15 pounds to lose challenge August-October 31, 2021

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SW 9/14/20-255 lbs (Heaviest wt second time, Started new job, less stress, not having a micromanager anymore!)
UGW-122 lbs ( lowest wt 2009, kept off about 5 years, got lazy and then had a bad fx and had to learn to walk again)
Surgery 5/3/21-240.5 lbs (gallbladder)
MFP SW 5/14/21-232.2 lbs
CGW-190 lbs

CW start
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
8/8/21-209.2 lbs
8/15/21-207.8 lbs
8/22/21-204.4 lbs
8/29/21-203.0 lbs. Doing well. Keeping on track. I'm not sure if I'll meet my goal of under 200 lbs by 9/1/21 AM weigh in but I can't complain about 9 lb loss! I'm doing a procedure prep today for Monday, of Clear liquids + so that may help me reach it! The good part of the prep! Routine test for a bad family history of 3 generations and praying for a clean bill of health! Started using my Elliptical last Sunday, instead of walking, as it was raining all day. Hadn't used it since pre 10/15. It burns a lot more calories and gets my heart rate up exponentially.

9/1/21- 200 lbs. Well missed my goal by 0.1 lbs! But who can be upset with 12 lbs in a month loss? Without being hungry or exhausted. I also have a recent NSV. I had a Tibial Plateau Fracture in 10/15 and since have had to take 1 stair at a time and meet it with the other leg going up. (Coming down I can alternate most times.) I can now alternate steps going up. Losing 55 lbs has accomplished this! Oh well, ONWARD AND UPWARD. MAYBE IT SHOULD BE ONWARD AND DOWNWARD!
ML-12 lbs
MLGW-199.9 lbs

9/1/21-200.0 lbs
9/5/21-200.4 lbs- So my 9/1 weight showed the clear liquid prep I had to do obviously. So not surprised by the slight uptick in weight today. I did stay true to my calorie, carb restrictions and exercise routine though. Keeping my 195 lb goal for October1 and 190 lb for November1.
I did 97 minutes/8 miles on my Elliptical this AM. I
Longest time/mileage so far. I got my heart rate up to 140-150.
9/12/21-198 lbs- I've been doing 99 minutes/8 miles, on my Elliptical on my 3 days off. Stayed true to my Net Carbs and calories this past week.

9/19/21-194 lbs!!!! OMG! I can't believe this. I expected my weight loss to slow down by now. I may need to amend my End Goal! Still staying true to my Net Carbs, Calories and doing my Elliptical 99 minutes/8+ miles, 3 days/week on my days off.
9/26/21-192.8 lbs Doing well, staying on track. Still doing Elliptical on my off work days.
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
ML-8.6 lbs- Under my month goal!!
MLGW-195 lbs

10/1/21-191.4 lbs
10/3/21-189.8 lbs Met my goal but don't intend to back off. Maybe I'll get below 180!? Bumped up my Elliptical from 98 minutes today to a full 2 hours. Started as a 6 minute cool down and then did the extra 15 more. Felt great afterwards!
10/10/21-188.8 lbs- down 23.2 lbs of challenge goal of 22 lbs! Upped my Elliptical to 130 min a few days ago.

10/17/21-186.2 one-time 68.8.lbs. Upped my Elliptical this week to 140 minutes and did 151 minutes today because I wanted the 12 miles! I'm more than halfway through my 133 lbs loss goal.

10/24/21-
10/31/21-
11/1/21-
ML-
MLGW-(190 lbs) Maybe new goal of 182.2 lbs?

CGWL-22lbs
CWL-

Oct 18/21 (54, F, 5'5")
SW 162 - 01/21
GW 150 - 10/22
Last weight 154.4
TW 153.6
Loss of 0.8
Hello everyone👋 Nice to check in and see everyone's progress.
I'm thrilled that the weather is now cooler in Ontario and much more excited about walking.
On that note, I was able to get out 3 times for long walks last week, and then tried something different last night by going out after dinner and setting my timer for 15minutes. So end result was a 30 minute walk after dinner. A new habit I'd like to incorporate.
Stayed on point with food logging and within calorie count maybe..m 5 out of seven days.
Have a great week!!

Oct 18: I was thinking my weight loss is pretty SLOW (disappointing) and was wondering if maybe there was low thyroid since that runs in my family. So I bit the bullet and ordered myself a full blood test. My thyroid levels are perfectly normal. (yay!) But other things are out of balance and I see my blood sugar level is creeping up. Well, there's nothing like staring at the numbers to wake me up and I'm feeling more motivated. Back to work!

