March 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

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  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 810 Member
    edited March 2015
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    joolsmd wrote: »
    Name: Julia
    Age: 47
    Height: 5'10

    Start Weight (1st March): 195
    Goal Weight (1st April): 189

    1st March: 195
    8th March: 192
    15th March: 187
    23rd March: 194
    29th March:
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: 7lb gain :(
    Weight lost/gained this month: 1lb

    Successes this week: Went back to the gym even though I was feeling down after all the weight gain.
    Struggles this week: 7lbs on after a weekend in barcelona. Now I know I over ate, but 7lbs!!! :'( . And even two days later it's not come off, so its not water weight. Back to the beginning. I doubt I'll meet my March goal weight now.

    Dont feel like youre back to the beginning... in my 4th week, I gained 5lbs after a week long work trip, which took me right back up to my starting weight, but instead of taking me another 4 weeks to get it off, it took about 5 or 6 days. It was water weight from all the additional sodium, but it just took some time of drinking tons of water for it to peel back off.

    I *seriously* doubt you ate in excess of 24,000 calories during your trip to actually gain that weight back. Just get right back on track and keep going...!!
  • joolsmd
    joolsmd Posts: 375 Member
    edited March 2015
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    Dragn77 wrote: »
    Just get right back on track and keep going...!!
    Thank you :flowerforyou:. I have gone right back to my fitness plan. I had a lovely swim today and I felt good afterwards.

  • mhook760
    mhook760 Posts: 42 Member
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    Name: Mhook
    Height: 5' 4"
    Starting Weight (3/1): 259
    Goal Weight (3/31): 249

    3/1: 259
    3/6: 257
    3/13: 255
    3/20: 253.4
    3/27: 251.8
    3/31:

    Loss/gain for the week: -1.6lb
    Loss/gain for the month so far: -7.2lb

    Struggles or successes of your week: all fine again, really happy with how it's going, not sure I'll be 249 on 3/31 but hey close enough, and I've lost 28.2 lbs since Jan 17th. I'm happy :smiley:
  • kab789
    kab789 Posts: 110 Member
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    Name: kab789
    Age: 50
    Height: 5'1

    Recording on My Friday weigh in...

    Start Weight (1st March): 193.5
    Goal Weight (1st April): 185.5

    1st March: 193.5
    8th March: 190
    15th March: 188
    22nd March: 185
    29th March: 183.5
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: -1.5
    Weight lost/gained this month:-10

    Successes/struggles this week: No real struggles this week just that a couple of days I felt very very hungry. I increased my exercise by a bit so I think my body might be getting used to that change and I am hoping for a bigger loss next week. As far as success go I put on a pair of size 14 pants that I have been able to wear for at least 5-6 years and they fit a bit snug but I am able to wear them!!!!

    Everyone have a good week!!
  • amandastock
    amandastock Posts: 53 Member
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    Age: 29
    Height: 5'7

    Start Weight (1st March): 158.4
    Goal Weight (1st April): 156

    1st March: 158.4
    8th March: 156
    22nd March: 153
    29th March:
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this month: -5.4

    Successes this week: trying to motivate myself. If I can keep this up I will hit my goal by May.

    Struggles this week: husband brought home 1lb of chocolate
  • Aine8046
    Aine8046 Posts: 2,122 Member
    edited March 2015
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    Start Weight (1st March): 171
    Goal Weight (1st April): 160

    1st March: 171
    7th March: 169.2
    14th March: 166.0
    21nd March: 164.4
    28th March: 162.4
    1st April:

    Weight lost this week: 2
    Weight lost this month: 8.6

    We had a party last night and I just might be dehydrated from alcohol - feeling slightly hangover this morning. On the other hand I ate well and exercised all week... We'll see tomorrow if these 2 lbs are real! :)


  • MattMMorrissey
    MattMMorrissey Posts: 14 Member
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    MattMMorrissey wrote: »
    MattMMorrissey wrote: »
    Name: Matt
    Age:41
    Height:5'8''

    Start Weight (3/01/15):202
    Goal Weight (1st April):188

    1st March:202
    8th March:198
    15th March:193
    22nd March: 190
    28th March: 187
    1st April:

  • MattMMorrissey
    MattMMorrissey Posts: 14 Member
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    Name: Matt
    Age:41
    Height:5'8''

    Start Weight (3/01/15):202
    Goal Weight (1st April):188

    1st March:202
    8th March:198
    15th March:193
    22nd March: 190
    28th March: 187
    1st April:

    Went fishing on Friday this week and gained a pound over night. Made 186 the day before, now working on getting that pound back.
  • StrawbC
    StrawbC Posts: 167 Member
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    Name: Strawberry
    Age: 50
    Height: 5' 10"

    Start Weight (1st March): 228.8
    Goal Weight (1st April): 219 or about 99kgs This would be amazing but will take some effort as I've only lost on average under 2 pounds a week so losing 10 in a month will need some serious effort...

