January 2022 - Accountability Month

Hi. I am Dawn. 61yrs, 5'2"
I topped out at 207 pounds years ago, I started MFP over 3 years ago at 191.
I hit 130.6 in March or April of 2021 and then gained a bit each month after that for the rest of the year. Those illusive 120s, maybe this year.
My ideal weight for my body structure is 110 according to many methods.


1/1 - DNW - I am using my end weight from last month as my start weight. 136.0
1/2 - DNW
1/3 - 139.2 - This seems inflated. Hope to never see this number ever again, hadn't seen it this high since 2020.
1/4 - 136.4 - Burned more calories than I ate yesterday with a beautiful big dump of snow to shovel, plus skating. Clear and blue this morning, hoping to be able to grab a quick cross-country ski today after work before it gets dark.
1/5 - 136.0 - Broke even. Going skating to 2 different arenas today, one before work and one after. Cooking up my veggies for the next 2 days this morning.
1/6 - 135.2 - I am losing weight, but my activity has been much more than my intake this week. This is not sustainable over the long term, but happy to see the scale dropping nevertheless.
1/7 - 135.2 - Odd for me to have the same weight 2 days in a row. Planning for a bit of an indulgent weekend, but will try to keep it reasonable. Ice skating this morning before work which should fire up my metabolism.
1/8 - 137.8 - Ouch, but expected. Mulled Cider spiked with spiced rum, pizza.
1/9 - 139.0 - Very early weigh in, I wasn't even going to get up, but once I did I wanted a glass of water, so thought that I should weigh before that. Feeling kind of lean, so expect the scale to really drop tomorrow when I can hopefully sleep until 7am.
1/10 - 139.8 - Double ouch. 3 slices of Pizza from Friday still showing up? Argh. Truly expected a big drop today, very active weekend and good food choices. Oh well, ice skating this morning before work and cross-country skiing after work.
1/11 - 139.0 - Very active time of year for me with lots of ice skating. Hoping to see a big drop on the scale to reflect it. Not today : - )
1/12 - 138.8
1/13 - 138.6
1/14 - 138.2 - Skating this morning before work, so will burn extra calories having fun, on top of my usual workouts. Good thing because Friday night I typically have a couple of cocktails and eat something a little yummier than my usual veggies with a small slab of meat on the George Foreman grill. I will have a bit of a buffer. I still haven't changed my check-in on MFP since March when I was sitting at 130.6. Pedometre is set at that weight also.
1/15 - 136.8 - Wow, I even had East Indian food from work last night. Surprised by the drop, but maybe my active week finally registered in my slow to catch up body. On days off now for 2 so will be eating well and prepping food for next week.
1/16 - 139.6 - Wow. Yo-yo on the scale. Skating today, so hope to even this out.
1/17 - 139.8 - Couldn't skate yesterday, I was too achy and chilled from my booster shot. It shows.
1/18 - 139.2
1/19 - 139.2 - I think that it would have been less except that I ate 2! samosas yesterday which I don't normally include as food. Double skating today, before work and during my break on my split shift, so hopefully a nice loss on the scale in the days to follow. Really don't like being up this high at all.
1/20 - 138.8 - Huge calorie burn yesterday.
1/21 - 139.2 - Skating today, but also having pizza with a friend after work, so we'll see. These are my most active months until March, so had hoped to weigh less like most years from the increased activity. Nope : - )
1/22 - 138.8 - No skating today, guess that I have to clean my house lol.
1/23 - 137.6 - Ic skating today
1/24 -
1/25 -
1/26 -
1/27 -
1/28 -
1/29 -
1/30 -
1/31 -

January start weight 136.0
Rolling loss/gain: Gain 1.6 pounds

1/13 - 267.8
1/14 - 265.4
1/15 - 264.2
1/16 - 262.2
1/17- 263
1/18- 263.6
1/19 - 263.6
1/20 - 262
1/21 - DNW
1/22 - 261.2
1/23 - 260.8
1/24 - 260.6

