My goals this month:

1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week

07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0

July 9 update. Ok gals we are almost 1/3 thru the month already. It's going by fast. Let's buckle down and keep going!

#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly

********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.

Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14

#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.

******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.

Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14

Gals we have 20 days left. We can do it! Hopefully we shall all see progress or at least meet some of our goals this month!!

Not sure if posting here daily is helping or not but I guess it might be. Welcome to 1/3 of July complete my friends!
It's not too late to finish July strong even if we have stumbled.

#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly

********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.

Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11 Sat was a decent day. I think eating a slightly bigger breakfast is helping to keep things even for me who knows. I must have drank 8 times what I normally due because of the heat and humidity tho. yikes
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14

#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.

******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.

Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11 VERY HOT but took the time to exercise and ended up 1071 activity. happy with that for sure
Jul 12
Jul 13
Jul 14

5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
GW: 133

August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8

So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.

Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous

July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.

Welcome to almost 1/2 of July complete my friends!
It's not too late to finish July strong even if we have stumbled.

#1 GET OFF THE ROLLERCOASTER
what this means is that I need to quit always worrying about did I gain a pound or two and lately I have found that I am tending instead of eating at a nice steady pace I am either binging or restricting more and more. It's a no win zero sum game so my plan is to just eat to my TDEE and log consistantly

********* week 1********** pretty consistent not restricting or binging but I think a little light to TDEE at avg in of 1678 so will gradually increase . Closed diary every day.

Jul 8 I think I still might be eating a little light to TDEE but not pushing things.
Jul 9 upped cals a little bit just adding during the day. That's always a biggy for me not to do it ALL AT ONE TIME IN THE EVENING!! but successful
Jul 10 sometimes Fridays are difficult but managed again.
Jul 11 Sat was a decent day. I think eating a slightly bigger breakfast is helping to keep things even for me who knows. I must have drank 8 times what I normally due because of the heat and humidity tho. yikes
Jul 12 Again having difficulty staying hydrated. Water belly on Sun evening from trying to keep up.
Jul 13 a better day. Not cal wise but even thought heat was still excessive I felt recovered from the weekend
Jul 14

#2 800 active calories per day (Apple watch) goal.
This should NOT be difficult and I hope for it to energize me. My avg since I got my watch in late Dec last year is 817 per day and my average in June was 791 but May was 866 so I have felt like my activity trend is going the wrong direction.

******** week 1*************
averaged 967 active minutes. Success but it's not a steady rate and today again with just walking may be hard to reach the 800 but NO EXCUSES... Week 2 here we go.

Jul 8 so yesterday I just did not feel like running in the morning. But I still managed almost 26K steps with my morning walk. I ended the day pleasantly surprised with 895! So a good lesson that even when I don't get half of these from a morning run, I can still meet my goals!!
Jul 9 890 which was interesting because I had a really good run but less steps. hahaha.
Jul 10 Felt very tired from my springing on Thursday even tho I upped my cals a bit to try to help. It's just so dang humid and hot it's difficult to keep hydrated. No run but still keeping an eye out and managed to score 837 for the day!!!
Jul 11 VERY HOT but took the time to exercise and ended up 1071 activity. happy with that for sure
Jul 12 878
Jul 13 878 (funny it was exactly the same Mon and Sun) Had to really do quite a few short workouts to manage.
Jul 14

@Antiopelle maintaining is sometimes not a bad thing. Keeping the progress, Even if it's higher than you want I bet it starts to go the right direction soon.

My goals this month:

1. Get off the rollercoaster - consistency in eating and moving around. Not going from restricting to much one day to overeating the next, being a Netflix binger on Saturday and walking 25K on Sunday.
2. Current weight: 73.0 - goal weight by the end of the month: 71.0
3. Get my yearly steps back to goal, which means around 80K to 100K a week

07/07: 73.0
08/07: 72.9 - there we go This evening after work, I have a dental appointment. This will certainly help with overeating today !
09/07: 73.0
10/07: 73.0
11/07: 73.0
12/07: 73.0
13/07: 73.0
14/07: 73.0
15/07: 73.2

5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
GW: 133

August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8

So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.

Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous

July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.


