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

Start Day: 8/1
End Date: 11/1
Challenge Starting Weight: 140
Challenge Level: ★★
Challenge Goal weight: 130

8/8 139.5
8/15 139.1
8/22 138.4
8/29 137.7
9/5 137.4
9/12 136.1
9/19 135.3
9/26 134.5
10/3 134.1
10/10 133
10/17 132.6
10/24 132.6 (2.6 lbs to go)

I am so pleased that I have hit my CGW. This is due, in no small measure to the accountability of posting here week after week, and seeing how hard everyone is working towards better health and fitness.

Never give up! Never give in!



😍I changed my CGW to Level 3: 152.8, in great trepidation, but here I am, and with 4 days to spare. 😍

This will take me to my lowest weight in 40 years. I'm doing it 5 lbs at a time!
It has taken me almost 5 years to get here!
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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: 153.2: - 3.4
27/10: 152.8: - 3.8
Very excited to have reached my CGW!
It's also my lowest weight since I started on MFP in Jan 2015!!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
31/10: xxx: - ?
October Weight loss =
Weight on 01/11:
Accumulated Weight Loss = 15lbs 😱 Reached CGW! UGW, here I come! Just 5 more lbs and I'm there!
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This Challenge has given me the impetus to actually keep going, when in the past I have slipped back each time I got near to my goal weight. Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement over the last 3 months. It has been invaluable to me.

I will be delighted to join you in the next challenge.

I'm in!!!
Level 4
SW-210.8
GW-190.8

Aug. 1st-210.8
Aug. 26th-205.6

Sept. 7th. 203.2
Sept. 15th. 201.8
Sept. 23rd. 201.6
Sept. 26th. 200.2
Sept. 30th. 198.8

Oct. 15th. 197.8
Oct. 27th. 195.4

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: 140.9 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: 141.5 still hanging out in the 140's. At this rate I am going to be lucky to lose anything this month!

10/26: 142.3 booo!!!

10/31:

Total Loss For Oct:
Total Loss For Challenge:

I know have been MIA - past six weeks were more chaotic offline than anticipated would be when joined the challenge . Just catching up with data as didn't give up and have still been plugging away at it, seeing if can hit the readjusted goal after August of 165 lbs. or not. Thinking at this point probably not, but ya never know until you do.


Challenge Starting Weight: 182.4#
Challenge Level: ★★★★★ ★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 157.4# 165.0#

I data track Wednesday to Wednesday.
Weight as of 1 AUG: 182.0

7 AUG: 181.4
14 AUG: 179.8
21 AUG: 180.2
28 AUG: 181.6

4 SEP: 179.1
11 SEP: 176.4
18 SEP: 175.6
25 SEP: 175.8

2 OCT: 176.9
9 OCT: 173.8
16 OCT: 174.7
23 OCT: 170.7
30 OCT:

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: 188.4 Yikes, I didn’t even realize that we were this close to the finish line! I doubt that I can lose 4.5 pounds in one week to make my goal, but I’ll take it as far as I can go. I am still very proud of this round!
October 30:

Total Loss for October……….
Total Accumulation of Weight Loss for Challenge……….. 14 lbs. Lost


Total Challenge Loss: – 14 pounds

Start Day: 8/1
End Date: 11/1
Challenge Starting Weight: 140
Challenge Level: ★★
Challenge Goal weight: 130

8/8 139.5
8/15 139.1
8/22 138.4
8/29 137.7
9/5 137.4
9/12 136.1
9/19 135.3
9/26 134.5
10/3 134.1
10/10 133
10/17 132.6
10/24 132.6
10/31 132

Challenge loss 8 lbs

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: 188.4 Yikes, I didn’t even realize that we were this close to the finish line! I doubt that I can lose 4.5 pounds in one week to make my goal, but I’ll take it as far as I can go. I am still very proud of this round!
October 30: 188.0

Total Loss for October………. -4.0 lbs. (after losing day 1 after travel water weight first).
Total Accumulation of Weight Loss for Challenge……….. 14.4 lbs. Lost


Total Challenge Loss: – 14. 4 pounds

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: 241.8 yesterday for a 30 lbs total loss and 15.6 lbs loss on challenge. Up a bit today after tailgating yesterday and late night dinners 3 days this week screwing up my digestive routines. Probably won’t hit 240 by Wednesday unless i get a perfectly timed “whoosh” of water weight from this weekend.

Oct 31: 242.6. Was back at 241.6 yesterday, went out for margaritas and mexican food last night, so i get it. 15lbs lost over the past 3 months for a 5lb per month average. Ready for the next three months!

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: 140.9 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: 141.5 still hanging out in the 140's. At this rate I am going to be lucky to lose anything this month!

10/26: 142.3 booo!!!

10/31: 140.7 uuugghhhh

Total Loss For Oct: 0.2 pounds
Total Loss For Challenge: 3 whole pounds which averages to be a pound a month!

Start Date: August 4
Start weight: 225
Level: 5 star
Goal 199

Today I weighed in at 215. Was a pretty crazy goal. Happy to have lost 10 #.
Just keep going.

Challenge Starting Weight: 182.4#
Challenge Level: ★★★★★ ★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 157.4# 165.0#

I data track Wednesday to Wednesday.
Weight as of 1 AUG: 182.0

7 AUG: 181.4
14 AUG: 179.8
21 AUG: 180.2
28 AUG: 181.6

4 SEP: 179.1
11 SEP: 176.4
18 SEP: 175.6
25 SEP: 175.8

2 OCT: 176.9
9 OCT: 173.8
16 OCT: 174.7
23 OCT: 170.7
30 OCT: 167.2

Weight as of 1 NOV: 168.1
Total weight loss: 13.9#

Excelsior...

I ]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)

27/10: 157.8 Beginning Moderate carb & lower calorie eating plan again. It worked before. My jeans are tight. Time for action. Definitely want to weigh 155 by Jan 1, 2020 66 days ~ 9.5 weeks I can do this.

Oct 31: 155.2

Weight on Nov 1: 155.6

Total Weight Loss: -1.8

Thrilled- Thank you!

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