Lose 5lbs + in March 2019

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  • tiabirdie56
    tiabirdie56 Posts: 4,005 Member
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    •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 - 172.8 - Fluid as usual. I can feel it as tiredness in my upper body.
    3/23 - 172.2 - (174.8 - entered on the wrong day)
    3/24 - 174.8 -Ate crackers😐
    📌 3/25 - 173.8
    3/26 - 173.8

    3/27 - 176 ⬅abs workout ☺

    3/28 - 175.2

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  • Tracie_Lord
    Tracie_Lord Posts: 1,761 Member
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    Original starting weight - 298.50 OCT 2017
    March starting weight - 206.25
    March goal - 195.00
    Ultimate goal - 168.00

    1st - 206.25
    8th - 199.75 WOW!!!!!! I'm even amazed hahah i'll take it or sure!!
    15th - 200.50 meh
    22nd - 195.75
    29th - 194.50

    11.75 Total loss for March
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,604 Member
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    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 - Friday. 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 - Wednesday - 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.
    March 22 - 171.5 - Not getting too excited, my dinner and drinks out will show up over the next couple of days, slow metabolism. I have been in a calorie deficit for many months.
    March 23 - 172.3 - Thursday dinner showed up as expected. So funny the way that it happens. Yet another 1,000 calorie deficit yesterday (lots of skating) so I expect a whoosh soon. I will have to go back and look through the month and add it all up. Roughly I should have lost at least 10 pounds this month by the numbers. Resigning myself a bit to the post-menopausal metabolism.
    March 24 - 173.2 - Dang.
    March 25 - 173.1 - 5 days of skating starts today, it seems to be the only thing that works for me, so I am happy to have this last opportunity until fall when it goes back to 3 times per week.
    March 27 - 172.5 Wednesday. I actually did weigh yesterday just out of my morning habit, but Tuesdays are my 4am and it was a high number. Still keeping my input calories in check and burning lots off.
    March 28 - 170.9 - Yay Yahoo - my hard work might be finally showing up? That is motivating.
    March 28 - 170.6 - Last day of skating in my town today : - ( There will be a few more opportunities in another town, but not daily like this March break has been. Stress relieving, endorphin boosting, fat busting, banishes water weight and bloat. I know that it is supposed to be 25% exercise and 75% food, but I truly don't think that it works that way for me. Hey, if I could lose 25% of my body weight that would be great! We are all learning what it takes for each of us. 3 more days of this month, better for me than February was, but I upped my activity by double.



    Running monthly total: loss 3.9 lbs
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,604 Member
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    Way to go @lalabank you have lost like 80 pounds and now have a new fit goal. What was your start date of the 80?
    @mtaratoot so great that you are at your goal weight!! Sure, keep popping your head in here to hang with us. Give us some tips on how you accomplished your wonderful results.
    @ebonyroche Wow, great work!
    @tiabirdie56 I see that you had a 170.6 day this month. Crap this is soooo hard! What worked for you at 250 isn't working anymore. What is your ultimate goal weight? Maybe you are getting close to it so that it is harder now?

    So wish that my "like" and "woo" buttons were working. I read every post each day. So very happy to have this forum.
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,604 Member
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    0NewLifeWhoDis0 wrote: »
    Original starting weight - 216.8 lbs
    March starting weight - 216.8 lbs
    March goal - 208.8 lbs- 206.8 lbs
    Ultimate goal - 150 lbs- 140 lbs

    1st - 216.8 lbs
    8th - 212 lbs
    15th - 211.6 lbs
    22nd - 210 lbs
    29th - 208.4 lbs
    Total loss for March - 8.4 lbs

    Great first month! congrats!
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,604 Member
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    I changed browsers to Firefox, so for those of you who have been having problems with the "like" button on MFP, it worked for me!
  • shannafran1992
    shannafran1992 Posts: 8 Member
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    Original starting weight - 191.6
    March starting weight - 176.0
    March goal - 170.0
    Ultimate goal - 130.0

    1st - 176.0
    8th - 175.0
    15th - 173.6
    22nd - 172.6
    29th - 169.6
    Total loss for March - 6.4
  • LisaW57
    LisaW57 Posts: 339 Member
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    Oh @mtararoot - hang out with us a bit more! I'm learning so much from you <3
  • heatherwold1974
    heatherwold1974 Posts: 16 Member
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    January starting weight - 197.5
    January goal - 192.5
    February goal: 185.5
    March Goal: 183
    Ultimate goal - 155

    1/1- 197.5
    1/8- 195
    1/15- 193
    1/22- 190.5 !!Goal!!
    1/29- 191
    2/5- 190.5
    2/12- 188.5
    2/19- 189
    2/26- 188
    3/5- 188.5
    3/12- 185
    3/19- 185
    3/26-186
  • deepwoodslady
    deepwoodslady Posts: 11,023 Member
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    Female named Donna - 58 years young - 5’ 5 ½” - Midwest USA

    I DON’T QUIT WHEN I’M TIRED…..I QUIT WHEN I’M DONE!

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    I am weighing in on the First and the Last day of each month for a full monthly account. In March I shall start on the 2nd (Travel no weigh on the 1st).


    MY STATS:
    Highest weight ever (2014/2015): 253
    Original starting weight for this current journey : (1-11-2018) 235.0
    March starting weight – 188.8
    March goal - 182.8 lbs
    March Actual End Weight: TBD


    Weight/Comment:

    Mar 02 – ….. 188.8…..
    Mar 08 – ….. 190.8….. Oh my! Egg Fast/Fat Fast starting today (Thanks Tish for reminding me of this option)
    Mar 15 – ….. 185.6….. Thanking the eggs & God. Now, to just stay strong. Lots of travel (4 days) this upcoming week. I expect lots of sitting & restaurants in the picture. I would like to be proud of myself when this week is all over.
    Mar 23 – …..189.6….. Weighing in one day late after 5 days of travel this past week. And that’s what you get folks when it’s mostly restaurant food, not enough water & lots of sitting…sitting…sitting.
    Mar 29 – ….. 188.1 ….. A little lighter than when I stated. 2 more days to keep going in the right direction hopefully.
    Mar 31 – ….. …..


    Final Challenge Thoughts:

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