JANUARY 2023 DAILY WEIGH IN AND LOGGING CHALLENGE!!!!!

Hi! I’m Rebecca from Missouri, 43, currently 274 lbs. Heaviest weight ever 285. I recently started doing Intermittent Fasting 18:6.

January goals:

Fast 18 hours (or more) per day. Lose at least 8 lbs this month.

Jan 2: 21 hour fast plus a great hike. Around 1500 calories total.

Jan 3: 270 lbs. -4 lbs! I know it’s likely just water weight, but still! I fasted for 18.5 hours today and am hoping to get a walk in this evening.

Jan 4: didn’t weigh in. Did a 19.5 hour fast and I’m trying to drink water. The big success today was pushing myself to take a lunch break and go for a walk. It was cold and I was super busy at work but went out and walked 2.5 miles.

Jan 5: weighed in at 269. 19 hour fast. I have a cold and feel crummy today. No exercise and I I indulged in an absolutely delicious dessert my wife baked. But I didn’t over-indulge.

January 15: wow, it’s been 10 days since I checked in! I was hit with a horrible flu and have been miserable for a couple of weeks. I’m finally feeling better and ready to focus on eating right and exercise! I look forward to reading through all the posts I’ve missed to get caught up on everyone’s progress!

Jan 15 PM: did OMAD today and got in a hike but sprained my foot! Yet another hurdle!

Jan 16: 19.5 hour fast which I broke with a well-balanced dinner. My foot is feeling sore. I have a boot to help me walk for a few days. I’m supposed to start a yoga/Pilates class tomorrow so we’ll see how that goes. I haven’t weighed in for a couple of weeks so I need to try and remember to do that tomorrow.

Jan 17: weighed in at 267 so down 7 lbs this month! Only fasted 16 hours but ate well and was able to mostly participate in Pilates class despite my sore foot.

Jan 16: 266 lbs! Another 16 hour fast today.

January 18
[x] Weighed In: 157.2
[x] Tracked: 15XX
[x] Exercise: 30 min Peloton class
[x] Post to MFP for support
Getting back to normal this week after my medical stuff, I am still hoping for a loss this weekend!

West Virginia girl who is trying to get back to basics. I lost 50 pounds from January to October last year then fell apart, gaining 10 pounds back. I'd like to drop another 40-50 pounds this year. I'm only 5'1" so my goal weight is <120. I enjoy being active, but I also like lazy days on the couch snuggled with the dog especially in the winter months.

Starting weight: 160.8
Jan goal: 155

Jan 3: 160.8
Jan 4: 159.2 - Coming down from a large high sodium dinner on the 2nd...
Jan 5: 158.4
Jan 6: 157.6
Jan 7: DNW - forgot to do it before I ate breakfast.
Jan 8: 156.8
Jan 9: 157.0 - Not bad for a pizza night last night. I was within calories, just a larger late meal.
Jan 10: 157.4 - High sodium dinner, but definitely under calories yesterday so no worries.
Jan 11: 155.6 - That's better
Jan 12: 154.8 - Surprised it went down since I had a few beers last night. Usually they cause at least a temporary blip.
Jan 13: DNW
Jan 14: 155.4 - Chinese for dinner last night.
Jan 15: 155.2
Jan 16: 154.6
Jan 17: 155.0 - Won't lie this is a little disappointing
Jan 18: 154.4
Jan 19: 156.2 - Large dinner still sticking around. Went over by ~1000cal, so pretty sure I didn't gain 2 pounds.

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 62 years old and from Michigan 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 Dec 31st): 199.8
Goal: 194.8 (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.


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01/18-196.0-(Trend Weight 198.4)- A nice whoosh this morning. Likely some water loss due to medication and to really watching my carbs. Now….. to hang onto it. I was within my limits on carbs yesterday but on the high end of the range. Still tweaking.

01/19-196.0-(Trend Weight 198.1)- I am so so so so happy to see that 196 stuck, even without medication yesterday because of travel. It was not exactly a banner day yesterday for me. Lesson learned.


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My name is Mary, 65 from Pennsylvania. I'm a RN and work long days.
Been MIA for a few months but still logging in everyday since I started MFP 5/14/21.

