Women 200lb+, Let's Shine This September!!!
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September Challenge Weigh In Day
Age 44
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 218.8
GW for August 214
UGW 145
9/1: 218.8
9/8: 219.0
9/15: 219.4
9/22:
9/30:
Total month loss:
Weekly goals:
-Continue logging on MFP
-Work out 5x per week – 3 cardio & 2 strength
-64 oz of water each day
Yea not going in the right direction at the moment. Some high sodium and not enough water.
Gotta get back to more vegetables and fruit with as many meals as possible.
Yesterday was my work's volunteering day. Spent the day in a garden area pulling vines. Always very nice to do so. But ordered restaurant food afterward so high sodium. I have too much foods from my produce pickups at the moment so I have got to start using more.4 -
@seltzer_lover I actually do do that with the toothpaste, but it doesn't seem to help me.
@sarah12277 I probably have the same thing -- too much sodium, not enough water. I am going to drink two big glasses of water every day this week and see what happens.2 -
@sarah12277 That sodium will get me every time too. It's in everything we eat. I'm not supposed to eat over 2000 mg a day, but since I've been counting calories and tracking it's over on most days. You didn't gain much and I'm sure it just from too much sodium.
Not sure if this is the place to post this or not.
I am discovering lots of things. I was amazed to find out today that those frozen breakfast sausages I used to eat are 170 calories each!!! I threw them in the trash today. I can make smarter choices than that. Yogurt, coffee and Cucumber Apple cold brew tea are only 83 calories.
I also discovered that small packages of fig cookies, animal cookies and breakfast cookies are the same or lower in calories than 2 sugar free cookies. I don't have to eat sugar free all the time. I just need to make smarter choices and eat smaller portions but still enjoy the things I love. Cheetoe's and Animal Cookies were my go to comfort foods when under stress. I have not checked to see how many calories are in a small bag of Cheetoe's yet.
I have discovered great tasting pasta sauce for 50 calories per half a cup and I eat a cup and a half on my squash noodles. I found Buffalo Chicken Deli meat for 20 calories per slice great for snacking on with mustard.
So long as I'm tracking every calorie I eat. I can eat a wide range of different foods. I just need to plan for it. I usually plan what I'm going to eat first thing in the morning. In the future I'm sure I'll do more day's ahead.
I want what I'm doing now to be sustainable for the rest of my life, I'm tired of gaining and losing the same pounds over, and over again.
Lol, I ordered an XL Blouse today, I will keep it in my closet and try it on now and then to see if it will fit. I can't wait I am excited about counting calories. I have tried many diets, but never just counting calories.5 -
@jeepkat1 the 2oz bags of Cheetos in the vending machines here at work are 330 calories. The smaller 1oz bags are about 175. Sometimes you just need some gorram cheetos, but most of the time it's not worth it, IMO.
It's good that you're developing this awareness - it's nice to realize there are no bad foods, you just have to be honest with yourself about what you're eating and make choices that serve your goals. Sour pickles are another good "snack hack," to coin a phrase - they're *basically* free. Cucumbers are basically crunchy water, pickled cucumbers are crunchy water marinated in spicy water. They do technically have SOME calories (the jar in my fridge says it's about 5 cal per 28g - an average pickle spear is about 20-30g), but unless there's a lot of sugar in the brine, not enough to really worry too much about even if you ate the entire jar. I've made myself a little ratchet charcuterie plate before, with some little gherkins, a few crackers, some lunchmeat, and a little bit of cheese - about 300cal for the lot, most of that was the cheese.2 -
@goal06082021 Thanks for the tip on Pickles and Cucumbers. I love Pickles!! I can live the rest of my life without any Cheetos, it's just not a problem. I like Cucumber slices with Malt Vinegar on them. I wish somebody had told me about counting calories sooner. I love Cheese, but after I saw how little I get to eat per ounce, I will eat that rarely.
