Women 200lb+, Let's Shine On In August!!!

Keri

72 years old

Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height)

5'6" Tall

I do check-ins when I lose:

5/20: 242.6

6/10: 241.8

7/3:243.8

7/22/2025: 240.4

8/1/2025: 243

Here is my exercise schedule:

🌞1 session a week of Aquafit (50 minutes)

🌞1 session per week - long walk (45-60 minutes)

🌞2 sessions a week strength training

🌞2 30 minute sessions a week of interval walking(Japanese walking)

🌞1 day of rest

August Goals:

⭐ get out of the 240s and into the 230s Not giving up on this

⭐ drink more water

⭐ keep sugar intake low

⭐keep making healthy meals at home with only 1 day a week meal out.

⭐ see exercise plan above

⭐ increase general activity level (NEAT) with cooking, cleaning, gardening and taking the stairs to the basement once a day.

We are planning 2 small trips this month. We are going camping with my side of the family for 3 days in the next few days. We will get some beach walking in and my family has been eating pretty healthy lately on our get-togethers. I am bringing some red lentil soup. Later in the month we are going to our grandson’s birthday celebration. We have missed all his birthdays before since they lived in Texas. Now that they are in Washington State we can drive down to visit more.
My plan is still to get into the 230s. It may not seem like I am making progress on this but I have been seeing lower weights at the end of this month – 242,241, 240, 243. Earlier I was just seeing 243, 244, and sometimes a 242.8 or 245. So my high has gone from 245 to 243 and my low from 242.x to 240. This is better than the end of last year when I was staying at 245 after losing around 20 lbs.

🌞 What is an area that you've already applied yourself to and have shown improvement in? What are you proudest of so far this year?

I have been making progress on exercise. I am settling down to 2 sessions of strength training, 3 walking and aquafit once a week. If I have a car I can go to the Y strength training class for “Active Older Adults”. If I don’t have a car I have been developing my own strength training sessions at home. These sessions include using weights, body weight, exercises that help with stability, and stretching. I find that Mondays are caught up in meal planning and grocery shopping since I usually have a car and often don’t feel like a walk. Saturdays we try to find something fun to do that includes a longer walk but not always so sometimes I only get in 5 exercise sessions a week which includes a Sunday morning Aquafit session of about 50 minutes. When I walk on my own, I am adding in higher intensity walking intervals since these are good for you. These are just 30 minute walks. I think my stamina is improving. I feel like I am losing weight around my waist which is the best place to get rid of fat.

It is discouraging to have such slow weight loss now but maintaining my 20 lb loss was a win as well. Instead of my body being used to and working to maintain 262 lbs before retirement,or 245 lbs at the end of last year it is used to 243 lbs and recently I am seeing it not fighting my weight loss as much. After the pandemic when I lost 20 lbs I had bought a smaller size swim suit which I could no longer fit into when I retired but I can now and recently someone at the pool asked me if I had lost some weight so despite the weight loss being slow I know there is progress. I know that I am losing fat and with the strength training and focusing on getting protein throughout the day not just at dinner I think I am gaining muscle. I am still struggling with protein. I have increased it in the mornings and for lunch but need to get it up some more. Except for eating a few more eggs than I do now I think I need to find non meat/cheese sources.

DustyBonnie

So…… one of the things I do, and have done for a few years now is I work pt as an art model. And thats what I'm proud of! It takes a lot of hard work and I really enjoy it. People are always very appreciative of my large body and I have no body shame at all. I want to lose weight to be fitter, not more aesthetically pleasing.

Im in my 60's, weigh almost 300lb and out there in the world are paintings of me :)

My goal for August is to keep on track, to start walking more, to go swimming and to enjoy the wonderful time I get now and again with the grandbabies

I also want to wean myself off of sugar more. Work in Progress!

Good morning everyone, and happy August! Thank you so much for keeping this thread going @RavenStCloud! 💙

Saturday weigh in days
Christina
36 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150
2025 goal weight: 160
SW 2025: 179.7

🌞 August Goals: 🌞

⭐ Goal weight (average): 177.5

⭐ 8/1: 179.5(average)
⭐ 8/2: 179.5 (average)
⭐ 8/9:
⭐ 8/16:
⭐ 8/23:
⭐ 8/30:
⭐ 8/31:

Oh man, I think what I'm finding is my sedentary maintenance calories at this weight, lol. I've been about this weight for about a week, and I haven't been working out. I also don't like that I'm not working out, feels bad. But I'm so tired all the time from working back shift and doing childcare alternating that I just can't bring myself to do it.

It's my last week of the personal training, and he asked if I had any last questions. I asked him if I was screwed if I didn't like weight training. He said no, of course not, let's reframe it: you don't like brushing your teeth, right? Or you don't do it because you enjoy it? Weight training is doing good for your body just like brushing your teeth does, so you make time for something that's good for you.

