Spring Into a New You (May 2022 Challenge)

Spring is a time of new beginnings. What better time to take that first step to better health? Summer is around the corner! Let's get ready. So this month pick one habit you want to change (or more if you are feeling extra adventurous) for this month whether it be for your WOE, fitness, or mental health. Got the activity down but feel like you can still improve? Spring into action to tackle that area.

As you know, my challenges are always roll-your-own so feel free to tailor it to you. If you just want plain ol' unfancy support and accountability, we're here for you.

Let's get this!

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Megan_smartiepants1970

My Goals for May are:

Walk 3 days a week M W F /15,000 steps
Do my PiYO dvd's 2 times a week Tu & TH
Drink 140 0unces of water
Stay with IF and still do Keto
Meal Prep once a week

melmerritt33

Two goals for May. I’ve just cut out my daily dairy habit as it was clearly causing me problems and I’ve had a setback with my exercise routine that means I need to rethink what I’m doing.

So, goal one is to keep my dairy limited to a couple of days a week and only a small amount of lower carb dairy like cheese or cream. No milk, no yogurt (which I was addicted to, I was eating yogurt every day!). I’m talking a sprinkle of grated cheese on my ground beef for example or a spoon of clotted cream as a treat. That’s all.

Goal two will be to maintain a five day a week exercise routine. I’m not sure right now what that’s going to look like, I really want to tone up but I need to be careful with my hips, so that’s something I can figure out as I go along.

elize7

My goal for this month is to start using my scale again. When I stopped using it, i stopped being accountable.
My goals are to set up and get familiar with my new body comp scale during week one, and weigh in once a week to start.

swimmom_1

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/1/22 - 157.0 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

Happy May 1st everyone! Every month my main focus is to start moving more. I danced my tush off last night! Went 18,376 steps according to my Fitbit! It was so much fun! There is a kick boxing gym near by and I went for a free class in March 2020. I was going to sign up, then everything was shut down. I think I will give it another try! It was fun, and I was over 215 lbs back then! Imagine how much more fun it would be to do it now?!?! So that is my goal for this month. Sign up for a month's worth of classes, then go from there! Between that and line dancing, I should be good!
Happy Sunday!

swimmom_1

Glad to be back and Thank you @baconslave for this thread. Great support here!
Mary from Pennsylvania 65 now, Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(

UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. For challenges my official weigh in day is Sunday. I weigh daily.

9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22-155 lbs 100 lbs lost of 133 lb goal
4/1/22-156.4 lbs
5/1/22- 158.8 lbs

5/1/22-158.8 lbs. :-( I can't believe this with all the Elliptical miles Friday, yesterday and stayed way under calories for what I was allotted. Has to be water weight retention. Hoping for a whoosh soon. Did Elliptical 300 minutes for 22.3 miles in first session and 54 minutes for 4.2 miles for 26.5 miles total today. Hopefully that gets me heading downward again. (Did long times on Friday 228 minutes and Saturday 240 minutes too.)

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/2/22 - 155.4 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

Lost 1.4 lbs! I did not do ANYTHING yesterday. I was so tired from the night before, my legs, hips, lower back, upper back were so sore! Today's a little better. I will try going for a walk either at lunch time or after work. Have a great Monday!!

tishsmith101

CW 164
May GW 159

I took Thur-Sun off logging, working out and tracking my carbs and nothing changed. I feel like once in a while my body and brain need a short break to see progress.

So much to do in my yard this month that I should make THAT my goal! This includes setting up my container garden, cleaning out the flower beds, weeding/cleaning off the patio and cleaning the algae off my garage door. I should also add washing all my windows. Making post-it note to do lists was effective last week so I will continue that this month. I did swap out my seasonal clothes this weekend. Will put away (neatly) all my coats, scarves, gloves tonight.

