Women 200lb+, Let’s Have A Jazzy June!!!

Katie
42, 5’10
Evolving snack queen

HW: 269
SW: 266.8

CW: 247.4

1st GW: 220
2nd GW: 199
UGW: 170s

Sunday weigh-ins

6/02: 250.2
6/09: 245.6
6/16:
6/23:
6/30:

Last week I was feeling frustrated with the fluctuation so I did not post it. Feeling better this week, and today. It’s so so hard to not focus on the scale number!! But I’m happy that even though it fluctuated up for what seemed like 3 weeks, I did not give up 🥹

SW: 242
5/1: 234
6/1: 223.7
6/9: 219.5

Current weight loss:22.5 lbs
GW: I don't have one. Just want to be healthier and feel better.

I've continued getting 10k steps in every day and so far I feel like that's made a huge difference!

Some NSV- I can wrap myself completely with a towel! I was also sitting at my daughter's violin lesson, playing on my phone. They have theater seats. I've noticed the last couple of weeks that the seats have been a bit more comfortable but I almost squeeled when I realized I was sitting with my legs crossed- not at the ankle like I have been, but like a proper lady.

And I'm leaving for my Rt. 66 trip this week so I won't be back until July. I'm going to try being mindful with my meals and track when I can, but I'm leaving my scales home. My goal is to enjoy myself so I'll be eating all the things at Disney and enjoying some craft beer and Napa Valley wine on the way. I'll try to check in the next few weeks!

34 years old
5’6”
Starting weight: 222 (Feb, 21)
Lowest weight: 154 (Sep, 21)
Re-starting weight: 195 (Feb, 23)
Goal weight: 163-168

June SW: 166

June 5: 165.1
June 10: 164.8
June 17:
June 24:

Hanging on to the mid-160’s and feeling good! I helped run a camp this past weekend and was in tons of pictures (taken by other people). It’s such a relief to not cringe at the videos and photos of myself that are being posted and actually feel like I look GOOD!

I have another camp I’m running this week. As long as I pack enough food for myself, I’m usually fine. I just need to have plenty of fruits and vegetables to make sure I don’t cheat when I’m tired and hungry. No workout goals this week since it’s camp season, so I’m just trying to survive!

@Numer1ca Everyone is different, but here’s what works for me. When I am losing, I aim for around 1400 calories/day. That gives me enough room to feel comfortable that if I mis-logged or miscalculated something, I still have about 200 calories of flexibility. For example, since I cook eggs for myself and my husband every morning, it’s impossible to know EXACTLY how much of the butter from the pan ended on my 100 grams of eggs, etc. Now that I’m maintaining, I aim for around 2000-2100/day, knowing that some days it will be more. I don’t usually eat back my exercise calories unless I have a VERY active day (burning more than 800 calories on my smartwatch) because I give myself those exercise calories as buffer to “guess”, since I’m not weighing my food anymore. I have a pretty slow metabolism, so I know I’m generally on the lower end of the spectrum as far as what my body needs vs. what I WISH my body needed! 😂

Took a break from the forums and I have a lot to catch up on! I weighed in today and was so excited to see that I have finally made it to the 170s. I read 179.8 this morning!!! I was sitting at 180.8 for over a week now so it was nice to see it move. I am sure I am not finished seeing the 180s, but I am determined to have a downward trend.
Congrats to all of you that have been so consistent. I am annoyed that MFP is getting rid of the newsfeed, and it's kept me from being very diligent with it in general.
As always, keep up the hard work! Your determination is paying off!!

Sharon
42 years old
5'5"
SW&HW (10/2022) 230lbs
Jan 1 Starting weight: 193.0 lbs
July 1 Goal weight 177.8
Ultimate Goal weight: somewhere between 150-165
A week and a day late but will check in on Mondays

June 3 180.8
June 10 179.8
June 17
June 24
July 1

My June goals are:
🔅Strength training in some capacity 3-5 days a week. (weights, squats, crunches, push ups, etc.) ❌ Just started this yesterday, we'll see how it goes for check in next week.
🔅Walk 3-5 days a week❌
🔅Cardio 3 days a week❌

Good morning everyone!

Saturday weigh in days
Christina
35 years old
5'4"

SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150
2024 goal weight: 165
SW 2024: 182.7

🌼 June Goals!🌼
🌼 June GW: 180

🟡June SW 6/1: 183.4
6/08: 181.7 (-1.7! 🎉🎉🎉🎉)
6/15: 181.9 (+0.2)
6/22:
6/29:VACATION

🟡Log everything in grams ✅
🟡Get >8000 steps a day ❌
🟡Work out >3x a week ❌
🟡Calories<1800/day ✅ average 1691

So! It was going to be hard to lose weight from last week's huge loss, but I can say that my weight average has gone from 183.2 to 182.7, so my average went down 0.5 lb this week! And the average is what matters to me. Also I'm sore from the gym Thursday AND ovulating, soooo. Lol.

