🏖AUGUST 2020 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE🏖

Original Starting Weight: 180
August start Weight: 139.4
August Goal Weight: 136
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130


August 3: 139.4
August 10: 139.6
August 17: 138.6
August 24: 139.4 - going to focus this week to finish with a loss for the month!
August 31:

Initial Start Weight: 173lbs , lost 49 lbs originally but back up over the past year...
August Start Weight: 150lbs
August Goal Weight:144
Ultimate Goal Weight:127

Aug 1 : 150
Aug 8: 148
Aug 15:147
Aug 22:146
Aug 29:
Aug 31

My name is Chris. I'm 70. I've gained a bunch in the last few months...must get rid of it.

Initial Start Weight: 192.2
August Start Weight: 152.6
August Goal Weight: 150.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140

I weigh in on Mondays.

Aug 01 - 152.6 at 6:00 a.m.
Aug 03 - 152.0 at 7:30 a.m.
Aug 10 - 152.6 at 7:30 a.m.
Aug 17 - 153.4 at 4:00 a.m.
Aug 24 - 152.0 at 5:30 a.m.
Aug 31 -

Good luck everyone

Initial Start Weight: 132 (June 1, 2020)
August Start Weight: 116.2
August Goal Weight: 114
Ultimate Goal Weight: 110

Weigh-in: Fridays

Aug 1: 116.2
Aug 7: 116.4
Aug 14: 112.4
Aug 21: 112.6
Aug 28: 111.2
Aug 31:

GabsGatz wrote: »

Starting weight: 146
Goal weight: 125 (goal date Jan 11)
Goal thought: I can cheat during holidays, but today, i can eat well.

Weight: 138.8

August Start Weight: 157
August Goal Weight: 154
2020 Goal Weight: 148

Aug 1: 157
Aug 8: 153
Aug 15: 152
Aug 22: Did not weigh bc holiday!
Aug 29: 155
Aug 31:

Notes:
Aug 29: I went on a 6 day holiday, and it was glorious. As evidenced by the weight gain. I shouldn't be surprised, I guess, but also held onto a fantasy that I'd still maintain, even lose, because somehow I imagined my metabolism was now super high. Despite being super active all throughout the trip, I could not out work the calories in. Also, returning from the holiday has been a challenge: the calories set by MFP don't feel like enough, and I am eating back all my exercise calories, still feeling hungry and tired. Then getting depressed thinking about how this control and monitoring of my intake is going to have to be a part of my life forever. And that bums me out hard.

Aug 15: I spent a long weekend taking mini-roadtrips to see friends, which also meant I ate and drank indulgently over 3 days. Still kept active and physical in order to balance it all out. I did come back from the long weekend, though, constantly craving takeout and restaurant food. I bargained with myself that I would be disciplined this week so that I can relax and enjoy myself during my week long vacation next week. Wondering if anyone here still tries to follow some of your diet while on vacation? Or, do you allow yourself to be completely free, ex. no logging meals/calories in MFP while on vacation?

Aug 8: I think the scale is off by 2lbs, so I believe I'm likely in the 154-155 range. The past week I've been feeling decent energy and less feelings of boredom/anxiety hunger. Still trying to level out how much to eat back calories when I'm exercising more; I think I am undereating on those days. Tbh my new challenge in this weight loss journey is dealing with the loose skin, and how I feel about it changes day to day.

Aug 1: My final weigh-in yesterday for the July 2020 Weight Loss Challenge was 155 (the day before that was 158.5)... so yeah, my scale is kinda busted. I should probably get a more accurate scale, but maybe I can live with the consistently inconsistent scale.

Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
June 30 starting weight - 148.0 (ten-day rolling average weight 148.8)
August goal - 145
Ultimate goal - Range between 142 - 148

I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.


July 31: 146.2 (10-day average 145.3)
August 8: 145.8 (10-day average 144.8)
August 15: 144.6 (10-day average 145.3)
2August 22: 145.0 (10-day average 145.1)
August 29: 145.8 (10-day average 145.3)
August 31:

Total loss for August: According to my average, less than the weight of all the elephants that can fit on the head of a pin. My ten-day average has really all month varying no more than 0.6 pounds since the beginning of August, and only a little bit more variability the few weeks before that. My mass is right in the middle of my maintenance range. I'd really like to get my weight down just a tiny bit more, but that last two or three pounds is always so tough. The bad news is looking at my weight trend, I'm ever so slowly gaining (0.1 pound per week). So let's stop that.

Initial Start Weight: 194.7
August Start Weight: 181.7
August Goal Weight: 178
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135

Aug 1 : 181.7
Aug 8: 180.1
Aug 15: 179.2
Aug 25: 180.1
Aug 29: 179.6
Aug 31:

I visited family in North Carolina/Tennessee the 17th-25th and didn't track at all. I had some days this month in the 178's so we'll see where I end up in two days.

Initial Start Weight: 132 (June 1, 2020)
August Start Weight: 116.2
August Goal Weight: 114
Ultimate Goal Weight: 110

Weigh-in: Fridays

Aug 1: 116.2
Aug 7: 116.4
Aug 14: 112.4
Aug 21: 112.6
Aug 28: 111.2
Aug 31: 110.4 Almost there.

August Start Weight: 150.6
August Goal Weight: 145
Ultimate Goal Weight: 129

Aug 01: 150.6. 🤦‍♀️
Aug 03: 150.2 ⬇️
Aug 10: 148 ✅ 2️⃣ 🎉
Aug 17: 148 🐢
Aug 24:N/A
Aug 31: 150.4 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Started out great but ended bad .

Initial Start Weight: 194.7
August Start Weight: 181.7
August Goal Weight: 178
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135

Aug 1 : 181.7
Aug 8: 180.1
Aug 15: 179.2
Aug 25: 180.1
Aug 29: 179.6
Aug 31: 178.3

mtaratoot wrote: »

Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
June 30 starting weight - 148.0 (ten-day rolling average weight 148.8)
August goal - 145
Ultimate goal - Range between 142 - 148

I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.


July 31: 146.2 (10-day average 145.3)
August 8: 145.8 (10-day average 144.8)
August 15: 144.6 (10-day average 145.3)
2August 22: 145.0 (10-day average 145.1)
August 29: 145.8 (10-day average 145.3)
August 31: 145.8 (10-day average 145.5)

Total loss for August: I ended the month with my weight up two tenths of a pound from the end of July. I've been pretty steady, and I am near the midpoint of what I say is my maintenance range. In my mind, I'm trying to stay closer to the lower end of the range, and not being able to knock those last three pounds off is always frustrating. Will September bring success? We shall see! But the truth is, I should just be fine if I stay exactly where I am.

@msapplek --

Maintenance is definitely still work. The main difference is you get a few more calories than when losing (not many if you were trying to lose slowly at the end). You don't get the rush that comes with seeing that number change week after week, hopefully in the right direction. You will inevitably gain and lose and gain and lose, and you have to learn that this is how it's supposed to work. You'll succeed!

@mtaratoot --
Thanks for sharing! Definitely experienced everything you wrote in August: the rush of seeing 152 on my scale this month, but the UGH of seeing 157 this morning. I guess I can't be all boo-hoo because I did get "crazy" on vacation and a few other days here and there, but really thought if I was disciplined all the other days, I would still see a net loss.

How long have you been in maintenance? Do you not get discouraged weighing every week (or daily) to see all those fluctuations?