2020Lose 52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

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  • FutureMrsWallen2020
    FutureMrsWallen2020 Posts: 18 Member
    Starting weight: 143.9 kg (317.2 lbs) 4th Jan 2020
    Goal weight: 118.4
    Current weight: 137.9 kg (304 lbs) 01 Feb 2020
    Total weight lost: 6 kg (13.2 lbs)
    This week's successes: I’ve been saying no to cakes and biscuits at work. Also avoiding the high carb foods that my fiancé has been eating in favour of low carb/keto meals.
    This week's challenges: I’ve been very low energy this week. So I’ve only worked out twice in the whole week. I also apparently hate cardio with a passion so I will be sticking with weight training from now on. I’ve also been extremely hungry all day every day. So I’ve been finding it extremely hard to not eat all the time.
  • Limsha2
    Limsha2 Posts: 785 Member
    SW 204
    CW 195
    GW 135
    Total loss 9 lb
    12/1/20 week 1 4 lb loss.
    19/1/20 week 2 3 lb loss.
    25/1/20 week 3 2lb loss.
    01/02/20 week 4 0lb loss.
    Weight static I have been on holiday this week, (from work) visited Parents, happy enough that weight is static.
    Success, increased exercise.
    Challange. back to normal next week.
  • kramereh
    kramereh Posts: 612 Member
    Starting weight: 218.4 (12/1/19)
    Goal weight: 165
    Current weight: 207.8 12/29/19)
    Total weight loss: 2.4 lbs

    12/29- 207.8
    1/11- 205.4
    1/18- 205.4
    1/25- missed
    2/1-203.4
    Jan loss: 4.4 lbs


    This week's successes: I stuck to my calorie goals and step goals.
    This week's challenges: Consistency
  • lyonet
    lyonet Posts: 18 Member
    Starting weight: 244 lbs (12/29/19)
    Goal weight: 192
    Current weight: 236
    Total weight lost: 8 lbs. :)
    This week's successes: Keeping breakfast and lunch very low calorie. Exercised everyday. Used my substitute adult coloring instead of snacking, in the evenings. The extra activity did not seem to trigger strong cravings this week.
    This week's challenges: Not giving into cravings; being sure to use my substitute activities instead of snacking in the evening. Not letting having surpassed my goal (8 lbs in 5 weeks) go to my head!
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 185
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 182
    Total weight lost: 3

    This week's successes: Exercised and housework for a total of one hour. Ate healthy meals today.

    This week's challenges: Running out of time to get things done like enough time to clean the house.
  • tammierlewis
    tammierlewis Posts: 564 Member
    @auto63 So sorry for the loss of your Mother.
  • laureljenn
    laureljenn Posts: 267 Member
    Starting weight: 204 on 1/1/2020
    Goal weight: 150
    Current weight: 201 on 2/3
    Total weight lost: 3
    This week's successes: drinking more green tea
    This week's challenges: Picked up candy bars at grocery checkout! Ugh, will power fail!
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 184.5
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 181.5
    Total weight lost: 3
    This week's successes: It was a busy day but still got my exercise in
    This week's challenges: on a limited budget and have a lot of expenses so it’s hard to eat healthy all the time.
  • Aquarian
    Aquarian Posts: 1,094 Member
    Starting weight: 60.1 kg (132.5 pounds)
    Goal weight: 54 kg (119 pounds)
    Current weight: 56.3 kg (124.12 pounds)

    Total weight lost: 3.8 kg (8.378 pounds)
    This week's successes: Drank 8 glasses or more water, started getting back to running after flu
    This week's challenges: Recovery from flu, still not back to 100 PC running fitness but getting there! Lots of travel as well.
  • timlangan42
    timlangan42 Posts: 56 Member
    edited February 2020
    Week 5. American Football's Superbowl.

