🥰❤️February Daily Logging and Weigh in Challenge😍❤️

Hi All,
Happy February!

I am a 47-year old mom of five. I'm working to lose my last few pounds. I hit my goal last year but promptly began a slow gain over the course of about seven months. I rejoined this group last month, and I've been taking babysteps towards better habits!

The most helpful babysteps for me have been: exercising first thing in the morning; using my timer for exercising and household tasks; and continuously working to improve my sleep.

My goal for February is to keep that momentum.

Ultimate starting weight: 160 lbs
January weight loss: 1.0 lbs
Ultimate goal weight: 121.0

February 1: 127.6 💗 I logged!
February 2: 128.6 I've been doing very well with logging lately, so I'm not sure why there's a gain today. I will just stay the course.
February 3: 129.6
February 4: 129.2 💗 I logged! Yesterday I had a setback! Did not exercise upon waking because I was up late the night before with the older kids for a movie night. That's fine; I figured I would exercise later in the day. Well then on the way to take my daughter to school, at the bottom of a flight of stairs, stepping onto the ground, I twisted my ankle and fell. Yikes; my ankle hurt pretty badly all day. I pretty much had to sit all day and keep my ankle up. This was really disappointing. I was kinda discouraged. But, it feels a whole lot better today. Upon waking I did a few minutes of arm & abs exercises. I plan to get back into the groove.

February 5: 128.0 My ankle seems to be fine now, so I exercised (carefully) first thing this morning.👍

iLive2Walk wrote: »

@deepwoodslady I interested in your new nightly routine. Hope it works. Do you wake and eat, or are the nighttime snack before bed?

@iLive2Walk I don't eat in the mornings. My first meal is usually around 1 PM or even as late as 2. After years of Intermittent Fasting it has just become routine and I'm never hungry right away in the morning, I just want my coffee. The new thing I wanted to try was to have a bit of oatmeal at night when the snack monsters come out. I'm thinking it will be filling, add fiber to the diet and maybe even fulfill a bit of a sweet craving. I have regular sugar or I can use my Monk Fruit sweetener or Stevia. I actually forgot to try it. Perhaps I shall tonight. If it is as satisfying as I hope, I won't have to keep reaching for multiple things! I'll let you know if it helps!

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 Jan 31st): 191.2
Goal: 187.2 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx





FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH


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.


02/01-191.8-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/02-192.4-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/03-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.5)-

02/04-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.7)- No change. How DISAPPOINTING! Actually the word I should use is INSANITY. Definition: Doing the same thing over & over but expecting different results. Yea, this is INSANITY. I’m going to try reading tonight—a tip from someone on another challenge. Hopefully it can get me over the hump. I’ve been trying many things to beat those night time snack monsters. I have a new idea of my own I may also implement tonight. I’ll let you know tomorrow what it is and if it helped! Stay tuned!

02/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)- I woke up late and hit the floor running with the contractors at my door trying to get in and work. No thought to weigh, only to get dressed and get the coffee going. I’m feeling bloated and pudgy. I’m sure there has been no improvement on the scale.

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@deepwoodslady So funny, I was researching foods to eat before bedtime to help you sleep, and oatmeal was one of the suggestions. According to my research

"Hot or cold oatmeal might help prepare your body for sleep and keep you full throughout the night. Oats contain magnesium as well as melatonin, the sleep hormone."

Hope it works for you.

I have been having sleep issues as well, not so much the nighttime eating, but getting up and not being able to get back to sleep. I have been using a Greek yogurt which contains the protein I need as well.

Yogurt is rich in calcium, and some research suggests that including calcium in your diet can make it easier to fall asleep and lead to more restorative sleep. Yogurt also contains protein, as well as vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and magnesium, which can all contribute to sounder sleep. Additionally, yogurt contains gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a key neurotransmitter that helps calm the body in preparation for sleep."

So far, it has been working for me.

@ozdeelite - My steps and walk goals include all steps (not just intentional walking), but yes it is my exercise of choice. Weather permitting, I start the day with a 2+ mile walk in the AM, then I have a rule that if I want to watch "My" TV shows (ones that Greg won't want to see), then I need to watch them on the treadmill. I usually get another 2+ miles in just watching TV. It has become something that I look forward to doing every day. I am currently binge watching the Gilmore Girls. It's a show that I never watched when it came out, even though it was based on a fictional town in the state I live. Most days, I check my step count after dinner and if it isn't at 14K, I jump on the treadmill again (watching TV of course) to get there instead of watching the news with Greg.

@iLive2Walk Thanks for the info on the yogurt and oatmeal. Nothing seems to be helping me right now. However, I know I'm just in a rut and at some point I will get out and those will still be useful tips!

Darn it working is making me so tired. Naturally I crave junk food when tired so my calories have been a little scary lately.

