Hey everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and there wasn’t too much damage done over the holidays. I wanted December to be my restart month – but that didn’t go to plan. So now, in January I’m going into this hardcore. I want to reach my goals by the end of year (or before and be maintaining by the end of 2014)

I’m wondering will anyone like to join me in a yearly challenge? Now, don't panic at the thoughts of going into this from January 1st to December 31st! For me, it would be near impossible to stay focused for a full year so I’ve decided to split the year into 6 challenges or 6 mini targets to reach. Each challenge represents a time during the year. We have Valentine’s Day, Easter, summer, the end of summer, Halloween and finally, New Years Eve. See the dates below:

• Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)
• Challenge 2: Valentine’s Day until Easter Sunday (February 14th to April 20th)
• Challenge 3: Easter to summer (April 20th to June 21st) (AKA "Operation Bikini Body")
• Challenge 4: Summer to end of summer (June 21st to September 21st)
• Challenge 5: End of summer until Halloween (September 21st to October 31st)
• Challenge 6: Halloween to New Years Eve (October 31st to December 31st)

Weigh in days for Challenge 1 will be on Fridays. This is to coincide with Valentines' Day being on a Friday this year. However, I know that people have their own weigh in days so you can weigh in on or before the Friday.

What I was going to do was post a new thread for each challenge. This means this thread will not get super duper long by end of the year. Also, anyone can jump in at any point in the year!


Above is a link to a spreadsheet to keep track of your weigh in’s. Just enter your name and weight for each week. Add your name to the list and I will rearrange it into alphabetical order.


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Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)

Start Weight 01/01/2014: 146.6
03/01/2014: 146.4 (-0.2)
10/01/2014: 145.6 (-0.8)
17/01/2014: 144.4 (-1.2)
24/01/2014: 145.6 (+1.2)
31/01/2014: 145.0 (-0.6)
07/02/2014: 144.0 (-1.0)
End Weight 14/02/2014: 143.2 (-0.8)

Total Loss: 3.4lbs.

I hope you all jump in and join. We can support each other to keep on going and get to our goals this year and make serious life changes to ourselves and our health. I wish you all the best of luck.

I love this idea of a yearly challenge! Thank you for starting it!! I, like the majority of others over did things during the holidays and desperately need to get back on track. I am getting married in May and want to look my very best!

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I am in!! I will aim for an average of a pound and a half a week but be content with a pound a week so 6-9 pounds for this first round.

Start Weight 01/01/2014:
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Mind if I join just getting started back up after a long break and a challenge might be just what I need I'm going to aim for 10lbs
Start Weight 01/01/2014:190
01/03/2014:188
01/10/2014:185
01/17/2014:181
01/24/2014 :182
01/31/2014:178
02/07/2014:
End Weight 02/14/2014:

I am in. I want to reach goal weight by the end of this year.

Start Weight 01/01/2014: 185
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I'm in! What a fantastic idea! My goal is an overall goal to reach goal by the end of the year. I don't know if I can but that will be just over 100lbs. so, what does that mean? I won't use this for a specific split up goal, but will use it has a place to keep me on track. Thank you for the wonderful idea!

Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)

Start Weight Jan 01 2014: 267
Jan 03 2014: 267 - I have been all over the place the last two weeks, I'm just glad this is not another gain.
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I'm so in, I just started again yesterday and NEED something to keep me motivated!
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Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)

Start Weight Jan 01 2014: 183.2 - Goal to lose 10lbs!
Jan 03 2014: 183.2 - 0lbs
Jan 10 2014:179.6 - -3.6lbs
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I'll play.
Start Weight 01/01/2014: 152.4
01/03/2014: 149.4
01/10/2014: 146.4
01/17/2014: 147.4
01/24/2014: 144.2
01/31/2014: 147.0
02/07/2014: 141.2
End Weight 02/14/2014: 140.0

I'm in. I've been back and forth for the last few years. This is my year to hit goal. Looking to jump start with this first challenge and the first few come off relatively quick, so I am going to work toward 10 pounds down!

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Great to see so many people join me in this Best of luck to all you guys. Wishing you a fantastic New Year tomorrow and hope you enjoy your celebrations. See you all on January 1st when the real fun begins!

This sounds like a great challenge! I can't wait to see everyone's results!

Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)

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this is super exciting! i am getting back into the swing of things. surprisingly nothing to do with new years resolutions but it just happens to be great timing for me to join. great idea!

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I'm in

Start Weight Jan 01 2014: 225.4
Jan 03 2014: 225.4
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Please add me; I want to participate in this challenge. My goal is to be 125 kg on Feb 14th.

Challenge 1: New Years Day to Valentine’s Day (January 1st to February 14th)

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