12 week challenge starting Sunday 7/9/17

Joined MFP on 5/7/17 with OSW: 178
Challenge SW: 7/9: 159.8 (goal to lose 10 lbs)
7/16: 158.2
7/23: 156
7/30: 153.8
8/6: 155.2 (little too much sodium and & beer this weekend...got to get back at it!)
8/13: 152.8 (now THAT'S more like it!)
8/20: 152
8/27: 150
9/3: 151
9/10: 148.6 (challenge goal met)

uncoolernie wrote: »

Hiya,
I hope it's OK, I would like to join this thread to gain/offer support & keep my motivation up.

Welcome, and yes, you can most certainly post here. Great job so far!

maryvbird wrote: »

@beckyr06 I'm game for another round of 12 weeks. I won't need to be as aggressive next time, but the support shown here can only help me stay focused to be able to reach my final GW.

Sounds good - I am in as well. I am looking to maintain or lose just a few more pounds, so will need to continue to be accountable.

Anybody else out there that wants to keep this going, we will restart another 12 week challenge when this one ends on October 1.

GoBlue1981 wrote: »

Congrats @beckyr06 on meeting your goal! I find that maintenance can be even more challenging than losing because you don't have that weekly motivation of the scale moving...but I'm looking forward to maintenance soon! Planning to track forever and definitely looking forward to my daily calories going up a bit more! Staying in these accountability groups is a great way to stay on track when not necessarily trying to lose anymore!

Thank you - yes I am struggling with that as well. Wouldn't mind shaving off a few more pounds but also need to increase strength training so it is a major adjustment for me, and I don't want to go backwards.

Hope you will be in for another 12 weeks as we finish this challenge in a few weeks. Have appreciated your upbeat and positive comments for everyone throughout.

@maryvbird - Way to go - you're almost there!

SW: 186
GW: 150 lbs.

7/9/17: 186 lbs.
7/16/17: 177. That's because I ate like a pig on vacation and started this challenge when I returned.
7/23/17: 177 Too much quilting last week. Hopefully more exercise this week.
8/15/17: 188 Just got back from a cruise....Yikes!
9/11//17:176 I haven't posted for a while but finally got the cruise pounds off. I hope to eat good in Cabo San Lucas in a week.

Karen

W:140
GW:125

7/9/17: 140 lbs
7/16/17:137.6 lbs
7/23/17:137.2
7/30/17:137.6
8/6/17:136.8
8/13/17:137
8/20/17:137
8/27/17:138
9/3/17:136.4
9/10/17:
9/17/17:
9/24/17:136.4

4 lbs- a long way off from 15 but, almost a third!

That being said, I think anyone can use that strategy if they are feeling like they are getting discouraged or it's too hard, or are feeling like their allotted calories are too few currently. You don't HAVE to try and lose two pounds a week! Slow and steady wins the race, and doing something that you will and can stick with is better than trying to do something that's not realistic for you and just throwing in the towel.

Joined MFP on 5/7/17 with OSW: 178
Challenge SW: 7/9: 159.8 (goal to lose 10 lbs)
7/16: 158.2
7/23: 156
7/30: 153.8
8/6: 155.2 (little too much sodium and & beer this weekend...got to get back at it!)
8/13: 152.8 (now THAT'S more like it!)
8/20: 152
8/27: 150
9/3: 151
9/10: 148.6 (challenge goal met)
9/17: 147.6

SW: 208 - 6/10/17
Challenge GW: 165
Final GW: 155
Challenge Begins:
7/9/17: 193
7/16/17: 189
7/23/17: 184
7/30/17: 183
8/6/17: 180
8/13/17: 179
8/20/17: 175
8/27/17: 173
9/4/17: 173
9/10/17: 170
9/17/17: 168
Getting closer to my challenge GW. I'm still hoping to achieve my final GW by Thanksgiving.
@ AB0215 Congrats on making your GW!

SW: 188.6
GW for this challenge: 182.6, 179.9 - changing this to 175!!
GW overall: 150-155

9/7 188.6
16/7 187.4 and have lost 0.5 inch off waist, hips and bum! Worked out five times this past week, probably a record for me!
25/7 185.8 NSV: did 20 push ups yesterday during my T25 video - 10 is usually my limit
1/8 184.8 + another inch or so lost (forgot where from now just know it's gone)
8/8 183.4
15/8 182.6 - I've had to move my weigh in back 3 hours sadly due to shift work, was 182.2 earlier in the week. Am at my original goal weight for this challenge though, 179.8 here I come!
22/8 180.4 - woohoo!! so close to my first mini goal (180) that I've been trying to reach for years!
29/8 179.6 - first mini goal met!
5/9 179 - was lighter a few days ago, started a new routine and everything is wonky, deficit for the week = bigger loss. Waiting on my whoosh...
12/9 176 - 1lb from my goal weight for this challenge!
19/9 175.8 - hormonal fluid retention issues this week
26/9

Total loss so far: 12.2lbs in 11 weeks woohoo!

Joined MFP on 5/7/17 with OSW: 178
Challenge SW: 7/9: 159.8 (goal to lose 10 lbs)
7/16: 158.2
7/23: 156
7/30: 153.8
8/6: 155.2 (little too much sodium and & beer this weekend...got to get back at it!)
8/13: 152.8 (now THAT'S more like it!)
8/20: 152
8/27: 150
9/3: 151
9/10: 148.6 (challenge goal met)
9/17: 147.6
9/24: 151.6 (TOM on the way...)