Are you over 200pds, let's diet together
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I am 233 lbs.
Have been overweight my whole life.
And also have been working out my whole life (martial arts and fitness).
I workout about 5-7 hours a week (high intensity workouts), but "you can't outrun a bad diet".
My nutritional goals are:
1. Eat less frequently (I am struggling with intermittent fasting)
2. Eat more vegetables and less sugar
My long term weight goal is 180lbs
My mid term weight goal is 200lbs
My short term weight goal is 210lbs
I feel like I am reading my own weightloss goals. I am currently at 240.6lbs. I want to get 200lbs, but my ultimate goal is 180lbs. I am with you. I'll be joining this challenge too.0 -
Hello there, I just found this thread and I'm definitely interested!
My name is Savannah, I'm 19 years old, I'm a part time college student, and a part time housekeeper at a hospital. It's thanks to my job I began my weight loss journey in the first place. A few years ago I lost 75 pounds but put it all back on (as well as an additional 50 pounds) and never could really figure out how to get back into losing weight, luckily, like I said, my job kick-started it. On top of that I've also been going to the gym, watching what I eat, and doing a whole lot of walking to lose 60 pounds. I'm currently 247 pounds and I lose slowly so I don't plan to be out of the 200s by the end of the year but I plan to be close. My goal for 2020 is to lose 40 pounds which would get me to 207 pounds.
I enjoy hot tubbing, driving around and singing, concerts, hiking, and shopping. I also have three dogs who have every inch of my heart named sassy, Woodrow, and Hooche.
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@celticck77 Woohoo! Chiefs win!!!2
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@VeggieMeg71 I am so flipping happy!!!1
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I was rooting for the Chiefs, too! Ok, I'm here to tell on myself. I had family over for dinner last week. I baked a cake and sent most of it home with my sister. I ate a piece and it didn't seem to hurt my blood sugar. Fast forward to last night. I ate cake, a lot. I slept awful. I felt awful when I woke up, and my b.s. was quite high. I can't have that stuff in my house because in a moment of weakness I caved in. Last time I had company for dinner I did not serve dessert and no one missed it. Lesson learned.6
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Hey everyone.
So, I gained 5 lbs last week, putting me nearly back to what I was when I started ugh. I will keep trying to figure out which method works for me.
Does anyone ever feel like you are just looking for something to click? Like you just keep experimenting with different things, different schedules, different meals, different methods, until something finally fits and it just works?
My issues seem to be:
Emotional eating
Fast food addiction (delivery like DoorDash has made it much worse)
Getting obsessed with dieting really fast, then continuing to exercise more/eat less to push myself as far as I can, then inevitably I binge and am back to square one. It doesn't matter how aware I am - I ALWAYS do this. I am thinking of switching to weighing in once a week instead of daily, and see if that helps.
This time last year, I did SO well. And I don't know or remember why, or what was different. I started December 7th, 2018, and went straight through until I think mid-March, with no binges, no meltdowns, no insane emotional eating. It was painless the entire time, I lost I lost 25 lbs in that period of time, and then something happened in March. One bad day turned into a week and a month, and I spent the next 10 months struggling to get back on track.
I didn't gain a bunch of weight - I have been losing and gaining the same 5-10 lbs for a year. But I can't seem to get back to that place.
Sorry for such a long post - I'm just frustrated.
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@CathyRocky: Yeah, that's how you learn sometimes. I don't even want to count the number of times I ate ALL THE SWEET and then afterwards felt awful. Eventually I learned that yes, it's tasty, but not tasty enough for the aftereffects.
And at this point, I've got my diet good enough that I feel amazing; why do I want to mess that up? I hope you can get to that point soon, because it makes it easier to resist temptation.
