2020Lose 52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

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  • jm216
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  • Leezy55
    Leezy55 Posts: 339 Member
    All time high 2019 prior MFP 192

    High 2020 174

    June loss 4 lbs

    July 1 164

    July 8 162.4

    July 15

    July 22

    July 29

    Aug 1 July loss 3 lbs

    8/1 161
    8/2 161
    8/3 160.8
    8/10 160.2
    8/15 158.9 Doing better than last month. So far 2 wks 2 lbs!!
  • tammierlewis
    tammierlewis Posts: 564 Member
    @Leezy55 I dropped most of my weight 4 years ago with simple CICO. I actually maintained between 129 - 134 until last October when I broke my arm. That accident was followed by a lot of instability in my daily life, including the death of my Mom. I'm having trouble getting back into a calorie deficit mind set. Each day starts a new beginning.
  • dlhollin1
    dlhollin1 Posts: 699 Member
    I will never ever weigh 270 again. Soon I will say the same about 260.

    Starting weight: 272 (1-1-20)

    Goal WT 225:

    7/8: 269.9
    7/16: 267.8 I keep gaining and losing the same 2 or 3 pounds its nuts I tell ya.
    8/10: 267.5 Its a work in progress, still waiting for that big drop but so far it has been slow coming.
    8/17: 268.0 Am I disappointed in losing only 4 lbs this year? Yep. Am I still determined to have a great year of losing wt and getting healthier? Yep.
    8/24

    Weight lost YTD: -4.0

    This week's successes: Adding more core work, planks, etc, averaging about 8500 steps per day.
    This week's challenges : Log my food and keep it together while traveling.
  • dlhollin1
    dlhollin1 Posts: 699 Member
    tammierlewis wrote: »
    @Leezy55 I dropped most of my weight 4 years ago with simple CICO. I actually maintained between 129 - 134 until last October when I broke my arm. That accident was followed by a lot of instability in my daily life, including the death of my Mom. I'm having trouble getting back into a calorie deficit mind set. Each day starts a new beginning.

    I can relate I have had a really hard time wrapping my mind around this weight loss thing lately. Back in the day it was focus, mind is made up, no problem lets get after it. Anymore it is a real struggle mentally.
  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 267 Member
    edited August 2020
    Starting weight: 204 on 1/1/2020
    Goal weight: 160
    Current weight: 194.8 on 8/17
    Weekly weight lost:
    Total weight lost: 9.2
    This week's successes: I worked out everyday.
    This week's challenges: Anxious about starting a new job, trying not to mindlessly eat.
  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 267 Member
    Starting weight: 204 on 1/1/2020
    Goal weight: 160
    Current weight: 191.2 on 8/24
    Weekly weight lost:
    Total weight lost: 12.8
    This week's successes: I stuck to my eating plan.
    This week's challenges: I wasn't able to work out everyday, but that's okay
  • Leezy55
    Leezy55 Posts: 339 Member
    All time high 2019 prior MFP192

    High 2020 174

    June loss 4 lbs

    July 1 164

    July 8 162.4

    July 15

    July 22

    July 29

    Aug 1 July loss 3 lbs

    8/1 161
    8/2 161
    8/3 160.8
    8/10 160.2
    8/15 158.9 Doing better than last month. So far 2 wks 2 lbs!!
    8/24 158.5 Took some time off did a little snacking, one more week this month!
  • MTW70
    MTW70 Posts: 220 Member
    Just joining in a little late with just over 4 months left to 2020 . Hoping to lose a little more than 1 pound a week but will count any loss as a success!

    Starting weight: 181.4
    Goal weight: 134
    Current weight: 180.4
    Total weight lost: 1 pound
    This week's successes: Actually gained 2.5 pounds in the past week but counting my recommitment to losing weight as my success.
    This week's challenges: Poor food choices, too much eating take-out, not enough exercise
  • montevalloroad18
    montevalloroad18 Posts: 36 Member
    Starting weight: 203 lbs
    Goal weight : 145 lbs
    Current weight :185lbs
    Total weightloss: 18lbs
    Got to lose: 40lbs

    This week's successes: dinners have changed to salads. My stomach feels so good nowdays. Absolutely no sweets or sugars.
    Am soo proud that i could do this. I am olanning to last till the new years with this. It helped me feel lighter and less bloated.

