January-March challenge

24th December 2022 (start date): 78.5 kg / 172.7 lbs
January Start Weight: 77.9 kg / 171.38 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 57 kg / 125.4 lbs


January 1: 77.9 kg / 171.38 lbs
January 8: 76.5 kg / 168.65 lbs
January 15: 76.4 kg / 168.43 lbs
January 22: 75.2 kg / 165.79 lbs
January 29: 75.9 kg /167.33 lbs

January Weight Loss: 2 kg / 4.4 lbs
Total Loss: 2kg / 4.4 lbs

February 5: 75kg / 165.35lbs
February 12: 74.5kg / 164.24lbs
February 19: 74.4kg / 164.02lbs
February 26: 74.5kg / 164.24lbs

February Weight Loss: 1.4kg / 3.1lbs
Total Loss: 3.4 kg / 7.5 lbs

March 5: 73.3kg / 161.60lbs
March 12:
March 19:
March 26:
March 31:

March Weight Loss: (since last Feb weigh day) 1.2kg / 2.6lbs
Total Loss: 4.6kg / 10.1lbs since Jan

Since Dec 24th start date: 5.2kg / 11.5lbs

This week was the first increase I have recorded since the challenge started. I had a blog blowout at a celebration yesterday and it felt good to relax. I am toying with the idea of a diet break. I think eating at maintenance for a week or so could be good for me overall.

01/01- 177.5 lbs
01/08- 175 lbs
01/15- 174.8 lbs
01/22- 172.8 lbs
01/29- 172.4 lbs

Jan Start: 177.5 lbs
Jan Finish: 172.4 lbs
Jan +/-: -5.1 lbs
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: -5.1 lbs

02/05- 169.3 lbs
02/12- 168.7 lbs
02/19- 167.8 lbs
02/26- 166.9 lbs

Feb Start: 172.4 lbs
Feb Finish: 166.9 lbs
Feb +/-: -5.5 lbs
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: -10.6 lbs

03/05- 167.5 lbs
03/12-
03/19-
03/26-
03/31-

Mar Start: 166.9 lbs
Mar Finish:
Mar +/-Goal: +0.6 lbs
Cumulative Weight Loss So Far: -10 lbs

Starting Weight: 137
Starting Date: Jan1 2023
Challenge SW: 137
Challenge WLGoal: 130

January 4: 138
January 11: 138
January 18: 138
January 25: 138

January Goal: 135
January Actual: 138
January Loss: 0

February 1: 138
February 8: 137
February 15: 137
February 22: 138

February Goal: 135
February Actual: 138
February Loss: 0

March 1: 138
March 8: 138
March 15:
March 22:
March 29:

March Goal: 135
March Actual:
March Loss:

Weight loss for this week:
Current challenge loss:
Challenge Weight loss goal:

I weigh in every day and calculate weekly averages. Target: lose 12 lbs / 12 weeks.

• Week 0 (up to January 8th): 96.8 kg / 213.4 lbs
• Week 8 (March 5th): 95.5 kg / 210.5 lbs
• Week 9 (March 12th): 94.9 kg / 209.2 lbs
• Total loss: 4.4 lbs / 9 weeks

Yes, going down again! Target is still to lose 12 lbs, but I'll take a little longer than 12 weeks. Nest stop: lose 1.6 lbs more so I (finally) hit the 50% mark. Going to do a lot more PA these weeks!

Original starting weight: 322
Challenge starting weight: 263
Challenge goal: 250

1/1 - 263.0
1/9 - 257.0
1/15 - 261.0
1/23 - 259.2

2/4 - 260.6
2/12 - 252
2/19 - 251.8
2/26 - 249.3

3/4 - 247.0
3/12 - 245.5

Woah! Just a few days ago, my weight skyrocketed to above 251. Wild how it went up and then back down so much! My weight fluctuations are not usually THAT big.

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 Dec 31, 2021): 199.8
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 184.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


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.



01/01-199.2-(Trend Weight: 199.2)-

01/08-200.2-(Trend Weight: 199.3)-

01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

01/22-197.4-(Trend Weight: 197.8)-

01/29-195.6-(Trend Weight: 197.5)-

01/31-194.8-(Trend Weight: 197.0)-



Jan Start: 199.8
Jan Actual: 194.8
Jan Goal: 194.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 5.0 lbs Lost



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

02/05-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/12-193.6-(Trend Weight: 195.5)-

02/19-195.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)-

02/26-190.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)-

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-


Feb Start: 194.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Goal: 189.8


Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 8.2 lbs LOST



03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-

03/05-194.0-(Trend Weight: 193.2)-Clearly it has not been a good week after all. I can do better.

