Lose 5lbs + in January 2020
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In the past two weeks, my calorie average has been 1650 so my gains are understandable.
I need to get a handle on my food intake - especially snacking.
FYI: I have adjusted my ultimate goal because when I hit 118 last month, I realized that I still wanted to try to lower my body fat to a normal range. I have been back and forth with 33% and 34% for about a month. My goal is 30% and we will see what happens. I tend to carry my weight around my waist and hips.
MFP Starting Weight: 140 lbs - February 2011
Current Starting Weight: 147.4 lbs - November 2017
January Starting Weight: 121.6 lbs
January Goal: 118.6 lbs
Height: 5ft
Ultimate Goal: 110 lbs
Maintenance Goal: 110 to 115 lbs
Weigh-In Days: Monday and Friday
Jan 3: 118.6 at 12pm ... yes, I slept for 8 hours and went to sleep extra late the evening prior
Jan 6: 117.6 at 5:30am ... so happy that we went to the gym this morning and it's my first day back at work
Jan 10: 117 at 7am ... ??? my weigh-ins between the week were 119, 119.2, and 118.8
Jan 13: 119.2 at 7am ... this weight goes along with my weigh-ins
Jan 17: 120.8 at 5:30am ... at least we went to the gym this morning
Jan 20: 120.2 at 7:30am ... a step in the right direction
Jan 24: 120.4 at 5:15am ... not a bad gain
Jan 27: 121 at 7:30am ... I do not like this gain.
Jan 31:
Total Loss for January:
Gym Days in January: 7 [Monthly Goal: 15]
Overall Loss from Nov 2017 to Dec 2019: 25.8 lbs3 -
quincyleann wrote: »quincyleann wrote: »quincyleann wrote: »quincyleann wrote: »Original weight: 140
January starting weight: 122
January goal: 117
Ultimate goal: 111
1st: 122
7th: 121
14th: 121
21st: 120
28th: 122
Well, I failed. I thought I could do it and I didn't. I thought if I joined a public forum it would somehow provide the accountability I can't seem to find within myself. Not sure what to do now. Any advice? I did read the note about the sodium lemon/parsley water. I have been pretty shocked at my level of sodium intake so maybe that is something to focus on.2 -
quincyleann wrote: »Original weight: 140
January starting weight: 122
January goal: 117
Ultimate goal: 111
1st: 122
7th: 121
14th: 121
21st: 120
28th: 122
Well, I failed. I thought I could do it and I didn't. I thought if I joined a public forum it would somehow provide the accountability I can't seem to find within myself. Not sure what to do now. Any advice? I did read the note about the sodium lemon/parsley water. I have been pretty shocked at my level of sodium intake so maybe that is something to focus on.
Failed? Wha?
Nope.
You aren't gaining. Your profile is closed. How tall are you? Is your goal attainable/sustainable?
Your logging is inconsistent. If you want to stay in a deficit, it really helps to log what you eat.
I'd just focus on sticking to it!
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Thank you Mtaratoot, you are right. I just looked back at my diary and I can't believe how few entries I actually made. I had a business trip last week so it is actually a win that I didn't gain weight during it. I hope to continue this challenge in Feb and my new goal will be to log each day.
For reference, I am 44 yrs old, female, 5'6. My top weight was about 5 years ago when I weighed 140. Over the next 3 years I lost 30lbs and was 107 at my lowest. I have been slowly regaining and now I am up 12 lbs and don't want to gain any more. I would like to lose 10lbs and get back to close to where I was a couple of years ago. Thank you for the encouragement.
My family is not supportive, eat most meals out, continuously buy and offer me junk food.
I lost the weight by eating an extremely restrictive diet in the past, I was hoping to just cut calories this time. Maybe there is a happy medium there somewhere and I just haven't found it yet.3 -
Original starting weight - May 2018 305
January starting weight - 228
January goal - 223
Ultimate goal - Once at 188, I will determine a more realistic goal.
I weigh in on Saturdays
1st - 228
4th- 227.8
11th - 226.4
18th - 224.8
25th - 225.4
Well went the wrong way, issue was I snacked too much, and not enough exercise. I also am scheduled for more Xrays, and depending what that shows an MRI in leg/foot issue which is not improving. My Dr. suspects I have a bone bruise.
Onward and downward we shall all go!6 -
quincyleann wrote: »Thank you Mtaratoot, you are right. I just looked back at my diary and I can't believe how few entries I actually made. I had a business trip last week so it is actually a win that I didn't gain weight during it. I hope to continue this challenge in Feb and my new goal will be to log each day.
