Come join the fun!

EVERYONE on the 50+ Board is welcome to join!

A new month - - a new chance to be successful!!!

For the month of February, post your daily calories (or WW points) and minutes of exercise. If you want, post any other goal(s) for the month.

Once a week - you pick the day, post your lbs up or down for the week. Just edit your original post daily - 1 post/participant. OR if you prefer, post your weight everyday.

Begin your post on February 1 (or 2)!

A prize (the travelling cookbook - winners are responsible to send the book to the next winner) will be awarded to the participant(s) doing the best job for the month. NOTE: in the event of a tie, the person with the highest % of weight loss for the month wins.

Let's help each other make February 2008 a Spectacular Weight Loss month!

Lynn

I'll be in for February . . . back later . . . just wanted to reserve my spot.

Okay -- here we go. I've been really, really terrible for most of December and most of January. My goals for February are pretty simple -- eat to average 1600 calories or less over the course of the month and do some sort of exercise every day. Weight-wise, I'd be delighted to get back to my ticker number. Currently sitting at 228 . . . started December at 222 . . . started January at 227; went down 3 and then back up 4. Sincerely hope to drop that 4 again.

Feb. 1 -- 1615 calories; upper body strength exercises
Feb. 2 -- 1611 calories; Gazelle and dance video
Feb. 3 -- 2009 calories; zippo
Feb. 4 -- 1541 calories; Gazelle
Feb. 5 -- 1529 calories; lower body strength exercises
Feb. 6 -- 1675 calories; Gazelle
Feb. 7 -- 1768 calories; mall-crawl
Feb. 8 -- 1939 calories; Gazelle
Feb. 9 -- 1408 calories; Gazelle
Feb. 10 -- 1576 calories; lower body strength exercises
Feb. 11 -- 1483 calories; zippo
Feb. 12 -- 1415 calories; Gazelle
Feb. 13 -- 1452 calories; upper body strength exercises
Feb. 14 -- 2683 calories; mall-crawl
Feb. 15 -- 1918 calories; zippo
Feb. 16 -- 1726 calories; walking
Feb. 17 -- 2006 calories; walking

Well . . . guess that's it for me this month . . .

I'm in.

Calories: 1600-1650/day
Exercise: Work out 6 days a week for a minimum total of 4 hrs. per week
Goal: To reach 131 pounds.

Feb 1---1598 cal, 40 minute Step DVD
Feb 2---1631 cal, 50 minute circuit DVD
Feb 3---1603 cal, Rest day, 133.8 pounds
Feb 4---1613 cal, 40 minute Step DVD
Feb 5---1612 cal, 44 minute weight training DVD
Feb 6---1648 cal, 30 minute Kickbox, 10 min abs
Feb 7---1554 cal, 44 minute weight training DVD
Feb 8---1621 cal, 40 minute step DVD
Feb 9---2200 (est), 44 minute weight training DVD
Feb 10--1568 cal, Rest day,133.0 pounds
Feb 11--1612 cal, 40 minute step and 20 minute abs DVDs
Feb 12--1600 cal (est), 44 minute weight training DVD
Feb 13--1598 cal, 40 minute kickbox and abs DVD
Feb 14--1567 cal, 56 minute pyramid upper body DVD
Feb 15--1655 cal, 40 minute step and 20 minute abs DVDs
Feb 16--1800 (est), 49 minute pyramid lower body
Feb 17--1605, 30 minute walk,133.0 pounds
Feb 18--1602 cal, 40 minute step and 20 minute abs DVDs
Feb 19--1587 cal, 53 minute superset full body workout DVD
Feb 20--2300 (est), 0 minutes exercise
Feb 21--1587 cal, 56 minute pyramid upper body DVD

Personal Information:
Weight beginning DP - 185
Weight as of 2/1/08 - 152.8
Interim Goal Weight - 140
Age - 62
February Goals - track weight (on date), track exercise (from day before date), track calories (from day before date) on this Challenge Thread; Stay within 1000 - 1200 calories; exercise 60 min on 6 days/week.

