15 pounds to lose challenge August 1 - October 31, 2022

8/1 213.2
8/8 213.8

I’m up .6 but I’m recovering from covid which I still don’t feel good, but I have been weighing daily and the 8/1 weight was a dip in my overall trend so I’m not concerned. I am confident I was super dehydrated that day.

Just keep going!

Hi kids! 😉 (I think most of you are younger than I am)

I'm 73 years old, 6'1", retired and living the good life in central California.
I'm very active; I'm attempting to make up for decades of being an inactive workaholic desk jockey.
I lost over 100 pounds since July of 2020 but I've been about the same weight all this year - can't seem to get out of the 220's. I know I could probably stand to lose another 20 pounds, but honestly, I'm feeling less and less concerned about my weight, as my health has improved dramatically over these past two years, and I seem to be able to do whatever I feel like doing (within reason). So, I'm kinda moving toward a maintenance mindset, although still with the hope of losing another 10 pounds.

My current fitness regimen is:

• Do early morning yoga, pilates or tai chi 5x/week
• Walk 3+ miles 3x/week
• Run/walk 3+ miles 3x/week (just started a 5K running program)
• Hit 10,000 steps 6x/week (one recovery day/week)
• Do one hour of water aerobics 6x/week (great low-impact cardio)
• Do strength training 3x/week
• Swim 2x/week
• Go on a nice hike at least once every two weeks

CHALLENGE: lose 7-10 pounds by October 31st (13 weeks)
Highest weight (7/10/2020): 330
Anniversary weight (7/10/2021): 243 (lost 87 pounds in year one)
2nd Anniversary weight (7/10/2022): 226 (lost 18 pounds in year two)
August 1st starting weight: 226.4 (7-day average)
October 31st goal weight: 219.5
ultimate goal weight: 210-220 (I'll know when I get there!)

Aug 01 : 227.2 (Weigh-in day: Monday)
Aug 08 : 227.8 : 🔼 0.6

My name is Donna. I am 62 years old, 5' 5" tall. I live in the Midwest of USA. I am in remission for breast cancer, have Type 2 Diabetes, an under active thyroid, high blood pressure and cholesterol, some osteoporosis and coronary heart disease with a stent in my heart. I am working to get healthier. I know losing weight and exercising more will help all of these issues.



CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM July 31, 2021): 201.6
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 186.6
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Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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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.



08/01-201.1-(Trend Weight: 201.4)- Surgery today.

08/08-196.4-(Trend Weight: 200.3)- A very nice drop after a very good week of recuperating after surgery and no travel. I’ve been working pretty hard to make my scratch-off chart listed above a little more honest after I drifted back up into the 200’s. Travel today and tomorrow, both involving food but I will try to be reasonable. I’m officially allowed more movement starting tomorrow, but I did sneak on the exercise bike for about 16 minutes last night. It must have pushed the scale. My overnight drop was 1.8 lbs and I’ve been working for every drop of that! Nice to see a catch-up weight like that. Don’t blow it over the next couple of days of restaurant food Donna……


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Thank you for continuing the group! I've been on the sidelines for the last month + and gained back a few pounds I had lost at the last challenge. This is what happens when I take my attention of the ball every time! A lot of burnout I think. I'm still getting plenty of exercise but not drinking enough h2o for this kind of weather. Back at it now and hope to get back to posting on Mondays. Goal for August is 128.5. More like: goal for August is to quit snacking.

August 1 - 131
August 8 - 130

Starting weight: 190.4

8/1 190.4
8/8 188.8
8/15
8/22
8/29
August goal: 187
August actual:

9/5
9/12
9/19
9/26
Sept goal: 183
Sept actual:

10/3
10/10
10/17
10/24
10/31
October goal: 178
October actual:

This weeks loss: 1.6 lbs
Challenge loss so far: 1.6 lbs

I'm disappointed with this week's weigh in! I'm up 2 pounds and I thought was going to go down. My hope is that it's muscle gain as I feel great after several long bike rides.
Current weight: 208
Goal: 190

Hi. I’m a little late to the party but would love to join. I had a frozen shoulder this time last year and couldn’t sleep and exercise went out the window, and because of pain I ate to feel better. Putting it on was easy, shifting it is not so easy!

Weight 8/8 162lbs

StepWise123 wrote: »

Thank you for continuing the group! I've been on the sidelines for the last month + and gained back a few pounds I had lost at the last challenge. This is what happens when I take my attention of the ball every time! A lot of burnout I think. I'm still getting plenty of exercise but not drinking enough h2o for this kind of weather. Back at it now and hope to get back to posting on Mondays. Goal for August is 128.5. More like: goal for August is to quit snacking.

August 1 - 131
August 8 - 130

I'm right there with you on this sentiment. I've noticed that I MUST log -- learned that the hard way. Lost a lot of inches and pounds about 6 years ago then "trusted" myself to know the right amount of this or that. That was a 30-pound mistake. I'm at almost 300 days logging and for right now, I'm thinking of it as permanent.