Jump into July lighter than you are---ALL WELCOME & OPEN
This challenge BEGINS MAY 1st and ENDS JULY 3rd.
Please no extreme goals for a weight loss, remain reasonable when setting your goal. It's always better when you reach your goal.
There will be 10 weigh ins, on FRIDAYs.
**Beginning weight will be your weight on May 1st, not when you sign up.**
Feel free to support your fellow challengers and post comments whenever you choose. We are to support, give advice and always, if you have a question....ask.
Good luck to ya'all!!!
Please copy and paste the following dates and put it in your reply each week.
Starting weight (on May 1st):
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Starting weight (on May 1st): 190.4
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 177
May 1: 190.4
May 8: 187.8 - Total loss of 2.6 pounds. Whoohoo!!
May 15: 186.4 - Total loss of 4 pounds. I seem to have finally broken my plateau.
May 22: 185.2 - Total loss of 5.2 pounds.
May 29: 183.8 - Total loss of 6.6 pounds.
June 5: 184.8 - Total loss of 5.6 pounds. Just got back from Vegas.
June 12: 183.0 - Total loss of 7.4 pounds.
June 19
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Starting weight (on May 1st): 164.6
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 150 156
May 1 - 164.6
May 8 - 164.0
May 15 - 164.4
May 21 - 162.8
May 29 - 163.4
June 5 (actually June 9th) - 163.2
June 12 - 162.4
June 19
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
TTL: How did your hair turn out? I figured out today that 15 lbs is 20% of the weight I want to lose! Woo Hoo!. I am going to treat myself to some new face/anti-wrinkle creams as it would be pretty useless to lose this weight only to be replaced by a gazillion wrinkles.
I would have done the hair thing, but already had my annual cut, style, color, highlight, glaze done a couple of weeks ago. It is great, hasn't been this short in years!
I love my hair! She used 2 colors. A brown with gold in it and red with gold in it and mixed them together. Indoors it looks dark brown and then when the light hits it, you can see the red. It's gorgeous! The best color I've ever had. I'm keeping it this color. The ugy that as there who was teaching them a new technique asked me in the consultation if I wanted my hair to whisper, talk or scream! LOL I said TALK! No screaming here!!! LOL
I'm getting a hair cut next Wed and then I'll post a picture of the finished look! I'll have to go outside so everyone can see the red. :)
My daughters boss said I shouldn't go short. Where I am is a good length. Just cut my ends and shape it up. I'll listen to him since he knows what he's doing. His name is Stephen Szabo. He travels all over the world and his hair cuts are $300! I wish I could afford him! LOL
I'm still losing weight too! The Alli is working. I'm so glad it's doing its job, and so well! I can't wait to get back down to my lowest weight. It shouldn't be too long. It's a shame I gained back about 15 lbs. That was stupid! But atleast I stopped the nonsense and I'm back on track. Right?
Have a good week and stay on course so we can have another good weigh in on Friday. :)
Congrats on the hair color! Sounds wonderful! I am heading up to the Tahoe cabin this week and not sure if I will be around for the weigh in (I can sometimes piggy back off the neighbor's internet). But I am bringing my trusty kitchen scale!
I bought a bathing suit last year that I liked, well actually two, one I didn't like so much (my granny suit) and after this last weigh in, I decided to try the smaller and cuter suit on, just to see. It Fits! My daughter even said it looked good on me (and we all know how hard it is to get a teenager to say that something looks cute!) I am ecstatic!! I can now go to Wild Island and not have to hide away in the bar all day. I think I may even go on one of the water slides or at least the big wave pool, I'm not sure if I can work up the nerve yet for one of those huge slides that stand taller than some of the casinos in Reno. (At least they look that tall to me!)
Good Luck to everyone here, and I gotta say, these little sacrifices we make on a daily basis are WAAAAAAY WORTH THE FEELING I HAVE RIGHT NOW!
Yippee!
