Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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WIGirl1970 wrote: »@skinnyjeanzbound Bob Chinn's? Dying to go back again. Went to a seafood place in Milwaukee last night that didn't hold a candle to Chinn's. Good for you with your good trade offs! Big win!!
Yes!! I haven't been there in years--probably close to 20! I forgot how good it is.1 -
Monday Check-In ... The scale thinks I lost 6 pounds of weight this week, my mind knows it is 6 pounds of excess water retention; and thank God for that because my feet and legs feel so much better! Still tender when I press on the skin, and still leave dimples behind from my toes to my knees but now when I look at my legs they don't look puffed up, and my favorite pair of shoes fit again.
I know it's not fat weight loss because my calorie intake has been more in the maintenance range and my deficit goal is for a conservative 0.50 pound a week loss. No, I don't eat back exercise calories, because I do not exercise beyond routine physical therapy type movement.
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skinnyjeanzbound wrote: »@trinati-- I'm the same way with stuff at work. If I take a donut, I will eat it. One rule that I try (stress try, but don't always succeed) to follow is to hold off until 9th period (I'm a teacher and that's the last class period of our day). I tell myself all day, "you can have that donut 9th period." Usually, by that time, they are so picked over and have already lost that freshness that makes them so appealing at 8AM
One think I have noticed is that if I tell myself I cannot have something....then that is the only thing that I want. For example: I made a bet with my friend to give up chocolate for a month. I don't normally eat it more than once a week...but that month I thought about it 24/7 and even dreamed about it.
So I have to play games with myself. @skinnyjeanzbound With doughnuts I say I can 100% have one... in the afternoon. And by they are so picked over that it is easier to pass them up.
For candy I can eat it if I want it...as long as it isn't from a permanently located candy dish (my boss and multiple coworkers have "good" candy always on their desks).
Because I've noticed that I will also escalate. If I eat one from the candy dish today it will be 2 tomorrow and more the next day. Then I will make excuses to go to that desk to get more.
It had taken me 3 years of being on and off WW to realize these things about myself, but know that I know them it makes it easier to loose weight!!
Does anyone else have to play these stupid games with themselves??
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Hi
Ive been following this thread for a while now without ever posting. (Mostly because it seems like everyone already knows eachother so well?) But I figured I'd seek the opportunity to get to know you all aswell!
Im 21 and a student in Montreal. Im an actuary major that pursues acting on the side.
Mondays are for recaping the weekend, right? The past few day have been good! Im hitting my goals and my morale is high.
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Sunday Share: I’m Tracy and I live in North Dakota with my husband of almost 21 years and our two kids (both have birthdays this month and are going to be 15 (Jacob) and 10 (Emma). I just started a new job. I manage a team that handles direct ships for a manufacturing company and I love it. I love being out with people again and just having adult conversations during the day. Still adjusting to set hours and the mental exhaustion that comes with learning a new job, but it’s going great. The not so great part was that I need to dress up Monday – Thursday, so I had to buy some new clothes (8 years of working where jeans were acceptable dress all week and then almost 4 years of pajamas and yoga pants left quite a hole in my closet when it came to dress clothes. Even church clothes were low in volume since I’m a member of the choir and wear a choir robe every Sunday )
I’ve wrapped up my 6 months of dietician appointments. They have sent off my request for the Sleeve surgery to my insurance and we should hear in the next 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very successful during those 6 months so I’ve got to kick it in high gear now to lose at least another 10 pounds before a date is set. (I was in the mind set of “one more time before I have the surgery.” Someone told me to have a food funeral day and then start to focus. I did that this weekend. I know that ultimately I’ll be able to eat any type of food in very small doses, but that’s at least 4 -6 months from surgery). My work doesn’t have short term disability kick in until August 11th, so I have some time, but….
@trinati2001…I think we all play some games with ourselves. One I’ve used is that I need to finish a 24 oz bottle of water before I can think of anything else to drink before lunch. By the time I’ve drunk that, I’m usually okay with skipping something else. And then I do the same in the afternoon…another 24 oz before I could grab something…
@nouriapolis…welcome. I’ve been on this thread off and on for a couple years (more off recently), but I keep coming back to it. The folks here are so welcoming and helpful. Keep coming back!
