2019 Lose 52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

I seemed stuck at around 151-152 lbs since the beginning of the month and then finally big drop to 148.8 on Sat - Yeah!!!!!!! Up a smidgeon Sunday to 148.9 so hope it stays below 150 this week!!! Getting so close to STG goal of BMI<130.

The Apple Watch Challenge for May is helping to keep the motivation going to hit the gym/exercise daily in some form and beat exercise goals !!! Made it to Bronze so far!

Started using Aaptiv to work in some more interesting elliptical and other strength training/core exercises on my own for days when I cannot make the gym or schedule does not fit with favorite classes but more motivation to use the spin bikes there. (free trial subscription, but may continue)


Age 57 Female
Starting weight 177.1 (all time high)
Goal weight: 110 lbs
STG 147 (to drop below obese BMI threshold 30)

FEBRUARY
W02 Feb 4rd -177.1
W3 Feb 10th - 171.8
W4 Feb 17th - 169.3
W5 Feb 24nd -165.5
End Feb 28 164.7
Feb Loss - 12.4
Total Loss - 12.4

MARCH:
Start 164.7
W 6 Mar 3rd - 164.3
W 7 Mar 10th - 165.0
W 8 Mar 17th - NA (out of county)
W 9 Mar 24th 162.8
W10 Mar 31st 160.6
March Loss - 4.1 (slowed down due to travel and no exercise)

APRIL
Start 160.6
W11 Apr 7th - 158.5
W12 Apr 14th - 157.5 (out of town so interpolation)
W13 Apr 21st - 155.8
W14 Apr 28th - 152.7 (hit the gym so picked up the pace!)
April Loss 8.2lbs

MAY
Start 152.4
W15 May 5th - 152.3
W16 May 12th - 148.9 (yeah !!!! - broke plateau !!!!)
W17 May 19th
W18 May 26th
May Loss to date 3.5 lbs

JUNE
W19 June 2nd

Total Loss to date - 28.2 lbs

Starting weight: 19 st / 266lb (at 6th January)
Goal weight: 15 st 4lb / 214 lb
Current weight: 17 st 9 lb / 247 lb
Total weight lost: 19 lb

Jan 9th – 266 lb
Jan 13th - 260 lb
Jan 15th - 258 lb
Jan 20th - 258 lb
Jan 27th - 257 lb (Jan loss 9 lb)
Feb 3rd - 261 lb
Feb 10th - 255 lb
Feb 17th - 253 lb
Feb 27th – 251 lb (Feb loss 6 lb)
Mar 10th – 251 lb
Mar 17th – 254 lb
Mar 24th – 253 lb
Mar 31st – 252 lb (Mar gained 1 lb)
Apr 7th – 255 lb
Apr 14th – 255 lb
Apr 21st – 253 lb
Apr 25th – 251 lb (Apr loss 1 lb)
May 1st – 249 lb
May 7th – 248 lb
May 14th – 247lb


This week’s successes: I lost 1lb.
This week’s challenges: Revisit my diet, I’m eating less than 1900 calories a day, I exercise, progress shouldn’t be this slow. Even MFP agrees, it’s been telling me since February that if every day was like today I’d be 234lb in 5 weeks.

Starting weight: 231.6
Goal weight: 199

4/8/19: 230.8
4/15/19: 228.6
4/22/19: 228.... and feeling great!
4/29/19: 229.4
5/6/19: 229.4
5/13/19: 229.4... Down 2.2 pounds total

Time to refocus again. I’ve got to get back to planning meals and logging my food. Unfortunately, exercise alone will not result in weight loss.... I’ve tried! 😉

Feels good to be back!

tammierlewis wrote: »

@Luciicul great progress this year! Keep it up.

Thanks! Truth be told, I have a LOT to lose and while this is a 52lb challenge, I'm really aiming to lose closer to 52kgs! Am really glad I've learned some new stuff about nutrition and how our body works, which seems to be working for me so far. Of course, it will be harder when I get closer to my goal weight.

Good luck with the doctor's appointment and on the 10k

Starting Challenge weight: 165.6 lbs (1/2/19)
Current weight: 149.6 (5/15/19)
Goal weight: 120 lbs (weight loss goal of 45.6 pounds from beginning, 29.6 lbs to go)
Total challenge weight lost: 16 lbs in 19 weeks
This week's successes: Back to pre vacation weight
This week's challenges: busy work week so still managing to prioritize exercise will be key this week

Yearlong challenge
3/1 159
3/8 157.1
3/15 157.4
3/22 157.1
4/1 158.6
4/3 156.5
4/5 154.5
4/13 153.4
4/17 153.2
4/18 151.7
5/16 151

Hi friends... Wow almost a month before another loss... Ugh. But still so happy today. Love watching numbers over a long period of time. Thank you all for the motivation and support 🙏❤️😊

New and just started over again 2/11/19 at 225.8 and need to lose over 100lbs and prefer the challenges to keep me more motivated. I have started over for the 2nd time this year already. I started in January had some issues, and finally started again in February. So up for this challenge!

