Just Give Me One Month, September 2021

SW (May 2021) - 192 after baby #2
September SW - 180.3 lbs
September GW - 175 lbs

May loss: -14.8 lbs
June loss: +2.4 lbs
July loss: +2.4 lbs
August loss: -1.7 lbs
Total loss: - 11.7 lbs

Aug 31: 180.3
Sept 1: 179.4 Back under 180. I don't ever want to see that number again.
Sept 2: 179
Sept 3: 178.5
Sept 4: 178.1
Sept 5: 177.9 Super excited to keep making progress.
Sept 6: 178.5
Sept 7: 178.5 This is fine since my overall trend is still down
Sept 8: 179.2
Sept 9: 177.9 Yay. Happy with the progress so far this month.
Sept 10: 176.5 So excited about this.
Sept 11: 176.3 yay!
Sept 12: 176.3
Sept 13: 178.5 This is ok. Fluctuations happen.
Sept 14: 178.5
Sept 15: 178.3
Sept 16: 178.1 Slowly going back down
Sept 17: 177.4
Sept 18: 177
Sept 19: 177.4
Sept 20: 177.4 Baby slept all night! Definitely has an impact because she had been feeding 3x a night usually and this was before she ate.
Sept 21: 178.3 Meh.

MFP SW: 216 (6 Sep 21)
Sep SW: 216
Sep GW: Any downward trending progress
UGW: 170

6 Sep: 216
7 Sep: 214.7
8 Sep: 212.6
9 Sep: 212.1
10 Sep: 212.0 - Irritated because did great w/calories last night, no snacks. 300 cals burned w/exercise. .1 drop?
11 Sep: 211.3 - This will reverse tomorrow since today is cheat day, but it's nice to see a lower number.
12 Sep: 212.6 - As expected.:/
13 Sep: 212.9 - I was very good yesterday. This is frustrating.
14 Sep: 212.6
15 Sep: 212.9
16 Sep: 212.4
17 Sep: 211.8
18 Sep: 210.5 - This will go up tomorrow since today is cheat day. Good progress this week though.

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

babysaffy

Sept 3: 172
Sept 4: 172
Sept 5: 170
Sept 6: 170
Sept 7: 170
Sept 8: 173 (over ate quite a lot yesterday, first day back at work, super busy was stress eating and didn't end my eating window... went to McDonald's and got 2 cheeseburgers after 9pm...) Will be back on my fasting regime today.
Sept 9: 173
Sept 10: 172
Sept 11: 171

Sept 12: 170- after a few days discipline now I'm back down to my lowest this month so far I'm determined to stick with it and break through this number back into the 160s and not derail myself again..

Sept 13: 170- managed to fast 18 hours, just about to eat my first meal can't wait.. my appetite has finally reduced. I've been pre- planning my meals and trying to stick to it. Really hope to be 168 by the end of the week.

Sept 14: 169- whoop lol
Sept 15: ugh.. 170..was good yesterday never mind, will keep trucking on..
Sept 16: 169 🤞
Sept 17: 169- happy Friday all
Sept 18: 169
Sept 19: 171.. ONE high carb day yesterday of 3 meals and snacking late and I'm almost back to square one 😫 soo frustrating! I thought the extra walking I did would balance things out but hopefully it's just water bloat

Sept 20: 170
Sept 21: 170
Sept 22: 172.. I am just hoping this is due to me drinking lots of water and a lateish meal last night... I've been so good the past few days that it doesn't make sense.

YellowD0gs

Aug 31: 180.3
Sept 1: 179.4 Back under 180. I don't ever want to see that number again.
Sept 2: 179
Sept 3: 178.5
Sept 4: 178.1
Sept 5: 177.9 Super excited to keep making progress.
Sept 6: 178.5
Sept 7: 178.5 This is fine since my overall trend is still down
Sept 8: 179.2
Sept 9: 177.9 Yay. Happy with the progress so far this month.
Sept 10: 176.5 So excited about this.
Sept 11: 176.3 yay!
Sept 12: 176.3
Sept 13: 178.5 This is ok. Fluctuations happen.
Sept 14: 178.5
Sept 15: 178.3
Sept 16: 178.1 Slowly going back down
Sept 17: 177.4
Sept 18: 177
Sept 19: 177.4
Sept 20: 177.4 Baby slept all night! Definitely has an impact because she had been feeding 3x a night usually and this was before she ate.
Sept 21: 178.3 Meh.
Sept 22: 178.1

