100 day Challenge #23 May15.25 – August 22.25

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  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,796 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

    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)

    Day 41—06/24—190.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.4)

    Day 42—06/25—190.0✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.3)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ 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: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 4.2 lbs Lost and EXACTLY on goal so far for challenge.

    06/26-190.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    Day 44—06/27—189.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 191.0)

    Day 45—06/28—191.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.0)

    Day 46—06/29—188.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.8)

    Day 47—06/30—189.0 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 48—07/01—188.8 ✅ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    Day 49—07/02—190.0 ❌ (Trend Weight – 190.4)

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Start Weight: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 Goal: 0.7 lb Loss to land at 189.3 which is EXACTLY the 0.7 goal I aspire to wkly.

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Week 7 End Weight: 190.0

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️ Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 4.2 lbs Lost (0.7 under goal)

    Day 50—07/03—188.8 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.2)

    Halfway Progress Report: …..Pounds Lost so Far: 5.4 lbs Lost

    Day 51—07/04— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 52—07/05—190.6 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.3)

    Day 53—07/06— DNW 💠 - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 54—07/07—189.4 ✅ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 55—07/08—190.0 - ❌ (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 56—07/09—190.4 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.6 )

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Start Weight: 190.0

    💥💥💥 Week 8 Goal: 1.4 lb Loss to land at 188.6 (0.7 owed from last week plus 0.7 goal from this coming week = 1.4 lbs.)

    💥💥💥 Week 8 End Weight: 190.4

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.8 lbs Lost

    Day 57—07/10—190.8 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 190.5)

    Day 58—07/11—191.2 ❌ (Trend Weight – 190.6)

    Day 59—07/12— DNW - (Trend Weight: DNW)

    Day 60—07/13—192.2 ❌ - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    Day 61—07/14—192.2 💠 - (Trend Weight: 191.2)

    Day 62—07/15—191.0 -✅ (Trend Weight: 191.2)

    Day 63—07/16—191.0 💠 - (Trend Weight: 191.1)

    💥💥💥 Week 9 Start Weight: 190.4

    💥💥💥 Week 9 Goal: 2.5 Loss to land at 187.9 if I am to stay on original target. Lots of ground to make up! Perhaps I can make up part this week and part next if I can keep my head out of the proverbial cookie jar!

    💥💥💥 Week 9 End Weight: 191.0

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far: 3.2 lbs Lost

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    CURRENT WEEK:

    Day 64—07/17— DNW 💠 (Trend Weight: DNW) Woke up running. Did not think to weigh. Home pretty late. Too tired to exercise. Reading posts then laying down to relax!

    🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️Day 65—07/18—190.6 ✅ (Trend Weight: 191.1) Not too shabby after the late lunch yesterday at the all-you-can-eat buffet Golden Corral. My quantity/serving sizes were good. My choices were not so good. I don’t eat salad so everything else on the buffet pretty much doesn’t fit my plan so I enjoyed but watched how much went on the plate. Superman was meh…okay. I’m a HUGE fan so I was a little disappointed. The chosen actors were spot on – great! The story line left much to be desired IMHO. And just not enough history/lead when introducing new generations to the Superhero. I think my 3 DGS’s were a little lost but all enjoyed the constant action of the film. Not enough Clark Kent IMHO. Anyway, I’m going to get a copy of the 1978 Superman with Christopher Reeve as it was the best and began my own love and understanding of Superman! Looks like a movie night in the near future for DGS’ and myself!

    Day 66—07/19—

    Day 67—07/20—

    Day 68—07/21—

    Day 69—07/22—

    Day 70—07/23—

    💥💥💥 Week 10 Start Weight: 191.0

    💥💥💥 Week 10 Goal: 3.8 lb Loss to land at 187.2 (this is makeup time for previous weeks and current 0.7 weekly goal combined)

    💥💥💥 Week 10 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    WEEKS TO COME:

    Day 71—07/24—

    Day 72—07/25—

    Day 73—07/26—

    Day 74—07/27—

    Day 75—07/28—

    Day 76—07/29—

    Day 77—07/30—

    💥💥💥 Week 11 Start Weight:

    💥💥💥 Week 11 Goal: xxx Loss to land at 186.5

    💥💥💥 Week 11 End Weight:

    💥💥💥 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

    Day 78—07/31—

    ⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️ Day 79—08/01—

    Day 80—08/02—

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    Day 82—08/04—

    Day 83—08/05—

    Day 84—08/06—

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 Start Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 Goal: xxx Loss to land at 185.8

    🐎🐎🐎 Week 12 End Weight:

    🐎🐎🐎 Cumulative Weight Loss/Gain So Far:

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  • bteri107
    bteri107 Posts: 573 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.

