😀😀😀***March 2023 WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE***😀😀😀
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My name is Donna. I am 62 years old and I live in the Midwest of the US. I am 5’ 5” tall.
Start Weight (from Feb 28, 2023 ): 191.6
Goal Weight: 186.6 (5 pound loss)
End of Challenge Weight: xxxxx
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145-155 (I’ll know it when I get there!)
Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.
03/01-191.6-(Trend Weight: 192.8)-
03/08-190.6-(Trend Weight: 192.7)-
03/15-188.8-(Trend Weight: 191.0)- I have had a good week in that I have stayed strong for the most part. I saw my family doctor yesterday and she was pleased with my progress. I’m sticking to my guns as best as I can. It really makes a difference in my blood glucose readings and that is what is driving me right now. I am spending the day batch cooking. Yesterday at the out-of-town grocery store I bought a 3 pack of large English cut Roasts. I cooked one overnight in the crock pot, I’m cooking another all day today and I’ll do the last one overnight. Guess what I’m having for dinner? LOL
03/22-188.2-(Trend Weight: 190.1)- It’s been a very hard week as my blood pressure has dropped too low. I’ve been afraid to exercise as it raises during then severely drops under normal circumstances and with it running on average about 81/41 that could be deadly! I stopped one of my bp meds until I see an improvement. It has come up slightly. If I don’t see a return to normal soon, and the ability to take my meds again I will have to call the cardiologist which is very far away. So my diet has stayed on point but my exercise is null and that is really slowing things down. It makes a bigger difference than I even realized! I am thrilled with the improvement in my trend weight. It is a reflection of my dietary changes and I just couldn’t be happier. I am down several pounds this month. I don’t think I’ll meet my goal because of the lack of exercise which, in the end will affect the second half of the month, but I am still losing a little and the trajectory is good. I love seeing all the progress and comments in this challenge!
03/29-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-
03/31-xxxxx-(Trend Weight: xxxxx)-
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
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Thanks for this challenge! My name is Rebecca and I live in St. Louis. I’m 43. I started intermittent fasting at the advice of my doctor and I love it. I lost 20 lbs quickly and then have stalled mostly do to falling back to some bad habits. So here we go.
Hw: 285
Cw: 265
March goal: under 260
March 1: 265 lbs
March 8: 256 lbs (-9 lbs)
March 15: 256 lbs (-9 lbs)
March 22: 257 lbs (-8 lbs)
March 29:
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Female, 5’7”
HW: 181 pounds (Dec 30, 2019)
March Start Weight: 133.2 pounds
March Goal Weight: 130 pounds
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130-135 pounds
March 1: 133.2
March 8: 132.9
March 16: 132.3
March 22: 130.3
March 29:
March 31:
Total weight loss/gain to date this month: - 2.9 pounds
Was traveling and on vacation during the middle of the month (hence the dates are slightly off), but re-committed to focusing on calories and taming the sweets. My older daughter's wedding is in exactly 1 month so I'll be happy to maintain at this point.8 -
Female, 6 ft.
[MFP Highest Weight: (8/2018): 268]
[MFP Restart Weight: (8/30/22): 243.4]
March Start Weight: 212 lbs
March Goal Weight: 208 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 199
March 6: 210.6 (-1.4 lbs)
March 18: 208.8 (-1.8 lbs)
March 22: 207.8 (-1 lb)
March 31:
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Start Weight: 197 lbs 1st November 2022
March start weight:179.6 lbs
March Goal Weight: 176.6lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 143 lbs
March 1st: 179.6 lbs
March 8th: 178.5
March 15th:: 176.8
March 22nd : 175 lbs
March 29th :8 -
March Start Weight: 138.6 lbs
March Goal Weight: 135 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 125 lbs
March 1: 138.6 lbs
March 8: 137.8 lbs
March 15: 137.4 lbs
March 22: 135.8 lbs
March 29:
March 31:8 -
March Start Weight: 258.2 lbs
March Goal Weight: 248.2 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 195 lbs
March 1: 258.2 lbs
March 8: 260.8 lbs
March 15: 253.8 lbs
March 22: 252.0 lbs
March 29:
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Just saw this thread and got motivated to join, so the goal is quite new 🙂
March Start Weight: 134 lbs
March Goal Weight: 130 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 115 lbs
(Short term goal: 125 lbs by mid-May 2023)
March 1: 134 lbs
March 22: 133 lbs
March 29:
March 31:8 -
Thank you, @enlightenme3 !
