3-Month Weight Loss Challenge, May - August, Pick Your Difficulty

deepwoodslady wrote: »

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.



Start date: May 16
Challenge Starting Weight: 192.6
Challenge Level: ✴✴✴
Challenge Goal weight: 177.6

05/16 – 192.6
05/23 – 194.6 Not acceptable!
05/31 - 195.3 Holiday Week
06/07 - 194.7 Better………
06/15 - 198.6 After 2 days of car travel, no exercise & all restaurants. Clearly I need to learn to make better choices when away from home!

That is a tough one for sure! I've got a road trip coming up and trying to think
of some creative good-for-me food. I'll bring an ice chest and my scale for sure! I thought about bags of steamer vegetables that I can cook in gas station microwaves (love them at home with a little liquid aminos drizzled on them - so filling). Also will pre-hard-boil some eggs, pre-grill chicken, pre-mix nonfat yogurt with a favorite protein powder, pre-cook sweet potatoes, bring some lunch meat, little cans of tuna, fruit, carrots, nuts and I don't know what else. 🤷‍♀️ Any ideas? I'll be on the road for 3 weeks! Thanks so much for sharing. I bet most of your weight change is water. 🤞

deepwoodslady wrote: »

tthickens637 wrote: »

deepwoodslady wrote: »

MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM 59 YEARS YOUNG & FROM THE MIDWEST USA. I AM APPROX 5’ 5” TALL.



Start date: May 16
Challenge Starting Weight: 192.6
Challenge Level: ✴✴✴
Challenge Goal weight: 177.6

05/16 – 192.6
05/23 – 194.6 Not acceptable!
05/31 - 195.3 Holiday Week
06/07 - 194.7 Better………
06/15 - 198.6 After 2 days of car travel, no exercise & all restaurants. Clearly I need to learn to make better choices when away from home!

That is a tough one for sure! I've got a road trip coming up and trying to think
of some creative good-for-me food. I'll bring an ice chest and my scale for sure! I thought about bags of steamer vegetables that I can cook in gas station microwaves (love them at home with a little liquid aminos drizzled on them - so filling). Also will pre-hard-boil some eggs, pre-grill chicken, pre-mix nonfat yogurt with a favorite protein powder, pre-cook sweet potatoes, bring some lunch meat, little cans of tuna, fruit, carrots, nuts and I don't know what else. 🤷‍♀️ Any ideas? I'll be on the road for 3 weeks! Thanks so much for sharing. I bet most of your weight change is water. 🤞

@tthickens637 I do Keto / low carb so I try to travel with almonds or walnuts. The healthy fats do help keep the hunger at bay so I stay out of the snack aisle in the gas stations. String cheese, cubed cheddar etc. My weakness is in hitting the restaurants. I am from a very very small town. One pizza joint, one family restaurant with the same menu for over 20 years now, and a fairly new McDonald's which does not tempt me anymore. Out of town I am like a kid in a toy store! We have no major stores. No walmart, etc. No strip malls. One drug store. One general hardware store. Amish community dominates so lots of horse & buggy if you get the picture. To get a donut when traveling is unbelievable! A bagel? Wow. So many choices of dinners & sides! I just can't resist. I truly need to work on portion control when in these situations. I also need to make good choices. But mainly I need to NOT BRING ANYTHING HOME to turn my outing into a full day or week binge! You sound way in control more than I am. All of your ideas are great. I want to enjoy the restaurants, however, in a RESPONSIBLE WAY. I need this to not just be a diet, but a lifestyle. There will always be travel in my line of work. There is always social situations in our lives as well. I need control. You sound like you have an excellent plan & some very very good ideas for your upcoming travel. I think you will do great. Just try to get a bit of walking in, believe in yourself, and celebrate your willingness to make changes, however big or small. Be safe in your travels!

Great ideas!! I absolutely love the "NOT BRING ANYTHING HOME" rule. Now that's what I call heathy boundaries!! Thank You. 🤗

Yay... Pretty good week. Not perfect, but better than last week. I got all my weight training sessions in and lost some inches too!! I discovered riced cauliflower, which took me to all the pre-shredded bags of vegies. All I do is pop them in the microwave for a couple of minutes, drizzle with liquid amonios and BAM - a huge hot plate of yum. Very low calorie, filling and I'm getting my veggies in!! I also started pre-logging calories reserved for my evening snack. This extra buffer keeps me from taking in too many calories before snack time. 😋 I overate some at a BBQ yesterday, but hey this has to be sustainable and BBQ's happen! Anyway, still headed in the right direction. 👏👏👏 Have a great week everyone!

