❄️🎄December Daily Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🪵🔥

I am a 46 year-old married mom of four, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is trying again to start exercising WITHOUT injuring myself, log daily, drink more water, and creating some new routines this month while starting my new job - yeah!

Habit Goals for the Month to drop into the 170's:
🪵 = Log
🍽️ = Hit Calorie Goal
🧘 = Stretch/PT
🏃‍♀️= Cardio
💧= Hit Water Goal

12/01: 182.3 🪵🧘
12/02: 181.7
12/03: Stomach bug
12/04: Stomach bug
12/05: Stomach bug
12/06: 179.5 - rehydrate day
12/07: 181.5 🪵🍽️💧
12/08: 179.8 🪵🍽️
12/09: DNW 🪵
12/10: 180.3
12/11: 180.8 - Need to focus on w/e
12/12: 179.8 - Not feeling well again.
12/14: 178.8
12/15: 180.1
12/16: 180.3
12/17 - DNW - Covid booster.
12/18: 180.6
12/19: 181.9 - Been eating to deal with my emotions and it's caught up with me.
12/20: 181.4 - Trying to reel myself back in. Tomorrow is my ten year-old's oral surgery to extract a supernumerary tooth and attach a chain to slowly pull the adult tooth into position. It will be the first time of her having general anesthesia. I'm a bit of an anxious momma tonight.
12/21: DNW
12/22: DNW
12/23: 184.3 - My daughter's surgery went well and her recovery so far as well. I'm totally off any kind of routine and have been eating and drinking whatever is easiest and most convenient. So while I am not surprised by this number, I am discouraged at the moment.
12/24: DNW
12/25: 183.9 - I'm just gonna enjoy the goodness today! Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Hey friends! My name is B - I live with my husband and two kids and work in communitymental health. I've never not struggled with my weight, so I'm focusing on long term habits so I can live a longer and more active life with my family.

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 weightloss: 2.3 lbs

❄️🎄Dec Monthly goal: lose 2 pounds

1: 🥙💧🧶
2: 🥙💧🧶🏃‍♀️ Spent the day with the family at our town tree lighting, now finishing off a chocolate martini and getting ready for bed ❄️
3: 🥙💧
4: 🥙
5: 🥙 🧶"This has been a long week" she said at noon on a Tuesday.
6: 🥙🧶
7: 🥙
8: 🥙🧶🏃‍♀️ took a walk through town to look at Christmas lights 🎄
9: 🥙🧶🏃‍♀️
10: 🥙🧶💧
11: 🥙
12: 🥙
13: 🥙🧶
14: 🥙🧶
15: 🥙🧶 Today I hit 90 days of tracking! Feeling really proud of my consistency 🎉
16: 🥙🧶
17: 🥙🧶
18: 🥙 I went to Aldi for the first time today and my life is changed - please everyone tell me your fav Aldi finds. What rock have I been living under all these years?!
19: 🥙🧶
20: 🥙 the holiday chaos is striking - I'm baking for the offices I work at, which is taking more time than I thought, and now I'm trying to estimate how much cookie dough I've stress eaten 🙄 in focusing on keeping up with my tracking even if it's not what I would have initially planned for.
21: 🥙
22: 🥙🧶
23: 🥙💧
24: 🥙🧶
25: 🥙🧶
26:
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31:

No discipline. I gave in to all of the holiday temptations and wiped out a month's worth of progress in essentially 3 days. Now I need to take control and get back to what worked for me the first three weeks of December.

September weight loss: 4.0
October weight gain: 3.6
November weight loss: 1.6

December Start Weight: 188.0
December Goal Weight: 185.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160.0

Dec 1 - Dec 7: 188.4-188.0 (-0.4)
Dec 8 - Dec 14: 188.4 -186.4 (-2.0)
Dec 15 -Dec 21: 185.8-179.8 (-4.0)
Dec 22: 180.2
Dec 23: 182.6
Dec 24: 182.0
Dec 25: 183.8
Dec 26: 185.6

Hi all. I’m joining late but looking for to some self imposed discipline this month. I retire at the end of the month and want to be in the best health possible. Process: log food with mindful eating, limit alcohol to weekend minimum, strength train 5x/week, increase water intake. 70 yo female 5’5”
12/4 129.2#
12/5 129.4#
12/6 129.8#
12/7 129.6#
12/8 129.8#
12/9 DNW under the weather
12/10 129.2#
12/11 129.2#
12/12 128.8#
12/13 128.4#
12/14 129.0#
12/15. 128.8#
12/16 128.6#
12/17 128.8#
12/18 128.4#
12/19 129.0#
12/20 128.4#
12/21 128.8#
12/22 129.0#
12/23 129.0#
12/24 129.4#
12/25 129.6#
12/26 129.6# 💧💧💧💧💧🏋️‍♀️

@jm216 Thanks so much for posting the next challenge January Daily logging and weigh-in challenge. Here is the link for it so everyone can bookmark it.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10905706/️-january-daily-logging-and-weigh-in-challenge-️#latest


I will find the link for the newest challenge you are also starting with the weekly weigh-ins. The link for that will be below.

