Women 200lb+, Let's Make No Excuses This November!!!
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Hi, I have not been below 200lbs for 20 years but I am going to get there and stay there!
Height: 5'4"
SW: 238lbs
CW:215lbs
GW:195
Love this group! Best wishes to all.13 -
Hi all!
SW 262.8
CW 215.6
UGW 140.0
November goal - 2 pounds
I am setting a low goal as I am taking medications and they make me really hungry. At night fighting that while I am drowsy has been a losing battle. This month I am going to fight the urges harder.
Goals
- go to bed before I get super drowsy
- get at least 8500 steps a day
- do a YouTube workout video x 2 a week
- Log everything
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I would like to get back to 200lbs...and end the year with a bang. I lost 28lbs in April and have kept it off for the most part. However, I want to reach my 2nd goal which is 190lbs before the end of the year. Starting November 1, committing to drinking 1 gallon of water, exercising at least 5 times a week (which I do but ive had some injuries lately) and tracking everything that goes into my mouth. Also, reducing my alcohol (wine) intake and not turning weekend meals into cheats. Cheers to two more FIT months of 2019!7
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SW:250
CW:235
First GW:199
End GW: 175
November Weight Goal: I would love to be 16 lbs down in November and hit first goal by end of December!-
Goals:
- Up cardio from 2 times a week to 3 times a week
- increase strength training weights
- Begin using the stairs at work instead of the elevator!!
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SW: 302
CW: 264
GW: under 200 (for now)
11/1/19: 261.6
I don't know where that 2 lb whoosh came from since yesterday morning, but I will take it! Maybe it was the extra walking for trick or treating :-)
Let's get this November started! I will be heading to the gym today, and staying on goal with food!7 -
Height: 5'3"
SW: 273
CW: 263.5
GW: Unsure...I'm looking forward to getting out of the 200s and then I'll re-evaluate
November Goals:
*Exercise at least 3x per week, no making excuses
*Drink at least 2 of my 32oz water bottle per day
*Move more in the day--I have a desk job so sitting is my norm
*Be kind to myself when I do mess up and just remember to get back on track and focus
Good luck to everyone!
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April start weight: 397.7
November start weight: 310.8
November goal: 300 even!
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My October goal was to lose 10 pounds, and I ended the month out with an 11.3 pound loss, so my November goal is within the realm of possibility! I'll definitely have to work for it, but I think I can do it. It's so crazy to think I could end this month at 300 pounds when I started the year at 400!
Other November goals are to keep up on my water intake, I was definitely slacking on it back in September and I think focusing on that was a big part of my success in October. I also need to stop stressing out so much about the smaller picture! I get so involved in each week's numbers I lose sight of all the progress I've made and get down on myself when I don't need to be.15 -
Good morning everyone!
Well, October was not good to me. However, I have learned a lot about what triggers me to eat badly. So I am going to use this as my success in October! I only lost a pound but it is one pound closer to my goal!
This time of year is so difficult and I keep telling myself it is ok to allow myself some freedoms or I won’t stick with the plan and totally get off track. But I also have realized I can’t partake in certain things.
We had a pot luck at work yesterday. I mentally prepared and set out to partake but be mindful of portions etc. I brought some things I could eat as to not go completely overboard. But I totally over ate to the point of being sick. I can’t do it. I get a taste of anything outside of my plan, I get out of control. It’s a trigger. How do I overcome this? When everyone around me is shoveling it in, but they don’t have weight problems? They all ate the same amount of food if not more and none of them have to worry about it. It’s so frustrating. I know it was just one day and I can get right back on track today, I am just venting.
Again, I have so much trouble controlling myself when I am eating something other than my prepped food. Eating out is difficult. Even when I make good choices, the calories add up and it also triggers me to choose badly later that day because eating out doesn’t leave me many calories. Even when I plan for it…I have to deprive myself of eating prior to be able to fit the calories in from eating out and that just makes me eat more because I am hungry. I get that taste and I want more. I have explored so many different recipes to make my food prep and eating exciting. And I do enjoy the food I make so I don’t necessarily feel deprived. I just can’t eat anything else, ever, and that makes me sad.
I went trick or treating with my son and we met at a friend’s house that had pizza for everyone. I ate so much at the pot luck, no way I would eat pizza right? I kept saying no and she kept offering. I don’t even like Domino’s pizza, but guess who had a piece? Uggggghh.
I don’t know the solution, I really don’t. I will never reach my goal if I don’t figure it out though. One of my goals is to fit the exercise in and that will give me more calories I can chose to eat on these days if I want to. That’s a start. But I also have to figure out the mental overeating part.
The good news is I am going to try and make a November to remember! It’s time to stop feeling this way and get my head straight.
