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Women 200lb+, Let's Jump For Joy This July!!!
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Yay! @speyerj nice to reach that milestone earlier than expected.
@eliezalot Congratulations making it into Onderland! All of the next goals you cited won’t be long. Nice thoughts on you path so far and up ahead.
@cesse47 I am so glad to hear you have been on a mini vacation. It isn’t just the lockdown as you call it but there was the flooding. The Farmer’s market sounds lovely.
@RavenStCloud you will be kicking those 2 lbs to the curb soon. Thanks for setting up the new thread.
Today the big task was going into the office and picking up my stuff. It was nice to see my boss and others that were there. It was hard to see others taking over my work. She had a few questions about projects that I answered quickly since I had left things in order. One question was due to the planner taking over not knowing how the work I did is done. I was glad to get it over with but after I got home and put most of it away I got a bit pensive. I didn’t sleep as well last night and got up earlier so I took some down time and a nap.
So far no exercise but then it is hot and it will cool down tonight so we might go then. I stopped by on the way home and got some yarn for some crochet projects I have in mind.
The new restriction here is that only those who live together can dine inside together at a restaurant. Groups with others you don’t live with must be outside dining. There is a limit on the size of the group. The Governor is trying to make adjustments without us having to going back to Phase 1, sheltering at home. They know the uptick has to do mostly with people getting together inside without masks and adequate distance. I am not going to eat in restaurants until things are much safer or we have a good vaccine. We are doing limited take out only.
Stay safe all.7 -
Happy Friday! Weigh in day for me.
Christina
31 years old
5'4''
SW: 207
CW (6/30): 185.2
7/3: 185.2
7/10: 184.6 (-0.6)
7/17: 184.0 (-0.6)
7/24: 184.0 (-0)
7/31: 184.0 (-0)
GW for July: 181
UGW: 145
Daily 5 to Thrive:
🌺 30 minutes for me ✅
🌺 30 minutes of exercise ❌
🌺 90 oz water ✅
🌺 Sugar treats less than 10% of calories ❌
🌺 Write 10 things I'm grateful for ✅
Countdown to the end of the year: 21 weeks
Countdown to Wedding Season: 38 weeks
Today makes 200 days back on MFP. In that time, I've lost 23.4 pounds and kept it off through a pandemic. That's a loss of 0.8 lb/week on average, which is great.
Considering I've been noncompliant and haven't been exercising as much, this week's weigh in is not surprising. Still, net loss for the month, so I'll take it. If weight loss has to be much slower in order for me to be happy enough not to reverse my progress or make myself and everyone miserable, so be it. Also, I know I'll be seeing a lower number after a good night's sleep, it's just whether or not that number sticks around.
Speaking of, today's pizza day, and I need to make room in the calories for a pina colada, too.
Onward, to you all!
@KeriA I love hearing about your walks. They all sound wonderful. Also, about your art room. Given all the scariness about the pandemic, we haven't been anywhere, either. My extended family had a reunion recently (!!!!) with some of them flying in from hot zones (!!!!!!!!!!). We didn't go, of course. But man.
@AZwildcatnNC ooh, an emotional eating workbook? Do tell!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 love a good catio.
@pamiede you're doing great.
@MuttiNM weight lows are always correct, it's the highs that might not be. Lows, if unexpected, just mean you don't have a lot of water on board, so you can really see your progress.
@Eliezalot your cooking and bike ride sound wonderful. When should I be over for dinner? CONGRATULATIONS ON ONEDERLAND!
@FoolishJoy this is the attitude of a warrior right here. You've got it.
@BrownSugar174 ooh, patio, chili, rain. Sounds great. I made some good white chicken chili this week, myself. Chili is so great for filling me up- all the fiber.
@speyerj congratulations on size 10!
@RavenStCloud You're the best, and you're still here, in it. Your persistence will pay off.
@cesse47 your farmer's market sounds lovely.
Have a great day and wonderful weekend, everyone! Off to post goals in the August thread!6 -
It’s Friday, July 31st and I did not meet my goal. I’m okay with that. I lost 5.6 lbs for the month of July. That with an incisional hernia, surgery, and still in recovery. My own month of Survivor 🤨
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
July 1st. 189.4
July 31st. 183.8 (-5.6 lbs)
UGW: 160 (23.8 lbs to go)
See you in August❣️9 -
End of month weigh in
Highest weight: 435 (11/1/18)--lost 50 lbs. by the end of 2018 but got off track and gained back almost 31 lbs.
