Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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wow! 100# gone. That is terrific. Congratulations.0
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Karen--Thanks for the advice on the knee. I hadn't thought of that, but I'm sure its something I need to be careful about.
A big "thank you" to those who have given their lives to protect our freedom.
Looking forward to the day. I'm wearing one of my new shirts and feeling "slim", well by comparison to 6 months ago. The weight is coming off much slower now, but I feel so much better. I'll just have to be patient. I bought some fresh veggies and fruits to make kebabs for our BBQ this afternoon. If I eat lots of those, and skip the buns for the hamburger, I should be able to indulge in a cupcake. My daughter loves to make cupcakes and is always experimenting with new recipes and new combinations. They made an offer on a house this weekend. I'm so excited for them.
Have a great day. If you have the day off enjoy it.
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i would like to join the june challenge to lose 4 pounds..... that may keep my eating in check after my left knee replacement on june 10 as i will not be able to do much exercise or cardio. Had my right knee replaced in november '12 and gained 35 pounds!!! i was alone, broke and a bit psychotic about being alone. This time my daughter is home from ireland and my youngesst son will be staying with me for the summer as he attends a course so it should be better. Will certainly miss being able to ride my bike
This will be the last of 3 surgeries in one year and i am done!!! Currently doing a challenge that ends in a week:sad: :sad: It ahs been helpful to get me moving every day and be mindful of what i eat. I lost a bit of weight but more inches. Need to get back to losing pounds. Hanging out in northern alberta for 2 more weeks visiting my son, DIL and 5 year old grandson before surgery and hoping she has her next baby early, like the first one so i can see him/her. Miles and miles of long flat roads to ride and mostly sunny. Thunderstorms roll in but then roll out within the hour so much better than home where it has been raining for the past 10 days- my daughter has been loving it as she can't cut the lawn :laugh: :laugh:
bit of housework planned for today then taking liam swimming0 -
Good morning have a great Memorial Day!
Quotes of the day: - “Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.”
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Karen - I'm glad to hear you're going to have much more support for your surgery this time! What a relief. You really struggled after your last surgery but ultimately you did well. You're a strong woman, glad you're going to have family to lean upon this time! :flowerforyou:
Kaye - great idea to be walking gently again and good advice from Skinny to slow down right before your surgery. Too bad you and KarenLeona couldn't share a hospital room to buoy each other's spirits during recovery.
I want to thank all the Veterans and their familys for their sacrifices given up for this wonderful country.
We had a tornado warning at 2 am last night and torrential rains - it was quite exciting. It did not touch down and all was well.0 -
My husband has us all trying to do Insanity. All that most of us can do is what is supposed to be the 'recovery' day and it's super brutal. i think it's kind of crazy, dare i say insanity? but he really wants to do it.Toots: Nook is charging! Looking forward to a good read. Thanks.Toots I looked up the book on amazon and it sounds really good. I will probably buy it on my nook. Sounds right up my alley.
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How is your Insanity Challenge going? My husband is doing it right now also. That program is brutal. I can't do it since I had back surgery about 6 mos ago. I'm doing a program called Les Mills Combat instead. Anyway I seen that someone on here was doing some beachbody products and I wanted to say hey and see how you like it.0
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@susanbrown--I don't think any of the regulars on this thread are using beachbody, but if you use the search function, you're sure to find a bunch of other threads with info--both positive and negative.
@robin--glad the tornado didn't touch down! We've been lucky so far this spring as we've had no tornadic producing storm systems.
@karenleaona--I was telling Kaye that I've heard the second knee replacement is usually a quicker recovery, so you have that to look forward to in addition to the extra support at home. On a completely different topic, did you hear that we may have a hurricane named after us this season? If they get to the K's, it will be Hurricane Karen. I certainly hope we don't have that many, and if we do that Hurricane Karen is a benevolent seafaring type.
@kaye--love the kabobs idea to avoid all the buns!
AFM--went shopping and found some very cute red capri pants at TJ Maxx. Now I'm at starbucks grading those journals before visiting with family. Probably won't check back until later tonight. Hope everyone has a wonderful afternoon. :flowerforyou:
Grading Goals:
1. x/16 Diction analyses
2. 10/57 TTTC Journals
3. x/16 ACT essays
Exercise Goals:
Mon--walk gunner
Tues--walk gunner + gym
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--rest (I have a retirement party after school)
Fri--walk gunner
Sat--walk gunner + doing relay for life in the evening
Sun--walk gunner + gym0 -
Tom, thanks for the flags and the message.
