Hello folks! I was in the challenge last month and really enjoyed it - it helped to keep me focused until I was taken on an unexpected break which involved lots of food not cooked by me and I ended up gaining quite a few pounds. I did manage to keep up jogging while away though, haha! So it could have been worse.

Even taking that into account I still met my goal of losing one stone (14lbs) across the challenge so I'm really very happy overall!

I'd like to repeat that success and lose another stone across this month's challenge.

I've had some great non-scale victories, the proudest of which was my first ever 5km jog yesterday. I took my kids to stay at my mother in law's house on the bus and then jogged home. I only flipping did it! I have been following the couch to 5k program and I think it's amazing. I started on the first day over 20st and have lost over 2st (28lb) over the course of nine weeks. And my fitness has improved as if by magic.

I'd really really recommend the program to anyone wanting to start to jog - going out the first time is the hardest bit. None of it is easy but it's not impossible and if I can do it - so can anyone.

jupollock wrote: »

This is what couch to 5k can do for you! From after my first ever session to after yesterday's 5km jog, nine weeks later.

Awesome job girl!

Hey team I am back to MFP after an 8 month absence. Life happened and I thought I could maintain without tracking. So, here I am ready to re-loose the lbs I gained from my previous loss in 2017 these past 8 months, plus the few lbs I didn't loose that I wanted to.


33F - just under 4'8"
SW 120 (BMI 28)
CW 112.8 (BMI 26)
GW 86-90 (BMI 20-21)

Felt great at 93lbs in Jan 2019. I'm happy if my body is happy
Lost 26 lbs last stretch on MFP, with close to 20 lbs in the first 2 months of tracking macros.

@red1185 Today is a new day Aren't you glad your bad day is over!? If the scale isn't your friend, there's always next week. Sometimes falling off reminds us of how badly it hurts. I need to fall off every once in a while to keep me motivated not to.

Rough afternoon here.....have been craving a reeses for two days, so decided to let myself have one since I'd literally been thinking about it for two days. But then there were free work cupcakes for participating in the building fire drill...... Lets just say I'm down to only 115 calories left for the day and its only 3:45 pm. Feels like today is just going to have to be a maintenance calorie day.....

Daily Post: Friday, Nov.1st
Track: yes, I track everything
Calories: at goal
Exercise: yes, walk, cycle, Bodyweight exercise, run stairs
Healthier Habits: mindfulness
Goals: keeping the big picture top of mind and finishing strong in the half marathon I will run on Nov. 16th then register for full marathon in the spring 2020.
Am I happy with my progress today: Yes! I made great choices despite work day stress and exceeded my step goal by leaps and bounds.


Ps. Hope this is the right format- newbie MFP community poster 🙏❤️🤗💆‍♀️
Thanks again for all the awesomeness on this board for each of us to reach our goals and have the best life ever.

@Bukkygb Thanks for the warm welcome! And yes I absolutely love running and as a former track and field althete I enjoy seeing competitive runners and Olympians who excel in this sport. I believe in running like more physical sports we can truly see how the human body is capable of great things and nothing is impossible. The runners high is also awesome! For me I just must remember not to push myself too hard ( breaking out from the no pain no gain mentally) as it’s a marathon and not a sprint- this lifestyle change is well for life ❤️🙏💆‍♀️

Username: SoMum
Weigh in week: Nov. Week 1
Weigh in day: Saturday
Previous Week's weight: 226lbs
Todays Weight: 220.6lbs (6:50am)

Username: red1185
PW: 166.2
CW: 166.4
One thing I did well: I’ve been trying to make sure that when I eat I have more vegetables - like a salad, or broccoli, etc, and then when I eat the main ting I only eat half. It helps me fill up faster, so I’m eating smaller portions. I also made sure to get up, and move throughout the day to ensure I was getting my steps in. Yesterday, after getting home from dinner I also took the dog on a long walk to help with digestion, and to work some of it off.
One thing to work on: I definitely overindulged twice this week. I’m helping my best friend navigate some scary times, and while we were talking at dinner we had several drinks. While I took part of my meal home, I definitely made up for it with the medium (skinny) margarita, chips/salsa/queso. Ugh....

I’m just really relieved that the scale wasn’t as scary as I definitely thought it would be today.

Happy losing everybody!!

Wander216 Saturday weigh in
Pw 159
Cw160
Halloween got the best of me

Hi there, here's a little about me:

I'm 37 years old and I have an office job and no kids except my partner's six year old every other week. I've been active on MFP on and off since August 2015 when I weighed 170+ pounds. I committed to completing couch to 5k and I ran my first 5k Thanksgiving Day 2015 and I've been running at least 3 miles regularly ever since. I did a half marathon in 2017. Now my workouts look like running spin class 2-3x/week and yoga or strength 1-2x/week. I have a leg vein condition that makes me need to move my legs (I may be having surgery soon though).

I lost 20 or so pound between 2015 and 2017. I got down to my goal weight range last year of around 135 pounds, but I see now that I never learned how to maintain that --- it was because of an unhealthy relationship followed by a series of dating misadventures which caused me to undereat emotionally (instead of my usual pattern which is to overeat emotionally unless I'm truly overwrought).

I met a wonderful supportive partner in Fall 2018 and rapidly put on about ten pounds. Then another three or four.

Now I'm seeing that I am a compulsive eater and all the exercise just barely manages to keep it in check. I've decided the only way I can truly lose and maintain is to combat the emotional side and focus on just having control over what I eat instead of making sure there's absolutely a deficit every day. I'm not sure how to do that yet except to journal about every eating incident I wish I hadn't done and try to notice patterns in order to stop them the next time. I'm looking to MFP for support and hoping I can turn my new resolution to eat mindfully into a 3 or so pound loss in November. Lately I've been struggling with some kind of depression that it making it hard for me to stay motivated so I'm hoping participating and supporting others will get me out of my own head a little bit

AmyG1982 wrote: »

I see people logging their weekly weigh ins already, I thought it starts tomorrow? Did I miss out by not logging my Friday weigh? 😬😢

I haven’t logged my weigh in yet because my weigh in day is Sunday. My understanding is that you log it on your chosen weekly date.

Daily post Saturday
Tracked yes
Calories on target
Went for a 5 km walk and got in a sweaty Saturday work out this morning.