Yay ashori602 for exceeding your goal! Woohoo!

lulubellebc: you're doing great! Almost to 75 pounds gone!

JazzyPeggy: good job reporting in -- that's the first step to getting back on track. Let us know if we can help. I sometimes find "determination" a better thing to aim for than "motivation." I don't know how to feel motivated if I'm not but I can usually summon up determination from somewhere. Related words that help: dedication, endurance, resilience, courage, persistence.

I'm at 74.25kgs this morning -- woohoo! That's the lowest weight I've been all month. It's great to see after I struggled in the middle of the month.

Hi ladies. :)

First, thanks to all of you who have been posting and keeping this group going in my absence the past week, especially gardenerjoy. It's good to come on and see how well everyone is doing, and see so many still fighting for their goals this month.

I have been having an extremely hard time since the transfer last Monday. This is just such a huge emotional roller coaster, and it's been all I can do to just get through every day and remain functional in my normal life. My home pregnancy tests have been positive since Saturday, but I'm so afraid this is going to be yanked away from me yet again... and I go from being happy and excited to spending hours crying. The best part is that this is going to continue through next Monday when I have the blood test, and I just don't know how I'm going to make it that long without breaking down this time around. Also fun: the scale is up 8 lbs since my transfer last week, argh! I knew it would happen, but still, it sucks, especially when I can't do anything more than light exercise.

ANYWAY, sorry to complain so much; I just want to explain why I just haven't been able to be on here and chatty. If someone wants to take over this group for June, that would be amazing. If not, I will still get a new June thread started tomorrow, but I don't imagine I'll be participating very much until at least mid-week next week.

Again, my apologies for not doing a better job at running this thread this month! I am cheering for all of you. :)

ashori: Congratulations on achieving your May goal!! That's fabulous! :carrot: I made you RED below. :)

LeeciesLosingIt: I'm so glad the weigh-in made you feel so good - I know that teary feeling. :) How have things gone since then for you?

gardenerjoy: Thanks very much for the good wishes, and thank you again for being such a great presence here. :hug: I'm thrilled to read about your new low weight!! :D

Sally Pineapple: One way or another, we'll still be doing these threads. It's great that you want to keep participating and pushing yourself! :)

JazzyPeggy: To add to gardenerjoy's list of words, some of the ones that work for me are pride and accomplishment. I feel really, really good about myself when I'm on track, and those feels of pride and accomplishment help to keep me committed. I'm glad you're still checking in here even when the going gets tough. :hug:

lulu: You killed that goal this month! :D

ItsMyTurn: SO CLOSE!!! It's sooooo happening this month. Get a good night's sleep tomorrow night, please!!! ;)



May Weight Loss Goal List

dcapulet: Lose 8 lbs
PaintedButterfly: Get to 140 lbs
minoja75: Get to 216 lbs
magsabags: Get to 150 lbs
KimL1214: Lose 8 lbs
gardenerjoy: 15 days below 75 kgs
Steph7409: Get to 140 lbs
knobhdy: ONEDERLAND!
ashori602: Get to 166.6 lbs
aniela26: ONDERLAND!
miatutu: Lose 6 lbs
ItsMyTurn: Get to 183 lbs
Couch: Get under 90 kgs
lobon: Record all intake; Lose 5 lbs
chickadee32: Stay in the 130s; Log all food
Tabbycat: Lose 3 lbs
lulubellebc: Get into the 120s
PrincessSophia: Get to 135 lbs
suepatrick2011: Get to 190 lbs
LeeciesLosingIt: Gat to 175 lbs
JazzyPeggy: Lose 7.6 lbs
nicolae: Get to 173 lbs

Great to see you back, chickadee32! Sending you all kinds of sticky energies that this results in a healthy pregnancy.

I'm a big believer in distraction in situations like this. I suspect everyone is different about what is distracting enough. For me, planning trips (whether I ever end up taking them or not) works great to get me out of myself and learning new things about new places. Movies in the theater are also wonderfully diverting and there are some good summer flicks out now.

I would offer to take over the weight loss thread for June except I'm going out of town. I was going to ask you to take over the exercise one! ;) I think if we limp along through June, that it will all be fine. Just like with weight loss, consistency is much more important than perfection here. As long as the June threads are present, they will be serving a purpose whether we're monitoring them as closely as usual or not. We can come roaring back in July.

ashori - Great job going past goal! Holy cow!

gardenerJoy - Super job on the low! You are doing great!!!

