Hello all,

GardenerJoy thanks for the thread!

June goal -2.5

6/1-142.4
6/2-142.4

I'd love to join! I'm trying something new this time and not weighing every day, since the fluctuations make me crazy. My goal for June is 5 lbs. and I hope to beat it.
Starting weight: 178

Thanks for the new thread! May was a tricky month for me - at least 2 weeks when I didn't stick to my healthy routine. Lost 1 lb. This month I'm going to get back on track and am aiming for 5lbs.


May 31st Weigh-In: 144.75
Month Goal Weight: 139.75
June 30th Weigh-In: 141
Total Month Weight Loss: 3.75 lbs


Week One
01: 144.75
02: 143.25
03: 143.25
04: 142.75
05: 142.5
06: 142.5
07: 142.25
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Total Loss for Week One: 2.5 lbs

Week Two
08: 143
09: 142.5
10: 142.5
11: 142
12: DNW
13: 145.5
14: 144.5
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End of Week One: 142.25
Total Loss for Week Two: -2.25 lbs

Week Three
15: 143.25
16: 141.75
17: 143.5
18: 143.25
19: 143.25
20: 142.75
21: 142.75
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End of Week Two: 144.5
Total Loss for Week Three: 1.75 lbs

Week Four
22: 142.25
23: 141.75
24: 141.75
25: 142.25
26: 141.5
27: 141
28: 141
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End of Week Three: 142.75
Total Loss for Week Four: 1.75 lbs

Final Days
29: 140.75
30: 141
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End of Week Four: 141
Total Loss for Final Days: 0

In the last few days i've managed to gain almost 3 lbs! I haven't been eating as I should and even had nearly a whole bag of candy yesterday(didn't even try to check my blood sugar). I have been back on track today and am hoping this will be a restart so that I can get myself back on track. This is where I tend to just quit and go back and I refuse to do that this time! I am going back to work tonight so I am hoping that it'll keep my cravings and out of control eating on track for tonight. Good luck to everyone and nice to see some new and returning faces!

Week One
01: 254
02:
03:
04:
05:
06:
07:
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Total Loss for Week One:

May 2nd: 119.0

Feel like i'm getting towards being 119 'properly' rather than the fluky glimpse a few days ago. This morning I am about to increase the size of my breakfast oats from 31g (that I've been weighing out for breakfast all year) to 35g. How exciting is that!!!

Hello to everyone!! My huge goal is to have a whole month free from binging.

ange That is super exciting!!! I can't wait to hear more details as your maintenance goes on!

gardenerjoy Thank you for continuing on this thread! My goal for June will be 5.4 lbs.


SW: 161.4
GW: 156

kim That is awesome that you are back down, hopefully your body will cooperate and get you into the 240's very soon!

SW: 161.4
GW: 156

6/1: 161.4
6/2: 161.4

Thanks everyone for the welcome!

SW for June: 246.6
GW for June: 239.6

Week One
01: 247.0
02: 247.4
03:
04:
05:
06:
07:
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Total Loss for Week One:

Not a great start for the month, up .8 right now. However, I'm going to put today's gain in the "necessary evil" category. I was good on my eating, and did my evening 2 mile walk, but after my morning water aerobics yesterday, I ended up also swimming 6 laps. I love to swim laps, but haven't been able to find empty lanes in the pool lately, so haven't been doing it and am very out of practice. But after the class, everyone cleared out and the pool was empty, so I decided to give it a go. Today, I'm sore. So I'm going to say the gain is from water retention building up my sore muscles. Only my 2nd water aerobics class and my first time swimming laps in a couple months (and then it was only a couple of times, been about 3 years since I was swimming regularly).
So lots of new exercise yesterday.

May 2nd: 119.0
May 3rd: 118.6

Bit dehydrated this morning so probably lower than I 'should' be. That would be due to a couple of glasses of wine in a couple of pubs last night on the way to the local cinema and on the way back. Good night out though, and movie was fun too (German film festival subtitle job, probably not to everyone's taste!)

Weighing out the extra oats yesterday morning was super-exciting. It seemed heaps more as I was pouring it out, but disappointingly I didn't really notice it was more as I was eating it, lol. So in the brave new world of Maintenance I've had a day under my new target and a day over, but I've planned a splurge day each week with an extra 600cals anyway, which the 'over' day didn't take much out of, so I've still got plenty of calories to play with this week. Running Friday to Thursday with the weekly tally, just because 1st June was a Friday. Should be plain sailing the rest of the week, but possible roadbump with a planned night out with friends on Thursday, so i'll see how many calories are remaining by then!

lacerta Great job yesterday!! Hopefully your body will release the water soon!

ophelia I hope that your TOM gets here soon so you can shed that water retention. I have heard of kumbucha but didn't know that it can help with bloating, is that why you are drinking it? Where do you get it?

ange I love hearing about maintenance! I am glad that you were able to enjoy some wine and the movie! How many extra calories are you adding per day, not including the day you are adding 600?

kim Its nice to see you as well! Where are you at in your monthly cycle? My body goes haywire around ovulation and again the week before my period. I hope that you get your whoosh soon!!

SW: 161.4
GW: 156

6/1: 161.4
6/2: 161.4
6/3: 160.4

Rest day today!