A lot of this is fun to figure out, but I'm sure my husband will want to throw in his 2 cents. He told me that I can't cut him out of this part of my life. I print out my Food Diary each day and leave it on the counter in case he wants to see how many calories I'm eating each day. I'm lucky in that I love most veggies. Small frozen bags of veggies are what I eat when I need extra calories for the day. If I get really hungry I suppose I could eat the large bag of frozen Cauliflower for only 100 calories. I discovered a new spice mix. Kingsford NO Salt spice blend, calorie free and it's really good on veggies.
I'll admit that I gave myself a day to grieve over this huge change in my life, I actually cried over it. But after that, I got in the game so to speak. I'm all in. I understand a lot of things because those who have done it already share their wisdom, here where I can read it. I can't begin to say how grateful I am.7 -
Thank you!
Thursday is my birthday (tomorrow) I've had my meal out with friends at my favourite restaurant. I've had my cake. I'm starting fresh again tomorrow after treating myself for a few days!3 -
SW 6/1/21 212
September 1 181.6
9/5 180.6
9/10 180
9/13 179
9/14. 178
total weight loss 34
total september weight loss 3.6
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Thanks very much ❤️ I'm currently having a slimfast shake for breakfast and lunch, snacks in between is fruit and then a healthy dinner. Hello day 1! My neighbour is also losing weight with me. We're aiming for 15lbs by end of December but I'll be aiming for about 20! I can do it!3
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Success for 9/15! No snacking after dinner, under sodium limit for the day, and I drank two big glasses of water.8
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@roz0810 happy birthday!
Quick testimonial in favor of pre-logging: my husband let me know yesterday, well ahead of time, that he has band practice this evening. I work until 8 PM and his band practice usually goes until about 9:30 or 10, and he usually comes home craving fried chicken tenders from a local place. Because I have the week pre-logged, I was able to shift a few things around and find the calories to be able to split a loaded-fries appetizer with my husband for dinner tonight. Is it the healthiest choice on their menu? Not at all, but I'm a human being that sometimes wants to eat chicken tenders and french fries covered in bacon, cheese, and hot sauce, which is a thing I can do while still sticking to my budget for the week because I know where my calories are going and had time to reallocate them.13 -
@goal06082021 - That's awesome! I really believe that there's nothing wrong with an indulgent meal every now and then. It's just a matter of balance and working it into your goals. Way to go!
I feel like absolute garbage today. My allergies are kicking in a bit, I may have some sort of sinus issue or cold on top of that, it's that time of the month so I feel crampy and gross, and I'm not sure I slept well because I'm just tired and feeling worn out. I normally try to do some sort of cardio on Thursdays, but I think I'm going to do some slow flow yoga and call it a day.5 -
I'm doing much better than I used to do on the shopping day. It's all put away, and I've started the precooking. Mostly this is cutting meat and putting it in marinade and freezing it, but I'm making a chicken bacon ranch quichecake to follow on from the bacon/spinach/mushroom one that's in the fridge being eaten on. (I like to keep one in the freezer so no matter what breakfast is handled.) So that involves cooking ground chicken with spices. Also I need to cook more hamburger for ground beef in various Mexican dishes. Two batches, as two of the four of us have Midwestern palates and the other two grew up in California and like it hotter than we can take.
But that way it's all ready, and even if I didn't remember to get some hot taco meat out of the freezer, 1:45 in the microwave has it hot and ready to use, and that makes life much easier for me since I have chronic foot pain.3 -
Hello group,
My name is Sharon.
This is my first time in this group.
I'm 53, wife, mother of 3 grown children, grandma to 5 granddaughters. I have disabilities Fibromyalgia, 9 Herniated Discs, Arthritis, asthma, ptsd, anxiety etc... I'm 228 lbs, trying to get to 160 lbs. I've tried everything and am tired of yo-yoing. I have high blood preasure (even though I'm on 2 different BP pills daily and I have hi cholesterol and a family history of heart attacks. I have a hard time walking around for more that 10 mins because of my back, so I don't do exercising, So I have to do it through diet. I take 9 different meds aday mostly for pain, BP, cholesterol & Acid Reflux. The doctors want me to have surgery on my stomach. I don't want that so I'm trying to lose weight myself. I have no support at home.So I've turned here trying to find some. My weigh in days are Monday. 💕10 -
goal06082021 wrote: »Weigh-in day!
