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2021....52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge
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GW: 135.0
SW00: 185.0
WK01: 182.1 (184)
WK02: 183.0 (183)
WK03: 181.9 (182)
WK04: 183.0 (181)
Last Week's Successes: I got back on the horse the very next morning after I fell off.
Last Week's Challenges: It was a disappointing week. I struggled with drinking my daily water goal. Although I was under calories, I still gained, which then lead to a night that I caved and allowed myself to eat over my calories.
Next Week's Plan: Pre-plan my dinner calories. Focus on water consumption. Force myself to exercise.3 -
Starting weight: 266 (at 21st Jan)
Goal weight: 214
Weight at 24th Jan 265
Current weight: 264
Total weight lost: 2lb
Loss this week: 1lb
This week's successes: I feel like I’ve lost more than 1lb, clothes fit better, I’m motivated to keep going.
This week's challenges: Adjusting to my restricted diet, avoiding treats.
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[62 years old. 5'2". Female
Highest weight 188
Starting weight 2021: 144.2
Goal weight: 130
12/31: 144.2
1/7: 142.6
1/15: 141.4
1/21: 141.4
1/29: 144.0
2/1: 141.4
Realized I need to change my check in day to Monday. We do a lot of short road trips and camping M-F. I need a couple of days to flush out the travel toxins.
This week's successes: Lots of water to flush our all the salts. 8.5 mile run yesterday. Diet back on track.
This week's challenges: Camping for the next 3 days.
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Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out.
A pound a week seems reasonable
I need to quit losing the same pounds over and over. If you are tired of starting over, STOP giving up.
Ultimate Lifetime Goal: Weigh Less Each Year Than the Last
2019 Starting Weight: 245 (1/2/2019) BMI 43.4
2020 Starting Weight: 235 (1/1/2020) BMI 41.6
2021 Starting Weight: 212 (1/1/2021) BMI 37.6
Goal for 2021: <200 BMI 35 (Dr set target before next physical)
Stretch Goal for 2021: <170 (Overweight instead of obese)
Current weight: 207.2 BMI 36.7
2021 weight loss: 4.8
Total weight lost: 37.8
Past week's successes: After many days of pasta and carbs … started back on my low carb way of eating. Need to include more water as well this week.
This week's challenges: Need to STOP snacking and eating carbs all day!
Challenge Tracking
START Jan 1: 211.4
WK01 Jan 4: 210.1 (-1.3)
WK02 Jan 11: 210.0 (-.1)
WK03 Jan 18: 208.6 (-1.4)
WK04 Jan 25: 210.3 (+1.7)
Jan Loss: 4.8
WK05 Feb 1: 207.2 (-3.1)
WK06 Feb 8:
WK07 Feb 15:
WK08 Feb 22:
Feb Loss:
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It’s a new week! I hope you all are hamging in there. The scale finally moved for me this week 😃
Highest weight 2019: 287
Challenge start weight Jan 1 2021: 179
Goal weight 130
Week 1 Jan 3 : 178.4
Week 2 Jan 10: 175.8
Week 3 Jan 17: 178.9
Week 4 Jan 25: 178.4
Week 5: Feb 1: 173.8
Challenge Weight Lost: 4.8
Total weight loss -116.8 lbs
Thought I’d post some progress photos to keep me motivated today. I did make some new goals including walking to 2000 miles by July 19 and being able to do 10 burbees.
Challenge: Struggling to find a good healthy lunch choice.11 -
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SW 213
GW 140
Challenge weight loss 7lb
Week 1 Jan 18, 211, - 2lb
Week 2 Jan 25, 208, - 3lb
WK3 Feb 2nd, 206, - 2lb
Weekly success, increase exercise,
Challenges, weather, snow, ice make out door exercise a challenge.6 -
Update as of 1/29:
Starting weight January 1, 2021: 211
Goal weight:150
Current weight: 206.8
Total weight lost: 4.2
This week's successes:
I am still plucking along at a pound a week, and am keeping up with my meat-free two days a week very well. It has not been as difficult as I expected to meet this goal while making meals for my spouse and I.
