Team Skinny April 2011 ... April Showers wash away my Fat (Page 4)

Last week killed me!  Too much work (and eating out at company dinners) and not enough working out.  I was really hoping to get down 10-15 pounds this month but instead I am well on my way to another epic fail.

I started running last night (more like Wogging) and that usually help me lose much quicker than biking.  I generall bike about 100 miles a week and even eating right get very little results

April 1 - 343 

April 7 - 339

April 13 -336

April 20 - 337

GREAT JOB eveyone.....

I am very pleased with this month after doing a bit of a reset and trying a few new things.. And increasing some workout volume on the bike outside I am sure helped.

March 30 215 lbs

April 6th 215 lbs

April 13th 213 lbs

April 20th 210.5 lbs    Just missed my 210 Goal I wanted to hit. But there is still time left this month.. so I am very pleased. This is a new ALL TIME LOW for me at this point.

That is a SOLID 1% drop this week.. GREAT JOB.

3/2 - 204.5

3/9 - 200

3/16 - 198.5

3/23 - 204 (went on vacation to all inclusive resort)

3/30 - 202

4/6 - 201.5

4/13 - 198

4/20 - 199

Oh well, guess I can't lose weight every week. At least I weighed in at 197.5 yesterday.

Down 2lbs to 257lbs this week. I was down to 256lbs on Monday but swung back up and then down again...

With an extra long Easter break coming, allowing some long training days, I am looking forward to reporting next week.

4/6 185 lbs.

4/13 185 lbs.

4/20 185 lbs.

At least I am consistant!

Awesome, great job!  Keep it going

222.4

Wrong way

Wrong direction again. I need to get my eating and crazy schedule back on track so I can start losing instead of gaining.

Start 208

4/7 - 205.2 (-2.8)

4/14 - 206.4 (+1.2)

4/21 - 207.0 (+0.6)

Don't be too hard on yourself. You're down 6 lps for the month and that's pretty good. Keep at it and you'll get there.

Last week 222.4

This week 219.2

Down 3.2 !!!

Great work.. Back with a BOLD decrease WOWZERS... I wish I could say the same this week.

April 1 - 343 

April 7 - 339

April 13 -336

April 20 - 337

April 27 -338

Not really sure what is going on here. I have been eating about 1500-1800 calories and burning an averge of about 4000 for the past 2 weeks and still a GAIN!  Going to try going lighter on the carbs and haevier on the running...see if I can't pull of 1 pound before the end of april.

March 30 215 lbs

April 6th 215 lbs

April 13th 213 lbs

April 20th 210.5 lbs   

April 27th 212.5 LBS    BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Based on my Birthday party, lots o Beer, Lots o Food and well just general all around bad eating for 4 days straight. It is no wonder. I swore I would eat better on monday. But I went shopping in the states with 3 women, first mistake. Second mistake eating lunch at Chilli's Giant Black Bean buger. I stopped eating it I was full and the smallest girl at the table ate hers and challanged me to finish mine.. Another mistake..LOL   

I swam my butt off last night and hammered out 3000 meters hoping to put a dent in it... Alas so close to my goal of 210 lbs and I knocked myself back. But I know the root cause and I am back on track now. I swear.

Couple of things could be happneing 1. Make sure you fueling yourself enough for your workouts and your day in general. In my weight loss process I seen the same thing as you many times. The body is an amazing thing it ADAPTS very well to changes your making. What works for 2-4 weeks might not work at the end of 4 weeks. My number one issue for me along the way I would watch my calories too close and not eat enough. Every time I did that I gained as well.

1. Make sure you fuel yourself. 2. if your work outs are 90-120 mins long then make sure your not taking in too many carbs. you still need them but I try to balance my diet so only about 25-32% of my fuel comes from carbs except on my long bike ride days. I am very protein based and have had good success with that. Not to say it will work for you. But just keep good tabs on things and when something no long works change it. Try not to change too much at once or you won't know what really did it for you.

Not a good weigh in this morning though I can't say I'm really surprised. I feel like a balloon ready to burst. I can't say my diet has been anything out of the ordinary. Just stepped on the scale one morning and I was up three pounds.

Start 208

4/7 - 205.2 (-2.8)

4/14 - 206.4 (+1.2)

4/21 - 207.0 (+0.6)

4/27 - 210.2 (+3.2)

Welcome to the group!

Down 2lbs to 255lbs this week. I was hoping for more given I had an opportunity to log some big miles over the Easter break. However there was also some Easter feasting as well....

3/2 - 204.5

3/9 - 200

3/16 - 198.5

3/23 - 204 (went on vacation to all inclusive resort)

3/30 - 202

4/6 - 201.5

4/13 - 198

4/20 - 199

4/28 - 199.5

I haven't done so well for the past week and a half since I completed my first triathlon (Olympic distance). All that motivation vanished after I crossed the finish line. I have also been eating really poorly on the weekends. I need to sign up for another tri so my motivation comes back. On a good note, I worked out 4 hours in the past 2 days, so I am getting back on track.

Are you getting enough sleep? If you aren't getting 8 hours of sleep a night, try increasing the amount of sleep you get. That will always help you.

Wow, it seems like a lot of people have hit a road block lately and either gained weight or stopped losing weight. Lets all be motivate to come back next week with some progress.

Hey, Team Skinny! Some of us are having a great April... nice job guys!!

I neglected to mention that I would be gone for a huge chunk of this month, and also neglected to weigh in before I left for vacation. Just got back from Puerto Vallarta... great trip!! Met up with some family, lots of relaxing beach time, and completed my Open Water Diver scuba certification. Woot!!

Anyway, back from my tangent into vacation memories... I weighed in and am at 208 (started at 212). Probably not going to make my goal for April, but I'm pretty pleased with any loss during travel!