3-Month Weight Loss Challenge, February - May, Pick Your Difficulty

LadySaton wrote: »

tthickens637 wrote: »

LadySaton wrote: »

tthickens637 wrote: »

LadySaton wrote: »

tthickens637 wrote: »

OK, it's official... I've hit a plateau! I think I've been taking in too few calories for too long. I've become hungrier and hungrier and end up giving in and over-eating one or two days a week:( Also, this last week I felt so drained physically - I was often cold and all I wanted to do was sleep (of course non-stop rain didn't help). So clearly it's time to do something different! I'll start by increasing my calorie intake and uping my activity to compensate. 😖 I'll check-in again next week and KEEP ON KEEPING ON! KOKO everyone🤗

Original Weight: 187 (10/1/18)
Challenge Starting Weight: 171
Challenge Level: 🤸🏽‍♂️💃🏼🏃‍♀️🙅
Challenge Goal weight:150

Have a great week everyone...

Weekly check-in:

2/1: 171.1
2/8: 168.3
2/15: 168.4
2/22: 166.9
3/1: 166.0
3/8: 166.4

I added an extra 200 calories to my daily goal at the beginning of this month myself. I was having fatigue that was unusual for me and less than stellar performance in my workouts. I wasn’t experiencing hunger though so I didn’t realize I needed to be eating more for awhile. I think I was underestimating my activity level and exercise burn, even though I was only set to lose a pound a week (still in the overweight category).

My fatigue issues have gone and my run yesterday felt fabulous and I’ve started seeing strength gains again, so I think it was a good idea. Hopefully you have the same effect. I will say, I’ve been fighting hunger pretty fierce the last week of having a higher calorie goal. I don’t know if that’s normal or just me, but I had only occasional hunger issues before on my lower goal and now I just want to eat and eat and eat. I had a 500 calorie breakfast this morning and for me that’s absolutely insane because I’m not generally very hungry in the mornings! I’m still meeting my weekly goal with some creative food ideas though, so there’s hope. Dry roasting huge trays of veggies is becoming my norm. Filling and no oil calories so I can eat my fat in cheese instead. 🤣

Reviewing entries and reread yours above. I'm curious about your recipes for roasting vegies. Can you share one, as I'm running out of good ideas?? TIA

I just really like veggies so I tend to buy whatever is tasty looking and chop, combine to a medley. I use season all because I like it and if I want something exceptionally flavorful I add a variety of those cherry tomatoes. They add an amazing flavor profile after cooking.

I really just love veggies though so it doesn’t take much to please me. No special prep required. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thanks so much... I love vegies too and I love simple, so your recipe is great!! Do you just dry roast them on a cookie sheet in the oven? I disparately need healthful and easy snack food I can just pop in my mouth when I'm on the go; nuts, carrots and hard-boiled eggs are getting old!

Yes, I just dry roast. I don’t use oil if I’m just roasting a side of veggies, though I will use it in certain recipes.

For easy snacks, I like cheesesticks (especially the ones that are wrapped in pepperoni omg) and sometimes I make some meat-n-cheese rolls (sometimes with a romaine wrap if I have it, normally just the sliced meat and cheese though) and have them ready in the fridge for when I’m short on time. I really like the Muuna cottage cheese, it’s lractically dessert, but you do need a spoon for that. I freeze low sugar yogurt tubes for when I really want a frozen treat but don’t want to use a bunch of calories on ice cream. I also portion out bagged snacks into individual containers so I can just grab something really easily. All of my healthy snacks incorporate protein one way or the other, but I also have plenty of junk snacks because sometimes I just need to indulge. 🤣

LadySaton wrote: »

36yo
5’6”
Ultimate SW: 223
Ultimate GW: 130
Challenge Level: ★★★
Challenge Starting Weight: 164
Challenge Goal weight: 149

Feb1 - 164
Feb10 - 161.6
Feb17 - 159.8
Feb24 - 157.4
Mar3 - 157.8
Mar10 - 155.4
Mar17 - 154.8
Mar24 - 152.6
Mar31 - 151.6
Apr7 - 149.6
Apr14 - 147.8
Apr21 -
Apr28 -
May1 -

I’m now past my mini-goal, expecting a slow down in loss to start soon as I’ve upped my calories the past couple weeks since I’m getting close to my final goal weight. Coming up to the really hard part now, final 20 and then maintenance.