My goals for November are as follows:
1. Make time to exercise –this is big for me. I joined a gym at the beginning of October and told myself I wasn’t going to pay for this unless I went. October was a bust; everything came first instead of the gym. My job, my son, my laziness. November WILL be different.
2. Resist my triggers – I have got to figure out a way to do this during the holidays. I food prep, snack prep…I do not have any of my trigger foods at home accept a few that my son likes so they are there but not in quantity. I have to figure out mentally how to resist overeating when I am put in a situation that I can’t eat what I prepped.
3. Water consumption – this is always a goal for me as I have to stay on top of it. If I don’t make is a conscience goal, I don’t drink enough.
I would like to also lose 5 pounds this month. Get under the 250’s.
I apologize if my post is long…but getting it out makes me feel better! Here’s to reaching our November goals!!
SW: 276.6
November start weight - 253.2
November goal – 248.2
CW: 253.2
UGW: 160
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2. Resist my triggers – I have got to figure out a way to do this during the holidays. I food prep, snack prep…I do not have any of my trigger foods at home accept a few that my son likes so they are there but not in quantity. I have to figure out mentally how to resist overeating when I am put in a situation that I can’t eat what I prepped.
I truly understand how difficult it is to resist triggers, I am the same way where if I have a bite of something that can literally set off an entire spiral. I have to just stay away from things that trigger me, for example, we have an ice cream shop at my job and I would constantly go in and get some. I had to change my route to avoid it or not carry my purse on me so I wasn't able to buy it. That may seem excessive to some, but it is what I have to do to not cave in. We can do this! We got November.
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Sigh. I forgot about NaNoWriMo when I posted my goals.
How do I be strict with my snacking and gym AND write? Plus I'm gone 4 days for a funeral next week.
I'm at 213.8 as of this morning and I'm feeling a little less than optimistic about things. All I can do is my best.7 -
Height 5' 4"
SW: 216.8 (10/10/2019)
CW:211.8
11/8:
11/15:
11/22:
11/30:
Nov Goal: 206
GW: 150
Nov Goals:
1m plank
15m elliptical sessions (currently 9m)2. Resist my triggers – I have got to figure out a way to do this during the holidays. I food prep, snack prep…I do not have any of my trigger foods at home accept a few that my son likes so they are there but not in quantity. I have to figure out mentally how to resist overeating when I am put in a situation that I can’t eat what I prepped.
I'm so there with you. Finding a way to not give into those temptations is something I hope to come out on top of as my journey moves along. Thanksgiving is going to difficult esp with my Momma's dressing. Realistically I know a small amount to satisfy the craving but then that little bit is going to trigger the want for more. My plan is to only eat the special things like the dressing in small amounts and skip the things that we fix more often. We can do this!!
Adding in today's start weight. October turned out better than I thought it would. I lost 5 pounds and a tad over 5 inches. The loss is great but I'm more proud of finally taking time to focus on my health overall. Aging at an unhealthy weight isn't a good thing. I watched my mil deal with so many problems bc of her weight and I don't want to be in the same situation. So here's to better health and making changes in November.
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I must say being a part of this group has truly kept me going!
Thank you ladies for the inspiration❤️
SW 305 as of 12/2018
CW 229 as of 10/23
GW 175?
I am getting over bronchitis so hoping to get back to working out next week.
November goals:
Increase distance to 2.5 to 3 miles a day.
Start weight lifting atleast 1-2x’s a week.
Try pilates.
Increase fruit intake.
Keep kicking butt ladies!!!
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Height: 5'7
SW: 265
CW: 227.5
GW: 165
My goals for November are:
* Gym 3x a week for cardio/machines
* Water aerobics 2x a week
* Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and try to get 14 glasses in
* Eat 2 fruit a day
* Eat 3 veggies a day
* Stay under for calories every day
My goal for the end of the year is to be at 215. That will mean I've reached my 2019 goal of losing 50 pounds, with another 50 to lose for 2020.
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@mmccloy12 - I can relate. I think everyone on this thread probably has food or situation triggers we are trying to learn to manage! But congratulations on losing in a month that was tough for you!! Compare that to a month where you were not tracking where you would have gained for sure. Same thing for any situation - how many pieces of pizza you might have had, etc if you weren’t on plan.
A few thoughts, for whatever they are worth:
- You have to eat, even if you have overdone it at one meal earlier in the day. Just try to stick to healthy foods like chicken, fish, veggies and fruit for meals after. Starving yourself for the rest of the day is counterproductive. Same thing for before you go if you know you have an event later in the day.
- If you are doing well on plan, make the most of those days. I lowered my daily calorie goal because when I’m in my bubble I could eat less than I was budgeted for and be totally happy and wanted a little cushion to blow it out on meals more out of my control.