That helps. So I'm working this weekend on making the structure of my days so that I can use the weights gym at my work. I don't do it at home, I just don't. So if I make weights at work a thing just like I make pole gym 2-3 times a week a thing, I'll be doing well for exercise when I get off back shift in two weeks.

Also! It's August, which means planner madness time of year for me. This next year I'm doing a different lineup than I did this year. This year, I did a hobonichi weeks in my wallet for our family and my personal appointments, then a hobonichi cousin for daily journaling.

What I ordered last night for next year is a change because of tariffs changing the $$ of my setup. So here's what I'm doing:
A Sterling Ink N2 plain graph notebook for me to do a weeks-like setup on it without the monthly view, because I just don't use a monthly view.
A Midori MD graph paper notebook for journaling and other notes that don't fit into the more appointments-and-logistics based Weeks.
Four Kokuyo Campus notebooks for keeping track of meals that help my weight loss, complete with a table of contents with macros listed so I can just look up a meal with x # of protein from the table of contents. The plan is one notebook per meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks/desserts. I've tried doing this with spreadsheets and stuff, and somehow, whenever my phone is in my hand, I end up looking at 12 different things and not the spreadsheet.
A Laconic Pocket Log diary for my weight lifting notebook. I have Hevy, a good app, but analog notebooks really help me for looking at progress more than looking at my phone, where I get easily distracted.

I also bought some stamps for dates and lunar phases, washi tapes, pencil caps, and some notecards on a ring to help J study for school this upcoming year.

My bestie and I have made plans to do some drunken journal setup while watching Supernatural or something when we both get our planners. I'm so excited for that, I love the idea.

So! I've got my nutrition and logging food down, doing well, almost on autopilot, with MacroFactor locked into my expenditure. Time to mess with my exercise routines until those also become habit, just like the food is now.

Was the personal training worth it? Honestly, I think so. I didn't make as much progress as I might've liked, but I also had two vacations in there where it would have been so easy to go completely off the rails and be in a much worse position now. The program, and the knowledge that I couldn't throw $300 down the drain, helped keep me in, and now my food logging and stuff is well locked in and it feels good. Time to keep going. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

@KeriA maintaining weight loss is a huge deal and success! I read a study recently that said most people gain a couple pounds every year. So maintaining a loss is huge!

@DustyBonnie I love that you're doing this for health, not because you dislike the way your body looks. I'm, at this point, in the same boat- I love my body, love what it can do, I think I'm hot 😂 but I want to see if I can wean off blood pressure meds by bringing the weight down, and I want to be a better pole and chair dancer and be able to lift lots of heavy things. 😀

Have a great August everyone! Let's keep this momentum going and find the way we're going to live happier and healthier!

This month we are inspiring ourselves and others with all our hard work! There's only one month left of summer(for most of us, at least)! How do you hope to spend it? Any plans lined up, big or small?

August is pretty busy. Working and spending time with grandkids is the plan.

🌞 What is an area that you've already applied yourself to and have shown improvement in? What are you proudest of so far this year?

That I have stuck with it and I am finally out of my 3 lb back and forth dance. Have incorporated more movement (walking).

SW 225 July WT 208.2

Weigh in on Tuesdays. We will see what happens 🤷‍♀️

Tuesday weigh in: 207.2

SW: 225

Did it again 🙄😂

Anne

5ft 4

Start 210 lbs on May 12/25 Going into my 13th week. Should be at 188 lbs at 190 lbs

Monday July 28/25 187 lbs

Monday August 4/25 190 lbs

Monday August 11/25

Monday August 18/25

Monday August 25/25

Gained 3 lbs, but I expected that I might gain weight when I quit smoking. I have managed to stay away from them almost, except 3 cigs yesterday, which is not great but better than 20 a day. Family stress and gave in. This was the only slip this week.

My goals for August/25 are to start weight training and walk more on scenic routes.

Looking forward to seeing my niece and her 2 small kids, boy and girl next Sunday. Visiting from Nova Scotia.They are pretty adorable 🥰. And going biking with my sis on Centre Island near Toronto🌻😎. Hope to spend some quality time with her.❤️

Big congrats for everyone trying their best and staying motivated. You rock,💪👍❣️

Today, I went to the gym at my work on my lunch break, since I don't get out of work until midnight and couldn't get in early enough to go work out.

It's nice! There's music and the equipment is in good working order and there are cleaning supplies right there. I can see myself actually doing my weight training there.

