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Women 200lb+, Let's Be Extra Awesome This August!!!
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@wanderinglight Nice swimming shirt. I miss pools so much. We just requested to put our Y membership on hold finally. We kept it since they were providing childcare for essential workers but now that I am laid off permanently we can’t afford it when they are closed. Even many of our swimming beaches in my County are closed. Too many Canadian Geese I guess.
@chupacabragumbo My husband loves brioche. I used to live in Houston which isn’t that far. I am not baking except for scones with nuts and blueberries but I am cooking more and loving it too although right now I have hit a bit of a wall. I think it has to having to look for work. I typically read a book a week but with the Pandemic I am way beyond my reading challenge goal of 52 for the year. I am on my 60th book now. I even saw a movie on Amazon last night which I don’t do much but I had just finished a book. You are doing so well in so many areas.
@Jackiefrost1013 Welcome. 1st priority is quoting smoking. Good job. Weight loss is important once you have achieved that. Getting enough sleep and water is the base of weight loss and health after quitting smoking. Glad you are back on mfp.
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I have a reading challenge of 50 books a year too! I'm a bit behind at the moment.4
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Good morning and happy Friday, everyone!
Friday weigh in day!
Christina
31 years old
5'4''
SW: 207
CW (7/31): 184.0
8/7: 184.4
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✅
Welp.
I don't think I ate enough to gain half a pound since last week, and I had a big dinner last night that I still feel bloated from. But still, got to batten down the hatches over here.
I'm getting back into knitting, which is not an active hobby, which means I've been neglecting my steps AND my strength training. And I haven't been logging the little bites from baby's plate again. All these things are not good for weight loss. Back to basics: log every bite, weighed or measured. Get 30 minutes of exercise every day. Listen to your body. You're usually not hungry, you're bored.
And knitting's okay. It's great for the mental health. But physical health comes first. No knitting until after you have done your workout, if you are done watching babies. The end.
Thus endeth the lesson, thanks for coming to my TED talk to myself.
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Today I am doing grocery shopping, and with any luck we can go to the home improvement store and get more patching compound so I can finish retexturing the walls and repaint the patches the electrician left.5
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I'm so excited! My husband is coming home for two days! He's a helicopter pilot and has been working on location for the past three weeks with two weeks still left on his shift but by sheer luck and coincidence his route takes him directly over this town, and he managed to wrangle a short visit! Back when we were first dating and lived in Santa Monica, he used to pick me up in the helicopter and we'd fly up the coast for lunch. The funniest part was that he would fly over my apartment on the way to the airport and see my car in the driveway even after I sent the ol' "I'm on my way" text
. I could never get away with the "there was so much traffic" excuse when in reality I was just doing my hair
Anyway, I just re-read my goals for this month and I have a plan for the weekend. I always want to celebrate when he comes home because he travels so much and these short visits feel like a vacation. This work schedule is hard on both of us. The only thing I'll change is adapt my intermittent fasting schedule so that we can have breakfast together. And I'm already planning ahead for my sweet treat: a warm apple fritter. We've gotten into a habit of going to the river with a thermos of coffee and apple fritters. He'll fish and I'll swim or read. It's lovely!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Weigh in is tomorrow for me!12 -
Hi everyone! I’m new here so I’d like to introduce myself and give a little background so I’m not a stranger
My name is Cate (Caitlin, not Catherine if you’re interested 😊) she/her pronouns, I’m 34, married and I’m a first time mom to a beautiful 7 month old girl named Logan. Her dad and I met at Logan airport in Boston when we were 19, So to say I’m obsessed with her name would be an understatement 🥰 I’m a special education teacher in CA, originally from MA.
Years ago I tried MFP when I was living with my parents after college and I lost 30 lbs, getting me to about 155 (my lowest adult weight - go me!!) My weight has fluctuated over the years, but I’ve stayed around 185-220 for the last 6. The day I learned I was pregnant I weighed 208. I was super healthy during my pregnancy, and a week after I gave birth I was down to 185 (a VERY pleasant surprise!) This didn’t last very long, and then COVID hit, and I got up to 223. Not fun.
But, here I am today! I’m very proud that I finally feel ready to do this. To take care of myself for myself and for my family that I hope to continue to grow. Alright time for stats and goals and all that!
