**May Weight Loss Challenge**Sign Ups Always Welcome

Welcome to the **May** Challenge!

 If you’ve participated before, welcome back for another month!  To all those who have not done this challenge (or any other) welcome aboard newbies!

The challenge is pretty easy & does NOT require a long term commitment.  You pick a goal weight, and post your progress each week.  You are NOT in competition with the other challengers—in fact, you are encouraged to cheer each other on.  This is about having a reason to stay motivated throughout the month’s weight loss journey and having a place to post your progress to help you stay on track--some "extra" accountability for your actions because you know you aren't the only one who will "see" the results.

We'll have 5 weekly weigh in's in May.  Our May 3, 2009 weigh in will serve as a base-line and our final weigh will be May 31, 2009.  SO, monthly weigh in dates are May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24 and May 31, 2009.

I realize weigh in days are on a Sunday.  This is deliberate--for those who don’t like to weigh in on the weekend--look at it this way--extra motivation to stay on track over those “days off!”   I will post results on Monday—I will NOT email you to remind you to post.

So!
Sign up--fill out the form below and post it EVERY Sunday with your new weights.

Name:
Age:
Height:
Start Weight in May:
Goal Weight  (by May 31):

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Fill in the form, and re-post it every Sunday with your new weights.

DO NOT EDIT YOUR ORIGIONAL POST because I won’t notice.
Thanks :]

May Weigh In results click here. (Through post #352).  When spreadsheet opens, click again to enlarge.

Name: Virgina

Age: 49

Height: 5'6"
Start Weight in May: 219.6

Goal Weight  (by May 31): 209
May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

I Don't Know If I Am To Late, But If Not

Name:Jessifer
Age:40
Height:5'3'
Start Weight in May:226.00
Goal Weight  (by May 31):215.00

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Name: satyrswoman
Age: 38
Height: 5'10"
Start Weight in May: will use May3 weight
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 5 pounds less than start weight

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name: Ming
Age: 25
Height: 5'3"
Start Weight in May: 134lbs
Goal Weight (by May 31): 124
 May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name: smarty
Age: 52
Height: 5'4''
Start Weight in May: 178
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 172

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Name: Jasmine
Age: 47
Height: 5'10"
Start Weight in May: 189.6
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 180

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name:Caroline
Age:19
Height:5'5.5
Start Weight in May:138
Goal Weight  (by May 31):130

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Aw look how my old baby challenge has grown.
On to it's 3rd host! :D That's awesome.

Anyway, I'm up for May!
My weight seems to only be increasing and I would really like to get back down to 130 pounds so, I have to start some time!

Name: Claire
Age: 18
Height: 5'10"
Start Weight in May: 148
Goal Weight (by May 31): 142

May 3: 148 **EDITED**
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss: None yet, but i'll get there.

I'm not sure whether to post as 151lbs or not to be honest.
I'm at my boyfriends place and his scales generally say I'm around 2 pounds heavier than what mine say.
But they're all I have at the moment so oh well.
I'll post with that.

Good luck for the challenge everyone and I hope you have a great month!
Stay positive and keep on MOVIN'!

Hmm to anyone who's doing this challenge still since I left, this is Restless_Girl by the way!
My laptop died and I didn't actually remember my About.com member password as it was allocated to me so I never could remember it...
And I had simply told my laptop to "remember it" and now when I try to say I've lost my password on the main page, it wont load so...
This is my temporary account until something gets sorted out with my laptop. :)

... I may be Temp_Girl for awhile now...

Name: Sweatpants
Age: 20
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight in May: 138
Goal Weight (by May 31): 135

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Name:Ahmed
Age:21
Height:5'6''
Start Weight in May:174
Goal Weight  (by May 31):160

May 3:174
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Name:  Yvonne
Age:  17
Height:  5'9"
Start Weight in May:  165,5 Ibs
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 158 Ibs

May 3:  165,5 Ibs
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

I have a question about this 'Total weight loss'. Is it about weight loss in this challenge or total since we started the diet?

 I want to wish us all luck and I hope we all meet are goals till May 31!

Name:Lucia
Age:39
Height:5'8"
Start Weight in May:251
Goal Weight  (by May 31):242

May 3:  250
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name: David Stone
Age: 46
Height: 6'2"
Start Weight in May: 250
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 238 (12 total.  A lot, I think, but do-able)

May 3: 248.5 (1.5 and off to a good start.  10.5 still to go)
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name: Vicky
Age: 25
Height: 5'4
Start Weight in May: 154
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 146

May 3: 152.2
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Nearly a two pound weight loss in 3 days. I'm quite happy with that. Well done to everyone else for weighing in! x

Name:  April
Age:  29
Height:  5'1"
Start Weight in May: 155
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 145

May 3:  155
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Original Post by mischiefdm:

Original Post by akgrl:

{snip}

New goal, new game plan--it's great to get a fresh start!!!!! Let's burn some pounds

AKgrl, what is your new game plan? Care to share? What tips do you have for the changes.

Mishief...am not nearly as experienced or "organized" a calorie counter as many who use this site, in fact, I'm really kind of a "newbie"...I think your calorie ratio intake plan sounds intriguing (know it's important to balance our intake, but that's about as far as I've taken it).  I tend to be a bit more basic in my approach...more calories burned, fewer calories consumed.  HOWEVER, despite the debate over whether time of day has anything to do with how effective a calorie burn is, I'm planning to add some of my exercise in first thing in the morning; right now I do most of it in the evenings.  I know you can find an expert who says almost anything, but I was reading a piece in the March (?) Women's Day magazine and one of the cardiologists in the article felt that morning exercise can help burn calories more efficiently all day.  That sounds "right" to me--burn a few hundred calories & get a jump start on the day!  It may all be in my head...but if I BELIEVE a.m. exercise will promote more (more efficient) calorie burn, then it will...if nothing else, my belief may subconconsciously help modify my behavior through out the day (to be more active, more resistant to temptation).  Scientifically speaking, it shouldn't matter when you burn off a calorie...it still takes 3500 burned to equal a one pound weight loss.  Practically speaking, if I'm only burning more calories because I added an a.m. exercise session, that will still help me achieve my goals!

Have to climb down off my soapbox now (does that count as exercise?)--there's a recument bike & a Universal machine at the gym that are calling out my name

Best of luck to you, and the rest of this month's challengers!!

Name: Constance
Age:  52
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight in May: 161
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 155

May 3: 162
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

Name: alyssa
Age: 19
Height: 5' 8"
Start Weight in May: 145
Goal Weight (by May 31): 135
May 3: 142 :D (hopefully it's not just fluctuation)
May 10:
May 17:
May 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss: 3 lbs

finals are this week....so i really need to avoid getting stessed out and eating emotionally...but after wednesday i'm FREEEEEEE and then i need to not let the freedom get the best of me...;)

Name: Jasmine
Age: 47
Height: 5'10"
Start Weight in May: 189.6
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 180

May 3: 189
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss: