☀️ July Daily Weigh in and Logging Challenge 🥗

@deepwoodslady I love my Renpho scale, it connects to an app on my phone that also links directly to MFP so I don't have to do anything more than open the app and step on the scale! They're pretty cheap, too, I think I paid A$30 on Amazon.

Somehow lost my note from previous posts and MFP won’t let me copy and paste. Starting again!

OSW: 250
7/1: 228
7/31 goal: 222
OGW: 150

7/1 228
7/2 228.5
7/3 228.5
7/4 228.5
7/5 229
7/6 229 😑
7/7 228.5-this is like watching paint dry-trying to watch my macros now
7/8 228 like a rollercoaster with baby bumps!
7/9 227
7/10 227.5 my macros have been on point the last two days 👏🏻
7/11 227.5 I unintentionally ate keto yesterday, I was so full and tired!
7/12 227.5 I guess my body likes to hang out here at 227.5 lol my moving average says 227.2, which I like better
7/13 225.5! Woosh! So strange, yesterday I had too much sodium and too few steps 🤷🏻‍♀️
7/14: DNW-I worked this crazy 30 hour shift at work, be back tomorrow
7/15: 224.5- I’ve reached my first mini goal of losing 10% of my body weight!
7/16: 225
7/17 223.5
7/18: 224

Heaviest weight: 148.9
Current weight: 135.2
Goal weight: 127

Goals for Weight Loss - Month of July: 132 (3.2 loss)


Daily Goals:
🐎 Weigh-in Daily
🐎 Log Daily (Food and Exercise)
🐎 Morning Time - YouVersion
🐎 Stay on Workout Schedule
🐎 Gratitudes for the Day

July 10: 135.2
July 11 (Monday Official Weigh-In Day): 134.2 (lighter dinner sushi, I was better about not snacking! Ready for the week!)
7/12/2022 136.1 I was a bit surprised of how this number was, however, it was really HOT here and I drank a lot of water!! I stayed on my food/exercise plan.
7/13/2022 134.2
7/14/2022 133.8. Yay, my weight is going down. Working out and eating right!
7/15/2022: 135.6 TOM
7/16/2022: 135.1
7/17/2022: 136
July 18 (Monday Official Weigh-In Day) 134.2 Keep on going! I have my workout / eating planned for the week! I am ready to kick some butt!!

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 62 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 July 1st): 202.8
Goal: 197.8 (Five lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

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


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.



07/01-202.8-(Trend Weight 203.0)-
07/02-202.6-(Trend Weight 203.2)-
07/03-204.6-(Trend Weight 203.4)-
07/04-203.6-(Trend Weight 203.4)-
07/05-205.0-(Trend Weight 203.6)-
07/06-203.2-(Trend Weight 203.6)-
07/07-202.0-(Trend Weight 203.4)-
07/08-201.8-(Trend Weight 203.2)-
07/09-199.6-(Trend Weight 202.9)-
07/10-198.4-(Trend Weight 202.5)-
07/11-195.6-(Trend Weight 201.8)-
07/12-196.6-(Trend Weight 201.3)-
07/13-197.0-(Trend Weight 200.8)-
07/14-197.4-(Trend Weight 200.5)-

07/15-198.2-(Trend Weight 200.3)- Okay, what’s going on??? Scale did not seem wonky today. Is it the healing from Covid? Still testing with one solid line and one very faint line. Feeling so much better! I have been CONSISTENLY a perfect dieter (lately). Hitting macros perfectly. Staying under on calorie and carbs. Glucose has really improved over this past week of following the eating plan. I’ve even increased the exercise after feeling better (and not having handymen here all day). Last night I danced to 5 songs (23 minutes) last night! The only other thing I can think of is that I’ve been trying to do some fasting overnight/morning and it’s pushing my meals out much later than usual. Dinner has been really late the last few nights. I’ll try to readjust it all and see what happens. I am still a bit worried about my scale, it was crazy yesterday and I don’t think I got the same reading twice. However, today, it seemed back to normal. I will keep watching that too. Handymen will be back today, but I’ll still try to fit in some movement. Of course, I will wear my continue wearing my mask during any direct contact for a few more days. My trend weight is still going down, I’ll take it!

