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

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  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,364 Member
    shawnt85 wrote: »
    shawnt85 wrote: »
    I'd like to join. I'm just getting serious about getting started
    SW: 210.6
    CW: 210.6
    GW: 175

    I've been at this for a month and i'm pretty sure i've actually gained 5lbs

    In that case, the question becomes "What have you changed / slipped back into doing? What can / will you change going forward to restart progress?"

    You can always ask the group for suggested strategies.
  • mehenderson02
    mehenderson02 Posts: 2 Member
    I would like to join! I am a little late.... but I am a 5 foot tall female and I weigh ~149. I would like to get under 145 and as close to 140 as possible by valentines day! Any tips or help appreciated.
  • MsBaz2018
    MsBaz2018 Posts: 384 Member
    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 :)

    Otoh the lower your weight the less you have to lose for it to be noticeable.
    I like that you put your health (slower pace of loss) before vanity (a certain weight at SIL wedding)
  • StephSuter2508
    StephSuter2508 Posts: 31 Member
    Just found this :)

    SW: 177lbs
    Goal by 14th Feb: 169lbs
    End GW: 147lbs
  • alexhayg
    alexhayg Posts: 96 Member
    alexhayg wrote: »
    I would love to lose 10lbs by Valentines day but it might be a push for me :/ but aim for the stars as they say!

    Heaviest Weight: 150.5lbs
    Current weight: 140lbs
    14th Feb GW: 130lbs
    GW: 125lbs

    Lifestyle changes > Diets

    UPDATE

    Current weight 135.8lbs - going in the right direction!!
  • MsBaz2018
    MsBaz2018 Posts: 384 Member
    alexhayg wrote: »
    alexhayg wrote: »
    I would love to lose 10lbs by Valentines day but it might be a push for me :/ but aim for the stars as they say!

    Heaviest Weight: 150.5lbs
    Current weight: 140lbs
    14th Feb GW: 130lbs
    GW: 125lbs

    Lifestyle changes > Diets

    UPDATE

    Current weight 135.8lbs - going in the right direction!!

    What happened though? That's 4.2 in one week! I hope it was all intentional
  • alexhayg
    alexhayg Posts: 96 Member
    MsBaz2018 wrote: »
    alexhayg wrote: »
    alexhayg wrote: »
    I would love to lose 10lbs by Valentines day but it might be a push for me :/ but aim for the stars as they say!

    Heaviest Weight: 150.5lbs
    Current weight: 140lbs
    14th Feb GW: 130lbs
    GW: 125lbs

    Lifestyle changes > Diets

    UPDATE

    Current weight 135.8lbs - going in the right direction!!

    What happened though? That's 4.2 in one week! I hope it was all intentional

    Just healthy eating and exercise! Lots of water weight I think. Just started a couple of weeks ago
  • sassysmom35
    sassysmom35 Posts: 130 Member
    MsBaz2018 wrote: »
    MsBaz2018 wrote: »
    Update
    SW (January 2): 210 lbs
    CW : 207.2 lbs
    GW for this challenge: 199.0

    The drop was very encouraging. Especially since I had been at 210 since December pre-Christmas.

    02 Jan: 210
    09 Jan: 207.2 (-2.8)
    16 Jan: 205.6 (-1.8)
    23/01?
    30/01?
    06/02?
    13/02 ?

    This close to Onederland I am very motivated. I need to drop 1.65 per week to meet challenge GW; there is no room for error.

    Fantastic job!!! Keep it up girl you got this!
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
    alexhayg wrote: »
    MsBaz2018 wrote: »
    alexhayg wrote: »
    alexhayg wrote: »
    I would love to lose 10lbs by Valentines day but it might be a push for me :/ but aim for the stars as they say!

    Heaviest Weight: 150.5lbs
    Current weight: 140lbs
    14th Feb GW: 130lbs
    GW: 125lbs

    Lifestyle changes > Diets

    UPDATE

    Current weight 135.8lbs - going in the right direction!!

    What happened though? That's 4.2 in one week! I hope it was all intentional

    Just healthy eating and exercise! Lots of water weight I think. Just started a couple of weeks ago
    The first month I started eating more healthfully I lost a ton of water weight too. I think it’s pretty normal and wouldn’t worry about it unless you keep seeing huge drops for extended times.

  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    Completed a second week of my hulk routine...though I did skip the second round of chest/back because my back was unhappy, and I skipped the second round of shoulders/legs because I was late getting home and ran out of time....but 4 of 6 days were done and that's way better than none!
  • lilytrevino73
    lilytrevino73 Posts: 1 Member
    That's a good challenge! I have been on myfitnesspal for several years to help me maintain my eating habits and weight. I have been looking through some different products to help kick start my weight loss after this crazy holiday season! I am an athlete and this past holiday I let myself gain almost 10 pounds and it most certainly wasn't muscle!
    I just found this tea and have written about it in my blog, check it out!

    https://betterhairhealthandwellness.wordpress.com/blog/
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member

    Start: 160
    1/10: 159
    1/17: 159.2
    1/24:
    1/31:
    2/7:
    2/14:
    Goal: 154
    12/27 - 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
    1/11 - 159
    1/12 - 158.6
    1/14 - 163.2
    1/15 - 161.4
    1/16 - 159.6
    1/17 - 159.2

    My weight is still jumping everywhere and so help me if the incessant weepies and sore boobs from this like 3rd week of constant PMS don't stop, then I just may go entirely insane. On the plus side, my skirt feels loose around the waist today, and I'm not going to fret the stupid scale.
  • mtnstar
    mtnstar Posts: 125 Member
    SW this challenge: 130
    CW: 127.5
    GW 2/14:125

    So far so good. Headed to Cancun as I type this, so we’ll see how the next 5 days go. Hoping beach walking and yoga every morning will balance out a margarita or two...
  • sassysmom35
    sassysmom35 Posts: 130 Member
    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
    01/18 - 204.6
    01/25 -
    02/01 -
    02/08 -
    02/14 -

    Huge whoosh this week which is a good thing because I'm post ovulation so the next couple of weeks will be crankiness and bloating and tears.
  • MarisaMSimon
    MarisaMSimon Posts: 277 Member
    mmm4861 wrote: »
    mmm4861 wrote: »
    mmm4861 wrote: »
    mmm4861 wrote: »
    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! 🙂

    Alright, my weekly weight in was very successful this week!

    SW for this challenge: 208.4
    CW: 204.0
    GW for this challenge: 199

    I lost 1.8 pounds this week again doing weekly calories and moving 6 days a week! Only 5 pounds to go in almost 4 weeks. This is totally doable!
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
    Sounds like a lot of positive outcomes this week! Hard work’s paying off!

    I have a party to go to on Sunday and I’ve been “banking” calories for it the past few days - just eating my normal calorie goal (or slightly over), but not eating back any of my exercise calories and saving them up for the party. I have an extra thousand calories reserved right now, which I rather think would be plenty enough on a normal party day - except I also know I’ll be PMSing really hard that day and will want to eat everything I see. I can already forsee the awful timing of the two events colliding. 😱
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,364 Member
    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 ...)
    Jan 18: 142.6 (-2.0 from SW .... settled back into early weigh-in for two weeks now, and have increase my daily exercise burn for ~10 days now)