12 week challenge starting Sunday 7/9/17
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hey @maryvbird-- it is good you posted your "off the wagon" -- just get back on so you don't slide back into calorie creep- you have lost so much already! Great job. I have always found those cheddar biscuits a real challenge- they are yum...1
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@runningforthetrain - I know I need to finish what I started. Sat, Sun and Mon I lit up my tracking board in RED which increased my guilt. I didn't want to lose sight of my final GW of 155, so I got back in the saddle yesterday. (I'm pulling that d@#$ wagon home!) Thanks for the kudos - much appreciated. A little inspiration goes a long way.
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Tracking through the bad times as well as the good is key to a permanent change! There will always be days we are not under goal!2
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SW: 188.6
GW for this challenge: 182.6, 179.9 - changing this to 175!!
GW overall: 150-155
9/7 188.6
16/7 187.4 and have lost 0.5 inch off waist, hips and bum! Worked out five times this past week, probably a record for me!
25/7 185.8 NSV: did 20 push ups yesterday during my T25 video - 10 is usually my limit
1/8 184.8 + another inch or so lost (forgot where from now just know it's gone)
8/8 183.4
15/8 182.6 - I've had to move my weigh in back 3 hours sadly due to shift work, was 182.2 earlier in the week. Am at my original goal weight for this challenge though, 179.8 here I come!
22/8 180.4 - woohoo!! so close to my first mini goal (180) that I've been trying to reach for years!
29/8 179.6 - first mini goal met!
5/9 179 - was lighter a few days ago, started a new routine and everything is wonky, deficit for the week = bigger loss. Waiting on my whoosh...
12/9
19/9
26/9
Total loss so far: 9.6lbs in 8.5 weeks woohoo!2 -
I would love to join too. Do we just post in a weight each Sunday?1
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Hi
Pls add me, I have a lot to lose and need the challenge.1 -
Sw 154
144.5 8/11/17
143.8 8/19/17
140.3 8/26/17
140.5 9/7/17
Gw 1201 -
My new goal is 168 instead of 162.
7/9: 192
7/16: 186
7/23: 182
7/30: 181
8/6: 180
8/13: 180
8/20: 179
8/27: 178
9/3: 176
9/10:
9/17:
9/24:1 -
"Can I please join, too? I need to lose at least 30lbs by Christmas :-) would love to be part of supporting group x "
"I would love to join too. Do we just post in a weight each Sunday?"
"Hi
Pls add me, I have a lot to lose and need the challenge."
Hello and welcome to all of you who posted the comments above. Some of us have been posting on Sunday, but others are posting when it works for them. Hope we can be support to all of you.0 -
I would like to join. I would like 2 lose 2 lbs each week for a total of 241
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SW: 191 (7/9)
GW: 175
7/14:188.5
7/21:186
7/28:184.8
8/4:183
8/7:182
8/13:180
8/19:178.8
9/8: 175 (Goal!)
Continuing on to push thru to my new goal of 165...but glad I hit this big milestone for myself!
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SW 198
GW 160
7/12/17 197.2
7/18/17. 196.4
7/24/17. 194.4
8/2. 193.6
8/10. 192.2
8/19. 190.2
9/2. 189.2
9/8. 188.9
Boy, this is slow going!!1 -
SW 198
GW 160
7/12/17 197.2
7/18/17. 196.4
7/24/17. 194.4
8/2. 193.6
8/10. 192.2
8/19. 190.2
9/2. 189.2
9/8. 188.9
Boy, this is slow going!!
The absolute MAXIMUM you should lose a week to A) be healthy and
be able to keep it off is 2lbs a week which is pretty aggressive and hard to do consistently week after week for a sustained period of time so even if you were absolutely perfect at 2lbs a week for 8 weeks you would have lost 16lbs and you've lost 10!!!! That's incredible! You're doing great and not slow going at all...besides slow and steady wins the race right? Quick burns out, falls asleep, binges...gains everything back and stops checking in (and definitely loses the race) 
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Morning when does the new challenge start? I would love to join. Tired of falling off the wagon and needs support from you guys.1
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Posting a day early bc I won't have service or a scale tomorrow. First goal was 162, new goal is 170.
7/9: 192
7/16: 186
7/23: 182
7/30: 181
8/6: 180
8/13: 180
8/20: 179
8/27: 178
9/3: 176
9/10: 174
9/17:
9/24:
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catsanglin wrote: »Morning when does the new challenge start? I would love to join. Tired of falling off the wagon and needs support from you guys.
Hi there, and welcome.
This challenge thread/group was started by Lory (hauntedhollywood)...she has been ill recently and hasn't been posting lately....so I don't know if she was thinking of restarting this in October.
Though if there are enough of us that want to continue, there's nothing to say that we can't restart and keep this going for support.
Anybody else in?0 -
meghanmowry wrote: »Posting a day early bc I won't have service or a scale tomorrow. First goal was 162, new goal is 170.
7/9: 192
7/16: 186
7/23: 182
7/30: 181
8/6: 180
8/13: 180
8/20: 179
8/27: 178
9/3: 176
9/10: 174
9/17:
9/24:
18 lbs in 9 weeks?? Wow, great job!2 -
Hiya,
I hope it's OK, I would like to join this thread to gain/offer support & keep my motivation up. I've been putting on weight at a rate of knots for a couple of years and need it all to stop.
Started trying properly around god beginning of August.
SW: 255.2lbs (116kg)
GW: 198lbs (90kg)
CW: 233.6lbs (106.2kg)
Total loss so far = 21.56lbs (9.8kg)
Still to lose = 35.6lbs or 16.2kg
I've found my fitness pal brilliant for clocking/recording calories. I'm swimming, cycling and walking (hope to soon be running).
