NEED TO LOSE 100 LBS OR MORE !
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Tuesday Goal :flowerforyou:
My goal is to make it through this week and then take it week by week. My mother was sent to the ER last night with a fractured femur in her right leg. She had been having problems with this leg for a month and tried to get help from her doctor but was sent to an NP instead who sent her to get an ultrasound but no follow up was done when no clotting was found. It turns out she has bone cancer and the cancer ate away at the bone which caused the fracture (according to one doctor). She also has a urinary track infection so they will not do surgery until this is cleared up. She's 84 years old so all the doctors are preceding with caution.
Looks like my life has been put on hold for now. All my time will be spent on making sure my sister who has MS is cared for and my mother's house is taken care of until we get her through surgery and back on her feet. One surgeon says it could take a year to get her walking again and the surgeon that saw her this afternoon said they would try to get her to walk the day after her surgery :noway: .
I am so sorry. I can understand how this can shake up your life. I've been looking after my dad and his business for just over 4 years now. It is a serious responsibility. Wishing you well, do what you can to take care of yourself.
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Wow, I had a crazy day at school. My principal is out with a death in the family. On top of the 12 teachers we had already lost 3 more have announced not coming back. I am now the department head of a group of completely new people. I hated being the one to tell a couple of the newbies that we don't have teacher desks, if they don't have a SmartBoard they won't be getting one, andthat many of the books have not come in yet.
On a positive, I am 95% finished decorating my room and after all the loading, climbing on chairs, etc. I came home and did Zumba. Yay me!!
Have a great evening everyone!
Have a drink on me!:drinker: Water of course!0 -
Ok so I need some advice, my blender burned out on me today, and I use it daily to make my breakfast smoothies since I don't have time to cook before work. Anyone have a suggestion on a good, hardy, but inexpensive (Less than $150) blender?
Search eBay or Craig's list for a Vitamix. Or get something right now and save up longer term for one. They are SUPER machines. I totally rely on it now.
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@toots The year he was born President's Day was on the 20th. And the truth was that my husband and I absolutely could NOT agree on a name...we had just thrown everything out to start over when I was at about the halfway point of labor. It was the anesthesiologist who said, off-hand, "Well, you know it is President's Day, maybe that will inspire something." My husband made a few comments about names that were decidedly OFF the table and we settled on the Great Emancipator. Funny how well it fits his personality. When people forget his name they usually offer "Franklin" or "Truman" instead. Funny how the brain works.
my husband and i have serious issues with naming. gillian is the baby, six and nine years younger than her siblings, and they named her. my husband and i couldn't agree and we were back and forth. and she was in the NICU for ten days and the nurses were always asking us when we were going to name her. my husband reminded them you have a year to name them before the government starts to complain :laugh:0 -
can I join in too?
Tuesday Goals:
1. Increase the intensity of my exercise routine, switch it up.
2. Drink more water, eat more in the morning less at night0 -
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@jtconst - I hated exercise too - until my therapist explained I needed to think about it as my PLAY time, and not as a DUTY. It triggers a different place in your brain that way, actually. Try thinking about your walk as your play time and it will get easier, I hope.
@bella - my heart goes out to your mother and to you :flowerforyou: You deserve a hug {{{BELLA}}}} for taking on the mantel of responsibility. I've been there. I cared for my mom for a year and a half before she passed away from bowel cancer, and I did not have to be responsible for another adult at the same time. You are going to need some help some time ..... I hope you can find someone to lean on......It is also amazing that 2 doctors give 2 different projections on when your mom will be walking. It would be wonderful if the second doctor is the correct one! I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
I've been good today. Kept my Goals of eating veggies and exercising. Went for a 25 minute swim and it was great.0 -
Woo hooo! Glad to see such a great active thread.
Tues Goals
Eating: DH and I are running away for the weekend. I want to stick to our nutritarian diet even when away at a hotel for 2 nights. It won't be easy but it's got to be doable.
Exercise: 3 yoga sessions this week (I've got limited mobility right now so this is all I'm allowed)
Eat your veggies, Everyone!
Trish0 -
OMG!!!!!! It started today and we're already on the 4th page. I went to the old thread, did my post and then read Robins directions to get here. Hi all. Its my birthday today so I am just stopping in for a quick visit. I've had a great day today. I got on the scale today and I'm down 4 pounds of the 8 I gained when I was recovering. Yahoooooo!!!
