September 2015 Weight Loss Challenge
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Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest known weight: 409
Starting Weight (Jan., 2015): 402
Starting Weight (8/30): 295 lbs
Goal Weight (9/27): 279
8/30: 295
9/06: 291
9/13:
9/20:
9/27:
Loss/gain for the week: -4
Loss/gain for the month: -4
Successes/Struggles: On the last trip of summer. I made it through without falling off the wagon. YAY ME!!! Actually, I've had great losses with very little exercise during these trips. I may just have to luve a life of a vacationista (my word!). I do need to get my carcass moving again SOON!
Goals for the Month:
Miles: 15 of 175
Steps: 38,000 of 400,0000 -
Name: Nassi
Height: 5'6"
Heaviest weight: 363.5
Challenge Start weight (02 Sept): 363.5
Challenge Goal Weight (30 Sept): 350
9/7 354.4lb
9/14
9/21
9/28
9/30
Weekly loss/gain: -9lb
Monthly loss/gain: -9lb
Struggles or successes:
Success... actually sticking to my calories and losing weight! Fairly certain a few of those lbs are just monthly water weight fluctuations, but still very happy!0 -
Hello all. I'm new to the group and will play along this month if it's ok to backdate things...
Name: NaughtyNorman84
Height: 6'2
Original start weight (24 Aug 15): 349 lbs
Challenge Start weight (01 Sep): 343 lbs
Challenge Goal weight (30 Sep): 333 lbs
Progress
07 Sep: 340 lbs
14 Sep:
Variance
Week: -3 lbs
Month: -3 lbs
Overall: -9 lbs
Struggles and successes of the week
Fine so far with food logging; I'm proud of a disciplined weekend which made up for a heavy Friday evening and bought me back under net calories for the week. But the resulting lazy day on Saturday meant I fell a few thousand steps behind the curve towards my monthly walking goal, when I had otherwise been well ahead. I will make up the gap this week.
Exercise goals
07 Sep: 65,167 of 300,000 steps
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Name: Ted
Height: 5'11"
Highest Weight: 395 lbs
Sept Challenge Start Weight (8/31/15): 324.6 lbs
Sept Challenge Goal Weight (9/30/15): 315 lbs
9/7: 319.2 lbs
9/14:
9/21:
9/28:
9/30:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -5.4 lbs
Monthly Loss/Gain: -5.4 lbs
Success or Struggles of the week: Not sure what I did well but obviously happy with the results!
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Name: Jeanne
Height: 5'7
Starting Weight (8/31): 288.7
Goal Weight (9/30): 279
8/31: 288.7
9/7: 285.7
9/14:
9/21:
9/28:
9/31:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -2.0
Monthly Loss/Gain: -2.0
Success or Struggles of the week: I lost my goal for the week so yay! I am really struggling to maintain my workout schedule. I am finding myself with less and less time to actually go work out now that the summer is over. I either need to take time away from my family or sleep... I know it is going to be sleep, I just hope it doesn't affect my energy too much
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Name:Peg
Height: 5'11"
Heaviest weight (6/2): 339.6
Starting weight (8/30)299.8
Goal Weight: (9/30): 290
8/30: 299.8
9/6:296.8
9/14:
9/21:
9/30:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -3
Monthly Loss/Gain: -3
Success or struggles of the week: I missed a Jazzercise class, and my Fitbit died on Friday. I replaced the battery, but I have to manually sync it every time. Also, a bit of sugar-craziness on Sunday, not a binge but enough to make me a little ill. (an apple fritter and a bowl of cap'n crunch - either one would have been ok, but both?!) Putting my big-girl panties on today, metaphorically, and getting back to it.0 -
ColinsMommaOC wrote: »Name: Jeanne
Height: 5'7
Starting Weight (8/31): 288.7
Goal Weight (9/30): 279
8/31: 288.7
9/7: 285.7
9/14:
9/21:
9/28:
9/31:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -2.0
Monthly Loss/Gain: -2.0
Success or Struggles of the week: I lost my goal for the week so yay! I am really struggling to maintain my workout schedule. I am finding myself with less and less time to actually go work out now that the summer is over. I either need to take time away from my family or sleep... I know it is going to be sleep, I just hope it doesn't affect my energy too much
Congratulations! You actually lost 3 pounds!
