Just Give Me One Month - May 2022
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I'm in!
SW 165.3
GW 160
UGW 145
May 10 - 165.3
May 11- 165.7
May12- 166.7
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May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
Another couple walks in yesterday, and made my lunch a little lean to accommodate the tenderloin steak and caramelized onions and mushrooms. I even had a small salad with a little cheddar cheese and Catalina. I just need to keep everything smaller. I have been known to put a massive amount of cheese on my salads and drown them in dressing. That was my win last night.1 -
MFP SW: 192 lbs 12/31/2021 UGW: 172
Jan SW: 191.8
Feb SW: 181.4
Mar SW: 176.4
Apr SW: 176.4
May SW: 174.7
May 1: 174.7
May 2: 174.2
May 3: 172.6 Looks good but BF% and BW% metric not so much
May 4: 173.0 Expected way higher than yesterday so this is OK
May 5: 171.8 First weight <= UGW so now I have to maintain it.
May 6: 173.2 Expected rebound so will simply carry on. The large fluctuations are starting to bother me.
May 7: 174.5 See!
May 8: 176.4 Finally an expected big weight jump from over-eating. Time to get strict - again.
May 9: 176.7 Schedule requires "strict" starts tomorrow.
May 10: 176.2 Good start to a day of "strict"
May 11: 173.6
May 12: 175.0 Outlier since I couldn't weigh in before eating. Should see a way lower weight tomorrow
May 13: 176.0 Or not.
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@tech_hunter You're on the right track by thinking portion size is a key component of steady weight loss. You can eat anything you want as long as you manage portion sizes for your goodies and generally eat healthy foods for everything else. BTW, you're killing it with your weight loss numbers - well done!2
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Hi, currently working on eating low carbs, little to no process foods, and no refined sugar.
I'm walking 2 miles every morning and trying my best to stay active. Also I'm trying to push myself to get motivation to get back in to aerobics and yoga (I work out at home. I just use you tube videos.)
5 Ft 10'' lady here that needs to get healthy, lower cholesterol, and stay a non diabetic
(runs in my family)
Heaviest: 300
SW: 250
GW: 245
UGW: 165
May 11: 250 (Starting)
May 12:250
May 13:249. YAY!!
May 14:
May 15:
May 16:
May 17:
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MFP SW: 192 lbs 12/31/2021 UGW: 172
Jan SW: 191.8
Feb SW: 181.4
Mar SW: 176.4
Apr SW: 176.4
May SW: 174.7
May 1: 174.7
May 2: 174.2
May 3: 172.6 Looks good but BF% and BW% metric not so much
May 4: 173.0 Expected way higher than yesterday so this is OK
May 5: 171.8 First weight <= UGW so now I have to maintain it.
May 6: 173.2 Expected rebound so will simply carry on. The large fluctuations are starting to bother me.
May 7: 174.5 See!
May 8: 176.4 Finally an expected big weight jump from over-eating. Time to get strict - again.
May 9: 176.7 Schedule requires "strict" starts tomorrow.
May 10: 176.2 Good start to a day of "strict"
May 11: 173.6
May 12: 175.0 Outlier since I couldn't weigh in before eating. Should see a way lower weight tomorrow
May 13: 176.0 Or not.
May 14: 176.6 hmmmm0 -
MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.21 -
To second what @wiley1st said, portion control is key. I really resisted at first, but now I weigh everything. It's a pain in the butt (not going to sugar coat it), but I've gotten used to it after about 6 months. And it's really helped me see just how much "1 cup" or "59g" of something really weighs. Logging foods really helps too, so you know how many calories you have to play with during the day.
A 150-200g portion of chicken breast with just about any assortment of veggies is a very filling dinner. We do try to cook chicken once a week, put some in the fridge, and the rest in the freezer, so that we don't have any go to waste. Fresh Peppers, zucchini, asparagus, butternut squash, or canned green beans, sweet corn, others -- they all make great sides, and you can eat tons of them and it's ridiculous how low calorie it is. If you're hurting for time, soups or a lean cuisine frozen can be a backup -- you can always throw some veggies or a side salad in the mix if the meal isn't enough. I've had to get creative. But you'll discover some favorites and come up with some ways to prep ahead of time that will help.
My salad downfalls were cheese and my first love, croutons. I've had to learn to live with 4-6 croutons on my salad (sometimes cutting them up so it looks like more). I likely used to eat half a loaf of bread in croutons on my salad. I miss those salads.
For anyone still reading this, if any/all of these things get overwhelming, please make small changes at first, and ease into it. You can see from everyone's history here, we all have highs and lows with our weigh ins. It's not a straight line, and everyone's circumstances are different. Know that you can, and should, have pizza or bad food occasionally. A life without chocolate or birthday cake is not a life. Plan out a weekly cheat day if that keeps you on track. Telling myself I can never have pasta or pizza again would pretty much have ended this before it began.
You can do this. And there are loads of folks here on MFP that are cheering you on; and they not only understand, but sympathize with all the things that happen between the start of the journey, and reaching whatever goal is set.
