Women 200lb+, Let's Shoot for the Moon this June!!!

Cesse - age 72
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
295.4 lbs - weighin on 4/30 -- (-13.2 Total Loss to date)
291.2 lbs - weighin on 5/30 -- loss = 4.2 lbs for month of May (17.4 lb Total Loss To Date)

June Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 6.2 lbs or approx. 1.5 lb/week)
Onederland - first major goal
165 lbs - goal weight

June 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
Step Challenge for F2F Group: 5 min = 500 steps --- do 4 sets of 5-min walks each day

Plan for Today ---
Tomorrow is garbage and yard waste pickup. (1) So, today I need to empty all the waste baskets in the house and take to outside trash bin. (2) I'd like to trim the forsythia and lilac bushes outside; put cuttings in yard waste bin. (3) Vacuum kitchen and dining room floors. Then use Swiffer Wet Mop to clean. (4) Wash, dry, and put away dishes.

That should keep me busy. Hopefully, too busy to be kitchen grazing.

Hi, new here but have been tracking consistently since mid April.
I turned 50 during quarantine and I'm 5'6". I had 2 surgeries in 2 months this winter and got up to 244. Quarantine has helped me get back on track, so I need a plan before I return to work. I seem to do better if I don't have to eat on a set schedule.
I have a VR (virtual reality) system and the game Pistol Whip is the most enjoyable way for me to get exercise right now. 🙂
SW: 238.6, CW: 221. My goal is to lose at least 6lbs in June.

Sarah

Age: 32
Height: 5'3"
SW: 226.4lbs
CW: 202.8 lbs
GW: 160 lbs (then reassess)

Hello everyone!

May was a really chequered month for me and I'm still bamboozled about it! Obstacles included: a sensitive left knee, a heatwave, the restarting of weekly family outdoor gatherings (complete with food and booze) and a low mood. However, despite all of this most days I was in a 1000-calorie deficit, drank water and kept the sodium low. And yet, for the entire month, the scale hovered within one pound of May's start weight. It was the most frustrating and demotivating experience in weight loss I have ever had and I still have no explanations.

BUT I'M STILL HERE. So this month's goals will completely ignore the scale, and focus instead on my daily/weekly habits:
-Run 3 times per week
-Non high-impact exercise 2 times per week
-30 active minutes daily
-5 servings of fruit and veg 6 days per week
-3L of water per day
-1200-1400 calories eaten per day

This means I can win no matter what nonsensical things happen with my weight or measurements.

Wishing everyone here positive thoughts, strength and all the best for the month ahead!

Hello All! This is my first time participating on this thread. I am very excited. I am starting over, AGAIN. And can use all the inspiration I can get.

Age: 48
Height: 5'8"
SW: 229 (Today)
GW:164

GOALS for this month:
- Move every day
- Log meals/exercise everyday
- Explore more self-care habits like meditation
- Create a better/bigger boundary between work and home
- Drink more water

I am very close to my all time highest weight and honestly I feel awful physically and emotionally. Initial goal is to drop to 200 and get more mobile so I can do more of the things that make me feel happy. For example, I could scramble down from a trail to get to a creek without feeling too tired to do it or worried about getting back up! Though I spent my pre-pregnancy adult life at 140 ish, I set my goal weight at 164 because that is the threshold for my height when I was in the Air Force - somehow that equates to a good "fighting weight" to me. I'll spend this month researching and figuring out some habits I think I need to get me to feeling better. Then in July I'll be 49 and plan a year of me getting into better fitness for the big 5-0. That's the plan anyway.

Name: Keri
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs
2/1: 263.6
3/1: 261.8
4/1: 258
5/1:254
Lowest May weight: 251.4 (5/28)
June 1 SW: 254

GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then 150 lbs.

June Goal weight: 246 This is 5 lbs lower than my lowest May weight but I will be happy losing 4 lbs.

I am reposting this to include my June 1st weight

My focus for today (Day 1/ and Week 1):
I got my sleep now I need lots of water / start each day drinking a glass (12 oz) every hour until I get to close to my water goal.
Do Chapter 9 to migrate to Pro/ complete my training
exercise 15-60 minutes/ every week day
make leg of lamb steaks, yam and asparagus for dinner / cook healthy meals at home
lose one of the lbs I gained this weekend /get down to 250.x this week

I jumped up to my starting weight for May today but that is probably due to take out last night. I still plan to keep my June goal weight of 246. I wanted to get to at least 250 last month so I will put that pound on my June weight goal. I have been hovering around 251.6 so I do not think it really is as many real pounds as it seems. It seems that I am back to my typical weight variation mode again. I had enough water yesterday.

Congratulations @changeforeverlj , Yay Onderland!!

I have enjoyed reading everyone's starting posts.

Hi, I hope you don't mind me joining in too. I started my MFP journey again (after a very long break) today!
Name Diane
Height 5' 11"
SW 223
CW 223
GW 175

My goals for June are
☀️ track all food accurately
☀️ stay within calorie allowance
☀️ complete the 60 min plank challenge
☀️ increase daily steps on fitbit to 10k per day.

Congratulations @changeforeverlj on reaching glorious Onederland!

So glad also to see some folks come back into the fold. There are lots of hands here to help you back on to the wagon. @bluffgirl67 - One thing I learned from past regains - left to my own devices, I will overeat. It's a guarantee.

Enjoyed this thread last month!

Height: 5'3"
SW: 227
CW: 218

Really surprised with my progress last month with a 9 pound weight loss. I have been good with my logging the good, bad and ugly. I have increased my water intake. Even got me a cute purple water bottle. Been packing lunch for work that I pre-track in the mornings.

My goal for this month is to continue the habits I am forming. Enjoy my week of vacation in a few weeks. Work on getting more exercise in. Look at doing more weight training. And continue my goal of losing 5 to 10 pounds by the end of the month.

I am so happy to see everyones progress they have been posting!

Happy June, everyone❣️ Excited to be back. Unfortunately, didn’t make my end of May goal but I was 👌🏽 this close. I’m happy that I managed to lose 5 lbs during the month of May❣️

Weekly Check-in:

Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
CW: 5/31 190.4
6/1 191.6 (+0.8 😔)
June GW: 185
UGW: 160

I’ve restarted my program that helped me lose weight over the past year. I’m hoping it will restart me on my journey.

June Goals:

🌞 Continue to hydrate with 100 oz+/day
🌞 Walk/run 3 miles of per day
🌞 Toning 2 days/week
🌞 Stretching 10 minutes per day
🌞 Relaxation time 2X per day

Let’s do this❣️

My goal for May was just to get through it. We got an offer on our house which we accepted at the beginning of the month, but then had three houses we liked bought out from under us which left me very depressed and scared. The whole COVID issue hasn't helped either. (sigh) My weight loss came to a screeching halt. I spent the entire month vacillating between 267 and 266, despite sticking to my calorie plans and moving as much as I could.

But we did find a lovely house and our offer was accepted, and just as I thought, in the last two days I've lost five pounds, so who knows where the whoosh will pause next! I've got a lot to do because now we have a timeline, and we take possession of the new house at the end of the month and I've got a lot of painting to do, so I'm not worried about whether or not I'll get my exercise. (grin) I will eat back the calories I need to and leave the ones I don't, and we'll see where things go! The new house is three blocks from a gym, and so the three of us will join and work out in our various ways on a regular basis, and I can't wait to see how it will change us!