Women 200lb+, Let's Have An UnBOOlievable October!!!
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RavenStCloud
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๐Happy October, ladies! It's the spookiest month of the year!
๐There might be lots of temptations lurking around corners this month. What are your strategies for avoiding or turning these down? Do you have any special October indulgences you will definitely be treating yourself to this month?
๐Are you trying to accomplish anything in the three months left of 2021? How has this year been treating you overall? Have things gone more or less how you've expected them to go?
๐งก If you've never been here before, please know you are welcome to join at any point in the month. All you have to do is post something, and then BAM! you're one of us.
๐งก In this group, we post our weekly and monthly goals and provide support and motivation to each other as we share our triumphs and our struggles. This group is all about accountability.
๐งกAll are welcome and, if you think you belong here, you do! No matter how much you currently weigh or how you measure (or don't measure) your weight, we'd love to hear from you.
๐งกVictories, both scale and non-scale, are great to hear about, but, conversely, we know that weight loss isn't all sunshine and roses. If you're going through a rough patch, please feel free to be honest and vent your heart out. The struggle is real and we're all here to support each other!
๐Let's be Boo-tifully Fang-tastic this October!๐
๐There might be lots of temptations lurking around corners this month. What are your strategies for avoiding or turning these down? Do you have any special October indulgences you will definitely be treating yourself to this month?
๐Are you trying to accomplish anything in the three months left of 2021? How has this year been treating you overall? Have things gone more or less how you've expected them to go?
๐งก If you've never been here before, please know you are welcome to join at any point in the month. All you have to do is post something, and then BAM! you're one of us.
๐งก In this group, we post our weekly and monthly goals and provide support and motivation to each other as we share our triumphs and our struggles. This group is all about accountability.
๐งกAll are welcome and, if you think you belong here, you do! No matter how much you currently weigh or how you measure (or don't measure) your weight, we'd love to hear from you.
๐งกVictories, both scale and non-scale, are great to hear about, but, conversely, we know that weight loss isn't all sunshine and roses. If you're going through a rough patch, please feel free to be honest and vent your heart out. The struggle is real and we're all here to support each other!
๐Let's be Boo-tifully Fang-tastic this October!๐
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It's my birthday this month, so I'll be going out and having ribs :-) I already treated myself to a sleepover with snacks and a box of donuts. I'm hoping to be good for at least 30 days, or at least, stay within my calories. I kind of went off track today and had a chocolate drink and some sushi. I didn't track. I don't really know what I ate today.12
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Hello to all! ๐ I'm in a fitness/weightloss challenge at work so the goal they set is 10 cups of water, 10 stairs, and 12k steps a day and aim for 10% body weight at the end of 12 weeks (26.2lbs for me). So the first week I crushed it and lost 4.8lbs. This last week I gained 2.5lbs back. I got diagnosed with an ovarian cyst and just felt crappy all week. I'm feeling better and determined to make this week count. ๐ช14
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Thank you for another month. I love this group. You're all so lovely ๐
Happy new month everyone โค๏ธ
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TOM right now. Will be gone in a few days. Drinking loads of water and staying within calories.
SW: 257
UGW: 165
Sept 24: 257
Sept 30: 252.4
Total loss: 4.6lbs
Oct 1: 252
Oct 7:
Oct 14:
Oct 21:
Oct 28:
Total loss: 0.4lbs10 -
Hey Iโd love to join! I can feel the motivation in me and Iโm going to do well.. I think!
SW: 254 lbs
CW: 246 lbs
Total - 8 lbs
October 1: 246
October 7:
October 14:
October 21:
October 28:10 -
48 yo 5โ3โ 6/2013 SW 277
10/1 191.6 body fat 44.1% Oct goal 188.6: loss of 3 lbs
10/8
10/15
10/20
10/29
So I had the weight whoosh today, just so that I didnโt make goal last month AND to make this monthโs goal seem less attainable!! Lols, silly water weight games. It is hard to believe that I might be in the 180โs this month! What?? I donโt even know what that means. I set the goal at 3 lbs but honestly I will be over the moon to just be 189!
