100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,074 Member

    Good day yesterday. Went for two walks and exercised. My 7 day trend weight is coming back down. I feel like I've 'flattened the up trending curve'. Took a page from Jon and pre-logged food yesterday before I ate it and then stuck with what I logged. Eg., We had burgers for dinner and normally I'd put ketchup on mine, but I didn't have enough calories left for ketchup, so I didn't! I know, it is a small thing, but it is those small things that add up over time.

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    Even better, I've been tracking my BF% and lean mass. According these calculations, I've lost 5.5 lbs since April 13th and all of that has been fat. I know BF% determination is a controversial topic. My view is, so long as the chosen method of calculation is applied consistency, then the actual calculation doesn't matter, it is the trend over time that matters.

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  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 14,403 Member

    100 day Challenge #23 (my 3rd) - 5/15/25-8/22/25
    Frank, age 76, 6'1"
    Max weight: 330 (July 10th 2020, start of my fitness/weight loss journey)
    yearly gain/loss: year 1: ↓ 87 lbs; year 2: ↓ 17 lbs; year 3: ↑ 17 lbs; year 4: ↑ 15 lbs; year 5: ↓ 3 lbs
    year 6 YTD: ↑ 1 lb; year 6 goal: ↓ 35 lbs

    Day 57—07/10 — 254.6 : ↓ 1.1✅
    Day 58—07/11 — 255.4 : ↑ 0.8⬆️
    Day 59—07/12 — 0.0
    Day 60—07/13 — 0.0
    Day 61—07/14 — 0.0
    Day 62—07/15 — 0.0
    Day 63—07/16 — 0.0

    Week 9 start weight: 255.7
    Week 9 Original Goal: 248.7 -- Current Goal: 253.7
    Week 9 actual weight:

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,074 Member

    @the_reflex Welcome to the challenge!
    I agree with everything @Jon4189 wrote. In addition, MFP will calculate target calories IN. Many MFPers also use calculator.net https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html to have a second opinion for target calories IN. Weight loss happens when you are at a caloric deficit. Exercise is for maintaining and building muscle. Weight fluctuations re normal. I'm a lot smaller than Jon: female 5'5" 144lbs. My target calories IN is 1770. 170 calories higher than Jon. I've been averaging about .4 lbs loss per week. I have a much slower pace than Jon, because I know myself well enough to know that I will not sustain 1600 calories per day. I don't know how Jon does it, but I've tried it and it wasn't working for me. Everyone is unique and everyone has to figure out what works for them.
    I also like to track body fat % and lean mass because I want to lose fat, not muscle. This is a MFP controversial topic because calculating BF% is inaccurate. I use Health Status https://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/body-fat-percentage-calculator/ , which provides four commonly accepted BF% calculation results based on various body measurements. It only accepts whole numbers (no decimals), so I do it twice (once rounding up and once rounding down), then I take the average of those 8 and the % from my home scale. It is all an estimate, but I believe, so long as it is consistently applied, then the trend is informative.

    @Jon4189 Congratulations on your consistent success. You are an inspiration!

    @JimnKC I've noticed in the past week your calories IN have gone up. Is everything alright?

    @dawnbgethealthy What a garden transformation. So satisfying to look at it when it is all done. Why do you have sheets hanging beside your garden?

  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,308 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

    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: 138.4

    Week 8 Start Weight: 139.8

    Week 8 Goal: 138.0 - I just keep plugging that one in.

    Week 8 Actual Weight: 140.4

    Day 57—07/10— 138.0 - I have been out in the garden picking my dinner for later tonight. Nice to see that number this morning, it blinked on 137.8 until settling. In a rush now lol, I took too much time in the garden.

    Day 58—07/11— 137.0 - Yahoo to that number! I ended up leaving my second job at 5:30 last night (I have already told the owner that I won't be working there past September). His young wife once in awhile decides to stay and make it a 10-12 hour day for herself. Normally she leaves. It is a small restaurant, barely enough for 1 person such as myself. She had a very busy day and made lots of tips, I guess that she wanted more. I wasn't into it, I had already cleaned up everything from her busy day and she took the only table that came in. I said "you are staying?" She said yes, so I said "okay, I am leaving then, bye". I was home in a flash and got to work on those last 3 rows of 9 in the potato garden that were overcome with tall weeds and bindweed wrapped so tightly around the potatoes. It is done!!! Well worth leaving work for. If leaving work caused me stress it was soon eliminated with digging, lunging, squatting, untangling and re-hilling : - )

    Day 59—07/12— 136.4 - Wow. Well, I was going to take something different out of the freezer for tonight's after work dinner, but seeing how that what I have been eating all week is netting this type of result I will have the same thing: 1/4 cup of beans (white kidney which I portioned into the freezer), .75 cup of rice, green onions from my garden, dill from my garden, cucumber, bell pepper, tomatoes, 3tbsp sour cream. I have been having 6 water crackers and 3-4 tbsp of hummus as an appetizer. Overall, this combo has me going to the bathroom before my weigh in, so that is definitely a factor unlike in some previous weeks where I didn't. Still planning on indulgent unhealthy/bad food for my Monday night with a couple of cocktails. It would be great to have a buffer.

    Day 60—07/13—

    Day 61—07/14— Indulgent dinner night.

    Day 62—07/15—

    Day 63—07/16—

    Week 9 Start Weight: 138.0

    Week 9 Goal: 135.0 - Not really a weekly goal, just putting this in until I hit it.

    Week 9 Actual Weight:

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,618 Member

    @dawnbgethealthy This past week you've really been killing it. I have went the opposite way. You are right, "time to take it off". Time for me to get my *kitten* in gear. I just don't know that I can this weekend with daughter here. I may have to start Sunday or, more likely, Monday. In the meantime, I must be strong and keep my wits about me! Choices all around me. Make as many good ones as you can Donna!