@JennDoingTheThing: I would seriously look into therapy to help you find ways to manage your emotions that don't involve food, and coming to a new place with food and dietary changes. It might not take all that long to get some tools to really help yourself. (But then, I believe weight is not always just about food.)2 -
@JennDoingTheThing: I would seriously look into therapy to help you find ways to manage your emotions that don't involve food, and coming to a new place with food and dietary changes. It might not take all that long to get some tools to really help yourself. (But then, I believe weight is not always just about food.) [/quote]
I know! I keep meaning to, but it makes me nervous. I guess it's time. Thanks!
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JennDoingTheThing wrote: »@JennDoingTheThing: I would seriously look into therapy to help you find ways to manage your emotions that don't involve food, and coming to a new place with food and dietary changes. It might not take all that long to get some tools to really help yourself. (But then, I believe weight is not always just about food.)
I know! I keep meaning to, but it makes me nervous. I guess it's time. Thanks!
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It's not terrible, and it will help. But you do have to be willing to face uncomfortable stuff. (If it wasn't uncomfortable, we wouldn't be trying to bury it under food, now would we?)
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Starting weight
1/1/20 211.4 pounds
today weight
8/1/20 =209 pounds = 2.4 loss
15/1/20 = 205.6 pounds = 3.4 loss
23/1/20 = 207 pounds = 1.4 gain
29/1/20 = 205.4 pounds = 1.6 loss
Total January Loss = -6 pounds
3/2/2020 = 204.8 pounds = 0.6 loss
Slow start but better than no start.....4 -
Starting weight 01Jan2020 = 262
Total January loss:12 Lbs
Starting weight 01Feb2020 = 250
Feb. 3: 248
Feb. 11:
Feb. 18:
Feb. 25:
Workouts have been crazy. In two days I got in 4 workouts. Sunday I worked out in the morning then later in the afternoon - had a lot of pent up energy.
Monday I worked out then went to Volleyball, only 6 players showed up so 45 minutes all out with only a couple of minutes between matches. It was fun but I am sore. A good kind of sore.
so far 3/3 workouts in February. I am going to try for all 29 days to do some form of a workout even if it is just a 10-20 minute HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout.
I will be 43 in 14 days - 10 years ago I was in pretty good shape - about 80 pounds lighter than I am now. I would like to get back there before I hit 45. Heck stretch goal would be to hit that before my next birthday but I am going to be smart about this and aim for hitting 200 by the end of this year and maintaining or losing from there until I get to around 160 - 170 and see what life is like again. Ideal weight for me is around 150-160.4 -
Question - what does everyone choose for activity level to get your calorie goal? I work from home, so I am sitting most of the day. But when I choose sedentary, it gives me 1,200 calories. I am mostly sedentary, but I walk up and down 2 flights of stairs about 5-6 times a day to take my dogs out. When I select lightly active, it gives me a little over 1,400 calories.
I do eat at least half my workout calories, so I'm just trying to decide which is a better fit.0 -
@JennDoingTheThing: I am a bit of a different case; I have chronic pain and exercise intolerance, so since I started this at the beginning of January, I have been overcoming deconditioning and attempting to build muscle and raise my endurance, all without setting off a flare or without having to crawl into the car, get home by the grace of the gods and spend the day in bed, and possibly the next one too. So far so good.
I work out six to seven days a week. I have found through experiment I can skip one day, but two means that I lose too much ground at this point. I do weight work, using machines, and focus mostly on machines that work several different muscles at a time instead of doing one muscle group at a time. (Rowing vs. bicep curls.) I work just until I start to feel like I'm working, and then I stop. I have said earlier in this thread that I'm up to ten minutes on the recumbent bike, but I started with three minutes, then to five, then to seven, now to ten. My goal for the month is fifteen minutes, but although I could probably do that now if I have a book to read, I'm going to stay at ten for a while. Sometime around the middle of the month I will up it to thirteen, and after a week take it to fifteen. Eventually I'd like to get to thirty, but that will be very dependent on how my body takes the slow uptick in time and effort.
