Lose 5lbs + in April 2019

Original starting weight - 154
April starting weight - 151.8
April goal - 140
Ultimate goal - 133

1st - 151.8
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I AM IN
Starting weight for April is 236.4
Aprils goal weight is 231.0
Total weight loss is

@dawnbgethealthy, Thanks Dawn! All grains cause me inflammation. At first it was only wheat, I found that out back in the early 90's, after a 6 month bout of hives. Horrible! Then in early 2015, I was getting inflammation and weight gain from all grains. If I eat any, I do so with caution. In February, I ate a half cup of homemade macaroni and cheese. I knew that I would hold fluid from the carbs, but I suffered inflamed and achy joints for 2 days.

Original starting weight - 212lb
April starting weight - 211.3lb
April goal - 206lb
Ultimate goal - 165lb

1st - 211.3lb
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I'm in!

April starting weight: 179.5lbs
April goal: 174lbs
Ultimate goal: 128lbs

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58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191

March total: loss 1.7 lbs - This is all that I lost with a deficit of 18,713 calories


March 31 - 172.8
April 02 - Tuesday - 174.1
April 03 - 173.0
April 04 - 171.6 - I was 170.9 on March 30th I have been dropping my calories from 1200 to 1100 so far this month, I am not satisfied with working so diligently to lose only a pound a month. There was bonus skating yesterday which seems to remove all of my excess water (and stress) and burns lots of calories, so a 1.4 loss in a day is likely due to that.


Running loss/gain - Gain .2

I'm finally seeing a downward trend again after gaining weight for several months, so hopefully I can continue that trend during this challenge. I want to get below that 233lbs mark again in the next couple weeks. That would get me back to a 100lb total loss.

Original starting weight - 333lbs (2015)
April starting weight - 235lbs
April goal - 230lbs

1st - 235
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I'd love join
Original starting weight -180
April starting weight -180
April goal -175
Ultimate goal -165

1st -180
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61 years old; 5'2"
Original starting weight - 158.5 (12/30/2018)
April starting weight - 152.4
April goal -147.4
Ultimate goal - 135.0

1st - 152.4 (153.9 trend weight)
5th - 152.4 (153.5 trend weight)
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Had some fluctuation, I'll take stable. Trend weight is looking good.

Game Plan:

• Continue weekly meal planning ✔ So far so good. This is a huge help in staying on track!
• Log daily in MFP - focus on daily calorie deficit ✔ Meeting my calorie goals, but they are a bit too low. Need to up calories burned.
• Increase Fitbit steps from 2500 (March avg) to 5000 by end of April Hit 3000 one out of 4 days. My job is sedentary, so this is a process
• Hit active minutes goal of 20 minutes daily Up to 14 minutes!
• Increase strength building exercise from 5 days to 7 Still at 5. Like I said, it's a process.
• Watch weight trend and don't freak out over daily fluctuations ✔

tris2002 wrote: »

dawnbgethealthy wrote: »

58 years old, 5'3"
Oct 27.18 joined MFP Start weight 191

April 04 - 171.6 - I was 170.9 on March 30th I have been dropping my calories from 1200 to 1100 so far this month, I am not satisfied with working so diligently to lose only a pound a month. There was bonus skating yesterday which seems to remove all of my excess water (and stress) and burns lots of calories, so a 1.4 loss in a day is likely due to that.

Dawn, please be careful in decreasing your calories- sometimes doing so works against you as it slows your metabolism! I'm not a dietitian so take advice as you will but from experience this seems to be the case. I'm about 10lb heavier than you and I'm eating on a 1400 calorie count (MFP has me locked in at 1200 and i don't listen to it because research contradicts that) and losing weight! I know it seems odd but maybe increase your calories a bit and add a small 100-200 calorie snack in somewhere during your day to see how your body responds?

Thank you @tris2002 : - )
I doubt that I will stay at 1100, I just get so frustrated at losing only a pound a month. It is a bit of an experiment.
This post-menopausal metabolism truly sucks. What works at 48 really doesn't work at 58.
Deficit should dictate weight loss, but it hasn't for me the past two months (37,500 deficit) otherwise I would be down 11 pounds. I skated almost every day, but skating is reduced to 1 session per week now and that will end this month. Calories in calories out. I burned 1200 calories many of those days, and ate more calories, but kept a deficit. (eat more exercise more)
Thank you for worrying : - ) I was just whining a bit, and am sick of being obese.

•Lose 5 lbs in April 2019•

March 2019 - Gain/Loss
of .6 lbs. 31 day average was 173.3 Monthly average is steadily coming down.

Original starting wgt: 253
April starting weight: 177
April goal: 170
☔Updating every day through April.

•Monday Updates•📌

📌April 1 - 177 - Ate something I shouldn't have and now have inflammation in joints😩

4/2 - 174.6
4/3 - 175.4⬅ abs workout yesterday, glutes today, so who knows what tmrw will bring
4/4 - 174 - I worked out with my Niece yesterday. She doesn't look forward to glute workouts, but I do! Lol. We got through it. Need to stretch and walk out the soreness today.

4/5- 176.8 - Probably 175.8 I drank 16ozs of water just before weighing. Still holding fluid from butt and leg workout. Muscles are still on a low hum😃 My knee told me, unh-unh yesterday, so no walk. It was feeling unstable. Stretching and balance exercises accomplished.


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