12 Wks Till Summer Challenge - 8 Wks To Go!!!

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  • sgk0411
    sgk0411 Posts: 105 Member
    i hit this week's mini goal last week but didn't lose this week but slow and steady especially since i'm still nursing. i'm bound and determined to hit 155 by the time mid june rolls around.
  • lolabugs
    lolabugs Posts: 141
    I'm revising my mini goals. When I first set my goals they were based on losing 4 pounds a week. I've been losing, on average, about 2 per week. I'd rather have my mini goals reflect a realistic number rather than cause me to feel like a failure when I don't get close. My official weigh in is Sunday, so I'll repost this with my current weight on Sunday morning. Wish me luck.


    Starting Weight:198
    Current Weight: 178
    Goal Weight: 168
    Ultimate Weight Loss Goal: 140

    3/24: 182
    3/31: 180
    4/7: 178
    4/14: <<<mini goal>>> 176 (Reward for meeting or exceeding mini goal: pedicure)
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 168
  • tethomas73
    tethomas73 Posts: 249 Member
    Did not make my mini goal, but I'm still happy with my result.. 4/14 weigh in was 270.2:smile:
  • sparkle327
    sparkle327 Posts: 98
    I did not hit my mini-goal but I am headed in the right direction. This is the lowest I have been in about 4 years.

    3/17: 139.2
    3/24: 137
    3/31: 137
    4/7: 136.6
    4/14: 136.2<<<mini goal>>> 135
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 132
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal>>>130
  • Irene_1
    Irene_1 Posts: 76 Member
    Starting Weight: 147
    Goal Weight: 138
    5'5"

    3/17: 146.8
    3/24: 145.6
    3/31: 144 - wow I hit my mini goal two weeks early - nice surprise.
    4/7: 142.8 - I just love a weight loss - I think I will celebrate by going to the lake
    4/14: 142.8 - stayed the same
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 140
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal>> 138
  • newmeat30
    newmeat30 Posts: 766 Member
    You are all doing a fantastic job!!! CONGRATS to those of you who have met your first mini-goals!! :drinker:

    Give your self a pat on the back if you got close to your goal! :flowerforyou:

    Don't get frustrated if you didn't meet your first mini-goal. If you are like me and didn't make your goal, reflect on why you didn't make it. Did you do your best...where your goals realistic...are you close to your goal weight...was it TOM? The point is, don't feel like a failure and don't give up!! Be honest with yourself and think about what you can do to be successful. Don't feel ashamed if you decided to change your challenge/mini-goals for the future. :smile: lolabugs said it perfectly, "I'd rather have my mini goals reflect a realistic number rather than cause me to feel like a failure when I don't get close." (amen!)


    *******************************


    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?

    (FYI, anyone is welcome to post a random question of the day. If you've got a question, feel free to ask it.)
  • Carmendu
    Carmendu Posts: 409
    Starting Weight:238
    Goal Weight: 160


    3/17: 238
    3/24: 235.5
    3/31: 233.5
    4/7: 229.7
    4/14: <<<mini goal>>> 233 ---- 229.3 Woohoo I am below my mini goal!!! :)
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 229
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal>>>225
  • newmeat30
    newmeat30 Posts: 766 Member

    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?

    1st hint: I realized that my wedding ring was too tight...my fingers were so swollen at the end of every evening I could barely take my rings off. I purposely left my wedding ring at home because it didn't fit.

    2nd hint: I fell victim to the dreaded foot-in-mouth senario that no one wants to be a part of. At the end of last school year the mom of one of my students congratulated me on being pregnant. :noway: Surprise, surprise...I wasn't! (In her defense I LOOKED pregnant...see my before pics on Page 1 and add 5 more pounds! :laugh: )

    3rd hint: After that I half-heartedly joined a gym. I told my mom about joining a gym at the beginning of this school year. She was very happy for me and confessed that the last time she had seen me (she lives 1000 miles away so we only see each other once a year :cry: ) I had gotten "big". So big in fact that she sent me XL shirts and spanx-like slimming tops for Christmas. (I haven't see her since I was "big" so she will be in for a big surprise when she comes to visit at the end of next month. :laugh:)

    Wake-up call: Finally on my 29th birthday I realized that I had been telling myself for the last 2 years that I would be the "me I wanted to be" by the time I was 30 and I had done NOTHING to accomplish it. I always felt like 30 was the gateway into eternity and if I could look the way I wanted by the age of 30 then I would be able to maintain that for most of my life. I decided that I didn't want to reach 30 feeling like a failure. It was time to stop making excuses and start making changes. That was exactly 4 months ago. I started using MFP on Jan. 2nd and I haven't looked back.
  • luvcookie
    luvcookie Posts: 97
    Well I didnt do as good as I thought this week...only lost 1 lb but I remind myself what Courtney from the Biggest Loser used to say....if your losing then your heading in the right direction :)

    CW - 257
    :)
  • luvcookie
    luvcookie Posts: 97


    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?


