Women 200lb+, Let's Be Fang-tastic This October!!!
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@iloveeggnog That is AMAZING, goes to show that you are making the right lifestyle changes to have it last. I have to say it is motivating for me to see where you started to where you are and knowing how similar that is to my journey. GREAT JOB!!3
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Kristi
39 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 275 lbs (Aug 2019)
05/01: 231.9
10/1: 239.4
CW: 236.1
I have been bouncing up and down since January and decided to start using the community to give me more support and encouragement to keep going, to move in the direction I want. Today is my first official "check-in", a big step for me to actually post numbers in public. I know I can do this because I WANT to do this.7 -
Eating a much smaller meal for dinner has really helped me kick my weightless into gear this past week. I am down over 3lbs in the last seven days, although that weight seven days ago was a bit high due to time of the month bloating, but still, exciting! This morning I finally hit the 20lb mark for total pounds lost from my highest weight. I will do my official weigh in this Friday and post numbers, but I'm so happy to be finishing this month strong!7
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@iloveeggnog Sorry, your knee is sore! Hope it heals quickly! And what a nsv to fit into the medium size jacket!! I think it takes a while for our brains to adjust to significant weight loss! I love meeting ladies in the same boat...but different pond!! So grateful to have you cheering me on from Canada, thank you!!5
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I know it takes our brains a while. I keep laying my shirts on the folder and thinking, "I can't possibly be in that small a shirt!" or "I can't possibly fit in pants that small!" but yes, I have been, that's why they were in the wash!7
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Hi everyone my name is Leticia and I look forward to this thread. I read through some posts and the community seems sweet and supportive.
SW:219.8 lbs. (10/24/2019)
CW: 203.8 lbs.
Goal: 199 lbs. by the end of October, or the first teen weeks of November.
My goals are to post consistently in my food journal and meet the 10,000 step count7 -
@iloveeggnog nice NSV and scale victory too!
@Tarzan37 congrats reaching 20 lbs loss.
Welcome @HLeticia7 and @KMC55
Still fighting to make it into the lower 240s – keeping calories low. I have been getting more stairs in since my art room is in the basement. It is coming along. I have 5 boxes of kids art supplies ready to donate stacked by the door. We need to set up a desk this weekend. I plan to make chili today. I will try to get to some hallway clean up in the basement the rest of the week.
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Small victory today... I wanted a donut with my mocha latte... I tried to restrain but had one anyways... the victory was I LOGGED IT!!! I am over my calories but the day isnt over yet so time for exercise. I must be honest with myself and all of you so I can make the changes I need. No more hiding from self inflicted shame.10
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@kmc55 - I hope this is true for you too: I had an enormous about of shame about my weight before I started posting in this thread. Once I announced to everyone and their brother my weight in this thread, the shame disappeared. Shame abhors sunlight. Once we shine a bright light on our situation, it's difficult to feel shame, and easier to repair a situation we no longer wish to tolerate. Best of luck to you in your weight loss. You taking all the right steps.8
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@iloveeggnog Happy anniversary and happy Noctober 19th!!!! You may not check this thread today but hope it was great!
Finally the scale moved below my last lowest weight! I lost 2.2 lbs from yesterday and 1.4 lbs from my September low. I finally lost more than 20 lbs. I was so close for so long. For those of us who have lost or maintained or have only gained a lb or 2 since early March, I think we should give ourselves credit for not gaining the COVID 19 lbs so many have or if we did and are doing something about it give yourselves a pat on the back. So here is my Monday check in:
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
6/1:254
7 /1:250.4
8/1: 249.2
9/1: 247 lowest Sept weight 246.8
10/1: 247
10/19: 245.4
CW: 245.4
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.
October Goal weight: 242 again or at least in the low 240s
Goals:- Log daily, stay under my calorie goal, drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, get enough sleep and check into this thread on weekdays to track progress;
- Continue my plan to up NEAT
- Continue to increase exercise until I am at 45-60 minutes 6 days a week. Right now I am working on 30-60 minutes 5 days a week. 2 days of strength training and other exercise including walk/runs.
