Women 200lb+, Let's Shine This September!!!
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Age: 51
Height: 5'
SW: 266.6 (1/4/2021)
CW: 239.4 (9/1/2021)
9/5: 241.8 screw you, scale. I'll win yet.
9/12
9/19
9/26
GW for September: 234
GW for 2021: 215
GW for October 2022 because that's my focus: 165
Not sure why I'm having such a hard time sticking to healthy choices right now. I can do it at work--last week donuts and birthday cupcakes passed by me THREE times and I didn't touch, but at home...? really not going great. If I lived alone I'd just get all the calorie-dense stuff out of the house, but I don't.
I'm going to make this work. i already lost nearly thirty pounds. Obviously I *can* do it.11 -
Hello, Tina from WI. I could use some more Motivation! I just turned 46, have lost 54 lbs. so far and have another (at least) 100 to go. I have some health ailments that get in my way, but I'm determined to keep losing. Feel free to add me if you want. Thanks.4
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sargemarcori wrote: »Age: 51
Height: 5'
SW: 266.6 (1/4/2021)
CW: 239.4 (9/1/2021)
9/5: 241.8 screw you, scale. I'll win yet.
9/12
9/19
9/26
GW for September: 234
GW for 2021: 215
GW for October 2022 because that's my focus: 165
Not sure why I'm having such a hard time sticking to healthy choices right now. I can do it at work--last week donuts and birthday cupcakes passed by me THREE times and I didn't touch, but at home...? really not going great. If I lived alone I'd just get all the calorie-dense stuff out of the house, but I don't.
I'm going to make this work. i already lost nearly thirty pounds. Obviously I *can* do it.
Can you get the major offenders out of the house? Right now I can't have my homemade baked goods here or I will eat them all. The way my family is supporting me in this is doing without homemade muffins and cookies until I'm on maintenance again. We still have a lot of snacky things around, but for some reason I can resist those a lot better than I can a homemade muffin.5 -
What has somewhat stopped me from daily snacking on the bad stuff is having one cheat day a week built in - so I use Saturday. Saturday I can eat one really bad meal, and a really indulgent dessert. If you're sticking with something like a 1200 calorie count all week, and know that on Saturday you can have the cookies or the pizza or whatever, it reduces the urge to have it now or every day, and it doesn't make you feel like you'll never have it again. I REALLY look forward to Saturdays.
Another option is to have a forbidden bin in the pantry -- this is a sealed container that you can't see through. Line it with cardboard if you can't find an opaque container. Put the junk food in that and keep it in the back/top shelf/out of direct site. Yes, at first you'll know it's in there, but over time, you forget there's junk food hidden. Out of sight, out of mind can help. Especially if you have to have things in the house for others, but you don't want to see the temptation.
Do these things work all the time? I wish. But every little trick right now is helping me.
As for keeping motivation, I don't have a ton of suggestions. I really dislike logging my calories, but I kind of do it as a game at this point -- can I be full and stay at my target calorie count? If I want that 140 calorie cookie pack, then I have to do another 30 minutes on the treadmill -- lots of bargaining with myself. I have a notebook where I track things in addition to MFP -- so I get to check off if I work out, if I logged my calories, etc. It's just something else I can use to feel like I am working at my goal.
Some people use a vision board to visualize a healthy weight -- putting up realistic pictures of what type of body weight they want and pictures of clothes they'll buy at that weight. Right now, fitting into my existing clothing is what is my motivation -- when I can start to see progress (can fit into different jeans, notice my face a little thinner, etc), that helps, or has in the past. I'm at the beginning of this journey again, so I have yet to reach these milestones.
I don't know if any of this is helpful. Feel free to use/ignore as it relates to your goals.
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I tried something new to help the snacking last night, and it worked. I'll give it a full week before I call it a working idea, though.5
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@pandemonium1997 I sent you a friend request.
@tinaBawesome I sent you a friend request.
@Deanner03 yea sometimes it’s just like that. We have to figure out the changes that are sustainable for us. Back in 2005 I had lost 60lbs, but doing the things that while great for weight loss were not sustainable for me so I gained everything back. This time I’m working on the sustainable habits. My weight loss is very slow. So it’s life. There’s no deadline. We just have to keep chugging along.
