Women 200lb+, Let's Be Fang-tastic This October!!!

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  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    KMC55 wrote: »
    Lately I've been trying to figure out different ways/recipes for veggie sides. What does everyone have?...and go...

    I make vegetables for my partners. One thing I do a lot is to do pan-seared yellow squash or zucchini. I cut top and bottom off the zucchini, cut it in half, then in quarters, and cut the quarters about a half inch thick. This goes onto a hot iron skillet with a drop of good high-temp oil. (I use grapeseed, but peanut would work too.) I stir them around on the skillet periodically and get the cut sides nicely browned, until they are soft, and then add a little sea salt and cracked black pepper and serve. You can toss with a little butter, but it's not necessary.

    My boyfriend had weight loss surgery and so can't have pasta. His version of "fettucini alfredo" is the pan-seared zucchini with alfredo sauce and grilled chicken over it. He says he would rather have that than pasta.

    This also works with summer squash.

    I steam green beans and broccoli often, and Brussel sprouts, which are good if they are just lightly steamed and then tossed in a little bacon drippings with cracked black pepper.

  • orangequilt
    orangequilt Posts: 4,703 Member
    Love the 1% better thing!
  • micwrites
    micwrites Posts: 123 Member
    heatherbluebell wrote: »
    Thanks @KMC55, @iloveeggnog @KeriA and @remedieigotcha for your messages! A supportive community makes such a big difference!

    @MuttiNM Holy cow! As someone who started at over 400 pounds, reading your post was very inspirational for me. The thought of me getting to onederland is pretty much outside of reality for me (I'm currently 372), but seeing that someone can actually do makes a big difference in how I think about things. I once got down to 250, but it wasn't sustainable what I was doing, and ended up heavier than when I started that journey.

    @torih941 , that sounds so tough. It's so easy for those overwhelming feelings to overtake us, and send us down a path we don't want to be on. I think though, it's ok to not be ok, and to have bad times. It doesn't mean forever. I just went through a really tough time personally as well, and I met with my psychologist who gave me some really great advice. In person I'd ask you if I can share that with you, but since this is online I'll offer it and you can decide whether to read it! LOL

    100% recovery from where you are today is a big step and thinking about how you're gonna get there can add to feeling overwhelmed. She described being 100% recovered as 'Better' with a capital B, and capital B Better takes some time to get to. So, in those moments you feel angst, anger, frustration, despair, whatever, think about what can make you feel 1% better. This is 'better' with lower case b. She gave the example of someone uncontrollably falling to the ground in the middle of the kitchen out of grief, and crying their eyes out. Getting up and dusting off from the kitchen ground is probably not realistic in that moment, but what would make it 1% better? Maybe a pillow and a blanket to make the floor a little more comfortable when they find themselves there.

    This is what I did. I didn't focus on Better with the capital B. In those tough moments, I thought about what would make me feel 1% better in that moment, and it really helped. I remember once in a really tough moment, I couldn't think straight and didn't know what to do with myself. I decided if I did something that also checked off some thing from my to-do list would make me feel 1% better, so I cleaned my bathroom. LOL And what do you know, it did make me feel a tad better.

    Take care. I hope some others will benefit from this information too! :smile:

    @heatherbluebell Thank you thank you for this post. I think it probably resonated with a lot of us. There are days I am almost completely overwhelmed with life for a lot of reasons and days I can pretty much handle it but I think I can always muster up 1%, even on those dark days when anxiety is high. 💕👊🏻
  • speyerj
    speyerj Posts: 1,369 Member
    Age: 55
    Height: 5' 9''
    SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
    9/30 weight: 166.1
    Maintenance Weight Range:162-168

    Weekly tracking:
    10/3: 167.6
    10/10: 162.4
    10/17: 163.5
    10/24: 161.5 !!
    10/31:

    October Goals goals:
    Maintain my weight between 162 and 168 🎃 - Slightly below target, so much the better.
    Log food daily 🎃
    Row or Run at least 6x's a week 🎃
    Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day 🎃
    Get at least 10,000 steps/day 🎃

    I had one day last week where I only got 40 active minutes. I still call that a win. I continue to be really, really busy. I've been doing GOTV work, so between now and Nov 3rd life will be busy. On a sad note, this week was the last week of week day rowing. It's too dark and cold to row in the mornings. I'll still be rowing on Sundays for a bit longer. I am really enjoying it and can't believe how much I've progressed since I started in July.
  • homemademama
    homemademama Posts: 199 Member
    SW: 237
    CW: 235.7
    GW: 180

    Goal for the rest of October: I'm proactively not bringing the Halloween sweets into the house. A few bites when we're out is always better than bringing a 1lb bag into the house (followed by eating a 1lb bag of chocolate in the house...).

