Women 200lb+, Let's Stay Fired Up This February!!!
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I have good news, I have slightly upsetting news. I weighed in at 198.8 lb today (woohoo ONEderland again, I see you!). I weighed twice because I didn't believe the scale. I still don't believe the scale. I'll check back in a week to see if the scale was accurate. The slightly upsetting news is that due to being more active, I've flared up again, mainly in my foot with Achilles tendinitis and my hands this morning. The show must go on though, and I think the addition of my hands very well could have been all the carbs yesterday. More research necessary before I can even truly place a correlation. But I live on NSAIDS and epsom salt baths
@shorepine It's totally fair to feel like a failure, but in case you didn't know, you're not one. I don't have kids yet but I've also been struggling for the last 6 years to figure out what "works" for me. Coming back here seems to be the answer, honestly. Being in that mindful mindset is ultimately what keeps me losing weight. I just recently jumped back on after taking a very long pause since August, so my new day 1 wasn't that long ago, but I really love having this community, and being honest with myself in what I eat every day.
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@VictorSmashes yay ONEderland and also take care. It's discouraging to have to deal with chronic problems, and I hope you're feeling on an upswing soon.5
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Hi all! I’m 57 and feeling pretty old lugging this extra weight around. I eventually gained all the weight back (that I lost in 2001 😩 ) I started MFP one week ago.
SW-236
CW-231 well, as of Tuesday.
GW-165
We are always on the lake all summer long and you know you can’t hide anything in a bathing suit! 😬.8 -
CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »Weight went down today! I get to a point sometimes where I know I'm putting in the exact work I need to be, but I'm not seeing results. And even when I know why I'm not seeing results, it still gets in my head.
So reminder to self and anyone who needs it: you put in the work, you get the reward. Keep going and kick today in the *kitten*
That helps, as for no apparent reason I was up a pound today. Going to take a few days off the gym and see if that will trigger a whoosh. I know it's not real weight as I eat just under my calories. But it's frustrating. I know it will move eventually, but my patience is fraying a bit.
(And house hunting Does Not Help.)
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Ugh. Slightly frustrated today. Today I feel like my cold is coming back. I think I pushed too hard and went back to the gym too quickly after being sick last week. I had planned to go again today but I think I am going to back off and get a few days of rest and try again next week.10
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I DID THE THING
I bought tickets to Foam Fest for me and husband. We have 4 months to prepare for a 5K foamy, muddy obstacle course.
It's exciting! Something I've never done before! Goals that aren't weight loss related for a change!
I feel positive.16 -
Regarding weight fluctuations - since I started weighing every day I am beginning to see a pattern. I drop weight for several days in a row. As I drop weight, it appears that my body fat % is getting higher. It's not. The Body Composition scale estimates the % of lean tissue by measuring the % of water in my body. I'm losing water, so therefore, losing weight. But the scale assumes I'm losing muscle too, I'm not.
Then I get to a point where I start gaining weight and the body fat % starts decreasing again, which will go on for 3 or 4 days. Then the process repeats with several days of dropping weight. Taking an exercise break doesn't make a difference. What I have learned is that when I am losing weight, its the scale reflecting the fat loss that happened about a week ago. When I am gaining weight, I'm still losing fat, but water retention is masking it for now.
However, the highest weight peak is always lower than the last one. The body fat % peak is always lower than the last one. This is how I know there is progress despite the peaks and valleys.
Now that I understand this cycle, I'm not too worried about it anymore. On 2/3 I was 204.4 with a body fat % of 44.8. Today, I'm 205.9 with 42.3% body fat. Since that's a new low in the body fat % I know I'm due for a whoosh over the next few days.7 -
Holy moly so many posts 😳 I can’t keep up!! Foam fest sounds fun. Everyone please take care of yourselves. Weight fluctuates daily so weigh weekly or less frequently for more accurate results, and I hate hunger too 😭 yesterday I ended up with a bit of a binge and not even food I really wanted. It could have been better. I weigh at the doctor Friday. No more 15 lb weight loss on his scale 😂 more like 5 maybe.8
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What gives you like motivation to come home from work and exercise? (I work night shifts ). I started this app 3 days ago and love it! And want to exercise 3 x a week for a starting point.6
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@BorutoTeam In order to have motivation to exercise I have to either:
1) like the exercise (I LOVE running, and I've got some running apps that help keep me entertained) or
2) bribe myself with doing exercise while I'm doing something else (like listening to a favorite podcast while lifting weights, or hitting the stationary bike while watching Netflix, and making the entertainment involved contingent on my doing the exercise while I'm being entertained. Stop cycling? No more Netflix.)
