Women 200lb+, Let's Keep It Moving This March!!!

leanneellison1979 · March 2020

Ive just got weighed and im so so happy. Ive lost 6 pounds. I really wish i would have weighed myself the first week i started keto now. It would of been motivating to see the big loss of weight the 1st week even though its mostly water.
I had my doubts through the week that the diet would work with me putting so much fat in my body. Now i know it works.

SW: 238 lbs
GW: 199 lbs
CW: 231 lbs

Mar 1: 238
Mar 8: 231
Mar 15:
Mar 22:
Mar 29:
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BrownSugar174 · March 2020

@lbostic89 I’m so sorry for your loss and my prayers go out to you and your family😢. Take it one day at a time..these parts of the journey are difficult and you will come through it🙏🏽❤️.

lbostic89 · March 2020

5'5"
OW: 265 lbs (2019)
--250 lb by end of January
--242.6 lb by end of February
03/01--241 lb.
03/08--245.4lb (hoping it's all water weight) (+4.4lb)
03/15
03/22
03/29
March GW--235lb.

March Goals:
💚 Complete 20 exercise days this month (1/20)
💚 Get on the treadmill 3 times per week. (1/3)
💚 Drink 80-100 ounces of water daily. (5/7)
💚 Work toward 230 lbs by my birthday on 04/24!

Thank you @BrownSugar174 I will pass that along to my cousin Nicole.

I am up 4.4lb this week which I am going to attribute to stress, travel, and eating out...likely water weight as TOM is approaching anytime, also. Gotta kick my butt back into exercise and being more cautious of my sodium intake and we will see next week if it falls off.

Missy1364 · March 2020

I can't believe I lost 5 lbs in February while on vacation 👍

Erica122093 · March 2020

Weigh in day for me.

My weight has fluctuated quite a bit this past week (it would be the week Aunt Flo would have stopped by but I had a hysterectomy). I was up too 205-207 but I am not down to 204 again, yay!

Yesterday we had a baby shower for my sister so I kind of splurged. My body is not used to having coke and I felt so miserable and bloated with acid reflux all afternoon.

Today I am going to do a lot better. 😌

Happy Sunday everyone!

Aerohead21 · March 2020

Sunday weigh day. Scale says I lost weight. Last weigh in was something like 194 or 195 lbs so with my poor choices I’m pretty surprised in 2 weeks I lost basically 5 lbs. 🤔 I need to go into the doctor office for my monthly weight check so we’ll see how accurate this is 😅

WynterDreaming · March 2020

Tomorrow is my official weigh in day for charting purposes, but I know it's gonna be a good week. The one positive for the way I'm weighing this month. I just have to be careful and not let myself obsess over it. Instead, I'm obsessing over something else: clothing.

I'm trying to keep it short but almost 90% of my clothing is too large and I honestly feel a bit sick, thinking of all the money I've put into it over the years trying to find things that not only fit but were flattering, and are now almost completely useless to me.

charlottemilton · March 2020

SW: 266 lbs
1st GW: 230 lbs
Final Gw: 140 lbs
CW: 255 lb (11 lbs lost)

Mar 1: 259.5
Mar 8: 255
Mar 15:
Mar 22:
Mar 29:

Just checking in. Painting and prepping to paint more today. Goal is to finish by the end of the month and be moved to the main part of the house because we have someone who wants to rent the back mother-in-law apartment we had been using as the master suite. Kids all moved out in the last year so we are "downsizing" in place and increasing our retirement savings.

Messed up a few times this week and ate things not on my doctor approved list. I felt it almost immediately as my stomach pain returned. It wasn't as bad as before so I guess limiting my food choices and the meds are helping my stomach heal. No dairy is very hard for me but it does cause pain so I am really trying to avoid it.

Back to painting. Hope everyone stays well this week.

leanneellison1979 · March 2020

WynterDreaming wrote: »

Tomorrow is my official weigh in day for charting purposes, but I know it's gonna be a good week. The one positive for the way I'm weighing this month. I just have to be careful and not let myself obsess over it. Instead, I'm obsessing over something else: clothing.

I'm trying to keep it short but almost 90% of my clothing is too large and I honestly feel a bit sick, thinking of all the money I've put into it over the years trying to find things that not only fit but were flattering, and are now almost completely useless to me.

That shows the amazing progress you have made. Well done you!!! I know being large i find it really hard and expensive to buy large size clothes. Im sure if you donated them to a charity shop you would be really helping out others who may be struggling.
I spend my life in charity shops looking for something flattering that doesnt cost the earth. xxxx

orangequilt · March 2020

Also @WynterDreaming I don't know if it's the same where you live but there are charities that help people who have been long term unemployed get work and the one near me are always desperate for good quality clothes in large sizes for people to wear for interviews and work, because so many of us (including me) wear cheap clothes until they are rags when we are big. So think of it as paying it forward. Now your nice clothes will be cheaper at a smaller size!