But lunchtime is not enough time to get a full routine in, haha. I got a set of squats and a set of romanian deadlifts and ran out of time (and that was with cheating my rests!). But after work once I get back on dayshift, I can get a full workout in. For these next two weeks, I'll just have to do partial workouts or go when I first get in here and work through my normal lunch break so I can come in a little later, after my workout is through. It'll probably just be partial workouts at lunch three times a week though, let's be real.

jenbroussard71

Jennifer

54 years
Re-started 4/24/24 - 236.2
GW 165
Total lost 35.2
5'3" tall

8/4/25 - 201

Hello everyone. I was a little MIA in July; life threw a few curve balls my way as it tends to do from time to time. Let me start off by saying that I am OKAY. After my mammogram last October my doctor thought it would be best if I would get established with the high-risk clinic due to my family history. Part of that process will be alternating an MRI with a mammogram every 6 months. On July 16th I had the MRI, since my last test was 10/31/24 I was confident that it would be all clear. The MRI came back that they found 2 small masses and classified them as bi-rad 4 suspicious malignancy. I found out the results from the portal, I am so grateful that my SIL is a NP and a cancer survivor. She was very supportive and kept me from going to GOOGLE. I was scheduled for an ultrasound and biopsy on 7/29. During the ultrasound they found 2 more small masses. They proceeded with the biopsy. During this whole process I felt unusually calm. Which is highly unusual for me. I received my results on 7/31, and the masses are benign! I have a condition called papillomatosis. It's a rare condition where masses will randomly be produced in my milk ducts - they are typically benign - and they only increase my risks very marginally. I will have to be monitored (which I was going to do anyway).

I apologize for the long post, and I hope this is not TMI, but I hope this serves as a reminder to take care of yourself. Do self-exams, get your yearly wellness checks and get your mammograms. Early detection is crucial. I have to be honest, the day after the MRI I said I would probably never do one again. To be completely transparent it's not the most comfortable test (especially when dealing with a frozen shoulder.) But after this experience I will do everything the high-risk doctor advises without complaint.

The one thing that I am thankful for and shown improvement in is my food knowledge. With how hectic things have been over the last 3 weeks, I have not been working out and I have not been strict about logging my food - I have given myself some grace. During this time, I am only up 1 pound. (I also had a steroid injection in my neck during this time - so only up 1 pound is a big deal 😀.) But now it's time to get back to work.

I hope you have all been making great progress. I will do my best to read the August thread and try to interact more this month.

Have a great day!

@jenbroussard71 Thank you for sharing. I am glad to hear you are well 😊

I'm late to the game this month. I missed most of June when we went to visit my daughter in TX for a few weeks. Last Sunday we finished up with our July/Aug multiple grandkid visits 4-7 days long, sometimes with my daughter added, sometimes with anywhere from 1-3 kids, and today we had our final summer lunch out with the one who's going to be a senior (so busy and hard to catch) and her freshman brother who is ready to go out with us anytime. I feel very blessed and am missing the noise a little bit.

I'm almost afraid to say that I'm here and committed because it's the same story every month. I start out wholeheartedly planning on being supportive to this group and then I fizzle out…every month!!! I'd like this one to be different. Only I can make that happen.

August SW would be a guess. It's not good. I will weigh in on Monday. I'd like to lose 2 pounds a month consistently for the next 9 months. This should be easy to reach but knowing myself, it seems impossible. I'm like a see-saw when it comes to the same 2 pounds…for years now!!! Mindset change required!!!!

I have gone back and tried to read the July comments because I missed hearing about y'all's life adventures and accomplishments. I love how encouraging and accepting this group is!

Once again, I am grateful to @RavenStCloud for keeping this going, and for all of you who are willing to be so vulnerable and share your ups and downs with each other. We're all struggling in one way or another and can use the friendship and support we find here. Wishing you all a positive August in every way whatever your situation.

jenbroussard71

Jennifer

54 years
Re-started 4/24/24 - 236.2
GW 165
Total lost 38.4
5'3" tall

8/4/25 - 201

8/9/25 - 197.8

Good morning all. I finally hit Onderland! I can't remember the last time I saw this number. Prior to 2015 maybe? It may be short lived because I am about to start lifting again. I haven't lifted weights in a month so I know I will have the whole water retention thing. I think I closed my rings only 3 times in the last month, I think I needed the break both physically and mentally. Today I am ready to get back to it (I hope my body agrees!) I have some emotions that I need to get out and sometimes the only thing that helps is muscle fatigue and sweat.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.

@jenbroussard71 🤩Yay for Onderland!!! Congrats on your achievement!

I'm ready for a lifestyle remake. I go to bed too late, get up too late, and then am groggy for awhile in the morning so I sit and play games for awhile. I play one of the games with my sister, daughter, and a friend and we sometimes chat so that's actually a good one. The other helps relax me after I've been focused on something for awhile, so it's not all bad either, but it's hard to put that one down. But at night it's a total timewaster. About 10:00 instead of going to bed I look around for something to eat and grab my ipad and start playing my favorite game until 12-1AM or later. BAD idea!!!

