purdue-Ohio State game this season. ❤️🏈❤️
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    My name is Kelly. I am 52 and watch my grandkids 5 days a week. I watch 4 of them 5 days a weeks and 6 on Wednesdays so I keep busy with babies all week. They are all 3yrs and under. I weigh weekly. This daily group accountability is awesome! I absolutely love this group.

    Goals for September:
    Walk for 30 minutes a day 6 days a week
    Log all my food daily
    Hit at least 10,000 steps 6 days a week
    Strength training...what I can tolerate and build from there
    Hit my original goal weight of 150

    I am going to be transitioning slowly to a maintaining phase of my journey. But I think I do want to get into the mid 140's. So, I want to take this month to lose weight but slow the process down. I will be doing my morning 5 mile walks during the week but I won't push myself to get the same amount of steps each day. I think about 12-15k per day will be good. I will be adding strength training. I have never been good at maintaining so this will be a learning process and I want to slow my weight loss down and gradually get there.


    SW:262
    September SW:155
    September GW:150 or a few pounds into 140's
    UGW:150 or below

    September:
    1. Logged, rest day
    2. Logged, walked, 10k+
    3. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
    4. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
    5. Logged, walked, 15k+, strength training
    6. Logged, walked, 15k+, weight 154.4
    7. Logged, walked, 16k+, strength training
    8. Logged, walked, 17k+, strength training
    9. Logged, walked, 11k+

    I went with my husband and all my grands to a very popular Amish/Mennonite town that has so many great stores and entertainment. We decided to do an animal park on a farm there that we have never done before and it was so fun for all the kids and the adults! They had so many cool animals there and we did a wagon ride that allowed us to feed and get up close and personal. But it was amazing! Here's a couple pics of the day.

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  • BittersweetVita
    BittersweetVita Posts: 745 Member
    @buckeyebabe717 - adoreable pictures!
    @Melwillbehealthy - glad to hear you may be feeling better soon!
    @imaginemary - hope you are feeling better soon!
    @jm216 - congrats on hitting your mini-goal!
  • BittersweetVita
    BittersweetVita Posts: 745 Member
    Hi, All! I'm a 46 year-old, 5'4" mom of four who always has some new ailment each month. Lol. My sciatica has finally subsided but I still have this lingering, painful rotator cuff/deltoid sprain. I'm a two-time cancer survivor and, as a result, it seems that I am prone to injury and slow healing. I've had some allergic reactions again, so daily and accurate logging is essential. My fitness goals are to continue my PT exercises, take more walks in this glorious fall weather, enjoy playing rugby when I can, and drop down into a new decade.

    9/1: I forgot to hit save. Lol.
    9/2: 183.2
    9/3: DNW
    9/4: DNW
    9/5: 182.4
    9/6: 181.4
    9/7: DNW
    9/8: 181.7
    9/9: 180.8 - newest injury to add to the list- a jammed thumb. Always something! Lol!
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    @BittersweetVita Thanks 😊 and you sound like me...if there is a way to injure myself I WILL find the way. Hope you heal quickly.
  • Laufmane
    Laufmane Posts: 21 Member
    edited September 2023
    Here in hopes to shed some baby weight, I am pretty good with daily excercices but my diet is a mess right now 🙈

    September Start Weight: 59.8kg / 131.8lbs (Aug 31st)
    September Goal Weight: 57.x kg/ 125lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 55kg / 121 lbs

    Sept 01: 59.6 kg / 131.4 lbs
    Sept 02: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
    Sept 03: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs (uh, not too excited about stepping on the scales tomorrow.. sweets are my kryptonite)
    Sept 04: 59.5kg / 131.2 lbs (this made me smile in the morning, maybe should stick to sweets then, jk)
    Sept 05: 59.5kg /131.2 lbs
    Sept 06: 59.6kg / 131.4 lbs (enjoyed some cake as today my baby turns 1)
    Sept 07: 59.5 kg /131.2 lbs
    Sept 08: 59.3 kg / 130.7 lbs (had a big family gathering to celebrate my one year old)
    Sept 09: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 5,353 Member
    Hello I'm Darlene. I am 63, married, (Greg), have one daughter, 29 (Allyson) and one 4-year-old Goldendoodle, Monty. I have been with this group since April of this year. I love this group.

