Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Jt- What a busy day with all the lawn mowing and yard work. Great job. Welcome back
Goals for 5/18 to 5/24
Sunday- Bike DONE
Monday- Trainer and run if not done on Sunday DONE with Run
Tuesday- Rest day- walk into town DONE
Wednesday-Gym DONE
Thursday-Gym-Walked into town
Friday- Climbing
Saturday- swimming0 -
Hello everyone,
Thanks for the warm welcome back! I'm still a little frustrated when I step on the scale and see I gained, but I was diagnosed with a case of strep for finals week and that contributed to some stress. I'm finally feeling better, and I hope I start losing weight soon. I was on a month long plateau before I gained, so now I'm really behind, which is disheartening. Can't wait to be back where I was!
Now that I know exactly how many calories I'm eating, I'm allowing myself to dig into my exercise calories a little since I'm home and visiting friends for the next week still. Hopefully everything goes as planned and I still lose. I recently purchased a bike, and I've been doing about 9-10 miles a day for the last three days in addition to 45 mins on the elliptical. My leg is still under investigation for a stress fracture, so these are my replacement while I wait up for more info so I can continue running.
Thursday truth: 1000 calories a day in exercise recently DOES leave quite a bit of room for frozen yogurt... every day...0 -
@kaye--happy birthday!! :flowerforyou: :drinker:
@laurie--I hate it when I fall into those sugar binges. For me, it happens if I start the day with too many carbs, and even though I know this is the case, I still occasionally let it happen. :grumble: Great job with the exercise!
@robin--sometimes it's hard to hear the truth when we really want to hear something different. I'm sorry you aren't at the point you'd hoped to be with the improvement in your speech. Although you friend was quite frank, she did offer a good alternative to find something more task oriented until you are ready for front office work.
@karenleaona--how long will you be visiting your son?
@ushkii--sounds like your road was covered in hash brown grease! :laugh: I can totally relate; I'm not particularly tempted by fast food burgers and fries, but those breakfasts are delicious! My downfall is McDonald's sausage biscuit sandwich. :blushing:
@tom--your consistency with the walks is impressive! :drinker:
@L2T--sometimes if it's really hot when I get home from work, I wait until later to walk gunner. He is a big boy (95 lbs!) and overheats pretty quickly. I'm also hoping he loses his "winter chub" from the increased activity now the weather has gotten so much better. He has his annual check-up on Sat. and I fear he gained more than usual this winter given the extreme cold and the fact that he's getting older (he's 8 now). Bracing myself for the "your dog is fat" speech from the vet.
@susan--glad you made it home safely. I truly don't know how you resist all of that yummy food--it was so delicious and so readily available. I'm glad I'm not surrounded by that on a daily basis--your ability to say "no" is truly impressive!
@tammy--wow, that's a lot of yard work! I was so proud of my 45 minutes pulling dandies until I saw your post! :laugh:
@rain--congrats on finishing your semester! :drinker:
I think I missed Wed. Wish, so I second laurie's--I wish the school year were already over. My seniors have their last day of class tomorrow. I love them to death--they are truly the best group I've ever had--but I still want them GONE! Next week they will turn in final exam papers, and then I can focus solely on my juniors. I started grading their research papers, but I am really lacking enthusiasm for the task. :blushing:
Thursday Truth:
We had our union dinner last night at a local steakhouse, and I went 1000 calories over for the day. I ate an entire 10 oz prime rib steak and a piece of flourless chocolate cake for dessert. Ask susan--she can vouch for my ability to scarf down chocolate.
My calories wouldn't have been so bad but I had a couple of fru-fru martinis which exacerbated my overage. I logged it all and will earn it back, but it was definitely a misstep. I think I wandered onto ushkii's slippery track. :ohwell:
Grading Goals:
1.4/52 Junior research papers
Exercise goals:
Mon--walking in city DONE
Tues--walk gunner + gym RAN OUTSIDE INSTEAD
Wed--walk gunner NOT DONE
Thurs--walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Fri--rest day
Sat--walk gunner
Sun--walk gunner + gym
Goal Mileage: 80 Miles
5/19 = 3 miles
5/20= 3 miles
5/21= 0 miles
5/22= 2 miles
5/23= miles
5/24= miles
5/25= miles
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Laurie - I'm glad the Challenge for June has been decided. Sorry I have not been reading for several pages.
