Fall Group to finish the year strong! Who is with me?

Slider678
Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hey All-

I have had an ok year. Been going sideways for months. I'd like to lose 13 by the end of the year but I need help and some accountability.

Let's start a fun group and do this together! Who is in?

Start by cutting and pasting and answering the below....My answers are below!

Weight:
Goal by 12/31/19:
Favorite Calorie Burning Activity:
Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals:
A Guilty Pleasure:

Weight: 248
Goal by 12/31/19: 235
Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Walking my Dogs!
Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: Snacking after Dinner and Alcohol!
A Healthy Reward you enjoy: Massages every 3 pounds, News shoes!, Weekend away with the wifey!

Wish me luck!
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  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    Good luck! Let's go into 2020 full steam!

    Weight: 223
    Goal by 12/31/19: 210
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: dance fitness
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: chronic pain
    A Guilty Pleasure: re-watching Sex and the City seasons <3
  • BonnieHosk85
    BonnieHosk85 Posts: 2,552 Member
    I'm with you and cheering for you!! I've had three months of "sideways" activity. Losing/gaining the same 2-3 pounds. I've starting accurately weighing and measuring what I consume, drinking lots of water, and I've upped my exercise game.

    Weight: 227.9
    Goal by 12/31/19: 215
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Water aerobics!! 🏊
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: my autoimmune diseases
    A Guilty Pleasure: time alone, but I don't feel guilty! LOL!
  • Slider678
    Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
    Awesome! Let’s do it!
  • Chris_J99
    Chris_J99 Posts: 175 Member
    Here’s my answers!!

    Weight: 208
    Goal by 12/31/19: 190
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: judo
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: carb filled snacks in the evening 🤭
    A Guilty Pleasure: wine 🍷 with dinner a couple of times a week

    We can do this!!!
  • Slider678
    Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
    Welcome let’s do this! Heading to the gym now!
  • BonnieHosk85
    BonnieHosk85 Posts: 2,552 Member
    Went to the gym today. Spent 40 minutes doing cardio and weight machines. Feels so good when I leave. I'm just starting out so will build up my time there.
  • Slider678
    Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
    Awesome Sue! Let’s do this!
  • k1975lr
    k1975lr Posts: 15 Member
    Weight: 213.2
    Goal by 12/31/19: 200
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Swimming and lifting
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: stress eating with having two young kids and a husband recently out of a very extended hospital stay.
    A Guilty Pleasure: watching Great British Bake Off, sleeping
  • Slider678
    Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
    Welcome! Keep us posted!
  • JenniferM1234
    JenniferM1234 Posts: 173 Member
    I need this, @Slider678 -- thank you for this thread! If you look at my diary, which to my shame I am keeping open, you'll see that last night I went off the rails again (drank too much, so naturally ate too much too, at a really fun wedding). I need to learn how to live a moderate lifestyle instead of all or nothing. Will happily accept friend/connections to help!

    Weight: 122.5
    Goal by 12/31/19: 117 -- but consistently, not this yo-yo nonsense
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Hiking, walking my dogs
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: I'm in my fourth straight decade of yo-yo dieting I wish I could learn consistency and moderation.
    A Guilty Pleasure: Sci-fi and fantasy movies/books.

  • Slider678
    Slider678 Posts: 113 Member
    Welcome! I love walking my dogs too!
  • mcemino2
    mcemino2 Posts: 427 Member
    I'll throw mine in here too.

    Weight:192
    Goal by 12/31/19: 165
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity:Skating, lifting
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals:Weekends
    A Guilty Pleasure:Watching movies

    Was down to about 180, but the last two weeks have been really bad for me.
  • omelet2000
    omelet2000 Posts: 110 Member
    I’m excited to join! I did MFP in 2013 and then stalled out after 6 months and now I’m back again. I’m 43 and I promise myself this will be the best decade yet!