Total loss: 7.2lbs

January starting weight: 209.0 (12/31/2021)
January goal weight: <205

Date - Daily WI / 14 day TREND (Happy Scale Smoothing based on change over previous 14 days)
1/1 - 209.0 / 208.5
1/2 - 208.0 / 208.4
1/3 - 206.8 / 207.9
1/4 - 207.5 / 207.8
1/5 - 208.3 / 207.9
1/6 - 209.3 / 208.3
1/7 - 208.9 / 208.5
1/8 - 209.7 / 209.2
1/9 - 211.6 / 209.7
1/10 - 210.9 / 210.2
1/11 - 208.6 / 209.9
1/12 - 207.4 / 209.2
1/13 - 207.6 / 208.7
1/14 - 207.7 / 208.4
1/15 - 207.4 / 208.0
1/16 - 206.6 / 207.5
1/17 - 207.2 / 207.3
1/18 - 207.1 / 207.1
1/19 - 208.4 / 207.8
1/20 - 209.5 / 208.2
1/21 - 209.0 / 208.4
1/22 - 209.4 / 208.7
1/23 - 209.9 / 209.2
1/24 - 210.1 / 209.6

Swing and a miss. Ignoring the situation will not help me lose weight. Still stepping on the scale but shaking my head and telling myself to get it together. I've been so side tracked ... not eating a lot but also not exercising and letting my sister and husband plan meals which is never good. Today I reset.

January Starting Weight: 141.8
January Goal Weight: 136.8

1/1: 141.8
1/2: 141.2
1/3: 141.2
1/4: 141
1/5: 140.8
1/6: 142.4 Extremely maddening. I went to a Chinese buffet last night, so this is sodium and actual weight of the food, but still. I didn't eat to the point that I was stuffed, and I didn't eat 1.4 fat pounds worth of calories. One day to put it on, 3 days to take it off!
1/7: 140.4 Well, that was the fastest I've ever dropped water weight! I drank 12 cups of water yesterday, so maybe that helped.
Week 1 Loss: -1.4

1/8: 140.4
1/9: 140.2
1/10: 140.4
1/11: 139.4 New decade! Now to stay in it.
1/12: 139.4
1/13: 139.2
1/14: 139.2
Week 2 Loss: -2.2

1/15: 138.2
1/16: 138.8
1/17: 138.2
1/18: DNW
1/19: 139.4 I had a lazy, indulgent Monday and was too scared to get on the scale yesterday haha! I'm adding an extra 15 minutes of exercise every day this week to compensate.
1/20: 139.2
1/21: 138.6
Week 3 GAIN: +0.6

1/22: 138.8
1/23: 138.4
1/24: 138.4

MFP starting weight: 293 (1/28/21)
January starting weight: 190.6
January goal: 184.4
UGW: 168

1/1 - 190.6
1/2 - 188
1/3 - 188
1/4 - 186.8
1/5 - 188.2
1/6 - 187
1/7 - 186.8
1/8 - 185.2

Week 1 loss - 5.4

1/9 - 185.4
1/10 - 184.8
1/11 - 184.6
1/12 - 183.4
1/13 - 184.6
1/14 - 183.2
1/15 - 182.2

Week 2 loss - 3

1/16 - 184.4
1/17 - 185.4
1/18 - 184.4
1/19 - 183.2
1/20 - 181.4
1/21 - 183
1/22 - 185

Week 3 gain - 2.8

1/23 - 185.2
1/24 - 186

My name is Tina, Height: 5'6" Age: 54
MFP starting weight: 149.2 (3/30/21)
December results: + 3 pounds
December end weight: 141.4
UGW: 130

