😀😀😀***JANUARY 2024 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀

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  • enlightenme3
    enlightenme3 Posts: 2,529 Member
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    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10908410/february-2024-weight-loss-challenge/p1?new=1

    Come join us for a special Leap Year edition of our monthly challenge! :smiley:
  • FatboyLo103
    FatboyLo103 Posts: 29 Member
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    Thank you!
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 10,871 Member
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    My name is Donna. I am 63 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253 in 2016. My MFP start weight was 235 in 2018.

    Start Weight (from Dec 31st, 2023 ): 183.8
    Goal Weight: 179.8 (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.


    01/01-181.6-(Trend Weight: 180.3)-


    01/07-183.0-(Trend Weight: 181.3)-

    01/14-183.0-(Trend Weight: 181.2)-

    01/21-184.4-(Trend Weight: 182.5)- I took a wrong turn at Christmas and have been on the wrong road ever since. It’s time to swallow my pride, pull out my map and get back on the right path. Yesterday was a Chinese buffet for lunch and the children’s movie Migration (very fun movie) at the Cinema. I know I am retaining water today so I hope for a drop tomorrow, but it’s going to take more than some fluid loss to right this wrong. If you’ve been around awhile then you know I’m either full-steam-ahead on track or I’m lollygagging somewhere off the beaten path. There doesn’t seem to be an in-between for me. Time to get back on track. No more shenanigans!

    01/28-181.6-(Trend Weight: 183.3)- My trend weight really caught up with my shenanigans but my scale weight is beginning to come back down. I’ve had a pretty good last few days. I just need to focus on water and exercise as sometimes time gets away from me and I’m just too tired (or lazy) in the late evening. Knowing what to do and actually doing them are two different things. Yesterday I managed to get in over an hour of exercise and that helped my bottom line today. Only 3 more days until the end of the month weigh-in for me. Just like they say in the Limbo, “How low can she go?”

    01/31-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
  • dlhollin1
    dlhollin1 Posts: 656 Member
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    Happy New Year and here we go. Super excited and optimistic that this is the year I finally turn it around. I know I will see many of you in this challenge throughout 2024 and look forward to sharing and celebrating everyones success stories. Lets get to it and my best to all of you.

    January Start Weight:260.1
    January Goal Weight: 256.1
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 210.1

    January 1:260.1
    January 8: 259.9
    January 15: 259.1 Certainly not coming off like I want. I look forward to getting past this arctic weather so I can get back to my outdoors walks.
    January 22: 258.4 a couple of sick days this week, not my way to lose wt but it does work
    January 29: 258.8
    January 31:

    2024 wt lost: 1.3
  • lolakinks
    lolakinks Posts: 367 Member
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    January Start Weight: 105.4 kg
    January Goal Weight: 102 kg
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 75 kg

    January 1: 105.4 kg
    January 8: 104.4 kg
    January 15: 103.4 kg
    January 22: 104.2 kg (I messed up this week)
    January 29: 103.8 kg
    January 31:
  • henridw2095
    henridw2095 Posts: 826 Member
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    August 1/ 2023: 175 lbs
    January Start Weight: 154.4 (155.2 average)
    January Goal Weight: 152
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 140-150

    January 1:154.4 (155.2 average)
    January 8: 155.6 (154.7 average)
    January 15: 153.6 (153.9 average)
    January 23: 153.2 (153 average)
    January 29: 151.6 (151.5 average)
    January 31:

    I will start reporting the moving average weights from the happy scale app as well. there are a lot of small ups and downs from day to day, but looks like my weight has completed its most recent lurch after a small lag. My deficit is set to just less than 500 kcal/day.
  • SDNavane
    SDNavane Posts: 9 Member
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    January Start Weight: 207.6

    January Goal Weight: 203

    Ultimate Goal Weight: 180


    January 1: 207.6

    January 8: 208.4 - Whoops!

    January 15:     206.6

    January 22:     206.2 - Ok, well...at least it's not going up!

    January 29:     207.8

    January 31:

    Ok...I'm not going to worry that I had a big upswing this morning. Obviously, something is off. Water retention? Random fluctuation? I noticed that someone upthread mentioned they they see fluctuations when they go through muscle repair after a strength workout. We did a training day at work yesterday (firefighter) that was physically taxing and several hours long. My body is sore today. So, perhaps that contributed somehow. I will research that idea a little later because I would like to learn more. So....oh well! Gotta keep going, right?
  • FatboyLo103
    FatboyLo103 Posts: 29 Member
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    January Start Weight: 166
    January Goal Weight:  162
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 150

    January 1:   166.0
    January 8:   162.6
    January 15: 160.8
    January 22: 160.0
    January 29: 158.2
    January 31:
  • Farmeress
    Farmeress Posts: 190 Member
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    October 2023 start weight 189 lbs

    January Start Weight: 173 lbs
    January Goal Weight: 170 lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 140?

