Easter Challenge 2014
 

Hey everyone,

I was thinking I'd like to do a challenge for Easter. Since I didn't see any to join, I thought I'd start my own. I'm not very tech savvy and since I only have net access on phone phone I'll chart in manually and post the results.

Please include your start weight, goal weight/amount to lose and I'll make a chart the old fashioned way. Post your weight loss for the week by Saturday and I will total the pounds and post on Sundays. There are 10 weeks till Easter, lets try and lose a pant size :)

Start weight for me is 225.6 and goal weight is 203.6

Come on, join me before the bunny comes.

Hello I would like to join

starting weight 285.4 Goal weight is 263.4

10 weeks! !! We can do this! Just in time for the Spring! I weigh daily but will post my results on Sundays. Good luck we can do this!

I am new here. I'm in. My age 52. Now 215 weight. Love to lose 15.

I'm in. I love challenges! I am 52 too.
Weight today 213.0 I have been losing around 2 per week and probally could do 20 but... going to give a little wriggle room and shoot for Goal onderland!!!! or beyond so shooting for 15 lbs too. 198.0

SW: 216
GW: 201.5

(GW estimated based on a 2 pound per week loss.)

Start weight today which is really up.... 197.2 Hoping to break into the 180's maybe 185. I am 54 and the last couple of months my weight loss has really slooooowed down.

Ainslie- I have taken the liberty of making a spreadsheet online with the intention of starting an Easter Challenge until I came across your thread. Would that be okay to share/use for this thread? I'll be glad to update it as time goes on to reflect the losses/gains/etc.

I'm in!!!

SW- 162
GW- 153

. I am starting tomorrow. Today was hubby;s birthday and calories are up by about 400. This morning though I was still at 213.0

I always set my goals too high on these challenges and get depressed when I don't make them:( I won't change my weight loss goal for this but as long as I'm in the 260s by April I will be happy :)

AMANDIE - That would be great. I cant fingure out how to do it from my phone.

Okay, so far we have (more are welcome)

ainslie - SW 225.6 GOAL 203.6

amandie - SW 162 GOAL 153

englishMcTeach - SW 216 GOAL 201.5

jillybean2014 - SW 213 GOAL 198

lotsakids - SW 197.2 GOAL 185

skinnyki - SW 285.4 GOAL 263.4

tabachheister - SW 215 GOAL 200

Awesome! Thanks so much.

Here it is (the spreadsheet)- stats will not update by itself. You are welcome to update it ONLY if you know how to. Otherwise, leave it and I will update it ASAP because formulas are involved and etc. If the colors are a bit much, let me know and I will change it with no problem.

So far so good with the weight but we will see what Sunday brings us. Let's get this ball rolling!!!!!

PS- please ignore the numbers in the yellow column (lbs lost), it will change once you enter your first WI in Column C.

Thanks Amandie. Spreadsheet looks nice and I love the colors. Let's do this!

Yep, i was able to update this type of doc for the halloween challenge . Im so excited for this. We will all be winners at the end. Lets go girls!!!

I will join! I am 257 right now, want to be 231 by Easter! :)

Would like to join also!
SW: 240.4
GW: 221.6

So, weigh in this morning was 191

Welcome to the newcomers!!

MandyLamy- I added your name, SW and GW to the spreadsheet.

Wow, nice going on your first WI, Lotsakids!! You already are (a little over) halfway to your Easter goal for this challenge!

I'm a little up right now, I ate a few cookies too many last night. Darn those Girl Scout cookies! On the upside, no alcohol was involved so that's a lot of calories saved right there, lol. I'll be taking it easy today-salads, veggies and a green smoothie then a small normal dinner to sort of make up for the excess from last night.

I'd love to join it too. I'm 250 and my goal is 239.

Welcome to the challenge, Roxie! I went ahead and added your stats to the spreadsheet.

WI today was not a loss nor a gain, just maintained I gotta step up my game and stay away from those evil girl scout cookies! I've done well on the no-alcohol part so far.

Let's have a great week!!!

2/23 = 216.8 Easter Goal = 216.3

There is a similar thread like this in the Chicks Up For A Challenge forum.

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Thanks, MariQQ. I have already joined that one this morning due to this thread's somewhat inactivity. ;)

Late to this game, but would love to join in! I'm headed to LA for vacation the week of Easter and I'm hoping this challenge motivates me to get my tush moving.