Yes! Happy Memorial Day! Thank you, DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY, for giving YOUR LIVES for OUR COUNTRY and for US.
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Robin: A belated but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Happy that tornado didn't blow out your candles, also!
Toots: Downloaded both books. Love them! Especially Peering into Darkness! :glasses: <That's me after staying up all night reading. Please tell me there is a sequel! Please, please?0 -
Well, I was hoping that after several days of unseasonably cold and rainy weather, today would be nice enough for an outdoor swim. Predicted high of 69 is not quite warm enough, even for a fish like me, so I will have to wait a few more days until it reaches the high 70s or 80s. Today, I will have to settle for some sort of a kayak/hike/bike combo, plus some lawn mowing.
I spent Memorial Day Morning doing some archival research (newsletters from the 1960s and 70s) for a peace activist group, putting together a topical index. I very much appreciate the countless sacrifices our military men and women have made and continue to make (thanks to Toot's husband, plus others, I'm sure, on here), but I mostly wish for an end to war and other forms of violence as a solution to our conflicts. Memorial Day is a good reminder to me that too many people have suffered and died and it was good to spend part of the day thinking about ways to create peace (even if just in our own relationships).
@Robin and Kaye -- Happy Belated Birthdays!!
@Karen - glad you're finally feeling better! That sinus thing was nasty, eh? It had me out of commission for about a week. Good luck with the grading - you're in the home stretch now!
I will catch more of you next time around... for now, I'm itching to get outside!
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Hello friends - my Internet service continues to be a source of frustration. It just goes off for no apparent reason and never know how long it will be out! And a Trojan on my laptop. It's been fun!!:mad: :mad: :mad:
Wishing everyone well.:flowerforyou:
Skinny - I'm in Illinois on the Virtual Walk Across America. I'm at Goreville, IL. That's about 1,140 miles.
And I don't do Beach Body but I do Shaun T.'s Rockin' Body workouts (along with others). I like his style!!:glasses:
Flash flooding and more rain expected. What a spring season!!!:sad:
Time to roll along.......
Lin
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@lin--awesome job getting to the great state of Illinois!!! I don't have a pedometer, so I'm not counting daily steps; just what I run, cycle, or log on my walks with gunner. Hope your internet problems get resolved quickly--they can be so frustrating. :mad:
@beth--Yeah, this sinus thing has been pretty rough, but I think I'm past the worst of it. <knocks on wood>
AFM--Spent the afternoon with my adorable niece--we chased bubbles in the backyard and also spent a lot of time practicing jumping. It's a new skill for her, but she really enjoys it. Got to visit a bit with my aunts and uncle as we prepped for my mom's garage sale this weekend. My mom isn't quite Hoarders-worthy, but she has a rough time letting go of stuff. Really glad she doing this spring cleaning.
I tried on my capri pants when I got home and haven't decided if I will keep them. They are cute, but look better from the front than from the back. I'll probably end up keeping them, but I'm not ready to take the tags off just yet.
Only got a few journals done--maybe will do some more tonight.
Grading Goals:
1. x/16 Diction analyses
2. 17/57 TTTC Journals
3. x/16 ACT essays
Exercise Goals:
Mon--walk gunner DONE
Tues--walk gunner + gym
Wed--walk gunner
Thurs--rest (I have a retirement party after school)
Fri--walk gunner
Sat--walk gunner + doing relay for life in the evening
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Today was a busy day. Between making food for a picnic today, going for a bike ride, putting in the AC, then attending a party. I am home now but very tired. I had to call it a night early due to work tomorrow and the fact that I am tired. I am so happy that I went for a bike ride today- 9 miles in 51 minutes, it was busy on the trail but overall not bad. The only major problem is my bottom still hurts from being saddle sore. To top my day off you know what came for a visit so that is making me tired as well. Hopefully, I will regain my energy this week.
I still have a lot of grading to do but I am just not motivated to get it done tonight. I need to get my act in gear and get those papers done. Hopefully, tomorrow during school I will make the time to at least put a dent in them.
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Quiet day here at my house.... hubby chose to work (makes dealing with Memorial Day much easier if you are 1200 ft,. underground it seems!!!), the girls are off enjoying the day. I chose to take a down day where I could since I had a long week last week and a yucky day yesterday and am looking at a busy week again this week. We don't tend to do much on Memorial Day anyway.... the weekend always seems to fill up though!!! One of the things scheduled for this week is another consult with a VA orthopedic Dr. for Hubby. Hurt his shoulder in Iraq and had surgery FINALLY 2 1/2 years ago..... now we are nearing pre surgery pain levels again!!! It never ends!!!! So, prayers please that we can find some kind of help for him....
