Easter to Memorial Day Challenge 2016

[awood08]

Welcome to the next challenge!!!

Our challenge starts Easter March 27th through Memorial Day May 30th. (USA holiday)

To be part of the challenge you start by posting your initial weight stats and what you would like to achieve by the end of the challenge. You can then check in as often as you'd like with a weight update, to share a story from your week or start a conversation about a topic you'd like some advice on.

Welcome to all our new members, old timers, and anyone who is just following our challenge! Let's continue to work hard, meet our goals, and most important, give each other the encouragement and positive thoughts to keep all our spirits up!

Thanks to @saraj91 for the last challenge! Hope to see you again in here 🙂

 
A little rundown of terminology for anyone who is new: 

USW- Ultimate Starting Weight

CSW- Current Starting Weight

GW- Goal Weight

UGW- Ultimate Goal Weight

PW- Previous Weight

CW- Current Weight

MFP- My Fitness Pal

Here is a link for our group! Thanks @Brujita

https://www.fitbit.com/group/22KZ7F

[DJC_63]

Good for you, OCDoc! I know how u feel about the rewards. It will probably show on the scale in a few days. That's how it seems to go for me.
I really, really wanted to make chocolate chip cookies tonight. To help myself I Googled what my ideal weight should be. It was a lot less than I thought which means a lot more to lose. That dampened my desire for cookies. Whatever we have to do, I guess.

Sent from my iPhone

[HelenKr]

Weekly check in.  Weight loss is frustratingly slow, but at least it's moving in the right direction.  I have been good about walking every night this week.  Hopefully I can keep that up and it will begin to show more weight loss.  Except for Easter dinner, I've been pretty good with my diet and drinking alot of water. I am determined to get below 150 this challenge! 

USW:     173     (10/01/15)

CSW:     152.8  (03/27/16)

CW:       152.2  (04/03/16)

[SunsetRunner]

I didn't do much for losing but I did do a bit more than usual. I guess it helped having hubby in the hospital as I really didn't eat much with him there. Was too busy traveling to the hospital and back. That's two hours of driving a truck that I'm not used to, so no eating while driving. I did have water for my dry mouth. My ankles are still fat. It's amazing how they can be so big or my left ankle really fat and my right one either slightly enlarged or normal. When hubby came out we did cut down on our food intake. Even hubby has taken to using my plates which are the medium ones instead of the large ones. Son is here with the baby so we gave him our cake mixes and icing. The nice weather is starting to come I hope. I know mother nature is a tad confused this year.

USW- 271

CSW- 269.4

GW- 259

UGW- 150

PW- 269.4

CW- 267.8

minus 1.6

[dianenyc]

Hey Guys,

Here are this week's numbers:

USW 184
CSW 162.2
GW 157
CW 162.8
UGW 150 (subject to downward revision)

Up .6 lbs. but I ate out a lot this week -- the bread thing on Monday did show up on the scale.

The good -- I'm back to walking and have started doing a bit of yoga again here and there despite the fact that I am so tired (just that time of the school year).

The bad -- I really want to go bed, not log in, not walk, go back to my fatty-ways this week.  Did not walk all my steps yesterday.  Out for dinner again last night.  Ate well (salmon, sauteed spinach, guacamole, lots of seltzer) but ate four plantain chips and four corn chips.  Had Chinese food for lunch -- way, way over my calorie count.

The better -- I've logged all my food and I'm writing this instead of pulling the covers over my head. Next I'm going to do some yoga, go for a walk and walk a little over my number of goal steps to balance out yesterday.  I've already walked over half of my goal steps today, so a little extra push should do it.  Have a healthy dinner planned (and no plans to eat out).

This week I commit to: (1) walking at least 10,000 steps a day; (2) 5-8 minutes of yoga at least 4x this week; (3) logging all my food and (4) drinking at least 6 glasses of water a day.

And that's all she wrote.

Hope everybody's well and happy now and throughout the week.

DianeNYC

[DJC_63]

My weekly check-in. I'm up a bit from my impromptu mid-week weigh-in. It's always like that for me, tho. I'm still having to hold back a little on my work outs since my biopsy. I have A LOT of bruising and a hematoma. I can feel it in there. Despite that I increased my step count for the workweek hustle, which is one of my goals. Each week I make my number a little higher. My back wasn't too happy about it yesterday, tho. I've been on pain pills ( morphine) every day for 10 years, and lately I don't need to take them as often, so overall I think this is doing good for me.
As of 4/3:
USW - 207.5 (1/14/15)
CSW - 202 (1/1/16)
PW- 194.6 (3/26/16)
CW- 193.5 (4/3/16)
GW - 182.0
UGW - 150.0

[scottie0714]

Checking in for our first week. Another loss this week (1.5 lb)...so it's going slow and steady.

