Spring Ahead in April WL Challenge!

emmerin78
emmerin78 Posts: 311 Member
Since Dan and others are always doing the lion's share in making sure we have a challenge to look forward to each month, I thought I'd take a turn with getting the ball rolling. I'm a big believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", so here's how this goes (as previously explained by Dan :-):

If you are new and want to join in, by all means do! We love to celebrate those losses with you! This is the standard format we try to use for these threads:

My Numbers:
SW: Starting weight before you lost anything.
CW: Current weight at the beginning of the challenge.
GW: Goal weight for the month (what you would like to weigh at the end of the monthly challenge) Try to keep it realistic and SAFE!
LTGW: Life time goal weight ( What you would like to weigh at the end of your weight loss journey)

Weigh ins: What days you will weigh in. (I will weigh in on Fridays in April)
4/4/14= (Fill out after each weigh in.)
4/11/14=
4/18/14=
4/25/14= (Final weigh in for the month.)

The simplest way to do this is to find your previous weeks post, copy the text then click the reply button. Paste the text in and add your new weight.

Also, if you are quoting someone to send them a kudo or offer a hand up, please add @theirusername to the top of the text so we can keep who's who straight (very helpful when we get over 100 posts per month :-)

Here's to Springing Ahead toward our goals in April!!
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  • emmerin78
    emmerin78 Posts: 311 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 379 (July 2013)
    CW: 294
    GW: 279 (don't know if I'll make it, but would love to get to my 100 lb. milestone this month!)
    LTGW: 160

    Weigh ins: Fridays in April
    4/4/14=
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=

    Here's to a great month, my fellow losers!
  • p1xyn1xy
    p1xyn1xy Posts: 461 Member
    I love these challenges... I'm in for another round. :happy: With the weather starting to turn for the colder climates, we should see some more movement this month on the scale and elsewhere! :laugh:

    SW:287 (though highest was 310)
    CW:222
    #1GW:250 (completedDec14)
    #2GW:215
    LTGW:135
    April GW: 215

    Weigh ins (thursdays):
    4/3/14=
    4/10/14=
    4/17/14=
    4/24/14=
    4/30/14=
  • emmerin78
    emmerin78 Posts: 311 Member
    I love these challenges... I'm in for another round. :happy: With the weather starting to turn for the colder climates, we should see some more movement this month on the scale and elsewhere! :laugh:

    Gosh, I hope you're right, Pixy! I think we've all had more than enough of this winter. Bring on the sunshine, warm temps, and lots of time outside!! :)
  • Crystallee145
    Crystallee145 Posts: 147 Member
    I'm in for April and love these challenges too! I'm thankful for this group as it has been one of my best supporters in this journey!

    My Friday Weigh In:

    My Numbers:
    SW: 266 (highest was 310 pregnant)
    CW: 240.3
    GW: 231.5
    LTGW: 145
    NSG: wear my wedding rings :love:

    Weigh ins:
    4/4/2014 -
    4/11/2014 -
    4/18/2014 -
    4/25/2014 -
    4/30/2014 - last day of the month falls on a Wednesday, so I may have this as a 'bonus' weigh in
  • Singularity84
    Singularity84 Posts: 98 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 333
    CW: 309.8
    GW: 299 - A bit ambitious, but I'm hoping with the weather getting nicer and my dance group starting back up, I can amp up my exercise and leave the 300s behind.
    LTGW: 165ish

    Weigh ins: Fridays
    4/4/14=
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=
  • MichelleLee1978
    MichelleLee1978 Posts: 55 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 296.6 (highest was approx 340lbs June 2010)
    CW: 254.8
    GW: 244
    LTGW: 150

    Weigh ins: Friday

    4/4/14 -
    4/11/14 -
    4/18/14 -
    4/25/14 -
  • Wolfmother61
    Wolfmother61 Posts: 62 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 286
    CW: 233
    GW: 225
    LTGW: 135

    Weigh ins: I will weigh in on Mondays in April
    4/7/14=
    4/14/14=
    4/21/14=
    4/28/14=

    Best way to keep accountable is to have to post here weekly. Thank you all for the dedication.

    Debbie
  • 808malia
    808malia Posts: 631 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 250
    CW: 228.2
    GW: 220
    LTGW:140

    Weigh ins: Fridays
    4/4/14=
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=
    4/30/14= Final weigh in for the month
    I am excited for a new month! I think I finally figured out how to keep losing weight and not sabotage myself every weekend :happy: Here's to great April for everyone!!!
  • Canuname
    Canuname Posts: 182 Member
    Real Name: Russ

    Start of Challenge Weight: 259.8
    Challenge Goal Weight: 244.8
    Working to Lose (lbs): 15

    .__SW: 360.2
    .__CW: 259.8
    _CGW: 244.8
    LTGW: 175


    Weigh ins: Monday
    04/07/14= lbs
    04/14/14= lbs
    04/21/14= lbs
    04/28/14= lbs


    Challenge Total = lbs
    .__Total to date = 100.4 lbs
  • leannabseven
    leannabseven Posts: 395 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 264 (278 was my original starting weight)
    CW: 227.6
    GW: 222
    LTGW: 150

    Weigh ins: Wednesdays
    4/2/14:
    4/9/14:
    4/16/14:
    4/23/14:
    4/30/14:
  • leannabseven
    leannabseven Posts: 395 Member
    Malia, share your secret for surviving the weekends!
  • m23prime
    m23prime Posts: 358 Member
    Okay...I have not posted to a Monthy Challenge for a while...and as a result I am totally getting lapped!