I *am* looking forward to this weekend's cooking projects, though. There's a lot of soup on the docket, LMAO - besides the Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli for lunch, I'm making a lobster bisque, chicken stock for chicken noodle soup, and a very autumnal caramelized onion, apple, and sausage soup with orecchiette that I'm REALLY looking forward to. I do kind of wish I had some kale or spinach for that last one, but I also like to make recipes as directed at least once before I start tweaking them.
how was the onion, apple & sausage soup? I would love the recipe - or a link if it is online. Did it need the spinach? it sounds like it would. and the lobster bisque sounds divine!!3 -
azalea4175 wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Weigh-in day!
I *am* looking forward to this weekend's cooking projects, though. There's a lot of soup on the docket, LMAO - besides the Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli for lunch, I'm making a lobster bisque, chicken stock for chicken noodle soup, and a very autumnal caramelized onion, apple, and sausage soup with orecchiette that I'm REALLY looking forward to. I do kind of wish I had some kale or spinach for that last one, but I also like to make recipes as directed at least once before I start tweaking them.
how was the onion, apple & sausage soup? I would love the recipe - or a link if it is online. Did it need the spinach? it sounds like it would. and the lobster bisque sounds divine!!
It's great! LOL I misread the recipe - the onion and apple cooks down into more of a sauce, it's not as soupy as I was expecting. But it IS delicious (and would also be awesome with something leafy wilted into it, def doing that next time)! And the lobster bisque was as well, though it was more trouble than it was worth if I'm being honest - next time I start jonesing I think I'll just go to a restaurant, LMAO.4 -
Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 2021: 271.1
SW this month: 203.0 (8/31/21)
GW this month: 197
GW for 2021: 180 (changed from 199)
9/2: 203.0
9/9: 202.2
9/16: 204.0
9/23:
9/30:
So frustrating to see the scale go up when I am so close to Onderland. I know I have been eating well and staying at or slightly below my calorie goal daily. I am just going to give it time, it could be extra stress at work or TOM or any number of other factors. I am just going to continue to stick to the plan and log accurately. Fingers crossed that I see a whoosh next week and can still make my goal for the month.11 -
So I got curious and laid the shorts I wore yesterday over the shorts I wore back in July, and there's a solid 1.5-2 inch difference in width. It was really good visual confirmation that I'm making progress, since I see my reflection every day and can't always tell the difference. Also, some business pants I haven't worn in 3 years because they've been too small finally fit again. Wore them to the office today!10
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Hi❗️
I’m really happy that I’ve managed to walk 35 steps with a walker. I truly feel I’m making progress towards being out of a wheelchair. Haven’t had a change to weight but I’m redoubling my efforts to lose weight. I need to be able to wear the clothes I purchased during my last weight loss.
Have a great end of week and weekend❗️18 -
@roz0810 Happy Birthday! 🎉1
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Hey girlie's. Hope you're all doing well. It's my birthday on Thursday so I've been spoilt this week so far already and spoiling myself too. Going for a meal out tomorrow with some friends. I won't be weighing in till next Wednesday at least I think because I know it won't be good!
Happy birthday!!!🎉🎂🎈1 -
Second day of no after-dinner snacking, under sodium goal, and two glasses of water. I'm a bit hungry again but am persevering. Swear I feel a little mentally sharper. Maybe it's the increased protein?
I've decided to start making stuff to take to work for lunch instead of relying on frozen entrees or something that might have a lot of sodium. I think that'll make a big impact.11 -
SW 6/1/21 212
September 1 181.6
9/5 180.6
9/10 180
9/13 179
9/14. 178
9/15. 176
total weight loss 36
total september weight loss 5.65 -
Thank you girls for the birthday wishes ❤️😁 I had a lovely day, now back to it! Keeping it simple with logging food, staying within calories and drinking 2+ litres of water daily4
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Friday weigh in!
