May the Force be with us: May weight-loss and accountability
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2018 Starting Weight: 165 lbs
Height: 5' 9"
Ultimate Weight Goal: 145 lbs, aiming to lose between 1-3 lbs/month while maintaining muscle
NonWeight Goal: 5 pull-ups in a row, focusing on how clothes fit/feel rather than just scale #
Why I want to get in shape: September wedding, feel stronger, and get better at rock-climbing
Finally updating after 2.5 weeks of work travel.
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April 30: 159.6 lbs (oOo water weight from a great night out lol, weigh-ins on Monday mornings)
May 07: no weigh-in, traveling
May 11: 159.8 (traveling for 2 weeks for business has me all messed up.)
May 18:
May 25:
May Goal: get/stay under 157 lbs (-2.6 lbs)
May Loss:
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I tried very hard to be as good as I could be eating out every night. I had a lot more alcohol than I normally have (don't want to be a party-pooper when customers are ordering drinks), and feel a bit bloated so I'm thinking a good bit of this is water weight and I honestly thought I'd weigh in higher. I was 157.7 lbs right before I left for travel so hoping to get back down around there for next. Really focusing on eating "clean" this week ("clean" for me is cooking/prepping my own meals and staying away from added salt and sugar). Also adding a day of cardio into our gym routine rather than just two days of strength training.
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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 - 159.0
May 18 -
May 25 -
I am apparently doing a beautiful job at maintenance. Which is awesome, except I really need to drop those last 15 pounds. I need to work harder at my food choices as exercise definitely isn't the problem.3 -
Height: 5'5"
SW: 154 lbs
GW: 130
April 28: 134.8
May 6: 134.0
May 13: 131.8
May 19:
May 28:
Holy freaking woosh, Batman! I’m 1.8 pounds away from goal! Guess that “maintenance break” isn’t as much as a break as I thought it was going to be. I’m a bit nervous to start maintaining, but I’m so excited to actually start doing it!4 -
Height 5'4"
April 29: 130.0
May 6: 128.4
May 12: 127.4
May 20:
May 27:
May goal: 126
Ultimate GW: 125
We went out to celebrate our anniversary on Friday night. And out again for Mother’s Day on Sunday. My sister is flying out for a visit next week. Although I accounted for these times when I made up my plan, they still make me nervous.3 -
Hi, I am new to MyFitnessPal and am glad I found this group! I am 40, married with 2 children and full time in IT consulting, i.e not moving much in the day. I have an athletic build, grew up with sports, but my lifestyle has led to some extra weight creeping up. I started with yoga at the start of this year and more recently - running. I am counting calories and macros - only just started in May. Only 1 lbs loss so far, so I need to eat less, as guess up my exercise too. Being accountable helps.
I am 6'6 (168cm)
SW/CW 148 lbs (67.5 Kgs)
GW 134 lbs (61 Kgs)5 -
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
May 15: 136.2
So close to goal! I've been slowly finding my rhythm on the food front, and getting better about meeting my targets.
Workouts, however, I am really losing motivation this week. I'm wondering if I picked too ambitious of a program (BodyShred)? I waver between "I should push through it" and "I should take some to try different things and reassess." I think the problem with the prior is that then I procrastinate doing anything. Any advice on this front?3 -
Height: 5'0
Weight: 118.4
GW: 110
May GW: 114
May 8th weight in: 116.4
May 15th weigh in: 115.3
Seems to be going well! Maybe I will hot my GW by mid June rather than early July! I have a 10k I am running on the 10th...
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Age: 41
Height: 5'2"
Waist: 27 inches
Body Fat 21%
Lean body mass: 95.6
HT: 124.9 lbs
Ultimate Goal weight: 114 lbs (It doesn't like it's going to happen)
END OF MAY GOAL: 114 lbs ???
April 1: 122.6
April 6: 124
April 13: 122.0
April 20: 121.5
April 27th: 120.7
May 2nd: 118.4
May 9th: 118.9 (it went down to 118.1. then up and climbing!)
May 15th: 121.1 (!!!)
I'm getting seriously discouraged... Yes, I lost another 0,5 inch in my waist but the weight is going up instead of down! I have been working out a lot lately and I realize that some of it must be water weight and some of it is muscle gain. (I have biceps and triceps again!) It is hard though to step on the scale and see those numbers creep up, though. My waist is shrinking but my "thunder thighs" are staying the same.
I am days before TOM so maybe the numbers will go down in a week or so. On the weekend (Mother's Day here in US) I decided - "$@*^$_()*$_@*& it!!!!" I'm enjoying myself! So I totally indulged all three days and at least I enjoyed myself!
Sorry, for this self pity fest here, LOL!
Best of luck to all!4 -
Yup, wooshed this weekend! Funny how motivating that drop was though!
