Average-down April - Accountability Thread
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Lost the 1.6 lbs I gained over Easter. Up to 115 yesterday, then today back to 113.4. So thankful for all
I’ve learned here - I would have starved myself, panicked, felt like a failure, etc to see that almost 2 pound jump overnight. Did nothing differently at all - just went back to my old routine. Maybe, just maybe, I’ve got this?!?!😀
And the truth is the food and “treats” I ate to gain the water weight wasn’t the taste ecstasy I had imagined.6 -
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5' 8"
CW: 142.4
GW: ~135ish
Jan EW:143 - AVE 144.2
Feb EW - 142.5 - AVE 142.4
Mar EW - 142.0 - AVE 142.0
April Goal - move average weight to 130s
1. Stay off sugar
2. Stay Keto
4/1 - 143.0 - Ave 142.3 - I splurged on a massive green chile cheeseburger last night...
4/2 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I didn't eat great yesterday, but I also didn't eat much..
4/6 - 145.0 - Ave 144.0 - Easter wknd was lots of time on the road, we all ate terribly and way too much. Settling back into my regular routine. I feel like this water weight should be gone by Friday.2 -
Sherry -
50y * 5'1"
Weight goal: 104
Current weight: 106.0April GOALS, fairly similar to last month:
Cab cycling.
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March 08 : 106.6
March 11: 108.0
March 31: 106.0
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Jan results: Gained: 4lbs (also had foot surgery)
Feb loss: Zero. okay, maybe 1#
March loss: 2lbs
Did not gain while on easter break (visiting parents and inlaws (out of town, in hotel for 7 days).
Now, onto an eating plan that cycles the carbs and has meals every 2 hrs.
Today (APril 6) is day 1.
also just received my covid shot.
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Age: 51
BMI: 25,1
Jan trend: -0.6
Feb trend: +0.2
Mar trend: +0.5
CW: 74.2
March GW: 73
GW: 71.0
Thanks for starting the thread @l4a_p!
02/04: 74.2 - yesterday I did a long bikeride to see a friend (outside with lots of distance), total of 89km / 55miles. The weather was gorgeous and I felt spring on my skin and in mybones @l4a_p! I am supermotivated since we are back from our vacation week, and I hope I'll finally reach those 73 that have been my goal weight since the start of the year.
06/04: 74.8 - the Easter weekend was ... well... strange to say the least. After a few days of gorgeous spring weather we are back to winter: hailstorms and big snowflakes and subzero temps during the night. To cheer us up, hubbie went to buy a delish Easter dinner, but that didn't help, did it? Now, he promised me that we will stay to our regular food for the rest of the month. I really do hope so. He likes eating as much as I do, but he is now training for a marathon and thus all the kilos and pounds don't stay on his hips and belly. We've got this !
07/04: 74.71 -
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5' 8"
CW: 142.4
GW: ~135ish
Jan EW:143 - AVE 144.2
Feb EW - 142.5 - AVE 142.4
Mar EW - 142.0 - AVE 142.0
April Goal - move average weight to 130s
1. Stay off sugar
2. Stay Keto
4/1 - 143.0 - Ave 142.3 - I splurged on a massive green chile cheeseburger last night...
4/2 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I didn't eat great yesterday, but I also didn't eat much..
4/6 - 145.0 - Ave 144.0 - Easter wknd was lots of time on the road, we all ate terribly and way too much. Settling back into my regular routine. I feel like this water weight should be gone by Friday.
4/7 - 145.0 - Ave 144.5 - Ugh3 -
44
5' 8"
CW: 142.4
GW: ~135ish
Jan EW:143 - AVE 144.2
Feb EW - 142.5 - AVE 142.4
Mar EW - 142.0 - AVE 142.0
April Goal - move average weight to 130s
1. Stay off sugar
2. Stay Keto
4/1 - 143.0 - Ave 142.3 - I splurged on a massive green chile cheeseburger last night...
