Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!
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Hey everyone!
I realize June is almost over and this thread is focused on weight loss for the month, but I was hoping to make some more active friends on here ... I only have a handful of active friends since I started and I am needing the chat and motivation!
I fell off the diet wagon for two months (May and June), but I am back to continue my journey!
SW: 336
CW: 280ish (I just restarted and will expect this to change drastically my next weigh-in due to water weight)
*mini goal: One-derland!
GW: 145
All supporters welcome as long as you're an active member on MFP and have no quit in you! I desperately need all the help I can get
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@aliciap0116 - I'm sorry it's been rough for you. Your experience with what happens when you take a diet and logging break mirrors mine. You would think that a year of careful tracking and logging plus exercise would translate into being able to sustain that habit just naturally when you aren't monitoring yourself. But that wasn't the case for me the last time I lost 100 pounds and I think that is true for many others too.
In business, its a well worn truism that "What get's measured gets managed" and I think that is true for weight management too. The important thing is that you figured this out after only a 3 pound gain (which might just be water) and not a regain of everything you lost. I'm resigned to the fact that maintenance will look a lot like weight loss for me. Daily weigh-ins, and daily food tracking - at least for a year then maybe I will see what happens if I don't log my food. For right now, I know I cannot trust my appetite to manage my food. In fact, since I added in additional calories to slow my rate of loss, I feel more hungry than ever.
@EmotionalEater84 - Welcome! I'm no quitter. Feel free to friend me.
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Well I have been so discouraged by my yo- yo-ing this month. If I don't finish at my goal weight that I set for this month I am still going to be happy because I don't weigh as much as when I did at the start of this month. Hopefully I can stay on track for the rest of this month. Even if I fail miserably I am still going to count this month as a victory because as many times as I fell this month I didn't give up when I felt like it and I kept getting back up and trying again! I will get there! For those of you struggling like I am. Keep getting back up! Don't throw in the towel! You can do this!!!
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I was born in San Antonio.2 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself I think taking a break on maintenance is still part of the game and glad you will keep dropping in. You add a lot to this thread.
alicia0116 I had low water this weekend but doing better this week. Well I do not know what is worse relaxing and gaining 5 lbs or knocking your head against the wall gaining and losing the same 2-3 lbs. Last fall I found out how easily it was to get off track and gained more than 5 lbs. I think you have a good plan for the rest of the month. I would just say 7 hrs isn’t bad and you need your sleep too.
@EmotionalEater84 Welcome. Not sure if you mean active friends and continuing with the thread that continues each month or just finding some friends either way is fine but this thread is awesome and it has helped a lot of us. For a while one of my goals was to make sure to check here daily because it keeps my head in the game and I get lots of inspiration. Now it is a habit that is too happy to give up.
@crystalsan Your post spoke to me. I have been doing everything but I have only lost a little bit. I like your positive attitude counting the month as a victory.
I like to wait until I exercise before posting on the thread but today I had to rest and make dinner after I did exercise so just checking in now. Dinner is basically done. It was pretty easy today after yesterday’s more ambitious meal. So far so good with my exercise focus. I only did 20 minutes on one day but today was more. I did my strength training stretching routine and some of it was outside in the sun. Hope all have a good evening.
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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)
5/31: 243.4
6/3: 241.6
6/10: 239.2
6/17: 238.6
6/24: 237.0
6/30:
June GW: 236.1
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 - 4/5
- strength training (including core specific exercises) 2 times per week - 2/2
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 4/4
I just missed making all my exercise goals. Close but not quite. Not bad, though, considering the 2 trips I made to take my parents to their doctor appointments. My weight loss was just a bit under what I projected but it was closer to projected than last week so that's something.
My daughter is home for a few days and then at least one more trip to my parents so I might have a hard time again this week hitting all my exercise goals. We'll see how it goes.
Take care everyone!5 -
Weigh in Wednesday, drumroll
i lost 16lbs since May 5. Mind you no one can tell but me. Today I was landscaping moving heavy rocks. I had on my previously comfy elastic waist shorts.
I realized that my shorts were looking like those kids with their pants hanging down underwear showing.8 -
@ljlbrick that's a good drop!
@speyerj I can relate to your post Jane, I can't imagine a time in my life when I'm not going to have to be careful with what I eat! But I'm enjoying the journey down!
I went on a solo walk this morning, it's just over three miles to the mouth and back home. It was so good for me!
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What a lovely walk!
