Women 200lb+, Let's Be Adaptable This April!!!

KeriA

Name: Keri
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
2/1: 263.6
3/1: 261.8 lbs
April SW: 257.6
3/24: 257.4 (my old low)
4/16: 256.8
4/21: 255.8
4/22: 255.2
4/23: 254.4
4/24: 254
CW: 253.8
GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs.

April Goal weight: 252 Didn’t make this but I made a lot of progress for me and increased my rate of loss.

I am going to use the SKS process to evaluate my April Goals and develop my May Goals – Stop, Keep, Start. Corinne Crabtree PNP, uses this but it is a feedback process that has been around.
My April Goals are:
1. Get enough sleep and improve water intake Doing better at both of these and I think it has helped so I will keep this as number 1.
2. Log weight, food and exercise and stay under calorie goal Yes. I use this a check on what I am really doing which is eating when I am hungry and stopping when satisfied. Keep.
3. Get some exercise 6 days a week and up NEAT clean Just this week I have exercised some every day. I need to up the amount of time next month. So Keep this goal but start to try to get more than 150 minutes a week total exercise. 150 minutes helps to keep someone from getting obese but need more to lose when obese.
4. Get close to lower 250s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 255 I almost made this goal. Stop and make new goal. I want to reach 250 in May and keep my highs right around 250.
5. Make healthy foods at home. Yes I have done this and I should keep this.

The questions I need to answer as I start May are as follows:
Is there something I need to stop that I am doing that isn’t listed above?
Is there something I am doing that isn’t listed above that I need to continue to do?
Is there something I need to start doing that isn’t helping?

speyerj

Last Post for April:

Name: Jane
Height: 5'9''
Age: 54
SW: 286.5
GW: 180 - will likely try for another 10 pounds when I get here.
3/31: 192.2
4/4: 190.2
4/11: 188.1
4/18: 184.4 Woohoo!
4/25: 185.3
4/30: 185.3

Goals for April:
Lose 100 pounds from Starting Weight - DONE!
Run 4x/week DONE!
Get comfortable with a 5 mile run - DONE!
Increase highest mileage to 8 miles - Not quite.
Accurately log my food - 93% compliance.
Stay well - Still well!

Thank you @RavenStCloud - both for the insights on what South Korea's success but especially for creating this space for us. I bet you never realized when you created your first month's thread how many lives you would change. I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Finding you back in July when I was just a month into white knuckling this on my own has made all the difference. I credit you and the circle of friends that I gained through your post for sustaining me and helping me get so close to my goal. I'm excited for May.

cesse47

Cesse age 72
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
300.2 lbs - weighin on 4/11
296.4 lbs - weighin on 4/18
295.4 lbs - weighin on 4/25 (-1.0) (-13.2 Total Loss to date)
295.4 lbs - weighin on 4/30 -- final weight for April

Onederland - first goal
165 lbs - goal weight

April Goals ---
Log all food and beverages honestly -- HAVE DONE SO
Drink at least 8 cups of water every day - Probably 95%
Begin to exercise; and increase duration each week -- YES, STILL NEED TO IMPROVE
Stay in touch with family and friends on a frequent basis - have done so
Get outside every day weather permits - have done so

This ends my first month back on MFP. I'm pleased with my successes. I've looked at my reports for the last 30 days, my habit tracker for April, and my food plans for the month. I've also looked long and hard at my process in previous attempts.

(1) In the past, I never incorporated exercise. While I'm starting very slowly, I have exercised from the first day and have increased time and effort expenditures a bit at a time. Still lots of room for improvement, but will work that into May's goals.

(2) In the past, I did not participate in any groups and had very little interaction in individual threads. I have joined two groups and participate in both. I also participate in 3 individual threads.

(3) Gave up too easily. Had a bad day, spiraled into several days, then I'd quit. Now, I'm trying to find strategies that will work for me ... such as planning a snack when I log breakfast so I've reserved calories if I need to use them. Logging all foods even on "bad" days then planning and executing the plan to recover. Recognizing that a bad day will occur now and then but what's important is jumping back on plan ... that one slip does not mean failure, just a bump in the road.

