Lose 5lbs + in May 2019

•Lose 5 lbs in May 2019•

April 2019 - Gain / Loss
of 2 lbs. 30 day average was 177 Monthly average went up! Not good.

Original starting wgt: 253
May starting weight: 177.2
May goal: 170
🌹Updating every day through May.

•Monday Updates•📌

May 1 - 178.4 📌5/6 - 179 - 100g carbs, 96g net carbs. Carbs were: belgian waffles (2) salad dressing, broccoli slaw, strawberry preserves. Trying to just satisfy what my body wants right now, within reason. An increase in carbs, wrong type, but thats what was available. 📌5/27 - 178.4
5/28 - 176.8
5/29 - 177.6

5/30 - 177.6

Original starting weight - 184
May starting weight - 156.8
May goal - 152
Ultimate goal - 140

1st- 156.8
6th- 158

Not going to sweat this at all. I had to remind myself that this is what happened last month, and I pulled it out in the end. I have lost 17 inches so far, most of which fell off while the scale wasn’t moving. After clothes shopping yesterday, I cannot wait for the end of the month when I measure again! All of my NSV tell me I keep losing inches. I’ve also really stepped up my fitness from completing my goals at 100%, to 200% daily. Some of this could be water retention while my muscles heal.

Have a great week everyone! 🙌🏼

13th- 153.8

30 lbs GONE! 🥳

This week I learned the importance of recovery. Mine was forced due to a tendon strain across the inner right ankle, but is getting better each day. This allowed my sore muscles to give way and so did the scale! I was shocked! I felt so discouraged last Monday sitting in the chiro getting X-rays, ultrasound, and cold therapy - I thought, this is it, this is where I fail. But then I remembered who is in control here! I can’t burn the same amount of calories I could last week, but I can lift and it feels great!!

Keep going no matter what! Have a great week!! 👊🏼

20th- 155.8

Whatever. 🤷‍♀️
Went to a concert last week and ate burgers twice that night and had concert sized canned beers. Worth it.
Niece’s graduation was Thursday and everything was closed by the time we got out. Ended up at Taco Bell (first time in 6 months at least). Not worth it.
I’m still really hurting from my posterior tibial injury. I’m told at minimum, it will be 6-8 weeks before I’m not in (almost) constant pain. Possibly 6-8 months until fully healed. I didn’t meet a single exercise goal last week. I do have PT twice a week and that’s really all I was medically cleared to do. He did say I can start light weights, and I felt up to it last night so I did it. Felt great and no pain through my shin or foot. I can only reach around a 200 calorie burn though.
Oh and TOM got me about an hour ago, so... like I said - whatever. 🤷‍♀️

26th- 153.8

May has done me dirty. First with the tendon strain, then I get a chest and head cold that is keeping me coughing all day and night. And THEN I had an emergency root canal Friday evening. I’m over this WHOLE month. 😑
On a good note, my ankle and shin are feeling so much better. Still having to modify, and more rest days than normal, but able to do most of my workouts again. Really going to watch my food this week and see if I can’t eek out a little more loss on Friday. However, considering the obstacles this month, I’m happy with 3 lbs if that’s where I end.

31st- 153.4

I’m good with this. Did my measurements and lost 7.75” (total 24.4”), with most of that being off my hips. My two month old jeans are all too big - thank goodness we’re moving into shorts weather.☀️

Running May loss: -3.4 lb

61 years old; 5'2"
Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
April ending weight 151.6
May starting weight - 152.3
May goal -147.3
Ultimate goal - 135.0

Pins are weekly check-ins based on Wednesday challenge start. Continuing to use my regular Friday weigh-ins for my personal tracking.

