Mini Challenge: 10 Pounds by July 4th

171lake

Ultimate Starting Weight: 172.6 on 12/1/19
Challenge Starting Weight on 4/19: 152
Challenge Goal Weight: 140
Final Goal: 120

April 19: 152
April 26: 150.4
May 3: on vacation through the 10th
May 10: 153.5 got back today and weighed in the afternoon, will weigh in on Monday to see if any of the gain is water weight
May 13: 150.5
May 17:148.5
May 24: 148.3
May 31: 146.8
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fitbritt128

Ultimate Starting Weight: 149 (Dec. 5, 2018)
Challenge Starting Weight (April 20): 135
April 26: 138 (+3lbs.) Boo to the TOM 👎🏻
May 3: 135.2 (-2.8lbs.) Some of it is water weight, but I’m still happy! 💃🏻🎉
May 10: 136.4 (+1.2lbs.)
May 17: 134.8 (-1.6lbs.)
May 28: 135.8 (+1lb.)
May 31: Vacation
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Challenge Goal Weight: 129
Ultimate Goal Weight: 124

FYI I’m 5’5”

I’m not weighing myself this week since I just got back from Vegas. I didn’t really go overboard while I was there, but I did eat out a few times so I’m sure my weight didn’t go down. I had a blast though!

Jams29

I'm in!
Ultimate Starting Weight: 175
Ultimate Goal: 135
Challenge Starting Weight on April 20: 165.2
Challenge Goal: 155
April 26: 163.0
May 3: 162.2
May 10: 161.8 - not a huge loss, but glad I was able to lose at all. I had a pretty full weekend of calories and it took some extra time to get that weight back down.
May 17: 161.4 - not much loss again, but I've been sick this whole week. Slept most of the time so wasn't as active as normal. Hoping to start next week off healthy.
May 24: 160.8 - slowly but surely... Almost to the 150s!!! That's my goal for next week 😁
May 31: 161.0 - Ok, I can explain. I started TOM this week and Memorial Day Weekend was full of giving in to cravings. I gained about 4 lbs worth of water weight but it reduced quickly. This week WILL be better!
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vegtolose10

Height -5 '1
Challenge Starting Weight: 118 lb

Challenge Goal: 112 lb

April 26:117 -1.0
May 3:118 + 1.0
May 10:117 -1.0
May 17:116 -1.0
May 24:115.5 - 0.5
May 31:115.5 (Same- Patience Patience Patience)
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etherealanwar

Ultimate Starting Weight:200 lbs
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 140 lbs
April 26: 139.2 lbs
May 3: 141.6 lbs
May 10: 142.8 lbs (continued my diet break for another week and scale is really showing it)
May 17: 140.2 lbs (coming back down slowly)
May 24: 137.2 lbs Yay I am happy I am making progress now! I hope the diet break helped with all the hormones and I can burn a bit faster now.
May 31: 136.8 lbs
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lorraineingham4248

Count me in, only started 6 days ago but got to start somewhere 👍

Starting Weight 202.5
Challenge Starting Weight 202.5
Challenge Goal Weight 192
Goal Weight 168

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MichelleSilverleaf

Ultimate Starting Weight: 259lbs
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 212lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 202lbs

April 26: 211lbs
May 3: 212lbs
May 10: 209lbs
May 17: 210lbs? (forgot to weigh in this morning)
May 24: 208lbs
May 31: 205.5lbs
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kmguh

38 yo, 5’7”
Ultimate Starting Weight: 186
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 171
Goal Weight July 4th: 160
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

April 26: 170
May 3: 170
May 10: 168
May 17: 170
May 24: 168
May 31: 167
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Yay for positive (negative!) scale movement!

GW4321

SW: 236 (May 26)
GW: 226
May 31: 235
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sassysmom35

Ultimate Starting Weight: 230
Challenge Starting Weight on 4/20: 181
Challenge Goal Weight: 170
Final Goal: 123ish

April 26: 182.4
May 3: 179.8
May 10: 179.8
May 17: 175.8
May 24: 176.2 Blah
May 31: 174.4 Yay
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taxgirl1

Perfect timing for this challenge since I will be going on a cruise right after this challenge ends.

Ultimate Starting Weight: 237
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 209.8
Goal Weight July 4th: 199
Ultimate Goal Weight: 175?

April 26: 210.0 (+0.2)
May 3: 207.6 (-2.2)
May 10: 208.7 (-1.1)
May 17:208.3 (-1.4)
May 26: 206.1 (-3.7) Missed regular Friday weigh-in becasue I was out of town.
May 31:207.2 (-2.6) I had a feeling that the previous weight was maybe a false low.
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Fatgonegirl

Female 5'4
Ultimate Starting Weight: 13st 3lbs (185lbs)
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 9st 9lbs (135lbs)
Goal Weight July 4th: 9st 4lbs (130lbs)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 9st 4lbs (130lbs)

April 26: 9st 7lbs (133lbs) (-2lbs)
May 3: - 9st 6lbs (132lbs) (-1lb, -3lbs))
May 10: - 9st 5lbs (131lbs) (-1lb, -4lbs) Lost weight but I have gone really off track with eating. I am either crash dieting or eating far too much. I have changed my goal to one of eating consistently and well.
May 17:- 9st 4lbs (130lbs) (-1lb, -5lbs) Maintenance weight. Now to eat well to stall well.
May 24:- 9st 6lbs (132lbs) (+2lbs -3lbs)
May 31:- 9st 5lbs (131lbs) (-1lbs -4lbs) I'm trying really hard not to become hung up on small weight changes of a couple of pounds. As soon as I see the scales move up I panic. I need to be calm and see the bigger picture.
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Goal - To get back to my goal weight I only need to shift the last 5lbs of the 11lb I've put on over the winter. That stubborn 5lb have been so difficult to shift but it's time to see it go! Stop trying to achieve crash weight loss, eat well at maintenance

mirthegeologist

5’4” 36yo
Starting Weight: 155lbs
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 145.6lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 135lbs
Goal Weight: 125(?)