- If I get this job (still waiting for official contract to sign), make sure I create and follow a schedule that includes meal planning and cooking at home (me, my husband and daughter) drinking water, increased physical activity and exercise. Adjust calories to activity and exercise level as needed.
- Declutter Art Room and set up home office. Declutter the basement hallway and insist my youngest clean the bathroom.
Last month I only had 3 goals but this month I added one in case I got the job. I just added another goal to get ready for my job. If somehow it falls through I will have my art room ready to use. Last week I did what I could to get things out of it that didn’t belong. I was patient waiting for my husband to get the big things out this weekend. He waited till the last minute and got them out last night. So this week I can actually organize and clean up. I will still be getting rid of things like kid art supplies from teaching. Next weekend my husband needs to help me set up the desk and move the chair in. As I have less cleaning activity I will pick back up on exercise.
We took a little hiatus on Saturday and had our social distancing buddies over for our last meet up for the year since they live in Texas except for the summer. We celebrated my job offer and said our in person good byes for the year. I made Lancashire Hotpot they brought the bubbly and an apple pie. It was a typical Seattle day cool with a fine mist. We had an umbrella set up for their table. We also used out firepit which we hardly ever use.
Another thing I have been thinking about. I was originally going to have a rest from deficit calories when I lost 10% of my original weight. However I have decided that since my loss has been so slow and I have had long periods of staying the same weight that this isn't really necessary. What I will watch is if I start to up my exercise schedule significantly and exercise 6-7 days a week for over 45 minutes a day I will re-evaluate my calorie goal to make sure I adjust for my upped activity level especially if I am also more physically active otherwise. Last time I lost weight I had to take a break from low calories and adjust my calories up to lose. However I am not going to assume this weight loss is the same as last time. If I am losing I will keep it going but if I am stalling with a significant calorie deficit I will look at my calorie burn.
I will be reading your posts soon.
It is SO INSPIRING to see your steady downward trend!!3 -
I moved the table indoors for the winter today, which took moving an overstuffed pleather loveseat onto the sun porch. And to maneuver it properly required unloading and moving a bookcase. I had plenty of feline supervision throughout, of course, to make sure I did it right. But I did it, wasn't worried about whether it would knock me out for the day or whether I might hurt myself doing it. And it didn't knock me out, and I didn't hurt myself. (I did a lot of leaning-against shoving rather than lifting.) I don't think either would have been the case 49 pounds ago. It's VERY nice to be physically strong and capable.
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Hi everyone. I had great intentions of being an active participant in this group, but within a few days of joining, my best friend/roommate and I fought (and she decided to move out) and my boyfriend and I broke up. It all happened within a couple days, and it really shook my world.
I decided to channel my despair into activity because I knew that would keep me distracted, and release those much needed endorphins. Here’s where I’m at:
Age: 41; height 5’9”
SW (May, 2020): 440
Sept 29: 380.6
Oct 12: 372
I’m feeling better every day. I recognize (after a lot of processing) both those relationships were causing me stress, and maybe fate got involved and did what I could not. Since then, I’ve been very focused on establishing healthy routines while transitioning to my new normal.
The YMCA by my house opened this week. I went swimming twice before work and went to Zumba one night. A friend who’s a personal trainer also came over and gave me an awesome home strengthening program.
I’m meal planning and mostly sticking to it and logging and staying under my calories each day.
I read lots of posts here and saw some have/had the goal of reading this thread everyday. I don’t know if I’m quite there yet, but I’m going to aim for every couple days, and hopefully establish some good mutual support here!
Oh, and thanks for showing how to quote, I was wondering that too!!7 -
@heatherbluebell Good for you, focus on the positive. I have been through a lot as well and it is all about the attitude you approach it with. Hang in there and you can do it.1
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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)
9/30: 201.0
10/7: 197.6
10/14: 195.8
10/21: 196.6
10/28:
10/31:
Oct. GW: 194.4
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)
Weekly exercise goals:
- bike ride or exercise bike 5 times per week - 3/5
- strength training 2 times per week - 2/2
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 4/4
- steps onto aerobic step platform twice a day at least 3 times per week - 3/3
- bonus: 4 50-60 min. hikes
I'm posting late today. I had to go to my parents' town and take my mom for several tests at the cancer center. Hopefully she'll have the results in a couple days.
