Can someone join me in losing ten pounds by June?

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  • Cerizez
    Cerizez Posts: 155 Member
    edited May 2020
    Cerizez wrote: »
    Cerizez wrote: »
    April 11:135 = starting weight. Goal weight is 125.
    April 12: 134
    April 19: 136
    April 26: 134
    May 3: 136
    May 10:
    May 17:
    May 24:
    May 31:
    June 7 (last weigh in):

    Pressure is on: deadline is approaching. 33 days left to make goal. Our lockdown is partially lifting tomorrow (5th May) so normal exercise can resume: cycling for an hour a day up and down to the beach: I'm so excited and grateful.

  • kbgoals2020
    kbgoals2020 Posts: 25 Member
    annieu613 wrote: »
    Challenge Goal Weight: 153

    March Total: 3.6

    April Total: 1.4

    May 3: 157.2
    May 10:
    May 17:
    May 24:
    May 31:

    I'm feeling pretty frustrated right now. I've been working so hard and based on my calories I should be losing weight. Hopefully I can do better in May.

    Sometimes you actually need a cheat meal/day to kickstart your metabolism/remind your body that it's not starving. But you got this!!! This slower you lose it, the longer you're likely to keep it off.
  • kbgoals2020
    kbgoals2020 Posts: 25 Member
    Sorry that my formatting is a bit different. I started tracking by "Week" on another thread and have just kept it up for my own consistency.

    This is were I'm at... I've been exercising pretty regularly, and about 2-3 weeks ago, I stopped eating late (I stop at 6pm, which is 3 hours before bed for me).

    Other than that I haven't changed my diet at all. And I've actually been eating like crap. But I did some food prep last night hoping it will make a difference this week.

    My weight has been bouncing up and down, but I'm consistently about 7-8lb lighter than my SW by just not eating late.

    Baby steps.

    SW - 180lb
    GW - 135lb
    Week 1 - 173.3lb
    Week 2 - 174lb
    Week 3 - 178lb
    Week 4 - 172. 3
    Week 5 - 171.6
    Week 6 - 172.3
  • Bluebell2325
    Bluebell2325 Posts: 103 Member
    Challenge Goal Weight: 133 lbs
    (Height: 5 foot 2½ inches)

    March loss: 4.2 lbs
    March 1: Missed - late to the party.
    March 8: 143 lbs - feeling wobbley and not liking it one bit, ready for getting back to it.
    March 15: 142.2 lbs - started reading James Smith's "Not a Diet Book" last night, hoping it'll help get my head back into the right frame of mind and reduce (if not avoid) self sabotage.
    March 21: 138.8 lbs - feeling good. Did kettlebells last night, first time in ages, it was fantastic (and I didn't break any light fittings).
    March 29: 138.8 lbs - got that TOTM feeling, sore and achey, but otherwise cheerful.

    April loss: 1.8 lbs
    April 4: 138.8 lbs - two and a half weeks into social distancing. Feeling upbeat, in a good place mentally, feeling quite relaxed. But being at home all day every day, working from home, exercising from home, with two kids that want to eat me out of house and home and only essential travel allowed, I can't just nip to the shop for this or that I have to work with what I've got. I know there's been some not great food choices so I'm surprised I haven't put on weight to be honest. Onwards...
    April 11: 137.6 lbs - heading in the right direction slowly. I know my water intake needs to improve.
    April 18: 136.4 lbs - my water intake still hasn't improved. But happy and healthy and managing ok during this Covid crisis and quarantine.
    April 25: 137.0 lbs - once in a blue moon I have a horrendously awful and painful TOTM. That sums up this week.

    May 2: 136.4 lbs
    May 9: 137.4 lbs - not a great week in terms of food or exercise, teenage kids struggling with lockdown so they've been my priority and the focus of my efforts.
    May 16: 135.6 lbs
    May 23:
    May 30:

    June 6 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:
  • Queen_of_Lean
    Queen_of_Lean Posts: 362 Member
    @Bluebell2325, great loss! 🌼

    The scale finally moved down for me this week as well, so I'm very very happy! And btw, I'm now even less than the initial goal! 😊😊😊 I just hope to keep it for next week!

