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

@MuttiNM - I'm so sorry you and your mom are dealing with that. I hope it's resolved quickly. You're right, something is better than nothing, so good job for getting in the work you did!

I'm on Day 3 of daily morning workouts. It's working out (hah) pretty well so far; I like the sense of accomplishment I get basically first thing in the morning. It's mostly my quads that are upset with this decision, since for the past few years I've spent about 14 hours a day sitting on my butt and most of the rest of them asleep, but they're getting better. I alternated between an ice pack and a heating pad last night, 20 minutes on/10 minutes off for a couple of hours last night, and that seemed to help soothe the DOMS some, so I'll probably do more of that tonight. I haven't formalized a plan for the weekend mornings - I want to do *something*, just to reinforce the habit of get up > feed cats > move body. I'll probably just find a basic full-body stretch circuit and do that. I'll allow myself to go back to bed after that if I want to, but maybe I won't want to.

Age: 61
Height: 5'2"
Highest: 350 (approx. 2013)
SW: 274 (Sept. 30/20)
GW: 180 (Mar. 31/22)
This month:
Oct. 29: 265.8, Daily Avg. Calories: 1860
Nov. 05: 263.0, : DAC:1737
Nov. 12: 259.0, DAC: 1939
Nov. 19: 257.0 DAC: 1682 - woohoo!
Nov. 26:
November goals: Weight: 260. Other: To get daily calorie total consistent to 1800 or less

Well, today isn't over yet so not sure how accurate the Daily Average Calories will be, but it won't be much over 1700 in the end, I am sure, so that's a good win for the week.

I sure do much better when I am at home all week. I have to go out tomorrow and will be out over lunch, and I really want to not take something with me. I am going to have to check out what is available around where I am going, and see what I can pre-plan.

I did try on the other pair of capris, and they are still a bit too small. That drives me crazy, when you buy two of the same thing in the same size, and they don't fit the same!

@MuttiNM I'm so sorry you're going through that with your mom, how stressful! I'll sure be keeping her in my thoughts. Good for you for keeping moving, through all of that.

@goal06082021 welcome to the group! a late start is better than no start. and your story sounds a heck of a lot like mine. I got as low as 170 something a few years ago, and then... just stopped caring again. Stopped exercising, stopped tracking, etc etc etc. We're almost the same age, too. I'll be 29 next month. And I relate so hard to being nice to yourself. It's harder than you'd think, sometimes.

@KMC55 I like your "random thought" about cravings, etc. One thing I read some time ago which has really stuck with me is that eating sugar, junk food, and the like can truly be an addiction like drinking, cigarettes, or whatever. But unlike other addictions, you can't quit eating cold turkey. There's no finish line that is "never eat anything ever again." Because we have to eat to live, it can be really difficult to find and maintain that ultimate goal. I don't have any super insightful pearls of wisdom or anything, but I do feel your pain, and I totally get where you're coming from.

I'm three pounds up and my hands are swollen and I couldn't zip my jeans. (sigh) Just what I wanted for Thanksgiving. Yay. But at least I know what's going on here.

We have decided to get a kitten in December at the local Humane Society adoption fair. Nyx needs a buddy to play chase games and wrestle with and pounce, and Hana Does Not Play Like That. It's an affront to her dignity. So we will get Nyx a little brother or sister to occupy her.

@holdthefries i totally agree with this and it’s reallya mental boost if you feel good about what you’re wearing and dressed for the day!

It's inconvenient, but TOM has showed up, and at least without all the usual symptoms to make me miserable beforehand. Though I did have a scorcher of a nightmare when I napped this afternoon. I can now keep on with the work I've been doing and wait for the extra water I'm carrying to be lost, and maybe another pound or so with it. That would be a nice way to start next month!

@pamiede Take care and heal! Congrats in making your goal weight! I hope rehab goes well.
@Making_Impossible_Possible I think if you have been exercising a lot you may be not getting enough calories. You can calculate your TDEE and your BMR and eat between. Your TDEE is probably higher now. I had to up my calories and take a rest from a deficit in calories once when I was eating too little. It really felt funny to lose weight eating more.
@changeforeverlj great progress photos.
@KMC55 this is a hard time of year for me too to lose weight.
@MuttiNM sorry to hear the concerning news for your Mom. Keep taking care of yourself. We are watching breast cancer with my Mom too. For now it is stable and it is a slow kind.
@chupacabragumbo So sorry to hear about your loss. Take care.

