Lose 5lbs + in March 2019
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•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•
February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3
Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.
•Monday Updates•📌
March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.3/2 - 177 - smh😕📌3/18 171
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
3/19 - 171.2
3/20 - 172.2
3/21 - 170.6
3/22 - 172.8 - Fluid as usual. I can feel it as tiredness in my upper body.
3/23 - 172.2 - (174.8 - entered on the wrong day)
3/24 - 174.8 -Ate crackers😐
📌 3/25 - 173.83/26
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
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Original starting weight - 172.6 lbs
March starting weight - 156 lbs
March goal - 152.0 lbs
Ultimate goal - 120 lbs
03/01 - 156
03/04 - 155.5
03/11 - 155
03/18 - 154.5
03/25 - 153.9
03/31 -
March Loss- 2.1 lbs8 -
Original starting weight - 192.2 lbs
March starting weight - 147.0 lbs
March goal - 145.0 lbs
Ultimate goal - 135. lbs
03/01 - 147.0
03/04 - 145.4
03/11 - 147.4
03/18 - 148.6
03/25 - 142.4
03/31 -
March loss -
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Original starting weight - 228.3
March starting weight - 154.2
March goal - 152.2 or lower
Ultimate goal - 147?
1st - 154.2
5th - 152.2
6th 154.2
7th - 154.4 Figured since Jan 1, 2019, I’ve lost 0.1 lb. So, I guess this is maintenance. I will think about whether I am truly committed to getting lower. By all measures, I m healthy. I’m thinking losing a few vanity pounds may not be enough motivation for me. Still thinking.
✅8th - 153.4 I am recommitted & ate with a very good deficit today...tons of heard hill walking & another flat walk with a friend!
I do want to be below 153.
11th - 154.4
13th- 155
14th - 153.8
✅15th- 153.6 a Great Day yesterday - for my head back in the game after weeks of trying. Key was comparing what I ate on avg in Feb/March with what I was eating in 2018. A wake up call!
Reminded myself that food is FUEL!
18th- 155.6
✅19th - 155 Ate healthily with 300 cal deficit, v high fiber, v low sodium
✅20th - 153.8 2nd day. Woke up & wasnt hungry. Cravings gone. Crazy after fighting them for weeks. In one day. It’s not sugar, apparently, its high salt & lower fiber. Crazy. Glad I figured that out. Incidentally, reducing salt & increasing fiber made me disinterested in sugar, too. Crazy. Calories are lowest they’ve been in awhile.
✅21st - 154.6 Another very successful day! 3rd in a row after about 30 days of struggle. Salt✅ Fiber✅ Sugar ✅
Delighted AND relieved.
22nd- 153.6 onto 4th day Jogged a little 😳 Ate a large Mexican dinner
23 157 traveling not good
24 155.2 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
25 154.8
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Total loss for March4 -
•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•
February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3
Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.
•Monday Updates•📌
March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.3/2 - 177 - smh😕📌3/18 171
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
3/19 - 171.2
3/20 - 172.2
3/21 - 170.6
3/22 - 172.8 - Fluid as usual. I can feel it as tiredness in my upper body.
3/23 - 172.2 - (174.8 - entered on the wrong day)
3/24 - 174.8 -Ate crackers😐
📌 3/25 - 173.8
3/26 - 173.8
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
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Original starting weight - 245-ish (237 when I started again this time on 1/1/18)
Ultimate goal - 140lbs (hopefully even less but that's the goal for now)
March starting weight - 193.0
March goal - 188
March 5th - 193
March 12th - 192.5 (not exactly what I was hoping for but better than the other direction I guess)
March 19th - 193 Ugh
March 26th - 190 (still not where I was hoping to be by this point but I will definitely take it...plus I feel like my mind is finally in a good place again so yay!)
Total loss for March -6 -
Original starting weight - 228.3
March starting weight - 154.2
March goal - 152.2 or lower
Ultimate goal - 147?
1st - 154.2
5th - 152.2
6th 154.2
7th - 154.4 Figured since Jan 1, 2019, I’ve lost 0.1 lb. So, I guess this is maintenance. I will think about whether I am truly committed to getting lower. By all measures, I m healthy. I’m thinking losing a few vanity pounds may not be enough motivation for me. Still thinking.
✅8th - 153.4 I am recommitted & ate with a very good deficit today...tons of heard hill walking & another flat walk with a friend!
I do want to be below 153.
11th - 154.4
13th- 155
14th - 153.8
✅15th- 153.6 a Great Day yesterday - for my head back in the game after weeks of trying. Key was comparing what I ate on avg in Feb/March with what I was eating in 2018. A wake up call!
