Women 200lb+, Let's Have A Notable November!!!

Jennifer - 53 years
Re-started 4/24/24 - 236.2
CW: 200.6
GW: 165 (may adjust when I get there)
Loss since 4/24/24 - 35.6 Pounds
5'3" Tall

11/1/24 - 204.4
11/11/24 - 202.8 - So close to ONEderland!
11/18/24 - 203
11/25/24 - 200.6 - I feel like the Price is Right gameshow, how close can I get without going over? LOL
11/31/24 -

November loss- (3.8) lbs.
Workouts last week - 6 - goal is 6
Step goal - 4/7 days (goal is between 8K to 10K)
Total Steps - 63,410
Average Steps - 9,059 per day

This app is acting crazy today! It took a bunch of tries before I could get to my community.

I am SO close to onederland. I would love to end November in the one hundreds. I am actually at my lowest weight that I've been in at least 9 years maybe longer.

My tests this morning (mammogram & ultrasound) went very well. Just some duct estucia and calcification. But since I am high risk, they want me to have an MRI in 6 months and then mammogram 6 months after. He also wants me to get established with the high-risk clinic to see if I am a candidate for genetic testing. I will have the full test results after the holiday and will discuss with my doctor. It was very much a relief to get such great news.

I had my scan last week; I lost a few pounds, but I also lost some lean muscle mass. My trainer believes its due to the amount of walking that I've been doing. Plus, I did not train while I was on vacation. I am curious to see how the scan comes out in a month. Since I will be training and walking consistently.

I hope you all are doing well. Happy Thanksgiving this week.

11/25
1. posture exercises
2. sweep the deck BRRR! I waited until noon because at 8:00 the wind was blowing and the feel-like temp was 4 degrees.
3. 6 hr 53 min of sleep
4. Photo organization not yet today
5. Create - I finished a crewel embroidery project that my daughter gave me to make last year...or was it the year before (LOL)!
6. Hourly activity:) I'm on target to get 12/12 hours today.

I've been looking into learning how to do "rope flow". I need to find something active that I can do outside in the mornings now that the leaves are all gone and I'm bored with sweeping a clean porch. Well, there is dust, but how much dust can it collect in a day?!

I get a couple of emails a week with workouts so today instead of passing it by I did a 15 min upper body workout and a 10 minute walk workout. I plan on doing that whenever I get one of those messages and will keep track of the ones I like to do on days I don't get an email.

Gotta run now, but wanted to tell @CupcakeCrusoe that I wasn't able to add you as a FitBit friend. It said your username couldn't be found.

Hope you all have a good night.

WOO-HOO! Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Don't know if there is going to be anybody around to celebrate with me, but I've hit 179.5! 20.5 pounds down since starting my weight loss journey! I'm right on track to reach 175 by New Year's Day, and I know I can do it! Consistency has paid off!

For some odd reason the only place I seem to have lost inches on is my under-bust (1/2 inch) but I haven't been measuring my "natural waist" and I think that's been moving. I've been measuring at my navel and that is not budging, nor is my butt. But I feel lighter, in spite of the lingering back rolls. Oh well, I still have work to do! I've got my eye on the prize!

Starting weight: 219 lbs (6/10/24)
Ending weight: 205 lbs (10/31/24)
Total loss: -14lbs
Goal weight: 150-165lbs
Goal Body Fat: 20-25%

Goals for November: ✔
- Work 4 days/week ✔
- Walk 6k+ steps average/week ✔
- Log meals daily and accurately ✔
- Gym 2-3x/week ✔
- Drink more water and less sugar ✔
- Treat myself once/week with a self date ✔
- Weigh in at 200lbs at the end of the month
- END OF YEAR GOAL: 199 lbs 😍

NOVEMBER:
1st: 204
2nd: 203.8 🍩🍪🧋
3rd: dnw
4th: dnw
5th: 206 lbs
6th: dnw
7th: 204.8 lbs
8th->27th: dnw
28th: 208.8 lbs

Non weight Successes:
- Consistency and genuine enjoyment in going to the gym twice/week to work out
- Became fully licensed for me job, and am now making good money
- Finally was able to prioritize myself and prepaid for 38 personal training sessions that I'll be using Dec->March, ideally 2x/week
- Intuitive eating rather than tracking strictly, because I had a lot of other things going on and didn't want to burden my mental health with semantics

Hello! It's been a minute since I updated, and it's mostly because I've been so incredibly busy I haven't been on top of tracking my food choices. I just started working fully licensed 2 weeks ago, and that took up a lot of brain space. The job I do is considered "full time" at 25hrs/week, and I've committed to 38hrs/week (because I need the money and the demand is there, so why not) so as you can imagine that's a lot to adjust to.

