Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

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  • Birdygirl15
    Birdygirl15 Posts: 88 Member
    edited July 2017
    skinnyjeanzbound wrote: »
    @linda-- please do keep checking in! And even if you don't want to join in the scale challenge, feel free to add a personal challenge if you think it will help you--especially if you get doctor's orders to, for example, limit sodium. That's so great that you have some "new" clothes to wear. Shopping in my own closet is absolutely my favorite part of getting fitter. :smile:

    Thank you, I will probably do that. As per usual, I should have waited another day. If Helene @sand86802 sees this, and it's OK, I've lost another pound overnight, so if she likes, could record my final outcome as

    Linda
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1: 293lbs

    Weight -/+ this week: -2lbs
    Weight -/+ total: -10.5lbs
    Weight lost since 19th Feb: - 29lbs

    Really pleased at this as it shows me as 20st 13lbs, one of those all important lower measurements, for us Brits, stones are the way we go, or weigh, if that makes sense :) I have some incomplete notes of previous weight loss attempts, and last time I saw 20st 13lbs was in Jan 2006! I doubt I got lower than that for all these years until now. What a waste of my health - stupid woman, what was I thinking? :s Anyway, water under the bridge, onwards and downwards to all of us!
  • RachaelPooh
    RachaelPooh Posts: 6,218 Member
    Dog Days of Summer

    PAWsitive Daily Tracking

    Protein: goal 100g
    Activity: goal 20min
    Water: goal 8cups

    Rach, 36, 297

    Someday I want to get a pug dog.
    Someday I want to be at a healthy wt.
    Someday I will get a pug dog.
    Someday I will be at a healthy wt. :smile:
  • jam5660
    jam5660 Posts: 126 Member
    Ready for Summer 10 week challenge

    Name: Jennie
    Age: 30
    Height: 5' 3

    Start Weight (week of April 19): 224
    Goal Weight (week of June 28): 214

    Weigh in week of:
    (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays)
    1. April 26 - 223.2
    2. May 3 - 219.2
    3. May 10 - 219.2
    4. May 17 - 218.4
    5. May 24 -219.4
    6. May 31 - 217.4
    7. June 7 - 216.4
    8. June 14 - 215.6
    9. June 21 - 214.0
    10. June 28 - 213.2
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 -213.2

    Weight -/+ this week:
    Weight -/+ total: -10.8
    Total weight loss: 41.8 lb

    So in all truth, after hitting the gym yesterday, having a salty stew for lunch, and forgetting to weigh before my shower (long, thick wet hair weighs a lot!!) I actually weighed more this morning so I posted what I still weighed yesterday morning. I think that is being fair to myself, right??

    @MermaidPrincessRach I love your Dog Days Of Summer!!! Great way to make it your own!!
  • jam5660
    jam5660 Posts: 126 Member
    Saturday Success NSV: I have logged for 150 days as of yesterday!! Wow it seems like just last week that I was at 100 days.
    I finally got a bathing suit, it's not perfect but works! I think I have figured out that along with being apple shaped, which makes things not fit right, I also have a long torso which works against me too! I require too much fabric and stretch it both directions. I measured hip bone to arm pit and no mater how much I stretch the bathing suit (while not wearing it) I can't get the side seam to be long enough, even in larger sizes. So I am wearing a sports bra under my suit to keep all the important things tucked and covered!! :D
  • BarneyRubbleMD
    BarneyRubbleMD Posts: 1,092 Member
    edited July 2017
    Ready For Summer 10-week Challenge

    Name: Barney
    Age: 57
    Height: 5' 3"

    Start weight (week of April 19, 2017): 281.4 lbs
    Goal weight (Saturday July 1, 2017): Not-A-Clue lbs

    Weigh-in week of:
    1. Apr 26: 280.2 lbs
    2. May 3: 276.2 lbs
    3. May 10: 285.0 lbs (binged May 5-7 & gained weight)
    4. May 17: 276.6 lbs
    5. May 24: 273.0 lbs
    6. May 31: 269.4 lbs
    7. Jun 7: 266.6 lbs
    8. Jun 14: 262.4 lbs
    9. Jun 21: 258.0 lbs
    10. Jun 28: 255.2 lbs
    Final weigh-in Jul 1: 253.8 lbs

    Weight +/- this week: -1.4 lbs
    Weight +/- since start: -27.6 lbs
    (total weight lost since 1/1/2017: 63.2 lbs)
  • jamandcreamscones
    jamandcreamscones Posts: 23 Member
    Dear Campfirequeen,

    I love listening to all the reminiscent food and history monologue.

