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

Just coming here to cry a little. Tomorrow I will have an *exceedingly rare* day to myself. DH is gone & DS is going to his grandparents’. I was going to treat myself to a restaurant no one in the family likes except me... & they have removed my favorite meal from their menu 😭

@tarzaria87 I don't eat back any exercise calories, because I think they give too many calories for exercise. I set my goal as losing 1kg a month, which gives me around 1670 cals a day, I exercise fairly gently most days, and I don't eat any of the calories back. I create my own exercise names on MFP so I don't even know how many calories they are supposed to be.
My logic for this is that I want my body to get accustomed to this amount of food, and this amount of exercise, for ever really. I don't mind weightloss being really slow if I can reset my expectations around food.
Most people don't do it the way I am doing it though, and most people want to lose weight fast. Eating back half could be a good compromise.
Good luck!

@Terytha Hey- you were at the gym. That alone is a win in my book!

@havalynd You're in Onederland! Way to go - can't wait until I'm there!

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 To-go boxes = portion control + lunch the next day. Score!

@pamiede What a transformation! Very inspiring

@cesse47 My goodness, you've had a rough year. You are a tough, resilient lady!

@speyerj and @KeriA I envy your WA/OR beach adventures! I have so many fond memories of that cold surf and rugged shorelines!

supersparklyk wrote: »

I've resisted the ladies that tempt me with biscuits and gravy to go from the breakfast area.

Go you! There is no way I could resist an actual human offering me biscuits and gravy. And forget about the sausage.

My Green Goddess Smoothie!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Beyond Green Light matcha powder, Plant Power Organic soy milk, Wella peanut butter cocoa bar and Van Leewan’s vegan strawberry ice cream!

Monday Check-in
SW 230.78 lbs (16/03/2020) 104.9 Kgs

1/06 90.9 Kg 199.98 (-3.52 lbs) (-1.6 Kgs)
8/06 90.4 Kg 198.88 - (1.1 lbs) (-0.5Kgs)
15/06 89.2 Kg 196,24 –(2.64) (-1.2 kgs)
22/06 87.8 Kg 193.16 -(3.08) (-1.4 Kgs)
29/06 87.5 Kg 192.5 -(0.66) (-0.3 kgs)

That's my worse check-in since I started. It was a birthday week (and TOM) with lots of little cheats, champagne, and wine, even a few slivers of chocolate pie. So it all caught up on the scale, a victory that I'm still a tiny bit less! Going into July very mindful of how easy it is to just slide back into years of bad habits! But I won't give up, onwards and downwards I go...

Good morning everyone!

I'm pages and pages behind, so I've clicked all your buttons and I'm doing a modified tag party with kinda the highlights:

@pamiede as always, you're inspirational.

@speyerj CONGRATULATIONS ON MAINTENANCE!!!!!!

@cesse47 I really hope that things get easier on you really soon. Sending you all the mojo.

@RavenStCloud thank you so much for these threads. They're essential to my keeping my head in.

@BrownSugar174 your smoothie sounds so good!

Updates:
Christina
31 years old
SW: 207
CW (5/31): 186.0
6/5: 189.0
6/14: 187
6/20:187.2
6/28: 187.0
GW for June: 184
UGW: 145

Daily 5 to Thrive:
☀️ 30 minutes for me ✅
☀️ 30 minutes of exercise ✅
☀️ 90 oz water ✅
☀️ Added sugar less than 10% of calories daily ❌
☀️ Write 10 things I'm grateful for ✅

Right, so here's where I say that what I plan to do doesn't always work out. There were too many treats in my house. I ended up taking Thursday-Sunday off, for the most part. I ate what I felt like, logged minimally if at all, and worked hard to really enjoy it. I need to have my head in the game, and this was the first break I took since January, so I might as well make the most of it.

I'm back in. All the way back in. All three of my siblings are getting married next year, and I'm the maid of honor for my sister's wedding. I found old pictures of my slimmer self in 2014, and I'm using them for motivation. I can be there again. Some things I've got:



I've been on and off MFP for literally years. Those big spikes? My two pregnancies. I've done this before, I can do it again.

Here's me at my lowest, in about November 2014:



And here's me about now:




I've got this. Just have to bring back the meal prep, exercise, and patience. Stick to it. That's all I need to do. I'm down but not out, and I luckily didn't gain a whole lot while I've been floundering this month. So it's time to get back to losing. I'm going to be a hot maid of honor and wedding guest next year. I'm going to be in so many pictures. I want to feel good.

