Women 200lb+, Let's Be Mighty this May!!!

Habit is a curious thing; I said I wasn't going to pay attention to calories, I was just going to eat soft food and get through this dental issue, and here I am meticulously logging the peanut butter sandwich and the half cup of chicken noodle soup I soaked it in to make it even softer. (wry grin)

Cesse - age 72 == Check In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
294.4 lbs - weighin on 05/02 -- (-1.0 lb) (-14.2 LTD)

Onederland - first goal
165 lbs - goal weight

May Goals ---
Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 8+ water
Exercise 30 min minimum; work at increasing
Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter
Try new things: new exercise like weight training; drink green tea; new activity; etc
Do computer research on things of interest

WOW!! Am I ever behind. Last 3 days have had epic, ongoing kerfluffle. I did manage to keep food on track and log my meals but that's it for MFP.

So, welcome to all new folks and those returning. I do plan to read the 40+ posts I've missed. While I don't plan to respond to all of them, I'll try to respond to a few. I'm cleaning windows today and after the winter we've had, they really need to be deep cleaned. My plan is to clean one window completely, then read/respond to MFP posts. Whatever works ... LOL ... to get these blasted windows done!!

Hope Y'all have a great day!!

Hello there! My name is Kelly and I have been on this journey before was successful for 2 years then met my husband and gained all of the weight back. I am looking forward to figuring out how to live a healthy lifestyle again.

Age: 30
Height: 6'
SW: 294
CW: 258
GW: 175

My goals for May are:
1. Log every day, everything!
2. Break the plateau I've been idling at for a while.
3. Drink a glass of water before meals.

My goals have not changed since April. I am back at work part time which I think will help me succeed at my May goals.

@aliciap0116 - I think you are too hard on yourself. You lost 1.5 pounds over the course of two weeks. That is progress. Celebrate the win!

@Keria - I hope you get to go back to work soon. I have to hand it to you how well you are coping.

@CupcakeCrusoe - you are killing those SMART goals!

@rpbarkernc - Great job getting so close to goal.

@MuttiNM - I'm so glad you are riding your bike! And you just dropped another 2 pounds. You are a weight loss machine!

I have a day at home tomorrow. It’s easy to stay on track during my days at work, but my days at home are so tough right now just with the urge to snack all day. I am so grateful that I have an essential job and have continued to go to work during this time. But I am better prepared for my day tomorrow with cauliflower, greens, bok choy, carrots, bean sprouts and shirataki noodles. Plan to make a huge dish of low calorie “pad Thai” in the morning (using PB2 instead of peanut butter & lots of veggies keeps it high volume - low calorie) and just eat this all day. I need these high volume dishes to get through my snacky days I think. I’ve lost 14% of my starting weight, and I will not be falling into a mindless eating trap now!! Hope everyone has a great night!

Hi, I hope you are all well! Just to fill you in my neighbour is home, tests all clear, Dr suspects he mixed meds! He is neither admitting or denying, keeps saying he can't remember. I feel sorry for his wife who is over the wall with stress! I hope he gets the help he needs!

I've been drinking too much coffee which keeps me up late and has my mind racing! So definitely have to limit intake! Will try drinking more rooibos tea (redbush herbal). We have been in lockdown for over 6 weeks, our numbers are rising so quickly now, clearly, the lockdown hasn't worked in all areas! There seem to be pockets of hotspots all over the country.

Have any of you watched the video on utube doing its rounds, called Plandemic? I'm not sure what to believe! And even if it is true, what can we do about it! I guess I'm at that stage of lockdown where I'm questioning what we are doing! But still keeping up my powerwalking and counting Kjs!

I've also been experimenting with a sourdough starter, it took 8 days to be properly active, so I went online and found a simple recipe for NY style sourdough bagels, and baked them, Wow they were outstanding! Its the one thing I really miss in SA, bagels aren't a thing here, most people have never even had a bagel! I will save this recipe it's from a website called Baked (I think it's Canadian).

Good day yesterday. Tracked everything. Did only 5 minutes of walk every hour that seems to help with leg pain. Working on building up to 15 minutes straight. For 2 years I could barely walk but now walk even little amount with out pain is awesome!. Small steps. HAHA literally,

Tried a new recipe with last night. A veggie egg casserole. DD (darling daughter) and DH (darling Hubby) actually ate. Farm Fresh Veggies, Zucchini, eggs, tomatoes, carrots, spinach, celery, onion.

Hoping to repeat most of yesterday,
Be Blessed to bless others.

ceese > Thank you very much, and yes we CAN do this x We have the same goals which is ultimately hitting onederland I am still quite a long way from it but I will get there eventually. x

pansy > Hi there and welcome back to MFP. I am new to the group and not long ago started back logging here on MFP.

Raven > I would be so nervous to go to a gym these days, expecially after hearing about your gym. You live in Korea? my daughter wants to go there so bad. She watches Korean TV Drama's etc. She is a BTS fanatic!! lol

Rpbarker > Congratulations!!! that is fantastic Keep up the awesome work!

