Your milestones and progress - accountability
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SW: 277.2lbs (Jan 16, 2017)
CW: 236 lbs
GW: 150lbs by Feb, 2018
Last Week's Weigh-In: 233.6
Last Week's Weight loss: -2.40 lbs.
Total Loss -43.6 lbs
Short term goal: 225 by July 17.
What's working: logging and water.
What's not working: My exercise STILL. I tried my elliptical and can't go longer than 3 minutes with lots of breaks in between. The tops of my thighs burn and my knees are achy. Plus, oh yeah probably most important, I can't breathe!!! It's very discouraging that I don't want to even try.0 -
SW: 300lbs - 136 kg
LWW: 279.1 lbs - 126.6 kg
CW: 277.8 lbs - 126 kg
GW: 175
Loss Last Week: 1.3 lbs - .6 kg
Total Loss: 22.2 lbs - 10kg
Short term goal: 275 by August
What's Working:
Well I still love swimming. I think the best cardio for myself and maybe other obese people. No impact and you dont get all sweaty like on runs.
What's Not:
Well I hit a rough patch in weight loss last week for good bit. I struggled to get to the bit of loss I had. Looks like some of the easy pounds are almost gone. either that or I am retaining water from all the exercise. I am watching food and measuring most things. I exercised like 10 times last week for 30-60 min of cardio.
I also tried to start C25k again. Once again I failed. My leg just hurts too much after running and I need to put the breaks on. I am going to try and lift at gym instead of running and keep swimming. Maybe when I get close to my goal weight I'll be able to run as impact from less than 200 lbs would be much easier.1 -
My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017)
My goal: 300 lbs by end of summer
Milestone: 310 lbs - I'm so close I can taste it!
Current Weight: 310.4 lbs, 06/15
Total loss: -64 lbs; -4 inches from waist & hips
What's working: sticking to my calorie limit works - though my success at that has been spotty. But since I lowered my calorie limit under the one set by MFP, I have a buffer if you will that helps with the late even snacking desire. Also, what works is not keeping junk food or snack food in reach.
What's not working: I'm slipping up lately on sugar. Not that I'm eating cookies or such, but I'm adding a little more to my coffee each morning, and I yielded to myself last night and put some in hot tea. And I'm going to have to stop buying the Hershey sugar free chocolate chips! Yes, they do not have sugar in them, but they are still calorie dense, and I don't stop at just 1 serving when I eat them - 1 serving is only a Tablespoon, so even 1 handful for me is at least 2 servings.1 -
Starting weight: 281.6 lbs (04 Feb 2017)
Current weight: 232.0 lbs (15 Jun 2017)
Total loss: 49.6 lbs
Loss last week: 1.2 lbs
Goal loss rate: 1 lb per week (MFP kcal goal is set to 2 lbs per week)
Next milestone: 225 lbs (03 Aug 2017 target)
100 lb loss: 181.6 lbs (03 Jun 2018 target)
Goal weight: 180.0 lbs (14 Jun 2018 target)
What's going well:
* Keeping up with my running. It's getting harder, but so far I've been able to do the plan as written.
* I'm still doing okay with logging my food.
What's going poorly:
* I've been giving in to urges to eat calorie-dense food when I'm not even actually hungry, making me have to short myself later in the day. I'm mostly staying under calorie goal, but not in the way I want to. I hate going to bed hungry.
* Related to the above, I'm also eating more sodium than usual, and I think water weight is the main reason I'm not seeing as much loss as I think I should. I hope.
Mission Statement:
* I will work on fighting counterproductive urges.3 -
SW : 24 st 7lb
CW : 21st 10
GW: 14 st 7lb (then reassess)
Old small goal : below 23 st by end of April - MET!
Old small goal : below 22 st by 12th June - MET 3rd June.
New small goal : below 21st by 22nd July.
Loss this week : 0lb
Total loss since SW: -39lb
What's working- I'm logging everything and haven't given up. I've been way below calories every day.
What could be better - it's not how much I'm eating it's what I'm eating. I may not have gain this week over all but a couple of times during the week I checked and it had crept up a little. It's been a stressful week and I've found myself short of time to prepare or plan food so we've been eating conveniently (mostly processed freezer tapas! And take away.) I've been below my calories (sometimes waaay below) but what I am eating is crap, calorie dense, and it's obviously affecting my body.
My stress started last Saturday - we had a party for my babies birthday but he turned out to be quite ill, he had a fever for 4 days then he came out in a rash. It was just a "viral" thing so they couldn't do anything meds wise (other than to reduce the fever) and we just had to wait it out. In addition to this, my father (who has a long term issue with alcoholism) has now ended up in hospital with acute chronic liver failure (as well as a broken shoulder and ribs) and he isn't doing too well. He is dying. I have power of attorney for his physical and financial well being and im having to communicate daily with his sort of estranged ex wife (she moved out but didn't divorce him because he has money) and it's not easy talking to this person that I know is just waiting around for pay day, and pay day might be soon. The prognosis isn't good I don't think - his cirrhosis is stage 3 but he has an infection on his liver they can't treat and he isn't eating and his sodium levels are low. I've no idea how long he has. (They've said probably less than a year with the stage 3 cirrhosis but I think these other complications might shorten that). In addition to that my mother in law fell out with me because she came round on my sons birtday and left after 5 minutes because I didn't ask her any questions about herself and at one stage my husband hugged me, she felt so uncomfortable she felt she had to leave immediately. Whatever.
Anyway. Will try and eat some good stuff this week.
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Been a couple of weeks since I updated.
SW: 257.6 (3/15/17)
CW: 241.2 (6/17/17)
STGW: 239.1
LTGW: 165
2.6# loss since last check in on 5/27
16.4# loss total
I fell into an old habit over the last couple of weeks-- I needed to go to the grocery store (which I HATE) but kept putting it off and eating out, and/or skipping meals during the day. This is an absolute no-no for me. No breakfast or lunch means bad choices for dinner, including lots of sodium, which I just can't tolerate. So I gained a couple of pounds. Whether it was "real" or "just" fluid retention, who knows, but after the grocery trip, I feel like I'm back on track, and the weight is going back down.
What is working: I know this. I absolutely *must* eat regular meals, including breakfast, even if it's just a yogurt. Which means not putting off going to the grocery store. Water. Lots of water. Being honest with myself and tracking.
What is not working: I know this, too. Skipping tracking, and skipping meals. Putting off going to the grocery store. The skipping tracking is just me trying to be dishonest with myself, which never, ever works. I mean, seriously? I know what I'm supposed to do and what works for me. Why do I risk sabotaging myself?
I'm going to have a very busy summer at work, so it is going to be doubly important that I plan my meals, eat right and regularly by packing my breakfast, lunch, and snacks(!) and pre-log.0 -
SW: 325lbs
CW: 259.7lbs
GW: 140-150lbs
Loss Last Week: -2.0lbs
Total Loss - 65.3lbs
Short term goal: I'll aim for 260lbs by the end of June! New Goal- 250lbs by the end of July
I broke in to the 250s. Woohoo. I haven't been in the 250's since before I gave birth to my son...he's 8! When I was 19 I lost 70lbs of weight but I did it the wrong way and never managed to maintain. My starting weight back then was 252lbs so it feels kinda odd to be nearly back there and to be excited about that. I remember being horrified at the time that I weighed 252lbs and now I can't wait to reach it!
This week I need to focus on sugar - I've been letting too much of it creep back in to my daily eating. I've still kept within calories but to me, calories on sugar are a waste. Plus I know the more sugar I eat the more likely it is to trigger a binge eating episode and I've been working so hard on not binging and working out what triggers it etc that I have no desire to destroy all that effort.0 -
Was out of town last week and forgot to check in...
SW: 407 lbs (1/1/2017)
UGW: 250 lbs
CW: 338 lbs (-5.8 lbs in 2 weeks)
Total Loss: -69 lbs (SO CLOSE TO 70!!!)
Short Term Weight Goal: 333 by the end of June.
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What's working: Because I'm working backstage on a production at my work, I'm moving a LOT more, doubling my step goal just about every day this week. I've also been doing a good job not over-indulging on the snacks laying around or the late-night eating out.
What's not working: I started full-time at my job this week, which means I've been at work from 9am-10pm (or later) every day since Monday. That means I haven't had time to cook as healthily as I would like, and that I haven't had the motivation to wake up to work out every day. I've also been forgetting to drink water, so I've had some killer headaches... But tomorrow starts a new week, and I have 2 days without rehearsals or performances!1 -
About Me: 27 years old, office worker (marketing).
My Starting Weight: 260 lbs (01/01/2017)
My Ultimate Goal Weight: <150 lbs (I'm 5'4" so I will evaluate body composition after this)
My goal date for losing 100 lbs is by early summer 2018
Target Loss: at least 1.5 lbs per week
Milestone #1: 235 lbs (by April for a trip to London - on track, only 5lbs to go in three weeks!) DONE!
Milestone #2: 220 lbs (my next 20lbs loss and my next reward bracelet)
Milestone #3: 199 lbs (I'd love to be in Onederland for Ren Faire in early November. 33 weeks, and 33-66lbs are possible!)
Last Check-In Weight: 230.1 lbs, 06/01
Current Weight: 226.5 lbs, 06/19
Loss between checkins: -4.6 lbs
Total loss: -33.4 lbs
I am pretty sure I've finally smashed through my month-long plateau. That was the hardest thing I've done in a long time. For other's references, my last weigh-ins went like this:
229.4, 230.4, 232.6, 230.9, 230.5, 230.5, 230.1, 230.1, 230.6, 231.1, 231.1, 230.6, 230.6, 231.2, 229.2, 228.5, 230, 229.4, 229.1
If you get stuck, keep pushing. A month felt like forever. I was mentally and physically exhausted (still am?). But I'll need this post for the next plateau.
June Goals: Starting C25k! Want to increase my cardio activity to see if I can't catch up and still hit Onederland by November!
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SW: 277.2lbs (Jan 16, 2017)
GW: 150lbs by Feb, 2018
Last Week's Weigh-In: 233.6
Current Weigh-in: 234.4 lbs
Weight loss GAIN: +.8 lbs.
Total Loss -42.8 lbs
Short term goal: 225 by July 17.
What's working: This past week - NOTHING
What's not working: I am was out of my routine this past week with my mother in the hospital. Ate out more than usual because it was convenient. Exercise is still a problem for me. I can't go longer than 3 minutes on my elliptical without lots of breaks in between.1 -
SW: 300lbs - 136 kg
LWW: 277.8 lbs - 126 kg
CW: 275.1 lbs - 124.8
GW: 175 - 200
Loss Last Week: 2.7 lbs - 1. 2 kg
Total Loss: 24.9 lbs - 11.2 kg
Short term goal: 275 by August - I was actually under once last week but feel it was dehydration. Should hit it for real this week.
What's Working:
Started lifting weights about 2 weeks ago and seems to be helping. Muscles are sore but weights on lifts keep going up. Doing the Starting Strength program. It includes a diet but not following as I would not be in deficit. should
What's Not:
Swimming this weeks been bad. All the pools I have access to are outdoors and thunder storms for multiple days kind of ruined that. Glad I started an indoor program to offset bad days.
Note:
I updated my loss calories. I went from 1650 to 2050. I do not want to lose as fast as I am. Sounds weird but I have worry of loose skin and feel if I drop weight too quickly it will be worse. I also don't want to lose the little muscle I have. Going to try and eat more but healthy and see if I can get to around .5 kg lost per week.1 -
SW : 290
GW: 195
CW: 253
STGW: 220
Started in January 2017. Would like to get to goal weight by March 2018. I've been losing about 7 pounds per month.4 -
Starting weight: 281.6 lbs (04 Feb 2017)
Current weight: 229.2 lbs (21 Jun 2017)
Total loss: 52.4 lbs
Loss last week: 3.8 lbs (!)
Goal loss rate: 1 lb per week (MFP kcal goal is set to 2 lbs per week)
Next milestone: 75 lbs lost (27 Nov 2017 target)
Goal weight: 180.0 lbs (01 Jun 2018 target)
What's going well:
* Being pretty consistent in my logging, although I'm definitely more relaxed about it than I used to be.
* Really pleased that I created an intermediate week in my running program. It's more of a challenge than last week but still hard enough that I don't think I could have done the week as written.
* I started doing some weight training this week! I'm starting small, but I realized that it's probably time to start, since I'm halfway to my new goal. I'm still too nervous to go to the freeweight area in my gym, but I'm okay with using the machines.
What's going poorly:
* ...I don't know! It's been a pretty good week! It's hard making good choices, but I've been managing it for the most part. Except for overeating at my parent's house on Sunday, but that's nothing new.
Mission Statement:
* I will remember that willpower is about making one good choice at a time.4 -
Starting weight: 300 lbs (April 22, 2017)
Current weight: 267.2 lbs
Total loss: 32.8 lbs
Loss last week: 2.2 lbs
Current Goal: 199 lbs
Had sushi this week, but other than that I did really well sticking to my guidelines. Nutrisystem is really working for me. My hardest thing is staying healthy on my flex days.3 -
SW : 24 st 7lb
CW : 21st 4lb
GW: 14 st 7lb (then reassess)
Old small goal : below 23 st by end of April - MET!
Old small goal : below 22 st by 12th June - MET 3rd June.
New small goal : below 21st by 22nd July.
Loss this week : 6lb
Total loss since SW: -45lb
What's working:
I upped my water intake by about 1500% (no exaggeration)
What's not working:
This big loss this week could be stress related. I don't feel very good this week, a lot of responsibility has fallen on my shoulders and I'm having to deal with my fathers financial, legal and healthcare matters, because I've been told twice this week that it looks unlikely that he will survive this hospital admission.
I'll try to keep focussing on getting good nutrition to keep me sustained.
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Prayers for strength and peace Sammy!0
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Was out of town last week and forgot to check in...
SW: 407 lbs (1/1/2017)
UGW: 250 lbs
CW: 336.8 lbs (-1.2 lbs in 2 weeks)
Total Loss: -70.2 lbs
Short Term Weight Goal: 333 by the end of June. (While still possible, this seems unlikely now...)
Secondary Weight Goal: 307 by October 10th (100 pounds lost by my birthday)
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What's working: Um. I don't know right now. My low point this week was 335.8, then I bounced back up to 340. I'm not sure what's going on this week, but I'm not super happy. I've worked out every day, eaten healthy, drank more water than I could log, and still. Ugh.
What's not working: Again, I don't know. Going to try to change up my workouts this week and be even stricter on logging.
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I leave for a camp that I run on Friday afternoon. Friday through Sunday is our counselor/helper orientation, then the campers arrive on Sunday afternoon. More than 50 8-14 year old kids... I ave a cabin of the oldest boys, which will be an interesting challenge.
I'm going to try to find time to walk (or run?!) the trails each day. But it's going to be really hard for me, not being able to log in and track anything, as we don't have much WiFi or cell service on the hill.
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On the plus side, I've needed to buy some new dress pants, so I went to Goodwill yesterday, and bought a pair of pants more than 10 sizes smaller than where I was in January. And I'm back to the size of pants I wore at the beginning of college almost 10 years ago. So, I guess even though it wasn't a great week for weight (... despite losing 1.5 pounds), I am finding victories somewhere.3 -
SW: 277.2lbs (Jan 16, 2017)
GW: 150lbs by Feb, 2018
Last Week's Weigh-In: 234.4
Current Weigh-in: 233.6 lbs
Weight loss -.8 lbs.
Total Loss -43.6 lbs
Short term goal: 225 by July 17.
What's working: This past week - NOTHING
What's not working: I am still out of my routine this past week with my mother in the hospital. Ate out more than usual because it was convenient. Exercise is still a problem for me. I can't go longer than 3 minutes on my elliptical without lots of breaks in between.1 -
About Me: 27 years old, office worker (marketing).
My Starting Weight: 260 lbs (01/01/2017)
My Ultimate Goal Weight: <150 lbs (I'm 5'4" so I will evaluate body composition after this)
My goal date for losing 100 lbs is by early summer 2018
Target Loss: at least 1.5 lbs per week
Milestone #1: 235 lbs (by April for a trip to London - on track, only 5lbs to go in three weeks!) DONE!
Milestone #2: 220 lbs (my next 20lbs loss and my next reward bracelet)
Milestone #3: 199 lbs (I'd love to be in Onederland for Ren Faire in early November)
Last Check-In Weight: 226.5 lbs, 06/19
Current Weight: 224.2 lbs, 06/28
Loss between checkins: -2.3 lbs
Total loss: -35.8 lbs
July Goals: Halfway through Week 2 of C25k, successfully getting up at 5:40am and running from 6am-6:30 M/W/F...usually I stall around Week 3 so it's going to take some willpower to get through next week! I'm not sleeping as well as I normally do, so this weekend I'll be focusing on that. Only 4lbs until my next bracelet and a mini shopping spree!
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My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017)
My goal: 300 lbs by end of summer
Old Milestone: 310 lbs - Achieved!
New Milestone: below 300 lbs - this is my first hard goal for MFP; after this, I'll have to reset my counters
Current Weight: 309.5 lbs, 06/15
Total loss: -65.5 lbs; -4 inches from waist & hips
Comments: It's only a pound loss in 2 weeks, but I'll take it! You guys know (I've surely whined enough on here about it) that the last few weeks were very hard, and I had a lot of slip ups and set backs and a series of terrible battle of wills with myself that I was losing more often than not. When I came home from the conference last week and stepped on the scale on Monday morning, it read 315 lbs, which would have meant a 5 lb gain last week. So I was pretty bummed. I knew I had over-eat at the conference and things I shouldn't have been eating, but I had tried to walk and had hoped I had at least evened out. My sister and I had been eating out, however, and since I greatly doubt I lost 5 lbs in 4 days, it seems that the 5 lb gain wasn't a true representation of what my weight really was - it must have been water retention and hormones.
This week has been much better. I've been sticking to my calorie goal and staying away from the candy dish at work and the extra snacks here and there. I've so far kept the momentum going that I started last week, and have been getting 30 minute walks in during lunch. As long as I stay away from added sugar and high carb items, I seem to be able to stick to it better; its just when my hormones are raging, I start craving things or when I'm around a buffet or other folks who aren't watching what they are eating, my willpower flags and I end up eating more than I should. I really have to limit certain things and keep a tight control on myself because I haven't gotten to the point where I can stay within moderation yet - I let myself have a small piece, and the next thing I know, I've been having 2 small pieces every day for a week! So it's a two step forward, one step backward thing.
Anyway, I've been pretty depressed all week as my willpower has been flagging a lot lately, so seeing that 1 lb loss was greatly needed!1 -
Starting weight: 281.6 lbs (04 Feb 2017)
Current weight: 227.8 lbs (29 Jun 2017)
Total loss: 53.8 lbs
Loss last week: 0.00 lbs (Scale read the same today as it did last Thursday, but my weekly average is down a pound, so I'm not worried.)
Goal loss rate: 1 lb per week (MFP kcal goal is set to 2 lbs per week)
Next milestone: 75 lbs lost (25 Nov 2017 target)
Goal weight: 180.0 lbs (30 May 2018 target)
What's going well:
* Logging pretty consistently still
* Being diligent in running and weight training
* Starting a new 4-week challenge at nerdfitness
What's going poorly:
* C25K isn't going so hot this week. I haven't stopped or anything, but I've had to start adding unplanned walks in the middle of my running intervals because the 5-minute runs are still too much for me. I've only managed one uninterrupted 5-minute run interval so far. There should have been four. If tomorrow's run isn't better, I think I'm gonna go back to 3.5 for a week and then do a 3.75, I guess.
* Not a lot of movement on the scale, but I have definitely been eating higher sodium and exercising like crazy, both of which can cause water retention. I'm not too worried about it yet.
Mission Statement:
I will log more carefully and eat less sodium. I will keep up my exercise schedule.
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SW: 300lbs - 136 kg
LWW: 275.1 lbs - 124.8
CW: 274.3 lbs - 124..4
GW: 175 - 200
Loss Last Week: .8 lbs - .4 kg
Total Loss: 24.9 lbs - 11.2 kg
Short term goal: Hit my short term goal on weight this week. Since I am slowing down my weight loss on purpose my next goal is going to be less of a loss. I am going for 270 lbs by mid August.
What's Working:
Lifting is going great. Better than I hoped honestly. I like it again and feel strength coming back slowly.
What's Not:
I have skipped most cardio this week. I could have went swimming or something after lifting I just didn't care about it. Also weight ins on Tuesday were hard. I retain water from salty food from weekend until Wed/Thur so now I am going to weight in on Friday morning.
Note:
I hit near the .5lbs loss per week I wanted and feel much better after workouts and during them I am lifting more weight every session. I am going to keep the slower weight loss going for few more weeks and see how it goes.1 -
Male, 5'3" tall, 57 years old, live in Maryland (USA).
Starting Weight: 317 lbs (1/1/2017).
Current Weight: 253.8 lbs (6/30/2017).
Goal Weight: I'm not sure but probably somewhere between 145-155 lbs.
I'm a type2 insulin-dependent diabetic that was also diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (last binge: 5/7/2017).
What's been working well for me since mid-April2017: to better control my diabetes and binge eating episodes, I started having my meals every 3 hours (4 mandatory meals: 9am, noon, 3pm & 6pm, or at times close to that) and following a 2000 calorie/day plan with 30% of calories from carbs, 30% of calories from protein & 40% of calories from fat. Prior to that I was having 2 meals/day (5 hours between "larger" meals) with a "small" snack in between if I wanted it but it was just too inconsistent with my blood sugars and appetite depending on what I ate during the prior meal, so, this 4 meals at 3-hour intervals has been working very well so far since it's hardly enough time between meals to feel hungry before the next meal time arrives.