    Every year I make a New Years resolution and tell myself im going to lose weight this year but ive never kept it...this year when I weighed myself back in January I was 279 on the scales n i never thought ever i would be this much...I got scared and told myself this is enuff...I can do it,and today I am weighing at 257, when i came back to MFP,I was 262,since then have lost 5 lbs and will continue to stick to it this time :)
  • tinalib
    tinalib Posts: 8 Member
    Staring weight 133
    Current weight 131.6
  • yportia
    yportia Posts: 864 Member
    This was a good week for me. I lost 3.6 pounds after gaining 1.6 last week. Seems my body holds on to the weight one week and the next week it lets it go. Up and down for the past 4 months. Almost made the mini goal - :grumble: - Oh well - I'll take the loss; no matter if it's every other week or not.

    Starting Challenge Weight: 174.6 (Effective March 14, 2011)
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 150 (However Long It Takes)

    3/17: 174.6
    3/24: 175.6
    3/31: 171.2
    4/7: 172.8
    4/14: 169.2 <<< mini goal - 167.8 >>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<< mini goal – 161.0 >>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<< challenge goal – 154.2 >>>
  • madamelaporte
    madamelaporte Posts: 404 Member
    Just finally found my original chart :)



    Challenge Starting Weight: 138
    Goal Weight: 126/127lbs

    3/17: 138
    3/24: 138
    3/31: 137
    4/7: 136
    4/14: 134 :))) Ive met my goal well a little bit better actually :)) <<<136/135lb>>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<131/130lb>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<127/126lb>>>


    Im feeling good after looking at my chart now and seeing that actually I am not doing too badly Really happy that I have met my goal which I remember in the beginning I was doubting myself!!! Here's hoping I can meet my next one!

    Hope you are all doing well :)
  • kcthatsme
    kcthatsme Posts: 5,136 Member
    Starting Weight: 179.8
    Goal Weight: 165

    3/17: 179.8
    3/24: 176.4
    3/31: 175.8
    4/07: 175.0
    4/14: 172.4 <<< mini goal 175.5 MET on 4/01!! >>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/05:
    5/12: <<<old mini goal 171.2/new mini goal 169>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/02:
    6/09: <<<challenge goal 165>>>
  • feliciapeters
    feliciapeters Posts: 525


    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?


    I always said that I "should" but I never really tried. Then my skinny daughter (17) & her BF decided they wanted to join a new gym tha just opened, of course neither has a Credit card. so I put the memberships on mine. Two weeks later they broke up (and a week after that got back together btw) I took HIS name off the membership & but mine on. Since I'm paying for the damn thing for 2 yrs I figured I might as well use it.
  • feliciapeters
    feliciapeters Posts: 525
    I didnt lose anything this week :mad:

    But since I'm only 0.2 away from my mini goal, I decided to still call it a success

    starting weight as of 3/11 201
    goal weight 135

    3/17: 198.8
    3/24: 197.8
    3/31: 195.8
    4/7: 192.2
    4/14:192.2 <<<mini goal:192>>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal: 185>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal:175>>
  • Evarell
    Evarell Posts: 143 Member

    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?

    Pictures of myself. Ugh!
  • neyes67
    neyes67 Posts: 161 Member
    Although I didn't hit my 1st mini goal (1.8 pounds short) I've broken my 1st plateau and have lost almost 10 pounds since my starting weight of 226.6 on 3/13...YAY! :flowerforyou:
    SUMMER HERE I COME! :happy:

    Starting Weight: 226.6 (3/13)
    Goal Weight: 200

    3/17: 223
    3/24: 223
    3/31: 221.4
    4/7: 220.6
    4/14: 216.8 (mini goal - 215 ...1.8 shy but will get there:)
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal - 205>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal - 200>>>
  • moxleymama6
    moxleymama6 Posts: 532 Member
    Congrats yportia! I get the same effect..
    nothing then loss!
  • mjtmorr
    mjtmorr Posts: 75
    I crushed my first mini goal and I am only 1lb from my second, I hope I can keep going at this pace!!

    starting weight as of 3/11 326.4
    goal weight 296
    3/17: 321
    3/24: 318.2
    3/31: 314.4
    4/7: 311.2
    4/14: 307.0 <<<mini goal:316>>> :bigsmile: :drinker:
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal: 306>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal:296>>
  • rachael1221
    rachael1221 Posts: 9
    SW: 165
    Weigh in for 4/15 162.2 :(
    GW for challenge: 150

    Rested up for ms 150 this weekend (150 miles on a bike in 2 days) so I didn't get my cardio in this week. Back at it next week. Hopefully 2 days on a bike will knock off a pound :)
  • janiscurry
    janiscurry Posts: 109
    I'll take it...only .5 lb. off from my mini-goal.


