Women 200lb+, Let's Amaze Ourselves This April!!!
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I'm really liking the kickboxing workout I've started doing this month. I want to incorporate more of that into the rotation next month, but I'm not sure how I want to structure my week. I'll also be traveling (!!!) for a week (!!!), to see vaccinated (!!!) family and friends (!!! can you tell I'm excited for this? LOL), and I haven't decided yet what, if anything, I'm going to do for exercise on those days. We could maybe bring the Switch to my dad's and I could keep doing Ring Fit on there, but I think I'll just have to plan on doing a ton of walking at our friend's place. She has an acre and change, I could just wander around the edge of the property for an hour in the mornings and be fine probably, and we're almost assuredly going to do plenty of walking/hiking while we're there (there isn't much else to do in her neck of the very literal woods, LMAO).8
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HI everyone, I know that April is almost over, so I'm just going to jump in where I am and be SO READY to start fresh with you in May!
My current weight is 218, my goal weight is 130-ish, and my first small goal is to just get below 200lbs!11 -
I’m just starting back and looking into support. Ready to get May started but want to finish out April strong instead of “waiting till next month” as I have been for a while now.
Starting weight is 267.7 and first small goal is to get into the 250’s.
Overall I think a healthier weight would be in the 175-190 range but small steps for now!11 -
How is everyone doing? I managed to walk just over 8km yesterday, normally I do 5 each day so I'm pleased with my progress. Also did a fair amount of squats with my dumbells cause this arm flab is bothering me more than the belly flab at the moment. My thighs are looking much better though I'm definitely seeing a difference there keeping my fingers crossed for a drop in weight this week, I've logged all my food and water, I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing but I always get nervous about weigh in day.9
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Exciting updates.......
100lbs down!
I had to look for a pic where I was wearing this dress as it is what I have with me right now. ☺
I am also at day 128 of reaching my step goal and got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday!!!!19 -
@uyister
Wow you look amazing!!! 100 pounds! That's unreal
I hope you're doing okay with the volcano evacuation 
that must be hard to keep up with your goals not living at home
So I had a horrible weekend and am up almost 3 pounds I think it's mostly water weight from the salt, so I'm going to try and keep it clean until it levels out again. It's crazy how fast weight comes on when you let go. Then it takes a couple weeks for it to come off again! I know it's natural to have ups and downs. I'm not going to have another weekend like that until it's absolutely needed. Sometimes you just need a break, but 3 pounds worth is too much. It was the booze! It's been the sunniest week ever, with complete summer weather. It's hard not to have a few beers.
Hopefully going to go for a bike ride by the river today, that's if I can get the bike in my car by myself haha. If I can't get it in the car, then I'll just ride around my neighbourhood. Then I'll take my dog for a walk as usual.
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@ladychr0nic Thank you. I am doing good. I am back home already, so getting back into a routine.
@speyerj Thank you!!! Glad I was home for this, as I could find someone to take a nice full-length pic for me.1 -
@uyister you look amazing! And that dress is cute AF, to boot.
I finally went for a very, very long-overdue haircut today. My hair was shoulder-length and I took it up to a pixie cut. I feel cute as hell.11 -
@uyister Those pictures are worth a 1000 words! Amazing job! What a change!! I'm so proud that you were able to keep working on it over 3 years and not yo-yo to gain the weight back.4
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I keep thinking about the website that @speyerj posted. My overall activity has really decreased since COVID started. I have a desk job, but I used to have to walk from my upstairs desk on one end of my building to the next building and to the end of the upstairs of that building for the conference rooms. Sometimes I would make that trip 2 or 3 times a day. Now I just sit at my desk at home and go from zoom to zoom call. There are days that I will get only 2K steps (all day long). Most of the time my walking buddy and I would call each other over lunch and go for our hour long walk, so those days I'd get 7-8K steps.
The last couple of days I'm thinking about how just little movements add up, so instead of waiting for my tea by the microwave I'm walking laps around the kitchen/dinning room. Instead of sitting on the couch looking at facebook or reading a book I try to walk those same laps around my house while reading or looking at facebook. It has really helped. I've gotten to 10K the last 3 days.
