Women 200lb+, Let's Be Extra Awesome This August!!!
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It took most of the day, but I convinced myself to go for a run today. I am aiming to do a run/workout/bike ride 5 times per week. It could be shorter at only 20 minutes, or longer, but just something. So I am at two days in a row now. We do walk our dog every evening for about 25-30 minutes, but I want to be active in addition to that.
I decided to program all my food for the day in this morning and see if I can stick to it easier that way, rather than logging after I have eaten it. Hopefully today turns out to be successful.6 -
@pliskit: I eat a lot of the same things and have shrunk my stomach down to very small portions, so sometimes prelogging versus logging afterwards is just a matter of when I happened to sit down to do it. Where I find prelogging really helps is going out to eat. A lot of places nowadays have their menu online, so I can figure out what I'm going to have, prelog and get an idea of how that will fit into my calories for the day, and if necessary adjust afterwards. (For example, if the burger was so big I could only eat half.)4
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Welcome new members
@ChrysalisCove the gnocchi were good but I think I could make them look better next time. I kept thinking they would fall apart when I boiled them but they didn’t. I made a simple wine sauce for them.
@wanderlight Your SA river pictures brought back memories . Glad you are enjoying the kayak.
Sorry to hear the sad news @pamiede. Take care!
@pliskit It has taken me from March to build up an exercise schedule after the pandemic messed with my Aquafit classes 3 days a week and with distractions it is the 1st to go out the window. I created a strength training routine I do 2 times a week if I can. Then add on whatever fits on the other days.
Well my weight is coming back down from the celebrations of last weekend. I had a short screen phone interview this morning which has led to a full-fledged on-line panel interview for next Wednesday. I should hear from the last job interview by then if I get it. So It is nice to have this set up. I am trying to fit in exercise and water and making meals at home around all these drs appt and jobsearch activities. I won’t make my August goal but am hoping to make a little progress before the 1st. I am a little worried since the last time I made chicken quesadillas (tonights dinner) they were too good and I gained a bit.
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@pliskit I always plan the food the night before (about to go do it now). I can change things, but it's always nice to have a baseline. It works well for me. I like to plan things so it fits my personality.
Haven't checked in for several days. I am doing fine, tracking and managing to exercise. Missed my strength training class on Monday, but I strength trained tonight independently, so that felt better.
SW: 233.6
CW: 226.2
# of days on mfp: 18
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Week Four checkin - a small loss. I saw 217 on the scale once this week but for today's weigh-in I was back up to 219.6.
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: 219.6
Week Four check-in:
Weekly goals (exercise):
🌸 Increase swim workouts to 45 minutes and work on form and conditioning - I did not get a swim in last week, but I'll be going today for one of my last swims of the season before they close the pool.
🌺 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 last week's workouts as I had some big burns in there.
🌸 Practice planks + dynamic surf moves - no, I did not have my reminders set and I did not do this
🌺 Work out every other day - I did big workouts this week but not every other day.
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 - I've done well with veggies but need to focus on more protein and fiber. Today I'll shop and prep so that I have veggies ready to go.
🌸 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 logged and under control.
Weekly goals (mental):
🌸 STOP DOOMSCROLLING, especially in the morning and before bed - I haven't been doomscrolling but I'm still on my phone too much esp before bed.
🌺 Set the timer for uninterrupted work sessions - Yes! I've felt back in the groove with my business. I added new products and had a few really good days of sales.
🌸 Weekly shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) even if it's just in my own backyard - I'm removing this from my to-do as I simply have not been inspired to do this.
🌺 Less Facebook. Ugh, I hate Facebook so much. - I hate the new design, and that's a good thing because I just can't stand to be on it.
Accountability update: I had some good days last week that showed me that lower numbers on the scale are possible.
* My husband will be home in a few days and I want to do things differently than the last time he was home. I slipped into vacation mode and there was a lot of splurging. He is very supportive and is trying to lose weight himself (and of course it just falls off him easily). I am going to stay focused on my own plan and keep at it.
💜 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. 💜9 -
I'm trying to catch up here, it's been quite a month! I do want to tag people and give a better update. But I've had quite a bit on my plate the last few weeks.
I’ve had more of a busy/rough month than I planned. Two weeks ago I went to the shore, and just before I started back to my place, my car stalled. I spent the whole 70-mile trip back home choking back vomit from my nerves, and hoping that I would not stall again. I have had a long history of car trouble with this car, chief being that it needed a brand-new transmission prior to 70,000 miles, and could have used it about 5,000 miles before that. My car manufacturer had a class-action lawsuit outstanding for the issue, which I did not join the lawsuit because I had an extended warranty that covered the cost of the repair.
Well, all the shops around here are backed up with the work they have, so it took a week to get my car looked at and repaired by my regular mechanic. I didn’t use my car at all that week, so I didn’t go to the gym or the store. My car barely made to the shop on that Friday, and the problem did not seem to be with the transmission and that wasn’t the code generated with this check engine light. When I picked up my car, I drove it for a bit to make sure it was running OK, and stopped at the store to pick up groceries. All seemed well.
I didn’t have too much to do outside my house last weekend, other than my long run on Saturday. I went out Sunday night to do a small errand, later than I wanted to, but the weather was bad earlier in the day. Got to the store OK, and when I went to leave, the car had major issues – think lurching with my foot firmly on the brake, while in any gear including neutral. I had my car towed to the dealer the next day, and they still haven’t even looked at it.
So two weeks without the gym, my adrenaline scrambling my insides because most of the time I have no idea what I’m going to do. I’m in no position to buy a new vehicle, at least not by my financial standards. The service director called me with the idea he was going to convert my troubles into a sale for his dealership and I told him in no uncertain terms that I did not consider three transmissions in 80,000 miles a great recommendation for one of their new cars. I also told them I expected them to pay for the new transmission, if one was needed, because I expected this car to last for another 3-5 years. He made a noise at that statement, to which I replied that the car I owned prior to this one had over 120,000 miles on it after nearly 13 years of ownership. And only one transmission repair in that time.
So here’s what I’m thinking…how much do I need a car right now? We were just told to anticipate that we will be working from home full-time until early February 2021. I live in a very convenient place – I’ve walked to the Trader Joe’s twice in the last two weeks and gotten a reasonable amount of groceries in each trip. The bigger grocery store is a little less than 2 miles away, and I could at least walk there and plan for a ride back if I bought a lot of groceries. The gym is right near that grocery store, too. I live less than 3 miles from the biggest mall on the East Coast. Anything else I need I can get delivered to my door.
Even better, I’ve got a recreational trail right outside my door that has the places I go most of the time right off the trail. And I’ve got that not-in-so-good-shape coaster bike. This bike is not the greatest, but I do think it might be worth cleaning it up, putting a basket on it to use it for commuting to the gym and doing regular errands. Uber/Lyft makes it easy to get a ride when the bike won’t do. And if I want to go further afield, I can rent a car. Once we need to go back in the office, we’ve been told that it will only be 2-3 days a week, though I can say that’s not how our department works and we may be back full time. Still, I take the train into work and I live 2.5 miles from the train station. A good uphill walk to the station, and a long downhill walk back.
I’m really thinking of it, even if it is only leverage to make a great deal on a car. Because that a great, show-stopping, we'll take a loss because the car needs to be off the lot kind of deal is the only one I can afford to make right now. I think the dealers are used to dealing with people who are looking for a car, not people who would just walk and say, “I think I’m good here, thanks for your time.” Plus it might be that level up of NEAT that finally gets me to my goal!
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I'm having a hard time right now with cutting back on sweets! My sweet tooth is something I really need to work on!! I'm not following any certain kind of diet, just trying to be careful not to go over the 1200 calories a day that MFP has set for me. I'd like to eventually start a eating plan but in the past whenever I would try to follow a certain way of eating It always seemed to back fire on me and I'd always crave the foods I wasn't allowed to have. So...here I am, kind of in a limbo on what to do.
Hello!!
I love sweets also. Something I have been able to do to help me is to pre-portion out my sweets or get the smaller sizes and know that I can only have 1 or so a day (so, I save it for later to enjoy). Most times, I end up forgetting about it and don't even eat it. Something to help is to pre-log the desert/sweet before you eat it and see how much it "costs" you in the food/nutrients that you actually need. When you see the amount, you may be able to cut down the amount you would normally have eaten. I don't follow diet plans either, for similar reasons. Something my doctor encouraged me to do and that seems to help me is the intermittent fasting. Eat your meals between a certain time (mine is 11 am - 7 pm) and in the off times drink water, fruit teas (with honey if needed), or maybe yogurt (greek yogurts seem to have a higher protein content) (or high protein snacks - not a lot of these). I tend to also eat a lot of fruits with high fiber contents like mangoes which are already sweet and so that helps me as well. I hope something I have mentioned helps you.
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💜Hey, ladies. Sorry I was MIA this month. I was taking a mental health break. I might take another week or two hiatus, but I will be back! 💜
I've posted the new group for next month. Please head on over whenever you're ready:
🍁Women 200lb+, Let's Seize the Day This September!!!🍁9 -
@wanderinglight, I love your insight, especially the bit about not being able to hate ourselves into good habits. Keep up the good work!
@mmdeveau good luck with your car decision. I think not having a car is much healthier and it sounds like you have decent options where you are.
@ravenstcloud hope things feel better soon, thanks for the new group xx2 -
Welcome new members
@ChrysalisCove the gnocchi were good but I think I could make them look better next time. I kept thinking they would fall apart when I boiled them but they didn’t. I made a simple wine sauce for them.
I half expected ours to disintegrate, too! Frying them in the sage butter sauce really helped aesthetically. They look a bit slimy straight out of the water 😅2 -
Forgot about posting these, whoops! 🤦🏻♀️
I’ll fill in my last week on Monday.
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)
Week 2: 225.0 (🔻 1.2lbs)
Week 3: 224.8 (🔻 0.2lbs)
Week 4:
Weightloss Goals:
🌻 No snacking after 9pm - (5/7)
🌻 No more than one 12oz soda per day - (7/7)
🌻 Mitigate stress with exercise, not eating - (1/7)4 -
Went on a long bike ride this morning. My husband went to the city (Albuquerque) today for a Costco run and brought dinner back from Cheesecake factory. I planned it, ate half and came in under my calories.
SW: 233.6
CW: 226.0
# of days on mfp: 20 (1/3 of the way to my mini-goal)4 -
wanderinglight wrote: »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. 💜
^ This, to the 1000th degree.
Getting over my shame about being fat was a huge hurdle for me that I had to overcome so I could love myself enough to get healthy. I remember the first time I publicly stated my weight on this thread. I didn't want anyone to know how fat I was. I had been in denial about how much I had gained and I had so much shame and regret about regaining weight formerly lost. But typing it here made a big difference. It wasn't a secret anymore. My shame was a burden that was holding me back. Eventually I realized that if I was going to progress in this weight loss journey, I had to leave it behind. And I've never looked back.7 -
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: 170.8
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 ✅
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day ✅
Get at least 10,000 steps/day ✅
Over indulged in carbs this week and I paid for it in water weight for most of the week, but it came back down today, so all is well. I had made some homemade caramel corn that was so, so delicious! And so much more sugar than I am used to!
My fitbit decided to stop syncing on Tuesday, so I'm not getting credit for my exercise calories, so I'm seeing lots of red in my diary. I tried everything to get it to work and finally ended up calling fitbit. Apparently, its the device, but my Charge 3 is still under warranty, so they are sending me a new one. I have grown so dependent on it. It's going to be hard to wait for it to arrive.
@mmdeveau - So sorry to hear about your car trouble. If you can get by without a car, do it! Just think how much you will save in parking, insurance and gas. I have an electric car (a Fiat 500e) which I adore. But when we have to go on a long trip, we sometimes rent a car. When you aren't renting from the airport, car rentals are pretty cheap. And if they have Zip Car in your area that can be a good option to for those weekend beach trips or a big Costco/Ikea run.
@KeriA - Congratulations on landing another interview! My fingers are crossed for you!
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how do I find the link to the new group?
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holdthefries wrote: »how do I find the link to the new group?
