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Spring Into a New You (May 2022 Challenge)

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  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/12 - 157.4

    I'm going to stop eating back my exercise calories. I just gain, so what is the point of even exercising? Sorry, I'm just feeling sorry for myself. I know...KCKO. Have a good Friday's Eve!
  • offitgoes
    offitgoes Posts: 755 Member
    Really struggling to get back into a routine. Vacation and than kidney stone. Still have not passed the stone, but I am in no pain, so I think the worst is in the past. Maybe it did pass, IDK The one great thing is my appetite is pretty much gone. Down to 153.4 lbs. Taking advantage of this and eating very low carb!
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    5/11/22

    1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 80
    2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). Yoga
    3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Had some roasted veggies and half a small sweet potato with dinner.

    Weight is still the same. I guess I could try reducing my calories but it's going to make me very sad as I'm currently eating to lose about a pound per week. I like to eat and don't want a deep deficit.
  • tishsmith101
    tishsmith101 Posts: 1,787 Member
    For Pete's sake I'm back up to 166 this morning. Apparently when the weather gets really warm I eat more? So dumb. Gotta get a handle on that or this month will suck the life out of my motivation and goals. When making my meal plan tonight for grocery shopping, I need to include specific breakfast, lunch and snack options leaving no room for deviation for the week. Sometimes I need to self impose rigid enforcement to get past the carb creep desire. Rant over.
  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/13 - 156.8
    Well, I guess we will be hanging around at this spot for now. Tish, I tend to eat more in the summer too. Or want to eat more, which absolutely makes no sense! We are supposed to eat more in the winter months!
    I have nothing going on this weekend, so I need to make sure I get some movement in. Since I can't find anyone to go hiking with, maybe it's time I just go it alone.
    Happy Friday the 13th!! Make it count!! Get your hockey masks and get your Jason on! >:)
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    5/12/22

    1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 58
    2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). Strength training. Goal met.
    3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Blackberries with breakfast and a salad for dinner.

    We're supposed to go to a friend's for dinner and drinks Saturday so I'll probably enjoy myself but try to limit my portions.
  • offitgoes
    offitgoes Posts: 755 Member
    Getting back into an exercise routine. Worked legs yesterday and sore today - but a good sore. Today is arms and cardio. The dog will be excited to get out to see some squirrels.
  • taylok23
    taylok23 Posts: 836 Member
    5/10-5/13
    I’m still doing the things and staying active. Food could be better so I’ll be focusing on that next week while going into the office a couple of days. That will require planning but keeps me out of the kitchen! Enjoy the nicer weather!
  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/15 - 163.4

    Massive gain! And I have the aches and pains to prove it! I could barely walk last night. Today is a little bit better. Tomorrow will be even better. Ate more in carbs again, and I feel bloated. Upping my water intake today, and we'll see what happens tomorrow. Oh, and the hike was GREAT! I got lost, but that is my usual MO. I was about 5 miles south of where I was supposed to be. But I saw a beautiful pond and lots of little critters including a 16" garter snake who posed prettily for me! I can't wait to go again!
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 44,847 Member
    Good Morning All ... I am doing great and hope you all are too ... I have been walking my 3 days a week and doing my Piyo dvds 2 days a week ..my food as been on point ... and I have exciting news about my weight ... I hit the 1's this past Friday .. I am now 198 ...I have not been in the 1's since 2008/2009 when I lost 78 lbs on here ...I am over the moon :)
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    Glad to be back and Thank you @baconslave for this thread. Great support here!
    Mary from Pennsylvania 65 now, Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(

    UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

    My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. For challenges my official weigh in day is Sunday. I weigh daily.

