SUMMER SLIMDOWN CHALLENGE

This has been a great motivator. Ready for a healthier summer.

Starting Weight: 233 lbs
Last Week: 222 lbs
Current Weight: 219 lbs
Goal Time: 8/31
Goal Weight: 195 lbs

starting weight - 170lbs
current weight - 162lbs
goal weight (by August 30th) - 155
end goal - 150lbs

So down 1lb, that's a start.... I hope to continue as I have been at a plateau for a while now. Way off on check in date but... better late than never!

I agree, plateaus are hard to get over. Here's my plan, maybe it will work for you. I read that American eat their calories at the wrong end of the day. In other words we tend to eat more in the evening and lighter in the morning. I'm working hard to switch that around by eating more of my calories in the morning an throughout the day and less at night. Hopefully, that will give my body time to burn off more naturally. If anyone else has tried this let me know how it worked for you.

Have a great weekend everyone!! Stay focused!!

Denise

End of the week check in:

Starting weight : 212
Last check in: 209.5
Today: 208

I've done some emotional eating this week. One of my sons has just graduated from college and is off to Chicago for work (we live in CA). He is a wonderful cook and has been cooking at dinner time and it has been very difficult for me to not overeat. There is a mix of good food, joy that he is home, and a sense of impending loss that he is soon to move across the country. All of these emotions add to my impulse to EAT!!!

I agree with denisez, evening calories are where I have my biggest challenges. If I can go to bed empty (not hungry, but empty) and do that consistently I will loose weight. But evening is when I emotionally eat. I reward myself for a hard day at work, I nurture myself, I enjoy myself and my family WITH AND THROUGH FOOD! These associations with food are not really helpful and keep me eating when actually, I've had enough calories. So I have to be very conscious in the evening.

What helps for me in this regard is to come home after work, change my clothes, and then sit in my bedroom for about five minutes before going into the kitchen. I connect with what my body is feeling, how hungry I am, how tense my body is, etc. Then I connect with where I'm at emotionally, whether or not I feel stressed, how challenging the day has been etc. Then I just sit with this experience and breathe with it, relaxing the body and feeling through whatever is going on. After about 5 minutes I remind myself about why being fit and lean is important to me and the one's that I love. Then I go out and prepare my food, or eat, if it is prepared already.

That has been a real help to me at night, WHEN I DO IT! Just as often I just go into the kitchen and grab the first thing that I can put into my mouth, as though I'm a starving man who hasn't eaten all day -- which is never the case! If I start my evening meal like that I'm very likely to overeat and go to bed full: Not a good weight loss strategy.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!



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I'm in on this summer challenge too!

Starting weight: 228
Current weight: 221.5
Goal by 8/30: 201.5
Final Goal: 178

Will check back in on thursday. Good luck to all!

starting weight - 170lbs
current weight - 161lbs
goal weight (by August 30th) - 155
end goal - 150lbs

Getting there... turtle approach!!

Me too. And I like it that way. I don't have to be a food Nazi about it. I even have had CAKE (more than once) and still keep losing.

Begining of the Challenge:

Starting Weight (before mfp, even): 192
Today's Weight: 175
Two Months: 165
Ending Goal: 145

Today
Last Week's Weight: 171
Today's Weight: 168.5
Lost 2.5

Unbelievable! Will you send someone to peel me off the ceiling? I am so happy.

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OH, and I did a bit of math. I have lost approximately 1/3 a pound a day for every day I have been trying. In other words, every three days I am a pound smaller, on average. Wooo hooo!!

Thanks. And i just got my F6 hrm and am playing around with it. Who knew that raising 3 boys (16, 11, 5) would be so taxing!

Okay. I just got back from a routine check up at the internal doc's, and I had them check my weight the last time I was in there. I forgot to ask how long, but it has been a while. Buuuut. My records had my weight at 4 pounds heavier than I was when I first started paying attention!!! If I count THAT weight as my heavy weight starting point, I have lost 27.5 pounds!!

Starting Weight (before mfp, even): 192
Today's Weight: 175
Two Months: 165
Ending Goal: 145

I am changing my goal! I am going for Two Months (7/28) to 160!! I think I can make it.

Good morning...Checking in I'm down 4 lb since I started the challenge.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

starting weight 190
current weight 186
goal weight( by August 30) 180
Goal weight 140

Have a GREAT WEEKEND !!!!!!:drinker: :drinker:

Just had to check in today. This new Calorie Shifting and tough workouts is paying off well. I am just so excited and if things continue this well I will shatter my goal.

Starting Weight: 233 lbs
Last Week: 221 lbs
Current Weight: 217 lbs
Goal Time: 8/31
Goal Weight: 195 lbs

Wow! That is really awesome. You should feel great! Congrats!