I read through all the posts since the last time I posted. I started yesterday and then my computer died on me twice so I gave up replying to each one.

I am still transitioning trying to establish a healthy schedule with full time work. I am doing better with planning meals at home. But with a new job I find I am hungrier even though except for stairs I haven’t gotten as much exercise. I am having healthier breakfasts and lunches than when I was working before. Lately I would get hungry and snack and then read a MFP blog that suggested that it might mean that I needed more protein and that does seem to help when I am able to up my protein. I just think my brain is working harder and I need more to fuel it. So with less exercise I have been gaining. However I think this week I stopped that and this weekend it seems to be turning around. I think I should be able to get back down to my low soon. I think this weekend I will tackle the exercise issue. I knew it would take some work both due to this time of year and with working again. I gained a lot last fall. I also gained a lot when I went back to work the last time. So if I can turn this around now I will be doing better than before.

Right now I am focusing on Thanksgiving. Usually we get together with family and I haven’t cooked a turkey for years. I know some are forgoing that this year but for us it was a chance to roast one ourselves and actually have leftovers. Our dairy that delivers offered free-range turkeys to be delivered on your delivery day so that is what we are doing. We had expanded our social bubble to our daughters boy friend and his uncle he lives with but our local leaders have asked that people just stay home with their household. So although the boyfriend is fine we are going to play it safe and not invite both over. We may take over some leftovers though. I would be devastated if anyone were to get COVID 19. We have had both over twice but now the risk is higher even though we are better off than many places in the country.

So I have a short work week. So hopefully it won't be so long before I can check back here again. Happy Thanksgiving if I don't before then.

I am working on cleaning the house with a little emphasis on the corners and Under and Behind because my mother hasn't seen my house yet. All our visits have been me seeing her at her house all these weeks, because she had a bad shoulder and couldn't drive. And given that my ex was a hoarder and I COULD NOT keep a clean house because of all his crap, I have a certain deep need to make sure that when she sees this house it blinking SPARKLES. I recognize this is my own anxiety, and not hers; she will be fine with it as it sits. It's just that I want it perfect for her to see. So I'm managing that anxiety.

I'm managing anxiety over the food, which is a combination of regular and low-FODMAP because Younger Son (lives with my mom) is dealing with IBS and is doing a low-FODMAP elimination diet to get things under control before he can cautiously add stuff back in and see what it is that's causing the problems. I sympathize: I had to do that about ten years ago. But I would like him to be able to eat a good meal, and so I am making as much as I can low-FODMAP. I am hoping the pans I ordered arrive today so I can try to get gluten-free bread rolls made for him. Failing that I am making some gluten-free cornbread muffins and he can have that for a bread with his meal, if the pans get lost in transit or the recipe fails me. Roasting of turkey is tomorrow, which gives me time to take it apart without an audience (I am not a good carver) and lets me cook the carcass in the crockpot overnight for a large quantity of turkey broth for gravy and other uses. My family has never carved the turkey at table, and if I put the meat into a 9 x 13 pan with plenty of broth and a tight lid and rewarm at 200 degrees, it will be just fine on Thursday.

It doesn't help that things went very wrong psychologically for Boyfriend right about this time last year, and he is having anniversary reactions. (sigh) I probably have some subliminal anxiety about it myself, but not anything consciously.

Hello! I have been off MFP for some time for being on a medical WL program and a Bypass surgery Sept 1 of this year. I'm starting to eat a bit more and learning what my body can handle or can't. I felt it was time to try to better organize my healthy eating schedule a bit more as I can take down a bit more foods.

High weight- 326
SW-296
CW- 211
GW- 160
Nov GW-209

I was weighing every day; particularly after the surgery for the complications I had and the swelling but now am just weighing in on Fridays. Short term goal weights are difficult as I'm still adjusting to the surgery but still trying for the average 2 lbs a week.

Exercise goals are to get back up to where I was before the surgery in my schedule. With the complications after surgery, recovery was a bit longer but hoping at the next Dr appt in Dec that I can add more to my exercise and my abs.

Finally started a new job and feel so much better already. I'm not in a hurry to lose at a fast rate but rather work toward a healthy lifestyle at a reasonable rate and gaining more quality of life.

So many successes this month! Feeling completely healed and able to move, breath and exist just so much better. Some activities I have been unable to do for my bad health, I am now able to do easily. It's still strange to have this new body and to feel so much more motivated to do more with family! Just working toward a healthy and steady weight loss toward goal and then to just maintain it.