Women 200lb+, Let's Aim For The Sky This July!!!

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  • gbj4120
    gbj4120 Posts: 43 Member

    I’m 30 years old, 5.5” woman.

    Highest weight: 204 ( early this year)
    Starting weight: 192

    Goal 1: 180 (obese to overweight) ✅
    Goal 2: 150 (overweight to healthy)
    Goal 3: 120 - 130 ( Target)

    🌟July Goals 🌟

    🚶‍♀️10,000 steps everyday (8k average 🤷‍♀️) ✅
    🍴 Eat home cooked meals everyday ✅
    🏋️‍♀️ Strength training 3-4 times a week ✅
    🥉 Reach my goal 1✅

    07/04 - 188
    07/11 - 185.3
    07/18 -181
    07/25 - 178.3

    July weight loss : 9.7 lb
    Total weight loss: 25.7 lb
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    @gbj4120 I just need to confirm that gbj does not stand for gay baby jail. You're young enough to have me questioning whether someone would on this site.

    Great job reaching your goals. Also wow, steep loss this month!
  • gbj4120
    gbj4120 Posts: 43 Member
    @bojaantje3822 oh lol, I had to google that. No, these are my initials and my dog’s. And yup, I’m super happy with the progress for July! Summer is definitely helping me burn more calories. I have a desk job, so it’s hard to move much in general. But now, we go out every evening to play games outside and with our dog.
  • JAC581
    JAC581 Posts: 91 Member
    Good morning everyone! (I almost said Happy Friday, but realized it's only Tuesday. Time doesn't exist anymore!)

    So my eating choices have been a big ol' two thumbs down. Tomorrow I move out of my apartment so in the meantime it has been eating out or finishing up whatever bits of food I have left here. My scale is packed up and I'm willing to bet I've gained weight. I'm not stressing though - once I move in to my new place next week and get things sorted, I will finally be able to focus on myself again.

    My mental health is improving. I am soooo ready to move out and I think I've been feeling better knowing that is coming up. Also knowing my bf will be here later today and will be helping me move is a big relief. I have been burning a ton of calories the last few days moving boxes and scrubbing the place down top to bottom, so I feel kinda good about that.

    I hope all of you who are under the weather feel better soon!
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    I had extreme hunger around lunch so I ate a cottage cheese, a whole frozen pizza, a carrot cake-flavoured date bar, 1/3 proteine bar that was left over from saturday, and some lotus root chips. Finally, I felt okay. It was still well under calories so an hour later I also had a popsicle to bump my calories up a bit to a reasonable level. I haven't felt that hungry sincey first 7am workout, after which I ate 4 dry slices of whole wheat bread before I felt well enough to shower, then had a full breakfast after my shower. Needless to say I try to avoid training that early.

    Today was sparked by absolutely nothing but now that we're several hours into the evening I'm not hungry or full and feel pretty good about my eating. I am ready to just shower and sleep, maybe have a cup of tea and another bottle of water.

    I also decided not to weigh myself in august. I know my maintenance range so I'm not worried about gaining and I'll still log and keep a deficit most days but I'm tired of the numbers. I'll still be checking in here.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,345 Member
    edited July 2022
    I came here and read posts yesterday but didn't post. We have some weeks before going to Hawaii for the funeral in mid August. I have an interview tomorrow. I am still orienting towards the job that doesn’t open until September and starts in November. I am hoping to make some progress losing weight and getting fitter by then. My youngest is going to be out tonight so less restrictions for tonight’s dinner. It is really hot but I need to go for a walk or maybe strength training. Wish there was a pool I could go to. I will do some prep for the interview too.

    @bonniemcc4 you are making good progress losing. I think 4 lbs a month is a healthy loss and you have already exceeded that and the month isn’t over. But this isn’t just about weight loss it is about getting healthy. I hope for all the best with that too.

    @JAC581 I think you will enjoy the next part of the move once you can get into your new place. Glad your bf will be there to help. For 1 move I went back to clean up the house on my own after we had moved out of state. I stayed with my sister. During the day I would clean up by myself and everyday I would just stop and cry for a while I was so overwhelmed. Much better to tackle moves with others if they are big. You will start to do well now I think.

    @CupcakeCrusoe sorry about your toe. Funny I made tomato sauce and pasta last night too. It was good but not really like my usual sauce without the Italian sausage. Even though I could use chicken sausage to avoid the red meat it would still be salty. Only using some grated fresh mozzarella since it is the lowest salt cheese I can find. We mixed whole wheat thin spaghetti pasta with angel hair which is my youngest’s favorite.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Morning all,

    Well it appears like I am going to live. I still have a cough and I'm exhausted but I managed a full day's work yesterday (from home, in PJs). I think I'll aim to head back to the office next week, right now I wouldn't make it to the train.

