💐May Daily Logging and Weighing Challenge💐

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

My mini-challenge is to lose 6 pounds between My birthday and July 4th. My birthday morning weigh-in (May 10th) was 195.1. I hope to be at 189.1 by the morning of July 4th, 2023.

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Starting Weight (from April 30th): 192.6
Goal: 187.6 (Five lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight:

**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


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05/14-194.8-(Trend Weight 194.1)-

05/15-193.8-(Trend Weight 194.1)-

05/16-193.6-(Trend Weight 194.3)-

05/17-196.2-(Trend Weight 194.7)- Are you freaking kidding me???? I know I’m not getting any exercise in due to being sick, but this is Ridiculous!!! Travel two days in a row with restaurant food too, but I could hardly eat since swallowing was so hard. Ate less than half my meals and threw the rest away! Antibiotic is helping make my throat feel so much better already. I would finally be able to eat and drink better, but I won’t. Not after this! I also wanted to get lots of rest (lazy day) to allow me to heal, but I won’t do that either. Not after this!

05/18-195.6-(Trend Weight 194.8)- A good day yesterday. I stayed on plan, pre-logged and stayed the course with my portion sizes. I did a small amount of exercise on the stationary bike. Feeling somewhat better. My head is still a bit wonky but my throat swelling is going down. I am focusing on getting back into the 180’s. I don’t want to have to go in and change the html on my colorful slash chart above on every single one of my challenges. I’d rather just go ahead and skip that dinner roll or that side sauce. But it really isn’t that simple. Or is it?


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My name is Kelly. I am 52 and watch my grandkids 5 days a week. I watch 4 of them 5 days a weeks and 6 on Wednesdays so I keep busy with babies all week. They are all 3yrs and under. I weigh weekly.

Goals for May:
Walk for 30 minutes a day 6 days a week
Log all my food daily
Hit at least 10,000 steps 6 days a week
Get into the 100's

SW:262
May SW:204
May GW:194
UGW:150

1. Walked, logged, 14k+
2. Walked, logged, 16k+
3. Walked, logged, 14k+
4. Walked, logged, 16k+
5. Walked, logged, 15k+
6. Walked, logged, 15k+, weight 201 😊
7. Walked, logged, 10k+
8. Walked, logged, 17k+
9. Walked, logged, 16k+
10. Walked, logged, 17k+
11. Walked, logged, 16k+
12. Walked, logged, 16k+
13. Logged, rest day, weight 198! 🎉🥳🎉
14. Walked, logged, 11k+
15. Walked, logged, 18k+
16. Walked, logged, 18k+
17. Walked, logged, 19k+
18. Walked, logged, 21k+

F42 5'4"
Starting weight: 146.8 (trend 148.3)
Weight Goal for May: 144.8

My goals for May:
3 minute plank ⏱️
8500 steps a day 👣
Strength training min 4 X week🏋‍♀️
Total Calories below 1200 🎯
Protein above 80g 🍳
Fibre 25g+ 🥦
Water water water water water 2.5l💧

January 31 weight: 157.6lbs
February 28 weight: 152.8 (-4.8lbs)
March 31 weight: 149.2 (-3.6lbs)
April 30 weight: 148.2 (-1.0lbs)

🌿April 29 145.8
🪻April 30 148.2

💐May💐
1-146.8 (trend 148.3)😄🎯
2-147.2 🙂👣
3-147.0 🙂👣🏋‍♀️🎯🥦
4-146.8 🙂👣👣🎯
5-147.0 😶⏱️👣🏋‍♀️🎯
6-145.8 🙂🎯
7-145.2 😄🎯
8-145.8 🙂⏱️👣🏋‍♀️🥦
9-145.6 🙂👣🥦
10-147.4 😖🎯
11-145.6 😄⏱️🏋‍♀️🎯🥦
12-146.2 🫤👣
13-146.0 🫤⏱️🏋‍♀️
14-146.6 😩
15-146.4 (trend 146.6)🫣⏱️👣🏋‍♀️
16-146.8 😩⏱️👣🏋‍♀️🎯🍳💧
17-146.6 ☹️👣🏋‍♀️
18-147.0 😖
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Hello! I am Amanda, I am back in for the month of May! This is an inspiring group!
My goal for May is to get moving! I am such a procrastinator when it comes to this and I set it as a goal every month and NEVER do it. The weather should cooperate now.