SW June 21: 168
SW July 21: 161
SW August 21: 155
SW this month: 150
GW this month: 145

Sep 1: 151.4
Sep 2: 149
Sep 3: 152.2 🤔🌊🤷🏻‍♀️
Sep 4: 148 morning ☕️ and 🏃‍♀️
Sep 5: 151 few ounces of liquor, and it makes me retain water easy.
Sep 6: 151.2
Sep 7: 151.4
Sep 8: 150.2
Sep 9: 148.8
Sep 10: 148.6
Sep 11: 147.8 😊
Sep 12: 151.4 😟
Sep 13: 149.6
Sep 14: 148.2 need to keep on going, readjusting my routine to the new challenges 😀
Sep 15: 148
Sep 16: 148.6
Sep 17: 147.2 I’m doing the crime and the time!! 🤪 lots of running to offset my snacking.
Sep 18: 150 Aaaaand the water bloat 🌊 I just want out of 150s this month...
Sep 19: 150.2 😢
Sep 20: 149.4 new week, not giving up. Clearly not losing weight this month though
Sep 21: 149.2
Sep 22: 147.8

This was in my inbox this morning from MyFitnessPal. I find that I’m struggling with more a balanced approach, and currently using exercise to undo snacking. Which is a default mindset I’ve had for years.
Also the ‘sugar free’ alternatives convert in body similarly to alcohol??? (all ends up as simple sugar in blood stream), so that explains why I’m being pushed off track with snacking and cravings getting out of control.

“The best way to achieve weight loss is to focus on behavior change rather than focusing on what the scale says,” explains Paul Greene, a clinical psychologist at Manhattan Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. “Successful, sustained weight loss involves changing habits, and changing them permanently.” That way, you don’t risk re-gaining the weight you lost when you return to pre-weight loss habits. “For this reason, I recommend dietary and exercise changes that feel sustainable over the long-term,” says Greene. “For example, running 5 miles a day will certainly help in the short-term, but it might not be sustainable indefinitely.” Instead, you might focus on running 5 miles three times a week, and walking for an hour on the days you don’t run.

No weight-loss journey is linear. But people often feel tempted to give up when they have an “off” day or see the number on the scale rise. “When people are caught in this mindset, they set themselves up to have to be perfect, or to fail,” Pashby says. “But if people embrace the idea setbacks are a normal and expected part of the change process, they tend to bounce back more quickly and pick up right where they left off.”

For instance, people usually brush their teeth several times a day. But if they miss a brushing, they don’t give up on dental health altogether. “Because we are able to recognize that dental care is a series of small actions, taken repeatedly over time, we tend not to judge our own self-worth based on whether or not we brushed our teeth that one day,” explains Pashby. Similarly, if you can learn to see weight-loss behaviors as a series of small actions, performed over time, it becomes easier to keep going, even when you slip up.”

AliceJeanie

Don't weigh myself everyday. July and August were rough...

Heaviest weight: 212 lbs
September start weight: 175.1 lbs
September goal weight: anything less
Ultimate Goal Weight: 140 lbs

2020 Stats
January lost: 4.2 lbs
February lost: 4.6 lbs
March lost: 2.2 lbs
April lost: 4.0 lbs
May lost: 2.5 lbs
June gain: 1.9 lbs
July lost: 3.3 lbs
August gain: 0.4 lbs
September lost: 2.5 lbs
October lost: 4.2 lbs
November lost: 1.0 lbs
December gain: 1.8 lbs

2021
January gain: 0.5 lbs
February lost: 5.3 lbs
March lost: 0.4 lbs
April lost: 1.1 lbs
May gain: 0.3 lbs
June lost: 3.5 lbs
July gain: 1.1 lbs
August gain: 5.6 lbs 😢

Sept 1: 175.1
Sept 2: 173.9
Sept 4: 172.8
Sept 8: 173.2
Sept 10: 172.6
Sept 14: 175.3 (I don't understand anymore)
Sept 22: 173.6

Plasicage wrote: »

SFor instance, people usually brush their teeth several times a day. But if they miss a brushing, they don’t give up on dental health altogether. “Because we are able to recognize that dental care is a series of small actions, taken repeatedly over time, we tend not to judge our own self-worth based on whether or not we brushed our teeth that one day,” explains Pashby. Similarly, if you can learn to see weight-loss behaviors as a series of small actions, performed over time, it becomes easier to keep going, even when you slip up."

Thank you for sharing that. This is so true, and such a simple comparison. If only we could change our views around weight, weight loss, and the path to fitness so easily.

