🌻 🎃 October Daily Weigh-in and Logging Challenge🌻🎃🍂
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Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.
🎃👻Hello October👻🎃
Starting Weight - Dec 2022 - 228
Starting Weight - Oct 2024 - 140.7
SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.8 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 145 | Jul 143.5 | Aug 142.4 | Sep 140.7
My October Goals
👣 Average 14k Steps per day - reach my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal
🚶♀️➡️ Walk every day
📝 Log Daily
⚖️ Weigh in twice weekly - Wednesday and Sunday - changed back to daily
🥗 Stay under my weekly calorie range
💪 Strength Train Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
🫀 Cardio Monday, Thursday, Saturday
🧘♀️ Rest day - stretch routine - Wednesday
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂Stay under sodium goal
🥅 Get to the ideal bmi range - maybe lose a few more after that if my body says yes - otherwise stay 140 pounds or under for the rest of my life!
Weigh-in current day - goals prior day
Prior Weeksb]Oct 1[/b] 👣📝🥗🫀💦🧂- 18.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 40 🫀Min HIIT workout, 🥗 579 Calorie Deficit
I love the start of a new month, the optimism that it brings, leaving those negative thoughts behind, reflecting on my prior months accomplishments, a fresh start, a clean slate. And fall is my favorite time of year - a slight chill in the air - the beautiful fall colors on the trees in Connecticut, no bugs. Happy Otober - a special welcome to all our new people - I hope you love this group as much as I do, and for all the returning members - so glad to see you back for another month.
Oct 2 139.9 😁👣📝🥗💪💦🧂21.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 3.3 mile treadmill, 30 💪 Full Body Strength, 🥗 182 Calorie Deficit
I did it - made it to the normal BMI range! Six hundred and thirty-three days since I started my journey - averaging just shy of a pound a week. I am over the moon with happiness. Now to keep it this way for the rest of my life.
Oct 3 👣📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂14.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 🥗 81 Calorie Deficit
Oct 4 👣📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦20K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 3 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀Cardio, 🥗 135 Calorie Deficit, Over my sodium limit - hoping it doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow.
Oct 5 - 140.3 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 20.4K 👣 Steps🚶♀️3.0 mile outside walk, 2.8 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 96 Calorie Deficit
We have had company all week. Our best friends moved to Florida a few years back, but their family lives in Connecticut. When they visit, they use our house as their lodging. The husband of the couple came up to visit family and friends this week. It has basically been a "boys" week; but the influences I have been at the upper limit of my calorie and sodium levels (going over on the sodium one day) which affects everything. He leaves tomorrow and things will get back to normal - hoping I'll get back down under that 140 mark by my next weigh in (Wednesday).
Oct 6 👣 📝🫀💦🧂17.5K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 28 Calories over my limit
Oct 7 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪💦🧂 15K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 194 Calories over my limit
Week Two
Oct 8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17.8K 👣 Steps 2.5 🚶♀️➡️ mile outside walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 48 calorie deficit
Oct 9 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 16.3K 👣 Steps 3.2 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 70 Min 🫀 🚣 Kayaking, 20 min 💪, 118 calories over my limit
I have been experimenting this week - first true week of only weighing bi-weekly and with company here - and wanting to see what it did to my weight I ate back all my exercise (ok a little more some days, a little less others) to see what would happen. I am up a pound this week. So here is what I'm going to do this week. Still bi-weekly weigh-in, but get back to the losing mentality for a couple weeks. Hoping to get back to my goal weight, and then try maybe 75%.
Oct 10 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.2K 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.3 mile treadmill, 20 Min 🫀, 15 min🧘♀️ Stretch, 435 Calorie Deficit
Oct 11 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.6 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.6 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀, 45 Min 👩🌾 Heavy Yardwork 407 Calorie Deficit
Met my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal yesterday! Three and a half weeks quicker than last year's pace, even with the meniscus tear at the beginning of summer (counting all steps); now to work on the intentional fitness miles goal - I'll need to average a little over 100 minutes of intentional exercise daily to make it - might be a stretch - but doable!
Oct 12 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂 17.4 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1.7 mile treadmill, 15 min 💪Strength - Over my calorie limit 102 Calories!
Didn't really want to look at the weight today - switching my weigh in day until tomorrow. Took the boat out for probably the last spin. Beautiful day, but not as colorful as I would have expected. Picnic on the water and a heavier dinner put me over the top.
Oct 13 141.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 281 Calorie deficit.
Oct 14 141 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 13.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 💪 strength, 50 Min 🫀(boxing), 240 Calorie deficit
Funny thing - worked out a lot yesterday (it was a workout relay race weekend for the Hogwarts Challenge) and for the first time in a LONG time - didn't meet my step goal. A lot of strength workouts, and boxing where I didn't move my feet. LOL! Today is going to be a rest day to recouperate - but I will get in my walks! Then Bingo night with mom - celebrating my sister's 66 birthday tonight.
Week Three:
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
Oct 15 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 20.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀cardio Tabata, 286 Calorie deficit
Nice night at Bingo for Mom - she won twice. Always puts her in a good mood. I saved room in my food intake for dessert last night and had a piece of cake. Don't know if it is because I haven't had it in a long time, or it was just great - one of the best pieces of cake I have had in a long time - just a vanilla cake - but the raspberry mousse filling was to die for.
Oct 16 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️19.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 20 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 40 Min 💪 Strength, 643 Calorie Deficit
Made a beautiful chicken and delicata squash soup for dinner last night, and Greg made homemade bread to go with it. Delicious, but on the upper range of my sodium limit.
Oct 17 140.6 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 21.2K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.8 Mile outside walk, 75 Min 4.2 Mile Treadmill, 45 Min 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 303 Calorie Deficit
Oct 18 142👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀⚖️21.6K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 30 Min 1.4 Mile Treadmill, 60 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 373 Calorie Deficit
Although I was in a calorie deficit, I had an off day - didn't reach my 8 glasses of water goal and ate a whole bag of popcorn putting me over my sodium limit. Just goes to show you that exercise cannot make up for a bad diet. Will be extra careful today - hoping to reverse the situation tomorrow.
Oct 19 141 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️18.9K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 45 Min💪 Strength, 456 Calorie Deficit
Washed the salt away, had to add another cardio workout at the end of the day to make up for calories - so still ended in deficit. Today we are going for our monthly visit to check on Greg's cousin - so away from the house for 10 hours, will get in a workout when we get home - but no outside walk today.
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Hi,
I'm Cindy. I am 5'4" just turned 51. Have a wonderful husband of 27 years and a soon to be 19 year old daughter.
Happy October!
September was a not so great month with a gain of 1.6 lbs. October will be better.
July starting weight : 164.2
October Starting weight : 158.2
Goal : 154
10/1: 158.2 - Made it to they gym after work!
10/2: 158.6
10/3: 157.6
10/4: 159.2 self sabotage? I ate a not so healthy big meal last night of something I had been craving. At least I worked out before I did it. I will be back at trying to eat healthy today. Its my first Friday off on my new work schedule!
10/5: 158.2
10/6: DNW
10/7: 158.6
10/8: 159
10/9: 159.2
10/10: 159
10/11: 158.4
10/12: DNW
10/13: DNW
10/14: 160.1
10/15: 159.6
10/16: 159.6
10/17: 159.8
10/18: 160
10/19: 159 - Ugh! Finally catching up on entering my daily weigh in. I have not done so great so far this month. Only went to the gym twice this week. I have been tired trying to get use to my new work schedule. 9.5 hour days and then trying to go to the gym and coming home and cooking dinner has been a challenge. On the upside for this week my daughter got rid of her useless boyfriend! My FitBit pretty much bit the dust so just order a new Apple watch this morning. Best Buy has them on sale through tomorrow. Never had one before. Only reason I can justify it is because it was on sale. 
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I'm Charlene, 59 years old, 5'8".
September ending weight: 181.8
October goal weight: 178.0
Maintenance goal weight: 160.0
🥛= I met my water goal
✍️= I logged all my food
🧂= I stayed under my sodium limit
🧮= I stayed under my calorie limit
💊= I took my supplements
🥏= Disc golf (golf, but with a Frisbee)
🚶= Steps (number)
🏋️= Exercise (stretch/strength/cardio)
📚= I read for at least 30 minutes
Oct 2: 180.9 🥛✍️🧂🧮🚶(6827)
Oct.3: 182.0 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(2725)
Oct 4: 182.3 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(6375)
Oct 5: 182.9 _ ✍️ _ 🧮🚶(3503)
Oct 6: 183.9 _✍️ _🧮🚶(2291)
Oct 7: 182.3 _ ✍️ _ 🧮🚶(2217)
Oct 8: 182.3 🥛✍️🧂🧮🚶(7053)
Oct 9: 182.0 🥛✍️ _ _🚶(5975)
Oct 10: 181.2 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(3043)
Oct 11: 181.2 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(8260)
Oct 12: 181.4 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(3838)
Oct 13: 181.6 _ _ _ _ 📚🚶(6803)
Oct 14: 181.8 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(1749)
Oct 15: 182.9 _ ✍️ _ _ 📚🚶(1667)
Oct 16: 182.7 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(5888)
Oct 17: 183.4 🥛✍️ _ 🧮📚🚶(4508)
Oct 18: 182.5 🥛✍️ _ 🧮📚🚶(3504)
Oct 19: 182.1 🥛✍️ _ _ 📚🚶(2512)
Nothing major happening lately. Work is going okay. Corrected eye is doing fine. Hubby has had 2 interviews with a department store, for heading up a loss prevention team. He likes that work so I'm encouraging him in it. He's attended a job fair and a seminar on how to apply for Fed jobs. I've been reading "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" (unabridged) to a client; the vocabulary is a good exercise for my brain muscles.
@deepwoodslady great job getting your little grandson's room sorted. I'm delighted to hear he had a total blast at the pumpkin patch.
@faZizzle I hope it wasn't food poisoning! Are you feeling any better?
@ozdeelite you sound like the ozempic will help you. I hope you have zero side effects. Wow, look at the difference in your bloating! I see progress!!
@ilive2walk didn't surprise me at all that you were a preschool teacher. You seem to have the right temperament for it. How's Greg's cousin doing?
@cinw1501 congrats on your daughter's relationship decision and talking action on it. I hope you really like your Apple watch.2 -
My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 64 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 Sept 30th): 193.6
Goal: 189.6 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx**********************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME********************
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH:
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.