USW - 213 (1/14/16)

PW - 198 (3/27)

CW - 196.8 (4/3)

GW - 185

UGW - 160

[Joaquin10]

USW- Ultimate Starting Weight = 292

CSW- Current Starting Weight = 268

GW- Goal Weight = 250

UGW- Ultimate Goal Weight = 195

PW- Previous Weight = 285

CW- Current Weight = 266

MFP- My Fitness Pal = ?

[mgsnickers]

Thank you!

[almost_where]

Picture yourself waking up very early on Monday (Memorial Day). Nice warm morning, birds chirping, coffee in hand. You start to reflect on the previous two months, the ups and downs, the extra pushes you gave some nights to get your steps in, the food temptations you battled with and you are kinda nervous for the weigh in. So you walk towards the scale and step on and there it is. You reached your goal.

Just pause for a moment thinking about that future moment tonight with your eyes closed. It can happen and it will happen. Lets do this, see all of you at the finish line.

[ffcarpy]

This is going to be a great challenge! My weight was up all week and I became discouraged but pushed on. Had a half a coconut shrimp salad on Friday and some awesome sushi last night. Opted for the low sodium soy sauce and it helped me lose that water weight I knew I was holding on to.

USW 227
CSW 206 (3-27)
CW 203.5. (4-03)
GW 194. (5-30)
UGW 180

[dianenyc]

I am thankful for your friendship too, Ellie, and I'm cheering you on!

I just did my food log and looking over the week I see I am eating way too many calories.  A lot of it seems to be increasingly generous amounts of half and half in my coffee.  I need to cut back.

As for steps -- I'm at 12,588 for the day right now, which partially makes up for yesterday's low numbers.  I'm beginning to look at steps and calories over the range of a week -- as long as I track day-to-day I can see what adjustments I need to make to post a loss on my weekly weigh in.

Get yer walkin' shoes on, El, I'm raring to go!  But that's tomorrow -- right now, I'm going to say my prayers and hit my pillow.

God give a restful night to you and everybody on the boards.

Diane

[Bogdel]

Thanks, @RubyH. I will. You do the same! 🙂

[dianenyc]

Great post, almost_where!  Thanks for the inspiration.

DianeNYC

[dianenyc]

Good to be back, Samalama217.  And it looks like you're really cooking.  I'm going to have to up my steps to keep up!  And I caught the "walking in place" in the living room.  I've got to try that.

Sweet dreams.  I am really off to bed now.

DianeNYC

[Bogdel]

Good Job, @HelenKr. You are 152! I am getting jealous (I am 159!). What's your goal for this challenge? Someone said that the last 5 pounds are the most difficult to loose. As long as you keep your healthy lifestyle, and keep going down, you are moving in the right direction. Keep it up, friend!

[Bogdel]

@SunsetRunner, if you are loosing 1.5 lb/week, you are moving in the right direction. Did you find out if your sugar is high? I am asking because last September the doctor told me that I was prediabetic. That's when I decided to change my life-style. My blood sugar normal now, and I lost 22+ lbs since January (that's when I got my fitbit). Keep it up, friend! You are doing great!

[Bogdel]

Cool! 1.5 lb/week is just right. I am impressed with your progress since January! Way to go, @scottie0714. Keep it up!

[Bogdel]

Dear @dianenyc,

Today was my husband's B-day, and he wanted us to go to a stake restaurant, after church. I had a 6 oz sirloin stake, a salad, and steamed broccoli. I could say that my meal was pretty healthy. The problem is, I could have stopped eating as soon as I finished my salad, but I pressed on and I ate the whole thing! No wonder I did not feel like doing much physical activity the rest of the day! So, we came home and I kept drinking water with lemon. I only had 5500 by 9:00 pm. I thought of you, and the commitment we both made at the beginning of last week. So, I took my little Yorkie and went for a walk. Before I knew it, I reached 12,385 steps. It felt so good!  My calorie deficit is exactly where it should be.

Thank you for inspiring me, Dianne! I treasure your friendship, and I treasure your relationship with the Lord. 

Have a blessed week, my friend!

Ellie

Oh, my weight this morning was 159. I still have a way to go, but I am very encouraged. I am finally able to wear my nice dresses that were sitting there in the closet, waiting for me to get slim again. PTL! 

[HelenKr]

@Bogdel - Thanks for the kind words!

I had to look my goal up to remind myself.  It's 147, but honestly, I really want to get under 150, so I will be happy with 149.  My weight loss has gotten very slow, but my diet isn't as strict as many here.  I still eat potatoes and bread, but I'm trying to limit carbs more.  I'm only 5'2, so I still have about 15 lbs to go to get into healthy BMI.  We'll see from there.  I'm 53 and don't want to have unrealistic goals, maybe 128, but I'll take 137.  I'm trying to improve some of my bloodwork numbers too (triglycerides and good cholesterol), but retesting will probably be in October.

Good luck to you too my friend!

[fatmich]

Weekly checkin

SW 73 KG
CW 71 KG
GW 65 KG
UGW 63 KG