Women 200lb+, Let's Never Surrender in November!!!

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  • orangequilt
    orangequilt Posts: 4,710 Member
    @KMC55 I do that too! My partner had an evening out planned with his colleagues and I immediately bought an unhealthy meal plus dessert to eat!! It's nuts! Well done on resisting.
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    finngirl61 wrote: »
    @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 ' -
    Thank you so much for your reply. It means a lot to me. I recognize your name and you've made great progress! It's re-syarting again and then staying motivated. But good to focus on copies right now. You're right! 😊❤

    Honestly, the thing that motivated me was how very much better I felt. I was a little scared by it; if I felt this much better with a third of the weight off, how will I feel when it's all off?! but I know that there's no requirement to become someone who runs marathons or trains for every single bike race. If my personal speed is to eat small for the rest of my life and stroll through museums and botanical gardens, and ride a bike alongside my grandchildren on occasion, that's okay too.

  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    laurajewalker wrote: »
    I had cheesecake yesterday - and I’m so glad I did.

    A new place has opened locally, specialising in cheesecake. I’ve been seeing photos of them on all my feeds for weeks, alongside posts about them constantly selling out so have been craving it. But I thought I better not get it. Instead I’ve been eating anything sweet in my house for over a week and was getting a bit out of control.

    So I finally went yesterday as I just kept thinking about it. So I had it, and you know what - it wasn’t amazing, in fact I felt pretty sick after. So in future I’m going to consider giving in to a big craving sooner - because resisting really did me no favours as I just sabotaged a whole week, rather than one day (and in this case I won’t be wanting it again, anytime soon).

    I am not some person blessed with ultimate self-control around sweets; instead, I have a fructose intolerance which means a lot of sweets equal me getting sick. Therefore, if I'm going to get sick from it, it had better be worth it. It's amazing how much I can walk away from because, on second thought, it's not worth the headache.

    (I miss the heck out of fruit, though.)
  • JoDavo66
    JoDavo66 Posts: 526 Member
    @mccarol1956 your story could be mine! I lost almost all my XS on more than one occasion with Rosemary Conley & WW. I'm now heavier than I was post-pregnancy- the youngest "baby" is almost 15!! So sorry to hear about your husband, that must be tough at the moment. Your positivity towards your goals is inspiring.

    I've struggled this week. I always do the 2nd week & I've been very mindful of this.
    Been nightmare at work- a few positive covid cases meaning we have staff & students isolating too as well as usual absence for this time of year plus those "shielding" with the lockdown (that isn't really a lockdown as sooooo many people ignoring it and with schools + Universities physically open- 2 weeks on-line would've made huge difference) so we are setting cover work for in school, additional worksheets to send home for on-line lessons, teaching on-line and physically in classrooms and covering absent colleagues, on-line work too. I'm part time so max hours should be 38- I've worked 54!! So craved all the wrong stuff and not been as good as I could. Trying to be much more strict this weekend. Can't go to gym & it's too dark, wet & cold to do much outside.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    IsETHome wrote: »

    Anyone else stressing about Thanksgiving week?

    My extended family hasn't gotten together since before March. We aren't getting together for the holidays. I have taken my 93 yo mother to the Drs once and so has my sister. My brother went by recently to install another echo to help her do things she needs to. So I plan to make the traditional dinner on a smaller scale with just the immediate family. I have a turkey on order with our dairy which delivers on Monday mornings. However my daughter may want to invite her boyfriend with or without his uncle. Up until recently I was fine with that but I wonder if his uncle gets together with other close friends I don't know about. He is our age and retired so he doesn't do any other risky things. I hope to find a safe way to see my Mom that weekend. The retirement community is supposed to be setting somewhere for the winter to meet safely.
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    KeriA wrote: »
    IsETHome wrote: »

    Anyone else stressing about Thanksgiving week?

    My extended family hasn't gotten together since before March. We aren't getting together for the holidays. I have taken my 93 yo mother to the Drs once and so has my sister. My brother went by recently to install another echo to help her do things she needs to. So I plan to make the traditional dinner on a smaller scale with just the immediate family. I have a turkey on order with our dairy which delivers on Monday mornings. However my daughter may want to invite her boyfriend with or without his uncle. Up until recently I was fine with that but I wonder if his uncle gets together with other close friends I don't know about. He is our age and retired so he doesn't do any other risky things. I hope to find a safe way to see my Mom that weekend. The retirement community is supposed to be setting somewhere for the winter to meet safely.

    I go to see my mother and my grown sons (who live with her) about every two weeks. Since we're all healthy, and we've been sitting in a room together talking unmasked for several hours, and my other two partners are healthy, then we can sit the six of us down and have a meal together without too much extra danger.

    So my worries are more about conserving my standing budget enough to clean the bathroom meticulously AND make the food. And also doing food that both my boys can eat, which is fun because Younger Son is on a low-FODMAP diet to get his IBS under control. Poor guy. He's lost about 20 pounds because he's been sick all the time.
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    pamiede wrote: »
    Happy weekend! Still recouping from accident.

    Good views is I have made my goal weight! Now I have to eat more calories to maintain healing 🙄

    Enjoy your weekend!

