Lose 5lbs + in March 2019

•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•

February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3

Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.

•Monday Updates•📌

March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.
3/2 - 177 - smh😕
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
📌3/18 171

3/19 - 171.2

3/20
3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24

SW: 140 lbs.
March SW: 133 lbs.
CW: 127 lbs.
Yay! I've completed the March lose 5/+ lbs. challenge!

JennH517 wrote: »

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Stuck. Yuck. Oh well it is good practice for maintenance one day.

My body does not like ONEderland. This happened 20 years ago too. Got here, couldn't go lower, stayed at 202-205 for 13 years before I gained again to the point of needing to make a life change again.

Not quitting, but I can't lie. I am frustrated and discouraged.

Highest weight ever: 254 in October 1999.

Lowest since 1991: 194.4 November 25, 2018.

Original starting weight: 243 in 2015.

MFP Starting weight December 25th, 2016: 233.

Goal: 180 in however long it takes.

Weekly Averages:

February 18 - February 24: 196.5.
I missed averaging the last 7 days.
March 4 - March 10: 196.5
March 11 - March 17: 197

Loss for March: 0.5 GAIN

MFP Loss: 36 lbs.

Total cumulative loss since mid 2015: 46 lbs.

Move more, eat less.

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Once again Jenn, we're on the same page. I'm just stuck, and to make matters worse my appetite is all over the place! I'm doing keto and my eating has been consistant with the plan it's just my fat count has been wayyyy too high. Too high of a count to lose weight. I'm stalled and frustrated! I won't give up either. I can barely move in the 180s but quickly jump right back into the 190s. ugh! All that hard work in January, and for what, to gain weight?

Onward ( I guess)....

Original starting weight - 167 (April 2018)
March starting weight - 147.8 lbs
March goal - 144 lbs
Ultimate goal - 140 lbs

1st - 147.8 lbs
6th - 147.6 lbs
13th - 149.2 lbs
20th - 147.6 lbs
27th -
31st

Total loss for March: -0.2 lbs

Back in a downward trend. Ran for the first time since before winter yesterday. I think that will be key to getting these last few pounds of fat off.

•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•

February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3

Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.

•Monday Updates•📌

March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.
3/2 - 177 - smh😕
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
📌3/18 171
3/19 - 171.2

3/20 - 172.2

3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24

@tiabirdie56
Looks like you have lost 3 pounds this month already Tia! Way to go!

58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191
March goal 169.3 - 5 pound loss, and hopefully into a new decade finally.

February loss was 1.9 pounds
February 28 - 174.8 - burned off mega calories yesterday too, but still up in weight this morning. Low on sleep.

March 01 - 174.3 - I hope for March to be better than February.
March 02 - 173.7 - Unbelievable, I was so disappointed with February, being so diligent about burning lots of calories, eating carefully, and barely losing weight - that last night I had (in defiance) a giant steak, corn, sour cream, potatoes etc., way over my calorie allotment. I truly expected to see a gain this morning.
March 03 - 174.3 - So the steak dinner from Friday shows up?
March 04 - 173.9 - skating yesterday
March 05 - 174.9 Tuesday - no reason to be up other than short on sleep. Skating today, so hope to see a drop tomorrow morning.
March 06 - 173.6 - yay for skating, I am skating again today too.
March 07 - 173.3 - again, yay for skating. I am working out of town today, and taking my skates with me because there is an arena there. There is only a few weeks left of the skating season : - (
March 08 - 171.4 - I have learned now not to get too excited about this, I had a big dinner yesterday so I expect it to catch up with me. Slow metabolism once we get older. I did burn off a lot of calories yesterday skating and other stuff though. Lowest weight I have been so far, but then I had one low day in February which didn't last too.
March 09 - 172.7 - I skated 3 times at 3 different places yesterday (1,095 calories burned), but I did expect to see a gain because I had a good dinner on Thursday that hadn't yet showed up. Running monthly total: loss 1.4 lb
March 10 - 174.7 - argh! At least there is skating today. I get it if I don't burn 1,000+ calories that I might not lose anything, but I at least don't expect to gain when I only burn off 300-400. Cruel. Throughout all of this I always have calories to spare. Hoping for a better number tomorrow. I so badly want to get into the 60s.
March 11 - 172.3 - I'll take it. Big skating calorie burn yesterday.
March 12 - 173.9 Tuesday - I stick to 1200-1300 calories, aerobics, but if I don't get in at least an hour of skating I am up on the scale. Skating during my work break today. It is really hard to lose weight otherwise for me.
March 13 - 172.5 - I actually matched my calories in with my calories out yesterday! It is starting to look like my way forward will be to burn 3,500-7,000 calories per week to lose 1 pound per week. That is pretty time consuming, but it seems like it is the only way that I can lose anything. Skating today ; - )
March 14 - 172.3 - Would be nice to see a woosh soon, I was able to get in 140 minutes of skating yesterday, mega calorie burn, 1,420. I had 1,100 calories left to eat if I wanted to the last 2 days, but I didn't. No skating anywhere today, but the arenas will be open 5 days a week during March break. I am really determined to bust some fat.
March 15 - 173.1 - After a typical 1200 calories, 30 minutes of aerobics. Losing weight will take more than that for me. There is skating today.
March 16 - 171.6 - In comparison with March 08, I was expecting a drop, I burned off so many calories this week with extra skating. 4,163, which is more than a pound on its own. There will be skating during March break, so I hope to at least burn 2 pounds during those 2 weeks. I don't know what I will do after that because it seems that I don't lose weight otherwise. There is nothing else really that I like to do that burns so many calories. I do love dance aerobics, but seldom do a whole hour of it. Anyway, pretty pleased with my weight this morning : - )
March 17 - 171.9 - Sunday. I am having a dinner party for my friend's birthday tonight. Eating like a normal person never really works out for me, 2 weeks to take off the weight of one dinner. I am not too worried though, skating moves to 5 days a week starting tomorrow : - )
March 18 - 172.0 Monday I am going to stop weighing on Tuesday mornings, I get up at 4am on Tuesdays, and I think that it is too early to be weighing. As I look back through my highest weight days, they are Tuesdays and perhaps not really accurate. Lol, also my good dinner from yesterday might show up tomorrow. (loss 2.3 as of today)
March 20 - 173.0 Wednesday. I really really expected to weigh less today. There is more skating than usual over the next 2 weeks for March break, so I am very hopeful. Dinner out tomorrow (pizza and drinks), so that always takes almost a week to compensate for, but we have to live right?
March 21 - 172.0 - One more pound and I will have lost 20 since October. 3 more to get out of this decade finally. 10 days left of the month.