    Challenge goal weight: 120

    March 1: 135
    March 8: 132.3
    March 15: 131
    March 21: 128.1
    March 28: 126

    April 4: 125.2
    April 11: 123
    April 18: 121.7
    April 26: 121.7

    May 2: 121.5
    May 9: 121
    May 16: 118.2
    May 23:
    May 30:

    June 6 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:
  • Bluebell2325
    Bluebell2325 Posts: 103 Member
    @iyanchovska thank you. Well done you too, amazing work. Mx
  • kbgoals2020
    kbgoals2020 Posts: 25 Member
    My weightloss has been happening in a zig zag way... 10.5lb down today, but back and forth every other week. 😖😥

    Starting - 180lb
    Week 1 - 173.3lb
    Week 2 - 174lb
    Week 3 - 178lb
    Week 4 - 172. 3
    Week 5 - 171.6
    Week 6 - 172.3
    Week 7 - 169.5
  • MichelleMcKeeRN
    MichelleMcKeeRN Posts: 450 Member
    Challenge Goal Weight: 146.8lbs (fancy digital scale that broke) to 132lbs (on old school scale). I’m 5’2”

    March 1: 146.8
    March 8: 144.0
    March 15: 143.8
    March 22:
    March 29: 140lbs (tbh, my digital scale seems to be having trouble weighing consistently so I had to switch back to my old school scale. My old school scale is always consistent but weighs me in as a little less than the fancy digital scale).

    April 4: 140lbs
    April 12: 139lbs
    April 19: 139lbs
    April 25: 136lbs
    May 3: 140lbs (Looks like I ate plenty on my staycation although I crushed my workouts)
    May 9: 139lbs (Hmmm, was hoping last weeks weight spike would have plummeted... oh well. I didn’t count calories this week but ate light. Ultimately, my goal is to get a feel for the calories to the point that counting is not needed).
    May 16: Goal 137lbs (Hooray! My weight is headed back in the right direction. I am not losing weight as fast as I hoped although I am very happy with my progress!)
    May 24:
    May 31:

    June 7 (last weigh in!): 132lbs goal
    Final thoughts: Will get a new DEXA scan in June for comparison!
  • snowboardandasuitcase
    snowboardandasuitcase Posts: 217 Member
    edited May 2020
    Starting Weight: 145.3lbs / 65.9kgs
    Challenge Goal Weight: 135lbs / 61.2kgs *Hit!
    New Challenge Goal Weight: 130lbs / 59kgs

    March Loss: 6.4lbs / 2.9kgs
    March 1: late start
    March 8: late start
    March 15: 145.3lbs / 65.9kgs
    March 22: 142.2lbs / 64.5kgs -3.1lbs/1.4kgs
    just the water weight etc. this week, with getting back on track and sticking to my calorie goal. Currently rehabbing some injuries so doing yoga and min 5kms walking daily. Hoping to start adding in some jogging and strength training by this time next week!! 🤗
    March 31: 138.9lbs / 63.0kgs -3.3lbs/1.5kgs--so surprised!
    I was gonna give myself a fresh bakery treat as a reward for getting under 140 in the coming weeks but now it just feels too soon! I've done well controlling my sugar cravings so dont wanna fall back into that trap too soon. I don't have a scale so I didn't manage to weigh in on Sunday (I do use the same scale to weigh in each time, it's just not mine). Here's to hoping the scale keeps moving in the right direction and I don't hit an early plateau! 💃🌞 Keep up the good work everyone! 💕
    April Loss: 5.3lbs / 2.4kgs
    April 6: 138.7lbs / 62.9kgs
    -0.2lbs/0.1kg
    plateaued this week from a few changes, but mostly I think it's been alternating LISS days and workouts. I'm rehabbing a cpl injuries so I'm only doing 30 minute workouts (TIU and beginner Kayla). If I do a workout I dont walk on the same day, and take a LISS day the next day. This past week I did 4 workouts so I only did my walk a cpl times this week which I think made the difference. Going to keep at this routine for now as it's been really good getting in a few pain-free workouts, and doing yoga everyday. Gonna try to up my steps on workout days and hope I at least don't put weight on this week 😅 keep it up everyone!! 💪🤗
    April 12: 136.0lbs/61.7kgs -2.7lbs/1.2kgs
    YOU GUYS I've had the best week!!! I've been walking 7km+ most days and doing workouts every other day, INCLUDING days I walk 🎉, yoga everyday and my injuries feel sooo good!!! I'm so excited!!! As far as diet I've had a few small changes recently. I've switched to whole foods, plant-based, which I was doing about 70% previously but I've ramped that up to about 95% now. I'm really excited to see the effects on my nutrients and macros this week and see where I need to make changes. If anyones looking for a little inspo or maybe a little information, I HIGHLY recommend "The Game Changers" on Netflix. I'm not saying you should follow what they say but it's an interesting watch when you've probably binged everything else by now (me) 😅 I hope everyone else is as excited as I am for this coming week cause you're all amazing and you've got this!! 👏💪
    April 19: 134.9lbs / 61.2kgs
    -1.1lbs / 0.5kgs *HIT ORIGINAL GOAL🎉
    So I've hit my original goal and I've readjusted to 130lbs/60kgs for June 7th. I'm going to try to stretch this out with a slower weight loss and see if I can get closer to losing 0.5-1lb/week. I worked on this last week and did pretty well. At this stage I don't need to be dropping more than that in a week and I wanna make sure I stay as healthy as possible. I've ramped up my workouts and I'm feeling really good. Had a lethargic day two days ago so I took a full on rest day and ate some extra (healthy) cals to keep my body and mind on track. At this point my focus is shifting to strength and mental health so we'll see how I go 💪🤗🎉

