Women 200lb+, Let's Double Down This December!!!
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So I have a question...many MFP members are doing 1200 a day to reach their goal weight. What happens when you reach your goal weight and move to maintenance? Does MFP let you know the number of calories you need to maintain that weight?
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A few days late posting but here my latest stats.
December start: 239.6
Dec 4: 239.2 (-0.4)
Dec 11: 238.4 (-0.8)
total so far -1.2lbs
going into another busy week so I need to stay focused on my eating and start to move more.
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How do I join in?1
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Hello,I’m new to this forum,are we discussing weight issues?cos I do see some ppl losing n it’s grt.well done ladies!2
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Hello1
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Start Weight (4 January 2019): 282 lb
Current Weight: 181 lb
Goal Weight: 172 lb (110 lb loss = 50 kg)
Using MFP has turned me into a really boring calorie counter, but by doing that religiously I've manged to achieve something I've been wanting to for years and now have a BMI in the healthy range (just!). Still got 9lb to go and now that I'm close the loss has slowed right down so I won't manage my goal of 50kg in a year but to anyone out there who's struggling or not seeing an end in sight it is definitely possible so stay positive. It's not easy but stick with it and you will see results. Good luck!
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Height 5' 5"
SW: 257.6lbs (06/17)
CW: 225.2
12/6: 222.2
12/13: 222.4
12/20:
12/27:
12/31:
December Goal: Anything under 220
GW: 170
Honestly, I'm super happy it's just a .2 lb gain this week. It should have been much more, but I've been really good about exercise and activity this week. Still an almost 3 pound loss for the month, I just have to keep trying to resist all the food and alcohol coming my way!
Other goals -
Exercise at least 3 times a week - I did this! It helped a lot. I really have to keep it up though, or the end of this month will go south fast.
Clean up weekend eating - LOL, no. In fact I guess the weekend now runs from Thursday to Monday and sometimes Tuesday afternoon. I really have to quit it with the bingeing on the weekends, but Holiday parties seem to revolve around eating and drinking.8 -
Weekly check-in:
H: 5'10"
SW: 275
Nov 30: 245
Dec 6: 239 (-6 lb/month)
Dec 13: 236 (-9 lb/month)
So far, so good. I'm trying to avoid last month's pattern of losing a lot the first 2 weeks and then putting some back on the last two weeks.
I read everyone's post every day, but I'm not a big poster myself. You're all doing great though! ❤❤❤
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SW 262.8
CW 207.6
12/6. 210.6
12/13 209.6
Still having trouble with binging but the last two nights haven’t been to bad. I ate out twice last week and definitely will be having Chinese food for my granddaughters birthday. That is my oldest granddaughter. I should see lots of water weight from that but that’s what my granddaughter wanted for her birthday dinner. I am trying to walk lots during the day. The exercise calories I get help.
Goals
- 204 pounds I won’t make this but I want to get back to December starting weight
- Get 8500 steps Monday to Saturday ✅
- Do 2 workouts a week didn’t get them in again but I have been walking lots
- continue to go to bed before getting super drowsy (if I get to drowsy I tend to get the munchies)better this week
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@lindaporter2018 when you change your goals for how many pounds to lose per week it changes your calorie allowance5
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@Aerohead21 Thank you so much. That makes sense👍🏽1
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@nifergailani2013, this is an public accountability forum. There's a new discussion thread every month. It's open to anyone, but intended for women whose starting weight was over 200 pounds. Most people post their starting weight, goal weight and goals for the month. Goals can be pounds lost, but also lots of other NSV goals that support a healthier lifestyle. Later, you can check in with a frequency of your choosing and update how you have been doing in achieving those goals. Along the way, folks are posting questions, sharing struggles and celebrating victories. As you can see from prior postings, people are at various stages.
@FGS1974, I'm so impressed with your progress! I really hope you keep posting on this thread because I want to learn from you on how to manage maintenance. I may be getting ahead of myself - I have about 40 pounds to go, but I want to set myself up for a lifetime of success. I've had lots of past success with losing weight. I've never had success with maintenance in the past. I want this time to be different.
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I am really struggling with craving sweet and salty food lately, I think it is because I am approaching that time of the month (sorry if that is TMI). This is my first TOM since I have started losing weight and I was not anticipating all the food cravings and the complete lack of self control I've had. I am hoping to just start fresh Monday and start focusing again, I also think combined with the stress I am dealing with from school/work, I just keep self-sabotaging. I am trying not to be too hard on myself, but it's just frustrating. I am up 2.5lbs, which I know logically that I did not gain back, but fluctuating numbers are the woooorst.