I like to do healthy experiments to see what happens, so as of tonight I will be going to bed before midnight (baby steps here)! I already have a reminder on my phone at 11:30 but I ignore it. I'll have to really talk myself into not playing my game. If I stay up past 11:00 I will choose to read a book instead. I've always been a night owl so this going to bed "early" won't come naturally. I just need to pick a routine and stick with it faithfully.

Over 3 years ago I was tired of never being able to commit to anything long term (except my family and friends, of course!) So one day I started learning French on Duolingo. So many days I wanted to quit…it was hard, it was pointless because I will never use the language, so many excuses to quit. But I didn't. And today i had a streak notification that said "day 1,190". So I CAN stick with something. That's why I started learning French so I could prove myself capable. There are hard things that can be conquered if we stay the course. Going to bed shouldn't be one of them…but it is for me😆 I'll let you know how that goes.

Enjoy the weekend. Thinking of everyone who's had storms or will be in the path of more tonight.

Good afternoon everyone!

Saturday weigh in days
Christina
36 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150
2025 goal weight: 160
SW 2025: 179.7

🌞 August Goals: 🌞

⭐ Goal weight (average): 177.5

⭐ 8/1: 179.5(average)
⭐ 8/2: 179.5 (average)
⭐ 8/9: 179.7 (average)
⭐ 8/16:
⭐ 8/23:
⭐ 8/30:
⭐ 8/31:

I'm not worried about this, I just started lifting again this week. I did it all three days I meant to, and I went to the gym today and got closer to my invert than I ever have.

I signed up again with my personal trainer, since he discounted his program for the next 12 weeks for me to continue. I really feel like I'm locked into the habits now that are going to get me places, and I'd like just a little more handholding to make sure.

I've also started noting down recipes from YouTube before the 14th, because I've heard that YouTube is going to start looking at the videos you watch and making a determination about whether you're an adult. If they think you're not, they're going to ask for your ID. I often share my phone with my kids for them to watch things while they're out and about. I am not giving youtube my ID. No way. So I'm trying to write down as many recipes as possible from youtube before I potentially have to quit using it.

Right now I'm noting down every single recipe in the makayla thomas fitness channel, there are a lot of good ones on there. She has cookbooks for sale, but $40 per digital cookbook with no hard copy option is steep for me. So I'm taking notes and screenshots instead.

I made this one tonight- 70 cal and 6 g protein each.

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It was good.

@jenbroussard71 I'm glad to hear you're on top of your treatment, and that they found everything in good time, AND that it's benign. Those are all good things, and a good reminder to stay on top of breast health, so important. Also CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE-DERLAND!!!! 🥇💥

Let's see if that gif worked, haha

@nebslp You're still here month after month, and that counts for something! Also, your duolingo streak is seriously impressive!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Thank you @RavenStCloud

72 years old

Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height)

5'6" Tall

I do check-ins when I lose:

5/20: 242.6

6/10: 241.8

7/3:243.8

7/22/2025: 240.4

8/1/2025: 243

8/10: 241.8

Here is my exercise schedule:

🌞1 session a week of Aquafit (50 minutes)

🌞1 session per week - long walk (45-60 minutes)

🌞2 sessions a week strength training

🌞2 30 minute sessions a week of interval walking(Japanese walking)

🌞1 day of rest

August Goals:

⭐ get out of the 240s and into the 230s Not giving up on this

⭐ drink more water

⭐ keep sugar intake low

⭐keep making healthy meals at home with only 1 day a week meal out if needed.

⭐ see exercise plan above

⭐ increase general activity level (NEAT) with cooking, cleaning, gardening and taking the stairs to the basement once a day.

Well I gained 3 lbs on the camping trip although I ate sensibly with no seconds or snacking. However when we got home we had pizza so we could concentrate on unpacking. Before we left I felt I was doing well getting stronger and following my exercise schedule but since getting home I feel weaker since my left leg is hurting, not just my knee. It was a hilly camp site and my knee doesn’t like down hills and not across slopes either I find. We had a nice walk on Monday to the beach and back but the slopes down weren’t too bad. I made very healthy red lentil soup for dinner the night we cooked. The other night’s dinner wasn’t bad healthwise either. So since coming home I have been eating well and slowly lost what I gained and this morning I lost even more. I am tired of losing the same 3+ lbs though. I want to make progress. If I stick with it I should make some progress. However this coming weekend we will be visiting my son’s for my grandson’s birthday.

