FALL 2023 Weight Loss Challenge (OCTOBER, NOVEMBER and DECEMBER ) A Continuation
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I’m in. Looking for some accountability and motivation!
STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL):
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 178
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 150
October 1: 178
October 9:
October 16:
October 23:
October 30:
October Goal: 169
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November 27:
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STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP
healthygirlintransit
(MY FITNESS PAL): April 2020: 250lbs
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 237.4lbs.
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 222 lbs. - lose 15lbs.
October 1: 237.4
October 8:
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October 29:
October Goal: 232lbs
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November 12:
November 19:
November 26:
November Goal: 227lbs
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December 24:
December Goal: 222lbs
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I'm in!
I'm Chris - 72 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Heaviest: 192.2
Fall GW: 145.0
UGW: 140.0
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October Goal: 148.0
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October Loss:
Good luck everyone
Chris1 -
My name is Donna. I am 63 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall.
CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 12 pounds to land at 176.2
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM Sept 30th): 188.2
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
10/01-187.2-(Trend Weight: 189.2)- It was a very good day yesterday. Everything fell into place. Diet, Exercise, Water, Potty. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyday went so smooth?
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Oct Start: 188.2
Oct Goal: 184.2 (4 pound loss): xxxxx
Oct Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: xxxxx
Challenge Weeks to come
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STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): Highest weight ever, around 126kg
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 108.7kg on the 28th of September
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 95-105kg
October 2: 109.5kg yikes
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MFP starting weight: 270.9 lbs (June 27, 2023)
Challenge starting weight: 230.8 lbs (October 1, 2023)
Challenge goal weight: 205.2 lbs (December 31, 2023)
Challenge weight loss goal: 25.6 lbs (2lbs/week or 4.5oz/day)
Challenge weight loss total to date: 0 lbs
(October 1: 230.8 lbs)
October 2:
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October 30:
(October 31:)
Weight loss for this week: 0 lbs
October loss to date: 0 lbs
October goal: 222.4 lbs
October actual: 0 lbs
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November 27:
(November 30:)
November loss to date: 0 lbs
November goal: 213.9 lbs
November actual:
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December 25:
(December 31:)
December loss to date: 0 lbs
December goal: 205.2 lbs
December actual:
No exceptions. No excuses. 🥑3 -
Hello! Logging my official starting weight today at 292.
Up 1 lb from yesterday (I think it's water/bloating or maybe I got a big poop coming soon
). This is why I don't like to weigh in every single day, little fluctuations play with my head.
The next three months are the ones I worry about most because there are typically a lot of celebrations every month. Between my family's religious holiday Samhain and our seasonal 'traditional' fare to all the Halloween festivities and fall festivals, to Thanksgiving and tons of leftovers, to celebrating the Winter Solstice and then all the Christmas and other holiday festivities going on around us, seems there is always candy, baked goods, parties, and food food food.
THE PLAN: I'm gonna keep off the sugar and grains, period, and the starchy veggies, which is a lifestyle change I've made that I prefer to just stick with.
But!!! --that doesn't mean I'm not gonna give myself a break with calorie/carb count once in a while. You gotta live lol. I'm just not going overboard. A few extra low-carb treats or a bigger plate of low-carb meals is fine on occasion.
I've already told my family to expect changes.
For Starters, I'm not making my traditional fall apple bread this year; I used to make more than a dozen loafs and share them and freeze some for the next couple of months. I don't eat sugar & flour anymore so I'm gonna adjust my favorite flourless nut-butter bread recipe to make with pumpkin puree and spices and pumpkin seeds to see how that goes.
For our big Samhain dinner, which is traditionally beef stew with gravy and starchy root veggies, and buttermilk biscuits and such, I'm making a low carb beef stew by not thickening the juices and swapping out the veggies. I'll put some baked potatoes on the side for the carb eaters. Also I'm making egg white cloud bread rolls w/no flour.
For Halloween I'm buying less candy so there is no leftovers. Not buying till the day before and giving away whatever is left the day after. I'm making myself some nice low-carb candy and fat bombs to enjoy.
Finally, NO PUMPKIN SPICED LATTES. Too triggering and too disruptive to my new way of eating, I'm just staying away. I'm enjoying my coffee w/fat or w/heavy cream these days, maybe I'll experiment a bit with some cinnamon and spices in it. I also really love apple cinnamon tea to I got a box of it to keep around as I reach for it a lot more as the weather chills up.
Details about me:
Mac, Female, 54 y.o.
High fat/low carb diet
Fitness: slow walking & physical therapy (working thru some mobility issues)
Highest known weight: 374
Weight at start of challenge: 292
Challenge Weight Loss Goal: 274
Total weight loss challenge goal: 18
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October 30:
October Goal: 7 lbs.
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LunasPaigeLily wrote: »I am on mental health medications that increase my appetite and decrease my ability to become satiated
If you haven't already, look into increasing your fiber intake, it helps with satiety. (Always drink plenty of water when consuming fiber-rich foods, like avocados/nuts/seeds/fruit/whole grains; or fiber supplements, such as psyllium husk.)
Also: decreasing sugar/carbs, and increasing the amount of healthy fats in your diet (from nuts & seeds, avocados, olive/walnut/avocado oil) can help you not feel ravenous all the time. You got this!1 -
Thanks @jedaschultz for this new challenge 💐 I love this format of focusing on an entire season. So much fun to see the difference that my daily efforts have on my quarterly progress.0
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@deepwoodslady Shouldn't your dates be in dark green now instead of turquoise? Or am I reading that wrong?0
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takinitalloff wrote: »@deepwoodslady Shouldn't your dates be in dark green now instead of turquoise? Or am I reading that wrong?
