❄️🎄December Daily Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🪵🔥
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December start weight: 74.7 kg (164.7lb)
December 5: 74.7kg
December 8: 73.9kg
December 10: 73kg
December 14: 74.1kg
December 16: 73.5kg
December 18: 73.3kg
December 22: 73.5kg
December 26: 74kg (oooooppppppssss)
Loss this month = 0.7kg
Total Loss = 8kg
Remaining to hit goal = 12kg
Goals for the month:
- Track Calories in, and hit my target kcals (1800)
- 30 minutes exercise per day (mixture strength training & treadmill walking / hiking)
Merry Xmas all!
Didn't log yesterday, because my alcohol alone would have used up all my calorie budget - but hey, it's Christmas!!!!
Weight back up this morning - fair enough, thats what you get! We still have a few days to bring it back down!
I am happily back on the treadmill this morning for 60 minutes, and so back to focusing on the main goals!3 -
I am a 46 year-old married mom of four, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is trying again to start exercising WITHOUT injuring myself, log daily, drink more water, and creating some new routines this month while starting my new job - yeah!
Habit Goals for the Month to drop into the 170's:
🪵 = Log
🍽️ = Hit Calorie Goal
🧘 = Stretch/PT
🏃♀️= Cardio
💧= Hit Water Goal
12/01: 182.3 🪵🧘
12/02: 181.7
12/03: Stomach bug
12/04: Stomach bug
12/05: Stomach bug
12/06: 179.5 - rehydrate day
12/07: 181.5 🪵🍽️💧
12/08: 179.8 🪵🍽️
12/09: DNW 🪵
12/10: 180.3
12/11: 180.8 - Need to focus on w/e
12/12: 179.8 - Not feeling well again.
12/14: 178.8
12/15: 180.1
12/16: 180.3
12/17 - DNW - Covid booster.
12/18: 180.6
12/19: 181.9 - Been eating to deal with my emotions and it's caught up with me.
12/20: 181.4 - Trying to reel myself back in. Tomorrow is my ten year-old's oral surgery to extract a supernumerary tooth and attach a chain to slowly pull the adult tooth into position. It will be the first time of her having general anesthesia. I'm a bit of an anxious momma tonight.
12/21: DNW
12/22: DNW
12/23: 184.3 - My daughter's surgery went well and her recovery so far as well. I'm totally off any kind of routine and have been eating and drinking whatever is easiest and most convenient. So while I am not surprised by this number, I am discouraged at the moment.
12/24: DNW
12/25: 183.9 - I'm just gonna enjoy the goodness today! Happy Holidays, Everyone!3 -
@ManifestingToday and @deepwoodslady - thanks for the encouragement and well wishes to my daughter. She is doing great!3
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Hey friends! My name is B - I live with my husband and two kids and work in communitymental health. I've never not struggled with my weight, so I'm focusing on long term habits so I can live a longer and more active life with my family.
Monthly Habits:
Log all my food 🥙
Work out 3x/week 🏃♀️
8 glasses of water💧
Self Care Activity 🧶
Sept weightloss: 6.7 lbs
Oct weightloss: 3.1 lbs
Nov weightloss: 2.3 lbs
❄️🎄Dec Monthly goal: lose 2 pounds
1: 🥙💧🧶
2: 🥙💧🧶🏃♀️ Spent the day with the family at our town tree lighting, now finishing off a chocolate martini and getting ready for bed ❄️
3: 🥙💧
4: 🥙
5: 🥙 🧶"This has been a long week" she said at noon on a Tuesday.
6: 🥙🧶
7: 🥙
8: 🥙🧶🏃♀️ took a walk through town to look at Christmas lights 🎄
9: 🥙🧶🏃♀️
10: 🥙🧶💧
11: 🥙
12: 🥙
13: 🥙🧶
14: 🥙🧶
15: 🥙🧶 Today I hit 90 days of tracking! Feeling really proud of my consistency 🎉
16: 🥙🧶
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18: 🥙 I went to Aldi for the first time today and my life is changed - please everyone tell me your fav Aldi finds. What rock have I been living under all these years?!
19: 🥙🧶
20: 🥙 the holiday chaos is striking - I'm baking for the offices I work at, which is taking more time than I thought, and now I'm trying to estimate how much cookie dough I've stress eaten 🙄 in focusing on keeping up with my tracking even if it's not what I would have initially planned for.
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Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a while now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been on this weight loss journey since January 2023. 💖I wouldn't be where I am today without this group (along with a couple other challenges I am in); I am so thankful for their support and accountability. 💖
🤶🎄My Goals for December🎄🤶
⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - Will be tough this month, but am keeping it anyway
17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range
💪 Strength Train 3 days per week
🧘♀️ Tai Chi or Yoga 1 day per week
💦 6+ glasses of water
👣 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ 💦
Highest Weight 228
November Ending Weight 164.6
Dec 1: 164.8 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ Hello December!
Dec 2: 165 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦 My first holiday event this weekend. Greg and I are off to Newport, RI. We go every year this time of year. It is a city set on an island in Rhode Island. Really cute shops, great restaurants. They decorte the city for Christmas. We go and see the lights, do some shopping and our annual "Taste of Newport". We usually go to 5 different restaurants (Lunch, Appetizer, Dinner, Dessert and BF the following morning), and plenty of drinks with that. This will be the first year that I'm going since I started this weight loss journey. I am going to enjoy myself, but also going to try to curb that this year. We are thinking - just small plates for each and and/or sharing. I won't be weighing tomorrow, but will be back Monday AM to catch up.
Dec 3: DNW 👣
Dec 4: 167.2 👣 It could have been a lot worse. We had a wonderful time - back at it today. Hoping it comes off as quickly as the Thanksgiving gain did. Here is a picture of us on the balcony of our room - sunset and harbor in background. It was a beautiful day - almost 50 degrees.
Dec 5: 166.8 👣 📝 Bingo night with Mom, got home and was ravinous. Don't know why but the late night binge took place and I ate over my calorie range. It will probably show up on the scale tomorrow.
Dec 6: 166.8 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦
Dec 7: 165.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Trying to get back to my low before our next event on the 16th. It's getting there slowly. Took a 5 mile walk at the beach yesterday - love the smell of the salt water. We were practically the only ones there - Monty had a wonderful time. Came home, did a little xmas shopping.
Dec 8: 164.8 📝 🥗 💦 Almost there! Rest day. Monty went to the groomer; thought we would wait for him to get home before we took out walk - but it took ALL day - he was gone for 6 hours. Apparently they had some kind of problem with another customer - so they did them first. I wasn't too happy. We skipped the walk. He does look nice though.
Dec 9: 164.6 😁👣 📝 🥗 💦 Made it back to my low!
Dec 10: 164 😁👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Woo Hoo! Quiet day yesterday - decorated the outside for xmas, wrapped some presents. My normal workout routine. Today it is supposed to rain all day - so no walks outside. I have to do it on the treadmill - Ugh! I can never do the 5.5 miles straight on the treadmill (my normal morning walk). I have to break it up into 2 miles stretches - gets way to boring for me. Yes - I do watch TV why I'm doing it - but just not the same as being outside. Maybe do some "Get Fit with Rick" routines to get some of the time in.
Dec 11: 163.6 😁👣 (aka ddainiak) I changed my name! Very happy to see a loss because I was not on plan yesterday. I have a few drinks and when I do that I give in to my temptations. Feel lousy this morning.
Dec 12: 164 👣 📝 I walked and logged, but got into the goodies last night so went a bit over my limit. Not by much, but over!
Dec 13: 163.6 📝 🥗 I did walk yesterday, but didn't make my 17K goal. I guess I'll call it my rest day (wasn't planning on it). I have been terrible with the water - will concentrate on that today.
Dec 14: 164.2 👣 Bong! Bong! But it is what I expected today. I was off plan all day - been a tough week for me to stick to it. I need to get it together for the next couple days - friends Christmas party on Saturday where I know I will overdo it a bit. My committment - get it all done for the next two days!
