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

@itisjessdarling Congrats on making it to Onderland!!!

sargemarcori wrote: »

I didn't forget, I was camping yesterday!

sargemarcori wrote: »

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 (14th) : 249.8
June 20: 250.2
June 27:

Well, if I'm going to hit my June weight goal already, maybe I'll just go for 245?

okay, this time I forgot. I also wasn't excited about my weigh in. But I keep telling myself the scale is a TOOL, that number is not what I care about! Probably not going to hit that stretch goal of 245, but that's okay. Slow and steady wins the race! And then stays on, plodding through maintenance and doing JUST FINE.

@itisjessdarling amazing job!!! I'm on-track to join you there in another 6 months or so!

@wanderinglight I agree with you, the outdoors is for every body. I LOVE to swim and play in the water - as a kid, my family had YMCA memberships just for the pool, and it was all my poor mother could do to convince me to get out of the water once I was in it. My husband and I had a little beach picnic this year on Memorial Day; he didn't swim but I did, and I was beaming and giddy the rest of the day after getting to noodle around in the ocean for a few minutes. My hangup is mostly that I don't want to eff around with natural bodies of water alone - the property I live on backs up to a river, I have free access to a dock and a kayak, I could Just Go Kayaking basically whenever. But I don't want to be out there alone, for safety reasons.

Today started out terrible. I woke up with a constellation of pimples all over the tip of my nose, impossible to hide, and wasted 10-15 minutes in the morning effing around with those. My cat threw up this morning, twice, for the third day in a row (hubs has him at the vet now, good vibes are appreciated). Between messing with my pimples and cleaning up cat puke, I ended up leaving late to head to the gym, and I drove all the way there before realizing I left my phone at home (somehow the fact that my car didn't automagically start playing music/podcast didn't clue me in), so I went back for the phone and tripped over a chair in the dark bedroom. At that point it was way too late to do what I needed to do in the gym and still make it to work on time, so I had to skip the gym this morning. Then I got to work and my office shares its paper-thin walls with a classroom and my coworker's office, so I was caught in the crossfire of a lecture about the American civil war and a phone call about veteran's benefits for college - seriously, for as clearly as I could hear the professor he must lecture by standing with his back to the students and shouting at the wall - when my boss comes in and tells me I screwed something up on an account. I am neurodivergent, I have some level of rejection-sensitive dysphoria and am just generally very bad at Handling It when told I've done something wrong, so it takes basically every ounce of willpower that I have to keep it together and maintain a professional façade when that happens at work, and I was already running VERY low on mental energy from all that other crap above. Did I mention all of this happened before 10 AM?

Anyway, the silver lining is that I have like 600 calories left to play with after accounting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hubs agreed to come with me to the gym tonight - 6:30 is peak time for all the gyms I have access to so I'll have to come home and go back out later, like 9ish - and afterward we're going to walk down to the other end of the strip mall where our gym is to get some g** d*** ice cream at a really good local place.

27 years old
5'4"
284lbs

Starting as of this afternoon my journey.
All the way to 140lbs my goal.

Ate unhealthy breakfast and lunch but going to start by drinking 1 gallon water by tonight and dancing around for 30 minutes.

My plan for exercise is 30 mins per day dancing, or walking/hiking, HITT workouts.

Going on a trip in about a month hope to drop at least 20lbs by then.

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: 219.8

I am feeling great about my progress for June! I am also getting excited about reassessing my GW for 2021 since it looks like I will overshoot it by quite a bit!

@blehhfood and @RebekahAnn88 , welcome new friends!

I did want to just say that both of you have really ambitious stated goals, 20-30lbs in a month. That's a LOT, and neither of you are heavy enough to lose 8-10 lbs in a week safely.* Four pounds in a month is generally considered great progress. You might see a big drop at first, especially if you're cutting carbs - remember "carb" is short for "carbohydrate," eating carbs makes you retain water (which is normal! and necessary! your body is doing its job!) Cutting carbs makes you drop water weight overnight, but that water will all come right back the second you so much as look at a potato too hard. The thing is, though, you aren't trying to lose water. You're trying to lose fat. And that, unfortunately, is a thing that takes time, a lot more time than you've given yourselves.

I want you both to succeed as I want everyone in this group to succeed, but I'm telling you right now on your Days 1 and 2 that you will not reach those lofty goals in the timeframes you specify, not without hurting yourselves (by, say, cutting off your least-favorite leg, that might do it). I don't want to see you posting a month from now about how discouraged you are when you've ~only~ lost 3 or 4 lbs. I want to see you posting six months from now about how awesome it is to be 25 lbs lighter and ready to wow everyone at Christmas.

