Get to goal weight in 2019
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DECEMBER 2018
Started Dec. 4th - 229.9
W01 Dec. 9th - 227.8
W02 Dec. 16th - 223.1
W03 Dec. 23rd - 221.7
W04 Dec. 30th - 220.9
Dec Loss - 9lbs
Total Loss - 9lbs
JANUARY 2019
W05 Jan 6th - 219.5
W06 Jan 13th - 216
W07 Jan 20th - 215.6
W08 Jan 27th - 214.4
Jan Loss - 6.5lbs
Total Loss - 15.5lbs
FEBRUARY
W09 Feb 3rd - 212.3
W10 Feb 10th - 210.6
W11 Feb 17th - 208.9
W12 Feb 24th - 207.7
Feb Loss - 6.7lbs
Total Loss - 22.2lbs
MARCH
W13 Mar 3rd - 207.2
W14 Mar 10th - 207
W15 Mar 17th - 204.4
W16 Mar 24th - 203.5
W17 Mar 31st - 203.1
March Loss - 4.6
Total Loss - 26.83 -
#vanillachaipwns You go girl! What an inspiration to all of us. Would love to know what you're doing to have such a consistent loss, in addition to tracking your food. Exercise?
I had another business trip this weekend. Sadly, I didn't plan as well as the last and ended up not eating enough. I'm starving this morning. 😫 I'll have to eat a bigger breakfast or I'm going to end up screwing up today. But a late-ish hotel arrival after a long day meant I just skipped dinner from exhaustion Friday. Saturday I did reasonably well, though my dinner log is 100% guesswork and probably way low on the fat estimate. (In fact, the whole weekend is probably low on the fat estimate.) Yesterday's flight was late, so I ended up making up early dinner at the airport, yuck. I couldn't figure out so many of the options, so went with fruit and veggies and soup. Too light, too little protein, and way too much sugar. I feel crappy today and I lost a couple of pounds despite hydrating really well. Over the course of 2.5 days, a couple of pounds lost is not a good sign, though it's hard not to celebrate when the scale moves down. So confused. 🤨
Back to the plan today, though it's a recovery day with just easy walking or something. Maybe it's time for another 1990s dance video. Get my energy up and my feelings improving. After (sigh) another interminable 4-hour meeting this morning.
Still looking for a home for my old ski trainer. Northwest Chicago suburbs.1 -
Oh yeah. CW 126, GW 130. 😀😫🤔0
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I would love to join. I am 39 this year and soooo motivated to lose weight before the big 40😊
Current weight: 158.6
Short term goal weight: 155
Long term goal weight: 135
Ultimate goal weight:1252 -
01/07/19 ~ 184.1
01/14/19 ~ 180.8
01/21/19 ~ 177.7
01/28/19 ~ 172.7
02/04/19 ~ 169.9
02/11/19 ~ 167.3
02/18/19 ~ 166.1
02/25/19 ~ 163.6
03/04/19 ~ 159.8
03/11/19 ~ 158.8
03/18/19 ~ 156.2
03/25/19 ~ 155.9
04/01/19 ~ 152.93 -
sharondesfor935 wrote: »Big issue now is figuring out my maintenance calorie level. I'm moving over to watching my net calories now. I'm starting with 1000 net calories daily, and we'll see how that works.
I've also come across another food journal that seriously speaks to my inner geek. It's Cronometer, and it tracks EVERYTHING. Every essential vitamin, mineral, lipid types, and proteins down to the essential amino acid level. So I'm playing with that to see if I can fine tune my diet, to be sure I'm covering all my nutritional bases. Plus, hey, what good geek doesn't like more numbers?
So far I haven't found a daily food plan that covers 100% of my nutritional needs, but I'm up to 96% after just a week of practice. Problem is, to get those percentages I'm packing in nearly 1400 calories a day, which means I'm having to do some intense workouts to get my net down to 1000. Hopefully I figure out a lower calorie way to get all nutrients before I expire of exhaustion. 🤤
@sharondesfor935
I use My Net Diary, but can’t seem to get enough Potassium. How do you meet that requirement?!0 -
SW 228.3 1/1/2016
Hit 1st GW 166 in 5/2018 (top end normal BMI)
Hit 2nd GW 155 Thanksgiving Day 2018
CW 154.2 4/3/2019
Final GW: TBD but I want my top wt to be 153, so I think I need to reach 148, if I can.
