Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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I'm super excited for this weekend. I'm hosting a crawfish boil at my house on Saturday. And I'm not going to be anxious about calories, or feel guilty afterwards. Because I'm not "cheating" or "failing" or "falling off the wagon". Instead, I'm purposefully enjoying a rare, planned celebration. And then on Sunday, I'll drink a lot of water and go right back to weighing and logging (and know intellectually that those 10 lbs is water weight from too much salt, sugar, and beer.)0
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Good morning everyone.
Happy International No Diet Day!
” Eating crappy food isn't a reward, it's a punishment.” ~Drew Carey
Tom
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Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?
I've been jogging a lot but I don't want to forget weight training, so I went by the gym to lift some weights earlier this week and have still been recovering from it (I love lifting weights so when I got in there it was hard to leave). To work through the soreness I did some lower impact exercises like yoga and other forms of stretching just to stay active but not strain anything. I would like to get in a little jog today. I miss it already.
For tomorrow, I'll be going up to my bf's sister's house and she's making lasagna, so I plan to just make sure I have a smallish portion and fill up the rest of my plate with some kind of vegetable/salad. My breakfast I already have planned and portioned out so that should be fine. Dinner I'll have some leftovers that I made on Wednesday. Sunday I'll be home so no real worries there.
Hope to be back soon again to post.0 -
I'm still here and following along, but have very limited access to computer. I'm not patient enough to do this on my phone.
I have a job! I will begin work on May 11th. It is a Direct Ship Lead for Bobcat. The job description basically takes my favorite parts of my last two jobs and combines them into one. I was very worried about having to take a pay reduction (since my husband took one after we bought the house, I really would have had some hard times making the ends meet if I lost pay too). However, I actually will be making more than I did at my old job!! No nights, no weekends and maybe about 10% travel (which I am very okay with). Since my severence package runs out on June 4th, it came at a great time.
I'm ready to get back into a routine...apparently I don't work very well without it. I stayed up too late and slept in too long.
Please know that I am here cheering you all on and wishing you all success. I should be able to participate more once I have access to a computer on a daily basis.
Take care!
Tracy1 -
Good news! I had a lump removed from my chest on Monday and I got the call today it was benign!
Fitness-I've been going once a week for personal training. I plan to start taking my dog for more walks. I've been limited because of health issues which means I really need to pay more attention to diet. Today has been going well. Mio with caffeine is what I'm using to cut out pop. I'm eating around every two hours and that really helps cut down cravings. I hope to start working out more soon. I actually do enjoy it.
@Morgori I like the quote!
@NewCaddy Congratulations on the job!!!0 -
Good morning everyone!
Happy DayMother's Day!
Don't go out of your weigh to please anyone but yourself. ~Author unknown
Tom
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The party was a total success! I cooked 120 lbs of crawfish, and nearly all the neighbors came. I do have a lot of leftover beer and soda that I don't know what to do with. It's not a temptation, but it takes up a fair amount of space in the pantry/fridge.
The best part was waking up this morning and only clocking a 3 lbs increase after a day of total debauchery.0 -
Hi guys!
Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. Friday was a gorgeous 80 degree day, so I came home and walked gunner then mowed the lawn and pulled some weeds. Yesterday I met some friends and we went to a music festival, and then today was lunch with my family for mother's day.
I got a bit of grading done this afternoon, and then came home, brushed gunner, and pulled more weeds. It's almost an exercise in futility b/c there are so many dandelions, but it's a good workout--like doing squats for an hour straight.
Grading Goals:
1. 8/20 Persuasive speeches
3. x/59 Junior Research Papers
Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner + gym
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner
Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
Fri-- walk gunner
Sat-- walk gunner + gym0 -
Just wanted to say a quick hello and Happy Mom's Day to all our wonderful mothers. I spent a fun day with my kids and didn't worry at all about what I ate. I am sure I went over but just because of the choices not the quantity. We went out to an early brunch and then my parents joined us in going out for an early dinner. So only the two meals all day. Saturday was the weigh in for the biggest loser challenge I joined being sponsored by our ymca and local hospital along with various other buisnesses. It runs till august and if I won something that would be great but the main thing I hope you gain is motivation to stay on track during the summer. That seems to be the time of year I struggle most. We time for me to go nighty night. Hope you all had a wonderful day
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Evening all!
I'm new to the forum side of MFP. I have 88 lbs (40kg) to lose, and am in need of some serious motivation and support! So if anyone wants to help out, with returned support and motivation, add me!
