March/April Weight Management Challenge

[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....

[azfiddle]

116.2 - looks like a little turnaround again for the better. (and boy do I mean little!)

I have been a little sloppy about tracking this week but I've been on spring break with fantastic weather and have ridden almost 200 miles since last Saturday. The next few days will be tougher - busy St. Pat's performing, crummy weather and a mini-vacation away to a resort in Payson (courtesy of my wonderful daughter!)

Crankin- I feel like I am constantly struggling with the balance between fueling and trying to lose weight now.


Melavai- I saw Fat Cyclist's post- I think I'm too close to my goal weight to participate, although he always seems to organize cool prizes etc.

[five one]

I've decided to stop weighing in weekly and will post at the end of the challenge. I find the natural fluctuations up and down 3-4 lbs just creates unnecessary anxiety. I have a pair of slack that are just a wee bit too snug. Those will be my gauge until the end of April.

[jobob]

146.2

Now that I'm on Lifetime I only need to weigh in there once a month. I might still be posting my weekly weight using my home scale, I still need your collective eyes peering over my shoulder.

[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!!

[emily_in_nc]

Thank you for doing this, possegal -- you're the best!

[klesko]

145.2 this morning. I did o k this week, not great.

[jobob]

thank you for doing this, possegal -- you're the best!

+100!