Women 200lb+, Let's Seize the Day This September!!!
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Wednesday weigh in
Highest weight: 435 (11/1/18)--lost 50 lbs. by the end of 2018 but got off track and gained back almost 31 lbs.
SW: 415.8 (4/17/19)
8/26: 213.6
8/31: 211.2
9/2: 210.4
9/9: 209.6
9/16:
9/23:
9/30:
Sept. GW: 204.2
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)
Weekly exercise goals:
- bike ride or exercise bike 5 times per week - 5/5
- strength training (including core specific exercises) 2 times per week - 2/2; added a new exercise this past week
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 4/4
- steps onto aerobic step platform twice a day at least 3 times per week - 4/3; increased reps this past week; plan to increase reps again this week
A small loss again this week. My pattern lately seems to be a smaller than projected loss followed by a larger than projected loss to catch up to about where I should be and repeat. I still wish the losses would be more consistent but as long as I eventually get to where I "should" be, that's what really matters...or so I keep telling myself.
Only 1 planned trip to help my parents again this week means another week where I should have no excuses not to hit my exercise goals!
We went from really hot weather to cool and rainy. And with the rain has come the winds. We can use the rain but a couple days would be enough! It looks like I'll be doing the exercise bike more than riding my bike outside.
I have to renew my driver's license tomorrow. I guess I'll put my real weight on it...probably for the first time in about 20 years! I'm well below the fake weight I put on it last time. I kind of wish I had reached onederland before having to renew but hopefully next renewal, if I'm still around then.
Good luck with your goals this week!6 -
@aliciap0116 I'm so sorry to hear about the accident! Please be kind and patient with yourself2
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@iloveeggnog 100 days - amazing! I'm so impressed. You *should* be so proud of yourself!3
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Weigh-in Wednesday!
Alexandra
Height: 5'7”
Starting weight: 296 (1/1/20)
Current weight 250
Goal weight #1: 180
Goal weight #2: 150-160ish.
This morning I was 252 again. I've been either 251-253 for the last two weeks, but this week I did some work outside and made my back and shoulders sore, and sore muscles held water for two days at 257. Today was the first day I was back to "normal". I would like to break through 250 into the high 240's, but apparently this is my pace for now.
However, I fit in a pair of jeans that I didn't fit in a week ago, so we do have progress, and I'm fine with it as long as there's progress.
Have not yet got to the gym for a training session; last weekend Boyfriend had a mental health crisis and I was TOM and crampy, so I canceled that one. But I should be good for the one this Saturday. I really am moving more and doing more and feeling good about moving. I even skipped a nap Monday and Tuesday, but I had one today after the grocery store.
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@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Nothing like fitting into old jeans to make you feel like a badass! WTG!4
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PennycillinEQ wrote: »Day 8 check-in.
9-1 196.5
9-8 194.5
Sept. goal: lose 5 lbs this month, 5 days/45 min. cardio/rehab knees per week
Exceeded my exercise goal. So far, so good on the eating.
I'm really appreciating the honesty of this group. Somehow its reassuring to know that everyone struggles at times and it's not necessary to be perfect to succeed. If someone came on here and posted how easy it was for them to drop 70 pounds in 6 months and keep it off for 20 years I think I would shoot the computer.
I loved your insight that it's not necessary to be perfect to succeed. I always say I am not a perfectionist (spell check seems to agree with me as I keep typing our perfectionist wrong) but I am an excellentist. I can't spell that right since it is a made up word. However in this case I don't have to be that either. We really just have to improve everyday. So I am left wondering why your statement hit me so profoundly but it did. This is a hard challenge but somehow that thought you offered made it seem more possible than it did earlier. Thanks!6 -
aliciap0116 wrote: »Weigh in Wednesday:
This has been a really tough week and I am proud of what I did accomplish. My son and husband had a bike accident last Wednesday. Thankfully my son is fine but my husband is in the hospital with 5 fractured ribs and a punctured lung. He is in surgery as I write this for his 3rd chest tube. We are hoping the procedure is successful and that with proper placement they can drain the air from his chest cavity and his lung can start to heal property. If not they may have to put a patch on the lung. At first i was coming everyday to see him but we have been limiting my visits recently because of Covid risk. I’m here now trying to distract myself.
