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

Hi all of you wonderful women. I am restarting after slacking off for a couple months. It makes me feel more motivated reading all your posts. It's one day at a time so going to try and make small changes. I never thought it would be so hard to lose weight as I got older! I'm coming up to my 70th birthday in April so it's kinda scary to think about. I'm at 267 lbs and have a bone on bone knee. But with a brace, I can do some walking, with the weather improving. Stay brave ladies. You're all terrific!!

Hi everyone! Nice to meet you all, I would love to join in if it's not too late. Where are you all from? We are in Autumn here with Winter approaching not far away so hoping to be able to carry this summer motivation through.

Age: 30
Height: 5'5" (169cm)
SW (18 Jan 2021): 264lb (120kg)
CW (9 March 2021): 245lb (111kg)
GW: 160lb (70kg)

1/3/21: 248lb (112.5kg)
8/3/21: 245lb (111kg)

Weigh in day, yesterday and logged 256.1, so on target for my monthly goal -- yay!
Spring is so close -- I love it!

Whew!! I had typed a post on Saturday, but, never posted it. Love the activity in the group!! I had to go back 3 pages to see where I left off!! 😉😄😀

@SammyKlingler Awesome job!! Consistency is definitely key to success.

@Laughter_Girl I always love your posts. I find so much stuff on YouTube and the more I look, the more I find!! My 6 pack from laughing and smiling is also hiding from me!! 🤣😂😅

@goal06082021 Congrats on both the scale and non-scale victories!!

@girlinkaz Awesome goals. I think as far as you remain consistent, the weight will keep coming off. Even if you do stall a little bit, it eventually comes off if you remain consistent.

@hap2go Your post made me laugh!! I often tell people that I am a 'meatatarian' not just a carnivore!! I feel your hubby! I have to see some type of protein on my plate and I also do not like mushrooms. 😅😁

@sarah12277 That's great that you were able to get her a guest pass. Your plan of slow and steady sounds like a great one to help keep you from burning out. Congrats on the loss!!

@Tarzan37 Woo-hoo!! Yay for the non-scale victories!!

@wanderinglight lol!! I am actually interested in the menopause update. I rarely find people that speak about it. I am saving your action list for when I or my sisters need it. Thank you for posting it. I am also glad that you are seeing an improvement.

@tianneclements Love your goals.

@misplacedmama Welcome and congrats on your loss to date!!

@KeriA Awesome goals. I hope you get to the pre-new scale weight soon. Happy Belated B-day!!!

@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Yay!! Glad to see you back. How are you doing? I love reading about all the exotic-sounding dishes you make. Please send me some recipes....😁 (I plan on trying new recipes after my term is over). I love spices and cooking all kinds of foods. My place usually smells of what I cooked especially my Nigerian dishes for the whole day!!

@speyerj OMG!! That was a great enlightening episode. I know this is not exactly the same, but, I realized that until I started my weight loss journey, I never really told anyone how much I weighed. My weight was spread more or less proportionally over my body, so, people thought I was just slightly overweight. At the start of my journey and even now, when people tell me, "but, you looked good before, why did you / are you still trying to lose weight?" I ask them, how much do you think I weighed before and they always guess 80 -100 lbs less than what I weighed. I just tell them the truth of how much I really weighed and let them know that my weight loss, is for me to remain healthy and not for anyone else.

@Spotteddingo You are an inspiration. I am so sad and sorry to hear about your mum. I think some of us (myself included) are taught to not 'air our dirty laundry in public' (a saying in Nigeria) and so I at least tend to be really private about personal stuff and it is hard for me to talk about it, even with family. I am grateful that being on here has allowed you to be able to be vulnerable and express it. I am confident that you will continue learning to love yourself and your body!! ❤😍😘

@carrie_anne_r Welcome. Small steps work out great. I love that you are paying attention to yourself!! Keep it up!!

@VickyEltonGreen Way to go!!

@RavenStCloud As always, thank you for the group. Slow and steady does win the race. Thank you so much for the reminder about being consistent.