Everyone seems to be having active and healthy celebrations today.... I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AL!!!!!0 -
@beth - I am constantly in awe of your willingness to swim in the great outdoors. Gimme a chlorinated pool any day of the week... I dun do slimies between da toes.
@linder - heyhey, virtual walker! I live in the Chicagoland area, you should "stop by"!
And booooooo hiiiisssss for internet issues!
@skinnyjeanz - Bubbles... yeah, I officially have to go buy that bubble-mower for my son now. He's 18m and the perfect age for one.
Official Monday check - in... Oooof, I'm sore. After much nagging, hubby came out to the garden with me this afternoon, and we ruthlessly de-vined and weeded the fence line. Then I put in the hostas that a wonderfully generous freecycler gave me on Saturday, while DH dug the rows that will be seeded with corn tomorrow. After that I got all of my herb pots into the ground (FINALLY) and my peppers moved away from the tomatoes (companion planting FAIL). Came inside, grabbed a quick shower, and then spent the next hour persuading my toddler to go to sleep. Now dinner. *flop* Sore, tired Laura... but it was a productive day, so it's a good kinda sore.
SO ... officially, the garden now contains:
Shed - side Bed
2 red chili peppers
4 ever-bearing strawberries
2 green bell peppers
Shed - front bed
2 Bee Balm
2 Mexican Tarragon
2 Curly Parsley
2 Cilantro
Main Garden
4 hills watermelon (3 plants per hill)
3 plants each Early Girl, Better Boy, Lemon Boy, and Beefsteak Tomatoes
2 Sweet Basil
2 Thai Basil
2 Greek Columnar Basil
2 Chives (clumps)
2 Broadleaf Sage
2 Fernleaf Dill
2 Greek Oregano
2 Lemon Thyme
2 Greek Thyme
2 Lavender
( plus a few other herbs I can't remember off the top of my head)
2 cauliflower
2 brussel sprouts
12 celery
10 rows yellow onion
6 Eggplant
3 rows seeded bush beans
6 rows seeded sugar snap peas
Flowerbed
5 Original peonies (planted by hubby's grandmother and therefore sacred)
2 clumps elephant ferns (I planted 3 last year, only 2 survived the winter)
6 wild Elephant Ear plants (Hubs thinks they're weeds... I think they keep down the dandelions)
Approximately 20 green & white hosta plants
To Be Seeded
Corn
Carrots
3 varieties of Radish
2 varieties of spinach
2 varieties mixed baby salad greens
Yup... it's official... I am crazy. Absolutely bat**** effing crazy.0 -
Hello, everyone! Just coming by to give an update, then I'll go back and try to catch up on everyone's lives.
I've had a very hectic couple of weeks, going out of town 3 times in two weeks for work! Talk about an eating struggle. I did really well the first two times, but the last one, I was just tired of the effort of eating well when all the food is provided for you and there aren't a lot of healthy choices. So for 4 days, I just gave in and ate whatever I wanted. And gained 10 pounds!
Ok, I know not all of that 10 was real gain, but it was a wake up call. Careful eating since then has me down 8 of those 10, and the other two might be actual gain. But the point is, I got myself immediately back on track and didn't let that mistep derail me for too long.
I have really gotten lazy on my food journaling and I know my doctor will scold me for it when I go back next week. So my goal is for the next week, I will record EVERYTHING!
Now off to catch up on you all!0 -
I know I have been MIA for a bit but I am just trying to cope with everything that is going on. Final prognosis is that my mom has stage 4 breast cancer that has spread. She has 2 forms of breast cancer. It is not curable but thankfully treatable. She starts chemo on Thursday. She can live for years with this but she will always be on one form of treatment or another. We are just taking things one day at a time now.
Tuesday goal: 1) Get moving. Now that Deputy is going to be living with me permanently I need to stop slacking on walking him. It is nice that we have a back yard that he can go run around freely but I don't want him to lose his leash training. 2) Weigh/measure everything that I plan to eat. 3) Log all of my food and beverages. 4) Not to forget to take care of myself too.
I am so very very sore and tired today. My uncle scheduled for someone to come out today and inspect the house so that he could refinance. He couldn't have picked a worse time. We relaxed Saturday and Sunday but come Monday we had a lot of work to do. My sister and I cleaned the entire house. My mom helped where she could. I scrubbed about 2/3 of the houses grout lines and my sister did the other 1/3. We cleaned that animal cages (2 guinea pigs and a chinchilla). Cleaned bathrooms, rooms, the kitchen, etc. We were up until about midnight cleaning so my 5:30 am alarm was not appreciated.
