Well...... here I go.

Wow..... this is a slow board

Hi Sweetpoison. Welcome back to 3FatChicks. I agree that this thread is slow moving, but there is another year long challenge that is more active if you're interested.

https://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chi...thers-day.html

It is being broken down into shorter segments from holiday to holiday. Feel free to jump on in if you're interested.

I am in a similar position as a older woman struggling to lose weight and get healthier while dealing with some medical issues, and it can be trying.

I finally updated my weigh-in. Somehow I am weighing in on a different day here than on other challenges so starting next week I am going to switch over to Friday to be consistent all around.

So far I have maintained all but 1 lb of the loss I had from the hospital. It is helping to keep me on the straight and narrow since I really, really, want to maintain this and continue on down. It would feel so wonderful to see the 180s again!!!! I feel that God gave me that loss to give me a boost, and the least I can do it work to continue on. It does take work, but it is so worth it to feel better and be healthier.

I'm joining this thread late, as I'd like to have a place to track my month over month goals for the year, even though I know I won't hit my ultimate goal this year.

Just started on March 18th at 267.4. My goal for 2018 is Onederland, which will require an average of 7 pounds per month, so that is my goal.

MARCH

3/18: 267.4
3/25: 263.6 (-3.8)

End of Month: 262.6 (-4.8)
Total Loss: 4.8

APRIL

4/1: 262.4 (-1.2)
4/8: 261.6 (-0.8)
4/15: 258.0 (-3.6)
4/22: 257.2 (-0.8)
4/29: 257.0 (-0.2)

End of Month: 256.0 (-6.6)
Total Loss: 11.4

MAY

5/6: 255.2 (-1.8)
5/13: 253.0 (-2.2)
5/20: 249.8 (-3.2)
5/27: 248.6 (-1.2)

End of Month: 246.6 (-9.4)
Total Loss: 21.8

JUNE

6/3: 248.2 (-0.4)
6/10: 246.8 (-1.4)
6/17: 244.8 (-2.0)
6/24: 242.2 (-2.6)

End of Month: 240.0 (-6.6)
Total Loss: 27.4

JULY

7/1: 239.8 (-2.4)
7/8: 239.6 (-0.2)
7/15: 237.4 (-2.2)
7/22: 234.4 (-3.0)
7/29: 232.4 (-2.0)

End of Month: 231.6 (-8.4)
Total Loss: 35.8

AUGUST

8/5: 231.4 (-1.0)
8/12: 230.6 (-0.8)
8/19: 226.6 (-4.0)
8/26: 226.0 (-0.6)

End of Month: 223.2 (-8.4)
Total Loss: 44.2

SEPTEMBER

9/2: 222.6 (-3.4)
9/9: 222.6 (0.0)
9/16: 222.2 (-0.4)
9/23: 219.8 (-2.4)
9/30: 222.8 (+3.0) First week with a gain

End of Month: 222.8 (-0.4) Serious plateau this month
Total Loss: 44.6

OCTOBER

10/7: 222.6 (-0.2)
10/14: 218.4 (-4.2)
10/21: 218.8 (+0.4)
10/28: 216.4 (-2.4)

End of Month: 215.4 (-7.4)
Total Loss: 52.0

NOVEMBER

11/4: 215.0 (-1.4)
11/11: 215.4 (+0.4)
11/18: 213.6 (-1.8)
11/25: 212.6 (-1.0)

End of Month: 209.6 (-5.8)
Total Loss:57.8

DECEMBER

12/2: 210.0 (-2.6)
12/9: 210.2 (+0.2)
12/16: 208.0 (-2.2)
12/23: 208.0 (-0.0)
12/30: 207.0 (-1.0)

End of Month: 205.2 (-4.4)
Total Loss: 62.2

I really truly thought I was going to have to post a gain this week for the first time. I don't think I've ever been so happy to post a 0.8 pound loss. Way behind schedule for this month's goal, but I have 19 days left in the month to get back on track.

This week, I lost the most weight I've ever lost in a week (4.0 pounds). Even more than I did the very first week, when all the water weight falls off. Not sure why or how, but this was a GREAT week. I've been doing some reading online, and for people with PCOS, it appears that cutting a substantial amount of sugar out of the diet can help fix insulin resistance (basically reset the body's ability to process sugar correctly, like normal people do), but it can take a few months to get there, so for some people, weight loss can actually accelerate once you reach that point.. I didn't know that when I started, but coincidentally, that's the biggest change I've made, is cutting out all of the snacky foods, and thus, a lot of the sugar. I'm also eating a lot less bread and drinking a lot less milk, both of which have sugar. And it's been 5 months. So maybe that is what is happening. I really hope so. I'd love to be able to keep this rate of weight loss for a while.

Vicki
You are so close to Onederland, I'm so excited for you. Keep it up, you can do it.