I find my weight and weight loss in general to be the single thing in my life that I've been merciless about with myself. It has tainted how I view myself -- has since my teens. It will be up to us individually to see the process in a new light.

geralynjean88

GW:175 173

9/10: 180.8
9/14: 180.6
9/15: 179
9/16: 178.6
9/17: 178.1
9/18: 179.5 (ate way too much chinese food)
9/19: 179.5 (ugh was super good and scale didnt move)
9/20:177.7
9/21: 177.5
9/22: 177.5
9/23: 176.4 YAY! Moving goal weight down two more pounds

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

23 Sep: 210.4

YellowD0gs

June '21: -3.4 lb
July '21: -2.6 lb
Aug. '21: -6.0 lb
SW Sept: 221.2 lb
Goal this month: 218
GW: 215

Sept 1: 219.6
Sept 2: 219.8
Sept 3: 219.0
Sept 4: 218.6
Sept 5: 219.8 Another rainy morning weekend so far.
Sept 6: No weight in, early morning hunt
Sept 7: 221.4 As expected, I'll be losing these 3 pounds 4 or 5 times before they're gone....
Sept 8: 220.4
Sept 9: 221.8 Ugghh! So bloated for the last few days. Blech
Sept 10: 221.6
Sept 11: 220.6
Sept 12: 219.4
Sept 13: 220.2
Sept 14: 219.8
Sept 15: 219.4
Sept 16: 219.0
Sept 17: 218.6
Sept 18: 218.0
Sept 19: 218.4
Sept 20: 218.4
Sept 21: 220.4 Why with the bloating again?!
Sept 22: 219.8
Sept 23: 217.8 I have no idea what causes or stops the water retention in my life, because I would have said I was bloated again today. That or my scale is a random number generator. So, GOAL!, but wonder how it will stick.

donidaily

SW (May 2020): 184.6
SW this month: 166.5
GW this month: 164.9

January 2021: -7.5lb
February 2021: +2.9lb
March 2021: +.9lb
April 2021: +3.7lb
May 2021: -0.4lb
June 2021: -0.2lb
July 2021: -6.2lb
August 2021: +5.8lb!

17 Sep: 166.5 back after a vacation that kinda blew out with weigh-in to match...was nice though
18 Sep: 167.4
19 Sep: 166.5
20 Sep: 167.4
23 Sep: 166.7

geralynjean88

GW:175173

9/10: 180.8
9/14: 180.6
9/15: 179
9/16: 178.6
9/17: 178.1
9/18: 179.5 (ate way too much chinese food)
9/19: 179.5 (ugh was super good and scale didnt move)
9/20:177.7
9/21: 177.5
9/22: 177.5
9/23: 176.4 YAY! Moving goal weight down two more pounds
9/24: 175.3 Original target! going out of town for the weekend hopefully I dont blow it!

babysaffy

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

23 Sep: 210.4
24 Sep: 209.9 Struggled with the munchies yesterday. Exercised to make sure I had extra calories. Bought extra berries and low fat yogurt to sway myself to healthier munching. But I could have eaten a bag of tortilla chips if they'd been open. Small wins, right?

@babysaffy I hope you're resting and on the mend. And try not to be too hard on yourself. A little loss this month, and maintaining at a minimum, is a success as well.

Happy Friday, everyone.

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

23 Sep: 210.4
24 Sep: 209.9
25 Sep: 208.9

Happy Saturday, everyone. o/

donidaily

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

23 Sep: 210.4
24 Sep: 209.9
25 Sep: 208.9
26 Sep: 210.9 - Expected this following cheat day. It'll go back down.

donidaily

geralynjean88

GW:175173171

9/10: 180.8
9/14: 180.6
9/15: 179
9/16: 178.6
9/17: 178.1
9/18: 179.5 (ate way too much chinese food)
9/19: 179.5 (ugh was super good and scale didnt move)
9/20:177.7
9/21: 177.5
9/22: 177.5
9/23: 176.4 YAY! Moving goal weight down two more pounds
9/24: 175.3 Original target! going out of town for the weekend hopefully I dont blow it!
9/27: 173.9 Had one cheat day over the weekend but still lost. Yay! Lowering GW two more pounds.

19 Sep: 213.5 -:(
20 Sep: 213.0
21 Sep: 210.8
22 Sep: 210.5

23 Sep: 210.4
24 Sep: 209.9
25 Sep: 208.9
26 Sep: 210.9 - Expected this following cheat day. It'll go back down.
27 Sep: 209.2

YellowD0gs