30 pounds to lose challenge by March 2021

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  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,414 Member
    @goyologo At least you maintained and have come far since your starting weight. I assume plateaus are normal and to be expected. Shake it up a little- try something new, journal your feelings, cook some new healthy desserts to quell your sweet tooth, etc. I think you're doing very well!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,414 Member
    @WeatherJane You are making steady progress! Bravo!
    @frankwbrown 19 pounds lost is amazing!! You keep it going!
    @mochasmommie7193 You're doing well! Healthy, steady progress!! 11 pounds to go!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,414 Member
    Up_n_Running wrote: »
    Lost 1lb !

    Not as much as I hoped for, but a 1lb is a lb. And a loss is a loss 🥳


    Yes! It is great actually! It all adds up.
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    Start Weight 160.2
    Goal Weight 135

    12/28 160.2
    1/4 155.8
    1/11 155.4
    1/18 154.2
    1/25 152.4
    2/1 152.6
    2/8 150.0
    2/15 151.8
    2/22 149.2
    3/1 146.2
    3/8 146.6
  • lperkins5
    lperkins5 Posts: 49 Member
    Hi all, great going to everyone!!! I'm happy to report that my weight is finally starting to go down. Being an older man, I had to do even more. Apparently white fat is harder to burn, it needs to be converted into brown fat which is what babies have mostly since they can't eat real food. So, fasting gets me into the brown fat area where the body uses that as fuel. I went from 283 to 269 in five weeks. To help, I drink a mixture of water, 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper in the morning, take my probiotics, omega 3, B12 and vitamin D. Walk 2 to 3 miles and I have one meal a day around 4 or 5 p.m., about 1500 cals. Then eat a pickle before bed. so far, so good..
  • lperkins5
    lperkins5 Posts: 49 Member
    lperkins5 wrote: »
    Hi all, great going to everyone!!! I'm happy to report that my weight is finally starting to go down. Being an older man, I had to do even more. Apparently white fat is harder to burn, it needs to be converted into brown fat which is what babies have mostly since they can't eat real food. So, fasting gets me into the brown fat area where the body uses that as fuel. I went from 283 to 269 in five weeks. To help, I drink a mixture of water, 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper in the morning, take my probiotics, omega 3, B12 and vitamin D. Walk 2 to 3 miles and I have one meal a day around 4 or 5 p.m., about 1500 cals. Then eat a pickle before bed. so far, so good..

    I missed one ingredient, a mixture of "water (12 ounces), 2 tablespoons of Raw Apple Cinder Vinegar with Mother, 2 tablespoons of 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper"
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    kwgrandma wrote: »
    “It’s not enough to eat veggies and do yoga. You also must work on healing the stress and anger in your life.” – Karen Salmansohn

    When we manage our stress and heal our anger (and all our other emotional baggage) we can then break the habit of emotional eating. I honestly can’t imagine being able to overcome the bad habits while feeling dragged down with stress and difficult emotions. It’s taken a lot of time and effort to get to this point. Finally.

    Remember, you deserve to be healthy.

    Be well everyone.

    Oh my goodness. 💯 true.
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
    JenT304 wrote: »
    Beautiful weather today again in the mid-Atlantic. 75 and sunny sounds pretty good to me. I've been increasing my walking by 2 minutes per day, trying to go from 30 to 60. Today I'll do 46. I literally set my alarm for half (23 minutes today) walk, then when it rings, turn round and walk back. It seems to be working...at least I am not gaining though have been stuck for 4 days. When I get discouraged by the slow weight loss I try to remember that I did not put on these extra 40 lbs in weeks, it took years. I just have to be patient with myself. Progress is being made, albeit slowly.
    Have a healthy day, Everyone!

    Great mindset!!! Great weather!!!
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
    shnerb00 wrote: »
    Start Weight 160.2
    Goal Weight 135

    12/28 160.2
    1/4 155.8
    1/11 155.4
    1/18 154.2
    1/25 152.4
    2/1 152.6
    2/8 150.0
    2/15 151.8
    2/22 149.2
    3/1 146.2
    3/8 146.6

    Amazing progress!!!!!
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
    shnerb00 wrote: »
    Ugh. I over ate substantially today. My son turned 12 and asked for Fries, chicken strips, pork bites, nachos and DQ ice cream cake. This is his 2nd Covid’ restricted birthday as he was one of the first whose birthday was ‘postponed’ for ‘ a couple weeks’, (or so we thought) last year.

    Anyway, we did it up with some good party food this year. Maybe next year he will get a real party with friends??

    Back on track tomorrow.

    How’s everyone else? It’s been awfully quiet here...

    I feel in a bit of a funk lately...not sure if it's the whole pandemic starting to get on my nerves lol but back on track!!! Happy birthday to your son, I know this past year has been hard on kids.
  • RunDMC2021
    RunDMC2021 Posts: 137 Member
    edited March 2021
    I have been curious about approximately how long it's going to take to lose 20lbs.
    Now we are all different, so there is no definitive answer, but it seems that the consensus on Google(I was bored tonight! 😁)is approximately 4 - 5 months.
    So I'm going to try to be patient during this slow, but steady process.
    The excess weight didn't get there over night, after all. 🤭
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,200 Member
    @rnc52012
    I think it depends a lot on how close you are to your ideal weight. One pound a week would seem doable.

