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

And now for July....

Age 59
Height 5'6.5"
SW: 278 (March 2021)
CW: 239.9 (38# GONE!)

GW for July: Below 232 = 8#
GW for 2021: get to Onederland = 7#/month
FGW: 150 (will then re-evaluate)

7/1: 239.9
7/8: 238.1 (-1.8#)
7/15: 239.4 (+1.3#)
7/22:
7/30:
Total month loss: ___ pounds
Total loss so far: 38.6 pounds

So... Bit of a change in strategy this week.
I have upped my daily calorie and protein targets. Now working towards losing 1.5 pounds/week, instead of 2.
The 2#/week was going well, weight-wise, but I noticed I was having cognitive issues at 1200 calories/day. I was especially having issues with concentration and completing tasks. I'm not sure if calories or protein or carbs or what is the issue, but my work, which requires a lot of concentration, was suffering - and getting noticed by my boss! - so I needed to try something quick.

And I have to say, I've noticed a difference since changing this past weekend to 1380 calories a day and being mindful to get at least 90g of protein. Thanks to MFP and consistent tracking, I was able to see I was getting only 60-80g of protein a day. Sometimes less. So I make sure to get protein at every meal - no more just a salad - and added a protein smoothie at the end of the day. My concentration is better and I'm getting more things done - not just work but around the house, too.

What's also interesting is that, at the start of this weight loss project, restricting to 1380 calories would have seemed tough, but after being at 1200 pretty consistently, that extra 180 calories seems like a lot of food!

I'm going to play around the next couple weeks and see if it's calories or protein or what, but if I can keep losing at 1380/day and feeling this good, that's a win and I'll stick with it.

As for my weight - not sure why it's gone back up. Maybe the change in calories, maybe because I got a wicked sunburn on Saturday (d'oh!) and it hurts, itches, and may be affecting other systems. ??? I've learned to have patience and see how these things play out, so not gonna stress.

Have a good week everyone!


ETA: I just did a quick search and indeed, a bad sunburn can cause a temporary weight gain.
https://coderedlifestyle.com/sunburns/

There's even an MFP thread about it (of course!): https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/254779/weight-gain-from-bad-sunburn

Coming back to mfp after idk how long away. Had surgery last month and trying to get back on the fitness wagon post covid like many. Thought had a dr's phone appt this am and mistaken, it is next week. Went out to lunch (thai) with a good friend. Tired of seeing my weight creep upward.

Ok, super new here (hoping this is how you post!) but definitely need some support & accountability in this journey. Brief intro: I used to be pretty active, and was always happy with my health & body until my mid 30's. Then I had 3 kids in 5 years, was married to a very controlling person, and fell into a depression. I kept eating like I was active (and then some) and the weight crept on while I was in denial.

Flash forward to April of this year when I finally bought a scale after not having one for, well, almost all my life. I was super shocked to see the number and realized it was time to take control of my life. I started exercising daily (started at just 10 minutes a day, but working my way up) and cut out fast food but wasn't seeing any movement in the scale. Finally found this tool earlier this week & I am putting it to use. I've shed the husband, and now it is time to shed the weight!

Age: 43
Height: 5'10"
SW: 290.6 (4/19/2021)
CW: 287.4

7/17:
7/24:
7/31:
GW for July: 280
GW for 2021: 240
UGW: 180

My numbers keep fluctuating up & down which is discouraging. Here's hoping that I see some progress now that I am seriously tracking everything. Nice to "meet" you all :-)

Weekly weigh-in.

Name: Cari
Age: 45
Height: 5' 3"
SW: 206lb/14 stone 10lb (16/3/21)
July SW: 188lb/13 stone 8lb (-18lb)
July GW: 184lb/13 stone 4lb (-22lb)
GW: 140/10 stone (to be re-evaluated nearer goal)

Weight tracking:

25 June: 190lb/ 13 stone 8lb (-16lb)
2 July: 188lb/13 stone 6lb (-18lb)
9 July: 187/13 stone 5lb (-19lb)
16 July: 184/13 stone 2lb (-22lb) July goal accomplished!
23 July:
30 July:

Hi everyone!

So, I missed last weeks weigh in, we moved last Tuesday, and it was chaos, so I was busy unpacking and cleaning and arranging all week and just totally forgot. But clearly moving is good for weight loss as I’ve lost 4lb in the last couple of weeks so there is a bonus to all the upheaval.

I’m now only 2lb away from my mini goal of getting to 13 stone, so maybe I will do it this month – fingers crossed.

I have to admit I’ve been pretty bad with my eating recently, just due to being on the go non-stop, I’ve not been eating regularly at all and go through whole days with nothing until dinner time. It’s not a conscience decision, as I say, it’s just the hectic nature of moving and working. Quite frankly I am shattered and feel like I could do with a month’s holiday on a beach somewhere, but that won’t be happening any time soon, so I’ll have to make do with some English sunshine and the back garden.

I plan to get back into a proper routine over the next few weeks, well, I will when I can find the cooking utensils…

Hope everyone else is happy and well.

goal06082021 wrote: »

@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.

Thank you so much for your reply. It has given me some of the motivation I lacked. I will reset my goal if that is part of the issue. But I fear eating more calories would make me gain back some of what I have already lost.
Thank you for the insight!

It's pretty clear that my high of 245 this week was water weight, given that I dropped a pound overnight. Today I'm moving furniture in what will be Eldest Son's room and cleaning Under and Behind thoroughly before he gets here. I like the room to start clean. Given that, I'm not going to work out today, I figure moving furniture is enough of a workout. I've been rather stable at around 243, but I suspect that I'm due for a whoosh again as I'm feeling a lot slimmer and am totally unable to let my pants sag to my hipline any more; they have to go up to my waist and over the belly or they bag in the crotch. So the body is changing, even if the scale isn't showing it so much.

had a long discussion with my health coach and she gave me a new catch phrase - If Not Now, When? I've really thought about that and found I am often "going to do it later" which turns into "I mean well, but just didn't do it". Now I am thinking this regularly and use #INNW for a hashtag in that group's posts. it's really working!