Women 200lb+, Let's Step It Up In June!!!
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SW 255
CW 255
GW 170
Just getting started
again. My goal is to walk 30 minutes a day 3 days a week after work. Track my food for the next 30 days and check my progress.
Incorporating a Fitbit Alta to track my steps. I’m going to eat more fish and vegetables. Stop stressing things I cannot control and invest in my personal health goals. Have more confidence because I’m making a change. Share my good and bad so I force myself to succeed.7 -
Hello ladies...just looking for a push in the right direction but mostly just some accountability. I've always been on the heavier side and struggle with stress eating. I married my hubby about 6 months ago and we have started talking about having a family. Sad part is the only thing I could think about was the pregnancy weight gain. For myself, my sanity, and for future children (if I'm blessed with them) I'd love to lose some weight starting now
A goal of mine is to lose about 30 pounds by September. Which I think is completely possible for someone who is over 200.
SW: 235
CW: 218
GW: 185
Goal for the month is to increase water intake to half my current body weight.
Happy goal hunting everyone!!!!7 -
Taking my 30min walk early this morning while my twins take the SATs
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SW: 319.6
CW: 319.6
GW: 300
I need to just get consistent with scanning foods and staying within allowances for now.8 -
My second month with this group, yay! I have friended most everyone from May and I’m so glad. I have found that the inspiration and encouragement from this group of women has been one of the most helpful things for me. I also find it helpful to see that everyone else struggles too; I can be very hard on myself. Thank you everyone! 💕
For June, I have been thinking about habits I have developed that are bad or that make me feel bad, and wanted to incorporate those things as goals. I also want to feed my soul this month; like many of you, I have struggled with depression. In May, I actually did my gardening (for 2 years I’ve neglected them). My yard is looking awesome, and I’m feeling awesome!
SW-204
CW-184
GW-156
Goals:
• On my days off, not to sit at my dining room table for more than 2 hours in the morning. I will then get up and get busy.
I will do this literally half the day; drinking tea and playing on my phone. I have such a high stress job that on my days off I feel I “deserve” to relax. I do, BUT this is a terrible habit for my mind and body.
• I will do at least one creative project this month.
I am a very artistic person, and it is something that feeds my soul. I have a chalkboard in my kitchen that I enjoy drawing on. I have not changed the art on it in at least a year!
• I will continue trying to reach 1500 ml of water/day as this is very difficult for me due to my job.
• I will try to increase my sleep to 7 hours/day. I usually average around 6 or less.
I had so many NSV this month. The best one is that all of my clothes are getting loose; including my pajama pants. I felt so bad about myself when my stretchy pants didn’t fit me anymore, so I’m on top of the world!
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I had to go back and look at my May goals. I had really wanted to lose 50 lbs by today so I could tell anybody who asked at my friend’s wedding. I got derailed when my uncle died last week. We’ve had several family gatherings, and I’ve eaten some things I should have stayed away from. Ultimately, I’m down 49 lbs, and I’m OK with that because it’s still a 6 lb loss in May!
May NSV - I have several so I’ll toss them out one post at a time throughout June as motivators. My victory - somebody at the gym called me their hero for my perseverance. I haven’t skipped a night at the gym since early May.
SW 268 Nov 2018
CW 219
GW1 217
GW2 196 - at the current rate it will take 3 months to get there, but gradual is healthier, right!!??
I go for 10% every time I make a goal.
June goals
Make GW1
Get away from the food I ate at the end of May
Keep going to the gym - get to 10 minutes on the elliptical comfortably
New recipes -sucked at this in May
Let’s go!!!
Connie in KY8 -
SW: 288
CW: 247
GW: 130
My goal for this month is to get down into the 230s.
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Hi everyone! Happy weekend! My goal for June is to continue to stay below my calorie goal and more important, cut WAY BACK on sodium! That means cooking more and eating less ready made food. It is so easy to take the easy way out!8
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Happy Saturday Ladies!! I’ll be doing a minimum of 30 minutes 5 days out the week of exercise. My goal is to do way more but at minimum I’m gonna get 30 minutes on. Today I think I’m gonna do a dance workout video. 😁
CW: 277.4
GW: 175
June GW: 2666 -
Hello All,
Started this weight journey 1/8 and have lost 41.8 lbs. Of late it has been a struggle with my body, it doesn't want to lose weight despite staying below my calories and exercising faithfully. I am really drawing all the determination to not let it get to me but darn!
Hey Colorado living our numbers are very close. I start at 298. My birthday is in August as well but I will have to lose another 80 to be at the weight I was when I met my guy. Sigh....
SW on 5/28 256.4
GW for 6/30 249.5
Continue to record in food diary daily. Exercise at least three times (2 Hrs. ) a week!8 -
Height: 5'2"
SW: 215
CW(6/1/19): 212.6
June GW: 205
GW 1: 199
GW 2: 150
We just got back from Disneyland yesterday. I weighed in at 212.6 this morning, which is 3lbs heavier than when I left. I'm thinking some of this is water, as I have sore calf muscles and my feet feel swollen. I ended up with blisters on both feet that caused the way I walk to change. I got a blister on my right foot first and the one on my left the 2nd day. Both are about quarter sized and on the ball of my foot slightly between my toes. It's making walking really painful. I didn't do to well with the water drinking so I'm going to make sure I get my 96oz+ of water today. I REALLY don't want to, but I'm going to have to back off the treadmill use for a week or so to let these blisters heal.
Goals for this week:
- Drink 96oz of water a day
- Stay within calorie goal, especially since I'm not going to be using the treadmill
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June 1st update:
2 sets Concentration curls
2 sets Squats
(Very) amateur hour on the tennis court
10 minutes boxing
Meals are cleaner today. Successfully logged everything that went into my mouth.
I’m struggling with the fact that I can only go 10 minutes at this or that before muscles quake and then give.9 -
SW: 286
CW: 286
GW: 257
I'm working with a health coach through Kaiser and my current goals are:
1. Log my food on MFP
2. Use the MyPlate method when planning and serving meals
3. Practice mindful eating instead of fast eating
I'm doing pretty well with #1, and going to plan meals for the week today. I keep forgetting about #3. I also did some exercise today since I don't get as much activity when I'm not working.9 -
Hi!So happy this is continuing (even though I don't post alot i read) 😊
SW- 231
Ending May W(current) - 222.2
June GW - 212
May non weight goal- finally started therapy!(much needed,and was procrastinating)
June non weight goal - work on meeting other moms so my little man(18 mos)can socialize more- I have severe social anxiety and panic attacks, so if I make one mom friend,or even talk more at a park,its will be a huge goal12 -
Hey all!
I started my health journey 35 days ago and I've lost 8.4 pounds. I suck at logging so I want to get better and I've done great with exercise and want to continue that.
CW 279.2
GW 274.2
UGW 135
Goals for June:
Workout 30 mins 6 days a week
Log my food!
Drink my water!
I'm always looking for new friends and motivation, feel free to add me!10 -
Let’s pat ourselves on the back. We shared, hit like or made a mindful decision to care about our well being that’s a great start to the month
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Bewitchedmommy77 wrote: »Hi!So happy this is continuing (even though I don't post alot i read) 😊
SW- 231
Ending May W(current) - 222.2
June GW - 212
May non weight goal- finally started therapy!(much needed,and was procrastinating)
June non weight goal - work on meeting other moms so my little man(18 mos)can socialize more- I have severe social anxiety and panic attacks, so if I make one mom friend,or even talk more at a park,its will be a huge goal
I hope you are able to do this! I know people with social anxiety and I am hoping you are able to achieve all of your goals in June!4 -
Hi everyone took the plunge and joined weight watches I’m hoping that it will keep me motivated so far haven’t been doing to good on my own. Walking tomorrow Qi gong Tuesday and gym on Wednesday, weight in Wednesday evening, fingers crossed iv lost weight7
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Tired of starting over! After starting a desk job 2 years ago and gaining 15lbs , I really need to get my act together. So here we go!
SW: 208
CW: 205
GW end of june: 201
GW : 1709 -
So this week for me hasn't been great because I've been snacking the house down. And on Friday, at the gym, I pulled a muscle in my back and had to go to the doctor's it hurt so badly. I've been in bed for 3 days straight and am on lots of meds. And next week, I'm not allowed to exercise at all. So I've really got to my food and snacking under control.
Last week's results:
Log all food = 7/7
Stay under calorie limit = 2/5
30 mins of cardio = 2/3
Strength train = 2/2
Wish me luck.13 -
RavenStCloud wrote: »So this week for me hasn't been great because I've been snacking the house down. And on Friday, at the gym, I pulled a muscle in my back and had to go to the doctor's it hurt so badly. I've been in bed for 3 days straight and am on lots of meds. And next week, I'm not allowed to exercise at all. So I've really got to my food and snacking under control.
Last week's results:
Log all food = 7/7
Stay under calorie limit = 2/5
30 mins of cardio = 2/3
Strength train = 2/2
Wish me luck.
That's such a bummer! Hope you recover quickly and feel better soon 🙏2 -
Find 1 thing we did right for ourselves today and let that motivate us for tomorrow. One day at a time. One change at a time. We are empowered to care for ourselves. 🥰 Happy Monday & Happy new day !4
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Changing our mind set14 -
I don't post much, but have been reading everyone's posts. We all have the same goal, so let's keep each other motivated!
@RavenStCloud- hope you recover quickly!
@Making_Impossible_Possible - ouch! blisters suck!
June CW - 215
My goals this week:
Log daily
Bike 2x
Tennis 1x
Strength Train 2x (tough time sticking with this)
Non weight Goal (I like this idea) - work on digital scrapbooking project 1 evening.
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kathskelly53 wrote: »Hi everyone took the plunge and joined weight watches I’m hoping that it will keep me motivated so far haven’t been doing to good on my own. Walking tomorrow Qi gong Tuesday and gym on Wednesday, weight in Wednesday evening, fingers crossed iv lost weight
Good luck! I started my weight loss with Weight Watchers and it worked for me twice for about 30 pounds or so. Unfortunately for me I didn't do well with the new Smart Points program but I know so many people who are rocking it and I love looking up WW recipes on Pinterest for meal prep and dinners.3 -
This weekend I did well staying within my calorie range, although I think I went over on Friday but it didn't go up to maintenance calories, so I was still in a small deficit. My husband and I joined a gym with my little brother but I'm not sure if we'll get to go this week, as I seem to have pulled something in my back and need to see my chiropractor now. I was down a bit this morning and hopefully will still be around that on Wednesday for my weigh-in.5
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RavenStCloud wrote: »So this week for me hasn't been great because I've been snacking the house down. And on Friday, at the gym, I pulled a muscle in my back and had to go to the doctor's it hurt so badly. I've been in bed for 3 days straight and am on lots of meds. And next week, I'm not allowed to exercise at all. So I've really got to my food and snacking under control.
Last week's results:
Log all food = 7/7
Stay under calorie limit = 2/5
30 mins of cardio = 2/3
Strength train = 2/2
Wish me luck.
Ouch! At least you tracked and didn't go completely of the rails and you still did good with your cardio and strength. I hope you recover quickly and I'm sorry your hurting so badly!4 -
So far since my first post I am doing pretty well. My weight got down to 229.4, so with my goal being to get down to 225 by the end of the month, I’d say I’m well on my way. I’m still in such an early stage of this journey, but I’m getting there. I’m currently down 9.6lbs total, and while I have a long way to go, I’m proud of that progress. I still see no noticeable differences in my body appearance-wise or clothing-wise, but I didn’t at all expect to this early on. I do notice energy differences, which is big for me. Also, some of my friends recommended the app HappyScale to me. I didn’t want to try it at first, because I don’t want a bunch of random apps to aid in my loss, as it’s a lot to keep up with, and mfp was always enough before, but I have to say, I would recommend it to anyone. I’m glad I tried it. It tracks weight loss, predicts patterns in it, identifies your accomplishments, and it makes me feel better about small fluctuations. I used to ignore fluctuations and not record them/think further about them. But now I see why it’s good to track them. It predicts that I’ll reach 223 by the end of June, which is slightly more than the goal I had! So it has me excited to continue on. I hope everyone else is having a great start to their month. We can do this guys!!!!7
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June 3rd: was able to get 12.5 minutes on the rowing machine, a 6.5 minute improvement. Upped lateral pull weights to 35 lbs. Spent an hour swimming with friends.
I found that my arms don’t tire nearly as easily and that I have more pull in the water. 4 days of strength training and I can feel small victories even if I can’t see them.
Keeping up with food journal and doing well with meal plans.
Raven St. Cloud, you’re amazing. Wishing you a speedy recovery and enjoyable rest until then.
Everyone here, thank you. Each and every one of you make this community worthwhile, and it’s the community more than anything else that keeps me honest with myself when it comes to food and fitness. I appreciate you.6
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