Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

NAcetoLang

To prepare for weekend eating I'm doing my norm, avoiding going out to eat. Doing that to also save up money for the down payment on my boyfriend and my new place in November!

Doomcakes - where are these apartments that come with the boyfriend in them? I want one! :laugh:

Me too!!! :bigsmile:

DoomCakes

To prepare for weekend eating I'm doing my norm, avoiding going out to eat. Doing that to also save up money for the down payment on my boyfriend and my new place in November!

Doomcakes - where are these apartments that come with the boyfriend in them? I want one! :laugh:

Me too!!! :bigsmile:

Haha, glad my early morning blunders brought some laughs! That would be some kind of business. We sell boyfriends with our apartments! It's not pimping since technically it's setting you up with someone that could be a life time partner and not just for sleeping!

monarchris

Good morning to all on this beautiful Friday morning. I love walking in the cool autumn air it is so reviving after all the awful heat we have had this summer. I have gotten all my walks in this week except for my walk last night which was rained out. Too hard to push my walker with my oxygen, hold Belle's leash and an umbrella. Friends are commenting on how much better I am walking now which is nice to hear. I know I feel better except when ART is acting up like yesterday with the rain. Lost 1/2 of a pound. Love how eating healthy makes you lose weight, who would of thought???

Robin, sorry about the additional treatment you need to receive, praise God it wasn't cancer.

Doom, that was a good chuckle this morning, thanks and exactly how much of a down payment do you have to make if you take the boyfriend only?

For all those whose bodies are reminding them that they are exercising, praying the discomfort and pain goes away fast.

Hugs to all!

Christine

NAcetoLang

Friday Fitness::: This week is the first week in a LONG time where I worked out Mon-Fri
Mon: Zumba
Tues: Zumba
Wed: C25K
Thurs: 4:30AM C25K
Fri: 4:30AM C25K

So not only am I back on track and feel amazing I also pushed myself and was able to get up at 4:30am!!!

So my friend who had the surgery and I went to stay with her, is coming up this weekend to stay with my until Monday. Well I'm nervous about doing bad food wise this weekend. I thought about going and getting snacks but that will just lead to bad eating for me. But I can't have my guest not have anything to eat. I don't know what to do! Going to just bite the bullet and pay attention all weekend and do the best I can!


Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Tina

Yay Tina!!!! I am so happy for you finding your groove again!

BohemianCoast

@beachgirl -- seven flights at once! I'm not surprised you're puffing. It will get easier. Look after your knees though; you need to be careful if they're hurting.

@Tina -- fingers crossed that your little niece is fine and it turns out to be nothing serious.

@walkingqueen -- is your bf recovering from surgery? If so I'd cut him a bit of slack. You can often look completely well but your body's telling you to rest rest rest all the time. If this is what he's always like then I think you'll have to have a heart to heart about what's reasonable for each person to do. Get your kids doing chores too! Remember, they're never too young to shimmy up chimneys... or something like that...

@Deanna -- welcome! I have inflammatory arthritis, and the good news is that I'm sure it's helped by losing a bit of weight, even though it's not a weight-related condition. Weight loss can be harder for people with medical conditions, especially if you can't do exercise for those yummy bonus calories. But lots of people here do have health conditions so I'm sure you'll get lots of good advice.

@skinnyjeanz -- I hate it when I blow my calories and discover I have nothing left for dinner! Sometimes I'm good and do step or dance in the evening to get some more to pay for my dinner; sometimes I just accept that it's hopeless. Those big Starbucks drinks are really dangerous; logging has really opened my eyes to the enormous size of some restaurant portions.

@ushkii -- A few years ago I passed a chip shop that had deep fried Mars bars, often considered the height of outrageous food. I had to try one! We did split it between all four of us, so it probably wasn't actually all that bad. And I did think it was delicious, though I'm not sure I could have eaten a whole one.

@Jana -- I'm glad you and your brother have talked it out and that you're happy for him now.

@Robin -- What a horrid thing to find out! But they've caught it early so the treatment should be fine for you.

