Women 200lb+, Let's Have A Momentous May!!!

Last week I did not get my usual 6 days a week walking in. It was my youngest’s birthday. Instead of birthday cake they chose going out for a Yogost which is a yogurt shake. They turned 28. Between that and Memorial Day I haven’t posted here but I did log. We are great believers in birthday weekends.

However I got in one of my longest walks last week and Sunday we went to the Folklife festival and walked all over the Seattle Center for 3-4 hours before we got rained out. We sat down for a few times but it was mostly walking. What was a NSV for me there was we had to go down a grassy incline and my knee didn't bother me. I have no problem with stairs or going up hills so this is a really win. I haven't been having as much problem with walking on streets that are graded so they slope down from the center lately either.

Yesterday after our Memorial day family gettogether my husband and youngest and I went for a short walk after getting home and settling in for the evening so that started out the week on the right foot. I want to keep lengthening my walks each week.

I am ending the month up a bit with celebrations and atypical eating patterns but I am not worried because I actually haven’t gone over my calorie goal this past week. It isn’t fair that we end this month on a 3 day holiday weekend.

Oh and yesterday I decided to experiment with my potato salad to make it healthier. I usually put cauliflower in my macaroni and cheese and my mashed potatoes to lower the carbs and up the vegetable content. So I have been wondering if I could do the same with my potato salad. I googled and saw it was a thing too. Anyway it worked. A bit different in texture but it tasted good. My husband said my extended family must have liked it since they didn’t leave much of it. But the important thing is that my immediate family liked it and I liked it. I also marinated the celery and put more in as well.

I need to do some meal planning today. As for monthly accomplishments I am happy.

• I have improved my fitness level during this month by walking more times each week and for longer periods
• I have gotten into the 240s and have stayed in them for most of the time. I have hit a new low a few times this month and my highs are very much lower than they were.
• I am eating healthier and keeping in my calorie goal. A few days I need the exercise calories but for most days I didn't.
• I didn't catch COVID even with a family member having it.
• my knee seems to be improving.

@swimmom_1 I love your NSV. I can wear them on tops but not on the bottom.

@pamperedinny I am glad someone is having nice warm weather to go to have pool time and go to a splash park. We started to have some then we have been having cold rainy days. Luckily Memorial day wasn’t rainy and just cool so we could have a family gathering. I want a pool!

@sargemarcori I suspect that gain will be history soon.

@CupcakeCrusoe I think better sleep and keeping up the water will help. One of the reason’a I lose better on the weekend is I get enough sleep and have healthy breakfasts. I bet there is a good calorie burn getting those wood chips are out of the way. Hope your 3 day weekend was great. I was looking at your goals and really like your 20 minutes to clean each day. I think I will steal that for next month. For me it will be a double gain – more NEAT and less mess. Love that pole-based goals but I won’t be stealing those.

@BeYourBestSelfDeb Yay for you and your Dr for not giving in and finding a way. Look for our next month’s thread for July.Really nice to have supportive spouses. Yes you are doing it.

@goal06082021 You have a lot on your plate now. It is important to take care too and don’t lose any of what you have accomplished now.

@imgoff232 Moving is so hard however how you do it. I am glad you have gotten the bulk of it over with. Last time we moved it was from a larger house to a smaller house and we are still trying to get rid of stuff and that move was 20 years ago.

@porquenoirl Nice progress for the month. Next month Onderland for you!

@finngirl61 I hope the bible study helps. I really need to work on upping NEAT. I am trying to do more cooking, cleaning, and gardening. I hate the stairs to our lower level but I need to stop avoiding them. Our overflow refrigerator is downstairs.

@bonniemcc4 4-5 pounds is about right for a month weight loss. Sometimes people lose more at first but later 4 lbs is good. Glad you rewarded yourself. I loved my fitbit watch but started to get a rash. I am thinking of trying one of the smaller ones to see if they don’t do that since it wasn’t until I got the smartwatch that I got the rash. A lot of people don’t get that though. I miss my fitbits.

@sbortnick So wise of you to see the progress. Weight loss isn’t everything all the time. I would love to fit into an XL. That is exciting.

@JAC581 You are so right about comparison. All we need to do in life is improve. Not relative to anyone but ourselves. But even then when you are sick or have other challenges you shouldn’t compare to yourself when you were healthy etc. This is a support group not a competitive group. That will work for some at sometimes but in general it isn’t what this is all about. Also as you lose, weight loss may slow if not over times at least at times. Anything over 5 pounds is not sustainable. That is what we are striving for healthy sustainable weight loss. Not winning some weight loss race. When you reach your goal then maintenance goal is to basically continue to have a calorie goal that works. So this will be forever. Losing 5 or more pounds may work for a while but it isn’t sustainable. It is fine to make it your monthly goal but not if it gets in the way of being healthy and improving at where you are at now.

@kenziestabes I love your list of wins.