Women 200lb+, Let's Make June Joyous!!!

I stopped my journey when covid hit having such a hard time getting back on goal...goal this month to be more active and drink more water.

Here's to a great June, everyone!

It looks like I’ve done it again, guys; I’m in a new fix.

I am going to make that flight weight for the floatplane in Alaska late next month - with clothes on – hooray ! 🐻🐻🐻

I need to lose about six more pounds for comfort before weigh-in, and I can do that, especially with all of your help.

But here’s my new situation, and I promise, I’m not making these things up:

Less than two months after Alaska, I’m going to Europe for a wedding. Big plane this time.
Lucky, you say? Hmm, not exactly.
The bride is a celebrity you’ve all probably seen – her face is familiar but maybe not her name.

Anyway, the wedding is a HUGE four-day production with multiple events and locations – a castle 🏰, etc., and with numerous costume changes required for the guests as well as the bride. Of course, everyone has to be camera-ready and a movie will be made. 😳

I’m going in support of the mother of the bride, and to help her where I can. She’s a dear friend, who is happy about the marriage but is horrified with this extravagance amidst the current challenging times for many and (hopefully) the end of a relentless pandemic.

So, it looks like I’ll be playing the role of the chunky wedding guest that makes all the other beautiful people look even better by comparison.

I figure that I can lose about another five or six pounds after Alaska and before the start of this shenanigans, but there’s no way that I won’t stand out among the starved, carved, and plumped in only the right places. I wonder what the latest Hollywood diet craze is?

My plan is to stay on the sidelines as often as possible so that I can be edited out of any film or photos. Or, I could just wear an outrageous, giant fascinator on top of my head and look like the nutty distant relative that showed up for the wedding cake.

I’d really appreciate any sources you all have for cocktail and evening dresses that are slimming, and any miracle shape-wear out there that might smooth out the situation. ; )


Starting weight: 215
Current weight: 193
Goal weight for June: 189
Goal weight for Alaska bears: 185
Goal weight for celebrity wedding: should I even set one? 🤷‍♀️

Good morning everyone, happy June! Thank you so much @RavenStCloud !

188.4 this morning, looks like the high yesterday was water related. Hopefully this is, too.

June is for another vacation and diet break! I'm so looking forward to our trip, and then being home for almost a whole week, to clean house and go hard at pole gym and generally bum around, lol. I'll probably come up with a home improvement for myself to do before then, I usually do.

Weigh in Fridays! New system this month:
Didn't make goal: _
For goals: ⭐
For stretch goals: ✨

Christina
33 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW: 200.4
Halfway GW: 183
UGW: 150
6/1 CW: 188.4

🌼🌼🌼 June Goals! 🌼🌼🌼
🟡 Log every food in grams. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
🟡 Get minimum 5k steps a day, goal 7k steps, stretch goal 10k _ _ _ _ _ _ _
🟡 At least two pole classes a week, stretch goal 3 classes _
🟡 More than 100g protein every day, stretch goal more than 110g _ _ _ _ _ _ _
🟡 20 minutes to clean each day, stretch goal sink 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Reward for halfway (183) : ice cream maker

Yesterday I signed up to be a member of the pole gym, and they had an opening for a pole twerk class last night, which was a lot of fun. Everyone was doing forearm stands up against the pole, and I was like, there's no way, haha, BUT! The lady next to me came over and told me to try, and she grabbed my leg halfway up and put it up by the pole. So, I did it, kind of!

It was a blast. This is going to be so fun and rewarding, and it's definitely bringing me joy this June. I never thought I could do the things I'm already doing in there. And everyone is very nice, and there are a lot of ladies my size and larger doing some amazing things.

Anyway! Happy hump day everyone, tag party time

@bklyngal72 more water and more movement are great goals.

@RoseMarie713 Hi! Quick thought: 1300 is pretty low! If you're not seeing progress, you might want to bump up your calories a couple hundred, and make sure you're logging accurately. Ymmv, my two cents is worth what you paid for it, etc. Very few people actually have to decrease calories that low to lose weight.

@tahitig omg I'm rolling this morning, I can't believe this, lmao. Depending where you carry your weight, most people find empire waist dresses and a-lines to be the most slimming, as the dress wouldn't cling to the midsection. I love a dress that has a layer of chiffon and a layer beneath it, so one layer is opaque and one layer moves and swishes more, neither layer clinging too much. As far as shapewear, I haven't bought any in a while, but spanx are very widely known, and I've heard great things about the miraclesuit from bare necessities. May the odds be ever in your favor, lol.

Oh! And congratulations on hitting your goal! I have no doubt you'll be able to do it again for your comfort goal!

@bojaantje3822 welcome! You sound like you've got some amazing goals, and I'm looking forward to hearing all about your workouts!

Have a great day, everyone!

Hi All, I'm new to the group. Need to get my weight together after too many months of eating whatever I wanted and no exercise.

I'll use June 1st as my starting weight so 234.8 lbs.

