Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Tuesday Goals - to try to stay under my calorie goals every day this week. Somewhat of a challenge due to awful work schedule. Also to make it to the gym once more day this week.

Wednesday Wish - that Time Warner Cable finally manages to get my internet working the way it's supposed to, without me having to call them weekly to reestablish the connection between my modem and router. I'm so sick of them telling me everything's fixed when it's not. They're charging me $39 to come out and they had better get it right this time.

Sorry no time for personals today. Fighting with my internet connection has taken up my entire day.

Good Morning Everyone.

It seems I missed a lot while on vacation, I cannot even begin to attempt to catch up. Welcome to any newlings that have stopped by in recent weeks.

I had a most fabulous time in Alaska – the weather was fantastic and cruising definitely agrees with me. :laugh: I hated coming home and returning to reality yesterday. I did put on 3# while gone, which in the grand scheme of things I thought was pretty good. I tried to make healthier meal choices and refrain from overdoing it on sweets, etc. The good news is that I did a lot of walking – trainer is hitting me pretty hard with our sessions right now though, I hurt everywhere! :happy:

Kelley

I ran again last night and almost didn't make the entire 3 mile loop. Not sure why but my energy was a little down. I made it the entire loop though but I'm taking tonight off to go to a Bengals game with my son. Should be fun! The tickets were free through his league so thats even more of a bonus. Anyway I weighed this morning and I'm back in the 270's(279 even) so that makes all the running and water drinking even more worth it.
I hope everyone has a great day today.
Finish strong!
Doug

@Doug~I think we all have days where those workouts are harder than others. Kudos to you for finishing - remember its not how quickly we finish that run or race, but that we finish. Have a great time at the game!

Kelley

Its a great morning - got on the scale and lost 2 lbs! :blushing: Have been doing wall push-ups on days I am not swimming to get arms stronger - will swim today and concentrate on total body exercises.

Thursday truth = I'm so happy since I re-commited to this lifestyle. Still have some moments of longing in the evening when I want to snack and can't, but I enjoy now the sensation of being hungry and cooking scrambled eggs w/cheese for myself in the morning. I never used to eat breakfast, or if I did it was just useless carbs, not protein. I love me some protein now!

That's fantastic, Robin!! Congratulations on the weight loss :flowerforyou:

Thursday Truth::: I haven't lost my motivation. But something isn't right with the way I'm thinking about things. Like the first time yesterd in over a year I thought basically this "it's so much easier to just not worry and eat what I want" I mean I didn't think those exact words. But close. Basically I thought It's just much easier to not care. But I care. I still do. I just need to find my way back. I'm slowly getting there. It's like starting all over again. Maybe that's the way I should look at it?

I know TOM is affecting me horribly right now. When that comes around so do my depressed feelings and I get even more emotional than I already am. I am working on getting insurance as my daughter just got kicked off hers. So we need to get her insurance so might as well get me some too.

I haven't exercised regularly in a couple of weeks. This weekend I'm going to sit down and schedule a workout routine. As far as times and what I'm going to do. I want to get back to running. I am thinking about doing Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred or Ripped in 30 again....just worried about my knee starting to hurt again, guess we will just see. I was exercising 5 days a week religiously. And I think what has happened is I have just been going and going and focusing so much on losing weight that maybe I somehow felt burned out. Either way I'm getting back at it.

Hope everyone has a terrific Thursday!


Annie: Congrats on your run! That's amazing!
Robin: Congrats on your loss!
Doug: You are doing SO amazing with your running. Can't wait to see how you do with the 5k, you'll do amazing I know!

Sorry to everyone else, just no time to catch up those 3 just jumped out at me.


Tina

Thursday truth - I am grumpy. Yep I said grumpy. We are traveling this weekend to see my family, so bring on the drama baby, cuz you know I love me some drama. Next week my better half starts back to school, which means that she devolves emotionally to high school. She has told me a thousand times, "You are not my father, you can't tell me what to do!" Well I'm not her mother either, and definitely not her maid. That's 2 rants in a row. I'll try to avoid making it a trifecta.

Dale the greyhound says to me this morning, "Hey bub." (He calls me bub) "Get the leash and let's get to steppin,' I got business needs doin!" Then DannyBoy the wiener said, "I'm glad you're up someone pooped on the stairs."

aug

Woohoo Robin, so gratz on the weight loss and positive attitude.

Lauren, pics are awesome, so glad you did this.

Morogi-sorry about your FIL(?), will pray for him

Well that is about it for my memory!

