Women 200lb+, Let's Be Majestic This March!!!

DeterminedKins

SW: 129.9kg 5th March

12th March: 127.2kg
13th March: 127.4kg

Fully expected, had a couple of vodkas last night!

CupcakeCrusoe

Good morning everyone!

I finally got to sleep in AND woke up before everyone else still- best of both worlds, hooray! And the sun is out this morning, where yesterday it was cold and rainy all day, so my walk will be nice.

Yesterday was a very fun food day, and the couple of drinks I had put me over calories by about 450. But! I logged everything, so I know I didn't go over enough to freak out about. I hit around maintenance yesterday. Back at it today, maybe make a big salad so I can amuse myself doing this number:



It's important sometimes, occasionally, to take a break to participate in social stuff (or just to give yourself a break). A good book I read called Superior Fat Loss used the metaphor of a bathtub- as you have a deficit to lose weight, the pressure and stress you're under is like water filling a tub. If you let the water go too long, it overflows the tub and makes a mess, but if you occasionally pull the drain (eat more calories/at maintenance) to let some of the water out, you can keep filling up that tub. Superior Fat Loss really changed my mind about how I was supposed to do weight loss in general. Controlled higher calories won't hurt anything in the big scheme, and might be enough to let you keep going. My diet break (eating at maintenance) is scheduled for April for a little over a week, and I'm looking forward to it.

Anyway! Enough being That Girl about a book I read! Tag party time!
@jazzadesigns I hope work gets less stressful for you, sounds wild!
@cowgirlslikeus86 look at you go!
@goal06082021 you food always sounds so good.
@lmgoff232 yessss yessssssss back in the saddle! And with a bikini! I love it.
@swimmom_1 you're making really good progress. I was going to say 5lb a month in the 150's sounds like a lofty goal, but it looks like you're on track. If you're happy with how you're getting there, then good for you!
@DeterminedKins party harddd I love it

Have a great day, everyone!

osier5

Age 50, 5'6"
Starting weight: 223.5 (1/1/22)
Ultimate goal weight: 160

1/1 223.5
1/8 222.4
1/15 221.2
1/22 219.9
1/29 219.4
Jan. loss: 4.1

2/4 218.9
2/13 217.5
2/20 216.1
2/27 Out of town
Feb. loss: 3.3

3/6 216.2
3/13 251.3
3/20
3/27
March loss:

DanaRenee518

I love everyone's Ticker. I finally figured out how to do one. Sigh...

CupcakeCrusoe

CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »

Good
maybe make a big salad so I can amuse myself doing this number:

Proof of concept, haha:


The salad is cabbage, peas, and green onions, with chicken and crushed up ramen noodles, with a dressing of sesame oil and rice vinegar and a little of the ramen packet seasoning.

roz0810

thank you all for the hugs/likes. I'm back on it and 2lbs gone thankfully. Will hear from doctor this afternoon.

vparks5915

Good morning! ☀️ Hi ladies here’s to a great week. Thanks @CupcakeCrusoe @hap2go for the encouragement!

I’ve been struggling a little bit with my food choices but I’m determined to get back on track. My legs and my back are starting to hurt and I know it’s because of weight.

I’ve been working from home since October, and one thing this site does is let me see my patterns from tracking. I don’t move much working from home. So more food and less movement = extra Me . Stress eating too so I’m going to find solutions to what’s bothering me , Instead of overeating find a non food activity to do

Now that I’ve identified the pattern, I can make better choices. @justanotherloser007 that quote is so true. We won’t always be motivated so he have to be disciplined.

So I’m taking it a day at a time .Today I’m going to prep meals to last about 3 days, and get some exercise. ❤️🙏🏽👍🏽🤸🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🥦💪🏽

CupcakeCrusoe

Good morning and happy Monday, everyone!

I'm determined not to be stressed this week. I'm going to reach out for help, practice saying "no," and leave work at work. Manifesting.

Tag party time!
@osier5 hey, 216 to 215 is almost a pound, that's great!
@DanaRenee518 I like yours a lot. Very pastoral.
@roz0810 Yeah, look at you! Best of luck with the doc.
@vparks5915 one day at a time is all any of us can do. You've got it. And identifying problems is half the battle.

Today is Pi Day, so for my kindergartener, we're having chicken pot pie and key lime pie for dinner. I've prelogged, and some of both just fits in my calories. Looking forward to both. As per usual now, I'll save my protein bar for the drive home, and lift while dinner's in the oven. Have a great day, everyone!

seltzer_lover

@jazzadesigns - On the plus side, you're not gaining! I know it's so frustrating when you're just. not. losing, but there is a bright side, and that is that you're maintaining and not regaining.

