Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Thanks all for the supportive thoughts on my BT numbers. Very exciting for me.
@ Susan - I'm glad the resignation wasn't too terribly awful. You have so much to look forward to with the new job!
@Des - That stinks about the candy, BUT I'm sure the disappointment was eased by huge success!
@G-Kaye - I'm so glad Keith had fun at his birthday party. That is the most wonderful age.
@Linder - That whole garage door thing is scary! I'd be really nervous too if I were you.
@MacBeth - Good luck with the new prospective job. I sure hope things ease up for you soon.
@Robin - You're a braver woman than I am. Wallpaper terrifies me. FOr me it would wind up like the I Love Lucy wallpaper episode.
@JT Const - Wonderful NSV!
@Sams - Welcome back!
@Helena - I can relate. I work for one of the largest computer/printer companies in the world and it seems like our office computers/printers are always down. I just have /sigh at the irony of it. I found this site for the quinoa, it might help: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-quinoa-63344
@Drojen - Great Doctor news! That's wonderful. I keep saying how amazed I am at our bodies ability to repair the damage we do..if we give it a chance.
Wednesday wishes - I already got it, I'm not getting laid off. I'm here until August 9th when my contract ends. I also talked to the lab manager and she'd like to renew my contract after the mandatory 100 day break. I'll have to start really saving up some money to make it through that 100 days, but it will be worth it to come back to this group of people. I love working with them.0 -
I'm disappointed in myself. I'm up 3 lbs. and confirmed that 3 days in a row.......I do NOT feel like updating my ticker. I'm hoping its an aberration and will self-correct. I have not been accurately recording my food, I have been estimating at the end of the day and thats not good! I also have been eating late at nite right before I go to bed. Thats not good either. Don't do as I do..........0
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I just turned down chocolate-covered strawberries, what is the world coming to?! :sad:
@Robin~I'm so sorry for the gain, hopefully it will even out. It could be from the guesstimating, hang in there - you can do this!
@Kris~Yay, congrats on making the cut. Can you find something through a recruiter or something part-time while you wait out the 100 days?
@Des~You're making excellent progress! Its nice when the doc is pleased too.
@Helena~There should be instructions on the quinoa package, that is what I usually follow. The water to quinoa ratio can fluctuate depending on the type of recipe you are following (i.e. adding other ingredients).
Wednesday Wish~No real wish this week. I've been doing really well this week and so far the scale is going down, hoping for a good loss come Friday.0 -
@ Kaye - hope that baby comes soon! It would be fun if it was the same day as Grandpa's though. My brother & I are born on the same day, 3 yrs apart. Aside from alternating years for who got the cake they wanted (i liked banana, he liked chocolate), I don't think it left any huge scars on my psyche. LOL. My son was almost born on the same day as my nephew. His is one day before his cousin's - 2 yrs apart. My entire family is born within 3 weeks of each other (there are 5 of us - all Leos.....)
Babies always come on their own schedule. Make us jump through hoops for them before they're even here! Hope all goes well and she gets here soon.0 -
@ Robin - who says you have to update that ticker - those 3 lbs will be gone again, just start logging and watch what happens. You can do it. We all have ups and downs. I was up 1.5 lbs last week. I didn't update my ticker because darn it all, they WILL be gone again. In the meantime, I've put the scale away again so I don't get discouraged and start to obsess (as I have a tendency to do, LOL) It isn't about the number, it's about changing our lifestyle, right? We're all bound to hit some bumps in the road along the way.0
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@ Kaye - hope that baby comes soon! It would be fun if it was the same day as Grandpa's though. My brother & I are born on the same day, 3 yrs apart. Aside from alternating years for who got the cake they wanted (i liked banana, he liked chocolate), I don't think it left any huge scars on my psyche. LOL. My son was almost born on the same day as my nephew. His is one day before his cousin's - 2 yrs apart. My entire family is born within 3 weeks of each other (there are 5 of us - all Leos.....)
Babies always come on their own schedule. Make us jump through hoops for them before they're even here! Hope all goes well and she gets here soon.
You know, chocolate and banana go really well together... 0 -
I just love reading through the posts. Everyone's in a different journey along this way, but the one thing that ties us all together is our desire to get healthy and lose this weight once and for all. I love it!!
Well, notice was given on Monday and thought I was working out the two weeks. I arrive yesterday and they tell me because of the casino/regulatory affairs it would be my last day. The good thing is they still have to pay me those two weeks. Woo Hoo!! I'm taking the rest of this week off, but starting bright and early Monday at the new job. Soooo excited!!!
