Women 200lb+, Let's Creep It Real This October!!!

Keri
69 years old
5'6"
SW: 266ish
CW: 245.6 current scale weighs me 6 lbs heavier than old one so not sure about how much I have lost.
Next Goal weight: 220 (how much I got down to the last time I lost a significant amount on MFP)
Halfway GW: 199.5
UGW: 150 (healthy weight) then reconsider
October GW: Get to low 240s and stay in them but anything with the new job will be a win

I post weigh- in when I lose. However this time I am posting since it is the last day of the month.
8/3: 244.4
8/31 244.6
9/1: 245.2
10/1: TBD I am wavering between 245. 6 and 248

🎃Do you have any special October snacks you'll be treating yourself to or any special holiday events you'll be participating in? I like to roast pumpkin seeds and make hot apple cider on Halloween.

🎃Are you trying to accomplish anything in the three months left of 2022? How has this year been treating you overall? Have things gone more or less how you've expected them to go? This year I wanted to get down to the weight I was before I started my last job. I had lost almost 20 pounds while I was on furlough and laid off during the pandemic and gained some back when I started to go back to work full time plus I had a new scale that weighed my more than 6 pounds heavier so I wanted to get to that pre-job weight on my new scale. I was able to do it by the end of the summer! However now I have a new job again after the last one ended (it was a limited duration job). I am now varying between near my low and a few pounds up. However I am staying in the 240s which I got down to this summer. So I am trying to settle into my new job and continue to lose and to establish an exercise schedule that is as good as I was able to achieve this year so far. I just started back to doing Aquafit and hope to do that 3 days a week with walks between.

🌻 OCTOBER GOALS!
🟨 Log daily on MFP and track on my spreadsheet - I am struggling with this after starting back to work
🟨 Aquafit 3 days a week and walk between - For now aquafit gives me enough strength training along with cardio.
🟨 Plan and cook healthy meals at home - I am struggling with this too. My youngest and husband need to chip in more now that I am working fulltime.
🟨 Eat at a sensible deficit - Once I get back to logging this should improve.
🟨 Drink plenty of water and get enough sleep – I am getting up earlier to get to work and going early to the Y 3 days a week. Saturday is my only sleep in day. I just got a new water bottle which keeps my ice from melting throughout each day but isn't as big as my one before so easier to take with me.

Thanks @RavenStCloud

Hey there,
My names Cortney
I am 28 years old
I am 213LBS and have been working out for a month so far no LBS have been lost but inches are shedding.
I work as a Sergeant in a Prison and I just switched to Graveyards 12 hour days 4 days a weeks and am having a hard time working out with out losing out on sleep. It's hard getting my goal steps in so overall I'm getting like 6 hours of sleep I'm losing motivation help a girl out.
I'm trying so hard to lose weight before my cruise this month so far nada.

Kristy
43 years old
5' 9"
CW: 230'ish (I'll do a proper starting weight tomorrow morning)

I've been struggling with weight gain for the last three years. Had some medical issues this year and I'm at a point where I'm really unhappy with my weight, fitness level, and general health overall. This morning, I decided to reset my MFP goals and look for a group of people with similar struggles. I am not great at interacting in groups, but hoping I'll be better at it here.

I have a fairly hectic schedule with two teenagers who are both very active in extra curricular activities. My son is a senior in high school and my daughter is a junior. This school year is proving to be a bit stressful.

This week, I'm focusing on logging food.

I don't really have a monthly goal yet, but I'm starting with small changes:
* log daily
* move more
* visit the MFP community more

Good morning everyone!

Happy October, my favorite (and birthday!) month! Weighing 178.8 this morning

Christina
33 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW: 200.4
UGW: 150

SW 10/1: 180

🎃 October Goals! 🎃

🍂 October GW: 177

🧡Log everything in grams
🧡Do at least three pole classes a week
🧡More than 100g protein every day
🧡No doomscrolling after 7PM each night
🧡 At least 64oz of water a day

This time of year traditionally has been when I let my tracking slide, and then the weight slides upward until New Year's. Not going to happen this year, not going to let it, but I am going to set my goal weight a little more reasonably this month, so that I don't feel too deprived.

I'm hoping I won't do anything too crazy, save treats for my birthday weekend, and then back on the wagon (it's hard with all this candy around!). I'm looking forward to going to a tea room with my sister for my birthday, a day where I can dress up and hang out with adults all day and eat fancy snacks.

