Women 200lb+, Let's Stay Fired Up This February!!!
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Height: 5'11"
SW: 299.8lbs (1/1/20)
CW: 285.8 (1/31/20)
Adjusted Feb GW: lose 6 pounds
GW: 199
2/5: 284.4
2/12: 285.8
2/19:
2/26:
2/29:
Total Loss: 14.0
Adjusted Feb goal: 279.9
Feb Goals:
1) Continued logging, keeping everything under 1800cals was lax on the weekend, that lead to a gain
2) logging 30 min of exercise at least 4 times a week via Apple Watch or MFP severely lacking, I WILL EXERCISE THIS WEEK
So at a glance you can see that I gained 1.4lb this week. However, I am happy with the small gain because it was much higher earlier in the week. Two bad weekends in a row lead to this, so unlike some of you who are doing what you need to and aren't seeing results, I did this to myself.
On Monday I was up 5 whole pounds! Just a little context for why I am rather happy with my small gain. Gains are gonna happen. Up to this point my weight loss has been pretty linear since the beginning of the year but I knew it would not always be that way. In a way, this is my first round of adversity in 2020 and I am using that as fuel. I grocery shopping Monday, got chicken and ground turkey, portioned, vacuum sealed and froze that for the future. I love my vacuum sealer, its a great way to have the right amount of food ready for you. I have vacuum sealed chicken soup from a few weeks ago so I am stocked with food.
My BF and I aren't big on VDay, so that saves me a fatty meal I don't need but our 1 year anniversary is Monday 2/17. With weigh-in on Wednesday, I just need to plan my meal ahead for wherever we end up going. There are always healthier options to choose from at restaurants, so eating out is no excuse. I hope to report back next Wednesday with a weight lower than 284.4 so that I can makeup for my gain this week. Also, I adjusted my goals so that I can realistically reach them. We all need to be flexible with ourselves and sometimes that means adjusting goals so that they are attainable.
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@bluffgirl67 feel better! migraines are the worst!
@sharpdust I'm very impressed. You've got the right attitude, and you can do this! This setback won't stop you.
I, too, have an anniversary (dating anniversary) coming up on Friday (yeah, our first date was Valentine's day.
It's going to be sushi, so I can log pieces as I eat. Or keep tally on a napkin. Or something. But high protein, low carb, should be good for my goals!
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Well, I have a challenge in my future. We're gonna move house.
I am more worried about my eating habits and pattern over the time of the move itself. What does everyone recommend? Set that weekend on maintenance til I get my kitchen moved and restocked? (I do most of my own cooking.)
Have found somewhere on the side of town we're moving to to board our two cats, and am doing things like packing up my sewing room (I'm not making costumes til I've dropped the weight, so I'm not sewing right now) and packing the Christmas cookie cutters and such, until the timeline narrows a bit.
I prefer to identify potential problems and work to handle them before they reach critical stress and fail. (Yes, I should have been an engineer.)6 -
@theleadmare we aren't going through a move right now, but softball season starts soon for my girl;; so our plan for the upcoming season is pre-packing grab and go snacks, I plan on making these weekly so they will be ready to go; I'm portioning things like low sodium pretzels, small servings of cheese cubes, carrots, and I always keep some fruit on hand for the girls for their sugar fix. I am also going to freeze some already cooked portioned meals so they can be microwaved, if needed, or warmed stove-top for a quick, small meal. I don't know if those options will help, but maybe they will.
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@theleadmare I'm not sure how far you are moving, but you are super organized! So to the extent you can fit it in your freezer, pre-make and freeze a week's worth of meals so you are covered during the heat of packing, moving, and unpacking. And I love @lbostic89's suggestions about the healthy snacks.2
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theleadmare wrote: »Well, I have a challenge in my future. We're gonna move house.
I am more worried about my eating habits and pattern over the time of the move itself. What does everyone recommend? Set that weekend on maintenance til I get my kitchen moved and restocked? (I do most of my own cooking.)
Have found somewhere on the side of town we're moving to to board our two cats, and am doing things like packing up my sewing room (I'm not making costumes til I've dropped the weight, so I'm not sewing right now) and packing the Christmas cookie cutters and such, until the timeline narrows a bit.
I prefer to identify potential problems and work to handle them before they reach critical stress and fail. (Yes, I should have been an engineer.)
I love @aliciap0116 's suggestion about freezer meals! And I'd take it one step further- maybe make them crock pot friendly, so you can move your crock pot as one of the last things you move, and then you have your method of cooking all unpacked without having to unpack pots and pans?2 -
We're moving from one side of a large city to the other; this puts us midway between his parents and my family, and closer to the area where jobs in his industry tend to be concentrated.