I am a 46 year-old married mom of four, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism who is trying again to start exercising WITHOUT injuring myself, log daily, drink more water, and creating some new routines this month while starting my new job - yeah!

Habit Goals for the Month to drop into the 170's:
🪵 = Log
🍽️ = Hit Calorie Goal
🧘 = Stretch/PT
🏃‍♀️= Cardio
💧= Hit Water Goal

12/01: 182.3 🪵🧘
12/02: 181.7
12/03: Stomach bug
12/04: Stomach bug
12/05: Stomach bug
12/06: 179.5 - rehydrate day
12/07: 181.5 🪵🍽️💧
12/08: 179.8 🪵🍽️
12/09: DNW 🪵
12/10: 180.3
12/11: 180.8 - Need to focus on w/e
12/12: 179.8 - Not feeling well again.
12/14: 178.8
12/15: 180.1
12/16: 180.3
12/17 - DNW - Covid booster.
12/18: 180.6
12/19: 181.9 - Been eating to deal with my emotions and it's caught up with me.
12/20: 181.4 - Trying to reel myself back in. Tomorrow is my ten year-old's oral surgery to extract a supernumerary tooth and attach a chain to slowly pull the adult tooth into position. It will be the first time of her having general anesthesia. I'm a bit of an anxious momma tonight.
12/21: DNW
12/22: DNW
12/23: 184.3 - My daughter's surgery went well and her recovery so far as well. I'm totally off any kind of routine and have been eating and drinking whatever is easiest and most convenient. So while I am not surprised by this number, I am discouraged at the moment.
12/24: DNW
12/25: 183.9 - I'm just gonna enjoy the goodness today! Happy Holidays, Everyone!
12/26: 182.5

Hello, I'm a busy mom and this is my 4th month with this group. I am slowly working my way to my goal weight.

My goal for December is to not get derailed by Christmas! This will be a challenge, because I love to eat ALL the Christmas cookies from December 25-early January. My goal will be to log from December 27-31, in addition to checking in daily.

Start weight September 1: 141.0 lbs

December start weight: 128.2 lbs
December goal: 126.6 lbs Considering Christmas, I want to be conservative with my goal, but I want to still have an overall loss for the month.


December 1: 128.2 I logged 🎄
December 2: 129.2
December 3: 128.8
December 4: 129.4 I logged 🎄 Had extremely busy days on the 1st & 2nd; went out to dinner at a restaurant; and have had some hormonal issues with my cycle starting. Hopefully this is the worst of the gain. Now I can get back to my calorie goal & logging.
December 5: 129.4 I logged 🎄
December 6: 128.6
December 7: 128.8 I logged 🎄
December 8: 128.4 I logged 🎄 Lately I have found it very tough to make my calorie goal. Gotta just keep trying every day.
December 9: 127.4 I logged 🎄 Yesssss! Yesterday it wasn't hard to reach my calorie goal. I had a big breakfast and then lots of protein in the afternoon. Maybe that had something to do with it. Or, maybe I'm getting used to my calorie goal again.
December 10: 127.6
December 11: 126.8 Woo-hoo; very happy with today's weight. I have not felt very good the last couple days; decided to take the day off from logging yesterday, but I was careful not to overindulge.
December 12: 127.8 I logged 🎄 Didn't feel so good yesterday either! Logging went by the wayside. I really think it's hormonal. I think I'm feeling better today; my goal is to log successfully today.
December 13: 127.8 I logged 🎄
December 14: 127.8 I logged 🎄 This morning I thought surely the scale was "stuck." But it's acting normal these days, so 127.8 it is. Also; our new cat is causing me to get more exercise. He keeps trying to climb our Christmas tree and attack the ornaments, and I am spending quite a bit of energy chasing him around.
December 15: 127.0
December 16: 126.6 I logged 🎄 I am pleasantly surprised with today's weight. Yesterday we made gingerbread cookies and I'm pretty sure I ate too many, and I stopped logging for the day. We will see if this did any significant damage. Hopefully not. It has been many years since we've made gingerbread; it is so much fun. My goal for today is to log successfully and include a couple gingerbread cookies if desired, without going crazy.
December 17: 126.8
December 18: 127.2 I logged 🎄 Not surprised to see the scale go up. Yesterday was a big day; I was not able to log, AND I got super super hungry and probably ate too much. It's ok. My goal for today through the 24th is to log and meet my calorie goal every day. Hubby has noticed the weight loss; he said that "it's like hugging a 20-year old you."
December 19: 126.6
December 20: 126.8
December 21: 126.2 I logged 🎄 I did not log on the 19th or 20th. I was in a frenzy of Christmas shopping! I think I'm done shopping, so I think I can log today. I'm glad the number on the scale is looking good.
December 22: 126.4
December 23: 126.2
December 24: 125.4

