100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,207 Member

    @plantpowered

    Glad that you are joining us.

    Our @deepwoodslady just left the 64yo club, but we will all soon be joining her at 65yo : - )

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,283 Member
    edited May 16

    100 Days of Weighing In #23 ^^^^^ May 15, 2025 thru Aug 22, 2025

    🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

    “We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

    Maya Angelou

    My Name is Donna, Age 65. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA

    Starting Weight from End of Last Challenge: : 194.2

    Goal This Round: 184.2 (10 pounds)

    Challenge Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

    Total Lost/Gained this challenge: xxxxx

    🔜🔜🔜🔜🔜Ultimate Goal: 145-155 (I’ll know when I get there!)

    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🌻

    Thoughts at the start of this round:

    My goal from the very beginning has been to lose one pound per week for a total of 12 pounds per challenge. I have never considered that to be too much and I never thought in a million years I would find it this difficult, even at my age and with my health problems. But it’s proved to be nothing but an uphill climb and in most cases, impossible. I am going to lower my goal to 10 pounds per challenge and see if that will feel more right, more do-able. I, again, thank you for sharing my journey with me and allowing me to travel with you on yours. It is reassuring, refreshing, enlightening and inspiring and I am forever grateful.

    Previous Rounds Tallys:

    Round #1 --- 199,8

    Round #2 --- 186.8

    Round #3 --- 195.6

    Round #4 --- 211.0

    Round #5 --- 211.3

    Round #6 --- 205.4

    Round #7 --- 207.6

    Round #8 --- 195.2

    Round #9 --- 185.2

    Round #10—195.2

    Round #11---200.8

    Round #12---200.4

    Round #13---196.2

    Round #14---191.2

    Round #15---194.0

    Round #16---188.0

    Round #17---183.8

    Round #18---182.2

    Round #19---188.6

    Round #20---191.6

    Round #21---194.2

    Round #22---194.2

    Round #23---

    https://www.tickerfactory.com/ezt/t/wHmIrrl/weight.png

    CURRENT WEEK:

    Day 01—05/15—194.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 194.7) I was really hoping this would be lower after such a good day with calories, carbs and activity. It’s really being stubborn! It’s a lifestyle, right? So I’ll just be persistent and let nature take its course. I suppose a 0.2 loss is better than nothing. Good luck everyone this round. We have plenty of time to improve our health and change our projectory. Together, we can meet our personal health and weight goals and learn a lot along the way!

    🌺🌺🌺 🌺🌺 Day 02—05/16--DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW) No weigh Friday for me. Got DGS on the school bus this morning. First day he was able to wear shorts. It will be about 83 today so he was excited. Yesterday I caved in and ate 3 cookies from a fancy Country Club bakery that my daughter brought in. Had to try one of each: Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin and White Chocolate Macadamia. They were delicious. I knew immediately after I screwed up so I did the “stupid shuffle” and skipped dinner. Last night I was pretty hungry so I opted for avocado toast on zero net carb / low calorie bread. Were the cookies worth missing dinner? I dunno, maybe but skipping dinner was pretty uncomfortable. Luckily I go to bed much earlier on Thur nights due to the bus schedule and babysitting DGS overnight.

    Day 03—05/17—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 04—05/18—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 05—05/19—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 06—05/20—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 07—05/21—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 Start Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 End Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Weeks To Come:

    Day 08—05/22—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 09—05/23—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 10—05/24—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 11—05/25—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 12—05/26—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 13—05/27—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    Day 14—05/28—(Trend Weight)-xxxxx)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 Start Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 End Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 15—05/29—

    Day 16—05/30—

    Day 17—05/31—

    🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️ Day 18—06/01—

    Day 19—06/02—

    Day 20—06/03—

    Day 21—06/04—

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 Start Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 End Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 22—06/05—

    Day 23—06/06—

    Day 24—06/07—

    Day 25—06/08—

    Day 26—06/09—

    Day 27—06/10—

    Day 28—06/11—

    🌷🌷🌷🌷 Week 4 Start Weight:

    🌷🌷🌷🌷 Week 4 End Weight:

    🌷🌷🌷🌷 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 29—06/12—

    Day 30—06/13—

    Day 31—06/14—

    Day 32—06/15—

    Day 33—06/16—

    Day 34—06/17—

    Day 35—06/18—

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 5 Start Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 5 End Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 36—06/19—

    Day 37—06/20—

    Day 38—06/21—

    Day 39—06/22—

    Day 40—06/23—

    Day 41—06/24—

    Day 42—06/25—

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 6 Start Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 6 End Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 43—06/26—

    Day 44—06/27—

    Day 45—06/28—

    Day 46—06/29—

    Day 47—06/30—

    🎠🎠🎠🎠🎠 Day 48—07/01—

    Day 49—07/02—

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 7 Start Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Week 7 End Weight:

    🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 50—07/03—

    Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far:

    Day 51—07/04—

    Day 52—07/05—

    Day 53—07/06—

    Day 54—07/07—

    Day 55—07/08—

    Day 56—07/09—

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 8 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 57—07/10—

    Day 58—07/11—

    Day 59—07/12—

    Day 60—07/13—

    Day 61—07/14—

    Day 62—07/15—

    Day 63—07/16—

    💥💥💥 Week 9 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 9 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 64—07/17—

    Day 65—07/18—

    Day 66—07/19—

    Day 67—07/20—

    Day 68—07/21—

    Day 69—07/22—

    Day 70—07/23—

    💥💥💥 Week 10 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 10 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 71—07/24—

    Day 72—07/25—

    Day 73—07/26—

    Day 74—07/27—

    Day 75—07/28—

    Day 76—07/29—

    Day 77—07/30—

    💥💥💥 Week 11 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 11 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 78—07/31—

    ⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️ Day 79—08/01—

    Day 80—08/02—

    Day 81—08/03—

    Day 82—08/04—

    Day 83—08/05—

    Day 84—08/06—

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 Start Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 85—08/07—

    Day 86—08/08—

    Day 87—08/09—

    Day 88—08/10—

    Day 89—08/11—

    Day 90—08/12—

    Day 91—08/13—

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 13 Start Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 13 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 92—08/14—

    Day 93—08/15—

    Day 94—08/16—

    Day 95—08/17—

    Day 96—08/18—

    Day 97—08/19—

    Day 98—08/20—

    Day 99—08/21—

    Day 100—08/22…..(Final Weigh- In)-

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 14 Start Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 14 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • bteri107
    bteri107 Posts: 471 Member

    Teri, 61 years old, 5’4”

    Challenge Starting Weight: 144.9 lbs
    Challenge Goal Weight: 140 lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 lbs

    More than ever, I need to focus on my health. I know what to do, I just need to work on consistency.

    Week 1

    Day 01—05/15—144.9 Starting this challenge at 1.1 lb less than the last. Lol Didn’t make the best food choices yesterday. Got a walk in with my mom and pup, not enough of a workout for me tho. 

    Day 02—05/16—145.8 Potato chips are not my friend. No exercise yesterday, not even walking the dog since it was my son's turn to do it. Today will be better.

    Day 03—05/17—

    Day 04—05/18—

    Day 05—05/19—

    Day 06—05/20—

    Day 07—05/21—

    Week 1 Start Weight: 144.9
    Week 1 Goal: 143.9
    Week 1 Actual Weight:

  • Jon4189
    Jon4189 Posts: 40 Member

    I'm just quoting my previous days post because I don't see a way to edit the previous post after an hour. Good luck You've got this!

  • plantpowered
    plantpowered Posts: 50 Member
    edited May 17

    Day 01—05/15—160.4 closed rings, food goal met
    Day 02—05/16—161.2 closed rings, +200 cal over food goal - I need to get some groceries and clear out my kitchen so that it's easier to make better choices. That said, work was hard this week, it was Friday night… It's so helpful to log everything, though. It did rein me in.
    Day 03—05/17—161- For today, I need some yoga. I also want to try Zwift on the treadmill. I use Zwift for my spin bike and it's great fun.

  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,207 Member

    Yes, you can only edit your post for an hour.

    MFP will always bring you back to your last post. What I find easiest is to highlight it, right click, copy. Then when you are ready to post in the new box ctrl v, or right click paste.

  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 14,064 Member

    In case anybody notices, my weekly goal potentially changes every day. Here's why:

    At the outset of a challenge, I decide how much I think I can realistically lose weekly and in 100 days. But to soften the blow if I don't progress as planned, I decided to set each weekly goal as one pound less than the prior week's ending weight. That way, each week I will be faced with losing just one pound, regardless of how I did the previous week. The problem with that is, if I gain too much in one week, my next weekly goal could potentially be even higher than my starting weight. That is softening the blow way too much!

    So, here's what I'm doing this round:
    My long term (100 day) goal is to lose an average of 1.2 pounds/week. That works out to ~0.17 pounds/day. But what if I exceed that one day? Then I'll set my next day's goal to be ~0.17 pounds below that day's weight. That means if I fail to lose enough weight, my goal remains the same: no mercy — i.e. I need to lose more than 0.17 pounds that day. But if I lose extra weight, I will bank it and continue trying to lose at least ~0.17 pounds that day.

    This is why my original week 1 goal was 259.1, but my current week 1 goal is 258.5. And tomorrow, it could be 258.4 or 258.3 or less. But it won't be greater than 258.5, even if I gain 3 pounds today.