10/01-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/02-193.4-(Trend Weight 193.7)-
10/03-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/04-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/05-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/06-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/07-194.4-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/08-193.8-(Trend Weight 194.0)-
10/09-192.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/10-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/11-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/12-191.4-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/14-194.6-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/15-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH:
10/16-193.0-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/17-191.6-(Trend Weight 193.0)-
10/18-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)- No-weigh Friday. Macros were within limits although carbs were on the higher end of my allowance due to Pasta. I made a Spaghetti Casserole with real Pasta for the gang although I avoided the garlic bread. I probably should have gotten a spaghetti squash and made mine separate (and different) but I didn’t. I’m planning a good day today. The family will eat leftovers but no more pasta for me today.! Two days in a row would surely be a disaster! I have lots of better options and need to keep eating clean and within plan at home.
10/19-192.4-(Trend Weight 192.8)- A bit of a jump up (just under a pound) due to two days of pasta dinners. All the leftovers are gone now except just enough for one plate which my son will polish off today. I kept the portions under control but I always bloat and gain after real pasta. It fed the whole gang nicely though for a full 2 days. I’m happy to see my trend weight still going down. I have a good plan for today but I’ve got to get off my butt and get in some exercise even while babysitting my very active DGS.
10/20-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/21-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/22-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/23-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/24-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/25-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/27-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/28-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/30-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
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THIS CHALLENGE:142
MY CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:135
October 1st- 142 🎃🍂
2nd-142
3rd-141
4th-142
5th-143
6th-142 walked about 3 hours at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park yesterday.
7th-142
8th-141
9th-141
10th-142
11th-140
12th-140
13th-141walked over an hour at botanical gardens, but had an enormous slice of pizza for lunch..
14th-140
15th-141
16th-141
17th- still 141
18th-143
19th-143
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻2 -
Hi! I’m Jill and I absolutely ❤️ this group of like-minded friends. If you’re here, then you’re our friend!
Welcome to October!
Fall is my favorite season. I live in Michigan, and I love the chilly mornings and evenings.☕️ I love the sunny days and love watching the trees change colors 🌳 🍃🍂🍁… and the smell of fall. I don’t even mind the rainy days.
My goals this October are to:
🍃Log daily- consistently and happily. This is the key to success.
🍃Get outside and 🚶♀️or 💃🏻 inside
🍃Enjoy the season
🍃15 minutes of intentional exercise each day
It's time to get everything in sync this month. I'm no longer going through the motions. When I log...I lose weight. It takes time to build up consistency and momentum, but when it works, it's beautiful! Let’s go!
October 1: 215.4
October 2: 212.5
October 3: 213.6
October 4: 214
October 5: 214
October 6: 213.3
October 7: 213.4
October 8: 214
October 9: 214.6
October 10: 215.6
October 11: 215.4–Wellness Day 1:
✍️ pre-logged meals for today
💃🏻 10 minutes of dancing.
🚶♀️20 minutes of walking
💊Took vitamins.
Now off to work! Have a fun Friday🥰
October 12: 214.6–Wellness Day 2:
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊
October 13: 214.3–Wellness Day 3:
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊…I just squeaked in my exercise by walking and dancing around the house. I feel better when I can get exercise in before going to work.
October 14: 214.8– Wellness day 4: ate too much watching football, but I logged all of it, and that is a win!
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊… Happy Monday, friends! We can do this!!
October 15: 214– Wellness day 5:
✍️🚶♀️💃🏻💊 Time for a walk and talk with my mom-in-law then off to run errands on my day off. It’s currently 42 degrees Fahrenheit/5.56 degrees Celsius. Brisk and refreshing kind of morning.
October 16: 214.4–Wellness day 6:
✍️💃🏻💊 Hoping to get the grass cut today and finish edging in prep for winter and finish organizing the garage so we can squeeze in 2 cars. Time to Tetris the garage! Happy Wednesday!
October 17: 214.3– Wellness day 7:
✍️💊 Didn’t get in my intentional walking or dancing today, and I’ve felt off all day. I did make turkey chili this morning though. All good.
October 18: 214.2–Wellness day 8:
✍️🚶♀️💃🏻💊 Feeling more like myself after a chilly walk today. Feeling very refreshed and energized. Happy Friday friends!
October 19: 214.2–Wellness day 9:
✍️🚶♀️💊 Busy day today going up and down the stairs at work carrying paperwork.
Jill 👻3 -
I'm back for the October challenge.
My starting weight in April: 94.2kg
My current weight: 77.2kg
My goal weight for October: 75kg
October 1 - 77.2kg
October 2 - 76.8kg
October 3 - 77.4kg
October 4 - 77.5kg
October 5 - 77.0kg
October 6 - 77.6kg
October 7 - 77.4kg
October 8 - 77.5kg
October 9 - 77.2kg
October 10 - 77.2kg
October 11 - 76.6kg
October 12 - 76.0kg
October 13 - 76.2kg
October 14 - 76.2kg
October 15 - 76.4kg
October 16 - DNW
October 17 - 76.6kg
October 18 - 76.4kg
October 19 - 75.7kg
October 20 - 75.7kg3 -
Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.
🎃👻Hello October👻🎃
Starting Weight - Dec 2022 - 228
Starting Weight - Oct 2024 - 140.7
SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.8 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 145 | Jul 143.5 | Aug 142.4 | Sep 140.7
My October Goals
👣 Average 14k Steps per day - reach my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal
🚶♀️➡️ Walk every day
📝 Log Daily
⚖️ Weigh in twice weekly - Wednesday and Sunday - changed back to daily
🥗 Stay under my weekly calorie range
💪 Strength Train Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
🫀 Cardio Monday, Thursday, Saturday
🧘♀️ Rest day - stretch routine - Wednesday
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂Stay under sodium goal
🥅 Get to the ideal bmi range - maybe lose a few more after that if my body says yes - otherwise stay 140 pounds or under for the rest of my life!
Weigh-in current day - goals prior day
Prior Weeksb]Oct 1[/b] 👣📝🥗🫀💦🧂- 18.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 40 🫀Min HIIT workout, 🥗 579 Calorie Deficit
I love the start of a new month, the optimism that it brings, leaving those negative thoughts behind, reflecting on my prior months accomplishments, a fresh start, a clean slate. And fall is my favorite time of year - a slight chill in the air - the beautiful fall colors on the trees in Connecticut, no bugs. Happy Otober - a special welcome to all our new people - I hope you love this group as much as I do, and for all the returning members - so glad to see you back for another month.
Oct 2 139.9 😁👣📝🥗💪💦🧂21.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 3.3 mile treadmill, 30 💪 Full Body Strength, 🥗 182 Calorie Deficit
I did it - made it to the normal BMI range! Six hundred and thirty-three days since I started my journey - averaging just shy of a pound a week. I am over the moon with happiness. Now to keep it this way for the rest of my life.
Oct 3 👣📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂14.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 🥗 81 Calorie Deficit
Oct 4 👣📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦20K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 3 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀Cardio, 🥗 135 Calorie Deficit, Over my sodium limit - hoping it doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow.
Oct 5 - 140.3 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 20.4K 👣 Steps🚶♀️3.0 mile outside walk, 2.8 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 96 Calorie Deficit
We have had company all week. Our best friends moved to Florida a few years back, but their family lives in Connecticut. When they visit, they use our house as their lodging. The husband of the couple came up to visit family and friends this week. It has basically been a "boys" week; but the influences I have been at the upper limit of my calorie and sodium levels (going over on the sodium one day) which affects everything. He leaves tomorrow and things will get back to normal - hoping I'll get back down under that 140 mark by my next weigh in (Wednesday).
Oct 6 👣 📝🫀💦🧂17.5K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 28 Calories over my limit
Oct 7 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪💦🧂 15K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 194 Calories over my limit
Week Two
Oct 8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17.8K 👣 Steps 2.5 🚶♀️➡️ mile outside walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 48 calorie deficit
Oct 9 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 16.3K 👣 Steps 3.2 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 70 Min 🫀 🚣 Kayaking, 20 min 💪, 118 calories over my limit
I have been experimenting this week - first true week of only weighing bi-weekly and with company here - and wanting to see what it did to my weight I ate back all my exercise (ok a little more some days, a little less others) to see what would happen. I am up a pound this week. So here is what I'm going to do this week. Still bi-weekly weigh-in, but get back to the losing mentality for a couple weeks. Hoping to get back to my goal weight, and then try maybe 75%.
Oct 10 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.2K 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.3 mile treadmill, 20 Min 🫀, 15 min🧘♀️ Stretch, 435 Calorie Deficit
Oct 11 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.6 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.6 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀, 45 Min 👩🌾 Heavy Yardwork 407 Calorie Deficit
Met my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal yesterday! Three and a half weeks quicker than last year's pace, even with the meniscus tear at the beginning of summer (counting all steps); now to work on the intentional fitness miles goal - I'll need to average a little over 100 minutes of intentional exercise daily to make it - might be a stretch - but doable!
Oct 12 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂 17.4 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1.7 mile treadmill, 15 min 💪Strength - Over my calorie limit 102 Calories!
Didn't really want to look at the weight today - switching my weigh in day until tomorrow. Took the boat out for probably the last spin. Beautiful day, but not as colorful as I would have expected. Picnic on the water and a heavier dinner put me over the top.
Oct 13 141.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 281 Calorie deficit.
Oct 14 141 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 13.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 💪 strength, 50 Min 🫀(boxing), 240 Calorie deficit
Funny thing - worked out a lot yesterday (it was a workout relay race weekend for the Hogwarts Challenge) and for the first time in a LONG time - didn't meet my step goal. A lot of strength workouts, and boxing where I didn't move my feet. LOL! Today is going to be a rest day to recouperate - but I will get in my walks! Then Bingo night with mom - celebrating my sister's 66 birthday tonight.
Week Three:
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
Oct 15 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 20.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀cardio Tabata, 286 Calorie deficit
Nice night at Bingo for Mom - she won twice. Always puts her in a good mood. I saved room in my food intake for dessert last night and had a piece of cake. Don't know if it is because I haven't had it in a long time, or it was just great - one of the best pieces of cake I have had in a long time - just a vanilla cake - but the raspberry mousse filling was to die for.
Oct 16 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️19.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 20 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 40 Min 💪 Strength, 643 Calorie Deficit
Made a beautiful chicken and delicata squash soup for dinner last night, and Greg made homemade bread to go with it. Delicious, but on the upper range of my sodium limit.
Oct 17 140.6 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 21.2K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.8 Mile outside walk, 75 Min 4.2 Mile Treadmill, 45 Min 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 303 Calorie Deficit
Oct 18 142👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀⚖️21.6K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 30 Min 1.4 Mile Treadmill, 60 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 373 Calorie Deficit
Although I was in a calorie deficit, I had an off day - didn't reach my 8 glasses of water goal and ate a whole bag of popcorn putting me over my sodium limit. Just goes to show you that exercise cannot make up for a bad diet. Will be extra careful today - hoping to reverse the situation tomorrow.
Oct 19 141 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️18.9K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 45 Min💪 Strength, 456 Calorie Deficit
Washed the salt away, had to add another cardio workout at the end of the day to make up for calories - so still ended in deficit. Today we are going for our monthly visit to check on Greg's cousin - so away from the house for 10 hours, will get in a workout when we get home - but no outside walk today.
Oct 20 140.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️15.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️35 Min 1.7 Mile Treadmill, 65 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 126 Calorie Deficit
Nice day yesterday visiting Greg's cousin. She is doing well, made her Citron Fromage (a danish lemon mousse dessert) for dessert - gobbled up two huge servings. Listened to her stories from the old days (heard them 1000's of times - but that's ok). Talked about getting someone in a couple days a week just while she is showering - but she's not ready. She is actually getting out twice a week now. So happy that she is getting out - her husband died during the pandemic and she has been reluctant to go out except for doctor's appointments ever since. The elderly man who lives next door (he is also 90+) goes to Stew Leonards once a week - he has been getting a few things for her while he is there - but always asks if she would like to join him -she finally said yes - and she was glad to get out and get her own stuff (quote "he doesn't know how to pick out bananas"). We convinced her she should go every week. The young man who cuts her grass (he is the nephew of one of her close friends), keeps his sports car in her garage. He brings her for a ride once a week, she sees the "old" sites and then during they go for a an ice cream cone. Hoping it continues through the winter - maybe get a hot chocolate or coffee from dunkin.
I was careful what I ate - brought my own breakfast, portion controlled lunch, and then light dinner. Got in a cardio workout and a treadmill walk when I got home - happy to see the decrease today!
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I'm Charlene, 59 years old, 5'8".
September ending weight: 181.8
October goal weight: 178.0
Maintenance goal weight: 160.0
🥛= I met my water goal
✍️= I logged all my food
🧂= I stayed under my sodium limit
🧮= I stayed under my calorie limit
💊= I took my supplements
🥏= Disc golf (golf, but with a Frisbee)
🚶= Steps (number)
🏋️= Exercise (stretch/strength/cardio)
📚= I read for at least 30 minutes
Oct 2: 180.9 🥛✍️🧂🧮🚶(6827)
Oct.3: 182.0 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(2725)
Oct 4: 182.3 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(6375)
Oct 5: 182.9 _ ✍️ _ 🧮🚶(3503)
Oct 6: 183.9 _✍️ _🧮🚶(2291)
Oct 7: 182.3 _ ✍️ _ 🧮🚶(2217)
Oct 8: 182.3 🥛✍️🧂🧮🚶(7053)
Oct 9: 182.0 🥛✍️ _ _🚶(5975)
Oct 10: 181.2 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(3043)
Oct 11: 181.2 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(8260)
Oct 12: 181.4 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(3838)
Oct 13: 181.6 _ _ _ _ 📚🚶(6803)
Oct 14: 181.8 🥛✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(1749)
Oct 15: 182.9 _ ✍️ _ _ 📚🚶(1667)
Oct 16: 182.7 🥛✍️ _ 🧮🚶(5888)
Oct 17: 183.4 🥛✍️ _ 🧮📚🚶(4508)
Oct 18: 182.5 🥛✍️ _ 🧮📚🚶(3504)
Oct 19: 182.1 🥛✍️ _ _ 📚🚶(2512)
Oct 20: 182.5 _ ✍️🧂🧮📚🚶(3195)
Yesterday Allen discovered that if we took out a disbursement from one of our 401k accounts to pay for my eye surgeries, it would actually be cheaper to pay the penalty on the disbursement than paying the interest on our credit card. However, if using the disbursement to pay for medical care, sometimes the penalty is waived; we need to find out if cataract surgery qualifies for the waiver. So he's meeting with our investment banker on Wednesday to discuss that. We didn't know that you can start drawing off your retirement investments at age 59.5; we assumed it was 65. So if you didn't know that either, here's your PSA for the day. 😂
@deepwoodslady I'm joining you in being happy that your tend weight is aiming downward. I was also glad to just take notice that your kids and grandson are pretty active in your life. I love how you guys support each other.
@jm216 I really like reading your Wellness Day reporting every day; keep it up!
@ilive2walk I LOVED reading the story about Greg's cousin. The bananas gave me a chuckle out loud. 😀 It sounds like she has some relationships that are very enriching, and people that she trusts. Very proud of you for preplanning your meals while there.2 -
THIS CHALLENGE:142
MY CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:135
October 1st- 142 🎃🍂
2nd-142
3rd-141
4th-142
5th-143
6th-142 walked about 3 hours at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park yesterday.
7th-142
8th-141
9th-141
10th-142
11th-140
12th-140
13th-141walked over an hour at botanical gardens, but had an enormous slice of pizza for lunch..
14th-140
15th-141
16th-141
17th- still 141
18th-143
19th-143
20th-143
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻2 -
My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 64 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 Sept 30th): 193.6
Goal: 189.6 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx**********************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME********************
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH:
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.
10/01-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/02-193.4-(Trend Weight 193.7)-
10/03-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/04-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/05-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/06-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/07-194.4-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/08-193.8-(Trend Weight 194.0)-
10/09-192.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/10-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/11-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/12-191.4-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/14-194.6-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/15-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH:
10/16-193.0-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/17-191.6-(Trend Weight 193.0)-
10/18-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/19-192.4-(Trend Weight 192.8)- A bit of a jump up (just under a pound) due to two days of pasta dinners. All the leftovers are gone now except just enough for one plate which my son will polish off today. I kept the portions under control but I always bloat and gain after real pasta. It fed the whole gang nicely though for a full 2 days. I’m happy to see my trend weight still going down. I have a good plan for today but I’ve got to get off my butt and get in some exercise even while babysitting my very active DGS.
10/20-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.6)- A nice drop back down into the 191 world but I am pretty ashamed of how I got it back there. Yesterday evening I drove to the new little local ice cream place and ordered something that is like an M & M Blizzard. I ordered size large with chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla. Custard, no less. I did this after scouring the menu to try to figure out what the BIGGEST item was that they had on the menu besides Banana Splits since I don’t eat bananas. I was not going for quality, it was pure quantity, pure gluttony really. I know from past mistakes that a medium turtle blizzard made with chocolate ice cream is about 985 calories so there is no doubt that this came in well over 1000. As I sat in my car eating it alone like a bandit hiding their loot, I looked around at all the filled picnic tables and saw EVERYONE else eating little dishes of ice cream, or small simple cones. They were enjoying theirs much more than I was mine because it was what they REALLY WANTED, not just the biggest amount or the biggest value for the $. I felt pretty disgusted, especially when I finished it anyway. Later I ended up skipping my dinner to offset the calories. No amount of starving was going to fix the carbs. I went to bed at 2:00 am very hungry. So yes, I had a drop today due to no dinner. But it’s not the right way to get where I need to go. I’m sure my diabetes didn’t thank me as my glucose was still up by over 40 points this morning from 5:00 pm ice cream yesterday. Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps someone when I say it’s just not worth it. Healthy consistent clean meals are the answer. SMALL, OCCASIONAL treats are okay. Treats are not meal replacements! Today I will put all my knowledge and tools to work and have a good day which should always be the normal and not the exception.
10/21-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
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10/23-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/24-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/25-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
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Mmm… despite eating well I’m not losing weight anymore. Although I’m 1.5kg lighter than the start. I’ve got very little appetite with the Ozempic. Made a very tasty vegetable bake last night. In pain this catheter is nothing but trouble.
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg
1. No weigh in - hospital 🍴1872🔥2084👣1734
2. 105.8 ⬇️ 3.3kg 🍴1526🔥2047 👣1460
3. 107.7kg⬆️ 1.9kg 🍴1722🔥2019👣1562
4. 107.2kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1535🔥2052👣1982
5. 107kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2358🔥1988 👣1453
6. 107kg ↔️ 🍴1647. 🔥1824👣1003
7. 107.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg 🍴3108 ate box of chocolates depressed 😔 🔥1844 👣858
8. 107.6 🍴1499🔥2013. 👣1200
9. 107.6kg ↔️ 🍴1962🔥1931 👣1224
10. 107.3kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1817🔥2313 👣 4700💪26 minutes walking
11. 107kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴2199🔥1750 👣1804
12. 106.8kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2136🔥2077 👣2290
13. 106.8kg ↔️ 🍴1816 🔥2199👣2192
14. 106.3kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1624🔥2091 👣2094
15. 105.9kg ⬇️ 0.4kg 🍴3438🔥2184 👣2637
16. 106kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1434🔥1970👣1295
17. 106.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg *started Ozempic. 🍴1522🔥2104 👣2374
18. 105.5kg ⬇️ 0.9kg 🥳 🍴1579 🔥2116 👣3048💪15 minute walk
19. 106.1kg ⬆️ 0.6kg 🍴1559🔥2196 👣2277
20. 106.1kg ↔️ 🍴1325. 🔥2215 👣 2261
21. 106.2kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴🔥👣
22.
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I'm back for the October challenge.
My starting weight in April: 94.2kg
My current weight: 77.2kg
My goal weight for October: 75kg
October 1 - 77.2kg
October 2 - 76.8kg
October 3 - 77.4kg
October 4 - 77.5kg
October 5 - 77.0kg
October 6 - 77.6kg
October 7 - 77.4kg
October 8 - 77.5kg
October 9 - 77.2kg
October 10 - 77.2kg
October 11 - 76.6kg
October 12 - 76.0kg
October 13 - 76.2kg
October 14 - 76.2kg
October 15 - 76.4kg
October 16 - DNW
October 17 - 76.6kg
October 18 - 76.4kg
October 19 - 75.7kg
October 20 - 75.7kg
October 21 - 75.7kg3 -
Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.
🎃👻Hello October👻🎃
Starting Weight - Dec 2022 - 228
Starting Weight - Oct 2024 - 140.7
SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.8 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 145 | Jul 143.5 | Aug 142.4 | Sep 140.7
My October Goals
👣 Average 14k Steps per day - reach my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal
🚶♀️➡️ Walk every day
📝 Log Daily
⚖️ Weigh in twice weekly - Wednesday and Sunday - changed back to daily
🥗 Stay under my weekly calorie range
💪 Strength Train Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
🫀 Cardio Monday, Thursday, Saturday
🧘♀️ Rest day - stretch routine - Wednesday
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂Stay under sodium goal
🥅 Get to the ideal bmi range - maybe lose a few more after that if my body says yes - otherwise stay 140 pounds or under for the rest of my life!