*sung to the tune of neener, neener, neener*
I'm going to the water park and I don't have to hiiiiiiide
Starting weight (on May 1st): 186
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):170
May 1:186
May 8: 183.4
May 15: 180.2
May 22: 177.8 (down 8.2lbs! :))
May 29: No scale or internet
June 5: 179.6
June 12: 177.8
June 19
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Back down to 177.8. I still haven't been eating great but I'm finally getting used to the new place and starting to use the oven. I'm tired and looking forward to a day off tomorrow. :)
Yay for new lovely hair and cute bathing suits! :) Congrats guys.
Hehe,
Look at you--almost 10 lbs gone!!
J-mom
Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196
Starting weight (on May 1st): 180.3
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 171.0 (1 pound/week over 9 weeks)
May 1: 180.3
May 8: 179.3
May 15: 180.7 (yikes, traveling!)
May 22: 179.9
May 29: 177.7
June 5: 176.7
June 12: 177.5 (Ummm, it's the scale's fault! That's the ticket! Actually, did have to replace the battery 
. Better in last couple days, but goal definitely looking shaky)
June 19:
June 26:
July 3rd:
^^^^LOL^^^^
Goal, what goal?!? I don't remember no stinkin goal!
*secretly hoping no one goes back to my first post with the lofty and huge goal*
I am going to have to weigh in tomorrow folks, I am leaving for Tahoe on Friday, really early. Probably won't have time for my morning constitutional' as my dad so eloquently put it. Hope that is ok with all of you. I'll be back in time for next week's weigh in for sure. (Not sure if I am going to post it though, LOL) We'll see.
You can weigh in tomorrow. No problem. Have fun in Tahoe!
Well, you all know I'm using Alli to help me get to my goal. This evening I've experienced my first TE's. Lets just say I'm spending some time in the bathroom! LOL That's what I get for eating a whole bag of Popcorn! Too much butter on it! At least I know it's working. :)
I'm hoping I lose some more weight by Friday's weigh in. I'll be happy if it's just a pound. I have to keep losing. I'm crossing my fingers that it will happen for me.
Good luck everyone! :)
May 1: 227.0
May 8: no clue
May 15: 224.0
May 22: 218.5 (yeah! broke double deuces for the first time in 3-4 years!)
May 29: 219.5 (was a baaaaad girl Wednesday and it shows!)
May 29: 216.5 (wasn't but a few pounds a good long walk couldn't take care of!)
June 5: 213 (didn't stay there long, bad weekend, but now I am back)
June 12: 212.5 Not much, but still a loss!
June 18: 209.5
Total lost 17.5 pounds
Woo Hoo! Weinershnitzel here we come! It's just not a trip to the cabin without stopping in Auburn for a chili cheese dog... or two!
I secretly count my lucky stars there isn't one here. I'd be big as a house! No willpower when it comes to dem chili cheese dogs!
Have a great week everyone and wish me luck!
T2L: That's what I heard about Alli, I was really tempted to try it until I found a forum that real people were talking about the side effects and successes of people that are/were using different diet aids. Some of those diet aids out there are quite scary, Alli seemed to have the least detrimental side effects. Just be sure you drink lots of water, you have to rehydrate when that happens.
Starting weight (on May 4st): 152.2
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 145
May 4 - 152.2 Started late-forgot to weigh over the weekend.
May 8 - 150 Down 2.2 lbs WOO! HOO!
May 15 - 148.8 Total: down 3.4 lbs
May 22 - 148.6 Total: down 3.6 lbs
May 29 - 147.6
June 5 - 146.8
June 12 - 143.6 Total: down 8.6 lbs from May 4 and 10.4 from highest wt
June 19 - 145
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Am not surprised to see the scale increase a bit. I have been working out for the past 6 weeks really hard and am up to 20+ miles per week of elliptical or treadmill. Even walk/ran yesterday at a 4 mph walk and 5 mph run for a total of 5 mi. We will see what next week says.
Good luck to all.
J-mom
Starting weight (on May 1st): 156.6
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 150
May 1 - 156.6 (really hope to hit goal half way thru, but who knows.)
