Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Checking in after a long time..
Doing much better. I'm one lb. away from losing 11 lbs. gained since Feb. It's been slow as I've been trying different things, some worked , others not so good. Right now, I think I'm on to something I can live with (healthy eating). Seems like common sense, but it's taken me a while to get there.0 -
Hope everyone is safe from the storms and tornado that have hit the midwest. Prayers to all in these areas.
Here is my walking information so far per my fitbit
6/3- 2.7
6/4- 3.95
6/5- 6.73
6/6- 7.25
6/7- 2.65
6/8- 4.17
6/9- 4.99
6/10- 9.29
6/11- 4.67
6/12- 8.25
6/13- 5.29
6/14- 1.07
6/15- 3.9
6/16- 4.7 Total 37.47 per fitbit0 -
Good morning everyone.
Eat All Your Veggies Day - June 17 Five a day is just the starting point on Eat Your Vegetables Day, when you’re encouraged to make a solid attempt to eat all of your veggies. Why not go a step further by trying new or exotic vegetables, or preparing and cooking familiar favourites in new and exciting recipes? Strategically created in the middle of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month, this day is the perfect opportunity to re-introduce a healthy portion of vegetables into your diet. No doubt about it, Eat Your Vegetables Day was created to promote a more healthy diet.......for life!
“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.” ~Charles C. Noble
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6/1: 1.0
6/2: rest
6/3: 20.37
6/4: rest
it rained
6/5: 21.35
6/6: 5
6/7: 1.37
6/8: 2.53
6/9: 5
6/10: rest
6/11: 17.37
6/12: 23.08
6/13: rest
6/14: rest
6/15: 2.53
6/16: rest
6/17: 26.07
Total: 125.67 miles
Goal: 200 miles
Sorry I haven't posted much. I'll try my best to catch up today. Dad fell off the barn roof and shattered his knee and broken both wrists so it's been a little hectic around here.0 -
Today was mid-week weigh in, and I'm down another 1.8 pounds, for a total of 18.8 pounds!
SOOOO close to 20 gone, and a new book... Maybe next week?!
I'm all excited about it and I had to share.
Hope you guys are having a great day!0 -
Aimee - sorry to read about your dad's fall - his injuries sound serious.
Oh gosh. You'll be so busy taking care of him! Give him a peck on the forehead for me!
Fera - WOOT ! What a great loss! :drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker: Yes, time for a new book very soon! So proud of YOUR efforts, way to go! 0 -
MEMBERS - I'm going to take over the thread now and run it to the end of this page 20 and roll it over to a new thread. Please don't post anything til I'm done, OK? Thanks.
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Newbies, Welcome to our Thread! You can join us just by posting your comment at the end of this thread. Feel free to say what you what. We have some guidelines below and some suggestions for monthly challenges but it’s not mandatory and you can jump into the challenge at any point in the month.
GOALS and IDEAS for daily posts (Not mandatory)
Monday - Check In (how are you doing? Had any successes or struggles this week-end?)
Tuesday - Goals (do you have any goals you want to share with us?)
Wednesday - Wishes (what do you wish? It can be weight related or not, can be realistic or not)
Thursday - Truth (got anything you need to ‘fess up to or get off your chest?)
Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?
Saturday - Success (what have you accomplished; focus on the positive of the week, NSV=non scale victories)
Sunday - Sharing (tell us a little about yourself....update your personal life)
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Monthly Challenge: June is a mileage challenge. You can fulfill it any way you want, because you can convert any activity into miles with the info at the bottom of this segment. Run, walk, swim, climb! Please report your “miles” in the manner below on Sunday or Monday each week, if you are participating. Laurie keeps the records and gives us all well-earned praise for our efforts!
Here is the easy reporting format that you can copy and paste if interested in the challenge;
Goal Mileage for the Month: x Mile
6/1= x miles
6/2= x miles
6/3= x miles
6/4= x miles
6/5=x miles
Example
Goals for the month = 65 miles
5/1=9 miles
5/2= rest day
5/3 =1 mile ( conservative estimate)
5/4= x miles
5/5=x miles
FYI – any 20 min. segment of aerobic exercise (i.e. swimming, walking thru mall ) counts as about 1 mile. Go for it!
