Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Hi All,
I found out Lakota is part on an indigenous group of people that are still alive and well. I did not want to use their name out of respect for them as I am not one of them.
Cheers Gabe2 -
Didn't sleep last night. Had to get my niece to hospital by 6:00 AM AND I kept waking up checking the clock. Weighed because I have been faithful since Monday and not a lb dropped. decided not to worry about it. The great thing is that my sugar level has dropped and I am almost in the normal range. That is a big non scale victory for me.
Didn't get out of hospital until noon and the best place I could find to eat was Subway. I had their cold cut combo and tossed one piece of the bread. In retrospect, I should have had turkey instead of cold cuts
Still not exercising
EmergencyG – Thanls for the encourgament.
DebcountsALL - Thanks for the encourgagment. That’s a great idea. This week I baked salmon and am eating that but it will be better to vary the meals by freezing them
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@KATRENAJ you may not have dropped a lb, but you didn't gain any either. Plus getting your sugars down...Awesome job!! Sounds like you have a lot going on, but your handling it. Keep up the good work!1
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Karen Takes Charge ChallengeName: Deb
Age: 52
Height: 5’8”
Highest Weight: Ever? Do I have to type that? How about this round: 295
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 259.8
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 251.8
May 1 – 259.8
May 3 – 258.4
May 10 – 256.8
May 17 -
May 24 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: -3.0
Weight -/+ this challenge: -3.0
Total weight lost: 38.2
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Am I to late to join the May challenge?2
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@debcountsall @KATRENAJ Planning meals is oh so critical. I usually pack 20 almonds in my bag .. but my son raided my almond stash about a week ago and I'm so shocked that I haven't restocked!! The nerve!
@SammyKlingler I would say keep food the same and increase activity. Walk the puppy a little longer... use stairs not elevators, I'm sure you know the drill. Do you garden? I recently started using a FITBIT (but of course phone can serve as FITBIT).. I find it helpful to stay focused on just moving.
@B-lisieux Hi. Always so enjoy your kind and encouraging posts.
@KATRENAJ HUGS!!!
@Birder165 Your attentiveness to people each week is an inspiration. Thank you.
@dakota1961 It truly is an addiction. I have tried different nutritionists... all 3 seemed to lack the psychological aspect. If I down a complete bag of hersheys kisses in one sitting, does it really make sense to tell me to eat one a day? Yikes!4 -
@tdunnegan thanks 1
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@dakota1961 It truly is an addiction. I have tried different nutritionists... all 3 seemed to lack the psychological aspect. If I down a complete bag of hersheys kisses in one sitting, does it really make sense to tell me to eat one a day? Yikes!
Hahahaha! Oh so many moons ago, I was on Jenny Craig (Wait. Nutrisystem? All of that is a blurr) and they had this huge bag of cheddar flavored "chips" which looked like waffle fries but were light and airy. They were fantastic. We were supposed to eat like 5 of them.
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I told them they were crazy, and needed to just incur the cost of single serving packs. The entire room of hopeful weight losers agreed. Loudly.3 -
Yennyboops wrote: »Am I to late to join the May challenge?
Just jump in! You've only missed a week. Karen started it so we would weigh in weekly on Thursday. Other folks modified the day to fit their already existing weigh days.3 -
@tdunnegan Thank you!
I've had a very rough week food wise. Even more than normal. For the first time since January, I didn't log ALL my indiscretions nor did I weigh myself including for this morning's weigh-in. (My day for weighing in is Thursday)
I went to the doctor for an earache and she ordered all kinds of tests and some didn't come back normal so instead of pulling up my socks and tighten up my eating I went completely the other way and scarfed down all the foods that I know give me trouble and are "bad" for me. I do not know why I do this! I can't even call it comfort eating because it gives me no comfort when I'm doing it.
Anyway, today was my first day back to normal eating and I hope to have a good week so I can report a loss next week.