    1st March: 228.8
    8th March: 227.3
    15th March: 224.8
    22nd March: 221.5
    29th March: 221.7
    1st April:

    Weight lost this week: + .2lbs - whoops
    Weight lost this month. 7.1lbs - Grrrrrrrr... so cranky with self So close to my goal I can taste it yet the self saboteur came in to full flight and I spent a whole day eating non stop. I'm lucky it was only a .2 of a lb increase. Probably won't make it now but still overall the month has been a good one

    WK 1 A better week, hitting the exercise hard, well hard for me and this is starting to show.. Yay me!! Though not feeling confident about reaching the March Goal

    Wk 2 Not the best week & not the best start... Far too much high sugar & empty calorie foods. Focus girlfriend... Focus... Pretty good movie to by the way..

    WK 3 Surprised by this result. Haven't had the best of weeks but a great loss and I feel more positive about racing my March goal
  • celticlass69
    celticlass69 Posts: 61 Member
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    Name: Sharon
    Age: 52
    Height: 5'5"

    Start Weight (1st March): 159
    Goal Weight (1st April): 155

    1st March: 159
    8th March: 158
    15th March: 156
    22nd March: 155
    29th March: 155
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: 0
    Weight lost/gained this month: 4

    Successes/struggles this week:
    March 1 - struggling with bloating and constipation
    March 8 - eating within 1200 calories
    March 15 - mild bloating (no salads for 2 days and no mini meals throughout the day),
    dealing with hubby who wants to eat not healthily
    March 22 - Again suffering from bloating, trying to have higher fibre foods and flax, Hurt back yesterday so unable to exercise, still sore today.
    March 29 - Had terrible week, Gained 4 pounds and lost 4 pounds, only explanation I can figure is a combination of Ground Flax seed (2 tbsp/day) was too much and I was blocked up combined with the pain killers I was taking last week due to hurt neck/back. Thankfully I've managed to loose it again. Stopped the Flax and ate corn to help pass the block, it worked.
  • Whittedo
    Whittedo Posts: 352 Member
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    Name: Don
    Age: 62
    Height: 5'5"

    Start Weight (1st March): 150
    Goal Weight (1st April): 144

    1st March: 150
    8th March: 147
    15th March: 143.8
    22nd March: 149.8
    29th March: 142.6
    1st April:

    Weight lost this week: 7.2 pounds
    Weight lost this month: 7.4 pounds
    I guess most of the Jamaican weight gain was water because with just a little determination and self-denial it is gone again as well as another pound. Saturday I challenged myself to set a new all-time personal calorie burn record and logged 1944 calories burned through cardio (as measured with my Polar M400 HRM), as a result my net calories were negative for the day.
  • mariamathsgeek
    mariamathsgeek Posts: 236 Member
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    Hi everyone!!!!

    Well done for logging and some great results out there!!!

    Name: Maria
    Age: 42
    Height: 5'5"

    Start Weight (1st March): 170lbs
    Goal Weight (1st April): 160lbs

    1st March: 170lbs
    8th March: 170lbs
    15th March: 170lbs
    22nd March: 167lbs
    29th March: 168.5lbs
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: +1.5lbs
    Weight lost/gained this month: -1.5lbs

    Successes/struggles this week:

    Had a really busy stressful week including a really important interview on Wednesday and a full on training day on Thursday. My nerves got the better of me and I had lots of trouble sleeping early in the week. My exercise routine was completely disrupted and I had to eat out or get take away a few times instead of having all home cooked meals. Hence the 1.5lb gain!!! But, my week did improve because I went on an awesome spa day yesterday with friends (for my friend's 50th b'day) so I got to relax, get a massage and then we had afternoon tea with prosecco. Bliss!!!

    I'm obviously not going to hit my target this month....but maybe I'll drop a lb or two before our last weigh in.

    I have joined a 3 month challenge group elsewhere on the forum. The lady who has set it up seems to be great at motivating others and keeping people accountable. I need a bit of a push so I'm hoping it will help. So, I won't be setting up (or taking part in) an April challenge but I hope one of you lovely people will do so as it seems to be helping lots of people. Any takers?

