Mini Challenge: 10lbs down by Valentines Day? <3
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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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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 get3 -
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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