When I retired I wanted to learn more about nutrition. I read some books but they focused more on exercise and only partially touched on healthy foods. I know a good amount about nutrition but want to know what different foods do for us. Yesterday I found someone who has this expertise. His name is William W Li MD. He is a doctor and researcher and concentrates on how foods can help us prevent and fight diseases and he also addresses weight loss/control. He also talked about intermittent fasting. I liked his approach. I had read that it wasn’t best for older people especially women. I think the main point was for them, was not to exercise without eating some protein to fight against loss of muscle mass and set yourself up for fat burning. However, Dr Li says that we all do intermittent fasting when we sleep at night and if you just expand on that you will extend the period of fat burning especially of brown visceral fat which is what you want to get rid of. Listening to him reminded me that when I was losing last year I was waiting to get up and eat breakfast. I had just retired and I felt it was a nice way to start out. So I am going to stop eating at night earlier and delay breakfast in the morning but I will eat a meal before exercising even if it is a small high protein snack and my fast will be about 12 hours not the schedules that are more intense. This is what he suggests is a good strategy.

He doesn’t stress eating less just eating better and not overeating. This (what foods do what for us) is exactly what I wanted to learn about when I 1st retired and I have found some info but now I can concentrate on it better since this is his area of expertise and he is science based.

I plan to get back into my exercise schedule this week. We are having our roof replaced as well. So Japanese walking with strength training sessions are the plan. I went to aquafit this morning. When I say aquafit I just mean that I do water exercises in the pool. They are both cardio and resistance work. All aqua exercise hits the core muscles. Hopefully the trip this weekend won’t set me back. We will stay in an Hotel the 1st night with a pool so I can fit in some aquafit.

@rorymason I think I am finally out of my 3 lb back and forth dance but this week will tell for sure .

@anneliz35 gaining 3 lbs is worth it to quit smoking . Strength training is a great move too.

@CupcakeCrusoe I watched a podcast with an expert on women ’s fitness who said that women don’t need as much rest between sets as men do.

@jenbroussard71 I am glad you found that all was benign . I have learned to not panic until you know. I am in survivorship. One MRI was okay but I too don’t want to have another like the second one. Yay you hit Onderland Congratulations! Lifting will be worth it.

Anne

5ft 4

Start 210 lbs on May 12/25 Going into my 14th week. Should be at 184 lbs at 182.6 lbs

Monday July 28/25 187 lbs

Monday August 4/25 190 lbs

Monday August 11/25 182.6 lbs

Monday August 18/25

Monday August 25/25

Doing well with not smoking. 🚭.

I am so glad:

@jenbroussard71

that the masses were benign and it is further inspiration to stop 🚭. You must be so relieved as are your pals here.❤️

Went on a water fast and I felt it was very beneficial. I felt great, except for the 2nd day on which hunger was the worst. I did deep research, which I would advise, before anyone attempts it. And it is not usually, recommended for seniors. Anyway, that is why the big drop in my weight. And I worked up to it with intermittent fasting. May do another one next year. Just trying to reset my eating habits, gut microbiome, autophagy, and mental strength and discipline.

This morning I had a slice of cheese an apple, banana and multigrain toast. I have to say, it felt like 4 of the yummiest things in in the world. It was awesome.

Everyone have a lovely week! ❤️And we can do it. 💪There are always some setbacks, but everyone is moving forward; the most important thing👌.

Oh gosh, I just remembered I said I would weigh in this morning but I forgot! I went to the monthly gathering of retired elementary school personnel for coffee this morning and spaced everything else off. Every spring the group breaks for the summer and today was our first day back. We call it the teacher's lounge without bells. So now I guess Tuesday will be my weigh in day.

My friend joined LazyFit and told me about it so I though it would be fun to be accountable to each other, so I joined also. It has a great variety of workouts and you get badges and streak smilies. I'm all for that(😊). I like it but am still getting used to it. There's a lot I don't know about it yet. I have learned I'm really out of shape!!!

@CupcakeCrusoe Committing to another 12 weeks with a personal trainer will really solidify those good work-out habits. I'm hoping LazyFit will help me get into a steady routine. It will if I want it bad enough! The Chicken Minis look yummy! What is this "invert" that you're getting closer to at the gym?

@KeriA I hope your leg is feeling better today. Hills can be hard but you're strengthening all of those muscles with aquafit so that will help in the future. Japanese walking sounds interesting. I'll have to look that up! I like listening to health podcasts. There are a lot of good ones out there.

SW 225 Today's WT 207

Had a little blip in my health and a new potential additional health issue. Awaiting tests results. Trying not to go down the rabbit hole with it- planning some fun getaways and get togethers in the meantime.

Hopefully I continue to work to afford all my plans lol.

I also had some company last week and went out. Had some alcohol and a dessert so thats the reason behind the 0.2 loss.

Im back on track since.

@anneliz35 you are doing great with both the not smoking and the weight loss.

@KeriA Glad you are out of the 3 lb dance. I was dancing the 3 pound dance up and down for the past 5 years!

@nebslp I took French all through jr high and high school. Good for you!

@jenbroussard71 Welcome to onederland! I hope to get there someday!

