Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

We got all the taping-that-doesn't-require-a-ladder done in the kitchen and another large room, and I think if we both tape tomorrow we can have all the downstairs taped (Except my sister's room, which has to have some remodeling work done on it, and has to be painted after that's done) and hopefully the upstairs taped. Specifically, the ghastly orange bathroom. Ick and ew.

Have arranged with Eldest Son that we will be working 9am-5pm Monday through Thursday to paint it all and on Friday we will clean it all up and generally get things in order for the movers to come. I'm buying him lunch each day and giving him gas money plus a bit, so he's happy to help. Plus he wants to see the orange bathroom for himself. (grin)

ChrysalisCove

Just coming here to cry a little. Tomorrow I will have an *exceedingly rare* day to myself. DH is gone & DS is going to his grandparents’. I was going to treat myself to a restaurant no one in the family likes except me... & they have removed my favorite meal from their menu 😭

orangequilt

@ChrysalisCove oh no! I feel your pain, I went to a favourite pub on thursday and they have removed my TWO favourite things!

orangequilt

@tarzaria87 I don't eat back any exercise calories, because I think they give too many calories for exercise. I set my goal as losing 1kg a month, which gives me around 1670 cals a day, I exercise fairly gently most days, and I don't eat any of the calories back. I create my own exercise names on MFP so I don't even know how many calories they are supposed to be.
My logic for this is that I want my body to get accustomed to this amount of food, and this amount of exercise, for ever really. I don't mind weightloss being really slow if I can reset my expectations around food.
Most people don't do it the way I am doing it though, and most people want to lose weight fast. Eating back half could be a good compromise.
Good luck!

supersparklyk

Sunday check in time. I spent all week out of town again and I'm liking the groove. I only have the bare essentials in my hotel fridge and I've resisted the ladies that tempt me with biscuits and gravy to go from the breakfast area. I swing by for a banana and water now.
I have been hiking the hotel hallways and also the beach. I did get in the pool one evening but there was either a very big spider or a crab (it was dark) on the edge thinking about joining me in the water. Nope to arthropods!

SW: 312 (4/15/20)
End of May: 289
6/6: 286.8
6/13: 286.3
6/21: 279.3
6/28: 276.0
Mini Goal: Get my BMI under 40 to get out of the "morbidly obese" category (July??)
UGW: 160

NSV: I now fit in the tops at Costco!!

Meal prep my breakfasts for the week-quinoa with spices and veggies
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 corridors

supersparklyk

@Terytha Hey- you were at the gym. That alone is a win in my book!

@havalynd You're in Onederland! Way to go - can't wait until I'm there!

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 To-go boxes = portion control + lunch the next day. Score!

@pamiede What a transformation! Very inspiring

@cesse47 My goodness, you've had a rough year. You are a tough, resilient lady!

@speyerj and @KeriA I envy your WA/OR beach adventures! I have so many fond memories of that cold surf and rugged shorelines!

pamiede

@Tazaria87 I don’t burn a lot because I don’t do high intensity training. I try to stay within my calorie range as much as possible. I don’t want to risk going over my DCI in case the calorie count is inaccurate.

If you are training like @speyerj, then I can see you eating them back.

Tazaria87

pamiede wrote: »

@Tazaria87 I don’t burn a lot because I don’t do high intensity training. I try to stay within my calorie range as much as possible. I don’t want to risk going over my DCI in case the calorie count is inaccurate.

If you are training like @speyerj, then I can see you eating them back.

Thank you for responding, everyone has been helpful!

cesse47

Thanks everyone for your kind words and hugs! It is great to be back home and getting back into my routines.

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 sounds like you bought your new house ... CONGRATS!!

@speyerj lookin' good for that marathon. I was so excited to be able to eat out again ... but like you, started
feeling a bit paranoid about being closed in. We made our meal short as well.

@Terytha you'll get back to your "normal" quite quickly; then you can work on improving from there.
hang in there!!

@havalynd Congrats on hitting Onederland!! You'll get back there quickly. Just keep focused on logging every bite and every drink, drink a bit more water each day, maybe keep to lower ranges in carbs and sodium. You Got this!!

@KeriA Your beach getaway sounds awesome!!

@pamiede Awesome!! You are such an inspiration!

@Tazaria87 MFP is designed for you to eat back exercise calories. Typically, I do not; but my exercise is pretty small compared to most. I'm concerned your energy levels and endurance are noticeably lower. Perhaps you could eat back 25-30% to see if that helps. Maybe add a nutrient dense snack: walnuts or pecans, banana and peanut butter, protein shake, etc

cesse47

@ChrysalisCove Oh NO!! I hate when they do that. Our restaurants are just starting to open and I found out two of my favorites are permanently closed. Bummer!!

@supersparklyk sorry about the critter in the pool ... that you were able to go to the pool was fabulous. So far, all of our pools remain closed. I'm hoping they'll be open in the Fall since I'd like to add a water exercise program to my routines.

