3-Month Weight Loss Challenge, February - May, Pick Your Difficulty
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Oh my gosh!! I've been traveling and taking steroids for a back injury (i.e., little exercise and eating too much weird food), so I was sure the scale would be way up. But no!! I think my recent focus on weight training (before injury and travel) helped burn more calories (during travel) than I realized. Anyway, I'm still on my plateau, but not a huge travel spike - so I'll take it!! I'm behind in my goal progress, but learned so much this challenge about diet, exercise, injury, and rest. So, all-in-all super pleased:) I'll check-in again next weekend and KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
KOKO everyone🤗
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 171
Challenge Level: 🤸🏽♂️💃🏼🏃♀️🙅
Challenge Goal weight:150
Have a great week everyone...
Weekly check-in:
2/1: 171.1
2/8: 168.3
2/15: 168.4
2/22: 166.9
3/1: 166.0
3/8: 166.4
3/15: 166.4
3/22: Traveling - no weigh-in
3/29: Traveling - no weigh-in
4/1: Returned home - 166.5
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RileyHeavy wrote: »2/2/2019
SW: 223
Challenge level: ★★★★★
GW: 198RileyHeavy wrote: »2/10/19 CW: 215.4!
17.4lbs to go!RileyHeavy wrote: »2/22/19 CW: 211.5!
13.5lbs to go!RileyHeavy wrote: »3/2/19 CW: 208.4!
10.4lbs to go!
4/2/19 CW: 201.0!RileyHeavy wrote: »3/19/19 CW: 204.4!
6.4lbs to go!
3.0lbs to go!
It's been slow coming off, but there is progress. I can't lose hope or give up! Just a few more pounds and I'll be under 200 for the first time in almost 6 years (and 6 years ago, I only stayed under 200 for a very brief period!). It's been since around 2011-2012 that I was under 200lbs. Since 2010-2011 since I was under 190, and since 2008 that I was under 180. My ultimate goal is to weigh less than I did in high school, which I averaged around 160, still overweight for my height.
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@tthickens637 I hope you had fun traveleing! Isn't it wonderful to realize you didn't gain weight while traveling? You must have developed good eating habits that stuck with you despite all the challenges you have right now!RileyHeavy wrote: »
It's been slow coming off, but there is progress. I can't lose hope or give up! Just a few more pounts and I'll be under 200 for the first time in almost 6 years (and 6 years ago, I only stayed under 200 for a very brief period!). It's been since around 2011-2012 that I was under 200lbs. Since 2010-2011 since I was under 190, and since 2008 that I was under 180. My ultimate goal is to weigh less than I did in high school, which I averaged around 160, still overweight for my height.
That's actually pretty fast weight loss! You've been doing very well. You must feel so amazing being that close to 200. I'm happy for you!2 -
@Kiyomoo I actually went to the doctor today and it's the first time she's seen me since I started watching my calories. Last visit I was 227. She looked at my chart and asked if the medical assistant had put it in correctly, thinking she had meant 230 instead of 203 (with clothes and shoes, I was 201 this morning at home). She said I was doing a great job and to keep it up. Always a great feeling when someone notices. My own mother hasn't even noticed.2
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Challenge starting weight 192.2
Challenge Level ❤️❤️❤️
End of challenge goal 177.2
2/5 - 192.2
2/12 - 189.6
2/19 - 190.8 (out of town)
2/26 - 190.4 (sick)
3/5 - 191
3/12 - did not weigh
3/19 - out of town, did not weigh
3/26 - did not weigh
4/2 - 188.6
Trying to get back on track. Have had a rough go lately. I know the total weight loss is small, but it's the
Lowest I've been since September, so I'll take it!2 -
RileyHeavy wrote: »@Kiyomoo I actually went to the doctor today and it's the first time she's seen me since I started watching my calories. Last visit I was 227. She looked at my chart and asked if the medical assistant had put it in correctly, thinking she had meant 230 instead of 203 (with clothes and shoes, I was 201 this morning at home). She said I was doing a great job and to keep it up. Always a great feeling when someone notices. My own mother hasn't even noticed.
