Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Teerai wrote: »
    Was hoping for the full hundred gone this year but it looks like it will take a bit longer. Still aiming for the mark though!

    But WOWOWOWOWWWW Look at your amazing progress this year! Hats off to you!
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Start Weight (Sept 1, 2018): 221
    Goal Weight (December 25, 2018): 198

    Sep 10 - 219
    Sep 17 - 215.9
    Sep 24 - 213.7
    Oct 1 - 213.5
    Oct 8 - 212.8
    Oct 15 -210.7
    Oct 22 - 206.7
    Oct 29 - 206.0
    Nov 5 - 203.5
    Nov 12 -201.9
    Nov 19 -198.9 ONEDERLAND AT LONG LAST!
    Nov 26 - 198.7
    Dec 3 - 199.4 -- Had foot surgery. Knew it was going to be a tough week to lose weight. Not as bad as I though!
    Dec 10 -
    Dec 17 -
    Dec 24 -


    Weight -/+ this week: +0.7
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -21.6
    Total weight lost: -50.6
  • KATRENAJ
    KATRENAJ Posts: 318 Member
    Super KatrenaJ
    Name: Katrena
    Age: 73
    Height: 5’0"
    Highest Weight: 255
    Start Weight (Sept 1, 2018): 222
    Goal Weight (December 25, 2018): 219


    Nov 24 – 225.5
    Dec 3 - 220.2
    Dec 10 -
    Dec 17 -
    Dec 24 -


    Weight -/+ this week - 5.3
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -1.8
    Total weight lost: 34.8

    Teerai. Great progress. Just persist. You will reach your goal. You are inspiring me

    Amy - Welcome

    Needing to get more active. Walked yesterday
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    raindogmaa wrote: »
    Dec 3 - 199.4 -- Had foot surgery. Knew it was going to be a tough week to lose weight. Not as bad as I though!

    Yesterday showed a temporary weight gain. This morning I weighed 196.4 (Yay!) which makes more sense with my trending weight. Whew!
  • moodybear2003
    moodybear2003 Posts: 225 Member
    I took some progress photos today. My total loss is 38.5 pounds, so close to 40! I don't see it when I look in the mirror, but this tells me everything I need to know! I have so far to go, but I'm not mad at this.

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  • whatalazyidiot
    whatalazyidiot Posts: 343 Member
    Hey everyone! I have 125 lbs to lose and trying really hard to stay on track this time, so I think a little support and accountability will help :) Congrats on all the amazing progress I see in here!
  • amynew4u
    amynew4u Posts: 47 Member
    WELL DONE! INCREDIBLE! I will watch your progress so closely, as I am on a very similar path. Started at 301 in October and am at 284 right now. You are doing it right. Tell us more about how you are doing it, what your caloric intake is, workout schedule is, etc. For those of us that are new? If you are comfortable discussing, that is! Congrats!
    moodybear2003 wrote: »
    I took some progress photos today. My total loss is 38.5 pounds, so close to 40! I don't see it when I look in the mirror, but this tells me everything I need to know! I have so far to go, but I'm not mad at this.

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  • moodybear2003
    moodybear2003 Posts: 225 Member
    amynew4u wrote: »
    WELL DONE! INCREDIBLE! I will watch your progress so closely, as I am on a very similar path. Started at 301 in October and am at 284 right now. You are doing it right. Tell us more about how you are doing it, what your caloric intake is, workout schedule is, etc. For those of us that are new? If you are comfortable discussing, that is! Congrats!

    Thank you! I try to keep my calories between 1500 and 1800. MFP gives me 1970. There are days I'm over, I feel like it all balances out. My diary is open, and I'm usually about 90% complete, there are times I just forget to log. I use a fitbit, and it adds in exercise calories for me. I don't usually pay it a lot of attention, I think it overestimates...

    I aim for 4 days a week of working out, I don't always make it. I struggled all through Oct and Nov, I'm finally back on schedule. I do weight machines and cardio at planet fitness, a schedule laid out by the trainer there. I try to fit a jazzercise class at the Y in once a week on top of whatever else I do. Day 1 is leg day - leg press, the 2 hip machines, and calf press. Day 2 is Lateral pulldown, row, bicep curls, and 1 ab machine. Day 3 is pectoral fly, chest press, tricep extentions and pressdowns. Day 4 is supposed to be deltoid, overhead press, and ab machine. I usually skip day 4 of the trainer's plan, I kinda count my jazzercise day as day 4.