I am not sure what website converts weight training to miles but I will try to find one. I have websites that convert KM to miles. This website shows you the conversion for weight lifting to steps per minute so hope that helps. Then you set a steps goals or use X amount of steps to equal 1 mile and base your numbers on that. (Laurie)
http://www.purdue.edu/walktothemoon/activities.html
Good Newbie Advice On Getting Started:
from one of our members: (OK,somebody please take responsibility (robin)
Make a list of what you will and will not do to get to your goal.
I did this when I first started. I had 3 columns: WILL DO, WILL NOT DO and WILL TRY LATER.
I was brutally honest with myself when I made this list. Cooking from scratch or following a specific diet plan that meant I had to cook was firmly in the WILL NOT column. Also in that column was "Quit eating out." After cooking for a family for 30+ years, I am over it and knew I would need to rely on prepared foods for dinners.
The WILL column contained things like "staying within a daily calorie goal".
Exercise was in the LATER column.
Based on this list, I came up with an eating plan that I felt would be sustainable for me.0 -
Transferring this over and bumping!
6/1: 1.0
6/2: rest
6/3: 20.37
6/4: rest it rained
6/5: 21.35
6/6: 5
6/7: 1.37
6/8: 2.53
6/9: 5
6/10: rest
6/11: 17.37
6/12: 23.08
6/13: rest
6/14: rest
6/15: 2.53
6/16: rest
6/17: 26.07
Total: 125.67 miles
Goal: 200 miles0 -
Just moving my miles over and saving my spot!
June 1 - 3.5 miles
June 2 - 3.4 miles
June 3 - 2.4 miles
June 4 - 1.8 miles
June 5 - 2.8 miles
June 6 - 3.0 miles
June 7 - 1.8 miles
June 8 - 0.7 miles
June 9 - 1.4 miles
June 10 - 2.5 miles
June 11 - 3.0 miles
June 12 - 2.6 miles
June 13 - 2.5 miles
June 14 - 3.0 miles
June 15 - 2.8 miles
June 16 - 1.2 miles
Total: 38.4 miles0 -
Just following along..................best wishes to all.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Lin
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Bumpity bump bump!0
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Hi everyone,
Woke up with a full blown cold this morning. Dragged myself to work today anyways (which I now admit was a terrible idea). Really dissapointed that I have to take off exercise today, especially since 1230 (in calories) looks so little when all I want to do is eat soup, popsicles and popcorn and sit in bed after work. Likely won't be able to make it out tonight to get more food so I'll be living on turkey taco chili soup. There are worse things.
Hoping this doesn't stop my progress. Will check in when I'm feeling a little better!0 -
June 1 - 3 miles
June 3 - 3 miles
June 6 - 4 miles
June 7 - 2 miles
June 8 - 4 miles
June 9 - 2.5 miles
June 10 - 2 miles
June 11 - 1.5 miles
June 13 - 2 miles
June 15 - 1.5 miles
June 17 - 2 miles
June 18 - 3 miles
Total: 30.5 miles
June goal: 50 miles0 -
Bumping new thread0
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I've come to the conclusion if I was always on vacation I'd be more fit and exercise a great deal more. So sad to be going home tomorrow.
June Mileage Goal: 80 miles
6/1 - 4.20
6/2 - 0
6/3 - 0
6/4 - 2.73
6/5 - 2.17
6/6 - 2.74
6/7 - 4.24
6/8 - 4.12
6/9 - 2.74
6/10 - Rest Day
6/11 - 2.91
6/12 - 2.91
6/13 - 4.12
6/14 - 9.01 miles (20,274 FitBit steps)
6/15 - 7.53 miles (16,968 FitBit steps)
6/16 - 5.06 (10,277 FitBit steps)
6/17 - 6.98 (16,729 FitBit steps)
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I am looking for mileage updates from Kara, Damensea, renaejae, k jeffries,, tlh, jtconst, mowmow and Susan. If you have a few minutes please update your miles from last week.
