Just give me one month - October

Starting weight: 67kg
Current weight: 66.4
Goal weight: 60ish
October goal: 65


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Hi all,

I've been lurking on MFP for quite a while but have never participated so this is my first challenge! Looking forward to jump-starting my weight loss with your help! I'm also hoping to overcome my love affair with potato chips this month!

Starting weight 208.8 lbs
Start weight this month 208.8 lbs
Goal weight this month 200.8 lbs
Target goal weight 165lbs



We can do this!

1 Oct - 208.8 So it begins! (GO TEAM!)
2 Oct - 205.2 Ah, the joys of the beginning! (and the end of my TOM) Woot - I'll take it
3 Oct - 204.6 Woot! Headed in the right direction! Packing lunches in the evening seems to be helping. A little apprehensive about the weekend (we'll be out of town) since that is usually when I sabotage my progress. Hmm
4 Oct - 204.2 Good morning! Starting to level out, I think. This is as focused as I've been in a very long time so I am so proud that I've weighed, tracked, and logged for 4 days in a row! Today, I will drink water like it's my job!
5 Oct -203.8 Woot! Looking good!
6 Oct -205.2
7 Oct -206.8
8 Oct -208.2 Oh dear. My first of three weekends out of town this month was a huge challenge! This week I'll be going back to basics: packing lunch, drinking water, 30 mins of exercise. Slow and steady!
9 Oct -207.0 Back to tracking and I drank a TON of water yesterday. Woot! Progress (even if it is just transtional...)
10 Oct -206.8 Drank water yesterday but let myself get a little too hungry and scarfed down too much dinner. Today I brought adequate snacks to work and will do my level best to eat them. Onward!
11 Oct - 207.2 Well, rats - wrong direction. Minor setback! Went over my calorie budget yesterday and I had ham roast for both dinner and lunch...sodium too high, maybe? Still, happy with what I’ve been doing and ready to continue learning to make good choices long term.
12 Oct -207.6 *wince* I’ll keep trying.
13 Oct -206.0 Yay! Happy with that!
14 Oct -205.2 Hmmm. I’m happy with but suspicious of these weekend numbers. I had a few drinks yesterday and am wondering if I’m simply dehydrated. Back to regularly scheuduled programming this week so we’ll see. I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and give healthy choices a real shot for once! Nice to see numbers going the right way, either way
15 Oct -205.2 So far so good
16 Oct - 202.8 What the WHAT?! We'll see if I can keep the momentum! (yesterday was an unusually low calorie day due to being busy...I'll keep doing what I'm doing!
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Starting weight: 212.3
Start weight this month: 196.6
Goal weight this month: 189
UGW: 145-150

1 Oct - 196.6
2 Oct - 196.8
3 Oct - 195.9
4 Oct - 196.2
5 Oct - 195.8
6 Oct - 196.3
7 Oct - 196.2
8 Oct - 195.3
9 Oct - 195.5
10 Oct - 195
11 Oct - 194.1 ;D FINALLY!
12 Oct - 193.1
13 Oct - 193.1
14 Oct - 193.8 tom
15 Oct - 193.9
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mrdengue wrote: »

15 Oct - CRAZY Days... We had a lot of violent protests in the country I'm living. So, pretty chaotic days. The president imposed curfew for a few days, and declared State of Emergency. The capital was militarized. Eating healthy under this stress was almost imposible....BUT...I will....just not today.

Are you in Ecuador? That sounds horrendous. I hope you are safe.

May lost 8 lbs
June lost 1.6 lbs
July lost 2 lbs
August lost 4.2 lbs
September lost 6.6 lbs

Starting weight: 234
October goal: 207
Goal weight: 180, then reevaluate.

1 Oct - 211.6
2 Oct - 212
3 Oct - 212 (My TDEE numbers are frustrating me so much. I have a very sedentary desk job, but I work out everyday, so I'm getting SOME activity in. And yet, my "maintenance" calories seem to be less than 10x my body weight, which seems wrong. Or maybe I'm just old!)
4 Oct - 211.6 (Tomorrow should be interesting. I had a normal breakfast, pigged out on sushi for lunch, but MFP doesn't seem to think it was too bad, and am having dinner out tonight. I'm expecting tomorrow's numbers to be GARBAGE, but fingers crossed)
5 Oct - 212.8 (Yep...there it is. It was actually 215 at my normal weighing time, but I got stubborn and stayed in bed and didn't eat until it got down to a more reasonable number!)
6 Oct - 211.8
7 Oct - 211.8 (Discipline is the word for today. I'm ready for a new "first 3 digits" number.)
8 Oct - 211 (I feel this may be an outlier; I hit my calorie limit EARLY yesterday...like 5pm. So technically I'd been fasting for 14 hours prior to this weigh-in).
9 Oct - 210.2
10 Oct - 210.6 (Going to a conference tonight. Catered dinner, drinks, networking. A little scared for tomorrow).
11 Oct - 210.6 (Ate beforehand, so I behaved at the conference. This is as good as I could ask for)
12 Oct - 209.6 (Great news, but I'm going to an orchard tomorrow. Hopefully cider and donuts won't hit me too hard)
13 Oct - 212.6 (OUCH. This was just like on the 5th, where it was 215 when I woke up, so I stubbornly refused to eat until it got back to a normal number. And even this one hurt. Last time it took me 3 days to undo that damage. And it wasn't even that bad, all things considered....2 cups of cider, 5 donut holes, and a small pumpkin loaf. 5.5 pounds, really?)
14 Oct - 211.8
15 Oct - 211.4 (Just a reminder of how much cheat meals hurt my progress. Still trying to undo the damage from the 12th)
16 Oct - 211.2
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Starting weight 178
Start weight this month 140.9
Goal weight this month 138.5
Target goal weight 135

