Women 200lb+, Let's Jump To It This July!!!
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@sarah12277
Thanks so much for the encouraging words and the validation that it’s ok to be mad at the trainer. 😂 I’m out on the step ups forever. I plan to do weights, some cardio classes and the water aerobics classes when I go back.
@uyister
Thanks for your awesome advice, especially the when you feel ready (heart, body and mind) go back to the gym and try again. 😃
@sargemarcori
Sorry to hear of your injury. Happy to hear you’re back at it and having success! I am very encouraged by your last paragraph. As far as working with a trainer…no comment. 😂😂😂4 -
Don't get discouraged @wanderinglight - the fact that you are logging in foods and bravely getting on the scale is a big win. When you yoyo up it stinks but it makes the next loss even sweeter. Stay strong!3
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57pattycake wrote: »Don't get discouraged @wanderinglight - the fact that you are logging in foods and bravely getting on the scale is a big win. When you yoyo up it stinks but it makes the next loss even sweeter. Stay strong!
Thank you! That helps
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This weekend is going to be highly physical for me, with a lot of moving boxes and furniture around. But I'm looking forward to it.
My 26 year old son is going to come live with me and my partners for a couple months while he saves money for an apartment closer to his new job. He's a welder, and was caught in the trap of "If everyone wants one year experience, how do you get the year of experience?" He found a job, but it's three counties away from where he's living now, and an hour and a half commute. If he stays with us, the commute is 40 minutes, which is much better.
So he's moving into the sewing/guest room, complete with his large L shaped desk and gaming computer, which means my boyfriend can't sleep in there any more. (Boyfriend has been having nightmares related to PTSD and so doesn't want to be in bed with me while that's going on.)
Today we moved the one bed and mattress that Boyfriend's been sleeping on into the office, which involved moving furniture and taking the drafting table down to the garage, and then I packed up most of the guest supplies and the decoration, and all of my sewing stuff, and got that stacked in the closet in such a way that he still has some hanging space. So Boyfriend is sleeping in his office, and tomorrow I'll sweep and dust and mop and generally clean and tidy the room that will be Eldest Son's room up. He can't move in till the new mattress arrives from Amazon, which should be next week sometime.
Of course now my bedroom is a mess because some overflowed stuff went into there, which I've got to find a place to put. If it's not one thing it's another.
Tonight I've still got a pork shoulder to pull but I think I'm just going to stuff the pulled meat into gallon bags and refrigerate it overnight rather than go through separating it into 6 ounce portions and bagging it up. I can do that tomorrow when I'm fresh.4 -
@wanderinglight Stay strong! There are a million reasons we can go up, even when logging consistently and staying below our calories: water retention from a new exercise regime, higher sodium content in food causing artificial gain, fluctuating hormones… it’s hard for me to remember that when that happens to me too, but you are doing all the right things! Keep it up and the long haul payoff will be sweet.
@McKnightAM Welcome (back)! Showing up day in and day out is the best thing we all can do for ourselves. Transformation doesn’t happen overnight but consistency will get us a long way. I believe in you!6 -
Age: 55
Height: 5' 8"
SW: 257.2 (12/28/20)
GW: 160
MSW: 232.2
7/9 234.4
Don't know... can't say!
I am doing the same thing and this is the biggest gain that I have had so far. I drank so much water(over 200oz.) yesterday and I was still up. I am trying to not let it get to me but I am a lil let down today.6 -
@Spotteddingo that was what happened to me the last week of June--I'd been losing, then for no discernible reason, I went up 2.7 pounds. I thought "it's just a blip, that will vanish soon" but it hung around over a week. THIS week I've been enjoying a whoosh--but I was sure miserable week before last.
I've now lost the equivalent of a housecat AND a bald eagle on this new journey! https://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=24067256 -
Hi I’m 53 and 5’6”.