Reminded myself that food is FUEL!
18th- 155.6
✅19th - 155 Ate healthily with 300 cal deficit, v high fiber, v low sodium
✅20th - 153.8 2nd day. Woke up & wasnt hungry. Cravings gone. Crazy after fighting them for weeks. In one day. It’s not sugar, apparently, its high salt & lower fiber. Crazy. Glad I figured that out. Incidentally, reducing salt & increasing fiber made me disinterested in sugar, too. Crazy. Calories are lowest they’ve been in awhile.
✅21st - 154.6 Another very successful day! 3rd in a row after about 30 days of struggle. Salt✅ Fiber✅ Sugar ✅
Delighted AND relieved.
22nd- 153.6 onto 4th day Jogged a little 😳 Ate a large Mexican dinner
23 157 traveling not good
24 155.2 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
25 154.8 salt (slightly over) fiber ✅ sugar✅
26 153.6
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31st
Total loss for March5 -
Highest weight - 282
Mfp starting weight - 260
Feb ending weight -182.4
March goal - 178
Ultimate goal - 145
3/6: 182.4
3/13:
3/20: 181.8
3/27: 183.6
Total loss in March: 1.2 gain —- another month of gaining. Here’s to April7 -
Original starting weight - 167 (April 2018)
March starting weight - 147.8 lbs
March goal - 144 lbs
Ultimate goal - 140 lbs
1st - 147.8 lbs
6th - 147.6 lbs
13th - 149.2 lbs
20th - 147.6 lbs
27th - 150 lbs
31st
Total loss for March: +2.2 lbs
Combination of TOM, lack of water Sunday and Monday, and binge eating yesterday. This will go back down, but still frustrating.7 -
58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191
March goal 169.3 - 5 pound loss, and hopefully into a new decade finally.
February loss was 1.9 pounds
February 28 - 174.8 - burned off mega calories yesterday too, but still up in weight this morning. Low on sleep.
March 01 - 174.3 - Friday. I hope for March to be better than February.
March 02 - 173.7 - Unbelievable, I was so disappointed with February, being so diligent about burning lots of calories, eating carefully, and barely losing weight - that last night I had (in defiance) a giant steak, corn, sour cream, potatoes etc., way over my calorie allotment. I truly expected to see a gain this morning.
March 03 - 174.3 - So the steak dinner from Friday shows up?
March 04 - 173.9 - skating yesterday
March 05 - 174.9 Tuesday - no reason to be up other than short on sleep. Skating today, so hope to see a drop tomorrow morning.
March 06 - 173.6 - Wednesday - yay for skating, I am skating again today too.
March 07 - 173.3 - again, yay for skating. I am working out of town today, and taking my skates with me because there is an arena there. There is only a few weeks left of the skating season : - (
March 08 - 171.4 - I have learned now not to get too excited about this, I had a big dinner yesterday so I expect it to catch up with me. Slow metabolism once we get older. I did burn off a lot of calories yesterday skating and other stuff though. Lowest weight I have been so far, but then I had one low day in February which didn't last too.
March 09 - 172.7 - I skated 3 times at 3 different places yesterday (1,095 calories burned), but I did expect to see a gain because I had a good dinner on Thursday that hadn't yet showed up. Running monthly total: loss 1.4 lb
March 10 - 174.7 - argh! At least there is skating today. I get it if I don't burn 1,000+ calories that I might not lose anything, but I at least don't expect to gain when I only burn off 300-400. Cruel. Throughout all of this I always have calories to spare. Hoping for a better number tomorrow. I so badly want to get into the 60s.
March 11 - 172.3 - I'll take it. Big skating calorie burn yesterday.
March 12 - 173.9 Tuesday - I stick to 1200-1300 calories, aerobics, but if I don't get in at least an hour of skating I am up on the scale. Skating during my work break today. It is really hard to lose weight otherwise for me.
March 13 - 172.5 - I actually matched my calories in with my calories out yesterday! It is starting to look like my way forward will be to burn 3,500-7,000 calories per week to lose 1 pound per week. That is pretty time consuming, but it seems like it is the only way that I can lose anything. Skating today ; - )
March 14 - 172.3 - Would be nice to see a woosh soon, I was able to get in 140 minutes of skating yesterday, mega calorie burn, 1,420. I had 1,100 calories left to eat if I wanted to the last 2 days, but I didn't. No skating anywhere today, but the arenas will be open 5 days a week during March break. I am really determined to bust some fat.
March 15 - 173.1 - After a typical 1200 calories, 30 minutes of aerobics. Losing weight will take more than that for me. There is skating today.
March 16 - 171.6 - In comparison with March 08, I was expecting a drop, I burned off so many calories this week with extra skating. 4,163, which is more than a pound on its own. There will be skating during March break, so I hope to at least burn 2 pounds during those 2 weeks. I don't know what I will do after that because it seems that I don't lose weight otherwise. There is nothing else really that I like to do that burns so many calories. I do love dance aerobics, but seldom do a whole hour of it. Anyway, pretty pleased with my weight this morning : - )
March 17 - 171.9 - Sunday. I am having a dinner party for my friend's birthday tonight. Eating like a normal person never really works out for me, 2 weeks to take off the weight of one dinner. I am not too worried though, skating moves to 5 days a week starting tomorrow : - )
March 18 - 172.0 Monday I am going to stop weighing on Tuesday mornings, I get up at 4am on Tuesdays, and I think that it is too early to be weighing. As I look back through my highest weight days, they are Tuesdays and perhaps not really accurate. Lol, also my good dinner from yesterday might show up tomorrow. (loss 2.3 as of today)
March 20 - 173.0 Wednesday. I really really expected to weigh less today. There is more skating than usual over the next 2 weeks for March break, so I am very hopeful. Dinner out tomorrow (pizza and drinks), so that always takes almost a week to compensate for, but we have to live right?
March 21 - 172.0 - One more pound and I will have lost 20 since October. 3 more to get out of this decade finally. 10 days left of the month.
March 22 - 171.5 - Not getting too excited, my dinner and drinks out will show up over the next couple of days, slow metabolism. I have been in a calorie deficit for many months.
March 23 - 172.3 - Thursday dinner showed up as expected. So funny the way that it happens. Yet another 1,000 calorie deficit yesterday (lots of skating) so I expect a whoosh soon. I will have to go back and look through the month and add it all up. Roughly I should have lost at least 10 pounds this month by the numbers. Resigning myself a bit to the post-menopausal metabolism.
March 24 - 173.2 - Dang.
March 25 - 173.1 - 5 days of skating starts today, it seems to be the only thing that works for me, so I am happy to have this last opportunity until fall when it goes back to 3 times per week.
March 27 - 172.5 Wednesday. I actually did weigh yesterday just out of my morning habit, but Tuesdays are my 4am and it was a high number. Still keeping my input calories in check and burning lots off.
Running monthly total: loss 1.8 lbs3 -
•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•
February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3
Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.
•Monday Updates•📌
March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.3/2 - 177 - smh😕📌3/18 171
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
3/19 - 171.2
3/20 - 172.2
3/21 - 170.6
3/22 - 172.8 - Fluid as usual. I can feel it as tiredness in my upper body.
3/23 - 172.2 - (174.8 - entered on the wrong day)
3/24 - 174.8 -Ate crackers😐
📌 3/25 - 173.8
3/26 - 173.8
3/27 - 176 ⬅abs workout ☺
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
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Original starting weight - 234.6
March starting weight - 234.6
APRIL goal - 210
Ultimate goal - 180
My plan is to lose 15 lbs in April.
I plan on exercising at least 3 times a week, eating legit healthy and cutting added sugars.
IF I do not lose 15 lbs, I will need to start buying larger clothes, and I'd really prefer not to do that.
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Thank you!! I'm just getting back into this and I've been searching for an accountability system.
Let's shumash it!!
Original starting weight: 304.8 lbs
March goal: 299.08 lbs
Ultimate goal: 145 lbs -- 245 lbs in 2019 (60 lbs)
1st - 304.8
8th - 304.8
Update for 3/8: Started PiYo on 3/6, but didn't do so well on walking. Did not expect for a change. Next week!!
15th - 304.8
Still struggling with bad food choices. I know I can get past this! Side note: Doing PiYo 3x. Walking.. eh, lol.
22nd - 303.8
I did it!! FINALLY! 1 lb!! I didn't get to every scheduled workout, food is still a little bit of an issue, but it's more about not being lazy and cooking. Dinner is my bane. Completed my first hike and felt really strong! Woot!
29th -
Total loss for March: 1 lb
Fitness Goals:
Piyo 3x a week. Walk 30 mins every day.
Hike once a week. Eat within limits.
Challenges - Snacking and being sedentary.5 -
Original starting weight - 228.3
March starting weight - 154.2
March goal - 152.2 or lower
Ultimate goal - 147?
1st - 154.2
5th - 152.2
6th 154.2
7th - 154.4 Figured since Jan 1, 2019, I’ve lost 0.1 lb. So, I guess this is maintenance. I will think about whether I am truly committed to getting lower. By all measures, I m healthy. I’m thinking losing a few vanity pounds may not be enough motivation for me. Still thinking.
✅8th - 153.4 I am recommitted & ate with a very good deficit today...tons of hard hill walking & another flat walk with a friend!
I do want to be below 153.
11th - 154.4
13th- 155
14th - 153.8
✅15th- 153.6 a Great Day yesterday - for my head back in the game after weeks of trying. Key was comparing what I ate on avg in Feb/March with what I was eating in 2018. A wake up call!
Reminded myself that food is FUEL!
18th- 155.6
✅19th - 155 Ate healthily with 300 cal deficit, v high fiber, v low sodium
✅20th - 153.8 2nd day. Woke up & wasnt hungry. Cravings gone. Crazy after fighting them for weeks. In one day. It’s not sugar, apparently, its high salt & lower fiber. Crazy. Glad I figured that out. Incidentally, reducing salt & increasing fiber made me disinterested in sugar, too. Crazy. Calories are lowest they’ve been in awhile.
✅21st - 154.6 Another very successful day! 3rd in a row after about 30 days of struggle. Salt✅ Fiber✅ Sugar ✅
Delighted AND relieved.
22nd- 153.6 onto 4th day Jogged a little 😳 Ate a large Mexican dinner
23 157 traveling, not good (Shocked me into Action)
————START of My 33 Day Plan——-
24 155.2 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
25 154.8 salt (slightly over) fiber ✅ sugar✅
26 153.6 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
27 153.4
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Total loss for March so far: 0.8lbs
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I haven't weighed in yet since earlier this month right before my birthday, and now TOM in progress so I'm not going to weigh in until next Friday just so my body can have plenty of time to adjust itself back "normal".
I feel good though even going through TOM, I feel energized, and I feel like I'm getting back to where I left off--slowly but surely. Maybe because it's Spring and I know warmer weather is around the corner. Also, I'm staying active and adjusting my fat content in my diet, so I hope to the scale move toward my favor.
Goal for fat intake 60-80g per day.
Net Carbs: 20g-50g per day....
Next weigh-in: April 5th!!3 -
Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
March starting weight - 153.5
March goal - 148.5 Modified to 152.0 on 3/20
Ultimate goal - 135.0
1st - 153.5
** 3rd - 155.7
** 4th - 156.8
** 5th - 156.5
8th - 156.1
15th - 154.7 (travel 3/15-18)
** 19th - 157.0
** 20th - 155.0
** 21st - 154.6
22nd - 154.3
28th - 153.2
31st -
Purposely doing a Thursday weigh in so that I have a few days before the month end weigh in. Got good results this past week. Have done a couple of different things ...
1. Back to weekly meal planning
2. I'm not eating after 8pm, giving me a 12 hour fast
3. Moving more as the seasons change - this will only get better
4. I'm not stressing over weight fluctuations, instead monitoring my trend data. Thanks @mtaratoot 😁
I may or may not see that 152.0 for the adjusted goal. But I'm at a new low today. I've pulled my trend weight down from 154.9 to 164.6 in the last 30 days - and that's after a long weekend of travel resulting in a second weight gain during March.
Be back on the 31st. Congrats to those hitting their March goals - and hang in there to the rest of us4 -
58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191
March goal 169.3 - 5 pound loss, and hopefully into a new decade finally.
February loss was 1.9 pounds
February 28 - 174.8 - burned off mega calories yesterday too, but still up in weight this morning. Low on sleep.
March 01 - 174.3 - Friday. I hope for March to be better than February.
March 02 - 173.7 - Unbelievable, I was so disappointed with February, being so diligent about burning lots of calories, eating carefully, and barely losing weight - that last night I had (in defiance) a giant steak, corn, sour cream, potatoes etc., way over my calorie allotment. I truly expected to see a gain this morning.
March 03 - 174.3 - So the steak dinner from Friday shows up?
March 04 - 173.9 - skating yesterday
March 05 - 174.9 Tuesday - no reason to be up other than short on sleep. Skating today, so hope to see a drop tomorrow morning.
March 06 - 173.6 - Wednesday - yay for skating, I am skating again today too.
March 07 - 173.3 - again, yay for skating. I am working out of town today, and taking my skates with me because there is an arena there. There is only a few weeks left of the skating season : - (
March 08 - 171.4 - I have learned now not to get too excited about this, I had a big dinner yesterday so I expect it to catch up with me. Slow metabolism once we get older. I did burn off a lot of calories yesterday skating and other stuff though. Lowest weight I have been so far, but then I had one low day in February which didn't last too.