1/01 - DNW - out of town
1/02 - DNW - out of town
1/03 - 143.0 (142.2 trend)
1/04 - 141.6 (142.1 trend)
1/05 - 140.4 (141.9 trend) - good week so far. Hoping to continue. This is motivating. Almost have Decembers gain gone.
1/06 - 140.6 (141.7 trend) - pizza last night. Actually expected a higher jump
1/07 - 140.4 (141.5 trend) - pleased so far with the week. Hoping I can keep control over the weekend
1/08 - DNW
1/09 - DNW
1/10 - 140.4 (141.1 trend) - first weekend in a long time that I didn't have a gain. Proud of myself
1/11 - 139.8 (140.9 trend) - dinner out with kids for my daughters birthday. Hoping to keep things under control
1/12 - 140.8 (140.9 trend) - thought I did well last night. Mexican restaurant, no chips or alcohol and still up. Did get a workout in. First of the year. Not doing as well there as I had planned.
1/13 - 140.6 (140.9) - incident occurred last night that kicked in my motivation. Shed a few tears and then packed my food for the next day with a renewed determination. Have not been tracking as I should and it is seen in the numbers. Today is a new day!
1/14 - 139.6 (140.7)
1/15 - DNW
1/16 - 139.6 (140.4)
1/17 - DNW
1/18 - 142.0 (140.8)
1/19 - 140.6 (140.8)
1/20 - 140.2 (140.7)
1/21 - 138.6 (140.4) - two days of moving more, lots of water and better food has paid off. Now to get through the weekend without destroying it.
1/22 - DNW
1/23 - DNW
1/24 - 142.8 (141.3) - should not have weighed. Thought I did well over the weekend but obviously not so. I really need to weigh on the weekends. It helps me keep in check. A lot of dedication needed this week
1/25 - 141.0 (141.2) - Better. Yesterday was the first day in months that I completely logged a day.
1/26 -
1/27 -
1/28 -
1/29 -
1/30 -
1/31 -

GOAL: 138.0
Rolling total: 2.0 lb loss

Hi. I am Dawn. 61yrs, 5'2"
I topped out at 207 pounds years ago, I started MFP over 3 years ago at 191.
I hit 130.6 in March or April of 2021 and then gained a bit each month after that for the rest of the year. Those illusive 120s, maybe this year.
My ideal weight for my body structure is 110 according to many methods.


1/1 - DNW - I am using my end weight from last month as my start weight. 136.0
1/2 - DNW
1/3 - 139.2 - This seems inflated. Hope to never see this number ever again, hadn't seen it this high since 2020.
1/4 - 136.4 - Burned more calories than I ate yesterday with a beautiful big dump of snow to shovel, plus skating. Clear and blue this morning, hoping to be able to grab a quick cross-country ski today after work before it gets dark.
1/5 - 136.0 - Broke even. Going skating to 2 different arenas today, one before work and one after. Cooking up my veggies for the next 2 days this morning.
1/6 - 135.2 - I am losing weight, but my activity has been much more than my intake this week. This is not sustainable over the long term, but happy to see the scale dropping nevertheless.
1/7 - 135.2 - Odd for me to have the same weight 2 days in a row. Planning for a bit of an indulgent weekend, but will try to keep it reasonable. Ice skating this morning before work which should fire up my metabolism.
1/8 - 137.8 - Ouch, but expected. Mulled Cider spiked with spiced rum, pizza.
1/9 - 139.0 - Very early weigh in, I wasn't even going to get up, but once I did I wanted a glass of water, so thought that I should weigh before that. Feeling kind of lean, so expect the scale to really drop tomorrow when I can hopefully sleep until 7am.
1/10 - 139.8 - Double ouch. 3 slices of Pizza from Friday still showing up? Argh. Truly expected a big drop today, very active weekend and good food choices. Oh well, ice skating this morning before work and cross-country skiing after work.
1/11 - 139.0 - Very active time of year for me with lots of ice skating. Hoping to see a big drop on the scale to reflect it. Not today : - )
1/12 - 138.8
1/13 - 138.6
1/14 - 138.2 - Skating this morning before work, so will burn extra calories having fun, on top of my usual workouts. Good thing because Friday night I typically have a couple of cocktails and eat something a little yummier than my usual veggies with a small slab of meat on the George Foreman grill. I will have a bit of a buffer. I still haven't changed my check-in on MFP since March when I was sitting at 130.6. Pedometre is set at that weight also.
1/15 - 136.8 - Wow, I even had East Indian food from work last night. Surprised by the drop, but maybe my active week finally registered in my slow to catch up body. On days off now for 2 so will be eating well and prepping food for next week.
1/16 - 139.6 - Wow. Yo-yo on the scale. Skating today, so hope to even this out.
1/17 - 139.8 - Couldn't skate yesterday, I was too achy and chilled from my booster shot. It shows.
1/18 - 139.2
1/19 - 139.2 - I think that it would have been less except that I ate 2! samosas yesterday which I don't normally include as food. Double skating today, before work and during my break on my split shift, so hopefully a nice loss on the scale in the days to follow. Really don't like being up this high at all.
1/20 - 138.8 - Huge calorie burn yesterday.
1/21 - 139.2 - Skating today, but also having pizza with a friend after work, so we'll see. These are my most active months until March, so had hoped to weigh less like most years from the increased activity. Nope : - )
1/22 - 138.8 - No skating today, guess that I have to clean my house lol.
1/23 - 137.6 - Ice skating today
1/24 - 139.0 - Back to weighing at my regular time, this is likely my real weight. Skating before work today, my quads and glute should be starting to burn fat on their own now : - )
1/25 - 137.8 - Glad to not see the 139s today. Not much time to get back to start weight for this month, but I will try.
1/26 -
1/27 -
1/28 -
1/29 -
1/30 -
1/31 -

