February 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

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  • Bemah
    Bemah Posts: 13 Member
    Name: Bee
    Age: 33
    Height: 5ft 5
    Start weight (15th Feb): 171
    Goal weight (1st March): 167

    Weigh ins:

    15th Feb: 171
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week:
    Weight loss/gain so far this month:

    Struggles/successes this week: Feeling depressed because of current weight
  • adz682
    adz682 Posts: 7 Member
    Name: Adam
    Age: 32
    Height: 5'10"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 243.8lbs
    Goal weight (1st March): 236lbs

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 243.8lbs
    8th Feb: 238.3lbs
    15th Feb: 235.4lbs
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: 2.9lbs loss
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: 8.4lbs

    Struggles/successes this week: after a bit of a bad day yesterday with food and wine, it was Valentines Day though, I am much happier with loss this week as worried that last week was too much too quickly for my long term goal. Have passed my target for the month already so I'm just going to carry on until 1st March and just see what I get to. Started in Jan at 250lbs so have passed my 1st stone weight loss this week also :D
  • silverbeam22
    silverbeam22 Posts: 67 Member
    Name: Silverbeam
    Age: 20
    Height: 6ft
    Start weight (1st Feb): 181lbs
    Goal weight (1st March): 175lbs

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 181
    8th Feb: 178
    15th Feb: 176.2
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -1.8
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -4.8

    Struggles/successes this week: Sleeping and hitting my protein macros has been an issue.
  • Peacefulhooligan
    Peacefulhooligan Posts: 43 Member
    edited February 2015


    Name: Shaun
    Age: 48
    Height: 5'10"
    Start weight (1st Feb):234
    Goal weight (1st March): 228

    1st Feb: 233
    8th Feb: 227
    15th Feb:
    1st March
    Weight loss/gain this week:-6lb
    Weight loss/gain so far this month:7lb

    Struggles/successes this week: A good week this week bar an odd lapse, but on the whole kept myself motivated

  • KrunchyMama
    KrunchyMama Posts: 420 Member
    edited February 2015
    Name: Kristi
    Age: 30
    Height: 5'8"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 184.8
    Goal weight (1st March): 178

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 184.8
    8th Feb: 183
    15th Feb: 181.6
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -1.4
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -3.2

    Successes this week: Determining my new BMR. I wasn't losing all week, so I upped my activity level with MFP, and ate more calories Friday night. Apparently it worked. (Squishy and whoosh maybe?)

    Struggles: I've had bronchitis for the last two weeks, I'm excited to get a decent night's sleep in the next week or so. I've also been neglecting my water for the last week. Need to fix that, starting today.
  • undergloom
    undergloom Posts: 531 Member
    edited February 2015
    Name: Undergloom
    Age: 34
    Height: 6'0"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 162.0
    Goal weight (1st March): 155.0

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 162.0
    8th Feb: 158.1
    15th Feb: 156.0
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -2.1 lbs
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -6 lbs

    Struggles/successes this week: Another very active week, though I did take two consecutive "rest" days early on when I thought I might be developing a cold. I made up for it though, particularly yesterday.
    I'm one pound away from my February goal, but I only have plans to increase activity; hiking & backpacking season grows closer each week and I'm going to be ready.
    Sleep? Waking up early to work out is not a problem. Going to sleep at a reasonable hour is, though; My FitBit Charge HR has me in the 17th percentile in terms of hours slept. Not good. Burning the candle at both ends is going to catch up with me if I don't start putting in some effort here.
  • WayneBradt
    WayneBradt Posts: 69 Member
    Name: Wayne
    Age: 42
    Height: 5'10"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 223.2 lbs.
    Goal weight (1st March): 210 lbs.

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 223.2 lbs.
    8th Feb:219.9 lbs.
    15th Feb:217.3 lbs.
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -2.6 lbs
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -5.9 lbs
  • CleverClone
    CleverClone Posts: 45 Member

    Name: CC
    Age: 28
    Height: 163cm (5'4")
    Start weight (1st Feb): 98,5kg (217lbs)
    Goal weight (1st March): 95kg (209lbs)

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 98,5kg (217lbs)
    8th Feb: 96,4kg (211lbs)
    15th Feb: 95.7kg (210lbs)
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -0.7kg (1.5lbs)
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -2,8kg (6.1lbs)

