Lose 5lbs + in March 2019

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  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,005 Member
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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.

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    Total loss for March
  • tiabirdie56
    tiabirdie56 Posts: 3,990 Member
    edited 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😕
    3/3 - 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
    📌3/18 171
    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
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    📌 3/25
    3/26
    3/27
    3/28
    3/29
    3/30
    3/31

    Even though fluid weight is constantly messing with me, I can say that I've actually lost this much fat weight.

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,571 Member
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    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 - 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 - 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.



    Running monthly total: loss 2.8 lbs
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,571 Member
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    I want to "Like" "Woo" and "Hug" but now I am getting a Java permission error- it is enabled, it worked until 2 days ago.
    Well, "Woo" everybody who is crushing it this month.
    "Hugs" to those whose bodies are not wanting to drop the lbs.
    I "Like" reading everybody's posts.
  • jenn990205
    jenn990205 Posts: 1,207 Member
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    I am getting that same error message about java script as of 2 days ago to. If I do it from my phone though, I have no issues. This site is just weird sometimes
  • ebonyroche
    ebonyroche Posts: 675 Member
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    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 -
    29th -
    31st -

    March loss -
    February loss - 9.2 lbs
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 10,878 Member
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    Female named Donna - 58 years young - 5’ 5 ½” - Midwest USA

    I DON’T QUIT WHEN I’M TIRED…..I QUIT WHEN I’M DONE!

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    I am weighing in on the First and the Last day of each month for a full monthly account. In March I shall start on the 2nd (Travel no weigh on the 1st).


    MY STATS:
    Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
    Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
    March starting weight – 188.8
    March goal - 182.8 lbs
    March Actual End Weight: TBD


    Weight/Comment:

    Mar 02 - 188.8
    Mar 08 - 190.8 Oh my! Egg Fast/Fat Fast starting today (Thanks Tish for reminding me of this option)
    Mar 15 - 185.6 Thanking the eggs & God. Now, to just stay strong. Lots of travel (4 days) this upcoming week. I expect lots of sitting & restaurants in the picture. I would like to be proud of myself when this week is all over.
    Mar 23 - Weighing in one day late after 5 days of travel this past week. 189.6 . And that’s what you get folks when it’s mostly restaurant food, not enough water & lots of sitting…sitting…sitting.
    Mar 28 -
    Mar 31 -


    Final Challenge Thoughts:
  • LisaW57
    LisaW57 Posts: 339 Member
    edited March 2019
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    I shot up after hitting a new low at beginning of the month - totally normal for me. The drop rate is not lining up to 5 lbs below the March 1st starting point. I'll call it good if I can get to 152 and will dance a jig if I see 151. 😂😂😂

    Weather's warming up a bit, so the inclination to hibernate will start to wane. Expect April will be a better go.

    As frustrating as this is, I keep reminding myself that I'm typically still putting on winter weight January through March. So maintenance is an improvement, and any net loss is a wild success.

    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
    22nd - 154.3
    28th -
    31st -

    Looks like the adjusted goal is realistic and attainable. I am struggling to jolt this 61 year old metabolism that appears to have retired without my permission. It's frustrating, but I'm staying the course. This is not my first rodeo, I know when and where I'm slipping up. And I understand that the recovery is more challenging with age and biological changes that sometimes make fluctuations nearly inexplicable.

    I know that I started March at a new low. I knew I'd spike a bit. And I knew if I'd stay the course, it would drop again. You can see where I tracked that. What you don't see is similar spike and drop between the 15th and 18th. That would be due to a 4-day weekend getaway - with irregular fast and restaurant food meals and abandonment of my regular exercise routine.

    I did well. I did not track. I simply paid attention to serving size and made sure that I was getting plenty of water, fruits, and veggies. While I wasn't exercising, I was getting about 75-100% more steps. Did you know steps from the hotel to Waffle House count?! 😂

    The first morning home, I was up 3 pounds. I haven't returned to the exercising - and I'll restart that today. While not tracking, I did return to my normal eating, and I'll restart that today too, but today I'm .6 lbs lower than when we left.

    I'm a nerd and a data geek. I forget who it is that shows the amazing chart with the mean weight loss graphed out. THANK YOU. I can actually see that in my head now when I look at the MFP app's progress chart. That's a great tool for seeing overall progress and staying motivated when you see spikes and drops from daily weigh ins that resemble a freaking EKG. When you are only looking at a 5-10 pound data range, normal fluctuations look much worse than they are.

    I think we get hung up on watching that monthly starting weight, and measuring lows against our monthly goal. We don't give ourselves enough credit for the work it takes to overcome the fluctuations. When I look at that, while my overall March loss is a negative 0.8 pounds, I've lost a total of 5.3 in 3 weeks.

    Conversely, I gained 6.1 pounds. Without crunching the numbers, that's been pretty much the same for January and February. Do the math. If I weren't focusing and putting the work in, I could easily be 10-15 pounds heavier (with fluctuations) than my original starting weight.

    Thank you to Samantha, and everyone participating in this challenge. The accountability, support, and tolerance for our introspection are invaluable.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,571 Member
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    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 - 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 - 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 pound this month by the numbers. Resigning myself a bit to the post-menopausal metabolism.



    Running monthly total: loss 2.0 lbs

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