Dec 15: 163.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 I was on plan yesterday and I'm back to my low. We have a visitor for the next 3 days My sister is at a wedding in Texas, and we are taking care of her pup while she is away. Rex is a little yorkie! All of 10 pounds. Monty thinks he is a toy, but is very good with him. He can't walk as far as Monty, so we will be taking shorter walks - hoping to get a few in each day so I don't have to make it up on the treadmill.
Dec 16: 163.6 👣 📝 Our annual Friends Christmas party tonight. We are hosting; I know that I will be off my plan today, and the scale will show it tomorrow but gonig to enjoy the day and get back at it tomorrow.
Dec 17: 164.6 👣 I am actually pleased that I didn't go over my ending weight from November. We had a wonderful evening - a lot of laughs and great food. Will be on plan for the next six days and then three days of holiday festivities.
Dec 18 165 Busy with cooking Christmas cookies for the Bingo group tonight - was kind of a hot mess with tasting and did not meet any of my goals! I find that if I go off plan - I say "what they heck, I blew it already" and I continue through the day and tracking goes out the window. I will need to work on that for 2024!
Dec 19 164.6 👣 📝 💪 💦 Was doing well with staying within my calorie range and then went over with the goodies from Bingo. I tried my best to log them though! Lots of steps yesterday 23K!
Dec 20: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Hanging on to my November weight. At this point I'll be happy with staying even for the month.
Dec 21: 164.8 👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Got up in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, ate some chips. Technically in today's calorie range. Not the best thing to log first thing in the morning.
Dec 22: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💪 My favorite number! LOL Today starts our holiday festivities - baking day and out to dinner tonight - just the two of us - a calm before the hussel and bussel starts. I'm thinking I will avoid the scale until next Friday, so I won't be discouraged. I'll still check in!
Dec 23: DNW Didn't make any of my goals yesterday. Baked all day - ate too many Christmas cookies. At the end of the day my husband and I said - the only thing I ate today was cookies - we ordered a pizza for dinner - good thing was we order a small and I only had three pieces (that's good for me).
Dec 24: DNW
Dec 25: DNW - Merry Christmas! We celebrated yesterday; every year we see a play around the holiday - this year we got tickets for Dream Girls and the only seats we could get were Christmas Eve. It was wonderful, but unfortunately Greg was sick, so he stayed home. 😢 After the show we ususally go out for dinner, but because Greg was sick we picked up take out and brought it home. Today - we go to my Aunt's house a celebration with extended family. We don't exchange gifts - just have a nice buffet dinner (everyone brings something).
Dec 26: DNW - I was going to say that I was disappointed in myself on how much I indulged the last three days, but then I read a post in a group that I am in that set me straight. In summary it said our time is so short and we seldom have an opportunity to really feel the love from the people who truely love us the most, so enjoy yourself and start again tomorrow. Today I'm going to put on my sweats, walk a little longer, track, drink my water - and think about my 2024 goals! We can do this! Happy Boxing Day!5 -
No discipline. I gave in to all of the holiday temptations and wiped out a month's worth of progress in essentially 3 days. Now I need to take control and get back to what worked for me the first three weeks of December.
September weight loss: 4.0
October weight gain: 3.6
November weight loss: 1.6
December Start Weight: 188.0
December Goal Weight: 185.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160.0
Dec 1 - Dec 7: 188.4-188.0 (-0.4)
Dec 8 - Dec 14: 188.4 -186.4 (-2.0)
Dec 15 -Dec 21: 185.8-179.8 (-4.0)
Dec 22: 180.2
Dec 23: 182.6
Dec 24: 182.0
Dec 25: 183.8
Dec 26: 185.64 -
Hello, I’m Jill. 🥰I’m 53, 5’7” and I live in Michigan.
My goals for December🎄 :
⚖️Weigh- in daily
📝Log daily
🙆♀️Stretch daily/ Move daily
Get back down to under 200 pounds
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: up 1 pound
September weight loss: 1.8 pounds
October weight loss: up 3.1 pounds
November weight loss: up .6 pounds
🎄December:
1: 203.4– Time to get all gears going. I’ve been really good getting on the scale everyday, but I have a hard time with consistent logging.
I’ve noticed that it’s easier on the computer than the phone, so my goal for December is to log every day.
2: 203.5– logged for breakfast… it’s the very beginning of getting back into logging, so I’ll take that as a win. Baby steps.
3: 201.6 not sure what happened… but I’ll take it. I weigh myself 4x then take the average… so we’ll see what happens tomorrow.
4: 203.6–there is the bounce back. It’s all good though. Taking carrots to work as my crunchy snack today, along with soup and salad. My goal is to log everything today. Happy Monday!
5: 201.3 I logged everything and it felt great!
Let go for 2 in a row.
6: 202.3 Day 2 of logging is complete! Let’s do 3!
7: 202.5 Day 3 complete. It wasn't pretty but it was logged! Day 1 of exercise. Up to the Beat fitness by Gina B on YouTube is my go to exercise.
8: 202.6 Day 4 of logging and day 2 of exercise. Starting healthy routines for 2024 now. Now to get my snacking under control!😉
9: 202.8 Day 5 of logging and my snack monster 👿 is in overdrive… fighting the logging…but I know this is what I need to do to get and stay below 200 pounds. It takes me a good month to get everything in sync… logging, staying at or below calories, and exercise. December won’t be pretty, but I’m happy to be creating healthy routines.
10: 202.5 Day 6 of logging.
11: 203.6 Day 7 of logging. Lots of salty foods yesterday. Time to whip up a big salad for lunch… and take some clementines.
Finished up Christmas decorating with the family last night.
12: 203.6 Day 8 of logging and trying to let go of guilt with snacking. Setting up healthy habits for 2024.
13: 203.8 Day 9 of logging and as you can see, my brain is fighting it. I need to start listening harder to my stomach instead of my brain when it comes to food. Working on getting it back into check. All part of the process.
I will be posting the 🌺🌼2024–52 Week Challenge🌼🌺 New Year/Healthier You challenge closer to January along with our continued monthly challenges. I’m so happy you’re all on board for 2024!
14: 205 😔 My husband tested positive for Covid yesterday. His las Covid booster was around Halloween this year so we’re hoping it’s mild. The kids and I all tested negative.
15: 203.1 hanging in there!
16: 202.3 Coming to the realization that…”I eat to live and not live to eat”. I deserve to heat things that will help me get healthier and not the junk that bogs me down.
17: 201.6 🎄
18: 201.8 Holding steady with weight. It's amazing what you can do when you log! Slowly getting back into it.
19: 201.7
20: 202.7… too many Christmas cookies. Got my fill yesterday. Only 5 days until Christmas. Finishing up wrapping today then making soup.
21: 203.7 … good soup and white chicken chili was made. I’ve realized that I can’t stop at just one cookie or just one potato chip. I like to think I can, but I can’t… and self- realization is part of this whole journey. Back to work today.
22: 203.4… I’m back to my December 1st weight. I’d like to finish the year under that.
23: DNW
24: 203.2 Merry Christmas Eve!
25: 204.6 Merry Christmas!!!
26: 204.5 Hope everyone had a nice holiday!
Jill ❤️5 -
Hi all. I’m joining late but looking for to some self imposed discipline this month. I retire at the end of the month and want to be in the best health possible. Process: log food with mindful eating, limit alcohol to weekend minimum, strength train 5x/week, increase water intake. 70 yo female 5’5”
12/4 129.2#
12/5 129.4#
12/6 129.8#
12/7 129.6#
12/8 129.8#
12/9 DNW under the weather
12/10 129.2#
12/11 129.2#
12/12 128.8#
12/13 128.4#
12/14 129.0#
12/15. 128.8#
12/16 128.6#
12/17 128.8#
12/18 128.4#
12/19 129.0#
12/20 128.4#
12/21 128.8#
12/22 129.0#
12/23 129.0#
12/24 129.4#
12/25 129.6#
12/26 129.6# 💧💧💧💧💧🏋️♀️
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My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from 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
This Challenge Starting Weight (from Nov 30): 181.4
Goal: 177.4 (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.
