Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!
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Today we worked our butts off in our yard! My job/goal was to clear all of this out (except the grapefruit, orange and pear (apple?) tree. Also to get the brick planter back in commission:
BEFORE😬😬🤯😂😂
AFTER:👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👊🏽👊🏽🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️!!:
YYYAAAASSSS!! (My Apple Watch kept stopping😂😂!
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I LOVE reading all your posts! They keep me going. I have been really fighting weight since I had my first baby at 31 and gained 80 lbs. I’m 5’ 9” so I can hide a lot but at 243 now I’m tired of hiding. (Although it looks like I’m hiding behind my daughter in this pic we took last night celebrating my birthday.Lol ... I turned 60!!!!) I spent my 50s gaining and losing the same 40 lbs basically and still didn’t get under 200. I got divorced 6 years ago after 25 years and I need to turn my life around now and put a new face on 60 and make this decade the best: my strong and my healthiest self. If I thought weight loss was hard before, I gotta kick it up now. ... We went out to dinner for the first time in three months last night to celebrate and I made good choices - except for those 2 cosmopolitans! 🍸7
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I'm happy I found this group! I know I am hopping in mid-month, but I'm trying hard to get back under 200lbs!
I'm Vanessa
Highest weight- 208.6
CW- 202.8
End of June GW 199
UGW - 150
June Goals:
Log every day no matter what
Workout, even if it's just walking on my days off (I get 4 days off and work 3 12's)
Water, water, water! At least 62oz a day
Incorporate weight training into my routine6 -
BrownSugar174 wrote: »Today we worked our butts off in our yard! My job/goal was to clear all of this out (except the grapefruit, orange and pear (apple?) tree. Also to get the brick planter back in commission:
BEFORE😬😬🤯😂😂
AFTER:👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👊🏽👊🏽🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️!!:
YYYAAAASSSS!! (My Apple Watch kept stopping😂😂!
That's a lot of work! It looks like a whole new yard! Nice job
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@Zoomie402 Thank you so much! We started out with 34 trees like this huge magnolia on our 1/2 acre! A mix of oaks, pines and magnolias!
Here’s when they were cutting the big one down. My hubby’s uncle planted it 50 years ago!
Now we have 16 including the fruit trees😊. I love burning calories doing the work!5 -
BrownSugar174 wrote: »Today we worked our butts off in our yard! My job/goal was to clear all of this out (except the grapefruit, orange and pear (apple?) tree. Also to get the brick planter back in commission:
BEFORE😬😬🤯😂😂
AFTER:👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👊🏽👊🏽🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️🏋🏽♀️!!:
YYYAAAASSSS!! (My Apple Watch kept stopping😂😂!
What an amazing job! You are my inspiration.❤️
I will cut the grass and weed whip today. I love yard work exercise!
Jill4 -
looks great!1
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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 Yipee!!!
6/20:
6/27:
6/30:
Goals for June:
Run 13 11 miles on June 22nd - last long run in preparation for half on 7/4
Run 4x's week Walk for 45 minutes a day
Get 10,000 steps a day
Maintain a 500/calorie deficit/day
Lose 5 pounds to hit my goal weight of 175 Maintain below 180
Stay well heal my injuries/Stay safe/Not sick
Revised my goals a bit for my new reality. So much better today than I've felt all week. And I'm finally losing the rebound water weight. Such a roller coaster. From 177.6 on 6/5 to 185. 3 on 6/9 to back down to 179.1. My fingers are crossed I can see 177 again by next week.
Next Wednesday I get to run again! And I'm picking up electrolyte drops for my water. I've learned my lesson!
@BrownSugar174 - your yard look amazing. It's undergone a complete transformation, just like you!
@mmdeveau - sounds like you've been battling the water retention roller coaster too! Hang in there. You'll get your woosh as you recover.
@pamiede - you look amazing. Size 10! Now that's a great NSV!
@FoolishJoy - I'm glad you are finding a calorie deficit that is sustainable and works for you.
@KeriA - congratulation on your new low.
