WISH Away The Pounds~ Marvelous May 2014 Challenge! *All Welcome!*

[donac]

Welcome to our Marvelous May WISH challenge!!

While February might have been Frustrating and March might have been Maddening, it is CERTAIN that May will be Marvelous!!

If you are new to our challenges, read all of the ins and outs in post #2 and then feel free to ask any questions you might have.

Our philosophy here is small, achievable goals, one day at a time! We are here to HELP each other, not compete with each other.

Results will be posted each week as percentage of weight lost towards your monthly personal goal. Actual weights are not needed.

Thanks again to Rose&Mike for this great format idea!

Weigh-In Dates for May: May 2, May 9, May 16, May 23, May 30 You can weigh-in on your "usual" day, but please submit for each week on the Friday.


Weight Loss Goals:
1-9% bright blue
10% orange
25% bright pink
50% purple
75% turquoise
90% red--FINISH STRONG!
100% WISH green



Maintainer Goals:
25% bright pink
50% purple
75% turquoise
100%WISH green

 

[donac]

How the challenges work:
This is the new and improved challenge that replaces the BL challenges. Like the show has evolved, so have our challenges and this format takes the best of that long standing tradition and makes it even better!

The goal of the new challenge is to meet your weight loss/maintain goals on a monthly basis. Results will be posted as percentages toward goal and your color will change as you approach your goal, similar to the exercise thread on the WISH boards. It is the hope that this new format will encourage some great discussions about weight loss, maintaining, diet, exercise and healthy living!

Here's how the new challenge will work. It is going to be a monthly individual challenge. Each month is a new start. You are competing against yourself to meet your goals for the month. No one will know your actual weight (unless you share it) except the hostess for the month. NO GOAL IS TOO SMALL.

Let me repeat: NO GOAL IS TOO SMALL. A loss is a loss is a loss. Your color will change based on your % lost toward goal.

If you want to take part, on May 1st or 2nd, you will PM donac(Dona) (hostess for May) your starting weight AND your goal for the month. Then every Friday for April you will PM PJLLA your updated weight and percentage toward goal.

Each week the thread will be updated with your percentage toward goal.

Here is an example of what the stats will look like.

Updated March 28, 2014:

Minnie Mouse 25.00 %
Daisy Duck 12.00 %
Goofy 0.00%
Donald Duck 33.33 %
Mickey Mouse 50.00 %


In this case Goofy put on a few pounds, but that will be reported as 0%. We are not going to call people out, but just report positive moves towards your goal!

Minnie Mouse had a starting weight of 110 with a goal of 4 pounds. At her weigh in she reported a weight of 109 with a percentage loss of 25%.

Your color will change based on your % loss. If you gain, your percentage will decrease, and your color will change, but no one will know your weight except the hostess. Only your % loss toward goal will be reported. Negative percentages will not be reported

Participants (other than the hostess) will not know your pound lost goal or actual weight unless you choose to share it with them.

Maintainers will set a goal for the month of number of weeks they would like to stay in maintain range (+/- 4 pounds).
They will weigh in on the first day of the month and then on each of the weekends. Their results will be reported as percentages along with their goal.

For example:
Pluto 1/4 25%.

Pluto has a goal of maintaining all four weeks. He put on 1 pound at the first weigh in, but is in his maintain range.

It really is pretty simple. Remember, no one will see your weight or pound loss goal except the hostess unless you choose to share it.

Percentage loss will be updated once a week. If you miss sending in your weight over the weekend, no big deal, just send an update the following weekend. Please understand that this is a volunteer job and the hostess will only be updating once a week.

Any questions so far??????

 

[donac]

Participants List:

 

[donac]

We will have coaches for this challenge. Coaches post the Question of the Day (QOTD), do replies, and generally keep our conversation moving. Coaching is a lot of fun and coaches often enjoy what we call "the coaching effect" and have a great loss the weeks that they coach. It is a lot of fun!