For reference, I am 44 yrs old, female, 5'6. My top weight was about 5 years ago when I weighed 140. Over the next 3 years I lost 30lbs and was 107 at my lowest. I have been slowly regaining and now I am up 12 lbs and don't want to gain any more. I would like to lose 10lbs and get back to close to where I was a couple of years ago. Thank you for the encouragement.
My family is not supportive, eat most meals out, continuously buy and offer me junk food.
I lost the weight by eating an extremely restrictive diet in the past, I was hoping to just cut calories this time. Maybe there is a happy medium there somewhere and I just haven't found it yet.
Are you positive it is weight you need to lose? The reason I am asking this is right now at 122 lbs your BMI is 19.7 so you are already trending on the lower end of safe for your height and weight. The absolute lowest safe weight is 114.6. So your goal would put you underweight for your height. Maybe some light exercise would help. Please be careful.8 -
quincyleann wrote: »Thank you Mtaratoot, you are right. I just looked back at my diary and I can't believe how few entries I actually made. I had a business trip last week so it is actually a win that I didn't gain weight during it. I hope to continue this challenge in Feb and my new goal will be to log each day.
For reference, I am 44 yrs old, female, 5'6. My top weight was about 5 years ago when I weighed 140. Over the next 3 years I lost 30lbs and was 107 at my lowest. I have been slowly regaining and now I am up 12 lbs and don't want to gain any more. I would like to lose 10lbs and get back to close to where I was a couple of years ago. Thank you for the encouragement.
My family is not supportive, eat most meals out, continuously buy and offer me junk food.
I lost the weight by eating an extremely restrictive diet in the past, I was hoping to just cut calories this time. Maybe there is a happy medium there somewhere and I just haven't found it yet.
At your height, your goal weight is underweight! You are already at the low end of healthy weight. Maybe you could reassess your goals!
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Original starting weight -298.50
January starting weight - 182.25
January goal - 171
Ultimate goal -160
I weigh in on Friday
01/03 - 182.25
01/10 - 175.25
01/17 - 174.25
01/24 - 171.75
01/31 -
Total loss for January - 10.5lbs10 -
Original starting weight -250lbs
January starting weight -250lbs
January goal - 245lbs
Ultimate goal - 168lbs
1st - 250lbs
7th- 247lbs
14th - 246lbs
21st - 243lbs
28th - 243lbs
Total loss for January - 7lbs13 -
The February challenge is not up and running guys for those who want to carry on in February
Same title, just with February instead of January x10 -
Original starting weight - 254 (nov 25th)
January starting weight -239
January goal -230
Ultimate goal -215 (#reallytallguy)
1st -239
7th-235
14th -233
21st -231
28th -227.8
31st -
UPDATE JAN 28th: Feelin' good! My blood pressure in november was 150 over 100 and now it is 110 over 70. I am looking forward to my blood work results. My doctor wanted to give me a blood pressure and cholesterol pill which I no longer require. Man....what the heck was I doing to my body?
UPDATE JAN 21st: I'm still eating well but I definitely miss the fast weight loss I had at the beginning. I'm running a 5k every other day and walking a 3k to 5k on days I'm not running in addition to whatever I do at work.
Slow weight loss now but I feel the best I have in years.
ORIGINAL POST:
Hello everyone any happy new year. I started trying to lose weight by changing my eating habits and exercise. I got a one month start on my new years resolution and started in December. My very first run I feel like I only made it 100m before I couldnt breathe(December 3rd). Yesterday I ran a 5k without stopping and am very happy with my results so far.
UPDATE: jan 14th
I bumped my run up to a 7k run and my weight loss has slowed down but it is steady. I haven't given in the constant pizza and donuts at work and have been eating healthy for almost 2 months now. No alcohol in almost 3 weeks and my energy level is through the roof. I think my personal goal of 230 by the end of January is obtainable.
Original starting weight - 254 (nov 25th)
January starting weight -239
January goal -230
Ultimate goal -215 (#reallytallguy)8 -
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Original starting weight - 167 lbs (April 2018)
January starting weight - 158.2 lbs
January goal - 153 lbs
Ultimate goal - 145 lbs
1st - 158.2 lbs
7th- 155.2 lbs
14th - 157.6 lbs
21st - 152.6 lbs
28th - 154 lbs
Might go down a little bit more by the end of the month due to TOM, but I'm happy with this loss. Hopefully can have similar results next month, but without getting sick.