    This week's challenges: workouts..? What are they ? The weather is makin me cozy in.... :smiley:
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,968 Member
    Starting weight: 228.9 on 6/1/2020
    Age: 50
    Height: 5’8”
    Goal weight: 180
    6/1– 228.9
    6/4– 227.9
    6/9– 226.7
    6/14-225.3
    6/22-225.0
    6/28-224.2
    7/2—223.3
    7/6—223.2
    7/13–221.6
    7/20–218.4
    7/26–217.7
    8/9—218.1
    8/16–216.4
    8/24–216.7

    Total weight lost: 12.2 pounds lost since June 1st!

    This week’s successes: Logging!
    I only gained .3 pounds this week. Big picture is my 4 pound average loss per month.

    Jill
  • MelodiousMermaid
    MelodiousMermaid Posts: 380 Member
    edited August 2020
    Current Weight (28-day average):
    194.6

    Weekly change in 28-day average:
    +0.4

    Cumulative change (Month/Quarter/Year):
    +5.2/+4.9/-2.5


    This week's successes:
    • Accurate logging.
    • Maintaining meeting my step goal.
    • Keeping up with physical therapy homework.
    • Back. Sort of, but back.

    This week's challenges:
    • Getting to a maintenance level of intake.
    • Trying to look past the fact that I've erased most of my progress this year ...again...

    Gone for a while because I just couldn't muster the push to overcome, and the prior overeating/binge eating challenge has turned into a backpedal and I'm trying to find solid ground right now. If I can just maintain for a week, I will call it a win at this point. Yesterday was the first success day for this.

    Stats/SW/Goal
    High Weight/Stats:
    252.0 pounds, 5'1" F

    Challenge Starting Weight:
    197.1

    Goal:
    21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated around 140)

    History

    Q3 History:
    2020/07/02: 186.1 / 189.4 (28-day average)
    2020/07/08: 188.7 / 188.4
    2020/07/15: 187.2 / 187.8
    2020/07/22: 186.0 / 187.5
    2020/07/29: 192.0 / 188.9
    2020/08/05: 198.4 / 190.4
    2020/08/12: 194.7 / 192.2
    2020/08/19: 194.9 / 194.2
    2020/08/26: 194.2 / 194.6

    Q2 History:
    2020/04/08: 192.5
    2020/04/15: 191.8
    2020/04/22: 194.5
    2020/04/29: 191.8, 194.2 (28-day average)
    2020/05/06: 192.3, 193.6
    2020/05/13: 191.0, 193.0
    2020/05/20: 191.7, 193.1
    2020/05/27: 193.6, 193.1
    2020/06/03: 196.9, 193.7
    2020/06/10: 192.0, 193.6
    2020/06/17: 188.5, 192.8
    2020/06/24: 188.1, 191.5

    Q1 History:
    2020/01/01: 197.1
    2020/01/08: 192.5
    2020/01/15: 190.7
    2020/01/22: 187.2
    2020/01/29: 185.0
    2020/02/05: 184.1
    2020/02/12: 182.5
    2020/02/19: ???
    2020/02/26: ???
    2020/02/29 (end of month): 184.7
    2020/03/04: 181.2 (estimated using different scale)
    2020/03/11: 183.4
    2020/03/17: 189.4
    Original post:
    I'm not sure I have 52 pounds of fat that I want/need to lose at this point, but I'm close enough that I'm going to call myself "in."

    Starting weight: 197.1 pounds
    (HSW: 252, MFP restart: 242.7)
    5'1" F

    Goal: 21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated at 140-145)

    Current weight: 197.1
    Total challenge weight lost: 0.0

    This week's successes: Getting back into deficit after a maintenance break.
    This week's challenges: Extremely low motivation (for life-ing in general -- not out of the norm, as I battle physical and mental health issues on an ongoing basis).