Coaching Schedule for May:
May 2 to May 8:
May 9 to May 15jilla
May 16 to May 22:
May 23 to May 20:


These challenges don't run themselves -- it takes a lot of effort from everyone especially our hostesses. One of the reasons we switched to the monthly format was to avoid hostess burnout. We need hostesses for future challenges. Any volunteers?

Future Hosts/Hostesses:


June 2014 Flossbolna (Magdalene)
July 2014 araes2102 (Amanda)
August 2014
September 2014
October 2014 Lisah0711 (Lisa)
November 2014
December 2014

 

[mainemooncat]

Officially signing up for May! Thanks so much for hostessing. I need to get back on track quickly. I have been pretty successful for a bit but this week was both my birthday and my DD's, so I have slipped a little.

Looking forward to an awesome month with everyone!

 

[ohMom]

I'm in for may! with a vaca this month, I'm not aiming too high, but if I hold steady and lost a few when I get back then I will enter a new decade! one I haven't seen for 3 years!!! so that is my goal

 

[jillbur]

Hello! I am back for May! I've missed all the chit chat here on the WISH threads and need to get back into the groove. Thanks for hosting and can't wait to get started.

 

[Connie96]

Wow! It has been since... Summer 2011... that I've participated in WISH BL. I think I'll throw in for May.

I'll just go on and confess - I am 40 years old and in the worst shape of my life. I've got lots of nifty excuses but the simple truth is that I have gained forty pounds since the end of last summer. Yes, 40. FOUR. ZERO. Yuck. So, here I am. A prodigal daughter, returning to my WISH friends to give it another go.

Looking forward to reconnecting with some of you ladies and getting to know a few new friends.

Very cool new format, btw.

Oh! Just in case you couldn't guess from my oh-so-cryptic screen name, I'm Connie.

 

[pjlla]

I'm here to reserve my seat here for May! I've made some much needed progress in the right direction in April and I need to keep going! BBL to chat!..........P

 

[lloydy]

Hi everyone
I am signing in for May. April was a challenge in that I was on holiday for 3 weeks. To take the positives though, I mainly maintained apart from 3 ounces. Now I am back at work I have lost a bit more, so have to be happy with that.

I am most of the way through a diet and nutrition course and this has helped to put things in perspective. This is something I feel good about and feel it is an achievement.

Good luck to a mad May for everyone! I am excited to learn how well we are all going to do

Jules

 

[TheRose227]

I struggled with April. Still lost but I'm resetting for May and joining in!

 

[myweegirls]

I'm in! April was a weight disaster for me, with a couple of trips and a ton of work stress. Time to get it back in gear!

XO
Liz

 

[pjlla]

Dona, I will coach 5/9 - 5/15 if that is still open..................P

 

[bigsis1970]

Hi Gang - Michelle here.. Wife to Hubs of 5.5 yrs, Mom to DD 20.5 and DS 17.5 and Honey age 3.5 .. I work full time.. we are currently down to just one Truck (due to an accident in Nov with a buck that totaled my car) and now that my life has calmed down a bit and I got the slap on my wrist from the Dr I was expecting I am "in it to win it" for May. I am setting a goal of 1 lbs per week using Thursday as my WI in day.. I started Atkins again on 4/21 and as of today I am down 7.5lbs..

Oh yeah we just got a second car.. from my In Laws.. Father in law got a 2007 Mini Cooper and they only wanted to give him $125 for his 2001 Dodge Neon so he said Um NO.. so we offered to buy it for $1000 (it has 188K miles runs good though he used it daily for work) but he nah just pay me the $40 monthly in and run it till it dies! so grateful.. so this will save us in gas because we've only had the truck which is 80ish to fill every week !! and we do not have to take out a loan.. so our truck is paid off next month and we have a free and clear second car for the time being.. YIPPEE..


My Whoo Hoo Wed - since I missed yesterday's check in is ........ I am fairly certain we are going to Disney THIS YEAR!!! With the rumor of free dining (which was the stipulation from the Hubs) coming out next week for non Disney visa holders I can book us a trip arriving late 9/30 and coming home fairly early on 10/5.. this will be Hubs first Food and Wine and MNSSHP. I am soo excited.. I have a little more then 21 weeks to help myself be healthier before we go... I need to change my ticker!!!