My non-scale goals:
๐ walk 2 miles every single day
๐ concentrate on food as nutrition or as medicine
๐ keep carbs under 100g daily
๐ be patient
๐ be able to retire my "towel sheet" and use a regular person towel
I don't put water down here because I usually drink a gallon of water per day. I have been walking 2 miles in the AM for the past couple weeks and I am LOVING it! Walking is the best thing ever!! I know others have said that, and the benefits help insulin regulation, hormones, mental health, and heart health - but it is one thing to read about it and another to experience it! I can actually feel a difference! Such a simple thing, I am grateful the physical therapy got me to a point where I can walk. So grateful!
Thank you everyone here, we have had an eventful few months. October 2021 let's get in this scary, pumpkin having, corn maze together!10 -
@RavenStCloud, as always thank you for keeping this group going, and I have to say I love the titles you've come up with this year, they're delightful
Template going here for my convenience:
Height: 5'2"
Age: 30
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 210.0 (9/26/2021)
10/2:
10/9:
10/16:
10/23:
10/30:
GW for October: 205
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144 end of 2022
Goals for the rest of 2021: This month I'm entering Phase 2 of the Watermelon Crush training program - and given the scarcity of watermelons around Halloween, I'm going to crush a pumpkin with my mighty and powerful thighs instead. Crush Day is 10/31. I'm chronicling my progress over in Challenges (thread title: Goal10312021: Crush a Pumpkin), if anyone is interested in following my adventures there. Yesterday was day 1 and weirdly it's my shoulders that I'm feeling today, although Phase 2 does recruit more of the upper body, if only in a supporting role (very literally - there's three different kinds of side planks involved this month! Four, if you count the Copenhagen bridge and hold as two different moves). Beyond that, I just want to stay the course and keep doing what I'm doing. I started this journey right before The Holidays last year, in mid-November, and still managed to lose about 5 lbs in those 6 weeks, so I'm pretty confident I can do it again. They happen every year, so better to figure out how to deal with it right away, was my thinking. I'm a little bit behind schedule to lose 52 lbs in 52 weeks, but I do think I can crack 50 at least, and I believe I will see Onederland before year's end. (Also, unrelated to weight loss, I'm in a position to pay off my student loans from undergrad completely before the COVID forbearance ends, which is absolutely wild to think about and I'm still kind of grappling with that reality. Jazzed about it, but like, when I graduated in 2013 I was fully expecting to have that debt forever and banking on loan forgiveness.)
October challenges: There's probably going to be an accumulation of fun-size candy in my general vicinity as the month goes on, and there's usually some kind of staff-o-ween event. I think I've been doing an OK job anticipating and planning around treats; I think I've figured out how to fit the occasional piece of candy into my budget without going buckwild. The calorie-cycling-but-being-really-anal-retentive-about-it that I described in last month's thread has actually been working pretty well for me, looking at the whole week and moving calories around to accommodate stuff on different days. I do need to build up my stash of freezer meals again, though.6 -
Age 70. Ht: 5โ1โ SW: 240 (9/20/21)
GW for Sept: 237 (MET)
CW: 237 (10/1/21)
Oct. 8
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
GW for Oct. 232
GW for 2021: 222
My daughter and I are starting a 90 day challenge together so it will be good to be working together and supporting each other.
My non-scale daily goals for this month: (borrowed icon idea from @justanotherloser cuz I love it. ๐ Thank you)!
๐ drink 64+ oz water
๐ work out 30 minutes a day
๐ be in bed by 11:15
๐ write 15 gratitudes daily
๐ meditate
๐ create (learn, practice, make๐)
Thank you to @RavenStCloud for getting this thread going.5 -
Stealing @goal06082021 's template:
Height: 5'10"
Age: 26
SW: 246.9 (07/13/2021)
CW: 226.3 (10/01/2021)
10/2:
10/9:
10/16:
10/23:
10/30:
GW for October: 218-220
GW for 2021: 204-208
UGW: 173 by May 2022, then maintenance
October challenges:
1. Moving apartments: cooking will slow down, and I need to avoid some of the pitfalls of eating out/pre-packaged food
2. Flying out of state to attend a wedding. Rehearsal dinner and wedding food are, of course, special occasions, but tracking my calories while at my parents house may prove challenging.
