Goals for September....who will join me?

vanessaclarkgbr

No change this week. Blah. Good luck to everyone on their weigh ins :-)

cardbucfan

Dreading my weigh in on Thursday. After all I ate this weekend and the weight lifting I've been doing, the scale is going up! My muscles are really sore so I know they're full of water so I'm gonna chug a ton of water the next 2 days and do a lot of cardio and hopefully I'll at least stay even.

AimingHighWeighingLow

It's only been five days, you don't worry

I am going to weigh myself on day 10, 20 and 30. I can't go a whole month without knowing! I have been working my *kitten* off this month, I burned 1200 calories today through exercise! A regular swim and the 30days shred, at the moment I am retaining water so put on a nearly a pound (I peeked today!) but I am confident this will come off, my body is not used to me drinking so much so is holding it at the moment!

How is everyone else going so far? xxx

melaniecheeks

Day 5 - that's 1/6 of the way through the whole month - or 10 past if you think of it like a clock.

Doing well, resisting temptaion, but tonight will be tough as I'm cooking a special dinner for my fiance's birthday, and I always associate celebrations with alcohol. Wish me luck!

marylandkat

Hello everyone,

Glad to hear of your successes so far. I'm inspired.

Down 3 pounds this week. Yay! Have managed to stay within my calories this week and have increased my H2O.
Feeling great. Seven to go.

I'VE DECIDED...

REWARD: I am treating myself to a deep tissue massage when I reach my goal this month. Ohhhhhh can't wait.

Wishing everyone well,

Kat

melaniecheeks

Past the first week - well done everone!

I whooped ith delight last night in Tesco when I found alcohol-free Chardonnay :drinker:

And scales registered 9 10 this morning (136lbs) so I reckon that's the water weight coming off.

AimingHighWeighingLow

Well unfortunately I put weight on!!! This was because I started 30DS, which I didn't realise would put weight on but help you lose inches. But today I weighed myself and finally 7 days after starting the shred I am back to my starting weight, so hopefully now I will start losing it! But now I have to aim for 3lb a week which isn't healthy, so I am just going to take what ever is given to me.

By the end of the month I will see what this really brings, I have been told time and time again not to worry about what the scales are saying but what my clothes are telling me. I can lose fat and gain muscle be heavier but thinner as muscle takes up less space. I am hoping still to lose weight but 5-6lb would really really please me right now. I do have before photos so will get an after photo.

How is everyone else getting on?

cardbucfan

Ugghh, scale went up .4 lbs. Bad day at cookie town here yesterday! I've got a list of reasons for the scale going up (kids swim meet, hubbys birthday, Labor Day cookout, garden club luncheon -it's their fault about the cookies!) and I've been lifting weights and doing increased strength work so my muscles are sore. That said, I'm hoping this next week will be much better. I'll be able to get my workouts in no problem and other than 3 swim meets have nothing on the schedule that will interfere with my eating healthy. I just have to eat my own dinner before the meets and eat a healthy snack when we get home and stay away from the takeout. Here's to willpower!

marylandkat

Good Morning everyone.
I'm so pleased to say that at this half way mark I am half way to my goal of losing 10 pounds.

I took off 2 lbs. this week, for a total of 5 lbs gone.:laugh:

Today: 206

Start wt: 211
Goal wt. 201

This last week was tough, as I'm trying to eat 75% raw and 25% cooked food. Meaning that 75% of what I ate last week consisted of fruits, veggies, nuts/seeds. That was a challenge for me. I did it though and the scale moving was a nice pay off along with the increased energy, better digestion, and glowing skin.

I'm a little worried about back-sliding. We'll see. I want to stay motivated.

Good luck to all at this half way point.

cardbucfan

Well, life sucks here. The scale went up AGAIN! I'm not liking what this weight lifting thing is doing to the scale. I worked out HARD all week, was under calories and with the amount of sweating I do I don't get how too much sodium could be affecting me. I sweat so much that I look like I just hopped in the pool! Now I have 4 lbs. to lose when I only had 3 when the month started. Very frustrated. Congrats marylandkat on your loss. That's awesome that you are halfway there! Good luck to everybody else.

AimingHighWeighingLow

Very stressed this week, I have so much going on! At the beginning the beginning of the month, because I started the 30DS shred I gained TWO POUNDS! I was not a happy bunny.

But my target goal was to get to 130lb which means I would have to lose 12lb after I put the two pound on! However, I am now at 136lb! So have 6lb to go, it is highly unlikely I will make it, but I am going to get as close to it as possible. In the last week I have lost 4lb so I could do it but I can't push myself into a plateau which is what will happen. 6 more pound though and I will reassess whether I want to lose another 10lb, at the moment I can't see my wanting to get much smaller. My BMI is 23.41 which is within range.

How is everyone else getting on?

songofserenity81

will update with a weigh in in the morning, I cant trust this morning's reading as I barely slept last night . I only sleep properly 3 nights a week right now as I only sleep at home those 3 nights. The other 4 I sleep or try to at my MIL's as she needs someone there 24 hours a day at the mo. The whole not sleeping really throws my weight out of whack so its not going quite as well as it has done previously. I am trying for now to eat back half of my exercise cals, I didnt use to eat any of them back so will see if it makes much of a difference in my rates of loss with being fairly near target.

gratz to all for your dedication in improving yourselves

songofserenity81

current weight 154.2
BF% 30.6

ritajean3

Morning all.

I am pleased to report I have not been able
to go from knee push ups to feet but I have taken the amount I could do and smashed it. I am now doing about 4 different ab exercises and have yet to do sit ups in my routine because they hurt my back.

As my wedding day came I this got a little crazy and I stopped working out. So that goal wasn't met.

Overall I have has a great month and although I failed a lot of things I am looking forward to next month so I can use those failures to push myself further.

I have been around 74.5kg for the passed few weeks

cardbucfan

Well I'm happy to report that as the month is winding down so is the scale! I've had two weeks of losses and am now at 137.4. I was really hoping to be back at 135 by the end of the month but I discovered that I was going over on sodium by tremendous amounts and once I started watching that, the scaled started moving. I'm still lifting weights or doing some form of strength three times a week and I can see more definition in my muscle so I'm happy with how things are. I've also taken the pressure off myself to stay at a "magic number" and as long as I'm under a "magic number" I'm content. Good luck everybody and thanks for letting me join in. I'm hoping that in October, I can continue how I've been doing and maybe that scale will creep down a little bit more but I'm not gonna worry if it doesn't!

marylandkat

Hi guys,

Been away from MFP for about 10 days. Boy does it make a difference!

I ended September with a 5 pound loss. (Yay!)

5 away from my 10 lb goal. Darn.

I'm happy for the five and may just have my massage anyway. : )

Reading your posts really help to let me know that I'm not alone in my quest.

Happy Fall