SUMMER 2025 Weight Loss Challenge (JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER) A Continuation

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 14,081 Member

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    My name is Donna. I am 65 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253. I would like to lose a total of about 100 pounds and have been working on it for too many years (since 2018). I weigh weekly but also on the 1st and last day of each month for a full month’s account.

    🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

    I AM TRYING SOMETHING LATELY. MY GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE WILL BE 0.1 lbs PER DAY. THAT WILL USUALLY COME TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 LBS TOTAL LOST MOST CHALLENGES. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT I DON’T FEEL IT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK, EVEN GIVEN MY AGE, MY MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT SET ME BACK AND MY MEDICATIONS. IF I GET BEHIND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WEEK OR MONTH, I’VE ONLY MADE IT HARDER ON MYSELF AS I HAVE TO THEN CATCH UP. THE SPECIFIC GOALS NUMBERS MAY CHANGE AS I GO ALONG ONLY TO KEEP IN LINE WITH MY GRAND TOTAL LOSS GOAL. IN THE END IT SHOULD BE EQUAL TO 0.1 LB PER DAY OR MORE. I KNOW IT’S A MIND GAME I’M PLAYING WITH MYSELF, BUT IT ALSO FEELS LIKE I’M NOT BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW. LET’S SEE HOW THIS GOES!

    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🌻

    CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM June 30th): 189.0

    CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total loss of 9.2 lbs to land at 179.8

    CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT: xxxxx

    TOTAL LOST IN THIS CHALLENGE: xxxxx

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

    PREVIOUS WEEKS THIS CHALLENGE:

    07/01 –188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    07/07 –189.4 ❌ (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    07/14—192.2 ❌ (Trend Weight – 191.2)

    07/21 – 186.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.1)

    07/28 – 185.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.5)

    07/31 – 188.8 ❌ (Trend Weight – 188.1)

    ..

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Start Weight: 189.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Goal: 3.1 lb loss landing me at 185.9

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Actual: 188.8

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 0.2 lbs Lost

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    08/01 – 187.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.0)

    08/04 – 186.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 187.7)

    08/11 --181.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 185.6)

    08/18—182.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.4)

    08/25 –183.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.0)

    08/31 – 181.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.5)

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Start Weight: 188.8

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Goal: 6.0 lb Loss landing me at 182.8 (This will keep me moving along toward my overall goal for the entire challenge.

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Actual: 181.8 (7 lbs Loss)

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 7.2 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    09/01 -- 09/01—185.0 ❌ (Trend Weight: 184.6)

    09/08 – 183.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.6)

    09/15 --183.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 184.8)

    09/22– 183.4 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.7) My simple goal at the start was to lose approximately 3 pounds per month (for a total of 9.2) and I have not been able to even do that. The first month (July) really set me back but I did manage to catch up and even slightly exceed my goal in August. However, September has set me back, yet again. I’m feeling a bit like a failure. I’m quite sure I cannot lose 3 ½ pounds in the next week to “catch up” and meet my overall challenge goal. Sad because that would have let me dip my toes into the 170’s for the 1st time in a very long time. I'm sad about all this, but will try to use my feelings to help me make better and more sustainable changes. On a positive note, I joined a book club a few weeks back and tonight is my first meeting. I’m nervous but excited to get out and mingle.

    🐝🐝🐝🐝 09/29 –182.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.0) Travel Day. Time to go get my $2000.00 crown replaced due to receding gums. Oh Joy!

    09/30 – xxxxx (Trend Weight – xxxxx) I will probably come back a day or two late to record my weight for September end. After travel, giving it a day or two will allow the most accurate true numbers to reveal themselves.

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Start Weight: 181.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Goal: 2.0 lb Loss landing me at challenge goal of 179.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Actual:

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • Elbee1
    Elbee1 Posts: 2,221 Member

    MFP starting weight 2/2011: 160.2 lbs Since then I’ve come & gone, started, stopped. Weight bounced around from 140-168 lbs. Wanting to be consistent to lose down to about 98 lbs & be healthier & stronger. (63F, & 4’11” or less & small boned—athlete in past but that was long ago). I was just diagnosed with Osteoporosis & I have hypothyroidism. I am joining in late, and I’ve started & stopped so much but once again—I am determined to stay in and keep up for the challenge this time around.

    7/17/25 Challenge starting weight: 159.6 lbs.

    Challenge goal weight: 150.6 lbs

    July 7:

    July 14:

    July 17 (my starting date for this challenge: 159.6 lbs

    July 21: 159.2 lbs

    July 28: 158 lbs

    July Goal: 158.6 lbs

    July Actual: 158 lbs

    July Loss: 1.6 lbs

    August 4: 157 lbs

    August 11: 156.6 lbs

    August 18: 155.8 lbs

    August 25: 158 lbs I honestly don’t understand this gain I’m doing better with food than I’ve done in years & for a longer period time! I’m very disappointed & I saw the scale keep going up this week & I haven’t understood it I’ll keep plugging!!

