WELCOME to our Febuary 2016 CHECK-IN - remember that whether we lose or not we are still working through this journey with a PURPOSE and doing it together - this is a place to chat, vent and/or to use just for the accountability

Come on in, join us, meet some great people

EVERYONE's

Here you can:
~track your weight daily, weekly or however you'd like ... but do check in
~keep track of what you eat or didn't eat
~keep track of your water intake or lack of
~keep track of your exercise/other goals
~vent, rant ... express yourself or just chit-chat

We can and will ALL get closer to our goals AND hit them together

Hope to see you soon ....

Here is my plan for February

28lbs in 28 days plan

~30 minutes of exercise in the a.m. (my a.m. before work) this may be hard because I will have to get up at 12:40p.m., unless I do it before bed ... which technically wouldn't be bad. Would it?
~breakfast
~snack
~lunch
~snack
~dinner
*** for me no junk food, no fried food. I will limit my starchy veggies. I don't want to exclude them this time. If I need to incorporate a frozen meal to stay on plan I may. I will use riced cauliflower in the place of rice, shirataki noodles in the place of regular noodles. Limit my potato to half or small, palm of hand size. I will use my 21 day fix containers (yes I have them) no I have never used them
~gym 5 maybe 6 days a week --- min 30 minutes working my way up to 1.5hrs
~water will be half of my body weight. I will drink 8ozs of warm lemon water in the morning before I have anything else. I will drink cucumber and lemon/lime water through out the day!

You choose your way of eating and what you eat and drink this is my plan. Oh and I will have my morning coffee for my drive into work.

I would love it if some of you would do this with me. We don't need a new thread we can do it on our February thread indicating what we did each day by the date or you can record it however you like. If I have missed something that you think will help please let me know. I need/want all of the help I can get


***Once again I have fallen off the wagon and the plan is down the toilet oh well, it was good while it lasted

RE-Started January 1, '13 @ 197.2, Ending January 31 @ 194.8, Loss 2.4lbs
Starting February 1 @ 196.6, Ending February 28 @ 197.6, Gained 1.0lb
Starting March 1 @ 197.6, Ending March 31 @ 196.8, Loss 0.8lb
Starting April 1 @ 194.6, Ending April 30 no weigh-ins
Starting May 7 @ 195.0, Ending May 31 @ 193.2, Loss 1.8lbs
Starting June 1 @ 194.0, Ending June 30 @ 189.6, Loss 4.4lbs
Starting July 1 @ 190, Ending July 31 @ 189.6, Loss 0.4lb
Starting August 1 @ 188.2, Ending August 31 @ 188.0, Loss 0.2lb
Starting September 1 @ 187.8, Ending September 30 @ 189.6, Gained 1.8lbs
Starting October 1 @ 188.4, Ending October 31 @ 184.2, Loss 4.2lbs
Starting November 1 @ 183.8, Ending November 30 @ 183.4, Loss 0.4lb
Starting December 1 @ 183.4, Ending December 31 @ 177.8, Loss 5.6lbs
Starting January 1, '14 @ 179.0, Ending January 31 @ 168.8, Loss 10.2lbs
Starting February 1 @ 168.4, Ending February 28 @ 166.2, Loss 2.2lbs
Starting March 1 @ 165.6, Ending March 31 @ 162.6, Loss 3.0lbs
Starting April 1 @ 163.2, Ending April 30 @ 160.8, Loss 2.4lbs
Starting May 1 @ 159.8, Ending May 31 @ 160.6, Gained 0.8lb
Starting June 1 @ 160.0, Ending June 30 @ 160.6, Gained 0.6lb
Starting July 1 @ 159.4, Ending July 31 @ 159.0, Loss 0.4lb
Starting August 1 @ 158.8, Ending August 31 @ 159.8, Gained 1.0lb
Starting September 1 @ 161.6, Ending September 30 @ 160.4, Loss 1.2lbs
Starting October 1 @ 162.0, Ending October 31 @ 158.8, Loss 3.2lbs
Starting November 1 @ 160.0, Ending November 30 @ 155.2, Loss 4.8lbs
Starting December 1 @ 152.8, Ending December 31 @ 166.6, Gained 13.8lbs
Starting January 1, '15 @ 165.8, Ending January 31 @ 160.6, Loss 5.2lbs of regain
Starting February 1, @ 160.0, Ending February 28 @ 164.4, Gained 4.4lbs
Starting March 1, @ 162.4, Ending March 31 @ 166.4, Gained 4.0lbs
Starting April 1, @ 164.6, Ending April 27 @ 163.8, Loss 0.8lb
Starting May 26 @ 171.3, Ending May 29 @ 169.2, Loss 2.1lbs
Starting June 1 @ 172.4, ending June 30 @ 174.0, Gained 1.6lbs
Starting July 1 @ 172.5, ending July 31 @ 172.7, Gained 0.2ozs
Started August 1 @ 174.0, Ending August 31 @ 177.9, Gained 3.9lbs
Started September 1 @ 173.6, Ending September 30 @ 169.8, Loss 3.8lbs
Started October 1 @ 170.2, Ending October 31 @ 175.2, Gained 5.0lbs
Started November 1 @ 174.7, Ending November 30 @ 171.5, Loss 3.2lbs
Started December 1 @ 172.2, Ended December 31 @ 173.8, Gained 1.6lbs
Started January 1, '16 @ 172.5, Ending January 31 @ 177.9, Gained 5.3lbs
Started February 1 @ 176.6, Ended February 29 @ 172.6, Loss 4.0lbs