I am trying to look up some meal prepping ideas so I do not struggle with what to eat for lunch/dinner, but I haven't done it yet. Do you guys go anywhere specific for food ideas?
Thanks for listening to me vent, just a long week at the moment and another long week coming up.7 -
Tori, I find that having a high protein snack and a big glass of water helps me quell my carb cravings. My go to snacks are deli turkey, jerky or a hunk of cheese (no cracker). I don't know if it will work for you, but it has for me. Just be sure to weigh and log it!7
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@speyerj, thank you! I love jerky, so that’s a good idea. I wonder if they make low sodium jerky haha. I’ll have to try it! I’ve read that when sweet/salty cravings increase it means your body is lacking something. I’m not sure how much truth is in that, but I thought about doing some research to see what I need to increase.4
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@torihudson6 My go to is a nice cold 8 ounces of Fairlife Chocolate Milk especially after a workout! I also schedule a 1/2 cup of Breyers Vanilla/Chocolate/Strawberry ice cream after dinner. The snack that I most love and carry in my purse is the Orchard Valley Trail Mix! It has almonds, cashews, dried cranberries and blueberries. Sweet and salty at the same time (antioxidants and fiber too!)👍🏽3
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Currently sitting at 206.4 and facing my TOM next week like... there's no way I'm getting to 200 by the end of the month. Unless a miracle happens. -_-
Working on being ok with that. It's slow and small but I am still down from the start of the month and even if I end the whole year at 206, that's 66 pounds lost this year (and unless my memory is way off, something like 8 inches off my waist). That's quite a lot. No shame in that at all.
What's hard, I realized, is that I never saw myself as huge. Even though I was, I couldn't see it. So after all this work, what I see in the mirror is basically what I saw 66 pounds ago.
Kinda feels like it's all been for nothing even though I know that isn't true.8 -
Good afternoon folks! Happy Friday! Don’t have a lot of time today to reply to everyone unfortunately
But from reading the posts, it seems there are struggles that are being overcome or advice given to help which is wonderful. And many successes! Keep it up team!
@torihudson6 I am in menopause. So no TOM for me…but cravings still exist when my hormones are going nuts!
I have all kind of snacks in my drawer at work because my job is a snacking nightmare…there are candy bowls, chili sales, bake sales etc. I like trail mix too because of the sweet/salty aspect, but I portion them out so I don’t eat too much. I have beef jerky in 100 calorie pouches that I found at Walmart. Same with salt and vinegar almonds (portioned out). Hummus and 100 calorie pretzel thins packs. A big one I like that is salty sweet is Somersaults Sunflower Seed Crunchy Bites Salted Caramel. Portion control on these babies!
For food prep, I bring BF, lunch and snacks to work every day as I cannot control myself eating out. I googled “Healthy food prep ideas”. Sheet pan meals and Crockpot meals things like that are best for me so I don’t spend hours in the kitchen. BF I make either a chia seed pudding and/or chicken sausage/potatoes.
Hope that helps
On my goals this week….
I did have a small loss this week. I had two Christmas parties this week, one on Saturday and one on Wednesday. Did my best, but could have done better. Still a work in progress! I am feeling pretty good about my weekly goals though!
Went to gym for the first time in a couple of weeks yesterday! I had really just been going and doing cardio, but yesterday I did a 30 minute circuit. Thought I was going to die… but I got through it. I am feeling ok today but I am sure I will be hurting tomorrow as I had not done anything like that in a very long time. We will see!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
My goals for December are as follows:
SW: 276.6 - January 2019
November start weight - 253.2
November end weight - 251.4
December SW - 254.2
12/6 - 251.8
12/13 -251.0
12/20 -
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December goal weight - 249.2
UGW - 160.00
I have some weekly goals I would like to accomplish as well.
1. Increase water intake to 96 oz. a day – 6 out 7 days
2. Exercise 3 days a week – went to gym once, walked once
3. Journal every night/meditation in the morning to release anxiety – only journaled 4 out of 7, meditation every morning but 1
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Had my holiday party last night - didn't do too badly, was up 1.2 lbs today likely due to high-salt items. I'm drinking lots more water today, and I walked this morning and did a fair amount of walking at lunch.
Welcome to the new folks on the thread!