click on the 'motivation and support' heading above this and then you will see all the threads in recent order, the women 200lb one should be on the first page, then star it as a favourite and you are away!3 -
Ladies I loved catching up on all your posts! I did reply but lost what I had written (This seems to happen often, especially when I scroll up to read your post and reply...I'm not tech-savvy) I can so relate to fat-shaming and sabotaging yourself. I've had a hate relationship with my body and self-image since I was a girl. Even when I was slim I thought I was fat, now that I'm approaching my 50's and suddenly it's my health at stake, I've started to take charge. I've lost a chunk of weight and exercise daily without fail, I log my meals, and read your posts, take on the advice offered! I still don't connect with the thinner me, I know I look better, but the thing that keeps me motivated and moving forward is my fitness level. Underneath my flabby skin, I can feel my muscles getting stronger, and that's such an awesome feeling. I would like to be a woman in her 50s who is comfortable in her own skin, with scars and stretch marks and wobbly bits, who celebrates the little things in life, who can walk for miles on chunky legs and be grateful! Well done to your losses and NSV! Good luck for next week which happens to be a new month, and on our side of the world Spring!6
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Spring here in Oz too!1
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I know I just posted a weight update yesterday, but I have to share a new milestone. This morning clocked in at 168.7, which puts me at a BMI of 25. And do you know what that means? I'm not "overweight" anymore!!9
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Wow @speyerj , living the dream there!!! You're normal!!!!!3
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@speyerj congrats on that very impressive milestone!!! So happy for you!1
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Went away for three days to Orleans on Cape Cod and had an amazing, relaxing time. I needed it. My skinny anorexic sister tried a number of times to bring up my daughter’s and my weight but we discussed it ahead of time and refused to give her an opening. We are getting healthy our own way, and not by someone else’s’ idea of what’s right or shaming. We took several fabulous beach walks including one on the Brewster flats, photos attached, where low tide extends for a mile. And when the tide comes back in, you’d better run if you are out on the flats because it is fast and furious! Sending love and light for a great week to come for you all! 💕6
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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)
31/08 78.8 kg 173.36 (-0.7kgs) (-1.54lbs)
Little victory, was really treated to a 5-star day spa for a pamper session with two girlfriends, amazing experience, plus we had a three-course lunch and I ate it all, after all it was fine dining, and had a glass of wine. So extremely happy I lost as that was the day before the weigh-in.
@speyerj Well done on your amazing achievement!!
@micwrites Glad you and your daughter had a game plan, and the walks must have been glorious!6 -
Hi everyone!
The Snacking Continued. And as a result, who knows what my weight really is. I weighed in at 183.4 this morning, and that could be a real weight. Ugh. Time to tighten up in September!
Quick tags:
Sounds like lots of us are going through a rough time.
@pamiede so sorry to hear about your friend, cancer sucks. Sending my thoughts.
@bluffgirl67 sorry about your mom.
Happy belated birthday all the same.
@aliciap0116 you've got a great plan in place, and I know you will do it.
@speyerj CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done.
@KeriA Sending job mojo! But it sounds like you've got the right attitude about it even if you don't get it.
See you all in the September thread.4 -
Also gonna drop this here: September planning has begun!
I love filling up a page with scribbles, even if no one can read it (including me, sometimes 😂)
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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)
Week 2: 225.0 (🔻 1.2lbs)
Week 3: 224.8 (🔻 0.2lbs)
Week 4: 221.8 (🔻 3.0lbs)
Weightloss Goals:
🌻 No snacking after 9pm - (7/7)
🌻 No more than one 12oz soda per day - (7/7)
🌻 Mitigate stress with exercise, not eating - (0/7)6 -
@mmdevaux Sorry to hear about your car troubles. They are the worse! I was going through that earlier this year, and unfortunately I've got quite a long commute (and still going into the office most days) that not having one wasn't an option. I'm glad you at least have the option of going at it with no car. It sucks to have to buy when it's not planned.3
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SW: 210.9 (7/27)
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!)
8/3: 207.7 (-3.2)
8/10: 205.9 (-1.8)
8/17: 205.2 (-0.7)
8/24: 201.5 (-3.7)
8/31: 201.4 (-0.1)
Didn't make ONEderland - boo! It wasn't a terrible week; I was on track calorie wise, and from a strictly mathematical standpoint I should have lost more than 0.1 lbs. But we all know weight loss isn't linear. I was good on calories this weekend, but my water intake sucked, and I was super lazy. The arrival of Aunt Flow this weekend really drained me - I practically slept most of the day Saturday. So I'm not completely surprised today to not see a good loss. Hopefully when AF leaves she'll take some pounds with her. Gonna keep pushing, and fingers crossed come next Monday I'm finally in ONEderland!7 -
Happy last day of August! I'm so very happy with my progress this month, not because it was a huge loss but because I now have HOPE, something I've have not had for years. I thought it was impossible for me to lose weight (having worked in the past with doctors and nutritionists and still not seen any progress). I thought my years of bulimia and exercise addiction, plus my metabolism and genetics, were working against me. So, I'm really, really happy.
Final stats for August:
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: 219.6
8/31: 217.4
August loss: 7.0lbs
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