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

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.