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@BorutoTeam: I get up in the morning and go before my day starts. The only thing I have to bribe myself into is the bike, and then if I just put a book on the Kindle and read as I pedal, it's okay.4
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »@BorutoTeam In order to have motivation to exercise I have to either:
1) like the exercise (I LOVE running, and I've got some running apps that help keep me entertained) or
2) bribe myself with doing exercise while I'm doing something else (like listening to a favorite podcast while lifting weights, or hitting the stationary bike while watching Netflix, and making the entertainment involved contingent on my doing the exercise while I'm being entertained. Stop cycling? No more Netflix.)theleadmare wrote: »@BorutoTeam: I get up in the morning and go before my day starts. The only thing I have to bribe myself into is the bike, and then if I just put a book on the Kindle and read as I pedal, it's okay.
Thank you all! I am working on it. U relaxed last night so now when I get off work at 9PM need to bribe my self and do it.3 -
@BorutoTeam I honestly have no motivation to exercise. I get done with school and chasing kids and my body is worn out even with very minimal use. I know my vascular and respiratory systems could use the extra work to build up som resilience and endurance so exercise is regularly on my mind. Additionally, for those who are diabetic or worried about glucose control, exercise causes the muscles to take in that sugar from the bloodstream and use it for energy versus storing it in elsewhere. That really helps with prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes are all conditions I have had and controlled in the past through diet and exercise so they are my biggest concerns. I really don’t want to get sick again.6
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BorutoTeam wrote: »CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »@BorutoTeam In order to have motivation to exercise I have to either:
1) like the exercise (I LOVE running, and I've got some running apps that help keep me entertained) or
2) bribe myself with doing exercise while I'm doing something else (like listening to a favorite podcast while lifting weights, or hitting the stationary bike while watching Netflix, and making the entertainment involved contingent on my doing the exercise while I'm being entertained. Stop cycling? No more Netflix.)theleadmare wrote: »@BorutoTeam: I get up in the morning and go before my day starts. The only thing I have to bribe myself into is the bike, and then if I just put a book on the Kindle and read as I pedal, it's okay.
Thank you all! I am working on it. U relaxed last night so now when I get off work at 9PM need to bribe my self and do it.
Twins! I get off at 8 tonight, and I need to bribe myself with a podcast to go hit the squat rack. I'm thinking My Brother, My Brother and Me for something funny. I'll check in with you by tomorrow morning at the latest! Do eeet!4 -
Well, I really kink hard for being a strong woman, and able to Do Things. So that usually motivates me pretty well for weight work. (I LOVE weights.)7
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@BorutoTeam - I agree with @CupcakeCrusoe, first find something that you want to do. Consistency with exercise is way more important than how efficient it is for weight loss or how well you perform - you will improve with practice.
I am a nurse, and I used to work night shift, 7 PM - 7 AM. I always exercised before I went to work.
Despite finding that activity you love or establishing a routine, you will have days you don't want to do it. I found the time in my run/walk when I cross the line from thinking, "Man, this really stinks!" to "I'm glad I did this today!" and it's about 15 minutes for me. If I've been slacking, I make myself start my walk/run on days I don't feel like working out. But I promise myself that if my heart isn't in it after 15 minutes, I'll turn around and go home. And during that whole first 15 minutes I will remind myself of one or all the reasons I like maintaining my fitness level: superficial things like, "Your skin will be glowing!" to serious things like, "You don't want to end up an unhealthy mess like whatshisorhername."
