April Weight Loss Challenge
 

This is a stressful time. Let's be creative about how we set our goals this month. If setting a numerical weight loss goal will help you, go for it. If not, here are some other ideas:

• maintain weight
• eat vegetables
• pray or meditate
• exercise (check out our Exercise Challenge thread)
• check in with 3FC or some other mutual support space
• practice good sleep routines
• listen to relaxing music
• limit news and/or social media consumption

Join the April Weight Loss Challenge to set your goal, track it, and meet it -- with the help of a supportive and encouraging group. All the goals will be compiled into a list. As each goal is met during the month, it gets turned RED in celebration.

Since I just slipped into Onederland, my goal is to stay below 200.

My scale is in kgs, so I'm looking for numbers that are 90.7 are lower.

Hello gardnerjoy -
I would like to join the April weight loss challenge.
My starting weight is 299.4 pounds
and my goal is 11 pounds.

Thanks for starting up April's thread gardenerjoy.

I managed to lose a little bit in March instead of gaining. I'd like to continue that momentum and build on it. As an introvert who likes spending a lot of time with just me and my husband, I'm not having a hard time with the quarantine, but /hugs to those who are struggling.

SW: 181.8
April GW: 177.4

Week One
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Week Two
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Week Three
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Week Four
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Bonus Days
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Total Loss for Bonus Days:
Total loss for Entire Month:

Good luck everyone! Stay safe and stay healthy!

Joining in the April Challenge
 

Hello everyone.

I can use the focus on weightloss right now. I need to be accountable.

I will check in tomorrow with my stats and my plan for the month.

Gardenerjoy thank you for setting this up :hug:

My Progress: April 2020
 

Lacerta Hello :wave: I've borrowed your format for charting my success this month. I hope you're ok with that :hug:


SW: 286
April GW: 276

Week One
01: 286
02: 286
03: 286.9
04: 289.6
05: 290.3
06: 290.3
07: 288.5
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Total Loss for Week One: +2.5lbs :sorry:

Week Two
08: 285.9
09: 285.6
10: 285.6
11: 283.3
12: 283.1
13: 285.5
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Total Loss for Week Two:

Week Three
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Total Loss for Week Three:

Week Four
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Total loss for Entire Month:

Getting out of the diet trap
 

I have began my weight-loss plan a few weeks back, it pays to remember this: You are not fat. You have fat. Losing weight isn't about blame or shame; it's simply another achievement to accomplish.

Self discipline and persistence to push through indeed plays a big role.

:carrot:
:hug:

Hello everyone; today is Friday weigh-in day.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

April Weight Loss Challenge
Goal: 11 lb

Date Weight Loss lb
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03/31 299.4 START
04/03 298.8 -0.6 b
04/10
04/17
04/24
04/30

0.6 lb TOTAL LOSS
5.5% of goal reached

Welcome, everyone!

darius: -11 lbs
gardenerjoy: maintain at or below 90.7 kgs
JenyReddy: reach the 188 milestone
Lacerta: -4.4 lbs
onebyone: -10 lbs
Slimmer_me: -6 lbs
VickieLou: -7 lbs

Happy Birthday, JenyReddy! I'm guessing that if you get right back on track, that weight will be gone in a few days.

April goal: Maintain at or below 90.7 kgs

7: 89.9 kgs

Hey everyone. Well March was a bit of a bummer wasn't it? :( I'm lucky, my boyfriend has a job and we're pretty much homebodies already so quarantine hasn't affected us too dramatically. It's still crazy everything that's happening, I know a few people who have lost their jobs.

Personally, March was a bit of a blur. I think I was struggling to get adjusted to my meds after switching to taking them at night which was keeping me awake. I had an awful sleep schedule and felt like I never got a good nights sleep. I slowly made the switch to taking them in the morning, and things are looking up. I've been working out every other day with my bf after our gyms closed a few weeks ago. Having him workout with me this consistently has been amazing! I've done 7 Insanity Max 30 workouts so far, just working my way through the calendar and feeling good about it. In the last 3 days I've made it a point to go on a 30 minute walk, I realize that I'm just too stationary with the job I have so I hope that getting out and stretching my legs helps with my weight loss/mentality.

I'm close to feeling ready to start IF again, I've been more conscious of my late night snacking. I'm definitely coming down from a slight sugar addiction since I got into the habit of eating chocolate/drinking a root beer once a day. Now that both have run out I've felt it the most after dinner, like my body is waiting for that sweet treat, so I'm doing my best to ignore it to mild success. Anyway, I'm here to start weighing in and reporting it! I'm not going to set a goal for myself, I just want to ride this wave of exercising and not put any pressure on myself.