    Happy Fall

    September Goals 🍂
    Lose 4 pounds ⚖️
    Hit the 1,750 mile marker towards my 2,023 in 2,023. 🏃‍♂️
    16k Steps Daily 👣
    Drink 6-8 Glasses of Water Daily 💦
    Strength Train 3 days a week💪
    Tai Chi or Some Stretching exercise 1 day a week 🧘
    Log my food daily 🖥️
    Read 📖
    Do something creative daily - Knit, Crochet, Color, puzzel etc. 🧶 🖍️ 🧩
    ⚖️ 🏃‍♂️👣💦💪🧘 🖥️ 📖🧶 🖍️ 🧩

    Weight Loss to Date: 48.2 Pounds
    July Ending Weight: 179.8

    Sep 1: 179.8 👣💦💪🖥️📖🧶 🖍️
    Sep 2: 179.6 👣💦🖥️📖 🖍️
    Sep 3: 179.8👣💦 🖥️ 🧶 🖍️
    Sep 4: 179.4👣💦 🖥️ 📖🧶
    Sep 5: 179.2 👣 💦🖥️ 📖
    Sep 6: 179 💦🧘🖥️We are refinishing our hallway/pantry floor this week, so emptied the pantry, washed the shelves and painted. Busy day - starting refinishing the floors today. It's surprising how much stuff I had in that pantry closet. My living room is filled with junk! Can't wait for it to be finished so I can put my house back in order. Met my 1,600 mile marker yesterday! 😁
    Sep 7: 178.6 😁 💦 🖥️ 🖍️ Had a snag in the refinishing yesterday - After sanding for a couple hours yesterday, realized the floors are in worse shape than we thought. The machine we rented wasn't powerful enough to go down as far as we need; so we returned it. Renting a different kind today - hoping it will work! If not, I think we'll need to rip it up and put down a new floor. Regardless, when they are done I will be happy- now a dusty, messy house! YUCK!
    Sep 8: 179.6 😠 👣 💦🖥️ 🖍️ It's what I "sort of" expected. Didn't eat all day yesterday until dinnertime. (Working on the floors). I didn't want to cook when were done, so we order a plain cheese pizza. Under my calories for the day, but the sodium gets me every time. On a good note, we finished sanding the floors, and they came out really nice. Today we put the polyurethane one (keeping natural); it has to dry for a couple days and then I can move the stuff back in. Then a full day (or two) of cleaning the rest of the rooms. Even though you put up plastic to keep the dust out - it travels everywhere! Can't wait!
    Sep 9: 179.8 😠💦🖥️🧶Don't like the direction I'm going. Hoping it will swish down when I get back into my normal routine. Although I walked yesterday - it was in little spirts - a mile at a time. Although I stayed within my calorie budget, didn't have time to make healty things and didn't eat at regular times. Was ravenous at the end of the day and had salty cashews before I went to bed. On a better note, two coats of polyurethane down. Two (or three if we need it) more today. It's getting close!
    Sep 10: 179.6 😐 The floor has one more coat to go - then touch up any spots at the end; it needs to dry overnight and then I can start moving the stuff back in. Last night I woke up and couldn't sleep - since there is only one more light sand left I cleaned the family room (the farthest room from the foyer). There was even dust INSIDE the TV cabinet - had to take everything out, dust and put everything back. Hoping that it was worth my effort and it doesn't get dusty again today. Thinking about how much I needed to deep clean anyway and how sparkly my house will be next week. 😉

    @buckeyebabe7l7 Fabulous pictures, looks like everyone had a wonderful time. And congrats on the football win!

  • Melwillbehealthy
    Melwillbehealthy Posts: 894 Member
    Hi! I’m a grandma of 8. I am T2 diabetic. My goal is to get healthier. I’ve lost 40 lbs. in the last 6 months, decreased my bp and blood sugar. I count calories, swim, and do osteoporosis prevention aerobics.