So, I've stayed under calories but I ate whatever I wanted today. Tonight I went to the movies and saw 3D Step Up Revolution. Wow, awesome movie if you really like Dance movies. I love, love, love, dance movies. Any kind of dance, doesn't matter. I must have been a dance in my other life cause I can't keep my feet still when I hear the music. After the movie, I went for a long walk on the beach. Worked up a real sweat walking barefoot on really deep loose sand. Awesome workout for my thighs and calfs. Don't know why I don't do it more often cause I only live about 15 minutes from the lake and it was fabulous. Going to have to find the time to do it more often. Anyway, I'm off to do some other stuff before my b.d. is over. Hope everyone has a great week. I'll try to catch up on my reading this week. I started my holidays yesterday and have lots of plans. Night all. Charlotte0 -
Hello I made it here;-) Like many places it is hot hit 105 today. Very hot. Drinking lots of water.
@Charlotte Happy Birthday!!!
Sorry this will be short using my cell phone and I am not very good using this. So its hard to respond as I would like too. My laptop is dead saving up for a new one. My daughter has a laptop but its hard to find a time she doesn't use it. So I will do my best.
Tuesday goals to keep going. Find time each day to go for a walk
To keep entering all food.
I too need to start doing better on my sodium.
I so look forward to coming and being a part of this group. Very encouraging group of people. I learn a lot too.
I have read every one posts take care all. Drinking my bottle of water right now.
Thank you
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So glad to see the new topic up!
Wow, so many posts already - I'm not going to try and catch up.
Tuesday goals~Well, I signed on for this 90-Challenge at my gym so longer term goal is for my trainer and I to win this thing! In the meantime, I am officially on vacation - leaving for Alaska early Thursday - so my shorter term goal is for me to stay the course and make the right food choices while vacationing. I plan to get exercise every day, so that should help. I saw my trainer as I was walking into the gym this afternoon, we talked briefly and he's worried about me gaining while gone - he's really good about looking out for my best interests and he knows how much I want to lose the rest of this weight, so I feel like I need to prove myself to him by working hard and being one of the few that can lose weight while on a cruise.
It can be done. I went on a 7 day cruise and came back 5 lbs lighter. I did lots of walking on the decks, avoided the buffets and was able to make wise choices on the dining room menu. You can do it!!!0 -
Happy Birthday Charlotte!!
@toots Ha!! That totally could have been us! (If we'd had other kids at the time, we would have let them name him for sure!) Funny!0 -
Still fairly new to this. Sorry I missed yesterday. I was out of town with my hubby and son. I am very proud of myself. Even though we were eating out, I behaved! Woo Hoo!!! I guess that was my Monday check-in. As for Tuesday, Goals..... Well, long-term goal is to lose the 110 pounds I gained over the last 6 years. Short term food goal is to keep on tracking my food on here, and to stay under the calorie limits it set for me. My short term exercise goal is to keep swimming several times a week as long as weather permits.0
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Wow, the thread is on super-speed!!
@charlotte--HAPPY B-DAY!!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:
@lin--so sorry to hear about your mother--hope she recovers quickly. :flowerforyou:
Welcome to the new folks!!
Well, my only goal for today was to go to the grocery and I failed! :grumble: Went out to dinner with friends (one of whom is moving to WY) and didn't end up getting home until 9pm. Was planning to stop at the store on the way home, but I was tired and needed to get some stuff done here at home before bed.
Sorry, not many personals tonight, but I need to get to bed soon. Have to get up early to go babysit for my niece. Very excited to spend the day with her, but it means I won't get back on here until tomorrow night. Have a great Wed. everyone!!0 -
it's one of those tuesdays...
Tuesday goal - NOT to oink out on pizza! (ok, blew that one) - actually, it tasted really good, but made me feel AWFUL. Didn't go over my numbers, because husband & I went for a long walk after dinner :happy: . Gotta love the FitBit!!
Great to find the renewed thread - thanks Robin!
Hey - has anyone heard from AndreaBeatty?
:drinker: Watertag! - it's 112 here today, with heat advisories all week, and a high polution warning today. Water is GOOD.0 -
@SweetPea27, @Skinny, @Inoso, @tungsten93 - Thanks for the kind words! I am so stinking happy about it! I don't even remember the last time I was below 300. I stopped getting on the scale around then, cause I didn't want to see it.
@sweetpea27 - you can do it! I know you can!
@vinsonh42 - As far as curing it, wash super good morning and night, following up with either a blow drier or fan to be sure to get extra dry, then some Gold Bond Medicated Powder. Should go away in a day or 2, if not, see a doctor. As for preventitive ... A cheaper alternative to the Body Glide, which I'm sure works wonders is the cheap Suave spray antipersperant you can get at walmart. I use the Vagisil body powder religiously. I don't feel right if I don't use it after my showers. I only recently started the antipersperant, and had my doubts, but it's great. I only use it when I know I'm going to be moving a lot though.