📌 1st - 152.3 (Trend Weight 152.1)
3rd - 151.7 (Trend Weight 152.0)
📌 8th - 150.9 (Trend Weight 151.7)
10th - no scale
📌 15th - 149.8 (Trend Weight 151.2)
17th - 150.0 (Trend Weight 151.0)
📌 22nd - 149.4 (Trend Weight 150.4)
24th 149.8 (Trend Weight 150.3)
📌 28th - 150.4 (Trend Weight 150.5)
31st - 149.6 (Trend Weight 150.3)

Total loss for May - 2.7 lbs

Month-end Thoughts: This is my best month yet! And it's not just numbers on the scale. That scale is just one tool. I'm also using MFP to track nutrition and exercise, my Fitbit to monitor other data points, and Trend Weight to measure progress. This month's BIG success has been learning how to use the tools together and overcoming the head game weight loss can be.

I know exactly what I need to do, and what is possible given my current circumstances. One pound per week is a reasonable goal for me - so I need a 500 calorie deficit per day. Folks, my BMR sits right around 1300 - that's without exercise and only the steps I get puttering around the house & home office. It's a real wake up call to realize that the cost of working from home at a desk job is an average of about 1200 steps per day.

Do the math. Hitting that deficit means a focused effort every day - and little margin for slacking off. And it's not going to happen through diet alone. Honestly? At nearly 62 years with a sedentary career, I need some real lifestyle changes if I want to hit retirement healthy enough to enjoy it. The weight goal is just a small piece of it.

Yes. I really wanted to hit summer at goal. Now it looks like it will be more like hitting goal come fall. And that's ok. That gives me time to establish some healthy habits. Hopefully habits that will sustain me over the winter months when I want to hibernate and indulge in comfort food.

Bottom line? If I'm doing this for my health, it's about more than becoming a slave to the number on the scale - I have some hard work ahead.

May Game Plan:

• Continue weekly meal planning
• Log daily in MFP - focus on daily calorie deficit goal of 500
• No calorie intake after 8pm
• Hit Fitbit step goal of 5000, then increase to 6000 Seven day average 2747
• Hit active minutes goal of 25 minutes daily, then increase to 30 Seven day average: 13
• Increase strength building exercise from 6 days to 7 Seven day average: 3

58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191
May goal 159.9

April loss - 7.7
March total: loss 1.7 lbs - This is all that I lost with a deficit of 18,713 calories
February total calories burned (not the deficit) - 20,350 - loss 1.4 lbs

April 30 - 167.9

May 01 - 165.1 I counted that in the April loss. It made up for February and March
May 02 - 164.3 - Saw this 164 number on April 26, glad to see it again. 5 more pounds to get out of the obese range. Working on it!
I usually keep it simple, calories in, calories out, and deficit. My change had been that I started to have greek yoghurt because with my dental issues it was a nice soft thing to have. I wonder if that has made the difference.
May 03 - 163.2 - I really stayed in bed late today and weighed before drinking water. I guess more time between eating and weighing myself. Planned night out, dinner, drinks, a concert.
May 04 - 165.0 - Pretty much expected, up almost 2 pounds in a day. This is why I rarely go out with friends any more, bad for the waistline. Went out with skinny friends last night argh, they don't have to be careful at all. I will get it back down, but it could take awhile. Oh well, I had a very good time.
May 05 - 166.4 - Back on track, but stuff from Friday is still showing up. Maybe tomorrow will be better : - )
May 06 - 165.6
May 08 - 165.3
May 09 - 165.1
May 10 - 165.0
May 11 - 165.3 - Ready to see a loss!
May 12 - 166.2 - Very large deficits since Friday - digging, tilling, weeding, planting. Slow metabolism, so maybe that will show up Tuesday or Wednesday hopefully. Potato garden today and weeding everywhere.
May 13 - 166.5
May 14 - 165.6
May 15 - 164.3 - I didn't manage to get enough water in yesterday, so the scale is down today.
May 16 - 163.0 - Yay!
May 17 - 163.1
May 19 - 164.7 - Dang. Oh well, not sweating it, staying the course.
May 20 - 163.5
May 21 - 164.6
May 22 - 164.3
May 23 - 163.9 - Going away until Monday, no wifi. So challenging to not be eating one's own food, and not much of a cushion this month. I will see what I can get in for workouts.
May 27 - 161.5
May 28 - 163.3
May 30 - 163.5
May 31 - 163.3



Running loss/gain - loss 1.8 - Not as much as I would have liked, hopefully June will be better.

