Women 200lb+, Let's Jump To It This July!!!

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  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    Age: 49
    SW: 296 (1/3/20)

    Weekly totals: July:
    7/1: 245 (period)
    7/7: 243
    7/14:
    7/21:
    7/28:
    Goal for August 1: 238

    I've lost quite a bit of water, and my fingers feel normal now again. I've started working out again, so I will probably see that reflected in the weight. I'm having a lot of upper back pain related to my breast size (which has stubbornly refused to deflate with the rest of me) and I'm hoping strengthening the muscles there will help with it. I hate going to bed sore.

    I have to say that it's easy not to eat too much when it's this hot and sticky. I don't want to do ANYTHING.

    Today is the day I tidy the pantry and the big freezer (things get shifted around sometimes when I need to put a cookie sheet full of something in there to freeze separately) and the fridge. Once a month this tidy is an actual "pull it all out and wipe it out" but the rest of the time it's just a rearrangement, hefting containers of mustard to see how full they are and whether that needs added to the shopping list, and generally making as much room as I can for raw ingredients when I get them tomorrow.

    I also need to make a quichecake (pizza: tomato paste, diced pepperoni, turkey Italian sausage, peppers, onions, mushrooms, Italian seasoning) for backup; we just started the lamb gyro quichecake, and I always like to have one in the freezer.

  • JuneyCleaves
    JuneyCleaves Posts: 92 Member
    edited July 2021
    Removed. Technical glitch!
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    @itisjessdarling sounds like you had a nice time, what a good NSV too!

    @JuneyCleaves that looks tasty!

    @uyister nice!!

    @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 ooh, can you tell me more about this quichecake?
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    goal06082021 wrote: »
    @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 ooh, can you tell me more about this quichecake?

    The base is six eggs and a block of softened cream cheese beaten up together. That makes a pie plate. (If your pie plate is small, I'd do 5 eggs instead of 6.) You can double that for a 9 x 13 pan.

    So this iteration has chopped pepperoni and turkey Italian sausage, grilled peppers and onions, tomato paste worked into the batter (so it's red instead of pale yellow) and Italian seasoning. I would say I have about two cups total of mix-ins and about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste. It bakes about an hour, and can then be frozen or will last in the fridge a week. My boyfriend eats a slice of it every morning for breakfast, and it has enough protein in it to get him through to lunch.

    Other variations involve sausage and cheddar cheese and spinach; bacon, Swiss cheese, and grilled onions; and thinly sliced steak with grilled onions and mushrooms. You can pretty much put anything in it that you would put in an omelet.

  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    VickyEltonGreen wrote: »
    the strength is in the getting up"( my interpretation)

    I love this so much. The strength is in the getting up.
  • jazzadesigns
    jazzadesigns Posts: 476 Member
    @Reachbrenda this is the place to be then! Everyone is very supportive here. Welcome to all of the new people! @VickyEltonGreen I love your posts!
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    @kelMee2 - so you've been menstruating continuously for a month? I hope you can talk to a doctor about that soon if you haven't done so already.
  • wtbarunner
    wtbarunner Posts: 162 Member
    My weigh in day was yesterday.
    PW 239
    CW 238
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    July Challenge Weigh In Day

    Age 44
    Height 5'4"
    SW 249 3/2020
    CW 218.2
    GW for July 215
    UGW 145

    7/1: 219 lbs
    7/8: 218 lbs
    7/15:
    7/22:
    7/31:
    Total month loss:


    Weekly goals:
    -Continue logging on MFP
    -Work out 5x per week – 3 cardio & 2 strength
    -64 oz of water each day
    -Vacation week: Hit Apple Goals, especially Move & Exercise.

    At Mom's house this morning. Power went out at my house twice yesterday. I had gone to the gym once it went the first time and by the time I got back it went out again. Back to mom's house with the dog it was. Before it got dark I got the bunch of weeds out of my yard surrounding a tree. The thistle was as tall as me. Hope my neighbors are shouting their obscenities at me for getting so high.

    Had a car visit on Tues only to need to go back either today or tomorrow. Being at Mom's house might help if it's today.

