*** May 2008 Weight Loss Challenge - Sign Ups CLOSED ***

Welcome to the May 2008 Weight Loss Challenge! Signups ended Saturday, May 3, 10:00 pm PDT.

Information for participants:

• Weigh ins are every Thursday. (May 1, 8, 15 and 22, and 29) If you are unable to post on that day, please do so as soon as possible. If you do not weigh in for 2 weeks, your name will be removed from the participant list.
  
  
• Please make a new post for each weigh in, copying and pasting your previous week's info. This helps keep us current, and also bumps the thread.
  
  
• You can also tell us about yourself (your height, start weight, age, goal weight, your program, and so on) to encourage other people to get to know you and maybe make some new friends!
  
  

• During your updates, feel free to share how the week went for you, so we can encourage or be motivated by you!
  

• If your name does not appear but you did sign up, or it is misspelled, please let me know. Also please let me know if I miss updating your weigh-in information.

*** Note: Week 1 is May 8; week 2 is May 15, and so forth.

Please use the format below (copy and paste it).

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Participants:

alyona83
Start weight: 121
Goal loss: 6
Week 1: 122
Week 2: 119
Week 3: 120
Week 4: 121
Total loss for May: 0

gingerkbureck
Start weight: 201.6
Goal loss: 15 lbs
Week 1: 196.2
Week 2: 190.4
Week 3: 186.4
Week 4: 183.2
Total loss for May: 18.4 *** Congrats on making your goal!!! ***

hockeymom26
Start weight: 171.2
Goal loss: 5lbs
Week 1: 170.6
Week 2: 168.4
Week 3: 168.4
Week 4:
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infinityiz
Start weight: 160.5
Goal loss: 10lbs
Week 1: 158
Week 2: 159.5
Week 3: 159
Week 4: 156.5
Total loss for May: 4

jluffner
Start weight: 200.6
Goal loss: 8 lbs
Week 1: 199.4
Week 2: 200.4
Week 3: 199.6
Week 4: 200.0
Total loss for May: 0.6

jtov
Start weight: 265
Goal loss:10 lbs
Week 1: 265
Week 2: 263
Week 3: 260
Week 4:
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ka2007
Start weight: 219
Goal loss: 9
Week 1: 98.50 kilos, 217 lbs
Week 2: 96.20 kilos, 212 lbs
Week 3: 97.2 kilos, 215 lbs
Week 4: 94.8 kilos, 209 lbs
Total loss for May: 10 *** Congrats on making your goal!!! ***

kell115
Start weight: 180.5
Goal loss: 10 lbs
Week 1: 183
Week 2: 182
Week 3: 180.6
Week 4: 182.6
Total loss for May: +2.1

lidan
Start weight: 200
Goal loss: 8 lbs
Week 1: 200
Week 2: 204
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loseitx
Start weight: 172.8
Goal loss: 2.8 lbs
Week 1: 173.6
Week 2: 171.0
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marie_von
Start weight: 140
Goal loss: 8lbs
Week 1: 140
Week 2: 138
Week 3: 140
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mischiefdm
Start weight: 139.6
Goal loss: 4lbs
Week 1: 140.2
Week 2: 139.4
Week 3: 139.8
Week 4: 140.0
Total loss for May: +0.4

newmama13
Start weight: 165
Goal loss: 6lbs
Week 1: 163.7
Week 2: 163.5
Week 3: 164.3
Week 4: 161.5
Total loss for May: 3.5

northbeach3
Start weight: 185.0
Goal loss: 7.0 lbs
Week 1: 186.6
Week 2: 183.8
Week 3: 183.8
Week 4: 180.8
Total loss for May: 5.8

pinadela
Start weight: 178
Goal loss: 10 lbs
Week 1: 174.5
Week 2: 175.5
Week 3: 175
Week 4: 174
Total loss for May:

the1sweetie
Start weight: 166
Goal loss: 8
Week 1: 163.8
Week 2: 165
Week 3: 166.6
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thingagain78
Start weight: 233
Goal loss: 10 pounds
Week 1: 233
Week 2: 229.8
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zenasavvy
Start weight: 159
Goal loss: 7.0 lbs
Week 1: 158
Week 2: 159.4
Week 3: 159
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Start weight: 200.6
Goal loss: 8 lbs
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I'm 40, 5'6 with a medium frame. I'm eating around 1600 calories a day and have a job where I move around quite a bit. My goal weight is 145, so I still have a little ways to go. I started at 231 in January, and I've now gotten to the point where people are noticing the difference on a regular basis.

