🌻 🎃 October Daily Weigh-in and Logging Challenge🌻🎃🍂
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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)-
10/22-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
10/23-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
10/24-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.3)-
10/25-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/26-191.6-(Trend Weight 192.1)- I just realized (it just dawned on me) that I usually do well at home because I don’t usually keep anything tempting or off-plan in the house. Not because I choose to make good choices or I practice good portion control when I have treats. This is very likely why I always gain when I am out of my “safe zone” and in restaurants or other social situations. I can already see that maintenance would be a disaster, if I ever even get there. I’m not trying to be gloomy or pitiful. Just honest. It’s always a challenge on weekends when my daughter is here but this weekend was a little worse with Real Junk such as Halloween (orange centered) Oreos and such. Honestly, I can’t expect that others around me like my DS or DGS or DD never get treats or holiday festive foods just because I’m on a diet, or even because I am a diabetic. I’ve truly got to learn self-control and how to make good choices for Me, no matter what everyone else is having. I haven’t even COME CLOSE to learning any of that yet. I really had a moment of clarity this morning on this. It doesn’t make things easier in knowing this, in fact, it may even make things worse as it is not up to me to deny anyone around me anything. That includes my 100 lb soaking wet daughter who knows how to take one mini Reeces and then stop. It’s not anyone else’s fault I eat them by the handfuls if I’m going to eat them at all. Not their fault I haven’t learned self-control even at the age of 64! I’ve got such a long long road ahead but I hope to approach it with a different attitude going forward. I am going to start researching on how to look at food differently etc. It really does all start and end with me and should have nothing to do with what is going on around me! ANYONE can eat less if they are in a room with no food! I can do better!
10/27-191.6-(Trend Weight 191.1)- Yesterday was a lazy day of rest. No progress on the scale since yesterday likely due to the extra meal I threw in last night at about 10:30 pm. A turkey and avocado sandwich on low carb / low calorie bread. It was “approved” food but put me over my calorie and carb limit so I’m grateful for no big jump on the scale. Today my son & I will go out-of-town to pick up things for the grandchildren’s “special” Halloween goodie bags. There is a new restaurant that folks are raving about that we will try later for dinner that is just a little further Southeast of that town. I will try to order responsibly and Certainly No Dessert! However, I will still expect a bump up tomorrow due to fluid retention. Not just from the restaurant meal but from all the sitting too. I have circulation problems which causes the fluids to pool around my ankles and not get pushed out easily. I’ll work on that issue tomorrow when I’m home. Have a great Sunday everyone!
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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@Ozdeelite Thanks for the recipe link! I will be trying it soon, yours looked so delicious! I used to make a mean breakfast quiche years ago when my kids were growing up. It's been years since I made anything even remotely similar. This is going to be yummy!2
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I got off the wagon for a bit this week, but I'm back.
@ilive2walk you have such pretty hair. Lovely pics from your kayak ride. And happy belated birthday for your sister.
@ozdeelite great news on the weight loss and valve. Satay cauliflower, interesting.
@jm216 happy belated 20th birthday for your daughter.
@deepwoodslady glad to see that trend weight working it's way down a little bit.
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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.
Thursday, October 24: 216.3✍️🚶♀️Wellness day 14: Feeling better overall. Ready to get back to a healthy routine. Have pre-logged, taken vitamins and will get my 25 minutes of walking in before work. Happy Thursday!
Friday, October 25: 215.6✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness day 15: So happy to see my daughter this weekend.🥰 Happy Friday!!
Saturday, October 26: 215.3✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness Day 16: Had a nice evening with my daughter, her boyfriend, and family celebrating her birthday. Have a great weekend!
Sunday, October 27: 215.3 ✍️💊 Wellness day 17: Driving home with my hubby… just dropped our daughter off at college. It’s always hard to say goodbye.
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Hi Everyone. Kidney function is back to normal and next week I’m seeing a specialist so hopefully this will all be sorted.
Made a lovely butter chickpea curry last night.
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg - ACHIEVED 🙌🏼 ✅
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 🍴1536🔥2145 👣3140
23. 105.6kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1502🔥2153👣3514
24. 105.6kg ↔️ 🍴1846 🔥2127👣2836
25. 104.6kg ⬇️ 1kg 🍴1471🔥2105 👣2682
26. 103.9kg ⬇️ 0.7 🍴2486🔥1864. 👣1249
27. 104.9kg ⬆️ 1kg 🍴1442🔥1981 👣1906
28. 104.2kg ⬇️ 0.7kg 🍴🔥👣
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I’ve got roses 🌹 in my garden.
