Summer Challenge

Alright, here are my results:

SW: 120 (5/29/12)
GW: 110 (8/28/12)

Weigh ins:

6/5/12: 118.5 lbs
6/12/12: 118.5 lbs
6/19/12: 117.5 lbs
6/26/12: 116.5 lbs
7/3/12: 118 lbs
7/10/12: 119 lbs
7/17/12: 120 lbs

I'm up another pound this week! =( Kinda sucks seeing that but I'm not gonna let this get to me! I've been working out a lot. It just means I need to work out harder and make better eating choices!

153.2 yesturday - which i was surprised since im not working out or counting cals. Still sticking to the Aug 1 get back on track date I picked. Hope everyone is doing good. I am off camping this next week so I wont be back till July 30, so will miss next weeks weigh in.

SW: 185
W6: 183
CW: 183
GW: 170

I've decided that I am in a bad relationship. In fact, I'm going to break up with him. He may be hot & have alot of dough, but he is way too cheesy and is a bad influence on me. When he is around me, I lose all control and everytime we hook up, I regret it.
I'm not saying me and Pizza can't be friends one day, I'm justing saying that I need some space. It isn't him, it's me.

ahahhahahaha!!! at first i thought you were talking about your actual boyfriend!!! love it!!!!

183.4

I gained about .6 this week. Had a really rough weekend. I think it is mostly water weight, bc I got on the scale this morning and it was much less, but I need to stay consistent. My weigh in is Tuesday just before dinner. I know I should weigh first thing in the morning, but due to weird circumstances, when I started this whole thing, my weigh in was Tuesday before dinner. I got myself back on track, though and am soo looking forward to a nice drop next Tuesday!

Been busy with a new job and forgot to weigh in this week. Didn't lose anything this week anyway.

SW 220.8
W1 219
W2 218.8
W3 221
W4 218
W5 216.4
W6 216
W7 216
GW 205

CW:144.4

Progress. Getting there...SLOWLY!

I've been good on sodium and water mostly. The extra 50 calories is not even an issue either. However I am seriously stuck and losing faith. I am at my worst plateau yet. I know I've had bad days and some weeks I upped the calories to trick my body but nothing is working. Eating really good this week and added changes to my normal walking routine. This past week I incorporated jogging, biking, and 30DS into my workout and I'm not losing pounds or inches. Really frustrated. I'm not giving up just tired.

Oh and great challenges this week! I've just bought a weights machine so need to put it together then start working on strength training :-) going to work extra hard on my core since thats my weakest spot! xx

Topic: Summer Challenge
SW. 188.7
6/05 186.9
6/12 187.7
6/19 181.9
6/26 181.9
7/03: 180.1
7/10: 178.9
7/17 178.3
7/24 176.9
GW: 168

CW: 134

SW= 170 lbs
Wi1= 168.6 lbs
Wi2= 166 lbs
Wi3= 164.6lbs
Wi4= 163.5 lbs
Wi5= 165 lbs
Wi6= 163.2
Wi7= 164.2

Wi8= 163lbs!!!

- Drink WATER! Make sure you're drinking at LEAST 8 cups of water a day. But add TWO MORE CUPS of water than you normally drink.
this was hard for me this week, usually i drink so much water but I just wasnt drinking this week.
- Cut back on SODIUM. Sodium makes us hold water weight, so watch your sodium intake and stay under MFP's recommended goals.
under sodium 7/21, 7/22, 7/23
- GET YOUR HEART RATE GOING! Try to burn 50 more calories a day than you normally would.
I burn different amounts each time so idk how to track this. but when I worked out i burned a good amount!
- What's been the biggest struggle in this challenge so far?
The biggest struggle has been working around life and still trying to do the challenges.

138 lbs
I have hit a "bump" in the road. After vacation I haven't done so well. I feel gross now, and can see the weight already going back on. Yesterday was my turn around day--moving forward again. Hope to see reults next weigh in. I doubt at this point will make my goal, but will be happy with being under 130. I may change my goal to 128 instead of 125---seems so far away.
Challenges: water, not bad, did not get 10 cups everyday, hard to do at work sometimes
Sodium a breeze, I am always way under
extra 50--not always easy, when I work 12 hours I don't exercise at all, so hard to get an extra 50, did some stuff like walk to places instead of drive
This week is a new week and hoping for the better!

My Summer Challenge week 8 results:

Challenge SW 5/29: 158
Week 1 - 6/5: 157
Week 2 - 6/12: 155.5
Week 3 - 6/19: 153.5
Week 4 - 6/26: 152.5
Week 5 - 7/3: 151.5
Week 6 - 7/10: 150.5
Week 7 - 7/17: 149

Week 8 - 7/24: 148 (1 pound down from last week!)

Challenge GW:143 (total 10 lbs. lost toward goal since start of challenge, 5 lbs. to go!)

week 8 additional challenges:
1) Drink at least 8 cups of water per day + 2 more than usual -- I always drink at least cups per day, drank 1 more than usual 2 days, more than 2 more than usual 4 days. Not bad, but I want to do better!

2) Cut back on sodium and stay under sodium goal -- it was difficult this week as we ended up going out to Uno Chicago Grill one night for a fundraiser and Subway at lunch on the same day. I never add salt to anything, unfortunately deli meats are loaded with sodium. I did manage to stay under on 5 of the days, one of which was half the goal sodium!

3) Burn 50 more calories per day than usual -- I was able to do that on 4 of the days, and one of the days I burned about 500 more calories than usual, so that kind of made up for the 3 days I burned my normal amount or less.

4) My biggest struggle in the challenge -- trying to stay under on sodium. I never salt anything, and when I cook from scratch I can keep the sodium down really well. However, during the summer when I don't want to use the oven because it makes the house too hot I tend to buy things that can be cooked easily on the stovetop, and that includes packaged foods which are super high in sodium, as are lunchmeats, ham, bacon, and unfortunately even some chicken. I never realized just how much sodium they pump into some so-called "fresh raw meats" like chicken and pork, even the ones that are not supposedly marinated. I pay a lot closer attention to labels now!

CW: 133.2 (1.3 loss)

I increased my water, and I think that helped my weight loss, because I fell of the excersice wagon over the weekend and haven't climbed back on! I read where you should be drinking half of your weight. So, I should be consuming about 67 oz. :drinker:

Sodium- that's generally not a problem.

Extra 50 calories- totally bombed as stated above.

Have a great week everyone!