The juicy July thread

Thought I’d start a July thread, I am feeling motivated today and hoping it continues throughout the month and I can finally start losing!!
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  • amn0619
    amn0619 Posts: 211 Member
    I'd like to join. My goal is maintenance/not too much of a gain the first week of the month since I'm traveling and won't have a scale/will be much harder to assess calories and track. If I can watch my portions, move every day and drink lots of water for this first week I'll be happy and then work on weight loss the rest of the month.

    7/1 - 139.3
  • cayenne_007
    cayenne_007 Posts: 668 Member
    Thanks for starting a July thread! I need all the accountability help I can get.
    5'8" 42 yo
    HW 155
    Current weight 146.4
    July Goal weight 140 (I'd turn cartwheels if I could hit 13? a few times this month)
    Ultimate Goal - 133

    7/1... 146.4
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Sigh, here I am again...
    having trouble losing the 10-15 I need to get back to goal.
    5'8"
    cw 148.4 lb
    gw 132-135 lb

    I've decided to ditch the dairy as I have likely been eating too much of it, although within my macros. I have Celiac disease and when first dx'd I could not eat dairy at all - sensitivities (common with celiacs.) I may be back at that point again since I probably have been overdoing it for a while now.
    Stress is also a continuing factor as I'm still off city patrol due to PTSD - getting therapy tho.
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    Hi all!

    I would love to join. Haven't posted in the longest time but keen to have a good month! It's winter where I am and I've been surprisingly good at keeping at my early morning workouts :) Recently started with SWEAT's Kelsey Wells' PWR 1.0 program so really feeling it! :smiley: As with so many of us I am on track with cals (often significantly under due to getting busy at work) during the week and then fall off/stop tracking over the weekend. This might be due to too large a deficit so I'm upping my calories a bit so I (hopefully) feel less ravenous and unsatisfiable come week end, but still in a deficit obvs. My stats:
    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 57 kg (126 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    1 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1243 cals
  • weatherking2019
    weatherking2019 Posts: 943 Member
    5'2" SW 117 GW 105

    5/30 111.2 22.1%
    6/30 109.4 21.1%
    7/2 109.0 21.4%

    I was on Keto but I've been off ketosis for sometime now. Too much fruits and drinks...
    It's hard not to eat all the yummy goodness, 🍑🍒🍉!!! OMG. I have to get back into that mode. 😫😉
  • larali2
    larali2 Posts: 31 Member

    Age: 39
    Height: 5ft 4in

    July SW 126
    July GW 123

    Goal: No booze (had a 24oz Corona on the first... oops), log all food, exercise and log at least once a day...
  • Agefyter18
    Agefyter18 Posts: 16 Member
    Age 57
    Ht 5'6"
    SW 132
    CW 125
    Need to maintain and BACK OFF THE WINE! A glass while cooking, 1 with dinner, 1 later in the evening. Usually between 4-930 pm. Too many cals.
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    I've had a good start to the month so far :) Aaalmost got pizza for dinner last night but luckily the friends who came over had eaten before coming so I whipped up some quick eggs and avocado on toast. Also was starving while at the shops earlier in the day and grabbed a 100g baggy of tree nuts as a "healthy snack". Literally 580 cals! :o Like, I know this. Nuts are high fat and therefore high cal and just because they're high cal doesn't make them unhealthy at all, it just makes them high cal. But OMG was that number a shocker. Anyway it matters not! Day 3 less go!

    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 57 kg (126 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    1 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1243 cals
    2 July: 5.25 km run & 1475 cals
  • rianneonamission
    rianneonamission Posts: 854 Member
    Excellent thread name @Tryingtogetfitdeb!

    I was bad on holiday, then struggled to get back in a routine after. I have found my routine again now, with the exception of last night when I drank homebrewed cider (hic) and went out for dinner (with wine: more hic). Mind you, impressed that I'm only 1.2lbs up versus yesterday.

    Height: 5'10"
    HW: 183lbs (Fri 24th March 2017)
    SW July: 163.8lbs (1st July weigh in)
    Ultimate goal: Around 150-154lbs
    July goal: Below 162lbs
    July body fat goal: Below 26%

    3rd July: 165lbs - Body fat 26.5% (Moving average 164.9lbs)
    10th July:
    17th July:
    24th July:
    31st July:





  • cayenne_007
    cayenne_007 Posts: 668 Member
    Thanks for starting a July thread! I need all the accountability help I can get.
    5'8" 42 yo
    HW 155
    Current weight 146.4

    July Goal weight 140 (I'd turn cartwheels if I could hit 13? a few times this month)
    Yoga Burn 4x a week
    Do 10 Real Push Ups in a set by the end of the month