    Weight: 210
    Goal by 12/31/19: 195
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: lifting and doing Total Gym with my kids - they think it’s a blast
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: portion control and a compulsion to eat my plate clean
    A Guilty Pleasure: playing piano , reading 4-5 books at a time
  • Berutiel91
    Berutiel91 Posts: 4 Member
    I am totally in!!!
    I always been 75kg ish, reached 120kg when I was pregnant, now down to 86. I would like to lose around 30 kgs, idk how many exactly because all depends of what I'll see in the mirror!
    Weight: 223
    Goal by 12/31/19: as much as possible. Maybe 10 kgs down
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: weights exercises
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: avoid all the junk food
    A Guilty Pleasure: eating food when I go out
  • mcemino2
    mcemino2 Posts: 427 Member
    Weight:184.6
    Goal by 12/31/19: 165
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity:Skating, lifting
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals:Weekends
    A Guilty Pleasure:Watching movies

    Was down to about 180, but the last two weeks have been really bad for me.

    Dropped most of the water and waste weight from the last 2 weeks.
  • annliz23
    annliz23 Posts: 3,758 Member
    edited October 2019
    Staring weight 135 lbs

    Weight 126 pounds
    Goal by 12 /31/19 : 115 pounds
    Favourite calorie burn: walking the dog
    Biggest challenge: joints knees and hips
    A guilty pleasure: wine
    Aim to do more exercises.
  • DANINJ35
    DANINJ35 Posts: 5 Member
    Weight:208
    Goal by 12/31/19:187
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity:Treadmill
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals:sitting 9 hours a day at work
    A Guilty Pleasure:cheese
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,100 Member
    Hi everyone, this sounds like fun!

    Weight: 125
    Goal by 12/31 Be in maitanence, up arm weights at gym
    Favorite calorie burning activity: sounds weird but using my exercise bike, I can get in a great workout while reading and blasting music!

    Biggest challenge to meeting your goals: vacations and parties, I'm great on my own! I'm nervous about maintaining my weight too after being in losing mode for so long.

    A healthy reward I enjoy: clothes shopping, though I'm waiting to finish losing. I'll also splurge and go to the Farmer's market or an Asian market and go crazy in the produce area, discovering new stuff excites me.
  • lrsirius
    lrsirius Posts: 328 Member
    A little late to the party but I’m in! Are we supposed to check in weekly, whenever, or on 12/31? Good luck all!

    Weight: 160
    Goal by 12/31/19: 150
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Pretty much anything outdoors: Cycling, speed walking, kayaking.
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: Getting distracted by other goals and life events-I guess I don’t multi task well?😬
    A Guilty Pleasure: Anything with sugar but ice cream is #1
  • cbolin2015
    cbolin2015 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm in! I recently got married, and pre-wedding I got down to 142lb with consistant diet and exercise (starting weight was 197lb). Post-wedding, I've gained at least 10lbs, so I'd like to get down to at least my pre-wedding weight again.

    Weight: 152
    Goal by 12/31/19: 140
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: I love weight lifting. I don't enjoy cardio, but I do it because I know it's necessary to reach goals 😝
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: Eating when I'm not even hungry.
    A Guilty Pleasure: cheesy romantic comedies
  • cbbrowns86
    cbbrowns86 Posts: 4 Member
    Let’s do It!!

    Weight: 230
    Goal by 12/31: 205-210
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Strength training and Muay Thai
    Biggest Challenge to meeting you goals: Pizza and Rum on the weekends
    Guilty pleasure: pizza and rum on the weekends lol

    From 280 to 210 18% BF, summer bulk 2019 went GREAT 230 19% bf. need that support to stay discipline before brothers wedding come new year. Cheers all! Love, Respect, Believe
  • OkieFitness
    OkieFitness Posts: 43 Member
    edited October 2019
    Weight: 186.8
    Goal by 12/31/19: 170
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Gardening / Yardwork
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: The psychological of the fight!
    A Healthy Reward you enjoy: A walk through a nature trail or forest.
    Guilty Pleasure: BBQ!

