Magical and marvellous March - accountability thread
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Antiopelle
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2019: HW 78 - LW 69
CW: 70.0
Feb GW: maintain between 69 and 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge - master week 3
4. Weekly accountability checkin
CW: 70.0
Feb GW: maintain between 69 and 70
Goals:
1. Walk at least 10k a day
2. Keep within my daily cals
3. Push-up challenge - master week 3
4. Weekly accountability checkin
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Starting weight 145
Current weight 144.2
Goal weight 130
weight loss goal for March 5 pounds
Goals:
1) to work up to over 40 ounces of water on all days
2) to weigh and log all of my food
3) to exercise in some fashion every day
4) to be more mindful in my eating and exercise
5) weekly checkins
Namaste, Kristine
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Age: 25
Height: 5'8"
Jan SW: 164.5
Feb SW: 161.5
Mar SW: 157.5
Mar GW: 155
It actually feels weird to type that number as my goal. It's the lowest I will have been in a while. By the end of this month I should also be up to running 8 miles if I keep with it. Good luck everyone! We got this4 -
Is there an actual weigh in day or do we just use our own day?
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Mar SW: 142.4
HW: ~166
GW: 130
Goals:
1) Eat out max 2x/week (includes lunches at work)
2) Workout min 4x/week
3/1: 142.4
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169 cm / 5’5”, 37 y
HW: 76.1 kg / 168 lbs (26/Aug/19)
GW Mar: 70.5 kg / 155 lbs
Overall GW: 57.5 kg / 127 lbs
Monthly avg –> Sep: 73.6 kg / Oct: 73.0 kg / Nov: 72.5 kg / Dec: 71.6 kg / Jan: 71.7 kg / Feb: 72.3 kg
Goal #1: Loose what I regained in January/February.
Goal #2: Log more regularly including weekends.
Goal #3: Go running at least twice a week. Plus, continue first sessions for flexibility exercises at home.
Goal #4: Survive 21 km trail run middle of March.
Hey all,
After some time of hiding my head in the sand not wanting to admit to myself that “changes” like those of the last few weeks will not move my weight in the desired reaction, here we go. No more hiding. I did regain some weight and my monthly average weight went back up in February. Right! There were holidays, some stormy and rainy weeks and lots of chocolate and falling back into a lazy-loop. No surprises. But choices have been made, now it’s time to deal with the consequences. Back to baby steps and those trusted little changes instead of dwelling on the past and being ashamed.
Tea selection in the office is stocked up, water bottle filled, sport schedule this week prepared and the first food diary entries done.
Goal for this month: get back to where I was in December - mindwise at the very least.8 -
@Antiopelle I love the thread-title Thanks for setting it up! Keep doing as well as you did last month. You are one of my inspiration unicorns at the moment!5
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It's been a while since I've done one of these but I really enjoyed the accountability and sharing aspect of the thread, so here it goes! I don't have a scale at home so I go by measurements, tightness of clothing and pictures:
Goal 1: My aim for this month is nothing too drastic, lose aprox. 2 cm in hips and thighs (hardest area to drop imo) and 1-2 in waist. I'll find my arm measurements which I think I've written down in another notebook..I measured myself this Saturday and wrote it down somewhere else:
Chest: 83cm/32,7in
Waist: 64.5/25,2
Hips: 96/37,8
Thigh: 54/21,3
Goal 2: Workout at least 4x/week
Goal 3: Stretch at least 3x/week (starting again to work towards getting the splits)
Goal 4: Check in weekly with this group3 -
169 cm / 5’5”, 37 y
HW: 76.1 kg / 168 lbs (26/Aug/19)
GW Mar: 70.5 kg / 155 lbs
Overall GW: 57.5 kg / 127 lbs
Monthly avg –> Sep: 73.6 kg / Oct: 73.0 kg / Nov: 72.5 kg / Dec: 71.6 kg / Jan: 71.7 kg / Feb: 72.3 kg
Goal #1: Loose what I regained in January/February.
Goal #2: Log more regularly including weekends.
Goal #3: Go running at least twice a week. Plus, continue first sessions for flexibility exercises at home.
Goal #4: Survive 21 km trail run middle of March.
Hey all,
After some time of hiding my head in the sand not wanting to admit to myself that “changes” like those of the last few weeks will not move my weight in the desired reaction, here we go. No more hiding. I did regain some weight and my monthly average weight went back up in February. Right! There were holidays, some stormy and rainy weeks and lots of chocolate and falling back into a lazy-loop. No surprises. But choices have been made, now it’s time to deal with the consequences. Back to baby steps and those trusted little changes instead of dwelling on the past and being ashamed.