Original starting weight - 228
May starting weight - 160.8
May goal - 157
Ultimate goal - 139

3rd - 163.4
10th - 159.8 - FINALLY! This has been about two months in the waiting!
17th - 161.4 - 2 steps forward, one step back. The struggle is real!
24th - 161.8 - doggoneit! I want the next decade down to stay. Gotta work it more!
31st - 159.8 - One step forward, two back...
Total loss for May - Loss of 1

June I would like to be more soundly in the 150s.
See you all again soon!

BurningSkies2018 wrote: »

Original starting weight - 400+ - April 6, 2019
May starting weight - 384
May goal - 374
Ultimate goal - 200

1st - 384
3rd - 381
6th - 379
8th - 376
15th - 371
22nd - 366
29th - 363

Total loss for May - 21 lbs!

Edit: Weigh-in 05/31/2019: 360 lbs. Down 24 lbs.

Thought I had replied to this sooner, but apparently I may have looked over it. Updated it, nonetheless!

•Lose 5 lbs in May 2019•

April 2019 - Gain / Loss
of 2 lbs. 30 day average was 177 Monthly average went up! Not good.

Original starting wgt: 253
May starting weight: 177.2
May goal: 170
🌹Updating every day through May.

•Monday Updates•📌

May 1 - 178.4 📌5/6 - 179 - 100g carbs, 96g net carbs. Carbs were: belgian waffles (2) salad dressing, broccoli slaw, strawberry preserves. Trying to just satisfy what my body wants right now, within reason. An increase in carbs, wrong type, but thats what was available. 📌5/27 - 178.4
5/28 - 176.8
5/29 - 177.6

5/30 - 177.6

5/31 - 176.2 - I feel like I tried a little of everything this month, from increasing potassium to carb cycling to OMAD. I will go back over the month and access the food, calories and macros part and then get back to exercising. My joints have been betraying me the last three weeks. Mysterious pains and lots of aching from the humidity. First day back to walking today.

Gain / Loss of 1 lb.

While we wait for the June thread.

Happy Saturday Fam. Weigh in day and the loss is still not where I want it to be but at least it’s moving the right direction. Down 1.6 lbs this week. The swelling has gone down as well especially around my waist. Down a full 5.5 cm (2.1in).

I’ve been out for my walks everyday this week! I even got in a couple of extra walks here and there. I realized that an hour was a bit too much for me still so I have to do 30 minute sessions at a time. I will be having my 6 week post op this Tuesday (although it will technically be 6 weeks on Thursday) and I am keeping my fingers crossed to be cleared for jogging. My plan is to get back on my C25K program this coming week and start back on my arms and legs strength training at home with light weights.

I’ve done much better with snacking and staying under this week. However, I decided not to punish myself for eating into my workout calories. I’ve kept strong with my IF program going anywhere from 16 hours fasting to 20 depending on how I feel that particular day. I’ve slept so much better this past week and feel so much less bloated as well. I’m still working on balancing out my meals and keeping that first meal less heavy.
My water intake is nearly perfect going anywhere from 2-3 L a day.

Just want to thank @deepwoodslady and @mtaratoot for your words and encouragement this past week. ❤️

I will try to do a daily weigh in for June in this thread. Let’s see how that goes.

Starting weight - 338.8 Lbs
Current weight - 172.4 Lbs
June goal - 167.4 Lbs
Ultimate goal - 150 Lbs

June 01 - 170.8
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Total loss for June - 1.6 Lbs