Women 200lb+, Let's Be Mighty this May!!!
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@speyerj, go you! That’s amazing. Such an inspiration!
@jaresaross07, echoing what @RavenStCloud said, I can’t keep sweets in my house because I will finish it all within a day or two. That’s one area I’m still working on, however, I do love sweets! Have you tried any of the lowcal options? They have fudge bars, various popsicles, and some ice cream. It’s not AS good as the real thing, but sweet enough that I’m satisfied and don’t have the desire to go for more.
Happy Monday! I hope to be back later with a longer post. Hope everyone is doing well and saying healthy.5 -
Ladies, I did it! I clocked in at 179.9 - GOAL!!
I resent my goal to 175 and my deficit to lose at 1 pound a week. I am going to take this 5 pounds at a time, slow and easy.
This is amazing! Congratulations!
It's really nice to check in on everyone's updates. I'm in Week 3 of getting back to counting and exercising. I've been weighing and counting everything. And doing an average of 10km a day on the exercise bike. Frustratingly, I'm up 0.5kg today compared to last Monday. And that's despite the fact I've done better with my calorie deficits this week than I did last week!
I'm going to try keep going with the logging and the bike. Hopefully things will start moving down again next week!
May 4: 130kg / 287lbs
May 11: 128.5kg / 283lbs
May 18: 129kg / 284lbs
May Goal: 125kg / 276lbs
June Goal: 121kg / 267lbs
July Goal: 117kg / 258lbs
August Goal: 115kg / 254lbs6 -
I find or make treats!
I love Enlightened ice cream. The chocolate peanut butter is my favorite. Comes in pints or you can get the individual ‘pops’. (This is a higher protein, low sugar ice cream)
Baked apples with a hint of sugar and cinnamon. Sometimes cool whip on top.
Lite cool whip with chocolate PB2 mixed in it.
Cut up strawberries with a hint of sugar. 🤤
Banana ( & PB) chocolate chip muffins (flourless).
If I can work it into my calories I eat it.5 -
I haven’t been able to check in – every Sunday I’ve had something going on.
I am going to state at the outset: May, so far, has been as rough a month as I’ve had in about a year. So I’m full of negativity, but dealing with it. And I promise, I've got better thoughts and good things to say and it will cheer me immensely when I write those posts! There’ve been a few very good things happening, but there’s a lot here in this post that had to come out.
Height: 5' 6"
SW (09/08/2019): 239.2 lbs
May SW (5/1/20): 169.0 lbs
5/3/2020: 167.4 lbs
5/10/2020: 169.8 lbs
5/17/2020: 170.2 lbs
May GW: 163 lbs
GW: 150 lbs (then reconsider)
Goals for May- Running: Run my 10-mile run on May 3rd, the date of the Broad Street Run (rescheduled to October 4th) – I did it!!
- More running: back down from the training a bit to take a rest - in the process of that.
- Water: Keep drinking water, at least 128 ounces a day – could be doing better at this. Most days I’m only making it to 112 ounces. It’s easier for me to lose track at home. So no danger of dehydration, just not taking it in at an optimal level for me.
- Skin: Keep taking care of it, in hopes that it will gracefully shrink back in place. I’ve actually committed to this and have been doing this every day this month. Now if my skin would show some appreciation.
In addition to everything I’ve got going on – most of May has been a miserable month for me as I share below – the scale is acting a fool. Before today, I’ve been as high as 171, as low as 165.2. The day I weighed in a 171, it was a two-day streak when I gained 6 pounds in two days. I know logically it must have been water. But it basically happened again overnight last night, I was 165.4 on Saturday, and 170.2 on Sunday morning. Then this morning I weighed in at 172.6 pounds!! That’s 7.2 pounds gained in two days!! I at least have a little explanation for the gain overnight into Sunday: my niece’s physically-distant birthday party was Saturday, and I ate a whole bunch of salty and sweet foods I’m not used to eating. I have no idea how I gained an additional 2-plus pounds overnight. I will do everything I know today to start driving the water out of my system.
Thank goodness I keep 3-day and 5-day moving averages of my weight to keep me sane. And I do know that there’s no way I ate so far over my maintenance calories that I gained 7.2 pounds of fat in 2 days, and this is likely water.
Other things that help me cope with scale madness:- Lost 2 inches in my measurements. I wasn’t expecting as much as in previous months, nor do I think it’s realistic to expect it. Except my waist. I still look like I could be pregnant. And at least half-way through, not just showing.