    Ultimate Goal - 133

    7/1... 146.4 - Monday on every level possible. Dismal failure with eating and not much exercise.
    7/2... 147.2 - Started 30 min Yoga Burn at lunch, it's a 4 month program. Pretty easy the first day, also did 10 pushups on my knees. Better on food, stayed under 1400 cal. (Even with company)
    7/3... 147.4 - Day 2 of Yoga Burn. Also did 10 Sun Salutations
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    Day 3 went as planned with nothing major to report :) I did go passed the shops again and was starving (again) and opted for jelly sweets instead, high sugar but much lower calories than the nuts. Did make sure to reach my protein goal by adding a protein shake in the morning. The scale hasn't moved at all which is annoying but I'll give it a week at the least before making any changes.

    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 57 kg (126 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    1 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1243 cals
    2 July: 5.25 km run & 1475 cals
    3 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1418 cals
  • l4a_p
    l4a_p Posts: 241 Member
    I'll join in this month, even though I'm expecting this month to go slow since last month went awesome! :) I don't really understand how though, since I had 2 weeks vacation and *really* feared the scale on my return but miracles do exist: I actually managed to hit my first goal (68kg)! So now moving on to the second one (66.8kg) which is supposedly my ideal BMI (21.5).

    I do IF (combined with lowcarb), and that seems to helps me a lot. Love to have trained my body to not get hungry and just use up the fat reserves.

    I also decided to do a no-alcohol month (my big nemesis) because last month was WAY over the top. Hope that will help a bit too. Will be so difficult though!

    5'9" - 176cm
    SW: 159lbs - 72kg (back in May)
    CW: 150lbs - 68kg
    GW: 147lbs - 66,8kg

    4 July: 149,25 - 67.7kg //of to a good start at least
  • l4a_p
    l4a_p Posts: 241 Member
    larali2 wrote: »
    Age: 39
    Height: 5ft 4in

    July SW 126
    July GW 123

    Goal: No booze (had a 24oz Corona on the first... oops), log all food, exercise and log at least once a day...

    Ha I have the same no booze policy (just for this month). I honestly find that harder than eating little! Does this mean I have a problem? :p
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    So far so good :) Happy about my food intake and workouts so far this week, but the week is always wayyy easier than the weekend. We already have our mid-year event at work on Friday night. I will just try and be mindful because tracking accurately will be very hard. Scale is still literally not moving at all ugh :|

    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 57 kg (126 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    1 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1243 cals
    2 July: 5.25 km run & 1475 cals
    3 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1418 cals
    4 July: 5 km run & 1335 cals
  • fit_chickx
    fit_chickx Posts: 569 Member
    Height 5'5" 133
    July GW 128

    July 5th - 133 pounds. Off to the gym. Light cardio and lifting.
    July 8th
    July 12th
  • charlotteddd
    charlotteddd Posts: 148 Member
    Height 5’10” 155 lb
    July GW 151
    July 5th 155 - coming in late to the game

    July non-scale goal: weigh and track every day
  • l4a_p
    l4a_p Posts: 241 Member
    Omg so far for my no-alcohol policy this month... :(
    Went on a date yesterday and he really wanted to share a bottle of wine. My first drink was a mocktail, but then I couldn't resist anymore and joined in... Ended with baileys afterwards and shots :s
    I have officially no willpower.

    I wonder how much the monday weigh-in is going to punish me. To compensate, I'm fasting today though.
  • Agefyter18
    Agefyter18 Posts: 16 Member
    I can't even pretend to have an alcohol free week much less a whole month lol
  • l4a_p
    l4a_p Posts: 241 Member
    5'9" - 176cm
    SW: 159lbs - 72kg (back in May)
    CW: 150lbs - 68kg
    GW: 147lbs - 66,8kg

    4 July: 149,25 - 67.7kg //of to a good start at least
    8 July: 149lbs - 67.6kg //Ok a bit disappointed this morning. Had a really clean week (except friday) and the weekend was excellent! And yet... barely any movement :( Hope I'm not plateau-ing
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    Soooo the weekend.. yeah. Tracked Friday before dinner but didn't track at the function because it was just a bunch of finger foods which are impossible to track and probably sooo calorically dense but ah well, we had a good time. Saturday also started good but then had McDonalds and went to friends' for dinner. I'd guess Friday ended in ~2500 cals and Saturday ~2000 cals. Sunday was on track again though. I even started a new instagram account for my own accountability :blush:All of the social media accountability :p I'll weigh in tomorrow morning. New week less go!

