Mini Challenge: 10lbs down by Valentines Day? <3
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I’m 190 right now, I think I can make 180 by Valentine’s Day!3
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CW: 132
Challenge Goal: 125
UGW: 115
I'll do my best! It's been hard for me to consistently maintain habits because of situational things and good ol mental health problems, but I'm trying hard to keep building better habits! I figure every little step in the right direction counts.2 -
I can never keep the "meaning of Woo" straight. Is it supposed to be negative as in another way of saying "thumbs down / disagree strongly about something in the post", or positive as in an encouraging "Woo-HOO!" ?.
I am not very emoji-savvy and don't want to use it in the wrong sense anywhere in MFP. So I tend to either use the other, clearly-supportive choices or none at all.0 -
SW: 195
1/9: 191
Challenge Goal: 1851 -
I can never keep the "meaning of Woo" straight. Is it supposed to be negative as in another way of saying "thumbs down / disagree strongly about something in the post", or positive as in an encouraging "Woo-HOO!" ?.
I am not very emoji-savvy and don't want to use it in the wrong sense anywhere in MFP. So I tend to either use the other, clearly-supportive choices or none at all.
Means "thumbs down"/disagree" or even "B. S." if someone is trying to mislead other people.3 -
Thanks.
In my earlier post about "what macros are and how MFP displays them in the food diary" I may have gotten carried away with providing practical examples to illustrate how to interpret the numbers. No "read as Woo-factors" intended. Sorry if it came across being read as "Thou Shalt / Shoulds't Not" pronouncements.
One's choices are one's own and there are many variables for what can fit within your calorie options at any particular time in your journey, and if you happen to be taller with an active job you will always have more calorie room to play with than I currently do (a short female close to starting maintenance who has a very low-activity desk job). I started with a higher daily calorie allotment more that 18 months ago, so have had time to adjust downward slowly as my current weight dropped.
There are "must read" links at the top of each main message board, that explain how to set your goals and make best use of your Food diary, and lots more besides. If you haven't read them, I would encourage you to do so.
If, after reading those, anyone who is new to MFP would still like to ask any specific questions about the mechanics of setting MFP targets, that's all I was offering. And you can still ask me if you wish.
Just trying to "Pay It Forward".0 -
I can never keep the "meaning of Woo" straight. Is it supposed to be negative as in another way of saying "thumbs down / disagree strongly about something in the post", or positive as in an encouraging "Woo-HOO!" ?.
I am not very emoji-savvy and don't want to use it in the wrong sense anywhere in MFP. So I tend to either use the other, clearly-supportive choices or none at all.
I think some people get them confused and use it as “woohoo”. Also if you’re on the phone app it’s really easy to slip up and press something when you meant to scroll. I have done it before myself. 😱0 -
Good to know. I am strictly a web-site type (don't own a smartphone and not about to put apps on the work-supplied cell)2
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Going to adjust goals:
Start: 160
1/10: 159
1/17:
1/24:
1/31:
2/7:
2/14:
Goal: 15412/27: 160
12/28: 161.4
12/29: 159
12/30: 153
12/31: 155
1/2: 161.2
1/5 160.2
1/6 160.2
1/7 161.2
1/8 161.4
1/9 159.8
1/10 159
I'm going to keep trying to track every day, but really only count Thursdays, and aim for a pound a week!2 -
I've been averaging a deficit of 300-500 calories not including any light exercise I may have done to burn off more and it's been 10 days with no real change in my weight. A bit frustrated at this point. I was hoping I wouldn't hit a plateau.3
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Have you been readjusting your calorie goal as you go along? I reset my goal at the beginning of every month so it lowers my calorie range (as we lose weight, we have to eat fewer calories to continue losing and my MFP doesn’t update that until i go reset my goal - I don’t know if it should and mine just isn’t for some reason). Also, lots of things can cause water weight so 10 days isn’t really enough time to show a definite trend. Salty food, starting a new workout routine or hormonal/other health issues can all cause water weight and confuse us about what’s going on. Errors in logging can be another issue too so I always try to err on the side of recording more calories on my food if I’m not 100% sure about it. If you’ve become more sedentary that can be an issue too. Walking around during the day, climbing stairs, running errands, etc - it really adds up so if we stop doing that sort of thing less weight will be lost. Plus, a lot of exercise calorie burn calculators overestimate what we actually burn and we may burn less than what MFP credits us for.atheistred89 wrote: »I've been averaging a deficit of 300-500 calories not including any light exercise I may have done to burn off more and it's been 10 days with no real change in my weight. A bit frustrated at this point. I was hoping I wouldn't hit a plateau.
