Women 200lb+, Let's Astonish Ourselves This April!!!

Good morning and happy Monday! I'm starting mine off with a giant mug of coffee and a wish that it was still the weekend. Going to try to fake it until I make it. Or something.

SW (7/23): 300
3/28: 249.2
4/4: 247.4
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:

April GW: 241 - 244

🌻 April Goals🌻

🌻 Keep the house tidy
🌻 Meal plan and prep
🌻 Stay focused while traveling


My period fluctuation has finally left the building (left the body?) and I'm down to a new low, which feels lovely! BYE BYE, SIX POUNDS OF WATER WEIGHT THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND THANKFULLY LEFT (almost) AS QUICKLY AS IT CAME. Happy Scale is back on track after being desperately confused by my sudden gain.

Been really working hard at OTF - was recently able to jog the entire 23 minute treadmill block without stopping to walk and maintaining decent speeds. It was a major accomplishment for me and my coach noticed and gave me a high five for being able to hold that pace the entire time. I am not sure I've felt really proud of myself in this way in awhile. I do good work at my job, I take great care of my mentees, my dog, etc....but taking care of me? That's been backburnered for so long that I've forgotten how great it feels to do that.

hap2go wrote: »

march 2 SW 230
march 29-april 4 221-222 dad in and out of hospital but I'm proud that I still got in my 30 minutes of exercise every day even if it was just walking (literally) around the hospital building

CW 222
GW 190
UG 150-175

Total loss so far 8 lbs

Its been REALLY hard with my dad so sick (my mom has alzheimers and my sister lives over 8 hours away so it really does mostly fall on me) And my stress eating vice is sugar (gumballs) THe last 3 days especially have been tough but I'm pulling up my big girl panties and saying, YES I CAN DO THIS, so I will.

Hugs. Being the caregiver for parents can be challenging and definitely exhausting. I hope your dad gets better quickly!

Starting again weight and date with MFP: 282 10/21
AGE: 33
HEIGHT: 5'11"
4/1: 218
4/4: 215
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:
4/30:
🌻 APRIL GOALS🌻:
👉 Hit 208
👉 Drink more water (80oz a day)
👉 Increase muscle mass

Goodbye TOM inflation 😂

Gonna report in on Saturdays. This past weekend was my birthday weekend, and we will just say water weight has made camp for a while. Had a lot of fun and a lot of dessert (and a lot of walking!) so I'm dedicating this week to getting back on track. Took a metaphoric detour on my healthy eating journey, thoroughly enjoyed the view, and back on the main route again.

Things I keep saying that I just don't want to:

☀️ That's the way the cookie crumbles

☀️ Easy as pie!

☀️ Tough as pork chops (My Mom's specifically)

☀️ As cold as ice cream

☀️ That is cheesy like pizza (cheese was my fav food before the peri-meno "new" allergies showed up and I am literally allergic to whey *look at my eye twitchin* I don't like to talk about this for obvious reasons.)


I think that all my sayings are now about food. If I don't reference food, wait, because I will. I don't think I feel that hungry - but I am starting to feel like a person on one of those shows where you drop someone off, and they have to survive trapping and gathering to survive like "Alone". They start at week 3 talking about food all... the... time!! It is kind of funny, must be some sort of survival mechanism? Seriously, I am not that hungry I don't know what is going on.

Nice to see everyone here for the fabulous month of April! I went for the world's most beautiful walk, before I realized that it was yellow air. It is the time of the pollening here in Texas. So, I have been fighting allergies for a week with a sinus attack bonus. Oops! It is just so pretty!! Even my pear trees are flowering.

I hope wherever you are in the world, the land is waking up from it's winter slumber (or about to).