Otherwise, here are my beginning stats:
Age: 18
Height: 5"1 (154cm)
Current weight: 104kg (229lbs)
goal weight: 65kg (145lbs)
I plan to do cardio 3x week, weight training 3x week. and pilates 2 x week.
currently doing the OPTIFAST Diet - moderated version.0 -
Good morning everyone.
Happy National Women's Check-Up Day!
” Courage, cheerfulness, and a desire to work depends mostly on good nutrition.” ~Jacob Moleschott
Tom
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@NewCaddy - awesome, such wonderful news, and it sounds like the new schedule will be better for you too! Hooray!!!!
@badnoodle - OMG so much crawfish! I had a crawfish boil for my housewarming party, we had 1 20 or 30 lb bag of crawfish and about 30 people, but we also had steak and chicken, so more than half of the crawfish was left over. Do you know how hard it is to get rid of 15 lbs of cooked crawfish! I'm pretty sure we ended up throwing most of it away. Don't know what possessed me to do a crawfish boil - I'm not even that big a fan of shellfish!
@skinnyjeanzbound - sounds like you had a great weekend
@jtconst - glad you had a good time with your family.
@missmegannnn - welcome - many of us do have a lot of weight to lose, hence the name of the thread. Here are some pointers - in the upper right of the community screen are 3 symbols - bell, star, and cog. Click on the star while you're in this thread and favorite it. Then when you go to the main communities page, you can hover on the star and it will show links to the threads you have favorited, making it easy to come back often to where you left off. The bell will indicate if someone has mentioned you by username on a thread. To do that, you preface the person's user name with the @ symbol, like @xxxxxmegannnn , and then that person's little bell will indicate they've been mentioned. Click on the thread highlighted when you hover on the bell, and it will take you to the message that mentions you. Your plan seems to be a healthy one, but please start slow and work your way up, don't burn yourself out on exercise too fast. It's a sure way to discourage yourself if you do so much you can't move for a week! Log your food every day, and be honest - log every taste, lick, and drop. You'll be dismayed at how those add up in calories, and you will learn from observing your patterns what you need to change.
Well as for me, the weekend wasn't too bad food wise, but I'm having a hard time being consistent with logging on the weekend. Need to work on that, and work on doing more exercise on the weekend. I'm kind of a couch potato when I'm off.
Tracy
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Good morning everyone.
Happy National Shrimp Day!
” Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.” ~Mark Hyman
Tom
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Hi everyone, it has been a very busy week with no nights free. I have been trying to make a couple of decisions and finally they are made. My principal asked me to teach Stem next year so I have been weighing the pro's and con's, I was very upfront with him about all my obligations outside of school next year especially in the Fall. I am chairing two large projects and they both happen in October, plus the ASL 2 class I am taking in the fall and let's add a new curriculum. He needed to understand that I have a life outside of school and that I am not willing to work an excessive amount of hours to make the STEM program run correctly. He actually seemed okay with that. I guess I will be teaching Stem (Science) next year for the 8th grade. So there will be a few more conversations but I think my mind is made up at this point.
Tracy- Congratulations on the job.
jt- Good luck with the challenge.
My goal is to exercise 4 hours on the weekend- 2 hours each day but it is mostly about being active and the activities can be mixed up so it is not the same thing for two hours.
I hope things will calm down after this week and I can start checking back in on a regular basis.
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Hi everyone!
I'm so ready for this school year to be done, but first I need to get all of this grading finished. It feels like every time I'm about to start on those research papers, I collect something else that needs to get done first. I've resigned myself to some very intense grading sessions the next two weekends. After that, my seniors will be done which will give me more time to grade the rest of my juniors' work. Unfortunately, I can't wait until then to start the research papers b/c they need them back in time to do revisions before the end of semester. I need to plan that better next year.
I know it's going to make me sad, but I've decided to list out what I hope to get done by Monday.
Grading Goals by 5/16:
1. x/41 Kite Runner journals
2. x/41 Yeats reflections
3. x/10 Senior SOS speeches
4. x/20 Junior Research Papers
5. x/30 Quote analyses
Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner
Thurs-- walk gunner + gym
Fri-- walk gunner
Sat-- walk gunner + gym0 -
Good morning everyone.
Happy Eat What You Want Day!
Date When Celebrated: Always on May 11
What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great.....health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day.