@ChrysalisCove - I had a similar experience when I went from a job that I commuted to by train to a job where I drove to work. Taking the train incorporateds at least 3 miles of walking into my day. When I changed jobs, I gained 60 pounds in one year. That's what brought me back here, one year and 100 pounds ago. But you don't have to exercise to lose weight. As you drop weight, you'll find it easier to move more and will probably want to add more exercise. But yes, when you live in a car dependent environment, it does need to be intentional. One thing that helped me get more steps was taking a 5 minute walking break several times a day at work. I have a job where I am doing teleconferences with clients all day long. I'd take a 5 minute walking clarity breaks between client calls or between projects I was working on. It helped me decompress and mentally prepare for the next project/client all the while adding to my daily step goal and calorie burn. Eventually I got more intentional about my exercise but those little short walks was how I got my exercise for the first 5 months of my weight loss journey. I still take those clarity breaks - but now they are more for my mental health than exercise.7 -
Hi everyone!
I have been really bad about posting here. I have read all your posts. I log in everyday and read them. I just haven’t felt like posting. Not sure why, just have been in a mood, I guess. But boy you guys are rocking it, with pictures and goals and advice oh my! Like I said I am reading!
I have seen a little bit of a loss here in June but I can’t say I am not frustrated like some are with the scale. I have been listening to Corinne Crabtree’s podcasts at Phit and Phat as I have mentioned before and she does give some great ideas on the scale demon
I really took a hard look at my past two weeks to see what I could find that may be causing the scale not to move too much. I obviously had some issues I mentioned in my last post with an overactive bladder and had to reduce my water intake. Quitting smoking has caused me to snack more, but overall, I still had a deficit each week. Sleep is good, stress level goes up and down but for the most part I have been ok.
In my review, I discovered a couple things.
About a month or two ago I bought some organic non stick spray that has no propellants, additives etc. so that I could actually use it to spray on food like salads and popcorn instead of olive oil or butter. I was excited because it was 0 calories…I thought. I knew it couldn’t be true
. So, I looked last night and a ¼ second spray is 0 calories. On my popcorn…I definitely spray longer, and it’s more like 25 – 50 calories every time. Still not bad and better than butter…but I went back and added this to the days I had popcorn. I also added it when I use my air fryer, as I spray the protein most likely more than a 1/4 second. And any time I had a salad. Still had a deficit so maybe not a problem but it was an eye opener for sure.
The other thing was my salmon calories. Again, I should have known this was off but I guess I never thought about it. I was using an entry from MFP and I really should have tried to find one with a green check but apparently did not and have been using this one as it is in my common list. I went ahead and scanned a package of the salmon last night and it is double in calories!! Ugh. I went back for a week and updated all of my salmon entries…I eat salmon a lot it is my favorite.
Even with adding those in for the week I still had a deficit for the week. But I am sure these last couple months these little things have added up.
I am hoping to see a bigger loss in the next two weeks we will see!
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
May end weight – 231.2
Total loss for 2020 – 21.8 lbs.
Total loss since OW –46.2 lbs.
June 5 – 230.8
June 12 – 230.4
June goal – lose 4 lbs. – 227.2
1. Make a plan everyday – log my food for the day in MFP in the morning and confirm in the evening - DONE
2. Prioritize sleep - DONE
3. Work on hunger scale – only eat when hungry and stop when satisfied - still a work in progress
4. Work on mental awareness – talk better to myself – work on emotional/boredom eating- Journal everyday - Did real good this week with this
5. Move more – minimum 15 minutes a day. Adding 3 days a week in my workout room doing the circuit machine (combination of strength and cardio) - DONE – except one day no exercise
6. Limit alcohol intake - Ok on this, had a Sunday Funday at a Mexican restaurant and then a couple glasses of wine one night.
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Christina
31 years old
SW: 207
CW (5/31): 186.0
6/5: 189.0
6/14: 187
GW for June: 182.0
UGW: 145
☀️ Calorie deficit every day. Well, about that ...
☀️ Log accurately probably!
☀️ Exercise in some form every day ✅✅✅
Things that aren't goals but need work:
💛 Finding out what my ideal eating schedule looks like ✅
💛 Not eating off the baby's plate while I feed her 😂 better
About that calorie deficit.
Earlier this week, I recalculated my BMR using one of those online doohickeys and found that my BMR on the low end was 1550. So I adjusted my calories back to be 1550.
Well. I ate back at least half of and usually more than half of my exercise calories, which were probably too many.
So I think what I'm going to do is adjust my calories back down to 1440 per MFP's guided 1 lb/week, and then eat back exactly half exercise calories. It's what I planned to do before, and it should result in loss. I'm probably not maintaining on what I've got, but if I'm losing, it's much slower than what I'd like.