    I realise as I'm getting older my taste is changing and I feel the urge to try foods from my past that I detested.

    Apparently the food our ancestor ate had an impact on our health. I was recently involved in a gene and food project conversation. And theses conversations you are having about the desire to to eat herring/smoked fish etc... are not uncommon.

    Our genes react to and behave with food we consume and that of our ancestors.

    So it seems it is not just coincidence that you desire these foods your body has an instinct and a gene history related to food nutrition it needs.

    Jam and cream scones.
    U.K.
  • lksmeeton
    lksmeeton Posts: 45 Member
    Name: LaDana
    Age: 41
    Height: 5'2"

    Start Weight (week of April 19): 281
    Goal Weight (week of June 28): 265

    Weigh in week of:
    (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays)
    1. April 26 - 281
    2. May 3 - 280
    3. May 10 - 280
    4. May 17 - 277
    5. May 24 - 274
    6. May 31 - 276
    7. June 7 - 274
    8. June 14 - 270
    9. June 21 - 269
    10. June 28 - 271
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 - 273

    Weight -/+ this week: + 2
    Weight -/+ total: -8

    Bummer! Not a great way to end this challenge! I have been having to much summer fun and haven't been focused. Well, least I lost some. Hopefully I will do better next time. Happy fourth everybody!
  • RobinB0812
    RobinB0812 Posts: 236 Member
    edited July 2017
    Ready for Summer challenge

    Name: Robin
    Age: 51
    Height: 5'3"

    Start Weight (April 19): 262.6
    Goal Weight (July 1): 249.9

    Weigh in week of:
    1. April 26 - 261
    2. May 3 - 261
    3. May 10 - 259.4
    4. May 17 - 257.6
    5. May 24 - 255.8
    6. May 31 - 254.6
    7. June 7 - 253.8
    8. June 14 - 253.6
    9. June 21 - 252.2
    10. June 28 - 250.6
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 - 250.0

    Weight -/+ this week: -0.6
    Weight -/+ challenge total: -12.6
    Weight -/+ overall total: -35.8

    Soo close! I saw the next decade flicker before the scale settled on 250 even so I know it's right around the corner!!

    I had mentioned:
    I'd be more than happy to volunteer again to keep track of everyone's progress, however I will be on vacation for two weeks and will not have the abilities to keep up during that time.

    So I don't think it's fair to volunteer to track if I cannot commit to tracking every week.
    @happygirlxxx - please feel free to track! :) and THANK YOU for volunteering. :D

    Until next time; wishing everyone Peace B) , Love <3 and Weight Loss :smiley: !!
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    Hi guys!

    I just wanted to check in my final weight this morning. No change from earlier in the week.

    Saturday Success:
    I've been really diligent with my food choices this week. Even when I met some friends out on Thursday, I ordered a bison burger, fruit as the side, and only enjoyed one cocktail--a rum and diet coke (rather than the higher calorie mai tai I would have preferred).

    Today I am off to see Dead & Co. at Wrigley Field. We will have dinner out beforehand, and I'm sure some drinks throughout the night, but all of the dancing and walking should make up for any indulgences. Plus, I was almost 500 calories under budget yesterday, and though I don't intend to use them, it's nice to have the cushion.

