10 pounds to lose challenge- November 1, 2024-January 31, 2025

SW 151.5
GW 144
UGW 134-137


11-01-24 151.5
11-08-24 151
11-15-24 150.5
11-22-24 150
11-27-24 150
12-06-24 149
12-13-24 148.5

Only 7 weeks to go in this challenge. I'm pleased with where I am. I'm not pleased with the slow pace. I have to keep reminding myself where I would be if not for starting this challenge last August (165). There!!
That makes me feel so much better.

It's hard to imagine what ten more pounds off would feel like. I haven't been there in so long.

Saturday, Sunday, Monday plan:
-vegetable with all meals
-min 30 min exercise on Monday
- brushing teeth right after dinner
- log foods

I’ll set my next weigh day as Friday12/20 😌 completed today’s plan and looking forwards to executing again towards my goal!

I have finally successfully passed my challenge goal weight! I wasn't home last weekend and didn't come home until Thursday night. We're I was staying didn't have much food so my main meal everyday was dinner. So my current weight when I weighed in on Friday was.........
Start weight: 228
Current weight: 214!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Challenge goal weight: 215
Actual goal weight: 115

Oh how I would love to finally se those numbers go down! They have just kept going up and up and up, but finally they are starting to go down!
I can't weight until I finally get into the 100's! I haven't seen those numbers on the scale in years! Even when I was in the 190's I felt very self conscious of my weight and wanted it to go down.
But now I have finally decided to take care of my life and lose the 120 pounds and I am getting so close.

My name is Donna. I am 64 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall.


CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 12 pounds to land at 178.6 (Oh How I Would Love Love Love)
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM Oct 31st): 190.6
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:
TOTAL LOST IN THIS CHALLENGE:



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


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.


11/01-190.6-(Trend Weight: 192.1)-

11/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

11/12-191.2-(Trend Weight: 191.4)-

11/19-192.2-(Trend Weight: 191.6)-

11/26-191.4-(Trend Weight: 191.0)-

11/30-193.0-(Trend Weight: 191.7)-


Nov Start: 190.6
Nov Goal: 186.6 (4 pound loss)
Nov Actual: 193.0
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 2.4 lbs Gained


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.

12/01-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.0)-

12/03-191.8-(Trend Weight: 192.0)-

12/10-194.4-(Trend Weight: 193.1)- Pizza last night with my son while decorating. Me and bread don’t mix. Travel earlier in the week while Christmas shopping. A birthday party for DGS. Just some of the challenges I faced this week and it shows. Gosh, how quickly that scale can go up! I have a cardiology appointment out of town tomorrow, so more travel and more restaurant food. This rural gal will take advantage of being in a big city and do some more Christmas shopping and grocery shopping. My cardiologist is going to be pretty disappointed in me! I weighed about 12 pounds less when I saw her in June. Ugh! No one can change it but me, but I seriously doubt there will be much progress in December. If I could just stop the damage here I would accept that (for now) but there’s still baking, more out-of-town shopping is likely and all the parties and festivities yet to be. I hate spending most of a year just trying to fix what happens in December every year. It is up to me to hate it enough to change it!

12/17-190.0-(Trend Weight: 192.6)- I’ve been working hard this week because I know what is coming. The Holidays and all the food and baked goods that go with it! I’ve managed absolutely zero intentional exercise but I have been staying more active due to the holidays, the decorating, the wrapping etc. I haven’t started baking yet. Our dinner will be on the 28th so I still have time. God knows I don’t need that stuff in the house too early. I’ve been known to eat chocolate chips right out of the bag! My main new try is that I am trying not to focus on the big picture with all the weight that needs to be lost looming over my head.
I decided at 193.6 that I would focus on 5 lb losses at a time with no exact time frame. Just a hyper-focus on that 5 lbs. T-Minus 3.6 lbs with 1.4 lbs to go. Let’s keep pushing through my friends.

12/24-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

12/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-



Dec Start: 193.0
Dec Goal: 189.0 (4 pound loss)
Dec Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:



Challenge Weeks to Come

Moved a smidgeon. I will stick with the plan and try to break 150 next week, a number I haven’t seen in a while. 🤞
11/1: 152.8
11/8: 151.4
11/15: 154.4
11/22: 154.0
11/29: 154.4
12/6: 151.8
12/13: 150.2
12/20: 150.0
Challenge Goal:
-7.8
Challenge Actual:
-2.8

I feeling good about where I am. It was a surprising loss this week. I'll just keep plodding along and remind myself why I want this.

