March 2015 Weight Loss Challenge

Name: Garri
Age: 35
Height: 5' 2"

Start Weight (1st March): 137
Goal Weight (1st April):134 or lower

1st March: 137
8th March: 138.6
15th March: 136
22nd March: 135.2
29th March: 134.2
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: _ 1 pound
Weight lost/gained this month: - 3.2pound

Successes/struggles this week: I have logged a lot of workouts this week however feel I will get even more in with the nicer weather coming this week! I also resisted the temptation for fast food by coming home instead and fixing a meal.

Name: Becky
Age: 30
Height: 5'7"

Start Weight (2nd March):169.6
Goal Weight (1st April):165

2nd March:169.6
8th March:167.6
15th March:166.8
22nd March:166.6
29th March:165.4
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week:-1.2
Weight lost/gained this month:-4.2

Successes/struggles this week: That stubborn weight finally came off and I can see my goal! My ankle was feeling better after resting last weekend so I started back into my exercise slowly this week and feel great! I had a couple of days where I didn't want to workout, but I'm happy to say that I always end up doing it anyway!

Name:Melissa
Age:44
Height:5'2.5"

Start Weight (1st March):128.4
Goal Weight (1st April):124.5

1st March:128.4
8th March:128
15th March:127
22nd March:126.4
29th March:124.6
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week:2 pound LOST
Weight lost/gained this month:4 pounds LOST!

Successes/struggles this week

Name: Mr Knight
Age: 40-something
Height: 6 foot something

Start Weight (1st March): XXX
Goal Weight (1st April): "less"

1st March: XXX
8th March: -3 lbs
15th March: -9 lbs
22nd March: -13 lbs
29th March: -16.5 lbs
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: -3.5 lbs
Weight lost/gained this month: -16.5 lbs

Successes/struggles this week: Road trip - ate at maintenance one day, couldn't hit cardio or protein goals for 3 days.

Name: Fejiofor
Age: 31
Height:170 cm

Start Weight (1st March): 104.2
Goal Weight (1st April):99

1st March:104.2kg
8th March: 103.9kg
16th March:103.5kg
23rd March:104.4kg
29th March:103.4kg
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: 1kg
Weight lost/gained this month:

Successes/struggles this week: Less soda drinks diet went well, did my walking and did some dance exercises.
struggles: Cutting out simple carbs from my diet. Water weight gone.

Name: Chad
Age: 28
Height: 6' 0

Start Weight (1st March): 328
Goal Weight (1st April): 308

1st March: 328
8th March: 323
15th March: 320
22nd March:315
29th March:
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: -5
Weight lost/gained this month: -13

Successes/struggles this week: I really havent't eaten alot and i've been really active...i fell like i'm holding water weight.

This thread has really helped me to stay focus at losing the weight...something about that accountability. I look forward to reaching the goal i set for my self...7lbs is doable over the next 3 days..Lets Go!

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: 190
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: 4lb
Weight lost/gained this month: 5lb

Successes this week: Managed to get some of the Barcelona weight off!
Struggles this week: I don't deserve to have lost any weight this month as I over ate and knew I was doing so. Even so I did stick to my exercise plan pretty much, so it was just the diet that suffered. With any luck I'll drop the last pound in the next couple of days and then I can start again for April.

Name: Elizabeth
Age: 49
Height: 5' 7.5"
Start weight (28 Feb): 234.8
Goal weight (1st April): 229.5


Weigh ins:

1st Mar (28 Feb): 234.8
8th Mar: 233
14th Mar (a day early): 231.9
21st (early again): 229.9
30 Mar: 225.5


Weight loss/gain this week: -4.4
Weight loss/gain so far this month: -9.3

Struggles/successes this week:
Have been home sick this entire week. (Literally: I just left my house last night for the first time since a dog walk last Monday morning.)
I didn't get many steps in, and I am still feeling weak, and achy and congested.
On the upside, I logged as carefully as ever - though, with the hubby out of town, there were some times I was at my kids' mercy! The fresh fruit and veg are almost gone, so I will need to go to the market as soon as I am up to it (a couple more days, I suspect).

Looking forward to getting out there in the sunshine and racking up my mileage!

Name: lili
Age: 33
Height: 5'4" - 1.63cm

Start Weight (1st March): 70.6kgs
Goal Weight (1st April): 68.0kgs

1st March: 70.6kgs
8th March: 69.8kgs
15th March: 69.0kgs
22nd March:68.8
29th March:68.7
1st April:

Weight lost/gained this week: lost 0.1kgs
Weight lost/gained this month: lost 1.9kgs

Successes/struggles this week:
With my Sons 3rd birthday this week and lots of food and birthday celebrations I haven't been logging my food much, if at all this past week. Nevertheless still made a small loss. Here's one final push to getting to my target for this month.

Have been feeling very run down and seem to be constantly catching colds and feeling generally pants... maybe a trip to the docs or will they just tell me that it's all part of being mum to two kids 3 and under!

Name: Christina
Age: 27
Height: 5'5
Start weight (1st March): 99.3 kg
Goal weight (1st April): 95.3 kg

Weigh ins:
1st March: 99.3
8th March: 99.1
15th March: 100.1
22nd March: 97.7
31th March: 97.3
1st April: ~97.3

Weight lost/gained this week: -0.4 kg
Weight lost/gained this month: -2.0 kg

Struggles this week: Sickness. I went into the hospital for gastritis on Friday Night/Saturday morning. SOOOOO not fun. So all day Saturday and even most of Sunday I was recovering from that and the meds. (I hate morphine). THEN I ended up getting an ear infection yesterday which woke me up at 1 am on Monday. So the past several days I've been having my sleep interrupted by pain which just sucks.

Success: I've made it through this week? Actually I've done pretty well as far as not over doing it on the calories, especially yesterday when all I wanted was pudding and ice cream. I've also found out that I can definitely handle yogurt and hard cheeses as long as they're certified gluten free/ inulin free! Happy dances all around. Still figuring out if I'm just super allergic to wheat or if I've got an issue with fructans.

To sum up my month: I'm pretty sure I'm not going to drop 2 kgs by tomorrow, unless I amputate something which I'd just rather not do. But still 2 kgs down is a pretty big loss for this month, especially because I maintained 99.3 for 8 months back in 2011. It's nice to see me going under that. It's even nicer that this time around I'm so much healthier (mentally and physically) and the loss feels natural instead of forced and sickly. And when added up, seriously, I've lost dang near 20 % of my original goal. That makes me pretty happy.

Anyway, my immediate goals are to be about 90 kgs for my SIL wedding in May (7 weeks), a size 14 by my wedding anniversary (8 weeks), and very close to/meeting 86.7 (lowest I've been since 14- very excited) by my birthday (10.5 weeks)-so Onward and er downward. 1 kg a week may be pushing it but I know I can get pretty dang close if I get my butt into gear and I will be happy if I get halfway there by those dates. I've been a bit lazy this month with exercise goes so that's definitely going to have to change and I'm going to get back into my daily routine of PT exercises (which I've honestly not done in a month!). I felt much better doing them everyday so I'm sick of being lazy.