🌻Height: 5’2
🌻 8/7: 218
🌻End of Aug goal: 212
🌻100 oz water a day (this is so hard for me)
🌻Daily walks (my route is about 45 mins)
🌻Make some MFP accountabilibuddies 😊
I hope you all have a beautiful day!
Lots of love,
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Well after 2 days of gaining I’m happy to report that this morning I’m back to my original start of loss. Now let’s see if I can make the scale go in the right direction this time! Happy Friday everyone!11
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Got the shopping done despite the exhaustion of TOM, and am now going to give in to it and have an afternoon nap. Tonight is tacos, and that's easy, fortunately.
I got more peanuts for the bird feeder and from the sounds of things, I won't see the cats for hours as they sit and watch the birds.2 -
@catehunter13 Welcome! And accountabilibuddies is the cutest term 4
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Happy friday everyone!
@wanderinglight - The swimming shirt is super cute. Enjoy your weekend with your husband (coffee and fritters by the river sounds wonderful), and I love your dating story. I literally laughed out loud, because that is 100% me. "I'm on my way," she texts as she's about to jump in the shower...
@CupcakeCrusoe - Knitting (or crocheting, or embroidery, or whatever...) is SO tempting to replace exercise. I need to remind myself that exercise is also good for my mental health lol. But knitting is just so much easier and cozier...
@catehunter13 - Welcome! I'm new to this group, and everyone is super supportive and nice.
And this week's update:
SW/HW: 257 (June 2019)
7/31: 199.8 (YAY!)
8/7: 200.8 (better than the 204 it was earlier this week!)
After my recent low of 199 last week, I bounced back up to 204 for a few days, and it is finalllly starting to come back down slowly. I usually don't have such dramatic water weight swings! But a combination of a weekend of carby, salty food, plus naer ovulation in my cycle lead to a lot of water retention. I think I'll drop back under 200 soon. I've got about a week and a half before my period, and this week is when I usually drop the most weight. (Seriously, I pretty much only see a major scale drop one week of the month. Sooometimes the week after my period too, but not always).
Hoping to get some good bike rides in this weekend, now that the weather is a bit cooler. My heel has finally been feeling better (no pain for about two weeks), so I'm going to try going for a walk next week and see how it goes. If I can walk with no pain, I'll start building back up to running. It will probably have to be very slow, since I don't want to aggravate my heel any more. I'm not particularly patient, so this is going to be a bit of a pain in the *kitten*.
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Hello all!! I am new to this group.
38y/o; 5' 7"
Surgery date: 6/9/2020 - Had Gastric Bypass surgery
Highest weight: 333lbs
Weight as of last Saturday: 293.2lbs (Stats day is tomorrow).
Goal weight: 180 lbs (as of now)
Things I want to accomplish this week/month!!
- Hit my step goals every day
- Complete all my T-25 workouts for the week
- Pass my remaining finals next week
- Lose 1 - 2lbs / week (~10 lbs by the end of the month)
- Connect with more people like me 11 -
Yay! I get to do Friday Check In. I check in when I hit a new low.
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
7 /1:250.4
7/29: 249
8/1: 249.2
8/6: 248.8
CW: 247.6 (8/7)
1st GW: 220 The lowest weight I got to when I last lost significant weight.
2nd GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then
3rd GW: 186 overweight but not obese
4th GW: 150 lbs. Healthy weight Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to get to a healthy weight for me.
Aug Goal weight: 244 (I can do this)
My Aug Goals are:
1. Continue to log, get enough sleep and water intake and stay under calorie goal with healthy meals at home.:)I am doing this but sometimes my water intakes goes down.
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.Doing good with upping exercise. I usually get at least 5 days a week. However I am trying to set a base for NEAT using steps so still working on this. I just got a ZIP to measure steps last week.
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 de-clutter my house starting with my art room. This should help with goal #2.:/I haven't started with this since I have had to add looking for a job to the to do list.
I have lost 18.4 lbs so far. I went down an obese class and my BMI went down. I now have less than 100 lbs to lose. All accomplishments but I have a lot to go. I want to at least lose a total of 4 lbs this month. To lose consistently now I seem to need to stay well below my calorie goal. If I am hungrier I eat more but still stay well below my calorie goal.10 -
@CupcakeCrusoe I have done some crochet but just a bit. Making mask straps for my families masks. You will get back to making progress.
