Women 200lb+, Let's Start Strong This January!!!
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Hi ladies! I'm back and back to basics! Its been a two year journey starting end March 2020, I started out weighing 230.78 Lbs, I went down to 138.6 Lbs, and now back up to 167.2.
What I've learnt along this journey is my good health is the WHY i'm doing this. I started with intermittent fasting and strict calory control. And I exercised daily. The weight came off steadily. Eventually I tried to maintain and that became an issue. I picked up weight quickly, eating junk and drinking alcohol at social gatherings, end of November I weighed 151.8 lbs and the holiday season I ate too much, anyway thats over, about 10 days ago I stepped on the scale and had a freak out! So slowly started incorporating short runs and long walks into my days, my eating was better although I wasn't perfect, but I am definitely in a better head space thanks to the exercise and more control over what I eat.
Goal for 2022, Run a half marathon. Weigh in at around 127 lbs by Dec 2022. Have a better relationship with food, no more famine and feast mentality!! So I'm listening to podcasts and exploring why I've binged over 30 years. Ladies my journey has taught me its more than just losing weight, we need to learn to understand why we have such unhealthy relationships with food!
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@justanotherloser007 Oh, no, C25K is short for "couch to 5k," it's a training plan for running newbies to build endurance while minimizing risk of injury. I basically alternate intervals of running and walking for a period of 25-30 minutes, plus 5 minutes of walking to warm up and cool down at the start and end; the running intervals get longer, the walking breaks get shorter, and eventually the goal/expectation is to be able to run for 30 minutes at a stretch with no walking breaks (and, ideally, cover most of a 5km distance in that timeframe, but endurance comes before speed).
I've attempted this before, and even finished once, in...2012 or 2013, I think. Did one of those gimmicky 5k races where they throw colored cornstarch powder at you while you run. This time, I'm using an app that prompts me to start running or walking and tracks my progress through the 9-week program. Week 1 is pretty easy: run for 30 seconds, walk for 90 seconds, repeat 8x (so 8 minutes of running, just not all at once). Week 4 or 5 is usually where I start to struggle, because the intervals suddenly get a lot longer - you go from five 3-minute runs the previous week, to three 5-minute runs D1, then two 10-minute runs D2, then one 20-minute run D3. I feel like I'll be okay this time though, since I've spent the past year building up cardiovascular fitness and endurance, rather than more literally going from the couch to a 5k.2 -
thatbeautifulchick1988 wrote: »Quick check in for today. I somehow gained 2 pounds and yes I went over my calories by about 800 yesterday but still honestly less than I'd eat on a normal day before MFP.
That is super normal! I randomly dropped 4 pounds this week (pre-TOM, I'm sure), but I've definitely gained up to SEVEN POUNDS overnight. It's water weight, constipation, etc. You can't let the daily ups and downs get to you. I use the app Happy Scale to smooth out my losses over time and it's been really helpful for my mental health. I have a smart scale so Happy Scale auto-imports my weight and I use that.
As long as you're in deficit to maintenance, you'll be losing over time. Focus on the long-term trends, not the day to day fluctuations.3 -
thatbeautifulchick1988 wrote: »Quick check in for today. I somehow gained 2 pounds and yes I went over my calories by about 800 yesterday but still honestly less than I'd eat on a normal day before MFP.
Yes the daily ups are challenging. I've liked the analogy of the oompa loompas mentioned before. As the others I've used Happy Scale to make sense of my trends, before that I was putting my daily weight on the wall calendar so I could see my fluctuations were my normal or I could pinpoint what was due to high sodium etc. Sometimes I've found that what I did 2 weeks ago is reflecting during the current week - good or bad; so it might not have been due to the last night's meal5 -
Age: 38
Height 5'10"
SW Jan 7 2021: 271.1
SW Jan 2022: 191.6
GW this month: 187
Goal for 2022: reach maintenance (160-170?)
1/6/22 - 191.6
1/13/22 -
1/20/22 -
1/27/22 -
LTD: 79.5 lbs
I have been stuck at this same weight for nearly a week. My scale has not moved up or down but reads 191.6 every morning. Hopefully this means a whoosh is around the corner.
Tomorrow marks one year of logging and sticking to plan and I really hope to hit the 80lb loss mark. It has been an amazing journey so far and I am incredibly thankful for the motivation and support of the ladies in this group!
I am back at work after the holiday break and therefore back to my normal routine. The weather has also improved so I have been able to get in my morning walk (2.5 miles on in-office days and 5 miles on work-from-home days). I also tried a 30 min spin class and was able to keep up for the whole class! When I first started I couldn't even keep up with the 20 min beginner class. So happy to see how much stronger I have become even after months of not riding the spin bike.
2022 Goals:
🎆 Continue logging everyday
🎆 Remember that weight loss slows as I near my goal. .5lb to 1lb per week is good!
🎆 Walk or spin bike before work
🎆 Don’t let life derail my progress. This is my new normal and I can keep it up even when life gets hard.5 -
January 3— 266
January 4— 264.6
January 5— 262.8
January 6— 262.6
So I know this is water weight but I'll take it! I've also started exercising yeay for me. I play FitXR on my virtual reality headset. It's a HIIT workout, boxing and dance workout game. I'm loving it and it has a calorie counter in it too for my height and weight. I've also got a hello fresh delivery on Sunday. 5 recipes for 2 people. It was 50% off too. Looking forward to cooking more too.
Up on my way to go girl! That's more than water weight.Let me know how you liked hello fresh, thinking about trying it. What is the calories per meal ish?
Also, I play my bfs creed boxing game on his PlayStation virtual reality game3 -
Hello, My name is Stacey and I have been around MFP off and on since 2011. I have successfully lost weight with MFP a couple different times. I am currently close to my highest weight. This last year I graduated school, started a new career, got divorced, bought a house, and have not really been focusing on my weight. I am an active person so it's easy to look and that and say "I'm okay'. I discovered recently that my ex-husband already has a girlfriend. It has been challenging for me to work through but surprisingly it gave me a bit of motivation to work on the only thing left that holds me back. My physical fitness. I have worked hard on the emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial portions of my wellbeing but I have neglected my body so here I am making an effort to find accountability!
I record my weight daily but I will weigh in here on Saturdays.
Age: 30
HT: 5'9"
GW: 165ish
NSV: Goal: Trail run 6+ miles at a time without needing to walk
HW (Dec 21'): 214
CW (Jan 6): 206
1st GW (Feb 4th (B-day)): 196
1/1: 207.1
1/8
1/15
1/22
1/29
◾January Goals
⭐ Log all food/drink daily
⭐ Drink 64oz H2O daily
⭐ Limit caffeine to 1-cup of coffee per day
⭐ Finish the renovation of my home so that in February, I can start a gym routine
◾2022 Goals
⭐ Hit 165lbs and maintain
⭐ Wear a size 8 on the bottom
⭐ Climb another mountain this summer
⭐ Get back into trail running weekly
⭐ Not own any clothing that is too small (unless I buy something new as a goal to fit into)
⭐ Love my body and not have any limitations because of it. Either emotional or physical.
⭐ Be fit enough to spontaneously trail run
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thatbeautifulchick1988 wrote: »January 3— 266
January 4— 264.6
January 5— 262.8
January 6— 262.6
So I know this is water weight but I'll take it! I've also started exercising yeay for me. I play FitXR on my virtual reality headset. It's a HIIT workout, boxing and dance workout game. I'm loving it and it has a calorie counter in it too for my height and weight. I've also got a hello fresh delivery on Sunday. 5 recipes for 2 people. It was 50% off too. Looking forward to cooking more too.
Up on my way to go girl! That's more than water weight.Let me know how you liked hello fresh, thinking about trying it. What is the calories per meal ish?
Also, I play my bfs creed boxing game on his PlayStation virtual reality game
Thank you ❤️ the plan we picked was meat and veggies. around 800-900 calories for a serving. very high in my opinion. the calorie countrol plan had meats under 600 calories. but my husband wasn't liking the menu 🙄 so I'll just give it a try.1 -
Welcome, new folks! This is a great group.4
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Finally feel like I'm back in some sort of habit! Hopefully the loss will pick back up again soon!
Age: 38
Height: 5'7"
SW: 252 (9/9 ATH)
10/1: 241.7
11/1: 231.4
12/1: 218.9
1/1: 210.6
1/7: 209.0
Jan weight loss: 1.6
Total weight lost: 43
Jan goal: 6 pounds
Ultimate goal: 150ish
❄️ Walk 4.3k steps every day- 5 days a week
❄️ No fast food!
❄️ Pack my lunch
❄️ Limit Alcohol to once every two weeks and only 2 🍷
❄️ Treadmill three times a week7 -
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Hi
Current weight: 221
Goal: 170
I was almost at my goal weight with only three pounds to go when my mom passed away in 2017. I tried getting back on track and then I lost my job of six years at the end of 2019. COVID hit in 2020. I finally found a job, during the holidays, that I can see myself in for the long run . Now I can concentrate on getting back on track with my health. It's time to jump back on the wagon.
I will start by adding healthy foods to my diet and exercising at least three days a week.7 -
Good lord, yesterday was a doozie. I recently learned that I have arthritis in my hip with very limited cartilage. Long story short....I went to a hip doctor who basically looked at me and said we can't do anything for you until your BMI is lower. I get the risks associated with surgery but I didn't come in asking for surgery. Give me some ideas of how to manage pain in the mean time. Basically was told to get a cane, rest, don't over do and then he mansplained how to lose weight. Didn't take into account that I have been on weight loss journey for past six months. I was essentially dismissed because I was a liability.
I was so angry and hurt and all the fat-kid feelings surfaced once I left. I was so tempted to just go through a drive thru and order whatever I wanted but I didn't. I resisted and just felt defeated for the rest of the day.
Today is a new day. I will persevere and have already made steps to to go a different doctor.13 -
How's everyone's Friday going?
I have a Xiaomi Mi 6 activity tracker arriving today, so I'm looking forward to more accurately tracking my movement. I've been using a pedometer app that uses the accelerometer in my phone, so it counts steps while I'm driving and stuff like that. I want to get a clearer idea of how active I actually am and try to increase that.
I've also joined the first Reddit r/LoseIt challenge for 2022. If any of you awesome ladies are on Reddit, the challenge is open as of today! It goes for 7 weeks, so there's usually 3 or 4 of them throughout the year. There's 6 teams, we compete to see who can rack up the most steps and active minutes each week, so the new tracker should really help with that. The community is amazingly supportive (much like this one!), there's all different people at all different points in their journey. I had a really good time participating in the last challenge, so I'm super pumped for this one.4 -
I finally read all of the comments (Whew)! There's some awesomeness going on here! I hope I don't get anyone mixed up, but I'd like to respond to a few posts:
@LynneM1980 Congrats on throwing out the candy. That sad feeling is real. Sometimes I eat just to keep myself from feeling sad about life stuff and when that coping method is not there, it's hard to just sit with the feeling and not have something to help cover it up. I'm gradually learning to do that. You did it!!
@justanotherloser007 Yay! I figured out my scale and in spite of the fact that my health is "substandard" in 13 areas (YIKES) I think it's what I need to monitor my improvements. I didn't get around to wishing you and your hubs a happy anniversary yesterday so today I'll just say I hope it was a good one! Also I hope you are both on the mend. My son-in-law and granddaughter just tested positive this week. That omicron is crazy, almost unavoidable if you have any kind of life at all. Just hope you feel better soon.
@changeforeverlj I listen to podcasts often when I sew or travel in the car. I'm with you...trying to figure out why food is so gosh darn important! Your before/after pics show what determination and grit will get you...amazing results!5 -
Hi, just thought I'd share how I discovered an easy way to sneak a little more protein in my day. I'm making it a habit. I bought collogen peptides about a year ago but YuCK! I tried it in my coffee and couldn't make myself drink it. But a few weeks ago I decided to make a habit of having a cup of tea late in the afternoon and now I heat up my water, add a scoop of collogen and stir it up until it is totally dissolved, then put my teabag in and !voila! and additional painless 10 grams of protein + all the goodies from the collogen.3
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Hi ladies, popping in to say hi! So cold today that school was cancelled for the kiddos.. brrr! I got about a mile in before I quit lol, rest of the walking is going on inside.6
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Happy Friday Everyone!
Today marks 1 year since making my health a priority using MFP!
38 years old (for one more month)
5'10"
Starting weight: 271.1
Today's weight: 191.2
LTD: 79.9 lbs (I'm rounding up to 80 lol)
Other improvements:
Starting size: 20W/3X
Today's size: 12/M
My fitness has significantly improved (walking/jogging 5 miles easily up from barely able to walk 1/4 mile; can keep up with 30 min spin class without modifications).
My wife is on this journey with me and has seen similar changes. Our progress inspired my Mom to make some changes too. She joined MFP and lost 33 lbs last year!
So proud of all that I accomplished in one year and look forward to reaching my goal weight in 2022.9 -
48 yo 5’3” 6/2013 SW 277 ((in 2021 lost 57 lbs from May 1- Dec 31))
January goal - maintenance (I changed my goal), I am getting over being sick, I am exhausted and I have been at a decent deficit since the beginning of lent losing 7-10 lbs a month. I may decide to be in maintenance until Ash Wednesday, I would prefer to hold the line until another aggressive push towards goal weight.
12/31 172.4 (I haven’t been this weight since 1994, 27 years ago!!)
1/7 172.8
1/14
1/21
1/28
🎆Walk 5 miles every single day… get ready to hike the Guadalupe Mountain Peak!!
🎆Be patient! Remember that increments are where it is at, and focus on habits.
🎆Maintenance, it is just as sexy as it sounds! Logging, exercising, and weighing food will all stay the same for me, the only difference is how many calories I will have in a day. In the past this is the only way I have ever maintained - so I will be here the same. Carry on ladies, we got this!!
🎆Remember: Total loss of 104.2 lbs down!!
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today has been stressful and hard, but I didn't go back into my old habits. I had a service call on my washing machine (which I use daily for my work/personal use) and found out that it has been broken since I go tit 1 year ago (just over) so it was out of warranty period. The cost for the fix? $1300, which is $200 more then I bought the unit for new.... I was having a bit of a panic, so I called the manufacture, and after an hour I got them to agree to pay for the repairs, parts AND labour!!
Usually, I would reach for fast food and a Starbucks to calm my nerves, but I decided to have a sashimi salad & water instead.
I am so determined to get to my goal this year. I want to show my kids that health matters.9
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