SW 151.5
GW 144
UGW 134 - 137


11-01 151.5
11-08 151
11-15 150.5
11-22 150
11-27 150
12-06 149
12-13 148.5
12-20 147
12-27
01-03
01-10
01-17

August 1ST 159
29: 156 August loss 3lbs
Sept 5: 154
26: 154
Oct 1: 153
31: 152 Total loss for Challenge 7 lbs.
Nov 1: 152
8: 152.5
15: 152.
22: 152
Dec 1: 151 November loss 1lb Total loss since August 8 lbs
8: 151
14: 152
21: 151
Still hanging on and gaining and losing the same pound. Happy with that for now. Have a great week everyone.

Thank you @RubyRed427 for continuing this challenge. Thanks to everyone for the useful advice I have read on this thread this week. There's lots of things I need to look at and consider, thanks all. Although I only look at this page once a week, it is reassuring to know that others are in the same situation as me and we are all making progress!

My aims for this round are to: carry on staying active, reduce my carbohydrate intake, try to get at least 7 hours sleep a night and to return to tracking my meals - if only to see what I need to do to get into 130-ville!

My name is Nikki, and I'm 5'3" (on a good day!). I'm based on the south coast in the UK. I'm in my 50s and work full time as a teacher. I'm pretty active - but there's always room for some more.

I've lost my way slightly with the end of term and the start of the Christmas break. It is a little worrying how easily chocolate, sweet things and snack=y things seem to make their way into my mouth, just because it is the holiday!! However, I am going to log my weight to keep me accountable to myself and remind me that it is possible to lose weight, if I really want to, as shown by my previous progress!

My GW is 133lb
my UGW is 126 - although that is very optimistic!
I weigh in on Thursdays.

Progress so far:
08 Aug - 150
15 Aug - 148 (-2lb)
22 Aug - 145.4 (-2.6lb)
29 Aug - 147 (+1.6lb)
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR AUGUST: 3lb

05 Sept -145.6 (-1.4lb)
12 Sept - 144.6 (-1.0lb)
19 Sept - 144.2 (-0.4lb)
26 Sept - 144.0 (-0.2lb)
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR SEPTEMBER: 1.6lb

03 Oct - 145.2lb (+1.2lb)
10 Oct -144.2lb (-1.0lb)
17 Oct -144.5lb (+0.3lb)
24 Oct - 143.6lb (-0.9lb)
31 Oct - 144.8lb (+1.2lb)
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR OCTOBER: 0.4lb
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 5.2lb

07 Nov - 143.2lb (-1.6lb) Yay! I've weighed in a little later this week, but I will go with the lower number to try and keep myself positive (although I realise I'm not being fully accountable)! I'm working on trying to keep my meals within a 12 hour window and I'm still working on reducing the number of carbs at lunch time - as these seem to be my downfall! I'm also working on keeping my fibre intake high with plenty of fruit and veg. I've been to the gym twice this week for body combat classes, and went dancing last night. My DH and I are learning to ballroom dance, and it is quite difficult learning and remembering the steps. I also have to keep moving to make sure he doesn't tread on my toes!! We went swimming this morning and swam a mile in 45 minutes. I made a vegetable rich chunky minestrone-style soup for lunch and my DH made a fish pie without cream, butter or flour - very impressive, and a tasty meal. He makes a cauliflower bechamel sauce if anyone is interested!
14 Nov - 142.8 (-0.4lb) Not much of a change, but I'll take it. It's difficult to stay motivated when the weight loss is so slow. I'm also not doing so well with tracking this week, so I need to get back into the habit. I've not done too badly with my getting more sleep target and I've been staying active, although it isn't easy to find the motivation to go out when it is cold and dark in the evenings! Back to tracking next week!!
21 Nov - 143.0 (+0.2lb) Not too bad in the scheme of things, I just need to get back to tracking and being a bit more mindful of what I am eating!! Tracking really is the way to go!!
28 Nov - 142.2 (-0.8) I'm late posting- but this was my weight on Thursday! Hurrah!! Still plenty to work on, but I'm not sure how I had a loss this week! I'll accept it and see how next week looks!
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR NOVEMBER: 1.0lb Not a huge loss, but a better weight than I have been for sometime!