Eating loads of veg, bit of fruit & lots less meat.
Hope its OK to post here, if not sorry & delete!
Cheers and Kia kaha to all2 -
Welcome @uncoolernie congrats on all of your success so far!!!!0
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Starting weight: 222.9
Goal weight: 202.9
7/9: 222.9
7/16: 222.0
7/23: 221.0
7/24: 216.0
8/6: 217.0
8/13: 211.9
8/20: 210.6
8/27: 210.8
9/3: 206.0
9/10: 206.0
9/17:
9/24:2 -
Joined MFP on 5/7/17 with OSW: 178
Challenge SW: 7/9: 159.8 (goal to lose 10 lbs)
7/16: 158.2
7/23: 156
7/30: 153.8
8/6: 155.2 (little too much sodium and & beer this weekend...got to get back at it!)
8/13: 152.8 (now THAT'S more like it!)
8/20: 152
8/27: 150
9/3: 151
9/10: 148.6 (challenge goal met)uncoolernie wrote: »Hiya,
I hope it's OK, I would like to join this thread to gain/offer support & keep my motivation up.
Welcome, and yes, you can most certainly post here. Great job so far!@beckyr06 I'm game for another round of 12 weeks. I won't need to be as aggressive next time, but the support shown here can only help me stay focused to be able to reach my final GW.
Sounds good - I am in as well. I am looking to maintain or lose just a few more pounds, so will need to continue to be accountable.
Anybody else out there that wants to keep this going, we will restart another 12 week challenge when this one ends on October 1.
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Congrats @beckyr06 on meeting your goal! I find that maintenance can be even more challenging than losing because you don't have that weekly motivation of the scale moving...but I'm looking forward to maintenance soon! Planning to track forever and definitely looking forward to my daily calories going up a bit more! Staying in these accountability groups is a great way to stay on track when not necessarily trying to lose anymore!2
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GoBlue1981 wrote: »Congrats @beckyr06 on meeting your goal! I find that maintenance can be even more challenging than losing because you don't have that weekly motivation of the scale moving...but I'm looking forward to maintenance soon! Planning to track forever and definitely looking forward to my daily calories going up a bit more! Staying in these accountability groups is a great way to stay on track when not necessarily trying to lose anymore!
Thank you - yes I am struggling with that as well. Wouldn't mind shaving off a few more pounds but also need to increase strength training so it is a major adjustment for me, and I don't want to go backwards.
Hope you will be in for another 12 weeks as we finish this challenge in a few weeks. Have appreciated your upbeat and positive comments for everyone throughout.1 -
SW: 208 - 6/10/17
GW: 165 Challenge Begins:
7/9/17 193
7/16/17: 189
7/23/17: 184
7/30/17: 183
8/6/17: 180
8/13/17: 179
8/20/17: 175
8/27/17: 173
9/4/17: 173
9/11/17: 170
Back on track with curbing my urges whenever I see food that looks good, but wasn't part of my planned meals.
Good luck everyone as we count down the final few weeks. I haven't met my GW yet, but a few of you have already met their goal!2 -
@maryvbird - Way to go - you're almost there!1
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SW: 188.6
GW for this challenge: 182.6, 179.9 - changing this to 175!!
GW overall: 150-155
9/7 188.6
16/7 187.4 and have lost 0.5 inch off waist, hips and bum! Worked out five times this past week, probably a record for me!
25/7 185.8 NSV: did 20 push ups yesterday during my T25 video - 10 is usually my limit
1/8 184.8 + another inch or so lost (forgot where from now just know it's gone)
8/8 183.4
15/8 182.6 - I've had to move my weigh in back 3 hours sadly due to shift work, was 182.2 earlier in the week. Am at my original goal weight for this challenge though, 179.8 here I come!
22/8 180.4 - woohoo!! so close to my first mini goal (180) that I've been trying to reach for years!
29/8 179.6 - first mini goal met!
5/9 179 - was lighter a few days ago, started a new routine and everything is wonky, deficit for the week = bigger loss. Waiting on my whoosh...
12/9 176 - 1lb from my goal weight for this challenge!
19/9
26/9
Total loss so far: 12lbs in 9.5 weeks woohoo!3 -
SW: 186
GW: 150 lbs.
7/9/17: 186 lbs.
7/16/17: 177. That's because I ate like a pig on vacation and started this challenge when I returned.
7/23/17: 177 Too much quilting last week. Hopefully more exercise this week.
8/15/17: 188 Just got back from a cruise....Yikes!
9/11//17:176 I haven't posted for a while but finally got the cruise pounds off. I hope to eat good in Cabo San Lucas in a week.
Karen1 -
SW: 186
GW: 150 lbs.
7/9/17: 186 lbs.
7/16/17: 177. That's because I ate like a pig on vacation and started this challenge when I returned.
7/23/17: 177 Too much quilting last week. Hopefully more exercise this week.
8/15/17: 188 Just got back from a cruise....Yikes!
9/11//17:176 I haven't posted for a while but finally got the cruise pounds off. I hope to eat good in Cabo San Lucas in a week.
Karen
Woo! You get to travel a lot! Take me with you
Enjoy! 1 -
W:140
GW:125
7/9/17: 140 lbs
7/16/17:137.6 lbs
7/23/17:137.2
7/30/17:137.6
8/6/17:136.8
8/13/17:137
8/20/17:137
8/27/17:138
9/3/17:136.4
9/10/17:
9/17/17:
9/24/17:136.4
4 lbs- a long way off from 15 but, almost a third!4
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