Women 200lb+, Let's Be Unafraid This August!!!
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as you go down in weight does your daily goal go down automatically?0
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Anyone else have a problem with going full force then getting sick after? I did 50 sit ups in 3 minutes and got really dizzy and nauseous after. Had to walk around as I had chest pain, which walking made it stop. Before that I did some other exercises like a minute plank and 30 crunches in 2 minutes so it wasn't the first thing I did. Any ideas on how I can control myself? Maybe I should make an exercise plan and stick with it; doing 30 sit ups instead of 50 until I can handle it? Or trying to recognize when my body is at it's limit? If so, how do I tell if I'm at my limit in the middle of exercising? I am new to exercising so I don't know what my limit is. Last time I exercised really well was in seventh grade before I was home schooled.3
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Friday Weigh-in:
Age: 58
Ht.: 5'3"
My highest weight ever was 221 a few years ago.
SW: 205. (7/5/21)
Last week's weight: 196.4
CW: 195.4
GW for end of August: Under 195
UGW: Under 150 (?) TBD
Hoping I make my end of August goal.🤞 But all that matters is I'm feeling better and the scale is headed in the right direction.
Have a great weekend everyone!!!5 -
Weigh-in day!
Age: 30
Height: 5'3"
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 216.4 (7/31/2021)
8/6: 216.4 or 215.8
8/14: 215.2
8/21: 214
8/28: 213.8
GW for August: 210
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144 by end of 2022
Once again, my goals are just a bit too lofty, but I'll take the ~3lbs lost this month and keep on truckin'. I'm less than half a pound from the -40 mark, which is awesome. This week was orientation for the college I work at, and there's about 5 big candy bowls between my office and the restroom - I succumbed to their siren call and ended up grabbing something almost every time I walked by all week. Not my finest hour, for sure. Work is providing lunch today, which is great in that I didn't have anything prepped to bring, but not great in that I don't know what it is and won't until it gets here. I think we're having our own dining services cater it rather than ordering from outside, which means it could be anything. I've got about 500 cal to play with for that when the time comes.
I do need to figure out what my workouts are going to look like for September. I don't know if I want to do another four weeks of Strong Curves, although I believe there is more in that line of programming I could do. I have decided that I want to be able to crush a watermelon between my mighty and powerful thighs (to have a goal to focus on besides the scale, and also just to be able to do that thing because God, can you IMAGINE having that kind of power? i want that for me). I have found a program designed to develop exactly that ability, but I don't know if I'm ready to start it right now. Maybe I'll start with just the stretches, I don't know.4 -
as you go down in weight does your daily goal go down automatically?
No, I believe you need to go back through the guided setup again to refigure your budget, but I also override MFP's calculations and set my goal manually so I'm not sure.
Your TDEE (the number of calories you burn on average in the course of a normal day of going about your business, including exercise) goes down by about 5 calories for every pound you lose, so after losing 20 lbs, that's 100 fewer calories. Meaning, that if your TDEE is 2000 to start with and you lose 20 lbs eating 1500 cal/day (so a deficit of 500), once you reach the -20lb mark, your TDEE is 1900. If you keep eating 1500 cal/day, your deficit will be only 400, so your loss rate will slow down a little (~0.8lb/week rather than ~1lb/week).pandemonium1997 wrote: »Anyone else have a problem with going full force then getting sick after? I did 50 sit ups in 3 minutes and got really dizzy and nauseous after. Had to walk around as I had chest pain, which walking made it stop. Before that I did some other exercises like a minute plank and 30 crunches in 2 minutes so it wasn't the first thing I did. Any ideas on how I can control myself? Maybe I should make an exercise plan and stick with it; doing 30 sit ups instead of 50 until I can handle it? Or trying to recognize when my body is at it's limit? If so, how do I tell if I'm at my limit in the middle of exercising? I am new to exercising so I don't know what my limit is. Last time I exercised really well was in seventh grade before I was home schooled.
Maybe...don't do those things, if they make you feel sick? Making a plan--or better yet, finding and following a published plan by someone who knows what they're doing--is probably a good idea. What is your goal, what do you want your body to be able to do? If your goal is weight loss, exercise isn't actually necessary for that, and ab work in particular is not going to help you if you're trying to target belly fat - you can't spot reduce. Unless you specifically want to be able to do a million situps or whatever, there is no reason you HAVE to do them in particular - there's lots of ways to build core strength and situps/crunches are just two, IMO terrible, ways to do it.5 -
Another week in the books!
