Women 200lb+, Let's Step It Up In June!!!
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Hi I’m Cassandra,
I would love to join you I always need new friends and encouragement. And I’ll be your cheerleader too:) add me if you would like.
I am a native Montanan who uprooted and moved to Florida in January. Sunshine state right, better get my *kitten* fit for swim suits right lol:)
I have just started to really get my butt moving in this last month. But I’m on a pretty good start walking 4-8 miles per day 6 days a week. My diet, well I’m sticking to my calorie goals but the food ranges from chocolate cake to broccoli. So some days good some days bad.
SW 260.8
CW 253ish
GW 140-150 where ever I’m happy in there.7 -
kellyjheath4221 wrote: »My second month with this group, yay! I have friended most everyone from May and I’m so glad. I have found that the inspiration and encouragement from this group of women has been one of the most helpful things for me. I also find it helpful to see that everyone else struggles too; I can be very hard on myself. Thank you everyone! 💕
For June, I have been thinking about habits I have developed that are bad or that make me feel bad, and wanted to incorporate those things as goals. I also want to feed my soul this month; like many of you, I have struggled with depression. In May, I actually did my gardening (for 2 years I’ve neglected them). My yard is looking awesome, and I’m feeling awesome!
SW-204
CW-184
GW-156
Goals:
• On my days off, not to sit at my dining room table for more than 2 hours in the morning. I will then get up and get busy.
I will do this literally half the day; drinking tea and playing on my phone. I have such a high stress job that on my days off I feel I “deserve” to relax. I do, BUT this is a terrible habit for my mind and body.
• I will do at least one creative project this month.
I am a very artistic person, and it is something that feeds my soul. I have a chalkboard in my kitchen that I enjoy drawing on. I have not changed the art on it in at least a year!
• I will continue trying to reach 1500 ml of water/day as this is very difficult for me due to my job.
• I will try to increase my sleep to 7 hours/day. I usually average around 6 or less.
I had so many NSV this month. The best one is that all of my clothes are getting loose; including my pajama pants. I felt so bad about myself when my stretchy pants didn’t fit me anymore, so I’m on top of the world!
First week of June down! Good job everyone!
Week 1: 182.4
I’m a tad disappointed with that, I was hoping to reach my halfway mark this week. Earlier in the week I weighed myself and I was 181.2...but I’m on day 25 of my 28 day cycle so I’m starting to bloat. So I guess I just have to wait another week.
I’ve been doing pretty great meeting my goals this week. I’ve been staying busy and not sitting in my favorite spot! I got my last and largest garden bed weeded, stained and put 1 coat of sealer on my picnic table, and have done a bunch of cooking. It’s rained quite a bit this week so I still have some things to finish up.
I’ve been doing really great drinking enough; I have exceeded my goal of 1500 ml most days.
My goal of sleeping 7 hrs every night has been a struggle. I have to be up so early for work so that means I have to go to bed pretty early...and life gets in the way. I am definitely getting more sleep than I usually do.
Haven’t started anything creative yet...but I have been looking for inspiration/planning it out.
I’ve realized I have a few other NSV:
-I haven’t had heartburn in about 2 months. I was suffering with it daily before, especially if I forgot my Pepcid.
-Yesterday I realized I haven’t been having pain in my right hip. This had started about a year ago, and it had been getting pretty bad. I knew it was from my weight because I had this problem during my second pregnancy.
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Took a young crew swimming. To my surprise, we all swam for four solid hours straight. We must’ve needed it!
After dropping off those not related to me and a promised salon stop for a young woman, I took my entourage to dinner at a buffet. My plate remained solidly in the plant based whole food realm. Double win.
Pretty sure we’ll all sleep well tonight.4 -
Hello! New here! 😊
HW: 322
CW: 306
June goal weight: 295
Goals for June 🌻
- 30-60 minutes, 4x a week at the gym
- walk my dog 5 days a week
- 72+ oz of water daily
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Just updating !
SW:275
CW:245
This week has been interesting I got offered a promotion at work which I’m excited for, but I know my coworkers will not be as thrilled... so I’ve just been preparing myself for the backlash, which involves me working out extra hard so that I can distract my mind..
Completed my first week of transform 20 tomorrow is thankfully my rest day thank god!!!! I honestly thought everyday that I did it that it would get easier LIES!! Everyday Shaun finds a muscle that I never knew existed to destroy...
I’ve been doing very well at keeping my carbs and calories down or at least I think I am, but mfp seems to think not when I log my exercise and it ups my calories and I can’t close my journal for the day 🙄
A NSV that I do have that I haven’t even noticed until today. I have not used my “big girl towels” in a while... I’m actually able to close a regular towel around me without that awkward peekaboo down the middle!!!! I think that was more shocking for me than actually getting to 245 for the first time in years!