    A heads up: I will likely go faster than 1 pound/week for the first 4-ish months, then looking to tighten up and go into a slow loss followed by a recomp phase. I'll likely make 52 pounds of weight loss on the scale with some skin loss (hopefully), along with lean mass having to do with the support of the fat stores I have. I am aiming to maintain/increase muscle mass and bone density, so that may throw off the scale results. I do hope to reach my goal body fat percentage by the year's end, whatever scale weight that puts me at.

  • tammierlewis
    tammierlewis Posts: 564 Member
    Highest weight 188.

    Starting weight 135.0
    goal weight: 125.0

    12/31: 135.0
    1/6: 135.0
    1/27: 143.0
    2/4: 139.2
    2/24: 140.2
    3/3: 142. 0
    3/10: 141.0
    3/24: 141.0
    3/31: 140.8
    4/7: 140.8
    4/15: 140.6
    4/21: 139.0
    4/28: 139.0
    5/6: 139.4
    5/12: 139.2
    5/20: 138.8
    5/26: 138.8
    6/1: 139.0
    6/7: 139.2
    6/13: 138.8
    6/22: 138.4
    6/28: 139.4
    7/15: 141.0
    7/20: 139.4
    7/29: 140.2
    8/6: 139.4
    8/27: 141.6

    My sister came for a visit!

  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 180
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 166.5
    Total weight lost: 13.5
    This week's successes: Started checking in the challenge. Began exercising.Staying more active.
    This week's challenges: started eating cookies again. Also eating chips although they were baked tostitos which are a little healthier than regular chips.
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,023 Member
    edited August 2020
    “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out.” Robert Collier

    A pound a week seemed reasonable in January until I checked out back in the spring and then gained even more. 15 lb loss in 2019; gained back 5 before 2020; gained back 6 more during pandemic spring 2020. I need to quit losing the same pounds over and over. Starting again in August to continue my journey! If you are tired of starting over, STOP giving up.

    I'll turn 60 this year and really want to get into Onederland and make it stick this decade!
    2019 Starting Weight: 245 (1/2/2019) BMI 43.4
    2020 Starting Weight: 235 (1/1/2020) BMI 41.6
    Goal weight: <200 in 2020
    Current weight: 231.1
    Total weight lost: 14
    This week's successes: Walking 3-4 miles per day.
    This week's challenges: My mental roadblocks because the scale is not moving.

    Aug 6: 241
    Aug 10: 238.4 (-2.6)
    Aug 17: 234.4 (-4)
    Aug 24: 231.1 (-3.3)
    Aug Loss: 9.9
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 180
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 167
    Total weight lost: 13
    This week's successes: I continued exercise and staying active. I have also been staying on a schedule daily.
    This week's challenges: I am still eating cookies. The cookies should be done today though so there is a plus side to it. I need to eat healthy snacks. I seem to run out of time during the day to do things.
  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,023 Member
    edited August 2020
    b]“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out.” Robert Collier[/b]

    A pound a week seemed reasonable in January until I checked out back in the spring and then gained even more. 15 lb loss in 2019; gained back 5 before 2020; gained back 6 more during pandemic spring 2020. I need to quit losing the same pounds over and over. Starting again in August to continue my journey! If you are tired of starting over, STOP giving up.

    I'll turn 60 this year and really want to get into Onederland and make it stick this decade!
    2019 Starting Weight: 245 (1/2/2019) BMI 43.4
    2020 Starting Weight: 235 (1/1/2020) BMI 41.6
    Goal weight: <200 in 2020
    Current weight: 230
    Total weight lost: 15
    This week's successes: Walking 3-4 miles per day.
    This week's challenges: My mental roadblocks because the scale is not moving.

    Aug 6: 241
    Aug 10: 238.4 (-2.6)
    Aug 17: 234.4 (-4)
    Aug 24: 231.1 (-3.3)
    Aug 31: 230.3 (-.8)
    Aug Loss: 10.7


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  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,968 Member
    Starting weight: 228.9 on 6/1/2020
    Age: 50
    Height: 5’8”
    Goal weight: 180
    6/1– 228.9
    6/4– 227.9
    6/9– 226.7
    6/14-225.3
    6/22-225.0
    6/28-224.2
    7/2—223.3
    7/6—223.2
    7/13–221.6
    7/20–218.4
    7/26–217.7
    8/9—218.1
    8/16–216.4
    8/24–216.7
    8/30–216.2

    Total weight lost: 12.7 pounds lost since June 1st!