    Struggles/successes this week: As anticipated I've really struggled this week with being active. Gotten a few good workouts in but apart from that extremely sedentary. Not ideal. While I've stayed under my calories the quality of my food this week hasn't been great either, lots of cravings that I gave into too often.
    However there was still a decent loss, so I'm happy, and will try my best to make next week better. Onwards and upwards!
  • Abbey2Lynn
    Abbey2Lynn Posts: 19 Member
    Abbey2Lynn wrote: »
    Name: Abbey Lynn
    Age: 51
    Height: 5 ft 10 in
    Start weight (1st Feb): 187.6
    Goal weight (1st March): 179.6

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 187.6
    8th Feb:
    15th Feb: 192.2
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: +4.6#
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: +4.6#

    Struggles/successes this week: constant migraine, couldn't get up let alone exercise. My husband doesn't cook, so we ate fast food = big time weight gain!

  • ae92jay
    ae92jay Posts: 153 Member
    Name: Joe
    Age: 35
    Height: 5'1.5
    Starting Weight (1st Feb): 152 lbs
    Goal Weight (1st March): 146 lbs
    (New goal weight for February is 143 lbs, edited Feb.15,2015)

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 152 lbs
    8th Feb: 150 lbs
    15th Feb:147 lbs
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Loss/gain for the week: -3
    Loss/gain for the month so far:-5

    Struggles/successes this week:

    Same scenario over ate on Thursday, and Friday. Had to workout harder, and more walking yesterday. But I got my weight back down!

    I crushed this week's goal! I am 1 pound away from reaching my goals for February!
  • acs3041
    acs3041 Posts: 39 Member
    Name: Amanda
    Age: 30
    Height: 5'6"
    Starting weight: 156.2
    Goal weight: 150

    Weigh ins:
    2/1: 156.2
    2/8: 153.2
    2/15: 153.00 - feeling very dehydrated this morning.

    Weight loss/gain this week: -0.2 pounds
    Weight loss/gain this month: -3.2 pounds
    Weight loss/gain since doing monthly challenges: -10.6 pounds

    Success/struggle this week: Exercise went as planned. I ate EVERYTHING and regret nothing. Had the very best Valentine's Day in years and it involved cooking Italian food with my husband all day. I did faithfully log my food so I know approximately how much I ate and drank. Totally worth it. :blush:
  • chrij23
    chrij23 Posts: 14
    chrij23 wrote: »
    chrij23 wrote: »
    Name: Christopher
    Age: 20
    Height: 5'11"
    Start weight(feb 1st): 263.1
    Goal weight(march 1st): 253

    Weight in:
    8th feb: 258.3
    15th feb: 255
    22nd feb:
    1st march:


  • chrij23
    chrij23 Posts: 14
    gonna reach my feb loss goal in 3 weeks how awesome is that! gl to everyone.
  • gleah1
    gleah1 Posts: 286 Member
    Name: Garri
    Age: 35
    Height: 5'2"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 138
    Goal weight (1st March):Anything 136 or below

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 138
    8th Feb: 136.2
    15th Feb: 136.2
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: 0...maintained
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -1.8

    Struggles/successes this week: I truly have to keep motivated and moving in the right direction....something not so easy with Valentine's treats. On a good note, I recently purchased 21 Day Fix Extreme....I will get back on track this week with my diet and exercise....I need to see my scale continuing to move in the right direction!
  • bigd66218
    bigd66218 Posts: 376 Member
    Name: Dave
    Age 54
    Height:6'6"
    Start Weight (1st Feb): 261
    Goal Weight (1st March): 257

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 261
    8th Feb: 258
    15th Feb: 257
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -1 lb.
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -4lbs.

    Struggles/successes this week: My weight loss for week 1 includes 5 hours of cardio/walking outside combined with eating around 2200 calories a day. Week 2 with the weather turning for the worst and left over cake from my daughter's birthday party, small weight loss. Now, that the cake is gone, back to the regular diet. :)
  • BioQueen
    BioQueen Posts: 694 Member
    Name: Von
    Age: 24
    Height: 5'5"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 145
    Goal weight (1st March): 140

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 145
    8th Feb: 143
    15th Feb: 143
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: 0
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -2 lbs

    Struggles: So I bought a new scale, yay! It says I am 0.5-1 pound higher than my terrible old scale lol. So my Feb weigh ins are kind of weird now. I know I haven't gained so I am not putting in the number on the new scale, but I am using the old scale number, which says I haven't lost anything. I am at a sad little plateau (2-3 weeks), but I think I will be able to track MUCH better with my new scale.

