15 pounds to lose challenge- Feb. 1, 2023-April 30, 2023

200Karen · February 2023

@echristensen010 thanks for sending the luck
We live in central Oregon. Love the area, retirement, and my new friends. Best wishes on your journey. Are you a runner?

@RibyRed427 still babysitting fur babies with walks in the great outdoors?

@swimmon_1 how is your week going?
Sending mojo for your day 💫

@cgm117 Did you get to the gym?
I do participate in group exercise and need to get back into it.

@chariouiselb exciting getting back on the slopes

@Sistersue3285 enjoy time with family
We’ll get back on track Monday 🥂

@SunnyDays930 great calorie switch and WI 🏆

👋
Today, I thought about going out for some socializing but the roads and weather isn’t cooperating. So back to carpet exercising for me, cardio will be DVDs, ST will be isometric hand weights
My nutrition is right on with nighttime tea back on the menu

💞 Karen

swimmom_1 · February 2023

200Karen wrote: »

@echristensen010 thanks for sending the luck
We live in central Oregon.

@swimmon_1 how is your week going?
Sending mojo for your day 💫

💞 Karen

Thank you. It's going better than before. Took off Friday (as there was plenty of staff to take care of the patients) so it gave me an extra Elliptical workout this week. Will post my weight tomorrow.

HarperAnn6 · February 2023

Hi All! So nice to see everyone's updates. I've been struggling lately, and your posts are very motivating! Going to keep trying to get back on track! Unfortunately, it is very easy for me to "forget" my weight loss goals when I am tired, stressed, busy, etc. Without a doubt, the most important thing I can do to solve this problem is to make time to plan and track my foods.

Height: 5'1"
Highest weight: 170
Goal: 118-120

Feb. 3: 133.2
Feb. 11th: 133
Feb. 18th: 133
Feb. 25th: 133

SunnyDays930 · February 2023

The motivation of my leaving a dress I want to wear to a wedding in May, hanging in plain sight, is working. To those that didn't see that post, I have a dress a bit too tight, hanging in my closet doorway. Once a week, I try it on and have my husband measure how far up the zipper is. He literally measures with a tape measure! It is definitely moving up. When I open the refrigerator or pantry, I envision wearing this dress and I ask myself, "would I rather have this _________ now, or fit into that dress in 2.5 months?" I've been trying to eat my biggest meal at lunch time ( big salad with some sort of protein on it) and a VERY light dinner...like a cup of soup. Beakfasts have been a greek yogurt ( I like the Chobani, less sugar varieties) with a piece of home made toast with just a light coating of peanut butter. I got a bread machine for Xmas and I just LOVE home made bread so I am not giving that up but I just cut a slice in half and feel happy. Portion control is everything. Of course I do try to move every day but since I am running after children most days ( I am a nanny and a granny) I get in a lot of steps.

RubyRed427 · February 2023

@charlouiselb. I love sipping on broth. I find it comforting- I don't have time to make soup but I do have time to pour some stock / broth in a mug and warm it up.

For the last few months, I have had a cough, so most nights, during the night, I wake up coughing and sip some water. By morning, I have sipped probably 8-12 oz of water. Even though it's not something I planned on doing, it contributed to my daily water total. During the day, I'm so terrible at drinking water. I teach and I just don't think about it, and then when I do I realize I'm thirsty, I can't find my water bottle, etc.

CiderCiderGirl · February 2023

*Week 4 update*
Hi, I’m a 38 year old female who has inched back up from my healthiest weight about 8 years ago. While I haven’t climbed back to my highest weight (195), I’m uncomfortable with the 170 I have reached after being comfortable at 150 for a while. I would like to lose those extra pounds again. 15 lbs in 3 months sounds reasonable to me.
I jumped in a little late on 2/5/23.

2/5 - 170.6
2/12 - 166.6 (mostly water weight the first week)
2/19 - 167.4 (reasonable to go back up around my period)
2/26 - 164.0 (seems to be going well so far)
3/5 -
3/12 -
3/19 -
3/26 -
4/2 -
4/9 -
4/16 -
4/23 -
4/30 -

I think the 15 lbs loss is achievable in this time frame.