That's awesome, you've done so well. It's actually pretty common that the people you are closest to are the last ones to realize because they see you more often. But people you haven't seen in a long time will be more likely to notice, lol. Your weight loss is inspiring!2 -
Monthly update!
Current weight (as of April 4th): 176.2 lbs
Challenge Start Date: February 2nd, 2019
Challenge Starting Weight: 182.5 lbs
Challenge Level: Level 3 - 15 pounds ★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 167 lbs
I didn't lose as much as I was wanting, but I also just got back from vacation. So it's not the most accurate of readings. Here's to finishing strong everyone!
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SW 298.50 Oct 2017
CW 190.50
GW 168.00
So I guess that puts me on the
Level 5 - 25 pounds ★★★★★
Challenge Starting Weight: 206.25
Challenge Level: 5
Challenge Goal weight: 168.00
Mar 01 - 206.25
Mar 08 - 199.75
Mar 15 - 200.50
Mar 22 - 195.75
Mar 29 - 194.50
Apr 05 - 190.50
Apr 12
Apr 19
Apr 26
May 03
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
GOAL FOR CHALLENGE - 38.25lbs (or as near to as poss)
ACTUAL LOSS FOR CHALLENGE - 15.75lbs
TO GO - 22.50lbs2 -
I'll join!
Challenge Starting Weight: 288lbs
Challenge Level: Level 5 - 25 pounds ★★★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 263lbs
1st Feb - 288
8th Feb - 281
15th Feb - 278
22nd Feb - 276.2
1st Mar - 276 - This last week is the first week where my motivation and determination have just gone. I've been fighting some major cravings and urges to binge this week.
I suppose it's a little natural to be disappointed that there isn’t a 2lb weight loss, but given the week I had it’s actually amazing that it’s a 0.2lb loss.
I’m trying not to think too much into it. As hard as the battle inside my head was this week at least I didn’t give in to the cravings and have not put weight on.
I’m feeling better now than I did so looking forward for the upcoming week. I’ve got a PT session tonight and they always make me feel amazing. So hopefully I’m off to a great start.
8th Mar - 273
15th Mar - 274 (weekend away last weekend, ok with the tiny gain
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22nd Mar - 272
29th Mar -270.8
5th Apr - 267 - Wow I didn't realise how close to my goal for this challenge I am!!!
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RL has been hectic the last 10 days or so. I am holding steady, so reasonably content.
Background informationWent up to 172 at the end of 2017 (Christmas etc), but have lost that again. I am very close to maintenance, so weight is dropping very slowly, but I would so like to hit my goal before my 73rd birthday in April. Also working on muscle toning at the moment, which isn't helping the scale but should even out eventually.Daily Health/Fitness Goals- Currently on Week 8 of a 10 week Boditrax Course at our local gym. (I won it at a raffle at a heavily discounted rate)
- Daily step goal is 9000. I do 15+ strength most days, targeting specific areas, and Yoga/Tai Chi for flex.
- I eat 90% 'clean/healthy' food and adhere to CICO. I do extra exercise to earn extra calories if I want treats.
Location: Northern Ireland
Challenge Starting Weight: 165
Challenge Level: ⭐️
Challenge Goal: 160
I'm thinking that making notes when I post each week might be useful.
01 Feb: 165.0 Started a muscle strengthening programme on the 26/1. My initial body assessment was very encouraging. Expecting weight fluctuations as the body adapts.
08 Feb: 165.0 My weight loss has halted, much as expected. In fact I had expected a small gain! Go figure!
15 Feb: 165.2 This process is seldom predictable. I will just go with the flow.
22 Feb: 164.5 Now that's a surprise. Mind you, I only did one gym session as my schedule was choc a bloc.
01 Mar: 164.9 Second body assessment showed some improvements. But fitting in the gym sessions was problematic.
08 Mar: 167.5 I upped my calories this week, specifically protein. And Valentine's Day choices have led to a bounce up. This always seems to happen to me when we celebrate.