OMG I had the post all typed out and then hit one button.....retyping the whole thing now

SW (Feb 3rd): 220

Feb: -6lbs
March: +3lbs

4/2: 217
4/9:
4/16:
4/23:
4/30:

April GW: 212

🌻 April Goals🌻

🌻 Keep moving
🌻 Bring in some strength training
🌻 Some light fasts

So March undid some of my work in Feb BUT I did land a new job and getting back into work is a pretty stressful thing, so I'm making my peace with March. I had been out of work most of the last year after being bullied out of a role I loved, so coming back into the workplace is both brilliant and very stressful. I notice some of ptsd symptoms are increasing, more nightmares and racing HR BUT far more manageable than it has been in a while and with each day I'm getting more comfortable with the new team and their way of working.

I started doing a little bit of walk-jogging over the past few weeks which is huge for me, I had ankle/knee surgery about 10 years ago and didn't think I'd be able to jog or run, I struggled to walk comfortably for years (and sometimes it flares up). But a mix of the tens machine, stretching, walking and taking it easy on days that it's flared up is helping. I don't want to set any hard goals around time/distance/speed until I've built up a bit more strength and stamina, so for now the goal is 3 sessions per week. It's been nice having my OH keep me company (even if my pace is painfully slow for him!).

Thanks again all, Raven and the rest of the fab crew here. I knew you were all here and now that I'm through interviews and am two weeks into the job, I'm delighted to be back.

I'm planning to do some light fasting, I've fasted in the past mostly for health benefits but also to help me readjust my eating habits and fix cravings. I did one 24hr fast last week, will most likely do the same each week and see how I get on. The electrolyte drink does taste horrendous though!

Glad to be back and Thank you @RavenStCloud for this thread. Great support here!
Mary from Pennsylvania 64, 5'4", Heaviest weight 255 lbs twice. :-(

UGW-122 lbs. I was there in 2009/10 and kept it off for 5 years then got lazy.

My goal is to continue with what seems to work for me. 1000-1200 calories, low carb 15 Net +/- 3(My body seems to not do well with carbs. It doesn't know how to burn them and hangs onto them way too much!), minimum 70 + oz of water, 2 meals/day on my days off(3) and 3 meals on my work days(which are long), exercise on my 3 days off. My weigh in day is Sunday.

9/14/20 SW-255 lbs
5/3/21-240.5 lbs Emergency Gallbladder surgery
5/14/21-232.2 lbs started MFP and Low Carb/1000-1200 calorie while recovering
6/1/21-228.8 lbs
7/1/21-222.2 lbs
8/1/21-212.0 lbs
9/1/21-200.0 lbs
10/1/21-191.4 lbs
11/1/21-181.8 lbs
12/1/21-176.2 lbs
12/26/21-165.6 lbs
1/1/22-168 lbs
2/1/22-157.4 lbs
3/1/22-155 lbs. Down 100.2 lbs so far!
4/1/22-156.4 lbs

Been MIA AGAIN! :-( Will catch up on all your posts!
4/2/22-154 lbs
Had to share these daily weight, you'll see why.
4/3/22-152 lbs NEW LOW!
4/4/22-150 lbs NEW LOW!
4/5/22-148.6 lbs NEW LOW!

Hi I’m kikina and thank you @ravencloud for this thread I’ve been gone from MFP watching my weight always and I gained another 10 lbs instead of loosing! So I need MFP and the support I’ve hit my all time hi! And I want to go down hill from here Yesterday was my first day I do OMAD and keto! I feel great but the weight won’t go away so I’m trying to incorporate exercise!
SW 240!
CW 238.6
GW 170 for now

Hello!

I just found this group and would like to join if you don’t mind I definitely need support. I started this year doing a diet program and it was working pretty well. I lost 10 lbs in 2 months (starting at 216 lbs). Then I got corona and I just gave up. I’m actually the type of person that gains weight while sick. Eating is the only thing that makes me feel better.🤪 I’m not sure how much I weigh now. I’m assuming at least 216 based on how my clothes fit..😣 But I'll try to muster the courage to step back on the scale and start again Friday.🤞🏻I don’t have any support from friends or family, so I’m really hoping this will help me. And if I can help support others too, that would be fantastic! I know I need to do this not only for my self-esteem but for my health as well, but somehow that hasn't been motivational enough.😕

Age: 35
Height: 5'5"

SW: 216
CW: 216
GW: 145 (where I was four years ago!)