Have a great week everyone

roxannelovelace1974

New to group and journey

SW 233

GW 199

Plan to work out 2 times at gym this week

2 days at home -VR boxing. It’s really fun

Start working on what I am eating and control my portions- make these portions less calories. Lots to do but hopeful

Busy mom to young boy. Nice to meet everyone.

I just wanted to stop in and update and get updates on how we all are doing. I haven’t lost any more but I am staying low. I am hoping to stay below my usual 243 and get down to the 230s. Today I at 242. I am stopping eating earlier in the evening and delaying breakfast so that there is at least 12 hours of fasting overnight so there will be some fat burning. Camping really has put me back in that my left leg hurts so I took a few days rest. Sunday I did Aquafit, yesterday I went for a walk but didn’t do the Japanese walking I was doing the week before camping. The roofers are here and I do not have a car today so I will see what I can do of my at home strength training routine. I don't think my left leg is up to the Y strength training class any way. Even though it was very hot here yesterday for the PNW I made a lovely healthy soup. I walked early enough before the afternoon heat kicked in. We typically don’t have air conditioning in our homes here and with indoor cats it isn’t easy to keep the house cool. After the roof the next project is to get a couple of split heat pump units upstairs where our heating system doesn’t work as well and so we can also cool our house on days like this.

Despite all I feel I am burning fat. My stomach seems to be slowly shrinking even if I am only losing weight very slowly. It is so important for me to maintain and increase my muscle mass but it is also important to lose the fat especially around my stomach. I do need to lose the weight too and seeing lower weights makes me feel that I am on my way down.

@anneliz35 good job resetting your eating habits etc . and doing well not smoking.

@nebslp hope the LazyFit goes well .

@rorymason Losing weight is enough without dealing with health issues but I guess that is why we are trying to lose to be healthier . Glad you are on track.

@roxannelovelace1974 Welcome . Sounds like you are doing the right things. It is hard to get time for self care as a Mom but you deserve time to take care of yourself.

kiteflyer105

@jenbroussard71

I am proud of you for hitting Onderland. This needs to be celebrated! GO you!

I was sick on Tuesday and forgot to weigh in then and again on Wednesday. I had very little to eat for 2 days so this morning's weigh in put me at 231.4. It won't last since I've started eating again but it felt good to see that number. I looked up my starting weight for August 1 and it was 234.1 so I'm going the right direction. I'd been up some after the grandkids left. I'd love to see the 230 number by the end of the month, so that's what I'm shooting for.

I saw a new doctor for my annual check-up about a month ago. I didn't like the one I'd started seeing after my regular doctor (who I loved!) moved to another practice about 5 years ago. The 2nd doc didn't trust me and I learned I couldn't trust her, so it was time to move on. I like doc#3 a lot! I felt comfortable with him immediately and I told him my requirements of working together, of being a team and not just having him make decisions about medications without consulting me first. I've never before been so outspoken about what I expect, but after that last experience, I'm not going to let it happen again. This time I wanted to find out why my platelets had been so low and going lower for several years so he ordered some tests. While waiting to schedule them, I did some research and made some dietary changes based on what I read. By the time I had the test the numbers had increased to the normal range. Diet is everything! I need to be faithful in doing what my body needs, not what my mind thinks it wants. Anyway, at the dr's appointment, the only thing he was concerned about was my weight and wants to monitor it. Wow! That was the first time it seemed a doctor actually cared about it. Usually they do the memorized speech of eat more fiber, exercise, etc. We had a good discussion and he wants to see what I can do by my next appointment in December. I'm going to try to lose 2 pounds a month…not much but realistic.

I've been sad all day. My first grandchild will be a Senior in HS this year and she stopped by last night. This will be a year of lasts for her. She stopped again tonight and I can't believe how 17 years could fly by so fast. I'm not sure how I'll survive graduation. Guess I'll buy a big purse for all the tissues I'll bring. Being proud and happy for her helps, but I still get a little weepy. I have 4 gkids total and this is the first year of no elementary kids! 😪7th, 9th, 10th, and 12th. Those high school years will go fast!

@rorymason Waiting for test results is so hard! You have to hope and believe in the best outcome, but be mentally prepared for whatever comes at the same time. Planning fun things is a great way to keep you from thinking about it so much. Dream big and work like crazy to make it happen!

@roxannelovelace1974 Welcome to this very welcoming group! I find that eating a good breakfast with eggs, protein pancakes or other protein source helps me feel fuller and not crave unhealthy food during the day. Protein and fiber are important, but I struggle with getting enough of them unless I'm very aware of everything I put in my mouth. That means logging which is not at the top of my love to do list! Glad you're here!

@KeriA You might be gaining muscle while losing visceral fat which is hard to lose but the most important. You can't see it going away at first, but your body knows and appreciates your efforts. My husband and I went on a bus trip to the PNW a few years ago in June. What a beautiful area! Stay cool!! (if you can)!