    Starting weight: 230
    Goal weight: 120
    Height: 5’2”
    Sept. Goal: 185-186 lbs.

    Monthly Weight Loss:
    March-10 lbs.
    April- 8 lbs.
    May- 5 lbs.
    June- 4.4 lbs. (trip to Europe)
    July- 5.6
    August-7 lbs. joined a ‘challenge’
    September-
    October-

    Sept. 1- 190.4 up from yesterday
    Sept. 2- 190
    Sept. 3- 189.6 1hour swim
    Sept. 4- 189.8 osteo aerobics
    Sept. 5- DNW
    Sept. 6- 191.2 overate carbs and calories again. Going to make more effort to lower my carb level, and up my protein. Aerobics. I will try harder to get back and stay in the 80’s🙂
    Sept. 7-DNW overate ( won’t call it a binge )
    Sept. 8-DNW overate, spoke to nutritionist, May be limiting calories too much, leads to a binge
    Sept. 9-189.4 whaaa? 1 hr. Swim
    Sept. 10- 188🙂
  • Melwillbehealthy
    Melwillbehealthy Posts: 894 Member
    @deepwoodslady i I love your writing on how we can’t undo the good habits we’ve created. Obviously, the good ,healthy meals I’ve eaten have outweighed the bad. This = getting healthy😀
    @Buckeyebabe7l7 i love the pictures of your sweet grandchildren. I wish I could post a picture of mine too but my kids won’t let me. I’ve asked. Mine are a little older than yours, but many are close in age. 3 of them were all born within a few weeks of each other. In age they are: 5 yrs., 7 yrs., 8 yrs., 3 -10 yr. Olds, 12 yrs., and the oldest lovely boy is 13. Most live close by so they’re a big part of my life. They get together a lot to play like yours do. They’re growing up close to each other.
  • andreajlnhe
    andreajlnhe Posts: 250 Member

    Sept. 1- 141.0 I logged :)
    Sept. 2- 139.2 I logged :)
    Sept. 3- 138.6 I logged :) I think I'm experiencing some quick weight loss that can happen when I simply start watching what I eat and drinking more water.... Nice to see; it will probably steady out.
    Sept. 4- 138.8 I logged :) A potluck yesterday and out to a restaurant today; determined to log
    Sept. 5- 139.4 I liked yesterday's weight better. Oh well, keep moving forward.
    Sept. 6- 138.8 I logged! :) Did not finish logging yesterday. It was cycle day 1 and I totally blew it on calories. Next time I plan to adjust my calorie goal to maintenance on cycle day 1... maybe that will help...
    Sept. 7- 138.0 I logged :) MIL cooked a big huge dinner for us, with dessert... I went over on calories, but logged anyway.
    Sept.8- 138.2 I logged :)
    Sept. 9- 138.0 I logged :)
    Sept. 10- 138.2
    Sept. 11-
  • stormywxs288
    stormywxs288 Posts: 811 Member
    This is my first week back on MFP since I fell off the wagon back in March. It is amazing the weight loss success I have when I simply track/log my diet and exercise. Accountability is a big factor for me and that is the reason I enjoy this group. I hope we hang together and provide support and encouragement for the rest of Sep and beyond!

    Sep 4 - Sep 10: 190.0 -185.2 (4.8 Lbs)
  • Starting weight: 302.6
    Goal weight: 150
    Height: 5’5”
    Sept. Goal: 294

    Sept. 1: 302.6
    Sept. 2: 302.4
    Sept. 3: 302
    Sept. 4: 301.2
    Sept. 5: 301
    Sept. 6: 301.3
    Sept. 7: 300.3
    Sept. 8: 301.5
    Sept. 9: 301.1
    Sept. 10: 300.4
  • ManifestingToday
    ManifestingToday Posts: 606 Member
    edited September 2023
    Hi, I'm a 50 yo married female, 5'6", and tired of looking and feeling like I do. I’m making changes to get out of the Obese category, to look good in my clothing, and to have confidence in public again.

