Women 200lb+, Let's Be Mighty this May!!!
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I guess this is a not quite Friday Check-in.
Name: Keri
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
2/1: 263.6
3/1: 261.8 lbs
4/1: 258
Lowest April weight: 253.8
May SW: 254
5/9: 253.6
5/22: 252.8
5/23: 252.2
CW: 251.4 (5/28)
GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs.
May Goal weight: 249 will probably not make this but I want to get under 250 soon.
My May Goals are:
1. Get enough sleep and improve water intake Didn't do as well at this last weekend (it was a 4 day for me) but did great yesterday.
2. Log weight, food and exercise and stay under calorie goal ✔
3. Get some exercise 6 days a week and up NEAT clean. Try to exceed 150 minutes of exercise a week. I haven't done well with this the last couple of weeks but yesterday I did great.
4. Get into the 240s this means my highs and lows get and stay below 255 Hope to make it to 250 at least?
5. Make healthy meals at home. ✔
6. Each week do a SKS feedback on what is working and what isn’t look into what food journaling might look like. maybe today Not really doing this formally but I do think about this and make adjustments when needed.
I am concentrating on getting back into my routine the last half of this week. Yesterday with no distractions, was a great day and a great start to the rest of my time sheltering at home:- I got enough sleep
- I got all my water.
- I did my weekly at home exercise routine with weight training, cardio and stretching
- I completed the Chapter I started earlier in the week
- I stayed under my calorie goal even with celebrating this weekend. My baby is 26!
- continued to log and checked in here
Today I plan to do a whole chapter. I will have only 2 more to go next week if I follow my plan. I plan to get on the Gazelle a couple times today since my feet hurt if I am on too long. We have some leftover yummy healthy soup and potato salad for dinner. I am also planning to follow my strategy of drinking a glass of water every hour until I pour my 8th glass.
As to feet hurting I was having trouble with pain in my right foot. I decided it was from being home all day and going barefoot on hardwood flours. I always slip on my crocs now and put on my Brooks for exercise. I think I caught it in time to keep it from being a chronic issue. Another unforeseen consequence of living in the time of pandemic.This wasn't a problem when I worked full-time in the office. I will come back and read and reply to posts later. Have a nice rest of your day.
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@speyerj wow you look amazing! So much hard work paying off. You inspire me
@torihudson6 I have also had a rough time but feel in a better place to balance different parts of life as well. Glad to be back and have my head in the game once again.
@sweetirish right now I am just focusing on drinking more water than I have currently being drinking. I have heard that saying of drinking half your weight in ounces as well but any bit more you can drink is a plus.
Thanks @cesse47 & @procolorer
Happy to see familiar faces and also many new ones
I have started using an app “Productive” which is like a habit building app. I am trying to shift my focus from my weight to my habits. I am still weighing myself and using that as a measurement of progress but ultimately the daily goal is making sure I complete all my habits. Its very similar to what a lot of us are currently doing or have done in the past.
I like the app as a daily check because I may not always find time to post here about it or may lose track of what I did, so I like it as tool for accountability.
My current habits:
1) Logging all meals (extra credit if I can keep it under calorie goal)
2) minimum 20min exercise daily (anything, walk, home workout, hike, etc)
3) drink at least 8 glasses water (these are 12 oz glasses)
4) meditate (minimum 5 minutes, using another app)
5) eating window 11am-7pm (intermittent fasting)
6) cook homemade meals Sun-Thur (I still want to eat out but make eating out a lot less common)
Its simple, either you did the habit or you didn’t. They are all independent of one another so just because you may not complete one habit doesn’t take away that you did complete the other habits. I am guilty of trying to do too much and even thought there are 6 habits, I feel like they build off one another and are things I can manage.12 -
I wish I had time to respond to everyone. But @speyerj - wow!!! You look so amazing and strong. So impressed with all the work you have done!!7
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Earlier this week I was giving someone advice here to not wait for motivation. I had to give myself that advice today! Just totally let the day get away from me as is so easy to happen when I have my “work from home” day. Didn’t pre-log my food and then ended up eating over my maintenance. Didn’t want to work out. But I finally made the effort to get out for my run this evening. It was not the best. I probably gave it a 50% effort. I was kind of mad at myself for “failing” today. But, you know what, at least I gave it 50%!!! I could have chosen to sit on the couch and not make an effort at all. So instead of feeling disappointed in myself, I am choosing to feel good about this day! Hope you all have a great night.12
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Well, we found a house! It's a lovely 4 bedroom/2 bath in a nice suburb, with everything we want just around the corner, and with a lovely large sunroom for us all to enjoy as well as a nice-sized back yard. We'll close in late June, and probably move somewhere round the first or second weekend in July. It's really good. They accepted our offer and we signed the purchase agreement tonight, so now it's just getting the inspection done to be sure, and then waiting for closing. We have to close on the sale of our current house to have the money to buy this one, and the people in our new house have to find somewhere to go, but I believe it will all work out, and I can't wait to paint and polish and figure out where all my pretty antiques go. My grown sons said they'd come help paint, so that will make it all pretty straightforward.
