Women 200lb+, Let's Be Extra Awesome This August!!!
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RavenStCloud
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🌻Hello, Ladies, and Happy August!!
🌻 There's only one month left of summer! How do you plan to spend it? Any big, or small, plans lined up?
🌻 Maybe it was something momentous like getting a new job or moving to a new house. Maybe it was something joyful like watching the garden you planted grow or finally getting to see a loved one. But what has made you happiest this summer and/or what are you proudest of?
💛 If you've never been here before, please know you are welcome to join at any point in the month. All you have to do is post something, and then BAM! you're one of us.
💛 In this group, we post our weekly and monthly goals and provide support and motivation to each other as we share our triumphs and our struggles. This group is all about accountability.
💛All are welcome and, if you think you belong here, you do! No matter how much you currently weigh or how you measure (or don't measure) your weight, we'd love to hear from you.
💛Victories, both scale and non-scale, are great to hear about, but, conversely, we know that weight loss isn't all sunshine and roses. If you're going through a rough patch, please feel free to be honest and vent your heart out. The struggle is real and we're all here to support each other!
🌻Let's Have An Awesome August!🌻
🌻 There's only one month left of summer! How do you plan to spend it? Any big, or small, plans lined up?
🌻 Maybe it was something momentous like getting a new job or moving to a new house. Maybe it was something joyful like watching the garden you planted grow or finally getting to see a loved one. But what has made you happiest this summer and/or what are you proudest of?
💛 If you've never been here before, please know you are welcome to join at any point in the month. All you have to do is post something, and then BAM! you're one of us.
💛 In this group, we post our weekly and monthly goals and provide support and motivation to each other as we share our triumphs and our struggles. This group is all about accountability.
💛All are welcome and, if you think you belong here, you do! No matter how much you currently weigh or how you measure (or don't measure) your weight, we'd love to hear from you.
💛Victories, both scale and non-scale, are great to hear about, but, conversely, we know that weight loss isn't all sunshine and roses. If you're going through a rough patch, please feel free to be honest and vent your heart out. The struggle is real and we're all here to support each other!
🌻Let's Have An Awesome August!🌻
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Thanks so much, Raven!
It's August tomorrow! This year is flying. I'm excited though, I have some fun lined up. Horizon Zero Dawn comes out (a game where you fight robot dinosaurs with bow and arrow!), I've got a mystery knit-along, and hopefully the weather gets cooler. It is hurricane season, so not all great news, but we'll deal with that as it comes.
What made me happiest this summer was my baby. She's got CFC syndrome, and so she's developmentally delayed. But she's been adding a lot of skills to her repertoire this summer, like brushing her teeth, eating better, pointing to what she wants, crawling up the stairs, and getting up to her walker on her own to walk. She's 2, and she's the happiest little kid ever.
As per usual, I'm stealing your icons, Raven. I love sunflowers. 🌻 (BTW: I've learned recently that icons mess with screen readers, so feel free to tell me to lay off the emojis if they mess with anyone's MFP/thread reading experience. I don't mind at all. But if we're all good, then it's emoji time.)
August goals!
Christina
31 years old
5'4''
SW: 207
CW (7/31): 184.0
8/7:
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
GW for August: 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
I've decided the countdown wasn't helpful. We'll go again for 181, as it seems I'm unhappy trying to go for a whole pound a week if I'm not doing heavy cardio to allow me to eat more. Which is fine. Lifting is great.
Here's to a successful August! We've got this, everyone.
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Hello August!
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)
7/31: 220.6
8/5:
8/12:
8/19:
8/26:
8/31:
Aug. GW: 213.6
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)
Weekly exercise goals:
- bike ride or exercise bike 5 times per week
- short walking videos 3 times a day or a walk outside or a hike 5 times per week
- strength training (including core specific exercises) 2 times per week
- chair yoga 4 times per week
I'm thinking about doing a diet/deficit break in Sept. or Oct. Has anyone here done one? Any tips about how to approach a break? Any pitfalls to be aware of? If you have any advice to share, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks again @RavenStCloud for starting this thread. Here's to a great August!12 -
Pregnancy discussed. I hope I'm not a trigger for anyone. If I am, someone teach me how to do the spoiler thing.
I may not post as much due to pregnancy, but dammit if I don't support you ladies and want to follow everyone's progress. I also want some accountability and there's literally zero active pregnancy discussions in here and The Bump is full of drama queens.
July Starting Weight 257
August Starting weight 260
July goals - continue healthy eating, adding small weights to my arm exercises and more walking. Increasing water intake and following my nutritionist's pregnancy guidelines from my previous attempt.
