🍀🌷March Daily Logging and Weigh-in Challenge🌷🍀

jm216

Happy March!

If you live in the US then Spring is around the corner. I look forward to seeing the grass again.

This is another month is about self-care and being kind to yourself. You are a wonderful person and you deserve to love and take care yourself.

What is your goal this month? How do you hope to achieve it?

Whether you’re just starting out with the group, or if you’ve been here awhile, we’re so glad that you’re on the journey together with us. Jump in and let’s go!!

Jill and the Gang🥰

ConflictedJedi

Hello there! I’m Alex. 2/27 my morning weigh in is 199.9. Took me 2.5 weeks to get less than 200 (started 207). Not sure how accurate the weigh in was this day, but it’s always in the morning after potty use and before eating. The day before I was 204 which was up from earlier. Anyways….
My ideal weight is 160-170. I’ve started 2/26 a 16:8 fasting schedule AND doing that 1800 calorie intake for the 2lbs loss per week goal.
Not sure what my weight goal for the month is, as I want to be realistic. But let’s see, 2lbs per week so I guess a loss of 8lbs+ by the end of the month.

iLive2Walk

Hi, I'm Darlene and am back for another month. I am working my way through the maintenance phase of my journey. I weigh weekly, and record my accomplishments daily. I started this journey in January 2023 and lost 90 pounds. I reached my goal weight in October 2024, went back over my goal in November and then back to my December and have maintained for January and February. This was the first group that joined on MFP and holds a special place in my heart.

Highest Weight 228
Starting Weight for March: 138.6

SW Dec: 228 | Jan: 217 | Feb: 212 | Mar: 207.6 | Apr 200.2 | May 194.8 | Jun: 189.6 | Jul: 187.4 | Aug: 179.8 | Sep: 174.2 | Oct: 169.6 | Nov 164.6 | Dec 164 | Jan 159.8 | Feb 156.8 | Mar 152.6 | Apr 151.6 | May 149.6 | Jun 144.8 | Jul: 143.5 | Aug: 142.4 | Sep 140.7 | Oct 139.8 | Nov 142.4 | Dec 139.7 | Jan 139.2 | Feb 138.6

My Goals for March

🥅 🎯 👣🚶‍♀️🫀🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 📝🥗 💦🧂

🥅 Stay under Ideal Weight (140)
🎯 Work Towards next weight goal 137 whenever I get there is fine
👣 14K Steps per day (110K Steps Weekly)
🚶‍♀️50 Miles Monthly (all steps count)
🫀 Three Cardio (non-walk) weekly, 3 🏋️‍♀️ Strength Weekly, 1 Stretch type 🧘‍♀️ weekly
📝 Log Daily
🥗 Under TDEE calorie range weekly
💦 8+ glasses of water
🧂 Under Sodium Limit

Weekly Weights/Goals - I weigh on Wednesday and the last day of the month:
☘️Starting Weight: 138.6
☘️Mar 5:
☘️Mar 12:
☘️March 19:
☘️Mar 26:
☘️Mar 31:

My Story if you want to read:

Hi all - I'm Darlene. I live in Connecticut with my Hubby, Greg, and Pup, Monty the Golden Doodle. I have one grown daughter, Allyson, who turned 30 this year. I have been with this group since April 2023. I did miss a couple months - but realized that I needed the daily accountability and support and came back.

I retired in 2020. Prior to retirement, I worked at a University in their Alumni and Development Affairs department. I consolidated the monthly donor statistics, reported the results, and maintained the donor database. Other careers in my past life - I was a nursery school teacher while Allyson was in school, and was an accountant at IBM for many years before she was born.

I started my weight loss journey in January 2023. Hubby went back to work on a temporary assignment. It was the first time in my life that I was home alone - no sisters, no husband, no children. Just me and Monty. I thought this was the perfect time to put me first for a change and made a vow to lose weight, give up some bad habits, and exercise. I had this goal of completing the Airline Trail (a rail trail in Connecticut - that runs through my back yard) a little at a time. It's a 62 mile trek, give or take a tenth of a mile. Monty and I started our journey on January 12, 2023 and completed the goal, February 22, 2023. I lost 16 pounds the first two months. When the quest was completed I thought now what?

I found MFP and started tracking my food consumption, and was getting bored. This was the typical me - lost a bit and then get bored, give up and gain it all back. But then I found the challenges page on MFP. I joined A LOT! of different challenges including this one. It made losing weight so much fun and has given me a love for exercise. I've given up most of the other challenges - but keep the three that I love the most - this one, Hogwarts, and the Biggest Loser Challenge. As I mentioned this support group was the first one that I joined on MFP and gives me the daily support, accountability and encouragement that I need. The other two are more a game - which make losing weigh fun and exciting. I'll do more for the team than I will do for myself, and a litte competition is fun for me.

I made it to my goal weight in October 2024, now trying to figure our the maintenance phase of this journey - just as hard as losing in my opinion. Will be in this challenge for as long as I am able. I can truly say I would not be where I am without it - down 90 pounds since the start of my journey.

I started writing monthly reflections and taking before and after pictures about six months into my journey. The reflection helps me identify what I did right and what I need to work on. It wasn't until I started comparing pictures that I could even see a difference in how I looked. I encourage you to do so - don't need to share with anyone but yourself. When you see yourself every day - you just don't realize the difference.

Here are My Before and After Pictures for the three years in this journey:

ozdeelite

Hey all. Back for March. Hoping to be more active this month. Goal is 3 x a week.

Been eating poorly and drinking too much wine at mums but love being here. Enjoying the beach.