Rain - sorry to hear about your strep throat. I am so impressed your powered through your finals and they are now OVER!! YAY!!! Hope you have a wonderful rest before summer's responsibilitys start!
Susan- glad you had a great time meeting with Skinny and Laurie. Skinny - I bet your quite the hostes!
I DO MISS doing personals. DRAT to these constant illnesses. I am so worn down tonite. I am down to eating almost nothing with seasoning on it, my mouth has become so sensitive to everything on top of the continued overwhelming pain. Its eggs, eggs, eggs, vanilla pudding, marshmellows, and applesauce. I'm not even recording it. The assorted lozenges and butterscotch drops even started bothering me. Now I am using 2 tsps. of canola oil in my mouth every 20 minutes or so, swishing it around and then spitting it out. Sheesh, At 130 cal/tsp, I can't even begin to imagine how many calories I'm absorbing each time. But without the oil, I just couldn't bear it. Well, sorry for the medical saga. No one else to talk to about it really and I'm down.
MOW - I hope you got the dog.0 -
@robin--sorry to hear you are still in so much pain. I wish I could claim to be a good hostess, but it was really the other way around. Susan took me on all of her fun events, so I really didn't have to plan anything for us.0
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Robin, I'm sorry that you continue to struggle with your health. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Thank you for all of the birthday wishes. Its been a fun day. All of the family that lives nearby came over for dinner. They pooled their efforts and I didn't have to cook. I went over on the calories in spite of my walk. I'm glad I logged it, though. It wasn't as bad as I had thought it was.
Thursday truth: This has been a strange birthday. I think its because there is a huge disconnect between how I thought 70 would feel and how it actually feels. I'm glad that I don't feel as old as I thought I would.
Onward and downward. Kaye
May 22: 5.16 miles0 -
Happy Friday!!! I just wanted to report that I weighed in at 209.0 this morning... Just 10 lbs to Onederland!!!! I can't believe I've gotten this close! I hope I can celebrate this victory by July 1st. :drinker:0
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Hey all, just checking in here. I've been trying to keep up with the posts but haven't had time to reply. Still sticking to my calories and losing slowly but surely... it's frustrating to be set at 2lbs/week and to be consistently losing only 1-1.5 lbs. I know any loss is good, but it's hard to stick to the large deficit when I'm not seeing the results that the deficit suggests I should be seeing. :huh: I did realize MFP was gypping me of .8 lbs that I had lost - somehow it rounded down my start weight, and I just realized it yesterday. It's fixed now, so it's nice to see a higher weight than before without having to actually lose the weight. :laugh:
Things here are still pretty nuts. Ankle is the worst it's been in a long time. I'm well taped and still getting PT regularly. There is a chance I might be able to be off for most of the summer, which would be really good... my job is quite busy and most days in the 6 hrs at work I log 7,000-8,000 steps on my fitbit. So even though I'm not "walking" for exercise, I'm still pretty active. Having 8 weeks off this summer would be a great opportunity to heal up a bit.
My hubby is finally seeing the specialist he's been waiting to see, he goes next week, so hopefully he'll get some answers. This week I had to go to the school and pick up my 12 year old after he'd been in a meltdown for 1.5 hrs. There were some very nasty comments made to him which are being dealt with by the administration. Meanwhile my 8 year old has decided that this would be a good time to become very, very difficult. Isn't that always the way? :noway:
So that's life here in a nutshell. Thank you to Laurie for encouraging me to check in, even though I don't have time for personals. You all are a great, supportive bunch and I enjoy reading all of your posts.0 -
TGIF!! It's been a crazy work week, but I've managed to get in some exercise anyway. I hate that most days I only have time for a long walk or class, but not both. I feel guilty if I go to class and then my furry friend doesn't get a good walk. I swear he looks at me with judgement in his eyes when he feels shorted on walkies. It's hard to fit in working full time, keeping up with the house and yard, my work outs and the dog's work outs. Darn job gets in the way of my real life!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Don't forget to give thanks to those who make our freedoms possible!