This week's challenges:
This week was super busy and I really wanted to fall back on junkie snacks to get quick boosts of energy, and did a few times. Also, my vet has encouraged me to put my cat on a diet as well, so now he's in it with me.
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Week 5 (Tuesday, Feb. 2nd)
Starting weight: 193lbs
Goal Weight: 141lbs
Current weight: 188.4
Weekly Weight lost: +2lbs
Total weight lost: -4.6lbs
This week’s successes: continued alcohol free into February, have been outside hiking/walking on these gorgeous sunny days, overall, good mood
This week’s challenges: did not reach the goal for one of my community challenges focused on exercise - I completed 17hours/24 hours of exercise in January; also, feeling bummed that I gained 2lbs and trying not to let it bring me down (I didn’t even want to log it, which is why I am logging a day late)8 -
Starting weight (12/24): 257
Goal weight: 197
Current weight: 255.8
Total weight lost: 1.2
This week's successes: Good effort on exercising (weight training and walking/jogging). Feeling strong physically.
This week's challenges: Did not meal prep on Sunday (needed a break) but I'm paying for it now because I'm buying lunches and eating too much. Back up a couple pounds this week. Frustrated but trying to just treat it like a learning experience and not go entirely off the rails because of a small setback.7 -
Starting weight (12/24): 257
Goal weight: 197
Current weight: 255.8
Total weight lost: 1.2
This week's successes: Good effort on exercising (weight training and walking/jogging). Feeling strong physically.
This week's challenges: Did not meal prep on Sunday (needed a break) but I'm paying for it now because I'm buying lunches and eating too much. Back up a couple pounds this week. Frustrated but trying to just treat it like a learning experience and not go entirely off the rails because of a small setback.
I feel the same way. First time since jan 1 I over ate on my calories, my stomach hurt for awhile...and I feel pretty bummed about it, I had started the day off so well with exercise etc. But like you, I will treat it like a learning experience, and not go off the rails either.... one day can't ruin everything. xx5 -
SW = 254.0
GW = 200.0
CW = 241.5
WK1: 248.5
WK2: 245.5
WK3: 246.5
WK4: 243.0
WK5: 241.5
Total Loss: -12.5
This week's successes: watching my food intake and exercising.
This week's challenges: I did 50 minutes of Elliptical all this week, but it is getting boring. Next week I will have to
incorporate Rowing to change it up.
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Findley linda
Starting weight:207
Goal weight:155
Current weight:207
Total weight lost:0
This week's successes:
This week's challenges:3 -
45 y/o 5'8" Female
Starting weight: 216 on 1/1/21
Goal weight: 164 (52 lb loss)
Current weight: 206 on 2/5
Weight lost this week: 0
Total weight lost: 10
This week's successes: Walk/ran 4 days this week.
This week's challenges: Started off the week tracking and exercising, lost steam/focus towards end of week leading to 0 lbs lost. Need a breakthrough this next week!
216 Start. on 1/1
211 Week 1 on 1/8
206 Week 2 on 1/15
209 Week 3 on 1/22
206 Week 4 on 1/29
206 Week 5 on 2/53 -
Starting weight: 189 (Jan 1, 2021)
Goal weight: 159
Current weight: 180.8 (Feb 5)
Total weight lost: 8.2 pounds
This week's successes: Saw my own shadow on my scale. Lost 3.8 pounds and predict 6 more weeks of seeing the needle on my scale move in the right direction
This week's challenges: Lost the easy pounds this year. Now comes the harder pounds to lose. Anticipate slow down in pounds per week but hope to continue the downward trend.
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Starting weight: 247.4 lbs (1/1/2021)
Goal weight for 2021: 196
Current weight: 243.1 lbs (2/5/2021)
Total weight lost: 4.3 lbs
This week's successes: I've found ways to modify my planned exercise program around an injured shoulder (see Challenges), so I continue to get some movement in rather than just giving up entirely. I also did manage to see a small loss this week, despite my intake not quite keeping up with the reduction in exercise intensity.