Either way, don’t give up! If you keep doing everything right and double check your numbers to be sure you’re in the right range, eventually a loss should show unless there is an error in the numbers. Our bodies have to burn those calories for us to live so keep at it and “trouble-shoot”!2 -
Starting weight 225
Challenge start weight. 210.4
Challenge goal. 199.8
Final goal 126ish
12/28 - 210.4
01/04 - 208.8
01/11 - 207.4
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BMcC9 reporting in ....
Personal goal for Valentines Day => break out of 140's
SW this challenge: 144.6
Dec 21: 143.3 (-1.3 so far)
Dec 28: 144.4 (- 0.2 from SW .... with 4 big meals over the past 14 days, I consider this a maintain-so-far)
Jan 04: 143.7 (- 0.9 from SW .... weighed in ~ 4 hours earlier than last week so even better than number indicated
Jan 11: 144.2 (-0.4 from SW .... weighed in an hour earlier than last week, for the whole past week ...)
I am back into REAL Reality at the office again now. And proud to say that compared against December 11, I am 2.6 pounds down over the craziest month of the year! Not bad for someone short who is closing in on a likely maintenance zone.5 -
S I G H .... Fridays are gonna be a challenge to get the pre-work 7 minute HIIT in .... it is the day I report my weekly weigh-in on two challenges ... and check on progress by others ... and what's new here .... and I leave in less than 30 minutes and haven't started cooking breakfast eggs or coffee yet .... work-morning MFP is just as bad for my morning routine
as a brand new book! So hard to walk away from!
But I have been doing the 7 minutes HIIT session on my exercise bike twice MOST days this week, and at least once every day! (in addition to continuing my habitual after-work cardio routine)1 -
atheistred89 wrote: »I've been averaging a deficit of 300-500 calories not including any light exercise I may have done to burn off more and it's been 10 days with no real change in my weight. A bit frustrated at this point. I was hoping I wouldn't hit a plateau.
Take a look at the spreadsheet here (from the MPF Must-Read approved links)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/38265371#Comment_38265371
Also, right at the top of the General Health, Fitness and Diet message board is a thread of links that are highly recommended "Most Useful Posts General Health, Fitness and Diet (Must Reads)" for common questions and issues that keep coming up for members. The one called "Why eating too little calories is a bad idea" has clear explanations of how MFP arrives at its recommended target values and what it ASSUMES you are doing.
I suggest you read though these, and see if it helps clarify.
For those who didn't notice, there are corresponding Most Useful Posts [Message Board Name] (Must Reads)" containing moderator approved links on relevant topics at the top of each board .....1 -
I would love to do this! I weighed in on Friday at 208.4. I ultimately want to get down to 140 but for this challenge I would like to get to 199 by Valentine’s Day to be in the 100 club! 😊
I had my weekly weigh in today and I’m down to 207.2!! Keep pushing everyone! The real test is this upcoming week!
So I did pretty bad 😂
I went on vacation for a week with family and unfortunately I had such a hard time staying on goal with trying to accurately calculate calories (we went out to eat a lot) and I had no scale so I didn’t weigh myself until I got back.
December 31st I weighed in at 213!! 🙁
However, this Friday (my usual weigh in day) I weighed in at 207.8 so I feel like I’m back on track! Drinking lots of fluids and going back to my workout regiment definitely helped this week. 8.8 pounds to go!
