Serious about losing 50lbs in 2022

VickiSLaw · March 2022

I'm looking to put together a group/ challenge for people who want to lose 50 lbs by January 1, 2023 and get fit physically and mentally while losing.

I want to get serious, so I'm looking for serious participants.

We could brainstorm all of this, these are my ideas:

*work together to come up with some weekly challenges/goals that include:
-tracking
-CICO (calories in, calories out), fitness,
-weighing in,
-spirit (meditation, journaling, tarot or whatever works for you),
-accountability (posting regularly), and
-support (acknowledging and talking to each other).

*Maybe we could take turns each week setting the goals for that week. And maybe we take turns tracking everyone's progress. So 2 volunteers each week.

*Will there be consequences for not showing up to post or taking your turn at volunteering?

MilwJul · March 2022

I'm in Vicki! This kind of focus is exactly what I need!

snigbo · March 2022

i could dig this. my biggest issue is i'm only accountable to myself...and work gets in the way. boo. how do we join?

oquagagirl53 · March 2022

I would be interested.

NatoshaBoyd · March 2022

I would be interested

Sinisterbarbie1 · March 2022

Just chiming in to say this is a totally achievable goal - I am within a few pounds and a few weeks of achieving it having started last April. There are a lot of threads on the discussion boards already, but having looked at them for a little while (I actually lost most of the weight on my own and just joined recently to lose the toughest last lbs and then maintain) the ones that hold my interest are ones where there are at least a few enthusiastic posters who come back regularly and post not just boring statistics about themselves, but share what is going on and encourage each other.

I think it might be helpful to keep conversations and useful advice coming to sometimes put out a request to the discussion boards more broadly like you’ve done here and get advice from some folks who have been on for a long time, have lost weight and are maintaining, or are great at something like exercise or knowledgable or interested in other specific issues to weigh in. I find myself scrolling through the boards looking for posts from people who seem to post useful and interesting info no matter what discussion they pop up in. You will get to know the screen names of people whose posts you can relate to pretty quickly,

Good luck to you all and congratulations for making the decision to do this! Come back tomorrow and tell each other what happened, how you feel, what the weather is like, what you did to exercise, what new recipe you tried, how cute your pets or kids or grandkids are, etc.

keimorgan11 · March 2022

I would be interested

rhonda1960 · March 2022

I would be interested in your group. Every time I quit logging I gain right back where I started. Thank you.

khfear · March 2022

I'm interested. How do we participate?

suefitnessaccount · March 2022

Yes please.

vvJessicavv · March 2022

I would love to be included. Let me know what the plan is

rhondamik · March 2022

I’m back to MFP after losing and gaining several times. I’d like to be included in this!!

hunterjasha · March 2022

Trying to drop 80 pounds this year so I'm definitely Interested

Findingme724 · March 2022

I’m definitely interested! How do we join??

lodilas · March 2022

Yes, let's do it!

kittensden72 · March 2022

I would be interested to see if a group like this can push me out of my ditch! I'm stuck! I go 2 lbs down then 2 lbs back up. Over and over. So, I'm curious to see if a different mindset like a group setting with challenges would help me out of the rut. So, yeah. I'm in too.

rhondamik · March 2022

I’m very interested!!

ConnieDoty · March 2022

I'm in!

michael011jms · April 2022

Hi every one I’m new here thank you for your reception. Special thanks to vikiSlaw I would love to be part of the group most importantly is the reason while I join MFP