    This week’s successes: Logging!

    Considering that I had my appendix removed on Thursday, this is a good week.

    Happy Monday!

    Jill 🥰
  • MTW70
    MTW70 Posts: 220 Member
    Just joining in a little late with just over 4 months left to 2020 . Hoping to lose a little more than 1 pound a week but will count any loss as a success!

    Starting weight: 181.4
    Goal weight: 134
    Current weight: 174.8
    Total weight lost: 6.6 pounds


    8/24: 181.4
    8/31: 174.8
    9/7:
    9/14:
    9/21:
    9/28:
    10/5:
    10/12:
    10/19:
    10/26:
    11/2:
    11/9:
    11/16:
    11/23:
    11/30:
    12/7:
    12/14:
    12/21:
    12/27:


    This week's successes: This was my 1st week back really committed to my weight loss since March/April. I ran 3 times this week, stayed within my calorie deficit range, did IF 16/8, and was Alcohol Free 4 out of the 7 days.

    This week's challenges: Not getting enough sleep, feeling super hungry between meals, having a diet soda every day (want to limit those more).
  • montevalloroad18
    montevalloroad18 Posts: 36 Member
    Starting weight: 203 lbs
    Goal weight : 145 lbs
    Current weight :184lbs
    Total weightloss: 19lbs
    Got to lose: 39lbs

    This week's successes: maintaining the goal No sugars! Or no refined sugars I should say. I have honey with my tea. The taste is taking some time to get used to. Feeling less bloated and lethargic is worth it though.

    This week's challenges: I have taken to walking, inside my apartment whenever am on a call. I think for now this is what am going to do. It isn't much in terms of workout, but yeah.

    Trying really hard not to go out of my mind.
    Have a good week y'all !!
    Stay home. Stay safe. Stay sane.
  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 267 Member
    Starting weight: 204 on 1/1/2020
    Goal weight: 160
    Current weight: 188.8 on 8/31
    Weekly weight lost: 2.4
    Total weight lost: 15.2
    This week's successes: No alcohol this week.
    This week's challenges: I didn't fit much exercise in my schedule.
  • Leezy55
    Leezy55 Posts: 339 Member
    All time high 2019 prior MFP192

    High 2020 174

    June loss 4 lbs

    July 1 164

    July 8 162.4

    July 15

    July 22

    July 29

    Aug 1 July loss 3 lbs

    8/1 161
    8/2 161
    8/3 160.8
    8/10 160.2
    8/15 158.9 Doing better than last month. So far 2 wks 2 lbs!!
    8/24 158.5 Took some time off did a little snacking, one more week this month!
    9/1 158 No more snacking for me!

    Aug loss 3 lbs total loss 34 lbs
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 180
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 167.5
    Total weight lost: 12.5
    This week's successes: I continued exercising and staying active.
    This week's challenges: Eating healthy but I find myself craving for sweets, chips and pizza.
  • MelodiousMermaid
    MelodiousMermaid Posts: 380 Member
    edited September 2020
    Current Weight (28-day average):
    194.4

    Weekly change in 28-day average:
    -0.2

    Cumulative change (Month/Quarter/Year):
    -0.2/-0.2/-2.7


    This week's successes:
    • Accurate logging.
    • Maintaining meeting my step goal.
    • Keeping up with physical therapy homework.
    • Finally starting to settle in the right direction again.

    This week's challenges:
    • Fighting both hunger and appetite constantly.
    • Fighting to move.

    Last week was over maintenance, but a lot more in the direction I'm trying to get into. Hoping for maintenance or below this week, and have a good start for it. I decided to try to get back into low net carb (aiming for about 30-50g net/day), since that was very successful for me last year until I hit the "training wall." I shouldn't hit that wall too quickly because of the hand surgeries and upcoming foot surgery causing me to scale back training. It's probably a good thing to take a break on that front anyway, though, as I feel really sluggish and stuck physically lately with the depression anyway. But I am fighting it and moving within my ability to do so, so it's not a lost cause, and I do look forward to getting back to powerlifting late this year when recovery has gotten far enough.

