Women 200lb+, Let's Have A Noteworthy November!!!

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?

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!🦃🍁

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 snacks

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!!!

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.long

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 cook

@SammiGirl1321 - those photos are adorable!

Thank you @RavenStCloud for posting this thread!

33
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

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.

Age: 50
Height: 5'11"


SW: 226.6

November SW: 210.6
November GW: 207
Ultimate GW: 175

This month I'll check in on Fridays. I think. I haven't decided if I'm going to travel with my bathroom scale yet
November 5:
November 12:
November 19:
November 26:


Whewwww...the stress is real right now! We leave for NYC in a few days (I'll have a popup at the Union Square Holiday Market for the next six weeks) and it's been super hectic. We ended up having to rent a trailer since all my inventory wouldn't fit in the van. I'm bringing SO MANY MUGS and am a little anxious about it. I hope people feel like being out and festive during the holiday season! This market is such an expensive gamble, so fingers crossed.

Weight-wise, I have a good plan for New York. I have not worked out at all since Labor Day and am really feeling sluggish due to the lack of exercise. It's been one thing after another between back pain and just lack of time / energy. I know those first few days in NYC will kick my butt because I am so out of shape, but it will be really nice to be back in the habit of upping my NEAT simply by walking everywhere, going up and down subway stairs, etc.

I'm bringing my food scale and am glad that our Airbnb has a good kitchen. In past years we've done shared housing and it was always a little frustrating to not be able to cook. There *always* seemed to be someone hogging the kitchen . It's so easy (and expensive) to order everything out in the city but I will be cooking and packing my lunches / dinners as much as possible so that I can manage my calories. After a full year of trying to lose weight, it wasn't until I dropped my calories from 1450 to 1250 that I saw any change at all. And then I saw big changes. I finally, finally have some momentum and don't want to give that up.

My booth is outside, so I'm open to any meals that will travel well and still stay warm! I'll have a thermos, so chili and soup are on the top of the list.

This month's motto:
I can have anything, but I don't need to have *everything*. Meaning, I will still have the bagels with cream cheese, or a good slice of pizza, or a fabulous croissant...but I don't NEED to have everything I want, every time I want it.

Plans for November:
🍁 Keep my calories in the 1250-1350 range.
🍁 Keep monitoring hunger levels.
🍁 Keep my fiber intake up.

Daily Goals:
🍂 Log everything
🍂 Stay hopeful
🍂 Incorporate daily stretching back into my routine

I'm just thinking of how good it will feel to end the year with the same habits and discipline I've had for the past few months. I don't want to have to start all over again in January. I want to just keep on going.

So, we'll see how this goes...
I have this faux leather tank top that I wear to rock concerts. It's a size 16/18 (and far less forgiving than a cotton shirt). I am now a 14/16. I saw the same exact tank top in the clearance section of the online store where I originally bought it. Naturally, I bought it in a smaller size, since it was on sale, may not be available in the future, and eventually the current one will be too big. Except I ordered a size 10. My hope is that, by my birthday in roughly 5 months, I'll at least be able to squeeze into it, and that by the summer concert season, it'll fit. When it comes in, I might put it on top of the original one to visualize the size difference.

Hi everyone! I'm Dani, and I just turned 49 last month. 2022 has a lot of upcoming changes for me--I'm finishing up classes to make a career change, so will be starting a new path soon! Once I get the new job, I'm hoping to start planning to do some remodeling and updating in my house, so need to get my life and finances sorted out so I can get that done. I'm trying to get my health as tip-top as I can because I don't want to be this unhealthy in a year when I turn 50. I have about 100lbs to lose, and I'll be honest, it is SO overwhelming to think about the big picture, so I'm working on creating small attainable goals that I can stick with.

5'4"
SW: 235.6 11/2/2021
CW: 234.6
GW: 135

Goals for the month:
1. Log into MFP every day to log weight and food.
2. Make better food choices and be mindful of what I am eating and drinking and how it will affect me and my ability to reach my goals.
3. Lose 4% of my body weight, so about 9.5lbs.
4. Drink my water--goal is to fill and drink my 20oz cup 3-4 times per day.
5. Exercise--get to the gym or at least take a walk or do something physical 3-4 times per week, minimum.
6. MOST IMPORTANT-- Make myself a priority, and remind myself daily that I am worthy of the time and effort that I am putting in.