I agree with some people that there really are behaviors that can slow down your matabalism but I've done research into a 16:8 IF schedule and a standard diet and the research shows that they are not slowing down my metabolism. It is me that is burning less calories by not moving and me that is eating more than I track (or not tracking at all). So we renewed commitment I'm going to try to move more during the days. I'll never be like my husband that can get 15K steps just doing nothing on a weekend (he never sits down). But I can do better than 3K!6 -
@uyister That's so awesome!! You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your progress. (And that's a super cute dress!)3
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@uylster and @speyerj both your posts are so inspirational like many others that motivate me every day. I wake up in the morning first thing and read the posts and visualize my day and my goal. I often go back and re read something that I needed to hear.
For some of us who have joined within the last few months, would you or anyone else who has lost a significant amount of weight be willing to share what some of your thoughts when you first started, what your biggest challenges were, words of wisdom that would have helped you along the way. I am down about 20 and have 60 more to go. I am in a good place, have logged in everyday since I started and have worked hard at being accountable ( especially about the numbers on the scale)
Thanks,
Vicky
P.S. by the way @uylster you are beautiful
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@uyister Amazing! You’re doing such a great job.
@VickyEltonGreen There’s so many things. 1. Read the different threads on MFP as there’s many folks that are very insightful and inspiring. 2. This is a lifestyle. There is no end date. This can be daunting. When I stopped logging or stopped doing the things when I had my first weight loss success I gained back. The things we do to lose weight are ultimately what it needs to keep it off. 3. Make sure you’re doing things that are realistic for you. This includes that any exercise is what you enjoy or something you can keep doing. So if going to the gym for 2 hours isn’t for you; don’t do it. Do things that are manageable for you, in whatever that means. 4. Make things simple if everything seems too much. Focus on just logging food if overwhelmed with considering food, exercise, water, etc 5. Celebrate all the successes. Especially the small ones. The process can be slow at different times so find the successes even when the scale isn’t moving as fast as you want it to go – measurements, clothing fit, less soreness, breathing better, tasks are easier, etc.
Many of those I have to tell myself quite a bit. I’ve seen success before now it’s figuring out how to keep it off once I get back there as I struggled with that over time or just life changed so I have to figure out how I can change as well to manage.
My most recent struggle is the social aspect. Going to restaurants when family wants to. I had all my plans yesterday mapped out and then my husband sprung on me to go out to dinner. I don't do well with plans changing. Along with getting anxiety that I went out to eat 3 times this week. Especially just worried that I was seeing the scale finally move to be going to high sodium places. I don't want my food plans/needs to affect my family as it's not about them. They need it too but they have to come to terms on their own.
April Challenge Weigh In Day
Age 44
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 226
GW for Apr 223
UGW 145
4/1: 226 lbs
4/8: 226 lbs
4/15: 226 lbs
4/22: 225 lbs
4/29:
Total month loss:
Weekly goals:
-Continue logging on MFP
-Work out 5x per week – 3 cardio & 2 strength
-64 oz of water each day
Despite my restaurant anxiety this week, weight still is staying down.
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@VickyEltonGreen - I went back to a post from July 2019 - I was about 6 weeks into my restart of MFP and had just began posting on the Women 200lb+ post. This was about my disappointment that the scale wasn't moving like it was the first month of logging:So I might have set a too ambitious goal for myself to lose 10 pounds this month. There are 10 days left in the month and I am 5.9 down. Not bad at all, but I suspect I'll fall a pound or two from my goal.
This is my second month after a year and a half hiatus. I'd forgotten so much. Such as how the first month of tracking will be my best month; it won't always be that easy. I lost 15.9 pound my first month. That kind if weight loss isn't sustainable. And it's mostly water.
Now, every pound will be a struggle as my body fights what I'm putting it through. And the motivational message when you complete your dairy that "if every day were like to day you'd weigh x in 5 weeks" has no basis in reality. Weight loss isn't a simple mathematical equation and it's rarely linear. So many other factors like hormones come into play.
I need to reset my expectations and celebrate a 6 pound weight loss, not beat myself up because it isn't 7.
I'm so surprised at how hard I was on myself! But I learned a lot along the way.
There were a couple of revelations along the way that I saved to a word document to remind myself when I get discouraged. I know some of you have seen them before, so forgive me if I am repeating myself"
"The shame I felt for losing and then regaining 100 pounds was pretty intense and it stopped me from getting back on the wagon. I'm glad that I figured out if I was going to be successful in this journey, I had to kick shame out of my path or I was going to trip over it."