August goals - samesies. Water got to averaging 80 oz toward the end of the month and I want to get to 90 oz. My weight is up a bit, but that's mostly blood volume. It had gone up quite a bit at first but then I increased my food intake and it came back down. Baby wants more food and my body agrees. I track mainly for my protein recommendations and to remind myself that junk food is not a good option. Focus is on lean protein and fresh veggies this week. Been craving red meat and salads the past 2 weeks.12 -
Hi everyone! New member alert!
Four months ago, I weighed myself and found I was 287lbs (I’m 6” tall), and I have decided to get back on track. Within a month, I had reached 274lbs, but I fell off for a little while and am now at 276lbs. This month I have a few goals in mind that I am hoping I can achieve through mutual support of member in this group
💛 I want to be 262lbs by the end of August. I’ll keep weekly updates to hold myself accountable!
💛 I want to not drink fizzy drink for the rest of the month. At all. I’ll stick to green tea, water, and black tea
💛 I want to do one hike and one coastal walk this month
💛 I want to eat clean. No fast food. I am hoping to do biweekly Lite n Easy!
I’ve started a 24 hour water fast to kick my gut into gear. Looking forward to hearing about you guys and supporting each other!!!
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Good morning everyone! And thank you @RavenStCloud for setting up the new thread.
I really let things slip the past few months but am committed to taking control of my health this month:
49 years old; 5'6"
SW: 236.4 (9/8/19)
7/31: 191.6
Sorry for the long post but I need to get this out.
I am not setting a weight-loss goal for this month but I would like to get back into the 180s. I need to re-establish good habits and that should lead to weight loss but I am in a high state of anxiety right now and so I don't want to add numeric expectations to my plate.
I was on a solid track and lost 50 lbs over 6 months before mid-March. I felt confident about my progress and decisions, was committed to intermittent fasting (which helped me bookend my meals and avoid evening snacks) and had established some exercise. Then came the coronavirus stress, adding our college daughter back home who is vegetarian (requiring two meals in some cases), home schooling our kindergartner, and working full time. I held steady, weight-wise for a while. Over the summer our daughter helped watch our son and another child in his class, and things "normalized" a bit - the ability to get certain foods, take out, ice cream, etc. led to me to celebrate a bit and go back to prior habits. I am up 7 lbs from my low of 185 and need to get this under control.
Our daughter is now with her mom and about to return to college. She will live off campus, and have some classes in person and some online. She is very responsible but also doesn't see the virus as a huge risk despite our many, many conversations. She will go virtual after Thanksgiving and it is not clear whether she will finish her semester there, with us, or with her mom. That is stressing me out but thankfully she is young and strong.
What is mostly stressing me out right now is that my son is returning to first grade, for in-person classes five days a week. We are in Washington, DC where the numbers are pretty steady. Generally speaking, I am happy the school is trying and the school is incorporating the recommendations put out by various sources. He will have 10 kids in his class and 3 teachers that rotate through. We had decided to partner with another family and have a sitter that would manage school for the two kids and help with childcare if they go remote, but we were just told we can't guarantee that the children will be in the same class and our sitter just told us she will be moving at the end of September. So planning is very challenging because I don't know what to plan for and need to plan for at least three scenarios. Part of me wishes that they were only doing online school so I only had to plan for one option! I don't know if it is smart to send him to in-person school given the risks to our son, and also my husband and myself. The stress is palpable, I can't focus on anything, and I feel like I may have a panic attack.
So, my focus this month will be on stress management- I have set up an in-person session tomorrow to learn about meditation. I have been thinking about this for a while and really wished I had this skill back in March.
- I will start walking in the mornings, for at least 30 minutes.
- I will be in bed by 10 pm, so I can settle down and get decent sleep (and eliminate excuses for the morning walking).
- I will journal in some form to let go of the day and identify what I can and cannot control.
- I will start intermittent fasting again. By closing my eating window I will avoid a lot of evening treats by definition. I am on sugar overload right now and it is not helping my energy levels.
Hope everyone stays healthy and well this month! I am cheering you on!!!16 -
Thanks so much, @RavenStCloud for this group! We’ve been through good times and bad. The support here is AMAZING❣️
Tomorrow begins a brand new month, filled with possibilities‼️ I’m excited to continue my journey with all of you❣️
August Goals:
Height: 5'4''
SW: 4/2010. 307
CW (7/31): 183.8
8/7:
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
GW for August: 179
UGW: 160
💚 Continúe hydrating with 100 oz per day
💚 Build back to my 2-3 miles per day
💚 Continúe eating plan, low carb, high protein, low fat
💛 When given the ho ahead from my dr, resume strength training.
