Women 200lb+, Let's Be Magnificent This March!!!
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Hi all of you wonderful women. I am restarting after slacking off for a couple months. It makes me feel more motivated reading all your posts. It's one day at a time so going to try and make small changes. I never thought it would be so hard to lose weight as I got older! I'm coming up to my 70th birthday in April so it's kinda scary to think about. I'm at 267 lbs and have a bone on bone knee. But with a brace, I can do some walking, with the weather improving. Stay brave ladies. You're all terrific!!7
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Did not get to the gym today as both my partners are having issues, and if they're both having issues I probably need to be here. But I cleaned out and inventoried the spice cabinet, painted the inside of the cabinet (stupid unwashable MDF) and wrapped the shelf in shelf paper. It's not entirely the way I want it, as I need to buy more spice racks, but it's better. Also sat down and made a list of the stuff I'm out of and have realized I'm probably going to drop about $200 at the spice store when I go. (blush) But I like to cook and part of the way I make my food satisfying is good and liberal use of spices. (Plus, vanilla is really expensive these days.)
And by buying the breakfast sausage seasoning and Italian sausage seasoning I can make turkey sausage where normally I would use pork sausage, and that's a definite savings in fat content.
Now I just need to get a grill for all these lovely meat recipes I have....6 -
Love to see an active thread!
@kelMee2 Welcome! It's never too late to join this group, RavenStCloud makes a new thread with a delightfully inspiring title each month.
@finngirl61 Welcome to you as well!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 sounds like you've had a productive day! Do let us know how the DIY turkey sausage comes out.
@sarah12277 Amazing progress!3 -
Age: 54
Height: 5'9"
Year Long Goal for 2021 to lose 50+ pounds
Weigh Loss Progress: 9.7/50 pounds lost so far
3/8 - (-1.3 lbs) yeah
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happy with that! 1.3 pounds down this week.
I find the best way for me to stay on track is to look forward to the food that I'm eating by cooking what I like.
This week I made roasted chicken thigh "WINGS" I CRAVE hot sauce and these were really good. I made and ate a slice of vanilla sprinkle cake for my friend's birthday and had a glass of champagne as well. If i can not deprive myself of the celebratory times I find it easier to pass on a cocktail on say a mundane tuesday night. looking forward to another pound lost for this week.
and the one thing out everyday has been so inspiring. I'm giddy when I see people picking up things from the curb that I have decided to let go of and I managed to sell a few items this week too! double win!
Have these pandemic times made anyone else feel like living more minimally consuming and buying less? It has me7 -
Hi everyone! Nice to meet you all, I would love to join in if it's not too late. Where are you all from? We are in Autumn here with Winter approaching not far away so hoping to be able to carry this summer motivation through.
Age: 30
Height: 5'5" (169cm)
SW (18 Jan 2021): 264lb (120kg)
CW (9 March 2021): 245lb (111kg)
GW: 160lb (70kg)
1/3/21: 248lb (112.5kg)
8/3/21: 245lb (111kg)6 -
@yooosteph - Hi!! I'm a newbie here, too! I'm currently living in Japan, but I'm from the US (the Northwest, specifically). With winter approaching, I'm guessing you're in the southern hemisphere! Nice to meet you! 😊2
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Weigh in day, yesterday and logged 256.1, so on target for my monthly goal -- yay!
Spring is so close -- I love it!5 -
@holdthefries I have definitely been in the clean out, organize, and downsize mode. It is very liberating! Always nice to make some extra money selling things that are no longer useful around here and donating feels good, too.2
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Whew!! I had typed a post on Saturday, but, never posted it. Love the activity in the group!! I had to go back 3 pages to see where I left off!! 😉😄😀
@SammyKlingler Awesome job!! Consistency is definitely key to success.
@Laughter_Girl I always love your posts. I find so much stuff on YouTube and the more I look, the more I find!! My 6 pack from laughing and smiling is also hiding from me!! 🤣😂😅
@goal06082021 Congrats on both the scale and non-scale victories!!