SW: 225.8
Overall Goal – 110-120
Challenge Goal: 147 (reevaluated due to the loss already achieved) New goals: May 1st – 195 – (group challenge – 25lbs) (completed 5/10)
May 17th – 192 (personal goal)
May 14th – 190.9 (according to MFP on 4/9)
June 21st – 189 (group challenge 25.5lbs)
June 3lst – 185 (group challenge)
Feb. March April
May
5/3 – 197.6
5/10 – 194.8
5/17 – 194.0
5/24
5/31
May lbs. lost:
Overall Total: Overall Total:

Starting weight: 220
Goal weight: 150
Current weight: 170.6
Total weight lost: 49.4

This week's successes: My fat mass % has dropped.
This week's challenges: Missed exercise goals. Low step count. Just not enough energy!

Things to work on: Getting more sleep. Eating more nutrient dense foods to hit my 1,200 calorie goal. Moving more!

Highest Weight Ever!! 264.4
Original Starting weight: 02-14-2017 ~ 248.6
HT: 5'4
Starting Weight for This Challenge 225.4 ~ 01-02-2019
Goal weight:185 lbs.--01-02-2020
Current Weight: 225.4
Total weight lost: 22.4
This week's successes: loss -.04 --Started going to the gym @ lunch time.
This weeks challenges: Starting over 03-25-2019, Doing a little more. Need to drink more water!!!
01-02-2019-225.4
01-09-2019-225.4-
01-16-2019-225.8-
01-23-2019-227.8-I'm going the wrong way!!
01-30-2019-229.2-
02-06-2019-228.4-
02-13-2019-226.0-
02-20-2019-228.6-
02-27-2019-228.0-
03-06-2019-230.2- Nothing to say
03-13-2019-226.4- Yippie
03-20-2019-228.8-
03-27-2019-228.4-
04-03-2019-230.4-
04-10-2019-230.8-
04-18-2019-226.6- -Better
04-25-2019-Emergency out of town didn't weigh
05-02-2019-224.8-
05-09-2019-225.8- Have some fluid retention, legs are really swollen.
05-16-2019-225.4-
05-23-2019-
05-30-2019-
06-06-2019-

Starting weight: 186.0 lbs
Goal weight: 130.0 lbs
Current weight: 169.3 lbs
Total weight lost: 16.7 lbs

This week's successes: Yay! I finally did it! I was able to break out of the 170s lbs, break out of the 77s kg, and hit my 25% to goal! I was very happy, but I also had a hard time believing it. So this morning I weighed myself again to double-check, and it actually was 167.8 lbs! But since my weigh-in was yesterday, I'm keeping the first weigh-in as the official one. I feel so relieved, especially after very little progress in the past few weeks.


This week's challenges: I've had a pretty bad cough going on for the past few weeks now. It's been annoying to deal with. Also, I haven't been doing much exercising.


Next week's goal: I want to focus on doing what makes me happy. I want to start working on improving my mental and emotional health.

January
February
March
April
May
5/4- 173.1
5/11- 172.2
5/18- 169.3
5/25-
May Loss: 3.3 lbs

Highest weight: 250 (07/11/18)
Challenge starting weight: 210.0 (12/31/18)
Goal weight: 150
Current weight: 193.5 (05/19/19)
Total weight lost: 56.2
Challenge weight loss: 16.5
This week's successes: I kept walking and following the None to Run program
This week's challenges: My eating is out of control. I gained 3.7 pounds this week.

Kickastina wrote: »

Next week's goal: I want to focus on doing what makes me happy. I want to start working on improving my mental and emotional health.

That's a great goal! It's on my to-do list but I still feel I have a zillion things to do that have prevented me from focusing on it. I've had to wean my goals down to the bare minimum to stay on track. Best of luck

Realized I did not post last week so catching up!

Last Sunday I was at 148.9 but weight went up & down during the week and then dropped again over the weekend to - wait for it - 148.9. The good news was that for at least 2 days last week I was below my short term goal of being below a BMI of 30 and dropped from the obese to overweight category (this is why I weigh daily to see the success, even if it is fleeting). Since increasing carbs, my weight has seemed to fluctuate more, so may look into dropping some carbs. Found out that one app that I was using for exercise was definitely overestimating the calories burned (almost double what my apple watch was reporting) so while I do not eat back any exercise calories, I do like to try to have exercise at a level to create an sufficient deficit to lose 1-2 sounds per week.


Age 57 Female
Starting weight 177.1 (all time high)
Goal weight: 110 lbs
STG 148.5 (to drop below obese BMI threshold)

FEBRUARY
W02 Feb 4rd -177.1
W3 Feb 10th - 171.8
W4 Feb 17th - 169.3
W5 Feb 24nd -165.5
End Feb 28 164.7
Feb Loss - 12.4
Total Loss - 12.4

MARCH:
Start 164.7
W 6 Mar 3rd - 164.3
W 7 Mar 10th - 165.0
W 8 Mar 17th - NA (out of county
W 9 Mar 24th 162.8
W10 Mar 31st 160.6
March Loss - 4.1 (slowed down due to travel and no exercise)

APRIL
Start 160.6
W11 Apr 7th - 158.5
W12 Apr 14th - 157.5 (out of town so interpolation)
W13 Apr 21st - 155.8
W14 Apr 28th - 152.7 (hit the gym so picked up the pace!)
April Loss 8.2lbs

MAY
Start 152.4
W15 May 5th - 152.3
W16 May 12th 149.8 (good week!)
W17 May 19th 149.8 (ups and downs so no net loss :-(
W18 May 26th
May 31
May Loss to date 2.6 lbs (still hoping to make STG and lose > 1 lb/week)

JUNE
W19 June 2nd

Total Loss to date - 28.2 lbs