(4) I did not take supplements of any kind. Now, I do. And, I'm doing more research about healthy ways to supplement in addition to pills. Healthier foods, etc. One I plan to try in May is green tea.

One thing I did start to do about half way thru the month was to weigh myself and record it about every other day. I'm finding some interesting results and will continue to do this thru at least May just to satisfy my own curiosity.

So that's it for my April Journey. Overall, I'm very pleased and hope to be at least as successful in May and to further reinforce the good habits I've begun this month; and, perhaps add a couple more.

Thanks to All of You for your Great Support!!!

Tarzan37

Name: Tamara
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 254
End of December Weight: 246.7
End of January Weight: 244.7
End of Feb. Weight: 242.2
End of March Weight: 240
4/3: 240
4/10: 240.4 (+0.4)
4/17: 241 (+0.6)
4/24: 240.3 (-0.7)
4/30: 240.4 (+0.1)
April Goal Weight: 240 (maintain this month)
End of 2020 GW: 199
Overall Goal Weight: 165

Well, I didn't manage to maintain my weight this month but came pretty close. Our stay at home order will be lifted May 8th and my work will be reopening with reduced entries and reduced staffing on the 11th. I hope that the slow return to normalcy goes smoothly! I've had a lot of muscle tension headaches this month and I think that is due to stress. I also haven't been getting consistently good sleep - some due to my pets. My dog was up all night the night before last and was up at 4:30am this morning. If I can get a good night of sleep I'm guessing I will also see a weight loss as well.

I will see you all over in the May thread!

mmccloy12

Hello all! Final weigh in for April. Wasn't the greatest but I am happy with any progress. Will be posting my May goals in the other thread!

Name – Margie
Age – 51
Height – 5’8 ½”
OW – 276.6 (Jan 2019)
2020 start weight – 252.2
January end weight - 247.0
February end weight - 240.2
March end weight- 237.0
April end weight – 233.4

Total loss for 2020 – 18.8 lbs.
Total loss since OW –43.2 lbs.

4/3/2020 – 237.0
4/10/2020 -236.2
4/17/2020 – 235.2
4/24/2020-234.6
5/1/2020-233.4

Goal for April is 232.0

Non scale goals –
-Move more! At least 15 minutes 5 out of 7 days - DONE
-Work on my mental awareness – doing my journal everyday which includes my eating plan for the day, 5 things I am grateful for and 1 thing that I love about myself that day. – had 2 days I did not plan or write in my journal plan

See you in the May thread - it will be mighty!

pamiede

Happy Friday, everyone!!

I know it's no longer April but I wanted to make my final post.

Height: 5'4"
SW: 307 (April 2019)
Past W: 226.8 (November 2019)
216.4 (December 2019)
210.8 (January 2020)
204 (February 2020)
200.8 (March 2020)
195.4 (April 2020)
CW: 195.4
April GW: 195 (missed it my 0.4 lbs and I'm ok with that)
GW: 160

I'm pleased I am still making progress. As I approach my goal weight, my loss rate has slowed. I'm planning to redouble efforts, increasing exercise, and continue to practice healthy skills!

See you all in the May thread!!!

vtkayakgirl

Height: 5' 10.5"
Age: 50
SW: 260
GW: 174
03/31: 244
04/03: 243
04/05: 244
04/06: 243
04/11: 241.6
04/16: 241.6
04/19: 240.6
04/28: 240.2
05/02: 239.4

I wanted to get below 240 on or before 4/19, but that didn't happen...
It's okay, what matters is I got there!😊

skierxjes

Looks like this hasn't been used in about 2 years so I'm going to revive the group!

Jesi
32 years old, 5'6
Starting (over) weight: 346.0 on 6.3.22
GW: 170/175

sandielewis2001

@skierxjes - there is a new thread posted each month so no need to revive an old thread. I believe this month is Women 200lb - Let's be Joyous this June