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

CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »

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micwrites wrote: »

wanderinglight wrote: »

@wanderinglight I love my cup! Thank you! I am still laughing. If I hadn’t cut off all contact I’d be tempted to text a picture to the offending as#%^*+ but I will refrain. I’ll post it on my vision board along with the rest of my future plans .... 💙

I'm so glad you like it! It's actually part of my "pandemic series" of mug designs but it works equally well for stupid ex-boyfriends

Wait do you sell this, because I need dis.

I do! I actually have a whole online shop filled with snarky and sarcastic stuff that I make. It's my area of expertise

Here's a link to the mug if you need one! https://www.etsy.com/listing/495409123/row-row-row-your-boat-the-*kitten*-away-from?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1

Name: Jane
Age: 55
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
GW: 175
6/30 weight: 177.0

Weekly tracking:
7/4: 176.2
7/11: 174.5
7/18:
7/25:
7/31:

July goals:
Maintain my weight between 173 and 177 ✔
Continue to log food daily ❎ - I didn't log completely today
Run a half marathon ✔
Continue to run 4x week ❎ - I took Monday off - well deserved after running a half on Saturday. But ran on W, F and Saturday
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day ✔
Get at least 10,000 steps ✔

I had my first social gathering today since COVID-19 started. Had another couple over for wine and cheese on my deck this afternoon. It was so wonderful. I need to do more of that while the weather is so nice. But I lost track of how much I ate and gave up trying to log today. Oh well. It was worth it. Next time, I should portion out what I plan to eat on a separate plate and log in advance. That's the thing about screw-ups - they give you an opportunity to plot out a better strategy for next time.

I also started a "Learn to Row" class. This was something I signed up for in January and it was supposed to start in late March. Then Covid began and rowing in 4s or 8s just wasn't a possibility. But the club was able to obtain a bunch of single sculls and reconfigured the class so that 4 of us can go out in singles and maintain social distancing. I used to row in 4's in high school and really wanted to get back into it. Rowing on a team will have to wait, but in the meantime, its great to be back out on the water.

@darksunapril - On Thursday I had a deep craving for Detroit Style pizza - we have a restaurant here that does a great job on it, but it's basically all fat and carbs. I looked up what a slice would "cost" me on MFP (I used Bucky's as substitute) and then planned the rest of my food for the day around that so I would still hit my protein and calorie goals. It was so worth it. So good and it completely hit the spot. Giving into cravings in a planned and controlled way is an important strategy for staying on track. Denying cravings is what leads a lot of people to either give up or go hog wild once they reach their goal weight.

speyerj wrote: »

@darksunapril - On Thursday I had a deep craving for Detroit Style pizza - we have a restaurant here that does a great job on it, but it's basically all fat and carbs. I looked up what a slice would "cost" me on MFP (I used Bucky's as substitute) and then planned the rest of my food for the day around that so I would still hit my protein and calorie goals. It was so worth it. So good and it completely hit the spot. Giving into cravings in a planned and controlled way is an important strategy for staying on track. Denying cravings is what leads a lot of people to either give up or go hog wild once they reach their goal weight.

OMG I had SUCH a craving for Detroit pizza yesterday too! That's so weird. My husband and I must have talked about it for 30 minutes, reminiscing about a place called Lions, Tigers & Squares in NYC. Mmmmm those little pepperoni cups that hold the oil...yummm. It prompted me to look online for the recipe and I *almost* went to the store for the ingredients but once I saw how high of a temp you had to cook it at I decided to pass. It was 102 here in TX and cooking something at 500 degrees at 7pm would have meant the A/C could never catch up before bed. I was having one of those nights where if I didn't have the pizza, nothing else would do, so I went to bed hungry.

When I woke up in the morning, I was so happy I hadn't made it! But I totally agree with you that it's worth it to let yourself have those things you crave once in a while so next time I'll plan for it, log it, cook it and enjoy every greasy bite.

P.S. Rowing sounds amazing! I grew up in Boston but never learned. If we move to D.C. next year that would be a fun thing to put on the list!

darksunapril wrote: »

What do other people do when they fancy one sort of takeaway? Thinking maybe scheduling it for the future might help. We already had a big cheat meal on Friday night 😬

Yep, I schedule it. I've had a wicked pizza craving so we're gonna do it later this week, on a day when I'll keep my other calories low, almost an OMAD thing, so I can enjoy a few pieces. Today would be bad, I had a huge breakfast.

I also only get good quality stuff. I never waste a pizza craving on Pizza Hut or whatever, only the really good, thick crust stuff with the fresh ingredients from a nearby pub.

There's nothing worse than craving something and having it be disappointing. I had KFC the other day for a fried chicken craving and was just kinda crushed. It was no good. No good at all. Not worth 1000 calories.

Hi all,

Doing a weekly check in. I felt accomplished last week with being more active - 3x 30 mins on the stationary bike, more walks and other chores adding into the activity. I must have turned some sort of corner as I sat down to start on the stationary bike at 9:43pm at night after the rest of the days activities! (some people may be late night exercisers but I am generally not one of them). I weighed in this morning and I'm not entirely sure what to believe as I stepped on gave a reading then a few minutes later I thought hm, not sure on that (doing nothing apart from walk about in the kitchen) so I retried and gained 0.4! Yesterday I weighed in at 252.6 so I'm thinking a few causes for this, water weight, extra salt or still readjusting after TOM this week. I do have times where I step on and it's like woah it's dropped quite a bit then to find the fluctuations bring the numbers back up so will have to see where I end up within the next week, I'm really hoping I can get out of the current number consistently. A loss is still a loss I guess

SW 259.4
CW 254 (-0.8 from last week)
July GW: 250/251
UGW 150-160
HT 5ft 7/5ft 7 1/2

On a different topic, got a bit of a food hack in terms of butter - use cheese triangles on food i.e toast where applicable as this lowers the cals! One cheese triangle is between 20-33 cals and does both slices for me

Have a great week everyone!