January start weight 136.0
Rolling loss/gain: Gain 1.8 pounds

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 61 years old and from the Midwest USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

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



Starting Weight (from December 31st): 191.6
Goal: 186.6 (Five lb Loss)

**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************

01/01…...190.0…..(Trend Weight 191.5)…..
01/02.…..189.8…..(Trend Weight 191.4)…..
01/03.…..191.0…..(Trend Weight 191.3}…..
01/04.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 191.4)…..
01/05.…..193.2…..(Trend Weight 191.6)…..
01/06.…..194.0…..(Trend Weight 191.8)…..
01/07.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 191.9)…..
01/08.…..191.2…..(Trend Weight 191.9)…..
01/09.…..192.2…..(Trend Weight 191.9)…..
01/10.…..194.4…..(Trend Weight 192.1)…..
01/11.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 192.2)…..
01/12.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 192.2)…..
01/13.…..192.8…..(Trend Weight 192.3)…..
01/14.…..194.0…..(Trend Weight 192.5)…..
01/15……194.6…..(Trend Weight 192.7)…..
01/16……193.8…..(Trend Weight 192.8)…..
01/17.…..194.4…..(Trend Weight 193.0)…..
01/18.…..193.8…..(Trend Weight 193.0)…..
01/19.…..193.2…..(Trend Weight 193.1)…..
01/20.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 193.0)…..

01/21.…..193.0…..(Trend Weight 193.0)….. Great dietary choices yesterday and nice quantities within my limits. Still a lack of movement and low water. The water part I can work on. A slice of pumpkin pie with Cool Whip very late last night likely accounts for the major part of the uptick. That was my only lapse yesterday. Today my goal is to not be influenced to over eat or eat the wrong things. My daughter is off work for her normal 3 day weekend and she eats constantly!

01/22.…..193.6…..(Trend Weight 193.1)….. Pasta for dinner but all within calories. Only 5000+ steps due to reno restrictions. It must be that.

01/23.…..196.0…..(Trend Weight 193.1)….. WTH????? Okay, I know how to play this game and THIS doesn’t make ANY sense! I did have Chinese carry-out for dinner brought in by daughter so I expected a bump up even though I drank extra water and I only ate half leaving leftovers for today, but the rest of my day was very good. It has to be the lack of exercise. This project is not yet half finished . My poor grandson is trapped upstairs and I’m trapped down. I’ve got to use the steps today for some extra movement.

01/24.…..194.4…..(Trend Weight 193.5)….. Diet and Calories about the same as yesterday. One day a double huge gain. The next day a nice loss. Go Figure! Moving on……

01/25.…..194.4…..(Trend Weight 193.6)….. I guess no change is better than a gain. Fitbit shows over 7000 steps and 20 flights of stairs although I’m very sure it was more flights than it captured. Livingroom reno is moving s..l..o..w. I will be involved in reno’s for YEARS. This is about 3200 or 3300 sq ft of finished house and it ALL has to go. Bye-bye 1970’s. Some things I am doing are cosmetic until we can get back to the big stuff in the spring when the roads are better for the long hauls from the big box stores. It is looking much better though. The areas we are working on are the most restrictive for actual living. Another week maybe?