I'm not worried about eating under BMR because I am usually eating back exercise calories. On days I don't, I'll have to be mindful of how much I'm taking in. That's all.
I've read all your posts, I'm clicking all your buttons. Have a great week, everyone!7 -
Good morning everyone! Happy Sunday!
My weigh-in day is Saturday, but I left town yesterday without posting, so here goes...
I think I jinxed myself last week when I said that I knew the days would come where my loss would need to be measured in tenths of a pound. It could also be the huge plate of Pad Thai I ate Thursday night. When I asked the waitress about the calorie content, she shook her head, smiled and replied "Just treat yourself."
SW: 312 (4/15/20)
5/9: 294
5/16: 293
5/23: 292
5/30: 289
6/6: 286.8
6/13: 286.3
End of June GW: 283
UGW: 160
I'll be working out of town most of this coming week, so my goals are:
Meal prep my breakfasts for the week
Stay on track with calories and logging
Keep a calorie deficit
Maintain minimum of 5,000 steps per day
Use the hotel fitness room
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As usual, I will post next week's menu. Some of this may be impacted by getting more deep cleaning on Monday, and having a sore jaw for the next two days.
Monday: Lunch: Chicken (and jalapeno) quesadilla.
Dinner: Bifstek alla Florentina, rice pilaf, parsley mini potatoes, creamed spinach. Rolls.
Tuesday: Lunch: Hamburgers and chips, pickles.
Dinner: Hunan chicken, mixed Chinese vegetable medley, rice/cauliflower rice. Hot and sour soup.
Wednesday: Lunch: Ham and Beans, cornbread muffin. (I will have a leftover hamburger.)
Dinner: Char sui pork with hot mustard, fried rice/cauliflower rice, crab rangoons.
Thursday: Lunch: Pulled pork on buns with chips and pickles.
Dinner: Spaghetti and meatballs, pan-seared zucchini, garlic bread.
Friday: Leftover cleanup lunches
Tacos, rice and beans.
Saturday: Lunch: Hot dogs
Dinner: Lamb gyros, with tzatziki sauce and onions and feta cheese on pita bread.
Sunday lunch: Burritoes to order
Dinner: Sausage and eggs and potatoes and toast.
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@AlexandraFindsHerself Nice work out plans. Yum Hot and Sour Soup my favorite!
@orangequilt glad to hear it is going well in quarantine so far.
@pamiede congrats getting into your goal pants and size 10 shorts!
@Tarzan37 glad you are feeling better and hope June turns around for you.
@BrownSugar174 that is an accomplishment.
@micwrites it has been a long time since I have had a Cosmopolitan. I can make margaritas or gin and tonics at home. I think you will have a great next decade
@speyerj Glad you’re feeling and doing better
@mmccloy12 Salmon may be higher calories than you thought but it gives you that good fat that is good for you and even weight loss. My weight loss is going slow too.
@CupcakeCrusoe I always get a chuckle when I read your posts. Like the probably juxtaposed with the logging accurately .
@supersparklyk My daughter got take out Ethiopian food. You are supposed to eat it with the injera (bread) so that slowed me down this weekend.
I needed to get some exercise this weekend since I missed Monday but then Saturday I decided cleaning was good. We were cleaning because my daughter is going to invite her boyfriend over soon. They haven't seen each other since their university went on line. He lives with his uncle only who is older than we are so they have been really good about social distancing. So we decided we would expand our social bubble now. They are doing their Capstone (senior project) together this summer. That is how they met working on a class project together. However I was glad when my daughter who has only gone on 1 walk this spring quarter wanted to go for a walk. I can attest to the fact that Puget Sound is still there. I realized when I looked at it that even though I knew that intellectually, emotionally I felt a sense of wow it is still there. It was a very beautiful day and we got in a long walk, fresh air, sun and realized a favorite bakery/cafe/espresso bar was open so we got a treat on the way home. So I got in my exercise for the week. I think the best part exercise-wise is that my knee never felt uncomfortable although we walked for longer than we do on our neighborhood walks.7 -
@KeriA Puget Sound is gorgeous, sounds like a great walk!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Ooh, I haven't made gyros in a while, and I love doing that... thanks for the idea!
I biked to the grocery store and back today! I only almost got clipped once, because some people don't know how to peacefully coexist with bikes on the road.