We're basically back on lockdown in NM.... I'm beyond irritated, there's no common sense being applied to it. One of my biggest motivators is being competitive with my horses. I've sent one horse to TX so that he can continue being hauled to events to he'll be ready for me to run next year. We were supposed to have a show this wknd so I've been prepping another 4 yo for that - but it's canceled. Horse events are outdoors, and everyone naturally socially distances - I don't mind wearing a mask if requested while at a competition......but our gov is on the warhunt and sending the state cops to everything.......however, it's still safe to go to Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot & protesting is perfectly safe (according to her). We had huge BLM protests all over downtown with most people not following covid guidelines.... so now we're shut down. I've been so frustrated that it's not been easy to stay on track with exercise/diet/riding - since we're not allowed to do anything anyway. One day at a time... just one day at a time..

kerstenk141 wrote: »

36yo | 5;5"

Currently

• Weight: 130lbs
• Waist: 28.5"
• Arms: 12"
• Hips: 39.5"

JULY GOALS

• Continue with my current 6-week workout plan (currently on week 3) with a focus on form and lifting heavier
• Not be afraid to consume more calories - supposed to eat 1600 daily but currently scared to go over 1400
• Dont forget to stretch
• Walk the puppers more cause he needs to work out too

Week of July 12

• Weight: 128lbs
• Waist: 28.5"
• Arms: 12"
• Hips: 39"

JULY GOALS

• Havent skipped a workout, been lifting heavier and going to failure on my last sets. I feel like jello...
• Have gone over 1400 calories regularly. Hoping by the end of the month to reach 1500.
• I suck at stretching...well I suck at putting in the time do it anyways.
• Doggo gets in atleast 1 walk a day been trying for 2 cause I love his smile when I ask, "Walk?"

5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
May GW: 140
GW: 133

August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2 EW 143.4
May SW ???? EW 143.6
June SW143.6 EW 143.8

So, apparently I've learned to maintain fairly well. Had to do pics with one of my horses and I'm not thrilled, time to tighten things back up. Right now, I've been struggling to find the motivation to log consistently. I'm grateful for this group keeping me accountable because my giveadarn is not really working. I even quit weighing in every morning - which for me, makes a difference.

Goals - keeping it super simple right now
1. Be consistent - weigh in and food
2. Get to the 130s - this is past the point of ridiculous

July 1 - 142.6day/144.0ave
July 2 - 146.0 - I made stir fry chicken last night and I think it's maybe all the sodium in the soy? Weird, highest weight I've had in ages and I didn't eat badly yesterday. Lots of water today and shaking it off.
July 6 - 148.6 - Obviously I over-celebrated the wknd. I seem to blow up with water weight when I get dehydrated and too much junk food. Rode out in the mountains yesterday for about 6 hours. Such fun! Decent start today, got up at 5:30 and worked one horse before work. Cool & crisp - sunrise is one of my favorite times to be outdoors. Using this Monday as a fresh start!
July 7 - 148.4 - one step at a time. Yesterday I did well on food, kept it at 1200. Last week I got lazy and ate out for lunch - hubby was in town so I ate whatever I picked up for him...and then inhaled dinner + snacks.. I'm paying for it now. Good start today - up at 5 and rode before work. The more I stay outdoors, the better I do with food.
July 8 - 148.0 - yesterday wasn't as good as it should've been foodwise. Hubby showed up at work to take me to lunch... so there went my plan of a protein bar. Made shrimp/steak fajitas for dinner - I skipped the sour cream, cheese so it wasn't too bad. I still feel really bloated and ugh. Started back on vit d today, realized I've gotten out of the habit of taking it every morning. Decent start today - up at 5:30 and rode till 7 so at least I got in some exercise before coming to the office to sit on my butt all day. I swear desk jobs are the absolute worst.
July 9 - 147.0 - At least things are going the right direction. Rode a bit last night and made it up this morning for an hour riding before coming to the office. Funny how much more mindful being careful to log my food makes me.
July 10 - 145.2 - Better! Yesterday felt so much better. I feel like I'm about back to my 'start point' for the month...but at least I have 20 days left to work on goals.
July 11 - 143.2
July 13 - 145.6 - long hot busy weekend, pasta for dinner - I really should avoid the stuff.
July 14 - 145.4 - didn't eat the greatest yesterday, but within bounds. Rode for 3 hours - beautiful evening. Worked at the barn for an hour this morning before work. I've been struggling to stay hydrated and get enough sleep. Trying to work on that.
July 15 - 144.4 - yesterday was better...back to having a protein bar for lunch and trying to cook a decent dinner. Got in an hour of riding before work and worked in my garden for an hour later.
July 16 - 144.0 - Better!
July 17 - 144.2 - yesterday was great, I feel like I'm finally clicking back into better habits.

