Women 200lb+, Let's Make March Meaningful!!!

nicolee0105 wrote: »

SW 254
CW 246
GW 140/150

I don’t know where to start this post. I’ve always struggled with my weight. The lowest weight I can remember being was 175/180 back in 2012 after I had my first child. Since then, my weight has consistently fluctuated between 225-240, occasionally going above. When I had my third and last child in 2021, I managed to get down to 216. But have since gained it all back and then some.

I really struggle with self discipline and I’m going to try my best to work on that this month. It’s getting to a point where my weight is really affecting my day to day life.

Any tips or insight would be greatly appreciated. I’m so grateful I found a group like this. Hoping it helps! 💚

Welcome! I suck at self-discipline. My best success has come from making it EASY to make the healthier choice, and making the unhealthy stuff harder to get. I'm lucky in that my family all creates food separately--so when I don't buy bread, I can't *have* bread (unless I steal it. And I'll be honest--sometimes I do.) I bury their goodies in a designated spot deep in the freezer so 1) they are hard for me to snag and 2) they KNOW where their food should be and know if it's gone it's not lost, it was stolen. And I do not want to deal with a cranky teenager who went looking for their Death by Chocolate on a bad day and didn't find it, so...

@serenecompassion2663 I do have a spiralizer. Actually, one of the first blog recipes I posted was Thai Drunken Zoodles. I probably don't use it often enough but I do love it.
https://www.healthyeatingwithlinda.com/post/thai-drunken-zoodles

Hi everyone!

SW: 219
CW: 212.3
12-week Goal: 207
Goal: 150

I've been sticking to the workout and meal plan and am starting to dislike working out a little less. I don't love it, but I definitely don't have to fight myself to get started like I used to. Another driving force is getting to my off day. I know I made it another week when I reached my off day.

March Goals:
💚 Loose 3 Lbs
💚 Plan my meals in advance
💚 Log all my food
💚 Keep drinking water

Thank you guys for sharing your inspirational stories!

Good morning everyone!

I've been a bit MIA recently, joined the Fat2Fit challenge, and didn't feel like I had the bandwidth to keep up with both until now. But I'm ready to kick my weight loss efforts into high gear, so y'all will have to put up with me at least once a week, here, haha. I've missed you all and the vibe of this thread. (And I'm procrastinating doing housework, lol)

Doing Saturday weigh in day, just because I usually go to the gym on Friday, so I'm giving myself an extra day to offset the DOMs, lol.

Christina
34 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150

SW 3/1: 175 (176 average)
3/4: 174.8 (175.5 average)
3/11: 173.6 (175 average)

🍀 March Goals! 🍀

🍀 March GW (average): 174

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

I'm on track with my goal of .5 lb a week, which is as low as I really want to go, right now. I enjoy food, I'd rather not deprive myself unnecessarily. And I absolutely never want to go under 1400 cal ever again, lol.

My scale weight is officially in the OVERWEIGHT category! Somehow, I'm not trusting it until the average weight gets there, so I've got another couple weeks at least, but it is very exciting. I haven't been this weight since about 2016, lol. And I was heavier than this in high school.

Tag party!
@bonniemcc4 way to go! That's fantastic, congratulations on 70 lbs lost!

@campbjp1 you kinda get used to those exercise endorphins! I find when I can't work out for a few days in a row, I sleep terribly and my mood tanks. I hope either you start to like exercise or find one you enjoy!

(A little background about me: I do pole fitness and chair acrobatics, as well as dance choreography, all of it for fun, I'm not a professional or anything, but those things absolutely light me up, and I love going to work out)

@pamperedlinny that is SUCH a life hack! I'm totally stealing that next time I go to panda. And hi again! And CONGRATULATIONS on all your hard work and progress!

@serenecompassion2663 to take a note from your lipstick, you've GOT this. I also find I get more energized by spring, being in a state that almost never gets snow, so it just gets dark and cold. Also because my whole household gets sick less often in spring and summer, so I hope it's the same for you.

@sargemarcori I love imagining a showdown with a teenager about their Death by Chocolate hi again!

@kelliward1 I love this for you! You deserve scrubs that fit!

@mling84 it's so empowering to know you can take the reins if you need to.

@nicolee0105 the best advice I can give is to 1) make it sustainable for you, whatever that means. Some people can't have treats in the house, some people can have treats sparingly and it keeps them going, either way is valid. Some people can give up carbs pretty easily, others would feel super depressed without them (it's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me), and both are valid. Experiment with what works for you in your life, there's not one answer for everything (except CICO, log all your food if you want good data for your self-experimentation, and watch out for calories burned estimates- they're often not accurate, and the more important thing is just that you do move in whatever way makes you happy). Welcome to the best thread on MFP, people are super nice here.

@pdd1216 nice to meet you!

I guess I should stop procrastinating now, lol. I've finished my avocado toast with everything bagel seasoning and green onions on low-calorie bread and my cold brew with almond milk, time to clean.

