Women 200lb+, Let's Shine This September!!!
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@wanderinglight that sounds awful!!!! I hope you feel better soon! ❤️
@girlinkaz took me a second to figure out your photo and I had to google IFYKYK. Lol. Great NSV!!! 👏🏻👏🏻
@Renewed2021 I never knew there were foods you couldn’t eat without a gallbladder. That stinks!3 -
For anyone new, I'm 64, 5'4" and a RN, still working full time.
Heaviest Wt-255 lbs (unfortunately my second time.) Had got down to 122 lbs. Took me a year and I kept it off for 5 years but got lazy.
SW-255 lbs 9/14/20, Started my present position and no more micro manager and less stress because of that. Lost 14.5 lbs without trying. I had emergency gall bladder surgery 5/3 and while recuperating, read up on Keto and started being accountable 5/14/21.
My UGW is 122 lbs.
5/3/21 Wt-240.5 lbs
MFP SW 5/14/21- 232.2 lbs
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212 lbs My August Goal was to get below 200 lbs.
9/1/21-200.0 lbs. Missed it by 0.1 lbs! But happy about 12 lbs in a month! Woo Hoo! Can't complain about that.
My goal for September is to lose 5 lbs to 195 lbs. I figure monthly loss will be slowing down sooner than later. I have a NSV. I had a Tibial Plateau Fracture in 10/15. I can come down stairs almost normally alternating steps. Going up I have to do 1 stair at a time and meet it with my other leg. Just 3 days ago I can alternate steps going up now! Its exciting after almost 5 1/2 years since I could walk again!
9/5/21-200.4 lbs. Stayed on track carb/calorie/my exercise routine but the scale drop last time was obviously showing the procedure clear liquid prep I had to do. So explains the slight lipstick. Staying with my goal of 195 lbs by October 1, 2021,
190 lbs by November 1,2021.
I did 97 minutes/8 miles this AM on my Elliptical. Longest so far.7 -
@jazzadesigns
After gallbladder removal some people have difficulty digesting greasy and/or fatty foods. I can do some fatty foods in moderation but that's it. Not everyone has this problem though.4 -
age 65
SW 6/1/21 212
GW 150 by Jan 1
9/1/21 182.4
9/5/21 180;6
total loss since 6/1/21 31.4
total loss since 9/1/21 1.8
GW for September 30 175
looking forward to getting into the 170s. I was hoping to make it there by 9/1 but things happened. So I'm scaling back my September goal a bit.
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Y'all ever walk into the kitchen to make one thing and accidentally end up trying to make four things at once? No? Just me?
I was asked to bring a dessert to our Labor Day getty (which was, uh, today for some reason? idk), so I made bread pudding, since I already had ingredients for that on hand and was already planning to cut up some bread for the chicken-broccoli strata that's part of our dinner rotation. So I cut up the bread and I'm getting ready to start chopping vegetables for the strata and remember that I also need to make something for 52 Weeks of Cooking - the theme this week is Yeasted, so I thought I'd make a beer-cheese soup. Well, the recipe I found for that had a lot of ingredient overlap with the strata, so I decided I'd better go ahead and get that going too, while I was at it. And then my husband walked in and started making hungry noises and asking what sort of fixins we had for ramen. I was already in front of the stove and cutting board and our kitchen is small and terrible so he couldn't really get in to make his own damn lunch as long as I was in there, so I ended up also dicing and frying up some spam and jalapeno peppers to top his ramen with. Long story short I managed to get everything done in time and tasting good, but it was a stressful couple of hours as I constantly flipped back and forth between tabs on my phone, stirring multiple pots all at once, etc. My custard didn't really set for my bread pudding, but everyone thought it tasted great anyway so whatever, I guess? I'm not sure if I should have baked it longer or if I screwed it up somehow. I am proud of me for throwing out the last, oh, quarter or so that was left over after everyone had their fill of dessert, though.
And after all of that, there's yet more cooking still to be done: I need to make lunches for the week. That's easy though, it's Japanese curry which is only marginally more work than Kraft Dinner. I can knock that out tomorrow, no problem.4 -
goal06082021 wrote: »Y'all ever walk into the kitchen to make one thing and accidentally end up trying to make four things at once? No? Just me?
Not just you. Trust me on this. (grin)
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@goal06082021 You are my kitchen/cooking inspiration!3
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Ok so I couldn't resist jumping on the scales again 😂 oops. Going to try stick to once a week every Thursdays if I can resist it. But it's going in the right direction 😊😊
SW: 257.4
UGW: 165
Aug 29: 257.4
Sept 2: 254.4
Sept 5: 252.6
Sept 6: 252
Sept 9:
Sept 16:
Sept 23:
Sept 30:
Total loss: 5.4lbs5 -
In an illustration of water weight gain, I ate out yesterday and am up two pounds on the scale today. WOW. There must have been a ton of salt in my food that I didn't notice! I'll make sure I'm very well hydrated today and see if I can get rid of some of that water over the course of the day.6
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goal06082021 wrote: »Y'all ever walk into the kitchen to make one thing and accidentally end up trying to make four things at once? No? Just me?
I’ve done that too. Gone to start a recipe and realizing it only needs half an onion or pepper…but not ALL of it. And since I was going to use the other half in a frittata or whatever, well, I should get that going too. And then 4 hours later my kitchen and I look like we’ve been through a tornado.
SW (7/23): 300
8/30: 290.6
9/6: 289.4 (-1.2 week over week and -10.6 total!)
GW for September: 283-285
Feeling pretty good about that! Had two meals out this week and managed to make good choices.5 -
Hi, I'm new here and joining September in progress.