I feel silly posting this week in light of all of that. Fitting in a few workouts and extending them beyond my 40 minute goal was a major accomplishment for me. My body feels stronger. Also not eating my feelings and not medicating stress with unlimited food was a big accomplishment. Which is not to say that I have been perfect but I am proud I did not backslide completely.
I am so sorry! It is so important at times like this to continue to take care of yourself too and so hard to do so I am proud of you that your are working on this and having some success.4 -
@aliciap0116, sending warm thoughts to your family. Those are HUGE accomplishments, it is very easy to turn to food during times of stress like that.
@speyerj, thank you for the welcome back! I am excited to be back in this community.
@lilann1961, welcome back! Love your goals, we can do this.
@wanderinglight, beautiful photo!
@MuttiNM, thank you for your kind words. I do feel like I am in a good spot now. And, I actually weight what is on my driver's license for the first time in many years, so that is very exciting for you! I live in Nebraska and we are having some weird weather right now, it is very chill out when about two days ago it was close to 100 degrees.4 -
@tnkshozi glad you have a better work environment now
@iloveeggnog Happy 100th! Congratulations on this success. What a post!
@ThisMagicMoment I hope you have a great month. But 1st have a great week.
@torihudson6 I agree I think of my monthly weight goal more as a range. For now mine is to get in the mid 240s and stay out of the 250s. In my usualy variations I did hit 250 so that is gone but I can get and stay in the mid 240s anyway since I got to 246.6. Lower 240s would be great! You are doing a lot. Just keep doing your best to take care of yourself. I like fall too but we are having the hottest September and now we have smoke from eastern part of our state.
@motivatedsister I started reading your post but stopped and got some water. Thanks! I am struggling again with this?! I think we shouldn’t be thinking of this as a temporary thing. So that there shouldn’t be any slacking off even when we reach our healthy weight. We just will then switch to maintaining a healthy weight and I suspect I will be working on quite a bit of toning. This is about healthy eating and being fitter not about reaching somewhere and slacking off. However I am not saying what you are talking about is not totally normal. It is but I think that is because so many of us aren’t really approaching this as a permanent life change but as a temporary life fix.
@lilann1961 I know how are we in Sept already and yet when will we get through 2020 already? You are inspiring me to get on my Gazelle a poor woman’s elliptical. I would like to work up to 30 min any day I don’t do my strength training routine or go on a walk. Mine is really cheap it doesn’t even have resistance but then I do. 100 lbs but now it isn’t really 100lbs and that is progress. My heel starts to hurt when I get past 15-20 minutes. Today I will try with my new shoes. I will think of your bees when I do my Gazelle today.
@wanderlinglight great check in. Love your baby. So cute. Now I want to see inside.
@amina71016 I wouldn’t call it very indulgent Labor Day Weekend for me but it still set me back a bit.
@aliciap0116 Hope your husband is doing well.
@MuttiNM Yesterday I spent time trying to develop a resistance band workout because in straightening up and decluttering we found mine. In my research I kept thinking of you. Things you are working at to get strong kept coming up. Like chair yoga and step aerobics even though I wasn’t looking for them. You have given getting stronger a lot of good thought and work. Congratulations for putting your real weight on your driver’s license.
@AlexandraFindsHerself You reminded me that I could have some muscle holding water issues this morning too? Last week I didn’t exercise and yesterday I did my strength training. Fitting into jeans you didn’t last week to me is a much bigger indicator of progress than the scale so congrats! Glad you are having a better week. I feel like a nap after going to the grocery store these days. Wearing a mask and having to go the right way down aisles and just trying to get out of there fast. I have been able to avoid it more with ordering for pick up and our weekly dairy order. I need the activity but not the risk.
I read all of your posts.