    Starting weight: 233 lbs (106 kg)
    Goal weight: 170 lbs (77 kg)
    Current weight: 219.6 lbs (100 kg)
    Total weight lost: 13.4 lbs (6 kg)
    This week's successes: Strong finish to have a positive gain (loss). Added a new daily activity. Stayed under my calorie target 6 out of the 7 days; applied restraint on the one day I didn't.
    This week's challenges: Giving in to using the Superbowl as an excuse to eat things. Sweating every day for 30 minutes. Drinking the recommended 14-28 cups of water every day (for my weight).
  • afred87
    afred87 Posts: 1 Member
    Starting weight:263 lbs
    Goal weight:140
    Current weight:262.6 lbs
    Total weight lost: .4 lbs
    This week's successes: I have 2 coworkers who are helping to keep me accountable and talking about how we can begin to take more advantage of everything offered from forums. I have started with walking for 30 min over my lunch break everyday during the week. I have also tried to cut down eating times to only allow 20 min for each meal and no snacks between meals. It is not always easy but I am going to try my hardest.
    This week's challenges: This week has been rough as I have officially logged every item i have consumed. I am having an issue with my tracker telling me I am under calories when I have a limit of 1500 calories a day and I am consuming them. I am trying to lose not maintain my current weight. still working on figuring out everything but excited about my new Fitbit, the new scale I just got as well as a the fact that several of the women in my office want to help me with my journey.
  • MelodiousMermaid
    MelodiousMermaid Posts: 380 Member
    Current Weight:
    184.1

    Weekly change:
    -0.9

    Cumulative change (Month/Quarter/Year):
    -0.0/-13.0/-13.0

    This week's successes:
    • Strength training 2x
    • Walking
    • Honesty in logging
    • Not gaining

    This week's challenges:
    • First time fully off the train since September. The downhill slide (surpluses) started Sunday, but the habitual slide started last Friday.
    • Sick
    • Struggling to get things back in line. This is a somewhat success, though, as I did not go into a binge-restrict cycle this time. The struggle is a new one of learning how to get myself back in line without getting excessively restrictive.

    Stats/SW/Goal
    High Weight/Stats:
    252.0 pounds, 5'1" F

    Challenge Starting Weight:
    197.1

    Goal:
    21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated around 140)
    History

    Last week:
    Current Weight:
    185.0

    Weekly change:
    -2.2

    Cumulative change (Month/Quarter/Year):
    -12.1/-12.1/-12.1

    This week's successes:
    • Strength training 2x
    • Walking
    • Kept fighting the war.
    • Got past 20% of the estimated weight loss needed to reach my goal.

    This week's challenges:
    • Really tempting to just stop. Need to keep fighting.
    • Overate sweets I'd brought into the house as an experiment (fun packs). Guess I'm not ready to try that yet.

    Q1 History:
    2020/01/01: 197.1
    2020/01/08: 192.5
    2020/01/15: 190.7
    2020/01/22: 187.2
    2020/01/29: 185.0
    2020/02/05: 184.1
    Original post:
    I'm not sure I have 52 pounds of fat that I want/need to lose at this point, but I'm close enough that I'm going to call myself "in."

    Starting weight: 197.1 pounds
    (HSW: 252, MFP restart: 242.7)
    5'1" F

    Goal: 21.5% body fat
    (currently estimated at 140-145)

    Current weight: 197.1
    Total challenge weight lost: 0.0

    This week's successes: Getting back into deficit after a maintenance break.
    This week's challenges: Extremely low motivation (for life-ing in general -- not out of the norm, as I battle physical and mental health issues on an ongoing basis).

    A heads up: I will likely go faster than 1 pound/week for the first 4-ish months, then looking to tighten up and go into a slow loss followed by a recomp phase. I'll likely make 52 pounds of weight loss on the scale with some skin loss (hopefully), along with lean mass having to do with the support of the fat stores I have. I am aiming to maintain/increase muscle mass and bone density, so that may throw off the scale results. I do hope to reach my goal body fat percentage by the year's end, whatever scale weight that puts me at.

  • Miyoka_Tata
    Miyoka_Tata Posts: 329 Member
    Lose 52 Pounds in 52 Weeks Challenge

    Starting weight: 158 w/ FP
    Goal weight: 118
    Current weight: 174.6 as of 2/5/20
    Total weight lost: +16.6 since joining FP
    This week's successes: staying within calorie goal & new motivation
    This week's challenges: exercise & ice cream

    Jan1: 184.2
    Jan8: 183.2
    Jan15: 179.8
    Jan22: 178.6
    Jan29: 178.6
    Jan loss: 5.6

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  • ferlin43
    ferlin43 Posts: 39 Member
    Starting weight: 179.0
    Current weight: 174.8
    Total weight loss for challenge: 6.0

    01/10 - 179.0
    1/17 - 177.4
    1/27- 174.8
    Total weight loss for January 4.2

    2/4 - 173.0
  • Moonraker68
    Moonraker68 Posts: 20 Member
    28th to 4th February

    Starting weight: 187
    Goal weight: 155
    Current weight: 179
    Total weight lost: 8 lb
    This week's successes: I kept to my fitness goals.
    This week's challenges: Went on a day trip to London to see King Tut Exhibition - ate complete rubbish all day. Must try to take own food if I do stuff like that. I mean, I ate a cheese and onion roll, crisps, chocolate cookie, I only have myself to blame for the scales not moving the right way.

