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

[swimr12265]

@Bogdel, You are doing so well!  You got this!!

[swimr12265]

@OCDOC,

Let's get that Weekend Warrior challenge going, then.  That should help!!  I'm throwing down the gautlet!!  You rock, btw!!  Your number keeps going down, I see!  I need to be more like you...Mr. Committment. lol.

[swimr12265]

@hadley1979 and all...

Ditto what @saraj91 posted!  I'm at about the same place you were @hadley1979, but not making nearly the progress.  Maybe you will inspire me to keep myself in check over the weekend!  I am supposed to post a lower number on Monday, but I am still 4 pounds off.  I have my work cut out for me.  Thankfully, it will be a good weekend for me to up my game.  Yay you!!

[swimr12265]

@IamRBrown,

I'll invite you, Ruth.  I would love to have you in any challenge I am in...I thought I was inviting you?  I will make sure of it!!  Great job on making 10K for 2 days in a row!!  So proud of you.  I am challenging myself to do so every day of this challenge...in addition to giving up candy, soda, and working on keeping the sugar and carbs down.  Those things are challenges in and of themselves.  Keep up the great work!

[Elle0904]

Congrats @scottie0714!!!  That's so exciting!

Do you mind sharing what you did differently this weeked with the work outs?

[Sine]

Is it too late to join the Challenge?

Thanks

[IamRBrown]

It's never too late...  Jump in and have fun with us!
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[bayman099]

Ok so I weigh in on Fridays,  so down 2lbs from last week,   was hoping for a little more.  However,  onward and forward.  Taking the afternoon off work,  I have reached my 10K + steps for the day,  but will go home and walk the Husky,  she likes it when it is -15  

[fbuser2015]

@Thyroid_issues can you add me to the weekend challenge? Barring no work on Saturday I'm usually good, but always terrible on Sunday. Have to work this weekend, so I need all the motivation I can get to get some steps in.

[scottie0714]

Hi @Elle0904

The first thing I did was add about 15 additional minutes to my treadmill walk in the mornings.  I also increased my incline from 1.5 - 3 in intervals. And added about 30 min. of strength (however, I only did this twice).  I have a desk job, so twice a day, a co-worker and I walk for about 10 minutes.  We were doing this just whenever in the beginning, but we decided to be firm and do it twice a day.  Thats really it.  I met my caloric goals (1300 - 1500) and my water (72 ounces).

I'm going to try again next week and see how that goes.  Thanks for the support!

[Bogdel]

Thank you, @swimr12265

Looks like you are on the right track yourself. Keep it up, and let go of those sweets and drinks. They kill us.

Take care!

[Bogdel]

It's never too late, @Sine

Just set your own goals, based on how much time you have to Easter. 

Best wishes!

[RubyH]

LCHF stands for Low Carbs Hi Fat, check it out for free, info is free, sign up for their free newsletters and videos at. www.dietdoctor.com it is worth it, I hit a new personal best weight today of 65.8 kg or 145.1 lbs and on average have been losing about 2 lbs a week on this food plan, my goal weight is 57.9 kg or 127.7 lbs and I definitely believe I will easily achieve it, what's more, I am never hungry on this plan and gaining more energy each day !

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[medusahair]

this week I weighed in at 224.8, so a loss of 2.2 pounds

USW- 236

CSW- 227

CW - 224.8

GW- 209

UGW- 165

[Faithdriven]

Sed that's great....just think even if it takes you little while and in phases your still lapping people who are still on the couch. Good Job

[Sine]

Okay, here are my stats:
USW: 215.6
CSW: 209.4
CW: 209.4
GW: 199
UGW: 145

[sed59]

That is so awesome! Keep doing what you are doing.

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@scottie0714 wrote:

Hi everyone!  I just finished my weekly weigh in.......and I'm down 3.5lbs!!! I'm so excited to share this news with you, as I've been losing 1-1.5 week.  I changed my workout up a little this week and I think that gave me better results.  So, here are my latest stats.

USW- 213

CSW- 212

GW- 180

UGW- 170

PW- 207

CW- 203.5

Thanks guys for adding me to the challenges and your support - it really helps me!

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"If it doesn't challenge you it doesn't change you." Fred Devito

[sed59]

Thanks for the support!

[HelenKr]

Wow!  So great to see so many of you doing so well.  Congrats! 

Weighing in today and so glad to have the scales moving in the right direction again!  And I finally made my 10% goal. 

Keep it up everyone.   🙂

USW:   173        (10/2015)

CSW:   156.8      (2/14/16)

CW:     155.2      (2/20/16)

GW:      149     

UGW:    135

[IzzieSellars]

Well done to everyone so far! It's been holiday week for me so I didn't expect much progress to be made. Ended up putting on almost half a pound 😞 I've had a very active week though getting at least 15,000 steps a day!

5 mile run on Monday, Gym Tues and Wed, 14 mile wall on Thurs, Rest on Friday (still got 20,000 steps), 6 mile run today and the intention of going to the gym tomorrow. However, food wise, eating out twice probaly didn't help and neither did going to the cinema. Work next week should put me back on schedule or so I hope.