- I “needed” some bottoms for the party Saturday. So I looked online at Target’s website, and went to the store that allegedly had all the possibilities in stock. Do you know how hard it is to shop right now? You can’t try anything on, and they’re not accepting returns! So color me unsurprised that the size 12 cropped jeans I wanted were not at the store – the Internet always lies about the in-store stock. I found a pair of size 10 Bermuda jean shorts and decided to roll the dice with those – if they didn’t fit, I’d wear one of my baggy backups and hope they wouldn’t fall down. And I just know I’ll fit in them before the end of the summer! Well, they fit yesterday! They do have some stretch, but even considering that, I can’t ever remember wearing anything in size 10!
It’s also been a difficult month for me overall. A few of the things I’m dealing with:- Living alone during a quarantine. And for where I live, they aren’t even going to reconsider if they should lift the stay-at-home order until June 4th.
- Working in a job where I’m training hospital clinician new hires and feeling both guilty and relieved I’m not them.
- As a nurse who did most of the required coursework for Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology, and Chemistry degrees before going through a second degree BSN program; as someone who has over ten years of bedside clinical experience as both a technician (a CNA with additional technical skills), and a nurse – I may have offered advice and some opinions on social media only to be kicked in the teeth and essentially called stupid by non-clinical, non-scientific people. I’m not sad, I’m very, very, very angry.
- Feeling vindicated when all the experts who are “way smarter than I am” appear on the national news and literally take the words from over a month ago right out of my mouth. I’m never helping any of those people again beyond telling them, “Hmmm, sounds like you need to ask a smart doctor about that.”
- Realizing that one of the people who has shown the most contempt for is supposedly my best friend of 30+ years. It has come down to this time in history, but in review this has been a long time coming – this isn’t the first instance or episode, it’s merely the one in which it has become clear what she really thinks of me and I can’t dismiss it. She’ll come back when she needs something…but the bank of good stuff between us really is empty, and truth be told I'm out of "good" for her to borrow. I’m done. (Distance runs have been really cathartic with respect to this particular item.)
- Also feeling emotionally tired of saying the same thing over and over. The nurse in me can’t help but still try and help others. But I’m at the end point of my patience, and I know it because I’ve started to think it is time to thin the herd and let them leave their butts hanging in the wind. I know how to keep myself as safe as possible.
- I have a tooth that needs to be extracted - no, let me be more precise. I have part of a tooth that needs to be extracted. Two thirds of it broke off or crumbled and left the root intact. This happened about two weeks into quarantine, and I’ve been trying to ride it out until stuff opens. Then last Monday the pain started, and despite brushing my teeth all the time I wake up every morning with the smell and taste of decay in my mouth. My dentist is not taking emergency appointments, but their office is reopening on Tuesday. I have an appointment on Wednesday. I’ve been monitoring my condition, and got most worried last Wednesday when I wanted to put my head down on the table to sleep, while working at my computer. Right now it’s just constant moderate pain, only severe if some food gets to that part of my mouth when I’m eating. I’m actually wondering if the weight fluctuations have anything to do with an inflammatory response related to this problem.
I’ve been reading and now there are so many individuals on the thread it’s hard to call everyone out individually. I might get to some theme posts at night this week, this is one I’ll need to play by ear.
Just about half-way through May! Feels like May should be over, though. Keep persevering through quarantine!
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So.... I decided to post here to help me in my weight loss journey. I was doing very good until this quarantine thing happened. Over the month and a half that I have been working from home, I've gained back 30 of the 50+ pounds I lost before.
I don't know about you, but changing my routine really did a number on me. I learned that I have at least another month and a half before I can go back to work. I need to make a new routine that does not include eating from stress, boredom, etc.
I got board with the same old exercises and had no motivation to get up and work out. So, I decided this weekend to bring back an oldie but goodie in exercise. I purchased Richard Simmons's Sweating to the Oldies videos. It may seem goofy today, but he got results.
Between getting back to a healthy eating plan and reviving my exercise routine, I plan to get off the weight I put on. If I can put it on in a month, I can get it off in a month.
I hope this time hasn't been as rough on you as it has on me.