I've also been logging "everything" since May 22, 2017 here on MyFitnessPal (MFP) and that includes meal times, food, liquids, diabetes medications including insulin dosages & glucose measurements at each meal as well as early morning & before bed glucose measurements and Daily Notes that include hunger levels, craving levels & out-of-control levels I experience at each meal (used to evaluate if a meal or food item triggers a binge or increased hunger at the next meal), weekly weight and occasional blood pressure readings too. I use to log all this in Excel (without the calories & macro info) but it's much better here in MFP where I can use it to track all that stuff along with the food items.1 -
I'm 5'4 1/2" tall, 44 years old
Starting weight: 277.5lbs (June 10, 2017)
Current weight: 274.3lbs (July 1, 2017)
Total: -3.2lbs (-1.2%)
Change last week: +4.1
Working towards:
1st goal: 263.6 (-5%)
The good:- I'm still down from my starting weight
- I'm tracking again as of today, including water intake
- I've recommitted to hitting my daily step goal
- I've already put the word out that for my birthday later this month, I don't want happy hours and dinners out, but would prefer doing something not food-related
The bad:- I went completely off the rails for 10 days and the scale showed it
- I have been horrible about not getting in enough water
- Apparently I have a lot more "sabotagers" in my life than I ever realized
So now what?
I'm back on track and back to a much better mindset already, but I am re-evaluating my daily calorie goals in MFP. I currently have it set to losing 2lbs per week, and am adding exercise calories back in (using the default). The initial daily calorie goal (pre-exercise) is daunting and I've been struggling with planning my meals to all fit under my calorie goal. The exercise calories are unpredictable so I can't really plan for them, and I'm so all or nothing (working on that!) that if I mess up early, I tend to blow it completely. So I'm thinking about changing my goal to losing 1lb per week, and turning off adding exercise calories back in. If anyone has done something similar, I'd be really interested in hearing how it's worked for you. I do have fairly aggressive goals for myself, as I'm trying to avoid a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis (I'm currently right on the edge), so that's why I've had MFP set to 2lbs per week as my goal, so that's the only thing holding me back from going ahead and changing my goal in the app.1 -
SW: ~296 lbs (01/01/2017)
GW: <190 lbs (top of my healthy BMI range)
My goal date for losing 100 lbs is by Jan 2018
Milestone: <250 lbs
CW: 250.0 lbs, 07/5
Loss last week: +1.1 lbs
Total loss: -46.0 lbs
What's working, what's not:
Not tracking for the past 6 weeks did not work
At least I didn't gain weight
Time to get back on the wagon with daily tracking,
diet break is over.
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My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017)
My goal: 300 lbs preferably by middle of August, but will settle for end of summer
New Milestone: 300 lbs
Current Weight: 308.6 lbs, 07/06
Total loss: -66.4 lbs
Comments: the last few weeks have been a real struggle. I've switched jobs in my company but haven't had any training in the new position, which leaves me with time on my hands and makes the work day incredibly long and mentally exhausting. I've been working at home packing, cleaning, and painting as I put the house on the market and am preparing to move (if the renters ever move out of the place I'm buying, anyway), and the hard work makes me ravenous and more susceptible to over eating. I went to a conference a few weeks ago, and then had family get togethers a couple of weekends, which always involves a lot of food. Dog days are here with heat and humidity, and nothing wilts me faster than the humidity. And finally, I'm fighting against depression, which just makes me exhausted all the time.
Despite all this, I am at least losing weight, but it's slowing down to a crawl, and I'm very afraid its going to stop all together. I've done better this week in staying within my calorie limit and in getting 30 minutes of exercise in a day, or at least 5,000 steps. I know most folks shoot for 10,000 steps, but I'm just now starting to add the walking in, and I can't get in more than that just yet.
I'm not really sure what to do about the slow down. I've checked several calorie estimators, and I have my calorie goal set to just under the most conservative number I'm getting for a sedentary lifestyle. I am trying to incorporate 30 minutes of walking in most days, but I just started that recently, and with the heat and humidity as they are, I'm not sure how often that's going to work. I don't add back in exercise calories, anyway. I've seen the arguments on whether or not metabolism truly slows down or not, and I'm not sure which side of the spectrum to fall into on that one. I wonder if it might also be the humidity that is part of the problem - I tend to retain water and swell pretty badly when its excessively humid outside, despite wearing constriction socks.