SW: 415.8 (4/17/19)
6/30: 235.6
7/1: 234.8
7/8: 231.2
7/15: 228.8
7/22: 226.8
7/29: 221.8
7/31: 220.6
July GW: 228.1
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)
Well, I guess I met my July goal weight. @CupcakeCrusoe I guess you're right. I should believe the low weights. However, I lost a bit faster than I really wanted or planned to. I'll monitor this for 2 or 3 more weeks. Maybe my bike rides and other exercise are burning more calories than I think or maybe I had some excess water that decided to leave all of a sudden. It seems weird to be concerned about losing too fast but I really do want to do this in a healthy and sustainable way.
Have a great weekend everybody! See you all in the August thread.5 -
@CupcakeCrusoe: Yes, an emotional eating workbook that I've had on my side table for about a month now Anywho, it was recommended by my doctor's office and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Eating-Workbook-Step-Step/dp/1626252122/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=emotional+eating+workbook&qid=1596202805&sr=8-3
Can't give any reviews or recommendations but I'll keep y'all posted on it if interested.
I'll move on over to the August thread after I consider new/continuing goals - #alwaysaworkinprogress
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Final check-in for July! Just wanted to say thank you to @RavenStCloud for this thread. It has really been a great touchstone and I'm going to continue in August.
SW: 232lbs
CW: 225lbs
1stGW: not focusing on the number this month - exercise goals only
7/31: 223.8
Weekly goals:
🌸 Continue my outdoor workouts (no gym, no problem!) - swimming, gymnastic rings, and cardio bursts
🌺 Record all food and stay under sugar goal
I have done really well with my workout goals and focused on getting stronger and building a habit of consistent exercise. I managed to work out almost every other day, and really pushed myself during those workouts.
I also logged every day and at the halfway mark of the month I started intermittent fasting and I love it. I find it very easy to only eat between 12 - 8pm. I'll continue this into August as well.
I'll write out my goals for the month on the new thread. See you there!5 -
Name: Jane
Age: 55
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
GW: 175 ? Not sure
6/30 weight: 177.0
Weekly tracking:
7/4: 176.2
7/11: 174.5
7/18: 172.9
7/25: 172.9
7/31: 172.9
July goals:
Maintain my weight between 172 and 177 ✅
Continue to log food daily ✅
Run a half marathon ✅
Continue to run 4x week ✅
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day✅
Get at least 10,000 steps ✅
Very pleased with how I did this month. I jumped up in weight mid week because hot weather makes me retain water, but I landed right back where I was 2 weeks ago.
I've finished my learn to row class and joined the rowing club. I can sign up for rowing 3xs a week. Between rowing and running, I'll be getting plenty of exercise. They are great cross training for each other too.
I want to give a shout out to @Pamiede for walking a mile today. And you lost weight, despite being in recovery from surgery. You are amazing. I'm so impressed.
And @MuttiNM - Wow! An incredible rate of loss for you. It is unusual to drop so much in one week (especially when you'll already lost over 100 pounds). But I would guess that the big drop is a reflection of fat loss that might have happened weeks before and was just hid by water weight.
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@CupcakeCrusoe Great job on your 200 days. Enjoy pizza day. We are having Hawaiian take out.
@pamiede great progress for this month regardless of challenges.
@MuttiNM I do not know how you do it.
@wanderlight looking forward to watching your progress on the August thread.
@speyerj Nice to see you have rowing on the schedule.
250.4 -249 not a lot of loss for the month but I am going in the right direction. See you on the August thread.
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I always think of July as a birthday month, and maybe some of my behavior reflected it. I think I’ve been doing too much guessing without much accountability. I need to reclaim some control over this process and I think that’s the main thing to work on for August. I’ve been making excuses because of the pandemic and whatever else is happening. It’s time to start kicking butt, meeting my first tentative goal, and hopefully lose the last 20 – 30 pounds I’ve got on me.
Height: 5' 6"
SW (09/08/2019): 239.2 lbs
July SW (7/1/20): 166.4 lbs
7/5/20: 162.8 lbs
7/12/20: 161.2 lbs
7/19/20: 162.8 lbs
7/26/20: 158.8 lbs
7/31/20: 163.4 lbs
July GW: under 160 lbs – I don’t know what to say about this. I was under 160 for a good three days then started to creep up again. I have been drinking a lot of extra water. On Wednesday I think I lost track and drank close to 200 ounces. I’m not real worried, since I run or work out and I’m soaked at the end of those workouts. And I believe I probably take in quite enough sodium! Overall registering a loss, which I did not think would be the case after I weighed this morning. I’ll take it, I’ve been on this merry-go-round for long enough to know any loss is a win.
