Women 200lb+, Let's Seize the Day This September!!!

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  • eliezalot
    eliezalot Posts: 620 Member
    @CupcakeCrusoe - I've wondered about that too. I tend to have more of a heel strike when I'm going really slow (like just starting to run after a long hiatus), but once I get in a bit better shape and my speed is up, I tend toward more of a midfoot strike. As I was increasing my sped and distance, I wonder if I shifted back toward heel strike when I got tired, without really noticing. Once I start again, I'll definitely have to pay closer attention to that. For now, my victory of the day was going for another walk. My heel is a bit sore, but not too stiff. Fingers crossed!
  • speyerj
    speyerj Posts: 1,369 Member
    @CupcakeCrusoe - I love the infographic! I used to be a heel striker. Then I bought Nike Zoomfly 3 running shoes - they kind of force you forward and encourage a midfoot strike. Some people don't like them because they change the way you run, but I love them! I haven't had any knee issues since I switched to them. I am sure there are other shoes on the market that do similar things, I'm on my 4th pair of these. I may never run in anything else!
  • astroamy
    astroamy Posts: 1,145 Member
    I love reading everyone goals, they are very inspiring. :smile:

    @eliezalot what sort of biking trip are you doing? My husband and I have talked about doing biking tours in Europe (not this year obviously or probably next). Currently I am only up to ~20 miles and pretty slow, but losing weight should help with that.

    Height: 5'8"
    Age: 51

    Highest weight: 245 (Feb 2016)
    Lowest weight: 155.4 (Dec 2017)
    Weight when recommitted: 233.6 (Aug 2020)
    Start of month: 225.8
    Goal weight: 170 (I think 155 was much too low for me)

    I don't really do short term scale goals but would love to be in onederland by the end of the year. My current NS goal is to stick to the program for 60 days. Currently on day 23, so this month should get me most of the way there.

    Goals for the month:
    - To bed before 10pm and phone down at 9:30.
    - Exercise everyday, high intensity exercise (biking, exercise class) 3-4 days a week, strength training at least 1 day a week (preferably 2), other days walk at least 10k steps.
    - Try to do a short walk at lunch to make up for the fact that working from home has reduced my step count by ~2-3k.
    - Keep calories in the green
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    1st Thank you @RavenStCloud! 2nd, Happy September, all!

    Keri
    67 years old, Height: 5'6"
    SW: 266 lbs (Dec 2019)
    2/1: 263.6
    3/1: 261.8
    4/1: 258
    5/1:254
    Lowest May weight: 251.4
    6/1:254
    6/30 251.6
    7 /1:250.4
    7/29: 249
    8/1: 249.2
    8/6: 248.8
    8/7: 247.6 (8/7)
    8/31: 248
    CW: 247

    1st GW: 220 The lowest weight I got to when I last lost significant weight.
    2nd GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then
    3rd GW: 186 overweight but not obese
    4th GW: 150 lbs. Healthy weight Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to get to a healthy weight for me.

    September Goal weight: 242

    My Sept Goals are:
    1. Continue to log, get enough sleep and water intake and stay under calorie goal with healthy meals at home.
    2. Get some exercise 5-6 days a week and up NEAT. Try to exceed 150 min. of exercise/week. Now that I have my Zip I will see what steps I am getting and then set a goal each week to up it.
    3. I want to get well into the low 240s and not see any weight in the 250s again. I am close to 20 lbs loss.

    I am not going to add any goals beyond these since I am busy with some medical and jobsearch tasks. I will be quite happy if I achieve these.

    Okay where you do you put a pound lost when it occurs between the August and September threads? The answer is I am going to use 249.6 as my September starting weight. Since it was my low for August. So I am claiming a .4 lbs already for September! However I was please to have lost a pound since yesterday. I mean I only gave a pint of blood and ate below my calorie goal. I drank lots of water yesterday and a little gatorade to make sure I wasn't depleted of electrolytes. I just realized I didn't log that. I don't like gatorade but I like bottled coconut water even less. I don't happen to have a coconut tree in my yard.

    I will next go read all of your posts and plans for September!
  • JojoInTheForks
    JojoInTheForks Posts: 134 Member
    I LOVE this!! And will follow suit...well maybe not the 10pm but 30 minutes electronics free before bedtime! So much better for my stress/anxiety levels!
    astroamy wrote: »
    Goals for the month:
    - To bed before 10pm and phone down at 9:30.

  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    RavenStCloud wrote: »
    🍁Happy September, ladies! We've made it to the fall!

    🍁Summer wrap up: How was the summer for you? Did you accomplish what you'd set out to? Were there stumbling blocks? Was just getting through the summer accomplishment enough?