Fitness Goals:
Monday – work at VBS (get more steps in)
Tuesday – work at VBS
Wednesday – work at VBS
Thursday – off
Friday – cardio at the gym
Saturday - ??? My kids and husband will be back from visiting friends and family out of state, so we’ll hang out together. Maybe some geocaching!
I’m really hoping to make this thread a daily occurrence for me again. See ya tomorrow!
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@tracy-- nice to see you back! I was just wondering about you and how the new job is going--I think it was moodybear's decorated cookies that brought to mind your fabulous cakes.
@nouriapolis-- welcome!! Some of us have been on here for years, but we are always welcoming new folks to the mix. I have a friend who's visiting Montreal right now and all of her FB pics make me want to go there. It looks lovely!
@trinati-- I'm the same way! If you tell me I can never have something again, it's a lost cause. I guess I'm just a rebel at heart.
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Monday check in: I did just fine this weekend. I have strictly stuck to the diet that I have set for myself. The numbers on the scale continue to move downward. I feel good about my resolve and staying with this for 3 weeks now. The only thing that I haven't stuck with is exercise. I had started on the treadmill trying to walk 30 min. a day, but that only lasted 2 days. I'm trying to tell myself that it's okay that I didn't do it this weekend since I spent a good bit of time outside doing yard work and then even went to the lake and went swimming with the family yesterday. Although really just waded around and watched after my little ones, so it's not like I really exercised. But it was good to get off the couch and get outside. So now it is back to the same ol' M-F routine. I will get back on that treadmill tonight.0
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@NewCaddy thank you im banking on the both of us making this thread a daily occurrence
@skinnyjeanzbound thanks!! Montreal is great! 100% would recommend
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It's Monday, and I'm remembering to check in! That's a miracle in and of itself!
I love knowing that I am not the only one battling cravings and apathy when it comes to exercise. Not that it is OK to give in to either one on a regular basis, but that stuff happens, and in real life only the most dedicated souls avoid those things every day. I find little ways to keep myself going and take some inspiration from here.
I signed up for the Amazing Race summer version that starts this week. Hopefully that will help me remain accountable for the exercise portion. I still don't dance, but I'll at least try most of the other challenges with varying degrees of success. The idea that teammates, even though I only know them through the computer, are counting on me doing my part seems to help. My ten pound goals seem to take for freaking ever to achieve, so I'm setting a mini goal of five pounds by July 4th.
Saturday night's visit with my daughter and her colleagues was fun, we wandered around the shops picking up souveniers, and then twelve people tried to decide on a restaurant... while the group was battling over food preferences and allergies, she and I excused ourselves, found a place we both liked, and rejoined the group later. I'm really glad we did that, because the rest of the crowd ended up at a tapas restaurant that was 90% seafood and neither one of us would have been happy. I did avoid several desserts that were offered, and the temptation to get a treat at the Ben & Jerry's store, so that was a little victory!2 -
Hi guys!
@celtik-- is that challenge a group here on MFP?
@wadrich-- Good job sticking with the food plan. Exercise is good too, but good nutrition and eating at a deficit is definitely more important for weight loss. You can't outrun your fork. Trust me, I've been trying to do it for the past couple of years with no success. That's why I've refocused on my food intake.
Monday Check-in:
No movement on the scale, but I know from past experience that it usually takes my scale about 3 weeks to catch up with a change in my calorie allowance. I will not get discouraged! I started the day off badly by eating some leftover au gratin potatoes for breakfast. I know better than to start my day off with carbs.
As a result, I had a really hungry afternoon. Luckily, I had to take gunner for his yearly check-up and shots, so that kept me out of the house for a while and busy. Sad that it took a nearly $500 vet bill to keep me from snacking. LOL On the bright side, the vet said gunner looks to be in good shape barring anything showing up in his bloodwork--we will get those results tomorrow. Why is it that human lab results take longer than animal lab results??
Fitness Goals for the month of June:
Visit gym of run outside minimum of 10 times 3/10
Run at least 6/25 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
171 k done/ 829 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner DONE TWICE + run outside DONE
Mon-- walk gunner DONE + gym DONE
Tues-- walk gunner
Wed-- walk gunner + gym
Thurs-- walk gunner
Fri-- walk gunner + gym
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Monday check in- I gained 2 pounds. I am struggling eating late evenings and enjoying junk food
I really need to discipline myself and increase my workout.0 -
I realized that I never introduced myself.