I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD A PHENOMENAL GOAL CRUSHING WEEK!!!!!6 -
ColoradoLivingg wrote: »I saw my doctor yesterday for some strange feeling in the right side of my neck which I thought might be a somewhat swollen lymph node. Everything was good and it seems it may just be stress related. I made an appointment with the chiropractor for Friday, as my back is still hurting.
However, at the doctor, I brought up phentermine with him, as my husband is taking it and asked about it. I told him I had maintained since roughly November and am counting calories to lose weight and have lost ~40 on my own. He thought I should still take phentermine and told me that at 1600 calories I'm eating too much and should take it back to 1400. He said for my height, 1600 should be maintenance. I told him I've been eating at 1600 and losing on it and was losing when I was eating higher calories and heavier before.
I thought that was a little strange he told me to cut back so much. I did try at 1400 before for 2 pounds a week but was very hungry all the time and dialed it back to 1.5 pounds a week, which brought me to 1600. I looked up reviews of those who were on phentermine and some of the side affects and experiences were a little frightening. He wants to see me back in a month and wants to see any weight loss, not a specific number.
I'm just getting a strange feeling about the whole thing and am tempted to just keep doing what I'm doing and not take the pills. I'd still go back in a month for a checkup but only with the losses from counting calories and starting at the gym.
Has anyone else here been on phentermine? It's been working for my husband, yes, but he didn't do well with counting calories before and just eats whatever he wants, in very large amounts. He's had some side effects from it that I won't delve into but if anyone else has been on it, can you advise of how you felt on it and if you experienced any side effects?
Get the prescription filled if you haven't. Keep the pills but don't take them. If your happy with our current rate of weight loss don't cut your calories. You want to save the cutting of calories until you really have to. There will be a plateau at some point where you have to either cut more calories or up your working out in order to loose any more weight, that's the only time you want to make changes. The phentermine may come in handy when you get very close to your goal and hit a plateau, that's why I would get any scripts filled and just save them. Don't take 37.5mgs of phentermine! The few doctors actually willing to prescribe that pill love to give the strongest dose(37.5mg) to people which is also the dose most likely to come with side effects. If you took 37.5mg of phentermine and DIDN'T have side effects I would be surprised. When/if you take it only take half. If its a capsule buy empty ones and split it that way. You really don't want any more than 30mg of phentermine a day. If you were lucky enough to get prescribed 30mg capsules those are the best, take half for the first week then decide if you want to start taking a whole one the next. If you were given 37.5mg and the doctor tries to give you more on the next visit I would specifically ask for 30mg CAPSULES. If he asks why just tell him the other pills were too strong or that your afraid of the high dosage. Not many doctors will prescribe phentermine. Not many doctors understand how it works, how to prescribe the correct dosage or what to tell patients about the drug. That's a big part of why people are having bad experiences while taking it and having side effects. Wrong formulation, high dosage, not drinking or eating enough are almost always the reasons people have bad experiences and side effects. They really should be prescribing 15mg to start patients off and very rarely should 37.5mg be prescribed, its just too strong for most people especially first time users.1 -
Height: 5'2"
SW: 215
CW(6/1/19): 212.6
CW(6/9/19) 207.6
June GW: 205
GW 1: 199
GW 2: 150
So I managed to lose "5lbs" this week! Most of which I believe is water from all the stuff we ate when we were at Disneyland and from all the walking we did. It took me 5 days to get back down to the weight I was before we left, so I think my total actual weight loss this week is 1.6 lbs. Still very good and encouraging. I was battling allergies and was feeling like crud, so I didn't get to work out nearly as much as I wanted too, but now that I've got that under control, I have no reason to get back to it!
Goals for this week:
- Walk on treadmill 5/7 days this week for at least 30 min.
- Stay within calorie goal
- Find new stuff to make for lunch. Salads are getting boring.4 -
melikim1979 wrote: »Hi all. I just started again on the May long weekend.
SW - 325.0 (May 16, 2019)
CW - 319.8 (June 1, 2019)
GW - 160
06/08 - 315.8
My goals for June is to continue my weekend walks with one of my best friends, slightly increasing the distance each time, walk to and/or home from work 2 days a week, and continue to log all my food.3 -
SW: 250
CW: 208 200!
Mini GW 1: 198 achieved!
Mini GW 2: 188
Mini GW 3: 178
Mini GW 4: 168
End GW: 150
Today I hit 198!!! Waaaaayyyyy ahead of schedule for me and I'm sososososo happy!12 -
Hi everyone! I'm new to this and super excited. I just lost about 5lbs in the last month and a half and looking to keep it up because my doctor says it will help with my back pain. I also have lots of clothes I'd like to fit into again.
