70 Days / 20 Pounds Challenge

palwithme
palwithme Posts: 860 Member
edited November 19 in Motivation and Support
Hello!

I have been on this weight loss journey for approximately a year and have lost 60. I have 20 to go and am really struggling with staying focused and with motivation.

In order to jump start things and reach the finish line I bought a Fitbit Charge HR, which really helps me keep track of the amount of calories I burn each day. I calculated that I have to burn 70,000 calories to lose 20 pounds, and if I have a daily deficit of 1,000 calories, it will take me 70 days to lose this last 20 pounds.

So, here is the challenge.

I will post each day that I have a 1,000 calorie deficit to this thread and am asking you to join me. :) You don't have to post on consecutive days to be part of the challenge. For example, on a day that I don't reach a 1,000 calorie deficit I will not post anything. You can do the same.

Together we can reach the finish line!
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  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    I'll start.

    Day 1 Completed.

    Actually had a deficit of 1,250! Woo Hoo!
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 2 completed
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    Good job. Hope you make it.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    edited June 2015
    Day 3 Completed
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 4 Completed
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
    Nice work!

    I think MFP is undercounting what I need. LOL. To get a 1000-calorie deficit according to MFP, I'd have to drop below 1200 cal a day, and that's not happening. According to MFP, with exercise, I had a 562 calorie deficit yesterday.

    According to my scale, I dropped 2lbs, but that's because I weighed at different times of day because I joined MFP in the middle of the day yesterday and weighed for today in the morning. But I'll post my collective weight loss daily. :)
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    edited June 2015
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    Nice work!

    I think MFP is undercounting what I need. LOL. To get a 1000-calorie deficit according to MFP, I'd have to drop below 1200 cal a day, and that's not happening. According to MFP, with exercise, I had a 562 calorie deficit yesterday.

    According to my scale, I dropped 2lbs, but that's because I weighed at different times of day because I joined MFP in the middle of the day yesterday and weighed for today in the morning. But I'll post my collective weight loss daily. :)

    Great, whatever works for you. I eat 1400 calories a day and when I workout I burn 2600 a day so I can get it in on those days.You will notice that I skipped a few days. ☺
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    edited June 2015

    Double post sorry
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
    I think maybe I'm undercounting my level of activity! I can't find my Fitbit right now (the way I lost my first ~10lbs), though.

    The most I do in a workout is 500 cal, usually. I'm HORRIFICALLY out of shape right now, so I can't make that at the moment.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    I think maybe I'm undercounting my level of activity! I can't find my Fitbit right now (the way I lost my first ~10lbs), though.

    The most I do in a workout is 500 cal, usually. I'm HORRIFICALLY out of shape right now, so I can't make that at the moment.

    You don't look horrible in your picture. It will come... just don't quit. ☺
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
    I'm not as heavy as I am out of shape. LOL. I couldn't run a mile, even without my exercise allergy (yes, that's a real thing). It took me nearly 3 months to work up to WALKING 10k steps a day. The first day I did 5k total, all I could do the next day was sleep.
  • ChicaFirme
    ChicaFirme Posts: 16 Member
    Its not really possible for me to have 1000 calorie deficit safely on a regular basis. I would have to eat under 1200 or exercise a crazy amount BUT I am rooting for you!!!! Go Girl!
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Hey, look at that! My food diary's already set for a 500 cal deficit (1lb loss/wk), but I logged my treadmill desk walking and hit an extra 542 deficit...which makes 1042 total! Whoop!
  • LuckyMe2017
    LuckyMe2017 Posts: 454 Member
    70 days from today is around my bday, so I will join in. I can't do a 1000 calorie deficit either though. I can manage about 800 calories, which will give me about a 15 pound loss.
    How do you burn 2600 calories?
  • MaaikeGirardin2015
    MaaikeGirardin2015 Posts: 1 Member
    What a great idea! I'm in! I hope you make it, girl!
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    MidwaysT wrote: »
    70 days from today is around my bday, so I will join in. I can't do a 1000 calorie deficit either though. I can manage about 800 calories, which will give me about a 15 pound loss.
    How do you burn 2600 calories?

    Hi. If I work out and stick to 1200 to 1400 a day I can create a 1,000 calorie deficit, mostly because I have quite a bit of a walk to work. The walk seems to push me over the goal of 2,200 to 2,400 a day. If I workout pretty intensely I can burn 2,600.
  • arm579
    arm579 Posts: 2 Member
    It sounds doable to me. I'm in!
  • Sbrewster09
    Sbrewster09 Posts: 6 Member
    Fed count me in! Please add me! We can do this!!
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
    I did it again! Tomorrow's going to be interesting. I slept crazy-late, so I really did it mostly by not eating much before midnight (it wouldn't even let me close out my food diary--:P--not intentionally not eating until late, BTW), so today I doubt I'll technically make it. BUT I'm averaging exercise and calories across 2 days, so I'll make it for both. Right? Right!!!
  • arm579
    arm579 Posts: 2 Member
    Stuck to 1300 calories yesterday and added in swimming, running and spinning for a total deficit of 1000!
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 5 Completed
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Day #3. I'm about 100 cals off, but like I said, I knew I wouldn't technically make it, and yesterday, I was at 1400 over or so, so I'm claiming it!
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    Day #3. I'm about 100 cals off, but like I said, I knew I wouldn't technically make it, and yesterday, I was at 1400 over or so, so I'm claiming it!

    Good for you!
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Day #4!!!!

    My rest day wasn't even close. LOL.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 6 Completed
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 7 Completed
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
    Day #5! I walked it!

    My shoulders are trashed (don't ask) so no circuit training of any sort. Tomorrow I should be back on the wagon. I walked 25,000 steps today to get the deficit up. :P
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    #6! Got it with walking (20,000 steps), but I'm Shredding in a few minutes, which will cover my evening snack!

    I think MFP may be undercounting my calories burned. If so, awesomesauce. Cuz I lost 6lbs in 8 days.... I'm hoping not TOO much of that was just water. We'll see if I can squeeze 2lbs a week out of my weight loss in another week or two, when it will get tough.
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    Day 8 Completed
  • palwithme
    palwithme Posts: 860 Member
    MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
    Day #5! I walked it!

    My shoulders are trashed (don't ask) so no circuit training of any sort. Tomorrow I should be back on the wagon. I walked 25,000 steps today to get the deficit up. :P

    Hope you feel better. 25,000 steps is amazing!
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