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Is is too late to join this? Hope not...
Name: Alex
Height: 5'6
Heaviest Weight: 354.3
Starting Weight (8/31): 338
Goal Weight (9/30): 328
8/31: 338
9/7: 339.5
9/14:
9/21:
9/28:
9/31:
Weekly Loss/Gain: +1.5
Monthly Loss/Gain: +1.5
Success or Struggles of the week: I thought I did amazing this week, and was very surprised to see a gain. Didn't think one off-plan night the night before weigh-in would have such a dramatic impact... but it did. Lesson learned for the rest of the football season.0 -
Name: Lauren
Height: 5'7
Highest Weight (8/17/15): 349
Sept Challenge Start Weight (8/29/15): 338.8
Sept Challenge Goal Weight (9/30/15): 328
9/5: 337.4
9/12:
9/19:
9/26:
9/30:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -1.4
Monthly Loss/Gain: -1.4
Success or Struggles of the week: It was my lady time, so I expected some water weight. I went out of town labor day weekend for our 5 year anniversary. So much football...I loved it! I was happy to stick to my calories 2 out of 3 days... but day 3 was pretty bad. I really need to get back on the ball for the rest of the week in advance of this next weigh in.0 -
Name: Kai
Height: 5'6"
September starting weight: 313.2
September goal weight: 306.0
8/30: 313.2
9/6: 312.8
9/13:
9/20:
9/27:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -.4
Monthly Loss/Gain: -.4
Success/struggles of the week: my success was that some coworkers and I went to an all you can eat buffet for lunch on Friday and I only made one trip to the buffet. My struggle is my weigh in this morning. I feel like my body betrayed me.0 -
Name: Samantha
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight (7/04): 313.20 lbs
September Starting Weight: 305.0 (Note: I have started weighing with the Wii Fit again which is a little bit of an adjustment for the better. But it is more consistent overall than my digital scale.)
Goal Weight (9/26): 299.0 lbs Approx. 1.5 lbs/wk (Would love to visit the two hundreds again.)
8/29:305.0 lb.
9/5:305.4
9/12:
9/19: Birthday week (Trying to not splurge too much that week/day)
9:26:
Loss/gain for the week: Up .4 lb. TOM so not too worried. Hopefully better next week
Loss/gain for the month: Up .4 lb
Struggles or successes of your week: My wife baking and grazing on craft service. My cravings for sweets was big this week.0 -
Loving everyone's dedication this week in this first week of the autumn, regardless of outcome!0
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Name: Matt
Height: 6'3"
Original Weight (12/26/14): 360.0
Starting Weight (8/29): 262.4 lbs.
Goal Weight (10/1): 250.0 lbs. Approx. 2.5 lbs./wk.
8/29: 262.4
9/3 : 261.4
9/9 : 259.4
9/17:
9/24:
10/1:
Loss/gain for the week: 2.0 lbs.
Loss/gain for the month: 3.0 lbs.
Total Loss (since Dec. 2014): 100.6 lbs.
Struggles or successes of your week:
Weighed in Saturday, and was at 259.0, then weighed in today (doctors appointment) so I'm going to post todays weight for the "official" weekly weigh-in. I know that my muscles are probably full of water from my run last night, because they feel sort of full/heavy; but I'm okay with leaving a higher weight in this week and letting it catch up whenever it's ready.
Got my bike up and running Saturday morning, then cranked out 16 miles. After not riding for a month and a half (due to a mechanical failure took me too long to fix) it felt great to be able to just go again.