    Although I actually hit 100 down from my personal best a couple of weeks ago, THIS is the month my ticker will show 100 down!

    Russ and Dan have been carrying the ball for Team Testoserone most of the winter. It's long past time I pitched in and helped drop a few pounds for the boy's team! (Not that it is a competition...but...)


    My Numbers:
    SW: 375
    CW: 281
    GW: 270
    LTGW: 200

    Weigh ins: Monday
    04/07/14= lbs
    04/14/14= lbs
    04/21/14= lbs
    04/28/14= lbs

    Good luck and good logging EVERYONE! Spring is here (well...maybe soon if you are on the prairies)! Time to get outside and make the fat cry tears of sweat!
  • andreaamak
    andreaamak Posts: 42 Member
    April Numbers:
    SW: 277
    CW: 245
    GW: 236
    LTGW: 160

    Weigh ins: Wednesdays
    4/2/14 =
    4/9/14 =
    4/16/14=
    4/23/14 =
    4/30/14=

    8 more weigh ins until my 30th birthday, and I REALLY want to be down 45lbs for that! So I'll be working like crazy this month. Fingers crossed!
  • 808malia
    808malia Posts: 631 Member
    Leanna, I WAS just guessing my calories over the weekend, I "thought" I was almost accurate with my calories but I wasn't logging them. So this weekend I took my phone with me everywhere and logged ALL my calories at each meal or snack. And my guess is that I was "forgetting" to log snacks and small things over the weekends that were adding up to a lot more than I thought... So with my new meticulous way of tracking calories over the weekend I noticed that I did not gain the weight back. So I just need to stick with it over the weekends... As hard as that may be. I hope this helps, you are doing so awesome!
  • leannabseven
    leannabseven Posts: 395 Member
    Malia, it does help. I think the reason I'm not losing as much weekly as I feel I should is that I have been a logger liar. I wasn't weighing and measuring my foods and I was not being honest about the quantity of food I was eating.
  • hollyla9905
    hollyla9905 Posts: 508
    My Numbers:
    SW: 308
    CW: 289
    GW: 284
    LTGW: 156

    Weigh ins: Thursdays
    4/3/14
    4/10/14=
    4/17/14=
    4/24/14=
    4/30/14

    My doctors goal is to get to 284 I think I can do this though! Small steps :)
  • katjohn83
    katjohn83 Posts: 119 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 322
    CW: 296.0 - 3/28/14
    GW: 289
    LTGW: 199

    Weigh-ins: Fridays

    Week 1: 4/04/14 =

    Week 2: 4/11/14 =

    Week 3: 4/18/14 =

    Week 4: 4/25/14 =

    This month has got to be better.
  • leannabseven
    leannabseven Posts: 395 Member
    March 31, 2014 11:02 PM
    My Numbers:
    SW: 264 (278 was my original starting weight)
    CW: 227.6
    GW: 222
    LTGW: 150

    Weigh ins: Wednesdays
    4/2/14: 227 (-.6 pounds...that seems to be my average)
    4/9/14:
    4/16/14:
    4/23/14:
    4/30/14:
  • Crystallee145
    Crystallee145 Posts: 147 Member
    My Friday Weigh In:

    My Numbers:
    SW: 266 (highest was 310 pregnant)
    CW: 240.3
    GW: 231.5
    LTGW: 145
    NSG: wear my wedding rings

    Weigh ins:
    4/4/2014 - 238.6 (-1.7)
    4/11/2014 -
    4/18/2014 -
    4/25/2014 -
    4/30/2014 - last day of the month falls on a Wednesday, so I may have this as a 'bonus' weigh in
  • MichelleLee1978
    MichelleLee1978 Posts: 55 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 296.6 (highest was approx 340lbs June 2010)
    CW: 254.8
    GW: 244
    LTGW: 150

    Weigh ins: Friday

    4/4/14 - 253.4 down 1.4
    4/11/14 -
    4/18/14 -
    4/25/14 -

    It was a good week and this week will be even better with higher temperatures and being able to get outside.
  • Singularity84
    Singularity84 Posts: 98 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 333
    CW: 309.8
    GW: 299 - A bit ambitious, but I'm hoping with the weather getting nicer and my dance group starting back up, I can amp up my exercise and leave the 300s behind.
    LTGW: 165ish

