July 2015 Weight Loss Challenge
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Name: Lyn
Height: 5'2"
Original Starting Weight: 316
Starting Weight (7/7): 296 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 285 lbs
7/7: 296
7/10: 293
7/17: 290.6
7/24: 288.6
7/31: 287.2
Loss/gain for the week: -1.4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -8.8 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: Finally getting all my water in. Missed my goal by 2.2 lbs. Not going to beat myself up because the month was still a loss. Kinda suspect the sodium explosion yesterday will account for some of that. Next time I'll be more careful. Especially on the day before weigh day!
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Name: Cheesy
Height: 5'10"
Heaviest weight: 330 lbs
MFP Start Weight (5/26): 318 lbs
July 1st weight: 294.8 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 287 lbs
7/3: 293.6
7/10: 291.3
7/20: 292.6 (missed Fri weigh-in due to travel)
7/24: 287.8
7/31: 284.8
Loss/gain for the week: -3.0lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -10 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: Kept my eating on-plan despite ongoing MG flare and being home-bound much of the week. I had set up my diet plan to continue losing even without physical activity, and it's working
I think a stall will be coming around 280 pounds-- that's a number that my body has always stayed at naturally in the past. It will be interesting to see if I keep losing right through it, or if I'll stall out at it...
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I spent years at about 285 before gaining and have wondered the same thing. We will break through this time!I think a stall will be coming around 280 pounds-- that's a number that my body has always stayed at naturally in the past. It will be interesting to see if I keep losing right through it, or if I'll stall out at it...
I don't weigh in until Sunday so will finish July and start August then! Is that cheating?!!0 -
MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »I don't weigh in until Sunday so will finish July and start August then! Is that cheating?!!
Nope! It's all about the weightloss, not the calendar!0 -
Stalls are typically mental blocks (getting lazy on tracking, thinking you can't do any better, etc.). I know you can both blast through those weights and never skip a beat. I reached and breezed through the point that I got to last time; and I'm sure it's because I now have more faith that the Calories In < Calories Out method works.
I wish I knew before that "starvation mode" doesn't really exist; I had taken a break on my last diet to let my metabolism kick back up, but I ended up backsliding (all the way and past my starting point). I had stalled (probably) because I wasn't tracking all my food properly, or had gotten too consumed with building points and not losing weight (different site that gives bonus points for "healthy activities").
Keep up with the good habits you've got going, and you'll do great.0 -
Name: Ted
Height: 5'11"
Heaviest Weight: 395 lbs
Starting Weight (6/29): 328.6 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 317 lbs
7/6: 326.8
7/13: 325.0
7/20: 323.4
7/27: 324.0
7/31: 325.0
Loss/gain for the week: +1.0 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -3.6 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: I am moving the wrong way! Time to pick it up for the August challenge.
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Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest Known Weight: 409
Original Starting Weight (1/12/15): 402
Starting Weight (6/28): 324 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 310 lbs
7/2: 326
7/9: 316
7/16: 316
7/23: 314
7/30: 310
Loss/gain for the week: -4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -16 lbs
Successes/Struggles: The heat and humidity have been better, hence a better loss! I finished out the month with 162.1miles and 381,000 steps.0 -
Name: Lisa
Height: 5'3"
Starting Weight Overall beginning of June 2015: 315
Starting Weight (7/1): 296.6 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 286 lbs
7/6: 294.2
7/13: 292
7/20: 290
7/27: TOM (too chicken to weigh)0 -
Name: Lisa
Height: 5'3"
Starting Weight Overall beginning of June 2015: 315
Starting Weight (7/1): 296.6 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 286 lbs
7/6: 294.2
7/13: 292
7/20: 290
7/27:
7/31:287.6
Loss/gain for the week: 2. 4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 9 lbs
Struggling with sleep. Not getting enough and it's affecting everything0 -
Name: Samantha
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight (7/04): 313.20 lbs
Goal Weight (7/31): 305.0 lbs Approx. 2lbs/wk
7/4:313.20 lb. Came back from vacation and gained back any loss and then some. I'm at my highest non pregnancy weight. I haven't showed the gain on MFP hoping to be down a bit before logging it here.
7/11: 311.4
7/18:309.0
7/25:310.6
8/1:307.8
Loss/gain for the week: 2.8 lbs Loss
Loss/gain for the month: 5.4 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: It was a pretty good week. Resisting craft service was particularly hard this week. This last we went away and I ate a lot of crap food. It will show next week I'm sure. Or at least will have less of a loss.0