    Weigh in day for the week and I'm down 1.9kg - thanks covid, no appetite, sleeping all the time and living on soup. I'm very much expecting a rebound this coming week because I'm starting to get hungry again.

    I hope I can at least start walking again soon, I've been under 1000 steps a day for a week, unsurprisingly, but I'm definitely taking it easy. I have a horror of getting long covid, but I was really liking getting back to something that vaguely approached fitness. Sickness is so derailing - ideally I'd have been starting structured workouts this week, instead, taking a shower is a chore.

    At least I am allowed out of the house now, I only did one delivery shop during isolation and have been working my way through what we have in the freezer and crisper.

    @CupcakeCrusoe – I love the sound of your workouts, they sound so interesting and fun (stubbed toe aside!). I have a friend who is super into Destiny, and I’m getting tempted.

    @JAC581 – moving is a free pass on eating! You’ll probably be surprised at how you do, moving is a full body hours long workout. We’re facing it next year for the first time in 8 years and I’m dreading it. Good luck for it all, I’m glad you have help!

    @bojaantje3822 it sounds like you’re really good at listening to what your body needs and fueling it. Your workouts are kickass!

    @seltzer_lover glad you’re on the mend!

    @bonniemcc4 – I’m so sorry to hear of your struggles. It’s so incredibly frustrating when you’re actively seeking help and it’s delayed, or booked, or just not available. Hang in there.

    @KeriA – good luck for the interview!!
  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,440 Member
    Good morning everyone,

    185.6 this morning, which I am still not worried about. Weight loss isn't linear, I'm very sore and feel very bloated, etc. I'll try to prioritize water today, been slacking for a couple days.

    Tonight at the gym is poles and pole control, that hated class where we condition our sensitive skin to help us "stick" to the pole better. I'm excited, I'm better at pole than I am at chairs at this point. And it's easier to find videos about poles than about chair tricks.

    I was planning on starting a diet break on Friday, but I feel like I could go a while longer in a deficit, even if the deficit is smaller, so maybe that's what I'm going to do. Give myself the room to make the deficit smaller (eat more) but still have a deficit. My big problem is I've been logging inexactly for the last few weeks, so I don't know what my actual maintenance number is. Got to get back to that. I've been swedging it and it's been working out alright, but it doesn't make for good data to make decisions with.

    Played video games with some friends last night, that was fun. And I did make spaghetti, my kid was like "you always make spaghetti when it rains," lol. I swear I was planning on making it before I knew it was going to rain, kid! Tonight I'm probably going to throw chicken pot pies in the oven for the fam, and make something slightly lower cal for myself for dinner. The chickpea salad I've been taking with my chicken at lunch, while delicious, is higher calorie than I would normally do with my lunch chicken, so the tradeoff has to come from somewhere. I'll probably make myself a tuna salad wrap with my low calorie tortilla and greek yogurt instead of mayo. That'll be... about 250, and that gives me a little room for some chips (150), and then off to the gym.

    Tag party time!
    @bojaantje3822 sounds like an absolute win for listening to your body, and 1) feeding it when it needs fed, and 2) not feeding it when it's not hungry. Great job.

    @KeriA angel hair is my favorite, too, although it's much harder to cook al dente, where I can cook spaghetti properly very easily. I hope things improve enough where you feel alright going to a pool soon. Freakin' covid and now monkeypox. For COVID, at least, an outdoor pool is a possibility, but monkeypox, ugh. I've been wiping everything at the gym down obsessively with rubbing alcohol.

    @Alatariel75 I'm glad you've got long covid on your mind, so hopefully you won't push yourself too much. Take it very easy, so that you can recover soonest. :heart:

    Have a great day, everyone! One day the hula girl will come back, but it is not this day, lol.

  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    This week's gymnastics homework was all arms and arms are my weak point still. It was 4x10 assisted strict pull ups. The first 5 of each set were proper and doable, the last 5 were willpower and failure, as I only got my eyes up to the bar. Still a win imo. Then 4 sets of 15 ring rows with the trx and 10 db bicep curls per arm. Even with 5kg DBs that was hard. I skipped the tabata part. I rolled my arms with a little ball afterwards but they feel like jelly.