ChrysalisCove

Luckily it all worked out. I got curry instead, which I haven’t had in AGES because I feared it would just be awful (we returned to the US last summer after years of living in Asia). It was a bit tomatoey, but still good & the naan was fresh, hot & soft. 🍛

As an added bonus my appetite has shrunk enough that the one order will also cover dinner, so I shouldn’t even go over my calories today!

planktonbye

supersparklyk wrote: »

I've resisted the ladies that tempt me with biscuits and gravy to go from the breakfast area.

Go you! There is no way I could resist an actual human offering me biscuits and gravy. And forget about the sausage.

RavenStCloud

Hey, ladies!

I will be posting next month's group soon!

💜💜💜

BrownSugar174

My Green Goddess Smoothie!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Beyond Green Light matcha powder, Plant Power Organic soy milk, Wella peanut butter cocoa bar and Van Leewan’s vegan strawberry ice cream!

Ajagreenqween

Hello Everyone, I am new to the group and excited to be amongst ladies on this journey too!! Just started on Tuesday of last week. My name is Aja!

Sw: 217
Cw: 213

*This weeks goal is to get my power walks in at least 4 days for 60 minutes.
* stay within my calorie range every day. This week I exceed twice..
* Go into July consistent!!

changeforeverlj

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)
29/06 87.5 Kg 192.5 -(0.66) (-0.3 kgs)

That's my worse check-in since I started. It was a birthday week (and TOM) with lots of little cheats, champagne, and wine, even a few slivers of chocolate pie. So it all caught up on the scale, a victory that I'm still a tiny bit less! Going into July very mindful of how easy it is to just slide back into years of bad habits! But I won't give up, onwards and downwards I go...

rhsdancer5

I have been moving this past week and for me moving is extremely stressful 😓. I have been doing a lot of heavy lifting and getting a LOT of steps! However, I have gained 2 pounds after this week of not logging and stress eating. I know I haven’t been drinking enough water so I plan to do better with that this week! 💧

One week will not ruin my progress! 💪🏻

CupcakeCrusoe

Good morning everyone!

I'm pages and pages behind, so I've clicked all your buttons and I'm doing a modified tag party with kinda the highlights:

@pamiede as always, you're inspirational.

@speyerj CONGRATULATIONS ON MAINTENANCE!!!!!!

@cesse47 I really hope that things get easier on you really soon. Sending you all the mojo.

@RavenStCloud thank you so much for these threads. They're essential to my keeping my head in.

@BrownSugar174 your smoothie sounds so good!

Updates:
Christina
31 years old
SW: 207
CW (5/31): 186.0
6/5: 189.0
6/14: 187
6/20:187.2
6/28: 187.0
GW for June: 184
UGW: 145

Daily 5 to Thrive:
☀️ 30 minutes for me ✅
☀️ 30 minutes of exercise ✅
☀️ 90 oz water ✅
☀️ Added sugar less than 10% of calories daily ❌
☀️ Write 10 things I'm grateful for ✅

Right, so here's where I say that what I plan to do doesn't always work out. There were too many treats in my house. I ended up taking Thursday-Sunday off, for the most part. I ate what I felt like, logged minimally if at all, and worked hard to really enjoy it. I need to have my head in the game, and this was the first break I took since January, so I might as well make the most of it.

I'm back in. All the way back in. All three of my siblings are getting married next year, and I'm the maid of honor for my sister's wedding. I found old pictures of my slimmer self in 2014, and I'm using them for motivation. I can be there again. Some things I've got:



I've been on and off MFP for literally years. Those big spikes? My two pregnancies. I've done this before, I can do it again.

Here's me at my lowest, in about November 2014:



And here's me about now:




I've got this. Just have to bring back the meal prep, exercise, and patience. Stick to it. That's all I need to do. I'm down but not out, and I luckily didn't gain a whole lot while I've been floundering this month. So it's time to get back to losing. I'm going to be a hot maid of honor and wedding guest next year. I'm going to be in so many pictures. I want to feel good.

There are 28 weeks left in 2020. At 1 lb/week, that would put me at about 160.
There are 42 weeks left until the first wedding, the one where I'm the maid of honor. I won't hit a pound a week once I get down there realistically, but hypothetically, I could be at ultimate goal weight (145) by then if I did hit a pound a week. I wasn't even 145 when I was in that 2014 picture, so even if I don't make it all the way down, I'll still be hot.

I can do this.

Goals for next month:
Continue the 5 to Thrive.
Include a wedding countdown in my weekly check ins.
And check in on the same day every week, no sleep excuses.

We've all got this. Happy Monday, everyone!

orangequilt

Age 51
Highest weight 105.5kg (aug 2018)
Lowest weight 94.7kg (march 2020)
Goal weight 80kg
Current weight 95.8kg start of month
Current weight 99.2kg end of month

June goals

💛 to develop a relaxed attitude to what and when my next meal is going to be yes

💛 to accept and deal with craving foods that aren't available yes

💛 to meditate every day not every day but did yoga or meditation most days in quarantine

I survived the quarantine but I did gain weight. Here's to next month!

AgnesFerniot

down 2.5 #.