Chickadee - No worries, I think you are AMAZING!!! I can't even begin to imagine the emotional rollercoaster ride you take daily during all of this. I would offer to take the thread for you, but guarantee I would be more absent then you this coming month. My parents are here from Maine, my DD16 is prepping for her arthritis camp and following that with a full knee replacement, I am starting full time college on top of being full time employed (gone 12-13hr/day), and the week after DD's surgery my DH is taking off for CA for trucking school and immediately following will be on the road 28 days. So needless to say, not even sure where to fit the other 2 kids in to the schedule :rofl: DD leaves for camp on the 10th, I start school the 11th, parents leave for home on the 14th, DD comes back on the 15... just as a look at one week :) However, please know that we all FULLY understand if you are not able to be here as often as you would like to be...and then some! :hug:

gardenerjoy: Thank you. :hug: Yes yes yes on the distraction - I've been trying to stay busy and get out of the house whenever possible. The walks have been good as they take up an hour, and after spending a few hours despondent on Sunday morning I just left my husband home by himself and went to see his parents at their vacation home at a lake about 2 hrs away. I just needed to get out and do something different to keep myself occupied... and it worked; I was much more relaxed on Sunday night. The movie is a great idea (if I can stay away from the popcorn!); I will try that this weekend. And I LOVE planning trips... but I eventually get frustrated because I know we're not going to go, and I really want to hammer out every last detail! :lol:

I also appreciate the reassurance that June will be ok even if we're not around a lot. I will make sure that anytime I am here I am checking up on the exercise thread and helping to keep things moving there. For when is your trip scheduled? (I'm really excited for you, btw - it sounds like so much fun!!!) I'll do my best to make sure I'm on top of things during those days in particular.

ItsMyTurn: Thank you :hug:, and holy hectic June, lady!! Your schedule is making me tired just thinking about it! I'm happy to hear that you're starting your program this month though - that is very exciting!! I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes. :)


Weight this morning was down to 140.2 lbs, which is slightly better than yesterday. If I am really, really, REALLY good I might be able to end the month under 140 lbs as I had hoped... but there is no controlling the water weight lately (nor my appetite, gah), so who knows! OK, off to start a June thread.

i changed my target from 177 to 173...however iv only managed to get to 177 so at least i met my original target.

Adding final two weeks.

Start Weight: 142.6lbs
07/05/12: 142.4
11/05/12: 142.0
21/05/12: 141.4
28/05/12: 141.2
31/05/12: 140.8

Total Loss: 1.8lbs

So I didn't quite meet goal of 140.0 but it's the lowest I've been during this weight loss journey! I was so happy I threw my hands up in the air while I was on the scale this morning lol. Next month my goal is going to literally be just to get to 140.0 again.

I'm not so confident that I'm going to reach my goal this month...my eating was wayyyyy off track last weekend...so I'm saving my weigh in for tomorrow morning. Fridays are supposed to be my weigh in day anyway. Fingers crossed for a loss this week!

chickadee: Sending tons of good vibes your way!!!

nicolae: Congratulations on meeting your original target!! I'm going to call that GOAL and turn you RED below. :D

PaintedButterfly: Totally a successful month for you, and YAY on seeing your lowest weight so far! That is a GREAT feeling. :D

aniela: THANK YOU :hug: and good luck with your weigh-in in the morning!!

OK, I'm calling goal for myself too, since I was 138.0 lbs this morning, and so finished the month under 140 lbs. Odd that I am calling gaining almost 5 lbs in a week and a half a success, but hey, I'm so bloated right now that I'm going to take whatever I can get! And 138.0 is actually down 0.9 lbs from where I was on May 1, lol, so I guess I made some minor progress this month. Unfortunately, I was NOT successful at logging all of my food this month. Got to be better with that and make sure I do it every day!

How did everyone else finish up for the month?