    Tonight I'm having drinks with the person from the gym I mentioned sometime this month. I'm looking forward to it!

    I hope everyone who's sick and/or struggling starts to feel better soon :(
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    So the tdee calculator .net has always been wrong for me based on how much I exercise and I figured out how to make it right. I need to add my fat percentage. Now I don't know my fat percentage but I know my maintenance because I know how much weight I lost eating what. So based on that, I could figure out my fat percentage, as it gives the right amount of calories for the amount of exercise I do.

    If this site is even somewhat accurate, I went from a 47% fat percentage at 138kg (roughly 65kg of fat, phew) to a 43% fat percentage now at 123kg (roughly 53kg if fat). Now these percentages are very large but I also went from BMI 45 to BMI 40. Anyway, based on this, 12 of the 15kg I lost would have been fat. I think that's a pretty good percentage, 80%.

    I've also learnt that my BMR is lower than it originally estimated. It should be around 1880 instead of 2030. I'm still going to keep eating a minimum of 2050 calories (though closer to 2700 for now 😂 on average) but it's good to know the occasional 2000 calorie day is okay. Yesterday was a 3700 calorie kinda day and it's interesting to me that such a big, daunting number is 1) still only 500ish above maintenance and 2) a tiny sedentary person could eat my "lose 2 pounds a week" calorie budget and be over their maintenance more than I was eating 3700.

    I also learnt that my BMR at BMI 25 (76kg, around 160lbs) will be 1560 calories. I'm never not exercising knowing that. I cannot eat at the 1875 calories sedentary maintenance for that weight. This is based on the estimate without the fat percentage.
    If I keep losing at 80% fat, 20% other, my body fat percentage at 76kg will be 21% (or 16kg of fat). This actually brings my BMR up to 1670 calories and sedentary to exactly 2000. I can live with this. Exercising the way I do now will give me a maintenance budget of 2875 calories! This would be a perfect scenario. I want this to become my reality. I figured out my end game.

    So to achieve this, I will have to keep exercising the way I do (easy) and eat at a deficit that reflects a loss of max. 0,5% of my bodyweight, which means about half a kg a week at most until I dip below 100kg, then 1kg a month. Also acceptable: 0,25% of bw so 1kg a month now, 0,5kg a month when I dip below 100kg.
    In scenario 1 I hit 100kg around the 17th of June 2023, then 76kg two years later so mid June 2025.
    In scenario 2 I lose 12kg a year so I hit 100kg this time 2 years from now, July 2024, and 76kg 4 years later around July 2028.

    In scenario 1 I eat around 2500 cals for a long time, in scenario 2 I eat around 2700 cals for a long time. Both are acceptable if I can keep a lot of my muscle mass but of course I don't want to be losing weight for 6 years, ugh. I'll be nearing my 33rd bday in July 2028.

    Thanks for listening to my math talk. I had drinks with my new friend from the gym yesterday and it was great fun! I had an espresso martini, which was very tasty. She's 32 so we have a big of an age gap but I don't mind it and she seemed fine with it too. We went out around 8pm and she lives a street over from me so we got back around 12.30am. All in all very successful for a wednesday evening. She has an education-related job so she's been on holiday for a few weeks now whereas I was supposed to be working 30 minutes ago. Oh well.

    I'll try to weigh in tonight or tomorrow to get a July figure before we go into my personal no-weigh august.
  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,440 Member
    Good morning everyone!

    184.6 this morning, glad to be on the downswing from that high weight the other day.

    I started my "eat a little more, go ahead" period, not quite diet break, yesterday, with a couple servings of raspberry dusted chocolate covered almonds on my way to the gym. Delicious. Ended the day around 1750. I'm eating some espresso dusted almonds this morning with my coffee, and again, delicious. Although I'm only eating one serving right now, might go in for another later, we'll see. These satisfy my sweet tooth while also feeling healthier because of the almonds, so I'm a fan. :lol:

    I also had to be adaptable yesterday, we ended up going out to lunch to see a former coworker who had come back into town. So I ordered something healthier from the menu, and just ate my lunch for dinner.

    The gym was good! One of my favorite instructors was teaching. The workout was hard- gave myself a nice bruise in my armpit doing fan kicks (where you kick across your body and the other leg follows while you hold onto the pole, trying to make it a rainbow shape) on my dork side (my left side, almost always more awkward than my right). And the back-of-knee conditioning is always tough. But I climbed the pole using only my arms higher than I did the last time I tried, so I'm making progress.

