3-Month Weight Loss Challenge: Pick Your Difficulty. (Starts: August)

SW:230
Level: ☆☆☆☆
GW: 210

August 15 - 226
Septmeber 15- 217.8
Oct 1 - 217.3
Oct. 6 216.1
October 8 214.0
October 11 212.7

Total weight loss for challenge 17.3 lbs

By October I hope to lose the last 8-10 pounds and be in maintenance. I have been doing this for a year now and assumed I would already be there, but alas I am still working on it. So good luck everyone! My weigh in days will be every Saturday. They seem to be my best days and the lowest.

Challenge Starting Weight: 143.7
Challenge Level: 2 (technically my goal is to lose 8.7 pounds)
Challenge Goal weight: 135

08/01: 143.7 I think this is a little higher than it should be, but we are starting here.
08/03: 142.2 I've been here for a couple of days now, hoping for a loss next week
08/10: 139.6 this seems super low today. It will probably bounce up a bit, but I’m happy with it today
08/17: 142.1 I have not been doing great this last week. Monday I’m back on track I matter what.
08/24: 142.1 same as last week but that’s ok. The last couple of weeks I have not been on my best game!
8/31: In Texas to deal with husbands dad’s stuff

Total Loss For August:143.6 = a loss of 0.1 pound (not a great month, lol)

9/01: In Texas NS
09/07: 143.8 I’m on a diet break right now so this is pretty good
09/14: 143.2 Just getting back into the swing of things. Looking to finish strong and around 141.xxxx
09/21: 143.7 was a lot lower yesterday, but ate Chinese for lunch. Sodium I am sure
09/28: 140.9 super excited about this. Have seen this number a couple of times before. Hoping it will stick
09/30: 140.9b I am going with Saturday and Sundays number. Today was 145.9 beer and lots of it yesterday.

Total Loss For Sept: 140.9 = 2.7 pounds
Total Loss For Challenge: : 2.8 pounds

10/01:146.5 I changed up some medications and think this is just water retention. Hopefully it goes away soon.
10/05: 141.5 I would have liked it to be a little lower, but these last couple of pounds in the 140’s are rough.

10/12: 142.3 was lower all last week but had a couple of beers last night. Darn weekends and their beer.

10/19:
10/26:
10/31:

Total Loss For Oct:
Total Loss For Challenge::

Challenge Starting Weight: Aug. 1: 257.4
Challenge Level: 3-4 stars
Challenge Goal weight: under 240

Aug 1: 257.4
Aug 15: 254.4 down 3lbs
Sept 1: 251.4 down 6lbs

Sept 8: 251.0, down .4 lbs since last week, 6.4 since start of the challenge. Was at 250.0 yesterday. Sundays and Mondays are always seem to go up a few decimal points...

Sept 15: 248.6 down. 2.4 since last week, 8.8 since start. Best this week was 247.8 yesterday and Friday. Not bad of a “gain” after quite a tailgating experience yesterday! (In state rival, college gameday, 14 hours of tailgaiting and football only to go home 1 minute into the second quarter due to the second lightning delay, torrential downpour, and flash flooding. Watched the team lose by blowing an opportunity at the last second due to a bonehead mistake)

Sept 22: 248.4. Down .4 since last week. Best this week was 247.0 yesterday and Friday. Tailgating did me in yesterday; the team won 72-20. Next 3 weeks off tailgating, but they're going to be busy. Next weekend is our anniversary followed immediately by my birthday mid week followed by back-to-back weddings the next 2 weekends after that. I am going to have to practice the self-control I did not show yesterday. LOL.

Sept 29: 246.4
Oct 6: out of town, no official weight

Oct 13: 244.4. Down 2 lbs from my last official weigh-in 2 weeks and and 4 lbs over the last 3 weeks. Between my anniversary, my birthday, and 2 weddings, i put on some water weight that made the the last 2 weeks feel like maitenence weeks, but the past few days have been a pretty dramatic drop (243.6 yesterday). What that tells me is that even though I haven’t denied any indulgences (2 mini cupcakes at last nights wedding!) i have been making overall sustainable choices for this journey. I did change my goal for this challenge, however, because “under 240” is more realistic with 2 weeks left than my original 232.

