August 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

Name: Kirsten
Age: 38
Height: 5'4.5"

Start Weight (1st August): 232.2
Goal Weight (1st September): 228.2

1st August: 232.2
8th August: 230.2
15th August: 229.2
22nd August: 227.8
29th August: 228.6
1st September:228.2

Weight lost/gained this week: +.4 lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: -4 lbs

Successes/struggles this week: Tough week this week. I had some backsliding with my nutrition and I stepped up my training for the 10k I'm running in October. Some of that is probably water weight, but, all-in-all, I still hit my goal. I'm going to try and kick a little butt in September.

Name: Jess
Age: 30
Height: 5'8"

Start Weight (1st August): 275
Goal Weight (1st September): 267

1st August: 275
8th August:271
15th August:267.8
25nd August: 263.4
29th August: 266.4
1st September:

Weight lost/gained this week:+3.0
Weight loss for the month: -8.6

Struggles: I ended the month with a weight gain this week, but I'm pretty sure I know where I went wrong. Getting sick, and not eating anything for three days really put my eating habits to the test. Although I gained, I'm still happy that I got to my goal for the month. I look forward to the next challenge!!

Name: Katie
Age: 19
Height: 5'7

Start Weight (1st August): 149
Goal Weight (1st September): 147

1st August: 149
8th August: 147
15th August: 148
22nd August: 146
29th August: 146
31st August: 145

Weight lost/gained this week: 0
Weight lost/gained this month: -4

Successes/struggles this week: I did way better this month than I thought I would, especially with moving house! Here's to September and reaching goal weight by the end of October

Name: Kim
Age: 47
Height: 5' 4"

Start Weight (1st August): 231
Goal Weight (1st September):226

1st August: 231
8th August:230
15th August:228
22nd August:228
29th August:227
1st September:

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

Successes/struggles this week: I have continued to walk everyday. And I've been using my elliptical very often, with the goal of hitting 15000+ steps every day on my Fitbit. I'm also continuing to do the HIIT kettlebell video at least 3 times per week. Struggling to check in regularly. This week has been tough because my mother-in-law is visiting & she likes to eat out. I've made healthy choices overall & kept portion sizes reasonable & logged everything. And she leaves tomorrow! :-)

Name: Minato
Age: 27
Height: 159 cm

Start Weight (1st August): 80.5 kg
Goal Weight (1st September): 79 kg

1st August: 80.5 kg
6th August: 79.6 kg
16th August: 80.5 kg
22nd August: 78.6 kg
29th August: 78.5 kg
1st September: 78.1 kg

Weight lost/gained this week: .5 kg
Weight lost/gained this month: 2.4 kg

Successes/struggles this week: So close to my usual goal of -2.5! I set my goal at -1.5 for this month, so I can't really complain, but I'm still a bit surprised I did so well.

I've been feeling a bit unmotivated for the past week or so. I think around Sunday, I started really getting back into the swing of things, but it's been difficult since I got back from vacation. Hopefully, I can continue to be as consistent as I have been the past few days.

I'm starting to be able to wear clothes that I haven't in quite some time. Also, I had a run on this site where I was pretty successful. The lowest my weight got was 78.9 kg. I'm now almost 1 kg lighter than that and I've lost almost twice the weight. (I gained more than my original weight after I quit.) I'm hoping things continue to go well for me.

In my previous run, this was about the point where I quit. So I'm kinda wary right around now. I'm hoping I don't end up slacking off or quitting. That's why last week was so frustrating for me. But I think I'm getting back on track, now, and hopefully, I can continue with success.