    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 57 kg (126 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    1 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1243 cals
    2 July: 5.25 km run & 1475 cals
    3 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1418 cals
    4 July: 5 km run & 1335 cals
    5 July: strength training & ~2500 cals
    6 July: rest & ~2000 cals
    7 July: strength training and walking the pupper & 1336 cals
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    @l4a_p did you end up fasting yesterday? I've done a couple of 36h fasts recently. Sorry about no scale movement but as long as you're keeping consistent I'm sure the results will come! Sounds like your date was tons of fun! :smiley:
  • l4a_p
    l4a_p Posts: 241 Member
    @RosyDanielle I would have easily but I visited a friend in the evening and she had made a little dessert and was sad I didn't want it.. So I "sacrificed" myself to be nice ;) Will do a full 36h next saturday I think.
    Haha it really was a fun date!
    And I hope I'm just retaining water or something.

    Thanks for the encouragement!
  • amn0619
    amn0619 Posts: 211 Member
    7/1 - 139.3
    7/8 - 142.2. Ahem. I expected to gain a little during vacation but not that much. I really hope that some of this is bloat and I didn't actually gain 3 lbs of fat. As I mentioned when I joined, I will start working on weight loss again this week. So here we go.
  • fit_chickx
    fit_chickx Posts: 569 Member
    Height 5'5" 133
    July GW 128

    July 5th - 133 pounds. Off to the gym. Light cardio and lifting.
    July 8th -132 pounds Survived a weekend BBQ made good choices – Gym this evening. I’ve been mixing up my workouts. Bring on leg day.
    July 12th
    July 15th
    July19th
  • cayenne_007
    cayenne_007 Posts: 668 Member
    Thanks for starting a July thread! I need all the accountability help I can get.
    5'8" 42 yo
    HW 155
    Current weight 146.4

    July Goal weight 140 (I'd turn cartwheels if I could hit 13? a few times this month)
    Yoga Burn 4x a week
    Do 10 Real Push Ups in a set by the end of the month

    Ultimate Goal - 133

    7/1... 146.4 - Monday on every level possible. Dismal failure with eating and not much exercise.
    7/2... 147.2 - Started 30 min Yoga Burn at lunch, it's a 4 month program. Pretty easy the first day, also did 10 pushups on my knees. Better on food, stayed under 1400 cal. (Even with company)
    7/3... 147.4 - Day 2 of Yoga Burn. Also did 10 Sun Salutations
    7/8... 147.4 - Vacation since the 4th, I didn't go absolutely crazy with food - but I definitely wasn't great either. There was some junk food, homemade fudge, lots of mexican food the last 4 days. I did get in lots of walking, so it wasn't a total loss. It's Monday and time to get serious.
  • Go_Deskercise
    Go_Deskercise Posts: 1,630 Member
    Height: 5'4"
    Ultimate goal: 125-130
    Current Weight: 141.4
    July Goal: 135

  • midsummer174627
    midsummer174627 Posts: 386 Member
    Height: 5'5.5
    Current weight: 145.5
    July goal: 142
    Ultimate goal: 135

    7/8: got my salads prepped! Got some adulting done this morning! Survived the holiday/weekend and some crazy heat I'm not used to. Let's do it!
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,068 Member
    Going to join back in now that I'm all moved and settling into my routines and the excuses are few and far between!

    41, 5'7"
    GW: 128-132
    HW: 163
    CW: 153.4
    Loss goal: Average 1 lb/week

    As a side note, due to increased water retention from hot weather sports (aka, drinking a fair bit of sodium/electrolytes on most weekends) my numbers are a bit "off" right now, but tracking my food in my other app and trusting the process! Down from when I moved, so headed the right direction!

    6/27/19: 151.6
    7/4/19: 154.2
    7/11/19:
    7/18/19:
    7/25/19:
  • RosyDanielle
    RosyDanielle Posts: 99 Member
    Started the week with a great early morning strength training session and happy with my meals :) Also, the scaled moved some! Yay!

    164 cm (5'4.6'' (is that right?))
    cw 56.5 kg (124.6 lb)
    (overall) gw 52 kg (115 lb)
    goal for July 55 kg (121 lb)

    Progress:
    8 July: strength training & 1434 cals
  • amn0619
    amn0619 Posts: 211 Member
    7/1 - 139.3
    7/8 - 142.2. Ahem. I expected to gain a little during vacation but not that much. I really hope that some of this is bloat and I didn't actually gain 3 lbs of fat. As I mentioned when I joined, I will start working on weight loss again this week. So here we go.

    ***I weighed again this morning (7/9) and am down to 140.2. So most of that was bloat fortunately! Now I can see what is hopefully my real weight and work down from there.***