Hello everyone!!!

I am ready to gear up for October. I did not meet my September goal of 150. So I am making that my goal for October. I have really struggled the last few weeks of this journey and plan to take some time this weekend to review my meals and exercise. I do not exercise consistently, only when I have a chance. But I am realizing that I have got to make it a priority if I want to have the body that I really want. I am looking to make a real lifestyle change, not just drop a few pounds and gain the weight again later. I am looking forward to the "maintenance" phase.

I am also still looking to connect with others on MFP. So add me as a friend.

Height: 5'8.5'
HW: 169.5lbs July 24
Current weight: 153lb
Goal range: 145lb - 148lb
October goal: 150lbs

Sep 30:
Oct 7:
Oct 14:
Oct 21:
Oct 28:

Hi everyone. I'm going to set a goal of losing 2lbs this month, I'm not 100% sure how much more weight I want to lose, my body is definitely toning up, and I feel lots better, but I need to have a buffer zone, I feel the weight I am now is the upper limit.

Height 5"5

Heaviest weight 10 stone 11.7lbs (January this year, although had been over 1 stone heavier than this previously)
CW 9stone 9.8lbs
GW 9 stone 7lbs ??

My aim this month is to do BBG 3 times a week, and run once or twice a week

I am the same @rianneonamission I haven’t cut anything out of my diet, maybe that’s why it’s taken so long to lose my weight, but I feel if I stop eating things I like then I’ll just binge on them more frequently.

Hi all! Excited to be back at it again for October! September was a weird month for me, I only lost a teensy bit each week, bordering on being stagnant, then the last few days of the month I had a big “whoosh.” I’m not anticipating another whoosh in October, but hopefully my losses will stay consistent.

Height: 5'3”
Highest weight: 126lbs
Ultimate goal: 110lbs (then recomp, so maybe back up to 115 counting muscle)

Here are my last few months’ averages. I’ve really cracked down lately, and it shows!
Beginning of July: 119.9
Beginning of August: 118.7
Beginning of September: 115.0

Beginning of October: 112.4
October goal: Ideally, 110 (goal). But, I would be happy if I got to 111.

Hey guys! My goal is to lose anywhere from 2-5 pounds this month haha. Looking forward to see your progress in these following weeks

Height: 162.5 cm
Age: 18

Hw: 152 lbs August 10th
Cw: 145 lb
Ugw: 110 lbs
October goal: 140- 142 lbs

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Oct 12:
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Oct 26:

FreshBrew92 wrote: »

Hello everyone!!!

I am ready to gear up for October. I did not meet my September goal of 150. So I am making that my goal for October. I have really struggled the last few weeks of this journey and plan to take some time this weekend to review my meals and exercise. I do not exercise consistently, only when I have a chance. But I am realizing that I have got to make it a priority if I want to have the body that I really want. I am looking to make a real lifestyle change, not just drop a few pounds and gain the weight again later. I am looking forward to the "maintenance" phase.

I am also still looking to connect with others on MFP. So add me as a friend.

Height: 5'8.5'
HW: 169.5lbs July 24
Current weight: 153lb
Goal range: 145lb - 148lb
October goal: 150lbs

Sep 30: 152.5
Oct 7:
Oct 14:
Oct 21:
Oct 28:

Morning all!!! So I am almost at my goal and I am so excited. On Friday I was 152.5 but today I was 150.5. I know that part of my weight for the last week or so was due to water weight and I was very happy to see it drop off over the weekend. I kept my carbs low and I worked out consistently. I will not workout today, but I will tomorrow - Saturday and then rest Sunday. My ultimate goal is 150, but I would like to be a few pounds less to account for water weight.

Hey everyone!
I've been looking for some accountability and I was happy to find this thread. I'm looking to get myself back to a healthy BMI after a year of really bad binge eating and weight gain. So far I'm making slow progress but it's progress none the less. I'm hoping to get to my healthy BMI goal by January 2018.

Height: 5'4"
Started at: 171lbs (78kg) in August
CW: 168lbs (76.3kg)
GW: 135lbs (61.2kg)
Goal for this month: 154lbs (70kg)

October 1st: 168lbs (76.3kg)

I need some accountability. I don't know what to, but I need it. I'm floundering.

Height: 5'11.5
HW: 212lbs on MFP/220lbs at doctor's office.
SW October: 142.8lbs w/ fluid retention but my first weigh in isn't technically till Wed 04/10.
Ultimate goal: 145-150lbs strong.
October goal: IDK. Not to lose my marbles? I would like to get up to 143 and stay there with as little BF added as possible but I'm in the 20-21%, maybe as low as 19%, range so I could gain a bit and be okay. I trained my typical amount for the first time since June (woo!) but the knock on effect of how weak and tired I feel this week has really knocked my confidence. It's not to do with my actual muscle because that's going up, I'm 38-39% MM, but instead it's a feeling actually in my body. So I'm playing around with food, trying to work in more to make me feel strong. I have no idea what a 'strong' food is but I'll figure it out. Healthy burgers? I don't eat red meat because I don't really like it but I do like well done burgers on occasion so I'mma hit that. I won't even buy steak because I know I can't stomach it. Plus more calories but less food is the name of the game right now.