Start weight: 257.8 (7/21/2018)
Current weight: 237 (5/18/2020)
Short term goal: 207 (by 7/6/2020)
Goal Weight: 14511 -
Hey, all!! My Monday weigh in (I weigh Saturday and Monday)
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
CW: 5/2 194.6
5/4 194.4 (-0.2)
5/12 194.2 (-0.2)
5/13 193.8 (-0.6)
5/16 192.6 (-1.2)
5/18 191 (-1.6)
GW: 160
May GW: 189.9
I’m super excited that I might actually make my May goal 😊👏🏽‼️
@speyerj Congratulations❣️ You are truly my #GoalModel‼️
@jaresaross07 I often use fresh fruit to appease my sweet tooth. I also love looking for health low carb desserts that I can make. I’m loving mug cakes that can be whipped up quickly and cooked in microwave. A lot of times I still pair with fresh fruit. I also have learned to enjoy Greek yogurt. They have some tasty flavors
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Monday weigh in
Height 5" 6'
s/w 202.5(12/19)
4/3 182.2
5/11 177.0
5/18 175.8
I am on track and losing a pound per week, this is a bit easy because the supermarkets is out of my favorite gluten free foods. I am eating more fruits but am shocked with the amount of the sugar in some fruits and have to keep an eye on my sugar intake.
@jaresaross07 I agree with @CupcakeCrusoe just log them in at night or first in the morning, sometimes it is hard to resist those craving. How many of us end up in the middle of the night in a dark kitchen having those snacks after trying to out run the cravings all day and eating a bit more than we should. Good luck to you and don't beat yourself up if you do give in sometimes, it is not the end of your weight loss journey. Tomorrow will be a better day.
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@Tiffanylynn1024 Yes. I am worried about when I go back to work because I don’t drink as much water there. I also don’t get enough sleep except for Sunday. Before the gym closed we would get up on Saturday morning and went to Aquafit so we couldn’t sleep in. Now that I am drinking more I wake up earlier to go to the bathroom. Sometimes I get back to sleep and sometimes I don’t. The week I lost last month I was getting enough water and sleep and my calories were lower. Hard to get it all going at once.
@hessjansen Sustainable is good.
@speyerj Congratulations on meeting your goal.
@changeforeverlj Our family time is still through zoom here for now. Hope this transition goes well for you.
@RavenStCloud good check in. I am hoping to get back to exercising this week too.
@jaresaross07 I do not eliminate but limit sweets so I choose a little of what I want most. Like @AlexandraFinds I sometimes have a small piece of quality dark chocolate.
@elainey13 how is the sleep and water intake doing?
@mmdeveau I am glad I am not the only one that has long posts. Yes that gain is due to salt I think. I think it would be a frustrating time to be in health care now with such ignorance being expressed and acted on and it impacts others. I also feel am really fortunate to have others to stay at home with including 2 twin kittens we got right before the stay at home order took effect. However my husband was so stressed last week that he got a bit annoying but we got through it. I worry about those who are alone during this time. It doesn’t help to have “friends” being unfriendly now. Sorry about that and your painful tooth. Tooth pain is the worst. I hope it gets taken care of soon.
@masdec7 I agree we should be able to lose as fast as we gain but I lose weight a lot slower than I gain it. We have all posted about our challenges with stay at home issues. As someone said we aren’t all in the same boat. We are in different boats facing the same storm. The day I started to work at home is the day my office closed. I was paid the 1st month but am now on a temporary furlough. We need routine so when one is disrupted we have to struggle to put in place a new one. It is ironic that I started bullet journaling when I wasn’t working but it is helping me with all these changes. I used to use my work outlook. This is a great place to help with your weight loss journey during these times. We keep hoping that each month will get better. Many of us have made progress despite this time. Some are accepting slower progress. Others are just weathering the storm.
I am going to post weekly goals to focus on this week since last week was disruptive to my routine and efforts. I need to look up my May goals since it has been a while since I checked in.
1. Get enough sleep and improve water intake I am finding the sleep issue harder since I wake up early because I am doing better at the water intake.
2. Log weight, food and exercise and stay under calorie goal I am doing well at this.
3. Get some exercise 6 days a week and up NEAT clean. Try to exceed 150 minutes of exercise a week. I was working on this until last week so this week plan to get back on track with this. I am at 5 days of weeks of exercise.
4. Get into the 240s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 255 I think I will probably get into the low 250’s. I am keeping my calories low and my weight down to my low but not seeing a small woosh.
5. Make healthy meals at home. Yes doing well with this.
So today I need to focus on drinking my water, getting exercise, & doing my chapter. The fridge delivery has been postponed for the 3rd day but is scheduled for tomorrow?!?