12/01-181.4-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/02-181.4-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/03-182.0-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/04-181.0-(Trend Weight 180.8)-
12/05-180.6-(Trend Weight 181.7)-
12/06-179.4-(Trend Weight 181.4)-
12/07-179.2-(Trend Weight 181.2)-
12/08-179.0-(Trend Weight 181.0)-
12/09-179.6-(Trend Weight 180.9)-
12/10-179.6-(Trend Weight 180.7)-
12/11-178.8-(Trend Weight 180.6
12/12-178.2-(Trend Weight 180.3)-
12/13-178.8-(Trend Weight 180.2)-
12/14-177.2-(Trend Weight 179.9)-
12/15-177.8-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/16-178.0-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/17-178.6-(Trend Weight 179.6)-
12/18-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
12/19-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/20-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/21-178.8-(Trend Weight 179.6)-
12/22-178.8-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/23-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/24-178.4-(Trend Weight 179.4)-
12/25-178.2-(Trend Weight 179.2)- I’m definitely shocked at this weight today, I really thought it would be up. Last minute yesterday my foodie DD, my DGS, my S and I decided to head out-of-town to find a nice dinner somewhere. Our family dinner is not until Saturday the 30th. About an hour away we found a hotel with a very nice restaurant (we’ve eaten here before). I had a lovely pot roast dinner which provided some leftovers for later. I had some Kringle pastry later at home (too much) and one glass of wine. I also had a couple of mini reese cups (6 is a couple, right?). Not enough water and no exercise. So you see why I am surprised? The only thing I can figure is that it was basically one meal only for the day (plus all the sugar-laden junk). Also, TMI was good. I have already broke back into the Kringle this morning with my coffee. I’m worried about today. If I can stick to some go-to “diet” meals I usually have, maybe I’ll be okay. However, I did find a stocking on the fireplace mantle with my name on it. It’s a bit skimpy compared to years past but it’s not empty. At least not yet. Merry Christmas, my online friends. And if you don’t celebrate, know that I’m wishing you a wonderful 2024.
12/26-179.0-(Trend Weight 179.2)- I don’t think the uptick is residual weight from a few days ago. Rather, I think it was probably the Kringle I ate yesterday and my sneaking into my stocking last night (chocolates). Today needs to be better. I don’t mind riding out the peaks and valleys until the 1st of the year, but today needs to be a valley day or I’m in trouble. I need a bit more movement today too. Yesterday my exercise was less than usual, but I should have still recorded it with MFP. I must keep logging!
12/27-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
12/28-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
12/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
12/30-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
12/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
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Hello friends!
Our January daily challenge and our 2024 weekly challenges have been posted!
Feel free to share the links since I’m not at my computer and for some reason I can’t get a link from my phone.
Hope you’re all having a nice Tuesday!
Jill4 -
December start weight: 74.7 kg (164.7lb)
December 5: 74.7kg
December 8: 73.9kg
December 10: 73kg
December 14: 74.1kg
December 16: 73.5kg
December 18: 73.3kg
December 22: 73.5kg
December 26: 74kg (oooooppppppssss)
December 27: 73.8kg
Loss this month = 0.9kg
Total Loss = 8.2kg
Remaining to hit goal = 11.8kg
Goals for the month:
- Track Calories in, and hit my target kcals (1800)
- 30 minutes exercise per day (mixture strength training & treadmill walking / hiking)
Great workout this morning! Hard interval training on the treadmill, now heading out to the river for breakfast and a walk along the bike track with the baby while my hubby and kids have a swim
I am still hoping to finish the month with a 1.5kg (3.3lb) loss! I just expected because I'm postpartum and breastfeeding that the weight would come off easier! A good reality check for me!
Good luck all as we come to the close of the month!
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@jm216 Thanks so much for posting the next challenge January Daily logging and weigh-in challenge. Here is the link for it so everyone can bookmark it.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10905706/️-january-daily-logging-and-weigh-in-challenge-️#latest
I will find the link for the newest challenge you are also starting with the weekly weigh-ins. The link for that will be below.1 -
Hey All.....
Above is the link for the January Daily log & weigh-in challenge posted by our moderator Jill jm216. Below is the link for the brand new challenge she has also started for us with weekly weigh-ins. Please don't forget to bookmark both if you will be joining us. Thanks again @jm216 for posting both challenges.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10905708/️-️2024-weekly-weigh-in-challenge-️-️#latest1 -
I am a 46 year-old married mom of four, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is trying again to start exercising WITHOUT injuring myself, log daily, drink more water, and creating some new routines this month while starting my new job - yeah!
Habit Goals for the Month to drop into the 170's:
🪵 = Log
🍽️ = Hit Calorie Goal
🧘 = Stretch/PT
🏃♀️= Cardio
💧= Hit Water Goal
12/01: 182.3 🪵🧘
12/02: 181.7
12/03: Stomach bug
12/04: Stomach bug
12/05: Stomach bug
12/06: 179.5 - rehydrate day
12/07: 181.5 🪵🍽️💧
12/08: 179.8 🪵🍽️
12/09: DNW 🪵
12/10: 180.3
12/11: 180.8 - Need to focus on w/e
12/12: 179.8 - Not feeling well again.
12/14: 178.8
12/15: 180.1
12/16: 180.3
12/17 - DNW - Covid booster.
12/18: 180.6
12/19: 181.9 - Been eating to deal with my emotions and it's caught up with me.
12/20: 181.4 - Trying to reel myself back in. Tomorrow is my ten year-old's oral surgery to extract a supernumerary tooth and attach a chain to slowly pull the adult tooth into position. It will be the first time of her having general anesthesia. I'm a bit of an anxious momma tonight.
12/21: DNW
12/22: DNW
12/23: 184.3 - My daughter's surgery went well and her recovery so far as well. I'm totally off any kind of routine and have been eating and drinking whatever is easiest and most convenient. So while I am not surprised by this number, I am discouraged at the moment.
12/24: DNW
12/25: 183.9 - I'm just gonna enjoy the goodness today! Happy Holidays, Everyone!
12/26: 182.52 -
@iLive2Walk - So true! I came across this quote today and told myself, it's ok to eat the leftovers with all the carbs that will be in the house this week as long as I don't go overboard. "You don't get out of shape from Christmas to New Year's. You get out of shape from New Year's to Christmas." Btw, my job is going ok so far, but things are going to be crazy there soon with a merger moving into the office and I wil have new bosses soon. Lol! Thanks for asking!4
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Hello, I'm a busy mom and this is my 4th month with this group. I am slowly working my way to my goal weight.
My goal for December is to not get derailed by Christmas! This will be a challenge, because I love to eat ALL the Christmas cookies from December 25-early January. My goal will be to log from December 27-31, in addition to checking in daily.
Start weight September 1: 141.0 lbs
December start weight: 128.2 lbs
December goal: 126.6 lbs Considering Christmas, I want to be conservative with my goal, but I want to still have an overall loss for the month.
December 1: 128.2 I logged 🎄
December 2: 129.2
December 3: 128.8
December 4: 129.4 I logged 🎄 Had extremely busy days on the 1st & 2nd; went out to dinner at a restaurant; and have had some hormonal issues with my cycle starting. Hopefully this is the worst of the gain. Now I can get back to my calorie goal & logging.
December 5: 129.4 I logged 🎄
December 6: 128.6
December 7: 128.8 I logged 🎄
December 8: 128.4 I logged 🎄 Lately I have found it very tough to make my calorie goal. Gotta just keep trying every day.
December 9: 127.4 I logged 🎄 Yesssss! Yesterday it wasn't hard to reach my calorie goal. I had a big breakfast and then lots of protein in the afternoon. Maybe that had something to do with it. Or, maybe I'm getting used to my calorie goal again.
December 10: 127.6
December 11: 126.8 Woo-hoo; very happy with today's weight. I have not felt very good the last couple days; decided to take the day off from logging yesterday, but I was careful not to overindulge.
