❄️⛷️January Daily Logging & Weigh-in Challenge🛷❄️

44yo happily married from Canada. Been sick for about 2 weeks.. hopefully by this weekend feeling better.. DH is back to work Monday.. he's also sick.. really hope 2025 is a healthier year for us both. And you all.

January Start Weight: 288
January Goal Weight: 277
Dec 31 Goal Weight: 230

Jan1: 288 same start as last year.
Jan2: 288.7 I ended up lying down after the unplanned 4am wakeup and weighed in when I got up for the day.
Jan3: 4am wakeup again.. forgot to check weight just wanted to get out of bedroom to not wake DH with my coughing.. too bad he didn't feel the same with his snoring! But on the mend I think
Jan6: 290.7 3am wakeup.. dammit. Coughing, odd sneeze here and there, rogue ice cream last night with apple crumble pie. Sigh. "Diets" start Mondays right? Going to start logging meals today, hitting 10k steps and start upping my water intake. Back in the day I drank up to 13 water bottles and day.. now I'm lucky if it's 2-3!

I need to figure out the spoiler thing to maybe keep only the last week of updates visible with the rest hidden away.

Hello I'm Darlene, retired, 64-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been with group for a while. I started my journey in January 2023, and over the last two year have lost almost 90 pounds. With the help of this group I made it to the ideal weight loss range. Logging in Daily really keeps me on track. Now I'm working on a buffer to make it so I never hit overweight again. This round, I am going to change things up a bit - going to post my goal accomplishment daily, but only weigh in on Wednesday, we'll see how that goes!

My Goals for January

🥅 Stay under Ideal Weight (140)
🎯 Work Towards next weight goal 137 whenever I get there is fine
👣 14K Steps per day
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Under TDEE calorie range daily, have 1,750 calorie defcifit for week (1/2 pound)
🚶‍♀️🫀 🏋️‍♀️ 🧘‍♀️2+ Miles 🚶‍♀️walking daily, 3 🫀 Cardio (non-walk) weekly, 3 🏋️‍♀️ Strength Weekly, 1 Stretch type 🧘‍♀️ weekly
⌚ 700 Min of Intentional Exercise Weekly
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂 Under Sodium Limit

Highest Weight 228

SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.6 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 144.8 | Jul: 143.5 | Aug: 142.4 | Sep 140.7 | Oct 139.8 | Nov 142.4 | Dec 139.7

⛄🎉January 🎉⛄

My Goals
🥅 🎯👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 🧘‍♀️ 💦🧂

Weight Current Day, Goals Prior Day
Starting Weight 139.7

Jan 1: 👣 📝🥗🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦
16.8K 👣 Steps, 4.3 🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 130⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗254, Over my Sodium limit.

Jan 2: 👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦🧂
19.7K 👣 Steps, 4.4🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 137 ⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗305

Jan 3:👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦 🧂
20.7K 👣 Steps, 4.2🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 149 ⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗294

Jan 4: 👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀⌚ 💦🧂
16.3K 👣 Steps, 4.3🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 115 ⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗634

Jan 5: 👣📝🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀⌚ 🧘‍♀️ 💦
18.1K 👣 Steps, 4.4🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 149 ⌚ Min, Over My daily calorie limit 42 Calories, Over my Sodium limit.

Jan 6: 👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦 🧂
21.4K Steps, 4.🚶‍♀️‍➡️Miles, 172⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗744

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 64 years old and from Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

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


This Challenge Starting Weight (from Dec 31st): 192.6
Goal: 188.6 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total 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.


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01/04-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.8)-

01/05-193.8-(Trend Weight 192.9)- I was shocked at the scale this morning! Admittedly I did not log my foods yesterday and was likely over on carbs and calories but I didn’t think the day went too bad! Did something catch up with me? I dunno, but you can be sure I will be logging everything and staying on point today! I don’t feel like chasing my tail for any longer than I have to.