My goals for the rest of the month...
25th: weigh-in optional, no logging
26th: weigh-in; logging optional
27th: weigh-in
27th-29th: out of town. I won't have my scale and I do not use MFP on a smart phone, so I probably will not be logging on MFP or checking in. I would like to keep a hand-written food log just to help with the daily habit of logging and tracking my food.
30th & 31st: log all food, even if over on calories, and check in both days.


December 25: 125.4
December 26: 127.4 Lots of heavy food! Now, here I come to the big challenge of the month.... Enjoying special, rich food without going overboard or getting derailed. I'm off to travel for a few days to visit with family. My goal will be to just be moderate with food. I will bring a little notebook to keep a hand-written log, and I will do my best. The next part of my goal is to check in here daily when I get back! Merry Christmas everyone 🎄
December 27:
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December 31:

Hello I'm Darlene and have been with this group for a while now. Retired, 63-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been on this weight loss journey since January 2023. 💖I wouldn't be where I am today without this group (along with a couple other challenges I am in); I am so thankful for their support and accountability. 💖

🤶🎄My Goals for December🎄🤶

⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal) - Will be tough this month, but am keeping it anyway
17K steps daily with one day of rest
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Stay under my calorie range
💪 Strength Train 3 days per week
🧘‍♀️ Tai Chi or Yoga 1 day per week
💦 6+ glasses of water

