Women 200lb+, Let's Be Magnificent This March!!!

Hi everyone! I'm still here and still working on it. I'm hoping I crack the barrier of 244, which has been the low point of my bounce since December. Girlfriend and I go to the gym every day, and I'm wanting to get my boyfriend into it too; he's going to go look at it tomorrow.

I took today off from the gym because I am physically sore and exhausted and when you have fibro, that's amplified until it feels like the flu. Plus, I have the bedroom and bathroom upstairs to clean and that always wears me out anyway, so it's not like I'm sitting idle all day either.

Lunch was carnitas left from last night, and dinner is a Moroccan lamb stew with a rice pilau and pan-seared squash. It's in the crockpot now beginning to emit enticing aromas.

@speyerj
I am 55 years old and realizing that I have never had a healthy relationship with food. My mother had bulemia nervosa and was very thin during my childhood. My father was a physician and her weight was not a problem to him as long as she was thin and beautiful. After they divorced, her disease got worse. It makes me so sad just typing this..
She died at the age of 46. She was 5'7" and 78#.

I have never been one to binge but I would restrict my food. Two nutritionists brought this to my attention and I had to work on eating more. It seemed crazy to eat more to lose weight when I weighed 250#! I was one chunky endurance athlete and my friends thought it was weird that I was not wafer thin like the rest of them.

Anyway, there it is... I can't believe how hard it is to type this and be vulnerable.
I am grateful for what you all post here. 2.5 months ago I would never have spilled all this. I am learning a lot here and learning how to love myself and my body.

I have read almost all of your posts but felt like I needed to go ahead and post these replys.

Thanks @RavenStCoud January was so, so long (it felt like 3-4 months long) but February went by so fast. I hope with March time will return to normal. One of the reasons this group works is how you set it up

@goal06082021 I noticed that about March having the same days of the week as February when I was setting up my health tracking table on One Note on my office computer. I track weekday flights of stairs, water intake, steps, taking vitamin D/sun, and daily exercise on it. Glad you are going for fun exercise.

@NatashaR44 congrats on making your milestone.
@holdthefries I love your get rid of one thing a day goal. I will think about that for each week.

@tc122573 yes the .5 counts. I was 5’5”3/4 since I graduated from High School. Then one day when we were measuring our kids and marking it on the wall they made me stand and get marked. I told them I had stopped growing up but I was wrong. I was finally 5’6”!

@Angief05 I also used to put in checking into this group as a goal. I am trying to do better than once a week now that I am working but some nights I just don’t want to spend more time sitting at a computer and the phone is so much harder to use for MFP for me.

@lindseydennison8 It is impressive how you just took things by reins after that Drs appointment. I am cheering you on.
@speyerj I should answer @RavenStCloud ‘s great questions. I loved reading your answers.

@BeastlyMaple I first designed a weight training program last March but it was hard to do it regularly at 1st. I missed Aquafit. Now I do the weight training once a week and resistance bands once a week with body weight exercises each time.

@azalea4175 I have felt for a while that we don’t give ourselves any credit for everyday self care. We just get down on ourselves when we don’t do it. I think we should pat ourselves on the back when we take a shower, or brush our teeth or hair etc.

@MuttiNM I read your reply post at the end of February. What do you do for chair yoga? Is it on YouTube or something?
@happy_health_rose I am sorry to hear about your loss. Glad you are here with us trying to take good care of ourselves.

@emmclean once I started back to work remotely I decided to use my morning commute time for sleep. I know many get up and exercise in the morning and I admire that but I know sleep is really helpful to weight loss and keeps me from getting sick.

@wanderinglight I am a March baby too. In fact today is my birthday. Shhh don’t tell anyone. I realized that I am fortunate because I am only having one pandemic birthday since last year I celebrated just before our State started “Stay home, Stay safe”. I realize that others with birthdays from now until May in the US and longer for other places will have 2 years of this. The last time I went to a restaurant was for my birthday last year. So I think it is a bit of a raw deal for some. My daughter graduated from College this past year. Others have cancelled weddings. It just sucks. I hope you end up finding a way to have a great birthday. I hope you start to get to know your different body too. I waited too long to start to lose. I waited until I was in perimenopause and it was slower and harder than it would have been if I was younger. Being a full-time Mom and full-time professional just kept me from doing it earlier. I hope for you that even though March is coming in like a lion it will turn into an easier to tackle lamb before it is over.

@BethCW2963 I think it is good to recognize feelings and I also think it is good to afterwards try to be positive just the way you are. I love beaches. We have lake and Sound beaches here but I love to go to the ocean beaches even more. I don’t really care about the weather I love cold Washington beaches and hotter ones too. I can walk and run in the surf for a lot longer than I can anywhere else.

@rew2021 I looked up exercises to do at your desk and modified my at home strength training routine. I do have small weights and resistance bands I use. I do about 30 minutes at my desk twice a week and then walk other days. I get lots of flights of stairs now since my home office is in a daylight basement room.

@Kaken good job stopping the gain. Welcome.

Actually with all my posts I didn't get to mention how my week went. It was a pretty good week. I got exercise in each weekday - 2 sunny long walks, 2 strength training sessions and a shorter walk the other day. I have stayed under my calorie goal. However tonight should be a higher calorie meal since we are celebrating my birthday with take out French food. I kept my goal of only one take out this week though. I had a nice breakfast with crumpets but I am really hungry now waiting for my family to come back with our dinner. I will have to be good tomorrow.

So I’m new to all this. At some point in my life I just didn’t care anymore, I don’t know how or why. Anyway, we moved to another country in October and I decided that I would make small changes, walking more was really the start. From october to February I lost 12 pounds. February I really started to pay attention to how much and what I was eating. I finally am paying attention to myself.

Age-41
Height- 5’10.5”
SW-278
CW-250.9
March goal-245
July 15 goal - 215
Final goal weight - 179

I check in the 1st and last of month and when I make progress.
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
7 /1:250.4
8/1: 249.2
10/1: 247
10/19: 245.4
1/1: 251.2
2/3: 250.4
2/6: 256.6 adjusted according to my new scale.
2/7: 255 -1.6 lbs lost of extra new scale weight
2/27: 254.8 -.2 but I went up to 257 so this is a loss of 2.2 lbs
2/28: 253.4
3/6: 255.4
C.W: 254.4 Not bad for a birthday. I lost a pound.

I had a nice breakfast and wonderful dinner yesterday but skipped lunch so I didn't go over my calorie goal yesterday. I had chocolate mousse for desert and my husband gave me dark chocolates. This instead of birthday cake. I don't seem to overdo dark chocolates. So they are a safer bet for me than other treats. I even made myself a cappuccino to go with my desert last night. That was what I got myself when I got my 1st paycheck with my new job an espresso machine. Next big purchase will be a bike.