There's been some flooding in my neck of the woods, so no school/no work yesterday, which was nice. I put away clothes that had gotten too small for Little and almost got to Laundry Zero, which is quite a feat. Then I went to the gym, and it was tough, but I'm glad I went.

Last night's dinner was exactly what the doctor ordered for a rainy and cold day: chili made with some dried black eyed peas, deep freezer beef and pork, squash from the garden (still using that up, ) and some leftover vegetables, with some diced tomato. I made a double batch, so now I've got chili for the future in the freezer, or for leftovers tonight, have to love that.

Tonight's dinner will probably be sesame ramen noodles with some kind of protein, not sure what one yet, if it's not leftovers.

I'm happy that I don't have to go to the gym the next couple of days. I love the gym, but that commute is tough. Half an hour to 45 minutes each way.

Quick tag party:
@misscourtneya hi and welcome! I definitely agree with Keri on this:

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when you increase your exercise it may not result in weight loss right away. If you increase your exercise or do weight training your muscles can retain water for a while.

When I first started going to the gym and I was sore all the time, my weight was truly inexplicable. For a little while, I had to tell myself, if I felt sore, I should disregard the number on the scale if I was doing everything else right. This happened for like, a month. Lol. So, depending on the type of exercise, you might not see progress right away and that's okay! Weight loss is made in the kitchen, so even if you don't get around to increasing exercise right away, you can still make progress.

Also I'm glad you're getting to Aquafit, @KeriA, I know how much you missed it!

@RavenStCloud I'm glad you're enjoying fall festivals, I went to one this weekend, and I love it so much. Nice and cool, hot drinks, the works.

@Roz0810 hi Roz!

@pamperedlinny happy belated birthday! Coasting through the holidays sounds like a great plan. I'm sure you'll be able to wrangle your A1C.

@Deshotelk I find that your goals are all it really takes: logging makes you aware, the community makes you accountable, and movement feels good and reinforces the weight loss as it gets easier and more fun to do. Welcome!

@sbortnick I love that you've discovered a part of your day where movement is just a thing you do! That's awesome.

Have a great day, everyone!

Hey everyone! I actually have not weighed myself since I last checked in on the September board. I've been moving from an apartment to a townhouse, and right now, the scale is still at the apartment. Traveling this week too, so I'm just going to be lurking this month.

That said, moving has been a fantastic leg work out. 3 flights of stairs at the old place, 2 flights at the new, lots of boxes... I can't wait to see what my calves end up looking like!

I'll keep updating my NSV's to share and replying to others on this thred.

Tag Party:
@KeriA I love that your goals are action focused!
@RavenStCloud What fall festivals are you planning on going to?
@misscortneya Night shifts are hard! Do you find that working out wears you out of wakes you up? When I was working sunrise shifts (4 AM start) I would work out when I got up because it got the blood pumping, but I knew folks who would workout when they got home because it helped them fall asleep in broad daylight.
@DeshotelK I feel you. When life gets hectic, my diet usually goes out the window. I've found a handful of relatively healthy fast food/pick up options that are my go to when I don't have time to cook or go grocery shopping, but it's not ideal.
@CupcakeCrusoe Happy birth-month!

I'm a little late to the thread but super excited to join you all!! October is one of my most favorite months! We are finishing up decorating around the house and outside since this is the first year we can do the outside aside from a wreath and a few pumpkins. My husband and I are on the LCHF diet plan, where I'm trying to lose and he is trying to get his blood work back under control (he is fit, doesn't need weight loss). We've been doing this since around the middle of August and while it can be challenging at times, we have found that almost all recipes can be adjusted and still be delicious!

OCTOBER GOALS!

🎃Reach the low 280s
🎃Start resistance band workout 2-3 days per week
🎃Log food consistently every day
🎃Prep snacks and meals on Sundays
🎃Walk 5 days per week, even if only for ten minutes
🎃Crafting time at least twice a week! (Fall/Halloween/early Christmas)
🎃Make costumes for our boys!

The last one is definitely a non-weight loss-related one. We made their costumes last year and of course, they are requesting some custom Minecraft character costumes again this year but stepped up. I definitely have my work cut out for me, so the sooner I start, the better!

Hello, ladies!

I'm new to the group, but not new to weight loss or MFP.

I've been up and down with my weight drastically since high school. Highest ever was around 275 when I was pregnant with my first. I got down to around 175 after having her using MyFitnessPal, but that was 7-8 years ago. I had met a great group of women on here that really kept me motivated and encouraged me daily, so I'm hoping to find that again here.

