😀😀😀***DECEMBER 2023 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀
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December Start Weight: 220 Last known weight from 11/20
December Goal Weight: 215
Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
December 1: DNW - no scale
December 8: 217 - got new scale. I expected to be up, so I'm happy!
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:8 -
September 2023 starting @ 207.7
September 2023 total loss 3.4
October 2023 total loss 11.4
November 2023 total loss 4.1
December 2023
Total loss 18.9 pounds
December Start Weight: 188.8
December Goal Weight: 184
Ultimate Goal Weight: 142
December 1: Vacation
December 8: 188.8
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:
4th challenge, love the accountability.7 -
December Start Weight: 157.4
December Goal Weight: 154
Ultimate Goal Weight: 121-125
December 1 157.4
December 8 154.6
December 15
December 22
December 29
December 31
154.6 but only because I’ve had no appetite for the last two days due to COVID 🤒.10 -
December Start Weight: 215.1 lbs
December Goal Weight: 206.7 lbs (1.9 lbs/week = 4.3oz/day)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140 lbs by November 30, 2024
December 1: 215.1 lbs
December 8: 212.9 lbs
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 30:
Weight lost this month so far: 2.2 lbs
No exceptions. No excuses. 🥑
💝 Discipline is self-love. 💖9 -
December Start Weight: 148
December Goal Weight: 144
Ultimate Goal Weight: 122
December 1:148
December 8:148.5. Oops
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31: Start weight9 -
This is a very slow process for me. Nov I only lost 2 lbs. But it is a loss. For this month, if I can stay down a lb or 2, that will be great. Holidays are very challenging.
December Start Weight:158
December Goal Weight: 156
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145
December 1: 158
December 8: 158
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
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1lb off this week.....
Original start weight: 15st 9lbs
June loss: 5.5lbs
July loss: 8.5lbs
Aug loss: 5lbs
Sept loss: 6.5lbs
October loss: 4lbs
November loss: 4.5lbs
December Start Weight: 13st 2lbs
December Goal Weight: 12st 12lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight:
December 1: 13st 2lbs
December 8: 13st 1lbs
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:9 -
December start weight:225
December goal weight: 219
Ultimate goal weight: 190 (to start)
December 1: 225
December 8: 222
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:8 -
@daria0919 - thanks!2
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December Start Weight: 237.6
December Goal Weight: 225
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160
December 1: 237.6
December 8: 235
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:11 -
December Start Weight: 267.2
December Goal Weight: 260.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145.00 (tentatively)
December 1: 267.2
December 8: 262.0
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:7 -
December Start Weight: 200.2
December Goal Weight: 192
Ultimate Goal Weight: 170
December 1: 200.2
December 8: 198.4
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:
This week was mostly good. I was able to be dedicated early in the week. That proved VERY important when later in the week included a dinner (and drinks) out with colleagues for the holidays. We all gotta live too, right?6 -
Dec. Start Weight: 301.4
Dec. Goal Weight: 297.4
Dec. 1: 301.4
Dec. 9: 302.6 and the yo-yoing continues.
Dec. 16:
Dec. 23:
Dec. 31:
Dec. weight drop: +1.2
Total weight drop todate: 30.45 -
skintight303 wrote: »December Start Weight: 200.2
December Goal Weight: 192
Ultimate Goal Weight: 170
December 1: 200.2
December 8: 198.4
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:
This week was mostly good. I was able to be dedicated early in the week. That proved VERY important when later in the week included a dinner (and drinks) out with colleagues for the holidays. We all gotta live too, right?
ONEderland!!!!4 -
Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
November 26 (Starting Weight): - 157.4 (10-day average 157.0)
December goal - Get back into maintenance weight range.
Ultimate goal - Range between 143 - 153
I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.
November 26: 157.4 (10-day average 157.0)
December 2: 158.6 (10-day average 156.1)
December 9: 155.0 (10-day average 156.1)
December 16:
December 23:
December 30:
December 31:
Total loss for December: Down for the day, but no change for the week. The average is higher because of two specific days this week when my mass was quite a lot higher. I fluctuate maybe more than most. I was up 4.2 pounds from one day to the next this week. Then down. Then up. Then down for a couple. Onward!5 -
July Start Weight: 293.6 (7/5/23)/July End Weight: 276.2 (-17.4lbs)
August Start Weight: 276.2/August End Weight: 254.2 (-22lbs)
September Start Weight: 254.2/September End Weight: 241.6 (-10.8lbs)
October Start Weight: 241.6/October End Weight: 226.6 (-15lbs)
November Start Weight: 226.6/November End Weight: 217.4 (-9.2)
Total lost: -74.4lbs
December Start Weight: 217.4lbs
December Goal Weight: 210lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 165lbs
December 1: 215.6
December 9: 212.4
December 15
December 22
December 29
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skintight303 wrote: »December Start Weight: 200.2
December Goal Weight: 192
Ultimate Goal Weight: 170
December 1: 200.2
December 8: 198.4
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
December 31:
This week was mostly good. I was able to be dedicated early in the week. That proved VERY important when later in the week included a dinner (and drinks) out with colleagues for the holidays. We all gotta live too, right?
