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Lose 5lbs + in May 2018

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  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 7,060 Member
    Original starting weight - 202 Feb 15 2018
    May starting weight - 193.4
    May goal - 189
    Ultimate goal - 140

    May 1st - 193.4 (April 29)
    May 6th - 193.2
    May 13th - 192.2 (Had been down to 191 even on Wednesday May 9th)
    May 20th - 191.4 had been down to 190.2 on Thursday, but had a lot of salt on Friday
    May 27th - 190 it flashed 189 once before deciding on 190. I think I’ll weigh myself on the 31st too just to see.

    Total loss for May - 3.4 again not 5 bug a loss is a loss.
  • tramaine_21
    tramaine_21 Posts: 348 Member
    Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
    After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....

    I gained 10 lbs! I will take responsibility and note that my diet has been high in salt, which triggered a flare up. At times, my salt count (especially at dinner meals) were in the 3K range! Oops! My calories and workouts have been really great, but I decided to go rogue, and...

    ***BREAK OUT THE SAUNA SWEAT SUIT!***

    It did the trick!! I lost -7 lbs of out 10 in just a few days. Almost to where I was earlier this month. woo-hoo! I'm still working on it. I hope to break through the 180s by late may/early june. *prayer hands*

    ****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
    ****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lbs

    I am not giving up. I need one more miracle in May!
  • JennH517
    JennH517 Posts: 256 Member
    tramaine_21 wrote: »
    Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
    After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....

    ****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
    ****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lb

    Holy moley! I grumble about my 2-3 lb. bipolar weight swings.

    Sauna sweat suit? It's a real thing?

    Glad you're back on the right side of Onderland, but please be careful. Swings like that can't be good for you.

    I have been battling puffiness too. Warm weather brings it for sure.

    Jenn
  • Lora2380
    Lora2380 Posts: 195 Member
    I fluxed up 5.5 pounds this weekend, unfortunately for me it’s a normal thing to gain and loose that much in a day or two. Still hard not to freak out a bit when you see the numbers go up like that lol. We still have a few days left in May, let’s make them count!!
  • stella7x7
    stella7x7 Posts: 2,891 Member
    May 1- 257.2
    May 7- 256.0
    May 14- 248.2
    May 21- 254.2
    May 28- 254.2
    Well im gonna weigh on the 31st, see if i can loose that last 2 lbs.
  • tramaine_21
    tramaine_21 Posts: 348 Member
    JennH517 wrote: »
    tramaine_21 wrote: »
    Salt+ Edema=A Nightmare!
    After my lowest of 193 lbs, May 5th.....

    ****6th-19th: Ups/downs/highest weight, 203! salt, water...
    ****week of the 20th-26th: 196 lb

    Holy moley! I grumble about my 2-3 lb. bipolar weight swings.

    Sauna sweat suit? It's a real thing?

    Glad you're back on the right side of Onderland, but please be careful. Swings like that can't be good for you.

    I have been battling puffiness too. Warm weather brings it for sure.

    Jenn

    My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a teenager. No biggie. The sauna suit, that is the real deal--and yes it works--but, that's one thing you have to be careful about is not overdoing it. You can get severely dehydrated! I will only wear the suit every once in a while during the summer season only. I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally. Either way it's MY FAULT that my meals lately have been VERY HIGH in sodium. Silly me....
  • eahouston
    eahouston Posts: 1,015 Member
    Original starting weight - Not my highest weight since joining MFP, but my highest recent weight was 192.9 lbs on March 1, 2018.
    May starting weight - 179
    May goal - 174
    Ultimate goal - 150 (Perhaps not *ultimate, ultimate* goal, but I would be happy to reach this weight for the first time in a LONG time! 140s would be even more amazing!)

    May 1st - 179.0
    May 8th - 178.1
    May 15th - 177.7
    May 22nd - 175.3
    May 29th - 178.6
    May 31st -

    Ah- 2 restaurant meals from the weekend are hanging on :-O Not horrible splurges.. 85% of a "normal-sized" (aka not Chipotle) burrito and a beer for one dinner, and Vietnamese-style hot pot restaurant where I avoided the rice paper wrappers and stuck with mostly meat and veggies... but I know there's so much sodium in these types of meals. One restaurant meal a week tends to undo all the good decisions of the week; Two will put me back in the opposite direction.