SW: 227
1st GW:199

I spent all of June adjusting to intermittent fasting and July is when I incorporate Keto. My plan this month is to establish Keto into my lifestyle. Due to PCOS I need to keep my insulin in check.

So far I am happy because I do not have to do anything in secret. My roommates are really supportive and it makes it easier to be able to just live a lifestyle without judgement.

I am happy that the transition has been easy but I miss carbs and that will be a hurdle.

I may start incorporating exercise this month but I haven't decided yet.

I am grateful for my family, friends, and that I still have a job in these uncertain times.

I did a 22-ish hour fast from Friday 7pm to Saturday 5pm.

It was an interesting experience. After a while I stopped feeling hungry, but my stomach got progressively louder. I was also really sleepy and my thoughts were a bit cloudy.

I probably couldn't do it if I had to work or do any chores, but since Saturday was my do absolutely nothing day, it worked pretty well.

I dont feel like adding all my things here, but I'm. 6 lbs down from last week, so that's good.

38 5' 7"
SW 240
CW 200
1st GW 180
2nd GW 150

Just trying to keep alcohol to weekends only and only 3 drinks.
Trying to walk/run at least 30minutes per day.
Getting 10000 steps per day.
Start trying to find support in a community.

I have a busy day today.
To Do List for today:
• I got a good night’s sleep.
• I had a good breakfast, logged it and put in days planned food but we have already changed the dinner plan (we found leftover homemade spaghetti sauce)
• I put items on my dairy delivery list for our trip next week
• I did trip organizing
• I checked my work email and there was an email from the CEO. They will decide on lay offs this week so I should be hearing by next Monday if I still have a job. Glad they will finally be deciding on this. It is hard to be left hanging.
• I have to exercise and get some sun.
• I have an online class with my congregation on Racial Injustice on every other Wednesday nights that I have reading and watching videos to do so I plan to do this today.
• Dinner shouldn’t take much work.
• I usually read the Seattle Times, NYT and Washington Post each morning but I haven’t done that yet. I also check some COVID 19 sites like Worldometer.
• Drink my water.
I had a busy weekend.
We had a family zoom meeting with a game night Friday.
We had friends over for a social distancing meal in the back yard Saturday night. Since it was raining lightly it didn’t go as well as planned but really nice seeing them.
We do a zoom service Sunday nights. I do not know why but Sunday didn’t feel like Sunday. My son called .
Anyway I was very good about calories Saturday and Sunday but the scale is still not cooperating. I need to have a good week since we will be on our trip for half of next week.
@micwrites walks on the beaches and a pool too. How nice. You have got this!
@Tarzan37 I hope we both have a good week.
@CupcakeCrusoe Oh no I missed telling you happy anniversary.
@tempe987 Welcome to a wonderful group thread. Each month a new thread is started for women-200lb so the time frame is for as short or as long as is best for you. It is a group of supportive, inspiring women. The base on which weight loss is built is getting enough sleep and enough water. You have a great list of July goals
@speyerj I hope to have such great goals when I get to maintenance except that running is out for me. I think I would like to take a learn to row class when I get to maintenance too and hopefully we will have gotten a vaccine by then.
@darksunapril I am working on making treats to actually be treats in that you don’t have them all the time. So we do get take out no more than once a week or when we are in a real bind and can’t cook (like when I had to take my mother to the Drs for the whole afternoon.

Cravings during the Pandemic:
Pizza: I saw that my dairy that delivers some of our food had pizza crusts made from one our best local bakeries. I ordered them. We had homemade spaghetti and I got Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, mozzarella and fresh basil. I also put pressed garlic on the pizzas. We made our own pizzas this way and they were so good. I like Neapolitan pizza which is thin except for the edges which are thicker and these crusts were very close to my favorite pizza place. This what we will do for our 1st night at the beach.
Other: I really just want to go out for Mexican food so once I made a crock pot enchilada casserole, another time quesidillas and Friday night we had taco salad. Not all in the same week, this is spread out since we shut down in early March. I still plan to get take out sometime but for now this has worked.

@changeforeverlj Yes I was thinking of you when I was looking at Worldometer for COVID 19 results. My nieces partner is in Togo and I was looking at Africa in general since I heard it is increasing there. I knew you had said things were going back to normal where you were but noticed that it was worse now. I am glad they are responding to the situation although I am sorry you didn’t get wine 1st.
@mszoueb I tend to think I should get my exercise in the morning now that I am at home. I like to get some sun too. But one day I exercised earlier but didn’t get as much as I liked I got on my Gazelle and put in a few more minutes that night. So I know what you mean.
@orangequilt I like how you are going for progressive improvement towards a direction rather than a set number.
@OwlofttheFuture such a positive way of posting your progress.

It was getting later so I took a break and went for a walk with my husband while the weather was nice and the sun shining.
@cesse47 I decided to do a master to do list for the day too.
@Terytha glad the fasting worked well for you.

@BrownSugar 174 I used to pray every day after I dropped off my husband on my way to work. I need to figure out a good time now that I am at home.
@Jessieb00 nice goals. Wow you are so close to Onderland.
@ruther 345 We can reserve a lane now at the YMCA but I like aquafit with my husband and wonder if they will let us do that.
I missed some posts while I was posting.

Hi I'm LISA and my July goals are below
SW: 236
Goal to get down to 200 by October
* Created a NO Soda Calender
* Drink more water
* Exercise between 30-60 min a day
* Walking or Exercise Videos
* Most important to me is to get back on track and get this weight back off🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️