Starting weight: 257.8 lbs Jan 14, 2021
July Start Weight: 226.5 (6/30/21)
July Goal Weight: 223.0
Ultimate Goal Weight: 170
July 3: 225.6
July 10: 224.3 (-1.3)
July 17:
July 24:
July 31:
I am happy with this loss especially since I didn’t exercise much this week. I had a night that I barely slept and now that I’m older it seems to affect me for the next 2 days. So I didn’t have enough energy to exercise. Then yesterday I had a stressful eye doctor appointment that just wiped me out afterwards. I did meet my daily step challenge 4 days this week which was my goal. Hopefully this next week will be better!2 -
I'm starting my journey today. I downloaded the app yesterday and I'm going to begin to log everything I eat. So I can see where my struggles are. I plan on my actual working out schedule to happen on Monday. I am 315 pounds. I have a long way to go. The struggle is real, if you must.8
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I was up a pound this morning, which is no surprise given I had to take some ibuprofen for my shoulders when I got up, they were that sore and stiff. It's just fascinating to me watching the body's rhythms as I go through my day.4
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July 2021 stats
39 years old
Height: 5' 7"
SW (6/9/2020): 330.0lbs
Month SW (6/30/21): 218.0lbs
Goal weight: 180lbs
Weigh-in day: Saturdays
7/3: 214.0 lbs (-4.0lbs) - The woosh came!!
7/10: 214.4lbs (+0.4lbs) - I'll take it. TOM started yesterday, plus arm muscles are seriously sore from yesterday's upper body workout!!
7/17: lbs
7/24: lbs
7/31: lbs
Total month loss: lbs
Weekly and Monthly Goals:
* Keep logging in to MFP ✔✔✔
* Continue the T-25 workouts ✔✔✔ - Completed week 4 of the Beta cycle yesterday. Will start week 5 of the Beta cycle on Monday!!
* Do either a quick yoga, stretch, or walk (Reps to the Rhythm) workout in addition to my regular T-25 morning workout ✔✔✔
* Get as much sleep as possible ✔✔✔
* Complete my 30-day Squat challenge with my sisters and a couple of female cousins ✔✔✔ - Did Day 10 - 65 squats today
* Achieve all the July badges for the challenges that I signed up for on Garmin - In progress
Post Mid-year Goal:
* Get to or below 210lbs (Hopefully by the end of July)
Will come back later to read and comment!! Success everyone!!8 -
Thank you so much for this discussion. I've been a yo-yo dieter for a long as I can remember. I just started on Monday. I'm so inspired by your stories and honesty. I've never shared my weight with anyone! Guess it's helpful being anonymous on the internet.
So here goes:
Current weight: 205
Goal weight: 145-150?
Age: 58
Height:5'3"
Guess my first goal is getting under 200. Haven't been there in a very, very long time. Great health to everyone on here!!!
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Weigh-in day!
Age: 30
Height: 5'2"
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 220.2 (6/26/2021)
7/3: 222.0
7/10: 221.6
7/17:
7/24:
7/31:
GW for July: 215
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144 by the end of 2022
OK, back on track and moving in the right direction. I'm fine with this.5 -
Today is weigh in day
Age: 61
Height: 5'4"
SW: 254 June 3, 2021
CW: 239.4 June 30, 2021
7/3: 238.6
7/10:236.6
7/17:
7/24:
7/31:
GW for July: 232
UGW: 160
I lost exactly 2 pounds this week and I'm thrilled with that. My happy find this week: sugar free popsicles, only 15 calories and take a while to eat so cravings can pass. They do contain artificial sugar - but sometimes you have to pick your battles.
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@uyister - good for you with T25! I have started/stopped that program without completing it probably a half dozen times! For some reason I just can't stick with that one!5
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Saturday Weigh In
Vicky
60
5'6 ft
SW 230 27/11/2020
3 /7 200
10/7 198.2
17/7
24/7
31/7
GW 155 May 2022
Seems like 1.8 a week is the standard loss for me.
Had a few days where was really craving something sweet. Really beginning to notice the difference in my clothes.
Really feel the difference in my energy level too
Hoping to meet my monthly goal of 195
To all the new people joining I will always remember the way I felt the day I started, I felt desperate and felt I would never loss the weight. I am now eight months in and so grateful took one day at a time. When I felt overwhelmed and discouraged I checked in and shared here and always got a great word of advise or read someone else's post and thought "Exactly"
By far not always easy but absolutely always worth it!7 -
@VickyEltonGreen congrats on reaching Onederland!! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻🍾2
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I'm going to try to take a day of rest. I've done a lot of physical work the last two days and I'm pretty sore. Today I just have to package up the pulled pork and fold the laundry that had to air-dry overnight and get it put away, and then I'm going to sew and relax.