Strength training at lunch and hair cut after work so I guess I really am springing into a new me 💖🎉🌹

anglyn1

Okay I'm trying to assess what I need for my May goals...after 2 months of being pretty well keto level and not seeing any progress and then looking back to the last times in recent history I did lose weight and seeing they were when I did the Whole30 and when I did WW I think maybe I am going to up my carb goal. I do not think I do well eating high carb as I get hungry easy but I will experiment with more fruit and maybe a sweet potato or baked potato now and then. Of course my original goal was under 100 carbs but I got sort of OCD and was always under 50 so I think I'm aiming for between 50-100 now and I'll reassess at the end of the month and see if that made things better or worse. With all that said here we go:

1. Carbs 50-100 per day.
2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix).
3. Eat more veggies and some fruit.

So for yesterday I did not workout. I had 44 carbs. I did have a salad, some mushrooms, and some avocado at lunch. I had berries for a snack.

anglyn1

5/2/22

1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 79
2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). Strength Training video
3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Salad at lunch. Green beans at dinner.

I was down .6 lb today but I'm sure that was a coincidence. Still over a pound to go to get to my lowest from after the stomach bug.

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/3/22 - 155.6 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

Hanging in there! My back is still sore from Saturday's mega dance party! I wanted to walk yesterday, but it was raining and I might melt. Will try today.

So in the theme of Spring Into A New You, I did something last night. I've always wanted one.

I start lessons this Saturday! I can't wait! I have an acoustic/electric guitar which is being restrung now. But I've always wanted an electric guitar. I received my state tax refund which was more than I usually get, and said...I could save this money or...SPEND IT! So I spent it! I fell in love with a different one, but that was in the $900 range. This one was in the $300 range so I went with it. It's a deep red which is hard to tell in the photo.

I couldn't sign up for kickboxing because they closed. Probably the pandemic forced them to go bankrupt. But I will look around for something else. Another friend who is around my age goes to Taekwondo. So maybe I could try that. I need something structured than just going to the gym and trying to work out without really knowing what I'm doing.

Have a Terrific Tuesday y'all!

taylok23

Better late than never. I dropped off recording all my food in the latter half of April. I’m going to try and get back in the swing of things with regular weigh ins, tracking food and staying within a calorie budget(with most days being a deficit). I’ve had a hell of an appetite lately and have allowed indulgences over the last few weeks. While tasty, they have not always made me feel good both physically and mentally. Hopefully I can keep things consistent and drop the pounds I’ve added. Here’s to a new month of accountability!

baconslave

Ok. Hubby is back at work so his sabotage is at an end.
I did eat some refried beans. And 5 very skinny french fries. I did have a few too many adult bevs this past weekend. But what I had available to me that I didn't eat was much more. I didn't eat: lemon cake, KitKats, Reece's Cups, a whole slew more of those fries, tortilla chips, salt & vinegar potato chips, potato salad, pizza, cookies, reg ice cream, and etc.

At 171.4 this morning. Not too bad for a small carb up. And about to be smacked with hormones.

It's fine. KCKO. Hoping for goal this month (165). Probably won't get it this month, but I'll def try.

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/4/22 - 155.2 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

May the 4th be with you!

tishsmith101

SW 164
CW 163
May GW 159

Back to logging & tracking Monday. Finding I'm hovering between 40-50 carbs.

A friend stiffed me for a walk at lunch so after work I cleaned out 1 1/2 flower beds plus cut down a bunch of vines at the end of my driveway. Glad I made myself do it. Rain here today so need to make a separate list of indoor 'To Do' items.

Staff meeting at lunch so I can do strength training while listening. Saw a video this morning of making keto fudge pops I think I have all the ingredients on hand

NYPhotographer2021

tishsmith101 wrote: »

Staff meeting at lunch so I can do strength training while listening. Saw a video this morning of making keto fudge pops I think I have all the ingredients on hand

Ummm...you simply cannot post something like this without sharing either the video or the ingredients!!!

anglyn1

5/3/22

1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 79
2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix). Yoga video
3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. Veggies in my lunch. Greek chicken bake with lots of veggies for dinner.

My weight went back up some this morning. It was up and down before increasing carbs so I'll continue to monitor the situation.

offitgoes

Back from a week of a wonderful vacation. Would of been home on Monday but my flight kept being rescheduled and the airlines ended up paying for a hotel room. Glad to get home finally and get back on a routine. Ate way to much but the gain was less than 5lbs so very happy. Already down 3 lbs this morning. So hopefully tomorrow the other 2 will come off.

