Women 200lb+, Let's Be Spooktacular This October!!!
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April start weight: 397.7
October start weight: 322.1
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Oct 9th: 317.9
Oct 16th: 315.3
October goal: 312
Surprised to see decent numbers this week, to be honest. I had a couple days where I went nearly 1000 calories over goal, so I figured I would be lucky to scrape by with a half pound loss. No objections from me that the scale thinks I behaved all week! I definitely struggled with snacking away all my calories and not leaving any for dinner, so working on that will be my focus.4 -
SW: 208.8
October GW: 200.8
10/7 - 208.2
10/14 -205.2 Going in the right direction! I'll keep up with the good habits!
10/21 -
10/28 -
Goals for October - Check in:
* Pack my lunch every day - for whatever reason, I seem to eat better for the day if I have a decent lunch. If not, it's all I can do to keep myself out of fast-food drive thrus. (sigh...) - Doing great here! Sometimes I make lunches for the kids and I the night before and sometimes in the morning but I have a new morning routine that will accommodate both that is working and is helping out a lot!
* Stop. Buying. Potato. Chips. (I have zero willpower against all things Sour Cream and Cheddar flavored, apparently) - Doing great here! (Get thee behind me, potato chips!)
* Drink less alcohol and only on weekends...lately it's become a habit to have a drink or two during weeknights, which I need to curb - Doing great here! Hard to get out of the habit at first but isn't such a big deal now.
* Feed my Apple Watch - for the month of October I will fill all of my circles (Red: meet my active calorie expenditure, Green: do 30 minutes of activity daily, and Blue: stand for at least 1 min for each of 12 hours) - Doing great here! Every day has had full circles!8 -
aliciap0116 wrote: »Oh I forgot to add two good restaurant tips from a personal trainer I know!!
Two of five rule: Every restaurant offers bread/chips, appetizers, entrees, dessert and alcohol. Pick only two when eating out.
Best of three: Identify your top three choices on the menu and pick the healthiest one.
And what I have noticed, don’t weigh in for several days after getting back and hydrate like heck because the increased sodium from eating out on vacation will make you retain water.
Thank you for sharing these helpful tips!3 -
So, I went away for the weekend and ate whatever I could find in airports, which was mostly McDonald's and stuff.
I came back to a huge Thanksgiving feast, all cream and sugar and cheese and stuff.
I'm down like 3 pounds to 214????
Weight loss: it makes no damn sense. *grumble*8 -
Sanriohippie wrote: »SW 305 (12/29)
CW 229.9 (9/24)
GW 175?
I FINALLY broke through the 230’s.
I had more NSV’s than lbs lost,but I’ll take them.
The biggest NSV was going from a size 26 to size 12 at Torrid!(pic at bottom)
This month is a HUGE month for us because we go to over a dozen Halloween events!
Lots of walking and fun times🎃
Keep kicking butt ladies and remember to ALWAYS challenge negative self talk♥️
UPDATE: I officially have to retake my drivers license pic lol
I’ve lost another inch off my neck,waist and hips so whoop whoop!!
Keep going ladies,we can do this!!
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You know you've really hit a milestone when your real weight is less than the fake weight on your driver's license!11
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You know you've really hit a milestone when your real weight is less than the fake weight on your driver's license!
This prompted me to check my driver's license and I now feel embarrassed because it says 86 kg, a weight I haven't been since I was 18.
So I'm making that my next mini-goal. I'm about 10 kg away.4 -
@denjan333, @speyerj - thank you for your kind words. I'm officially out of my "first-professional-failure-funk phase". I'm smiling again. I'm enjoying being home before 8pm and enjoying my Saturdays at home instead of in the office! My daughters are super-excited to have me home more; one is trying out for soccer and the little one wants to join Girl Scouts now. There go my Netflix binge nights
I'm proud to say I'm down 2lbs over these last 3 weeks. I broke the 220s!!! WOOOHOOOO! Tracking, eating better and working out were kind of on the back-burner, they were not a priority for me, but I didn't give up completely. It's a good thing I had established better habits before all this went down; the old me would have eaten my feelings and comforted myself with food.
I'm looking forward to our Thanksgiving feast next month. I'll take the cream and cheese and stuff. Hoping I've pleased the weight loss gods and they show mercy on me too.
@Sanriohippie - You look amazing! Way to go. I love the dress in your before pic.
LOL- I checked my DL too. I'm so glad we don't have weights listed in TX!!6 -
Happy almost weekend ladies! I wanted to share a few apps I found that compliment MFP. Happy Scale looks at your progress, your goal/actual rate of loss and makes predictions of where you will be on certain dates. It also lets you break your goal into mini-milestones, which is kind of fun.
Also, Progress is an app that allows you to take measurements and photos you can compare to see your progress. It suggests measuring weekly but have decided only to do it monthly.
Finally, I received a free month on WW from a friend so I am trying to co-track for a while. It has a point system assigned to each food. I think the main value is know the zero point foods - basically all fruits, veggies, beans, lean protein, and fat free yogurt. Foods with oils, seeds, fats, and sugars have point assignments. I am trying to build my meals around the zero point foods because they are “safe” - especially when I know I have dinner out or travel. I do think it has curbed my sugar craving a lot (my biggest weakness). The WW point system is a bit of a black box, and MFP is more transparent and flexible about total calories - but I am learning by using both. Happy to send an link to anyone interested in a free trial.