May goals:
💥Walk 3x/week
💥Lose 4 or 5 pounds

OSW: 250
OGW: 150
5/1/23: 199.7
5/31/23 goal: 195

5/1: 199.7
5/2: 199.7
5/3: 199.7 🤨
5/4: 199.7
5/5: 199.0
5/6: 199.0
5/7: 198.7 *walked*
5/8: 197.8 (!)
5/9: 197.8
5/10: 197.8 *walked*
5/11: 197.8
5/12: 197.8
5/13: 197.8
5/14: 197.0 *walked*

5/15: 197.0
A new week. I’m very disappointed in myself that I have only intentionally walked 3 times this month when my goal was 3 times a week.

5/16: 196.4
I am losing but it seems sooooo slow. I lost 50 pounds last summer/fall and it seemed to go faster than this. I will have to look back at my weight log and compare to gain some perspective.

5/17: 196.0
Things seem to be moving again. I have actually been eating 100-200 calories over my goal the last few days so maybe that is helping. A foreign concept to me, eating more to lose more but I’ve heard it works. I looked in the past, I am losing at a substantially slower rate than I was last summer/fall but my body has been through a lot since then. I need to give myself some grace but it’s so hard.

5/18: 197.8
Yikes! I ate out yesterday which I rarely do and this is why. It will come back off though.

5/19: 199.0
Well, this is depressing. Hopefully just a small bump from eating out and stress but I don’t like being so close back to the “2.”

The past few months have been emotionally and physically draining, but I'm not giving up. May is a new month and "may" it bring us all health and happiness!

I am a 5'4", 45 year-old married female with four kids. I am a two-time cancer survivor, which put me into Early Menopause, and also have Hypothyroidism.

Starting weight:
January-189.4
February-187.3
March-192.1
April-194.6
May-189.3

May Goals:
🌷1. Log food everyday
🌷2. Take thyroid med everyday
🌷3. Increase water intake
🌷4. Stretch daily
🌷5. C25K training 5x week
🌷6. Weight training 4x week

5/01: 189.3 - Hit goals 1-5.
5/02: 188.1 - Hit goals 1-4.
5/03: 187.8 - Hit goals1-5. Logging instead of guesstimating is making a big difference.
5/04: 188.1 - Hubby's meal tonight was waaaay salty. Expecting a bump tomorrow.
5/05: 190.0 - Sodium bump.
5/06: DNW - Hit goals 1-5. It was exciting to feel the improvement in my body during C25K training!
5/07: 189.6 - Late dinner and I have not been drinking enough water.
5/08: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/09: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/10: 190.3 - Early to and late from work.
5/11: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/12: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/13: 189.8 - Hoping to get caught up on housework and prep food this weekend.
5/14: DNW
5/15: 192.5
5/16: DNW
5/17: 190.2 - Not finding that work/home balance again and I've been coming down with something.
5/18; DNW
5/19: 189.3 - Ugh. I saw a picture of myself with my family and while it is great to see everyone smiling from the neck up, when I look down, I hate that all I can notice on the picture is how big my stomach is. I have no boobs, so my stomach sticks out like a table top with a beach ball underneath it. I know this area is the worst place to carry fat. I know I need many lifestyle changes, but I just need to learn to start and stick with just one.

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 63 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.

My mini-challenge is to lose 6 pounds between My birthday and July 4th. My birthday morning weigh-in (May 10th) was 195.1. I hope to be at 189.1 by the morning of July 4th, 2023.

Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Starting Weight (from April 30th): 192.6
Goal: 187.6 (Five lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight:

**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


05/01-193.0-(Trend Weight 192.2)-

05/02-193.6-(Trend Weight 192.3)-


05/03-193.4-(Trend Weight 192.6)-


05/04-193.6-(Trend Weight 192.7)-


05/05-193.6-(Trend Weight 192.7)-

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05/07-194.0-(Trend Weight 193.0)-

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05/18-195.6-(Trend Weight 194.8)- A good day yesterday. I stayed on plan, pre-logged and stayed the course with my portion sizes. I did a small amount of exercise on the stationary bike. Feeling somewhat better. My head is still a bit wonky but my throat swelling is going down. I am focusing on getting back into the 180’s. I don’t want to have to go in and change the html on my colorful slash chart above on every single one of my challenges. I’d rather just go ahead and skip that dinner roll or that side sauce. But it really isn’t that simple. Or is it?

05/19-194.8-(Trend Weight 194.8)- It’s amazing what a good TMI and some water shedding will do. I don’t think I’ve lost any fat but I’ll take it! The endocrinologist upped my diabetes medication and wants me to lose some more weight. Surprise, Surprise. I’m going to pre-log my food for the day and hopefully have a very good day on plan. I’m babysitting DGS until tomorrow evening. I don’t plan on letting that derail me.



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Start weight: 206
Goal weight: 146
May goal weight: 174

January end weight: 200.7
February end weight: 192.1
March end weight: 185.6
April end weight: 179.1

💐May
1 179.3
2 178.6
3 178.3
4 178.4
5 178.6
6 177.8
7 177.8
8 177.4
9 178.1
10 178.7
11 177.0
12 176.8
13 177.1
14 176.6
15 175.6
16 176.1
17 175.9
18 176.8
19 177.6
20 178.3

@BittersweetVita I hate my stomach too, it’s all I can see. I can’t even remember the last time I let someone take a full body picture of me. 2018? I had a hysterectomy in 2018 and have a lovely 8” vertical scar and I just got done with radiation on my right breast. Not a good look when getting out of the shower. BUT. I try to give myself some grace and remember all that this body has carried me through and that I am working to take care of it so it can likely carry me through more.
I’m sure you have many beautiful things and positive attributes both inside and out, I know it hard to see sometimes. Be kind to yourself though.

@ddainiak that sunrise is unreal! Thanks for sharing!

Hello! I am Amanda, I am back in for the month of May! This is an inspiring group!
My goal for May is to get moving! I am such a procrastinator when it comes to this and I set it as a goal every month and NEVER do it. The weather should cooperate now.

May goals:
💥Walk 3x/week
💥Lose 4 or 5 pounds

OSW: 250
OGW: 150
5/1/23: 199.7
5/31/23 goal: 195

5/1: 199.7
5/2: 199.7
5/3: 199.7 🤨
5/4: 199.7
5/5: 199.0
5/6: 199.0
5/7: 198.7 *walked*
5/8: 197.8 (!)
5/9: 197.8
5/10: 197.8 *walked*
5/11: 197.8
5/12: 197.8
5/13: 197.8
5/14: 197.0 *walked*

5/15: 197.0
A new week. I’m very disappointed in myself that I have only intentionally walked 3 times this month when my goal was 3 times a week.

5/16: 196.4
I am losing but it seems sooooo slow. I lost 50 pounds last summer/fall and it seemed to go faster than this. I will have to look back at my weight log and compare to gain some perspective.

5/17: 196.0
Things seem to be moving again. I have actually been eating 100-200 calories over my goal the last few days so maybe that is helping. A foreign concept to me, eating more to lose more but I’ve heard it works. I looked in the past, I am losing at a substantially slower rate than I was last summer/fall but my body has been through a lot since then. I need to give myself some grace but it’s so hard.

5/18: 197.8
Yikes! I ate out yesterday which I rarely do and this is why. It will come back off though.

5/19: 199.0 *walked*
Well, this is depressing. Hopefully just a small bump from eating out and stress but I don’t like being so close back to the “2.”

5/20: 197.8
I’m having a lot of side effects from the estrogen blocker I have to take, including no TMI! I’m quite uncomfortable. I’m seeing the doctor next week about the pill and all of these nasty side effects. My lymphedema is acting up and causing me to retain fluid. BUT I have a lovely 2 days off ahead of me and plan to get some walking, art therapy and meal prepping in. Rain stay away!