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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 - 75.4kg
October 23 - 75.3kg
October 24 - 75.2kg
October 25 - 75.3kg
October 26 - 75.2kg
October 27 - 75.3kg
October 28 - 75.2kg3 -
@cattherien Welcome back, we've missed you.
@ozdeelite Great news - and beautiful pictures of your garden.
@jm216 Oh, how I hated the end of the weekend when Allyson was going back to school. I would love to say it gets easier - but I'd be lying - still hard when she comes to visit and it's time for her to go home (and she's 30!). Glad you had a wonderful time.
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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.
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!
Week Four
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
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 Deficit
Oct 24 139.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 20.5 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.6 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 🧘♀️Min Stretch, 353 Calorie Deficit
Oct 25 140.2👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 24.3 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️110 Min 4.4 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 2.2 Mile Treadmill, 25 Min 🫀 Cardio, 14 Calorie Deficit
Higher calorie day and the extra exercise just can't make up for it, even though it says I was under my calorie limit (even with my intake adjustments). Went for a walk at one of usual favorites in the AM, but then found a new preserve to explore in the afternoon.
- Turtle Creek Preserve. A nice day!
Oct 26 139.4 ] 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 17.6 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 426 Calorie Deficit
Oct 27 140.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦⚖️ 25.3K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 75 Min 3.5 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 94 Calorie Deficit
Ordered pizza last night, was very high on the calories, but did a couple extra workouts to try to make up for it just over my calorie limit in the end. It tasted good, but was it worth it- not sure. Over my sodium limit too.
Today throwing a big party for my sister who will turn 60 this year. Her birthday isn't until mid November - but having it early so she doesn't suspect anything. We rented a hall, and have about 40 people or so coming; should be fun and I hope she is surprised. It's the first big party I have been to in a long time - so we'll see how I do with all the temptations. I'm hoping that a light breakfast today, quick walk before I go, a big workout when I get home, and then a light dinner will make up for the day.
Oct 28 141.4 👣 🚶♀️➡️ 14.7K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk - Tried to logbut just gave up! Clearly not a good food day.
Party was a lot of fun; she was completely surprised. My older sister blew up a picture of my younger sister when she was younger and we played pin the mustache on Denise. Also had a trivia question game - who knew her best. A lot of food! Clearly willpower at parties are not something I have accomplished. I overate and can't even estimate how many calories to add to MFP - at the end of the day I input 4,500 and that is probably an understatement. But I had fun, and today is a new day.
The Cake:
Cupcakes too!
Pin the Moustache:
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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. 
10/20: DNW
10/21: 160.2
10/22: DNW
10/23: 160.8
10/24: 160
10/25: 160.2 - Ugh! This new work schedule is hard. I love it, but working 9.5 hrs a day and then gym and then cooking dinner is rough. We have been eating out more than eating in and of course its not high quality eating out when you are feeding 4+ people. This week has been a little crazy. I meal prepped for breakfast and lunch and pretty much stuck to it. Its dinner I need to do better on. My daughter's useless ex is still trying contacting us. Yes, even me. He just needs to go away and move on. I just got my Apple watch Wednesday evening, so yesterday was the first day I wore it. Its so complicated, so still need to figure it out. I did find a new piece of gym equipment I like. The stair climber! I got on it for the first time this week and I like it better than the elliptical. I was able to do it for 9 minutes yesterday. I'm a treadmill girl.
10/26: 161 -
10/27: 159.6 - ? I don't understand my body at this point. Didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but did get sleep last night. Maybe its sleep?