💛 Maybe try yoga❓
Happy weekend, ladies❣️
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Hi! I've been back on MFP for about a month after a hiatus, and now I'm ready to get rid of these lbs again. I found your July thread towards the end of the month and loved how active and supportive you ladies are. So it's a new month and I decided to join in for the accountability.
I'm down about 11 lbs since restarting.
CW: 210.9
August GW: 199 (I know that's ambitious, and I won't be too sad if I miss it. But too hard to resist reaching ONEderland when it's so close!)
GOALS:- Walk at least 14k steps a day - at least until my Peloton bike arrives. Once it arrives I'm planning to switch to that in the morning versus my current morning walk. Without the morning walk it'll be doubtful I make 14k steps.
- Try to incorporate yoga at least once a week
- Meal prep/planning
Happy Friday ladies!
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Name: Jane
Age: 55
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
7/31 weight: 172.9
Maintenance Weight Range: 170-175
Weekly tracking:
8/1:
8/8:
8/15:
8/22
8/29:
8/31:
August goals:
Maintain my weight between 170 and 175
Log food daily
Row 2 to 3x week
Run 4x week, with a long Saturday run
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day
Get at least 10,000 steps/day
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@aliciap0116 - It's great to hear from you. I'm so sorry life is so stressful. Being a parent of elementary school aged children has got to be incredibly stressful - so much uncertainty and conflicting feelings about what is the right thing to do. I think focusing on handling that stress is probably the most productive thing you can do to help with your fitness goals. Mismanaging my stress was the root cause of every one of my past weight gains.
@sweetirish - I'm so glad that the pregnancy is progressing well. Yes, please do check in with us - we also want to know how things are going with you!
@BubblyFaceBruh - Welcome to this thread. I'm curious about this 24 hour water fast? Do you mean that you plan to only have water for 24 hours? I hope that goes well for you. I can only speak for my own experience - everyone has a different approach - but if you have a pattern of great early success followed by relapses/regains, you might consider the slow and steady approach. Start with developing one or two sustainable habits you know you can sustain and slowly add in new habits as those ones become routine. To lose weight and sustain it, you will need to be practicing these habits for the rest of your life. Sometimes when we have a target date in mind, we work our hardest to get to our target goal as fast as possible. But ultimately we will have more success in the long term and be happier right now if we try to make weight loss easier, not harder.9 -
Name: Britni
SW:236
Cw:199
Gw:180
UGW:150
I feel like i needed to find this group im currently stuck at a platuea have been for a few months im 5'4 eating around 1200 cal which is what MFP reccomended for me. i run 5 to 6 days a week and i go on nightly family walks 4 to 5 days a week. And i just started to do some toning excersises as well. If anyone has any advice or help id really appreciate it. I started this journey in january for the sake of being able to playw ith my baby and to feel healthier and happier overall and to eventually get pregnant again but be a healthier me. I just feel like what once worked now dosent and i dont know what im doing anymore. Thsi month id love to just see that scale move again and start doing less cardio and more weight training.
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Keri
67 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs (Dec 2019)
2/1: 263.6
3/1: 261.8
4/1: 258
5/1:254
Lowest May weight: 251.4
6/1:254
6/30 251.6
July 1 SW:250.4
CW: 249 (7/29)
8/1: TBD
1st GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then
2nd GW: 150 lbs. Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to get to a healthy weight for me.
Aug Goal weight: 244
My Aug Goals are:
1. Continue to log, get enough sleep and water intake and stay under calorie goal with healthy meals at home.
2. Get some exercise 5-6 days a week and up NEAT. Try to exceed 150 min. of exercise/week. Now that I have my Zip I will see what steps I am getting and then set a goal each week to up it.
3. I want to get well in the mid to low 240s and not see any weight in the 250s again. I am close to 20 lbs loss.
4. My goal is to declutter my house starting with my art room. This should help with goal #2.
August will be a time of reevaluating and transitioning. My plans to work until 70 have been given a significant hit with being laid off. I will do a job search but it will be for a safe rewarding job and I am not going to let this waylay my efforts to lose weight and get fit and healthy.
I am reading all the posts but not responding unless there is a question or other reason.
@MuttiNM I did a diet deficit break the last time I lost a total of 40 lbs. After about 10% loss 20-26 lbs lost I slowly upped my calories to what a calculator said was my maintenance weight (TDEE). I actually lost more for a while. I only did it for 2 weeks which is the minimum time needed to give your body a break and reset your current weight. I kept exercise the same. After that I went up slowly for a smaller deficit and lost better than before. I plan to do this when I have lost 26 lbs unless I am losing really steadily then.