What gorgeous pictures Weatherking!!! tough to get back into the office eh?

July seems to be flying by and I will admit week 1 was totally active. Week 2 not so much but this week I seem to be doing ok with the runs and such. Getting up a little earlier to work out helps somewhat. And also "new shoes"

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Wow, I feel like I found a group with people who similarly need to lose some weight while already being within a healthy range! I've been on a weight loss journey for the past 2 months now, and would like to join this thread as I wrap up my weight loss and go into maintenance!

For some background, I'm 20 years old and was in great shape about 4-5 years ago, before I developed binge eating disorder due to a restrictive past/bad coping habits and slowly gained about 40 pounds. 2 years ago, I finally got my BED into control and focused on recovery through therapy and no restriction. Since now I am in a better mindset to watch what I eat and be in a deficit, I finally decided to lose some of the pounds I gained because of my BED. Quarantine has helped me develop healthier lifestyle habits, and I am finally getting back to the weights that I feel the best in! I like to log some weekly sentiments, non-scale goals, and maybe some mini-food diaries for myself to be accountable and also reflect on this journey.

What I'm good about: exercising (I do HIIT/pilates 6 days a week and run 3-4 miles once a week), intermittent fasting, sticking to my calories
What I'm bad about: cheat meals once a week that would be wayyy overboard (not binges, but definitely overeating), not getting enough protein (I'm a vegetarian who loves eating starches like sweet potatoes and oatmeal)
Goals to improve: a "maintenance" day once a week instead of having an untracked cheat meal, hitting 60-70g of protein a day!

Height: 159 cm (so 5'2.5)
HW: (Dec of 2019) 132
SW (May 17th): 124.8
May 24th: 124.8

June 1st: 121.9
June 10th: 120.7
June 19th: 119.4

July 1st: 119.1
July 6th: 117.9
July 11th: 116.7
July 20th: 117.2 (hopefully can log a loss this week)
GW by July 31st: 115 lbs! (115.5 is fine too)
Ultimate GW: 110-112 lbs

Looking forward to reading all of your posts and updates!

47, 5’2”
CW:112.0
GW: 107
CBF: 21.4 %
Goal BF%: 19%

Goal #1: Eat Protein rich dinner
Goal #2: Limit drinks on weekend!
Goal #3: Continue OTF 6x week
Goal #4: Burst mini workouts as long as I work from home (word is going back 7/13:/)
Goal #5: Don't Stress!!
** take self progress pics.

09/30 109.6, 19.6%
10/30 108, 19.1%
11/27 108.4, 19.4%
12/31 112, 20.6%
01/31 110.2, 20.1%
02/28 107.6, 18.9%
03/30 110 19%
04/30 110, 19.9%
05/30 111.4, 20.4%
06/30 112, 21%

07/1 112, 21.4%
07/7 112.4 20.4%
07/17 113.6 ??
07/21 112.4, 20.4%

OK, this morning, I am at pre vacation.
I'm on that Atkin soup diet this week and so far so good. I made a batch and it's in my fridge in mason jars so I can pick 1 to go (lunch) and keep track for dinner.

I went to OTF 3 days in a row and tonight is an OFF day as they don't have 6:45 class. If it's not raining, I am going trail walking. Got my man back on the diet too. He's on day 2, I packed him a big salad and snacks.

I am hoping to see a dent at the end of the month!

31 years old. mom of 2. 5'1"
SW May 2020: 184lbs

SW: July 1st 170.6
July 5th 168.8lbs
July 10th 167.7
July 15th 167.5
July 20th 166
July 22nd 164.6

GW by July 31st 163lbs

@my4570 you should definitely aim to increase your protein.

The general guidelines for endurance and strength-trained athletes from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine suggest consuming between 1.2 and 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight for the best performance and health.

https://verywellfit.com/protein-recommendations-for-exercise-1229792

@SummerSkier, WHY NOT go in public in your bikini!? You look AMAZING!