    Good luck for the week ahead all
  • Kuhl50
    Kuhl50 Posts: 416 Member
    Kuhl50 wrote: »

    New to MFP this year (yes, a New Years joiner) but a tired old hand at the diet cycle. Have been absorbing new lessons and mindsets and intend to break the cycle for good. Goal is not how much I lose, but how much I keep off forever! However, would still love to shed 52 this year and finish my 50th year much slimmer than I started...

    2020 Starting weight: 209.5
    First goal: 197
    Ultimate Goal weight: 148

    01/01: 209.5
    01/12: 207.0
    01/29: 205.0
    02/05: 202.2
    Total weight lost: 7.3

    This week's successes: sticking to my habits! (Track, exercise, journal-plan). So far yielding results so am happy

    This week's challenges: this past week it was getting food poisoning...helped drop some weight, but the challenge was to get back on track with good eating and exercise when I could eat again. Very proud of myself that I didn’t start binging on rice and soft bread “because my stomach hurts”.

    This coming week it will be in finding low density, low calorie, nutrient rich food...that I find palatable...while on a 12 day international business trip. I’m packing some protein bars and oatmeal, but any other tips welcome.
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 184.5
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 180
    Total weight lost: 4.5
    This week's successes: Exercised for 30 minutes and ate okay
    This week's challenges: Need to find more healthy snacks to eat.
  • motheroftwins95
    motheroftwins95 Posts: 594 Member
    I would like to join this challenge. I have been at my goal weight a couple of times in the past and know how good it feels. As I get older (57), it is getting harder to do the things I need to do to lose and maintain the lower weight. I am looking forward to reaching my goal again this year. Let's do this!

    Starting weight: 177.6 (January 1, 2020)
    Goal weight: 130.0
    Current weight: 168.4 (Friday, February 7th)
    Total weight lost: 9.2 lbs
    This week's successes: Last weekend was good. Stayed on track. Didn't have to lose the weight gained on the weekend during the week so was able to see a low weight I haven't seen in awhile.
    This week's challenges: TODAY - Chocolate Tour - My company is taking part and we are handing out homemade chocolate chip cookies. So I get to be around that all day. Rest of the week to be determined.

    Weigh-in day - Friday
  • robinclaire5050
    robinclaire5050 Posts: 1 Member
    Starting weight: 208 pounds
    Goal weight: 150 pounds
    Current weight: 205.6 pounds

    This week's successes: Exercising for five days!
    This week's challenges: stress eating at night
  • planj
    planj Posts: 118 Member
    edited February 2020
    SW Jan 1 166.9
    CW Feb 7 167.1
    GW 2020 147.0
    WT loss so far 0

    This weeks challenges Getting started.
    This weeks successes Starting here.
  • mariatn2003
    mariatn2003 Posts: 238 Member
    Starting weight: 184.5
    Goal weight: 135
    Current weight: 179.5
    Total weight lost: 5
    This week's successes: Exercised for 30 minutes and was able to lose 0.5 lbs
    This week's challenges: Trying to keep off the weight after a steady loss the past few days. Cravings to eat lots of snacks are high late at night.
  • carlapeters374
    carlapeters374 Posts: 13 Member
    Age 58
    Starting weight 180.1 Jan 20, 2019
    Goal weight 137
    Current Weight 147.3
    Change to diet: 2020 Reduce night snacking again (2019 Quit snacking on high sugar/calorie/carb snacks all day and evening long. Have cut sugar consumption to under 40 gms a day which in turn cut carbs as well.)

    Excited to continue on journey this year and hopefully get to maintenance![/quote]

    Starting Weight 2020 147.4
    W01 Jan 3rd - 147.4
    W02 Jan 10th - 146.8
    W03 Jan 17th - 146.9
    W04 Jan 24th - 147.2
    W05 Jan 31st - 147.4
    Jan Loss - 0.00
    Total Loss - 32.7 lbs Seems stuck right now but that's ok at least not gaining, maybe February will be better. Also celebrated 1 year anniversary of starting this journey on January 20, 2019.

  • montevalloroad18
    montevalloroad18 Posts: 36 Member
    I needed to be accountable in the past. This is a great challenge. I'm in !! Better late than never.

    Starting weight: 203 January 1st 2020
    Goal weight : 145
    Current weight :198 February 8th
    Total weight loss : 5

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