I got as low as 150.6 this past Jan/Feb but started getting really hungry & my fitness level leapt so I burn fewer calories exercising now.
I’ve been going up & down, up & down...
I may have to have 153-155 be my final range, but I’ll like to see if I can get lower.1 -
A bit late, I know, but can we still join the challenge please?1
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@MadisonMolly2017 re: potassium
I'm doing a green smoothie every afternoon and adding half a cup of canned mashed (or frozen cubed) sweet potatoes or pumpkin or butternut squash, and/or serving one as a side with dinner. Lots of beans and lentils every day. Lots of spinach in salads, smoothies, and just thrown into everything cooked. A few cups of coffee or decaf every day.
And almost everything on MFP is inaccurate on potassium counts, since it's entered from nutrition labels, and potassium label data isn't yet required by the FDA (that's changing soon!) On days I'm still low, I microwave a small potato and throw it in with dinner. There's more in what you're already eating than you think, if you stay even reasonably mindful of including it. And, BTW, the MFP standard recommended intake is low. Current RDI is 4700 mg/day. I'm not there yet, but I'm working my way up. Someday I'll be perfectly healthy, and then I will never die. 🤣0 -
CW 126 HW 153.5
GW was 130, but I guess now it's 126? That's 27.5 lbs lost in three months.
I spoke too soon when I said I nailed my net calorie intake for maintenance. The goal weight held fast for a week and then I started losing again. I bumped to 1050 net, still lost. Bumped to 1100 net (which just so happens to match the Mifflin-St Jeor BMR calculation for a sedentary 58-year old woman who's 5'2" and 126 lbs) and...so far so good. I've held fast at 126 lb for a solid week now, so I'll keep testing at that level to see if it lasts.
Side note: I've got one of those Tanita electrical impedence scales that gives your fat % along with your weight. I started my journey at 34% body fat in January, and now I'm at 27%!
Yay for eating healthy food and starting to exercise!1 -
sharondesfor935 wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017 re: potassium
I'm doing a green smoothie every afternoon and adding half a cup of canned mashed (or frozen cubed) sweet potatoes or pumpkin or butternut squash, and/or serving one as a side with dinner. Lots of beans and lentils every day. Lots of spinach in salads, smoothies, and just thrown into everything cooked. A few cups of coffee or decaf every day.
And almost everything on MFP is inaccurate on potassium counts, since it's entered from nutrition labels, and potassium label data isn't yet required by the FDA (that's changing soon!) On days I'm still low, I microwave a small potato and throw it in with dinner. There's more in what you're already eating than you think, if you stay even reasonably mindful of including it. And, BTW, the MFP standard recommended intake is low. Current RDI is 4700 mg/day. I'm not there yet, but I'm working my way up. Someday I'll be perfectly healthy, and then I will never die. 🤣
@sharondesfor935
Thank you so much. Yes, I see my issue. Don’t like sweet potatoes/pumpkin/butternut squash, cooked spinach, beans/legumes. I do drink decaf coffee & occasionally have potato. I think pork might be high in it too.
And yes I’d just read about new RDA.
Time for me to change what I like to eat!
