Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Thursday Truth ... one of the goals I had set for myself was to stop relying on take-out and restaurant meals, and to cook all my own meals. Looking over my budget, I can see that I have not had any such meals since June 5th ...
There have been times where I really wanted to but made myself go into the kitchen and fix something instead. Like yesterday, a local hot dog stand that is very popular in my part of the world had throw-back prices where you get get a dog for only $1.25 each ... and I so wanted to go and buy a couple for a meal but I told myself that if I wanted a hot dog so much, then they should end up on my shopping list instead.
I love this idea!! Keep it up. It's hard to know what the calories are at a place like that. But if you buy your hot dogs you know exactly what the calorie count is
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Hi guys! I'm home from MI and feeling very bloated and yucky from too many cookies and treats. Plus, I walked in the door late last night and my husband had ordered my favorite deep dish pizza. Had it for dinner and again for breakfast this morning.
I've learned over the years that it's pointless to pretend I'm not going to eat certain foods ever. However, I need to start holding myself more accountable when I do so. Today, I will go to the gym and work off the calories from my indulgences. I was most successful at this when I viewed my calorie allowance as a sort of "bank account." Then I could decide if an "expenditure" was worth the cost. For me deep dish pizza is worth the gym time; potato chips are not. I need to get back to that mindset.
I'm also planning a very healthy, lower-carb dinner to balance my nutrition for the day.
General Goals:
1. Edge flowerbeds
2. Make doctor appointments
3. Take winter coat to cleaners
Fitness Goals for the month of July:
Visit gym or run outside minimum of 12 times 4/12
Run at least 6/30 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
211 k done/ 789 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- at lake house
Mon-- mowed lawn
Tues-- walk gunner DONE + work out DONE
Wed-- at lake house
Thurs-- at lake house
Fri-- walk gunner + work out
Sat-- walk gunner + work out3 -
Oh, and my article got published in Huff Po, so here's a little shameless self-promotion:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/its-not-about-racist-cops_us_57924602e4b0a86259d12b0c6 -
Friday fitness:
Stull can't workout but I plan to have a very clean weekend eating wise. Aiming for 200 Oz of water a day
Mostly fruits and veggies, I'd like to try looking up two new salad recipes and trying one each day0 -
skinnyjeanzbound wrote: »Oh, and my article got published in Huff Po, so here's a little shameless self-promotion:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/its-not-about-racist-cops_us_57924602e4b0a86259d12b0c
Excellent article, Karen!1 -
Friday fitness: I've been slowly working my way up to 10000 steps per day and for the past couple days I finally made it to over 8000 so I'm getting close! Once I reach 10000 I'll begin working on a faster pace. I'm not too worried about going slow for now because it's been so hot lately, and even at 8 am when I go walking it's already pretty warm and sunny. I'm hoping that by the time cool weather comes in autumn I'll be zooming those 10000 steps!3
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Friday - Fitness (what are you doing to get fit? How are you preparing for weekend eating?
Had a high calorie day today it's only supper time and I'm at the end of my maintenance intake (forget deficit) becaude I loaded up on whole wheat pasta and walnuts today. It will be interesting to see what the carb load does to my weight over the next few days. It's been my experience that a big calorie day takes a couple of days to show up on the scale. But I feel in it my waist-band right this minute!
I'm not really focused properly on the weekend food prep yet because I still have groceries to use up before I can shop. However, I do need to get gas tomorrow for the car and will stop at the grocer to pick up the incidentals I'm out of ... milk, a chicken, celery, tomato, broccoli, cucumber ... that's about all I need until later next week when it will be a stock-up event.2 -
Friday fitness- I made a shopping list of some healthy meals I'd like to try this weekend and some foods I need to restock before I go back to work on Monday to make packing breakfast and lunch alittle easier. My plan is to start using my elliptical in the morning before work. Have a great weekend everyone
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@skinnyjeanzbound - excellent, well thought out article.0
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@tracy and kelley-- Thanks!!
@taburbey-- Great plan to prep healthy meals on the weekend. I try to do that during the school year, though I'm not always successful. Elliptical was my exercise of choice, but I started having hip issues so I took up running. I still do elliptical occasionally (did 30 minutes today), but not too often or my hip starts to hurt.
@niki-- Some pasta can be really high in sodium, so that's something to consider as well.
