10 pounds to lose challenge- February 1, 2025-April 30, 2025

CHALLENGE: lose 14.1 pounds by May 2 (13 weeks)
Highest weight (7/10/2020): 330
yearly gain/loss: year 1: ↓ 87 lbs; year 2: ↓ 18 lbs; year 3: ↑ 16 lbs; year 4: ↑ 15 lbs;
year 5 YTD:↑ 2.6 lbs; year 5 goal: ↓ 29 lbs
Jan 31 starting weight: 259.1 (7-day average)
May 2 goal weight: 245.0 (desired loss = 14.1 pounds in 13 weeks)
ultimate goal weight: 220 (maintenance range: under 225)

Jan 31 : 259.1 (Weigh-in day: Friday)
Feb 07 : 257.9 : down 1.2
Feb 14 : 259.7 : up 1.8 - total gain/loss: up 0.6
Feb 21 : 261.7 : up 2.0 - total gain/loss: up 2.6
Feb 28 : 260.0 : down 1.7 - total gain/loss: up 0.9
Mar 07 : 261.9 : up 1.9 - total gain/loss: up 2.8
Mar 14 : 258.5 : down 3.4 - total gain/loss: down 0.6
Mar 21 : 258.4 : down 0.1 - total gain/loss: down 0.7
Mar 28 : 261.0 : up 2.6 - total gain/loss: up 1.9
Apr 04 : 259.5 : down 1.5 - total gain/loss: up 0.4
Apr 11 : 260.3 : up 0.8 - total gain/loss: up 1.2
Apr 18 : 258.6 : down 1.7 - total gain/loss: up 0.5
Apr 25 :
May 02 :

Goal weight: : 245.0 : desired loss = 14.1 pounds in 13 weeks
Actual weight : 258.6 : actual loss = 0.5 pounds in 11 weeks

Wow. That's so strange it's not covered. Six months would be all you need. Lowers blood pressure, A1C, lowers stroke risk. Those are huge. Drug costs are so bad. It's very frustrating. I'm thinking about the costs of treating strokes, diabetes etc. What a racket. That's all I can say.

Your husband will be OK with it as soon as he gets over the shock. I've saved a lot on my food bill since going on this diet. I love food. I'm sure I don't need to explain that.

I think my friend said Medicare covers her Ozempic. I'm glad you're able to get it for $1500. It will be worth it. Good luck.

And yes, thanks RubyRed427. We need all the help we can get.

I'm Debbie, I live in southern Idaho, I'm 5ft tall, goal weight 115-118

Highest Weight 133

I had a death in the family and promptly left maintenance , I want to get back to it.

Feb 1: 127.4

Feb 8: 127.2 (forgot to log here)

Feb 15:127

Feb 22:early weigh in 125.8

Mar 1:127.8 girl scout cookies

Mar 8: 125.6

Mar 15: 126.2

Mar 22: 126.6

Mar 29: 126.2

Apr 1: 126.4

Apr 8:126.6

Apr 15:126.6

Apr 22: 126.6

Apr 30:

Best wishes for your journey on the weight loss drugs. It is a shame your insurance doesn't cover them. But it is good that you can pay for them, and maybe you can take the cost out on your taxes? So you would get something back.

It's also true that sometimes insurance won't pay without the right code on the claim. A few years ago my doctor insisted on giving me a vitamen D test. I told him I took supplements so my vitamin D could not be low, but he did it anyway. Then I got a bill for the test for $300 because insurance would not cover it. I complained for months to the doctor 's office because it would only have been covered if it had the right code attached to it. That is, a doctor prescribed it for some health reason. I needed him to submit the test under that. I think it took a year - the doctor office just ignored me. Finally I said I would complain to the state medical board and I actually got a thinking person call me back from the office. I think before I was just leaving messages with the receptionist. She got my information, submitted the claim again and it was approved. I wouldn't have made a fuss if it wasn't 300$ and I had not told them that I didn't need the test (my vitamin D was fine) but I just wasn't going to pay that for something that I had told them I didn't want or need. $300 out of pocket for a vit D test when I already took supplements twice a day was too much.