Qyueen- What is your mileage goal? I currently have you at 61.01 miles. I have checked my calculations many times and end up with the same number.
L2T- It is great that you are getting lots of exercise while on vacation. Sorry it has to end.
I hope everyone who is dealing with the severe weather is safe and that the weather calms down quickly.
Rain hope you are feeling better. You body will need some extra calories to fight the bug that is getting you right now. Eat a little more but don't over do it to much- soup sounds good.0 -
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The status update for June 8-14.
Distance Milestones—How far we have come in JUNE and we just keep going.
The status update for the week of June 8-14, 2014.
9 miles=15K
Robin E (9 miles)
10 miles
12 miles=20K
½ marathon- 13.1 miles=22km
16 miles-Sprint Triathlon Level (you just complete the distance of a Sprint Triathlon
Painted Cav (21.54 miles)
RobinB (16.63 miles)
Tanya (17.9 miles)
Little shadow (24 miles)
Marathon club-26.2 miles=43km :laugh:
Kelley (30.51 miles)
Ms.Frizz (27.55 miles)
33.93 Miles=Olympic distance triathlon level (51.5km) :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
Laurie K 60.85 miles
Skinny Jeanz (34.5 miles)
Hansea (48.59 miles)
Ferafilla (34.4 miles)
L2T (41.71miles
Tom (39.81 miles)
Nettie (43.74 miles
Queen (61.01 miles)
63.86 Miles- ITU Long course Distance Triathlon
Kaye (66.49 miles)
70.3 miles- Half Ironman Distance Triathlon
aimee (90.07 miles)
P1nxy (78.45 miles)
100 miles Century Club
140.6 miles-Full Ironman Distance
150- Exercise BEAST
Total miles for challenge: 2025 :glasses:
Miles completed by 6/14/14: Based on those reporting miles: 997.46 :smokin:
Miles to go: 1039.54:glasses:
Everyone is doing great. We have 27 people participating in this challenge.
This update does NOT include those are missing the data from the last 2 weeks. Once you post your miles your status will be updated and posted.
I may not be on tomorrow night. I am planning on swimming at 8pm so it depends on what time I get home from work.
Happy Hump Day for tomorrow. I will be celebrating the last day of school tomorrow. Can't wait.0 -
melbewell and ferafilla- Congrats on the losses.0
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I beg excuses for the term to follow, a local saying, hope it doesn't offend anyone. My girlfriend the kayak - owner, had a DUMB-*kitten* attack! She and her hubby took the 2 kayaks out for their first run, and took their very young, 24 lb, mixed-breed wiggle worm of a puppy (named Gunner) with them on a leash, of course Well 80 feet from shore, after much wrestling with Gunner, he slipped his leash, tipped my girlfriends kayak OVER and dunked them both in the lake! :noway: Her DH scooped up Gunner and got him safely in HIS kayak, my GF got the leash handed over to him, but between the two of them and the puppy, they couldn't upright the kayak, so Hubby had to tow my GF and the kayak back 80 feet to shore. And he's such a sweetie he did not lose his temper! Oh my, I can't imagine my ex in that situation. I think only 2 would have returned. 0
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Mileage for 6/17: 4.2 miles.
Onward and downward. Kaye0 -
Tuesday my goal was to intermittent fast and stay in macros while enjoying my food and eating healthy. I think I did well. I will get back to yall on mileage goals0
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If it isn't too late I would like to join in the miles for June, but if it's too crazy I totally understand and would like to join up for July. Thanks0 -
June 17 mileage - 3.3 miles
Good night everyone! 0 -
Hi everyone! :flowerforyou:
@robin--I was thinking of you with all of the tornadoes on your part of the country--glad you checked in safe and sound. We are in for some storms here, but hopefully they won't be as severe.
