Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!
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@changeforeverlj thanks for the encouragement! I appreciate it. I HAVE to get more movement in as that is definitely one area that I'm still lacking.
My scale didn't speak nicely to me this morning - no gains thankfully, but also no loss. I'm not surprised as we've been having too much takeout as I shared yesterday. I'm hopeful for a better week next week!
My weekend goals:
*At least 30 minutes of exercise every day
*MEAL PREP!
*Rearrange my bedroom
Hope everyone has a happy Friday!8 -
Just getting started, finally faced the scale and up 7 pounds since January.
CW 263.8
June goal 255
Consistently log for accountability
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It's been interesting making sure I eat enough calories in a day; without this app, I never would have realized that my body was in starvation mode. But now I'm planning well-balanced meals in the app in advance, and my metabolism is speeding up. Down a pound since starting!9
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**Height 5' 4"
SW: 216.8 (10/10/2019)
CW 6/1: 206.6
6/5: 202.6
6/12: 201.6
June GW: 199
GW: 150
Monthly Goals:
Cardio/elliptical 3/week (1)
Strength and Yoga 2/week (0)
Water 8c/day (7)
I weighed but forgot to check in last Friday. This week is a 1lb loss so total for the month is 5lb. Not bad for getting back on track. Exercise is a whole other story. I just can't seem to find my get up and go for it. I don't know why since I do feel better when I get off my butt. Hopefully by the end of the month I will find my mojo and be hitting it again. I'm still kinda in my shell but am reading the posts most days. For those who have been struggling don't give up. Every day is a new day and opportunity to do better. All those hitting goals and dropping pounds I'm so proud of you. To all hope your weekend is a great one.8 -
@BrownSugar174, you look wonderful. Great work and dedication!
@aliciap0116, I am in the same boat, I keep hovering around the 239-242 mark, currently sitting at 240. I can't wait to comfortably get into the 230s, but I know I need to track better for that to happen. We got this!
@MuttiNM, nice loss! Also great bike riding, I would be exhausted. And 200lbs?! That is amazing!!
@shorepine, glad to hear you're feeling good. Those are the best days.
@speyerj, glad to hear you're feeling better. I hope the weight keeps falling off from the medicine.
@GroverBlue78, sometimes the scale doesn't reflect our hard work. Are you taking measurements as well?
@KeriA, nice work getting exercise in!
@orangequilt, that is a long flight! Hope it went well.
@River314, nice work! Hitting that many steps takes time.
@hbrookens, welcome! And you can do this, somedays are harder than others. @chasity_08, welcome!
@letsgoliss, it can take a bit, but you got this.
@KristenLCook2, hope your day got better! Happy Friday!
@katandjak, welcome! This group is a lovely support system.
@lilmisfit1987, glad to hear the sciatica pain is gone, that can be so frustrating.
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971, hope you're feeling better!
@CupcakeCrusoe, I bet that does come in handy because it can be hard to see it sometimes.
@changeforeverlj, I really need to get better at exercise. I have slacked these last two months.
@donnajean_423, welcome! This is a great group.
@FoolishJoy, you got this!
@bluffgirl67, I love seeing you on here! I am struggling with exercise as well, but we can do this. I'm sending you hugs.5 -
Weigh-In Friday
5/31: 241
6/5: 240.5
6/12: 240
Well, at least I am staying consistent. I know I need to get better at tracking my food and it would see a bigger loss, but it's a work in progress. Still not doing the best workout wise, but I am hoping to get better soon. I am hoping to get back into Kickboxing in July if our COVID rates are down, so fingers crossed there. Happy Friday everyone!5 -
Yay! I get to do Weigh In Friday too today! 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
Lowest May weight: 251.4 (5/28)
June 1 SW: TBD
CW: 250.8
GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs.
June Goal weight: 246 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 ✔
2. Continue to Log weight, food and exercise and stay under calorie goal ✔
3. Get some exercise 6 days a week and up NEAT by cleaning. Try to exceed 150 min. of exercise/ week I am just starting to implement this starting Tuesday this week.
