100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,311 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.

    Week 1 Start Weight: 144.4

    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: 144.2- Hit 142.6 this week, the day before the end of our week, which was so close to my goal.

    Week 2 Start Weight: 143.2

    Week 2 Goal: 142.4 - Trying for the same goal as last week

    Week 2 Actual Weight: 143.0 (Once in 100 days Ribs eaten, hit 142.2 this week)

    Week 3 Start Weight: 143.6

    Week 3 Goal: 141.8

    Week 3 Actual Weight: 139.6 - Hit 139.0 this week.

    Week 4 Start Weight: 139.6

    Week 4 Goal: 138.0

    Week 4 Actual Weight: 141.8, saw 139.0 again.

    Week 5 Start Weight: 141.2

    Week 5 Goal: 138.0 - trying for that again

    Week 5 Actual Weight: 141.6. Hit 138.4 this week.

    Week 6 Start Weight: 139.0

    Week 6 Goal: 138.0 - sticking with this goal, I got very close in week 5

    Week 6 Actual Weight: 141.4

    Day 43—06/26— 140.2 - 2 jobs yesterday and again today. Lots that I want to accomplish before work this morning. 5 more days until 1 day off : - ) 35 days in a row seemed daunting, but one foot in front of the other. I will be happy for the paycheques and lieu days.

    Day 44—06/27— 139.0 - The girl that was away at my primary job is back. I have just a short shift today since she will cover the evening portion, and then I have splits the next 2. I will have, and take! some lieu day for sure to get to the lakes while it is hot. 4 more days until a day off : - ) Tonight I am having champagne with a friend after my pedicure, which was postponed since Monday because I ended up working too late to get the visit in. I have been in a "zone" to work like I have been. Property taxes are due, so all of that extra will be eaten up, but all good.

    Day 45—06/28— 139.0 - No weight backlash from the champagne last early evening. Had a beautiful pedicure beforehand, the woman who does my feet is a nurse and really gets right in there, very needed. Split shift today. I have my list for this morning and my list for my 2 hour break later. Garlic scapes are beginning to curl, 2 curls and they have to be cut. I give them to my neighbour who makes stuff with them.

    Day 46—06/29— 140.0 - Surprised by this jump in weight, pretty much a perfect day food and exercise wise. I suppose that it is the champagne from a couple of days ago. Maybe a better weight tomorrow morning, but I am having company Monday after work for Mojitos with mint from my garden…and snacks. Then….an actual day off!! I got the scapes cut during my break. Today during my break a friend is coming to dig up some of my way too spread bearded irises. I was looking for a taker. I will need to quickly put on some gardening clothes and then he will arrive and we will start digging.

    As for my day off, there are giant weeds in my potato garden. 9 rows, so it will likely take all day, which I will love. They are way taller than the potatoes, especially on the left side. It will be a challenge to pull them and not have the potato plants pull out at the same time. It is a day-off type of job only, not to be done a bit here and there. I will enjoy it, but I just haven't been able to keep up because of the lack of days off. This will serve as the before picture:

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    Day 47—06/30— 140.2 - ?? I don't get the gain at all this time. : - ( I was hoping for a buffer since tonight will be Mojitos from my garden mint. I do enjoy alcohol, but try to limit it for weight reasons. I normally remove the photos in my posts the next day, but I am going to leave the above because my plan is to remove those very tall and strong weeds out of there. Hopefully a good after photo by Wednesday morning.

    Day 48—07/01— 139.2 - Really had a tough time getting out of bed this morning. I was awake, but just didn't feel like moving. I layed in bed listening to Canada Day stuff on the radio. Yes, I have a lot to do in the potato garden today before it gets too hot out, but pretty low energy. I am hungry but don't feel like eating, seems like effort. Woot woot on finally 1 day off. I will get another one next week.

    Day 49—07/02—

    Week 7 Start Weight: 140.2

    Week 7 Goal: 138.0 - I just keep plugging that one in. I have to start somewhere for my September goal of 130.0 right?

    Week 7 Actual Weight:

  • plantpowered
    plantpowered Posts: 116 Member

    WOW! I love your workout space! I love that it is a dedicted space. Mine is tucked into the corners of my "unglamorous" living room. I'm also sorry to hear about your layoff, but retirement would be lovely! I am 64, so I had to grab another job because the timing is not right for my retirement.

    Your workout space is perfect!!

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,642 Member

    @Jon4189 Your last picture looks like a big eye in the sky! Were you watching it or was it watching YOU? LOL. As always, lovely, interesting and fascinating pics!

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,642 Member

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

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

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

    Maya Angelou

    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!)

    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. This breaks down to 0.7 lbs per challenge week. I don’t think that is too much to ask of my mind, my body and my spirit! 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---

    Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!