    P.S. I'm so inspired by all of you! You guys are absolutely killing this and not letting the bad weeks affect your goals. You are all amazing and I'm so happy we're in this together 💕🌞

    April 26: 133.4lbs / 60.5kgs
    -1.5lbs / 0.7kgs
    Not angry but losing more than my weekly plan 😅 I haven't been eating back all my exercise cals because they're just an estimate from fitbit/mfp so I just assume they're too high lol. I have to go down the coast for an appointment this week so I'll see how the diet and exercise goes while we're away. Next week might fluctuate a bit but I'm so happy with my progress that I dont even care 💃 *my treat for going back to work is gonna be a heart rate monitoring tracker/watch (thinking Charge 3??) 🤗

    P.S. I took measurements this morning and I wish I'd done them at the start cause holy moly! I took some updated photos and I can telllllllll!!! Can't wait for the progress results on June 7th 🎉🍾 *do yourself a fav and take honest photos and measurements--even a month will show results 💕

    Haven't updated May yet.. whoops! But I have been checking in each week and reading everyones posts 💪
    May 3: DNW - out of town
    May 13: 135.6lbs / 61.5kgs
    gained a kilo hanging at the bfs family home for two weeks lollll we thought we were only going to be out of town for a few days and it turned into 2 weeks so we were kinda making due with meals on a day-to-day basis without meal planning and this was the result! Delicious and enjoyed myself and worked out 6-7 days/week so I'm not mad 🤗
    May 17: 134.0lbs / 60.8kgs getting back on track but I haven't been counting my cals so I'm glad I've been losing haha 🙈 working out 6-7days/wk and walking 5-7kms most days. Buuutttttt......
    NSV-TIME!!!! Bfs whole family was so impressed with my weight loss and everyone noticed which felt really good!! I'm also seeing so much definition now in my arms but also my aaaabbbssssss are starting to peek out and I'm like whaaaaaaat!!!! So even though I've gained recently I'm so happy with my non-scale victories that it doesnt even phase me!!! 💃🎉🤗
    May 24:
    May 31:

    June 7 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:

  • snowboardandasuitcase
    snowboardandasuitcase Posts: 217 Member
    It looks like most of us have been battling the scale the last cpl weeks and that can be pretty discouraging and frustrating.

    With that, I want to hear some NSVs! What non-scale victories have you had this month??

    For example, I'm noticing some definition in my muscles and I can actually see myself losing fat! I've been keeping up with my workouts and I'm getting stronger, and able to do more reps with better form 💪 yay me! 🎉

    Your turn!
  • Queen_of_Lean
    Queen_of_Lean Posts: 362 Member
    Challenge goal weight: 120

    March 1: 135
    March 8: 132.3
    March 15: 131
    March 21: 128.1
    March 28: 126

    April 4: 125.2
    April 11: 123
    April 18: 121.7
    April 26: 121.7

    May 2: 121.5
    May 9: 121
    May 16: 118.2
    May 23: 117.5
    May 30:

    June 6 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:

    I'm more than happy with my results in the last 3 months! ❤️ Now my main goal will be to maintain them.

