Women 200lb+, Let's Astonish Ourselves This April!!!
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Good morning and happy Monday! I'm starting mine off with a giant mug of coffee and a wish that it was still the weekend. Going to try to fake it until I make it. Or something.
SW (7/23): 300
3/28: 249.2
4/4: 247.4
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:
April GW: 241 - 244
🌻 April Goals🌻
🌻 Keep the house tidy
🌻 Meal plan and prep
🌻 Stay focused while traveling
My period fluctuation has finally left the building (left the body?) and I'm down to a new low, which feels lovely! BYE BYE, SIX POUNDS OF WATER WEIGHT THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND THANKFULLY LEFT (almost) AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME. Happy Scale is back on track after being desperately confused by my sudden gain.
Been really working hard at OTF - was recently able to jog the entire 23 minute treadmill block without stopping to walk and maintaining decent speeds. It was a major accomplishment for me and my coach noticed and gave me a high five for being able to hold that pace the entire time. I am not sure I've felt really proud of myself in this way in awhile. I do good work at my job, I take great care of my mentees, my dog, etc....but taking care of me? That's been backburnered for so long that I've forgotten how great it feels to do that.12 -
march 2 SW 230
march 29-april 4 221-222 dad in and out of hospital but I'm proud that I still got in my 30 minutes of exercise every day even if it was just walking (literally) around the hospital building
CW 222
GW 190
UG 150-175
Total loss so far 8 lbs
Its been REALLY hard with my dad so sick (my mom has alzheimers and my sister lives over 8 hours away so it really does mostly fall on me) And my stress eating vice is sugar (gumballs) THe last 3 days especially have been tough but I'm pulling up my big girl panties and saying, YES I CAN DO THIS, so I will.12 -
march 2 SW 230
march 29-april 4 221-222 dad in and out of hospital but I'm proud that I still got in my 30 minutes of exercise every day even if it was just walking (literally) around the hospital building
CW 222
GW 190
UG 150-175
Total loss so far 8 lbs
Its been REALLY hard with my dad so sick (my mom has alzheimers and my sister lives over 8 hours away so it really does mostly fall on me) And my stress eating vice is sugar (gumballs) THe last 3 days especially have been tough but I'm pulling up my big girl panties and saying, YES I CAN DO THIS, so I will.
Hugs. Being the caregiver for parents can be challenging and definitely exhausting. I hope your dad gets better quickly!8 -
Goals for April:
🍎 Increase daily fruit and veggie servings (currently hitting 2-3/day and aiming to reach 3-4/day minimum)
🧘🏼♀️ Continue exercising 2-3 times a week or more
💭 Start seeing a therapist for talk therapy
⬇️ Lose 7 pounds (but I’ll be happy with any loss)
SW: 288.8
CW: 276.8
GW for April: to get under 270
3/28: 276.8
4/4: 275.4 (-1.4)
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:
This past week was challenging. Tuesday we had a stressful evening with one of my nephews, leaving me to comfort and cheer up the youngest while my brother took the oldest out of the house. Then Wednesday I started feeling off and had a fever overnight that night and then felt off for a few more days. Over the whole weekend I had high pain levels.
The good news is none of these things led me to overeating or indulgences I didn’t plan for. My brother also cooked a lot this week, which is slightly more challenging because they’re not exactly healthy meals and can be very high calorie and difficult to log, but I made wise choices with that that fit into my calories, and still met my macros as well as I normally do.
Goals for the upcoming week:
🍎 Work on the fruit & veggie goal each day
🧘🏼♀️ Exercise twice if I’m able to
🥦 Keep getting enough fiber each day
📸 Take monthly progress photos9 -
Starting again weight and date with MFP: 282 10/21
AGE: 33
HEIGHT: 5'11"
4/1: 218
4/4: 215
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:
4/30:
🌻 APRIL GOALS🌻:
👉 Hit 208
👉 Drink more water (80oz a day)
👉 Increase muscle mass
Goodbye TOM inflation 😂6 -
As @CupcakeCrusoe would say, it's time for a tag party!
