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

Great job both of you, @sargemarcori and @strong_and_healthy4me! I'm proud of you, you made good choices.

Moments like that really remind you that this is a process - it's not a one-and-done thing, where you wake up one morning and Declare That My Life Will Be Different Now. It's actively choosing, every single day, to live your life a certain way. Applies to more than just weight loss - relationships, hobbies, anything important in life, you gotta choose it (prioritize it, make time to pay attention to it, be intentional about it) or you're gonna lose it.

Hello everyone. My story is a little crazy. I went from a very active 275 in the beginning of 2019 and by Fall I had a colon blockage and was hospitalized. I got down to 230 from not eating much if at all by the beginning of last year while I was recovering to 314 on the 2nd of this month with back issues. The Dr also proceeded to tell my my A1C was 6.9 and that I’m mildly diabetic. That day I started dieting that day. I weighed myself on Monday and I’d lost my first 10 pounds. My wife is a chef SO it’s been an awful lot of GrubHub. She is not dieting. I’m needing someone who is going to mildly challenge me.

Age: 38
Height: 5.5
SW: 7/2/21 314
CW: 304

One week in and decided I needed to go for it and be transparent and accountable. I am a caregiver for my mom with dementia so I really struggle with the self care at times.


Age: 49
Height 5'5"
HW: 263
SW: 252
CW: 245
July GW: 240

7/1: 252
7/8: 249
7/15:
7/22:

[Hi new here]

I've been on the 1200 calorie diet since the beginning of june and it worked marvelously until July hit. After a month I just havent been able to lose a single pound even though I do daily body weight training and walks and eat about 1200 calories a day including fruits, vegetables, tons of protien and healthy fats. I've been struggling with motivation since I haven't been able to lose a single pound only gained a pound the last 2 weeks.

Age: 19
Height : 5'5
SW: 231.2(June 2021)
CW: 220.6 (July 14th 2021)
GW July: 215

UGW: 140

What should I do to kick start my weight loss again? I feel like my metabolism has slowed to a point where I cannot lose a single pound even in such a diet. My goal is to reach 140 pounds by May 2022 but I qm becoming less confident in reaching my goal when I cant even lose a single pound this early in my weight loss journey.

@coralRegime Patience. You've been at this for a month, that's hardly any time at all. Make sure you're weighing your food and using accurate database entries. Trust the process. One weigh-in isn't worth getting worked up over, but if the trend over time (like, 6-12 weeks, not 4-5) isn't in the direction you want it to be, then you can start assessing what you're doing and figure out what you might need to change. Weight loss is not linear - if you've been closing your diary and getting that "if every day were like today" message, stop doing that (or disregard the message as fake BS, because it is). There were so many more factors that made today like today than you can possibly control, beyond what you ate and how much you moved.

Fluctuations in water weight, especially for people who menstruate, make it hard to see fat loss on the scale if you're focused in too close on the day-to-day or even week-to-week measurements, and we retain water for all sorts of reasons: too much sodium recently; not enough sodium recently; hormones at various points in the menstrual cycle; ate more carbs than usual recently; added or increased exercise intensity recently; spent the day doing something labor intensive recently that's out of the ordinary for you; it's more or less humid outside than usual; etc., etc. You can probably eat more than 1200 calories, too - you're taller than I am and it sounds like comparably active, I've been losing an average of a pound per week on double that. Redo the guided setup, set it to 1 lb per week (since it sounds like you might have it set to 2lb per week), tighten up your logging to be as accurate as possible, see where you're at in another 4-6 weeks.

Loved your answer @goal06082021

So hard to remember sometimes . I just had a gain . I ate pasta on Sunday and then had a hard time with eating homemade cookies on Monday. I also realized that after 8 months and being super focused something else may be happening too.

In all the years of unhealthy dieting I would lose and gain( plus) and go through the cycle again. I would find myself sabotaging myself. In social work we call this " the self-fulfilling prophesy" where you can be doing really well and then do something to sabotage your success because you would rather subconsciously be the one to not succeed then go through the disappointment of failing. I know ..... heavy stuff right.

I have seen this with people I have worked with for years, and teach this to my students, when in reality I think it has been in play for my own weight loss journey for years.

Solution......... big step in realizing it ........ exploring why I do this and what I might do to substitute food when I am feeling this way......owning it.

For now pressed the reset button and am moving forward because ever going back is not an option.

Thanks for letting me be so honest
Vicky