Lose 5lbs + in May 2018
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Original starting weight - 178 lbs on Dec.26, 2017
May starting weight - 181.5 lbs
May goal - 175 lbs
Ultimate goal - 130 lbs
May 6th - 181.5 lbs
May 13th - 181 lbs
May 20th - 180 lbs
May 27nd - 180.5 lbs
Total loss for May - 1 lbs
overall, could have done better this month but it's an okay start.
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Happy Memorial Day to all who celebrate it!
Lost 0.1 in the average this week, at this rate I might reach goal by the time I retire, 20 years from now
Daily weight today is 203.3. I was up and down all week. Haven't seen a new low yet.
Still better than a gain. I am sticking with it.
Highest weight ever: 254 in October 1999.
Lowest since 1999: 195.
Original starting weight: 243 in 2015.
MFP Starting weight December 25th, 2016: 233
Goal: 180 in however long it takes.
Weekly averages:
April 23rd to April 29th: 204.7
April 30th to May 6th: 204.6
May 7th to May 13th: 204.9
May 14th to May 20th: 204.6
May 21st to May 27th: 204.5
Loss for May: 0.2 lbs.
MFP Loss: 28.5 lbs.
Total cumulative loss since mid 2015: 38.5 lbs.
Until next week,
Move more, eat less.
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Original starting weight - 202 Feb 15 2018
May starting weight - 193.4
May goal - 189
Ultimate goal - 140
May 1st - 193.4 (April 29)
May 6th - 193.2
May 13th - 192.2 (Had been down to 191 even on Wednesday May 9th)
May 20th - 191.4 had been down to 190.2 on Thursday, but had a lot of salt on Friday
May 27th - 190 it flashed 189 once before deciding on 190. I think I’ll weigh myself on the 31st too just to see.
Total loss for May - 3.4 again not 5 bug a loss is a loss.3 -
Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....
I gained 10 lbs! I will take responsibility and note that my diet has been high in salt, which triggered a flare up. At times, my salt count (especially at dinner meals) were in the 3K range! Oops! My calories and workouts have been really great, but I decided to go rogue, and...
***BREAK OUT THE SAUNA SWEAT SUIT!***
It did the trick!! I lost -7 lbs of out 10 in just a few days. Almost to where I was earlier this month. woo-hoo! I'm still working on it. I hope to break through the 180s by late may/early june. *prayer hands*
****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lbs
I am not giving up. I need one more miracle in May!
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tramaine_21 wrote: »Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....
****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lb
Holy moley! I grumble about my 2-3 lb. bipolar weight swings.
Sauna sweat suit? It's a real thing?
Glad you're back on the right side of Onderland, but please be careful. Swings like that can't be good for you.
I have been battling puffiness too. Warm weather brings it for sure.
Jenn
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I fluxed up 5.5 pounds this weekend, unfortunately for me it’s a normal thing to gain and loose that much in a day or two. Still hard not to freak out a bit when you see the numbers go up like that lol. We still have a few days left in May, let’s make them count!!3
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Hey guys! The June challenge is now up and running.
If you wish to continue in June search for the challenge titled ‘Lose 5lbs + in June 2018’
Hope to see you all there for another amazing month x 7 -
This will be my first challenge, but I am in dire need of some support! While becoming more active in the last few months, I still struggle with eating habits. I need to remind myself I will not see change without making a change. I am looking forward to the challenge and 5 lbs is a feasible goal!
Original starting weight - Debatable since I have been on a on-and-off weightloss journey for many years
May starting weight - 177.2 lbs
May goal -173 lbs
Ultimate goal - 155 lbs
May 1st - 177.2 lbs
May 8th - 175 lbs
May 15th - 175.8 lbs
May 17th - 173 lbs
May 28nd - 173.6 lbs
Total loss for May - 3.6 lbs
Well...it's not 5 lbs...but maybe I will do a last check-in on May 31st. Also, I went on vacation this past week and didn't completely gain all of it back so I say that's a win! Granted, the vacation was hiking in the National Parks in southern Utah so I was hiking 10+ miles a day for 3 days, but at least I didn't eat too terribly! A few plates of mac and cheese and some pizza of course, but it's a life style right?! 5 -
May 1- 257.2
May 7- 256.0
May 14- 248.2
May 21- 254.2
May 28- 254.2
Well im gonna weigh on the 31st, see if i can loose that last 2 lbs.3 -
tramaine_21 wrote: »Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....