4/2 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I didn't eat great yesterday, but I also didn't eat much..
4/6 - 145.0 - Ave 144.0 - Easter wknd was lots of time on the road, we all ate terribly and way too much. Settling back into my regular routine. I feel like this water weight should be gone by Friday.
4/7 - 145.0 - Ave 144.5 - Ugh
4/8 - 144.0 - yesterday I managed to give away the rest of the home made cookies our neighbor gave us for Easter. Sugar is a funny thing with me, if I have ANY - suddenly I crave it like crazy. Cut it out and the cravings go away after a day or so. Trying to get April back on track.3 -
Age: 51
BMI: 25,1
Jan trend: -0.6
Feb trend: +0.2
Mar trend: +0.5
CW: 74.2
March GW: 73
GW: 71.0
Thanks for starting the thread@l4a_p!
02/04: 74.2 - yesterday I did a long bikeride to see a friend (outside with lots of distance), total of 89km / 55miles. The weather was gorgeous and I felt spring on my skin and in mybones@l4a_p! I am supermotivated since we are back from our vacation week, and I hope I'll finally reach those 73 that have been my goal weight since the start of the year.
06/04: 74.8 - the Easter weekend was ... well... strange to say the least. After a few days of gorgeous spring weather we are back to winter: hailstorms and big snowflakes and subzero temps during the night. To cheer us up, hubbie went to buy a delish Easter dinner, but that didn't help, did it? Now, he promised me that we will stay to our regular food for the rest of the month. I really do hope so. He likes eating as much as I do, but he is now training for a marathon and thus all the kilos and pounds don't stay on his hips and belly. We've got this !
07/04: 74.7
09/04: 74.53 -
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5' 8"
CW: 142.4
GW: ~135ish
Jan EW:143 - AVE 144.2
Feb EW - 142.5 - AVE 142.4
Mar EW - 142.0 - AVE 142.0
April Goal - move average weight to 130s
1. Stay off sugar
2. Stay Keto
4/1 - 143.0 - Ave 142.3 - I splurged on a massive green chile cheeseburger last night...
4/2 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I didn't eat great yesterday, but I also didn't eat much..
4/6 - 145.0 - Ave 144.0 - Easter wknd was lots of time on the road, we all ate terribly and way too much. Settling back into my regular routine. I feel like this water weight should be gone by Friday.
4/7 - 145.0 - Ave 144.5 - Ugh
4/8 - 144.0 - yesterday I managed to give away the rest of the home made cookies our neighbor gave us for Easter. Sugar is a funny thing with me, if I have ANY - suddenly I crave it like crazy. Cut it out and the cravings go away after a day or so. Trying to get April back on track.
4/9 - 144.0 - Made myself log everything yesterday, my eatings gotten a bit out of hand. Sometimes seeing it in black and white will really make you think.4 -
5' 8", 26 yr old
Apr GW: 158
4/3: 162.8
4/10: 159.5
It was a quick whoosh, but I guess I had a lot to improve upon food wise.3 -
165 cm (5'5"), 29 yrs old
Apr 4 - 55.55 kg (122.2 lbs)
Apr 11 - 55.7 kg (122.5 lbs)
I did pretty well this week except for Wednesday I gave in and ate most of a bag of chips...so maybe that's why my weight went up a bit this week. But otherwise I stuck to my plan. I guess I just have to be patient and keep going.3 -
ME:
31y * 5'9" * BMI:22,2 * Weight goal: 63kg (138,89lbs)
Jan loss:- 2,3kg~70,4
Feb loss:-1.4kg~69
March loss: -0.1kg~68.9kg
GOALS:- Minimal intake of sugar (<30grams/day)
- Keep up 16h fasting
- 4/3 fasting pattern and macro cycling
- Alcohol only on weekends and max once during the week
1 April: 68kg
6 April: 68.7kg...
12 April: 68.3kg It clearly wasn't just water weight. It's weird, last time around it took me a month to go from 69->67. Now I've been hovering in the same 68 range for 2 months already.