Weigh-in current day - goals prior day
Prior Weeksb]Oct 1[/b] 👣📝🥗🫀💦🧂- 18.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 40 🫀Min HIIT workout, 🥗 579 Calorie Deficit
I love the start of a new month, the optimism that it brings, leaving those negative thoughts behind, reflecting on my prior months accomplishments, a fresh start, a clean slate. And fall is my favorite time of year - a slight chill in the air - the beautiful fall colors on the trees in Connecticut, no bugs. Happy Otober - a special welcome to all our new people - I hope you love this group as much as I do, and for all the returning members - so glad to see you back for another month.
Oct 2 139.9 😁👣📝🥗💪💦🧂21.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 3.3 mile treadmill, 30 💪 Full Body Strength, 🥗 182 Calorie Deficit
I did it - made it to the normal BMI range! Six hundred and thirty-three days since I started my journey - averaging just shy of a pound a week. I am over the moon with happiness. Now to keep it this way for the rest of my life.
Oct 3 👣📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂14.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 🥗 81 Calorie Deficit
Oct 4 👣📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦20K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 3 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀Cardio, 🥗 135 Calorie Deficit, Over my sodium limit - hoping it doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow.
Oct 5 - 140.3 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 20.4K 👣 Steps🚶♀️3.0 mile outside walk, 2.8 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 96 Calorie Deficit
We have had company all week. Our best friends moved to Florida a few years back, but their family lives in Connecticut. When they visit, they use our house as their lodging. The husband of the couple came up to visit family and friends this week. It has basically been a "boys" week; but the influences I have been at the upper limit of my calorie and sodium levels (going over on the sodium one day) which affects everything. He leaves tomorrow and things will get back to normal - hoping I'll get back down under that 140 mark by my next weigh in (Wednesday).
Oct 6 👣 📝🫀💦🧂17.5K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 28 Calories over my limit
Oct 7 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪💦🧂 15K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 194 Calories over my limit
Week Two
Oct 8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17.8K 👣 Steps 2.5 🚶♀️➡️ mile outside walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 48 calorie deficit
Oct 9 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 16.3K 👣 Steps 3.2 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 70 Min 🫀 🚣 Kayaking, 20 min 💪, 118 calories over my limit
I have been experimenting this week - first true week of only weighing bi-weekly and with company here - and wanting to see what it did to my weight I ate back all my exercise (ok a little more some days, a little less others) to see what would happen. I am up a pound this week. So here is what I'm going to do this week. Still bi-weekly weigh-in, but get back to the losing mentality for a couple weeks. Hoping to get back to my goal weight, and then try maybe 75%.
Oct 10 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.2K 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.3 mile treadmill, 20 Min 🫀, 15 min🧘♀️ Stretch, 435 Calorie Deficit
Oct 11 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.6 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.6 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀, 45 Min 👩🌾 Heavy Yardwork 407 Calorie Deficit
Met my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal yesterday! Three and a half weeks quicker than last year's pace, even with the meniscus tear at the beginning of summer (counting all steps); now to work on the intentional fitness miles goal - I'll need to average a little over 100 minutes of intentional exercise daily to make it - might be a stretch - but doable!
Oct 12 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂 17.4 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1.7 mile treadmill, 15 min 💪Strength - Over my calorie limit 102 Calories!
Didn't really want to look at the weight today - switching my weigh in day until tomorrow. Took the boat out for probably the last spin. Beautiful day, but not as colorful as I would have expected. Picnic on the water and a heavier dinner put me over the top.
Oct 13 141.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 281 Calorie deficit.
Oct 14 141 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 13.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 💪 strength, 50 Min 🫀(boxing), 240 Calorie deficit
Funny thing - worked out a lot yesterday (it was a workout relay race weekend for the Hogwarts Challenge) and for the first time in a LONG time - didn't meet my step goal. A lot of strength workouts, and boxing where I didn't move my feet. LOL! Today is going to be a rest day to recouperate - but I will get in my walks! Then Bingo night with mom - celebrating my sister's 66 birthday tonight.
Week Three:
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
Oct 15 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 20.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀cardio Tabata, 286 Calorie deficit
Nice night at Bingo for Mom - she won twice. Always puts her in a good mood. I saved room in my food intake for dessert last night and had a piece of cake. Don't know if it is because I haven't had it in a long time, or it was just great - one of the best pieces of cake I have had in a long time - just a vanilla cake - but the raspberry mousse filling was to die for.
Oct 16 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️19.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 20 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 40 Min 💪 Strength, 643 Calorie Deficit
Made a beautiful chicken and delicata squash soup for dinner last night, and Greg made homemade bread to go with it. Delicious, but on the upper range of my sodium limit.
Oct 17 140.6 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 21.2K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.8 Mile outside walk, 75 Min 4.2 Mile Treadmill, 45 Min 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 303 Calorie Deficit
Oct 18 142👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀⚖️21.6K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 30 Min 1.4 Mile Treadmill, 60 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 373 Calorie Deficit
Although I was in a calorie deficit, I had an off day - didn't reach my 8 glasses of water goal and ate a whole bag of popcorn putting me over my sodium limit. Just goes to show you that exercise cannot make up for a bad diet. Will be extra careful today - hoping to reverse the situation tomorrow.
Oct 19 141 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️18.9K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 45 Min💪 Strength, 456 Calorie Deficit
Washed the salt away, had to add another cardio workout at the end of the day to make up for calories - so still ended in deficit. Today we are going for our monthly visit to check on Greg's cousin - so away from the house for 10 hours, will get in a workout when we get home - but no outside walk today.
Oct 20 140.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️15.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️35 Min 1.7 Mile Treadmill, 65 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 126 Calorie Deficit
Nice day yesterday visiting Greg's cousin. She is doing well, made her Citron Fromage (a danish lemon mousse dessert) for dessert - gobbled up two huge servings. Listened to her stories from the old days (heard them 1000's of times - but that's ok). Talked about getting someone in a couple days a week just while she is showering - but she's not ready. She is actually getting out twice a week now. So happy that she is getting out - her husband died during the pandemic and she has been reluctant to go out except for doctor's appointments ever since. The elderly man who lives next door (he is also 90+) goes to Stew Leonards once a week - he has been getting a few things for her while he is there - but always asks if she would like to join him -she finally said yes - and she was glad to get out and get her own stuff (quote "he doesn't know how to pick out bananas"). We convinced her she should go every week. The young man who cuts her grass (he is the nephew of one of her close friends), keeps his sports car in her garage. He brings her for a ride once a week, she sees the "old" sites and then during they go for a an ice cream cone. Hoping it continues through the winter - maybe get a hot chocolate or coffee from dunkin.
I was careful what I ate - brought my own breakfast, portion controlled lunch, and then light dinner. Got in a cardio workout and a treadmill walk when I got home - happy to see the decrease today!
[Oct 21 140.1[/b] 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 17.0K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 1.6 Mile Outside Walk, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio Tabata, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 571 Calorie Deficit
Busy day yesterday - our usual morning walk. Then went grocery shopping. It was a beautiful day, so we worked in the yard - still cleaning up the trees we dropped in the spring. Now that the leaves are falling off the trees, I can see them so I want them gone. Greg finished cutting one of them up into logs, and I cleaned up all the branches, and stacked the logs from the last one he cut up. There is one more that needs to be cut up, and two that need stacking. He's talking about getting rid of couple more - it never ends! Then got in my workouts, and it was time for dinner and the TV!
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THIS CHALLENGE:142
MY CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:135
October 1st- 142 🎃🍂
2nd-142
3rd-141
4th-142
5th-143
6th-142 walked about 3 hours at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park yesterday.
7th-142
8th-141
9th-141
10th-142
11th-140
12th-140
13th-141walked over an hour at botanical gardens, but had an enormous slice of pizza for lunch..
14th-140
15th-141
16th-141
17th- still 141
18th-143
19th-143
20th-143
21st-142
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻3 -
Goals:
>> Revised monthly weight loss: 10 pounds (progress: -3.6 lbs)
>> Daily calories: 1200-1600
>> Daily net carbs: <80
>> Daily water: 100+ oz
>> Weekly exercise: 3x dance, 2x weights, 5x walking 1+ miles
Oct. 1 - 239.2 | Weight training + walking | 1547 calories, 78 net carbs | 559 deficit + 531 burned
Oct. 2 - 238.8 | Walking + Zumba | 1273 calories, 56 net carbs | 828 deficit + 230 burned
Oct. 3 - 238.0 | Aqua Zumba + Walking | 1210 calories, 56 net carbs | 886 deficit + nothing my sanity burned
Oct. 4 - 237.4 | Weight training + Zumba + walking (<1 mi) | 1788 calories, 80 net carbs | 307 deficit + 723 burned
Oct. 5 - 238.0 | Walking (<1 mi) | 1524 calories, 79 net carbs | 560 deficit + 98 burned
Oct. 6 - 235.4 | Weight training + Walking (<1 mi) | 1565 calories, 81 net carbs | 519 deficit + 300 burned
Oct. 7 - 235.4 | Walking + Zumba | 1464 calories, 78 net carbs | 620 deficit + 725 burned
Oct. 8 - 235.4 | Walking + Weights (lower body) | 1395 calories, 40 net carbs | 689 deficit + 419 burned
Oct. 9 - 235.4 | Recovery day | 1642 calories, 61 net carbs | 442 deficit + 0 burned
Oct. 10 - 236.2 | Walking + Weights (upper body) | 790 calories, 38 net carbs | 1300 deficit + 568 burned
Oct. 11 - 235.6 | Walking + Zumba | 1656 calories, 81 net carbs | 428 deficit + 697 burned
Oct. 12 - 236.2 | Walking | 1266 calories, 44 net carbs | 824 deficit + 242 burned
Oct. 13 - 235.6 | Walking + Weights (upper body) | 1248 calories, 55 net carbs | 836 deficit + 398 burned
Oct. 14 - 234.4 | Walking + Zumba | 1100 calories, 26 net carbs | 969 deficit + 163 burned
Oct. 15 - 232.6 | Walking | 1287 calories, 81 net carbs | 781 deficit + 0 burned
Oct. 16 - 232.6 | Walking + Weights (upper body) | 1287 calories, 39 net carbs | 781 deficit + 258 burned
Oct. 17 - 232.2 | Walking + WERQ | 1070 calories, 55 net carbs | 998 deficit + 468 burned
Oct. 18 - 232.2 | Nothing | 1383 calories, 109 net carbs | 685 deficit + 0 burned
Oct. 19 - 233.2 | WERQ | 1232 calories, 85 net carbs | 841 deficit + 330 burned
Oct. 20 - 234.4 | Walking + Weights (upper body) | 1452 calories, 97 net carbs | 627 deficit + 422 burned
Oct. 21 - 235.6 | Zumba |
Diet: Last week was chaotic at best. My daughter had a mental health crisis (suicidal thoughts), but she's safe now. On top of that, we picked up our college freshman for fall break and had a slew of activities planned for the weekend with extended family. I stayed within my calorie goal but didn't stay within carb goal. I'm too mentally maxed out to let it get to me. I'm not sleeping well at all which only adds to the mess. I'm guessing the weight gain is from stress, lack of sleep, and the extra carbs. Technically I'm also in my luteal phase, but I shouldn't see any weight gain until next week. Also, before everything imploded last week , a new fiber gummy wrecked my system, and I'm sure a lack of fiber or water for several days has caused a back up in my digestion.