Thursday truth, I want to eat a whole package of cookies, at least I resisted buying any at the store yesterday and I really cannot trust myself to portion them out.

Rebecca

@robin - congrats on your loss!

Thursday Truth - I thought this was going to be worse. The last time I started, I counted calories sure, but I didn't really DO it. I mean, I didn't think about the stuff I was eating on top of how much. Honestly, I will still have a cheeseburger now and again, but in the house theres way less carbs and way more veggies. I made chicken with asparagus and it was DIVINE! I can't believe how for the longest time I thought eating healthy would taste gross, like healthier foods had no flavor at all or that I couldn't find interesting ways to cook them (I love to cook). Man was I wrong.

@vinson No, I had it in a seperate little container, but all of it in my thermal lunch box in the fridge. Maybe the ice pack would have helped keep it crunchy. It was so disappointing because dinner last night was so good, but today it was so disappointing.

Did it already have dressing on it? That could have been the issue too. I always keep my dressing in another container til I'm ready to eat. Also if I am making the salad, i.e. chopping lettuce, cucumbers, etc., I won't do it til the morning because it seems that will help the lettuce to wilt quicker too.

@Bigaug I love that your dogs talk to you.

@everyones success I am very happy for you!

@All women suffering from TOM.. I know what you mean it is evil. I always get super emotional like so badly that i start crying when talking to my mom about how sorry i was that she had to make my lunch one morning because I was running late... i always feel so bad for my boyfriend around that time because anything could set me off. He is really good about it though and is always really nice to me. I also get horrible and I mean horrible cramps. I am in such pain and the pain makes me sooooo nauseous. I was once on something called Nepralin (SP?) oh it worked wonders but then we got switched to a diff doctor and she wouldn't prescribe it for me and really nothing short of vicodin helps fully relieve the pain.

@LAMypie your headaches might have something to do with your eyes. Maybe need glasses or something like that.

Thursday truth...I have not worked out yet this week because I have been so tired and have not been feeling well. I think my CVFS (chronic viral fatigue syndrome) is making another round. When I had it the first time I was out of school for a week right after a huge marching band competition and homecoming (on the same day). I literally slept almost that entire week, only waking up for the doctor or to use the restroom or eat, though my mom had to wake me up to do those things. I was told that it could take a few days to months to go away but could make a return at any time and I think it is because the past 2 weeks have been fairly stressful. Trust me I want to work out but I just don't have the drive to and I feel so bad that every night my sister asks if we're going to work out or if i want to go on a walk with her. It breaks my heart that I have let her down so many nights since she's been home. I've been in bed and ready to sleep by 10 every night and i don't get up til 7, I do wake up a few times but it's normally to turn over or something like that. I get plenty of sleep. I haven't eaten too badly lately. I'm getting good protein for the most part so I am pretty sure it is my CVFS...

Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

~Lana

Did it already have dressing on it? That could have been the issue too. I always keep my dressing in another container til I'm ready to eat. Also if I am making the salad, i.e. chopping lettuce, cucumbers, etc., I won't do it til the morning because it seems that will help the lettuce to wilt quicker too.

Nope, in a container on the side. Thinking I just bought a bad batch of Spinach. My husband thought it was off the night before, I thought it was fine, but perhaps I got the only good stuff in the bag lol.

Tina - sometimes even the best athlete's mind isn't in the game. But don't give in to the negative chatter - you march those thoughts right out of your head when they show up! 90% of this effort is mental! I think you need a big reward - you probably haven't had one in a long, long time. Maybe you should think about that. :flowerforyou:

Oh don't worry I'm not going anywhere. The thoughts are getting marched out, believe me!
As for the reward. My big reward is when I get under 200lbs. I am getting a coach purse like I've always wanted when I get under 200lbs. That's why this plateau has been so stressful and I have been so frustrated. Because I am SO close to "Onederland" and yet so far and I can't seem to get there. I am not going to get that purse until I am under 200lbs. So that's me goal! And I WILL get there.

Hello everyone. I have well over 100 lbs to lose and have been doing good since i finally decided that enough was enough, I'm done just talking and *****ing about my weight, I'm going to do something about it! However, it's only been a little over two weeks and I can tell I'm going to need support to keep at it. So I decided to stop lurking and start posting and meeting new people with like minded goals.

@Robin and Lin-Thank you. No there is not specific treatment that I have been told about other than to take ibprofen for the aches and pains. I am glad that it isn't an all the time thing. I think I am going to at least try to go for a walk this evening I need to do something.

~Lana