May 8 - 156.4 (been stressful around here, but it's better than a gain!)
May 15 - 153.8 (WOW! guess i was holding more water than i thought)
May 22 - 161.2 (I was camping so this is today's weight, the 26th. hopefully some of it is water weight, although i did drink a fair amount of alcohol... )
May 29 - 155.6 (yea, it was at least partly water weight!)
June 5 - 153 (there's a chance that i'll make my goal this challenge!)
June 12 - 155 (or not, i'm starting to think that 155 is where my body is happy)
June 19 - 153.4 (heading the right way again!)
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Starting weight (on May 1st): 186
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):170
May 1:186
May 8: 183.4
May 15: 180.2
May 22: 177.8 (down 8.2lbs! :))
May 29: No scale or internet
June 5: 179.6
June 12: 177.8
June 19: 177 (right direction!)
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Hope everyone is doing well. Two more weeks. I still might be able to reach my goal if I stay motivated. Good luck everyone.
Starting weight (on May 29 [late starter]): 141
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 132
May 29: 141
June 5: 140.6
June 12: 138.4
June 19: 138.2 :[ I am not very optimistic about making my goal as my weight loss has been extremely slow, I'm pretty bummed out
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
2 weeks left ... 1.5 pounds left ... I may make it!
Starting weight (on May 1st): 180
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 168
May 1 180
May 8 178.2
May 15 176.8
May 22 173.5
May 29 171.2
June 5 173.2
June 12 175.2
June 19 170.5
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Original Post by xxana:
Starting weight (on May 29 [late starter]): 141
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 132
May 29: 141
June 5: 140.6
June 12: 138.4
June 19: 138.2 :[ I am not very optimistic about making my goal as my weight loss has been extremely slow, I'm pretty bummed out
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
You have lost almost 3 pounds in 3 weeks. Your goal was quite ambitious and it might not be best to lose as fast as it would take to meet it now. But about a pound a week is good progress and you are moving downward! It naturally slows down after initial faster loss. Keep at it!
Original Post by hehehahe:
Starting weight (on May 1st): 186
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):170
May 1:186
May 8: 183.4
May 15: 180.2
May 22: 177.8 (down 8.2lbs! :))
May 29: No scale or internet
June 5: 179.6
June 12: 177.8
June 19: 177 (right direction!)
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Hope everyone is doing well. Two more weeks. I still might be able to reach my goal if I stay motivated. Good luck everyone.
Good progress! You're a winner whether you hit 170 within 2 weeks or not!
Starting weight (on May 1st): 190.4
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 177
May 1: 190.4
May 8: 187.8 - Total loss of 2.6 pounds. Whoohoo!!
May 15: 186.4 - Total loss of 4 pounds. I seem to have finally broken my plateau.
May 22: 185.2 - Total loss of 5.2 pounds.
May 29: 183.8 - Total loss of 6.6 pounds.
June 5: 184.8 - Total loss of 5.6 pounds. Just got back from Vegas.
June 12: 183.0 - Total loss of 7.4 pounds.
June 19: 183.0 - Total loss of 7.4 pounds. Its TTOM so hopefully I will see a drop next week.
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Original Post by satyrswoman:
Starting weight (on May 1st): 156.6
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 150
May 1 - 156.6 (really hope to hit goal half way thru, but who knows.)
May 8 - 156.4 (been stressful around here, but it's better than a gain!)
May 15 - 153.8 (WOW! guess i was holding more water than i thought)
May 22 - 161.2 (I was camping so this is today's weight, the 26th. hopefully some of it is water weight, although i did drink a fair amount of alcohol... )
May 29 - 155.6 (yea, it was at least partly water weight!)
June 5 - 153 (there's a chance that i'll make my goal this challenge!)
June 12 - 155 (or not, i'm starting to think that 155 is where my body is happy)
June 19 - 153.4 (heading the right way again!)
June 26
July 3---final weigh in
Woohoo! Youu are going to make it! Way to go!
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