🍃🍂September Daily Weigh-in and Logging Challenge🍂🍃

ddainiak wrote: »

It takes time and plenty of practice to plan for the future and your health.
Everyday needs to be planned a little bit.

Family and schedules, work, exercise, meals, water, and your down time.
When planning ahead, take some time out of your busy day and make a plan for the week.

Keep a journal to help you see the progress you are making, this will help motivate yourself to keep going.

It didn’t take a day or two to gain the weight, it will take some time to get back to a healthier you.

Consistency is the ONLY key to achieving any desired result'

One way to stay consistent is to create “WHY’s AND HOW’s List”

Or create and have fun making a vision board. Here’s a great article
Link: vision board https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-use-a-vision-board-to-achieve-your-goals-7480412

HA! I was wondering where this went. I thought I posted for the BLC challenge, but then it was gone! Had to repost - well now you all have an insight into the BLC challenge if you decide to join sometime! I guess I'm getting old! LOL

@deepwoodslady Great/easy days for everyone, indeed! I'm glad it was a good day!

@fourathomej Good visits with friends are therapy.

@ddainiak What a great pantry! And I like your challenge. I've used vision boards for other things, but not weight loss. I might have to try that.

Sept. 1- 141.0 I logged
Sept. 2- 139.2 I logged
Sept. 3- 138.6 I logged I think I'm experiencing some quick weight loss that can happen when I simply start watching what I eat and drinking more water.... Nice to see; it will probably steady out.
Sept. 4- 138.8 I logged A potluck yesterday and out to a restaurant today; determined to log
Sept. 5- 139.4 I liked yesterday's weight better. Oh well, keep moving forward.
Sept. 6- 138.8 I logged! Did not finish logging yesterday. It was cycle day 1 and I totally blew it on calories. Next time I plan to adjust my calorie goal to maintenance on cycle day 1... maybe that will help...
Sept. 7- 138.0 I logged MIL cooked a big huge dinner for us, with dessert... I went over on calories, but logged anyway.
Sept.8- 138.2 I logged
Sept. 9- 138.0 I logged
Sept. 10- 138.2 I logged potluck... kinda hard to log, but I logged anyway. I think I ate at maintenance.
Sept. 11- 138.0
Sept. 12- 138.6
Sept. 13- 138.0
Sept. 14-

Here in hopes to shed some baby weight, I am pretty good with daily excercices but my diet is a mess right now 🙈

September Start Weight: 59.8kg / 131.8lbs (Aug 31st)
September Goal Weight: 57.x kg/ 125lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 55kg / 121 lbs

Sept 01: 59.6 kg / 131.4 lbs
Sept 02: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
Sept 03: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs (uh, not too excited about stepping on the scales tomorrow.. sweets are my kryptonite)
Sept 04: 59.5kg / 131.2 lbs (this made me smile in the morning, maybe should stick to sweets then, jk)
Sept 05: 59.5kg /131.2 lbs
Sept 06: 59.6kg / 131.4 lbs (enjoyed some cake as today my baby turns 1)
Sept 07: 59.5 kg /131.2 lbs
Sept 08: 59.3 kg / 130.7 lbs (had a big family gathering to celebrate my one year old)
Sept 09: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
Sept 10: 59.7 kg /131.6 lbs
Sept 11: 59.9 kg / 132.0 lbs (starting a meal plan today, will try to improve my results)
Sept 12: 59.5 kg / 131.2 lbs
Sept 13: 59.3 kg / 130.7 lbs

@makanacapellocullen Welcome to Twosville (that's what I call it anyway)!

My name is Kelly. I am 52 and watch my grandkids 5 days a week. I watch 4 of them 5 days a weeks and 6 on Wednesdays so I keep busy with babies all week. They are all 3yrs and under. I weigh weekly. This daily group accountability is awesome! I absolutely love this group.

