Weight Loss PVP: 10 or 12 lbs in 10 or 12 Weeks! [Jan 2 - Mar 19]

[Terra]

 Down another pound over the last two weeks.. Lots of stress last week so I didn't even bother with the scale.  This week I'm in my new acting manager job and I think that it is helping because I am so busy that lunch if often a protien shake between meetings.  I am not always getting my apple or clementine that I have on hand to go with the shake. 

 

New routines need to be established with he new work scope, but I am so busy that there isn't time for snacking.  I just need to eat enough that I can go to classes after work and not pass out. 😛

 

@Mistr tracking is hard and I often find it counterproductive too.  If I am so focused on every last little thing that goes into my mouth it takes my energy away from other more important things.  Simplifying choices, no second helpings and trying to do 5 minutes of exercise rather than stress eating are my tricks that help!  

 

 

['BoutThatActionBoss]

Hey all! I was away for a bit but still trying to stay on the path.

 

After plateauing for a few weeks, I am down two pounds this week, so I am down four pounds since the beginning of the challenge. Not sure if I am going to lose eight more by next week to hit my challenge goal of 12 pounds lost, but hey, progress is progress, even if it is slow. 

 

I hope everyone else had a great week!

[Shello]

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Total loss: 6.8

 

Great Week!  Sometimes it just works.  I didn't do much different except just stick to the goals as much as I could.  I think this week's loss was mostly due to the week before being such a sh*tshow.   I'm right back on track for 6 pounds in 6 weeks with a little extra room to breathe.  

[RES]

I have been so good with tracking and workouts....

nuttin

 

[Shello]

13 hours ago, RES said:

I have been so good with tracking and workouts....

nuttin

 

Those weeks are rough.  It's still effort invested.  but sometimes the returns are paid on an unusual schedule.  

['BoutThatActionBoss]

Rough week for me so far! I've really gone off the rails with my diet. I need to focus. I had a good start to the year and I can keep the momentum going.

 

And I still have a couple of days to finish strong, so let's go! I will check back on Friday and hope that I haven't given back too much of my progress.

['BoutThatActionBoss]

Woops, I thought in one of my posts the challenge ended tomorrow but I still have until March 19! Someday, I will pay attention when I read. 

 

Went up a pound this week. Not great, but considering how poorly I ate, I will take it. I had a good day yesterday and hope to have a good day today and a solid weekend. 

 

I hope everyone's week went well! 

[Shello]

On 2/18/2022 at 10:58 AM, 'BoutThatActionBoss said:

Woops, I thought in one of my posts the challenge ended tomorrow but I still have until March 19! Someday, I will pay attention when I read. 

There's plenty of time left!   I hope your weekend went well! 

[Shello]

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Total loss: 8.6

 

Things just really clicked this week.   And I skipped Friday night pizza.  

[RES]

My scale says I'm 2.8 lbs down this week and overall...not sure if it's lying to me but I'll take it right now. I did do very well this week.

['BoutThatActionBoss]

On 2/21/2022 at 9:14 AM, Shello said:

There's plenty of time left!   I hope your weekend went well! 

There is the weekend went ok! The weekend before kind of sent me off the rails, but by the end of last week I was back and didn't go too crazy over the weekend. And this week has been decent. 

On 2/21/2022 at 9:26 AM, Shello said:

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Total loss: 8.6

 

Things just really clicked this week.   And I skipped Friday night pizza.  

 

Hey you are crushing it!!! You're definitely doing something right. Are you doing anything different? Keep it it! 

['BoutThatActionBoss]

On 2/21/2022 at 7:01 PM, RES said:

My scale says I'm 2.8 lbs down this week and overall...not sure if it's lying to me but I'll take it right now. I did do very well this week.

 

This is great! That is a lot of loss. The scale isn't lying, it's just reflecting a good week for you. I hope you can maintain the momentum! Do you feel like you're in a groove right now? 

[Shello]

1 hour ago, 'BoutThatActionBoss said:

There is the weekend went ok! The weekend before kind of sent me off the rails, but by the end of last week I was back and didn't go too crazy over the weekend. And this week has been decent. 

 

Hey you are crushing it!!! You're definitely doing something right. Are you doing anything different? Keep it it! 

I am not really doing anything differently other than just sticking to the goals better.  There have been fewer reasons in the past two week to go out to eat or do something special for food.  Also magic; sometimes it just works and sometimes it doesn't.  

['BoutThatActionBoss]

1 hour ago, Shello said:

Also magic; sometimes it just works and sometimes it doesn't.  

Alas, this is very true! But I hope over the long term we get more wins than losses. Great work though!

[Shello]

2 minutes ago, 'BoutThatActionBoss said:

Alas, this is very true! But I hope over the long term we get more wins than losses. Great work though!

I count on it.  I always figure when it's not working that if we keep at it the results will show up eventually.  

[RES]

9 hours ago, 'BoutThatActionBoss said:

 

This is great! That is a lot of loss. The scale isn't lying, it's just reflecting a good week for you. I hope you can maintain the momentum! Do you feel like you're in a groove right now? 

Thank you!! I do feel like that, I'm making sure to stay under my calorie goal and doing my workouts...as much as I hate tracking food it's paying off

['BoutThatActionBoss]

Not a great weigh-in for me. Didn't lose anything at all, but I know I didn't have a great week so I am not that surprised. I didn't have a bad week, but I definitely didn't eat at the deficit I should have. Fingers crossed I can get more momentum this week. 

 

Happy Friday everyone!