I will try to catch up on posts in a bit. Have a great day.
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Kaye and Robin - Happy belated birthdays!
Tom - I added you on Fitbit! For anyone else interested, my profile is at http://www.fitbit.com/user/248FGQ
Toots - I'm going to play devil's advocate just a little bit because of my own experience. Sometimes, the gentle touch doesn't do it. How many times have I been told I need to lose weight. Yeah, yeah, I know. But when I was told that if I didn't lose a significant amount of weight immediately, I was going to become diabetic withing the next year, that kicked my butt into gear. Granted, diabetes isn't the same as dying, but sometimes it takes tough love. It would have been better coming from a doctor who you had a history with and who had tried the gentle approach first and saw that it wasn't working, but still...surgery is a drastic option, but if you have other health issues that make the weight a huge risk (no pun intended), then it is an option.
I would recommend seeing a bariatrician, if you can find one in your area. I see Dr. Julie Swindler (look her up on YouTube) who I am lucky to live near enough to see. She's a national leader in bariatric medicine. "Bariatric" does not mean surgery, it just means "weight specialist". She only advocates surgery as a last resort. I am on medication and a prescribed diet, but it's really not hard to live with. I have drastically reduced the threat of diabetes, and lost over 50 pounds since the beginning of December.
I guess what I'm suggesting is that you see a doctor who specializes in weight loss and get some help if you can. It's really hard to lose on your own, especially when there are other medical issues. And you might need someone who can help you devise a plan that takes into account those issues. Just using MFP or Weight Watchers or whatever else wouldn't have told me that because of my insulin resistance that I needed to severely cut back on carbs and start on meds to address it. My plan may not work for others, but other plans don't work for me, because they're not personalized to my biochemical needs. I've tried every diet on the planet, it seems, but I never lost weight like this until I went low carb. It's almost magic. Not because low carb is magic in and of itself, but because it's what my body needed.
Sorry for rambling on, this is really for everyone, not just you, Toots! I guess I'm just so grateful to have found Dr. Swindler and her peeps, that I have to praise them once in a while!0 -
helena- that is a lot of cleaning but i bet the house looks great now
did something to my knee yesterday and now it does not bend so well. Might have a bit of loose cartilage caught somewhere so just have to grind it out. Was going to go for a bike ride last evening but thunderstorms rolled in so thought better of it. Perhaps tonight after grandson's soccer practise.0 -
did something to my knee yesterday and now it does not bend so well. Might have a bit of loose cartilage caught somewhere so just have to grind it out.
Is this normal? I've never heard of that... ouch...0 -
Helena, I am so sorry to hear about your Mom.... glad there are treatments though. These things make us really look at our lives and ask if we are LIVING the life we have or just coasting through. By taking care of your body while you help care for your mom, you are choosing to live.... for you AND for your mom. Prayers and support are all I can offer....0
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Just wanted to jump in and say hi to everyone. Not much going on around here. I am so jealous of the garden I was reading about (sorry forgot the name). I rent and the yard isnt that big so I have a couple small pallet gardens and about 10 pots with different things. Probably a good thing with the way my husbands job works. What I have is plenty of work for one once you add in the flower beds and mowing, lol. So I was just telling my daughter yesterday how Tuesday has become my favorite day of the week because it is the one day I dont have to be somewhere at a certian time to do something. That was the one thing I reaally didnt like when I was working. I hate being scheduled. Well I swear not an hour after I told her that my brother calls to see if I can babysit since the normal sitter cant make it. There went my Tuesday, lol. Oh well at least he went in late and got them off to school so I just have to schedule around two school pickups. Guess I better get busy if I am going to fit the gym and errands in around this so have a great day all 0
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Morning lovelies! Had a wall of text complete for personals this morning to catch me up... and the computer crapped out. NOt going to redo them... to recap: I'm so sorry to those with friends/family that are ill, WOOHOO for those who are doing great, and to those struggling... I feel your pain!
Tuesday goals - My immediate goal is to research vegetarian diets. I have had TWO relapses of gout when I tried to add meat back into my diet so for the forseeable future, I'm a *VERY* reluctant vegetarian (with a few exceptions). Dinner tonight will be a sweet potato with cottage cheese on it (for my protein intake) and a side of oven roasted brussel sprouts! Still drinking my cherry juice and I think my body is used to it now. It doesn't give me the 'side effects' it was and I'm quite enjoying it with seltzer water mixed in.