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SW (Day 1 on MFP Apr17) - 66.3Kg
SW May - 64.4 Kg
GW May - 62 Kg
UGW - 50 Kg
• May 1 - 64.4Kg
• May 2 - 64.4Kg
• May 3 - 64.1Kg (🔽0.3)
• May 4 - 64.1Kg
• May 5 - 63.8Kg (🔽0.3)
• May 6 - 63.8Kg
• May 7 - 63.4Kg (🔽0.4)
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• May 8 - 63.4Kg
• May 9 - 63.4Kg
• May 10 - 63.4Kg
• May 11 - 63.5Kg (🔼0.1)
• May 12 - 63.7Kg (🔼0.2)
• May 13 - 63.7Kg
• May 14 - 63.2Kg (🔽0.5)
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March and April were a bust (birthdays, vacation, my pole studio shut down).
But May is looking promising (new pole studio, half marathon training, fitness challenge at work).
I don't weigh myself everyday.
Heaviest weight: 212 lbs
May start weight: 177.4 lbs
May goal weight: 175.9 lbs
2020: lost 24.4 lbs
2021: lost 5.1 lbs
Jan lost: 0.5 lbs
Feb lost: 0.5 lbs
Mar gain: 1.6 lbs
Apr gain: 4.5 lbs
May 1: 177.4
May 7: 176.4
May 9: 175.9
May 14: 175.33 -
May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
May 14: 192.4 Or chicken with coconut milk sauce, haha!
Yesterday went really well, wasn't sure how my body would take dinner, but there was no cheese, so I went for it. Seems like I am OK with it, it was a coconut milk sauce with arrowroot powder to thicken and rinsed sun dried tomatoes and chicken sauteed in dairy free butter.
Today I went over, almost 1400 calories, but we went to a state park today and marched up a hill for about 45 minutes. Going back downhill was a challenge for the quads and hamstrings. Took us about an hour for the 1 1/2 mile round trip. Not horrible.1 -
MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.2
May 15: 199.41 -
MFP SW: 279 lbs (6/1/2012) UGW: 145
Apr 2022 SW: 295.5 (Officially my highest weight ever.)
May 1: 288.8 (Start week 1)
May 7: 282.2 (End week 1)
May 8: 281.6 (Start week 2)
May 14: 281 (End week 2)
May 15: 280.4 -Frustrated that last week was a plateau week... but stress in my life is high. I'm planning on changing up my activity level this week and trying to meditate more.2 -
May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
May 14: 192.4 Or chicken with coconut milk sauce, haha!
May 15: 194.6 Oof, that hike and some very salty almonds late last night = water retention.
Will ease off the salt today definitely.2 -
Hi still working on eating low carbs, little to no process foods, and no refined sugar.
Still walking 2 miles every morning and trying my best to stay active. Trying to push to get the motivation to start back up aerobics and yoga (I work out at home. I just use you tube videos.) Haven't found that motivation yet but need to. Hopefully, I will start soon...once you set routine it is a lot easier...
5 Ft 10'' lady here that needs to get healthy, lower cholesterol, and stay a non diabetic (runs in my family)
Heaviest: 300
SW: 250
GW: 245
UGW: 165
May 11: 250 (Starting)
May 12:250
May 13:249. YAY!!
May 14:249
May 15:249
May 16:
May 17:
May 18:
May19:
May 20:
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MFP SW-234 (1/2017)
Lowest weight 156 (4/2019)
Restart mfp 211 (1/2021) ugh!
I do weigh ins once or twice a week.
October sw 190
Nov sw 187
Dec sw 187
Jan sw 183
Feb sw 186
Mar sw186
Apr sw 186
May sw 187
May gw 183
Ugw 120
May 1 187
May 6 187 could be worse. Neat was up and worked out almost everyday but food choices were bad. 🤞crossed for next week.
May 12 186
May 16 185 so weird it’s going down. Ive only worked out twice in the last week but my steps are crazy high between work and trying to get everything ready for family to visit for graduation.2 -
SW (Day 1 on MFP Apr17) - 66.3Kg
SW May - 64.4 Kg
GW May - 62 Kg
UGW - 50 Kg
• May 1 - 64.4Kg
• May 15 - 63.5Kg (🔽0.9)
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• May 16 - 63.5Kg2 -
MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.2
May 15: 199.4
May 16: 199.4 I'm just riding this out. I'm hoping it drops some when I weigh in tomorrow. This is bad food choices, and though I'm embarrassed it went up, I'm forcing myself to post it. But I am upset with myself. I know better, and I can do better.3 -
May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
May 14: 192.4 Or chicken with coconut milk sauce, haha!
May 15: 194.6 Oof, that hike and some very salty almonds late last night = water retention.
May 16: 193.4 Back in the right direction....
Yesterday was a lazy day besides church. Got a nap in, we were tired! Had a nice salad with the kalamata olives and balsamic vinaigrette with our leftover chicken. No major dairy on it but a couple tsp of parmesan. Vinaigrettes are gonna save my bacon in this, I use so much less because it covers everything really well.2 -
MFP SW (restarting weight): 200
Feb SW: 182.2 lb
March SW: 180.0 lb
April SW: 175.0 lb
May SW: 178.4 lb
UGW: 115 lb
May 2: 178.4 - April was a bad month... I got too stressed and stopped weighing. Bad combo.