*DWI = didn't weight in

01~ 176.6 (-1.2) 28/28 = LTTOM ~ gym 1.56 miles, burned 208.5 calories, 30 minutes, treadmill
02~ 172.5 (-4.1) 28/27 = SP ~ gym, 2.58 miles, burned 331.6 calories, 50 minutes, treadmill
03~ 170.3 (-2.2) 28/26 = gym 1.82 miles, burned 239.5 calories 35, minutes, treadmill
04~ 169.9 (-0.4) 28/25 = no gym today, only 4hrs of sleep
05~ 169.1 (-0.8) 28/24 = gym, 1.82 miles, burned 218.9 calories, 35 minutes treadmill
06~ 168.3 (-0.8) 28/23 = no gym today, got all of my steps in, had a smoothie from Planet Smoothie
07~ 167.1 (-1.2) 28/22 = no gym, lots and lots of sodium
08~ 168.4 (+1.3) 28/21 = gym, 2.62 miles, burned 338 calories, 50 minutes, treadmill, also did 45 abdominal things on some machine
09~ 168.6 (+0.2) 28/20 = no gym, 146 minutes of walking
10~ 171.4 (+2.8) 28/19 = no gym, 155 minutes of walking, lots of snacking/binging yesterday
11~ 168.9 (-2.5) 28/18 = no gym, 150 minutes of walking, so far so good with eating today
12~ 168.6 (-0.3) 28/17 = no gym, 150 minutes of walking
13~ 168.9 (+0.3) 28/16 = no gym, 186 minutes of walking
14~ 170.3 (+1.4) 28/15 = no gym, lots of snacking yesterday
15~ 172.3 (+2.0) 28/14
16~ 173.2 (+0.9) 28/13
17~ 172.3 (-0.9) 28/12
18~ 170.9 (-1.4) 28/11
19~ 170.9 (N/C) 28/10
20~ 172.7 (+1.8)
21~ 173.3 (+0.6)
22~ 171.9 (-1.4) not sure how but ok
23~ 169.4 (-2.5)
24~ 168.3 (-1.1) calories low yesterday so I may be up tomorrow
25~ 169.0 (+0.7) not bad for a svg of mashed mashed potatoes, peas, gravy & meatloaf for dinner
26~ 171.7 (+2.7) trying to stay focused today so that I can have a good end of the month One day at at time
27~ 170.6 (-1.1)
28~ 171.1 (+0.5)
29~ 172.6 (+1.5)

Good Morning Everyone, Happy 1st of February!
I noticed I was missing some of you and I wasn't sure why so I went ahead after saying I wouldn't and created a thread like normal post where you will ... just subscribe to where you post and the confusion that was mentioned in previous years is gone Have a wonderful day!

Weeee 2nd month here we come!!!

Start Weight: 211.6 Lbs (Jan 31st)
Goal Weight February: 206 Lbs (-5.6) Done!
Goal Weight February 2: 202 Lbs (-4.0)

01: 210.5 (!!!)
02: 210.3
03: 209.9
04: 210.5
05: 208.8
06: 208.3
07: 207.2
08: 207.9 ()
09: 207.0
10: 206.8
11: 206.8
12: 206.4
13: 205.0
14: 205.5
15: 205.5
16: 207.0
17: 206.1
18: 206.1
19: 205.7
20: 204.8

Total Lost Feb:

February Goal- 286 Lbs

Objective: Workout 3 x a week ( treadmill or weight train)

01- 292.2 lbs
02- Pending

I've made no progress in the past few months and I need to get things turned around. This is the month I do it.

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Happy February everyone. I can't believe it is February already. This is my year to get back in shape, make sure my health is good, and stays that way. I have my physical and allergy testing tomorrow. I had my dentist appointment and eye exam in January. I really hope the allergist finds out I am allergic to something that is treatable. I've been snotty/flemmy for several years now. Especially in the morning. It's like I have smokers cough, but I don't smoke.

I'm down 8.5 pounds for the first month. I expected more because last year when I did this plan, I lost 12 pounds the first month. I'll need to except that was last year, and this is now. I think last year I was walking with my office mate at my old job. We would take a break in the morning and walk for half an hour. I'm not entirely sure we were doing it the first month, but we started walking sometime when I was dieting.

We, hubby is doing this with me, move into an entirely new phase of our plan today. So, hopefully that will be good. Rennie, I eat the way you are planning. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. I think that really helps me stay satisfied and not go overboard. I don't have a lot of carbs, and when I do, I have protein with it. For me, planning is key, and planning my meals in advance is key.

For February, I plan to continue to continue to follow plan, and add some type of movement/exercise to my routine. Have a great day everyone.

Good Morning Everyone

I can't believe it's February, but I'm excited. Just one more month of winter and then Spring arrives

Rennie Thanks for starting the new thread. I love the name.

imthegoddess on the 8.5lb loss.

My plan is similar to Rennie's and I'm on a roll already. I've done my exercise this morning and had my lemon water. Getting ready for breakfast and coffee. Also, I will start posting my weight.
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Have a great day everyone!

Thanks for creating a new thread

I think my February goal will be another 10lbs (safely 2lbs a week ). I plan to weigh in on Wednesdays once again, as it's the middle of the week and may be the most accurate for me.

Checked out the restaurant menu last night. The chicken sandwich (no bun/bread) looks pretty good with a side of grilled veggies. I can do it!

Thanks for the new thread. Happy February everyone.

I'm confused as to where to post. I've posted both in here and in the one created by SmallSteps, but I would hate to see our group get broken up.

Mooooorning!!! -1.1 this morning

Glad to see you all here

Kukkie I'm going to continue to post on this thread. Maybe we can have Rennie post to have everyone join us here and close the other thread?

Daydreamer on the drop! A great way to start off an new month and challenge!

Woo hoo congrats on the drop!