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Happy New Year! It's the January weigh-in & accountability thread

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  • wolfkms
    wolfkms Posts: 3 Member
    I am so thankful for this group. I need some help as I have been roughly the same weight for the past 5 years and I just thought that was where I would always be. But recently I had a baby and I know I can be better for him, maybe even gain some energy. So here we go:

    Height: 5'7"
    CW: 141
    GW:135

    1/11:
    1/18:
    1/25:
    2/1:
  • mahsh75
    mahsh75 Posts: 3 Member
    Hi Ladies! I’m new to the group and just getting my feet wet. Have been able to manage my weight for many years and finally hit a pretty rough patch in 2018 where things got out of hand. Looking to get to my best version of myself this year. Will share more as I acclimate. This appears to be a pretty solid group - focused and not negative are my first impressions.
  • leah_not_leia
    leah_not_leia Posts: 78 Member
    edited January 2019
    Height: 5' 9"
    HW: 167 lbs (Jan. 13, 2017)
    Jan. Start Weight: 161.6 lbs
    Ultimate Weight Goal: 145 lbs
    lbs to go: 16.0 lbs
    _______________________________________________________________________

    Jan 03: 161.6 lbs
    Jan 09: 161.0 lbs
    Jan 14:
    Jan 21:
    Jan 28:

    January Goal: 158.6 lbs (-3 lbs)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Wow the New Year's rush at the gym (even at 6 in the morning) is crazy! Happy to see a lot of people working on getting healthier, but man I wish the gym required an etiquette class before you can use the weight room - three separate times this week I've tripped over plates people just left on the floor!! :s Anyway, happy with my small loss from last week!
  • lbride
    lbride Posts: 248 Member
    I try to focus on interval training (heavier weights, less cardio). But did see some weight creep up over the holidays (which stretched from Halloween to New Years) that can't be attributed to weight lifting.

    1/1- 134
    1/7 - 133.5
    today 1/9 - 131.5 (water weight).
    Hoping to keep the trend of .5 - to 1 lb a week.
    GW # 1 - 130 by 1/31
    GW # 2- 126 by 3/31
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    Height: 5'3"
    SW: 159
    CW: 135.6
    GW: 120's

    January Goal: Complete 4 weeks of Couch 2 5K. Weight loss will be consequential hopefully, but not the priority. Let's shoot for 133.

    1/2/18: 135.6
    1/9/18: 135.6 (Average 135.4)

    First week of C25K was a breeze overall. Week 2 is going easier then expected too. (Run 90 seconds walk 2 minutes) I have a feeling that Week3 is going to SUCK. There's a point where I will have to run 3 minutes in a row. And, today as I got towards the end of 90 seconds, my brain was telling me "Okay stop running now". So we'll see. Maybe I'll do better then I think. Trying to weigh in daily as well.

  • RobinAlex666
    RobinAlex666 Posts: 144 Member
    HW: 176
    CW: 160.5
    Height: 5'8"
    January goal: 157
    Ultimate goal weight: 153

    Back after a few months away. I'm happy I've only gained a few pounds since then but am ready to get back down to goal again. I ran several days over Holiday shutdown so I only gained a few pounds rather than 10 like in 2017. Happy to be back and good luck everyone :)
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    miliskinny wrote: »
    I almost feel like crying!!!! I am not the only one in the world!!! for the longest time I have been only seeing forums and articles where people complain about losing only 10lbs in a month - I have been trying to lose 10lbs in a year!! thank you ladies for creating this group! thank you! <3

    I am 5ft 7.5'' and 152lbs (maybe 153today). My goal is 130s.
    Today will be 7 weeks since I started keto and it has been a bumpu ride - lost, stalled, lost, gained, stalled, gained... all in all, 7 weeks ago I was 160 so I am happy.
    I do all sorts of physical activity - walking, running, focus t25, gym but decreased dramatically since couple of weeks ago. I was just having too strong appetite.

    I am struggling a lot to stay within my caloric goal. Anyone else here having the same issue? Or an advice?