May 3: 178.4
May 4: 178.2
May 5: 178.2
May 6-15: DNW - I'm slacking will get back on it tomorrow!
May 16: 178.2
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MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.2
May 15: 199.4
May 16: 199.4
May 17: 198.22 -
Hi still working on eating low carbs, little to no process foods, and no refined sugar.
Still walking 2 miles every morning and trying my best to stay active. Starting aerobics and yoga today (I work out at home. I just use you tube videos.) Need to step up. I bet once I get going it wont feel so bad...just stick to it and make it a routine.
5 Ft 10'' lady here that needs to get healthy, lower cholesterol, and stay a non diabetic (runs in my family)
Heaviest: 300
SW: 250
GW: 245
UGW: 165
May 11: 250 (Starting)
May 12:250
May 13:249. YAY!!
May 14:249
May 15:249
May 16:249
May 17:249
May 18:
May19:
May 20:
May 21:
May 22:
May 23:
May 24:
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I'm in!
SW 165.3
GW 160
UGW 145
May 10 - 165.3
May 11- 165.7
May 12- 165.5
May 13-166.7
May 16 - 167.3
May 17 - 167.7 Things are not going well, but I don't feel I'm eating poorly. Will drink more water today and track everything!1 -
wildstarsgirl wrote: »MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.2
May 15: 199.4
May 16: 199.4 I'm just riding this out. I'm hoping it drops some when I weigh in tomorrow. This is bad food choices, and though I'm embarrassed it went up, I'm forcing myself to post it. But I am upset with myself. I know better, and I can do better.
I feel the exact same way. Mine has gone up the last few days, but I logged anyway for the accountability. We got this!!1 -
May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
May 14: 192.4 Or chicken with coconut milk sauce, haha!
May 15: 194.6 Oof, that hike and some very salty almonds late last night = water retention.
May 16: 193.4 Back in the right direction....
May 17: 193.6 Well fine then, still keeping on.
Have some rejiggering of our schedules, so will not be doing the gym yet, but will do bodyweight exercises until it happens.2 -
MFP SW: 216 (Sep 2021)
Feb SW: 201.2
Mar SW: 198.6
Apr SW: 196.5
UGW: 143
May 1: 198.4
May 2: 197.8
May 3: 196.9
May 4: 197.9
May 5: 196.4
May 6: 197.3
May 7: 196.8
May 8: 198.4
May 9: 198.3
May 10: 199.9
May 11: 197.6
May 12: 196.9
May 13: 197.4
May 14: 199.2
May 15: 199.4
May 16: 199.4
May 17: 198.2
May 18: 198.2
"I feel the exact same way. Mine has gone up the last few days, but I logged anyway for the accountability. We got this!!"
@Clouse30 Thank you, this was so helpful to hear. We can do this! 0 -
MFP SW (restarting weight): 200
Feb SW: 182.2 lb
March SW: 180.0 lb
April SW: 175.0 lb
May SW: 178.4 lb
UGW: 115 lb
May 2: 178.4 - April was a bad month... I got too stressed and stopped weighing. Bad combo.
May 3: 178.4
May 4: 178.2
May 5: 178.2
May 6-15: DNW - I'm slacking will get back on it tomorrow!
May 16: 178.2
May 17: DNW
May 18: 176.8
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SW (Day 1 on MFP Apr17) - 66.3Kg
SW May - 64.4 Kg
GW May - 62 Kg
UGW - 50 Kg
• May 1 - 64.4Kg
• May 15 - 63.5Kg (🔼0.3)
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• May 16 - 63.5Kg
• May 17 - 63.1Kg(🔽0.4)
• May 18 - 63.1Kg1 -
55yo/F
5'6"
Goals:
July 25, 2022 GW: 150
UGW: 140
4-5 Workouts a week (cardio and/or strength training) I love my gym I set up in garage!
85oz. of H2O/day
1200 cal/day
10,000 Steps/day
SW May 2:165.6 lbs.
May 12: 165.2
May 18: 164.2
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May start weight: 201.6
May goal weight: 195
May 1: ---
May 2: ---
May 3: 201.6
May 4: 199
May 5: 197.6 Losing a lot of water weight obviously.
May 6: 197
May 7: 197.4 Not bad for going to a Japanese steakhouse last night.
May 8: 196.4
May 9: 196
May 10: 195.8
May 11: 194.4 Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
May 12: 194.4 This is OK, considering the loss yesterday.
May 13: 193.2 Maybe I should eat beef tenderloin steaks every night!
May 14: 192.4 Or chicken with coconut milk sauce, haha!
May 15: 194.6 Oof, that hike and some very salty almonds late last night = water retention.
May 16: 193.4 Back in the right direction....
May 17: 193.6 Well fine then, still keeping on.
May 18: 193.6 OK, so this is a hormonal issue, now I know.
Just going to keep logging and walking, it will go down.2
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