I joined MFP just over a month ago. I've been on and off again with WW and I really don't like the new program. So my coworker got me into MFP and now I've gotten an additional 4 people to join as well.
I live in Lafayette CA, near San Francisco. I'm 33 with two girls (2 and 5). This is the first time I've started to loose weight and I'm loosing more than my husband!!! I got a new job about 5 years ago in global IT in data governance. What that really means is that I'm now in a desk job. I've come home from work with only 3K steps. YIKES!!
Between work and the two girls there is no time for the gym. So my goal has been 10K steps each day and watch my calories.1 -
Goals:
One that I have kept so far and I don't foresee being a problem for me is sticking to my diet. The other that I have not done well on at all is to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day. I said I was going to do it last night. Well that didn't happen. Got a lot going on at the home front. I won't lie. I don't know if it will get done tonight either. I don't really put time limits on wanting to lose so much weight by a certain time, but my sister-in-law is getting married in September and I would like to drop a size or two in my shirts and pants before then. We live in AL and my wife's family all live in MN, so it has been a while since we have been up there to see them and I would like my weight loss to be noticeable when we go. Plus I just don't feel comfortable dressing up when I am so big. Alright. That's all I've got.0 -
Tuesday - Goals
1- Cut the grass and use the walk-behind mower to trim where the rider cannot go, and then use the weed wacker to edge and trim where the walk-behind does not go.
2 - Clean the refrigerator in preparation for grocery shopping, and while I'm at it, clean the counters and wash the floor.
3 - Dissassemble that turkey I have defrosting in the fridge and grind the leg meat to make turkey burgers. Cook the breasts for turkey sandwiches and turkey pot pie. Use the rest to make a stock for a soup.
That's on my list for today. Looks like it will be a long and busy one.
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Here's the link to the challenge - community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/114462-amazing-race-summer-heat . You need to sign up by tomorrow to get in!0
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@moodybear2003 those are amazing! I'm not a good cook at all, cookies or otherwise. I'm always terribly impressed by people with those kinds of skills.0
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Tuesday goal
Get a core workout in
Stear clear (ish) from carbs cuz i had a high carb day yesterday (a lot of left over rice)
Do some reading
Have a good one all!1 -
@wadwrich…its amazing how the steps add up though when you just get outside and move.
@celtikgirl…what is this Amazing Race that you speak of? (oh, I see, you posted it…thanks, I’ll have ot check that out!)
@virginislander2…late nights are my downfall too. I’m trying to find an activity to substitute. Right now that is games on my phone while I’m watching tv . That way my hands are busy and not shoving food in my mouth.
AFM. I missed my calorie goal by 39 yesterday. Not bad when I had no idea what supper was going to be. During VBS, they serve the volunteers a supper since we don’t have time to get home to make something before we have to be there. It was lasagna and garlic bread. I could have made it, but I did have that 2nd piece of garlic bread. YUMM!
Today, my husband and kids are heading out of state until Saturday. I sent any and all snacks that I don’t want around the house with them. We had gotten really slack about having those things I like around the house and that wasn’t helpful. We are going back to the plan that as long as I don’t like it, you can have as much around as you want (BBQ flavor anything, salt and vinegar chips, flavored sodas..)
Tonight, more VBS for me so it’s just watch what I eat and stay on my feet from 6-8.
Have a great Tuesday! Oh and drink your water!!!
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Tuesday goals - my goal this week is just to be kinder to myself. While I will lift 3 days, and I will do 3x30 minute stints of cardio, I won't push myself into 800-1600 calorie deficits again. Although it's exciting to be able to actually do these athletic things that I couldn't do before, it won't be exciting long if I start metabolizing muscle, or just flat out collapse in the street from a low blood sugar episode.
It's a long haul, not a sprint, and that's something I struggle with.
That being said, I got properly fitted running shoes today and shaved two full minutes off my 5K time, so that felt pretty darn awesome.1 -
@NewCaddy when I get the late night cravings I go for gum. It really stops me from putting food in my mouth.