February 1 - wt 152.8; exercise 40 min; calories 1340
February 2 - wt 152.4; exercise 60 min; calories 1047
February 3 - wt 152.2; exercise 60 min; calories 1367
February 4 - wt 151.6; exercise 0 min; calories 1348
February 5 - wt 150.6; exercise 60 min; calories 1312
February 6 - wt 150.2; exercise 60 min; calories 1280
February 7 - wt 150.8; exercise 40 min; calories 1321
February 8 - wt 151.2; exercise 55 min; calories 1275
February 9 - wt 151.4; exercise 60 min; calories 1272
February 10 - wt 151.8; exercise 40 min; calories 1184
February 11 - wt 150.8; exercise 0; calories 1162
February 12 - wt 150.2; exercise 60 min; calories 1019
February 13 - wt 149.6; exercise 30 min; calories 1154
February 14 - wt 150.4; exercise 45 min; calories 1461
February 15 - wt 151; exercise 55 min; calories 1061
February 16 - wt 151; exercise 55 min; calories 1353
February 17 - wt 150.6; exercise 70 min; calories 1170
February 18 - wt 150.6; exercise 0 min; calories 1314
February 19 - wt 150.4; exercise 80 min; calories 1348
February 20 - wt 150.6; exercise 45 min; calories 1602
February 21 - wt 150.4; exercise 70 min; calories 1372
February 22 - wt 150.8; exercise 50 min; calories 1316
February 23 - wt 151; exercise 60 min; calories 1238
February 24 - wt 150.6; exercise 90 min; calories 1248
February 25 - wt 150.4; exercise 0 min; calories 1254
February 26 - wt 149.4; exercise 80 min; calories 1264
February 27 - wt 150; exercise 80 min; calories 1426
February 28 - wt 150.2; exercise 45 min; calories 1432




Bounce Chart past 129 days

155 – 28
154 – 35
153 – 28
152 – 10
151 – 10
150 - 16
149 - 2


February 15-day Averages
12,396 calories/day
50.42 min/day of exercise (for 6 days/week)

I'm in again this month. I NEED the accountability!
Goals - stay below 1400 calories every day, 149 lbs. (7 lbs). and exercise 5 hrs per week.

Feb 1 - 1156 cals, 30 min pilates, 156.2 lbs
Feb 2 - 1111 cals, 50 min XC skiing
Feb 3 - 1178 cals, 45 min XC skiing
Feb 4 - 1212 cals, 75 min yoga & tae bo
Feb 5 -1181 cals, 70 min pilates & aerobic dance, 156.0
Feb 6 -1072 cals, 60 min WATP firming and Kickboxing, 155.2
Feb 7 - 1108 cals, 85 min snow shoveling and kickboxing
Feb 8 - 1242 cals, 20 min walking, 155.0
Feb 9 - 1212 cals, 70 min snow shoveling and aerobic dance
Feb 10 -1177 cals, 30 min resistance bands, 154.0
Feb 11 -1274 cals, 75 min WATP firming and ab workouts
Feb 12 - 1179 cals, 40 min yoga
Feb 13 - 1162 cals, 70 min pilates and aerobic dance
Feb 14 - 1316 cals, 30 min yoga
Feb 15 - 1116 cals, 45 min resistance bands, 153 lbs.
Feb 16 - 1236 cals, 40 min Tae Bo
Feb 17 - 989 cals, Sabbath rest day, 152.6
Feb 18 - 1167 cals, 65 min yoga and snow shoveling
Feb 19 - 1134 cals, 60 min pilates and WATP
Feb 20 - 1296 cals, 75 min WATP, 152.2
Feb 21 -1126 CALS, 30 MIN Pilates
Feb 22 - 1129 cals, 85 min yoga and aerobic dance
Feb 23 - 1236 cals, 40 min aerobic dance
Feb 24 - 1148 cals, Sabbath day of rest
Feb 25 - 1147 cals, 80 min WATP firming, and 4 mile walk, 151.2
Feb 26 -1214 cals, 70 min weights and aerobics
Feb 27 - 1076 cals, 75 min yoga & WATP 150.6
Feb 28 - 1112 cals, 65 min pilates and WATP
Feb 29 - 1233 cals, 30 min skiwalking, 150.2

I hope my wt chart shows up this tiime
Starting Feb 3 - 0 down = 180 lbs
4 - 1 down = 179 lbs
5 - 0 down = 179 lbs
6 - 0 down = 179 lbs Quess I' holding steady maybe tomorrow
7 - 2 up = 181 lbs that was hard to write
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Goal 145

20 min.
Anmyreah

Hi Anmyreah,

I never figured out how to do a chart here either. Just posting your exercise/calories/points or whatever you want to post is fine. No need to keep posting new messages. Just click the "edit" button on your initial message.

