May 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

Name: Lindsy
Age: 30
Height: 5'2"

Start Weight (1st May): 147.9
Goal Weight (1st June): 140 - an aggressive goal, but I'm going to try!

1st May: 147.9
8th May: 150.3
15th May: 146.4
22nd May: 145.4
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: 1
Weight lost/gained this month: 2.5

Successes/struggles this week: I thought I was eating at maintenance-to-surplus, but I still got a loss. Huh.

Name: Jen
Age: 42
Height: 5' 1"

Start Weight (1st May): 186.4
Goal Weight (1st June): 178.0

1st May: 186.4
8th May: 181.8
15th May: 181.6
22nd May: 181.4
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: 0.4lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: 5.0lbs

Successes/struggles this week: slacked on my workouts at the beginning of the week. Had some family stuff to do and not enough time. But now I know what to do when that happens: do HIIT workouts, small bursts of high energy exercise. Still need to work on a workout plan.
Successes: I woke up every morning, I have a roof over my head, a wonderful husband and great kids, and a job to complain about! And I'm down almost 19 lbs!

Name: Madz
Height: 5'9.5"
Age: 34

Starting Weight (May1): 146.4 lbs
Goal Weight (June1): 142
Final Goal : 134lbs

1st May: 146.4 lbs
8th May: 146.0 lbs
15th May: 146.0 lbs
21st May:144.0 lbs
29th May:
1st June: 142

Loss/gain for the week: -2.0
Loss/gain for the month so far: -2.4

Struggles or successes of your week:
Struggles: keeping cal below goals
Successes:wootwoot! finally! even if i upped my cal intake

Must undo the damage done in April.

Name: Chris
Age: older
Height: 5'7"

Start Weight (1st May): 144.8
Goal Weight (1st June): 136.0
Ultimate Goal: 130.0

1st May: 144.8
8th May: 141.4
15th May: 140.6
22nd May: 139.2
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -1.4
Weight lost/gained this month: -5.6

Successes/struggles this week: Worked hard. Controlled my eating. I'm pretty happy!

Update week 3:

Height: 5'5.5"

Start Weight (1st May): 129.5
Goal Weight (22nd May): 127.5

1st May: 129.5
8th May: 129.0
15th May: 128.0
22nd May: 126.6

Weight lost/gained this week: -1.4 lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: -2.9 lbs

Successes: As I have been getting smaller, I notice I'm not as hungry throughout the day and I stay full longer after I eat dinner which helps reduce the need to snack

Struggles: I feel like I am getting back into old habits - although I am losing, I'm not eating very healthily and I haven't been to the gym in awhile. I've been having a lot going on these past two weeks hindering this.

Overall, I succeeded my goal weight before vacation by almost a full pound!!

Name: Bonnie
Age: 50
Height: 5' 6"

Start Weight (1st May):160.0
Goal Weight (1st June):155.0

1st May:160.0
8th May:158.2
15th May:158.6
22nd May:158.4
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week:-.2
Weight lost/gained this month:1.8

Successes/struggles this week: I have this cycle of overeating on the weekends and then it taking all week to undo the damage so the scale is not moving much at all.

Name: Shannon
Age: 39
Height: 5'0

Start Weight (1st May): 214
Goal Weight (1st June): 207

1st May:
8th May:
15th May: 214
22nd May: 210
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week:
Weight lost/gained this month: So far I've lost 4

Successes/struggles this week: Can't seem to get enough protein in my diet so I end up starving and not satisfied.

Name: Trisha
Age: 49
Height: 5'2"

Start Weight (1st May): 225
Goal Weight (1st June): 215

1st May: 225
8th May: 222
15th May:220
22nd May:218
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week:-2
Weight lost/gained this month:-7

Successes/struggles this week: This past week has been a challenge. We have eaten out 3 different times, one of them was at an Italian Buffet. Tried to load up on salad before I took anything else. Then I focused on "healthy choices," as much as possible. Tried sushi for the first time this week, and had 3 alcoholic drinks this week. So not the best.

I also know that this weekend will be hard - it is a holiday weekend, and we are celebrating my sister's birthday. Trying to really budget calories so that I have some wiggle room.