These are all good ideas. I do a lot of pre-prep using my freezer, anyway. Right now I'm working on drawing down the big upright freezer's contents. That way I have less to find cooler space for. (grin)
Crock pot is a problem because a lot of stews and soups are off our menu due to food issues we have. But I think I can come up with some good stuff.3 -
This little pearl of wisdom showed up in my inbox today:
https://vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/2020/02/how-to-turn-a-resolution-into-a-habit/
This is the upshot of the blog post:
"A major misconception around habits is that willpower is the source of sustained change. It is easy to see others who have healthy, effective, rock-solid habits and assume they have unnatural reserves of self-discipline. But research has shown that willpower is like a muscle; it gets tired when exerted for extended periods of time. So, building new habits is less about grit and more about strategy."
Do go on to read the whole article. I learned some new things that I think will help me reinforce the habits I am trying to build and help me shed the habits I want to kick.
Happy Anniversary to @sharpdust and @CupcakeCrusoe !7 -
Weigh-in Wednesday.
Highest weight: 435 (11/1/18)--lost 50 lbs. by the end of 2018 but got off track and gained back almost 31 lbs.
SW: 415.8 (4/17/19)
1/31: 284.4
2/5: 281.6
2/12: 282.0
2/19:
2/26:
2/29:
Feb. GW: 276
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)
Fitness goals for February:
- exercise bike 5 times per week - didn't do
- short walking videos twice a day 5 times per week - 1 day
- strength training 2 times per week - didn't do
- chair yoga 3 times per week - done
This week was again not good for exercise. I only kept up with the chair yoga as planned. However, my calorie deficit was okay. One day I went over my planned calories...by 10 whole calories. My deficit for the week indicated about a 2.1 pound loss but as you can see that didn't happen. Since I started last April, I have had a calorie deficit every week that should have given me at least a 2 pound loss but, as we all know, "weight loss is not linear". I've had 4 weeks where I gained weight for some weird reason. The highest gain was .6 of a pound so I guess that's not too bad. Looking back at my spreadsheet, the losses really do catch up to the projections over time so the gains don't bother me (too much).
My goal for this week is to up my exercise by just a bit. That may be a challenge as I've been sick the past couple days and have to go to my parents 3 times for their appointments. I'm just going to try for a slight improvement over this past week. Any increase over this week will be a win in my book.
I also deal with depression periodically. Right now it feels like the depression wants to grab ahold again. I know this is impacting my motivation to exercise. I started exercising after I had been logging my food for 3 months. In that time, I had one other week where I didn't do any dedicated exercise at all. That week I was also feeling like the depression was on its way back. I'm kind of scared if it returns with a vengeance because that's when I gain weight. I guess I use food to self-medicate. So far I haven't gone back to that when I've had down weeks since April but I'm really afraid if it turns into a full-blown depression instead of just a few bad weeks now and then that I'll undo all the progress I've made. I'll really have to try to at least keep logging and remind myself of the more nutritious and less calorie dense food that I really like.
That's one thing I did this time when I re-started. In the spreadsheet where I track my calories for the week, my projected loss, actual loss, and averages, I created a tab where I list foods I like that are healthier than the junk I eat when I'm not tracking and just don't care. It really has helped me, especially in the beginning, to review the list when I make my grocery list. I can see that there are "healthy" foods that I really like and won't blow my calorie budget. It really helped last summer when all the delicious produce was in season. I probably ate more nectarines last summer than the previous 3 summers together just because I was more mindful of what I was eating and could remind myself of a delicious favorite of mine.
Okay, end of my rambling.
Continued success to you all!8 -
This little pearl of wisdom showed up in my inbox today:
https://vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/2020/02/how-to-turn-a-resolution-into-a-habit/
This is the upshot of the blog post:
"A major misconception around habits is that willpower is the source of sustained change. It is easy to see others who have healthy, effective, rock-solid habits and assume they have unnatural reserves of self-discipline. But research has shown that willpower is like a muscle; it gets tired when exerted for extended periods of time. So, building new habits is less about grit and more about strategy."
At least to me, it feels like I use willpower but I use it in little short bursts here and there all day long. Of course, I try to make sure I don't need willpower with things like cooking well, but just enough for the three of us, having the food ready when the hunger hits, and having single-serving chip bags to go with sandwiches. The little bursts aren't long enough to burn much of it off. Just the occasional, "I could snack now." which is easily dealt with with a, "Nah, let's go do something." or "Oh, well, time to get off the couch and go fix a meal." and so I don't feel I'm ever really having to flex it. Dealing with stubborn toddlers? THAT's a willpower situation. This, comparatively...eh, most of the time. Which is why it works so well for me.2 -
@speyerj I love that! It's great to really think about what the brain sees as the "reward" of one thing or another. Like, for instance: whenever everyone would leave me alone in the house, I would go straight for the pantry or fridge. It's a habit I've had since childhood, blah blah childhood. Anyway! The cue is, of course, people leaving, and the reward was something I wanted to eat all by myself, without people seeing me and judging me for eating it, like more cookies or the rest of a bag of chips.