so maybe you can explore what is required to get that medication covered? If you are significantly overweight, have high blood pressure, or pre diabetes or diabetes, I think they would cover it. My PA would have given me ozempic when I got diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes, but I told them I didn't want any drugs (I'm a little paranoid about drugs) and I wanted to do it with diet and exercise and they let me try it. I'm 50 pounds lower and testing at normal blood sugar in the mornings a few days a week, so fortunately I am getting there. I'm going back for a test at the doctor's office for the first time since then in a few days. With luck and because of my weight loss and normal blood sugars, they won't insist I go on any drugs. That was my motivation these past six months. But if you want it, you should have it. There are lots of different journeys to health and we should each be able to choose our own way.

1/31: 152.8
2/7: 151.4
2/14: 151.8
2/21: 150.6
2/28: 150.4
3/7: 149.0
3/14: 149.0
3/21: 150.6
3/28: 149.8
4/4: 150.0
4/11: 151.2
4/18: DNW
4/25: 150.6

Slowly moving down again. My mini goal is to reach 140s by Monday by sticking to calories and moving more. A lot of hours between now and then so hopefully putting it down in writing will keep me accountable. 💪

Thanks. I hope my PA thinks it is good. I'm going to home test my A1C on Monday, to give me a clue what it might be when I go in for bloodwork on Tuesday. It will be another week after the bloodwork before I actually see the PA.

1. Highest Weight 170
2. Feb 1: 162.6
3. Feb 8: 163.4 ( +.8)
4. Feb 14: 162.8 (-0.6)
5. Feb 21: 160.8 (-2)
6. Mar 1: 162
7. Mar 8: 160.8 (-1.2)
8. Mar 15:160.2 (-0.2)
9. Mar 22: 161.8 (+1.6)
10. Mar 29: 160.6 (-1.2)
    FINAL STATS for March 31: 160 (2.6 for month)
11. Apr 1: 160
12. Apr 8: Did not weigh
13. Apr 19: 161.6
14. Apr 26 160
15. Apr 30:

I've been stagnant for months. The semaglutide arrives today and I will start it tomorrow.

eb 1st I was 164.2

3/23 155.6

3/24 156.4

3/25 155.4

3/26 154.8

3/27 153.2

3/28 154.4

3/29 153.6

8 pounds to go to get at the top end of ideal weight.

3/30 153.6

3/31 153.0 met mini goal, next goal 150

4/4 151.6

4/5 151.0

4/8 Still 151.0 I kind of went off the rails on Sunday. I didn't eat over my calories but I ate late and high carb, so my BS went up and I had gained 1.5 pounds, prob mostly water weight and salt, yesterday. Now it's gone. Hopefully if I stay low carb and low sodium (and low calorie) I will lost a little this week.

4/11 150.0 met mini goal of 150 next mini goal 147.5

4/12 148.8 In the 140s!!!!

4/14 148.6 BIG WIN TODAY!! After 6 months of low carb dieting my blood sugar tested normal this am, at 96. That is 1/3 of what it was testing in October. And what I have been working toward. The weight loss is secondary. I have just three pounds to go before I am no longer "overweight" by the charts. And will be a normal BMI. I hope to get there by the end of this challenge, but we know as we lose weight the weight comes off slower. It will be very sweet to get there. Doubly so if I can keep my blood sugar low (which means low carb, low carb, low carb!)

4/15 147.8

4/25 147.8 got derailed into a salt retention weight gain from the easter ham but finally back to 147.8

And yesterday before dinner my blood sugar tested at 96. So while it has tested that in the morning at times this is the first time between meals that I've noticed it has gone that low. So that was a plus too

4/26 147.2 Finally a drop from before easter weight

4.28 146.4 !!!!

Ruby thanks for the link to our next challenge

My weight is staying in a 5lb +\- variation. Right now I’m almost down to my normal plateau 🎢🎡😊

Still doing high protein but like my weight it’s a on/off routine. I’ve started mixing a frozen vegetable serving to water and having it before a meal. This morning it was a cucumber slushy before breakfast.

Here’s photos of yesterday walk

Best wishes as we celebrate the end of this challenge and the beginning of the next

💕 Karen