Women 200lb+, Let's Be Mighty this May!!!

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Habit is a curious thing; I said I wasn't going to pay attention to calories, I was just going to eat soft food and get through this dental issue, and here I am meticulously logging the peanut butter sandwich and the half cup of chicken noodle soup I soaked it in to make it even softer. (wry grin)

cesse47

@BeUncommon I'm so sorry for the loss of your Dad. With everything else going on, it's especially stressful. About a month after Mom's burial I was really feeling the loss. I called the cemetery to clear it and went out there (it's in the country) to visit the grave, then sat in the chapel for a bit. Very lovely, peaceful, and calming.

Hang in there ... you CAN do this!!

cesse47

Cesse - age 72 == Check In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
294.4 lbs - weighin on 05/02 -- (-1.0 lb) (-14.2 LTD)

Onederland - first goal
165 lbs - goal weight

May Goals ---
Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 8+ water
Exercise 30 min minimum; work at increasing
Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter
Try new things: new exercise like weight training; drink green tea; new activity; etc
Do computer research on things of interest

WOW!! Am I ever behind. Last 3 days have had epic, ongoing kerfluffle. I did manage to keep food on track and log my meals but that's it for MFP.

So, welcome to all new folks and those returning. I do plan to read the 40+ posts I've missed. While I don't plan to respond to all of them, I'll try to respond to a few. I'm cleaning windows today and after the winter we've had, they really need to be deep cleaned. My plan is to clean one window completely, then read/respond to MFP posts. Whatever works ... LOL ... to get these blasted windows done!!

Hope Y'all have a great day!!

MuttiNM

Weigh-in Wednesday

Highest weight: 435 (11/1/18)--lost 50 lbs. by the end of 2018 but got off track and gained back almost 31 lbs.
SW: 415.8 (4/17/19)

4/30: 252.4
5/6: 250.4
5/13:
5/20:
5/27:
5/31:

May GW: 244.4
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)

Weekly exercise goals:
- exercise bike 5 times per week - 5/5
- short walking videos or treadmill twice a day 5 times per week - 5/5
- strength training 2 times per week - 2/2
- chair yoga 3 times per week - 3/3; might change this to 4 times a week
- choose 2 or 3 core specific exercises and start doing them 3 times per week - still need to do this

I did get in another short ride on my bike on Sunday. It was about 4 miles. The trail runs along a creek and was a beautiful ride.

Hope everyone has a good week!

kmnebgen

Hello there! My name is Kelly and I have been on this journey before was successful for 2 years then met my husband and gained all of the weight back. I am looking forward to figuring out how to live a healthy lifestyle again.

Age: 30
Height: 6'
SW: 294
CW: 258
GW: 175

My goals for May are:
1. Log every day, everything!
2. Break the plateau I've been idling at for a while.
3. Drink a glass of water before meals.

My goals have not changed since April. I am back at work part time which I think will help me succeed at my May goals.

torih941

I'm back, and survived finals. Only have one more class Thursday and then I get a week break before summer classes start. I realized I never posted my starting weight for May, so I'm going to do it a bit late.

April ending weight: 240
5/2: 240.5

I ended up losing 1.5lbs in April which I will happily take! I have not been eating the best this first week, so busy that fast food is the quickest and easiest to do, but hoping to get back on track this weekend with tracking. Hope everyone is healthy and well!

speyerj

@aliciap0116 - I think you are too hard on yourself. You lost 1.5 pounds over the course of two weeks. That is progress. Celebrate the win!

@Keria - I hope you get to go back to work soon. I have to hand it to you how well you are coping.

@CupcakeCrusoe - you are killing those SMART goals!

@rpbarkernc - Great job getting so close to goal.

@MuttiNM - I'm so glad you are riding your bike! And you just dropped another 2 pounds. You are a weight loss machine!

KeriA

@PansyLass13 For a while I put a goal to check into this thread it was helping so much. Definitely I can relate to the logging issue. I finally have my log in days up to over 95 and usually have all my food and exercised logged. I am afraid to ask what fitness blender workout plan is.

@RavenStCloud can you bring your own wipes or would that be rude? Anyway good job getting to the gym.

@rpbarkernc great news

@procolorer my daughter’s birthday is May 26 ans she will be 26 this year. I am wondering what to do for her birthday.