All that to say! I've decided to go ahead and get a pedicure with my husband today anyway. I'd already asked my brother to watch the kids so we could. I want my feet to be in good shape for the beach starting tomorrow and continuing...for almost two weeks, lol.

Busy busy! So today, I need to clean house, get pedicures, get the car cleaned, start loading up the car, cook down as much of my perishable food as possible, and pack the last couple things I haven't packed yet. Tomorrow, we hang out for a couple hours and then head out for the beach! And go to the grocery store when we get there for food for the week. I'm going to bring my scale to the beach, so I don't go too off the rails.

Tag party time!
@Numer1ca congratulations to your son, that's such a huge accomplishment! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@krabuck fluctuations are so hard to deal with, so when that happens, I only post the average weight, lol.

@ssflbelle2012 you're doing great, and I hope you keep coming and checking in

@danikat15 have so much fun, and we'll see you when you get back!

@jo_casey42 you're doing great, and I have faith that you have gotten through this week well!

@girlinkaz744 an amazing NSV, to look at pictures and think you look great.

@jenbroussard71 I love that you're working on emotional growth as well, it is more connected to our bodies than most people talk about!

@sharon81 you're doing great! I'm sorry to hear that MFP is getting rid of the newsfeed. It sucks that it seems that this site is trying to get rid of the social support that made it so great, back in the day. We should make a contingency plan for if they decide to get rid of the forums, but I have no idea what that plan would be.

@quolwy congratulations on graduating! There's no better time than now to finally focus on yourself.

@lisakatz2 you're doing great! I know it's frustrating where you lose weight from, but it truly does (eventually) come off everywhere.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

@krabuck I have an android phone, so Libra is the app for that, or Happy Scale for apple phones. For me, MacroFactor, my food logging app, also does that for me.

Hi everyone, checking in again with some stats in case it motivates anyone

Starting June 10th

Aly

28yo 5'9
Starting weight: 219 (6/10/24)
Goal weight: 150-165lbs
Goal Body Fat: 20-25%

Goals for June:
- Start working 4 days/week
- Walk 10k steps minimum 3x/week
- Log meals daily and accurately
- Tour the gym & commit to going 3x/week
- Drink more water and less sugar
- Treat myself once/week with an activity that will bring me joy (self date)
- Weigh in an 210lbs at the end of the month

June 10th 219 lbs
June 11th 216.4 lbs
June 12th 217 lbs
June 13th 216.8 lbs
June 14th N/A
June 15th N/A
June 16th 216.2 lbs

Non weight Successes:
- Have 4 shifts per week at work
- Walked 14k steps on the 12th while listening to audiobooks
- Walked 20k steps on the 14th while listening to podcasts
- Hiked a small mountain, 40mins with 200m Elevation on the 15th, along with reaching 9800 steps that day
- Have been within both my calorie and macro goals for an entire week, by using mindful eating
- Was able to get a 45min relaxation massage today to help take care of my body

Overall it was a great week! I'm feeling positive, and while getting groceries today I was able to load my home with healthy and delicious foods that will help me feel AND look good!

Here's to another week

Ssfbelle, have you been eating a lot of salty food/carbs? Both can cause water retention.

🌻Weekly Check In • 6/17🌻

SW: 237
LW: 235.8
CW: 234.2
GW: 165

One thing I want to improve from last week:

Water! It’s getting warmer and I’ve been waking up feeling like the dried out version of sponge bob.

One thing I enjoyed from last week:

I’ve cut out meat and IF from my routine and my body seems to be responding better. I still allow myself sea food but I’m primarily eating a vegetarian diet. I’m working on phasing out the dairy, mainly because my body doesn’t like it.😩

NSV:

🌻My face is still slimming down
🌻A few more clothing items have gotten loose
🌻My armpit fat is almost nearly gone.

Goals for this week:
🌻 64oz of water a day
🌻 3 workouts this week
🌻 Stay under maintenance

I’m going on vacation this week, so I want to enjoy myself but I want to think about my long term goals. Past me would have used that as an excuse to go crazy. Also, my friend I’m staying with lives 10 minutes from the beach, so I want to look good in my swim suit. ☺️ I’m planning on morning walks to the beach to be my workout for the week because if that’s not great then I don’t know what is!

Good morning!!!! I haven't checked in with the group since January, so I'm trying to be back. Especially with the news feed no longer there. I am starting to log on Lose It instead of here since I can use the bar code scanner. I miss hearing all your updates and having a place to check in.

For those who don't know me, until the past year I was posting in here almost daily and got to my lowest ever adult weight.... I've since put most of it back on. It has been a really rough 18 months or so with us weirdly having big emergencies every month or so, which caused stress and budget issues, and I eat a lot when I'm stressed..... obviously this is a problem. I'm also diet & exercise controlled Type 2 diabetic, but I haven't checked my blood sugar in almost 6 months either. Which I know is really bad. I'm terrified of what my A1C will be.