Random question which is going to sound stupid after I ask it....what does AFM stand for? I've been guessing that it stands for And For Me, but I figured I'd ask.
I've made a goal for myself to drink more water. I've been tracking it on my Fitbit since I can track oz...and I've been getting much better. Maybe I won't get as big of weight swings when I have something salty if I'm also drinking a lot of water.
I would like to say thank you to @skinnyjeanzbound for being so inspirational by sharing her food diary. I've decided to share mine without a password. I really hope that my other friends and potentially people from the message board will as well.0 -
New here .......and iam truly in need of support.0
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I used to say that it was easier to stay on track at work. Thats not true anymore. Its torture. One of the girls was selling cookie dough. Long story short there are a billion frozen cookies in the freezer at work. It has become a regular event for someone to throw a few cookies in the toaster oven to bake. My office smells like baking cookies half the day!!!! And they are all very generous and go office to office with those yummy smelling hot fresh chocolate chip cookies. Praying that they eat them all up soon. The smell makes me hungry even though I know Ive just eaten my very tasty and sensible lunch.1
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Wednesday Wishes
I wish it was 1 year from now. 1 year from now and I stayed on my diet for the whole year and I am enjoying the new me.2 -
@Lina300 I can sympathize. Where I work sales people and coworkers bring in breakfast biscuits and take us out to lunch and things like that. It's not every day, but it's often enough. It has gotten easier for me to say no though. In fact, as I write this I just got a call asking if I wanted a biscuit. But I'm sticking to what I brought for breakfast.1
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Good Morning.
@Karen ~I often wonder the same thing about vets!
@badnoodle ~When I was working out with a personal trainer 3-days a week plus pushing myself on cardio on the other days I was often in 1,000+ calorie deficit and felt it, I think it did more harm than good. It was a harsh reality, now I take things a lot easier. While I don’t work out with a personal trainer, I do take the advice of one and know my limits. Good for you for recognizing yours. Hooray for a new PB on your 5k time!
@trinati2001 ~AFM = As For Me
@Lina300 ~Its sometimes harder to me to stay on track at work too. Our marketing department has all kinds of goodies and my suitemate/co-worker sometimes goes “shopping” over there, just last week she brought me peanut m&m’s (my weakness) and Cheetos—I’m happy to say the m&m’s are still in my desk drawer!
But fresh cookies every day?! That is torture! 
@wadrich ~Keep sticking to those changes you’ve made and you can say that a year from now!
@Tracy (ND) ~Glad you are enjoying your new job. Enjoy the quiet house while the hubs and kiddos are away.
Welcome to all of the newlings!
AFM~Work has been busy, but hope to wrap up this project (the budget) today or tomorrow--we have purchased so much new equipment this year and have so many new contracts it was quite the undertaking and I think took me twice as long.
I will have to work part of the day on Saturday though to finish up something else that needs to be completed before I’m out on medical leave. Planning to hit the gym today, tomorrow and Friday. Pedicure on Saturday, must have pretty toes before they go into a cast! 
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@Lina300 I can sympathize. Where I work sales people and coworkers bring in breakfast biscuits and take us out to lunch and things like that. It's not every day, but it's often enough. It has gotten easier for me to say no though. In fact, as I write this I just got a call asking if I wanted a biscuit. But I'm sticking to what I brought for breakfast.
We have a deli in the building that makes fresh biscuits in the morning. What gets me though is the smell of the crispy bacon wafting through the hallway every morning as I make my way to the office--its torture some days.
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@Lina300 I can sympathize. Where I work sales people and coworkers bring in breakfast biscuits and take us out to lunch and things like that. It's not every day, but it's often enough. It has gotten easier for me to say no though. In fact, as I write this I just got a call asking if I wanted a biscuit. But I'm sticking to what I brought for breakfast.
We have a deli in the building that makes fresh biscuits in the morning. What gets me though is the smell of the crispy bacon wafting through the hallway every morning as I make my way to the office--its torture some days.
The world definitely doesn't make it easy. Sometimes it's hard for me just driving down a main road that has all kinds of restaurants on it. I want to go through a drive thru so bad and just pig out. 3 1/2 weeks down. Almost able to mark off a month.0 -
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