I can't believe it's this month and next month and then it'll be Christmas accountability! I can't wait for all the good food I'm about to eat. Mum and I are already talking about the Christmas menu (we share duties) and we are going to get a sausage wreath, butternut squash tartlets, prosecco jelly shots (for fun) and maybe a lemon tart to cut through the chocolate rush everyone is going to have. Does anyone else plan their Christmas dinner in October?

@KelseyRL It's not been that long. I had surgery June 25th and I was out for 6 weeks, trained a couple of times over the course of two weeks (August 6th? - 20th?), had two weeks off (I had a secondary injury with torn scar tissue) and was back for the last three weeks 'properly' in September. Didn't make it up to 7 hours until last week. So in practice it's only been 3+ months since my surgery and so a lot of my problems could resolve in the few. It just doesn't help me right now with my decreased functionality/low weight. I also struggle with the fact I don't have a huge appetite. I never have, even at my biggest. I would just eat through it as I do now. So yeah, the prospect of cramming food into my mouth doesn't appeal to me at all. I had to sad eat pasta today because while I love pasta I didn't want it but I knew I needed it. Future reference: turkey spaghetti bolognese should be eaten with a white bread spoon. Don't even get me started on my digestive issues - can't eat dairy, can't eat broccoli/apples/fermenting foods, can't eat large amounts of sugar or caffeine, can't eat tons of meat, shouldn't really eat bread or white foods - peas and turkey is as good as it gets.

A lot of it comes down to expectation, re: my training regime. Not from myself, I'm just trying to live my best life, but others on me. Today, I had it with my trainer pulling me up for something that both me AND my partner were doing (a hop rather than a step). A hop is easier, but it also shows your hand as it were. So he made me go back and do it with a step. Fine. I'm not doing it right, let's do it right. But he didn't call my partner, who has been training twice as long as I have, for doing it. So I feel like I need the extra sessions to work on my basics because no matter what I do, I'm going to get pulled on something. 'If you kick at 90 you take it down at 95' and other great wisdoms I tell ya. I know it's because my trainer wants the best out of me, both of them do, but at least make it fair.

And I'm all kinds of embarrassed that you called me an athlete. I have never used that word to refer to myself. I'm more like a bendy genetic accident who has no sense of self preservation.

165 is a good weight. I remember how good I felt at 160-165. I wasn't keen on my stomach but I never am, but in general, I felt good. Plus that was probably the last time I could fit into a 34 band bra. I also wore a lot of rollnecks. It was Christmas time 2015 and I had maybe 4 or 5 that I rotated. I loved them. I actually still have some of them even though they're a UK14/US10 and I'm an UK8/US4. They're elastane so while they're big, they're still better looking than some of those fisherman's knits that make everyone a rectangle. UK ladies if you have any recs for jumpers/cardigans that actually accentuate the female body and button up I would much appreciate that.

I'm also really sorry I didn't welcome the new ladies. I'm sorry. I'm incredibly self involved when I'm complaining. If you need anything just let us know and we'll be there. We're your people now. This is a good space and you'll do really well here.

Wow, that's an amazing milestone @rianneonamission ! Celebration bath tonight? It's funny I log my weight in lbs into MFP but weigh myself in stones. On my scale, if you press at button at the back it will change whatever your weigh is from lbs to kg to stones with every press.

A lot of the time I stand there too stupefied to say anything, like, are you serious? As he walks away. It's one of those things as well where he always picks on me and my normal training partner. We're the two most experienced ladies who are currently training, we have two brown 2 belts (the belt before black) but one just had her appendix out like me and the other is her normal partner and isn't looking to babysit newbies, which is what can happen if you don't have a regular partner. So we're not stupid, we get the work done, but we also laugh. I hit myself in the face with my own gloves pretty regularly because I stop thinking about them and draw them back too fast. And it's funny. So we laugh. And I don't know if that makes him think we're not working but we are. I think if he could separate us he would but I'm too light to train with most of the guys now. Not as aggressively as they want to go. I mean I don't mind it, but it's more likely to do me an injury than when I weighed more. He's also always picking at how slow my legs can be in kicking up and back down. It's nothing actually to do with my legs, it's my chest. If I can't breathe I can't exert myself and at a certain point I can't go any faster or for as many reps as he wants me to at said speed. TBH, I think he's just eternally frustrated by me. On paper I'm a model student, I have great flexibility, I have a really long range, and I'm fast when I need to be but I also have zero confidence and give up way too easily. It's just I've never had a fighter's frame of mind so I don't look at things the same way he does.

As you can see I have a very deep and complex relationship with my trainer. We get on for the most part, even when he's kicking me, but I guess I'm just never going to be what he wants me to be.

I'm so excited for these veggie wellingtons we're going to get. CHRISTMAS GET IN MY BELLY. Like I was saying before, I don't have a big appetite so I generally don't do too badly over Christmas. Unless there's cookies. Cookie slore here. I think as a teenager I was the only person who came back from holidays weighing less. Fun story I have only ever finished my Christmas dinner once. I was 22, it's that etched into my brain I know exactly when it was, and I said I'M GOING TO EAT THIS WHOLE CHRISTMAS DINNER. It was a plate full. Not even an over filled plate really. It took me something like 40 minutes and I couldn't move I was so sure I was going to be sick. I have never been so full in my life so don't do that. Eat what you want not what you think you need. Or deserve. There is no deserve. Only mmm that's nice.