December 12: 127.8 I logged 🎄 Didn't feel so good yesterday either! Logging went by the wayside. I really think it's hormonal. I think I'm feeling better today; my goal is to log successfully today.
December 13: 127.8 I logged 🎄
December 14: 127.8 I logged 🎄 This morning I thought surely the scale was "stuck." But it's acting normal these days, so 127.8 it is. Also; our new cat is causing me to get more exercise. He keeps trying to climb our Christmas tree and attack the ornaments, and I am spending quite a bit of energy chasing him around.
December 15: 127.0
December 16: 126.6 I logged 🎄 I am pleasantly surprised with today's weight. Yesterday we made gingerbread cookies and I'm pretty sure I ate too many, and I stopped logging for the day. We will see if this did any significant damage. Hopefully not. It has been many years since we've made gingerbread; it is so much fun. My goal for today is to log successfully and include a couple gingerbread cookies if desired, without going crazy.
December 17: 126.8
December 18: 127.2 I logged 🎄 Not surprised to see the scale go up. Yesterday was a big day; I was not able to log, AND I got super super hungry and probably ate too much. It's ok. My goal for today through the 24th is to log and meet my calorie goal every day. Hubby has noticed the weight loss; he said that "it's like hugging a 20-year old you."
December 19: 126.6
December 20: 126.8
December 21: 126.2 I logged 🎄 I did not log on the 19th or 20th. I was in a frenzy of Christmas shopping! I think I'm done shopping, so I think I can log today. I'm glad the number on the scale is looking good.
December 22: 126.4
December 23: 126.2
December 24: 125.4
My goals for the rest of the month...
25th: weigh-in optional, no logging
26th: weigh-in; logging optional
27th: weigh-in
27th-29th: out of town. I won't have my scale and I do not use MFP on a smart phone, so I probably will not be logging on MFP or checking in. I would like to keep a hand-written food log just to help with the daily habit of logging and tracking my food.
30th & 31st: log all food, even if over on calories, and check in both days.
December 25: 125.4
December 26: 127.4 Lots of heavy food! Now, here I come to the big challenge of the month.... Enjoying special, rich food without going overboard or getting derailed. I'm off to travel for a few days to visit with family. My goal will be to just be moderate with food. I will bring a little notebook to keep a hand-written log, and I will do my best. The next part of my goal is to check in here daily when I get back! Merry Christmas everyone 🎄
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Hey friends! My name is B - I live with my husband and two kids and work in communitymental health. I've never not struggled with my weight, so I'm focusing on long term habits so I can live a longer and more active life with my family.
Monthly Habits:
Log all my food 🥙
Work out 3x/week 🏃♀️
8 glasses of water💧
Self Care Activity 🧶
Sept weightloss: 6.7 lbs
Oct weightloss: 3.1 lbs
Nov weightloss: 2.3 lbs
❄️🎄Dec Monthly goal: lose 2 pounds
1: 🥙💧🧶
2: 🥙💧🧶🏃♀️ Spent the day with the family at our town tree lighting, now finishing off a chocolate martini and getting ready for bed ❄️
3: 🥙💧
4: 🥙
5: 🥙 🧶"This has been a long week" she said at noon on a Tuesday.
6: 🥙🧶
7: 🥙
8: 🥙🧶🏃♀️ took a walk through town to look at Christmas lights 🎄
9: 🥙🧶🏃♀️
10: 🥙🧶💧
11: 🥙
12: 🥙
13: 🥙🧶
14: 🥙🧶
15: 🥙🧶 Today I hit 90 days of tracking! Feeling really proud of my consistency 🎉
16: 🥙🧶
17: 🥙🧶
18: 🥙 I went to Aldi for the first time today and my life is changed - please everyone tell me your fav Aldi finds. What rock have I been living under all these years?!
19: 🥙🧶
20: 🥙 the holiday chaos is striking - I'm baking for the offices I work at, which is taking more time than I thought, and now I'm trying to estimate how much cookie dough I've stress eaten 🙄 in focusing on keeping up with my tracking even if it's not what I would have initially planned for.
21: 🥙
22: 🥙🧶
23: 🥙💧
24: 🥙🧶
25: 🥙🧶
26: 🥙🧶💧🏃♀️
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Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a while now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been on this weight loss journey since January 2023. 💖I wouldn't be where I am today without this group (along with a couple other challenges I am in); I am so thankful for their support and accountability. 💖
🤶🎄My Goals for December🎄🤶
⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - Will be tough this month, but am keeping it anyway
17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range
💪 Strength Train 3 days per week
🧘♀️ Tai Chi or Yoga 1 day per week
💦 6+ glasses of water
👣 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ 💦
Highest Weight 228
November Ending Weight 164.6
Dec 1: 164.8 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ Hello December!
Dec 2: 165 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦 My first holiday event this weekend. Greg and I are off to Newport, RI. We go every year this time of year. It is a city set on an island in Rhode Island. Really cute shops, great restaurants. They decorte the city for Christmas. We go and see the lights, do some shopping and our annual "Taste of Newport". We usually go to 5 different restaurants (Lunch, Appetizer, Dinner, Dessert and BF the following morning), and plenty of drinks with that. This will be the first year that I'm going since I started this weight loss journey. I am going to enjoy myself, but also going to try to curb that this year. We are thinking - just small plates for each and and/or sharing. I won't be weighing tomorrow, but will be back Monday AM to catch up.
Dec 3: DNW 👣
Dec 4: 167.2 👣 It could have been a lot worse. We had a wonderful time - back at it today. Hoping it comes off as quickly as the Thanksgiving gain did. Here is a picture of us on the balcony of our room - sunset and harbor in background. It was a beautiful day - almost 50 degrees.
Dec 5: 166.8 👣 📝 Bingo night with Mom, got home and was ravinous. Don't know why but the late night binge took place and I ate over my calorie range. It will probably show up on the scale tomorrow.
Dec 6: 166.8 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦
Dec 7: 165.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Trying to get back to my low before our next event on the 16th. It's getting there slowly. Took a 5 mile walk at the beach yesterday - love the smell of the salt water. We were practically the only ones there - Monty had a wonderful time. Came home, did a little xmas shopping.
Dec 8: 164.8 📝 🥗 💦 Almost there! Rest day. Monty went to the groomer; thought we would wait for him to get home before we took out walk - but it took ALL day - he was gone for 6 hours. Apparently they had some kind of problem with another customer - so they did them first. I wasn't too happy. We skipped the walk. He does look nice though.
Dec 9: 164.6 😁👣 📝 🥗 💦 Made it back to my low!
Dec 10: 164 😁👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Woo Hoo! Quiet day yesterday - decorated the outside for xmas, wrapped some presents. My normal workout routine. Today it is supposed to rain all day - so no walks outside. I have to do it on the treadmill - Ugh! I can never do the 5.5 miles straight on the treadmill (my normal morning walk). I have to break it up into 2 miles stretches - gets way to boring for me. Yes - I do watch TV why I'm doing it - but just not the same as being outside. Maybe do some "Get Fit with Rick" routines to get some of the time in.
Dec 11: 163.6 😁👣 (aka ddainiak) I changed my name! Very happy to see a loss because I was not on plan yesterday. I have a few drinks and when I do that I give in to my temptations. Feel lousy this morning.
Dec 12: 164 👣 📝 I walked and logged, but got into the goodies last night so went a bit over my limit. Not by much, but over!
Dec 13: 163.6 📝 🥗 I did walk yesterday, but didn't make my 17K goal. I guess I'll call it my rest day (wasn't planning on it). I have been terrible with the water - will concentrate on that today.
Dec 14: 164.2 👣 Bong! Bong! But it is what I expected today. I was off plan all day - been a tough week for me to stick to it. I need to get it together for the next couple days - friends Christmas party on Saturday where I know I will overdo it a bit. My committment - get it all done for the next two days!
