Mini Challenge: 10 Pounds by July 4th

kns1988

Weigh in day, and I went in the opposite direction. Womp womp.

Ultimate Starting Weight: 170 (January, post baby)
Challenge Starting Weight (April 22): 146
Challenge Goal Weight: 136
Ultimate Goal Weight: 135

April 29: 145
May 6: 146
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yasiral

Ultimate Starting Weight: 242
Challenge Starting Weight: 231
Challenge Goal Weight: 220
Final Goal: 185
April 26: 231
May 3: 228.6
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Fatgonegirl

Hi,

I joined the challenge early on but haven't had chance to post Friday's result until now

Female 5'4
Age 56
Ultimate Starting Weight: 185
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 135
Goal Weight July 4th: 130lb
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130lb

My aim is to get back to target and then maintain in a range +/- 2lbs. That's so I can try to break the cycle of eating too much them dieting it off again.

April 26: 133
May 3: 132
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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
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I took the past 4 days to eat at maintenance since I needed some sort of break from over 1 year of dieting. Expected the scale to read higher due to increased sodium and more food waste in my system. Back on it today and hoping it won't take too long to get back to 139 lol

ddd120

5'4"/35 yr old female

Ultimate Starting Weight: 157
Challenge Starting Weight on 4/20: 134
Challenge Goal Weight: 128
Final Goal: 125

April 26: 133.4
May 3: 133.8
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chrisssiex23x

Ultimate Starting Weight: 16st 1lbs
Challenge Starting Weight on 26 apirl : 11st 12lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 11st
Final Goal: 125

April 26: 11st 12lbs
May 3: 11st 11lbs
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Gonna have to write this down on a bit paper so when I come to update again. I lost where my last update was to copy lol.

chrisssiex23x

Oh crap my final goal is 9st 7lbs - 10st

andreapickard

Sounds fun!
Ultimate starting weight: 204 in December 2018
Challenge starting weight 188 (5'10 female) on May 8th
Goal Weight July 4th: 175

April 26:188
May 3:188
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I am hypothyroid so my weight loss is a bit slower. I will be happy with 180 by July 4th

XUbelle

Hi there! Joining the challenge for final push to lose last 5lbs before my wedding.

5’4 /32 year old female

Ultimate Starting Weight: 135
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 130
Goal Weight July 4th: 126
Ultimate Goal Weight: 124

April 26:130
May 3:129
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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: 150
May 10: on vacation
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Fatgonegirl

I joined the challenge early on but haven't had chance to post Friday's result until now

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

April 26: 133 (-2lbs)
May 3: - 132 (-1lb, -3lbs))
May 10: -131 (-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.
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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

jlbtnc

I am in, loved the Easter Challenge and met 2 goals for Easter. My first goal to lose 10lbs putting me at 212lbs completed on 3/5 and added a new goal of 201lbs completed on 4/19 by Easter was down to 199.2 I lost a total weight for that challenge of 22.8lbs. So here we go again

Ultimate Starting Weight: 229.0
Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 199.2
I am not setting a goal for this challenge although working on the 10lbs. I have other goals for May and June I am working on.
Goals: May 1st – 195 – (group challenge – 25lbs) completed 5/10
May 17th – 192 (personal goal)
May 14th – 190.9 (according to MFP on 4/9)
June 21st – 189 (group challenge 25.5lbs)
June 3lst – 185 (group challenge)

April 26: 196.8
May 3: 197.6
May 10: 194.8
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brittlb07

Ultimate Starting Weight: 146 (Jan 1)
Challenge Starting Weight (April 20): 127.4
April 26: 127.0 (down 0.4)
May 3: 125.8 (down 1.2)
May 10: 125.2 (down 0.6)
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Challenge Goal Weight: 122.4
Ultimate Goal Weight: 118

