🎉❄️ January Daily Logging and Weigh-in Challenge❄️🥳

Hello, I’m Heidi. I’m 55, 5’5” and I live in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area.

My goals for January:
1 - Weigh in daily
2 - Begin light cardio/stretch/weight exercises
3 - Maintain current weight or lose a little

Weight:
01.01.24 - 165.9 (.1 over my post surgical low)
01.02.24 - 166.5 (swelling is going back up)
01.03.24 - 167 (swelling is continuing to go back up)
01.04.24 - 167.5 (calling surgeon to see why I am blowing up like a balloon)
01.05.24 - 167.2 (surgeon says I am okay - here's to hoping it was just water retention!)
01.06.24 - 166 (much better)
01.07.24 - 165.1 (almost back to my post surgical weight)
01.08.24 - 164.2 (swelling weight gain GONE plus .7 more!!)
01.09.24 - 163.6
01.10.24 - 163
01.11.24 - 163.3

Exercise:
1 - Started small stretches (arms above head, side twists) which are going well. The pulling on my
incisions was horrible at first but are less so after a week. I also started doing some modified
bridges in the hopes that my healing abdominal muscles would start strengthening up. I am
walking much better and even walked the entire trip to Costco and pushed the cart. The hubby
still won't let me lift much except the small laundry basket!

Highest weight Sep 2004: 315
Gastric Bypass weight Jan 2005: 281
Lowest weight Nov 2005: 142 (told to gain weight)
Highest recent weight Jun 2023: 228.8 (lost and gained throughout the years - oops)
Skin removal surgery weight Nov 2023: 175
Goal weight: ??? (I'm okay where I am but wouldn't mind losing a little more)

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 January

⚖️ Lose 4 pounds (always my goal)
👣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

SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sept: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164

December Ending Weight 164

Jan 1: 163.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Happy New Year!
Jan 2: 163.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Met my New Year's goal - did a 10K walk yesterday AM. Was ravenous all day, but managed to stay under my calorie limit by 5 calories. I would say a successful day. I'm still .2 pounds away from my lowwest weight (just before Christmas).
Jan 3: 162.8 😁 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Funny thing happened to yesterday. Greg, Monty and I started the Airline Trail today (I am feeling nostalgic so want to do it again, and we started off with a big one day 6.2 miles. When we got back to the car, Greg noticed he didn't have his wallet. Thought he left it on the counter at home. Got home, no wallet, now we think he must have dropped it on the trail as we were walking, so we drove back to the trail at the half way point. Greg went one way - I went the other looking for the wallet, another 3.7 miles and didn't find it. When we got home - Greg remembered he took the truck out yesterday - left it in the center console. LOL! So, my 6.2 walked turned into 9.9, silver linings I guess! Here are some pictures from the walk (the first time).
Jan 4: 162.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦
Jan 5 : 163.4 👣 📝 💪 💦 Couldn't sleep, got up, raided the pantry. When I posted last night it triggered me to stop, but a little too late. Today is my rest day. Off to visit my husband's cousin, celebrate Christmas. Will try to get a small walk in this afternoon. Won't be able to weigh everything, but we are bringing lunch with us, so should be able to estimate and log everything.
Jan 6: 162.8 📝 🥗 Spent yesterday at my husband's eldery cousins house -5 hours in a car, and sitting all day with her - so not much movement yesterday. I did log everything, and used estimates for measuring. I jumped on the treadmill when I got home - got 2 miles in - counting it as my rest day.
Jan 7: 162.8 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Just a quiet day at home - hubby was out all day. Finished the book I was reading, waiting for the winter storm to arrive - it came - not as much as expected. Just enough to make it pretty, and for me to get a little strength exercise today shoveling the driveway, but not enough to kill me. Actually looking forward to it. Probably won't get an outside walk today.
Jan 8: 163.6 ☹️👣 📝 🥗 💪 Doesn't make sense, but that is what the scale says today - so that's what I am posting.
Jan 9: 163.6 👣 📝 🥗 💪 💦 Had some salty soup (was delicious), so expected the scale to stay the same or go up and it did. Went to Bingo with mom last night - won the door prize ($10). Yahoo. Mom seemed a little down yesterday, hoping all is ok. The arthritis in her hip has been bothering her for years, they give her injections - but the last one didn't really help much. She has her annual appointment with her doctor today - hoping they can figure something out so that she isn't in so much pain everyday.
Jan 10: 163.4 👣 📝 🥗 🧘‍♀️ 💦
Jan 11: 163.2 👣 📝 🥗 💦
Jan 12: 162.4 👣 📝 🥗 💦 Finally - a drop! Took a beautiful walk on the Airline Trail today. After the snow we had a couple inches of rain; it washed all the snow away - but made for some great waterfalls on the trail; I counted seven.