February Weigh In
October 2023 weight - 115kg
Ultimate goal weight - 85kg

Start weight 104.4kg
Goal weight 102kg

1. 104.4kg ⬆️ 1.2kg 🍴 1749
2. 103.2kg ⬇️ 1.2kg 🍴2722
3. 103.7kg ⬆️ 0.5kg 🍴1827. 💪41 minute walk
4. 103.3kg ⬇️ 0.4kg 🍴2445
5. 103.5kg ⬆️ 0.2kg 🍴1622
6. 102.6kg ⬇️ 0.9kg 🍴2523
7. 103kg ⬆️ 0.4kg
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Hi, I'm Darlene and am back for another month. I am working my way through the maintenance phase of my journey. I weigh weekly, and record my accomplishments daily. I started this journey in January 2023 and lost almost 90 pounds. I reached my goal weight in October 2024, went back over my goal in November (took a month off from this group - big mistake) and then back to my goal in December and January. This was the first group that joined on MFP and holds a special place in my heart.

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 | Jan 139.2

My Goals for February

🥅 🎯 👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
🥅 Stay under Ideal Weight (140)
🎯 Work Towards next weight goal 137 whenever I get there is fine
👣 14K Steps per day (110K Steps Weekly)
🚶‍♀️50 Miles Monthly (all steps count)
🫀 Three Cardio (non-walk) weekly, 3 🏋️‍♀️ Strength Weekly, 1 Stretch type 🧘‍♀️ weekly
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Under TDEE calorie range weekly
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂 Under Sodium Limit

Prior Weeks

Weekly Weights/Goals - I weigh on Wednesday and the last day of the month:
💗Starting Weight: 139.2
💗Feb 5: 138.1 All Goals Met
💗Feb12:
💗Feb 19:
💗Feb 26:
💗Feb 28:

👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
Daily Goals

Feb 6:👣🚶‍♀️🫀 📝 💦
24.5K 👣 Steps, 10.8🚶‍♀️Miles, 🫀, Over my Calorie Limit 🥗 686 calories, Over my Sodium 🧂Limit
Had a great time last night, we walked to the restaurant and back. Ate way too much fried food. I didn't make plan before we went like I did last time we were out. The chips and salsa get me every time, chips are my nemesis!

Feb 7:👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
15.4K 👣 Steps, 6.4🚶‍♀️Miles, 🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ Under my Calorie limit 🥗471 calories

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 Jan 31st): 191.2
Goal: 187.2 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx





FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH


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.


02/01-191.8-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/02-192.4-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/03-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.5)-

02/04-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.7)-

02/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

02/06-194.8-(Trend Weight: 192.9)- Well, the oatmeal experiment didn’t work to satisfy the night time snack monster. I even tried a double helping so I’ll scratch that idea, at least for now. I tried soup for dinner hoping the liquid would help keep me satisfied. Nope. Later dinners, late protein, late fiber, extra water, a book, nothing so far is working. Maybe when I’m more in control some of these ideas will work? I’m not going to give up. Sometimes these bad times just seem to pass the same way they mysteriously arrive. I’m waiting it out! I’ll win this staring contest if it kills me!

02/07-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)- No weigh Friday for me. Last night was a tad better as far as the snack monsters and binges go, but still not perfect. I likely remained under calories but over on carbs. I had pre-logged which is now inaccurate. Aiming for an even better day today but weekends are tough when my DD and DGS are here.

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February 2: 138.5
February 3: 138.2
February 4: 137.5
February 5: 136.5
February 6: 136.0
February 7: 136.4

February 6: logged foods. Met a friend for dinner but we both selected healthy choices. Still finding time to get in steps/exercise a little challenging with my new work schedule. Thankfully it’s not too reflective on the scale but that’s because I’m making healthy food choices.

@atroonien, welcome to the group!

Hi, I'm Darlene and am back for another month. I am working my way through the maintenance phase of my journey. I weigh weekly, and record my accomplishments daily. I started this journey in January 2023 and lost almost 90 pounds. I reached my goal weight in October 2024, went back over my goal in November (took a month off from this group - big mistake) and then back to my goal in December and January. This was the first group that joined on MFP and holds a special place in my heart.

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 | Jan 139.2

My Goals for February

🥅 🎯 👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
🥅 Stay under Ideal Weight (140)
🎯 Work Towards next weight goal 137 whenever I get there is fine
👣 14K Steps per day (110K Steps Weekly)
🚶‍♀️50 Miles Monthly (all steps count)
🫀 Three Cardio (non-walk) weekly, 3 🏋️‍♀️ Strength Weekly, 1 Stretch type 🧘‍♀️ weekly
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Under TDEE calorie range weekly
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂 Under Sodium Limit

Prior Weeks

Weekly Weights/Goals - I weigh on Wednesday and the last day of the month:
💗Starting Weight: 139.2
💗Feb 5: 138.1 All Goals Met
💗Feb12:
💗Feb 19:
💗Feb 26:
💗Feb 28:

👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
Daily Goals

Feb 6:👣🚶‍♀️🫀 📝 💦
24.5K 👣 Steps, 10.8🚶‍♀️Miles, 🫀, Over my Calorie Limit 🥗 686 calories, Over my Sodium 🧂Limit
Had a great time last night, we walked to the restaurant and back. Ate way too much fried food. I didn't make plan before we went like I did last time we were out. The chips and salsa get me every time, chips are my nemesis!