Start weight:  201.6

Goal Loss:  15 lbs

Start weight: 140
Goal loss: 8lbs
Week 1:140
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I am 27, 5'2" with a small frame.  I just started last month rigorously watching my food intake and I joined a fitness center to start exercising.  My life before CC was very sedentary between working full time and going to school online in the evenings.  I am now exercising 4days a week for 30mins using the elliptical.  This month my goal is to add weight lifting and to increase my work outs to 6 days.  My ultimate goal is 120, but it might change to 115 depending on how I feel once I get to 120.  My main diet goal is to add more vegetables and to swap my carbs from white breads to whole grain.  Currently I strive to eat 1350 on my exercise days and 1200 on my rest days.

Start weight: 265
Goal loss:10 lbs
Week 1: 263 lbs
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Start weight: 165
Goal loss: 6lbs
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I'll be 27 on May 13th and I'm 5'4'' with a medium frame.  I had a son 1.5 years ago and gained 60 pounds during pregnancy.  I lost about 30 of that within a couple of weeks, but that last 30 has been hanging around since then.  I got serious about working out again in November of 2007 and I've lost about 19lbs since then.  I'm training for a triathlon on May 11th.  I'm working out 6 days a week for about an hour each day.  My ultimate goal weight is 131 which I hope to reach by my son's 2nd birthday on 10/5.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Start weight: 121
Goal loss: 6
Week 1: 122
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Start weight: 180.5
Goal loss: 10 lbs
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Start weight: 156
Goal loss: 8
Week 1: 156
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I'm a female, 5'2", with a medium/heavy frame (depends on who you ask and how tightly I squeeze my wrist).  I'm built like a bull, in the words of my mother and several friends.  My end goal is to get back down to my ideal weight of 127, but the primary goal is to drop a weight class for my jiujitsu tournaments.  It's rough being this short and in the heavyweight division.  As you can guess, I'm pretty active physically.  I'm moving to 5 small meals a day to kick start my sleeping metabolisim and upping the cardio (a.k.a. running).  I'm sticking to about 1,500 calories a day, since I can't go any lower and make it through my jiujitsu classes (90 minutes of cardio and strength three or four times a week).  Good luck to all!

Start weight: 172.8
Goal loss: 2.8 lbs
Week 1: 172.8
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Start weight: 178
Goal loss: 10 lbs
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Start weight: 200
Goal loss: 8 lbs
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I'm 33, 5'7 with a medium/small frame and I'm eating around 1500 calories a day.   I have a sedentary job and am at university full time. My goal weight is 150, and after losing 28 lbs., I fell off the wagon (school got way more intense). I gained back 11 lbs., but managed to lose 6 last month.  Now I want to keep that momentum going!  This month I'm going to start commuting by bike.

Start weight: 125
Goal loss: 5 lbs
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 I'm 5'2, I started CC on 12/31/07 at 140 lbs.  In April I met my first goal of reaching 125 lbs.  I would like to lose 5 lbs more on the scale to give myself some breathing room and ensure that I can move around with some lbs but not go over my 125 lbs limit.  I also think my clothes will fit much better!

Start weight: 166
Goal loss: 8
Week 1: 163.8
Week 2: 165
Week 3: 166.6
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Start weight: 137
Goal loss:10
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Start weight: 160.5
Goal loss: 10lbs
Week 1:160.5
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Start weight: 261.8 pounds
Goal loss: 11.8 pounds
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I want to get under 250 so badly!!  I'm 21 (22 in less than 2 weeks), 5' 9.5" with a medium frame, and I try to eat around 1750-2000 calories a day.   I am graduating with my bachelor's degree this month, so I'll be super busy the first half of the month, and then I'll have plenty of extra time during the second half to really get my butt in gear.  My ultimate goal weight is 160.  I have joined a gym, so hopefully that will help keep my weight-loss moving right along.

 

Good luck to everyone else!!!

I want to play...

My name is Jennifer and I've officially lost 20 pounds and a whole lot of inches since starting here in February of this year. I have about 57 pounds to go to reach my goal of 135.

Start weight: 192
Goal loss: 8lbs
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I'm in!

Start weight: 194.8
Goal loss: 8lbs
Week 1: 195
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Total loss for May: +0.2

Start weight: 233
Goal loss: 10 pounds
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Let's see...I'm short and fat haha lol  Umm seriously I'm 29, 5'4.  So far since starting this weight loss journey on April 1st 2008, I've lost 17 pounds (was 250).  Hoping to be down to 200 pounds by my birthday in August and on my way to atleast 170 by the time I graduate college May 2009.

I'm with ya on that one thingagain78, I'm 5'3.5" and 194.8 right now, but was 265 back in late July, early August. I don't think you'll have a problem getting under 200 by your birthday, just keep at it