Dec 15: 163.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 I was on plan yesterday and I'm back to my low. We have a visitor for the next 3 days My sister is at a wedding in Texas, and we are taking care of her pup while she is away. Rex is a little yorkie! All of 10 pounds. Monty thinks he is a toy, but is very good with him. He can't walk as far as Monty, so we will be taking shorter walks - hoping to get a few in each day so I don't have to make it up on the treadmill.
Dec 16: 163.6 👣 📝 Our annual Friends Christmas party tonight. We are hosting; I know that I will be off my plan today, and the scale will show it tomorrow but gonig to enjoy the day and get back at it tomorrow.
Dec 17: 164.6 👣 I am actually pleased that I didn't go over my ending weight from November. We had a wonderful evening - a lot of laughs and great food. Will be on plan for the next six days and then three days of holiday festivities.
Dec 18 165 Busy with cooking Christmas cookies for the Bingo group tonight - was kind of a hot mess with tasting and did not meet any of my goals! I find that if I go off plan - I say "what they heck, I blew it already" and I continue through the day and tracking goes out the window. I will need to work on that for 2024!
Dec 19 164.6 👣 📝 💪 💦 Was doing well with staying within my calorie range and then went over with the goodies from Bingo. I tried my best to log them though! Lots of steps yesterday 23K!
Dec 20: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Hanging on to my November weight. At this point I'll be happy with staying even for the month.
Dec 21: 164.8 👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Got up in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, ate some chips. Technically in today's calorie range. Not the best thing to log first thing in the morning.
Dec 22: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💪 My favorite number! LOL Today starts our holiday festivities - baking day and out to dinner tonight - just the two of us - a calm before the hussel and bussel starts. I'm thinking I will avoid the scale until next Friday, so I won't be discouraged. I'll still check in!
Dec 23: DNW Didn't make any of my goals yesterday. Baked all day - ate too many Christmas cookies. At the end of the day my husband and I said - the only thing I ate today was cookies - we ordered a pizza for dinner - good thing was we order a small and I only had three pieces (that's good for me).
Dec 24: DNW
Dec 25: DNW - Merry Christmas! We celebrated yesterday; every year we see a play around the holiday - this year we got tickets for Dream Girls and the only seats we could get were Christmas Eve. It was wonderful, but unfortunately Greg was sick, so he stayed home. 😢 After the show we ususally go out for dinner, but because Greg was sick we picked up take out and brought it home. Today - we go to my Aunt's house a celebration with extended family. We don't exchange gifts - just have a nice buffet dinner (everyone brings something).
Dec 26: DNW - I was going to say that I was disappointed in myself on how much I indulged the last three days, but then I read a post in a group that I am in that set me straight. In summary it said our time is so short and we seldom have an opportunity to really feel the love from the people who truely love us the most, so enjoy yourself and start again tomorrow. Today I'm going to put on my sweats, walk a little longer, track, drink my water - and think about my 2024 goals! We can do this! Happy Boxing Day!
Dec 27: 165.2 - 👣 📝 🥗 I had to weigh in for one of my challenges - was better than I expected. Now to get below where I started this month. If I can just lose .1 pound this month I will be happy - then I can say I lost weight every month in 2023. Felt good to meet all my daily goals!2 -
@andreajlnhe Enjoy your time with family!
@bittersweetvita - Love the quote! So true.
@jm216 Thank you so much for adding the new challenges! You are the best! @deepwoodslady - Thanks for sharing the links. I'll be there for 2024!2 -
I fasted for 38 hours the day after our Christmas Feast. I do intermittent fasting (IF) every day. We usually fast for 18 hours with a 6-hour eating window. We also try to eat just twice a day at 10 am and then at at about 4 pm. That was a difficult schedule to maintain through our bathroom/bedroom remodel and the holidays. Now I've run out of excuses to get back to our normal routine.
Thank you Jill for the new challenges. And Bittersweet, I will continue my weight loss campaign now from New Year's to Christmas.
September weight loss: 4.0
October weight gain: 3.6
November weight loss: 1.6
December Start Weight: 188.0
December Goal Weight: 185.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160.0
Dec 1 - Dec 7: 188.4-188.0 (-0.4)
Dec 8 - Dec 14: 188.4 -186.4 (-2.0)
Dec 15 -Dec 21: 185.8-179.8 (-4.0)
Dec 22: 180.2
Dec 23: 182.6
Dec 24: 182.0
Dec 25: 183.8
Dec 26: 185.6
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Hello, I'm a busy mom and this is my 4th month with this group. I am slowly working my way to my goal weight.
My goal for December is to not get derailed by Christmas! This will be a challenge, because I love to eat ALL the Christmas cookies from December 25-early January. My goal will be to log from December 27-31, in addition to checking in daily.
Start weight September 1: 141.0 lbs
December start weight: 128.2 lbs
December goal: 126.6 lbs Considering Christmas, I want to be conservative with my goal, but I want to still have an overall loss for the month.
December 1: 128.2 I logged 🎄
December 2: 129.2
December 3: 128.8
December 4: 129.4 I logged 🎄 Had extremely busy days on the 1st & 2nd; went out to dinner at a restaurant; and have had some hormonal issues with my cycle starting. Hopefully this is the worst of the gain. Now I can get back to my calorie goal & logging.
December 5: 129.4 I logged 🎄
December 6: 128.6
December 7: 128.8 I logged 🎄
December 8: 128.4 I logged 🎄 Lately I have found it very tough to make my calorie goal. Gotta just keep trying every day.
December 9: 127.4 I logged 🎄 Yesssss! Yesterday it wasn't hard to reach my calorie goal. I had a big breakfast and then lots of protein in the afternoon. Maybe that had something to do with it. Or, maybe I'm getting used to my calorie goal again.
December 10: 127.6
December 11: 126.8 Woo-hoo; very happy with today's weight. I have not felt very good the last couple days; decided to take the day off from logging yesterday, but I was careful not to overindulge.
December 12: 127.8 I logged 🎄 Didn't feel so good yesterday either! Logging went by the wayside. I really think it's hormonal. I think I'm feeling better today; my goal is to log successfully today.
December 13: 127.8 I logged 🎄
December 14: 127.8 I logged 🎄 This morning I thought surely the scale was "stuck." But it's acting normal these days, so 127.8 it is. Also; our new cat is causing me to get more exercise. He keeps trying to climb our Christmas tree and attack the ornaments, and I am spending quite a bit of energy chasing him around.
December 15: 127.0
December 16: 126.6 I logged 🎄 I am pleasantly surprised with today's weight. Yesterday we made gingerbread cookies and I'm pretty sure I ate too many, and I stopped logging for the day. We will see if this did any significant damage. Hopefully not. It has been many years since we've made gingerbread; it is so much fun. My goal for today is to log successfully and include a couple gingerbread cookies if desired, without going crazy.
December 17: 126.8
December 18: 127.2 I logged 🎄 Not surprised to see the scale go up. Yesterday was a big day; I was not able to log, AND I got super super hungry and probably ate too much. It's ok. My goal for today through the 24th is to log and meet my calorie goal every day. Hubby has noticed the weight loss; he said that "it's like hugging a 20-year old you."
December 19: 126.6
December 20: 126.8
December 21: 126.2 I logged 🎄 I did not log on the 19th or 20th. I was in a frenzy of Christmas shopping! I think I'm done shopping, so I think I can log today. I'm glad the number on the scale is looking good.
December 22: 126.4
December 23: 126.2
December 24: 125.4
My goals for the rest of the month...
25th: weigh-in optional, no logging
26th: weigh-in; logging optional
27th: weigh-in
27th-29th: out of town. I won't have my scale and I do not use MFP on a smart phone, so I probably will not be logging on MFP or checking in. I would like to keep a hand-written food log just to help with the daily habit of logging and tracking my food.
30th & 31st: log all food, even if over on calories, and check in both days.
