August 2015 Weight Loss Challenge
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Name: Mary
Height: 5'9"
Original weight: 337 lbs
Starting weight: 298 lbs
Goal weight: 293 lbs
8/1 : 298
8/8 :
8/15:296.4
8/22:293.6
8/29:
loss/gain for week : 2.8
loss/gain for month: 4.40 -
Name: Krista
Height: 5'5"
Heaviest Weight: 420 lbs
Starting Weight (8/1): 366 lbs (home scale)
Goal Weight (8/31): 355 lbs (home scale
7/31: 366
8/3: 363.4
8/10: 361.6 Went out looking hot and fit into the bra I wore at my wedding
8/17: 359.6 Official weigh in at dr office - down 53 lbs! woot woot
8/22: 355.6
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: 4 LBS - my doctor office visit was pretty inspiring to really work the plan.
Loss/gain for the month: 10.4 down - almost at my monthly goal with 9 days. would like to revise goal to 351
Struggles or successes of your week:
Good week - tried some new meals to mix things up - upped my exercise to 30-35 min
Exercise goals: 20+ minutes cardio 6x per week.0 -
Name: Shelley
Height: 5'9"
Original Starting Weight: 347.8 lbs
Starting Weight (8/4): 347.8 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 335 lbs
8/8: 341
8/17: 343
8/22: 338.6
8/29:
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: - 4.4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: - 9.2 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week:
Success: I had a setback last week because I wasn't as careful with my meals and gained 2 pounds. This week I resisted temptation and went for the healthy options instead of the quick ones. On Wednesday I was out @ Target and was extremely hungry. I had missed my dinner and was facing an hour drive home. I was really tempted to grab a bag of chips or cookies from target to tide me over. Instead I headed for their produce section and got a bag of apple slices and some carrot juice for the drive. Now I've glad to be under 340 again. Small win for me!
Struggles: I have been struggling with incorporating exercise into my routine on a regular basis.
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Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest known weight: 409
Starting Weight (Jan., 2015): 402
Starting Weight (8/2): 310 lbs
Goal Weight (8/30): 299
8/2: 310
8/9: 306
8/16: 303
8/23: 297
8/30:
Loss/gain for the week: 6.0 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 13.0 lbs
Struggles: I'm on vacation this week with very little exercise and a lot of meals in restaurants.
Successes: I've been very diligent about tracking my food and staying within my macros. It's definitely paid off!0 -
MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest known weight: 409
Starting Weight (Jan., 2015): 402
Starting Weight (8/2): 310 lbs
Goal Weight (8/30): 299
8/2: 310
8/9: 306
8/16: 303
8/23: 297
8/30:
Loss/gain for the week: 6.0 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 13.0 lbs
Struggles: I'm on vacation this week with very little exercise and a lot of meals in restaurants.
Successes: I've been very diligent about tracking my food and staying within my macros. It's definitely paid off!
Congratulations on hitting your goal!
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purplesis8 wrote: »MimiOfTheLusciousLawn wrote: »Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest known weight: 409
Starting Weight (Jan., 2015): 402
Starting Weight (8/2): 310 lbs
Goal Weight (8/30): 299
8/2: 310
8/9: 306
8/16: 303
8/23: 297
8/30:
Loss/gain for the week: 6.0 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 13.0 lbs
Struggles: I'm on vacation this week with very little exercise and a lot of meals in restaurants.
Successes: I've been very diligent about tracking my food and staying within my macros. It's definitely paid off!
Congratulations on hitting your goal!
Oh hey, thanks! I didn't even realize that, I was so excited to be under 300!0 -
Name: Ted
Height: 5'11"
Heaviest Weight: 395 lbs
Starting Weight (7/31): 325.0 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 315 lbs
7/31: 325.0
8/3: 322.0
8/10: 324.0
8/17: 323.8
8/24: 327.2
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: +3.4
Loss/gain for the month: +2.2
Struggles or successes of your week: Lots of stress eating! One week to at least get back to the beginning weight.
