Women 200lb+, Let's Get The Job Done This June!!!
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Hello! I'm KD. Five years ago, I saw Onederland for one glorious day, and then everything fell apart and I put back most of what I'd lost. One of the things that fell apart was my wonderful supportive group on the Fitbit forums, so I am glad to find what looks like a great bunch here!
SW: 265 (this round. Highest was 295.)
CW: 253.8
June GW: 250
UGW: 150 maybe? That's what I was when I was fifteen (and it didn't feel great) We'll see.
Age: 51
Height: 5'
My weigh-in dates will be Sundays.
June 6: 253.8
June 13:
June 20:
June 27:
I've been trying and trying to get myself together to lose again as my doctor talked about my heart and my pre-diabetes and my knees, and I just couldn't seem to do it. Then friends decided they're going to New Zealand next October and invited me along.
it is a TWENTY-ONE HOUR FLIGHT. And once I get there, I want to do all the hiking and touristing and everything! So right now my goal is five pounds a month, and being at 180 (or lower!) by the time we take off.
If this is what works (and I will make it work!) I'll just have to plan another amazing trip to take down the next goal!12 -
It's so hard to get diet under control! I do good during the day, then at night I just totally bomb. It's my birthday this week, so we're going to the movies (first time since the pandemic!) on friday and I'm totally enjoying a ton of popcorn and some candy. So I'm going to really try to stick to my diet plan until then.10
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Hello all. I am joining at 268.2 lb.
I'd love to be in the 250s before July 4th....
Looking forward to sharing the journey with you all6 -
Well, I was down to 246 yesterday for the 3rd day in a row, and today back up to 246.7. So I was going to log in with yesterday's weight, but I've committed to honestly, so 246.7 it is....
This week was the first week in the 3 months that I've been working to lose that I ran into trouble.
My niece graduated from high school on Saturday, so of course there was a big family lunch and then celebratory dinner (chinese food - so good!), so I blew it that day. I figured it was allowed after 3 months and 30+ pounds. But then I went to the grocery store and, in a moment of weakness, bought a 4-pack of apple turnovers ("no sugar added" lol). Of course I ate the whole pack before the weekend was thru. Although I did cut out elsewhere, so overall calories weren't that bad.
Now I see it showing up in the numbers and I am going to get Back On Track.
Age 59
Height 5'6.5"
SW: 278 (March 2021)
CW: 247.5 (30# GONE!)
GW for June: Below 240
FGW: 150
6/1: 247.5 lbs
6/8: 246.7 lbs
6/15:
6/22:
6/29:
Total month loss:
One thing that has upset me is that I worked with the BMR tool and ran a few scenarios.
Even though I'm at the same daily calorie level, my daily deficit is about 250 calories LESS than when I started 32 pounds ago, because my BMR has decreased. So at the same daily calorie allowance, my loss is already slowing considerably.
And at my goal weight, my BMR is calculated at only 60 calories above where I'm eating now to lose! Which tells me I'll basically be eating this way forever if I want to maintain. Kind of a bummer....
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@FadedNovelty hey, happy birthday! today is also my birthday
When you say you "do good" during the day and then "totally bomb" at night, do you mean you eat as little as possible during the day so that come nighttime you're hungry AF and then way overshoot your calories because you ain't hardly et anything all day?
@OnceAndFutureAthlete I hope you aren't actually eating below BMR (basal metabolic rate) - what tool were you using? BMR is the number of calories you'd burn in a day if you were in a coma, the absolute bare minimum number of calories your body needs to keep you alive. Did you mean TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, which accounts for things like purposeful exercise and going about your daily business of not being in a coma)?4 -
Happy birthday to @goal06082021 and @FadedNovelty !