The good news is, I've stayed effortlessly consistent in the gym, truly looking forward to working out now. This is a huge accomplishment for me, as all other times I've gone through gym phases they fizzled out come October because the weather cools off and so does my motivation. At this point, sometimes when I'm at work I feel my body itching to go to the gym (even though my work is physically demanding), this week I'm going an extra day because of it. On top of that, I've begun outgrowing the free weights at my gym for my lower body, and will have to start transitioning to working with machines to continue challenging myself (unless I decide to do everything one leg at a time).

I've also just invested in 38 PT sessions to do, on top of going to classes at my gym twice/week, so I might be upping my workouts to 4x/week on top of work, and will be getting some help meal planning as well so I'm going to see if I can "cut" after my holiday bulking 😂. I believe I'll be training for 20 weeks, so I'd like to lose 10% body fat if I can (I'm around 36% now), but I'll be talking to my trainer to see what she thinks will be healthy and realistic as well!

I'll be reading through everyone's updates shortly, excited to see what yall have been up to! 🥰🥰

quolwy wrote: »

Starting weight: 219 lbs (6/10/24)
Ending weight: 205 lbs (10/31/24)
Total loss: -14lbs
Goal weight: 150-165lbs
Goal Body Fat: 20-25%

Goals for November: ✔
- Work 4 days/week ✔
- Walk 6k+ steps average/week ✔
- Log meals daily and accurately ✔
- Gym 2-3x/week ✔
- Drink more water and less sugar ✔
- Treat myself once/week with a self date ✔
- Weigh in at 200lbs at the end of the month
- END OF YEAR GOAL: 199 lbs 😍

NOVEMBER:
1st: 204
2nd: 203.8 🍩🍪🧋
3rd: dnw
4th: dnw
5th: 206 lbs
6th: dnw
7th: 204.8 lbs
8th->27th: dnw
28th: 208.8 lbs

Non weight Successes:
- Consistency and genuine enjoyment in going to the gym twice/week to work out
- Became fully licensed for me job, and am now making good money
- Finally was able to prioritize myself and prepaid for 38 personal training sessions that I'll be using Dec->March, ideally 2x/week
- Intuitive eating rather than tracking strictly, because I had a lot of other things going on and didn't want to burden my mental health with semantics

Hello! It's been a minute since I updated, and it's mostly because I've been so incredibly busy I haven't been on top of tracking my food choices. I just started working fully licensed 2 weeks ago, and that took up a lot of brain space. The job I do is considered "full time" at 25hrs/week, and I've committed to 38hrs/week (because I need the money and the demand is there, so why not) so as you can imagine that's a lot to adjust to.

The good news is, I've stayed effortlessly consistent in the gym, truly looking forward to working out now. This is a huge accomplishment for me, as all other times I've gone through gym phases they fizzled out come October because the weather cools off and so does my motivation. At this point, sometimes when I'm at work I feel my body itching to go to the gym (even though my work is physically demanding), this week I'm going an extra day because of it. On top of that, I've begun outgrowing the free weights at my gym for my lower body, and will have to start transitioning to working with machines to continue challenging myself (unless I decide to do everything one leg at a time).

I've also just invested in 38 PT sessions to do, on top of going to classes at my gym twice/week, so I might be upping my workouts to 4x/week on top of work, and will be getting some help meal planning as well so I'm going to see if I can "cut" after my holiday bulking 😂. I believe I'll be training for 20 weeks, so I'd like to lose 10% body fat if I can (I'm around 36% now), but I'll be talking to my trainer to see what she thinks will be healthy and realistic as well!

I'll be reading through everyone's updates shortly, excited to see what yall have been up to! 🥰🥰

I love the successes and goals here, Congratulations! I've worked with a PT in the past. It's a great investment. Even if you can't afford it long term it's a great way to kick start a new phase of progress.