After my second, I used MFP, then switched to intermittent fasting to lose the baby weight.
And now I have 3 kids, and the struggle to get to a healthy weight has been huge. Intermittent fasting worked for a while, but I found it was beginning to exasperate the binge eating I've dealt with for many years, and I ended up gaining 20 instead of losing. So now I'm back to calorie counting and really focusing on my protein and consistency.

October Goals:

I have a 25K run in a few weeks, so one major goal this month is to finish my training cycle and complete my race without too much suffering 😆

Lose 4-5 pounds

Be consistent with tracking, even on days I go over my goal

Focus on protein and fiber in my meals

Don't have a "now or never" mindset around the Halloween candy and treats...try to remember I can have those things anytime and there's no reason to go crazy

SW: 245
Re-SW: 223
CW: 211
Oct GW: 207
GW: 170?

I look forward to getting to know you all ❤️

Good morning!

I know I weigh on Saturday normally but that 4 lb in 3 day thing over the celebrations is bugging me so I’ve been weight each morning. Thankfully I’m at 227.8 this morning which means I’m only up 1 lb now.

Zumba tonight and it's National Noodle Day so we're going to have spaghetti for dinner. Yesterday was National Kale Day and I made pork chops, riced cauliflower stuffing and sauteed kale. I cooked the cauliflower in the same pan as the pork using the drippings and I also used some apple cider in the cauliflower and kale. Kale had garlic & shallots too. It was seriously tasty.





Since Roz shared her Fitbit I’ll re-share mine as well in case anyone wants to friend me there. https://www.fitbit.com/user/234YZG

@jojo202188 Welcome to the group! 25k is so impressive!!!!

@roz0810 I have a Fitbit. I’ll send you a request.

Happy Friday!!!!!!

Linda
40 years old
5’7”
SW: 300
CW: 226.8 (I know I usually weigh on Saturday but I'm not sure how the food situation will be over the weekend so I did one this morning)
Prev Low: 195

I’m only .4 lb away from where I was last Friday before the birthday shenanigans so I’m pretty happy about that. Since it did the 4 lb in 3 day thing I was concerned…. I knew it would come right back off but you know how it goes when you get in your own head for a hot minute.

We are invited to a fall fair tonight at a friend’s elementary school and supposed to eat a quick dinner with them before heading over. I know she mentioned chorizo fries (which are a HUGE weakness) so I know my dinner will be a bit high tonight. I’m not going to beat myself up over it though. Instead I’m going to just be sure I don’t mess myself up the rest of the day.

I know I mentioned the crazy holidays yesterday so…. Being as it was National Noodle Day yesterday we did pasta for dinner. Today is National Frappe Day so I made myself a 75 calorie version at home for that as well.



This weekend we have my work’s Family Day on Saturday and then a kids birthday party on Sunday. I’ll be trying to avoid all the cake and sweets that seem to show up at both of those events. Thankfully the party is just next door so if I decide I need to walk away for a moment or switch off with my husband in watching the kid that’s pretty simple this time around.

Hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend if I don’t check in again before Monday.

Good morning everyone!

177.4 this morning, which is all good.

Today is lots of high-intensity dance at the gym, can't say I'm looking forward to it, but it will be good. Then after, I can reward myself with a trip to the zero-waste store to pick up more dishwasher soap and refill my shampoo bottle.

Last night, we did our normal pizza/beer/Bake-Off Friday night, and that was really great. I've missed our normal Friday night routine. I ate maybe too much yesterday, a little over maintenance, but only by about 50 cal.

I have an enormous sweet tooth. I learned yesterday, after a coworker brought in donuts, that as much as I love a frosting-filled donut, the frosting on top of those makes it too much. Too sweet. Lesson learned. I was happy to listen to my body that said TOO MUCH SUGAR GIRL and eat my planned egg whites and chicken and veg after.

Three day weekend! Today will be gym and cleaning, tomorrow unknown, and Monday will be a big sourdough baking day, if I can resurrect my starter from the fridge. She's on the counter now, I hope it's warm enough for her. I usually make a big batch of english muffins and hamburger buns and biscuits, and then the starter goes dormant until I need her again. It's that time of year where I can have my oven on, finally.

My coworker gave us a pomegranate tree branch that fell in the storm, so I took cuttings, and we're watching them carefully for signs of root growth. The branch also had some tiny roots on it still, so I stuck the whole thing in the ground after I took the cuttings, it would be a miracle if it grows, but hope springs eternal, etc.

