15 pounds to lose challenge November 1- January 31, 2022

November to January 31, 2021.
I'm continuing from the last challenge. I lost 6 pounds. My goal is to keep moving toward a plant-based eating plan and ultimately get my weight into a BMI of 22-23 or about 125-128 pounds. This Challenge Start Weight: 144.5 Challenge Goal: 135
11/1 - 144.5
11/8 -144 (- 0.5)
11/15 - 144 (same)
11/22 - 143.5 (snore... there’s a rock on my desk that says “Patience”!)
11/29 - 143.5 (I’ll take it. Really ate too much at Thanksgiving and the day before... and the day after! Back on track now. Low Impact Aerobics today.)

Hello all! I am going to give this a try. I have been actively watching my CICO for almost 2 years. In the spring I started eating gluten free-ish (about 95%) to help alleviate symptoms from hashimoto's. I started Dec 1, 2019 at 231.0 lbs. I am a 38 year old mom of two who "loves" to run half marathons.

11/1: 203.4 lbs - 20 days out from my half marathon and no motivation to train.
11/2: 202.6 lbs - yesterday was a good day eating wise but not much exercise.
11/3: 202.4 lbs - I was able to get in a run yesterday and my husband made an awesome GF lasagna. good day all around!
11/4: 202.2 lbs - Not much activity yesterday but I kept my calories in line.
11/5: 201.6 lbs - I weighed in much later today which is probably most of the decrease. I ran 2 miles yesterday. I am 2 weeks out from my half marathon and couldn't do my last long run last weekend bc I was sick. So I broke my 12 miler over today and tomorrow. I ran 6 this afternoon and will run 6 tomorrow morning. I am eating gluten today bc Chick-fil-A chicken tenders sounded way too good after my run but I only ate half my fries bc I was full. Have a great weekend all!!
11/6: 202.0 lbs - I expected the increase due to the Chick-fil-A. I was only able to get in 3 miles this morning. I haven't eaten well today but stayed within my calories.
11/7: 201.8 lbs - not great for eating today. We will see what happens to the scale tomorrow.
11/8: DNW - I had to run out to the school bc my daughter forgot her glasses, so I did not weigh in. Happy Monday everyone!!
11/9: 202.8 lbs - I've been under calories everyday... frustrating but just the way it goes.
11/10: 202.0 lbs - I've been eating fairly well but not wanting to be active.
11/11: 202.0 lbs - happy thursday!
11/12: 200.6 lbs - I'm sure this loss will rebound a little. I weighed in late and did not eat much yesterday.
11/13: 200.6 lbs
11/14: 201.8 lbs
11/15: 202.2 lbs
11/16: 201.6 lbs - I ran a quick 2 miler yesterday. I am 5 days out from my half marathon and now it is time for the obsessive checking of the weather forecast. Ha!
11/17: 202.4 lbs - 4 days out current temps should be in the low 50s with 25% chance of rain.....
11/18: DNW
11/19: 201.0 lbs - 2 DAYS from half marathon!!! I'm now on to the hourly forecast. We are now up to mid 50s with 50% chance of rain.
11/20: 201.0 lbs. Picked up my packet for the race tomorrow. Super nervous!!!
11/21: 202.0 lbs - The half marathon went really well! I got a PR! My knees had been feeling a little twingy, so my husband helped me KT tape them and I had no pain!
11/22: 201.8 lbs - I think this weight is a lot of water weight form swelling after running yesterday. I'm going to have a donut this morning then back to normal eating!
11/23: 202.6 lbs - well.... I had a popeye's chicken sandwich for lunch.... which was delicious but not great for me. ha!
11/29: 199.8 lbs - I hope everyone had a great week! Thanksgiving food isn't really my jam so staying under calories has been fine this past week. I also have been more active since we got our new dog. I had ~ 17k steps yesterday after my run and walks with the dog. Have a great week all!!
11/30: 199.8 lbs - kinda shocked I didn't gain this morning but super happy! maybe it will come on tomorrow. ha!
November loss: 203.4 - 199.8: 3.6 lb loss

Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Nov 1 Start Weight: 156.5 pounds
Jan 31 Goal Weight: 141.5 pounds
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 pounds

Nov 1: 156.5
Nov 8: 157.0
Nov 15: 154.8
Nov 22: 153.4
Nov 29: 152.8
Nov 30: 152.8
Total weight loss/gain to date in November: - 3.7 pounds

Hello Everyone--I’m checking in a day early because it’s the end of the month. I’m happy to report that I met my November goal of losing 4 lbs, and I’m planning to lose another 4 pounds in December. I have not made any progress in completing the C25K program—I’ve been focused on recovering from a lingering cold. I’m looking forward to getting started once I’m feeling well. Best wishes to everyone!

Jan 31 goal: 145lbs
Nov 1. - 158 lbs
Nov 10 - 156.2 lbs
Nov 17 - 154.6 lbs
Nov 24 - 154.2 lbs
Nov 30 - 153.6 lbs

Well I didn't get to the 180 or below. Had an uptick to 181.8 lbs but I was true to my calories, carbs, water and exercise so just a normal weight fluctuation. So I lost 30.2 lbs during the 3 month challenge. Which is excellent!

So starting 11/1 at 181.8 lbs with goal of 15 lbs for the 3 months. This 10 lb average / month that has been going on has got to slow down soon, I'm thinking.