10/28: 1593 -
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
24th-141
25th-140
26th-141
27 th-140-walked an hour on a Halloween parade yesterday🎃
28th-141
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)-
10/20-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.6)-
10/21-191.4-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
10/22-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
10/23-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
10/24-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.3)-
10/25-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/26-191.6-(Trend Weight 192.1)-
10/27-191.6-(Trend Weight 191.1)- Yesterday was a lazy day of rest. No progress on the scale since yesterday likely due to the extra meal I threw in last night at about 10:30 pm. A turkey and avocado sandwich on low carb / low calorie bread. It was “approved” food but put me over my calorie and carb limit so I’m grateful for no big jump on the scale. Today my son & I will go out-of-town to pick up things for the grandchildren’s “special” Halloween goodie bags. There is a new restaurant that folks are raving about that we will try later for dinner that is just a little further Southeast of that town. I will try to order responsibly and Certainly No Dessert! However, I will still expect a bump up tomorrow due to fluid retention. Not just from the restaurant meal but from all the sitting too. I have circulation problems which causes the fluids to pool around my ankles and not get pushed out easily. I’ll work on that issue tomorrow when I’m home. Have a great Sunday everyone!
10/28-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.2)- An expected uptick from the travel and new restaurant. It was very nice that my oldest daughter and her partner decided to meet us. Food was good. I brought half home and ate it last night for dinner although it was very late.
10/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/30-xxxxx-(Trend Weight xxxxx)-
10/31-xxxxx-(Trend weight-xxxxx-)
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🎃October 🎃
1: 297.2lbs
2: 295.0lbs
3: 296.6lbs
4: 296.6lbs
5: 297.0lbs
6: 298.2lbs
7: 299.6lbs
8: 298.2lbs
9: 298.6lbs
10: 301.6lbs
11: 299.2lbs
12: 299.0lbs
13: 296.8lbs
14: 297.2lbs ( I’m back in the 200’s!!! )
15: 297.8 lbs
16: 297.8 lbs
17: 296.0 lbs
18: 296.6 lbs
19: 295.6 lbs
20: 299.8 lbs
21: 299.0 lbs
22: 299.8 lbs
23: 296.6lbs
24: 296.0lbs
25: 295.0lbs
26: 294.8lbs
27: 297.0lbs
28: 295.4lbs
29:
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@iLive2Walk its one day. I’m more concerned with Halloween 🎃 coming up!
I’m still somewhat anaemic and have a bad UTI but hanging in there. I’m having an ultrasound of my pelvic region to see if there’s anything wrong there. I’m still blowing up like a balloon 🎈 when I have fluids - need to constantly empty my valve out or it’s highly uncomfortable 😣
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg - ACHIEVED 🙌🏼 ✅
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 🍴1536🔥2145 👣3140
23. 105.6kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1502🔥2153👣3514
24. 105.6kg ↔️ 🍴1846 🔥2127👣2836
25. 104.6kg ⬇️ 1kg 🍴1471🔥2105 👣2682
26. 103.9kg ⬇️ 0.7 🍴2486🔥1864. 👣1249
27. 104.9kg ⬆️ 1kg 🍴1442🔥1981 👣1906
28. 104.2kg ⬇️ 0.7kg 🍴1425 🔥2007 👣 1851
29. 104.3kg ⬆️ 0.1kg
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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 - 75.4kg
October 23 - 75.3kg
October 24 - 75.2kg
October 25 - 75.3kg
October 26 - 75.2kg
October 27 - 75.3kg
October 28 - 75.2kg
October 29 - 75.1kg2 -
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!
Week Four
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
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 Deficit
Oct 24 139.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 20.5 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.6 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 🧘♀️Min Stretch, 353 Calorie Deficit
Oct 25 140.2👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 24.3 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️110 Min 4.4 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 2.2 Mile Treadmill, 25 Min 🫀 Cardio, 14 Calorie Deficit
Higher calorie day and the extra exercise just can't make up for it, even though it says I was under my calorie limit (even with my intake adjustments). Went for a walk at one of usual favorites in the AM, but then found a new preserve to explore in the afternoon.
- Turtle Creek Preserve. A nice day!
Oct 26 139.4 ] 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 17.6 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 426 Calorie Deficit
Oct 27 140.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦⚖️ 25.3K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 75 Min 3.5 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 94 Calorie Deficit
Ordered pizza last night, was very high on the calories, but did a couple extra workouts to try to make up for it just over my calorie limit in the end. It tasted good, but was it worth it- not sure. Over my sodium limit too.
Today throwing a big party for my sister who will turn 60 this year. Her birthday isn't until mid November - but having it early so she doesn't suspect anything. We rented a hall, and have about 40 people or so coming; should be fun and I hope she is surprised. It's the first big party I have been to in a long time - so we'll see how I do with all the temptations. I'm hoping that a light breakfast today, quick walk before I go, a big workout when I get home, and then a light dinner will make up for the day.