I hope EveryOne is doing well and I'll see you All next Thursday!3 -
@tdunnegan I LOVE my Fitbit! I love tracking my steps and workouts (when I do random ones). My only issue with using my puppy in my workouts is he is a lazy 12 week old Saint Bernard, I took him on a 20 minute walk the other day and he acted like I was killing him lol0
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@Birder165 Sorry to hear you had a tough week. I have my ups and downs too. Try not to be so hard on yourself. Take it easy. We all have rough days.0
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Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: EmergencyGraphics
Age: 35
Height: 5’6”
Highest Weight: 313.6
Start Weight: 283.8- May 1/18
Goal Weight: 279 - May 31/18
April 27 - 283.8
May 4 - 283.2
May 10 -285.2
May 17 -
May 24 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: +2
Weight -/+ this challenge: +1.4
Total weight lost: 28.4 lbs
Ugh I thought I was doing well this week. Was under calories, got my steps in, worked out more and I'm up 2 lbs.2 -
Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: Heather
Age: 31
Height: 5’5"
Highest Weight: 308
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 298.8
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 295
May 1 – 298.8
May 4 - 298.0
May 11- 297.0
May 18 -
May 25 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: -1
Weight -/+ this challenge: -1.8
Total weight lost: 11lbs
It's nice to see a loss this morning since yesterday I was weighing at 298.7 at the doctor's office. That was after breakfast though. I had a check up since my BP was very high 2 months ago, 140/90. Yesterday It was 118/90. So my 2nd number is still high, but he was very pleased with my first number.
I got a fitbit this past week. I think it overestimates my calories, so I don't let myself eat back any of those. One day It said my calorie expenditure was almost 3000! I know I had worked hard in the garden that day, but let's be serious! I'm going to stick with my 1500 to 1800 range as best as possible. I'm not perfect, but more days in goal than out!
I did get my garden all set up. I had to build 2 garden bed fences to keep the bunnies out. One is all squashes (Zucchini, acorn, Jack O'lantern Pumpkin and sugar pie pumpkin), and the other is chard, spinach, herbs, and in the fall, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and maaaybe Brussels sprouts. I think I am also going to plant some beets in there. I have a cucumber to go...somewhere. I'll find space. And my tomatoes and peppers are going in buckets when they get a little bigger.1 -
Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: Katrina
Age: 36
Height: 5’8”
Highest Weight: 305
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 269
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 259
May 1 – 269
May 4 - 266.5
May 11- 265
May 18 -
May 25 -
May 31 -
(Changed the dates for myself a bit since I weigh in on Fridays)
Weight -/+ this week: -1.5
Weight -/+ this challenge: -4
Total weight lost: 35.5 lbs1 -
Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: Sam
Age: 21
Height: 5’10”
Highest Weight: 341.2
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 284.6
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 276.6
May 1 – 284.6
May 7- 284.6
May 12- 277.8
May 21-
May 28-
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: -6.8
Weight -/+ this challenge: -6.8
Total weight lost: 63.23 -
Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms on this forum. I hope it's a special day!0
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Thanks for sharing the schedule.0
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Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: Charlotte
Age: 64
Height: 5’2”
Highest Weight: 245
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 199.8
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 193
May 1 – 199.8
May 6 - traveling, didn't weigh
May 13- 198.5
May 20 -
May 27 -
May 31 -
(Changed the dates for myself a bit since I weigh in on Sunday)
Weight -/+ this week: 1.3
Weight -/+ this challenge: 1.3
Total weight lost: 46.52 -
Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Gabe
Age 56
Height: 6’
4/27/18 - 300.5
5/6/18 - 298.0
5/13/18 – 295
331.0 - Start Weight
295.0 - Current Weight
200.0 - Goal Weight
Total weight loss – 5.5 lbs in Karen's Take Charge Challenge
Total weight loss – 36.0 lbs
Highest weight recorded – 331.0
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Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Jen
Age 47
Height: 5’11”
Highest Weight: 357 (I lost 60+lbs over the last few years)
Challenge Starting weight: May 1 - 291.6
Challenge Goal weight: May 31 - 282
May 1 - 291.6
May 6 - 290.5
May 13 - 289
May 20 -
May 27 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: -1.5
Weight -/+ this challenge: -2.6
Total weight lost: -2.6lbs
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Update:
Name: Lauren
Age: 43
Height: 5'6"
Highest Weight: 375
Start Weight: 244.7 (May 1st)
Goal Weight: 239.0 (May 31st)
May 1st - 246.7
May 7th - 244.5
May 14th - 242.3
May 21 -
May 28 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: -2.2
Weight -/+ this challenge: -4.4
Total Weight lost: 132.74 -
Silhouette_man wrote: »Hi All,
I found out Lakota is part on an indigenous group of people that are still alive and well. I did not want to use their name out of respect for them as I am not one of them.