@OnceAndFutureAthlete - It's true. If I don't engage in exercise, my maintenance calories are about the same as what used to be a 1000 calorie deficit when I weighed 125 pounds more. Seems hopeless, doesn't it? But it's only hopeless if you view this way of eating as a temporary thing. It's not. It's a forever thing. The way you eat today to lose weight is the way you will eat to maintain weight - give or take a few calories. Which is why I am a big proponent of eating the foods you love while eating at a deficit. You will just eat less of them, or have them less often. Eating at a deficit is not deprivation. Do not put your life on hold - have an active social life that involves sharing meals with people you love. Just pay attention to your choices, log your food faithfully and make adjustments along the way. When you adopt the attitude that you will be eating this way forever, you start to eat in a way that makes eating at a deficit sustainable. And that is the key to success - not quick losses, but sustainability.11 -
After more than a year of tracking calories and fat grams and exercise, I am no longer pre-diabetic! My bloodwork all came back normal. My Fitness Pal has been so helpful--and I appreciate all of you here talking/sharing about your weight loss.15
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Name: Jeanette
Age: 48
Starting weight: 270 March 2021
June Start Weight: 241
June Goal Weight: somewhere between 230 - 235
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD
I weigh in on Sundays.
June 6: 239.4
June 13:
June 20:
June 27
I am doing okay so far. Some days I've been getting my workout in later at night after my daughter goes to sleep. When that happens I find I am staying up way to late. I need to try to get my workouts done in the morning. Today I am taking it easy because my legs are a bit achy from all the biking I have been doing. My daughter is at school and my husband had to go into the office for a few hours instead of working from home. I am working remotely. It is so strange having the house all to myself. I am enjoying my alone time while relaxing on the couch.
@goal06082021 Happy Birthday! I have never heard of a cat lady subscription before. It sounds amazing! I am a cat lover too. I only have one at the moment, Elsa. I also have a stray, who my daughter named Anna, living temporarlily in my garage. My neighbor found her and she wasn't in the best of shape, very hungry and lethargic. I was able to trap her and tried to find an owner or a rescue to take her with no luck. I believe she is deaf. She will come out when I feed her but hides on me other wise. Thankfully my husband puts up with my desire to help every animal in need. A few weeks ago I was rescuing baby birds that fell from their nest.
@FadedNovelty Happy Birthday!4 -
goal06082021 wrote: »@OnceAndFutureAthlete I hope you aren't actually eating below BMR (basal metabolic rate) - what tool were you using? BMR is the number of calories you'd burn in a day if you were in a coma, the absolute bare minimum number of calories your body needs to keep you alive. Did you mean TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, which accounts for things like purposeful exercise and going about your daily business of not being in a coma)?
Hmmmm. Food for thought, as they say. I used the BMR calculator in the MFP "APPS" section. Hadn't thought about the difference between BMR and TDEE, although my day is usually sitting at my computer 10-12 hours for work, so they probably are pretty close to the same.
I have been taking the dog for longer and longer walks, which is already getting easier, and so do plan to start a more structured exercise plan after a few more pounds, so I know that will help up the calories "allowed" and/or the deficit.
Thanks for the insight.
Also, Happy Birthday!!!@OnceAndFutureAthlete - It's true. If I don't engage in exercise, my maintenance calories are about the same as what used to be a 1000 calorie deficit when I weighed 125 pounds more. Seems hopeless, doesn't it? But it's only hopeless if you view this way of eating as a temporary thing. It's not. It's a forever thing. The way you eat today to lose weight is the way you will eat to maintain weight - give or take a few calories. Which is why I am a big proponent of eating the foods you love while eating at a deficit. You will just eat less of them, or have them less often. Eating at a deficit is not deprivation. Do not put your life on hold - have an active social life that involves sharing meals with people you love. Just pay attention to your choices, log your food faithfully and make adjustments along the way. When you adopt the attitude that you will be eating this way forever, you start to eat in a way that makes eating at a deficit sustainable. And that is the key to success - not quick losses, but sustainability.
