Women 200lb+, Let's Be Extra Awesome This August!!!
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Happy Saturday❣️ Still trudging through but the scale is dropping... slowly 🙄. I feel like I’ve reached a standstill. I didn’t lose inches either. But I’m going to have to be patient. I’m still not back to running but I have been able to up my walking pace. My best time has been a 17:04 walking mile.
My NSV is that I ordered a medium T-shirt thinking I’d have lost weight and it would fit. I was worried it would be too small. It wasn’t ... 🤩
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
8/1 184 (+0.2)
8/3 187 (+3.0)
8/8 188 (+1.0)
8/15 185.6 (-2.4)
8/22 185.2 (-0.4)
Aug GW: 180
UGW: 160
Going to continue to work my meal plan and walking every day. Hopefully I will be healed enough to do back to running in September.
Enjoy your weekend😍10 -
Happy weekend all!
HW: 257 (June 2019)
CW: 197.6
I might actually hit my August goal of being consistently under 200 lbs! In 0.6 lbs I'll have lost a total of 60 lbs so far, which is mind boggling to me.
It was a rough week - lots of work anxiety, lots of family anxiety (my grandma isn't doing well, and I'm across the country from her and my parents). Work anxiety has at least resolved, which was a huge relief. I have a three day weekend (was off yesterday), and am looking forward to just relaxing and trying to get my brain refocused.
Husband and I went for a great bike ride last night, I was already out for a walk this morning to see how my heel does (sadly, not great). In good news though, I'm finally seeing the scale drop again after several weeks of holding nearly steady, and I've been improving in my attempts at inversions in yoga! It is fun to see the progress - I never thought I'd be able to do this at my size, and it feels so good.
Today's goals are to do some cooking and use up the excessive veggies currently in the fridge. Going to make a shakshuka for breakfast to use up some tomatoes and peppers, supper will probably be some sort of veggie curry, maybe a stir fry tomorrow? I have eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, so very many carrots, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and some potatoes that need to be used. Suggestions welcome! Unused veggies will probably go into a vegetable stock tomorrow, and I might can some of the potatoes, depending on how many are left.
I hope you all have a restful weekend!
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Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt) The Tea Shop Mystery Series takes place in a Charleston Tea Room. available at your local public library. https://cozy-mystery.com/ (a website to look up cozy mysteries by theme, author,etc.)3
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Week Three checkin, and I saw a loss this week after a gain last week. I'm really glad I re-assessed my goals and committed to them.
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
8/15: 223.8
8/22: 219.8
8/29:
Week Three check-in:
Weekly goals (exercise):
🌸 Increase swim workouts to 45 minutes and work on form and conditioning - I didn't get 45 mins in every time as it's just so hot in TX and the sun is brutal, but I did work out consistently. They are about to close the public pool for the season, so my exercise goal will be: anything goes, as long as it's 45 minutes every other day.
🌺 Incorporate free weights 2x week with YouTube workouts - Again, I did not do as many free weights workouts as I wanted but I feel good about my workouts.
🌸 Practice planks + dynamic surf moves - yes! I've been practicing and incorporating planks.
🌺 Work out every other day - yes! I did this.
Weekly goals (diet):
🌸 Continue intermittent fasting (16:8) - yes, no problems here.
🌺 More veggies / more protein / more polyphenols. Eat the veggies first, then the meal or snack. <-- this has been a game-changer. I find that when I eat veggies first I eat WAY less as compared to my normal habits. I have lots of veggie options in my fridge ready to go and I often found myself standing up eating a big bowl of steamed broccoli even as I was preparing the rest of the meal.
🌸 1400 calories and log everything - yes! Brought out my scale and used it religiously. Kept to 1400 except for two days.
🌺 Watch the sugar count and plan ahead for a weekly sweet treat - yes! I was able to keep sweets mostly under control except for one night where I just could. not. stop. eating Trader Joe's vanilla wafers.
Weekly goals (mental):
🌸 STOP DOOMSCROLLING, especially in the morning and before bed - a constant practice.
🌺 Set the timer for uninterrupted work sessions - I did not work much at all this week. I'm really struggling with artist's block right now.
🌸 Weekly shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) even if it's just in my own backyard - yes / no
🌺 Less Facebook. Ugh, I hate Facebook so much. - making progress! I hate the new design, and that's a good thing because I just can't stand to be on it.
Accountability update: I really buckled down this week and am grateful to see the needle move on the scale. That is encouraging news and will make it easier for me to finish strong this month.
💜 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 and with 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. 💜5 -
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: 170.2 !!