Running monthly total: loss 2.3 lbs

•Lose 5 lbs in March 2019•

February 2019 - Gain/Loss
of 4.2 lbs. 28 day average was 175.3

Original starting wgt: 253
March starting weight: 175.2
March goal: 170
❄Updating every day through March until completely back on track.

•Monday Updates•📌

March 1 - 175.2 - Feeling 90% better today.
3/2 - 177 - smh😕
3/3 - 175
📌3/4 - 177
3/5 - 174.4
3/6 - 173
3/7 - 173.8
3/8 - 172.6
3/9 - 172.2
3/10 - 174.2 - An early weigh in as far as my fasting schedule. I'm experimenting going back to 12/12 for a week or two for a little break. Expected from increased carbs, but, seems that I haven't learned my lesson about drinking salty water late in the evening.😦 It's okay. 19g carbs, 14g net carbs. Carbs were: salad spaghetti squash, pesto, peanut butter (1.5 TB) YES to vegetables!
📌3/11 - 170.8
3/12 - 170.4 - Day 1 Day 3 of my experiment in the books. Successful so far.
3/13 - 171.8 - Retaining some fluid
again from drinking electrolytes just before bed.
3/14 - 171.2
3/15 - 172.2 - A little fluid retention..... from exercise, not carbs! Knee is behaving, so back to strengthing quads and hams. Taking it low and slow, but consistently. I'm dealing with old shoulder injuries too, so must not be impatient with myself trying to do sets, reps and long workouts like I used to do.
3/16 - 173 - Normal fluctuation.
3/17 - 171.2
📌3/18 171
3/19 - 171.2
3/20 - 172.2

3/21 - 170.6

3/22
3/23
3/24

Original starting weight - 228.3
March starting weight - 154.2
March goal - 152.2 or lower
Ultimate goal - 147?

1st - 154.2
5th - 152.2
6th 154.2
7th - 154.4 Figured since Jan 1, 2019, I’ve lost 0.1 lb. So, I guess this is maintenance. I will think about whether I am truly committed to getting lower. By all measures, I m healthy. I’m thinking losing a few vanity pounds may not be enough motivation for me. Still thinking.

✅8th - 153.4 I am recommitted & ate with a very good deficit today...tons of heard hill walking & another flat walk with a friend!

I do want to be below 153.

11th - 154.4

13th- 155
14th - 153.8
✅15th- 153.6 a Great Day yesterday - for my head back in the game after weeks of trying. Key was comparing what I ate on avg in Feb/March with what I was eating in 2018. A wake up call!

Reminded myself that food is FUEL!

18th- 155.6
✅19th - 155 Ate healthily with 300 cal deficit, v high fiber, v low sodium
✅20th - 153.8 2nd day. Woke up & wasnt hungry. Cravings gone. Crazy after fighting them for weeks. In one day. It’s not sugar, apparently, its high salt & lower fiber. Crazy. Glad I figured that out. Incidentally, reducing salt & increasing fiber made me disinterested in sugar, too. Crazy. Calories are lowest they’ve been in awhile.

✅21st - 154.6 Another very successful day! 3rd in a row after about 30 days of struggle. Salt✅ Fiber✅ Sugar ✅
Delighted AND relieved.

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29th -
31st
Total loss for March