Women 200lb+, Let's Stay Fired Up This February!!!

@gorgeous2343 We are in similar boats, I also feel like I need to stop messing around too. Small changes will lead to larger changes. Lets do this!

@speyerj sorry about the water weight but its clear that's what it is. Water is heavy and you've lost most of it already, keep rocking

@KeriA you have nice steady losses, keep it up

@mmdeveau Training for that run will be fun, I need to sign up for a 10K or something manageable to motivate me to get moving

@CupcakeCrusoe my fast food consumption has been bad. Lent starts tomorrow, so I plan on giving that up for 40 days.

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Nice workout plan. You are making the best of your situation, glad you managed to make it work. And good job on the pound loss!

@lbostic89 excellent loss! Keep it up


I had another not great weekend as far as eating. Weirdly though, I'm not upset like I was last week. I had a very introspective weekend. The question posed last week, about whether or not you love yourself, really has been in the back of my head. I feel like this weekend I was able to see what aspects of my health/appearance that I could control and not really focusing on the things out of my control, for example height. Watching Kobe's memorial yesterday also put things into perspective, whats important in life. I want to be happy in this life, I want to be healthy in this life. I have hit a hard place as far as making good choices but that doesn't mean I'll stop trying.

I made myself a promise that I would weigh in Wednesday, regardless of whatever is going on, because I do think that simple act will help prevent gaining which is easy and also lead me to losing which is not as easy. I want to do this for all of 2020 because a year is 12 months, 2 months in I am still down and I want to see what I can do in those other 10 months.

Highest weight: 250 (8/1/19) Height: 5” 7”
SW: 1/9/2020: 246.8
1/28: 243.2
2/4: 241.8
2/11: 240
2/18:237.6
2/25: 238 (Dang it! ☹)
Total Loss: 12 lbs
1st GW: 200 lbs for flight to London end of July

Hi all, I am new here. Just started reading your posts yesterday and really love the support I am seeing from everyone. It makes me feel less alone in this journey relating with all your struggles and successes. 😊

This is my second (real) attempt with weight loss. The first time, 10 years ago, I was eating all clean foods, tracking calories, doing P90X or Insanity programs 5-6 times a week, and went from 235lbs to 174 in about a year. I’m not sure why I stopped working out and eating well. I was working hard and even had a little friendly competition going with my husband at the time (who could get to 170 first haha). Perhaps it’s because I teetered in the high 170’s for like 3 months without any real progress. I was busting *kitten* with the workouts and getting burned out. Slowly, the weight went back up and got to my heaviest last year of 250.

I feel like I am doing well with my eating habits again this time. I eat mostly proteins, veggies, and some complex carbs. I am food prepping all my lunches for the week. I feel full much sooner than when I started 2 months ago, and I don’t have too many cravings anymore. I typically keep my calories around 1000 – 1200, but I’m worried maybe that is too low? If I eat foods that are “bad” or high calorie, I feel so guilty and worried about how that will affect my weight loss. If it’s in moderation, I should enjoy those foods from time to time. I am super scared that my weight loss will stop or slow. I was at a good pace till this last weigh in (birthday party wine tasting and skipped a workout yesterday) and I don’t want to plateau or (*gulp*) increase. Which happens sometimes, but I really beat myself up over it. It feels like a completely wasted week.

I need to add weightlifting to my workouts. Currently I walk uphill (6% grade) for about 45 mins 3 days a week at the gym near my work. I know that’s not enough. I need to build back the muscle I'm loosing as I loose fat weight. Building muscle will also help keep my metabolism up, which is slowing as I lose weight since it doesn’t need to work as hard to keep me alive. But I’m so nervous to walk over to the weight section at the gym. When I lost weight before, I did everything at home since I worked from home. But now I leave for the office at 6:45AM and I don’t get home till 6PM at night. Once I set foot in the house, I am done for the day! I decided to go to a gym near my work as soon as I'm off. I know I can stick with that and have done so for almost 2 months now. I get home an hour later, but that’s better than making excuses because I’m too tired. My point is, I need to do weights at a gym vs at home, and it terrifies me. lol

My first goal that I’d like to reach is the 200lb mark before July 30. We are traveling to London and the 11-hour flight will be so very uncomfortable at my height and weight. I figured 200 was a good goal and not too extreme, but it will make fitting in the damn airline spaces way better if I can do it. 😊

Anyway, that’s my background, current struggles, and goals. I hope everyone has a fantastic week this week and reaches all their weight and fitness goals! 😊

Afternoon everyone. Hope all is going well today.

@Terytha Adding in a snack to hold back the Hangry is a great idea. I don't eat a lot of high calorie meals so usually do about three snacks. My favs are yogurt, pb toast, almonds, and popcorn. Try a few different things to find what satisfies you best.

@gorgeous2343 Great work. Keep going and you will be reaping the rewards.

@CupcakeCrusoe Thank you for the kind words. You've got being consistent down pat. I have no doubt you will find the perfect balance of protein/carbs that fits your body's needs.