This is a very helpful way of re-framing one's thinking. Especially the "life on hold" part, which I've definitely been doing. Thank you!3 -
@JNettie73 nice loss! and thank you My sister just got me the one box but I'm thinking about buying an actual subscription (catladybox.com) - they also sell past items a la carte, and they've had some cool stuff in recent months! As for Anna (love the cat names!), If your local Humane Society/ASPCA/Animal Control has a "TNR" or "TNVR" program, you might at least be able to get her spayed if she isn't already, for free or cheap. If she's not chipped, she might as well be a community cat, so at the very least you can prevent her from contributing to cat overpopulation in your area and maybe get her a dose of vaccines while you're at it. You're not likely to find a shelter with space for an adult cat at this time of year, though - summertime is kitten season, and April-May-June in particular is peak kitten season, any shelter that takes cats will be up to their collective eyeballs in babies right now. You could also ask your local shelter about maybe fostering her until there is space for her there, if that's something you and your family (including Elsa) would be able to do.2
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Duneclimber59 wrote: »After more than a year of tracking calories and fat grams and exercise, I am no longer pre-diabetic! My bloodwork all came back normal. My Fitness Pal has been so helpful--and I appreciate all of you here talking/sharing about your weight loss.
Congrats!!2 -
OnceAndFutureAthlete wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »@OnceAndFutureAthlete I hope you aren't actually eating below BMR (basal metabolic rate) - what tool were you using? BMR is the number of calories you'd burn in a day if you were in a coma, the absolute bare minimum number of calories your body needs to keep you alive. Did you mean TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, which accounts for things like purposeful exercise and going about your daily business of not being in a coma)?
Hmmmm. Food for thought, as they say. I used the BMR calculator in the MFP "APPS" section. Hadn't thought about the difference between BMR and TDEE, although my day is usually sitting at my computer 10-12 hours for work, so they probably are pretty close to the same.
I have been taking the dog for longer and longer walks, which is already getting easier, and so do plan to start a more structured exercise plan after a few more pounds, so I know that will help up the calories "allowed" and/or the deficit.
Thanks for the insight.
Also, Happy Birthday!!!
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Thanks!
I don't see a BMR calculator in the Apps section, on desktop or mobile, so I'm still not sure what you were looking at. But even if you do have a desk job, you do burn more calories per day doing that than laying perfectly still in bed and not doing much else besides breathing. Fidgeting, getting up to get coffee or use the restroom, shuffling papers around on your desk, all of that contributes to your NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), which is what MFP uses to estimate your calorie budget. The basic difference between NEAT and TDEE is that TDEE does count purposeful exercise - that's why MFP wants you to log your purposeful exercise separately and eat those calories back, because the NEAT doesn't take that into account (see: non-exercise activity thermogenesis). (I decided logging my exercise is a hassle, so I just manually reset my calories to my TDEE minus about 500, since the exercise has become a daily habit at this point, so my activity level is pretty consistent week-to-week. I used tdeecalculator.net.) And yeah, exercising more will allow you to eat more, which I'd be lying if I said that's not the primary reason I exercise, LMAO but hey, whatever gets you up and moving is valid!
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Good Morning.
New to this group and need support.
After gaining back the Covid 15 ...
I recently got engaged and I am getting married in the fall (approximately 4 months to go) and have REALLY been struggling to get this weight off. My goal for June is to exercise 30 minutes every day and to drink more water!
SW: 206
June GW: 200
UGW: 185 by October 20218 -
Name: Lynne
Age: 40
Height: 6'
SW: 304.8 (6/1/21)
CW: 298.4ish? I think my scale may be crazy!!
GW: 180?
Hi Everyone! I'm Lynne. New here, but not to trying to lose this dang weight. My goals are to honestly log what I eat every day instead of skipping a thing here or there to make myself feel better, and to get out and walk at least once a day. I hate the heat so I've been going around 830ish at night here when it isn't that bad out I've been considering trying weight loss surgery. I got pretty far last time with seeing the docs, doing the program and losing weight but chickened out when I got my surgery date. I would rather do it on my own, but struggle so much.