Oct 20:
Oct 27:
Oct 31:

Want to get back into Maintenance weight range 153-155 (and then begin inching towards 150)

CSW : 157.4
CL: : ★
CGW: 153

01/08: 157.4
08/08: 156.4
15/08: 155.6
22/08: 156.4 are out-social engagements, increased mouth hunger, more sleep, tons of strength building
29/08: 157.2

Aug 31: 157.9
August Weight Loss = +0.5

05/09: 156.6
12/09: 156.6 more 💦 water! Leaner!
18/09: 155.8 ❣️ graph is moving the right way & guess what? It completely coincides with colder weather!! Good to know for next summer
25/09: 156 Finally making progress! Although haven’t liftedcweights in a week sonthis could be loss of water in them. Time will tell LOL whacky bodies 🤣

Sept 30: 157
September Weight Loss = -0.9
Accumulated Weight Loss = -0.4

03/10: 157.6
10/10: 156.6
14/10 156.6
17/10:
24/10:

Oct 31:
October Weight loss =

Weight on Nov 1:

Accumulated Weight Loss: -0.8

Update...

Almost done with my RV trip across the country and it's a good thing because my routines are all off!😬. I haven't stepped on a scale in days and I bet it's not going to be pretty when I do. Oh well, back on the weight loss wagon when I get home. 😋 Have a great week everyone. 🤗


Located Northern California
60 years young, Female, 5'8" tall
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Level Two (10lbs): ✅✅
Challenge Goal weight:145
Challenge Starting Weight: 155
Current weight: 150.1
Current Challenge Loss: 4.9 lbs.

8/4: 154.0 On track for 1 lb per week. 🤗
8/11: 155.4 Oops! Wrong direction. 😆
8/18: 154.5 Back on track!💪
8/25: 153.8 Slow steady wins the race. 🤸🏽‍♂️🏋️‍♀️
9/1: 153.7 Sore, tired and hungry👩‍🌾. 😕
9/8: 152.3 Sloppy CICO, but on-track!🤗
9/15: 153.0 Road-trip vacation. 😋🚌
9/22: 150.7 Road-trip vacation. 😋🚌
9/29: 150.1 Soooooo close. 😆🚌
10/13: no weigh-in. 🤷‍♀️ 🚌

I have changed my CGW to Level 3: 152.8

This will take me to my lowest weight in 40 years.
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Discard 15 lbs by November 1. I weigh every day so will post every Thursday.
CSW : 167.8
CL: : ⭐️⭐️⭐️
CGW: 152.8
01/08: 167.8 August Weight Loss = - 6.2 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
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01/09: 161.6 30/09: 156.6
September Weight Loss = - 5
Accumulated Weight Loss = - 11.2
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01/10: 156.4: - 0.2
03/10: 155.8: - 0.8
10/10: 155.4: - 1.2
17/10: 154.6: - 2
24/10: xxx: - ?
October Weight loss =
Weight on 01/11:
Accumulated Weight Loss =
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MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.



Start date: August 1st, 2019
Challenge Starting Weight: 202.0
Challenge Level: ✴✴✴✴
Challenge Goal weight: 184.0

August 01: 202.0 Where am I going to go with this? To the Moon, Alice! (The Honeymooners, Sorry, I’m showing my age!) I feel good about this round.
August 08: 195.8 I have worked hard this past week & am keeping the slip-ups more in control. However, I’ll never be perfect so I am just happy to continue the losses, no matter how big or small! This week was a good week.
August 15: 195.4. I’m grinning ear to ear to see continued downward trend. Hard work is paying off!
August 22: 196.2 Went up higher yet, but I’ve dropped it back down a bit. On my way to better, bolder, brighter, beautiful!
August 29: 195.4 Better.
August 31: 192.6 Even Better

Total Loss for August……………… -9.4 lbs. Lost

September 01: 192.6 Trying to stay strong over the 4 day Holiday weekend!
September 05: 194.6 Bit by the holiday on the *kitten*!
September 12: 195.4 I can do better!
September 19: 195.0 Travel hurt me this past week. But down a touch and every little bit helps!
September 26: 196.6 Travel again, home last night, bad weigh-in today & lack of movement in car. More travel today. I hope to lose this water retention this week & be back at home in my “safe zone” where sticking to plan is much easier!
September 30: 192.0 Finally I beat the travel bloat! But traveling again today! Ugg.

