😀😀😀***FEBRUARY 2024 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀

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  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 523 Member
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    Returned from vacation late last night and I was happy with the scale this AM after my trip to Southern Florida. Overall down 1# for Feb. I am super slow loser since I’m on the shorter side (under 5’2”) and my caloric target needs to stay where it is.
    Let’s’ keep going in March!

    February Start Weight: 146.9
    February Goal Weight: 143 (145)
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 139

    February 1: 146.9
    February 8: 147.3
    February 15: 147.2
    February 22: 145.5
    February 29: 145.9
    (Leap year!)
  • takinitalloff
    takinitalloff Posts: 1,926 Member
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    February Start Weight: 201 lbs
    February Goal Weight: 192.9 lbs (1.95 lbs/week)
    Long-Term Goal Weight: 140 lbs by September 30, 2024

    February 1: 201 lbs
    February 8: 199 lbs
    February 15: 201.2 lbs
    February 22: 199.7 lbs
    February 29: 197.7 lbs

    Weight lost this month: 3.3 lbs

    February is going to be fun for me. Looking forward to celebrating three different milestones:
    • 0.1 lb away as of Feb 1: complete my first 70 lbs of weight loss ✅ Feb 5
    • 1.1 lb away as of Feb 1: reach Onederland ✅ Feb 8
    • 4 lbs away as of Feb 1: drop below BMI of 35 and reach the garden-variety obesity category (currently I'm considered extremely obese). (✅ Feb 28 but went back up a little)

    Well I didn’t quite make all my goals for the month, but I’m undeniably below 200 lbs and I’m very happy with that result. See you all in March!

    No exceptions. No excuses. 🥑
    💝 Discipline is self-love. 💖
  • Wean_over_that_now
    Wean_over_that_now Posts: 54 Member
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    February Start Weight:236lb
    February Goal Weight:230lb
    Ultimate Goal Weight:140lb

    February 3: 236lb
    February 8: 235
    February 15: 232.8
    February 22: 231.4
    February 29: 234.4
    (Leap year!

    So didn't end off as I expected. Was down to 230.4lb but then started to get drained and lack of oxygen. So started pumping the food into me to raise my protein and iron. Feeling a bit better but had to take a few days to recoup. Also was still smoking while doing all my workouts and that finally came to a head last Sunday when I couldn't breathe. I haven't had a smoke since and trying to get some fresh sea salt air into my lungs on my walks to get them breathing better. Always needing to kick bad habits to help get new ones! Hoping to see a dietician to help with food intake and exercise because of my graves disease, thyroid issues so I'm doing this right instead of following a regime meant for people without autoimmune disorders. Hopefully I can get it all figured out so I'm doing this fitness journey in the best possible way for my future. Wish me 🤞
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 13,332 Member
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    @Wean_over_that_now

    Adding more food to your diet won't change your lung function. I'm glad you stopped smoking. Starting to do MILD cardiovascular activity can build your lung function and capacity, but if you're feeling "lack of oxygen," talk to your physician!

    That panicky feeling of needing to take a breath is actually excess carbon dioxide, no lack of oxygen. It's why free divers do three hyperventilation breaths before each dive. It's not to saturate the tissues with oxygen, it's to dump CO2. If you do too much, though, you can actually pass out from lack of oxygen even without feeling that need to breathe. Not a good thing to do underwater. It's worse with free diving because as you come back to the surface, the water pressure is reduced, and blood flows out from your core back into your extremities. That results in your brain getting less oxygen. That's what they call a "shallow water blackout," and it's very dangerous. It's why people use buddies to free dive. One buddy stays on the surface while the other goes down. Then they switch. As you build lung function, your body will be good at both getting more oxygen to your tissues and at dumping CO2.

    Well-trained athletes can exhale breaths as low as 16% oxygen. Most of us exhale about 19% oxygen. The air we breathe is 20.7% oxygen.
  • Wean_over_that_now
    Wean_over_that_now Posts: 54 Member
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    @mtarotoot. I appreciate your analogy on the subject but not needed as I'm not diving. I've had a blood clot in my lungs before, I have multiple times had to have iron intake increased both by injections for a year and other times by medication. So when I get exhausted and can't breathe it usually stems from one of these issues. My first thought is iron as it's happened so many times. That's why I really need someone who can coach me on my exercise and eating regimen so this stuff doesn't keep happening. I'm walking between 5 - 12 km most days, I do rowing on my concept2, between 2000-10,000m every second day and I try to do some weight training on my workout gym, every second day. I'm toning up, gaining some muscle and losing fat. I'm not eating crappy food, even when I have poked it into me, thinking I need iron. It's still all healthy, just more of it so I feel like I have energy again instead of zapped. There's no excuses with me here, just facts
  • californiajuls
    californiajuls Posts: 200 Member
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    September 2023 starting @ 207.7

    September 2023 total loss 3.4
    October 2023 total loss 11.4
    November 2023 total loss 4.1
    December 2023 loss 0
    January 2024 total loss 4.1
    February 2024 current loss 5.6

    Total loss 28.6 pounds

    February Start Weight: 184.7
    February Goal Weight: 180
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 142

    February 1: 184.7
    February 8: 181.7
    February 15: 179.1
    February 22: 182.3
    February 29: 179.1
    (Leap year!)


    See you all next month!
  • Lazuliz
    Lazuliz Posts: 44 Member
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    Hello!