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@mmdeveau - The tooth ache sounds horrible! I can't believe you've waited so long. You must have a very high pain tolerance. Of course the weight gain is due to inflammation and stress! I'm not a nurse, so correct me if I have it wrong, but I have read that cortisol levels are high when your body is under stress. And cortisol makes you retain water. I can't imagine a worse stress than dental pain, then add in the daily hum of corona stress and the falling out with someone you considered your best friend. So yes, that seems like a recipe for water retention.
Regarding the disagreement with your friend, something that I keep reminding myself when I get fed up and want to write off people who do and say ridiculous stupid stuff- is that this virus is something new and none of us really understand everything there is to know - even the experts. So we are all making mistakes, drawing wrong conclusions and predictions. Hopefully the best of us are also learning and adjusting along the way as we learn more and our conclusions and predictions are getting better over time. I'm trying to be a little more forgiving of people and the mistakes they make while everyone is under a tremendous amount of stress. Not to say I'm always practicing this, but I'm working on it.
@jaresaross07 - I find that eating a bit of protein does a really good job of satisfying the munchies. Beef Jerky, deli turkey, low sugar Greek yogurt all do the trick or me. But I also agree that you should work in planned indulgences in your diet too. Don't deny yourself all sweets - this is a diet that you'll hopefully be following for the rest of your life. Just work it into your plan - make sure it fits with your macros, sugar limits (if you have one) and calories limits - and then savor every bite of your portion controlled treat. My personal caveat is that if I am going to indulge, it needs to be worth it. I don't want to eat an inferior cookie, cupcake or ice cream. If I've going to spend my sugar allowance, it had better be worth it.3 -
I loved reading everyone’s posts about how they handle sweets and snacks. Just goes to show that there is no one right way to lose weight & you have to do what is sustainable for you. I don’t know how to tag people on my phone, but I am just so in awe of people like alexandrafindsherself who are able to portion out sensible snacks. If I had a snack that I loved in the house, I can imagine myself perfectly portioning all of it out and putting it away. Then at 1AM I’d be in the kitchen eating all of the portions. I totally agree with those that commented that sometimes it is best to just eat what you are craving. If you spend all day eating other things to avoid eating what you’re craving only to give in later and eat it (and probably more on top of it), that’s the worst feeling & just makes you feel bad. Better to just eat what you were really craving, log it, feel satisfied, and get on with your day. For me, I can’t say there are “bad” foods that I can never have again. That sounds miserable, and I’m not going to live forever that way so why bother. I saw some comments on another thread the other day suggesting things like “eliminate all fast food entirely” and “only drink water - don’t drink anything else.” Those things may work really well for some, but they would not work well for me. I will plan out my calorie deficit over the week planning for a special treat or meal. When I have it, I can feel good about it because I prepared for it and planned it, and it wasn’t emotional eating taking over. My only real rule is that I get those treats in the portion that I want to eat because portioning things out just doesn’t work for me. I never eat sweets at breakfast because that derails my eating the rest of the day. For some reason, sweets at breakfast just completely encourages bad food decisions and inactivity for the rest of the day for me. If there is something decadent that is traditionally a breakfast food, I will just have it with dinner instead. I don’t eat sweets at work. You can have cake at work because it’s there and others are eating it, but you know, conference room cake just doesn’t hit for me. Work isn’t the time that I savor food so why waste calories there. So when I am having a high calorie meal or dessert, I want it to be something thoughtful, something I love, and enjoyed at a time (evening) and a place (generally at home) where I can really just enjoy every bite.6
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Hi, I’m new here!
I’ve struggled with my weight my whole life and even though I have all the time in the world to exercise and cook healthy meals at home now, I find I have no motivation. I’m looking for MFP friends to motivate and keep each other accountable.
Age: 28
Height: 5’6”
SW: 243
CW: 228.8
GW: 143
End of May goal: 220
Fortunately my weight hasn’t fluctuated much since the lockdown but I would love to shed some pounds and get my *kitten* in gear before I get back out there. Add me! 💛7 -
just caught up on 10 days worth of posts!!! Good to see everyone hanging in there, will try to get in here more regularly now. I was doing a lot of study which I'm putting on hold for now, so should have more time to notice what I'm putting in my mouth!!!4
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Oh, I don't portion snacks out! I buy things portioned out already. They sell bags of ice cream cups, and bags of individual servings of chips. (Actually, for those I go to a food service store and get a catering box which is fifty little one ounce bags of the variety I like.)