Total Loss for September………….. -0.6 lbs. Lost
Total Accumulation of Weight Loss for Challenge………… 10.0 lbs. Lost

October 01: 194.4 Direct after-travel weigh-in
October 03: 191.6 Working hard on this. 2 more days of travel upcoming and the next weigh-in will be directly following it. I hate when that happens and I have to report temporary bloat!
October 10: 191.8 I lost all of my fabulous progress this week after taking 2 different trips. Lots of driving/car sitting & restaurant food. Not always the best of choices. I hope much of this is fluid retention. I will be working on the damage all week! Never say Never!
October 17: 189.0 Okey Dokey. That is more like it! It will be nearly impossible for me to lose 5 pounds by the end of this round with my age and health conditions, but trust me, I’ll give it all I’ve got! I would love to make goal!
October 24:
October 31:

Total Loss for October……….
Total Accumulation of Weight Loss for Challenge……….. 13.0 lbs. Lost


Total Challenge Loss:

Want to get back into Maintenance weight range 153-155 (and then begin inching towards 150)

CSW : 157.4
CL: : ★
CGW: 153

01/08: 157.4
08/08: 156.4
15/08: 155.6
22/08: 156.4 are out-social engagements, increased mouth hunger, more sleep, tons of strength building
29/08: 157.2

Aug 31: 157.9
August Weight Loss = +0.5

05/09: 156.6
12/09: 156.6 more 💦 water! Leaner!
18/09: 155.8 ❣️ graph is moving the right way & guess what? It completely coincides with colder weather!! Good to know for next summer
25/09: 156 Finally making progress! Although haven’t liftedcweights in a week sonthis could be loss of water in them. Time will tell LOL whacky bodies 🤣

Sept 30: 157
September Weight Loss = -0.9
Accumulated Weight Loss = -0.4

03/10: 157.6
10/10: 156.6
14/10 156.6
17/10: 157.8 (salt - eating out)
24/10:

Oct 31:
October Weight loss =

Weight on Nov 1:

Accumulated Weight Loss: +0.4

Challenge Starting Weight: Aug. 1: 257.4
Challenge Level: 3-4 stars
Challenge Goal weight: under 240

Aug 1: 257.4
Aug 15: 254.4 down 3lbs
Sept 1: 251.4 down 6lbs

Sept 8: 251.0, down .4 lbs since last week, 6.4 since start of the challenge. Was at 250.0 yesterday. Sundays and Mondays are always seem to go up a few decimal points...

Sept 15: 248.6 down. 2.4 since last week, 8.8 since start. Best this week was 247.8 yesterday and Friday. Not bad of a “gain” after quite a tailgating experience yesterday! (In state rival, college gameday, 14 hours of tailgaiting and football only to go home 1 minute into the second quarter due to the second lightning delay, torrential downpour, and flash flooding. Watched the team lose by blowing an opportunity at the last second due to a bonehead mistake)

Sept 22: 248.4. Down .4 since last week. Best this week was 247.0 yesterday and Friday. Tailgating did me in yesterday; the team won 72-20. Next 3 weeks off tailgating, but they're going to be busy. Next weekend is our anniversary followed immediately by my birthday mid week followed by back-to-back weddings the next 2 weekends after that. I am going to have to practice the self-control I did not show yesterday. LOL.

Sept 29: 246.4
Oct 6: out of town, no official weight

Oct 13: 244.4. Down 2 lbs from my last official weigh-in 2 weeks and and 4 lbs over the last 3 weeks. Between my anniversary, my birthday, and 2 weddings, i put on some water weight that made the the last 2 weeks feel like maitenence weeks, but the past few days have been a pretty dramatic drop (243.6 yesterday). What that tells me is that even though I haven’t denied any indulgences (2 mini cupcakes at last nights wedding!) i have been making overall sustainable choices for this journey. I did change my goal for this challenge, however, because “under 240” is more realistic with 2 weeks left than my original 232.

Oct 20: 245.4 down 12lbs ffor the challenge, but up a pound from last week, which makes sense since we had a “homegate” day yesterday and I’m full of breakfast pizza, cheese puffs, ribs, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. And drinks. And Friday was walking taco day at school (don’t be fooled by the name, it’s all taco, no walking. lol). But i am down an inch on my waist and an inch and a half on my hips, so even if the scale didn’t move, my measurements did.

Oct 27:
Oct 31:

I'm in!!

SW: 150.2
Level: 2
GW: 139.0

08/05 - 150.2
08/12 - 145.8
08/19 - 143.0
08/26 - 135.4 ...four days in the hospital helped this along...
08/31 - 134.8 at 7:00 a.m. ...sleepin' in is so great!!!

09/02 - 134.8 at 4:00 a.m.
09/09 - 135.4 at 5:30 a.m.
09/16 - 136.0 at 4:00 a.m.
09/23 - 136.0 at 5:30 a.m.
09/30 - 135.0 at 5:30 a.m.

10/01 - 136.6 at 4:00 a.m.
10/07 - 136.8 at 7:00 a.m.
10/14 - 137.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Egads! Wrong direction!
10/21 - 136.6 at 5:30 a.m.
10/28 -
10/31 -

11/01 -
11/05 -

Chris