4. Get into the 240sand stay there! until I get into the 230's. I am .8 lbs away
5. Continue to make healthy meals at home. ✔
I have been losing relative to my June1st weight but I haven't checked in since it has to be below my last lowest weight which was in May. Yesterday I was true to my June focus on exercise and weight loss. I added another day of weight/strength training into my week. Seniors should have at least 1 but 2 is good weight training sessions and they help with weight loss.
My Tuesday and now Thursday sessions:
I start out with 5 minutes on my Gazelle. Then I pack up my small backpack with my 5 lb weights, 2 bottles of shampoo, my phone, water bottle and exercise cheat sheet. I go to the back yard and get some more cardio warm up (fast walking, modified low impact jumping jacks, high steps) for another 5 minutes. Then I start my weight, body weight and strength training exercises (dumbell rows, lateral raises, dumbell presses, bicep curls, wall push ups leg lifts, chair sits instead of squats due to knee issues), I may do any of the cardio exercises I feel I need more of, then inside again and do more strength and stretching exercises on my bed (plank, pilates, roll up, Russian twists, hip raises, knees to chest, hamstring stretch/leg lifts, quadriflex stretch, 4s, lying twist, seated fold, then I get up and do a runners stretch, calf stretches, arm stretches etc. This varies between 30-60 minutes. Yesterday it was 60 minutes.
Today is a video, hopefully fun dancing type. Otherwise it is my Gazelle or taking my husband on his walk which I have been very negligent on lately. I have added a minutes exercised to my spreadsheet with 155-360 minutes being my goal range. I have decided to add small periods of more intense gliding to my Gazelle sessions not only for the value of HIIT but it helps with the boredom issue. Intense gliding is an oxymoron I know.
I have lost 2 lbs this week (only .8 of it new loss) so I plan to keep doing what I am doing. Eating at a healthy deficit, exercising each day but Sunday, drinking water and getting more sleep. I used to add eating at home but the Pandemic solved that issue for me.
Hope all have great weekends.8 -
So I'm not alone in my struggles with the scale! I thought May was rough for me but June will NOT be outdone!
I have a lot of confounding factors at play, but here's the summary: As of yesterday's weigh-in, I gained 12 pounds in the first 11 days of June.
I know I have not been the most consistent this month, and I know I've missed bites, licks, and tastes (BLTs!) of food that I should be logging. I am also sure I did not consume an EXTRA 4,200 calories daily to account for such a large weight gain. And that's before adding exercise calories back in, which if I did consider that on a conservative basis I would have been eating an additional 4,700 calories a day.
I definitely felt and looked bloated. I'm sure this is mostly a water-weight gain linked to all of the following: the tooth extraction (taking antibiotics, high-dose ibuprofen, having to eat a soft diet), the power outage (shopped for prepared convenience foods I could tolerate with the tooth business), and stress (having to actually go into my office in the city to work, across the street from City Hall, a magnet for protests).
I made it a priority to drink, drink, drink, drink, drink yesterday in a move to flush out the sodium and move stuff along in the GI tract. I even had some fiber for the first time in a week and a half.
As a result, the scale did actually register 5 lbs less this AM. And I felt somewhat better today but when I took my socks off to weigh I saw the sock lines so there's more bloat to get rid of. (By the way, if you have any cardiac or renal issues you should not increase your water intake unless you know how much you can tolerate.)
So I try not to let the scale bother me. But 12 lbs is a dramatic difference. I did my best to keep up with the routine, and keep the faith that what I was doing is still working...or if not figure out why!11 -
@MuttiNW you are my exercise inspiration!
@lilmisfit1987 Wow if I lost that much next week I would make my monthly goal I was despairing of. I like you outside time with your kids goal. I had some sciatica issues when I was younger. I try to get an exercise I call a 4 in as much as I can. You put your foot over your opposite knee. I sit or lay except when I was in a pool. I miss my stretches in the pool.
@hbrookens I had my own technical difficulties in my post :P
@AlexandraFindsHerself I am not surprise you impressed the mover. I had a plan too but not so good at the packing. Hope you feel better soon.
@CupcakeCrusoe I use a phone weight app too since I am not that great with excel charts.