I've thought about trying IF by skipping lunch and just having 2 moderate meals a day, but I don't think I have the willpower to do that, especially right now that I'm spending a lot of time sitting at a desk all day. I won't let myself eat for 4 hours after breakfast now as it is since I have a medication that I take that needs that gap between the last meal and taking it, and most of the time, it's a major test of will to keep from snacking in that 4 hour gap; I just can't see myself making it all day!
*sigh* I guess I'll leave my calorie limit alone for the next couple of weeks - through July, at least - and try to focus on staying at that limit and trying to get my 5,000 steps in a day, and see where I'm at the first of August.1 -
SW : 24 st 7lb
CW : 21st 2lb
GW: 14 st 7lb (then reassess)
Old small goal : below 23 st by end of April - MET!
Old small goal : below 22 st by 12th June - MET 3rd June.
New small goal : below 21st by 22nd July.
Loss this week : 2lb
Total loss since SW: -47lb
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Starting weight: 281.6 lbs (04 Feb 2017)
Current weight: 226.0 lbs (12 Jul 2017)
Total loss: 55.6 lbs
Loss last week: 4.4 lbs (A week ago today had a spike in weight, so this isn't really that meaningful.)
Goal loss rate: 1 lb per week (MFP kcal goal is set to 2 lbs per week)
Next milestone: 75 lbs lost (25 Nov 2017 target)
Goal weight: 180.0 lbs (30 May 2018 target)
What's going well:
* Logging consistently
* Keeping up with my running and weight training
What's going poorly:
* Weight loss is very obviously slowing down. I have had a couple weeks of low willpower leading to calorie overages, but even with that in mind I'm not losing at the rate I was. This is to be expected and I have accounted for it all along, but it is a little disheartening nonetheless.
* Running is SO HARD right now. I'm on my third Week 4 of C25K, and although I can do all the running intervals uninterrupted now, I still have to lengthen the walking intervals. I can tell I'm improving, but I'll probably be doing Week 4 for a full month before moving on. I am starting to dread my running days. It's not fun now that it's gotten so hard. But I'm not giving up.
Mission Statement:
I will focus on not exceeding my calorie goal. I understand that weight loss takes effort.4 -
My Starting Weight: ~375 lbs (01/01/2017)
My goal: 300 lbs preferably by middle of August, but will settle for end of summer
Milestone: 300 lbs
Current Weight: 307.3 lbs, 07/13
Total loss: -67.7 lbs
Comments: Its become a slow and tedious fight to work myself through the mucky, sticky, humid swamp that I have found myself in on this weight loss journey of mine. At least, that's what it feels like! But, after having seen my weight be stagnate all week long, I was surprised and happy to see a sudden drop from yesterday to this morning. I've been trying to get more sleep, though I haven't been very successful at it until last night, when I managed to get into bed a hour early. I'm hoping that did it!
So, I need to commit to getting more sleep, being vigilant in getting the lights out absolutely no later than 10:30 and preferably by 10. I need to tighten up my journaling and err on the higher side for food items. I need to stop letting myself slip in an extra few calories here and there; they add up more than I realize, and just because I'm getting a few extra calories do to an increase in exercise doesn't excuse this. I really need to work on getting that 30 minute walk in a day and then strive to maybe increase the time.
I've also decided to give IF a try; this should help me keep to my calorie limits better than I have been.2 -
My Starting Weight: 396.2 lbs (09/15/2015)
My Weight Goal: ~200 lbs
Current Weight: 219.9 lbs
Total Lost: 176.3 lbs
My Starting Body Fat: 52%
My Body Fat Goal: <15%
Current Body Fat: 17-18%
Comments: Trying out a new gym this month. I've been doing this pretty much by myself aside from my trainer and a couple of friends that I cycle or run with occasionally. Some friends of mine talk highly of the gym they go to but it's about a 30 minute commute for me. But I bit the bullet and got a 30 day membership. If I'm going to sustain and enjoy myself, I need to be surrounded by people that also like to exercise and get fit. My husband and friends are very supportive but they don't have any motivation to exercise or get fit themselves. If this works out then I might make some connections with people that I can go out and do fun things with while being active.3