8/22: 170.2
8/29:
8/31:
August goals:
Maintain my weight between 170 and 175 ✅
Log food daily ✅
Row 2 to 3x week ✅ - 3xs this week
Run 4x week, with a long Saturday run -❎ I took a rest day on Wednesday and skipped running. But I needed it.
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day ✅
Get at least 10,000 steps/day ✅
I actually saw 169.3 earlier this week, but it didn't stick around. But I'm now at the "fake weight" I listed on my driver's licence, so that's it's own achievement. My driver's licence is 5 years old and at the time, I really weighed about 180. Obviously I gained (and lost) quite a bit of weight in the ensuing 5 years.
I volunteered at the rowing club this morning helping others carry their boats to and from the dock and then went for a 7 mile run, so by 11:00 a.m. I had already burned 2000 calories. I'm indulging in Detroit style pizza tonight, because, I earned it.
Hope everyone has a great week.
@pamiede - Congratulations on fitting into Medium Ts!
@eliezalot - Congratulations on getting to and staying in Onederland!!6 -
Did well today, went on a long bike ride this morning and had a nice day hanging out with my friend and having an elegant afternoon tea (for lunch). I think I did OK on calories today, but can't be sure since the afternoon tea cals are difficult to calculate since there were several small items that were 2-3 bites each.
SW: 233.6
CW: 227.4
Days on mfp and sticking to the plan: 13
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I've had a rough day physically with a riotous gut and foot pain, so the walk did not happen and dinner was "Go feed yourself". But I've stuck to my calorie budget, and my girlfriend is interested in starting to work on her weight too. So we're figuring out how many calories she needs to eat at a time to make it through the day. She's up around 375, poor thing, so just learning a rational portion will probably help. We did a lot of talking about available snack foods, and how if you're losing weight, it's okay to set an alarm for 3 pm to remind you to eat that cheese stick, because that way you don't hit the wall at 4:45 when I'm only just starting to make dinner.
Also. someone local is firing off fireworks very close to us, so we are getting the sudden BOOMS that do NOTHING for my PTSD. I'll have to stay up til they're done. (frustrated sigh)5 -
@chupacabragumbo When I lost 40 lbs many noticed but not my family. However they saw me more often.
@ChrysalisCove guess what I put in my meal plan for this upcoming week. Sweet potato gnocchi. I found a recipe with ricotta cheese in it.
@AlexandraFindsHerself that is what I need to do with meal planning be more formulaic with variations built in.
@motivatedsister Yes I didn’t get much reading in until my kids got older.
@SFFirebird I mostly read mysteries too. I joined an English Mysteries group on Goodread and realized there are so many series I hadn’t read yet.
@astroamy Our tea rooms are not open now. Indoor dining at restaurants are restricted to parties in the same household. We had to go back a step when COVID cases started to rise. I was thinking about how we took my daughter to one to celebrate last year but can’t now instead we went to Yum Cha (Drink Tea see below)
@pamiede lookin’ good, take care.
@eliezalot I love that goal and hope you will make it.
@wanderlight that was quite a loss. I wish I could increase swim workouts. I miss pools. I remember how they would close the neighborhood pool in Texas when it was still so hot. It was there were no cheap lifeguards when they all went back to school. I hated that.
@speyerj I love that – fake weight on your driver’s license. Mine is 200 lbs. I can’t wait to reach that.
I am concerned because the end of this month is getting away from me. I have appointments and now a job interview. My daughter just graduated from college and we needed to celebrate. I only exercised twice last week early in the week. We decided to refinance our house to take advantage of the low interest rates. I am totally distracted with all of this.
I got results from my Dr visit and they were all good but I will have a day surgery to be scheduled later. Can’t wait till the ultrasound is done.
Good news is that I got a job interview. It is next week too. It is online. Still a distraction. I also applied to some other jobs so for now there are jobs. The refinance may make retirement earlier possible. So I really want to have time to get my art room in shape.
My daughter has graduated finally! She did a great job on her presentation for her Capstone (Senior) project . She has done well since transferring to a local school. Her degree is great – Computer Science and Software Engineering and is a good one for remote work. So in talking to her we decided we would get take out dim sum. Fortunately we have an excellent Chinese restaurant close by that specializes in Dim Sum. She will take a week to relax and then start her job search. She already did one application for a job I sent her.
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »I've had a rough day physically with a riotous gut and foot pain, so the walk did not happen and dinner was "Go feed yourself". But I've stuck to my calorie budget, and my girlfriend is interested in starting to work on her weight too. So we're figuring out how many calories she needs to eat at a time to make it through the day. She's up around 375, poor thing, so just learning a rational portion will probably help. We did a lot of talking about available snack foods, and how if you're losing weight, it's okay to set an alarm for 3 pm to remind you to eat that cheese stick, because that way you don't hit the wall at 4:45 when I'm only just starting to make dinner.