This week's challenges: Managed to inflame my left shoulder somehow - my guess is a combo of Ring Fit Adventure, which involves a lot of arm/shoulder work (the primary input device is basically a Pilates ring, you gotta squeeze/pull it to navigate menus, and even most lower-body-focused exercises involve the arms in some way) and the new exercise regimen, which involves a lot of planking. I'm right-handed, so like, it could be worse, but babying my left arm is hard. I haven't resorted to putting it in a sling yet, because I don't want to worry anyone, but I really might have to because I keep forgetting and then reaching out to the side and hurting myself again.9 -
I am starting this at 185 pounds so my goal weight for the challenge is 135 pounds. I will post weekly my current weight and the weekly goal rate to keep myself on track and motivated.
SW00: 185.0
WK01: 182.1 (184)
WK02: 183.0 (183)
WK03: 181.9 (182)
WK04: 183.0 (181)
Wk05: 181.9 (180)
Last Week's Successes: I was able to increase my water intake by switching to a smaller cup. So silly but it worked! I was using a 24-ounce glass so that I knew I drank all my water if I filled it 4 times. But some days it seemed so daunting looking at all that water at once.
Last Week's Challenges: I did not get all my walks and PT exercises as I had planned. Still putting others before myself.
Next Week's Plan: I will wake up earlier to start having some more "me" time so I will not feel the pressure to take care of everyone else's needs instead of my own.7 -
Starting Weight: 168.2 (Jan 15)
Goal Weight: 130
Current Weight: 163.6
Total Weight Lost: -4.6
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Starting weight: 231 lbs (12/2/19)
2021 Starting weight: 199 lbs
Goal weight: 160 lbs
01/31: 196.6 lbs
02/5: 199.6 lbs
Feb 2021 Gain: 3 lbs
Jan 2021 loss: 2.4 lbs
Total 2021 weight Gain: 0.6 lbs
Total weight lost: 31.4 lbs
Past week Successes: I started a 12 week strength program and have been consistent with it.
Past week Challenges: My grandfather passed away from COVID on Monday night. It has been hard. My brain's not really on eating healthy right now which accounts for the gain.9 -
I followed the 2020 challenge, and I'm looking forward to participating in this one.
I'll do my official weigh in on Jan 1st.
Lots of good luck to everyone!
2021 weight loss goal is -40-45 lbs.
Jan 2021
1/1 180.8
1/8 180.8 (I had some ups and downs with the scale this week. Need to keep watching my calories. Hopefully by next week I'll break out of the 180's.)
1/15 179.6
1/22 178.8
1/29 178.0
2/5 177.0
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January Start Weight: 193.6 lbs.
Ultimate Goal Weight: 158 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -3.6 lbs.
Jan 1 : 193.6 lbs.
Jan 8: 192.8 lbs.
Jan 15: 191.4 lbs.
Jan 22: 191 lbs.
Jan 29: 190.6 lbs.
Feb 5: 190 lbs.
This week's successes: Slow and steady. A loss is a loss 👍
This week's challenges: Staying motivated. I’m averaging .05 lbs a week and sometimes at this slow pace I wish I was losing faster.9 -
I am 51 year old 6'0" with a Thyroid issue, that I am on Meds for, and tore my Achilles in May. My weight constantly yoyo's and the up is more than the down. Heaviest I have ever been.
I have been unable to do any cardio and the weight has continued to creep up. I also have a torn Meniscus but can still get around.
Here goes the yoyo effect again. Was on travel this past week, but didn't alter the food intake much, had a few more cocktails than normal, so maybe that is what caused the weight increase, not real sure since I didn't exceed my caloric goal.
Starting weight: 287.2 ( January 1, 2021)
Goal weight: 195
Current weight: 276.8
Total weight lost: 10.4 lbs
01/15: 279.2 (-8)
01/22: 274.2 (-5)
01/29: 273.0 (-1.2)
02/6: 276.8 (+3.8)7 -
47 yr old female
Starting weight: 122.2 kg
Goal weight: 85kg
This week's successes: stuck to exercise routine 5 days out of 7 due to reflux pain.
This week's challenges: Acid Reflux, and acid reflux pain. Went over calorie goal by too much on Thursday. Been paying for it ever since with pain of all kinds.