April 26: 145.8 - C25K week 1 completed
May 3: 146 - C25K week 2 completed
May 10: 143.2 - C25K week 3 completed
May 17: 143.0 - C25K week 4 completed
May 24: 140.4 - C25K week 5 complete
June 1: 143.8 - vacation complete, lol
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I’m suspecting this weight is mostly water weight after a day of airline flights and a late salty dinner. I ate at maintenance over my vacation, which was a nice diet break for me. My bigger concern is seeing if I backslid after a week off from running—I’m hoping that I can slog through C25K week 6 without having to go repeat any previous runs.

yuko0407

Female, 5'3", 51 yo
Ultimate Starting Weight: 146.4 (March 25)
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 143.5
Goal Weight July 4th: 133.5
Ultimate Goal Weight: 124-127

April 26: 142.4 (1 pound/week! Hope it will continue this way! )
May 3: 142.4 (sigh!)
May 10: 140.9 (yes!)
May 17: 140.4
May 24: 139.5 ( )
May 31: 137.6 ( ) 2 pounds!
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brittlb07

Ultimate Starting Weight January 1: 146

April 26: 126.6
May 3: 125.8 (down 0.8)
May 10: 125.2 (down 0.6)
May 17: 125.6 (up 0.4)
May 24: 124.8 (down 0.8)
May 31: 123.8 (down 1.0)
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Goal Weight for Challenge: 122
Ultimate Goal Weight: 118-120

johicks

johicks wrote: »

51y, female, 5'1"
Heaviest Weight: 274 (Sep. 2016)
Start Jan 1, 2019: 260
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 259.8
April 28: 260.8; getting refocused after several days of being "off"- again!! GRRRR!
May 05: 253.6; 7.2# loss
May 12: 254.0; +.4#
May 19: 251.4; 2.6# loss
May 26: 250.4; 1.0# loss

Challenge GW: 240
UGW: 150

June 02: 248.8; 1.6# loss

I feel like I need to push myself just a tad more to make sure I hit this goal!

Enos1981

Ultimate Starting Weight: 236 (December 1)
Challenge Starting Weight 192.7 (April 22)
April 26: 193.8 (gained a bit -- water weight? (I hope! :-) )
May 3: 192.6
May 9: 191.4
May 17: ?
May 24: ?
May 31: 188.1
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Challenge Goal Weight: 180
Ultimate Goal Weight: 175

misshealthydoc

27 yo, 5’9”
Ultimate Starting Weight: 150.5
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 150.5
Goal Weight July 4th: 140
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135

April 26: 148
May 3: 147.6
May 10: 147.7
May 17: 147.4 (been some stressful weeks for me, resulted in overeating, but back on track now:)
May 24: 143.8 (very very unexpected to see that, I guess I must have been holding a lot of water the two weeks before)
May 31: 145.2 (thank you TOM)
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msbridgetteanne

36/F, 5'2
Ultimate Starting Weight: 282
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158
Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within my calories for a while after Easter)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 125

April 26: 159.6
May 3: 159.1
May 10: 158.8
May 17: 156.8
May 24: 156.4
May 31: 155.6
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durhammfp

durhammfp wrote: »

durhammfp wrote: »

1) I need to taper to maintenance and do not know where my "final" weight will settle.
2) I met my Easter challenge goal of 165 lbs early, went on two weeks of maintenance, and gained a pound. Ugh. (In my defense I had to attend THREE seders AND a big Easter dinner. That was a very ham-and-wine-intensive weekend.)
3) I will be traveling for three weeks in May so, realistically, may not be able to manage my weight as well as I have at home...but I will sure try.

5'10" and over 50, Male
Ultimate Starting Weight: 202
Challenge Starting Weight (April 29): 166
Goal Range for July 04: 159-163
Ultimate Goal Range: 150-157 (?)

04/29: 166.0
05/08: 166.2 <--Start of vacation
05/19: 165.5
05/29: 167.2 <--End of vacation
05/05: 162.6

I have never experienced such a large whoosh before. And given that I have been tracking just like I did when I lost 35 lbs previously, I should not have lost more than about a pound. So I have to think this is almost all water weight.

I had been eating at maintenance for about 6 weeks prior to 05/29, so now that I am restricting calories again my glycogen may be depleting (though I do not do low carb at all.) Also for about 36 hours of the 48 hours right before I weighed myself last week I was traveling continuously, not sleeping, and eating a lot of salty food... so maybe my water weight was high because of salt/cortisol on 05/29.

Anyway, I don't expect this will happen again.