Starting Weight (early April): 196.5 lbs

Week 2
06: No Weigh In
07: 193.8 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs
Total Loss for Week 2:

Happy Birthday, JenyReddy!

Starting Weight (early April): 196.5 lbs

Week 2
06: No Weigh In
07: 193.8 lbs
08: 192.8 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 2: 193.3 lbs
Total Loss for Week 2:

Worked out yesterday, phew it was a tough one! I also did my 30 minute walk beforehand. Definitely noticing a difference with my strength these days! I also didn't snack after 7pm last night too, so all in all yesterday was a great day :)

Starting Weight (early April): 196.5 lbs

Week 2
06: No Weigh In
07: 193.8 lbs
08: 192.8 lbs
09: 193.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 2: 193.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week 2:

A slight bump up this morning, but that's ok! My bf forgot he needed to marinade chicken for dinner and by the time he realized it was too late to defrost anything, so we decided to order some food from a local restaurant. We ended up getting a piece of fried chicken with some sides, so that probably explains the gain! It was delicious though and I'm happy to support local businesses during this time. Today I'm going to do an Insanity, I'm proud that I'm doing them on my own now instead of waiting for my bf. In the past if he couldn't do it then I would've written it off too, but I'm actually liking the day on, day off schedule. It works for me!

Hope everyone is hanging in there!

Hello everyone; today is Friday weigh-in day.
I received an instant pot for Christmas and last Saturday I made beef stew. It was delicious but I used one of those packages of beef stew seasoning.
Well it must have been loaded with sodium or something. I didn't overeat last weekend - much - but by Monday morning my weigh went up 5 lb to 305 from 298.8.
So all week long I have been battling to try to get it back down to 298 again. This morning (Friday) I am at 300.8.
I will do better this weekend I am going to make a pot of lima beans.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

April Weight Loss Challenge
Goal: 11 lb

Date Weight Loss lb
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03/31 299.4 START
04/03 298.8 -0.6 lb
04/10 300.8 +1.4 lb
04/17
04/24
04/30

Starting Weight (early April): 196.5 lbs

Week 2
06: No Weigh In
07: 193.8 lbs
08: 192.8 lbs
09: 193.2 lbs
10: 195.4 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs
Total Loss for Week 2:

Not too worried about my bump up in weight this morning, I'm feeling good about my physical strength! I worked out yesterday and did my daily walk. I think the increase this morning is because I had a slice of bread with PB on at around 10pm since I didn't have dinner. I'm starting to get back into Twitch streaming and keeping a schedule is important, so by the time I started streaming dinner wasn't ready. Glad I didn't have a curry at 10pm so the PB was to tide me over! Feeling good that these little increases aren't bothering me like they would have before! OH! Also, a pair of shorts felt a bit snug at the beginning of the month, but I wore them yesterday and they felt fine so I'm happy :)

It's my birthday weekend, with my actual birthday being on Monday, so not sure how often I'll post! If I don't stop by, have a good and safe weekend.

darius - Yeah, I think a lot of season packets have a tonne of salt in. I was shocked when I discovered how much sodium is in a can of soup! It's a common thought that a can of soup is somewhat healthy, but oh how the nutritional label tells the truth :lol: Keep drinking water and you'll shake the weight in no time!

Thank you Riestrella for the words of encouragement. Oh yes I like the feeling of pants getting looser. I recently bought a smaller pair of pants for work.

Starting Weight (early April): 196.5 lbs

Week 2
06: No Weigh In
07: 193.8 lbs
08: 192.8 lbs
09: 193.2 lbs
10: 195.4 lbs
11: 193.8 lbs
12: No Weigh In
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Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs
Total Loss for Week 2: - 2.7 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 3: 197.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

Saturday I had a good start to the day, I did Insanity and my 30 minute walk. The evening I celebrated my birthday with a karaoke session with friends (we've been self isolating in the same building for 3 weeks) and had a LOT to drink + 1.5 servings of BBQ. I had an amazing time and got very drunk :lol: Unfortunately I had a bit of a bubbly stomach earlier in the night so I had to take a couple rounds of pepto, which always throws my poop schedule off for a few days :dizzy:
Yesterday I was recovering, I think I drank about 5 bottles of water! I ate quite a bit too, toast, leftover BBQ and then Katsudon at around 8pm. This morning I weighed in at 197.2 lbs, had to step on the scale a few times to make sure it was right, but sure enough! Not gonna beat myself up, it's all of the above and I had a great time so no regrets. Today is my actual birthday, so I'm going to be naughty for one more day (burger and cake) but I'm going to also stick to my workout routine and do an Insanity and walk. The pepto seems to finally be passing through my system so I'm hoping that'll cause a drop too. The 197.2 lbs will probably throw off my average for the week but oh well, it's my birthday weekend!

darius - It's always nice having to buy smaller clothes, well done!