    9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
    5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
    5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
    6/1/21-228.8 lbs
    7/1/21-222.2 lbs
    8/1/21-212.0 lbs
    9/1/21-200.0 lbs
    10/1/21-191.4 lbs
    11/1/21-181.8 lbs
    12/1/21-176.2 lbs
    1/1/22-168 lbs
    2/1/22-157.4 lbs
    3/1/22-155 lbs 100 lbs lost of 133 lb goal
    4/1/22-156.4 lbs
    5/1/22- 158.8 lbs

    5/1/22-158.8 lbs. :-( I can't believe this with all the Elliptical miles Friday, yesterday and stayed way under calories for what I was allotted. Has to be water weight retention. Hoping for a whoosh soon. Did Elliptical 300 minutes for 22.3 miles in first session and 54 minutes for 4.2 miles for 26.5 miles total today. Hopefully that gets me heading downward again. (Did long times on Friday 228 minutes and Saturday 240 minutes too.)
    5/8/22- 148 lbs :-) So glad for the whoosh of mainly water weight finally off from my OK trip! Still doing long elliptical hours on my off work days.

    5/15/22- 159.6 lbs. Well a short lived whoosh! I know its mainly water weight. Had more carbs the last 2 dinners than my usual. Glad I didn't hit the 160's! Elliptical today 130 minutes for 10 miles.


  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    5/13-5/15/22

    1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 80-119-73
    2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). HIIT workout video Friday
    3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Some roasted veggies and berries Friday. Some squash and tomatoes Saturday. Salad, green beans, and broccoli Sunday.

    Well carbs weren't the worst they could've been Saturday but with a little more discretion they could have stayed within my goal, actually minus fiber and sugar alcohols they probably were just under but I could have done better. My calories were way out of bounds. Too many hard seltzers. I don't regret the good food but I do hate drinking my calories.
  • offitgoes
    offitgoes Posts: 755 Member
    edited May 2022
    Good morning! Happy Monday. Cooling temperatures here. Scale at 154.6 Weekend is usually where I eat too much but I managed to keep eating under control and had a 4 mile walk on Sunday. Today is Cardio. This weeks goal is to establish a better sleep routine.
  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/16 - 162.4
    On the way back down. Still very sore, but I can walk without limping...much. Hopefully tomorrow my weight will be down even more.
  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/17 - 161.8

    It truly boggles my mind on how quickly we can gain the water weight, but also how slowly it will come back off! Oh well, KCKO!
  • tishsmith101
    tishsmith101 Posts: 1,787 Member
    @NYPhotographer2021 right there with ya sister!
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    5/16/22

    1. Carbs 50-100 per day.63
    2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). rest
    3. Eat more veggies and some fruit.Salad and steamed veggies with dinner.

    Weight bounced up a bit from my overindulgences on Saturday. I've been low energy this week and overwhelmed at work so I'm lagging on my workouts.
  • NYPhotographer2021
    NYPhotographer2021 Posts: 510 Member
    5/18 - 160.8

    I had another First Date last night. It went well. Not sure if he is the ONE, but he'd make a nice friend. Time will tell, I guess.
    Tonight's line dancing so looking forward to that! We learned a new dance last week, and I doubt I will ever get it! LOL! My weight is still so very slowly coming back down. Every time I've exerted my self, my weight has gone up. Now I understand the science of it, but it really makes me wonder about the benefits of exercise! I've gone 6-7 months without exercising and was losing weight fairly steady. Up to 10 pounds a month. Just by diet alone. Then I start finally exercising more, and my weight stalls, or goes up even though I'm eating basically the same. You read about people in the forums saying how they are watching what they are eating, working out for an hour or more, and can't lose weight. I feel like telling them to stop exercising! LOL!
    Anyway, have a great Hump Day!
  • tishsmith101
    tishsmith101 Posts: 1,787 Member
    SW 164
    CW 165 (down from 167.5 Sunday)
    May GW 159

    Back to logging faithfully, getting daily activity and some meal prep. Those are my basics and they work. Makes me wonder why I ever stray from them. In any event, hubby has been willing to go for walks in our neighborhood after dinner, very helpful!

    We are camping this weekend and will be HOT so keeping cool and eating right will be the priority. I'm hoping to get my bike out of the garage today, looking forward to some long rides.

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