07/16-198.8-(Trend Weight 200.1)- This is getting scary. Another huge jump up on the scale. Again, I stayed under calorie, under carb, met my macros wonderfully. I fit in 50 minutes of walking including inclines in two sets and I did some gardening and plant transplanting. I continued to log every bite. The only negative is that dinner was very late (after 11:00 pm) due to an unexpected phone call from an old friend in Tennessee. Scale was consistent with several weigh-ins. I don’t get it. I understand I am healing from Covid. I guess my weight drops were due to sickness, even though my appetite was fine and I at all my calories and carbs then too, even in the worst of the illness. Interestingly, my fat percentage has been staying the exact same and my trend weight continues to go down, even after several days of “gains”. Hmmm…..

07/17-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)- I couldn’t bare to see another unwarranted gain today and it’s there, I can feel it. Taking a day off the scale and hoping it will turn around. Sticking to the plan.

07/18-200.8-(Trend Weight 200.2)- WTH? Goodbye Onederland! I was under calorie and carb again yesterday. A very high calorie burn for the day. Macros were good but sodium showed a little high due to a frozen dinner. I have not eaten back any caiories. Feeling pretty good. Still a bit of a cough but testing negative finally for the Covid virus. I still don’t get it. Especially since the gains have been higher than the original whoosh after testing positive for Covid. I’m really starting to feel sorry for myself here. This is not a plateau, it’s a steady gain for no apparent reason. I’m really starting to feel sorry for myself and that usually does not lead me to a very good place.

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Hi! I’m planning to keep the momentum going. 🏃‍♀️ I’m really happy with the progress I’ve made so far. My goal is to be 126 by January. Hoping to see 141 this month. I’m going to focus on my water intake this time.

Heaviest weight: 165
Current weight: 141

Daily Focus:
🌼 Log weight
🌱 Portion control food
🌼 Drink 8 glasses of water
🌱 Work out at least 4x a week
🌼 Increase protein intake

July 1 - 145 (cooked)
July 2 - 144 (cooked/ strength 30m)
July 3 - 144 (cooked/ ran 1hr)
July 4 - 144 (cooked)
July 5 - 145 (cooked/ strength 30m)
July 6 - 144 (cooked)
July 7 - 143 (cooked/ strength 30m)
July 8 - 144 (cooked)
July 9 - 143 (cooked/ Zumba 1hr)
July 10 - 142 (bought/ ran 1hr)
July 11 - 142 (cooked/ strength 30m)
July 12 - 142 (bought/ Zumba 1hr)
July 13 - 142 (cooked)
July 14 - 144 (cooked)
July 15 - 142 (cooked)
July 16 - 141 (bought, Zumba 1hr)
July 17 - 141 (cooked, ran 1hr)
July 18 - 141 (cooked, Zumba 1hr)
July 19 -
July 20 -
July 21 -
July 22 -
July 23 -
July 24 -
July 25 -
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July 31 -

My name is Christie, I'm an Aussie mum-of-one, working full time as an accountant and loving my life!

Starting weight: 138.3kg (304.9lbs)
July Goal weight: 129.5kg (285.5lbs)
Ultimate Goal weight: 64kg (141lbs)

Daily Focus:
🌼 Reduce portion sizes
🌼 Close Apple Watch rings

Exercise Goals:
🌱 20+ minutes per day
🌱 Start some slow, weighted workouts
🌱 Daily walking
🌱 Start morning workouts

