😀😀😀***OCTOBER 2023 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀

October Start Weight: 254
October Goal Weight: 240
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

October 1: 254
October 8: 253.4
October 15: 251.6
October 22: 247.6
October 29: 244.8
October 31:

My name is Donna. I am 63 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall.

Start Weight (from Sept 30th, 2023 ): 188.2
Goal Weight: 184.2 (4 pound loss)

End of Challenge Weight: xxxxx
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)




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)-


10/08-186.2-(Trend Weight: 188.9)-

10/15-187.0-(Trend Weight: 186.6)-

10/22-185.6-(Trend Weight: 186.2)- I made a little more progress than I realized for the week. I love doing my daily weigh-in challenges, but my weekly one’s really give me the bigger picture, as does my trend weight. I’ve really had a tough week with cravings. While that’s not completely out of the ordinary, it has been extraordinarily worse than usual. I’m learning that even one tiny bit of sugar triggers me which is sad. @Rubyred427 , I really like the idea of your printed “menus” to choose from. It would feel a bit like a restaurant and a splurge to me to see all my choices so clearly.

10/29-185.6-(Trend Weight: 185.6)- Well, as you can tell by the nice drop in my trend weight, I did pretty good this week, until I didn’t (last night). I ended up going out to dinner with my DD and ordered everything wrong and then cleaned my plate. In the olden days, that would have made me a good girl. Nowadays….yeah, not so much. Hopefully lots of water and TMI will help me before my final end-of-month weigh-in two days from now. Ugh, chasing my own tail, yet again.


10/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-


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

🏈🍁🍂I’m a 5’2”, soon to be eligible for Medicare girl from the Pacific Northwest. Took a “break” from weighing and logging over the last few months… always a mistake! Gained back 6 or 7 pounds. Time to get back on track, one jug of water at a time! One pound a week seems like a good goal for October!🍂🍁🏈

October Start Weight: 148.2
October Goal Weight: 143.2
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135.0

October 1: 147.5
October 8: 145.8
October 15: 144.5
October 22: 141.9
October 29: 141.8
October 31:

Ok, as hoped, pizza already "processed" :-D

October Start Weight: 58.5 kilos
October Goal Weight: 58.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: (54?)

October 1: 58.5
October 8: 58.5 - no loss but also no gain, it' ok for now :-)
October 15: 58.2 😊
October 22: 57.8 😊
October 29: 58.1 - gain, but yesterday's dinner was pizza: usually it doesn't last and I re-lost the day after, so let's see on 31st :-)
October 30: 57.3 - pizza has already gone :-)

Height: 5’ 5
Highest MFP weight: 183
October Start Weight: 168
October Goal Weight: 160
Ultimate Goal Weight: 153

October 1: 168
October 8: 165.8 - had a slow start to the week but trusted the process and my whoosh yesterday and today. I’m controlled over my diet but have to work hard to get steps in.
October 15:164.6 - have had a weird week. Have been on point with my food, water and steps but not many bowel movements and my body has clung to the same weigh range all week!!! This is the least amount of weight I have lost over a week since I started 54 odd days ago. But aim is to get to 160 by the end of the month and have another two weeks to lose 4.6 lbs 🤓🤓🤓
October 22: 166 😭😭😭 I have been down with a flu and cold this week. I KNOW I have eaten within my calories this week so my body has been holding onto this weight. I know it will eventually drop it once it decides I’m feeling better. I have looked at my previous weight loss weigh ins and the 168-164 lb range was hard for me last year too. It took me a whole month to move past 164 lbs - maybe that’s a weight where my body is set to be comfortable? Regardless there are 10 more days left to move the scales. I doubt I will hot 160 by the end of the month but 162 is achievable. Wish me luck 🫣
October 30: 160.8
October 31:

Weight tracking goals:

October Start Weight: 129.8 lbs
October Goal Weight: 125 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 122 lbs

October 1: 129.8
October 8: 128.4
October 15:128.2
October 22: 127.2
October 29: 126.4
October 31:

Won’t lie, tough week. Little surprised by scale, but will take it. Not exercising enough due to this stupid pain but getting more tests and in physio so working to stay positive. Our dog is still with us so enjoying the time we have left. Working to not let a bad night ruin a whole week. Meal by meal. Step by step. Wishing people a good week.
Remember - buy Candy late (when on sale) for Halloween and whatever you don’t use - get rid of asap. Also - don’t steal your kids’ treats! 😜

Not happy with this months result. Will be back in November challenge

October goals
October Start Weight: 114.7
October Goal Weight: 110kg
Ultimate Goal Weight: 90kg
October 1: 114.7
October 8: 113.4
October 15: 113.3
October 22: 113.5
October 29: 115
October 31: 114.4

So, in October I lost more than expected/hoped... but it's still in healthy range (1.2 kg in a month), so okay.


October Start Weight: 58.5 kilos
October Goal Weight: 58.0 ---> real: 57.3
Ultimate Goal Weight: (54?)

October 1: 58.5
October 8: 58.5 - no loss but also no gain, it' ok for now :-)
October 15: 58.2 😊
October 22: 57.8 😊
October 29: 58.1 - gain, but yesterday's dinner was pizza: usually it doesn't last and I re-lost the day after, so let's see on 31st :-)
October 30: 57.3 - pizza has already gone :-)
October 31: 57.3 confirmed (I've been here all week, but for the post-pizza day)

See you in November :-)

Happy Halloween!

Starting weight January 1st: 224.5
January weight lost: 7.7 pounds
February weight lost: 5 pounds
March weight lost: 6 pounds
April weight lost: 6.5 pounds
May weight lost: 2.6 pounds
June weight lost: 1.6 pounds
July weight lost: 1.3 pounds
August weight lost: up 1 pound
September weight loss: 1.8 pounds
2023 Weight lost through September is 25.9 pounds

Weight loss goal for October: 2 pounds
🎃🐈‍⬛October🍂🌻
October 1: 199.7 Happy October 1st
October 4: 200.1
October 11: 198.8 🎃
October 18: 199.3 👻
October 25: 202.4
October 31: 202.8

October Start Weight: 159.8
October Goal Weight:156.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 148

October 1: 159.8
October 8: 157.8
October 15: 157.4
October 22: 156.7
October 29: 155.8
October 31: 156.0

Made my goal, spot on. I'm happy with slow but steady loss. I've had fluctuations but have also been tracking on the Happy Scale app which calculates "trend weight" and that keeps me less fixated on the ups and downs.

See you in November!!

Female, 6 ft.
[MFP Highest Weight: (8/20/18): 264.4]


October Start Weight: 172
October Goal Weight: 172
Ultimate Goal Weight: 172 / Maintenance

October 1: 172
October 31: 172

I have started walking at my community center's indoor track again and using Leslie Sansone Walk At Home videos. I am still tracking my food daily. I usually walk the entire Costco/Sam's Club twice a month. The manager at the community center was amazed at my weight loss, as I hadn't been to the indoor track since January 2023. I started this monthly challenge in October 2022, and it has been a huge motivation.

Oct Start Weight: 301.4
Oct Goal Weight: 296.4

Oct 1: 301.4
Oct 7: 301.2
Oct 14: 304.0
Oct 21: 302.6
Oct 28: 302.2
Oct 31: 304.0 Things didn't go well this month. Here's hoping Nov. is a losing month because we all know what happens in December....

Oct. weight drop: +2.6
Total weight drop todate: 29.0

Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
September 30 (Starting Weight): - 154.8 (10-day average 154.0)
October goal - Get closer to the middle or lower end of maintenance weight.
Ultimate goal - Range between 143 - 153

I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.


September 30: 154.8 (10-day average 154.0)
October 7: 155.0 (10-day average 155.6)
October 14: 154.2 (10-day average 156.4)
October 21: 157.0 (10-day average 156.2)
October 28: 153.0 (10-day average 156.1)
October 31: 154.6 (10-day average 155.7)

Total loss for October: There was essentially no change this month, but that's still good because of two reasons. One is I've slowly been gaining every month since August. The other is that even though my weight went up, it only briefly got over the top of my maintenance range.