@kelMee2 Welcome!! This is an awesome group filled with encouraging and inspirational women!!

@finngirl61 Welcome back!!

@holdthefries Congrats on the loss!

@yooosteph Welcome!! It is never too late! I am currently at school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but, will be back in the USA at the end of April. Congrats on the loss so far!!

@jackie_leth Congrats on staying on target!

Update:
Today marks 9 months of my weight-loss journey and I am down 94.4lbs (330lbs to 235.6lbs).
Also, I got to day 85 of meeting my steps goal!!


Congratulations you are an inspiration. Thank you so much.

Name: Kat
Age: 30
Height: 5' 7"
Starting weight: 257lbs Dec 2020
Goal for March: 230
Current goal: 145 to hit healthy bmi. Anything below 180 would be wonderful for me.


March 1st: 235.8
( my weigh ins to track are tuesdays but I weigh daily)

3/2 235.4
3/9 236.2 ( I had 4 days in a row of 234, but of course, tuesdays was the highest)
3/16
3/23
3/29


Last week has been rather hard, I'm on the depo shot, still new, only my 3rd shot in. So I still have struggles with periods and heavy bleeding/ bloating. I was forced to go on the depo shot after my periods became heavy that they were two weeks long with no sign of slowing down. I was refused the pill because I get migraines. So depo was the only manageable thing, health has generally felt a LOT better being on the shot, I no longer get violent stomach flus during pms and first active week of my period. I'm now learning to manage and remember that weight gain will still happen even when I am not bleeding as much. Sorry if this is TMI for some, but I feel like I may have some others who have dealt with similar things around these woods.

Had a hard week emotionally too ( yay long distance relationships). I didn't go over on calories, but I did on sugar,I always do daily by a bit because of natural sugars, but this time I allowed myself some candy. I stayed as close to calorie limit as possible, and I logged every single thing I consumed, it just felt very uncomfortable. Food wasn't the comfort it used to be, but my brain still craved it, and as soon as I had it in my hand it felt better, but it didn't make me happier. Except, fruit roll ups, damn those. Family and friends still buy me treats even though I tell them not to, I keep them all in a bucket and only snack when I want a treat, I have cut off snacking from boredom or sadness and I work harder to crochet instead. I might make myself some kind of weight loss blanket, do a row or two whenever I lose weight? Not sure.

Anyway, I'll shut up now! I've been still doing my workouts with bands, I tried adjusting to bigger giant loop bands and my shoulders are not ready for that yet, hopefully next month!

@BeastlyMaple - Oh, man. I totally understand about comfort foods not being as good as they used to be, but the brain not getting the message quite yet. I had a serving of Cheezits the other day and thought, "Why am I eating these? They aren't even good!" I remember how good they used to taste to me, though, and I think I was hoping for the pleasant feeling I used to get eating half a box with a large glass of milk while watching a show. Now that I'm eating intentionally and paying attention to how I physically feel, I realize that some of my comfort foods were solely about stuffing away feelings instead of enjoyment of the actual food.

Duneclimber59
SW: 251
CW: 226
GW: 199
Hello all,
I found your group a couple weeks ago, read some posts, and would like to join you, please.
I’ve been working on losing weight since late spring 2020, almost a year now, down 25 pounds and feeling lots better. I walk 150 minutes a week. Between that and the weight loss, I’m feeling and moving better.

Now i’m planning to take it a step further. Another 27 pounds.
Best wishes to you all.

Our group is growing, which is wonderful. There is so much support and encouragement here, and it's nice to have a safe place to vent. Keep it up ladies!

Just wanted to share a NSV (non- scale victory). I ordered some blouses online in X- large hoping they would fit, and they do. Woohoo!!

@mehelemc - I started out at your weight too of 286, 20 months ago so so. After dropping 125 pounds, I am working on maintenance. I've been in maintenance at 160-165 since October last year. It can be done, but as you say, you need to be in it for the long haul. So it's good you have already learned what works well for you and what works well in the short term doesn't work in the long term if you can't adhere to it, such as your example about fasting.