☔️ April Daily Logging and Weigh in Challenge ☔️

My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 62 years old and from the Michigan USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s



Starting Weight (from March 1st): 191.6 (I am re-doing my March starting weight and goals due to health issues in March.
Goal: 186.6 (Five lb Loss)
Actual Ending Weight: xxxxx

My mini-challenge is to lose 4 pounds between Easter and my birthday. My Easter morning weigh-in was 188.2. I hope to be at 184.2 by May 10th, 2023.


**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************


Weight in blue makes me blue because it’s a gain. Weight in fuchsia pink makes me feel cheery because it’s a loss. Weight in black means no change.


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04/11-191.8-(Trend Weight 192.8)-

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04/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)- Wow, did I ever get hungry last night! Usually the protein in chicken breast holds me over much better than it did last night. I ate an ounce of almonds, a piece of my sugar-free Russell Stover’s chocolate and drank my water. I must save the extra calories and carbs for those situations so I don’t go into a binge. Crisis Averted!

04/14-189.4-(Trend Weight 192.2)- Wow! Back in the 80’s but barely. Yesterday was water pill day so that helped. I only take it about 3 times per week. My feet and ankles were filled and then near my calves were the VICE GRIPS that was SQUEEZING so tight and making sure none of the fluid moved! Feeling much relief today! I stuck to diet plan well yesterday and worked again on strenuous projects in the yard burning many calories. More yard work scheduled for today. In regards to today’s weight, I am only 1.2 lbs above my starting weight for my mini-goal listed above. Gotta get there so I can really start my personal challenge to lose the 4 pounds by my birthday in May. I really want this as it will put me so much closer to the 170’s and so much further from the 190’s.

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My name is Kelly. I am 52 and watch my grandkids 5 days a week. I watch 4 of them 5 days a weeks and 6 on Wednesdays so I keep busy with babies all week. They are all 3yrs and under. I weigh weekly.

Goals for April:
Walk for 30 minutes a day
Log all my food daily
Hit at least 10,000 steps each day

SW:262
April SW:219
April GW:210
GW:150

April:
1. Walked, logged, 10k+
2. Walked, logged, 10k+, weight 218
3. Walked, logged, 10k+
4. Walked, logged, 10k+
5. Walked, logged, 10k+
6. Walked, logged, 10k+
7. Walked, logged, 10k+
8. Walked, logged, 10k+, weight 214
9. Walked, logged, 10k+
10. Walked, logged, 10k+
11. Walked, logged, 10k+
12. Walked, logged, 10k+
13. Walked, logged, 10k+
14. Walked, logged, 10k+

I took a sneak peak at my weight this am and I was disappointed. I still have two days till weigh in but it is weird how one week the weight just whoosh and it's off and the next it doesn't hardly move. My habits are all the same. I know that happens and I am trying not to beat myself up over it. But it really does mess with my head.

nanerkay wrote: »

Hello everyone I'm Sandy I've been having challenges this month 😔
4/13 250.2
4/14. 249.8 at least I'm going in the right direction now 😂 No matter how long it takes I will lose this weight.

I am rooting for you. Just stay the course...you will get there. (I am saying this to me as well)

Hello, I am Amanda, I’m a crazy cat lady from Michigan. I stopped logging and weighing mid February because of health issues and I ended up gaining back about 4 pounds. I worked hard to lose weight last year and don’t want to gain it all back!

My goal for April is to lose those 4 pounds and walking 3 days a week.

OSW: 250 lbs
April 1: 205.1 lbs
April goal: 201 lbs

4/1: 205.1
4/2: 205.7
4/3: 204.8
4/4: 204.8
4/5: 206.7
4/6: 204.8
4/7: 205.1
4/8: 205.1
4/8: 203.8
4/9: 203.8
4/10: 203.2

4/11: 202.5
😃 Something has clicked in my brain and I am finding it easier to control my cravings and stick to my calorie goal. It might have to do with the warmer, sunnier weather. Next up I need to work on my walking. I’m only getting out twice a week right now.

4/12: 202.5
I am loving this warmer weather! I’ve lived in Michigan my whole life and I have always been so grateful for Spring and Summer and Fall. Winter not so much.

4/13: 202.0
Doing good! Yesterday was a bit of a challenge with the sugar cravings but I made it through. I’ve been having hot flashes (so fun) and I know coffee, chocolate and wine can make them worse. I cannot make it through life without coffee and chocolate!

