Women 200lb+, Let's Be Diligent This December!!!

Hello December group!

Age: 49 Height: 5'6"
Highest: 375 (January 2018)
SW: 353.1
GW: 160

11/1: 353.1

12/1: 342

December End Weight Goal: 332

Goals / Plans:
- Continue fasting 20 hours a day with a 4 hour eating window.
- Track everyday
- Exercise everyday - walking, kettle bell, thera-band - get my steps in
- Be more present in this group!
- Work on house everyday
- Reach my goal at work everyday

I only got serious about my health again a month ago. Before this year I had lost 50 pounds but gained half that back again due to the work and family stress of this year. COVID can kiss my (shut your mouth).

I've been fasting for almost two weeks. I've been doing 20 hour fasts for 5 days now and it's been working out great for me, so I will continue with that schedule for a while and then after New Year consider changing up the times and possibly an extended fast. I do clean fasts with only plain water and black coffee and I feel really good. My belly has really gotten smaller and I feel the difference.

I'm ready to say goodbye to 2020 with a smile and a healthier body and mind.

Smooches to everyone!

Hellloooooo December! It's the most wonderful time of my year!!

I'm 45 and 5' 4"
Highest Weight 250 lbs
Starting Weight June 1, 2020: 242 lbs
Starting Weight December 1, 2020: 186 lbs (down 56)
Goal weight: 145 lbs
Goal for December: I'm working with an accountability buddy and we are checking in the week before Christmas. I was hoping to be at 180 by then but it is looking like that is a pipe dream at this point! Soooo I'll still HOPE for the 180 but will be happy with 182 which is 60 pounds lost!!

My scale has slowed down...partially cause it's the time of year. I am a baker and I must taste lol. Partially because I am inching closer to my goal so things were bound to slow down. My best friend sent me a bunch of clothes on the weekend as goal clothes (she lost a bunch of weight 15 years ago so understands the process and the sizing issues). When I opened the boxes and saw sized 30 Levi's and size 10 pants and size medium tops, I was a little dismayed. But she made me try them on. I did and everything fit. EVERYTHING. I had boxed up all my sized 18s and some 16s awhile ago but was making do with my 16s and 14s. But now I've skipped on over the 12s and straight to the 10s!

It is 6 months today since I started this journey and I'm just amazed at how it has all clicked, for the most part. Of course I have terrible days where I eat my weight in sugar cookies and days where the last thing I want to do is work out or count calories. But YOU all have continued to inspire me and keep me going and taught me that time and consistency is key. One day can't break me.

I hope we are all kind to ourselves this month with the festivities coming up! Happy December!

Hi, new here.
SW 19stone
Lowest 14stone
Current weight 15stone 7lbs.

By the end of the month I will be back in the 14's.

I will continue to use my food diary and stay under my allowed calories, and get around five thousand steps in daily.

Age: 61
Height: 5'2"
Highest: 350 (approx. 2013)
SW: 274 (Sept. 30/20)
GW: 180 (Mar. 31/22)
This month:
Nov. 26: 256.1, DAC 1761
Decided to restart at the beginning of the month:
Dec 1: 254.8, DAC 1684
Dec 8:
Dec 15:
Dec22:
Dec 29:
December goals:
Weight: 250 - again, a modest goal because of the holiday season.
Daily Average Calories: still working on getting my Daily Calorie Total down. Last month over the whole month it averaged about 1780 so that was good but I want the week to week to be more consistent. Shooting for <1750 this month (I should be at 1580).
Other: Trying to drink more water. Saying No, thank you! Somehow, I think it will be easier this holiday season, what with all the gatherings I ever go to having been cancelled...

Hello!👋🏾.... I am a newbie here on MFP! 🤗 I am excited to be joining this group with you all, as we embark on this journey together!

I am a full time college student, and I also work full time. So I’m trying to work on having balance when it comes to school, work and personal time.


CW: 270lbs
GW: 170 lbs
My goals for this month:
-lose 6-8 lbs
-track daily, & exercise for at least 30 mins 5x a week
-increase water intake

For the past few years, my weight has fluctuated constantly. At my heaviest weight, I was almost 300lbs. I have lost some weight here and there, but it has been up and down. I know that encouragement, support and accountability will help a lot!

Hello!
SW: 243 (This time. My last SW was 261, got down to 210 then fell off the wagon. back to lose it all and keep it off)
CW: 235
GW: 150

My December goals are:

Exercise at least 30 minutes 3x a week.
Log every day
be in the 220s by January 1st.


My highest weight was 403lbs. My lowest weight was last January when I got down to 210.

Happy December!

My goals are still pretty much the same - be kind to myself, build and maintain these new habits (log food, morning workouts, Friday weigh-ins). No specific numbers, just behaviors. So, progress on those, as of the beginning of the month:

• I've been logging pretty diligently. I've got breakfast and lunch pretty well down at this point, so now I think I want to aim to cook dinner 2-3 nights a week and make enough for leftovers, so I can prelog an entire day. The planner in me loves that - one of my big stumbling blocks in the past has been worrying too much about what I might eat later, trying to save calories in the morning in case of [beer] [dinner out with friends] [ice cream] [whatever] at night. This year, of course, spontaneous social outings to bars and restaurants haven't really been a thing, so that's helped a lot. I also haven't been snacking as much, which is good.
• This is week 3 of exercising first thing in the morning and eating breakfast at work. I honestly already feel different, and better - I get that sense of accomplishment right away, so no matter what else happens today, I did something. And I've been pleasantly surprised at how doable the workouts have been. I can approximate a (very modified) burpee!
• The weigh-ins are going well. They usually do for as long as the number keeps going down, but you know those shame gremlins are just primed and ready to tell me all kinds of mean things about myself as soon as the number's higher than last time. I'm getting better at telling them to pound sand, though, and practice makes perfect.