Thanks again!0 -
DECEMBER 2018
Started Dec. 4th - 229.9
W01 Dec. 9th - 227.8
W02 Dec. 16th - 223.1
W03 Dec. 23rd - 221.7
W04 Dec. 30th - 220.9
Dec Loss - 9lbs
Total Loss - 9lbs
JANUARY 2019
W05 Jan 6th - 219.5
W06 Jan 13th - 216
W07 Jan 20th - 215.6
W08 Jan 27th - 214.4
Jan Loss - 6.5lbs
Total Loss - 15.5lbs
FEBRUARY
W09 Feb 3rd - 212.3
W10 Feb 10th - 210.6
W11 Feb 17th - 208.9
W12 Feb 24th - 207.7
Feb Loss - 6.7lbs
Total Loss - 22.2lbs
MARCH
W13 Mar 3rd - 207.2
W14 Mar 10th - 207
W15 Mar 17th - 204.4
W16 Mar 24th - 203.5
W17 Mar 31st - 203.1
March Loss - 4.6
Total Loss - 26.8
APRIL
W18 Apr 7th - 201.6
W19 Apr 14th -
W20 Apr 21st -
W21 Apr 28th
April Loss -
Total Loss -1 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »sharondesfor935 wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017 re: potassium
I'm doing a green smoothie every afternoon and adding half a cup of canned mashed (or frozen cubed) sweet potatoes or pumpkin or butternut squash, and/or serving one as a side with dinner. Lots of beans and lentils every day. Lots of spinach in salads, smoothies, and just thrown into everything cooked. A few cups of coffee or decaf every day.
And almost everything on MFP is inaccurate on potassium counts, since it's entered from nutrition labels, and potassium label data isn't yet required by the FDA (that's changing soon!) On days I'm still low, I microwave a small potato and throw it in with dinner. There's more in what you're already eating than you think, if you stay even reasonably mindful of including it. And, BTW, the MFP standard recommended intake is low. Current RDI is 4700 mg/day. I'm not there yet, but I'm working my way up. Someday I'll be perfectly healthy, and then I will never die. 🤣
@sharondesfor935
Thank you so much. Yes, I see my issue. Don’t like sweet potatoes/pumpkin/butternut squash, cooked spinach, beans/legumes. I do drink decaf coffee & occasionally have potato. I think pork might be high in it too.
And yes I’d just read about new RDA.
Time for me to change what I like to eat!
Thanks again!
@MadisonMolly2017 I see your problem. 🤔
Another little trick I've used is switching from regular Morton salt to Morton Light. That's half sodium chloride and half potassium chloride... Doesn't taste quite as good, but the payoff is worth it to me. How do you feel about onions? A quarter cup in your salad, half a cup in your stir fry: those 100mg and 200mg add-ins do add up during a day. And everybody knows about bananas, but did you know Granny Smith apples have less sugar than most other fruits AND 200mg potassium for a 100-calorie fruit?
I started off not liking spinach except on the rare occasion I got a bizarre craving. But I started the afternoon smoothie thing and discovered that you can throw half a cup of frozen chopped spinach into a smoothie and not really taste it. (Blend it with your liquid first until it's smooth, then add your other ingredients. Otherwise you'll be chewing your smoothie. 😂) My afternoon smoothie has morphed into today's nutritional powerhouse (tasteless, but nutritious) by dint of perseverance, a generous tablespoon or two of lime juice to mask the squash taste, and a buttload of Splenda to make it edible.
If you're not keto, the basic white potato is an awesome source of potassium, and has often served as my lunch with a slice of fat free cheese on top, a few tablespoons of salsa or pico de Gallo, a couple slices of jalapeno, a dollop of light sour cream or fat free Greek yogurt...yum.
Psychologically, I got hooked on a You Tuber, Simnett Nutrition, who makes basic vegetables look like the best food ever. He's vegan and I'm not, but I really wanted to add a bunch more vegetables to my diet and watching him make his meals and get excited about them has really gotten me more interested in trying stuff that I wouldn't usually even think of. (Plus he's pretty and ripped. You caught me, I'm a pervy old lady. 🤣🤣)1 -
@sharondesfor935 Thank you!
I eat 6oz 0 fat Greek yogurt, 16 oz non fat milk, 1 large Fuji apple, 2-4 cups decaf coffee, and 1 oz 82% dark chocolate fail. And 2 slices Ezekiel bread.
I’ll have to add that up.
Hit a high number yesterday: 1/2 an onion, 8.3oz baked potato, 4.2 oz salmon, etc.
