☔️ 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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04/05-DNW-(Trend Weight DNW)-
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04/07-190.6-(Trend Weight 192.4)-
04/08-188.8-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
04/09-188.2-(Trend Weight 191.4)-
04/10-191.4-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
04/11-191.8-(Trend Weight 192.8)-
04/12-193.2-(Trend Weight 192.0)-
04/13-192.2-(Trend Weight 192.5)-
04/14-189.4-(Trend Weight 192.2)-
04/15-191.0-(Trend Weight 192.0)-
04/16-187.4-(Trend Weight 191.6)-
04/17-188.4-(Trend Weight 191.3)-
04/18-187.8-(Trend Weight 190.9)-
04/19-188.4-(Trend Weight 190.7)-
04/20-188.8-(Trend Weight 190.7)-

04/21-188.8-(Trend Weight 190.7)- No change from yesterday but sometimes no progress is progress. Babysitting DGS today. There will be many flights of stairs in my day.

04/22-190.2-(Trend Weight 190.8)- Dang it!

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Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »

You did it! Congratulations!!!!!!!!! 🥳

Thanks! I really appreciate the support!

Buckeyebabe7l7 wrote: »

gomifune wrote: »

Start weight: 206
Goal weight: 146
April goal weight: 180

January end weight: 200.7
February end weight: 192.1
March end weight: 185.6

April☔️
1 184.4
2 185.7
3 187.4
4 185.7
5 184.8
6 185.5
7 184.5
8 183.9
9 183.7
10 183.2
11 183.5
12 183.7
13 181.9
14 183.3
15 182.0
16 181.5
17 181.0
18 181.0
19 180.9
20 180.8
21 180.1
22 180.0

You did it! Congratulations!!!!!!!!! 🥳

Yes Congratulations on your success 👏🎉

nanerkay wrote: »

Yes Congratulations on your success 👏🎉

Thanks! My weigh-in was up a little today but still am feeling celebratory 😊.

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
4/12: 202.5
4/13: 202.0
4/14: 202.0
4/15: 201.4
4/16: 201.4

4/17: 201.4
The scale flashed a bunch of numbers again this morning, including 199 (😱) but settled on this again. Oh well. Try again tomorrow.

4/18: 200.6
Cautiously optimistic. This is usually where my body starts to freak out and say wait I must hold on to every ounce of water and fat, we can’t go below 200! So, I am cautiously optimistic.
I worked 18 hours straight yesterday and feel like I’ve been hit by a truck.

4/19: 200.6 😑

4/20: 202.0
Grrr. This is what my body does. It gets close to 200 and it freaks out. I ate no differently than I have been all month. I WILL make it through this though. No other option.

4/21: 201.5
I was under my calorie goal yesterday. I’m under my calorie goal every day or only over by 5-25 calories. I’m doing something wrong that I can’t get under 200 lbs. This is what all of October was like. Bouncing around 201. I’m craving sweet things like mad since I started this damn hormone pill. Thought I was doing okay with curbing those cravings with fruit. But the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result so I’ve got to change things up! Project for the weekend.
Sorry for the rant, you ladies are all lovely! 💪🏼💗

4/22: 200.4
I’m not going to even say anything.
I hope everyone has a great Saturday! Rainy and cold here in Michigan.

4/23: 200.4
I’m trying to figure out how to decrease my sugar intake. I crave sugary things so much after starting this anti-estrogen pill. I eat under or at my calories every day but I feel like I am spending most of my day thinking about my next sugar fix. Which we know sugar is carbs. I don’t think carbs are evil but I think I could eat less of them. Lord help me.

joans1976 wrote: »

4/23: 200.4
I’m trying to figure out how to decrease my sugar intake. I crave sugary things so much after starting this anti-estrogen pill. I eat under or at my calories every day but I feel like I am spending most of my day thinking about my next sugar fix. Which we know sugar is carbs. I don’t think carbs are evil but I think I could eat less of them. Lord help me.

@joans1976 I never linked my anti-estrogen pill to my severe sugar cravings! Wow! Definitely the cravings are horrible! We need to make a plan!

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+
15. Logged (I decided to take a day off from walking and just took it easy)
16. Walked, logged, 10k+, weight 212
17. Walked, logged, 10k+
18. Walked, logged, 10k+
19. Walked, logged, 10k+
20. Walked, logged, 10k+ (I started off slow this a.m. but I pushed through)
21. Walked, logged, 10k+
22. Logged (took it easy again, I think I have more energy when I have 1 down day a week)
23. Walked, logged, 10k+, weight 208

I started April at 249.2 I've had a hard month with my knee injury and my IBS acting up so I've not done very well this month. I started a new plan tomorrow. I pray I can do it and stay discipline on it it's not going to be easy.
4/13 250.2
4/15. 249.8
4/16. 248.6
4/17. 247.2
4/18 246.6
4/19. 248
4/20. 247.2
4/21. 247.6
4/22. 248
4/23 249.2 🤷

January weight lost: 9 pounds
February weight lost: 5 pounds
March weight lost: 5 pounds

April
1- 207.6
2- 207.7 - New to weighing in everyday - hope this is just temporary
3 - 207.6
4 - 207.4
5 - 206.8
6 - 206.4 - Happy with that! Was supposed to go out to dinner last night (bi-weekly Trivia night) and was dreading the impact, but my sister had to cancel so didn't go. Secretly I was happy that I didn't!
7- 206.2 - Met my weekly goal - and all my other goals too! Thanks for keeping me accountable!
8 - 206.4
9 - 205.9 Guess that uptick was temporary! Interesting how your body reacts, didn't do anything different. Anyway glad for the reversal!
10 - 205.2 Nice to see another down day!
11 - 204.8
12 - 204.2 I have been getting 14,000+ steps in every day. Two 40+ mintue workouts and eating below my calorie limit. I guess it's working!
13 - 204.4 High sodium day yesterdy - hoping it reverses tomorrow.
14 - 204.2
15 - 204.6 Another high sodium day - my daughter was over for dinner (we are celebrating Easter this weekend), and we ordered pizza. I only had two pieces and ate light for Breakfast and Lunch, but it put me over my sodium food level which apparently I am very sensitive to.
16 - 206 Celebrated Easter with the family. I skipped breakfast and dinner, just had lunch. I did log everything and supposedly just stayed under my calorie goal (with excercise adjustment). Completed Couch to 5K in the AM (just started, doing two weeks of each progression. I'm on the second week of week 1), but still gained. I've found that I can't use all the calories that I gain from excercise and still lose weight. I shoot for only using about half and that works for me. Anyway, back on track, hoping to lose what I gained over the last two days by then end of the week.
17 - 203.8
18 - 203.4
19 - 202.8
20 - 202.8
21 - 202.4 Won't be weighing in for the next couple days (and am scared for when I return); going for a girls weekend to celebrate my Mom's 85th birthday!
22 - DNW
23 - DNW
24 - 204.8 What I expected. I had a lot of fun this weekend, but now back on track. Hoping it's mostly water weight, but expect that it will take a week (or two) to get back down to where I was.