Slimmer me - Congrats on the loss this month! It's been a good time to focus on weight loss despite the situation.

JenyRedy - That sounds wonderful and well done on losing weight!

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 3: 196.5 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

My birthday yesterday was nice and chill, but I'm easily pleased so I didn't mind! The big celebration was on Saturday :). I didn't end up doing an Insanity, I was waiting for my bf but by the end of the day he was super stressed out with work so we're gonna do it today instead. We did go on the 30 minute walk so better than nothing! I also told him that I'm not gonna wait for him to workout in future, because I actually feel a momentum and want to keep up my routine. Usually by the evening I get so sluggish anyway. He understood and is gonna try and make time for when I'm ready. Despite the lack of working out, the huge burger and fries and cake I managed to weigh in 1.4 lbs lighter today! Yay :)

Happy Birthday Riestrella! Good job on the 1.4 lb drop!
MMMMmmmmm katsudon

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
15: 195.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 3: 196 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

Another little drop today which was nice to see. We're running out of breakfast/lunch food and the bf only has time to go shopping tomorrow, so last night I had a PB&J pretty late since I felt weak from hunger. I was trying to avoid eating too much bread but that's practically all we have other than trail mix and there's only so much trail mix a gal can take :lol:
I had a bad nights sleep the night before so yesterday was unproductive. I didn't make it on my walk :(. I did do an Insanity though, so that's good! Bf was saying how much better my form seems, I definitely feel like I'm getting stronger.

Today I woke up feeling super drained and sniffly, luckily an allergy pill has helped, so I'm just gonna do my best. Gonna try and get out on that walk! Hope you guys are doing well.

darius - Thank you! Yeah, katsudon is a great, easy dish :)

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
15: 195.2 lbs
16: 195.6 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 3: 195.9 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

Got snacky again last night due to our limited food options, which explains the little bump up this morning. I did do my walk and managed to hurt a muscle in my IT band which seized up last night, ouccch! Luckily it's feeling better today, just a little tender. Hoping to get an Insanity done today regardless, will take it easier than usual and roll out after which will suuuck. I might have to drive around and look for some. I thought a month later things would start getting back to normal, but apparently not. This whole situation is frustrating and sad :( I wish people would stop freaking panic buying!!

Don't worry, you will surely get there, it's going to take some time ofcourse, concentration & dedication also let's not forget a strict diet is also key.

Hello everyone; today is Friday weigh-in day.
Had a big woosh yesteday and today. Finally got rid of some of this excess water.
I have been waiting for this woosh for a week and a half.
Have been eating on plan all week.
I am not eating any bread or refined carbohydrates; trying to control my TyII diabetes.
Congratulations Riestrella for your progress.
Congrats JennyRedy and Slimmer Me you all are making progress!
I really hate these big sodium retention events that seem to last an entire week for me.
What happened to me 2 weekends ago - made a nice beef stew on Saturday;morning weight was under 299. Monday morning weight was 305 :(
Took a week and a half for it to come down again :(

April Weight Loss Challenge
Goal: 11 lb

Date Weight Loss lb
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03/31 299.4 START
04/03 298.8 -0.6 lb
04/10 300.8 +1.4 lb
04/17 296.4 -3.0 lb
04/24
04/30

3.0 lb TOTAL LOSS
27.3% of goal reached

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
15: 195.2 lbs
16: 195.6 lbs
17: 195.2 lbs
18:
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Average Weight for Week 3: 195.8 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

Had cake last night that was about to go bad, so probably not the loss I could have had but still a small loss from the day before! I need to be more diligent about night time snacking, I think it makes a difference to my weight loss if I stop eating after dinner. I did do an Insanity yesterday which I'm proud of, it was a lot of planks and push ups which are the absolute WORST but I made it through!

darius - Yay on the whoosh!! It definitely makes you rethink eating sodium, doesn't it? I definitely am more conscious of what I'm eating knowing the number on the scale will be affected. However, sodium retention shouldn't be a reflection of your hard work! Maybe try measuring yourself too since measurements tend to be more forgiving and show results first :)

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
15: 195.2 lbs
16: 195.6 lbs
17: 195.2 lbs
18: 194.6 lbs
19:
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Average Weight for Week 3: 195.6 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3:

Had a couple of drinks last night during my virtual D&D session, but still got a nice small drop this morning! I'm guessing the week will end in the 195's, which is a gain for me overall, but given it was my birthday weekend I'm not going to get down about it. I feel myself getting stronger which I'm stoked about! Happy weekend everyone :)

Average Weight for Week 2: 193.8 lbs

Week 3
13: 197.2 lbs
14: 195.8 lbs
15: 195.2 lbs
16: 195.6 lbs
17: 195.2 lbs
18: 194.6 lbs
19: No Weigh In
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Average Weight for Week 3: 195.6 lbs
Total Loss for Week 3: + 1.8 lbs

Week 4
20: 193.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 4: 193.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week 4:

Well the week after my birthday was a slow and steady decline but wasn't quite enough to bring me back to the previous weeks weight but that's ok! I've got some things to work on mainly:
- Keeping up with exercise and walks
- Not eating/drinking anything other than water after dinner
Today I weighed a nice 193.2 lbs which is more in line with what I feel so I'm happy! Fingers crossed this week will be productive. The weekend was extremely indulgent since it was my friends birthday (two birthday weekends, phew) so we had pizza Saturday. Yesterday the bf wanted Chinese so I had a lot of sesame chicken. I'm surprised my weight was as low as it is haha.

Hope y'all are doing well!

Hey Riestrella, JenyReddy and SlimmerMe - you all have made terrific progress! I hope to have some good numbers to post this coming Friday - my weight really fluctuates; i retain water like some farm animal.
But I am eating on plan and the numbers do keep going down.
I am a type II diabetic right? and last night I had a scare. I checked my blood sugar last night around 8 pm and it was 77 so I thought well OK I will ok until morning.
And then during the 9PM Compline service on my church's Facebook Live, right aroudn 9:15 i started feeling really nauseous and I checked my blood sugar and it was 61.
I hurried up and had some cereal and milk. the only carbohydrates i have in the house except some raw potatoes and rice crackers.
I need to buy me some Capn Crunch cereal or something at the grocery store so I will have some emergency sugar if this happens again. I don't know why it would suddenly drop like that at night, and I was not under stress.
You all have a good week!

Average Weight for Week 3: 195.6 lbs

Week 4
20: 193.2 lbs
21: 193.2 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 4: 193.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week 4:

Had a bit of a snack attack last night immediately after dinner, was not good. Glad it didn't affect my weight! I did do an Insanity workout before dinner so must have worked up an appetite.

darius - Sorry to hear about the scare :( Always good to have some emergency sugar on hand for those situations.

JenyReddy - Your picture attached, those fruits look amazing! Oh I am so envious of your banana tree, bananas are the only fruit I can eat daily I love them so much. Costa Rica looks like a beautiful place! Congrats on your loss as well, you're doing an amazing job.

Average Weight for Week 3: 195.6 lbs

Week 4
20: 193.2 lbs
21: 193.2 lbs
22: 194.8 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 4: 193.7 lbs
Total Loss for Week 4:

Had a bit of a PMS moment yesterday and devoured a lot of snacks during the day. It showed on the scale this morning! Gonna workout today and hopefully combat the small gain.

I was worried that I was gaining, so this is good. But that also means that with just a little more effort, tightening up some habits that I've let get a little loose, might result in some more loss. I'm going to attempt to re-establish a daily weighing habit. I think I'm in a good mental space to see it as simply data that helps me make good decisions.

April goal: Maintain at or below 90.7 kgs

7: 89.9 kgs
22: 89.95 kgs

Average Weight for Week 3: 195.6 lbs

Week 4
20: 193.2 lbs
21: 193.2 lbs
22: 194.8 lbs
23: 194.8 lbs
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Average Weight for Week 4: 194 lbs
Total Loss for Week 4:

Slowly, very slowly, starting to realize that what I eat has more significance than when I was younger. I always thought that exercise is what helped me lose weight, but looking back to when I lost weight before I was also being careful about what I ate. I think I'm giving myself excuses about why I can eat indulgently, "I worked out today! I deserve a treat." Seems like an obvious lesson but these weight loss journey's are all different aren't they? Even though I'm super proud of how on top of it I've been with exercise, I need to start focusing harder on what I shove in my mouth. I don't want to create a huge restrictive plan, but knowing that I need to be aware of it is a good first step.

Riestrella: Good thinking! I'm still working through this, too, but I think the best thing I get from exercise is a mood-boost, not calorie burn. A better mood helps me be more willing to figure out what it's going to take with food consumption to get the results I want.

April goal: Maintain at or below 90.7 kgs

7: 89.9 kgs
22: 89.95
23: 89.25