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

luciebrucie, nice steady progress 🎉

I'm holding steady at 159, no change. I did add two swims which was great.

Original start weight - 293 (1/28/21)
November start weight - 197.4
Challenge goal weight - 178

11/01 - 197.4
11/04 - 197.2
11/11 - 197.4
11/18 - 192.4
11/25 - 192.2
12/02 - 192
12/09 - 188.2

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.
Thank you @RubyRed427 for starting another challenge.


Start Weight: 188.2 (Weight on Oct 31, 2021)
Goal Weight: 173.2
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



Nov 01…..189.4…..(Trend Weight: 187.7)…..What a horrid way to start the month. Pizza and Halloween candy were present but not to blame. It’s on me.

Nov 03…..189.0…..(Trend Weight: 187.9)….. Weight down a touch, but trending up. Good news on my surgery results. No sign of breast cancer in the surgical tissue lumpectomy. So it looks like I may be around awhile folks! Today is my daughter’s 27th birthday who lives with me. There will be festivities, food, cake, ice cream etc. So many reasons to double celebrate today for us! Tomorrow, back on track! Snow again here today. Outside too cold but I will try to get my steps in the house around the renovation men. The tile project should be done by tonight. Another week or two of men working and I will get a break until after New Years. I can’t wait!

Nov 10…..189.6…..(Trend Weight: 188.6)…..I’ve been eating horribly since I found out I needed the surgery. The surgery is over but the bingeing hasn’t stopped. It’s time to get myself back in control. This is counter-productive!

Nov 17…..189.8…..(Trend Weight: 189.4)….. I almost convinced myself that I’d made some extra positive changes to my diet. Then I weighed myself this morning and after some investigation and reflection….Not really. Not enough anyway. I’m going to work on a better upcoming week. I’m running out of options for better health. There’s no way around exercise and you can’t outrun the fork. Gotta do it the old fashioned way and stop thinking I can outsmart the experts!

Nov 24…..189.6…..(Trend Weight: 189.2)….. I am not doing well in every possible way. Mentally, physically, emotionally. I’ve got to get a grip. Losing site of my own health is not helping anyone else who needs me right now.

Nov 30…..189.2…..(Trend Weight: 189.7)…..


Nov Goal: 183.2
Nov Actual: 189.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 6 lb GAIN



Dec 01…..188.7…..(Trend Weight: 189.5)….. My brother passed away today at the age of 54. It was rather sudden but I was caring for him with the help of end-care hospice. I’m a hot mess and have been for a bit. I don’t know how I am going to pull myself together, especially with the holidays here. That’s always a tough time for dieting. I’m doing everything from eating my emotions to bingeing. Nothing will bring him back. I’ve got to get a grip. Please be patient with me, my friends. I’m doing good minutes or moments at a time but it doesn’t last. But I never give up. This reminds me how much my family needs me. I’ve got to get back to the positive changes I need to make. I just need a minute.

Dec 07…..188.2…..(Trend Weight: 189.4)…..
Dec 14…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Dec 21…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Dec 28…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Dec 31…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..


Dec Goal: xxxxx
Dec Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:



Jan 01…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Jan 04…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Jan 11…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Jan 18…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Jan 25…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..
Jan 31…..xxxxx…..(Trend Weight: xxxxx)…..


Jan Goal: xxxxx
Jan Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

2021 HW: 202
Nov SW: 173.1
Jan 31 GW: 158
Overall GW: 140

12/8: 169
12/9: 168.4
12/10: 167.2 Ermahgerd...how I love seeing this trend down! A couple of celebrations coming up this weekend. Light a candle for me!

Also, puzzling this out. If I want to be at 158 by January 31, I have a little over 7 weeks to lose 10lbs. This actually feels doable! When I hit that I'll be at my lowest in 5 years - quite the milestone. Then only 18lbs to go after that. It kind of seems like nothing after starting with a goal of 62...

Keep up the work everyone! We got this.

12/11:
12/12:
12/13:
12/14:

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.