Challenge Start Weight: 150.5 Goal: 135 # of Weeks: 13
Percentage of loss predicted: 10% (goal is reasonable and attainable!)
Weigh-in days: Wednesday (mid-week)
08/01 - 150.5
08/04 - 150
08/11 - 149 vacation
08/18 - 148 vacation
08/25 - 147 vacation
08/31 - 147.5 Aug Goal: 145
9/1 - 147
9/8 - 148
9/15 - 147 started weight lifting routine 2 x per week
9/22 - 146.5
9/29 - 147
10/6 - 147 It’s been raining so I’m not outside much. Need to switch things up.
10/13 - 146.5
10/20 -
10/27 -
10/31 - (total weight loss this challenge: )

10/30 Goal: 135

Thank you RubyRed427 for starting this challenge!

I'm in !!I have 15 to get rid of to get back to my 60 pound goal.

71 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion... ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.

Heaviest ever - 192.2
August start weight - 149.4
October 31st goal weight - 135.0

I weigh in on Mondays. -

08/01 - 149.4
08/02 - 149.2
08/09 - 149.4
08/16 - 146.6
08/23 - 148.2 ...two b'day parties!! yumm!
08/30 - 148.6
08/31 - 146.8
August loss/gain -2.4
Challenge loss/gain -2.4

09/01 - 147.2
09/06 - 145.8
09/13 - 146.8
09/20 - 145.4
09/27 - 145.4
09/30 - 144.6
September loss/gain - 2.6
Challenge loss/gain - 4.8

10/01 - 145.6
10/04 - 142.4
10/11 - 144.0
10/18 - 143.8
10/25 -
10/31 -
October loss/gain -
Challenge loss/gain -

Chris

My name is Donna and I am 61 years old. I live in the Midwest of the USA. 5' 5" tall. My starting weight was 253. I have relapsed in the past year and need to get back on track. I am type 2 diabetic and in remission for breast cancer. Health is my #1 priority.
I would love to join! Here are my weights so far:

Start Weight: 192.4 (Weight on July 31st)
Goal Weight: 177.4
End Weight: xxxxx

Short term goal: To lose about 5 pounds per month.
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



July 31: 192.4…..(trend weight 194.9)
Aug 01: 191.4…..(trend weight 194.6) A nice way to start but it may not stick. Very little food yesterday due to an emergency with my well. No water again today. This is horrid!
Aug 03: 190.4…..(trend weight 193.7) A little topsy-turvy and moving all around. I am hopeful that August will be a good month. July was good to me.
Aug 10: 189.6 (trend weight 192.0) Progress. I hope the long travel day which will include at least one restaurant will not derail me too much.
Aug 17: 189.8 (trend weight 190.4) An overnight bump up but still trending down nicely. Today I will work on having a very good day even though, emotionally, things just couldn’t be worse. Biopsy results are still not in. Still no water. Well company is not responding to messages since yesterday. Plumber has stopped coming because prime on the well doesn’t last anyway for any serious length of time. I’ve lost my joy. My energy is zapped. Hugs are welcome! Prayers and good vibes are requested.
Aug 24: 187.4 (trend weight 188.6) Progress on the scale and with the other things I spoke of last week. The biopsy turned out non-cancerous although they did say that it could be a pre-cursor to a metastasized breast cancer to the skin in the future. That would be a nasty and very aggressive cancer with an extremely low survival rate. But I am focusing on the negative cancer (for now) results! Also, my water has been working for 4 days straight now. I am still very nervous about it because it is acting differently than before, but keeping the Faith…..! My exercise has slowed down a bit and my food choices have mainly remained within calorie but the choices are not always ideal. I must remember, it is not just about hitting my macros. It’s about overall health. I love all the stories and ideas that you all are sharing. It is so much more helpful than you think! Please don’t take for granted those little tidbits that are obvious to you. Sometimes it’s new to me or something I’ve forgotten. I appreciate your generous sharing! I’m getting ready to order a book someone mentioned on another challenge. It’s called “The Beck Diet Solution: Train your brain to think like a thin person” by Judith S. Beck. It was recommended by several people. I’ll let you all know how I like it,

Aug 31: 186.8 (trend weight 188.3) Up & Down all week with lots of travel but I ended with a 0.6 lb loss over last week so I’ll take it! Received my book but I haven’t started it yet. CT scans on liver and lungs are scheduled for Sept 9. University Hospital Cancer Center appointment for the skin on the breast area is Sept 16. I will see a breast surgeon and I have no idea what to expect. I am going to try hard not to eat my emotions and to stick to plan. Health is the #1 priority right now and losing weight will be a big part of that! Weight lost in August: 5.6 lbs.

