Women 200lb+, Let's Be Spooktacular This October!!!

Hi ladies! I'm Wendy! I am so excited to join you! I'm a homeschooling mom. I will put my stats below. My goal for this month is to just keep in my calorie goal.

SW: 384 August 15th
CW 262.2 today
GW 199

I've been lurking in this thread since I joined it so late in the month, but @mmccloy12 resonated. I'm not a single mom, but the struggle is real.

Friends give unconditional love but they don't really care about the minutiae and are spectacularly uninterested in the nitty gritty daily struggles. I want to talk about strength training and the voice glazes over on the other end of the phone. My partner and one of my children are autistic; I work on the phones; so I sometimes spend 20 hour stretches soothing egos. On those days, all workout plans go out the window.

I live in an area with a high rate of addiction and tend to mother the neighborhood children; there are days when the pain and rage inspired by what these children perceive as normal spike me into the stratosphere. This is compounded by the need to maintain the childrens' trust--I can't blow my top. There are days when workout plans are promptly shelved as I run a child to get shoes, spend hours making healthy snacks as fast as they're gobbled down, walk extra children through homework, be daycare last minute or act as parent at school functions for ALL the children.

I guess what I'm saying is this community is lifeblood. You are not alone. Your struggle is not in vain. It gets better. I have to tell myself this multiple times a day and skulking into rooms like this helps make it stick.

Also, drugs suck.

206.8 this morning! My Oct goal weight is 204, but I’m going to change that to 203, for a nice even 20lbs loss going into November. I can’t believe what a big difference it makes to count calories and log food choices. I know this is one of the best habits for long term weight loss, and now I understand what people who are successful mean when they say, “the weight just melted off”.

I’m posting this to get over my, “wait until the other shoe drops” mentality which causes me to self sabotage.
I think I can lose 3 more pounds fighting through the last 9 days of this month!

This severe cold has been kicking my butt since last week and all I want to do is eat warm cookies and drink milk. I don't wanna be sick anymore. I can't go to the gym or anything, I'm exhausted just trying to sit upright. My face is numb.

This morning weighed in at 213.8. Started the month hoping for 214, so... goal reached! My stretch goal was 210. Not gonna happen I don't think, but probably will get closer than I expected. 211, maybe.

Things are looking solid for onederland by the new year, assuming I don't go too crazy at Christmas.

Our seaside vacation on the beach is booked for the first week of June. I need to fit into a bathing suit by May. Don't care if I'm not bikini ready, my goal is ANY bathing suit that's not from the plus size store.

I hate plus size bathing suits, they are $400 and never fit my boobs properly.

Height 5' 4"
SW: 216.8 (10/10/2019)
CW: 211.6 (10/23)
10/15: 215.2
10/22: 211.6
10/29:
Oct Goal: 210
GW: 150

Hi everyone. I just started a few days back and found the thread today. Hoping that posting and interacting will help more with accountability. I'm 52 and very out of shape due to letting my health problems have the upper hand for so long. When I started taking meds for fibromyalgia 20 odd years ago the weight packed on and made being active even more difficult. Not only that but the meds played havoc with my memory etc. I spent part of my days playing charades because I couldn't think of words. I've given up those meds and am trying to deal with my pain and symptoms through nutrition and movement to the best of my ability. I began with 5m elliptical which seems so little in comparison to many but for me it was a big step. I'm up to 7m so am improving. Looking forward to becoming a better "me" and sharing the journey. If anyone would like to be friends please add me.