There are 28 weeks left in 2020. At 1 lb/week, that would put me at about 160.
There are 42 weeks left until the first wedding, the one where I'm the maid of honor. I won't hit a pound a week once I get down there realistically, but hypothetically, I could be at ultimate goal weight (145) by then if I did hit a pound a week. I wasn't even 145 when I was in that 2014 picture, so even if I don't make it all the way down, I'll still be hot.

I can do this.

Goals for next month:
Continue the 5 to Thrive.
Include a wedding countdown in my weekly check ins.
And check in on the same day every week, no sleep excuses.

We've all got this. Happy Monday, everyone!

down 2.5 #.

🌸 Cesse - age 72 - Check-In 🌸

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)
293.2 lbs - weighin on 6/27 -- gain = 2.0 lbs for month of June (15.4 lb Total Loss To Date)

July Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 8.2 lbs or approx. 2 lb/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs

JULY GOALS ---
(1) Log all food and beverages honestly; Drink 10+ water [week 1 challenge = MEASURE IT!]
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps)
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter


Tasks for Today ---
Clean Litter Boxes -- MUST DO TODAY (take litter to trash bin)
Do Dishes
Prune and Weed on Front Perimeter of house
Take trash and recyclables to outside bins

PLAN #1 --- I've had one disaster after another since I restarted MFP in March. It's time to get things back under a bit of control. So, today I'm going to do something I don't normally do ... I'm going to meal prep my lunches for this week. I have my Tupperware containers out and ready to go. I'm going to prep all 5 lunches with salad, protein, fruit, and a small snack of nuts. I don't have a problem with breakfasts so good to go there. After lunch prep is done, will do meal planning for evening meal and one snack ... plan to post on front of frig. Maybe if it's right there in front of me, it'll help keep me out of the frig and cupboards and stay focused on my plan!

PLAN #2 --- Need to resist opening frig and cupboards until it's actually time to eat. So, every time I find myself in the kitchen starting to scrounge, I'll put on a video and do a minimum 5-minute walk ... then, slowly drink a glass of water.

Have a great day everyone!! 🌞

Not all that active in here this month but I've been checking in on everyone. I see some great progress! I've been using the SHAPA scale and app this month that doesn't tell you your weight but it does tell you what your average over the past 10 weigh-ins based on color...Dark grey - really gaining, light grey - only gaining a little, green - staying the same, teal - losing some, and blue - REALLY losing. I started in light grey after my first 10 days and then dropped into green and this morning I hit teal! I went this route because this month I was able to start our second IVF cycle and we had our embryo transfer on 6/20. Still have a couple days before I get my test done. I'm cautiously optimistic but have pessimistic days. What's really helped me get into teal was to actually let myself get hungry. Not just "meh, I could eat" but "I really need to eat something". A lot of my snacks have been veggies and fruit. I've been focusing this past week on cutting down my coffee intake (had to, acid reflux was bad!) and increasing my water intake. The SHAPA app also has "Missions" to complete that I have added into my daily routine such as 3 times a day I do 10 squats, 20 calf raises, and a set of 3 arm raises where you hold the arms out in front of you for 60 seconds at a time. I can do these at my desk easily enough and I feel a difference. I've also maintained a semi-regular walking schedule. Even if I only do a single lap around the parking lots at work, it's still a half mile trek. I can walk more after dinner when things get a little cooler and I can worry less about being sweaty at work.

Last week: 209.2
This week: 208.6
SW: 217 on May 31.
GW: 165 but will evaluate later to a possible lower weight.

I'm 5'9".

I didnt go into June with any goals except to lose weight by daily tracking and staying in or under calorie range. Today I've done 30 days of tracking and lost 8.4 lbs. My sister and I are challenging each other to 10 lb goals, so it's been helpful having someone to keep each other on track.

I'm in Arizona and our Covid-19 cases have become a world hotspot, so I've avoided our community pool unless there is no one there and I've not gone back to my YMCA for weight lifting. On the plus side, I got my wii up and working again (I'd stopped playing when I had kids because I had no time). So I have been incorporating some of the wii fit exercises into my day.

I seem to have really spotty access to MFP community pages, so though I read a lot of your posts, I cant seem to respond, but you're all doing amazing.