I don't weigh in until Friday, but I'm gonna copy and paste this here so I can find it easily later:

Weigh Ins (lbs):
11/13 (Initial): 252.8
11/20: 250.4
11/27: 250.6
12/4:
12/11:
12/18:
12/25:

Thank youto@RavenStCloud for setting this up every month!

I'm back after about 2.5 months away.

Age 49, Height 5'11"
Highest weight: 225.6lbs (8/28/19)
Lowest weight: 165lbs

CW: 221.4
12/1: 221.4
12/8:
12/15 (halfway mark assessment):
12/22:
12/29:

My goals are very simple. In fact, there's only one: to get back into the habit of logging my food. Food is my biggest challenge right now because I'm living in a tiny Airstream in my mom's yard, and I don't have a kitchen. And I'm working 14 or 18 hour days (this is my super busy time of year) and haven't had a day off in 40 days. Meals are grab and go or whatever my mom has cooked and I've stopped exercising altogether.

The good news is that this mania ends on Dec. 14 and I put my shop into vacation mode until January. So I'm hoping that if I can just commit to logging the food, then that will be a great foundation to build back on when life gets a little more back to normal.

So nice to see you all here. I'm so proud of your successes!

💜 Message to myself: discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most 💜

Hello December (and the last month of a bad year - 2021 may not be a switch to flip but a girl can dream)

December 1st Check In

Age: 39 Height: 5'6"
Highest: 272.2 (August 2019)

10/1: 239.4
11/1: 238.0
12/1: 236.7
12/2: 234.1(+1.8lbs from last week / -38.1lbs total loss)

December Goal: 230lbs

Goals / Plans:
- Track all food honestly and stay within my calories 7 days - it is only for a week and I can reevaluate "break" days
- Exercise at least 3 times a week
- Manage stress with cleaning or exercise.

I need to do better with the weekend meals and ensuring that even if it is not a completely healthy meal, that I track the calories and make the best choices possible. That is where I struggle with tracking and watching calories. If I have something that is difficult to track or has WAY too many calories for my day I just don't bother tracking and eating what I want (more mindfully than in the past but still too much). I need to be more diligent to track everything and be completely honest 7 days a week. If I want a "treat" or a meal that is not completely healthy, that is fine, just track it and remember to do a weekly average instead of a day to day struggle.

Hello December & weigh in Wednesday

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)

11/25: 184.2
11/30: 184.4
12/2: 183.4
12/9:
12/16:
12/23:
12/30:
12/31:

Dec. GW: anywhere under 185 would be a win
GW: 160 (then reevaluate)

Weekly exercise goals--massive fail this week (due to unforeseen circumstances):
- exercise bike 5 times per week - 0/5
- strength training 2 times per week - 0/2
- chair yoga 4 times per week - 1/4
- steps onto aerobic step platform twice a day at least 3 times per week - 0/3
- did do: 3 hikes & 1 long neighborhood walk

Well, it's been a strange week. As many of you know, I've been helping my parents and taking them to their doctor appointments. My dad hasn't had many new health problems lately. He just can't see or hear very well anymore. My mom has had the vast majority of doctor appointments recently. My dad started to feel weak last week Tuesday. He kept getting weaker and had no appetite but didn't want to see a doctor. My mom finally told me what was going on Friday. I went to their house to try to help convince him to see a doctor. By Sunday he was so weak he couldn't get out of his chair. I finally got him to agree to go to the emergency room. Once they took him from the waiting room, the hospital told me to go home and wait to hear from them. After 4 or 5 hours, I finally called the hospital to check on his status and was told he has Covid-19. I was shocked. I don't know how he got it. My parents don't go anywhere except to pick up groceries occasionally (they usually have them delivered) and only see me. The only place I go is to pick up groceries and to their town to help them and take them to their doctor appointments. The only other person they've seen lately is one of my brothers and that was over a month ago. My dad also didn't have any of the "usual" Covid-19 symptoms--no fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc., so it made the diagnosis all the more surprising. The hospital didn't keep him so I brought him home in the same condition as when I took him with just instructions on what to monitor.

So my mom has obviously been exposed as have I. Neither of us have any symptoms so far. Right now I'm not setting any grand goals for December. I did come home yesterday as my dad seemed like he was slightly better and was able to get out of his chair himself for the first time in days. I just don't know if I'll be going back to their house since my mom normally doesn't feel the best and taking care of my dad by herself is hard for her. My dad really was insistent that I go home because he felt bad I had been exposed. Anyway, his temperature, blood oxygen level, and pulse have all been good...we're supposed to check them every 4 hours. I'm hopeful he's finally getting a bit better and pray that he doesn't have a relapse. So my mom got her wish of delaying her biopsy...just not the way she wanted. The doctor has postponed it until after the new year. Another of her appointments will be virtual and two others delayed.

My December plan is to just log my food, exercise when I can (I don't have my exercise equipment at my parents' house if I need to go back there), and maybe have a slight deficit. I don't know if I should eat at maintenance while I'm in quarantine. I forgot to ask my doctor that when I talked to her yesterday. Maybe I'll message her later and ask.

Thanks again @RavenStCloud for starting this thread! Hope you all are doing well and that you have a good December!