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Age: 51
BMI: 25,1
Jan trend: -0.6
Feb trend: +0.2
Mar trend: +0.5
CW: 74.2
March GW: 73
GW: 71.0
Thanks for starting the thread@l4a_p!
02/04: 74.2 - yesterday I did a long bikeride to see a friend (outside with lots of distance), total of 89km / 55miles. The weather was gorgeous and I felt spring on my skin and in mybones@l4a_p! I am supermotivated since we are back from our vacation week, and I hope I'll finally reach those 73 that have been my goal weight since the start of the year.
06/04: 74.8 - the Easter weekend was ... well... strange to say the least. After a few days of gorgeous spring weather we are back to winter: hailstorms and big snowflakes and subzero temps during the night. To cheer us up, hubbie went to buy a delish Easter dinner, but that didn't help, did it? Now, he promised me that we will stay to our regular food for the rest of the month. I really do hope so. He likes eating as much as I do, but he is now training for a marathon and thus all the kilos and pounds don't stay on his hips and belly. We've got this !
07/04: 74.7
12/04: 74.9
I did a little experiment over the weekend. I've calculated my BMR (base metabolic rate) and my neat (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), and calculated what the expected weight loss would be with a 250 cal deficit. This weekend was a cocoon weekend because of the bad weather. I did some laundry on Sat and some cleaning on Sun - steps between 2.000 and 3.000 - the perfect examples of sedentary days.
What it shows is that my NEAT that I got from a formula off the net is exactly right, see yellow cells.
And that Sunday I ate too much. What I thought would be my maintenance level (around 2.000 kcals) is actually too high for a sedentary day. And it showed this morning on the scales as a perfect cause and effect (see red arrow). There I go, a bit wiser again! Did I mention I love maths
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Antiopelle wrote: »Age: 51
BMI: 25,1
Jan trend: -0.6
Feb trend: +0.2
Mar trend: +0.5
CW: 74.2
March GW: 73
GW: 71.0
Thanks for starting the thread@l4a_p!
02/04: 74.2 - yesterday I did a long bikeride to see a friend (outside with lots of distance), total of 89km / 55miles. The weather was gorgeous and I felt spring on my skin and in mybones@l4a_p! I am supermotivated since we are back from our vacation week, and I hope I'll finally reach those 73 that have been my goal weight since the start of the year.
06/04: 74.8 - the Easter weekend was ... well... strange to say the least. After a few days of gorgeous spring weather we are back to winter: hailstorms and big snowflakes and subzero temps during the night. To cheer us up, hubbie went to buy a delish Easter dinner, but that didn't help, did it? Now, he promised me that we will stay to our regular food for the rest of the month. I really do hope so. He likes eating as much as I do, but he is now training for a marathon and thus all the kilos and pounds don't stay on his hips and belly. We've got this !
07/04: 74.7
12/04: 74.9
I did a little experiment over the weekend. I've calculated my BMR (base metabolic rate) and my neat (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), and calculated what the expected weight loss would be with a 250 cal deficit. This weekend was a cocoon weekend because of the bad weather. I did some laundry on Sat and some cleaning on Sun - steps between 2.000 and 3.000 - the perfect examples of sedentary days.
What it shows is that my NEAT that I got from a formula off the net is exactly right, see yellow cells.
And that Sunday I ate too much. What I thought would be my maintenance level (around 2.000 kcals) is actually too high for a sedentary day. And it showed this morning on the scales as a perfect cause and effect (see red arrow). There I go, a bit wiser again! Did I mention I love maths
Very interesting! Which calculator did you use?0 -
It's in the first post of this thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1
The formula for BMR is: =(10*74)+(6,25*171)-(5*51)-161
Where 74 is my weight in kg, 171 my height in cm and 51 my age. All the rest is formula.
