Women 200lb+, Let's Have A Noteworthy November!!!
RavenStCloud
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🍁Hello, ladies, and Happy November!
🍂2021 is winding down, but we've still got time to make a dent in our goals and to continue working on ourselves. What do you hope to accomplish this month or before the year is out?
🍁Sometimes, it can be easy to give up or not work as hard towards the end of the year, because we tell ourselves we can start fresh in January and that we'll have more time, more engery, and more focus next year. And while some of that might be true, let's not throw in the towel just yet!
🍂What are some tips or tricks you have for staying motivated this fall?
❤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 rainbows. 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!
🍁This November, make NO excuses and do NOT give up!🍁
🍂2021 is winding down, but we've still got time to make a dent in our goals and to continue working on ourselves. What do you hope to accomplish this month or before the year is out?
🍁Sometimes, it can be easy to give up or not work as hard towards the end of the year, because we tell ourselves we can start fresh in January and that we'll have more time, more engery, and more focus next year. And while some of that might be true, let's not throw in the towel just yet!
🍂What are some tips or tricks you have for staying motivated this fall?
❤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 rainbows. 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!
🍁This November, make NO excuses and do NOT give up!🍁
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Hi everyone, thank you Raven St Cloud for the post. Looking forward to this month.
Vicky
60
SW 230. 27/11/2020
CW 202.4
GW for November 197
Goals for the month
Drinking my water 8 glasses
Exercise- walking, free weights , stretching
Mindfulness
I am continuing to teach remotely but am back on campus in January. Does anyone else look in the mirror and feel like the’ve aged through COVID? I sometimes look and say what happened?
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5'7"
9/9/21- 252 (SW & ATH)
10/31/21- 230.2
11/1/21- 231.4
Total weight lost- 20.6
I expected the scale going up due to alcohol 😂
November goals-
-6k steps every day
-Pack my lunch every day
-No soda
-No eating out/fast food
-Limit alcohol to once a week (although it's even less than that already)
-November Weight Loss Goal- 6 lbs8 -
VickyEltonGreen wrote: »Hi everyone, thank you Raven St Cloud for the post. Looking forward to this month.
Vicky
60
SW 230. 27/11/2020
CW 202.4
GW for November 197
Goals for the month
Drinking my water 8 glasses
Exercise- walking, free weights , stretching
Mindfulness
I am continuing to teach remotely but am back on campus in January. Does anyone else look in the mirror and feel like the’ve aged through COVID? I sometimes look and say what happened?
Yes I do. I really let myself go during Covid and didn't care. Then my knees started hurting like someone 20 years my age and that kicked me in the butt to lose some weight. But I highly doubt we're the only ones.4 -
Good morning everyone.
I hope I’m posting this the right way. This is my first posting.
Heather- 42
SW: 316 9/7/21
CW: 299
GW: for November: 290
Goals for November
1. Limit my stress
2. Balance ongoing stress in my life.
3. Maintain 4 workouts a week at the gym and using my Peloton9 -
Goodbye October and hello November!🍂
Age- 27
Height- 5’4
SW-231
CW 198.2
I did not weigh in today since Fridays are my official weigh days.
Halloween was fun! Went trick or treating with the kids and there were so many people out it was nice seeing everyone’s costumes. I did indulge in some Halloween candy and today is a fresh start. I’m back on track now. Thanksgiving will be the one day I’m not going to stress over portions this month. It’s just one day and I’m going to enjoy it! The rest of the month I’m going to stick to IF and working out consistently. I’m aiming to get under 195 by the end of the month but I don’t have a set number in mind yet. This month is also my last month of Statistics thank goodness 😅. I’ve been in this class since August and it’s been brutal! Anyway, here’s to another month of progress!🦃🍁7 -
Height 5'9"
Age 55
SW - 235
Nov 1 - 230
Nov 8 -
Nov 15-
Nov 22 -
Nov 30 -
Goals for this month are 5 pounds lost (but secretly always hoping for more!)
To fit back into a favourite pair of jeans and zip up my winter coat so it's not to squooshy
To walk for at least 35 minutes day 5 times a week
To log meals and stick to 1450 calories a day
To clear out the basement (ughhh)
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November Challenge Weigh In Day
Age 44
Height 5'4"
SW 249 3/2020
CW 217.8
GW for October 213
UGW 145
11/1: 217.8
11/8:
11/15:
11/22:
11/30:
Total month loss:
Monthly goals:
Hitting water goal -8 cups a day
Gym 3x during the week
Up a little this morning. High sodium pizza at dinner last night. Sat outside to pass out candy. Had a few more than mom expected with the rough guess of 40 kids. Ran out of the premade treat bags and hit up the box of snacks6 -
Thank you @RavenStCloud for keeping this group going, as always.
Template here for my convenience:
Height: 5'2"
Age: 30
SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020)
CW: 206.4 (10/30/2021)
11/6:
11/13: (One full year of logging and losing!)
11/20:
11/27:
GW for November: 202
GW for 2021: 196
UGW: 144 by end of 2022
So, Crushtoberween had to be postponed because I managed to pull a muscle in my hip on Saturday. (I got ambitious and tried jogging a little--I could do 4 mph for 5 straight minutes with no problem, which was encouraging. It was when I tried to do that *again* that my left gluteus medius went on strike. Lesson learned.) I'm taking it relatively easy this week - just some leisurely walks around the block - and if my hip is up to it, I'm going to try crushing the pumpkin next weekend. Hopefully that works out, as there is a limit to how long I can keep this large fruit in my house. The name of the game is steps until the LoseIt Cryptid Hunt challenge is over, at which point I'm planning to (hip permitting) revisit the Planet Fitness beginner strength/cardio/dumbbell workout videos that I started with a year ago. There are 6 in each series, so if I start those on 11/23, that will take me through the end of the year, similar to what I did last year (I started a week earlier than that, and basically took the week between Christmas and New Year's "off").6 -
48 yo 5’3” 6/2013 SW 277 CW 184!!
November goal - lose 3 lbs
11/1 184
11/8
11/15
11/22
11/29
Use true grit, dig deep and pray for the virtue of mortification!
My non-scale goals:
🦃 Walk 3 miles every single day (up from 2 miles last month!!)
🦃 Concentrate on food as nutrition or as medicine
🦃 Clean out kitchen/garage, I don't even care which at this point - things need to get sorted!!
🦃 Be patient! and remember that increments are where it is at - every little bit really does count
🦃 Be grateful and give thanks every single day, more than once a day!
🦃 Remember: Total loss of 93 lbs!! 54 lbs till goal weight of 130 lbs!! If I stay on track by Christmas 2022, I would be goal weight!
NSV: I am wearing size Large shirts and sweats, and found cheapestees.com and bought some $3.50 shirts. Because I am not at maintenance weight yet.
NSV: I am wearing a whole size smaller shoe. I had to break down and get workout shoes. Yeah, I think because 93 lbs is a lot of weight, my foot distribution is smaller. (shout out to https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10087100/what-nobody-tells-you-about-losing-weight/ which told me that it was even possible. Glad I knew my feet could shrink, or I would have thought I was losing my darn mind more than usual!)
I am still going to have broad body frame, because I did as a normal size kid- and I take after my father. My father is shaped like Barney Rubble, or maybe a rectangle. His hands are wide, his feet are soo wide he has to get specialty shoes! I really really thought I was a size 8.5 wide in high school at 133 lbs. Maybe I was really size 8 wide, and if I couldn't find wide I probably had to bump it up to 8.5? That is my current working theory, because honestly I did not remember having a size 8 foot. I knew it wasn't size 9 or 9+ until the weight - true.
I am being safe, and not bothering with any clothes, and or shoes I don't absolutely NEED. I do want to get some of my current size cuddly soft sleeping shirts. Not a need, but still! I am doing the 80's Pat Benatar shoulder shirt all the time, and it just really gets my goat! I'm not interested in all this 80's shirt nonsense.
@goal06082021 (((hugs))) sorry to hear about your hip, heal up and crush it when you got that winner rested!
@RavenStCloud Thank you for starting it up again
@Heather06615 Welcome!!
@SammiGirl1321 No pics?? *chants* "cute pics, cute pics!"
@danikat15 You are hitting the ground running, way to go go GO GO!!!
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Height: 5'4"
Age: 61
SW: 245
CW: 197.4
GW for Nov: 192, I would like lower but this is a good number to strive for.
UGW: 145 is my BMI healthy weight, but I think 165 is more realistic.
My weigh in day's are Tuesday's
11/2:
11/9:
11/16:
11/23:
11/30:
November goals:
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.
Start back in on my hobby, Scroll Sawing.
Make an effort to clean out the spare room.
Declutter, declutter, declutter. (The older I get the less I want to keep track of)
Sort and donate all of the books my husband has read, I see a large pile next to his chair.
A BIG Thank You to @RavenStCloud for keeping this group going.6 -
Age: 43
Height: 5'10"
HW: 290.6 (4/19/2021)
SW: 287.4 (7/16/2021)
CW: 247.2 (11/1/2021)
11/6:
11/13:
11/20:
11/27:
GW for November: 240
GW for 2021: 232 *revised
UGW: 180
Another month starting! Thanks @RavenStCloud for keeping this going 😀
Goals for November:
- Add at least 1 day a week weight training. I put this every month but haven't made it yet
- Min 15 min cardio 5x per week
- At least 8 glasses water daily (I was horrible at this in Oct)
- Be thoughtful with my intake at Thanksgiving. This will be hard as I love some much of the food and I generally eat all.day.long5 -
October wrap-up since I weigh-in on Mondays:
SW (7/23): 300
10/4: 283.6
10/11: 282.4
10/18: 279.4
10/25: 278.2
11/1: 277.5 (-6.1 for the month and 22.5 since the end of July! I'm losing about 7.5 pounds per month, which feels really darn amazing.)
GW for October: 278-280
Shocked I had a loss this week as in between last Monday and yesterday I'd gained 5+ pounds. I knew it was what I call "crazy weight" and not actual weight gain, but it was still a little demoralizing. I just tried to stay focused, kick *kitten* in my workouts, and follow the plan, even if that involved Chick Fil A and some cake on Saturday at a kiddie birthday party. It was a treat and that cake was delicious.
November goals!
SW (7/23): 300
11/1: 277.5
GW for November: 271 - 274- Keep on track during the holidays. I'll be home for about a week. Luckily, I can go to my HIIT classes at the local Orangetheory, and I'm booking them as soon as I can. They even have Thanksgiving morning classes!
- Get ahead in my Christmas shopping so I'm not too last minute. I already have a great head start, but need to get a bit further so I can avoid last-minute angst about presents arriving.
- Meditate regularly
- Pilates, yoga, or long walk on my rest days from OTF. Stretching on all rest days.
Thanks @RavenStCloud for another great thread and for keeping this community active! I'm really loving checking in on everyone even if I'm not regularly posting.6 -
New month, new goals
38 yo 5’7”
SW 266 (9/11/2021)
CW 242 (11/1/2021)
Nov goal 234
11/1 - 242
11/8 -
11/15 -
11/22 -
11/30 -
My non-scale goals:
- exercise at least 4x per week, cardio or strength
- eat 2 servings of whole grains each day
- batch cook some food to have easy to grab meals in freezer for when I'm too hungry or busy to cook7 -
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@SammiGirl1321 - those photos are adorable!5
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Hello November!
I'm currently working on maintaining my weight between 243-245, at least until the end of January. Then I'll have had surgery on my thyroid to remove the benign tumors that are causing me issues with swallowing, go on replacement thyroid hormone, and once I'm properly titrated I'll be able to lose weight again. I'm treating this as an opportunity to practice maintenance and think about food habits I want to have going forward.
I also want to get back into the gym. I was going to go today but my left wrist is acting up and I do need to be able to use it, so I'll hold off a day, maybe two, and rest the wrist as much as possible.
Otherwise, my boyfriend just finally got work after a year of unemployment, so we're readjusting to life with him working from home, my girlfriend is working hard at her college classes, and the three cats are being cats... agents of entropy as always.8 -
Thank you @RavenStCloud for posting this thread!
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5'2"
SW: 221.2 - July 2021
GW: 150-160
November GW: 205
11/01/21 - 210.4
11/08/21 -
11/15/21 -
11/22/21 -
11/30/21 -
Total weight lost - 10.8
I'm stuck between 210.6 and 209.2. I don't if it's a physical thing or a mental thing, but it feels like I cannot get below 209. It's my TOTM right now, so I know that it's playing a part in this, but it's so frustrating! I have my whole week planned food wise and I'm gonna stick to it! I'm also going to either walk outside or on the treadmill everyday too!
We leave for vacation next Wednesday (going to Disneyland) and while we're going to be walking a ton, I'm gonna have to be good about food choices if I don't wanna gain anything, so I'm a touch nervous about that.
November goals -
• 10k steps a day
• 30+ min of exercise, 5 days a week
• Stay under calorie goal
• Limit sodium to daily intake requirement or less
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Forgot to close out October (busy weekend), but I made my goal of under 220!
Surprised I actually met my goal. Last month, I definitely ate at or above maintenance while traveling out of state for a wedding. Roommate and I hosted a house warming/game night on Saturday, and I made gluten free, lactose free shrimp alfredo pasta- from scratch! Between that and the plethora of desserts friends brought, I definitely ate above maintenance. I guess it's a good thing the pumpkin cake and pasta didn't last long in our apartment. lol.
This month, the only major concern is Thanksgiving. Staying home, but we're doing it Texas/South Korean style. I'll be making queso con turkey to go with tamales, and a friend who's staying here might make some of his family's SK recipes. At the very least, queso and tamales are pretty caloric. Anyhoo...
Height: 5'10"
Age: 26
SW: 246.9 (07/13/2021)
CW: 219.9 (11/01/2021)
GW for November: 213.0
GW for 2021: 208.5
UGW: 172 by June 2022
11/1: 219.9 (-0.0)
11/8:
11/15:
11/22:
11/29:
Goals:
1. Get back on track with strength training and running. Haven't gone to the gym in weeks but have exercised through moving boxes, unpacking, walking the dog, etc.
2. Only go over my calorie budget on Thanksgiving.
3. Start incorporating yoga/flexibility into my workout routine6 -
Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 2021: 271.1
SW this month: 196.8 (10/28/21)
GW this month: 192
GW for 2021: 180
11/4 -
11/11 -
11/18 -
11/25 -
LTD:
Ready for November! Goal for this month is to lose ~5lbs. I have noticed my loss slowing down but is at least still trending downward at a reasonable .5 - 1 lb per week.5 -
Hi, this is my first try, I hope it's OK if I join in
Height: 5'10"
Age: 37
SW: 235 (10/10/21)
CW: 225
GW for Nov: 217
UGW: 150-ish,
My weigh in day's are Fridays
11/5
11/12:
11/19:
11/26:
November goals - fix my diet habits:
Log all food on MFP daily
Eat 60g protein daily
Eat under 1300 calorie limit per day.
Limit highly processed foods
Switch from coffee to green tea
No takeaways or binging unhealthy foods9
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