Wednesday Wish: No wishing, but praying my new job is everything I hope it to be. Life is good. I did my hour walk this morning. Love our weather and blue skies every single day (well, 98% of the time). I'm going to take my son to boxing tonight, which I hardly get to do because I'm never home from work in time. I'm heading out tomorrow to buy some new undergarments since the old ones are falling off (not good). I'm heading to Sprouts to load up on fruits & veggies. The scale keeps going down and I just received my 195 days of logging notice. No complaints whatsoever.0 -
Susan, glad everything is going so well for you! I love this site for the same reasons that you mention. Its just great to get to "rub shoulders" with such a diverse group, yet we share the same goals.
Kaye0 -
Wednesday Wish: I wish everyone could feel as good as I did after my work out today, with the radio blasting, pounding my steering wheel like a redneck fool while listening to When the Levee Breaks.
Although everyone is welcome to their own song selection! :laugh:0 -
Robin- Don't worry about the weight gain it will go away again. We all experience fluctuations throughout the month. It may that you are retaining water weight due to a higher salt intake. Just keep working out and walking until your heart is content.
Susan good luck with the new job and I am happy that you get to start earlier than expected.
Wish- I either want one good snow storm or for Spring to come and actually stay around. I am tired of the cloudy, gray days and cold nights. The only problem with snow is that it will extend the school year and my last day is not until June 20th.
Last night I was asking my trainer about a couple of the exercises he had me doing since I could not remember how to do them. While we were talking, he told that I inspired another person to start training with him. This person has seen me working out at the gym and getting healthier/fitter, they want to do the same thing. So now they are putting their heart into it. Needless to say I was totally surprised by this news.0 -
Wishing everyone well today and I'll let that be my Wednesday wish.
GHD challenge 13/13
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I'm back. It has been a rough winter, what with illness and the cold always gets to me. We could not get reservations in Key West this year and that always gave me a respite. We did go to St Augustine Fl. but the weather was milder than expected. I have been wishy washy with my motivation and joined Weight Watchers 2 weeks ago. I gained .6 lbs while on vacation but lost 3.2 this week. I am eating better than ever, though I did make some bad choice today. I had a Dr's apptmt at noon and didnt plan my lunch, so I had a fast food hamburger. While driving to the Dr I realized I had leftover chicken drumsticks that would have been a lot better for my food plan.
My wish for Wednesday is to be in the moment and make informed choices and to plan better. I had a nice dinner tonight because I made it in advance. Tomorrow I am going out to Valentines Day and hubby wants to surprize me. I hope it is user friendly or barring that, I hope I make good choices.
I really enjoy this group so I am going to try to be more consistent with posting.
Wishing everyone well
Grandma Kay, Enjoyed your picture. You are beautiful0 -
Last night I was asking my trainer about a couple of the exercises he had me doing since I could not remember how to do them. While we were talking, he told that I inspired another person to start training with him. This person has seen me working out at the gym and getting healthier/fitter, they want to do the same thing. So now they are putting their heart into it. Needless to say I was totally surprised by this news.
That's awesome Laurie, what a great feeling! :bigsmile:0 -
kindof a drive-by posting tonight...
Wednesday wish - for the amped-up drama at work to die down a bit... lots of patients cycling (Shrinkrapt will understand), and a brief elopement... and bang, we're all over the news....:noway: :frown:
that's life in the psych ward...0 -
Hi everyone! Sounds like most of us made it through Fat Tuesday without doing too much damage.
@helena--in general the water to quinoa ratio is 2 to 1 (just like rice, but as kelley said, it can vary if you are adding other liquid ingredients. I always cook my quinoa first and then add the other stuff.
@kaye--how exciting about the arrival of a new grandbaby!
@robin--I wouldn't change the ticker. Of course, I weigh almost every day and only adjust my ticker down (never up). Too many fluctuations to keep going up and down. Even with the logging at the end of the day and guessing/estimating, I doubt you ate over 10,000 calories above maintenance which is what it would take to truly gain 3 lbs.
@susan & kris--congrats to both of you for the great job news!
@melancholy--I also wonder how people can run on ice and snow--I can barely walk on it without falling down!
@gorilla--sounds like a great workout, even sans burpees! :laugh: I've also noticed that the New Years crowds have died away. It makes me sad for those who gave up on getting healthy, but happy that I don't have to fight for machines.
@sams--Welcome back!!!! :flowerforyou: :drinker:
@sara--my friends and I used to go to the roller rink every weekend as tweens. A couple of years ago a group of us decided to try it again, and it was so much fun!
