May Weight Loss Challenge
 

Shorts and bathing suits and sundresses, oh my! The warm weather is upon us (ok, it's upon some of us, and the rest of you will have it soon!), which means less clothing to hide behind! Lose a few lbs in May, and you'll be feeling good and confident when you're showing a bit more skin this summer. :)

The rules of our challenge are simple. We are here to provide each other some accountability along the path to weight loss, so just set a weight loss related goal(s) and I'll add it to our goal list for the month of April. When you reach your goal for the month it will be turned RED in our goal list!

We have a sister thread for exercise goals, http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html, and all your exercise-related goals can be posted there; this thread is for weight loss goals specifically.

We love to hear about your success as well as your challenges throughout the month, so please share them with us. We're here to support and encourage each other to be our best.

Remember that no matter what your May goal is, it's sticking with it that really counts in the end. Good luck to everyone this month!!

I'll be doing hormone injections from this weekend through the remainder of the month, and those mess with my weight, so my goal for May is simply to still be in the 130s (anywhere in the 130s!) at month's end. I'm also making it a goal to log every single bite I eat this month, including estimates for meals out, since I've been slacking a bit on that lately. I'm hoping that will help keep me on track when the hormones are making me ravenous!

Chick - hormone injections? That must be rough! Sending good thoughts your way this month.

Starting in at 225 - I need to cruise into the "teens" again - going for -8lbs.

Woop woop thanks for the new thread :D

Well my weight has spiked up between yesterday and today grr... but okay I'm starting at 142.6lbs

Goal is just to get to 140.0 at some point this month.. yup just to lose 2.6lbs this month.

Start Weight: 142.6lbs
08/05/12:
15/05/12:
22/05/12:
29/05/12:
31/05/12: 140.0

216 by the end of May! Let's do this!

Good luck with those hormone injections chickadee, I'm sure with your determination you will stay in the 130's all month long! Logging my food intake has been a big help on this journey and has definitely helped me stay on track.

Good luck dcapulet, I'm sure you will get to the "teens" this month!

150lbs by the end of May for a 5 lb loss.

I'm just starting and really excited to challenge myself!

My goal for May is 15 days below 75kgs.

And I started off below 75kgs this morning, so 1 day done!

My goal is to be at 140. I'm hoping more outdoor activity (if it ever warms up here!) will be helpful. Lose It tells me gardening and yardwork burn lots of calories - not sure I believe it, but it's gotta be better than sitting inside!

chickadee, good luck with the injections. And good luck to all with your May goals!

I'd like to break back into Onederland. So my goal is to be anywhere under 199.9 by the end of the month. Starting at 205.2 this morning.

Good luck everyone.

Since I didn't lose any weight last month I'm going to aim for 166.6 again :P

Count me in for May! My goal this month is to break 200 for the first time in my adult life...or at least make it to 200. Onederland, here I come!

Good luck everyone!

Ill jump on board. I will set my goal at 6 pounds. That will take me to 218.

5/1 224
5/7
5/14
5/21
5/28

Chickadee - with your challenges, that sounds like a great goal!

dcapulet - Good luck getting into teens!

PaintedButterfly - It's not "just" 2.6lbs... it's a whopping 2.6lbs at the point you are at. That would be a great goal hit!!!

minoja - that would be a HUGE loss for you in a short time :O Good luck to you girl!!!

magsabags - Good luck with your 5lbs!

Kim - Good luck with the 8lbs!!! That's not an easy accomplishment, but no doubt it can be done :)

gardnerjoy - You are doing amazing! I am betting you can do that goal and then some!

