# SDMB Weight Loss Club, March (08) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629 "2008-02-29T12:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/1 "2008-02-29T12:00:44Z")
Here is the march thread. Good luck losing all! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/2 "2008-02-29T12:10:44Z")
I started Feb. 1 low-carbing, and so far, I’ve gone from a 38 waist to a 36 (my goal is 32-34). I have no idea what I weigh now (I was about 220; I’m 6’1"), because public scales seem to be a thing of the past and I’m NOT going to buy scales. I’m more interested in my shape than my weight, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/3 "2008-02-29T14:58:57Z")
I am looking forward to March this year. February has been a difficult month for me concerning weight loss. It was Valentines Day which meant gifts and candy and all sorts of stuff and then the day after with 50% off chocolate and it was so cold I felt like I didn’t even want to think about going outside to work out and…well, you get the idea. I am approaching March with a renewed sense of determination to get back on the losing side of things. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/4 "2008-03-01T13:19:06Z")
March 1 weigh in is 169. I ate only half of my points yesterday, as I came home and slept after my Lasik. Fourteen hours straight. ---
**Author:** ![Kerrigan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kerrigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kerrigan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/5 "2008-03-01T13:40:55Z")
February 29 weigh in: 220, for a February total of 7.6 pounds after a goal of 4! I’m starting to be able to tell when I look in the mirror - I seem to be forming something that looks almost like a waist. Keeping it simple is working for me, so… March weight loss goal: 4 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/6 "2008-03-01T14:04:51Z")
My Feb 29 weigh-in was 85.6 kg, down 6 kg from my high point 6 weeks ago. I want to get down to about 83 kg and my goal for March is 83.6, so I want to lose 4 kg. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/7 "2008-03-01T19:23:29Z")
Back again after a month of traveling. In that time, I lost seven pounds. Or, more significantly, one inch from my waist, one and a half inches from my belly (or upper hip), half an inch from my backside (or lower hip), and half an inch from each thigh. All this in spite of several days of sitting in the car for long hours, a couple visits to microbreweries, and a couple big festive dinners. I’m pleased with my diet and exercise program, so I’m sticking with it. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/8 "2008-03-02T12:25:51Z")
March 01: 103.6kg - a loss of 5kg for Feb. I am out of morbidly obese into obese (bmi-wise). I’m pretty happy. Clothes are looser, I added a new hole to a belt about 3cm in. My blood pressure is good, too. I was this weight 18 months ago and it was much harder last time. I can ramp up my exercise program slowly to burn heaps more calories, too. My short term goal (two-three months) is 93kg - that will be a BMI of 30 - overweight. At that point I start looking at Body Fat percentage as a guide to where I should be weight wise. Si ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/9 "2008-03-02T14:05:32Z")
I broke the 100kg mark finally! 99.2kg! Now, just another 20kg to go. /sigh. Still, the important thing isn’t how long it takes, it’s that the number on the scale continues to trend downwards… ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/10 "2008-03-02T14:11:12Z")
Weighed myself today and I’m now 12st 3lb which is 3lb from last week (although I gained the week before that so it’s only a net loss of 2lb). WW is going well, I’m really pleased with the progress I’m making and I’m on track to hit my goal of 10.5st by May/June time, assuming I keep losing at the same rate. I’m still being a bit slack with the exercise, specifically going to the gym to do cardio work. I still walk everywhere including a long walk between my train station and the office (there and back) every day, and playing squash as well which has the highest calorie burn per hour ratio of any sport (I know, I’ve checked). I’m about to head to the shops and two of the things I need to get for myself are a new pair of work trousers as the other pair I’ve got I can now pull down without even undoing, and a new belt as it’s run out of holes and isn’t remotely tight anymore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/11 "2008-03-02T14:41:16Z")