@Charlotte - Happy Birthday!
@shygur - you have some awesome coworkers! That's so sweet!
@Bella - My prayers will be with you and your mother. Hope all goes well, and she has a quick recovery!
@Toots - My sister named me because my parents couldn't decide on a name either. Although she was 13 when I was born, hehe.
Have a lovely night everyone! I did almost an hr at the gym between eliptical, bike, weight machines and the pool. Pretty good day!
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Vicki - I haven't seen Andrea in a while - if anyone on here is friends with her could they drop her a P.M. with the Password to this thread? And please do the same with any other members (oldies) you think might not have gotten the message.
I've dropped notes to Shrinkrapt, KarenLeona, and AngelikaLumiere. in the friends chat section of my home page. I hope they read their messages.0 -
@lin--so sorry to hear about your mother--hope she recovers quickly. :flowerforyou:
Sorry--this was supposed to be to Bella, not Lin.
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ok, i am totally confused.....i thought this was going to be a closed group......not that it matters at all to me....just trying to get my brain to work properly0
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Goals for the next few (days/weeks/months; Not so sure yet)
-Be more supportive. Mostof my logging and such I do from my windows phone, which doesn't sponsor/support forums and updates.
-Get down to 210 by the time my trip is (Sept.7th)
-Stop being a total wuss when it comes to eating fruits other than melon and apples.
-actually be able to do a 5k with out walking or being winded.0 -
Goals for this week:
To get back on track with my Zumba workouts now that my health is improving (those DVDs are getting kind of dusty)
To make a more filling breakfast and try to get my eating routine back in shape
To get more rest (as it's hard to do the working out without any sleep! lol)
I'm totally new to this, but I love that this thread exists. It gives me something to focus on now each day of the week. 0 -
Hi everyone,
Been MIA this weekend with birthday parties and my companies move.
Monday- Unfourtunately the scale was not my friend this week. I gained 2 lbs back. But am working on losing it again this week. I had 2 birthday parties and by the end of the weekend i actually felt sick from all the food I ate. Which was not even close to what i use to eat!
Tuesday- My goal this week is to lose the weight i gained this weekend plus lose another 5 by next Wednesday (8/15). I had a goal to lose 15-20 lbs from 7/15-8/15 (the last time I visited my boyfriend at basic). I only have 8.4 lbs to go to reach the 20 lbs lost, but (here comes my wednesday wish) I hope i can make the 8 lbs by wednesday if I really push myself and not cheat. Though it is a bit unrealistic. I hope I can atleast hit the 15 lb goal.0 -
@ Charlotte: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Sounds like you had an amazing day!I am pretty upset right now. I am not going to be able to work out for the next couple days because I have a really bad case of chaffing and instead of it getting better it's just gotten worse since last night. I must say that I am quite miserable. I put cornstarch on it but that's not helping much. If it is this bad tomorrow I am not coming into work because it hurts climbing into the car and out of bed. Anyone have any tips to help this go away faster?? I sure hope so...
Two options, both of which work, but depends on how bad it is.
1. Good bike shorts (or some variant thereof) when you work out. Something that has sturdy fabric on the thighs. Prevents further issues.
2. For healing what you've got now: the wonderful people at 3M now sell their product Tegaderm over the counter. It is the best thing EVER. Clear, breathable membrane that you just apply to clean skin and leave there for several days. Stays on through a shower. And allows your skin to heal without further chafing. I've had to resort to it a few times in similar circumstances (including along that underwear line), and it's just amazing stuff.So I just found this website today... YAY!! I need to lose 90-100 lbs. I am giving myself 1 year. I am about to be 30 years old and by my 31st bday I want to be smokin' hot LOL... wish me luck!! tongue
If any of you could give me one tip that would help me what would that be?
My best advice: don't eat too few calories. It's a trial and error thing, but you want to eat enough to fuel your body and not so much that you don't lose. You're looking for a pretty aggressive weight loss timeline. It's doable but don't beat yourself up if you don't manage it, and don't create routines for yourself that you can't continue with for the rest of your life, even when your life gets out of control. (Example: 2 hours of exercise daily will not be possible when life throws you a few curveballs at once.)
@ Robin: I appreciate (and got) the message. Of course, like I said, I can usually find this thread on page 1 of the Motivation and Support forum anyway, so I just did it that way. Just glad I made it in on the first day!
Anybody chat with datenshi? Haven't seen her around in a while, either.
I can let Lauren know where we are, if she hasn't found us.
