Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!
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planktonbye wrote: »
What do you mean, woman?!!!! Your figure is my goal! Keep up the awesome work.
Bwahahahahahahaha! Thank you! I just mean that the scale has been stuck on the same 2 numbers for 3 weeks! I have a feeling that it's because I'm gaining muscle: I have this wonderful new set poking out of my thighs!3 -
@Mithridites and @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 - you both are so strong to have gone through marriage problems. I am still married, but dealing with occasional seriousissues. I am trying to focus on what I need to do for myself, and sometimes that's hard. But it has to happen- no pity parties. I will at least keep tracking my food, and find a way to deal with anxiety. Thanks for your inspiration! 🙂❤9
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@Mithridites - you are awesome. I love how you are taking a difficult chapter in your life, one where you might feel like things are beyond your control and figuring out what you can control and how to make something positive and beautiful out of it. Welcome to Onederland!
And @FoolishJoy - holy cow! I can't believe that's just 14 days! Yeah, you don't need a scale to tell you that you are killing it. But don't worry the scale will show your progress soon.
And while we are on the topic of the scale and the whole question of whether building muscle hides weight loss on the scale - this is something I learned recently. When we are eating at a deficit and doing strength training it's possible to gain muscle, but it happens really, really slowly - takes months to put on a pound of muscle. So the sudden weight gain that you see when you've been burning fat through your calorie deficit but also doing strength training isn't muscle mass. It's water. Because when you put your body under stress - mental or physical - you produce the stress hormone cortisol, and that makes you retain water. Strength training and eating at a deficit puts your body under physical stress. The good news is that it's completely temporary. The bad news is that this cycle repeats itself. Long time losers have been through that cycle so many times we just expect it. We will drop 3 or 4 pounds one week and then nothing for 3 weeks. It's just the way it goes. But even when the scale isn't showing our progress, we know we are on track. Don't let the scale get you down. It's just one data point of many.11 -
@Mithridites - you are awesome. I love how you are taking a difficult chapter in your life, one where you might feel like things are beyond your control and figuring out what you can control and how to make something positive and beautiful out of it. Welcome to Onederland!
And @FoolishJoy - holy cow! I can't believe that's just 14 days! Yeah, you don't need a scale to tell you that you are killing it. But don't worry the scale will show your progress soon.
And while we are on the topic of the scale and the whole question of whether building muscle hides weight loss on the scale - this is something I learned recently. When we are eating at a deficit and doing strength training it's possible to gain muscle, but it happens really, really slowly - takes months to put on a pound of muscle. So the sudden weight gain that you see when you've been burning fat through your calorie deficit but also doing strength training isn't muscle mass. It's water. Because when you put your body under stress - mental or physical - you produce the stress hormone cortisol, and that makes you retain water. Strength training and eating at a deficit puts your body under physical stress. The good news is that it's completely temporary. The bad news is that this cycle repeats itself. Long time losers have been through that cycle so many times we just expect it. We will drop 3 or 4 pounds one week and then nothing for 3 weeks. It's just the way it goes. But even when the scale isn't showing our progress, we know we are on track. Don't let the scale get you down. It's just one data point of many.
Thank you so much! That was seriously helpful!
The new thigh muscle I'm seeing is from doing leg workout videos for about 2 months, so it seems to be on track, but absolutely, the water retention thing makes sense too!4 -
Hello all:
Jumping back in, need to be accountable.3 -
And speaking of dropping weight:
Name: Jane
Age: 55
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
GW: 175
5/31 weight: 179.3
Weekly tracking
6/6: 180.1
6/13: 179.1
6/20: 176.9
6/27:
6/30:
Goals for June:
Run 11 miles on June 22nd - heading out for my first run in since 6/3 as soon as the rain dies down. I don't know how many miles I'll be able to do, but I'm just going to go out and see what happens.
Walk for 45 minutes a day - rocked this goal. I really got a chance to explore my neighborhood, heading out with my camelback and finding the highest hills I could climb for 2 to 3 hour weekend urban hikes. I normally avoid running in my neighborhood because its ridiculously hilly. But walking isn't a problem. It was a nice change of pace to walk instead of run.
Get 10,000 steps a day - no problem. Only day this month I didn't make that goal was when I spent 6 hours in the ER.
