Happy New Year! What are your weight loss goals for 2025? How can you get a strong start in January?

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.

This thread is for weight loss goals. For your exercise goals, check out our sister thread: January Exercise Challenge

I'm going to nudge my maintenance goal down, for the second month in a row -- a sneaky way to keep losing weight while I'm telling myself that I'm in maintenance.

January goal: Maintain below 82.0 kgs

Joy, thank you for doing this. I have been absent for a few months but starting the year right foot.
I’ve fallen off the wagon the last month or so.
SW: 199
GW: 195 (my real goal is going to be down to 190, but I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew 🤣 so I’m starting with 195)
I will be back here at least 3x a week posting my updates (good or bad). I need the accountability.

sw: 199
gw: 195

1/1: 199.0
1/2: 199.0
1/3: 196.8
1/4: 197.6
1/5: 197.6 (-1.4)

Ha! I got a frustrating number for my first weigh-in of the year, given the goal that I set nearly a week ago. I'm blaming the tense days ahead of our major winter storm. Now, that it's here, though, I'm much more relaxed and getting back to my normal eating routine. We're stuck at home for an undetermined amount of time, but the power is on! We can cope with this. I'm very motivated to get back below my red line!

January goal: Maintain below 82.0 kgs

6: 82.05 kgs

I'm happy with this week. How is everyone else doing at the beginning of 2025?

January goal: Maintain below 82.0 kgs

6: 82.05 kgs
7: 81.5
8: 81.35
9: 81.15

MrBadger: I often stop losing when I change to exercises that focus on more muscle development. Since those exercise tend to make me feel better and more fit, it seems like a good trade for a while. Eventually, my body will get back with the program and start losing again. I think that the only reason I didn't see that impact with my current bout of weight-training is that I just finished a six-week yoga program that included a lot of muscle developing poses. So, it was a more gradual transition for me than usual.

January goal: Maintain below 82.0 kgs

6: 82.05 kgs
7: 81.5
8: 81.35
9: 81.15
13: 80.5
17: 81.3
18: 81.2

MrBadger: Congrats on the 11st something! It's great to get into a new range, especially when the range is as big as a stone!

January goal: Maintain below 82.0 kgs

6: 82.05 kgs
7: 81.5
8: 81.35
9: 81.15
13: 80.5
17: 81.3
18: 81.2
20: 81.5

congrats on getting to the 11 stone range. That’s a big accomplishment