December 25: 125.4
December 26: 127.4 Lots of heavy food! Now, here I come to the big challenge of the month.... Enjoying special, rich food without going overboard or getting derailed. I'm off to travel for a few days to visit with family. My goal will be to just be moderate with food. I will bring a little notebook to keep a hand-written log, and I will do my best. The next part of my goal is to check in here daily when I get back! Merry Christmas everyone 🎄
December 27: 126.6
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Hi all. I’m joining late but looking for to some self imposed discipline this month. I retire at the end of the month and want to be in the best health possible. Process: log food with mindful eating, limit alcohol to weekend minimum, strength train 5x/week, increase water intake. 70 yo female 5’5”
12/4 129.2#
12/5 129.4#
12/6 129.8#
12/7 129.6#
12/8 129.8#
12/9 DNW under the weather
12/10 129.2#
12/11 129.2#
12/12 128.8#
12/13 128.4#
12/14 129.0#
12/15. 128.8#
12/16 128.6#
12/17 128.8#
12/18 128.4#
12/19 129.0#
12/20 128.4#
12/21 128.8#
12/22 129.0#
12/23 129.0#
12/24 129.4#
12/25 129.6#
12/26 129.6#
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Hello, I’m Jill. 🥰I’m 53, 5’7” and I live in Michigan.
My goals for December🎄 :
⚖️Weigh- in daily
📝Log daily
🙆♀️Stretch daily/ Move daily
Get back down to under 200 pounds
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: up 1 pound
September weight loss: 1.8 pounds
October weight loss: up 3.1 pounds
November weight loss: up .6 pounds
🎄December:
1: 203.4– Time to get all gears going. I’ve been really good getting on the scale everyday, but I have a hard time with consistent logging.
I’ve noticed that it’s easier on the computer than the phone, so my goal for December is to log every day.
2: 203.5– logged for breakfast… it’s the very beginning of getting back into logging, so I’ll take that as a win. Baby steps.
3: 201.6 not sure what happened… but I’ll take it. I weigh myself 4x then take the average… so we’ll see what happens tomorrow.
4: 203.6–there is the bounce back. It’s all good though. Taking carrots to work as my crunchy snack today, along with soup and salad. My goal is to log everything today. Happy Monday!
5: 201.3 I logged everything and it felt great!
Let go for 2 in a row.
6: 202.3 Day 2 of logging is complete! Let’s do 3!
7: 202.5 Day 3 complete. It wasn't pretty but it was logged! Day 1 of exercise. Up to the Beat fitness by Gina B on YouTube is my go to exercise.
8: 202.6 Day 4 of logging and day 2 of exercise. Starting healthy routines for 2024 now. Now to get my snacking under control!😉
9: 202.8 Day 5 of logging and my snack monster 👿 is in overdrive… fighting the logging…but I know this is what I need to do to get and stay below 200 pounds. It takes me a good month to get everything in sync… logging, staying at or below calories, and exercise. December won’t be pretty, but I’m happy to be creating healthy routines.
10: 202.5 Day 6 of logging.
11: 203.6 Day 7 of logging. Lots of salty foods yesterday. Time to whip up a big salad for lunch… and take some clementines.
Finished up Christmas decorating with the family last night.
12: 203.6 Day 8 of logging and trying to let go of guilt with snacking. Setting up healthy habits for 2024.
13: 203.8 Day 9 of logging and as you can see, my brain is fighting it. I need to start listening harder to my stomach instead of my brain when it comes to food. Working on getting it back into check. All part of the process.
I will be posting the 🌺🌼2024–52 Week Challenge🌼🌺 New Year/Healthier You challenge closer to January along with our continued monthly challenges. I’m so happy you’re all on board for 2024!
14: 205 😔 My husband tested positive for Covid yesterday. His las Covid booster was around Halloween this year so we’re hoping it’s mild. The kids and I all tested negative.
15: 203.1 hanging in there!
16: 202.3 Coming to the realization that…”I eat to live and not live to eat”. I deserve to heat things that will help me get healthier and not the junk that bogs me down.
17: 201.6 🎄
18: 201.8 Holding steady with weight. It's amazing what you can do when you log! Slowly getting back into it.
19: 201.7
20: 202.7… too many Christmas cookies. Got my fill yesterday. Only 5 days until Christmas. Finishing up wrapping today then making soup.
21: 203.7 … good soup and white chicken chili was made. I’ve realized that I can’t stop at just one cookie or just one potato chip. I like to think I can, but I can’t… and self- realization is part of this whole journey. Back to work today.
22: 203.4… I’m back to my December 1st weight. I’d like to finish the year under that.
23: DNW
24: 203.2 Merry Christmas Eve!
25: 204.6 Merry Christmas!!!
26: 204.5 Hope everyone had a nice holiday!
27: 205.6
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My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from 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
This Challenge Starting Weight (from Nov 30): 181.4
Goal: 177.4 (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.
12/01-181.4-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/02-181.4-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/03-182.0-(Trend Weight 181.9)-
12/04-181.0-(Trend Weight 180.8)-
12/05-180.6-(Trend Weight 181.7)-
12/06-179.4-(Trend Weight 181.4)-
12/07-179.2-(Trend Weight 181.2)-
12/08-179.0-(Trend Weight 181.0)-
12/09-179.6-(Trend Weight 180.9)-
12/10-179.6-(Trend Weight 180.7)-
12/11-178.8-(Trend Weight 180.6
12/12-178.2-(Trend Weight 180.3)-
12/13-178.8-(Trend Weight 180.2)-
12/14-177.2-(Trend Weight 179.9)-
12/15-177.8-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/16-178.0-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/17-178.6-(Trend Weight 179.6)-
12/18-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
12/19-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/20-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.7)-
12/21-178.8-(Trend Weight 179.6)-
12/22-178.8-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/23-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.5)-
12/24-178.4-(Trend Weight 179.4)-
12/25-178.2-(Trend Weight 179.2)-
12/26-179.0-(Trend Weight 179.2)- I don’t think the uptick is residual weight from a few days ago. Rather, I think it was probably the Kringle I ate yesterday and my sneaking into my stocking last night (chocolates). Today needs to be better. I don’t mind riding out the peaks and valleys until the 1st of the year, but today needs to be a valley day or I’m in trouble. I need a bit more movement today too. Yesterday my exercise was less than usual, but I should have still recorded it with MFP. I must keep logging!
12/27-179.2-(Trend Weight 179.2)- I am up 0.6 lbs this round and we haven’t even had our true family Christmas Feast yet! Oh, but all the celebrations all around! It will be a very busy rest of the week for me. I hope to stay as mindful as possible but there is a trip out-of-town either today or tomorrow. I have to go to a hospital to submit blood for my A1C check before a January endocrinologist appt. This has been a tough round, for sure. It’s great to see everyone picking the reins back up and getting back in control so quickly! See you next round.
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This challenge is invaluable. I did my first challenge in August. The last couple of months have been hard, however, I won’t give up. People on here are very motivating.
My goal this month is pretty simple, to weigh myself everyday and to count calories. If I get some exercise, it will be a bonus.
Starting weight in March 2023: 230 lbs.
Goal weight: 120 lbs.
Height: 5’2”
Total loss: 47 lbs.
End of Sept. weight: 187.8 lbs.
End of October weight: 188
End of Nov. weight: 186
Monthly Weight Loss:
March-10 lbs. (2023)
April- 8 lbs.
May- 5 lbs.
June- 4.4 lbs. (trip to Europe)
July- 5.6
August-7 lbs. joined a ‘challenge’
September- 2.6 lbs. ( sick)
October- (gained) .2 lbs.
November- loss 1.2 lbs.
December-
Dec. 1- 185.6 lbs. I was happily surprised that I lost weight in November, even a small loss. I basically kind of took a break from most exercise activities, stopped logging in my food diary, stopped weighing myself, and ate unhealthy, fast food fairly often. It was a stressful time for me with family. I didn’t really make myself a priority which I know is important to do sometimes. I must learn to deal better with stress. I can feel my body missing the exercise, and hope to change that.
Dec. 2- 185.6 lbs. went for an early swim
Dec. 3- 185.6 swim
Dec. 4- 185 dance class- I’m desperate to lose and break this two month plateau. It’s a tough time of year to try and lose weight, but I’m very focused. I’m sick of seeing the same numbers on the scale.