Steph - Good luck on your goal!!!! Outside activities sure do help :)

knob - Good luck hitting Onederland!!! We can't wait to welcome you in!!!

ashori - I feel ya! I was at the same (give or take 5lbs) for a LONG time... stay with it and it moves :) Good luck on your goal this month!

aniela - Good luck on your Onederland goal too!! We can have a big ol' Onederland party for you and knob when you make it!

miatutu - That sounds like a great goal! Good luck to ya :)

For me... now that I am finally seeing some movement, I am shooting for 183. That's probably steep considering that I JUST finally started seeing consistent movement on the scale again, but the way I figure it - each month I miss by mere ounces... so set it higher and lose more even if I miss by ounces again :rofl:

Oooh, I need this. I want to get under 90kg, so 3.6kg (8lb).

2nd: 93.6kg
9th: 92.4kg

Thanks ItsMyTurn :D. It is frustrating sometimes how slow it feels! That's why I've decided to add an overall chart to my signature to remind me it IS going down over the months.. daily weighing was such a mistake for me when I was doing it cos you miss the over all downward trend when it's going up and down by 1-2lbs but your overall loss is still 2lbs less than the end of the last month so 4lbs less than the month before that..

Good luck hitting your goal :D.

Ahhh I don't know how this month is going to go...

I've been given a premature wallaby joey to foster and bottle feed no less than EVERY 3 hours... and he's so adorable and I'm so grateful to have the chance but he's so so frail.. and it's completely and utterly thrown me out my patten and it's only been a day! I have no idea how I'm going to diet with this too!

PaintedButterfly - Thank you :) I am seriously going to bust to hit goal this time. The closest I have come to a "weightloss goal" on here was one month where Chickadee showed pity on me and made it honorary cause my scale broke, LOL!!!!! Awww, a premie joey? You take in animals normally? Or serve simply as a foster care home for them? Poor thing - it would break my heart to see a frail animal.

Count me in- I'm in a wedding in a month and a half and got a beautiful but strapless dress. I want to rock toned arms! Goals are to record all intake in May, exercise at least twice per week (my work schedule is awful!), and lose 5 pounds. Good luck everyone!

Welcome back to all the familiar faces, and welcome to the newcomers! I have a houseguest this week and am pretty beat, so I'm sorry that other than getting the goal list done I probably won't be as chatty as usual until the weekend.

dcap: Thank you. :) Btw, I can already see Onderland coming your way... July goal? :D

minoja: Thanks to you as well. :) The logging really helps me too, and it's easy peasy when I'm making my own food... but some days I just don't feel like trying to estimate those meals out! I'm so lazy, lol. But I'm going to be good this month!

Painted: I think your goal is a great one! Frankly, at your height I think it's extremely impressive that you're managing to still lose at all - it's tough where you are!

magsabags: Congratulations on starting! I'm sure you're going to do great this month. :)

gardenerjoy: Yay, nice way to start out the month!

Steph: I can definitely imagine that gardening burns a lot of cals!

knobhdy and aniela: Woohoo, I love the Onderland goals! That's such an exciting one! I can't wait to see both of you get there and be able to celebrate with you. :D

ashori: I know you can do it!

ItsMyTurn: It's totally your month. :D And I KNOW that month you hit goal despite the stupid scale. ;)

lobon: Start hitting those pushups!! I love what they do for my arms. :)


Sorry to anyone I missed above, but good luck to everyone this month!!


Btw, did I mention that my (digital) scale has been at the EXACT same number, day and night, for the past 6 days? Seriously. It doesn't matter whether I've just eaten a big meal, whether I've just used the bathroom, whether I've just sweated my tush off running (including after my 10K on Saturday!)... 138.9 is all I see every single time I get on. I had a dip first thing Sunday morning and was all excited, but an hour later (and I consumed nothing in the meantime, not even water), the scale was back at 138.9 lbs. How weird is that?? It's a good thing I'm finding it funny rather than frustrating!


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

Great goals everyone! My starting weight is 164. Off to a good start- got on my bike for the first time in months and rode 10 miles.

Chickadee- get on the scale with something really heavy and make sure it's actually still working ;)

ItsMyTurn- He came from a wildlife park where my mum works and the keepers needed someone to try and foster him so I said I'd try. He was only super tiny though- still hairless and eyes closed.. and sadly he passed away :( He was just too young.
So I feel really low today.

