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August Starting Weight: 247.2 lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 240 lbs Ultimate Goal: 180 lbs Aug 1: 247.2 Aug 8: 245.4 (-1.8 lbs) Aug 15: 243.8 (-1.6 lbs) Aug 22: 247.4 (+3.6 lbs) Aug 29: 245.1 (-2.3 lbs) Aug 31: August Total Change: -2.1 lbs

August Starting Weight: 247.2 lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 240 lbs Ultimate Goal: 180 lbs Aug 1: 247.2 Aug 8: 245.4 (-1.8 lbs) Aug 15: 243.8 (-1.6 lbs) Aug 22: 247.4 (+3.6 lbs) Aug 29: Aug 31: August Total Change: +0.2 lbs What a terrible week. I mean, it was actually a fantastic week overall. I just ate terrible and didn't…

August Starting Weight: 247.2 lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 240 lbs Ultimate Goal: 180 lbs Aug 1: 247.2 lbs Aug 8: 245.4 lbs (-1.8 lbs) Aug 15: 243.8 (-1.6 lbs) Aug 22: Aug 29: Aug 31: August Total Change: -3.4 lbs Upcoming week is going to be tough. Going on a road trip to move one of the kids into their college apartment.…

August Starting Weight: 247 lbs Challenge Goal Weight: 240 lbs Ultimate Goal: 180 lbs Aug 1: 247.2 lbs Aug 8: 245.4 lbs Aug 15: Aug 22: Aug 29: Aug 31: August Total Change: -1.8 lbs Amazing first week back at it for me. I honestly only expected to drop 0.5 lbs this week at best. Its also great to see everyone else posting…

I'll join in on this. I used this site a lot back in 2019-2020 and it helped me drop 70 lbs over a full year. Then I moved and fell back in to bad habits. Ended up putting back on just over 30 lbs. Now I want to take that back off and get back on track to reach my ultimate goal. August Starting Weight: 247 lbs Challenge…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) 11/30: 241.5 (0.2 gained) Lost in November: 7.0 lbs 12/6: 242 (0.5 gained) 12/13: 239.5 (2.5 lost) 12/20: 239 (0.5 lost)…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) 11/30: 241.5 (0.2 gained) Lost in November: 7.0 lbs 12/6: 242 (0.5 gained) 12/13: 239.5 (2.5 lost) 12/20: 239 (0.5 lost)…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) 11/30: 241.5 (0.2 gained) Lost in November: 7.0 lbs 12/6: 242 (0.5 gained) 12/13: 239.5 (2.5 lost) Lost in December: 2.5…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) 11/30: 241.5 (0.2 gained) Lost in November: 7.0 lbs 12/6: 242 (0.5 gained) Lost in December: 0 lbs Ugh. I was 241.1…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) 11/30: 241.5 (0.2 gained) Lost in November: 7.0 lbs Not bad for being on vacation and having a big Thanksgiving day meal…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) 11/22: 241.3 (3.3 lost) Lost in November: 7.2 lbs Upcoming week should be interesting.

The last time one of my scales needed new batteries I had to buy a new scale. I bought the exact batteries (model number/type) to replace them. But the scale actually used a modified version of them, made by the scale maker. They were the same diameter, but slightly taller. So the regular ones wouldn't make contact…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 (0.2 lost) 11/15: 244.6 (3.7 lost) Lost in November: 3.9 lbs Was basically maintaining for almost three weeks, and then just woosh this week. Hopefully this means I'm back on…

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 11/1: 248.5 11/8: 248.3 Lost in November: 0.2 lbs Not off to a great start.

Original Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Starting Weight: 248.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 223.5 Current weight: 248.5 11/1: 248.5

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 Current weight: 247.2 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) Total lost in August: 10 lbs 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 Current weight: 247.2 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) Total lost in August: 10 lbs 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9 lost) 10/3: 253.3 (2.7 lost) 10/10: 251.1 (2.2…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9 lost) 10/3: 253.3 (2.7 lost) 10/10: 251.1 (2.2…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9 lost) 10/3: 253.3 (2.7 lost) Total lost in August:…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) 9/26: 256 (1.9 lost) Total lost in August: 9 lbs Total lost in…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249.5 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) 9/19: 257.9 (1.6 lost) Total lost in August: 9 lbs Total lost in September: 6.6 lbs…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) 9/12: 259.5 (2.8 lost) Total lost in August: 9 lbs Total lost in September: 5 lbs Total lost during challenge: 14…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) 9/5: 262.3 (2.2 lost) Total lost in August: 9 lbs Total lost in September: 2.2 lbs Total lost during challenge: 11.2 lbs :)

Challenge Starting Weight: 274.5 Challenge Level: 5 (25lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 249 8/1: 274.5 8/8: 271.6 (2.9 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) 8/29: 264.5 (2.8 lost) Total lost during August: 9 lbs Total lost during challenge: 9 lbs :) Probably a bad idea. But I'm increasing my level from 4 (20lbs)…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274 Challenge Level: 4 (20lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 254 8/1: 274 8/8: 271.6 (2.4 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) 8/22: 267.3 (2.5 lost) Total lost during challenge: 6.7 lbs :) This challenge has been a real boost for me to keep at it. Hoping it helps me keep up the pace I'm on at the start for the…

Challenge Starting Weight: 274 Challenge Level: 4 (20lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 254 8/1: 274 8/8: 271.6 (2.4 lost) 8/15: 269.8 (1.8 lost) Total lost during challenge: 4.2 lbs :)

Challenge Starting Weight: 274 Challenge Level: 4 (20lbs) Challenge Goal weight: 254.2 8/1: 274 8/8: 271.6 Total lost during challenge: 2.4 lbs :)

Thanks for the input everyone. This is what I have been doing this week (first week on the site). And its been working for me so far. I'll probably just stick with doing that going forward.

From most to least used: Elliptical Free weights with a bench Heavy bag Stationary bike Exercise ball Thinking about getting some resistance bands as well