15 Mar: 167.4 Focused on getting in some extra workouts, being more stringent with clean eating by weighing food portions, and replacing empty calorie snacks with healthy alternatives.
22 Mar: 166.2 Much happier with this. I have the odd blip, but generally sticking to my plan. Time will help me win through.
29 Mar: 166 not much progress to report.
05 Apr: 166 Keeping on keeping on. I have been wavering up and down half a pound, and it is creeping down, but ever so sloooowly. 😂
Progress- I am pre-logging my food and drink to balance macros/micros, weighing portions, and adjusting the entries as necessary
- I am fasting from 8pm to 9am daily, and have replaced most of my sugary snacks with more nutritious, protein-rich alternatives such as nuts.
- I'm looking for a downward trend on the scale over the next few weeks. Intrigued to see if it will pan out.
- I am exceeding my daily exercise goals
- I am working on muscle tone, and developing strength and stamina
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I am in and love the challenges, I guess you can say I am addicted, lol. I will post weekly as I weigh in on a Friday.
Challenge Starting Weight: 220lbs – 2/24
Challenge Level: ★★★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 195lbs
Feb Total Loss - ↓9.4lbs
March
3/1 - 215
3/8 – 213.8
3/15 – 210.0
3/22 – 209.8
3/29 – 208.6
March Total Loss - ↓6.4
April
4/5 - 205.8
4/12
4/19
4/26
April Total Loss -
May 1st2 -
Weekly weigh in.
SW:162
Level:❤️❤️❤️
GW:149
2.1-162
2.8-162
2.15-160
2.22-159
3.1-158
3.8-161 (shark week)
3.15-160
3.22-160
3.29-160 going to focus on my food this week and hope for good results next week
4.5-158.52 -
I missed a few weeks, but I'm back and ready to rock!
Challenge Level: ⚜️⚜️
Challenge Goal weight: 158 lbs by May 9
2/9/19: 168.6 lbs
2/18/19: 165.8 lbs
2/26/19: 164.2 lbs
3/8/19: 163.2 lbs
3/13/19: 161.6 lbs
3/21/19: 162 lbs
4/5/19: 161 lbs
Only three pounds to go to hit my goal!!2 -
Great job! I think sometimes people don't want to say anything about weight (loss or gain) for fear of hurting feelings (ugh... the subject is so taboo). I bet if you mentioned your progress you'd hear a lot of positive input!!RileyHeavy wrote: »@Kiyomoo I actually went to the doctor today and it's the first time she's seen me since I started watching my calories. Last visit I was 227. She looked at my chart and asked if the medical assistant had put it in correctly, thinking she had meant 230 instead of 203 (with clothes and shoes, I was 201 this morning at home). She said I was doing a great job and to keep it up. Always a great feeling when someone notices. My own mother hasn't even noticed.
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Kickastina wrote: »Monthly update!
Current weight (as of April 4th): 176.2 lbs
Challenge Start Date: February 2nd, 2019
Challenge Starting Weight: 182.5 lbs
Challenge Level: Level 3 - 15 pounds ★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 167 lbs
I didn't lose as much as I was wanting, but I also just got back from vacation. So it's not the most accurate of readings. Here's to finishing strong everyone!
I just returned from traveling too and ready to hit it hard. Let's do this!!!0 -
2/1 starting weight : 154
Challenge level: ★★
5/1 goal weight: 146
2/8 & 2/15 still 154.
2/22 152.6
3/1. 157
3/8 155
3/15 154
3/22 152.8
3/29 151.6
4/5 151.2
This feels like the slowest progress ever... but it's progress! I'll take it!
Only 5 lb til 5/1 goal!