01/06-193.0-(Trend Weight 192.9)- No TMI x 3 isn’t helping but I’m still happy to see a 0.8 lb drop. Yesterday could have been better. It was so busy I ended up with a lot of processed foods (TV dinner etc) and junk snacks instead of healthy ones for the most part. I need to do better. I’m having a meeting with my General Contractor today. I’m nervous and I’m sure he won’t be happy. Please keep me in your thoughts this morning.

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deepwoodslady wrote: »

brokenspoiled wrote: »

I need to figure out the spoiler thing to maybe keep only the last week of updates visible with the rest hidden away.

@brokenspoiled To make a spoiler you do the following:

You will need to take away the spaces that I needed to put in so that I could post this.

[ spoiler ]

to end the spoiler you need to do this: [ /spoiler ]

Again, absolutely no spaces used. I hope this helps.

brokenspoiled wrote: »

deepwoodslady wrote: »

brokenspoiled wrote: »

I need to figure out the spoiler thing to maybe keep only the last week of updates visible with the rest hidden away.

@brokenspoiled To make a spoiler you do the following:

You will need to take away the spaces that I needed to put in so that I could post this.

[ spoiler ]

to end the spoiler you need to do this: [ /spoiler ]

Again, absolutely no spaces used. I hope this helps.

I assume this worked? Thankyou @deepwoodslady for the assistance!

@brokenspoiled Yes, it worked beautifully!

Hi everyone, I have been on mfp over 12 years now. I lost weight twice (about 12-15kgs) but gained it back. Now I’m almost at my heaviest and it’s urgent to lose due to my health, possibly fertility issues (pcos), and wedding in August.
I am 35 years old and work from home. I have a very sedentary lifestyle. I am trying to have a habit of going to the gym 3 times a week. I am 164 cm and started with 103.3 kg (31 December 2024).

SW: 103.3 kg
January GW: 101 kg

1/1- DNW
1/2- 103.7 kg
1/3- 103.2 kg
1/4- 102.7 kg
1/5- 102.5 kg
1/6- 102.5 kg
1/7- 102.4 kg

Jan 5: 144.6
Jan 6: 144.2
Jan 7: 144.2

Jan 6: Logged meals, steps 8125 (met my 7k goal!), completed Day 2 beginner’s Pilates video.

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 64 years old and from Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

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


This Challenge Starting Weight (from Dec 31st): 192.6
Goal: 188.6 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total 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.


01/01-193.4-(Trend Weight 192.9)-

01/02-193.2-(Trend Weight 192.9)-
01/03-192.4-(Trend Weight 192.9)-

01/04-192.0-(Trend Weight 192.8)-

01/05-193.8-(Trend Weight 192.9)-

01/06-193.0-(Trend Weight 192.9)- No TMI x 3 isn’t helping but I’m still happy to see a 0.8 lb drop. Yesterday could have been better. It was so busy I ended up with a lot of processed foods (TV dinner etc) and junk snacks instead of healthy ones for the most part. I need to do better. I’m having a meeting with my General Contractor today. I’m nervous and I’m sure he won’t be happy. Please keep me in your thoughts this morning.

01/07-193.4-(Trend Weight 192.9)- My day yesterday was pretty good overall . My calories and carbs were under so I’m not sure why there was a bit of an increase. I’ll just have to trust the process and not let it put me in a bad and self-sabotaging place. I probably did not do the greatest on pure water consumption but there was plenty of black coffee which many health professionals count. No set exercise for me however. I’ve just been too lazy and have had no drive. I think part of it is just stress and depression. I have not had that conversation (meeting) with my contractor yet. He wants to wait a few days in order to use every moment on the project now that he’s done spewing his mouth and it’s my turn to talk. Oh well, the meeting WILL come but I do want the rest of that mud on the wall and have it get drying so we can progress. I’m not in a good place right now and it would take almost nothing to completely derail me. I’ve got to pull up the strength to continue to meal-plan, pre-log and get in some fitness/exercise. I can’t shut Donna and her health down over a smart-arsed contractor! I hate conflict!

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I have another quick question. Is there an easier faster way to find my old post to continue with or should I just copy and paste it in my cell?

44yo happily married from Canada. Been sick for about 3 weeks and counting. Hopeful 2025 is a healthier year for us all.