Exercise: We have to have someone stay with our teenager at all times right now, so I've been dragging her to the gym with me when my husband isn't available to be home. I resumed WERQ classes because it's some of the best therapy out there. In Zumba, there's a lot of time to think about what you're doing. In WERQ, there is no time to think. You just do. It's 50 minutes of sweating out the stress. Anyway, for the here and now, I have my favorite Zumba class tonight.4 -
Goals:
>> Revised monthly weight loss: 10 pounds (progress: -3.6 lbs)
>> Daily calories: 1200-1600
>> Daily net carbs: <80
>> Daily water: 100+ oz
>> Weekly exercise: 3x dance, 2x weights, 5x walking 1+ miles
Oct. 1 - 239.2 | Weight training + walking | 1547 calories, 78 net carbs | 559 deficit + 531 burned
My daughter had a mental health crisis (suicidal thoughts), but she's safe now.
We have to have someone stay with our teenager at all times right now, so I've been dragging her to the gym with me when my husband isn't available to be home.
@FaZizzle My daughter is in her late 20's but also suffers from severe depression and has also had suicidal thoughts. It's so very scary. I will pray for your daughter and hope you will do the same for mine. My daughters name is Brittany and we are from Michigan. {{{hugs}}}3 -
100 Days of Weighing In #20 ^^^^^ July 19th through October 26th, 2024
“We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ~Maya Angelou
My Name is Donna, Age 64. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA
Starting Weight from End of Last Challenge: : 188.6
Goal This Round: 176.6
Challenge Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this challenge: xxxxx
Previous Round Tallys & Thoughts:
Round #1 --- 199,8
Round #2 --- 186.8
Round #3 --- 195.6
Round #4 --- 211.0
Round #5 --- 211.3
Round #6 --- 205.4
Round #7 --- 207.6
Round #8 --- 195.2
Round #9 --- 185.2
Round #10—195.2
Round #11---200.8
Round #12---200.4
Round #13---196.2
Round #14---191.2
Round #15---194.0
Round #16---188.0
Round #17---183.8
Round #18---182.2
Round #19---188.6
Round #20---
Thoughts at the beginning of this challenge:
Last round I had my normal goal of a 12 pound loss which is approximately 4 lbs per month. That comes to about 90 days leaving the other 10 open for special holidays and social occasions. In theory, it’s a good plan. In practice it is a Mountain to Crawl, uphill, both ways. However, each 100 day round I am extremely grateful for any progress I CAN make, no matter how big or small. Sadly, I gained a little over 6 pounds last round. I hope to turn all that back around this round. After all, here in Northern Michigan I wait a very long time each year to finally get to good weather and more outside activity. I really want to capitalize on the good weather in the summer months and increase activity and drop pounds. I’m failing miserably with this so far in 2024. Time to maximize the rest of summer and early fall with challenge #20 and make the magic happen! I am so very grateful for all the support from all of you that I get on a daily basis. Working on my health has become my #1 priority. My main goals are to maintain my remission by staying cancer free and to keep my diabetes in control. Losing weight is key to both goals.
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
PREVIOUS WEEKS THIS CHALLENGE:
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.
Day 01-07/19-188.0-(Trend weight 188.7)
Day 02-07/20-186.2-(Trend weight 188.4)
Day 03-07/21-188.0-(Trend weight 188.5)
Day 04-07/22-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 05-07/23-188.2-(Trend weight 188.8)
Day 06-07/24-188.6-(Trend weight 188.9)
Day 07-07/25-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 1 LOSS OR GAIN: ?????[ /b]
Week 1 Ending Weight: ?????
Accumulated Loss or Gain: ?????
Day 08-07/26-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 09-07/27-189.4-(Trend weight 189.2)
Day 10-07/28-189.2-(Trend weight 189.5)
Day 11-07/29-189.4-(Trend weight 189.7)
Day 12-07/30-189.8-(Trend weight 190.0)
Day 13-07/31-188.4-(Trend weight 190.3)
Day 14-08/01-188.6-(Trend weight 190.2)
WEEK 2 LOSS OR GAIN: Broke Even
Week 2 Ending Weight: 188.6
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0 Lost or Gained.
Day 15-08/02- DNW -(Trend weight DNW)
Day 16-08/03-188.4-(Trend weight 189.9)
Day 17-08/04-189.2-(Trend weight 189.8)
Day 18-08/05-188.2-(Trend weight 189.6)
Day 19-08/06-189.2-(Trend weight 189.6)
Day 20-08/07-188.2-(Trend weight 189.5)
Day 21-08/08-188.8-(Trend weight 189.4)
WEEK 3 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 Gain
Week 3 Ending Weight: 188.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 0.2 Gain
Day 22-08/09-190.2-(Trend weight 189.4)
Day 23-08/10-190.2-(Trend weight 189.4)
Day 24-08/11-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 25-08/12-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 26-08/13-190.6-(Trend weight 189.8)
Day 27-08/14-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 28-08/15-190.8-(Trend weight 190.3)
WEEK 4 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.0 Gained
Week 4 Ending Weight: 190.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 Gained
Day 29-08/16-191.4-(Trend weight 190.7)
Day 30-08/17- DNW -(Trend weight DNW )
Day 31-08/18- DNW -(Trend weight DNW
Day 32-08/19-192.2-(Trend weight 191.1)
Day 33-08/20- 189.4 -(Trend weight 190.9 )
Day 34-08/21-187.0-(Trend weight 190.5)
Day 35-08/22-189.8-(Trend weight 190.5)
WEEK 5 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.0 lb Lost
Week 5 Ending Weight: 189.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.2 lb Gained
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.
Day 36-08/23-190.0-(Trend weight 190.4)
Day 37-08/24-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 38-08/25-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 39-08/26-192.0-(Trend weight 190.8)
Day 40-08/27-191.0-(Trend weight 190.8)
Day 41-08/28-189.8-(Trend weight 190.7)
Day 42-08/29-190.2-(Trend weight 190.7)
WEEK 6 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.4 Gain
Week 6 Ending Weight: 190.2
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 1.6 Gained
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.
Day 43-08/30- DNW
Day 44-08/31-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 45- 09/01 DNW
Day 46-09/02-192.4-(Trend weight 191.5)
Day 47-09/03-192.0-(Trend weight 191.6)
Day 48-09/04-190.8-(Trend weight 191.5)
Day 49-09/05-190.8-(Trend weight 191.4)
WEEK 7 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.6 Gain
Week 7 Ending Weight: 190.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.2 Gained
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.
Day 50-09/06-189.4-(Trend weight 191.2)
Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 0.8 Gained
Day 51-09/07-189.0-(Trend weight 191.0)
Day 52-09/08-189.6-(Trend weight 190.9)
Day 53-09/09-191.0-(Trend weight 190.9)
Day 54-09/10-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 55-09/11-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 56-09/12-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 8 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.2 Gained
Week 8 Ending Weight: 191.0
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.4 Gained
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.
Day 57-09/13-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 58-09/14-192.8-(Trend weight 191.5)
Day 59-09/15-193.2-(Trend weight 191.6)
Day 60-09/16-193.6-(Trend weight 191.8)
Day 61-09/17-193.8-(Trend weight 192.2)
Day 62-09/18-192.4-(Trend weight 192.3)
Day 63-09/19-194.6-(Trend weight 192.6)
WEEK 9 LOSS OR GAIN: 3.6 Gained morning after a travel day
Week 9 Ending Weight: 194.6
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 6.0 lbs Gained
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.
Day 64-09/20-193.4-(Trend weight 193.4)
Day 65-09/21-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 66-09/22-193.8-(Trend weight 193.5)
Day 67-09/23-193.8-(Trend weight 193.6)
Day 68-09/24-193.4-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 69-09/25-192.6-(Trend weight 193.7)
Day 70-09/26-191.8-(Trend weight 193.5)
WEEK 10 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.8 Lost
Week 10 Ending Weight: 191.8
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.2 Gain
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.
Day 71-09/27-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 72-09/28-192.2-(Trend weight 193.4)
Day 73-09/29-193.6-(Trend weight 193.6)
Day 74-09/30-193.6-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 75-10/01-193.6-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 76-10/02-193.4-(Trend weight 193.7)
Day 77-10/03-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
WEEK 11 LOSS OR GAIN: 1.6 lb Gain
Week 11 Ending Weight: 193.4
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 4.8 lb Gain
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.
Day 78-10/04-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 79-10/05-193.6-(Trend weight 193.6)
Day 80-10/06-193.8-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 81-10/07-194.4-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 82-10/08-193.8-(Trend weight 194.0)
Day 83-10/09-192.6-(Trend weight 193.8)
Day 84-10/10-191.2-(Trend weight 193.6)
WEEK 12 LOSS OR GAIN: 2.2 lbs Lost
Week 12 Ending Weight: 191.2
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 2.6 lbs Gained
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.
Day 85-10/11-193.8-(Trend weight 193.6)
Day 86-10/12-191.4-(Trend weight 193.4)
Day 87-10/13-192.2-(Trend weight 193.2)
Day 88-10/14-194.6-(Trend weight 193.4)
Day 89-10/15-191.2-(Trend weight 193.2)
Day 90-10/16-193.0-(Trend weight 193.2)
Day 91-10/17-191.6-(Trend weight 193.0)
WEEK 13 LOSS OR GAIN: 0.4 Gained
Week 13 Ending Weight: 191.6
Accumulated Loss or Gain: 3.0 Gained
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.