Total loss for January: -4.2 lbs9 -
Original starting weight - 245-ish (237 when I started again this time on 1/1/18)
Ultimate goal - 140lbs (hopefully even less but that's the goal for now)
January starting weight - 193
January goal - 187
January 7th -
January 14th -
January 21st -
January 28th - 195 (January ended up being kind of a mess but hopefully I am back in a better place again now, see if I can get back down a bit before the end of the month, then on to February)
Total loss for January -8 -
January starting weight - 178.6
January goal - 172.8
Ultimate goal - 150
1st - 178.6
7th -176.4
14th - 173.9
21st - 172.8
28th - 171.5
Total loss for January - 5.8
Very satisfied with my start for 2020. I've logged my meals every day and only went way over my calorie goal one time! I'm very proud I reached my January goal weight and have been consistent with going to the gym 2-3x week. Now I just need to up my water intake drastically. I'm only drinking on average two cups of water per day.
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•Lose 5 lbs in January 2020•
Original starting wgt: 253
January starting weight: 191
January goal: 180
❄Updating every day through January
•Monday Updates•📍
1/01- 191
1/02- 187
1/03- 187 - Hopeful that my Monday update will show a lower number.
1/04 - 188.8 - Back to exercise.
1/05 - 188.8 - Not a minute's sleep last night😩
📍1/06 - 188.6 - I slept well, because I was so exhausted from the night before. Tried to power through my exercise , but I already knew that wasn't gonna happen. I will add it to today's workout.
*Currently, I have had 13 days (just counted it) of no peanut butter. I have gotten into a habit of eating it to make up for the protein and fat I was missing in a day, only a lot of carbs come with it too. I will not buy it anymore.
*2020 is my commitment year to breaking 2 habits, crunchy, (no pretzels!) and peanut butter.
Okay, it's in the world now and I will do it.
1/07 - 187
1/08 - 188.8
1/09 - 186
1/10 - 186
1/11 - 186
1/12 - 187.4
📍1/13 - 185
1/14 - 185.4
1/15 - 187 - Not from food or sodium, inflammation from hip bursitis and piriformis irritation.
1/16 - 186.4
1/17 - 186
1/18 - 185.4
1/19 - 185.6 - Early weigh in.
📍1/20 - 185.6
1/21 - 186 - Late meal, early weigh in. Fasted 23.25hrs.
1/22 - 183.2
1/23 - 185.4
1/24 - 184
1/25 - 184.8
1/26 - 184.8
📍1/27 - 184.6
1/28 - 183.8
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Original starting weight - 167
January starting weight - 161
January goal - 155
Ultimate goal - 135
5'7", 48 yrs old, hypothyroidism 👎, Calories per day: 1420. Intermittent Fasting 18:6. Cardio : brisk walking and light jogging 30 to 45 mins and light weightlifting 3x/week.
1st - 161
7th- 159
14th - 157
21st - 158 oops!
28th - 156
Down 6 lbs. 🎉🎉🎉🎉9 -
s_rivera_92 wrote: »Original starting weight - 201lb
January starting weight - 185.6lb
January goal - 178lb
Ultimate goal - 125lb
1st - 185.6lb
6th - 185.0lb
7th- 185.8lb (period began)
8th- 184.4lb
9th- 183.6lb (period ended)
10th- 183.2lb
12th- 182.0lb
14th - 182.2lb
17th- 180.6lb
20th- 180.6lb
21st - 181.4lb (ovulation day)
23rd- 180.4lbs
25th- 181.0lb
26th- 180.2lb
27th- 179.0lb
28th - 180.0lb
Total loss for January -
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Hi. I'm Trina. 54 and 5'4"
The holidays did not go perfectly for me, but that's ok. I enjoyed having family and food and taking a break from logging.
Original starting weight - 199 (June 2018)
January SW 139
January goal - 134
Ultimate goal - 128 (maintain 126-130)
01/01 -- 139 Yup. New Year's Eve and a bit of chemo/holiday/company stress!
01/07 -- 136.5
01/14 -- 138.5
01/21 -- 140.5
1/22 138.5
1/23 138 -- It seems there is hope...if I log and don't snitch pumpkin bread everytime I walk through the kitchen!
1/24 138 -- Phew.
01/28 -- 138.5
01/31 --
Running loss for January: -.5
Total loss for January:6 -
•Lose 5 lbs in January 2020•
Original starting wgt: 253
January starting weight: 191
January goal: 180
❄Updating every day through January
•Monday Updates•📍
1/01- 191
1/02- 187
1/03- 187 - Hopeful that my Monday update will show a lower number.
1/04 - 188.8 - Back to exercise.