3. Best friend/roommate wants me to make pumpkin cake for her birthday. Do. Not. Have. Cake. For. Breakfast.
4. Hosting a house warming/Halloween party. Making gluten free pasta with lactose free alfredo sauce (from scratch!). Portion control and avoiding candy.
Fitness goals:
1. Up intensity on weight training. Starting to plateau, and want to get to the next step in Operation: Normal Pushups.
2. Incorporate ab workouts into my routine.
3. Workout even when on vacation
4. Maintain current speed on 1.5 mile run but feel less tired after it. Maybe take another 5 seconds off.
I'm considering upping my calorie intake from 1900 to 2000. My job has me sit at a desk for 10 hours a day/ 4 days a week, but with a high energy dog, no elevator, workouts, and packing/cleaning/moving, I'm having trouble taking in protein AND staying under my calorie limit. Might slow my weight loss, but I should still have a deficit of about 500-600 calories a day. Thoughts?
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October is my favorite month! Thank you @RavenStCloud for the thread.
Age: 56
Height 5'8"
SW 257.2 1.1.21
CW 232.2
GW for Oct. 228
UGW 160
I have been laying low and have not weighed for a month. I have been a little frustrated that I hit the 25# mark and then hopped up 1.8-3.2# since the beginning of July. The last couple of weeks I have been slipping back in to eating more chocolate and sugar and missing my totals a few days. I was worried that I would be up 5-8#. I weighed this morning and I am back down to my 25# loss. Go figure. Anyway sights on 30#!5 -
I love the fall, but mostly because of all the good eating. Sigh
Height: 5'9"
Age: 50
SW: 235
CW: 221
10/2:
10/9:
10/16:
10/23:
10/30:
I am only a month back in to Keto, so I am unsure of any immediate goals just yet. I have noticed my bras aren't as tight, so yay!
Goal: To survive Thanksgiving (Oct 11 in Canada)
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@kenziestabes Sounds like you have a good plan! If you are working out and being active, and trying to get your protein in (also at your height and age) - pfft you totally got this! I bet you can lose at 2k calories for a while. Depending on how active you are, maybe even until you get to goal weight!! Not everyone has to cut calories so severely (*cough* only if you are short and older like me). You can definitely do it for a few months, get a feel for it - and see if you like how much you are losing with the 2k. You can reassess later if you feel like losing faster.3
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Hi, all. Iโm really disappointed with my progress. I actually gained weight in September. Loosing weight in a wheelchair is HARD!!! Iโve got to readjust and get used to consuming a lot fewer calories.
Iโm glad to report my physical therapy is going well. Iโm taking more steps each week. Learning to walk again is hard and exhausting! But I am DETERMINED to do it!!! My goal is to return to walking my 3 miles a day and eventually adding back my jog.
Have a GREAT weekโฃ๏ธ19 -
@pamiede when you can't move, losing weight is almost all cico and there is no squidgy calories that you can "work off". I have seen some with mobility issues do arm machines though - because they couldn't stand or walk or bike. I don't know if that is possible for you, I think you were in an accident? When I was bedridden, I gained 100 lbs because I didn't know what I was doing, and I was really really young. I should have immediately gone to a 1200 calorie a day diet, and then when I got to a nice weight maybe upped it to 1450 or maybe a little less. But I didn't know anything at all about anything! So I gained and kept gaining until I just thought that was my lot, and I felt very helpless to do anything about it (especially when you add the meds like prednisone). Eventually I was able to move a little bit, but it was very fits and starts. Sometimes I could move, sometimes I was waiting for the hubby to come home because I was thirsty and couldn't get water. I love your determination! ((((hugs))))) You can do it Pamiede!!4
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SW October 1 173.4
Hope to lose in October 8 pounds
GW 165,4
total weight loss since 6/1/21 38.6
23.4 pounds to goal !!!!!5 -
Height: 5'4"
Age: 61
SW: 245
CW: 203
GW for Oct: 195
UGW: 145 is my BMI healthy weight, but I think 165 is more realistic.
My weigh in day's are Tuesday's
10/1: 203
10/5:
10/12:
10/19:
10/26:
October challenges:
๐ Keep moving as much as possible.
๐ Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day.