Day 92-10/18-DNW-(Trend weight DNW)
Day 93-10/19-192.4-(Trend weight 192.8)
Day 94-10/20-191.0-(Trend weight 192.6) A nice drop back down into the 191 world but I am pretty ashamed of how I got it back there. Yesterday evening I drove to the new little local ice cream place and ordered something that is like an M & M Blizzard. I ordered size large with chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla. Custard, no less. I did this after scouring the menu to try to figure out what the BIGGEST item was that they had on the menu besides Banana Splits since I don’t eat bananas. I was not going for quality, it was pure quantity, pure gluttony really. I know from past mistakes that a medium turtle blizzard made with chocolate ice cream is about 985 calories so there is no doubt that this came in well over 1000. As I sat in my car eating it alone like a bandit hiding their loot, I looked around at all the filled picnic tables and saw EVERYONE else eating little dishes of ice cream, or small simple cones. They were enjoying theirs much more than I was mine because it was what they REALLY WANTED, not just the biggest amount or the biggest value for the $. I felt pretty disgusted, especially when I finished it anyway. Later I ended up skipping my dinner to offset the calories. No amount of starving was going to fix the carbs. I went to bed at 2:00 am very hungry. So yes, I had a drop today due to no dinner. But it’s not the right way to get where I need to go. I’m sure my diabetes didn’t thank me as my glucose was still up by over 40 points this morning from 5:00 pm ice cream yesterday. Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps someone when I say it’s just not worth it. Healthy consistent clean meals are the answer. SMALL, OCCASIONAL treats are okay. Treats are not meal replacements! Today I will put all my knowledge and tools to work and have a good day which should always be the normal and not the exception.
Day 95-10/21-191.4-(Trend weight 192.5) Up a little for no known reason. 1150 calories yesterday and carbs within limits. TMI was okay and I was up & down all night shedding water so other than no sleep, it had all the makings of a loss, not a gain. Go Figure! So today I am posting late as my son & I decided to head out-of-town about 60 miles to do a little grocery shopping for his “special foods” that he eats due to his Autism. Lunch was out so I’m sure that will show up on the scale tomorrow. NSV – Dinner was also out but I didn’t have anything but water since I was still full from my lunch about 6 hours earlier. Another plus: this is the city that has a walking park that I’m familiar with. After lunch my son & I went over and walked for about 30 minutes to offset the lunch. Even with eating off-plan, there are still good habits I can practice and today I got an A instead of an E for that. Much better than day before yesterday at the ice cream place! Final NSV- I am still down 3.2 lbs from one week ago today and my trend weight is down 0.9. Sleep well my friends!
Day 96-10/22-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 97-10/23-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 98-10/24-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 99-10/25-xxxxx-(Trend weight xxxxx)
Day 100-10/26…..(Final Weigh- In)-xxxxx-(trend weight xxxxx)
WEEK 14 LOSS OR GAIN: xxxxx (9 days)
Week 14 Ending Weight: xxxxx
Accumulated Loss or Gain: xxxxx
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Hi all! Well done collectively!
Having a bit of trouble today - accidentally ripped out my catheter. Major ouch 😩
My blood test showed my kidney function returned to normal almost only creatinine out by 5mmol .
Probably be spending all day in hospital now waiting to see a doctor. Darn it.
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg
1. No weigh in - hospital 🍴1872🔥2084👣1734
2. 105.8 ⬇️ 3.3kg 🍴1526🔥2047 👣1460
3. 107.7kg⬆️ 1.9kg 🍴1722🔥2019👣1562
4. 107.2kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1535🔥2052👣1982
5. 107kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2358🔥1988 👣1453
6. 107kg ↔️ 🍴1647. 🔥1824👣1003
7. 107.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg 🍴3108 ate box of chocolates depressed 😔 🔥1844 👣858
8. 107.6 🍴1499🔥2013. 👣1200
9. 107.6kg ↔️ 🍴1962🔥1931 👣1224
10. 107.3kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1817🔥2313 👣 4700💪26 minutes walking
11. 107kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴2199🔥1750 👣1804
12. 106.8kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2136🔥2077 👣2290
13. 106.8kg ↔️ 🍴1816 🔥2199👣2192
14. 106.3kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1624🔥2091 👣2094
15. 105.9kg ⬇️ 0.4kg 🍴3438🔥2184 👣2637
16. 106kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1434🔥1970👣1295
17. 106.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg *started Ozempic. 🍴1522🔥2104 👣2374
18. 105.5kg ⬇️ 0.9kg 🥳 🍴1579 🔥2116 👣3048💪15 minute walk
19. 106.1kg ⬆️ 0.6kg 🍴1559🔥2196 👣2277
20. 106.1kg ↔️ 🍴1325. 🔥2215 👣 2261
21. 106.2kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1432🔥2093 👣2222
22. 105.9kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴🔥👣
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I'm back for the October challenge.
My starting weight in April: 94.2kg
My current weight: 77.2kg
My goal weight for October: 75kg
October 1 - 77.2kg
October 2 - 76.8kg
October 3 - 77.4kg
October 4 - 77.5kg
October 5 - 77.0kg
October 6 - 77.6kg
October 7 - 77.4kg
October 8 - 77.5kg
October 9 - 77.2kg
October 10 - 77.2kg
October 11 - 76.6kg
October 12 - 76.0kg
October 13 - 76.2kg
October 14 - 76.2kg
October 15 - 76.4kg
October 16 - DNW
October 17 - 76.6kg
October 18 - 76.4kg
October 19 - 75.7kg
October 20 - 75.7kg
October 21 - 75.7kg
October 22 - 75.4kg3 -
Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.
🎃👻Hello October👻🎃
Starting Weight - Dec 2022 - 228
Starting Weight - Oct 2024 - 140.7
SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.8 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 145 | Jul 143.5 | Aug 142.4 | Sep 140.7
My October Goals
👣 Average 14k Steps per day - reach my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal
🚶♀️➡️ Walk every day
📝 Log Daily
⚖️ Weigh in twice weekly - Wednesday and Sunday - changed back to daily
🥗 Stay under my weekly calorie range
💪 Strength Train Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
🫀 Cardio Monday, Thursday, Saturday
🧘♀️ Rest day - stretch routine - Wednesday
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂Stay under sodium goal
🥅 Get to the ideal bmi range - maybe lose a few more after that if my body says yes - otherwise stay 140 pounds or under for the rest of my life!
Weigh-in current day - goals prior day
Prior Weeksb]Oct 1[/b] 👣📝🥗🫀💦🧂- 18.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 40 🫀Min HIIT workout, 🥗 579 Calorie Deficit
I love the start of a new month, the optimism that it brings, leaving those negative thoughts behind, reflecting on my prior months accomplishments, a fresh start, a clean slate. And fall is my favorite time of year - a slight chill in the air - the beautiful fall colors on the trees in Connecticut, no bugs. Happy Otober - a special welcome to all our new people - I hope you love this group as much as I do, and for all the returning members - so glad to see you back for another month.
Oct 2 139.9 😁👣📝🥗💪💦🧂21.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 3.3 mile treadmill, 30 💪 Full Body Strength, 🥗 182 Calorie Deficit
I did it - made it to the normal BMI range! Six hundred and thirty-three days since I started my journey - averaging just shy of a pound a week. I am over the moon with happiness. Now to keep it this way for the rest of my life.
Oct 3 👣📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂14.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 🥗 81 Calorie Deficit
Oct 4 👣📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦20K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 3 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀Cardio, 🥗 135 Calorie Deficit, Over my sodium limit - hoping it doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow.
Oct 5 - 140.3 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 20.4K 👣 Steps🚶♀️3.0 mile outside walk, 2.8 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 96 Calorie Deficit
We have had company all week. Our best friends moved to Florida a few years back, but their family lives in Connecticut. When they visit, they use our house as their lodging. The husband of the couple came up to visit family and friends this week. It has basically been a "boys" week; but the influences I have been at the upper limit of my calorie and sodium levels (going over on the sodium one day) which affects everything. He leaves tomorrow and things will get back to normal - hoping I'll get back down under that 140 mark by my next weigh in (Wednesday).
Oct 6 👣 📝🫀💦🧂17.5K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 28 Calories over my limit
Oct 7 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪💦🧂 15K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 194 Calories over my limit
Week Two
Oct 8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17.8K 👣 Steps 2.5 🚶♀️➡️ mile outside walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 48 calorie deficit
Oct 9 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 16.3K 👣 Steps 3.2 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 70 Min 🫀 🚣 Kayaking, 20 min 💪, 118 calories over my limit
I have been experimenting this week - first true week of only weighing bi-weekly and with company here - and wanting to see what it did to my weight I ate back all my exercise (ok a little more some days, a little less others) to see what would happen. I am up a pound this week. So here is what I'm going to do this week. Still bi-weekly weigh-in, but get back to the losing mentality for a couple weeks. Hoping to get back to my goal weight, and then try maybe 75%.
Oct 10 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.2K 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.3 mile treadmill, 20 Min 🫀, 15 min🧘♀️ Stretch, 435 Calorie Deficit
Oct 11 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.6 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.6 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀, 45 Min 👩🌾 Heavy Yardwork 407 Calorie Deficit
Met my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal yesterday! Three and a half weeks quicker than last year's pace, even with the meniscus tear at the beginning of summer (counting all steps); now to work on the intentional fitness miles goal - I'll need to average a little over 100 minutes of intentional exercise daily to make it - might be a stretch - but doable!
Oct 12 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂 17.4 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1.7 mile treadmill, 15 min 💪Strength - Over my calorie limit 102 Calories!
Didn't really want to look at the weight today - switching my weigh in day until tomorrow. Took the boat out for probably the last spin. Beautiful day, but not as colorful as I would have expected. Picnic on the water and a heavier dinner put me over the top.
Oct 13 141.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 281 Calorie deficit.
Oct 14 141 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 13.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 💪 strength, 50 Min 🫀(boxing), 240 Calorie deficit
Funny thing - worked out a lot yesterday (it was a workout relay race weekend for the Hogwarts Challenge) and for the first time in a LONG time - didn't meet my step goal. A lot of strength workouts, and boxing where I didn't move my feet. LOL! Today is going to be a rest day to recouperate - but I will get in my walks! Then Bingo night with mom - celebrating my sister's 66 birthday tonight.
Week Three:
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
Oct 15 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 20.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀cardio Tabata, 286 Calorie deficit
Nice night at Bingo for Mom - she won twice. Always puts her in a good mood. I saved room in my food intake for dessert last night and had a piece of cake. Don't know if it is because I haven't had it in a long time, or it was just great - one of the best pieces of cake I have had in a long time - just a vanilla cake - but the raspberry mousse filling was to die for.
Oct 16 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️19.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 20 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 40 Min 💪 Strength, 643 Calorie Deficit
Made a beautiful chicken and delicata squash soup for dinner last night, and Greg made homemade bread to go with it. Delicious, but on the upper range of my sodium limit.
Oct 17 140.6 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 21.2K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.8 Mile outside walk, 75 Min 4.2 Mile Treadmill, 45 Min 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 303 Calorie Deficit
Oct 18 142👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀⚖️21.6K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 30 Min 1.4 Mile Treadmill, 60 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 373 Calorie Deficit
Although I was in a calorie deficit, I had an off day - didn't reach my 8 glasses of water goal and ate a whole bag of popcorn putting me over my sodium limit. Just goes to show you that exercise cannot make up for a bad diet. Will be extra careful today - hoping to reverse the situation tomorrow.
