May the Force be with us: May weight-loss and accountability
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I'm going to the beach in a month so it's crunch time. All this lack of motivation needs to step aside. I'm planning on cutting down on eating out this month to look my sexiest in a bikini
HW: 176
CW: 154.5
Height: 5'8"
May Goal: 152
Ultimate Goal Weight: low 150's or high 140's
May 3: 154.5
May 10:
May 17:
May 24:
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Height 5'5.5 (I like to claim 5'6")
May goal: 155 lbs
Ultimate goal: 140 lbs.
March 22 - 162.5
April 13 - 160.2
May 4 - 159.0
May 11 -
May 18 -
May 25 -
It's slow, but I'm very happy to see a downward trend. Still working on being consistent with workouts and food choices (and weigh-ins) but feel like I'm making progress.3 -
Thank you for starting a new thread! Leaving for Costa Rica on Monday and feeling great. I had about a week where I was holding onto water at the end of April and then a whoosh to start May off right. Five pounds to go until I hit my next goal weight!
Height: 5'1"
SW: 195lbs.
CW: 135lbs.
May Goal: Not expecting much if any loss since I won't be logging properly or weighing myself until the 19th when I'm home. Hoping to at least maintain this month.
May 4th: 135lbs.4 -
Height 5'4"
April 29: 130.0
May 6: 128.4
May 13:
May 20:
May 27:
May goal: 126
Ultimate GW: 125
I’ve managed to stay on track this week despite my family dragging me to a buffet, a mandatory potluck, Friday night pizza delivery, and a literal bucket of alcohol my husband surprised me with at the beach yesterday.
Does anyone else feel like their family is unintentionally trying to sabotage them? I tell you, I did not realize just how much food my teenage son offers me on a daily basis until I started this diet. ‘Would you like me to make something for you? Would you like a bite of this? I’m getting a bowl of ice cream, would you like one too? Would you like a cookie/casserole/cinnamon roll we made in culinary class? I brought some home just for you!’ He’s sweetly unhelpful.3 -
Height: 5'5"
SW: 154 lbs
GW: 130
Currently taking a brief maintenance break; will pick up on losing again in June.
April 28: 134.8
May 6: 134.0
May 13:
May 19:
May 28:
Crimson week has come, and my bloat is gone. I'm officially at 20 pounds lost, and I am so happy and proud of myself. But my biggest test is coming up. I'm visiting family overseas in the middle of the month (hence why my last two dates are a little wonky, since I won't be able to weigh in on Sunday the 20th and Sunday the 27th), and during that week I'm not going to be able to track my calories. I think I'll be able to use my new habits to my advantage, but I'm terrified that it'll throw me off track too. Does anyone have any tips?5 -
Coming in late to the month but better than nothing! I've been losing weight very slowly since Mid October! I am super close to my goal so I'm hoping this month I can get even closer! Hopefully by June or July at the latest I'd love to be at my goal.
Height: 5'3"
SW: 150
GW: 120
May 2: 127.8
Haven't weighed myself this week yet, but I'm planning to tomorrow morning.
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Height: 165cm
Sw May: 145 lbs
1st gw: 135 lbs
May Goal: 142 lbs
May 7th: 143 lbs (-2!)
Plan:
- 1300 cals
- 15 min treadmill 5x a week
- 6500 steps
- more water!5 -
April 30th: 142lbs. 22.3% body fat.
May 8th: 140lbs. 21.6% body fat.
I'm not currently in training (iliopsoas strain, luckily) so I'm not carrying any water weight, hence the 140 and the probably higher than true BF reading. I'm looking tighter, but it's the lack of water.
Still taking it easy, I'm allowed to straight box this week but no kicking. Sunday is teacher training so I'm trying to preserve myself.3 -
Height: 5'9"
SW (this time around): 148.7
GW: 135
May GW: 137
Feb: 148.7
March 1: 147 (24.4 BF)
April 1: 142 (21.8 BF)
May 1: 140.6
May 8: 138.8
Into the 130s! I feel like I’m finding my groove a bit more. We had some people in town this weekend, and while I didn’t meet my caloric goals, I also didn’t go nuts, and I think probably hovered around maintenance.
Also today marks 60 days of working out regularly (and 128 of doing yoga every day) and I’m definitely noticing the difference in my body and what it can do.6 -
Coming in late to the month but better than nothing! I've been losing weight very slowly since Mid October! I am super close to my goal so I'm hoping this month I can get even closer! Hopefully by June or July at the latest I'd love to be at my goal.
Height: 5'3"
SW: 150
GW: 120
May 2: 127.8
Haven't weighed myself this week yet, but I'm planning to tomorrow morning.
This morning's weigh in: May 8th- 127
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Only my second day in a deficit. Fun times.
Height: 5'7"
SW: 143.5lbs
GW: 135-138lbs
May 1: 144.2lbs
May 8: 143.2lbs
May 15:
May 22:
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peppermintcaroline wrote: »Hi, usually I vary a bit dependent on Tom, etc. Changing my gw from 115 to 110. Hoping to hit 110 by end of June!