Exercise is still a bit on the back burner. From limping and walking so strangely I did some damage to the soft tissue in the gout foot. It's healing and I can walk with barely a limp now..but I'm still a bit gimpy and my ankle is the size of a baseball still. My excercise goal I think will be to do my Yoga tape at least 3 times before next Monday. My muscles are all sore and strange from walking differently and I think that will help stretch me out and get me back into the swing of things gently.
ETA: I'm with JTConst on the garden jealousy. I've ALWAYS had one but 4 years of apartment living prevent me now (not even balconly for a container garden). I looked into community garden but the closest is a 30 minute drive..and that aggravates me. I think that if I'm here next summer I'll have to look into finding someone to rent me garden space in their home garden so I can plant my own food. I love wandering the farmers market on Saturday mornings, but I hate paying out the nose for fresh veggies (and I'd like to be able to control the herbacides/pesticides used on my food).0 -
skinny - the red capri's sound like keeper's - perhaps if you lose a few pounds the back will fit better, or you can get them altered. Red is a great color!
Marca - praying for your hubby that he gets better - what kind of work does he do so deep underground?
MaryPoppins - I have garden envy too!
Helena - thank you for keeping us updated on your mom. I will keep her in my prayers. Breast Ca is so much more treatable now and I hope the best for her, and for this opportunity for you and her to become closer.
You've made great goals - it will be nice having your dog Deputy with you full time. Walking him will be great exercise and you can tell him your secrets!
des - you always have such words of wisdom to share - I love reading your posts.
jt - and a happy Tuesday to YOU!
MowMow - my sympathies for having to go vegan - I just could not stand it if it was imposed on me but of course I understand the pain you are in and shudder to think if that were me! Can you eat eggs? egg whites? cheeses or milk?
Your description of your hobbled walking sounds so painful, I wish I could help somehow..... I want to tie helium balloons to all your body parts and float you about so you don't have to touch the ground....:laugh:
I didn't do my squats yesterday so I have to do them today.0 -
How is your Insanity Challenge going? My husband is doing it right now also. That program is brutal. I can't do it since I had back surgery about 6 mos ago. I'm doing a program called Les Mills Combat instead. Anyway I seen that someone on here was doing some beachbody products and I wanted to say hey and see how you like it.
I'm finishing up my first round of Combat, I absolutely love it!0 -
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I've been MIA the last few days as busy, busy with family. Also, a belated Happy Memorial Day to all the Americans on this thread. I've always felt that we (the rest of the world) are lucky to have the Americans, fighting for basic freedoms and human rights. What a wonderful concept. I've lived overseas and feel that people that complain about the Americans, are jealous. Anyway, I'm glad to be living next door to the States. You've sacrificed a lot for the sake of freedom and we're all benefiting from that.0
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MowMow - my sympathies for having to go vegan - I just could not stand it if it was imposed on me but of course I understand the pain you are in and shudder to think if that were me! Can you eat eggs? egg whites? cheeses or milk?
Eggs are OK, cheese is fine, Milk is fine. It's pretty much just meat/fish/shellfish I need to cut out. Sausage is actually *fairly* low in Purine (at the low end of the 'moderate' list) so I think I can sneak in a sausage patty once a week. It frustrates me because that's how I was losing weight. Controlled carbs and sodium and HIGH meat protein. I have to completely rethink the way I've been eating (and losing) the last year. I *LOVE* the idea of the helium balloons!! God, that would be such a relief! I think if I have another flare up I'm going to ask for crutches. I think the effect it'll have on the rest of my body will be much gentler than hobbling around with the cane.
Robin, you are my hero for doing that many squats a day... that's amazing to me. Those HURT!0 -
MowMow - My squat form is all my own - I had to listen to my body and apply what I had learned in yoga to how I do squats. The routine I do doesn't ask too much of me. I try to squat like I am about to sit down in a chair, holding my arms out at shoulder level, I don't worry where my knees are in relationship to my feet. My feet are about hips width apart, but I do lean forward at the waist. I only squat down to where I feel tension everywhere but not pain, and hold it for a few beats and come back up. To me, its the number of times I do it that have helped me get into it. The first day I did an 8 count then a 5 count then a 3 count, totalling 16 squats.
The next time, I did 2 sets of this type of 8-5-3 count. I got this count from Gorilla. (and I think its a Fibronacci number sequence)
anyway each day that I increase my sets I add a set of 8-5-3. So far I haven't injured my knees and my legs are getting stronger as is my waist!0
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