Carol, So sorry for your loss, it is great to keep your mind occupied with other things, We are here for you. We can do this!!! :-)

Hi! New to MFP and loving it! And I love a challenge even more! I have ten pounds to go and this is certainly a great way to keep me headed in the right direction. I use a fitbit daily (have for over two years) and I like to keep my exercise changed up so each day I chose from strength training (body pump class), zumba, water aerobics or aqua zumba, boot camp, long walks, and runs. In fact, running my first 10K in April (yikes!).

Hi all. I am hoping to get to a healthy weight. I am doing t25 focus everyday and I want to do well on it.

Hi, Caradae and Group! I started MFP yesterday, and found this group just a few minutes ago. What a great idea! I'm 55, trying to rehab from a lot of leg surgeries, and working on losing about 45 pounds. I'm still on crutches and a long way from walking, but I can get my cardio exercise on an exercise bike, so that's where you'll find me. Thanks for doing this, Caradae!

Hey, Im Nancy. Fun Challenge! Im in.

I love the sound of this challenge!! I have already lost 23ish lbs in the last few months, but looking to stay motivated. I've been under a lot of stress lately and I'm a stress eater. Bad combo!! Lol. I think this challenge will help do exactly what it says, keep me held accountable. :bigsmile:

My goal is to first of all make it through the whole month and not get kicked out of the challenge. Lol! I'm going to try my best to also reset my thinking. When I get stressed, I want to learn to exercise instead of eating a half a cheesecake. :grumble:

Okay, now a little about myself. I am a 31 year old Momma to an amazing 8 year old little boy. He is my world and one on my main motivators to get healthy. I started my weight lose journey in Oct at 258 lbs. and if not the biggest than real close to the biggest I've ever been. My first major goal is to get to ONEderland, with my ultimate goal being 170-175. If I reach my ultimate goal and feel I need to lose more, I will. But I'm not real concerned about that. I wanna get healthy and be able to be the Mom my kiddo deserves. And I wanna run a 5k. I've walked a few of them, but I would love to run a 5k without stopping. That would be awesome!!!!

Good luck to all of you'uns!!! And I hope to be with ya'll at the finish line on March 31st, and for all of us to have beat this challenge!!!!:bigsmile:


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Hi everyone. this is my 3rd attempt to make it through the entire month. I lasted a week in Jan, two weeks in Feb, so hopefully 3rd times the charm!

Sometimes I get overwhelmed with having to total all the calories in all of the ingredients when I cook...makes me want to just eat only packaged foods since calories counts are all listed - but I am trying to stay away from processed foods so I know that's not the best approach either...

Good luck everyone and happy first day of March!

Hi I am Jolee,

This is my third attempt at this challenge. In Jan I was out in one day, in Feb made it to day 14. In March I hope to go all the way. I need this group.

Jan was a very successful month for me, but Feb I had some ups and downs with the scale.

My goal for March is to utilize this challenge and break through down into the 130's and to break a plateau that I think I created by starting to cheat more and more.

Good luck to everyone this month.

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I'm Ellen, 54, from Arizona and this will be my SIXTH UAC & looking forward to it again keeping me honest & active. I'm set for 1250 calories , I love fast food & junk food , am a chocoholic and I STILL eat them. I pre plan /pre log my food the nite before in my diary to make my life easier & to stay on track.

I post my diary & respond to the challenge RIGHT before I log out for the nite, making sure I've accounted for everything I've eaten for the day. I don't believe in cheat days or cheat meals, if it will not fit in my daily stats, it won't get eaten (or if it does, I'm out walking it off). Cheating (overeating) got me here in the first place.

For the FEBRUARY challenge I lost a total of 5.8 lbs (total loss since starting the UAC has been 28.2 lbs. Am hoping to hit GOAL this month, we shall see (since am not really sure what GOAL weight is gonna be, lol)

I work from home and it's a MAJOR challenge to not raid the pantry & fridge...thankfully my mindset has been where it needs to be on this journey. I'm tired of yo yo'ing...losing the pounds and gaining them & more back.

Health issues are what brought me to MFP 633 days ago. A Fitbit Flex in July got my exercise motivation going (before that I was a very happy recliner potato, sigh). I've now swapped out my Fitbit Flex for the Fitbit Force & love it (yes, I know it has just be recalled but right now I'm keeping mine). I was on 2 meds for blood pressure, 2 for cholesterol issues and 1 for DM....I am NO longer on any meds.:bigsmile: and per my MD, no longer have those issues.

My exercise has been walking (both treadmill & outside) & my Exerpeutic semi recumbent bike, 5 weeks ago I started Zen Labs C25K Free (see MFP apps page), I've never dong any running before, I consider myself a couch or recliner potato). I'm not the type to join or go to a gym so I set up a exercise room in my house with a weight bench w/leg & preacher curl attachments , some plates & bar to go with my dumbbell set, kettelbell, bands and Wii Fit.
I had not done much exercise while trying to lose weight, (really ramped things up in July) so REALLY need to firm and tone the saggy flabbiness I'm left with after losing the pounds.:sad:

Best of luck to everyone :drinker:

My name is Clay. I have only been on My Fitness Pal for 12 days and I have lost 5 lbs. I am starting a personal fitness quest of walking 100 miles in the month of March and I hope to use this group as my catalyst to make sure I do all the right things to help me get there. I look forward to the challenge as well as reading about the successes of the other members of the group.

SW = 300
CW = 295
GW = 270 by May 3 (Kentucky Derby Day)

Hola! I've been participating in this UAC since November. I've completed two challenges & am super hyped to complete March! Good luck to everyone! Let's do this!

Hi everyone. this is my 3rd attempt to make it through the entire month. I lasted a week in Jan, two weeks in Feb, so hopefully 3rd times the charm!

Sometimes I get overwhelmed with having to total all the calories in all of the ingredients when I cook...makes me want to just eat only packaged foods since calories counts are all listed - but I am trying to stay away from processed foods so I know that's not the best approach either...

Good luck everyone and happy first day of March!

Hi folks
I am Carolyn and runner115 and I will BOTH make it through this month. Even though I did not make it for January or February, this challenges keeps me honest and mindful. Even after slipping up, I kept trying and did not go back to old habits. Last night, had a wine tasting and did go overboard BUT not as much as I would have in the past and I logged every darn thing as best as I could. In the back of my mind was "tomorrow is another UAC challenge - be honest and get ready"

Hi all I am Jamie. This is my third month attempting this challenge and really want to finish it out in March. I've really been struggling with sweets lately and need to limit my intake of them to hit my goals. Looking forward to a good month in March.

Hi All. I'm Jenn. I blog at ComebackMomma.com and I proclaimed March as #SelfControlMonth so I thought this would be the perfect group to join. My goal is to lose about 10 pounds over the next 2 month, but I'd be happy with about 6. I am really working on tracking my food and getting in my workouts. Sweets are my downfall so I am backing off sugar as much as possible. Looking forward to supporting one another.

Hi everyone,

I'm Sangeetha & this is the first I've heard of this challenge. This seems incredible & I hope I can stay motivated enough to keep up with this e-boot camp!