    Name: Karen
    Age: 47
    Height: 5' 7"

    Start Weight (week of May 24): 199.8
    Goal Weight (week of June 28): 193

    Weigh in week of:
    (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays)
    5. May 24 -199.8
    6. May 31 - 202.5
    7. June 7 - 201.6
    8. June 14 - 200.2
    9. June 21 - 199.6
    10. June 28 - 197
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 - 197

    Weight -/+ this week: -2.6
    Weight -/+ total: - 2.8
  • bapcarrier
    bapcarrier Posts: 211 Member
    Ready for Summer 10 week challenge

    Name: Barb
    Age:69
    Height: 5'3"

    Start Weight (week of April 19): 226.2 lbs
    Goal Weight (week of June 28) 210 lbs
    Weigh in week of:

    1. April 26 - 224.6
    2. May 3 - 224.8
    3. May 10 – 220.2
    4. May 17 – 222.0
    5. May 24 – 217.6
    6. May 31 – 217.2
    7. June 7 – 216.0
    8. June 14 – 217.4
    9. June 21 – 216.2
    10. June 28 – 215.6
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 – 215.6

    Weight -/+ this week: -.6
    Weight -/+ total this challenge: -10.6
    Total Weight Lost: 42.4

    I didn't make my goal but I'm still happy with the loss, averaging about 1 pounds a week. Hopefully, for the next challenge I can step is up a little and average higher per week.

    As I the read the posts if seems to me that both @RobinB0812 and @happygirlxxx have problems with being the recorder for the next challenge, i.e. Robin will miss two weeks entirely and Happy Girl (sorry I don't know your name) is in the process of relocating! I know Niki also offered to record and I'm wondering if at this point that might work better for Happy Girl and Robin (who has recently posted that she doesn't think it's fair for her to record). Happy Girl I may be reading something that isn't there but I got the impression that this might not be the best time for you to volunteer to record and that maybe you felt obligated, even though you would rather do it for a different challenge. If you really want to do it, that's great, but if not I believe that Niki would step up. Is that correct @Nikion901 ?

    I love these challenges, I think they are really keeping me motivated to post lower numbers each week (hopefully, LOL). I am going to add an exercise to mine also, just a challenge for myself to do SOMETHING/ANYTHING fitness wise 5 out of 7 days a week. Plus, drinking at minimum of 64 ounces of water/fluid a day.

    Thank you Helene for the wonderful job you did tracking for us this challenge!
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    edited July 2017
    No @bapcarrier ... I did not offer to record. I started the weight loss challenge in February, our first one, and passed it on to the posters to start another challenge and/or carry it on, which was done by @sand86802 ... so it seems only right that a third person steps up to record our progress. .... you know, 'carry the torch forward'.

    If no one wants to take on the task of moderating, then it can be a challenge where we just report what we want and let it go at that .... which is pretty much how our challenges used to run at one time ... ACTUALLY, at the time we started the second round challenge, there were a couple of other folks who said they could keep tabs, sorry, I don't recall who, but Helene went on with it, so she won out on that 'privilege'.

    Yes, I think it is a privilege to moderate the challenges ... because you are kind of more on the hook in some subconcious way, at least that's how I felt when I moderated it. And, yes, I am a bookeeper at heart so numbers facinate me in a way they don't other people. For some reason, both mathematics and art are my 'thing'. I'm just a spacy numbers cruncher ... guess maybe I'm an 'air-head'.
    :)<3:D
  • happygirlxxx
    happygirlxxx Posts: 301 Member
    @bapcarrier no worries, my name is Ana. I can keep track for the group this new challenge. I will be in a different time zone, so most likely you will see the weekly updates the following morning that you would be expecting them, but I don't see that as a big issue. And true, I am relocating, but it wont be too crazy (hopefully!!).

    I am not a bookeeper, but I am not that bad with numbers ... I know a lot of people think that if you are in Human Resources (like myself) most likely you suck with numbers, but so far I have managed (at least the payrolls are correct :wink: )

    So, anyone else who wants to track? Speak up!!! This is your opportunity :smiley: And I agree with @Nikion901 its a privilege to do this, not an obligation ... what a great way to help keep everyone motivated with their journey? Just returning the positive energy I received from the group!

    I saw a posting with a name for it, was it Summer Heat? and also several suggestion in addition of weight that we should track ... which I think it was still not finally set, right? So, options could be:

    1. Weight
    2. Steps (if you don't have a fitbit or similar, can be done with your cellphone - I use my iphone to track steps and it links to MFP)
    3. Water
    4. Number of days / Minutes we exercise per week
    5. Humber of days you reached your macros?

    So anyway, let me know what the group decision is so I can prepare myself!

    Its hot today in NJ, so need to keep myself hydrated and ready to enjoy being outdoors!