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Name: Jeanne
Height: 5'7
Starting Weight (7/27): 310
Goal Weight (8/31): 290
7/27: 310.0
8/3: 300.4
8/10: 296.7
8/17: 292.2
8/24: 290.9
8/31:
Weekly Loss/Gain: -1.3 lbs
Monthly Loss/Gain: -19.1 lbs
Success or Struggles of the week: My weight stayed at 292.2 exactly for 5 days straight, then the last 2 days it came off in tiny increments. Not sure why its starting to stall out this early, but I hope it does not keep happening!0 -
Name: Bella
Height: 5'6"
Original Weight: 344lbs
Starting Weight: 334lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 329lbs
7/31: 334lbs
8/3: 333lbs
8/10: 332.8lbs
8/17: 334 lbs
8/24: 333.2
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: -0.8lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -0.8 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: Doubtful I'll reach my goal this month, but hopeful I will for next month.0 -
Name: Jen
Height: 5'10"
Heaviest Weight : 355
Starting Weight (7/30): 314.6 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 305 lbs
7/30: 314.6
8/5: 309.6
8/12: 309.0
8/19: 303.8
8/26: 307.8
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: +4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -6.8 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: Very disheartening. Even knowing it's mostly water weight from too much salt, it's hard to be sensible about it.0 -
Name: Mary
Height: 5'9"
Original weight: 337 lbs
Starting weight: 298 lbs
Goal weight: 293 lbs
8/1 : 298
8/8 :
8/15: 296.4
8/22: 293.6
8/28: 291.0
loss/gain for week : 2.6
loss/gain for month: 7.0
total loss : 46.50 -
Name: Lyn
Height: 5'2"
Original Starting Weight: 316
Starting Weight (7/31): 287.2 lbs
Goal Weight (8/28): 275 lbs
7/31: 287.2
8/7: 287.4
8/14: 287.6
8/21: 284.4
8/28: 283.5
Loss/gain for the week: -0.9
Loss/gain for the month: -3.7
Struggles or successes of your week:
Week 1: Gained over the weekend but managed to get most of it back off. Drinking all my water and have successfully doubled my workout.
Week 2: Had to back off my workout.
Week 3: Not sure what is going on.
Week 4: Okay. My workout is still at 30 minutes but feels good so I'm sticking with that for a while. Guess my body was adjusting because I'm not doing anything different and have started losing again. Gotta stay positive.
Week 5: A little loss. At least it's going in the right direction.0 -
Name: Candylilacs
Height: 5'7.5"
Original Starting Weight: 316
Start Weight: (7/31) 287
Goal Weight:(8/29) 278
7/31: 287
8/07:287
8/14: 285
8/21: 284
8/28: 280
Week 1: To manage to work out.
Week 2: To manage to work out.
Week 3: To manage to work out three times.
Week 4: To manage to work out three times.
Week 5: I have now 5 times (I pick out the scale at your gym! )
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Name: Matt
Height: 6'3"
Original Weight (12/26/14): 360.0
Starting Weight (7/30): 274.6 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 260.0 lbs Approx. 3lbs/wk
7/30: 274.6
8/6: 272.8
8/13: 268.2
8/20: 265.8
8/29: 262.4
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: 3.4 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 12.2 lbs
Total Loss (since 12/26): 97.6 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week:
My weigh in on Thursday was high, and my spreadsheet showed that I should have been showing more loss. I suspect that my body was holding onto water after quite a bit of exertion the previous few days. Reweighed this morning, and saw closer to what I was expecting.
Still pushing hard, but don't think I'll be able to hit 100 lbs. down by my birthday (Sep. 3).
Month to Date Exercise (Monthly Goal):
Cycling - 0.0 miles (100 Miles)
Jogging/Running - 26.3 miles (25 Miles)
Hiking - 9.7 Miles & 1,350' elev. climb(0 Miles)
Total - 36.0 miles (125 Miles)
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Name: Cheesy
Height: 5'10"
Heaviest weight: 330 lbs
MFP Start Weight (5/26): 318 lbs
Aug 1st weight (7/31): 284.8 lbs
Goal Weight (8/28): 277 lbs
7/31: 284.8
8/7: 287.4
8/14: 282.6
8/21: 282.8
8/28: 285.4
Loss/gain for the week: +2.6
Loss/gain for the month: +0.6
Struggles or successes of your week: ongoing medical issues. Started a different treatment, called plasmapheresis. It's similar to dialysis, they remove the blood, spin it down, return the cells to me along with albumin. I don't have my home scale for daily weights, but I'm guessing there's some fluid shift. Two treatments so far, three to go. Some mild improvements in symptoms are giving me hope!
I've been stress eating, too. Not staying as low-carb as usual, and some days are well over calorie goal. Buckling down this weekend as best as I can being *way* outside my routine.
Just keep floating, right?
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Struggles or successes of your week: ongoing medical issues. Started a different treatment, called plasmapheresis. It's similar to dialysis, they remove the blood, spin it down, return the cells to me along with albumin. I don't have my home scale for daily weights, but I'm guessing there's some fluid shift. Two treatments so far, three to go. Some mild improvements in symptoms are giving me hope!
I've been stress eating, too. Not staying as low-carb as usual, and some days are well over calorie goal. Buckling down this weekend as best as I can being *way* outside my routine.
Just keep floating, right?
I'd agree with the water weight, you'd have had to eat a very large amount of food to put on 2.6 lbs this week.
Floating's good, I hear stress is afraid of water; also "we'll float on, good news is on the way."0 -
Struggles or successes of your week: ongoing medical issues. Started a different treatment, called plasmapheresis. It's similar to dialysis, they remove the blood, spin it down, return the cells to me along with albumin. I don't have my home scale for daily weights, but I'm guessing there's some fluid shift. Two treatments so far, three to go. Some mild improvements in symptoms are giving me hope!
I've been stress eating, too. Not staying as low-carb as usual, and some days are well over calorie goal. Buckling down this weekend as best as I can being *way* outside my routine.
Just keep floating, right?