ONEderland!!!!
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Looking forward to finishing up 2023 strong. Looking forward to saying goodbye to the sixties forever. Best of luck to everyone. I look forward to seeing all the great victories this month. Lets do this!
December 1: 261.4
December 8: 261.0 Not much progress. Had a birthday but didn't get crazy. averaging 8600 steps a day. Next week I will be traveling ughhhh. The fight is real.
LBs lost YTD: -12.4
Happy Birthday! That is impressive for a birthday week!5 -
Total loss for December: Down for the day, but no change for the week. The average is higher because of two specific days this week when my mass was quite a lot higher. I fluctuate maybe more than most. I was up 4.2 pounds from one day to the next this week. Then down. Then up. Then down for a couple. Onward!
I feel this soooo much. I fluctuate so hard day to day!3 -
Starting with this week, I’ll consider only the week average weight together with the calorie deficit of the previous week (it’s from my Fitbit, so no precise at all – it really overestimates burnt calories – but it’s useful to me to have a comparison of weeks: if with the deficit of the previous week I lost too much, it’s clear I will have to eat more – or move less, but that’s not an option, I enjoy too much my walks to reduce them!).
So:
* (November 20-26: average day deficit: 679 cals.)
Kilos from 55.8 to 55.1
* (November 27-dec 3: average day deficit: 697 cals).
Kilos from 55.1 to 54.7
Okay, week still losing but less, more reasonable pace. I’m experimenting with some ideas, so let’s see.
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Gonna jump in for some extra motivation.
Cori, single f, kids grown, grandkids mostly grown, Just turned 74
Goal for now 164.6 = 24.99 bmi
12/1: 172.0, trend 173.6
12/3: 173.8, trend 173.7, have had a little stress the last couple of days. Over now. Caused a little bad eating. Just a hiccup. The big news is, just for right now, I am completely pain free for the first time since May 2022. Fingers crossed 🤞 I will see much more pain free time in the future!
12/10: 178.6, oops! Wrong way
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Starting with this week, I’ll consider only the week average weight together with the calorie deficit of the previous week (it’s from my Fitbit, so no precise at all – it really overestimates burnt calories – but it’s useful to me to have a comparison of weeks: if with the deficit of the previous week I lost too much, it’s clear I will have to eat more – or move less, but that’s not an option, I enjoy too much my walks to reduce them!).
So:
* (November 20-26: average day deficit: 679 cals.)
Kilos from 55.8 to 55.1
* (November 27-dec 3: average day deficit: 697 cals).
Kilos from 55.1 to 54.7
Okay, week still losing but less, more reasonable pace. I’m experimenting with some ideas, so let’s see.
If your logging is spot-on, your fitbit device seems to be providing data that is backed up by your change in mass. For 20-26 November, your deficit was 4753. You would have expected to lose about 1.4 pounds or about 0.6 Kg. You lost 0.7 Kg. Pretty close. For 27 November to 3 December, your deficit was 4879. You would have expected to lose another 1.4 pounds or about 0.6 Kg. You lost 0.4 Kg. Combined, your total deficit across two weeks would be just over 9600 calories. This would have been an expected loss of 2.75 pounds or 1.25 Kg. You lost 1.1.
That's about a 10% difference between expected and actual weight lost. If you keep tracking this and have similar results over time, you can add in a 10% correction factor. The calorie goal you have for yourself may be lower than it needs to be to meet your goals. Your body may just "burn a little hotter." The calorie estimates from MFP or any other source are based on population averages. Those averages contain data from people who use more and people who use fewer calories than average.
Do keep tracking this. It will for sure help you when you start to set maintenance goals that will keep you from gaining or losing more than a small range around your maintenance goal. Pro tip - you will still fluctuate, and that's OK. You'll just have to figure out how big of a range you're comfortable with.4 -
The calorie goal you have for yourself may be lower than it needs to be to meet your goals. Your body may just "burn a little hotter." The calorie estimates from MFP or any other source are based on population averages. Those averages contain data from people who use more and people who use fewer calories than average.
Do keep tracking this. It will for sure help you when you start to set maintenance goals that will keep you from gaining or losing more than a small range around your maintenance goal. Pro tip - you will still fluctuate, and that's OK. You'll just have to figure out how big of a range you're comfortable with.
Yes, you're absolutely right!
To be precise, I think I understood this: I'm a very "active" person in general [I mean, my job is absolutely sedentary (desk), but in my other hours even if I don't do any exercise apart from purposely walking (that I register and eat back), I rarely stay... don't know how to say it... twiddling my thumbs? No big things, but pretty always in movement]. So, having settled MFP as "sedentary", even if I have a goal of only 0.25 to lose, it gives me only 1200 + exercise, but in fact I'm always in a biggest deficit than estimated.
In conclusion, I was thinking to:
* go on in this same way for the time necessary to lose about other 2.5/3 kilos (so to reach about 52)
* then, set MFP on the upper step (lightly active, if I remember well), and see how it goes. If the weigh creeps up, I'll cut a little; if it stays there, okay.
