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

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Here are my stats for the month:
Starting weight: 270 March 2021

August Start Weight: 225.8
August Goal Weight: 220
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD

I weigh in on Sundays.

August 1: 225.8
August 8: 224.2
August 15: 224.2
August 22 222.2
August 29:220.6
August 31: 218.4

Sorry I have been missing. We went away on a family vacation to Delaware. We had such a great time. The place we rented had a clubhouse with full gym. I made it to the gym 6:7 days there. I skipped going the last morning before we left because I promised to take my daughter to the clubhouse one more time to play ping pong. I tried my best to make the best choices I could while on vacation. I did eat things I normally wouldn't eat at home and my FGL was higher than normal but it wasn't terrible.

I have several pages to catch up on. I am going to try to read as much as I can but I don't know if I will have time to respond to everyone.

Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 2021: 271.1
SW this month: 211.8 (7/29/21)
GW this month: 208
GW for 2021: 199

8/5: 211.4 (-.04)
8/12: 208.4 (-3.0)
8/19: Camping in Tahoe - no scale
8/26: 206.0 (-2.4)
8/31: 203.0 (-3.0)

Last month my progress had seemed to stall and this month I actually increased my calories and started eating back more of my exercise calories (75% as opposed to 25%) and saw significantly more progress. When going through my calorie goal setup and thinking through my days I found that I am more likely in the lightly active category than the sedentary category now. Love my standing desk and the ability to play music (and dance) while working from home as a way to increase NEAT. Other signs that may have indicated my calories were too low included increased hair loss in the shower and occasional brain fog/lack of focus. Near the beginning of this month I increased calories from 1415 + 25% of exercise calories to 1620 + 75% of exercise calories. I am often a bit under but I try not to go below 1500 calories for the day. A fun reminder that reevaluating your calorie needs doesn't always mean just decreasing because you lost weight.

I love reading all of the comments here and have found such support in the sharing of common experiences, good and bad, weight related and not. I don't always comment on all posts but I read them all and consider myself lucky to be part of such an active and amazing group.

See everyone in September. Keep up the amazing work!

@goal06082021 - I plan on setting a new goal for myself for the year. I am still trying to figure out what the next milestone goal is for me and I want to be a bit conservative because of my impending return to the office (part time) and the holidays. While I have had some hiccups along the road, the overall process has been not terribly difficult since my focus has always been on small, sustainable changes. It makes me want to keep the ball rolling.

@JNettie73 and the boob thing! I can't wait until I can actually kneel at the pew at church, and not have to tangle with the back swaying the wrong way. I usually just have to lean back so my but touches the seat, not necessarily ideal. Tables at restaurants same thing, shirts, jackets, etc. I am nowhere near the b cup of industry standard, I have wondered if I will have to continue wearing a size 22 shirt because of the girls, or just get specialty patterns as grading for bustlines gives me a geometric headache when sewing.