@CupcakeCrusoe - Glad that you're feeling better and saw that whoosh early in your cycle!
@jazzadesigns - Congrats on the loss!
@lmgoff232 - oooh sounds like you had a great evening! As a fellow tall person, I know the delight of being able to wear heels and still being shorter than your date! Hope you had a nice weekend and enjoyed some relaxation.
@goal06082021 - that wrap sounds delicious!
@roz0810 - I think a lot of us weigh daily but only post weekly - showing overall trends not the regular fluctuations. I definitely ranted last week that I was up 6 pounds in period-related water weight! I was up so much even Happy Scale couldn't deal with it. Just remember that as long as you're doing the "right" things and being honest in your tracking, the scale will eventually show that. Even if tomorrow you're up six whole pounds.
@cowgirlslikeus86 - Yay for a new gent and new heels! And new clothes! I'm with you in the "needs new everything" category of things. Including undies.
@bonniemcc4 - congrats on making the best choices you could in the situation you were in. That's all you can do. I'm sorry you've been in pain and hope that resolves itself quickly.
@_manny_702 - I think a few of us as TOMflation this past week.5 -
Gonna report in on Saturdays. This past weekend was my birthday weekend, and we will just say water weight has made camp for a while. Had a lot of fun and a lot of dessert (and a lot of walking!) so I'm dedicating this week to getting back on track. Took a metaphoric detour on my healthy eating journey, thoroughly enjoyed the view, and back on the main route again.7
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Thanks @RavenStCloud
Keri
69 years old
5'6"
SW: 266ish
CW: 251.2 new scale weighs me 6 lbs heavier than old one so not sure about how much I have lost.
Halfway GW: 199.5
UGW: 150
April GW get and stay in the 240s
🌻 April GOALS! 🌻
🟨 restart logging
🟨 restart exercise
🟨 Lift weights 1-2 x week
🟨 More than 100g protein every day
I weigh myself daily and record my losses here hopefully weekly or more often.
I have posted on these monthly threads in the past but due to a serious health issue and working through it I had to stop MFP. I had lost 20 lbs during the early pandemic when I was furloughed. When I was laid off I got a new job and started to gain alot back. I have been able to turn that around and slowly lose most of what I gained last year which for me is a great win since I lost while working fulltime. Also my new scale weighs me 6 lbs heavier so I am doing pretty okay with this. However I want to get back to regular exercise which was1-2 weight training sessions and the rest walks upping those to 5 per week.
My wonderful limited duration job just ended last week and I am not quite ready to retire. Fortunately I was contacted by someone where I worked about a job at the same place but in a different department. I will miss my wonderful team. I have to take 30 days off working there to get my severance pay but if I go back they will train me for the new position and I will be in the same pay scale range. It is a permanent position too. My cubicle will be the same size with a window. So hoping this works out. In the mean time I plan to get organized and get back to my exercise and planning healthy meals at home.
I read your wonderful posts.6 -
Things I keep saying that I just don't want to:
☀️ That's the way the cookie crumbles
☀️ Easy as pie!
☀️ Tough as pork chops (My Mom's specifically)
☀️ As cold as ice cream
☀️ That is cheesy like pizza (cheese was my fav food before the peri-meno "new" allergies showed up and I am literally allergic to whey *look at my eye twitchin* I don't like to talk about this for obvious reasons.)
I think that all my sayings are now about food. If I don't reference food, wait, because I will. I don't think I feel that hungry - but I am starting to feel like a person on one of those shows where you drop someone off, and they have to survive trapping and gathering to survive like "Alone". They start at week 3 talking about food all... the... time!! It is kind of funny, must be some sort of survival mechanism? Seriously, I am not that hungry I don't know what is going on.