We got caught up in our cleaning, straightening and de-cluttering this weekend and didn’t get to the grocery store. So we got caught getting take out. We got Pho Tai and Banh Mi. We live near a place that has great Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwiches). It even made it into the top ones in the city that were reviewed by our local paper. In fact I was able to change a friends mind about Banh Mi because of this place. She lives in Houston for most of the year and she said she didn’t like them, had tried several times and said that Houston has a big Vietnamese community which it does. I was shocked. I love them. She said they were dry. I said dry?! Then you need to try the ones we get. They aren’t dry. We ordered out for a social distancing picnic in our backyard. She liked them. However this weekend they did me in. We each got Pho Tai and our own Banh Mi. I usually just share a Banh Mi and I get a small Pho. Pho is a rice noodle soup. I had leftovers but then that meant that I had more for lunch yesterday extending the impact further into the week. Anyway that is over with. My husband picked up the items on the shopping list last night.
However I am still happy about progress we made on rooms we needed to de-clutter this weekend. We found things we were missing. One was some resistance bands I had. So one thing I did yesterday was research on exercises using them. I also tweeked my strength training routine which includes free and body weight exercises, etc. I am continuing to work on the things we started last weekend as well which are more active tasks. I also got in my strength training session which I try to do 1-2 times a week but last week didn’t get any exercise between Drs and job appointments. I broke in my new Brooks. So I plan to get some exercise in each day this week. I also need to step up the water intake again.
One find while straitening was a whole set of new cookware which was like a reward for all my work doing deep cleaning of the kitchen. Not to mention all the home cooking I have been doing since March. It was a gift my son didn’t want which we had stored. We actually need new cookware that works better with our new range which this does. So today I will make what I planned for Labor Day. So I better get my exercise in now. I should really check in here in the mornings. Lots of insights and inspirations you have really help. I also have one de-cluttering task to do today too.
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@aliciap0116 I hope the surgery went well and your husband is on the mend. What a scary thing to have happen to your family.
@torihudson6 good to see you again!
Good to see everyone continuing to try, in our imperfect and nonexcellent ways. For me the thing is not to give up trying.5 -
@aliciap0116 I'm so sorry to read about the bike accident. I'm praying your husband's operation went well. Well done for not leaning on food to comfort you, but honestly just be kind to yourself no matter what you do or don't do!
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@aliciap0116 sorry to hear about your husband, sending thoughts and mojo. Don't feel silly for posting here- you are taking care of yourself in a time of stress, and you should do that.
Good morning everyone, I've read all your posts and clicked your buttons! I've had a run this morning, which feels great coupled with the fact that it was my night to sleep without the baby last night. I've got some lush overnight oats with cherries, a 1:1 ratio of oats to cherries- just the way I like it. And the scale said 181 this morning! Feeling great. I hope the scale is as nice to me tomorrow, for the official weigh in. We'll see.
Have a good day, everyone!8 -
I hope everyone has a really good day today! I woke up without the alarm, just before it went off, and the morning weight was back to its usual fluctuations so I think that means my shoulders and back have healed up. I'm really feeling energetic and ready to do everything that needs doing today, and I love that feeling!
I have a lot of cooking to do today for my in-laws and so that's the main thing scheduled today, that and putting away the laundry that hung to dry last night. We're going to have another hot humid day, bleah. It's September, time for fall!3 -
@ThisMagicMoment I feel ya on the New England heat! I'm a little further north than that but this summer has been one for the record books!!
@KeriA Decluttering is the best feeling in the world! That's what I spent the few weeks of quarantine doing (then I was able to go in to work as we have lots of space and separate areas). I still have my big closet off my living room to muck out and I will be happy. Sure will make that major housecleaning for the holidays easier!
@motivatedsister We got this! It helps having someone whose brain tries to trick them in the same way!!
@torihudson6 Wow, you really do have a lot on your plate. It's pretty amazing that you are finding time to take care of yourself too.
@lilann1961 Some days I don't want to get out of bed and I try to think of all the reasons why I can't exercise. But then I think about how great a mood it leaves me in and I can't stay in bed. Just like your elliptical!