@sargemarcori Agree with above. If you can remove the worst offenders that might be helpful. There are things I can moderate and some things I just can’t when it’s at my house. Many times if I have the worst items somewhere else (outside the house) I can moderate there as well without issue. Certainly have a conversation with the family if needed for why it’s important to you. Try the bin advice; I know when I’ve had chips in the house that were put out of eyesight I’ve forgotten about them after a while. It’s about figuring out what you need. There’s always the classic, go brush your teeth when you’re tempted to eat the things that aren’t fitting in your goals that day. Otherwise see about fitting whatever can be moderated into your day. When I really want cookies or cake I plan it in as best as I can; for those I plan them in until they’re gone too so they aren’t in the house that long.
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Hi everyone!! I am glad to be back with you wonderful ladies.
September 2021 stats
39 years old
Height: 5' 7"
SW (6/9/2020): 330.0lbs
Month SW (9/1/21): 217.2lbs
Goal weight: 180lbs
Weigh-in day: Saturdays
9/4: 212.4lbs
9/11: lbs
9/18: lbs
9/25: lbs
9/30: lbs
10/2: lbs
Total month loss: lbs
Weekly and Monthly Goals:
* Keep logging in to MFP
* Continue intermittent fasting (16:8)
* Continue the T-25 workouts
* Do either a quick yoga, stretch, or walk (Reps to the Rhythm) workout in addition to my regularly scheduled workout to get my steps in
* Drink at least 80oz (10 cups) of water daily
* Get as much sleep as possible
* Accepted a challenge from a friend on 9/2/2021 to lose 5lbs by 10/1/2021 (Starting weight 217.2lbs -> Need to be 212.2lbs or less by 10/1/2021) -0.2lbs shy of weight.
Post Mid-year Goal:
* Get to or below 210lbs (Hopefully by the end of September)
No concrete data for August 2021
Random weigh-ins:
8/7/2021 - 218.0lbs
8/21/2021 - 222.0lbs (Not sure of the actual date)
Last 2 weeks of the month (8/23 - 9/5/2021):
- Did a 2 week Abs, Arms, Back, Butt and Thighs challenge with Stretches using videos I collected from YouTube (Ended Sunday 9/5/2021)
- Began 16:8 intermittent fasting again8 -
YIPPEE!
I finally got below 200 lbs today! 199.4 lbs 6 days shy of my goal of 9/1/21 but I'm happy anyway! 55.6 lbs!16 -
Congrats, swimmom!2
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Starting late, but the first week went to plan - just need to keep it up.
Height: 5'9"
SW: 234.6 (08/19/2021)
CW: 231.0 (09/07/2021)
GW for September: 224
GW for 2021: 210
UGW: 155 by end of 2022
Weekly goals:
* MFP logging daily
* 2 HIIT workouts, Walk daily
* 80 oz of water a day
* Maintain 18:6 fasting schedule
I'm struggling to eat all my calories, so try out some new protein sources. Also losing about a pound a week. Think 1.5 is reasonable to shoot for.5 -
Hello ☺️
Entering in a little late 😅
Age: 29
SW: 240
CW: I will check in morning and update 😅
9/4:
9/11:
9/18:
9/25:
GW for September: any weight off!
I have been trying for two days since last weekend of summer 😣 (summer is over 😭)
I'm tired of feeling awful yet again. I have lost weight multiple times (biggest was 40 pounds) but have yet to keep it off. I keep going back to that 240 number.
So this time, I'm hoping to find a new way to keep it off. Looking forward to reading everyone's posts and hoping for a boat load of motivation. Here's to a wonderful September!
