🍁🦃November Dailly Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🏈🍂

zukppi75 · November 2023

Hi everyone! Updating...

| Day        | kg (morning) | Total cal | Cal remaining |
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
| Mon Nov  6 | 125.5        | 1336      | 542           |
| Tue Nov  7 | 124.4        | 1554      | 295           |
| Wed Nov  8 | 124.0        | 1635      | 15            |
| Thu Nov  9 | 123.4        | 1657      | 201           |
| Fri Nov 10 | 123.4        | 1870      | -220          | 
| Sat Nov 11 | 123.8        | 2088      | -238          |
| Sun Nov 12 | 124.3        | 1721      | -71           |
| Mon Nov 13 | 123.5        | 2044      | -236          |
| Tue Nov 14 | 123.3        |           |               |

Yesterday I felt a weird hunger at night, while having zero calories left. I ate reasonably healthy during the day, so maybe I overstimated the calories in the tracking, or I don't know what happened.

To stop the hunger, I decided to eat something healthy: boiled eggs and a piece of white cheese, that's why I had that negative balance.

ManifestingToday · November 2023

I have a question for those that are tracking steps: What are you using to track them? A fitness watch or device? Manually calculating using an algorithm?

I've had various fitness watches over the years, but they always seemed to count arm bounces, random movements, and just weren't accurate enough. I'd like to get something, but I don't feel like throwing my money away on yet another device just to be disappointed.

andreajlnhe · November 2023

Hi All, I am a busy mother of five slowly working my way to my goal weight. During September I entered my "Normal" BMI category and am now about 10 pounds from my ultimate goal. This will be my 3rd month in this challenge. I had never weighed myself daily before this challenge, and I am finding it to be so helpful and informative to weigh and check in daily.

My goal for November is to NOT GET DERAILED BY THANKSGIVING. 🦃 🥧 😊 Let me tell you, I can really get derailed by a holiday. I may or may not log on Thanksgiving or the day after, and that's OK. But my Thanksgiving goal is to log daily from Saturday the 25th through the end of the month.

Starting weight September 1: 141.0

Starting weight November 1: 132.8

Goal for November: 130.4 Considering Thanksgiving, I'm setting my goal a tad on the conservative side.

November 1: 132.8 I logged 🍁
November 2: 132.8 I logged 🍁
November 3: 131.4 I logged 🍁 Very happy with today's weight. Over the past week there have been several days that I ate at maintenance, and a couple days I ate well over maintenance. It was hard to tell if I was needlessly eating more, or if I really needed the additional calories. I've already got my activity level set to almost the highest one, and I haven't even gone running or done any exercise for over a week. I guess I walk constantly around the house, dealing with the children and doing housework, always on my feet, and I frequently have to do up and down the stairs to deal with something or put something away, so maybe that burns a lot sometimes. For a while there I thought I was "failing" because I could not hit my calorie goal.
November 4: 131.0 I logged 🍁
November 5: 130.8
November 6: 132.2 I logged 🍁
November 7: 131.8 I logged 🍁
November 8: 131.4 I logged 🍁
November 9: 131.2
November 10: 131.2 I logged 🍁 Had a really bad day yesterday. Ended up overeating and eating too much chocolate. Hopefully it won't cause my weight to spike up. Today is a new day.
November 11: 131.0 I logged 🍁
November 12: 131.2 I logged 🍁 OK, time to break through this number, lol.
November 13: 130.6 I logged 🍁
November 14: 130.2
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HASWLRS · November 2023

@ManifestingToday I am curious as to how you want to use the step count information? Is it just so you know how active you have actually been or is it for more calories to work with? I use a Fitbit and it is a game changer for me. My lifestyle is sedentary. So, MFP gives me 1,200 calories to work with. Personally, I cannot survive on 1,200; some people can. So my Fitbit and MFP, which are linked together, give me more calories to eat the more I move beyond sedentary. For example, yesterday I had 9,214 steps according to Fitbit which translated to 768 more calories to play with in my food diary on MFP. And I find these numbers work for me. Does my Fitbit count "steps" when I am stuffing statements into envelopes for a few hours? Yes, it does, but it all still works for me.

HASWLRS · November 2023

zukppi75 wrote: »

Yesterday I felt a weird hunger at night, while having zero calories left. I ate reasonably healthy during the day, so maybe I overestimated the calories in the tracking, or I don't know what happened.

