May 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

Name: Betty
Age: 51
Height: 5' 3"

Start Weight (1st May): 225.6
Goal Weight (1st June): 219

1st May: 225.6
8th May: 224.8
15th May: 225.7
22nd May: 220.2
29th May: 217.5 * I made my goal* Still going!!!
1st June: 214

Weight lost/gained this week: -3.5
Weight lost/gained this month: - 11.6
Successes/struggles this week: exercising (seeing as it has rained almost every day) that includes getting my 10,000 steps in.

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: 263
Weight lost/gained this week: -4 lbs
Successes/struggles this week: I definitely weigh myself too much. I got extremely frustrated after eating right and working my butt off in the gym and the pool last weekend and I wound up gaining 3 lbs. It really bummed me out so on my son's birthday I ate cake, ice cream, and cookies and didn't work out. I didn't even log in what I ate that day. The next day the scale finally moved and the 3 lbs came back off so I got back on track. I find that I'm always frustrated because it doesn't seem like the scale is moving until I log in here and realize how much I've really lost for the week. So my big struggle is staying off the scale. Besides the 4 lbs lost this week I can't think of any other successes.

1st June: 261
I lost 9 lbs more than my goal so I couldn't be happier. I'd call that a successful challenge.

Weight lost/gained this month: -17 lbs

Name: Jenn
Age: 30
Height: 5'5"

Start Weight (1st May): 204.3
Goal Weight (1st June): 198

1st May: 204.3
8th May: 202.5
15th May: 200.6
22nd May: 198.6 ONEDERLAND
29th May: 197.3
1st June:

Weight lost/gained this week: -1.3
Weight lost/gained this month: -7lbs

Successes- continued to log everyday, even though motivation has been slipping alot.

Struggles- I am struggling right now. Ive kept logging and stayed near my calorie goals, but after losing 45lbs since January, i am just now losing momentum and finding myself going over more and more. I hope to fix this in June.

Name: Marina
Age: 22
Height: 5'4"

Start Weight (5th May): 198.8
Goal Weight (1st June): 194.0

5th May: 198.8
9th May: 197.6
16th May: 195.4
24th May: 194.6
30th May: 196.8
1st June: 193.4

Weight lost/gained this week: 1.2
Weight lost/gained this month: 5.4

Name: Cindy
Age: 46
Height: 4’ 11.5”

Start Weight (1st May): 176.9
Goal Weight (1st June): 171.9

1st May: 176.9
8th May: 173.7
15th May: 172.1
22nd May: 170.8
29th May: 170.0
1st June: 169.3

Weight lost/gained this week: -0.7
Weight lost/gained this month: -7.6

Here's June's challenge:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10174342/june-2015-weight-loss-challenge/p1

Name: Chad
Age: 28
Height: 6'

Start Weight (1st May):304 (gained 7lbs 2nd May)
Goal Weight (1st June):284

1st May:304
8th May:303
15th May:302
22nd May:299
29th May:298
1st June:305

Weight lost/gained this week: +7
Weight lost/gained this month:+1

I've struggled more than ever this month...the weekends have been really bad for me.