@changeforeverlj I am having exercise struggles now but I used to love it. I agree that it gets easier and you start to love it the more you do it. I remember the moment of joy and gratitude my body would give me once I committed to going. However it isn’t that fun right now.
@FoolishJoy This happened to me after losing 20 lbs. MFP had set me at below my BMR for wanting to lose only 1 lb a week. Those 20 lbs were not easy. Then I went up slowly to my calculated maintenance and started losing. I lost another 20 lbs then got a full time job.
@bluffgirl67 glad you are making progress now with weight loss. I sometimes do better without exercise losing weight but I know that weight loss isn’t the only thing I need.
@torihudson6 good job continuing to make progress.
There seems to be a theme going about struggling now with exercise.
I used to love running before my Dr told me I couldn’t. I miss it. I love aquafit until the gym closed. I miss it. When I lost weight last time I did walk/run intervals around an almost 5K lake path 1-2 times a week, did Aquafit 2-3 times a week and did weight training at the gym 1-2 times a week. I went for walks in the neighborhood. I got 60 minutes at least 6 days a week and then I finally got a full time job again (with commute). I finally got back to the 3 aquafit days a week and a few walks. However that is also when my knee went out doing aquazumba moves on the land to show them to my daughter. The next year I broke my leg at my new job on the stairs just before going to Hawaii for my son’s wedding. I went into all the pools and made it into the ocean anyway. However now I am having trouble with land based exercise. I have the time again but not the strength from before. We also have a small house. I would love to take long hikes but I can only do 3 blocks down and back before my knee complains. I think I can work beyond this as I get stronger and lighter. I also don’t have a bike anymore. A long bike ride sounds really nice right now too. So I have a fold up cheap Gazelle in my living room, am doing small walks, videos and my weight training routine. However it isn’t fun anymore. O I am seeing as I do brushing my teeth or any of the things I do to take care of myself. If I do go back to work again it will probably be from home. Then maybe a bike will be possible. I am not sure when I will feel a public pool will be safe for me.6 -
I looked at a pair of size 12 pants today when I was at the store. They looked... possible. Not yet, but someday. (I'm in a 16 now, started in a 20.) Quite frankly, if I can get down to a 12 in pants and on top by December, I'd be thrilled.
Our state is starting to open up, we move at the beginning of next month, and we have plans as a family to work out. My girlfriend broke her back and needs a pool, and so while she's at the Aquafit for Arthritis classes, I can do my weight machines, and when Boyfriend wants to go work out over his lunch hour, I can ride over with him and get on a cycle or a treadmill for a while. I don't want to shove weight around right after a meal, but walking or gentle pedaling will be fine.6 -
I definitely struggle with exercise. We spent the past several years living overseas where public transport was the norm, & walking so much really helped my overall activity level. Then we joined charity groups that involved physical activities, like supplying items to the homeless & beach clean-ups, which increased it even more.
Once we returned to the land of convenience things quickly became harder. We began driving everywhere instead of walking. Occasionally there were hikes with Scouting, we’d wander around stores, go to the pool / river, play tennis as a family... but it was far less than the consistent daily 30+ minute walks each way to / from the bus, through the subway stations, etc. We have to think about it now. It has to be intentional. Since Covid it’s gotten especially bad - I’ve been a total couch potato. My Apple Watch is set to just 3500 steps & I struggle to even hit that most days. 😣
Admitting it is the first step, I suppose...7 -
@ChrysalisCove Im usually a couch potato too. I’ve been working on getting more steps. Walking things to the areas I need one at a nice. Working out in the yard. Going out on walks just to get moving. Every little extra thing helps
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Hi everyone, I survived the flight from london to sydney and am now in mandatory quarantine, they have put us in a lovely big hotel suite and the meals so far have been great, there is a minibar of snacks and you can get supermarket online delivery also, so we've landed on our feet! Enough room for yoga too. Some people have done half marathons running up and down the hotel room but i think I'll give that a miss.10
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Good morning 😁 everyone! Glad to see a loss this week ... whew! This slow poke loss is frustrating but I understand it. Working to avoid the up and down. Glad to report it’s mostly down but just small increments. This week is my last week at work, then I have about 3 weeks of vacation. I hope to spend that time catching up with family❣️
Had a great afternoon with my best friends. They complained that they gained all the weight that I’ve lost 🤣. I was very encouraging as I laughed at them 😉. This was the first time we’ve all been together since the quarantine❣️
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
CW: 6/6. 189.4
6/10. 189.4 (-0.0)
6/13. 188.8 (-0.6)
June GW: 185
UGW: 160 (*28.8 to go)
Weekly Goals:
💚Maintain💚
✅3 miles per day walk/run
✅100+ oz per day hydration
✅1200 or less calories per day
✅500+ calories per day burned (exercise)
🧡Attain🧡
✴️2 toning days per week
✴️Eat more healthy fats (fish, nuts)
✴️Meditate 5 minutes daily (deep breathing)
Have a Super Saturday and a Great Week❣️
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@AlexandraFindsHerself1971: When I started my journey, I bought a pair of size 14 jeans (they were $5). They were my goal. I tried them on every weekend. Then one weekend ... they fit❣️ It was an exciting day!