Thanks so much Dona for hostessing us this month! Michelle

 

[bigsis1970]

I have a goal actually it's a few along the way to the 60 I need to lose

7/5 my BFF's littlest sister gets married (I'd like to be down 25 by then)
7/13 we camping a posh resort Point Sebago (right here in Maine) so I'd like to look good in my bathing suit... (hold at the 25 lost)
7/16 is my next Dr appt.. need better A1C
8/8 we have reservations at Stonewall Kitchen to see guest chef Edward Lee from Top Chef Texas! (would like to be down 30)
9/26 - 10/4 Hubs said YES to a quick Disney trip with Free Dining booked 5/7!!) (would like to be down 35)
10/10 is my 45th Bday (hold at the 35)
11/27 is Thanksgiving (maybe down to 40)
12/22 I start my Christmas vacation and don't come back till 1/5/15 (maybe down to 50 but holding at 40 is ok too)
of course then we are into next year and i'll just keep on keeping on! Haaa well that was long winded!

 

[pjlla]

Good morning all! I am at work and don't have much time, but wanted to start off May by saying HI to all of my friends!! I am SO READY to recommitt to a healthier life starting NOW!! I am also coming up with my own 30 day challenge to start off the month right! Something short that I have NO EXCUSE not to complete EVERY SINGLE DAY this month! I'm thinking of a plank-a-day and a wall-sit-a-day.... one minute of each without fail. HOnestly, if I can't committ to TWO MINUTES every day, then clearly I need to give mymotivation some more thought!

Any ideas? I KNOW I should have thought about this for the past few days, but I didn't... oh well.

Anyhoooo.... students will be in here in about 3 minutes, so I don't have much time to chat, but I may have time to come back when they are at library later.

Who else is ready to make a strong recommittment to their health with me this month??? Watch out 130.... I'm coming back again!!...................P

 

[ohMom]

hehehe...I've gotta pass pam six days in vegas and all bets are off. well not completely, since I've been eating much better and watching my portions more two things have happened, my stomach has shrunk so I can't eat as much and when I "cheat" and eat some junk then I have the biggest bellyache! I'll be wearing my fitbit there, but not logging on MFP...I'm ready for a break. but when I return I will re-commit for 13 days...how about that? and I'm definitely committed until May 10

I didn't intro -- Hi I'm Molli, I'm a SAHM of two beautiful girls, one is out of the home now at age almost 22 and youngest is a junior in HS. I'm goal-oriented to lose the weight that I gained with my struggle with Cushing's diease/hypercortisolism. I'm down 30 lbs with 25 more to go.

and I WISH'ers

 

[rebeccam31]

75/1800

Decent start, I guess.

 

[pjlla]

75/1800

Decent start, I guess.

I think you meant to post this on the exercise thread! But you are certainly welcome to visit here with us! ..............P

 

[50sjayne]

Hey I'm back. Managed to maintain the last month and I think I'll do the same this month. Event though I maintained the weight- my pants aren't fitting as well and I need to work on muscle this month. The farms are open so I'll be visiting them and the weather's improved so I can ride my bike to work more. I feel so much more comfortable riding my bike now after taking that bicycle safety class! Daughter is about 5 1/2 months along now and just did a 2 hour ultrasound that reassured her everything's good-- and we are going to have a girl! They will be moving in to their own apt. soon. Making progress on cleaning--I've got 2 rooms done now that both have the feliway plug ins in and will only require touch ups. I am so thrilled I got a huge new chest of drawers in the spare bedroom that I can't wait to fill. I'll need to reorganize and switch the winter and summer clothes. Can't wait to attack the living room with my new Co2 cleaner as seen on My Cat from Hell.
My co worker is in Disneyland today. I feel a little bad since Indie, small world and pirates are all down--jeez. I just hope some of what I told him stuck and they do ok. He said he was going to take my notes with them. I actually had a dream last night in which I forgot to tell him to use a back pack lol. (I did forget that)
Well off to go work out and have an awesome day off work. Cya