    Cardio: I mix up between elliptical, arc trainer, treadmill (usually walking. But I just started a couch to running program!!) and bike. 20 to 30 minutes. Plus a 5 minute warm up walk before I start the weight machines.

    I only work 20 hours a week, so I gave myself a lot to do since I had the time. My Job is about 90/10 sedentary/active. I work at a Library, so a lot of my day is sitting at the computer waiting to help someone, with the rest spent walking around putting away books, cleaning up, helping a patron with the computer.
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    moodybear2003 wrote: »
    amynew4u wrote: »
    WELL DONE! INCREDIBLE! I will watch your progress so closely, as I am on a very similar path. Started at 301 in October and am at 284 right now. You are doing it right. Tell us more about how you are doing it, what your caloric intake is, workout schedule is, etc. For those of us that are new? If you are comfortable discussing, that is! Congrats!

    Thank you! I try to keep my calories between 1500 and 1800. MFP gives me 1970. There are days I'm over, I feel like it all balances out. My diary is open, and I'm usually about 90% complete, there are times I just forget to log. I use a fitbit, and it adds in exercise calories for me. I don't usually pay it a lot of attention, I think it overestimates...

    I aim for 4 days a week of working out, I don't always make it. I struggled all through Oct and Nov, I'm finally back on schedule. I do weight machines and cardio at planet fitness, a schedule laid out by the trainer there. I try to fit a jazzercise class at the Y in once a week on top of whatever else I do. Day 1 is leg day - leg press, the 2 hip machines, and calf press. Day 2 is Lateral pulldown, row, bicep curls, and 1 ab machine. Day 3 is pectoral fly, chest press, tricep extentions and pressdowns. Day 4 is supposed to be deltoid, overhead press, and ab machine. I usually skip day 4 of the trainer's plan, I kinda count my jazzercise day as day 4.

    Cardio: I mix up between elliptical, arc trainer, treadmill (usually walking. But I just started a couch to running program!!) and bike. 20 to 30 minutes. Plus a 5 minute warm up walk before I start the weight machines.

    I only work 20 hours a week, so I gave myself a lot to do since I had the time. My Job is about 90/10 sedentary/active. I work at a Library, so a lot of my day is sitting at the computer waiting to help someone, with the rest spent walking around putting away books, cleaning up, helping a patron with the computer.

    I recognized the Planet Fitness colors in the locker room! I am finally ready to start earnest exercise (not just a lot of walking). You look so great! I wish I'd taken a before picture, or even measurements. Seeing progress with something other than numbers on a scale is such a great motivator.
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Start Weight (Sept 1, 2018): 221
    Goal Weight (December 25, 2018): 198

    Sep 10 - 219
    Sep 17 - 215.9
    Sep 24 - 213.7
    Oct 1 - 213.5
    Oct 8 - 212.8
    Oct 15 -210.7
    Oct 22 - 206.7
    Oct 29 - 206.0
    Nov 5 - 203.5
    Nov 12 -201.9
    Nov 19 -198.9 ONEDERLAND AT LONG LAST!
    Nov 26 - 198.7
    Dec 3 - 199.4 -- Had foot surgery. Knew it was going to be a tough week to lose weight. Not as bad as I though!
    Dec 10 -195.6
    Dec 17 -
    Dec 24 -