Now I can drop my calories back to their former level and relax. I'm not worried about moving; I'm an extremely organized person, and my partners have put me in charge of the packing and unpacking. We will board the cats for about five days so that we don't zip Nyx up in the mattress cover or pack Hana in with the plates, and so that we can get a space all set and ready for them before they come to the new house. I think that's the least stressful all round for them.
It's been stressful finding it, but now that that stress is off, I can just enjoy the effects of the extra physical work and hopefully the scale will move. It's been stuck for a month.
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As to feet hurting, I only walk barefoot from my bed to the bathroom in the morning. I have pretty bad arthritis in the one foot due to a car accident in my 20's, when they rebuilt my tarsometatarsal joints. But the thing that makes me stay in shoes is that I have a quarter inch leg length difference, and that causes me debilitating one-sided lower back pain if I don't wear either a built up shoe or a lift. So I keep my shoes on, and it helps. Of course, I'm also wearing men's orthopedic shoes, because the last is bigger and more comfortable for the developing arthritis in my toes.6
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@speyerj Wow Jane, such an amazing transformation! You look beautiful! I feel inspired when I see the pics people post, hard work and discipline over a long period pays off!6
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@ AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Congratulations! That's exciting, you have a busy month ahead! My grandfather wore a built-up shoe, he fell off a swing when he was little and that damaged his hip, he suffered in silence over so many years (medicine wasn't as advanced) So I hope you get the help you need!!4
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Friday Weigh In day!
Christina
31 years old
5'4"
SW: 207
CW: 191
5/1: 190.6
5/8: 190.6
5/15: 191.4
5/22: 189.0
5/29: 188.2
May goal weight: 186
UGW: 145
GOALS:
🏵️ Lose 5 lbs. I think it's safe to say ⛔. But it is alright, any loss is progress, and I'm lucky that my mindless eating off the kids' plates has only done this much.
🏵️ Log everything in grams. ⛔
🏵️ No more than 20% calories from treats every day. ✅
🏵️ Move every day. ⛔ RAINNNNN! *shakes fist*
🏵️ Drink more water. ✅
🏵️Be kind to myself. ✅ I'm still taking this as a learning experience. I'm learning that I want things, but then don't want to eat them- but then end up eating things I don't even want. (Like, I want cookies, don't want to eat them, then end up eating the crackers left on my kid's plate instead. The problem comes in that I've been wanting cookies, ice cream, etc every day, and not eating those things, but still noshing enough from plates to stall weight loss. I have just eaten a cookie, for example, but then I just want more cookies. It's rough.)
🏵️ Treat myself in other ways than food. ✅ I've been keeping a skincare routine very well. I've got this great overnight mask that smells like watermelon jolly ranchers I get to put on 3x a week. I finished 3/4 christmas stockings, ran out of yarn. So I cast on a new thing, a variegated blue summer top with ice blue lace inserts on the sides. I've also been playing games on my computer and binge-listening my favorite podcasts.
🏵️ Reduce sodium intake ✅
Goals overall: ⛔⛔✅⛔✅✅✅✅
I've been terrible about exercise. I usually love running, but I'm not feeling it right now. I just need to schedule exercise time, and do anything exercise-like that sounds good, but must be exercise. Biking, zumba videos, even just walking. Yoga. Something. It will be a goal for June.
