Lose 5 Pounds in April Challenge

SW: 206.4 lbs
GW : 201.4 lbs

4/1/2012: 206.4 lbs
4/6/2012: 204.2 lbs (Down 2.2)
4/15/2012: 205.4 lbs (Up 1.2 UGH!)
4/19/2012: 203.6 lbs (Down 1.8)
4/26/2012: 202 lbs (Down 1.6)
4/30/2012:


Total Loss: 4.4 lbs
Left to Goal: 0.6 lbs

Wahhhooo Almost there!!!

CW 201.2
GW: 196.0
4/1 201.2
4/5 199.4!!!!! I made it ton ONE-DERLAND!!!!!
4/8 198.8
4/15 198.0
4/17 197.4 (couldn't resist!)
4/22 197.2
4/26 195.4 Met the goal!!!!!!!!
4/30

Loss - 5.8
Silly NSV - my feet got skinny and my cool sandals are too loose!
My weight goal reward (WGR): going on a horseback ride once I am under 200! Scheduled for next week!
NSV - at the trail run event on Saturday they were out of the shirtsize I wanted so had to get a medium instead of a large - IT FIT!
NSV - I bought size 12 dresses yesterday (started between a 20 and a 22!)

Well done Usbornegal!! :drinker:

Hi DMG

The fact you're still coming on and posting the gains is a good sign, I'd be more worried if you disappeared entirely, so keep going and I'm sure your mojo will return

I'm finding that I'm loving my exercise now for the first time ever, and I hate it when I know I won't have time in the day to workout!! The kettlebells are great fun and I can see it changing my body shape, especially making my bum less flabby which I didn't expect when I started out on the kettlebells, haha!!

WEEK 4!!

CW: 319.2
GW: 314.0

WI dates (Saturdays):
4/7: 317.4 (down 1.8 lb)
4/14: 315.4 (down 3.8 lb so far!)
4/21: 316.2 (darnit!!! 3.0 pounds so far!)
4/28: 314.0 (Woohoo! I just made it! 5.2 lb lost in April)

NSV this week: People are noticing and commenting on my weigh loss! I can only tell by my clothes getting looser. :-) On to May's challenge!!!

I lost five pounds this month! Starting weight 194, weight today, April 30 189! I am very pleased.

CW:195
GW:187 (end of april)
NewGW: 184 (end of april)

16/4 187.2-I always lose a tonne of water weight the week i start usually 4-5 pounds but that loss of 8 must include some fat! It will be slow and steady from now on!
22/4-185.7-Weighed in a day early cause i am going to be super busy tomorrow. Another (-1.5) Loss!
30/4 183-Final weigh in for april! Delighted its my first month here and I have lost 12lbs. I am in the new section of the BMI chart range with my BMI at 30. Getting there! See you all again in may

starting weight april 1 250 lbs
current weight 239.2
weight loss 10.8

NSV
i feel lighter on my feet and can run again
I can make it up the stairs without getting winded
I can wipe my *kitten* without pushing off the counter for levrage
I don't nap at daytime and have much more energy for daily tasks
My fat doesn't hang out the bottom of my t shirts anymore and I can wear stuff that didn't fit

CW - 153
GW (by the end of April) - 148
GW (final) - 130

4/1 - 153 pounds
4/8 – 150 (NSV – not eating any of the chocolate I bought to give to my family…this is huge for me)
4/15 – 148.5
4/22 – 145.5 (NSV – having a lot more energy, which means being very productive around the house)
4/30 – 145.5 – Met my goal, but didn’t lose any this week. I’m still very pleased.

NSV - Tried on a really "slinky" little black dress and it looked pretty good!!!! I just need to tone!
CW 141.90
GW for April: 137.0
UGW: 129.0

4/1 141.9
4/8 143.0 (+ 1.1)
4/15 139.8 (-2.1)
4/22 138.4 (-3.5) I am going to try to lose the last 1.4 lbs! Here is to a great week and good eating!
4/30 136.6 (-5.3)

I did it!!!!! This challenge really pushed me and I am going to try for 5 more next month!!! I just need the push! Thanks for all the encouragement and here is to 5lbs in May!:drinker:

CW: 194.6
GW for April: 189.6

4/2 - 194.6
4/9 - 194.2
4/16 - 193.2 (can't get the scale to move much
4/23 - 191.7
4/30 - 189.7 :flowerforyou: (4.9 almost!!!)

CW 236
GW: 230
4/1 - 236
4/9 - 234
4/16 – 232.8
4/23
4/30 - 233

Only ended up dropping 3 lbs. for April, but given the recovery from cardiac surgery in March and just getting back to regular exercise levels about a week ago, I'll take it.

A couple of NSVs for me include finally being cleared to drive a car after my surgery ... just last week ... being cleared to sleep on my side/stomach ... just last week .... finally being able to get back into the gym ... just last week. I also had a revelation, actually more like an increased education, on calorie intake and losing weight. Before my surgery, I was losing, consistently, 10 or more lbs. per month. I was doing this by exercising and eating my calories back. What I didn't realize, at the time, is that was putting me in a position to eat more than my BMR each day. After my surgery, I went at least three weeks with no additional exercise and another three weeks with very limited exercise. In going back and looking at my food diary, on the no-exercise days, I stayed under the MFP calorie recommendations of 1900 calories, but that also put me below my BMR of 1920 or so ... I was probably eating around 1,700 calories or so each day or less. Even with light exercise when I was starting my rehab, I found myself coming in under the 1,920 on most days. While I've seen folks talk about that 1,200 calorie floor, I'm convinced more than ever, that issues around plateaus, at least in my case, are probably tied to BMR. I'll get to test that theory in May!

Like I said, 3 lbs. in a month certainly isn't where I've been based on the previous four months' worth of output ... all 10 lbs. or more ... but any month where the end of the month is lower than the start of the month is not a bad thing!

April 1: 146
April 6: 145 (-1 pound)
April 12: 143 (-2 pounds)
April 27: 147 (+4 pounds)
May 1: 146 (-1 pound)

For a month-end final weight loss of (...drum roll, please...): a big fat ZERO! Shame on me.

Next month I need to get my butt in gear...