Tea selection in the office is stocked up, water bottle filled, sport schedule this week prepared and the first food diary entries done.
Goal for this month: get back to where I was in December - mindwise at the very least.
Glad you're back @jacau ! No need to ponder over the lost time, you have your head back in the game and that is what counts ! You've got this !2 -
Thanks @Antiopelle for getting March going!!
47, 5’2”
CW:107.4
GW:Maintenance
CBF: 18.9 %
Goal BF%: 18.5%
Goal #1:Stick to light dinner diet
Goal #2:Drinks on weekends only
Goal #3: OTF 4x week
Goal #4: 10 min morning workout
09/30 109.6, 19.6%
10/30 108, 19.1%
11/27 108.4, 19.4%
12/31 112, 20.6%
01/31 110.2, 20.1%
02/28 107.6, 18.9%
03/01 107.4, 18.8%
I am going for maintenance. I am at a comfortable, feel good point right now.
Took a solid week off from work outs and didn't eat much as I had no appetite due to the flu. But I don't feel weak. I don't feel like I lost strength. I feel... okay.
I plan on slowly getting my workouts in. Getting good quality foods in my system. And see where it will take me. 😊
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5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
Mar GW: 137
GW: 133
August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2
I'm going to add in one thing to force myself to measure at the end of the month......
Bust: 38 - Aug (-1")
Band: 33 - Aug (-1")
Waist: 28.5 - Aug (-.5")
Hips 38.5- No change in Aug
Goal #1: Workout 4 days a week - Yoga Burn/Bike/Walk
Goal #2: Be consistent with push up challenge
Goal #3: Stay under on intake min of 5 days a week
Goal #4: Replace nightly glass of wine with herbal tea 3x a week
I had the worst flu the end of Jan, so I feel pretty decent about Feb overall. Weighed in this morning at 143.2 so that means I was about to maintain things while out of town on a sale trip - total win for me! Spent 4 days in Scottsdale and didn't lose progress.
It's going to be a BUSY month, I'm really excited about daylight savings time, my wedding & my birthday!!! If I can get my average weight down to 140 this month, I'll be happy. (I broke my phone Thursday and am betting I lost all my 'happy scale' data). DAMMIT!5 -
Thanks for this monthly accountability thread.
Starting weight 152
This month's goal: 148
Work out 6 days a week
Pre-plan meals
Track on MFP daily2 -
@cayenne_007 is your wedding on 3/8?! That's this weekend!! (my dad's b-day too)
You got your dress and rings ready?? Stay healthy! Can't wait to see your pictures!!3 -
Hi everyone, I am new here and looking forward to getting to know everyone.
Highest - 160lbs
Current - 145.5lbs
Goal - 135lbs
Goal - to work on my nutrition and making better food choices.5 -
Hey there. New to the group!
43 yo. 5'5"
Starting weight: 172 lbs
Current weight: 157.7 lbs
Goal weight: 135
Weight loss goal for March: 10 lbs
Okay - explanation time for the aggressive goal. I've been at 155 lbs or thereabouts F.O.R.E.V.E.R!! (Or so it feels like - really, it was since October.) Since then, I've yo-yo'd going down to 153 lbs but always bouncing back up. End of Jan - February has been a bit of a disaster. Having 3 birthdays in a family within 4 weeks (read LOTS of cake and celebratory eating!) and a vacation has meant that 155 lbs changed to 157.7 lbs. I know it will be fairly easy to get to 155 lbs again (water retention will go down once all the highly salted, processed, vacation fare goes away) but the next bit will be killer.
The ultimate win is to reach my goal weight by end of April - my start weight will be from 1 year ago then. The only way this is going to happen is to think BIG and aim HIGH!
Strategy:
1. Renew commitment to intermittent fasting - a strict 16/8 protocol
2. Lighter dinners and packed lunches 4 out of 5 days a week.
3. To work up to over 40 ounces of water on all days - especially on weekends
4. Cut back on carbs - load up on veggies and fruits and vegetable proteins
5. Get active - walk one way to work - 40 mins (on good weather days. Canadian winters are tough, y'all!). Start 10 min workout app.
6. Wine is for the weekend - limit to a glass a day. Friday totally counts as a weekend though...!
I gonna need some cheering and hand-holding - I hope you'll be on my team and I'm so happy to be on yours!6 -
weatherking2019 wrote: »@cayenne_007 is your wedding on 3/8?! That's this weekend!! (my dad's b-day too)
You got your dress and rings ready?? Stay healthy! Can't wait to see your pictures!!