I think for June I would like to just be down a definite 10 pounds, so I can say I am back under 300 for sure!!8 -
LynneM1980 wrote: »My goals are to honestly log what I eat every day instead of skipping a thing here or there to make myself feel better, and to get out and walk at least once a day.
That honesty can be hard! I've been convinced for years that is no one sees me eat, it didn't count. Uhh, my STOMACH knows i did that!
Now I keep telling myself "you're only cheating you."
Today was a good day. My roomie ate the last two brownies bc i didn't! (She can afford to.) So I'm under my calorie goal and over my step goal, and in bed on time.
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Wed Weigh In
Age: 38
Height 5'4"
June GW 195
6/2: 203.8
6/9: 204.6 (embarrassed, but im adding it anyway)
6/16:
6/23:
6/30:
I had a feeling I'd gained. I chaperoned my kids to our church youth camp and was at the mercy of what they served in the cafeteria. Of course I over indulged on things I wouldn't normally eat, so now I need to get back on track. My goals are to drink more water, start exercising, stop snacking on unhealthy foods, and log everything!8 -
Hi all. Thank you for creating this group. I need something like this to get my butt in gear.
My name is Laila.
My start weight: 261.8 (I’ve never been this high in weight) I’ve gained 30+ since the pandemic but I’m hoping to get down to Onederland before the year is done.
Age: 43
Height: 5' 6”
SW: 261.8 (5/31/21)
CW: 259.0 (6/7/21)
GW: 199 hopefully by 2022
I’m not new to MFP however I fell of the wagon a few years back and I’ve gained so much weight 60+. This is why I’ve come back.. it use to keep me accountable. I’m hope it will do the same this time around❤️5 -
itisjessdarling wrote: »Wed Weigh In
Age: 38
Height 5'4"
June GW 195
6/2: 203.8
6/9: 204.6 (embarrassed, but im adding it anyway)
6/16:
6/23:
6/30:
I had a feeling I'd gained. I chaperoned my kids to our church youth camp and was at the mercy of what they served in the cafeteria. Of course I over indulged on things I wouldn't normally eat, so now I need to get back on track. My goals are to drink more water, start exercising, stop snacking on unhealthy foods, and log everything!
Honesty is important, I'm proud of you for staying accountable. Did you go over your weekly calories by 3500? If not, that +1 lb is not fat. And if it is, well, you know why it happened and you know how to keep it from happening again. You got this.3 -
Hi All- My name is Joyce. I’m a 41 year old mom of two teens living in FL. I’ve battled with my weight for most of my life. Up and down. After seeing some very unflattering pictures of myself and feeling like crap all the time, I’m ready to start this journey AGAIN.
I’ve been dealing with depression & anxiety over the years but it is getting better each day. Quarantine came at a perfect time in my life as my marriage was falling apart and my depression was deep. It gave me the opportunity for reset. I was doing well for a bit but recently started to feel myself go down again. I am actively trying to pay attention to my mental health. I really feel like focusing on my physical health will help improve my mental health.
I’m trying to find some hobbies. I got into plants this year (like so many others). I love to dance. I used to be an avid reader but my attention span has caused me to not read as much.
✔️I use Map My Walk to track my walks. I’m aiming for 5 days/ week.
✔️ Increase water intake to half my body weight.
✔️ Track food intake daily.
✔️ Come up with simple meals. I HATE cooking and am not good at it.
I would love some friends who are on a similar journey.
H: 5’5
SW: 238
CW: 238
June Goal: 233
GW: 140-16010 -
Well, I have a good short-term goal; I'll see the doctor late in July and I'd like to be so far down that even in the middle of the day after lunch I've lost 1/3 of the weight I need to lose. So getting below 240 would do that for me.
I had a fight with my boyfriend this morning and cried and walked around the yard a lot....and didn't go eat anything. This is a victory. And now I am making lunch, and everything is okay, and we'll eat lunch and I'll see if I can go work out or if the headache I feel threatening is going to happen, because in that case I'll be lying down in a dark room after lunch, and I'll have to work out after dinner.10
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