Oct 28 141.4 👣 🚶♀️➡️ 14.7K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk - Tried to logbut just gave up! Clearly not a good food day.
Party was a lot of fun; she was completely surprised. My older sister blew up a picture of my younger sister when she was younger and we played pin the mustache on Denise. Also had a trivia question game - who knew her best. A lot of food! Clearly willpower at parties are not something I have accomplished. I overate and can't even estimate how many calories to add to MFP - at the end of the day I input 4,500 and that is probably an understatement. But I had fun, and today is a new day.
Oct 29 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 19.1K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.2 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 Min 💪 Strength, 320 Calorie Deficit.
Hoping for a bigger swish the next few days so I can end the month at or below my 140 Goal Weight.
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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)-
10/22-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
10/23-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
10/24-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.3)-
10/25-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/26-191.6-(Trend Weight 192.1)-
10/27-191.6-(Trend Weight 191.1)-
10/28-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.2)- An expected uptick from the travel and new restaurant. It was very nice that my oldest daughter and her partner decided to meet us. Food was good. I brought half home and ate it last night for dinner although it was very late.
10/29-194.2-(Trend Weight 192.4)- I woke up 3 hours earlier than normal and couldn’t get back to sleep. I’ll probably be pretty tired later! Pizza yesterday with my son after early voting. I didn’t expect dinner out but my son really wanted to make voting day “an occasion”. With his autism he is pretty much a creature of habit so because we’ve dined out after voting in the past, he thinks it’s a thing. I don’t eat pizza often anymore like I did in my younger days. I just don’t “crave it” like I used to. But it was good. Wow, what it does to the scale though! I’m going to focus on lots of water today and extra low carb to go with the low calorie plan. It’s supposed to be warmer and beautiful here today. A Capri kind of day. Enjoy yours my friends!
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!
23rd-141
24th-141
25th-140
26th-141
27 th-140-walked an hour on a Halloween parade yesterday🎃
28th-141
29th-141
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.
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.
Thursday, October 24: 216.3✍️🚶♀️Wellness day 14: Feeling better overall. Ready to get back to a healthy routine. Have pre-logged, taken vitamins and will get my 25 minutes of walking in before work. Happy Thursday!
Friday, October 25: 215.6✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness day 15: So happy to see my daughter this weekend.🥰 Happy Friday!!
Saturday, October 26: 215.3✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness Day 16: Had a nice evening with my daughter, her boyfriend, and family celebrating her birthday. Have a great weekend!
Sunday, October 27: 215.3 ✍️💊 Wellness day 17: Driving home with my hubby… just dropped our daughter off at college. It’s always hard to say goodbye.
Monday October 28: 215.5
Tuesday October 29: 215.6
The November group will be posted tomorrow. 😁
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Hi everyone. Another month down. Halloween 🎃 tomorrow. Photos to come!
Scales are moving back up but only so slightly. Extra fibre will probably help. Had vegetable curry last night.
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg - ACHIEVED 🙌🏼 ✅
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 🍴1536🔥2145 👣3140
23. 105.6kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1502🔥2153👣3514
24. 105.6kg ↔️ 🍴1846 🔥2127👣2836
25. 104.6kg ⬇️ 1kg 🍴1471🔥2105 👣2682
26. 103.9kg ⬇️ 0.7 🍴2486🔥1864. 👣1249
27. 104.9kg ⬆️ 1kg 🍴1442🔥1981 👣1906
28. 104.2kg ⬇️ 0.7kg 🍴1425 🔥2007 👣 1851
29. 104.3kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1455🔥2239 👣2278
30. 104.4kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴🔥👣
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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.
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!
Week Four
👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅
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 Deficit
Oct 24 139.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 20.5 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.6 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 🧘♀️Min Stretch, 353 Calorie Deficit
Oct 25 140.2👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 24.3 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️110 Min 4.4 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 2.2 Mile Treadmill, 25 Min 🫀 Cardio, 14 Calorie Deficit
Higher calorie day and the extra exercise just can't make up for it, even though it says I was under my calorie limit (even with my intake adjustments). Went for a walk at one of usual favorites in the AM, but then found a new preserve to explore in the afternoon.