Nice to see everyone here for the fabulous month of April! I went for the world's most beautiful walk, before I realized that it was yellow air. It is the time of the pollening here in Texas. So, I have been fighting allergies for a week with a sinus attack bonus. Oops! It is just so pretty!! Even my pear trees are flowering.
I hope wherever you are in the world, the land is waking up from it's winter slumber (or about to).7 -
Good morning everyone! It's Tuesday again.
T-minus 3! days! Until spring break. And I am EXCITED and a little NERVOUS because I no longer know what my weight does in regard to ovulation. Today's my predicted ovulation day, and I'm seeing a latest low on the scale. 191.8!
This is anecdotal as mess, but I also didn't feel as crazy hungry yesterday, having taken generic Claritin instead of generic Zyrtec for my allergies. We'll see if Claritin works as well for me for allergies in the next couple of days.
I may have woken up fully awake and super congested at 2AM, but I feel moisturized and as good as I expect to feel, getting over the crud.
I should have taken a picture of my chicken salad wrap I had last night for dinner, yum. It was good. And the lime jalapeno popcorn I had with it. Tonight, planning on some chicken fried (cauliflower) rice. Looking forward to it.
Enough of that, though! Tag party!
@seltzer_lover you are putting in that WORK and doing so WELL I'm so happy for you! Congratulations on fitness improvement, that's amazing!
@hap2go I'm so sorry you're having to go through this. It's so hard. Take care of yourself however you see fit.
@bonniemcc I'm sorry to hear you had a bad pain weekend, but I'm glad that you've stuck to your guns about making good choices in spite of adversity. That's good stuff, right there.
@_manny_702 glad to hear everyone's TOM related whooshes, haha
@kenziestabes I'm glad you enjoyed yourself on your birthday! As you should!
@KeriA Hi! I remember you! Hi! I'm glad to hear you have a job prospect that you will enjoy if you're not ready to retire just yet.
@justanotherloser007 I get... obsessed with sweets, while I'm losing weight. I figure it is some kind of evolutionary survival whatsit. We were never meant to lose weight, only keep it around for lean times.
It never gets old... look at her gooooo. Have a great day, everyone!5 -
OMG I had the post all typed out and then hit one button.....retyping the whole thing now
SW (Feb 3rd): 220
Feb: -6lbs
March: +3lbs
4/2: 217
4/9:
4/16:
4/23:
4/30:
April GW: 212
🌻 April Goals🌻
🌻 Keep moving
🌻 Bring in some strength training
🌻 Some light fasts
So March undid some of my work in Feb BUT I did land a new job and getting back into work is a pretty stressful thing, so I'm making my peace with March. I had been out of work most of the last year after being bullied out of a role I loved, so coming back into the workplace is both brilliant and very stressful. I notice some of ptsd symptoms are increasing, more nightmares and racing HR BUT far more manageable than it has been in a while and with each day I'm getting more comfortable with the new team and their way of working.
I started doing a little bit of walk-jogging over the past few weeks which is huge for me, I had ankle/knee surgery about 10 years ago and didn't think I'd be able to jog or run, I struggled to walk comfortably for years (and sometimes it flares up). But a mix of the tens machine, stretching, walking and taking it easy on days that it's flared up is helping. I don't want to set any hard goals around time/distance/speed until I've built up a bit more strength and stamina, so for now the goal is 3 sessions per week. It's been nice having my OH keep me company (even if my pace is painfully slow for him!).
Thanks again all, Raven and the rest of the fab crew here. I knew you were all here and now that I'm through interviews and am two weeks into the job, I'm delighted to be back.
I'm planning to do some light fasting, I've fasted in the past mostly for health benefits but also to help me readjust my eating habits and fix cravings. I did one 24hr fast last week, will most likely do the same each week and see how I get on. The electrolyte drink does taste horrendous though!
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march 2 SW 230
march 29-april 4 221-222 dad in and out of hospital but I'm proud that I still got in my 30 minutes of exercise every day even if it was just walking (literally) around the hospital building
april 5 222.4 just gonna leave that there and be depressed...