    Weight -/+ this week: -3.8
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -25.4
    Total weight lost: -54.4
  • blackhawkgirl91
    blackhawkgirl91 Posts: 223 Member
    So long ago I used to be a regular of this thread, the I fell away from MFP in general for about four years. It's awesome to see it still alive! A lot has happened since I disappeared--I graduated from 4 year college, lost an uncle, got a husband, and most recently graduated from grad school! In these four years my weight has really yo-yoed. When I left I was around 270-ish, and now I'm at 330. Now that I'm out of school and my husband and I are trying to conceive, I find myself more motivated than ever to get healthy! Also, I missed the support and accountability of this little community :smile:
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    @blackhawkgirl91 Welcome back! I only started in January so we are new to each other...and I'll grant you some grace for your hockey team choice. :wink:
  • blackhawkgirl91
    blackhawkgirl91 Posts: 223 Member
    edited December 2018
    @DebCountsAll the Blackhawks were my high school mascot in Iowa B) I didn't know about the hockey team until a few years ago when I first joined MFP :D Thank you for the welcome! o:)
  • tomtom28115
    tomtom28115 Posts: 5 Member
    edited December 2018
    i have a spouse who brings me down on eating weight losing food. trying to figure out ways to fix this. Thanks for listening friends, :)
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Deb
    Age: 52
    Height: 5’8”
    Highest Weight: This round: 295 (January 16, 2018)
    Start Weight (September 1, 2018): 243.6
    Goal Weight (December 31, 2018): 230.0
    Sept 1 / 243.6
    Sep 8 / 244.0
    Sep 15 / DNW
    Sep 22 / 241.6
    Sep 29 / no clue
    Oct 6 / on travel
    Oct 13 / 240.6
    Oct 20 / 241.0
    Oct 27 / 238.8
    Nov 3 / 238.8 If I only stepped on a scale once a week, I’d be disappointed with this. Since I weigh and post daily on another thread, I know exactly why I didn’t lose weight (in fact, gained a bit midweek then lost it) so I know my struggles ARE showing progress even when I stumble.
    Nov 10 / 237.4 / I weighed less yesterday, but last night’s dinner wasn’t until 9 pm and that really affects me even if the calories and sodium are on point.
    Nov 18 / 237.6 / Last weekend I was out of town. Saturday the 10th I did fine, got my water in, and didn’t go off plan. Sunday the 11th I went completely off the rails. It has taken me *all* of this week just to get back to where I was last Saturday morning. This would be fine if I was on maintenance, but I’m not. I think I need this lesson now, right before the holidays, to really understand what one day’s overindulgence nets.
    Nov 24 / 237.6 / Maintaining over Thanksgiving is definitely better than I managed two weeks ago.
    Dec 1 / 235.8 / Yay!
    Dec 8 / In Mexico, horrible water retention but no scale to prove it. (Got home 12/9, weight was 249.2 at 11:30 pm)
    Dec 15 / 234.4 / Sick today. I am not going to count last week’s weight since it was so obviously messed up.
    Dec 22 /
    Dec 29 /

    Weight -/+ this week: -1.4
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -9.2
    Total weight lost: -60.6

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  • amynew4u
    amynew4u Posts: 47 Member
    HW: 309
    SW: 301 (late Oct.)
    Dec 2: 285
    Dec 15: 281.4

    Hoping to get to 275 this month to meet that first mini goal! Oddly, I have a colonoscopy this week, soooo, that should help :blush: = False weight loss reading!

    I'm happy to have hit the 20# loss mark, but don't see or feel a noticeable change yet. Something to look forward to. As we all know, when you have so much to lose, sometimes if just feels like, well ... so much to lose.

    Onward!


    1st mini-goal: 275
    2nd mini-goal: 250
  • mamaLBSdown
    mamaLBSdown Posts: 24 Member
    I am afraid that I am a bit confused here. Is this group still open to folks? I have been here a bit over a month, down 24lbs and have 100+ lbs to loose. I would like to be a part of this if it's still open.
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Start Weight (Sept 1, 2018): 221
    Goal Weight (December 25, 2018): 198

    Sep 10 - 219
    Sep 17 - 215.9
    Sep 24 - 213.7
    Oct 1 - 213.5
    Oct 8 - 212.8
    Oct 15 -210.7
    Oct 22 - 206.7
    Oct 29 - 206.0
    Nov 5 - 203.5
    Nov 12 -201.9
    Nov 19 -198.9 ONEDERLAND AT LONG LAST!
    Nov 26 - 198.7
    Dec 3 - 199.4 -- Had foot surgery. Knew it was going to be a tough week to lose weight. Not as bad as I though!
    Dec 10 -195.6
    Dec 17 - 194.9
    Dec 24 -


    Weight -/+ this week: -0.7
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -26.1
    Total weight lost: -55.1
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    mamaLBSdown wrote: »
    I am afraid that I am a bit confused here. Is this group still open to folks? I have been here a bit over a month, down 24lbs and have 100+ lbs to loose. I would like to be a part of this if it's still open.

