😀😀😀***** SEPTEMBER 2021 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE****😀😀😀

Sept Start Weight:188lbs
Sept Goal Weight: 184lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight:180lbs

Sept 1: 188lbs
Sept 4: 183.8lbs (either my scales are broken or I am!)
Sept 11: 184.2lbs (not surprised at all that I went up this week)
Sept 18: 189.4lbs (just had a lovely holiday so again, not surprised)
Sept 25: 189.6lbs

Welp this month didn't go the way I hoped, although I kept my exercise up all month. October is a bad month for me weight-loss wise so I'll be back for the November challenge. Well done to all those who succeeded and keep going for the rest of you

Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
August 28 (Starting Weight): - 151.8 (10-day average 154.1)
September goal - 150
Ultimate goal - Range between 142 - 148

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


Aug 28: 151.8 (10-day average 154.1)
Aug 31: 153.6 (10-day average 154.2)
Sep 4: 153.4 (10-day average 153.4)
Sep 11: 151.8 (10-day average 152.6)
Sep 18: 151.4 (10-day average 151.9)
Sep 25: 153.8 (10-day average 153.0)
Sep 30:


Total loss for August: Sigh. Up over a pound from last week. Back to where I was about four weeks ago. At least I am still down a pound for the month. I'll get back to it. I'm really not sure what happened.

My name is Donna. I am 61 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US.





Start Weight (from Aug 31st ): 186.8
Goal Weight: 181.8 (5 pound loss)
End of Challenge Weight: xxxxx

Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)



Sept 01: …..182.8 (Trend Weight 187.8) I find this weight hard to believe today. 4 pound loss overnight??? (After a 2.4 loss the day before???) My scale is reliable and I stepped on it 3 times but I don’t trust this and consider it a fluctuation. I did everything right. I had TM. I finally slept over 4 and ½ hours which is good for me> But that is a bit much. Traveling today and tomorrow. Plenty of sitting and restaurant food. I’ll be home each night and will keep up with the posts. Friday morning my scale reading will not be pretty but that is how I roll.

Sept 05: ….. 188.2 (Trend Weight 187.8) I think the scale was inaccurate on the first. I will keep monitoring. However, I know I probably did go up 2-3 pounds due to comfort eating. I have had a very traumatic death in my family due to covid on a fully vaccinated person. Food doesn’t solve the problem so I am working on that but failing right now. Today is the large family BBQ with children and grandchildren to celebrate Labor Day. More food. I am hoping that next week’s weigh in will be better and less complicated.

Sept 12: …..188.4 (Trend Weight 188.3) OMGosh you guys, Everyone has done so fantastic this past week! I am so proud of you all! You all will be my inspiration in the coming week! I have done pretty badly this past week due to stress eating from family death, plenty of travel, multiple medical appointments that involved travel, extreme health scares and home frustrations. However, I managed to reign it in yesterday and drop nearly a pound back off. I included lots of activity and kept my diet excellent until that late night snack. I will try even harder today. Turning this ship back around!

Sept 19: …..186.2 (Trend Weight 187.5) Some improvement on what has proved to be a difficult week to coordinate my goals and plans. I am going to take the ball and run with it! I’m hoping for another good week. Outpatient Surgery coming up in a few weeks so I would like to be in a better place by then.

Sept 26: …..188.8 Too much travel this past week and not enough exercise for sure. Struggling again (after the string of days away from home and plan). Hunger and cravings are back as my body was spoiled off & on this month. Feels like I’m back to square one but I’ll get through it. I am 2 pounds over starting weight and nowhere near goal. I suppose my goal now is just to improve everything by the end of the challenge. Any movement in the right direction will certainly help October.

Sept 30: …..xxxxx (Trend Weight xxxxx)

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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Sept Start Weight: 329 lbs
Sept Goal Weight: 319 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 175 lbs

Sept 2: 329 lbs
Sept 4: 327.4 lbs New schedule for the new school year, 4 am wake up call to exercise 😱
Sept 11: 329.7 lbs Pizza and cake for my daughter's 10th birthday glad that's over
Sept 18:
Sept 25: 328.5 lbs
Sept 30:

SW (9/1/20): 194
GW/Range: TBD
September SW: 143.8
September Goal: 140

Sept 1: 143.8
Sept 6: 143.2
Sept 13: 142.4
Sept 20: 142.2
Sept 27: DNW
Sept 30:

I didn't even weigh on Monday!! I'll post it on Thursday😉🙂

Sept Start Weight: 214.6
Sept Goal Weight: 208.6
Ultimate Goal Weight: 168

Sept 1: 214.6
Sept 8: 213.8 (-0.8)
Sept 15: 209.2 (-4.6)
Sept 22: 211 (+1.8)
Sept 29: 206 (-5)
Sept 30:

Overall starting: 166
Overall Goal: 130
September Starting: 157
September Goal: 152

Sept 1: 157
Sept 8: 155.4
Sept 15: 155.6 - honestly I'm just happy that my portion control has been pretty good. I just need to actually weight lift and work on some strength. Slow and steady!
Sept 22: 154.4- on a side note, my washing machine broke over the weekend. Rather than pay someone $400 to fix I bought a new drain pump and repaired it myself (and I'm not handy). That took a lot of my time and worry the past few days so I'm glad I kept up the work on myself! 😁
Sept 29: 153.6- not hitting month Goal but still happy with the movement down!
Sept 30:

Total lost as of Aug 31st - 16.5 lbs
Sept start Weight: 180.5 lbs
Sept Goal Weight: 175 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160 lbs

Sept 1: 180.5
Sept 6: 176.4
Sept 9: 176.2
Sept 18: 177.9 vaca & ate pretty bad. Ran & biked a lot though so pretty OK with the gain.
Sept 23: 176.5
Sept 30: 175.5 been working a lot at this shouldn’t be this tough to lose. But we’re coming to winter months. Live in the NE so October maybe November will be last month of joining a challenge. Running has been a resent addition & working. So I’ll only be able to get out when the weather is good which can be minimal around here.

Sept Start Weight: 171.7 (Sep. 7)
Sept Goal Weight: 165
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135

Sept 1: (Late start!)
Sept 8: 169.1 (- 2.6)
Sept 15: 166.9 (- 2.2)
Sept 22: 165.8 (- 1.1)
Sept 29: 164.7 (- 1.1) phew! Just made Sept goal by .3 pounds
Sept 30: 163.8 (- 0.9)

Overall September weight loss is 7.9 pounds.

I really like this weekly check-in challenge since weight loss is definitely not a straight line, but the looking at the longer term trends is motivating. Looking forward to October's challenge!

Overall starting: 208
Overall Goal: 175
September Starting: 196
September Goal: 190

Sept 1: 196
Sept 8: 193.7
Sept 15:
Sept 22:191.8
Sept 29:
Sept 30:190.0 (no joke!!)

Hell to the yeah!! Onto the next milestone - Wedding weight of 184.