A fortunate side effect of MFP and my open diary is- nothing is secret anymore!
I do have a section of the food diary labeled "Stuff I ate on the down low" or something like that where I would put the "secret" eating. I try to keep that section empty as much as possible.
@MuttiNM Your spirit is so inspiring! I love how you've constructed a whole system for yourself. I'm crossing my fingers that depression is not on its way back. But life is life, and you've got a great way of handling things if they don't go to plan. You're awesome, keep going!
@theleadmare I like the redirection strategy a lot. I use it myself, as there's always laundry or dishes to do in my house, and when there's not, I want to be sitting on my butt on the couch watching or listening to something, not in the kitchen looking for snacks, 4 -
@CupcakeCrusoe - How do you log sushi? I mean, when it's not something like a California roll, something that a local restaurant has "made up"? Just wondering because I've been craving a roll from a local sushi place but have been holding off because I'm not sure how to log it.2
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theleadmare wrote: »Well, I have a challenge in my future. We're gonna move house.
I am more worried about my eating habits and pattern over the time of the move itself. What does everyone recommend? Set that weekend on maintenance til I get my kitchen moved and restocked? (I do most of my own cooking.)
Have found somewhere on the side of town we're moving to to board our two cats, and am doing things like packing up my sewing room (I'm not making costumes til I've dropped the weight, so I'm not sewing right now) and packing the Christmas cookie cutters and such, until the timeline narrows a bit.
I prefer to identify potential problems and work to handle them before they reach critical stress and fail. (Yes, I should have been an engineer.)
I just experienced this myself! We moved apartments earlier this month (I've missed a lot on this thread because it was so hectic) and it was a ton of work. We moved ourselves, so the calorie burn was fantastic and one day I think I hit 15k steps which is insane. However, I certainly did not make the best food choices. I would say the biggest mistake I made was waiting too long to plan for food. You definitely are planning way better than I did! We ate lunch at around 12:30 both days we were moving and I was able to make good choices and choose healthy(ish) places like Panera for a simple sandwich or salad and an apple on the side. However, I was so determined to move quickly I didn't even think about dinner until about 8-9pm. That's almost 8 hours between meals on days when my body was working way harder than I was used to. I. Was. Starving. I let myself get to a point where I was so hangry I just did not have any inhibitions. I ate a double cheeseburger, large fries, AND a milkshake for dinner two days in a row. (trust me when I say, it's not worth it) Needless to say, I felt terrible both physically and mentally.
Please use my experience as what NOT to do. Don't neglect your body, it needs fuel to move furniture and make all of those trips carrying boxes/belongings. Plan for what to eat for your meals when you're not hungry and you will likely make better choices. Definitely taking this as a learning experience for myself.
@aliciap0116 I love the idea of freezer meals that you can warm up quickly for a healthy meal. Totally transportable for a move! Great idea!
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@lauraxhernandez96: We're hiring movers to do the heavy lifting and just basically managing things like the china in its carriers and our laptops and overnight bags and such. Two of the three of us have a bad back and mine's not that great. Plus we're bibliophiles. I have a bad foot though, and so I am making sure to not leave all the packing til the last minute. That would really be a problem. (I'm going to have to ride Boyfriend's rear to make sure he packs up his electronics bench soon because if he leaves it it will be Too Much and I'll get stuck with doing it when I have other things to do.)
It matters a lot because my boyfriend had weight loss surgery and so if he doesn't eat on time he has a tendency to pass out. I get hangry and weepy and can't think straight, and our girlfriend also gets hangry and stops being able to cope with people. This is a problem when waiting for food in a restaurant, because she has severe PTSD. So I don't want to deal with all that. (Grin) Not when a little preplanning will solve it.
I have stark and painful memories of childhood car trips when we had had lunch at 11 am and the adults decided we could push on to the town where the motel was and have dinner around seven, maybe eight... and I got yelled at for melting down in tears from hunger. I know my reactions and I don't put myself in that place any more.
I REALLY had to face down that particular trauma in order to face weight loss. But I'm at a place where I can get a trifle hungry and not panic, cause I'm an adult, and live with adults, and we can always get something to eat. It's safe now.
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You look great, 5'4 for that weight..you wear it well!CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »Ooooh In on the first page!