@goal06082021 - any chance you could share that baked oatmeal recipe? Cherry and chocolate together are my favorite! Congrats on being so productive.

@lmgoff232 - congrats on successfully maintaining! AND for ordering some two-pieces!

@CupcakeCrusoe - it sounds like you've arrived at a very healthy mental place in your approach to food, which is amazing! It's still hard for me, sometimes, even though I know logically I'm still eating under maintenance and one meal won't kill me. But all-or-nothing thinking is a powerful demon and I'm still definitely working on exorcising it.

seltzer_lover

And now for my Monday check-in:

W (7/23): 300
2/28: 254.6
3/7: 253.2
3/14: 251.7
3/21:
3/28:

Today I hit 40% completion to my goal weight AND my third mini-goal. Happy Scale divided up the weight I want to lose into 10 equal-size chunks for mini-goals. My next one is in the 230s and I'm ready for it!

March GW: in the 240s. Hopefully that's doable now that I seem to have jumped over my plateau and dealt with all the stuff February threw at me.

🍀 March Goals🍀

🍀 Keep the house tidy
🍀 Meal plan and prep
🍀 Make smart choices when eating out
🍀 Be a more active participant in this thread

So far so good with both my weight goals and my more general goals. I'm really glad I put keeping the house tidy in there, because it's making a big difference to my mental health to have a very neat environment.

EDTake2

Username: EDTake2
Weigh In Day: Mondays
PW (Previous Weight): 197.4
CW (Current Weight): 197.8

I am shocked that the gain is so little. I have been very busy at work and have been eating take out all week. My daily weight was a roller-coaster, it would go up 3lbs/down 3lbs from the salt intake/food in transit. I estimated my calories the whole weeks (tried my best with portion control) and no exercise.

Last night stayed up till 1AM doing meal prep for the week. Cannot have another repeat of last week. not so much for the weight, but the way i felt the whole week was horrible (swollen, bloated, cranky)

Proud of myself for not giving up and still working hard towards the goal. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy week!!!

_manny_702

Age: 33
Height: 5' 11"
Highest weight: 282lbs 10/2021

My goals for March are:
👉 hit 215 or lower
👉 drink more water, at least 80oz a day
👉 incorporate intermittent fasting into my routine 2 times a week

Last week:
👉 Get over my sickness asap ✔️
👉 lose 3 pounds ✔️
👉 cook less time consuming meals 😋✔️

This week:
👉 establish circuit training routine
👉 don't deprive myself

March 7: 227.5
March 14: 223.3
March 21:
March 28:

I might just hit my goal this month 👀
I just realized I have 2.5 months until bathing suit season, if I get down below 185 I am buying a new swimsuit.
Since November I have lost 59 pounds and haven't bought any clothes because I don't want to waste money until I'm comfortable with how I look (probably 160lbs to 170lbs.) However, I went with my sister to buy her pants and was curious to see what I could fit into, I learned I can now comfortably squeeze into a size 12. I had bought jeans in Sept. 2021 a couple months before I started my journey and they were 18W. I could not hide my smile, the mental impact was just what I needed to boost my confidence and motivation. Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience with ya'll and I hope you can experience something similar, happy Monday everyone! 😊

goal06082021

@seltzer_lover (and anyone else interested):

Cherry Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:

1. 4 large eggs (~180g egg)
2. 160ml whole dairy milk
3. 28g (~1 scant scoop) vanilla protein powder
4. 7g (~1 tbsp) Hershey's cocoa powder
5. 56g (~2oz, about 2 tbsp) Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
6. 270g (~3 cups) rolled oats
7. 420g (~2 cups) frozen mixed berries and cherries

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400F and spray an 8x8 baking dish with your food-lubricant of choice. I used canola oil spray. I recommend a glass baking dish.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, protein powder, and cocoa powder until well-combined. I used a stand mixer with the wire whisk attachment.
• Meanwhile, blitz up the frozen fruit in a food processor, so as to more evenly distribute it in the finished product. If your fruit is of more uniform size (mine had some pretty big cherries and strawberries), you may not need to do this, but whole blueberries and such may sink to the bottom.
• Fold together the egg mixture, fruit mixture, oats, and chocolate chips with a spatula until well-combined.
• Pour oat mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake for about 50 minutes or until set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. You can cover the top with foil if it starts browning too much. Important: don't let the mixture sit too long before you put it in the oven, or it will settle into layers with all the oats at the top and the egg-protein powder-chocolate-etc mixture on the bottom. It's not unpleasant, but not really what we're going for.
• Once set, allow to cool to room-temperature before unmolding your oat-cake. Cut into 6 pieces and wrap in foil. Will keep at least a week in the fridge, several months in the freezer. If frozen, thaw in the fridge overnight. Reheats best in a toaster oven, 15 minutes at 450F, but you can also use the microwave (remove the foil first or wrap in something microwave-safe, of course!)