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Hi Everyone, You folks are awesome!! I love reading about, and leaning from, your experiences!! I'm so glad to be part of this group...
So, I once saw someone comment about being stuck on a plateau for two months and thought to myself 'OMG, that person has some amazing willpower. I would have given up long before eight weeks!!' Well, here I am on week SIX of my very own plateau and I'm still going (I'll admit I'm not going strong, but I'm still going). Actually, I'm surprised to feel accomplished - not frustrated and defeated as expected; now I know I can endure a back injury and not use it as an excuse to totally give up exercise; now I know I can travel away from home, my 'good' food, and my scale and not use it as an excuse to pig-out; and now I know I can endure a bonafide plateau and not use it as a reason to give up in defeat. I started this 'current' diet/fitness plan with the goal to make it a sustainable lifestyle and, apparently, I reached that goal!! Yay me.👏👏👏 Despite the fact that I'm still dealing with 166 lbs, like a worn-out house guest that's overstayed their welcome, I'm feeling as determined as ever to carry on!! So, I may not reach my goal-weight before this challenge is over, but I'm ok with that because I know I'm headed in the right direction and I'll get there eventually. And, best of all, I've proven to myself that I can sustain my healthy lifestyle!
I'll check-in again next weekend and I'll KEEP ON KEEPING ON! KOKO everyone🤗
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 171
Challenge Level: 🤸🏽♂️💃🏼🏃♀️🙅
Challenge Goal weight:150
Have a great week everyone...
Weekly check-in:
2/1: 171.1
2/8: 168.3
2/15: 168.4
2/22: 166.9
3/1: 166.0
3/8: 166.4
3/15: 166.4
3/22: Traveling - no weigh-in
3/29: Traveling - no weigh-in
4/5: 165.94 -
mustangem82 wrote: »2/1 starting weight : 154
Challenge level: ★★
5/1 goal weight: 146
2/8 & 2/15 still 154.
2/22 152.6
3/1. 157
3/8 155
3/15 154
3/22 152.8
3/29 151.6
4/5 151.2
This feels like the slowest progress ever... but it's progress! I'll take it!
Only 5 lb til 5/1 goal!
👏👏👏👏 Slow and steady wins the race!1 -
Challenge starting weight: 280
Level: 4
Challenge goal weight: 260
Feb
2/1: 280
2/8: 278.8
2/15: 274.4
2/22: 276.4
March
3/1: 271.6
3/8: 272.4
3/15: 270.4
3/22: 268.8
3/29: 263
April
4/6: 262.8 (Checking in a day late)1 -
Weighing in...
Challenge level 🖖🖖🖖
Feb 1 weight 135
Mar 10 check in 128
Mar 17 check in 127
Mar 24 check in 128
Mar 31 travelling--no weigh-in
April 7 check in 125
Goal by May 1: 120
I ate about maintenance-level calories while I was travelling, so I wasn't expecting much of a loss. But then I've also been under the weather since I've got back (eating goal calories). So I'm not sure if my body just needed a week to be reassured that I wasn't going to let it starve, or if getting a little less exercise this past week has dropped some muscle mass. I'll take the scale reading and plan on returning to my regularly scheduled workout routine and see if the pounds come back for awhile. Five pounds to go to final goal weight, then I'm on maintenance for good :-)
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36yo
5’6”
Ultimate SW: 223
Ultimate GW: 130
Challenge Level: ★★★
Challenge Starting Weight: 164
Challenge Goal weight: 149
Feb1 - 164
Feb10 - 161.6
Feb17 - 159.8
Feb24 - 157.4
Mar3 - 157.8
Mar10 - 155.4
Mar17 - 154.8
Mar24 - 152.6
Mar31 - 151.6
Apr7 - 149.6
Apr14 -
Apr21 -
Apr28 -
May1 -
I upped my calorie goal again this morning. I’m obviously still not at a good balance between calories and activity. Added another 250 calories daily and will try that for awhile. My activity level has skyrocketed with the warmer weather, loving the blooms.2 -
@LadySaton Oh my gosh... You're only half a pound away from your goal! Great job!1
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I am, almost missed that, thanks! Today was a new low and I normally take several days at the least to see it again when that happens, but seeing that 14 at the front was awesome even knowing that. 🤣@LadySaton Oh my gosh... You're only half a pound away from your goal! Great job!1 -
Challenge starting weight 192.2
Challenge Level ❤️❤️❤️
End of challenge goal 177.2
2/5 - 192.2
2/12 - 189.6
2/19 - 190.8 (out of town)
2/26 - 190.4 (sick)
3/5 - 191
3/12 - did not weigh
3/19 - did not weigh (out of town)
3/26 - did not weigh
4/2 - 188.6
4/9 - 186.8
Very happy with my progress on this challenge. If you only knew how I've been struggling since September!