"That my weight loss has a beginning, but it doesn't have an end. I'll never be done. The same habits I am doing today to support my weight loss are ones that I will need to do for the rest of my life. The only difference between weight loss and maintenance are the number of calories you have to play with.
That was a lesson I didn't learn in my last go-arounds. I thought I could just go back to "living my life". This is my life. And that is okay."
"I've come to believe that staying on plan has less to do with self-control and more to do with environment control. That is, planning ahead and planning for when things don't go as expected. So you make it easy for yourself to make the healthy choice. If I had to rely on willpower alone, I could never have lost this much weight."
"Whatever you do, don't put your life on hold during the weight loss journey. Going out, enjoying yourself and learning how to fit that into your fitness goals is an important lesson - one that you will use a lot during the rest of your weight loss journey and maintenance. This is a lifelong commitment."10 -
Absolutely love these. Thank you so much for the post @speyerj
There were a couple of revelations along the way that I saved to a word document to remind myself when I get discouraged. I know some of you have seen them before, so forgive me if I am repeating myself"
"The shame I felt for losing and then regaining 100 pounds was pretty intense and it stopped me from getting back on the wagon. I'm glad that I figured out if I was going to be successful in this journey, I had to kick shame out of my path or I was going to trip over it."
"That my weight loss has a beginning, but it doesn't have an end. I'll never be done. The same habits I am doing today to support my weight loss are ones that I will need to do for the rest of my life. The only difference between weight loss and maintenance are the number of calories you have to play with.
That was a lesson I didn't learn in my last go-arounds. I thought I could just go back to "living my life". This is my life. And that is okay."
"I've come to believe that staying on plan has less to do with self-control and more to do with environment control. That is, planning ahead and planning for when things don't go as expected. So you make it easy for yourself to make the healthy choice. If I had to rely on willpower alone, I could never have lost this much weight."
"Whatever you do, don't put your life on hold during the weight loss journey. Going out, enjoying yourself and learning how to fit that into your fitness goals is an important lesson - one that you will use a lot during the rest of your weight loss journey and maintenance. This is a lifelong commitment."[/quote]
Also thank you @sarah 12277 3 -
So the past couple of days I've been exhausted, after dinner I've been struggling with tiredness, at first I put it down to adding in more exercise but this morning I checked my calories for the week and my average net calories were 850, obviously nowhere near enough. Now I know why I'm tired, I'm not eating enough although I honestly haven't felt hungry with what I'm eating but my body is obviously telling me it needs more fuel hence the exhaustion. I thought I was doing a great job, logging everything, drinking my water trying to stick to my macros but never realised that by not eating more of my exercise calories I've been effectively starving myself. I'm trying to eat more tonight to try and boost my energy levels and give my body the fuel it needs. Going to keep a closer eye on my net calories too cause they need to be at least 1200 or more, the last thing I want to do is damage my metabolism and make weight loss harder.6
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So the past couple of days I've been exhausted, after dinner I've been struggling with tiredness, at first I put it down to adding in more exercise but this morning I checked my calories for the week and my average net calories were 850, obviously nowhere near enough. Now I know why I'm tired, I'm not eating enough although I honestly haven't felt hungry with what I'm eating but my body is obviously telling me it needs more fuel hence the exhaustion. I thought I was doing a great job, logging everything, drinking my water trying to stick to my macros but never realised that by not eating more of my exercise calories I've been effectively starving myself. I'm trying to eat more tonight to try and boost my energy levels and give my body the fuel it needs. Going to keep a closer eye on my net calories too cause they need to be at least 1200 or more, the last thing I want to do is damage my metabolism and make weight loss harder.
850??? No wonder you felt so crappy, I'm glad you figured it out relatively quickly!
Bodies are wild, though. You said you didn't feel hungry despite eating so little - my husband has a similar thing where hunger just doesn't register until he's Extremely Hungry, which is obviously not ideal. I guess your internal equalizer has the Hunger volume set very low. This isn't a good or bad thing, just a fact you now know about yourself, and if that means sometimes you need to set alarms to remind yourself to eat, that's valid.3 -
Friday weigh in!
