Mini Challenge: 10 pounds down by Easter
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Starting Goal Weight 233.8
Easter Goal Weight 223
See how this goes2 -
Hi all! I take on this challenge as I need the push. Glad I found this community to keep me going.
Start Weight: 300 lbs (Sept 2017)
Callenge Current Weight: 184 lbs (been since Oct 2018, haven't lost a pound since then -- PLATEAU?).
Challenge Easter Goal Weight: 175 lbs
Long term weight goal: 150 lbs
While I haven't lost a pound on scale in nearly 4 months now I do feel a change in inches. Clothes look baggier and look/feel different in mirror. I do yoga and water aerobics every morning (my exercise is limited to rather signigicant back problems). I also try to very mindful of food intake.
Am I going wrong somewhere? ... Or is this a case of losing inches, not poundage as I'm gaining muscle? ...
A little frustrating. Maybe I should just stay off the scale! Open to thoughts/suggestions!6 -
@sierra_lucy Have you reset your goals recently? When you do that, MFP recalculates your calorie goal based on the new weight you have input into the system. From what I’ve read on here it’s very unlikely for someone to manage to build muscle when eating in a deficit. I’ve never read it’s impossible though. 🤷🏼♀️
If you are eating the same calories you were eating at a heavier weight, you may now be eating at maintenance for your new weight instead of eating in a deficit. Our bodies need less and less calories as we lose weight. I guess if you were eating at maintenance it’s possible your body is in recomp which would explain your better fitting clothes.
Another option is just that you are losing, but having some serious water weight retention. That seems less likely since it’s been since October though?
You could also change your scale batteries. I got some pretty wonky readouts before I changed mine out. It gave the same weight for when I stepped on it and then again when I stepped on it with my forty pound dog. So it was clearly in need of a battery change. 🤣
If all else fails, I see a lot of advice on the forums to tighten up on logging and there are sticky threads around to help explain what that means.3 -
I am so in.
Today's weight - 174
Easter goal - 164
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I'm in! Been trying to get out of the 180's for too long now.
Today's weight 185.6
Easter weight goal: 175.62 -
I'd like to join in too
Starting Weight 16/02/19 180
Easter Goal Weight 1702 -
I want to join! I’ve been on this app for 4 years and have never really “committed”.
SW 149
CW 140
Easter GW 130
Ultimate GW 124 (or just turn into Audrey Hepburn) whichever comes first!1 -
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Today's weight 143
Goal weight 143.1 -
Need a kick up my bum!
Ultimate starting weight: 168lbs
Challenge starting weight: 130.5lbs
Goal weight: 120lbs3 -
I'm in! I'm new to the community and need some motivation. Thanks for starting this challenge.
Challenge Starting weight 175.
Goal by Easter 165.1 -
I’m in.
CW: 184
Easter: 1741 -
I've been stuck for almost 2 weeks now, time to get unstuck
SW 213
CW 201
Easter: 189 (I want to get down to the 180's ASAP)2 -
Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in participating! I’ll post a reminder to update your progress on Friday!
Not going to lie... I REALLY want my leftover dinner that’s in the fridge right now, but I know it will be there tomorrow, and I also know I’ve met my calories for the day!
To pass the time until weigh in Friday, what are you going to do differently to meet this mini challenge or what are you going to KEEP doing from what’s already worked?!
As you can tell by my post, I am going to eliminate late night snacking (especially when at my calories). The whole intermittent fasting has worked well for me the last 45 days. I basically skip breakfast and only eat between the hours of 11-7. While it’s all about the calories, this strategy has mentally helped me. I can still have decent sized dinners since I didn’t use any calories at breakfast which allows me to still have some of the calorie dense foods I enjoy (like the killer Stromboli I had today!). It also stops my late night eating out of boredom!7 -
Count me in! Needing some motivation. 😁
Ultimate starting weight: 200
Challenge starting weight: 177.4
Easter goal weight: 167
Ultimate goal weight: 1252 -
Starting Weight 183.7
Challange Starting weight 167.5
Goal by Easter 157
I am in!2 -
I'm in!
Weigh in day: Saturday
CW: 166.8
GW by Easter: 156.82 -
I'm in! U should start a group 4 all that responded! New to the whole thing. But starting weight is 250
Goal by Easter is 240! Let's do this4 -
I’m in too.....
Challenge start: 154
GW by Easter: 144
Looking for motivation and inspiration1 -
I'm in chick
USW 212.7lbs
CSW 198.6lbs
GW 185lbs
Quite like to see how this goes now good luck to everyone 👍 xx0 -
Great idea!
Starting weight: 171
Easter Goal weight: 160 — evening it out2 -
I'm in...been working on this for ages...down 78 pounds so far but have been struggling to stay motivated. Drive thrus call my name and it sucks, but I digress.
Ultimate start weight was 380.
Starting weight for this challenge is 304.
Goal by Easter for this challenge is 294.
Good luck all!
Jessica3 -
I weigh in on Sundays, so I’m in with my first update. It’s nice to see the 150s but next week I’ll probably be back up with cycle weight! 🤷🏼♀️
Ultimate Starting Weight: 223
Challenge Starting Weight: 161.6
Goal by Easter: 151.6
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Ultimate Starting Weight: 235lbs
Challenge Starting Weight: 198lbs
Goal by Easter: 188lbs1 -
I'm down!!! Need a little motivation!
Ultimate starting weight: 161.4
Challenge starting weight: 152.0
Goal by Easter- 142.0
Ultimate goal-135
Let's do this! Leeeeerooooy Jeeeeenkiiiins!!!!1 -
Challenge Starting Weight: 175 lbs
Goal by Easter: 165 lbs
I track by my ten-day trending weight, so that is what I will use here.
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Ultimate Starting Weight: 185 lbs
Challenge Starting Weight: 152.6 lbs
Goal by Easter: 142 lbs
Weigh in day 2/17: 152.2lbs1 -
I’ll join! I’d love to lose 10lbs by Easter. Great idea
Today’s weight: 210 lbs
Easter: 200!2 -
I'm in,
starting weight - 217lb
goal weight by Easter- 207lb2 -
Challenge starting weight: 193.2
Easter goal weight: 183.2
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