Cheers Gabe
Thank you. That's a very respectful thing to do.2 -
I am feeling that familiar dip in motivation, like this is too hard, or why bother. I have a good, concrete "why" to keep pushing my forward. But I'm also feeling jealousy. I see others losing more faster than i am. Logically, i know they are using different tools than i am, like my friends that have had surgery. But i feel like its happening too slow. I just needed to vent, refocus, and remember that i didn't gain it overnight, it won't come off overnight4
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moodybear2003 wrote: »I am feeling that familiar dip in motivation, like this is too hard, or why bother. I have a good, concrete "why" to keep pushing my forward. But I'm also feeling jealousy. I see others losing more faster than i am. Logically, i know they are using different tools than i am, like my friends that have had surgery. But i feel like its happening too slow. I just needed to vent, refocus, and remember that i didn't gain it overnight, it won't come off overnight
It might seem like just a little thing but I found that when I filled out my profile, it made me look at my weight loss journey honestly. It made me think about why I am at this place and then vocalize what I am going to do about it.
Several long-timers keep them updated and some are just super creative and inspiring.
Others are sooo easy to relate to.
Really isolating your personal weight loss and gain journey and taking time to analyse where you were/are mentally, physically and/or spiritually and then telling a story about it can kickstart motivation!
Be sure to copy the profile often while developing it or write it in WordDoc first so you don’t spend an hour getting it just right and the app glitches and erases it all! Lol
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@moodybear2003 It's good to talk about these things. I have been stuck before and I have gained weight back after I lost it. What I'm doing now is to try and track everything that goes in my mouth. I try to drink 8-12 glasses of water everyday. I do regular cardio exercise at a slow but steady pace. I I have cut my sodium to reccomeneded levels. I try to limit my sugar. I don't eat put as much anymore. I hope this helps.
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@Teerai I never filled out my profile, I guess it was just laziness, or the idea no one would read it anyway. Other than just my health, I really want to lose weight before starting a family to maximize my chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby. It's more motivating than anything else right now. But I will put together a profile!!
@Silhouette_man - I usually get stuck about this time, and give up, but I am tracking everything. I was trying to do weights and cardio 4 times a week and got off track. Time to refocus, and I've already gone twice this week!
Jealousy is just such a weird, stupid thing. I need to stop comparing myself to everyone else's journeys.2 -
Sorry im a bit late But I have filled it out for so far!
Karen Takes Charge Challenge!
(Aka Kicking Butt in May)
Name: Kelly-ann
Age: 25
Height: 5’7”
Highest Weight: 302
Start Weight (May 1, 2018): 270.7
Goal Weight (May 31, 2018): 267
May 1 – 270.7
May 8 - 271.4
May 15- 271.8
May 22 -
May 29 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: +0.4
Weight -/+ this challenge: +1.1
Total weight lost: 30.3
I have no idea why I'm gaining. A nice deficit and running/working out 4 times a week. Fingers crossed for a good week2 -
X100KLS1992 wrote: »May 1 – 270.7
May 8 - 271.4
May 15- 271.8
May 22 -
May 29 -
May 31 -
Weight -/+ this week: +0.4
Weight -/+ this challenge: +1.1
Total weight lost: 30.3
I have no idea why I'm gaining. A nice deficit and running/working out 4 times a week. Fingers crossed for a good week
Respectfully, I would say the weight gain is maybe a combination of possibly gaining muscle and mis-stepping on diet. Although your calories are in deficit, your white bread first thing in the morning and continuing all day is kicking in a large insulin response which is the hormone of not only breaking down sugars but also storing fat.
Maybe replace morning bread with protein and/or veg/fruit for a 300-400cal breakfast for a week solid and see if the change helps. I keep cherry tomatoes on counter and really enjoy a couple of them to start my day now and it seems to help suppress appetite naturally. 1 -
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