Oct 19 141 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️18.9K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 45 Min💪 Strength, 456 Calorie Deficit
Washed the salt away, had to add another cardio workout at the end of the day to make up for calories - so still ended in deficit. Today we are going for our monthly visit to check on Greg's cousin - so away from the house for 10 hours, will get in a workout when we get home - but no outside walk today.
Oct 20 140.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️15.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️35 Min 1.7 Mile Treadmill, 65 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 126 Calorie Deficit
Nice day yesterday visiting Greg's cousin. She is doing well, made her Citron Fromage (a danish lemon mousse dessert) for dessert - gobbled up two huge servings. Listened to her stories from the old days (heard them 1000's of times - but that's ok). Talked about getting someone in a couple days a week just while she is showering - but she's not ready. She is actually getting out twice a week now. So happy that she is getting out - her husband died during the pandemic and she has been reluctant to go out except for doctor's appointments ever since. The elderly man who lives next door (he is also 90+) goes to Stew Leonards once a week - he has been getting a few things for her while he is there - but always asks if she would like to join him -she finally said yes - and she was glad to get out and get her own stuff (quote "he doesn't know how to pick out bananas"). We convinced her she should go every week. The young man who cuts her grass (he is the nephew of one of her close friends), keeps his sports car in her garage. He brings her for a ride once a week, she sees the "old" sites and then during they go for a an ice cream cone. Hoping it continues through the winter - maybe get a hot chocolate or coffee from dunkin.
I was careful what I ate - brought my own breakfast, portion controlled lunch, and then light dinner. Got in a cardio workout and a treadmill walk when I got home - happy to see the decrease today!
Oct 21 140.1 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 17.0K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 1.6 Mile Outside Walk, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio Tabata, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 571 Calorie Deficit
Busy day yesterday - our usual morning walk. Then went grocery shopping. It was a beautiful day, so we worked in the yard - still cleaning up the trees we dropped in the spring. Now that the leaves are falling off the trees, I can see them so I want them gone. Greg finished cutting one of them up into logs, and I cleaned up all the branches, and stacked the logs from the last one he cut up. There is one more that needs to be cut up, and two that need stacking. He's talking about getting rid of couple more - it never ends! Then got in my workouts, and it was time for dinner and the TV!
Oct 22 139.7 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅14.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1.3 Mile Treadmill, 96 Min 🫀 Cardio Kayaking, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 232 Calorie Deficit
Crazy day yesterday, went for our usual morning walk - 39 degrees, coat and mittens. Then, bright sunshine so we took the kayaks out for a ride on the river. Wore my wet suit, but was so hot had to unzip and take the top down. Got in the car for the ride home and it was 80 degrees! Voted (the first day of early voting in CT), and then bingo with Mom last night. Mom and I were losers, but both my sisters won so a good night.
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@iLive2Walk We hit over 80 degrees here in Northern Michigan too even though its been cold at night. Crazy Weather!!! Love the pics. Thanks for sharing them!1
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My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 64 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 Sept 30th): 193.6
Goal: 189.6 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx**********************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME********************
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH:
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.
10/01-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/02-193.4-(Trend Weight 193.7)-
10/03-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/04-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/05-193.6-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/06-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/07-194.4-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/08-193.8-(Trend Weight 194.0)-
10/09-192.6-(Trend Weight 193.8)-
10/10-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/11-193.8-(Trend Weight 193.6)-
10/12-191.4-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/14-194.6-(Trend Weight 193.4)-
10/15-191.2-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH:
10/16-193.0-(Trend Weight 193.2)-
10/17-191.6-(Trend Weight 193.0)-
10/18-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/19-192.4-(Trend Weight 192.8)-
10/20-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.6)-
10/21-191.4-(Trend Weight 192.5)- Up a little for no known reason. 1150 calories yesterday and carbs within limits. TMI was okay and I was up & down all night shedding water so other than no sleep, it had all the makings of a loss, not a gain. Go Figure! So today I am posting late as my son & I decided to head out-of-town about 60 miles to do a little grocery shopping for his “special foods” that he eats due to his Autism. Lunch was out so I’m sure that will show up on the scale tomorrow. NSV – Dinner was also out but I didn’t have anything but water since I was still full from my lunch about 6 hours earlier. Another plus: this is the city that has a walking park that I’m familiar with. After lunch my son & I went over and walked for about 30 minutes to offset the lunch. Even with eating off-plan, there are still good habits I can practice and today I got an A instead of an E for that. Much better than day before yesterday at the ice cream place! Final NSV- I am still down 3.2 lbs from one week ago today and my trend weight is down 0.9. Sleep well my friends!
10/22-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)- An expected jump on the scale after travel but much better than I had expected at less than a pound up. Perhaps that walk at the out-of-town park yesterday helped mitigate the extra calories from the restaurant. I’m still down from a week ago so I’m pleased overall. However, I’ll be much happier if I get off my bum and fit in a little exercise at home today too. I did call my lady friend and ask if she’d like to walk at the school today but she is unavailable. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t do some form of exercise myself, right? No excuses!
10/23-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/24-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/25-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/27-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/28-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/30-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
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THIS CHALLENGE:142
MY CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:135
October 1st- 142 🎃🍂
2nd-142
3rd-141
4th-142
5th-143
6th-142 walked about 3 hours at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park yesterday.
7th-142
8th-141
9th-141
10th-142
11th-140
12th-140
13th-141walked over an hour at botanical gardens, but had an enormous slice of pizza for lunch..
14th-140
15th-141
16th-141
17th- still 141
18th-143
19th-143
20th-143
21st-142
22nd-back to 141!
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻2 -
@iLive2Walk great photos - looks beautiful. Rowing sounds fun. My son and I enjoyed kayaking last year which is similar.
Update : got new catheter and all is well. No more leg bags I now have a valve which is much better and less likely to accidentally be ripped out.
I’m finally losing weight again! Lowest I’ve been since I started in October last year.
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg
1. No weigh in - hospital 🍴1872🔥2084👣1734
2. 105.8 ⬇️ 3.3kg 🍴1526🔥2047 👣1460
3. 107.7kg⬆️ 1.9kg 🍴1722🔥2019👣1562
4. 107.2kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1535🔥2052👣1982
5. 107kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2358🔥1988 👣1453
6. 107kg ↔️ 🍴1647. 🔥1824👣1003
7. 107.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg 🍴3108 ate box of chocolates depressed 😔 🔥1844 👣858
8. 107.6 🍴1499🔥2013. 👣1200
9. 107.6kg ↔️ 🍴1962🔥1931 👣1224
10. 107.3kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1817🔥2313 👣 4700💪26 minutes walking
11. 107kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴2199🔥1750 👣1804
12. 106.8kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴2136🔥2077 👣2290
13. 106.8kg ↔️ 🍴1816 🔥2199👣2192
14. 106.3kg ⬇️ 0.5 🍴1624🔥2091 👣2094
15. 105.9kg ⬇️ 0.4kg 🍴3438🔥2184 👣2637
16. 106kg ⬆️ 0.1kg🍴1434🔥1970👣1295
17. 106.4kg ⬆️ 0.4kg *started Ozempic. 🍴1522🔥2104 👣2374
18. 105.5kg ⬇️ 0.9kg 🥳 🍴1579 🔥2116 👣3048💪15 minute walk
19. 106.1kg ⬆️ 0.6kg 🍴1559🔥2196 👣2277
20. 106.1kg ↔️ 🍴1325. 🔥2215 👣 2
21. 106.2kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1432🔥2093 👣2222
22. 105.9kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1536🔥2145 👣3140
23. 105.6kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴🔥👣
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Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.
🎃👻Hello October👻🎃
Starting Weight - Dec 2022 - 228
Starting Weight - Oct 2024 - 140.7
SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.8 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 145 | Jul 143.5 | Aug 142.4 | Sep 140.7
My October Goals
👣 Average 14k Steps per day - reach my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal
🚶♀️➡️ Walk every day
📝 Log Daily
⚖️ Weigh in twice weekly - Wednesday and Sunday - changed back to daily
🥗 Stay under my weekly calorie range
💪 Strength Train Tuesday, Friday, Sunday
🫀 Cardio Monday, Thursday, Saturday
🧘♀️ Rest day - stretch routine - Wednesday
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂Stay under sodium goal
🥅 Get to the ideal bmi range - maybe lose a few more after that if my body says yes - otherwise stay 140 pounds or under for the rest of my life!
Weigh-in current day - goals prior day
Prior Weeksb]Oct 1[/b] 👣📝🥗🫀💦🧂- 18.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 40 🫀Min HIIT workout, 🥗 579 Calorie Deficit
I love the start of a new month, the optimism that it brings, leaving those negative thoughts behind, reflecting on my prior months accomplishments, a fresh start, a clean slate. And fall is my favorite time of year - a slight chill in the air - the beautiful fall colors on the trees in Connecticut, no bugs. Happy Otober - a special welcome to all our new people - I hope you love this group as much as I do, and for all the returning members - so glad to see you back for another month.
Oct 2 139.9 😁👣📝🥗💪💦🧂21.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 3.3 mile treadmill, 30 💪 Full Body Strength, 🥗 182 Calorie Deficit
I did it - made it to the normal BMI range! Six hundred and thirty-three days since I started my journey - averaging just shy of a pound a week. I am over the moon with happiness. Now to keep it this way for the rest of my life.
Oct 3 👣📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂14.4k 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️3 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 🥗 81 Calorie Deficit
Oct 4 👣📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦20K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 3 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀Cardio, 🥗 135 Calorie Deficit, Over my sodium limit - hoping it doesn't affect my weigh in tomorrow.
Oct 5 - 140.3 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 20.4K 👣 Steps🚶♀️3.0 mile outside walk, 2.8 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 96 Calorie Deficit
We have had company all week. Our best friends moved to Florida a few years back, but their family lives in Connecticut. When they visit, they use our house as their lodging. The husband of the couple came up to visit family and friends this week. It has basically been a "boys" week; but the influences I have been at the upper limit of my calorie and sodium levels (going over on the sodium one day) which affects everything. He leaves tomorrow and things will get back to normal - hoping I'll get back down under that 140 mark by my next weigh in (Wednesday).