May Mileage Goal: 100 miles
5/1 - 2 miles (class)
5/2 - 5 miles (walk)
5/3 - 3 miles (walk)
5/4 - 3 miles (walk)
5/5 - 4.25 miles (class plus 2.25 mile walk)
5/6 - 3.75 miles (walk)
5/7 - 2 miles (walk)
5/8 - 3.50 miles (class plus 1.50 mile walk)
5/9 - 2 miles (class)
5/10 - 2.50 miles (walk)
5/11 - 3.25 miles (walk)
5/12 - 4 miles (class plus 2 mile walk)
5/13 - 4.50 miles (walk)
5/14 - 2 miles (class)
5/15 - 2 miles (class)
5/16 - 3 miles (walk)
5/17 - 3 miles (walk)
5/18 - 3.50 miles (walk)
5/19 - 4 miles (class plus 2 mile walk)
5/20 - 4.0 miles (walk)
5/21 - 3.0 miles (walk)
5/22 - 4.0 miles (class plus 2 mile walk)
5/23 - 3.0 miles (walk)
5/24 - 4.0 miles (walk)
5/25 - REST DAY
5/26 4.0 miles (walk)
Total Miles - 82.250 -
Good morning everybody. I can’t wait until this weekend starts. Yea for three day weekends!
“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” ~Thomas Jefferson
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Hi, I'm PC or Victoria it's nice to meet y'all! I'm a 25 year old project management/estimating assistant in the construction business (aka desk job LOL!). I have a wonderful husband and together we have a farm with 3 horses, 4 dogs, 2 cats and 16 chickens. I initially started at 286lbs last year when I went to my gynecologist (June 2013). As of this morning I'm at 257lbs. I want to end up around 175lbs.
I'm joining in to this although I'm not quite at the need to lose 100lbs anymore. Which is great, but I'm still bummed that I'm not where I had hopes to be last year. Especially since I KNOW where I could be right now. When you have 100lbs you want to lose, sometimes even though 29lbs sounds like a lot, it feels like a drop in the bucket.
Last year I had done the medically supervised weight loss diet and started doing Crossfit once I couldn't stand the diet anymore. I didn't want to fall off the Crossfit wagon but I work a full-time job and go to school at night and I could no longer work my class schedule around Crossfit class times. I really miss it, but it's just not in the cards. Since stopping Crossfit I've gotten off the exercise wagon too and I'm finding that's really hard to get back on, especially in the summer in the Florida heat!
So this is my push to get back on the wagon. I'm pushing myself to graduate next summer (full-time job and going to school full-time) and I would love to be in onederland when I do that. With my schedule that means gym time will be limited and not being home very often. Which turns in to eating out and eating on the go a lot. I am going to try to hit the gym at least 3-4 days a week, doing strength training 3 days a week and filling in cardio as I have time. I did run 3 5K's last year, this year I'd love to do some more.
I've discovered when it comes to eating I'm just not the type who can cut things out completely nor can I do the 5-6 meals a day. When I'm exhausted (which is nearly always) my will power just sucks. At home I can limit the temptations and for the most part I do. If we have sweets it's something you have to actually cook versus snacking on ready-made stuff. When you're constantly on the go, it's much harder with all the choices. Though I try to stick to healthier choices (Chipotle, Panera, etc) even then there's some seriously hidden calories I've found. So this time around I'm going to focus on moderating my intake and eating only when hungry and only eating til the hunger is gone versus eating til full. Try to make healthier choices, but not beat myself up for eating something considered "bad". I'm going to try to track my food as often as I can. Luckily I've already cut sodas out since last year. I still have one here or there, but I primarily drink plain water (with the occasional ICE thrown in!) and usually at least 10 or more glasses per day.