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.
BTW I typed my August weight loss wrong yesterday on the entry above so I’ve corrected it today. I guess I’ll have to start using my calculator! Good luck to everyone in September!
Sept 07: 187.2 (trend weight 187.9) I knew that last week’s weight was a fluke. I could not have lost 6.4 pounds in just two days! Today I am at an inflated weight which is likely very real fat. I had a couple of days of travel, some medical worries, well problems with lack of water on many days and then a serious and horrific death in my extended family. Oh, and then there was the holiday. All excuses aside, I could have and should have done better anyway and I do know that eating my emotions only adds to my problems. Yesterday I pulled up my boot-straps and shook it up with a 1002 calorie day (I usually aim for 1400). I added in some extra exercise and I made pretty darn good choices in what I ate. It payed off on the scale. I’m hoping to do well this week and get back down even further. I think my last real weight was in the 185 range and I am up from that, even if I’m down overnight.
Sept 14: 187.6 (trend weight 188.9) My weight shot up this week but I am working it back down. I have been burning a ton of calories on window washing projects on this 3 story house. Keeping my diet in check is proving more difficult but yesterday was an “easy” day for no particular reason. It doesn’t always make sense why one day I am starving and can’t seem to fill up and the next day I don’t even need snacks. (And that is eating the same dinner with my leftovers). I won’t question it too badly and just be grateful I guess!
Sept 21: 185.8 (trend weight 187.1) More improvement this week. My fitness has leveled off due to rain and many reno projects still going on involving lots of people in my home. However, I’ve been working hard on sticking to my guns in regards to diet, and especially snacks. It’s paying off.
Sept 28: 188.4…..My trend weight went askew when I had to reset my fitbit that was tied to my trendweight app. It will be a little bit before the trend weight is trending accurate again. July and August were good months for me. September has been horrid. Since I have had such cancer scare medical issues and upcoming surgery, I have required so many tests, appointments, and long travel. I’ve got to pull my emotions together and make a better plan for all the travel. I am still down from challenge starting weight, but if I don’t watch my p’s and q’s, I could rocket up very quickly. October will be challenging for all the reasons I mentioned above, but I’ve got to make the moments count, every chance I get!
Sept 30: 186.2….. So far I have lost 6 pounds this challenge. Most of that has been in August. September has not been a good month. I will try to improve in October. However, October will have lots of travel especially for medical appointments and surgery. I’ll do my best.


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Oct 01: 187.0 Starting October with a gain is disappointing. I will make today count and will try to avoid bingeing!

Oct 05: 186.8 My goal was 177.0 for this challenge and I don’t even see me reaching that by Christmas! However, I am still down from the start of the challenge and I have a few more weeks to make more progress, so, folks, I’m going for it!

Oct 12: 185.6 (trend weight 187.9) It’s been a rocky week. I did well for most of it but saw an uptick mid-way through. I am still down from last week. That helps my spirit. I clearly won’t make my original goal, but I’m still down from my start weight. So happy the 190’s are a memory.

Oct 19: 186.6 (trend weight 186.9) Scale up but weight trending down. I am preparing for surgery on Friday so I’m probably nervously grazing food a bit too much. I’ll work on that today. Surgery is breast cancer related. I care about you all. I hope you will all schedule your mammograms.

Oct 26: xxxxx (trend weight xxxxx)

Oct 31: Final Weigh In: xxxxx (trend weight xxxxx)

MFP SW (Mar 2021) - 171.8
August GW: 139 (didn't meet it:()
September GW: 134 (didn't meet it:(
October GW: 129

Aug 1: 144.6
Aug 5: 143.6
Aug 12: 143.6
Aug 19: 142
Aug 26: 142
Aug 31: 141.2
August loss/gain -3.4
Challenge loss/gain - 3.4 lbs


Sept 1: 141.6
Sept 2: 141.2
Sept 9: 140.6
Sept 16: 138
Sept 20: 136.6
Sept 23: 137.2
Sept 30: 138.6
September loss/gain -3
Challenge loss/gain - 6lbs

Oct 1: 137.6
Oct 7: 136.8
Oct 14: 137
Oct 21:
Oct 28:
Oct 31:
October loss/gain
Challenge loss/gain


Keep up the good work everyone!