03/12-189.0-(Trend Weight: 191.9)- It’s been an excellent week for me overall. I had only one major day of travel and that really helped. Using my own kitchen, and not eating at the restaurants really helps keep me in much better control. I am still watching both my calories AND my carbs which is also really helping with my blood glucose levels. I needed that more than anything and I’m pleased to say my numbers are greatly improved. My mini-goal (which I challenged myself on Dec 10th) was to be down 10 pounds by Easter (April 9th). That would have me landing on 188.4 . I’m almost there! I rarely ever reach my goals though I make them reasonable. Come on Donna, You Can Do This! I don’t think I will reach the goal for this challenge. I always set it for a 5 pound loss per month and a total of 15 pounds for the challenge. I need to be at 186.6 for that. But I’m not going to give up trying. It’s a star that I don’t mind reaching for!


03/19-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-



Mar Start: 191.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Goal: 186.6

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

Starting Weight: 137
Starting Date: Jan1 2023
Challenge SW: 137
Challenge WLGoal: 130

January 4: 138
January 11: 138
January 18: 138
January 25: 138

January Goal: 135
January Actual: 138
January Loss: 0

February 1: 138
February 8: 137
February 15: 137
February 22: 138

February Goal: 135
February Actual: 138
February Loss: 0

March 1: 138
March 8: 138
March 15:138
March 22:
March 29:

March Goal: 135
March Actual:
March Loss:

Weight loss for this week:
Current challenge loss:
Challenge Weight loss goal:

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 Dec 31, 2021): 199.8
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 184.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


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.



01/01-199.2-(Trend Weight: 199.2)-

01/08-200.2-(Trend Weight: 199.3)-

01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

01/22-197.4-(Trend Weight: 197.8)-

01/29-195.6-(Trend Weight: 197.5)-

01/31-194.8-(Trend Weight: 197.0)-



Jan Start: 199.8
Jan Actual: 194.8
Jan Goal: 194.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 5.0 lbs Lost



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

02/05-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/12-193.6-(Trend Weight: 195.5)-

02/19-195.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)-

02/26-190.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)-

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-



Feb Start: 194.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Goal: 189.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 8.2 lbs LOST




03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-

03/05-194.0-(Trend Weight: 193.2)-Clearly it has not been a good week after all. I can do better.

03/12-189.0-(Trend Weight: 191.9)- It’s been an excellent week for me overall. I had only one major day of travel and that really helped. Using my own kitchen, and not eating at the restaurants really helps keep me in much better control. I am still watching both my calories AND my carbs which is also really helping with my blood glucose levels. I needed that more than anything and I’m pleased to say my numbers are greatly improved. My mini-goal (which I challenged myself on Dec 10th) was to be down 10 pounds by Easter (April 9th). That would have me landing on 188.4 . I’m almost there! I rarely ever reach my goals though I make them reasonable. Come on Donna, You Can Do This! I don’t think I will reach the goal for this challenge. I always set it for a 5 pound loss per month and a total of 15 pounds for the challenge. I need to be at 186.6 for that. But I’m not going to give up trying. It’s a star that I don’t mind reaching for!

03/19-188.2-(Trend Weight: 190.4)- My progress is a bit slowed this week because I took advantage of a travel day and made it a “shake it up” day with extra calories and carbs. I needed to trick up my metabolism after some early week stalling for several days in a row. I am starting to see the downward movement on the scale again and am happy with it. My trend weight has really came down since last week so I’m pleased as punch with that. We had 3 in. of snow yesterday and a high of 18 degrees. This week, however, some temps in the 40’s is supposed to peak out. Welcome to Michigan.

03/26-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-




Mar Start: 191.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Goal: 186.6

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

@deepwoodslady Thank you for the encouragement. I admire how you have taken control of your blood sugars given that terrible advice from the dietician. You have come so far with your weight-loss this challenge. Keep it up. You've got this!

@p1xyn1xy I am now convinced a diet break up is needed every now and again. So many people seemed to have benefited from it. Well done on staying in control and upping your calories when you noticed it was getting too low.

46F
SW 204.5 lbs Jan 1 2022

01/01-199.2lbs
01/08- 199.2 lbs ( we had 2 birthdays in the house this week)
01/15- 197.4
01/22- 198. (Sick with cold)
01/29- 196.6

Jan +/-: -2.6
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: -2.6
January struggles were 3 birthdays in the house (3 cakes), an extended family birthday meal, being sick for a week, and our oven died.