The multiplication factors for going from BMR to NEAT are:
Sedentary: *1.25
Light: *1.4
Active: *1.6
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Joining a little late (but better than never!). Thanks for starting this thread.
CW: 130 lbs
GW: 125
IW: 122
SW: 127
I worked out really hard the last few months with HIIT and love how in shape I am, but it also caused my jeans to not fit. I guess I overcompensate with food when I’m working out. I’d love to keep the tone and fit back in my pants, lol. I’ve been strict and tracking the last few weeks with no chances yet.
Goals:
more steps (3 mi) daily—welcome spring!
IM 16 hrs
Reduce splurges and alcohol5 -
47yr, 5'4"
CW: 131 lbs
GW: 125?
March GW: 129 (really, anything under 130 and into the 120s would be awesome)
1 April - 131 lbs
11 April - 131.5 lbs - darn....I think this is the first time I've gone backwards all year! Could be the Easter chocolate, too much work/sitting at my desk, its that time of the month, i had mimosas to celebrate with a friend yesterday etc. Or all of the above!
I've been running longer distances to get to my 10km by end of April (did 7.5 km this Saturday) and am eating great protein for breakfast. I just need to clamp down on snacks and overeating at dinner. And increase my NEAT because as @Antiopelle said, it definitely works! I don't understand all the fancy math, but more movement is more movement which burns calories.4 -
Age: 51
BMI: 25,1
Jan trend: -0.6
Feb trend: +0.2
Mar trend: +0.5
CW: 74.2
March GW: 73
GW: 71.0
Thanks for starting thethread@l4a_p!
02/04: 74.2 - yesterday I did a long bikeride to see a friend (outside with lots of distance), total of 89km / 55miles. The weather was gorgeous and I felt spring on my skin and inmybones@l4a_p! I am supermotivated since we are back from our vacation week, and I hope I'll finally reach those 73 that have been my goal weight since the start of the year.
06/04: 74.8 - the Easter weekend was ... well... strange to say the least. After a few days of gorgeous spring weather we are back to winter: hailstorms and big snowflakes and subzero temps during the night. To cheer us up, hubbie went to buy a delish Easter dinner, but that didn't help, did it? Now, he promised me that we will stay to our regular food for the rest of the month. I really do hope so. He likes eating as much as I do, but he is now training for a marathon and thus all the kilos and pounds don't stay on his hips and belly. We've got this !
07/04: 74.7
12/04: 74.9
13/04: 74.93 -
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5' 8"
CW: 142.4
GW: ~135ish
Jan EW:143 - AVE 144.2
Feb EW - 142.5 - AVE 142.4
Mar EW - 142.0 - AVE 142.0
April Goal - move average weight to 130s
1. Stay off sugar
2. Stay Keto
4/1 - 143.0 - Ave 142.3 - I splurged on a massive green chile cheeseburger last night...
4/2 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I didn't eat great yesterday, but I also didn't eat much..
4/6 - 145.0 - Ave 144.0 - Easter wknd was lots of time on the road, we all ate terribly and way too much. Settling back into my regular routine. I feel like this water weight should be gone by Friday.
4/7 - 145.0 - Ave 144.5 - Ugh
4/8 - 144.0 - yesterday I managed to give away the rest of the home made cookies our neighbor gave us for Easter. Sugar is a funny thing with me, if I have ANY - suddenly I crave it like crazy. Cut it out and the cravings go away after a day or so. Trying to get April back on track.
4/9 - 144.0 - Made myself log everything yesterday, my eatings gotten a bit out of hand. Sometimes seeing it in black and white will really make you think.
4/13 - 141.6 - Ave 142.1 - I've been working quite a bit to stay in a routine.
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Happy at 113.4 but ultra disappointed won’t be restarting my strength training this week. Was Rear ended with my elderly parents in the front - me in the back. 17 year old speeder who I guess doesn’t like red lights. Anywho, will see a doc tomorrow. Ugh.5
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@CeeBeeSlim that stinks! Hope you get a good report at the dr.0