RubyRed427 · February 2023

This past week's strategies:
YES- Get at least 2 walks in outside- I walked four days outside.
Somewhat- Eat fruit every day- Took berries to work one day
NO- Go to the gym once (baby steps)
YES - Log onto Noom and listen to audios

2/4 200 lbs
2/11 198.8 lbs.
2/17 197.8
2/19 196.8
2/26 196.2

Next week's goals:
Walk outside four times
Bring a water bottle to school- reusable
Log food and listen to audios on NOOM every day
Lift my kettlebell off the floor and do some exercises.

salserajen · February 2023

RubyRed427 wrote: »

This is a challenge is for anyone who wants motivation, support, friendship and tips. We are a nonjudgemental, supportive group who aim to set goals that suits you. If 15 pounds weight loss is not for you, choose a different goal. All are welcome! Let's make these next three months our best yet! This is our ninth round but new friends are always welcome and encouraged to join us! Post daily or weekly, and let us know what's working for you and what's not. We are a friendly bunch who want to be healthier!

salserajen · February 2023

While it's already February 26th, I'm joining with a goal of losing 10 lbs. 1 to 1.5 lbs per week. Logging and daily weigh ins. Support and community always helps me. Can I add friends to the myfitnesdpal communities?

swimmom_1 · February 2023

My name is Mary, 65 from Pennsylvania.
Been MIA for a few months but still logging in everyday since I started MFP 5/14/21. Trying to get back into the swing of posting on my threads I've been in for awhile. 640 continuous days today in a row since I started MFP.

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. Back up to 150 minutes on my 3 days off per week.

Good to see some familiar names here and glad to see some new ones too!

Heaviest weight 255 lbs, twice. :-(
9/14/20-255 lbs
5/14/21-232.2 lbs
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

2/1/23- 207.4 lbs
2/5/23- 207.8 lbs
2/12/23- 206.4 lbs Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes Fri, Sat & Sun for 9.89-10 miles.
2/19/23- 201.8 lbs Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes Thur-9.98miles , Fri-9.91 miles & Sun-10.0 miles.
2/21/22- 202 lbs Elliptical Interval (HIIT) setting first session 124 minutes for 8.14 miles, zone 3. The had to babysit for about 2 hours, then the second session Interval setting again 56 minutes for 3.75 miles, zone 3= 180 minutes, 11.89 miles.

2/26/23- 202.6 lbs Elliptical HIIT setting Fri, Sat & Sun, 150 minutes 9.89 miles -10.12 miles. So 40+ miles this week, since I took an extra day off on Friday. Waiting for the scale to show my efforts. :-(

RubyRed427 · February 2023

salserajen wrote: »

While it's already February 26th, I'm joining with a goal of losing 10 lbs. 1 to 1.5 lbs per week. Logging and daily weigh ins. Support and community always helps me. Can I add friends to the myfitnesdpal communities?

Welcome to our group!!

UCGRocks · February 2023

Hi. Checking in late. Been sick this week. But must have helped on the scale… Highest Weight: 166
2/17-: 166
2/24- 163.8
Challenge Goal Weight: 151
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130

jyoti_0 · February 2023

I have been stuck in a plateau since the last week of January. Today, I have finally broken that plateau with zig zag diet (discussed here separately).
This has given me hope that food is the biggest helper in our weight loss journey and we all can do it! We all can lose weight as much as we want if we let our food help us. I find water and fruits/ vegetables have always helped me in losing weight. In the last two days I have eaten almost 2lbs of salad along with at least 6 cups of water every day. (Summers are starting in my region so I consciously make an effort to drink at least a cup of water every hour). This week, I have dropped from 163 to 159 after spending four weeks at 163.
I request everyone to remember this, food is our biggest ally in this weight loss journey. Please eat as much raw food/steamed/ boiled food/ water as you can manage and your weight loss will become really easy.

SunnyDays930 · February 2023

@jyoti_0 Just yesterday I made a big crockpot full of vegetable soup. I just like to have it on hand as it is so filling and good for you. I am finally under 165 where I have been stuck all month. I post my weight here on Wednesdays. Hopefully it won't bounce back up as I did a wee bit of damage in the eating and drinking department yesterday.