Goals for September:
Walk for 30 minutes a day 6 days a week
Log all my food daily
Hit at least 10,000 steps 6 days a week
Strength training...what I can tolerate and build from there
Hit my original goal weight of 150

I am going to be transitioning slowly to a maintaining phase of my journey. But I think I do want to get into the mid 140's. So, I want to take this month to lose weight but slow the process down. I will be doing my morning 5 mile walks during the week but I won't push myself to get the same amount of steps each day. I think about 12-15k per day will be good. I will be adding strength training. I have never been good at maintaining so this will be a learning process and I want to slow my weight loss down and gradually get there.


SW:262
September SW:155
September GW:150 or a few pounds into 140's
UGW:150 or below

September:
1. Logged, rest day
2. Logged, walked, 10k+
3. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
4. Logged, walked, 10k+, strength training
5. Logged, walked, 15k+, strength training
6. Logged, walked, 15k+, weight 154.4
7. Logged, walked, 16k+, strength training
8. Logged, walked, 17k+, strength training
9. Logged, walked, 11k+
10. Logged, strength training
11. Logged, walked, 14k+
12. Logged, walked, 15k+, strength training
13. Logged, walked, 15k+, weight 152

I do intermittent fasting (IF) and my usual eating window is 10 am to 4 pm. (6 hours) Yesterday life got in the way and I couldn't get to my last meal for the day until 8 pm. Not an excuse just a fact. So, I cheated myself out of 4 hours of fasting. I know the main reason my morning weigh-in was a gain was the deviation from my (IF) routine.

Tomorrow I hope to be back on track both with my diet and my IF outine. We'll see.

Sep 4 - Sep 10: 190.0 -185.2 (4.8 Lbs) week-one
Sep 11: 184.8
Sep 12: 183.6
Sep 13: 184.6

Hi! I’m Athena, I’m about to be 33, divorced, and am 5’. I was in Jill’s challenges heavily last year and the year before that and saw great progress, I got to 139. I went back into old habits and have been fluctuating between 155 and 153. I’m ready to start making progress again!

Starting weight: 153
Goal weight: 126
Month goal: 151

🍁Goals🍁

🍂 Drink 3 jugs of water a day
🍃 Work out 4Xs a week
🍂 Portion control
🍃 Track weight

Sept. 6: 153
Sept. 7: 153
Sept. 8: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 9: 153 💃
Sept. 10: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 11: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 12: 153 💪
Sept. 13: 152 🏃‍♀️
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Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »

@ddainiak Your pantry looks so organized and nice. I am awful at organization...I mean really terrible. I have often fantasized about hiring an organization expert to come to my house and help me organize. How much do you charge? 😜😉

Ha! The question should be - how long does it stay that way. Unfortunately, I am not very consistent. I get a urge to clean and the house is beautiful, and then the next day it's just not! I've tried to keep to a schedule, but since noone is keeping me accountable, it just goes by the wayside. Now if there were a MFP challenges for housework? 😜

Got back on my Intermittent fasting (IF) routine yesterday but the results haven't caught up yet. It always takes time for my body to get in sync with my routine. I like IF but one thing I'm considering changing is the emphasis on my morning meal (BREAK)fast. I've heard you should eat breakfast like a lion, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

For my IF, I've been only eating twice during my 6-hour eating window. Breakfast at 10 am and dinner at 4 pm. The bulk of my calories are at dinner. I'm going to try to eat more like a lion at breakfast so I can fuel up for the day. We'll see how that works. Roar!!!!!!

Sep 4 - Sep 10: 190.0 -185.2 (4.8 Lbs) week-one
Sep 11: 184.8
Sep 12: 183.6
Sep 13: 184.6
Sep 14: 184.8

Hi! I’m Athena, I’m about to be 33, divorced, and am 5’. I was in Jill’s challenges heavily last year and the year before that and saw great progress, I got to 139. I went back into old habits and have been fluctuating between 155 and 153. I’m ready to start making progress again!

Starting weight: 153
Goal weight: 126
Month goal: 151

🍁Goals🍁

🍂 Drink 3 jugs of water a day
🍃 Work out 4Xs a week
🍂 Portion control
🍃 Track weight

Sept. 6: 153
Sept. 7: 153
Sept. 8: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 9: 153 💃
Sept. 10: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 11: 153 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 12: 153 💪
Sept. 13: 152 🏃‍♀️
Sept. 14: 153 💃
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Hi, I'm a 50 yo married female, 5'6", and tired of looking and feeling like I do. I’m making changes to get out of the Obese category, to look good in my clothing, and to have confidence in public again.