@laurie--that's so great that you inspired someone else to get healthy!!
@tammy--great NSV!! Love, love, love the smaller pants sizes!
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Wed. Wish:
I'm doing so well right now that I'm going to wish all of you who are struggling yourselves or have loved ones struggling. :flowerforyou:
I went to the gym today as planned, but I just couldn't get myself to focus on weights. I did about 10 minutes, but I was antsy to jump on the treadmill, so I did. :blushing: Ran 2 miles and then did 7 miles on the stationary bike--HILLS PLUS setting--I was dripping sweat the whole time! I'm not yet at the point where I can force myself to do the exercises I should; I'm still in the mode where I'm just proud (and a little amazed) that I truly enjoy the running and the cycling. Anyway, today I realized why people have trainers--to make them do what they NEED to do vs. what they WANT to do at the gym. I'm not ready for a trainer...yet.
I also had a scale victory. Ever since I adjusted my ticker to match my new home scale, I've been worried. What if it's not accurate? It said I lost another pound last week, but what if it's wrong? Well today when I weighed in at the gym, I was down a pound there as well, so I got confirmation that the 1 lb loss last week was "real."
Tuesday Goals:
Exercise goals for week of 2/11:
Mon--walk gunner? (I donate blood at 5 pm, but if I hurry home I might have time for this) NOT DONE
Tues--rest day (I have a union meeting and dinner plans w/ a friend)
Wed--walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Thurs--walk gunner + core
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner + gym (long run) + dancing at Gaelic Storm concert!
Sun--walk gunner
Grading Goals:
1. x/16 Parts of Speech Tests
2. x47 Brave New World analyses
3. 4/11 AP analysis activities
GHD challenge:
13/28 days minimum 80 grams of protein0 -
Well, Wednesday is almost over, but my Wednesday wish is for better sleep tonight. I have started a new medication for my knees and it says it helps with swelling. Well, sure enough I have been up for the last 5 nights with horrible feet and leg aches. Last night was every hour. I visited my doctor today and we looked at all of my medicines and changed some dosages but no water pills for the next 48 hours. Did some blood work also. Trying to drink more water today, but I'm not a good water drinker either. Will see how things go, lab results back and drink more water over the next few days. Dr. said I was almost ready for IV fluids, so he was glad I came in. Actually, I called him yesterday and he said he had to see me in the office.
Congratulations on everyone's good dr. appointments and accomplishments. Keep trucking along for everyone else.0 -
Well, Wednesday is almost over, but my Wednesday wish is for better sleep tonight. I have started a new medication for my knees and it says it helps with swelling. Well, sure enough I have been up for the last 5 nights with horrible feet and leg aches. Last night was every hour. I visited my doctor today and we looked at all of my medicines and changed some dosages but no water pills for the next 48 hours. Did some blood work also. Trying to drink more water today, but I'm not a good water drinker either. Will see how things go, lab results back and drink more water over the next few days. Dr. said I was almost ready for IV fluids, so he was glad I came in. Actually, I called him yesterday and he said he had to see me in the office.
Congratulations on everyone's good dr. appointments and accomplishments. Keep trucking along for everyone else.
Oh my goodness, your doctor was serious about drinking that water if he threatened you with IV's. PLEASE get your fluids in!
PRETTY PLEASE!!!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Last night I was asking my trainer about a couple of the exercises he had me doing since I could not remember how to do them. While we were talking, he told that I inspired another person to start training with him. This person has seen me working out at the gym and getting healthier/fitter, they want to do the same thing. So now they are putting their heart into it. Needless to say I was totally surprised by this news.