1/05 - 188.8 - Not a minute's sleep last night😩
📍1/06 - 188.6 - I slept well, because I was so exhausted from the night before. Tried to power through my exercise , but I already knew that wasn't gonna happen. I will add it to today's workout.
*Currently, I have had 13 days (just counted it) of no peanut butter. I have gotten into a habit of eating it to make up for the protein and fat I was missing in a day, only a lot of carbs come with it too. I will not buy it anymore.
*2020 is my commitment year to breaking 2 habits, crunchy, (no pretzels!) and peanut butter.
Okay, it's in the world now and I will do it.
1/07 - 187
1/08 - 188.8
1/09 - 186
1/10 - 186
1/11 - 186
1/12 - 187.4
📍1/13 - 185
1/14 - 185.4
1/15 - 187 - Not from food or sodium, inflammation from hip bursitis and piriformis irritation.
1/16 - 186.4
1/17 - 186
1/18 - 185.4
1/19 - 185.6 - Early weigh in.
📍1/20 - 185.6
1/21 - 186 - Late meal, early weigh in. Fasted 23.25hrs.
1/22 - 183.2
1/23 - 185.4
1/24 - 184
1/25 - 184.8
1/26 - 184.8
📍1/27 - 184.6
1/28 - 183.8
1/29 - 184.4 - bump up from late evening exercise and not enough stretching
✔1/31
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Original starting weight - 265 in January 2005 - had gastric bypass surgery - lost 130lbs, have been slowly gaining it back so I've got to get a handle on this!
January starting weight - 195
January goal - 190
Ultimate goal - 145 on Oct 31st (my 50th bday) - I'd like to lose 50 lbs for my 50th bday - so, 5 lbs a month is the perfect plan for me to get this done!
1st - 195
7th-
14th -
21st -
28th - 188.6
Total loss for January - 6.4 lbs11 -
Original starting weight -179.9
January starting weight -171.1
January goal -167
Ultimate goal -154
1st -171.1
8th- 170.6
15th -170.2
22nd - 169.5
29th -168.7
Total loss for January -10 -
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My name is Donna & I am 59 years old. I am from the Midwest in the USA. 5’ 5.5” tall
Original starting weight – 253
December ending weight – 192.0
January goal – 187.0
Ultimate goal – 145 to 155 (We’ll see when we get closer)
January results for Challenge: xxxxx
01-189.2 Off to a nice start. Happy new year everyone! Thanks to Tish for helping keep this going and a nice big welcome back to Samantha. I hope a lot of the personal issues have been resolved. {{hugs}} to you!
08 –190.6 Went up higher than this, then back down. Got to keep things going a little more steady/consistent in the New Year. Time for me to kick butt and take names!
15 – 189.7 It’s been a long road getting back down to this. My oh my, what a week it has been for my diabetes and weight gain! My goal this month was 187. I think I can do it!
22 - 189.6 Went way up and then back down again this week. Absolutely nothing stable going on right now for me. I continue the brave fight!
29 - 191.8 Traveled yesterday. Paid for it today. I tried to show some restraint so I am hoping this is fluid retention. Pizza. I am barely under my starting weight. I will work hard to show a better loss by weigh-in on the 31st.
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tiabirdie56 wrote: »@mtaratoot, Still 4 days left😁
@dawnbgethealthy, Dawn, woo, that sauce would be in my trash can right now. Fresh lemon juice and parsley in water will flush out the sodium. You've done so well in the past year. Your weight will begin to drop again soon.
Yes Tish, I had no idea it had that crazy amount of sodium until I put it into my tracker! I imagine soy sauce (which I don't normally eat) must be high like that too.
Thank you for the encouragement, I work so hard at this and seeing the leftover calories after 10 days with little downward result on the scale can get so frustrating. I know that I have to just stay at it.
I lost 30 pounds in 11 months, and basically nothing else in the last 4 months. However, I haven't been able to ice skate due to my knees since November, and I am sure that contributed greatly to my loss in 2019 - sometimes I had 1,000 calories left over in my tracker because of skating.
I am still keeping very active, just not burning quite as much as with skating.4 -
Female, 59, 5'3"
MFP start weight Oct 28.18 - 191
January goal: 152.6
May goal: 130.0
Ultimate goal: 112-115
January 02 - 159.5 - I haven't had a scale for a few days. I thought that it would be worse, but I will definitely take it. Using this as my start weight for the month.
January 03 - 160.9 - I have some work to do to get off the holiday gain.
January 04 - 159.6 - I really don't want to see the 160s again.
January 05 - 159.6 - Hoping to see a drop soon.