Maintain a 500/calorie deficit/day - I'm enjoying losing at a slower pace. I have to watch my nighttime snacking. Back when I was more disciplined it was easier to forgo the carb laden nighttime treat. I had to remind myself that having a high protein snack kills the carb munchies.
Maintain below 180 - excited to have two weekly weigh ins below 180. While I know I can stand to lose more weight, all my clothes fit me right now - these are clothes from 5 years ago when I lost 100 pounds previously. They are lovely and in great shape and I don't want to get too small to wear them. Right now they are loose, but not so loose that someone would say they don't fit well. So I'm contemplating maintaining through the summer between 173-177. I'll set the goal weight at 175 and just try to stay there for 3 months. This avoids unnecessary trips to clothing stores.
Stay well heal my injuries/Stay safe/Not sick - Bruising on my face has healed. Still have a tender spot on my cheek and some facial pain. But headaches are better and my brain is working better. Concussions are no joke!
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And speaking of dropping weight:
Name: Jane
Age: 55
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
GW: 175
5/31 weight: 179.3
Weekly tracking
6/6: 180.1
6/13: 179.1
6/20: 176.9
6/27:
6/30:
Goals for June:
Run 11 miles on June 22nd - heading out for my first run in since 6/3 as soon as the rain dies down. I don't know how many miles I'll be able to do, but I'm just going to go out and see what happens.
Walk for 45 minutes a day - rocked this goal. I really got a chance to explore my neighborhood, heading out with my camelback and finding the highest hills I could climb for 2 to 3 hour weekend urban hikes. I normally avoid running in my neighborhood because its ridiculously hilly. But walking isn't a problem. It was a nice change of pace to walk instead of run.
Get 10,000 steps a day - no problem. Only day this month I didn't make that goal was when I spent 6 hours in the ER.
Maintain a 500/calorie deficit/day - I'm enjoying losing at a slower pace. I have to watch my nighttime snacking. Back when I was more disciplined it was easier to forgo the carb laden nighttime treat. I had to remind myself that having a high protein snack kills the carb munchies.
Maintain below 180 - excited to have two weekly weigh ins below 180. While I know I can stand to lose more weight, all my clothes fit me right now - these are clothes from 5 years ago when I lost 100 pounds previously. They are lovely and in great shape and I don't want to get too small to wear them. Right now they are loose, but not so loose that someone would say they don't fit well. So I'm contemplating maintaining through the summer between 173-177. I'll set the goal weight at 175 and just try to stay there for 3 months. This avoids unnecessary trips to clothing stores.
Stay well heal my injuries/Stay safe/Not sick - Bruising on my face has healed. Still have a tender spot on my cheek and some facial pain. But headaches are better and my brain is working better. Concussions are no joke!
You're so close to your GW!!! Git it, girl!2 -
Age: 33
Height: 5'9"
Starting Weight on 4/16: 270
Here's what my weigh-ins look like this month so far (I weigh in on Saturdays)
-6/6 245.0
-6/13 243.4
-6/20 239.8
My goals for June
-Log food every day and stay under 1650 calories Check here! I was really snacky a couple of days this week but I managed to fit everything into my plan and stayed under calorie goal
-Drink 128oz of water per day Check!
-Stick to workout schedule
-Day 1 Chest/Shoulder, 30min treadmill check
-Day 2 Legs/Abs, 30mins treadmill check
-Day 3 Arms/Back, 30mins treadmill check
-Day 4 Rest day check
I know working out on a 4 day schedule may seem a bit odd because I'm doing different workouts on different days every week but it's been working really well for me so far so I'm gonna stick with it.
Last week I posted about having problems with motivation. I went out into this community and found people to add as friends on here and it's definitely been helping! I made my diary visible to friends and just the thought of everyone being able to see my food and workout choices every day has been ramping up my motivation again!
I'm super excited about losing almost 4 pounds this week! I wasn't expecting to see a new set of "10's" for a week or 2. I have a feeling though it means I won't see much for weight loss the next week so we shall see! I want to take my measurements again next week so I will post those results too.
Have a great day everyone!
P.S. Anyone feel free to add me as a friend on here!7 -
@speyerj You are smashing your goals! Glad you are recovering so quickly! Great loss!
