Spring Weight Loss Challenge 2021(March, April and May) A Continuation

Hi, can I join this challenge? I weigh everyday & average them on Monday, so my numbers are the weekly average.
Thanks for letting me join, I am hoping the accountability will help.

STARTING WEIGHT/DATE WITH MFP: about 175 on 8/19/12 (been here a long time, lol, but kinda off & on)
Lost about 25 pounds, then pretty much maintaining, up a little, down a little, but would like to lose another 15 or so.

Challenge starting weight: 148.8

3-1: 148.8
3-8: 148.54
3-15: 148.51
3-22: 146.77 think this was artificially low because doing low fiber for colonoscopy prep
3-29: 146.1 still low because of colonoscopy prep & only 3 days of weighing

4-5: 149.2 probably more likely actual weight, been gone for a week & not logging eating and only 3 days of weighing when returned
4-12: 148.57
4-19: 147.66
4-26: 147.4
5-2: 148.09 too many days over calorie goal..fully vaxxed, so seeing friends for first time in over a year

Weight lost this week: + .69#
Current challenge loss: .71#

Challenge weight loss goal: 10#

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): 252.8 lb, 11/13/2020

CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 239.8 lb, 2/26/2021


March 5: 239.2 lb
March 12: 237.0 lb
March 19: 237.8 lb
March 26: 234.6 lb

March Goal: 235 lb
March Actual: 234.6 lb

April 2: 233.4 lb
April 9: 231.4 lb
April 16: 229.4 lb
April 23: 229.6 lb
April 30: 227.6 lb

April Goal: 229 lb
April Actual: 227.6 lb

May 7: 227.8 lb
May 14:
May 21:
May 28:

May Goal:
May Actual:


Weight lost this week: +0.2 lb
Challenge weight loss total: -12.0 lb

Challenge Weight loss goal: 224.8 (-15 lb)

Water retention and food in transit. Watch this space for a WHOOSH, I bet.

Oops, almost posted twice for this week. Just disregard this one, lol.

CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 177.2 lbs


March 1: 177.2 lbs
March 8: 174.6 lbs
March 15: 175.4 lbs
March 22: 175.4 lbs
March 29: 174.6 lbs

March Goal: 174.5 lbs
March Actual: 174.6 lbs

April 5: 175.2 lbs
April 12: 174.2 lbs
April 19: 176 lbs
April 26: 173.6 lbs

April Goal: 172 lbs
April Actual: 173.6 lbs

May 3: 173.6 lbs
May 10: 174 lbs
May 17:
May 24:
May 31:

May Goal: 169.5 lbs
May Actual:


Weight lost this week: gain of 0.4 lbs

Challenge Weight loss goal: 8 lbs

Gah....I seriously am plateaud.

March 1: 202 lbs
March 8: 200.6
March 15: 198.0
March 22: 195.2
March 29: 193.6

March Goal: 196
March Actual: 193.6 (2.4 lbs under goal)

April 5: 190.8 lbs
April 12: 193.0
April 19: 189.8
April 26: 191.4

April Goal: 190.0
April Actual 191.4 (1.4 lbs over goal)

May 3: 189.0 lbs
May 10: 186.8
May 17:
May 24:
May 31:

May Goal: 182.5

Weight lost this week: 2.2 lbs
Total lost so far: 15.2 lbs

I was a little bit surprised but pleased with another loss this week! I have been working on upping my exercise and being more exacting about averaging a 500 calorie deficit everyday. Hard to figure out precisely, but I think I've been more consistent. I was thinking my May goal was maybe a little too hopeful, but three weeks to lose a little over 4 pounds? I just might be able to get there.

CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 192.0
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM February 28, 2021): 207.0
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:

Challenge Weight loss goal: I am aiming for a 5 pound per month.




March 01: 206.6 Off to a good start! It’s not spring here (time without snow) until May where I am at in Northern Michigan. So no walking or outside activity until May as I am a fall risk. I’ll do my best to keep moving inside as best I can. Good luck everyone!
March 08: 208.2 Wrong direction. Pizza last night during a family meeting showing up.
March 15: 207.2 Daughter and 3 yr old grandson moved in. I’m not sure for how long. Family troubles. And I thought planning the diet was tough with remodeling team here every day! Wow, this will be challenging!
March 22: 207.4 Up & Down & topsy turvy all week. Focus…Focus…Focus…
March 29: 207.0 Better than last week and right back at the challenge starting weight. Now, to focus on actual progress and not yo-yo’s.
March 31: 208.2 A bit of an unfair way to end the month. It’s up today due to no TMI but it is what it is.


