Women 200lb+, Let's Stay Fired Up This February!!!
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@bidingmytime I find that if I'm not logging things before I eat them, I eat mindlessly (same with not planning my food for the day, which I didn't do today and resulted in my waiting way too long to eat so, of course, I went through a drive thru. I blew my sodium intake for the day but determined to make tomorrow a more mindful day. Glad to see you here!
I'm 5'3"
SW: 256.5 lb
2/1: 255.5 lb
2/7: 253 lb
2/14: 251 lb10 -
Today's been rough because Boyfriend is having a resurgence of his mental health issues and I have had a migraine most of the day. I got the shopping done, came home, and went right to bed, and we ordered pizza for dinner because I just did. not. have. it. And, you know, he wanted pizza. So we'll see how that sits with me. It worked within my calories, at least.
Tremendously excited to see inside the house tomorrow. Of course, if we like it there will have to be a home inspection to check for issues we can't see, and all of that stuff, and we'll have to call the bank and arrange the financing. But for this amount of space, for this price, in good shape, there's very little that would totally put me off it. I hate to say it, but I suspect that some of the reason it hasn't sold yet is that the racial composition of the area is changing and, um, some people in this city are racist. (sigh) Decent houseproud middle class people are people I can live beside, regardless of their color, and it's a decent quiet middle class neighborhood.4 -
@Danielle__S yes, I am the same way. I do not like the fact that I am imprisoned by this system of calorie and nutrient logging, but I guess that is what my current limitations are and I must abide by them in order to succeed. It wreaks havoc on my OCD, but I'd rather be obsessing over numbers than being stuck in an unhealthy body. Oh, I must be careful with my sodium, too! I'm one of those rare birds that prefers salty over sweet. Give me savory food every day over a banquet of desserts.
Thanks for the reply and good luck to you!
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Happy Valentine’s Day! I am not behaving myself at all 😭 I need to get back on track before this behavior becomes a habit.12
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I definitely gave into some goodies, nothing that put me over my calories but just a smidge over in my sugar and fat categories. The only reason I’m upset with myself is that I ate it out of stress versus mindfully eating it. That’s one area I’m trying to work really hard on.
@Aerohead21, you got this! Now that you’re aware of what you need to fix, you can work on it.7 -
@bidingmytime, I also prefer salty, savory over sweet! I can pass a sweet buffet without thinking twice. Put me in front of a table of snacks, portion control becomes nonexistent. Well it used to. Most days I have a pretty good handle on it. Now catch me around TOM all bets are off. That is the one time I actually crave the sweet stuff too. If I can find sweet and salty together. Look out!8
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Happy Valentine's Day!!! 💜💞🤗 i hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I am so happy today because i have been able to lose 12 lbs since i started up again. Ive been losing it slowly but at the rate i was gaining weight and how awful i was feeling, i am doing so much better. I can't wait for what the next month brings!!
I am 5'1
SW: 254.6 lbs
CW: 242 lbs
GW: 125lbs -130lbs10 -
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Thanks everyone for the kudos, feels good!
@Danielle__S Well done!
@theleadmare crossing my fingers about your house! (and agreeing that people sometimes suck
@bidingmytime you can do this. Just think of where you'll be in a month or two whenever you get the urge not to log. And welcome!
@aerohead21 do carrots or sticks work better for you? back on the horse tomorrow, it's a new day!
@torihudson6 it's so hard when all this good stuff is around. you've got this, though.
@xprincesszeldax happy valentine's day! I know, isn't it so exciting to think about how much more awesome we're all going to be because of the things we're doing now?
IIiiiii ate all the sushi, as promised. And I went a little over my calories, from my rough guesstimate, but I'd say my guesstimate is pretty close, so I'll take it.
Didn't get a chance to go running today, so I'll have to make it up tomorrow. But that's probably for the best, because I made a whole crock pot full of beef tips today (my husband's favorite), and I forgot to weigh the whole thing in grams. And now he's eaten some so my weighing wouldn't be accurate and Oh well. So I'll have some extra calories to weigh against the unknowable beef tips (and I'll still try to estimate by volume, but I'm so peeved, )11 -
@bidingmytime I felt every word you said about the havoc on your OCD, I am exactly the same way, I have a spreadsheet for my daily weight that I also log on Libra lol, then I have my weekly measurements (waist, hips, arms, calves, etc.), then I have my Cal in, cal out, deficit table....I have been approaching this like a full time job. And it is! But my family and I deserve this!5
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »@bidingmytime you can do this. Just think of where you'll be in a month or two whenever you get the urge not to log. And welcome!