It was an unexpectedly nice day out today. I stopped by my son's house on my way home to see if he wanted to take advantage of the relatively warm weather and go for a short hike (it got dark before we could make it a longer hike!). We did that and by the time I got home, it was later than I planned and I'm behind on everything.
The scale was not my friend this week. This is the 5th time in 18+ months that I've shown a gain for the week and this is the largest one so far. It's not terrible but still not what you want to see. I had a projected loss of 1 pound but I guess it didn't want to show up. I didn't make all 5 bike rides but did get in some hiking with my son and daughter. My daughter was home for a short weekend visit so that was really nice.
I have one more trip to my parents scheduled for the coming week and will be doing a socially distanced car rally (no group meetings before or after the drive) with my son on Saturday so, with being gone most of the day today, I may fall short of a couple of my exercise goals again this week. Hopefully I'll be pretty close though.
Hope you all are doing well. Have a great rest of the week!3 -
Age : 30 Height 5'5”
Highest weight: 214.3 (8/23)
10/1: 212.6
10/8: 210.6
10/15: 212.6
10/22: 207.8
10/29:
10/31:
Feeling proud of myself, and encouraged by the change in my weight this week!5 -
@xofarrah Wahoooo! What a whoosh! You should be proud of yourself cause your hard work is showing itself on the scale. Good for you.
@KMC55 welcome aboard; always nice to hear about people on such similar journeys!
@heatherbluebell 8 pounds in two weeks is beyond amazing! You must be working sooo hard and that's something to be very proud of! Sounds like life has been pretty difficult lately. I can't imagine losing my best friend and my boyfriend at round about the same time. Your insight that maybe the universe did you a favour is pretty perceptive! Being able to go through that and still maintain your focus on yourself and your health journey is brave and inspiring and oh so impressive.5 -
Hi, everyone! I just found this thread!
Age: 33 Height 5'7
Highest weight 225
Current Weight 213
Goal Weight 150 then reassess.
I am just starting to track with MFP and plan on trying to start running again (slow and barely half a mile right now but I used to be a distance runner prior to gaining weight) and do yoga. Is anyone on Instagram? I created a private account I am going to use to keep myself accountable and am looking for good follows to inspire me!4 -
Hey all! This is my first time posting here. I started back up on MFP on 10/7 with a starting weight of 247 lb (my highest weight was 250 at the beginning of the year. I lost 10 lbs, then it came creeping back.)
Age: 35 Height: 5'6"
10/7: 247
10/14: 243.2
10/21: 239.6
My goal weight is 170 lb., then reassess. I've been at a calorie deficit almost everyday since starting, and had a great NSV by going on 30 min. walks 5 days last week and meeting my Fitbit goal! It's always been a challenge for me to want to be active (migraines don't help), so that is something I am definitely trying to work on!4 -
Hi all! I've definitely fallen off the wagon, hard. When I get overwhelmed, I shut down, and I have some life stuff happening that's causing me to feel ridiculously overwhelmed. What is frustrating is I can feel myself start to shutdown, begin to not care, fall back into those old habits and there's a little voice that is like "No, keep going!" but it's easily silenced by my second or third serving. There's nothing I can do to escape these overwhelmed feelings, it's just a lot happening at once and me being pulled in twenty different directions while trying to take care of my needs. I'm feeling discouraged, but I know I just need to re-evaluate my current plan, work on continuing to kick those old habits, and set myself up for success. I'm not setting myself up for success when I buy sweets and tell myself I'll only have one, which literally never happens, so there is no point in self-sabotaging. So, here I am. Trying to crawl my way back onto the wagon. I've been in the 238-242 range since April, so clearly something needs to change, which is my diet. I know I can't just exercise and eat however I want and expect to lose weight, so I'm hoping to slowly tighten the reigns.
Sorry for such a long post, just felt like I needed to get it out somewhere. Hope everyone is well, I've been liking and hugging everyone's posts.7
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