****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lb
Holy moley! I grumble about my 2-3 lb. bipolar weight swings.
Sauna sweat suit? It's a real thing?
Glad you're back on the right side of Onderland, but please be careful. Swings like that can't be good for you.
I have been battling puffiness too. Warm weather brings it for sure.
Jenn
My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a teenager. No biggie. The sauna suit, that is the real deal--and yes it works--but, that's one thing you have to be careful about is not overdoing it. You can get severely dehydrated! I will only wear the suit every once in a while during the summer season only. I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally. Either way it's MY FAULT that my meals lately have been VERY HIGH in sodium. Silly me....1 -
Original starting weight - Not my highest weight since joining MFP, but my highest recent weight was 192.9 lbs on March 1, 2018.
May starting weight - 179
May goal - 174
Ultimate goal - 150 (Perhaps not *ultimate, ultimate* goal, but I would be happy to reach this weight for the first time in a LONG time! 140s would be even more amazing!)
May 1st - 179.0
May 8th - 178.1
May 15th - 177.7
May 22nd - 175.3
May 29th - 178.6
May 31st -
Ah- 2 restaurant meals from the weekend are hanging on :-O Not horrible splurges.. 85% of a "normal-sized" (aka not Chipotle) burrito and a beer for one dinner, and Vietnamese-style hot pot restaurant where I avoided the rice paper wrappers and stuck with mostly meat and veggies... but I know there's so much sodium in these types of meals. One restaurant meal a week tends to undo all the good decisions of the week; Two will put me back in the opposite direction.
Two more weigh-ins till the end of the month. At this point, the new goal is to lose more than 1 pound for the month of May. Better than where I started Back to good decisions- joining a friend for her birthday dinner tonight but will eat beforehand so I don't eat there 3 -
Original starting weight - 150.0
May starting weight - 143.2 maybe***
May goal - 142.0
Ultimate goal - 135.0
Monday weigh ins...
05/01 - 143.2 maybe***
05/07 - 145.6 sat 4:00 a.m. **sigh**
05/14 - 147.0 at 4:00 a.m. ...fine. I hate my scale!
05/21 - 144.8 at 5:00 a.m. ...better
05/28 - 142.4 at 5:00 a.m. ...
05/31
Total loss for May -
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I hit the 5 pound weight loss, and my personal weight loss goal of 8 pounds for the month. Woohoo!!!!
Original starting weight (April 9th, 2018)- 322
May starting weight- 308
May goal-300
Ultimate goal- 160
May 1st-308
May 8th-306
May 15th-304
May 22nd-301
May 29th-300
May 31-
Total loss for May-
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asdavids11 wrote: »I hit the 5 pound weight loss, and my personal weight loss goal of 8 pounds for the month. Woohoo!!!!
Original starting weight (April 9th, 2018)- 322
May starting weight- 308
May goal-300
Ultimate goal- 160
May 1st-308
May 8th-306
May 15th-304
May 22nd-301
May 29th-300
May 31-
Total loss for May-
Congrats @asdavids11!2 -
Original starting weight - 188
May starting weight - 162.5
May goal - 157.5
Ultimate goal - 135
May 1st - 162.5
May 8th - 160.5
May 15th - 159.5
May 22nd - 158.5
May 29th - 158
Total loss for May - 4.5lbs3 -
Tramaine_21 wrote:
My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally.
Water pills scare me too. I suppose if they are prescribed by a doctor to manage a condition, thatbis one thing, but the OTC ones can easily be misused.
My weight is up again today. Sore muscles from overdoing some power cleaning I am sure it's water too. I always get puffy after over-exertion.
Jenn
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Original starting weight - 447 lbs
May starting weight - 445 lbs
May goal - 435 lbs
Ultimate goal - 200 lbs
May 1st - 445 lbs
May 8th - 444 lbs
May 15th - 441 lbs
May 22nd - 434 lbs
May 29th - 430.2 lbs
Total loss for May 14.8 lbs.
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Original starting weight - 184
May starting weight - 182
May goal - 177
Ultimate goal - 154
May 1st - 182
May 8th - 172
May 15th - 169.9
May 22nd -168.6
May 29th - 166.8
May 31st -
Total May loss -
My body is getting used to the shock of losing so much weight in one week I guess. Weight is jumping up and down for 3 weeks. But the measurements of thighs and waist are definitely going down.4 -
Original SW: 201.0
April 01: 151.0
Goal weight: 145.0
May 01: 146.5
May 08: 149.0
May 15: 147.5
May 22: 147.0
May 29: 144.5
I'll post on May 31 too, but I need to post today because I reached my UGW!!!
