2.77 Club - Avg weekly weight loss to lose 100 lbs btwn May 1 - Dec 31

jane_76
jane_76 Posts: 43 Member
Anyone out there looking to reach a 100 lb weight loss goal by December 31st?

As of May 1st, 36 weeks remain, and given my current weight (300 lbs) and previous weight loss experience, I know that this healthy and doable for me. It may not be the case for everyone. I plan to eat clean, add in regular running (C25K) and weights, and just generally move more, eat better, and look after myself - mind, body, and soul.

As is the case for many others right now, the pandemic has introduced extra challenges: I moved to become a full-time, live in caregiver for my elderly parents very unexpectedly, and let's just say that eating has been my comfort through this massive and unexpected transition. In order to succeed with this weight loss goal, I am going to have to find new, healthier ways to cope and find comfort during these challenging times.

If this scenario/goal resonates with you, please comment/join in. It would be great to meet this goal with others. :)
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  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    Best of luck! I am hoping to reach my goal weight by the end of the year, but I can do so by losing 2 pounds per week. Is that good enough to join? I'm pretty determined.
  • msaj_mom
    msaj_mom Posts: 13 Member
    I'm in with you. Starting weight April 28 was 310.4, weight May 5 was 305.4. I'm doing a 1600 or less calorie diet; watching fat, protein, and carb intake; trying to exercise everyday; and tracking steps. I have pcos, hypothyroidism, and Celiac disease. My goal weight is anything under 150, really. My wishful thinking is 135. I may forget to log in here everyday, buy I'll try my best. Good luck!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    I'm still here. Tuesday's my weigh-in day! Good luck!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    week 1 results:

    May 4: 197.5
    May 11: 195.5

    On target!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-2 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 26 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no haters please).
  • Maddysuarez
    Maddysuarez Posts: 1 Member
    I would like to join you, I have a similar goal.
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    I appear to be the only active person in this group but as far as I'm concerned it would be AWESOME if you joined in! How much weight are you hoping to lose by the end of the year? I'm hoping to lose another 63.5 pounds.
  • joshuabennett1893
    joshuabennett1893 Posts: 38 Member
    I would like to join as well, I'm trying to lose 60 pounds by December
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    I would like to join as well, I'm trying to lose 60 pounds by December

    Let's do this thing!
  • joshuabennett1893
    joshuabennett1893 Posts: 38 Member
    Current weight is 326 I would like to be around 260 by the end of this year. I have been walking and eating healthy. I have stopped drinking witch wasn't a problem just alot of empty calories.
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    Current weight is 326 I would like to be around 260 by the end of this year. I have been walking and eating healthy. I have stopped drinking witch wasn't a problem just alot of empty calories.

    That's almost exactly the same amount of weight that I'm hoping to lose by the end of the year! We got this!

    I weigh in on Tuesdays. I like to walk too and live out in the sticks, so I walk on old woods roads and through hay fields.

    And I have given up junk food and added sugar. Just think what a wonderful Christmas present it would be to yourself, to weigh 60 pounds less!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-3 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)

    61 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 24 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-4 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)

    59 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 24 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).

    Every time I go into this challenge to post, the opening scene from "Bridget Jones's Diary" where she is singing "All by myself...." goes through my head.
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    edited June 2021
    unsuccessful experiment trying to work out how to do "spoiler" posts.....MFP won't let me delete it altogether...sorry!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-5 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)

    11 pounds down, 56.5 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 22 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).

    When I was moving sacks of horse and poultry feed yesterday I realized that I can barely carry them and they weigh 25kg each (55 pounds). Reality: I am lugging around a bag of feed with me AT ALL TIMES.
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-6 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)

    13.5 pounds down, 54 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 21 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • OnceAndFutureAthlete
    OnceAndFutureAthlete Posts: 192 Member
    Just stopping by here to say Good Job! and keep it going, even if you are the only one logging in this thread. :)
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    Just stopping by here to say Good Job! and keep it going, even if you are the only one logging in this thread. :)

    Awe, thanks! It's powerful lonesome in this group and I appreciate the support!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-7 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)
    June 22: 181.5 (-2.5)

    16.0 pounds down, 51.5 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 19 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • Cheesy567
    Cheesy567 Posts: 1,186 Member
    Way to go!! Keep it up @chublet25!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    Cheesy567 wrote: »
    Way to go!! Keep it up @chublet25!

    How kind of you! Thank you so much! I am doing my best!
  • prisoner2food
    prisoner2food Posts: 81 Member
    Can I join you? I would like to lose 100 pounds. Losing a good amount by Christmas would be awesome. I am also trying intermittent fasting to gain some control over my eating habits. Could sure use a friend to do this with!
    Karen
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    edited June 2021
    I'm apparently the only one still posting here, but I would LOVE it if somebody else joined the battle! The person who made this group disappeared off MFP shortly afterwards. Do you have a specific goal regarding the amount of weight you want to lose by Christmas? I think that there are 26 weeks left. I don't do IF, but don't eat in the evening (I guess that's my lame version of IF) but I certainly read positive things about it. When's your weigh-in day?
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-8 results:

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)
    June 22: 181.5 (-2.5)
    June 29: 179.5 (-2)

    18.0 pounds down, 49.5 pounds to go!

    Still on target and no longer obese! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 19 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
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  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    Oops, sorry, didn't mean to publish that; I had just not posted an image before. I am not preaching! Just technologically inept!
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-9 results:

    original starting weight March 23, 2021: 225

    starting weight May 4: 197.5

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)
    June 22: 181.5 (-2.5)
    June 29: 179.5 (-2)
    July 6: 176.5 (-3)

    21.0 pounds down, 50.5 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 15 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-10 results:

    original starting weight March 23, 2021: 225 lb
    ultimate goal: 126

    starting weight this challenge May 4: 197.5
    goal this challenge: 130 by New Year's Eve

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)
    June 22: 181.5 (-2.5)
    June 29: 179.5 (-2)
    July 6: 176.5 (-3)
    July 13: 174.5 (-2)

    23.0 pounds down, 44.5 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 15 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • chublet25
    chublet25 Posts: 833 Member
    weeks 1-11 results:

    original starting weight March 23, 2021: 225 lb
    ultimate goal: 126

    starting weight this challenge May 4: 197.5
    goal this challenge: 130 by New Year's Eve

    May 11: 195.5 (-2)
    May 18: 193.5 (-2)
    May 25: 191 (-2.5)
    June 1: 189 (-2)
    June 8: 186.5 (-2.5)
    June 15: 184 (-2.5)
    June 22: 181.5 (-2.5)
    June 29: 179.5 (-2)
    July 6: 176.5 (-3)
    July 13: 174.5 (-2)
    July 20: 172.0 (-2.5)

    25.5 pounds down, 42.0 pounds to go!

    Still on target! (at 2lb/week, my excel chart predicts a Dec 14 finish; I know it is highly unlikely that I will continue to lose 2 lbs per week but it's a sweet dream and very motivational, so no officious Debbie Downers please).
  • brendog79
    brendog79 Posts: 60 Member
    It is doable. Last year from May 20th to dec 31st. I lost 116 lbs. I went from 382 lbs to 266 for a 3.62 lbs week loss average. I'm currently 251lbs and have been the same size for about 5 months. I would like to lose another 40lbs. I got kind of burned out and have been eating a lot more otherwise I would of kept losing.