05 Dec - 141.6 (-0.6lb) although it isn't much of a loss, getting to 141 lb is a big milestone for me. I've not seen that number for a very long time! Don't quite know what I did to get to this weight though. I still haven't gotten around to tracking, but this will become more important in the next few weeks now that Christmas is looming!
12 Dec - 141.6 (0lb) No change, but I haven't been as mindful as I could have been with my food choices, so I am glad to have maintained. I finish work this week - so the challenge will be not to eat everything I can find in the house whilst telling myself "it is a treat"!
19 Dec - 142.5 (+0.9lb) Far too many temptations!!
26 Dec - 144.3 ( +1.8lb) This could be a whole lot worse - so I'll accept it!
TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GAIN FOR DECEMBER: 2.7lb - I was expecting this, but I am still lower than I was at the start of August 2024.

02 Jan
09 Jan
16 Jan
23 Jan
30 Jan
Have a good week everyone, especially with all the exciting non-diet friendly food out there!

Good morning, My name is Debbie from Southern Idaho. I am 66 and wanting to get rid of weight I gained this year due to stress, bad nutrition and grief. Goal weigh is 118-115
November
01. 127
08. 125.8
15. 125.6 (slow going)
22. 125.2
29. (28th) 125 lost 2 for November
December
06. 125.2
13. 124.8
20. 126 -((
27. 126.2 gain 1 lb for December.
January
03.
10.
17.
24.
31.

SW 151.5
GW 144
UGW 134-137

11-01-24 151.5
11-08-24 150.5
11-15-24 150.5
11-22-24 150
11-27-24 150
12-06-24 149
12-13-24 148.5
12-20-24 147
12-27-24 146
01-03-25
01-10-25
01-17-25
01-24-25
01-31-25

Something strange happened here. I've been eating non stop from Monday through Thursday this week. I almost didn't weigh in today because I didn't want to know. Of course, I had to step on the scale because I can't stop myself. Maybe I'll get pay-back next week because I certainly don't deserve a loss. I almost feel guilty posting it.....if I can eat like this and still lose weight, this whole diet thing would be a waste of time. Maybe my scale went whacko.

Time to get back to it. Thank you all for hanging in there. It has certainly helped me to stay on task. Normally I would have thrown in the towel weeks ago.

11/2: 158.2 lbs
11/2: 158.2 lbs
11/20: 153 lbs
12/20: 156.4 lbs
12/24: 152.6 lbs

CGW: 152 lbs
UGW: undecided

I partially met my 12/21 plan. It was good for me to see that not “being perfect” in that plan, still allowed for weight loss. I wanted to give up on my 3-day plan when I had hiccups, but I’m proud I didn’t.

My plan for 12/21, 12/22 and 12/23 was:

-oatmeal with spinach and berries breakfasts (I did 2 out of 3)
- vegetable with every meal (I achieved)
- Brush teeth after dinner before nighttime TV (I did 2 out of 3)
- Pizza dinner planned for Sunday so make sure I make a salad to accompany (I did)
- Monday be gentle with myself re exercise (I did really well)
- Monday planning restaurant meal with visiting family. Preview menu at home and decide from home. (I did!)
- log food each day— look at Minimum of 30g of fiber each day (I did 2 out of 3)
- Weigh-in Tuesday 12/24/2 (done!)

I definitely ate loads of chocolate and cookies throughout the holidays. I’d like to reset with a plan. And to include logging daily. I tire a bit of making plans though… I’m feeling resistant to logging. But I know it works. I’ll return to make a plan soon.

I have been quite busy lately since the holidays started and getting ready for 8 days of fried food and donuts. But I have been very careful with picking what/when/how much of everything I would be eating over Chanukah.

I have been trying to log all my food the past week, but there is so many times I have forgotten because there is so much going on with all the celebrating and excitement. So I haven't logged all my meals that I have eaten, but have tried to.

My goal weight for this challenge is 210-215
My actual goal weight is 115
My height weight was 228
My lowest weight was ????
My starting weight on 10/30 was 228
11/1: 224
11/8: 224.8
11/15: 221
11/22: 220
12/6: 218
12/13: 214
12/20: 217
12/27: 215.2
1/3: will find out

I am not happy with my weight gain, but I am getting back down to where I was before and then lower to see the numbers I want to see on the scale.