5/21: 197.0
I’m hoping I can reach my goal of 195 this month. Today will be hard to track as we are celebrating Mother’s Day today instead of last week. I am making quiche Lorraine and fruit salad and mimosas for brunch and baked ziti and salad for dinner. Chocolate cream cake for dessert. I have to keep my portions small (minuscule lol) and fill up on salad and fruit.
All of you ladies continue to inspire me with your goals, be it weight loss, exercise, fiber or knitting 😃

Goals for May:
Workout cardio at least 3x/week (min 30 min) 🦵🏾🫀🏃🏾‍♀️
Strength training at least 5x/week
(min 60 min) 🦾🏋🏾
Reduce sugar intake to 6 g/day 🦷👩🏾‍🍳
Maintain fiber intake of 30 g/day 💩
Continue to execute morning & evening routines —which includes journaling & >20 min/routine sessions. 💆🏾‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️

Start weight: 238.8 lbs
Goal weight: 175 lbs
May goal weight: 225.8 lbs

May 🪁🧚🏾‍♀️💐🌞🌧️

1 - 238.8 lbs
2 - 239.8 lbs 😿
3 - 241.2 lbs 🙀
4 - DNW
5 - DNW
6 - 243.2 lbs 😵😑😓
7 - 239.0 lbs 🧐🤩🫣
8 - 238.0 lbs 😒
9 - 238.4 lbs
10 - 240.0 lbs
11 - 240.4 lbs
12 - 240.0 lbs
13 - 237.2 lbs
14 - 239.0 lbs
15 - 237.4 lbs

16 - 235.0 lbs (LOWEST WEIGHT I HAVE BEEN IN ABOUT 5+ YEARS) 🫡🤭😎🥰. I am working to get myself back on track and not let my emotional and mental state hinder me, but use my efforts to lose weight to support my mental & emotional state. It is the one thing I can control in my life & damnit I’m taking the reigns! I have been working out more though at home doing some grueling circuit training to work through some aggression and use that energy in a positive, body transforming way. I’ve added some new supplements to my repertoire and time will tell if they are effective. I did extensive research on science backed research study results to see which ones showed marked improvements in studies that seemed to be setup in a fairly solid way.

17 - 235.0 lbs Worked out yesterday after doing a fairly grueling workout the day prior because I just can’t help myself. It really didn’t work out as planned and I ended up cutting some of the sets I planned on doing because I quickly realized that, yup, a rest day would have been better advised. I ate late compared to usual due to social cues from my husband accompanying us getting along and experiencing joy from each other’s company versus his initiating arguments as he had been doing for the past week —which was just exhausting. We’ve been having some fairly deep conversations and I feel like we are reconnecting. I am hopeful! 🥰😅

18 - 235.8 lbs 🥲😏😨 Here we go with the creep. I am coming to understand my weight loss trend and I am starting to not get so alarmed when it occurs. It was very off-putting at first because it was like what.the.BLEEP is happening!?! I have/had to stop feeling defeated when it occurs and then I would emotionally eat like screw it 😑 I am already screwed I might as well seal the deal and make it real! I know that just made it worse, but I stopped beating myself up about it and actually DIDN’T emotionally eat this time! I have been so busy otherwise preparing to move our family out of this extended stay hotel we have been at for YEARS then finally got on a waitlist for a 3 bedroom/2 bath apartment we found suitable that would allow us to stay in the area that we have grown to love and though our youngest son will be going to a different middle school starting over since his friends from his elementary school are going to a different middle school our oldest gets to remain at the same high school and keep all his friends. He is on the football team there and he says it’s the best school experience he’s had so far so we are glad that isn’t changing! I am recovering from some brutal back-to-back workouts I’ve been doing this week.