Now they’re loose 😍❣️
I’ve always said I’d be satisfied to get to a size 14. Until I got to a size 12.
Just bought a pair of size 10 shorts. They fit 😳. So, who knows what size I’ll end up in 🤷🏽♀️
BTW: I don’t think I’ve worn a size 10 since I WAS 10 years old
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orangequilt wrote: »Hi everyone, I survived the flight from london to sydney and am now in mandatory quarantine, they have put us in a lovely big hotel suite and the meals so far have been great, there is a minibar of snacks and you can get supermarket online delivery also, so we've landed on our feet! Enough room for yoga too. Some people have done half marathons running up and down the hotel room but i think I'll give that a miss.
We used to go San Francisco to Hong Kong a few times a year; those flights are brutal! Glad you landed on your feet - hope you recover from the jet lag soon! 🌏
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Name: Tamara
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 254
End of December: 246.7
End of January: 244.7
End of Feb.: 242.2
End of March: 240
End of April: 240.4
End of May: 235.6
6/6: 237.1 (+1.5)
6/13: 236.1 (-1.0)
6/20:
6/27:
6/30:
June Goal Weight: under 230 (revised to 232)
Well, June has knocked me for a loop so far but I am finally starting to feel more like myself now! Hoping the rest of the month goes more smoothly and that I start to see bigger losses now. I had major PMS and period symptoms that in total lasted about 10 days. UGH. At one point I was convinced I was back to my original weight based on how swollen with water retention I was - even my fingers were swollen. I also struggled with depression and anxiety, the latter of which had me gagging wearing my mask at work. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Anyway, I've finally been feeling much better the past couple of days and am ready to tackle the remainder of June!
Have a great weekend, all!7 -
Back on the boards...today is day 10. The last time I made a serious effort to lose weight was in 2014; after a while I trickled off and the weight came back. The last time I was under 200 was in 2010. Switched careers to teaching so now I’m on my feet all day and don’t have time to go out for lunch like I used to do, so that has helped keep me below my previous high weight, but social distancing has canceled all of that and I got up to a new high. I had a six pound water weight drop the first day, so that number was probably inflated, but it is still both discouraging that I got there and motivating to stay on track!
HW: 243.2 (I don’t count this in my tracking because it was at the end of the day and I always track in the morning for consistency, but I preserve it so I don’t forget the shock of seeing that number. Previous high was 236.6)
SW: 241.8
CW: 232.0
June goal: under 230
My neighborhood pool is open and not very heavily used, so I’m able to swim while still social distancing. It’s the only form of exercise I can consistently get in the summer, so I’m thankful it’s open. My net food - exercise calories range between 1200 and 1500 (MFP goal 1450 for loss of 1.5 pounds per week). Right now I’m in that exciting early stage where the water rate is dropping off and it looks like I’m making huge progress - almost 10 pounds in as many days - but I know that won’t last. Still, even if you ignore the first couple days of big drops, I’ve lost at least a pound or two of real weight since the numbers settled down.10 -
@pamiede What an amazing victory! I'm keeping you in my sight in this race we are running, one day I will post a pic!! You look beautiful, so strong, slim, and trim!3
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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 3 -
@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!
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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
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