What will also be a goal for June is to find the right numbers of calories for times throughout the day. I keep finding that I'm super hungry at 8, and again at 9, and again at 10, and then I'm good for a while, hungry at 3, and then after I finish dinner before 4 (Intermittent Fasting), I'm super full. I need to really load those calories in the morning. I've been trying, but not successful enough yet. I do find on the weekends that skipping lunch is a thing that I want to do (I love breakfast and dinner)- I need to evaluate the need for that mid-day meal, if I've been eating enough otherwise. All this to find a way to make this as easy on me as possible. If I find that I'm not hungry for lunch most of the time, hell, have a big breakfast and a reasonable dinner. Problem solved. I'll play with it.
What worked this month: sodium intake. That worked. Also water. As well as treating myself not food wise and being kind, those stay. For good.
I've been pondering what I use as a goal weight for June. Libra tells me that this month, I've lost an average of 0.6 lb/week. So I went to edit my goals in my MFP diary, and found that in order to lose a pound a week, I need to be down to 1440 cal/day as opposed to the 1600 I had. Which tracks with what I've been seeing on the scale. So now, it's time to choose: do I go for 1440 for that 1 lb/week, or do I keep 1600 and accept slower loss?
I think June will be the experiment for 1440, eating back half exercise calories. It'll be an extra incentive to exercise, and I'll see if I can sustain it for the month of June. If not, it's not a moral failing, it'll just take longer to lose weight at 1600, and that's fine. But I'm going to go for 1440 and see what shakes out.
On, to your wins!
@terytha I totally know what you mean about not wanting to eat these days. I hope it gets resolved for you soon, some way.
@torihudson6 I love your attitude. You're so positive about even your setbacks. It's very inspiring.
@sharpdust WELCOME BACK!
@speyerj you are just rocking it. You look so much younger, too! We stan a legend.
@KeriA I haven't made any progress on actually doing yoga yet, lol
Hopefully it gets seen in my Dedicated Workout Time. And my four year old really would love it.
@orangequilt glad you're feeling better!
@procolorer I get this about exercise calories. Once you have enough data, you can figure out how much your apple watch is off by, based on your rate of loss.
@sweetirish you're doing great
@cesse47 I've been thinking of you. Glad things are getting a little better.
@muttinm your continued success is inspirational. I love a good walking trail.
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 with all the stress in the air PLUS buying a house, you've got a lot going on. But you seem to be handling very well.
@rosie3579 Oooh, lemon is my favorite, too. But I'm not feeling cupcakes, so maybe I'm feeling like you! Congratulations on seeing the 170's! So close!
@finngirl61 This is great. I have to keep this one in the back pocket.finngirl61 wrote: »...
1. You haven't come this far to only come this far.
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@duebedm sounds like a rough day at work. Apologies. I hate that kind of thing, too.
Today is homemade pizza day, although I don't really feel like partaking! I'll still make it for everyone else, and make my tuna/cottage cheese concoction. I'm looking forward to a ham and cheese omlette I've got planned for this morning/early afternoon. I'll go ahead and move my calories to 1440 today, too. I'm anxious to get the scale moving a little quicker.
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I said that once the stress of "I don't know where we're going to live" was off me, I'd lose weight again. Yep, got up this morning and down a pound. So that is 31 pounds down since January, and I'm really thrilled to see the movement downward. I've also adjusted my calories back down. When I get about two weeks from moving I'll adjust them up again, but right now I've got no need to snack beyond the usual, so I'm just going to go back to what lost me 30 pounds before. (smile)
To the store today for next week. I'll post my menu as usual on Sunday.
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@cesse47 @sharpdust Water has always been a challenge, my nutritionist said 48-64 is the minimum. I am working so having a cup in the bathroom is not an option (besides, the water at work is gross). I do have an app that reminds me to drink every hour. I set my goal for 100 oz, and am happy when I get to 80oz.
@CupcakeCrusoe Thank you! You keep up the good work yourself!
I found the SHAPA scale and app - it doesn't show you your weight in numbers. You weigh twice a day (AM and PM) and it shows you the average over the past 3 weeks in a color indicating if you're maintaining (within a 5LB range of your first weight), gaining, really gaining, losing, or really losing. I will use this and still weigh in once a month for tracking. PLUS they're giving away a blood pressure monitor for their blood pressure beta they're doing. You have to chat with their online chat person to get that after you place your order. They have a pregnancy option for when the IVF works again (either this round or whenever) so that I can focus on staying healthy. That should arrive June 5.