So my Tuesday goals: to not let myself get this ridiculously stressed/tight again. It's been 5 weeks from my last massage to the one I had tonight, and MAN, was I in desperate need. I feel loads better now that she spent an hour on my back, shoulders, and neck. My boss commented today that I was snarkier than usual (and that's saying something), which is my predictable response to being stressed. Gave me the cue that it's time to focus a little more on prioritizing, letting some things slide for now, and taking good care of myself.
Speaking of which, it's after 11 PM where I am. G'night, all!0 -
I just started today. I need to lose about 100 lbs, but my problem is when I get stressed I don't eat; I have no appitite at all. Like today, or since it's after midnight, yesterday for instance, I had one meal, supper. I had a Slim Fast for breakfast, but other than a banana, my only food intake was for supper. My adult daughter lives with me while going to college and though I love her very much, she sometimes stresses me out so bad, I have no appitite at all.
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I actually had to think about this for a bit. I really am not sure what to wish for! I guess more energy would be a good one... but otherwise thanks to everyone here I'm finding it easy to control my cravings and stay on track with my exercise.
Come to think of it, I kinda wish my dad would join this though...
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I just started today. I need to lose about 100 lbs, but my problem is when I get stressed I don't eat; I have no appitite at all. Like today, or since it's after midnight, yesterday for instance, I had one meal, supper. I had a Slim Fast for breakfast, but other than a banana, my only food intake was for supper. My adult daughter lives with me while going to college and though I love her very much, she sometimes stresses me out so bad, I have no appitite at all.
Any thoughts?
I know how you feel. When I first joined here, I ate one meal a day as well. It's hard at first but sometimes I had to force myself to eat more. I talked my parents into buying some almonds (I really LOVE them) to help me out and I slowly built up to take in more calories. I went from one meal to two, to three...
Also another thing you might try is breaking meals down into smaller meals more often... it might seem like you're eating a lot at first but when you look at the calorie intake it might help out.
Once you start taking in more during the day, your metabolism will pick up and you'll get hungry more often.
Other than that, my suggestion is track EVERYTHING... that way you can go back and look at the diaries to see how you might improve.0 -
ok, i am totally confused.....i thought this was going to be a closed group......not that it matters at all to me....just trying to get my brain to work properly
Yes, you might have been still suffering the effects of the pain/anesthetics while the discussions rolled on. Truthfully, I had NO IDEA this (!) would happen, but the influx is the result of starting a brand new thread - it got featured on the SideBar of people's homepage. While I welcome and embrace each newling (yes, you :flowerforyou: )
I am determined to wrest this Forum into some kind of slower pace. 5 pages for a Monday is too much for this moderator to handle, because I read each and every post, as I'm sure most everyone tries to do too. I try to respond when I have the knowledge, ability, or empathy to share, yet I struggle in having to skip over some so as to keep my responses short and readable.
I will be inclusive of all who have joined or do join in these 20 pages, but I am seriously with you on closing this thread for those of us already members.0 -
Charlotte - a really late HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
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@ Robin: I appreciate (and got) the message. Of course, like I said, I can usually find this thread on page 1 of the Motivation and Support forum anyway, so I just did it that way. Just glad I made it in on the first day!
So my Tuesday goals: to not let myself get this ridiculously stressed/tight again. It's been 5 weeks from my last massage to the one I had tonight, and MAN, was I in desperate need. I feel loads better now that she spent an hour on my back, shoulders, and neck. My boss commented today that I was snarkier than usual (and that's saying something), which is my predictable response to being stressed. Gave me the cue that it's time to focus a little more on prioritizing, letting some things slide for now, and taking good care of myself.
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Shrinkrapt:
AHA! Did you know an easier way to find this thread is click on your tab called COMMUNITY on the top right of any of your pages, then click on My Topics in the middle of the page and a list of the forums you have visited will pop up. Click on this forum name and it will bring you right here.
So sorry to hear you turned into one giant tense muscle, but the hours your work are killer and it just makes sense its gonna happen after the tremendous shift you pulled. I think anyone would get snarky. Do you ever do wall stretches - where you put your hind end against a wall, feet about hips width apart, and about a foot to 18" away from the wall, then drop your head and shoulders slowly down and slump forward. Just relax forward curving your back gently down. Don't force it.
Listen to me - I sound like a yoga instructor. :laugh:0 -
It's somewhere around twilight between Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'll do both.
Goal: I've been battling a cold these last couple of days which has killed my motivation for P90x ... goal is to do my workout regardless of the runny nose. Got my walk in today, so not as far behind as I could be, but still behind.
Wish: to hit my 20lb mark before my bday at the end of the month.
@ the person chaffing (don't remember your sn) - (1) since it's along the underwear line, no undies @ night goes a long way. (2) Lanacane anti-chaffing gel works wonders; I use it for certain bras and it's clutch0
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