Jenna__XoXo

I stuck through the Easter challenge and met my goal so I'm ready to continue with this one as well!
Ultimate Starting Weight: 218
Challenge Starting Weight: 198 (taken April 16th)
Challenge Goal Weight: 188
Ultimate Goal Weight: 160

April 26: 193.8
May 3: 200.4 (not sure if last week's weigh in was not accurate or if I've really gained but this is super discouraging)
May 10: 196.4
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kailaschrimpf

28/5'7"

Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 154.8
Goal Weight July 4th: 144
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140

April 26: 154 (-.8lb)
May 3: 153 (-1lb)
May 10: 151.3 (-1.7lb)
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sassysmom35

Super frustrating to do everything right.. overdo it even and have no progress. Ugh.

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
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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
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Challenge Goal Weight: 180
Ultimate Goal Weight: 175

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.)
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Challenge Goal Weight: 129
Ultimate Goal Weight: 124

FYI I’m 5’5”

benevempress

May 3, 2019 10:45AM
5'10" / 51years
Ultimate Starting Weight: 221.8
Challenge Starting Weight 216.6 (April 22)
April 26: 213.4
May 3: 212.0
May 10: 209.8
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Challenge Goal Weight: 199.8 (under 200!)
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

yuko0407

Quite happy

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!)
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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.
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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
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I really wish weight loss was linear! I hate doing everything right and not seeing any movement on the scale. So then I start to slack off, and the scale finally moves. But then it doesn’t move again for awhile because I’ve been overeating and have to get back on track.

chrisssiex23x

Ultimate Starting Weight: 16st 1lbs
Challenge Starting Weight on 26 apirl : 11st 12lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 11st
Final Goal: 125

April 26: 11st 12lbs
May 3: 11st 11lbs
May 10: 11st 9.8lbs probably go back up tomorrow as I've eaten a bit more today. Day off too
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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
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vegtolose10

Starting Weight: 118lbs
Challenge Starting Weight : 118lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 110lbs

April 26: 117
May 3: 118
May 10: 117
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serinaster

I don't know what am doing wrong. I checked my Libra app and I've only lost 1.5 lbs since I started tracking mid-March. I have set MFP to lose 1lb/wk and at sedentary level. I get 1200 calories and I do eat back my workout calories so I average about 1400 calories per day. I'm wondering if I should up it to lose .5 lbs and see if eating more helps? I do weigh my food too.

Another question, do everybody weight themselves first thing in the AM or stick to the same time? I find I always end up at least 5 lbs heavier in the evenings vs in the morning.

Height 5"3
Ultimate Starting Weight on 1/28/19: 160
Challenge Starting Weight on 5/4: 156.5
Challenge Goal Weight: 145
Final Goal: 135

May 10: 157
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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)
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taxgirl1

@serinaster I usually weigh myself first thing in the morning after I've gone to the bathroom and I think that is what most people do. Weighing yourself at the same time is helps to get an accurate look at your weight loss. As you can see the normal bodily functions that your body goes through while you sleep makes a difference in your scale weight.

Also, weight loss isn't linear, so if you are accurately weighing every single thing that you eat and you are sticking with your calorie goal the weight loss will even out. In addition, things like starting a new exercise program will cause increased water weight and will mask your weight loss on the scale which is why measurements are a better indication of whether you are making progress in losing weight than the scale. Also, your TOM will also have an affect on your weight. Eating more will not increase weight loss.

ddd120

It's been a lot of work just maintaining my weight, but to get the scale to go down? Rrrr! Slow progress it is.

5'4"/35 yr old female

Ultimate Starting Weight: 157
Challenge Starting Weight on 4/20: 134
Challenge Goal Weight: 128
Final Goal: 125

April 26: 133.4
May 3: 133.8
May 10: 132.8
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kschr201

Ultimate Starting Weight: 182
Challenge Starting Weight on 4/20: 142
Challenge Goal Weight: 132
Final Goal: 125

April 26: 140.5
May 3: 142
May 10: 140
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