Also. someone local is firing off fireworks very close to us, so we are getting the sudden BOOMS that do NOTHING for my PTSD. I'll have to stay up til they're done. (frustrated sigh)
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 I love the fact you and your girlfriend are sharing tips for success. It is ok to set and alarm and in fact it’s a great idea that I’m going to share with my daughter tomorrow. She has terrible PTSD and is currently I medicated for all her issues. I was on a cbd site tonite and will be getting us both refilled tomorrow. I love cbd and am still learning about the benefits.
I’m painting my son’s former room to move in to and was having such fun, music blaring until I caught a side view of myself in the mirror. Omg. I’ve gained at least 30 since my surgery in January, all in my stomach, thighs and rear end. I’d been doing so well. But with so much pain and stress, this virus, life turned upside down, I wanted to cry. I want to now writing this. Now 245 and a torn hamstring. I look in the mirror and I see my looks fading away. I really need to get a grip on myself. I somehow have to keep the good vibes going and figure out how to work out and lose weight with this injury. Even eating little my spare tire won’t move. The only thing that worked in recent years was seeing a hypnotist in Springfield, Mass who has us all on a high fat no carb diet. I lost tons of weight. But the first d reeds ip my body and my gall bladder had to go.
Sorry to be a downer. I’ll be more myself tomorrow.11 -
@micwrites your post really resonated with me. I often feel the same way -- enjoying myself, doing something that's good for me like working out (or painting a room) only to catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and all happy feelings are immediately replaced by shame and a deep hopelessness. I've really struggled with losing my looks in middle age. And I've had to do some hard reckoning with my value beyond being attractive. I relied on it for so many years and now it's just...gone. And the thing is, it will never come back. Yes yes I could lose a bunch of weight and be a *slightly* more attractive version of my middle-aged self, but it will never even come close to the hotness level of the average 20 year old. It's a tough pill to swallow!
One thing I'm working on is loving myself SO HARD through those tough moments of shame. It sounds weird but I often think of how my rescue dog sees me. She, who was horribly abused for most of her life, looks up at me with such love and trust and adoration and hopefulness. In those moments it doesn't matter what I look like because she loves the essence of who I am as a person, not what I look like.
The other thing that works for me is a motto that I've adopted (and illustrated as part of my "Dogs Giving Good Advice" series).
For so many (too many) years, I had such a fear of looking stupid. Or looking unattractive. Or doing / saying something embarrassing and having people stare or laugh at me. It's all the same thing. Now, at my heaviest weight (and arguably least attractive) point of my life, I'm letting go of this baggage. I want to lose this weight, yes, but I also want to make up for lost time. I'm letting go of the need to look good and I'm embracing the experience of actually LIVING.
I'm sorry you are having such a tough time with this injury. It can be so demoralizing when you're trying to do everything right.
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Weekly Tracking for July and August:
Highest weight 105.5kg (aug 2018)
Lowest weight 94.7kg (Mar 2020)
Goal: 97.9kg
Starting Weight: 98.9kg
3 Aug: 99.7kg
10 Aug: 98.1kg
17 Aug:100.0kg
24 Aug:99.6kg
31 Aug:
goals
💛 To plan my meals in advance for the week wk 1 - yes, wk 2 - yes, wk 3 - yes
💛 To keep snacks under 25% of cals wk 1 - 22%, wk 2 - 24%[, wk 3 - 29%/b]
💛 To keep average for the week under 2000 cals gross wk 1 - 2066, wk 2 - 2145, wk 3 - 2130
methods
🌻 16:8 - intermittent fasting wk 1 - yes, wk 2 - no, wk 3 - no,
🌻 mediterranean eating wk 1 - a bit more, wk 2 - not really[, wk 3 - no/b]
🌻 using non food ways to manage my emotions wk 1 - a bit more, wk 2 not really, wk 3 - a bit of meditation
Glad to be back under 100 after my trip to the dark side, still not back to my weight at the start of the month, hope to get there in the next week.3 -
I can relate to what @micwrites and @wanderinglight say. I don't like the way I look these days, and at 52 even if I lose weight there will be saggy skin and wrinkles etc. I can't really maintain that magical thinking anymore that I will lose 30kg and look like a 20 year old from a magazine picture. And TBH I am not about to have facials every week and botox and whatever else it would take to look like a 50 year old from a magazine picture. But I can try to be healthy and happy, and I can try to make that be enough in my head. Actually, no one else cares what I look like. They might not adore me like your rescue dog, but I'm just another middle aged woman going about my business, no one is comparing me to anyone else, just me!6
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I can also relate @micwrites , @wanderinglight and @orangequilt , although I'm older than you all (early 60s). My son just sent me a picture he took on our bike ride last Saturday. I didn't know he took it and, of course, it was a very flattering shot from behind...NOT! I know that I'm still probably the heaviest person on the trail when I'm riding but I usually try to not think about it because I enjoy biking so much. But it's demoralizing to think about how far I still have to go. Plus knowing when I get there, I'll have all the wrinkly loose skin. Not that I'm planning to ever wear a bikini or anything but it would be nice to wear shorts or short-sleeve tops once in a while. I don't know if that will ever happen. I just have to keep telling myself I'm healthier now than I was 16 months ago and I can do so much more than I could then. That makes it all worth it but I still have those moments when I get down about my current looks and potential future looks. I know, I know, not the most important thing. Health and being able to do more than just sit on the couch need to be top of mind!