Been staying on track mostly. Had an issue with needing sweets yesterday so I had a little ice cream. I am trying to consciously not eat my exercise calories. I know I do better when I don't. I know I need to add more veggies. Fortunately hubby is also on a healthy kick so there's actually less junk food in the house right now. I have protein bars, but I put them in the freezer so I really have to want one to eat it. Things ARE moving in the right direction - I've lost about 2 pounds this week!
Weekend goals: Plant my garden, walk the neighborhood OR do Mr and Mrs Muscle HIIT for beginners, hit 90 oz of fluids each day, eat only when actually hungry, and NOT eat marshmallows by the fire pit. Sunday is my rest day so I'll read my book then.5 -
Just want to say thank you for all the positive encouragement and feedback!
I want to also tell you that it really hasn't been hard work at all. I think @Sharpdust nailed it: It's really about picking habits that seem easy to adhere to most of the time, most days. Don't take on everything at once - just a couple at a time. The goal is to make this as easy as possible. If you feel deprived, you are making it too hard on yourself.
The only thing that has been hard had been long distance running, but the goal of training for a half marathon was unrelated to weight loss. It was just something on my bucket list that I want to achieve. I wouldn't recommend doing endurance training while eating at a deficit. I've had to slow down my weight loss to support running. You can't run 10 miles eating 100 grams of carbs a day, so I had to set that habit aside until I finish my 1/2 marathon. In the meantime, I'm enjoying lots of bread! 8 -
Dashing through but just wanted to say hi!5
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Good Afternoon Everyone. I do not know why, but short work weeks always feel like the longest weeks, even though I feel blessed to be working right now. I had a big loss this week, but it is a blip and I know it. I have been somewhat stressed and when I get that way, I stop eating. I also had some later meetings so I could not eat with the family and by the time the meetings ended it was time to get the kiddos to bed, so I know I was too far below calories. It will right itself this week.
43 years old
5'3"
SW: 225.6 (2/7/20)
CW: 208.6
5/1: 214.8
5/8: 214.4
5/15: 212.4
5/22: 211.4
5/29: 208.6
May goal weight: 210
GW: 125
GOALS:
🏵️ Continue with my C25K program (currently on week 6). 👍
🏵️ Try to incorporate a fruit or veggie in every meal. 👍
🏵️ Lose at least 5 pounds 👍
🏵️ Hit Active every single day this month per Apple Watch👍
🏵️ Be present with my family (i.e. put down my phone)
🏵️ Read at least 4 books this month (it helps with my stress) 👍
I feel pretty good about my May goals, but I do need to put down my phone dang it. I loved the books I read this month and will continue this goal into June for certain. Tomorrow is my 22 minute run with C25k and I am nervous because my calf seized up last week (like a charlie horse mid-run). I bought some compression socks, will stretch, and have been drinking a lot.
@sweetirish I naturally drink a lot of water because where I live is HOT, but I do vary between plain water, fruit infused water, gatorade, tea, etc.
@speyerj you look sensational! Thank you for sharing! You continue to inspire us all.
@sharpdust What a great idea! Creating habits is really the goal!
@KeriA Great loss! Good job with your goals as well.
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Last May Check-in!
I decided to post my weight as my Average (Low-High) for the week. Looking at the numbers this way has really helped me better understand how I'm doing without stressing the day to day fluctuations. Also, tomorrow is the start of Week 20 for me! Getting to 20 weeks feels great and feels like I am really committed to this process.
Starting Weight: 213 (Week 1 - Jan 2020)
Week 15: 188.5 (187 - 189)
Week 16: 185.7 (185 - 186.2)
Week 17: 184.3 (182.6 - 185.6)
Week 18: 183.9 (183.4 - 184.6)
Week 19: 182.9 (179.6 - 184)
Today's weight: 180.2
My May Goals:
1. Hit my 11,500 steps every day - I did this!
2. Climb 120 flights of stairs every week - I did this every week except for this week. I decided mid-May to switch my cardio exercise from stair climbing to the C25K and didn't want to double-up the cardio sessions. Overall, this has been really successful!
3. Get to the 170s - I saw the 170's this week, and I'm 180.2 today which is just as close as you can get - so I am calling this a win!
4. Start the C25K - decided to do this about halfway through the month. I have finished Week 2. I have decided to do Week 3 and then reassess whether or not I want to continue
5. Be consistent with my pre-logging and minimize snacking - I can do better. Some days totally on top of this. Other days I have absolutely no plan. Having no plan is a recipe for needless snacking (and also eating foods that are just there versus foods that I really love.) Have much room to improve here.