For maintenance, I already thought that it will be okay 2 or even 3 kilos of "fluctuation": 50-52/3.
(For instance, I know that in summer I always weigh more, because when it's hot I become more lazy both in walking and in healthy cooking/eating, but I know it, no freak out The important is to stop/retune if I see 53)2 -
My name is Donna. I am 63 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253 back in 2016. My MFP start weight was 235 in 2018.
Start Weight (from Nov 30, 2023 ): 181.4
Goal Weight: 177.4 (4 pound loss)
End of Challenge Weight: xxxxx
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)
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.
12/01-181.4-(Trend Weight: 189.1)-
12/03-182.0-(Trend Weight: 181.9)- I had a wonderful time at the birthday party. I hadn’t bowled in years. It’s always nice to have all the grandchildren together. Lunch was pizza, cake and ice cream. Dinner was at home, late but reasonable. I found out (when I got back in town) that my dear older friend (78) fell during her family Christmas party and broke her hip. She was rushed to the hospital and will have an upcoming surgery. I find out more about that later. She sounded okay and in good spirits (but pain) on the phone so I’m hoping for the best. Let’s stay as healthy as we can, my friends. Our bodies are going to need us!
12/10-179.6-(Trend Weight: 180.7)- I’ve been sticking to my diet plan pretty good but I’ve been incredibly sick (non-covid). I just can’t shake it and have to wonder if I haven’t had pneumonia. I live so far from a hospital or anywhere that would have an x-ray machine and I just haven’t felt like traveling. My appetite has been just fine so the struggle continues, but my exercise has been practically non-existent since any exertion makes it hard to breathe. With that said, I’m happy with my progress over the past week. I was worried what would happen when I couldn’t “burn it off”. Luckily, I’m not baking for the holidays yet since I’m too germy. Once I start that, all bets may be off. I feel pretty strong in my resolve most of the time, but put me near a bag of sugar and I morph into something I’m rarely proud of. Let’s hope this year will be different. But honestly, I just don’t see myself EVER thinking homemade fudge is no big deal or that freshly baked cookies are not that tempting. Oh, I have so many changes that I need to make!
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Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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December Start Weight:154
December Goal Weight:142
Ultimate Goal Weight:137
November 27: 154 lbs
December 1: 154 lbs
December 8: 152.2 lbs
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December Start Weight: 284 lbs
December Goal Weight: 260 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 lbs
December 1: 284 lbs
December 8: 279.4 lbs
December 15:
December 22:
December 29:
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I am scared of falling off the wagon AGAIN.
I started my weight loss trip on January 3rd, 2023 at 260pds and have lost 68pds, BUT...
the holidays are winning. So far I have gained 9pds. I am looking for encouragement and a good challenge. I just came back to MFP tonight so I'm a late comer. I have weigh in on Tuesdays.
December Start Weight: 183
December Goal Weight: 174
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140
December 5: ***
December 12: ***
December 19:
December 26:
January: 2:
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ladycopnh1 wrote: »I am scared of falling off the wagon AGAIN.
I started my weight loss trip on January 3rd, 2023 at 260pds and have lost 68pds, BUT...
the holidays are winning. So far I have gained 9pds. I am looking for encouragement and a good challenge. I just came back to MFP tonight so I'm a late comer. I have weigh in on Tuesdays.
December Start Weight: 183
December Goal Weight: 174
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140
December 5: ***
December 12: ***
December 19:
December 26:
January: 2:
I started off December bad,too.
I had lost almost 50 pounds since March. Then I had a gall bladder attack and almost lost it. I gained about 7 pounds in about 4 days. But I STOPPED IT!
First I kept logging the whole time. Then I kept trying to eat healthier (and failing) and kept trying. My tenacity and my good habits are finally winning. (At least mostly)
I still have to repair the damage I've done, but I'm determined not to do more damage.
Stay strong! Keep logging your food. Keep thinking about all you're gaining by losing the weight. Better health, better energy, cuter clothes, better sleep. Keep surrounding yourself with healthy foods you love. Don't leave room for the bad stuff. One day at a time.
Be strong! Stop it here. Stop it now. Make today a good day.
Wow! I needed to get that out and I needed to hear it! I feel stronger already! Lol 💪
Hope it helps you, too. We WILL do this!5 -
@ladycopnh1
My math says you lost 77 pounds, not 68 (260 - 68 + 9 = 201, and you're at 183 now). Congratulations!
If it's not too stressful, weigh every day. Ignore the number, but track it and keep close watch on the ten-day average. You can use some online tools to do this. I can go up or down several pounds in one day, so I like to only think about the averages.
Maybe make yourself a mini-goal for the rest of the month - like don't let your average go over 185. Or set that number after you weigh tomorrow.
Then keep sticking to it. You lost a lot already, so you know how to do it. If you have a small failure from time to time, don't let it get in your head. Get up, dust off, and keep sticking to it. You only fail if you quit. If you fall off the wagon, get up, dust off, and hop right back on. Don't wait for the next wagon! Just get back on!
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