Age: 31
Height: 5’6”
SW 222 (Feb 10, 21)
April SW 201.2
April GW 190
UGW 170
April 2: 200.7
April 9: 197.5
April 16: 195.9
April 23: 193.9
April 30:
I. Am. Thrilled. In the last 10 days, I flew across the world, stayed five days in a quarantine hotel, and moved back into my old apartment. The fact that I could do all of those things and still lose makes me so happy! Reading all the posts on MFP about planning helped me tons. I had planned my meals before I even set foot in the hotel and I had researched some good body weight only exercise videos that I could do as I didn’t have access to any equipment (we weren’t allowed to leave our rooms but we could order things to be delivered in). It was a good experience but I am obviously really glad to be out and back home now. On Wednesday, I cooked salmon and asparagus (my first home cooked meal in a week) and was so delighted.
My challenges this week will be taking the lifestyle changes I made in the US and adapting them to fit my life in Indonesia. The food availability is different here, my lifestyle is different, the habits I’ve built in the last 2+ months might not all translate exactly but I am committed to continuing this journey. Another challenge will be that I lived a pretty Covid-careful, hermit life in the States but now that I’m fully vaccinated and a lot of my friends are too, I will be getting out a lot more. There was a small part of me that wanted to do all my losing in the US and then get to maintenance here because I didn’t want to have to deal with the comments, but that’s not real life! I think my strategy will be to embrace PLANNING. Planning has gotten me this far and planning is what will help me continue.
I had a couple of fun NSVs this week: I finally got back home to my wardrobe after 10 months of living out of a suitcase and I tried on alllll my old clothes and had to box up half of them because -30lbs! Yay! It was encouraging to put on old jeans that use to be tight and see that they were super baggy (and not in a cute way). I still have another 20+ to go to regain my wardrobe from 5 years ago, but I am celebrating the success! I also did a big errand run, including grocery shopping this week. I don’t have a car here, so I pack up all of my groceries for the week in a backpack and two large carrying bags and walk about 0.5 miles to where I can get a taxi. Prior to my weight loss/fitness journey, this was an ordeal that would leave me exhausted for the next few hours (because heavy!). This time, I noticed that I didn’t break a sweat and wasn’t tired when I got home - in fact, I had the energy to dance around my kitchen to music while I put away my groceries. If THAT isn’t the reason why we do all this I don’t know what is!
Keep on keeping on, ladies! Sending love and light to you all!18 -
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Friday weigh-in time!
Age: 29
Height: 5'3"
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 234.6 (3/26/2021)
Weigh-Ins
4/2: 233.4
4/9: 231.4
4/16: 229.4
4/23: 229.6
4/30:
GW for April: Below 230
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144, end of 2022
I'm pretty sure this is mostly food in transit/water retention, it's been a high-sodium, low-...well, you know...kind of week. It does look like I'll finish the month below 230, which is my goal, so that's pretty dope.
I need to figure out what my exercise plan for May is going to be. I've learned recently that there's like fifty little natural areas with hiking/walking trails around the county, and a dozen of them are close to home, so I definitely want to explore as many of those as I can. I think I'm just going to stick with cardio for the week that I'm traveling; maybe there are similar natural areas near my dad and friend, who knows.
Hubs has decided he's sick of the breakfast burritos, which means my latest batch of 10 is just for me. I decided to try the low-carb tortillas for this batch. I'm not optimistic - they were kind of dry and crumbly while assembling the burritos, and by the time I get around to eating them they will have been in the freezer for about 2 weeks, give or take. We'll see how it goes. If they aren't AMAZING, I'll just stick to the regular tortillas like I have been; the low-carb ones are more expensive for fewer units per package (like $6 for 8 vs $3 for 10 normal flour tortillas).6 -
02/04/21 209.8
09/04/21 208.4
16/04/21 206.6
23/04/21 206.2
So this week's loss hasn't been great but given that I've just discovered my net calories are far too low I'm surprised I've lost anything. I honestly expected to be closer to 200lbs by now but at least I know why I'm not making the progress I expected and I'm taking steps to fix that by making sure my net calories are at least 1200. Hopefully next week I'll be able to wave goodbye to 206. Over the next week I'll be sticking with the walking, exercise bike and weights and will continue to log all my food and water.8 -
@girlinkaz very inspiring!! You are going to rock it in Indonesia!
@goal06082021 I've also noticed that most of the time it's not worth it going for low carb. I might as well have the normal ones and just have them less frequently.
@kelMee2 is the net calories your total intake minus the remaining? I try to leave most of my exercise calories in eaten (most of those are just from walking) because I figure I'm not great at weighing and measuring unless it is a high calorie dense food. So they are my buffer.