Yes! Thank you. That's why I'm going to make sure to keep coming back here. Great place to keep the motivation going and push myself to succeed.CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »and I forgot to weigh the whole thing in grams. And now he's eaten some so my weighing wouldn't be accurate and
Oh, my OCD nightmare! One of the reasons I tend to shy away from making recipes while counting calories: always afraid it's not accurate enough.@bidingmytime I felt every word you said about the havoc on your OCD, I am exactly the same way, I have a spreadsheet for my daily weight that I also log on Libra lol, then I have my weekly measurements (waist, hips, arms, calves, etc.), then I have my Cal in, cal out, deficit table....I have been approaching this like a full time job. And it is! But my family and I deserve this!
@lbostic89 That's so awesome! Quite commendable. I need to do this, too. Especially the measurements. How do you accurately measure yourself in those areas? I feel like when I try to do it, I may be too high or too low and not in the proper spot (i.e. thighs is a tough one for me to figure out).
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@bidingmytime I just chose to measure each area in my thickest spot where the most fat seems to lie, my husband helps me keep my measurements accurate and (I know this sounds awful) I actually have him keep dotting the area we measure with Sharpie ...only a small dot though above and below my measuring tape on my front, back, and sides, so we can put it in the same place every time. I only plan on doing it until I start seeing some real loss because I started exercising at the same time I started managing my calories and portions; so, it often doesn't show much of a change on the scale for me due to building muscle from my cardio and strength training. It's all a numbers game for me. If I can't see numbers moving here, I want to see them moving somewhere else and that keeps me going! It helps that hubby is doing this with me, too! (even though men have such an easier time losing weight, and that isn't even his goal; he just wants to be healthier and move more).5
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I had a mixed day yesterday. We cooked steak at home for valentines so that was lower calorie than our usual Friday takeaway, and it was lovely getting tipsy on prosecco and talking politics.
But I probably had more prosecco than I tracked for, didn't track dessert and had a minor case of secret rating.
Ah well, c'est la vie. This stuff happens. I don't usually track on Saturday but I'll make an extra effort to make sensible choices today.
@lbostic89 I absolutely need to be tracking my measurements right now as the scales are wobbling about a lot but I swear I FEEL thinner!6 -
I want to thank whoever it was who posted in the january thread about plus sizes and regular sizes, I'm based UK and Australia and I get clothes online from USA but hadn't understood that plus sizes are different to regular sizes, after reading your post I looked into it properly and realised that a 16W in the plus sizes was bigger than an 18 in the regular sizes, rather than smaller, and I took a chance and ordered an 18 in the regular sizes, which fits better and I'm excited now to be in the regular sizes and have more choice of colours!!9
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I’m really excited. I was really down because I wasn’t seeing movement on the scale. I knew I was losing inches. My size 18 clothes were getting loose. Then boom, another 2.4 lbs gone this morning 🙌🏽. 100 POUNDS #GoneForever❣️
Height: 5’4”
SW(4/2019): 307
CW: 209.6 2/1
208.8 2/7
208.6 2/10
206.2 2/15
GW: 160
Feb GW: 199.9
I’m going to push to walk at least 1 mile 7 days a week.
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Highest Weight: 221.3 lbs
January loss: -20.4lbs
Feb Goal Weight: 192 lbs, changing to 195 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 145 lbs ❤❤❤
Feb 1: 200.9 lbs😱
Feb 8: 199.7 lbs😊
Feb 15: 198.5 lbs😌
Feb 22:
Feb 29:
I think I lost my period this month due to a rapid weight loss (wasn't really trying to go so fast), so I'm happy it goes a little slower this month, 1 lbs a week is still a good loss 🤷♀️
You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work!💕
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Good morning everyone, did you survive Valentines Day, without going over your calorie intake? I did, which shocked me, because I planned on a free for all day, I even had 45 calories left over.10
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@Candyn617 Our Valentines Day dinner included a Turtle Cheesecake dessert and it was heaven. It's funny how slowly both my hubby and I ate it (we shared the entire meal). Just sitting their eating it looking at each other gave us both ideas LOL! We promptly went home, got undressed and....fell asleep! LOL! We were in such a food coma! When we woke this morning we COULD! NOT! STOP! LAUGHING!13
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@nightkit6 Thank Goodness Valentines Day fell on a Friday, my weigh in day! I planned on not logging dinner at all! Between the Escargot, Crab Masion, Crab Cakes, Seared Scallops, Bread and Turtle Cheesecake...I'm sure I stayed under LOL!10
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