😀😀😀***MAY 2024 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀

My name is Donna. I am 64 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.


Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)

Start Weight (from Apr 30th, 2024 ): 185.6

Goal Weight: 181.6 (4 pound loss)

End of Challenge Final Weight: xxxxx

Weight lost/gained this month: xxxxx




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.


05/01-185.4-(Trend Weight: 182.3)-

05/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-
05/12-185.4-(Trend Weight: 185.4)- We are driving out to a restaurant on Lake Huron today which is a bit of a drive. The water should be lovely because of our beautiful blue skies today and the Mother’s Day Buffet will be delish. I expect the scale will go up tomorrow but I can handle it. I’m going to wear sandals that I can remove and walk along the water’s edge. I have a house full of fresh flowers thanks to the kids. I feel so grateful and appreciated! Happy Mother’s Day everyone!

05/17-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)- I am gaining weight a little more each day. I can see it on the scale when I step on, I see it in the mirror, I feel it in my clothes. It feels like dry forest with a huge wildfire burning out of control. Throwing buckets of water on it will never put it out. It’s going to take a more than that, a LOT more.

05/24-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-
05/31-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

47 year old female - 5’2”

May Start Weight: 169.4
May Goal Weight: 164
Ultimate Goal Weight: 150

May 6: 169.4
May 8: 168.4
May 15: 168.7
May 22: 164.7
May 29:
May 31:

May Start Weight: 136
May Goal Weight: 134
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130

May 1: 136
May 8: 137
May 15: 137
May 22: 137
May 29:
May 31:

May Start Weight: 147.5lbs (10-day moving average: 148.11)
May Goal Weight: 146lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140lbs

May 1: 147.5 (10-day avg: 148.11)
May 9: 146.75 (10-day avg: 147.44)
May 15: 148.5 (10-day avg: 148.0)
May 22: 146.75 (10-day avg: 146.78)
May 29:
May 31:

Beginning weight: 206 lbs
May Start Weight: 174
May Goal Weight: 168
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140

May 1: 174
May 8: 172
May 15: 167 - not a typical weekly weight loss for me, been fighting stomach bug the past 3days.
May 22: 169
May 29:
May 31:

MFP start weight: 275 lbs.
May start weight: 215.50
May goal weight: 212
Ultimate goal weight: 190 (to start)

Been a hectic few months, hoping to get back on track as we settle into a small apartment after 50plus years in a house.

May 10: 215.50
May 17: 219.25
May 24: 220.50! Seem to be going the opposite way! On a refined carb binge, got to get a handle on that!
May 31:

September 2023 starting @ 207.7

September 2023 (-3.4)
October 2023 (-11.4)
November 2023 (-4.1)
December 2023 (0)
January 2024 (-4.1)
February 2024 (-5.6)
March 2024 (+6.8)
April 2024 (-5.20)
May 2024 (-7.50)

Total loss 34.50 pounds

May Start Weight: 180.7
May Goal Weight: 177
Ultimate Goal Weight: 142

May 1: 180.7
May 8: 178.9
May 15: 177.8
May 24: 173.2
May 29:
May 31:

May Start Weight: 206.2
May Goal Weight: 200… really hoping to break into the 100s by the end of the month but as long as I can be in a loss, I’ll be fine with it

Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

May 3: 206.2
May 10: 201.8
May 17: 201
May 24: 199
May 31:

Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018): 168.2
January 1, 2024 Weight: 155.4 (10-day average 155.8)
April 27 (Starting Weight for this challenge): 147.4 (10-day average 146.9)
May goal: Get back to lower end of maintenance weight range
Ultimate goal: Stay in maintenance range between (absolutely 140 - 153 and ideally 142-148)

I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.

April 27: 147.4 (10-day average 146.9)
May 4: 146.8 (10-day average 147.4)
May 11: 146.6 (10-day average 147.4)
May 18 146.0 (10-day average 146.4)
May 25: 150.0 (10-day average 146.8)
June 1:

Total loss for May: After some up and down, I'm about back where I started. I am still in my ideal maintenance range, and while I'm moving down, it's still towards the top. I'm almost exactly in the middle of my absolute range, and that's a win. I am down 8.9 pounds for the year.

Stick to it!



This is the reason I like to weigh daily and ignore the number. Even if I just looked at the one-day numbers from last week and this week, it would look like I gained, but that would not tell the whole story. I'm still on a downward trend, and it's leveling off near my target/goal weight.

Stick to it!

My name is Donna. I am 64 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.


Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)

Start Weight (from Apr 30th, 2024 ): 185.6

Goal Weight: 181.6 (4 pound loss)

End of Challenge Final Weight: xxxxx

Weight lost/gained this month: xxxxx




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.


05/01-185.4-(Trend Weight: 182.3)-

05/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-
05/12-185.4-(Trend Weight: 185.4)-

05/19-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)- I am gaining weight a little more each day. I can see it on the scale when I step on, I see it in the mirror, I feel it in my clothes. It feels like dry forest with a huge wildfire burning out of control. Throwing buckets of water on it will never put it out. It’s going to take a more than that, a LOT more.

05/26-184.6-(Trend Weight: 186.4)- I know I belong back in the 170’s. I don’t deserve the 160’s yet, but the 170’s is where my true home is (for now). I’ve just got to get back there! I’ve been feeling pretty lost since February, but I think I’m back on the right path now. Not the perfect path, but the right path. Today is the family BBQ. I don’t expect that the scale will be a friendly place tomorrow but I will work on it hard this week. I don’t expect I will meet my goal this month. Especially when it was my birthday month, Mother’s Day and now the Memorial weekend Holiday. But I do want to end up with the scale lower than when I started so that is my mini goal this week. Memorial weekend unofficially marks the beginning of summer in the USA. Let’s do Summer strong!

05/31-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

deepwoodslady wrote: »

andja87 wrote: »

May Start Weight: 206.2
May Goal Weight: 200… really hoping to break into the 100s by the end of the month but as long as I can be in a loss, I’ll be fine with it

Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

May 3: 206.2
May 10: 201.8
May 17: 201
May 24: 199
May 31:

@andja87 Onederland! I usually bop back & forth a bit around new decades, but when you've hit them, they are essentially yours to have and to keep. Congratulations!

@deepwoodslady Thank you! And I know, I weighed myself over the weekend and was already back over 200 😂 but I had some fun over the extended break and didn’t hold back. Hopefully it’ll fall off again now that I’ll go back to my regular routine lol

Start Weight: 200.6 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 155 lbs

March: -9 lbs
April: +5.4 lbs

May Start Weight: 197.0 lbs
May Goal Weight: 189.0 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 155 lbs

May 1: 197.0
May 8: 198.0
May 15: 197.0
May 22: 195.4
May 29: 196.4
May 31:

Yeah, I kinda knew this was going to happen. Need to do better. 🙁

“Deferred joys purchased by sacrifice are always sweetest and most enduring.” ~Archbishop Fulton Sheen

May Start Weight: 247.0
May Goal Weight: 242.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 215.0 (for now)

May 1: 247.0
May 8:247.0
May 15:vacation
May 22: vacation
May 29:247.8
May 31:


After 2 weeks vacation, I am actually surprised that I only gained that much.
Back to the grind.