Charlee > Welcome to the group. I am very new here also! Nice to have you here and good luck on your goals x

Alexandra > okay I literally just laughed out load! Geez you sound so much like me..lol I hope you sort out your dental issues soon x

Kelly > Welcome to the group. I am also very new to it. I used MFP before but then was away for years so now in the past couple months I have been back. Logging is the key in my opinion, it keeps you accountable for what you are taking in. Im sure you succeed Just keep at it!!

Tori > 1.5lbs is still a loss!!! as long as you are going down to reach your goal, that is all that matters xx

Hope you all are having a wonderful day x

Tonya

Today there were like 50 pizzas delivered to work. The pizza place was celebrating healthcare workers (I work in a lab) but I ate my healthy choice meal and saved hundreds of calories. It took a lot cause it smelled soooo good!

@Rosie3579 good job planning ahead. The hike sounds nice.

@janicemlove I can relate to dealing with some boredom.

@changeforeverlj thanks for updating us on your neighbor. Sorry the numbers are rising there I hadn’t noticed that. I have been thinking about sourdough started. Soudough is a Seattle thing. But baking isn’t a Keri thing.

@cesse47 that is a lot of cleaning.

@Mybeth1 hope it was another good day.

@sarahurc I have been wondering when the scale will go down too.

@torihudson6 Nice! tomorrow is the day I usually do a YouTube exercise video.

@procolorer I am impressed. I used to eat lean cuisine for lunch at work a lot. Today I ate one left over from before I have been at home.

Actually today I had a victory that wasn’t even a non-scale victory and has nothing to do with health. However it was something I had wanted to do for months and especially once my office closed during the pandemic but had hit a road block or 2. When I realized I would be working at home and later not working but at home I thought this is a perfect time to get some training I needed on a program I use at work that has had a huge change. I thought about doing it the week between Christmas and New Year’s which we usually get off. The problem is that I don’t have the software at home. 1st I had to figure out whether my laptop could handle it. I even tried talked to the manager of the department that does most of the work with this program to see if I could take home a laptop with the software but he wasn’t at work the day I was getting ready to work from home. So then I bought a book I know works well for me. I was going to download trial software in March but it was no longer available since they had allocated all those licenses to COVID – 19 research efforts. I can’t afford full price and don’t need the software forever. I tried reaching out to the company. I have taught the program and have used it most of my professional life, even making my employers purchase it so I can use it. Now I was temporarily unemployed due to COVID 19 and want to do something constructive with my time. Well this morning I decided I wasn’t going to accept there wasn’t a way to do this. I may only have a partial month until I go back to work. So I found out about a 1 year personal use version that I could afford but then the checkout didn’t work so I got on their chat. It turned out they had started a program for users who had been laid off due to COVID 19 for free software and training. So I signed up for it and got on the site but couldn’t find how to get access. I finally found where to do it and downloaded it. I also redid my weekly schedule so I can do a Chapter in my book every weekday. I think this is just what I need to put more structure to my week. Cooking has been fun and I can continue doing my part. I did need to get over the exercise at home hump too. Now I have a challenge that I enjoy and is another type of self-improvement. After that I did some exercise and did make dinner. So it was a good day.

@CupcakeCrusoe we used to watch the Blacklist! However we got distracted by other shows and haven’t watched it for awhile now. Hope you enjoy the day!

@KeriA I’m not a huge fan of frozen meals but sometimes I just need a quick running out the door meal! I’ve decided I’m definitely not a fan of Healthy Choice- the chicken is just terrible. I only ate like half of them because of this. However today I’ve got a lean cuisine cauliflower crust pizza!

It’s Friday which = weigh in day. Technically it’s only been 4 days since I really started watching what I ate (and I got so excited yesterday because the store actually had diet Dr Pepper so I didn’t have to drink full calorie Coke anymore!) but I’m down 4.2 pounds. I know some of it’s probably water weight but I will take what I can!

5/5 287.3
5/8 283.0

Might have to up my lose goal for this month!

Happy Fri-yay everyone!

On Monday I weighed in at 187.6. Today, 182.8. That TOM water retention is no joke. Took all week to drop it. -_-

Friday is exercise and order takeout day. So my plan is try get an hour of VR in and then get a bowl of pho tai. But I'm cramping very badly so the exercise might be shorter.

I'm starting to get worried when I look at myself in the mirror. I've only got 20-30 lbs left to lose, will I actually see a difference by then? I've lost 90 and barely see anything at all.

MyBeth1 wrote: »

Did only 5 minutes of walk every hour that seems to help with leg pain. Working on building up to 15 minutes straight. For 2 years I could barely walk but now walk even little amount with out pain is awesome!. Small steps. HAHA literally,

I talked with my doctor before I started MFP this time. At 72 and with compromised lungs, aerobic exercise if really difficult because I start having difficulty breathing very quickly. Doc said to do walking in "chunks" of 5 min each. Right now I'm doing 2 5-minute chunks per day along with my stretching and chair yoga. Hopefully will be able to increase walking to 3 chunks in the future. Baby Steps for me as well.

We Can Do This!!