    August Goal: 154.6 lbs

    August Actual: 158 

    August Loss: Gain! + 1 lb & I truly don’t understand this :(

    September 1: 157 lbs

    September 8: 157 lbs

    September 15: 156.8 lbs

    September 22: 156.2 lbs

    September 29:  155.6 lbs

    September Goal: 150.6 lbs

    September Actual: 155.6 lbs

    September Loss: 1.4 lbs

    Weight loss for this week: .6 lbs

    Current challenge loss: 4 lbs

    Challenge Weight loss goal: 150.6 lbs - didn’t make my goal

  • jrago47
    jrago47 Posts: 87 Member

    SW for Challenge: 219.2

    July 7: 219.2

    July 19: 216.2

    July 24: 215.4

    July 31: 216

    July Loss: 3.2 pounds gone

    August 1: 216.8

    August 8: 215.4

    August 18: 218

    August 25: 217.8

    August Loss: 1 pound gain (lots of vacations)

    September 1: 216

    September 8: 213.6

    September 15: 212.8

    September 22: 211

    September 30: 211.6

    September Loss: 6.2

    Current challenge loss: 7.6 pounds!! Super happy

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 14,081 Member

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    My name is Donna. I am 65 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253. I would like to lose a total of about 100 pounds and have been working on it for too many years (since 2018). I weigh weekly but also on the 1st and last day of each month for a full month’s account.

    🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

    I AM TRYING SOMETHING LATELY. MY GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE WILL BE 0.1 lbs PER DAY. THAT WILL USUALLY COME TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 LBS TOTAL LOST MOST CHALLENGES. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT I DON’T FEEL IT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK, EVEN GIVEN MY AGE, MY MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT SET ME BACK AND MY MEDICATIONS. IF I GET BEHIND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WEEK OR MONTH, I’VE ONLY MADE IT HARDER ON MYSELF AS I HAVE TO THEN CATCH UP. THE SPECIFIC GOALS NUMBERS MAY CHANGE AS I GO ALONG ONLY TO KEEP IN LINE WITH MY GRAND TOTAL LOSS GOAL. IN THE END IT SHOULD BE EQUAL TO 0.1 LB PER DAY OR MORE. I KNOW IT’S A MIND GAME I’M PLAYING WITH MYSELF, BUT IT ALSO FEELS LIKE I’M NOT BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW. LET’S SEE HOW THIS GOES!

    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🌻

    CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM June 30th): 189.0

    CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total loss of 9.2 lbs to land at 179.8

    CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT: xxxxx

    TOTAL LOST IN THIS CHALLENGE: xxxxx

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

    PREVIOUS WEEKS THIS CHALLENGE:

    07/01 –188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    07/07 –189.4 ❌ (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    07/14—192.2 ❌ (Trend Weight – 191.2)

    07/21 – 186.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.1)

    07/28 – 185.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.5)

    07/31 – 188.8 ❌ (Trend Weight – 188.1)

    ..

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Start Weight: 189.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Goal: 3.1 lb loss landing me at 185.9

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Actual: 188.8

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 0.2 lbs Lost

    ..

    08/01 – 187.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.0)

    08/04 – 186.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 187.7)

    08/11 --181.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 185.6)

    08/18—182.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.4)

    08/25 –183.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.0)

    08/31 – 181.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.5)

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Start Weight: 188.8

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Goal: 6.0 lb Loss landing me at 182.8 (This will keep me moving along toward my overall goal for the entire challenge.

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Actual: 181.8 (7 lbs Loss)

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 7.2 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    09/01 -- 09/01—185.0 ❌ (Trend Weight: 184.6)

    09/08 – 183.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.6)

    09/15 --183.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 184.8)

    09/22– 183.4 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.7)

    09/29 –182.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.0) Travel Day. Time to go get my $2000.00 crown replaced due to receding gums. Oh Joy!

    🐝🐝🐝🐝 09/30 – DNW ↔️ (Trend Weight – DNW) I will probably come back a day or two late to record my weight for September end. After travel, giving it a day or two will allow the most accurate true numbers to reveal themselves.

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Start Weight: 181.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Goal: 2.0 lb Loss landing me at challenge goal of 179.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Actual:

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • takinitalloff
    takinitalloff Posts: 4,119 Member

    MFP starting weight: 270.9 lbs (June 27, 2023)
    Challenge starting weight: 202.3 lbs
    Challenge goal weight: 200 lbs (goal set on September 3)

    July 1: 202.3 lbs
    July 7: 203 lbs
    July 15: 201.9 lbs
    July 22: 200.6 lbs
    July 31: 201.9 lbs
    July Goal: did not set a goal
    July Actual: 201.9 lbs
    July Change: -0.4 lbs

    August 1: 202.3 lbs
    August 11: 203.2 lbs
    August 18: 206.1 lbs
    August 25: 205.6 lbs
    August 31: 208.7 lbs
    August Goal: did not set a goal
    August Actual: 208.7 lbs
    August Change: +6.4 lbs ☀️🥵🤯🍨🍦🐽

    September 1: 210.3 lbs
    September 3: 207 lbs
    September 8: 205.2 lbs
    September 15: 206.5 lbs
    September 22: 207.8 lbs
    September 30: 206.1 lbs
    September Goal: 200 lbs
    September Actual: 206.1 lbs
    September Change: -4.3 lbs

    Weight change for this week: -1.7 lbs
    Challenge change: +3.8 lbs
    Challenge Goal: 200 lbs

    Challenge final weight: 206.1 lbs

    I didn't end up where I wanted to be, but at least I'm finally headed back in the right direction.