@wanderinglight it sounds like a great weekend. Enjoy!
@catehunter13 Welcome. I used to put on my goal list to check in on this thread at least once a week. I knew it was helping me that much. I now don’t have to put it on my goals but it is on my daily to do list but I think now it is one of the best parts of my daily routine.
@eliezalot it won’t be long and you will be back in Onderland and staying there.
Hello @uyister
I need to make a short trip to the grocery store to get things we couldn’t get at the store with curbside pickup. My husband is going to be working in the yard this weekend and I may join him. I hope to get some crocheting in too.
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**Height 5' 4"
SW: 216.8 (10/10/2019)
CW 8/1: 207.2
8/7: 204.2 (-3)
Aug GW: 199
GW: 150
Monthly Goals:
Cardio/elliptical 3/week (4)
Strength and Yoga 2/week (0)
Water 8c/day (7)
Whoop down 3lbs. I know a little of the loss will be water weight since it was a fresh start week. I've been working on getting the house in order which gave me a little extra calorie burn most days. Next week I should be able to get the yoga/strength days in. Overall I'm happy with how I was able to get back on track. It was much easier than the May/June try was. I know now I wasn't yet ready then to fully embrace all I needed to do. However, now I feel lighter in spirit and am emotionally in a good place. I haven't had much time for reading but will work on catching up this weekend. Let's keep being awesome ladies. 7 -
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I love this thread. Do you mind if I join in?
SW: 214
CW: 204
TW: 154
I started to pile on weight after having my son 4 years ago and then even more after having my little girl 8 months ago. I want to start feeling like myself again so I’d like to commit to making healthier choices as well as losing weight.
Targets for August:
🌻 5 things from my ‘self care’ list each day
🌻 3 litres of water a day
🌻 Yoga every day (even If it’s just a few minutes)
🌻 Try some new recipes
🌻 Lose 7lbs
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49 years old; 5'6"
SW: 236.4 (9/8/19)
7/31: 191.6
8/7: 189.5
Hi everyone, I used to do weigh-in Wednesday but it has been quite a week, so reporting on Friday.
My focus this month has been on stress management rather than a weight goal:- I have set up an in-person session tomorrow to learn about meditation. I took my TM meditation class last Saturday, and finished the training yesterday. I like the practice (although I have not hit transcendence) but the training was time consuming and they recommend 20 minutes, twice a day. I am finding I need to set an appointment for this; 20 minutes twice a day will not otherwise happen.
- I will start walking in the mornings, for at least 30 minutes. I look forward to starting next week.
- I will be in bed by 10 pm, so I can settle down and get decent sleep (and eliminate excuses for the morning walking). About 50/50
- I will journal in some form to let go of the day and identify what I can and cannot control. I did this! Not daily, but I got a lot of what is on my mind down on paper. I am dealing with some stressful situations and take notes on what I should follow up on.
- 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. Another next week item.
It has been a really tough week. My son's school is opening in person, but kids can attend remotely if parents are uncomfortable or kids are quarantined or sick. The schools procedures are excellent and I do believe they will adhere to them. Comfort-level wise, all virtual would be my preference but I think it will be a lot harder for my son to participate remotely if he is watching a zoom of his classmates at school and he is not.
Then I got blood test results indicating that my lipoprotein(a) is elevated. This is a genetic issue where your LDL (bad cholesterol) has an added apolipoprotein(a). It can't be managed by diet or exercise and gives you a predisposition to heart disease because your blood has a propensity to clot. Which means, based on what I have read, if I do get COVID, I would likely have a poorer outcome. I have a call with my doctor tomorrow morning to discuss what this means in terms of risk and whether this should affect our school decision. I also think I need to get my son tested given that it is genetic. So I have been agonizing over that. My husband has some risk factors as well.
And I found out that my company will likely be making 15% pay reductions. I am happy to still have a job of course but this has my head spinning for our budget etc since I was hoping we could have a sitter help if school is virtual.
I haven't been sleeping well at all given all of this and didn't make a lot of progress on my goals. But I did make some, and I'm glad my weight decreased despite everything. Happy to back in the 180s again. I did ride my exercise bike one evening for about an hour while finishing my meditation training and that felt good.