SunnyDays930 · February 2023

March goals:

Continue to eat mindfully; my physical is at the end of the month as well as my anniversary. I'd like to be a few lbs less for both of those things.
Less alcohol, more tea.
Less tv....it leads to snacking for me. Knit and watch calming youtube videos ( I type in "calming waves" or crackling fireplace", or something to that effect).
Get and stay under 160, ideally 155.
Practice self care. Get a pedicure and a facial and/or massage. This (my body) is the only place I have to live and want to take care of it.

spyder2765 · February 2023

Update week 4

Hello everyone. I am 5'3'' female turning 55 this month. I thought this would be a great challenge to ramp up my motivation on getting healthier!
Goal weight: 130

2/5 146.8
2/12 145.0 Three days of light exercise this week.
2/19 144.0 Same light exercise and portion control!
2/26 142.8 Portion control mostly. Want to ramp up exercise next week.
3/5
3/12
3/19
3/26
4/2
4/9
4/16
4/23
4/30

nay0m3 · February 2023

Today is my check-in day but I haven't been weighing myself consistently because I don't like the number! I am stuck in this struggle with bouncing between 139 and 143. Today I did weigh and I was at 142.6 WAAAA!!!

Despite knowing it is normal to have ups and downs as we lose weight, I get really rattled by the number I see and then have negative self talk so I feel like I need a break from the scale and I am going on vacation next week so I don't plan on tracking. I will still be reading along with everyone but I am just going to take a breather from weighing.

I am making some changes with the amount of heavy lifting I am doing for my lower body. I will keep lifting heavy for upper but my lower body is where I carry weight so for now, I want to try changing how I train.

thank you @jyoti_0 for the thoughts about food nourishing our bodies!

deepwoodslady · February 2023

My name is Donna. I am 62 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall.

CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM January 31): 194.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 179.8 (seems Impossible, even Laughable but a girl can dream right?)

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

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.

02/01-194.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/06-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.5)- I ate something for the first time last night that I thought I would HATE. Scallops! Even after rinsing they smelled so fishy but I followed the simple and fast recipe and OMGOSH, they were delicious. Thank you Gordon Ramsey for giving me the faith to try. I was having spaghetti squash with a cream basil alfredo sauce and decided I needed to add some protein and had them in my freezer. After a quick thaw in a bowl, they were only 4 or 5 minutes to cook. According to MFP, the 5 small scallops came in at 89 calories and 4 carbs. I will be having them again!

02/13-192.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)- Travel today to endocrinologist for 1st consult. I am hoping my improvements will help me avoid insulin although I am a million miles away from where I need to be in weight, BMI and my glucose fasting numbers. I hope the doctor will see my progress as hopeful and give me a chance to continue improving without adding insulin.

02/20-194.0-(Trend Weight: 195.1)- The doctor has decided to give me the chances I’ve asked for. I go back in 3 months. I saw a dietician that changed everything and for the past few days my glucose has shot back up based on her higher carb (ridiculous!) recommendations. I am stopping her diet plan today and going back to my own before she kills me! Mine was working.

02/27-190.6 -(Trend Weight: 192.8)- Back on my own plan. The dietician’s that I tried for 4 full days caused a weight gain and glucose numbers that shot to almost 300! I am doing much better now on my 1400 calorie plan that limits my carbs to 90. This is vital for my Type 2 diabetes and the proof is in the pudding! Pre-logging is really helping. It simplifies everything. I’m very happy with my progress this month and will get the final tally tomorrow. Even with a stumbling block, I’ve made more progress than I have in a long time. I’m very serious about improving my sugar readings and staying off insulin. Quite an incentive!

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Feb Goal: 189.8
Feb Actual: xxxxx
Feb Loss/Gain: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx

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Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Loss/Gain: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx

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jyoti_0 · February 2023

@nay0m3 you are most welcome

I know how you are feeling, I have been there for 30 days straight, at times feeling like I have hit an invisible wall and the whole world is against me.
It's a long term goal and slow and steady wins the race.
Just enjoy your vacation and focus on nourishment.

jyoti_0 · February 2023

SunnyDays930 wrote: »

@jyoti_0 Just yesterday I made a big crockpot full of vegetable soup. I just like to have it on hand as it is so filling and good for you. I am finally under 165 where I have been stuck all month. I post my weight here on Wednesdays. Hopefully it won't bounce back up as I did a wee bit of damage in the eating and drinking department yesterday.

Seems like we all have been stuck last month at some place or other!
Yes, vegetable soups are wonderful things to "snack" on, filling and nourishing and a great help in losing weight.

15 pounds to lose challenge- Feb. 1, 2023-April 30, 2023

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