Jude, 66YO, 5'2"
SW: 147
GW: 142

Hi, this is my first time in this challenge and I'm very happy to be here! I'm 66 YO, 5' 2" and officially overweight (again). I've dieted since I was 11 YO and my mom had a chart on the broom closet wall. I've been through the yo-yo weight gain and loss too many times and it's not healthy. Been as high as 165 (2007), as low as 115 (2008). I gained and lost 15-20 lbs at least 3 times in the last 15 years and that's self-defeating- and not healthy. My main goal now is to lose the weight (yes!) AND change my habits to a sustainable lifestyle that allows me to eat well and maintain my fitness.

Wk 2: 1/8/24:
My goals for this week:
continue my exercise plan
tea after dinner- no food after
weigh every day- and be aware it won't always make me "happy"
log in here every day

1/8: 142.6
1/9: 142.2
1/10: 141.4
1/11: 141.4
1/12: 141.4
1/13:
1/14:

Week 1 recap

Hi again everyone. My name is Mel. I’m a grandma from Ontario. I’m back to continue this challenge for January as you all help keep me accountable. Jan. Goals: break into the 170’s.

Starting weight in March 2023: 230 lbs. (diagnosed with diabetes)
Goal weight: 120 lbs.
Height: 5’2”
Total loss: 50 lbs.
End of Sept. weight: 187.8 lbs.
End of October weight: 188
End of Nov. weight: 186
End of Dec. weight: 181.4 lbs.

Monthly Weight Loss:
March-10 lbs. (2023)
April- 8 lbs.
May- 5 lbs.
June- 4.4 lbs. (trip to Europe)
July- 5.6
August-7 lbs. joined a ‘challenge’
September- 2.6 lbs. ( sick)
October- (gained) .2 lbs.
November- loss 1.2 lbs.
December- 4.4 lbs.

Jan. 1- 181.2 lbs. New Years Gala last night.🥳 Not really a Gala, just a fun dinner and dance. 💃 I danced the night away , and tired out my poor hubby. The Courage Brothers Polar Dip into the frigid waters of Lake Ontario is held near here. Going to walk over later to watch, not participate 🤣!
Jan. 2- DNW
Jan. 3-182.4 lbs. fitness class
Jan. 4-181.2 lbs. morning swim
Jan. 5-182 lbs. bad night, didn’t sleep, so ate. Really weird behaviour as I really want to lose 3 or 4 lbs. before I go on a cruise at the end of January. Smarten up Mel🫨! Anyway, the good news is I swam for an hour this morning and am determined to get back on track. Have 2, sweet, 10 year old granddaughters coming over for a sleepover over today. They won’t do it at their homes, but insist on coming here🤔. They know what they’re doing👵🏻.
Jan. 6- 181 lbs. busy, fun day with granddaughters. Girls baked a yummy cake yesterday but I didn’t eat any. Good for me😢.
Jan. 7- DNW, not my best day, very tired
Jan. 8- 181.6 lbs. expected this. Visited friend last night, wine and cheese. Osteoporosis fitness class today. I’ll never give up. Need to refocus on eating habits. It’s one week into January and I’ve gained, not lost. Going to plan meals and start cooking again. That usually works for me. I enjoy cooking.
Jan. 9- 179.6 lbs. whoo whoo!🤩 Finally broke into the 170’s. I hope it stays.
Jan. 10-179 lbs. This is so inspiring. I went to an osteoporosis class and then did 15 min. on the elliptical afterwards. I think I see my waist starting to emerge👍😲.
Jan. 11-178.2 lbs. I’m happy and a little shocked. This is unusual for me. I hope this stays. The scale has been great for 3 days in a row. Aquafit class today.
Jan. 12- 178.4 lbs. normal fluctuation, fitness class

Starting weight January 1st: 165.8
Goal weight for Jan: 160.8
Jan 2: 165.2
Jan 3: 166
Jan 4: 165.3
Jan 5: 165.3
Jan 6: 165.3
Jan 7: 167.7 (wow, ate dinner out last night. What a difference!)
Jan 8: 167.1
Jan 9: 166.3
Jan 10: 163.1
Jan 11: 163.1
Jan 12: 163.9

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 | First Goal Weight: 165 | Ultimate Goal Weight: 140
SW Aug 2023: 212.7 | Sep 2023: 207.1 | Oct 2023: 205.5 | Nov 2023: 208.3 | Dec 2023: 205.3

January 2024 Goals:
Log Food Daily | 1Hr Aerobic Dance Daily w/Extra Exercise as Possible | 7 hours Sleep/Day | Consistency

Jan 1: 205.9
Jan 2: 205.9
Jan 3: 205.7
Jan 4: 205.3
Jan 5: 205.4
Jan 6: 206.5
Jan 7: 206.9
Jan 8: 206.9
Jan 9: 206.4
Jan 10: 206.4
Jan 11: 204.7
Jan 12: 205.4

@sammcc7907 Congrats on your first home purchase, that's so exciting!

@iLive2Walk Your walking pictures are always so pretty!

@lcharpentier2 If you're trying to find your previous post to be able to copy it for the next day's post, unfortunately there's no other way to do that than to read the previous pages. You can use something like Microsoft Word, or Notepad -- some kind of word document, to paste and save your previous post, and then you can just add to that document each day, and paste it into a new post here on MyFitnessPal. I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, but hopefully that helps you or anyone else wondering about that.