Friday Fitness -- Well, I'm totally chuffed because I have both done a load of fitness and tried a new thing for September. The Conservation Volunteers do a thing called Green Gym, where you go along to help some conservation project, they warm up, do the conservation work, have a warm down at the end; have fun, burn calories, enjoy the outdoors, improve the environment, volunteer! So I walked down to our local park and worked clearing grass away from the base of young trees and remulching them. I think it was more strength than cardio and that MFP's calorie estimate was a bit high, so I've taken it down a bit. Hard work though; I need a little sleep now.

-- Alison

jtconst

good morning everyone hope everyone is having a great friday. First off i want to say I am sorry for our friends who aren't feeling good. I hope all of you get feeling better real soon. I am looking forward to a nice quiet day at home. It tends to be a lot of go go go when my hubby is home. He is one of those lucky *kitten* with endless enrgy who can never sit still and at six feet tall and with his metabolism maybe slowing a little now that he is forty he still only weighs 190 on a heavey day, lol. So the next couple of days are going to be a will power challenge. My kids are college age and so all their friends are getting ready to go to their various schools including my son so they had a big game night last night with all their friends. I have let them host these every few months all through their teens as it was a way for them all to get together and I knew they were being safe. Well now my house is full of leftover chips cookies candy and soda. It is a healthy eaters nightmare in here, lol. I am drinking my water right now and pretending it all doesnt exist. The good news is between hubby and kids it should only last a cuople of days. I know I can be strong that long. Friday fitness: as usual I havent made a lot of inroads in the fitnees part of this journey. I see people posting things like housecleaning and stuff but I cant really consider that exercise in my own mind. That is just a chore that has to be done and the same with things like shopping. I have done a little walking but where I live is all hills and one little hill leaves me feeling like I cant quite catch a full breath so it has been hard to psych myself to do it. I know I need to just keep trying different things until I find something I can enjoy. Here's to everyone having a great Friday :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

NAcetoLang

Hi Everyone!!!! Soooo it has been a crazy busy week. I hope you are all doing fabulous. I have read some really inspiring stuff on here. Great job on all of your accomplishments and for those that aren't feeling too great, I send healing thoughts and prayers. My son and I were both sick on Monday.. due to some Greek yogurt gone bad, I think. Then last night Anthony (my son) came home from football practice with a nasty cold. He is home today, so I will have to go home and give him some TLC. Poor guy. I know he is in high school now, but when he is sick, I still feel like he is my baby, who must be pampered. I am sure he loves that.

Friday fitness: I've gotten 8.02 miles of walking in, since Sunday.... Since Tuesday (Started Halloween challenge) I have walked 5.25 miles, with 43.75 to go. My hip is giving me a little trouble, but nothing that sticks around. So I shall walk and walk and walk until my hip tells me I cannot. :bigsmile:

You know what I haven't seen in awhile? WATER TAG! You're it! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Lauriek70

Just dropping in case my day gets even crazier.
Fitness has been lacking all week but I am head to my usual rock climbing session tonight.

Robin- sorry for your news at least they caught it early.

Marsha- good luck with the feet, foot pain is the worse. Maybe the shoe store and recommend a new insole that will help with the problem.

Good luck to everyone this week. Keep working hard.

linder4866

You know what I haven't seen in awhile? WATER TAG! You're it! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Naceto----I was just thinking that today as well. Off to the frig...........next!!

Lin

P.S. Just checked my Fitbit weekly tracker: 35 miles this week. Wonder if I can do that again???

NAcetoLang

You know what I haven't seen in awhile? WATER TAG! You're it! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Naceto----I was just thinking that today as well. Off to the frig...........next!!

Lin

P.S. Just checked my Fitbit weekly tracker: 35 miles this week. Wonder if I can do that again???

Holy bananas Lin!!!! 35 miles is AMAZING!!!

janak2004

Friday Fitness:

My hope is that I stay under my calories all weekend. I did pretty good all week, although this week I have been overly hungry even though I am eating plenty. I think that is because TOM is about to show up and usually that's just the way it works. I crave sweets and feel like I'm starving all the time...even though I know I'm not. I'm just drinking a lot more water to try and curb the cravings. However, I did give in and eat a full snickers bar this morning. I just wanted it and it totally satifisfied the craving. Now I won't have to eat another one for a while.