    🍁Let's seize each day and make it count this September! 🍂

    I forgot to do a summer wrap up. Summer was slow for weight loss even though that was what I was concentrating on. Exercise was 2nd. I lost faster last spring. Until the last weeks or so I think I improved exercise. I am worried that September will bring continued distractions such as jobsearch and maybe a job. I also have a minor day surgery next month. So this month I have a pre-op appt. I have an interview tomorrow. Right now a jobsearch isn't required for unemployment but starting in September (next week) it is, unless there is an extension. The type of jobs I am applying to take a lot of work for each jobsearch task. However I am not going to give up on weight loss. I want to lose 4-5 pounds a month.
  • eliezalot
    eliezalot Posts: 620 Member
    @astroamy - A Europe biking tour sounds incredible! I miss the Before Times.

    I'm planning a 5-ish day long trip on the C&O Canal Towpath from DC to Cumberland. I've done day rides on the path before (DC to Great Falls), and have been wanting to do a through-ride for some time. I'll wait until it cools down toward the end of October or early November.. Outdoors, fall weather, alone-time...I can't wait!
  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    (Cut and pasted to add in my weigh-in info)

    In July I focused on consistent exercise and a goal of getting stronger, but I did not lose any weight. In August I did a sweeping review of my diet, pulled out my kitchen scale, and revamped my goals in three main areas. This month I hope to combine the best of the past two months. The changes I've made over the last 60-odd days have now become a habit and I'm proud of that. On my fridge is a note that says: LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO SEE IT THROUGH. Meaning, honor the promise I made to myself to really work at this every day.

    Age 49, Height 5'11"
    Highest weight: 225.6lbs (8/28/19)
    Lowest weight: 165lbs (goal is 173)

    CW: 218.6
    9/1: 218.6
    9/8:
    9/15 (halfway mark assessment):
    9/22:
    9/29:

    Weekly goals (exercise):
    🌸 Fit in one final swim before the pool closes on 9/1. Hit up more kayaking spots.
    🌺 Incorporate free weights 2x week with YouTube workouts
    🌸 Continue with daily planks challenge
    🌺 Work out every other day

    Weekly goals (diet):
    🌸 Continue intermittent fasting (16:8)
    🌺 More veggies / more protein. **Eat the veggies first, then the meal or snack.**
    🌸 1400 calories and log everything
    🌺 Watch the sugar count and pre-log all sweet treats

    Weekly goals (mental):
    🌸 STOP DOOMSCROLLING, especially in the morning and before bed
    🌺 Set the timer for uninterrupted work sessions
    🌸 Get back into the habit of sketching in the mornings
    🌺 Less Facebook. Ugh, I hate Facebook so much.

    💜 Message to myself: discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most 💜

    This month will bring a few new adventures. We bought a little Airstream! The plan is to drive from Austin to Atlanta to see my mom for a few weeks in September. We'll be able to quarantine ourselves in her yard but still hang out with her and with my sister's family. Moving away from my family during the pandemic was really tough, and it's bee quite lonely out here on my own, so I'm excited to go see people. The other exciting thing is that I can now drive up to meet my husband when he's on location for his job, and we can go exploring when he wraps (he's a helicopter pilot with a 3 weeks on / 2 weeks off schedule). In August he was based in Park City, UT and in Twin Falls, ID -- two gorgeous spots! We realized if we had a camper van we could be doing lots of exploring and really make the most of it.

    Other than that, I hope to do more kayaking with my new inflatable and I'm looking forward to some cooler weather!
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    eliezalot wrote: »
    jayemes wrote: »

    Ugg I think this is what I have going on in my right heel. I'm not a runner but with the gyms off limits I've been trying to run and walking a LOT - but it seems I should give it a break and stop beating on my poor heel. I ordered new cushioned running shoes too since my workout sneakers are very worn out

    It is such a pain!! I think I had it briefly once a few years ago, but it kind of resolved on its own after a few weeks. This has been going on since May or June. It has gotten a ton better, but I still can't run (or even go for walks) without it flaring up. It really is driving me crazy. So I'm going to exhaust every option that I can this month to try and fix it.

    I hope the new shoes work for you and fix the problem! My primary care doctor recommended Dr. Scholl's plantar fasciitis inserts too. You might want to give those a try too if the new shoes don't take care of it!

    I started having heel pain during the pandemic. Why? I was walking around barefoot on hardwood floors. I couldn't go to aquafit so I was trying to find exercise I could do at home. I was wearing older exercise shoes. Doesn't matter if there was a hole in my toe since no one sees me, right? I felt and I had a hard painful area on my heel. I am not sure what is the problem but planar fasciitis was one of my possibilities I was considering. What I have done/am doing about this? I started wearing crocks around the house. Unfortunately these are a bit old. I ordered some running shoes that were supposed to be good but had to send them back since since somehow I got the wrong size. I just checked my heel and right now the hard place is smaller but it varies.

    I just ordered the right size shoe after reading these posts. They should be here Friday. :)
  • eliezalot
    eliezalot Posts: 620 Member
    KeriA wrote: »

    I started having heel pain during the pandemic. Why? I was walking around barefoot on hardwood floors. I couldn't go to aquafit so I was trying to find exercise I could do at home. I was wearing older exercise shoes. Doesn't matter if there was a hole in my toe since no one sees me, right? I felt and I had a hard painful area on my heel. I am not sure what is the problem but planar fasciitis was one of my possibilities I was considering. What I have done/am doing about this? I started wearing crocks around the house. Unfortunately these are a bit old. I ordered some running shoes that were supposed to be good but had to send them back since since somehow I got the wrong size. I just checked my heel and right now the hard place is smaller but it varies.