02/05- 196.2 (another freaking cold)
02/12- 195.5
02/19- 194.4(first week back at the gym in 3 weeks!)
02/26-196

Feb +/- -0.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 3.2 lbs

03/05- 196.6
03/12- 196.2
03/19- 194 (you can tell I wasn't focused on my plan for the previous 3 weeks. The win I will.take from it is I did not regain everything I've already lost which is huge for me. I did exercise in that time but eating was hit or miss with extra chocolate)

03/26-


Mar +/-:
Cumulative Weight Loss So Far:

@samskiB, nice work in the last month! Don't let this one week get you off your target!
@Kiyomoo, did you eat a lot of salt the day you sky-rocketed? I have that when I eat sushi with tons of soy-sauce. The good news: you get rid of it easily, just drink a lot of water!

Hang in there!

Starting Weight: 137
Starting Date: Jan1 2023
Challenge SW: 137
Challenge WLGoal: 130

January 4: 138
January 11: 138
January 18: 138
January 25: 138

January Goal: 135
January Actual: 138
January Loss: 0

February 1: 138
February 8: 137
February 15: 137
February 22: 138

February Goal: 135
February Actual: 138
February Loss: 0

March 1: 138
March 8: 138
March 15:138
March 22: 138
March 29:

March Goal: 135
March Actual:
March Loss:

Weight loss for this week:
Current challenge loss:
Challenge Weight loss goal:

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 Dec 31, 2021): 199.8
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 184.8
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:


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.



01/01-199.2-(Trend Weight: 199.2)-

01/08-200.2-(Trend Weight: 199.3)-

01/15-NO SCALE-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

01/22-197.4-(Trend Weight: 197.8)-

01/29-195.6-(Trend Weight: 197.5)-

01/31-194.8-(Trend Weight: 197.0)-



Jan Start: 199.8
Jan Actual: 194.8
Jan Goal: 194.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 5.0 lbs Lost



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

02/05-195.6-(Trend Weight: 196.7)-

02/12-193.6-(Trend Weight: 195.5)-

02/19-195.2-(Trend Weight: 195.2)-

02/26-190.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)-

02/28-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-



Feb Start: 194.8
Feb Actual: 191.6
Feb Goal: 189.8

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 8.2 lbs LOST




03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-

03/05-194.0-(Trend Weight: 193.2)-

03/12-189.0-(Trend Weight: 191.9)-

03/19-188.2-(Trend Weight: 190.4)- My progress is a bit slowed this week because I took advantage of a travel day and made it a “shake it up” day with extra calories and carbs. I needed to trick up my metabolism after some early week stalling for several days in a row. I am starting to see the downward movement on the scale again and am happy with it. My trend weight has really came down since last week so I’m pleased as punch with that. We had 3 in. of snow yesterday and a high of 18 degrees. This week, however, some temps in the 40’s is supposed to peak out. Welcome to Michigan.



03/26-187.8-(Trend Weight: 189.3)- I’m not happy about an overnight GAIN of 0.6 for ABSOLUTELY no reason. I went to bed under calorie, under carb but satisfied. I’ll just have to keep moving forward and trust my body and the process. Well, we had another snow storm yesterday which yielded another 10 inches of snow! Very pretty but enough already! It’s been a pretty good week overall for me with only one day of bingeing. Today I travel for my DGS’s 4th birthday party. I’ll try to be mindful but, hey, no promises! This is going to be a tough week with my travel being on Sun, Mon, Tue, and Thur. Restaurants, restaurants, restaurants and lots of sitting. I’ll hope to maintain my weight even if I can’t achieve losses this week. Only a few more days until the end of the challenge. I’ll do my best!

03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-




Mar Start: 191.6
Mar Actual: xxxxx
Mar Goal: 186.6

Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

MFP Starting Weight: 297
Challenge Goal Weight: 238

January 1: 256
January 8: 254.8
January 15: 253.4
January 22: 250
January 29: 248.4

January Goal: 250
January Actual: 248.4
January Loss: -7.6

February 5: 244.8
February 12: 244.4
February 19: 240.4
February 26: 239.6

February Goal: 244
February Actual: 239.6
February Loss: -8.8

March 5: 237.2
March 12: 235.8
March 19: 235
March 26: 231.2

March Goal: 238
March Actual: 231.2
March Loss: -8.4

Weight loss for this week: -3.8
Current challenge loss: -24.8