    Heaviest Weight: 221 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
    Starting Weight Aug 2023: 212.7

    September Goals:
    Lose 2 lbs. | Consistently log food | Bike &/or Treadmill 4 days a week | Aim for 7 hours sleep/day

    1 Sep: 207.1
    2 Sep: 206.6
    3 Sep: 207.1 - We had chips+ with our salads yesterday. Still logged it all, but knew the number would go up. Also entering cycle bloat, so this will fluctuate over the next week. Cycles are in sometimes mode, and irregular with M, so who knows right now. : )
    4 Sep: 208.6 - Bloat + an open bag of pretzels. But it's back to food & exercise plan today. :)
    5 Sep: 207.6
    6 Sep: 206.7
    7 Sep: 206.8
    8 Sep: 206.9
    9 Sep: 208.2 -- Pizza & sodium. I haven't had pizza in weeks and to be honest, when we went to bed last night, both my husband and I felt gross after greasy food and we both said we're looking forward to salads tomorrow. :) This morning I'm going to Instapot a bunch of chicken breasts that we can use on salads and in soup for the week ahead. I'm glad we've detoxed enough to notice how less healthy food feels when we have it. It's been a while since we could tell the difference.
    10 Sep: 208.1
    11 Sep:
  • ManifestingToday
    ManifestingToday Posts: 606 Member
    edited September 2023
    @deepwoodslady What a great way to frame a healthy, positive mindset. I use so much negative self talk in this process, and it doesn't celebrate the fact that the rest of the time I'm eating right, making myself exercise, drinking water, getting more sleep. <3


    @Melwillbehealthy If you feel comfortable sharing, did the nutritionist help to guide you on specific foods you should/shouldn't have that are unique to you? I mean, I know a doughnut isn't going to be the healthy choice, but did they say something like, "you're eating a lot of X, and you don't know it, but for you in particular this causes X". I'm just curious exactly a nutritionist's guidance is, if they're going by bloodwork or other exams, or if it's based on less scientific data.

    @imaginemary I hope you're feeling better.
  • Melwillbehealthy
    Melwillbehealthy Posts: 894 Member
    @Manifesting Today hi there. Glad you’re here. That’s a good question about the nutritionist. I’ve spoken to a couple of them since March. Somehow, I come away from my talks feeling like I didn’t ask the right questions. She asked me all about my diet and I was honest with her. She never faulted me for counting calories, but they use the healthy plate method and don’t count calories. I’ve done it in the past and yes, it works too. It seems like no food is off limits. She isn’t going by my bloodwork, but she knows about my health issues i.e. hbp, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity. She’s aware of all of it.
    She didn’t try to change my diet. She gave me ideas on what fish to add when I said I’d like to add more fish. I told her I don’t eat salad and she said, “you don’t have to”. She worked with my diet that is already in place.
    She confirmed what the doctor said about exercise and vomiting. I need to eat something first. I ate a tbs. of peanut butter before my swim this morning and felt fine. It does the trick.
    I’m still learning. It was great to talk to her.
    Also, I like salad. I don’t eat it as I can’t buy it and use it before the produce goes bad. Too wasteful, so I cook my veggies.
  • staceysigns
    staceysigns Posts: 1 Member
    Hi. I am a little late in to the party. I only got back on MyFitnessPal a few days ago. I have used the app off and on for many years, but I have never done a "challenge." I am 5'5", on long-term disability, and have gained considerable weight since becoming disabled 1 1/2 years ago. If I am to recover, that is only going to make it harder and worse. I have been doing water aerobics the past few weeks, which I love. BUT, it's not enough.... I am now committed to logging my weight and food.

    Start weight: 223
    Weight loss goal for Sept: 4 lb
    1st weight loss goal: 200
    Exercise goal for Sept: 6700 steps 3x/week, strengthening 4x/week, water aerobics 1-2x/week

    9/7 (first day tracking again): logged weight (223) and all food (1376) 👍
    9/8: logged food = 1311 👍
    9/9: logged food = 2126 (at a function that served comfort food for lunch - but I logged anyway!)