    Two more weigh-ins till the end of the month. At this point, the new goal is to lose more than 1 pound for the month of May. Better than where I started :) Back to good decisions- joining a friend for her birthday dinner tonight but will eat beforehand so I don't eat there :)
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 20,152 Member
    Original starting weight - 150.0
    May starting weight - 143.2 maybe***
    May goal - 142.0
    Ultimate goal - 135.0

    Monday weigh ins...

    05/01 - 143.2 maybe***
    05/07 - 145.6 sat 4:00 a.m. **sigh**
    05/14 - 147.0 at 4:00 a.m. ...fine. I hate my scale!
    05/21 - 144.8 at 5:00 a.m. ...better
    05/28 - 142.4 at 5:00 a.m. ... :D
    05/31

    Total loss for May -

    Chris
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    asdavids11 wrote: »
    I hit the 5 pound weight loss, and my personal weight loss goal of 8 pounds for the month. Woohoo!!!!

    Original starting weight (April 9th, 2018)- 322
    May starting weight- 308
    May goal-300
    Ultimate goal- 160

    May 1st-308
    May 8th-306
    May 15th-304
    May 22nd-301
    May 29th-300
    May 31-

    Total loss for May-

    Congrats @asdavids11!
  • nkolpean
    nkolpean Posts: 94 Member
    Original starting weight - 188
    May starting weight - 162.5
    May goal - 157.5
    Ultimate goal - 135

    May 1st - 162.5
    May 8th - 160.5
    May 15th - 159.5
    May 22nd - 158.5
    May 29th - 158

    Total loss for May - 4.5lbs
  • JennH517
    JennH517 Posts: 256 Member
    edited May 2018
    Tramaine_21 wrote:

    My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally.

    Water pills scare me too. I suppose if they are prescribed by a doctor to manage a condition, thatbis one thing, but the OTC ones can easily be misused.

    My weight is up again today. Sore muscles from overdoing some power cleaning :) I am sure it's water too. I always get puffy after over-exertion.

    Jenn
  • Kireana
    Kireana Posts: 63 Member
    Original starting weight - 184
    May starting weight - 182
    May goal - 177
    Ultimate goal - 154

    May 1st - 182
    May 8th - 172
    May 15th - 169.9
    May 22nd -168.6
    May 29th - 166.8
    May 31st -

    Total May loss -

    My body is getting used to the shock of losing so much weight in one week I guess. Weight is jumping up and down for 3 weeks. But the measurements of thighs and waist are definitely going down.
  • JennH517
    JennH517 Posts: 256 Member
    cjsacto wrote: »
    Original SW: 201.0

    I'll post on May 31 too, but I need to post today because I reached my UGW!!!
    May 31:


    AWESOME!!!! Congratulations!

    Jenn
  • MissMaggieMuffin
    MissMaggieMuffin Posts: 444 Member
    edited May 2018
    cjsacto wrote: »
    Original SW: 201.0
    April 01: 151.0
    Goal weight: 145.0

    May 01: 146.5
    May 08: 149.0
    May 15: 147.5
    May 22: 147.0
    May 29: 144.5
    I'll post on May 31 too, but I need to post today because I reached my UGW!!!
    May 31:

    This is fantastic - congratulations!
  • tramaine_21
    tramaine_21 Posts: 348 Member
    JennH517 wrote: »
    Tramaine_21 wrote:

    My body is quite used it to the big swings, it's heredity. I've been dealing with this since I was a I feel as it's more dangerous to take water pills (that can damage your kidneys) oppose to wearing a sauna suit, whereas you can sweat out the fluid naturally.

    Water pills scare me too. I suppose if they are prescribed by a doctor to manage a condition, thatbis one thing, but the OTC ones can easily be misused.

    My weight is up again today. Sore muscles from overdoing some power cleaning :) I am sure it's water too. I always get puffy after over-exertion.