My boyfriend starts his brand new job on Monday, so his other (now to be part time) job gave him the weekend off to get things in order. We are planning on relaxing tonight, but tomorrow night are getting together with some friends for dinner and drinks. My concern is that one or two drinks will turn into 6 or 7...and knowing that crew, my cup will NEVER get empty. I'm going to have to find a way to sneak some water in my cup instead of the "heavy" stuff. I typically only drink twice a year and that is Mardi Gras and my birthday (which happen to be SUPER close to each other). So I'm not planning on getting tanked. Especially since I'm training for my 10K.

@Robin- I'm sending some prayers up for you and hoping that everything works out in a postive manner. I'm super glad they caught it early though!

@Nicole and Lin- I was JUST thinking the same thing about the water tag! Here's to starting it over again...:drinker:

I hope everyone has a fun and eventful weekend! I'll be in and out, but I'll try to get in here and update as soon as I can.
Have a great weekend!

~ Jana

karenleona

took a rest day yesterday but went swimming this morning with my mom and she does water exercises. she only stays about 30 min tho so i had to swim briskly!! Barely even had time for a quick dip in the hot tub. Then she invited me for lunch and now offers me a healthy lunch and does not offer me any of her home made cookes or banana bread......good thing cause i would not have been able to decline!!
so, other than yesterday i have tried to do some exercise every day for the past week

lizmil79

Hello Everyone,

Today has been good so far. So glad its Friday. No news on the car other than we do have a loaner to use so yay for that.

@Lin good for you in getting out there and moving. 35,000 that is amazing. I really like to get a Fitbit but I need to save for it.

@Jana, Have fun put together a plan try your best. That all you can do. I am sure you will do fine.

Well this is a short one tonight. Friday Fitness taking Bella for a walk and going swimming at least once this weekend.

Liz
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

vickimieth

@Robin - sending good vibes your way, hun -- hope you are feeling better soon

So, yesterday I blew it. Overdid it at lunch - but it was a real treat This week is Housekeeping week at work, and the director did a big party for their staff, and invited some of us from the other departments (since I'm the Infection Preventionist, I was one of those invited) -- HUGE, prime rib eye steaks done on the grill -- blood rare, and just yummy. Meant to only eat part of it & take the rest home, but.....

Anyway, so I'm trying not to let the back pain keep me down - it's the obnoxious type that goes all the way down my leg -- boo. The PT at work has tried to help, but we're doing the MRI next month.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

CathEsh

@naceto ~ I understand exactly how you feel about taking care of your high school aged son when he is sick. My daughter is 22, and I have been taking care of her this week during her illness. It's always nice to have your mama around no matter how old you are!

Friday fitness: I need to get my rear in gear! This week has been exhausting. Daughter still sick with nasty, little intestinal parasite. I haven't even gotten my 30-minute doggie walk in every day, so next week I want to at least get in that 30-minute walk every day.

NAcetoLang

@naceto ~ I understand exactly how you feel about taking care of your high school aged son when he is sick. My daughter is 22, and I have been taking care of her this week during her illness. It's always nice to have your mama around no matter how old you are!

Friday fitness: I need to get my rear in gear! This week has been exhausting. Daughter still sick with nasty, little intestinal parasite. I haven't even gotten my 30-minute doggie walk in every day, so next week I want to at least get in that 30-minute walk every day.

I hope your daughter feels better soon! It is nice that she has you around to care for her. Funny thing, I'm going to be 40 in a few months, and when I am sick, I still call my mommy.

skinnyjeanzbound

Hi everyone! My runny nose has turned into a full-blown head cold. Still felt okay most of the day--even went out for friday drinks with friends. I came home and walked the dog then crashed! Took a 3 hour nap--guess I really needed the sleep as I can rarely nap. When I awoke, DH had made deep fried chicken wings and french fries--nothing could have been less appetizing given my current condition. I ate a bowl of cereal.

I've been really hungry the past few days and couldn't figure out why. Then I came down with this bug. I've read that when we are sick our bodies burn more calories fighting off the virus/infection. Could that be why I've been so hungry? Also, when I went for my walk tonight, I burned about 50 calories more than usual (for the same walk at the same pace) according to my HRM. Evidence that what I read about burning more is true? Anyone have a similar experience?

Sorry no personals--will catch up tomorrow.

Friday Fitness:
I may skip the gym tomorrow--gonna see how I feel in the morning, but I may be better off sleeping in and taking it easy.