Heaviest Weight: 221 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 165
Starting Weight Aug 2023: 212.7

September Goals:
Lose 2 lbs. | Consistently log food | Bike &/or Treadmill 4 days a week | Aim for 7 hours sleep/day

1 Sep: 207.1
2 Sep: 206.6
3 Sep: 207.1 - We had chips+ with our salads yesterday. Still logged it all, but knew the number would go up. Also entering cycle bloat, so this will fluctuate over the next week. Cycles are in sometimes mode, and irregular with M, so who knows right now. : )
4 Sep: 208.6 - Bloat + an open bag of pretzels. But it's back to food & exercise plan today.
5 Sep: 207.6
6 Sep: 206.7
7 Sep: 206.8
8 Sep: 206.9
9 Sep: 208.2 -- Pizza & sodium. I haven't had pizza in weeks and to be honest, when we went to bed last night, both my husband and I felt gross after greasy food and we both said we're looking forward to salads tomorrow. This morning I'm going to Instapot a bunch of chicken breasts that we can use on salads and in soup for the week ahead. I'm glad we've detoxed enough to notice how less healthy food feels when we have it. It's been a while since we could tell the difference.
10 Sep: 208.1
11 Sep: 209.8
12 Sep: 207.9
13 Sep: 207.7
14 Sep: 206.6
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Here in hopes to shed some baby weight, I am pretty good with daily excercices but my diet is a mess right now 🙈

September Start Weight: 59.8kg / 131.8lbs (Aug 31st)
September Goal Weight: 57.x kg/ 125lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 55kg / 121 lbs

Sept 01: 59.6 kg / 131.4 lbs
Sept 02: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
Sept 03: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs (uh, not too excited about stepping on the scales tomorrow.. sweets are my kryptonite)
Sept 04: 59.5kg / 131.2 lbs (this made me smile in the morning, maybe should stick to sweets then, jk)
Sept 05: 59.5kg /131.2 lbs
Sept 06: 59.6kg / 131.4 lbs (enjoyed some cake as today my baby turns 1)
Sept 07: 59.5 kg /131.2 lbs
Sept 08: 59.3 kg / 130.7 lbs (had a big family gathering to celebrate my one year old)
Sept 09: 59.7 kg / 131.6 lbs
Sept 10: 59.7 kg /131.6 lbs
Sept 11: 59.9 kg / 132.0 lbs (starting a meal plan today, will try to improve my results)
Sept 12: 59.5 kg / 131.2 lbs
Sept 13: 59.3 kg / 130.7 lbs
Sept 14: 59.0 kg / 130.0 lbs

Hello I'm Darlene. I am 63, married, (Greg), have one daughter, 29 (Allyson) and one 4-year-old Goldendoodle, Monty. I have been with this group since April of this year. I love this group.

Happy Fall

September Goals 🍂
Lose 4 pounds ⚖️
Hit the 1,750 mile marker towards my 2,023 in 2,023. 🏃‍♂️
16k Steps Daily 👣
Drink 6-8 Glasses of Water Daily 💦
Strength Train 3 days a week💪
Tai Chi or Some Stretching exercise 1 day a week 🧘
Log my food daily 🖥️
Read 📖
Do something creative daily - Knit, Crochet, Color, puzzel etc. 🧶 🖍️ 🧩
⚖️ 🏃‍♂️👣💦💪🧘 🖥️ 📖🧶 🖍️ 🧩