    Sure this is still open! Just jump right in, and welcome.
  • DebCountsAll
    DebCountsAll Posts: 471 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Deb
    Age: 52
    Height: 5’8”
    Highest Weight: This round: 295 (January 16, 2018)
    Start Weight (September 1, 2018): 243.6
    Goal Weight (December 31, 2018): 230.0
    Sept 1 / 243.6
    Sep 8 / 244.0
    Sep 15 / DNW
    Sep 22 / 241.6
    Sep 29 / no clue
    Oct 6 / on travel
    Oct 13 / 240.6
    Oct 20 / 241.0
    Oct 27 / 238.8
    Nov 3 / 238.8 If I only stepped on a scale once a week, I’d be disappointed with this. Since I weigh and post daily on another thread, I know exactly why I didn’t lose weight (in fact, gained a bit midweek then lost it) so I know my struggles ARE showing progress even when I stumble.
    Nov 10 / 237.4 / I weighed less yesterday, but last night’s dinner wasn’t until 9 pm and that really affects me even if the calories and sodium are on point.
    Nov 18 / 237.6 / Last weekend I was out of town. Saturday the 10th I did fine, got my water in, and didn’t go off plan. Sunday the 11th I went completely off the rails. It has taken me *all* of this week just to get back to where I was last Saturday morning. This would be fine if I was on maintenance, but I’m not. I think I need this lesson now, right before the holidays, to really understand what one day’s overindulgence nets.
    Nov 24 / 237.6 / Maintaining over Thanksgiving is definitely better than I managed two weeks ago.
    Dec 1 / 235.8 / Yay!
    Dec 8 / In Mexico, horrible water retention but no scale to prove it. (Got home 12/9, weight was 249.2 at 11:30 pm)
    Dec 15 / 234.4 / Sick today. I am not going to count last week’s weight since it was so obviously messed up.
    Dec 22 / 234.0 / Wow I was sick. I still have a cough but it isn’t waking me at night.
    Dec 29 /

    Weight -/+ this week: -.4
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -9.6
    Total weight lost: -61.0

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  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Super Autumn Slimdown
    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Start Weight (Sept 1, 2018): 221
    Goal Weight (December 25, 2018): 198

    Sep 10 - 219
    Sep 17 - 215.9
    Sep 24 - 213.7
    Oct 1 - 213.5
    Oct 8 - 212.8
    Oct 15 -210.7
    Oct 22 - 206.7
    Oct 29 - 206.0
    Nov 5 - 203.5
    Nov 12 -201.9
    Nov 19 -198.9 ONEDERLAND AT LONG LAST!
    Nov 26 - 198.7
    Dec 3 - 199.4 -- Had foot surgery. Knew it was going to be a tough week to lose weight. Not as bad as I though!
    Dec 10 -195.6
    Dec 17 - 194.9
    Dec 24 - 192.8


    Weight -/+ this week: -2.1
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -28.2
    Total weight lost: -57.1
  • sweeetypie1
    sweeetypie1 Posts: 122 Member

    Name: Diane
    Age: 57
    Height: 5’7"
    Highest Weight: 260.3
    Start Weight (Jan 1 2019): 253.3


    Jan 7 -



    Weight -/+ this week:
    Weight -/+ this challenge:
    Total weight lost: -7
  • Jaydoh120
    Jaydoh120 Posts: 52 Member
    Name : Julie
    Age : 41
    Height : 5'9
    HW : 264.5lbs on 9th October 2018
    CW : 225.6lbs on 1st January 2019
    GW : 145lbs (+- 40 down, 80 to go!)

    8 Jan :
  • sweeetypie1
    sweeetypie1 Posts: 122 Member
    Name: Diane
    Age: 57
    Height: 5’7"
    Highest Weight: 260.3
    Start Weight (Jan 1 2019): 253.3


    Jan 7 -251.3



    Weight -/+ this week:
    Weight -/+ this challenge: -2
    Total weight lost: -9
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    Hey all... Well.... What I thought would happen has happened. I was losing so well at a steady rate - as I was recouping from my foot surgery in late Nov. I had not been exercising. So I started with my new exercise regime and I am gaining! Common sense tells me this is normal because "muscle weighs more that fat" but when you are on such a good trek and then the numbers start creeping up, it's disappointing. Common sense is also telling me to stick with it because once my body adjusts to the new activity, the fat will burn faster. The problem is that I am an impatient person. I like seeing results, so I'm trying like hell not to let this get me down. Argh! Have any of you experienced this?