@girlinkaz Awesome goals. I think as far as you remain consistent, the weight will keep coming off. Even if you do stall a little bit, it eventually comes off if you remain consistent.
@hap2go Your post made me laugh!! I often tell people that I am a 'meatatarian' not just a carnivore!! I feel your hubby! I have to see some type of protein on my plate and I also do not like mushrooms. 😅😁
@sarah12277 That's great that you were able to get her a guest pass. Your plan of slow and steady sounds like a great one to help keep you from burning out. Congrats on the loss!!
@Tarzan37 Woo-hoo!! Yay for the non-scale victories!!
@wanderinglight lol!! I am actually interested in the menopause update. I rarely find people that speak about it. I am saving your action list for when I or my sisters need it. Thank you for posting it. I am also glad that you are seeing an improvement.
@tianneclements Love your goals.
@misplacedmama Welcome and congrats on your loss to date!!
@KeriA Awesome goals. I hope you get to the pre-new scale weight soon. Happy Belated B-day!!!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Yay!! Glad to see you back. How are you doing? I love reading about all the exotic-sounding dishes you make. Please send me some recipes....😁 (I plan on trying new recipes after my term is over). I love spices and cooking all kinds of foods. My place usually smells of what I cooked especially my Nigerian dishes for the whole day!!
@speyerj OMG!! That was a great enlightening episode. I know this is not exactly the same, but, I realized that until I started my weight loss journey, I never really told anyone how much I weighed. My weight was spread more or less proportionally over my body, so, people thought I was just slightly overweight. At the start of my journey and even now, when people tell me, "but, you looked good before, why did you / are you still trying to lose weight?" I ask them, how much do you think I weighed before and they always guess 80 -100 lbs less than what I weighed. I just tell them the truth of how much I really weighed and let them know that my weight loss, is for me to remain healthy and not for anyone else.
@Spotteddingo You are an inspiration. I am so sad and sorry to hear about your mum. I think some of us (myself included) are taught to not 'air our dirty laundry in public' (a saying in Nigeria) and so I at least tend to be really private about personal stuff and it is hard for me to talk about it, even with family. I am grateful that being on here has allowed you to be able to be vulnerable and express it. I am confident that you will continue learning to love yourself and your body!! ❤😍😘
@carrie_anne_r Welcome. Small steps work out great. I love that you are paying attention to yourself!! Keep it up!!
@VickyEltonGreen Way to go!!
@RavenStCloud As always, thank you for the group. Slow and steady does win the race. Thank you so much for the reminder about being consistent.
@kelMee2 Welcome!! This is an awesome group filled with encouraging and inspirational women!!
@finngirl61 Welcome back!!
@holdthefries Congrats on the loss!
@yooosteph Welcome!! It is never too late! I am currently at school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but, will be back in the USA at the end of April. Congrats on the loss so far!!
@jackie_leth Congrats on staying on target!6 -
Update:
Today marks 9 months of my weight-loss journey and I am down 94.4lbs (330lbs to 235.6lbs).
Also, I got to day 85 of meeting my steps goal!!20 -
@uyister
You amaze me! You work so hard and it certainly shows in meeting your goals! Great job.2 -
Update:
Today marks 9 months of my weight-loss journey and I am down 94.4lbs (330lbs to 235.6lbs).
Also, I got to day 85 of meeting my steps goal!!
Congratulations you are an inspiration. Thank you so much.6 -
@uyister - Thank you for the welcome! And wow!! Your update is so inspiring!2
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Name: Kat
Age: 30
Height: 5' 7"
Starting weight: 257lbs Dec 2020
Goal for March: 230
Current goal: 145 to hit healthy bmi. Anything below 180 would be wonderful for me.
