My Journey

bonnieevans6060

I joined MFP about a week ago weighing in at 295.4. My objective for week 1 was simply to track what I ate and see where my problem areas were. Objective achieved. I found 3 problem areas to work on, sugar, snacks, and dinner. So I now have several areas that need attention.
I start my first 30 challenge 8/1. My objective will be to stay within my caloric allotment, work out three days a week, and stay on track and finish there challenge. Let's see what happens.

Hodgie76

Hi hope you stick with your challenge, I'm doing a 30 day challenge as I'm not a very motivated person tbh and I'm struggling but I aim to get to my goal which is under 12 stone I'm currently 14.9 at the moment.

bonnieevans6060

Day 1 of my 30 day challenge.
Monday Wednesday Friday are my targeted workout days. Today is Monday.

I walked 1.01 miles in 30 minutes at 2 mph while carrying on a conversation with the gentleman on the treadmill next to me. Yea me!! I'm so proud of myself for taking this first step in the right direction.

cosmonew

Great job on the treadmill. 3 days is a great way to start...you can see an end goal. Small, consistent changes over time will get you exactly where you want to be. Welcome to My Fitness Pal.

bonnieevans6060

Hodgie76 wrote: »

Hi hope you stick with your challenge, I'm doing a 30 day challenge as I'm not a very motivated person tbh and I'm struggling but I aim to get to my goal which is under 12 stone I'm currently 14.9 at the moment.

I am from the USA and I have no clue what a stone is but it doesn't sound like you have far to go to get to your goal. Is thirty days start to overwhelm you break it down to one week segments. What are you doing to reach your goal? My goal this week is to stay within my allotted calories and work out three times.

bonnieevans6060

Today was my first weigh in. I'm happy to say that I'm down 7.2 pounds. New objective is to keep those 7 pounds gone and not get all excited send gain them back. In the past whenever I've lost a few pounds I get all excited and reward myself with food, gaining it all right back. Time to break that cycle. I started at 295.4 and I'm 288.2 this morning.

HeidiCooksSupper

I'm over in the challenge section doing 10-day challenges. These are less daunting for me so easier to stick to.

bonnieevans6060

Starting week #3. Tomorrow is weigh day but today I increased my speed on the treadmill from 2 mph to 2.2 mph. Not much but I can tell the difference. Baby steps. My ultimate goal is 2.5 mph in 30 minutes, then increase my time to 1 hour

bonnieevans6060

Today was my second weigh in day and I'm sad to report my weight is up from last weeks weight of 288.2 to whopping 290.8. We went out of town for my cousins wedding though and apparently this is what eating out does to you.

bonnieevans6060

One of my overall goals is to get to 5,000 steps a day and build up to 10,000 from there. Ten thousand steps a day is what I've read a healthy person should log daily. Yesterday was the FIRST TIME I've logged 5,000 steps. Actually it was a tad over. I walked 1.08 miles in the treadmill yesterday and went to the grocery store too. That is what got me there. At least now I know it's doable for me. So next weeks mini goal is hit 5,000+ steps at least 3 days.

bonnieevans6060

Last week 290.6.
This week 285.6.

bonnieevans6060

Treadmill now 2.2 mph and 1.06 miles in 30 minutes. HR yesterday low 120's.

bonnieevans6060

Last week: 285.6
This week: 283.6

First of month: 288.2
End of month goal: 280.0

bonnieevans6060

I have increased my speed, time, and distance on the treadmill.

I started out at 2.0 mph for 30 minutes and a distance of 1.01 miles the first of the month. Now I'm at 2.4 mph for 45 minutes and a distance of 1.78 miles. Adjusted goal is to reach 2 miles in 45 minutes. That should be doable since I think ultimately I should be able to do a mile in 15 minutes.

Starting weight first of month was 288.2. Tuesday is weigh day and today I was 283.6.

bonnieevans6060

Today was my last weigh day for the month. Although I gained between week one and two, getting up to 290.8, I'm ending the month at 280.4. My goal was 280.0. I'm calling month one a huge success and myself a winner.

My goals for the month were two. Weight and exercise. I'm proud to say that I succeeded in working out three times a week every week this month. I started out on the treadmill this month at 2.0 mph for 30 minutes. That first day I walked 1.01 miles. I made small increases throughout the month. I finished up the month at 2.5 mph for 45 minutes and 1.82 miles. My new goal for September is to stay at 45 minutes and try to get to 2.0 miles at a speed of 2.5 or more.

Since I started this journey on 7/26/17 I've lost 15 pounds. I still have treats like cookies, ice cream, and Coke but I'm staying within or close to my daily calorie allotment along with working out 3 days a week. I feel better and I'm excited about my weight loss.

I haven't set a weight goal for September. I'd like to get down to the low 170's. Maybe 172. While it would be exciting to get to 170 I know that loosing 10 pounds every month is not a realistic goal. Taking the wright off slowly but surely through lifestyle changes that I will be able to make and keep in s long term basis is the point.

dani_1977

So inspiring, thanks for the post. You are awesome and keep rocking out your goals

hydechildcare

Great Job! I also do mine in month challenges. Mainly because usually week four I give up. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks I am 7 pounds down. I started at 233 and I am now 226. I am hoping to lose at least 4 more pounds in the next 2 weeks. So far so go. I also have a sweet tooth and have done well on curbing the craving. Usually fruit will fix the craving some time I reach for the chocolate hazelnut spread. So I am getting some protein in my snack too. Every day in my book is one step closer to a healthy life style. Good luck!

AnjiGeekMom

This motivates me as I have been watching my weight and cut of all sodas of all kinds about 3 months ago and was upset I didn't see much of a change in my weight. I fluctuate between loosing 10lbs and gaining it right back. I didn't know what I could be doing differently. So I have been reading and researching and I was committing the ultimate sin as I did not know any better. I was starving myself by only eating the minimum of 1200 calories a day no matter if I walked or not. I have since learned and things are a slow progress, but your monthly goal gave me an idea of what to do. Thank you for

IsabeausRose

A stone is 14 US pounds. It's a British measurement. So that particular person that said they wanted to get from 14.9 stones to 12 stones, that's almost 42 pounds he wants to lose.

bonnieevans5797

Well the Labor Day weekend is over and I gained 3.6 pounds. Here's what went down. Ruth was in town. At the river where we spent Saturday and Sunday. There is no cell service, internet, etc but we survived. The downfall was I couldn't log. However, there were no healthy food choices to be made. But I'm back home now and back on track. In addition to
Missing two days of logging I also missed working out two days. Guess I should be glad I didn't gain more than 3.6 pounds!!