🌻 🎃 October Daily Weigh-in and Logging Challenge🌻🎃🍂

iLive2Walk wrote: »

Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.

I start this month with a different perspective - I just annouced that I am calling 140 pounds my goal weight and as I write am just a 1/2 pound away from reaching that goal. I will make it this round. I couldn't have done it without this group. I have been here since April 2023 - it was the first "challenge" I joined on MFP, so holds a very special place in my heart. I want to thank a couple special people that have been here since the beginning of my journey - first and foremost @jm216 for setting this up each and every month and showing everyone that you should never ever give up. And then @deepwoodslady - listen to her - she gives fantastic advice. Always knows what to say to make you stay strong. You have both been my rock! 💗

There have been many other people that I met in this group that through their strength, persistance, and accomplishments that have also touch me - I probably will miss some - but also thank you @cattherien @ozdeelite @koeitjiesa @cinw1501 @jo_casey42 who have been with us the past few months and from all the other rounds that I have been through (I may have been ddainiak in my past life) @39flavours @Buckeyebabe7l7 @gomifune @joans1976 @BittersweetVita @andreajlnhe - I hope you are all doing well - just wanted to let you know I am making it to my goal and that you have all made a difference in my life.

For all the new people - trust the process - it's ok if you stumble along the way - just keep going and you WILL get there.

Thank you!
Darlene

@iLive2Walk Thanks so much for the shout-out and the heartfelt message. You have been such an inspiration! I hope that you will stay with us because, if we are successful, we all will reach the maintenance phase at some point and will need examples and tips on how to navigate it. It has Nothing To Do with the fact that we would miss you if you left the group. Naw....Nothing. LOL. Congratulations on being so close (a smidge) from your goal. You are Amazing!

deepwoodslady wrote: »

iLive2Walk wrote: »

Hi I'm Darlene. I am 64, married, (Greg - 37 years), one adult daughter (Allyson), one pup - Monty the Goldendoodle. I retired in 2020.

I start this month with a different perspective - I just annouced that I am calling 140 pounds my goal weight and as I write am just a 1/2 pound away from reaching that goal. I will make it this round. I couldn't have done it without this group. I have been here since April 2023 - it was the first "challenge" I joined on MFP, so holds a very special place in my heart. I want to thank a couple special people that have been here since the beginning of my journey - first and foremost @jm216 for setting this up each and every month and showing everyone that you should never ever give up. And then @deepwoodslady - listen to her - she gives fantastic advice. Always knows what to say to make you stay strong. You have both been my rock! 💗

There have been many other people that I met in this group that through their strength, persistance, and accomplishments that have also touch me - I probably will miss some - but also thank you @cattherien @ozdeelite @koeitjiesa @cinw1501 @jo_casey42 who have been with us the past few months and from all the other rounds that I have been through (I may have been ddainiak in my past life) @39flavours @Buckeyebabe7l7 @gomifune @joans1976 @BittersweetVita @andreajlnhe - I hope you are all doing well - just wanted to let you know I am making it to my goal and that you have all made a difference in my life.

For all the new people - trust the process - it's ok if you stumble along the way - just keep going and you WILL get there.

Thank you!
Darlene

@iLive2Walk Thanks so much for the shout-out and the heartfelt message. You have been such an inspiration! I hope that you will stay with us because, if we are successful, we all will reach the maintenance phase at some point and will need examples and tips on how to navigate it. It has Nothing To Do with the fact that we would miss you if you left the group. Naw....Nothing. LOL. Congratulations on being so close (a smidge) from your goal. You are Amazing!

@deepwoodslady I'm not going anywhere! I think that the maintenance phase will be just as hard as losing - and I know from experience that I need the accountability!

Hi,

I'm Cindy. I am 5'4" just turned 51. Have a wonderful husband of 27 years and a soon to be 19 year old daughter.

Happy October!

September was a not so great month with a gain of 1.6 lbs. October will be better.

July starting weight : 164.2
October Starting weight : 158.2
Goal : 154

October 1st : 158.2 - Made it to they gym after work!
October 2nd: 158.6

I'm Charlene, 59 years old, 5'8", married 40 years to Allen, 6 adult children, 9 grandchildren. I have celiac disease so I eat gluten free; I'm intolerant to lactose, soy, watermelon, and cruciferous vegetables, and I have MTHFR reactions so I can't eat items fortified with folic acid; all these components make meals challenging! I usually do meal prepping at the beginning of every week. I live in Central Illinois USA, and I work part-time as a home caregiver for the elderly so they can live in their own homes and not have to live in a nursing home.

🥛= I met my water goal
✍️= I logged all my food
🧂= I stayed under my sodium limit
🧮= I stayed under my calorie limit
💊= I took my supplements
🥏= Disc golf (golf, but with a Frisbee)
🚶= Steps (number)
🏋️= Exercise (stretch/strength/cardio)
📚= I read for at least 30 minutes

September ending weight: 181.8
September goal weight: 180.0
October goal weight: 178.0
Maintenance goal weight: 160.0

Oct 1: 181.8 ✍️🧂🧮🚶(7702)
Oct 2: 180.9 🥛✍️🧂🧮🚶(6827)

And there's the whoosh! 💧 Hello, 180🎉! I hope I'm just seeing you in passing on my way to the 170's.😂 20 pounds to goal!

Taco protein bar experiment #1 was meh. I should've doubled or tripled the seasonings, and I shouldn't have added the extra oats and polenta to firm up the mixture; they came out tasting like a very mild tamale but the texture was slightly too dry. I'll eat them, but I'll try again. Next time I'll dial back on the oats and polenta, up the spice and just realize this mix will be looser/wetter than the pizza one. I'd also like to try crushed corn tortilla chips in the recipe instead of polenta, but I need to compare the nutritional value to using the polenta; if the crushed chips will drive up the calories or carbs too much, then the polenta is fine, it gives a faint corn hint. My goal is for these to taste somewhat similar to a hard shell taco without the lettuce.

@deepwoodslady I ❤️ your goal of being back in the 180's by the end of October!

@ilive2walk SO EXCITED for you for this new phase of life; and... agreed that maintenance is just as hard as losing. I found that to be true as well; it was too easy to let my guard down once I was well under my goal, and slack off on tracking. And that let the pounds creep back up, slowly over time. This time, I won't stop tracking and weighing every day.

@texasfarmer, @KSDurand welcome!

@FaZizzle good luck with your injections and your plan, I hope they work well for bringing your A1c back to normal. Great job dragging your dead butt to the gym yesterday morning! 👍

@UCGRocks oh no about the cold and pulled muscle! I hope you're feeling a little bit better today!

@ozdeelite oh my goodness! Yay for a little increase in kidney function, and for the fluid loss, I hope that drain works amazingly well and gets all that excess fluid out of your abdominal cavity.❤️🤞

60 year old female, 5’8”, and this will be my first challenge with this group. My goal will be to lose 8 pounds by the 31st. It may be difficult as we are going on vacation, but that’s part of the challenge!

OCTOBER 31st GOAL = 194.4



OCTOBER 1 —— 202.4
OCTOBER 2 —— 202.2