START Jan 1: 122.2kg
WK01 Jan 3: 121.7 kg
WK02 Jan 10: 119.9 kg
WK03 Jan 17: 119.6 kg
WK04 Jan 24: 119.5 kg
WK05 Jan 31: 118.6 kg
Jan Loss: 4kg
WK 06 Feb 7: 117 kg5 -
Hope it's okay to join, iv recently come back to mfp and really need motovation. In middle of 2020 I lost 25lbs but towards the end of the year gained 20lbs back 😫😫 so I'm back to where I started
Starting weight: 200 lbs
Start date: 24 Jan 2021
Goal weight: 130 lbs
Current weight: 196.6
Total weight lost: 5 lbs
WK05 Jan 31: 196.6 lbs
WK06 Feb 7: 195 lbs
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Challenge starting weight: 209
Goal weight: 150
Current weight: 202.7
Challenge weight lost: -6.3
Highest weight (7/18): 250
Total weight lost: -47.3
This week's successes: I added in strength training.
This week's challenges: Quarantine!4 -
Goal weight:<250 (end of 2021)
Starting weight: 304 (1/1)
Last week: 300
Current weight: 298
Weekly loss: 2 lbs
Total weight lost: 6 lbs
This week's successes: Still tracking and hitting my daily calorie goals, also increasing my steps
Next week's challenges: Hit my increased daily step goal
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Starting weight: 218.8 lbs
Goal weight: 175 lbs
Current weight: 210.6 lbs
Total weight lost: 8.2 lbs
This week's successes: Logging, Finished the Leg Land on Switch Fitness Band - (Yeah!! Leg work is my weak link.)
This week's challenges: I was posting my exercising incorrectly and was getting too much credit for burning calories. This week I will need to improve my food choices and stay within the stricter calorie budget.
01/01/2021 - 218.8 lbs 02/07/2021 - 210.6 lbs
01/10/2021 - 216 lb
01/17/2021 - 214.6 lbs
01/24/2021 - 210.6 lbs
01/31/2021 - 211.2 lbs
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@Theo166 Congratulations on hitting the new century mark! Great job!3
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62 years old. 5'2". Female
Highest weight 188
Starting weight 2021: 144.2
Goal weight: 130
12/31: 144.2
1/7: 142.6
1/15: 141.4
1/21: 141.4
1/29: 144.0
2/1: 141.4
2/8: 140.6
Changing my check in day works. finally seeing the scale get closer to the 130s again.
This week's successes: focusing on activity while camping. Diet back on track. Prepare lunches for the camping trip helps. Got in a couple of good runs too.
This week's challenges: Another Camping trip for the next 3 days. Then lunch with cousins.
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Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out.
A pound a week seems reasonable
I need to quit losing the same pounds over and over. If you are tired of starting over, STOP giving up.
48 weeks till 2022 🎉
Ultimate Lifetime Goal: Weigh Less Each Year Than the Last
2019 Starting Weight: 245 (1/2/2019) BMI 43.4
2020 Starting Weight: 235 (1/1/2020) BMI 41.6
2021 Starting Weight: 212 (1/1/2021) BMI 37.6
Goal for 2021: <200 BMI 35 (Dr set target before next physical)
Stretch Goal for 2021: <170 (Overweight instead of obese)
Current weight: 206.3 BMI 36.5
2021 weight loss: 5.7
Total weight lost: 38.7
Past week's successes: 4 days AF (alcohol free) and managed low carbs most days. Stuck with my Feb challenge … no sugar free dark chocolate candies!
This week's challenges: Need to get back into an exercise routing of walking, biking and planks.
Challenge Tracking
START Jan 1: 211.4
WK01 Jan 4: 210.1 (-1.3)
WK02 Jan 11: 210.0 (-.1)
WK03 Jan 18: 208.6 (-1.4)
WK04 Jan 25: 210.3 (+1.7)
Jan Loss: 4.8
WK05 Feb 1: 207.2 (-3.1)
WK06 Feb 8: 206.3 (-.9)
WK07 Feb 15:
WK08 Feb 22:
Feb Loss: 5
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