Eat What You Want Day is definitely not a day for diets. It is one single, solitary day in the year to go off your diet and eat something you really enjoy, Today, you can set aside your dietary "No-No" list. Today, you can splurge. Tomorrow, it's back to the diet. It is important to note that today is not intended to eat as much as you want. Rather, the goal is to eat something you otherwise wouldn't have. If you are watching carbs or calories, simply keep within your limits by eating just a small amount of that favorite treat.
Caution: People with allergies and/or medical conditions, may not be able to fully participate in this day. Simply said: Do not risk your health to participate in this day.
"The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Steven Wright cracks me up
” I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast anytime." So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.” ~Steven Wright
"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.” ~Steven Wright
"I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” ~Steven Wright
Tom
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Today is never "eat what I want" day, because what I want to eat is like...3 lbs of butter and a cronut.
This week, the scale is not being kind, but I'm celebrating a NSV anyway because I went and bought new jeans..and the first number on the size was a 1! I haven't been below a 20 in years and years. Okay, sure, it's Target, and it's probably vanity sized to hell and back, but I'll take what I can get.0 -
I Was reading a success story post today of a man who lost 140 pounds between September and March, going from 339 to 199 who did this under medical supervision in a 6-month pre-bariatric surgery requirement. Duh, he no longer is a candidate for bariatric surgery ... thank God to that.
What he did was walk every day about 3-4 hours. Some of the walking was outdoors, some in his place of work, some at home on a treadmill while watching Netflix. He also kept his calories between 1400-1500 for the day but didn't count any macros ... just the overall calories. And, he took dietary suppliments and vitamins because of the low calorie diet, got checked up once a month at the medical center. He said the trick was to keep his heart rate at level #2 ... for him, that was about 110 beats per minute and was the fat-burning zone for him. He used a heart rate monitor to maintain that exertion level and he used a fitbit to measure the calories he burned. His average weight loss was 5 pounds a week, although he did have some highs of 7 or more in the beginning of his weight loss campaine ... He didn't say how old or tall he was, but he looked tall, and in his mid-forties.
The thing I liked about his story was that it shows that fact that losing weight is more about sticking with a plan instead of resorting to the newest method or craze that is hitting the airwaves.0 -
Good morning everyone.
Happy International Nurses Day!
” If it came from a plant, eat it. If it was made in a plant, don't.” ~Michael Pollan
Tom
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Grading Goals by 5/16:
1. 2/41 Kite Runner journals
2. 2/41 Yeats reflections
3. 5/10 Senior SOS speeches
4. 2/20 Junior Research Papers
5. 30/30 Quote analyses DONE
6. 41/41 Tone quizzes DONE
Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner DONE + gym MOWED LAWN INSTEAD
Fri-- walk gunner
Sat-- walk gunner + gym1 -
Thought I would post here as my first post
Overall goals:
Gym at least 4 days a week (strength MWF, cardio T, maybe TR)
1500 calories a day (2000 acceptable but want to avoid)
50g of fat a day
150g of protein a day
This past week:
-Calories good with the exception of pizza day (might have gone over, might not because I don't know how many calories were in it)
-Got protein to at least 120g all days and got 150g on most
-Didn't do cardio on T or TR
-Did strength MW and doing it F
SW (first recorded weight): 361 CW: 335 GW: 180
Time: 1.5 months
EDIT: Oh also I will post my strength here just for future reference, I go to Planet Fitness so there are no legit squat racks, just Smith machines which I don't want to use
5x10 Dumbbell bench press: 35 lbs each
3x10 Dumbbell standing shoulder press: 30 lbs each
3x10 Lat Pulldown: 90 lbs
3x10 Back Extension: 200 lbs
3x10 Kneeling dumbbell row: 50 lbs
3x10 Kneeling dumbbell kickback: 25 lbs
3x10 Dumbbell curl: 30 lbs0 -
Good morning everyone.
Happy National Leprechaun Day!
”Preserve and treat food as you would your body, remembering that in time food will be your body.” ~B.W. Richardson
Tom
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Hi everybody. Had something weird going on with my left arm last couple of days. Wednesday morning the joints in my fingers hurt when I woke up and over the course of the morning the pain progressed to my wrist elbow and shoulder. It hurt pretty bad on wednesday and thursday but is now subsiding. N idea what was the cause but happy its leaving. So my fitbit zip broke and I upgraded to the charge hr. I like it okay so far but not sure I trust the step count. It was pretty close to the phone tracker when I walked the dogs so that was good but then I got just over a 1000 more "steps" logged while folding the clothes. Going to have to play around and see How much of it I want to actually out towards my calorie count. Well I am off to the beach to take a stroll with my momma. Just wanted to say hi to ya'll. Have a great day and dont forget to drink your water
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Going to have to play around and see How much of it I want to actually out towards my calorie count.