Height 5'7"
April 29: 155.2 (Trend, today was a high weigh in but had a super high sodium dinner last night!)
May 6: 155.2
May 13: 154.1 (Trend) 153.2 (actual)
May 20:
May 27:
May goal: Sub 150 would be ideal, realistically, more like 153 on trend.
Ultimate GW: 140, then will re-access if I should continue losing.5 -
Height: 5'7"
SW: 143.5lbs
GW: 135-138lbs
May 1: 144.2lbs
May 8: 143.2lbs
May 15: 141lbs
May 22:
May 29:
Having some quick drops due to decreased actual food weight and loss of water due to dropping some carbs... hopefully it levels out soon.3 -
The regular high weigh ins have continued, resulting in a steady moving average. However, I have today had a whoosh after bloat related abdominal cramps yesterday. Found the gym again, and have managed to run for 15 mins without stopping, which feels fab after my foot issues. Technique is definitely improving! Been struggling a little with control (we have rather strong wine on tap at home), but I know the high weigh ins are mostly caused by sodium so I am focussing on controlling my intake of that better.
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: 159.6 – Body fat 25.4% (Moving average 160.5lbs)
23rd May:
30th May:
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Height 5'3"
HW:159
SW:155
CW:140
GW:120 (give or take a few)
April Ending weight: 140.4 (Trending 140.7)
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:16 137.6 (Trending: 138.7)
May:23
May:30
Hot damn the scale's moving again! Probably a combination of the "woosh" and actually staying within my 1200 calorie mark most of the time. I could actually see 135 by month end! That's really encouraging.4 -
Hi everyone, I’m late joining this one. But I really want to see change in my weight. I have an 11 month old baby and I’ve reached a steady weight of 150 for 4 months now. I’m weaning breastfeeding but still eating like a pregnant woman
so I’m hoping some accountability will help. I don’t have many stats yet. Just starting this..
Starting weight: May 2018 150lbs
Goal weight for May: 149 lbs
Goal weight: 138
Any encouragement is appreciated!!4 -
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 - 141.1 lbs
May 24
May 31
Tweaking my new routine and I love the results I see so far.
Goal this week: 4 weight training sessions and 3 cardio.4 -
I decided to take a break from logging and some loss happened! It could be from my work outs changing slightly or from being less stressed from school ending. Either way it's pretty cool
HW: 176
CW: 153.5
Height: 5'8"
May Goal: 152
Ultimate Goal Weight: low 150's
May 3: 154.5
May 10: 155
May 17: 153.5
May 24:
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Starting weight
64.4kg 30/4/18
4/5/18 63.7kg
11/5/18 62.9kg
18/5/18 63.4kg
25/5/18
TOTM my eating has been excessive, so the gain was expected, but had a fab NSV I have managed to exercise this week, some days it’s been yoga only, but normally I make so many excuses when I’m on my period, but I didn’t this month!! I’m so pleased with myself and feel like this is progress for me
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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 - 159.0
May 18 - 160.0
May 25 -
Water. Gotta have the stuff but it sure wants to stick on me. Measurements are changing but scale is increasing. Fingers are puffy, wedding band is tight. And it's the 'extra' band for summer when I retain fluid. ugh. Must.Drink.More.Water.
I can't blame it all on water though. My son brought trimmings from chocolate bourbon cake to me for Mother's Day. Now I know that cake trimmings doesn't sound like much, but he makes a fabulous cake at the restaurant he works for, and I was very excited to have the trimmings. Problem is, he brought me two boxes of trimmings and I'm eating my way through it. Good thing he only brings it to me a couple times a year as I'm uncontrollable. Perhaps I'll just be happy to be +1 this week. And you can't outrun a bad diet. Truth.5 -
2018 Starting Weight: 165 lbs
Height: 5' 9"
Ultimate Weight Goal: 145 lbs, aiming to lose between 1-3 lbs/month while maintaining muscle
NonWeight Goal: 5 pull-ups in a row, focusing on how clothes fit/feel rather than just scale #
Why I want to get in shape: September wedding, feel stronger, and get better at rock-climbing
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April 30: 159.6 lbs (oOo water weight from a great night out lol, weigh-ins on Monday mornings)
May 07: no weigh-in, traveling
May 11: 159.8 lbs (traveling for 2 weeks for business has me all messed up.)
May 18: 158.9 lbs (slowly back on track. Wish it was more, but a 1 lb/week is my usual loss)
May 25:
May Goal: get into the 157s (-2.6 lbs)
May Loss:
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My body is holding on to some water like crazy, maybe almost TOM? I'm always unsure since I have an IUD and only get them like every 3-8 months. I am completely determined to get into the 157s for the end of this month though! Lots of gym days this week and been pretty good with eating well. I have an active weekend planned and am ready to do this!!
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