👣 📝 🥗 💪 🧘‍♀️ 💦
Highest Weight 228
November Ending Weight 164.6

Dec 1: 164.8 📝 🥗 💪 🧘‍♀️ Hello December!
Dec 2: 165 👣 📝 🥗 🧘‍♀️ 💦 My first holiday event this weekend. Greg and I are off to Newport, RI. We go every year this time of year. It is a city set on an island in Rhode Island. Really cute shops, great restaurants. They decorte the city for Christmas. We go and see the lights, do some shopping and our annual "Taste of Newport". We usually go to 5 different restaurants (Lunch, Appetizer, Dinner, Dessert and BF the following morning), and plenty of drinks with that. This will be the first year that I'm going since I started this weight loss journey. I am going to enjoy myself, but also going to try to curb that this year. We are thinking - just small plates for each and and/or sharing. I won't be weighing tomorrow, but will be back Monday AM to catch up.
Dec 3: DNW 👣
Dec 4: 167.2 👣 It could have been a lot worse. We had a wonderful time - back at it today. Hoping it comes off as quickly as the Thanksgiving gain did. Here is a picture of us on the balcony of our room - sunset and harbor in background. It was a beautiful day - almost 50 degrees.
Dec 5: 166.8 👣 📝 Bingo night with Mom, got home and was ravinous. Don't know why but the late night binge took place and I ate over my calorie range. It will probably show up on the scale tomorrow.
Dec 6: 166.8 👣 📝 🥗 🧘‍♀️ 💦
Dec 7: 165.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Trying to get back to my low before our next event on the 16th. It's getting there slowly. Took a 5 mile walk at the beach yesterday - love the smell of the salt water. We were practically the only ones there - Monty had a wonderful time. Came home, did a little xmas shopping.
Dec 8: 164.8 📝 🥗 💦 Almost there! Rest day. Monty went to the groomer; thought we would wait for him to get home before we took out walk - but it took ALL day - he was gone for 6 hours. Apparently they had some kind of problem with another customer - so they did them first. I wasn't too happy. We skipped the walk. He does look nice though.
Dec 9: 164.6 😁👣 📝 🥗 💦 Made it back to my low!
Dec 10: 164 😁👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Woo Hoo! Quiet day yesterday - decorated the outside for xmas, wrapped some presents. My normal workout routine. Today it is supposed to rain all day - so no walks outside. I have to do it on the treadmill - Ugh! I can never do the 5.5 miles straight on the treadmill (my normal morning walk). I have to break it up into 2 miles stretches - gets way to boring for me. Yes - I do watch TV why I'm doing it - but just not the same as being outside. Maybe do some "Get Fit with Rick" routines to get some of the time in.
Dec 11: 163.6 😁👣 (aka ddainiak) I changed my name! Very happy to see a loss because I was not on plan yesterday. I have a few drinks and when I do that I give in to my temptations. Feel lousy this morning.
Dec 12: 164 👣 📝 I walked and logged, but got into the goodies last night so went a bit over my limit. Not by much, but over!
Dec 13: 163.6 📝 🥗 I did walk yesterday, but didn't make my 17K goal. I guess I'll call it my rest day (wasn't planning on it). I have been terrible with the water - will concentrate on that today.
Dec 14: 164.2 👣 Bong! Bong! But it is what I expected today. I was off plan all day - been a tough week for me to stick to it. I need to get it together for the next couple days - friends Christmas party on Saturday where I know I will overdo it a bit. My committment - get it all done for the next two days!
Dec 15: 163.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 I was on plan yesterday and I'm back to my low. We have a visitor for the next 3 days My sister is at a wedding in Texas, and we are taking care of her pup while she is away. Rex is a little yorkie! All of 10 pounds. Monty thinks he is a toy, but is very good with him. He can't walk as far as Monty, so we will be taking shorter walks - hoping to get a few in each day so I don't have to make it up on the treadmill.
Dec 16: 163.6 👣 📝 Our annual Friends Christmas party tonight. We are hosting; I know that I will be off my plan today, and the scale will show it tomorrow but gonig to enjoy the day and get back at it tomorrow.
Dec 17: 164.6 👣 I am actually pleased that I didn't go over my ending weight from November. We had a wonderful evening - a lot of laughs and great food. Will be on plan for the next six days and then three days of holiday festivities.
Dec 18 165 Busy with cooking Christmas cookies for the Bingo group tonight - was kind of a hot mess with tasting and did not meet any of my goals! I find that if I go off plan - I say "what they heck, I blew it already" and I continue through the day and tracking goes out the window. I will need to work on that for 2024!
Dec 19 164.6 👣 📝 💪 💦 Was doing well with staying within my calorie range and then went over with the goodies from Bingo. I tried my best to log them though! Lots of steps yesterday 23K!
Dec 20: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Hanging on to my November weight. At this point I'll be happy with staying even for the month.
Dec 21: 164.8 👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Got up in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, ate some chips. Technically in today's calorie range. Not the best thing to log first thing in the morning.
Dec 22: 164.6 👣 📝 🥗 💪 My favorite number! LOL Today starts our holiday festivities - baking day and out to dinner tonight - just the two of us - a calm before the hussel and bussel starts. I'm thinking I will avoid the scale until next Friday, so I won't be discouraged. I'll still check in!
Dec 23: DNW Didn't make any of my goals yesterday. Baked all day - ate too many Christmas cookies. At the end of the day my husband and I said - the only thing I ate today was cookies - we ordered a pizza for dinner - good thing was we order a small and I only had three pieces (that's good for me).
Dec 24: DNW
Dec 25: DNW - Merry Christmas! We celebrated yesterday; every year we see a play around the holiday - this year we got tickets for Dream Girls and the only seats we could get were Christmas Eve. It was wonderful, but unfortunately Greg was sick, so he stayed home. 😢 After the show we ususally go out for dinner, but because Greg was sick we picked up take out and brought it home. Today - we go to my Aunt's house a celebration with extended family. We don't exchange gifts - just have a nice buffet dinner (everyone brings something).
Dec 26: DNW - I was going to say that I was disappointed in myself on how much I indulged the last three days, but then I read a post in a group that I am in that set me straight. In summary it said our time is so short and we seldom have an opportunity to really feel the love from the people who truely love us the most, so enjoy yourself and start again tomorrow. Today I'm going to put on my sweats, walk a little longer, track, drink my water - and think about my 2024 goals! We can do this! Happy Boxing Day!

Dec 27: 165.2 - 👣 📝 🥗 I had to weigh in for one of my challenges - was better than I expected. Now to get below where I started this month. If I can just lose .1 pound this month I will be happy - then I can say I lost weight every month in 2023. Felt good to meet all my daily goals!

I fasted for 38 hours the day after our Christmas Feast. I do intermittent fasting (IF) every day. We usually fast for 18 hours with a 6-hour eating window. We also try to eat just twice a day at 10 am and then at at about 4 pm. That was a difficult schedule to maintain through our bathroom/bedroom remodel and the holidays. Now I've run out of excuses to get back to our normal routine.

Thank you Jill for the new challenges. And Bittersweet, I will continue my weight loss campaign now from New Year's to Christmas.

September weight loss: 4.0
October weight gain: 3.6
November weight loss: 1.6

December Start Weight: 188.0
December Goal Weight: 185.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160.0

Dec 1 - Dec 7: 188.4-188.0 (-0.4)
Dec 8 - Dec 14: 188.4 -186.4 (-2.0)
Dec 15 -Dec 21: 185.8-179.8 (-4.0)
Dec 22: 180.2
Dec 23: 182.6
Dec 24: 182.0
Dec 25: 183.8
Dec 26: 185.6
Dec 27: 180.8