Lose 5lbs + in April 2019

well ending first week at a .7 loss since March, but slight weight gain this week from Monday. Quite a bit of fluctuations this week from 158.9 Tuesday back up to 160.1 this morning (but within range of variability since tracking). I have been hitting the gym everyday this week and had a pretty strenuous workout yesterday (step + weights) so hopefully will see a drop. Also saw lipids specialist yesterday who wants me to increase pysillium/flaxseed/plant sterols to help with lowering cholesterol and go back to low GI diet. Hoping the weight gain is water retention (fiber + more moderate GI carbs yesterday than typical) or added muscle ). Good news is that my LDL dropped by 30 points since starting diet/exercise in February - so that is definitely worth celebrating going into the weekend!

Original starting weight - 177.1
Starting weight (March 31)- 160.8
April goal - 154.8
Ultimate goal - 110

1st - 159.8 lbs
5th - 160.1 lbs
8th -
12th -
15th -
19th -
22nd -
26th -
29th -
30th -

Total loss for April -

Just found this group 😁 I’ve restarted this so many times. I just got bloodwork back that I’m pre-diabetic so I NEED to stick with this. For myself and my husband and kids.
I’m thinking about doing Piyo. I walk and stand all day at work but don’t move my body much other than that. Would that be good for a beginner? I’m reluctant because my knee hurts all the time.

Original starting weight -225
April starting weight -225
April goal -217
Ultimate goal -145

1st -225
8th -
15th -
22nd -
29th -
Total loss for April -

[Starting weight - 338.8 Lbs
Current weight - 170.4 Lbs
April goal - 164 Lbs
Ultimate goal - 150 Lbs

April 06 - 169
April 13 -
April 20 -
April 27 -

Total loss for March - 1.4 Lbs

lalabank wrote: »

@dawnbgethealthy
Do you eat back exercise calories? I follow the rule that unless you are in maintenance or at a normal BMI you don’t need to eat back exercise.
I eat 1350 no matter how many calories MFP or anything else says I burned. Only exception is I will eat back 1-200 calories if I do a second full hour of intentional hard cardio in a day.

Hi @lalabank : - )
No, I don't really eat back exercise...maybe a tiny bit once in awhile. In the past if I knew that I was going out for dinner (which I am banning this month) I would get in an extra workout to sort of balance it. It seemed that no matter what I ordered out - like salad with grilled chicken I would gain 3 pounds even if I stayed at 1200 cal. I really don't know what happens to food in restaurants, excess salt perhaps.
Certainly if I burned 1200 calories in a day (2 hours of skating for instance) I would occasionally end up eating 1500-1700 calories instead of 1200-1300, but still maintained a huge deficit for the day. That was usually if I had a noon hour skate and a skate later on I would have some lunch in between.
Those big calorie burn days are gone for me now, 1 hour session once a week is all that is left of the skating season for the year. Zumba (or dance aerobics) is the only other thing that I enjoy enough to get at least 30 minutes in per day otherwise. I had really hoped during March break where there was skating 5 days per week that I would see some weight loss. Considering my ultra-slow metabolism (which exercise is supposed to fix btw) those 2 weeks of skating appear to be favourably showing up over the last 2 days! TMI, beets show up 3 days later, so maybe all of that skating fun is just now making a difference for me. Oh, that, (and I know that some are disappointed in me), I have dropped my calories to around 1100 recently, really not wanting to go and look for something to eat to get in another 100-200 calories. My schedule dictates that, I have so many calories left at dinner time and barely get any during the day except for breakfast and a few almonds here and there.

dawnbgethealthy wrote: »

I weigh daily - mostly because it keeps me in check and I like to understand trends.
Weekly weighing is generally most acceptable.
I found this article on MFP which might interest some of you:
https://healthline.com/nutrition/daily-weighing#section7

As you probably already know, daily weighing makes the most sense to me, as does ignoring the number and just looking at the trend. That's one thing I like about this "challenge," that you just report once per week. I report the weight for that day, but what's more important is that I report a ten-day average. THAT is the more important number, and it will be less variable than that one-day number.

My reporting day is Monday this month (it changes every month based on what day of the week the month starts on). But since you wrote about daily versus weekly weigh in, here's an example of why it's so important to weigh daily and ignore the individual number. Look especially at how I "gained five pounds" from March 20 - 25, and then "gained four pounds" from March 30 - April 2. Except I didn't. Looking at the trend, maybe I did gain some, but that first blip was only a half pound, and the second was only a third of a pound. Even that isn't quite true because over the last couple months, it's been pretty consistent.

WOOT! Dawn @dawnbgethealthy. So close! I'm rooting for your drop into the 160's!

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.
April 05 - 170.9
April 06 - 170.0 !!
April 07 - 171.6 - Expected, very small deficit yesterday


Running loss/gain - loss 1.2

tiabirdie56 wrote: »

WOOT! Dawn @dawnbgethealthy. So close! I'm rooting for your drop into the 160's!

Thanks @tiabirdie56 : - )
I have been close a few times over the past 3 months, not quite there yet. You have been close too!
Going from Obese to fat is still 20 pounds away. I definitely feel leaner from the 2 weeks of extra skating. These big glutes and quads should be burning some fat all on their own, and my core feels strong.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

I am still here. Stuck like a broken record. In all honesty I have been a bit sloppy with my calories lately. When I get discouraged with my lack of progress I sabotage myself. I still log everything, so I know how much I have overdone it.

I have kept up with my increased activity since the new year. I walk on my lunch break at work for 30 minutes. Occasionally we have a group lunch so I can't then, but realistically I am walking 9 out of 10 working days. In fact I feel like I need that walk now, so that is a good habit.

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:

March 25 - March 31: 197.1
April 1 - 7: 197.3

Loss for April: 0.2 GAIN

MFP Loss: 35.7 lbs.

Total cumulative loss since mid 2015: 45.7 lbs.

Move more, eat less.