@pinkstarberry -- Great job with the steps!! I got a pivotal living fitness tracker recently (it's similar to fitbit), and I've only hit 10000 steps a few times in about a month. I'm pretty sure it's not tracking accurately though, because there are days when I've walked a mile and then run 3 more at the gym, and I still don't come close. I'll have something like 6000 miles after the 4 miles, but each mile should be about 2000 steps, so something isn't adding up. Oh well. It was free, so hard to complain.
@runto107 -- If you find any good salad recipes, please share!!
@mzfrizz15 -- Yes, it sucks when injuries hold us back, but you made a smart decision to reign it in.
@MeLanceUppercut -- I have the opposite problem. I love working out, but then I don't watch my eating as well as I should. So I'm constantly trying to outrun my fork.
AFM-- So I posted earlier that I was going to make a healthy low-carb dinner, but my boneless, skinless chicken breasts didn't thaw in time for dinner, so it was leftover pizza instead. On the plus side, I'm still quite a bit under calories for the day, and my cottage cheese and greek yogurt for lunch pushed my protein up to a respectable level.
My gym visit was good. I did some strength training alternating with the stairmaster. Not my favorite machine, but my Amazing Race group had a step challenge for this week, so I needed to finish that. I also did 30 minutes on the elliptical, so a good calorie burn overall.
General Goals:
1. Edge flowerbeds
2. Make doctor appointments
3. Take winter coat to cleaners
Fitness Goals for the month of July:
Visit gym or run outside minimum of 12 times 5/12
Run at least 9/30 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
216 k done/ 784 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- at lake house
Mon-- mowed lawn
Tues-- walk gunner DONE + work out DONE
Wed-- at lake house
Thurs-- at lake house
Fri-- walk gunner DONE + work out DONE
Sat-- walk gunner + work out0 -
skinnyjeanzbound wrote: »@niki-- Some pasta can be really high in sodium, so that's something to consider as well.
Thanks for the tip Karen. The pasta I use has zero sodium, and I didn't use a spaghetti sauce on this pasta dish, so there was very little sodium in my dish. I did use some salt in the water to boil the pasta, but only 1/3 of what is normally recommended.
Hey ... that was an interesting article you wrote for the Huff Post. It's another perspective to look at in these troubled times.
AFM .. Insomnia has taken a deep route this week in me. I go through these bouts of it once in a while and always experience unstalbe weight loss when it happens. Probably because of the missed sleep as well as the fact that I end up having a meal when I normally would be sleeping. Try as I may, if I am awake, I will eat within 4-6 hours of my last meal.0 -
I would love support. I lost 30 last time i was on this but i would love to loose 100 pds or close to it. I just need help! please add me as a friend.1
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@skinnyjeanzbound I'm not sure how accurate my steps are either, since Im using my Nintendo 3DS to track it haha... I go roughly the same route every day and the step count is sometimes off by 100-200 from day to day so I'm not really sure! I've been thinking about getting a Fitbit but they're pretty expensive..maybe for Christmas
@kristinwoods919 We're all in this together and you can do it! Feel free to add me!
Saturday success: Today I reached 30 lbs lost since the end of May! I'm finally starting to notice a difference in the way my clothing fits, and I'm able to wear a few things that were too tight a month ago. Although I STILL have over 100 lbs to lose, I'm hoping I'll feel confident enough to look into joining a gym at the start of August. I've been enjoying going for walks or using my stationery bike at home for exercise, but I'd really like to add some weightlifting and I don't own any of that equipment at home so a gym seems like the best option. There's one right down the street from me so it's very convenient, I've just been holding off because I felt so out of shape and embarrassed about my size. At least now I've built up a bit more stamina so I feel a bit better about exercising around other people 2 -
Has anyone here done an amazing race challenge? I've joined in from their wait list and it is so much fun. You record time doing exercise and they have mini challenges like watch a Bollywood dance video for extra credit. It's also really cool to learn about all of these different places through out the world.
If anyone want to join the wait list...they migh have some openings soon here is the link.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10422856/amazing-race-summer-heat#latest
So this week has been really good. I've been loosing weight with the extra encouragement to go out an exercise. It doesn't hurt that the weather here in the Bay Area has been so wonderful. I went out to a baseball game. We tailgated instead of buying food inside. I know I over ate but it allowed me to over eat on healthier and cheaper foods! We even brought in white cheddar skinny pop...not too bad with the calories and it felt like a treat. I guess it's time to get on that scale and see how much salt I had yesterday. I'm expecting at least half a pound gain.