6. Strength train 3x per week - Did well at start of month and tapered off a bit. Will be looking to find the right balance of cardio and strength in June
I'll post my June goals in the June thread. Thanks to @RavenStCloud as always for managing this thread and keeping us going.
One last note - @sweetirish - When I started trying to get back in shape in January, I got a Shapa because I wanted to know that I was making progress but absolutely in no way wanted to see the number on the scale. I just didn't need that negative feedback and the shame spiral at the time. I think I used it exclusively for about 3 months and started using the regular scale again at end of April when I felt like I had made enough progress that I could deal with the scale. I thought it was great because it helped me get back on track! I am still using it every day because I like to see my color lol - I am teal today. There are things I like and things I don't like about it, but it was a major tool in getting myself back on track and helped me feel positive about what I was doing every day instead of feeling bad because of the number looking back at me. I hope it's helpful to you as well.5 -
Here we are at the end of May!
SW (May 4th) 287.3
May 8: 283
May 15: 277.8
May 22: 273.8
May 28: 271.6
Down over 15 pounds this month! I’m well on my way and happy!
Next month I definitely want to try to get to 259!
Have already seen the benefits in my clothes. I had to wear a bra I avoid because it was tight and hurt. Now it fits perfectly!
I didn’t do as well on my water goal but I am working on it! Definitely drink a lot more when I’m out in the sun and walking around more.
Today I ate a donut for breakfast! My co worker brought them in for my birthday and I refuse to give up anything forever. Made it fit into my calories and planning to leave some calories left over because I had to guesstimate the calorie content and I probably underestimated.
Excited for next months losses!
I’m so proud of everyone this month! We all worked very hard!8 -
@sharpdust nice to see you. I am glad that habits are similar to goals. In fact these seem as if they are things that you are working on becoming habits or habits to be. Some goals are 1 time things. But most of the goals we list when we check in are really habits we are working to establish. If we thought of them that way we might do better at achieving them. I either drink my water or not but even if I do most days it would make sense to make it a habit I do not need to think so much about. In trying to drink my water I have begun to try to establish a habit of after drinking my coffee drinking a glass of water every hour until my goal is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Before I just tried to drink more it didn’t work too well.
@AlexandraFindsHerself So glad you found a house. It sounds very nice. Glad for your pound loss too.
@Rosie3579 I like your plan to get into the 170s and maintain for a while especially for weights that were hard to achieve it is good to take a time to reset. Yesterday I did my chapter but not my exercise. Today I am trying to do both but doubt I will have time to make the dinner I planned. It is okay because I don’t think the chicken has defrosted anyway. I make a list, set priorities and get as many as I can done. I call it good because it is. Yes I love the days I do all the things but to expect that every day is too much.
@speyerj Wow, just wow!
@sweetirish that would be a challenge. No soup? I love soups. I made 2 last week that we have been enjoying.
@finngirl61 decluttering is on my list but it isn’t at the top. We have done some. I hear that it helps with weight loss and vice versa. Love your quotes. I just got back from a walk with my husband. He is taking Fridays off this summer. I can only go so far before I get twinges in my bad knee. Today I was feeling stronger and wanted to go another block before turning around. But then my knee started to do its thing. On the way back we stopped and looked at irises that were blooming. I realized my knee was fine. I think next time I will try walking until I feel that twinge and then stop and rest and then keep going and don’t quit until I make it all the way to our old walk that looped back around on another street.
@duebedm I hope the rest of you PTO goes better
@CupcakeCrusoe I usually skip lunch on weekends. My husband makes a lovely breakfast that is a bit later. We are always hoping our daughter will wake up and join us. Then we have a nice dinner. If I am hungry I have a healthy snack instead of lunch but not if I am not. If I make a dinner I sometimes find I need something to have enough energy to make dinner.
@wholebygrace great check in.3 -
@procolorer - great loss this month & awesome to make a choice to have a doughnut and just work it into your overall calories for the day. Happy Birthday
@KeriA - how lovely to stop with your husband to watch flowers in bloom only to realize you are no longer in pain. That sounds really nice.5 -
@procolorer Nice check in, what a month! Happy Birthday!4
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