    Yesterday would have been my brother's 46 birthday. I'm blaming him for the power outage to make me go back to mom's house. HA. Since DH didn't want to go out to our usual restaurant I picked up a favorite fast food of my brothers. I'm testing out tomatoes so allowed myself the few items. Went to the gym with the first outage as they DH's work is close and they had power before he left. Storm hit while I was there so did a longer treadmill time instead of a short elliptical time until it passed.
  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    edited July 2021
    strong_and_healthy4me wrote: »
    Age: 54
    Height: 5'6”
    SW: 201 (7/8/21)
    CW: 201
    7/8: 201
    7/15
    7/22
    7/29
    Goal weight by July: 197
    Goal weight by 12/2021 ~ 177
    Ultimate Goal weight by 10/2022 ~ 138

    Hello everyone, I am a newcomer to this group. I have been reading through many of your posts and I’m feeling so motivated after doing so. I actually feel ready to start again and after doing all the calculations I feel like this is doable for the first time. I struggle with sugar. For now I am eating low carb.
    I have been trying to lose weight for 10 years or so. I have lost and gained and lost again…vicious cycle. I have always loved exercise but stopped 7 months ago when my gym closed. I joined a new gym March 1st and my second day I had a severe break in my right wrist which required surgery. The crazy thing is it happened while I was working out with the trainer. My Dr has released me to return to the gym but I feel really nervous and unsure about going back. I want to go back but somehow I haven’t been able to make myself go. Breaking my wrist at the gym was very traumatic. If any of you have any suggestions or ideas that may be helpful please let me know. 😊

    Welcome! This is such an inspiring group!

    I had a similar thing happen to me -- I herniated a disc during a yoga + ballet class at Exhale studio and was in horrific pain and immediately lost feeling in my leg. It was dramatic, scary and awful. I had to literally crawl out of the class and I was so embarrassed because I somehow thought it was my own fault. I ended up having surgery and never got the feeling back in my leg, and I've lived with it ever since. It took me a very long time to let go of the anger toward the instructor for pushing us to do a move that was (in retrospect) quite unsafe. Or maybe it was just really unsafe for me. To be completely honest, I've never been able to get all the way over my fear that it could happen again in the wrong circumstances.

    All I can say is that I'm much more aware of my limits, and I will never let a trainer or instructor push me if it doesn't feel right. I had to learn to speak up. I'm 50 and have a much better understanding of what is challenging vs. simply stupid. For a long time I felt like I needed to go back to that class and prove that I could do it again. I had to let go of my ego and move on -- just like I'll never go horseback riding or snowboarding again because of my physical limitations. But there are so many things I CAN do that feel good so...I'll just do those.

    I don't know if that helps. All I can say is, you only have this one body. Exercise is not a punishment; it's a celebration of what your body can do. If going to the gym doesn't feel good right now and you're forcing yourself to do it because you feel like you have to get back on the horse, maybe give it more time while you try some new stuff. There may come a time when you're really excited about going, and then you can reassess. As long as you're moving, it's all good!
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    strong_and_healthy4me wrote: »

    Thank you so much! This has helped a lot. I’m so sorry to hear what happened to you. I had forgotten about the anger I feel towards the trainer. This shouldn’t have happened. She had me stepping up and doing a box step onto three of those big mats. It was a really awkward move. I lost my balance and fell backwards onto my right wrist with all of my weight. I think I may have gone into shock. I was in so much pain. I was shaking, dizzy and extremely nauseous. She told me it was her first day working as a trainer.

    So I need to get over the anger as well as the anxiety of going back. I think it will be really good for me to go back. They have water aerobics which would be a great way to strengthen my wrist. Thanks for sharing your story. I hope that your health improves.


    Definitely be mad at the trainer. Certainly go back but try other things until you're comfortable, or switch trainers if possible. I hate step ups for that exact reason. I let my third trainer know that I'm slow at step ups. I feel shaky and possible to lose balance during so I'll be slow doing them. He didn't do them too much after that. They're supposed to be there to support you and make sure they're doing it safely. Certainly discuss limitations and even through out no more step ups. They seem to be the trainers go tos when they need to be more creative.
  • uyister
    uyister Posts: 155 Member
    @strong_and_healthy4me Sorry for the injury and the experience. I agree with the words of wisdom already posted above. Move at your own pace, listen to your body, workout at home or do the water aerobics for now if that feels more comfortable for you and when you feel ready (heart, body and mind) go back to the gym and try again.

    Success!!
  • uyister
    uyister Posts: 155 Member
    @girlinkaz Woo-hoo!! Congrats!!
  • wanderinglight
    wanderinglight Posts: 1,519 Member
    I weigh in on Fridays.

    Height: 5'11"
    Age: 50
    Highest weight: 226.6 (May 2021)
    Current weight: 223.8 (June 30, 2021)

    7/2: 223.6
    7/9: 225.6 ugh
    7/16:
    7/23:
    7/30:

    Goal for July: Under 220

    I'm discouraged but keeping my head up and remembering that wonderful advice from someone above, "The strength is in the getting up." I don't know what's going on and why I'm gaining when I'm staying well under calories and exercising consistently but I'm going to keep working the plan.

    Goals for next week:
    * Keep logging, keep exercising
    * Double check weights of food instead of going by package serving size (I rarely do this but I'll keep it 100)
    * Keep an eye on sodium levels
    * Work on sleep habits to get a good 8 hours
    * Stay positive!

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