Women 200lb+, Let's Rock 'n Roll this January!!!

Too excited not to share… starting today I think I may log my daily weight because so far, I’ve not been able to wait until Monday (my weigh in day) to report progress and I weigh myself daily anyway. Who knew that getting involved in the discussion groups would be so rewarding? Not me. I’ve been on MFP since 2009 on and off. Super serious about it since October of 2022 and only posted for the first time ever just before Christmas 2023. Anyway, all that to say that I’m down more than I ever expected this month… yay!!
This morning the scale read 185.6!!!! I have not been this weight since I got married 20 years ago!!!

Sharon age 42
SW 230
Jan SW 193
Feb GW 187
UGW 150 (will reassess once this goal is reached)

1/01: 193.0
1/8: 189.0
1/13: 185.6
1/14:
1/15:
1/16:
1/17:
1/18:
1/19:
1/20:
Total month loss: -7.4lbs😮🤯😳🥹

📌Weekly goals:
Add more activity into the day to day
Be at calorie deficit 6/7 days.
This week I was under so far everyday. I need to get a little more balanced so that on days I’m having a hard time closing out my diary due to too little calorie intake (under 1000) I have a plan in place, a healthy snack to bump it up enough. 🫐
I have far exceeded my January goal weight so my new goal is to have no gains… and short plateaus. Hoping to end January somewhere between 185 And 180.😬 It’s unrealistic for me to think this downward trend is going to keep up at this pace so I’ll keep my goal’s reasonable. 😁
I’m not great at the tagging thing and I know if I start, I’ll accidentally leave someone out. Just know that I’m reading everything in here and I so proud of all of you, all of US!! 🎉🎉

I wanna join! Struggling with accountability and isolation. This is just what I need.

SW: 316 (gained a lot of weight in 2020 during shutdowns)
CW: 240
GW: 199?

So I have lost about 80lbs over the last 2 years and I'm just about back to my lowest weight ever. My focus has been high protein diet and portion control. I generaly do a dumbbell stregth training program 4 days a week a home. But in 2023 I went through some difficult growing pains. Juggling a demanding career while simultaneously being a stay at home mom, running kids to work everyday and activities, working til 11pm. The load I was carrying became too much (my BP was 180/90 by fall) I started to breakdown and fell into depression. Add to that I had an office move that isolated me from my best friends and my husband has started divorce arrangements, it's been hard to focus on health.

So my goals:
Beat depression.
Get back to my 4x weekly workouts
About 40lbs to go until I hit 199. So that would be cool.
Be swimsuit ready for summer.

All of these goals are super achievable but I can't do it alone! If you think we might be a good friend match, send me a request!

Good morning everyone!

Weight average down, expenditure up, although we're getting close to where it's going to stop going up, the uncertainty is narrowing significantly, so it's becoming more certain.

Which means that soon, if I want more calories, I'll have to increase my TDEE, so my steps, @skintight303 was ahead of the game on this one.

The gym yesterday was good, tiring, so I didn't get anything done on the garage yesterday. I cooked and cleaned house, made the soup and biscuits and the King Arthur Chocolate Chip Cookie of 2024:


They're probably the best I've ever made, but I would like to put a little flaky salt on top of them next time.

And Whatsisface and I watched hockey, my Canes won, and I started knitting some fingerless gloves with little mushrooms on them:


Today, garage, garage, and more garage. I'm going to get as far as I can with that joker today. I want the beautiful space I keep envisioning! Today's a "rest day" for exercise, but I'm going to be hammering flooring together for at least a portion of this day, haha.

Tag party time:
@sharon81 FANTASTIC NEWS CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I'm so happy for you, what an accomplishment!

@melissaaridgeway nice loss, and Olive Garden is a particularly tough one- everything there is covered in cheese or cream or both, haha.

@fbmandy55 oh my gosh, that's so much to deal with, I hope you're feeling a little more stable now. Welcome to the best thread on the site- some of us have been here for years, and checking in is like checking in with old friends. I hope to hear more from you, because while as a Pocket Pal (what I call internet buds) I can't do very much, I can at least chat. I love your goal to get back to resistance training, it's so good for the body.

@mmatcha_latte I know this was a drive-by post, but you are doing so well!!

@itladyee that 10k steps are hard to hit every day. I remember when I was actively tracking my steps, with a small effort I could get to 7k-8k, it had to be a bigger effort every day to get to 10. There have been some studies... let me see if I can find them... here's reference to one, that say that for health, 7k is as good as 10. So it's just if you're doing it for calories, would be why go for 10. You're doing really great at your less alcohol goal! Love that for you!

@CeCeFlyy You and me both, girl. That is like exclusively what I do- I'm not necessarily an emotional eater as much as I am a boredom eater. So here's what I do:

• take up a(nother) hobby: a tactile one, I chose knitting. I can't knit and eat at the same time, but I can take my knitting anywhere
• read really immersive books- when I was a kid, I used to lose all track of time while I was reading something good, so I always have a to-be-read list of things I can't wait to get into, so if I need them, they're there. The same doesn't go for audiobooks unless my hands are ALSO occupied, haha.
• same thing with immersive video games- I'm slowly making my way through Baldur's Gate 3
• If none of that is working, I remove myself from the food and do something around the house- clean out a closet, or tackle the garage, or clear the garden. Once I get stuck into a project, I'm not going to want to stop to go eat.
• Also in physically removing myself- taking a nice walk. Or even a target run, as long as I have the funds for a couple of impulse purchases, lol. Nothing I love more than wandering around target and window shopping.
• if truly, truly, none of that is working or feasible, there was a member of this group a few years ago who told me that if I felt ravenous and like I had to snack, but I wasn't sure if it was real hunger, to make sure that there was fiber and protein in the snack. So like, a couple pieces of deli meat wrapped around a celery stick, or some shredded chicken scooped up in some bell pepper, or alternating bites of an apple and some bacon. When I feel like I have to nosh, that generally takes the edge off, and for not too many calories.

I hope some of that is helpful for you. My hierarchy goes: hands occupied, mind occupied, body relocated, smart snacking.

I think that's everything! Have a great day, everyone!