Over all, I'd consider this a successful month for myself

Name: Chuck
Age: 36
Height: 6.4

Start Weight (1st August): 395.4
Goal Weight (1st September): 380.0

1st August: 395.4
8th August: 389.3
15th August: 383.1
22nd August: 379.2
29th August: 377.6
1st September: 375.7

Weight lost/gained this week: -3.5
Weight lost/gained this month:

Successes/struggles this week: Was a good month, with a total loss of 20.7 lbs

Name: John
Height: 5'6"
Age: 50
Country: Canada
Starting Weight 01-08: 138.6 lbs ( 62.87 kg )
Goal Weight 01-08: 135 lbs (61.234 kg )
Final Goal : 135 lbs ( 61.234 kg)

01-08: 138.6 lbs ( 62.87 kg )
08-08: 136.4lbs ( 61.87 kkg )
15-08: 137.8 lbs ( 62.37 kg )
22-08: 134.6 lbs (61.01 kg )
29-08: 135.8 lbs ( 61.6 kg )
01-09: 135 lbs ( 61.234 kg)

Loss for the week: 0.8 lbs ( 0.36 kg )
Loss for the month so far: 3.6 lbs ( 1.63 kg )

Struggles or successes of your week:
Struggles :
Successes: Made it back to 135!!!!!!!

Name: Jolene
Age:35
Height: 5'7"

Start Weight (1st August):296.5
Goal Weight (1st September): 286

1st August: 296.5
8th August: 295.0
15th August: 293.0
22nd August:293.5
29th August:291.0
1st September: 291.0

Weight lost/gained this week: 0
Weight lost/gained this month: -5.5

Successes/struggles this week: I ended the month on a positive note - the scale didn't show a gain in 3 days! looking forward to starting September off on the right foot. I didn't meet my goal weight, but I did have a pretty decent decrease. On to the September challenge!!

Name: Nadia
Age: 30
Height: 5'3.5"

Start Weight (1st August): 167.2
Goal Weight (1st September):160

1st August:167.2
8th August: 164.6
15th August: 163.4
22nd August: 162.4
29th August:160.2
1st September:161.2

Weight lost/gained this week: +1
Weight lost/gained this month: - 6

successes/struggles this week: Most days I couldn't resist a bedtime snack and didn't log it accurately. Also, my period is coming up so I am sluggish, in pain, and more hungry than usual. Hopefully, I'll keep my 1+ lb per week loss rolling into September and further. Overall, I am content with the result, as per my stats I can't safely lose more than 1.5 lbs weekly anyway. I strive for 1200 cal but can eat up to 1500 before I start gaining. It's a narrow margin, so I need to be more careful in logging.

Good luck next month, everybody!!

Name: Eva
Age:62
Height: 5' 2.5"

Start Weight (1st August): 153 lbs
Goal Weight (31st August): 148 lbs

1st August: 153
8th August: 152.5
15th August: 150.5
22nd August: 151.5
29th August: 148
31st August: 147.5


Weight lost/gained this week:
Weight lost/gained this month: 5.5 lost

Successes/struggles: On to September!

Thanks for creating this support! It has been a great help!

Name: Syreina
Age: 25
Height: 4ft 11in

Start Weight (1st August): 133.8
Goal Weight (1st September): 128

1st August: 133.8
9th August: 135.2
16th August: 132.2
23th August: 133
30th August: 133
1st September: 131.2

Weight lost/gained this week: -0.8 lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: -2.6 lbs

Successes/struggles this week: We celebrated a birthday in the family this past weekend. Let's see...I had...nachos, fajitas, soda and cake. Yep, good weekend. I'm happy that I'm at least heading in the right direction overall...downhill. Also, I'm going back to weighing in on Saturdays, it's much easier for me. Here's to September!!!

Name: Irene
Age: 49
Height: 1.60 m / 5'3"

Start Weight (1st August): 56.7 kg / 125 lbs
Goal Weight (1st September): 54.0 kg / 119 lbs

1st August: 56.7 kg / 125.0 lbs
8th August: 56.0 kg / 123.5 lbs
15th August: 55.0 kg / 121.2 lbs
22nd August: 54.5 kg / 120.0 lbs
1st September: 54.5 kg / 120.0 lbs

Weight lost/gained this week: 0
Weight lost/gained this month: -2.2 kg / 4.8 lbs

Successes/struggles this week:
-Not in target