PS Love your motto @wanderinglight !4 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Nice to have a weight loss buddy. Your girlfriend is lucky to have you.
@micwrites Sorry to hear how discouraging it feels now. I think you will find a way through this.
@wanderinglight I have found that the older I get the happier I get with myself because I don’t care as much about what others think. I am just more comfortable with who I am and don’t want to be anyone else. I also got more confident and thicker skinned. When you have parented teens through to adulthood there isn’t really anything anyone can say that bothers you especially if you stand up for yourself. It is self-respect that is important. I used to get super nervous speaking in front of groups of people but when you realize you are older and have more experience than most people in the room you realize there isn’t a reason to feel nervous anymore.
Not that I don’t feel the same when I see pictures of myself. I hate that too.
Well after I posted last night I talked everyone at my house into taking an small evening walk. My daughter’s boyfriend was over. I am so glad I did. I have been disappointed that I gained a little with these celebrations and distractions, worried my progress was slipping away. Since it was dark my husband got out our safety vests. He got them last fall when we were trying to add walking in to our weekly exercise along with our aquafit which we were very consistent with but we knew it wasn’t enough. That is when I was at my highest after gaining the loss from the summer before. He kept having to return and get me a bigger size vest for me. It was because I am not shaped like a man with small hips. Finally we got one to fit. The last time we used them I was pleased because I could zip it up easier. Last night it really help me feel like I was making progress when I zipped this vest on. It was too big everywhere. It was looser by several extra inches around my tummy/hip area. So it makes it easier to be patient with life’s distractions getting in the way of progress on weight loss. There are all sorts of types of health. Right now I need to put more focus into financial, family and medical related health and just know that I will get back to my focus on strength and weight loss soon. Today I was able to have a more normal diet.
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Hi I’m new here. I have been on MFP for about 40 days now. I am 43 have a teenage son and my husband and I will be celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary in September. Here are my stats
Highest weight: 245 lbs (4/2020)
Currently: 233 lbs
Goal weight: 180 lbs
I walk for 15-20 minutes 4 times a week and do yoga 2 times a week.
I wish I was motivated to exercise more but it is difficult with my knee pain and the surgeries I’ve had on my feet.
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This is a great discussion about self love and self perception. And I really love what Wanderlight and KeriA said. Amen sisters!
And I have some good news about that wrinkly skin too. After I lost about 70 pounds I had some serious bat wings on my arms. There was extra skin and extra subcutaneous fat pulling it down. I was afraid that if I ever wanted to look good in a sleeveless dress, I'd have to have surgery. But now that I am down 115 pounds the bat wings are gone. I lost the fat that was weighing down and stretching out the extra skin. If I hold my arms in a certain position, you can still see the wrinkly skin - it looks like a wrinkled cotton sheet, but most of the time, it looks perfectly normal. So there's hope for my little pouch that hangs down over my abdomen too. As the fat shrinks, there's less to pull down the skin. It's still puckered and wrinkly and there's a small overhang but nothing like there was 2 months ago. So I have hope that one day, it might be gone altogether.8 -
Monday Check-in
SW 230.78 lbs (16/03/2020) 104.9 Kgs
03/08 83Kg 182.6 (-0.3Kgs) (-0.66lbs)
10/08 82.8 kg 182.16 (-0.2kgs) (-0.44lbs)
17/08 81.7 Kg 179.74 (-1.1Kgs) (-2.42lbs)
24/08 79.5 Kg 174.9 (-2.2Kgs) (-4.84lbs)
Big loss, I know I ate way below my calories on quite a few days. Drank a lot of water, lots of exercise. I have the bat wings, need to start on serious arm exercises! I went away for the weekend with some friends we went on a long hike on Saturday, the back of my legs still feel sore!
I was fortunate to be invited to Morgan Bay, these are the cliffs we hiked over
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Gorgeous! Where are you? South Africa?0
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@orangequilt Yes I'm in East London, RSA1
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