    Successes: Bought myself a really nice dark chocolate bar from Whole Foods and I've only had 1 out of 12 squares and told myself that I can have one a day. Big for me anyway lol.
  • SeriouslySta
    SeriouslySta Posts: 458 Member
    Name: Elizabeth
    Age: 49
    Height: 5' 7.5"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 245
    Goal weight (1st March): 240

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 245
    8th Feb: 242.5
    15th Feb: 241.5
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -1.0
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -3.5

    Struggles/successes this week:
    Struggles: Being so active - and on track with everything else, as well - it was hard seeing the scale stay the same all week! (So glad it decided to budge.)
    Success: I think it was actually good that the scale was stubborn -- I _knew_ I was doing what I needed to do; and I had to both trust, and look for other ways to see that reflected.
  • mefoolu
    mefoolu Posts: 17 Member

    Name: May
    Age: 43
    Height: 5'
    Start weight (1st Feb): 230
    Goal weight (1st March): 224

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 230
    8th Feb: 225
    15th Feb: 222.5
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -2.5
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -7.5

    Struggles/successes this week: birthdays, holidays (Lunar New Year) and getting together with friends always includes lots of food.




  • SuzyH
    SuzyH Posts: 196 Member
    Name: Suzy
    Age: 55
    Height: 5'5"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 130.6
    Goal weight (1st March): 124
    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 130.6
    8th Feb: 129
    15th Feb: 128.8
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -.2
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -1.8

    Struggles/successes this week: Still struggling with craving soda & artificial sweetened product. Feeling very stressed this week with work projects and deadlines. Successes: the scale at least went down and not up!
  • drbcru
    drbcru Posts: 85 Member
    Name: Donna
    Age: 58
    Height: 5'2"
    Start weight (1st Feb):161.5 - (started in Nov at 174)
    Goal weight (1st March):155 - (Big target 140-135 - 135 would finally put me in the healthy BMI group. I haven't weighed that in 38 yrs but you never know)

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb:161,5
    8th Feb:159
    15th Feb: 159
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week:0
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: 1.5

    Struggles/successes this week: Kept calories on track all week, missed 1 day of workout and nothing. Didn't gain, didn't loose. Not happy. But the yeah is I'm still under 160. Will have to work harder.
  • sbicica
    sbicica Posts: 52 Member
    joining in a little late, love the idea of this group!!!

    Name: Samantha
    Age: 23
    Height: 5'6"
    Start weight (15th Feb): 161lbs
    Goal weight (1st March): 157lbs
    Goal weight (final): 135lbs

    Weigh ins:

    15th Feb: 161lbs
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: N/A
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: N/A

    Struggles/successes this week: Went out with the husband for lots of heavy beers on valentines day.. then he cooked me a very HEAVY alfredo dinner last night... worth it though :blush:
  • drbcru
    drbcru Posts: 85 Member
    Sounds like you had a nice day. Now today you need to get him to work out w/you. He helped you add the calories, he needs to support you in reaching your goals. Good luck
  • MrsKGrady
    MrsKGrady Posts: 276 Member
    Name: Kirsten
    Age: 37 (turning 38 this month...gulp!)
    Height: 5'4
    Start weight (1st Feb): 235.8
    Goal weight (1st March): 230

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 235.8
    8th Feb: 235.6
    15th Feb: 232
    22nd Feb: n/a
    1st March: n/a

    Weight loss/gain this week: -3.6
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -3.8

    Struggles/successes this week: For the last two days, I've been struggling with a tight IT Band and hamstring. This has made it harder (but not impossible) to run. I've been working on making sure I stretch after every run and am icing/wrapping it as much as possible. My biggest success was running another 5k, yesterday, despite my knee/leg pain. My husband ran it with me, which made it all the more special.
  • somaliris
    somaliris Posts: 7 Member
    Name: Carri
    Age: 37
    Height: 5' 5"
    Start weight (30th Jan): 181
    Goal weight (1st March): 174

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 181
    8th Feb: 178.2
    15th Feb: 177
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week:1.2
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: 4

    Struggles/successes this week: 1.2 pounds makes me more than happy. I had mostly really good days, though I kind of took 2 off/cheat days this week due to one of them being a surprise 17 hour work day. I didn't obsess or stress over it, though, and didn't really overeat, just indulged a bit. I only exercised 2 days rather than the 3 I planned, but that was due to the crazy work schedule. I did lots more stretching throughout the week, though, and that seems to have helped with the back issues I was having last week.