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01/01 - 195.1lb
02/01 - 195.5lb
03/01 - 194.8lb
04/01 - 194.6lb
05/01 - 195.0lb
06/01 - 194.6lb
07/01 - 194.8lb
08/01 - 194.8lb
09/01 - 194.6lb
10/01 - 194.4lb
11/01 - 194.4lb
12/01 - 195.5lb
13/01 - 195.1lb
14/01 - 194.6lb
15/01 - 195.1lb
16/01 - 195.1lb
17/01 - 194.8lb
18/01 - 194.6lb
19/01 - 195.1lb
20/01 - 195.1lb
21/01 - 195.0lb
22/01 - 195.0lb
23/01 - 195.5lb
24/01 - 195.5lb
25/01 - 195.0lb
26/01 -
27/01 -
28/01 -
29/01 -
30/01 -
31/01 -

Stats: 44 y/o female, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism dealing with menopause, plantar fascitis and bone spurs.

Goals: Stay under calories; Drink 96oz of water; Daily stretching.

January Starting Weight: 194.7
UGW: 125

01/01 - 194.7
01/02 - 195.0
01/03 - 194.8
01/04 - 194.8
01/05 - 194.7
01/06 - 194.9
01/07 - 194.9
01/08 - 196.0
01/09 - 196. 2 - stress eating
01/10 -194.7
01/11 - 193. 9
01/12 - 194.7
01/13 - 194.2
01/14 - 194.1
01/15 - 195.5 - stress and convenience eating
01/16 - 194.9
01/17 - 194.7
01/18 - 194.9
01/19 - 193.4
01/20 - 194. 5
01/21 - 194.9
01/22 - 196.4 - ouch! Over cals and carbs
01/23 - 194.0 - got things back in check
01/24 - 192.9 - Yes! I had a great calorie day and spent the morning prepping my lunches for the week.
01/25 - 193.8 - Good cal and exercise day.

Hi. I am Dawn. 61yrs, 5'2"
I topped out at 207 pounds years ago, I started MFP over 3 years ago at 191.
I hit 130.6 in March or April of 2021 and then gained a bit each month after that for the rest of the year. Those illusive 120s, maybe this year.
My ideal weight for my body structure is 110 according to many methods.