Good work everyone. I am not allowed to do any exercise for the next week. How my eyes are affected by my body moving, I do not know, but whatever. I’ll listen to the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/12 "2008-03-02T19:12:43Z")
Hope your eyes took well to the lasik, **Gingy.** Good going, everyone! Last Tuesday, I started a job that I do occasionally for some friends. I haven’t been there in more than a year though, because they’ve been saving up the work I’d normally do for when their son is home on college breaks. Since it had been a while, I had a small case of nerves, even though everyone there is really easy to get along with and I could do the work with my eyes closed. Though I wouldn’t since it involves big machines with moving parts that could make mincemeat of any stray flesh and bones. Anyway, with me, a case of nerves (apparently no matter how small :rolleyes: ) means I have to pee. A lot! I lost six pounds in two days because of that. I’m now down to 140.4. May this week finally see me in the 130s, nerves of no nerves! I hope, I hope… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/13 "2008-03-02T22:38:14Z")
222lb (15st 12lb English style), down one from last week and 21½ from the start of the year. Getting down to a psychological hurdle now as I have not been below 15 stone since I was a teenager, and all previous efforts have petered out here or hereabouts. On the plus side, the 38"-waist jeans I am now wearing are really loose around my behind, and can be pulled up unrealistically far, so it may be time to splash out on a still smaller size. The last four weeks have seen only 6½ pounds come off, but I guess keeping that up from now to August would not be too bad, at that. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/14 "2008-03-03T13:48:04Z")
Bad news on the weight loss plan. My wife is pregnant, and is having difficulty finding food which she can eat. Unfortunately, one of the foods which she can eat is my mashed potatoes and gravy, which we’ve been eating a lot. I’m trying to keep my weight gain down! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/15 "2008-03-07T02:09:38Z")
So, the moment of truth came today… After having chocolate chip pancakes on Saturday, and chocolate cake on Monday… I still lost 0.4 pounds. I was 189.6 today. And I’m going to try to be good this week. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/16 "2008-03-07T17:56:46Z")
Hi all! As of tomorrow, it will be two weeks since I have missed a workout. That’s very exciting for me. Barring something catastrophic, I won’t miss another until Monday (I have a meeting). I’m feeling great! Not really any weight loss to report, but I know that I’m gaining muscle. Anyway, I’m curious to see what everyone else is doing for their workouts. Maybe we’ll get some ideas from one another. This is a basic outline of what I do: Sunday: 30 minutes cardio (elliptical—split in two sessions around weight training); 30 minutes weight training Monday: 45 minutes cardio (stationary bike) Tuesday: 30 minutes cardio (elliptical) Wednesday: 30 minutes cardio (elliptical); 30 minutes weight training Thursday: 45 minutes cardio (stationary bike) Friday: 30 minutes cardio (elliptical); 30 minutes weight training Saturday: Varies—usually 30 minutes on elliptical or 45 minutes to an hour on the bike, depending on how motivated/lazy I feel. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/17 "2008-03-07T19:51:13Z")
I got on the scale this morning and I was at 189, which means I’ve lost 35 pounds since January 2nd. I need to start some hard exercise, to tone up. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/18 "2008-03-07T19:53:21Z")
That is astounding, Baker. Good work. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/19 "2008-03-07T19:53:46Z")
I had a metabolic test done at my gym. Apparently, I need to cut my caloric intake to 1200 a day to reach my goal weight at a loss of 1-2 lbs a week. :eek: That seems a bit low to me. I’m concentrating on the weights, not the cardio, in an effort to up my metabolism. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629/20 "2008-03-07T22:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I had a metabolic test done at my gym. Apparently, I need to cut my caloric intake to 1200 a day to reach my goal weight at a loss of 1-2 lbs a week. :eek: That seems a bit low to me. I’m concentrating on the weights, not the cardio, in an effort to up my metabolism. [/QUOTE] 1200 cals a day is about what anyone has to cut their intake to if they want to sustain that amount of weight loss. I’m eating roughly that on WW. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-march-08/439629.md?page=2)