    Turns out today is the day Bear and Breakfast drops, so I'll get to dig into it a little bit before my splits class tonight, then tomorrow after work, play some more.

    @bojaantje3822 you have it so together with your plan. I love that. I'm glad you had fun at your meetup.

    Have a great day everyone!
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  • sandielewis2001
    sandielewis2001 Posts: 318 Member
    Age: 39
    Height 5'10"
    SW Jan 7 2021: 271.1
    SW July 2022: 181.8
    GW this month: 181.8 (maintain)
    Goal for 2022: reach maintenance (160-170?)

    7/7/22 - 183.2
    7/14/22 - 183.2
    7/21/22 - 185.2
    7/28/22 - 186.8

    July: +5bs
    LTD: -84.3 lbs

    I have been so behind in updating this month! My maintenance month got a little crazy at the end and I am still working back down from the high weight I saw of 189. I know this isn't all fat gain and includes water weight and food in transit.

    Since my last update two weeks ago I had a lovely date night with the wife where I got to wear my size small thrift store dress find. I am feeling so great at my current size.

    On the 19th we welcomed my first nephew to the family 3 weeks early. Mom and baby Eli are doing great and I got to spend some time helping with my nieces while they were in the hospital.

    Last weekend one of my best friends from TN came to visit us in CA for the weekend. We went to a nearby orchard for their peach daze event and ate all the peach things (peach donuts, peach turnovers, peach dumplings). We followed that up with wine tasting at a nearby winery. It was a lovely weekend with good food and good friends and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything!

    This weekend is back to the normal grind. I have three more days to practice maintenance and hopefully end the month closer to where I started.
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    @CupcakeCrusoe – we love Old Key West. I have dreams of the tub in the 1 bedroom there. We stayed in a studio on our honeymoon and a different trip had 1 night in the 1 bedroom. Olivia’s for breakfast is great as well.

    @The_Fat_Optimist – I need to get back to AIP myself. I had some allowances since I was doing it for a skin issue; caffeine wasn’t an issue there so wasn’t stopping my 1 day coffee. Are you following a specific site/book for your plan? I love Sarah Ballantyne aka Paleo Mom. Diane Sanfilippo I like as well

    Vacation in the Adirondacks was okay. DH now knows he needs to decline any friends trying to jump on our vacation. The things that I said were requirements for them to come were lost on him or dismissed. I was uncertain for what I could cook vs what they’d want and they never really gave suggestions. So it wasn’t the best for all. Positives: Nice watching the lake on lazy moments. I did go swimming 3 times; 2 on one of the hot days. Food was fine but didn’t step on Mom’s scale to see if there was a difference. High sodium snacks got the best of me once I got home.
    My gym friend had a great time when she wasn’t sure if she’d like being in the woods etc. She had more cell service than I ever had so that helped a lot. She was able to do some of the shorter trails.

    I’ve fallen off my wagon this week and rather broke it; so figuring out what’s the next best actions for me to start moving forward again.
    Next weekend is the wine festival that I’ve loved going to but I’m rather conflicted deciding to go this year. We’ll see

    Plans for the next horror convention are being set. The one person DH wants to meet was just announced. He won’t let me tell him who so I have to tone down my excitement. That’ll be in Sept.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member

    Age: 42
    Height: 5'4"
    Start Weight: 119.5kg/263.4lb (4 July 22)
    Current Weight: 114.6kg/252.6lbs (27 July 22)
    Goal Weight: 75kg/165lbs


    Well, I'm still here and still trucking along, I bent last night and had wine which gives me regret today, because it led to a less than great sleep and the one thing I need more than anything right now is sleep. I actually went to bed at a normal time last night too rather than super dooper early, so I'm hoping it doesn't bite me later this afternoon.

    I kind of suggested that we might order in tonight after our fav pizza place sent us a 20% off coupon, and while I'd like to not cook I'm also not sure it won't knock me off track. One thing for sure is that if we do order, I'm getting the small so I don't have leftovers tempting me for days. We shall see, I do actually need to go to the store (gasp - first time out of the house in almost 2 weeks!) so if I find something yummy and easy then we might miss the takeout.

    Looking at the July goals I set here a few weeks back, I can say I utterly failed LOL save for the tracking, but I can blame all of it on this dreaded virus which has utterly taken away my ability to move more than necessary. I don't even know how to set August goals, given that I still get puffed out walking up my own stairs. August's goals might be centred around tracking and mentality.