19 - 236.4 lbs 🫣🫢🤔🤭🫠. So it is still creeping, but I’m not going to let it panic me. What helped me is really examining my weight loss line graph and reviewing the trend of going up and down in like a set # of days to hit a low, then increase for a set number of days, then a dramatic drop taking the graph lower than it’s been then back up for a set of days, repeat, etc. I yet again just stuck straight to my healthy choices, avoided the emotional downward tumble in a bag or two of Reese’s to “comfort” and feel pity for myself, and kept it moving. Spent that energy focusing on making sure things were straight with our move, getting our change of address done, planning out the furnishing and decorating of the rooms, scouring my beloved free stuff sites and apps trying to see what treasures I can Re-purpose from someone else’s trash and expressing gratitude for such an opportunity to get myself right on that path to homeownership after MULTIPLE tumbles now that I realize I will not be blessed with that opportunity until I keep developing myself into that role so I can successfully use my VA Certificate of Eligibility to put my family and I FINALLY in our forever home that we can remain in because we have a healthy relationship and no longer treat it like it’s the devil and can actually hold on to it instead of fearing it’s presence as an malevolent spirit meant to seduce me from God. Plus I am diagnosed as Bipolar so that just adds more opportunities for me to work on creatively to not fall into the trap that Bipolar folks can tend to have with spending and such! I have been spending a lot of growing amounts of time developing my relationship with God instead of calling for his divine guidance and assistance when in dire need leaving me recently feeling guilty because He always answers my prayers when I call on Him, then lose His number almost unintentionally once things return to “normal”. I have experienced a lot more of an improved and fulfilling existence being intentionally devoted as best as I can (knowing it will only get better the more committed I remain) to improving this relationship. I’ve seen it carry over into even my weight loss over time because I feel more worthy deep down —which seems to almost by default restrain me with stronger will power from engaging in unhealthy eating & fitness habits so that I am more motivated to do the right things for the intention of rediscovering my healthier self who wants to live & do so in the best version of herself who constantly develops & grows! I am grateful for this & y’all!!!

20 - 235.8 lbs And here we go on the downturn of my weight spike! Maybe I am getting a handle on how my weight trends and I acknowledge myself for maintaining making healthy choices for the most part and not totally succumbing to emotional eating. I resisted attempts from social input to break my fast and bc I ate so late last night that meant I had to adjust my fasting schedule to accommodate that shift and to get my fasting start time back on schedule I plan on eating 2 meals today during my eating window and end that window to start my fast back on schedule! 😮‍💨

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Challenge weight loss so far: 3 lbs 🙄🥱🫤🤔😳

The past few months have been emotionally and physically draining, but I'm not giving up. May is a new month and "may" it bring us all health and happiness!

I am a 5'4", 45 year-old married female with four kids. I am a two-time cancer survivor, which put me into Early Menopause, and also have Hypothyroidism.

Starting weight:
January-189.4
February-187.3
March-192.1
April-194.6
May-189.3

May Goals:
🌷1. Log food everyday
🌷2. Take thyroid med everyday
🌷3. Increase water intake
🌷4. Stretch daily
🌷5. C25K training 5x week
🌷6. Weight training 4x week

5/01: 189.3 - Hit goals 1-5.
5/02: 188.1 - Hit goals 1-4.
5/03: 187.8 - Hit goals1-5. Logging instead of guesstimating is making a big difference.
5/04: 188.1 - Hubby's meal tonight was waaaay salty. Expecting a bump tomorrow.
5/05: 190.0 - Sodium bump.
5/06: DNW - Hit goals 1-5. It was exciting to feel the improvement in my body during C25K training!
5/07: 189.6 - Late dinner and I have not been drinking enough water.
5/08: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/09: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/10: 190.3 - Early to and late from work.
5/11: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/12: DNW - Early to and late from work.
5/13: 189.8 - Hoping to get caught up on housework and prep food this weekend.
5/14: DNW
5/15: 192.5
5/16: DNW
5/17: 190.2 - Not finding that work/home balance again and I've been coming down with something.
5/18; DNW
5/19: 189.3
5/20: 190.3
5/21: 190.3 I have kept up on my C25k Training by repeating Week 1 several times. I have made the mistake of pushing my body too hard when I start and injuring myself (partially torn hamstring, plantar fasciitis), so despite the slow progress, I have not hurt myself yet!