Age: 31
Height: 5’6”
SW: 222 (Feb ‘21)
September SW: 157.4
September GW: Maintenance between 150-154
UGW 150-154
Sept 3: 156.4
Sept 13: 155.8 (delayed weigh-in due to vacation)
Sept 17: 153.5!
Sept 24:
I MADE IT TO MY MAINTENANCE WINDOW! And it’s just as wonderful here as everyone says. I feel incredible, I look great, I am SO proud of myself! It feels like it’s been forever and just the blink of an eye at the same time. Sometime this week, I want to get around to writing some things I’ve learned in my nearly 70lb transformation - not today, though, because I have a lot going on.
Plans for this week are to start adding in a few more calories and still log everything. I’d like to have a solid 6 months or so of logging and maintaining before I reevaluate if I want to maintain via the scale and how I feel vs. logging. I felt like toward the last month or so of losing, even though I weighed and logged everything, I knew basically what I could eat and still lose. I’d like to get there with maintenance too but I’m going to give myself a lotttt of time to get there (and, I’d like to drop to the bottom of my window instead of the top before I do anything too drastic).
Chase your dreams, ladies! Change is possible!
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@swanjun let me know if you want recipes, I have a pretty solid rotation of 6 preppable lunches. I'm making cabbage rolls for next week, those are impressively low-calorie if I do say so myself, LMAO.3
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Age: 40
Height: 6'0"
SW: 277.7
GW: 185(ish?)
Weigh in day is Friday
9/1: 259.6
9/3: 259.0
9/10:257.4
9/17: 251.6
9/24
Goal for September is to be at 250.
After gaining/losing the same pound or so OVER AND OVER again for the first half of September, I had a whoosh down for the last couple of days. Sometimes this is all super frustrating/confusing.
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goal06082021 wrote: »
... and the higher-sugar/higher-carb breakfast of mini muffins made it just that much harder to say no to another (sugary, carby) doughnut.
I TOTALLY get what you mean by that. That's why I try to avoid most carbs. I don't think being in ketosis is magic, I just have no control once I get started. For the first couple of months, I try to avoid the carby sugary things entirely, then I start reintroducing them (within my calorie goals) as long as I can control it.2 -
goal06082021 wrote: »
... and the higher-sugar/higher-carb breakfast of mini muffins made it just that much harder to say no to another (sugary, carby) doughnut.
I TOTALLY get what you mean by that. That's why I try to avoid most carbs. I don't think being in ketosis is magic, I just have no control once I get started. For the first couple of months, I try to avoid the carby sugary things entirely, then I start reintroducing them (within my calorie goals) as long as I can control it.
I don't think I've ever been in ketosis - I don't intentionally try to be, anyway - but when I made a batch of homemade marshmallows earlier this summer, I noticed a clear difference in how I felt after eating one (because marshmallows are basically just sugar-flavored jello). The compulsion to keep snacking was MUCH stronger after even just the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar. Not even to keep snacking on sugar, specifically - just, you're in the kitchen, eat six slices of lunchmeat straight from the container while standing in front of the open fridge. I'm still not intentionally trying to cut out sugar, or at least not going out of my way to do that thing, but feeling that difference so clearly was eye-opening. I'd be fine, not in a craving/binging headspace at all. In fact, I set aside calories and planned to have a mug of hot chocolate with a couple of homemade mini-marshmallows in it for dessert that night. And then suddenly I'd find myself raiding the fridge/cabinets for no reason. It did not feel good - agitation, disappointment, anger at myself. Took me longer than I care to admit to make the connection to the marshmallows, because I have been budgeting in a little somethin' sweet for dessert for the last little bit and the Fudgesicles and raspberry cream bars and ice cream sandwiches didn't have nearly that effect - and those weren't fake diet sugar-free Fudgesicles, etc., either.4 -
goal06082021 wrote: »@swanjun let me know if you want recipes, I have a pretty solid rotation of 6 preppable lunches. I'm making cabbage rolls for next week, those are impressively low-calorie if I do say so myself, LMAO.
Yes, please! Hubby and I actually make cabbage rolls all the time. That's a great idea. I will suggest it to him.
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