Curious if others have found tools or resources or tricks they find useful!6 -
Hi All,
Found this challenge just this week, but I need some accountability so I figured I'd join.
SW: 240.4 lbs (weighed yesterday).
Let's do this! 💪8 -
SW (Well I think I'm around 270 - (weighed myself few weeks ago)
GW 200 just to improve my health and feel more confident
I've tended to just track my exercise bike on here. I use another app for walking as I don't know how to sync it with this one.
Going to aspire to start logging my food and drink and make healthier choices.6 -
SW: 288. Middle of March 2019
CW: 237.1
GW: 144
9/30: 237.1
10/07: 233
10/14: 231.6
10/21: 230.3
10/28:
One week to go in the October challenge and I am really hoping to get under 230. Which would be 20% lost of my starting weight. Still have a long ways to go to really healthy or normal BMI so I am focusing on the small goals! Have a great week everyone!!
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My weekly goal: make my Lunches.
Made my lunch today, that is a big deal. while I have lots of healthy options for lunch around work I usually end up with the bad stuff. So bringing it ensures I eat healthy.
Hope you week us off to a good start!8 -
Good morning everyone!
Had a half way decent week. The scale went down and that is always good.
Friday through the weekend I was in some kind of funk...can't pin point it...just irritable. This is really not a good thing for me as I go to food when I feel this way. I tried really hard not to go overboard but I can't say I had a great weekend. Probably would have had a higher loss if I did.
Does anyone just get tired of it all? Food prepping, tracking, grocery trips? I had so much anxiety about not making it to the gym too, I was tired. It is really daunting trying to keep up with everything. Being a single parent, laundry, cleaning everything...sometimes I just don't want to do anything. The end goal is so far away too.
I am thankful for this thread though. I really don't have anyone to support me in this journey. My family is non existent, friends don't understand, they act like they do, but they don't.
Sorry if my post is negative, I know a lot come here for the opposite. Just helps sometimes to get it out and know that others may be going through the same thing.
Hope everyone has a great week...I need to. Have a good amount to lose this week to reach my goal.
I would be happy to break 250 though
SW: 276.6
October start weight - 254.2
CW: 252.4
UGW: 160
Goal for October: 248.2
- log everyday - I logged in everyday, tracked all days
- continue to drink min of 64 oz. a day of water - drank 64 - 96 ounces of water everyday
- exercise more - gym 3 - 4 times a week - didn't get to the gym this week
- limit alcohol intake - same here...I have definitely cut back, but it is still something I need to work on.5 -
SW-292
CW- 279
GW- 180
I’m new here and have been super bogged down the past 6 weeks thinking “I have more than 100 pounds to lose” it is so overwhelming! I’m down 13 pounds in 6 weeks and need to keep the motivation going any and all help is appreciated! Happy Halloween... I’m a teacher that does all the fall things 😍5 -
Alright! My goal for this week is to go to the gym 5 times and eat at/under caloric goal 6/7 days!!!
Let's rock this week!!!4 -
Hi--I'm having the hardest time staying away from pumpkin donuts. The scale has really crept up on me this month. I'm just now joining the October challenge as I'm hoping it will help me stay accountable.
SW: 259
CW: 259
GW for Oct 31: 2524 -
Does anyone just get tired of it all? Food prepping, tracking, grocery trips? I had so much anxiety about not making it to the gym too, I was tired. It is really daunting trying to keep up with everything. Being a single parent, laundry, cleaning everything...sometimes I just don't want to do anything. The end goal is so far away too.
I am thankful for this thread though. I really don't have anyone to support me in this journey. My family is non existent, friends don't understand, they act like they do, but they don't.
Sorry if my post is negative, I know a lot come here for the opposite. Just helps sometimes to get it out and know that others may be going through the same thing.
@mmccloy12 💜 Yes, it definitely does get tiring and sometimes I just want to give up. And a few times in the last few months, I have. I've just said "F it" and eaten whatever I want and stopped going to the gym for weeks at a time.
A big thing I used to do was set myself up to fail. For example, I'd commit to doing a 30 Day Challenge and then on day 12, not workout and then despair because the whole month was ruined and I'd just give up. Or I'd say I'm going to eat clean 7/7 days this week and then on Wednesday eat badly and just throw in the towel.
If I wasn't doing things "perfectly" then I figured I shouldn't be doing them at all. But I'm coming to learn this journey is not black and white. Which is such a hard lesson for me! You've got to do the best you can each day. Even if it was a bad day, once it's over, it's over. "Just say yikes and move on," is one of my favorite mantras.
And it can be hard for people in your life to support you/really understand what you're going through. That's why I made this group because I really didn't/don't have anyone to speak about this stuff (both good and bad) in "real life."
As for your goal being so far away, break it down into smaller ones. And not all number related ones. Non-scale victories are super important and motivating: a pair of pants that used to be too tight that now fit, being able to workout longer than before or not getting winded so easily.
Always feel free to be negative and complain and vent in this group. This journey is not all sunshine and roses. It's difficult and can get messy. But we're here to support each other through all of it. 💜
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