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Okay. I am going to track daily deficit... that's easiest for me (I use a spreadsheet that calculates it) so don't freak when you see a 1000 calorie goal. lol I realize that won't work right with the progress meters but I'm ok with that. :)

Sorry if this has been asked before.. but are we tracking net or gross calories? Or is it whatever you want?

Thanks @VeryKatie for reaching out to me! I have been TTC for10 loooong cycles now with no luck. I'll be joining you all on the September challenge even though I'm hoping I won't be able to finish because I'll wind up pregnant! :D We are doing fertility testing next cycle if this one doesn't work out so cross your fingers…

I'm new to this. I hope it's ok if I jump in! FALL WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE 2016 (August September October) MY STARTING WEIGHT: 237 (7/25/16) 8/1/16 8/8/16 8/15/16 8/22/16 8/29/16 9/5/16 9/12/16 9/19/16 9/26/16 10/3/16 10/10/16 10/17/16 10/24/16 10/31/16 WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE WEEK: 2lbs GOAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR TOTAL CHALLENGE: 25…

You look great! We have very similar body types and my starting weight is very similar to yours so this gives me so much motivation!

The time will pass either way. Might as well use it to make some positive changes :smile:

I would love to join the challenge

Perfect! Monday it is! I'm looking forward to this! 4/25 weight was 243.4 Thanks!

Hi! I'm new and interested in joining!! I can weight in any day, but tend to do Monday's

That's so great! Congrats on achieving your goals for the week. I bet it feels fantastic! :) I had a really great week as well! Thanks to Katie for starting this challenge. It is definitely motivating me to stay on track.

I am hypo and definitely not a dr, but I would make an appointment with a different doctor if I were you. My T4 was never below range. My dr has, so far, treated me based on my TSH numbers. Here are two groups with lots of experienced people who might be able to give some better advice:…

This thread is really interesting. And I say this as someone with terrible self esteem who as been struggling and trying and failing at obtaining/maintaining weight loss for (ever?) years before I met my DH and all throughout our relationship. I'm sure he really is tired of hearing about it. I'm sure he's really frustrated…

Protein shake (25g) for breakfast helps a lot for me.

Went well for me. I wasn't feeling particularly hungry so my calorie goal was relatively easy. Not very hungry again today so we will see. I am hoping to have a more active day today though! :)

Worked for me!

I'm Vanessa, I'm 29 and live in MN. My husband and I just got married in September. His mother has been fighting cancer for 4 + years now so it's important to him that we conceive sooner rather than later so I most likely will not reach the healthy BMI range before we conceive. I would REALLY like, however, to at least…

Click on the tabs on the bottom on the sheet for more stuff :)

Those weigh in dates work really well for me since I kind of consider that my "official" weigh in day (Mondays)

Net calories thing makes total sense! Very clever spreadsheet! I really love the gold bricks and the progress bars... Can't wait to get started, haha!

Okay so I do have a question... How are we calculating net calories? It is calories eaten - calories burned above the set activity level?

Super cute! Great job!

Hi Katie! I do like the idea of a "public" weigh in type situation! Things I find motivating: 1) Seeing other people progressing 2) Having fitness goals.. however I find this one to be hard to do as a group since its very likely that everyone is at a different place physically so it's kind of hard to make one group…

Hi everyone! I have a significant amount of weight to lose and my main motivation is a healthy, successful pregnancy. I have a 9 year old already, so this next baby has been a long time coming! I've joined the group as well and I'm really excited to have a group of people with similar goals!

Great points, all! I'm sure it's a combination of factors mentioned above and I do feel slightly less insane knowing that.. :wink: Thanks for your responses :smiley:

Oh for sure, I once bought a size 16 pair and a size 20 pair of jeans by the same manufacturer at the same time that both fit correctly. I did find one brand, designer, whatever (Lauren Ralph Lauren) that was just a touch too small to be comfortable in a 16 but the rest of them fit really well. (I spent like 3 hours at…

I have the opposite problem. No booty and too much belly!

I took my first set of measurements at the beginning of this month. I plan on measuring at the beginning of each month. It'll be very interesting to see the results, I've never been a measurer

I have the same problem :( I honestly just buy pants that fit my legs/booty and loop a hair binder around the button/button hole. It really makes shopping for pants a lot less frustrating.

Based on your pictures we have very similar body types and I'm currently at where you started. Thank you for the motivation!!

If you have FitBit set at a weight loss goal the calories it gives you will include the needed deficit. ETA: FitBit feeds your expected calorie expenditure through to MFP which also will adjust for whatever deficit you tell MFP you want.. (eg: Fit bit says you're going to expend 3000 calories today. MFP says "Okay, but he…