๐ Eat under 1200 calorie limit per day.
๐ Create more meal plans.
๐ Fit into an XL blouse.
๐ Start back in on my hobby, Scroll Sawing
๐ Teach our new 8 month old kitty his name: Mr Snicket
๐ Get a Covid Booster shot.
๐ Find at least 2 Gifts for my husband for our Anniversary in December (32 years)
A BIG Thank You to @RavenStCloud for getting this thread going.4 -
Thanks again @RavenStCloud for the thread!
November: Will keep my weigh in on Saturdays (after this week)
Age: 43
Height: 5'10"
HW: 290.6 (4/19/2021)
SW: 287.4 (7/16/2021)
CW: 256 (10/1/2021)
10/9:
10/16:
10/23:
10/30:
GW for October: 250
GW for 2021: 240
UGW: 180
I am heading up to Oregon on Sunday to try and get my dad situated. He tries to hide it from me, but I don't think he is doing well. He has been in the ER at least once a week, and is having lots of swelling and bruising in his chest and back. I had to tell him 3 times that I was coming up there because he keeps forgetting the conversations we have had, and still can't seem to remember to tell his doctor that I will need some paperwork for FMLA leave to help him, so now I am am worried about his memory on top of everything else. I am hoping the stress if this month doesn't totally throw me off my game.
My son turns 12 next week, and I will be in the door asap after his bday to get his Covid vaccine done. Really hoping that they release for 2-11 soon so I can get my girls done too. I was in the ER with my 10yo last night because she spiked a sudden 103 fever. Luckily it wasn't covid, but the Dr was concerned it may be appendicitis so they are keeping a close watch. I am really hoping it is related to an ingrown toenail that got infected ๐
So yeah, stress will be a major player this month. And trying to avoid candy. So I will be setting my goal a little lower, and my main focus will be to keep tracking and to get at least 15 minutes of cardio 5x per week. I haven't been at this low of weight since 2013, before I got pregnant with my youngest daughter, but I still can't fit in the pants I had then which is frustrating. My scale keeps moving (hooray), but I am still wearing the same size (boo) even if my muffin top is a little smaller.7 -
October Challenge Weigh In Day
Age 44
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 220.4
GW for October 215
UGW 145
10/1: 220.4
10/8:
10/15:
10/22:
10/31:
Total month loss:
Weekly goals:
-Continue logging on MFP
-Work out 5x per week โ 3 cardio & 2 strength
-64 oz of water each day
-Take some moments during the week to declutter
-Follow Paleo plans as best as possible; 1-2 meals off as necessary for socializing per week or as symptoms allow
-Anniversary goodies only on the day (10/20, 4 years)
-Pick Halloween goodies that I don't care for and limit purchase for the smaller amount seen
Weight going down today. Starting my paleo food I had delivered and confirming that I can make it on my own; today's at least. Just needing the inspiration mostly to confirm what I already know with that based on past experiences following that kind of plan/way of eating.
My mom ended up having me come over to her house. She got injured somehow so I may be at her house for the few days at least. We haven't figured out the full need there yet so we'll see.4 -
Quick question/call for advice. So right now, I am comfortably a size 16 in pants (14W in dresses). I went down from a nearly size 18 in about 2.5 months. I currently have a 50% off coupon that's going to expire in 2 days. Should I go ahead and buy 1 size 14 pair of jeans and 1 size 14 pair of workout leggings? They definitely won't fit when they come in the mail, but I feel like they'll be the next short term goal to work toward, and I don't want to come into the office with loose jeans, even if I can just slap a belt on.6
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@kenziestabes : why not? I'm wearing size 16 jeans that I have had in my drawer for probably a decade before they fit. And they're already loose. I hope they'll be too big in a few months OTOH I have donated a LOT of pants that were too big for me now, some still with tags.
Re the question from the OP on what is going to be a temptation this month. I bought a box of pumpkin spice shredded wheat. So good. Sucker for pumpkin spice. But 27 mini shredded wheat biscuits are just 200 calories, so a few make a nice snack. I dont think I'll be too tempted by Halloween candy. What tempts me are pumpkin spice donuts and cake. But I have my shredded wheat5
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