One of the things that keeps me going is the hope of being able to walk for pleasure and exercise. I'm not there yet, but I can tell that if I take off 85 pounds more I will be, based on how much better I feel having lost the 35 pounds.4 -
@pamiede, go you! Love the skirt.
@k1975lr, wow, I am terrified of spiders. Glad to hear your husband is doing better and I bet it was a great Father's Day. Nice loss!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971, hope you're doing well.
@GroverBlue78, hope you're feeling a bit better.
@elainey13, all we can do is keep going.
@TheGlamorousPineapple, welcome! I also love your name. Those look like great goals.
@arielflores, it can feel daunting, but you can do this and this is also an amazingly supportive group, too!
@klehmann7918, welcome! And yes you can.
@KeriA, hope you're having a nice week!
@aliciap0116, hope you're doing well. You can do this. I'm in the same boat as you right now motivation wise, but I'm trying.
@EmotionalEater84, welcome! These threads are always very active, so you will have a lot of people to chat with.
@crystalsan726, great work! That is an accomplishment.
@MuttiNM, great work!
@jjlbrick, great work! Some times it can take a bit for people to notice, it took me about the 25-30lb loss when people really started to notice.
@changeforeverlj, what a beautiful walk!
Hope everyone is well! July is going to be difficult for me as I have school, work, and my mom is having a pretty major surgery that will keep her off her feet for about 8 weeks and I will be a primary caregiver, plus my general household duties with my step-kids and partner. I know I'll have support if I need it, but I am terrible at asking for it and just run myself ragged instead.
I am hoping to make sure to prioritize myself and exercise to make sure I am still taking care of me. I am ready to reset and shake this funk off. Sending hugs to all.
Also, anyone who is new here and would like friends, please feel free to add me!7 -
Finally I get to do a check-in. I do check-ins when I lose since my weight varies so much.
Name: Keri
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
2/1: 263.6
3/1: 261.8
4/1: 258
5/1:254
6/12: 250.8
Lowest May weight: 251.4 (5/28)
June 1 SW: TBD
CW: 250.4
GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs. Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to have a healthy weight for me.
June Goal weight: 246 247. This is 5 lbs lower than my lowest May weight but I will be happy losing 4 lbs. Update: I want to at least get into the 240s and stay there.
My June Goals are:
1. Continue to Get enough sleep and improve water intake
I have been good at this with the exception of last weekend I didn’t get as much water.
2. Continue to Log weight, food and exercise and stay under calorie goal
I am doing well at this for the last 3 months.
3. Get some exercise 6 days a week and up NEAT by cleaning. Try to exceed 150 min. of exercise/ week I am doing well at this recently. I added a few lines on my spreadsheet mid month and have gotten 200 + minutes of exercise each week. I have exercised 30-60 minutes every weekday and usually 6 days a week. I had one day I did 20 minutes only on my Gazelle this week.
4. Get into the 240s Close but still working on this.
5. Continue to make healthy meals at home.
I need to get the rest of this weight off to get into the 240s before the end of the month. It sounds easy but the losing this month has been excruciatingly slow. I will keep up what I am doing this past few days to hopefully continue this downward trend. I was trying to look at the weeks I lost better and realize I have to do some work on my spreadsheet since it isn't really calculation weekly figures I need to evaluate what is working. I can tell that the week I lost alot I had higher deficits than I should need to lose at a reasonable rate but that month I did lose at the rate I wanted it was mostly lost in one week where I was not that hungry. In March the loss was spread between 2 weeks.
My Weekly goals: (or the rest of the month)- So for this week I have a goal to work on my spreadsheet to be able to determine what is a good deficit to lose a pound a week.
- Try to lose as close to 4 lbs for the month as possible. The question is do I use 251.4 (lowest May weight or 254 6/1 weight)? I think I should use 252 - 4 is 248. Which means I have to lose 2.4 lbs in 5 days.
I really had 2 areas I was focusing on this month. Weight loss and upping exercise hence these 2 goals for the rest of the month. I have made some progress on both but not enough on weight loss. An area that I have only touched on is general physical activity or NEAT. I have only upped this a little. It is hard when you are staying home all day. It is easier to see how much exercise I am getting. Since I stopped using my fitbit due to skin irritation it has been hard to measure.
More later.
I will read posts later today and reply as appropriate. I have some work to do. Exercise for the day, Working on my spreadsheet. Luckily dinner is leftovers, yum, Caribbean Chicken Curry.7 -
We close on the house today!!!