Nearly every time, by the 15-minute mark the endorphins kick in and I'm glad I stuck with it.9 -
Ok, so my brain is saying I should exercise, but my body's like, nope - rather be wrapped up in my blanket, I'm so cold!! I can't push myself to exercise!!
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Lasmartchika wrote: »Ok, so my brain is saying I should exercise, but my body's like, nope - rather be wrapped up in my blanket, I'm so cold!! I can't push myself to exercise!!
I feel those days hard sometimes. So sometimes my bribery extends to the nice hot chocolate or something that I can make with half my exercise calories after I get it done. Or I get my phone and pump the jock jams until I feel that adrenaline push me out of bed and moving. Or like @mmdeveau I tell myself that it's only for 10 minutes, then I can stop, take a hot shower, and jump back in bed. And then I end up going way longer. Stuff like that.3 -
@VictorSmashes thanks for the kind words- I appreciate knowing others share my situation. Yeah, coming back to food logging and calorie counting is what seems to work for me, too. I've tried just writing down what I eat, but that didn't seem to do the trick. I'm sorry that you've had a flare up- but congrats on the onederland! I hope to be there soon!
I am one of those people who loves exercise and I don't seem to have a problem with motivation. I find my motivation in the fact that I feel so great after its over! I crave that feeling, the endorphins that come with a good workout, that self-satisfying feeling I get mentally, and the way my body feels when it is fitter. I also only try to work out at times that work for me. For example- I am simply NOT an early morning exerciser. I detest exercising in the morning! I have given up trying, because I will fail at it. In the morning I want to sit around and drink coffee and slowly come into the world. I do NOT want to put on my exercise clothes and jump into a workout first thing at some ungodly hour. So- I plan to exercise on my lunch break or mid-morning on the weekends (10-11 am). That is when I feel motivated!6 -
I just started (again) Jan 2, 2020. I had gained close to 50 lbs after the birth of my last (third) child in 2015. I have lost and gained back the same 25ish lbs three or four times. 255 is the heaviest I have ever been. I normally stayed around 200-210 and was happy with that even though for my height it's about 20-25lbs overweight. My goal weight of 180 is to be within a normal BMI.
5'9"
SW: 255
CW: 238
GW: 180
February Goal -10lbs
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@BorutoTeam the image below helps with my motivation when it is lacking, (I think I added it correctly). Otherwise, the quoted text reads "PUSH YOURSELF BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU." I have always been someone who diets and have never had the endurance or the inspiration to exercise, before this attempt to get healthy but I am a "reader" if you want me to understand something I am going to read it, outline what I have read and make notes based on it...so motivational quotes such as these really help me.
@mmdeveau I absolutely agree with your 15 minute strategy...I am going to implement that into my exercise as well...thanks for sharing.
@theleadmare love that...I think we all need to remind ourselves we are strong women and we can do this! You are awesome!!
****Sorry for the large photo***
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@CupcakeCrusoe Thanks for the suggestions!! I hadn't realized @mmdeveau had posted when I posted my comment, but also a great idea. I finished doing 30 min. of Zumba. Although I did start out half-assed effort, I did get into it and was able to at least get my heart pumping. That should be better than nothing at all, right?
That's kinda sneaky though... thinking about getting hot chocolate afterwards... but actually ending up thirsty and wanting only water instead!!
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I went to university for a meeting, where there was free pizza and then a bake sale fundraising for my organization. So of course I bought sweets and got snacks. I will not be surprised if tomorrow I am up over 200 again, but I do know it's only fluctuations. I am still hoping I will be under officially in a week's time. I got 2.6 miles in according to MFP. I also got more of a deficit than I did yesterday.
@CupcakeCrusoe Thank you! We'll see if it sticks tomorrow xD I had quite a sugar-heavy day that I couldn't totally track. I did get ~2.6 mile of walking in because I went to my school. And yeah, it's something I've dealt with since I was a teen (probably around the time I started gaining weight, tbh), but more and more, and differently as the years progress. I'm okay with the pain, it's when the pain starts limited my mobility and flexibility that it starts affecting me mentally.