Age: 43
Height: 5'10"
SW: 290.6 (4/19/2021)
CW: 277.2 (8/1/2021)
8/7: 274.4
8/14: 273.6
8/21: 268.0
8/28: 266.8
GW for August: 268
GW for 2021: 240
UGW: 180
Woo-hoo! Goal achieved:-) I had the birthday for daughter #2 yesterday, and blew by my calorie goals for the day, but I was expecting it. I think I still managed to stay under for the week if I calculate Net calories from exercise. On a less positive note, I was feeling like crap all week again. Finally went into the dr, and it is not covid thankfully, just a random virus making my life miserable. They gave me steriods to help reduce my lymph node swelling, and today I am finally starting to feel better. Also, got the news on Thursday that my dad's cancer has returned, and the prognosis is very poor. So I have to figure out how to help him navigate all these end of life decisions and it is so overwhelming. He lives in Oregon and refuses to move in with me, and moving in with him with my 3 kids is not an option 😞9 -
goal06082021 thanks so much!0 -
Hi I’m 53 and 5’6”.
Original starting weight: 257.8 1/14/21
Aug Start Weight: 221.5 (7/31/21)
Aug Goal Weight: 217.5
Ultimate Goal Weight: 170
Aug 7: 221.8 (+0.3)
Aug 14: 220.8. (-1.0)
Aug 21: 219.4 (-1.4)
Aug 28: 219.8 (+0.4)
Aug 31:
@Jem594 since I re-started in January my calorie allotment only went down when I adjusted my height. I apparently have shrunk an inch.
@Pandemonium1997 it sounds like you are pushing yourself too hard which could cause you to give up altogether. I started out very slow this time as I was really out of shape. Before I re-started lifting my dumbbells I just did the arm movements first with no weights. Then I worked up to 3, 5, 7 and now 10 lbs. I still do not go full force with any exercise, but I’m okay with that. Anything is better than just sitting on the couch.
@goal06082021 you are doing so well! You’ll be crushing that watermelon before you know it!
@Imgoff232 I’m sorry to hear about your dad. I dealt with that with my Mom who lived with us and passed away 12 years ago. It isn’t easy.
Hope everyone has a great week!5 -
Age: 62
Height: 5'4"
SW: 260 June 2021
CW: 233.2 August 1, 2021
8/07: 230.8
8/14: 228.4
8/21: 225.4
8/28: 224.6
8/31:
GW for August 225lbs -8.2lbs
UGW 160ish
I had a loss of .8 pounds this week which gets me to my monthly goal! I would love to see under 224 before the end of the month which including today is only 4days away. It could happen. But either way I am happy. I know the last time I lost this weight – yeah not my first rodeo – I didn’t see much visual progress until after a 50lb loss. That’s 15lbs away so I hope to hit that by Halloween.
Good luck, good job and good eating to all you inspiring women.
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8/28 Update:
SW: 216
8/8: 208
8/15: 208
8/18: 205
8/28: 201.6
August GW: 199
Oof! I am not quite as close to my goal as I'd like to be, but it's not out of reach, either. It feels like a challenge, actually I've recently started a 9-week Weight Loss Challenge and that is really keeping me motivated to not just workout, but to do a wide range of workouts that I wouldn't normally do. This is really helping me to not be bored with my workouts and I'm LOVING it!
I'm using a method called habit stacking to build healthy habits. This month I'm working on the following habits:
1.Drink 85oz 64oz of water daily- I've decreased my goal on this one to a more realistic amount. With this new goal, I often beat it by dinner time and then feel like a ROCKSTAR when I down more after that. This goal is supporting a healthy habit and giving me confidence to encourage me to keep at it.
2.Stay within my calorie goal 5x/week- I'm holding strong to this habit and am tracking and hitting my calorie goal at least 5x/week. This has really allowed me to give myself grace and not feel so deprived.
3.Move intentionally every day most days - I'm learning that everyday is a vast difference from what I normally do and it's overwhelmed me quite a bit. So I'm showing myself grace here, too, and trying to stay active more than I'm not (at least 4/7 rolling days)
4.Weigh in once a week- I'm not weighing in twice a week anymore like I was in the first part of August, which is great because I'm not so focused on that number. I've been trying to put more focus on how I feel, especially during my workouts.
NSVs this month:
Tight Jeans fit again! Yay!
Can feel myself becoming more full with less food.
Did a 3 mile hike last weekend when a month ago I could barely walk to the end of my street - I have DEFINITELY fallen in love with hiking! Tomorrow will be my third weekend hike in a row!