Month to Date Exercise (Monthly Goal):
Cycling - 15.9 miles (100 Miles)
Jogging/Running - 8.64 miles (25 Miles)
Hiking - 0 Miles & 0' elev. climb (5 Miles)
Total - 24.5 miles (125 Miles)0 -
Name: Jen
Height: 5'10"
Heaviest Weight : 355
Starting Weight (8/31): 304 lbs
Goal Weight (9/30): 298 lbs
9/2: 303.8
9/9: 303.2
9/16:
9/23:
9/30:
Loss/gain for the week: -0.6
Loss/gain for the month: -0.8
Struggles or successes of your week: Whine, moan, complain!0 -
Name: Shannon
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 387
September Challenge Starting Weight (09/09/2015): 355
September Challenge Goal Weight (09/30/2015): 345
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Name: Alex
Height: 5'6
Heaviest Weight: 354.3
Starting Weight (8/31): 338
Goal Weight (9/30): 328
8/31: 338
9/7: 339.5
9/12: 330.3
9/21:
9/28:
9/31:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -9.6
Monthly Loss/Gain: -8.1
Success or Struggles of the week: I know a 9.6 loss seems unhealthy, however I believe it is my true 2 week loss. Last week I did amazing, then went to a football party and drank. I weighed in the next morning and had gained. After speaking with a few friends this week who have undergone their own weight loss journey's, they have convinced me that the worst day to weigh in is after a party due to water retention from drinking and sodium. So, since I plan on moderately enjoying the football parties this season, I have changed my weigh in days to the morning of football, not the morning after.0 -
Name: Kai
Height: 5'6"
September starting weight: 313.2
September goal weight: 306.0
8/30: 313.2
9/6: 312.8
9/13: 308.2
9/20:
9/27:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -4.6
Monthly Loss/Gain: -5.0
Success/struggles of the week: Staying emotionally calm was a great success for me. My struggle was with tracking. I had that voice in my head telling me it was too difficult to figure everything out so why bother.0 -
Name: Cheesy
Height: 5'10
Heaviest weight: 330 lbs
MFP Start Weight (5/26): 318 lbs
Sept Start weight (9/3): 292.2lbs
Goal Weight (9/30): 275 lbs
9/3: 292.2
9/4: 293.4
9/11: 283.6
9/18:
9/25:
9/30:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -9.8
Monthly Loss/Gain: -8.6
Success or Struggles of the week:
A bit late in entry...
WOOSH-- all water weight gain from past few weeks, not a new low but I'm back in the vicinity!
Success = 6.6k daily step average, that's a new high for me!
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Name: NaughtyNorman84
Height: 6'2
Original Start weight (24 Aug 15): 349 lbs
Challenge Start weight (31 Aug): 343 lbs
Challenge Goal weight (30 Sep): 333 lbs
Progress
07 Sep: 340.0 lbs
14 Sep: 338.4 lbs
Variance
Week: -1.6 lbs
Month: -4.6 lbs
Overall: -10.6 lbs
Struggles and successes of the week
Good week logging, maintained my streak and managed to cope with quite a heavy weekend: we'd arranged for three different groups of friends to come over for dinner on Friday and Saturday and a Sunday lunch yesterday. Despite that I even managed to bring my total calories a few hundred closer to my overall monthly goal. I absolutely crushed my exercise goal for the week, going from ~4k behind the curve towards my monthly target last Monday to 25k ahead today. My legs are quite heavy this morning from the weekend's exertions, so I wonder (hope!) that perhaps there's a bit more of a loss hidden in there this week once that washes out.
Logging goals
Streak:
07 Sep: 15 days
14 Sep: 22 days
Monthly Total/Net Calories:
07 Sep: 15,893/11,104 of 14,420
14 Sep: 31,086/17,146 of 28,840
Exercise goals
Steps: week (month)
07 Sep: 66,844 of 70,000 (66,844 of 70,000)
14 Sep: 98,370 of 70,000 (165,254 of 140,000)
Onwards and downwards! Glad to see many others that've s posted so far have had a good week.0
