Mini Challenge: 10 pounds down by Easter

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  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
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    I’ll participate again this go around. :-D

    Ultimate Starting Weight: 223
    Challenge Starting Weight: 161.6
    Goal by Easter: 151.6
  • sassysmom35
    sassysmom35 Posts: 130 Member
    edited February 2019
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    Yesssss thank you for starting this. I was on the last one and it really helped me stay focused. My weigh in day will be Fridays.

    Overall SW: 230ish
    Challenge SW: 195.8
    Challenge GW: 185.8
    Final GW: 123ish

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  • Smalltownfamilyof6
    Smalltownfamilyof6 Posts: 23 Member
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    I am so in. challenge starting weight 232 - CHALLENGE gw 222
  • live_long_prosper
    live_long_prosper Posts: 1 Member
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    I'd like to join!
    Ultimate Starting Weight: 187 lbs
    Challenge Starting Weight: 168 lbs
    Goal by Easter: 158 lbs
  • rkcampbell
    rkcampbell Posts: 188 Member
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    I’m in!
    Ultimate Starting Weight: 240
    Challenge Starting Weight: 193
    Goal by Easter: 183
  • merekins
    merekins Posts: 228 Member
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    @brittlb07 I liked the challenges, too. Thanks for starting this one!
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    Challenge Starting Weight: 178
    Challenge Goal: 168
  • brittlb07
    brittlb07 Posts: 313 Member
    edited February 2019
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    Rsallen2414 wrote: »
    I'm in!! I've been on this new healthy living/losing/toning thing for about two weeks now. I'm hoping to lose 10-15 pounds by my beach trip (which is exactly one week after Easter). So lets do it!! I'm still learning how to do everything so any help is appreciated!! Counting calories and exercising 6x a week for 30-45 minutes.

    While working out is great, it’s all about the calories! I’ve “dieted” and tried to lose weight on and off all through my 20’s (recently turned 30!) and I used to focus 50% on working out and 50% focus on diet. This time I’m pretty much focusing 99% of my energy on what I eat and I am having WAY more success. It’s easier to limit your calories than increasing workouts to reach deficit, in my opinion.

  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
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    I’m in.

    Sw: 151
    CW: 146
    Goal by Easter: 136
    Ultimate goal 126, I’ve got exactly 20 lbs to go
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
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    brittlb07 wrote: »
    Rsallen2414 wrote: »
    I'm in!! I've been on this new healthy living/losing/toning thing for about two weeks now. I'm hoping to lose 10-15 pounds by my beach trip (which is exactly one week after Easter). So lets do it!! I'm still learning how to do everything so any help is appreciated!! Counting calories and exercising 6x a week for 30-45 minutes.

    While working out is great, it’s all about the calories! I’ve “dieted” and tried to lose weight on and off all through my 20’s (recently turned 30!) and I used to focus 50% on working out and 50% focus on diet. This time I’m pretty much focusing 99% of my energy on what I eat and I am having WAY more success. It’s easier to limit your calories than increasing workouts to reach deficit, in my opinion.

    I don’t count calories I just do cardio at least 30mins, a couple times a week. I’ve managed to lose ten pounds that way. It took me about six months months to lose that 10lbs so this is going to be a challenge and half for me to lose by Easter I look forward to it tho. 🐣🐣🐣

    My weight loss has been laid back, this time I have to work a lil harder, spend more time on the elliptical.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,413 Member
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    Starting weight 9/11/18: 331.6 (highest weight ever 375.3)
    Today's weight 2/15/19: 269.6
    Easter weight goal: 254

    I have more weight to lose, so a higher goal :smile:

  • chosen143
    chosen143 Posts: 2 Member
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    Starting Goal Weight 233.8
    Easter Goal Weight 223

    See how this goes
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
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    @sierra_lucy Have you reset your goals recently? When you do that, MFP recalculates your calorie goal based on the new weight you have input into the system. From what I’ve read on here it’s very unlikely for someone to manage to build muscle when eating in a deficit. I’ve never read it’s impossible though. 🤷🏼‍♀️

    If you are eating the same calories you were eating at a heavier weight, you may now be eating at maintenance for your new weight instead of eating in a deficit. Our bodies need less and less calories as we lose weight. I guess if you were eating at maintenance it’s possible your body is in recomp which would explain your better fitting clothes.

    Another option is just that you are losing, but having some serious water weight retention. That seems less likely since it’s been since October though?

    You could also change your scale batteries. I got some pretty wonky readouts before I changed mine out. It gave the same weight for when I stepped on it and then again when I stepped on it with my forty pound dog. So it was clearly in need of a battery change. 🤣

    If all else fails, I see a lot of advice on the forums to tighten up on logging and there are sticky threads around to help explain what that means.
  • ChaseTheMonkeys
    ChaseTheMonkeys Posts: 1 Member
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    I am so in. :)

    Today's weight - 174
    Easter goal - 164
  • Hern525
    Hern525 Posts: 1 Member
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    I'm in! Been trying to get out of the 180's for too long now.
    Today's weight 185.6
    Easter weight goal: 175.6
  • littleblackskirt
    littleblackskirt Posts: 956 Member
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    I'd like to join in too :)

    Starting Weight 16/02/19 180
    Easter Goal Weight 170
  • ClassySassy24
    ClassySassy24 Posts: 5 Member
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    I want to join! I’ve been on this app for 4 years and have never really “committed”.

    SW 149
    CW 140
    Easter GW 130
    Ultimate GW 124 (or just turn into Audrey Hepburn) whichever comes first!
  • nikkibrianne64
    nikkibrianne64 Posts: 89 Member
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    Today's weight 143
    Goal weight 143.
  • StephieGrace2210
    StephieGrace2210 Posts: 6 Member
    edited February 2019
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    Need a kick up my bum!

    Ultimate starting weight: 168lbs
    Challenge starting weight: 130.5lbs
    Goal weight: 120lbs

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