@aliciap0116 Thanks for letting us know what is going on with you. I do not get stressed easily but what is hard for me is the constant change in the situation and constantly adjusting to those changes. I actually like some change in my life but this is too much. I would be really anxious too if I had a child going to in person school now. I think you are wise not to put weight loss on the table.
@RavenStCloud Thank you!!!! 🌻8 -
Alison
53 years old
5'9''
Starting Weight: 238
Lowest Weight: 130
8/2
8/7:
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
GW for August 31st: 230
Hi there!
I'm new to this group but not new to MFP. About 7 years ago I lost about 55 pounds on MFP by tracking and by joining a group with weekly weigh ins that helped keep me accountable and focused. I really enjoyed the ritual of checking in with others and following their progress and found that I did really well this way. So here i am again. I'm glad I found this group.
My extra weight used to mostly be a burden to me superficially in terms of appearance and attractiveness but now that I'm older I'm feeling that burden much more physically as well. My knees and hips are sore. I huff and puff up stairs. I lack energy and focus. I don't sleep as well as I used to. I feel depleted and foggy a lot of the time. I worry I might be prediabetic. I worry about what extra weight will do to my heart health. And THIS I really need to change.
I want to be more active. I want to be able to participate in hikes with my family and add more strenuous exercise to my life. I want to feel more physically and mentally alert. I want to feel awake and present and grateful for my life. I want to break old habits and start new healthier ones. I want to wear clothes that I like and not chose them simply to cover my big body. I feel like it will take me a little over a year to reach most of my goals. I would ultimately like to lose 100 pounds. That would put me at around 140 lbs. A weight I was comfortable with right up to my late thirties. I know that's a big number and I plan to take it one week at a time. So here I am. Week one.
This month I aim to :
🌻 walk for 60 minutes 12 times this month
🌻 log in every day
🌻 stay under 1500 calories a day for the month of August
🌻 not snack after 7 pm
🌻 drink only water, tea, coffee and 2 glasses of champagne this month (It's my birthday month so ya!)12 -
August seems a nice time to get back to it. I wouldn't say I've taken July off, exactly, but I've stayed up late and had an extra unlogged 350 calories at midnight because I hadn't eaten for six hours and could not go to sleep hungry, and ate dessert companionably with my boyfriend instead of looking to see whether I had the calories for it. Of course, I've also been unpacking the house after the move, and that's not exactly sedentary.
I'm going to get a membership at a local gym tomorrow so I can start shoving weights around again, and I will start being more strict with myself about getting up on time, going to bed on time, and logging all my food and giving weigh-in updates every week. Now that we're settled in the new house I've got no excuses.
Starting weight: 296 (1/2/20)
Current weight: 258 (7/31/20)
Goal Weight: 160
Some other friends say I'm awesome because I'm managing weight loss on what I can eat. I want to be awesome because I'm losing like a boss, and despite the mental and physical health challenges, I still have plans to be considerably smaller at Christmas. (My sister is going to be so kittened off.....(grin))
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SW: 278
CW: 271 (-7 loss)
GW: 199 to start then I'll adjust based on how I feel doing the activities I love and just overall comfort in my own skin.
Month goals:
Track every lick, taste, bite for accountability
Exercise 5x per week for at least 30 minutes
Drink 72-100 oz per day
Work on that Emotional Eating Workbook - 1 chapter per week
Meal Plan all meals and snacks
Week 1 goals - 8/1-8/6 (special or specific goals to augment the month goals above):
Practice self care - this is a personally hard week so I need to be gentle and give myself some grace on the emotional landscape
Exercise schedule for the week - 3 Peloton PZ classes (M/45, W/45, Sa/60); 3 runs (Su/30, Tu/30, Th/30); Yoga on Su/30 after run
Add 2 meditations per week to my schedule
Chapter 1 of the dreaded Emotional Eating Workbook- LOL
Start a gratitude journal - write one thing a day I am thankful for
That's a good start for Awesome August.
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Linda
56 years old
5’4”
SW 262.8
CW 201
GW 140 but realistically I think it will be around 150
I have participated in this group before but have been just reading the posts lately. I hit onderland at the end of June but I have struggled for the month of July. I have binge eating disorder and I have been struggling with this lately. I count calories and do intermittent fasting for my weight loss. Last weekend I took a mini break from logging and counting. I have been doing this for 1.5 years and that was my first real break. My weigh in days are Friday’s.