Where I do portioning out is with the scale when I'm assembling meals (I weigh quesadilla ingredients so I don't add too much chicken and cheese to mine) and when I've got five pounds of hamburger fried up with spices; I know that two 4-ounce portioning scoops of that will handle one meal when used in (say) tacos, so I put it up in freezer bags like that. And when I cut loin chops I put them up in packages of three or four; I always have a package of four around in case I have company that day.
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Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday!
I'm hanging in there around 187, and I'm so happy that I am. Today's a running day, and I'm ready to kick it.
Hello to all our new folks! Quick replies:
@mmdeveau mojo for the tooth stuff! I really believe that tooth pain, for me, was harder to deal with than childbirth, the benchmark so many use for the worst pain. I would also say that psychologically, my half marathon was also harder to deal with than childbirth. Maybe I had easy childbirths.
@pamiede you can make your goal! You're doing so well (and that yellow peasant shirt- iconic!)
@Rosie3579 this is me exactly. I used to try to use substitutes for treats, only to eat the substitute and later, to eat the real thing. So I try to work into my calories every day a little treat. If I go too many days without a treat, I start feeling deprived, and that's no good for my sticking to my diet (in the way of eating sense, not the crash-dieting sense) change.4 -
Sorry I've been absent this past week. Work is very busy - we may be opening to the public in a couple of days. It's also hot here - 90 yesterday and again today. The heat always makes me less hungry which isn't a bad thing! Just trying to make sure I get enough water while working outside. Last week was TOM for me, so I skipped weighing in on Saturday knowing it was a gain. This morning I am down again so that's made me very happy!
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Well, the house sold. So we have sixty days to pack, find a new place, and move. The challenge for me will be to remember to log and to eat sensibly. I may not always log exercise since "packing to move" isn't on the list and I don't know how much I'll do day to day, due to my chronic pain issues. But I am committing to snack from my approved 150-ish calorie list of snacks if I feel I need one, to drink my water, and to go to bed on time, and to not let myself get all wound up and hysterical, because if I go at this in a good methodical way I have all the time I need.10
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »Well, the house sold. So we have sixty days to pack, find a new place, and move. The challenge for me will be to remember to log and to eat sensibly. I may not always log exercise since "packing to move" isn't on the list and I don't know how much I'll do day to day, due to my chronic pain issues. But I am committing to snack from my approved 150-ish calorie list of snacks if I feel I need one, to drink my water, and to go to bed on time, and to not let myself get all wound up and hysterical, because if I go at this in a good methodical way I have all the time I need.
https://www.fitday.com/webfit/burned/calories_burned_Standing_packing_unpacking_boxes_occasional_lifting_of_household_items_light_moderate_effort.html
This will help you calculate how many calories you’re burning. 😀4 -
@mmdeveau Your post really spoke to me! I would be very interested in hearing your views on the current pandemic! I'm always amazed at people's comments on social media and whatsapp groups! And honestly, I can relate with the toothache I have a molar that is hanging on by a thread and got infected in week 2 of lockdown! I was gargling with salt for about 7 days, couldn't eat on the one side and then kept waking up with throbbing pain, I eventually bought the strongest IBuprofen painkiller over the counter with codeine in it and it definitely helped! But I ended up being constipated...a different kind of pain!!! I look forward to hearing about the good things going on in your life! Onwards and upwards!
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@procolorer - Thanks! I'm nervous and excited. I am loving the new dress! I can't wait to be able to wear it out!
@cesse47 - Thank you! Hopefully this pandemic will pull itself together soon and we'll all be able to get back out. I need it! Haha.
@speyerj - I appreciate the understanding. I feel super stressed about all this and having a place to vent the struggles is really helping. Also... super Congrats on hitting your goal!
@pamiede - Congrats on the new shorts! Smaller sizes is always such a fun NSV!
@jaresaross07 - Strawberries with some Swerve sugar on top is one of my go tos for a sweet treat. I also just created a 100 calorie or less basket. Everything is portioned out and I'm allowed up to 1 per day. So far it seems to be working.
I'm currently watching the scale go back up. It's ovulation time and that always results in a bunch of water weight. My calories are still within range so hopefully I'm still on track for an actual loss. All these artificial hormones make my cycle crazy which in turn makes my weight go crazy. My husband sort of watches calories and drops 20lbs in a couple months meanwhile I'm rigid and am lucky to drop 2lbs a month these days. It's really frustrating.
I'm in the MidWest USA and it's been doing nothing but raining and raining and raining. I'd love to be able to get back outside for my daily walks soon. At least it's not so cold anymore!!
Hope you ladies are all having a wonderful week!5
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