72 years old

Challenge Starting Weight: 260 (May 2024), Pre-retirement weight 262 before May. UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height)

5'6" Tall

I do check-ins when I lose:

5/20: 242.6

6/10: 241.8

7/3:243.8

7/22/2025: 240.4

8/1/2025: 243

8/10: 241.8

8//15: 241.6

Here is my exercise schedule:

🌞1 session a week of Aquafit (50 minutes)

🌞1 session per week - long walk (45-60 minutes)

🌞2 sessions a week strength training

🌞2 30 minute sessions a week of interval walking(Japanese walking)

🌞1 day of rest

August Goals:

⭐ get out of the 240s and into the 230s Not giving up on this

⭐ drink more water

⭐ keep sugar intake low

⭐keep making healthy meals at home with only 1 day a week meal out if needed.

⭐ see exercise plan above

⭐ increase general activity level (NEAT) with cooking, cleaning, gardening and taking the stairs to the basement once a day.

I barely qualify for a check in. Camping set me back. I came home 3 lbs. up and my whole left leg from my knee to my hip has been hurting me. So I have had to abandon my exercise plan I was doing before going for now. I have managed only 2 short walks so far this week besides aquafit Sunday. I am thinking of going to the Y everyday next week when I get back from my Grandson's birthday. I think the way I have gotten this weight off since camping is by extending my overnight fasts each morning. I don't exercise without breakfast though. I will have to drop my husband off early in the morning. I am hoping by the next week my leg will feel better. We are going down early and stay at a hotel with a pool this weekend. But probably will be resting my leg until we get back on Wednesday. Our youngest will be at home. They went to visit them last weekend. Only 1.6 lbs to see the 230s but with my variations in weight that is easier said than done.

@nebslp Yes when I lose when I am sick etc. I usually gain it back. Our bodies were designed that way. My last doctor got promoted not to long ago. She wasn't the best doctor I had but she listened and was fine. I wanted to go with her partner but she was full. Then they assigned me one but I didn't know if she was good. My Hematologist said she thought she was good so I went and it went well until I got a call from a nurse after the test results came in saying they wanted to put me on a medication. I said no I am not going on any medication without a discussion with my Dr. The nurse said I could take 6 months with diet and exercise and they would schedule an appointment with the Dr then. I saw my Dr in between for other issues and I felt that I could work well with her. She is young and up to date on things and she listens and is better at diagnosing issues. However I identify with what you said about your new doctor and losing your previous one. Good for us for standing up and communicating. I haven't talked to mine about weight except she knows I am improving my diet and exercise since retiring. I will if I can't get into the 230s soon.

That is exciting that your 1st grandchild is graduating from HS. My 1st great-niece is going to be a senior in HS next year. However my 1st and only grand child is only turning 3 this week. My youngest wants to have children so we will see.

I agree that I was probably gaining muscle and losing visceral fat. I think I am still losing fat but with my leg issues I am worried I am also losing muscle at the moment. Hopefully water exercise will see me through.

I agree about what you said about diet being key. William W Li MD has books and videos on this subject and he is science based. He talks about how eating certain food and diet can prevent and fight disease. He also talks about how it can help lose bad fat. I love it when he tells that some fads he was skeptical about end up being proven by science. They are the same ones I have been skeptical about. I am getting his 2 books today so I will have this information in writing. I may not be losing weight very fast recently but I am not gaining and losing slowly. I do think that due to the foods etc that I am doing I am losing visceral fat. I will measure when I finally lose the 5 lbs I have been working on. He is the only one that has helped me to stop eating later in the evening and I delaying breakfast a bit. I agree with you about having a high protein breakfast though. I need to do better increasing protein earlier in the day but I have made progress.

However exercise and activity level does even more (not for weight loss but for health and fighting disease) and I am hoping to work back to where I was earlier this month.

Good morning everyone!

Saturday weigh in days
Christina
36 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150
2025 goal weight: 160
SW 2025: 179.7

🌞 August Goals: 🌞

⭐ Goal weight (average): 177.5

⭐ 8/1: 179.5(average)
⭐ 8/2: 179.5 (average)
⭐ 8/9: 179.7 (average)
⭐ 8/16: 180.2 (average)
⭐ 8/23:
⭐ 8/30:
⭐ 8/31:

I had to have an emergency surgery last Wednesday, so my weight is funky and I know I haven't been gaining all this time. I've been tracking what I've eaten, so I'm not too worried. (don't worry about the emergency surgery, it was scary then but I'm fine now)

Besides the recovery stuff I have to deal with from the surgery, I also can't lift weights yet, which sucks. But, weight is lost in the kitchen, and I can still stay on top of my steps. I let my trainer know, and I just go from here.