Original SW (1/28/21) - 293

August SW - 225
End of Oct GW - 203

08/01 - 225
08/05 - 222.4
08/12 - 221.6
08/19 - 217.8
08/26 - 217.4
09/02 - 214.8
09/09 - 211.8
09/16 - 208.4
09/23 - 210.4
09/30 - 206.4
10/07 - 207
10/14 - 205
10/21 - 202

I've officially met my goal for this challenge! Want to keep making progress and hopefully hit Onederland by the time November starts!

SW 170
today's weight 165.6
goal weight: Not sure. Let's get to 160 first. I need to take baby steps.

I am consistently way under for my Protein intake. Anyone else have this issue and found ways to get more protein in? It’s hard to get it in on 1330 calories per day I find🧐

Joining from the last challenge.
Welcome to everyone new whose joined!

Highest weight 225 2020
2021 starting weight 180.8

Challenge goal loss 9 lbs
I'll weigh in on Saturdays this challenge.

8/1 162.8
8/7 161.8
8/20 161.6 (Weight is coming off slowly, but the last couple weeks I've been consistently exercising, and walking a lot more. I know I'll still make my challenge goal.)

8/28: This week decided I needed to switch things up, so I put the scale away and uploaded a pedometer to my phone. I'm waiting on a band to arrive so I can wear it. I'll share my step count next week.

9/04 Averaging 6,200 steps a day. Goal is to increase to 10,000 steps a day. I've also been consistent in getting in my workout routines. I have a doctors appointment Oct. 5th, so I'll hold off and weigh on that day.

9/11 Averaging 8,500 steps a day. Happy with the increase from last week. I never realized how much more energy being more active gives me.

9/18 Averaging 7,900 steps a day. Finally getting some much needed rain, so I'll be getting a lot of indoor steps.

9/25 Averaging 9,800 steps a day.

10/02 Averaged 12,400 steps a day, and for the month of September averaged 9,100 steps a day.

10/05 159 glad to be out of the 160's, now to work out of the 150's. Motivated for a strong challenge finish.

10/09 155.6 averaged 16,200 steps a day this week. Challenge weight loss 7.2 lbs.

10/16 155.2 averaged 20,000 steps a day. Challenge weight loss 7.6. 1.4 lbs to challenge goal.

10/23 156.0 averaged 18,000 steps a day. Challenge weight loss 6.8 lbs. Last week of the challenge going to try and end it back at 155.

highest weight: 330 (7/10/2020)
CHALLENGE: lose ~18 pounds by October 31st (13 weeks)
August 1st starting weight: ~238
October 31st goal weight: 220
ultimate goal weight: 210-220 (whatever gets me down to ~20% body fat)

Aug 01 : 237.9 (starting weight)
Aug 08 : 238.0 : gained 0.1
Aug 15 : 237.9 : lost 0.1, total loss = 0.0
Aug 22 : 235.0 : lost 2.9, total loss = 2.9
Aug 29 : 232.6 : lost 2.4, total loss = 5.3
Sep 05 : 231.7 : lost 0.9, total loss = 6.2
Sep 12 : 235.0 : gained 3.3, total loss = 2.9
Sep 19 : 233.1 : lost 1.9, total loss = 4.8
Sep 26 : 235.6 : gained 2.5, total loss = 2.3
Oct 03 : 237.0 : gained 1.4, total loss = 0.9
Oct 10 : 234.2 : lost 2.8, total loss = 3.7
Oct 17 : 232.1 : lost 2.1, total loss = 5.8
Oct 24 : 232.7 : gained 0.6, total loss = 5.2
Oct 31 :

Goal : 220.0 : desired loss = 18.0
Actual : 232.7 : actual loss = 5.2

Hello! I’m 34F, 5’4 and started using MFP again at the end of May and feel like I am in it for the long haul this time, learning how to cook healthy foods and creating healthy habits.