So I'm trying to get back into better habits again. Logging all the things. Checking in on groups & community board. Just making somewhat more mindful choices. I won't jump all the way feet first in today. I know my all or nothing mentality sometimes gets in my own way. So a small change every few days until I'm back to where I need to be.

Thank you @RavenStCloud for continuing to create this each month. It's such a huge blessing.

I'm Charissa
63 years young
[Stats & Goals] Goals and Targets for June
- Tracking/Under Calorie Budget >
Plan for 1250 - Flex for 400 = 1650 (1250 - 1650) 🍎
- Macros - hit Protein >
Plan for 150. 100 is acceptable. (100 - 150) ✅
- Water - 80oz minimum >
Pushing myself here and that's ok!
Not less than 70 is acceptable (70 - 100)💧
- Closing my rings M-S🚶🏽10k Steps a bonus!

My Mantra(s):
Things I need to remember daily!

🏋🏾‍♀️ Don't think, just do it!!
Eat well 🥗to Live Well 🚢✈️🧳
H2O - Make it Flow 💦💦💦
Lose weight in the kitchen ⚖️, get fit in the gym🏋🏾‍♀️
Note to Self: Alcohol kills weight loss as the focus is burning alcohol calories and not fat calories!
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6/1 220.4
6/8 219.2
6/15 221.0
6/22
6/29

Been a bit MIA and will continue to be, most likely for the next couple of weeks. My pre-walkthrough is today on my new home and I close in one week and will be moving all next week. I can't wait to get settled!

@jenbroussard71 ~ how are you doing with setting the appointments to get your activity in?
@girlinkaz744 ~ Your camp activities sound exhausting but fun as well, and it sounds like you enjoy it! Congrats on maintaining!
@numer1ca ~ thanks for sharing the salad recipe.
@cupcakecrusoe ~ Where are you off to.... didn't you just have a vacation!!
@sharon81 ~ congrats on the new decade!
@quolwy & jo_casey42 ~ Welcome
@lisakatz2 ~ great progress!!
@melissaaridgeway ~ Welcome. Yes, I'm missing the newsfeed as well. The newsfeed was my only connection to some folks.
@ssflbelle2012 ~ Hang in there. Could be almost anything. Salt, water retention, lack of water, building muscle etc. As others have said, it might be more beneficial to look at the average or trend of your weight. And then there's also the tape measure!! I've been up and down a ton this year, almost back to my starting weight BUT...my clothes (pants) are still fitting loosely...soooo something is happening!
@Ceceflyy ~ I stopped IF this week too. I heard something about high stress and IF were not a good combination due to cortisol levels. I have to do more research but I'm back to just good foods and CICO. Have fun on your vacation.
@pamperedlinny ~ welcome back. Good luck on your journey.
@mmatcha_latte ~ I see Onderland really soon in your future! Good Luck to you!
@krabuck ~ Good job on seeing a loss even through there were snacks. One day (minute/hour) should not derail the entire week. So kudos for not continuing!
~danikat15 ~ how are you doing? I see you are traveling. I hope you enjoy your self at Disney and sample some nice Napa Wines! Have fun.

Hi everyone, checking in again with some updated stats in case it motivates anyone

28yo 5'9
Starting weight: 219 (6/10/24)
Goal weight: 150-165lbs
Goal Body Fat: 20-25%

Goals for June:
- Start working 4 days/week ✔
- Walk 10k steps minimum 3x/week ✔
- Log meals daily and accurately ✔
- Tour the gym & commit to going 3x/week
- Drink more water and less sugar ✔
- Treat myself once/week with an activity that will bring me joy (self date) ✔
- Weigh in an 210lbs at the end of the month

June 10th 219 lbs
June 11th 216.4 lbs
June 12th 217 lbs
June 13th 216.8 lbs
June 14th N/A
June 15th N/A
June 16th 216.2 lbs
June 17th 216 lbs
June 18th 215.6 lbs

Non weight Successes:
- While I was "technically" over my calorie goal yesterday by 200, I was still able to lose weight, helping me remember that going over my calculated goal doesnt automatically mean I'm hitting maintenance or overeating.
- Work is picking up, I'm going to be earning twice as much this week as I did last week
- I found a routine that seamlessly incorporates 10k steps into my day to meet my goal of 3-4x/week
- I'm making time for friends and family again, now that I have it, and I'm not using it as an excuse to eat poorly or feeling guilty about "restricting" at any point

SO far it's been a great week, and I think the changes that I'm making this time are slow and sustainable, so hopefully weight loss or not, I'll be able to maintain these habits because its making me feel healthier of mind AND body.

Here's to the rest of the week

@quolwy Would you please tell me more about your routine to get 10K steps?