    @karilbrandt – yum, that dish sounds fantastic! Evenings are definitely a danger time, especially after a stressful day. I have a store of really nice teas and herbal tisanes which I make a pot of, it feels decadent and has become a bit of a ritual and I find that helps.

    @sandielewis2001 – Congratulations!! I love being an auntie. Your weekend away sounds idyllic and so worth it.

    @sarah12277 – ugh, as much as I love my friends, I dislike holidaying with them. It can be so stressful. Oooohhhh horror convention! I love a good convention, and have missed them these last few years.

    @The_Fat_Optimist – take care and definitely do what’s best for you! It’s no good adding to your plate with challenges that feel like a burden instead of an assist.

  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,440 Member
    Good morning everyone!

    185 this morning, meh. Doesn't my body know it's a weigh in day!? lol.

    I could crack down more and see more consistent progress, because my weight loss would overcome this seesaw I see every month at my period and ovulation. But I don't want to. My highs are getting lower as we go, and I've seen some new lows in the last couple weeks. Consistency and sticking with it means more to me than seeing a lower number on the scale all the time.

    And diet breaks are great, lol. :lol:

    I took my measurements this morning, as I didn't like seeing 185 again, and it has been about a month. My neck, bust, waist, hip, calf, and thigh measurements all decreased. About 5 inches altogether, adding them up. My shoulders and biceps got bigger, which I think is a win. Making them gains!

    Waist-hip ratio is 0.82, which I guess is pretty okay!

    Gym last night was good, I feel like I got lower in my splits than before. I wish I'd taken a picture of how far I got when I started. Oh well.

    Oh! Weigh in day! lol.
    Christina
    33 years old
    5'4"

    SW: 220ish
    Re-SW: 200.4
    Halfway GW: 183
    UGW: 150

    SW 7/1: 186.8
    7/8: 185.2 (-1.6)
    7/15: 184.4 (-0.8)
    7/22: 184 (-0.4)
    7/29: 185 (+1)

    🌈🌈🌈 July Goals! 🌈🌈🌈

    🟣 July GW: Let's get to 183 this month! Halfway baby!

    🔵 Log everything in grams ❌ Didn't log that chickpea salad in grams, so I've been going off vibes and volume measurements for portions.
    🟢 Do at least three pole classes a week ✅
    🟡 More than 100g protein every day ✅
    🟠 No doomscrolling after 7PM each night ✅
    🔴 At least 64oz of water a day ✅

    It's fine. I just went through all my measurements up there! And I'm sore from the gym! It's fine. I'll weigh in again on Sunday for the July roundup.

    Tag party time!
    @karilbrandt I feel you on it being hard at night. What I do, which may or may not be helpful for you, is I eat less during the day, at work, so that I can have a big evening meal with the fam. I make sure those smaller work meals have plenty of protein and lots of vegetable/fruit volume, to keep me full. Just one way of dealing with that.

    @sandielewis2001 I'm glad you had a good time with friends visiting. It sounds amazing.

    @sarah12277 it's always a bummer when your friends aren't the best travel buddies. It's definitely separate buckets, friends and good people to travel with, and getting both is the dream.

    @The_Fat_Optimist best of luck! I hope to see you around the MFP forums sometime (even not here!) to tell all of us how you're doing. :smile:

    @Alatariel75 ah, the siren song of takeout on a friday, lol. I know it well. In fact, I will probably be partaking in takeout tonight, like I do most fridays. I'm glad you're feeling better enough to venture out to the grocery store.

    Have a great Friday everyone! We're almost there!
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  • karilbrandt
    karilbrandt Posts: 55 Member
    Well, yesterday was OK but not the best. I was not able to eat lunch as I had meetings from about 9:30 am until 3:30 pm. So, I was starving when I got off my last meeting. I have not had pizza since I started tracking and watching what I eat so I decided to get one. It was great and I don’t regret it as my calories were still fine and I did not have a drink with it. I just went through recipes and found a couple to make this weekend to give me leftovers for next week.

    I am down for the month, but I did not lose as much as I wanted to. I will keep tracking and working to stay on target.

    • Sticking to my plan 95% of the time. Only small variations.
    • Lose 5 pounds (down to 246)
    • Start more regular exercise again. I was doing something every other day, but I got out of the habit and need to get back.

    7/1: 251
    7/8: 252
    7/15: 246.6 – Yay I am finally down!
    7/23: 253.0 – I have been off plan since the 19th so I need to get back to work!
    7/29: 249.6

    Tag Party:

    @Alatariel75 – Thanks for the suggestion. I do have some good herbal teas. That might help out.

