100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 14,265 Member
    edited June 24

    So, having concluded that a weight trendline is only that, i.e. it shows a trend, and wanting something with more predictive power, but not wanting to have to track calories in/calories out (obviously the primary independent variable), let alone other factors like salt, hydration, muscle effort, etc., I decided to stop trying to make a trendline what it isn't.

    Thinking out of the box, I created the following scatter chart that shows weight over time, with weight being the x-axis and time the y-axis. The x-axis goes from heaviest to lightest, left to right, while the y-axis goes from past to future. I like it, although I'm a little disappointed in what it's telling me (like I don't already know 🙄).

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  • Jon4189
    Jon4189 Posts: 90 Member

    @frankwbrown You got this, now that you know the trend, change it, you are the one in control, just keep logging and eating a little less, you will get to your goal. It isn't about getting to the destination it's about the journey! So enjoy the little wins and you will get there before you know it!

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,461 Member

    100 Days of Weighing In #23 ^^^^^ May 15, 2025 thru Aug 22, 2025

    My Name is Donna, Age 65. I am 5’5” tall & I live in Northern Michigan USA

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    “We will encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

    Maya Angelou

    Starting Weight from End of Last Challenge: : 194.2

    Goal This Round: 184.2 (10 pounds)

    Challenge Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

    Total Lost/Gained this challenge: xxxxx

    🔜🔜🔜🔜🔜Ultimate Goal: 145-155 (I’ll know when I get there!)

    Thoughts at the start of this round:

    My goal from the very beginning has been to lose one pound per week for a total of 12 pounds per challenge. I have never considered that to be too much and I never thought in a million years I would find it this difficult, even at my age and with my health problems. But it’s proved to be nothing but an uphill climb and in most cases, impossible. I am going to lower my goal to 10 pounds per challenge and see if that will feel more right, more do-able. This breaks down to 0.7 lbs per challenge week. I don’t think that is too much to ask of my mind, my body and my spirit! I, again, thank you for sharing my journey with me and allowing me to travel with you on yours. It is reassuring, refreshing, enlightening and inspiring and I am forever grateful.

    Previous Rounds Tallys:

    Round #1 --- 199,8

    Round #2 --- 186.8

    Round #3 --- 195.6

    Round #4 --- 211.0

    Round #5 --- 211.3

    Round #6 --- 205.4

    Round #7 --- 207.6

    Round #8 --- 195.2

    Round #9 --- 185.2

    Round #10—195.2

    Round #11---200.8

    Round #12---200.4

    Round #13---196.2

    Round #14---191.2

    Round #15---194.0

    Round #16---188.0

    Round #17---183.8

    Round #18---182.2

    Round #19---188.6

    Round #20---191.6

    Round #21---194.2

    Round #22---194.2

    Round #23---

    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🌻

    PREVIOUS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:

    Day 01—05/15—194.0 ✅ -(Trend Weight: 194.7)

    Day 02—05/16--DNW 💠 -(Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 03—05/17—196.4 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.9)

    Day 04—05/18— DNW💠 -(Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 05—05/19—195.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 195.2)

    Day 06—05/20—195.4 💠 -(Trend Weight –195.2)

    Day 07—05/21—195.4 💠 -(Trend Weight: 195.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 Start Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 Goal: 0.7 Loss to land at 193.5

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 1 End Weight: 195.4

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 1.2 lb Gained

    Day 08—05/22—193.8 ✅ -(Trend Weight – 195.2)

    Day 09—05/23—193.6 ✅ -(Trend Weight)-195.0)

    Day 10—05/24—192.2 ✅ -(Trend Weight)-194.7)

    Day 11—05/25—193.4 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.6)

    Day 12—05/26—193.8 ❌ -(Trend Weight: 194.5)

    Day 13—05/27—193.2 ✅ -(Trend Weight: 194.4)

    Day 14—05/28—194.2 ❌ -(Trend Weight)-194.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 Start Weight: 195.4