Mon--walk dog (donating blood) DONE!!
Tues--walk dog + core work (union board mtg) Walk is DONE!! Didn't do core work.
Wed--long run w/ dog (faculty mtg) Just did a short walk--grading took precedence. Will do last night's core work tonight. DONE!!
Thurs--core work (haircut/pedi) Got home too late and was too snotty (I can't imagine planking with such a runny nose :laugh:
Fri--walk dog--DONE!!
Sat--walk dog + gym
Sun--walk dog + gym

Grading goals:
1. 41/58 motif analyses
2. x/49 AP essays
3. re-read The Awakening
4. x/58 short answer tests

GrammyWhammy

Good weekend, all!

Friday Fitness: Went to the gym for my mega workout, without the new shoes, just my oldies, avoided the treadmill and concentrated on the arc trainer, elliptical and recumbent bike. (My trainer was caught up in preparation for a tri-sprint tomorrow, so I was on my own with weight training.) Although my right foot is still kaput, wearing the old shoes made things more bearable. Okay, tomorrow I AM taking the new shoes back to the store. Anyway, I forgot to wear my fitbit, but typically I walk more than 10,000 steps on gym days, and I was very active this a.m. with my volunteer job, so I'm claiming my 10,000 steps.

Thanks for your advice, all. Hope Luke's Locker is amenable to the return. $110 is a lot to waste. You know, they didn't evaluate my gait when I was fitted. Hmmmm. That 's something they're supposed to do.

The weather here is almost chilly and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's walk, so foot repair thyself!

vickiemieth: Shame about the back/leg pain. Sounds like a lumbar disc-nerve thing. Hope it "disappears" before you need that MRI.

So excited! We have a Trader Joes that just opened nearby. Hope the store has some nice healthy selections. My daughter, the sabotager, just came in from the grocery store with a KEY LIME PIE! I'm having a giant cup of herb tea and going to bed before I even consider defrosting it. Praying for willpower.

41,622/400,000 steps to date.

Keep up the good work Halloween Challengers!

Water tag!
:drinker: (Just one. It's almost bedtime!)

tootsanderson

I wasn't doing that great with the exercise as i had to two huge deadlines one after another so i'd kind of been off the hard workout wagon since June. But i decided to jump back in with both feet and get on my way to getting that 250 before halloween. the good news is i've ridden about 18 miles in the last three days. the bad news is my entire body hurts :laugh: maybe i should have started less enthusiastically. oh well. my body will catch up to my enthusiasm eventually.

susan2396

Friday Fitness: Overall, I'm very pleased with the week.

Sunday - 1:00 p.m., Lap swimming, 45 minutes
Monday - 6:00 a.m. Gym, 60 minutes, treadmill
Tuesday - 6:30 a.m., Gym, 60 minutes @ treadmill; 15 min. @ weights
Wednesday - 5:45 a.m., Outside walk, 75 minutes
Thursday - 3:00 p.m. Lap swimming, 60 minutes
Friday - 6:00 a.m., 35 minutes, treadmill; 15 min @ weights
Saturday - Definitely doing something - perhaps walking and swimming

kah68

Good Morning.

Saturday Success~I was feeling really defeated yesterday, having lost only 1.2# this past week. I know its nothing to sneeze at, just felt like I had a more successful week and missed a goal I had set for myself by .4 so it was disappointing. :frown: My trainer and I texted back and forth about it a couple of times and will discuss it further tomorrow. I have some metabolism issues so sometimes it gets frustrating. I did feel better after my workout though, of course I ruined it with some choices I made at the Mexican restaurant with friends (i.e. that pesky margarita that ended up in front of me). Today is a new day.

Fitness Friday: I had a fairly decent week of activity and still have today to go:

Monday~Cardio (VO2) Assessment - DONE!
Tuesday~Personal Training DONE!
Wednesday~Recovery day
Thursday~Personal Training DONE!
Friday~Elliptical (Zone 2-3 Training) for 40 minutes DONE!
Saturday~Cross Trainer (Zone 1-3 Training) 1 hour.
Sunday~Personal Training

@naceto ~ I understand exactly how you feel about taking care of your high school aged son when he is sick. My daughter is 22, and I have been taking care of her this week during her illness. It's always nice to have your mama around no matter how old you are!