    Have a great weekend!
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Thanks @happygirlxxx ... it's like a saying I once heard "Ask a busy person to do something and it gets done". Thank you for being willing to track this next phase of our weight-loss challenge.

    It was @skinnyjeanzbound who made a suggestion for OPTIONAL additional reporting. However, I don't believe there was an intent to track those optionals. They were left wide open to everyone to choose one or more, or to make up their own optional challenge items.

    My opinion is only mandatory items get tracked ... and that is our weight. All the optional 'other' items should be reported on by the individuals themselves and everyone can report a cumulative number if that is their wish.

    Now, if it is your desire to track those ... well, bless your heart ... .go for it in any way you decide .... after all, that's one of the perks of being moderator! You get to choose how you do your math, and what else you want to toss in to the ring for the challenge. So, go for it! >:)
  • cellosmiles
    cellosmiles Posts: 680 Member
    Name: cellosmiles
    Age: 37
    Height: 5'3"

    Start Weight (Apr27): 248
    Goal Weight (July 1): 228 - see my husband again

    Weigh in week of:
    (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays)
    1. April 26 - 248
    2. May 3 - 243
    3. May 10 - 240
    4. May 17 - 239.5
    5. May 24 - 239
    6. May 31 - 236.5
    7. June 7 - 235 :smiley:
    8. June 14 - 234
    9. June 21 - 233.5
    10. June 28 - 232.5 B)
    Final weight: Saturday, July 1 - 232 <3

    Weight -/+ this week: -.5
    Weight -/+ total for this challenge: -16
    Weight loss for 2017: -18
  • laceyf53
    laceyf53 Posts: 110 Member
    Success

    Last 3 weeks I've had no weight loss. I've had a few cheat meals but nothing aggregious. Today I stepped it up and hiked 3 miles on vigorous terrain, leaving me completely exhausted but I finally worked out, something I haven't done in 3 years.

    I'm also hard core back on my diet after drifting off the past few weeks. I joined daily burn and bought myself a Garmin today. Not letting my little plateau/fall of the wagon deter me from success!
  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
    Saturday success
    I stayed under calorie goal this week. I was a bit discouraged Wednesday because I had a lot of pain in my stomach, I think because of adding too many raw veggies at once. I'm going to have to add the healthy stuff more gradually. Who would have thought it.
    I am not comfortable participating in the weigh in, but my personal goal will be a number of minutes of cumulative physical activity per day ( or maybe week to balance good days with bad) My knee pain has caused me to be too sedentary. I need a better balance between rest for recovery and activity for strength. I need to think about a reasonable number.
  • Birdygirl15
    Birdygirl15 Posts: 88 Member
    Ready for Summer 10 week challenge
    Final Result

    Name: Linda
    Age: 60
    Height: 5 ft 2

    Weight on Feb 19th - 322lbs or 23 stone in the language of my people

    Start Weight (week of April 19): 303.5lbs
    Goal Weight (Saturday, July 1st): 288.5lbs

    Weigh in week of:
    (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays)
    1. April 26: 303.5lbs
    2. May 3: 304.5lbs
    3. May 10: 301.75 lbs
    4. May 17: 305lbs
    5. May 24: 303lbs
    6. May 31: 301.5lbs
    7. June 7: 300lbs
    8. June 14: 296.5lbs
    9. June 21: 295lbs
    10. June 28: 294lbs – Woo hoo! That’s 21 stone to me! A mini goal.


    Final weight: Sunday July 2nd: 292lbs - 20st 12lb! B)B)

    Weight -/+ this week: -3lbs
    Weight -/+ total: -11.5lbs

    Helene @sand86802 kindly said we could submit late entries today, so if she is OK with this, another pound gone to contribute to the team total. I am so pleased, after a poor performance in May. Thank you, Helene, for being the recorder!

    Must dash, wildlife walk to attend.
  • jenniferinfl
    jenniferinfl Posts: 456 Member
    Ready for Summer 10 week challenge

    Name: Jennifer
    Age: 34
    Height: 5' 5"

    SW: 243.6 overall start weight. I'm guessing you guys started April 19th, my weight on April 19th was 236.4
    GW: Overall 140-145 For this challenge I'm just going to stay on target everyday and it is what it is. :) I'm betting that it will be right around 14.3 lbs though, so a finishing weight of 222.1.