Hopefully that will give my shoulders and back some time to release some water so that when I weigh in on the 14th I will actually see things trending in the proper direction, because this morning I was three pounds up and it's all sore muscles.6 -
Age: 36
Height: 5'5"
SW: I've started/stopped so many times.
CW: 200.6
7/4: 200.6
7/11: 199.2 (-1.4)
• coming up short on my steps
• coming up short on the number of workouts
• nutrition is more intentional: had 3x meals out this week and had a few drinks 1 night: need to respect my deficit goal more
7/18:
7/25:
7/31:
GW for July: Anything less than current!
Goals:
- 8k daily step count, minimum
- Workout 4-5 days/week
- dial in my nutrition4 -
Starting weight: 270 March 2021
July Start Weight: 232.8
July Goal Weight: 228
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD
I weigh in on Sundays.
July 4: 232.8
July 11: 229
July 18:
July 25:
I maintained last week. My eating wasn't the best due to my sil coming to visit and it being a holiday weekend. We went to the zoo one day and I had no choice but to eat foods they had. I made the best choices possible but the foods were not somehting I normally would eat. This week I saw a nice woosh. I didn't expect it.
I have been doing well exercise wise. Instead of doing a 3 day rotating schedule I decided to combine it and do a 2 day rotating schedule. I always do my 60 min on my bike as I love it. Day 1: Weights (arms, back and chest), planks and abs Day 2: Thighs and glutes plus abs and planks. Right now I feel my abdominal muscles are very weak. I still am unable to do my ab machine. I am working hard to strengthen my core. Since changing weights every other day I notice a difference in my arms. I am a bit excited about my newly found muscles. I have not noticed a difference in my thighs or abs yet. I know it is coming though.
I have a lot of reading to do, I'm a few pages behind. I hope everyone is doing well on their journey.7 -
I just finished 45 minutes on the recumbent. The bike is where I like to dive into a self-development book and work on myself physically, mentally and emotionally -- all simultaneously.
Today's part was about responsibility and the choices we make.
Interesting, since heading into the kitchen afterward had me faced with last night's pizza on the counter.
I had a choice to make.
I chose a salad: 235 calories of romaine, corn, cucumber, goat cheese and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
I'd have easily eaten 2-3x that in a couple of pizza slices. And one thing I've learned about myself is that I'm a volume eater .. so pizza would've left me full, but not satisfied.
Rooting you all on as you all strive to make the right choices for yourselves this week! ❤
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Keri
68 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs (Dec 2019)
2/1/2020: 263.6
10/19/2020: 245.4
1/1: 251.2 gained after going back to work and being more sedentary
2/3: 250.4
2/6: 256.6 adjusted according to my new scale.
2/7: 255 -1.6 lbs lost of extra new scale weight
2/27: 254.8 -.2 but I went up to 257 so this is a loss of 2.2 lbs
2/28: 253.4
April low: 255.2
May 1: 257.8
May 20: 255.6
Jun 5: 258.2
Jun 26: 254.8
July 5: 255.2
CW: 254.4 (July 11)
1st GW: 220 The lowest weight I got to when I last lost significant weight.
2nd GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then
3rd GW: 186 overweight but not obese
4th GW: 150 lbs. Healthy weight Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to get to a healthy weight for me.
July Goal weight: Under 250.
Weight loss Goals:
1st GW: 220 The lowest weight I got to when I last lost significant weight.
2nd GW: Onderland 1st, maintain for a few weeks then
3rd GW: 186 overweight but not obese
4th GW: 150 lbs. Healthy weight Then evaluate what weight is best for me. I just want to get to a healthy weight for me.
Goals:
Get 8+ glasses of water, log in calories daily, get enough sleep and stay under my calorie goal. ✓ for the early part of the week anyway
Up N.E.A.T. ✓
Get regular exercise:
1-2 strength training a week ✓
5 days of walking ✓✓✓
Wait to have breakfast until I feel hungry while I am working remotely. ✓
Up my vegetables and make sure I have fruit daily ✓
I started the week well last week drinking alot more water and getting exercise in. Yesterday I didn't drink enough water or get exercise but NEAT was probably relatively high. It will be a busier week with going into the office on Tuesday for the 1st time and a big Drs appointment on Thursday. Hopefully I can keep up the progress with weight loss going though.
