Lose 5lbs + in April 2019

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  • heatherwold1974
    heatherwold1974 Posts: 16 Member
    January starting weight - 197.5
    January goal - 192.5 (met)
    February goal: 185.5
    March Goal: 183
    April Goal: 181
    Ultimate goal - 155

    1/1- 197.5
    1/8- 195
    1/15- 193
    1/22- 190.5 !!Goal!!
    1/29- 191
    2/5- 190.5
    2/12- 188.5
    2/19- 189
    2/26- 188
    3/5- 188.5
    3/12- 185
    3/19- 185
    3/26-186
    4/2-183
    4/9-184
    4/16-183
    4/30-183.5
  • jenn990205
    jenn990205 Posts: 1,207 Member
    I'm back for another round! Still trying to get into the 140's, lol. Ended March at 150.1, so close, but not a 149 something on the scale. Looking to finish this month at 146, that's a pound a week and hopefully get past this 3 week plateau I have been dealing with. Let's get started!


    Starting weight: 178
    Goal weight: 140
    Challenge start weight: 150.1
    Challenge goal weight: 146.0
    Weigh in days will be Thursday

    April 1 - 152.6 weekend bump always happens on Mondays!
    April 4 - 148.8 I am finally out of the 150's! Maybe, hopefully. lol. We will see what next week brings!
    April 11 - 148.8 same at least it didn't go up I guess
    April 18 - DNW - NO SCALE ON VACATION
    April 25 - 148.1 Slowly continuing the slope down. Don't think I will make the 5 pounds, but even if I can make 3 or 3.5 I would be happy!

    April 30 - 148.2 I have never made 5 pounds in a month, but I am happy with my progress as slow as it may be. Saw lower a couple of times this month, so hoping to do better next month.

    Loss so far: 1.9 pounds
  • LadySaton
    LadySaton Posts: 500 Member
    LadySaton wrote: »
    5’6” // 36yo
    Starting weight: 223.6lbs
    Goal weight: 130lbs
    Challenge start weight: 151.0
    Challenge goal weight: 146.0

    April challenge info:
    April 1 - 151.0
    April 7 - 149.6
    April 14 - 147.8
    April 21 - 147.2
    April 28 - 146.4
    April 30 -

    I had a huge salty meal so I’m expecting to be up from water weight for a couple days, but I’ll log my weight Tuesday anyhow! I’m happy with how April went and prepared for a slower loss in May. 👍🏻

    Today I was at 147.4 so still retaining that water weight. 😱

    Still happy with how April went overall. I didn’t lose what I’d hoped to, but I had some exciting NSVs. ^_^
  • jenn990205
    jenn990205 Posts: 1,207 Member
    Has anybody seen the May post yet?
  • tiabirdie56
    tiabirdie56 Posts: 4,097 Member
    jenn990205 wrote: »
    Has anybody seen the May post yet?

    Jenn, I'm sure Samantha, @SamanthaLouiseMence will start a new thread when she realizes the month is over. If not, I will message her.

  • LisaW57
    LisaW57 Posts: 339 Member
    edited April 2019
    61 years old; 5'2"
    Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
    April starting weight - 152.4
    April goal -147.4

    Ultimate goal - 135.0

    1st - 152.4 (153.9 trend weight)
    5th - 152.4 (153.5 trend weight)
    12th - 152.5 (153.4 trend weight)
    19th - 152.7 (153.0 trend weight)
    26th - 150.9 (152.7 trend weight) YES! YES! YES!
    30th - 151.6 (152.0 trend weight)

    Another of those baffling gains. I'm in a calorie deficit, so not sweating it. The scale will catch up. Didn't hit April goal, but have made significant priorprogress. Consistent loss in terms weight, so happy there.

    Game Plan:
    • Continue weekly meal planning ✔ This is critical for me. Without a plan, I will rely on fast and easy carryout or delivery
    • Log daily in MFP - focus on daily calorie deficit ✔ I have upped the exercise and am focused on maintaining a deficit. I use the calorie allowance only as a baseline.
    • Increase Fitbit steps from 2500 (March avg) to 5000 by end of April ✔ Bumped my goal to 5000 on Sunday. Because I'm fighting for every step now, I don't expect to hit this new average out of the gate/color]
    • Hit active minutes goal of 20 minutes daily ✔ Hitting this and bumped it to 25 on Sunday
    • Increase strength building exercise from 5 days to 7 Still at 6. It's a process.
    • Watch weight trend and don't freak out over daily fluctuations ✔ Patience and calm

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