    Jenn

    Hey, sore muscles=gaining fitness! You're getting stronger!
  • himi86
    himi86 Posts: 44 Member
    Hello everyone. Wrapping of this May challenge with a loss of 4.2lbs. Yay!
    5-3: 1868lbs
    5-10: 186.4lbs
    5-17: 185.6lbs
    5-24: 183.6lbs
    5-30: 182.6lbs

    Can’t wait to be under 180. See you at the next challenge.
  • jeschields
    jeschields Posts: 90 Member
    Highest weight - 280
    Mfp starting weight - 260
    May starting weight - 208
    May goal - 203
    Ultimate goal - 145

    5/2: 207.2
    5/9: 207.1
    5/16: 206
    5/23: 204
    5/30: 207.7 All my hard work down the drain. Hoping it’s water retention from the heat/TOM

    Total loss in May: .3
  • Lora2380
    Lora2380 Posts: 195 Member

    jeschields wrote: »
    Highest weight - 280
    Mfp starting weight - 260
    May starting weight - 208
    May goal - 203
    Ultimate goal - 145

    5/2: 207.2
    5/9: 207.1
    5/16: 206
    5/23: 204
    5/30: 207.7 All my hard work down the drain. Hoping it’s water retention from the heat/TOM

    Total loss in May: .3

    It would have been hard to gain that much in a week of fat, has to be water. I went up 6 lbs and back down from Friday to Tuesday, don’t get discouraged!

  • agduffy4
    agduffy4 Posts: 30 Member
    This will be my first challenge, but I am in dire need of some support! While becoming more active in the last few months, I still struggle with eating habits. I need to remind myself I will not see change without making a change. I am looking forward to the challenge and 5 lbs is a feasible goal!

    Original starting weight - Debatable since I have been on a on-and-off weightloss journey for many years
    May starting weight - 177.2 lbs
    May goal -173 lbs
    Ultimate goal - 155 lbs

    May 1st - 177.2 lbs
    May 8th - 175 lbs
    May 15th - 175.8 lbs
    May 17th - 173 lbs
    May 28nd - 173.6 lbs
    May 30th - 172.6 lbs


    Total loss for May - 4.6 lbs

    So close! May was a stellar month for me nonetheless. Thanks to all for the support! It really helped keep me motivated! Hoping June goes just as well. I will be out of the country for 2 weeks, but will have access to a kitchen so am hoping to stay on track. Plus, I won't have my young pup with me so I can make my daily 1-3 mile walks some jogs/runs instead!

  • eahouston
    eahouston Posts: 1,015 Member
    Original starting weight - Not my highest weight since joining MFP, but my highest recent weight was 192.9 lbs on March 1, 2018.
    May starting weight - 179
    May goal - 174
    Ultimate goal - 150 (Perhaps not *ultimate, ultimate* goal, but I would be happy to reach this weight for the first time in a LONG time! 140s would be even more amazing!)

    May 1st - 179.0
    May 8th - 178.1
    May 15th - 177.7
    May 22nd - 175.3
    May 29th - 178.6
    May 31st - 177.7

    Total loss for May- 1.3 pounds

    Even though I didn't meet my goal for the month of May, I'm able to see how much/how easily a restaurant meal can affect my progress. Nice to see the week-to-week written out this way to drill the point home. As I move into June, I will remember to ONLY eat out for special occasions that I feel are absolutely worth the extra calories/carbs/sodium, knowing that that meal will likely set me back by ~2 weeks. But I'm in this for the long haul, so sometimes there are occasions that are worth it. I know I can't eat 100 perfect meals each month- gotta work on that balance!
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    cjsacto wrote: »
    Original SW: 201.0
    April 01: 151.0
    Goal weight: 145.0

    May 01: 146.5
    May 08: 149.0
    May 15: 147.5
    May 22: 147.0
    May 29: 144.5
    I'll post on May 31 too, but I need to post today because I reached my UGW!!!
    May 31:

    Woo hoo! Congrats!
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    Original starting weight - 241
    May starting weight - 199
    May goal - 194
    Ultimate goal - 160

    May 1st - 199
    May 5th - 197.8
    May 12th - 198
    May 19th - 196.4
    May 26th - 195.4
    May 31st - 195.8 wrong direction again!

    Total loss for May - 3.2 lbs

    Well I didn’t meet my goal, but at least I lost some! On to June’s challenge.
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