@aliciap01116 It feels like you are doing well following the PNP idea of evaluating without judgement what is working and what isn’t and making adjustments. Keep up the good work.

@MuttiNM that bike ride sounds wonderful

@torihudson6 actually that is a good loss for the end of the quarter/semester. Enjoy your break.
I just made my family very happy and with meatloaf. It was lamb meatloaf and it had a yogurt sauce and a lemon green onion herb topping. I served it with mashed veggies (potatoes, carrots, cauliflower. Yum. Also I was able to push my time on my Gazelle 5 minute longer. Last Wednesday I couldn’t get myself to exercise for the life of me.

Rosie3579

I have a day at home tomorrow. It’s easy to stay on track during my days at work, but my days at home are so tough right now just with the urge to snack all day. I am so grateful that I have an essential job and have continued to go to work during this time. But I am better prepared for my day tomorrow with cauliflower, greens, bok choy, carrots, bean sprouts and shirataki noodles. Plan to make a huge dish of low calorie “pad Thai” in the morning (using PB2 instead of peanut butter & lots of veggies keeps it high volume - low calorie) and just eat this all day. I need these high volume dishes to get through my snacky days I think. I’ve lost 14% of my starting weight, and I will not be falling into a mindless eating trap now!! Hope everyone has a great night!

janicemlove

SW: 212
I started at 204 in March when all this madness started and I'm currently at 208. It's definitely snacking and idle hands. I was working a lot to cover people who got sick and stayed home for 2 weeks, but now everything is getting back to normal. I move in June to another state for a new job and I'm trying not to stress about that yet. (Got approved for an apartment earlier today!)

I'm disappointed the weight has creeped back up but I know it's because of my own boredom snacking. I need to work on that, I used to be so much better at avoiding it.

changeforeverlj

Hi, I hope you are all well! Just to fill you in my neighbour is home, tests all clear, Dr suspects he mixed meds! He is neither admitting or denying, keeps saying he can't remember. I feel sorry for his wife who is over the wall with stress! I hope he gets the help he needs!

I've been drinking too much coffee which keeps me up late and has my mind racing! So definitely have to limit intake! Will try drinking more rooibos tea (redbush herbal). We have been in lockdown for over 6 weeks, our numbers are rising so quickly now, clearly, the lockdown hasn't worked in all areas! There seem to be pockets of hotspots all over the country.

Have any of you watched the video on utube doing its rounds, called Plandemic? I'm not sure what to believe! And even if it is true, what can we do about it! I guess I'm at that stage of lockdown where I'm questioning what we are doing! But still keeping up my powerwalking and counting Kjs!

I've also been experimenting with a sourdough starter, it took 8 days to be properly active, so I went online and found a simple recipe for NY style sourdough bagels, and baked them, Wow they were outstanding! Its the one thing I really miss in SA, bagels aren't a thing here, most people have never even had a bagel! I will save this recipe it's from a website called Baked (I think it's Canadian).

procolorer

@KeriA birthdays are always so hard! My moms hoping they can come visit me but who knows! The last couple years they’ve been buying me things for my house remodel for my birthday!

@changeforeverlj I haven’t personally done anything with sourdough but my co-worker has and it’s turned out amazing! I can’t believe people don’t ‘do’ bagels there. They’re delicious! Now thinking about buying some of those bagel thins

changeforeverlj

@procolorer I know hey! A bagel is something beautiful to behold! I'm going to google bagel thins now...

cesse47

Cesse - age 72 == Check In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
294.4 lbs - weighin on 05/02 -- (-1.0 lb) (-14.2 LTD)

Onederland - first goal
165 lbs - goal weight

May Goals ---
Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 8+ water
Exercise 30 min minimum; work at increasing
Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter
Try new things: new exercise like weight training; drink green tea; new activity; etc
Do computer research on things of interest

Living Room windows are done! Yea Me!!! Had to clean out all the window tracks as well as the amazingly grungy inside platform in addition to the windows themselves. Only thing I could not do was the outside facing windows ... that will take a ladder outside the house to do (which means I can't do it because of my vertigo). That means either my granddaughter or hiring it done *sigh*.