I have read all of your posts and wish I had time to comment right now. But for all of you that are survivors of rape, my heart goes out to you. It is not your fault at all and I am so glad you are taking a moment to nuture and love yourselves.12 -
The advantage of knitting instead of exercise is you can't justify a big fry up afterwards!8
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »
I'm getting back into knitting, which is not an active hobby, which means I've been neglecting my steps AND my strength training.
I knit too and feel the same way! I have a 4yr old and an 8 month old and when I have down time I just want to knit or read (and have a cup of tea... and a biscuit!) but then it means I'm not being as active as I could. Waaah. I think I need to only knit when the kids are in bed at night (rather than naps etc.) and try to do my activity during the day. The struggle is real
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53 years old
5'9''
Starting Weight: 238
Lowest Weight: 130
8/2 236.5
8/7: 234.8
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
GW for August 31st: 230
down almost 2 pounds this week. I have been good with my eating and getting out and walking greater distances and as much as I always feel grumbly about doing it after work I never regret it once its done. I need to remember this. Slow and steady. Slow and steady. If i even lost 1 pound a week until end of this year that would be 20 pounds down. That would be exciting right?5 -
I was in this group as COSAFE1
My account under user: cosafe1 has been deleted or hacked....
I lost all my friends and info I had been using up to a few days ago.
I am currently signed in with an old account and I keep asking MFP for help with no response over the past few days.
When I try to re-enter my info when I log in as cosafe1 I enter all my info all over again, then it won't let me use my OWN USER NAME OF COSAFE1 IT SAYS IT IS ALREADY TAKEN!!!!!
ALL MY INFO I HAVE BEEN USING HAS BECOME UNAVAILABLE TO ME!!
I have contacted MFP over and over and over and over and over .... to no avail. I know there was a bug they say has been fixed but ALL MY INFO IS GONE!!!
I AM SO FRUSTRATED BY THIS!!! There is no answer from MFP!!!!9 -
Hello, please friend me! I was COSAFE1
My account was deleted so I'm using this account I had last year...trying to rebuild on MFP, lost all my information!3 -
Walking progress... I'm not good at exercising - I'm not motivated but I have been walking 30 mins/day for the last three days and feel better already! I also download the Map My Walk app that connects to MFP and this makes the walk funner to track and I like that it maps out where I walked. I believe I've not made the progress I want because I'm not very interested to do exercise but I'm holding myself accountable with the MMW app now. I hope to see progress in the coming weeks
This was me - I am now found under CHARSUZY. I am trying to add friends again, please feel free to add me!
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wanderinglight wrote: »
Age 49, Height 5'11"
Highest weight: 225.6lbs (8/28/19)
Lowest weight: 165lbs (goal is ~175)
CW: 224.4lbs
8/1: 224.4
8/8: 222.6 (I saw the 219's a few times this week but didn't stick it for weigh-in day)
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
Week One check-in:
Weekly goals (exercise):
🌸 Increase swim workouts to 45 minutes and work on form and conditioning - yes! Feeling good about this! I watched bunch of videos about breathing and swim techniques and they've really helped conserve energy
🌺 Incorporate free weights 2x week with YouTube workouts - haven't done any weight work this week
🌸 Practice planks + surf moves - I want to try paddleboarding and need to get back on the board if I fall off - I bought a kayak! I have a lot more experience with kayaking than I do with SUP, but I still will work on my arm strength to make it easier to get back in the kayak if I fall out
🌺 Work out every other day - yes! I've made it every other day this week
Weekly goals (diet):
🌸 Continue intermittent fasting (16:8) - been doing really well on this except for a day or two
🌺 More veggies / more protein / more polyphenols. Eat the veggies first, then the meal or snack. - eating veggies first has really slowed down my appetite. Excited to continue with that practice
🌸 1400 calories and log everything - yes!
🌺 Watch the sugar count and plan ahead for a weekly sweet treat - I've had sweet treats almost every day so next week I'll be paying more attention to this goal
Weekly goals (mental):
🌸 STOP DOOMSCROLLING, especially in the morning and before bed - trying. Anxiety is at an all-time high so I need to do something.
🌺 Set the timer for uninterrupted work sessions - will need to get better at this.
🌸 Weekly shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) even if it's just in my own backyard - yes! I've been really planning quiet time alone outside to just use all my senses.
🌺 Less Facebook. Ugh, I hate Facebook so much. - making progress!
💜 Message to myself: remember why you are doing this. Love yourself enough to fight through the self-sabotage and commit to consistent, small, important changes. Let go of how easy it seems for other people and focus on your own journey. Weight loss will help with your back problems (I had two surgeries and re-herniated one of the discs so I know there is a third in my future). Weight loss will put less strain on your ankle (two torn tendons and nerve damage). Exercise helps with anxiety. Exercise is important for your heart health, especially after years of damage from bulimia. These are the facts but don't berate yourself for where you are now. Shame and self-loathing are NOT good motivators. You cannot hate yourself into good habits, so stop doing that. Instead, love yourself enthusiastically and with great fanfare throughout this journey and believe that change will come. 💜
Finally, one thing I'm looking forward to in August: exploring more swimming holes! I'm new to Texas and although my husband travels for work and I don't have any friends here (yet), I'm still excited to explore. It can be a little lonely especially with the pandemic making it all so weird but my spirit of adventure is still alive and kicking so I'm charging full speed ahead.
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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: 172.0
8/8: 171.4
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 ✅ - Just 2xs this week
Run 4x week, with a long Saturday run ✅
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day ✅
Get at least 10,000 steps/day ✅
Victory this week: went on vacation (just a drive to beach vacation) and managed to continue to get in my runs and log all my food and stay within goal for macros and calories - this in spite of the fish and chips and coconut cream pie we had for dinner one night. Getting 20,000+ steps definitely helps.
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Starting weight: 228.9 on 6/1/2020
Age: 50
Height: 5’8”
Goal weight: 180
6/1– 228.9
6/4– 227.9
6/9– 226.7
6/14-225.3
6/22-225.0
6/28-224.2
7/2– 223.3
7/6– 223.2
7/13– 221.6
7/20–218.4
7/26–217.7
8/9—218.1
Total weight lost: 10.8 pounds ☀️
This week’s successes: Logging. 🥰 Spending time with family. Switching to salads for lunch.
Consistently walking my dog Roxie for 15 minutes each day. Great days are 2x a day.
This week's challenges: 1 week from today my son moves into college to start his sophomore year. 🙂🙃😳😩🙂
Happy Sunday friends!
Jill
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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 1: 226.2 (🔻 3.2lbs)
Weightloss Goals:
🌻 No snacking after 9pm - (7/7)
🌻 No more than one 12oz soda per day - (7/7)
🌻 Mitigate stress with exercise, not eating - Not so much... but I didn’t overeat either, so 🤷🏻♀️3 -
So yesterday my hubby and I decided to go to our favorite spot for a cheeseburger and sweet potato tater tots. We decided ahead of time to split both. We had not been to this spot in over a year. It was wonderful.
Now normally when we wake I fix a small breakfast (yesterday was supposed to be one slice of bacon, 1/2 an avocado and orange juice for me). Instead of eating breakfast at our normal time we headed out to do lawn care (I burned 1,000 calories). I’ve done this before. I didn’t have anything until after finishing (Chobani Greek Yogurt Drink and hardboiled egg around 11:00am).
After I ate my 1/2 of the burger and sweet potato tater tots (around 3:00pm) within an hour I was absolutely starving like I hadn’t eating one shred of food all day long. I mean like a hunger I haven’t felt in almost two years.
I ended eating some ground turkey with orzo pasta, three chicken wings, mandarin fruit cup and then peach ice cream🤯 (all small serving sizes).
Was it what I ate that caused such hunger?
Further, this morning I get on the dang scale and I was 223.2 pounds. I am not gonna record that weight at all because What! The! Hell! The day before I was 227🤯.
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@brownsugar174 - you were starving because you burned 1000 calories doing yard work! It's okay to eat back those calories. And yes, that weight drop is real. You had a big whoosh, no doubt from sweating up a storm the day before. Nice going! And I'm glad you got to indulge in your favorite foods.3
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47 F 5’1”
SW- 298
CW 8/9-277.5
1st GW 200
2nd GW 150
UGW 135
Weekly goals
1. Get 120 oz of water a day
2. Get a walk in on my days off
3. log all my food
4 get to 275-273 this week
I clean house for a living. Big houses, 6,000-10,000 sq ft houses. I get good activity on days that I work but since covid not all my clients have returns full time yet. So on days I don’t work I’m struggling to be active. Today I did get out and walk. It felt so good!
Ready to crush this week!8
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