February 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

Name:John
Height:5'8"
Starting Weight (2/1):257
Goal Weight (2/28):247

2/1: 257
2/8:253
2/15: 250
2/22: 247.6
2/28: 244.2

Loss/gain for the week: 3.4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month so far: 12.8 lbs

Successes: I admit when I signed up for this thread a month ago I really didn't think I would have been able to lose the 10 lbs my MFP/Fitbit apps said I would. I've been been struggling to lose weight my entire life, yo-yo'd and waited for some miracle pill to be discovered. However, inspired by the threads I've read here I thought "why not"? And put myself out out here to be scrutinized. I'm so glad it did. I not only lost the 10 but ended up with 12.8! So elated. I'm also amazed at how easy it was. Thank you MFP community.

Struggles: I've learned that Friday's are usually bad for me for social eating and so it's become my cheat day. It's still nowhere near what it was like in my old days as cheat now means I eat a slice of veggie pizza or chicken pasta vs and entire pepperoni pizza or XL sausage penne. I no longer seem to desire the old unhealthy foods and love my newfound health.

I'm looking forward to the March thread!

Name: Erin
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight (2/1): 190.2
Goal Weight (2/28): 185

2/1: 190.2
2/8: 184
2/15: 185.4
2/22: 183
2/28: 181.6

Loss/gain for the week: -1.4
Loss/gain for the month so far: -8.6

princess_uni wrote: »

Name: Erin
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight (2/1): 190.2
Goal Weight (2/28): 185

2/1: 190.2
2/8: 184
2/15: 185.4
2/22: 183
2/28: 181.6

Loss/gain for the week: -1.4
Loss/gain for the month so far: -8.6

Awesome way to go! Keep up

yaafee wrote: »

Name: Carrie
Height: 5'4
Starting Weight (2/1): 149.5
Goal Weight (2/28): 143

2/1: 149.5
2/8: 145.5
2/15: 145.5
2/22: 152
2/28:

Loss/gain for the week: +6.5
Loss/gain for the month so far: +2.5

Struggles or successes of your week: chocolate and going over on calories (however, over for the week would have AT MOST added 1.5 pounds, how on earth did I add SEVEN?!?!?)

after three weeks of getting up at 4 am to cross train with cardio, abs, and decent (8#) weights, I feel like a different person than I did when we started. I feel stronger, way more confident, and generally more optimistic. It is frustrating that I am the kind of person that builds muscle quickly (and lose it quickly) so that I don't notice a huge scale change when I stop working out, but when I get back into it I always see plateaus and increases. I KNOW that muscle weighs more than fat and has less volume, so I KNOW that these are positive signs of my body changing, but the reports and groups are designed around losing pounds which I still have not done.

I know there are areas in which to improve. I'm not kidding myself on that.

Also remember if your adding muscle it is leaner do you'll notice your difference in inches and clothing size dropping. Keep up the good work.

Name:Stef
Height: 5'5
Starting Weight (2/1): 224
Goal Weight (2/28):216

2/1: 224
2/8: 220
2/15: 222
2/22: 220
2/28: 218

Loss/gain for the week: -2
Loss/gain for the month so far: -6

Struggles or successes of your week:
Been very busy this week so I have been forgetting to eat and not making lunches bec I'm too tired.

Name: Joi
Height: 5'0" on a tall day
Starting Weight (2/10):178 lbs
Goal Weight (2/28): 173 lbs

2/1: --
2/8: 178
2/15: 175
2/21: 175
2/28: 173!!

Loss/gain for the week:2
Loss/gain for the month so far:5

Struggles or successes of your week: I made it! Very excited to have hit my goal for the month, especially being sick. Feeling better finally and can start working out!!

cdcllcga01 wrote: »

Name: Chris
Height: 6'0
Starting Weight (2/1): 232
Goal Weight (2/28): 224

2/1: 232.6
2/8: 231.2
2/15: 228.8
2/22: 226.8
2/28: 225.4

Loss/gain for the week: -1.4
Loss/gain for the month so far: -7.2

Struggles or successes of your week: Controlling calories has been the name of the game for the last week. We've gone out to eat 3 times in a week which is unusual for us while on this cut. Got very close to the 8 lb goal for February - so I'm still very happy w/progress. Now on to March!

Name: Aandii
Height: 167cm
Starting Weight (2/4): 58.3 kgs
Goal Weight (2/28): 57.5 kgs

2/4: 58.3 kgs
2/11: 58.2 kgs
2/17: 57.7 kgs
2/24: 56.9 kgs
2/28: 57.5 kgs


Loss/gain for the week: (2/11) 0.1 kgs
Loss/gain for the month so far: (2/11) 0.1kgs

Loss/gain for the week(2/17): 0.5kgs
Loss/gain for the month so far(2/17): 0.6kgs

Loss/gain for the week(2/24): 0.8kgs
Loss/gain for the month so far(2/24): 1.4kgs

Loss/gain for the week(2/28): +0.6 kgs
Loss/gain for the month so far(2/24): -0.8 kgs


Struggles or successes of your week: (2/11) I went home for the weekend and struggled to count accurately. Actually went up to 58.6kgs! But good to see that I've recovered

Struggles or successes of the week(2/17): Can't say I've had any. I was craving sweet things on Sunday and I did eat a little over my daily calories but it wasn't a train wreck. It's the first time I've been in the 57 range so I'm quite psyched about that!

Struggles or successes of the week(2/24): I went to the gym!!! Twice even! Was sore for days but totally worth it. Work has me tied down this week but will try to get in at least one session at the gym this week.
I cooked dinner for a few friends two days ago and it was a healthy meal. The problem came when it was time for dessert. My goodness did we splurge! So that was a minor struggle but it doesn't seem to have affected me on the scale which I'm happy about. I've already surpassed my goal weight so I'm not stressing too much

Struggles or successes of your week: (2/28) It is that TOM hence the gain but I'm very glad that despite the increase in weight, I was still at my goal

Name: Joe
Height: 5'8"
Starting Weight (2/1): 174.4
Goal Weight (2/28): 170

2/1: 174.4 (177.2)
2/8: 174.8 (177.1)
2/15: 172.6 (176.7)
2/22: 175.6 (176.1)
2/28: 172.8 (175.1)

Loss/gain for the week: -2.8
Loss/gain for the month so far: -1.6

Struggles or successes of your week: Still eating to much

Name: Tammy
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight (2/1): 173
Goal Weight (2/28): 168

2/1: 173
2/8: 170.8
2/15:169
2/22: 166.4
2/28: 167.2

Loss/gain for the week: 1.8
Loss/gain for the month: -5.8!

Passed my goal even though I gained the last week!