Women 200lb+, Let's Get The Job Done This June!!!

I got Back On Track this week, and [shock!] it worked!

Down 4.2 pounds from last week, which shows that my small loss the previous week (0.8 pounds) was due to my 1+ day off plan over the weekend and not permanent damage. Total/average loss for 2 weeks: 5/2.5 pounds, which makes sense.

Lesson Learned: Don't let one bad day put you off course!

Goal for this week: my employer is running a health challenge of taking a 10-minute break per day to do something active at least 5 of 7 days. I've signed up and will try to complete the challenge.

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 (-0.8)
6/15: 242.5 lbs (-4.2!)
6/22:
6/29:
Total month loss:
Total loss so far: 35.5 pounds

I wasn't paying attention to the dates based on the 1st so redoing

June Challenge Weigh In Day

Age 44
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 224.2
GW for June 218
UGW 145

6/1: 222 lbs
6/8: 222 lbs
6/15: 224 lbs - accepted; off rails a bit yesterday
6/22:
6/29:
Total month loss:


Weekly goals:
-Continue logging on MFP
-Work out 5x per week – 3 cardio & 2 strength
-64 oz of water each day

Ha mom's scale didn't matter for here, only for my regular MFP weigh in. Her scale might have been right or only up a small bit. Fell into the snacks yesterday while checking mom's house. Should have just gotten the ice cream I was thinking of or starbucks lol. Think I needed more protein items at breakfast as I just had a smoothie but not much protein. Gotta just toss a bunch of things so I don't decide to eat them just because she has them.

Got back to strength training yesterday and will do another set today. DH wants me to check their weight max on the machines anyway. He's deciding on if he'll get a pass with them now they're back to normal hours. We go at opposite hours so the guest pass won't really work for him. It'll be good if he gets the motivations to go back to the gym. At his old gym he'd max out on the weight for some machines so he wanted to see if this one offers more.

I'm just gonna jump back in without a lot of explanations or self pity about why I gained 6lbs in the past two months. It happened and I'm ready to move on knowing that it's in my power to change.:)

Age: 50
Height 5'11"


6/1:
6/8:
6/15: 226.6
6/22:
6/29:

So my therapist wants me to quit weighing myself, a kind of hide the scale thing? Not sure how that is going to go because I am admittedly a bit obsessed with it, despite how it makes me feel. I am going to keep keeping track though, and doing my best to get heather. Hope I can do that.. sigh. I did weigh myself Monday though and have lost a whole pound lol. Scale is up now, at least until I go in to primary care next month.

Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 2021: 271.1
SW this month: 226.6
GW this month: 219
GW for 2021: 199

6/3: 225.8
6/10: 225.6
6/17: 220.2
6/24:

50 lbs lost!!!! Now to keep it going!

Friday weigh in!

Age: 31
Height: 5’6”
SW: 222 (Feb ‘21)
June SW: 182.1
June GW: 174
UGW 155

June 4: 180.2
June 11: 180.6
June 18: 177.6
June 25:

It has been a good week! NSV-wise, I cooked really good food and enjoyed everything I ate this week (and stayed well within my calories and macros). Scale-wise, I finally got through my 10-day slump of retaining water and when it started moving down again early this week, I was delighted. I’m going on vacation tomorrow, so I’m glad to have had such a good week leading up to my trip because I plan to do my best to enjoy myself without going overboard.

I started gathering my clothes to pack for vacation and I found a swimsuit wrap that I used to knot around my waist. I remember the last time I went on vacation, I barely had enough fabric to do that. Apparently I have now lost enough weight to wrap it around my waist, then around my entire body again, and tie it behind my neck - AND it looks cute! I’ve lost 10 or 11 inches each from my hips and my waist so mathematically that makes sense but it was crazy to see it in action!

Goals for this week are to maintain while on vacation (I’m only leaving for 4 days) and then reenter regular life well upon return. I want to be active while on vacation - even though I won’t be doing any weight lifting, I can walk, swim, or bike every day. This will be my first trip since I started this weight loss journey and I am optimistic that I have the tools to do it well!

Have a great week, ladies!

Happy Friday ladies!
April SW-231
June 4th- 212.8
June 11th- 210.4
June 18th- 209.2
GW- 150 to 160 range haven’t decided yet.
Last week I said I wanted to see 209 and I was able to hit that today. I was a little worried about my weight going up since I had a pizza and beer (1 beer) night. I’ve been craving pizza lately and we ate Papa Johns on Wednesday and it was worth it. I sent my sister my before and after pictures of my weight loss so far and she could definitely see I’ve slimmed down everywhere which was encouraging to hear. My next mini goal is to get under 205. We all seem to be making progress in this group. Let’s keep pushing forward!

You are all doing so great with your losses! I need to really buckle down for the next 8 weeks. I saw my knee doctor yesterday and I will be getting a new knee in about 8 weeks. He didn't tell me to, but I want to be under 200 when I go in for it. So I have 9.4 lbs to get rid of before then.

Some of these replies may be late. I started typing them last weekend and then forgot to post it. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

@sandielewis2001 My main treat was a spa day (I love self care, so massages, facial and mani/pedi). @goal06082021 was right, I needed new bras (workout and regular/outing bras) and so got some as well. Pick something you really enjoy or want. Congrats on hitting your milestone!! What did you decide to treat yourself with?