GW: 150 lbs – I’m hoping to get to it by the end of September. I think that’s a stretch, only doable if the reason I’m up today is water retention.
Goals for July:- Running: I’ll end up running 3 days this week. Finally bought a hand-held water bottle. I ran yesterday in the middle of the day and carried it. It will take some getting used to, but it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. It was 90 degrees during this run! I hate running midday in the summer, but I did it so I could stay on track for AM workouts. It’s a long story why I could not get early workouts in this week, but I can say this: it stinks having to roll out of bed at 5 AM to do work.
- Cross training: I cross-trained on the bike three days this week.
- Weight training: I did planks yesterday! 6 sets of 30 seconds with 20 seconds of rest between. Not too bad for the first time in about 4 months. I also did a set of 10 squats today. 10 slow, good form squats. Gotta start somewhere.
- Water: Keep drinking water, at least 128 ounces a day – definitely got it. Actually, had to slow myself down.
- Skin: From bad to worse. I’ve got to figure it out.
I probably won’t post anything tomorrow since my regular weigh-in day is Sunday. I’ll see everyone over in the August thread.
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@mmdeveau - I know it can be hard for you to see, but I see it clearly. Look at your thighs, your arms, your hips. All of those are smaller. You are doing great, and the minor gain at the end of the month is probably due to the hot weather. It makes me retain water like nobody's business.
https://scientificamerican.com/article/experts-body-wieght-ambient-temperature/
I think the last few pounds are always the hardest to lose, but remember, we can take our time. We've got the rest of our lives to keep this up, after all.
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32F, 5’3”
SW: 245
Goal 1: 220
Goal 2: 200
Goal 3: 185 **Previous LW**
UGW: 140-170 (will reassess closer to goal)
Week 4
Scale bounced all over this week, but my baseline wouldn’t budge until today (& even then, only 0.8lbs). ToM began today, so 🤷🏻♀️. Last month I gained nearly 5lbs during ToM, so maybe if I’m lucky this means that afterwards I’ll see a drop...?
Down 15lbs total so far! 🥳
Goals:
🌺 No snacking after 8pm: 6/73 -
Cesse - age 72 - Weigh-In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
291.2 lbs - weighin on 08/01 -- gain = 1.4 lbs -- (17.4 lb total loss to date)
August Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 6.2 lbs or 1.5/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs
AUGUST GOALS ---
(1) Log everything; Drink 10+ water; minimize sodium where possible
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps) 5 days each week / LOG
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter / LOG
(4) Do stretches and Yoga 5 days each week / LOG
(5) Stay within MFP daily goal; not exercise adjusted goal / LOG
(6) Once each week, get out of the house and do something FUN
TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals -- done
Water outside plants -- done
Bedroom -- reorganize, declutter, strip bed & redo
Do Yoga
Basically stayed the same for the month of July. To say I'm disappointed in myself is an understatement. However, I choose to turn it into a positive and think, rather, about how far I've come. I went into full lockdown near the beginning of March. I knew I'd gain a large amount of weight if I didn't proactively do something ... so chose to rejoin MFP and focus on losing lbs and getting healthier. I also quit smoking at the same time. Most people say not to do both at the same time ... but it was the right decision for me. I'm actually struggling more with losing weight; not smoking has not been an issue. So, the positive -- I've lost 17.4 lbs!! This during a time when many would have gained.
I've spent quite a bit of time this past week deciding how to move forward successfully. I reviewed and tweaked my goals and rewrote them as SMART goals. I looked at my original WHYs for losing weight and quitting smoking. Thought about what was holding me back. Decided my cravings, late night snacks, stress eating were causing me to perform less successfully than I'd like. So, I need to find alternatives when those situations crop up. Because I recognize that I need to incorporate more exercise into my daily routines, I've decided that when those cravings, etc occur, I will counter with doing some form of exercise. I think 5 minute bursts may do the trick ... squats, lunges, lifting 3 lb weights, etc.
I also recognize my need to do things that will keep my focus and motivation on track. To this end, I intend to participate more in MFP, listen to some podcasts as I do my daily tasks, and to read articles such as those found in web sites such as Lifehack. One thing I've always enjoyed doing is research. So every 3-4 days I'll choose a topic and do online research on it. Topic could be tied to weight loss, motivation, focus, or something of interest that I heard on the news.
