2017~~52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

homeschoolmom77 · January 2017

torifarrar wrote: »

This week's challenge: convincing my husband to get on board with me.

When you figure out how to do that let me know. I have been trying too and am not having luck. I wish you luck!, hopefully you have more success than I have.

dfabiano972 · January 2017

Starting weight: 227
Goal weight: 175
Current weight: 217.3 (down 2.3# for week 4)
Total weight lost: 9.7
This week's successes: Kept to meal plan and logged in food diary every day-accountability
This week's challenges: Hosted my cooking club (planned ahead so I could indulge) Only worked out once last week, but started new 30 day plank and squat challenge yesterday.

ReGina51363 · January 2017

Starting weight: 270
Goal weight: 218
Current weight: 253
Total weight lost: 17

This week's successes: Still keeping up with food and exercise tracking.

This week's challenges: Life is still happening.

dabeck62 · January 2017

homeschoolmom77 wrote: »

torifarrar wrote: »

When you figure out how to do that let me know.

Be an example, they will notice the changes not only physically but mentally. I'm lucky, I've been on/off diets over our 14 year marriage and every time I begin again; he's supporting me. He has to...he's the cook! He said the biggest challenge isn't necessarily in changing how he cooks (because on MFP, nothing is off-limits), but the quantity as I don't eat as much as before. So, we have left overs!

o2bstrange · January 2017

Week 4
Starting weight: 238.2
Goal weight: 180
Current weight: 230.8
Lost this week: 2.2
Total weight lost since Jan 1: 7.4
Last week's successes: Scale is still taking small steps every week in the right direction. Swapped out my pillow Saturday night and energy change in the morning was noticeable.
Last week's challenges: Ate out every night this weekend as busy schedule took over meal planning and while I made OK choices my daily calories were higher than they should. Water intake still seems to be hard for me, doing alright but really need to up it as it's still low. This may have helped with the crazy low energy for the past two weeks.
Coming week's goals: Get my derriere to the gym, water water water, and continue to log the good bad and the ugly.

tdbernrd · January 2017

gelahope wrote: »

Awesome advice! I will have to remember that for next time, definitely. Luckily I did ok, there was pizza and no fruit lol. But I stuck to my plan, indulged a little but didn't go crazy, skipped the ice cream, only had half of my cake, and ended up only barely over my calorie goal, which I call a win!! Hooray! Thanks for your support!

Awesome! **Virtual hug** You did excellent! Parties are hard if you don't go in with a plan. The pizza would have been my temptation. I need to research the recipe for making a low carb crust. I used to have one but I have forgotten it. I think I'll make a pizza Saturday.

wendyron3 · January 2017

Starting weight-182
Goal weight-145
Current weight-171
Lbs lost so far-11
Successes this week were to be more mindful of what I'm eating.
Goals are still to drink more water- I'm having a hard time with that!

homeschoolmom77 · January 2017

dabeck62 wrote: »

Be an example, they will notice the changes not only physically but mentally. I'm lucky, I've been on/off diets over our 14 year marriage and every time I begin again; he's supporting me. He has to...he's the cook! He said the biggest challenge isn't necessarily in changing how he cooks (because on MFP, nothing is off-limits), but the quantity as I don't eat as much as before. So, we have left overs!

Thanks for the reminder. I do the cooking, and my sons and husband are very supportive and eat whatever I give them. Well not the boys so much, but at 10 and 13 what do I expect. My hubby is very supportive of me, but after 17 years of watching him struggle and his health not getting any better I wish he would stop resisting and make all the needed changes.

Thanks for reminding me to lead him, I won't have to drag, he will follow. But if I push he will resist.

jamacianredhair · January 2017

Starting weight:165
Goal weight: 140
Current weight: 165.2

Week 2: 162.4
Week 3: 161.8
Week 4: 158.6! Whoosh
Week 5: 165.2

Total weight lost: +.2

Not worried I've been under my calorie goals. Had a cheat day yesterday so this is definitely water retention.

LadyDiLikesPie · January 2017

Weigh in day was Friday, but just now having time to log in.

Weigh in day: Friday 1/27/16
Starting weight: 246
Goal weight: 165
Current weight: 242
Lost this week: 0 lb.
Total weight lost: 4

This week's successes: 3 yoga classes and one long walk. Tracked everything I put in my mouth.
This week's challenges: Macaroni and Cheese! Wine! Too much of both of these favorites!!!

PoisonDartFrog · January 2017

tdbernrd wrote: »

PoisonDartFrog wrote: »

@dbernrd Thanks for the advice. I am doing the treadmill version, and I no inclination to move fast or to injure myself. My goals are 1st health, 2nd weight loss (I'm a woman, so vanity always comes into the picture), 3rd finding more ways to be active, and burn calories in less time - I don't always have time to walk an hour a day).

@PoisonDartFrog I'm pretty vain myself. Doing C25K, my toe nails used to hurt. I found out I needed bigger shoes. I purchase them and felt self conscious. Soooooo, a few years later, I buy my shoes online. I want pretty and of course, I want smaller but not my exact size. Well, I messed up my toe nails that year. They grew off but boy was it ugly. I'll just wear my boats and be happy.
Running will definitely help you to burn more calories. Like with anything else, you can plateau but you can also increase your distance or speed and the weight loss will start again. Are you going to participate in a 5K? They are so much fun. I'm thinking about doing my first race in April. I need to drop 20 pounds. I'm really heavy right now.