Another week down and I did so good! Kept my weekly calories in check and did all my workouts for the week. I’ve had tons of energy...which is a shock since I wake up at 4am for work everyday and I do my workouts after work.
SW for this challenge: 208.4
CW: 205.8
GW for this challenge: 199
6.8 pounds to go! We can do this! 🙂
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@LadySaton and @BMcC9 from Jan 9th post: thank you for all the info regarding macros etc and about calorie consumption, for reference I’m 5’4’’ enjoy the weekend1
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@LadySaton and @BMcC9 from Jan 9th post: thank you for all the info regarding macros etc and about calorie consumption, for reference I’m 5’4’’ enjoy the weekend
Happy to help. I am a "reference librarian" type, always wanting to point people to the resources they need and then letting them run with them.0 -
Hello, I lost 1.3 pounds this week.
Starting weight- 233.3
CW-229
GW for challenge- 223.3
GW- 1605 -
Challenge starting weight: 173
Goal for Vday: 163
Today’s weight: 167.2
I lost 1.4 this week instead of the 1 pound I was aiming for and I think it’s because I have been intentionally moving through the day (running the stairs randomly, doing jumping jacks while I wait for the dogs to come back in from the yard, squats and pushups while the kids do their schoolwork until they need me to check or help). I’m going to try to keep at that because this is a super sedentary time of year for me outside of intentional exercise.6 -
I’m in!
Starting weight 160
Valentine’s Day goal 150
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lizziequek wrote: »i would love to attain a10 pound weight loss by 14 feb but will be happy with an 8 pound loss too.
currently 136 lbs . would like to go down to 120s by valentine's day.
planning to disappear or what
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A week of vacation led to no weight lost or gained, which I consider a win! Back on the elliptical! Still have 6 pounds to go...2
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I've lost about 100, but it's starting to get away from me due to a hip.
CW: 169.4
GW: 150
If I can be back in the 150's by Valentine's, I'll be thrilled.
SW: 169.4
CW: 163.6
GW: 150-s
UGW: 147-152
Getting there!
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reevess113 wrote: »A week of vacation led to no weight lost or gained, which I consider a win! Back on the elliptical! Still have 6 pounds to go...
Maintaining while on vacation is ABSOLUTELY a Win!!2 -
Determination: a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult.
What we are all here to practice ....0 -
Weekly Weigh-In
Dec 16 - 149.4
Dec 23 - 147.7
Dec 30 - 148.4
Jan 06 - 146.8
Jan 12 - 145.4
I forgot to post yesterday, oops! Lost another lb. Pretty happy with my progress so far. Was originally aiming for 1.5 lbs a week but I think I’m going to need to hope for closer to 1 lb a week now that I’m closer to my goal. Kind of a bummer because I wanted to be at my goal weight for my sister-in-law’s wedding in May but I’ll still be pretty dang close. Not quite sure I will hit a 10 lb loss by Valentine’s day either but I’ll keep working and see how close I can get
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Running2Fit wrote: »Weekly Weigh-In
Dec 16 - 149.4
Dec 23 - 147.7
Dec 30 - 148.4
Jan 06 - 146.8
Jan 12 - 145.4
I forgot to post yesterday, oops! Lost another lb. Pretty happy with my progress so far. Was originally aiming for 1.5 lbs a week but I think I’m going to need to hope for closer to 1 lb a week now that I’m closer to my goal. Kind of a bummer because I wanted to be at my goal weight for my sister-in-law’s wedding in May but I’ll still be pretty dang close. Not quite sure I will hit a 10 lb loss by Valentine’s day either but I’ll keep working and see how close I can get
Keep up the good work! I was hoping for 2 a week and I’m learning fast it’s going to be closer to one pound per week. It’s hard to be so patient with so much sacrifice. Like you, I started the challenge at 146 January 1. Aiming for 120 by June. I am 142 currently.
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