Weekly Weigh in Challenge for May
mari_moulin
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Hello all this is all new for me, I was looking for something to keep myself accountable and thought I would give this a shot. I would like to do a weekly weigh similar to those done at weight watchers meetings. I would like a place where others can help keep me accountable of my journey. I would love it if you would join me in doing weekly weigh-ins for the month of May. We can post about goals, struggles and successes each week. Please copy and paste the following in the comment box and add your information each week. Hope some of you can join me.
Name:
Age:
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:
Struggles:
Successes:
Name:
Age:
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:
Struggles:
Successes:
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Replies
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Name: Mari
Age: 37
Starting Weight May 1st: 295
Goal Weight May 29: 285
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 295
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far: 0
Weekly Goals:
Drink 3 liters of water a day.
Workout 6 days a week for 30 minutes minimum and have 1 rest day.
Log into MFP every day.
Be completely honest on my food diary (I would only be lying to myself)
Struggles:
Usually my struggles are snacking when I'm having a bad day.
Successes:
Hope I have many this week.2 -
Name: Kaeli
Age: 22
Starting Weight May 1: 299
Goal Weight May 29: 290
Weigh in Week:
May 1: 299
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total pounds lost so far: 0
Weekly Goals:
- cardio at least 6 times per week, at least 30 minutes per day
- strength training at least 4 times per week
- walk to the gym every day except in bad weather/on very busy days
- log into Myfitnesspal every day and log my food honestly
- drink at least 12 cups of water every day
Struggles:
- weighing myself too often and becoming anxious and discouraged
- forgetting to eat after working out
- eating out of boredom
Successes:
- we will see
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Name: Heather
Age: 45
Starting Weight May 1st: 168
Goal Weight May 29: 158
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 168
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far: 0
Weekly Goals:
Walking 5 plus miles 3 or more times a week(not fitbit total)
Lower my sodium intake
Improve my water intake 100ozs a day.
Weigh myself less set 2 days a week.
Struggles:
Allowing myself to get stressed out.
A fear of gaining the weight back.
With my long work hours it's hard to just stop and workout when I am so tired.
Successes: I started this journey January 2nd. I have lost 32 pounds so far with a goal of 50 by July. For the past 2 months I have lost 1 pound but gained 2 back. Maybe this will keep me in check! We will see......
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Name:Sylvia
Age:52
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:119
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:2 lbs
Struggles:sweets
Successes:
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Good morning friends. Thank you so much for joining me in this. I really need some motivation. Its slowly been fading. The road is long and hard and boring......I need to change it up. So today I decided to add a little something along side my insanity workout. I am going to go up and down my stairs 10 times in a row. maybe more......or less haha. How are you girls doing today? Are you doing anything different?1
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Name:Bobbie
Age:44
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
199
Weigh In Week:
May 1:208
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals: workout 5 times a week!
Struggles: I'm a binge eater. I can do well for like 4 days in a row and then eat everything even when I'm not hungry.
Successes: so far I lost 127 pounds but then gained back 40 so I am working on losing that and 40 more!2 -
shapeofaheart wrote: »Name:Bobbie
Age:44
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
199
Weigh In Week:
May 1:208
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals: workout 5 times a week!
Struggles: I'm a binge eater. I can do well for like 4 days in a row and then eat everything even when I'm not hungry.
Successes: so far I lost 127 pounds but then gained back 40 so I am working on losing that and 40 more!
Welcome Bobbie! I get the binge eating I do it as well. I found the trigger to be boredom. I had many of those days last week. We can do it tho.1 -
Thank you! Heck yes.. Let's be huge losers!1
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*** I have to weigh myself when I get home from work / after I sleep... so I'll add my weight them.... ***
Name: Hawaiian Island
Age: 42
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:
Work out at least 2 x
Drink more water
Eat more frequent, smaller meals
Struggles:
Working graveyard!