    April 26: 237.8 (12th anniversary was this week)
    May 3: 235.1
    May10: 234.7
    May 17: 233.2
    May 24: 230.4
    May 31: 230.6 (sabotaged by someone who packed us lunch that turned out to be 3000 calories, should have asked first)
    June 7: 229.1
    June 14: 228.7
    June 21: 227.6
    June 28: 223.3
    July 1: 222.2 LOL! Off by .1. Not bad. Yesterday I weighed 221.8, so, I made it, but then ate Greek food.. lol

    Weight +/- this week: -1.1
    Weight +/- total this Challenge: -14.2 lbs
    Total Weight loss: -21.4 (Started April 1st)
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Sunday Share ...
    It's July! The year 2017 has been spun into it's mid-line spin around the sun and is, in a way, on the decline as the days continue to tick by. That is cause today is day 183 and there are only 182 days left to the year! ... and, as the days that have gone by number higher, I hope my weight runs the other way and goes lower! ...

    Right now I am peddling water with -10 to reach my current goal. There is another -25 waiting in the wings for my current goal to be done with, and still another -25 after that (for next year). Wait ... Wait ... Wait ... if we have -182 days from today until the next new year, and -35 in is my game plan for the rest of the year ... that means I need to lose juist a tiny .19231 pounds a day to make my goal (that is about 3 ounces!) ... which comes out to 1.3461 pounds every 7 days ... hmmm ... it hasn't gone so well thus far in the past 183 days... ( I've been up and down and am really only down 10 pounds from January 1 )... Yikes!!!! At this rate it will take me 640 days, not 182 to get there ! :'(

    I'd better start doing something differently if I expect different results. :/

    Since the new challenge within this thread, named "Summer Heat", starts this coming Wednesday ... (right after piggy-out day for celebrating July 4th Independence Day) I have a couple of days to think about what I will make my challenge goal be. As I understand it, we will continue tracking our weights as of Wednesdays in the week (or there-a-bouts; by Sunday) and we can focus on any optionals we want to include as personal goals.
    :D
    Now: to choose one or two that will prove motivational to me so I will keep up with them; only stipulation is that they are weight-loss orientated. (?) ... well, for me they should be both fittness and weight loss orientated as I am a really fat old lady who hardly can get around on her own two feet and tends to sit in front of the computer all day instead of moving about.
    :# Gees, that's 'Brutally Frank" Niki .... very much so.
  • skinnyjeanzbound
    skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
    edited July 2017
    Sunday Share:
    Hi guys! I had a really great time at the concert last night, and even with some adult beverages, I was way under calorie allowance for the day. I stuck with mainly rum and diet cokes (I had a few sips of my friend's beer in the stadium), and my friend and I split a brat and some mozzarella sticks for dinner. On the negative side, I didn't come anywhere near my protein goal for the day.

    Today, I am 19 grams under 100 with 230 calories remaining. Trying to come up with a high protein/low cal snack that will get me to my protein goal without pushing me over my calorie allowance...

    ETA: Cottage cheese!!

    Tomorrow I will weigh in for my start weight for the Summer Heat challenge and decide on a goal weight.

    Summer Heat:
    Name: Karen
    Age: 47
    Height: 5' 7"

    My optional challenges are going to be to hit 100+ grams of protein/day and to walk/run 40 miles/week.

    Start weight (week of July 5):
    Goal weight (Saturday September 9):

    Weigh in week of:
    July 5: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    July 12: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    July 19: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    July 26: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    August 2: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    August 9: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    August 16: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    August 23: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    August 30: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    September 6: x/7 days 100+ g protein x miles
    Final weight September 9:

    Weight +/- this week:
    Weight +/- total:

  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    edited July 2017
    Monday Check-in
    I've settled on the optional challenge I give myself to achieve improvement on by Sept 9.

    1. Activity - walk outside on the city streets, showing a steady increase in both times and duration.
    2. Caloric - Stabalize my daily calorie consumption within 100 calories from one day to the next, with a weekly average input between 1635-1740 (daily avg.)

    I will report weekly on Saturdays of the week.

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