We set a family (immediate) to do spreadsheet in which we all try to get at least 1 thing done a week/weekend. So that was what I was doing yesterday. Also my siblings and I are stepping up our monitoring of our mother. She has stepped up her assistance level at her retirement community where she is living.
Hope we all have a great weekend.4 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself glad your fingers are better and you are making progress with weight loss again as you wanted.
@itisjessdarling nice vacation progress
@girlinkaz I’m impressed how you are turning a setback (lock down) into a win by making healthy foods and getting more exercise.
@wanderlight and @strong_and_healthy4me The 1st time I started to have knee issues was after a free session with a trainer at my gym. My knee went out after that and it hasn’t been the same since. Yes I have arthritis in my knees but it didn’t really bother me until after that.
@sargemarcori glad you are having such a great week.
@VickyEltonGreen and @JuneyCleaves Congratulations on reaching Onderland!
@JNettie73 looks like progress on more than one front.
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sargemarcori wrote: »Age: 51
Height: 5'
SW: 266.6 (1/4/2021)
CW: 248.5 (7/1/2021)
7/4: 247.2
7/11: 244
7/18:
7/25:
GW for July: 240
GW for 2021: 215
UGW: 150 by January 1st, 2023
I went up a pound since yesterday, lol. I relaxed a bit yesterday (though i was careful to still eat less than I burned) and part of that was a very salty but delicious pesto on my sandwich.
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@JuneyCleaves Thank you!! It wasn't easy at first. I used to take 50+ minutes to do the 25 minutes workout with a lot of pausing the videos etc. I still follow Tanya for the modified versions. You can try one of his more dancing ones (Hip Hop Abs) or just any others and definitely modify to your comfort level.1
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@drj63 Welcome and success on your journey!!
@goal06082021 Woo-hoo!! Congrats!!
@57pattycake Congrats on the loss!! Great find on the sugar free popsicles!
@VickyEltonGreen Awesome loss!! Congrats on getting to Onederland!! Love the NSVs!!
@JuneyCleaves You've got this!! The main thing is to keep trying and not give up!! Congrats on the healthy choice!!
@JNettie73 Congrats on the woosh and getting to Onederland. I am loving the rotating workout schedule.
@KeriA Way to go!! You've got this. Hope you are able to incorporate the step-up in monitoring of your mum easily into you schedule.
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I found my folks! I'm new to MFP and so grateful to have found this awesome support clan of health warriors! Thank you @RavenStCloud for this great thread. If I can hunt down a solid group of great recipes and plan my meals for the week (the struggle is real - lol), I can definitely see myself moving positively toward my health goals. Sending encouragement to everyone this week!
Height: 5' 7 3/4"
Age: 54
SW: 251
CW: 251
7/12: 251
7/19:
7/26:
7/31:
Goal for July: Under 2455 -
@VelvetHeart67 Welcome! In case it helps you, here's what I did to get a firmer handle on meal planning.
I sat down and picked out six recipes for lunch and six recipes for dinner, and set up a rotation. I picked recipes that were easy to scale up, so I could prep enough to serve 2 people over 3-5 days (so, 6-10 servings). I don't mind eating the same thing for lunch five days in a row but didn't want to do that for dinner, so instead I focused on recipes that would yield at least two servings per person, which would take care of at least two out of six nights. Not sure why it took me so long to realize "hey, leftovers are a thing that you can do on purpose for dinner, too," since I've been meal prepping my work lunches for a couple of years now.
I don't worry *too* much about, like, optimizing my grocery list or anything - mad respect to the folks that can take one Costco rotisserie chicken and turn it into a week's worth of meals, that ain't me - but the recipes I currently have in the rota aren't terribly expensive or complicated, especially with strategic use of a freezer and manager's meat specials. Feel free to add me and I can DM you the recipes I use, but here is my current dinner rotation:
* Chicken enchiladas
* Bean and sausage pottage
* Meatloaf with mashed potato and vegetables
* Cincinnati-style chili
* Chicken, bacon, broccoli strata
* Pork goulash8 -
Ok so, I can’t believe that this just happened. My husband wanted to have fast food from Warrens. I actually drove there, ordered his food and brought it to him without even having a fry. Victory!!!
Hope you are all having a great day! ☀️💕💛12
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