    Height: 5'3"
    February Start Weight: 141.0
    February Goal Weight: 136.0
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 125.0

    February 12: 141.0
    February 19: 139.4
    February 26: 139.0
    February 29: 136.5 - Wow. I guess the Peloton bootcamps are working for me :)

    - 4.5lbs! Some of that is definitely bloat. 2/12 was the day I returned from vacation. See you all in March!
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,333 Member
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    Thank you, @enlightenme3 !
    I'm Chris - 73 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
    ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
    Heaviest: 192.2
    Round GW: 148.0
    UGW: 145.0
    February 01: 149.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...still sick
    February 05: 151.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 5.60 miles in 115 mins in cold wind and rain!!
    February 12: 149.6 at 7:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/my trainer
    February 19: 148.1 at 8:10 a.m. ...60 min workout w/my trainer then worked on taxes :'(
    February 26: 147.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
    February 29:
    (Leap year!)
    Good luck everyone!
    Chris
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
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    Is there a March challenge?
  • Mrsbell8well
    Mrsbell8well Posts: 1,652 Member
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    I found the March challenge 😁
  • AllyNorth
    AllyNorth Posts: 118 Member
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    February didn't unfold quite as I'd hoped. But I am going to move on, and hope for a better March. Congratulations to everyone who continued to show up. Each of you are a source of inspiration and motivation.

    February Start Weight: 145.8 pounds
    February Goal Weight: 141 pounds
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 135 pounds

    February 1: 145.8
    February 8: 146.6

    February 29: 147



  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 10,977 Member
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    enlightenme3 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone - I've posted March's edition here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10910457/march-2024-weight-loss-challenge/p1?new=1

    @enlightenme3 Thanks for posting the March Challenge
  • andja87
    andja87 Posts: 159 Member
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    February Start Weight: 218
    February Goal Weight: 207
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

    February 1: 218
    February 8: 216.2
    February 15: 215.6
    February 22: 214
    February 29: 211.4
    (Leap year!)

    Missed my goal this month. It’s alright, was kind of a steep goal for the shortest month of the year lol

    Best of luck to everyone in March! We will crush it!
  • dlhollin1
    dlhollin1 Posts: 658 Member
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    January was a good start to the new year. Looking forward to making some progress in Feb. I enjoy walking outdoors daily, 8000 steps is my daily goal. I'm low carb, not keto but under 50 gm a day for sure. Best of luck to everyone lets do it to it.

    1/1/23 wt: 273.4
    1/1/24 wt: 260.1

    February Start Weight: 257.1
    February Goal Weight: 253.1
    1/1/25 Goal Weight: 208.1


    February 1: 257.1
    February 8: 256.5 slow and steady, walking 8000+ steps a day, low carb life, A1C down from 6.0 to 5.8 whoot whoot
    February 15: 254.0 pretty excited lowest I have been in quite sometime, I am walking around 9000+ steps a day this month it makes a huge difference, still working on my portion control especially in the evenings
    February 22: 253.3 Its coming off slow and steady. Hoping to lose another lb and head in to march with some good momentum. I'm now down 20 going back to 1-1-23 that's exciting. I'm ready to leave the fifties behind forever. Lets finish up strong and head into March ready to make some noise.
    February 29: 250.3. - good month lets go march

    Lbs lost YTD: -6.8
  • jcpez1969
    jcpez1969 Posts: 60 Member
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    Aug 2023: 299.6
    September: 291.4
    October: 285.4
    November: 275.4
    December: 268.6
    Jan 2024: 265.4

    February Start Weight: 263.4
    February Goal Weight: 255.0
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 180

    February 1: 263.4
    February 8: 261.6
    February 15:260.0
    February 22: 262.4
    February 29: 259.6
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,333 Member
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    Thank you, @enlightenme3 !
    I'm Chris - 73 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
    ...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
    Heaviest: 192.2
    Round GW: 148.0
    UGW: 145.0
    February 01: 149.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...still sick
    February 05: 151.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 5.60 miles in 115 mins in cold wind and rain!!
    February 12: 149.6 at 7:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/my trainer
    February 19: 148.1 at 8:10 a.m. ...60 min workout w/my trainer then worked on taxes :'(
    February 26: 147.2 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
    February 29: 150.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson Duty then DMV to renew my license...had to test!!!
    (Leap year!)
    Good luck everyone!
    Chris
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 13,332 Member
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    Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
    Original MFP starting weight (January 2018): 168.2
    January 1, 2024 Weight: 155.4 (10-day average 155.8)
    January 27 (Starting Weight for this challenge): 146.8 (10-day average 146.5)
    February goal: Get back to lower end of maintenance weight range
    Ultimate goal: Stay in maintenance range between (absolutely 140 - 153 and ideally 142-148)

    I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.

    January 27: 146.8 (10-day average 146.5)
    February 3: 148.0 (10-day average 146.2)
    February 10: 148.2 (10-day average 146.9)
    February 17: 146.8 (10-day average 147.0)
    February 24: 145.6 (10-day average 146.3)
    February 29: 147.4 (10-day average 146.5)
    March 2: 150.4 (10-day average 146.9)

    Total loss for February: Official challenge end is... Up for the month, but less than a half pound. I can still call that maintenance. The scale was actually up 4.2 pounds in one day, and that affected the average. Yesterday's average was the same as February 29. On February 1 it was down to 146.1, so I'm definitely still bouncing around. I am down 8.8 pounds for the year.

    Bring on the Spring!

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