Successes: *** I'll let you know when I have them!! ***0 -
rollinskae wrote: »Name: Kaeli
Age: 22
Starting Weight May 1: 299
Goal Weight May 29: 290
Weigh in Week:
May 1: 299
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total pounds lost so far: 0
Weekly Goals:
- cardio at least 6 times per week, at least 30 minutes per day
- strength training at least 4 times per week
- walk to the gym every day except in bad weather/on very busy days
- log into Myfitnesspal every day and log my food honestly
- drink at least 12 cups of water every day
Struggles:
- weighing myself too often and becoming anxious and discouraged
- forgetting to eat after working out
- eating out of boredom
Successes:
- we will see
I have issues with the scale as well. 2 weeks ago it became borderline obsessive. So I put it away...up on top and toward the back of the closet. It worked. Whenever I thought of it my laziness kicked in a I didn't bother with bringing it down until my usual weigh in day.0 -
weightlossissues wrote: »
Name: Heather
Age: 45
Starting Weight May 1st: 168
Goal Weight May 29: 158
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 168
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far: 0
Weekly Goals:
Walking 5 plus miles 3 or more times a week(not fitbit total)
Lower my sodium intake
Improve my water intake 100ozs a day.
Weigh myself less set 2 days a week.
Struggles:
Allowing myself to get stressed out.
A fear of gaining the weight back.
With my long work hours it's hard to just stop and workout when I am so tired.
Successes: I started this journey January 2nd. I have lost 32 pounds so far with a goal of 50 by July. For the past 2 months I have lost 1 pound but gained 2 back. Maybe this will keep me in check! We will see......
I admire you for keeping up this healthy lifestyle whilst working so hard and being so tired. I'm a stay at home mom and I find it challenging. Well done sticking to it and being strong. Keep up the great work!0 -
Name:Sylvia
Age:52
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:119
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:2 lbs
Struggles:sweets
Successes:
Lol sweets! Tell me about it. I need someone to slap my hand everytime I reach for a cookie!!!0 -
HawaiianIsland wrote: »*** I have to weigh myself when I get home from work / after I sleep... so I'll add my weight them.... ***
Name: Hawaiian Island
Age: 42
Starting Weight May 1st:
Goal Weight May 29:
Weigh In Week:
May 1:
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:
Work out at least 2 x
Drink more water
Eat more frequent, smaller meals
Struggles:
Working graveyard!
Successes: *** I'll let you know when I have them!! ***
Welcome Hawaiian.
We are here for you. We can do this together. Looking forward to reaching my goals with each of you. X
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Name: JackiNorrie
Age: 44
Starting Weight May 1st: 210.8
Goal Weight May 29: 199
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 210.8
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far: 8
Weekly Goals:
Get my 8 glasses of water in
Eat a salad daily
Stretch my body daily
Sit-ups on odd numbered days
Struggles:
Cooking. Having food prepared or ready to grab.
Feeling like NOTHING will work. I've been at this since January and am down only a few pounds.
Successes: none...1 -
Starting Weight May 1st: 194
Goal Weight May 29: 185
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 194
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals:
Drink enough water (3-4 litres a dat)
Avoid snacking
Log everything
Struggles:
snacking due to boredom and emotional issues
Successes:
None so far!
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Name: DBarrett
Age: 51
Starting Weight May 1st: 388.8
Goal Weight May 29: 368.8
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 388.8
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals: 30 minutes/day of cardio/strength training
Struggles: The right food and portions
Successes: Starting...1 -
Does anybody know how I navigate myself back to this discussion?0
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Starting weight 10 stone 10
Goal weight 9 stone 6
Successes starting couch to 5k tonight k
Struggles chocolate!0 -
jackinorrie wrote: »Does anybody know how I navigate myself back to this discussion?
Maybe you can try to bookmark it?0 -
Bookmarking it worked! Now I just have to go to the spot where it shows a star click that and it brings me right to the only thing is I actually want to follow. Woo hoo1
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Yay glad it worked!!0
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Let's help each other through these struggles this week and see a lot less of each other on those scales next week!
My weekly goal 3 pounds down1 -
What about adding up our group target total for this week?!1
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Hey guys sorry I haven't come on today....it's been a crazy day. I'll come back later on to post a bit more. Have a powerful day everyone!0
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katie22mfp wrote: »Let's help each other through these struggles this week and see a lot less of each other on those scales next week!