I'd agree with the water weight, you'd have had to eat a very large amount of food to put on 2.6 lbs this week.
Floating's good, I hear stress is afraid of water; also "we'll float on, good news is on the way."
Thanks Matt
And I'm willing to bet money that you'll hit your goal by Thursday!0 -
Name: Mimi
Height: 6'0"
Highest known weight: 409
Starting Weight (Jan., 2015): 402
Starting Weight (8/2): 310 lbs
Goal Weight (8/30): 299
8/2: 310
8/9: 306
8/16: 303
8/23: 297
8/30: 295
Loss/gain for the week: 2.0 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: 15.0 lbs
Successes/Struggles: Just made it home this evening from 12 days of vacation. I made it through with little to no damage and managed losses both weeks! One more trip this weekend then finally back to normal routine!0 -
Name: Shelley
Height: 5'9"
Original Starting Weight: 347.8 lbs
Starting Weight (8/4): 347.8 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 335 lbs
8/8: 341
8/17: 343
8/22: 338.6
8/29: 335.8
8/31:
Loss/gain for the week: - 2.8 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: - 12.0 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week:
Successes: I finally started incorporating exercise into my routine and bought some dumbbells. I have also managed to stay under my calorie goals for the week.
Struggles: This week has been extremely difficult. On Thursday the island of Dominica where I was born was devastated by Tropical Storm Erika. I've been staying up late every night since then to follow the news on Facebook and the local radio stations. I'm also part of a nonprofit group that's started relief efforts from the US. So everyday since Friday has been devoted to getting the Donation campaign started. With everything that has been going on I haven't prepped my meals nor gone grocery shopping like I should. It's hard to focus on myself when so many families are in need and people have lost loved ones. I did a little stress eating this week and I know I don't want to lose all of the progress I've made this month. Hopefully next week I'll be able to strike a better balance.0 -
Name: Jen
Height: 5'10"
Heaviest Weight : 355
Starting Weight (7/30): 314.6 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 305 lbs
7/30: 314.6
8/5: 309.6
8/12: 309.0
8/19: 303.8
8/26: 307.8
8/31: 304.0
Loss/gain for the week: -3.8 lbs
Loss/gain for the month: -10.6 lbs
Struggles or successes of your week: Now that the first excitement of losing weight has passed I'm having trouble stopping eating in the evening. On the plus side: exercise has already become a habit.0 -
Name: Ted
Height: 5'11"
Heaviest Weight: 395 lbs
Starting Weight (7/31): 325.0 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 315 lbs
7/31: 325.0
8/3: 322.0
8/10: 324.0
8/17: 323.8
8/24: 327.2
8/31: 324.6
Loss/gain for the week: -2.6
Loss/gain for the month: -0.4
Struggles or successes of your week: Got back to making this a successful month but just barely, better than a gain for the month though.
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Name: Jeanne
Height: 5'7
Starting Weight (7/27): 310
Goal Weight (8/31): 290
7/27: 310.0
8/3: 300.4
8/10: 296.7
8/17: 292.2
8/24: 290.9
8/31: 288.7
Weekly Loss/Gain: -2.2 lbs
Monthly Loss/Gain: -21.3 lbs
Success or Struggles of the week: Hit my goal! I really think adding in the exercise has helped a lot.0 -
August 17, 2015 9:55AM
Name: Samantha
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight (7/04): 313.20 lbs
August Starting Weight: 307.8
Goal Weight (8/31): 299.9 lbs Approx. 2lbs/wk (Would love to visit the two hundreds again.)
8/1:307.8 lb.
8/8: 306.6
8/15:306.2
8/22: 304.0
8/29: 305.0
Loss/gain for the week: 1.0 lb gain
Loss/gain for the month: 2.8 lb
Struggles or successes of your week: Too many temptations at work and other. Arg. Couldn't resist. Alas, starting anew this week and the beginning of the new month.0 -
Name: Shelley
Height: 5'9"
Original Starting Weight: 347.8 lbs
Starting Weight (8/4): 347.8 lbs
Goal Weight (8/31): 335 lbs
8/8: 341
8/17: 343
8/22: 338.6
8/29: 335.8
8/31: 334.8
Loss/gain for the month: - 13.0 lbs0 -
Name: Krista
Height: 5'5"
Heaviest Weight: 420 lbs
Starting Weight (8/1): 366 lbs (home scale)
Goal Weight (8/31): 355 lbs (home scale
7/31: 366
8/3: 363.4
8/10: 361.6 Went out looking hot and fit into the bra I wore at my wedding
8/17: 359.6 Official weigh in at dr office - down 53 lbs! woot woot
8/22: 355.6
8/31: 351.8
Loss/gain for the week: 4 LBS - my doctor office visit was pretty inspiring to really work the plan.
Loss/gain for the month: 14.2 - Yeah me!
Struggles or successes of your week:
Good week - tried some new meals to mix things up - upped my exercise to 30-35 min
Exercise goals: 20+ minutes cardio 6x per week.0
