March/April Weight Management Challenge

[Becky]

133.5....up a pound

[Crankin]

105.4
I've been pretty much holding the same pattern since I got to my goal, but when I came back from vacation, I decreased the amount of carbs back to where that was when I first started losing,because I had regained all of the weight. I lost it quickly.
Until I started doing longer rides and a running program. I am hungrier than normal on those days, so I have to just plain eat more. Trying not to eat a lot of Luna Bars. I was using those as snacks every day, at work and when riding, and I was kind of addicted.
One of my interim goals is to not have my glass of red wine so many nights a week. It's actually helped me lower my cholesterol, and one glass isn't exactly a substance problem, but it's extra calories I don't need every day.
I find fueling for exercise and maintaining my weight a little tricky, but I need to experiment more with different things to eat while riding.

[SAMbike]

112.4

finally starting to do something right, much due to all of the support on the forum! It's awesome to be able to hear how others are doing and share my own experiences. Now need to keep the focus on the goal.

[Catrin]

133.2 today, and I will take it. I think the slightly lower weight the other day was just water.

I've a meeting in about an hour with a sports nutritionist and this will be an interesting meeting. Armed with bod-pod and resting metabolic rate information will aid in the discussion. I suspect that I don't get enough calories on exercise days (which are most days) and I need to change my fat/carb ratio but I've not wanted to make changes without qualified advice. I've too many health issues to change things easily - blood sugar has been rock solid for a good period of time now

[goldfinch]

Friday the 16th I am at 104.3 which is about par for me lately. I am happy because I've been off the bike now since Monday, I have company, and we are eating bigger meals together. I haven't kept a calorie count because of the difficulty estimating when going out and eating other people's food. I'll go back to formal counting at the end of the month.

[Tri Girl]

Hey Posse- can I join in? I know I'm a couple weeks late, but I've been debating it for a while. I was such failure last time, that I was reluctant to join in this time. I would like to try again, tho.

My starting weight is 166

While I didn't lose any weight in the Jan/Feb challenge (in fact, I gained a pound), my cholesterol dropped 30 points in those 2 months from all the dietary changes I made. I'm happier about that than I would have been with losing 10 lbs, but I'm still not thrilled the scale tipped upward. My doc was about to put me on a statin, but I convinced her to give me 6 months of drastic dietary changes to see if that would help- and it appears it is helping. She wants me to lose 30 lbs, but that's not going to happen. In order to get below 150 I have to turn to drastic, unhealthy, disordered eating (with all the cycling/running I do) and I'm not going to do that. She doesn't get it, but that's OK with me.
My goal is to get to 150 and maintain it for life (which is still about 15 lbs too heavy according to charts, but I don't care for those charts anyway). For the end of this challenge, my goal is to get below 160.

Thanks,
Tri

[Susan Otcenas]

138.5 today, which makes me very pleased. I had a rock solid Weight Watchers week, stayed at or slightly below my point allocation every day (base points plus activity) and managed to avoid indulging in my usual temptations. It helps that I've rid the house of all those temptations (nuts, nut butters, speculoos, crackers, etc.). Can't eat it if it's not here. And, I had only one latte this week, on a day when I had plenty of points in the budget for it. I generally prefer not to drink my calories, but an occasional latte won't kill me.

This weekend will be a test of will. Dinner at a friends tonight, (wo)manning a rest stop for my cycling club tomorrow, and brunch plus a St Patty's day party on Sunday. On the bright side, I have a full calendar of training each day, so hopefully I offset any small slip ups I might make when in the presence of corned beef....

[Possegal]

Hey Posse- can I join in? I know I'm a couple weeks late, but I've been debating it for a while. I was such failure last time, that I was reluctant to join in this time. I would like to try again, tho.

It's never too late for folks to join in!!