CW 222
GW 190
UG 150-175
Total loss so far 7.6 lbs
one day at a time right?
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Glad to be back and Thank you @RavenStCloud for this thread. Great support here!
Mary from Pennsylvania 64, 5'4", Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(
UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.
My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. My weigh in day is Sunday.
9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
12/26/21-165.6 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22-155 lbs. Down 100.2 lbs so far!
4/1/22-156.4 lbs
Been MIA AGAIN! :-( Will catch up on all your posts!
4/2/22-154 lbs
Had to share these daily weight, you'll see why.
4/3/22-152 lbs NEW LOW!
4/4/22-150 lbs NEW LOW!
4/5/22-148.6 lbs NEW LOW!
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@justanotherloser007 Just had to let you know.
Just finished my second elliptical session today. Total for the day, 335 minutes for 26.28 miles. My new PR. Someone asked me months ago if I was training for a marathon with my long times. I of course said, "No way." But I pushed tonight to get the 26.2 miles but I like even minutes. I dropped into the 140's this AM. Its been years.
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Hi I’m kikina and thank you @ravencloud for this thread I’ve been gone from MFP watching my weight always and I gained another 10 lbs instead of loosing! So I need MFP and the support I’ve hit my all time hi! And I want to go down hill from here Yesterday was my first day I do OMAD and keto! I feel great but the weight won’t go away so I’m trying to incorporate exercise!
SW 240!
CW 238.6
GW 170 for now7 -
Good morning everyone!
Weight's up a little, still under the trendline. I did go off-plan yesterday, we had some friends come into town. We had some good pizza and garlic knots. Supposedly I was beneath my calories according to what I logged, but restaurants aren't all the same and if I was above, it wasn't anything that was going to kill my progress.
It's Wednesday! And I have got to figure out what my maintenance calories are going to be for this weekend, lol. I'm going to try to spoiler this for being a very long explanation with pictures.I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I'm an engineer, and spreadsheets are my love language. That said, mine is very rudimentary, I'm sure it could look better, but again, engineer. It just has to be good enough to do the job,.
So I have an input tab, where I put my weight and my weekly calorie logs that MFP gives me every Monday in the Weekly Reports tab. I do some calculations with those numbers, adding my loss through the week, multiplying the loss by 3500 for total calorie deficit, and then adding that deficit to the weekly calorie log, to get a weekly 'maintenance calorie' number. This isn't perfect, because the weekly loss could be partly water weight, and my logging is only as good as it can be, but we'll get there.
To make it simpler on myself, I hide all the columns where calculations happen, and only show what columns I add to every day or week.
Then on a tab I call 'The Bridge,' because I'm a huge nerd, I have my visualization/summary. It pulls from the maintenance calculations on my input tab to show me at a glance what my weekly maintenance calories were, and I average it at the end of the month to try to get rid of the noise of water weight. This is also where I keep a rolling average of my weight, just in case I ever lose Libra for whatever reason. I know MFP doesn't keep all my historical data unless I pay them.
I think for maintenance purposes, I'm going to aim for 2000 calories. I think I'd be uncomfortable setting my calories any higher, to account for any logging inaccuracies I've been unknowingly doing. After the diet break, I can find out how close I got (or not, I might eat a lot of food that's hard to log,).
Anyway! Enough nerd stuff, tag party time!
@porquenoirl I'm so happy to hear about the new job. You plan on fasting for 24 hours each week? Electrolyte drink?
@hap2go weight loss isn't linear. Don't let your relationship to gravity at the moment you weighed affect your mood. All you have to do is keep going, and progress will come.
@swimmom_1 WOW! Your workout sounds very challenging, and that you rose to the challenge! Also you're having a nice whoosh right now.
@kikina hi! There are lots of different ways to lose weight, if omad and keto work for you, that's great. I would caution you just to make sure you're getting enough calories, as that can be hard to do on omad.
