Lose 5 Pounds in February 2014 Open Group

Yahoo! I started at 219. I hit the 5 lb. loss mark today! :happy: But, I made my goal for this challenge 212. Frankly, I'd like to lose 10 for the month and make it 209. So no celebratory calories. No resting on my laurels. Counting the calories, logging in my diary, and going to the gym! I am going out of town for a birthday party this weekend and it will be a dangerous place! All sorts of caloric pitfalls and no place to exercise (staying in a B&B, not a hotel with an exercise room). I might have to try to do a little with some youtube exercise videos or something. Any ideas? Right now I walk and ride the stationary bike at the gym. Anyone use those Leslie Sansone Videos?

Reply to lavenderbud: What is the rush? You admitted that you didn't lose at 1200 because you cheated, not because it was too many calories. Isn't it better to give yourself those 300 calories everyday than to try to stay at an unhealthy 900? The thinner and smaller you are, the harder it is to lose 2 lbs a week. What were the recommendations and weight loss projection from MFP when you filled out your profile? How many calories did they suggest and how much did they say you would lose in a week? How much exercise are you doing? I would think if you want to lose faster, you would be better to up the activity and stick with the 1200 calories. Heck even at my weight of 214, height of 212, with exercise and sticking to my 1200, I'm only projected to lose 1.3 pounds a week. I've done better than that but that may not last. As long as the scale goes down, I'll be happy.

SW: 248
CW: 247.3
GW: 241 (UGW 160)

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 247.3
2/5 245.3
2/12 244.2
2/19
2/26
End of Month

Total weight lost: 3.1 pounds

SW: 147
CW: 131
GW: 123

Weigh in Dates:
2/1: 130
2/8: 129.8
2/15:
2/22:
2/28:
End of Month (or whatever weigh in days you use)

Hey there, I'm not part of the challenge, but I wanted to wish you all lots of luck! I think you are all doing great and you deserve being proud about yourself. You can do it!

I'm late for this
2/7: 166.8
I logged it in my own reporting section but not here because I did it from my phone and I'm not so tech savy to figure out how to do it from my phone.

I wont be able to weigh in at my regular time tomorrow.

Goal weight (overall) 155

Todays Weight 172

Weighed in today (Friday) instead, bit busy tomorrow, and to be honest it's Valentines Day today, so I'm probably going to gain just a tad and I don't want it to de-motivate me.

I'm doing kilos not pounds because we're on the metric system where I live, and imperial is too confusing to me as I count in metric (Sorry my fellow Americans, I can see how metric is confusing to you! haha)

SW: 92
CW: 88 (Gained a kilo since my last weigh in in December, but that was before the silly season so not bad considering how bad I've been)
GW: 65 kilos realistically, 60 kilos maybe once I get there.

Weigh in days:

1/2/14: 88 kilos
8/2/14: 88 kilos
14/2/14: 87.5 kilos
22/2/14:
28/2/14:

Total weight lost: 0.5 kilo (1.1 pounds)

Eh, I give up on my original goal for the month. I'm going to just do my best. My weight has been fluctuating, and this week I haven't been eating the best or exercising as much as I'd like.

Going to give it my all next week (This is NOT giving up until next week. I still plan to exercise lightly and stick to my limit) and see the difference when I put more effort into my weight loss.

weighning today because i am going to mess up today in dinner a little haha

Weigh in days:

1/2/14: 73 kilos
8/2/14: 71.5 kilos
14/2/14: 70.5 kilos
22/2/14:
28/2/14:

Total weight lost: 2.5 kilo

February 11, 2014 7:59 am
January 31, 2014 8:01 pm
Sw:175
Cw:154
Gw:148


Weigh in Dates:
2/1 - 154
2/8 - 154
2/14 - 151.6
2/21 -
2/27 -
End of Month (or whatever weigh in days you use)

Total weight lost: 2.4lb

SW: 142.2 (5/2012)
CW: 145.4 (1/30/2014)
GW: (Goal weight for the month) 141

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 145.4
2/8 146.4
2/14 143.4 (will come back tomorrow and update if necessary - just too excited to pass up posting a loss!)
2/22
2/28
End of Month (or whatever weigh in days you use)

Total weight lost: 2

SW: 142
CW: 138.4
GW: 137 (For February)

2/1: 142
2/7: 139.6
2/14: 138.2

Total as of today is 3.6 lbs. I'm using Fridays as my wegh-in day as that's my normal weigh-in day.

great job everyone! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

SW: 201
CW: 191
GW: 186


2/1 189.4
2/7 189.4
2/14 188.2

total lost this month: 2.8 (hopefully right on track for 5lbs!)

I'm supposed to weigh tomorrow, but with Valentine's Day dinner tonight, I decided to weigh right before dinner tonight. I'm so excited to see the progress!!

SW: 207.5 (1/16/14)
CW: 200.6 (2/14/14)
GW: 196.5 (2/28/14)

Weigh in Dates:
2/1: 203.2
2/8: 202.6
2/14: 200.6
2/22
2/28

Total weight lost since last weigh-in: 2 lbs
Total weight lost so far: 2.6 lbs

SW: 215 lbs
CW: 200.6 lbs (as of 2/01/14)
GW: 175lbs (short term goal wt)

2/01/14 - 200.6
2/08/14 - 198.0 <

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OUT OF THE 200's!!!!! YEAH BAAABY!
2/15/14 - 198.0 (c'mon, I'd like to put more distance between me and the 200's!)
2/22/14 -

I suppose it's time to kick it up a bit. This last week hasn't been a good one. Lots of stress, irregular sleep, not much focused exercise, and erratic eating. Oh well, if life was predictable it'd be boring, right? I haven't had the opportunity to go through everyone's posts but hopefully everyone is doing their best to meet the challenge. I have 3lbs to go, 1 more week folks - LET'S MOVE!!!