I love this post!! Thank you for sharing. It's so nice to hear when others notice your efforts, but when someone shares your efforts with others and they learn from it even better. Your paying it forward as we all should. You go girl!!!!0 -
Woo Hoo!!! I weighed in tonight at WW and I'm down another 3 lbs. Since joining MFP in August, I'm down 44 lbs, but overall I'm down 60 lbs. My goal is to be under 200 by the end of this year and I'm on the right track with only 65 more to go. If I keep losing steady each month, I should be under by my 45th birthday in October. Happy dance!!!!0
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I have a question.............................almost every day I go over on the protein & fiber. I rarely go over on carbs or fat & just about every day I'm a few calories under the goal set for me. I'm just wondering if this happens to others & is it something to be real concerned about or is it OK if I just concentrate on the total calories. I'm losing weight with the way I'm doing it but I am concerned about being healthy too. Thanks for your input. Barb0
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@susan--congrats on the loss!!! :drinker: :drinker:
@barb--It's really hard to eat too much protein or fiber (provided you don't have any other health issues), so I never worry about going over. Also, MFP has a pretty low protein goal, and the carb goal at 55% is (IMHO) outrageously high. I custom set my macros to 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fat b/c I've read a lot of articles that suggested doing so (sorry I don't ever save the sources or I would share the links). That being said, I rarely hit my protein goal and often go over my carbs, but at least I have better guidelines at the outset. In general, I would say as long as you are losing weight, you don't need to be too worried about macros. However, as you get closer to your goal, you may need to watch them more closely to continue shedding lbs.0 -
Barquit - I agree with skinny.... in all her points. MFP seems to go very low on fiber/protein and way too high in carbs. My fiber is custom set to 30. I rarely reach that, and usually hit between 10 and 20. Under 10 I have .....digestive troubles and over 20, I have....different digestive troubles. I have medical issues so I set my protein for 62 and my carb set at 138(since I can't customize that number, I actually aim for 145).0
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Hey guys! My friend's kids both were/are big time wrestlers, but the IOC is threatening to eliminate wrestling from the Olympics. Please go to the link below and like her FB page. Also, share it with any friends who care about wrestling!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SAVE-Olympic-Wrestling/4455525721833080 -
GHD challenge 13/13. Good night.0
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Laurie, I love that you're inspiring others! Awesome!
Vickiemieth, Been there, Done that, Bought the T-shirt. One of my docs had a wretched week a few weeks ago. Here's a recipe for misery: take 26 women on a 26-bed unit, give about half them norovirus (a masty stomach virus), restrict them all to the unit until nobody's had symptoms for 48 hours, and then have the nurse manager, psychologist, and one doctor (of two) all go on vacation that week. By Day 8, my very resilient doc was exhausted and losing her cool. Not that I blame her!
Wednesday wish: that the 9 bins of holiday decorations would fly themselves back to the storage unit and vacate my living room!0 -
Normal week so far Tuesday lots of walking around for work plus the treadmill, yesterday made the gym before start of work more treadmill. Heading to the gym this morning planning on more of the same. Was hoping to start the water river class at the Y but had to put off till next week. My DH car broke done so we are sharing so made it not possible.
Wednesday wish. That the laundry would fold and put away itself.
Thursday truth -- I am really craving Chinese food especially moo shoo pork I have made my home version of sweet and sour chicken it was good but what I really want is to out and have mom shoo. Silly yes but that's my truth!!
@Kaye Congrats on the new Grand Baby!
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@ Lauriek70 - Hard work is contagious!! Great job inspiring people at the gym and here!
@ MaraDiaz - Nothing better then a great workout!!! Do it again!
@ skinnyjeanzbo- Great work at the gym and with the loss!!! I also signed up for that save the wrestling thing
@ Susan2396 - Awesome success with the loss!!!! Keep it coming!
@ barquilt - I agree with everyone else.. there is no such thing as too much protein... especially if you are
Well last night I did a quick HIIT session on the elliptical, set it up for intervals and did 2 minutes all the way up on level 16 and then 2 minutes at 8... It was a great quick workout had my heart pumping and the sweat dripping.
Tonight I am lifting, Workout A... so Deadlifts, I am hoping that Valentine's day has the gym empty! Going to really punish the muscles tonight and then plan a nice hot Epsom salt bath... and an early Friday morning run!
So Day 2 of TNT low carb diet... I had Prosciutto with my breakfast, who could ever complain about that!!!0 -
Good Morning & Happy Valentine’s Day!
Going to be lots of temptations around here – there were chocolate covered strawberries yesterday (still in fridge) and from what I hear donuts are being brought in today plus whatever else people bring in. Luckily I don’t really like donuts, but still keeping my distance!
@Karen~Yay, on the 1# being real. I haven’t weighed since I upped my calories but cheated yesterday so I could report back to my trainer, I didn’t believe it the first time so did it twice! LOL
@kvandeest~Definitely drink that water. My trainer has had two clients in the last 2 weeks pass out in the middle of their sessions from being dehydrated.
@Susan~Awesome loss! I think you and I have similar goals this year, I hope to be at goal by the end of the year – I’ll be 45 in November. We can do this!!!
@Gorilla~I’m doing low carb also (20%) – I had steak and eggs twice this week. Yum!