  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    laurajewalker wrote: »
    Hi lovely ladies! I just found this thread but I’m a bit late to the party this month. Will look out for a November thread and join in.

    I’ve been doing Slimming World but decided to move to calorie counting a few weeks ago. The one thing I’m missing from group is the support and having people understand the journey your on. This thread seems amazing and just what I’m missing

    These are amazing and supportive people. There's a lot of wisdom and help here, and they make it so much easier.
  • KMC55
    KMC55 Posts: 100 Member
    heatherbluebell wrote: »
    I’m happy the information I learned from my psychologist was helpful for some of you!

    Well, last week I made it to the pool 3/3 days I had planned. It was sooooo good to go swimming before work. The alarm at 5:15AM was tough, but I’ve never done a pre-work workout, and it was great. I made it to 2/3 days I planned to go to Zumba, but I didn’t do any strength training (I had planned 3 days). I think I added maybe a bit too much last week, but I’m going to keep the same goals again this week. I have 2 days off this coming week, so I only work Monday-Wednesday. I already have a good list of things I’m doing on my days off - all for organizing my life and my mind! One thing I’m doing is seeing my doctor to get a referral to a nutritionist! I saw one once before, but I don’t think I was ready to make changes. I’m excited to see what I’ll learn this time!

    I’m supposed to do a weigh in this week. I sneaked a peek today, and I gained a pound from my last weigh in. Sigh... I did have a lot of salt yesterday, so I’m super, super hoping it was an off day and that overall I’m down... but we’ll see. If I am down, it’ll probably not be a lot given what I saw this morning. But that’s ok.

    I’ll let you guys know how my weigh in goes, and how my exercise goals go this week.

    I hope everyone here has a great week!

    Keep at it, you are doing GREAT!! Don't let the stupid scale mess with your head. With all the exercise you are doing there is bound to be some muscle gain as well. You can do it.
  • azalea4175
    azalea4175 Posts: 290 Member
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »
    Had a rather exciting and emotional day because Boyfriend and I went to a jewelry store and looked at engagement rings. As he said, now he just needs one of these places that's interested in him to go ahead and actually hire him. ... But we'll be good.

    Congratulations! and you ARE good, enjoy your time together.

  • azalea4175
    azalea4175 Posts: 290 Member
    I am struggling tremendously this month. I cannot seem to kick the sugar habit, and my sister in law who lives next door keeps sending me over cookies!! she loves to bake and my hubby loves her stuff. I keep trying to tell them not to give any so we don't have in the house but it seems to be a losing battle. I could use some suggestions on how to handle without hurting her feelings. The change in the light makes it hard for me too, so I am trying to get outside every day at lunch time, but it's been rainy and cold here making that tough. I did move my recumbent bike into the living room instead of the garage so now I can see it while I'm watching the news with hubby. :) that's a small victory!!
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    I was last on here on Thursday. My husband took Friday and today off so it was/is sort of a 4 day weekend for us. However we had an agenda. We had to get my home office/art room ready. Friday I donated 5 boxes of kids art supplies after sorting through and recycling it all. Then I worked on the hallways in the basement so I could actually get into my art room. I am not the one who piles things everywhere. Mostly it was older towels and linens. I sorted through them and had my husband move the shelves out of the way and put the towels and linens away all organized. Our upstairs newer linens and towels are put away upstairs. Then I put all the remaining art supplies away in my art room. He put up my desk and I put all the office supplies away. Then he vacuumed the room for me since by that time I was reacting to all the dust. It is done. I have a home office/art room. I have decluttered the basement hallways. I have organized and added shelves to the downstairs bathroom. My daughter is on task to clean it this week. Thursday it was beautiful so I actually went outside and did my strength training in the backyard. I didn’t do the indoor part since I have been getting more physical activity cleaning and setting up things. I am going to transfer my office corner of my living room to downstairs this week. So I will still get in those stair flights and more steps for a while.

    This job is not permanent but it will get me past the pandemic and close to retirement. So when the office opens up and when my job ends in a year or 2 I will have this room set up to do my art in. Yay.

    This morning I caught up with logging my food. We had more take out since we were so busy with this project. However it looks like I stayed under my calorie goal. My weight is up though since most restaurant food is saltier and just doesn’t help me lose. I will be back to home cooking and exercise this week. In fact we went grocery shopping this weekend and I meal planned this morning. I know it is supposed to be the other way around but we needed some things for weekend breakfasts so we got a few things for the week ahead.