OK ... that's my new plan for August. So, here's a toast 🍷 to you and me -- Here's To US!! ... One Month from now we can be in a completely different place mentally, spiritually, financially, and physically. Keep working and believing in yourself!!2 -
I weighed myself today for the first time in three weeks since I pulled the muscle in my behind by my sciatic nerve. Although I’ve been forcing myself to do things, I’m in pain all the time (seeing an ortho this week.) I gained 5 lbs. 😫 .. it’s depressing. But I’m not going to beat myself up. I could feel the change in how I look and feel in clothes so I need to get a grip. Starting now. Better eating. Water. Sleep. Hopefully some solution to the pain so I can get more active again.5
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@mmdeveau I can also see a big difference in the pictures, your belly looks flatter, there is more daylight between your thighs, you've lost a chunk off your upper thigh/butt too. Keep it up!1
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Cesse - age 72 - Check-In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
295.4 lbs - weighin on 04/30 -- (-13.2 Total Loss to date)
291.2 lbs - weighin on 05/30 -- loss = 4.2 lbs for month of May (17.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
293.2 lbs - weighin on 06/27 -- gain = 2.0 lbs for month of June (15.4 lb Total Loss To Date)
289.8 lbs - weighin on 07/25 -- loss = 3.4 lbs for month of July (18.8 lb Total Loss To Date)
291.2 lbs - weighin on 08/01 -- gain = 1.4 lbs -- (17.4 lb total loss to date)
August Mini Goal -- 285 lbs - (need to lose 6.2 lbs or 1.5/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs
AUGUST GOALS ---
(1) Log everything; Drink 10+ water; minimize sodium where possible
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps) 5 days each week / LOG
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter / LOG
(4) Do stretches and Yoga 5 days each week / LOG
(5) Stay within MFP daily goal; not exercise adjusted goal / LOG
(6) Once each week, get out of the house and do something FUN
TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals -- done
Water outside plants -- done
Bedroom -- reorganize, declutter, strip bed & redo -- STILL need to do
Do Yoga
So, spent time pondering my goals, my reasons for this journey, my motivators, etc. I tweaked my goals to be SMART goals. July was a struggle. Gained and lost, gained and lost. Felt I'd lost my focus which definitely affected my motivation, my commitment. I think that by re-thinking I've put myself back on a successful path ... here's hoping!!
I just can't seem to get off the ground with reorganizing, cleaning, etc my bedroom. I think it's because I don't like it. Granddaughter set it up a year ago when she moved in using her old bedroom set which is made of dark wood. I do NOT like dark wood. I know that seems like such a small reason ... but it is what it is. Just need to suck it up and get the work done. Before I can think about replacing any of it, I need to remodel the bathroom and get a couple of other home maintenance things done. Soooooooooooooo ... *slapping myself Jethro-style* ... I'm going to do this like my decluttering ... I'll work on it in 15 minute chunks using a kitchen timer. I set the timer for 15 minutes, do as much as I can, and stop when the timer goes off. Then do the same each hour or so. Maybe I can at least get a good start today. I think I'll start at 9am. Fingers Crossed!! 🤞2 -
Isaias kept us off our bikes on Monday but we are back at it today!!👏🏽👏🏽
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Cesse - age 72 - Check-In
308.6 lbs - starting weight on 3/28
292.6 lbs - weighin on 03/21 -- ( 160 lbs - Total Loss to date)
April - Mini Goal -- 288 lbs - (need to lose 4.6 lbs or 1.0/week)
First Major Goal = Onederland
Goal Weight = 165 lbs
APRIL GOALS ---
(1) Log everything; Drink 10+ water; minimize sodium where possible
(2) Exercise 30 min minimum (3000 steps) 5 days each week / LOG
(3) Clean 30 min per day: house or yard or declutter / LOG
(4) Do stretches and Yoga 5 days each week / LOG
(5) Stay within MFP daily goal; not exercise adjusted goal / LOG
(6) Once each week, get out of the house and do something FUN
TASKS FOR TODAY ---
Do 20 min stretches and 30 min of walking
Feed & Water animals
Bedroom -- reorganize, declutter, strip bed & redo -- Do 15 minutes
Do Yoga
So, it's been a full year since I began MFP and I made it without quitting!! And, I lost 16 lbs this past year during the Pandemic and with all the other challenges the year threw at me. YEA ME!!!
I withdrew from all threads and groups last year ... except one. I stayed with my F2F group ... but only posted there on my weekly weighin day. I think I'm ready to start posting daily again without being overwhelmed by everything going on. So, will begin with my F2F group and this thread ... F2F to hold myself accountable and this thread to help me organize my day.
Fingers Crossed!! 🤞0
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