Tag party time!
@pamperedlinny busy weekend! But it sounds like a lot of fun!

@justanotherloser007 best of luck with schrodinger's UTI, lol. I found that when I felt like a UTI was coming on, cranberry pills and enough water seemed to help, which is anecdotal, but that's what I've got. I hope it works for you.

@KacyCarpe hi, welcome! I love the granularity of your goals, reminds me of @kenziestabes's goals, in that they're so specific you can really dig into whether this one is working, if not, how to modify it, etc. I found a new pillow (for me, a memory foam one) increased the quality of my sleep so. much. Happy October!

@DianaGetsFit512 hi, welcome! I've been where you are, post-baby, looking to lose some baby weight. Twice, actually. And if there was one thing I would tell my past self, desperate to lose that post-baby weight and in a hurry, it would be this:

You just went through, and are still going through, a lot. Small children are cute little energy sinks, and despite what inspirational articles tell us, you don't have to "bounce back" to pre-baby weight, you don't have to spend your free time exercising maniacally to "get rid of the mom pooch" or whatever.

Still, I get the impulse, and so if I can tell past-me one thing it would be: focus on the easy habits, the ones that would help you most without stressing you out. A possible action plan:

1. focus on sleep. Babies don't sleep well, so guard your own sleep time like it is gold. Get your partner to take some baby time if you need to sleep, or try to work out a sitter for a mid-day nap if you feel run-down. Sleep helps weight loss so much.

2. work at increasing fruit and veg. Not only do they have fewer calories than other snacks, the fiber makes you feel better and, TMI, be more regular.

3. if you are having one of those days where you're hanging out in front of the fridge every hour or so (BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES), starving, try to pick a snack with protein. Protein keeps you satiated better than the leftover mashed potatoes or whatever (AGAIN BEEN THERE SO OFTEN). A couple pieces of rolled-up deli meat around some pickles or something has saved me from just picking at things in the fridge. Still does, sometimes.

4. gentle movement can be just as effective as high-energy movement, if you do it more. There's nothing wrong with walking being your exercise if that's what you like to do. I know that is @justanotherloser007 's main exercise. And babies love to hang out in strollers, and it's a great way to listen to a podcast or some music and get some vitamin D.

5. if you'd like to track your food, go easy on yourself at first. Focus on just getting everything in there, even if the amounts aren't exact-exact, like eventually you'd like them to be. Way more important to log everything, even the little fun-size kit kat you took from the halloween bowl (ME TALKING TO ME, YESTERDAY LOL), than to hyper-focus on weighing absolutely everything and miss the little bites you didn't weigh. Food logging is a habit, and an important part of that habit is being honest with yourself about what you're eating without judgement for yourself. Just because you don't log that one halloween kit kat doesn't mean it didn't happen, so log it, it's fine. You're learning how to feed your body the way you'd like to even when you hit goal weight. It's a big science experiment, and you want good data, so log the kit kat, it's fine.

As you go along with these habits, you can improve them- increase movement time if you get the chance, log more accurately by weighing and measuring everything, refine what foods you like that also keep you fuller, find new recipes that you like that incorporate more veg, like @pamperedlinny putting veg in with her pasta to bulk it out.

But for now, go easy, get the habits established. And give yourself a lot of grace. The first couple years with babies is so, so hard on caregivers. And keep checking in here, we've got you.

For another challenge, they're done taking people for this month, I think, but next month there's one I'm in called Fat 2 Fit, with weekly weigh ins and the teams compete against each other. If you love a challenge and don't think it would stress you out, that's a thing for you.

I didn't mean to write a novel this morning, apologies.

Have a great day, everyone!

@CupcakeCrusoe and @DianaGetsFit512 re: walking! I see lots of momma's with strollers on my daily walks! I love them! Of course, when the babies get a little older... they start getting all squirmy in the strollers! So cute! I have to add something else about walking: watch those stress levels plummet!!! There is a lady named Jem I see every day, and she is there because she has PTSD. She is absolutely dedicated, and she is there because her therapist asked her to be a walker. It helps soooo much with mental attitude, with stress, etc. me and Jem and my dog Frank like to do early mornings. Because I live near Houston TX and this place is so hot. So in summer I like to walk before the sun comes up. I like to have 2 hours or more. That is unnecessary unless you are super stressed, then I would say "skip TV and walk it out!" because it will save you a ton of money on meds and therapists. My .00000002 cents. I have had depression since I was 13 (I am 49 now) and perimenopausal so I must have some sort of decompression on a huge scale. TBH I just don't miss TV at all, and since I now have added stress of helping my in-laws who both have dementia... I mean, I just have never seen anything really lower the stress levels like walking. I do pray while I walk, but that just makes it that much better!! Good luck!!