Have a great day, everyone!

@CupcakeCrusoe
Welcome back! People were wondering where you went.

@CupcakeCrusoe We've missed seeing you on here lately!!! Question for you. I got an invite a beginner pole class for free. The place also does chair classes and all the stuff you've posted about doing in the past. How hard is it? I'm really thinging about grabbing some friends and trying one of them but I'm also nervous because I've never tried anything like that before.

@CupcakeCrusoe Way to go with your perseverance and non-deprivation method to get to your current weight! Very inspiring!✨🎉🏆 Go go go!

Good morning everyone!

We're BACK, to 174.4, much closer to my average. I am still so sore, because I went into the gym last night sore, lol.

Tonight, we're going to be cleaning the house after work, and I'm making bangers and colcannon (and maybe soda bread, I'll decide after I log everything). Breakfasts and lunches this week are overnight red curry oats with a soft jammy egg, and a banger with a green salad, and an apple. Got my protein in my coffee again, this is good.

It's so cold, spring, where are you, it's literally freezing outside.

Tag party time:
@pamperedlinny oooooh, I'm excited! Like any new skill, you'll see a lot of ladies doing it really well because they've been doing it a long time, and there are things that are very hard to do. But basic pole moves are doable for an absolute beginner: my first ever beginner pole class, we did a fireman spin, what we call a GI jane, a pirouette, and just got acquainted with the pole- trusting that the pole will not fall over, the basics of what people do to make it pretty, all that.

this is a fireman, imagine her spinning around the pole.


You will. be. sore. after. Guaranteed. You might have a couple bruises from contact points with the pole, but like, in the moment, you don't realize that you're working that hard, because it's so fun and cool to see yourself flying through the air around the pole (and you can, and will). Just remember for the 1-2-3 days after, that you might be very sore and that's normal- you're using muscles we don't use often in daily life for pole.

As far as chair classes go, not quite as high-impact, but a great workout. (And if you do things like superman, yes, it's going to hurt):

But in a beginner class they might not even do that, just teach you the basics of balance and counterbalance to do pretty things on a chair. You'll also be very sore after a chair class, but fewer bruises (except for superman, haha, because you will get bruises right there).

So, I'm biased, haha, but I would also say go for it, because if you like it, it's a great workout that doesn't feel like a workout- it feels like learning a fun and pretty hobby, and if you don't like it, it was free. You know at least one fanatic about it- and I have no dance background. I became this way after my first class,

That dinner looks so. good. Mmm, I can almost smell it through the screen.

@mling84 what you did there- stopping in the middle of what you'd planned to do- is so important. Trusting your body and your instincts is so important for avoiding injury and burnout. That's so great.

Now that I've gone on (and on!), time to get going for the day. Have a great day, everyone!

Good morning everyone!

Felt so weird last night, weak almost, so I purposefully ate over my calories, still under maintenance, and felt a little better. And the scale says 174.2 this morning, so no harm.

The house is cleaned up and ready for the cleaners to come, I think at least half of my house being clean is me decluttering and putting junk away so that the cleaners can do the actual cleaning.

Tonight the girls have little gym, so as usual I packed us up dinner, and I ended up with some leftover cabbage/garlic/onion mix with some deli turkey thrown in there I'm probably going to be hungry, but I'll have plenty of calories for a kind of "second dinner" when I get home. It was much more important that the girls especially, because of gym, and Whatsisface get a good dinner, I can deal with a glorified snack to tide me over.

Caught up with all the posts from November to now, so impressed with everyone's hard work. @pamperedlinny was working so hard, reading about habits and then applying what she learned in November and December, we love to see it. Special shout outs:

@tahitig ! hi!!!! I hope you're doing well!

@hap2go I hope we get to see pictures from Italy!

@KeriA hi! how was the visit with the grandbaby, how's 2023 treating you?

@justanotherloser007 helloo! how are you doing? still symptom free I hope?

@bonniemcc4 I saw your progress pictures, you're doing AMAZING

@pamiede I was so happy to see your smiling face again, hello! How's March for you?! You're doing great!.

Tag party time!
@pamperedlinny trivia night sounds SO FUN, exactly the kind of activity that should come after a workout.

Alright, time to try to relax for .... a half hour before I have to leave for work, lol. Have a great day, everyone!

Day 1 for me.

SW: 315
CW: 315
GW:285 by June 1.

By the end of March I am hoping to healthily loose at least 3 lbs. I went to the gym yesterday for the first time in a long time. I want to build a consistent habit of going to the gym everyday and eating healthier. It is my goal to eat under 1700 cals a day. Any encouragement and tips are well accepted thank you all. We can do this!

Hi everyone! I am starting over for like the fifth time. I get close to my goal weight and then boom I totally sabotage any progress I’ve made and end back at my start weight. Happy to have found a motivating group to keep up with.