Women 200lb+, Let's Seize the Day This September!!!
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@wanderinglight That's great to know we are not alone in our journey! Don't you think that as you get older it becomes more about health than being thin? I listened to a podcast on my walk, it described overeating as a chronic disease that we suffer from and that we will have to manage it for the rest of our lives, there's no going back to eating as we did, we will have to maintain forever. It also said we have a better chance of maintaining when we have a support group. So ladies if you here you are on the right path!
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Happy Saturday! Grateful for a long weekend. It has been an emotionally draining week. Happy that my scale struggles are over. I realized I need to return to the patterns that helped me drop the weight. I did and lost 4.6 lbs this week!!!
Height: 5’4”
SW: 4/2019 307
CW: 9/1 188 (+4.2)
9/5 183.4 (-4.6)
Sept GW: 180 (3.4 to go)
UGW: 170 (13.4 to go)
#StayTheCourse
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Name: Jane
Age: 55
Height: 5' 9''
SW: 286.5 (6/3/19)
8/31 weight: 169.7
Maintenance Weight Range: 167-173
Weekly tracking:
9/5: 169.4
9/12:
9/19:
9/26:
9/30:
September goals:
Maintain my weight between 167 and 173✅
Log food daily ✅
Row or Run at least 6x's a week ✅
Get at least 45 "active" minutes a day ✅
Get at least 10,000 steps/day ✅ - Pretty sure about this one, but my fitbit stopped working. It's still under warranty - so I had to mail it back and am waiting for a replacement. It will take another 2 weeks to arrive.
I restart my 1/2 marathon training again next weekend. The goal race will likely be virtual and will take place in December. But the training will be in small, in-person groups, held outdoors. We'll run in even smaller pace groups a maintaining social distance while running.
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changeforeverlj wrote: »Downloaded a podcast and went for an hour long walk, it was invigorating, so thanks for the tip!
What a gorgeous place for a walk!2 -
Happy Saturday! Had a socially distanced birthday dinner with two friends last night - greek food, yum! And oodles of wine. I was up two pounds last night but I expected that.
Did a crazy difficult workout with a friend (on a video call) this morning - like, tears in my eyes difficult - but we got through it which makes me feel great. Also between the workout and all the water I drank that 2 lb gain disappeared.
Today's gonna be a OMAD type of day. I do IF and usually eat between 12-8ish but I just wasn't hungry at 12, or 1 and then I went food shopping and then out to do yard work and now that I'm starting to get hungry it's almost 5 so dinner will be soon.
Interested to see my official weigh in tomorrow. I'm actually thinking of changing my weigh in day to Fridays. During the week things are more planned. Weekends are more fluid. I wonder if I'd get a better idea of my true weight loss trends if I weighed in Fridays since I think my "work" is all done during the week.
When you do you all do your "official" weigh in? Or do you just record new lows? Or do you not do it at all?2 -
I'm a Monday weigher, helps me be less out of control at the weekend. A lot of people on here seem to weigh on a Wednesday. I actually weigh myself every day but I only record the Monday one.
I'm also doing 16:8, or trying to, counting calories, and just turned 52.4 -
@orangequilt - when my husband is working on losing weight he always weighs in sunday night because he says it forces him not to eat too much over the weekend!
I also weigh daily and record in a trending app but only record on MFP once a week5 -
@jayemes I'm one of the Wednesday weighers that @orangequilt mentioned. The only reason for that is that I happened to start my quest for better health on a Wednesday. I step on the scale a few times during the week but only record the Wednesday number. I've thought about weighing daily and using a trending app. I'm not sure if I would find that useful or not so I haven't changed my routine yet.4
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My weight has been steady. But my energy during the day is good. I got a lot of little things accomplished today along with a .5 mile walk in my driveway. Upped my daily step goal to 4000. Little by little. I also ate all of my calories today!4
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I weigh everyday, but I record my weight here on Saturdays. I tend to be lower on the weekends because I get more sleep. Although rowing put an end to sleeping in on the weekends.3
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I check in on Wednesdays but I weigh every day so that weighing isn't a big deal. If I don't weigh daily I start to try to play games with the scale and make it bigger in my head than it is. I record the record lows in MFP, but I report a total weekly, and that seems to work for me.4
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I had a week full of mindless snacking and late night eating.. trying to approach today (Sunday) as a fresh start.
I noticed that sometimes I get into the mindset that if I have an “unhealthy” snack then I might as well over eat the whole day. Does anyone else do this?? I am going to try to prioritize preventing this mindset, and make that a main focus of my goal this next week!5 -
I weigh on Saturday & Monday. Monday because my journey started on a Monday with the program I used. Saturday to check how I did through the week.
Weighing daily stresses me out so my system works for me 🤷🏽♀️2 -
@xofarrah I've definitely had that mindset in the past. My natural tendency is "all or nothing" thinking. This time around I'm trying to take the approach that no food is inherently good or bad. I try to eat nutrient dense food the majority of the time but having a piece of birthday cake or some cookies at Christmas doesn't mean it should be a free-for-all as far as eating goes for the rest of the day, week, etc.
I think NovusDies of the Larger Losers group said that if he made a mistake at work, would he spend the rest of the day making mistake after mistake? If he upset his wife, would he spend the rest of the day making his wife more upset? When you think about it like that, why do we think eating one less nutritious food item means we should spend the rest of the day eating less nutritious food? I remind myself of his comparison when I feel like I'm falling into my old way of thinking. Maybe looking at eating an "unhealthy" snack like this would help you too. 6 -
Hi All-
somewhat kind of a newbie again as I've fallen off the wagon time and time again and find myself coming on and off of mfp. My goal weight is to be between 135-150lbs, however my current weight is 284.4 as of 9/1/20. I am currently 16 weeks pregnant and want to shed a little weight for the sake of the baby and having a smooth labor. My doctor advised me to shed a few pound, however didn't say how many and he told me not to gain any weight as it would cause complexations. So, I'm tackling this carefully, as I do not want to put myself at risk of having an underweight baby or harm the baby at all. Here's my goals for this month.
Go for daily walks for a minimum of 30mins to 60mins
Completely cutout process food
Completely stop with fast-food and/or eating out
Eat more veggies throughout the day
Eat at the dinner table with no distractions like tv/phone
Daily morning stretches
45 min dance time with my daughter
Cook all meals at home
Log all meals and stay within my calorie range
Be active daily at least for 30mins
Do a pregnancy workout on youtube
Here are my goals for now. I've actually been sticking with this all week and hoping to see some good new on the scale during tomorrows weigh-in.9 -
This helped me so much. Eat mindfully.LaDiiHeArT wrote: »Eat at the dinner table with no distractions like tv/phone
I used to eat standing up, little of this, little of that while I was cooking - by the time I sat down I'd eaten a meal already.... or I felt like I didn't eat at all and would still be hungry.
Waiting to eat until I could sit like a person and take 15 minutes just to eat my meal was a game changer
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Sunday check in! Did a core workout this morning. I'm going to try for 3 workouts a week, plus get my 10k steps a day.
Having a BBQ with my inlaws today but since I'm cooking I can slip a turkey burger on the grill for myself instead of a double-the-calories beef burger. Still 90% of my calories today will be dinner. I'm doing ice cream for dessert which I can say no to though so that's good!
Age: 47
HT: 5’7"
SW: 219.6 (08/01/20)
CW: 211.6
GW: 175, then re-eval
09/06 209.2 (down 2.4lbs. 10.2 total)
09/13
09/20
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@xofarrah I've had that tendency too but one thing that works for me now is thinking: if i dropped my phone and it didn't break, would I just keep dropping it over and over again until it breaks? It's a weird analogy but it works when I feel myself thinking "oh well, this day's already a wash..."
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Name: Laurie
Age: 58
Highest weight: 331 (July 2018) - lost 89 lbs by Jan 2020 doing LCHF - gained 25 lbs during approx Jan 2020 to August 2020
SW in August 2020: 265
09/05/20 weight: 261
Maintenance Weight Range: 200ish
September goals: lose 1-2 lbs per week
18:6 intermittent fasting 5 days per week
1200 - 1500 calories per day
log food daily
lower fat intake
pre-diabetic - lower A1C
log food daily
exercise by walking a mile 5 plus days per week
introduce light weight training
I’m a new member - my #1 goal is weight loss towards better health. I work a sedentary job from home 9-10 hours per day.
My exercise at this time is walking about a mile per day with the hubs and our dogs. We walk upon waking between 3:30 am and 4:00 am due to the heat later in the day. During the fall/winter, we walk the same amount but after dinner. Because of chronic back pain, I’ve been hesitant to do other low-impact exercise but would be interested in hearing what others do that does not increase pain but burns calories. I’m very lucky to have a husband who is super supportive and helpful by eating healthier and doing whatever exercise I want to try.
I do realize that my exercise level is very low - I want to increase activity without increasing pain as increased pain causes a lack of ability to so more.
I am looking for friends with whom we can be mutually motivational. I am committed!! I’m not sure how this community works but as I read a few entries, it seemed like a place in which I could fit. 😊6 -
@xofarrah - what you describe is a common issue. And I love the analogies that others have provided - about making a mistake a work or dropping their phone. I think the "well, I just blew my diet, might as well throw in the towel" mindset comes from labeling foods "good" vs "bad"; "clean" vs. "forbidden". I used to have that mindset, the first time I lost 100 pounds. I literally dreamed about pizza, bread, fried chicken, pastries. I had cut foods I really loved out of my life and could not wait for the day when I reached my goal weight so I could go back to eating them. I think you can probably guess exactly what happened. The "first time I lost 100 pounds" gives you a giant clue.
What if you didn't think of food as good or bad, clean or unhealthy. What if there was no bad food, just bad logging? Then when you did indulge in food high in sugar, fat, or highly processed, you'd just log it and manage the rest of the day around that indulgence. And if you found you were extra hungry on those days you had food that was high in sugar or processed carbohydrates, you might decide whether indulging in them was worth it or not. Sometimes it is - sometimes it isn't. Sometimes, if you eat high protein food before and after that treat, you can fit it into your day in a way that leaves you feeling satiated and satisfied. And then you won't dream about the food, because you aren't depriving yourself. You won't feel guilty about eating it, because it's all part of your healthy eating plan - where you eat a wide variety of foods that you really love while maintaining a healthy calorie deficit.8
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