Women 200lb+, Let's Be Extra Awesome This August!!!

lucerne2 wrote: »

I'm 55 years old, 5'4", 100 pounds overweight, with bad knees and plantar fasciitis.

I'm so sorry that happened. We're all here for you! It is in no way comparable, but I find that the community on MFP is distracting me from my daily stresses by giving me something healthy to focus on outside of work and family.

Hi! I am Melody. 33 years old.

HW- 250
CW-237
August end of goal: 229.

I just want to finally get out of the 230 range. I've been stuck in a seesaw of 235-240.

My goals for August:
🌱 Have a full month of logging my food
🌱Start my new job (yay!)
🌱 Ride my bike 2x a week with my son
🌱 Get rid of the flavor enhancers for my water
🌱 Get rid of the physical junk in my house

I am a mother of 3. I have been sick for the past year. So I am going to be brutally honest with you and myself. My house is embarrassing with the junk that has stacked up over the last year. My ex-husband moved in to help me get better. I feel it got worse. So each time I get rid of something I am going to also get rid of some emotional baggage I've been carrying for the last year. It's not hoarder level, just too much for my small house. I started this on August 1st and it's doing well for me.

Wednesday 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)

7/29: 221.8
7/31: 220.6
8/5: 220.6
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 - 5/5
- short walking videos 3 times a day or a walk outside or a hike 5 times per week -3/5
- strength training (including core specific exercises) 2 times per week - 2/2
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 4/4

The scale doesn't show a loss since 7/31 but technically I am down since last Wednesday's weigh in so I'll take it. I didn't hit my goal for walking but what I did get done includes 2 hikes so that was fun.

I think I need to rework my exercise goals. I'm riding my bike more than doing the exercise bike. My bike rides are longer than what I usually do on the exercise bike and seem to take a bit more out of me than the exercise bike (even though I keep increasing the resistance on the exercise bike). I had planned to rethink my exercise a few weeks ago but I never did. I want to clarify what I want to achieve through my exercise as well as continue to do the fun things like biking and hiking. When I first started exercising, I wanted to work on things that would improve my functional fitness. I was so out of shape that everyday life was hard. Now that I'm seeing progress, I want to make sure that I'm continuing to focus on and improve the areas I need to continue to make daily activities easier. I might do some things to improve balance or posture. My core is still weak and I need to continue to work on that. Climbing stairs is still hard and I want to improve there as well. I don't really know what my exercise plan will look like for this week or maybe even next. Until I figure it out, I'll for sure continue to bike and hike for fun. I know I want to continue the strength training and chair yoga but I might look to add some more exercises or start a new routine. Just not sure right now. I need to do some more research. If you have any good videos or other resources, please feel free to share.

Hope you all are well and have had a good start to August!

@lucerne2: Me too. Actually, my boyfriend and my girlfriend as well.

Hope everyone's August is going well so far. I'm both simultaneously horrified it's already the 6th, and surprised it's not later. Time has been so weird this year.

I made homemade brioche bread for the first time in my life yesterday, and it turned out amazing, which I'm super proud of. Now I just have to give a bunch of it away- it's not exactly health food, whoops. It is delicious though- not surprising, as it's mostly butter, sugar, eggs, and white flour.
I've been on a real baking kick lately, which is fun! But it does mean I have a lot of baked goods to pawn off on friends. Also, it's hot as blazes right now, so I'm doing a lot of sweating in my oven-heated kitchen.
That's ok though, I feel like I've really rediscovered a love for cooking and playing with recipes that I had somehow lost in the past few years.
That being said... anyone live in South Louisiana and want some carrot cake? I have... so much.

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)
8/6 - 218.2 (-2.6 from last week)
Total amount lost - 33.8
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.
This was a pretty big loss week for me- not sure exactly what that's about, honestly. Feel like I was over my calorie goal several days last week, but that's ok, I'll take it!

I did my longest run so far on Monday- a whole 4.5 miles. Thought I might die, but was super proud of myself. 8 months ago me could NEVER. And so close to my 5 mile goal! Heck yes.

Non-scale August goals
- do a 5 mile run with an average pace of 12min/mile ~ right on track with this one.
- do a 15 mile bike ride ~ did 11.5 yesterday, getting there!
- bike or run 5 times a week ~ also working on this one
- walk dog at least 20 min every day he doesn't go to daycare ~ yep, so far so good!
- have 15 days this month be meat (not counting fish) free ~ on track with this as well.
- eat vegan at least 5 days ~ none yet. pesky butter and cheese keep tripping me up.
- eat takeout/pre-made/restaurant food 5 times max ~ none yet!
- finish 2 books ~ done. now the goal is 5 books this month!
- no soda! ~ yep, so far so good.
- don't let laundry or dishes pile up ~ also on the right track!
- try 5 new recipes ~ doing well here too!

So far August is going pretty well. I know it's early yet, so I'm not trying to jinx myself.
If anyone wants to add me as a friend, please do!