WINTER 2024 Weight Loss Challenge (JANUARY, FEBRUARY and MARCH ) A Continuation

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP(MY FITNESS PAL): 213.4 July 22, 2012
YOUR CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 206
YOUR CHALLENGE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: 195 - 11 pounds

January 1: 206

January 8: 206 I did great all week until the weekend and then overate yesterday. Disappointing! The first anniversary of my DH death is coming up on March 9. This month marks his rapid decline. Many memories and most are sad and unpleasant.

January 15: 206.8

January 22: 206.8 Went up last week and stayed the same, now to bring it down. My special needs daughter had lithotripsy (sound waves) to remove a kidney stone yesterday. It's been a very stressful last few days with that and freezing rain that made driving to the hospital very tricky.

January 29: 205.6 I haven’t felt the best this week with suffering vertigo from BPPV. Still managed a loss. Only lost .4 for the month but at least the number is down and not up.

January Goal: 203
January Actual: 205.6
January Loss: .4

February 5: 207.4 Well this is not good! Gotta watch what I’m doing, too many calories and not enough exercise.

February 12: 208.8 Another terrible week and it's showing in my health. Developed a superficial blood clot in my leg. Treating it with just aspirin. Emotionally this is a rough time for me. My husband went into the hospital and year ago this month and died on Mar. 9. I've been coping with food and that's not good. I need to figure out something else.

February 19: 208.2 Well at least it’s down and not up. A long way to go.

February 26: 207.2 Yay! Still up from starting this challenge but at least another week in the right direction. I haven’t felt well most of the week as well as most of this challenge. Adding on weight certainly doesn’t help either. Traveling again this weekend to visit extended family I haven’t seen in a few years.

February Goal: 199
February Actual: 207.2
February Loss: +1.6 from end of January

March 4: 209.2 Well I knew it would be up this week. I took my mom to visit her sisters so a lot of time in the car and then eating out most meals. Hopefully most of this is salt and stress. First anniversary of my husband’s passing is on Mar.9 so some depression as well.

March 11: 209.4 Stayed basically the same. Saturday went better than I thought it would be. Some dear friends drove 4.5 hours one way to visit me. They were there when DH passed away. There are not many friends who would do that and continue to care and watch over me. I made DH favorite meal while they were here and we did go out to eat Sunday for lunch. It's all the other times that I graze on something I shouldn't or eat poor nutritional meals. I keep thinking it will get better and I will hop back on the band wagon but it's been challenging. Hope all the "firsts" are now over and maybe psychologically and emotionally I can move on more. I know that moments of grief and the process of grief happen for a very long time. You can't move on from being married for 38.5 years and dating 2 before that easily. Two shall become one means more than you might think.

Today is also my youngest daughters birthday.

March 18: 208.2 Finally in a downward direction. I go to visit my mom every other week and I usually eat too much junk, eat a lot of salt and don’t drink nearly enough water. This trip was better plus yesterday I decided I was going to stick to my mfp calorie goal. One day at a time but I know that works if I just stay disciplined. Thursday I have a doctor’s appointment to see about replacing my left knee, I had my right one done in July. Another very good reason to get this weight off.

March 25: 209 Well this challenge was a bust for me but that is okay. Onto the next one.

March Goal: 195
March Actual:209
March Loss:


Weight loss for this week: +.8
Current challenge loss: +3
Challenge Weight loss goal: 11 pounds