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

Highest Weight: 170
Current Weight: 165
Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (15 lbs for the next 3 months)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140

02/01 - 165
02/08 -166.6
02/18-165
02/22 -165
03/01 -163.4
03/08 -
03/15 -
03/22 -
03/29 -
04/05 -
03/12 -
03/19 -
04/26 -
04/30-

Happy March!

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!


02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- Emotional eating and self-sabotage.



Feb Goal: 189.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Loss/Gain: 3.2 lbs. LOST
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx



03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- It was nice touching 189.8 the other day but this is EXACTLY why I don’t claim and embrace a new decade until I reach the 7 (as in 187). The ups and downs and all arounds are enough to drive you crazy. Round and round and round we go, where we’ll stop, nobody knows. Have a nice hump day everyone!


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Mar Goal: 186.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Loss/Gain: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx



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Apr Loss/Gain: xxxxx
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linzbecky123 wrote: »

Hi! I’m Rebecca and happy to join this challenge. The accountability really helps me. 15 lbs over 3 months sounds like a good goal. I started doing intermittent fasting on Nov. 1 and have lost about 20 lbs so far. I’m 43 and live in St. Louis, MO.

Feb. 1: 259 lbs
Feb. 8: 260 lbs. not the best week.
Feb. 15: 258 lbs. -1 lb
Feb. 22: 260 lbs + 1 lb
March 1: 265 lbs +6 lbs oops time to get back on track for sure!!
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58y/o 5'5"
Highest weight: 131.6 (Feb)
Goal weight: 120
Feb-May 2022 Challenge: -5lbs
May-July 2022 Challenge: -2.8lbs
July-Oct 2022 Challenge:-2.2 lbs
Nov-Jan 2022 Challenge: +6.9 lbs

Feb 1 127.3
Feb 7 128.3 (+1 lb)
Feb 14 127.1 (-1.2lbs)
Feb 21 127 (-0.1 lbs)
3/1 127.6 (+0.6lbs)

@ggmoo- I totally know what you are going through! I had covid 2 wks ago, barely ate anything but when my appetite came back I just ate carbs. Now the scale is showing it. I need to get back into my previous routine of gym and clean eating.

Challenge Goal Weight: 147 lbs


02/01 - 156
02/06 - 154.6
02/13 - 156.8
02/20 - 153.8
02/27 -
02/28 -

Feb Goal: 152.5 lbs (5.5 lbs)
Feb Actual:
Feb Loss/Gain:
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: (2.2)

I am a 5'3" retiree living in upstate NY.
I started tracking again with MFP in January 2022 and have lost 67.7 lbs to date.
My final goal weight is 135-140.

January 3 2022: 230
March 7: 216.6
June 3: 196.4
Sept 2: 182.8
Oct 28: 175.4
Jan 27 2023: 164.7

Feb 3: 162.9
Feb 10: Away
Feb 18: 164.5
Feb 24: 163.4
Mar 3: 162.3

I finally weigh less than I did pre-vacation so I feel like I'm moving forward again instead of just catching up. The urge to snack was much less this week. I found that it really helps if I eat popcorn when I want a mid-afternoon snack.

Unfortunately I injured one of my big toes on Sunday trying to help move a very heavy piece of furniture so I've had to limit myself to seated workouts for most of the week. Doing those I still burn calories but not as many as when I do regular cardio aerobics. I'm hoping to be back to my normal routine by the end of the coming week.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Challenge Goal: 10 lbs (154.7)
Challenge Actual: 2.4 (162.3)

Hi. Checking in. wrong direction this week. Have to do better with my workouts … Highest Weight: 166
2/17-: 166
2/24- 163.8
3/3: 164.2
Challenge Goal Weight: 151
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130

UCGRocks wrote: »

One thing that i have been working on that is helping me on the good side is - eating more real food and trying to stay away from processed. So rolled oats and banana with milk instead of milk and cereal; brown rice vs white rice; more bone broth soups; salad kits with some hot sauce instead of a lot of dressing etc. this has been easier on cutting calories vs. just counting calories …in case it helps anyone …

It does, I also try to eat more real food, and it has really helped regaining my health and triggering a weight loss.

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. :-(
3/1/23- 201 lbs Yippee!!!! January down 6 lbs, February down 6.4 lbs!!!

3/5/23- 200 lbs Elliptical Thurs, Fri & Sun 150 minutes for just over 10 miles each session. Finally glad to see a drop. I was hoping for Onederland though. Oh well, it's inevitable. Can't complain about 7.4 lbs since 2/1, in 4 1/2 weeks.

03/01 - 154
03/06 - 154
03/13 -
03/20 -
03/27 -
03/31 -

Mar Goal: 149.5 lbs
Mar Actual:
Mar Loss/Gain:
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:(2)

@HarperAnn6 - if you are looking for daily accountability messages - I think I would do better if I was really needing to do a daily check in. Happy to share my daily log with you incl workouts.

@spyder2765 - we're working towards very similar goals - well done you! super impressed with the portion control and loss showing on the scale.

@nay0m3 - enjoy your vacation & I am in the same boat with my end of feb results. Didn't you recently increase your lifting? you may be holding water which means you're due for a "whoosh" loss on the scale

@deepwoodslady - pretracking is key! I need to get better at having set days which I can pull from. It's easier if I have a list of 2 or 3 meals for each part of the day which meet calorie goals so i can just follow the plan. I will get back to doing that work. Thank you for the reminder!

@jyoti_0 - me too. # on the scale slowly fell and then nope! back to the start after the month.

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)-

02/13-192.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)-

02/20-194.0-(Trend Weight: 195.1)-

02/27-190.6 -(Trend Weight: 192.8)-

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- Emotional eating and self-sabotage.


Feb Goal: 189.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Loss/Gain: 3.2 lbs LOST
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 3.2 lbs LOST



03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)- It was nice touching 189.8 the other day but this is EXACTLY why I don’t claim and embrace a new decade until I reach the 7 (as in 187). The ups and downs and all arounds are enough to drive you crazy. Round and round and round we go, where we’ll stop, nobody knows. Have a nice hump day everyone!


03/06-191.2-(Trend Weight: 193.0)- It’s been a rough week. Fell off the wagon a few times going all the way back up to 194.6, but I’ve dusted myself off, back down to a better weight and I’m ready to get back to work! 180’s here I come!

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Mar Goal: 186.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Loss/Gain: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx



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Update week 5

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.
3/5 142.6 Exercise did not happen this week. On a good note, I did not gain :-)
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