[Shello]

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Week 8: 239.6 (down 0.2)

Total loss: 8.8

 

Not a great week for me.  It felt like a decent week but I was doing my weekly summary on my challenge and realized my average calories were over target for the week because we ordered Domino's mid week.  I'm not concerned though.  I didn't go up at all and overall that pizza is negligible as my calories still average below target over the whole challenge to date, the whole year so far for that matter.   The scale was all over the place too so I'm confident it will land lower after a bit more consistency.  Plus I'm still on target for a pound a week.   Just a couple of weeks left!  Who's ready for the home stretch?

[Mistr]

My weight is down a little from last week, but still up from the start of the challenge.  

 

At least that shows that not tracking food was not a total disaster. It feels like I can make choices on the moment and not feel guilt about them.

 

That said, I was just about ready to abandon this challenge. Work has been crazy again and I cope by eating comfort food. We usually do batch cooking of healthy protein, but that didn't happen this weekend. The ready-to-go food in my fridge right now is lasagna and enchiladas. I am going to buy a big package of chicken breasts, but those won't get cooked until tomorrow. Maybe I'll have a green smoothie for quick veggies and variety.

 

I will be getting a lot of exercise this week. If I can avoid eating junk, I should be on the right track. Next week I can work in the office several days, which helps me get more steps and makes me plan food ahead of time.

['BoutThatActionBoss]

On 2/28/2022 at 9:49 AM, Shello said:

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Week 8: 239.6 (down 0.2)

Total loss: 8.8

 

Not a great week for me.  It felt like a decent week but I was doing my weekly summary on my challenge and realized my average calories were over target for the week because we ordered Domino's mid week.  I'm not concerned though.  I didn't go up at all and overall that pizza is negligible as my calories still average below target over the whole challenge to date, the whole year so far for that matter.   The scale was all over the place too so I'm confident it will land lower after a bit more consistency.  Plus I'm still on target for a pound a week.   Just a couple of weeks left!  Who's ready for the home stretch?

Hey down 0.2 is still something! And 8.8 total is pretty damn good. Keep at it and good things will happen. Nice work! 

 

On 2/28/2022 at 1:22 PM, Mistr said:

My weight is down a little from last week, but still up from the start of the challenge.  

 

At least that shows that not tracking food was not a total disaster. It feels like I can make choices on the moment and not feel guilt about them.

 

That said, I was just about ready to abandon this challenge. Work has been crazy again and I cope by eating comfort food. We usually do batch cooking of healthy protein, but that didn't happen this weekend. The ready-to-go food in my fridge right now is lasagna and enchiladas. I am going to buy a big package of chicken breasts, but those won't get cooked until tomorrow. Maybe I'll have a green smoothie for quick veggies and variety.

 

I will be getting a lot of exercise this week. If I can avoid eating junk, I should be on the right track. Next week I can work in the office several days, which helps me get more steps and makes me plan food ahead of time.

Sorry about work being crazy. I certainly have been there, and I often will retreat into comfort foods as well. I still don't have a great strategy for dealing with that tendency, but the important thing is to get back on track as soon as you can. Good that you're exercising though! Keep that going! 

['BoutThatActionBoss]

Welp, I am the same weight for the third week in a row, down to the tenth of a pound (195.2)! The beginning of last week wasn't great, but I feel locked in since Wednesday, and I think I can finally see some progress for next week. So I hope to finish strong these next few weeks. I hope everyone else is doing well! 

[Shello]

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Week 8: 239.6 (down 0.2)

Week 9: 238.0 (down 1.6)

Total loss: 10.4

 

I used Sunday's weigh in since we celebrated a birthday last night with Pizza Hut and chocolate cake.  This morning's weigh in is not indicative of where I'm at.  But it'll show up next week if I don't stay in line.  I've technically met my 10 pound goal but I need to have a good week this week stave off the celebration bloat and to prepare for vacation next week.  I'm hoping to come back from my week long roadtrip and still be close to 10 pounds down from my starting weight.  The fight is not over.  

[Shello]

On 3/4/2022 at 3:00 PM, 'BoutThatActionBoss said:

Welp, I am the same weight for the third week in a row, down to the tenth of a pound (195.2)! The beginning of last week wasn't great, but I feel locked in since Wednesday, and I think I can finally see some progress for next week. So I hope to finish strong these next few weeks. I hope everyone else is doing well! 

Maintaining is good.  Keep it up!  I hope next week goes well! 

['BoutThatActionBoss]

3 hours ago, Shello said:

I've technically met my 10 pound goal

Heyyyyyyyyyy! Congrats! That is great! You must be stoked. Like you said, the fight is not over (I don't think it ever will be), but that is great news. Keep it going! 

 

3 hours ago, Shello said:

Maintaining is good.  Keep it up!  I hope next week goes well! 

This is true. I am trying to keep in mind that at least I haven't gained, and my fitness is improving. Just gotta keep making changes and try to stay positive. 

[Elastigirl]

5 hours ago, Shello said:

Starting 248.4

Week 1: 245.6 (down 2.8)

Week 2: 245.0 (down 0.6)

Week 3: 244.4 (down 0.6)

Week 4: 243.0 (down 1.4)

Week 5: 245.0 (up 2.0)

Week 6: 241.6 (down 3.4)

Week 7: 239.8 (down 1.8)

Week 8: 239.6 (down 0.2)

Week 9: 238.0 (down 1.6)

Total loss: 10.4

 

I used Sunday's weigh in since we celebrated a birthday last night with Pizza Hut and chocolate cake.  This morning's weigh in is not indicative of where I'm at.  But it'll show up next week if I don't stay in line.  I've technically met my 10 pound goal but I need to have a good week this week stave off the celebration bloat and to prepare for vacation next week.  I'm hoping to come back from my week long roadtrip and still be close to 10 pounds down from my starting weight.  The fight is not over.  

Woot! Way to go!