5'4"
SW: 207
CW:205.6
GW for this month: 203
GW: 155
Additional goal for the month: log as many things as possible in grams for the most accuracy. Get a work food scale.
Fitness goals for the month: Run at least 30 miles and lift weights more than twice. I don't like it as much as running, but I need to get it in.
Thanks @RavenStCloud for my new favorite corner of MFP!
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Wow, just discovered this thread (rejoined MFP recently and my first time using the community).
SW: 215 (Jan 1 2020)
CW: 209
February goal weight: 205
GW: 175 (for August)
I’m currently in a tough post grad, with a long commute. My goals for February are to walk 10,000 steps as many days as I can, and do a yoga at least once a week. I’m trying to reduce my reliance on sugar too.
Haven’t had a chance to read all the responses but I’m glad to have found this group!7 -
@vegasgirl0825 it's lucky for me that I like sashimi, because there are plenty of entries for that. But if we get a whole boat (we will!) I'm just going to find the closest maki roll in the database for my half and not worry about it for a day.
@theleadmare I have a very similar story about adults and pushing it. My dad had the absolute gall to make fun of me for it. 😠
@katarina005 oh I'm not. 😂 I know it's misleading, but that is a picture from when I was about 155, the first time I lost the weight. I keep it for motivation.
@starbelliedsneed welcome! Is that a Harry Potter reference in your username?
Good morning everyone! My sleep has been *kitten* the last couple of days, which is also not helping weight loss. Babies gonna baby, what are you gonna do. But my calories are still on point, and I have a plan to hit my protein today.
It's lifting day, I need to get my tush out there! Let's kick today in the butt!7 -
Weighed in today and pleasantly surprised.
5' 7"/169cm
SW: 208lb/94.4kg (1/1/2020)
CW: 191lb/86.65kg (13/02/2020)
GW: 147lb/66.7kg
6/1/2020: 207.2lb/94kg
13/1/2020: 196.9lb/89.3kg
20/1/2020: 197.2lb/89.45kg
27/1/2020: 196.6lb/89.2kg
31/1/2020: 194.0lb/88kg
7/2/2020: 193.5lb/87.8kg
13/2/2020: 191lb/86.65kg
Total loss so far: 17lb/7.75kg
I was more controlled with my eating this last week and really trying to stick to between 1200kcal and 1400kcal.
Still trying to eat 'cleanly' with no added sugars, processed foods, and eating lots of wholegrain and lean meat and fish. One thing I've really scaled back on is portion sizes. I've re-evaluated what a 'normal' portion size is, and it's a lot smaller than I thought. I'd clearly been over eating on things even though I didn't think I was. Weighing my food has been key to seeing this.
Still trying to get my exercise in, I missed Pilates this week because of band practise. I did do another hard work circuits class on Tuesday though and I ran 6.8km last night (about 4.25 miles). My mini achievement last night was running to whole thing with no walking breaks. Pretty good progress considering I'm coming back from injury and was only doing run 4 mins/walk 1 mins just after Christmas. I'm over due to do my measurements again so I'll see if that reflects the weight loss tonight. I measure every 2 weeks roughly, weekly seems too often to see any meaningful changes in body shape.
Hope all you other ladies are doing well and finding a weight loss method that works for you.
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One more day until weigh in!
I went over my calories yesterday, but I was really craving a glass of wine, and since i am abstaining right now, I chose to eat a bit more and drink some grapefruit-flavored Soda Stream (seriously, best invention ever).
It snowed pretty heavily last night, leading to a stressful kid pickup from dance, so by the time I got home, I really wanted my glass of wine. I am proud of myself for saying no, even if it meant an over calorie day. I am supposed to do my third Couch to 10K run today, and while I haven't minded running/walking in the snow in the past, it has been awhile!!
I would also like to start at least one day a week of yoga (I also plan on adding hiking). I am notorious for pinched nerves in my neck and shoulders, not to mention the previous plantar/feet issues and anxiety and I know yoga will not only help with flexibility, it will help with stress. Even at home, I am a little self conscious about my belly and the fact that I am no longer trim and flexible. Does anyone have a good, reliable yoga program they would recommend for beginners...and those that have a baby belly even though her kids are 9 & 10? I would eventually like to go take a class with my daughter (ballerina who could benefit as well), but I am definitely not there yet. Would like to know what I am doing first.7 -
Ooh, @theleadmare - maybe you could pack a fun picnic for moving day!
You could take a cool bag with sandwiches and healthy snacks with your laptops and overnight bags, then you've got the food with you for whenever you and your partners need it, and you'll know what the calorie counts are already. If you're short on time or equipment, you could have mostly prepackaged stuff.
A picnic among the boxes in the new place could be a nice start in your new home.5
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