    Good Luck everyone!!!
  • Mick1127
    Mick1127 Posts: 451 Member
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    Mick1127 wrote: »
    Name: Don
    Age: 69
    Height: 5'8"

    Start Weight (1st March): 194.6
    Goal Weight (1st April): 185

    1st March: 194.6
    8th March: 193.8
    15th March: 191.0
    22nd March: 189.0
    29th March: 189.0
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: 0.0
    Weight lost/gained this month: -5.6

    Successes/struggles this week: Finally made it to the indoor pool this week only to be reminded it was spring break as the pool was crowded with children. I decided to wait until this week to return. I hope to make it there 3 days/week for a while.

  • anewghost
    anewghost Posts: 27 Member
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    Name:Jessica
    Age:24
    Height:5'1"

    Start Weight (1st March):210.3
    Goal Weight (1st April):205

    1st March:210.3
    8th March:208.8
    15th March:207.2
    22nd March:203.9
    29th March:203.9
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week:0
    Weight lost/gained this month:-6.4

    Had a cold and constipation keeping my weight about the same


  • buzzardsrule
    buzzardsrule Posts: 182 Member
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    Name: Nadine
    Age: 49
    Height: 5ft 6in

    Start Weight (1st March): 135.8 lbs
    Goal Weight (1st April): 130 lbs

    1st March: 135.8 lbs
    8th March: 134.2 lbs
    15th March: 134.2 lbs
    22nd March: 132.8 lbs
    29th March: 133.2 lbs
    1st April:

    Weight gained this week: 0.4 lbs
    Weight lost this month: 2.6 lbs

    Successes/struggles this week: I'm just getting over a cold so the weight gain is not too bad.
  • kamack1215
    kamack1215 Posts: 109 Member
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    Name: Kayla
    Age: 23
    Hight: 5'1.5

    Start Weight (1st March): 183.4
    Goal Weight (1st April):176.4

    1th March:183.4
    5th March:180.3
    15th March:179.2
    29th March: 179.7

    Weight gained this week: 179.7lbs
    Weight lost this month: 3.7lbs

    Struggles this week: I went on a vacation to Dominican and ate and drank A LOT but am happy once I got rid of the bloat I only gained 0.4lbs. I also pulled my hamstring 2 weeks ago so exercise is at a stand still until I see my physio therapist.

    Sucesses this week: When I came back from my trip I was a whoping 187.7! I am happy I was able to get that 9lbs of bloat off!
  • mainebeachbum
    mainebeachbum Posts: 385 Member
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    Name: Stephanie
    Age: 43
    Height: 5'7"

    Start Weight (1st March): 230.8
    Goal Weight (1st April):220

    1st March:230.8
    8th March: 229.8
    15th March: 227
    22nd March: 225.6
    29th March: 223.8
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: 1.8 pounds.
    Weight lost/gained this month: 7 pounds.

    Successes/struggles this week: Hurt my neck so no exercise for 5 days!
  • amymcd
    amymcd Posts: 20 Member
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    Name: amy
    Age: 54
    Height: 5' 8"

    Start Weight (1st March): 177
    Goal Weight (1st April):172 or lower

    1st March: 177
    8th March: 177
    15th March: 176
    22nd March: 175.6
    29th March: 175.2
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: -.4 pounds
    Weight lost/gained this month: -1.8 pounds

    Successes/struggles this week: i need to check my settings in MFP. I may have it set for .5 # of loss per week in which case I am happy that I have figured my TDEE and deficit properly. But I think I'd prefer to have 1 or 1.5# loss per week, hence my goal for the month. Still, happy to be going the right way.
  • nantta82
    nantta82 Posts: 30 Member
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    Name Vale
    Age 32
    Height 5' 4'


    Star Weight ( 1st March ) 178.9 81.4kg
    Goal weight ( 1 St April ) 169 .5 76.8 kg


    1st March: 178.9 kg 81.4
    8th March: 177.7 kg 80.5
    15th March: 174.2 kg 79.1
    22nd March: 171.1 kg 78
    29th March: 169 .5 Kg 76.8
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: - 2.10 lbs -1.2kg
    Weight lost/gained this month: - 10.2 lbs. - 4.6 kg


  • khalinel
    khalinel Posts: 27
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    Lilah
    37
    5'10"

    Start Weight (1st March): 208
    Goal Weight (1st April): 199

    1st March: 208
    8th March: 204.8
    15th March: 207.8
    22nd March:203.2
    29th March:203.2
    1st April:

    Weight lost/gained this week: 0
    Weight lost/gained this month: -4.8
    Successes/struggles this week: Hormones acting up, so I'm really not surprised at the stall, It's almost end of march and while I haven't made goal I'm almost 5#s lighter than I was in Feb and who can't be happy with that right? .

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