TMI:Sex drive is coming back finally!Taking less medication for my anxiety because exercise is giving me endorphins
Click below to see a side by side face comparison from this month.
Left 8/4, Right 8/276 -
We got a new scale, a "smart" scale. It was a .8 lb over the old scale (of course!). I will weigh in on Tuesday. My weight has just sort of stopped for the past couple weeks, but since I made goal I don't really care lols. Since I am in Onederland - I figure my body is probably going something like "what is going on? where are we? what am I supposed to do here?" I look at the odd losing weight shapes of the body parts and I just need to be patient. I hear the configurations can get weird at about this stage, so I will wait and hold the line. In a "I will not pass" 200 lbs ever ever ever ever again. So if I don't lose immediately, and I keep to the plan 1200 a day 1445 Sundays, I am doing great regardless of what the scale is randomly doing. I bet you can tell, I have to tell myself that a bit. I think I might be building muscle, as I am more active than usual and the PT is about building muscle for weird places that I haven't exercised since I was doing "buns of steel" in the early 90's. Might be muscle, might be adjustment, might be that losing weight is not robotic (it isn't). Probably a little bit of all of the above.
@goal06082021 I was glad I wasn't drinking something when you wrote about the watermelons very hilarious! And messy!
@drj63 You are doing great! Happy dance!
@57pattycake Doing awesome, that is a good loss.
Keep going strong ladies!! Ya'll are killing it!
@pandemonium1997 Maybe I should make an exercise plan and stick with it; doing 30 sit ups instead of 50 until I can handle it? Or trying to recognize when my body is at it's limit? If so, how do I tell if I'm at my limit in the middle of exercising?[/quote]
First things first start at the beginning, your muscles have atrophied for a bit. Do not start at when you were you healthiest and try to work up. If you haven't attempted sit-ups since the 7th grade, you don't need to start with 30. I try to google beginner exercises for obese, I find that lots of people for x reasons have been in the same situation. They have good advice, don't freak if they look awesome, they have been at this longer. I was interested in calisthenics, I googled beginner stuff and got some good things. For example I want to do push ups. But I have to start with wall push ups. I want to do squats, so I started with 10 squats rest 30 squats in all once a week. While that worked out well, I had the doms three days later, which has to be the longest time between doms I have EVER experienced. But by the 2nd week I was down with doing the squats circuit 3 times a week with no doms and now am up to 6 times a week cicuit, rest on sundays. I like my legs to work, and my knees creek but they are okay so far. I also started with having the counter at hands reach to stabilize.
I was not going full tilt, and when I did the squats - while I was doing them I was totally fine and thought I could do them all day. Then on the third morning, I was glad I hadn't done more. Building muscles is slow, and while younger you is in your muscle memory... just ask her to be patient and someday you will be back to 7th grade abdominal muscles. Just not now.
@lmgoff232 Your weight loss is amazing! Way to go! I am very sorry to hear about your father. There is nothing easy about end of life issues. I have heard all my older friends say things like, "You do your best, pray, and love." These are good to keep in mind, however at night it doesn't really keep my heart warm - nor stop my questions. We are trying to navigate the hubby's parents. His Dad has severe dementia, and by Thanksgiving we realized Ma is having such severe memory problems (she was caring for Pa). We have had to do a number of crisis interventions: financial, house, cleaning, food you name it. I am currently resizing all their clothes, because I sew. But this doesn't really address that now that Ma can't cook because she can't plan and execute a recipe nor shop at a grocery store properly - they are losing weight so fast. And, they seem to be "forgetting" to eat. This just won't end well, at first it was okay because they were a little overweight, but it hasn't stopped and they are continuing to lose weight. Siblings are involved, everyone is in different stages of denial. Because grief is kinda brutal. I am with you, it is sorrowing.
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Hi ladies. Hoping to be more active here. I fell off the wagon for a few weeks but I've had enough of restarting again and again. Day 1 again today!8
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Age: 38
Height 5'3"
SW 250 (July 27,2021)
CW 246
GW for Aug 245
UGW 140
8/1: 250
8/8: 249
8/15: 249
8/22: 247
8/29: 246
Total month loss: 4 pounds
I'm pleased with my weight loss this week. After my church's revival services all week we had snacks, and they were good! Church ladies can bake and I was happy to eat what they made. I got back on track on Thursday though and thankfully didn't have a gain but a loss. I'm hoping to lose one more pound so I can hit my goal weight for this month.