@Terytha - I'm sorry you are having a rough time. I've been through my own miserable time in the last year-and-a-half. I don't know if it's better yet, but I'm definitely doing better than I was. One thing I can say from my experience is this: there is nothing about what has happened over the last year-and-a-half that was made better by eating more food. I gained weight as a combination of gradually increasing consumption (aided by not tracking intake) and relative inactivity, which was due to a series of consecutive injuries along with work pressure. Regular exercise gives me an outlet for my stress and energy and helps me manage my life. What I learned for sure: don't stop tracking. If I had to do it all over again, I wish I'd maintained the habit of tracking all my food, no matter how ugly it might have looked.
@bluffgirl67 - glad you managed your trip and got right back into the swing of things when you got back! Keeping fingers crossed for your Momma!
@torihudson6 - I've posted this site for food prep before but I don't mind posting again: https://skinnytaste.com/. Her recipes are tagged so you can find meal-prep recipes quickly. I like to use her slow-cooker, freezer meals, and meal prep categories to find recipes for my meal prep. I make the main dish and freeze in pre-portioned servings. Then I only need to make sides and defrost what I want to eat. Having multiple options on hand ready for defrosting keeps me from being bored by having the same tired leftovers all week. And if I've got some extra time, I'll make myself something for that meal. Plus I love to cook and eating meals prepped from her recipes makes me feel like I'm following a plan close to what I would like to follow once I'm in maintenance.
As far as cravings go I first try to drink water to make sure I'm not truly thirsty, which also increases my water intake. I appreciate that old chestnut doesn't work for everyone, but it gets me pretty far. If the craving doesn't pass, two of my go-to favorites: for salty (and crunch), half a serving of one of the Blue Diamond flavored almond varieties (Habanero BBQ, Sriracha, Sweet Thai Chili, yum!) usually does the trick; for sweet (and chocolate), I keep a bag of Ghiradelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet chocolate chips in my freezer and I'll eat a half or full serving, letting each delicious morsel melt in my mouth! Eight or sixteen chocolate chips, or fourteen almonds, may not sound like much but if I make it a point to savor them I swear it does it for me!
I wish I could respond to everyone! I know I'm forgetting some people I wanted to respond to...but now work beckons!4 -
What’s TOM?1
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@Aerohead21 time of the month
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I need to be accountable and match action to thinking and words. I've held on to a completely new wardrobe from about 5 and 13 years ago when my wt was 45 lbs less, maintaining that I'll lose the wt. This morning I put on a jacket bought last year and it felt tight. Have also noticed lately that feel it just walking to the car after work. That's on top of all the other health reasons. 1. stop the negative script in my head9
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@mmdeveau, @mmccloy12, and @lindaporter2018--thank you for all the tips! I think a trail mix snack would be a great idea, it would satisfy the salty and sweet and I can buy them in portioned baggies. I will for sure be on the hunt for the 100 calorie bags of jerky. And thank you for sharing the skinnytaste link, I have a slow cooker that I never use so I will have to find some recipes on there.4
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So the 50 lb weight gain I had over the last year was because I went through a major depression and became largely sedentary. I started seeking out professional help and part of our goal is to ease me back into physical activity because exercise is not something I have the capacity for at the moment. It’s pretty amazing to me that a 10 minute walk and lifting 3 lb weights can wear me out so much! I cannot weight to be a Warrior again!12
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@torihudson6 this is my absolute favorite one! The best place to get them is TJMaxx because they sell them in packs of 15 for $8.99 where as Walmart sells them in packs of 8 for the same price.
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Today was day 5 of working out. Times ranged from 10-35 minutes and I hope to establish a habit of doing something every day. My knees get sore some days so today I gave them a break and did an arm workout and then a 30 second plank that had my arms quivering almost immediately. I’ve never done planks before so it was a new experience. I decided to make planks part of my daily routine and will see how long it takes me to get to 2 minutes. I’m giving myself a big star for 5 consecutive days 🌟9
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When people say you see it in the face first👍🏽
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Good morning 😁
#DecemberChallenge
Had a GREAT week! Was able to lose 3 lbs #GoneForever‼️ Didn’t get as much exercise as I would have liked but I am keeping my steps to 9000+
SW: 307
CW: 220.6 12/7
217.6 12/14
GW: 165
Hope everyone has an AWESOME weekend‼️10 -
@pamiede You inspire me! I’m so very proud of you!4
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