I'm Chris - 72 year old female...5'5" ...I used to be 5'7" but arthritis hit and I lost two inches, so now that two inches is squished around my waist like the billows of a big accordion...
...Oh, well. I'll just keep working on it.
Heaviest: 192.2
Round GW: 150.0
UGW: 132.2
03/01 - 157.4 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty in the morning then 60 min workout w/trainer
03/06 - 157.2 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty in the morning then 60 min workout w/trainer
03/13 - 155.1 at 5:20 a.m. ...Grandson Duty in the morning then 60 min workout w/trainer
03/20 - 156.5 at 6:00 a.m. ...Grandson Duty in the morning then 60 min workout w/trainer
03/27 -
03/31 -
Good luck everyone.
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I started my journey in August 2021 at 276lb
As of march1st I've lost 91.6lb
March start weight 184.4lb
March Goal Weight: 176 lb
Ultimate Goal Weight: 176lb
Stretch Goal as this is my last 8.4lb getting me to 100lb lost and my goal weight
March 1: 184.4lb
March 6 183.2lb 1.2lb
March 13: 181.8lb 1.4lb
March 20: 181.6lb .2lb
March 27
March 31:
5.6lb to goal weight 😎
Struggling this month. I'm in an unhealthy vicious circle! I've cut my calories and I'm walking over 10000 steps a day but have no energy for anything else! Think this will be my last dieting month ... Will change my goal to 182lb, go on maintenance for the next few months and then decide if I need to lose the extra 6lb
I'm realising 176lb was a vanity goal .... just so I could say I lost 100lb but losing 94lb is OK too!!! 8 -
March Start Weight: 162.5kg
March Goal Weight: 158.5kg
Ultimate Goal Weight: 146.3kg*
March 1: 162.5kg/358.3lbs
March 8: 159.2kg/351.0lbs
March 15: 157.0kg/346.1lbs
March 22: 156.4kg/344.8lbs
March 29:
March 31:
A difficult week with lots of stress eating and deviating from the food plan, but I'm still down from last week and have managed to regain my dedication to sticking to my goals. Have to remember I've already lost more than my 4kg target for this month, so can't be too harsh with myself!
*My "ultimate" goal reflects a 10% weight loss, after this I'll set a new goal!7 -
March Start Weight: 162.5kg
March Goal Weight: 158.5kg
Ultimate Goal Weight: 146.3kg*
March 1: 162.5kg/358.3lbs
March 8: 159.2kg/351.0lbs
March 15: 157.0kg/346.1lbs
March 22: 156.4kg/344.8lbs
March 29:
March 31:
A difficult week with lots of stress eating and deviating from the food plan, but I'm still down from last week and have managed to regain my dedication to sticking to my goals. Have to remember I've already lost more than my 4kg target for this month, so can't be too harsh with myself!
*My "ultimate" goal reflects a 10% weight loss, after this I'll set a new goal!
Great progress! Short term goals are the way to go! I ve lost nearly 100lb .... by setting lots of short term goals. Thinking about the end goal is just to much!5 -
12/31: 148.6
1/31: 147.2
2/28:139.2
Mar Goal Weight: 134.2
Ultimate Goal Weight: 115
March 1: 138.8
March 8: 139
March 17: 136.2
March 22: 135.8
March 29:
March 31:5 -
March Start Weight: feb 28 was 198.0, still yoyoing but that must stop
March Goal Weight:
Ultimate Goal Weight:
March 1: 196.4
March 8: 195.4
March 15: 193.2
March 22: 194.4
March 29:
March 31:5 -
March Start Weight: 196.5
March Goal Weight: 189
Ultimate Goal Weight: 154
March 7: 196.5
March 15: 192.5
March 25: 193.5
March 29:
March 31:
March goal weight looking unlikely despite eating healthy and exercising but at least hopeful for a sustained weight loss! Keeping going and hoping it will all kick in soon.5 -
Heaviest weight: 175.4 in early 2013.