@sherrie--good to see you back! It's not too late to join the mileage challenge. Just let laurie know your goal and progress so far, or you can set a goal from this point forward.
@rain--sorry you are sick. I've also come down with a full-blown head cold--hope it runs its course before I leave for DR next week.
Tuesday Goals:
Well I didn't make it to the gym, but I spent the whole day running errands and doing a bunch of shopping for my trip. Got lots of clothes, and had a bit of an NSV. Prior to today, I would say I was a size 14 who was fitting into some size 12s, but after trying on countless pants and shorts, I am firmly a size 12. In fact, I had to skip buying one pair of capri pants b/c the 14s were too loose in the waist and they were out of 12s.
After shopping, a friend and I went to dinner at a German restaurant. Not the healthiest fare, but it was fun. I got the chicken schnitzel sandwich and only had one light beer. It was tasty and reminded me of Switzerland. My friend and I walked the whole mall twice and also walked back and forth to dinner (about a quarter mile each way) versus driving. Will give myself a conservative estimate of 2 miles for all of that.
Tomorrow I will help my sister move, so should be a pretty active "rest" day.
Exercise goals:
Mon--walk gunner DONE
Tues--walk gunner + gym NOT DONE
Wed--walk gunner + help sister move
Thurs--walk gunner
Fri--walk gunner + gym
Sat--wedding in WI
Sun--walk gunner + gym
Goal Mileage: 80 Miles
6/1 = 3 miles
6/2 = 5 miles
6/3 = 3 miles
6/4 = 1.5 miles
6/5 = 3 miles
6/6 = 0 miles
6/7 = 6 miles
6/8 = 2 miles
6/9 = 1 mile
6/10 = 1 mile
6/11 = 4 miles
6/12 = 1 mile
6/13 = 2 miles
6/14 = 2 miles
6/15 = 1.5 miles
6/16 = 2 miles
6/17 = 2 miles0 -
Alright. Time to get back into personals and participating more in this thread! I've missed you guys, it's just been so crazy and I haven't had time to sit down and reply to everyone.
@Rain - I hope your cold gets better soon, summer colds are so miserable!
@Robin - that's quite a kayak adventure!! I'm chuckling at the image in my head but I can imagine it probably wasn't quite as funny at the time.
@skinny - congrats on the size 12 - that's amazing!!
Wednesday wish: I just wish that one of the multiple not-so-great situations in my life at the moment could see a bit of improvement!
DH has had two biopsies in the past 3 weeks and so far one has come back positive for an autoimmune disease... we're waiting on the results of the other one so we can get a better idea of what's going on.
My 12 year old is having panic attacks on a regular basis and we're in the process of adding another medication to his regimen while lowering another one, to see if we can get him on a more even keel.
And me, well, I'm still restricted from exercise due to my ankle, and am going into week 12 of a chronic sinus infection - each time I go on antibiotics they clear up the acute symptoms, but after a week or so off the antibiotics, the infection comes back. I've only lost 3 lbs in the past month which is super discouraging on this very long, slow road, and when I get discouraged I start making bad choices. So I'm committing to stay more "checked in" on here as I go into the summer, and hopefully the accountability will help. Very happy that Friday is my last day of work for the summer, and also anxious about being home all day where there is much less restricted access to food - especially with two kids around who need snacks that aren't always the best option for this mom. I'm on unpaid leave from work which means a much smaller grocery budget over the summer, so I forsee a lot of tuna and iceburg lettuce in my future. :laugh:
JUNE MILEAGE CHALLENGE
June 1 - 3 miles
June 3 - 3 miles
June 6 - 4 miles
June 7 - 2 miles
June 8 - 4 miles
June 9 - 2.5 miles
June 10 - 2 miles
June 11 - 1.5 miles
June 13 - 2 miles
June 15 - 1.5 miles
June 17 - 2 miles
June 18 - 3 miles
Total: 30.5 miles
June goal: 50 miles0
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