I don't know where my fitness is headed, beyond the need to keep my body functional. I'm not working towards being able to lift free weights...though I don't rule that out. I'm not working towards getting to where I can go to yoga classes, but I could see doing that sometime. Maybe dance of some sort, if the weight loss eases my foot pain enough. Maybe just a love of walking in state and national parks. Who knows? I do know that being strong makes me feel physically better, helps with my physical dysphoria, and makes it easier to wait on the scale to move.
And so tomorrow, even though I don't much wanna, I'll get up and go to the gym before breakfast.3 -
I exercise 5-6 days a week, I'm just curious about the base calorie goal and activity level (without factoring in the exercise). It's just that for being over 220 lbs, 1,200 seems reallllly low, because with exercise, it's only 1,400-something.0
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@JennDoingTheThing I actually put in my own goal of 1800, regardless of what it told me. I'm still losing weight and figured I could gradually lower it as I lose. I can't say I'm actually eating 1800 per day, and I'm basically ignoring the exercise calories, but I thought this would be more likely to "stick" if I started with a higher calorie goal.3
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This will be my first day with no exercise since January 2. I have had horrible heartburn for the last 24 hours, so I'm sitting today out. I hope to be back in action tomorrow!3
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@JennDoingTheThing - Mine gave me 1500 with moderate activity. I sit at a desk most of my day also. I usually go between 1200 and 1500 calories. Give yourself a range of 1200 - 1400 some days you will be closer to the 1200 and some days the 1400.1
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Total January loss: -13
Feb. 4: 258
Feb. 11:
Feb. 18:
Feb. 25:
Total February loss:4 -
VeggieMeg71 wrote: »This will be my first day with no exercise since January 2. I have had horrible heartburn for the last 24 hours, so I'm sitting today out. I hope to be back in action tomorrow!
Good for you! I bet your body will be happy with the rest.2 -
Posting this so I have record of it. I went 2 weeks in January not being on track, so back to it now. As of this morning, I am back to 228, so those 3 lbs were probably just water weight.
1/7 - 233
1/14 - 231
1/21 - 228
January loss - 2 lbs (5 total, gained back 3)
2/4 - 231
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Welcome on board Tessita and Hotdawgn, you are welcomed with open arms. Thank you for putting your hopes and dreams on our board, Like they say "It takes teamwork to make the dream work".1
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I would love to join you folks. I need someone to talk to and cheer with, since I feel that I can't do this with anyone in my real-life friend/family circle. I'm Kat, elementary teacher in the US Midwest. I turn 50 this year. I was tiny as a teen and early adulthood--I was one of those lucky girls who could (literally) eat a large pizza all by myself and not gain a pound. It came naturally. I had terrible food habits and sloppy exercise habits. When I was 26, I doubled my weight in one year. The biggest factor was medication that I was on. When I got off that medication, my weight stabilized. I've only gained another 30lbs in the last 20 years. I used to have active hobbies, so I was healthy even though I weighted 220+ lbs. I love to travel, hike, and swim.
Everything changed in 2015, when I was seriously injured while hiking. I'm left with injury-related arthritis, high blood pressure, and a super sedentary lifestyle. It was a year before I could walk again. But once even though I'm now able to, I haven't gone back to any of my active hobbies.
My reason for dieting now is very vain. My sister had weight loss surgery a few months ago. I can't stand the thought of being The Fat One Who Can't Do Anything. It's a shameful reason, I know. I feel shallow thinking it. I never consciously enjoyed being fat together--but apparently I must've found comfort in it, because the thought of being left behind is really, really bothering me.
My sister and I have booked a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in April 2021. I must be back in dive condition by then--which means that my blood pressure must come down and I need to get fit again.
So. Jan 9 was my starting date. Starting weight was 238 lbs.
Today, Feb 5, I weigh in at 229.5 lbs.5 -
Hi, everyone! So happy to find this group thread and not feel so alone.
I'm 53 yrs old, 5'2", and have been over 200 lbs since I had my children (18 & 14). Max weight 225 but at 215 this week.
Started with MFP February 2nd, after a week on Noom. Trying to find something I can stick with!!