1/1 - DNW - I am using my end weight from last month as my start weight. 136.0
1/2 - DNW
1/3 - 139.2 - This seems inflated. Hope to never see this number ever again, hadn't seen it this high since 2020.
1/4 - 136.4 - Burned more calories than I ate yesterday with a beautiful big dump of snow to shovel, plus skating. Clear and blue this morning, hoping to be able to grab a quick cross-country ski today after work before it gets dark.
1/5 - 136.0 - Broke even. Going skating to 2 different arenas today, one before work and one after. Cooking up my veggies for the next 2 days this morning.
1/6 - 135.2 - I am losing weight, but my activity has been much more than my intake this week. This is not sustainable over the long term, but happy to see the scale dropping nevertheless.
1/7 - 135.2 - Odd for me to have the same weight 2 days in a row. Planning for a bit of an indulgent weekend, but will try to keep it reasonable. Ice skating this morning before work which should fire up my metabolism.
1/8 - 137.8 - Ouch, but expected. Mulled Cider spiked with spiced rum, pizza.
1/9 - 139.0 - Very early weigh in, I wasn't even going to get up, but once I did I wanted a glass of water, so thought that I should weigh before that. Feeling kind of lean, so expect the scale to really drop tomorrow when I can hopefully sleep until 7am.
1/10 - 139.8 - Double ouch. 3 slices of Pizza from Friday still showing up? Argh. Truly expected a big drop today, very active weekend and good food choices. Oh well, ice skating this morning before work and cross-country skiing after work.
1/11 - 139.0 - Very active time of year for me with lots of ice skating. Hoping to see a big drop on the scale to reflect it. Not today : - )
1/12 - 138.8
1/13 - 138.6
1/14 - 138.2 - Skating this morning before work, so will burn extra calories having fun, on top of my usual workouts. Good thing because Friday night I typically have a couple of cocktails and eat something a little yummier than my usual veggies with a small slab of meat on the George Foreman grill. I will have a bit of a buffer. I still haven't changed my check-in on MFP since March when I was sitting at 130.6. Pedometre is set at that weight also.
1/15 - 136.8 - Wow, I even had East Indian food from work last night. Surprised by the drop, but maybe my active week finally registered in my slow to catch up body. On days off now for 2 so will be eating well and prepping food for next week.
1/16 - 139.6 - Wow. Yo-yo on the scale. Skating today, so hope to even this out.
1/17 - 139.8 - Couldn't skate yesterday, I was too achy and chilled from my booster shot. It shows.
1/18 - 139.2
1/19 - 139.2 - I think that it would have been less except that I ate 2! samosas yesterday which I don't normally include as food. Double skating today, before work and during my break on my split shift, so hopefully a nice loss on the scale in the days to follow. Really don't like being up this high at all.
1/20 - 138.8 - Huge calorie burn yesterday.
1/21 - 139.2 - Skating today, but also having pizza with a friend after work, so we'll see. These are my most active months until March, so had hoped to weigh less like most years from the increased activity. Nope : - )
1/22 - 138.8 - No skating today, guess that I have to clean my house lol.
1/23 - 137.6 - Ice skating today
1/24 - 139.0 - Back to weighing at my regular time, this is likely my real weight. Skating before work today, my quads and glute should be starting to burn fat on their own now : - )
1/25 - 137.8 - Glad to not see the 139s today. Not much time to get back to start weight for this month, but I will try.
1/26 - 136.6 - Not doing anything differently, but very glad to see the drop. Maybe all of the skating is finally kicking in. Skating this morning before work and during my break on my split shift : - )
1/27 -
1/28 -
1/29 -
1/30 -
1/31 -

January start weight 136.0
Rolling loss/gain: Gain 0.6 pounds

01/01 - 195.1lb
02/01 - 195.5lb
03/01 - 194.8lb
04/01 - 194.6lb
05/01 - 195.0lb
06/01 - 194.6lb
07/01 - 194.8lb
08/01 - 194.8lb
09/01 - 194.6lb
10/01 - 194.4lb
11/01 - 194.4lb
12/01 - 195.5lb
13/01 - 195.1lb
14/01 - 194.6lb
15/01 - 195.1lb
16/01 - 195.1lb
17/01 - 194.8lb
18/01 - 194.6lb
19/01 - 195.1lb
20/01 - 195.1lb
21/01 - 195.0lb
22/01 - 195.0lb
23/01 - 195.5lb
24/01 - 195.5lb
25/01 - 195.0lb
26/01 - 195.3lb
27/01 -
28/01 -
29/01 -
30/01 -
31/01 -

MFP start weight - 179.5
January start weight - 175.5
January goal weight = 171
UGW= 155

03/01 - 175.5
04/01 - 175.5
05/01 - 173.5
06/01 - 173.0
07/01 - 173.5
08/01 - 172.0
09/01 - 172.5
10/01 - 173.0
11/01 - 173.5
12/01 - 173.5
13/01 - 173.5
14/01 - 173.5
15/01 - 173.0
16/01 - 173.0
17/01 - 172.0 | 14 day avg = 173.2
Weeks 1 & 2 loss = 3.5 lbs | 2.3 lbs
18/01 - 172.0
19/01 - 172.5
20/01 - 171.0
21/01 - 171.0
22/01 - 171.5
23/01 - DNW (out of town)
24/01 - DNW (out of town)
25/01 - DNW (out of town)
26/01 - 172.0
Weight loss since Jan 3rd = 3.5 lbs (3.4 lbs - 14 day rolling avg)