@mmccloy12 Congrats on your loss and hitting your goal reward. While work is hectic and stressful use your small amount of spare time to rest and recharge. Don't let that treadmill taunt you one bit. Staying focused on the nutrition is most important. Work on getting the home gym area ready. Then when things settle in you will be ready to workout in a great space. As for keeping up here don't sweat it. Read when you have a chance and post when you have time. We're all here for whatever whenever you need.

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Congrats on the loss. I'm sorry you've been in flare mode. Weather plays such a factor in fibro but sadly we can't control that. Enjoy your new workout routine.

@flimflam87 I would call cruising without weight gain an awesome accomplishment. All that wonderful food at your fingertips and still on point. You rock!!

@lbostic89 Great loss. I'm sure once you get back into the swing of working again you will be able to find a routine that will work well for you.

@angelexperiment Great job on getting meals all prepped and planned for the week. Doing prep work is probably the biggest thing that helps me stay on track. Take those progress pics to help keep you motivated.

@sharpdust I'm sorry you are in a place of struggle right now. Taking the time to look inward and ask the difficult questions can be rough. I'm happy you are doing that and looking to focus on things you can control. You can have a happy and wonderful life. It will take planning, dedication, and coming back around to them when you feel like your way is lost. Look how far you've already come and what has been accomplished. I'm proud of you for all that. Keep that promise to weigh in each week no matter what bc that is in your control. Never stop trying to make good choices but don't beat yourself up when your choices aren't great. Life isn't perfect and we aren't either. Hugs

@shalanne Welcome to the thread. For calories do the MFP input and use that amount plus eat back some our your exercise calories. Seems like most do about half back. Personally from what all I've read 1000 is definitely too low. Anything lower than 1200 isn't recommended. I know eating more makes the weight come off slower but in the long run it is more sustainable. I don't worry about "bad" foods. I just focus on staying at my calories and eating foods I like. The ups of weigh ins just need to be taking with a grain of salt if you know calories have been holding well. So many factors at play in the day to day of weight that cause shifts. You've got a nice plan laid out to reach your goals. Now just stay focused, consistent, and patient. Also take a breath, relax, and give yourself grace on days when slips happen. You can do this.

Morning plans got sidetracked so now I need to grab my dumbbells and get to work. Go get it ladies!

Hi everyone!

It took me seriously a few days to catch up on the last week of posts! I would spend 10 minutes reading, but didn't have time to comment. There's just so much good stuff.

I haven't been doing well with my food choices and have not gained, but have not lost anything either. I took a break from the weigh ins just because it seemed too depressing to continually report being at the same weight.

I'm focused on small steps but am ready to kick things into gear now! You can expect to see me around more, too, because I find I'm doing my best when I'm checking in here and regularly posting.

I do want to give a shout out to @speyerj and @mmdeveau for inspiring me with your running! Congrats @mmdeveau on getting in to Broad Street and congrats @speyerj for finishing the 5k and kicking up your training a bunch. When I read both of your posts on running, I signed myself up for the Shamrock Run 5k in 3 weeks' time. I haven't done a race in ages! So, thank you for motivating me.

Grrr February just isn’t my month 😡 my scale ... the brand new one ... is broken 😓 so idk where my weight is at right now. Considering my crappy decisions I just can’t see that I’ve done anything better than maintain...dear God, I hope I’ve at least maintained 😥 and school omg school 😨 so much work and I can’t keep up with it!

Is February over yet?

@Aerohead21 I feel your frustration.

My scale broke since my last post. It decided to whack out and give me a different reading every time I stepped on it and it was out by a good couple of kilos. It’s even more frustrating as today it’s one month since I started my journey and I really wanted to see where I’m at one month in. So I didn’t get to weigh myself first thing in the morning. Went to run some errands, came home and it hit me. My son had been weighed yesterday at the doctors so I popped him on the scale to see how off it is and then I got on using that difference. Now I’m not taking the weight shown as accurate plus I’m on the heavier side in the afternoon. But it did show a loss.

So after a month in on my journey I’ve lost roughly 14.5lbs (6.6kg). I’m really happy with this progress and I hope to continue my loss this next month.

@CupcakeCrusoe Congratulations on making it into Onederland!! 👏👏 Doing a happy dance for you!! So exciting! Hope to join you there this week or next! Have a great day!!!

I just found this message board, and it looks perfect for me-- so I thought I'd put up a post, as I haven't been in Onederland since before my 4th pregnancy (nearly 14 years ago).

Age: 46
Height: 5'5"
SW: 265 on 1/1/2020
CW: 250 (as of this morning!)
GW: 195 by my 47th birthday (12/28/2020)

Thank you so much for starting this thread-- just reading through it has been inspiring for me and given me hope that I can keep with this for the long haul, as many of you have, with awesome results!

@speyerj I am on the central coast, and a little town near me, Newport, has their own "Shamrock Run", although it is nowhere near as exciting as Portland's it is still really fun!!! I used to live in Portland too and I LOVED the Shamrock Run! Except for that big long hill in mile 2. Haha. The Newport one ends at the Rogue brewery though, so it's not so bad.