January Start Weight: 288
January Goal Weight: 277
Dec 31 Goal Weight: 230

Jan1: 288 same start as last year.
Jan2: 288.7 I ended up lying down after the unplanned 4am wakeup and weighed in when I got up for the day.
Jan3: 4am wakeup again.. forgot to check weight just wanted to get out of bedroom to not wake DH with my coughing.. too bad he didn't feel the same with his snoring! But on the mend I think
Jan6: 290.7 3am wakeup.. dammit. Coughing, odd sneeze here and there, rogue ice cream last night with apple crumble pie. Sigh. "Diets" start Mondays right? Going to start logging meals today, hitting 10k steps and start upping my water intake. Back in the day I drank up to 13 water bottles and day.. now I'm lucky if it's 2-3!
Jan7: 284.9 ok seems I dropped that sugary weekend plus more.. but not in a good way. rough night. Took a new to me otc sleeping pill at 7 and fell asleep by 830 or so.. I've been sleeping extra poorly being sick. I woke up at 1144pm. No idea why. At 2 I got out of bed to read in living room to hopefully get sleepy.. nothing. Got DH off to work at 6 and tried to sleep and managed 630to730 then 745to9. I hate napping. My fitbit doesn't even know what to do with all these naps. I also didn't eat much. Nor today yet either. The congestion shifted in my head.. its lessened but I'm still coughing with mini sneezes still daily. I hate this.

I did get my 10k steps in but today I'm not even attempting it.

@deepwoodslady I'm sorry to hear about the conflict.. maybe down some water before you do anything food wise to help stay on track. Going to drink half this new waterbottle in support!

@iLive2Walk Smart. Thankyou.

Hi everyone, I have been on mfp over 12 years now. I lost weight twice (about 12-15kgs) but gained it back. Now I’m almost at my heaviest and it’s urgent to lose due to my health, possibly fertility issues (pcos), and wedding in August.
I am 35 years old and work from home. I have a very sedentary lifestyle. I am trying to have a habit of going to the gym 3 times a week. I am 164 cm and started with 103.3 kg (31 December 2024).

SW: 103.3 kg
January GW: 101 kg

1/1- DNW
1/2- 103.7 kg
1/3- 103.2 kg
1/4- 102.7 kg
1/5- 102.5 kg
1/6- 102.5 kg
1/7- 102.4 kg
1/8- 102.4 kg

44yo happily married from Canada. Been sick for about 3 weeks and counting. Hopeful 2025 is a healthier year for us all.

January Start Weight: 288
January Goal Weight: 277
Dec 31 Goal Weight: 230

Jan1: 288 same start as last year.
Jan2: 288.7 I ended up lying down after the unplanned 4am wakeup and weighed in when I got up for the day.
Jan3: 4am wakeup again.. forgot to check weight just wanted to get out of bedroom to not wake DH with my coughing.. too bad he didn't feel the same with his snoring! But on the mend I think
Jan6: 290.7 3am wakeup.. dammit. Coughing, odd sneeze here and there, rogue ice cream last night with apple crumble pie. Sigh. "Diets" start Mondays right? Going to start logging meals today, hitting 10k steps and start upping my water intake. Back in the day I drank up to 13 water bottles and day.. now I'm lucky if it's 2-3!
Jan7: 284.9 ok seems I dropped that sugary weekend plus more.. but not in a good way. rough night. Took a new to me otc sleeping pill at 7 and fell asleep by 830 or so.. I've been sleeping extra poorly being sick. I woke up at 1144pm. No idea why. At 2 I got out of bed to read in living room to hopefully get sleepy.. nothing. Got DH off to work at 6 and tried to sleep and managed 630to730 then 745to9. I hate napping. My fitbit doesn't even know what to do with all these naps. I also didn't eat much. Nor today yet either. The congestion shifted in my head.. its lessened but I'm still coughing with mini sneezes still daily. I hate this.

I did get my 10k steps in yesterday but today I'm not even attempting it.