May Weight Loss Goal List

dcapulet: Lose 8 lbs
PaintedButterfly: Get to 140 lbs
minoja75: Get to 216 lbs
magsabags: Get to 150 lbs
KimL1214: Lose 8 lbs
gardenerjoy: 15 days below 75 kgs
Steph7409: Get to 140 lbs
knobhdy: ONEDERLAND!
ashori602: Get to 166.6 lbs
aniela26: ONDERLAND!
miatutu: Lose 6 lbs
ItsMyTurn: Get to 183 lbs
Couch: Get under 90 kgs
lobon: Record all intake; Lose 5 lbs
chickadee32: Stay in the 130s; Log all food
Tabbycat: Lose 3 lbs
lulubellebc: Get into the 120s
PrincessSophia: Get to 135 lbs
suepatrick2011: Get to 190 lbs
LeeciesLosingIt: Gat to 175 lbs
JazzyPeggy: Lose 7.6 lbs
nicolae: Get to 173 lbs

I pretty much sucked in May. I managed to lose several pounds but gained most of it back, so the net loss was only 1. I'm hoping for a better June!

chickadee, good luck with making it through the weekend. I hope you get good news on Monday.

My final weigh in for the month is 201.5, back up a pound from last week. I am slightly disappointed but not surprised after everything I ate last weekend. I set my June goal for 195 and I'm going to try really hard to make it happen! Onederland or bust!!

On a side note, once or twice a week I walk on a bike path fairly close to my office. Yesterday I downloaded a couch to 5K app for my phone and actually tried running. I don't know how all of you runners do it! The first 1 min stretch of running was difficult, the second was pretty horrible, and I gave up in the middle of the third and walked the rest. I'm not giving up quite yet, I understand that it takes time to build up stamina, etc., but wow! I expected it to be hard, but not THAT hard! I did end up walking 5+ miles, so not all was lost on my running failure. Kudos to all of you runners! Maybe someday I'll get there!

Congrats to everyone that reached goal in May! And for all of us that didn't, there's always next month! We WILL get there!

Steph: I understand feeling disappointed that you gained back some of what you lost, but remember - you are down a pound from where you started this month, and most importantly, you haven't given up the fight. As long as you are still striving for it, still working at holding on to this new you and not gaining back that huge number of pounds you have lost already (82 lbs!!!!) you are succeeding. June is going to be a great month for you, because I know you won't give up then either. :) And thank you, very much, for the good wishes!

aniela: I'm sorry the weigh-in didn't go as hoped, but you're definitely going to see onderland this coming month!! On the running: the key for me was going slowly. And I mean seriously SLOW. Snail's pace. I failed miserably at C25K twice because I kept trying to do the run intervals at a pace that felt natural for my body, and my lungs just could not keep up (and I kept getting shin splints). It wasn't until I started trying to run very, very slowly that running even 30 or 60 seconds at a time felt much more manageable. Try doing the running intervals at absolutely the slowest pace you can force yourself to go, and see how that works. When you start to get more comfortable there will be plenty of time to increase your pace and the distance/time for which you can keep it up, but when you get to those longer intervals in the C25K program you'll be really happy you've chosen to take it slow. :) Good luck, and have fun with it! As someone who truly hated running and never ever thought they'd run, I can honestly say that I'm now addicted to it and I have been missing it SO much these past two weeks when I haven't been able to do it!!!

aniela - Stay with the C25K program. If you have any interest at all, stick with it and do as you can. I LOVE the C25K, and have yet to complete even though been doing it quite a long time. I have several health issues that SLOWWWWWW down the progresss, but that's the thing - you CAN repeat weeks and you don't have anything that happens harmful. You can take it at a pace that's best for you...and if it takes 3-4 weeks to get to where you can complete week 1, so what? You STILL would have actually completed week 1... victory!!!!

Chickadee - Great job managing the weight with all the hormones, water, etc! You are truly amazing to me!!!! I am so glad you have been able to stay busy :)

Steph - Great job getting a pound down this month...that's one less you have to lose!

As for me - I did my weigh in on Saturday (my normal day) and was 183.8,.... close but no cigar. I don't sleep for anything during week, so knew getting on scale would be something I regretted... and I was right. 185.0 this morning. It's due to not getting enough sleep on weekdays though, hence the weigh ins on Saturday. So didn't meet goal, but, I will take the close victory. I always seem to come just shy of my goal... no matter if I set it at 2lbs or 6, LOL! Happy Friday!

Well my end of month was poor. My husband and I had a mini vacation/wedding trip to Southern California and Mexico. We were gone from 5/24 - 5/31 and my weigh in on 5/31/12 was 182.7 LBS :0(

I was sad, but really I havent managed to master the travel diet or the travel banish of alcohol. It was a non-stop party pretty much the entire time lots of foods, sweets and drinks. I did poorly at limiting myself, but I had a good time. I don't feel guilty which is a HUGE feat for me. Now I am just more motivated to work harder and harder to get back to my track and goals.

Heading over to the JUNE board!