So, today ... plan to mop the bathroom and kitchen floors. Got the vacuuming done yesterday. I think I need to take a break this afternoon and sit outside for a bit ... just to enjoy the sun.

Hope Y'all have a great day!!

MyBeth1

Good day yesterday. Tracked everything. Did only 5 minutes of walk every hour that seems to help with leg pain. Working on building up to 15 minutes straight. For 2 years I could barely walk but now walk even little amount with out pain is awesome!. Small steps. HAHA literally,

Tried a new recipe with last night. A veggie egg casserole. DD (darling daughter) and DH (darling Hubby) actually ate. Farm Fresh Veggies, Zucchini, eggs, tomatoes, carrots, spinach, celery, onion.

Hoping to repeat most of yesterday,
Be Blessed to bless others.

sarahurc

@cesse47 I love your pep! I'm finding spring cleaning is keeping some of my sanity too. Also a good workout!

@Rosie3579 That is so tough messing around with your routine and environment. That pad thai sounds awesome!

@torihudson6 Congrats on surviving finals! Enjoy your break!

@kmnebgen Welcome! I'm new to this group too and also working my way back down the weight loss ladder. Sending good vibes for May!

@MuttiNM Holy moly well done on those goals! Killing it!

Needed the positivity of this group today. Cannot shake the 1-4 lbs of water weight and bloat I am carrying around this week no matter what I do. It might be time to avoid the scale for a few days, but I also find I like the proof every day that the scale IS wonky and there are things related to weight I have no control over. Feels a bit like a catch-22 right now. Trying to focus on all the NSVs I've got going on, but I feel a bit blah regardless. It's nice to have you all to turn to.

BeUncommon

ceese > Thank you very much, and yes we CAN do this x We have the same goals which is ultimately hitting onederland I am still quite a long way from it but I will get there eventually. x

pansy > Hi there and welcome back to MFP. I am new to the group and not long ago started back logging here on MFP.

Raven > I would be so nervous to go to a gym these days, expecially after hearing about your gym. You live in Korea? my daughter wants to go there so bad. She watches Korean TV Drama's etc. She is a BTS fanatic!! lol

Rpbarker > Congratulations!!! that is fantastic Keep up the awesome work!

Charlee > Welcome to the group. I am very new here also! Nice to have you here and good luck on your goals x

Alexandra > okay I literally just laughed out load! Geez you sound so much like me..lol I hope you sort out your dental issues soon x

Kelly > Welcome to the group. I am also very new to it. I used MFP before but then was away for years so now in the past couple months I have been back. Logging is the key in my opinion, it keeps you accountable for what you are taking in. Im sure you succeed Just keep at it!!

Tori > 1.5lbs is still a loss!!! as long as you are going down to reach your goal, that is all that matters xx

Hope you all are having a wonderful day x

Tonya

torih941

Hope everyone is having a great Thursday! I did it everyone, my first workout of May (besides mowing my huge yard) from Youtube. I was sitting on the couch watching TV and I'm like "I need to be more productive with my time", so I went to someone I followed on Instagram who I really like and did one of her favorite Youtube workouts. Time flew by and I'm just feeling so proud of myself. I know everyone in here would understand, coming off a depressive episode is hard and trying to find your groove again can be even harder, so this is a major win for me.

And thank you all for the encouraging words! I appreciate them.

procolorer

Today there were like 50 pizzas delivered to work. The pizza place was celebrating healthcare workers (I work in a lab) but I ate my healthy choice meal and saved hundreds of calories. It took a lot cause it smelled soooo good!

Rosie3579

Today was a good day. It was a gorgeous morning, and I was grateful to spend it hiking in the hills with my toddler and my dog. So cool to see my son becoming such a great little hiker and climber. My low cal version of Pad Thai worked out really well, and I got to have a big portion which kept me full. I also made a sheet pan of baked carrot chips seasoned with cayenne. Left them out on the counter so I could snack all day like I wanted to do. I am honestly so happy to have a day where I ate exactly how I wanted to eat, exercised, and achieved a great calorie deficit! I am at home again tomorrow. But I have leftovers and also a big cauliflower that I plan to roast with cumin for grazing throughout the day.

Thanks to all who have posted this week. So many inspirational posts & I’m glad to be here with you all.