Dec. 5- DNW
Dec. 6- 183.8 lbs. osteoporosis fitness class. We use a video. Haven’t been for a long time.
Dec. 7- 183.6 lbs. early swim
Dec. 8- DNW fitness class, elliptical
Dec. 9- 183.6 lbs.
Dec. 10- 184.4 lbs. overate last night, logged it, early swim today
Dec. 11- 183.2 lbs. dance class- I need to find a way to eat in a more balanced way. My hunger really varies, and I’d like to know why. I’m fighting a constant battle with my calorie goals. My father used to say that it’s good for your body to feel a little hunger sometimes. Was he correct? Must one feel hunger in order to lose weight?
Dec. 12- 182.4 lbs. yesterday I upped my calories, and it seemed to work. My hunger was satiated. Singing in Christmas concert tonight-fun🎶😄
Dec. 13- 182.8 wine and party last night. Logged everything . Fitness class and gym today
Dec. 14- 181.8 movie night with friends last night, ate late, but logged everything, swim today
Dec. 15- 181.8 For the last 5 days I’ve been eating at a slightly higher calorie limit. I feel more satisfied, and able to stay around my limit. I hope I’ve found my sweet spot. Maybe it’s because I’ve added wine to my diet🥳🍷.
Dec. 16-19 DNW
Dec. 20- 182.7 lbs.
Dec. 21- 181.4 lbs. I doubt this is a true weight. We’ll see tomorrow.
Dec. 22- 181.4 lbs. I took the lowest scale reading, fitness class, set up tables for Christmas dinner
Dec. 23- 182 lbs. what? Today has been an emotional roller coaster. Two of my kids have Covid and their families can’t come for Christmas dinner and party. Luckily, I’m able to postpone it to a later date. Very happy right now because If they’re all well, they will all come later (16 of them).
This seems to happen every year. Wanted to just eat today because of the stress. Good news is that I’m not giving in and spoiling this month’s efforts.
Dec. 24- 181lbs. Planning on pizza, some treats tonight. Will try to log it all. Early swim.
Dec. 25- DNW obvious reasons
Dec. 26- DNW
Dec. 27- DNW osteoporosis aerobics class, and rode bike in gym, trying to get back on track with eating
Ok. I did what I said I wouldn’t do and over indulged the last 3 days. I hope I haven’t lost all the progress I’ve made this month. There’s still 5 days left to try and fix this.😲.Good luck everyone!7 -
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
December Goals: Bike 5+ miles/day Mon-Fri | 1,500 steps/day | Aim for 7 hours sleep/day
Dec 1: 205.6 Bike | Steps
Dec 2: 205.1 Bike | Steps
Dec 3: 205.9 Bike | Sleep
Dec 4: 207.1 Bike | Steps | Sleep
Dec 5: 207.0 Bike | Sleep
Dec 6: 207.8 Bike | Steps | Sleep
Dec 7: 206.7 Bike | Steps
Dec 8: 206.4 Bike | Steps | Sleep
Dec 9: 207.0 Steps | Sleep
Dec 10: 208.3 Bike | Steps | Sleep
Dec 11: 207.8 Sleep
Dec 12: 208.1 Steps | Sleep
Dec 13: DNW
Dec 14: 209.3 Steps | Sleep
Dec 15: 208.7 Bike | Steps
Dec 16: DNW
Dec 19: 208.0 Steps
Dec 21: 207.8 Steps | Sleep
Dec 22: 207.7
Dec 23: 206.9
Dec 24: 207.7
Dec 26: 209.3 (hello sodiumbomb)
Dec 27: 207.7 - I've been keeping up with the steps and sleep. It's time to get the menu back under control. Just looking forward to things settling down post holidays so I can get back to a manageable routine.5 -
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas 🎄.
I’m home again after 11 very active days.
Pigged out yesterday on chocolates and white Christmas so now it’s almost gone. I’m glad Christmas is over though. It’s nice being with family but stressful. My stepdad died in February and my mumma found it very hard to celebrate Christmas without him.
start : 112.2kg - 247lb
December 1. 112.2kg
December 2. 112.8kg
December 3. 112.6kg
December 4. 112.2 kg
December 5. 112.3 kg
December 6. 112.4 kg
December 7. 112kg
December 8. 112.1kg
December 9. 113.1kg 😥
December 10: 112.5kg
December 11: 111.3kg ⭐️
December 12: 111kg 🌟
December 13: 110.4kg 🙀
December 14: 111.3kg 🌟
December 15: 112.2kg 🧐
December 16: 111.4kg 🌟
December 17: 113.3kg 😢
December 18: 112kg 🌟
December 19: 112kg🌟
December 20: 111.9kg 🌟
December 21: holiday
December 22: holiday
December 23: holiday
December 24: holiday
December 25: 111.3kg
December 26: holiday
December 27: holiday
December 28:111.5 😌 245lb
December 29:
December 30:
December 31:
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I am a 46 year-old married mom of four, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is trying again to start exercising WITHOUT injuring myself, log daily, drink more water, and creating some new routines this month while starting my new job - yeah!
Habit Goals for the Month to drop into the 170's:
🪵 = Log
🍽️ = Hit Calorie Goal
🧘 = Stretch/PT
🏃♀️= Cardio
💧= Hit Water Goal
12/01: 182.3 🪵🧘
12/02: 181.7
12/03: Stomach bug
12/04: Stomach bug
12/05: Stomach bug
12/06: 179.5 - rehydrate day
12/07: 181.5 🪵🍽️💧
12/08: 179.8 🪵🍽️
12/09: DNW 🪵
12/10: 180.3
12/11: 180.8 - Need to focus on w/e
12/12: 179.8 - Not feeling well again.
12/14: 178.8
12/15: 180.1
12/16: 180.3
12/17 - DNW - Covid booster.
12/18: 180.6
12/19: 181.9 - Been eating to deal with my emotions and it's caught up with me.
12/20: 181.4 - Trying to reel myself back in. Tomorrow is my ten year-old's oral surgery to extract a supernumerary tooth and attach a chain to slowly pull the adult tooth into position. It will be the first time of her having general anesthesia. I'm a bit of an anxious momma tonight.
12/21: DNW
12/22: DNW
12/23: 184.3 - My daughter's surgery went well and her recovery so far as well. I'm totally off any kind of routine and have been eating and drinking whatever is easiest and most convenient. So while I am not surprised by this number, I am discouraged at the moment.
12/24: DNW
12/25: 183.9 - I'm just gonna enjoy the goodness today! Happy Holidays, Everyone!
12/26: 182.5
12/27: 182.34 -
Hey friends! My name is B - I live with my husband and two kids and work in communitymental health. I've never not struggled with my weight, so I'm focusing on long term habits so I can live a longer and more active life with my family.
Monthly Habits:
Log all my food 🥙
Work out 3x/week 🏃♀️
8 glasses of water💧
Self Care Activity 🧶
Sept weightloss: 6.7 lbs
Oct weightloss: 3.1 lbs
Nov weightloss: 2.3 lbs
❄️🎄Dec Monthly goal: lose 2 pounds
1: 🥙💧🧶
2: 🥙💧🧶🏃♀️ Spent the day with the family at our town tree lighting, now finishing off a chocolate martini and getting ready for bed ❄️
3: 🥙💧
4: 🥙
5: 🥙 🧶"This has been a long week" she said at noon on a Tuesday.
6: 🥙🧶
7: 🥙
8: 🥙🧶🏃♀️ took a walk through town to look at Christmas lights 🎄
9: 🥙🧶🏃♀️
10: 🥙🧶💧
11: 🥙
12: 🥙
13: 🥙🧶
14: 🥙🧶
15: 🥙🧶 Today I hit 90 days of tracking! Feeling really proud of my consistency 🎉
16: 🥙🧶
17: 🥙🧶
18: 🥙 I went to Aldi for the first time today and my life is changed - please everyone tell me your fav Aldi finds. What rock have I been living under all these years?!