My goal for this weekend: Friday morning I achieved a goal weight of getting to 215 by .1 lbs. So I want to make sure I'm below 214.9 on Monday! I can't let this goal go to waste! So here is to a healthy weekend. I had my fun night and now I need to stay on track and healthy.1 -
Happy Saturday everyone! I seem to be temporarily stalled once again, this time at 271, for the last two weeks. I have been having some trouble with arthritis in my right hip and knee, which is making it difficult to get any real exercise or even do stretches. In fact, I haven't been able to tell if exercise is good for it or making it worse. BUT, I finally went to the doctor and got a referral to a neurologist, and made the appointment for this Tuesday. Once I know what is really going on I will make a plan to remedy this issue and get back to the gym. I am pretty sure that it's the lack of activity that is stalling me. I am pretty diligent with my food logging and I am usually within 100 calories up or down of my daily goal (which is set a little low anyway).
So anyway...another thought I have been pondering is whether there are any meet-up groups in the NYC area focused on MFP. I know there are meet-ups for everything from hiking to drinking to books to music to underwater basket weaving. I am going to start a thread on MFP to see if I can get one started...0 -
trinati2001 wrote: »Has anyone here done an amazing race challenge? I've joined in from their wait list and it is so much fun. You record time doing exercise and they have mini challenges like watch a Bollywood dance video for extra credit. It's also really cool to learn about all of these different places through out the world.
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Tes, I did their Spring Amazing Race Challenge but in the last 2 weeks my team got cut because too many people had dropped out.
Just a heads up ... you have to DO those videos, not just watch them! Have fun!!!1 -
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So anyway...another thought I have been pondering is whether there are any meet-up groups in the NYC area focused on MFP. I know there are meet-ups for everything from hiking to drinking to books to music to underwater basket weaving. I am going to start a thread on MFP to see if I can get one started...[/quote]
Did you know you can do a member search for people in a particular location? ... IF you do that, then you might be able to send some messages to those you find are still active.
Good luck on your hip/knee pain issue. They could very well be related to one another.0 -
pinkstarberry wrote: »Saturday success: Today I reached 30 lbs lost since the end of May!
Feels good, doesn't it! ... Today I am only 10 pounds away from a goal that I have been working on since May23.
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Good article about sweat, weight, water ...
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/secret-behind-sweating-weight-loss0 -
Saturday success- I've done well with my food choices and portions, stayed under my calories each day, logged in to MFP for the past 7 days. I hope to keep going like this!2
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@Nikion901 you should sign up on the wait list!! That way another team won't get cut. 0
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trinati2001 wrote: »@Nikion901 you should sign up on the wait list!! That way another team won't get cut.
I'm alread in another challenge that runs through Sept 9th.
It's called 'Overhaul for Fall'
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@pinkstarberry - CONGRATS on the 30 Lbs! And good luck with the gym. I'm considering joining one this fall, once our rains return and I won't want to get outside and move like I do now, but I'm intimidated. Let us know how it goes for you!
@vikinglander - Best of luck solving your hip/knee pain.
And my Saturday Success - I was out walking every day this week, three 1.5 mile walks, three 2 mile walks, and one 3 mile walk. I need them to combat my dietary excesses the last couple days! First was our campus BBQ on Thursday, then a snacky day on Friday (mostly on the leftovers from the BBQ), and tonight's dinner was a whopper calorie-wise. I need to find a lower calorie choice that still satisfies that burger urge! o.O
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My Saturday Success: After quitting my workout classes a year ago (and consequently gaining 30lbs) I finally decided to get serious about getting back on the health/fitness wagon. This week I walked almost 3 miles two days, 1.5 mile one day and over 2mi today. I also contacted some pilates instructors today so that I can start getting some personal attention and gaining some core strength in addition to just walking. PS my body was REALLY sore just from walking. I am back into really really obese territory (not just merely obese) and I really felt the sting of those long walks. That being said I feel really optimistic about getting long walks built into my routine. Hopefully I can walk off some of that weight until I feel well enough to do more intense exercises.3
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@Nikion901 how do you find the different challenges? I think I found the amazing race one because someone posted about it here.
