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😀😀😀***February 2025 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀

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  • MUSCLES4HUSTLES
    MUSCLES4HUSTLES Posts: 139 Member
    February Start Weight: 180.6
    February Goal Weight: 178

    January 25: 188
    February 1: 180.6
    February 7: 178.6
    February 14: 177.4
    February 21:
    March 1:
  • dlhollin1
    dlhollin1 Posts: 710 Member
    January flew by and I pretty much maintained my wt. I know I need to crank up the exercise because that's the area I'm lacking. It wasn't that long ago all my entries were in the 260's so I'm feeling pretty good about my progress. Have a great month everyone and lets drop some LBS.


    February Start Weight:226.6
    February Goal Weight:222.6

    February 1: 226.6
    February 8: 224.2 a good week focusing on low carb & very little sugar living
    February 15: 224.2 maintained this week
    February 22:
    February 28

    2025 wt lost: -2.6
  • christineiam
    christineiam Posts: 8 Member
    Ugh. Didn’t have the best week but still expected to be down a little bit.

    February Start Weight: 181.6
    February Goal Weight: 176.6
    February Goal Weight loss: 5 lbs

    January 31: 181.6
    February 8: 180.2
    February 15: 180.2
    February 22:
    March 1:
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 12,716 Member
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    My name is Donna. I am 64 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall. My highest weight was 253 in 2016. My MFP start weight was 235 in 2018.


    Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)

    Start Weight (from Jan 31st ): 191.2

    Goal Weight: 187.2 (4 pound loss)

    End of Challenge Final Weight: xxxxx

    Weight lost/gained this month: xxxxx




    Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


    02/01-191.8-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

    02/02-192.4-(Trend Weight: 192.3)-

    02/09-195.7-(Trend Weight: 193.5)- Last night my son & I made that Chef-boy-r-dee pizza kit in a box for dinner, adding our own cheese and more pepperoni. I’m just not a big pizza eater anymore in my older age but it was delicious to me. Such a nostalgic taste. I just love that sauce that comes in the included can. It was the kid in me! I’m shocked I didn’t gain this morning! I hope it don’t creep up on me in the coming days. This is turning out to be the worst round I’ve ever had. My weight has climbed almost daily and I seem to have momentarily given up. It’s emotional eating, it’s “I’m busy” eating, it’s even self-sabotage on some of the days. I’ll try again for a better day today and a better week overall. I’ve had a personal specific , shall I say “project?”, hanging over my head for the past week that I finally pulled the trigger on, made decisions on and acted on. Perhaps having that in my rearview mirror will help. While I still feel heavily burdened with so much, I hope that this little bit of relief will be just enough to help move me forward in my journey and backward in my weight.

    02/16-194.4-(Trend Weight: 194.7)- Okay, well now I’m just frustrated with myself. Last night (looking back) does feel like self-sabotage and emotional eating big-time. I could have done much better. I was so good during mealtimes! Why would I need snacks immediately following a nice sized healthy dinner every night? Especially when I don’t eat until around 8:00 pm or 8:30? I call them “snacks” but what I’m really doing (apparently) is insisting on some sort of dessert. It’s a habit that needs to be broken. My “snack” needs to be hours after a meal, between meals etc. Knowledge is power and this is the first time I’ve really seen it for what it is. I’ll be working on that now! I got stuck in the snow at my DD’s house this afternoon and had to be shoveled out. We got the 7 inches more they were predicting. We are expecting even more today and tomorrow too. No one knows where to put all the snow. We are all out of room but it’s beautiful.

    02/23-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-
    02/28-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-

    Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
    250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150's
  • lgpechtoot
    lgpechtoot Posts: 15 Member
    No loss again this week despite cutting out takeaways and unhealthy snacks. I'm disappointed because I do feel less bloated.
    I think I am probably in a calorie deficit Monday - Thursday and then cancelling it out by being in surplus on the weekend.

    What I am not doing, however, is yo-yoing, which is what has happened in the past.