2 more days until Spring Break! I'm gearing up to do lots of things this spring break, I'll hopefully finish up the home office/craft room, and bring y'all before and after pictures. Have a great day everyone! 5 -
Hello!
I just found this group and would like to join if you don’t mind I definitely need support. I started this year doing a diet program and it was working pretty well. I lost 10 lbs in 2 months (starting at 216 lbs). Then I got corona and I just gave up. I’m actually the type of person that gains weight while sick. Eating is the only thing that makes me feel better.🤪 I’m not sure how much I weigh now. I’m assuming at least 216 based on how my clothes fit..😣 But I'll try to muster the courage to step back on the scale and start again Friday.🤞🏻I don’t have any support from friends or family, so I’m really hoping this will help me. And if I can help support others too, that would be fantastic! I know I need to do this not only for my self-esteem but for my health as well, but somehow that hasn't been motivational enough.😕
Age: 35
Height: 5'5"
SW: 216
CW: 216
GW: 145 (where I was four years ago!)
Goals for April:
1) restart diet
2) log meals/weight on MFP
3) convince husband to watch toddler so I can use treadmill at least 3x/week😅
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@hap2go Amazing going with the walking dealing with everything going on. Colour me inspired.
@swimmom_1 Wow you have come so far, gives me a lot of hope, and OMG 26.2miles! WOW, someday I'll get there.
@kikina how are you finding keto?
@CupcakeCrusoe I also love spreadsheets! This is fab, I've been thinking of doing something similar. this is a thing of beauty! I'm going to give the weekly fast a go and see how I get on, I got a recipe for a homemade electrolyte drink, it doesn't taste nice!
@Gia_G I also eat when I'm sick, unless I'm horrendously unwell or have a stomach bug, I'm eating. I understand the feeling with the scales, I would say try to see it as a useful number, nothing more, so you can track your progress. (I have to remind myself of this not irregularly!).
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Midweek unofficial update, new low weight this morning 186.6 AND I ran a mile in 12 minutes flat (11'51" average pace). So, Wednesday seems to be off to a good start! Let's hope I can keep that good juju momentum going, I'm just about to go get dressed for work.
I wore a pencil skirt yesterday that I thrifted years ago and it fit in the store, but I swear I must have gained five pounds just on the drive home - I was never able to wear it out of the house until yesterday. When I tell you I felt like a Hot Business Lady...I bought some new clothes over the weekend, including a bright red blouse with ruffly half-sleeves, and I think if I wore that pencil skirt with that red blouse, I would be *kitten* unstoppable. The most unstoppable kitten. I've even got red heels that match the blouse. The aesthetic I'd like to cultivate as I get closer to goal is basically Sexy Librarian, and that outfit is well on its way to achieving the look. I'm putting it in writing here so maybe I'll actually remember/follow through, but now that I can wear that skirt, I want to wear it more often and get some use out of it while it still fits.7 -
Hi everyone 👋
AGE: 32
SW: 245
CW: 234.8
1st GW: 180
Final GW: 150-140ish area (just want to be at a comfortable weight and live as a healthy example for my kids)
April Goals:
∆ End April in the 220's
∆ Lower my sodium intake
∆ Go from walking 8 to 12 miles a week
∆ Go from using 3lb weights to to 5lbs while working out5 -
@hap2go ((hugs)) walking is super important, even hospital walking. I do all my exercise as walking, because it is easy and I can do it just about anywhere. I pace, if I am waiting. The saying for weight loss is "eat less, move more" and walking is moving more! So hang in there. I also found walking super relaxing for when life gets hard - foot, meet ground.. repeat. Life seems less complex to me when I am "walking" or getting steps in, I just let all the stress fall to the reality that some things really are that easy. I am grateful I can walk, I know some can't.
@cupcakecrusoe Love your charts! Fun to try to get that maintenance pegged. Then as you lose weight it changes, because life is funny like that!
@goal06082021 congrats on running a mile in 12 minutes... what? AMAZING!! And I love your description of your new wardrobe, one sexy librarian coming up!
