Women 200lb+, Let's Be Unafraid This August!!!

Thanks @RavenStCloud for the thread!

No big plans for the rest of summer; my kids start school on the 17th so it is just trying to get ready for that. I will be heading out of state for my uncle's memorial next week, but I am staying with my aunt who knows I am finally trying to lose weight so hopefully she will be supportive and help me stay on track.

I am almost a month into using MFP and so far so good! I am slowly and steadily making progress. At this point I am still focusing most of my energy on making sure that I am logging everything, and staying at or slightly below my daily calories. I am also trying to get in at least 20 minutes of exercise daily, but I am giving myself more slack on that for now.

For August, my non-scale goals are to continue tracking daily, exercise for at least 20 minutes 5 days a week, and add 1 weight/resistance training day a week.

Age: 43
Height: 5'10"
SW: 290.6 (4/19/2021)
CW: 277.2 (8/1/2021)

8/8:
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
GW for August: 268
GW for 2021: 240
UGW: 180

Greetings All!

I’m starting MFP up again and am looking forward to finding a community of support.

I’m 51 years old. My SW was 324 (in June) and I am now at 319. I am working on changing my mental and emotional connection to food so I don’t really have a GW yet. I want to eat for health and to fuel my body rather than to fill another need.

I have polycystic ovarian syndrome too so losing weight does not come easy to me, no matter how much I exercise or eat well. That is another reason I choose not to focus on the scale as much as I do on how I feel, move, etc. It seems when I focus on the scale I get discouraged and give up. So I am focusing on changing my habits more and listening to my body more than anything else.

My goal for August is to get acclimated to a food and exercise regime that I can sustain when I return to school in a few weeks (I am a teacher). I want to get into a routine of prepping my food and exercising so I can continue with it when I am worn out from school.

Monday weigh-in!

Ally
39
SW 300
CW 295.8 (-0.6)
GW for August 288-290

I had originally signed up for my next exercise class for Wednesday (and I'm still sore from Saturday), but I decided to kick off the week with a 615AM class this morning. I felt so good doing it! Like the old me. I probably should have thought through the "before work" part of things, as I'm a little concerned I'll crash after lunch, but that's what a quick cat nap is for.


Welcome newcomers to the thread! I was a newcomer last month and everyone here has been so supportive and welcoming. Feel free to add me as a friend and I'll cheer you on!

Hi everybody! Thank you @RavenStCloud as always for keeping this group going!

Just gonna put my template here so I can find it on Saturday:

Age: 30
Height: 5'3"
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 216.4 (7/31/2021)
8/7:
8/14:
8/21:
8/28:
GW for August: 210
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144 by end of 2022

@JNettie73 amazing progress! I do regret not taking progress photos up to now but every time I have that thought it's in a situation where I can't really take any right then and there, and then I'm not thinking about it later when I could take some.

So yesterday's hike was, uh, well. I made it back to the car, let's start there, LOL. I'm surprised at how not-sore I am today, but maybe the DOMS will catch up with me later. I really need a bigger water bottle for the longer hikes, like a 32 or 40oz maybe - 28oz just ain't cutting it for 5 miles in this heat. I also should definitely have worn different shoes; the trail was partially flooded in a couple of places (it basically follows the edge of a wetland/lake, so that's to be expected, to the point that the little blurb on the county website mentions that the trails tend to flood in summer - should have remembered that before heading out, womp womp). I was able to carefully step around most of the flooded areas, until I got to literally the last mile, and there was nothing for it but to walk through the puddle and then squelch my way back to the car. My current hiking shoes are actually trail-running shoes, so they have great airflow and are thus absolutely not the least bit water-resistant. I have some Timberland boots from an old job that are waterproof, maybe if I go back to this natural area I'll wear those. I did see a lot of cool birds on my walk, including a bunch of beautiful herons and even a vulture, so that was neat.

NSVs: I'm "shopping my closet" and bringing things back into the rotation that I haven't been able to wear since 2018! Today I'm wearing a button-up shirt that I love - it's got blue and white pinstripes and little black cat faces all over it. It didn't fit this well even when I bought it, and now it's borderline too loose! I'm glad wearing loose/oversized button-ups over tanks/camis is a Look these days because I love this shirt and I'm not ready to give it back up just because I overshot fitting into it by a few lbs.

This is my first time on one of these post! I was doing good before quarantine but that hit me pretty hard, I gained back to 48 pounds I had lost and some . I have Endometriosis and PCOS so I already struggle to lose weight with 2 medical conditions against me but I have finally decided I will not let that be an excuse for me any longer. I started back up in May of 2021. 4 days ago I got engaged and am not highly motivated to get back on track and drop the weight.