    Starting weight: 137.5 (as of 3/14 - I will weigh in again on 3/17)
    Goal Weight: 125

    3/17 - 138.0
    3/24 - 138.5
    3/31 - 138.0
    4/7 - 134.5
    4/14 - 133.5 <<<mini goal>>> 133
    4/21
    4/28
    5/5
    5/12 <<<mini goal>>>>129
    5/19
    5/26
    6/2
    6/9 <<<mini goal>>>125
  • blueviolet20
    blueviolet20 Posts: 317 Member
    Oofda....weight today was 162.8....that's rough.

    Okay, so don't pay attention to that one. Today is my official weigh in, because I'm at 159.0 pounds! And hopefully out of the 160s forever! Here are my stats:

    Starting Weight: 162
    Goal Weight: 130

    3/17: 161.4
    3/24: 162.2
    3/31: 160.0
    4/7: 160.2
    4/14: 159.0
    4/21:
    4/28: <<<mini goal>>>150
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 147
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal>>> 140
  • SammieGetsFit
    SammieGetsFit Posts: 432 Member
    Starting Weight: 242.6 lbs
    Goal Weight: 199 lbs
    3/17: 242.6
    3/24: 239.2
    3/31: 237.8
    4/7: 234.6
    4/14: 233.2 <<<mini goal 227>>> (Didn't nearly meet this goal, but am not bummed since it was not at all realistic. I just need it to push myself. ^^)
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal 212>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goals 199>>>

    I don't have time at this second to read through everything and look at all the photos and progress, but GREAT JOB EVERYONE!! We're in this together and that's how we'll succeed. :)

    As for my progress, I'm not taking an after picture for 3.2 more pounds, so I'll post my measurements now and the pic then.

    Challenge start: 15.5 in (neck) / 42 in (waist) / 49.5 in (hips)
    4-Week Mark: 15.0 in (neck) / 37 in (waist) / 47.0 in (hips)
    Total Inches Lost: 8

    Good luck group! Keep it up!!!
  • weaziemand
    weaziemand Posts: 83 Member
    I'm happy to say I lost 2 lbs. since my last weigh in and that was being on vacation in Florida. I know I didn't eat as well as I could have but we did a lot of walking. Since Wednesday I've gotten my eating back on track and now I need to work on my exercising.

    It was great to see all of the losses last week. WAY TO GO EVERYONE!!!

    Starting weight: 197.6 (3-10-11)
    Goal Weight: 178.4

    3/17: 196
    3/24: 194.2
    3/31: 193
    4/7: No Weigh In VACATION!!
    4/14: 191 (I missed it by .2) <<<mini goal: 191.2>>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal: 184.8>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal: 178.4>>>
  • flea2449
    flea2449 Posts: 499 Member
    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?


    CW: 180

    I knew I needed to, but it really as for my nieces wedding in April 2010. I started in January 2010. Didn't do as well as I wanted to, so I continued on. I'm still going.
  • LareishaH
    LareishaH Posts: 205 Member
    Back to the 1 pound loss. Hopefully, I will see a big loss next week! Good Luck to everybody...4 weeks down 8 to go!!!

    Starting Weight: 187
    Goal Weight: 165

    3/17: 187
    3/24: 186
    3/31: 184
    4/7: 179
    4/14: 178 <<<180>>>
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<172>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<165>>>
  • LareishaH
    LareishaH Posts: 205 Member

    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?

    Two things that happened concurrently, I was denied individual health insurance because I was considered morbidly obese...WOW...I didn't realize a size 18 was morbidly obese. Also, I went to Miami with my friends and I was so uncomfortable in my swimsuit, but they were just carefree. That month I joined MFP, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made!
  • jen0125
    jen0125 Posts: 53
    Starting Weight: 164
    Goal Weight: 145

    3/17: 164
    3/24: 160.8
    3/31: 158.6
    4/7: 157.4
    4/14: <<<mini goal: 156>>> 155.2
    4/21:
    4/28:
    5/5:
    5/12: <<<mini goal: 150>>>
    5/19:
    5/26:
    6/2:
    6/9: <<<challenge goal: 145>>>

    what made me want to lose weight?? I gained some a few years ago, and then some with each kid. So obviously I want that to be gone. But more so I want to get my binge eating disorder under control before I get full blown diabetes. I knew it would happen one day, but one day is so far away. I ended up with undiagnosed 3rd trimester gestational diabetes and my baby suffered for it after he was born. He is a healthy 4 months now, but "one day" doesn't seem so abstract anymore!
  • sgk0411
    sgk0411 Posts: 105 Member
    Random question of the day: What made you decide to lose weight?
    being 227 when I went into labor was a huge wake up call. I only gained 5 while pregnant but it made me realized, I never want to see the 200's again. I don't want to be the unhealthy mom, i don't want to be the fat mom and I don't want to end up like my own mom who has a multitude of health problems and always feels sick or in pain. I want to run and play with my daughter. right now, I am so close yet so far from my goal but like they say, slow but steady wins the race.
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