Women 200lb+, Let's Jump For Joy This July!!!

Ugh - shot up nearly 5lbs with ToM bloat.
I feel like I’ve been inflated 🎈

I'm determined to keep up with this thread this month! I'm here with my Friday weigh in, and July start.

7/3: 208.4

July GW: 203
UGW: 170

Got my yoga in this morning and feeling good. My mother in law left some shakeology at my house a few weeks ago and I've been enjoying the shakes for breakfast. I cant afford to actually buy it (and I hate MLM stuff anyway), but I find them quite delicious when left for me as a gift.

Feeling inspired with the start of a new month.

Name: Joy
Age: 39
Ht: 5'7"
July starting weight: 205lbs
July goal: 200lbS

I finally broke through the plateau! All of June I hovered between 204 and 205, but I changed to once-a-week weigh-ins, and this morning the scale said between 200 and 201! I even weighed myself 2 days ago on a lark and it said 205! I definitely prefer weighing myself once a week rather than daily: it reduced my stress level so much not dealing with daily fluctuations. I also lost another inch, making my body fat fall to 42.8%. Still a ways to go, but I'm wo happy to be seeing progress!

I recently took the somatotype quiz and found out I'm an endomorph, so I'm playing with my macros, increasing protein and decreasing carbs. I'm definitely carb sensitive, so it makes sense. The problem I'm having is trying to balance out the fat: I keep going over! I haven't eaten much meat over the last year, so I'm not exactly sure how to fit it into my diet appropriately. Maybe I need to start incorporating more tofu, or low-fat milk products rather than whole (my baby is almost 2, so WIC will change her to 2% in August).

Changing to high protein is good for this month: my 13 year old son will be visiting for 2 weeks, and he's used to a more meat-heavy diet than we are. I figured I can increase my plant carbs when I hit maintenance level.

I've had to pull back on the intense Leslie Sansone workouts because of the osteoarthritis in my knee, so I'm doing 1 mile videos 3 days a week, working my arms (with cans of chickpeas😂) on opposite days, and walking with the stroller almost a mile every day. I'm seeing less stress on my knee from the change.

All in all, I'm excited about July! I hope you all are, too!❤❤❤

hi, i’m jess
i’m 16
SW: 214.4lbs (5/2/20)
CW: 205

I started this two months ago and then June i let it slip, i was down to 201.7 and i was very happy. I’m going to try and restart this month and just keep going despite me having camp where i can’t log my calories because i don’t know the brand of food and they collect the counselors phones so i’ll have no access.

i’ll be getting another surgery (knee) september 2nd and i saw how much weight i gained after the first surgery so my goal for this month is to just stay active and conscious of what i eat since it’ll be hard to track and to lose the weight so the surgery will be easier to recover from (less weight on knee).

my goal for july is to simply get into the 100’s which will be amazing. i know that’s five pounds which i am beyond capable of but once i hit the 100’s i think it’ll motivate me even more and hopefully this will be successful.

in addition i wouldn’t post updates weekly if i didn’t like what the scale said so i’m gonna start doing thats bc it’s the only correct thing to do.

so excited to join this group for the month of july since when i did it in May it helped!

These Texas summers are no joke! We just did yard work for about 35 minutes and I feel like I want to die. @brownsugar - I had a visceral reaction to your photo since we were spreading mulch as well! So. Much. Mulch.



This was after I did my outdoor workout, so I was super tired already! For my outdoor workout, I've started bringing a set of rings to a little park behind the HEB (I think there's some other Texas folks in this group so yaaaay HEB). There's always a weird moment of people staring at me when I hang them like I'm going to do something amazing but I just do a simple suspension training workout mixed up with running / walking laps around the park. As a side note, I LOVE rings! I was super intimidated by them but they're actually just like TRX bands except they cost $30 instead of $200 .



I'm really glad I committed to focusing on exercise instead of the scale this month. I find myself wanting to do more and move more and be outside more and try new things. Yesterday my husband and I got up early before the heat, made a thermos of coffee and went fishing! We didn't catch anything but it was a lovely way to start the day.


Hope you all have a safe and wonderful 4th of July!

@planktonbye I’m really honored that she is allowing to me be a part of the process. She created a shareable “notes” document which allows me to see the apartments and furniture she likes. I can give her a kudos/suggestions on things she’s chosen. Partnering with her has been really good for keeping us connected even though we haven’t seen her since December🥰.

Weighing early this week with the holiday. I got on the scale this morning, and then ate a big lunch of Mexican food, so this morning's weight it is!

SW: 312 (4/15/20)
End of May: 289
End of June: 276
CW: 275.5
July Goal: Leave the "morbidly obese" category behind me. Forever.
UGW: 160

Happy 4th - Hope you all have a safe weekend!

So excited this morning! My Saturday morning weigh in!

Starting Weight: 288 (6-1-2018)
Beginning of July Weight: 226.2
Current Weight: 225.6 (7-4-2020)

Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 254
End of December: 246.7
End of January: 244.7
End of Feb.: 242.2
End of March: 240
End of April: 240.4
End of May: 235.6
End of June: 236.2
7/4: 236.6 (+0.4, ToM)

I'm joining in a bit late this month. June was rough but I'm hoping for a better July. Setting a modest goal of reaching 234 for a total loss of 20lbs from my highest recorded weight. Anything beyond that will be a bonus this month.

Today was weigh-in and I lost 2 lbs!! Yea Me! I'm really behind in posting in this thread but will have to catch up tomorrow ... I plan to leave the house in a bit for the rest of the day ... mainly, so my darling granddaughter can continue to live another day!! Argggggggggggggggggg!!

It's not fair that the people we love the most irritate us the most, get under our skin the most, push our hot buttons ... YADA YADA YADA. As I said, so she continues to enjoy living, I'm heading out for a road trip. Catch y'all tomorrow!

Have a great 4th!!

I'll start doing morning weigh-ins and weekly check-ins again Monday the 13th, when I'm moved and have had a little time to breathe.

Packed the kitchen up tonight, and after a rest I will pack the dry goods. I'll pack the refrigerated goods and frozen foods the morning of the move, on Monday. I haven't got all the painting done due to the workmen being in the way, but they promise I'll be able to get to it tomorrow. And it's one room, two colors, and it will be okay.

I can't take the refrigerated stuff over yet because tomorrow the new house's power is being turned off because the entirety of the line from the pole to the outside box to the inside box are being upgraded. It should be back on tomorrow evening, but it just makes more sense to take it over first thing Monday morning.

This has been incredibly stressful, but I am almost done. And I am so tired that I bet I'll sleep through the fireworks, and that's saying something.