Women 200lb+, Let's Have An UnBOOlievable October!!!

RavenStCloud
RavenStCloud Posts: 366 Member
in Motivation and Support
🎃Happy October, ladies! It's the spookiest month of the year!

🎃There 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?

🎃Are 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?

🧡 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.

🧡 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.

🧡All 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.

🧡Victories, 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!

🎃Let's be Boo-tifully Fang-tastic this October!🎃

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  • justanotherloser007
    justanotherloser007 Posts: 578 Member
    @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.
  • justanotherloser007
    justanotherloser007 Posts: 578 Member
    @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!!
  • FushiaKat
    FushiaKat Posts: 546 Member
    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:
    🎃 Keep moving as much as possible.
    🎃 Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day.
    🎃 Eat under 1200 calorie limit per day.
    🎃 Create more meal plans.
    🎃 Fit into an XL blouse.
    🎃 Start back in on my hobby, Scroll Sawing
    🎃 Teach our new 8 month old kitty his name: Mr Snicket
    🎃 Get a Covid Booster shot.
    🎃 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.
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    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 – 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.
  • neffyworld
    neffyworld Posts: 89 Member
    SW: 125kg/276lbs
    UGW: 60kg/132lbs

    Total loss: 8kg/18lbs

    Oct 2: 117kg/258lbs
    Oct 7:
    Oct 14:
    Oct 21:
    Oct 28:

    Total loss: 0kg
  • drj63
    drj63 Posts: 59 Member
    edited October 2021
    Friday Weigh-in:
    Age: 58
    Ht.: 5'3"
    My highest weight ever was 221 a few years ago.
    SW: 205. (7/5/21)
    Last week's weight: 196.6
    CW: 194
    GW for end of October: Under 188
    UGW: Under 150

    @RavenStCloud thank you again so much for this safe place! I didn't make my September goal so I'm setting a little easier goal for October (secretly hoping to get to what I'd really like to set as a goal) I'm hoping that the cooler weather will motivate me to start walking on my lunch hour again.
    Hoping everyone on here has a wonderful, successful week!!!
  • roz0810
    roz0810 Posts: 1,244 Member
    Renewed2021 wrote: »
    Happy October everyone!
    I'm looking forward to a hard earned win this month! How about you?

    Age: 38 (Almost 39!)

    Starting weight: 250
    Heaviest weight: 252
    Goal weight: 140 (for now - that may change down the road)

    10-1-21: 241

    October goal weight: 235 (This is how much I weighed when I was 9 months pregnant)

    Last month ended with me doing a lot of self reflection. I found myself standing at a crossroad and having to make a decision. I started with a small choice, and decided that the excuse, "I'll start again tomorrow" was no longer allowed. Since then I've had a few revelations.

    First I realized that if I'm going to do this, I need to make small, gradual changes that I can sustain. It started with no more excuses to be "bad" (I'll start again tomorrow.) That's been pretty easy to handle. I decided to add something a little more challenging to it: not eating after 8:00 at night. I'm a late night snacker. Correction - I was a late night snacker. I estimated that some nights I would consume thousands of calories in the late hours of the evening. I had to give that up - so I did. It's been hard because my habit of eating is tricking me into thinking I need to eat, but I've been able to resist it so far. My only indulgence is a frozen fruit bar, which is less than 100 calories. If I can keep that I'll be a happy gal.

    My second realization was that if I put in the work, the results will show. I can see my ankles now! I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping I'd first see the weight loss in my face (three chins is too many lol) but I'll take a little sexy leg action instead. I'm also down 2 inches, almost 3, around my stomach. Oh that feels so good! The results are coming and they will show.

    My third realization was that it took me 20 years to gain 82 pounds. It will not take me 20 years to lose that weight, plus another 30. I'm giving myself two years. That's such a small portion of time in the grand scheme of life. If I can gain for 20, I can surely lose for 2.

    My fourth and final realization was that I can do this and I want to do this. It hit me when I was in the grocery store. I had to pick up some things to make apple pies for my church. I grabbed what I needed and then, by default, walked around the corner to the cookie aisle. I scanned to see what was on sale that I could take home and eat. Then it hit me. I had done this so often that it became a habit. That made me sick to my stomach. I walked away and never gave those cookies another consideration. They just aren't worth it because in the end, I want to be healthy more than I want to be like this. Don't get me wrong - I'm not giving up my sweets, but I'm not buying them to bring them into my home either. I'll happily have a cookie or a slice of cake at a party. That's enough for me until I get to the point that I can moderate.

    So all that being said - I'm going into October feeling much better than I did in September. I decided to keep my goal for the month simple, mainly for the purpose of habit forming. I'll add a new goal each month until I'm where I need to be. One task at a time, one pound at a time, one victory at a time.

    October weight goal: Get down to 235 pounds - my weight when I was 9 months pregnant with my son

    October habit goal: No eating after 8:00 at night

    P.S. - Sorry for the novella!

    Great realisations there. You're doing great :) keep it up. Very inspiring thank you
  • Deanner03
    Deanner03 Posts: 371 Member
    40 y/o 6’0” SW 277.7
    10/1 245.6
    10/8
    10/15
    10/20
    10/29

    October goal weight: 238
    Ultimate goal weight: 185(ish)

    My non-scale goals:

    🎃 Exercise every day
    🎃 Stay in deficit
    🎃 Remember that I'm seeking progress, not perfection, and that one "bad" meal/day doesn't need to turn into a habit.

  • KMC55
    KMC55 Posts: 100 Member
    @patriciafoley1 - I will have to look for those Pumpkin Spice Shredded wheat, that sounds yummy!!! Thanks for the idea

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