Women 200lb+, Let's Give It A Try This July!!!

Linda
41 years old
7/1 - 240 lbs

🌈What have you accomplished so far this year? What are you still hoping to acheive? And where would you like to see yourself in another six months?
I haven't accomplished anything health-wise this year. In fact, I've gone backwards. March of 2023 I hit my lowest ever adult weight at 195... and I'm all the way back up to 240. However, when I first started my journey I was 300, so I'm still counting a win that I'm not letting things go that far. I'd love to see myself down at least 20 to 30 lbs in 6 months and my A1C back where it was last year.

🌈Do you have any upcoming plans that you're excited about? Or anything that's maybe a bit worrisome on the horizon?
Nothing really worrisome. Just our annual party this week. My house looks like a bomb went off (all the summer sleepovers my daughter has hosted) and that needs to be rectified before I have a ton of people here in a few days.

We're hosting our annual 4th of July party on Thursday, so this week is going to be insane with cleaning the house, prepping food, getting the yard in good shape for grilling, fire pit, and setting out chairs everywhere.

A few photos from the event we attended this past weekend. Freedom Blast is one of our favorite local events of the year.... tried to only grab photos that didn't have a bunch of kids that weren't mine in it. Our group was made up of 6 adults and 7 kids. So much fun with live music, food trucks, fireworks, kids rides, a skydiver with a huge flag, and lots of laughs.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/FQK3JVIVTMSqxvdq6MLCIw.E_Uk93FayCx92QQZCGJagI

Hello all! I hope we are all able to achieve our goals this month!

Starting weight: 219 lbs (6/10/24)
Ending weight: 214.2 lbs (June 30th)
Total loss: -4.8lbs (in 20 days)
Goal weight: 150-165lbs
Goal Body Fat: 20-25%

Goals for July: ✔
- Work 4 days/week ✔
- Walk 10k steps minimum 3x/week
- Log meals daily and accurately
- Gym 3x/week
- Drink more water and less sugar
- Treat myself once/week with a self date
- Weigh in an 205lbs at the end of the month (-8lbs loss)

JULY:
1st: 213 lbs

Non weight Successes:
- I had desserts 3x this week and it didn't "ruin" my progress, and I didn't feel guilty about having it any of the times.
- I may be watching what I'm eating but I'm still going to bed full, which is a far cry from other times I've been using this app.

Thank you @RavenStCloud for posting this thread!
Thank you @RavenStCloud for posting this thread!

Keri
71 years old
CW: 260

UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height)
5'6" Tall

🌈We're halfway through 2024. How has it been treating you? I have been fighting weight gain.

🌈What have you accomplished so far this year? What are you still hoping to acheive? And where would you like to see yourself in another six months? I have trouble exercising and eating healthy home cooked meals when working full-time. I decided this year is the year I would retire and this week is my 1st week of retirement. I wanted to concentrate 1st on my health. So I am hoping to achieve a healthier more nutritious diet and to get stronger by exercising increasingly more each week. I would like to see myself with progress towards weight loss, eating nutritious foods and stronger.

🌈Do you have any upcoming plans that you're excited about? Or anything that's maybe a bit worrisome on the horizon? I am excited to be able to focus on my health. I plan to start doing my art again once I have set up my new life in retirement.

July Goals:
• July GW: get securely in the 250s
• Keep my water intake up
• Keep getting 7+ hours of sleep
• Meal plan and cook 3+ dinners (my husband and youngest will cook some dinners too)
• Eat healthy breakfasts (only 1 day a week at a café with Latte etc.)
• Work up to 30 minutes of exercise 6 days a week – 1 day of aquafit, 1 day of weight training, 4 days of walking increasing lengths of time)
• Up NEAT (non exercise activity) daily such as cooking and cleaning etc.

@jenbroussard71 I love how you are measuring your weight loss by your dogs! So cute. We have twin cats so I could start with 1 and then go to 2 cats loss but no big dogs in our house. Maybe I could lose my grandson’s weight next, I am working on my walking stamina too.

I am going today at 12:30 to tour a gym and speak with them about a personal trainer. I've never looked into it because I always assumed that it was too expensive. My chiropractor is big into treating the body as in not just adjustments. They have in house massage therapist and the are affiliated with the Anytime Fitness next door. I don't want to just have a membership, I would like to have a trainer for accountability. I hope the appointment goes well so I can sign up.

Yesterday. I was starving all day! I need to cook a lot of chicken so I can have leftovers for lunch. I have been walking quite a bit recently. I put 4 1/2 miles yesterday 3 the day before. Sunday, I had planned on it but had a terrible migraine. I am trying to stay off the scale. I did get a comment from a friend last night that she can tell i look thinner. I plan on falling off the wagon a little bit tomorrow. but also plan on putting 4 miles in today and tomorrow.

Since there haven’t been a whole lot of on the scale victories lately… this was a non scale victory that was pretty encouraging
I should include this is only measuring on my phone and I don’t always have my phone on me…. But still!!

quolwy wrote: »

- Finally figured out the golden ratio for my homemade coffee, so its delicious and sweet but only 90 calories, which is much better than the 200-450cal options I used to have regularly. (I have a habit of drinking my calories

What is your secret?

