New Years to Valentine's Day 2016 Challenge

[awood08]

Welcome to the New Year Everyone! This will start January 1, 2016 officially 🙂

If you have seen the posts before this is a challenge that everyone is invited to join to set your own personal weight loss goal for the next 6 weeks. This is all about having a great support system and most importantly feeling great and happy and healthy about yourself. Don't worry if you have bad weeks because we all go through it.

To join the challenge all you need to do is post your weight stats & check in as often as you'd like with an update or just to share a story from your week. This group has some huge inspiration in it and people that give wonderful advice.

Looking forward to catching up with all our friends from the other challenges and anyone who is new!

Thanks @saraj91 for starting up the last challenge!

 
A little rundown of terminology for anyone who is new 🙂

USW- Ultimate Starting Weight

CSW- Current Starting Weight

GW- Goal Weight

UGW- Ultimate Goal Weight

PW- Previous Weight

CW- Current Weight

MFP- My Fitness Pal

[Healthy_Haley]

I am new to fitbit and these sort of challenges but this seems like a good motivator! My goal is to lose around 2 lbs a week! Also feel free to add me as a friend both here and on MFP! 

USW- 220 (Nov 2011)

CSW- 186.4 

GW for 2/14/16 - 174.1

UGW- 140

MFP- healthyhealthyhaley

[SunsetRunner]

I'm not totally new but still not used to all this. I have heart failure, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, amongst other things. They threw the medical book at me. But it can be very challenging with shortness of breath and for now the worst is my leg and knee. Don't know what is going on with them but they hurt like there's no tomorrow. I promised my cardiologist that I would surprise him with some weightloss. He said even if it's only 5 lbs. I'm hoping for more. I'm expecting 3 more grandkids this year. One at end of Feb. if she lasts that long and twins in March/April. So here goes.

USW- 272 lbs

CSW- 267 lbs

GW-   257 lbs

UGW- 150 lbs

PW- Previous Weight

CW- Current Weight

MFP- My Fitness Pal

[Ykelly]

USW- 180

CSW-148

GW-135

UGW-120

Good luck everyone!!! Happy new year

[AmyJo527]

I would love to join!

USW 230
CSW 199
CW 199
CGW 180
UGW 160

[Demidooo]

 Hi all,

Going to give this a try!!!!! I need alot of encouragement.

CSW=237

GW=220

UGW=180

PW=210

CW=237

[Kathy50]

What a great idea, breaking it down into a 6-week goal.  I'm in!

USW- 210

CSW- 203

GW- 193

UGW- 150

PW- 203

CW- 203

[awood08]

@Pooker11 Just post your stats and your goals for the next 6 weeks.

Start with your current weight, what you want your weight in 6 weeks to be, and your ultimate goal weight to make it simple! Welcome! !

[awood08]

@LisaKn

You are exactly right with posting your stats, and we just check in with each other on this same post week after week!

[Lynn9]

Pretty new to discussions this is only my second post. And I have been wanting to be in a challenge. Just been trying to get badges (it's kinda addicting) and eat my dietitian's advice on food. Hopefully I can get to the size I want in six weeks. I have been going to the gym off and on because it's been a little intimidating to see all these smaller girls and the guys taking up the weight machines.  Does anyone else experience this? 

USW-300

CW-298.2

CGW-280

UGW-170(long way to go)

[Kayley]

USW - 172.2

CSW - 172.2

GW - 165

UGW - 135

Completely new to Fitbit after using MFP for 7 yrs, so this challenge should be a great way to start getting used to everything here and getting motivated. Good luck to everyone with their goals - hope we reach 'em! 

[Mizzyann]

Hi All

I am a new user so not sure i'm posting in the right place!  Correct me if I have got it wrong 🙂

I would love to join this challenge:

CSW - 212.5

GW - 200

UGW - 145

[OCDOC]

Another newbie! 🙂

CSW 246

GW   234 (2 per week for challenge)

UGW 210 by golf season.

Go Team!!

[ByeByeBlubber]

@Lynn9

I REFUSE to go to the gym, lol, I bought my own treadmill, elliptical bike and free weights to workout in the privacy of my own home. Not that the gym intimidates me, it's moreso because I don't want to be wasting money on a membership/plan.

[HelenKr]

Joining in.

Welcome to the newbies and good luck to all of us in the weight loss struggle.

This is my third consecutive challenge and the group has been very helpful to me.  Lost about 15 pounds.  Making my goal a little aggressive for six weeks for me, but would love to get into the 140s.

USW- 173

CSW- 158

GW- 149

UGW- 135

[dianenyc]

Hey Guys --

I'm in.  Here are my current stats:

USW 184

CSW 171.2

GW 167

UGW 164 (subject to downward revision)

Now that Christmas & New Years celebrations are done, I'm looking forward to getting back to my regular routine and eating habits.  One thing I'm learning doing these challenges and reading everybody's posts is that dealing with the occasional uptick in weight is part of the process -- especially during the holidays -- but keeping up with walking, drinking water, logging my food, reporting my stats and reading how other people are doing makes it easier to re-enter weight loss mode.

I can't tell you guys how much I wanted to just vege out on the whole process over the holidays and just drop out.  Glad I stuck it out instead.

Thanks, awood, for starting this challenge off.  Hi to all our oldtimers and welcome to everybody new.

[SpunkyLioness]

I'm up for a challenge!

USW- 212
CSW 1/1/16- 200.5
GW 2/14/16- 190
UGW- 170

[Tumbleina]

Hey guys, I am hoping that this will help to keep me on track! I'm just getting over the flu, so I haven't been able to go for my usual walks, but I've made sure to keep hydrated and to eat a balanced diet (when I could stomach it!). I am hoping to get back on track in a couple of days.

USW - 141
CSW - 137.4
GW for 2/14/16 - 131.4
UGW - 118

[Clarkmo]

Day 1 is almost over and 10,000 steps done!  Anyone else?

USW 223

CSW 199.5

UGW 165

[OCDOC]

Day 1 done and my first 'perfect' 5-green-circles day. Lots of walking but not overwhelming. Nice feeling hitting all the targets! 🙂

[dianenyc]

ByeBye Blubber  -- 

I did the same thing for the same reason -- bought my own elliptical machine after paying for monthly gym memberships I never used.  So glad I did. I'm commiting to using it to supplement my walking during the winter.