*A note on safety. To be clear, there is no safe way for ANYONE to lose 8-10lbs in a week. You will damage your body and feel terrible the whole time you're doing so. The people for whom 8-10lbs of fat loss per week is even an option on the table are the My 600 Lb Life set, where staying as heavy as they are is doing more damage than the extreme calorie restriction required to drop fat that quickly would. I don't have the graphic saved but you'll see it if you lurk around the Getting Started boards - the general recommendation for sustainable weight loss is no more than 1% of bodyweight lost per week, maximum. That's a LIMIT, mind you, not a goal. Since you're both over 200lbs (that's who this group is for, after all), you could safely aim to lose about 2lb per week, for a while, but you don't have to do it that fast and in fact you'll have a better time overall if you aim for about 1lb per week.

I am having a pretty good week. I have been getting in my exercise and again upping my water intake. My youngest and I have been taking the cats out in the yard for a "walk" on leashes since they are indoor cats due to the coyote in the area. This is a lot of standing around, slow walking and a little pouncing but it is increasing my NEAT along with the stairs I do going down to my home office. My calories are staying low and I am back to logging well too. Not doing as well at planning meals but enough so that we could make meals at home except for Father's day on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

goal06082021 wrote: »

@itisjessdarling amazing job!!! I'm on-track to join you there in another 6 months or so!

@wanderinglight I agree with you, the outdoors is for every body. I LOVE to swim and play in the water - as a kid, my family had YMCA memberships just for the pool, and it was all my poor mother could do to convince me to get out of the water once I was in it. My husband and I had a little beach picnic this year on Memorial Day; he didn't swim but I did, and I was beaming and giddy the rest of the day after getting to noodle around in the ocean for a few minutes. My hangup is mostly that I don't want to eff around with natural bodies of water alone - the property I live on backs up to a river, I have free access to a dock and a kayak, I could Just Go Kayaking basically whenever. But I don't want to be out there alone, for safety reasons.

I understand that. I pretty much do all the water sports by myself and try to minimize risk as much as I can by letting people know where I am and always wearing my life vest. I really only stick to flat water paddling for now. I think if I try stand-up paddleboarding I'll see if there's a group I can join!

Hi everyone!! My name is Jerrie. And I have been losing and gaining the same weight since 2017. I have gotten to 197lbs a few times 192lbs for a brief moment and before I blink I am right back in the 200s. This time around I want to eat sensibly, workout & be apart of a group where we motivate each other to be the best version of ourselves. Thanks for having me!!

Got my official MFP weigh in today at home. At 220 so hoping to start seeing the 210s real soon if not tomorrow. Measurements actually didn't change a whole lot except 1 inch at my hips. My gym clothes are much more looser which is what I'll pay attention too. I forgot I had changed my June goal to be 218 for 1 lb per week; so probably won't make that but I'll be very close at least; very happy with that.

The 220s were a very long haul for me so I've been reflecting a bit. Last June was a quick loss rate to start things off. Then the months after that were 1-2 per month. I was thinking of when I started getting back to restaurants etc too and when I started walking with a friend vs trainer sessions. I started to see the 220s in October. It's a tad slower than my first weight loss journey where it took 1 1/2 year for 60 lbs. Seeing that math just to when I get to 200s it's rather close. I just have farther to go this round starting so much higher; 50 lbs to get out of the 200s. I didn't do things that were sustainable last time so I keep making sure this time is. Much better mindset for me now regardless.

DH wanted me to send him the guess pass link for the gym so here's hoping he'll start getting his own to get back into a healthy routine as well. He'll go late at night so the guess pass won't be used with him much. Guess their weights were good enough for him. They have lots of crossfit dudes so it must be good for something lol.

Going to the movies tonight with DH. He's been grabbing snacks at his work and thankfully it's candy that I don't want the whole box of; just a few and I'm good.

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: 220.2
GW for June: 220
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144, end of 2022

Bah, close enough, LMAO. I'm happy with this progress, still very much on track to be in Onederland by the end of the year.

My marathon cooking last weekend was about half-completed. The lasagna came out amazing, so I was pleased with that, but I didn't end up doing the cabbage rolls at all, those are going to be done tomorrow. I also decided not to do the pelmeni, I couldn't get the dough to come together right. So, we're going to have crepes instead; we have apple butter and blackberry preserves for sweet fillings, and smoked salmon and ham for savory ones. Super looking forward to that!