    @Dorgle690's challenge was the first one I joined after I found MFP community and it was a great motivation to share with all of you, it gave me a feeling of integrity and common goal, so you are one of the main reasons for my success! Thank you, girls! ❤️🌼💜
  • Bluebell2325
    Bluebell2325 Posts: 103 Member
    Challenge Goal Weight: 133 lbs
    (Height: 5 foot 2½ inches)

    March loss: 4.2 lbs
    March 1: Missed - late to the party.
    March 8: 143 lbs - feeling wobbley and not liking it one bit, ready for getting back to it.
    March 15: 142.2 lbs - started reading James Smith's "Not a Diet Book" last night, hoping it'll help get my head back into the right frame of mind and reduce (if not avoid) self sabotage.
    March 21: 138.8 lbs - feeling good. Did kettlebells last night, first time in ages, it was fantastic (and I didn't break any light fittings).
    March 29: 138.8 lbs - got that TOTM feeling, sore and achey, but otherwise cheerful.

    April loss: 1.8 lbs
    April 4: 138.8 lbs - two and a half weeks into social distancing. Feeling upbeat, in a good place mentally, feeling quite relaxed. But being at home all day every day, working from home, exercising from home, with two kids that want to eat me out of house and home and only essential travel allowed, I can't just nip to the shop for this or that I have to work with what I've got. I know there's been some not great food choices so I'm surprised I haven't put on weight to be honest. Onwards...
    April 11: 137.6 lbs - heading in the right direction slowly. I know my water intake needs to improve.
    April 18: 136.4 lbs - my water intake still hasn't improved. But happy and healthy and managing ok during this Covid crisis and quarantine.
    April 25: 137.0 lbs - once in a blue moon I have a horrendously awful and painful TOTM. That sums up this week.

    May 2: 136.4 lbs
    May 9: 137.4 lbs - not a great week in terms of food or exercise, teenage kids struggling with lockdown so they've been my priority and the focus of my efforts.
    May 16: 135.6 lbs
    May 23: 135.6 lbs
    May 30:

    June 6 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:
  • eminater
    eminater Posts: 2,477 Member
    Challenge Goal Weight: 198.0

    April 04: 213.2 lbs
    April 11: 209.0 lbs
    April 18: 206.4 lbs
    April 25: 204.6 lbs

    May 02: 202.8 lbs
    May 09: 201.8 lb
    May 16: ** will I see the 1xx.x in May?
    May 23: 198.4 lbs
    May 30:

    June 6 (last weigh in!):
    Final thoughts:

    Reflections:
    Week 8 - the last 2 weeks have taught me A LOT about the type of activity that I do and that the step count is not my best indicator of activity. I am starting to look more toward active minutes. And I really thought it was down to diet alone, but for me at the moment, that really slowed my losses. Like by heaps. I really want to meet my goal by June 6th and I am just going to focus one day at a time - with forgiveness and love.
    Week 6 - now that walking is allowed I have increased walking but decreased workouts and I am frustrated as it feels my prior 'lockdown habits' and motivation and slipping through my fingers. Although - I need to think of long term sustainable change and tbh - any loss is a loss. Every week my weight goes down is a VICTORY. I have a long road ahead and emotional fortitude is going to be needed. This week, I want to continue building positive habits around sleep and exercise.
    Week 5
    I really want to get to onderland. 16:8 is helping me manage my hunger and it is turning into a sustainable habit. Feels very natural actually. Exercise is becoming more of a habit as well, and it's starting to feel LESS like hard work and more something I am looking forward to. I can feel a shift in my mood and mentality. My challenges for next week are SLEEP. I am struggling with early rises for work and I need the discipline to go to bed on time so I get the Zzzz's I need to cope with my new active lifestyle.
    Week 4
    I really want to get to onderland. It's been an up-and-down kind of week. I am hoping that 16:8 IF will help bring more consistency on the scales (less fluctuations). I am fighting a strong urge to be a couch potato but started cooking less. Luckily I have so many containers of left-overs of all the cooking I did last week. Super keen to get into onderland, and in May .. it could happen. As long as I continue the way I have been going. I've been doing so many things right... but it still feels like hard work.
    Week 3
    I really want to get to onderland. Actually I am dreaming of getting down to 188 as this will be out of obese. I probably won't get there during this challenge, but it is starting to seem realistic. My clothes are looser and this will hopefully put some wind in my sails, as I very easily make excuses not to be as active as I should. I have developed some very good eating habits though, so I think this is a big positive.
    Week 2
    I really want to get into onderland. Working my butt off right now but I have to take it one day at a time. These are not habits yet, it's still daily hard work and pushing myself. At least I am starting to see the results. On the scales and off.
    Week 1
    I really want to get into onderland. Working my butt off right now but the results aren't quite showing on the scales yet.

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