    January 1: 173 lbs
    January 8: 172 lbs
    January 15: 173 lbs
    January 22: 171 lbs
    January 29: 173 lbs. I haven't yet figured out how to handle being more than usually hungry due to increased activity and my habitual choices for snacks aren't great, either.
    January 31:
  • fitforcruise
    fitforcruise Posts: 7 Member
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    January Start Weight: 217
    January Goal Weight: 212
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

    January 1: 217
    January 8: 216.5
    January 15: 215.5
    January 22: 214.5
    January 29:214.5
    January 31:

    Fighting my negative thoughts after having a good week away from sugar but no weight loss.
  • takinitalloff
    takinitalloff Posts: 1,860 Member
    edited January 29
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    Farmeress wrote: »
    I haven't yet figured out how to handle being more than usually hungry due to increased activity and my habitual choices for snacks aren't great, either.

    You may need to increase your calorie allowance, which may seem counter-intuitive, but we do need to eat enough to fuel our activity. How did you decide on your current calorie limit? I recommend using a body weight calculator if you haven’t already. Here’s a good one: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp
  • californiajuls
    californiajuls Posts: 199 Member
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    September 2023 starting @ 207.7

    September 2023 total loss 3.4
    October 2023 total loss 11.4
    November 2023 total loss 4.1
    December 2023 loss 0
    January 2024 current loss 3.4

    Total loss 22.2 pounds

    January Start Weight: 188.9
    January Goal Weight: 184
    Ultimate Goal Weight:142


    January 1: 188.9
    January 8: 191.4
    January 12: 185.1
    January 19: 185
    January 26: 185.5
    January 31:

    No excuses, Cancun October 2024
  • shyjoy
    shyjoy Posts: 61 Member
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    STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): 310 2022
    YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 289.8
    YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 30

    January 1: 289.8
    January 8: 288.4
    January 15: 290
    January 22: 287
    January 29: 287

    January Goal: 280
    January Actual: 287
    January Loss: 2.8
  • Farmeress
    Farmeress Posts: 190 Member
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    @takinitalloff - I went with the mfp diary settings previously. I just ran the calculator you suggested and it agrees pretty closely with mfp. I'm going to raise my mfp diary goal to maintenance from 1lb/wk and see how Feb goes. I think seeing myself "over" every day has led to some poor choices from a lack of feeling successful because every day I'm either famished and within calories or over calories and feeling fine. Thanks for the tip! It was good info to verify the change I was considering. Do you think that's the right direction to go?
  • enlightenme3
    enlightenme3 Posts: 2,529 Member
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    Female, 5’7”
    HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
    January Start Weight: 137.1 pounds
    December Goal Weight: 130-135 pounds
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-135 pounds

    January 1: 137.1
    January 8: 136.2
    January 15: 137.3
    January 22: 138.4
    January 29: 137.8
    January 31:

    Total weight loss/gain to date this month: + 0.7 pounds
  • jimmydr5
    jimmydr5 Posts: 254 Member
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    January Start Weight: 86.1 kg
    January Goal Weight: 4% loss= 82.7
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 75

    January 1: 86.1 kg
    January 8: 86 kg
    January 15: 85.7 kg
    January 22: 85.6 kg
    January 29: 86.4 kg
    January 31:
  • takinitalloff
    takinitalloff Posts: 1,860 Member
    edited January 29
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    @Farmeress I don’t know if it’s the right step, but you can always re-adjust later if this approach doesn’t work for you! I have been fine-tuning my goals this month as well, because I started being hungry all the time and then I started overeating, which obviously is not helpful. I lost 65 lbs over a span of 6 months and I was rarely ever hungry for the first 5 months, so I don’t think constant hunger is required for successful weight loss 😊 And I know there’s a difference between “oh I’d like to eat more” and true hunger. True hunger is the body’s signal that it’s not getting enough fuel, or at least that’s how I understand it. Just like pain tells us that something is wrong, I think that constant hunger and cravings also tell us that something is wrong. So, increase your calories to maintenance for a few days and see what happens.

    Since the calculator and MFP agree that your calorie limit is reasonable for your activity level, you might find that you only need to increase the limit by 50 or a 100 calories a day over the long term. But I would start by eating at maintenance until the desperate hunger goes away; and then figure out your longer-term strategy.

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