February Calorie Deficit Challenge - Newcomers always welcome!

**UPDATE**

March challenge can be found here: http://caloriecount.about.com/march-calorie-d eficit-challenge-newcomers-always-ft130192

Anyone who wants to share their total monthly weight loss, please do!  Then we can all see how the math adds up (or doesn't!).

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We all know that in order to lose weight you need to have a calorie deficit.  This challenge is about that deficit! 

You can sign up anytime by posting in this thread and indicating which group you want to be in.

We'll start counting on 2/1/09.

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How it works
Each day you keep track of your calorie intake and calorie output, then compute your calorie deficit.  You post in here (daily, weekly, whenever) your running deficit for the month in the form of: deficit to-date / goal deficit.  Be sure to post a new post every time you post - do not edit previous posts or I will not see it!  Also, be sure you keep track of your on-going total - I won't be doing the math for you! 

For example
Let's say I want to lose five pounds this month.  So, I sign up for the 17,500 Challenger group.  On day 1 my calorie output is 2000 and my intake is 1500.  That makes my day 1 deficit 500, so I post: 500/17,500.  On day 2, my calorie output is 1800 and my intake is 1500, making my deficit 300.  So, I add my day 2 deficit onto my day 1 deficit, and post:  800/17,500.  On day 3, I didn't do so well and took in 2000 calories and burned 1800 calories.  So, on day 3 I subtract the calories I took in over maintainence and I post my total montly deficit as 600/17,500.   For more examples check out the January Calorie Deficit Challege found here: http://caloriecount.about.com/january-calorie -deficit-challenge-newcomers-always-ft124268

Questions?
Ask!

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CHALLENGERS
10,500 (3 pounds) challengers
     alle0299 - 9100 (1 pound lost!)
     carlynj21 - 11844
     gladys32 - 6977
     lemntwist - 7868
     mtiras -  2941
     sugrplm
     v_avila - 2348

14,000 (4 pounds) challengers
     candilovesjon - 1080
     ckuhfahl - 5626
     iamacommitmentto - 11005 (1.5 pounds lost!)
     illingal - 3900
     kaffwynn
     quintanion - 12357
     salmander23 - 603
     werethylacine - 14367

17,500 (5 pounds) challengers
     ashmommyof2 - 7643
     bowlinsara - 8014
     chaimberbell - 4572
     flowergirl21 - 3985
     immom - 2646
     leighlightful - 500
     lianih14 - 17860 (3.5 pounds lost!)
     lilygirl1970 - 18015   (4.4 pounds lost!)
     lw146993 -  6733
     ntack2 - 15078
     r4eboxer - 24864
     sarabear - 448
     wesmoot - 17549 (1.5 pounds lost!)

21,000 (6 pounds) challengers
     annulyju - 17196
     cbussiere - 21157 (15 pounds lost!)
     cristin - 3331
     dovelette - 14106
     jordielg - 8820

24,500 (7 pounds) challengers
     betzc - 24500+ (4.8 pounds lost!)
     februarybride - 12680
     kamoody
     sereniticat -   29156 (3 pounds lost!)
     sstephen27 - 25125

28,000 (8 pounds) challengers
     blakereese - 24978
     eat4health - 26809 (6 pounds lost!)
     jennifer1100 - 11799
     kellytx1977
     louised1991 - 8035
     shandrake -  16656 (4.4 pounds lost!)
     shonaghmartin - 8521 (2 pounds lost!)

okay, so there was a super bowl party last night...and i didn't count calories - shame on me! BUT I'm back at it today, and damnit, I'm going to succeed this time!!

1165/17500

2/2/09

deficit - 710

total - 1884/28,000

I'm done eating for the day.  *yawn*

EOD Feb 2: 2,406/17,500

02/02/09 : 1935 / 21 000

Yay! =)

I'm a newbie...this sounds fun!  I'll sign up for the 24,500 group. 

2/1 and 2/2 deficit = 3,350

Total 3,350/24,500

Day 2

I exercised today.

Today 826/17,500

Total 1402/17,500

1373/10,500

2,849/28,000

2/2 - 2151/28000. 

1400/14000

Today's Deficit: 840

Total Deficit: 1396/14000

2/2/09 - 913/17,500

i want to eat more...but i think it's just cuz i'm cold and kinda bored and tired. instead, i think i'll go wash up and head to bed.

681/17500

1,426/21,000

954 / 10500

Original Post by salmander23:

i've been looking at people's deficits for today, and i thought that it was unhealthy to have a deficit of over 1000 calories? i don't really remember....

 

anyway. i figured out that to reach my goal i need to have a deficit of 500 cals a day. so im off to a good start:

603/14000

You're right - it is generally unhealthy to go over 1000.  However, it's ok once in a great while if you have a good excuse like being sick.  As long as you don't make a habit out of it your body won't go into the dreaded 'starvation' mode.

1967/24.500.... OK a bit better today.  THis challenge might be just what I needed to kick my a** and reach my goal!

1,390/14,000

Today's deficit involved a fair bit of guesswork - I got free lunch from a local bakery which was quite high cal but very tasty!  A salad for dinner and a bit of extra exercise helped balance things out