@takinitalloff No, I am only scratching the numbers off on my colorful chart. I just recently scratched off the 190's (which was typed in turquoise) and am now going to work on the 180's (which is typed in green). The colors of the numbers are just to keep the chart colorful and cheery lol.1 -
MacLowCarbing wrote: »This is why I don't like to weigh in every single day, little fluctuations play with my head.
I used to get sooo discouraged by the weight fluctuations. I never had a particularly consistent schedule for weighing in: sometimes I'd weigh myself daily for a while and then switch to weekly, or skip a few weeks/months. Every time my weight went down, I'd pat myself on the back for having done the right thing the day before. Every time my weight went up, I'd get mad at myself for having eaten too much, or the wrong things, the day before; and then I'd throw in the towel because "what's the point anyway, I just can't do this." So I kept on yo-yo'ing, constantly going back and forth between weight loss and weight gain, between new resolve and despair.
I'm gonna show you something interesting: these are my weight graphs for the past month, and the past three months. I have weighed in every single day during those months, no exceptions. Take a close look. Do you see all those bumps and stalls?
The funny thing is that I have been eating exactly the same number of calories (within 10 calories or so) every. single. day. during this time period. And my macros/sodium intake, etc. are very consistent, too. I'm super, super detailed about my food planning, to make sure the numbers remain consistent. Those spots on the graph where you can see my weight staying the same, or going up? I did the exact same things the day before those points in time that I did every other day. Literally (I can show you the food graphs if you want, lol). No change. And yet that graph is not a straight line!
I decided in the summer that I was going to weigh myself daily no matter what, and track that weight honestly, no matter what. For the first time in my life I tracked every single thing I ate, and tracked my weight every single day, and now I have all that data to look back on. What it shows me is that my weight fluctuates regardless of how consistent I am with everything I do. You know what this means? I did nothing particularly right when my weight goes down suddenly. I did nothing wrong when it goes up, either! It just fluctuates, because the body is not a machine. It doesn't matter. What matters is that I stick to my long-term plan (pre-plan my meals according to my goals, get my exercise & rest, eat fiber & drink water). I decided what I was going to do, and I do it every single day no matter what my weight is doing. That's it. And in the long run, my weight has been going down quite consistently (about 10 lbs a month).
I would encourage you to think of your weight loss efforts & progress with kindness. You are doing the best you can. As long as you stick with your plan, you will continue to lose weight over the long term. The day-to-day differences don't matter at all. Now if you look back at a month's worth of no progress, then yes, re-evaluate what you're doing, and make some changes. But a day's worth, or even a week's worth, of no progress? Don't worry about that, just keep going.2 -
MFP starting weight: 183 lbs 22 August 2023
Challenge starting weight: 168 October 1, 2023
Challenge goal weight: 149 lbs (December 31, 2023)
Challenge weight loss goal: 19 lbs
Challenge weight loss total to date: 0 lbs
October 1: 168
October 2:
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October 30:
(October 31:)
October loss to date: 0 lbs
October goal: 160 lbs
October actual: 0 lbs
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November loss to date: 0 lbs
November goal: 152 lbs
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December 25:
(December 31:)
December loss to date: 0 lbs
December goal: 149
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STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): August 23, 2023
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 197
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 20 pounds
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October Goal: 190
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So another mistery drop that I will se back tomorrow. Before it disappears. Might just be that I am less stressed than I have been lately.
Tried a new snack yesterday that I saw on FB titled *kitten* white people eat. It was a carrot wrapped in a cheese slice. I quite liked it. When the evening comes and I start craving cheese I will repeat that instead of sneaking 3 slices of cheese carrots are healthy.
Not sure the puppy is loving the dark Season so far. She doesn't really seem to want to get up when it's dark in the morning.
STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): 30th of january 2014 i weighed 79 kg.
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 77.6
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 4 kg
October 1: 77.6 kg
October 2:76.8
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October 30:
October Goal: 75
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November Goal:73
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2023
Challenge starting weight: 168 October 1, 2023
Challenge goal weight: 149 lbs (December 31, 2023)
Challenge weight loss goal: 19 lbs
Challenge weight loss total to date: 0 lbs
October 1: 168
October 2: 167.8
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October loss to date: 0 lbs
October goal: 160 lbs
October actual: 0 lbs
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November loss to date: 0 lbs
November goal: 152 lbs
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December loss to date: 0 lbs
December goal: 149
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STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL):
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 172lbs
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 10lbs
October 2: 172lbs
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October Goal: 2-4lbs
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STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): Jul 2023 - 235lbs
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 214 lbs.
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 194 lbs. - lose 20 lbs.
October 2: 214
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October Goal: 208 lbs
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Weight loss for this week: Do not plan on weighing throughout the week. I plan on one weigh in day each week.
Current challenge loss: 0
Challenge Weight loss goal: 204 -
STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): 181.8 31Dec2011
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 178.0 01Oct2023
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 15 pounds
October 2: 177.6
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I started MFP years ago (originally 2012 maybe?) back when I was at my highest of around 205lbs I think. Over the last 10-11 years I’ve yo-yoed with my weight as low as 180 to as high as 265, had a baby (Oct. 2021) and as of September this year found myself at my heaviest ever - 275lbs.
MFP has worked for me before as long as I’ve been consistent and put the work in.
I need this for myself the most, I feel my best when I track everything, weighin everyday and see the trend go down over the course of the week.
My job is pretty active and keeps my steps high…but I just got laid off over the weekend so I need the extra motivation to keep the movement up and the accountability to do more if it doesn’t.
With the holidays coming up I know it’s going to be hard, but I’ll just have to try harder.
Thanks!
STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): 275.4 Sept. 6, 2023
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 254.8
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 240
October 2: 254.8
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