I went for a trail walk with some friends this morning, I've been on a high all day! The weather is crisp and cool but so sunny, and the terrain was rugged and hilly, with lots of acacia trees and aloes, very typical in our area, we've decided to walk next Saturday but a hike up the beach, can't wait! So I smashed all my goals on my Fitbit, which I don't normally do, and this afternoon I baked Jaimie Oliver's chocolate tart... I haven't had a taste... I might have a sliver just to taste.6 -
Hey, everyone! This seems like a great community. I'm 42, 5'8", currently at 209, goal weight 164. I put an actual picture in my profile because, like, it's a normal picture of me, I look like myself, but you can tell from the picture I could stand to lose some weight.
I've never been thin, I've always had a BMI of 25, so I've never thought of myself as someone who "can eat anything she wants and not gain weight." But looking back I realize that when I was, say, 30 I could eat a couple of pints of ice cream a WEEK and stay at a size 12. If I needed to fit into some of my smaller clothes, like an interview suit or one of my mother's college dresses or something, I just laid off the sweets for a month or so. Well, I'm 43 in July and let me tell you, those days are gone.
So younger people on this thread--monitor your food intake but ENJOY the occasional treat while you still can!
Special treat: I am on Zyprexa/olanzapine and gained 40 lbs. in less than 6 months a couple of years ago. If you're on a psych Rx or any other annoying medication, feel free to friend or message me.
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planktonbye wrote: »If you're on a psych Rx or any other annoying medication, feel free to friend or message me.
I take Risperidone and Benadryl for sleep, and I had to hide the peanut butter in my toddler's closet to keep from eating it in a midnight stupor.😂5 -
planktonbye wrote: »Hey, everyone! This seems like a great community. I'm 42, 5'8", currently at 209, goal weight 164. I put an actual picture in my profile because, like, it's a normal picture of me, I look like myself, but you can tell from the picture I could stand to lose some weight.
I've never been thin, I've always had a BMI of 25, so I've never thought of myself as someone who "can eat anything she wants and not gain weight." But looking back I realize that when I was, say, 30 I could eat a couple of pints of ice cream a WEEK and stay at a size 12. If I needed to fit into some of my smaller clothes, like an interview suit or one of my mother's college dresses or something, I just laid off the sweets for a month or so. Well, I'm 43 in July and let me tell you, those days are gone. So younger people on this thread--monitor your food intake but ENJOY the occasional treat while you still can!
Special treat: I am on Zyprexa/olanzapine and gained 40 lbs. in less than 6 months a couple of years ago. If you're on a psych Rx or any other annoying medication, feel free to friend or message me.
I'm 30 and seriously I WISH I could eat couple of pints of ice cream a week and not be affected
I'm endo/mezo type (leaning more towards endomorph unfortunately), so although with right regiment I can build up that muscle easier than some women, the fat stores are unforgiving when it comes to straying unless I sweat it off- treats will find my fat stores 😆 3 -
Age: 33
Height: 5'9"
Starting Weight on 4/16: 270
Here's what my weigh-ins look like this month so far (I weigh in on Saturdays)
-6/6 245.0
-6/13 243.4
-6/20 239.8
My goals for June
-Log food every day and stay under 1650 calories Check here! I was really snacky a couple of days this week but I managed to fit everything into my plan and stayed under calorie goal
-Drink 128oz of water per day Check!
-Stick to workout schedule
-Day 1 Chest/Shoulder, 30min treadmill check
-Day 2 Legs/Abs, 30mins treadmill check
-Day 3 Arms/Back, 30mins treadmill check
-Day 4 Rest day check
I know working out on a 4 day schedule may seem a bit odd because I'm doing different workouts on different days every week but it's been working really well for me so far so I'm gonna stick with it.
Last week I posted about having problems with motivation. I went out into this community and found people to add as friends on here and it's definitely been helping! I made my diary visible to friends and just the thought of everyone being able to see my food and workout choices every day has been ramping up my motivation again!
I'm super excited about losing almost 4 pounds this week! I wasn't expecting to see a new set of "10's" for a week or 2. I have a feeling though it means I won't see much for weight loss the next week so we shall see! I want to take my measurements again next week so I will post those results too.
Have a great day everyone!