    @CupcakeCrusoe – That is basically what I did yesterday (eat less during day) and it did work out OK. I ate a bigger but very satisfying dinner and did not get a drink to help me relax. I still need to work on not letting the day get to me. I may try a guided meditation at the end of the day to help me relax and not let the day get to me.
  • ktilton70130
    ktilton70130 Posts: 211 Member
    edited July 2022
    hello everyone Kind of down and wandered here looking for some motivation and support.
    2022 thus far
    age 42 years old
    SW:289
    CW: 234
    Goal weight for now 200lbs
    My goal is to hopefully end the year in the 2teens or 200 I know it doesn't seem like a lot but it truly is for me considering I suffer with hypothyroidism . It is such a challenge to lose weight it takes a mental toll on you.

    I did accomplish something this year however and that's to wear tank tops while on vacation ! I hate my arms so it was truly a challenge but I faced it and it's done. I also started focusing more on strength training and I am getting better with meal prepping.
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    I did my final weigh in today as well, I saw both 127,5 and 124,5kg within a minute so I'm gonna assume I weigh 126kg today.

    I wore an old pair of leggings today, first to the store and then to my workout and my lower legs looked so good. The tape shows no difference but my eyes saw it. Then at the workout they kept moving, the fabric wasn't staying in place. They are big (adidas xxl so a 50-52 iirc) but they tie at the waist so I can still wear them and have worn them back in the day when I was 20kg lighter but only for running. I think it's time to retire them. It's just uncomfortable that the fabric keeps sliding up and down over my legs, hips, belly. It's not comfortable anymore. It's hard to let these go as they've been around for like 8 or so years so there's nostalgia attached to them.

    The workout was 10 min of clean and jerks and ring rows so my arms are thoroughly exhausted and my wrists hurt. I only got in 4 workouts this week but I guess I needed the rest after the competition. Tomorrow I need to (desperately) clean the house and Sunday I'm having lunch with a friend.

    My arm muscles are getting more pronounced and my arm measurements still haven't gone down. The upper arm keeps hovering between 37,8cm and 39,2cm and it was 38cm when I started this journey.

    Ooh I also did my waist to height and waist to hip measurements. My waist to height puts me barely in the very obese category and like yeah? BMI 40,2. I belong there surely. But I'm only about 3cm off from dropping into the extremely overweight category and the normal/healthy range starts at 87cm so that's very big still. I'm surprised. That's size EU44/US12/UK16. Anyway, very doable.
    My waist to hip ratio actually got worse asI lost weight! It was 0,79 when I weighed 138kg, which is in the average category (which is still too high but not that bad) but I lost way more off my hips than my waist. You can see my front on my ig so you can see that my waist is straight/small from that view but from the sideview my belly makes my waist much bigger and I haven't been losing much there at all so now that ratio is 0,82. That's not awful but it would be better if I started seeing some loss in that area before my hips get even smaller. Part of the problem is definitely my lack of butt but barring a ton of squats (which I can't do rn because of my back), I can't really change that.

    @ktilton70130 it does sound like a lot! And you've already lost 55 lbs, that's amazing! Welcome to the group
  • ktilton70130
    ktilton70130 Posts: 211 Member
    edited July 2022
    Thank you @bojaantje3822 happy to be apart of the group
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    MFP check in today. I was honest with myself and did it so the tracking has my high for now. 228.2 this morning. Oofph. I'm really hoping TTOM comes and for that to be the reason. BUT I know I had a lot of high sodium this week. Also thinking the Gatorade I got might contribute too being sodium.

    Having deep thoughts in reactions to everyone's posts on what does ON PLAN mean to me. I have really liked the stance for MFP that unless it's a health issue reason, there's no bad foods except for being over calorie maintenance. Past diet sites the chat discussion groups, didn't discuss items that might be perceived as "unhealthy" so I've really appreciated being able to discuss my good and bad days; instead of just the good on plan.