My weekly goal 3 pounds down
My goal this week is simply to see the scale move down and stay there. It seems whenever I lose a pound or two the scale inevitably jumps back up by two or 3 pounds. I feel like I'm on the same cycle of lose two- gain three- lose two- gain three. I'm ready to get off this merry-go-round…
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I'm joining a little late, but excited to do this for the first time.
Name: Cathy
Age: 28
Starting Weight May 1st: 175.8
Goal Weight May 29: 169.8
Weigh In Week:
May 1: 175.8
May 8:
May 15:
May 22:
May 29:
Total LBS lost so far:
Weekly Goals: workout 30 minutes a day and walk 30 minutes a day on my lunch break
Struggles: family functions! Birthday party followed by mothers day followed by another birthday party this month
Successes: a far have worked out every day as planned1 -
ok welcome to those who just joined! The more the merrier! You all have great goals for this week and month and I know you will all achieve them. I have a trip coming up to go back home and I would like to be as low as I can go when I get there. Most members in my family are obese and I am hoping that seeing that someone can do it so can they. Of course without me telling them myself. I just want to set the example. So I am hoping that by July 1st I would be down another 20 lbs. That's 15 lbs between now and then which is very ambitious but totally doable. If I don't reach that goal its ok but its what I am aiming for.
Now since January I have lost 44 lbs and I did this by eating between 1500 - 1800 calories a day (this changes as my weight changes).....working out 4-6 times a week (6 times for the past 3 weeks), drinking 3 liters of water a day. I walk loads each day I try to get 10000 steps a day on my fitbit. I try to plan my meals for the week and I prelog my food each day so I can make sure I don't steer out of my daily plan. sometimes things get added or subtracted from there.
Some tools I use are hydro coach which reminds me to drink my water and tells me how much I should drink according to my weight.
I use mapmyfitness for when I go out for walks which tells you how far you walked for how long and approximately how many calories you burned (but its not accurate)
I use a fitbit to count steps and the fitbit scale for my weigh ins.
I use the website skinnytaste.com to find healthy recipes which I use daily.
I hope some of this helps you all and if you have any tools you use to help you in your journey please share. Anything that can help us please share.1 -
jackinorrie wrote: »katie22mfp wrote: »Let's help each other through these struggles this week and see a lot less of each other on those scales next week!
My weekly goal 3 pounds down
My goal this week is simply to see the scale move down and stay there. It seems whenever I lose a pound or two the scale inevitably jumps back up by two or 3 pounds. I feel like I'm on the same cycle of lose two- gain three- lose two- gain three. I'm ready to get off this merry-go-round…
You've got this! You absolutely can do this. You have it in you just let it out!1 -
mariecela_moulin wrote: »ok welcome to those who just joined! The more the merrier! You all have great goals for this week and month and I know you will all achieve them. I have a trip coming up to go back home and I would like to be as low as I can go when I get there. Most members in my family are obese and I am hoping that seeing that someone can do it so can they. Of course without me telling them myself. I just want to set the example. So I am hoping that by July 1st I would be down another 20 lbs. That's 15 lbs between now and then which is very ambitious but totally doable. If I don't reach that goal its ok but its what I am aiming for.
Now since January I have lost 44 lbs and I did this by eating between 1500 - 1800 calories a day (this changes as my weight changes).....working out 4-6 times a week (6 times for the past 3 weeks), drinking 3 liters of water a day. I walk loads each day I try to get 10000 steps a day on my fitbit. I try to plan my meals for the week and I prelog my food each day so I can make sure I don't steer out of my daily plan. sometimes things get added or subtracted from there.
Some tools I use are hydro coach which reminds me to drink my water and tells me how much I should drink according to my weight.
I use mapmyfitness for when I go out for walks which tells you how far you walked for how long and approximately how many calories you burned (but its not accurate)
I use a fitbit to count steps and the fitbit scale for my weigh ins.
I use the website skinnytaste.com to find healthy recipes which I use daily.
I hope some of this helps you all and if you have any tools you use to help you in your journey please share. Anything that can help us please share.
oops I meant I want to be down below 280 lbs not be down another 20 lbs. I need to be down another 15 to be under 280. sorry I type faster than I think.
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I just recently discovered the skinny taste site and love it! I like the suggestion of the water tracking and am going to check it out. Good luck to you guys!1
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