    Nice to find a group with this short term goal. I need it! Man, it’s been a roller coaster ride the last couple of years but when I hit nearly 200 in April I said, “Enough is enough...”. So I’m proud to be down 10 since. I felt great in my 20s at 160 but giving myself some liberty in my 50s for the 170 goal. Heck, if I decide to go for the 160s at 170? That’ll be gravy after losing 17 from this point right?!?
  • IAmTheGlue
    IAmTheGlue Posts: 701 Member
    Weight: idk- last weight was 254 at the Dr in September. I'll get a new weight when I see the Dr in November unless I have occasion to see him before that.

    Goal by 12/31/19: 200? I don't actually have a set goal, I just am pressing forward with activities and calorie counting.

    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Walking with my husband. Walking with my toddler in his stroller.

    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: We like to eat out (restaurants not fast food).

    A Guilty Pleasure: World of Warcraft.
  • nhgrl68
    nhgrl68 Posts: 85 Member
    I'm definitely in! Thank-you for starting this...

    Weight: 151.5
    Goal by 12/31/19: 140lbs
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Walking. I need to add in the strength training again.
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: A slow metabolism & lack of consistency.
    A Guilty Pleasure: Red wine 3 nights a week...
  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    Weight: 155
    Goal by 12/31/19: 140
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Running
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: I like food a lot lol
    A Guilty Pleasure: Reese’s Peanut Butter cups
  • Evamutt
    Evamutt Posts: 2,775 Member
    Weight 160
    Goal by 12/31: 148
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: walking my dogs (looks like there's many lucky dogs on here)
    Biggest Challenge to meeting Goals: snacking at night BUT I'm hooked on sunflower seeds now so it's been good
    A guilty Pleasure:I don't know
  • LoKoMi
    LoKoMi Posts: 51 Member
    Age: 50

    Height: 5’ 4”

    Weight: 157

    Goal by 12/31/19: 150 and that’s also my final goal weight. I’ve gotten as low as 152 and as high as 159 over the past five months, mostly hovering around 155

    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Sh’Bam- a hip hop dance fitness class at the Y

    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: my needs often come last- so I often miss my gym time when something else is going on or needs to be taken care of

    A guilty pleasure: I chug Hershey’s Dark syrup straight from the bottle

    A Healthy Reward you enjoy: clothes shopping! I have lost about 70 pounds in almost two years so NOTHING fit anymore, I even went from 8.5W to 8 in shoes!
  • jainsworth10
    jainsworth10 Posts: 1 Member
    Also late to the party but would like to join in! I gained a lot of weight before and during my last pregnancy due to hormone treatments then regular baby weight. I’ve lost about 40 lbs and baby is almost 2 so it’s time to get all that weight off!

    Weight: 202
    Goal by 12/31/19: 190
    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: 21 day fix videos or Peloton spin classes
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: spread too thin and never enough time in the day 2 young kids, husband, full-time job + taking care of myself
    A Guilty Pleasure: wine and chocolate
  • go4itjoanna
    go4itjoanna Posts: 69 Member
    Hi,

    Been off of My Fitness Pal for a long time. I have gained back most of what I lost when I frist joined years ago so now it is time to get myself back on track and logging my food is the best way to do so even if I think that it is time consuming and time is something that there is never enough of.


    Weight:224
    Goal by 12/31/19: 205 (going to make my goal by the 24th of dec)
    More important that then number on the scale... feel comfortable in my own skin again and recognize my reflection.

    Favorite Calorie Burning Activity: Hiit workouts and walks in the woods.
    Biggest Challenge to meeting your Goals: Food and getting distracted by life and all the musts and being social.
    A Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate and ice cream.

    I'm 6'1'' and 43 years old (it's so much harder loosing weight now days).

    Good luck everyone!

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