This is the first progress I've been able to make. 😁. My own challenge is running thru the second week of June when I go on vacation.....so I have an extra 6 weeks or so to meet my goal!4 -
@Kiyomoo Great progress! Love the day late too. Sometimes life is a whirlwind!!!
@shanhartravs You are so close!!! Excited for you!!!
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tthickens637 wrote: »OK, it's official... I've hit a plateau! I think I've been taking in too few calories for too long. I've become hungrier and hungrier and end up giving in and over-eating one or two days a week:( Also, this last week I felt so drained physically - I was often cold and all I wanted to do was sleep (of course non-stop rain didn't help). So clearly it's time to do something different! I'll start by increasing my calorie intake and uping my activity to compensate. 😖 I'll check-in again next week and KEEP ON KEEPING ON! KOKO everyone🤗
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 171
Challenge Level: 🤸🏽♂️💃🏼🏃♀️🙅
Challenge Goal weight:150
Have a great week everyone...
Weekly check-in:
2/1: 171.1
2/8: 168.3
2/15: 168.4
2/22: 166.9
3/1: 166.0
3/8: 166.4
I added an extra 200 calories to my daily goal at the beginning of this month myself. I was having fatigue that was unusual for me and less than stellar performance in my workouts. I wasn’t experiencing hunger though so I didn’t realize I needed to be eating more for awhile. I think I was underestimating my activity level and exercise burn, even though I was only set to lose a pound a week (still in the overweight category).
My fatigue issues have gone and my run yesterday felt fabulous and I’ve started seeing strength gains again, so I think it was a good idea. Hopefully you have the same effect. I will say, I’ve been fighting hunger pretty fierce the last week of having a higher calorie goal. I don’t know if that’s normal or just me, but I had only occasional hunger issues before on my lower goal and now I just want to eat and eat and eat. I had a 500 calorie breakfast this morning and for me that’s absolutely insane because I’m not generally very hungry in the mornings! I’m still meeting my weekly goal with some creative food ideas though, so there’s hope. Dry roasting huge trays of veggies is becoming my norm. Filling and no oil calories so I can eat my fat in cheese instead. 🤣
Reviewing entries and reread yours above. I'm curious about your recipes for roasting vegies. Can you share one, as I'm running out of good ideas?? TIA1 -
pyrusangeles wrote: »Challenge Level: ⚜️⚜️
Challenge Goal weight: 158 lbs by May 9
2/9/19: 168.6 lbs
2/18/19: 165.8 lbs
2/26/19: 164.2 lbs
3/8/19: 163.2 lbs
3/13/19: 161.6 lbs
I've been over my weekly calorie goals since I started, but amazingly I'm still losing weight at a decent place. My NEAT must be higher than I realized. I do run around a lot.
I'm so close... Less than two pounds til I see the 150s for the first time in 2 years!!