I am struggling to log food etc during the work week. Last week was going to be the start of my regular hybrid work schedule but I ended going in to the office an extra day which meant missing an aquafit opportunity that morning. Also it is hard cooking at home as well. So I have been varying between 245 and 246 depending on whether we got take out or not but I am basically down to where I was before I started the job. Which is a win. Next week I should only be in the office 2 days and can have a normal exercise schedule with aquafit 3 days a week.

My youngest is on a restrictive diet and they aren’t following it completely but they have upped their exercise and are drinking water instead of milk. They do well except for eating out and take out. It would be hard to meet up with friends without ever going out to eat. We were doing better limiting take out until I started back to working full-time. However they don’t believe what the scale is telling them. The scale said they lost a lot the time before last and then they got on the scale again this week in the afternoon with clothes on and didn’t believe that our scale could be right. It showed another 10 pound loss. They are now back in onderland. Well it hasn’t shown a big loss for my husband or me so I think the scale is fine. They are supposed to be trying to lose and even though they haven’t been perfect with diet and exercise they have made changes that are really showing up on the scale. I can see it too. I am really glad. I think they can turn their health issues around if they just keep improving their diet and exercising. Once they started being in charge of their own diet they were eating so much junk and with their job they could afford take out a lot. They loved milk and didn’t drink water. They were too old for me to tell them that this wasn't healthy. So the doctor had to in the end. Now they can’t drink that much milk because it has sodium in it. It is nice to see them drinking water now. They bought a bike and will be joining the Y now that they can no longer use the work gym (their employer just laid off a lot of people including them) but they have a settlement so they can afford the gym for now. This makes me very happy.

Okay I started reading all the posts then had to skip to the last page.

@pamperedlinny I feel like if I don’t gain from October through December I am doing well. The year before last was bad but I turned it around and made some progress since. I have been able to lose some years during those months and I am hoping that even with a new job I can make some slow progress before the end of the year. I actually don’t go to an aquafit class. Our Y also only has a few classes at a weird time now. I have been doing aquafit so long I don’t need a teacher leading me. In fact I have lead classes when the teacher couldn’t make it before. My husband just do about 50-60 minutes of exercises on our own early in the morning when not many are in the pool and the open area is reserved for water walking. Your Moroccan Lentil with Chicken sounds good. I replaced my broken slow cooker for an instapot which I haven’t gotten used to using yet. I miss my slow cooker.

@DeshotelK small achievable changes is the way to start. I am struggling to log right now too. One thing I found that helped me was making sure I checked into the thread regularly. I put in my monthly goals for a while but don’t have to do that now.

@sbortnick that is great that you have built in walks during the work week. Nice that your stickers did the trick. I love Halloween treats.

@CupcakeCrusoe I love going to tea and my youngest just found a new place that involves a ferry ride. She told her friends she went with that I would love it and the offered to go with me. How sweet is that for a bunch of young adults to offer to go with an old babyboomer like me. Have a wonderful birthday! That is a big commute to the gym. I though it was bad when we had to quit the closest gym to us and go farther to the Y since there was too much crime at the gym. But it is only about 10 minutes more.

@kenziestabes I have been doing much more stairs too lately. 6 flights up to the office on in office days and up and down to and from my basement office the other days. I am still not used to the ones at the office and the stairs in my house are hard to do too. I am not sure why. They are harder than the ones in the office except they are only 1 flight.

@justanotherloser I love sweet tart candies too. We are limiting cheese to lower salt cheese due to my youngest’s dietary restrictions so it has helped keep us from eating too much of it lately. Fresh mozzarella and ricotta are lower in salt. My triggers are sour gummy bears.

@cosmiccurves I liked the goal of walking 5 days a week even if only for 10 minutes. I have been going to aquafit 3 days but struggling to walk on the other days.

@Diana1getsfit512 I was able to lose my pregnancy weight with my 1st but not with my 2nd and 3rd. I did all the wrong things like stopping weight training thinking I needed to do cardio instead etc. I really am rooting for you. It got really bad when I started working full-time again and was too busy for taking care of me. Make a few healthy changes that you can prioritize and achieve then go from there. We can't do a good job taking care of others if we don't take care of ourselves but I know how hard that is.