Original MFP starting weight (January 2018) - 168.2
February 25 (Starting Weight): - 138.4 (10-day average 140.3)
March goal - Maintain current weight
Ultimate goal - Range between 138 - 148
I report scale weight and (ten day average weight), and I post on Saturdays.
February 25: 138.4 (10-day average 140.3)
March 4: 142.8 (10-day average 140.2)
March 11: 142.0 (10-day average 142.5)
March 18: 141.2 (10-day average 142.3)
March 25: 144.4 (10-day average 143.2)
April 1:
Total loss for March I am up a pound for the week and three for the month. I am still maintaining right in the middle of my maintenance range. This is the eighth week back in maintenance after being over maintenance for two years from October 2020 through the end of 2022.
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Mar 4: 300.8
Mar 11: 299.0
Mar 18: 297.2
Mar 25: 299
I have not been diligent this week sadly. It's CBKburger month here in town....this is where food eateries provide off menu burgers for $20 and $5 goes to a charity which this time is a womens' shelter. Oh my the special burgers are sooooo good!! And hard to resist....lol Also I've had a couple of pasta dinners at home. I have had a hard time tracking calories on my dinners this week as they're a mix up of food and not as easy as logging individual foods. Must go back to basic food so I can log it. I'd hate to see that 300 on the scale again.
March weight drop: 1.8 lbs
Total weight drop todate: 34.3 lbs.
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3rdtimelosesit wrote: »Mar 4: 300.8
Mar 11: 299.0
Mar 18: 297.2
Mar 25: 299
I have not been diligent this week sadly. It's CBKburger month here in town....this is where food eateries provide off menu burgers for $20 and $5 goes to a charity which this time is a womens' shelter. Oh my the special burgers are sooooo good!! And hard to resist....lol Also I've had a couple of pasta dinners at home. I have had a hard time tracking calories on my dinners this week as they're a mix up of food and not as easy as logging individual foods. Must go back to basic food so I can log it. I'd hate to see that 300 on the scale again.
March weight drop: 1.8 lbs
Total weight drop todate: 34.3 lbs.
Maybe you could just give the $20 to the non-profit and skip the burger? Or find someone to share it with?
Do you have a food scale? If not, treat yourself to one. A digital one that weighs in grams can be found for twenty bucks. Then when you put your dinners together, you can track the ingredients. It's actually pretty easy, and then you can eat many wonderful things, but just not too much of them.
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Highest Weight / January: 206
Goal Weight: 146
March Goal Weight: 186
March 1: 192.1
March 5: 191.5
March 12: 190.0
March 19: 188.6
March 26: 188.5
March 31:
Slow week, but sticking to tracking, walking, water and being patient!5 -
I forgot to post this week! I finally cracked 140. Yay. Still hoping to make my end of month goal.
March Start Weight: 142.2
March Goal Weight: 138
Ultimate Goal Weight: 128
March 1: 142.2
March 8: 140.2
March 15: 141.2
March 23: 139.4
March 29:
March 31:
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I started my journey in August 2021 at 276lb
As of march1st I've lost 91.6lb
March start weight 184.4lb
March Goal Weight: 176.9 lb
Ultimate Goal Weight: 176.9lb
Stretch Goal as this is my last push to get me to 100lb lost and my goal weight
March 1: 184.4lb
March 6 183.2lb 1.2lb
March 13: 181.8lb 1.4lb
March 20: 181.6lb .2lb
March 27: 181.6lb 0lb
March 31:
Scales is just refusing to move! Despite increased steps and a 7000 calories deficit this week
4.7lb to goal weight 😎
Struggling this month. I'm in an unhealthy vicious circle! I've cut my calories and I'm walking over 10000 steps a day but have no energy for anything else! Think this will be my last dieting month ... Will change my goal to 182lb, go on maintenance for the next few months and then decide if I need to lose the extra 6lb I'm realising 176lb was a vanity goal .... just so I could say I lost 100lb but losing 94lb is OK too!!! 7 -
MaliarOksana wrote: »29 yo F
Height: 5' 6" (170cm)
Max weight in the last 5 years: 222 lbs😨
Min weight in the last 5 years: 154.9 😊
November loss: -7.5 lbs
December loss: - 7 lbs
January loss: -4.7 lbs
February loss: - 0.8 lbs
March Starting Weight: 159 lbs
*New March Goal Weight: 153 lbs🤞
Ultimate Goal Weight: 150-155 lbs 🥰
Mar 1st: 159 lbs
Mar 8th: 159 lbs
Mar 18th: 154.9 lbs
Mar 22nd:
Mar 28th:
Congratulations on getting to your ULTIMATE GOAL WEIGHT RANGE!!!!!