SW: 208
CW: 203
GW: 145-150
I've been very sedentary for the last couple years, but have started walking a few times a week. I'm hoping to join a gym when I get some money coming in.
My NSV is that climbing the stairs to my apartment has gotten easier.
My goals for June are to start eating more lean protein and veggies and less carbs, try making a smoothie, and to continue walking. I'd also like to get down to 199.7 -
Hey, everyone. Another week gone by! I hurt my back at the end of last week, and this week it's slowly getting better. Today, I went outside and mowed the lawn for 45 minutes! YAY.
So unfortunately, I binge ate Monday and Tuesday because I was bored and stuck at home in bed, but I got myself back in control and ate a little under my calorie goal for the rest of the week to make up for my lack of exercise. I'm thinking that in a few days, I'll try some light swimming and see how my back takes it.
Goals:
Log all food 7/7
Stay at/under calorie limit 5/7
30+ mins of cardio 1/3
Strength train 0/2
How was everyone else's week???5 -
Hello ladies! I just started a few days ago but have gone from 260 to 258. My June goal is to keep up with my tracking and “race” my kids to the barn every day. They’re 3 & 5 so race is a bit of an overstatement 😂6
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One week of June gone and I feel good about things. I’m losing about a pound and a half a week, and I’m comfortable with that.
NSV-I finally have the stamina for the elliptical. First time I tried it in March, I lasted a minute and a half and had to quit. Now, 8 minutes sandwiched between 12 minutes on the treadmill, AND I can repeat that set for 12-8-12-8-12 and not feel like I’m going to die!
Connie in Ky6 -
Week #2
SW: 229
CW: ? - I weigh in on Thursday will update then (nervous haven't weighed in three weeks)
GW: 199
GW 2: 186
GW 3: 175
GW 4: 168 (maintain there continue to build muscle)
This last week I found myself snacking on fruit a lot (specifically bananas and oranges) . The only problem it made me slightly (50-100) calories go outside my calories. Which is not horrible (still way below my maintenance), but needs to be monitored. I weigh in on Thursday, so we will see the progress (*crosses fingers).
NSV I tried on some pants my mother got me about a month ago, and although they fit tight, I was finally able to get them on.
I hope everyone's Week # 2 goes well!
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The last few months I have lost myself. The month of May was really bad. I'm trying to get back on track for June, eating healthier and exercise.
SV (scale victory) I lost 6.2 pounds this week. I'm sure it's mostly water weight due to actually trying again, but I'm still happy about it. NSV (non scale victory) #1 I usually weigh myself only on Tuesday's, I weighed myself everyday this week. It has it's pros and cons to doing that. So for me I learned once a week weigh in is good enough. #2 Back in December my RHR (resting heart rate) was 90, by February I had it down to 63.... then lost sight of everything. The last couple months my RHR has been around 84, I now have it down to around 72! I still have a long way to go and a lot of weight to lose, but I'm trying to get my mojo back.
SW: 227.5
GW 6/4: 234 CW 236.6
GW 6/11: 232 CW 230.4
GW 6/18: 230
GW 6/25: 2282 -
SW: 305
CW: 239
GW: Not sure going for size 10/12
NSV from May was that I got back to walking and I can now fit in a booth!!
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SteroidalLolita wrote: »SW: 250
CW: 208 200!
Mini GW 1: 198
Mini GW 2: 188
Mini GW 3: 178
Mini GW 4: 168
End GW: 150
I've got 2 pounds until my first mini goal that will put me under 200 pounds for the first time in TWO YEARS!!!!!!
Fantastic!!
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Slow start to the month but I’m trying to get back on track! I’ve been mostly maintaining my weight for the past few weeks and I need to get back into loss mode.
SW 226
CW 211(for the past 3 weeks)
GW1 205
GW2 199
GW 155
I still can’t figure out how to add friends but if anyone wants to send me a request please do!3 -
So I couldn't help myself I said I was going to weigh-in tomorrow, for the first time in a month. And here are the results:
SW 229 - May 10, 2019
CW 210.6 - June 12, 2019
GW 1 : 199 - Hopefully by Mid- July (if not sooner)
GW 2: 185 - Late August / Early September ??
GW: 3: 175 - October
GW 4: 168 - November
Day by Day!!!!
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Ugh, it's that TOM and I wanna eat ALL the bad things and raid the pantry at home!
My goal for the rest of the week: Do not pick thru the pantry and do not eat all the things!2
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