Anyway sorry to bring a downer on the thread! Good luck everyone! :D

lobon, I may have to try that, because my weight this morning was... 138.9 lbs. :lol:

Painted, I'm so sorry to hear that. :hug:

Painted - I am so sorry to hear of the passing. You were so kind to offer to foster the little guy though, and he got to feel the warmth of a heart for his remaining time; you should feel good about that :hug: It's amazing people with good hearts that make this life a good one - be it a long life or short

Chickadee - that's hilarious!!! There was a time during my plateau that I had DH get on the scale to make sure a different number could happen. I didn't think a digital could "get stuck", but I wasn't willing to dismiss the idea until I found out either, :lol: Your experience just brought me back and had me lol'ing for real!

Paintedbutterfly-so sorry to hear that and although he passed I'm sure he felt safe, warm and loved while you had him.

Kim - Wow :O Congrats on being smoke-free!!!! Not an easy task at all - especially while taking on weight loss! I have yet to do that one myself...it will be my next big undertaking once I get to goal. Right now with taking on this huge life change, fitness life change, and adding full time college for a life change (yes, almost 40 and going in a totally different career line, :lol: ) I figure to insure success, I can't take on the quitting smoking yet too, :) Super huge congrats for being 36 hrs without. Soon it will be a week and physical effects gone - then purely psychological from that point on !!! Amazing!

kim- that's fantastic, keep it up. The worst part is almost over!!!

Ok... weighed in this morning at 186!!!! Down 1.4lbs this week! Hard to believe what a difference making one small change can make :) Woohoo!

Tabbycat here.

I'm late to the party, but I'd like to join in.

My goal for May will be to lose 3 pounds.

My start weight is 138.

I only lost 0.5 lb this week, taking me to 203.5. I'm going to have to step up my game if I want to reach onederland by the end of the month!!! Why do the weekends have to be so hard...? lol

I'm at day 3 of the 15 I want to have below 75kgs in May. I would probably be at day 4 but I forgot to weigh myself yesterday in the rush to get to the first Farmers Market of the year.

Tabbycat: You're always welcome here with us, any time of the month! I added you below. :)

ItsMyTurn: YAY!! So thrilled the scale moved for you - and that's a nice loss!! :carrot: All your persistence is paying off. :D

aniela: A loss is a loss! It might have just been a slow week for whatever reason; those happen sometimes. And weekends ARE hard, I agree! My husband always wants to go out to eat, and I'm having a harder time resisting lately! :dizzy:

gardenerjoy: Great progress already! And the farmer's market sounds like fun; I REALLY need to find one around here to go to, and just get my butt out of bed early and do it.


My scale has not been so kind to me, but at least I finally saw something other than 138.9, lol. First I went up, now down, but not down to the number I saw more than 2 weeks ago. Eh, what can you do but keep plugging away. Tomorrow I should be starting my injections, so that should make things really interesting! :lol:

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend, and is looking forward to a great on-plan week!



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

Hi everyone :) I'd like to join this group. Starting weight today is 132. My goal is to get into the 120's by the end of May.

Start Weight: 142.6lbs
07/05/12: 142.4
14/05/12:
21/05/12:
28/05/12:
31/05/12: 140.0

Loss so far: 0.2lbs

Only a minuscule loss this week :\

Weekend away with family and cheated big time...now I need to purge all the bad stuff out of my system with lots of water and veggies. Back on track but definitely feeling sluggish after all that crap! Hope all of you are having a great May though!

I bounced up to 146 on the 2nd and have barely moved since then. I think this is the 3rd month in a row where my modest goal seems unattainable until the very last day, when my scale seems to cooperate. It's weird.

I hope everybody has a good week. Good luck with the injections, chickadee.

Hi! I am in... I was not able to reach my goal last month. So, the same goal for this month - get to 135 lb

I am joining in on the May challenge, I am at 198 today and would like to be 190 before the month is over. Best of luck ladies !