P.S. Anyone feel free to add me as a friend on here!
Wow! You are doing so incredibly well! Inspired!! Rock in!!2 -
@wholebygrace I missed that you completed C25K. Congratulations.
@FoolishJoy great job turning down food you didn’t need. Check out the links between long term use of Benadryl and Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. http://www.center4research.org/benadryl-common-medications-linked-dementia-men-women/ If you are taking it with a Drs care their knowledge trumps mine though. It is worse for us older people to use it to sleep long term.
@finngirl61 I have really struggled with exercise but this week is going better.
@Mithridites Congratulations reaching Onderland! Sorry about going through a divorce especially now during a Pandemic. Sorry about your foot.
@AlexandraFindsHerself That is great the Y is so close. Our County just got okayed for Phase 2 in our States reopening plan but the Y is not opened yet. Since cases are going up a bit maybe that is just as well. Our State is doing better than most now after being the worst at the start. A lot of the increase in cases has to do with a big increase in testing here. I do not mean that they wouldn’t have been there but we wouldn’t have known about them without the testing.
@planktonbye I can relate to your comment to FoolishJoy’s post.
@speyerj Thanks for the explanation that I think you have posted before about this but I needed it now that I am upping exercise and strength training and keeping a deficit. I haven’t lost any new pounds this month yet but keep getting close.. I am trying to keep up the water. Yay! It is nice to see your progress on the scale and getting back to running. I think it is a wise idea to maintain for a while whether you decide to go lower or not of course the clothes are a good reason but also when you decide to lose more it will help too. Glad you are feeling better. Take care.
@Tarzaria87 so you are doing usually 6 days of exercise a week and once in a while 5 right? Not that it matters. It is what works for you. I am trying to establish a good schedule for myself and am just interested in what others are doing. Great progress!
@changeforeverlj love the walk! I walked with friends yesterday too for the 1st time since the start of the Pandemic!
I had a great time last night having a physical distancing dinner at a park with old friends. We will do this again in a few weeks. We also took a walk after sitting and talking a long time. I expected a short walk but this was quite long for me. I had already done some strength training with warm up cardio so it was nice to add it all together. I will do some cleaning today but not planning exercise. I have nailed that goal for the last 2 weeks. I am looking forward to next week and finding some walks to do now that I have confidence if I stick to flat trails/sidewalks. I would love to get a bike but don't want to spend money until I get called back to work and know I am not going to be laid off. I am finding ways to exercise so even if it might be nice it isn't necessary. I ordered my husbands father's day dinner and will go get what I need for brunch tomorrow today. So really I will be shopping and cleaning today.3 -
@Tarzaria87 so you are doing usually 6 days of exercise a week and once in a while 5 right? Not that it matters. It is what works for you. I am trying to establish a good schedule for myself and am just interested in what others are doing. Great progress!
Yep that's exactly how it works out! Before I switched to this kind of schedule I was doing 6 days in a row and then taking a rest day because I was trying to make it so certain days of the week were certain exercises. I started getting a pain in my shoulder and was also getting really run down. I didn't want to change my lifts because I like how I have it so I changed the schedule instead. I figure it's better to have a weird varied schedule than it is to risk injury/burnout!1 -
@KeriA
That's so weird: I was just wondering this morning if my new level of exercise could help my insomnia and if I needed to take all of that medication anymore. I'll try dropping the Benadryl.2 -
Happy Saturday❣️ Today is my weigh-in day but it’s a sisters’ weekend so I weighed on yesterday... just didn’t post.
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
6/6 189.4
6/10 189.4 (-0)
6/13 188.8 (-0.6)
6/19 188.0 (-0.8)
June GW: 185 (3 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
UGW: 160 (28 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
✅Going to continue with hydration, diet, and exercise!
My sister gave me a cute skirt! Played model for a second 😊.
@Mithridites: Welcome to Onederland❣️
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Happy Saturday❣️ Today is my weigh-in day but it’s a sisters’ weekend so I weighed on yesterday... just didn’t post.
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
6/6 189.4
6/10 189.4 (-0)
6/13 188.8 (-0.6)
6/19 188.0 (-0.8)
June GW: 185 (3 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
UGW: 160 (28 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
✅Going to continue with hydration, diet, and exercise!
