12 Weeks Till Summer Challenge - 6 Wks To Go!

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BUMPing with my chart for the end of the week.

Starting Weight: 152
Goal Weight: 120
Challenge Goal: 135

3/27: 149
4/3: 152
4/10: 149
4/17: 149
4/24: 147.6
5/1:
5/8: <<<mini goal>>> 142
5/15:
5/22:
5/29:
6/5:
6/12: <<<challenge goal>>> 135

Question: Today was Day 16 of the 30DS for me... it's been a crazy process. I get frustrated with myself when I feel like I just can't keep going, but I force myself to do it anyway. I am building my endurance and toning up my body. I even have a little two pack starting to take shape! All of my clothes are beginning to fall off of me -- I can't explain how good that makes me feel! (I will probably post progress pictures at the end of the 30 days). I am also paying much more attention to what I eat -- eating is my down fall. I will eat too much or too little and I am trying to find my balance. I am starting to be proud of my progress and the little accomplishments on my journey... I am not going to wake up tomorrow with the body I want -- so, I am trying to take it one day at a time. (That's a big deal for someone as impatient as me!)

What is your most recent non-scale victory (NSV)?
I was in need of new clothes since my pants didn't fit without being belted. I now wear a size 12 jeans and a medium t-shirt! This is the smallest I have been since pre-puberty and it's so surreal. reflecting back on these past 6 weeks, it's gone so fast but my habits haven't changed much besides remembering to eat often. I am looking forward to these next 6 weeks for sure and seeing this challenge through until the end. My biggest challenge is getting out of the house because my daughter has been eating a lot lately.
this is my revised chart. I changed my mini goals by a little bit.
Starting Weight: 176.4
Goal Weight: 140


4/21:166.2
4/28:
5/5:
5/12: <<<mini goal>>> 162
5/19:
5/26:
6/2:
6/9: <<<challenge goal>>> 155

Congrats to the week's biggest losers!! Woohoo!!

Thanks Vic!
Once again, you have outdone your self. :flowerforyou:
My NSV this week was running 5K on Saturday. I also weighed this morning ( not an official weight) and I was 153.8. I hope to keep this about the same for the next few days so I can actually post it for this challenge.
Thank you again for starting this thread and challenge!!

Good luck to everyone this week.

CHALLENGE: I officially ended my first 12 week challenge today (from Jan-Easter) and in that time I went from 157.6 lbs to 138.6 lbs and lost 19 lbs! I have noticed though that my rate of loss has decreased. Yesterday I decided that I was going to start zig-zagging my calories. So my plan is to have 1200-1280 NET calories three days in a row and then one day of 1500-1700 NET calories followed by three more days of 1200-1280 and one day of 1500-1700...and continue the pattern for the duration of our challenge. I'll post updates and pictures on my blog (newmeat30.blogspot.com) to track my progress and document my skin "condition".

I am really considering doing this soon too! I will keep track i.e. stalk your blog to see how it goes because I am really curious about how it works. Perhaps I will get to do it once I am out of school for the semester and have time to focus

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Reflection and Change

We are half-way through our challenge. It is a perfect time to refect on how the last 6 weeks have been. Think about the changes that you have made in your life. Have you given it your all? Did you fall off the wagon? Seriously refect on your progress up to this point and decide if there are changes that you need to make. If you are struggling, reach out to someone else in this challenge that has made progress that you admire and ask them how they have done it. If you are making great progress, offer advice to others that seem to be having a hard time. Come up with a game plan for how you are going to succeed over the next 6 weeks of this challenge.


QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is your most recent non-scale victory (NSV)?

Start bragging people! We see your numbers every week....but what have you accomplished that the number on the scale can't tell us?

I have two brags for the past weekend. Yesterday at our family get-together, my brother-in-law called me "skinny." Having someone recognize the hard work always helps me keep going. Also, I had a gift card and went to spend it on some clothes and was able to fit into a size 6 pants. When I started, I was in a size 10, which was tight. I was pretty pumped!

Thanks, Newmeat for your hard work.

Relecting on the last 6 weeks -- my NSV has been in sticking with logging and exercising even though I have been trading pounds back and forth for a few weeks. Although I took a week off from "normal" exercise to clean my house for Easter, I continued to watch what I ate. I experienced my first 1000 calorie burn by mowing the lawn this weekend (2 1/2 hours -- I couldn't quit -- had to get the lawn done before it started raining again!) And I logged Easter dinner before I ate it.

Thank you to all my MFP friends who have kept me on track!

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