    Here are my goals for the week:
    • Start back to my goals of water, exercise and healthy meals at home this week.
    • Move office corner from upstairs to home office downstairs.
    • Set up weekly schedule for when I start work which includes meals and exercise.

    Now I get to catch up with all of your posts.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    IsETHome wrote: »
    “Binge eating is a food addiction just as much as binge drinking is an alcohol addiction.”

    @alexandra_ ......That’s me and black licorice. I can’t have it in the house and it is really really hard to walk by in the store. 3 pieces is 130 cals. Let’s be honest, with a bag of licorice......that’s probably immediately weight gain of .5 a pound. I imagine ex smokers crave like this too.

    I love black licorice too and now they say too much is dangerous. So I am not sure what I will do next time I get the urge for some. I will have to ask my husband to give me just a little. Even a little over a long period of time is not safe. I figure a little over a short period will be okay.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    @AlexandraFindsHerself Congrats on 50 lbs down. That is a great accomplishment! And all those inches!
    @Tarzan37 Nice weekly check in. It took us a few weeks to find our kittens but then we wanted a bonded pair. Actually it was my daughter who insisted on that so getting one may be quicker. It has been really fun. They are teens now.
    @Lasmartchika You are so close to Onderland. Keep up the good work. Take care of yourself. Hope you feel happier soon.
    @deadenddiva I am glad you survived and have found us. You are almost in Onderland. I found checking into this thread helped me a lot.
    @RavenStCloud My kids both turned Pescatarian when they went to college and that is how I discovered vegetarian Indian food. I always liked Indian food but I really fell for vegetarian dishes. We usually get 1 lamb dish then the rest is vegetarian. I love it too when I don’t eat all of my order when we get take out. When you are limiting treats you have to pick the ones you love the most. I am fine with dark chocolate if it is just the chocolate and not covering candy.

    I have been thinking about the holidays since we won't be having our usual extended family gatherings. I haven't cooked a turkey for years and was worried about whether I should order one. Then I got an email from my dairy that delivers some of our food each week. They have free range turkeys that you can order to be delivered with your weekly dairy order. Yay, that is all done.

    I love this dairy. They have set up relationships with some of the best bakeries and other food providers in the area. So when we want something special we just put it on our order for the week. It means less grocery shopping for us. They have great granola and we get whole grain morning glory muffins every other week. Unfortunately my husband found out he is borderline prediabetic. So if there is too much sugar or white flour he knows. These muffins don't bother him. The whole grain pancakes we have on the weekends don't either. It helps me keep my sugar and processed carbs down to a minimum too.
  • KMC55
    KMC55 Posts: 100 Member
    torih941 wrote: »

    10/23: 243.6 and I started October out at 238. I know I didn't actually gain 5lbs in this period of time, but it is still discouraging to see the 240s on the scale again. I'm hoping I can comfortably get into the 230s for November. I just need to be diligent and focus on controlling my portions.

    I am right there with you. I was flirting with 229 and was getting so excited then lost focus and went back into the 240s. Now sitting at 236 and fighting hard to get back in the correct direction. We can do this, staying focused and working together.
  • chupacabragumbo
    chupacabragumbo Posts: 31 Member
    what's up y'all!
    I haven't posted or been that active for almost two months, but I'm back!
    this thread was so helpful, inspiring, and supportive for me, I know it's a good idea to jump back in.

    I was out of town visiting family/road tripping for most of September, and it was harder than I'd anticipated getting back into my routine. In fact, I'm still struggling a little, which is why I want to get back into participating in this thread. We are such creatures of habit, us humans, and I sure threw myself for a loop >-<
    Hopefully, by re-committing to contributing to this thread, I can also be more consistent with logging meals, making healthy food choices, exercising regularly, etc.

    I'm pretty stoked though, because although I didn't log regularly at all in September or the majority of October, I did try to be mindful, at least a little, of food choices. And while I did gain, it was only about 3.5lb up from my lowest weight, 2.3lbs of which I've already managed to drop again. I'll call that a success!

    So- my goals for what remains of October:
    ~stop eating so much sugar! ugh it's gotten bad. I think part of the problem is I've decided to stop eating meat entirely, so now when I reach for a snack or something, I default to sugary carb-y snacks.
    a more quantifiable, realistic goal: less than 45g of sugar per day. not sure how feasible this is, tbh. this is going to be me feeling it out.
    ~run 3x a week
    ~walk the dog every day
    ~two servings of dairy or fewer per day

    and then we'll reassess in November.

    here we go!

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