May gained: 1.1 pounds (149.3)
June lost: 3.4 pounds (145.9)
July lost: 2.2 pounds (143.7)
August lost: 0.1 pounds (143.6) maintained
September lost: 2.7 pds (140.9)

We can do this


29 Sept - 140.9
30 Sept - 145.9 (Monday not a real number)

1 Oct - 146.5 I have no clue. Maybe water, maybe my medication change. Who knows. Hopefully it will be back down soon.
2 Oct - 143.9 way better. Hopefully the other 3 pounds are gone in the next couple of days
3 Oct - 143.2 would have been lower, but ate pizza last night and a couple of wings.
4 Oct - 142.0 did really well yesterday and should stay on track for today
5 Oct - 141.5 ok with this. Hoping not to go up to much this weekend
6 Oct - 141.5 nice!
7 Oct - 143.2 one of my lowest Monday’s so far.
8 Oct - 144.9 not bad for a 3 day weekend. Movie yesterday and didn't eat any popcorn,but did some snacking after we got home.
9 Oct - 143.6
10 Oct - 142.9 Ate pizza last night and a large salad. Stayed under calories. Got a flu shot yesterday and sore
11 Oct - 141.4 I like to see that. Maybe I can hold on to that through the weekend.
12 Oct - 142.3 beer last night, but food was good. Fingers crossed for today
13 Oct - 143.6 This is the rest of Friday night showing up
14 Oct - 142.8 This is amazing for a Monday morning weigh-in.
15 Oct - 142.3 Some stomach issues, but was hoping for a lower weight this morning. Half way through the month and have made 0 progress
16 Oct - 140.9 Back down to my lowest last month. Hopefully I can hold onto it this time and see a new low!
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Starting Weight: 183.9
(post giving birth in June)
Starting weight this month: 168.1
Goal weight this month: 165.5
(It's going to be a hard month to diet, so I want to be realistic and set myself up for success.)
Target goal weight: 140

July loss: +1
August loss: -2.5
September loss: -3.5

October 1
October 2: 168.3 considering I ate a lot and didn't record for the last two days
October 3: 168.3
October 4: 166.5 wow!
October 5
October 6: was 168 something. I ate a lot on Saturday the 5th. But I was still happy, because a few weeks ago I would have been 171 after a day like that.
I ate better today. Better luck tomorrow!
October 7: 168.3 gotta get back down...
October 8: 166.8
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October 10: 166.0 (kind of artificial. Didn't really eat much yesterday.)
October 11: 166.4
October 12-15: didn't weigh in. Ate a lot, so expecting a gain. Hoping it will be under 168.5. ;-/
October 16: 168.3

Starting weight 182 lbs I then piled on weight due to steroids after having a stroke.
Start weight this month 198.2 lbs
Goal weight this month 195 lbs
Target goal weight 155 lbs which is my pre stroke weight

May put on 1 lb
June put on 0.2 lbs
July put on 1.8 lbs
August put on 0.8 lbs
September stayed the same

30 September 198.8 lbs
1 Oct 199 lbs
2 Oct 200.4 lbs 😞 not what I expected!
3 Oct 200 lbs
4 Oct 199.8 lbs 🤞trying to do more exercise
5 Oct 199.8 lbs 🙂 happy its not an increase but last night might catch up with me tomorrow! We’ll see! 🤞
6 Oct 199.2 lbs 🙂
7 Oct 200.6 lbs
8 Oct 200 lbs
9 Oct 201 lbs 😞
10 Oct 200.8 lbs
11 Oct 201 lbs
12 Oct 200.2 lbs 🙂 just finished the end of my first full time week back at work since my stroke in February 2018! I’ve been building up to this for so long! The problem is that when I’m at work I eat more than when I’m at home. Have a great weekend everyone!
13 Oct 199.6 lbs 😀
14 Oct 200.8 lbs 😞
15 Oct 201.2 lbs 😞 gutted! Did loads of gardening and housework yesterday and hardly sat down! On target with calories too!
16 Oct 200.4 lbs 😀 yay!
17 Oct 201.6 lbs 😞