3/14 - it's going to be super casual and just fun - basically the closest thing to eloping that I can get away with and not make my family too mad! Hahaha! I have a place, preacher, flowers, and a great place to eat reserved.... ring is still being worked on, and there's no telling what I'll wind up wearing but it won't be a white dress. We just want a chance to visit with family and have fun. I kept it to immediate family only - otherwise, I swear it would wind up being 500 people and just to complicated.4 -
cayenne_007 wrote: »weatherking2019 wrote: »@cayenne_007 is your wedding on 3/8?! That's this weekend!! (my dad's b-day too)
You got your dress and rings ready?? Stay healthy! Can't wait to see your pictures!!
3/14 - it's going to be super casual and just fun - basically the closest thing to eloping that I can get away with and not make my family too mad! Hahaha! I have a place, preacher, flowers, and a great place to eat reserved.... ring is still being worked on, and there's no telling what I'll wind up wearing but it won't be a white dress. We just want a chance to visit with family and have fun. I kept it to immediate family only - otherwise, I swear it would wind up being 500 people and just to complicated.
This sounds like a beautiful plan. I hope it'll all work out nicely and you guys get to enjoy a happy, chaotic, warm, and blissful family day!
@weatherking2019 Did you already pick a date?3 -
60 yo, 5'2"
SW, May 2019: 150
CW, March 2020: 110
GW: was 120, then 115, now maintenance
Goals:
More protein, less fat (that's tricky)
Manage sodium <1800 mg/day
Exercise: at least 30 minutes cardio 5x week; weights 3x week
Reduce body fat%, currently about 27%.
Cardio is usually a stationary bike, trying to get 5 miles in 30 minutes but it usually takes 32. Sometimes I walk. Gym days I use the treadmill or elliptical and do weights and crunches: 45 crunches, 45 bicep curls and 45 upright rows with 20 lb. barbell; 45 tricep extensions with 12.5 lb. dumbbell.
Note: diabetes well controlled, so watching carbs.2 -
41 yo, 5’5”
CW: 165
Body fat %: 22.5
GW: ??
Goals:
Lift 3x a week
Stick to marathon training distances for long runs
Log all foods
Hey all! I got a body composition scale, then disappeared for a few months while I tried to figure out what my food and body goals were. I have a fairly high muscle mass (128 lbs of fat free mass), so I’m still trying to figure out what goal weight makes sense. I think I’ll stick with 155, but I don’t want to sacrifice any muscle and I want to have sufficient energy storage for running long distances. I’ve got two back to back half marathons this month, and am training for at least one full in May. So I’m trying to keep my protein up and reduce refined carbs, but I’m not sure I want to go total low carb again?
Looking forward to seeing everyone hit those great goals!3 -
5'8" 42yo
SW: 154.4
Mar GW: 137
GW: 133
August SW 145.8 EW 145.6
Sept SW 145.6 EW 145.6
Oct SW 145.6 EW 142.6
Nov SW 142.6 EW 146.2
Dec SW 146.2 EW 147.0
Jan SW 147.0 EW 142.0
Feb SW 140.5 EW 143.2
Mar SW 143.2
I'm going to add in one thing to force myself to measure at the end of the month......
Bust: 38 - Aug (-1")
Band: 33 - Aug (-1")
Waist: 28.5 - Aug (-.5")
Hips 38.5- No change in Aug
Goal #1: Workout 4 days a week - Yoga Burn/Bike/Walk
Goal #2: Be consistent with push up challenge
Goal #3: Stay under on intake min of 5 days a week
Goal #4: Replace nightly glass of wine with herbal tea 3x a week
I had the worst flu the end of Jan, so I feel pretty decent about Feb overall. Weighed in this morning at 143.2 so that means I was about to maintain things while out of town on a sale trip - total win for me! Spent 4 days in Scottsdale and didn't lose progress.
It's going to be a BUSY month, I'm really excited about daylight savings time, my wedding & my birthday!!! If I can get my average weight down to 140 this month, I'll be happy. (I broke my phone Thursday and am betting I lost all my 'happy scale' data). DAMMIT!
3/5 - 143.0, AVE 143.6 - yesterday was decent on food, finally felt back in my routine. Spent a few hours riding, cleaning stalls & washing one dirty little mutt. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! Come on Spring!4