BrooklynBooty wrote: »

Age: 36
Height: 5'10
Starting weight: 183lbs
Ultimate goal: 155lbs
May goal: 175lbs

April 30: 183.8 lbs
May 4: 180.0 lbs

Good luck ladies!

You're my twin!

Name: Phoebe
Height: 5'3"ish
Start weight: 195
Goal weight: Heck if I know. 142 puts me at a BMI of <25. Going to reassess at the end of June.

Average weight recorded from January: 155.9
Average weight recorded from February: 153.5
Average weight recorded from March: 151.8
Average weight recorded from April: 150.4

Week of...
30th April (for reference): 146.6 by scale, 149.7 by trend
7th May: 144.6 by scale, 147.5 by trend
14th May:
21st May:
28th May:

Success/struggles of the week: I am pretty happy with how my body looks and feels at this weight. But my blood pressure is still high enough that it needs medication, and I'd like to see if some additional loss improves that. About a pound of my loss this last week was diet and exercise; the other pound is all water weight from starting meds.

I hope I'm not too late to join! My goal is not to lose too much weight, but just to maintain, keeping my muscle and lose some fat.

Height: 162cm (5ft 3.5)
CW: 57kg (125lbs)
May Goal: 121lbs

May 08: 125lbs
May 14:
May 21:
May 28:
June 4:

5'10.
Highest Weight: 212lbs (on MFP)
Current weight: 145.6lbs
Ultimate goal: 145lbs
May goal: No lower than 145lbs and eating at maintenance so fat loss plan can come into full action.

2nd/3rd May: 147.4
9th/10th May: 145.6
16th/17th May:
23rd/24th May:
30th/31st May:

Well, that escalated rather quickly. I'm attributing this water whoosh to eating probiotic yoghurts (in an effort to help my IBS) and drinking even more water than before. I have 3 litres (12 glasses) of strictly H2O, two large (450ml-ish) mugs of herbal tea, and two protein shakes with water every day (500ml each) so it's coming in hot.

rianneonamission wrote: »

For some reason this weekend my weight went up by about 2lbs, for no obvious reasons, and felt rather down about that. However, back down to normal now and have already dropped below my end of May body fat goal! PT tonight and weigh in & measurements tomorrow morning. Just got to keep focussing on the numbers that tell a more comprehensive story.

That's great! What's your new goal then?

I feel like people who have issues with the scale give it a bad rap -- this isn't aimed at anyone, it's just something I've noticed. Of course, yes, it isn't the whole picture: I've lost an inch off my waist and an inch off my hips (my problem area) since starting to mess around with macros a couple of weeks ago which is very exciting. But your information is not complete without it. For example, my scale weight is only a reflection of where my IBS is at to me. The fluctuations are great indicators of what's been happening and what's coming. I couldn't tell that by only measurements as my bloat can take me up as much as 4 inches. However, looking at the scale, I was 148 for awhile and my bowel hurt so bad, yesterday I was 146.8 and I felt so much better in my tummy. Today at 145.6 I feel the best I've felt in a long time. Seeing those numbers change let me know that I was going to feel better that day.

The only time I worry about my weight as...weight is if I was choosing to compete and I wanted to be in a lower weight class (kickboxing) but I'm not. Ultimately, it's however you feel about the situation but don't discount one or the other completely because you're only doing a disservice to yourself.

rianneonamission wrote: »

Oh, I'm certainly not discounting one or the other. For me weight is not the best indicator as I once was around 150lbs but terribly unfit and unhealthy. So although I was physically much thinner and lighter, I had no concept of body fat vs muscle mass, and it skewed my view. I now know I need a combination of weight, measurements and body fat/muscle mass in order to get a full picture for me.

Body fat % goal to be revised based on tomorrow's weigh in.

I know that feeling, when I was a teenager in recovery from my EDs I was probably about 140-145 but absolutely useless in the physical arena. Couldn't do a push up, no one knew what a burpee was and running/cross country was like invented torture for an asthmatic. I am thankfully over that phase of my life.

I just tend to get a bit frustrated with the 'throwing out the scale' movement in general because everyone pushes it like it's some miracle cure to all your weight related anxieties, and I did that, and I also gained back 12lbs and ended up crying in a hotel room in Paris. (IBS bloating/pain sent me over the edge ) I feel like those who are upset by the scale the most haven't found the right goals outside of weight loss yet.

Sorry guys, I didn't mean to deviate like that but I had to get it off my chest.

vnukinga wrote: »

Age: 40
Height 5'2"
Starting weight: 122 (January)
Goal weight this month - May: 112
Ultimate goal weight: 110

1/13/2017: 122
2/1/2017 - 121.8
2/26/2017 - 120
March 1: 119.4
March 8: 118
March 15: 117
March 22: 118.2
March 24: 117
March 29: 115
April 4: 115.8
April 11: 115.2
April 15: 112.8!
April 22: 114.8
April 29: 114
May 6: 113.8
May 13:
May 20:
May 27:
June 3:

I have been shamelessly indulging in sweets so the last week the weight went up and then went down a bit...Now that I have eaten the rest of the chocolate eggs out of the house, I can start eating clean again, LOL!

Best of luck to all!

OMG! Get it girl!! You're blowing us all away, we no longer have any excuse. So cool to see the progress over the last few months!

Age: 31
Height: 178cm
Starting weight May: 179.4lbs
Ultimate goal: 160lbs
May goal: 174lbs (slow and steady, and am building muscle) - Revision 10th May: Aim for sub 174lbs.
Body fat goal for May: Drop sub 29% - Revised goal 10th May: Sub 28.5%

26th April: 179.4lbs - Body fat: 29.6%
3rd May: 178lbs
10th May: 176.6lbs - Body fat: 28.9% - May goal met!
17th May:
24th May:
31st May:

Height: 5'0 and a half
SW: 124 lbs
GW: 117 lbs (for May)
UGW: 105-110 lbs

May 3, 2017: 118.2 lbs
May 10, 2017: 117.0 lbs wahh? We'll see next week if it sticks. Something tells me it won't but who knows.
May 17, 2017:
May 24, 2017:
May 31, 2017:

Only a pound, but I really can't seem to get on focus with losing the weight. So if it only a pounds I will be happy.

5'6.
Highest Weight: 165
Starting Weight: 157
Current weight: 154.4lbs
Ultimate goal: 127lbs