July 1 132.4kg (291.9lbs) | No exercise
July 2 132.0kg (291.0lbs) | 11 mins walking
July 3 131.1kg (289.0lbs) | 70 mins yoga
July 4 DNW | No exercise
July 5 DNW | No exercise
July 6 DNW | 10 mins walking
July 7 131.5kg (289.9lbs) | 15 mins Darebee workout + 5 mins walking
July 8 131.5kg (289.9lbs) | 20 mins Darebee workouts
July 9 131.7kg (290.3lbs) | No exercise
July 10 131.2kg (289.2lbs) | No exercise
July 11 131.5kg (289.9lbs) | 30 mins Beat Saber + 5 mins walking
July 12 131.5kg (289.7lbs) | 25 mins Darebee workout + 20 mins yoga
July 13 131.9kg (290.8lbs) (had Chinese for dinner last night so this gain is from water retention; stayed within my calories despite the takeaway so happy with that) | 15 mins walking + 10 mins dumbbells
July 14 132.9kg (293.0lbs) (later weigh in as I stayed home from work today, weigh in was after having coffee so I don't think it's a true weight - also had leftover Chinese for dinner so likely still retaining water)
July 15 131.3kg (289.5lbs)
July 16 130.8kg (288.4lbs)
July 17 131.3kg (289.5lbs)
July 18 131.7kg (290.3lbs) - catching up on posting after a few days offline, but I still weighed every day.
July 19 131.1kg (289.0lbs) | No exercise yesterday - was too exhausted. Post-covid chronic fatigue is really getting to me. Ate a little over calorie goal but still had a deficit so I'm happy enough with that. Happy to see the sodium water-retention coming off too. Must keep reminding myself that I CAN do this! Though I don't expect to hit my July goal weight lol.
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TwistedSassette wrote: »

@deepwoodslady I know it's really easy to get caught up in the daily movement on the scale, but there really is so much more that goes into each day's weight than just how much/what you ate the day before! Calorie deficits take time to show up on the scale as fat loss...we retain and lose water weight for a million different reasons that don't always make sense at the time...our hormones fluctuate throughout the month which also has a huge impact...there are loads of reasons! The important thing to remember is that you have NOT eaten enough to gain 2 lbs of FAT in 2 days! That would mean eating at a surplus of 7000 calories over those two days - pretty sure you haven't done that! Which means that it's other factors at play, you haven't gained fat.
Also, a reminder to look at your trend weight this month - you've dropped from 203 to 200.2, which is 2.8 lbs lost in less than 3 weeks. I think that's pretty impressive in anybody's book!

@TwistedSassette Thanks so much for the pep talk, it could not have come at a better time. I definitely am not used to doing so well this many days in a row and having a steady gain each and every day. I have seen it in so many others tho so I guess it's my turn lol. But you are right. I have eaten under 1400 calories and under my carbs every single day so something has got to give at some point. I'll wait for the whoosh. Don't worry, sometimes I give in (to cravings or social foody events), but I never give up! Thanks again for riding along with me on this crazy journey! You did make me feel much better.

Heaviest 222 lbs
July 1. 210 lbs
Current. 208 lbs



Daily Focus:
Weigh in everyday in July
Stay under calorie goal 6 out of 7 days per week
Exercise 4 days a week


July 1st 210 lbs. Tracked and met calories, no exercise besides a short walk. Traveling to NC to visit inlaws, may not be able to weigh for a few days.
July 2nd DNW no scale. Ate below calories and walked a lot.
July 3rd DNW no scale. Ate over calories, but tracked as best I could. Exercised for an hour..
July 4th DNW DNT. Traveling finally caught up with me. I let myself get overly hungry and ended up binging on snacks. Back at it today, starting with a long walk. Happy 4th.
July 5th DNW Hit calorie goal, lots of walking
July 6th 209 lbs. Tracked and met calories, strength workout - back from NC with more predictable food choices.
July 7th 208 lbs. Tracked and hit calorie goal, no exercise
July 8th 209 lbs. Tracked and hit calorie goal, 30 minutes elliptical
July 9th DNW DNT. Way over calories, no exercise
July 10th 209 lbs. Tracked and hit calories, strength trained
July 11th 208 lbs. Tracked and hit calories, strength trained
July 12th DNW way over calories, no exercise - old habits trying to make a comeback!
July 13th 209 lbs. Tracked and hit calorie goal, 30 mins elliptical
July 14th 209 lbs. Tracked, over calorie goal. Strength trained.
July 15th 209 lbs Tracked and hit calorie goal. Strength trained.
July 16th 208 lbs Tracked and hit calorie goal. No exercise.
July 17th 208 lbs Tracked, way over calorie goal, 30 mins elliptical
July 18th 208 lbs Tracked and hit calorie goal, circuit style strength training
July 19th 208 lbs Tracked and hit calorie goal, No exercise

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