- Turtle Creek Preserve. A nice day!
Oct 26 139.4 ] 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 17.6 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 426 Calorie Deficit
Oct 27 140.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦⚖️ 25.3K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 75 Min 3.5 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 94 Calorie Deficit
Ordered pizza last night, was very high on the calories, but did a couple extra workouts to try to make up for it just over my calorie limit in the end. It tasted good, but was it worth it- not sure. Over my sodium limit too.
Today throwing a big party for my sister who will turn 60 this year. Her birthday isn't until mid November - but having it early so she doesn't suspect anything. We rented a hall, and have about 40 people or so coming; should be fun and I hope she is surprised. It's the first big party I have been to in a long time - so we'll see how I do with all the temptations. I'm hoping that a light breakfast today, quick walk before I go, a big workout when I get home, and then a light dinner will make up for the day.
Oct 28 141.4 👣 🚶♀️➡️ 14.7K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk - Tried to logbut just gave up! Clearly not a good food day.
Party was a lot of fun; she was completely surprised. My older sister blew up a picture of my younger sister when she was younger and we played pin the mustache on Denise. Also had a trivia question game - who knew her best. A lot of food! Clearly willpower at parties are not something I have accomplished. I overate and can't even estimate how many calories to add to MFP - at the end of the day I input 4,500 and that is probably an understatement. But I had fun, and today is a new day.
Oct 29 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 19.1K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.2 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 Min 💪 Strength, 320 Calorie Deficit.
Hoping for a bigger swish the next few days so I can end the month at or below my 140 Goal Weight.
Oct 30 140.0/b] 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 21.9K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️45 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min Treadmill - 2 Miles, 45 🫀 Cardio, 626 Calorie Deficit.
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Oct 9: 142
Oct 16: 140
Oct 23: 140
Oct 30: 1373 -
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.
Thursday, October 24: 216.3✍️🚶♀️Wellness day 14: Feeling better overall. Ready to get back to a healthy routine. Have pre-logged, taken vitamins and will get my 25 minutes of walking in before work. Happy Thursday!
Friday, October 25: 215.6✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness day 15: So happy to see my daughter this weekend.🥰 Happy Friday!!
Saturday, October 26: 215.3✍️💊🚶♀️Wellness Day 16: Had a nice evening with my daughter, her boyfriend, and family celebrating her birthday. Have a great weekend!
Sunday, October 27: 215.3 ✍️💊 Wellness day 17: Driving home with my hubby… just dropped our daughter off at college. It’s always hard to say goodbye.
Monday October 28: 215.5
Tuesday October 29: 💊🚶♀️ 215.6
Wednesday, October 30th: 215.6
The November group will be posted today. 😁
Jill3 -
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)-
10/22-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
10/23-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
10/24-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.3)-
10/25-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
10/26-191.6-(Trend Weight 192.1)-
10/27-191.6-(Trend Weight 191.1)-
10/28-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.2)-
10/29-194.2-(Trend Weight 192.4)- I woke up 3 hours earlier than normal and couldn’t get back to sleep. I’ll probably be pretty tired later! Pizza yesterday with my son after early voting. I didn’t expect dinner out but my son really wanted to make voting day “an occasion”. With his autism he is pretty much a creature of habit so because we’ve dined out after voting in the past, he thinks it’s a thing. I don’t eat pizza often anymore like I did in my younger days. I just don’t “crave it” like I used to. But it was good. Wow, what it does to the scale though! I’m going to focus on lots of water today and extra low carb to go with the low calorie plan. It’s supposed to be warmer and beautiful here today. A Capri kind of day. Enjoy yours my friends!
10/30-192.4-(Trend Weight 192.5)- I did a semi-fasting day yesterday with very very low calories (and low carbs too). This naturally allowed for my fats, sodium and sugars to be low as well. It created a large drop on the scale and hopefully has turned the ship back around to losing again. I really pushed the water and shed water all day yesterday and last night. Today I will go back up in calorie to my normal plan more than likely. It is hair appointment day. Haircut time! Still unseasonably warm here in Northern Michigan. Enjoy your day, wherever you are!
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!