I used to use half n half in my coffee with a bunch of sugar. Now I measure out everything. I use 2% low fat milk (1/2 cup) and 1-1/2 teaspoons of sugar. I should probably switch to a non-caloric sweetener, but I haven't found one I like.

Coffee in the morning is a must!

MidWeek Check In • 7/3🥳

SW: 237
LW: 238.2
CW: 238
GW: 165

One thing I want to think about this week:

I really want to spend some time reflecting on my why. I think I lose track so often because I don’t have anything driving me except for my own vanity. And, while that is okay it’s not strong enough to keep me going long term.

One thing I learned from last week:

Feeling my emotions instead of eating them will help me grow and stop repeating set backs. I’m going to start keeping a journal when I feel the need to eat my emotions. Hopefully this will help me work through them.

quolwy wrote: »

lisakatz2 wrote: »

What is your secret?

I used to use half n half in my coffee with a bunch of sugar. Now I measure out everything. I use 2% low fat milk (1/2 cup) and 1-1/2 teaspoons of sugar. I should probably switch to a non-caloric sweetener, but I haven't found one I like.

Coffee in the morning is a must!

I used to go crazy, free pour coffee creamer until my heart told me it was enough (probably 100ml) and top it up with coffee.

Now I use my food scale to measure and basically use 30ml of International Delight French Vanilla coffee creamer, and 30ml of high protein milk (18g/cup) and then my favourite mug is a bit big so probably 1.5 cups of coffee to top it off! I've only recently found this milk, and it's honestly a total game changer. I get 2% but there's also 3.25% if you're used to a creamier coffee, and it's sold in Walmart so if you have one nearby you could check to see if yours stocks it too!

Its nothing crazy, but 90 calories and 5g of protein for a lovely warm cup in the morning is better than the alternative

Sounds great! I try to use filtered milk whenever possible (it's not easy to find in my neighborhood).

Makes a difference.

I'm going to look for that creamer and give it a try.

Keri
71 years old
Challenge July Starting Weight: 260
UGW: 167 (healthy weight for a senior woman my height)
5'6" Tall

I do check-ins when I lose:
7/1: 260
7/5: 257.5

Legend:
A is my husband. N is my living at home adult youngest child

July Goals:
• July GW: get securely in the 250s – I got into the 250s now I need to stay there and make progress
• Keep my water intake up – need to up this
• Keep getting 7+ hours of sleep - yes
• Meal plan and cook 3+ dinners (my husband and youngest will cook some dinners too) - meal plan not yet, cooking at home much better
• Eat healthy breakfasts (only 1 day a week at a café with Latte etc.) – this is mixed. I have been not picking up lattes and pastry on the way to work but on our way back from a walk earlier this week we stopped by a bakery so only a few healthier breakfast this week as opposed to the goal of a majority. However no lattes this past week.
• Work up to 30 minutes of exercise 6 days a week – 1 day of aquafit, 1 day of weight training, 4 days of walking increasing lengths of time) – I have been doing near 30 minutes every other day right now. I am working to upping my time.
• Up NEAT (non exercise activity) daily such as cooking and cleaning etc. – I am making some progress here

Still need to meal plan. Now it is a new week ahead since we are having leftovers tonight. This being my 1st week of retirement I am still getting settled into a new lifestyle. So this is a transition period. I do not expect to be meeting all the above goals immediately but making progress towards all of them. So going from hardly any exercise to every other day is a win. I am not quite up to 30 minutes but somedays I can do it. The Last time I realized my COVID vaccine was kicking in and it knocks me out on the 2nd afternoon. I realized when I was struggling making it to 25 minutes that was the problem. We plan to go for a walk today so hoping I have more energy now.

I made a reaction when I got on the scale this morning and N asked is that a happy noise or not. I said happy. I got down to this weight in May but didn’t stay there. I am hoping to continue to make progress. Anyway not bad to see a weight loss on the day after the 4th of July.

Top priorities today:
• Meal plan for the week
• Go for a walk with N since I didn’t get exercise yesterday
• Up my water intake
Top priorities for the week:
• Add in exercise sessions probably related to bone strength.

As to the coffee issue in discussion. I used to think I didn't have the problem of drinking my calories I drink my coffee black. We make very good coffee at home. But then I realized that I got a Latte on the way to work with a pastry. Well this was reduced when I worked more remote days but we had what we called Friday breakfast which was basically a trip to Starbucks. My last job was 2 days in the office. Now I plan to let myself go to a cafe for a latte and pastry 1 day a week and no Friday Breakfast on top of that. I do not have to go but I can go. So although I drink my coffee black I tend to want something sweet with it. Now I have a healthy breakfast with it at home. My problem was stopping for lattes 2-3 times a week. I plan to cut that to 1 time a week. It isn't so much what I put in my coffee but what I eat with it.

I only got 4 workout days in last week. But, I am not upset about that. I need to help out a friend a couple times this week so I got to work my workouts in on my lunch or on days I am not going over there. I am trying not to weigh in as much. I was not good at all this weekend. I tend to not have great days when I am not super busy. But i work every day this week as well as saturday morning. so that should help. I need to incorperate days of just weight training.

Awesome achievement!