March 1st: 235.8
( my weigh ins to track are tuesdays but I weigh daily)
3/2 235.4
3/9 236.2 ( I had 4 days in a row of 234, but of course, tuesdays was the highest)
3/16
3/23
3/29
Last week has been rather hard, I'm on the depo shot, still new, only my 3rd shot in. So I still have struggles with periods and heavy bleeding/ bloating. I was forced to go on the depo shot after my periods became heavy that they were two weeks long with no sign of slowing down. I was refused the pill because I get migraines. So depo was the only manageable thing, health has generally felt a LOT better being on the shot, I no longer get violent stomach flus during pms and first active week of my period. I'm now learning to manage and remember that weight gain will still happen even when I am not bleeding as much. Sorry if this is TMI for some, but I feel like I may have some others who have dealt with similar things around these woods.
Had a hard week emotionally too ( yay long distance relationships). I didn't go over on calories, but I did on sugar,I always do daily by a bit because of natural sugars, but this time I allowed myself some candy. I stayed as close to calorie limit as possible, and I logged every single thing I consumed, it just felt very uncomfortable. Food wasn't the comfort it used to be, but my brain still craved it, and as soon as I had it in my hand it felt better, but it didn't make me happier. Except, fruit roll ups, damn those. Family and friends still buy me treats even though I tell them not to, I keep them all in a bucket and only snack when I want a treat, I have cut off snacking from boredom or sadness and I work harder to crochet instead. I might make myself some kind of weight loss blanket, do a row or two whenever I lose weight? Not sure.
Anyway, I'll shut up now! I've been still doing my workouts with bands, I tried adjusting to bigger giant loop bands and my shoulders are not ready for that yet, hopefully next month!6 -
@BeastlyMaple I'm glad the depo shot is working for you! It was my mom's BC of choice until she hit menopause and didn't need it anymore. I have a Nexplanon, that's the implant that goes in your arm, and my experience with it has been awesome. Feel free to reach out if you ever decide to look into other BC
(offer is also open to anyone else who wants to know about the arm implant, of course - the loudest voices online are the ones with horror stories so I try to offset that where I can.) Also great job sticking to your budget and staying honest - both of those things can be really hard, especially when the Jerkbrain starts saying mean things to you. But hey! You did it! You can do hard things. This internet stranger is proud of you. 2 -
@BeastlyMaple - Oh, man. I totally understand about comfort foods not being as good as they used to be, but the brain not getting the message quite yet. I had a serving of Cheezits the other day and thought, "Why am I eating these? They aren't even good!" I remember how good they used to taste to me, though, and I think I was hoping for the pleasant feeling I used to get eating half a box with a large glass of milk while watching a show. Now that I'm eating intentionally and paying attention to how I physically feel, I realize that some of my comfort foods were solely about stuffing away feelings instead of enjoyment of the actual food.5
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Duneclimber59
SW: 251
CW: 226
GW: 199
Hello all,
I found your group a couple weeks ago, read some posts, and would like to join you, please.
I’ve been working on losing weight since late spring 2020, almost a year now, down 25 pounds and feeling lots better. I walk 150 minutes a week. Between that and the weight loss, I’m feeling and moving better.
Now i’m planning to take it a step further. Another 27 pounds.
Best wishes to you all.7 -
Name: Izzy
SW: 330
CW: 320? (haven't weighed myself since I started 10 days ago!)
GW: 275 (my first goal)
I'd love to be a part of this supportive community.
I started my journey on March 1st. I eat around 1,800 calories a day.
I'd love to add some new friends as well, so feel free to send me a friend request!
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Our group is growing, which is wonderful. There is so much support and encouragement here, and it's nice to have a safe place to vent. Keep it up ladies!
Just wanted to share a NSV (non- scale victory). I ordered some blouses online in X- large hoping they would fit, and they do. Woohoo!!12 -
@speyerj @Spotteddingo @misplacedmama and @donnas1995 Thank you all.
@BeastlyMaple I am so glad the depo shot is working for you. I could only use it for 3 months and had to stop it (I gained about 30lbs without a change to my diet and exercise level at that time). I currently have the Skyler IUD in and I love it. I am very impressed with your willpower with the treats. I noticed lately that I have bought chocolates/sweet biscuits at the store, but, I still have them in my apartment and it has been weeks. I think it is almost as if my brain was like, I have this on hand if I want it (just to know it is there), but, then it is like, ok, I know you are there, but, I don't want you. Not sure if I just made any sense. My brain works in mysterious ways sometimes!!