Goals for May - Drink Water 1/2 my body weight in oz. Had a inbody scan and I am not drinking enough, which probably explains the headaches - not severe but they are there.
- Really limit carbs to 75 or less and healthy carbs! My sugar levels are out of whack due to vacation.
Yesterday was the first day of getting back to normal and it was good.

baconslave

Just popping in to say I'm on track, doing all the things, scale is still rude. So SSDD, it's a reg weekday.

taylok23

5/3
Scale is also a jerk for me. I was under calorie budget and still showed an increase this morning. Thanks chicken and broccoli! I am less overall with no snacking in the evening. One day down, many to go.

melmerritt33

Went overboard with the dairy over the weekend so need to be more strict with myself. But last couple of days have been much better.

Went out for two walks over the weekend which gave me two days exercise. Did some Pilates after work today which I liked but got a bit annoyed with the lack of space in my living room, a couple of the moves were just too awkward.

So unsure what I’m doing with my exercise going forward at the moment. Seems like everything I do doesn’t quite work out.

Struggling emotionally at the moment, problems with my diet and exercise getting me down. I think constantly changing things and not getting the result I want is taking its toll. I just need to get back into a groove and get my carnivore joy back!

swimmom_1

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/5/22 - 157.2 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

A gain of 2 pounds. Why am I not surprised?! Went line dancing last night, danced over 10k steps! Learned new dances, not quite sure I like them. But it was quite fun! Today's a day of rest, then tomorrow night another dance party! Have a great Friday's Eve!

elize7

My new scale isn't even out of the box yet, but I'm sure it will also be a very rude jerk. Hopefully, that will help keep my sociopathic CARB cravings in check! Nothing else has so far! 😎

Sway917

SW: 245
Walking 30 mins a day outside Rain/sun/wind whatever.
IF 18:6 daily
Beef, Eggs, Butter, Bacon
Eat until full.
100 oz of water daily
No snacking!

anglyn1

5/4/22

1. Carbs 50-100 per day. 28
2. Exercise at least 4 days a week for at least 15 minutes (try to get one core and one weight workout in the mix).rest day
3. Eat more veggies and some fruit. stuffed mushrooms with dinner and berries with dessert.

Scale is down a tiny bit from yesterday. Movie night tonight so dinner will probably be late.

offitgoes

Down another lb to 155.4 Vacation weight almost off. I really struggle with drinking water. Here I thought I always drank a lot. Now that I am tracking I see that I don't. In the morning I always do well it is in the afternoon I have to remember to drink water.

taylok23

5/4
Shed a bit of water weight after high sodium and heavy lifting from the day before. I also took measurements- went down a quarter inch in the waist and up half an inch in the chest from upping weights (or at least I hope that is the case)! I took pics and am seeing slight differences in my legs and abs from last month. I think if I can focus on what I’m eating and how much, I’ll see improvements this month.

melmerritt33

Did my usual half hour workout today. I usually do a workout on both Wednesday and Thursday and wanted to compare how my usual workout compared with the Pilates.

With both workouts I felt like I had worked my muscles hard but not too hard. I felt really good after both workouts as I usually do after exercise. But there was a very noticeable difference in how my joints felt. My usual workout is definitely much harder on my hips and knees.

I’m wondering if I want to change my usual workouts to Pilates now. I wonder if I would get the same benefits but have less strain on my hips and not have to worry about my hip giving out again.

My current routine is:
Saturday - Full Body workout with light weights, equal focus on upper and lower body
Sunday - Walking
Monday - Exercise bike
Wednesday - Workout with light weights focusing more on legs
Thursday - Workout with light weights focusing more on arms

Tuesdays and Fridays are rest days.

I’m wondering about changing my workout days to Pilates.

NYPhotographer2021

SW 8/26/21 - 214.0 lbs
CW 5/5/22 - 156.8 lbs
GW ? - 150.0 lbs or lower

On the way back down! Yesterday, we had a group luncheon and of course everything on the menu was carb laden. So I threw caution to the winds and had a little bit of everything! Really had no way of knowing the amounts, so best guessed. I didn't eat breakfast or dinner, so although the lunch was high calories, I still kept at a deficit. I woke up this morning feeling achy, which I hadn't felt since I started this diet.

Tonight is another line dancing party, so the scale will probably be up again tomorrow. Let's see how many steps I can get tonight! Have a great Friday all!