Unfortunately lost my mojo and gained a lot back but not all Thank God! Need to get back on track and focused. I bought a NEW to me, gently used, Commercial PreCor EFX 835 Elliptical. It was delivered the beginning of November, as others here know I wore my previous 10+ year old one out from my extensive workouts. Stopped using it mid November to get my Christmas shopping done earlier than my norm. I was planning to start back up a week ago but had a GI bug and very weak. I restarted today but very slow at 45 minutes and 3 miles compared to my 3 hour historical workout sessions. I will MAYBE workup to it again.

Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
9/14/20-255 lbs
5/14/21-232.2 lbs MFP start date.
4/6/22- 147.6 lbs (107.4 lbs lost) I did NOT have a surgery. Did Keto.
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs
12/1/22-198 lbs

1/1/23- 213.4 lbs
1/2/23- 213.4 lbs
1/3/23- 207.4 lbs
1/4/23- 205.8 lbs
1/5/23- 205.8 lbs
1/6/23- 201.4 lbs
1/7/23- 202.4 lbs
1/8/23- 204.4 lbs elliptical 45 minutes
1/9/23- 204.4 lbs elliptical 46 minutes
1/10/22-201.6 lbs elliptical 47 minutes
1/11/22-203.6 lbs Not sure why the uptick. I stayed on track yesterday with my carbs/calories. I worked today. For new people I don't workout on work days. I'm a RN and work long days. That's why I used to do long elliptical sessions on my days off. To makeup for my work days. I work 4 days/week, 10+ hours.
1/12/23-203.8 lbs work day
1/13/22-204.6 lbs work day
1/14/22-205.4 lbs on call today, My Elliptical Interval setting, 120 minutes straight through this AM!!! 8.5 miles. Getting back up to my long sessions. Maybe I wasn't out of Cardiovascular endurance, as I thought. The previous sessions I wore a short sleeve shirt instead of a tank top as I did today again. (It's chilly in my basement.) Even though I had a fan on, maybe I just got to warm, which wore me down.
1/15/22-202.4 lbs Elliptical Interval setting, 120 minutes, 8.1 miles
1/16/23-202.2 lbs work day
1/17/23-200.4 lbs work day
1/18/23-200.4 lbs work day

1/19/23-199.4 lbs Down 14 lbs since 1/1/23. Finally back to Onederland!!!! Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes for 9.7 miles. Getting my motivation back, Thank you God!

Happy New Year! I am a mid-40's female who is 5'4" tall, a 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is returning to MFP for accountability and to help track the effect of medication and weight. There is a lot of change and stress in my life right now and I am need to replace overeating and drinking soda as my stress reliever with other coping strategies. A star will track when I stayed under my daily caloric goal.

01/01 - 189.4
01/02 - 190.0
01/03 - 190.5
01/04 - 190.3
01/05 - 189.6*
01/06 - 187.6*
01/07 - 187.8*
01/08 - 186.5
01/09 - 186.3*
01/10 - 186.1*
01/11 - 186.3
01/12 - 185.8
01/13 - 186.3
01/14 - 187.4 - A few days off track and the pounds are creeping back already.
01/15 - 184* - Interesting.
01/16 - 187.5 - Thinking sodium is messing with me here.
01/17 - 187.5 - Try, try again today.
01/18 - 187.6 - I was not over calories by much but my meals were heavier in carbs.
01/19 - 186.5 - That makes me feel better.
01/20 - 188.6 - Went over calories and carbs for Hubby's homemade Mexican meal.

My name is Mary, 65 from Pennsylvania. I'm a RN and work long days.
Been MIA for a few months but still logging in everyday since I started MFP 5/14/21.

Unfortunately lost my mojo and gained a lot back but not all Thank God! Need to get back on track and focused. I bought a NEW to me, gently used, Commercial PreCor EFX 835 Elliptical. It was delivered the beginning of November, as others here know I wore my previous 10+ year old one out from my extensive workouts. Stopped using it mid November to get my Christmas shopping done earlier than my norm. I was planning to start back up a week ago but had a GI bug and very weak. I restarted today but very slow at 45 minutes and 3 miles compared to my 3 hour historical workout sessions. I will MAYBE workup to it again.

Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
9/14/20-255 lbs
5/14/21-232.2 lbs MFP start date.
4/6/22- 147.6 lbs (107.4 lbs lost) I did NOT have a surgery. Did Keto.
8/1/22- 167.2 lbs
12/1/22-198 lbs

1/1/23- 213.4 lbs
1/2/23- 213.4 lbs
1/3/23- 207.4 lbs
1/4/23- 205.8 lbs
1/5/23- 205.8 lbs
1/6/23- 201.4 lbs
1/7/23- 202.4 lbs
1/8/23- 204.4 lbs elliptical 45 minutes
1/9/23- 204.4 lbs elliptical 46 minutes
1/10/22-201.6 lbs elliptical 47 minutes
1/11/22-203.6 lbs Not sure why the uptick. I stayed on track yesterday with my carbs/calories. I worked today. For new people I don't workout on work days. I'm a RN and work long days. That's why I used to do long elliptical sessions on my days off. To makeup for my work days. I work 4 days/week, 10+ hours.
1/12/23-203.8 lbs work day
1/13/22-204.6 lbs work day
1/14/22-205.4 lbs on call today, My Elliptical Interval setting, 120 minutes straight through this AM!!! 8.5 miles. Getting back up to my long sessions. Maybe I wasn't out of Cardiovascular endurance, as I thought. The previous sessions I wore a short sleeve shirt instead of a tank top as I did today again. (It's chilly in my basement.) Even though I had a fan on, maybe I just got to warm, which wore me down.
1/15/22-202.4 lbs Elliptical Interval setting, 120 minutes, 8.1 miles
1/16/23-202.2 lbs work day
1/17/23-200.4 lbs work day
1/18/23-200.4 lbs work day
1/19/23-199.4 lbs Down 14 lbs since 1/1/23. Finally back to Onederland!!!! Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes for 9.7 miles. Getting my motivation back, Thank you God!

1/20/23-200.2 lbs Ugh! Had Ham last night and probably the next couple too. :-( Elliptical Interval setting, 150 minutes for 9.92 miles.

I'd like to drop another 40-50 pounds this year. I'm only 5'1" so my goal weight is <120. I enjoy being active, but I also like lazy days on the couch snuggled with the dog especially in the winter months.

Starting weight: 160.8
Jan goal: 155

Jan 3: 160.8
Jan 4: 159.2 - Coming down from a large high sodium dinner on the 2nd...
Jan 5: 158.4
Jan 6: 157.6
Jan 7: DNW - forgot to do it before I ate breakfast.
Jan 8: 156.8
Jan 9: 157.0 - Not bad for a pizza night last night. I was within calories, just a larger late meal.
Jan 10: 157.4 - High sodium dinner, but definitely under calories yesterday so no worries.
Jan 11: 155.6 - That's better
Jan 12: 154.8 - Surprised it went down since I had a few beers last night. Usually they cause at least a temporary blip.
Jan 13: DNW
Jan 14: 155.4 - Chinese for dinner last night.
Jan 15: 155.2
Jan 16: 154.6
Jan 17: 155.0 - Won't lie this is a little disappointing
Jan 18: 154.4
Jan 19: 156.2 - Large dinner still sticking around. Went over by ~1000cal, so pretty sure I didn't gain 2 pounds.
Jan 20: DNW

Happy New Year! I am a mid-40's female who is 5'4" tall, a 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is returning to MFP for accountability and to help track the effect of medication and weight. There is a lot of change and stress in my life right now and I am need to replace overeating and drinking soda as my stress reliever with other coping strategies. A star will track when I stayed under my daily caloric goal.

01/01 - 189.4
01/02 - 190.0
01/03 - 190.5
01/04 - 190.3
01/05 - 189.6*
01/06 - 187.6*
01/07 - 187.8*
01/08 - 186.5
01/09 - 186.3*
01/10 - 186.1*
01/11 - 186.3
01/12 - 185.8
01/13 - 186.3
01/14 - 187.4 - A few days off track and the pounds are creeping back already.
01/15 - 184* - Interesting.
01/16 - 187.5 - Thinking sodium is messing with me here.
01/17 - 187.5 - Try, try again today.
01/18 - 187.6 - I was not over calories by much but my meals were heavier in carbs.
01/19 - 186.5 - That makes me feel better.
01/20 - 188.6 - Went over calories and carbs for Hubby's homemade Mexican meal.
01/21 - 187.5 - Review time.

Review of last week tells me that I need to stay consistent. What worked for those first two weeks was that I started out the New Year sick and wasn't eating much, which helped with keeping my appetite low and being satisfied with smaller portions. I also meal planned very well. Then there were lots of changes. I started my new job which equaled a lot of stress and a lack of sleep. This past week, I did not have time to plan my lunches which resulted in eating left overs which had higher calories and carbs. My husband took over dinners, which are absolutely delicious - and over calories and carbs. I need to take this weekend to plan, plan, plan...and include my husband in those plans! Lol!