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 Goal: To lose 2.6 lbs to land at 192.8. This would put me back on track for projected weight. This equals last week's 0.7 goal + this week's 0.7 goal + the 1.2 unwanted gain.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 2 End Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 0 Lost and 0 gained

    Day 15—05/29—194.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 194.3)

    Day 16—05/30—193.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 194.2)

    Day 17—05/31—191.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 194.0)

    Day 18—06/01—192.8 ❌ -(Trend Weight –193.9)

    Day 19—06/02—192.2 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.7)

    Day 20—06/03—191.2 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.5)

    Day 21—06/04—192.0 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 193.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 Start Weight: 194.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 Goal: To lose 2.1 lbs which is 3 weeks of 0.7 each. I have lost what I have gained so far but need to lose each of those 0.7 goal amounts. Need to land at 192.1 to be on target.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 3 End Weight: 192.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 2.2 lbs Lost

    Day 22—06/05—191.6 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.2)

    Day 23—06/06—191.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 193.0)

    Day 24—06/07—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.7)

    Day 25—06/08—192.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.7)

    Day 26—06/09— 191.0 ✅ -Trend Weight – 192.5)

    Day 27—06/10—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 28—06/11—191.2 ❌ -(Trend Weight – 192.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 Start Weight: 192.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 Goal: Need 0.6 lb Loss to land at 191.4 Original Week 4 Goal.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 4 End Weight: 191.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.0 lbs Lost

    Day 29—06/12—193.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 30—06/13—192.0 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 31—06/14—194.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.5)

    Day 32—06/15—190.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 192.3)

    Day 33—06/16—191.2 -❌ (Trend Weight: 192.1)

    Day 34---06/17---191.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 192.1)

    ‍Day 35—06/18—191.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 192.2)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 Start Weight: 191.2

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 Goal: Need 0.5 lb Loss to land at Original Week 5 goal of 190.7

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 5 End Weight: 191.6

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 2.6 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    Day 36—06/19— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 37—06/20—191.6 ❌ (Trend Weight – 192.2)

    Day 38—06/21—189.4 ✅ (Trend Weight – 192.1)

    Day 39—06/22—189.8 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.8)

    Day 40—06/23—188.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.5) I am never comfortable or confident in the numbers of a new decade until I hit the 7. That means 187 point anything in this case. That is because I can easily fluctuate up or down several pounds due to water retention, hormones, TMI (potty) or a special event/weight gain. I am cautiously optimistic that I’ll get there soon. Lots of heat warnings out there now including here in Michigan. Stay cool and stay safe my friends! Have a wonderful week!

    🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊 Day 41—06/24—190.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.4) Well, I’m certainly disappointed in this. But I’m not too surprised because until I hit that 187 point anything, I’m not overly confident in the 180’s decade. Yesterday was a solid C+ if I was grading. Meals were light but dinner was a homemade bowl of chicken noodle soup from the freezer which is noodle heavy. I also had one snack that is normally off limits so there’s that. I think, however, more so, that the increase is likely due to no sleep for two days (This Heat!) and no TMI x 2. I’m hoping that the trend weight which is continuing to inch down is a good indication that the 180’s are still in my very near future. Don’t throw in the towel Donna! Fluctuations happen. Know your body! I need to lose 0.6 in by tomorrow in order to make my whole weeks goal including the catch-up I needed. So that’s basically losing my entire 0.7 weekly goal overnight. I don’t know if I can do that, but so far I have made up for excess weight gained last week, plus the 0.7 I didn’t lose last week so there is that. Looks like there will be no off-plan snacks today and dinner will not include any pasta!