January 06 - 159.8
January 10 - 161.2 - Going in the wrong direction!
January 11 - 160.2
January 12 - 162.8 - Officially back to my April 2019 weight, ouch
January 13 - 164.0 - Still gaining apparently, I think that this is left over from the 11th when I went out for dinner.
January 14 - 162.5
January 15 - 159.5 - Happy to see this number this morning. Back to my starting weight for the month with half a month left hopefully to start to go in the other direction.
January 16 - 159.6
January 17 - 159.7 - The weekend is coming up and I always have more time for working out and cooking healthy food.
January 18 - 159.6
January 19 - 158.4 - ah, finally seeing a loss will motivate me to stay the course.
January 20 - 159.0
January 21 - 161.0 - No reason for this spike, maybe it is just too early in the morning.
January 22 - 160.0
January 23 - 157.5 - Well, that is more like it!
January 24 - 157.5 - Going out to dinner tonight, so will keep the calories to a bare minimum during the day.
January 25 - 157.2 - After Dinner out, kept the calories in check. Even when I do that, I sometimes I gain 3 pounds, probably because of restaurant sodium overload.
January 26 - 158.8 - Friday's dinner out now showing up?
January 27 - 160.1 - There are a few reasons for that even though I am feeling leaner today: No sleep due to cold/flu, I put 4 tablespoons of Black Bean Sauce into my stir-fry last night and didn't know until I tracked it that it was 6,893 of sodium!! I have been tracking my left over calories in the 10-day challenge and in 9 days I had 4,090 left over so really should be seeing a loss very soon.
January 28 - 160.0
January 29 - 159.0 - Losing only 1/2 pound per month is not acceptable to me, I hope to end the month better, 2 days left.
Running tally for January Gain/Loss: Loss 0.5 pounds4 -
@dawnbgethealthy, Yeah Asian sauces are very high in sodium. I have some "low sodium" tamari sauce and it's 710mg of sodium per TB. The only "sauces" I use on a regular basis is salad dressing. Your weight loss seems to be doing what kind did. When we were both trying to get through the 170's, you finally did and I scaled back and forth through them for 8 months. I think after losing a good amount of weight, our bodies don't want to let go of more for awhile. That could be because of a comfortable set point weight we have reached or our bodies inner workings going through a healing process. We do breathe in, drink in, eat and take in a lot of toxins through product use. Our fat absorbs those toxins.4
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I'm in.
Original starting weight -192.2
January starting weight -143.8
January goal -139
Ultimate goal -130
I weigh in on Monday.
01/01 - 142.8 at 8:00 a.m.
01/06 - 146.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...my own doing...
01/13 - 140.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...more like it!
01/20 - 140.4 at 8:00 a.m.
01/27 - 144.0 at 5:30 a.m.
01/31
Total loss for January -
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1/1-248.8
1/7-246.6
1/14-245.6
1/21-242.0
1/28-249.46 -
•Lose 5 lbs in January 2020•
Original starting wgt: 253
January starting weight: 191
January goal: 180
❄Updating every day through January
•Monday Updates•📍
1/01- 191
1/02- 187
1/03- 187 - Hopeful that my Monday update will show a lower number.
1/04 - 188.8 - Back to exercise.
1/05 - 188.8 - Not a minute's sleep last night😩
📍1/06 - 188.6 - I slept well, because I was so exhausted from the night before. Tried to power through my exercise , but I already knew that wasn't gonna happen. I will add it to today's workout.
*Currently, I have had 13 days (just counted it) of no peanut butter. I have gotten into a habit of eating it to make up for the protein and fat I was missing in a day, only a lot of carbs come with it too. I will not buy it anymore.
*2020 is my commitment year to breaking 2 habits, crunchy, (no pretzels!) and peanut butter.
Okay, it's in the world now and I will do it.
1/07 - 187
1/08 - 188.8
1/09 - 186
1/10 - 186
1/11 - 186
1/12 - 187.4
📍1/13 - 185
1/14 - 185.4
1/15 - 187 - Not from food or sodium, inflammation from hip bursitis and piriformis irritation.
1/16 - 186.4
1/17 - 186
1/18 - 185.4
1/19 - 185.6 - Early weigh in.
📍1/20 - 185.6
1/21 - 186 - Late meal, early weigh in. Fasted 23.25hrs.
1/22 - 183.2
1/23 - 185.4
1/24 - 184
1/25 - 184.8
1/26 - 184.8
📍1/27 - 184.6
1/28 - 183.8
1/29 - 184.4 - bump up from late evening exercise and not enough stretching
1/30 - 183
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