Nutrition and notes:
~300cal per serving, 46g carbs/10g fat/14g protein

* Feel free to swap in your favorite alternative milk if dairy is no-go for you.
* You could use an equivalent amount of just egg whites (about 190g all told) and skip the yolks, if you want lower-fat; the eggs are structural in this recipe, so you could probably also use aquafaba or your favorite egg sub, but I haven't tried that - consult your favorite vegan baker for advice on structural egg substitution.
* This recipe uses rolled oats, instant would also work, but not steel-cut - those cook differently.
* The base recipe is really the eggs, oats, and just enough liquid from whatever source you like; you can put whatever else in there you like. I've made pumpkin baked oatmeal (use canned pumpkin puree and spices or pumpkin pie filling), cranberry-orange (dried cranberries, orange zest, some OJ instead of milk), mixed-berry and double chocolate separately (this recipe was basically combining both of those), etc.
* If you're a fan of thinner oatmeal, use a lot less liquid than you think you need; if you, like me, prefer your oatmeal Thicc N Chunkay, use about as much liquid as you think you need. Err on the side of too much and just bake it longer if it's not quite set. It's very forgiving.
* If it comes out not sweet enough, which has happened for me in the past, I've warmed up a little bit of maple syrup to drizzle over it. I have these little metal sauce cups, so I pour about 10-15g of syrup into one of those and set it on top of the toaster oven, which gets warm while doing its thing. By the time the oatmeal bar is ready, the syrup is warm and delicious and easy to drizzle over - and warming it up also thins it out a bit, so you get that coverage without needing to drench your breakfast in the thicker, refrigerator-cold syrup.

seltzer_lover

@goal06082021 - Thank you so much! That's going to get a try this weekend when I prep for the week.

I have a blueberry lemon poppyseed one that I like you might be interested in: https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/lemon-blueberry-baked-oatmeal/

bonniemcc4

March goals: I want to get better at reaching my protein, continue eating less sugar, continue taking steps to improve my mental health. Make it to my appointments. Also, start exercising again (carefully). I’d like to lose 4-10 pounds for the month.

2/28/22: 284.2
GW for March: 280
3/7/22: 282.6 (-1.6)
3/14/22: 280.8 (-1.8)

Our fridge was finally fixed Thursday so I can have more choices again. Time to get my sodium back down. Shelf stable foods are high in sodium. So I did well during this time but sodium was high. Doing pretty well with keeping my sugar in check.

Mental health update is I need to get on top of that. I met with the counselor again virtually last week but I need to find a therapist for talk therapy and life has been insane so I haven’t done that yet.

I exercised every day last week, except Monday. Still lightly and carefully. Most was 10-20 minutes per day. Seated exercise videos and walking around my apartment.

I went back to the doctor today. I lost 5lbs since last month. My blood pressure is still high so she put me on more meds for that 😕 and sent me home with a BP cuff to check daily at home 😬

sarah12277

Age 45
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 216.8
GW for March 216
UGW 145

3/1: 217.4 lbs
3/8: 217.4
3/14: 216.8
3/21:
3/25:
Total month loss:

Weekly goals:
-Continue logging on MFP
-At least 1 day at gym
-64 oz of water each day

Last week was hectic with work finishing up our release and different meetings.
Got to the gym last week to go on the treadmill. Going to keep to once a week right now.
I'm going to switch machines with that trend. Watched the rowing machine last week so I think I'll try it today to get the whole body workout.

I have happy scale. I used to capture the weights on a paper calendar but did switch 2020 so I can capture what I had. It's been very helpful. Although it will start to give up and go back to the old mini goal if you jump back up too much. I've happened to be at one of the mini goals and fluctuated all around it so it's reverted back a lot.

This week there's been more movement so happy to see that.

My mom had a dr appointment last week so she was surprised she has maintained. I must be doing something right for dinners then. I can't control her night eating but can dinner a bit.