Located Northern California
60 years old, Female, 5'8" tall
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 165
Challenge Level Two: 🏃🏽‍♀️🏋️‍♀️
Challenge Goal weight:<155

Weekly weigh-in (Sundays)

MAY
5/5: 166 lbs.
5/12: 165.1 lbs.
5/19: 161.8 lbs.
5/26: 159.4 lbs.

JUNE
6/2: 158.7 lbs.
6/9: 160.7 lbs.
6/16: 158.4 lbs.

Measurements (from my strength training experiment I started when my weight loss stalled:)

MAY
5/5: Chest: 40",Waist: 38", Hips: 42",
Thighs: 25", Calfs: 15"

5/12: Chest: 39.5",Waist: 36.5", Hips: 42",
Thighs: 24", Calfs: 15"

5/19: Chest: 39, Waist: 35.5, Hips: 42,
Thighs: 24, Calfs: 15

5/26: Chest: 39, Waist: 34, Hips: 41.5,
Thighs: 23, Calfs: 14.5

JUNE
6/2: Chest: 39", Waist: 34", Hips: 41.5",
Thighs: 23", Calfs: 14.5"

6/9: Chest: 39", Waist: 36.5", Hips: 41",
Thighs: 23", Calfs: 14.5"

6/16: Chest: 38", Waist: 35.5", Hips: 40",
Thighs: 23", Calfs: 14"

Saw this and had to share it!

I know I'm late but I'ooonnncurrr. Going for now, June 18th until August 31st.

Level 3 - 15 pounds ★★★

Starting weight: 212.8

So if I lose 15 pounds I'll be 197.8.

I am currently set at a 2 lbs a week loss. If I achieve that I could be around 192 lbs. (Btw I dont hold myself to the expectation that I will, this is just something I chart to encourage myself to say "look at where you could be if you were consistent" kind if thing).


Anyhow right now I am doing some type of fasting something or another. I honestly have no idea what I am doing. Perhaps I will post an update when I figure it out. Or perhaps I shall stay true to my vacillated nature and be on to something else new tomorrow #kanyeshrug

Good luck to everyone whatever your goals

MFP Starting Weight: 180 lbs - October 2018
Current Starting Weight: 174 lbs - May 2019

Challenge Starting Weight: 171 lbs
Challenge Level ✴✴✴
Challenge Goal Weight: 157 lbs
Height: 5ft 2.

Ultimate Goal: 133 lbs

Weigh-In Days: Mondays and Fridays

Start Day May 14th
End Day Aug 14th

May 14th 171lb
May 17th 170lb
May 20th 169lb
May 24th 170lb
May 27th 168lb
May 31st 169lb (Hoping this is just TOM gain)


June 2nd 169lb Not gone back to what I was before my period so a bit disappointed. But I have increased my exercise and my muscles are sore so I'm hoping it's a little water retention as my eating has been pretty good. Staying between 1200 and 1600 cals.

June 7th 170lb Really disappointed, made some bad choices this week and it's shown

June 10th 169lb

June 17th 167lb

Challenge Start Weight (5/8/19): 171
Challenge Level: ****
Challenge Goal Weight: 151
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130

5/8: 171
5/15: 169.6
5/22: 169.2
5/29: 172 WTF!

6/5: 168.8 That's better
6/12:168.0 not going down fast, but at least it's going down
6/19: 170.6...started heavy lifting Monday & definitely have DOMS, so I'm really not worried about this at the moment
6/26:

7/3:
7/10:
7/17:
7/24:
7/31:

8/7:


ETA: I was probably too hasty at putting down a 4 star challenge level, I will be happy if I end up with a 10 pound loss at the end of this challenge

@CarleyMarie83, great job! Way to go!

@tthickens637, well done! You're so close to your goal!

@lingling0313, everybody's welcome to join. We are all here for the same reason.