@Gia_G Hi Gia! Welcome! Come on in, look around this is a super nice group! We are here for you.
@kikina Welcome! Keep tracking, you will find out what is going on. For my cycle it is nothing for me to gain 4-7 lbs in water weight. Just depends on what is happening with cico.
@swimmom_1 Almost 6 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are incredible!!!!! That is freaking amazing, I am trying to find the young lady who did the Mojave desert race, that is days and nights, because... I mean, you are going places!! There is that app that tells you how far you have gone if you walked that on the planet. Buuuut, I mean, when I was rowing at the gym I pretended that I was on a boat raided by pirates in the Bermuda Triangle. So I pulled up a map, put a dot, there was my dingy and every day I got a little closer to land. You could do something like that. Where would you go walking in the world?3 -
@justanotherloser007 Just had to let you know.
Just finished my second elliptical session today. Total for the day, 335 minutes for 26.28 miles. My new PR. Someone asked me months ago if I was training for a marathon with my long times. I of course said, "No way." But I pushed tonight to get the 26.2 miles but I like even minutes. I dropped into the 140's this AM. Its been years.
You did 5 - 6 hours on the elliptical?!?!?!?!?!
Holy crap. Is that something you do regularly or was this a one-off?
@goal06082021 - love that you're fitting into that sexy librarian find!!! Hot Business Lady, INDEED!
@CupcakeCrusoe - I have a similar spreadsheet I use to track. Not an engineer, but also a data nerd.
I forgot to do my daily weigh-in today as I was up and out early to get the pup to playcare and myself to Orangetheory. The workout was bizarrely hard this morning and I'm trying to not beat myself up about feeling so gassed so quickly.
I had a rest day yesterday and I think tomorrow needs to be one, too. Just feeling exhausted and off. I'll get in some nice stretching and slow yoga, but that's about it.4 -
Hello everyone! Thanks again for continuing this thread! It is so supportive!
As I said last month I hit a 3 week plateau. It was super frustrating and I started obsessing over my weight loss. I grew up with a parent that was obsessed with their weight. It was not healthy and so when I start to obsess I feel triggered.
I decided to take a few weeks off of counting calories. I allowed my self to eat intuitively. Because of my weight loss journey I now feel proper hunger signals again so this was finally possible. I didn't avoid treats/snacks but I tried to eat them in moderation.
This Monday, I decided I was ready to focus on weight loss again. I got on the scale thinking I probably gained a lb or two but that was ok because weight loss is not linear. It's a journey to a healthier lifestyle. To my surprise, I stayed the exact same weight to the 0.1 decimal! 232.4 lbs! I feel like this was a good lesson on maintenance and listening to what my body needs.
I am back to counting calories. I brought my calorie goal back up to 1700. When I was obsessing I had brought it down to 1400 and I don't think that was enough for my body. I will stick to 1700 for the month of April while focusing on getting my exercise in and see where it takes me.
SW: 253 lbs
CW: 232.4 lbs
GW: 150 lbs
Exercise goals:
Walk to work 3 days/week- first week yes!
At least one Ringfit Adventure workout on days off.
Try to stay at 1700 calories every day of April except Easter weekend with family (eat intuitively).
Non scale victory: I bought two new items of smaller clothes! They fit so well! My body has really changed shape!
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@goal06082021 - I think we need a picture of this outfit. It sounds amazing!4
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Ha! @CupcakeCrusoe & @seltzer_lover , glad I am not the only one to dump my data in a spreadsheet I have zero skills for charting/graphing off the data, but have some small formulas built in for calculations. I pop in my scale readings, the calorie goal (based on my selected rate of loss and extra activity calories), and my actual consumption; formulas fill in the rest. It really helps reinforce that things are going as they are supposed to, especially when I see some weird fluctuations on the scale. And it has shown that I pretty much fall in-line with the statistical averages. Here's mine:
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Thank you everyone for the congrats!1
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justanotherloser007 wrote: »
@swimmom_1 Almost 6 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are incredible!!!!! That is freaking amazing, I am trying to find the young lady who did the Mojave desert race, that is days and nights, because... I mean, you are going places!! There is that app that tells you how far you have gone if you walked that on the planet. Buuuut, I mean, when I was rowing at the gym I pretended that I was on a boat raided by pirates in the Bermuda Triangle. So I pulled up a map, put a dot, there was my dingy and every day I got a little closer to land. You could do something like that. Where would you go walking in the world?