Because we normally get up early and breakfast early, I made an executive decision that we are going to have a solid brunch at 10 am, and that way we won't spend an hour and a half signing papers with short tempers and headaches. Then we're going to go over to Our New House!!! and make sure the keys work and generally... you know...kiss each other in each room and such silliness.11 -
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June starting weight- 226.6
June goal weight- 219
6/3- 225.8
6/10- 222.6
6/20- 224.4
6/26- 221.6
Had a rough week last week but I am pushing my way through and putting one foot in front of the other. I will get there!!9 -
We started our day off with a wonderful bike ride today!
My weight has not fluctuated more than 1/2 a pound since my last weigh in. My waist has gone from 46 inches to 39.1 inches in the last 8 months. I’d gone from a size 22W to a 14W...I tried on the 14W this morning and they are looser than they were when I first got into them.
I look at photos like this and I’m very happy!
I feel so very good! Amazon just delivered my “Beyond Greens” Light Matcha Power and it is sooooo good in my smoothies! One day at a time!!
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SW: 245
Goal 1: 220
Goal 2: 200
Goal 3: 185 **Previous LW**
UGW: 140-170 (will reassess closer to goal)
Week 1: 🔻 4.2 (240.8)
Week 2: 🔻 1.8 (239.0)
Week 3: 🔻 1.8 (237.2)
Week 4:
One more week to go! I’d love to be down to 235 by then...5 -
AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »We close on the house today!!!
Because we normally get up early and breakfast early, I made an executive decision that we are going to have a solid brunch at 10 am, and that way we won't spend an hour and a half signing papers with short tempers and headaches. Then we're going to go over to Our New House!!! and make sure the keys work and generally... you know...kiss each other in each room and such silliness.
Congratulations!! 🥳 We hope to buy our first home in the spring. So exciting!
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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:
6/13:
6/20:
6/27:
6/30:
Goals for June:- Run 13 miles on June 22nd - last long run in preparation for half on 7/4
- Run 4x's week
- Get 10,000 steps a day
- Maintain a 500/calorie deficit/day
- Lose 5 pounds to hit my goal weight of 175
- Stay well/Stay safe
I just cleaned out my clothes closet and now have 4 garbage bags full of clothes to donate. I tried on all my old bathing suits from back when I was this size and I'm actually pleased with how I look in them! I'm excited to plan trips to the coast soon.
Wow, you lost over 100 lbs in 11 months? Great Job3 -
Sarah
43 years old; 5'3
SW: 225
Last May Weight (5/29): 208.6
CW: 204.4
6/5: 207
6/12: 206.6
6/19: 205.4
6/26: 204.4
GW for June: 203
UGW: 125
June Goals
☀️ Complete C25K: Done!
☀️ Read 4 books per month (Done! I finished Thunderhead, Just Mercy, The New Kid, and Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth) Currently listening to Heft and reading a Cold Trail!
☀️ Close my Apple rings every single day
☀️ Find good snack alternatives
☀️ Eat a veggie or fruit with every meal
I do not think I am going to meet my June goal between now and next Wednesday, but that is ok. I have been meeting my other goals apart from the weight loss portion. I would love to see 199 by the end of July and I am confident I can do that if I keep on with what I have been doing. And, honestly, I am happy to see the scale moving down, but nothing has made me more proud than getting up at 5:00 am and actually running outside for 3 miles. It is becoming my therapy.
@KeriA you are almost to the 240s! You can do it!
@BrownSugar174 You look lovely and that hard work has paid off!
@changeforeverlj What a gorgeous walk! Good for you for getting out there.7 -
ChrysalisCove wrote: »
Congratulations!! 🥳 We hope to buy our first home in the spring. So exciting!
Advice from our experience: Pack slowly and ongoing. Pack up seasonal items when you get done with them. Amazon sells labels that are labeled with rooms, and that helps when it's time to sort. Decide what are must haves, like to haves, and dreams.
Let the person who does the cooking decide if the kitchen is adequate for their needs.
Look at houses in or just after a good heavy rain. That way any leaks they haven't mentioned will declare themselves.
If there are mature trees on the property, and it is served by the city sewer, have the sewer scoped.
From my own experience:
Me: Sees large mature oak trees in front yard. Sees that scoping the sewer is $150 extra when I get the inspection done. Decides to do it.
Man who does scope: I couldn't get it that far down, there were too many roots.
End: Sellers pay to have $10k of work done to entirely replace sewer line from house to street connection. Had I not decided to pay that $150 extra, we would get to pay the 10K ourselves in a year or two when the toilets backed up.
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