Starting today: 239.4
Easter goal: 225.0

And now that I'd said that "out loud" it's time to work for it. :)

Good morning. Sorry for slacking off this last bit. Had issues at home but all is good now. Glad to see that we've got more people. Welcome all. I will update that spreadsheet after brekkie

Good job [B]lotsakids[B]. You are our biggest loser this week. Yea you. Again sorry folks that i didnt check in much last week but I'm back on form.

i'd like to join.
sw: 314.4
gw: 299
it'll feel SO good to be under 300 again! <3

Glad to have ypu beckilynn. We can do this

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My first post - why not make it a challenge commitment!
I'd love to be down 5 lbs by Easter Sunday.
CW : 170
GW : 165

Welcome, Becky and Fatlete!

Ainslie- Glad things are better for you now. No worries on being slightly MIA. It happens! ;)

I've been doing good on the no alcohol all week. Friday was the last time and I only had one beer! It was hard but I resisted on going bowling tonight (BF and brother play in a league) and I drink there a lot. Man, this post makes me sound like an alcoholic. I am a huge social drinker and would like to cut (wayyy) back!

At this weight, it is harder to drink and still lose at the rate I like. It is better for my health overall anyway that I cut back, right? ;) This challenge totally helps to keep my butt on track! Thanks again, Ainslie, for making this challenge.

For dinner tonight, I made a sort of Mexican salad with grilled pork, white beans, cilantro lemon-lime brown rice, pan-roasted corn with some lime juice, tons of lettuce, dollop of Greek yogurt and a few black olives. It was delicious! Hope you all are having a good week so far!

Current weight 89.9 KGS
Goal by Easter - (April 20) 82.5kg

I seem to be having some trouble with the spreadsheet. Spreadsheets with formulas make me nervous, however, I did update one on the Halloween challenge. So, I need some tech support please.
I joined 2/21 with a SW of 240.4
Where would I document my weekly WW weight which I usually get on Thurs. or Friday? I was guessing in the week 2 column (3/2/14)?
2/27/14 234.8
I would appreciate if someone could help me with entering this. Thanks! Sending good vibes to everyone this week!

I am doing pretty good this week. Scale moving a little. I am hoping for a better loss by Monday. We are expecting a massive snow storm on sunday. they say in effect til Monday at 9pm. Snowaggedon they are calling it ice and then lots of snow, maybe a foot or more. I still have to work and grateful my job is only 5 min from my house. I am making a greens and beans soup for the weekend. We have a dinner at the sportmens club, never can tell what you will get there. In the past we have held moose, elk bear and even rattle snake. It is a buffet but I will be sticking with tons of salad.

Hi, Coops! Yes, you'd be updating your weigh-ins on your row in each column from C-K, currently your row is #7. If you missed one, it is okay to put a dash (-) in there, no biggie. Just to let you know, it will not update automatically unless I update the formulas. Either date is fine (2/23 or 3/2, whichever you prefer.) Personally, I'd put it in 3/2. :)

No worries on messing anything up, the spreadsheets have revision history and capability of restoring any mistakes made. That was very helpful when somebody with a grudge purposely deleted a lot of stuff on the Halloween spreadsheet.

If it isn't too late I would like to join. I am going small. SW 209.2 GW 199

I am at 248.5 What a week this has been. I'm signing up to do a 10k mud run in August! I think I'm in over my head lol

2/23 = 216.8 Easter Goal = 216.3
3/1 = 216.7

Not too late at all, Carma! I've added your stats to the spreadsheet.

Roxie- WTG on your WI and 10k?! Whoa, awesome. You can do it!

AAD- Good going! You're 20% into your goal already!

Jillybean- Same here with the weather. I am not looking forward to it! What did they end up serving at the sportsmen club? :crossed: for a good WI on Monday.

noshoes- I added you to the spreadsheet! Welcome.

Down .2 for this week. I'll take it! Hope everyone is staying warm and having a good weekend so far!

I bounced back up to 195 on Saturday. Down a little today didn't get to the computer much this weekend.

Id like to join! I'm new and currently 265 goal is -15 by easter :)

Hi, MandyVal! Welcome to the challenge! I have added your stats to the spreadsheet.

Just a friendly reminder to all re: the Easter spreadsheet challenge, please do not edit any of the last 4 columns (blue, orange, yellow and red) since there are formulas in there. I have fixed it so all of your stats should update automatically whenever you enter your weight for the week, yay!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful hump day! :D http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploa...commercial.gif