I did start a app Charity miles with your suggestion. Started Wounded Warrior Project as my charity(I have 2 of my 4 sons in the military) on 1/3/22 and I've logged on it 902 miles so far! I have no idea though how much I've raised. I figure may not be more than $0.05/mile. So it would only be $45.00.
You are the person, who asked if I was training for a Marathon, when I started doing over an hour on the Elliptical.
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seltzer_lover wrote: »@justanotherloser007 Just had to let you know.
Just finished my second elliptical session today. Total for the day, 335 minutes for 26.28 miles. My new PR. Someone asked me months ago if I was training for a marathon with my long times. I of course said, "No way." But I pushed tonight to get the 26.2 miles but I like even minutes. I dropped into the 140's this AM. Its been years.
You did 5 - 6 hours on the elliptical?!?!?!?!?! Holy crap. Is that something you do regularly or was this a one-off?
On my days off work I try to do at least 3 hours. I'm a RN and work 10 + hours, so I usually don't exercise on my work days. I figure the long hours on my off days counter balances that. I am watching a series on Peacock. The episodes are 45 minutes w/o commercials. So I watch 4. Yesterday I thought in the evening I would do 2 more than said, " What the heck I'll do 3." Then I was fairly close to 12 miles and thought "I'll do 12.2 miles" as I did 14 miles in the morning session. So this was the first time I did that far!
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Good morning everyone!
Weight spike! It's probably the fact I ate salty greek salad for two of three meals yesterday, lol. Not worried about it.
One more day and then a half day at work, and I'm in Spring Break! I'm feeling almost completely better, hopefully improvement keeps happening until I'm not sick at all.
Not much to say this morning, so let's get after it with a tag party:
@Gia_G we're all here for you, welcome! Friday is my (official) weigh in day, so we'll weigh in together!
@goal06082021 like everyone else, I love that you're going for the aesthetic of Sexy Librarian. I always think of Rachel Weisz in the cult favorite The Mummy (1999) when I think of the sexy librarian vibe.
@Generic_Excuse I love your username also hi! And reducing sodium intake goes a long way toward eating more fruits and veg, which is also great.
@justanotherloser007 @seltzerlover @porquenoirl I love all this talk of spreadsheets, makes my heart happy. @lmgoff232 I think I might steal one or two of your column ideas...
haha
@sbortnick I love this. Very healthy mindset. And so weird how you were the exact same weight! I guess intuitive eating win!
@swimmom_1 Charity Miles is a great app, I used it all the time while I was half-marathon training.
I think that's everything! I need to start adjusting my mindset to see some weird weight swings and things in the next week, during my diet break. Guaranteed it's going to be water and glycogen replenishment, and I try not to let the scale hurt my feelings, but it will be a mental adjustment all the same. I think I'll review my book on the topic for some reinforcement.
Have a great day, everyone! 5 -
Hi, everyone.
I started off April Onederfully !
This means that I'm halfway to my goal, and that if I keep this up, I'll make that flight weight for that flight to see the grizzly bears in Alaska on my mother's 90th birthday in late July. 🐻 🐻 🐻
This also means that I'll celebrate my daughter's wedding at the end of this month weighing less than I have in three years, solidly in Onederland again, looking nice in a pretty dress that fits, flounces, and flatters. 👰🏼 💃🏼
This site - you all - help so much. I read every comment you make.
Thank you! 💗
SW: 215
CW: 198
April goal: 196
July goal: 185, then set goal # 2 !
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