100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,134 Member

    Logging late today. Visited with our youngest son today, means I didn't have time to log before we left. Today's success: we ordered pizza for lunch and I only had 1 piece and 1 crazy puff (like a pizza tart). Normally, when we order pizza, I have 2 slices of pizza and 2 crazy puffs. I definitely could have eaten more, but I wasn't hungry. This has left me with enough remaining calories to have a healthy dinner.

    Yesterday I met a friend for lunch at a Thai restaurant. It was an absolutely delicious carb overload and I enjoyed every bite and the company. I balanced out my day by not having any refined carbs at dinner.

    The daily scale is up a little the last two days, but the trend is heading downward and I've logged a new 2025 lowest trend weight. My 7 day trend weight is week 12s goal weight (just three days late). Considering three days ago my 7 day trend weight was 1.2 pounds higher, I feel like something is wrong and I'm heading for a big jump up; but maybe it is the other way around, I'm coming down from last week's big jump up. I'll go with the latter.

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 8,351 Member

    Yes. Lifestyle changes. Have just a bite of things that are unhealthy or calorie laden and/or have them less often.

    You are doing so great Donna!!!

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,134 Member

    @dawnbgethealthy Love your garden!! Thank you for posting pictures.

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,134 Member

    @Jon4189 Enjoy the golf tournament!

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,776 Member
    edited August 11

    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.

    Day 43--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)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ 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)

    Day 50—07/03—188.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.2)

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

    Day 51—07/04— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 52—07/05—190.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.3)

    Day 53—07/06— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 54—07/07—189.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 55—07/08—190.0 - ❌ (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 56—07/09—190.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.6 )

    💥💥💥 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: 190.4

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.8 lbs Lost

    Day 57—07/10—190.8 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 58—07/11—191.2 ❌ (Trend Weight – 190.6)

    Day 59—07/12— DNW 💠 (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 60—07/13—192.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    Day 61—07/14—192.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 191.2)

    Day 62—07/15—191.0 -✅ (Trend Weight: 191.2)

    Day 63—07/16—191.0 💠 - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    💥💥💥 Week 9 Start Weight: 190.4

    💥💥💥 Week 9 Goal: 2.5 Loss to land at 187.9 if I am to stay on original target. Lots of ground to make up! Perhaps I can make up part this week and part next if I can keep my head out of the proverbial cookie jar!

    💥💥💥 Week 9 End Weight: 191.0

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.2 lbs Lost

    Day 64—07/17— DNW 💠 (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 65—07/18—190.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    Day 66—07/19—187.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 190.7)

    Day 67—07/20—187.8 💠 (Trend Weight: 190.4)

    Day 68—07/21— 186.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.1)

    Day 69 — 07/22—187.2 (Trend Weight: 189.8)

    Day 70—07/23—189.6 ❌ (Trend Weight: 189.7)

    💥💥💥 Week 10 Start Weight: 191.0

    💥💥💥 Week 10 Goal: 3.8 lb Loss to land at 187.2 (this is makeup time for previous weeks and current 0.7 weekly goal combined)

    💥💥💥 Week 10 End Weight: 189.6

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 4.6 lbs LOST

    Day 71—07/24—188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight:189.6)

    Day 72—07/25—188.0 ✅ (Trend Weight: 189.5)

    Day 73—07/26—187.2 ✅ (Trend Weight: 189.2)

    Day 74—07/27—186.2 ✅ (Trend Weight: 188.9)

    Day 75—07/28—185.0 ✅ (Trend Weight: 188.5)

    Day 76—07/29—185.4 ❌ (Trend Weight: 188.2)

    Day 77—07/30—186.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 188.0)

    💥💥💥 Week 11 Start Weight: 189.6

    💥💥💥 Week 11 Goal: 3.1 lb Loss to land at 186.5 (this is makeup time for previous weeks and current 0.7 weekly goal combined)

    💥💥💥 Week 11 End Weight: 186.4

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 7.8 lbs Lost

    Day 78—07/31—188.8 ❌ (Trend Weight – 188.1)

    Day 79—08/01—187.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 188.0)

    Day 80—08/02—186.4 ✅ (Trend Weight: 187.9)

    Day 81—08/03—187.0 ❌ (Trend Weight – 187.8)

    Day 82—08/04—186.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 187.7)

    Day 83—08/05—185.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 187.5)

    Day 84—08/06—184.0 ✅ (Trend Weight: 187.1)

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 Start Weight: 186.4

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 Goal: 0.6 lb Loss to land at 185.8

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 End Weight: 184.0

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 10.2 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    Day 85—08/07—183.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 186.8)

    Day 86—08/08—185.6 ❌ (Trend Weight: 186.7)

    Day 87—08/09—183.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 186.3)

    Day 88—08/10—183.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 186.0) I did very well at the festival. It wasn’t typical carnival type fare so I was able to resist it all and just stuck to bottled water in the 94” heat. I did buy a loaf of fresh baked bread for home and ate a slab of it last night slathered in butter. But I found it very dry or stale and will have no problem resisting it today. My son & grandson can have it or it can go in the trash. If I’m going to cheat, it has got to be worth it. I gave up part of my pre-planned dinner for that slab of bread and it definitely was not worth it. Scale still down today because I stayed within calorie limits but carbs were over.

    ⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️Day 89—08/11—181.6 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 185.6) My calories were a bit too low yesterday because my dinner was so late that I didn’t find I needed snacks in bed. No snacks = whoosh. However, that is not usually what I’m able to do. Giving up the snacks in bed would be as bad as giving up Netflix and THAT is not going to happen anytime soon! I don’t want my metabolism to slow so I’ll be needing some extra calories soon. Wednesday is son’s hair appointment and I usually take him to lunch or dinner afterward. I’ll probably get more calories in on that day. The following day is my two DGS’ hair appointments in preparation for school starting. Another day out at the restaurant. I’ll be careful again on one of those days and allow some extra calories on the other. I feel I need a bump up to keep the metabolism up. Sometimes I think the temporary set-back actually does me more good than harm if it keeps my metabolism roaring and my cravings fleetingly satisfied. Maybe the squiggle lines on the graphs have a real purpose and are actually a good thing. I’m watching the patterns to find out.

    Day 90—08/12—

    Day 91—08/13—

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 13 Start Weight: 184.0

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 13 Goal: 0 lbs Loss to land at 185.1 (am currently below this goal)

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 13 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    WEEKS TO COME:

    Day 92—08/14—

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

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 14 Start Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 14 Goal: xxx Loss to land at 184.2

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 14 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,776 Member

    @dawnbgethealthy Here are the dates for next round. I am sending them to you on your days off so you may have more time to check them and make sure I got them right. We can repost closer to the end for everyone else. As usual, I have to send them in a post instead of an email so they don't get scrambled.

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    Day 100—11/30…..(Final Weigh- In)-

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,776 Member

    @dawnbgethealthy Thanks for the shout-out and the comment Re: If cheating, it better be worth it!

    So very true!!! But I'm beginning to think of a new theory that I'm testing in regards to occasional extra calories. See my post today for a little more detailed. Although it doesn't look that great on the scale in the short-term, maybe those ribs or those cocktails are not 100% the enemy we thought. Of course, I know it's different for everyone. But for me, I think I may be seeing a pattern that in the Long Game is more helpful than hurtful. Anyway, again, thanks for the acknowledgment. You have seen me and my struggles long enough to know that when I'm hot, I'm hot and when I'm not, I'm not. Right now I'm running pretty hot so I am taking full advantage and really sticking to it. I love these 100 days because it shows our patterns long-term much better than other challenges. What is working and what is not. Cheers to many many more 100 days!