    250’s💋-- 240’s🎵-- 230’s🐸-- 220's📘-- 210's🌸-- 200's🎨-- 190's🌈-- 180’s🤑-- 170's🐋-- 160's🙋‍♀️-- 150’s🌻

    PREVIOUS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:

    Day 01—05/15—194.0 ✅ -(Trend Weight: 194.7)

    Day 02—05/16--DNW 💠 -(Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 03—05/17—196.4 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.9)

    Day 04—05/18— DNW💠 -(Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 05—05/19—195.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 195.2)

    Day 06—05/20—195.4 💠 -(Trend Weight –195.2)

    Day 07—05/21—195.4 💠 -(Trend Weight: 195.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 Start Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 Goal: 0.7 Loss to land at 193.5

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 End Weight: 195.4

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 1.2 lb Gained

    Day 08—05/22—193.8 ✅ -(Trend Weight – 195.2)

    Day 09—05/23—193.6 ✅ -(Trend Weight)-195.0)

    Day 10—05/24—192.2 ✅ -(Trend Weight)-194.7)

    Day 11—05/25—193.4 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.6)

    Day 12—05/26—193.8 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.5)

    Day 13—05/27—193.2 ✅ -(Trend Weight: 194.4)

    Day 14—05/28—194.2 ❌ -(Trend Weight)-194.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 Start Weight: 195.4

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 Goal: To lose 2.6 lbs to land at 192.8. This would put me back on track for projected weight. This equals last week's 0.7 goal + this week's 0.7 goal + the 1.2 unwanted gain.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 End Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 0 Lost and 0 gained

    Day 15—05/29—194.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 194.3)

    Day 16—05/30—193.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 194.2)

    Day 17—05/31—191.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 194.0)

    Day 18—06/01—192.8 ❌ -(Trend Weight –193.9)

    Day 19—06/02—192.2 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.7)

    Day 20—06/03—191.2 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.5)

    Day 21—06/04—192.0 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 193.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 Start Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 Goal: To lose 2.1 lbs which is 3 weeks of 0.7 each. I have lost what I have gained so far but need to lose each of those 0.7 goal amounts. Need to land at 192.1 to be on target.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 End Weight: 192.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 2.2 lbs Lost

    Day 22—06/05—191.6 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.2)

    Day 23—06/06—191.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.0)

    Day 24—06/07—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.7)

    Day 25—06/08—192.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.7)

    Day 26—06/09— 191.0 ✅ -Trend Weight – 192.5)

    Day 27—06/10—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 28—06/11—191.2 ❌ -(Trend Weight – 192.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 Start Weight: 192.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 Goal: Need 0.6 lb Loss to land at 191.4 Original Week 4 Goal.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 End Weight: 191.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.0 lbs Lost

    Day 29—06/12—193.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 30—06/13—192.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 31—06/14—194.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.5)

    Day 32—06/15—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 33—06/16—191.2 -❌ (Trend Weight: 192.1)

    Day 34---06/17---191.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 192.1)

    ‍Day 35—06/18—191.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 Start Weight: 191.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 Goal: Need 0.5 lb Loss to land at Original Week 5 goal of 190.7

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 End Weight: 191.6

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 2.6 lbs Lost

    Day 36—06/19— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 37—06/20—191.6 ❌ (Trend Weight – 192.2)

    Day 38—06/21—189.4 ✅ (Trend Weight – 192.1)

    Day 39—06/22—189.8 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.8)

    Day 40—06/23—188.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.5)

    Day 41—06/24—190.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.4)

    Day 42—06/25—190.0✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 Start Weight: 191.6

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 Goal: 1.6 lb Loss to land at 190.0 to stay on goal of 0.7 lost per week

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 End Weight: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 4.2 lbs Lost and EXACTLY on goal so far for challenge.

    06/26-190.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    Day 44—06/27—189.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.0)

    Day 45—06/28—191.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.0)

    Day 46—06/29—188.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.8)

    Day 47—06/30—189.0 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 48—07/01—188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    Day 49—07/02—190.0 ❌ (Trend Weight – 190.4) I actually didn’t do too bad during the out-to-dinner and out-of-town birthday celebration mainly held for my son who turned 29 yesterday. I didn’t do too badly at the restaurant but for the rest of the night at home….humph. To say I was like a pig in a pig’s trough wouldn’t be 100% accurate. More like a wild boar in a pig’s trough who hasn’t seen food in weeks! Anyway, I really blew it with my self-sabotage. I know that’s what it was because I continued eating even when I was so full it was trying to come back up! Disgusting, I know. That’s a true binge! I’m grateful the scale wasn’t higher. I’m already working on a much better and healthier day today which I hope will show up for me tomorrow. I'm always so disappointed in myself and my relationship with food during these times. It's a continual battle and sometimes I give in but I never give up!

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Start Weight: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Goal: 0.7 lb Loss to land at 189.3 which is EXACTLY the 0.7 goal I aspire to wkly.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 End Weight: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 4.2 lbs Lost (0.7 under goal)

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️Day 50—07/03—188.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.2) Okay, right back down to the weight I was before my disgusting binge. NOW, to start making progress although I must be honest and say it may not be during this Holiday Independence Day weekend! I’ll do my best but Saturday’s BBQ and Sunday’s weigh in is going to be tough. However, hopefully there is enough o time to make any holiday set-backs a distant memory by the end of week 8.

    Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 5.4 lbs Lost

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    Day 56—07/09—

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Start Weight: 190.0

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Goal: 1.4 lb Loss to land at 188.6 (0.7 owed from last week plus 0.7 goal from this coming week = 1.4 lbs.)

    💥💥💥 Week 8 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    WEEKS TO COME:

    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 Goal: xxx Loss to land at 187.9

    💥💥💥 Week 9 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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