    Yesterday thought I should try different mediations on the FitOn app; as I got the reminder of the renewal. Thinking that might help a bit. First one was very on topic that if that's the only one I see it's good to do daily - You're Good Enough. I've always struggled with those feelings via many events so definitely what I need to remind myself. Seeing I can access via my tv as well I wanted to try more yoga and strength as I need to do those more frequently.
  • kenziestabes
    kenziestabes Posts: 338 Member
    Age: 27
    Height: 5'10"
    Starting Weight: 246.9
    Current Weight: 189.9
    Goal Weight July: 185 188
    Ultimate Goal Weight: 165-170
    Weigh in Day: Friday

    7/1: 189.9
    7/8: 190.3
    7/15: 190
    7/22: 188.3
    7/29: 188.4 (+0.1 pounds)
    7/31:

    Goals:
    1. Do something social once a week
    2. Walk every day
    3. Work out 3x a week
    4. Go to gym once a week
    5. Dedicated 30 minutes a day to hobbies
    6. Dedicated 15 minutes a day to cleaning something
    7. Take puppy on 15 minute walks on non dog daycare days
    8. Eat out 3x a week or less

    Had a lot of sodium yesterday (got Chick fil a for dinner because the low calorie buns I was going to use for venison burgers got moldy). Also got snacky and went about 200 calories over my goal. That probably explains why the scale didn't move. I'm planning on weighing myself Sunday morning to close out the month.

    This week, I didn't look at my goals any. Due to my strained quad, I stayed home and rested. So no work outs, no social outings, no gym, no walking, very little cleaning. I did, however, only eat out for 2 meals.

    The quad is feeling a lot better though!
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,345 Member
    Keri
    69 years old
    5'6"
    SW: 266ish
    CW: 248.8 (I got down to 247.6 last month) 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 (healthy weight) then reconsider
    July GW: get into the mid 240’s

    I post weigh- in when I lose.
    7/2: 248.8
    7/13: 248.6
    7/15: 247.4 (new low)
    7/22 247.2 (new low)
    7/23 247 (new low)
    7/24 246.6 (new low)
    7/29 246.4 (new low)

    🌻 July GOALS! 🌻
    🟨 Log daily on MFP and track on my spreadsheet Yes
    🟨 Keep making progress with walking longer and walk 6 days a week It has been very hot here so only had a walk early evening.But getting some NEAT
    🟨 Add strength training (weights, body weight and stretching)
    🟨 plan and cook healthy meals at home Yes
    🟨 Eat at a sensible deficit Yes

    I am glad I am still going down. I eat lower calories most days but seem to lose the morning after the days my calories are on the higher side. The interview went well not that I am saying I will get this just that I did well. Although I didn’t check in here yesterday I am checking in more often so that catching up with posts is easier. Yesterday I went shopping for a dress for the funeral because it should be white ( a Chinese thing) and I do not wear white - Doesn’t look good on me. I haven’t been to a mall since pre-pandemic. It tired me out and I didn’t actually go into the mall - Just one store. I was able to find some underwear to fit unlike the ones I ordered online. Not that I tried them on but they have my brands and I know how they fit. The clothes I ordered online recently have fit me too big so I was curious about my size now. I found that my usual size is big and looser but not too big so I just bought the dress I found. I think I am transitioning to a smaller size. The place I ordered from may just be bigger in its sizing. I still need shoes.

    Yesterday I felt tired and it is really hot here and Seattlites aren’t used to it even when they were born in Texas. We did get a portable AC but it uses the sliding glass door in the kitchen so it doesn’t do much for the bedrooms etc. We blow out the hot air at night and use fans and little swamp coolers. Anyway not walking much this week. It isn’t as bad as other parts of the country but we usually don’t get this hot here except for a day or two every other year.

    @bojaantje glad you are looking ahead to when you are on maintenance. Hope the meet up went well.
    @CupcakeCrusoe “My highs are getting lower as we go, and I've seen some new lows in the last couple weeks. Consistency and sticking with it means more to me than seeing a lower number on the scale all the time.” You could write my post for me. Nice NSV with smaller measurements where you want them.

    @sandielewis2001 congrats on your new nephew. Glad you were able to enjoy the peach daze with an old friend.

    @sarah12277 best with figuring out the next steps for now

    @The_Fat_Optimist I don’t see this thread as a challenge although there is no reason one couldn’t approach it that way if it helps. . It is a place to get support at achieving your health goals.

    @Alatariel75 Listen to your body as you recover. I agree sleep is key.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,345 Member
    Just looking at my spreadsheet and my weight app. My weight app shows my highs going down and my lows going down. It doesn't show any weights in the 250's this month but my spreadsheet shows a week early in this month where I was in the low 250's (251 for 2 days and the rest 250.x). Otherwise I have stayed in the 240s this month and have been going down. So I would say I am pretty firmly in the 240s and slowly losing. I was hovering for a while between the low 250s and the high 240s so this shows that I am getting below this. My body got used to being in the 250s and I have had to fight to get it to move into the 240s. I think I am getting through the 240s faster than I did through the 250s. It will be harder when we go to Hawaii next month but it is only a week and there is a pool where we are staying.
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    I'm having weird body changes. When I am lying down on my back and lift my leg to about 45-60 degrees and let my foot hang, my lower leg looks scary skinny and right below the knee there's a dip on the inside so my lower leg looks slimmer than my knee.