My sister gave me a cute skirt! Played model for a second 😊.
@Mithridites: Welcome to Onederland❣️
That skirt is adorbs!!2 -
planktonbye wrote: »
Special treat: I am on Zyprexa/olanzapine and gained 40 lbs. in less than 6 months a couple of years ago. If you're on a psych Rx or any other annoying medication, feel free to friend or message me.
I'm on Adderall, and everyone thinks that would help with weight loss. Eh, kinda, kinda not. It suppresses my feelings of hunger until I'm angry for no reason at my partners or having a weeping fit, and I don't know why. Then I get a migraine. So that's not very helpful. And it means when I do eat I have to bolt my food fast because if I slow down and enjoy it, I won't eat enough to get me through to the next meal. But it does give me my brain back, so it's worth it. Also Valium as a rescue med/for when I have dental work done.
Boyfriend's on risperidone and Effexor and disulfiram, and Girlfriend's on Abilify and lamictol. We have a sign up in our house that says "Just relax....we're all crazy...it's okay."
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Hi all! Newbie here. My name is Crystal and I started this journey again in August 2019 after having my little man in April of 2019. My height is 5'9 and when I started I was 244.6. For my short term weight I would love to get back down to what I was when I was pregnant 199.0. I lost a lot of weight while pregnant because I was already overweight and when I cut out the sugar I started dropping the pounds.
Total weightloss so far- 22.6 pounds
Current weight- 222.0
June goal weight- 219
Total goal weight- 170
Stumbling blocks- Sugar and sweets.
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »planktonbye wrote: »
Special treat: I am on Zyprexa/olanzapine and gained 40 lbs. in less than 6 months a couple of years ago. If you're on a psych Rx or any other annoying medication, feel free to friend or message me.
I'm on Adderall, and everyone thinks that would help with weight loss. Eh, kinda, kinda not. It suppresses my feelings of hunger until I'm angry for no reason at my partners or having a weeping fit, and I don't know why. Then I get a migraine. So that's not very helpful. And it means when I do eat I have to bolt my food fast because if I slow down and enjoy it, I won't eat enough to get me through to the next meal. But it does give me my brain back, so it's worth it. Also Valium as a rescue med/for when I have dental work done.
Boyfriend's on risperidone and Effexor and disulfiram, and Girlfriend's on Abilify and lamictol. We have a sign up in our house that says "Just relax....we're all crazy...it's okay."
Interesting. I am also on metformin to help counteract the diabetogenic effects of Zyprexa. And I think it does suppress some of my appetite, but not all of it, LOL. My boyfriend is on the full slate of diabetic Rx and has basically no appetite. He eats like once a day and is a healthy weight. If only!!!3 -
Happy Sunday everybody!
Tuesday was my first day actually showing up someplace other than my kitchen table for work! I'm happy to report that my work tops now are very baggy and my pants hang so much better. I spent most of the week working out of town - lots of hours sitting in the car and then at a desk. I got a good treadmill workout in at my first hotel, but the fitness room wasn't open at the other one. I decided to do my walking up and down the hotel corridors. Busy days at work meant combined lunch/dinners several days, and I found a sushi place with fantastic prices.
I was still a little nervous to get on the scale today, since I hadn't been able to monitor all week. I am so pleasantly surprised to be in the 70's today!! I'm sure I must have been retaining quite a bit of water, but it's still nice to see that whoosh. Very encouraging.
SW: 312 (4/15/20)
End of May: 289
6/6: 286.8
6/13: 286.3
6/21: 279.3
End of June GW: 283...happily adjusting to 277
UGW: 160
I'll be working out of town again this coming week, so my goals continue to be:
Meal prep my breakfasts for the week (because the hotel biscuits and gravy are soooo tempting!)
Stay on track with calories and logging
Keep a calorie deficit
Maintain minimum of 5,000 steps per day
Use the hotel pool, and walk the corridors10 -
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Happy Saturday❣️ Today is my weigh-in day but it’s a sisters’ weekend so I weighed on yesterday... just didn’t post.
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
6/6 189.4
6/10 189.4 (-0)
6/13 188.8 (-0.6)
6/19 188.0 (-0.8)
June GW: 185 (3 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
UGW: 160 (28 lbs to go 🤞🏽)
✅Going to continue with hydration, diet, and exercise!