23rd-141
24th-141
25th-140
26th-141
27 th-140-walked an hour on a Halloween parade yesterday🎃
28th-141
29th-141
30th-140
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻2 -
Weight loss stopped again…
October weigh in
Start weight : 107.7kg
Goal weight 107kg - ACHIEVED 🙌🏼 ✅
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 🍴1536🔥2145 👣3140
23. 105.6kg ⬇️ 0.3kg 🍴1502🔥2153👣3514
24. 105.6kg ↔️ 🍴1846 🔥2127👣2836
25. 104.6kg ⬇️ 1kg 🍴1471🔥2105 👣2682
26. 103.9kg ⬇️ 0.7 🍴2486🔥1864. 👣1249
27. 104.9kg ⬆️ 1kg 🍴1442🔥1981 👣1906
28. 104.2kg ⬇️ 0.7kg 🍴1425 🔥2007 👣 1851
29. 104.3kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1455🔥2239 👣2278
30. 104.4kg ⬆️ 0.1kg 🍴1484🔥2011 👣1607
31. 104.3kg ⬇️ 0.1kg
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Happy Halloween 🎃
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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!
Week Four
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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 Deficit
Oct 24 139.3 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 20.5 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.6 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min 2 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 🧘♀️Min Stretch, 353 Calorie Deficit
Oct 25 140.2👣🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 24.3 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️110 Min 4.4 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 2.2 Mile Treadmill, 25 Min 🫀 Cardio, 14 Calorie Deficit
Higher calorie day and the extra exercise just can't make up for it, even though it says I was under my calorie limit (even with my intake adjustments). Went for a walk at one of usual favorites in the AM, but then found a new preserve to explore in the afternoon.
- Turtle Creek Preserve. A nice day!
Oct 26 139.4 ] 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 17.6 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 25 Min 1 Mile Treadmill, 35 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 426 Calorie Deficit
Oct 27 140.2 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦⚖️ 25.3K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 75 Min 3.5 Mile Treadmill, 40 Min 🫀 Cardio, 30 Min 💪 Strength, 94 Calorie Deficit
Ordered pizza last night, was very high on the calories, but did a couple extra workouts to try to make up for it just over my calorie limit in the end. It tasted good, but was it worth it- not sure. Over my sodium limit too.
Today throwing a big party for my sister who will turn 60 this year. Her birthday isn't until mid November - but having it early so she doesn't suspect anything. We rented a hall, and have about 40 people or so coming; should be fun and I hope she is surprised. It's the first big party I have been to in a long time - so we'll see how I do with all the temptations. I'm hoping that a light breakfast today, quick walk before I go, a big workout when I get home, and then a light dinner will make up for the day.
Oct 28 141.4 👣 🚶♀️➡️ 14.7K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️50 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk - Tried to logbut just gave up! Clearly not a good food day.
Party was a lot of fun; she was completely surprised. My older sister blew up a picture of my younger sister when she was younger and we played pin the mustache on Denise. Also had a trivia question game - who knew her best. A lot of food! Clearly willpower at parties are not something I have accomplished. I overate and can't even estimate how many calories to add to MFP - at the end of the day I input 4,500 and that is probably an understatement. But I had fun, and today is a new day.
Oct 29 140.9 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🫀💦🧂⚖️ 19.1K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️60 Min 3.2 Mile Outside Walk, 50 Min 🫀 Cardio, 20 Min 💪 Strength, 320 Calorie Deficit.
Hoping for a bigger swish the next few days so I can end the month at or below my 140 Goal Weight.
Oct 30 140.0 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗🫀💦🧂⚖️ 21.9K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️45 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min Treadmill - 2 Miles, 45 🫀 Cardio, 626 Calorie Deficit.
Oct 31 139.8 👣 🚶♀️➡️📝🥗💪🧘♀️💦🧂⚖️ 🥅 17.8K 👣 Steps, 🚶♀️➡️55 Min 2.5 Mile Outside Walk, 45 Min Treadmill - 2.3 Miles, 30 Min 💪 Strengh, 30 Min 🧘♀️ Stretch, 369 Calorie Deficit.
Happy Halloween! Just wanted to say thank you to the group, will be taking a break for November, but will probably pop in to say hi and see how you are all doing.3 -
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
24th-141
25th-140
26th-141
27 th-140-walked an hour on a Halloween parade yesterday🎃
28th-141
29th-141
30th-140
31st- 141 Happy Halloween!!!!🧙
Wishing everyone the best with this challenge! 🌻2
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