LOSE 20 POUNDS BY JULY

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  • Adelynee
    Adelynee Posts: 32 Member
    Started last week and with a lot of care and planning lost 3pds. This week has been so hard to stick to anything, back pain, night feeds and general tiredness with hormones up and down have not helped! I'm worried I'll have put the 3 pas on and more by Sat
  • DanielleTake2
    DanielleTake2 Posts: 51 Member
    Adelynee wrote: »
    Started last week and with a lot of care and planning lost 3pds. This week has been so hard to stick to anything, back pain, night feeds and general tiredness with hormones up and down have not helped! I'm worried I'll have put the 3 pas on and more by Sat

    3 lbs is a lot for 1 week... Are you breastfeeding? I would focus on 1 lbs/week. I can't vouch for the medical legitimacy of this statement - but I think that the slower the weight loss happens, the less likely you are to yo-yo and put it back on. JMO!
  • nancyjosey
    nancyjosey Posts: 1 Member
    Love to be apart of this support group. Weigh ins on Sunday?
  • SErickson2018
    SErickson2018 Posts: 24 Member
    I’m in!
  • DanielleTake2
    DanielleTake2 Posts: 51 Member
    Urgh - I weighed in today and I'm back up 1 lbs - I know it's because of PMS and water retention but it's so frustrating.
  • missdmays
    missdmays Posts: 9 Member
    I know im late but im in (: add me yall !
  • abcaseasyas12321
    abcaseasyas12321 Posts: 2 Member
    Check in!!! Down .6 I know it's not a lot but this week has been rough.
    SW:145
    LW: 133.1
    CW: 132.5
    GQ: 120
  • falis123
    falis123 Posts: 1 Member
    checking in eveyweek from now on!!!!!
    SW: 170.8
    CW: 158.7
    CW:150
    GW: 145
  • joannaryan1977
    joannaryan1977 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi all can I join too pls ... I only started today ...
    Weighing in at 226 (((( sigh ))))
    Target 168
    But taking it slow and steady walked 4.5 miles tonight too will weigh next tue
  • DanielleTake2
    DanielleTake2 Posts: 51 Member
    How's everyone doing? Haven't heard from the OP in a while :-/
    I'm down 2 lbs (down 3, and then up 1 because of that a-hole TOM) but I'm not letting myself get de-railed.

    I am having a hard time with my calorie in take - I'm using the BMR - 15%TDEE calculation recommended by the Pro's on here. But I can't tell if it's too much or too little. Anyone have a better calculation?
  • jubjubjulie
    jubjubjulie Posts: 1 Member
    Oooh I'm in! Late Joiner here, also a mum of a youngen but gained ALOT from just being sedentiary.
    39 yrs young
    5'4
    141 lbs
    Goal Weight 120

    just started looking a macros and i'm lost!
  • sauronseye
    sauronseye Posts: 40 Member
    Paquitalaflor wrote: »
    Count me in too! I am a yo-yoer. Gaining and losing, but mostly gaining recently. I keep having to buy larger trousers and I am so darn tired of it. Fell off the SW wagon too as I need bread in my life, and would overeat on pasta and carbs too. I need to educate myself about food, its content and its use! I had my last baby four years ago and I still look pregnant. Friend me group!

    Ugh, the other day I was going through my closet and counted 11 pairs of trousers that don't fit me. No more, no less. I wear the same three pairs. :(


    I am definitely in! :D
  • DanaGettingFit
    DanaGettingFit Posts: 2 Member
    I'm in too! Looking forward to this summer :)
  • Annieshorty18
    Annieshorty18 Posts: 22 Member
    I'M IN I NEED TO LOOSE 27 POUNDS
  • Annieshorty18
    Annieshorty18 Posts: 22 Member
    I NEED THE MOTIVATION I START AND I LOSE MYSELF REAL QUICKLY
  • Annieshorty18
    Annieshorty18 Posts: 22 Member
    I'M 5 FT TALL AND I WEIGHT 147.4 POUNDS TOO MUCH FOR A LITTLE PERSON
  • falis123
    falis123 Posts: 1 Member
    well done for getting a start on!! looking forward to your results we weigh in every Sunday. and we hope to share tips on what worked for everyone!
  • DanielleTake2
    DanielleTake2 Posts: 51 Member
    Ok - so at this point I'm just venting. Lol. Sorry... not sorry.

    For the past two weeks I've been fluctuating like mad on the scale due to TOM and water retention. Today when I woke up, I weighed 155.6 - the exact weight I was 2 weeks ago before all of that craziness started. So, I feel like I'm back to where I left off.

    I've been reading the message boards recently and trying to look for the "expert" level advice. I had a wake up call that I'm really not being as diligent with my calorie counting as I should be - I'm eyeballing too much, I'm not double checking the accuracy of the foods in the MFP diary (apparently it's full of errors, even with the green check mark!) and it could all be adding up to a lot of un-logged calories.

    I've decided I'm going to start weighing all of my calorie dense foods (proteins, fats, carbs) -- not so much my fruits and veggies because who cares -- and I'm going to be really strict about staying right at 1600.

    I'm hungry at 1600 - really hungry. But at 1750 I'm only losing 1/2 lb per week, and I have to be in a bathing suit soon lol. So that ain't gonna work.

    Happy weekend ya'll!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    DanielleTake2 wrote: »
    Ok - so at this point I'm just venting. Lol. Sorry... not sorry.

    For the past two weeks I've been fluctuating like mad on the scale due to TOM and water retention. Today when I woke up, I weighed 155.6 - the exact weight I was 2 weeks ago before all of that craziness started. So, I feel like I'm back to where I left off.

    I've been reading the message boards recently and trying to look for the "expert" level advice. I had a wake up call that I'm really not being as diligent with my calorie counting as I should be - I'm eyeballing too much, I'm not double checking the accuracy of the foods in the MFP diary (apparently it's full of errors, even with the green check mark!) and it could all be adding up to a lot of un-logged calories.

    I've decided I'm going to start weighing all of my calorie dense foods (proteins, fats, carbs) -- not so much my fruits and veggies because who cares -- and I'm going to be really strict about staying right at 1600.

    I'm hungry at 1600 - really hungry. But at 1750 I'm only losing 1/2 lb per week, and I have to be in a bathing suit soon lol. So that ain't gonna work.

    Happy weekend ya'll!

    1/2lb a week is better than nothing imo.
    TOM and other things could be masking loss - that's why its better to think of weight fluctuating in general knowing that every 4 weeks you should see the true fat loss.
    Weighing foods is a must, without doing that means you will be eating more than you think so its a good plan to weigh them.

    Keep going ok :smile:
  • jennifferdoran07
    jennifferdoran07 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi Everyone, have been on and off for last few years but determined this time as at my
    biggest. I have 3 kids under 8 and need to lose 30 pounds and tone up. Starting from today!!

    SW 168
    GW 138
  • lmcgrady84
    lmcgrady84 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm in! Bit of a late starter so I realise it's not realistic for me but I'll take whatever loss I can get at this point to feel like my normal self again :/
    CW 153
    GW 133
  • pennybutton
    pennybutton Posts: 37 Member
    Can I join please?
  • times60
    times60 Posts: 204 Member
    I am in. Starting today
    SW 252
    JW 232-235
    GW 149
  • Fat2FitMom19
    Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
    I'd love to join

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