    Goal for the next week: More workouts, especially cardio, which I've been neglecting. I'm going to aim for 1.5 pounds again, but even a .5 loss would be welcome. I'm in it for the long haul and the lifestyle change, at this point. I feel so much healthier and more confident already.
  • dradams116
    dradams116 Posts: 15 Member
    Name: Danelle
    Age: 29
    Height: 5ft 9in
    Start weight (1st Feb): 304 lbs
    Goal weight (1st March): 294 lbs

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 304 lbs
    8th Feb: 300 lbs
    15th Feb: 297 lbs
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: -3
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: -7

    Struggles: Witnessed something horrific while at work and had a binge on Friday. I should have just gone for a long walk. I fell into my old ways by turning to food as comfort. After, I felt guilty for the binge which made me feel worse.

    Successes: Despite my horrible Friday, I did lose 3 pounds this week. I'm finally under 300 pounds! I haven't weighed under 300 since 2010. Yes, I am doing my happy dance right now!!!
  • thesnackmonster
    thesnackmonster Posts: 78 Member
    thesnackmonster wrote: »
    Name: Julie
    Age: 47
    Height 5 ft 4in
    Start weight (1st Feb) 182.8
    Goal weight (1st March) 178

    Weight 1st Feb 182.8
    8thFeb 180.25
    15. Feb 179.5


    Struggles/successes , Hay this is my best weekly loss since January, maybe the motivation of this forum really works! I have been trying the 5:2 programme and I am finally realising that "eating normally for 5 days" does not mean stuffing my face with whatever I fancy!!

  • KrissyIrene83
    KrissyIrene83 Posts: 23 Member
    Name :Kristin
    Age: 31
    Height: 5'7
    Start Weight (1st Feb) : 179.0
    Goal Weight (1st March): 175.0

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 179.0
    8th Feb: 177.5
    15th Feb:176.8
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week:0.8 pounds
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: 2.2 pounds

    Struggles/successes this week: Struggled eating all the valentine goodies. But, don't know how...still on track :)


  • wishiwasarunner
    wishiwasarunner Posts: 202 Member
    wishiwasarunner wrote: »
    wishiwasarunner wrote: »
    Thanks I am looking forward to seeing if this helps.

    Name:Allison
    Age: 46
    Height:5'7"
    Start weight (1st Feb):166 (1/31)
    Goal weight (1st March):163
    2015 goal weight 150

    Weigh ins: on Saturday

    1st Feb: 166
    8th Feb: 164
    15th Feb:162
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: 2#
    Weight loss/gain so far this month: 4#

    Struggles/successes this week: I have met my goal - but I suspect some of my weight loss this week was water weight and it might creep back up in the next few days. As for the week, it was good. I stayed on track better than I expected and I ran my first 5K. I did not complete the entire race without any walk breaks (I had 3) which was one of my goals, but I did meet my time goal - under 31 minutes. Now I have to start trying to get ready for a 7K race next month - with more hills. I hope the weather improves soon.

  • Motivated1989
    Motivated1989 Posts: 53 Member
    Name: Megan
    Age: 25
    Height: 5'4"
    Start weight (1st Feb): 228.6 lbs
    Goal weight (1st March): 218 lbs

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb: 228.6 lbs
    8th Feb: 228.2 lbs
    15th Feb: 225.2 lbs
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week:
    Weight loss/gain so far this month:

    Struggles/successes this week: Decided to put down all my workouts in a spreadsheet form, as I am starting to add different workouts to my routine and it's starting to get confusing of which day I do what.


  • ScalySquash50
    ScalySquash50 Posts: 41
    Name: Sara
    Age: 23
    Height: 5'3
    Start weight (1st Feb): 143.5
    Goal weight (1st March): 140

    Weigh ins:

    1st Feb:143.5
    8th Feb:143
    15th Feb:144
    22nd Feb:
    1st March:

    Weight loss/gain this week: 1lb (TOM)
    Weight loss/gain so far this month:0.5

    Struggles/successes this week: Really stuggling to stay on track when I feel like crap. Just want to curl up and eat a pile of chocolate and never move again.

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