@sargemarcori Congrats on reaching your month goal!!

@VickyEltonGreen How did your overnight go? I hope you had lots of fun.

@OnceAndFutureAthlete You are so right. Thank you for the reminder. One bad day should not be allowed to send us off course!!! I hope you were able to meet your goal for the week at work.

@norahkathleen I hope you can get to your water goal. Have you tried some of the flavor packets? Sometimes, if I want something sweet, I get the Walmart/Great value packets. They have the ones that contain electrolytes (great after a really sweaty workout) and antioxidants as well.

@girlinkaz Awesome NSVs!! Have a great vacation!!

@SammiGirl1321 Congrats on getting to this goal. You'll soon get to the next mini goal.

@CariTJR All that packing etc. is a lot of exercise (can we say 'weight lifting/strength training')!! Lol on the "how did we accumulate all this stuff comment"!! I am still unpacking and I keep asking myself, "how do I have so much stuff?" and it is only me!!!🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

@tuddy315 You've got this!! Success with the surgery!!

@goal06082021 Nice workout week!! What kind of earbuds did you get? I hope they work for you. I have very small ears (apparently) and most earbuds keep falling out of my ears.


Awesome job ladies!!! Let us keep the momentum going!!

I'll weigh-in and post my update tomorrow (hoping for a loss even though I started working out with weights again this week and I am also having my TOM)!!!

Age 37
Height: 5' 8"
SW: 224.9
CW: 217.7
GW: 160

Weight tracking:
June 4: 212 (-5.7)
June 11: 211.2 (-.8)
June 19: 216.6 (+5.4)
June 25:

We were camping so I am a day late on my weigh in. I know I ate a lot of salt and my water intake wasn't what it should be due to the heat.

Saturday weigh-in day!

Age: 30
Height: 5'2"
SW: 252.8 lbs 11/13/2020
CW: 225.7 lbs 5/28/2020
Weigh-Ins:
6/5: 222.6
6/12: 223
6/19: 223-ish
6/26:
GW for June: 220
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144, end of 2022

Once again, I forgot to do a proper weigh-in this morning. I stepped on the scale in clothes, after working out and showering, and after drinking 24oz of water. Maybe I'll see a whoosh next week (if I remember to weigh in for gosh sakes), here's hoping.

I'm spending this weekend doing some marathon cooking/meal prep - next Saturday I have a 3-hour spa session booked and I don't want to go into it all frazzled from scrambling to do a bunch of prepping beforehand. So, my cooking plans for this weekend include:

* Lasagna Napoletana - involving a sauce from more-or-less scratch, which requires an allegedly-3-hour simmer in the oven (currently 40 minutes into that), as well as braising pork ribs in said sauce that then get processed into tiny meatballs. It looks delicious but I'm a bit wary of the timing described by the recipe, since it also said to reduce the 2 cups of white wine called for to "almost nothing," and claimed this would happen in "about 5 minutes." I'd love to live in whatever bizarro dimension these recipe bloggers do, where onions caramelize in ten minutes and wine reduces in 5. I'm expecting to be able to freeze at least half of this; I haven't decided yet if I want to portion it out first. Maybe I could par-freeze half, like put it in the freezer for just an hour or two, and then when it's firm but not solid I could cut it into serving-size chunks and wrap those in plastic or foil, or something. At least this is intended to be tonight's dinner, so I won't spend all day cooking and then still have to figure out what to eat, which is a trap I've fallen into before.

* Green chile chicken enchiladas - thankfully most of this was prepped weeks ago and just required assembly and baking, it's in the oven now. That will be dinner for two nights next week. I also need to make some Spanish rice to go along with but that's minimal work as well.

* Breakfast burritos - the filling will be scrambled eggs, bacon, black beans, and shredded cheese. I may or may not shred up some potatoes into hash browns; skipping the potatoes last week almost perfectly filled 10 burritos with no leftover filling (one was about 20g short). Maybe I'll do like, one potato, instead of the 2-3 I've done in the past.

* Cabbage rolls - this is actually lunch for next next week (6/28), but since I don't anticipate having a lot of time to cook next weekend, I wanted to prep these in advance and freeze them. I did this before we went out of town last month and they froze beautifully, so I know that part works. I only have one week's worth of food containers, though, so my plan is to line those with plastic wrap, pack the cabbage rolls, freeze them overnight tonight and then remove them from the containers tomorrow so I can fill them with this week's lunch. Then, next weekend, I just need to put the frozen portions back in their containers, and they'll already be the right shape and everything.

* Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, and broccoli - the Salisbury steak patties are the most labor-intensive part of this, and I've already managed to nick myself twice in the course of making the lasagna above, so I'll need to wear gloves for that part. I can probably manage the mashed potatoes today, since I can pack that into a bowl and portion it out tomorrow. I might also make the patties today and just cook them tomorrow. The broccoli is frozen, in those microwave steamer bags, so that'll be quick and easy, thankfully.

* Pelmeni - perhaps my most ambitious plan, I don't think I'll actually be able to get this done on the weekend, so I'm aiming to at least get the filling and wrapper dough made, probably tomorrow, and then sit down and fold a few dozen every night next week. The only way I know how to make these is about 200 at a time, so thankfully they do freeze well.

Jeez, writing it all out like this makes it seem even more overwhelming. See y'all on the other side, I guess.