Welcome!

Lynn

Hi all

I definitely need accountability. I'm doing WW Core Program. And am committed to writing down all bites, licks and tastes this month.

Starting Feb 4 = 171.2 lbs Ultimate goal = 140
Age : 53 (need to update picture)
2/18/08- I'm going to weigh in just twice a week Mondays and Thurs.

4 171.2 trdmill high intensity(HI) 20 min, floor work and weights (HI) 20 mn - from now on I'll call this the Pulse workout
5 170.4 hm not sure why I lost. 1 hr hill hike and 10 min flr wrk
6 170.0 I def thought I'd gain. Pulse
7 168.8 on my scale, but WW one said 170.6 ! yoga 1 hr
8 going skiing will fill in on Monday
9 ditto
10 ditto
11 didn't weigh in
12 ditto but hiked hill
13 ditto but did Pulse
14 167.2 did Yoga guess the skiing helped
15 167 did Pulse
16 didn't weight in but did some floor work
17 ditto but walked for an hour - had a bad eating weekend
18 165.8 not sure why I lost ? pulsed
19 hiked for about an hour fifteen
20 went to PULSE CLASS
21 ww WEIGH IN DAY - scale at home 165.6 - WW scale 166.6
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Goal for Feb 164

Hi Patch
Welcome to the challenge.
I'm 54 and it looks like our wt goal is basically the same. Let's do it.
Anmyreah

Hi Anmyreah (and everyone else)

Thanks for responding. You bet... I'd love a buddy. I've been trying to stick to the WW Core program - once again - and have at least this week written down pretty much what I've put into my mouth. Oh was that painful !

Pat

Hi Pat,

Welcome. You've got lots of buddie here on the 50+ site. Please feel free to join in on any of the ongoing 50+ threads. I post on the Golden Girls thread.

Lynn

Hi everyone
Hope yesterday was a good day for you and that today is going well also. I have been very good today even ate out at subway but chose the 6" whole wheat with chicken and veggies no mayo... Tonight I am having rice and scallops my favorite. My biggest problem is the evening munchies. I stalked up on celery, carrots , apples and grapes today. So hopeful that will be one of my choices.
Lyn - "awesome" only 9.4 lbs to go for your goal WOW what a feeling.

Countingdown and CatR - Looks like you have got the exercise thing down sure. You are a good inspiration when I get off the internet I'm going down to my tred and bike.

Florida - What is your calorie range you are going for? I am sort of doing the WW points and I like to stay in 24 but I'm not sure how many calories that is

Meowee - What is Gazelle? Looks like you are doing awesome with the exercise also. I love to walk outside but it was only 3 above this morning and that is not really a bad temp for this time of year but it's the wind so I have to do the inside thing for a few more days

Yeah Pat- Great job. Exercise and wt loss. Hopefully tomorrow I will show that also. Is the core program harder than the points. I looked at it but it just seemed the points were easier for me to keep track of. I had to drive about 30 miles to my meetings and in the winter sometimes the roads didn't like my car so I am trying to just do it at home. Good luck with tomorrow and we will have to check in and see how ea. other is doing.
Anmyreah

Hi PATCH and Hi ANMYREAH . . .

as LYNN mentioned, we'd love to have you with us in one of our regular chat threads here on the Age 50+ forum . . . this challenge thread is really intended as a 'one post per customer' kind of deal where we just keep editing the same post every day throughout the month.

BTW . . . the Gazelle is the name of the Tony Little Glider 'contraption' which is sort of a wimpy version of an eliptical . . . and I often call my Gadzella.

BTW (#2) . . . each WW point is about 50 calories; but that is only approximate because they also allow for veggies that don't need to be counted at all and then there are the upward adjustments for additional fat and the downward adjustments for fibre.

Hi all

OK I'll go to one (or more) of the 50+ chats to connect with you all. Thanks for all the kinds words and encouragement.
Anmyreah - l'll see you there !

Patch

Hi ... Sorry to drop out again but with getting ready for the move eating and keeping track of calories is about last on my list of things to do anymore.

I'm still trying not to overdo the food and still drinking my water so hopefully I won't gain during this next few weeks, anyway that is the goal.

I'll be in for the May Challenge for sure!

Good luck ladies, Phyllis