@PennycillinEQ haha I like your sense of humour. I'd be right there with you shooting up the computer, cause this is hard...physically, emotionally, spiritually!!
@holdthefries You're doing great, 3 pounds in one week!! Wow!
@wanderinglight I thought of you last night as i was sitting in bed doomscrolling through facebook! I immediately got up and plugged it into its charger on the other side of the room. Thanks for that!!
@MuttiNM That is pretty incredible to put your real weight on the license!!
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Your whooosh will come!! Also, I'm sorry your BF is dealing with mental health crises. The role you are in is not an easy one. I have a niece and a nephew, siblings, in crises mode right now and it is heartbreaking.
@ZhivagosGirl Wedding rings was a big motivator for me too!
@amina71016 Long weekend got the best of me too but isn't it great how quickly we were able to catch it and turn it around?? That's progress!
@aliciap0116 Wow, with all you're going through, it's amazing that you have time to fit in workouts. That's dedication. Thinking of you and hope your husband heals well and quickly!!
Sorry to be long winded but I just realized I appreciate the call outs so much myself that I really wanted to start too!!10 -
You all are so awesome!! Just had to say it. Have a great Thursday!!6
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@MuttiNM I've just read your post, you have lost a phenomenal amount of weight, what an inspiration! Glad we don't need our weight on our license!! Imagine how many false numbers there must be!
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Catching up but it's a lot! Kids went back to all virtual school in NY so I'm balancing plates here as they get settled into a routine. Eating has been ok. I'm up a pound since my low last weigh in but considering I had a few "food heavy" get togethers recently I'll take it. Managed to get 30 minutes on the assault bike (about 200 calories) while the kids ate lunch. All my meals are logged for the day and I'm on track!
@aliciap0116 well wishes for your husband4 -
Happy Thursday! I logged my food plan or the day. So today, the plan is to have another strength training session. I can choose between my usual free/body weight one or my new resistance band one. I also saved some resistance band videos.
I have a medium pile of papers to go through from the weekends decluttering.
I made Coronation Chicken for dinner last night. It was very good. I found out about it while reading one of my books. Tonight my husband makes wild-caught pacific salmon. We have tons of tomatoes so I have a Greek tomato, potato green bean dish planned for tomorrow. It won’t make a dent in the tomatoes.
I am really pleased. My husband never set up outlook on my computer and I hate the internet version of it. I guess my software was updated last night so it prompted me to set up Outlook. I tried doing this unsuccessfully before but this time it worked. I have outlook just like I did at work! I can get more organized now. It isn’t both my emails and unfortunately job emails come on the other one. Anyway I think it will help me with establishing a better weekday routine which I need now.
Here are my new Brooks:
I love rose gold.
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I forgot. Yesterday I did 30 minutes on my Gazelle and after dinner I took my husband for a walk too despite the smoke. I also got all my water intake yesterday. Hope today goes the same. Also when I was logging in my food plan I saw that 1 item was set for 2 of something when I been having only 1 of them. I had to go back and correct the last 3 days. I have been having less calories that I thought. Which means the scale should be down more than it is.
There use to be on MFP a little grumbling animated emoji. I loved that guy.4 -
@changeforeverlj I wish we didn't need our weight on our license. I filled out my renewal application online 2 weeks ago. I just guessed what my real weight might be for my appointment today. I guessed wrong...I am a little over a pound less than my guess. Oh, well. I tried to be honest this time. And my inadvertent fake weight is higher than my real weight this time instead of the other way around!
@KeriA Your new shoes are beautiful! I hope they are comfortable for you as well. Your talk of decluttering has inspired me to do some as well. When I retired a few years ago, I moved from a 3 bedroom house with a basement and 2.5 car garage into a 1 bedroom condo with just a small storage unit and a shared underground garage (so no place to store things in the garage). I thought I got rid of a lot when I moved but now that I've been here a while and have a better idea of what retired life is like, I think I can purge some more stuff. I started with going through my paperwork. That's the thing I always put off until the end (& usually never get to) so this time I thought I'd mix it up and start there. I'm almost done! Thanks the the inspiration!5
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