The New Year is a great time to engage with our weight loss goals.

Join the January Weight Loss Challenge to set your goal, track it, and meet it -- with the help of a supportive and encouraging group. All the goals will be compiled into a list. As each goal is met during the month, it gets turned RED in celebration.

For your exercise goals, don't miss the January Exercise Challenge.

Thanks for starting up the new thread gardenerjoy. Sorry I've been so absent.

November and December have been pretty awful for me on the health front, and I regained everything I lost in October (and lost some of my walking stamina to boot). I'm currently about 6 pounds up from my low. Not an insurmountable amount, but I need to stop gaining. My January isn't looking any better on the work front than November and December have been, so I want to be realistic. I'm setting my January goal as Maintain. Current weight 173.4. I'd like to be that or lower at the end of the month.

I would LOVE to jump on this! I weigh myself every Thursday and im aiming for 5lbs,, currently 241lbs


2/1/2020:

9/1/2020

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I’m in.
I’m aiming for an 8-10lb Loss this January! Fingers crossed I can stay focused!

This past year has really been a struggle with having knee and back issues, still not completely resolved, and out of frustration gaining back all I lost the year before. Now hoping that I can get my diet under control, work on physical therapy to strengthen my knee and back so I can get myself moving in the right direction.

December 31st: 286
Jan 1st: 286
Jan 31st: 281


Week 1
1-1: 286

2/1/2020: 240lbs ( -1)

9/1/2020

16/1/2020

23/1/2020

30/1/2020

I'm restarting my weight loss journey again. I would like to shoot for 9lb weight loss this month.

SW: 239
Challenge GW: 230

1/1/2020: 238.8
1/2/2020: 239.0
1/3/2020: 237.2
1/4/2020: 236.0
1/5/2020: 235.6
1/6/2020: 234.6 (Must have been carrying lots of water weight from xmas and new years!)
1/7/2020: 234.4
1/8/2020: 234.4
1/9/2020: 235.0
1/10/2020: 234.0
1/11/2020: 233.4
1/12/2020: 232.2 (BMI under 40 - No longer morbidly obese!) Yay!
1/13/2020: 231.8
1/14/2020: 231.6
1/15/2020: 231.6
1/16/2020: 230.6
1/17/2020: 230.6
1/18/2020: 230.0
1/19/2020: 229.6 GOAL!
1/20/2020: 229.4
1/21/2020: 229.4
1/22/2020: 227.8
1/23/2020: 226.2!
1/24/2020: 227.0
1/25/2020: 227.0
1/26/2020: 226.2
1/27/2020: 224.8 Yay!
1/28/2020: 224.6
1/29/2020: 223.6
1/30/2020: 223.4
1/31/2020: 223.8

I was looking for such forum and Happy that i found one. I am aiming to lose 10 lbs by 20 Jan.
1/3/2020: 187 lbs
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Starting Weight: 193.2 lbs

Week 1
30: 193.6 lbs
31: 192.8 lbs
01: 193.2 lbs
02: 194.2 lbs
03: 192.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 1: 193.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week 1:

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It's been a bit of a week for me! Unfortunately the creative agency I've been working for as a freelancer has run out of work, so I suspect myself and most of the freelancers there will be let go very soon. For the time being, I'm still there twice a week, but after a conversation with my boss I think change is on the horizon. Initially I was upset and shocked, because it's been consistent work for me for the entirety of 2019, however this is freelancer life. I was looking forward to making the most of the raise I got recently, but alas I won't get to experience life with a nice sum of money in my bank account! It's a shame, but I have to learn to not get too comfortable in jobs like these, because situations like this are always a possibility.

However, it's a new year! Happy start to 2020 everyone! I always feel optimistic at the beginning of the year and I wasn't feeling glum for long about my job situation. I'm a) going to finish out a contract I already have with another client b) going to have more time to write my romance novel that's been on my list of things to do for over a year and c) I'm going to work on developing my skills to advance my career beyond what I would have accomplished at the agency. Huzzah! Onward and upwards.

As for weight, I'm holding steady at 193.2 lbs so nothing has changed since last week. I've not gotten back on the exercise horse yet, so this will be my second week of not exercising. Starting Monday I'll be back to my cardio dance class twice a week, a home workout Saturday and a yoga session on Sunday. I've been a bit naughty and not been intermittent fasting since I got back from Colorado, giving myself the ol' "it's the holidays!" excuse. This morning I wanted to start, but I started to feel queasy so decided to listen to my body. However that doesn't mean I can't stop eating at 7pm like I should be! Fingers crossed I'm sensible

Let's make 2020 our year, guys!

Starting Weight: 193.2 lbs

Week 1
30: 193.6 lbs
31: 192.8 lbs
01: 193.2 lbs
02: 194.2 lbs
03: 192.2 lbs
04: No Weigh In
05: 194 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 1: 193.3 lbs
Total Loss for Week 1: + 0.1 lbs

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Proud of myself for not gaining loads this lazy week. I've admittedly not been fasting and I haven't exercised. I think I needed it after the bad news I got about my job. Today I'm going to continue on this path of relaxation and rest, try to gather my thoughts/motivation and truly get back to life as normal tomorrow!

Thanks for starting this thread, GardenerJoy! Good Luck, Everyone!


SW: 175.2
CW: 175.6 (+ .4)
GW: 165.2

Welcome to our first 2020 monthly challenge! There's still time to join us in getting the year started off well.

Riestrella: do you want to set a goal? It's fine if you don't -- this is a great thread for monitoring and seeing how it goes.

everyone else: did I get your goal stated the way that you want it?

etherbunny: -5 lbs
Lacerta: maintain at 173.4 or lower
laureltree: -8 lbs
leopardspots: -9 lbs
momtopands: -5 lbs
Pihu: -10 lbs
Riestrella:
VickieLou: -10 lbs
wanna_be_free: -5 lbs

I'm really struggling right now. My weigh in today was 176.6, which is a full 9 pounds up from my low back in October. I know exactly why it is happening. I've been working too many hours, and thus, with the short winter days and with my husband going to bed at 5 PM for his early morning shift, I haven't been going for my walks, and I also haven't had any energy to cook after work. So I've been going for more convenience than I was before. I haven't been eating particularly BAD, just not particularly GOOD either, and with the lack of movement, the number is creeping back up. I did really good today though, and I want to see it start moving downward again. Going to try to be better about posting here most days again, as that helped me before.

1/8/20: 176.6

Hello, hope you all have great success in 2020.
Can I still join? I don't have a particular goal, just want to move more and avoid binge. Joe