    That is great! Well, you can eat more calories, and you know how to lose if you need to lose a little bit again after you recover. I believe in you and you are totally amazing and a real inspiration to me.
  • MuttiNM
    MuttiNM Posts: 240 Member
    @pamiede Congrats on making your goal weight!!! That's wonderful! Hope your recovery continues to go well.
  • orangequilt
    orangequilt Posts: 4,710 Member
    @pamiede great work, well done!!!
  • Tarzan37
    Tarzan37 Posts: 158 Member
    Congratulations, @pamiede - great job reaching your goal weight! I hope you have a smooth recovery.

    I am down another pound this morning, as expected with the time of the month bloating subsiding. Getting a lot of walking in with the part time job so hoping to still get into the 220's this month but we'll see how it goes. I'm not putting too much pressure on myself, just trying to stay healthy physically and mentally this winter. Hope you all do as well!
  • RYcare
    RYcare Posts: 78 Member
    Making_Impossible_Possible wrote: »
    Hey everyone!

    I'm getting a bit discouraged. For the last 2 weeks I've been working out 6 days a week, with 5 of those days being 2x a day, workout video for 30ish min in the morning and 30min on the treadmill at night. Then Saturday is a rest day and I do 30-45 min on the treadmill on Sunday. I've also been weighing and logging everything I eat. I havent lost ANYTHING. I've stayed the same if not gone up a bit.

    I haven't been perfect in my eating (we had cracker barrel on Wed, but I logged it) and last night we had mcdonalds but I logged it.

    I'm starting to think maybe I'm not eating enough as I don't eat back my exercise calories, so think week instead of aiming for 1510, I'm going to aim for 1700ish, as that will be just under half my calories in exercise (roughly 235 on treadmill and 215 in morning workout). This will bring up my net calories to closer to 1200.


    Does this logic seem right? Its always hard to wrap your head around eating more to lose weight.

    I'm aware that I have way too much fat in my diet and will be working on reducing that too.

    Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for you but wanted you to know you are not alone! I do the same things for weeks and I don’t lose any weight. I sometimes lose hope but come back again to try to make it work.
  • brighteyed8331
    brighteyed8331 Posts: 6 Member
    My goal is to lose 2 lbs per week.
    To do it I will:
    Commit to meeting my step goal each day
    Complete at least one workout or walk per day
    Stay within my food goals.

    Any ideas on indoor workouts? I have a feeling we will be restricted to our homes soon and I normally walk outside in a park or around a track.
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    Making_Impossible_Possible wrote: »
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    I haven't been perfect in my eating (we had cracker barrel on Wed, but I logged it) and last night we had mcdonalds but I logged it.

    I'm starting to think maybe I'm not eating enough as I don't eat back my exercise calories, so think week instead of aiming for 1510, I'm going to aim for 1700ish, as that will be just under half my calories in exercise (roughly 235 on treadmill and 215 in morning workout). This will bring up my net calories to closer to 1200.


    Does this logic seem right? Its always hard to wrap your head around eating more to lose weight.

    I'm aware that I have way too much fat in my diet and will be working on reducing that too.

    You my be underestimating your calories consumed. Also, mfp often (in my calculations) overestimates exercise cals, so I adjust those down a little. Make sure to measure and count add ins like spray, oils, butters. Weigh foods. Ensure you measure- it always reminds me just how small 1/4 cup is. When I don’t, I underestimate. When others prepare like Cracker Barrel , it’s a guess....different cooks, not exact sizing. Based on what you said you are prob burning 300 cals. See if you can get a medical assessment to find your current metabolism. I paid to get mine from a special trainer when I was on vacation last year....it was about what I thought but good to have it validated.

  • MaxCat1000
    MaxCat1000 Posts: 40 Member
    Happy NSV - I needed a pair of what I call indoor pants (usually lounging pajama pants!) and my usual go-to pairs were hanging to dry so I tried on a pair of capris that, last I tried them in the summer, were a bit too tight. Tight no longer - yay! Nice to sit in them and not feel squeezed. Now I have to try on the other, slightly even smaller, pair, and see how they fit. This will greatly increase my wearable indoor pant selection!
  • changeforeverlj
    changeforeverlj Posts: 222 Member
    Check-in: (Back to Monday weigh-in)
    11/11: 72.5 kg (159.5 lbs)
    16/11: 71.6 kg (157.52 lbs)

    Start weight 16/03/20 104.9 kg (230.78 lbs)
    Total loss: 33.3 kg (73.26 lbs)

    Checked my BMI, I'm still overweight for my height... I need to loose 6 kg to get into normal range which is just over 13 lbs, I'm aiming for end January 2021, because christmas is full of social gatherings (I will have to pace myself).

    Goals for the week:
    3 x 40 min runs
    walking and strength training (in my lounge) on the days I don't run
    Drink more water (been slack on that)
    Be present and committed (Been good with this)
  • changeforeverlj
    changeforeverlj Posts: 222 Member
    @uyister Thanks you were right! I love your SMART goals x And well done on the drop last check-in
  • changeforeverlj
    changeforeverlj Posts: 222 Member
    @pamiede OMW, drum roll on reaching your goal weight, that's amazing news, I've been looking up to you for so many months now and have loved following your journey. I hope your body heals completely and that you can work on your physical strength again, what happened to you is so scary x

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