Goals for June:

• Be active at least 20 minutes a day, everyday.
• Go to the gym at least 3 times per week.
• Log everything, everyday.
• Weigh-in daily.
• Drink at least 100 oz of water daily.

Thanks as always @RavenStCloud

SW (Feb 3rd): 220

Feb: -6lbs
March: +3lbs
April: -10.2
May: -5.4

6/1:201.4
6/9:
6/16:
6/23:
6/30:

🌼🌼🌼 June GW: 196 - aka Onderland! 🌼🌼🌼

This month I'm focusing more on progressing my walk-jogging. Got out again last night, did 3km (mostly walking) but I did break a sweat and wow were my hips sore after (also my arms...lol, I have a ways to go with fitness!). I'm aiming for two sessions per week and to see some improvement by the end of the month in my pacing. I'm also educating myself on form, stretching and strengthening I can do to support this. I got new runners last week which are a big upgrade from what I was wearing.

After that I want to find some consistency in bodyweight exercises I can do around the house. Work has been hectic, so I need something that will work for me throughout the day and where I'll see the difference when I go out and paddle/swim/walk.

Best wishes to you all for the month ahead and thank you for the support to date!

Good morning and Happy June!

June has a lot going on.... especially the beginning. Today is my daughter's last day of school so in about 2 hours she'll be home with me every day until the end of August. That means more snacks sitting out and more questions about breakfast, lunch, dinner and why can't we eat McDonald's flying at me all day while I work. Needless to say that will be a challenge in itself. However, I survived without going too crazy last summer and I will just have to repeat that this year.

We haven't hit our Zumba classes yet this week since the gym was closed Monday and my TOM has come in strong as well. So my Fitbit log is pretty darn sad but by next week I'll be back to moving. It just doesn't feel good at all to move a lot right at the moment. Also, the last school week is always a bit crazy.

On Sunday we are surprising my daughter by taking her and a friend to a water park hotel for a few days. I also found out yesterday that a different friend's mom booked the same place for the same days. The 3 girls are going to go berserk when they find out.... which is why we aren't saying anything until we pull up at the hotel. Needless to say it will be hard to eat well when we're hitting the snack bar on a budget every day.... probably pizza and fries all around and won't that be fun to track. However, they grow up too fast and I'm more focused on enjoying the mini vacation with my girl and husband than I am my food choices for 3 days.

As for goals, I spent May trying to get my blood glucose back down. Since I'm a diabetic controlled only by diet and exercise (no meds except birth control for my PCOS symptoms) I spent May trying to bring my numbers back down. They had crept up on me as I slipped a lot in previous months. I'm happy to report when I did my at home A1C (3 month average) test this morning it was 5.8.... which is just barely into the "normal" range for someone without diabetes. YAY!!!! I'm more concerned with this number than my weight honestly. I need to get the weight down and my muscles more toned but none of that matters if I still let my glucose go nuts. My husband's aunt had both legs removed from uncontrolled blood sugar and his mom's feet turned black. I'm not going that route.

June Goals:
Continue to keep blood glucose under control
Check fasting blood glucose every morning
Weigh in every Saturday
Go to Zumba class at gym at least 2x week
Walk my neighborhood at least 3x week (we have a LOT of hills)
At least 5,000 steps on non-gym days and 10,000 on gym days (except the 3 days we are away)

SW: 300
CW: 239.2 on 5/27
GW: 190 (officially overweight instead of obese)

May - A1C at home 6.4
June - A1C at home 5.8

Seltzer_lover
Weigh-in Day: Mondays
SW (7/2021): 300
5/31: 241.2
6/6:
6/13:
6/20:
6/27:

June GW: 236 - 240

June Goals:
🌷 Reorganize my closet and get rid of anything that's too big.
🌷 Push myself in my HIIT workouts
🌷 Carefully meal plan and prep
🌷 Flexibility work 5+ times per week
🌷 Read 8+ books

@JAC581 - Comparison is indeed the thief of joy. Our journeys are all very different and specific to us as people and comparing ourselves and our progress is not at all helpful.

@mmdeveau - that is so scary! I've been through that (6+ years ago now) and have lived to tell the tale. Please DM me if you have any questions - I'd be happy to share my outcomes with you. I was also told if I hadn't gone to the ER that I would have likely died during the night. And congrats on hitting the 100-pound mark!

@CupcakeCrusoe - Pole class sounds awesome!

@Generic_Excuse - You had a great loss in May! Keep it up!

@tahitig - A-line dresses are your friend. As is a large hat/fascinator. And Spanx or Skims or whatever works for you/the dress! I went to a local lingerie store when I needed some specialty foundation garments for my dress for my brother's wedding. While I didn't have a budget for that - it was a DEAR GOD FIND A BRA THAT WORKS EMERGENCY - anytime I've gone to them for bras, they've always been great when I gave them a price range.

@pamperedlinny - Congrats on getting your A1C down. I know that's a HUGE accomplishment and a major NSV!