    Week 10

    Day 64—07/17—143.9  For the past week and a half, I’ve been consistent with getting in at least 30–45 minutes of daily physical activity, and I’m hoping to keep that going. Food choices can be tricky, though. I do have two planned dining-out occasions this weekend that I’ll need to be mindful of.

    Yesterday’s exercise: 20-min cycling, 45-min brisk dog walk. Leg extensions to strengthen my knees. 5-min stretch.

    Day 65—07/18—144.5 Guess this uptick shouldn’t surprise me. Cocktails and pasta last night, with a bit of an unhealthy snack. There’s also dinner with friends tonight. I need a workout today.

    Day 66—07/19—

    Day 67—07/20—

    Day 68—07/21—

    Day 69—07/22—

    Day 70—07/23—

    Week 10 Start Weight: 143.9
    Week 10 Goal: 142.7
    Week 10 Actual Weight:

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,137 Member

    I'm a bit relieved with today's scale, I was getting worried that I was losing too fast. Fluctuations are normal and today I'm normal. 7 day trend heading downwards. Heading to ROM members get in free to the Aga Khan Museum today. Got to run, I'll read everyone's posts after we return home.

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  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,137 Member

    @deepwoodslady

    My weight dropped today but I really don't know what that means since I forgot to weigh yesterday. Only that it is lower than my last weigh-in day before yesterday. Will the foods I chose catch up to me tomorrow, perhaps. Or did I do okay? I guess we will see

    Did you log your food?

    Did you stay within your calorie goal?

    One day does not define us. It is the trend that matters.

  • plantpowered
    plantpowered Posts: 137 Member
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    Meh… a bit off course yesterday. I was so mentally exhausted and a bit sleep deprived, but didn't veer too far off course.

    I slept well last night. I should be able to keep it together today.

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,137 Member

    sound familiar? — this guidance is from the year 1066…

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  • bteri107
    bteri107 Posts: 573 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.

    Week 10

    Day 64—07/17—143.9  For the past week and a half, I’ve been consistent with getting in at least 30–45 minutes of daily physical activity, and I’m hoping to keep that going. Food choices can be tricky, though. I do have two planned dining-out occasions this weekend that I’ll need to be mindful of.

    Yesterday’s exercise: 20-min cycling, 45-min brisk dog walk. Leg extensions to strengthen my knees. 5-min stretch.

    Day 65—07/18—144.5 Guess this uptick shouldn’t surprise me. Cocktails and pasta last night, with a bit of an unhealthy snack. There’s also dinner with friends tonight. I need a workout today.

    Day 66—07/19—144.5 A few glasses of red wine last night, a couple bites of the appetizers and Miso Broiled Ahi w/Mushroom Risotto. So good. Glad I worked out beforehand. Today I'm meeting classmates for lunch at a steakhouse. Here we go again.
    Yesterday’s workout: 40-min kettlebells

    Day 67—07/20—

    Day 68—07/21—

    Day 69—07/22—

    Day 70—07/23—

    Week 10 Start Weight: 143.9
    Week 10 Goal: 142.7
    Week 10 Actual Weight:

  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 13,796 Member

    @age_is_just_a_number Yes, I do log everyday (unless I go to a restaurant out-of-town). Yesterday, prior to the drop I ate within calorie goal but on the higher end of it than I usually reach. (1300 + calories out of allotted 1400). However, I knew that I went way over on my carbs, which was two days in a row on that, so I wasn't sure about any of it. I track my calories, carbs, protein, sodium and fiber on the free mfp. BTW, very interesting on the 1099 article. All the same concepts of today, right down to the laughing and joy which affects or cortisol !

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,137 Member

    Great. If you’re following you plan even 80% of the time, then progress will come. Don't worry about the daily fluctuations.