To stop the hunger, I decided to eat something healthy: boiled eggs and a piece of white cheese, that's why I had that negative balance.

@zukppi75 Definitely better to eat something healthy and go slightly over than to eat "junk" food and go way over! Sometimes if I have a few days in a row that I have left maybe too many calories on the table, I will reach a point like you did where I am just hungry and I need to eat more. You could try saving some more of your calories for the evening to allow for a planned healthy snack.

iLive2Walk · November 2023

Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a few months now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). Been with this group since the spring - my favorite group for support!

My goals for 🦃November🦃 - simplifying them this month - too hard to keep track of everything last month

⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - bringing me out of the obese category and into overweight
👣 17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range

⚖️👣📝🥗

Highest Weight: 228
October Ending Weight: 169.6

Nov 1: 171 - 👣 📝 🥗 17K Steps Not off to a good start - but it's temporary!
Nov 2: DNW - 📝 4K Steps Tough day for eating and exercise yesterday. It was our monthly visit to my husband's 91 year old cousin who lives about 2 hours away. Leave at 5:30 AM - have breakfast and lunch with her (not good choices) and then a long drive back home later in the afternoon. We got back home at 6:00. Lovely visit, but it makes for a long day and I am exhausted when I get home. I hit the left over Halloween candy for dinner, no exercise at all, couldn't sleep (probably too much sugar). It's just a temporary situation (didn't I say that yesterday?)! Will get back to it today!
Nov 3: 170.4 👣 📝🥗 23K Steps Good day yesterday; everything on track and on my way back. As a reward for making my 2,023 goal hubby said to get the new Garmin Fitness tracker that I have been eyeing. It came a couple of days ago and I've been trying to figure it out; wearing both the Fitbit and Garmin. Today will switch to totally Garmin. Hubby is getting the Fitbit.
Nov 4: 170.2 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A slow creep in the right direction. Girls day at the casino today - my sisters and aunt are going. Wish me luck! I should still be ok. I'm eating my breakfast before I go, will bring a protein bar and fruit for my lunch and will be home for dinner. And I won't be drinking (I have to drive home).
Nov 5: 170.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps
Nov 6: 170.6 👣📝🥗 21K Steps Ugh - I've been struggling to see a decrease this week. The only thing I can think of is that I haven't been reaching my water goal. Will concentrate on that today and hope for a whoosh!
Nov 7: 169.6 👣📝🥗 20K Steps Finally back to my October ending weight. Now to keep it below the 170s for good.
Nov 8: 168.4 😁 👣📝🥗 23K Steps My first smile this month! Woo Hoo! Guess who is no longer "obese"! 😉
Nov 9: 169.8 👣📝🥗 21K Steps Expected an uptick, and am actually glad that it is not more. Trivia Night last night (took 2nd place) - over my sodium goal and used all my calories from exercise.
Nov 10: 169.6 👣 📝 🥗 20K Steps
Nov 11: 169.8 👣 📝 🥗 22K Steps A slow creep in the wrong directiion. Went out to dinner, self sabatoge. Time to get back to it!
Nov 12: 169.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A beautiful day in Connecticut yesterday. After my morning walk, spent the day cleaning up the yard - harvested the last of the herbs (froze for later), cleaned up the garden, put away the summer yard stuff. Then relaxed the rest of the day. I'm reading Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes again before I go see the movie next week.
Nov 13: 169.4 👣📝🥗 20K Steps A chilly start to the day, but beautiful. Got in 20K steps all week - I love walking in the cold weather. It's bingo night with Mom tonight - I HAVE to resist the desserts that everyone brings - gotta get that scale to move!
Nov 14: 168.4 😁 👣📝🥗 19K Steps

deepwoodslady · November 2023

ManifestingToday wrote: »

I have a question for those that are tracking steps: What are you using to track them? A fitness watch or device? Manually calculating using an algorithm?

I've had various fitness watches over the years, but they always seemed to count arm bounces, random movements, and just weren't accurate enough. I'd like to get something, but I don't feel like throwing my money away on yet another device just to be disappointed.