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Tramaine_21 wrote:
My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally.
Water pills scare me too. I suppose if they are prescribed by a doctor to manage a condition, thatbis one thing, but the OTC ones can easily be misused.
My weight is up again today. Sore muscles from overdoing some power cleaning I am sure it's water too. I always get puffy after over-exertion.
Jenn
Hey, sore muscles=gaining fitness! You're getting stronger!2 -
Hello everyone. Wrapping of this May challenge with a loss of 4.2lbs. Yay!
5-3: 1868lbs
5-10: 186.4lbs
5-17: 185.6lbs
5-24: 183.6lbs
5-30: 182.6lbs
Can’t wait to be under 180. See you at the next challenge.4 -
Highest weight - 280
Mfp starting weight - 260
May starting weight - 208
May goal - 203
Ultimate goal - 145
5/2: 207.2
5/9: 207.1
5/16: 206
5/23: 204
5/30: 207.7 All my hard work down the drain. Hoping it’s water retention from the heat/TOM
Total loss in May: .33 -
jeschields wrote: »Highest weight - 280
Mfp starting weight - 260
May starting weight - 208
May goal - 203
Ultimate goal - 145
5/2: 207.2
5/9: 207.1
5/16: 206
5/23: 204
5/30: 207.7 All my hard work down the drain. Hoping it’s water retention from the heat/TOM
Total loss in May: .3
It would have been hard to gain that much in a week of fat, has to be water. I went up 6 lbs and back down from Friday to Tuesday, don’t get discouraged!
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This will be my first challenge, but I am in dire need of some support! While becoming more active in the last few months, I still struggle with eating habits. I need to remind myself I will not see change without making a change. I am looking forward to the challenge and 5 lbs is a feasible goal!
Original starting weight - Debatable since I have been on a on-and-off weightloss journey for many years
May starting weight - 177.2 lbs
May goal -173 lbs
Ultimate goal - 155 lbs
May 1st - 177.2 lbs
May 8th - 175 lbs
May 15th - 175.8 lbs
May 17th - 173 lbs
May 28nd - 173.6 lbs
May 30th - 172.6 lbs
Total loss for May - 4.6 lbs
So close! May was a stellar month for me nonetheless. Thanks to all for the support! It really helped keep me motivated! Hoping June goes just as well. I will be out of the country for 2 weeks, but will have access to a kitchen so am hoping to stay on track. Plus, I won't have my young pup with me so I can make my daily 1-3 mile walks some jogs/runs instead!
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Original starting weight - Not my highest weight since joining MFP, but my highest recent weight was 192.9 lbs on March 1, 2018.
May starting weight - 179
May goal - 174
Ultimate goal - 150 (Perhaps not *ultimate, ultimate* goal, but I would be happy to reach this weight for the first time in a LONG time! 140s would be even more amazing!)
May 1st - 179.0
May 8th - 178.1
May 15th - 177.7
May 22nd - 175.3
May 29th - 178.6
May 31st - 177.7
Total loss for May- 1.3 pounds
Even though I didn't meet my goal for the month of May, I'm able to see how much/how easily a restaurant meal can affect my progress. Nice to see the week-to-week written out this way to drill the point home. As I move into June, I will remember to ONLY eat out for special occasions that I feel are absolutely worth the extra calories/carbs/sodium, knowing that that meal will likely set me back by ~2 weeks. But I'm in this for the long haul, so sometimes there are occasions that are worth it. I know I can't eat 100 perfect meals each month- gotta work on that balance!1 -
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Original starting weight - 241
May starting weight - 199
May goal - 194
Ultimate goal - 160
May 1st - 199
May 5th - 197.8
May 12th - 198
May 19th - 196.4
May 26th - 195.4
May 31st - 195.8 wrong direction again!
Total loss for May - 3.2 lbs
Well I didn’t meet my goal, but at least I lost some! On to June’s challenge.3 -
Original starting weight - 240
May starting weight - 239.6
May goal - 234
Ultimate goal -170
May 1st - 239.6
May 6th -
May 13th -
May 20nd -
May 27th - 236.2
May 31st - 231.8
Total loss for May = 7.8
Stepped on the scale at 5 am. Couldn't believe it. Waited an hour to see if anything else needed "settling". Stepped on again...still there. Whatever caused it I'll take it.
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