    Good luck to you all!!!
    mm

    Hi there! Welcome! So this is something I struggle with as well. What is your calorie goal set to? A mistake I first made was setting it to 2lbs a week loss, which was 1200 calories. I found this very hard to stick to for more then a few days without becoming ravenous and bingey. I upped (erm, lowered?) the loss to 1lbs a week... Still hard to stick to. So I stuck with 1/2 lbs a week, which at sedentary setting gave me 1390 (I think?). I also made sure to eat back at least 1/2 of my exercise calories. If I found I was eating over calorie goal more often then not, I took it as a sign to take a diet break. I would eat at maintenance for 2 weeks until my appetite got under control, and then went back to the 1/2lb weight loss goal. It seemed to be a 2weeks on 2weeks off kinda pattern. So my weight loss was more like 1/4lb loss a week. But it was consistent and steady, and ended at 20lbs after 9mos. When we dont have a lot to lose it goes SLLLOOOOWWW. And slow and steady wins this race. I also downloaded Libra to track my daily weight. It helps to drown out all the crazy fluctuations and tell you if you're trending up or trending down. Seeing the downward trend keeps me going when it seems like the scale just keeps creeping up. If the trend line goes up, I know it's time to crack down & re-evaluate my habits.

    A bit long winded here... But Hope this helps! Best of luck!

  • aelexow
    aelexow Posts: 2 Member
    So apparently editing is not a thing...?

    Here is my update as of today.
    Height: 5'4"
    SW January: 148.8#s (January 1 weigh in)
    Ultimate goal: Around 130#s
    January goal: 142#s
    January body fat goal: 28%

    2nd Jan: 148.8#s – Body fat 31.6%
    9th Jan: 146.1#s - Body fat 31.5%
    16th Jan:
    23rd Jan:
    30th Jan:

    This is the first time I've survived more than 7 days on an exercise/diet plan. I had my cheat meals here and there (and maybe a beer or two), but overall I think I did pretty well. Food is usually my comfort, but I don't feel like I've struggled that much in cutting back the calories. I've also never been much for exercise. I hurt my knee years ago in track and have hated the treadmill ever since. But we bought one for Christmas and I find myself wanting to get on it just about every day to at least walk for 30 minutes. I've even increased my step goal on Fitbit.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    @rianneonamission I'm not gonna think about that one yet. LOL. I have a feeling I may be repeating week 3 a while until I can get to the 3 minute run time. I hope that I may suprise myself, but I'm not holding my breath. :)
  • Astrue
    Astrue Posts: 510 Member
    @rianneonamission for me, the toughest part of the combination of parenting and eating is the junk food. Halloween. Holidays. Birthday parties. So much of our cultural way of celebrating anything in the USA revolves around food... Especially carb heavy foods and sugar. The other problem I have is fast food. In the rush to get them fed (because hungry children are insane, moody beasts) we often end up at a Chick-fil-A or similar place). I don't eat off their plates (though I can definitely understand how this is a problem for a lot of people). My other vices more than make up for that one area of self control. :p
  • bettina8037
    bettina8037 Posts: 34 Member
    Love reading all your responses here. Everyone doing so well!

    HW: 155 ish
    GW: 120 ish
    January goal: 127

    2nd Jan: 129.8
    9th Jan: 127.2
    16th Jan:
    23rd Jan:
    30th Jan:

    I'm excited I've dropped 2lb quickly this week, probably some of it leftover from holidays like everyone else 😉 I will see what happens this week and then reassess my January goal from there. I got weights for christmas and have been loving the new difficulty they've been adding to my workouts! Goal was also to increase steps to 10,000 daily, which I have been able to do everyday. Excited about that.
  • mahsh75
    mahsh75 Posts: 3 Member
    Height: 5’6”
    SW: 152
    GW: 127

    January goal: weigh in below 152 on 1/31

    Baby steps for me this month

    @rianneonamission - thanks for the encouragement!
  • mnsmov15
    mnsmov15 Posts: 315 Member
    Hope to be accountable by being back on track.
    Height 5' 4"
    SW 147
    GW for Jan end 144
    UGW 124

    Jan 2 147 lbs
    Jan 9 146
  • crystalgulliver
    crystalgulliver Posts: 45 Member
    5'5 and 133lbs really want to be 112/119lbs!
    Any one have open food diaries for motivation and ideas? Thanks x
  • Astrue
    Astrue Posts: 510 Member
    5'6" 36 years old
    SW January 160
    GW January 155
    UGW 130-135

    3rd Jan: 160
    10th Jan: 156.3
    18th Jan:
    24th Jan:
    31st Jan:
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Mine's open to friends I believe, @crystalgulliver. Feel free to add me! I'm an eat more to weigh less kind of person.
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Must have been holding some water weight yesterday, because I dropped another lb overnight. Looking at my food I think that Tuesday was perhaps a little heavier on the sodium than I would normally go, which would explain things.
  • ARGriffy
    ARGriffy Posts: 1,002 Member
    5'4
    age 29
    Sw: 142
    GW: 126
    GW (JAN): 130

    JAN 1ST : 142
    JAN 5TH : 138
    JAN 10TH: 134


    My gain over Xmas was clearly a fair amount of bloat but the 7lbs i now want off are now true, its only 3 by the end of jan in theory but lets be honest id love more!! Im really strong at the moment so the more i lose the more ripped i look!
  • Cora0477
    Cora0477 Posts: 326 Member
    Height: 5’4”
    1/03: 127.6
    1/10: 126.0
    1/17:
    1/24:
    1/31:
    Jan goal: 125
    Ultimate goal: 120

    I was pleasantly surprised by my weigh in, especially since my husband dragged me to a couple restaurants this week -including a buffet 🙄.