- @Speyerj gave me good advice for my trip - eat before you go. That hadn’t occurred to me! But then you aren’t as hungry when you get there and can have a little here or there but don’t feel like you have to make that situation your entire meal.
- One bad meal/day/week/month is not the end of the world. So what if you meet your goal one meal/day/week/month later!! Just try to get back on plan as quickly as you can. What’s done is done.
- Don’t be hard on yourself, we are all human. We shouldn’t hide from the numerous social events and situations that will come up over the next few months just because we are trying to become healthier. I think the harder we are on ourselves, the more likely we are to stay off course longer. You can do this!7 -
Height: 5’ 4”
SW: 360.8
CW: 356.4
GW: 140
November goal: 3457 -
@Terytha I'm doing NaNoWriMo in December! I really wanted to do it properly this month, but I know I'll have more to commit to myself and writing next month! Good luck!2
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@mmccloy12 Right before I got serious about weight loss last fall, I was in a binge eating fog. Fast food, cake, pizza, soda, just whatever I wanted. When I finally decided to give weight loss a real chance, I knew I had to do something extreme because I'm an all or nothing person (which is something I'm trying hard to work on to change). So I made a list and kept it on my phone of cagories of food I "wasn't allowed to eat." These were the foods that I knew would trigger me to binge: 1. Fast Food 2. Fried Food 3. Baked Goods 4. Chocolate 5. Bread 6. Soda 7. Dairy.
So I didn't eat any of those for MONTHS and it was really hard (I did slip up here and there). But I needed to get them out of my system and really believe I didn't NEED them, which your body makes you think you do. After I felt I got a handle on my cravings, I slowly started introducing some of those items back into my life in smaller or healthy incrementals. And there are some things like soda that I learned I really can't have because once I have one can, I have the need to finish the rest of the pack.
This probably sounds really crazy and extreme to some people, but that's just how my brain works. My first instinct is if I can't have ALL of something I want, I'd rather have none of it. And while I realize that's not a healthy impluse, detoxing myself of all my trigger foods really helped me to take a step in the right direction of learning how to reintroduce them in smaller, manageable, healthier increments.8 -
RavenStCloud wrote: »@mmccloy12 Right before I got serious about weight loss last fall, I was in a binge eating fog. Fast food, cake, pizza, soda, just whatever I wanted. When I finally decided to give weight loss a real chance, I knew I had to do something extreme because I'm an all or nothing person (which is something I'm trying hard to work on to change). So I made a list and kept it on my phone of cagories of food I "wasn't allowed to eat." These were the foods that I knew would trigger me to binge: 1. Fast Food 2. Fried Food 3. Baked Goods 4. Chocolate 5. Bread 6. Soda 7. Dairy.
So I didn't eat any of those for MONTHS and it was really hard (I did slip up here and there). But I needed to get them out of my system and really believe I didn't NEED them, which your body makes you think you do. After I felt I got a handle on my cravings, I slowly started introducing some of those items back into my life in smaller or healthy incrementals. And there are some things like soda that I learned I really can't have because once I have one can, I have the need to finish the rest of the pack.
This probably sounds really crazy and extreme to some people, but that's just how my brain works. My first instinct is if I can't have ALL of something I want, I'd rather have none of it. And while I realize that's not a healthy impluse, detoxing myself of all my trigger foods really helped me to take a step in the right direction of learning how to reintroduce them in smaller, manageable, healthier increments.
I'm the same way. I had to cut soda and chocolate and certain fast foods totally out of my life until the cravings stopped before I could figure out how to limit them.
For me, I still can't just order a pizza or have a few chips, I'll eat until there's none left and suffer for it. But candy and chocolate and soda I can moderate. We still have fast food for dinner sometimes. Its become easier.
Rebuilding a bad relationship with food is hard work, and requires some out of the box thinking.5 -
@mmccloy12 I can totally relate to this! It is so hard to not partake in social situations without eating all there is to offer. A little bite of this and little of that. Before I know it I feel disgusted with myself and that also leads to bad food choices. I am slowly learning to eat before I go. Drink some extra water or some bullion. Keeps me from completely sabotaging my efforts. But you also have to remember that 1 meal or even 1 day will not ruin the journey. A slight detour is okay as long as we keep pushing forward. We are often are own worst enemy and critic. So be proud of your progress and remember we are all in this together!! 💕3
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RavenStCloud wrote: »So I made a list and kept it on my phone of cagories of food I "wasn't allowed to eat." These were the foods that I knew would trigger me to binge: 1. Fast Food 2. Fried Food 3. Baked Goods 4. Chocolate 5. Bread 6. Soda 7. Dairy.
This is so true! I was gluten free for a while because of GI issues. People ask if I missed bread but the truth was I “missed” bread so much more when I was eating it all the time! Complete elimination does reduce cravings.1
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