Thursday Truth~Made it to the gym last night for another brutal workout with my trainer, he gets pleasure from my pain. He counted and compared sets from Sunday and yesterday – did 24 sets on Sunday and my legs were killing me two days later, we did 30 yesterday – he said, “yep you’re going to hurt again” and then laughed. Nice, I’m glad I can amuse him. :laugh: We’ve taken cardio intervals completely out of the equation during our workouts since I’m pretty good about stepping that up on my own, it seems to be working – still getting the calorie burn I need. Oh, for those that notice on the main feed – I’m still hitting it hard at the gym but not putting it in my journal – trying to keep track of things closely and don’t want to accidentally eat back any exercise calories I earn.
Fitness this week:
Monday~Jogging Elliptical DONE!
Tuesday~Rest Day DONE!
Wednesday~Training DONE!
Thursday~Rest Day
Friday~Arc Trainer
Saturday~Run
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@Tom -- yes I have fingers crossed for another pound gone next week. And well done on the strength training!
@Holly -- hope the structured program works really well for you. I can't bear not to weigh myself; I'm really obsessive about it.
@Kelley -- good luck with your 90 day challenge. You know, I think I like strawberries best without chocolate or cream, just as they are. And they're really brilliantly good for you that way!
@Rachel -- aren't you doing great!
@Des -- those pictures of you are really fantastic! And you're doing so great on the weight and measurements. Your doctor looks fantastic! She's so impressive on YouTube.
@Lin -- so sorry to hear about your co-worker.
@Beth -- just keep focused and doing what you're doing; these tiny little gains aren't real.
@Tammy -- isn't it great to have smaller trousers?
@Kaye -- well done for staying under calories at the birthday party! And fingers crossed for your new addition.
@sams247 -- welcome back!
@Jen -- such good news about your blood sugar. I'm so happy when people's medical conditions improve because they're eating better and exercising.
@Robin -- oh, such a shame you're not managing to log accurately. I know you can do this thing! I feel like you've given us all so much with this thread, I really want you to get on track.
@Kris -- great news about the job. Will you be able to find other temp work for the 100 days, or are you going to save up and have a brilliant and relaxing extended holiday?
@Susan -- I'm not surprised they paid you up and got you to go, and it's nice to have an extra week's wage, isn't it? I need new undies too but I'm just trying to put it off as long as possible.
@Laurie -- how wonderful to have inspired another person to start training! Isn't that great?
@Katrena -- good to see you back!
@Karen -- I try to not fret too much about the exercises I haven't done; as long as I manage 30 minutes of something each day I reckon I'm on the side of the angels. It's much easier to keep doing the stuff you enjoy.
@Kathy -- here's a Special Water Tag just for you! Drink that water!
@Barb -- I found the carbs limit MFP sets by default (55% of calories from carbs) was far too high for me. So I tinkered with it and now have my limits at 40/30/30 carbs/protein/fat. I tend to go over on fat now, but that balance seems about ideal to me.
@Liz -- if what you want is moo shoo pork you should plan it in for a day in the near future. If I have a really strong craving like that (especially for something reasonably sensible like Chinese food) I always try to make sure i get some.
Thursday Truth -- I'm still very ambivalent about the half marathon. I just find that although I don't mind running now, I find the long training runs very hard going now that they're over two hours. It really takes a lot out of my day and I'm so tired afterwards. So although I'll keep running after the half, I think I may stick to 5k or at most 10k and just work to raise my speed.
I've got a friend staying today, so we drank too much red wine last night. Fun though. And I'm back on track today. I think. I might save some calories for this evening just in case. I haven't seen her for a few months so she was amazed by how much weight I've lost. It's funny though; we're about the same size now and she spent a lot of time telling me that I didn't know how to dress and wore really unflattering clothes. And you know, I was in my own home chilling in a cardi and leggings. We're going out to see friends on Saturday and I am determined that I'm going to look fantastic; I may need to go shopping! My guess is if I lose a lot more weight she'll struggle to cope with that; she's got a mindset where she's really using food and drink as compensation for the things she's not happy with in her life.
Hope you're all having a wonderful week!
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I have a question.............................almost every day I go over on the protein & fiber. I rarely go over on carbs or fat & just about every day I'm a few calories under the goal set for me. I'm just wondering if this happens to others & is it something to be real concerned about or is it OK if I just concentrate on the total calories. I'm losing weight with the way I'm doing it but I am concerned about being healthy too. Thanks for your input. Barb
According to my doctor, it's fine to go over on protein and fiber, as long as I keep my carbs and calories under goal.0
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