Reading a lot of the responses on this thread has been motivating and looking forward to continuing my journey with y'all!0 -
Job update: Last week I received a phone call from the Director of Sp. Ed. asking if I would be interested in doing some 1:1 work for one of our students who is having a lot of issues at the moment. Yesterday I received a follow up call from her to let me know she was still waiting to hear about what decision was made for this student. She did give me the heads up that a principal from another school may be giving me a call to work with a 6 yr old who is also having behavioral issues. I find it ironic that all year I heard nothing but now that we are approaching the end of the school year I am receiving calls for additional work. It's a good feeling. I also received my official notice in the mail yesterday that I have been board approved for the 2 positions for the summer. WAHOO!
Garden update: My veggie garden is doing well. I went out before and noticed my cucumbers, beans and greens are starting to pop. All the rest of my plants in my veggie and herb gardens are doing great. We are having a few days of rain but warm temps which is perfect for my gardens. I finished off my back flower bed cutting back the ivy, weeding and getting my begonias in. I have 1 more bed that is the length of my property to weed and plant in. I am hoping to get that accomplished this weekend then I can just move on to general maintenance of everything. It's a lot of work but completely worth it. :happy:
Kaye - Happy Birthday!
Welcome to all the newbies!
Kah - LOL to Zoe's new game. That sounds really adorable to watch even if it is keeping you up all night.
Robin - Count me in for miles in June. I think it would be great to challenge myself to get in 100 or more miles. I do not track my sugar so I will not participate in that challenge. For me, the only sugar I use is my 3 teaspoons in my coffee every morning. Occasionally I will have a glass of wine or an occasional treat. (I ate some Nutella yesterday, right out of the jar, for a post dinner snack :blushing:) The rest of my sugar intake comes from fruits and vegetables. If I track my sugar on MFP it always has me in the red due to the amount of fruits and veggies I consume. Being a vegetarian it is too difficult for me to reduce my intake on these.
I think that is great that you are thinking of getting a part-time job. Though I have to say I was a little put off and offended when reading what your friend said to you. :ohwell: I am sure she meant it from a kind place. However, being that I work with children with developmental disabilities I am extremely sensitive to comments such as those. I understand what she meant about saying people would have difficulty understanding you. However there are plenty of people in the world with developmental disabilities that are very successful in their jobs despite their disabilities. Please do not let your friend's comment deter you from doing what you want to do. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to as long as you believe in yourself!
Tayna - Congrats!!! I am so happy for you. :flowerforyou:
Victoria - I admire you for trying to lose weight while going to school and working full-time. I worked 2 jobs; one full time and one part time while going to grad school in the evenings. I was so strapped for time that I had zero time to focus on my health. I wish you the best of luck and much success with your professional journey as well as your health journey!
My Miles:
5/1 - 3.41 miles
5/2 - 3.74 miles
5/3 - 6.92 miles
5/4 - 2.13 miles
5/5 - 4.73 miles
5/6 - 5.64 miles
5/7 - 4.39 miles
5/8 - 3.28 miles
5/9 - 2.91 miles
5/10 - 4.53 miles
5/11 - 4.47 miles
5/12 - 4.08 miles
5/13 - 3.1 miles
5/14 -2.23 miles
5/15 - 2.11 miles
5/16 - 1.42 miles (laziest day ever!)
5/17 - 3.24 miles
5/18 - 7.37 miles
5/19 - .79 miles (Fitbit died, should be more)
5/20 - 2.54 miles (Fitbit charging, should be more)
5/21 - 3.37 miles
5/22 - 2.2 miles
Total: 78.60 -
Kaye - Happy belated birthday!
Robin - Wowza, my heart really goes out to you. You've been put through the ringer lately!! We're all here thinking of you and sending tons of positive energy your way.
Welcome to the newlings!!
I'm in for a walking challenge next month. I'll have to be walking Gidget daily so I might as well wear the pedometer and get credit for it!!
