St. Patrick’s Day Challenge! ☘️

⁉️ So, I have a question for everyone! I tend to lose weight pretty fast bc I underestimate my calorie needs. I become obsessed with tracking my calories in the app, and I notice that I will skip eating a nutrient dense meal if I had a sip of my daughters high calorie Boba (bc I add it) 🥤

Obviously this isn’t sustainable, and usually why I end up having to stop exercising 💪🏻 bc I have no energy and feel awful. My calorie limit is 1400 on the app, and I burn about 300 during an hour of activity at the gym. Last night I was exhausted by 7pm. I’ve been doing this for the last week.

Anyway, I’m in this internal struggle on whether or not I continue counting my calories to the last crumb, pull back my workouts, or what?? This is how I always end up getting to my goal weight and then being so relieved it’s over. At 31 and years of yo-yo dieting, I see this can’t possibly be healthy and I need to develop a better system. Thoughts? 🙏🏻

@MichelleMcKeeRN thanks for the feedback! do you still lose weight at 1650?

Original SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
Challenge SW: 243.1 (2/5/2020)
Challenge GW: 235

Mini Goals:
* Ring Fit Adventure on weekends + at least 1 weeknight
* Limit snacks to 300cal per day
* At least one long (30+min) outdoor walk per week

I weigh in on Fridays, so I'm adjusting the check-in dates.
2/12: 241.4
2/19: 239.8
2/26: 239.8
3/5:
3/9:
3/12:
3/19:

Maintenance is better than gain, I suppose.

I have gotten my Ring Fit Adventuring in, that's no problem - in fact I'm just going to do that for most of my regular planned exercise next month, so hitting that goal will be no problem for the rest of this challenge. I also got in a good 20-25 minutes of walking outdoors in yesterday, and I'm going to make that part of my regular planned exercise next month as well - the way my schedule is set up, I have 5 hours between getting out of bed and going to work on Thursday mornings, so I might as well make good use of that time.

The snacking, though...that goal I definitely did not meet this week. I averaged 530 cal per day in just snacks, there wasn't one day under 400 cal, let alone the 300 I was aiming for. I couldn't even tell you why, there's no obvious Major Life Stuff getting in my way right now - the only big change this week from previous weeks is changing what time Hubs and I get out of bed. I didn't think waking up an hour earlier would make that much of a difference but I guess it did. Hopefully my husband and I settle into this new routine quickly.

I weighed myself this morning and I had lost 1 pound. So my update is:

Mini Goals:

**be more accurate in weighing and counting calories**
eat my whole 1200 calories daily YES
lose 5 pounds by Mar 17

I weigh in on Fridays
2/12: 201.6
2/19: 201.4 -0.2
2/26: 200.4 -1.0
3/5:
3/12
3/19:

So, not a huge loss, but better than a gain!

Jennifer
234 / 200.4 / 140

SW (2/15): 159
Loss goal: 4.5 lbs
GW: 154.5

Mini goals:
1) Diet 🥑🥦 (Eat 4-5 servings vegetables daily)
2) Fitness 👟 (Exercise 3 hours every 6 days)

2/15: 159 - Exercise is on a roll! Veggies...? We're working on it!!
2/21: 157.6 - I checked in this day, but totally forgot to come and log it.
2/27:
3/5:
3/11:
3/17:

Steph_135 wrote: »

pinknshady wrote: »

@MichelleMcKeeRN thanks for the feedback! do you still lose weight at 1650?

Do some research on resting metabolic rate. Then add your workout calories on top of that, and that should give you your maintenance calories. Decrease by 15% for weight loss. This is generally accepted as a starting point. Adjust as necessary. Eat clean, whole foods. Much easier said than done! I know!

My calorie goal with my metabolic rate and exercise calories is 1800 calories! I can’t imagine if lose weight eating that many

Starting weight: 2/9 139.8lb
Goal weight:-7.5 lbs =132.3lb

Mini goal:
1) No late night snacks
2) Track calories on MFP

2/9: 139.8
2/15: 140
2/21: 138.8
2/27: 136.2
3/5:
3/11:
3/17:

SW: 184.9 / 83.9
GW: 178.9
Mini Goal #1: Sleep at least 5hrs a night, time it!
Mini Goal #2: Prioritize healthy eating goals, even during work!

Progress to date: 3.0lbs
2/9: 84.5
2/15: 83.9
2/21: 82.8
2/27: 82.5 - New job, lost focus for a bit, this week will be better!
3/5:
3/11:
3/17:

🌈Luck!🌈
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