Women 200lb+, Let's Seize the Day This September!!!

I do a check in when I lose since my weight varies so much.

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
September starting weight 247.6 (August low)
9/1: 247
9/6: 246.8

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.

September Goal weight: 242

My Sept Goals are:
1. Continue to log, get enough sleep and water intake and stay under calorie goal with healthy meals at home. I need to bring up the water intake a bit. I also didn't log on this weekend but caught up today.
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.I haven't been doing this. This weekend we are cleaning house and I have been cooking. I do not have any job or Drs appointments this coming week so this should improve.
3. I want to get well into the low 240s and not see any weight in the 250s again. I am close to 20 lbs loss.I am closer to 20 lbs loss and just into the mid 240s.

I actually saw 246.6 on the scale this morning but when I went back to check I kept getting different weights. So I compromised. I did enter the 246.6 on my phone weight app since it shows all my variations and a great chart which has been showing a consistent downward trend since late December of last year. However I won't enter it on MFP. I will enter 246.8. My husband tested just slightly into the pre-diabetic range so I think he will be helping me keep down the processed carbs and sugars. The difference between us is I usually get more exercise although he is more generally active except for busy work days. Also I think he is genetically more predispositioned. His siblings all have type 2 diabetes.

However my daughter made another batch of char siu bao and they were the best I have tasted along with my mother-in-laws. I will restrict them to one a day for lunch. Luckily alot went with her boyfriend who helped forming the bao before they were steamed. I think we will have wild caught salmon today but I need to plan for the week ahead. I haven't even decided on labor day! Well I will next read everyone's posts.

I really ate my feelings today, but I’m still considering it a successful day because I (a) realized I was doing it and (b) still logged everything even though I was waayyyy over my calories.

My husband has been on the road for 50 days and we were leaving tomorrow for a well-earned vacation - driving our new Airstream trailer to my moms house in Atlanta for two weeks. Today he got a call saying he has to be back at work on Saturday. We won’t even get a full week together. It was so upsetting.

We got the news and about 20 minutes later I just mindlessly started eating stuff I hadn’t touched for months now. There was a direct line from getting the news to wanting to eat ANYTHING to make myself feel better. I had a moment of clarity about this and was able to stop before it turned into a full binge.

I have a plan for tomorrow which includes a guided meditation, some good stretching before we leave, and no self-flagellation for today’s mistakes. ❤️

Monday Check-in
SW 230.78 lbs (16/03/2020) 104.9 Kgs

31/08 78.8 kg 173.36 (-0.7kgs) (-1.54lbs)
07/09 77.3 Kg 170,06 (-1.5kgs) (-3.3lbs)

Finally out the obese BMI range, into Overweight! I have 5 more days of my 6th 30-day challenge. Breaking this weight loss/health gain journey into small chunks is working!

@wanderinglight Oh dear, that's disappointing for you and your husband. Well done on recognizing why you were diving into food, that's a battle won! Enjoy your time together, have fun, and love yourself!

This is my first time in the group! I signed up for MFP in January 2020, didn’t do much with it until a recent doctor appointment where I found out in addition to high blood pressure, I also have high cholesterol and am pre-diabetic. Time to change for good! 💪🏽

SW: 266
CW: 240.5
GW: 132
Height: 5’4
Age: 35

I am 16:8 intermittent fasting for the past 11 days successfully and I’d love to add some friends in my feed so I feel like I’m not on this journey alone.

Thanks in advance for being with me. I’ve only ever tried WW so this is new to me.

Monday check in. Hi everyone. I love reading everyone's stories, comments, and advice.

I have been doing my official weekly weigh-in on Saturdays, and also stepping on the scale 2-3 times a week to help motivate myself and stay the course. This past week I weighed on Friday for some reason though

9/4 - 283.5

I still am struggling to get 7500 steps a day and haven't worn my fitness watch for the past couple days. I do appreciate the ideas from this group to help me achieve this.

I am tracking everything I eat, even when it is high in calories, carbs, and/or fat. Hubs made homemade jambalaya over the weekend and that was tough to keep in a reasonable portion, but I did my best (it was delish!).

Sticking with eating meals from a plate and seated at the table or island. This actually works wonders to avoid mindless snacking.

I am taking this week off from work to spend time with my family and hopefully this will give me opportunity to carve out time for exercise.

Thanks for being here and listening. Have a great week everyone!

Thank you for for this post! I've been on and off with my weight loss for about 5 years now and for more than half of that time I had just given up because my emotional eating got the best of me.

I recently changed jobs to get away from a depressing work environment and going to one that allows me more time to invest in exercise and healthy eating again. I'm excited to get started again and I'm hoping to make some new friends on this forum too😊

Highest weight: 109kg (November 2019)
Current weight: 102kg
First goal weight: 90kg

I've recently re started using C25K as it helped me SO MUCH when I was at my fittest to get into jogging and I've been trying to consistently log my meals on MFP. Also trying to stick to weekly weigh in and avoid weighing obsessively everyday. Wish me luck! 🤞🏾

So today is 100 days for me. 100 days of logging; 100 days of calorie restricting; 100 days of being mindful; 100 days of being kind to myself; 100 days of challenging my body to move more, to eat less and to function better. I am down 38 pounds in that time frame. I can wear my wedding rings and my class ring again. I have given away garbage bags full of clothes. I stand a little straighter. I wore a shirt my best friend gave me 8 years ago as a goal shirt (she had lost about 100 pounds about 10 years ago). And as much as I am beating myself up for "falling off the wagon" on the weekend, I didn't really. I still logged. I still came under calories (I don't usually eat back too many exercise calories but i did on the 2 days of my off-trackedness).

I don't know what finally clicked to make me do this. Maybe it was when someone said it was about self-care. Maybe it was just time. But I feel better than I have in years, decades even. And it is 100% for ME. Mindfulness brings clarity. And today, on the 100 day milestone, I am proud of me. I don't remember ever feeling that before except for graduations maybe.

I hope you all have an amazing day!