Goals for April:
1) restart diet
2) log meals/weight on MFP
3) convince husband to watch toddler so I can use treadmill at least 3x/week😅

Midweek unofficial update, new low weight this morning 186.6 AND I ran a mile in 12 minutes flat (11'51" average pace). So, Wednesday seems to be off to a good start! Let's hope I can keep that good juju momentum going, I'm just about to go get dressed for work.

I wore a pencil skirt yesterday that I thrifted years ago and it fit in the store, but I swear I must have gained five pounds just on the drive home - I was never able to wear it out of the house until yesterday. When I tell you I felt like a Hot Business Lady...I bought some new clothes over the weekend, including a bright red blouse with ruffly half-sleeves, and I think if I wore that pencil skirt with that red blouse, I would be *kitten* unstoppable. The most unstoppable kitten. I've even got red heels that match the blouse. The aesthetic I'd like to cultivate as I get closer to goal is basically Sexy Librarian, and that outfit is well on its way to achieving the look. I'm putting it in writing here so maybe I'll actually remember/follow through, but now that I can wear that skirt, I want to wear it more often and get some use out of it while it still fits.

Hello everyone! Thanks again for continuing this thread! It is so supportive!

As I said last month I hit a 3 week plateau. It was super frustrating and I started obsessing over my weight loss. I grew up with a parent that was obsessed with their weight. It was not healthy and so when I start to obsess I feel triggered.

I decided to take a few weeks off of counting calories. I allowed my self to eat intuitively. Because of my weight loss journey I now feel proper hunger signals again so this was finally possible. I didn't avoid treats/snacks but I tried to eat them in moderation.

This Monday, I decided I was ready to focus on weight loss again. I got on the scale thinking I probably gained a lb or two but that was ok because weight loss is not linear. It's a journey to a healthier lifestyle. To my surprise, I stayed the exact same weight to the 0.1 decimal! 232.4 lbs! I feel like this was a good lesson on maintenance and listening to what my body needs.

I am back to counting calories. I brought my calorie goal back up to 1700. When I was obsessing I had brought it down to 1400 and I don't think that was enough for my body. I will stick to 1700 for the month of April while focusing on getting my exercise in and see where it takes me.

SW: 253 lbs
CW: 232.4 lbs
GW: 150 lbs

Exercise goals:
Walk to work 3 days/week- first week yes!
At least one Ringfit Adventure workout on days off.
Try to stay at 1700 calories every day of April except Easter weekend with family (eat intuitively).

Non scale victory: I bought two new items of smaller clothes! They fit so well! My body has really changed shape!

Good morning everyone!

Weight spike! It's probably the fact I ate salty greek salad for two of three meals yesterday, lol. Not worried about it.

One more day and then a half day at work, and I'm in Spring Break! I'm feeling almost completely better, hopefully improvement keeps happening until I'm not sick at all.

Not much to say this morning, so let's get after it with a tag party:
@Gia_G we're all here for you, welcome! Friday is my (official) weigh in day, so we'll weigh in together!
@goal06082021 like everyone else, I love that you're going for the aesthetic of Sexy Librarian. I always think of Rachel Weisz in the cult favorite The Mummy (1999) when I think of the sexy librarian vibe.
@Generic_Excuse I love your username also hi! And reducing sodium intake goes a long way toward eating more fruits and veg, which is also great.
@justanotherloser007 @seltzerlover @porquenoirl I love all this talk of spreadsheets, makes my heart happy. @lmgoff232 I think I might steal one or two of your column ideas... haha
@sbortnick I love this. Very healthy mindset. And so weird how you were the exact same weight! I guess intuitive eating win!
@swimmom_1 Charity Miles is a great app, I used it all the time while I was half-marathon training.

I think that's everything! I need to start adjusting my mindset to see some weird weight swings and things in the next week, during my diet break. Guaranteed it's going to be water and glycogen replenishment, and I try not to let the scale hurt my feelings, but it will be a mental adjustment all the same. I think I'll review my book on the topic for some reinforcement.

Have a great day, everyone!