SW (5/20/21): 280
CW ( 8/01/21): 267
GW (4/30/22): 170
GW for August: 257

My Goals for this month include losing 2 pounds per week. Working out at least 4 days a week and closing my exercise ring on my apple watch at least 25 times this month!

I generally weight myself every Friday first thing in the morning.

Please feel free to add me as a friend!

This is my first time at one of these monthly things (June 2013 started with MFP).

Age: Turning 48 tomorrow! I can't believe I lived this long! This is downright miraculous!
Height: 5'3"
SW in 2013: 277
CW: 203.4
August GW: 199 I hope to be in Onederland!! I am very hype about this possibility. (Haven't seen it since 1997)
GW: 130

I have seen these "summer goals" or "monthly goals" over the years, but I didn't believe it was possible for me to lose weight. Yeah, I was one of those - a true skeptic. I struggle with hypothyroidism - since a surgery when I was 21yo in 1996 when my thyroid was wiped out. I also have chronic anemia, with many days of being unable to get out of bed much less anything else (like exercise). So I didn't think I would be able to lose. Some days I am on prednisone makes losing weight harder (hives tied to my cycle and sometimes randomly appearing for mysterious reasons). But here I am, 74 down and 73 to go! And I am joining a monthly group to do it with (weird for me, but I am rolling with it!)

I really believe that not only can I lose weight, but I can keep it off - because maintenance for life baby! Something that none of my family members have ever achieved. They have all lost a little weight, two lost over 100lbs (surgery, and the other used Optifast with some kind of weight loss drug - both gained it back the year after losing it all)- but I will be the first person ever in my family (and the hubby's family) to maintain. Because MFP has taught me so much!! Gratitude to all out there in mfp world... This month is for you! To Onederland! (... sounds like a perfect time to say "and beyond!", but I don't want ANYONE to think I mean below 100lbs lols) I think I was a size 26/28 in the first pic and am now able to put on, (but oh are they tight) size 18 jeans. My tops are always out of control because of the girls, I am not confident in any top or size because they are just not going away. Maybe ever.

Weekly weigh-in.

Name: Cari
Age: 45
Height: 5' 3"
SW: 206lb/14 stone 10lb (16/3/21)
Aug SW: 182lb/13 stone 0lb (-24lb)
Aug GW: 178lb/12 stone 10lb (-28lb)
GW: 140/10 stone (to be re-evaluated nearer goal)

Weight tracking:

30 July: 182lb/13 stone 0lb (-24lb)
6 Aug:
13 Aug:
20 Aug:
27 Aug:

Thank you Raven StCloud for another monthly post.

So, apologies for going AWOL last month everyone, it was a truly hectic and chaotic month.

We moved at the beginning of the month, and if that wasn’t enough to stress us out, we had just moved in when we got the very unpleasant news that one of our closest friends had committed suicide. Words can’t even begin to explain the devastation this has caused. He was my partners best friend since school days. My partner was his best man. I don’t even want to imagine what his poor wife is going through right now. It’s all just so confusing and upsetting.

I will do my best to stay on track over the coming month, but if I disappear again it’s probably just due to trying to deal with the aftermath of this awful situation, offer support to my partner and our friends’ wife, and just trying to come to terms with what went so terribly wrong.

If anyone out there is suffering mentally, please, please I beg of you just talk to somebody, anybody. Don’t go it alone, get help, there is nothing so bad that without the right support and medication/therapy you can’t overcome, and what seems like the worst thing in the world today, won’t feel like that next week, or next month, if you just get the help you need.

Take care of yourselves.

@holdthefries nice! I started adding exercise to my daily routine doing it first thing in the morning, ostensibly to get it over with before my brain woke up and realized what i was doing, LOL. But at this point, 8 months in, I've actually come to look forward to whatever I'm doing on a particular day, and also getting it done first thing does provide a nice energy boost and feeling of accomplishment, like no matter what else happens today I did 60 Bulgarian split squats or whatever (not recommended for everyone, or anyone, jibbers crabst my quads - did 'em tho!).

@Renewed2021 About 2 weeks ago, I also stopped eating after 7pm and it has made a big difference. I especially don't feel stuffed when I go to bed. All you can do is take baby steps. You try one thing for several days and when it falls into rhythm and feels comfortable, then add the next item and so on. Everything sounds simple until YOU are the one having to do it and then it's not so simple. Don't get discouraged. Stick with the group. They have a lot of good advice and it is encouraging to read all the posts and know that we are all in the same boat.