March 09 - 172.7 - I skated 3 times at 3 different places yesterday (1,095 calories burned), but I did expect to see a gain because I had a good dinner on Thursday that hadn't yet showed up. Running monthly total: loss 1.4 lb
March 10 - 174.7 - argh! At least there is skating today. I get it if I don't burn 1,000+ calories that I might not lose anything, but I at least don't expect to gain when I only burn off 300-400. Cruel. Throughout all of this I always have calories to spare. Hoping for a better number tomorrow. I so badly want to get into the 60s.
March 11 - 172.3 - I'll take it. Big skating calorie burn yesterday.
March 12 - 173.9 Tuesday - I stick to 1200-1300 calories, aerobics, but if I don't get in at least an hour of skating I am up on the scale. Skating during my work break today. It is really hard to lose weight otherwise for me.
March 13 - 172.5 - I actually matched my calories in with my calories out yesterday! It is starting to look like my way forward will be to burn 3,500-7,000 calories per week to lose 1 pound per week. That is pretty time consuming, but it seems like it is the only way that I can lose anything. Skating today ; - )
March 14 - 172.3 - Would be nice to see a woosh soon, I was able to get in 140 minutes of skating yesterday, mega calorie burn, 1,420. I had 1,100 calories left to eat if I wanted to the last 2 days, but I didn't. No skating anywhere today, but the arenas will be open 5 days a week during March break. I am really determined to bust some fat.
March 15 - 173.1 - After a typical 1200 calories, 30 minutes of aerobics. Losing weight will take more than that for me. There is skating today.
March 16 - 171.6 - In comparison with March 08, I was expecting a drop, I burned off so many calories this week with extra skating. 4,163, which is more than a pound on its own. There will be skating during March break, so I hope to at least burn 2 pounds during those 2 weeks. I don't know what I will do after that because it seems that I don't lose weight otherwise. There is nothing else really that I like to do that burns so many calories. I do love dance aerobics, but seldom do a whole hour of it. Anyway, pretty pleased with my weight this morning : - )
March 17 - 171.9 - Sunday. I am having a dinner party for my friend's birthday tonight. Eating like a normal person never really works out for me, 2 weeks to take off the weight of one dinner. I am not too worried though, skating moves to 5 days a week starting tomorrow : - )
March 18 - 172.0 Monday I am going to stop weighing on Tuesday mornings, I get up at 4am on Tuesdays, and I think that it is too early to be weighing. As I look back through my highest weight days, they are Tuesdays and perhaps not really accurate. Lol, also my good dinner from yesterday might show up tomorrow. (loss 2.3 as of today)
March 20 - 173.0 Wednesday. I really really expected to weigh less today. There is more skating than usual over the next 2 weeks for March break, so I am very hopeful. Dinner out tomorrow (pizza and drinks), so that always takes almost a week to compensate for, but we have to live right?
March 21 - 172.0 - One more pound and I will have lost 20 since October. 3 more to get out of this decade finally. 10 days left of the month.
March 22 - 171.5 - Not getting too excited, my dinner and drinks out will show up over the next couple of days, slow metabolism. I have been in a calorie deficit for many months.
March 23 - 172.3 - Thursday dinner showed up as expected. So funny the way that it happens. Yet another 1,000 calorie deficit yesterday (lots of skating) so I expect a whoosh soon. I will have to go back and look through the month and add it all up. Roughly I should have lost at least 10 pounds this month by the numbers. Resigning myself a bit to the post-menopausal metabolism.
March 24 - 173.2 - Dang.
March 25 - 173.1 - 5 days of skating starts today, it seems to be the only thing that works for me, so I am happy to have this last opportunity until fall when it goes back to 3 times per week.
March 27 - 172.5 Wednesday. I actually did weigh yesterday just out of my morning habit, but Tuesdays are my 4am and it was a high number. Still keeping my input calories in check and burning lots off.
March 28 - 170.9 - Yay Yahoo - my hard work might be finally showing up? That is motivating.
Running monthly total: loss 3.6 lbs3 -
So last month I had a water, sodium, TOM, and whatever else gain of 6.4 pounds at the end. So I am starting this month very high. I should lose a large portion of it in the next week or so. I started February out at 148.5, ended it at 154.9. Would like to end March at 145. That has been and is my goal right now. I really lost focus when I was so close to reaching my goal last month. I was only a couple of pounds away and just kind of lost the desire to lose anymore. I am thinking of switching it to 140 so that I have that extra cushion for those weeks I am just not feeling the motivation.
3/1 - 154.9 super high TOM, sodium, alcohol, and whatever else. Should go down fairly quickly
3/7 - 151.1 Finally had a decent loss this week. Still working hard and hoping to see the scale continue in a downward trend! 2.6 pounds left to get to back to where I started last month
3/14 - 151.0 Not quite the drop I was looking for, but it's a drop. Hoping to have a really good whoosh before next week.