    I didn’t make all my workouts, but I did spend many hours on yard work. And I did use quite a bit of willpower to keep my overall calories on target.

    So it was a successful week!
  • oneillm45
    oneillm45 Posts: 44 Member
    Height: 5'6"
    Ultimate GW: 128lb

    SW: 159lb
    10 January: 154.8
    17 January:
    24 January:
    31 January
    January GW: 152lb

    The holiday weight dropped away quite quickly, so the rest of the month should be a more true reflection of how things are going. Overall though, am happy to state that I'm staying within my calorie target and it's been smooth sailing so far.
  • peppermintcaroline
    peppermintcaroline Posts: 151 Member
    edited January 2019
    Jan 5: 112.4
    Jan 12: 112.9

    Jan Goal: 110
    GW: 100

    Not the direction I was looking to go in. Started my period, which may have something to do with it. Weather is super cold and windy. Have run a little, but should run more.

    @rianneonamission I have done a half marathon but this will be my first full marathon.
  • poolchicko5
    poolchicko5 Posts: 21 Member
    Hey guys!

    So I always get in a really good spot with working out and eating well then I get comfortable and fall off the wagon. I am determined to get back to better than my best. I would love if anyone would add me and I would add them back for just the fact that someone else knows if I screw up so it makes me more accountable. Could be more motivational if it fits, never had that work out though! Anywho..I started using MFP Jan 1 and have almost lost 2 pounds already because I have been more careful about my diet and started working out again. Backstory, I have Hashimoto's and am a chef that works on my feet all day. Easy to eat everything! But I have a decent willpower. I got down to 136 in 2017 and kept it off until about February 2018. Got super slammed with different jobs and "never had consistent time". Granted I worked plenty of 17 hour days with maybe a day off but I still think I make excuses.

    Stats:
    5'4"
    Jan weight 145.8
    UGW - 133
    End Jan GW - 143
    Feb - 139
    March - 134
    April - 133

    Let's do this!
  • skinnibribri
    skinnibribri Posts: 8 Member
    Height: 5'4.5
    SW: 146
    CW: 142.6
    First Goal: 135
    Second Goal: 130
    FINAL/ULTIMATE GOAL: 128
    Last time I was 128 was June 2017 and I looked FAB!
  • clega044
    clega044 Posts: 3 Member
    Being a college student, I pilled up a lot of weight since my last year of high school! I'm trying to go back to my original weight but it's hard. My goal would be to reach my ideal weight by the end of this year

    Height:5'5
    CW:132.28lbs
    GW:119.05lbs
    January GW:130lbs
  • Anniebotnen
    Anniebotnen Posts: 332 Member
    edited January 2019
    Hi everyone, I’m new to this group! I lost 27 lbs in 2014,and have been maintaining my weight since then. Except that I allow myself to eat anything I want between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so always have to get back to logging my food for awhile in January to get rid of whatever extra weight I’ve accumulated during that time. I’m very consistent with my lifting program, which fortunately allows me to eat quite a lot and still lose slowly, but it’s always helpful to get back to MFP for extra motivation and support!

    SW 172#
    CW 148.5#
    GW. 145#

    1/12/19 148.5#
    1/31/19 GW 147#

    I’m 5’6.
  • Tryingtogetfitdeb
    Tryingtogetfitdeb Posts: 294 Member
    edited January 2019


    SW 67.8kg (2/1/19)
    4/1/19 67.4 kg
    11/1/19 67.0kg

    So I did lose last week, but feel like I’ve put it all back on again, it’s time of the month and I’ve been sloppy with my eating and giving in to my cravings. My exercise has stopped too. Tomorrow is another day and I will get back on track.

    Well done to all of you who are being consistent.



  • f1tafter40
    f1tafter40 Posts: 19 Member
    Height 6’ 0”
    SW 1/12/19 153 lbs
    19.5% body fat
    Goal: 145 lbs, 15% fat
    Goal date: 4/1/19

    Forty two year old single mom (100% custody) with a full time desk job.

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