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I just really like veggies so I tend to buy whatever is tasty looking and chop, combine to a medley. I use season all because I like it and if I want something exceptionally flavorful I add a variety of those cherry tomatoes. They add an amazing flavor profile after cooking.tthickens637 wrote: »tthickens637 wrote: »OK, it's official... I've hit a plateau! I think I've been taking in too few calories for too long. I've become hungrier and hungrier and end up giving in and over-eating one or two days a week:( Also, this last week I felt so drained physically - I was often cold and all I wanted to do was sleep (of course non-stop rain didn't help). So clearly it's time to do something different! I'll start by increasing my calorie intake and uping my activity to compensate. 😖 I'll check-in again next week and KEEP ON KEEPING ON! KOKO everyone🤗
Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 171
Challenge Level: 🤸🏽♂️💃🏼🏃♀️🙅
Challenge Goal weight:150
Have a great week everyone...
Weekly check-in:
2/1: 171.1
2/8: 168.3
2/15: 168.4
2/22: 166.9
3/1: 166.0
3/8: 166.4
I added an extra 200 calories to my daily goal at the beginning of this month myself. I was having fatigue that was unusual for me and less than stellar performance in my workouts. I wasn’t experiencing hunger though so I didn’t realize I needed to be eating more for awhile. I think I was underestimating my activity level and exercise burn, even though I was only set to lose a pound a week (still in the overweight category).
My fatigue issues have gone and my run yesterday felt fabulous and I’ve started seeing strength gains again, so I think it was a good idea. Hopefully you have the same effect. I will say, I’ve been fighting hunger pretty fierce the last week of having a higher calorie goal. I don’t know if that’s normal or just me, but I had only occasional hunger issues before on my lower goal and now I just want to eat and eat and eat. I had a 500 calorie breakfast this morning and for me that’s absolutely insane because I’m not generally very hungry in the mornings! I’m still meeting my weekly goal with some creative food ideas though, so there’s hope. Dry roasting huge trays of veggies is becoming my norm. Filling and no oil calories so I can eat my fat in cheese instead. 🤣
Reviewing entries and reread yours above. I'm curious about your recipes for roasting vegies. Can you share one, as I'm running out of good ideas?? TIA
I really just love veggies though so it doesn’t take much to please me. No special prep required. 🤷🏼♀️0 -
I'll join!
Challenge Starting Weight: 288lbs
Challenge Level: Level 5 - 25 pounds ★★★★★
Challenge Goal weight: 263lbs
1st Feb - 288
8th Feb - 281
15th Feb - 278
22nd Feb - 276.2
1st Mar - 276 - This last week is the first week where my motivation and determination have just gone. I've been fighting some major cravings and urges to binge this week.
I suppose it's a little natural to be disappointed that there isn’t a 2lb weight loss, but given the week I had it’s actually amazing that it’s a 0.2lb loss.
I’m trying not to think too much into it. As hard as the battle inside my head was this week at least I didn’t give in to the cravings and have not put weight on.
I’m feeling better now than I did so looking forward for the upcoming week. I’ve got a PT session tonight and they always make me feel amazing. So hopefully I’m off to a great start.
8th Mar - 273
15th Mar - 274 (weekend away last weekend, ok with the tiny gain)
22nd Mar - 272
29th Mar -270.8
5th Apr - 267 - Wow I didn't realise how close to my goal for this challenge I am!!!
12th April - 267.2
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SW 298.50 Oct 2017
CW 188.75
GW 168.00
So I guess that puts me on the
Level 5 - 25 pounds ★★★★★
Challenge Starting Weight: 206.25
Challenge Level: 5
Challenge Goal weight: 168.00
Mar 01 - 206.25
Mar 08 - 199.75
Mar 15 - 200.50
Mar 22 - 195.75
Mar 29 - 194.50
Apr 05 - 190.50
Apr 12 - 188.75
Apr 19
Apr 26
May 03
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
GOAL FOR CHALLENGE - 38.25lbs (or as near to as poss)
ACTUAL LOSS FOR CHALLENGE - 17.505lbs
TO GO - 20.75lbs1
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