Feb 7:👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂
15.4K 👣 Steps, 6.4🚶‍♀️Miles, 🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ Under my Calorie limit 🥗471 calories

Feb 8: 👣🚶‍♀️🫀📝🥗 💦🧂
16.4K 👣 Steps, 7.7🚶‍♀️Miles, 🫀 Under my Calorie limit 🥗193 calories

Calories have been on track the last couple days mostly.

My cals have been good the last couple days, just very slightly over. I've seen under 160 on the scale a couple times- which is really nice bc it's been forever since I've seen that. So I'm making turtle progress, but that's ok

Today is a bit of a challenge bc it's Saturday, but I will do my cals in advance this morning and try not to go too far over (Sat night is sometimes a junk food night lol).

Yesterday:

Goal- 1700 Actual 1745.

February Weighins

Feb 5- 161.8.

February goals:

** Weigh in weekly on Wednesdays.
**Track calories every day. (Jan I averaged 5 days a week- trying to make it at least 6).
**Stick to my calorie goals (1600, plus 100 on days I go in to the office- more movement/longer day).
**If I go over, try not to go over by more than 300. So that I don't just give up and splurge higher and higher.

Jan 1- 162.2
Jan 29- 160.8

@deepwoodslady oh no the snack monsters 👹 don’t let them undo all your hard work. You got to 170s and can do it again. Try and nip this in the bud - is it emotional eating?

@its_cleo nice loss.

I’m losing despite my sugar intake. Interesting.

February Weigh In
October 2023 weight - 115kg
Ultimate goal weight - 85kg

Start weight 104.4kg
Goal weight 102kg

1. 104.4kg ⬆️ 1.2kg 🍴 1749
2. 103.2kg ⬇️ 1.2kg 🍴2722
3. 103.7kg ⬆️ 0.5kg 🍴1827. 💪41 minute walk
4. 103.3kg ⬇️ 0.4kg 🍴2445
5. 103.5kg ⬆️ 0.2kg 🍴1622
6. 102.6kg ⬇️ 0.9kg 🍴2523
7. 103kg ⬆️ 0.4kg 🍴2368
8. 102.9kg ⬇️ 0.1kg 🍴1649
9. 102.7kg ⬇️ 0.2kg 🍴
10.

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 Jan 31st): 191.2
Goal: 187.2 (Four lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx
Total Lost/Gained this month: xxxxx





FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH


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.


02/01-191.8-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/02-192.4-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

02/03-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.5)-

02/04-194.2-(Trend Weight: 192.7)-

02/05-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

02/06-194.8-(Trend Weight: 192.9)-

02/07-DNW-(Trend Weight: DNW)-

02/08-195.7-(Trend Weight: 193.2)- OMGosh. I am FREAKING OUT!!! Thinking back this morning I realized that I gave my entire dinner to my DGS (age 7) who wanted more. Then I did not fix myself anything else because I wasn’t that hungry at the time. Later was filled with “approved” snacks in abundance. It never dawned on me that I’d never had dinner so I filled up on the snacks (which takes a LOT). He just kept me too busy to even think or realize. Yes, I guess I am blaming a poor child that was hungry but the truth is the truth. I will work on this weight today and plan all the meals for everyone more carefully. He must be in a growth spurt! I certainly am.

02/09-195.7-(Trend Weight: 193.5)-Last night my son & I made that Chef-boy-r-dee pizza kit in a box for dinner, adding our own cheese and more pepperoni. I’m just not a big pizza eater anymore in my older age but it was delicious to me. Such a nostalgic taste. I just love that sauce that comes in the included can. I’m shocked I didn’t gain this morning! I hope it don’t creep up on me in the coming days. This is turning out to be the worst round I’ve ever had. I’ve had to type in black or the dreaded blue every single day since we started! My weight has climbed almost daily and I seem to have momentarily given up. It’s emotional eating, it’s “I’m busy” eating, it’s even self-sabotage on some of the days. I’ll try again for a better day today. I’ve had a personal specific , shall I say “project?”, hanging over my head for the past week that I finally pulled the trigger on, made decisions on and acted on. Perhaps having that in my rearview mirror will help. While I still feel heavily burdened with so much, I hope that this little bit of relief will be just enough to help move me forward in my journey and backward in my weight.

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