November: 203.4 - 199.8: 3.6 lb loss

12/1: 200.0 lbs - the past two night i have had a snack of honey nut cheerios. i haven't been hungry but just wanted something. tonight i will NOT eat cereal!!!
12/2: 200.4 lbs - I'm not quite sure what caused the gain because I was well under my calories yesterday (and no cereal). But fluctuations happen!
12/3: 199.0 lbs - happy friday all! after a week off, i will have to start training for my next half marathon this weekend.
12/4: 199.2 lbs - 4 miles and dog walk done this morning. Now to start the Christmas shopping!!
12/5: 198.8 lbs
12/6: 200.2 lbs - I didn't pretrack my meals yesterday and went slightly over calories. I've been doing this so long, that rarely happens. This will come off.
12/7: 199.2 lbs - happy tuesday!
12/8: 199.0 lbs -
12/9: 198.4 lbs - 2 days of an upset stomach. I have no clue why.
12/10: 198.0 lbs - 3 days with super low calories. I am assuming I will rebound a little bit this weekend.
12/11: 199.0 lbs - not surprised I had top much sodium yesterday. 😃

WeatherJane wrote: »

@RubyRed427 thanks for keeping us going.

I'm going to continue with my Saturday weigh ins.
Challenge goal 6-8 lbs.
Year end goal be out of the 150s.

Welcome and good luck to everyone!

11/06 154.0
11/13 153.4
11/20 152.6 (this is my 365th day in a row logging in.)
11/29 155.0 a little late weighing in and definitely not happy. Need to remember the holiday is only one day, and get back on track. Still aiming to end the year out of the 150s.
12/06 154.4 (glad the scale is back in the right direction.)
12/11 152.4

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.

12/1/21-176.2 lbs
12/5/21-171.8 lbs- Down 4.4 lbs for December already. Total 83.2 lbs
Crossed out of Obese Category into Overweight yesterday. Also wearing size 10 jeans for a couple weeks but tried on a brand new pair of 8's with the tags on yesterday. Zipped them right up easily but my flabby belly hangs out bad over the waistband so abdominal crunches starting!
12/12/21-170.8 lbs- Down 5.4 lbs for December. So met my December goal of 5 lbs. 11 lbs of the 15 lb 3 month challenge so far! :-) I was at a work Christmas bowling party last night. They were to have some Keto friendly snacks but had pizza, french fries and BREADED chicken nuggets. Glad I took some snacks myself. I had a hard boiled egg, a colby jack string cheese, some pecans and water and stayed on track. I did 242 minutes on my Elliptical this AM for 17 miles.

I'll weigh in on Mondays and track my trend weight too. My first mini goal is to get to 142.8 which puts me at a healthy bmi

F41, 5'4
Heaviest: 180.8 (5th July '21)
Challenge GW: 131.8lbs
UGW: Under 130lbs

11/01 146.8 (trend 147.9)
11/08 146.6 (trend 146.6)
11/15 145.0 (trend 146.5)
11/22 141.8 (trend 144.4)
11/29 142.2 (trend 142.6)

November Goal 142.8
November Actual 142.2
Pounds lost so far 4.6
Left to lose 10.4/15

12/06 141.4 (trend 142.1)
12/13 142.2 (trend 141.4)

December Goal 138.0
December Actual 142.2
Pounds lost so far 4.6
Left to lose 10.4/15

Dec 13/21 Weigh In
(F, 54, 5’5”)

SW 162 01/21
GW #1 150 was reached…but #’s went up today
GW #2 145 - 01/30/21
Last weigh In 150
Today’s weigh in 153
Up 3 lbs

Mad at my scale this morning! LOL It was a wake up call that if you eat wayyy over your daily calorie recommendations for your MFP program to lose weight, not only will that not happen but you will GAIN weight! 🙄 Duh

I was an ostrich last week almost every day and just stuck my head in the sand about the amount of calories I was consuming and the type of food it was coming from. Skipped meals, let myself get really stressed out, and ate the majority of calories after dinner.
Back on the horse this week: Walking, stop skipping lunch, try to stop ruminating & stressing over other peoples problems , AND……add something new….like Yoga.

Hope everyone is doing well! I’m going to read posts later after I get out for a walk!!