    I'm hoping this will be a winning strategy for me.

    I hope everyone else's strategy works for them as well.

  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,207 Member
    edited May 17

    @kizzyann1111

    Glad that you are joining us.

    Try a bunch of things and see what brings you joy in some sort of exercise/activity. Something that you actually look forward to doing each day. Everyone is different, so you will find your fave once you try everything. For sure get outside for a short walk each day, even 10 minutes outdoors moving will bring some endorphins, some oxygen and some mental and emotional clarity.

    My go to is Fitness Marshall. I often post some of my faves on this forum, a few here have tried it. They are 3 minute songs. Some days I get 2 songs, other days I get 20 in depending on the time that I have. I don't miss a day though.

    Here are a few of my go to ones:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0sS2tkoZTY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ihjFj65ndU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g64Mxo3Mt-U

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdwWWet3x8

    So it usually takes me at least 5-10 times when a new song from them drops until I get the choreo down and just dance along. He drops a new one like once per week, so I will do that one each day until I can follow along. So fun!!

  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,207 Member

    Hi everyone.

    I am Dawn. I live in SE British Columbia Canada. I am 5'2" (or 5'3"?) and 64 years of age. I have done a bunch of these 100s now, I have lost count lol. I was sitting at 130 for quite awhile, trying desperately to get into the 120s, but gained little by little over the last couple of years. My "ideal" weight should be between 110-118 for my height, BMI, and stuff. At this point I just really want to get back into the 130s.

    Day 01—05/15— 144.4 - Really not sure why I gained from the last 100 end weight.

    Day 02—05/16— 142.8 - Hmmm. I have been averaging around 1089 calories per day because of my busy schedule. Yesterday I had 1389 and lost weight… Maybe it is just a fluctuation though.

    Day 03—05/17— 143.2 - I had company and it was wine and snacks, could have been worse on the scale. Now only 3 more days of my 6 day work week until a day off. Prepping my food this morning to take to work since I am working 11-7 but normally work split shifts on these days so get home for "lunch".

    Day 04—05/18—

    Day 05—05/19—

    Day 06—05/20—

    Day 07—05/21—

    Week 1 Start Weight:

    Week 1 Goal: 142.4 (seems lofty, but I was at 143.0 for two days in a row at the end of the last 100)

    Week 1 Actual Weight:

  • Lynn__W
    Lynn__W Posts: 1,251 Member

    Hi. I’m a working senior from central B.C., Canada. Back for another round. Ultimate challenge goal is to lose 20lbs.

    Day 01—05/15—181.8 taking 2 weeks off work to overcome some arthritic challenges. Didn't accomplish much except load of recycling to depot. Treated ourselves to a steak for supper but then caved into snacking on crackers and hummus as well as plain cookies later in the evening. Notice that when 'the fire' is lit (wood heat) and it's warmer downstairs I'll go down and watch tv in the evening, farther from the kitchen. If I sit up here by the computer then I snack.

    Day 02—05/16— 180.4 Any loss is better than a gain. Plans of decluttering kitchen and starting to prep for painting. However sun is shining so need to get out for a walk. Daily exercise (cardio etc) used to be a no-brainer, now it's a challenge. 😥

    Day 03—05/17— 181.8 Am okay with this gain b/c I indulged in ice milk last night. Have been battling the craving for ice cream for nearly a month now and it wouldn't go away. Glad that's behind me.

    Day 04—05/18—

    Day 05—05/19—

    Day 06—05/20—

    Day 07—05/21—

    Week 1 Start Weight:

    Week 1 Goal: 177.? Lofty but I need to erase recent gains.

    Week 1 Actual Weight:

  • bteri107
    bteri107 Posts: 471 Member
    edited May 17

    Teri, 61 years old, 5’4”

    Challenge Starting Weight: 144.9 lbs
    Challenge Goal Weight: 140 lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 lbs

    More than ever, I need to focus on my health. I know what to do, I just need to work on consistency.

    Week 1

    Day 01—05/15—144.9 Starting this challenge at 1.1 lb less than the last. Lol Didn’t make the best food choices yesterday. Got a walk in with my mom and pup, not enough of a workout for me tho. 

    Day 02—05/16—145.8 Potato chips are not my friend. No exercise yesterday, not even walking the dog since it was my son's turn to do it. Today will be better.

    Day 03—05/17—144.9 A little under the weather so no dinner last night, just some “healthy” snacks.

    Day 04—05/18—

    Day 05—05/19—

    Day 06—05/20—

    Day 07—05/21—

    Week 1 Start Weight: 144.9
    Week 1 Goal: 143.9
    Week 1 Actual Weight:

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,283 Member

    @bteri107 Feel better soon!

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