Monthly Habits:
Log all my food 😋
Work out 3x/week 🏃‍♀️
Drink more water💧
No alcohol Mon-thurs 🥂
Self Care Activity 🧶

Missed the first week !

Day (7) 68kg ✅✅✅✅👎
Day (8) 67.5kg ✅✅✅👎👎 did have 2 small glasses of Perry but within my calories so not bad
Day (9) 67kg (did not go swimming starting with a cold and just couldn’t face it 😂🤦‍♀️)
Day (10) 67kg ✅👎✅✅✅
Day 10) 67kg ✅👎✅✅✅

Friday would usually be my weekly weigh in so I’m taking it that I w lost 1kg I’ll take that . Not worked out enough as I’ve got a cold and just don’t feel up to it. Or my Friday beer 🍺 so must be ill.

This group is helping me stay on track hopefully I can do the whole month !!!

Hello thank you for all the info but guess i'll keep doing what i'm doing put on paper what page i post on. It works not so bad. So this morning i'm up but that's ok. I will not let a scale become the boss of me. No way.
Jan. 11 199.8
12 199.8
So a a little fluctuation so what. Tomorrow it will be gone. So on to a good day.

Hi All! I'm a 46-year-old married mom of five. I started this group in September at 141 pounds (overweight for me at my height) and have lost about 11-12 pounds overall since then. I always gain some weight around Christmas; I love the cookies, truffles, and eggnog etc. I allowed myself to just enjoy those things and slack off some; however, it's time to get back to the routine! My goal for January is to log and weigh every day, and to lose 3 1/2 pounds. I'm setting my goal a tad on the aggressive side because I suspect that some of my gain from the end of December is not only fat but water and such.

Ultimate starting weight 160.0 pounds
January goal: 126.0 pounds


January 1: 129.6 I logged ❄️
January 2: 128.6
January 3: 128.2 I logged ❄️
January 4: 127.4 The scale was acting wonky today... it did this last month but settled out and started acting normal again.
January 5: 128.6 I logged ❄️
January 6: 126.6 I logged ❄️
January 7: 127.2
January 8: 128.8 I logged ❄️
January 9: 126.6 I logged ❄️ My weight sure is flopping around a lot, but that's pretty normal when I've been eating a lot and am finding my way back to the routine.
January 10: 126.8 I logged ❄️
January 11: 126.6
January 12: 126.0 Happy to see that the number did not go up... My mother-in-law made one of her delicious meals for us last night, and it included homemade mac & cheese, a huge weakness of mine. I stopped logging at dinner and *may* have had a bit more than my calorie allotment of the mac & cheese. 😬
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Hi , I’m Sam (Samantha) 53yrs, 5ft 4 and from Adelaide in South Australia
I am really hoping to stick at this, this time around and lose the weight that should never have gone on in the first place

I aim to weigh and log in daily for accountability and it looks like this is the place to do it

Starting weight - 85kg (eek) - 187lbs
Goal weight - 65kg - 143lbs

January
8 - 85kg (187lbs) - 7km incline walk and food logged
9 - 84.6kg - 7km incline walk - got side tracked reading a book last night and did not log my dinner or post here so am posting this morning after I smacked my hand
10 - 84.4kg - 7km incline walk - food logged
11 - 84.4kg - 7km incline walk - food logged
12 - 84.1kg - super hot today 36C. It took a lot of convincing myself that it is ok to have a rest day. In fact, I know you are supposed to have them. Though telling my head that took a bit of doing. Hubby came home with wine and takeaways. I sort of hadn’t told him what I was doing. Thought about it, decided to enjoy what he had come home with but told him what I am trying to do. He is very supportive, so no more wine and takeaways unless I actually go out and get it myself. Will see what the scales tell me tomorrow

My name is Kelly and I was a part of this group for many months last year and was a great group to help me keep focused on my goals daily, weekly and monthly!

I am 53, married, with 4 grown kids and 7 grandkids that I watch during the workweek. I have a wonderful dog named Woody (Labradoodle).

Goals for January:
Lose 10 lbs for the month (starting weight this month 165.8)
Walk 6 days a week
Log all my food daily
15k steps 6 days a week

January
1. Happy New year!
2. Logged, weight 165.8
3. Logged, walked, 15k+ steps, weight 165.8
4. Logged, walked, 16k+
5. Logged, walked, 19k+
6. Logged, walked, 17k+
7. Logged, walked, 15k+
8. Logged, walked, 22k+
9. Logged, walked, 19k+, weight 164.6
10. Logged, walked, 20k+
11. Logged, walked, 22k+ (I am sore! 😜)
12. Logged, walked, 22k+

This weekend I will be taking it more easy on the steps. My legs are sore and I am starting to get a painful callous on my foot. I did get a new pair of Hoka shoes today so hopefully that will help.

@iLive2Walk Love the pictures of the trail you and Monty got to walk! I especially love the waterfalls you got to see. Thanks for recommending the 2024 Run the Year. I am enjoying it. Knowing you are doing it too will help keep me motivated. ❤️👟👍🏻