20 pounds to lose challenge April 1-July 31

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NSharma20 wrote: »

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Hi 🙋‍♀️. My name is Nina. I am 54 years old living in the southern eastern part of the USA. I have done 10 lb weight loss last year. But I gained everything back this year due to pandemic and my sedentary life style. So I am looking for the motivational support and plus some advices. I have a big goal to lose 56 lbs but that will take time. For right now I am looking to lose Atleast between 5/7 lbs every month.
So my starting weight is 185.6
My target goal is 178.6

Friends please help me with any ideas on how to proceed.

I am so close to my weight loss goal. Woot!

I want to recommend a Podcast called Huberman Lab which is a science based podcast that covers a lot of health issues including weight loss.

SW: 294.6
April 1 SW: 249.8
May 27 CW: 226.6
Change: -23.2 lbs
Target Weight: lose 25 by July 31st
July 31 TW: 225.8
Overall TW: 155

My husband just got a wake up call concerning his weight at his colonoscopy this morning. The anesthesiologist took one look at him and said, I am guessing you have sleep apnea and I'll take a look while you are under." Well he snores like a grizzly bear so this does not surprise me. He absolutely needs to lose at least 50 lbs. So like it or not, he will be on a weight loss journey with me. I told him I'm not buying another fattening thing and I am not going to enable his poor diet choices. If he wants ice cream, he's going to have to go get that himself. Honestly though this will be better for ME as well. A lot of my poor choices stem from eating out with him. That has got to stop.

RubyRed427 wrote: »

Made some good choices this week: worked out twice (weights and elliptical); cooked a delicious healthy meal twice, limited snacking because I ate it all already LOL, and limited the sweets at worked.

@RubyRed427

Look at you! You go girl...

I just ordered prepared keto meals from Factor, they come next week, I'll let you know how it goes...

lperkins5 wrote: »

frankwbrown wrote: »

check-in:
I have hovered in the low 250's for all of May. This past Monday, I finally broke through, to 249.9!
Now, I'm over 250 again, due to having a couple family gettogethers/meals during a nephew's visit. But, I have been swimming up a storm this past week (is that possible?). I swam 8 times in the past 6 days for a total distance of 12,200 yards (that's almost 7 miles!). And I'm back to eating more conservatively, so I'm expecting some happy results this Friday (knock on wood).
Monday is Memorial Day in the US, so if you plan on celebrating w/ a barbeque and goodies, try eating extra light this weekend in anticipation of that.

@frankwbrown

Wow Frank, that's awesome, 249! way to go! I'm 6 pounds behind you...

You got through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, this Memorial Day weekend should be a piece of cake...no pun intended...

Thanks, @lperkins5.
I'm on a natural high right now, finally seeing some good results. I feel energized and motivated to see how close I can come to my original goal set last July, which was to lose 100 pounds in one year. July 10th will be one year, and 230 would be 100 pounds down from my starting weight of 330. How close can I get?

Keep up the good work!

MY CHALLENGE GOAL: lose 30 pounds by July 30th (17 weeks)
highest weight: 330 (7/10/2020)
March 31st starting weight: 264
July 31st goal weight: 234
ultimate goal weight: 210-220 (whatever gets me down to ~20% body fat)

Mar 31 : 264.0 (starting weight)
Apr 02 : 261.9 : lost 2.1, total loss = 2.1
Apr 09 : 261.2 : lost 0.7, total loss = 2.8
Apr 16 : 265.3 : gained 4.1, total loss = -1.3
Apr 23 : 257.9 : lost 7.4, total loss = 6.1
Apr 30 : 253.2 : lost 4.7, total loss = 10.8
May 07 : 254.3 : gained 1.1, total loss = 9.7
May 14 : 253.4 : lost 0.9, total loss = 10.6
May 21 : 253.1 : lost 0.3, total loss = 10.9
May 28 : 246.3 : lost 6.8, total loss = 17.7
Jun 04 :
... Jul 30 :

Goal : 234.0 : desired loss = 30.0

I am thrilled with this week's weight loss!

shnerb00 wrote: »

Original Start Weight 160.2
Goal Maintenance Weight 131-134

3/29 143.0
4/02 142.0
4/09 142.0
4/16 140.6
4/23 139.4
4/30 138.8
5/07 136.2
5/14 137.6
5/21 135.6
5/28 135.3

As the weather is getting better and Covid restrictions are lifting we are spending more time on the weekends at the cabin and the kids are getting busy with sports. All good...BUT... I need to find a new time and routine for meal planning, prepping and grocery shopping. My weekends are now full again so the week felt chaotic, which leads to bad eating... any suggestions? When do you typically meal plan, prep and grocery shop?

Hi! I don't know where you are located, but where I am at in WA, I use the Fred Meyer app. I'm able to add groceries to my list throughout the week and then schedule a pick up time. I don't even have to go into the store!

The best part is I have a slew of teenage children and so I have them go pick it up & then they are in charge of putting it away too.

I highly recommend using whichever grocery store near you that has an online ordering & pick up. It's life changing!

jmerly wrote: »

shnerb00 wrote: »

Original Start Weight 160.2
Goal Maintenance Weight 131-134

3/29 143.0
4/02 142.0
4/09 142.0
4/16 140.6
4/23 139.4
4/30 138.8
5/07 136.2
5/14 137.6
5/21 135.6
5/28 135.3

As the weather is getting better and Covid restrictions are lifting we are spending more time on the weekends at the cabin and the kids are getting busy with sports. All good...BUT... I need to find a new time and routine for meal planning, prepping and grocery shopping. My weekends are now full again so the week felt chaotic, which leads to bad eating... any suggestions? When do you typically meal plan, prep and grocery shop?

Hi! I don't know where you are located, but where I am at in WA, I use the Fred Meyer app. I'm able to add groceries to my list throughout the week and then schedule a pick up time. I don't even have to go into the store!

The best part is I have a slew of teenage children and so I have them go pick it up & then they are in charge of putting it away too.

I highly recommend using whichever grocery store near you that has an online ordering & pick up. It's life changing!

That sounds absolutely dreamy!! I completely forgot about the cub side service in my community! My boys aren’t quite old enough to drive so I’ll have to go pick it up, but that’s something to look forward to in a couple years! 😀 thanks for the tip!!

Highest weight 225 (Jan 2020)
Challenge starting weight 176.4
Challenge weight loss goal 10-15 lbs

Apr 2: 176.4
Apr 9: 174.2
Apr 16: DNW (My dad passed this morning. Complications from a heart attack he suffered on Sunday.)
Apr 23: 172.4 (Thank you to everyone who shared words of support. They were greatly appreciated.)
Welcome to all the new joiners. I hope you all find much success.
Apr 30: 171.6
May 7: 170.4( Hopefully this next week I'll break into the 160's)
May 14: 169.2
May 21: 167.6
May 29: 166.8 (-9.6 so far this challenge.)

2 months left in the challenge. Going to make it my goal to end the challenge down 20 lbs.)