@goal06082021 I have heard a lot of good things about the arm implants. Glad you like it.
@Laughter_Girl I absolutely love that it is growing as well and that we are comfortable venting and sharing!! Congrats on the NSV!!
@foodieizzy Welcome!!
@Duneclimber59 Welcome!! You are already part of the group!!2 -
Name: Kali
Age: 33
Height: 5'7
SW: 232.2 (1/15/21)
GW: #1 Under 200 #2 280 #150ish
Weight tracking:
March 2: 214.1 <--had a jump last weekend after hanging with friends (my tiny covid bubble/daily accountability friends)
March 9 214.0 <-- haven't been able to stop eating so I'm reavulating my calories and debating about upping them incase what I was eating was too restrictive...plus there was an insomnia cookie situation this week...
March 16
March 23
March 30
Fitness goals:
Weigh daily
Log EVERYTHING
11,000+ steps 6x week
Meal prep as much as possible
C25K 3x a week
30 day squat/pushup challenge <--NEW FOR MARCH3 -
Wednesday weigh in
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)
2/28: 158.6
3/3: 158.2
3/10: 157.4
3/17:
3/24:
3/31:
March GW: 154.6
GW: TBD (probably somewhere between 130 & 150).
Weekly exercise goals:
- bike ride or exercise bike 5 times per week - 5/5
- strength training 2 times per week - 2/2
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 4/4
- step ups on aerobic step platform twice a day at least 3 times per week - 3/3
Not much new here. My parents are still slowly recovering from Covid. It really has taken a toll on their stamina. Did get 2 bike rides in last week so that was fun. It looks like the weather will be getting colder again so I don't know if I'll get out for a ride this week. Here's hoping the forecast is wrong!
Hope everyone is well. Have a great rest of the week!7 -
Starting over for hopefully the last time. I’ve got a long way to go and I’m learning to take it one day at a time. Starting weight also my heaviest 286
CW 277
GW125
Height 5’ on a good day lol
Looking for friends who are on a similar journey. I’m in it for the long haul. Trying to exercise 5 days a week. I do well with low carb or dirty keto. I have food sensitivities so I go by what works with me. I like fasting but it can send me into a binging fit so concentrating on calories and working out for now. I’m a good cheerleader too. Definitely love to spread positive vibes. 💜 Good luck 🍀7 -
@Uyister wow thats an incredible achievement!! I'm sure your life is dramatically different!!2
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@mechelemc- glad that you joined the group, and yes, it is a journey for the long haul. Regarding fasting, maybe start with shorter fasting times. I find that if I feel 'deprived', it's easy to binge. Take it one day at a time. Set short term goals, too. When I meal plan, I do better. I'm in the 260's, so my 1st goal is to get in the 250's. Also, when I add more 'protein', it helps. Hang in there!!!1
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@mehelemc - I started out at your weight too of 286, 20 months ago so so. After dropping 125 pounds, I am working on maintenance. I've been in maintenance at 160-165 since October last year. It can be done, but as you say, you need to be in it for the long haul. So it's good you have already learned what works well for you and what works well in the short term doesn't work in the long term if you can't adhere to it, such as your example about fasting.6
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@mechelemc Welcome! It sounds like you've got a good handle on what works for you. I also want this go-round to be my last, so my mantra has been "no temporary changes." I'm not doing anything I can't sustain indefinitely, and I have 10+ years of data that show that I lose weight when I count calories, and I gain weight when I don't. So, I've made peace with the fact that I will need to do this forever. Maybe Future-Me will have retrained her brain and her gut to be able to eat intuitively, but Now-Me can't, so I've simply dispensed with any idea of "when this is over" or "when I'm done." Because I won't be "done" when I reach GW. Pizza and beer and birthday parties and office treats and holidays and vacations and other things that derail diets will all still be there when I reach GW. If I don't learn how to coexist with them and plan for them now, I won't be prepared to do it later.11
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