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

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  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    lilmisfit1987: Have you tried doing some hip flexor stretches? I get sciatic pain when my deep hip muscles tighten up.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,345 Member
    @supersparklyk I can relate to having to slowly up walks. I can do 3 blocks before I feel it and then we turn around and slowly walk home. I want to make it to our previous walks where we go a block up and loop back around so it would be another 2 blocks but those are short blocks. If I lost more I think it might be possible to do more. I am also limited on my gazelle not by my knee but at 15 -25 minutes my feet hurt. Good job finding away to get active.
    @pamiede amazing accomplishment!
    @ChrysalisCove Nice omelette! I used to make beautiful omelettes. I started when I was a teen. Now I can’t do it anymore. My husband is a great fry cook and does most of the eggs. So I have lost my skill at that.
    @Mithridites You are so close to Onderland. You are making great progress. Thanks for joining us.
    @AlexandraFindsHerself Is peanut pork southeast Asian? I just did my meal planning and am getting low on new meal ideas. I have some left but they just aren’t grabbing me. I limit beef and turkey since they are high in iron and I don’t sluff excess iron. So I use chicken, lamb and pork. I make a tofu dish with peanut sauce that is Indonesian. Hope all settles out well on the house.

    This weekend is a planning weekend. I am a planner so I guess that is appropriate but instead of land use or environmental planning I need to do fitness/health planning. I did meal planning this morning. Since I have been working on my fitness and weight loss all along it isn’t like it is a big thing but I am not happy with how slow my weight loss has been. I want at least 4 pounds a month. I have had a significant deficit and except for March and April it has been too slow. I am disappointed with May and expected a woosh sometime this week but it hasn’t come. Also I haven’t taken my exercise goals seriously and that was okay but I am ready to be more serious. I can find ways around my knee issues.
  • lilmisfit1987
    lilmisfit1987 Posts: 183 Member
    lilmisfit1987: Have you tried doing some hip flexor stretches? I get sciatic pain when my deep hip muscles tighten up.

    Mine is caused by disc in my back rotating and pinching a nerve unfortunately. A visit to the chiropractor fixes it. Doesn't happen too often fortunately. It's been a couple years.
  • FoolishJoy
    FoolishJoy Posts: 139 Member
    Hi there! Thanks for this group!

    Name: Joy
    Age: 39
    SW: 205lbs (6/6/10)
    GW: 195lbs

    My exercise goal is doing Walk Away The Pounds 5 days a week, and I'm on track for that goal. I'm currently doing 1 mile workouts, and will try my hand at 2 miles starting on Monday.

    My food goals are to continue finding hidden carbs in my diet: starch-sensitivity is causing inflammation that adds to my weight. I have osteoarthritis in one knee that flares up whenever I eat an unsafe food, so it works as an early warning sign. I just ordered monk fruit sweetener to go into my morning coffee with half-and-half to replace the unsafe creamer I've been using.

    I just found out that onions are carb-heavy, at least in the amounts that I've been eating them!😭
  • MuttiNM
    MuttiNM Posts: 240 Member
    @speyerj How scary! Glad to hear that your heart checked out okay. Sounds like you have a good attitude and a good plan to deal with this curve ball!
  • ChrysalisCove
    ChrysalisCove Posts: 975 Member
    For the second day in a row, I did not have a peanut butter sandwich before bed. And now I am going to bed so that I don't stay up past my bedtime snack (a cheese stick and three crackers).

    Just in case anyone was thinking I never have to fight a craving. (wry grin)

    Evenings are the worst for me. DH & I got into a really bad habit of “rewarding” ourselves for making it through the day by having treats after DS was in bed. We stay up too late, get munchy. & any resolve we might have had during the day is long gone 😅 Great job keeping it under wraps!
  • changeforeverlj
    changeforeverlj Posts: 222 Member
    @speyerj Wow Jane that was a hectic thing to go through and I'm sure all your stress levels were at max! But good to hear all tests clear! I'm routing for you to get to your half marathon in July, just take it easy for now and heal!
  • speyerj
    speyerj Posts: 1,369 Member
    Linda, that is awesome news, the whole way round! From your daughter's achievements to your blood work to your bargain finds!