Oct 6 👣 📝🫀💦🧂17.5K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 28 Calories over my limit
Oct 7 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪💦🧂 15K 👣 Steps🚶♀️2.5 mile outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 🥗 194 Calories over my limit
Week Two
Oct 8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17.8K 👣 Steps 2.5 🚶♀️➡️ mile outside walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 🥗 48 calorie deficit
Oct 9 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 16.3K 👣 Steps 3.2 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1 mile treadmill, 70 Min 🫀 🚣 Kayaking, 20 min 💪, 118 calories over my limit
I have been experimenting this week - first true week of only weighing bi-weekly and with company here - and wanting to see what it did to my weight I ate back all my exercise (ok a little more some days, a little less others) to see what would happen. I am up a pound this week. So here is what I'm going to do this week. Still bi-weekly weigh-in, but get back to the losing mentality for a couple weeks. Hoping to get back to my goal weight, and then try maybe 75%.
Oct 10 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.2K 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.3 mile treadmill, 20 Min 🫀, 15 min🧘♀️ Stretch, 435 Calorie Deficit
Oct 11 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂21.6 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 2.6 mile treadmill, 30 Min 🫀, 45 Min 👩🌾 Heavy Yardwork 407 Calorie Deficit
Met my 2,024 miles in 2024 goal yesterday! Three and a half weeks quicker than last year's pace, even with the meniscus tear at the beginning of summer (counting all steps); now to work on the intentional fitness miles goal - I'll need to average a little over 100 minutes of intentional exercise daily to make it - might be a stretch - but doable!
Oct 12 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂 17.4 👣 Steps 2.5 mile 🚶♀️➡️outside walk, 1.7 mile treadmill, 15 min 💪Strength - Over my calorie limit 102 Calories!
Didn't really want to look at the weight today - switching my weigh in day until tomorrow. Took the boat out for probably the last spin. Beautiful day, but not as colorful as I would have expected. Picnic on the water and a heavier dinner put me over the top.
Oct 13 141.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂17K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 281 Calorie deficit.
Oct 14 141 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 13.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 💪 strength, 50 Min 🫀(boxing), 240 Calorie deficit
Funny thing - worked out a lot yesterday (it was a workout relay race weekend for the Hogwarts Challenge) and for the first time in a LONG time - didn't meet my step goal. A lot of strength workouts, and boxing where I didn't move my feet. LOL! Today is going to be a rest day to recouperate - but I will get in my walks! Then Bingo night with mom - celebrating my sister's 66 birthday tonight.
Week Three:
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Oct 15 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 20.5K Steps 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 40 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀cardio Tabata, 286 Calorie deficit
Nice night at Bingo for Mom - she won twice. Always puts her in a good mood. I saved room in my food intake for dessert last night and had a piece of cake. Don't know if it is because I haven't had it in a long time, or it was just great - one of the best pieces of cake I have had in a long time - just a vanilla cake - but the raspberry mousse filling was to die for.
Oct 16 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️19.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile outside walk, 20 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 40 Min 💪 Strength, 643 Calorie Deficit
Made a beautiful chicken and delicata squash soup for dinner last night, and Greg made homemade bread to go with it. Delicious, but on the upper range of my sodium limit.
Oct 17 140.6 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 21.2K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.8 Mile outside walk, 75 Min 4.2 Mile Treadmill, 45 Min 🧘♀️Full Body Stretch, 303 Calorie Deficit
Oct 18 142👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀⚖️21.6K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 30 Min 1.4 Mile Treadmill, 60 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 373 Calorie Deficit
Although I was in a calorie deficit, I had an off day - didn't reach my 8 glasses of water goal and ate a whole bag of popcorn putting me over my sodium limit. Just goes to show you that exercise cannot make up for a bad diet. Will be extra careful today - hoping to reverse the situation tomorrow.
Oct 19 141 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️18.9K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile outside walk, 25 Min 1.2Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 45 Min💪 Strength, 456 Calorie Deficit
Washed the salt away, had to add another cardio workout at the end of the day to make up for calories - so still ended in deficit. Today we are going for our monthly visit to check on Greg's cousin - so away from the house for 10 hours, will get in a workout when we get home - but no outside walk today.
Oct 20 140.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️15.8K Steps, 🚶♀️➡️35 Min 1.7 Mile Treadmill, 65 Min 🫀 Cardio HIIT, 126 Calorie Deficit
Nice day yesterday visiting Greg's cousin. She is doing well, made her Citron Fromage (a danish lemon mousse dessert) for dessert - gobbled up two huge servings. Listened to her stories from the old days (heard them 1000's of times - but that's ok). Talked about getting someone in a couple days a week just while she is showering - but she's not ready. She is actually getting out twice a week now. So happy that she is getting out - her husband died during the pandemic and she has been reluctant to go out except for doctor's appointments ever since. The elderly man who lives next door (he is also 90+) goes to Stew Leonards once a week - he has been getting a few things for her while he is there - but always asks if she would like to join him -she finally said yes - and she was glad to get out and get her own stuff (quote "he doesn't know how to pick out bananas"). We convinced her she should go every week. The young man who cuts her grass (he is the nephew of one of her close friends), keeps his sports car in her garage. He brings her for a ride once a week, she sees the "old" sites and then during they go for a an ice cream cone. Hoping it continues through the winter - maybe get a hot chocolate or coffee from dunkin.
I was careful what I ate - brought my own breakfast, portion controlled lunch, and then light dinner. Got in a cardio workout and a treadmill walk when I got home - happy to see the decrease today!
Oct 21 140.1 👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 17.0K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 1.6 Mile Outside Walk, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio Tabata, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 571 Calorie Deficit
Busy day yesterday - our usual morning walk. Then went grocery shopping. It was a beautiful day, so we worked in the yard - still cleaning up the trees we dropped in the spring. Now that the leaves are falling off the trees, I can see them so I want them gone. Greg finished cutting one of them up into logs, and I cleaned up all the branches, and stacked the logs from the last one he cut up. There is one more that needs to be cut up, and two that need stacking. He's talking about getting rid of couple more - it never ends! Then got in my workouts, and it was time for dinner and the TV!
Oct 22 139.7 👣 📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅14.5K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1.3 Mile Treadmill, 96 Min 🫀 Cardio Kayaking, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 232 Calorie Deficit
Crazy day yesterday, went for our usual morning walk - 39 degrees, coat and mittens. Then, bright sunshine so we took the kayaks out for a ride on the river. Wore my wet suit, but was so hot had to unzip and take the top down. Got in the car for the ride home and it was 80 degrees! Voted (the first day of early voting in CT), and then bingo with Mom last night. Mom and I were losers, but both my sisters won so a good night.
Oct 23 140 👣 📝🥗🫀💪💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 18K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.0 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1.1 Mile Treadmill, 25 Min 🫀 Cardio, 25 Min 💪 Strength, 508 Carloie Deficit2 -
@ozdeelite So glad you are feeling a little better and the new catheter is more comfortable.2
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THIS CHALLENGE:142
MY CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:135
October 1st- 142 🎃🍂
2nd-142
3rd-141
4th-142
5th-143
6th-142 walked about 3 hours at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park yesterday.
7th-142
8th-141
9th-141
10th-142
11th-140
12th-140
13th-141walked over an hour at botanical gardens, but had an enormous slice of pizza for lunch..
14th-140
15th-141
16th-141
17th- still 141
18th-143
19th-143
20th-143
21st-142
22nd-back to 141!
23rd-141
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻1 -
Hi! I’m Jill and I absolutely ❤️ this group of like-minded friends. If you’re here, then you’re our friend!
Welcome to October!
Fall is my favorite season. I live in Michigan, and I love the chilly mornings and evenings.☕️ I love the sunny days and love watching the trees change colors 🌳 🍃🍂🍁… and the smell of fall. I don’t even mind the rainy days.
My goals this October are to:
🍃Log daily- consistently and happily. This is the key to success.
🍃Get outside and 🚶♀️or 💃🏻 inside
🍃Enjoy the season
🍃15 minutes of intentional exercise each day
It's time to get everything in sync this month. I'm no longer going through the motions. When I log...I lose weight. It takes time to build up consistency and momentum, but when it works, it's beautiful! Let’s go!
October 1: 215.4
October 2: 212.5
October 3: 213.6
October 4: 214
October 5: 214
October 6: 213.3
October 7: 213.4
October 8: 214
October 9: 214.6
October 10: 215.6
October 11: 215.4–Wellness Day 1:
✍️ pre-logged meals for today
💃🏻 10 minutes of dancing.
🚶♀️20 minutes of walking
💊Took vitamins.
Now off to work! Have a fun Friday🥰
October 12: 214.6–Wellness Day 2:
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊
October 13: 214.3–Wellness Day 3:
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊…I just squeaked in my exercise by walking and dancing around the house. I feel better when I can get exercise in before going to work.
October 14: 214.8– Wellness day 4: ate too much watching football, but I logged all of it, and that is a win!
✍️💃🏻🚶♀️💊… Happy Monday, friends! We can do this!!
October 15: 214– Wellness day 5:
✍️🚶♀️💃🏻💊 Time for a walk and talk with my mom-in-law then off to run errands on my day off. It’s currently 42 degrees Fahrenheit/5.56 degrees Celsius. Brisk and refreshing kind of morning.
October 16: 214.4–Wellness day 6:
✍️💃🏻💊 Hoping to get the grass cut today and finish edging in prep for winter and finish organizing the garage so we can squeeze in 2 cars. Time to Tetris the garage! Happy Wednesday!
October 17: 214.3– Wellness day 7:
✍️💊 Didn’t get in my intentional walking or dancing today, and I’ve felt off all day. I did make turkey chili this morning though. All good.
October 18: 214.2–Wellness day 8:
✍️🚶♀️💃🏻💊 Feeling more like myself after a chilly walk today. Feeling very refreshed and energized. Happy Friday friends!
October 19: 214.2–Wellness day 9:
✍️🚶♀️💊 Busy day today going up and down the stairs at work carrying paperwork.
October 20: 215.2 Wellness day 10:
🚶♀️Crazy day at work today. My sales partner and I are now working together in our new “collaborative” work space in the den of our model home. Demolition of The sales office and converting it back into a garage starts on Monday. Lots to do!
Monday, October 21: 215.2 Wellness Day 11:
Demo is in full swing at work and I managed to drive by my new community this morning. It was farmland, so the excavators are out working on installing the underground utilities. It’s so fun to watch! Spring 2025 is our estimated start date for sales.
Tuesday, October 22: 214.7 Wellness day 12: my day off.
Laying low today. Got my flu shot and Covid booster after work yesterday. Feeling achy and chilly.
Wednesday, October 23: 217.3 ✍️💊Wellness day 13. My day off. Feeling better today. Hoping today’s weigh in is a glitch from drinking so much water. Today is my daughter’s 20th birthday!🥳 she’ll be home from college this weekend and I can’t wait to just hang out with her. 🥰 Tomorrow morning I’ll get back to walking.
Jill 👻0 -
Oct 9: 142
Oct 16: 140
Oct 23: 1400
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