3/21 - 150.9 almost back into the 140's. So close! 10 days left in March!
3/28 - 152.1 have no idea why it's up. I have been on a lot of allergy medicine and I think I am dehydrated. 3 days to get back down to 150 and end March with a pretty nice loss.
3/31 -
Goal to lose this month - 9.9 pounds
Lost so far this month - 2.8 pounds3 -
Original starting weight - 228.3
March starting weight - 154.2
March goal - 152.2 or lower
Ultimate goal - 147?
1st - 154.2
5th - 152.2
6th 154.2
7th - 154.4 Figured since Jan 1, 2019, I’ve lost 0.1 lb. So, I guess this is maintenance. I will think about whether I am truly committed to getting lower. By all measures, I m healthy. I’m thinking losing a few vanity pounds may not be enough motivation for me. Still thinking.
✅8th - 153.4 I am recommitted & ate with a very good deficit today...tons of hard hill walking & another flat walk with a friend!
I do want to be below 153.
11th - 154.4
13th- 155
14th - 153.8
✅15th- 153.6 a Great Day yesterday - for my head back in the game after weeks of trying. Key was comparing what I ate on avg in Feb/March with what I was eating in 2018. A wake up call!
Reminded myself that food is FUEL!
18th- 155.6
✅19th - 155 Ate healthily with 300 cal deficit, v high fiber, v low sodium
✅20th - 153.8 2nd day. Woke up & wasnt hungry. Cravings gone. Crazy after fighting them for weeks. In one day. It’s not sugar, apparently, its high salt & lower fiber. Crazy. Glad I figured that out. Incidentally, reducing salt & increasing fiber made me disinterested in sugar, too. Crazy. Calories are lowest they’ve been in awhile.
✅21st - 154.6 Another very successful day! 3rd in a row after about 30 days of struggle. Salt✅ Fiber✅ Sugar ✅
Delighted AND relieved.
22nd- 153.6 onto 4th day Jogged a little 😳 Ate a large Mexican dinner
23 157 traveling, not good (Shocked me into Action)
————START of My 33 Day Plan——-
24 155.2 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
25 154.8 salt (slightly over) fiber ✅ sugar✅
26 153.6 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
27 153.4 salt ✅ fiber ✅ sugar✅
28 152.6 The last time I weighed this was March 4-5 152.6 & 152.2! Finally seeing green on Happy Scale: 1st time since Mid-Feb.
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Total loss for March so far: 1.6 lbs
Pounds to my previous lowest wt: only 2
Pounds to my GW: 2.6
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Original Starting Weight: 235
March Starting Weight: 204.2
March Goal: -5.2lbs (199.0)
Ultimate Goal: 135
Mar 01: 204.2
Mar 08: 203.2
Mar 15: 201.2
Mar 22: 199.6 🥳
Mar 29: 196.6
March Actual: ⭐️ 7.6lbs lost! ⭐️8 -
•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•
February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3
Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.
•Monday Updates•📌
March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.3/2 - 177 - smh😕📌3/18 171
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
3/19 - 171.2
3/20 - 172.2
3/21 - 170.6
3/22 - 172.8 - Fluid as usual. I can feel it as tiredness in my upper body.
3/23 - 172.2 - (174.8 - entered on the wrong day)
3/24 - 174.8 -Ate crackers😐
📌 3/25 - 173.8
3/26 - 173.8
3/27 - 176 ⬅abs workout ☺
3/28 - 175.2
3/29
3/30
3/31
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Original starting weight - 298.50 OCT 2017
March starting weight - 206.25
March goal - 195.00
Ultimate goal - 168.00
1st - 206.25
8th - 199.75 WOW!!!!!! I'm even amazed hahah i'll take it or sure!!
15th - 200.50 meh
22nd - 195.75
29th - 194.50
11.75 Total loss for March4 -
Original starting weight - 242
March starting weight - 172.6
March crushing it goal - 167.6
March realistic birthday cake goal - 170
Ultimate goal - 125
1st - 172.6
7th- 171.2
15th - 170.6
22nd - 168.8
29th - 168.0
Total loss for March - 4.6
This month was filled with events and I had prepared myself for a lower loss and some carb bloat to rebound from. I also had to take a week off from workouts as I went down with a severe cold.
Still I can’t say I’m shocked that I got pretty close to 5lbs. I realize I make good choices even when I’m eating outside of my norm. My total love of working out has surprised me and I’m continuing to push myself into tougher classes.