TerriRichardson112 wrote: »

Background information

Went up to 172 at the end of 2017 (Christmas etc), but have lost that again. I am very close to maintenance, so weight is dropping very slowly, but I would so like to hit my goal before my 73rd birthday in April. Also working on muscle toning at the moment, which isn't helping the scale but should even out eventually.

Daily Health/Fitness Goals

• Currently on Week 8 of a 10 week Boditrax Course at our local gym. (I won it at a raffle at a heavily discounted rate)
• Daily step goal is 9000. I do 15+ strength most days, targeting specific areas, and Yoga/Tai Chi for flex.
• I eat 90% 'clean/healthy' food and adhere to CICO. I do extra exercise to earn extra calories if I want treats.

Location: Northern Ireland
Challenge Starting Weight: 165
Challenge Level: ⭐️
Challenge Goal: 160

I'm thinking that making notes when I post each week might be useful.

01 Feb: 165.0 Started a muscle strengthening programme on the 26/1. My initial body assessment was very encouraging. Expecting weight fluctuations as the body adapts.
08 Feb: 165.0 My weight loss has halted, much as expected. In fact I had expected a small gain! Go figure!
15 Feb: 165.2 This process is seldom predictable. I will just go with the flow.
22 Feb: 164.5 Now that's a surprise. Mind you, I only did one gym session as my schedule was choc a bloc.
01 Mar: 164.9 Second body assessment showed some improvements. But fitting in the gym sessions was problematic.
08 Mar: 167.5 I upped my calories this week, specifically protein. And Valentine's Day choices have led to a bounce up. This always seems to happen to me when we celebrate.
15 Mar: 167.4 Focused on getting in some extra workouts, being more stringent with clean eating by weighing food portions, and replacing empty calorie snacks with healthy alternatives.
22 Mar: 166.2 Much happier with this. I have the odd blip, but generally sticking to my plan. Time will help me win through.
29 Mar: 166 not much progress to report.
05 Apr: 166 Keeping on keeping on. I have been wavering up and down half a pound, and it is creeping down, but ever so sloooowly. 😂
12 Apr: 165.4
Progress

• I am pre-logging my food and drink to balance macros/micros, weighing portions, and adjusting the entries as necessary
• I am fasting from 8pm to 9am daily, and have replaced most of my sugary snacks with more nutritious, protein-rich alternatives such as nuts.
• I'm looking for a downward trend on the scale over the next few weeks. Intrigued to see if it will pan out.
• I am exceeding my daily exercise goals
• I am working on muscle tone, and developing strength and stamina

Kiyomoo wrote: »

Well, it's not Friday yet. I could wait just two more days, but I'm too excited! Today I made it down to 259.8 pounds!

260 has always been my first major goal. It is the number that really made me realize how fat I was. And this was so many years ago, definitely before 2015. Before then, I had always known I was fat, but I didn't really think I was "that bad".
I'm so happy to be under it. I'm elated.

My weight may fluctuate a bit and go above 260 again for a week or so, which is totally okay and normal, but I'm just so happy that it's below 260 right now. Weeeeeee!!! 3-month weight loss challenge complete!

ajaia2001 wrote: »

Weekly weigh in

SW: 198
Level: 5
GW: 173

2/1: 198.0
2/8: 194.0
2/15: 191.9
2/22: 188.8
3/1: 186.4
3/8: 182.1
3/15: 180.0
3/22: 178.6
3/29: 178.0
4/5: No weigh in - out of town
4/12: 174.4
4/19: 174.0