Age: 51
Height: 5' 6"
SW: 216 6Sep2021
UGW: 170
I've ping-ponged around lately. I had gotten down to 205, then lost motivation and am now back up to my current starting weight. Disappointed with myself and sick of worrying about how I look, clothes fitting badly, etc. About 6 years ago, I did get down to 170. I know I can do it again.
I've been working out, both with treadmill and walking videos at home, but need to get back to logging food and sticking to counting calories, with one cheat day a week (Saturdays). I'm hoping posting here will keep me accountable.5 -
Weigh-Ins:
10/14/20 237.2
11/04/21 227.6 -9.6
12/02/20 221.2 -6.4
01/01/21 220.4 -0.8
02/02/21 215.2 -5.2
03/01/21 212.3 -2.9
04/20/21 212.0 -0.3
05/03/21 208.9 -3.1
06/07/21 202.4 -6.5
07/01/21 199.96-ONDERLAND 🥳 -2.44
07/29/21 199.2 vacations held me back in July -0.76
08/30/21 194.6 -4.6
09/06/21 193.8 -0.8 total -43.48 -
Starting weight: 270 March 2021
Total loss to date: 51.6
September Start Weight: 218.4
September Goal Weight: 214
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD
September 4: 218.4
September 11:
September 17:
September 24:
I am finally feeling better and am not struggling to make it through my workouts. I'm still not back to making my daily step count but I've been coming really close. No loss from Wednesday the 1st to Sunday. There is nothing news worthy to report over here.
@goal06082021
How is your melon training going? Do you love it?
I love to cook and often multitasking making multiple dishes at once.
@girlinak
Great NSV!
Welcome to all the new members!2 -
@JNettie73 It's going! The Day 1 workout is more intense than the Day 2, so we'll see how next Thursday goes since I'm also supposed to ramp up the difficulty a little bit week-over-week, but I'm already less sore today than I was on Friday.2
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Welp, I'm back. I had been on this thread back in 2019, lost a lot of weight, and put almost all of it back on. Thanks COVID (RN).
Age: 40
Height: 6'0"
SW: 277.7
GW: 185(ish?)
Weigh in day is Friday
9/1: 259.6
9/3: 259.0
9/10:
9/17
9/24
Goal for September is to be at 250. Unfortunately, I'm kind of stuck, but I'm exercising a lot more and may be holding some water/inflammation. I'm going to trust the process. I know this works for me. Why do I keep doing this to myself? I'm really good at losing the weight, but not keeping it off.
I need to get past this.4 -
Can I get any friends to help keep me motivated? I have Bipolar Disorder and when I am depressed, which is most often, I eat a lot! And when I am depressed, I feel sluggish. I take Lithium and Aripiprazole, but they don't seem to work on keeping me from entering depression or mania completely. Trying to find another medication with my doctor, but the medicine she just put me on caused me to be sick for a week. So we both agreed to not take it and two days later, I am feeling better! The doctor I had went to assumed it was a virus but I realized I felt worse after taking Lamotrigine than before. So I had called my other doctor and she took me off to see if it is the medicine or a virus. Must be the medicine because I am feeling much better.5
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@pandemonium1997 I sent you a friend request!
@goal06082021 I’m jealous of all your cooking skills!
I’ve thought a little more about my goals for this month, and decided I want to just keep doing what I’m doing. I try to stay under my calories most days, get about 8,000 steps daily, drink at least 80 ounces of water each day, work out most days (not super intense though), and am slowly increasing my dumbbell weight. I’m not doing any challenges right now which I do think really help me. Slow and steady wins the race!5 -
Keri
68 years old, Height: 5'6"
SW: 266 lbs (Dec 2019)
2/1/2020: 263.6
at the end of the summer of 2020 I was at a low of 245 before going back to work full-time.
August SW: 255.2 (I was at 254.2 yesterday which I haven’t seen since February)
August Low: 252.4
September starting weights: The day of surgery I was 257 since we had some take out that week. The 1st I was still 257. However by the 2nd I was 255.2.
Month weight goal: 247
Goal for the end of the year: 230
9/3: 253.2
9/6: 253
Goals for this month:- Get a good night sleep.
- 8+ glasses of water.
- Log my food/ daily.
- Evaluate progress and post on this thread weekly.
- Find a healthier after dinner dessert. (last year I improved my breakfasts and this is my last issue to an otherwise very healthy diet)
- Plan meals at home.
- Make progress with weight loss.
- Up activity and exercise a little each day until I reach my goal of 5 45+ min walks and 1-2 strength training sessions a week.
A late start since I had surgery at the end of August. I am recovering from surgery and with surgery I found I will need additional treatment so my focus is to continue to recover, get healthy and fit which includes losing weight slowly and healthily. There will be weeks where I can't make progress but others I can. I plan to make the last step towards lowering sugar from my diet.6 -
Welp, I'm back. I had been on this thread back in 2019, lost a lot of weight, and put almost all of it back on. Thanks COVID (RN).
Goal for September is to be at 250. Unfortunately, I'm kind of stuck, but I'm exercising a lot more and may be holding some water/inflammation. I'm going to trust the process. I know this works for me. Why do I keep doing this to myself? I'm really good at losing the weight, but not keeping it off.
I need to get past this.
I seem to be able to lose when I am out of work - Economic downturn in 2009 and Pandemic furlough. But I struggle when I work full-time. The point is not how well we lose but to learn to eat in a sustainable healthy way. Maintaining is quite similar to losing. This is forever. Not a temporary dieting. Need to keep some joy even when we are losing so we learn to eat in a way that is healthy for the rest of our lives. Happy September! I now am fighting a serious health issue which probably would have been less serious if COVID hadn't interrupted life. I am extremely grateful to all doctors, nurses and health care professionals who are weathering this very difficult time.6
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