# I'm losing 10 pounds in April. Anybody else in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221 "2004-03-30T01:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/101 "2004-04-07T12:37:20Z")
> [@Star Was](#): > > For those putting on weight, if you just started exercising you are probably putting on muscle faster than you are talking off fat. Just keep it up and the weight will go down. God I hope so. I’ve been eating very well, been going to the gym and I hiked 30 miles last weekend. Net loss? 1 lb. ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/102 "2004-04-09T03:21:03Z")
Well I’m posting now even though it’s only Thursday night. I can’t see losing anything besides water between now and tomorrow. That said, 208 lbs, the same as last time. I’m going to have to get off my ass a little more to meet the goal by the deadline. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/103 "2004-04-09T03:31:42Z")
From 4/2: > [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > Weigh-in today: 364. Weigh-in today, 4/8: 361. ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/104 "2004-04-09T03:45:21Z")
Well, I now have three weeks to lose ten pounds. Darn Easter candy. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/105 "2004-04-09T13:48:27Z")
Weigh-In Today: 181 ---
**Author:** ![Magnolia\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Magnolia\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magnolia_B)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/106 "2004-04-09T15:31:13Z")
I fell off the wagon with my diet and exercise this week… got to get back on this weekend. Today - 171 ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/107 "2004-04-09T16:18:32Z")
As of this morning I am at 191, so it looks like 4 lbs gone. But that sounds like too much of a loss for me in one week+ so I wonder if my initial wiegh-in was accurate. I don’t recall what time of day I weighed myself to start, so maybe I caught myself at a high point durig the day. I just don’t think I’ve done enough exercise in the past week to burn off that much. But hey – I’ll take it. 191. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/108 "2004-04-09T19:53:47Z")
Weigh in today 48.25 quartern-loaves, equivalent to 193 pounds - 3 pounds down this week, 6 pounds down in total. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/109 "2004-04-09T21:04:28Z")
Yesterday, net loss 2 lbs. Been walking, using the mini-Stairmaster, and doing 300 leg lifts per side, daily. I sure hope that muscle thing is true. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/110 "2004-04-09T21:12:13Z")
> [@VenusProbe](#): > > Todays weigh-in: 204 pounds! ☹ up 2 pounds, not a good start. Dang! still 204, and I just realised that I posted the results of my weigh-in in the wrong thread! \ ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/111 "2004-04-10T00:17:43Z")
Wow. I weighed myself today, under ‘bad’ circumstances: wearing all my normal clothing (which includes wallet in pocket, shoes, etc.), the week before my period (so I’m retaining enough water to make the Great Lakes look like a creek), and after eating… …and it shows I’m down by three pounds. I’ve changed all of one thing since I last weighed myself (almost three weeks ago now): the kind of homromal birth control I was using. I knew I was retaining a lot of water, but I didn’t think I was hanging onto **that** much! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/112 "2004-04-10T00:52:08Z")
Weighed today at 220, down 4 lbs. for the first week. Course, that was before a big lunch, and weekends are always kind of a crapshoot for me. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/113 "2004-04-10T01:21:57Z")
> [@legion](#): > > I’m in. > > I’ve been wondering if cutting out bread with meals and taking my dog for long walks would let me lose a few pounds. This is the perfect opportunity to see if it works. 🙂 > > 166lbs 30th March. Wow! Mrs Legion and myself have just return form an “Olde England Night” and, it being Friday, I jumped on the bathroom scales expecting to see some dramatic weight loss. Imagine my surprise when the electronic scales blew a fuse while attempting to measure my weight! 1510 LBS! Luckily, Mrs Legion spotted the problem and suggested I divest myself of the suit of armour that historical authenticity had demanded of me earlier! Imagine our surprise when the scales, with a new fuse, exploded for a second time! 1289 LBS! I was horrified, but sanity prevailed after Mrs Legion suggested that I _dismount_ the horse before my weekly weigh in! 164 LBS! Yea! Minus 2 pounds! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/114 "2004-04-10T03:43:44Z")
Well I’m up 2 pounds. That’s what I get for joining this thread the week hockey playoffs start ☹ Going to have watch what I eat a little more in order to lose 10 pounds by the end of the month. Congrats to all who are losing weight. Keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/115 "2004-04-10T17:40:02Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > I got off my lazy ass and went to the gym tonight. I’m going to make a good effort to eat at least 3 healthy meals a day and do some sort of physical activity at least 4 days a week. > > We’re going to have to get into those swim suits pretty soon, and 10 less pounds would look much better. > > **Bruce\_Daddy** : March 29, 196 lbs. I joined Weight Watchers 8 weeks ago. I’ve lost nearly 10 pounds, but more importantly, I’m rearranging where it all goes. I’ve punched one new hole in my belt and will probably have to go buy new clothes in the next couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/116 "2004-04-10T18:48:48Z")
I’m down to 285 from 290 if this scale here is to be trusted. Five pounds in a week? Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that I’ve lost that much (if true) but that seems like a hell of a lot of weight to lose in only eight days. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/117 "2004-04-10T20:18:58Z")
My progress appears to have come to a screeching halt. No change at all, from 222 to 222. I’ve been eating much healthier, and I certainly feel better, though. I guess I’ll just have to ramp up the exercise a bit more. -P ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/118 "2004-04-13T03:31:15Z")
Yippyskippy! I have lowered my LDLs from 141 to 76. YEAH! I am eating more salmon, more peanuts, and no white bready things. Also, running and Dance Dance Revolution. Also eating any vegetable or fruit to slow to run away. Total cholesterol about 162. HDL reported as “real good” by mystery Doctor on the clinic phone. Aproximately 4% body fat from my goal, or 5 to 6 pounds. I don’t try to rely on pounds because of my mild body dysmorphia: Furhtermore, next week I will be retaining water, and my weight will read very oddly ---
**Author:** ![Star\_Was](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Star\_Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Was)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/119 "2004-04-13T07:52:06Z")
Forgot to post on Friday. As of today 166 1/2 (down from original of 174). 2 1/2 to go. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221/120 "2004-04-13T09:46:42Z")
My computer has been on the blink all weekend but I did manage to weigh myself on Friday. Friday - 202 lbs (down from 204). I spent most of the long weekend working in the garden so hopefully I have gained some muscle, accounting for the minimal weight loss. Then again, I haven’t been trying at dieting as hard as I should… At any rate, my belt is more accurate than my scale and I am now down one loop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-losing-10-pounds-in-april-anybody-else-in/237221.md?page=7)