Name Vale
Age 32
Height 5' 4'

Start Weight (May 1st 70.7 kg ( 155.6lbs )
Goal Weight (June 1st ) 66 kg (145.5 lbs)



1st May: 155.6 lbs (70.7 kg)
8th May: 153.8 lbs (69.8kg)
15th May: 152.7 lbs (69.3 kg )
22nd May: 149 lbs. (67.6 kg)
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -3.7lbs (-1.7kg)
Weight lost/gained this month: - 6.6lbs (3.1kg)

Successes/struggles this week:

Name: Katie
Age: 19
Height: 5'7

Start Weight (1st May): 153
Goal Weight (1st June): 149

1st May: 153
8th May: 152.8
15th May: 153
22nd May: 152
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -1
Weight lost/gained this month: -1

FINALLY.

Name: Jackie
Age: 51
Height: 5'6"

Start Weight (1st May): 177
Goal Weight (1st June): 172

1st May: 177
8th May: 176.5
15th May: 175.5
22nd May: 174.5
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -1
Weight lost/gained this month: -2.5

Successes/struggles this week: It's funny how frustrating it is to watch the scale bounce back and forth a pound over a week. Then I have to remind myself that just a couple weeks ago I was frustrated and 2 pounds heavier. It's going down slowly but surely.

Name: Reyangi
Age: 44
Height: 5'11"

Start Weight (1st May): 278
Goal Weight (1st June): 270

1st May: 278
8th May: 273
Weight lost/gained this week: -5 lbs
Successes/struggles this week: Was able to wear a pair of pants I couldn't fit a couple of weeks ago and had room to spare! Also, noticed my stamina has increased. Got through more than 30 minutes of cardio without stopping or feeling like I was going to pass out. I am however struggling today with my motivation. I found myself contemplating giving up on this journey. I decided to take a body shot so that I would have some point of comparison for the future. Seeing that picture really depressed me. I knew I was out of shape but I didn't realize it was this bad. It just makes my goals seem that much more unattainable.

15th May: 271
Weight lost/gained this week: -2 lbs
Successes/struggles this week: I don't feel like I've had much success this week but I did notice a non-scale victory. My bath towel now fits around my body without any gaps. I struggled this week with motivation to get into the gym. I had great success last week when I was working out twice a day but I just couldn't find it in myself to do more than once a day this week. I feel like my rest day threw me off.

22nd May: 267
Weight lost/gained this week: -4 lbs
Successes/struggles this week: I've surpassed my goal for this challenge. Tom came this week so I struggled with my craving for chocolate and the desire to constantly eat. But I managed to control myself. Still haven't been able to get my 2 workouts per day in but I managed to lose a good amount anyway. Maybe I'll save the 2 times per day for when I hit a plateau.

29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this month: -11 lbs

Name: Jennifer
Age: 36
Height: 5'6.5"

Start Weight (1st May): 164.8
Goal Weight (1st June):

1st May: 164.8
8th May: 165.4
15th May: 163.8
22nd May: 161.4
29th May:
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -3.4 lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: -1

Started a new job this week, so was on my feet more, which probably explains the extra loss. Also, coming off a fast day (IFer), so it'll probably be up some for my Sunday weigh- in.

Name: Charlotte
Age: 52 in may.. ;-)
Height: 173 cm

Start Weight (1st May): 93 kg
Goal Weight (1st June): 90 kg or less

1st May: 93 kg
8th May: 92.1 kg
15th May: 90,9
22nd May: 92,6
29th May:
1st June:

Weightgained this week: 1,7 kg
Weight lostthis month: 0,3 kg

Struggles this week: Being away from my routines is very difficult for me.
Succes this week. My stamina is improved and I was able to do the activities in Prague. We walked many steps in rough country. It was a boost for my confidence. Hopefully the gain is due to water and one day a piece of chocolate dessert. Next week I suspect I will be back at a loss.

Name: Angela
Age: 43
Height: 5'2

Start Weight (1st May): 287
Goal Weight (1st June): 277

1st May: 287
8th May:286.6
15th May: 284
22nd May: 283
29th May
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week:-1
Weight lost/gained this month: -4

Successes/struggles this week: I went to Disney in February. I bought a shirt on the way out of town. It was a 3x and it was to tight when I got home. I wore it yesterday with no issues. Pounds are slowly coming off but so are inches