@KeriA aquafit will be good for a hurt knee, sorry to hear about that! It must be hard in the summer not to have AC, as someone in the southeast it's unthinkable, lol, but everywhere is a little different. You're keeping at it, which is great, and your plan to just extend sleep time as your fasting window is sensible. Interesting about rest times! I'll keep that in mind.

@anneliz35 honestly apple and cheese is a totally underrated combination, I love that combo myself. I had some bananas about to go bad, so Saturday night, I made banana jam (mash bananas in saucepan with brown sugar, generous pinch salt, cook down, add a lil rum and vanilla extract), and it was divine. It's hanging out in my fridge.

@nebslp LazyFit sounds cool! I'm looking it up later, lol. I'm glad you're happy with your new doctor, it's so great when you make that connection and trust. And I'm holding my tissues for you, I can imagine it's hard to see a grandkid as a senior in high school. Fun fact: when I came home with my first, I saw one of those insurance commercials where the kid grows up real fast. Sleep deprived me turned to my husband and said "she's going to college!" all teary, lol. He still makes fun of me for it.

An invert on the pole is doing this:

@rorymason fingers crossed that your new health issue isn't too detrimental. ❤️

@roxannelovelace1974 VR boxing sounds like so much fun! I've been wanting to get a VR headset to play beat saber for the longest, haha.

Have a great week, everyone! My kids are at grandma's house for the week, so I'm going to enjoy the uninterrupted sleep, the walking out the door to go walking whenever I want, and the quiet meal prep in the evenings while I have it before school starts and the madness begins anew 😅

Anne

5ft 4

Start 210 lbs on May 12/25 Going into my th week. Should be at 1 lbs at lbs

Monday July 28/25 187 lbs

Monday August 4/25 190 lbs

Monday August 11/25

Monday August 18/25

Monday August 25/25

Anne

5ft 4

Start 210 lbs on May 12/25 Going into my 15th week. Should be at 182 lbs at 188.6 lbs

Monday July 28/25 187 lbs

Monday August 4/25 190 lbs

Monday August 11/25 182.6 Ibs

Monday August 18/25 188.6 Ibs

Monday August 25/25

Sorry for the 3 posts. I was trying to edit the post and it wouldn't let me. I got an error message to try later.

I am up about 6 lbs, but expected this would happen after my 6 day water fast. They say it is usually water weight. I'm feeling a lot better both physically and emotionally after coming off the fast. I think it was a good chance to reset my body. I am not 🚭 at all and so happy I quit. Thanks for all the support! It really helped. 😘

Glad to hear everyone's updates, grandkids, kids etc and hope all are feeling well. Everyone have a super week. We can do it!💪❤️

finngirl61

Hi all,

It's been a long time since I've posted. I'm so glad I found you again! In the past 3 yrs, I've had 2 total knee replacements- am happy I did it. Unfortunately, my husband passed away 4 yrs ago, so now I handle the bills, house maintenance, etc.; no children or grandkids, altho my older brother doesn't live too far away. So here's my info:

Age: 74

PW: 280

Current weight: 232

Goal weight: 180

I started to use the weight equipment at the senior center. And I'm getting out more, but taking one day at a time. Used Wegovy for one month- lost 4 lbs. Yikes. Insurance won't pay for anything else. But that's ok, I need to do this myself. Good to see some familiar names. I wish all of you healthy days ahead. 😊

SW 225 Today's WT 205

I have not been this weight since 2016. I got down to 203/205 in 2016 then never went down any further. Things sure would have been alot different with my health if I had 🤔.

I appreciate everyone's support with my health issues. It is what it is. I'm just pushing forward trying not to dwell on the negative and live my life. Im old, some things I cant avoid, lol. But I def think planning some fun things to do is helpful to your well being and happiness so I am doing that. In the meantime, Lots of Doc appts September. We will see what transpires.

I am getting my A1C redrawn this week- curious if its improved. Though this is one of the smaller issues, it would be nice if it reflected my work during the past 3 months.

Have not been walking lately. My knee is bothering me. I need to go back to gym and do weights- just seem to make an excuse not to go 🤷‍♀️

@KeriA Thank God I am working! I planned so much stuff I hope I can pay for it all, lol. Totally understand the stomach thing. I lose on my arms and legs but my stomach fat just wants to stay there - which is why I should be doing abdominal exercises at the gym. But I'm still not going 🤷‍♀️

@nebslp Glad you got a new doc. I gave my old one the boot. Told the new one exactly what I needed and she is on board. Makes life easier. I totally understand about the grandchildren. Mine are coming for a short stay before they go back to school and everytime I see them my ♥️ hurts a lil on how fast they have grown.

@CupcakeCrusoe sorry to hear you had to have emergency surgery. Glad you are on the mend ❤️

@roxannelovelace1974 welcome!

@anneliz35 you are doing great with the smoking and the weight loss!

@finngirl61 Welcome back. Sorry for your loss.

Hope everyone has a great week!