Danielle__S · March 2020

Gearing up for week 2! Tomorrow is my non-official weigh-in day, but I think I'm going to start weighing in daily again to keep on track. Last week was ROUGH both in terms of feeling well and motivation. I made it to the gym twice and walked nearly every day as part of my dog sitting gig, but not much else. I spent a lot of time in my car, skipped planning and prepping food which resulted in far too much fast food. I managed to not destroy my calorie intake for the day but man, my macros & sodium intake sucked. Lesson learned, though! Today I've been cooking up a storm and packing up breakfast and lunch for the week (which are the two meals I tend to either skip or plan badly resulting in eating everything in sight once out of work!) I've been gearing up for the start of my new podcast in the works, Fat Chick Slim to stay accountable, motivated, and to let other people know that they're not alone out there!

This week's goal is to stay on track!

I'm hoping you all have a fantastic week with little victories everywhere!

AlexandraFindsHerself1971 · March 2020

By the time I started this I'd already given up soda. It is expensive, and it makes my chronic pain worse. I get in a ridiculous amount of fluids a day; 3-4 24 ounce glasses of water and then anywhere from 2-4 20 oz mugs of tea. But my meds give me dry mouth, so there's that too.

I'm still sore today, but I had a friend over for a birthday lunch, and I made Pork Chops Normandy and steamed baby potatoes with parsley butter (I had wild rice pilaf) and green beans and homemade bread and butter. Then there was a chocolate angelfood cake with optional black cherry sauce to go on it. She almost cried she was so happy. (sigh of happiness) I love to feed people good food. She adored my analog organizational system, and we talked about the perils and issues of moving and of living with cats and of living with people who are mentally ill, including oneself. I hadn't been able to socialize much lately, so that was just LOVELY.

And I got Boyfriend's lunches made for next week, and his lunch box has all the non-food stuff packed (wipes, napkin, towel to protect his shirt, utensils, pudding cup, etc.) so tomorrow morning I just have to shove the top container of the stack in, drop a cold pack on it, zip it up, and send him off. I like when there's less work in the morning when my brain isn't functioning. That's much easier on me.

ehusted7059 · March 2020

Weigh in was yesterday! I really struggled with not weighing myself everyday but have learned my lesson lol. I kept seeing the normal up and down and getting discouraged but kept with it and am so happy. Lots of walks with my kids and trying to stay on track.

Does anyone know how to accurately calculate calories burned while pushing a stroller?

March BW: 276.something lol
3/7 weigh in: 274.2
Starting weight:283
GW: 180 (then re-evaluate)

KeriA · March 2020

67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
3/1: 261.8 lbs
3/8: 260.6

GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 llbs.
March Goal get to 255

My March Weekly Goals are:
1. Continue to go to Aquafit 3 times a week
2. Continue to Improve my weekday breakfasts
3. Log weight, food and exercise
4. Get into the mid 250s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 260
5. Make progress adding in exercise on days I don’t go to aquafit
6. Make healthy foods at home
7. Get enough sleep and improve water intake
8. Check out this thread more often

Hello I just post my weight when I have made some progress otherwise I would be up and down and up and down. I was up on Friday, my birthday. We went and had BBQ for dinner. I was also taken out for lunch, a salad. We went for gelato after dinner since they didn't have bread pudding at the BBQ place. Last night my husband had to go and find some bread pudding and put candles on it.

I said I just wanted some earrings that are blue but instead I got kittens. Remember we lost our cat a while a go. My daughter wanted a bonded pair so we got two kittens from the same litter. They are almost twins. These will definitely be house cats. I have always had only one cat and it was always indoor/outdoor but it isn't safe anymore with coyotes coming into the cities.

Yesterday we just had our usual weekend breakfast and left over BBQ. I wasn't hungry enough for another meal so the bread pudding was dinner. So now with my birthday weekend over with I can get back to my usual eating routine.

1. We are continuing to go to aquafit since the Y is not crowded with many here (Seattle) avoiding it.
2. I am making progress with having Grande Lattes only 2 days a week and eating healthier breakfasts more mornings.
3. I am doing well with logging.
4. Making progress with weight.
5. Not really getting more exercise yet this month
6. We are doing this except for birthday meal
7. I am trying and I sleep in at least one morning on the weekend
8. I wasn't good at checking in here this week between birthday and kittens.

I probably won't check all posts I missed but will spend some time now trying to catch up somewhat.

Terytha · March 2020

I decided on Friday to retake the 500 squat challenge with perfect form, since the times I did it before I definitely did more ducking than squatting for the last couple hundred.

I made it to 300 and then got dizzy and had to stop. Still, pretty good. My legs sure hurt. XD

KeriA · March 2020

@chelleedub that is my approach too to focus on keeping the trend downward. I just post weight when I have made progress.

Too many people were having a bad week last week.

@BrownSugar I am glad you have such a supportive mate

@bluffgirl67 I plan to maintain for a few weeks when I get to onderland. I will robably do that when I lose 10% of my starting weight if I stall. It isn’t easy to maintain. You are doing great.

@fitchick37 hope your husband is better soon.