My sister gave me a cute skirt! Played model for a second 😊.
@Mithridites: Welcome to Onederland❣️
Love the skirt! The belt, too! You look fab!!2 -
I made a nice breakfast for father's day and had a nice dinner planned. However my husband was using the weed trimmer and knocked a rock into the rear passenger window and it totally shattered. We do not need this. It is our only car for 3 adults. Of course we use it a lot less these days. Just not the day I planned for his father's day. No exercise but Sundays are optional anyway for exercise. It took so long to get the take out dinner but it was very good. I think I will just go to bed early and read. Hope this week goes better.7
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Monday Check-in
SW 230.78 lbs (16/03/2020) 104.9 Kgs
1/06 90.9 Kg 199.98 (-3.52 lbs) (-1.6 Kgs)
8/06 90.4 Kg 198.88 - (1.1 lbs) (-0.5Kgs)
15/06 89.2 Kg 196,24 –(2.64) (-1.2 kgs)
22/06 87.8 Kg 193.16 -(3.08) (-1.4 Kgs) I'm on day 99!
What a journey, I never thought I would get here, and I believe its the consistent logging in and reading your posts that encourage my daily journey turning into weekly journeys and now monthly! It's been 15 years since I weighed this amount! I actually believe I will get to goal weight, I'm not worried about the timing!
@pamiede I love that skirt and the colour, it's soooo cute! Not to mention your little waist!
@Keria Oh no, that's a shame that the window shattered! Hopefully, It can be fixed in a day so that you won't be without a car for long!7 -
I go to the dentist today to start work on the left side of my mouth. They're very very good and gentle, and it really is helping me get over my fear of the dentist. I don't think I'm ever going to be okay with the shot in the roof of my mouth, but I can just shut my eyes and it's over quickly.
In other news, today I'm going to do laundry and begin to do some personal clothing and toiletries packing. There's stuff I left out because I didn't know quite when, and I now know, so it can be packed.
I'll leave Boyfriend and Girlfriend to eat chicken fingers for lunch, and they'll have Beef Marsala for dinner. I....probably won't. (wry grin) Something in the realm of chicken rice soup is likely. I am also going to have a rather more lavish breakfast before I angry up my jaw, since lunch and dinner are likely to be sparse.7 -
@rhsdancer5 Doing great.
@xenapoland I eat the same things over and over, haha, so I've got a perfect answer for you: my favorite healthy meals are egg whites with cheese on toast, broiled salmon with roasted veg, stir fry with cabbage and a protein, and omlettes. Lots of omlettes. And for your next post (I'm going through in order, sorry!), I get that. My current profile picture is me when I was 155. It is very motivating to know I've been there, and that I can get back. I used to meal prep when I was going in to work, so I will start again whenever going into work starts again. It is very handy to just grab something out of the fridge on weekdays.
@marissanadinem Welcome!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 You've got this. Moving and the associated issues are stressful. You're handling beautifully. Reupping the Tooth Mojo.
@mmdeveau You're doing so well. Below 170 is brilliant.
@KeriA your post spoke to me. I'm in the same situation: I lost at a rate I liked in February and March, and slowed since then. I think it does have to do with a NEAT reduction. I'm sure your daughter feels super relieved to have a hard quarter behind her. Sorry to hear about the car window. 
@ChrysalisCove RIP scale!
@planktonbye Welcome! I love your user name!
@FoolishJoy You're looking great! And you can see the progress. It's so satisfying when sugar doesn't appeal.
@wholebygrace Way to go finishing C25K!
@procolorer that is great progress! Congratulations!
@finngirl61 good to see you again! I believe in you.
@Mithridites YOU HIT ONDERLAND GO YOU!!!!
@speyerj well said. And I love the idea of maintaining so not having to buy new clothes. XD
@cory17 hi again! You've got it.
@Tazaria87 Congratulations on a new "decade"!
@changeforeverlj a trail walk sounds lovely.
OMG @pamiede GIRL THAT IS SO CUTE WITH THE CHUNKY BELT AND I CAN'T WOW. You look in.cred.i.ble.
@crystalsan726 Welcome! I've got a huge sweet tooth myself, I get it.
@supersparklyk You've got this! So nice that your work tops are loose.