  • ManifestingToday
    ManifestingToday Posts: 606 Member
    edited September 2023
    @Manifesting Today hi there. Glad you’re here. That’s a good question about the nutritionist. I’ve spoken to a couple of them since March. Somehow, I come away from my talks feeling like I didn’t ask the right questions....

    Thank you, that was helpful. And I'm glad you've had less issues with the exercising now that you're eating before. That must have been so difficult to deal with. We too deal with things going bad before we get to them; I've had to start going to the store every other day if it's salad type items or fruit -- which I'm lucky I can do, I know some people are not as close to stores or have to shop weekly. But going to the store frequently is also time consuming and there are days I refuse. :)

    Welcome, @staceysigns ! This is a very supportive group.
  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 5,353 Member
    @deepwoodslady What a great way to frame a healthy, positive mindset. I use so much negative self talk in this process, and it doesn't celebrate the fact that the rest of the time I'm eating right, making myself exercise, drinking water, getting more sleep. <3

    I think we are all guilty of that, and @deepwoodslady 's words are ones that we should all listen too.

    @staceysigns Welcome to the group. I was like you, had the MFP account for years - never used it. Then at the beginning of the year started logging my food. When I started to feel less motivated I found the challenges - I have to say that they have been a godsend (I've tried a few). They give me support and keep me motivated and accountable! Hope you love it here as much as I do.
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,140 Member
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    My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
    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



    Starting Weight (from Aug 31st): 191.8
    Goal: 187.8 (Four lb Loss)
    Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

    **************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


    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.


    09/01-193.2-(Trend Weight 195.0)-


    09/02-192.2-(Trend Weight 194.7)-

    09/03-NWP-(Trend Weight 194.7)-

    09/04-193.6-(Trend Weight 194.6)-


    09/05-192.0-(Trend Weight 194.3)-

    09/06-192.0-(Trend Weight 194.1)-

    09/07-191.0-(Trend Weight 193.8)-

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    09/09-192.0-(Trend Weight 193.6)- What I have come to realize: I really thought I could “undo” the good of the day with a splurge or a binge moment at night that totally ruins my macros/calorie count/carbs for the day. But truthfully, I can’t undo it AT ALL. That great low cal and/or low carb breakfast I ate, well, I still ate it. That Intermittent fasting, well, it really happened. That exercise I did in the afternoon, well, I still did it. That carefully planned healthy dinner I cooked and stuck to, well that didn’t change at all. A foolish mistake is just something I added to my still great habits I’ve formed. It may or may not change the scale for the worse, yes it’s true, but in no way shape or form does it “undo” all the good I did that day. Our good habits with food and exercise really really count! We can never undo something we’ve already done! You know, it’s funny how we Know we can’t undo something bad we’ve eaten or exercise we’ve missed, but we don’t realize we can’t undo something good either. Just a thought I wanted to share today, my friends. Let’s just keep going. {{Hugs}} to you all.

    09/10-194.2-(Trend Weight 193.7)- I had a very good day yesterday but I stayed up way way too late and ended up hungry enough for another meal that was unplanned for and put me over budget, so to speak. Today I will choose one of my lower calorie/carb days on the zig-zag plan to get back in line. I really need to get in more steps and movement today somehow also. I’m expecting my DD and DGS over this afternoon so that may be difficult. Based on my starting weight for September and my loss goal, this is the month I am supposed to enter into the 180's and join the 180 club. Going backward will put me walking uphill both ways but there is still plenty of month left. I got this!

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,140 Member
    @Buckeyebabe717

    Wonderful pics! Thanks for sharing. Your grandchildren are beautiful and look so happy!
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,959 Member
    🍂🍃Hello, I’m Jill. 🥰I’m 53, 5’7” and I live in Michigan.