Height: 5'0
Weight: 118.4
GW: 110
May GW: 114
May 8th weight in: 116.8
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I wasn’t going to join in this month, I’ve really not been into anything recently, I’ve been suffering with really low mood, the winter in the uk lasted forever this year, but I feel like it’s finally over and my mood has improved dramatically
Starting weight
64.4kg 30/4/18
4/5/18 63.7kg
11/5/18
18/5/18
25/5/18
I’m not going to set a weight loss goal, I just need to get my *kitten* together and keep my exercise up and try and eat better.
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Height 5'3"
HW:159
SW:155
CW:140
GW:120(ish)
April Ending weight: 140.4 Trending 1407=.7 Lost in April= 1.4lbs
May 1st Starting weight: 140.8
Month End Goal: 138
Stretch Goal: 135 (We'll see about that one, lol)
BF%: 30.93%
May 9: 139.6 (Trending: 140.1)
May:15
May:22
May:28
I'm doing much better so far this month with staying within my weekly average goal for calories. I have a little extra motivation with a trip to Florida planned in July. I want to get as much off as I can by then. We shall see. I did take my measurements the other day. I lost a cm on my thighs, everything else stayed the same. But last couple months have been slow going. I did find a bodyfat calculator online that seems to be as accurate as it can be. The one I was using was trying to tell me my BF% was 22% which I knew was BS. To my knowledge women with 22% BF don't have much for love handles and belly chub, lol. This new one I found gave me a much more realistic estimate.
(If anyone's interested, here's the link. https://healthstatus.com/calculate/body-fat-percentage-calculator )
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Post and run as work has been mad and I am now in a rush to get somewhere. Will catch up later.
Hello TOM. Nice of you to hit. Have consistently weighed in higher than normal in the last week, which is a combination of the build up to TOM and a little water retention (I’ve been very bloated for the last week). Never mind. Now that it’s hit the weight should slowly start coming down. So yes, my May goal is staying at 157.
Had a lovely & active long weekend, which involved a lot of cleaning and tidying (spring cleaning the house including under the sofa etc, clearing out both sheds and tidying them, a fair amount of walking on Sunday). The weather has been absolutely amazing, but it did result in dinner out on Sunday (al fresco!) and a BBQ on Monday (mmm, ribs!).
Height: 5'10"
HW: 183lbs (Fri 24th March 2017)
SW May: 161lbs (last April weigh in)
Ultimate goal: Around 150lbs
May goal: 157lbs
May body fat goal: Below 25%
End of April Measurements: Waist 76, Belly 95, Under bust 89, Bust 100
26th April: 179.4lbs - Body fat: 29.6%
31st May: 173lbs – Body fat: 28.2%
28th June: 170.6lbs - Body fat 27.6%
26th July: 168lbs - Body fat 26.9%
31st Aug: 169lbs - Body fat 27.2%
27th Sep: 166lbs – Body fat 26.6%
25th Oct: 164lbs - Body fat 26.3%
29th Nov: 161.4lbs – Body fat 25.7%
20th Dec: 163.6lbs – Body fat 26.1%
31st Jan: 163.6lbs - Body fat 26.2%
28th Feb: 162lbs – Body fat 25.8% (Moving average 161.8lbs)
7th Mar: HOLIDAY! No weigh in
28th Mar: 163.8 – Body fat 26.3% (Moving average 164.0lbs)
25th April: 161 – Body fat 25.5% (Moving average 160.7 lbs)
2nd May: 161.6 – Body fat 25.8% (Moving average 159.9lbs)
9th May: 161.2 – Body fat 25.6% (Moving average 160.5lbs)
16th May:
23rd May:
30th May:
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@Crafty_camper123, that's a very good BF calculator. It's good that it takes into account age as well since, no matter how fit we are our body fat percentage goes up slightly as we age.1
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This morning my trend sits at a whopping - oh, ya, right where it was. I know my body, it's just having a mini rebellion right now at the reduced calories, eventually it will quite being a turd and I'll "whoosh."
Still a little frustrating to sit there dealing with the hungries pretty much daily only to see nothing on the scale I will trust the process and stick with it though, I don't want to turn 40 feeling fat....4 -
I've been hovering around 155 for a month and a half now. I feel like I could still lose more so I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe it's just body dysmorphia.
HW: 176
CW: 155
Height: 5'8"
May Goal: 152
Ultimate Goal Weight: low 150's
May 3: 154.5
May 10: 155
May 17:
May 24:
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Height : 5'5"
HW: 172 lbs
CW: 138 lbs
May goal: 135 lbs
Long term goal: 135 lbs
April 26th - 138.0 lbs
May 3rd - 139.7 lbs
May 10 - 147 lbs
May 17
May 24
May 31
I've change my way of eating and started going full force on weight training. I will keep track of my measurements for the next 3 weeks to see if I'm getting smaller. I'm fine with gaining weight if I'm still getting smaller and my % body fat is dropping although I still have my heart set on making it to 135 lbs.
Goal this week, 4 days of weight training and 3 days of cardio.4 -
Starting weight
64.4kg 30/4/18
4/5/18 63.7kg
11/5/18 62.9kg
18/5/18
25/5/18
Maybe my exercise is finally starting to have an effect!!! Was very happy with the scale result this morning
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