Women 200lb+, Let's Keep It Moving This March!!!
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Happy birthday @Tarzan37!3
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@pamiede CONGRATULATIONS! Also, you look absolutely fabulous. I love your style.
@Tarzan37 so sorry that this mess is happening, and on your birthday of all days. Happy birthday.
@Terytha these are definitely scary times, but we'll get through it
@torihudson6 you definitely won't gain it all back if you're taking a break from kickboxing. Weight loss is made in the kitchen, after all
@BrownSugar174 Oooh, I've been meaning to read that book! Let me know how it is!
@orangequilt *high fives*
@shorepine Taking a facebook break is definitely a wonderful thing. I've been on a facebook break for a year now, no regrets.
I also have a problem with eating my feelings, and it's going to be hard.
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Feel better soon!
@shalanne so happy to hear that lifting is working out for you!
@changeforeverlj
You're in the right place.
@MyBeth1 I know, emotional eating is such a hard habit to break! But you can do it.
@KeriA Sounds like a great day of food, even if your day was stressful.
@svm569 hey, new car! Yay!
Y'all, I just mindlessly ate the entire rest of my almond butter (it covered the bottom) because I'm so stressed out. I should be at home teleworking, but instead work is being dumb. Hopefully they call it soon, because I hate thissssssssssssssssss. Anyway. On, to more positive things!
I'm going running today, so there's a chance I can make up for that almond butter and still eat all my planned food for today. I'm planning on making some red potato-zucchini-goat cheese-bacon hash for dinner. Should be good.
Stay safe and well, everyone!7 -
I'm new here so I'm a little late, but I feel like I will need this as my gym just closed down!
A little about me. I started my weightloss journey a few years ago. I started at 334lbs and in 2 years I had lost 100 lbs! But then I let my focus slip. My grandma had just passed and I went though a break up. And I never really got back in the wagon after that. So I put back most of the weight. Once my scale got back up to 300 I knew I had to start again. And I was doing great on my own for a while. Until I just kept losing and gaining the same 10lbs over and over again... Yet not changing anything. So I finally buckled down, joined a gym (which just closed! 😭) and re downloaded this app. So here I am! And I hope to find a few friends to help keep me accountable and encourage me on the way!
SW (since downloading this app): 287lbs
CW: 281.8lbs
GW (for end of March) 275lbs
Wish me luck!11 -
@nels5850 Welcome to the group and our lifestyle journey! You can do this.!!👍🏽🥰8
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@CupcakeCrusoe
“I'm going running today, so there's a chance I can make up for that almond butter and still eat all my planned food for today. I'm planning on making some red potato-zucchini-goat cheese-bacon hash for dinner. Should be good.”
Darn it! I WANT SOME!!8 -
I did my old walk this morning. I found that I can actually do it faster because of the treadmill at my gym! I'll take that win! Hopefully I don't slow back down before the 1st!9
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TuesdayLucero wrote: »Hey everyone! I've been MIA for a couple of weeks. Got off track a bit. Still continued to log but didn't make it to the gym for a couple of weeks and wasn't eating that great. But, I managed to stay at a maintenance amount and didn't gain any weight so that's a plus. Getting back on track this week.
My goals this month are figuring out how to continue to go out with friends and family to dinner, bar, bowling, etc., and still continue to lose weight. The summer months are coming too and we have our first camping trip the first weekend of April and I struggle not gaining weight while camping too so need to work on both of these.
Starting Weight on Jan 1: 278.4
Current Weight: 265.6
Goal by Mar 31: 260
Final GW: Not sure.. 199 for now, which is where my lowest was 8 years ago
Hey everyone. Hope everyone is surviving this madness. I'm finding it challenging to meal prep and eat healthy foods right now with the limitations at the grocery stores here. Im having to plan my week of food prep while at the store after seeing whats available.
On a plus note, still continuing my loss. Down to 263 today
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TuesdayLucero wrote: »TuesdayLucero wrote: »Hey everyone! I've been MIA for a couple of weeks. Got off track a bit. Still continued to log but didn't make it to the gym for a couple of weeks and wasn't eating that great. But, I managed to stay at a maintenance amount and didn't gain any weight so that's a plus. Getting back on track this week.
My goals this month are figuring out how to continue to go out with friends and family to dinner, bar, bowling, etc., and still continue to lose weight. The summer months are coming too and we have our first camping trip the first weekend of April and I struggle not gaining weight while camping too so need to work on both of these.
Starting Weight on Jan 1: 278.4
Current Weight: 265.6
Goal by Mar 31: 260
Final GW: Not sure.. 199 for now, which is where my lowest was 8 years ago
Hey everyone. Hope everyone is surviving this madness. I'm finding it challenging to meal prep and eat healthy foods right now with the limitations at the grocery stores here. Im having to plan my week of food prep while at the store after seeing whats available.
On a plus note, still continuing my loss. Down to 263 today
The other plus is now we don't have the temptation of going out to eat 😂6 -
Feeling better now that I am home and able to stay on track. Found some new recipes and even my hubby wants to try them. Let's see what happens7
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My gym is officially closed. Looks like its cardio at home for the foreseeable future. Also my class for tomorrow was cancelled.
Sigh.
I just want to eat everything. Its probably OK to go a little closer to maintenance don't you think? But I really want to lose weight. I don't know what to do.
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My gym is officially closed. Looks like its cardio at home for the foreseeable future. Also my class for tomorrow was cancelled.
Sigh.
I just want to eat everything. Its probably OK to go a little closer to maintenance don't you think? But I really want to lose weight. I don't know what to do.
I get this feeling. Whatever you choose to do is okay. This won't be forever. Just take care of yourself for now, whatever that looks like.5 -
@CupcakeCrusoe and @KeriA this book has been an edge of your seat page turner from the first sentence!!
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@Pamiede, wow you are inspirational! Well done, you should be so proud of yourself! You look fabulous !3
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BrownSugar174 wrote: »@CupcakeCrusoe and @KeriA this book has been an edge of your seat page turner from the first sentence!!
Im putting this on my list as well haha3 -
I was so excited and encouraged to open my fitness pal and have replies!! I'm sure you are all feeling the effects of Covid-19! I'm from South Africa and it really just hit us, however, the government is clamping down fast! Schools are shut and gatherings banned, I've washed my hands so much they burn! We mustn't let fear lead us! We can still be kind and help those around us who need it! So I'm using this time to reflect and be disciplined! Day 2 was successful!
@BrownSugar174 I will definitely look out for that book!
@nels5850 Good luck! I've also just returned, I feel like I've been losing the same 50lbs over and over again!8 -
changeforeverlj wrote: »I was so excited and encouraged to open my fitness pal and have replies!! I'm sure you are all feeling the effects of Covid-19! I'm from South Africa and it really just hit us, however, the government is clamping down fast! Schools are shut and gatherings banned, I've washed my hands so much they burn! We mustn't let fear lead us! We can still be kind and help those around us who need it! So I'm using this time to reflect and be disciplined! Day 2 was successful!
@BrownSugar174 I will definitely look out for that book!
@nels5850 Good luck! I've also just returned, I feel like I've been losing the same 50lbs over and over again!
We are all here to help each other! And that's what I love!4 -
Aloha everyone! Glad to find this group! Keep working even if there are obstacles (covid-19) in our path! You can do it! 🙌🏾☺️6
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@Tarzan You only have a week of office closed and you are already more organized than me. Happy birthday! I didn’t see this until today so I guess it is belated birthdays but I think you should take the whole week to celebrate.
@svm569 sorry about the looks for getting supplies you need. Great progress.
@CupcakeCrusoe I can totally see mindlessly eating up the last of any nut butter. We bought almond butter too but haven’t opened it. The run and hash sound good! I miss my interval runs. Your advice to Terytha is right on and applies to all of us.
@nels5850 Welcome and sorry about your gym. I hope they open soon with some ground rules to allow for social distancing and cleaning often. I need a pool. Good for you for turning it around at 300. I gained back the 40 pounds I lost on here and am slowly making progress turning it around.
@TuesdayLucero That is just sad to have to meal plan at the store. We were able to find everything but we in the end went to more than 4 stores. We probably were exposed so I don’t really see the point. Great progress!
@MyBeth great positive attitude!
@Terytha I was thinking about all of us in this situation and wondered if eating at maintenance isn’t wise since we are all trying to keep from getting sick. Maybe some of us need to just go slower but then that is what I seem to be doing now anyway.
@changeforeverlj So nice to hear your country acted fast.
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
3/1: 261.8 lbs
3/15: 260.4
CW: 260
GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs.
March Goal weight get to 255
My March Weekly Goals are:
1. Continue to go to Aquafit 3 times a week Can’t do that!
2. Continue to Improve my weekday breakfasts Really am doing this now that I don’t go to Starbucks anymore since I am staying home!
3. Log weight, food and exercise I am doing this much better.
4. Get into the mid 250s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 260 I’m at 260 now and my highs are so much lower. The lows are harder to move.
5. Make progress adding in exercise on days I don’t go to aquafit Hmm! I am going to make a plan for at home exercise for the rest of the month today. I need to modify this goal.
6. Make healthy foods at home I am so doing this.
7. Get enough sleep and improve water intake I am so doing this.
8. Check out this thread more often I am so doing this.
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Life has been crazy (as I'm sure it is for all of us right now!) and I realized I missed updating for my weigh-in Monday yesterday! I am a teacher and a mom, so not only am I dealing with my kids being off school indefinitely and having to do online learning, I'm also dealing with creating online lessons and still educating my students. It's super stressful times, but luckily I haven't been turning to food. If anything, over the last week I have not been eating enough. For me, it's so hard to have an appetite with all the stress. Of course, because of this I had a good loss this last week, so there's some positivity!! Anyways, hope everyone is handling this well. Here's my stats:
SW (1/6/2020): 260.4
1/31: 244.8 (-15.6)
3/1: 237.3 (-23.1)
3/9: 235.7 (-24.7)
3/16: 232.9 (-27.5)
So I have officially lost 10% of my starting weight! My goal for March is 227.3, it seems doable but also because after tomorrow I'll be working from home that makes another challenge. I like my routine at school and I'm good at staying on track when I'm away from home and the refrigerator. Many grocery stores around me are getting cleaned out of produce, so I hope that I can still be as successful if I'm not getting as many fruits & veggies.
I hope everyone has a great week!7 -
Well it looks as if there are some big effects of this Covid 19 situation for my goals. Some bad but some good. The bad ones I can adjust to but then today I got up and stepped wrong on my knee. The pain was only passing but that is why I do Aquafit. However there was some real progress made on other fronts and food is really most of the equation in weight loss. I am going to look at this in a way in which I don't just look at exercise but also NEAT (Non-exercise activity thermogenesis) I plan to do more cooking & cleaning at home that I didn't have time for when I worked and commuted. Maybe even gardening. I did this at work as much as possible such as parking further away, taking the stairs, getting up and moving at breaks etc. So I need to do this more at home. More on this later after planning today but for now here are my modified goals:
My March Weekly Goals are:
2. Continue to Improve my weekday breakfasts
3. Log weight, food and exercise and eat under calorie goal.
4. Get closer to the mid 250s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 260
5. Get some exercise and up NEAT at least 6 days a week.
6. Make healthy foods at home.
7. Get enough sleep and improve water intake.
8. Check out this thread daily.7
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