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@swimmom_1 congrats on reaching Onederland! Way to go! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻💪2
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Hi, Wednesday post
Age 47
Height 5’ 6”
SW 244 (June 1, 2021)
9/7/21 219.6
Current goal: 215 by end of September and keep exercising before work each day
Met my August goal of 220 and was actually around 218, but have kept steady over a three day weekend away with friends. Now that the year started (school) I’m hoping to keep losing a steady 5 lbs per month or so.5 -
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September Challenge Weigh In Day
Age 26
Height 5'10"
SW 246.9 on 7/13/2021
CW 234.8
GW for September: 228
GW for end of 2021: 205
UGW 180
9/1: 235.1
9/8: 233.5 (-1.6 pounds)
9/15:
9/22:
9/30:
Total month loss:
Non-weight progress: Can now do 8 inclined push-ups in a row at mid-thigh level, and added 15 seconds to my plank! Also found my old fitbit, and it's apparently fairly easy to get 10k steps when you live in an apartment and have to take the dog on walks.4 -
5'3" 48 yo September!
9/1 196.4
9/8 197.6 (with cycle water weight this is actually still great!)
9/15
9/22
9/29
1250 day calories, and 1450 Sundays, going perfectly. Added 50 calories daily to help me account for the MCT oil which is 130 cal I didn’t have previously in the diet! So I was losing 7 lbs a month, maybe this will be closer to 4 lbs a month which seems super reasonable to me. I also am responding to some earlier posts because life got real busy.
As for the mind fog, I eat lots of protein - usually by lunch I am over 100g protein. I started the MCT oil, grass fed beef, daily avocados (this is the alzheimer trio) and the mind fog is really clearing up. Making me wonder, do I have dementia? And is my diet staving it off for now? I plan on seeing my Dr. to work up a panel. While I feel like I did this 6 months ago (I did), to be fair my GP was all about “dealing with the cancer” and put everything else on the back burner. So maybe he will be a little less panicky now, and we can investigate what is going on.
I got blood work done at the oncologist yesterday, and they are only testing my iron. But my blood pressure is being uber weird! Since I stopped taking muscle relaxers at night, due to PT and icing which seems to really work well for me crazy enough. I stopped taking the blood pressure meds and now check it like a hawk. But it has been low, low, dangerously low, and low but close to normal today. I figured with stopping the bp meds, and with the IV iron the blood pressure would go up? I am beginning to think I wasn’t having seizures for the past two years (I had them in my 30’s). I am beginning to think I was passing out due to low blood pressure!!?
I have done well with replacing high calorie items for different “treats” like fruits, or fruit smoothies with veggies in it, or “vitamin veggies” yes they are as exciting as I make them sound. I ask myself “Am I hungry?” when I want to snack over the plan. Turns out, I never am hungry. Sometimes if I ask myself that, it is easier to talk myself out of eating. Unless it is my cycle, at which point - last night I had 12 oz of cherries instead of my normal 8 oz and I had 2 containers of meringues which were 45 cal each container. So while, I guess I binged, for me - my calories were 1240 for the day! Kind of meticulously planned binging. Lols. I had never eaten a meringue in my life until I read the volume eaters thread, mad props to whoever they are. Someone had it on the thread, and I went to the store to tried it. It is okay. Which is pretty much all I need to eat anything anyway. I am just more interested in my health, and my sustainability than I am some mysterious taste thing that just isn’t ever satisfied. This is the longest I have actually dieted consequentially, read consistently since February. This tactic has just served me well.
@pandemonium1997 I am so happy you figured out the meds made you sick. Boy did they make you sick! My mom has a lot of the same issues, and usually meds don’t fix everything BUT they make everything just a little bit easier to control. Read prevents you from going off the deep end, but does not make everything sunshine and rainbows. We tried to think in increments to prevent her deep frustration with meds not fixing all the things. Maybe think about it that way? She is the same way with antidepressants. They prevent the constant suicidal thoughts, but don’t really make her feel the way she thinks she should feel while taking the meds.
@JustJ2014 wow, that is amazing!! You are doing great!!
@sargemarcori that is a bunch of responsibility! You are a busy lady. Hmm, walks for you are probably about more than “just exercise” they sound like a retreat away from the bustle of daily home life. For your mental health I think they are a need not a want. Not that they have to be an hour every day, but maybe 30 mins? Hang in there Sarge, you got this!