Yesterday was a good day for me. My mom just got here is to help with the kids school for a day or two. Which is a nice and more difficult at the same time. We have just started the kids going back to in person dance which makes dinner prep crazy. But instead of sitting in the car my younger daughter, mom, and I went on a 40 min walk. This helped me get to 12k steps for the day! At least I didn't have to walk laps around the kitchen/dining room today 🙃
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@trinati2001 the net calories are what you've eaten minus the exercise calories really your net calories shouldn't be lower than 1200 but I was eating under my calories and not eating back exercise calories so my net calories are too low and my weight loss has slowed. MFP is set so you're supposed to eat back exercise calories or at least a percentage of them but I had days where I was burning 500 calories and only eating 1000 calories and your body isn't built to sustain that and I've learned that the hard way. Now I'll need to make sure I'm eating more. You should log your walking cause you're probably burning more than you think, depending on your weight you can burn 100 calories per mile, I walk a minimum of 3 miles per day and have my profile set to sedentary so i log any exercise I do.1
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I just found this board and it is so inspiring to see people with similar stats having success!
Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 2021: 271.1
SW this month: 246.6
GW this month: 236.0
GW for 2021: 199
4/2: 245.0
4/9: 242.6
4/16: 239.6
4/23: 237.2
4/30: TBD - Going on vacation this week and making plans to stay on track
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@kelMee2 Fitbit transfers my steps/exercise calories over to MFP. But I figure a lot of these exercise calories are getting eaten with some of my imperfect logging. For example I almost never log low calorie veggies. I figure they are not worth the effort. Also when I cut a piece of homemade bread I don't weigh it, so it is probably a little more than what I figured. Also when I estimate how many servings that went into a home cooked meal I might be off when it is actually fully dished up. So I kind of use my exercise calories to help out with the fact that I don't want to be perfect.
But your point is a good one. If I start seeing some slowdown I'll try eating those calories back to see if that helps.3 -
Friday Weigh-ins
April 2021
Age: 58
Height: 5'7"
SW 2/10/2021 - 325.0
CW as of 3/25/2021 – 277.6 (-47.4 lbs)
4/02/2021 (+/- lbs) -1.8 lbs (275.8)
4/09/2021 (+/- lbs) -2.8 lbs (273.0)
4/16/2021 (+/- lbs)+1.4 lbs (274.4) (+.5 lbs weekly average)
4/23/2021 (+/- lbs) -2.4 lbs (272.0) (+/- 0 lbs weekly average)
4/30/2021 (+/- lbs)
GW for Apr 30th 2021 – 267.6 lbs (-2 lbs per week) Definitely not reaching this!
GW for Feb 10th 2022 – 220 lbs (-2 lbs per week for 52 weeks)
UGW – 175 lbs / approx. 25% body fat (then re-evaluate)
64 oz water per day (7 out of 7)
10 min aerobic workout x5 days (1 out of 5)
30 min cardio/strength building x3 days (1 out of 3)
Upcoming Weekly NSV's/Goals for the month of April:
64 oz water per day
10 min aerobic workout – Search for a new routine on YouTube
30 min cardio/strength building x5 days
(4/23) Had a good loss this week of -2.2 lbs so I am pleased with that. I pretty much stayed within my dietary guidelines but I wasn't able to significantly increase my protein or fiber the way I wanted to but I do have some protein powder on order so that will help boost my protein intake. I did actually have one blow-out day earlier in the week but even with that I averaged 1500 calories per day so not too bad. On the other hand, I did horribly with my exercise goals! I was totally exhausted and found myself sleeping hours on end. I am sure my body desperately needed it since I suffer severely with insomnia. Today was the first day I was able to stay awake throughout the day and I actually did a cardio/strength training workout first thing in the morning. I enjoy doing this particular workout so I think I am going to increase it from 3x's to 5x's per week. I am finding myself dreading the short little 10 min aerobic workout so I think I am going to find something new to replace it with...not quite sure what though so I'll have to go on a YouTube search.6 -
@trinati2001 I mean, these burritos are my breakfast on weekday mornings. If the low-carb ones are gross I'll just go back to the regular tortillas I've been eating the whole time, since I've clearly been able to fit them into my budget thus far. The low-carb tortillas would have to like, keep me from feeling hungry for 10 full hours or something wild like that for me to keep buying them.2
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