Alright, I'm somewhat up to date!
I weigh every day, so here's what this weekend looked like:
Christina
31 years old
SW: 207
CW (5/31): 186.0
6/5: 189.0
6/14: 187
6/20: 187.2
6/28:
GW for June: 182.0
UGW: 145
☀️ Calorie deficit every day. ✅
☀️ Log accurately ✅
☀️ Exercise in some form every day ✅
Things that aren't goals but need work:
💛 Finding out what my ideal eating schedule l,ooks like ✅
💛 Not eating off the baby's plate while I feed her 😂 ✅
This is one of those weeks where I did everything pretty much right, and ovulation is messing with me. I was weighing 185ish all week.
Of note: there was a birthday party and cake saturday and sunday, so that didn't help, but I don't think I'm off the rails.
I'm not going to make goal this month. It's been a weird month full of noncompliance, less exercise, and calculating and recalculating calories, so I get why. And it's okay that I don't want to run right now. Exercise should be enjoyable. But I do have to make sure I do exercise, no matter what it is.
I saw a challenge this morning: the Last 90 Days challenge, and while it's meant to happen the last 90 days of a year, it's got some good habits that I'm going to adopt starting now, the 5 to Thrive:
1. Get up an hour earlier than you normally do and use the time for YOURSELF. (well, no, I already get up at 4 to work, lol)
2. Work out for at least 30 minutes
3. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water every day
4. Give up one food category you know you shouldn't be eating
5. Write down 10 things you're grateful for every day
So we're going to call this the Next 90 Days challenge, for me. Ending 20 September (and then if I wanted to go again, it would end 19 December, which is pretty perfect). Modified thus:
1. Give yourself at least 30 minutes every day to do something you want to do
2. Work out for at least 30 minutes
3. Drink 90 oz of water (~11 cups) every day
4. Give up added sugar except for maximum 2 treats a week. In the past, that has kind of reset my taste for sugar, and man do I ever need that right now.
5. Write down 10 things you're grateful for every day
But Christina, you might say, you're the biggest proponent of treats there ever was! You're absolutely right. But I am a little out of control right now. I've got a box of chocolates I keep wanting to dip into, and I took tiny slivers of birthday cake all day yesterday. So I'm going to go hard against sugar for now, and maybe ease up when I feel more in control (and/or identify a bigger problem food,), then sugar treats could maybe come back. I love treats for compliance, but treats are becoming a problem causing my noncompliance at the moment.
Alright, so updating goals to be in line with the 5 to Thrive.
Christina
31 years old
SW: 207
CW (5/31): 186.0
6/5: 189.0
6/14: 187
6/20:187.2
6/28:
GW for June: 184
UGW: 145
Daily 5 to Thrive:
☀️ 30 minutes for me
☀️ 30 minutes of exercise
☀️ 90 oz water
☀️ Added sugar maximum 2x week
☀️ Write 10 things I'm grateful for
It feels to me like I'm all over the place lately. I probably am. I'm down, for sure, but I'm not out yet. I just have to find the combination of Things I Do and Way I Think to get going again. Once I have that locked in, I'll be losing weight again like February. What made February so successful?
💛 I had extreme food compliance. I was away from my family most of that time working a different shift. So I need to bring back the feeling of "this food is mine, I shouldn't eat theirs."
💛 I had a very regular exercise routine. In February, I had my mom come over early so I could go running 3-4 times a week. I need to have a regular exercise routine again.
💛 I got adequate protein. I was satiated on 33%/33%/33%. I need to get as close to that as I can.
Have a good week, everyone!6 -
June 15, 2020 9:07AM
Starting weight: 228.9 on 6/1/2020
Age: 50
Goal weight: 180
6/1– 228.9
6/4– 227.9
6/9– 226.7
6/14-225.3
6/22-225.0
Weekly weight lost: .3 pounds- 👍
Total weight lost: 3.9 pounds ☀️
This week’s successes: Logging 😁
This week's challenges: Continuing to log. Mindless munching at home and work. Meal planning.
The scale was up and down this week. Time to fit in more veggies...and get back to consistently walking my dog. We both need it. 🐕. Roxie turned 8 this week!
I wish you all a great Monday!
Jill ❤️5
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