Women 200lb+, Let's Be Dynamic This December!!!

Thanks for another great thread @RavenStCloud !

I weigh-in on Mondays, so putting this in as a placeholder until next week.

SW (7/23): 300
11/28: 270.2
12/6:
12/13:
12/20:
12/27: I'm unlikely to weigh-in on 12/27 as I'll be traveling for the holidays, but maybe I'll bring my scale? Haven't decided
GW for December: 264 - 266

❄️ Continue drinking 64 ounces of water daily
❄️ Continue meal planning/prepping on the weekends
❄️ HIIT classes 4x per week
❄️ Stretching 4x per week
❄️ Maintain food moderation during the holidays*

*My SIL makes like 5000 cookies during the holidays and restraint is tricky. I'll be at their house between Christmas and the New Year and I'm trying to figure out the best strategy for me to deal with the abundance.


I've been using the app Happy Scale to help me stay positive with weight fluctuations. I'm really liking it! I tend to drop 3 - 4 pounds almost overnight, then gain 1 - 2 over the next 2 - 5 days, and then repeat this cycle. This app really helps smooth that out and is keeping me focused on the positive and not focusing on the ups and downs.

48 yo 5’3” 6/2013 SW 277
December goal - lose 3 lbs. I plan Friday weigh-ins (there are a lot of Fridays in Dec!)
12/1 176.2
12/3
12/10
12/17
12/24
12/31

This month I will be doing some traditional Catholic Advent fasting. I got a nice site which explains it. Whew, those old time Catholics were not playing around when it came to fasting and abstinence! Which I am sure helps with the virtues of temperance and diligence, which I absolutely need!!

My non-scale goals:

🎄 Walk 4+ miles every single day (up from 3 miles last month!!) I can actually do the 4+ miles in less time than I was able to do the 3 miles which is blowing my mind. My eventual goal will be 5 miles every day - or that is my current plan, all things being equal.
🎄 Be patient! Remember: increments are where it is at.
🎄 Remember: Total loss of 100.8 lbs down!! I had to wait for TOTM to finish, but this momentary win is very nice.
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I will be honest here, I NEVER for a minute thought I would make it this far. I have never successfully lost weight before. I just joined MFP to stop gaining weight in 2013. And the first few years, I did NOT gain any weight. Woo hoo for early maintenance! Even on prednisone, being sick all the time, the hives, etc. I finally did lose a little bit, and by 2016 I was 230 lbs. I was pleased as punch with THAT loss and the maintenance after. Again, I am not sure if most people sit at such a high weight and go for maintenance, but at the time I felt that was the best I could do. So from 2016 until Feb 2021(6 years) I was 230 lbs, which was a win in my book, because the real goal was to not gain weight.

I NEVER considered the idea that I would actually make it to onederland. I thought that was for other people with less health issues. I had someone on my thread ask what I was going to do to celebrate the big 1-0-0. I have no idea, I am still in some measure of disbelief! What do people do to celebrate such a loss. Anyone here know? I was thinking of having the hubby take some pics to see the damage, and I have a Christmas t-shirt from when I weighed 277 - so I think that will be a nice picture comparison.

@cheesy567 quote “Goals must be focused on the habits. You can control your habits, you can control what you *do.* You cannot control the outcome. You can chose to follow your meal plan and exercise plan to a T. You cannot control what the scale says. You cannot control your weight. Weight is a byproduct of the balance of your lifestyle, the balance of all your eating and fitness habits. Focus on your habits, one by one.”

Age: 26
Height: 5'10"
SW: 246.9 (07/13/2021)
CW: 212.4 (12/01/2021)
12/1: 212.4 (+/-0.0)
12/8:
12/15:
12/22:
12/29:
GW for December/2021: 205-208.5
UGW: 172 by 06/01/2022 OR 160 by 10/01/2021 (The first gets me into the healthy BMI range but depending on how that goes, I may aim for 160).

Non-scale goals:
1. Consistently cook on Thursdays and Sundays so I can bring leftovers to work.
2. Walk the pup 30 minutes every day, weather permitting.
3. Transition to the next step down for inclined pushups
4. Get to 40 sit ups in a row
5. While visiting parents, walk with Dad every morning.


Ladies, I'm SO close to transitioning from obese to overweight! 3.5 pounds! I'm giving myself a range this month. 7.5 pounds is my stretch goal, but I will be satisfied if I lose more than 4.

Age: 61
Height: 5'4"
SW: 245
CW: 188 (11/30/2021)
12/7:
12/14:
12/21:
12/28:
GW for December 2021: 180
UGW: 145 by end of July 2022

Goals:
- Put up our Christmas Tree and Holiday decorations. (it's just me that does this, hub does not help)
- Keeping working on decluttering the house
- Earn extra calories everyday but don't eat them back per my Fitbit Versa 2
- Don't over-do on my good day's
- Stay on track and under calorie budget every day!
- Post every day in my weight loss challenge group.
- Enjoy my NS victories.
- I really need to clean out my closet. I'm no longer an XXL and I'm never going to be again.

This time of year, is very stressful for me, we have our Anniversary on the 10th (32 years), then Christmas and his birthday is the week after Christmas, so I need to shop now due to the many delays. I've got some stuff already, but I need more stocking stuffers. So far, I have been true to myself and have not eaten over my calorie budget. I need to trust the process and not give up when the scale does not move.

Glad to have you here! That goal totally sounds reasonable. That's just below a pound a week, or 4 pounds a month.

What will you be doing in Alaska? It sounds exciting. I'd imagine if it's that remote, there won't be any cars. Maybe snow mobiles/ATVs.

Walking and gradually increasing the distance is a great, low impact exercise! I sometimes call and talk to a friend or relative on the phone (using earbuds) while walking through my neighborhood to help pass the time.

Anyhoo, glad you're here. Can't wait for updates.

Thank you both for the welcome and advice, kenziestabes and FushiaKat !
I'll check out the Fitbit Versa 2 and try to remember to bring my earbuds on my walks (a great idea).

Congratulations to you both.
FushiaKat, let's see...110 days is almost 16 weeks --so you've lost almost 2 pounds per week. WOW.
And kenziestabes, you've lost 34.5 pounds since mid-July? WOW again.

In Alaska, I'll be taking my mother on her 90th birthday in July to see the grizzly bears catching and eating the salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park (no roads there so you must float-plane onto the shore).

Her bucket-list request makes me shiver; I appreciate grizzlies, but I'm not enthralled -- why couldn't she have chosen to see some dazzling hummingbird or rare orchid instead???

But I'm going to get this accomplished for her, and I'm sure it will be a special experience for us both.
Assuming I can board that plane at 195 fully clothed. ; )

@tahitig I’m excited for you! And your mother. That’s just great that you’ll have new adventures together! And maybe a little jealous😂 I had to cancel an Alaskan trip with my daughter in June, 2020. I think having a serious deadline and something to look forward to really help me be more dedicated to the process. You can do this!!!

I tracked today, and I am going to finish out 6000 steps. I had a weird moment earlier today. I really did not want to eat. I was hungry in my body, but not "feeling" like messing with it. I did not want to overeat or eat poorly, and I was tempted just to skip dinner. Instead, I cooked 2oz of pasta, threw on some mixed vegetables, and made it a bowl of vegetable soup. I knew if I skipped dinner that I would just find a way to eat crap food later with the excuse that I had enough calories. Not today!!! One day at a time!