@speyerj I am glad the PT is helping and things are going well despite work stress. My daughter is delightful to have around too.

@HurleyHurley glad you are feeling better and find a healthy way to lose the next pounds.

@RavenStCloud hope you get through this safely. We are having to be careful here in Seattle to some extent as well. They have cancelled meetings and my daughter’s classes are all online at college. It is hard to find supplies here too. My husband can work somewhat at home but I can’t except for email. I am thinking of asking to do email at home in the morning and coming in late so I can get enough sleep since I am in a high risk age group. I do not tend to get sick if I get enough sleep. My son calls and gives us lots of advice. He is very sweetly worried about us being in the city in the USA with the most deaths.

@leanneellison1979 glad things are working

@lbostic89 that is also my son’s birthday. I was up on my birthday but down two days after.

@Missy1364 Hope March goes well too.

@Danielle good job prepping for the week.

leanneellison1979 · March 2020

@KeriA and @RavenStCloud i hope you manage to keep you and your families safe. Its so worrying now.

BrownSugar174 · March 2020

I just read this in one of the MFP articles:

“In other words, successful weight loss requires a long-term commitment. “Weight loss is so challenging because people want quick fixes and aren’t ready to stick to something long enough to see results,” says Chelsea Cross, RD. Instead, aiming for consistency over perfection can help you stay motivated. “If you find that you didn’t hit your calorie goal one day or were too busy to work out, instead of getting frustrated and giving up, just get back on track the next day,” says Cross. This mindset sets you up for long-term success. “Oftentimes, people lose sight of the simplicity of weight loss and get lost in all of the new fad diets … and that can be a roadblock to weight loss because they end up trying something that’s not sustainable, fall away from it and then regain weight and get frustrated,” says Cross.
Rather than going on a restrictive diet, Cross suggests setting realistic goals and eating balanced meals that incorporate all of the food groups, including carbohydrates, fat and fiber, to help reduce cravings and make weight loss sustainable long-term. Think of it as a lifestyle change, not a diet.”

mmdeveau · March 2020

I’ve been able to keep up with the reading, but haven’t been able to respond. Everyone seems to have had a crazy first week of March. I’m inexplicably not myself either, I’m wondering if it’s just the collective consciousness of the whole corona virus issue.

What a weekend! I got a lot accomplished! Yesterday I got my hair cut. It was the first time my hairdresser had seen me since November, so she was quite amazed at how different I looked. Then in the afternoon, I had a mani/pedi session with a friend, along with a bit of a belated birthday celebration – hers, not mine.

Then my mother was up from the shore today and she stopped by my place for a few hours.

I managed to get out to run yesterday and I did my long walk/run today. Like @speyerj, I ran a bit more than 5.5 miles yesterday, 0.5 miles more than I ran last week. The amazing thing is that I did it before my hair appointment, I normally take my sweet time on the weekends. Today’s long walk/run was somewhere between 9.5 and 9.75 miles. I finished in 1 hour, 55 minutes.

Height: 5' 6"
SW (09/08/2019): 239.2 lbs
March SW (3/1/20): 179.4 lbs
3/8/2020: 180.2 lbs
March GW: 173 lbs
GW: 150 lbs (then reconsider)

My goals for March are:

Cardio for 45-60 min, 5-6 times a week, 2-3 of the sessions Couch-to-10K workouts, with a long run on the weekend. Cross training on the off-days – followed the plan this week!
Increase walking distance to 10 miles for one workout a week – getting there!
Core exercises at least 3 times a week. Also need to add other weight training for legs, upper body. – I did add exercises this week. My core workout alone was taking a bit of time, so I think I need to take a look at what I’m doing and start to mix it up a bit.
Continue to drink water – I’m not looking to increase, I’m already at more than 150 ounces a day! - Done. If nothing else, I am the water drinking champ!
Take better care of my skin in hopes it will start to regain its shape. Hoping faithfulness here will be rewarded in the long run. – still stuck in a rut with NOT doing this consistently.

I would have expected to be the same weight I was last week, so being up a bit this week isn’t a huge surprise. There were a lot of factors this week that might explain – I started cross-training this week and I’m still trying to level out on the bike so I can start workouts that will challenge me. I did better later in the week – my legs were definitely sore, but it could also have been from the squats I added this past week, too, and I really had some later nights this week. I’m normally a bit tired on Mondays and Tuesdays from my weekends, but this week it felt like it was all week.

I think I may be down tomorrow, we’ll see.

Good thing that happened this week: I passed the first of my certification exams at work!

Looking forward to this week, despite having jury duty on Monday and Tuesday.

I hope everyone has a great week planned! Keep washing your hands and, even more importantly, keep your hands away from your face! That last part is way harder than you think.

savannahs21 · March 2020

Height: 4'10
March Starting Weight: 210.2
March Goal: 206

3/2/20: 210.2
3/9/20: 210.8
3/16/20:
3/23/20:
3/30/20:

Women 200lb+, Let's Keep It Moving This March!!!

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