    No exceptions. No excuses. 🥑
    💝 Discipline is self-love. 💖

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 14,081 Member

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    My name is Donna. I am 65 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253. I would like to lose a total of about 100 pounds and have been working on it for too many years (since 2018). I weigh weekly but also on the 1st and last day of each month for a full month’s account.

    🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

    I AM TRYING SOMETHING LATELY. MY GOAL FOR THE CHALLENGE WILL BE 0.1 lbs PER DAY. THAT WILL USUALLY COME TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 LBS TOTAL LOST MOST CHALLENGES. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT I DON’T FEEL IT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK, EVEN GIVEN MY AGE, MY MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT SET ME BACK AND MY MEDICATIONS. IF I GET BEHIND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WEEK OR MONTH, I’VE ONLY MADE IT HARDER ON MYSELF AS I HAVE TO THEN CATCH UP. THE SPECIFIC GOALS NUMBERS MAY CHANGE AS I GO ALONG ONLY TO KEEP IN LINE WITH MY GRAND TOTAL LOSS GOAL. IN THE END IT SHOULD BE EQUAL TO 0.1 LB PER DAY OR MORE. I KNOW IT’S A MIND GAME I’M PLAYING WITH MYSELF, BUT IT ALSO FEELS LIKE I’M NOT BITING OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW. LET’S SEE HOW THIS GOES!

    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🌻

    CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM June 30th): 189.0

    CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total loss of 9.2 lbs to land at 179.8

    CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT: 183.0

    TOTAL LOST IN THIS CHALLENGE: 6.0 lbs. Lost

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

    PREVIOUS WEEKS THIS CHALLENGE:

    07/01 –188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    07/07 –189.4 ❌ (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    07/14—192.2 ❌ (Trend Weight – 191.2)

    07/21 – 186.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.1)

    07/28 – 185.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.5)

    07/31 – 188.8 ❌ (Trend Weight – 188.1)

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    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Start Weight: 189.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Goal: 3.1 lb loss landing me at 185.9

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ July Actual: 188.8

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 0.2 lbs Lost

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    08/01 – 187.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 188.0)

    08/04 – 186.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 187.7)

    08/11 --181.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 185.6)

    08/18—182.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.4)

    08/25 –183.8 ❌ (Trend Weight: 185.0)

    08/31 – 181.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.5)

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Start Weight: 188.8

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Goal: 6.0 lb Loss landing me at 182.8 (This will keep me moving along toward my overall goal for the entire challenge.

    🐎🐎🐎 Aug Actual: 181.8 (7 lbs Loss)

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 7.2 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    09/01 -- 09/01—185.0 ❌ (Trend Weight: 184.6)

    09/08 – 183.6 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.6)

    09/15 --183.8 ✅ (Trend Weight: 184.8)

    09/22– 183.4 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.7)

    09/29 –182.0 ✅ (Trend Weight – 184.0) Travel Day. Time to go get my $2000.00 crown replaced due to receding gums. Oh Joy!

    🐝🐝🐝🐝 09/30 –183.0 ❌ (Trend Weight – 183.9) Posting one day late due to travel. I wanted to lose 9.2 lbs this round and lost 6.0 instead. That’s only an average of 2 lbs per month, but I’ll take what I can get. Trust me, that 2 lbs per month was an uphill battle. Sometimes it’s not so tough to lose it, but hard as heck to Keep it. See you tomorrow in the next round .

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    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Start Weight: 181.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Goal: 2.0 lb Loss landing me at challenge goal of 179.8

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Sept Actual: 183.0

    🔍️ 🔍️ 🔍️Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 6.0 lbs Lost.

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  • Starfruit98
    Starfruit98 Posts: 138 Member

    YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 241.0

    July 1: 241.0

    July 7: 237.3 

    July 14: 239.9 

    July 21: 238.0 

    ……

    September 15: 242.8

    September 22: 238.1

    September 30: 238.0

  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 308 Member

    YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 182.5

    YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 175

    July 7: 186

    July 14: 178.6

    July 21: 178

    July 28: vacation

    July Goal: 180

    July Actual:

    July Loss:

    August 5: 183.8

    August 11: 183.4

    August 18: 182.2

    August 25: 179

    August Goal: 175

    August Actual: 179

    August Loss: 4.8

    September 1: vacation

    September 8: 181.2

    September 15: 183.4

    September 22: 185

    September 29: 184.4

    September Goal: 179

    September Actual: 184.5

    September Loss: +3.3

    Weight loss for this week: .6

    Current challenge loss: +2

    Challenge Weight loss goal: 179

  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 308 Member