    Will continue to follow time restricted eating this this week and add in some more movement.

    10
    February 3: 152
    February 8 (weighed Feb 10th): 152
    February 15 (weighed Feb 17th): 152
    February 22:
    March 1:
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,575 Member
    @lgpechtoot

    Try not to be disappointed. Weight loss, as I think you know, is not linear. Check out The Hacker's Diet for some interesting stuff. Check out especially the section on Signal and Noise.

    I noticed you said that you "probably" in a deficit four days a week and being in surplus the other days. That word "probably" suggests that one tool might be tightening up on your logging. That way, over several weeks, you can gauge if your actual change in weight is what you would have expected. The calorie goals we first come up with are estimates. You need to monitor how YOUR body responds.

    Log everything honestly and accurately. Pay attention. After a couple months, if your mass hasn't done what you would expect based on your intake and exercise, you can move your calorie goal up or down and monitor again.

    You can't manage what you don't measure!
  • ashleyh2100
    ashleyh2100 Posts: 115 Member
    Start Date September 13, 2023 - 241.2 lbs

    January 2025 Start Weight: 187
    February 2025 Start Weight: 191.4 lbs
    February 2025 Goal Weight: 182 lbs
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 160 lbs

    January 29: 191.4 lbs (took a big hit after vacation)
    February 5: 186.2 (back to pre-vacation weight)
    February 12: 185.0
    February 19: 186.8
    February 26:
    February 28:

    Haven't had much movement since the beginning of the year. Feeling a bit frustrated and stagnant.
    I track every day, even the bad ones but I generally only look at my overall calories and steps. I don't do a great job of tracking macros specifically, so going to start doing that to see if I can see some changes. Need to really focus on my protein intake. Here's hoping. I'm down 50-55 lbs but I'm about 25-30 lbs from my goal and have been at a plateau since the new year. Any tips, tricks, recipes, motivation is appreciated.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,575 Member
    @ashleyh2100

    For weight loss (fat loss) calories are king. It's good that you track every day, "even the bad ones." It's possible that the bad ones are the most important to track to see how far over you are. Macros are good to pay attention to to ensure adequate nutrition. It's for sure important to get enough protein while doing weight loss.

    We are over six weeks into the year now, and that sets you up really good if you have been tracking every day. In fact, it sounds like you've been tracking for quite a while. You have data to fine tune your goals! A couple questions:
    • How big of a deficit did you plan to have? Did you realize that deficit, or did your tracking suggest you were still eating more calories than you were burning.
    • Have you looked at your actual logging data to see how much deficit you were in for the last six weeks?
    • What would you have expected your weight loss to be over that time based just on your calorie balance?
    • Did your actual weight behave differently? If so, then things are working. To lose more, refocus on a new calorie target. If not, the focus on hitting your target, at least on average for the week.

    Also, since you lost over 50 pounds, did you revise your goal? With 50 pounds less of you, there's lower energy demands. Your calorie needs decrease as your mass decreases. It's always a good idea to reevaluate goals every dozen or so pounds and fine tune it.

    Main thing is keep sticking to it!
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 20,148 Member
    Thank you, @mtaratoot !
    I'm Chris - 74 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.
    My husband and I are retired.
    I see my trainer for 60 mins three days a week and try to walk the other four days. The walking doesn't always work out since we have our Grandson every morning. He's 2 years old and a pistol!!
    Heaviest: 192.2
    February Start Weight: 152.1 lbs
    February Goal Weight: 150.0
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 145.0
    02/01 - 151.0 at 8:20 a.m. ...Grandpuppy Duty, ground coffee beans, made soup, ...heavy rain today!!
    02/03 - 151.9 at 5:30 a.m. ...Grandson duty then 60 min workout w/trainer
    02/10 - 151.9 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer then haircuts w/DDD
    02/17 - 151.5 at 5:30 a.m. ...Had blood drawn then 60 min workout w/trrainer
    02/24 -
    02/28 -
    Good luck everyone.
    Chris

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