My blood tests always show a value in normal range, so maybe I’m ok.0 -
SW ~ 270.8 lbs
CW ~ 186.6 lbs 12/31/18
GW ~ 135.4 lbs
01/07/19 ~ 184.1
01/14/19 ~ 180.8
01/21/19 ~ 177.7
01/28/19 ~ 172.7
02/04/19 ~ 169.9
02/11/19 ~ 167.3
02/18/19 ~ 166.1
02/25/19 ~ 163.6
03/04/19 ~ 159.8
03/11/19 ~ 158.8
03/18/19 ~ 156.2
03/25/19 ~ 155.9
04/01/19 ~ 152.9
04/08/19 ~ 149.1
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SW 228.3 1/1/2016
Hit 1st GW 166 in 5/2018 (top end normal BMI)
Hit 2nd GW 155 Thanksgiving Day 2018
CW 154.2 4/3/2019
Final GW: TBD but I want my top wt to be 153, so I think I need to reach 148, if I can.
I got as low as 150.6 this past Jan/Feb but started getting really hungry & my fitness level leapt so I burn fewer calories exercising now.
I’ve been going up & down, up & down...
I may have to have 153-155 be my final range, but I’ll like to see if I can get lower.
Update:
My new high weight for maintenance will be 152. Definitely leaner, stomach finally slimming... 151.2 on 4/11/19 Going to keep at this & see what happens: both leanness & hunger/energy levels2 -
CW 124.5 SW 153.5
GW - let's call it 125 for the final number (this round)
Final net calories: 1100 daily, and now moving to watching my weekly net instead of daily.
Height 5'2"
Age 58
Activity level: mostly sedentary but reintroducing daily intense exercise
Just started on a maintainers thread! But wanted to thank everyone for the inspiration week by week. I'll be back when it's time for Round Two in six months or so and I've finished "Recomp: Round One."
Best of luck to all, and keep plugging away. That goal weight does keep getting closer every day, and when you get there - wow, what a feeling! Stay healthy and strong.2 -
Goal Weight challenge
Starting weight: 158.6
Current Weight: 153.4
Short term goal weight: 150
Long term goal weight: 135
Ultimate goal weight:125
Love this progress. Thank you for the motivation 😊0 -
sharondesfor935 wrote: »CW 124.5 SW 153.5
GW - let's call it 125 for the final number (this round)
Final net calories: 1100 daily, and now moving to watching my weekly net instead of daily.
Height 5'2"
Age 58
Activity level: mostly sedentary but reintroducing daily intense exercise
Just started on a maintainers thread! But wanted to thank everyone for the inspiration week by week. I'll be back when it's time for Round Two in six months or so and I've finished "Recomp: Round One."
Best of luck to all, and keep plugging away. That goal weight does keep getting closer every day, and when you get there - wow, what a feeling! Stay healthy and strong.
@sharondesfor935 congratulations!!0 -
DECEMBER 2018
Started Dec. 4th - 229.9
W01 Dec. 9th - 227.8
W02 Dec. 16th - 223.1
W03 Dec. 23rd - 221.7
W04 Dec. 30th - 220.9
Dec Loss - 9lbs
Total Loss - 9lbs
JANUARY 2019
W05 Jan 6th - 219.5
W06 Jan 13th - 216
W07 Jan 20th - 215.6
W08 Jan 27th - 214.4
Jan Loss - 6.5lbs
Total Loss - 15.5lbs
FEBRUARY
W09 Feb 3rd - 212.3
W10 Feb 10th - 210.6
W11 Feb 17th - 208.9
W12 Feb 24th - 207.7
Feb Loss - 6.7lbs
Total Loss - 22.2lbs
MARCH
W13 Mar 3rd - 207.2
W14 Mar 10th - 207
W15 Mar 17th - 204.4
W16 Mar 24th - 203.5
W17 Mar 31st - 203.1
March Loss - 4.6
Total Loss - 26.8
APRIL
W18 Apr 7th - 201.6
W19 Apr 14th - 199.9 - I'm finally in Onederland!
W20 Apr 21st -
W21 Apr 28th
April Loss -
Total Loss -3
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