Jan8: 283.3 1399cals yesterday.. appetite was gone last 2 days but today I feel hungry! Sleep was poor.. i kept waking up after every sleep cycle? So weird. Fitbit gave me 5h37m sleep from 830 to 530. 🤷‍♀️ used no otc sleep aids this time. I'm going to bed early again tonight.. read for awhile then try for 830 again. I'm "skipping" the 10k steps again todsy.. it'll be whatever.. going to keep focusing rest of this week on increasing water intake, better sleep, knocking this congestion and proper cal amts. Which I have set for 1950.. my steps/"extra" Fitbit cals aren't registering but I just don't care while I'm not focused on "exercise".

I did lose this first week but it was rough. Hope your first weeks had some things to cheer about.
Eta my quote & spoiler stuff worked!

Hello I'm Darlene, retired, 64-year-old. Married (Greg), one adult daughter (Allyson), and one goldendoodle (Monty). I have been with group for a while. I started my journey in January 2023, and over the last two year have lost almost 90 pounds. With the help of this group I made it to the ideal weight loss range. Logging in Daily really keeps me on track. Now I'm working on a buffer to make it so I never hit overweight again. This round, I am going to change things up a bit - going to post my goal accomplishment daily, but only weigh in on Wednesday, we'll see how that goes!

My Goals for January

🥅 Stay under Ideal Weight (140)
🎯 Work Towards next weight goal 137 whenever I get there is fine
👣 14K Steps per day (100K Steps Weekly)
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Under TDEE calorie range daily, have 1,750 calorie defcifit for week (1/2 pound)
🚶‍♀️🫀 🏋️‍♀️ 🧘‍♀️ 2+ Miles 🚶‍♀️walking daily, 3 🫀 Cardio (non-walk) weekly, 3 🏋️‍♀️ Strength Weekly, 1 Stretch type 🧘‍♀️ weekly
⌚ 700 Min of Intentional Exercise Weekly
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂 Under Sodium Limit

Highest Weight 228

SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.6 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 144.8 | Jul: 143.5 | Aug: 142.4 | Sep 140.7 | Oct 139.8 | Nov 142.4 | Dec 139.7

⛄🎉January 🎉⛄

My Goals
🥅 🎯👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 🧘‍♀️ 💦🧂

Weight Current Day, Goals Prior Day
Starting Weight 139.7


Prior Weeks:
Jan 7: 139 🥅 👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦🧂
Prior Weeks Goals
115K 👣 Steps, 65 Miles, 1005 ⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 2,375

Week Two:
Jan 7: 👣 📝🥗 🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️⌚ 💦🧂
20.4K Steps, 3.6🚶‍♀️Miles, 149⌚ Min, Calorie Deficit 🥗310

I worked really hard since Christmas and it as paid off, lost all my weight from the holidays. My weekly calorie deficit was 2,375 calories - the math says that should be .67 pounds and guess what I lost .7 pounds - I guess the math worked this week! 😁

Hi All!

🎉🎆Happy New Year!!🎆🎉

I am a mom of five, trying to lose my last few pounds.

Goals for January:
Pre-log my day's food every morning! And update logging before dinner.
Check in to this group every morning.


January 1: 128.6 ❄️ I logged!
January 2: 127.6
January 3: 127.6 Yesterday the last of the Christmas cookies, chocolates, and egg nog got hold of me.
January 4: 127.6 I've been pre-logging in the mornings; but then I get derailed sometime between 3-7PM. I'd like to tackle that; maybe if I take the time to update logging right before dinner. There's always a lot of shuffle and/or chaos right before dinner, but if I can manage to take some time to update my logging during that time, I think that will help. So, I'd adding that to my goals above.

January 5: 127.6
January 6: 128.6
January 7: 127.8
January 8: 128.6
January 9:

Calories yesterday

Goal 1600 actual 1637. Not bad.

Today is my weekly weigh in

Jan 1 - 162.2
Jan 8 - 160.8

Woot! Pretty pleased with that if I can keep it. I was surprised bc I got takeout for lunch. I estimated the calories, but I thought higher salt content in takeout would puff numbers a bit. Glad it didn't!