She arrives in 7.5 hours. I can't WAIT. I'm SO excited. I've been crocheting, sewing, and shopping up a storm for the little princess~0 -
Kaye - Happy belated birthday!
Robin - Wowza, my heart really goes out to you. You've been put through the ringer lately!! We're all here thinking of you and sending tons of positive energy your way.
Welcome to the newlings!!
I'm in for a walking challenge next month. I'll have to be walking Gidget daily so I might as well wear the pedometer and get credit for it!!
She arrives in 7.5 hours. I can't WAIT. I'm SO excited. I've been crocheting, sewing, and shopping up a storm for the little princess~
So exciting! Enjoy getting to know your new fur baby.0 -
Hey Folks! My week is craziness and it isn't going to end till the kids are out of school for the summer! :noway: I'm so tired and have too much to do to sleep. :laugh: I signed myself up for the local fun run/walk this Sunday. Yes, I know I haven't started training, but I know I can walk 5km and I'm taking the kids as company. It's an experiment to see if I really want to take my exercise in that direction. My husband is a volunteer at the event... so everyone will be there. :happy:
I got my garden in this week. I put in beans, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, cucumbers, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, and peppers. I have the corn in starter trays. I'll get the asparagus in this weekend. I didn't realize that I had to soak them first. oops! I put a few flower planters up, but the rest can wait a couple weeks. The prices in the stores are still really high, for the # I want.
Happy Birthday Kaye!!!
Robin, your friend is not very supportive. I think it's great that you're thinking about getting out there. Be careful not to let what others say bring your mood down. It can be hard to bounce back from comment like that. hugz!
Gotta go! I'll update my mileage on the weekend. :happy:0 -
I took today off of work to expand the holiday weekend, worked with my trainer most of the morning on a budget and financial forecasts for his studio. Now waiting for a call back from the doctor--I injured my thumb working out last night , the swelling/bruising is worsening and the pain is starting to move into my hand, so my trainer and i decided I better have it x-rayed. We don't think there is a break, think its more ligament damage but better to be safe than sorry.
@Nettie~Hooray on your jobs for the summer becoming official and working 1:1 with some additional students.
@Kris~Enjoy the puppy.
Welcome to the newlings.0 -
i think the rain has finally let up and i can go out for a walk without drowning!!!
Robin- is the pain in your mouth likely to get better? so sorry you have to go through so much!0 -
Just a quick check in. I stumbled across a 5k tomorrow at Zoo Miami and I couldn't resist so I signed up with Chelsea! How could walking a 5k at the zoo not be AWESOME?!?!
@Nettie - congrats on your job opportunities!
@Robin - so sorry to hear you are still having such problems with your mouth.
@Kelley - I hope your thumb isn't anything too serious. There is nothing worse than a hand injury. Well, I guess there is but a hand injury just seems to compound day-to-day tasks.
@Aunt Kaye
- I hope you had a happy, happy Birthday! (See I told you that you were too young to be my grandma, you are younger than my mom!!)
Well, wish I had time for more personals but 5:00am is going to come mighty early!
Until next time; wishing everyone peace, love and weight loss!
And...
Don't sweat the small stuff, just SWEAT!!0 -
Kaye- Glad you had a wonderful birthday.
Tanya- Congrats on the loss, you are doing awesome.
Victoria- Welcome, your life is very busy with work and school at the same time. It can be done. Have you considered packing your lunch and several healthy snacks for the day. You can pack a small cooler, which would cut down on how much you eat out.
Nettie- It always seem that jobs in the school system open up at the end of the year. It appears that the administration has noticed your success in the classroom this year. Good luck.
Mow-Mow- Yeah, for getting your dog. She will be the best dressed dog in the area.
Kelley- Sorry to hear about your thumb- I hope it heals quickly and it is not broken.
Karen L- Hope the rain stopped and you could for a walk. I walked last night after a storm and it was beautiful.
Robin B- Congratulations on signing up for the 5K run/walk. Have fun at the zoo. You will rock it.0
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