Women 200lb+, Let's Be Fierce This February!!!

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  • cowgirlslikeus86
    cowgirlslikeus86 Posts: 597 Member
    edited February 2022
    @justanotherloser007 ”I tried to come up with ways to "reward" or "deal with stress". All too expensive for someone like me! I finally stuck with "spend time talking or just being with God". That helped me turn away from physical items that were inappropriate substitutes for what I really wanted and needed.”

    Beautifully stated. I went through a womens study called “Made to crave” by Lysa Turkeurst, several years ago. It was such an eye opener to how our relationship with food is directly related to our relationship with the lord. I think it can be said about any addiction: Food, alcohol, love, any addiction is a shallow, unfulfilling substitute for a meaningful relationship with God. He’s the one we’re suppose to seek comfort in when we’re stressed, sad, lonely, anxious. Not food or any other substitute.

    ❤️
  • justanotherloser007
    justanotherloser007 Posts: 578 Member
    @kenziestabes Congratulations on Onederland!!!!!!!! 🎊🎉🎇🥳 🎊🎉🎇🥳Yeah, I am sure Pat Benetar wants her shirts back!
  • justanotherloser007
    justanotherloser007 Posts: 578 Member
    FushiaKat wrote: »
    Total Loss: 71.8 lbs., 45.2 lbs. since joining MFP 186 days ago.
    That is wonderful!! Way to go @FushiaKat!

  • FushiaKat
    FushiaKat Posts: 545 Member
    justanotherloser007 wrote: »
    FushiaKat wrote: »
    Total Loss: 71.8 lbs., 45.2 lbs. since joining MFP 186 days ago.
    That is wonderful!! Way to go @FushiaKat!
    Thank you! Friday is my birthday, and I didn't want to eat Cake, Cookies or any of the other things I consider traps, so I bought some Low Carb Yogurt Ice Cream Bars - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough 100 Calories each. I hear they are delicious, and I can't wait to try one on Friday.

    I feel so much smaller, it's weird feeling bones and seeing muscles that I have not seen in forever. I went from 167 to 245 in 10 years, that's 7.8 pounds a year. It creeps up slowly but then seems like it just got piled on overnight. I can't wait to get to my goal weight of 145 lbs!

    I have not been buying that many clothes, and I can't sew like you, so I shop at the Salvation Army store for Skirts and Blouses. I will need new skirts soon, mine are almost touching the tops of my shoes and they used to be just below my knees. I find it hard to shop when I don't know what size I am.

    We are amazing! I hope you feel better soon.
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    @kenziestabes if you google search "Kourtney Olson Watermelon Crush" you should find it - you can get the program book and quick-start guide for free, but you do need to provide an email address. You get periodic check-in/encouragement emails from Kourtney, which of course also include encouragement to check out her other (paid) programming. There is a decent bit of core work, yeah! It can be challenging but the payoff of crushing a large fruit was awesome, I'm looking forward to crushing an actual watermelon later this year when they're back in season. One of the check-in emails has a link to a 9-minute abs video that she did if you want to give that a try as well. Before I started the watermelon crush training I also completed 12 weeks of Strong Curves, which is a program by Bret Contreras that's primarily legs-and-butt focused; I think I would have struggled more with the watermelon crush program if I hadn't done Strong Curves first. I got a spreadsheet lift tracker for Strong Curves for free from LiftVault dot com.

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