My guess is you'll still try to get to the middle of your range, and that's keen. It's a pretty small range. Now the next chapter begins; maintaining that loss. It's not too soon to start the transition; you can start slowly to avoid any kind of bounce. It's basically the exact same as losing, but just with a few more calories in the budget. You'll do great
Thank you very much! I feel this will be the hardest part 😊1 -
I've posted next month's challenge here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10887384/april-2023-weight-loss-challenge/p1?new=1 Hope to see you over there!2
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Starting Weight (March 21, 2023): 210 lbs
March Goal Weight: 205 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130 lbs
March 28: 211 (+ 1 lb)
March 31:
Total March Gain/Loss: + 1 lb
Total Gain/Loss: + 1 lb
It was a rough week;
I did my first workout on Wednesday, and ended up with sharp pain in my injured knee. I wasn't able to work out the rest of the week. It feels better today, but I haven't been on it continuously like I am at work. I'm going to bring it up at my PT appointment this afternoon.
I did try to continue logging my food and water intake, though I didn't always make the healthiest choices. I could just be bloated, but I was hoping to see the scale go in the other direction. Oh well, I'll keep at it...3 -
March Start Weight: 146.50lbs (10-day avg: 146.21lbs)
March Goal Weight: 145lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 137lbs
March 1: 146.50 (10-day avg: 146.21)
March 8: 145.75 (10-day avg: 145.98)
March 15: 146 (10-day avg: 145.98)
March 22: 145.75 (10-day avg: 145.91)
March 29: 145.75 (10-day avg: 145.72)
March 31:4 -
March Start Weight: 196.5
March Goal Weight: 189
Ultimate Goal Weight: 154
March 7: 196.5
March 15: 192.5
March 25: 193.5
March 29: 192
March 31:
Fingers crossed keep it off until 31st!!6 -
Start Weight: 197 lbs 1st November 2022
March start weight:179.6 lbs
March Goal Weight: 176.6lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 143 lbs
March 1st: 179.6 lbs
March 8th: 178.5
March 15th:: 176.8
March 22nd : 175 lbs
March 29th : 174.8 lbs5 -
March Start Weight:174.3
March Goal Weight:170
Ultimate Goal Weight: 155
March 1: 174.3
March 8: 172.7
March 15:171.5
March 22:170.5
March 29: 170.8 😟
March 31:
This past weekend we celebrate 3 birthdays in the family, too much cake and other deliciously unhealthy food. Hoping I can still hit my target by Friday but at least I am close!5 -
March Start Weight: 138
March Goal Weight: 135
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130
March 1: 138
March 8: 137
March 15: 138
March 22: 138
March 29: 1404 -
March Start Weight: 127.6
March Goal Weight: 125
Ultimate Goal Weight: 120-125
March 1: 127.6
March 8: 125.6
March 15: 126.8 - Started to be mostly dairy-free on Monday, the 13th
March 22: 123.4 - Good results turned into being strictly dairy-free starting Monday, the 20th and went ahead and became strict about animal products because why not, it's only 2 weeks until the end of Lent. Stopped tracking calories as an experiment and to relieve tracking fatigue.
March 29: 123.4 - Great results!
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