@ManifestingToday I use my fitbit. You can wear it on your ankle for more accurate step counting. You will just need a bit of a larger band. I bought a totally stretchy fabric band for mine on Amazon so it can adjust easily to my ankle. When shopping with a grocery cart, I do not always get credit for my steps on my arm and it is then when I like to wear it on the ankle.

iLive2Walk · November 2023

ManifestingToday wrote: »

I have a question for those that are tracking steps: What are you using to track them? A fitness watch or device? Manually calculating using an algorithm?

I've had various fitness watches over the years, but they always seemed to count arm bounces, random movements, and just weren't accurate enough. I'd like to get something, but I don't feel like throwing my money away on yet another device just to be disappointed.

I had been a fitbit user with my latest the Inspire 3 - which I like a lot but was losing charge. As a gift for making my 2,023 goal hubby said to get another one and a lot of people suggested the Garmin, so thought I would give it a try; so I just got the Garmin Venue. I'm thinking it is a little more accurate; it's hooked to GPS so records my actual walks. Not as user friendly as the FitBit - but I like it so far. A lot more bells and whistles; probably more than I will ever use. It doesn't stay charged as long as my fitbit did when it was new; probably because of the GPS feature. I agree with @HASWLRS, sometimes I get more steps than I should because I "knit", but it is also has been my godsend. A great motivator for me to get up and move and to record my goals. I would never be without one again. Both the FitBit and Garmin can be hooked up with MFP. My profile is set to to sedentary as well, which also gives me 1,200 calories. I know that I an not sedentary - but since my fitness watch is attached, it records all my exercise and give me extra for the day based on how much I move. I've found what works best for me is to use 1/2 of the calories gain from exercise.

deepwoodslady · November 2023

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

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

Starting Weight (from Oct 31st): 181.4
Goal: 177.4 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

******************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME****************************

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.

11/01-181.2-(Trend Weight 184.5)-

11/02-183.2-(Trend Weight 184.4)-

11/03-182.6-(Trend Weight 184.2)-

11/04-184.0-(Trend Weight 184.2)-

11/05-184.6-(Trend Weight 184.2)-

11/06-185.4-(Trend Weight 184.3)-

11/07-183.6-(Trend Weight 184.3)-

11/08-182.6-(Trend Weight 184.1)-

11/09-183.2-(Trend Weight 184.0)-

11/10-183.0-(Trend Weight 183.9)-

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11/13-183.8-(Trend Weight 184.3)- Up 0.8 since my last weigh-in. That Chinese buffet during my travel really did me in! I’m sure the lack of movement and exercise didn’t help either. I was hoping to do well during the easy part of the month (first half) but I’m up 2.4 lbs overall so you can imagine my disappointment! The 2nd half will be harder with the Thanksgiving weekend events and the kick-off to all things seasonal. I’ve got to really focus going into the second half of November since my first half leaves so much to be desired.

11/14-182.6-(Trend Weight 184.1)- My son and I have lots of local errands to run today. Tomorrow we may travel out of town as he is getting very low on his foods (his diet is so limited from the Autism). I would much rather wait until later (maybe the weekend) for the trip so that I can try to shed this Kalamazoo weight before adding insult to injury with more travels. Hopefully we’ll find enough to tide him over while we are out today. Local prices are very high and the choices are so limited.

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HASWLRS · November 2023

ddainiak wrote: »

ManifestingToday wrote: »

I have a question for those that are tracking steps: What are you using to track them? A fitness watch or device? Manually calculating using an algorithm?

I've had various fitness watches over the years, but they always seemed to count arm bounces, random movements, and just weren't accurate enough. I'd like to get something, but I don't feel like throwing my money away on yet another device just to be disappointed.

I had been a fitbit user with my latest the Inspire 3 - which I like a lot but was losing charge. As a gift for making my 2,023 goal hubby said to get another one and a lot of people suggested the Garmin, so thought I would give it a try; so I just got the Garmin Venue. I'm thinking it is a little more accurate; it's hooked to GPS so records my actual walks. Not as user friendly as the FitBit - but I like it so far. A lot more bells and whistles; probably more than I will ever use. It doesn't stay charged as long as my fitbit did when it was new; probably because of the GPS feature. I agree with @HASWLRS, sometimes I get more steps than I should because I "knit", but it is also has been my godsend. A great motivator for me to get up and move and to record my goals. I would never be without one again. Both the FitBit and Garmin can be hooked up with MFP. My profile is set to to sedentary as well, which also gives me 1,200 calories. I know that I an not sedentary - but since my fitness watch is attached, it records all my exercise and give me extra for the day based on how much I move. I've found what works best for me is to use 1/2 of the calories gain from exercise.

@ddainiak I suppose using half of your exercise calories makes sense for you as you get ~20K steps a day, right? That would be a lot of extra food to eat! I know on some of my more active days, I have many calories left on the table because it is time for bed; just couldn't eat that much!

iLive2Walk · November 2023

@haswlrs Exactly right, that's why I don't use them all most days. But, knowing that I can is reassuring when I need it.

smoran98 · November 2023

Nov
1 176.3 📔🏓💧💕💤
2 175.2 📔🏓💧💕💤
3 176.4📔🏓💧💕💤
4 176.2 📔🏓💧💤
5 172.6 📔🏓🏓🏓💧💤
6 169.8 📔🏓💧💤
7 173.3 📔🏋️‍♂️💧💤🏃‍♀️
8 172.1 📔🏓💧💤
9 172.6 📔🏓💧💤
10 172.9 📔🏃‍♀️💧💤
11 172.0 📔🏋️‍♂️💧💤
12 172.0 📔🏃‍♀️💧💤
13 173.2 📔🏓💦💤
14 175.0 🤬🤬🤬🤬📔🏓🏓💦💤 go figure😭 it BETTER be muscle mass!

ozdeelite · November 2023

Another frustrating gain. Obviously losing weight is a huge struggle. I just wish it were easier. I was 14kgs lighter last year.

Daily weigh in

November goals : 111 kgs
November Start Weight: 114.5

November 1: 114.5 kgs
November 7: 112.6 kgs
November 8: 113 kgs
November 9: 114.2 kgs
November 10: 114.1 kgs
November 11: 113.5 kgs
November 12: 113:4 kgs
November 13: 112.9 kgs
November 14: 113.1 kgs
November 15: 113.2 kgs
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ManifestingToday · November 2023

@HASWLRS @deepwoodslady @ddainiak Thank you!

@HASWLRS , my main focus is just seeing how many steps I'm taking per day, or when I'm dancing, doing aerobics, etc. If I'm on a treadmill, I can at least see I walked X miles, but when I'm doing some kind of generic walking, I was hoping I could count my steps or have a more reliable measurement of my exercise.

I do sometimes use the step count to allow more calories too.

@ddainiak I knit and weave Mon-Fri, and in general move my hands around for hours a day.

Which is why I was wondering how accurate everyone's devices are, and if they happen to count hand motions as steps. I had a generic FitBit knockoff type watch that counted every movement, which made it useless. I had some other device that was just too sensitive. My husband has an apple watch and some other watch, both that track way too many things. I might look at a FitBit if I plan to buy something -- I love the look of them, and I know that they *generally* have decent battery life.

@deepwoodslady I will steal this idea to wear it on my ankle. My husband is letting me try his old Google watch, that apparently has a step counter. I don't have a stretchy band for it, but I can figure it out how to rig it for now to put it on my ankle. Thank you for the idea.

And thank you to for all the responses.

StirredIntention · November 2023

Monthly Habits:
Log all my food 🥙
Work out 3x/week 🏃‍♀️
8 glasses of water💧
Self Care Activity 🧶

Sept weightloss: 6.7 lbs
Oct weightloss: 3.1 lbs

🍁🍂Nov Monthly goal: lose 2 pounds

1: 🥙💧
2: 🥙🧶💧 I didn't get much sleep this night so I opted out of a work out and instead of reading a book and heading to bed early. Meal prepped a delish chicken salad and turning in for the night 💤
3: 🥙 🧶my best friend came into town and we had martinis and went to a comedy show. Over in calories but walked the city and overall a great day ❤️
4: 🥙🧶💧
5: 🥙🧶🏃‍♀️ Had the best weekend and finished it up with a long walk through the park with one of my kiddos.
6: 🥙🧶🏃‍♀️💧
7: 🥙💧
8:🥙💧🧶 Work has been long the last few days but I finished my last presentation this morning and am ready to relax tonight
9: 🥙💧
10: 🥙
11: 🥙🏃‍♀️
12: 🥙🏃‍♀️💧this was a whirlwind weekend - my daughter was in the community theater production of "Mean Girls" and at this point I've seen the show so many times I could be an understudy...I knew the weekend would be rough and planned in a few workouts and tracked as I went. Ready for a few months without baseball practices and musical rehearsals as we head into the holidays 🎀
13: 🥙💧My Monday was 12 years long lol. But I tracked and didn't fall off track. Making a drink and catching up on some reality TV now🍸
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toniiaa28 · November 2023

November Start Weight: 98.5 kg
November Goal Weight: 95kg
Ultimate Goal Weight: 65kg

November 1: 98.5 kg

November 2: 98.60 kg

November 3: 98.20 kg

November 6: 99.60 kg

November 7: 98.85 kg

November 8: 99.00 kg

November 9: 98.95 kg

November 10: 97.95 kg

November 11: 97.60 kg

November 12: 97.25 kg

November 13: 96.80kg

November 14: 96.35kg

November 15: 96.10kg

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jm216 · November 2023

Hello, I’m Jill. 🥰I’m 53, 5’7” and I live in Michigan.

My goals for November🍂 :
⚖️Weigh- in daily
📝Log daily
🙆‍♀️Stretch daily

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
October weight loss: up 3.1 pounds

November
1: 201.4
2: 199.7 🦃
3: 200.4
4: 201.1
5: 200😍
6: 201.4
7: 201.6
8: 201.8
9: 201.2
10: 201 I'm below what I started on November 1st. Baby Steps!
11: 202.1 Okay! Working through it. Must avoid leftover Halloween candy!
12: 201.8
13: 202.3
14: 201.7
15: 199.5

Jill 🥰

lauramavity7293 · November 2023

My name is Laura. I’m married with two boys. I’ve been on MFP for a while but this is my first time doing a community group discussion.

Starting weight: 243 pounds
Ultimate goal weight: 140 pounds
November start weight: 229.6 pounds
November goal weight: 220 pounds

Goals for November:
🍴 Daily food journal
💧 1/2 weight in ounces of water daily
🙏🏻 Quiet time, journal, meditation
🚣🏻‍♂️ Exercise 35-45 minutes 4 times/week
🍎 Aim for 5 fruit/veg servings/day
✂️ Stay within recommended daily calories

November 1:229.6 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻🚣🏻‍♂️
November 2:228.4 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻🚣🏻‍♂️✂️
November 3:227.6 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻🚣🏻‍♂️
November 4:227.4 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻
November 5:225.8 pounds🍴💧
November 6:226.0 pounds🍴💧🍎✂️
November 7:224.6 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻🚣🏻‍♂️✂️
November 8:224.8 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻
November 9:224.0 pounds🍴🙏🏻
November 10:225.0 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻
November 11:224.4 pounds🍴💧🙏🏻
November 12:224.8 pounds💧🙏🏻
November 13:no weight
November 14:226.0 pounds
November 15:227.4 pounds
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HASWLRS · November 2023

Hi, I am Lisa. I am 57 years old, 5'5" tall and I live in Tillsonburg, Ontario. I am married with two grown sons.

It's time to get this weight off for good! My first goal is Onederland....again

30: 207.8, 31: 205.8, 1: 205.2, 2: 206.0, 3: 207.2, 4: 205.2, 5: 205.8, 6: 203.8, 7: 203.6, 8: 204.8, 9: 203.8, 10: 203.4

11: 202.8, 12: 203.0, 13: 202.4, 14: 201.8, 15: 201.2

Not completely confident with today's weigh-in; kept getting different numbers, more so than usual. I might need a new battery!

Rh1aB1a · November 2023

1.168.4

2168.4

3.168.0

4.167.6

5.166.6

6.166.8

7.167.2

woops! Ate a roast beef sandwich on the way to my kid's doctor! SODIUM!!!!
8.166.6

9.166.2

10.166.8

Well, heck. I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe breastfeeding is making this difficult?
11. DNW

12. DNW-

crazy weekend, kept my calories in check, though!
13. 166.2

I am DETERMINED to break through this 166 stall this week!
14. 166.0

Getting closer!!!! Fingers crossed I won't see 166 again after today!
15. 165.6

Yessss!!!!!!!!

🍁🦃November Dailly Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🏈🍂

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