Friday fitness: I need to get my rear in gear! This week has been exhausting. Daughter still sick with nasty, little intestinal parasite. I haven't even gotten my 30-minute doggie walk in every day, so next week I want to at least get in that 30-minute walk every day.

I hope your daughter feels better soon! It is nice that she has you around to care for her. Funny thing, I'm going to be 40 in a few months, and when I am sick, I still call my mommy.

I still call mine, too - mostly to complain though since she's an hour away and can't come take care of me! :laugh:

So excited! We have a Trader Joes that just opened nearby. Hope the store has some nice healthy selections. My daughter, the sabotager, just came in from the grocery store with a KEY LIME PIE! I'm having a giant cup of herb tea and going to bed before I even consider defrosting it. Praying for willpower.

So excited! Bet its crazy busy for the next few weeks!

Susan~You did an awesome job with the activity this week! WTG!

Karen~Sorry about the cold, hope you feel better soon. Sometimes we need to listen to our bodies, rest up!

CathEsh

Saturday success: No loss/no gain this week! Pretty good considering I had fast food a few times this week, indulged in stress snacking, and lax on exercise. Back at it this week!

skinnyjeanzbound

@kelley--thanks! and congrats on the weight loss--even if you didn't meet that goal, you're still moving in the right direction. :flowerforyou:

@susan--great week of activity! :drinker:

@toots--you're right--your body will catch up--wow, 18 miles in 3 days is awesome! :drinker:

@marsha--I love Trader Joe's but there isn't one near my house. :ohwell:

AFM--I woke up very congested. Nose is stuffed up and the cold has moved to my chest now. :grumble: My focus today will be on grading b/c I'm in no shape to run (even though it's PERFECT running weather :ohwell: ). I also don't want to go to the gym b/c I think it would be gross to go there and spread all of my sickly germs.

Grading goals:
1. 41/58 motif analyses
2. x/49 AP essays
3. re-read The Awakening
4. x/58 short answer tests

I plan to finish #1 and get through at least 10 of #2.

RobinsEgg

Vicki- sorry to hear about your back and leg pain - hope your MRI is negative for anything serious and time will heal your pain.

CathEsh - how is your daughter doing - any better? I'm glad you are there to care for her. How I wish I had a mom right now!

Skinnny - you're down too? It makes sense that your body wants more healthy calories, glad you avoided the fried foods!

Toots - congrats for getting back to exercising, now, take 10 hot baths and a bottle of Advil, and you'll be OK in about a week.:laugh:

RobinsEgg

Thanks for all the positive comments of support.....they mean an awful lot to me these days. Its hard not to get down from the daily grind of this recovery stuff. I wrote a little poem:

I cough and I pee
I support the incontinence pad industry!

I have a bathroom in a small home -
but it might as well be located in Nome
By the time I make it there
My socks are as wet as swimwear.!

tootsanderson

Toots - congrats for getting back to exercising, now, take 10 hot baths and a bottle of Advil, and you'll be OK in about a week.:laugh:

yep :laugh: i've already had some this morning. pain killers i mean, not baths

tootsanderson

@toots--you're right--your body will catch up--wow, 18 miles in 3 days is awesome! :drinker:

thanks. i made a little too enthusiastic a goal for myself :laugh: so i have to ride a lot to make my goal by halloween

ShrinkRapt451

Robin, LOL at your poem. Love your sense of humor! :laugh:

Toots, your body will totally catch up. Give it a week.

Skinnyjeanz, your body does indeed recruit resources to make a lot more white blood cells in a short amount of time when you're ill. And your heart rate might go up a fraction as well to circulate all that blood, which would translate to a larger reported calorie burn on the HRM, since a HRM technically measures heart rate, not calories burned. Of course, there's also the fact that you donated blood this week before you got sick, which means that you've been rebuilding your blood supply this week anyway.

I can probably get back on the fitness train tomorrow, but today I'm at work. So had a big Kobe beef burger last night (fancy movie theater, with dine-in service) but am totally making up today for the excess calories. Need to be more cautious tomorrow, though, since dinner will be at a pizza place, to celebrate a birthday.

Speaking of work, gotta go do some. Ciao, all!

purpleposies

*pokes head into thread*

Hi. :flowerforyou:

LosingitinTX

FAairly new to the site looking for some friends and inspiration. Have a 149 lbs to loose. For me its a choice of living or dying. And frankly, I want to live.