My goals have expanded from numbers on a scale to specific fitness goals. I kind of fangirl at the gym on some of these woman who are just so strong and capable. I want that! I’m going to get that.
I’m super excited for April, I’ve signed up for the next 7 weeks of Saturday 7am bootcamp.
74lbs gone, from a size 22 xxl to a size 12 medium in two years.
Great job this month everyone, I read everyone’s post everyday and am so impressed and encouraged with the dedication I see. This *kitten is HARD, keep going!5 -
OSW 1/14/19: 229
SW 2/11/19: 225.8 (started again)
CW 2/28/19: 216.4
March 22nd Personal goal: 212lbs - accomplished on 3/15
March GW Challenge (end of month): 210lbs - accomplished on 3/15
Overall Goal: 110-120
3/1 – 215lbs
3/8 – 213.8
3/15 – 210.0
3/22 – 209.8
3/29 – 208.6
Total loss for March - down 7.8
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Original starting weight - 195.2 lbs (12/21/2018)
March starting weight - 181.4 lbs
March goal - 176.0 lbs
Ultimate goal - 150.0 lbs
4th - 181.2
11th -179.2
18th - 178.4
25th - 176.6
29th - 176.8
Total loss for March - 4.6 lbs --> Didn't reach my goal for March due to lack of discipline both last week and this week. At least I averaged more than a pound a week.
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Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
February 28 starting weight - 144.8 (ten-day rolling average weight 145.2)
March goal - 143
Ultimate goal - Range between 142 - 148
I report scale weight and (ten day average weight).
February 28 - 144.8 (145.2)
March 1 - 145.6 (144.9)
March 8 - 142.8 (145.1)
March 15 - 142.2 (142.2)
March 22 - 142.4 (141.8)
March 29 -141.8 (143.1)
March 31 -
Total loss for March: Scale says I lost three pounds and have maintained my goal weight! Ten day average actually says I'm only down 1.9 pounds and is pretty much at my ultimate goal as well. I must avoid gaining it back! I had a huge spike this week -- up seven pounds in five days, but then it came back off. Whew.
I am still participating in monthly weight loss challenges like this one until I'm solidly steady back in the middle or bottom my goal range. I'm at the top of that range, and I'm also participating in maintenance challenges like THIS ONE.
One more check-in in two days, then on to April! I need to decide if I should stay in this group since I'm done losing.5 -
Original starting weight - 354.4 lbs
March starting weight - 345.2 lbs
March goal - 330 lbs
Ultimate goal - 250 lbs
1st - 345.2 lbs
4th - 344.9 lbs
8th - 341.0 lbs
11th - 343.6 lbs I ate during my fast last night. I don't know what I was thinking. But today is another day.
15th - 341.3 lbs I'm not entirely sure what's happening but I'm not going to let it discourage me.
18th - 338.8 lbs I was scared for a minute but then I realized that I was dehydrated and retaining water at night. So I changed this around. Drinking lemon water in the morning and propel at night. Happy Monday
22nd - 339.5 lbs This has me so puzzled. On 3/19 I weighed 337.7 lbs no change in eating habits maybe my water intake at night. We'll see. I have been putting off a exercise routine but I think I'm ready. We'll see
25th - 341.6 lbs I have let this get to my head this weekend but today I am putting an end to it now. I will go out this month with a bang!
29th -335.4 lbs YAY!
31st -
March loss -
February loss - 9.2 lbs8 -
58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191
March goal 169.3 - 5 pound loss, and hopefully into a new decade finally.
February loss was 1.9 pounds
February 28 - 174.8 - burned off mega calories yesterday too, but still up in weight this morning. Low on sleep.
March 01 - 174.3 - Friday. I hope for March to be better than February.
March 02 - 173.7 - Unbelievable, I was so disappointed with February, being so diligent about burning lots of calories, eating carefully, and barely losing weight - that last night I had (in defiance) a giant steak, corn, sour cream, potatoes etc., way over my calorie allotment. I truly expected to see a gain this morning.
March 03 - 174.3 - So the steak dinner from Friday shows up?
March 04 - 173.9 - skating yesterday
March 05 - 174.9 Tuesday - no reason to be up other than short on sleep. Skating today, so hope to see a drop tomorrow morning.
March 06 - 173.6 - Wednesday - yay for skating, I am skating again today too.
March 07 - 173.3 - again, yay for skating. I am working out of town today, and taking my skates with me because there is an arena there. There is only a few weeks left of the skating season : - (
March 08 - 171.4 - I have learned now not to get too excited about this, I had a big dinner yesterday so I expect it to catch up with me. Slow metabolism once we get older. I did burn off a lot of calories yesterday skating and other stuff though. Lowest weight I have been so far, but then I had one low day in February which didn't last too.