4/14: 202.0
Still hanging in there! Need to get my behind in gear and start doing some purposeful movement though. I work about 10 hours a day (from home, on a computer) so one would think I would be anxious to get out and walk after that. Nope. I have the next 2 1/2 days off and the weather is supposed to hold, I need to push myself! 💪🏼

4/15: 201.4
It was sunny and in the 80s here yesterday, supposed to be the same today. Then rain, rain, rain. I got out and did some activity yesterday but woke up this morning in quite a bit of pain in my cancer areas. I didn’t think I overdid it, hopefully nothing some coffee and ibuprofen can’t solve!
Enjoy your weekends lovely ladies!

My name is Paula Jones and I am fed up! I am a mother of 3 kids and married to my husband who I’ve been with since September of 2000. I used to be EXTREMELY fit since my time spent serving our country in the US Army. I am now an obese 100% service disabled veteran experiencing a variety of health related issues primarily resulting from my weight and I have finally reached a point where I can’t take it anymore so I am taking a firm stand. I WILL lose and am losing this weight since I started going at my goals hard Feb 9. I have seen favorable results so far with my current strategy which is a combination of Noom, GOLO, and Intermittent Fasting (IF) with revolutionary changes being made to how I eat, what I eat, and why I eat. I weigh myself every day and tape various locations of my body once a week to help hold myself accountable and establish a way to thoroughly measure my progress. I start including physical exercise today and will be going to the gym to start up some cardio at the very least. Let’s do this! Huah!

Goals for April:
Workout cardio at least 3x/week (min 20 min) 🦵🏾🫀🏃🏾‍♀️
Strength training at least 3x/week
(min 20 min) 🦾🏋🏾
Reduce sugar intake to 6 g/day 🦷👩🏾‍🍳
Start meditating again more at least every other day for a minimum of 10 min/session 💆🏾‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️

Start weight: 245.2 lbs
Goal weight: 195 lbs
April goal weight: 235.2 lbs

February end weight: 258.2 lbs (6 lbs lost)
March end weight: 245.8 lbs (12.4 lbs lost)

April 🪺🌳💐🌞🌧️

1 - 245.2 lbs
2 - 247.4 lbs 😱 😵‍💫
3 - 249.3 lbs 👺😵 I turn this around IMMEDIATELY. I’ve been steady losing. Time to tighten up. May have another increase before I see a decrease, but I won’t try to tell the future.
4 - DNW 😫
5 - DNW 😰🫣
6 - 248.0 lbs 😢
7 - 241.2 lbs 🤔
8 - 244.2 lbs 🤯😱🤔 What the HECK is going on!? I wonder if the issue is my not being as consistent with the time of day that I weigh myself. I was being diligent with weighing myself pretty immediately after I wake up at 0430.
9 - 247.4 lbs 😖😤😳
10 - 246.2 lbs 😏
11 - DNW
12 - 248.0 lbs 🥺🤬
13 - 248.2 lbs 🥺😢😩😓 OK I have had enough!! I am about to head to the gym. I realize my weight tomorrow may be higher due to post workout inflammation, water retention, etc like I have seen in the past, but it settles out in the end and I will in general see a decline. I will have compassion for myself and continue to do other things to track my progress like tape all the various spots on me that I tape. I CAN do this! I WILL do this! I BELIEVE!! I am also considering HIGHLY dropping down to two meals a day instead of three so I can better maintain my eating and fasting hours of my intermittent fasting schedule. IF is where I have historically seen the greatest results. I am ALSO trying to do mindful eating —which makes me drag out how long it takes to eat so I can better acknowledge when I have hit my satiety point, but that causes me to go outside my eating hours during dinner. Dropping to two meals a day may also allow me to work towards dropping my eating hours for a more effective fasting capability. Trial and error we’ll see what happens.😶‍🌫️ I am trying to find a combo that will work well enough I can maintain this as a way of life past my weight loss period/regime. 😥
14 - 243.8 lbs 😅🤯. Here we go up and down up and down up and down. Will my body figure it out…please. I am going to reset my eating plan and cut refined flour, or just flour in general, dairy, and red meat for a week to see if I can somehow stabilize my weight and see if any of those items included in my current eating plan are messing with me (per GOLO) I went to the gym today and did cardio on the elliptical. 🧐🤨😂
15 - 241.2 lbs 😌😅 I decided I am going to adjust my intermittent fasting schedule from 16:8 to 18:6 for now to tighten that up. I may go down to 20:4, but I need to see how this new fasting schedule works out for me. My son & I plan on going back to the gym today!

Welcome @BarbMessimer !