Valentines Day to Easter Challenge 2016

[saraj91]

Welcome to the next challenge! 

This one will run from Valentines day to Easter, so from February 14th to March 27th. Everyone and anyone can join this challenge in which we all set our own weight loss goals, this gives us 7 weeks in total to work towards them! 

This group of lovely people provides encouraging support and words of advice as we all share our experiences, good and bad. It has proved beyond helpful to myself and many others as we become healthier and achieve amazing things.

To be part of the challenge you start by posting your initial weight stats and what you would like to achieve by the end of the challenge. You can then check in as often as you'd like with a weight update, to share a story from your week or start a conversation about a topic you'd like some advice on.

 
So excited for us to keep working towards our goals with the fantastic friends from the last challenges and a big 'Hello!' to all the challenge newbies! 

Thank you @awood08 for kicking off 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

[Anubha]

I'm in!!
USW 76 kg
CSW 71kg
GW 65kg
UGW 60kg

Let's do this 👟👟👟

[QuickBee]

SW 186

CW 178

GW 170 by easter

UGW 160 by April 15th

I am excited to start this! I am going to join the gym tomorrow to really help with this. I was using my sisters guest pass but wasn't able to go enough because we work 2 different shifts. Good luck!!!

[scottie0714]

Ruth  - I think keeping track of what you're eating is smart.  I HAVE to do it. It's the only way I can actually keep myself accountable when I get on the scale.  At least I know why I lost/gained.  Keep up the good work..I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.

[bayman099]

Would like to say thanks for setting this up, and you know, we are all winners here already because we have taken the initiative to try to become healthier.   I want to lose lbs for sure and am on the road to recovery as they say,  however, it is not all in the lbs lost,  it is become healhier and eating right and even cheating a little and feeling better about oneself overall.   So congratulations to all who are here on this journey.

Cheers!!!

[CalicoJane]

PW 209

CSW 184

GW 169

UGW 145

[Sable2]

Good morning all you fit bitters 🙂 Hope you all are keeping motivated and staying on track. Every morning I wake up I say to myself "today I'm going to eat healthy and workout " I take one day at a time. Ive been eating healthy and as hard as it is I get up and workout in the mornings. Then it's done with and it helps me be motivated all day. I started prepping meals so that if I get hungry there's healthy food on hand and I'm not eating crap. 👍🏻

[swimr12265]

Hi all,

Me, too, @Chlz1997.  Clearly, I have repressed voyeuristic tendencies.  I often read but don't post (despite my big mouth!  @OCDOC,  Hahaha!  You would be surprised at how much I don't say!).  Add me to any challenges.  I have been having so much fun getting whupped by @saraj91 day after day and week after week in the challenges...so much fun!  It really is uplifting.  You just wait until the weather changes around here, @saraj91!  I am not the little pansy that I appear to be...lol

[swimr12265]

@barrelmomof2,

@OCDOC is soooo right.  I am living proof!  I have been battling the same 20 pounds or so the last 5 years!  Sometimes I wonder whether I will ever reach my goal because taking off weight once I hit 130# is like asking The Donald to just be a nice guy.  Not likely.  Anyhow, I am going to keep plugging away with my extremely unconvetional methods (intermittent fasting; 2, 3, and sometimes 4 workouts a day; banana diet...).  The good news is I'm 5'8" and an athlete, so it's hard to tell whether I am carrying around (or not!) an extra 10 pounds.  It is just my personal dream to be at 115#, even if only for a few days.  I'm hoping to get halfway there (125#) this challenge.  If there is anything I can do to assist, just say the word.  Good luck to you!  Just keep at it.

[barrelmomof2]

@OCDOC examples please. And thank you. 

[barrelmomof2]

I have people telling me that I have lost weight when I have not. I am a former Marine and fit into size 6 at 150#, all muscle and had to have a weight waiver. Once they did a fat analysis, they told me I could weigh more than the limit of 145. I even amateur body built in my 20's. I know that eating less than 800 calories a day and maintaining my exercise plan will get me there but 800 is not a lot. I did the banana diet to meet weight in the military. I will try the no carb method and some fasting...it is Lent right?! Here we go, unconventional may work for me. Thank you.

[nuue]

Hello fitbit community! Thank you for your support. Much love to you all.    

I am feeling a little better, but I still have those days that I miss him, miss the relationship (3 long years!), and miss how I was wonderfully treated (at least until the ending). It's amazing how hard it is to adjust to a change you didn't want. The constant thought adjustment that has to be made, and the 'oh yeah, he's not here anymore' realizations midway through a train of thought that just create a frown. It's surprisingly difficult to not think about him. I know someday it'll get better, but right now it's like a great tall and long wall... big hurdle. My parents and friends are being supportive, through my ups and downs, overly happy moments, angry rants, and depressed cries. It's been a wild emotional rollercoaster, and one I'm hoping to get off of soon.

I gained a pound over the weekend, likely because I was eating my weight in junk and laying in bed watching netflix over the weekend while doing my best to ignore it was Valentine's Day. But I also lost a pound as well in the last couple of days, so I'm back to square one, which is nice. I find that I shouldn't weigh myself when I eat a lot the night before, as typically it's still in my system, even in the morning after going to the bathroom, because my body likes to hold onto food for a longer period of time than I would like.

SGW: 135.6 lbs Feb 8th 2016

CW: 135.8

GW: 130 lbs

[sgbaumann]

Wow, it's JUST my opinion, but 125 pounds at 5'8" sounds really thin!  At my 'thinnest' in my 20s I was 5'6" and about 120 and people kept saying I looked too thin.  I think 115 for someone your height might be too light, have you consulted a doctor? 

[saraj91]

@swimr12265 I get the feeling some revenge stepping might be on the horizon along with the warmer weather lol!! Oh and a pansy you aint!! 

[Tasha91]

Would love to join, stopped smoking almost 2 years ago and still not shifted the weight.
Height 5"10
CW - 168
GW - 158
UGW - 147
Let's do this! 🙂

[Danimri84]

I just got my new Charge HR on Sunday, so I'm excited to join a challenge! I had a Flex for a year or so when I lost weight before. (Which sadly, I did gain back.)

USW 235

CSW 231

GW 205

UGW 150

[Urb]

USW- 212lbs

CSW- 207lbs

GW- 180lbs

UGW- 145lbs

My little sister is getting married and I am the only bridesmaid over a size 8... I need help 🙂

[RubyH]

Hi everyone, awesome to see so many on the challenge, keep plugging away and we will all get there, I am doing LCHF and find it very filling even though I have a bit of trouble keeping to my requirements of 10% carbs-under 25gr a day: 20%protein -abt 60gr a day and 70%Healthy Fats thanks to the Fitbit Dashboard I am getting closer each day. on 13th Feb I was 147.7 lbs with a GW of 140lbs by Easter. Mind you in all my years of yo yo dieting I have never got below 147 lbs, thanks to LCHF now I am moving closer and closer each day. 

CW 145.8lbs 18th Feb

GW 140 lbs by Easter (under revision)

UGW 127.7lbs by August (Also under revision)

[lakerunner]

I agree, be carefull.

[Ppaatt]

This does motivate you, I'm excited love my Fitbit, I haven't been so
motivated to move in years!!!!!

[ndervis]

Hi,
What does "LCHF" stand for?
ndervis


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