Women 200lb+, Let's Be Adaptable This April!!!
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torihudson6 wrote: »Weigh-in
SW: 272
3/31: 242
4/9: 241.5
4/19: 241.5
4/26: 240
April Goals
*No specific goal weight, just below 242. Yay, happy to have lost 2lbs for the month! I'm surprised honestly, I was anticipating a gain. I felt like I was eating a lot and I didn't track for a few days, but it feels good to know if I'm not tracking that I'm still doing okay.
*move EVERY day: Did not do as well as I could with this, but May will be a fresh start.
Congrats on meeting your goal!! Well Done!!
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I'm going to try taking a short walk today and seeing if I can make it work with my standing budget. I'd LIKE to walk, but not at the expense of not being able to stand long enough to make dinner and do the housework. Up til now my standing budget has barely been adequate for those activities of daily life, but it has expanded nicely with the weight loss so far. But has it expanded enough? There's only one way to find out....6
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »Took the lemon meringue pie (which came out lovely) up to my mom
This is my all time favorite pie! My Mom made the best and she made it for my birthday instead of cake. I've found a recipe for a single serve pie that I'll be making one day soon. Can't wait!!
Nice you live so close and I'm sure they love getting such treats from you.2 -
Sounds like many are still having issues with the scale. Quarantine is such a challenge. I think I’m snacking more being at home – and I keep a candy dish at my desk at work that I can more or less successfully avoid. I think where I’ve been able to compensate is by eating salads every day at lunch, and even for dinner at times. I think I need to follow @pamiede’s example and crack down on the snacking.
I will check in on the last day of the month – easy enough to do with daily weigh-ins. We’ll see if I can hang on and make the 168-pound goal. I’ll also think about what I want to do for May. I think after taking it a bit easy on myself for April, I might have more focused goals for May.
We’re almost there…
Snacking an issue here this past week. Granddaughter gifted me with a bag of Hershey Miniatures, darn it! I've tried so hard not to have any sweets or treats and now there's chocolate calling me in the dark of night! LOL It was much too tempting so I portioned into 4 bars per baggie and put them in the freezer ... this seems to be helping. So, now I can plan for them in my food plan if I choose to do so.
Good Luck on meeting your goal for the month!!4 -
Mamba72001 wrote: »Good evening.
I am a 55 year old woman and weigh 240 pounds and am hoping to get back to tracking. I have used MFP for years but fell off the wagon and gained what I lost back.
I wish there was a reset button for MFP. I've screwed around with the percentages for my carbs fat and protein so much that I don't know what I should have.
I am also not certain what my calories should be as I've screwed around with that too.
It's a little frustrating. Any suggestions?
As a side note- I really cannot believe I am 55 years old! Every time I type that I am shocked.
Welcome back!! I agree with @mmccloy12 that resetting your goals is probably your best bet. Under the MyHome tab, Goals is to the right of Home. If you go to Goals, the first sentence asks: Would you like help setting up your goals? View Guided Setup -- Click on the View Guided Setup link and go thru the process to reset your goals. I'd recommend you live with the goals proposed by MFP for a couple of weeks to see if they are working for you before you "tweak" any. Good Luck!!6 -
@Mamba72001 - You can also reset your starting weight, if you want to. Your prior weight loss history will be preserved, but I find it helpful to enter a new starting weight when you restart. Yes, this isn't my first rodeo. I had 4 other stints of weight loss on MFP. This one has been the longest and my goal is to make it my last.8
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »Took the lemon meringue pie (which came out lovely) up to my mom
This is my all time favorite pie! My Mom made the best and she made it for my birthday instead of cake. I've found a recipe for a single serve pie that I'll be making one day soon. Can't wait!!
Nice you live so close and I'm sure they love getting such treats from you.
Recipe please! My favorite pie, too. But if I have a whole pie, I’ll eat a whole pie!
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I belong to a Facebook group run by Joanie and she links back to her web page for many recipes. She recommends a 4 inch round ramekin so I'm set there. At 600 cal, it's almost 1/2 of my daily limit so definitely this is a day I really have to plan ahead for so I don't completely blow it. If possible, I may eat only 1/2 and save the other 1/2 for the next day ... but chances of that happening are slim. LOL
So, here's a link to her recipe --- https://onedishkitchen.com/lemon-meringue-pie-for-one/?fbclid=IwAR0zK2M24sYC9eXsNnB7YFqvkvi9FnPO_XoU8T30YNekQecgA98QzkMNQOo1 -
@torihudson6 good job meeting April goals
@LinsayMaria78 I love your description of getting in movement in an empty office. I could use a little of the walking I did to, from and around the office even though I had a sedentary job. My house is much smaller.
@mmdeveau Not a happy way to lose some lbs. Hope you feel better. I wanted to do some home organizing but for me that means getting rid of things we don’t need any more but can’t donate it right now. They are starting to test more in my area so they are finding more cases but the rate of increase has slowed. My employer has tested and tracked cases for most of its members and employees. I think they may have phased openings at the end of May but their main source of income is still impacted by COVD 19 so I do not think all of us will be back at work for a while.