Welcome back to past challengers and to the new ones!
64 yo 5' 4" Heaviest Weight twice-255 lbs, got down to 122 lbs 2010 and kept it off 5 years then got lazy.
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
11/7/21-180 lbs! Down 75 lbs.
11/14/21-176.6 lbs! Down 5.2 lbs of my monthly goal of 5 lbs and my 15 lbs for the 3 months. 78.4 lbs lost. About 60% loss of my goal of 133 lbs to lose. Did 223 minutes on my Elliptical today. I wanted to finish the last 10 minutes of the movie and wanted to hit the 16 mile mark!

11/21/21-177.4 lbs-stayed under my allotted calories/water but did eat 400-600 more calories than my usual 1000-1200. Had 1689 but with exercise was allowed 3804. I don't normally eat any of my exercise calories back. I have been losing about 10 lbs/month but expected it to slow down a month or 2 ago. Guess thats what it is doing now.

11/28/21-175 lbs. Down 80 lbs total, 6.8 lbs for November goal of 5 lbs! I did fairly well on Thanksgiving. I did my Elliptical in the morning (216 minutes-15.25 miles) At the 3 pm lunch I only ate meat (turkey, ham & pork) and broccoli and no gravy. (The sides just weren't calling to me to eat/try them, as usual, in the past). Later that night I did have a small piece of a homemade flan (I never had it before and the girl who made it is in pastry school) and someone else brought a pumpkin cheesecake that looked wondrous, from a Farmer's Market bakery, that I had brought home. I had 1,357 calories of my allotted 3,810, for the day.

11/29/21-174.2 lbs.
11/30/21-176.2 lbs Ugh! Hopefully my usual uptick before a drop or water weight. I had Mission BBQ last evening.
Still down 5.6 lbs of my 5 lb monthly goal, so I'm ok. 7.6 would have been nicer though.

My goal is to weigh get under 160 again, then I’ll figure out next steps! Jan 1, 2022
Nov 1: 161.4
Nov 2: 162.6
Nov 3: 162.1
Nov 4: 162.6
Nov 5: 162.2
Nov 6: 162
Nov 7: 162
Nov 8 162
Nov 9: 162.1
Nov 10 161.4
Nov 11 160.9 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉


HW 238 May 2012
SW 228 Jan 2015
GW <160 Sept 2018
Avg yearly wts 2019-2021: 155-157.5
Maintained <160 until Sept 2021 3 years

I’m whittling it back down, NOW, before it takes up residence!

I also found out I’m 5’8” now (1/2” shorter than I was in 2015) so once I get back in my maintenance range, I will set a new, lower maintenance range- to be more in line with shorter height.

Nov 12 160.6
Nov 13. 159.7 ❤️
Nov 14 159.9❤️
15 159.5❤️
16. 159.7❤️
17. 160.4
18. 160.5
19. 160.5
20. 160.2
21. 159.5 ❤️
22. 160.1
23 160.6 salty food last night!

24 161
25 161
26 161.8 post Thanksgiving sodium

Restart: (it takes me 3 days to get back on track) I am “white-knuckling”right now. I’m NOT hungry, but my Mind & mouth are.)
I’m listening to my body’s true hunger & keeping busy.
Day 1 Nov 27 161
Day 2 Nov 28 160.5❤️
Day 3 nov 29 160.2❤️
Nov 30 wt: 159.9🎉❤️

Steps high; calories low!

I find maintenance is usually easy & occasionally (like right now) difficult for a few days. Once my taste buds go back to low sodium/low sugar, it’s much easier.

It’s scary, but I can feel I’ll get back on track after a few days of attention.

Nov 17 - 140 lbs
Nov 24th target - 138 lbs
Nov 24th - 139 lbs
Dec 1st - 139 lbs (still no loss!)
will weigh in every wednesday

Goal for Jan 31 - 125 lbs

Hi everyone! I know it's December 1 - hope it's cool if I jump in. I'm looking for ways to hold myself more accountable.

I lost close to 100lbs (which sounds crazy to me now since I can't even LIFT 100lbs) about 10 years ago. Over the last 4 or 5 years it crept up about 50. Yikes! I started being really mindful again in August and have dropped 33 and I'm continuing on a quest to lose the last 20...and maybe another 10 after that. November was kind of a bust so I need some inspiration!

Nov SW: 173.1
Jan 31 GW: 158
Overall GW: 140

12/1: 169.4
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Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
Nov 1 Start Weight: 156.5 pounds
Jan 31 Goal Weight: 141.5 pounds
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 pounds

Nov 1: 156.5
Nov 8: 157.0
Nov 15: 154.8
Nov 22: 153.4
Nov 29: 152.8
Nov 30: 152.8
Total weight loss/gain to date in November: - 3.7 pounds

Dec 1: 152.3
Dec 8:
Dec 15:
Dec 22:
Dec 29:
Dec 31:
Total weight loss/gain to date in December: - 0 pounds

Jan 1:
Jan 8:
Jan 15:
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Jan 29:
Jan 31:
Total weight loss/gain to date in December: +/- 0 pounds

Total challenge loss/gain to date: - 4.2 pounds

I'm Michelle, 50, 5'5. Currently 159, started 2021 at 185, looking to lose 5 pounds in this current challenge.

Nov 1 159
Nov 8 158.5
Nov 15 160.6
Nov 21 161
Nov 25 160
Dec 1 159