August goals
1. get back to onderland
2. Walk 30 minutes a day
3. 10,000 steps daily expect Saturday
4. Drink 72 oz water daily
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Hello all! First time to this group, not to MyFitnessPal. I have participated in a few groups and loved them all. I need the accountability. I was doing really well before COVID, but gained quite a bit during lockdown. Baking and eating were a daily event. Needless to said, the pounds were added. I’m pretty disappointed, but need to just get back into it.
CW 209.7
GW 199.9- Aug 31
UW150
1200 calories- high protein, low fat
M/W/F spin 45 minutes
T/TH weight/core
Water 100oz daily.
Weigh daily to avoid gaining.
No eating after 7pm
We can do this together. Let’s do it in AUGUST!
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@KeriA Thanks for your reply about diet breaks. Right now I'm having a hard time figuring out my maintenance calories so I thought if I waited a month or 2 before I try a break, things might be a bit more stable and I might have a better idea of my maintenance amount. We'll see what happens in the meantime. Life is never static and just when you think you have things figured out, a surprise (good or bad) comes along! Good luck handling the recent change in your life!3
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Hello! New member here. My name is Kandi.I joined myfitnesspal awhile back, but didn't make much use of it until about a week ago. This summer flew by! Last year was my first year of teaching ( I switched careers), which we all know turned out to be a strange school year. I taught high school seniors and it was so heartbreaking seeing them miss all of the big senior events at the end of the year. Our upcoming school year starts next week, 100% digital. This year I will teach both freshman and seniors. It has been stressful for planning, but I can only imagine how my students feel. My initial 20 or so pounds I lost when I became more active because of my job. I am hoping to use MyFitnessPal to be more intent on my weight loss goals.
5'8"
SW: 307
CW: 281
GW: 165
August goals:
- Log my meals everyday and stay within my calorie goal
- Walk 10,000 steps a day
- Get back into a weight lifting routine
- end August at 27114 -
Hey everyone, happy August!
I'm going to be working a bunch this month, because I'll be taking almost three weeks off in September. Gotta grind a little bit this month. But that's ok, it keeps me focused.
I also think my eating habits are better when I'm working more- less time to be bored snacking in my house. It is harder to get workouts in when I'm working 5 to 6 12-hour days a week though.
I'm 28 years old and 5'8"
Start weight 4/23 - 252 lbs
5/28 - 236 lbs (down 16)
6/25 - 227.9 lbs (down 8)
7/31 - 220.8 (down 7.1)
Current amount lost - 31.2
End of August goal weight - 212 lbs
ultimate goal weight - 160ish? this one's kinda up in the air. I've never been a "healthy" weight as an adult, so I honestly have no idea what I'll look/feel like once I get around this size.
My non-scale July goals were:
- run a 5k without a walk break DONE
- work out or run 5 times a week (more like 3 days a week, gotta start somewhere)
- walk the dog at least 20 min every day he doesn't go to doggy daycare DONE
- start on my 10k training DONE
- eat meat only 15 days out of the entire month. (11 days, not 15)
- eat completely vegan 5 days out of the entire month. Turns out I didn't eat vegan even ONE day in July- it's trickier than I anticipated! I also only had 4 successfully vegetarian days. I eat a whole lot of fish, which is where most of my issues occurred.
- only buy pre-made/takeout/delivery food 8 times in the month. DONE
Non-scale August goals
- do a 5 mile run with an average pace of 12min/mile
- do a 15 mile bike ride
- bike or run 5 times a week
- walk dog at least 20 min every day he doesn't go to daycare
- have 15 days this month be meat (not counting fish) free
- eat vegan at least 5 days
- eat takeout/pre-made/restaurant food 5 times max
- finish 2 books
- no soda!
- don't let laundry or dishes pile up
- try 5 new recipes11 -
Hello everyone!
🌼Highest weight- 207.5
🌼CW- 201
🌼End of August GW- 196
🌼UGW- 170 (then re-evaluate)
I definitely didn’t make my July goal.. but it’s a new month and I will be back to work soon, which is good for me so I have a routine. I am a teacher so it is very stressful thinking about going back to work. I can’t say I am very excited for this year. I am excited to see all my students though even though it will be a very different year!
Going back to a routine will hopefully make some things easier for me to reach my goals!
I realize I need to make more specific goals, so for August:
🌸 Reach my step goal 5 days a week
🌸 Stay below my calorie goal
🌸 Drink more water
🌸 Eat more protein; keep my carbs and 50% or less (this is hard for me since I don’t eat much meat)
I hope everyone has a healthy and happy August! 💪🏻8
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