March Goal: 202.0
March Actual: 208.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 1.2 lb Gain



April 01: 207.6 This makes me feel much better!
April 05 206.6 Much better. I am suspecting that I am becoming lactose intolerant. My stomach really gets hard and bloats up after milk, cheese etc. I am weaning off for a test. Happy for this drop on the scale.
April 12: 207.4 An overnight setback. I made good choices yesterday and got in plenty of steps and exercise through some tough yardwork but my calories and carbs were over due to eating 3 meals instead of my normal 2. Hopefully this will adjust and I will get my 206 back soon!
April 19: 206.0 An overnight drop helped. Travel today with dinner out so the rest of the week will be filled with movement to offset!
April 26: 204.0 A ton of yard work after multiple trees were cut down has really burned the calories. Starving today but will try to keep the meals light.
April 30: 206.2 This is a more realistic true weight for me. Two pounds down in April. I’ll take it!


April Goal: 203.2
April Actual: 206.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 0.8 lbs Lost



May 01: 206.6 Late night hunger leads to early morning scale shock! Better days are ahead!
May 03: 207.4 A horrible glucose difficult week. Tweak slowly, tweak slowly. Tread lightly. I am going to try to sneak up on this weight without tipping the glucose scale. Wish me luck!
May 10: 208.8 My 61st birthday. I know things can slow down with age including weight loss, but weight gain is inexcusable! My gift to me today will be to stay on course, one day at a time! My birthday celebrating will be next Sunday so I should be able to stay on course today.
May 17: xxxxx
May 24: xxxxx
May 31: xxxxx


May Goal: 201.2
May Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

Beeps2011 wrote: »

Gah....I seriously am plateaud.

Hang in there. You can do it!

All-Time Highest Weight: 214+
Starting Weight MFP: 171 (1/11/14)
Challenge Starting Weight: 155.6
Challenge Goal Weight: 141.4
Weight Lost This Week: +4.2
Challenge Weight Lost: -4.2

March 1: 155.6
March 8: 155
March 15: 151.8
March 22: 150.8
March 29: 150.4

March Goal: 151.6
March Actual: 150.4

April 5: 152.2 Too much Easter yesterday LOL!
April 12: 151
April 19: 148.8
April 26: 147

April Goal: 146.4
April Actual: 147

May 3: 147.2
May 10: 151.4 Too much crawfish and Mother’s Day this weekend!!

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): 292lbs. November 7 2020
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 242 lbs. March 1, 2021


March 1: 242 lbs.
March 8: 237 lbs.
March 15: 236 lbs.
March 22: 232 lbs.
March 29: 232 lbs.

March Goal: 230 lbs.

April 5: 226 lbs.
April 12: 230 lbs. (birthday weekend)
April 19: 227 lbs.
April 26: 231lbs.

April Goal: 220 lbs.

May 3 (May 2): 228 lbs.
May 10 (May 9): 223 lbs.
May 17 (May 16):
May 24 (May 23):
May 31 (May 30):

May Goal: 220 lbs.

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP: 173lbs - 7th February 2020
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 128lbs - 28th February 2021


March 1: 128
March 11: 127 (-1)
March 18: 126.5 (-0.5)
March 25: 126 (-0.5)

March Goal: 126 lbs
March Actual: 126 lbs (-2lbs)

April 1: 123 (-3 it’s been an extremely stressful 2 weeks, we’ve got builders repairing our patio. I also bought a Fitbit 😊)
April 8: 123 🙁
April 15:
April 22:
April 29: 122.5 (-0.5 I fell off the rails the last few weeks and had some mega binges, I gained 6 pounds at one point but have managed to get things back under control this week)

April Goal: 121 lbs
April Actual: 122.5lbs (-3.5lbs)

May 6:
May 15: 123.5 (+1 weight loss is becoming very very difficult. Would help if I stopped falling off the wagon so much. I’m really lacking motivation)
May 20:
May 27:
May 31:

May Goal: 120 lbs
May Actual:



Challenge Weight goal: 112 - 119lbs (8st - 8st7)
Challenge Weight actual:

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL): 190 lb. 1/15/18
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 2/22/21 139.5


March 1: 139
March 8: 138.5
March 15: 138.4
March 22: 137.0
March 29: 137.0

March Goal: -0.5
March Actual: 137 (-2.5)

April 8: 136.5
April 12: 136.5
April 19: 135.0
April 26: 134.0

April Goal: -0.5
April Actual: 134 (-3.0)

May 3: 134.5
May 10: 133.0
May 17: 134.5
May 24:
May 31:

May Goal: -0.5
May Actual:


Weight lost this week: +1.5
Current challenge loss: - 5.0
Challenge Weight loss goal: -1.5

STARTING WEIGHT/DATE WITH MFP: 320 (Jan 1, 2015); MAX WEIGHT: 330 (July 10, 2020)
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (2/22): 271.9

March 01 : 271.2 : weekly loss = 0.7 (positive/green is a loss; negative/red is a gain)
March 08 : 268.2 : weekly loss = 3.0
March 15 : 265.5 : weekly loss = 2.7
March 22 : 267.3 : weekly loss = -1.8
March 29 : 265.0 : weekly loss = 2.3

March Goal..: 264.4
March Actual: 265.0 : monthly loss = 6.9
Actual vs Goal: missed goal by 0.6 pounds

April 05 : 263.0 : weekly loss = 2.0
April 12 : 260.8 : weekly loss = 2.2
April 19 : 262.8 : weekly loss = -2.0
April 26 : 256.4 : weekly loss = 6.4