I haven't got it 100% right very often but I'm doing better and I'm taking that as a win. Especially since I'm not punishing myself for messing up. Slow and steady. I'll take it.7 -
Hi ladies. Hoping to be more active here. I fell off the wagon for a few weeks but I've had enough of restarting again and again. Day 1 again today!
I am right there with you. Day 1 today.
I logged in last night and got my mind in gear. This morning my DH asked me if I wanted to join him on an early morning walk— yes I do! I tried to get him to walk with me for quite a long time, and he was always too tired. Hoping this is the start of a good habit!3 -
@drj63
I know what you mean about extremes. That's me too. I have started here so many times with high enthusiasm only to burn out. I came back here recently because I have been doing something different almost accidentally and I wanted to read about others journeys. My weight loss is very small and slow, but better than the constant gain. I think I am on a heartburn diet. Lol. I was 223 in April and am 211 now. I would like to be 200 by the end of November. In the spring I stopped eating chocolate because it gave me heartburn. My skinny husband always has chocolate around and now I don't even want it. We used to have ice cream every evening. I realized that was also giving me heartburn. Mostly I think from eating too much too late. I started having a small ice cream earlier in the day sometimes. I cut back dinner portions...heartburn. Now none of this was to lose weight. It was to avoid pain. Recently I tried the 12:12 intermittent fasting mostly to stop heatburn. I don't know how this will go, but I also started strolling after dinner. Or decluttering. I am not dieting. Just slowly changing habits. This August I just want to enjoy my life. The heartburn is improved.3 -
@JNettie73
You look great. You inspired me to take measurements which I've never done. I am surprised your arm measurements didn't change because they look different to me. I also noticed the difference in your shoulders next to your neck because that has been an irritating area for me. And btw, you look good in that pink!1 -
@drj63 Have you tried drinking Apple Cider Vinegar? I used to have horrible indigestion that would even wake me up at night no matter what I ate. A few years ago I started drinking 2 TBSP of Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar mixed with about a 30 oz of water. I drink it down all at once in the morning 2-3 times a week. I haven't had a problem since.2
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sorry meant to rely to @clairedrose above3
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SW 9/14/20-255 lbs (Heaviest wt second time).
UGW-122 lbs ( lowest wt 2009, kept off about 5 years.)
My short term goals is to be under 200 lbs by September 1/21. 190 lbs by November 1/21. Figure my average weight loss will slow down sooner than later.
5/3/21-240.5 (Emergency Gallbladder Surgery, first and last attack!)
MFP SW 5/14/21-232.2 lbs
10/31/21 GW-190 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
8/8/21-209.2 lbs
8/15/21-207.8 lbs
8/22/21-204.4 lbs
8/29/21-203.0 lbs. Doing well. Staying on track. Started using my Elliptical last Sunday, instead of walking, it was raining all day. It burns more calories and gets my heart rate up better. Hadn't been on it since at least pre 10/15. Not sure if I'll hit my monthly goal of 199.9 lbs by 9/1 AM weigh in, but maybe. Can't complain about 9 lb loss so far! Doing a procedure prep today for Monday. Clear liquids +, so it may help me get there! The upside of the test and a clean bill of health I pray. Its routine, for a bad family history for 3 generations.
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clairedrose wrote: »@drj63
I know what you mean about extremes. That's me too. I have started here so many times with high enthusiasm only to burn out. I came back here recently because I have been doing something different almost accidentally and I wanted to read about others journeys. My weight loss is very small and slow, but better than the constant gain. I think I am on a heartburn diet. Lol. I was 223 in April and am 211 now. I would like to be 200 by the end of November. In the spring I stopped eating chocolate because it gave me heartburn. My skinny husband always has chocolate around and now I don't even want it. We used to have ice cream every evening. I realized that was also giving me heartburn. Mostly I think from eating too much too late. I started having a small ice cream earlier in the day sometimes. I cut back dinner portions...heartburn. Now none of this was to lose weight. It was to avoid pain. Recently I tried the 12:12 intermittent fasting mostly to stop heatburn. I don't know how this will go, but I also started strolling after dinner. Or decluttering. I am not dieting. Just slowly changing habits. This August I just want to enjoy my life. The heartburn is improved.
The thing "this time" for me is I really don't feel like I'm depriving myself of anything. I've adjusted my mind for the first time ever. I'll eat what I want, I just have to log it and if I'm high on my intake, I'm trying to increase my excercise to counter balance to stay under my calorie goal. I pray that it continues and I'm trying so hard to keep in my WHY this time. I'm 58, I want to live to see grandbabies someday and enjoy my life with family and friends I wish you great success and health!!!!5
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