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Hi, I'm Dani. 47 years old and I have been over 200lbs for years. I would love to be a part of this group. I have so many reasons for wanting to get down to my goal weight!
I want to be healthy and strong. Right now I get winded walking up the stairs sometimes and I know that my BP is high and I'd like to avoid having to go on meds for it. Diabetes and high BP run in my family, so as I get older I know that I am at risk for so many health issues that could be solved if I just lose the weight!
On the more vain side of things, I want to look better naked, plain and simple. I've also gotten a "save the date" card for a friend's 20's theme Gatsby wedding in October, so I want to look fabulous for that! Plus, I don't want to keep buying "fat" clothes--I'm going broke!
I know what I need to do to get healthy--in a nutshell, eat healthier, eat less, and move my @SS more--It's the follow through and the motivation that gets me every time. So I'm starting over, AGAIN! Feel free to add me--I clearly need all the help I can get.4 -
Weighed in this morning.
Jan 30: 228.5
Feb 6: 226.6
I didn't log my Super Bowl meal/snacks, but I was in charge of the menu, so I think it went ok. I'm getting to the point where I'm less and less excited about keeping my food diary, but it's working, and I know I need to keep at it. If I don't write it down, it's too easy to forget what I've eaten and too easy to let the serving sizes creep back up. So here's to another week!7 -
natsunekko wrote: »
My reason for dieting now is very vain. My sister had weight loss surgery a few months ago. I can't stand the thought of being The Fat One Who Can't Do Anything. It's a shameful reason, I know. I feel shallow thinking it.
If it helps you any, an absolute driving goal of mine is to walk into my mom's living room at Christmas next year and watch my sister's jaw drop because I lost 80-90 pounds with my own willpower, without surgery, and she had surgery, put it half back on, and it made all her autoimmune stuff worse. She's been a total female dog all the time we've been old enough to talk, and likes to feel superior to me. So I don't mind working patiently an entire year to show her up and show her up good. And I don't care if that's petty.
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theleadmare wrote: »natsunekko wrote: »
My reason for dieting now is very vain. My sister had weight loss surgery a few months ago. I can't stand the thought of being The Fat One Who Can't Do Anything. It's a shameful reason, I know. I feel shallow thinking it.
If it helps you any, an absolute driving goal of mine is to walk into my mom's living room at Christmas next year and watch my sister's jaw drop because I lost 80-90 pounds with my own willpower, without surgery, and she had surgery, put it half back on, and it made all her autoimmune stuff worse. She's been a total female dog all the time we've been old enough to talk, and likes to feel superior to me. So I don't mind working patiently an entire year to show her up and show her up good. And I don't care if that's petty.
I fully support petty revenge as a motivator! I'm of the same mind--the wedding I'm going to in October? Ex-hubby will be there too, and I want to be a damn BOMBSHELL in my dress on the arm of my handsome new fella. 6 -
January Starting Weight: 261.0
Jan. 2: 261.0
Jan. 9: 258.2
Jan. 16: 256.2
Jan. 23: 253.0
Jan. 30: 252.2
Total January loss: 8.8
February Starting Weight: 252.2
Feb. 6: 252.6
Feb. 13:
Feb. 20:
Feb. 27:
Total February loss: TBD
Hit a plateau this week - sooner than I expected/hoped but my hunger level came on strong this past week or two. I didn't get out of control or give up but it was harder to manage this week compared to prior weeks. So I'm re-strategizing my meal planning and prepping for next week. I think I need to identify some meal options that have more "volume" but aren't high calorie. I'm always happy for an opportunity to justify more time searching recipes on Pinterest!3 -
Yesterdays food did not go well. I went over my calories by about 300. Not too bad I guess if you consider the day before I barely hit 800 calories. So overall probably evened off. But I feel blahh after yesterday. I was tired and having a bad day. Getting back on track. Not beating myself up or anything just writing it down more so I see it and understand what happened.
Hope everyone has a nice Friday and a nice weekend.3 -
Happy Friday! Anyone have any fun plans this weekend?1
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