I will likely do a 5k....i just need to get through the training first.

auto63 · January 2017

Well I am 30 days late but would like to join need some extra motivation. When you think about 1 lb a week it can be accomplished my weigh in day is Saturday's I have been on and off the MFP for past few years

My name is Barb

Starting weight: 231
Goal weight:157 (52 lbs)
Current weight:209.4
Total weight lost:21.6
This week's successes:
This week's challenges: I am trying to consume only 75 carbs or less start exercising 2- 30 min sessions a week.

gelahope · January 2017

Starting weight: 213.0
Goal weight: 160.0
1/24/17: 213.0
1/31/17: 210.2
Total weight lost: 2.8

This week's successes: Stayed under or near my calorie goal every day, resisted bingeing on goodies at a family birthday party, and I'm sticking to my goals! Scale is going in the right direction, hooray!

This week's challenges: Having struggles waiting until weigh-in day to step on the scale, but I know in previous attempts whenever I weighed in more frequently than that I would fall off the wagon, so I’m trying hard to stick to it.

Yay for my first loss! My ticker is moving!!!

gelahope · January 2017

tdbernrd wrote: »

Awesome! **Virtual hug** You did excellent! Parties are hard if you don't go in with a plan. The pizza would have been my temptation. I need to research the recipe for making a low carb crust. I used to have one but I have forgotten it. I think I'll make a pizza Saturday.

Oooh!! If you find that recipe, you should share it! I know I would like to use it and I'm sure others on here would as well!

tdbernrd · January 2017

@gelahope Are you able to hide your scale? I get very obsessive with weighing myself. I keep mine in my closet. I'm too lazy to keep pulling it down and putting it back up.

Here's the link ditchthecarbs.com/2015/04/23/fat-head-pizza/. When I have made it, it stays together and doesn't crumble. Since I'm a big time bread eater, I know there's a difference but it's actually good. I'm going to season my crust as suggested this time. When you reheat this the next day, oooohhhh so yummy.

@PoisonDartFrog Yay! I'm doing my happy dance. You can do it!

Weekly Weigh-in
Starting weight:182.6
Goal weight:140
Last Tuesday's weight:176
Current weight: 175
Total weight lost: 7.6
Past week's successes: I worked out 5 times last week. No knee pain. I'm doing my stretches as I should. I lost almost 8 pounds in one month. I've never done that before.
Past week's challenges: I got sick Saturday so I couldn't do my 6th workout. I also got dehydrated over the weekend. I ate two biscuits throughout the week. I love bread.They were my cheats.
This week's challenges: Workout for 6 days. Log 64 oz of water. No cheats. I need to find low carb alternatives until my mileage increases to the point where I need those extra carbs.
February goal: Lose 5 or more pounds. Have drinking 64 oz of water down without thinking about it. Workout consistently 6 days a week.

asrai50 · January 2017

torifarrar wrote: »

This week's challenge: convincing my husband to get on board with me.

I finally quit trying. I cook what I am going to cook, he eats it or he doesn't. I bought several single serving things of rice, potatoes, mac and cheese, etc...he can have that as a side with what ever I cook if he wants. Some nights he doesnt want what I make so he fends for himself. I just make sure I keep things in the house he likes.

asrai50 · January 2017

Challenge starting weight: 238 12/26/2016
Goal weight: 186
Current weight:237
Total weight lost:-1
This week's successes: Stayed on track with my exercise plans. Stayed under calories all week.
This week's challenges: Getting my water consumption up to 100ml/day. This is a constant effort that I still have been struggling with. Up 2 lbs this week. I stayed within my goals but looking back noticed I have been eating more carbs than usual. Feeling really bloated and water logged, think it is time to try some low carb and see if that suits my body better.

jm216 · January 2017

This ticker app is so much fun!

dabeck62 · January 2017

gelahope wrote: »

Having struggles waiting until weigh-in day to step on the scale, but I know in previous attempts whenever I weighed in more frequently than that I would fall off the wagon, so I’m trying hard to stick to it.
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My girlfriend, a successful MFP member, and I commiserated today about this exact thing. I wanted to weigh-in on Mon, but Wed is my day. She said she struggles too, but she said that we can't obsess with the number on the scale...we have to see our success in other ways (clothes fitting better, attitude, energy, etc.). Good luck!

stormywxs288 · January 2017

January is in the books. For 99.9% of 2017 I have been paleo clean, if there is such a thing? Since the New Year I’ve eliminated extra/hidden sugar, dairy and gluten from my diet. My hope is to make 2017 the healthiest year of this decade (2010-2020) of my life. Although diet is the center point of the healthy choices to make this a healthy year, other choices have been implemented to make changes towards a healthier lifestyle.

My Fitness Pa l is one of the changes I made to pursue positive changes. I’ve already received the support I anticipated from MFP. Specifically the exercise/diet diary and the motivation from the community have been instrumental in the positive health/fitness outcomes I have achieved this month.

So far I’ve lost a bowling ball’s worth of weight (15.4 pounds) and dropped about 10 beats from my average blood pressure at the end of last year. Although I don’t have any numbers to quantify my feelings, I have to say I feel good for the first time in years. Also I decided to undergo surgery on my right shoulder to regain full use of my right arm. Even though the surgery setback some exercise/weight loss goals, I’ve still made progress on both of those fronts this month.

In short – MFP is good and good for you. It has helped me make, meet and exceed goals. Thanks to all my friends on MFP! I look forward to hearing the progress you’ve made and suggestions you have to best utilize MFP.

2017~~52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

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