Oh well. Exercise wise, it's a good workout- hard, but not so hard that I thought I couldn't do it at any point. And with some weight with actual groceries next time, it'll be a little more challenging. 8 -
Monday Check-in
SW 230.78 lbs (16/03/2020) 104.9 Kgs
25/05 92.5 Kgs 203.5
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)
7/06 89.2 Kg 196,24 –(2.64) (-1.2 kgs) Happy with my loss!
@CupcakeCrusoea Well done on your bike ride to do your shopping! Some drivers just don't give way properly, a few years ago there was a huge outcry in our Country when a very famous cyclist was killed on the road, people were outraged (rightly so) its a little better, but still you have to be so careful (it's a bit like the wild west on the roads!
@KeriA good news about your knee not playing up when you went for your walk, and glad you got your coffee treat!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Love all your meal planning! I decide on the day! Gyros are a huge hit with my son, we make our own wraps with sourdough discard once a week (wraps became so expensive at the shops over lockdown) I normally fill with a spicy chicken and my own version of coleslaw (no mayo) and tzatziki, in fact, I think we will have them tonight!
@supersparklyk I find I have a few slow weeks in a month, but I take pleasure in anything that's down! I have also noticed the more carbs I eat the slower the loss, so I allow myself carbs at the beginning of the week and cut down towards the end.
@speyerj Great loss Jane! Glad you are getting on track to run after your fall!
@BrownSugar174 Gosh you have been busy! So much gardening, it looks fantastic! Congratulations on your daughter graduating and on her getting a great job, you must be proud! Those jeans were a great buy, I loved TK Max when I lived in London, I got many bargains! Unfortunately, we don't have TK Max here! And I loved your post with all your health checks, biggest victory ever! I'm 48 (turning 49 on the 23rd) and I have finally realised that losing weight now is more about health than anything else! Well done!
@mmccloy12 Its not easy hey Margie! Good luck with your loss over the next few weeks!
Welcome to the new ladies, I look forward to getting to know you through your posts and journeys! Lets keep at it girls!!
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Nice work on the walking, cycling, weight loss.
Hope the 'treat yourself' pad thai was nice!
Quarantine going well so far, signed up for live streaming yoga class and was able to do it without a mat, it was a yin class so very gentle and restorative. Gradually getting over the jetlag, life is OK so far, would love to be able to open a window!! Meals are pretty healthy so shouldn't be gaining weight even though I can't exercise much.6 -
Steps from the last week:
6-7-20 11,404
6-8-20 10,793
6-9-20 8,889 (slow day at work)
6-10-20 10,827
6-11-20 7,691 (slower than Tuesday)
6-12-20 7,707 (about the same as Thursday)
6-13-20 192 (off work)
6-14-20 11,944 (new personal best!!)
It's weigh-in for me in the morning. Going to see a loss!6 -
Monday weigh in.
SW: 217
CW: 210
Intermediate GW: 10 lb intervals
UGW: 160
I'm 5,'9".
This week I did a lot of landscaping around the house but stopped going to the pool because the cases of Covid-19 have skyrocketed in my state. So I'm going to have to find another workout source to do with my kids.6 -
Hi Everyone,
Great updates again this week. This group is definitely helping with motivation!
I had a better week than last week though I have started to notice I consistently weigh less on a Sunday morning than a Monday morning so I'm thinking of changing my weigh in day. Things are going down but more slowly than I hoped for. I have slightly reduced my June goal to account for this.
SW: 130kg / 287lbs (May)
CW (13/06): 126.5kg / 279lbs
GW for June: 123kgs / 269lbs
1st GW: 114kg / 251lbs
2nd GW: 104kg / 229lbs
UGW: 88kg / 194lbs
June Goals:
• Continue exercising daily - 6/7 days last week.
• At or under sedentary calorie deficit – Yes but I think I need to increase my overall daily deficit through more exercise to see more movement.
• Keep logging, weighing and putting the effort in - tick.
June 1: 127.3kg / 281lbs
June 8: 127.3kg / 281lbs
June 15: 126.5kg / 279lbs
June 22: 125kg / 276lbs
June 29: 123.5kg / 272lbs6 -
Half way through June, too late to join?
SW: 223.5 (this is the most I have ever weighed, even counting when I was pregnant!)
Goals: drink water, vitamins, 8,000 steps a day, 20 min walk daily, stay under calorie goal.
GW: Under 200
UGW: 160
Thanks all9
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