Next week will be the last of the weights for the month. I won't have access the 31st so I'll take the last ones I have access to. Hope I don't have too much gain from there. Just focus on all the water I can have. Food will be high sodium but will be trying for things that I enjoy and feel worth the calories.

kramereh

Hello ladies! My name is Liz and I’m 37/ 5’8”, married with 2 kids. Mileena is 6 and Jax will be 4 this month. They keep me busy that’s for sure. I’m ultimately trying to be healthier for me and my family BUT my brother is getting married in October and I’m in the wedding. We tried on dresses a couple Sundays ago and that jump started this. It was embarrassing and I felt so down on myself. I’ve been using that as motivation to keep going strong.

Goals:
🍀 10k steps each day
🍀 track my food honestly and consistently
🍀 workout on elliptical 3-4 times per week
🍀 alcohol once per week
🍀 8-10 lb loss

SW: 216.4 (2/21/22) - well a restart weight
Feb ⬇️ 6.4

Mar 1: 210
Mar 5: 206.6 - I had a great week and am hoping I can keep going strong!!
Mar 12: 204.8- not exactly what I wanted but at least it’s a loss. I’m going out for March madness this week and hoping I can maintain. It’s always dangerous having cheat days .. always the fear is not getting back on it!
Mar: 19
Mar 26
Mar 31:

CupcakeCrusoe

It's Tuesday! I'm ... here.

The baby's been snotty the last few days, and it seems I've finally caught it. I couldn't sleep well and feel like I've been run over by a truck. Part of that might be that I went hard on the weights yesterday, though.


Also in good news- got a little whoosh! 194.4 today! So now I know, despite whatever water retention might tell me, I'm making some good progress.

@seltzer_lover aw thanks You're doing so well! I totally feel you on a tidy house- I live with two kids under 7, and it always looks like a tornado hits it. Whatsisface doesn't believe me when I say that all the STUFF everywhere is yelling at me, but that's exactly what it feels like.
@EDTake2 Good on you prioritizing your goals! Hopefully it doesn't always have to be at 1 am, but we take what we can get eh?
@_manny_702 oh man, the "smaller than you thought" jeans feeling! So great, congratulations!
@goal06082021 and @seltzer_lover those both look incredible.
@bonniemcc4 I have high blood pressure too. It's such a pain, and I fought meds for a while, until I made peace with the fact that I just have to monitor this for my own good. Better to know and be taking pills than not to know.
@sarah12277 the rowing machine always looks like so much fun! Congratulations to your mom, it really is due to your influence.
@kramereh you're making great progress, even on this week when you thought "that's not a lot." A pound a week IS a lot- it's 3500 calories less than your maintenance. You're doing great.

Hopefully I can kick this whatever-it-is I've got soon, when I'm sick everything goes downhill around the house. Have a great Tuesday, everyone!


(look at that hot lady go- she jumped forward, lol)

eta Ooh, yeah, one more thing- the weekly report thing is great when I have a category called "unintended," where I log stuff I didn't plan on eating. Really brings it all in, I just have to use it so I can see what's up.

roz0810

Morning all. Had the doctors call back yesterday afternoon. She was reluctant to give me Orlistat but thankfully she did. I'll pick them up in a few hours and start them. I've also got a two week trial with Noom, then it's £19 a month after so we'll see how it goes. On top of that I'm doing weight watchers too! I need to do this this time round. I'm not going to mess up like i normally do. Please feel free to add me. I'm also near the end of my 12 week challenge Jan-March and will be starting another 12 week challenge. How is it the middle of March already, what the hell! Looking forward to seeing my results. Still weighing in daily for now.

13/03: 269.6
14/03: 267.6
15/03: 267.6

CupcakeCrusoe

@roz0810 why was your doctor reluctant? A quick google tells me that the side effects can be gross, and you shouldn't take it for more than 6 months, or stop after 3 if you haven't lost at least 5% body weight.

Gently, and with all love, because like everyone here, I want to see everyone doing well and happy:

this is a LOT. Two different weight loss systems at the same time? And MFP? And dealing with meds? I know Noom has some articles about psychology of weight loss that might be helpful, I'm just worried that this is too many numbers to track. Did your doc have any recommendations about weight loss, besides meds?

If this is going to work for you, and it's going to be sustainable for you, and you can be happy doing it, I'm happy for you. I just want you to know- it's a lot, and it's not a "failure" if you can't keep up with all this- I certainly wouldn't be able to. If you find one of these systems is working better for you than the others, drop the others.

All you need for weight loss is a deficit. Doesn't matter how you get there (although healthy foods make you feel better), as long as you get there. It can take some trial and error to find what works best for you.