Hopefully this isn't s stupid question. I'm still relatively new to MFP.
Also does anyone ever win those sponsored challenges? Or is it a way for other companies to collect our information?0 -
@nanknits -- I also had an overage today due to a barbecue. I didn't even eat all that much, but pulled pork, pasta salad, and a couple of mojitos add up quickly.
As far as burgers, do you like ground turkey? I love turkey burgers, and found a trick to keeping them moist: just add a tablespoon of a low calorie italian dressing-- I like kraft roasted red pepper. I then eat it on a sandwich thin instead of a big burger bun. It still has all the satisfaction of a burger without as many calories.
@trinati2001 -- Go TEAM 3!! Glad you shared the waitlist link here. I saw the post in our team thread and was planning to do the same.
@taburbey --Great job-- that is the key to success. Too bad I seem to have forgotten that lately.
@niki-- WHAT!?!?! We have to actually DO the videos?!?!
LOL! Oh, and thanks for reading my article! 
@vikinglander -- Hope you get some answers and an action plan from your neurologist. It's so frustrating when injuries and ailments stall us out.
@pinkstarberry -- Yeah, I just use mine to encourage me to move more, so I guess as long as it does that. it's serving its purpose regardless of accuracy. Congrats on hitting the 30 lbs lost mark!! Woohoo! I know it can be intimidating to join a gym, but, really, most people are focused on themselves. The only interactions I've ever had with other people there have always been positive. The most die-hard gym rats will respect that you're there trying to better yourself. I would caution that they are more likely to judge your gym etiquette than your physique, so it's a good idea to ask about the rules-- written and unwritten-- when you sign up.
Saturday Success:
Hmm, that's a tough one b/c I'm not super-proud of my eating or fitness this week, so I'm going to go with something non-health related. My success is getting my article published in Huffington Post. I've always been a "secret" writer. I write a lot, but rarely ever share it with anyone. Occasionally, I'll post an excerpt from something I've written on facebook, but I'm a pretty private person so I've never, ever tried to get anything published online before. A friend read something else (a short paragraph) I'd posted on FB and said, "You should start a blog." Having no ambition or idea of how to promote a blog of my own, I thought, "Well, I'll just google how to get published online." I was actually surprised by how much I found about the topic, but the simplest advice I found was to email my article directly to Arianna Huffington, so that's what I did.
General Goals:
1. Edge flowerbeds
2. Make doctor appointments
3. Take winter coat to cleaners
Fitness Goals for the month of July:
Visit gym or run outside minimum of 12 times 5/12
Run at least 9/30 miles
You vs Year Challenge:
216 k done/ 784 k to go
Exercise Goals:
Sun-- walk gunner + work out
Mon-- walk gunner + work out
Tues-- walk gunner + work out
Wed-- walk gunner + work out
Thurs-- walk gunner + work out
Fri-- walk gunner + work out
Sat-- walk gunner + work out
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trinati2001 wrote: »@Nikion901 how do you find the different challenges?
Also does anyone ever win those sponsored challenges? Or is it a way for other companies to collect our information?
On the Community page ... messages ... there is a topic Challenges. Keep an eye on that set of threads and when new challenges start you will find information there from people who want to start a challenge. The ones I've been in usually go on to invite you into the group after you post a reply to the thread that you want to join.
Sorry, I know nothing about your other questions.0 -
I don't know how I screwed up so badly today. It's 8pm and I only have 845 calories. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can eat to boost the calories before bedtime?
I know I have a lot to lose but I definitely don't want to starve myself.1 -
I don't know how I screwed up so badly today. It's 8pm and I only have 845 calories. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can eat to boost the calories before bedtime?
I know I have a lot to lose but I definitely don't want to starve myself.
If you are not hungry, I would not worry about it too much, afterall, one day too high or too low will not make or break you. However, if you want to increase the calories .... it depends on what macro you need the most. I've read that carbs a few hours before bed help you to sleep better, so how about some oatmeal with fruit and milk ... that will give you 300-400 calories. Or a peanut butter and banana sandwich or half a sandwich.1 -
Luckylaw-
I know this Probably sounds bad but I have the same amount of cal eaten today as you.
I'm just not hungry it's too hot. I know I'm taking in good calories when I'm eating.
Not going to force myself to eat anything if I'm not hungry because I'm not starving myself its just too darn hot here in Alabama.1
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