April Goal..: 258.4
April Actual: 256.4 : monthly loss = 8.6
Actual vs Goal: exceeded goal by 2.0 pounds

May 03 : 251.9 : weekly loss = 4.5
May 10 : 251.5 : weekly loss = 0.4
May 17 : 253.2 : weekly loss = -1.7
May 24 :
May 31 :
May Goal..: 250.9
May Actual:

Challenge Weight lost so far: 18.7 pounds in 12 weeks

Challenge Weight Loss Goal: 21 pounds in 14 weeks (1.5 lbs/week) ((back to my original goal))

CHALLENGE TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS GOAL: Total Loss of 15 pounds to land at 192.0
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT (FROM February 28, 2021): 207.0
CHALLENGE ENDING WEIGHT:

Challenge Weight loss goal: I am aiming for a 5 pound per month.




March 01: 206.6 Off to a good start! It’s not spring here (time without snow) until May where I am at in Northern Michigan. So no walking or outside activity until May as I am a fall risk. I’ll do my best to keep moving inside as best I can. Good luck everyone!
March 08: 208.2 Wrong direction. Pizza last night during a family meeting showing up.
March 15: 207.2 Daughter and 3 yr old grandson moved in. I’m not sure for how long. Family troubles. And I thought planning the diet was tough with remodeling team here every day! Wow, this will be challenging!
March 22: 207.4 Up & Down & topsy turvy all week. Focus…Focus…Focus…
March 29: 207.0 Better than last week and right back at the challenge starting weight. Now, to focus on actual progress and not yo-yo’s.
March 31: 208.2 A bit of an unfair way to end the month. It’s up today due to no TMI but it is what it is.


March Goal: 202.0
March Actual: 208.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 1.2 lb Gain



April 01: 207.6 This makes me feel much better!
April 05 206.6 Much better. I am suspecting that I am becoming lactose intolerant. My stomach really gets hard and bloats up after milk, cheese etc. I am weaning off for a test. Happy for this drop on the scale.
April 12: 207.4 An overnight setback. I made good choices yesterday and got in plenty of steps and exercise through some tough yardwork but my calories and carbs were over due to eating 3 meals instead of my normal 2. Hopefully this will adjust and I will get my 206 back soon!
April 19: 206.0 An overnight drop helped. Travel today with dinner out so the rest of the week will be filled with movement to offset!
April 26: 204.0 A ton of yard work after multiple trees were cut down has really burned the calories. Starving today but will try to keep the meals light.
April 30: 206.2 This is a more realistic true weight for me. Two pounds down in April. I’ll take it!


April Goal: 203.2
April Actual: 206.2
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far: 0.8 lbs Lost



May 01: 206.6 Late night hunger leads to early morning scale shock! Better days are ahead!
May 03: 207.4 A horrible glucose difficult week. Tweak slowly, tweak slowly. Tread lightly. I am going to try to sneak up on this weight without tipping the glucose scale. Wish me luck!
May 10: 208.8 My 61st birthday. I know things can slow down with age including weight loss, but weight gain is inexcusable! My gift to me today will be to stay on course, one day at a time! My birthday celebrating will be next Sunday so I should be able to stay on course today.
May 17: 206.8 Not too bad after multiple celebrations this past week. I am almost back to starting weight. I don’t see myself losing the 5 pounds I had hoped for but any loss would be a plus. Working toward that at the very least.
May 24: xxxxx
May 31: xxxxx


May Goal: 201.2
May Actual: xxxxx
Cumulative Weight Loss so Far:

I'm Chris. 71 yrs old. With Covid and the holidays my weight has gone up and up. ugh!

HIGHEST WEIGHT EVER: 192.2
CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 142.8


March 01: 142.8 at 6:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
March 08: 146.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...oh, man!...60 min workout w/trainer
March 15: 148.2 at 8:00 a.m. ...71st birthday was the 12th...so much dessert!!
March 22: 145.4 at 5:15 a.m. ...my trainer is caught in the snow up north...might walk or make this a TOTAL REST DAY!!!
March 29: 143.6 at 7:15 a.m. ...3.10 miles in 60 mins
March 31: 142.2 at 8:15 a.m. ...7.24 miles in 135 mins

March Goal: 140.0 ...nopey, nope!
March loss/gain: -.6

April 01: 141.8 at 8:00 a.m. ...4.41 miles in 80 mins
April 05: 143.2 at 7:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
April 12: 145.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
April 19: 146.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...rest day...2 doctor appts
April 26: 146.4 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
April 30: 147.4 at 5:00 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer

April Goal: 140.0
April loss/gain: bwahahahahaha!

May 01: 147.8 at 7:00 a.m. ...4.04 miles in 100 mins
May 03: 145.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
May 10: 147.6 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
May 17: 147.0 at 5:30 a.m. ...60 min workout w/trainer
May 24:
May 31:

May Goal:
May loss/gain:

Challenge Weight loss goal: 138.0...ha! not gonna happen!