@Mamba72001 my suggestion is to find a BMR and a TDEE calculator and pick a calorie goal between these 2 estimates. If you aren’t losing adjust down but stay above you BMR. You can go below once in a while but if you do it consistently it will lower your metabolism and your body will fight hard against your attempts to lose weight. If you let MFP set your goal check to make sure it isn’t lower than your Basal Metabolism Rate.
@changeforeverlj nice progress.
@CupcakeCrusoe good idea reviewing this month. I think that is what @torihudson6 was doing too.
@jm216 more from scratch cooking is helping me now.
@AlexanderFindsHerself I have noticed that my “standing budget” for cooking has improved so that I don’t have to sit down when I am chopping vegetables etc.
@speyerj my current stint of losing has made me decide that this will be my last stint on MFP and it will be long too. Even after losing then I plan to work at maintaining. I am hoping that I know how to manage eating by then.
I want to do this week what others are doing. Evaluating April in order to determine my goals for May. I may start this today but I am not ready to complete or post this. I noticed the last time I included goals or lbs lost I didn't even have my lowest weight shown since it was only .2 lbs lower than before. I want to see how this week goes I think for a few days more. Yesterday was Sunday and I did some exercise. Today is Monday and I plan to exercise so I will have exercised every day this week. This Monday is going much better than the last 2.6 -
Newbie, here!
Height: 5’3”
SW: 237-today!
CW: 237
GW: 180
My GW is for the next six months. Goals for May are two workouts/daily-one will be a low impact 3 mile walk, the other will be something a bit more intense.7 -
@cesse47 Thanks. Good website. I’ll try it and some other things.3
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corinasue1143 wrote: »@cesse47 Thanks. Good website. I’ll try it and some other things.
You're most welcome. I've tried a couple of her recipes. The one I'll definitely do again is the turkey cutlet.3 -
Thanks for reminding me, speyerj, that you can reset your starting weight! I hadn’t thought to do this, and honestly it was kind of depressing to still be trying to get down to my previous starting weight. I just updated my starting weight, and the graph is so much happier now and better reflects how much I have been trying over the past 4 months.5
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I had one of those mornings where my gut woke me up two minutes before my alarm went off. I hope that's not an omen for the day ahead! Lol.
For a change, I was a little hungry in my sleep just before I woke up. I noticed it but it wasn't big enough to wake up for. And, of course, now that I'm awake I still am dealing with the morning reluctance to eat/minor nausea I always have.3 -
Well, yesterday was both a success and a flop. I ended up eating the last baggie of Hershey miniatures (yea, they're gone!). Had to really adjust food plan for evening since I hadn't planned on having them, very frustrating. Am happy they are gone!
Posted, then had this thought --- in the past, if I'd had a bag of Hershey miniatures in the house, I'd have eaten them all within a couple of days. This was, what? ... a week and a half or so? I think I'll give myself a little pat on the back for having gained a little bit of self control. LOL
Did not get in all of my planned exercise. I focused on finishing cleaning the bathroom walls ... and did get them done. So, today is the floor in the bathroom and it'll be done!!
Have a good day everyone!! 8 -
Hello. I'm 44 y/o. No clue what my current weight is. I had surgery 1/126/2020 and the plan was to shoot straight to a gym as soon as my doctor cleared but by the time that happened it was no longer an option. Started walking by my self. Then my husband ended up home and we were walking together. I work as a Customer Service Representative for a pest control company and we're considered essential so no more walks with the hubby. Can't walk during my lunch break its way too hot by then and it's only a half hour right now because we're working limited hours. Any tips on videos or at home work outs would be greatly appreciated.3
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@packersfan0103 Hi welcome to this thread! I use the Leslie Sansone power walking utube clips, they are great if you only have a limited time!
@cesse47 Well done on your self-control! I think it's a vital tool to learn. Scrubbing walls sounds like exercise to me!
@FredaMaree Hi welcome! Good luck on your journey, great support on this site!4 -
@packersfan0103 - Hi, welcome.
What about an early morning walk before your shift begins?
Also, as hard as it may be to face it, weigh yourself tomorrow morning, right after your first morning bathroom visit. It's important to know where you are now to estimate calories expended and really important for measuring your progress. While you are at it, take a progress picture if you don't have one already and a few measurements. Waist and Hips are really enough, but if you want you can do the whole gambit (neck, bust, upper arm, thigh, calf). In 6 months you'll be happy to have something to compare to.5 -
@cjkirton123 - we don't sell products to one another on this thread. I've flagged your post as spam and recommend that others do the same.3
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Thanks for reminding me, speyerj, that you can reset your starting weight! I hadn’t thought to do this, and honestly it was kind of depressing to still be trying to get down to my previous starting weight. I just updated my starting weight, and the graph is so much happier now and better reflects how much I have been trying over the past 4 months.
It wasn't until recently my weight loss was showing on MFP. MFP shows I have lost 6 pounds now but since mid December I have really lost 12 pounds. I realized that was when I 1st got on here I had lost 6 pounds so it wasn't my highest weight. I also had left my weight where it was when I lost some weight a few years ago. I finally have gotten past both of those losses so that my loss is showing. That is an achievement in and of itself. Great job making progress.4
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