    And in side-view there's a bunch of something hanging down by my calf, like a sack of water, and in the middle of the side view between the top part that has my shin and the bottom calf sack there's a dent. It's so weird. But then when I flex, part of the sack becomes a muscle and moves from the calf region to the side of my shin. And the fat part still hangs below but is more jiggly than it used to be. The side view is crazy. This is the first time I'm seeing this.

    I know it's related to fat loss and the fat is redistributing and whatnot but the visuals are creepy af. There was a thread somewhere on here about these changes and how you look worse before you look better but it never happened to me until now. And it's nice because the scale is still fluctuating like crazy and I don't see lows as consistently as I used to and measurements fluctuate as much as the scale so it's hard to see changes even though I'm definitely in a deficit.

    There's also the fact that I'm working out so much so seeing my muscles helps me visualise what I'll look like later. My quads and calves are already playing peek a boo, they are visible about half the time, even when I don't flex and my biceps are contouring more than they used to.

    The only other time I lost weight I wasn't actively trying and my workouts were far more cardio-focused than they are now so I never saw these changes. At the time I did see more changes in my belly though, that I'm not experiecing now.

    I was lying on my side earlier and my side fat felt way jigglier than it used to. It's hard to accept that I can feel my ribs and I still have quite a lot of side fat at the same time. It feels like these realities shouldn't exist at the same time but they do.

    Very early on I lost 2cm off my ankles and my shoes got looser, though I can't size down because my feet are long, I have high arches and my feet are wide. But they look so bony and skinny now, I find it hard to believe they carry my whole body around all day.

    I also have a bunch of loose skin. It's not like actual hanging flaps or anything but when I push some skin on my arms or legs to the side, there are all these wrinkles that weren't there before. It's not bothering me but my skin does look a little worse except seeing my muscles move does look really good and exciting so it kinda compensates. I'm 26 so I am a little surprised by the amount but so far it doesn't bother me too much.

    I also feel like my stretchmarks got less visible. There used to be indentations all over my belly that were quite a dark reddish pink and now they're more a beige-y pink and they no longer dip into my skin but it's more even, just a different texture and shade. I went into this without any expectations so I'm just curiously logging my observations. I would prefer to avoid a lot of flappy loose skin but I wouldn't mind if the stretch marks stayed. They don't bother me.

    Now I'll stop procrastinating and start cleaning. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,347 Member
    Happy Sunday, all. I'm struggling with my feelings today, my eating all weekend wasn't bad but I drank too much wine and the scale is not being my friend. Then today we went out for lunch and I had a delicious woodfire pizza which I now feel really guilty about even though it won't put me over calories if I'm sensible about dinner. I'm just doing that "I screwed up, what's the point" thing which is my absolute worst enemy.
    Despite that I still made lunches for the week, pork and black bean chilli with lots of mushrooms and zucchini, and I'm back in the office some days these week so I'll be getting some exercise again.
    I *know* that one 'bad' day isn't make or break, I'm just so tired and feeling flat and that always makes me undermine myself.
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    @Alatariel75 if you're getting burnt out from all this, is it maybe time for a diet break? Or a slightly less steep deficit? Even if just for a week, it might help you feel less bad? I don't think weightloss should make you feel miserable.

    I don't think my casual approach of 'try to stay under maintenance but avoid hunger so if a few days are over maintenance it's fine as long as the weekly average is maintenance or below' is right for you if you're this stressed about one pizza (I had 3 pizzas in the last 2 weeks) but it might help to see that even with this approach a person can be consistently losing, which I am, and in a healthy way.

    Where does the 'I screwed up, what's the point' feeling come from? And why is it seemingly linked to pizza? Maybe pizza isn't the most nutrient-dense option but it's not an evil food either. Skinny people eat pizza. Fat people eat pizza. People losing weight eat pizza. People gaining weight eat pizza. People maintaining their weight eat pizza. Pizza is just a food and if it was delicious and fit into your calories, why does it make you feel bad?

    Finally, if the scale isn't budging, are your measurements? How do you look? How do your clothes fit? Are you noticing differences in fitness? How much did the scale move in the past? Is one week of the scale not moving so awful that all the weeks of success preceding it no longer matter?

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