    When I started last July, I was averaging losing 2.1 pounds/week, but I was 100+ pounds overweight then. Now, still around 50 pounds overweight, I've lost 3 pounds in the last four weeks (that's only 0.75 pounds/week). I've had to adjust to the fact that it may very well take me the rest of the year (as opposed to July) to get to where I want to be. It definitely requires taking the long view, with persistence, perseverance and patience.
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    kwgrandma wrote: »
    It’s Friday weigh-in for me. Seems my progress is slowing down, but still progress. These numbers cross two weeks as I was away for my last weigh-in.

    Start 165 lbs
    2 weeks ago 152.2 lbs
    Present 149.6 lbs
    Goal 140 lbs
    Loss this 2 weeks -2.4 lbs
    Total loss 15.4 lbs

    Be well everyone!

    You’re doing great @kwgrandma !!
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    shannonkelly08 wrote: »
    shnerb00 wrote: »
    Ugh. I over ate substantially today. My son turned 12 and asked for Fries, chicken strips, pork bites, nachos and DQ ice cream cake. This is his 2nd Covid’ restricted birthday as he was one of the first whose birthday was ‘postponed’ for ‘ a couple weeks’, (or so we thought) last year.

    Anyway, we did it up with some good party food this year. Maybe next year he will get a real party with friends??

    Back on track tomorrow.

    How’s everyone else? It’s been awfully quiet here...

    I feel in a bit of a funk lately...not sure if it's the whole pandemic starting to get on my nerves lol but back on track!!! Happy birthday to your son, I know this past year has been hard on kids.

    Yes the anniversary of the lock down could very well be a contributing factor. Kids have been hit hard but wow, are they ever resilient. I hope the combination of spring and more vaccines will reinvigorate a very tired society.
    So glad to hear you’re back on track! You’ve got this!
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    RubyRed427 wrote: »

    It could be pandemic fatigue. Not sure where you live but maybe you're also lacking sunshine / vitamin D. I know I am! Today I heard the kids quizzing each other on vocabulary words, and one said "here look at my skin, what word describes it?" The other kids said "pallor". LOL

    Last evening, I stopped at Walgreens and ended up buying some salty snacks and ate them like crazy. I've been low carb so it probably was a little breaking point. Today back on track.

    I also have become more vigilant about taking vitamin D along with my multivitamin. Don’t know if it’s making a difference with energy but it sure doesn’t hurt to try! I think I’m going to add some iron to the mix.

    Hearing and seeing this all through through a kid’s lens is a breath of fresh air. What grade do you teach?
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 270 Member
    frankwbrown wrote: »
    I've been enjoying the opportunity to swim. I had planned to swim every other day, but then I swam 5 days in a row!
    I definitely needed a break after that so no swimming yesterday. Today, I swam 1600 yards, in ~56 minutes. My goal is to swim 1800 yards in an hour. Then, I'd have achieved the speed of migrating sea turtles! I fantasize about being able to hang with a bunch of them for an hour or so. :D

    Weighing in tomorrow; I don't think I'll be pleased. :frowning:
    But I know I'm getting better physically, even though I'm not seeing the weight loss I'd like. It's a long slow journey. There's a part of me that's like a kid on a car trip whining, "When are we gonna get there?", "Are we there yet?", "Are we there yet?"...
    And I say, "Ahh hush up. Read your book. We'll get there when we get there." :D

    Haha. This analogy couldn’t be more spot on!

    @rnc52012 slow and steady! Consistency will get you where you want to be. So tough to put a time stamp on it but, when in doubt, ask Google. Lol.
  • kwgrandma
    kwgrandma Posts: 59 Member
    edited March 2021
    There have been many things I’ve given up to attain weight loss. Today I’m tossing out another . . . aspartame.

    I was away last week visiting family and drank only water, coffee, and tea. I was quite please that I didn’t have any cravings while away. Since returning I’ve been drinking aspartame sweetened lemonade and I haven’t been able to shake the felt need to snack. I did a bit of research online and found aspartame can lead to cravings and weight gain.

    **** Anyone else find this to be true? ****

    Anyway, I’ve tossed that lemonade in the trash. Water, coffee, tea only. And I’ll be closely reading nutrition labels going forward.

    Be well!
  • mochasmommie7193
    mochasmommie7193 Posts: 155 Member
    Count me in! I’d love to join. I NEED TO JOIN. I need some serious Accountability. I’d like to lose exactly 18.4 pounds from what I weighed on yesterday. Because "Life Happens" more often than not for me, I am hoping to reach my goal by the end of June. I will post weekly on Fridays. Best of luck to All of us!

    Dec 7th 18.4 (Weight Loss Goal)



    Dec 11th -3.4 (Total -3.4) 15.0 To Go
    Dec 18th -1.4 (Total- 4.8) 13.6 To Go
    Dec 25th Merry Christmas
    Jan 1st Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary (Wedding) to me
    Jan 8th +4.8 (Total 0.0) 18.4 To Go (Earned, Owning and Pressing On!)
    Jan 15th -1.2 (Total -1.2) 17.2 To Go
    Jan 22nd -1.0 (Total -2.2) 16.2 To Go
    Jan 29th -0.6 (Total -2.8) 15.6 To Go
    Feb 5th -1.4 (Total -4.2) 14.2 To Go
    Feb 12th -0.4 (Total -4.6) 13.8 To Go
    Feb 19th -1.4 (Total -6.0) 12.4 To Go
    Feb 26th -0.2 (Total -6.2) 12.2 To Go
    Mar 5th -0.6 (Total 6.8) 11.6 To Go
    Mar 12th -1.4 (Total 8.2) 10.2 To Go

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