@renewed2021 You learned some important things. Doing great. You got up, dusted yourself off and the next day is a new day! Brand spanking new! People have great ideas with the teas and drinks. Tips and tricks. You got this! You can do it!
@kenziestabes You are so strong and fast! You go girl! Need to put them zombies through their paces, they can’t catch you!!
@girlinkaz Love to you too! You are doing amazing! You are so close to maintenance. Very exciting!! I wonder what kind of activities you plan on doing? Weight training? Parkour? Ballet? Gymnast!! Ya never know.
@swanjun About the snacking. Hmm, it all depends on your meals really. Like if I am having a 200 cal breakfast and a 250 calorie lunch then a 300-400 cal dinner I know that I will have calories for cherries which is my “snack” after dinner. I usually don’t snack after lunch. I usually have a mct oil coffee as a snack for breakfast. So maybe a much lighter snack than cheese would be appropriate. Also, you might need to talk to yourself. What is going on? Because it sounds like you aren’t just having a snack. It sounds like full out grazing. That is why I recommend the “talk”. Are you hungry? Are you bored? Are you just really tired? Try to find out what is driving the behavior. As in: it is okay to have a snack, but it is not okay to just eat whatever you feel like having. Think of something you would say to a kid. I am probably explaining this horribly. My .0005 cents.
@goal06082021 Orbweavers, they sound like the garden spiders we have here in texas. When you get to nature, those webs are huge!! But yeah, face full of spiders x 5 times on one walk can get sooo crazy! I saw a nice 4ft rat snake (odd name since they usually eat small birds), around the duck pond on my walk yesterday. It was hilarious to me because I was like “I see you, checking out the ducks and their eggs” I bet we might also have a number of missing baby ducks cuz he was kinda big. You see tortoises on your walks? Where are you located?
@Aswennu Hey, I know you! You are doing awesome so far. I believe I have seen you run a time or two? That is always impressive! Doing great!
@roz0810 Rockin it!
@swimmom_1 You are doing great!! Also, 8 miles in 97 minutes!! Working for a marathon next? That is pretty amazing wow!!!
Keep it up ladies, we are smashing those September pumpkins!!7 -
@justanotherloser007 I'm in SE Florida I see the occasional snake on my walks too, usually black racers. It's so wild the way they move! They usually panic and vamoose once I lumber into view. I saw one once, must have been 4-5 feet long, about as big around as a quarter at most so just a little guy - he was having a nice time, warming himself on a patch of sunny sidewalk, then I came up and I swear you could almost *hear* the "oh, s***!" as he practically flipped off the sidewalk and vanished into the undergrowth.
It sounds like you've hit your stride and have a good plan for moving forward, hopefully the impending doc visits are productive!4 -
I am now back on thyroid hormone, which should help my weight loss, but also I am apparently in need of having the other half of my thyroid removed, as it has grown large nodules and they are still growing. The surgeon's office will call me to schedule it. I was not expecting that! Fortunately I've had the surgery before (when they removed the left half of my thyroid) so it's not unknown territory and I can plan for it.9
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Hi everyone
I'm getting back into MFP this month and looking to connect with others
Age: 36
Height: 5'8"
SW: 213
CW: 211.1
Goals for September:
1. Focus on my half marathon training program
1.a Get back into actually cross training/weight lifting and not just running all the time
2. Get back into MFP and logging food
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Age 47 5’6”
SW 322
CW 318.5
Goal: Lose 8 lbs this month.
Goal: Resist temptation, particularly in the evenings. I do well until then, generally.
Goal: For bloodwork in November, I want to make sure my A1C is still in normal range (5.4% when last tested).
9/1 320
9/8 318.5
9/15
9/22
9/29
It's been a really stressful week. One of my kitties had to have emergency surgery on Monday and ugh. To be honest, I am pretty surprised I managed to lose anything at all. I guess the occasional salad for lunch and broccoli/cauliflower in lieu of potatoes with dinner actually compensated for the evening snacking I did.
I'll just keep plugging away. I get really bored of entering stuff in MFP so I just try to be mindful of carbs and I guess that's helping so far.4
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