@shorepine I've also tried writing down what I eat. For the most part, if it's a raw food, a simple recipe, or something I've encountered a lot otherwise, then it works because I can semi-accurately guesstimate the calories and therefore guesstimate my total calories. But it's when I eat more complex foods that I start to falter, if I don't track it on here. And even then! Today I ate more complex foods (not healthy, just complex recipes) that I have no way of knowing the calories or macros to. Pretty much guessing those, but still logging them as I think they are. Will try to stick to foods I know tomorrow. I'm with you on the exercise. I grew up on endorphins from swim teams. Yes, plural. I was averaging 10-15 hours in the pool per week at one point in my life between the teams. It is likely where I got my love of eating so much!
Good luck to working out midday! I've heard from others on here that if you take your gym clothes to work, you are more likely to feel that you might as well hit the gym.
@Lasmartchika If you workout hard enough, you'll warm yourself up!!5 -
SamanthaRogge wrote: »I just started (again) Jan 2, 2020. I had gained close to 50 lbs after the birth of my last (third) child in 2015. I have lost and gained back the same 25ish lbs three or four times. 255 is the heaviest I have ever been. I normally stayed around 200-210 and was happy with that even though for my height it's about 20-25lbs overweight. My goal weight of 180 is to be within a normal BMI.
5'9"
SW: 255
CW: 238
GW: 180
February Goal -10lbs
Good luck everyone!
(Sorry for the double post everyone!)
You can do it! In fact, it looks like you're already almost a quarter of the way there! What kinds of changes have you made so far to get you where you are?3 -
There's a sign at my gym that says, "You're here! You already did the hardest part!" I like it a whole lot.11
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Friday weigh in day for me!
5'7"
SW:208lb
CW:193.5lb
TW:147lb
31/12/2019: 208lb
06/01/2020: 207.2lb
13/01/2020: 196.9lb
20/01/2020: 197.2lb
27/01/2020: 196.6lb
31/01/2020: 194lb
07/02/2020: 193.5lb
A rather dissapointing 0.5lb loss this week. I tried changing things up a bit and upping my calorie intake a bit and it seems this approach hasn't worked. So I'll probably go back to the 1200kcal intake a day or as near as I can get.
Still drinking 3 litres of water a day. I had hoped this would up my body water percentage, but it's not really made much difference. My scales tell me that ideally body water % should be between 45% and 60%, the highest I've managed to record this year is 43.7%. I don't know how else I can up that number, if I drink any more I'll be like a walking water balloon slooshing about. Ideas?
My skeletal muscle % has gone up slightly since the beginning of January from 36.5% to 36.9% otherwise everything else my scales measures seems to have stayed the same. My metabolic age is still 7 years more than I actually am. My visceral fat is still higher than it should be. My BMI is still over 30. Ho-hum.
Loosing weight is difficult and soul destroying. I'm trying really hard and seeing very little return for my efforts.9 -
Let's Do this for February!
SW 228
CW 202.6
GW#1 - 180
1/31 - 206.1
2/7 - 202.6
It's been a really good week.
TOM made a surprise comeback this week so I spent most of the time dealing with that but I've been noticing the difference in how my clothes fit. My pants easily button and while I'm not ready to go down a pant size yet, I don't have a muffin top so that's awesome! I'm also noticing a difference in my upper body which is great as the MOH dress I'm wearing in June will show a lot of my shoulders and arms.
Eating wise has been going pretty good except for yesterday as on Wednesday, I found out that I passed all of my exams. Passing is good but finding out you passed while having ONE drink at your local pub turns into A LOT of drinks. So yesterday, I pretty much spent the entire day on the couch trying to survive the day. I had my meal prepped lunch but for dinner, I legit just could not be bothered to cook so when I was running the pup out, we went out and got a baguette and a candy bar. So I'm not sure if I went over my calories (didn't log them) but I definitely even remotely meet my macros.
I'm back at it today and am headed to a statistical seminar series so I need to get my butt in gear so I can ensure that I get all of my steps today. Hope everyone is having a great Friday and rock out this weekend!!8 -
Too many posts to catch up with a useless phone and the wrong glasses, but a big thumbs up to the person who reached Onederland and for the budgeting analogy for logging calories @speyerj4
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