    My goals for September :

    🏡 Yardwork
    🤿 Swim until end of September
    📝 Log consistently
    🐶 Walk and train puppies
    🥗 Continue the high-protein, lower carb, lower fat plan

    Starting weight January 1st: 224.5
    January weight lost: 7.7 pounds
    February weight lost: 5 pounds
    March weight lost: 6 pounds
    April weight lost: 6.5 pounds
    May weight lost: 2.6 pounds
    June weight lost: 1.6 pounds
    July weight lost: 1.3 pounds
    August weight lost:

    🍃🍂September🍂🍃
    1: 200.6 Happy September 1st!
    2: 199.6
    3: 199.3
    4: 200.8
    5: 200.9
    6: 202.2… time to get it back together
    7: 201.6
    8: 201.4
    9: 200.4… now I’m below my September 1st weight. Mini goal success!
    10: 199.6 good to be back below 200. 🫧

    Jill
  • fourathomej
    fourathomej Posts: 4,409 Member
    edited September 2023
    I'm Janice...54 yrs old, married 26 years with 4 kids, One 24 week old grandbaby and a small zoo :D I live in Edmonton.Alberta,Canada and I work for Hallmark. I am an avid cyclist...I love to walk, hike, spin class, BodyCombat and BodyPump. I sometimes teach spin classes at a friends gym. I also like to read(audiobooks) and watch movies!!😁
    9 year breast cancer survivor...Osteoarthritis in most of my joints...limited range of motion in my knees, but all bearable for now..
    Highest weight:197.6
    Goals:
    1. Following my Les Mills September calendar
    2. Yoga
    3. Tracking everything
    4. Journaling

    September WI
    1 - 154.2 - up again but not sad about it - ate out - BFF's birthday yesterday <3
    2 - 154.2 - Just glad it's leveled out again :)
    3 - 154.2 - 🍷🍷
    4 - 154.4 - 😡😡
    5 - 154.2 - 😞
    6 - 154 - WHOOP!! :D
    7 - 154 - Turtle - Turtle :/
    8 - 154.2 - sorry fell behind - friend's out from BC for week...but I will stay the course🤔
    9 - 154.2 - 🍷🍷🍷
    10 - 154.2 🍷🍷🍷
  • iLive2Walk
    iLive2Walk Posts: 5,353 Member
    Woo Hoo they are done. Now to just clean up the mess. A couple little streaks, but it looks so much better than it did. Have to wait a couple days before I can put everything back. o7hk1b9a36qd.jpg

    Foyer
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    Pantry, it's the same color, just looks different because of the lighting.
  • ManifestingToday
    ManifestingToday Posts: 606 Member
    ddainiak wrote: »
    Woo Hoo they are done.

    You did a great job! Congrats on completing this. Now you can just enjoy them. :)

  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    @ddainiak Your floors turned out great! They look beautiful...well done! ❤️🙌❤️

    Thanks for sharing 😊
  • Buckeyebabe7l7
    Buckeyebabe7l7 Posts: 603 Member
    My name is Kelly. I am 52 and watch my grandkids 5 days a week. I watch 4 of them 5 days a weeks and 6 on Wednesdays so I keep busy with babies all week. They are all 3yrs and under. I weigh weekly. This daily group accountability is awesome! I absolutely love this group.

    Goals for September:
    Walk for 30 minutes a day 6 days a week
    Log all my food daily
    Hit at least 10,000 steps 6 days a week
    Strength training...what I can tolerate and build from there
    Hit my original goal weight of 150

    I am going to be transitioning slowly to a maintaining phase of my journey. But I think I do want to get into the mid 140's. So, I want to take this month to lose weight but slow the process down. I will be doing my morning 5 mile walks during the week but I won't push myself to get the same amount of steps each day. I think about 12-15k per day will be good. I will be adding strength training. I have never been good at maintaining so this will be a learning process and I want to slow my weight loss down and gradually get there.


    SW:262
    September SW:155
    September GW:150 or a few pounds into 140's
    UGW:150 or below

    September:
    1. Logged, rest day
    2. Logged, walked, 10k+
    3. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
    4. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
    5. Logged, walked, 15k+, strength training
    6. Logged, walked, 15k+, weight 154.4
    7. Logged, walked, 16k+, strength training
    8. Logged, walked, 17k+, strength training
    9. Logged, walked, 11k+
    10. Logged, strength training