    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Weight at the end of the Autumn Challenge: (Dec 24, 2018) 192.8

    Jan 7th 195.3
    Jan 14
    Jan 21
    Jan 28

    Weight -/+ this week: +3.1
    Total weight lost: -54.7


  • sweeetypie1
    sweeetypie1 Posts: 122 Member
    raindogmaa wrote: »
    Hey all... Well.... What I thought would happen has happened. I was losing so well at a steady rate - as I was recouping from my foot surgery in late Nov. I had not been exercising. So I started with my new exercise regime and I am gaining! Common sense tells me this is normal because "muscle weighs more that fat" but when you are on such a good trek and then the numbers start creeping up, it's disappointing. Common sense is also telling me to stick with it because once my body adjusts to the new activity, the fat will burn faster. The problem is that I am an impatient person. I like seeing results, so I'm trying like hell not to let this get me down. Argh! Have any of you experienced this?

    Name: Cyndy
    Age: 61
    Height: 5’3"
    Highest Weight: (Oct 15, 2004) 250
    Weight at the end of the Autumn Challenge: (Dec 24, 2018) 192.8

    Jan 7th 195.3
    Jan 14
    Jan 21
    Jan 28

    Weight -/+ this week: +3.1
    Total weight lost: -54.7


    I haven't experienced this because I haven't really started exercising yet, but I want to encourage you to keep it up because in the end it's very good for your heart and circulation (not to mention muscles). You are an encouragement to me as I watched your numbers go down these past few months, so please keep it up and get healthy.
  • klhirte613
    klhirte613 Posts: 2 Member
    Just started the first day of my 120 lb journey. Happy to find some friends that I can share my triumphs and downfalls with. It is always easier when you have people you can share with. Thanks for being here! Since it is Wednesday I will close with a wish. I wish that my feet will stay healthy this year so I can incorporate exercise back into my lifestyle.
  • raindogmaa
    raindogmaa Posts: 205 Member
    sweeetypie1 wrote: »
    I haven't experienced this because I haven't really started exercising yet, but I want to encourage you to keep it up because in the end it's very good for your heart and circulation (not to mention muscles). You are an encouragement to me as I watched your numbers go down these past few months, so please keep it up and get healthy.

    Thank you @sweeetypie1 -- I appreciate the encouragement!
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Hi everyone!! It's been awhile since I checked in here. I've been using a different app to log (just needed a change), but ultimately, I missed the community here, so I'm back. It's good to see some familiar faces, and I hope to get to know the newer folks quickly.

    @blackhawkgirl91 --good to see you back! I think I was the one to tell you about the hockey team--or should I say THE hockey team? Just kidding @DebCountsAll . :wink:

    Here are my stats:

    Name: Karen
    Age: 49
    Height: 5’7"
    Highest Weight: 247
    Current Weight: 203

    My goal is to lose about 20 lbs by June when I'm traveling to Iceland for a 50th birthday trip. I've previously gotten down 183 and maintained that weight for about 2 years before it started creeping back up again. I know I can get there again, and I have a whole closet full of clothes that will fit much better when I get there. More importantly, I felt better and was much healthier at that weight.

    My plan is to track all of my calories and exercise regularly. I had been going to physical therapy twice a week for a frozen shoulder, but my PT just switched me to once a month, so that will free up a lot of time for the gym. He also cleared me to start lifting weights again. Not being able to lift is part of the reason I've gained (ice cream is the other reason--LOL). But seriously, I enjoyed the gym so much more when I could lift--I enjoy cardio, but it gets really boring and makes me so hungry that it almost feels counter-productive. I know it's not, but that's how it feels at times. On the contrary, strength training helps curb my appetite and makes me feel stronger, so I hope getting back into a lifting routine will help me reach my goal.

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