    Weigh ins: Fridays
    4/4/14= 311.2 (+1.4) I'm assuming that this is a fluke due to the ridiculous amount of sodium and processed foods I ate yesterday, as I've actually been doing really well with logging and increasing my exercise. We'll try again in a day or two.
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=
  • hollyla9905
    hollyla9905 Posts: 508
    My Numbers:
    SW: 308
    CW: 289.8
    GW: 284
    LTGW: 156

    Weigh ins: Thursdays
    4/3/14 = 289.6 (-0.2)
    4/10/14=
    4/17/14=
    4/24/14=
    4/30/14

    Alright I just started to log again yesterday but one thing is for certain even after going off the books for a few weeks I did not gain back any weight this tells me that I have made some good long term changes and I usually still drink 1-3 bottles (750ml) water per day! Now that I am back on track I hope to reach my goal for myself and my doctor!!! Hope everyone had great weigh ins! Spring is here for those of us stuck in winter! I know I am looking forward to June when the snow is finally gone and I can enjoy my backyard again!!
  • katjohn83
    katjohn83 Posts: 119 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 322
    CW: 296.0 - 3/28/14
    GW: 289
    LTGW: 199

    Weigh-ins: Fridays

    Week 1: 4/04/14 = 295.6 (-0.4)

    Week 2: 4/11/14 =

    Week 3: 4/18/14 =

    Week 4: 4/25/14 =

    This month has got to be better.
  • andreaamak
    andreaamak Posts: 42 Member
    April Numbers:
    SW: 277
    CW: 245
    GW: 236
    LTGW: 160

    Weigh ins: Wednesdays
    4/2/14 = 244.2 (-.8)
    4/9/14 =
    4/16/14=
    4/23/14 =
    4/30/14=

    I actually weighed on wednesday but forgot to log until today! Not super happy with that number.. I think I've been a lazy logger.
  • 808malia
    808malia Posts: 631 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 250
    CW: 228.2
    GW: 220
    LTGW:140

    Weigh ins: Fridays
    4/4/14= 226.2 (-2) BOOM! There are no words to explain how happy I am about this!!! :noway:
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=
    4/30/14= Final weigh in for the month
    I am excited for a new month! I think I finally figured out how to keep losing weight and not sabotage myself every weekend :happy: Here's to great April for everyone!!!
  • PaulaKro
    PaulaKro Posts: 5,789 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 317 (March 2013)
    CW: 181.5 (03/31/14)
    GW: 177
    LTGW: 140

    Weigh ins: Saturday's
    04/06/14 = 180 (-1.5)
    04/13/14 =
    04/20/14 =
    04/27/14 =
    04/30/14 =

    I've been in a stall for so long. Broke down and overate last night (Chinese) and lost 1.5# WTF???? It'll probably come back (sigh) but it was there this morning, so it's mine!

    Everyone's off to a great start! (Singularity, hope your fluke resolves itself soon!) Such an auspicious beginning to April. March seemed hard for many of us. Here's to hoping things cheer up in April :drinker:

    I'll be happy to lose a pound per week this month. :smile:

    Paula
  • Wolfmother61
    Wolfmother61 Posts: 62 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 286
    CW: 233
    GW: 225
    LTGW: 135

    Weigh ins: I will weigh in on Mondays in April
    4/7/14= 233 - off to a slow start. I was down lower last week but back up over the weekend. Hoping for better things in the coming week.
    4/14/14=
    4/21/14=
    4/28/14=

    Debbie
  • Etherlily1
    Etherlily1 Posts: 974 Member
    SW: 337.8
    CW: 331
    GW: 321
    LTGW: 158?

    Weigh-ins: Mondays
    04/07/14 - 326.6
    04/14/14
    04/21/14
    04/28/14

    E. Maelyn
  • m23prime
    m23prime Posts: 358 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 375
    CW: 281
    GW: 270
    LTGW: 200

    Weigh ins: Monday
    04/07/14= 281 lbs
    04/14/14= lbs
    04/21/14= lbs
    04/28/14= lbs

    Unchanged. But I am so unfussed this time. I have been walking, and squating, and going to my my Pilates class.

    Okay...I am actually .2 pounds heavier, but I don't record gains and losses like that--mostly to avoid madness.

    In the meantime...

    I like how my legs look in my new narrower cut jeans. I really like how they are already getting baggy in the behind. I even have ankles again! Okay...maybe just an ankle, the left one is still a bit puffy...but the right one looks like it belongs to a human being.

    The fancy digital scale I was using at the clinic may be unavailable to me in April, so I will be very curious to see my changes in total fat mass and fat free mass numbers in May! In the meantime NG's digital scale will do for trending data.

    The line is being held and I am holding up. I hope you are too.

    Good luck and good logging!
  • emmerin78
    emmerin78 Posts: 311 Member
    My Numbers:
    SW: 379 (July 2013)
    CW: 294
    GW: 279 (don't know if I'll make it, but would love to get to my 100 lb. milestone this month!)
    LTGW: 160

    Weigh ins: Fridays in April
    4/4/14= 293 lbs (-1 lb.) Really hope this doesn't portend another slow losing month - yikes.
    4/11/14=
    4/18/14=
    4/25/14=