May 28th 2021 Weight 240lbs (also my highest weight)
Ultimate goal weight 170lbs (I’ll reassess once there but that feels more like a doable goal right now)

Challenge starting weight- 220.4lbs
Challenge end goal- 205lbs
Sunday is my weigh in day



08/01- 220.4lbs
08/08- 216.2lbs -4.2lbs Surprising amount of weight loss this week, I didn’t exercise a few days this week due to fun time and am thinking was probably backed up a bit last week
08/15- 216.6 +.4, total -3.8. Had a 2lb gain in middle of week, not sure why exactly besides random body fluctuations, only had one day was over calorie goal, by about 300 calories. I was tired and had a lack of motivation this week, did exercise 4 days so that’s something
08/22- 215.2 -1.4, Total -5.2 Pretty good this week, just over calories one day due to Pizza, exercised 5 days this week and then had a 6th day I walked a lot more than normal due to grocery shopping.
08/29- 214.8 -.4, total -5.6 Brought home take out Friday and went to a wedding(small, outdoors) and had cake on Saturday so am happy it was still a loss despite being small. Exercised 5 days and was under my calorie goal 5/7 days
08/31- 214.8 5.6 lbs lost for the month!

09/01- 214.4. -.4, -6lbs Total
09/05- 213.0, -1.4, -1.8 this month, -7.4lb challenge total. Exercise 4 days this week, was over my calorie goal a couple days but not by too much
09/12- 210.8 -2.8lbs, -4.6 this month, -10.2 challenge. Tweaked my ankle in the middle of the week and didn’t do any cardio the rest of the week but did pick up my weights for the first time in years, made me realize I need to start using them regularly again as 5lb weights should not feel that heavy.
09/19- 211.8 +1lb, -3.6 this month, -9.2 challenge. Didn’t exercise much the first half of the week and had a couple days over calorie goal a bit but math wise I shouldn’t have gained weight. Yay body fluctuations! My ankle feels back to normal now so next week will be better exercise wise.
09/26- 210.0 -1.8lbs, -5.4 this month, -11 challenge. hit 30 pounds lost milestone since starting MFP four months ago. Walked my normal loop in 43 minutes today, my fastest time yet, 6 months ago it took 55minutes, had to pause so many times on the hill. It’s nice to look back and see that I have gotten healthier and to know that I can continue to improve
09/30- 209. -1lb, 6.4lbs lost this month! 12 pounds total challenge



10/03- 209.8 +.8, -11.2 challenge, Did not track anything most of this week, work and my period combined dampened my motivation for exercising. Went to a couple new(to me) bakeries/restaurants this week and got way too many nummies. Also went to farmers market and got lots of healthy stuff too and am set up to eat healthier this week
10/10- 209.6 -.2, +.6 this month, -11.4 this challenge. Honestly, I expected a better number on the scale, had a pretty good week all and all. Oh well, next week will hopefully have better results scale wise. I did love being able to fit in some more clothes this week that I have not worn for a few years.
10/17- 207.4 -2.2, -1.6 This month, -13.6 challenge. Yay progress actually shown on the scale this week. Exercised and under calories 6 days this week and tried a few new recipes. Learned tearing tofu vs slicing gives it a better texture when baked, sautéed Apples are yummy and I have no clue how to dice a tomato. Next time instead of just reading how to dice it, will watch a YouTube video. That poor tomato didn’t have a chance. Mushed tomato still tasted good in my eggs though.

10/24- 207.2 -.2lbs, -1.8 this month, -13.8 This challenge. Worked for hours this week and will next week, having a harder time fitting in exercise. Prepared food/advance so still ate healthy. Went for a hike today and have hiking plans for next Sunday which I am excited about. I may make it to 15lbs lost for the challenge, will be close

MFP SW (Mar 2021) - 171.8
August GW: 139 (didn't meet it:()
September GW: 134 (didn't meet it:(
October GW: 129

Aug 1: 144.6
Aug 5: 143.6
Aug 12: 143.6
Aug 19: 142
Aug 26: 142
Aug 31: 141.2
August loss/gain -3.4
Challenge loss/gain - 3.4 lbs


Sept 1: 141.6
Sept 2: 141.2
Sept 9: 140.6
Sept 16: 138
Sept 20: 136.6
Sept 23: 137.2
Sept 30: 138.6
September loss/gain -3
Challenge loss/gain - 6lbs

Oct 1: 137.6
Oct 7: 136.8
Oct 14: 137
Oct 21: 135.8
Oct 28:
Oct 31:
October loss/gain
Challenge loss/gain


Keep up the good work everyone!