30 LB to lose by June/July, anyone else?

Would love to do this with you. Who wants to be the fat girl for the summer?!

I am being serious to lose 32 more pounds by August 3rd my birthday... feel free to add me

I'd love to lose 30 by july! My goal right now is 40 for october (my birthday) so I think I can do 30 for july.

Guilty. Feel free to add me!

I'm in! I've been struggling to really make any sort of dent in my weight loss- I can't seem to get it together, even though I think I'm doing great- the scale isn't so agreeable and it's frustrating! I feel like I've been trying to loose weight most of my life and I am so ready to find out what it feels like to be happy in my skin! Maybe a challenge as such is just what I need! Let's do it! And anyone wanting to add me... please do so! Thanks for starting this and Good luck to everyone!

You should start a group so we can all check in on a board. I belong to another group and the support is awesome! We brag, tag and spur each other on.

Just be careful
It sounds like you may have done this after your baby was born. With breast feeding and all the new baby activities, it makes perfect sense that you dropped the weight

I'm not sure if you lifted weights and did cardio the last time you did this. So, I just wanted to say to be careful. Muscles and the body love food fuel when muscle building and losing weight. If after 2-3 weeks you notice your weight isn't dropping, it's your body way of wanting to hold on to your fat stores because it's thinking you are starving (aka...starvation mode.) If this happens, up your calories to 2000 to get your body working again and to increase your metabolism. Also, know that your body will lose 2 lbs a week at max. Of course, the first week or 2 you may see a big drop from water weightloss and fat loss. But, the body loses 2 pounds a week.
(By the way, my calorie intake was 1400, then 1500, then 1600, now it's 1700. I'm working on eating to my TDEE, which is 1950 calories. I workout 5 days a week and burn 530 calories on average. I am losing 2lbs a week.)
If you want to see my foods, I take pics and instagram everything I eat: http://instagram.com/mila_fit78#

I posted this before some time ago. But, if you want to know how many pounds you'll lose in a certain amount of time. This will help:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/807681-how-to-lose-10-20-30-pounds-in-so-many-months
If you ever wanted to lose 10 pounds in 30 days, or 15 pounds in 50 days or whatever, here's the math I hope this helps those who have a problem understanding and just need the nitty gritty broken down:

The facts:
3,500 calories equals 1 pound.

The math:
Let's say you want to lose 10 pounds in 30 days.
If 3,500 calories equals 1 pound and you need to lose 10 pounds you multiply 3,500 by 10. (3,500 x 10 = 35,000)
• You need to burn 35,000 calories in 30 days. How much is that a day? (35,000 ÷ 30 = 1,166)
• You need a 1,166 calorie deficit a day to make your goal
{Note: If you want to lose 15 pounds in 45 days or 22 pounds in 60 days, just replace the numbers.}

Now that you have that number, figure out how many calories you will be taking in for that 30 day period.
Let's say you decided to take in 1,400 calories a day.
The math here is add the deficit (1,166) to your daily calorie intake 1400: so, (1400 + 1166 = 2,566)
• You need to burn 2,566 calories a day to make your goal.

The great news! People burn TONS of calories a day just by breathing, driving a car, etc.

So, what's next?

Figure out your BMR (basal metabolic rate) so you know what you need to really burn through exercise alone.
Let's say your BMR is 1800. Here is what you need to burn through exercise alone...the math: (2566 - 1800 = 766)
• You would need to burn 766 calories a day through exercise of whatever kind in order to lose 10 pounds in 30 days.

Something to remember:
This is only math and calories. This is not taking into account hard core workouts like high intensity interval training. So, if you go on the treadmill and stayed on it until you burned 766 calories (if that was your end number) you'd lose your 10 pounds in 30 days.

*Weightlifting adds muscle and muscle burns even MORE calories

By the way, for those not familiar with BMR or how to find out yours, My Fitness Pal has a calculator:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator

I'm in! I'm in a wedding in July and my anniversary is July 11th, so I'd love to drop 30+ by then. I've lost 31 in the last 12 weeks.

This is perfect for me! I am totally in!

I want to lose 40 by end of august so im down! thats my wedding. im planning to stick to a 1200 caldiet and do cardio + 30DS + weights. We shoul do a weigh in every week to keep on track