Weight Loss to Date: 48.2 Pounds
July Ending Weight: 179.8

Sep 1: 179.8 👣💦💪🖥️📖🧶 🖍️
Sep 2: 179.6 👣💦🖥️📖 🖍️
Sep 3: 179.8👣💦 🖥️ 🧶 🖍️
Sep 4: 179.4👣💦 🖥️ 📖🧶
Sep 5: 179.2 👣 💦🖥️ 📖
Sep 6: 179 💦🧘🖥️We are refinishing our hallway/pantry floor this week, so emptied the pantry, washed the shelves and painted. Busy day - starting refinishing the floors today. It's surprising how much stuff I had in that pantry closet. My living room is filled with junk! Can't wait for it to be finished so I can put my house back in order. Met my 1,600 mile marker yesterday! 😁
Sep 7: 178.6 😁 💦 🖥️ 🖍️ Had a snag in the refinishing yesterday - After sanding for a couple hours yesterday, realized the floors are in worse shape than we thought. The machine we rented wasn't powerful enough to go down as far as we need; so we returned it. Renting a different kind today - hoping it will work! If not, I think we'll need to rip it up and put down a new floor. Regardless, when they are done I will be happy- now a dusty, messy house! YUCK!
Sep 8: 179.6 😠 👣 💦🖥️ 🖍️ It's what I "sort of" expected. Didn't eat all day yesterday until dinnertime. (Working on the floors). I didn't want to cook when were done, so we order a plain cheese pizza. Under my calories for the day, but the sodium gets me every time. On a good note, we finished sanding the floors, and they came out really nice. Today we put the polyurethane one (keeping natural); it has to dry for a couple days and then I can move the stuff back in. Then a full day (or two) of cleaning the rest of the rooms. Even though you put up plastic to keep the dust out - it travels everywhere! Can't wait!
Sep 9: 179.8 😠💦🖥️🧶Don't like the direction I'm going. Hoping it will swish down when I get back into my normal routine. Although I walked yesterday - it was in little spirts - a mile at a time. Although I stayed within my calorie budget, didn't have time to make healty things and didn't eat at regular times. Was ravenous at the end of the day and had salty cashews before I went to bed. On a better note, two coats of polyurethane down. Two (or three if we need it) more today. It's getting close!
Sep 10: 179.6 😐 👣💦💪 🖥️ 🧶The floor has one more coat to go - then touch up any spots at the end; it needs to dry overnight and then I can start moving the stuff back in. Last night I woke up and couldn't sleep - since there is only one more light sand left I cleaned the family room (the farthest room from the foyer). There was even dust INSIDE the TV cabinet - had to take everything out, dust and put everything back. Hoping that it was worth my effort and it doesn't get dusty again today. Thinking about how much I needed to deep clean anyway and how sparkly my house will be next week. 😉
Sep 11: 179.4 👣💦💪 🖥️ 📖 Floors done, kitchen and family room (second time) cleaned. Today can put the shelves back in, and filled. Just need to keep the stuff off the floor. Also is Hubby's birthday today, so will celebrate tonight with dinner of his choice.
Sep 12: 179.4 👣💦💪 🖥️ 📖 🖍️ We ended up going out to dinner on the lake. I had a lovely peach and Burrata salad, but with the glass of beer and dessert (and a couple of hubby's fries), went over my calorie limit. When I got home, I worked off the extra so I could end the day under. This was the view of the lake with a beautiful rainbow.
Sep 13: 178.6 😁👣💦💪 🖥️ 📖And look at that! A little normalcy and whoosh! The pantry is back in order - just my office left to clean (my old dining room). It was messy to begin with so it will be nice to get it done. Here's my organized pantry!
Sep 14: 178.6 👣💦🖥️ 🖍️ Trivia last night; made some good choices. I had a burger, without the bun, and a side salad instead of fries. A seltzer with lemon instead of the beer. We tied for third place with a score of 0! LOL. For the last question, you can answer and get it right to double your score for the whole game, do nothing and keep your score, or answer and get it wrong and lose all your points for the game. A lot of teams guessed, we all got it wrong, so we all tied for third. The top two teams didn't answer. Unfortunately, we lost the tie breaker so didn't come up with a prize this week. (They give gift certificates to the restaurant to come back another time). We haven't been in a few weeks, I forgotten what great fun it is.
Sep 15: 178.4 We made 2 gallons of homemade salsa yesterday with the abundance of tomatoes and peppers in the garden. Yummy; but ate a few chips - made sure I drank plenty of water to compensate and it looks ok so far. Sometimes it shows up the next day though, we'll see tomorrow.