    Stats/SW/Goal
    High Weight/Stats:
    252.0 pounds, 5'1.5", F

    Challenge Starting Weight:
    197.1

    Goal:
    21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated around 140)

    History

    Q3 History:
    2020/07/02: 186.1 / 189.4 (28-day average)
    2020/07/08: 188.7 / 188.4
    2020/07/15: 187.2 / 187.8
    2020/07/22: 186.0 / 187.5
    2020/07/29: 192.0 / 188.9
    2020/08/05: 198.4 / 190.4
    2020/08/12: 194.7 / 192.2
    2020/08/19: 194.9 / 194.2
    2020/08/26: 194.2 / 194.6
    2020/09/02: 189.4 / 194.4

    Q2 History:
    2020/04/08: 192.5
    2020/04/15: 191.8
    2020/04/22: 194.5
    2020/04/29: 191.8, 194.2 (28-day average)
    2020/05/06: 192.3, 193.6
    2020/05/13: 191.0, 193.0
    2020/05/20: 191.7, 193.1
    2020/05/27: 193.6, 193.1
    2020/06/03: 196.9, 193.7
    2020/06/10: 192.0, 193.6
    2020/06/17: 188.5, 192.8
    2020/06/24: 188.1, 191.5

    Q1 History:
    2020/01/01: 197.1
    2020/01/08: 192.5
    2020/01/15: 190.7
    2020/01/22: 187.2
    2020/01/29: 185.0
    2020/02/05: 184.1
    2020/02/12: 182.5
    2020/02/19: ???
    2020/02/26: ???
    2020/02/29 (end of month): 184.7
    2020/03/04: 181.2 (estimated using different scale)
    2020/03/11: 183.4
    2020/03/17: 189.4
    Original post:
    I'm not sure I have 52 pounds of fat that I want/need to lose at this point, but I'm close enough that I'm going to call myself "in."

    Starting weight: 197.1 pounds
    (HSW: 252, MFP restart: 242.7)
    5'1" F

    Goal: 21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated at 140-145)

    Current weight: 197.1
    Total challenge weight lost: 0.0

    This week's successes: Getting back into deficit after a maintenance break.
    This week's challenges: Extremely low motivation (for life-ing in general -- not out of the norm, as I battle physical and mental health issues on an ongoing basis).

    A heads up: I will likely go faster than 1 pound/week for the first 4-ish months, then looking to tighten up and go into a slow loss followed by a recomp phase. I'll likely make 52 pounds of weight loss on the scale with some skin loss (hopefully), along with lean mass having to do with the support of the fat stores I have. I am aiming to maintain/increase muscle mass and bone density, so that may throw off the scale results. I do hope to reach my goal body fat percentage by the year's end, whatever scale weight that puts me at.
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 180
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 167
    Total weight lost: 13
    This week's successes: Continuing my exercise and staying active by things like housework.
    This week's challenges: Having problems with late night snacking.
  • tammierlewis
    tammierlewis Posts: 564 Member
    Highest weight 188.

    Starting weight 135.0
    goal weight: 125.0

    12/31: 135.0
    1/6: 135.0
    1/27: 143.0
    2/4: 139.2
    2/24: 140.2
    3/3: 142. 0
    3/10: 141.0
    3/24: 141.0
    3/31: 140.8
    4/7: 140.8
    4/15: 140.6
    4/21: 139.0
    4/28: 139.0
    5/6: 139.4
    5/12: 139.2
    5/20: 138.8
    5/26: 138.8
    6/1: 139.0
    6/7: 139.2
    6/13: 138.8
    6/22: 138.4
    6/28: 139.4
    7/15: 141.0
    7/20: 139.4
    7/29: 140.2
    8/6: 139.4
    8/27: 141.6
    9/3: 141.4

    Trying to keep it together.
  • jm216
    jm216 Posts: 3,968 Member
    Happy Friday friends!

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