I take it that you eat back some of your exercise calories. ... how is that working for you? Are you trying to maintain or lose? If lose, is this working?
I ask because I don't intentionally eat back any calories, I just tend to overeat, overall. Natch, all I'm doing is maintaining.0 -
Has it really been close to two weeks since I have been on this thread? Yikes!
When I read the eat what you want day post my brain went straight to pizza and ice cream with lots of caramel sauce.
I've hit a rough patch over the last two weeks - not doing a very good job of planning ahead for dinners, not packing lunch, and rationalizing permission to enjoy some foods I hadn't had in a while. Of course it has shown up on the scale - over a three week period just a small loss, and if the numbers were true this morning, I've gained back a little of that. Been doing better this week about packing a decent lunch, keeping dinner reasonable and staying away from the treats. But I sucked at the exercise part - most of that coming in the form of yard work and gardening between rain storms. My goal for next week is to get both halves of the program back on track.
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@celtikgirl I hear you about the rainstorms. Usually, Saturday is my highest activity day because I spend a lot of time working out in the yard and garden. But it's been so wet that I can't half walk through the yard without sinking into the mud. Rain is also a pretty big disincentive for me to walk. I can deal with cold, but not wet! I'm sure once things dry out a little bit as summer comes on, you'll get your exercise back up.
This week, I adjusted my calorie allowance up by about a hundred, because I was just miserable at 1210. Not so much that I was hungry, but that trying to plan meals with such a tight margin was such a pain in the tuchus. And wouldn't you know it, this morning, I'm back to a weight I haven't seen since my freshman year in college. 2 -
That is great news!
I have a way to go to get to freshman year of college weight, but for the first time in 20 years, it seems like it is attainable. It just takes soooooo loooooong! One pound at a time is killing me!1 -
Hi guys!
@celtik-- Yes, it takes a lot of patience, but you will get there. We've had pretty crappy weather here as well. Rainy and now pretty cold and blustery for May.
@badnoodle-- great job hitting that milestone!!
@niki-- I'm a firm believer in eating back exercise calories if I'm already eating at a deficit at say, 1600 calories/day. That's already 500 below my maintenance level, so if I then burn 500 calories and don't eat them back, I'm only netting 1100 calories which is not enough to keep my body fueled. I don't understand how people can NOT eat them back and expect their metabolisms to not slow to a crawl.
@tammy-- hope that pain isn't anything to worry about. If you did nothing to cause it, I would consider getting it checked out.
@geoff-- welcome to the thread! I can't stand Smith machines; unless you're the perfect height, they are terrible for form.
Saturday Success:
Ugh. I wish I had something more positive to post, but my only success is that I haven't gained any weight over the past 2 weeks despite neglecting to log food and very minimal exercise. I didn't make it to the gym again nor did I walk gunner b/c he had a salon appt this morning. While he was gone I managed to vacuum up most of his fur and washed his bed and all the throw rugs, so I wasn't completely inactive, but not the workout I had intended.
I've been a bit more successful with my grading goals. I finished all of the journals turned in before I left work on Friday, but there are still about 10 or so pending from students who have been absent for field trips or AP exams. I also finished most of the speeches; I would've finished all of them but two kids haven't shared their videos with me yet. Grrr.
Only got through 6 JRPs so far, but 14 is doable tomorrow. Perhaps I'll even have time to hit the gym...
Grading Goals by 5/16:
1. 31/41 Kite Runner journals
2. 31/41 Yeats reflections
3. 8/10 Senior SOS speeches
4. 6/20 Junior Research Papers
Fitness Goals for the month of May:
Visit gym minimum of 8 times 2/8
Run at least 25 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
148 k done/ 852 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym NOT DONE
Tues-- meeting
Wed-- walk gunner DONE
Thurs-- walk gunner DONE + gym MOWED LAWN INSTEAD
Fri-- walk gunner NOT DONE (rain)
Sat-- walk gunner NOT DONE + gym NOT DONE0 -
I am starting (again) on a diet/fitness planned regimen. I need to lose 90 pounds! I have been losing the same 20 lbs, and regaining them, every year for the past 15 years. I know how to use the tools that work, I just stop using them, usually after an unplanned snack or meal. What is up with that?Any tips?0
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