19: 🥙🧶
20: 🥙 the holiday chaos is striking - I'm baking for the offices I work at, which is taking more time than I thought, and now I'm trying to estimate how much cookie dough I've stress eaten 🙄 in focusing on keeping up with my tracking even if it's not what I would have initially planned for.
21: 🥙
22: 🥙🧶
23: 🥙💧
24: 🥙🧶
25: 🥙🧶
26: 🥙🧶💧🏃♀️
27: 🥙🧶💧 welp, we got covid. Toddlers are menaces. I'm grateful it was during Christmas break and the kids won't have a ton of work to catch up on. My self care is assuming I'll call out of work and just get better. My husband's self care was me threatening to tackle him if he tried to go into work.
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Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a while now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been on this weight loss journey since January 2023. 💖I wouldn't be where I am today without this group (along with a couple other challenges I am in); I am so thankful for their support and accountability. 💖
🤶🎄My Goals for December🎄🤶
⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - Will be tough this month, but am keeping it anyway
17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range
💪 Strength Train 3 days per week
🧘♀️ Tai Chi or Yoga 1 day per week
💦 6+ glasses of water
👣 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ 💦
Highest Weight 228
November Ending Weight 164.6
Dec 1: 164.8 📝 🥗 💪 🧘♀️ Hello December!
Dec 2: 165 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦 My first holiday event this weekend. Greg and I are off to Newport, RI. We go every year this time of year. It is a city set on an island in Rhode Island. Really cute shops, great restaurants. They decorte the city for Christmas. We go and see the lights, do some shopping and our annual "Taste of Newport". We usually go to 5 different restaurants (Lunch, Appetizer, Dinner, Dessert and BF the following morning), and plenty of drinks with that. This will be the first year that I'm going since I started this weight loss journey. I am going to enjoy myself, but also going to try to curb that this year. We are thinking - just small plates for each and and/or sharing. I won't be weighing tomorrow, but will be back Monday AM to catch up.
Dec 3: DNW 👣
Dec 4: 167.2 👣 It could have been a lot worse. We had a wonderful time - back at it today. Hoping it comes off as quickly as the Thanksgiving gain did. Here is a picture of us on the balcony of our room - sunset and harbor in background. It was a beautiful day - almost 50 degrees.
Dec 5: 166.8 👣 📝 Bingo night with Mom, got home and was ravinous. Don't know why but the late night binge took place and I ate over my calorie range. It will probably show up on the scale tomorrow.
Dec 6: 166.8 👣 📝 🥗 🧘♀️ 💦
Dec 7: 165.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Trying to get back to my low before our next event on the 16th. It's getting there slowly. Took a 5 mile walk at the beach yesterday - love the smell of the salt water. We were practically the only ones there - Monty had a wonderful time. Came home, did a little xmas shopping.
Dec 8: 164.8 📝 🥗 💦 Almost there! Rest day. Monty went to the groomer; thought we would wait for him to get home before we took out walk - but it took ALL day - he was gone for 6 hours. Apparently they had some kind of problem with another customer - so they did them first. I wasn't too happy. We skipped the walk. He does look nice though.
Dec 9: 164.6 😁👣 📝 🥗 💦 Made it back to my low!
Dec 10: 164 😁👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Woo Hoo! Quiet day yesterday - decorated the outside for xmas, wrapped some presents. My normal workout routine. Today it is supposed to rain all day - so no walks outside. I have to do it on the treadmill - Ugh! I can never do the 5.5 miles straight on the treadmill (my normal morning walk). I have to break it up into 2 miles stretches - gets way to boring for me. Yes - I do watch TV why I'm doing it - but just not the same as being outside. Maybe do some "Get Fit with Rick" routines to get some of the time in.
Dec 11: 163.6 😁👣 (aka ddainiak) I changed my name! Very happy to see a loss because I was not on plan yesterday. I have a few drinks and when I do that I give in to my temptations. Feel lousy this morning.
Dec 12: 164 👣 📝 I walked and logged, but got into the goodies last night so went a bit over my limit. Not by much, but over!
Dec 13: 163.6 📝 🥗 I did walk yesterday, but didn't make my 17K goal. I guess I'll call it my rest day (wasn't planning on it). I have been terrible with the water - will concentrate on that today.
Dec 14: 164.2 👣 Bong! Bong! But it is what I expected today. I was off plan all day - been a tough week for me to stick to it. I need to get it together for the next couple days - friends Christmas party on Saturday where I know I will overdo it a bit. My committment - get it all done for the next two days!
Dec 15: 163.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 I was on plan yesterday and I'm back to my low. We have a visitor for the next 3 days My sister is at a wedding in Texas, and we are taking care of her pup while she is away. Rex is a little yorkie! All of 10 pounds. Monty thinks he is a toy, but is very good with him. He can't walk as far as Monty, so we will be taking shorter walks - hoping to get a few in each day so I don't have to make it up on the treadmill.
Dec 16: 163.6 👣 📝 Our annual Friends Christmas party tonight. We are hosting; I know that I will be off my plan today, and the scale will show it tomorrow but gonig to enjoy the day and get back at it tomorrow.
Dec 17: 164.6 👣 I am actually pleased that I didn't go over my ending weight from November. We had a wonderful evening - a lot of laughs and great food. Will be on plan for the next six days and then three days of holiday festivities.
Dec 18 165 Busy with cooking Christmas cookies for the Bingo group tonight - was kind of a hot mess with tasting and did not meet any of my goals! I find that if I go off plan - I say "what they heck, I blew it already" and I continue through the day and tracking goes out the window. I will need to work on that for 2024!
Dec 19 164.6 👣 📝 💪 💦 Was doing well with staying within my calorie range and then went over with the goodies from Bingo. I tried my best to log them though! Lots of steps yesterday 23K!
Dec 20: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Hanging on to my November weight. At this point I'll be happy with staying even for the month.
Dec 21: 164.8 👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Got up in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, ate some chips. Technically in today's calorie range. Not the best thing to log first thing in the morning.
Dec 22: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💪 My favorite number! LOL Today starts our holiday festivities - baking day and out to dinner tonight - just the two of us - a calm before the hussel and bussel starts. I'm thinking I will avoid the scale until next Friday, so I won't be discouraged. I'll still check in!
Dec 23: DNW Didn't make any of my goals yesterday. Baked all day - ate too many Christmas cookies. At the end of the day my husband and I said - the only thing I ate today was cookies - we ordered a pizza for dinner - good thing was we order a small and I only had three pieces (that's good for me).
Dec 24: DNW
Dec 25: DNW - Merry Christmas! We celebrated yesterday; every year we see a play around the holiday - this year we got tickets for Dream Girls and the only seats we could get were Christmas Eve. It was wonderful, but unfortunately Greg was sick, so he stayed home. 😢 After the show we ususally go out for dinner, but because Greg was sick we picked up take out and brought it home. Today - we go to my Aunt's house a celebration with extended family. We don't exchange gifts - just have a nice buffet dinner (everyone brings something).
Dec 26: DNW - I was going to say that I was disappointed in myself on how much I indulged the last three days, but then I read a post in a group that I am in that set me straight. In summary it said our time is so short and we seldom have an opportunity to really feel the love from the people who truely love us the most, so enjoy yourself and start again tomorrow. Today I'm going to put on my sweats, walk a little longer, track, drink my water - and think about my 2024 goals! We can do this! Happy Boxing Day!
Dec 27: 165.2 - 👣 📝 🥗 I had to weigh in for one of my challenges - was better than I expected. Now to get below where I started this month. If I can just lose .1 pound this month I will be happy - then I can say I lost weight every month in 2023. Felt good to meet all my daily goals!
Dec 28: 164.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Quiet day yesterdday, did some grocery shopping - did the laundry. Going to keep the tree up until after the New Year, but I need to clean up all the junk that accumulated in the house since the holiday. How does it get messy so fast? I also haven't ticked a "stretching" exercise in a while (not my favorite), so will accomplish that today.6
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