    I just ordered the right size shoe after reading these posts. They should be here Friday. :)

    You know, I hadn't thought about that! As a shoe-hating fellow work-from-homer....that could be contributing. I suppose I could try wearing shoes around the house, but ugh. I hate them so much. My feet need freedom!!

    Good luck with your new shoes! Fingers crossed for quick relief!
  • honeyrobin20
    honeyrobin20 Posts: 12 Member
    Hello.

    Robin

    51 years old
    5'1''
    SW: 219 my heaviest
    CW (8/31): 207
    9/4:
    9/11:
    9/18:
    9/25:
    GW: Into the 150s

    I have a long way to go. I maintained a 10 lb loss for a year, but my health took a major hit at the beginning of the year. I am finally feeling better, and have made it back to the gym (after 10 months). (I've done a lot of quitting since June. With the supplements I am on, in two weeks, I surpassed what I was doing at the gym 10 months ago and I finished 5 virtual races last month. My current goals is still to be moving everyday, but I am starting to look at the weight loss too. We will see what the measurements show later this week. Since I started logging food (yesterday) I see that my biggest problem is not eating enough calories.

    Keep moving ladies.
  • jayemes
    jayemes Posts: 865 Member
    I love walking around the house barefoot. Sadly I'm pretty sure that's over for awhile. Hopefully if I am nice to my heel it will feel better and I can get on with life :/
    Got Indian food with a friend tonight. It was DELICIOUS and I ate way too much - but not crazy crazy too much. The funny part is that after being back on the wagon for about a month, I don't FEEL good after a big excessive meal. I hope I can hold onto this feeling and go easier next time. Instead of a helping of five different dishes, maybe just a bite or two of each to end up with a reasonable portion in the end.
    For now I'm just waiting to digest enough to go to sleep!
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    jayemes wrote: »
    Got Indian food with a friend tonight. It was DELICIOUS and I ate way too much - but not crazy crazy too much. The funny part is that after being back on the wagon for about a month, I don't FEEL good after a big excessive meal. I hope I can hold onto this feeling and go easier next time. Instead of a helping of five different dishes, maybe just a bite or two of each to end up with a reasonable portion in the end.

    That's how I started and now I've got myself to where I really can only eat half to a third of a normal portion before I feel full, and moving rapidly towards too full. Of course, since I can't do volume eating, this is quite helpful.

  • jayemes
    jayemes Posts: 865 Member
    @chupacabragumbo - a 3 week road trip sounds awesome. When I was your age (I'm old enough to say that now!) I used to camp all the time and it's still some of my best memories <3

    @muttiNM - great job on the weight loss!

    @honeyrobin20 - 219 was my highest too at the beginning of August. Great job so far!

    @PennycillinEQ - I know what you mean about losing and regaining. I lost 25lbs three years ago and I can't even tell you what happened but I regained that plus 15 more. I remember being very excited about looking/feeling better and then it's like I just stopped thinking about it! We'll lose the 20+ and keep it off this time!!

    @BethB554 - caregiving is hard. I helped care for my mom through cancer treatments and hospice for almost two years and it was mentally and physically exhausting. Try and make time for yourself.... even if it's little bits of time here and there.

    @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 - best of luck at the gym! I joined many in my life and would work out for a bit and then fizzle out. For me it was finding the right gym - the place I'm at now is amazing. I don't even think about going to work out - I go because everyone I work out with is a friend and a motivation. The right gym will feel like home to you!

    Speaking of amazing gyms, ours has been closed since March. He's reopening tomorrow but I'm not ready to go back (mostly because I have kids starting virtual learning and a few relatives that are immuno-compromised that I'm in contact with and want to protect) Our trainer has been posting workouts since shutdown and lent a ton of equipment out. I was running/walking as cardio but with the plantar fasciitis that's been difficult. Well, amazing trainer said he's not going to be using his assault bikes for the foreseeable future (because of the fans) so guess who's getting to bring an assault bike home to use?? Yup. This girl!!! I'm so excited!

    I'm happy that having the bike will push me to get my workouts in more regularly. Eating has been ok. So let's think of some goals, since that seems to be popular in this group and sounds like a good idea!

    Age: 47
    HT: 5’7"
    SW: 219.6 (08/01/20)
    CW: 211.6
    GW: 175, then re-eval

    09/06
    09/13
    09/20
    09/27

    Goals for September:
    Workout at least 3 times a week
    10k steps daily
    Drink 8 glasses of water daily
    Track my calories daily
    No mindless evening snacking!

    Happy Thursday everyone!
  • jayemes
    jayemes Posts: 865 Member
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »
    I woke up and weighed and was at the new low of 250. That's a nice way to start the day!

    Love early morning whooshes!

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