March 09 - 172.7 - I skated 3 times at 3 different places yesterday (1,095 calories burned), but I did expect to see a gain because I had a good dinner on Thursday that hadn't yet showed up. Running monthly total: loss 1.4 lb
March 10 - 174.7 - argh! At least there is skating today. I get it if I don't burn 1,000+ calories that I might not lose anything, but I at least don't expect to gain when I only burn off 300-400. Cruel. Throughout all of this I always have calories to spare. Hoping for a better number tomorrow. I so badly want to get into the 60s.
March 11 - 172.3 - I'll take it. Big skating calorie burn yesterday.
March 12 - 173.9 Tuesday - I stick to 1200-1300 calories, aerobics, but if I don't get in at least an hour of skating I am up on the scale. Skating during my work break today. It is really hard to lose weight otherwise for me.
March 13 - 172.5 - I actually matched my calories in with my calories out yesterday! It is starting to look like my way forward will be to burn 3,500-7,000 calories per week to lose 1 pound per week. That is pretty time consuming, but it seems like it is the only way that I can lose anything. Skating today ; - )
March 14 - 172.3 - Would be nice to see a woosh soon, I was able to get in 140 minutes of skating yesterday, mega calorie burn, 1,420. I had 1,100 calories left to eat if I wanted to the last 2 days, but I didn't. No skating anywhere today, but the arenas will be open 5 days a week during March break. I am really determined to bust some fat.
March 15 - 173.1 - After a typical 1200 calories, 30 minutes of aerobics. Losing weight will take more than that for me. There is skating today.
March 16 - 171.6 - In comparison with March 08, I was expecting a drop, I burned off so many calories this week with extra skating. 4,163, which is more than a pound on its own. There will be skating during March break, so I hope to at least burn 2 pounds during those 2 weeks. I don't know what I will do after that because it seems that I don't lose weight otherwise. There is nothing else really that I like to do that burns so many calories. I do love dance aerobics, but seldom do a whole hour of it. Anyway, pretty pleased with my weight this morning : - )
March 17 - 171.9 - Sunday. I am having a dinner party for my friend's birthday tonight. Eating like a normal person never really works out for me, 2 weeks to take off the weight of one dinner. I am not too worried though, skating moves to 5 days a week starting tomorrow : - )
March 18 - 172.0 Monday I am going to stop weighing on Tuesday mornings, I get up at 4am on Tuesdays, and I think that it is too early to be weighing. As I look back through my highest weight days, they are Tuesdays and perhaps not really accurate. Lol, also my good dinner from yesterday might show up tomorrow. (loss 2.3 as of today)
March 20 - 173.0 Wednesday. I really really expected to weigh less today. There is more skating than usual over the next 2 weeks for March break, so I am very hopeful. Dinner out tomorrow (pizza and drinks), so that always takes almost a week to compensate for, but we have to live right?
March 21 - 172.0 - One more pound and I will have lost 20 since October. 3 more to get out of this decade finally. 10 days left of the month.
March 22 - 171.5 - Not getting too excited, my dinner and drinks out will show up over the next couple of days, slow metabolism. I have been in a calorie deficit for many months.
March 23 - 172.3 - Thursday dinner showed up as expected. So funny the way that it happens. Yet another 1,000 calorie deficit yesterday (lots of skating) so I expect a whoosh soon. I will have to go back and look through the month and add it all up. Roughly I should have lost at least 10 pounds this month by the numbers. Resigning myself a bit to the post-menopausal metabolism.
March 24 - 173.2 - Dang.
March 25 - 173.1 - 5 days of skating starts today, it seems to be the only thing that works for me, so I am happy to have this last opportunity until fall when it goes back to 3 times per week.
March 27 - 172.5 Wednesday. I actually did weigh yesterday just out of my morning habit, but Tuesdays are my 4am and it was a high number. Still keeping my input calories in check and burning lots off.
March 28 - 170.9 - Yay Yahoo - my hard work might be finally showing up? That is motivating.
March 28 - 170.6 - Last day of skating in my town today : - ( There will be a few more opportunities in another town, but not daily like this March break has been. Stress relieving, endorphin boosting, fat busting, banishes water weight and bloat. I know that it is supposed to be 25% exercise and 75% food, but I truly don't think that it works that way for me. Hey, if I could lose 25% of my body weight that would be great! We are all learning what it takes for each of us. 3 more days of this month, better for me than February was, but I upped my activity by double.
Running monthly total: loss 3.9 lbs3 -
3/1-239.0
3/7-240.8
3/14-238.6
3/21-237.6
3/28-236.8
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