    Day 42—06/25—

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 Start Weight: 191.6

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 Goal: 1.6 lb Loss to land at 190.0 to stay on goal of 0.7 lost per week

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 6 End Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    WEEKS TO COME:

    Day 43--06/26—

    Day 44—06/27—

    Day 45—06/28—

    Day 46—06/29—

    Day 47—06/30—

    🎠🎠🎠🎠🎠 Day 48—07/01—

    Day 49—07/02—

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Start Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Goal: xxx lb Loss to land at 189.3

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 End Weight:

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 50—07/03—

    Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far:

    Day 51—07/04—

    Day 52—07/05—

    Day 53—07/06—

    Day 54—07/07—

    Day 55—07/08—

    Day 56—07/09—

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Goal: xxx Loss to land at 188.6

    💥💥💥 Week 8 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • Lynn__W
    Lynn__W Posts: 1,276 Member

    Week 6:

    Day 36 ~ 06/19: 176.2 Out to book launch. Buffett of cheeses etc. Prob overindulged in cheeses but avoided sweets, baking etc.

    Day 37 ~ 06/20: 176.2 Busy day, lots of food prep etc. No exercise per se. Rainey, cold wind etc.

    Day 38 ~ 06/21: 175.8 WoooHoooo, haven’t seen this number since early March!! Worked. No snacking at work 😊

    Day 39 ~ 06/22: 176.4 Water intake has been almost nil for past 4ish days so now dealing with a gout attack. ☹

    Day 40 ~ 06/23: 178.6 at 5:30; 176.6 at 9:30. Drank 16 cups water yesterday! Foot pain is settling tho. Cold and rainy; Brrrr, have furnace turned on!

    Day 41 ~ 06/24: 176.2 Focus today is to drop below 176. Busy day ahead but oh how I wish my “to do” list was empty because I’m in the middle one book ( The White Masai ), and have another I want to read plus have just put a hold on my fav author’s new book! Busy summer ahead!! Lol. May have to work less 😉

    Day 42 ~ 06/25:

    Week 6 Wt Change: ___ Challenge Change: ___

  • bteri107
    bteri107 Posts: 510 Member

    Teri, 61 years old, 5’4”

    Challenge Starting Weight: 144.9 lbs
    Challenge Goal Weight: 140 lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 lbs

    More than ever, I need to focus on my health. I know what to do, I just need to work on consistency.

    Total Challenge gain/loss to date (week 5) :  .6 lb loss

    Week 6

    Day 36—06/19—145.2 High sodium dinner & snack last night. Workout: Upper body strength training.

    Day 37—06/20—144.2 Yesterday was a good food day. I feel like going to Costco was my exercise. lol. I’ve noticed my body reacts slowly to sugar and carbs—taking 2–3 days to show on the scale—but responds quickly to high-sodium foods, usually by the next day. Have to keep that in mind.

    Day 38—06/21—144.0

    Day 39—06/22—143.6 Made good food choices yesterday but had a lot of it so I was concerned about the scale this morning. Happy it fluctuated downward. Took the dog on a brisk 45-min walk.

    Day 40—06/23—143.7

    Day 41—06/24—144.1 Bread and fatty protein for dinner, but portion size wasn’t excessive. All other food choices earlier in the day were on point. Took Kaya on our daily brisk walk.

    Day 42—06/25—


    Week 6 Start Weight: 145.2
    Week 6 Goal: 143.0
    Week 6 Actual Weight:

  • Lynn__W
    Lynn__W Posts: 1,276 Member

    Hi. I’m an unretired (by choice) senior from central B.C., Canada. Back for another round. After being an absolute backsliding turtle for the past ?18 months, my Ultimate challenge goal is to lose 20lbs.

    SW: 181.8 ; GW: 161 ; UGW 140

    Week 7:

    Day 43 ~ 06/26: 178.4, a gain which I felt happening yesterday. Focus today is to get this off. Adding salads to weiner roast dinner plans. Thankfully my hip pain has lessened to just the usual discomfort so will work in a session on my stationery bike.

    Day 44 ~ 06/27:

    Day 45 ~ 06/28:

    Day 46 ~ 06/29:

    Day 47 ~ 06/30:

    Day 48 ~ 07/01:

    Day 49 ~ 07/02:

    Week 7 Start Weight: 178.4 ( + 1.2 from yesterday)

    Week 7 Goal:

    Week 7 Actual Weight: